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Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood
I can't remember how many times he's hung up his red shoes but Kenneth Alan Taylor just can't resist it. He's back playing the dame in his 29th successive panto at Nottingham Playhouse and it's an absolute joy - bright, fresh and side-splittingly funny.
He brings a gleam of anarchy to his archetypal, masculine Nurse Nelly Noggins, whether demurely clad as Brown Owl or ridiculously garbed in a medieval chastity belt. His Gangnam-style exhibition with John Elkington as the Sheriff of Nottingham gets encore after encore.
This is a panto cast that, apart from newcomer, Tim Frater, has worked together for years. The parts are written to their strengths and they have the easy, ad-libbing rapport of old friends, with each other and with the audience - who can't get enough of doing the jazz hands and roaring "Oh, no! Not the Sheriff of Nottingham!"
On Tim Meacock's exquisitely frosted set, there are no pyros, no dry ice, no gimmicks, no technological wizardry of any kind. I can't even remember a sound effect. Carried on a tide of affection, with clear, convinced acting, strong singing and dancing, a fluent script and a good story, it's a warm and wonderful night.

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A friend of mine was in a relationship about 2 years ago. He's a guy. His girlfriend at the time pressured him into doing oral sex by saying that if he didn't do it that meant he didn't love her. Would that be sexual abuse? Because if a guy pressured a girl into giving him a blow job that would be considered sexual abuse and I'm just double-checking to see if that goes both ways.
I'm 13 years old and my friend didn't go into detail, but she said she got raped by her dad(or her stepfather). she didn't tell her mom "because she'd get mad" and didn't think it would matter since her parents are getting a divorce and she'll move away with her mom soon. she doesn't want me to tell anyone and refuses to tell anyone. I can't change her mind about that because she's very stubborn.I know I should tell someone, but who should I tell?
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I was a teenager in the 80's, but before that I was a kid who got molested.
When I was 8 or 9, my teenage adopted brother asked me, "Do you want me to show you something fun?"
I said sure, not realizing his idea of "fun" was sex with a child. He did things like sneak into the bathroom while I was taking a bath and give me a handful of pencils, instructing me to get as many inside me as I could so that I would be prepared for his penis.
When the family watched movies in the dark living room, he would sit in a chair and stare intensely at me instead of the movie, his hands in his pockets, stroking himself. He had big plans for me.
But before he could turn me into his own personal sex toy, I told my parents about it, and they freaked. It took a while for them to protect me due to the complicated family legal system, but in the meantime they put me in therapy. I
Read more...Beginning in September, I am going to be employed as Residence Don for an all girls floor at a university. I am pretty excited about the job and really would like to make residence life a positive experience for the students I will be living with (about 170 guys and gals in total).
However, there is one MAJOR issue I have with the residence, they offered no sexual assault awareness education for the students. In the 2008-09 school year, there were 3 sexual assaults reported, which lead to criminal charges, and almost all I have talked to who have lived in this residence for multiple years have either been sexually assaulted themselves or had a friend who was while living there.
So, clearly, something is needed to change this residence culture that seems to be conducive to sexual violence.
My boyfriend has a problem with sex, I know him very well and I know he's not just being a guy. He likes to play around a lot but he's very iffy about me touching him I don't know how to help this or what to do... he did have a really terrible experience when he was younger but he's had long term relationships and he has slept with other women but only 2. He wants to have sex we've tried it once but he got too nervous about it and pulled away I don't know how to handle this situation?
I was one of several guests on a radio show in Baltimore on Friday. The topic of the show was apparently going to be about sex education and social justice, but turned out to be more like fear-mongering and a whole lot of projections around teen sexuality mixed with focus on parents and teen sexuality. I got the impression all four of us who were asked to take part, despite some of our disagreements, were very frustrated with the show and the host clearly asking questions he didn't want factual answers to, despite purportedly asking us to take part to provide just that.
