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Wedding: 3/10/2012
We used Monte Vista Strings for our wedding and they were absolutely fabulous! They played during our ceremony (traditional music and pop) as well as our cocktail reception (pop). Andrew was fabulous and even accomodated our request to use music not on their list. I would absolutely recommend Monte Vista to anyone!
Thank you so much, Ricki!! It was our pleasure to customize the program and style you envisioned! :)
Wedding: 11/9/2012
We had a string duo play for our wedding ceremony and afterwards for cocktails on the patio. The music was absolutely beautiful! Very talented musicians!
Wedding: 9/24/2011
Being musically trained ourselves, finding the best possible performers for our wedding was a high priority. After scouring the internet, listening carefully to samples, and hearing our top choices in person, we felt the clear choice was Monte Vista Strings and Jazz, directed by Andrew Small.
From our first conversation, Mr. Small attended to our every concern promptly and professionally. On the wedding day, our ceremony ended up starting 25 minutes late due to factors beyond our control, but the musicians showed tremendous flexibility and kept our guests calm and inspired by elongating the prelude music.
Perhaps most important of all, every note we heard, and I do mean every note, was pristinely played. The string trio managed our highly customized program with finesse, polish, and style.
Our guests told us one after the other that our wedding music was the best they had heard anywhere.
We can recommend this company with all our hearts. 5 stars.
Thank you for this wonderfully detailed review! It was our privilege to work with you.
Wedding: 4/27/2013
Monte Vista Strings is wonderful to work with and we could not have been more pleased with how everything went. They are extremely professional and Andrew is a pleasure to work with! If you are looking for the perfect wedding music then MSV is it! They made my sister's wedding absolutely perfect!
Wedding: 8/31/2014
The Monte Vista string quartet performed contemporary songs for our ceremony and cocktail reception. They were amazing!!! Andrew was a pleasure to work with from start to finish and the team was highly professional. Our guests are still talking about how beautiful the music was. We highly recommend Monte Vista Strings.
Wedding: 6/15/2013
As a bride, everything about a wedding goes by quickly. You don't always have time to stop and smell the roses, but with Monte Vista Strings, their beautiful music helped me stay in the moment.
It's very difficult to incorporate music in your wedding that doesn't feel cheesy or overdone, but they offer a huge selection of songs that will make it easy to craft a unique musical arrangement.
My husband and I are both musicians, so the music was probably the most important part of the wedding planning. Andrew made it so easy, and was very flexible when we wanted to incorporate a few of our musician friends into the ceremony.
For a very reasonable fee, Andrew learned a Neil Young song that he played with a few friends and executed it perfectly, with very little time to practice.
They are talented, sweet, and wonderful musicians. I can't thank you enough!
Wedding: 12/29/2012
Absolutely the best! Our ceremony was like a dream...like being in a romance film. :) I love watching the film of that day and hearing the beautiful instruments that Monte Vista played. Truly amazing! Highly recommend them. Great vendor!
Wedding: 3/16/2013
Andrew and his team of Monte Vista Strings and Jazz provided the music for our wedding ceremony, cocktail hour and during our sit down dinner. Everything was perfect! I trusted completely in Andrew to provide the best music selection, and he delivered!
The music and cantor during our ceremony was wonderful. Leaving the cathedral we were greeted by a Mariachi group playing fun and lively music, and it was so delightful. Our guests absolutely loved the 3 piece jazz group during the cocktail hour. During dinner, they provided a contemporary wired strings group that was beautiful. The level of professionalism and performance far exceeded my expectations. I want to thank Andrew and his team for making our special day a memorable one!
Wedding: 11/3/2012
Andrew Small is extremely professional and easy to work with. We booked strings and mariachi's through him. The music was fantastic and the cantor was beautiful. Highly recommended for CATHOLIC weddings! Andrew even played himself at our wedding and we were thrilled!
Service is very good and make sure to add the 15 extra minutes of potential over time.
Thank you, Lauren! Yours was one of the most beautiful Catholic ceremonies we have ever seen. Congratulations and best wishes to you both!!
Wedding: 11/3/2012
They were better sounding than their online demos. They were a little sassy at times, but overall easy to work with.
Wedding: 10/27/2012
They sounded so beautiful and Andrew was such a joy to work with, very professional!
Thank you so much! We were truly inspired by your beautiful ceremony in Mission San Jose. :)
Wedding: 10/7/2012
Great players. Only issue is that they did not start playing were they were supposed to for the last song.
Thank you for the positive feedback. We loved being present last month at Kendall Plantation for this beautiful ceremony and we too are perfectionists! If we remember correctly, the bride requested an unusual starting point after the standard beginn...
Wedding: 9/30/2012
I was very pleased that I selected Monte Vista Strings and Jazz for my wedding ceremony. Their music was so beautiful and elegant; it really set the tone for my wedding. Being a musician myself, it was very important to me to select talented professionals, so I was pleased to find out that all of the performers are regulars with the Austin and San Antonio symphonies. Andrew and his ensemble were willing to accompany the vocalist I hired, Paul Sanchez. Hearing them perform together was a dream come true for me! The strings' melodic, full, sound went perfectly with Paul's gorgeous operatic tenor voice; with the acoustics in the church, they sounded like a full orchestra backing up the primo uomo in an opera! Thank you Monte Vista!
Thank you, Amanda! It was absolutely our honor to perform for you at Riverbend in Austin. It's always especially gratifying when a professional musician engages us for her own wedding!
Wedding: 9/8/2012
The wedding was absolutely perfect, and the music truly had a role in this. We had classical Spanish guitar at our tiny 12 person outdoor ranch wedding, and it just made the wedding that much more magical. If we had a larger wedding, I would have loved a larger string ensemble. As a musician, I felt not only completely comfortable working with Monte Vista Strings and Jazz but thoroughly impressed. Honestly, I wasn't sure which instruments would be the best, but Andrew customed designed this choice for our wedding. They truly understand weddings!
Thank you! This Paniolo Ranch wedding was so classy and romantic.
Wedding: 6/24/2012
Beautiful music, organized staff, able to play exactly how and when I wanted! Would recommend this to anyone, their music changed the total dynamic of the setting to intimate and romantic.
You guys were the best. We are so happy we were able to create the musical vibe you envisioned!
Wedding: 6/2/2012
As the bride, I didn't hear the pre-ceremony music, since I was in the bridal room getting ready. What I heard when the ceremony started was as good as promised. The string trio provided beautiful, romantic music for our lovely outdoor ceremony. I could not have imagined it more perfect. Thank you Andrew and team!
Thank you, Carol! Not only was this wedding gorgeous, but the flower girl petting the dog was one of the cutest things we have ever seen!! :)
Our daughter was married at Red Corral Ranch in Wimberley, TX. She wanted a rustic but elegant outdoor wedding and I wasn't sure how a classical trio would translate on a ranch. It did so beautifully. Can't tell you how much a trio of strings brings class and elegance to a wedding. Every musical style was covered - from sacred to classical to pop. They were obviously very professional musicians but appeared to be delighted to be playing on a Ranch in the middle of nowhere! What more could a mother ask for her daughter's wedding? Loved them. Very, very glad we chose Monte Vista.
Susan, it was such a pleasure for us to work with you and the outstanding team of vendors you had assembled that day in Wimberly.
