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I was looking for DOFP videos and I came across this and wondered how come most men didn't look like this while bathing. What a shame. LOL
I bathe with my pants off. Dude doesn't wash his junk? What's up with that? Other than that, pretty much looks the same. :joecool:
1- I make 2 of him 2- I don't wear clothes when I bathe 3- if somebody told me to haul ass it would take 2 trips
Besides there were cameramen around. Lol. Funny question princess. Hugh has worked hard. he didn't always look like he does now, you know? Brad Pitt doesn't look like Achilles anymore, either. Christopher Reeve inn the original superman went from 185 to 242. He didn't stay their long, either. Movie over, ease up. I bet a number of our younger posters , with six months and personal trainers , and a movie contract...could do pretty good also.
I don't like walking around in wet pants. I tried in 08 in Tally while Timmy beat the noles into a coma, the walk to the car wasn't fun.
It's a fantasy - same as with the girls that guys are constantly drooling over. Between photoshop, plastic surgery, lip injections, make up, miracle bras, etc, most of what you guys are looking at isn't real....but that doesn't stop men from drooling all over these girls and comparing their current relationships, right? Don't ruin it for the poor girl!
Not real? I think you are wrong . I talked to her on the phone just the other day. I think her father died. Sad.
Oh, I understand, queen. I do. Lots of people I know think CHIPPENDALES are two chipmunks created by Walt Disney. I am more with the program than that. Patrick Swayze, Chris Farley..Saturday Night Live...they are dancers. The women grow crazy and yell whoooooooooooooo! See? Princess is having fun imagining. We love her and so we respond. But trust me, there will be no sad moments tonight, wishing we were really BACK STREET BOYS.:cry::grin::grin:
Please tell me you didn't just put Patrick Swayze in the same quality range as Chris Farley :laugh: :no: But yeah I get it on that end, too....just sometimes feels like there's a double standard, ya know?
For all we know Hugh Jackman could have a python in his lower extremity that could frighten some onlookers if you know what I mean. :grin:


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attempt to tie all of them together throughout the piece is not coherent.
I think this would be a better piece if you just focus on the Hamas issue
rather than trying to make all points, and deal with them separately once
at a time. Most of the arguments require explanation here because
otherwise they remain as assumptions.
I've couple of points within.
From the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush
For Stratfor, the region between the Mediterranean and the Hindu Kush has
been the main arena for the U.S. intervention that followed September
11th. Obviously this was an old area of engagement, but 9-11 redefined it
as the prime area in which the U.S. confronted Jihadists. That struggle
has had many phases, but it appears to us that over the last weeks the
struggle has begun to enter a new phase.
Some of these processes we expected. Others frankly surprised us. We
expected tensions between Iran and its neighboring countries to rise as
the U.S. withdrew from Iraq and Iran became more assertive. We expected
U.S.-Pakistani relations to reach a crisis before viable negotiations with
the Taliban were made possible. But we also expected Hamas to respond to
events in Egypt and to the Palestine National Authority's search for
legitimacy through pursuit of UN recognition by trying to create a massive
crisis with Israel. Here we were clearly wrong, as Hamas moved instead to
reach a deal on prisoner exchanges, reducing tensions.
Our reasoning on Hamas was that creating a crisis with Israel would
strengthen anti-government forces in Egypt, increasing the chances for
creating a new regime that would end the blockade of Gaza and suspend the
peace treaty with Israel. We also thought that intense rocket fire into
Israel would force Fatah to support an Intifada or be marginalized by
Hamas. Obviously we were win rong.
Our error was rooted in our failure to understand how the first process,
the emergence of Iranian-Arab hostility would limit Hamas' options. We
also missed the fact that given the weakness of the government opposition
forces in Egypt-something we had written about extensively-Hamas would not
see an opportunity to reshaped Egyptian policies. The main forces in the
region, particularly the failure of the Arab Spring in Egypt and the
intensification of Iran's rise obviated our logic on Hamas. Unless
something falls apart-always a real possibility in the region-Shalit will
be exchanged for one thousand Palestinian prisoners, marking a new stage
in Israel-Hamas relations. Let's consider how this is related to Iran and
The American withdrawal from Iraq is reaching its final phase. Some
troops will possibly be left in Kurdistan but not sufficient forces to
shape events in Iraq. The Iranians will not be in control of Iraq, but
they have sufficient allies both in the government and in groups outside
that Iran will have the ability to block policies they oppose politically
or through disruption. They will not govern but no one will be able to
govern in direct opposition to them.
The Iranians tested their strength in Bahrain, where Shiites rose up
against their Sunni government with Iranian support. This claim was never
confirmed and I think this is one of the areas that our view has failed as
well. There is zero evidence that majority of the Bahraini Shiite
opposition is motivated and supported by Iran (except for some radical
militants, such as Hassan Mushaima, which we wrote about). From the very
beginning, I was trying point out constraints that Iranians face in
Bahrain (geopolitical and cultural) but our company view has been that
"there was more to come from Iran - so be patient". Iran has never been as
powerful in Bahrain as our company view stated (covert cells, unknown
operatives - which were mere assumptions) and we had to change our
assessment over time. If we are doing self-criticism in this piece, we
definitely need to underline how and why our Bahrain assessment was not
spot on. Saudi Arabia, linked by a causeway to Bahrain, perceived this as
a test of their resolve, and they intervened in Bahrain with military
force, suppressing the demonstrators and blocking the Iranians. To Iran,
Bahrain was simply a probe, and its failure did not represent a major
reversal. The main game for them was in Iraq. If Iraq fell under
significant Iranian influence, then Iran's presence would to the west into
Lebanon. The Syrian regime was allied with Iran, and it in turn jointly
supported Hezbollah in Lebanon. The U.S. withdrawal opened the door to a
sphere of Iranian influence running along the southern Turkish border and
along the northern border of Saudi Arabia.
The origins of the uprising against the Assad government in Syria are
murky. It emerged during the general instability in the Arab world last
Spring, but it took a different course. The Assad regime neither
collapsed, nor was Assad himself replaced by another supporter of the
regime as happened in Egypt, nor did the opposition simply disintegrate.
In our view the opposition was never as powerful as the Western media
portrayed it, nor was the Assad regime as weak. It has held on far longer
than others expected and it shows no inclination to capitulate. Assad,
for one thing, has nowhere to go given the international courts that
exist, and therefore a negotiated exit is difficult. But Assad does not
see himself has leaving.
To governments have emerged as particularly hostile to Assad: the Saudi
and the Turkish government. The Turks attempted to negotiation a solution
in Syria and were rebuffed by Assad. It is not clear the extent to which
they see Syria simply as an isolated problem along their border, or as
part of a generalized Iranian threat. It's both. Syria is a direct threat
to Turkey due to Kurdish problem. Plus, it embarrasses Turkey as an
impotent player. But it is clear that the Saudis are extremely sensitive
to the Iranian threat and see the fall of the Assad regime as essential
for limiting the Iranians. Yes, Turks and Saudis are unhappy with Assad.
But they are not ready to see him collapsing yet. This is an important
In this context, the last thing that the Saudis wanted to see at this
point was conflict with Israel. A war in Gaza would have given the Assad
regime an opportunity to engage with Israel, at least through Hezbollah,
and portray his opponents as undermining his struggle against Israel-and
give Assad the opportunity to invite Iranian help against Israel and not
incidentally, to sustain his regime.
