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The Constitution is a double edged sword.
It's the source of legitimacy for the federal government.
If they fail to obey its restrictions and ignore it, it's invalidated.
If it's invalid, so is the legitimacy of the federal government.
That's why it's important to follow the restrictions to the damn letter!
Sadly I find damn few people who understand that and even fewer that want to.
Some claim the want to, but we always travel down Whatif road and try to justify something that's not plainly authorized by the constitution that they feel is essential.
Explaining the amendment process just gets a glazed stare.
Too often the reply to "that's unconstitutional" is "well the other party did it first".
You may also substitute "illegal" for "unconstitutional" in the preceding two sentences.
And it's everywhere. It's so pervasive that we're literally the frog in the slowly heating pot and we're not even aware of the pot let alone the water temperature.
The Constitution was written in plain language. It was not written with hidden meanings for lawyers to suss out by twisting the language.
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Fergus Cullen: For casino backers, any argument will do
So it is with the casino lobby in New Hampshire. No matter what your problem, expanded gambling is the product for you.
When Pease Air Force Base closed in the early 1990s, the gambling lobby suggested a casino in Newington could fill the void. When the feds cut Medicaid enhancement funds a few years later, video gaming would plug the Mediscam budget hole.
Never let a crisis go to waste. For backers of casino gambling, any argument will do.
When the state moved toward universal mandatory kindergarten, allowing video poker at dying dog tracks in Belmont, Seabrook and Hinsdale could pay for it. After the Claremont court decision in 1997, then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen backed "slots for tots" as a means of increasing state aid for education.
A decade ago, one gambling plan earmarked revenue to fund prescription drugs for seniors. With unemployment high during the ongoing recession, longtime pro-casino state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro called his gambling bill a jobs bill.
Now Gov. Maggie Hassan says licensing a casino is the only way for the state to restore cuts to the University of New Hampshire and, capitalizing on Newtown, to pay for mental health programs. Pass casinos or risk a mass school shooting.
They're miracle products, those casinos. They're like Ginsu knives sold on late-night television. After providing enough money to fund schools and employ thousands, they can cut through a tin can and still cleanly slice a tomato - without social costs!
Legislators should be wary of casino lobbyists who act like guys in a singles bar as closing time approaches, using whatever come-on line fits the moment in their effort to take you home.
Watching the deep-pocketed gambling lobby in action has prompted longtime observers to worry that a future casino industrial complex would dominate New Hampshire's volunteer Legislature in short order. These opponents see corruption and crime as intrinsic to gambling, based on the experience of other states. They worry about social costs, which even the governor acknowledges will increase as a result of her plan. She's OK with that, but legislators may be less cavalier about collateral damage.
I describe myself as pro-choice on gambling. If you like to gamble or see it as just another form of entertainment, I'm not going to prevent you from visiting Vegas or Foxwoods. I think buying lottery tickets is for people who are bad at math, so I don't buy them. You can do what you like.
But one can be pro-choice on gambling and still think it's a bad idea to open a casino in New Hampshire.
Allowing one casino, as Gov. Hassan has proposed, is like watching one ant walk across your kitchen counter. That ant is a scout, and there won't be just one ant for long. Were one casino to open, pressure would build immediately for more, either because the first casino is making money or because it isn't making enough. The first gambling addict will be state government, which will be hooked on the money even as returns diminish.
So allowing one casino is to expect slot machines all over the state. One past proposal would have allowed 100 slot machines at any hotel with more than 100 beds. That would fundamentally alter New Hampshire's brand as a family-friendly place to vacation.
"Casinos provide very few high-skill, living-wage jobs and no exportable or value-added product or service. As an economic strategy, casinos take our state in precisely the wrong direction," former state Sen. Jim Rubens told me this week. Rubens leads the volunteer-driven Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling. The only ones who get rich from casinos are the owners. It's the first rule of gambling: The house always wins.
"It's called gambling because it's a gamble," former Gov. Steve Merrill, a gambling opponent, used to say. Gov. Hassan is finding that out for herself.
Fergus Cullen, a freelance columnist, can be reached at email@example.com.
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Nigeria has two points and Ethiopia one BUT the Super Eagles need a straight win today to qualify for the quarter final match.
If Burkina Faso Defeats Zambia and the Super Eagles Draw their final match, they will qualify as runners up in the group, but if Zambia Defeats Burkina Faso, Nigeria must win Ethiopia for a chance to qualify.
Do you honestly think Nigeria will win from the way they have been playing?
One thing is certain,Nigeria needs a miracle to pull through today and i wont be watching because i have lost confidence in them.
I don't see them wining.......I dont!!!
Errrm i hope their bags are already packed sha.
Please feel free to come here and cuss me out if they win their match against Ethiopia Today!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Nigeria VS Ethiopia Today......Who Wins?
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Naija will surely win dis match ooooo i predict a 3-0 score with Naija winning.
- January 29, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- somadina obi said...
Hope their bags are already packed??? **Hiss** Hope they're already Trekking down to Naija, thank God i havn't watched any of the match, they are too stupid to annoy me, Afterall it their job/occupation......Let them keep dis gracing their self as usual jare!
- January 29, 2013 at 10:03 AM
- somadina obi said...
If wishes were Horses
- January 29, 2013 at 10:04 AM
i read ur blog and all i see is hate... u are too bitter madam.. take a chill pill
- January 29, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Foul mouthed Stella, have u seen the scores. Bad belle. Just be patriotic and wish well ok
- January 29, 2013 at 8:02 PM
Stella take a chill pill Haba!!!
- January 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM
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Ang Reproductive Health Law at ang Kilusan sa Paglaya ng Kababaihang Pilipino
Wilma Tiamzon (ND978226), Consultant
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines
04/15/2014. Katiting lamang at di pa tiyak ang pakinabang na matatamasa ng masang kababaihang Pilipino sa sinasabing konstitusyunal na bersiyon ng Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, kahit pa sa mga bersyong may mga pr
AFP's full-blast ops in region meant to instill fear and punish Lumads
Rigoberto Sanchez, Spokesperson
NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command (Merardo Arce Command)
04/07/2014. Behind the atrocious AFP operations in Talaingod, Davao del Norte and the Eastern Mindanao Command's deployment of more Army units in Southern Mindanao is the mistaken conjecture that the US-Aquino reg
Demokratikong Rebolusyong Bayan ang Tanging Solusyon sa Daan-taong Pagsasamantala sa Masang Magsasaka at Sambayanan
Patnubay De Guia, Spokesperson
NDFP Southern Tagalog Chapter
10/20/2013. Pinatunayan ng kasaysayan na walang aasahang makatotohanang pagbabago ang uring magbubukid sa isang sistemang nagsisilbi lamang sa iilang naghahari. Daan-taon nang walang habas na pinagkakaitan ng dang
The Filipino people's struggle for national and social liberation
Luis Jalandoni, Chief International Representative
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines
09/23/2013. The Filipino people, like all other oppressed and exploited peoples, aspire for genuine democracy, self-determination, and liberation. This profound aspiration has expressed itself in a long tradition
Hugo Chavez was the champion of the Venezuelan people
Communist Party of the Philippines
03/06/2013. In behalf of the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its deepest sympathies to the Venezuelan people during their time of mourning follo
Salsaludoan ti Dakkel a Taktikal a Balligi a Nagun-od ti Umili ti Mankayan!