Wedding: 10/15/2011
All our wedding guests raved about how much they loved our string trio! We were thoroughly impressed by the quality and value of service we received from Monte Vista Strings and Jazz. I highly recommend Monte Vista Strings and Jazz! You will not be disappointed!
Thank you for your kind comments. It was our pleasure to play for you and your guests.
Wedding: 6/25/2011
Our Monte Vista string quartet was the something-extra-special every bride wants on her wedding day! The music performance superb, communication with the director prompt and range of music choices comprehensive. We had many compliments from our guests regarding Monte Vista's interpretation and presentation of our selected songs. The quality of the audio samples on the website are superior~ check them out for yourself. Highly recommend Monte Vista Strings!
So sweet! Thank you!!!
Wedding: 11/20/2010
Our music at our wedding ceremony was perfect. We enjoyed the professionalism of Monte Vista Strings & ease of working with Andrew. Thank you for the beautiful music.
Thank you!! It was a great day. :)
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(Nov. 1) Growers expect normal volume as the celery season is slated to begin in California's Ventura County.
Alan Laird, deputy commissioner for the Ventura County Agricultural Commission, said the celery season runs from mid-November through mid-July.
Sammy Duda, vice president and general manager of Western operations for Salinas, Calif.-based Duda California/Gene Jackson Farms Inc., said that its harvesting season will begin around Nov. 1.
He said the crops look healthy.
David Cook, sales manager for Deardorff-Jackson Co., Oxnard, is on a schedule similar to Duda California's. He said supplies and quality are good in Oxnard, and there is a good sense of optimism in the market.
Volume is expected to pick up in the Ventura County celery market between December and February. The current markets are active and demand is expected to be good.
"The market lately has been stable. If we can sustain these prices into the first part of November, then the holiday ads will help maintain higher prices," said Russ Widerburg, sales manager at Boskovich Farms Inc., Oxnard.
Boskovich's volume should be about the same as last year. From its nearly 300 acres, the company brings in about 3,000 shipping cartons per day. Because they plant more at the beginning of the season, Widerburg said volume is always heavier at the first part of the harvest.
Celery prices in late October, based on the Los Angeles market, were around $13-14 for a 2-dozen carton, according to Laird, a couple dollars higher than last year in late October.
Cook said volume is down, but that is because hot weather after Labor Day has caused smaller sizes. He said there is a lot of size 36 but hardly any size 24 now. He said that yields have been low, and the market will be average until the Eastern suppliers, particularly Michigan, finish. He said prices are around $12 for 24s and 30s.
Duda said prices have been erratic over the past year, and he attributes this to better supply, although he did say that demand has been somewhat lackluster.
Mark Goss, general manager of Cal-Cel Marketing Inc., Oxnard, said the recent rain pushed the growing season along. He said that although his firm received about two inches of rain, there were no losses or damage to the crops caused by the storms.
Duda said typically the biggest problem for celery in the fall comes from the Santa Ana winds, which produce offshore breezes, causing hot, windy conditions. He said that such a hot, dry wind can cause damage to celery because it affects transpiration. He noted, however, that there has not been much damage this year from Santa Ana winds.


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Five years before his breakthrough as the co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and other classic super-heroes for Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, Steve Ditko, inspired by the freedom he found at the laissez-faire Charlton Comics, was turning out some of the best work of his career.
Mysterious Traveler, which collects stories from (among others) Tales of the Mysterious Traveler and This Magazine Is Haunted, reprints over 210 full-color pages of Ditko in his early prime. These are stories that have never been properly reprinted until now — thrilling stories of suspense, mystery, haunted houses, and unsuspecting victims.
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In fairy tales, witches ride on broomsticks and can be easily identified by the pointy black hats and cloaks they wear. But this is not so in real life, Luke's grandmother warns in The Witches. Real witches, she says, dress in ordinary clothes, live in ordinary houses, and work in ordinary jobs. So they can be spotted only by the knowing, who understand that witches are betrayed by their squared-off feet (they're toeless) in sensible shoes and by the purple centers of their eyes.
Warned. And not a moment too soon: Luke (played by 7-year-old Jasen Fisher) gets a chance to apply the witch lore he has garnered from his grandmother (Mai Zetterling) when the two of them land at a delightfully seedy Victorian relic of a seaside hotel. Concurrently resident are a gaggle of do-gooders attending a convention of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. But you guessed it this noble organization is nothing more than a front for the most dastardly evildoers in England, led by the supremely diabolical Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston).
Luke, who accidentally overhears the coven orchestrating a fiendish plot to turn all the children in the country into small rodents, is discovered and zapped. But even though he is a mouse, with the help of his grandmother he heroically manages to turn the tables.
The Witches is the work of an unlikely brew of talents: Adapted from a novel by Roald Dahl (also author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, among others), it was produced by the late Jim Henson of the Muppets and directed by Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth). What emerged from the combination of these divergent gifts is utterly magical: a film that appeals to both young and old without condescending to either. The wit is highly sophisticated, but there's also action, suspense, adventure to say nothing of the spectacular visual effects produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Don't miss Anjelica Huston's deliciously vile transformation from beauty to beast. And don't miss this film. A


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10 Fishermen will stand shoulder to shoulder along the shore from En-gedi all the way north to En-eglaim, casting their nets. The sea will teem with fish of all kinds, like the fish of the Great Mediterranean. | 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds--like the fish of the Great Sea. |
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Worst Casemod Ever: Ubuntubox Cardboard Pc
This computer has to be the biggest hunk of junk I've ever seen. Cobbled together from cardboard, red duct tape and embellished with a Sharpie, the UbuntuBox V1.0 certainly won't win any awards for build quality.
According to the builder, the guts of the old Pentium 3 tower are being used to power this Ubuntu Linux computer. He claims that the system really does work, and despite its cardboard construction, it has yet to spontaneously burst into flames.
I'd be happy to send him a lighter and some accelerant if that helps him achieve his goal faster.
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Wow. This could be a fire hazard, I think. Why even have a case? You might as well just leave it in the open air. Easier to dust off, change out ram, etc.
And if you're going to use a cardboard box and call it an Ubuntu box, couldn't you at least spray paint the Ubuntu symbol or something?
It kind of does a disservice to Ubuntu–like it's the operating system of cardboard boxes and hobos. Oh well.
I thought that Windows Vista was the OS of hobos.
No, Vista is the OS of rich idiots (and running Vista on one of my machines, I am proof of this).
Ubuntu is the OS of hobos (it's true, I have scientific evidence*), and should be right at home in a decrepit cardboard box.
* Evidence may not exist.
It's hard to avoid humid weather
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If UBUNTU works in such computer, imagine what UBUNTU could be in a CORE QUAD DUO, 'n' GB of RAM and 'm' TB of winchester (*)….lllooolll !!
(* winchester is HD, i am of old scholl huahuaha).
Reminds me of what a friend did some time ago… he also build his pc inside a cardboard box, but he did it better than this guy, as his box featured water-cooling. And no, this is not a joke.
if you dont like your computer just give it to me and i wll take care of it


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This is a cross post from BGG. It is a variant to have a second player either win together with the game winner or ****** the victory from himThis feature only works in 5-6 player games, no less.
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The variant adds one set of 18 cards to the board game, 1 card per player is dealt at the beginning of the game.Once per game, before round 8 a player may discard his secret card and draw another one, he must keep that card for the remainder of the game (after all things do change in politics…)
The player holding the crow no longer gets to peek into the wildings deck, instead he might have a look into one of the other players secret mission. This also gives the lannisters a bit of an edge that reflects well their political savy.