It was not clear that Saudi support for Syrian Sunnis would be enough to
force the Assad regime to collapse, but it is clear that a war with Israel
would have made it much more difficult to bring it down. Whether Hamas
was inclined toward another round of fighting with Israel is unclear. What
is clear was that the Saudis, seeing themselves as caught in a struggle
with Iran, was not going to hand the Iranians an excuse to get more
involved than they were. They reined in any appetite Hamas had for war.
Hamas also saw its hopes in Egypt dissolving. From Hamas' point of view,
instability in Egypt opened the door for regime change. For an extended
period of time, the possibility that the first phase of unrest would be
followed either by elections that Islamists might win, or another wave of
unrest that would actually topple the regime. It became clear months ago
that the entire opposition to the regime was too divided replace it. But
it was last week that the power of the regime became clear.
The Coptic demonstration gave the government the opportunity to
demonstrate its resolve and capabilities without directly engaging
Islamist groups. The regime acted brutally and efficiently to crush the
demonstrations and as important, did so with Islamist elements who took to
the streets beating Copts. The streets belonged to the military and to
the Islamist mobs, fighting on the same side. Two things emerged from
this. First, the military regime is not simply going to give up power.
Second, the regime is prepared to pursue some policies that the Islamists
wants. This gives the Islamists more than they are likely to win an
election, creating a de facto alliance-and forcing the Islamists to
swallow other things.
One of the things they had to swallow was the fact that it was the
Egyptian government that was instrumental in negotiating the prisoner
exchange. Normally Islamists would have opposed even the process of
negotiation, let alone its success. But given what had happened a week
before, the Islamists were content not to make an issue of the Egyptian
government's deal making. Nor would the Saudis underwrite Egyptian unrest
as they would Syrian unrest. With Iran become more powerful and Syria not
going the way the Saudis wanted, the last thing the Saudis wanted was
chaos in the largest Arab country, and one that has never been on good
terms with Iran.
In the midst of all of this, the United States announced the arrest of
someone who was trying to hire a Mexican to kill the Saudi ambassador to
the United States. The Mexican turned out to be a DEA agent. There was
serious discussion of how serious the plot was, and based on the evidence
released, it was not particularly impressively.
Nevertheless-and this is the important part-the Obama administration
decided that this was an intolerable event that required more aggressive
measures against Iran. The Saudis have been asking the U.S. for some
public action against Iran both to relieve the pressure on Saudi Arabia,
and to make it clear that the United States was committed to confronting
Iran alongside the Saudis. There may well be more evidence on the matter
making it more serious than it appeared, but what is clear is that the
United States intended to use the plot to increase the
pressure-psychologically at least-beyond the fairly desultory approach the
administration had taken for a while. They even threw the nuclear
question back on the table, a subject on which everyone had been
lackadaisical for a while.
The Saudi nightmare has been that the United States would choose to reach
a modus vivendi with Iran in order to create a stable order in the region
and guarantee the flow of oil. We have discussed this possibility in the
past, pointing out that American interests in protecting Saudi Arabia is
not an absolute, and that the United States might choose to deal with the
Iranians, neither regime being particularly attractive to the United
States and history never being a guide to what the U.S. might do next.
The Saudis were obviously delighted with the rhetorical response made by
the U.S. to the assassination attempt. It not only assuaged the Saudi's
feeling of isolation, but it also seemed to close the door on side deals.
At the same time, the possibility of Saudi trying to arrange its own deal
with Iran before the U.S. made a move had to have concerned the United
States. With this action, the U.S. joined itself at the hip with the
Saudis in an anti-Iranian coalition.
The Israelis had nothing to complain about either. They do not want the
Alawite regime to fall, worried at what a Sunni and potentially Islamist
regime would mean in Syria. They know the Assads, and prefer the known to
the unknown. The Saudi support for his opponents bothers the Israelis,
but its not likely to work. A Turkish military intervention bothers them
more. But, in the end, Iran is what worries them the most, and any sign
that the Obama administration is reacting to the Iranians, whatever the
motives (and even if there is no clear motive) makes them happy. They
want a deal on Shalit, but even if the price was high, this was not the
time to get the U.S. focused on them rather than the Iranians. The
Israelis might be prepared to go farther in negotiations with Hamas if the
United States focuses on Iran. And Hamas will go further with Israel, if
the Saudis tell them to, which is a price they will happily pay for a
focus on Iran.
For the United States, there is another dimension to the Iran
focus-Pakistan. The Pakistani view of the United States, as expressed by
many prominent Pakistanis, is that the United States has lost the war
against Taliban. That means that any negotiations that take place are
simply about the how the United States "retreats" in their words, rather
than on a Pakistani guarantees for support against radical Jihadists
coupled with a withdrawal process. If the Pakistanis are right, and the
United States has been defeated, then obviously, their negotiating
position is correct.
For there to be any progress in talks with the Taliban and Pakistan, the
United States must demonstrate that it has not been defeated. To be more
precise, it must demonstrate that while it might not win the war, defined
as creating a democratic Afghanistan, the United States is prepared to
indefinitely conduct operations against Jihadists, including Predator and
special operations strikes in Pakistan and that it might move into an even
closer relationship with India if Pakistan resists. There can be no
withdrawal unless the Pakistanis understand that there is no overwhelming
pressure in the United States to withdraw. In addition, withdrawal does
not mean operations against Jihadists nor strategic realignment with
India. The United States needs to demonstrate to Pakistan the risks it is
running when it assumes that the failure to win all goals means the United
States has been defeated.
Obama's reaction on the Iran affair is therefore a vital psychological
move against Pakistan. The Pakistani narrative is that the United States
is simply incapable of asserting its power in the region. The U.S. answer
is that it is not only capable of asserting substantial power in
Afghanistan and Pakistan, but it is not adverse to confronting Iran over
an attempted assassination in the United States. How serious the attempt
was, who authorized it in Iran, and so on are not important. If Obama has
overreacted it is an overreaction that will cause talk in Islamabad.
There are many moving parts. We do not know exactly how far Obama is
prepared to take the Iran issue, or whether it will evaporate. We do not
know if the Assad regime will survive and what Turkey and Saudi Arabia
will do about it. We do not know whether, in the end, the Egyptian regime
will survive. We do not know whether the Pakistanis will understand the
message being sent them.
What we do know is this. The crisis over Iran that we expected by the end
of the year is here. It effects calculations from Cairo to Islamabad. It
changes other equations, including the Hamas-Israeli equation. It is a
crisis everyone expected, but no one quite knows how to play. The U.S.
does not have a roadmap and neither to the Iranians. But this is a
historic opportunity for Iran, and a fundamental challenge to the Saudis.
The United States has put some chips on the table, but not any big ones.
But the fact that Obama did overreact if that's what it was is significant
of itself.
George Friedman wrote:
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morning in addition to any detailed criticisms. We can delay delivery of
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The "hole" shape you are describing sounds like a diagram of a gravity well, which is a diagram of the gravitational force (actually the gravitational vector) around a black hole. This diagram describes the strength of the gravitational field, but is not a depiction of the shape of a black hole. You may want to read about "gravitational wells"; there are many articles (and pictures) available on-line.