At one point, he asked one of the guests to talk about rape victims and survivors. She said she did not do any work with rape or survivors, but instead of deferring to any of us who had, or just saying "I don't know," she went ahead and did some postulating and guesswork. There were several things she said in a rush of words that bothered me, but one of the most troubling was a statement that rape survivors "compulsive
Read more...(Heads-up: parts of this post are fairly explicit when it comes to detailing rape and abuse.)
One of the more interesting (and by interesting, I mean ridiculously ignorant) responses I have seen in a few places discussing the I Was Raped project and my input was my statement on the news that the first time I was assaulted -- at the age of 11 -- I did not know what had happened to me and was without any language to even express it.
This is being met with some measure of disbelief by a few folks, or the assumption I was on drugs or had been drugged or that I was simply stupid. My personal favorite was that I'm a young girl who only called my rapes rape after being brainwashed by Jennifer and feminism, a newfangled notion she apparently just clued me into recently. Who knew I was such a late bloomer, and that I was somehow able to grow up in the 70's in a progressive Chicago neighborhood with a single mother, an activist father, and managed to never hear about feminism? Wowza.
I think
Read more...I'm 15 years old and was sexually abused for two years in the past. How do I get over my intimacy issues?
The last boyfriend I had, anytime we were physically intimate, my chest would get really tight, I'd often start to shake, and I'd go into this blank zone where I'd just stare at the ceiling and my body would be completely unresponsive. It was really scary. Sometimes he would notice and ask me if I was alright, and I would just kind of nod numbly so I wouldn't disappoint him. Since that relationship, I've dated a little, but now it's gotten to the point where even kissing makes my stomach roil. I've had to stop seeing them so I wouldn't be put into a situation where they would try something physical. I cannot bear the thought of anything remotely sexual, and I feel like it's rapidly becoming an unstoppable downwards spiral.
I want to enjoy intimacy, not be terrified and repulsed by it. It's odd having my sisters gush over how good it feels when I just want to throw up. I feel really abnormal. I also feel like I'm never going to have a working relationship because what guy is going to want to be with a girl like me? It's frustrating, because I'm perfectly okay with all the other aspects of a relationship (of course I'd like to have someone to hang out with and cuddle with and all of that), but I'd just like it without the sex part.
What should I do? Is there any way I can fix this? I'm currently in therapy, but I still don't feel quite ready to open up and tell my therapist about my intimacy issues. It's easier this way. I hope you can help, I don't know what to do and I certainly don't want to get any worse!
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Irvine Valley's state championship winning women's golf, men's volleyball and women's badminton teams along with the college's national championship winning debate squad were all honored by the Irvine City Council on Monday at City Hall in Irvine.
Several members of each team along with women's golf coach Ben Burnett, men's volleyball coach Tom Pestolesi and women's badminton coach Martin McGrogan were on hand to be honored.
The teams were handed City of Irvine Commendations in a frame and took photos with the Irvine City Council, which included Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang.
The three teams helped make it a banner year for Irvine Valley athletics. It was the first time in school history that the athletic department had three state championship winning teams in one season.
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Ani Voted Sexiest Raw Vegan Woman 2009
I've been voted Sexiest Raw Vegan Woman 2009 by the raw community again this year, but by default. Alicia Silverstone actually won the votes, I came in 2nd place. But she doesn't consider herself raw anymore. What an honor! Plus, Steve from Sacred Chocolates sent me a congratulatory package of his delicious chocolate hearts…yummmy.
Last year, I was surprised that I was awarded 1st place for Best of Raw 2008:
Best Chef
Favorite Cookbook
Sexiest Raw Vegan Woman
2nd place for Favorite Educator
Listen to my interview from last year on Raw Inspirations Radio where I chat with lovely host Laura Fox about my history, inspirations, and what the future holds.
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This is an overview of the workshop I taught in Thailand at Mom Tri's Villa Royale in Phuket. It was edited and posted immediately after the workshop on January 24, 2010. This video ends with a view of the beautiful sunset over the ocean. The end to a perfect day.
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Preparing for our Workshop at Mom Tri's Villa Royale
A fun time was had in the kitchen preparing 8 dishes for my workshop on Sunday Jan 24, 2010 at Mom Tri's Villa Royale. Sylvie (in black) is the PR manager who made this all happen.