Each card would depict 1 house as your "secret mission" and a specific set of conditions: (if your secret mission depicts your own house, you do not have secret mission)
Holding a specific Territory or set of territories (may be the seat of another active player)
A minimun of logistics
A minimun of power chips
Card Example 1:
Logo Stark:
Conditions for allied win: You hold Lannisport, have logistics X and X power chips.
Conditions for Snatching victory: In addition to the above you also control Kings landing with at least 3 strength.
Card Example 2
Logo Lannister
Allied win: You hold Highgarden, blackwater and the Reach, and Y power chips.
Victory ******: You also control Lannisport in addition to the above
If all these conditions are met you are the true power behind the throne! Varys and Littlefinger are your drinking buddies, you also win the game or ****** victory from the original victor.
Also note that these cards might be more powerful fro some houses than others, for example if Tyrell was dealt Card Example 2 he might be in a very good position to try to ****** the victory away.


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@Hannah77- Yes, Mexican wedding cookies can be frozen. They don't taste as good as the fresh baked cookies, but she can freeze them. The only advice I have is to make sure they're in an airtight container. Otherwise they'll take on the smells of the food in the freezer.
I hope you're grandmother is making chocolate cookies! I *love* chocolate Mexican wedding cookies.
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Enough Gun for an Angry Lion
When it comes to fending off a surprised lion and his girlfriends feasting on zebra tartare, the situation requires both enough gun and fast reflexes. "As the trail took us through the tall grass and around a small hill, suddenly we surprised a large male lion and its two lionesses contentedly feeding upon a recently killed...


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Full user review
"Eprompter is BINDED WITH A BOT !!!"
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Phones home upon installation and periodically afterwards to a known C&C server (188.8.131.52)
Virustotal shows 0/43, Anubis says it clean. This is because it is crypted to prevent Anti-virus from detecting it and it has Anti's to prevent it from executing in a virtual enviroment or a sandboxed enviroment to prevent reverse engineering. But if you install and watch the firewall logs, as soon as you install and continually afterwards it will phone home to the C&C for instructions. 16 computers in my network started a DDOS attack bogging down the whole network. We downloaded from all the third-party sites that host this and all of them do the same, so it's obvious this was done by the developer.Summary
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I use this new stuff called Weedwipes. It is all natural, cleans resin like you would not believe, is non-toxic and organic.
Dear Stoner: My bong is pretty gnarly after this past weekend. What's the easiest way to clean my glass, and how often should I do it?
Dirty Pete
Dear Pete: There are tons of products you can buy at head shops these days, but why spend $5 on a tiny bottle when a $.99 jug of rubbing alcohol and some table salt will work equally well at remedying a stinky binger or putrid pipe? It's as simple as filling your piece with a few tablespoons of salt, pouring in a half-cup of alcohol, and swishing everything around. A few pointers for a more pleasant cleaning experience:
- Get yourself a box of disposable latex gloves. Nobody likes the smell of old bong resin.
- Run hot water through your pipes for a minute or two first to loosen up the resin. If the piece is small, get some bacon tongs so you don't scald yourself.
- Plastic Q-tips work great for tight spots. Paper Q-tips tend to break off, so avoid them.
- If you're having trouble with pieces like bowls and slides, let them soak in alcohol in an old jar overnight. In the morning, give them another hot-water bath, then try the alcohol-salt shake.
- You can get rid of hard-water stains on the inside of your tube with lemon juice squeezed into the bong, then swished around with a little hot water. Give it one final, quick rinse with cold water, and your piece will sparkle.
- Clean your pipes regularly. It's much easier to spend five minutes getting rid of a thin layer of resin than it is to waste a half-hour or more cleaning out months' worth of tar and gook. Basically, step up your game and don't be a gross, dirty stoner that nobody wants to smoke with because you have grimy pipes.
Dear Stoner: A friend the other day said that marijuana is safer than water. What is he talking about?
Skip Tickle
Dear Skip: Your friend isn't just stoned and babbling. Well, he might be — but he's right about this one. Dilutional hyponatremia, or water poisoning, happens when someone drinks way too much water. Basically, when you drink much more than your body can excrete, you run the risk of swelling brain cells and causing a fluid rupture in the noggin. It's rare, but it does happen — unlike marijuana overdoses, which are about as common as a flying green unicorn that cries hash oil.
I use this new stuff called Weedwipes. It is all natural, cleans resin like you would not believe, is non-toxic and organic.
Dear St0nEr..I HaVa Wax Bong & it gets nasty pretty fast..how can I get all that gunk out & is it re~smoke~able..like rezin?
There is a better way of smoking weed in bongs which also self cleans your pipe. No need to mess around trying to scrub the resin off.
There is a better way of smoking weed in bongs which also self cleans your pipe. No need to mess around trying to scrub the resin off.
You might be a Stupid Stoner ...
... it you're too ignorant to know how to clean that filthy phallus you waste your days sucking upon.
I usually soak my bong glassware in oil for a little while before using the salt and alcohol mix. It seems I may just want to soak it in the alcohol. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for the tip.
Your generation. You seem a pit uppity, don't you. I'm 61 years old and smoked pot longer than you have been a live. Just because you are younger don't you think you invented pot. You are just reaping the rewards that this generation started. Sorry Ask a Stoner, you don't know everything. In fact you don't know much.
Throw that shit away, and try regularly maintaining a new one, as in, clean it every other day or every week. Don't just let that shit sit there. If that's not economical, Agent Orange or some brewery wash from a homebrew store does nicely.
Another tip for cleaning smaller sticky items. Fill an old Tupperware with rubbing alcohol, let soak overnight as suggested, but with Tupperware you can shake the living shit out of whatever you're trying to clean. For VERY dirty items, soak, shake, soak, then run under hot water, repeat until it looks new.
This works great on bongs, pipes, bowls, slides, grinders, dabbers, and trimming gear.
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The former executive director of a Hammond charity claims she was fired after she angered Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. by running in 2011 against one of his supporters, City Councilman Anthony Higgs.
Carlotta Blake-King also names her former employer, United Neighborhoods Inc. and other people connected with both the city of Hammond and UNI as defendants in her lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond.
McDermott, who had not yet seen the suit when contacted, said Monday that Blake-King was fired for cause.
Blake-King, who worked as executive director of UNI starting in 2005, announced in October 2010 she wanted to run for Hammond City Council in the Democratic primary against Higgs.
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"Defendant McDermott proclaimed that he was upset and that he did not care who knew it," the lawsuit says.
Higgs made a motion at a City Council meeting that same month to send a letter to UNI questioning whether it was legal for the head of a nonprofit that receives money from the city to run for elected city office.
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McDermott said he did help to rename the group when he took over as mayor and the city does pay a portion of UNI's budget, although he did not know what percentage. The city recently gave the nonprofit agency a grant of $400,000 to build new homes.
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Széchenyi Lánchíd (Chain Bridge), Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
The first permanent bridge across the Danube, unveiled in 1849, this city icon was designed by Englishman William Tierney Clark and Scottish engineer Adam Clark and funded by influential aristocrat Count István Széchenyi. Despite founding the Academy of Sciences and doing much else to reform the bad old feudal ways of his land—including introducing domestic gaslight and flush toilets—Széchenyi ended up committing suicide in the suburbs of Vienna. Long story.