Simon Naogsan (Ka Filiw), Spokesperson
Cordillera People's Democratic Front
01/27/2013. Salsaludoan ti CPP-NPA ken Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF) ti dakkel a taktikal a balligi a nagun-od ti umili ti Mankayan iti panangpasardeng ken panangpatakyas iti drilling operation ti Go
Aquino using flood control as smokescreen to push mega-demolitions of poor communities--CPP
Communist Party of the Philippines
08/16/2012. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today blasted the Aquino regime for using the recent calamities and the widespread clamor for flood control infrastructure as smokescreens to justify its pl
The rapid expansion of mining and plantations owned by imperialists and the ruling class means calamities and war in Mindanao
Ka Oris, Spokesperson
NDFP Mindanao Chapter
07/09/2012. Military operations in Mindanao have escalated and have become more extensive with the aim to thwart the ever growing and widespread people's protest against destructive mining operations and plantatio
Crisis of global capitalism engenders people's resistance
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
05/16/2012. Note: This is the May 16 lecture delivered to a Class on Political Mobilization at the Centre for Conflict Studies, Utrecht University, by Prof. Sison in his capacity as chairperson of the Internationa
CPP expresses solidarity with protests against oil price hikes
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03/14/2012. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) expressed solidarity with planned protest actions to be carried out tomorrow against the constant increases in oil prices being imposed by foreign big oil c
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10/17/2011. The Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid - National Democratic Front of the Philippines (PKM-NDFP) today assailed the Aquino regime's Charter change (Cha-cha) as "a shameless sell-out of the national
Detatsment ng PA-CAFGU, sinunog ng mamamayan!
Magno Udyaw, Spokesperson
NPA Mountain Province Provincial Operations Command (Leonardo Pacsi Command)
08/19/2011. Nabigla ang pwersa ng 77th IB at 54th IB ng PA na nakadestino sa munisipyo ng Sadanga, Mountain Province dahil sa biglang pagsunog ng mamamayan sa ditatsment ng Phil Army- CAFGU sa Sitio Opucan, Brgy.
Amidst Intense Hardship in the Ilocos-Cordillera Region, the People's Struggle Advances
Simon Naogsan (Ka Filiw), Spokesperson
Cordillera People's Democratic Front
07/25/2011. A YEAR after the US-Aquino2 regime took power, the miserable situation in the Ilocos-Cordillera region mirrors the dismal state of the nation. From the impoverished tobacco and palay farmers in the Ilo
Isambulat sa Mayo Uno ang galit laban sa rehimeng US-Aquino
Communist Party of the Philippines
04/21/2011. Lubos na makatarungan na gunitain ang darating na Mayo Uno bilang Araw ng Poot. Nararapat lamang na isambulat ng masang anakpawis at sambayanang Pilipino ang kanilang galit sa rehimeng Aquino. Mabilis
Ibayong pasiglahin ang mga pakikibakang masa laban sa rehimeng US-Aquino
Communist Party of the Philippines
04/07/2011. Editoryal, Ang Bayan 7 April 2011 Ang mga kilos-protesta noong nakaraang linggo laban sa tuluy-tuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina at iba't ibang mga produktong petrolyo ay nagpapatampok sa patuloy
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As many Chicago Public Schools struggle with deep budget cuts, one of the city's — and the nation's — highest-performing selective enrollment high schools will receive a $17 million expansion of up to 400 seats that might ease the heated competition among would-be attendees just a bit.
In the wake of a record round of school closings, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that Walter Payton College Prep is getting a new annex and additional classrooms bankrolled by tax increment financing that will allow one of the nation's top 100 high schools to increase capacity.
About a year ago, Principal Tim Devine suggested an expansion to the school — "That's why we went to search for the resources," Emanuel said in Payton's library. "This is all about giving parents a set of choices. ... If you have met the standard, we should make sure you have the availability to attend."
Last year, 6,200 students applied for 220 spots in Payton's freshman class. They were among 18,000 students citywide competing for 3,000 selective enrollment seats.
Payton has a current student body of 851, coming from every city ward, 36 percent of which is white, compared with a district average of 8.8 percent, and 30 percent of which is low income, compared with the district's 87 percent average.
It's considered to be "efficient," neither over- nor undercrowded, according to the formula measuring capacity that CPS used to closed schools. The new annex will boost the school's capacity by as much as 47 percent, and allow Emanuel to advance his plan to provide more high-quality options for the parents of high school students to prevent them from fleeing to the suburbs or sending their kids to private schools.
U.S. News and World Report ranks Payton in the top 100 nationwide and second in the state for selective enrollment high schools.
"The taxpayers of Chicago should be very proud of the students we have, the exceptional faculty we have and the support of parents," Devine said, flanked by the mayor, Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) and state Sen. Patricia Van Pelt. "It's a wonderful place where bright minds are made even brighter."
The news infuriated the Chicago Teachers Union, which has been pleading in vain for the city to use TIF surpluses to plug neighborhood school budget holes and hire back arts teachers.
"Basically what this represents is the same policy of creating winners and losers in our school district," said CTU staff coordinator Jackson Potter. "Look at the percentage of low-income students and contrast that with a neighborhood school. Here's a subsection of students who get everything they need and deserve," while everyone else does not.
"He needs to deal with every single building, not just the ones he decides deserve it," Potter said.
Construction of the new Payton is expected to begin next summer and be completed by December 2015.
Wednesday's announcement at Payton marked the fourth straight day that a mayor who closed nearly 50 public schools, most of them in poor neighborhoods on the South and West sides, has announced plans to build new schools and expand existing ones.
Emanuel left without answering any questions from reporters. Chicago Board of Education Vice President Jesse Ruiz said Payton was a solid investment for the TIF money.
"That's what folks are doing is assessing how best to use those funds, and the folks who've asked for those funds to be used for public education are getting their wish," Ruiz said. "When you're trying to take finite resources and spread them across infinite needs, there are difficult choices, but you have to make the wisest decision."
On Tuesday, Emanuel unveiled plans to use $24 million in TIF funds to advance science, technology engineering and math education atAl Raby High School and Faraday and Melody elementary schools on the West Side.
On Monday, it was an addition to Wildwood Elementary to help ease overcrowding at that Edgebrook school. On Sunday, it was a new, $35 million school at 104th and Indianapolis and spending $1 million in TIF money to improve to overcrowded Gallistel and Jane Addams elementary schools.


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Take time to bond as a family and learn with each other. In special walkabout tours, Aboriginal guides are on hand to teach you about traditional plant use, the significance of cave paintings and traditional methods of survival.
The Daintree Rainforest, situated north of Cairns, accommodates creatures and species of all shapes and sizes. Children will find it a fascinating experience to wander through the natural ecological site. The tropical zoo houses crocodiles and other wildlife, while the koala and wildlife park lets you feed kangaroos and cuddle koalas.