With my language barrier…the kitchen staff finally understood that none of my food was being heated or cooked. Here I show them how to make Garden Pate filled Nori Rolls.
Sylvie and I toasted to another great day in the kitchen with coconut water! I was in heaven in Thailand with all the Thai baby coconuts. And the chefs are super fast at opening them up and getting the meat out….amazing.
Ani's Raw Food Kitchen in Thailand
I'll be teaching a 4-hour workshop with 6-7 recipes at Mom Tri's Villa Royale Resort, Phuket, in Thailand on Jan 24th, Sunday from 1-5pm. If you're in SE Asia, please come join me for a day of delicious food made with local fresh ingredients at this lovely resort!
Here's the menu so far, subject to change depending on local available ingredients:
Garden Pate in Collard Rolls
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Raspberry Ganache Fudge Cake (made with toasted cocoa powder)
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Mayor Gavin Newsom at SF Green Festival last Saturday. It's the largest green festival in the country. Mayor Newsom is a long time vegetarian.
The hall was packed for my talk on raw food desserts, nutrition, and overall well being. I demoed my famous Chocolate Raspberry Ganache Cake and Spiced Blueberry Cobbler, recipes from "Ani's Raw Food Desserts". There was a feeding frenzy over the sample tastes of the desserts, and they were delicious!
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Matthew Kenney's done it again! This time in Oaklahoma City with his partner Dara Prentice. This amazing duo has opened the 1st accredited Culinary Academy for Raw Living Foods, along with a restaurant where you can enjoy Matthew's amazing food.
Join me, Matthew, Dara, and other folks from our community on Oct 3, 2009 in OKC at 105Degrees for a day of talks, demos, dinner, and celebration!
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•Hope Ferdawsian (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
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New Immigration Reform to Fix Illegal Immigration Problem
Well, twice already Washington gave citizenship to illegals, with the stipulation that the borders needed to
be tightened to fix the illegal immigration problem.
Yes, they have been tightened, but still another 30 million or so came through "without being noticed"
since those two attempts at fixing the problem.
Immigration reform is necessary. High-level skilled workers, especially those that are trained in this
country, need to have access to work and home here. Quota's need to be put in place again so
that immigrants from all different parts of the world, with all different backgrounds, have access to
America and its hope. Social security needs to be safeguarded for the workers who have paid
into it their whole lives.
Is this reform going to be some form of welcoming card to an additional 20 million illegals that will find
their way across the borders, and we will have to do this again for the 4th time in another ten years or so?
Probably so.
Washington doesn't seem to be able to fix this problem. They used to be able to control the problem
in the past by following the laws already on the books. Not anymore.
If Washington has not followed the laws on the books in the past, with regard to illegal immigration,
what makes us think that any new laws they put into place in this next round of immigration reform,
will be any more successful at fixing the problem?
Well, it isn't only the borders that will control illegal immigration like they are trying to let us think. It is
all the laws on the books which are not being followed that is allowing this problem to fester and grow.
It is employers who hire illegal immigrants off the books. It is hospitals who treat illegals for free. It is
Social Security money given out to those who have not put money in. It is free education given to illegals.
It is anchor babies born in this country to illegal immigrants. It is cops and law enforcement officials who
are told to turn their heads instead of identifying those here illegally. It goes on and on. Washington
knows this and they know how this illegal immigration problem happened. They are still ignoring the
Washington is not being honest with the American people. Obama is not being truthful with the
American public. The status quo will be followed as usual. We will have to go along with it, as usual.
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Thanks your two telegrams of 1st May. [1] The following telegram has been sent tonight to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs- 148. MOST SECRET.
His Majesty's Government in New Zealand agree with the suggestion contained in your Most Secret telegram 122 of 30th April [2] that the Second Echelon of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force should, if circumstances require it, be diverted to the United Kingdom.