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Statue Park (Szobor Park), Hungary
Budapest 1223, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 424 7500
Website: www.szoborpark.hu
Just after the fall of communism, some genius rounded up all the giant-scale (and we do mean large) statues of Lenin, Marx, and Engels and set them up as a memorial to totalitarianism and bad taste. It's like a direct time machine back to the days of Stalinist grandiosity, and gives you a sense of what it was like to live under a Communist dictatorship. The park is slightly hard to get to, but the immense forms of Soviet soldiers, proletariat workers (united, naturally), and Communist martyrs are worth the effort. Plus, it's a trip to return afterward to your room at the Four Seasons and order up an Oriental massage and a $200 bottle of wine. There's a one-hour express bus to the park from Deák Ferenc tér in Pest.
Open 10 a.m. to dusk.
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Museum of Fine Arts (Szépmüvészeti Múzeum), Hungary
Budapest 1146, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 469 7100
Website: www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/index2.htm
This large museum, located right where Andrássy hits City Park (Városliget), picks up where the Hungarian National Gallery leaves off. It houses collections of pan-European (rather than mostly domestic) fine art, as well as an Egyptian wing and rooms dedicated to ancient Greek and Roman works. In addition to the outstanding permanent collection, top-shelf visiting exhibitions of world greats like Titian make the Museum of Fine Arts a must for culture vultures. Even sweeter, volunteer docents offer free English-language guided tours of collection highlights Tuesday through Saturday at 11 a.m. Don't leave without seeing the stunning Gerard Dou and The Dream of St. Joseph by Rembrandt.
Closed Mondays.
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Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Hungary
Budapest 1014, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 356 0049
Website: www.mng.hu/en
This art collection is the raison d'être for several sections of the Royal Palace located at the top of Castle Hill. Beginning with domestic sculptures and carvings from the 11th century, the collection swerves out through Prague and Viennese Mannerist works, late-18th-century German masters, and 19th-century expatriate Hungarian Impressionists before returning to domestic Abstract Expressionism, Structuralism, and Postmodernism. Despite the forays abroad, encompassing works by foreign artists who lived and painted in Hungary, this truly is a national gallery, dedicated to the greatest works by Magyar artists from the past ten centuries. (Among them, Mihály Munkácsy and László Paál, two 19th-century Romantic realists who lived and worked in Paris). There's also a gorgeous collection of illustrated altars from the Gothic era; don't miss The Altar of the Virgin Mary From the Church of St. Andrew from 1483, a gilt triptych with ornate carved figures of the Madonna and Child surrounded by icons and inlays. In high season, it's best to visit before lunch—castle visitors crowd in during the afternoon to escape the sun.
Closed Mondays.
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Franz Liszt Academy (Liszt Ferenc Zenemüvészeti Egyetem), Hungary
Budapest 1061, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 462 4600
Website: www.lfze.hu/hp/english/index.html
Fronted by a vast statue of Liszt overlooking a pedestrian street filled with café tables, this remarkable Art Nouveau building anchors Liszt Ferenc tér to Király Street and serves as the venue for numerous evening classical-music concerts (purchase tickets at the box office). There are free afternoon performances by the academy's students about three times a week, but they're sporadic and the schedule is not announced online. The stately marble and ceramic interior is worth a look on its own for its Central European fin de siècle decorative elements, such as vinelike carved columns and gilded statues. And the in-house music shop still sells classical CDs from the old Hungaroton record label at bargain prices.
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Ecseri Flea Market, Hungary
Budapest 1194, Hungary
This great example of the genre, not too picked over by eBay sellers and filled with buckets of Communist memorabilia, is the largest flea market in Europe (although smaller Petofi Csarnok is considered the city's main market). The problem is, the Friday market is way out of town between districts XIX and XX and is almost impossible to find, but there is a public bus (#54) from Boráros tér in southern Pest, which takes about 30 minutes.
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Castle Hill, Hungary
Budapest, Hungary
The funicular from Clark Ádam tér is the nicest way to approach the romantic, scenic, and egregiously misnamed Castle Hill. There is no castle. However, there is a Royal Palace, which dates from the 13th century—not that you'd know it. Having been destroyed 31 (yes, 31) times, its latest, Communist-built incarnation is remarkably dull, though it does house the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum. Also up here is the residence of the president of the republic, Sándor Palace, and, in Szentháromság tér (Trinity Square), the church Mátyás Templon, where King Matthias was married and Franz Liszt's Coronation Mass had its 1867 world premiere when Emperor Franz Joseph was crowned king of Hungary (www.matyas-templom.hu). The Fishermen's Bastion—the part of the medieval ramparts that once protected the fisherman's market—is another landmark up here, as is Ruszwurm, which catered to the sweet tooth of Queen Erzsébet (a.k.a. Sisi) in 1827 and is still serving cakes today (7 Szentháromság; 36-1-375-5284; www.ruszwurm.hu). Altogether, it's pleasant to stroll the cobblestone streets, admire the views, and maybe succumb to the touristy boutiques.
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Budapest History Museum (Budapesti Történeti Múzeum), Hungary
Budapest 1014, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 487 8800
Website: www.btm.hu
This somewhat dingy museum at the top of Castle Hill dedicated to the history of Budapest in all its manifestations, sounds like a boring slog, but it's actually interesting, and afterward, everything about the city will start to make a whole lot more sense. The evidence list starts with chipped Paleolithic stone tools (ca. 50,000 B.C.) and includes pottery and glasses from the Roman town of Aquincum. Later arrivals—the fifth-century Hun and seventh-century Avars—also had settlements in the area before the Magyars arrived in the tenth century to found the modern Hungarian nation. Each era is extensively documented with archaeological artifacts, and signs explain the collection in both Hungarian and English.
Closed Tuesdays.
Menza, Hungary
Budapest 1061, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 413 1482
Website: www.menza.co.hu
Menza is partly a gag, taking its name and decor from the Communist-era cafeterias that once dotted the city. But it also serves excellent simple cooking at moderate prices: Main courses, like tender roast baby chicken with timbale of baby spinach or hearty paprika-inflected fisherman's soup of pike, perch, zander, and trout, hover around $10. The retro vibe, value-for-money ratio, and first-rate people-watching have made Menza the destination on busy Liszt Ferenc tér for artsy scenesters and business types loosening their neckties after-hours. If you can't reserve a table in advance, come by around 5:30 or 6 and grab a drink before dinner: You won't get kicked off your table when you finally decide to eat, and you'll have even more time watching the scene. Prices are low enough in the evening, but weekday lunch specials dip even more: two filling courses for about $5.
Lunch and dinner daily.
Kádár, Hungary
Budapest 1072, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 321 3622
Only open for lunch, this mom-and-pop shop is run by a Marlon Brando look-alike whose recommendations are not to be taken lightly—not so much because you're thinking of The Godfather, but because everything is excellent and filling. Favorites include tender stewed pork with house-made noodles, and peppers stuffed with a mix of pork, rice, and spices in a savory tomato sauce. Echoing an earlier era, photos of Hungarian celebrities from the 1970s adorn the wood-paneled walls, and self-serve seltzer bottles sit on the tables (which are covered in red-and-white checked cloths, of course), but be careful, or you'll pull a Marx Brothers on your lunchmates. Prices are similarly old-fashioned: Even with appetizers, drinks, and a dessert, like the wonderful shredded-apple cake, it would be hard for most couples to cross $30. The experience of being served Hungarian home cooking by what appears to be Don Corleone, however, is priceless.