You might find this the right time to celebrate your love as a couple in a romantic setting. A unforgettable date straight from a movie is right at your fingertips with lovely walks across the Cairns esplanade and fancy dinners along the coastline. How about a helicopter ride that takes you to a secluded spot where you can have a pleasant breakfast near the Great Barrier Reef?
If you want more action, embark on an adventurous journey filled with surprises. Tully River and Barron River dare you to take a shot at white water rafting. Not extreme enough? Then head on to AJ Hackett and satisfy your adrenalin pumping urges with a bungy jump from a 50 meter tower.
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By Tony Kontzer
Sometime in late June, lightning struck one of Advance Auto Parts' two main data centers. It fried the cards in the primary and backup routers that served as the facility's link to the outside world, and interrupted the processing of replenishment orders needed to restock the company's 4,000-plus auto parts stores.
While the incident could have proved crippling, Advance was able to have the data center back up within an hour, and the replenishment orders were processed as scheduled. The quick recovery can be attributed to the company's attention to a rarely talked-about, yet critical, technology: infrastructure monitoring.
"Our monitoring system alerted all the right people, woke up the right teams, and was able to sort out what broke and why," recalls Brent Paine, manager of network infrastructure for the $6.2 billion-a-year, Roanoke, Va.-based retailer. "Monitoring is a fundamental process and task that has to be done on any network larger than a home network. Without it, you're trying to look at blades of grass in a one-acre yard and spot which one is the weed."
It should come as no surprise that infrastructure monitoring is a big deal for the company, given the scope of Advance's operation: The two data centers support 11 huge distribution centers (each of which covers more than 1 million square feet and has its own small data center), numerous sub-distribution centers and an exhaustive network of stores.
Advance relies on multiple monitoring tools to keep tabs on its varied environment. Software from SolarWinds helps the company keep an eye on its network infrastructure performance; Riverbed keeps it apprised of data traffic flows; OpNet (which Riverbed acquired late last year) tells Advance what its data traffic actually consists of; and a variety of Microsoft tools monitor the firm's virtual infrastructure components.
"We are pretty heavily invested in end-to-end monitoring," says Paine. The company's monitoring tools keep Paine and his team abreast of everything from bandwidth congestion and the status of switches and routers to network latency and application performance—all the way down to the store level.
Though monitoring grows more complicated as Advance adds an average of 200 stores a year, Paine says that expanding the monitoring footprint to accommodate growth shouldn't be painful.
"It's an evolutionary process; it has to grow with the demands of the business," he says. "It shouldn't be an intrusive, burdensome task."
Try telling that to the many companies that have struggled to decide which monitoring tools to use. Colin Fletcher, a research director for IT consultancy Gartner, says such companies have found themselves torn between tools designed to perform very specific functions—such as server monitoring—and those that handle broader monitoring of infrastructure components.
Now, says Fletcher, vendors with broader tools are trying to support more narrow needs, while those focused on specific technologies are trying to broaden their capabilities.
"It's leaving most organizations caught in the middle in trying to figure out the best paths for themselves," he says, noting that because the broader tools don't handle the specialized tasks as well, many companies opt for a multivendor environment similar to what Advance has put in place.
Developing Its Own Technologies
Then there are those companies that have decided that the market can't provide anything they can't do better themselves. That's the situation of Visa, which has built out its infrastructure over decades, often developing its own technologies for managing and monitoring that infrastructure in-house.
For example, the company uses its own proprietary system, called Vital Signs, to monitor its high-performance processing environments to assess performance. With 10,000 transactions typically running through its network—VisaNet—simultaneously, ensuring peak performance is tantamount to protecting itself, credit card issues and merchants from unacceptable risk.
"People get annoyed if it's not working correctly," says CTO Matt Quinlan of VisaNet.
What really makes Vital Signs stand out is the fact that it doesn't just monitor Visa's environment; it also monitors the environments of its partners. Quinlan explains: "It looks out to external participants to detect problems around the edge of our network and advise our partners when they are potentially experiencing issues."
Doing so allows Visa to protect not just its IT footprint, but rather its entire ecosystem. If a credit card issuer is experiencing a serious performance issue, Visa can have its network perform authorizations on behalf of the bank rather than having to cancel transactions, which is obviously bad for business. Some companies, says Quinlan, have Visa handle approval of small transactions that occur during peaks in their network traffic, rather than building their own infrastructures to accommodate those traffic spikes.
Naturally, as this occurs, Vital Signs is assessing the risk presented by all of these scenarios. "It's instrumented all the way down, not just for performance, but from a security perspective," says Quinlan.
Looking to the Future
As companies like Visa and Advance have learned, how well a company monitors its infrastructure will go a long way toward determining how innovative and forward-thinking it can be. Among the benefits Gartner's Fletcher says infrastructure monitoring delivers are faster resolution of issues, improved quality of service, cost avoidance and, perhaps most important, huge savings of staff time that can then be devoted to revenue-generating activities.
"It doesn't get any more core than infrastructure monitoring," Fletcher says. "If you don't automate this core function, you don't have time to ever get to rethinking your architecture or rolling out a new application. More often than not, how well you do this determines how many resources you have that you can dedicate to new things."
Companies with more mature monitoring setups can take things a step further by measuring the impact incidents have on productivity. For instance, says Fletcher, a small percentage of companies take a weighted percentage of their labor costs, compare it against the average length of their failures, and determine how many employee hours they're losing during outages so they can work on minimizing that impact.
And there's more: Fletcher says that without effective infrastructure monitoring, companies can't get the full value of their investments in more advanced tools, such as application monitoring. "You need something that is at least giving you an idea of what exactly is having an issue and as much info as possible about that issue," he says.
Advance Auto Parts' Paine is getting a clearer picture these days because of technologies like OpNet's. He says it wasn't long ago that he was only concerned with monitoring the network's behavior, not its actual traffic. But that's not enough anymore.
"We need to know what's going on with these networks," he says. "One poorly behaved application can wreak havoc on everything on the network."
Still, no matter how much insight today's monitoring tools provide to Paine, he knows he needs to stay proactive—ready to constantly up the ante with new monitoring technologies as Advance's network performance becomes more important to the success of the business.
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Visitors who go directly to Shangri La on their own will not be permitted on the property.
$25 General admission
$20 Hawai'i residents with proof of Hawai'i residency.
You must show your driver's license or Hawai'i State ID at check-in.
There are no discounts for seniors, students, military and Honolulu Museum of Art members.
Children under the age of 8 are not permitted on the tour.
Price includes admission to the Honolulu Museum of Art and its permanent exhibitions.
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges will be made.
Days and hours of operation
Tours times: Wednesday-Saturday at 9am, 10:30am and 1:30pm
Closed: Sunday-Tuesday
Programs operate rain or shine unless otherwise noted.
In case of severe weather conditions: Call the Shangri La information line at 808-532-3853 and press 1.