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"fun fun fun"
makes my son laugh
alexander makes this a lot of fun
because of this I will cont. to buy other dr seuss books
"Game of very involved"
Dotrice, at first I wasn't sure of all the character voice changes but he makes it work. There must be hundreds of characters
The unknown, the mystery of those possible problems coming from beyond the wall
The fantasy that leaves you waiting for it to happen
Haven't done any yet, but....
I can't believe he's the same guy who plays the Russian coach in "the cutting edge" movie
This is really extreme dramatics with surprises and violence
Not for kids
Listening to a part of the story and seeing the same part online is fun, you can do this without spoiling the rest of the book
Amazing, engrossing, great
The mystery of the monoliths, the fantasy of Dave's adventure through space
The performance was great, you can tell when they recorded separate scenes especially when HAL speaks, that doesn't ruin it, the effect is that it makes it creepy
My reaction is asking for the sequel on audible immediately
And buying the kindle version
I had know idea that the story was this cool
Pretty cool that it was written yrs before landing on the moon and space flight in general
A real story
I was very disappointed
Really everything
Plot, the main characters
The most annoying person was the doctors wife
Eleanor was great
But she was an empty character as well, and crazy before being asked to go the hill house
Lots of disappointment
No anxiety, no fear,
It's a shame but I wanted it to be over
Reviews by other listeners are usually dead on but not this one
Dunne was great but that's it
I wish I had better feelings toward this
"Cool story for the season"
Yes, ray porter is awesome
He has a serious tone and fits perfectly, he made 14 by clines great to
Imagining it happen at my house, my family lives on LI,
I wouldn't of lasted a week
14 by clines
He is in elite company as far as I'm concerned
Scaring your pants off wherever you are
Fast good read
I researched some the events and some were impossible to happen, but that just makes the mystery more real, right?
Adult, imaginative, fun
Richard listening to hunter about what to do with her knife
The ordeal
Please don't ruin this book
Great listen, strongly suggest listening to the original story first
"Want more from kingsbridge"
Graphic, epic, engrossing
The adventure, you become very involved with all the characters, good and just pure evil equally
He fits the scene, I don't know where they find these narrators but they are fantastic
I listened for long stretches but 40hrs 55 min speaks for itself
I wish there was more of a tie in with Ellens curses
The mystery behind jacks father was lacking
This is epic and I would strongly suggest to anyone to give it a listen
"Whisper synced this one"
Maybe I'm not used to female narrators but reading the story myself was more enjoyable. No offense to chilton, she was ok.
Sand is original, young adult material that was cooI, would cont reading a sequel.
I haven't, even though I didn't like listening to her now I would give her another chance and do not discourage anyone from listening to sand
I liked the end, I'm not sure we get to any real answers about the east, at the same time you do not feel mislead about what the family needs to do next
Worth a the credit and time
"movie ruined it for me i guess"
def. by simon vance, he's great. ill stay away from this vampire series for now.
no, not for a while. at the same time i can still encourage people to the story, the way she wrote it i didn't expect.
he always sounds like he's directly from the story, he's better then b. pitt as louie
i wouldn't read it, their is a series but my expectation was different so I'm staying away.
50% of the book seemed like poetry from the vamps point of view, wasn't as dark or horror filled as i though it would be. lots of mellow drama but i can see why people are into it
"Required listening"
Something like this doesn't get any better
If they broadcast this story on tv in the same way war of the worlds was done everyone would believe this was happening, this book is really terrific.
Everything, amazing narration. Weir and bray should win awards for this production.
I heard they have the movie rights, you know they are going to ruin this. They should put the book cover on the big screen and run the audiobook and have people listen to this, that would be amazing.
All other reviews are correct, the book and narration are just superior
"the scary truth"
very high, very well done, easy to listen to.
the fact that its non fiction, all the info received from the story is factual and is happening as we sit here
ok, 20min in i don't think i could of listened to the whole thing, but by 50% in the guy is perfect. his mannerisms are really scary actually when expressing the situations that arise
my reaction is its like being hit by a truck of reality
medically, 100yrs from now, the medical community are going to laugh at us the way we laugh when we read that 100yrs ago they were figuring out we should wash our hands and sterilize equipments
just 1 thing, sorry for knocking it, but thanking the author for pronunciations that are incorrect was funny, i caught just 1 word so far. it doesn't take anything away from the story
i will listen again and also will get more preston books


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Guadalajara. October 19, 2011
8 Storytellers and the Challenge of perfect briefness
Writers from Bolivia, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Peru and Switzerland will share with the public of the 25th FIL Guadalajara the works and days of the short story craft, as well as their most recent works
Short stories remain surreptitious yet solid unchangeable as the pillar of narrative while reminding us that everything counts and everything has been told since the beginning of time, says author Ignacio Padilla, coordinator of the International Short Story Writers Conference of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, celebrating its 5th edition with writers from Bolivia, Chile, Spain, Mexico, Peru and Switzerland.
The International Short Story Writers Conference will kick off on December 2 with the participation of Biel Mesquida (Spain), Pablo Raphael (Mexico), Giovanna Rivero (Bolivia) and Peter Stamm (Switzerland), and on December 3, Borja Bagunyá (Spain), Marcos Giralt Torrente (Spain), Fernando Iwasaki (Peru) and Isabel Mellado (Chile). All of them, says Padilla, will share the works and days of the short story craft, their agonies and remedies facing the challenge of perfect briefness, their vision and, of course, there most recent works.
Never like today has it been so necessary to stop and reflect on the importance of short stories in an ultramodernity that focuses essentially on novels, explains the coordinator of the event, for whom the participation of the most distinguished exponents in the genre in our language and the enthusiasm of the followers of brief storytelling have made of the International Short Story Writers Conference one of the most vivid spaces to reflect on and promote the genre.
In its four previous editions, the International Short Story Writers Conference has welcomed Sergio Pitol, Luisa Valenzuela, Jabbar Yassin Hussin, Andrés Neuman, Jorge F. Hernández, Goran Petrovi?, Fabio Morábito, Samanta Schweblin, Marcelo Birmajer, Espido Freire, Guadalupe Nettel, Ricardo Piglia and Cristina Rivera Garza, among other writers who have shared their views and offered their works to the public of the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
International Short Story Writers Conference
Friday December 2, 18:00 to 19:50
Room 3, ground floor, Expo Guadalajara
Participating: Biel Mesquida, Pablo Raphael, Giovanna Rivero and Peter Stamm
Moderator: Ignacio Padilla
Saturday December 3, 18:00 to 19:50
Participating: Borja Bagunyá, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Fernando Iwasaki, Isabel Mellado


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As many have pointed out, South Korea is, in many aspects, a ungrateful ally. American beef and auto exports are strictly curtailed by the South Korean government. While its own car sales to the United States have soared, South Korea has not fully opened its auto market to American exports, raising the ire of economic nationalists and the United Auto Workers labor union alike. American beef imports have been blocked, under the guise of the canard of an overblown scare of mad cow disease in 2003, when in actuality, many South Koreans joined the protests because they felt the South Korean government of Lee Myung-bak has been too deferential to the United States. Yet, in spite of South Korean prosperity (compared to an ever-declining American economy) and protectionist sentiments, the United States is proceeding to enter into a one-sided trade agreement that gives Korean companies would have the right to sue the U.S. (i.e., American taxpayers) for lost profits, a grievous disadvantage signifying the triumph of internationalist corporatism.