Closed Sundays and Mondays. Lunch only.
Gundel, Hungary
Budapest 1146, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 468 4040
Website: www.gundel.hu
Maybe you're embarrassed to obey your swanky hotel's concierge and heed the advice of every guidebook ever written, but in the case of Gundel: Get over it. Just dress in finery, order up your chariot, sweep into the park, and allow yourself to be ushered to your table in the Art Nouveau palace that first opened in 1894 (and is now owned by restaurateur George Lang and cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder). As the waiter, just this side of obsequious, snaps your virgin napkin, and you spear your goose liver with Tokaji and Hungarian truffles with your sterling-silver fork…just yield. Oh, and consider a second mortgage.
Café Kör, Hungary
Budapest 1051, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 311 0053
Website: www.cafekor.com
Kör is one of the perennial best in town, thanks to chef Ádám Répás, who uses seasonal ingredients and bases his menus on Hungarian comfort food, then twists and lightens for the modish palate. Accordingly, the antique tables in the ocher-walled bistro next to the basilica—and, in summer, the terrace tables—are always full of a cross section of Budapesters: the arts crowd, dressed-up ladies, and (a lot of) expatriates. A list of daily specials augments the likes of roast salmon with lemon balm sauce and potato croquettes—also available (as is everything) in a smaller portion at a smaller price. This is the place to acquire your Hungarian sweet tooth: The expert pastry chef turning out cheese dumplings with hot fruits-of-the-forest sauce and gâteau Gerbeaud is Répás's grandma. It's also open for breakfast.
Closed Sundays; cash only.
Café Central, Hungary
Budapest 1053, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 266 2110
Website: www.centralkavehaz.hu
Originally opened in 1887, Café Central quickly became the center of the city's intellectual life, spawning important periodicals and literary movements, maintaining a library of reference books, and subscribing to over 200 newspapers for its reading poles, only to be shuttered in 1949. Rescued and reopened by a local businessman in 2006, it may no longer be a breeding ground for Nobel laureates, but for a fix of Austro-Hungarian café culture, this legendary kávéház on the Pest side of the Elisabeth Bridge remains a standout. A renovation in late 2010 brought in a new manager (sourced from one of the city's toniest restaurants) and cocktail bar, plus an updated dinner menu of such Continental classics as grilled chicken suprême, Vienna-style schnitzel with creamy potato salad, and slow-roasted veal cutlets with spicy vegetable lecsó. Once again, the Central can be highly recommended for far more than just coffee and cakes.—Updated by Evan Rail
Open daily 8 am to midnight.
Buena Vista Café, Hungary
Budapest 1064, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 344 6303
Website: www.buena-vista.hu/EN/
A mover and shaker in the Liszt Ferenc tér scene, this three-level place, with a huge terrace of canvas chairs in summer, has a fabulous Danish Modern–meets-dungeon decor and an extensive menu ranging all the way from maté to exotic teas in the first-floor café to veal tournedos with goose liver and fogás (a fish from Lake Balaton) in the upstairs restaurant. The hip factor is raised by the fact that the owners also stage the annual Sziget festival—the Hungarian Lollapalooza.
Baraka, Hungary
Pest, District VI
Budapest 1063, Hungary
Tel: 36 1 483 1355
Website: www.barakarestaurant.hu
Widely considered to be one of the best kitchens anywhere east of the old Iron Curtain, Baraka has only gotten better since moving in spring 2006 from a beloved downtown location to a slicker, bigger, and less-crowded spot inside the Andrássy Hotel, at the far end of the city's favorite boulevard. Tables in the space-age banquet hall (long and dark, with black and purple walls and silver trim) are separated by pewter vases filled with tall, fresh lilies. The staff is very helpful and knowledgeable about all kinds of Hungarian wines—a region where most of us need guidance. Prices aren't cheap—main courses start at $25—but are always worth it: A wing of pan-seared red snapper, drizzled with porcini butter, arrives on a fragrant cloud of ginger mashed potatoes, and seared goose liver is served on toasted brioche in a port–red currant sauce. Bargain hunters should make a weekday lunch reservation and order two courses of the same creative cooking for around $15.


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It is OFFICALLY September now that Hostage has sorted out his latest studio mix. We needed a proper injection of some nightlife-living house, and he's given us another installment of his ongoing mix series. It's hard to believe that he can top himself every month, but he makes it seem easy. One of these days we'll have to sit down and shake the hand of the man who provides these without fail every month. If you wanted to put someone onto how the UK digs into the bass-driven jackin' house sound, just send them this link.
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Vaginal health is an important part of a woman's overall health. Vaginal problems can affect your fertility, desire for sex and ability to reach orgasm. Ongoing vaginal health issues can also affect other areas of your life, causing stress or relationship problems and impacting your self-confidence. Know the signs and symptoms of vaginal problems and what you can do to protect your vaginal health.
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Keyboard Works, Volume I (First Set Of 1720 - The Eight Great Suites). Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Edited by Rudolf Steglich and Terence Best. For solo piano. This edition: Paperback, Urtext edition. Paperback. Baroque. SMP Level 9 (Advanced). Collection. Introductory text, performance notes and manuscript facsimiles (does not include words to the songs). HWV 426-433. 114 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA4224).
ISBN 9790006446247. With introductory text, performance notes and manuscript facsimiles (does not include words to the songs). Baroque. 9x12 inches.
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All types of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords spanning more than an octave. Extensive scale passages.