A recording will inform visitors if tours are cancelled. If no weather-related announcement is heard, then tours have not been cancelled. In the event that your tour is cancelled, you may call the Shangri La reservations office to request a refund or reschedule your tour.
Shangri La is also closed on the following days:
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Thursday, November 27
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Thursday, December 25
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Tour groups are limited to 12 people.
What you need to know
The Shangri La tour is a guided 90-minute walking tour that includes several staircases (for a total of 53 steps) and uneven walking surfaces including stone paving and grass lawn.
The group tour of 12 people begins at the Honolulu Museum of Art with a viewing of the Arts of the Islamic World gallery and a short video about Shangri La and Doris Duke.
Visitors then board minivans for the 15-minute drive to Shangri La.
Tours last approximately two and a half hours, with one and a half hours on site at Shangri La.
Tours feature the public rooms of the main house and portions of the grounds, including:
- Entry courtyard
- Foyer and stairway
- Central courtyard & powder room
- Living room
- Mihrab room and library
- Dining room and lanai (with view of Playhouse, sun pavilion, pool, and landscaping)
- Syrian room
- Damascus room
- Mughal garden
- Mughal suite
The Mughal Suite, a marble bedroom-and-bath suite that Duke commissioned in India in 1935, will be opened to the public for the first time on October 11 and incorporated into the tour route. This area can be seen in advance on the virtual tour at www.shangrilahawaii.org, in the video at the Museum and in the publication Doris Duke's Shangri La, which is available in Honolulu Museum of Art Shop.
It is the responsibility of all visitors to arrive and check-in on time at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
Latecomers who miss the shuttle from the museum to Shangri La will not be refunded or rescheduled free of charge.
Visitor advisory
The house and grounds are built on several levels. The guided 90-minute walking tour includes several staircases (for a total of 53 steps) and uneven walking surfaces including stone paving and grass lawn. Some areas may be inaccessible to persons with disabilities.
Wheelchair tours are available by reservation. For more information on wheelchair accessibility, please see the Visitor Guidelines.
Directions & Parking
All tours of Shangri La originate at the Honolulu Museum of Art located at
900 S. Beretania Street between Victoria and Ward Streets in Honolulu.
Paid parking is available at:
- Honolulu Museum of Art School, located at the corner of Beretania and Victoria Streets.
Entrances on Beretania and Young St. $5 for up to five hours, $2 for each additional 30 minutes or fraction thereof.
- Neal Blaisdell Center, located one block south from the Museum on King Street
(special flat rate of $6, from 5:30am to 5pm, when you mention the Honolulu Museum of Art)
Public access to Shangri La by the Honolulu Museum of Art mini van only.
Under the terms of Shangri La's use permit from the City and County of Honolulu, visitor access to Shangri La is limited to our mini vans, which originate at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Visitors may NOT drive or park on-site at Shangri La or in the surrounding residential neighborhood.
All visitors are required to return to the Honolulu Museum of Art at the end of their tour.
Public transportation
The bus provides service to the Honolulu Museum of Art. For bus information, call 808-848-5555 or TTY 808-848-4500.
Dining information
The Honolulu Museum of Art Café offers lunch service Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30am to 2pm in a delightful open-air courtyard setting. The menu features salads, pastas, sandwiches, desserts, wines and beverages served à la carte.
Advance reservations are required. Please call 808-532-8734 to make a lunch reservation.


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Lt. Governor Dewhurst Issues Select Interim Charges Focusing on Veterans Affairs
AUSTINToday, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst issued select Interim Charges to the Veterans Affairs and Military Installations Committee. Lt. Governor Dewhurst, a U.S. Air Force veteran, said the Texas Legislature remains deeply committed to helping all those who serve.
"I'm proud to say that Texas is a state where we still honor our heroes," said Lt. Governor Dewhurst. "From education and employment services to health care and home loans, Texas is dedicated to giving our military veterans the appreciation and support they've earned through their distinguished service to our nation."
Texas' veteran population is the fastest growing the country. According to the Texas Veterans Commission, over 1.8 million veterans live in Texas. Lt. Governor Dewhurst tasked the Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee with the following:
- Study the employment rate of Texas veterans, and consider ways to better coordinate federal, state, local and private resources to enhance employment services. Examine the transfer of Veteran Employment Services (VES) from the Texas Workforce Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission, and include an assessment of the impact on Texas veterans and their families. Make recommendations for improving services and possible expansion of services to potential additional returning veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
- Review the benefits claims process for filing with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs through the Texas Veterans Commission's Claims Representation and Counseling program and make recommendations to improve the quality of life for veterans and their families. Coordinate with the Senate Finance Committee to identify and maximize funding options, reduce claims backlogs, and increase the benefits received by Texas veterans.
- Examine methods to support veteran participation in higher education. Examine the use of the Hazlewood Act by Texas veterans, and include recommendations to maximize programs to effectively serve veterans and their families. Determine the efficacy of establishing Veteran Resource Centers at institutions of higher education to assist in student veteran academic achievement, provide additional funding for institutions from increased Montgomery GI Bill revenue, and better integrate veterans on college campuses.
- Evaluate the status of mental health services for veterans and Texas Military Forces. Include an assessment of peer counseling programs, "aftercare" provided for units within their local communities following a trauma within the group, and efforts to address the secondary mental health and substance abuse issues caused by post traumatic stress disorders and other combat-related disorders.
- Consider establishing a "Commander's Council" in conjunction with the Office of the Governor's Texas Military Preparedness Commission, to allow commanders of Texas' military forces and installations to better coordinate and communicate with the Texas Legislature and state leadership. Develop a comprehensive communication plan with Texas military installations, and recommend any legislative initiatives necessary to support the installations, active-duty service members and their families on and around the installations, and the partnerships between the defense community and the community within which the military installations reside.
- Study the appropriate role of Texas state military forces in enhancing the safety of all Texans, and make recommendations for improving the coordination, accountability, and effectiveness of all components of our state military forces, including the national, state, and air guards. Identify limitations on the forces providing border security and other operations, and make recommendations for better coordination with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. (Joint Charge with the Transportation & Homeland Security Committee)
- Study the use and impact of Veterans Courts throughout Texas. Make recommendations relating to potential funding sources, staffing requirements, additional direct services not provided by the Veterans Administration, and possible expansion.
- Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, 82nd Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following:
- the "College Credit for Heroes" program as administered by the Texas Workforce Commission;
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the new Pope will actually spread the teachings of Jesus and be more tolerant
and promote love instead of hatred, but don't hold your breath.
(Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on
Monday he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to
fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle
Ages to take such a step.
he would have been more suitable as a Pope during the Middle Ages where his
antiquated and hateful messages would have been welcomed.
pedophilia and molestation by priests everywhere will no doubt continue but how
the new Pope will deal with it is another matter. I don't think that the Church
can support a policy of hiding and protecting pedophile priests to avoid
prosecution. This hypocritical stance has been going on while at the same time
opposing to grant universal rights to LGBT.
as it seemsVatican
official thanks media for uncovering sexual abuse in the Catholic
Church…really? Just recently the Church Since the abuse scandal erupted in
Boston in 2002 and spread around the world, some Church and Vatican officials
have accused the media of irresponsible journalism and exaggeration.