Adding insult to injury, a weakened America continues to subsidize South Korea's defense expenses, as the money saved by Koreans by having their defense subsidized by the United States is used by a government that has practiced export-driven corporatism since the 1960s. To make matters worse, as Chalmers Johnson points out on page 68 of The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, "From the moment we turned Japan and South Korea into political satellites in the late 1940s, the United States has paid off client regimes, either directly or through rigged trade, to keep them docile and loyal." Thus, KORUS perpetuates the looting of the American taxpayer to defend government-regulated/managed trade — not free trade — and a failing cycle of military Keynesianism..
In addition, the defense against takeovers of American companies by South Korean syndicates and firms is greatly inhibited; foreign monopolies will have more power to take over entire U.S. industries, while South Korea will be able to in-source low wage jobs to its factories in the United States (a privilege American companies will not be able to exercise in South Korea). As foreign monopolies are allowed to take over American industries, any laws or regulations that would stop companies from becoming monopolies would be rendered null and void. With our open stock markets, not only will South Korean companies have access to buy us out with the money they stockpile from our balance of America's $11 Billion trade deficit with South Korea, but they will be able to buy whole industries —and we will be financially and legally helpless to stop them.
In addition, South Korea will still be able to use barriers to trade that the U.S. doesn't have, such as special tax breaks and subsidies (ironically, South Korea levies a 10 percent protective value added tax on imports from the United States, while the United States gives them tax-free access to American markets). And, adding insult to injury, under KORUS FTA, South Korean firms that invest in the United States will have the option of circumventing local American trade courts to determine if their rights have been denied in favor of requesting third-party international arbitration, empowering sovereignty-compromising bodies such as the World Trade Organization and other internationalist bodies. These would especially include the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which the United States has participated in since 1966, or arbitration would be submitted to a panel that would follow U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration rules, to which the United States agreed to in 1968. This process is already used for most U.S. free trade agreements in addition to America's 40 bilateral investment treaties (BITs). Regardless of the specific mechanism utilized, American sovereignty is compromised in favor of global governance and regulation.
As a further sovereignty-compromising effect of KORUS FTA, Korea will gain unhindered liberties to circumvent U.S. law. Any law Korea sees as limiting a corporation's profitability can be challenged. Even prevailing wage laws can be challenged, overstepping the ideals and principals of sovereignty found in our Constitution was founded on, as our leaders are consistently giving too much control of our country to foreign entities. (That federal minimum wage laws also defy the Constitution is another point.)
Thus, KORUS is yet another "free" trade agreement that will take away our right to do what is in the best interest of our country. The basis of all free trade agreements is to give foreigners unrestricted access to everything we have, eliminating duties and tariffs that protect our fledgling and older industries. Korea has only 48 million people — the U.S. has over 300 million. Under "free trade," it would not be possible to have anything but a massive trade imbalance with this country. By selling to us below cost, they are, by design, forcing our companies to move out of the country, sell out, or go out of business — which has already been happening at an accelerated rate. KORUS will only hasten our demise, which one can only conclude is by design, as the Insiders (manifested as the WTO, World Bank, and multinational corporations) continue their steady and intentional march towards the defeat of the American Republic and the sacrifice of American economic strength and sovereignty on the high altar of internationalist "free" trade.


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Estimates for Specific Forms of Arthritis
More adults are developing arthritis: physical activity and learning to self-manage arthritis can help reduce joint pain.
We are often asked how many people have a specific type of arthritis, of which there are more than 100. That is too difficult to answer for most types at the moment, but CDC worked with the National Arthritis Data Workgroup (NADW) to provide the best available estimates for a few types. The effort focused on making estimates for 2005, and was published in 2008. A brief summary is given below.
Nearly 1 in 5 US adults—46 million people—have arthritis, the nation's most common cause of disability, which continues to be a large and growing public health problem. By the year 2030, an estimated 67 million people will be affected by arthritis, according to the study published in the January issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. The study used published research to estimate the number of people affected by arthritis, which comprises more than 100 diseases and conditions that affect the joints, in 2005. This research included analyses from national surveys (e.g., the National Health Interview Survey) and from some smaller studies as well. The prevalence of osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, increased to 27 million people, up from the previous estimate of 21 million.
Other key findings include the following:
- Rheumatoid arthritis, which can lead to chronic pain, loss of joint function, and deformity, is decreasing, with 1.3 million adults affected, down from 2.1 million in 1990—in part due to more restrictive classification criteria but also because of a real drop in prevalence.
- Gout, a form of arthritis most common among men, affected approximately 3 million adults, up from 2.1 million in 1990.
"The prevalence of arthritis overall continues to grow in the United States, which is not surprising given that many of the specific conditions are age related and the general population is aging," said Charles G. Helmick, MD, a CDC epidemiologist and a lead author on the study. "The increases in some of the more common types of arthritis suggest that they will have a growing impact on the health care and public health systems and more efforts should be made to promote underused but effective interventions and programs that could reduce that impact," he said. "These include getting educated about managing your arthritis through the Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program and the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, and getting more physically active through the Arthritis Foundation Exercise or Aquatics Programs."
Editor's Note: Some prevalence estimates are based on a few old or small studies of uncertain generalizability to the US population. This is the case for lupus, which affected an estimated 161,000 to 322,000 adults, according to the study. This is a conservative estimate, and CDC-funded lupus registries in Georgia and Michigan are currently underway to better define the impact of the condition.
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The next chapter of e-books will have less to do with Stephen King and more to do with chemistry and history. Despite hype and high hopes, dedicated hardware e-book readers and downloadable novels have been slow to catch on. But that doesn't mean e-books won't be a hot trend in 2002. Andres Nannetti, CEO and co-founder of e-book platform company Rovia Inc., points to textbooks and self-publishing as areas ripe for growth.
Located in Boston, Rovia was founded in early 2000 around an e-textbook platform that allows customers to rent access to material from any machine with a Web connection. "The real activity for e-books is in active reading, which is what you do with textbooks, research and reference materials," says Nannetti, 25. Forrester Research predicts that digitally delivered textbooks and custom-printed books will make up the majority of what will be a $7.8 billion market within five years.
"Publishing in general is in for a big surprise as the Internet really takes over, because a lot of the physical barriers to entry are removed," says Nannetti. Marketing-savvy entrepreneurs can find big opportunities in releasing e-books to niche markets that are underserved by volume-oriented traditional publishers. "There are a lot of things out there that can sell less than 50,000 copies," Nannetti says. "For a small business, you can make a living off of that."
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- eBookWeb: Comprehensive site with news, opinions and community features, covering everything from writing ebooks to reviews
- Open eBook Forum: Organization dedicated to the creation and maintenance of an open ebook standard
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Entertainment News for Kids from EW's the Family Room
Now that I have a little one, I am starting to tune-in to more tevelevision series for children. And, I am quickly realizing that the Smurfs and Care Bears have been replaced with Dora and Diego and those colorful animal-children called the Backyardigans.
Our colleagues over at Entertainment Weekly have a wonderful blog, the Family Room, that provides the low-down on television shows for kids, entertainment news, and so much more. For example, click here to see a recap on the season finale of 'Good Luck Charlie.'
I've recently been visiting the Family Room to enlighten myself on the hottest shows, which was clearly long overdue since I thought the Care Bears were still cool.
So, what are your favorite family shows? Any top-picks for toddlers? I'd love some suggestions!
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These set of tools can be used to migrate TheWord unencrypted Bible, Commentary and Dictionary modules. Click the download link below.