- Suite 1, HWV 426 A Major
- Suite 2, HWV 427 F Major
- Suite 3, HWV 428 D Minor
- Suite 4, HWV 429 - Complete E Minor
- Suite 5, HWV 430 E Major
- Suite 6, HWV 431 F# Minor
- Suite 7, HWV 432 G Minor
- Suite 8, HWV 433 F Minor
- Suite 2, Movement 5 (Original Finale) Allegro HWV 427/[5], F Major
- Suite 2, Movement 5 (First Version Of Finale) Prelude HWV 488, F Major
- Suite 3, Movement 1 (Early Draft) Prelude HWV 565, D Minor
- Suite 3, Movement 5 (Variant) D Minor
- Suite 3, Movement 6 (First Version) Lesson in D Minor HWV 495a, D Minor
- Suite 3, Movement 6 (Early Version) D Minor
- Suite 3, Movement 6 (Variant) Lesson in D Minor HWV 495b, D Minor
- Suite 4, Movement 2 (Original Version) E Minor
- Suite 4, Movement 4 (Original Version, Measures 41-48) E Minor
- Suite 5, Movement 2 (Early Version) E Major
- Suite 5, Movement 3 (Early Version) E Major
- Suite 5, Movement 4 (Early Version) G Major
- Suite 6, Movement 4 (Autograph Version) F# Minor
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George Strait, Here for a Good Time
There's plenty of party-startin' on the country king's latest, but Good Time contains some trademark Strait talk, too. ''You know that you're in trouble,'' he warns on ''Drinkin' Man,'' ''when you're 14 and drunk by 10 a.m.'' B+ Mikael Wood
Grace Jones, Hurricane/Dub
How to make the Queen of Strangé sound even strangér? By reissuing 2008's goth-reggae opus Hurricane with eerie dub remixes like ''Hell Dub'' and ''Devil Dub.'' Get down, demon lady! B Melissa Maerz
Various Artists, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly
While not quite as good as Rave On (the other tribute feting Holly's 75th birthday), Listen has playful contributions from the likes of Lyle Lovett and Ringo Starr. As for the Fray's ''Take Your Time''? Send that Chevy to the levee. B Kyle Anderson
The Rapture, In the Grace of Your Love
The Rapture still do brainy, stuttering dance rock better than your average electro fetishists. Wailing album opener ''Sail Away'' sets the wrong tone, but the shaky swagger of ''Roller Coaster'' is a great soundtrack for practicing the robot. B KA
Tommy Stinson, One Man Mutiny
The former Replacements bassist wears his boozy, bluesy pedigree on his tattered Midwestern sleeve, invoking working-class heartbreak (''Don't Deserve You'') and punk-rock middle age (''All This Way for Nothing''). B+ KA


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The Mas de la Citadel offers 2 holiday cottages 4 stars, to rent, to Sisteron (04), in the Alpes de Haute Provence, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur. In this old Provencal farmhouse, recently renovated and transformed, the owner said his house has 2 apartments fully furnished and equipped, The property is located in a natural setting, surrounded by countryside of Provence and hill evergreen forest, and just steps from center of sisteron. The cottages have a capacity of 6 and 4 people and have a terrace, a garden view. On site, in addition to private terraces, you will have a large covered area (table tennis, parking...). Come and enjoy this exceptional place, a stone's throw from the city of sisteron, named 'The Pearl of the Haute Provence' hinge between the Alps and Provence. Nearby are many activities and excursions: water, swimming, hiking, cycling, mountain biking, ... From 1 to 14 people. From 1 night to 3 months. Open all year. Adsl link. The cottages. «La treille' (like 'Vine grapes pergola') - 100 sqm - 6 people (maximum 8 people) - Gite 'The chestnut' - 70 sqm - 4 (max. 6 people) - The buildings are located on two levels. Each of the cottages has a terrace, a garden view. Depending on the season and weather, you will sail the sun terraces and gardens under the shadow of the vines, bamboo and chestnut. On the spot: Private terraces for the exchange and the rest, petanque or bocce, dependency for your vehicles with covered play area (table tennis) - Both accommodations are equipped with adsl link giving access to broadband Internet and telephony (with conditions). The cottages are non smoking. They can receive as many tourists and a family (rather in the summer) that small groups up to 14 people (associations, ...) or families 'in transit' (up to 3 consecutive months).
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- Breed: Shepherd (Unknown Type)/Husky Mix
- Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn - With White
- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Hello! My name is Teddy. Short for Teddy Bear. My foster Dad named me that because I love to cuddle. When you Hug me, I close my eyes because that is my happy place! I have been on the streets most of my life so I don't understand all the rules of living in a house but I am getting better every day! I never go to the bathroom in the house. That would be gross! I will need to be kenneled when I'm left alone, and you have to keep me tethered when outside. I don't run... But I'm used to roaming the streets and will go back to that if I get bored. I sometimes forget that I am not a lap dog.
I just love soo much, I just can't get close enough to you. I am great with other dogs of any size and I just ignore any cats around me. If you have the time and patience, I will be the best dog friend you could ever dream of.
Please give me a chance.
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It was an unusually warm Sunday afternoon for a December day in Milwaukee. A few hundred concerned citizens gathered in Red Arrow Park, a nice downtown pocket park with a skating rink and coffee shop. Outside this coffee shop is where, last spring, Dontre Hamilton was shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer.
The sizable crowd converged to show solidarity with members of the African American community, to join in the chorus now heard 'round the country: Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter... People listened attentively while members of the faith community spoke eloquently of the pain and hardship and beauty of being Black in America; the challenges of joblessness, the humiliations of systemic racism, the fear of the police. It seemed a bit odd that Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett, and Milwaukee Chief of Police, Ed Flynn, also took the microphone to remind us of the need to work together, to collaborate, to listen to each other. On the surface, these exhortations seemed fine, but they left some of us a bit uneasy. Words at a high-visibility event are easy, but what are our city officials' responses in proposals, actions, deeds? What is the role of our mayor and police chief regarding police brutality?
It is widely known and backed up with compelling data that Milwaukee is the worst place in America to raise a black or brown child. That's why so many people are coming out to these events and marching in the streets. But it also begs the question: "What is being done over time about this? Why the sudden attention at a mediagenic event like this, when this creeping cancer of systemic racism has been affecting our city for so long?" It is a good thing to see our two top city officials come out on a damp Sunday to speak and to listen, but we must ask, "What are you doing about this?"
Early in the event, Mayor Barrett took the microphone and spoke of the need for mutual trust within the city, and said something a bit strange about the "…need to stand together even when there are upcoming decisions we won't like…" so that "…we don't tear our city apart." What did this mean? Was this a candid statement of premonition or policy caught up in the moment, or merely a generic sense of foreboding that all mayors of big cities might be feeling right now? It isn't clear how many people noticed this, but it was an odd statement to make.
Chief Flynn went on to say that "I make no excuses for my department regarding what has happened." But no one is asking for excuses. People are asking for responses based on fairness, transparency, and justice which create consequences for murderous violence at the hands of the police. He also suggested that "trust is a two way street." Yes, that is true, but nothing breaks down trust like random violence against people in the communities you are serving and protecting. After all, we were all there because they, the Police, have broken the bond of trust due to their actions and subsequent responses to those actions. Can those bonds of trust be rebuilt, and if so, how?
Everyone noticed that both the Mayor and Police Chief left the area shortly after they spoke. It is no doubt that they are busy men, though not too busy to go off to the side and talk to some police officers while speakers from the faith community took the mic. There were some eloquent and heartfelt words shared. Sadly, these were lost on the Mayor and Police Chief. It takes discipline and patience to really listen to what people are trying to tell you. If you speak, and leave, you foreclose that opportunity. That is a loss for everyone.
So we circle back to the questions: "What is being done? What is the role of our Mayor and Police Chief regarding police brutality?" These are the questions we need to be asking. And we need the Mayor and Chief of Police to acknowledge root causes, not merely engage vague homilies about reciprocation and trust. We need to break the prison pipeline for African American young men, which truly is a shameful statistic for the state of Wisconsin. We need to reinvest in urban jobs and economic districts, looking beyond the fancy condo projects that sit in already healthy city circles. We need to put real and long-term focus on the gutted corridors that were once thriving homes of a robust Black middle class. We need to significantly change the way that policing is done. We need to de-invest in the corrupt policies of militarization that are the outcome of the grim mindset that places the police as an occupying force in American cities with increasingly faceless and violent responses to even misdemeanors and disobedience. We need to invest in community relationships through building those very relationships, beyond predictable cycles of reactive responses to brutal incidents such as the murder of Dontre Hamilton, a man gunned down in Red Arrow Park for the crime of sleeping on a bench on the wrong afternoon where the wrong cop with a history of wrong decisions set a chain of actions in motion that ended with fourteen shots, a shattered family, and a community once again frustrated and angry at a story too often told.
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Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/26/2012 -- A checkup made recently at Townscape, the owner of Bollards HQ with website address http://www.bollardshq.co.uk , was found to have quality bollard products.
A quote from Bollards HQ's representative reads:
"Townscape offers a range of bollards in a material to suit every type of application. Feeling the public's need to innovation, we made both modern and traditional designs available and they are suitable for either permanent in ground fixing or can be removable."