They have, however, seen telegram No. 192, addressed to you by the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia [3], and, having regard to the point of view taken by His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia, and the embarrassment which would result were Australia to take one course and New Zealand another, they would appreciate an expression, at the earliest possible moment tomorrow morning, New Zealand time, of the opinion and advice of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. In the meantime and pending the receipt of a reply to this telegram when they will decide the course they intend to adopt, His Majesty's Government in New Zealand have determined not to alter the arrangements for embarkation of the Second Echelon (which is now taking place) or its departure tomorrow. They would also be greatly assisted in making their decision if they could be informed of the details of the escort proposed in the case of diversion, and furnished with the most explicit assurances that the safety of the convoy is fully assured.
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The List goes racing on Speed tonight at 10PM EST/PST... honest!
Remember last Tuesday when we told you that a new episode of The List was going to air on Speed that night? Yeah, well... sorry about that. Scheduling snafu. But Autoblog's series is back on network television tonight after a week off for special programming.
This week's episode of The List on Speed brings together two episodes of the series that highlight some unique forms of four-wheeled competition. The first is the 24 Hours of LeMons, in which hosts Jessi Combs and Patrick McIntyre compete on a team that dredged the depths of British automotive history to find their race cars.
The second segment, meanwhile, has J and P in upstate New York on a frozen lake to freeze their buns off while watching Engadget Editor-in-Chief Tim Stevens go ice racing in stock Subaru WRX. Of course, their job is to participate, so we don't let them leave the lake until they've gone head-to-head on the ice themselves. Be sure to tune in or set your DVR for 10:30pm Eastern tonight – or better yet, start it at 10pm and catch the latest episode of our sister show, Translogic!
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A number of people have been saying that their dad voted a straight ticket for the Democrats and he would turn over in his grave if they would deviate and vote for a Republican. My question is, How do you think he would respond if he knew what the platform of the Democratic party is today? President Kennedy had a famous quote, Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. It appears to me to be reversed in this current administration
The platform presented at the Democratic Convention this year supports abortion on demand, partial birth abortion, taxpayer-funded/subsidized abortion, and funding organizations that perform or advocate for abortion. Obamacare requires insurance to pay for all of the above with no conscience clause. A number of hospitals, clinics and religious institutions have filed for exemptions on religious grounds, what happened to freedom of religion? Opening the convention with a prayer and a pledge to support Israel was only allowed after a vigorous protest by concerned delegates. This is only one portion of the platform that warrants research.
Isaiah 5:20,21 - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil: Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
I recommend reading several Voters Guides to the Democratic Party and Republican Party Platforms, 2012 General Election to verify if the party or person you plan to vote for actually supports your values. Do some research and reading of the current policies and plans of the Democrats before blindly voting the way your dad voted.


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7. Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
Seattle prog stars Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime's includes several anthems, a thrash number ("The Needle Lies"), a prog epic ("Suite Sister Mary"), and a B-side stuffed with dinosaur-sized ballads that only the '80s could produce. In lesser hands it would have been a mound of senseless cheese.
But Queensryche delivered something quite accomplished and profound. The band excelled at concept more than anything else. Most rock operas present their stories and characters as sketches serving the music, and rely on artwork to sell the rest. Operation: Mindcrime needs no crutches to tell a story. Its characters are well-defined entities with clear goals and motivations. What Nikki's progression from heroin addict to political assassin to amnesiac invalid lacks in emotional sincerity it makes up for with intrigue. Queensryche blended political thriller with star-crossed romance and social criticism into the most complex story on this list, but not he most convoluted -- Operation: Mindcrime strikes deeper chords now, after 9/11 and Occupy Wall Street, than it did in the '80s.
People have been trying to adapt Operation: Mindcrime for the silver screen since immediately after its release, but to no avail. And now that Geoff Tate has left Queensryche, it's unlikely the band will ever perform the album in its entirety again. The stage would make a better fit -- there's no fat to cut and no room to add, but plenty of space for dance breaks.
The world has come a long way since the Who released Tommy in 1969. Tomorrow night, a stage adaptation of the Flaming Lips' seminal 2002 rock opera Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will premiere at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse. It's not Broadway, but it is an indicator that the era of the rock opera could make a comeback. And this is the perfect time for a revival of the style.