MySword for Android Migration Tools v.2.3 - 18 August 2012
Note that the executable files were designed to work in the Console (Command prompt, or what many people know as the DOS prompt). Also, the program is designed to run in Microsoft Windows with .NET Framework 3.5. It has not yet been tested in Mono Framework.
Simply unzip the archive file to a certain location. Then please read the ReadMe.txt for instructions on how to use the tools.
Changes in v.2.3
- RTF to MySword HTML conversion (RTF2MySwordHTML.dll) improvements:
- MLSJ conversion of special Hyperlink tw://*.*?txt=Entry will be properly converted. Currently, this is just converted to a self-link which actually means there is no entry in MLSJ as only Greek entries exist.
- bold/italic wrapping hyperlinks are now properly converted.
- initial support for RVF bullets and numbers lists including nesting. New lines (breaks entered in TheWord via Shift-ENTER) in items are also supported.
- support for Bible links without tags in RTF conversion if the format is BookAbbr_Chapter_Verse(range), e.g. Joh_3:16. This is because copy-paste of links in e-Sword Study Notes then migrate to TheWord commentary may not have link tags.
- RTF fonttbl whose list are separated by new lines are now ignored.
- RTF Bible links will now use the custom text link for display so that you can now see Bible links like "Ps lxx 1" as in Matthew Henry.
- RVF dictionary links without tid= is now supported.
- RTF dictionary links will now use the custom text link for display.
- RTF commentary self links will now work and not linked to dictionary entry.
- Updated TheWordBible2MySword.exe to include the publish.date if present in the TheWord file. Also made the logic that extracts information at the end of the TheWord file case-insensitive (some modules use About instead of about).
- Updated the dictionary migrator so that empty entries are excluded and will no longer throw an exception of Specified cast is not valid.
- Updated the commentary migrator so that the record that cause an error will be indicated so that it can be rectified.
Changes in v.2.2
- Initial support for RTL for Commentary, Dictionary and Book migration. The r2l field is now copied to a new field in the details table righttoleft and used by MySword 2.0 RC3 for proper alignment. However, the Android device must have the patch that manufacturers normally provided for their Arabic and Hebrew customers or the Android version must be at least Honeycomb.
- Updated RTF2MySwordHTML.dll so that the conversion of the RFT Unicode escapes of the form \u9999 will also ignore the possibly succeeding space. This will remove the unnecessary space in between Greek letters in Strong's dictionary.
- RTF fonttbl (font table) support. An RTF content not using Unicode escapes (old RTF version) but with Greek, Hebrew and Baltic character sets can now be properly converted (will not use one global character set). The makers of the K&D and other modules actually stripped off the font table from the content (maybe to reduced the size) so there is now a default list of fonts:
- font 0 (default) - Windows-1252
- font 1 - Greek - Windows-1253
- font 2 - Hebrew - Windows-1255
- Dictionary originally in RTF format converted to RVF via TheWord's "Detect all verse references..." still has data in Text data type causing no data to be migrated using the old migrator.
- Fixed the RTF migration of Bible reference with verse 0 and dropped the :0, e.g. Psa 92:0 will become Psa 92, as reported by Peter Pellerin.
Changes in v.2.1
- Fixed picture extraction bug in RTF2MySwordHTML.dll for RVF content whose embedded picture contained extra RVF Strings (used for height and width). Morrish Galilee does not show as reported by a user because the image is invalid due to extra bytes at the beginning. The American Tract dictionary is also affected. Here are the entries affected:
- Morrish
- Accad
- Embalming
- Fig, Fig-tree
- Galilee
- Seasons - two pictures at the end
- American Tract
- Idol, Idolatry
- Sepulchre - 3rd picture
- Shalmaneser
- Morrish
Changes in v.2.0
- Migration of TheWord Book, Devotional and Graphics/Maps Modules. The modules created require at least MySword version 2.0.
- Numerous fixes in RTF2MySwordHTML.dll's RTF and RVF conversion routines. Notably, the problem with Hebrew fonts in Barnes, some missing sections in Clarke, About/Comments in Bible having \'XX where X is a hexadecimal number are fixed. The appropriate Character Encoding to use for RTF's \'XX must be set in the *.config file of the specific migrator EXE.
- Graphics support for Books/Journals (to make the Maps possible), Dictionaries (Morrish now grew from being 4MB to 18MB due to pictures, and we now have American Tract Society Bible Dictionary with pictures) and Commentaries (have not yet tested though).
- Initial support for RTL for Bible migration. The r2l field is now copied to details table's RightToLeft and used by MySword 2.0 for proper alignment. However, the Android device must have the patch that manufacturers normally provided for their Arabic and Hebrew customers.
- Corrected some bugs in the RTF2MySwordHTML.dll used by TheWordDictionary2MySword and TheWordCommentary2MySword.
- Trimmed also the Dictionary subject some words in French Strong's of Daniel Poulin have trailing space so a strong link tap from the Bible may not find an entry.
- Also, updated all migrators except Bible so that it will prompt the user if the module is compressed or encrypted and cannot be migrated.
- TheWordDictionary2MySword is updated to support self references or links to entries in the same dictionary module using ID numbers instead of word key. Version 1.0 only supports word keys and Strong's numbers. The need arose when migrating Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary of American English.
Changes in v.1.0a
- Inclusion of the 64-bit version of System.Data.SQLite.DLL in x64 folder and instruction on how to run the tools in a 64-bit version of Windows.
- Updated ReadMe.txt that included the following:
- The requirement of UTF-8 format for the TheWord Bible file and how to convert non-UTF-8 format.
- Making the tools work for 64-bit Windows O.S.
- Checking the resulting MySword database outside the MySword application using a plugin/extension in Firefox.
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- 17 March 2014 - MySword for Android 5.0.1 Released
- 14 March 2014 - MySword for Android 5.0 Released
- 08 March 2014 - MySword for Android 5.0 RC 3 Released
- 04 March 2014 - SD Card Issues in Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 25 February 2014 - MySword for Android 5.0 RC 2 Released
- 18 February 2014 - MySword 5.0 New Kit kat WYSIWYG (Rich text) Editor
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The original controller that came with the original XBox was not a pretty sight. It was obese, bulky, and obviously not made with the human hand in mind. While it may be confusing why Microsoft made this controller in the first place, at least they fixed its major flaws with the Type-S controller. While Microsoft might not always get things right at first, at least they'll respond to consumers' needs. XBox 360 owners, however, got lucky. The controller for XBox 360 is thin, light, and very intuitive. Take a look for yourself at the controllers below.
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Voter turnout was weak for Tuesday's Republican Primary for Bermuda District's Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Dorothy A. Jaeckle, serving in the position since 2007, won 2 – 1 against challenger Chris McCarney. With the unofficial results from 13 of 13 precincts reporting (includes absentee), a total of 1,831 votes were cast with Jaeckle receiving 1, 218 votes and McCarney with 613 votes.
This was only the first leg of a campaign for Jaeckle to save her seat. Two additional challengers filed before the polls closed on Tuesday. Challenger's Kenny Britt and Mark Fausz have both filed as Independents. Bermuda will be the most contested district in the county.


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Hey everyone, I need your help. My fiancee and I are getting married in January and after getting engaged at Disney we knew we had to spend at least part of our honeymoon there. So we are going to be there for 3 nights before heading out to Port Canaveral to catch our cruise.