"The bollards can be personalised to customer requirements and have optional features added such as reflective strips, badges, stubbing plates and eyebolts.", added the representative.
The company's Managing Director happily added:
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Mac Scorpio (John J. York) and Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner), and Felicia Jones (Kristina Wagner)
"Most of the tuxedos we already had in stock," Reeves said of well-suited guests like Mac Scorpio (John J. York) and Frisco Jones (Jack Wagner). "Most of the [male characters] already had tuxedos in their individual closets, it's kind of a staple piece for us. There's a routine called 'The Magic Milo' where all the men are in tuxedos and because of what we had to do to them, we bought them wholesale [so we could] take them apart and rig them for a dance routine." Felicia Jones' (Kristina Wagner) Tadashi Shoji dress isn't just pretty, it ties into one of the story lines. "We decided to keep her a little more sophisticated and not put a lot of trims or rhinestones on her because of events that happen during the Ball." Reeves hinted.
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Innovate Kenya is a nation-wide innovation challenge that enables young Kenyans to identify and address pressing issues within their own communities. The challenge is open for ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS across the country, from which up to 20 winners will be selected in a wide range of categories. Winning teams, will be invited to INNOVATION CAMPS, receive MENTORSHIP and get up to KES 100.000 to carry out their projects.
Application deadline is APRIL 25th, 2014. Click here to learn more and how to apply.
Innovate Kenya Ambassadors:
"This is the biggest and greatest initiative that has ever come to our country" – Frasha (P-Unit)
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Martini Shot
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Martini Shot is a Hollywood term that describes the final shot set-up of the day. According to Dave Knox, author of the film industry slang guide Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde,[1] the Martini Shot was so named because "the next shot is out of a glass", referring to a post-wrap drink.
Other named shots include:
- The Abby Singer Shot - The 2nd to last shot (named after an Assistant Director Abby Singer)
- The Marislasis - The 3rd to last shot (named for Elian Gonzales' aunt)
- The Maya Angelou - The 4th to last shot (origin unknown)
- The Orson Welles or Lou Nidus - The shot before lunch (origin unknown).
Other uses[edit]
Martini Shot[2] is also the name of Rob Long's weekly short radio segment on KCRW in Los Angeles which covers the film industry.


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Cheap Foldable Noise Canceling Headphones [Such a Deal]
A few months ago my friend's globetrotting father bought a pair Bose noise canceling headphones. The reason: he felt compelled to buy one after sharing one too many plane rides with Bose-wearing businessmen. Too bad he didn't wait for these headphones from Ableplanet, because right now they are dirt-cheap.
How cheap? Vernons over at devicepedia says that they sell for $99. Compared to its $349 Bose counterpart then that's already a Good Deal right? Well I have a Better Deal. Actually it's Costco that has the Better Deal: $49.99, shipping & handling included. Noise not included. The offer's good until December 7 only so get on the 'net and order it right now!
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bose noise cancelling aren't 349! i work at target and we sell in ear, on ear, and around ear, and none of them exceed 250.
what make are they ?? :)


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Born in 1969 in San Mateo, CA, blues guitarist Eric Lindell spent much of his youth in nearby Santa Rosa and Forestville. Although he worked as a baker by day, Lindell turned his focus to music in the evenings, honing his chops as a competent vocalist and guitarist by playing in bars around Sonoma County. He produced his debut album, Bring It Back, in 1996, and in 1999 he won the John Lennon Songwriting Competition with his original piece "Kelly Ann." That same year, Lindell decided to move to New Orleans to pursue music in a different location.
The move was a beneficial one, as Lindell soon hooked up with Galactic's Stanton Moore and begin playing shows around town, frequently enlisting drummers Johnny Vidocovich and Harold Brown (from War) to sit in. He issued a self-released, self-titled record in 2002, but the following year saw him move to Sparco Records, where he released both Piety Street Session and EP Volume 1. Tragic Magic followed in 2005 and sparked serious interest from Alligator Records, which released Change in the Weather in 2006 and Low on Cash, Rich in Love in 2008. Lindell continued his prolific output with 2009's Gulf Coast Highway, another album of blue-eyed soul and confident guitar work.


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Kristin Armstrong Utterly Dominates Tour of Gila
American road cyclist Kristin Armstrong was out in front from the start of the New Mexico based Tour of Gila. Winning four out of the five total stages of the tour, including the first three, Armstrong blew away the competition, taking the overall title by more than six minutes.
Armstrong built herself a commanding 5-minute lead over the first three stage wins. The race was hers to lose from there, which she wasn't about to do. With the help of her team, Exergy TWENTY12, Armstrong took advantage of her time trial skills, completing the hat trick and setting up for a some what relaxing last two days of racing. Capping off an exciting week, the 2008 Olympic Time Trials Gold Medalist claimed the final stage, dubbed "The Gila Monster Road Race." This is a 71.8-mile (115.6km), point-to-point road race with 5,610 feet (1,710 meters) of climbing and 4,714 feet (1,437 meters) of descent. No one could touch Armstrong as she road to the overall tour victory.
Recently returning from retirement and the birth of her son, Lucas, Armstrong has eyes on a spot on the US Olympic Team for the 2012 London Games. She has posted victories now this season in both the United States and Europe and looks to be in proper shape to perform on the world's biggest stage. Armstrong's next stop will be in her hometown of Boise, Idaho for the UCI Exergy Tour.
On the men's side, Oakley phenoms and team Livestrong-Bontrager members Lawson Craddock and Ian Boswell finished first and second in the final stage, securing the top overall team ranking in the Tour of Gila.
Congratulations to Kristin and team Exergy TWENTY12 on their stellar performance in New Mexico and good luck in Boise!
Final general classification:
1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) Exergy TWENTY12 11:51:28
2 Carmen Small (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:06:41
3 Alison Powers (USA) NOW and Novartis for MS 0:07:19
4 Jade Wilcoxson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:10:07
5 Janel Holcomb (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:10:21


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The Call Of Duty: Modern Warefare 2 Resurgence pack will be available today at 6:00 p.m. UK and 7:00 p.m. CET. This pack follows the apparently launch day sales record breaking Stimulus Package released a few months ago.
Just like the last map pack, it will cost a disgusting 1,200 Microsoft points and feature five new maps, 3 new ones and two rehashes from the last game. It sucks that people will pay for this crap, especially when all the maps aren't even new. Seems like another Activision money grab. With Three quarters of Infinity Ward's staff having already jumped ship this will probably be the last map pack for CODMW2 at least I seriously hope so.
Thats cool with me, I sold the game for Red Dead Redemption a few weeks ago.


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Do you want a governor whose main strength is being "analytical"? How about a "learner"? Or perhaps a "futuristic" candidate?
Those options became clear last week when Leadership Rhode Island released a booklet cataloging the top strengths of 61 local residents, including most of the candidates for governor. Members of the current Leadership Rhode Island class asked those 61 people to take a test (Gallup's Clifton StrengthsFinder), which is based on the idea that people do better in life when they know their strengths and play to them. Also, they asked the 61 people to answer questions about being a "line crosser."
The 61 ranged from Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard W. Rose (main strength: "strategic") to Central Falls schools Supt. Frances Gallo (main strength: "belief") to Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel owner Rich Lupo (main strength: "relator"). But I was most interested in the results for four of the major candidates for governor. (The booklet lists each person's top five strengths but I'll focus on the main strength).