The musical industry is hungry for material, but if Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark was any indication, musicals cannot draw from the same material movies do. Consider, on the other had, how well Rock Of Ages did, even if its filmic adaptation fumbled — there is an appetite for familiar music onstage.
Fortunately for Broadway, the music industry has produced a wealth of legitimately good rock operas (and hip-hoperas), most of which remain unadapted for the stage. And no, most of them are not what you would call "classic rock," although some are. The relative self-indulgence of Pink Floyd's The Wall and Rush's 2112 has ebbed, for the most part, in favor of coherent stories, and characters that develop with the plot.
Music and theater at their best stir something in an audience. There's a swell of feeling produced in a live setting that can't be replicated anyplace else. Here are the 10 rock operas most urgently in need of a stage adaptation, with some ideas for how such a production might be carried out. Make your case for My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade in the comments.
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Thompson Hospitality is the largest minority-owned food service company in the United States, the release says. The company, based in Herndon, Va., has more than 3,200 employees and provides meals and facilities management at businesses and institutions in 45 states and four foreign countries. Ruby and Fred Thompson, Sr., – parents of current company leaders Benita Thompson-Byas, senior vice president; Fred Thompson, Jr., chief administration officer; and Warren Thompson, chairman and president – both earned degrees from Virginia State.
Warren Thompson said VSU was a natural beneficiary of the company's success. "The foundation started at VSU," he says in the release. "We wanted to make a statement of support for education in Virginia. What better place than VSU?"
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell joined VSU President Keith T. Miller in accepting the Thompson gift. McDonnell said the company exemplifies the private support necessary to help advance higher education.
"Thompson Hospitality represents 30 years of successful entrepreneurship," he says in the release. "We're thrilled they're headquartered in Virginia."
Virginia State University received its first gift of $1 million or more in May 2010 from the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation.


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I saw this book on the Raintree Nursery website for about $23,but it can be bought used for about $10.It's entitled The American Horticultural Society Pruning & Training by Christopher Brickell and David Joyce.It received quite a few excellent reviews online. I was wondering if people on this forum have looked at it and was or is it helpful?To me,$10 is not a bad deal,but I guess the library might be a place to peruse it first. Brady |
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I have it. Bought it on Amazon for $15-20 for a new paperback. Good book. Get it. |
Okay,thanks a lot. |
Christopher Brickell and David Joyce are both British and this is essentially a Royal Society book. I have it and enjoy the many training methods which are a little different, but always keep in mind it is from a UK perspective. Al |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 1, 14 at 14:20
I remember this book from years ago and as I recall it is close to useless in figuring how to prune fruit trees. |
H-man, Could you please expand on "I recall it is close to useless in figuring how to prune fruit trees."? I am about to order this book on line but I do value your opinion. Thank you. |
Yes,thanks bboy.I saw that on Raintree's site also.I attended one of Gary's pruning workshop's earlier last year at Raintree's day of classes.He's very knowledgeable. Brady |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 2, 14 at 6:05
Pruning is a very complex topic, one could easily write an entire book about pruning apple trees alone, partially because every apple variety has their own growth habit. A book written for general pruning of all woody perennials would have to be an encyclopedia to adequately address the issues of pruning fruit plants. When I was trying to really understand pruning I found books such as Harris's book, "Arboriculture" on Prentice Hall far more useful in helping me understand the underlying principles of pruning than an illustrated "how to" book such as the one we are discussing. Develop a basic understanding of tree physiology first of all. There are some free sources of this kind of info including this one. |
Here is a link that might be useful: physiology of pruning fruit trees
Thanks for responding harvestman and for including the link.I don't know if there is a one size fits all book or teaching aid.If there is,I haven't found it.But from a number of different sources,I think things can be gleaned that are helpful. Brady |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 2, 14 at 17:26
Also, some people are better adapted to a visual guide while others need conceptual guidance. However an all purpose book about pruning all plants can only take you so far. NAFEX has a free library for members which includes many old pruning books for fruit production. For the price of postage you can read about pruning all winter. |
Thank you H-man for your responses and the link. I'd also like to thank others for their input here. I only have a few fruit trees and feel that pruning is quite complicated. To me, it's the most difficult part of growing fruit trees. |
mamuang, pruning and tending to full sized trees is an absolute nightmare. If you commit to pruning to maintain smaller sized trees from the outset, you will develop mad pruning skills very quickly. Pruning will eventually become second nature for you over time, whereas grafting takes a bit more skill. |
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OJT - learn by pruning XD |
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The first part of the Prometheus viral campaign has been solved. But before we get to the answer itself (a new Prometheus promo image at the bottom), we will go over some details leading up to the answer.