Now, unfortunatly, we couldn't afford the Disney cruise-but we are heading out on Royal Carribean. We will be coming back on the 9th and then will be staying another night in a Disney hotel because I am running the marathon the next day.
I have been to Disney a million times but I don't know the answer to this question. Is there ANYWHERE on property that I could park my truck and leave it while we are on our cruise? We would likely take a cab or something to the port so this would make things so much easier, not to mention, I think you have to pay to park your car there for a week. Thanks for reading and let me know if you know anything! Thanks.


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An extraordinary penthouse boasting 7,738sf, this duplex residence is located in a white glove luxury condominium in a most desirable Upper West Side location. The apartment features 1,244sf of outdoor space in a southern facing wrap around terrace that has spectacular park and city views. This exceptional architectural masterpiece was designed by renowned architect, Alan Wanzenberg, and features three combined units for a classic pre-war layout with gracious entertaining spaces, study and family room, a lounge, a formal dining room as well as an eat-in-kitchen, and a large entrance gallery. Great family living space with 15 rooms, including 7 bedrooms, 5 full baths, and 2 half baths. Environmentally friendly features include energy efficient appliance, water-temperature controls, and low-volume toilets. Additional features include: AMX smart home system with integrated security control, Blindtek motorized solar shades, JRH Acoustical soundproofing and insulation, heated marble mosaic floors in master bath and shower, and a personal elevator entrance. Exceptional level of detail, including concealed speaker system throughout, insulated pipes for noise elimination, custom closets
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For over a century, commercial agriculture had been the backbone of Hawaii's precarious economy. Immigrants from China, Japan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other faraway places came to the islands to work in the pineapple and sugar fields, creating the social base for our unique mix of cultures. Benefiting from our rich volcanic soil, Hawaiian grown products (legal and otherwise) were and still are renowned as being amongst the world's best in quality. The fading industry still exists in pockets throughout the major Hawaiian islands, but has seen a steady decline over the last forty years, as tourism, construction, and technology take over as the state's economic torches.
There's good and bad in that. The bad being that the closure of these field and processing operations meant hundreds of "unskilled" people lost labor jobs that had been held by their families over generations, flinging them into uncertain futures. The good is that the chronic contamination of our soil and wells, streams and rivers, water tables, and the near shore ocean might recede to fractions of what they'd been when the agricultural industry was at it's zenith ... "might" being the operative word.
Compounding the problem of recurrent irrigation water leaching into underground water tables, this fertile red but treated topsoil on Oahu's central plains are often caught unplanted in the traditional rainy seasons, which can lead to profuse and muddy runoff into the ocean way off in the distance below.
Over the decades, millions of gallons of contaminated agricultural water has settled deep into the ground, carrying with it millions of units of pesticides, herbicides, soil treatments and fertilizers. Realistically, it would be impossible to maintain an ongoing cycle of productive crops without these chemicals. However, the cumulative deposits may take decades and possibly centuries to fully degrade, if ever, and they find their way into streams, rivers, aquifers, and ultimately out into the ocean.
My buddies and I have been driving out to Oahu's North Shore since the 70's. In the beginning, we did so blissfully unaware of the impact the pineapple and cane fields we were cutting through were having on the ocean and waves. During and after rains, we'd surf in water that ranged in color from a green tea to a near black chocolate, where you couldn't see your legs as you sat on your board. We'd laugh at each other because our surf trunks had become tinted red from the dirt in the water. It smelled and tasted like dirt, but we sure did score some good and uncrowded waves. Ah, the sweet advantages of youthful ignorance and mindless surf fever.
Sustained irrigation helps quench thirsty crops that in turn feed hungry people, but its waters also serve as the unwitting courier of agricultural seepage and runoff. An unfortunate but necessary evil of commercial agriculture.
Over the hill and on the other side of the central Oahu slope are Kunia and Village Park, two residential communities who've had a terse and litigious history with the Del Monte Corporation over the "alleged" contamination of it's drinking water supply. Lawyers representing the residents claim that soil and shallow groundwater at the site were contaminated with the fumigants EDB, DBCP and DCP, the solvents TCP and benzene and the pesticide Lindane. Deep groundwater was contaminated with EDB, DBCP and TCP. People who touch or ingest the contaminated groundwater at risk. In 1980, the State ordered the Kunia well removed from service for drinking water purposes. In 1981 and 1983, Del Monte trucked nearly 20,000 tons of soil from the spill area and spread it on nearby fields. The EPA recognized this as an unlawful disposal method of a hazardous substance. Although Del Monte complied with the EPA mandate halting the practice, one has to wonder what kind of monkey business has gone on when prying eyes weren't monitoring industry activities. There were claims that the prolonged ingestion of these chemicals by pregnant woman living in the area caused their babies to suffer devastating birth defects.
Brown water conditions have become so prevalent in West Maui, that its become more the norm than the exception. Its this runoff that is suspected to have caused the immense algae blooms that have occurred in these waters. Photo: Hawaii Coastal Geology Group
The West Maui coastline has long suffered the scourge of agricultural and construction runoff, and the ocean a hundred yards out and miles across is in a seemingly perpetual state of brown. Even on its best days, the sand is stained, the bottom blanketed with a choking silt, and weird amoebic globs of slimy algae pervades the ocean's surface and floor. Beginning in the late 80's, spontaneous algae "blooms" began occurring frequently and on an immense, mind blowing scale. Reefs were smothered by it and thick rafts of the stuff washed up on the beach where it laid rotting in the hot sun. Swarms of flies were attracted by the overwhelming stench. It was and still is a mess. Marine biologists claim that nutrients in runoff fueled the blooms and most of the damage to local reef systems caused by the algal pestilence is irreparable. They also blame the runoff for the increase in tumors seen afflicting wild sea turtles in the area.
Surfers paddle out into a muddy (and sharky) lineup. If local turtles are stricken with skin tumors and reefs are dying, how is the ocean user's health being affected? Photo: Hawaii Coastal Geology Group
Thankfully, there are tireless and vigilant local and national organizations who consistently monitor ocean water quality and lobbying for tighter regulations on the junk that's being put into our drinking water and oceans. Here's some of them:
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The author needs to acknowledge that as our environmental consciousness grew (1970's to today) and developed into our current environmental regulatory climate, all industries (from large agriculture to mom&pop stores) changed their businesses to embrace new environment regulations and deal with past trangressions or they closed-down. Most large-scale agriculture and most mom&pop gas stations closed. Unfortunately the demise of large scale agriculture will also yield the following: (1) Urbanization of former AG lands (hello more suburbs, Koa Ridge and Kam/Gentry development Mauka of Ka Uka Blvd, Pamoho estates) (2) Larger non-point pollution sources from 'gentlemen' farmers and new urbanization (e.g. uncle pouring unused solvents into the backyard puka) (3) Buy, hold, re-zone, and develop (yes bulldozing & red dirt run-off occurs during construction of these suburbs) Agriculture incorporating 'enforced' best management practices would provide: (1) storm water control of vacant agricultural lands (brown water runoff entering oceans), (2) keep the last portion of Oahu rural character intact (3) reduce Hawaii's reliance on imported food and our collective carbon footprint (i.e. Matsons fuel to ship in California avocados) In short, a good solution would be to keep the AGRICULTURAL lands zoned and used for actual agriculture, and not for land speculation for urban-development.