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American cardinal once famously said sexual abuse was "an American problem" in
part "invented" by the media.
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I was born in village of Pakistan Named Dadu and I got my primary and secondary education in public girl's School we were about 60 to 65 girls in class room, but from these all girls only me and two other girls get chance to get higher education, and all other my class mate get married after school and some of them were not permit to get more education these things Always pinch in heart like why my all friends form which some them were even more intelligent then me and if they would have been get a chance to come out of their homes and get more education and see the world might they would have Doctor, engineer, journalist or some thing else.
And In my whole career I could never forget one of my best friend of school her name was Hina I use to go her home in my school days and use to meet her mother she was so sweet and Beautiful leady s after my school Hina meet me about three years Later and I asked her about her mother but she didn't replied and started to crying I asked her again Hina how is aunty then she tell me that she is no more in this world and she was killed by her Brother in law" I was shocked to hear and it was very painful for me to here about my favorite Aunty , time passed and we grown up, but Hina become deprived of the further studies and she got married to her cousin Because her mother was "killed by her brother in Law " .and her Family did not allowed her for further education
O God I'm also the part this society and these all things led me to this platform where we can at least share our problems, but with the blessing of God and with support of my family I get good Education I have Completed my BBA and now Im doing my MBA program at a reputed institute, but I always wanted to do some thing for my those friends, culture and for all girls who wants to educated but because of cultural barriers their dreams couldn't come true. and I always become a change maker for them and One day I got "WORL PLUS" where we can raise our voice. Thanks to World plus..
Your gifts to your friends and the world
Dear Marvi:
You have shown us another window into the strength, compassion, and strong heart that will make such a difference to your friends, acquaintances, community...and the worldwide community of World Pulse.
How it is that femicide and killing wives and sisters in law is something that continues in this world ... amazes me. Such pain your friend must experience, plus the loss of opportunities for her. Sometimes I wonder if this anger and rage that men so often inflict is fueled by fear of our power. It sure sounds like your friend is a powerful, smart woman, and I bet her mother was, too.
Thank you very much, Marvi....again.
Speaking my Peace
Role Models
And you are right that it takes positive role models to inspire the young ones to strive to be the best they can be. The women in my family were also like that, got married at 21 and 22, some even at 18 and 19 years old. Some of them had so much potential to do so much more with their lives but because of their husbands they can not do so. My nieces who are in school always point to me to say we want to become like Aunty Rumbie. I always feel so humbled to know that I inspire them so much and I always try to give them something more to look forward to. Well done to you and this is your chance to do more. Give it your best shot!
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Dear Marvi,
Thank you for sharing your story and the story of women and girls in your community. It is obvious that you have a passion for being a change maker in your community. Given the constraints and challenges in your community, what do you think is possible? How can you make change?
Kind regards,
"In every human heart there are a few passions that last a lifetime. They're with us from the moment we're born, and nothing can dilute their intensity." Rob Brezny
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Thank you very much for sharing. It is a harsh reality to know that education is still a barrier and not permitted to be taken advantage of by all. I wish you the very best in your continued studies and always keep sharing!
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Dear Marvi,
Thank you so much for sharing this personal story with us. I can only try to imagine what it means living in a society that does not guarantee equal rights for women. Nevertheless, I do feel that it takes people like you, who have the will to help others and be role models, to change mentalities and show that it is possible. Now it is your chance to do even more!
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QHey Ripped Dude, Morris Chestnut's abs looked great in his film "The Best Man Holiday," and I heard you trained him. What was his abs plan?
Let me guess: You're doing crunch after crunch or relying on some late-night infomercial abs apparatus? Take a step back and rethink your abs routine.
The exercises I chose for Morris did a great job targeting his abdominals and obliques while adding that deep, cut, cobblestone look. We incorporated a mix of crunches, planks, lifts, and raises. Isolation movements like kneeling cable crunches hit the rectus abdominus while isometric exercises like planks targeted both his abs and back.
Both leg lifts and leg raises will help tighten your doughy center. For deeper cuts, kick up the resistance by adding weight. The regimen below helped Morris get in the best shape of his life and drop 33 pounds at 44 years old. He did this workout three times each week.
1 Kneeling Cable Crunches
Kneel below a high pulley with the rope attached. Grab the rope overhead and then bring your hands toward your face by flexing your hips slightly, which will arch your back a bit. This is the starting position. Keep your hips stationary as you exhale and contract your abs, pulling your shoulders toward your knees. Once your elbows reach the middle of your thighs, hold that position for a moment. Inhale and slowly return to the starting position. Repeat the same motion for each rep. Always keep your core tight.
Do 4 sets of 30 reps.
2 Planks
Assume a push-up position but with your forearms, rather than your palms, on the ground. Your whole body should be parallel to the floor and create a straight line from head to toe. Keep your back flat and your elbows directly under your shoulders. Keep your core tight. Hold this position for one minute.
Do 4 sets.
3 Leg Lifts
Lie flat on your back with your hands palms down on the floor. Lift both legs 6 inches off the ground and hold for 45 seconds. That's one rep.
Do 4 sets.
4 Knee Raises
Position your back against the pad of a dip machine, with your forearms on the armrest. Lift your legs by bending your knees and bringing them up to your chest. Inhale and exhale while executing each repetition.
Do 4 sets of 30 reps.
Revealing Your Ripped Status
You know it's there, but are you still having trouble seeing that six pack? Your diet might be preventing you from becoming as defined as Morris was in "The Best Man Holiday."
An important part of carving a killer core is maintaining a low-body-fat percentage, and nutrition is the key. Don't get me wrong, abs exercises have their place, but if your body-fat levels aren't low enough, you'll never be able to see the muscle underneath all that fat.
For fellas to see their abs, their body-fat percentage usually has to be roughly 12 percent. If they have thicker abs, it can be a bit higher. Women have to have roughly 14 percent or less. You can have abs year-round but it requires discipline and balance. Your diet should be based on foods such as chicken, turkey, fish, brown rice, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, and green vegetables. You need a plan for consistent cardio. You also need to sleep 7-8 hours per night.
Remember, when it comes to successful abs training, there's one key equation: Great Abs Training + Great Diet + Great Sleep = Great Ripped Abs
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Great article, I do all exercises listed here, and I know I have a 6 pack hiding behind a 20 something body fat...
I love that you point out you can't get this look from exercise alone. Diet and sleep are left out of so many articles when it comes to celebrity transformations. It's also nice that you included the body fat percentage necessary to see your abs. Thanks for a complete recap.
Tell em whats up Obi.... you ripped S.O.B....
The diet that Morris Chestnut was on was a huge component to him losing 33 pounds and the abs exercises was an added accessory to the training plan and diet plan I had him on.
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Great stuff for inspiration , have a great xmas and gymfun
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should this workout be done as circuit or do each set individually?
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Replacing Misguided Health Care Law Begins with Repeal
Last week, the House voted on a bipartisan basis to repeal President Obama's misguided health care law. I voted in favor of repealing the law for five reasons.