The test found that Republican Ken Block's main strength is being "analytical," and that's no surprise since the Barrington software engineer is touting a plan to "fix Rhode Island." The booklet says "analytical" people "have the ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation."
Block talked about his "practical pragmatism" (which seems a bit repetitive, if not redundant). He said he's comfortable "crossing the line" from business to politics because "the political status quo is clearly not working" and "we have to change the way government makes decisions."
The booklet says Block (who founded the Moderate Party before abandoning it to run for governor as a Republican) "thought a new party was necessary to achieve that goal," but "now he feels that working through a more established party structure would be more effective in changing 'the political dysfunction in Rhode Island." He aims to cut $1 billion in "wasteful spending."
When asked to name a "line crosser," Block said his mother "served on a volunteer committee that examined school consolidation in their hometown. Despite tremendous pressure from ingrained interests to stop any type of change, she never wavered in her commitment to finding and implementing the right solution."
The test found that Republican Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung's main strength is being a "learner." The booklet says "learners" posses "a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve." If elected, Fung plans to declare Rhode Island "Open for Business." (Perhaps he learned that idea from Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who put "Open for Business" signs at his state line).
Fung said that, "As Rhode Island's first Asian-American mayor, I would say I have crossed some lines, but my story is still being written. Line crossing is about what you accomplish after you cross." As mayor, he "helped create more than 1,000 new jobs in Cranston" and he negotiated "with two major unions to move new employees from costly defined pension benefit plans to defined contribution plans." As governor, he aims to create 20,000 new jobs in his first term.
When asked to name a "line crosser," Fung cited his parents, who left China "to start a new life" in the United States. "Now it is up to me to carry on the line-crosser legacy," he said.
The test found that Democrat Clay Pell's main strength is being "futuristic," and maybe that's fitting since, at age 32, he's the youngest candidate for governor. The booklet says "futuristic" people "energize others with their visions of the future." Pell talked about how he can provide a "fresh perspective" (a phrase he's repeated so often it's no longer fresh).
Pell — a grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, former Coast Guard lawyer and White House national security staff member — said, "I have spent my career breaking down barriers. As a military prosecutor, I walked into Marine Corps courtrooms to convince judges and juries to convict one of their own. At the White House, I worked across departments and agencies to strengthen foreign policy."
When asked to name a "line crosser," Pell said former Gov. Bruce Sundlun "brought the state, cities and towns and labor and management together to focus on ways to grow beyond our borders. From that came a new airport and a Convention Center."
The test found that Democratic Providence Mayor Angel Taveras' main strength is being a "relator." The booklet says relators have "close relationships with others" (aside from some City Council members, apparently) and "find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal."
Taveras — who went from Head Start to Harvard and would be the state's first Latino governor — said he, too, sees himself as a line-crosser. "I have done what many believed could not be done," he said. "Saving Providence from bankruptcy was an effort requiring collective action and shared sacrifice from every stakeholder in the city. It was accomplished by having everyone at the table and by having everyone be part of the solution." In short, he said, "The process matters."
Taveras didn't cite anyone by name but said line crossers are "leaders who have the courage to do what is right even when it is unpopular."
Leadership Rhode Island executive director Mike Ritz said Democratic General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo was asked to take the test but her campaign declined. (It doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to see it might have been a good idea to take a test when your opponents are taking it.)
On Friday, in an attempt to get results from the full field of candidates, I sent the test and the "line crosser" questions to Raimondo and to Democratic candidate Todd J. Giroux.
Raimondo still didn't take the test but she said she considers herself a line-crosser. "My goal always is to do the right thing for all Rhode Islanders regardless of how loud and angry the opposition gets," she said. Line crossing means "having the courage to tackle and solve big problems even if it's not the easy or politically expedient thing to do," she said.
Raimondo said Sister Ann C. Keefe is a line crosser "because of her steadfast commitment to action and refusal to accept platitudes instead of results."
Giroux, a Bristol contractor, took the test, which showed his main strength is "connectedness." The booklet says people with strong "connectedness" believe "there are few coincidences and that almost every event has meaning." He said, "I stand up for what is right when boundaries seem replaceable with greed upon the defenseless and the undervalued working labor of Main Street."
Out of curiosity, I took the test and found that my main strength is being an "achiever." And now I hope I've achieved the goal of providing some insight into the various strengths of the candidates who want to be our governor.


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5 stupid-awesome uses for a Potion of Illusion {WoW}
Mar 29th 2012 7:15PM The random characters you turn into aren't due to being near someone disguised as an herb. You change into them because there isn't any suitable player character nearby.
Six gold-making macros that will save you hours {WoW}
Feb 24th 2012 4:02PM Exactly. There is almost never anything purple in your bags that is to be disenchanted. And when you're in blues/greens... well, your bags should have a designated section for off-set pieces which won't get mixed in with new stuff that you are picking up.
Six gold-making macros that will save you hours {WoW}
Feb 24th 2012 3:30PM "you still have to click everything" - presumably you are referring to clicking when sending things. I just wanted to clarify, that when you are opening your mail with Postal, you click once and all mails are opened.
Scattered Shots: What to do in-game when there's nothing left to do {WoW}
Feb 17th 2012 2:46PM I like finding new ways to play, and honing the rules so that they support fun and challenging scenarios. Here's a set I've been working on where you stay level 1 forever. It isn't twinking; you basically play solo and don't get help from other players (with a couple of important exceptions). It's fun because there is a definite progression in your gear and abilities, and therefore in what challenges you can tackle. It's challenging because the very mobs you're farming can kill you. The rules are as follows:
You must remain level one.
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You may have other players craft items for you, but you must provide all materials and a fee (1 silver).
The goals are the usual ones: get as geared as possible, get your professions as high as you can, and get pets and achievements. You can do mining, herbalism, and skinning (any two) plus cooking and first aid. First aid isn't useful but the others definitely are. I'm having a lot of fun with this one as a warlock. I think other players find it amusing when I call out in trade chat "LF chanter for +1 stam to bracers", but hey, that's 10 more hit points for me which is really useful.
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Oct 19th 2011 6:53PM No. Primary reason: I've only been playing for about 20 months.
I've been playing since February 2010, and I'm still catching up with all of the expansions. I also raid, so that's 9 hours per week (not counting preparation) of play time. I have a constant urge to start new characters, which I must resist, because my 8 85s require plenty of attention. My main just passed 9000 achievement points. I have a detailed plan for getting "Hallowed be thy Name" on three characters within the 14 days available.
Maybe I'd feel the same way if I'd been playing for seven years.
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Jul 19th 2011 12:55PM The only one I couldn't do without is Postal. It relieves endless clicking at the mailbox. Everything else is optional, and that includes Auctioneer, DBM, Gathermate, and Altoholic. Though losing Auctioneer would be somewhat painful.
Patch 4.2 hotfixes for June 29 {WoW}
Jun 30th 2011 2:20PM The first two times we engaged Shannox, rageface went straight for me (a mage) immediately after the tank pulled. I was dead in under a second. On our third attempt, I ice blocked. But woe to us if he ever went for a priest! We learned to start smashing rageface the very instant the tank pulled Shannox, so those 30k+ attacks were constantly hitting him until he died. But I don't think he was intended to be *quite* so deadly.