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Civic Stadium, Kim Finch, the 'mystery safe' and a four-day school week among top 10 education stories of 2013
Here's a list of the 10 most-viewed K-12 education stories this year:
1. "Four or against? Shifting to a four-day school week has had varied results"
Since the Oakridge School District switched to a four-day school week in 2009, Superintendent Don Kordosky has become an expert and a cheerleader on the new plan.
And he's faced his share of criticism. Once, on an MSNBC news show, another educator called him "stupid" for promoting it. NBC news anchor Brian Williams introduced a segment featuring Kordosky a year ago with a clearly doubtful outlook: "Makes you wonder how this could be better for our kids."
2. "Job shift follows complaints"
The Eugene School District created a new administrative position in November that pays about $160,000 a year in salary and benefits and appointed Churchill High School Principal Kim Finch to the job. Earlier this year, the district paid an investigator $12,000 to look into some aspects of Finch's job performance.
3. "School officials' Hawaii trip 'a real mistake,' district says"
The Eugene School District paid $4,800 for three special education administrators to fly to Honolulu for a three-day conference in June. Superintendent Sheldon Berman said the trip was a mistake and that he assumed it was in San Diego, not Honolulu.
The trip came as the Eugene district faced a budget shortfall of nearly $12 million and was looking at cutting three dozen teaching positions this school year.
4. "School bus firm facing fine"
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division earlier this year fined school bus company First Student, Inc. $3,800 for operating a bus with front tires so worn that the cords underneath the tire tread were visible. The bus was used to drive Junction City School District students to and from school.
The company fired a supervisor as a result of the OSHA violation, but the Ohio-based company filed an appeal, disputing the amount of the fine.
5. "Civic Stadium draws four purchase offers"
The Eugene School District received four proposals this month for its coveted Civic Stadium property. The offers, which ranged from a low of $16.56 to a high of $5 million, came from the Eugene Family YMCA and its local development partners; the Fred Meyer grocery store chain and one of its developers; the city of Eugene; and Friends of Civic Stadium.
6. "Civic Stadium proposals pitched"
At a City Club of Eugene meeting in September, south-central city Councilor George Brown asserted that the majority of councilors have decided they want to help save Civic Stadium and try to acquire it from the Eugene School District.
At the meeting, Bellevue, Wash.-based developer Peter Powell representing Fred Meyer, and Eugene YMCA Executive Director Dave Perez pitched their Civic offers to the City Club members.
7. "Delay of opening prolongs mystery of old safe"
At a Roosevelt Middle School fundraising event in April, Chris Warren from Eugene's All Comedy 1450 radio station broke the news to students that the radio station was going to wait to open the "mystery safe" that was donated to the school's fundraiser.
Forty people bid on the safe, the top bid being $4,415 from All Comedy 1450 and RV Corral owner Jerry McCall.
As it turned out, nothing was in the safe, which was opened at RV Corral the next week.
Roosevelt Middle School parent Peter Pomponi found a "mystery safe" in a 1900s-era farmhouse that he owns in Grants Pass.
Pomponi donated the safe, and its contents, to the Roosevelt Middle School Showcase fundraiser.
9. "In the ballpark? Fred Meyer, YMCA explain Civic bids"
Fred Meyer developer Peter Powell offered $5 million to the Eugene School District for the Civic Stadium property, or $360,000 a year to lease the property for 20 years. Plus, if Powell and Fred Meyer leased the property, they want an option to buy it at the end of the lease for an estimated $10.2 million to $11.2 million.
The Eugene Family YMCA and its new development partners, Gordon Anslow, Allen DeGeneault and Rick Duncan, offered $4 million for the property. Plus they offered $6.2 million worth of Y recreation and educational services to the district over 20 years.
10. "Coburg second-graders roll (and bounce) with new seats"
Instead of sitting in chairs, second-graders at Coburg Community Charter School started sitting on 18-inch-diameter yellow plastic exercise balls last school year.
Teacher Kerry Patton is among a growing number of teachers across the United States who in recent years have substituted classroom chairs with balls commonly found in yoga and Pilates exercise classes.
Several studies suggest that the balls increase focus because students can constantly move and get all the wiggles out.
Josephine Woolington covers K-12 education for The Register-Guard. She served as online managing editor for the Emerald Media Group at the UO in 2012, and also worked at the Mail Tribune in Medford during the summer of 2012. Follow her on Twitter @j_woolington.


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We are 'this' close to pulling the trigger on a beautiful 30" wide counter-depth Liebherr CS-1660 fridge/freezer for our kitchen remodel, but are a little worried about going from the current ~25 cu ft monster to this svelte 15.5 cu ft beauty (and only having one veg/fruit drawer!). There are only two of us, but we cook a lot and mainly fresh things--so the two veg/fruit drawers in our current 36" model are usually pretty full. Anyone out there make a similar transition recently? Or can speak to how the 30" provides plenty of workable interior fridge space for a family of two? (ps, not worried about freezer space). |
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 17:55
I'd be worried about the resale potential if you are in anything other than a small apartment or condo. People love their full sized refrigerators and not having the ability to have one in a regular sized home would be a pretty big drawback to most. |
- Posted by kitchendetective (My Page) on Mon, Feb 4, 13 at 19:39
I know a retired, empty nest couple that did this. They ended up converting what had been a housekeeper's room into a food storage and auxiliary refrigerator/freezer room. Among other issues, leafy produce takes up a lot of room! |
We're an empty-nest couple who cook about like you describe. We did try downsizing the refrigerator/freezer unit several years ago and found it was a big mistake. First, the produce section always overflowed and secondly on those occaisions when we had visitors or entertained there was never enough space. Our recent solution in a completely revamped kitchen was to use a 30" counter depth fully integrated refrigerator unit and a separate 18" integrated freezer column. The combination approximates 25 cu. ft. but turns out to have more usable space because of the additional door width. If you have alternative freezer space, then you might consider a refrigerator only solution and keep the volume. |
We're in a similar situation. Our trusty ol' 1984 Amana is 32" wide, 20 Cu.Ft. bottom freezer counter depth, with wood panels,and no one seems to make the same any more. No way can we go 36" so we're going with a 30" and only could find Sub Zero and Liebherr in that size. Hoping the 30" will suffice, we are recent empty nesters and do have a garage refrigerator. Some mfg. could probably do well to offer a 32" wide built in, or counter depth, I know one buyer... |
You can make do - unless you ferment foods or something like that. We had a 36" side-by-side GE that came with the house and I hated it. When it broke, we replaced it with a 30" Liebherr and it was OK for two of us but barely. But as soon as DD came along, it was no longer even nearly sufficient. Well, I did not want to discard a $4K fridge, so I supplemented it with a stand-alone freezer but it still was not enough. For a long time, I regretted the decision to buy a 30" fridge. However, for the upcoming remodel, I am adding an under-counter refrigerator and I think it is actually much better than having one fridge that everyone fights for. I guess I am saying that if you find it is not enough, there are ways to add. BTW, I am not crazy about Liebherr's quality. I did everything "right": ordered from a reputable showroom, asked for a unit made mid-week, had it professionally installed and still... The back-wall drain gets clogged all the time and the back wall always freezes food. Plus, there is the hinge recall thing and I cannot get a technician to come to take care of it. |
This post was edited by eleena on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 11:07