First, it increases the cost of care. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found that the law will actually increase health insurance premiums for families by $2,100, in direct contrast to the President's campaign trail promise that his plan would reduce premiums by $2,500.
Second, it would cause twenty million Americans to lose their employer-sponsored health insurance according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The Obama Administration's own Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 80 percent of small businesses and 64 percent of large businesses will discontinue offering health insurance to their employees.
Third, it interferes in the doctor-patient relationship. The law creates 159 new boards, offices, and panels within the federal government to make health care decisions for individuals.
Fourth, it piles more debt on our children and grandchildren. At a time when we already borrow 40 cents on every dollar the government spends, the law would add another $1.8 trillion over the next decade. We do not have the money.
Fifth, it is a job killer. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that nearly 800,000 jobs will be lost because of Obamacare. As last week's jobs report made clear, we cannot afford to further erode the employment situation.
While I remain committed to repealing this misguided law, we must work to reform the underlying problems in our health care system. As opposed to the divisive politics and underhanded tactics used to enact it, we should come together and put our best ideas forward to replace the law.
To this end, I have cosponsored reforms that would:
Allow Interstate Competition for Health Insurance
Expand Health Savings Accounts
Increase Access for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions
Level the Playing Field for Purchasing Health Insurances
Permanently Prohibit Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
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Almost a year after hundreds of Canada geese were removed from Jamaica Bay, killed and given to food pantries, federal agencies are rounding them up again.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services staff, assisted by National Park Service employees, removed 231 resident Canada geese from Jamaica Bay, including from inside the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, on July 2, though National Park Service spokeswoman Daphne Yun said the number of birds culled was 262.
The geese were transported to poultry processing facilities and the resulting meat will be supplied to food charities in the area. About 100 additional geese were observed but not collected.
This is the second year the two agencies removed a large number of Canada geese from the bay. Last July, about 700 birds were removed.
According to a fact sheet from the NPS, up to 500 geese will be culled this summer at Jamaica Bay, but between 300 and 500 resident birds will not be killed.
Canada geese are culled in the summer because they molt their feathers this time of year, which prevents them from being able to fly, making it easier for them to be rounded up.
The USDA said the overabundant Canada geese population threatens both air travel into and out of nearby JFK Airport and the salt marsh habitat of Jamaica Bay. Several bird strikes have been recorded at JFK, though none were due to Canada geese. However, a couple of strikes at LaGuardia Airport — including the 2009 incident involving US Airways Flight 1549, which was forced to land in the Hudson River after birds took out both the plane's engines — was due to the species.
"For aviation, Canada geese are among the most hazardous birds," said USDA spokeswoman Carol Bannerman in an email. "Although goose-aircraft strikes aren't common, more than half are with multiple geese and three-quarters have an effect on the flight or cause damage."
Bannerman added that the birds are also harmful to the bay's ecosystem. According to the National Park Service, the geese have damaged marshland.
At Big Egg Marsh, which Gateway has helped restore with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies, geese ripped out the roots of newly planted grasses, denuding newly planted areas and eroding salt marshes.
But Don Riepe, president of the American Littoral Society's northeast chapter, said the main reason for culling the birds is air travel safety.
"Air travel is the primary reason for them to get rid of the geese," he explained. "The effect on the marshland is a secondary concern."
The birds live around Jamaica Bay all year round and differ from migratory Canada geese in that they only visit the bay in the spring and fall during their migration. The resident population was brought to the bay decades ago from the Midwest for hunters, but have adapted to the area. They often show up on front lawns of homes in the Rockaways and Howard Beach and can be seen along trails in the wildlife refuge.
The culling was conducted under a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, which manages geese under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The USDA has also targeted Canada geese populations near LaGuardia Airport.
At Rikers Island, Wildlife Service staff began egg treatment in 2001 and capture-removal in 2004. Each year, the number of eggs to be oiled and the number of resident Canada geese to be removed has decreased. In 2009, additional habitat management took place. There have been only two Canada-goose strikes at LaGardia — including the US Airways Flight 1549 incident — since September 2004.
"Studies are showing decreased strikes at airports with wildlife hazard management," Bannerman said.
Some animal rights advocates have protested the slaughter, calling it unfair and inhumane, and Riepe said children around Jamaica Bay often feed the geese.
"They definitely have their constituents too," Riepe said. "I'm glad people are concerned about wildlife and holding government agencies accountable, but we understand the danger posed to air travel."


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The two boys walked to their back packs and retrieved their white briefs and put them on. The two put their shirts on before their pants, just looking at Austin's bottom only covered by his white briefs got my heart pumping again. Once the two were dressed they turned and started to head out of the shed. "Hey mister, are you going to get dressed?" Andy said. I looked down, realized I was totally naked and told
the boys to go along to practice while I got dressed. I left the shed about 10 minutes after they did, so as not to attract too much attention to myself. I went to the bleachers and pretended to video tape my nephew's practice, the battery on the camera had gone dead in the shed.
About 4 days later my nephew gave me a paper with a phone number on it, it was Andy's number, the note said to call him because he wanted his practices video taped too. That little devil, between the two of them I was most attracted to Andy. Maybe it was his tan gorgeous body, but most likely it was because I saw him in his white briefs. My underwear fetish knew no ends. I called Andy and he asked me if I could come over his house the next day when his parents would not be home so we could pick up where we left off. I asked him if Austin would be there and he said no, that he wanted me all to himself. I stuttered on the phone as I read back the directions to his house, it was not far from mine, but I wanted to be sure. I also told him how sexy I thought he looked in his underwear and hoped to see more of that. He giggled a bit and said he jerked off 4 times already just thinking of what the three of us had done and came on the tighty whities he had been wearing that day and said they were nice and crusty.
Right on schedule I arrived at his house, shortly after 1PM with a plastic bag containing a gift for Andy. On this occasion I was wearing pretty much the same thing, a white t shirt and blue jeans. Andy it appeared had just gotten out of the shower, He was topless, his hair was wet and his waist was wrapped in a towel. "Thanks for coming over Dave" Andy said ashe directed me into his bedroom and closed the door. "What's with the bag?" Andy asked as he walked toward a mirror in his room and started combing his hair, while doing so he not so accidently let his towel fall off and land on his rug. This time his butt was covered by a pair of Fruit of the Loom white briefs. "I am sort of an underwear freak and I brought you a present if you do your own laundry" I replied. "Yea sure I do," he replied. As he turned around facing me in nothing but his underwear, I dropped the bag on the floor and we both instinctively embraced. I began kissing him on the lips and cheeks as my right hand was rubbing over his
white brief covered cock. I could feel it getting hard as he started to moan "Oh, oh, that feels so good". I pulled my shirt off and tossed it on his bed, also peeling out of my shoes, as Andy opened my jeans and let them fall to the floor. We both sat on his bed next to each other and he asked if I would suck his dick again, as if he was asking me the time.
This boy was really horny so I decided to tell him my plan. "I am an underwear freak, as you probably know, I was wondering if I could have all your underwear to keep, I have a supply of underwear here in the bag to replace yours" I told him. Andy looked at the bag and took out (3) 3 packs of white Fruit of the Loom briefs, size large. "Hmm" Andy thought out loud as he walked over to his dresser, opened the top right drawer and pulled out his supply of underwear and put them on the bed. He sorted them out, they were mostly Fruit of the Loom briefs in white and 2 pair of Hanes white briefs. "Well", he said, "I am pretty much a white brief guy so guys won't think I am gay in the locker room, but you look so hot in your briefs I think we can work that out" "I get all of them?" I asked with great anticipation. "Yea sure, 9 pair of briefs? You must have spent a pretty penny for them" he said. "Well if I get them all.." I said as I pulled down the white briefs he was wearing and began sniffing them, as he stood before me naked with a hard on. I noticed these were a size large. I went through the pile of white briefs on his bed and noticed two pair of hanes white briefs that appeared to have been washed many times and were a size medium. I sniffed each and every pair as I put them in my bag. I opened up the packs of white briefs I brought him, and began putting them in his dresser drawer, all the time his tan bubble butt exposed to me on purpose. Content with my purchases, Andy finished putting them away, and spun his body around toward me with a devilish look and said, "I did my part, now you do your part".
I did not need any more directions, I knew he wanted his dick sucked and I was ready to service his penis. He laid his naked body on his bet with his head resting on the pillow and his cock standing at attention. I pulled off my briefs and crawled over him. I intentionally let my balls slide down from his neck over his body ask I got in position. I first stroked the boy cock with my fingers and watched the veins beginning to grow slightly on his shaft. I liked his hairless ball sack and could almost taste the soap he had used when he was in the shower. I grabbed 3 pair of his new briefs and put them over his face and began sucking his dick. Up and down went my tongue on his shaft, as I noticed he was rubbing his new briefs over his face and chest. Constant moans from him let me know I was doing my job. As I started rapidly licking the head of his dick I sucked in the pre cum that was emerging. "Oh, Oh" he continued moaning, "When I cum it is going to be a big one, I have not jerked off in days" he tried
hard to say. Faster I sucked, up and down, up and down until he started screaming "yes, yes" as his back arched. I pulled my mouth off his is cock and began jerking him off with my right hand. His last moan was followed
by a volley of 3 spurts of cum. The first one came out with such force it landed on my face, while the next two covered the top of my right fist. When he was done he laid all the way down again and as he caught his
breath, started to giggle as he said, "look at you, you are full of cum, if Austin was here he would drink it up like milk". "Well, Austin is not here" I replied with a smirk, at which time Andy sat up and licked the cum off my face and fist and swallowed every last drop.
Andy pulled open the blankets on his bed and got in, motioning me to follow him. I got into bed and under the covers with him, both of our naked bodies facing each other. We laid there skin on skin, cock on cock as I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed him on the lips. We laid together for several minutes saying nothing, just enjoying the moment, after which he started crawling under the covers and played with my dick with his hands. I could hear him giggle as he did this and watched my cock swell. He pulled the covers off me and gave me the best blow job a man could give. I was so horny I came in his mouth without warning, Andy swallowed my cum, and said with a smirk, "I think I got my daily nutritional requirement of cum". I laughed back and kissed him again.
Andy got off the bed and stood there nude looking at the briefs I bought him, "hmm, which one should I wear? He said out loud. I got out of the bed and stood behind him caressing his butt cheecks with my hands and said,
"they are all the same silly", "I know, I am just toying with you" he replied as he put on one of the fresh pair. I put my briefs on and made on last request. I had brought my digital camera with me, and asked him if we could stand in front of the mirror and if I could take a picture of us together in our underwear. He said, "Sure!" and I put my left arm around his bare shoulder and snapped 3 pictures of the two of us. Looking at my watch I said, "shit, I have to be at work in 20 minutes! Sorry for cussing". "No problem" he replied. I started getting dressed and he put his old briefs, that were now mine, into my bag. I tucked the camera in the bag and we kissed for what seemed like 5 minutes as we walked down the stairs to the front door. "Good bye, my love" I whispered to him as I blew him a kiss and walked out of the house, got in my car and left. I will never forget that day, or the weekly love sessions that evolved from our friendship.


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Click here to go to gofobo to get a free double advanced screening pass to " The Sessions ".
Summary: Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, THE SESSIONS tells the story of a man who lived most of his life in an iron lung who is determined – at age 38 – to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapist and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality.
Directed by: Ben LewinCast: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy
The screening take place on Thursday, November 8 at Cineplex Eau Claire Market at 7:00.
If you already have an account log in now and use rsvp code CPLMMNRVM. You'll know you're in the right place when you see our Movie Maniac Logo. If you don't have one yet you will need to create an account and password first. Just follow the 'create an account' link- they've really streamlined the process- but do be aware that you're being taken to an external site and you need to judge your own comfort level with the information you are being asked to provide. Once done, log back on and use the above rsvp code. Remember please, if you request tickets and can't use them, you can log back on to gofobo and release them for somebody else to use.
If you go to the movie, drop me a line in comments and let me know what you think of it. Enjoy.
Okay, it's that time of year-when we offer up some more choices to help keep you up at night.
First up and one I highly recommend is Jekyll, starring the talented and versatile James Nesbitt. This is yet another excellent BBC mini series from 2007. It is one of those series that I started watching and all else had to wait. It is wicked great fun, with a tremendous ending. You may also know Nesbitt from Monroe and Murphy's Law, both of which CPL carries. And if you don't know him yet you will soon because Nesbitt is playing one of the dwarves in the big Peter Jackson production, The Hobbit.
Although it's never appealed to me it does to a lot of people- Paranormal Activity- we have one, two and three. Four is in the theatres just in time for Halloween. Interesting bit of trivia about PNA. Each of the films cost less than $5 million to make but the first 3 have grossed a combined $576 million worldwide. PNA Five anybody?
We have the original campy and popular 70's television series Barnabas/Dark Shadows and there are a lot of them from which to choose. The remake by Tim Burton, Dark Shadows is new on our shelves. It is only for die hard Depp/Burton fans- which I am not. Depp yes, Burton not so much. There are some other Depp/Burton pairings that I like better, that you can access down at the bottom of this post. John Cusack I do like and you might want to take a look at The Raven. Cusack plays Edgar Allen Poe, aiding the Baltimore police in solving some gruesome crimes that appear to be based on his stories. Woman in Black with Mr. Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe- is a fairly decent gothic horror story.
Now another remake that I really did like is Fright Night . With Colin Farrell as your next door neighbour you'd think all would be good- you'd be wrong. Watch for the scene with the Century 21 sign. It is equal parts macabre and hilarious.
Latest installment in the Vampires versus the Lycans saga- Underworld Awakening. I really liked the first installment in this quadrilogy, especially that tremendous fight scene at the end between Beckinsdale and Nighy. This latest one I found was only so so. Two (Evolution)is okay and three (Rise of the Lycans) is not bad. However, they have left it wide open for another sequel, but it'll need an infusion of fresh blood.