It seems I have read more than a few negative reviews on the Liebherr's here lately. I'm getting concerned, since we have decided on it over the Sub Zero, mainly saving the $2k difference. We have not placed order yet, but if I keep hearing bad reviews, I may be willing to spend the money on the S-Z for peace of mind. |
- Posted by ellessebee (My Page) on Tue, Feb 5, 13 at 21:20
We are doing something similar although NOT with Liebherr. We are downsizing from 2 30-inch standard depth bottom freezer units (total 36 cu ft) that stand side by side to one 36" FD counter-depth 22 cu ft. Had wanted to go standard depth, 36" wide because I feel somewhat insecure without the food storage space because we, too, eat lots of fresh produce. I gave up my full size freezer at the last extended power outage and have managed quite well with just the 2 bottom freezer drawers in the refrigerators. But after spending many hours looking at standard depth refrigerators - without water dispensers in the door - I decided they looked like junk. Drawers don't slide easily, baskets are cheap looking, freezer drawers everything would fall out of down into the depths of the box. A salesperson convinced me that counterdepth fridges would be more to my aesthetic liking, and, it kills me to say, they are. Just today I looked at a KitchenAid 22 cuft counterdepth and a 25 cuft standard depth - both 36" wide. The counterdepth, at 3 cuft smaller, was $1000 more. However, it had much nicer styling, far better lighting and a more user friendly freezer. I am going to bite the bullet and go for either that one or a similar LG. I was offered a Leibherr at a decent price by a dealer who was clearing out his floor models. I passed on it because I think it's too steep a jump from the capacity we have. We are also going to have either a small freezer or another, but smaller, fridge in the pantry just for security. We live in a rural area where the nearest store is a small deli 20 minutes away. I have to be able to stock up to some extent. |
- Posted by Stranger_In_The_Alps (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 13 at 10:06
Thanks all for the input (I'm a long time reader, first time poster). I agree with the concept that we can always add on (fridge/freezer in the basement, cooler for parties, etc) and the 30" will really fit the scale of our smallish kitchen much better...so I think we're going with the 30". And probably sticking with the Leibherr (I think the balance of reviews are mainly positive), to go along with our much-anticipated BS range. Cheers! |
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The Fourth is Looking Fab
The big Fourth of July holiday is just around the corner, and no one does it better than Sun Valley. Now is the time to make sure you've secured tickets to all the concerts, shows and events that will make celebrating the nation's independence unforgettable.
At Sun Valley itself, the Fourth will be feted with the first Sun Valley On Ice of the season on Friday, July 4. This star-studded event beneath the stars features the one-and-only Gracie Gold. Gold, the 2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist and 2014 National Champion, is figure skating's golden girl. Known for her beauty, grace, athleticism and lyricism, Gold will take your breath away. It's rare to get this close to a star of Gracie's caliber, so be sure to get your bleacher, Sun Room, or fabulous dinner buffet seats today. Also lighting up the ice on the Fourth will be Jason Brown, the 2014 Olympic Bronze Medalist and 2014 US Silver Medalist, as well as Nathan Chen, 2014 Junior World Bronze Medalist and 2014 US Junior Gold Medalist. The fabulous core skaters and featured skaters of Sun Valley will keep the action – and beat — going strong. We've heard a rumor that there is a strong disco influence in this show and it is sure to be quite a night.
Following the show, Sun Valley will set off a dazzling fireworks display, lighting up Dollar mountain and beyond.
Tickets are still available but are going fast. To make sure you don't miss a moment of this spectacular show, click HERE or please call 208.622.2135. To make the most of the weekend, book a special hotel package, as well. Stay at the Sun Valley Resort July 4 and enjoy two tickets to Sun Valley On Ice and buffet for only $209 per person, double occupancy. Bleacher seating is also available for two plus one night's lodging for $158 per person, double occupancy. Ask about children's tickets, too. For reservations, please call (866) 893-4452.
The fun continues in Sun Valley on July 5 when the Fab Four play the beautiful Pavilion. At 8 p.m., this first-class Beatles' Tribute band weaves their precise attention to detail and uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles' songs into the fabric of the weekend. This incredible stage show includes three costume changes representing every era of the Beatles ever-evolving career and live performances of classics like "Can't Buy Me Love," "Yesterday," "A Day In The Life," "Twist And Shout," "Here Comes The Sun" and "Hey Jude."
The holiday weekend kicks off with music of another sort – the upbeat, "dare you not to dance" sounds of Michael Franti & Spearhead, performing an evening concert at River Run on July 2 at 6 p.m. A part of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts Summer Concert Series, Franti is a Valley favorite and puts on an amazing show that also features SOJA, Brett Dennen and Trevor Hall. Tickets are still available for $40 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Early entry (entry 15 minutes prior to general admission) costs $85 for members, $95 for nonmembers plus a $1 per ticket Reverb charity donation. A special VIP Party pack is available. Please click HERE to buy tickets and for more information.
Please note, picnics will be allowed at River Run, as usual, but due to liability concerns, Sun Valley Company will no longer allow outside alcohol at concerts. Bring ID if you'd like to purchase alcohol on site. Bags and IDs will be checked by Sun Valley Security.
Fun with Franti begins earlier in the day, though, when the Soulshine Tour Yoga Experience hits the idyllic Trail Creek Cabin picnic grounds. Starting at 11 a.m., live music, DJs, yoga and fans all take part in what organizers call "one ridiculously awesome jam." The morning begins with a very special mass acoustic music and yoga practice, featuring Michael Franti and friends playing live and a class led by Allie Purdy. The yoga is appropriate for all levels, ages, shapes and sizes. The yoga event will last a roughly 90 minutes, followed by an hour-long traditional yoga class taught by Allie Purdy with Michael Franti performing a couple acoustic songs on either end of the class and physically participating with fans. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for this event. Please bring yoga mats and water, but leave your dog at home. The event is rain or shine and is non-refundable. Tickets are $20, $10 if purchased with a ticket to the Soulshine Tour Concert (plus tax). For more information on The Soulshine Tour Yoga Experience, please visit: soulshine.com.
And the Fourth wouldn't be the Fourth without the Hailey Fourth of July Parade. This true community event features an old west shootout gang portrayal and fun-filled, family-friendly parade that runs down Main Street in Hailey from noon until approximately 1:30 p.m. This year's theme is "Wood River Valley Inspires." The Grand Marshal will be Dick Fosbury noted for his "Fosbury Flop" and for sharing his love and enthusiasm for sports, especially track and field, around the world.
Also in Hailey, enjoy the Rodeo over the long weekend. The Sawtooth Rangers Fourth of July Rodeo runs starts July 2 with "Family Nite" (kids ten and under are free). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show usually lasts until about 10 p.m. Tickets are available at all Atkinsons' Markets and at the Hailey Chamber of Commerce in the Welcome Center located at 781 S. Main Street. All Tickets are General Admission and sell out fast so get there early! This is the 66th annual "Days of the Old West Rodeo." It runs through July 4.
As if all of that wasn't enough, Ride Sun Valley events continue through July 5. On the Fourth, the Hailey Criterium races around downtown Hailey following the parade. On July 5, some of the best mountain bikers around compete in the U.S. Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships on Baldy.
Oh yes, and the gondola and Christmas Lift on Bald Mountain open to bike traffic on July 1.
Get out there and enjoy a real, small-town, western Fourth of July with a lot of pretty impressive bells, whistles, and yes, fireworks. Have a safe, fun weekend!