The Walking Dead is very popular and we have season one. Season two just started last weekend on tv and those that saw it say it was very good.
Just spoke to our crack team of 'Selectors' and I am really happy to tell you that we are getting Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter. I was going to pass on this at the theatres this summer and wait for it to come out on dvd, but I ended up going when the one I really wanted to see was sold out. I thought it was great fun, and deserved more attention than it got- great CGI's, lots of jumps and giggles, a very convincing plot (once you accept that Abe Lincoln really was a vampire hunter, not just a president). There is a truly evil vampire master played to perfection by Rufus Sewell. And the best train heading towards a burning trestle action sequence that I have ever seen. Can't link this one yet, but keep checking our catalogue.
The Mist by Stephen King is actually better than you would think given the rather shaky start. Stick with it past the first appearance of a rubberized tentacle, and you are in for a pretty darn good movie. It has a really strong performance by Marcia Gay Harden and an ending that surprised and challenged me.
Still need some more choices? Follow theses links to see some previous Halloween posts---one, two and three, another one entirely devoted to Stephen King and some Gotchas! Oh man, I just love being scared.
Now, if you like your monsters in print as well as on the screen, let me recommend a wonderful YA trilogy by Rick Yancey. It is the Monstrumologist, Curse of the Wendigo and The Isle of Blood. It has two of the most memorable characters I have read recently- Dr. Pellinore Warthrop and Will Henry. I spent many enjoyable hours reading them, and almost as many imagining who would be the best choices to play the characters if they ever turned the books into movies. And these are books that are just begging to be turned into movies.
And what would Halloween be without Frankenstein?
Just released to DVD in August and new to our shelves is the courtroom/murder drama Injustice. From the talented and prolific Anthony Horowitz (Foyle's War, Silk, Midsomers Murders) comes this 5 hour British mini-series. Once started it is hard to disengage from, so set some time aside to watch this.
The story follows William Travers, an accomplished criminal barrister living an idyllic life in rural Suffolk. Asked to defend an old friend accused of murder he does so reluctantly and then only because he knows him incapable of the crime of which he is accused. Interconnecting plots are nicely woven together as we watch William struggle with one or two unresolved issues of his own. Strong performances by James Purefoy and Nathaniel Parker—you'll recognize them when you see them.
Join us on Thursday the 18th for Crowfoot's monthly movie offering. As always this is a brand new, very popular release with lots of holds, so avoid the wait and come and see it in our program room. This one is a little longer at 143 minutes so it will be starting at 6:00- it is rated PG for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout. If you want to know what the title is please phone us at 221-4122 and all will be revealed. I promise you, it is MARVELous.
Several months ago now I mentioned the movies I was really interested in seeing at the theatre over the spring and summer. I did manage to spend my money and see them all, but given how fast everything heads to DVD they are now available or on order here at CPL.
On my list were; Brave- the wonderful animated Pixar release-don't miss this one-it's for everyone; Prometheus, the maybe yes, maybe no prequel to the Alien Quadrilogy from Sir Ridley Scott. I was the tiniest bit disappointed with this one-I am such a huge Alien fan and there was a lot of hype around it, so maybe it's no surprise that it couldn't live up to my expectations. So although it wasn't everything I hoped for I did enjoy it, but a lot of people I talked into going with me, didn't. Oops.
Next up was Snow White and the Huntsman. Big cast in this - Charlize Theron, one of the Hemsworths and Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame. I wanted to give Kris one last chance to prove she could act. I remain unconvinced. Visually it has a great dark look, they threw a lot of $$ at the CGI's and Charlize is tremendous as evil stepmother Ravenna, but it still fell flat for me. And the 7 dwarves just bugged me- they took all these highly recognizable actors (Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Ray Winstone, Bob Hoskins) and just did their CGI thing with them, but it was unconvincing. I preferred the much lighter Mirror Mirror with Julia Roberts.
Add to your list The Hunger Games and Marvel's The Avengers, both of which I highly recommend, and you have hours and hours of block busters.
The second part of The Hunger Games trilogy- Catching Fire is in production with an as yet undetermined release date in 2013. Ditto The Avengers 2, with a release date of 2015.
As part of Wordfest, CPL's John Dutton Theatre will be the venue for the Calgary premiere of NORTHWORDS, a film that takes five celebrated urban Canadian writers on an artistic journey to North Labrador. "The film tracks the group as they navigate the harsh and stunning terrain of Torngat Mountains National Park. Along the way they learn about issues facing the north today and confront some of the dark moments in its recent past. The film explores the idea of north and shows what happens when the country's best writers tackle one of its most overwhelmingly beautiful places."
Hosted by CBC Radio One's Shelagh Rogers, it will be followed by an audience Q&A. Buy tickets online at wordfest.com or call the EPCOR Centre Box office at 403-294-9494 ($12.00)
The film airs on Tuesday October 9th, 5:30-7:00 pm.


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Jun 6, 2014 2:12 PM by Janine Reyes
CORPUS CHRISTI -- The Federal Aviation Administration has given A&M Corpus Christi the green light to fly unmanned aircraft above the university.
The unprecedented approval will save the university hundreds of thousands of dollars and give students hands-on training.
The program it works with sounds just like the inside of a commercial aircraft - but this model is much smaller. It's only a pound and a half, but the aircraft can do big things now that the FAA approved it for flight in Corpus Christi.
"We're going to be monitoring all the construction happening around campus," recent graduate Thomas Davis explained.
There is lots of that planned. The students will use the aircraft and corresponding program to produce 3D maps of the campus.
"It goes through and takes high resolution photographs and we stitch those together a special software and we create what's called an ortho-mosaic, Davis said.
But, those flights will do even more than just give students hands on training, each flight is expected to save the university about $1,500.
"When you look at the surveying that needs to be done just on a campus this size, you're looking at $150-$200 thousand dollars that the university or any entity would have to spend on this type of work,"
There may be other uses for this aircraft to take flight soon, and the university says with approval from the FAA, the sky's the limit.
"We can also use this say if there's a pretty big natural disaster that occurs we can go out there and see all the damage that was happening," Davis explained.
Gallardo says this could be the beginning of big business in the Coastal Bend. "We're going to be telling the public about that to see what type of commercial entities could maybe pop up a business here in Corpus Christi having to do with that," she said.
The university recently learned it is designated as an FAA test site for unmanned aircraft, in fact, the Island University is the headquarters for research.
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) praised Congress for passing legislation on February 17 that includes language authorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold voluntary incentive spectrum auctions.
"Congress has taken a momentous step in advancing our nation's ability to innovate, create jobs of the future, and meet the burgeoning needs of 21st century wireless networks," said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA. "These auctions will bring sorely needed revenue to the U.S. Treasury while handsomely rewarding broadcasters who choose to participate. Most important, this will help ensure our wireless broadband products have more usable spectrum and thus will increase the likelihood that the U.S. will remain the global leader of the Internet economy. We eagerly await the president signing this bill into law and working with the FCC on the rules surrounding the auctions."
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