Included in the Weyland Industries website update on March 5th was an inconspicuous animated GIF found on the About section of the site. It was layered on top of the Earth image, specifically at the location circled here in red:
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A forum member named Guestuser17 at Unfiction arrived at "EDIR6EQUJ5″ where the detail of his methods are described below:
Subsequently other members were quick to isolate the 6EQUJ5 portion, which points to The WOW! signal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
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Within walking distance boaters will find locally owned shops and restaurants, as well as an art and cultural scene, the Riverwalk and the historic district. The Wilmington area has more than 30 miles of shoreline and access to three beaches — Wrightsville, Carolina, and Kure — a short drive away.
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"We had our choice to live anywhere in Cincinnati. How do I explain this to my five-year old that there are guns across the street from his school?"
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Islamabad (Ansar Abbasi): The landmark SC judgment on NAB chairman's appointment has closed all doors for the Presidency as well as the government, present or future, to turn the anti-corruption apparatus into a tamed body for the rulers.
The chief justice of Pakistan can also play a salutary role in the matter of such appointment particularly when there is a serious difference of opinion between the other consultees over a proposed appointment of chairman, National accountability bureau.
- The scribe has presented his own personal comments throughout the report, making it an opinionated piece that is given on the first page of the newspaper.
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My DBF and I will be getting to Orlando around 10:30 in the morning, in the resort around noon, and will be hitting up the Magic Kingdom as our first park that day at about 1:30, 2:00. At that point, it will be time for lunch, and we'll be getting Quick Service/Counter Service!
DBF already knows he's beelining it to Pecos Bill's for a Pulled Pork Sandwich! Yum! But I want to try something different. I'm open-minded, but I'm a foodie. I like a little bit more interesting fare than say, a hamburger (although I'm not opposed to them) My options are a Quick Service, a sizeable snack (but not too sweet), or I can pay OOP but not more than $10. (For something like those chicken and waffle sandwiches) The only food I absolutely hate is mushrooms. I've looked at the sweet and spicy chicken and waffle sammie from Sleepy Hollow, and those look BOOM-BANGIN'! But do they actually taste pretty good? Are there good soups for a snack option? I had a turkey leg last time I went in 2010, and while I thought they were tasty, I couldn't eat the whole thing and a lot of it went to waste. TL:DR I guess, what I'm asking, DIS-ers, what are YOUR favorite quick eats? That is to say, the best tasting ones? I'm willing to go outside the box and find something delicious and unique for my first lunch! Thanks! I've really enjoyed perusing these boards, learning a lot, giving my input, and I'm totally psyched for my trip! Hope you guys have a magical week, and for those applicable, a magical WDW vacation!
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I haven't tried one yet, but I've heard good things about the pork shank at Gaston's Tavern. Lunch at Be Our Guest is also CS. You may have a wait, but it shouldn't be more than 30-45 minutes I'm guessing. The castle is super cool, and most folks are reporting liking lunch better than dinner there. DH and I really enjoyed our meal here at the end of June. We waited in line for less than 40 minutes.
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You know, I heard good things about BOG Lunch too, but at 2:00, I'll be pretty hungry and probably unwilling to wait 40 minutes for a bite to eat, and I am not sure how late it's open for lunch, anyways. The steak sandwich makes me droooool just reading about it. If I could get one of those Fast Passes for lunch, it might just seal the deal, provided I can make it in time.
And, ah, yes. The pork shank. That is a very delicious option I'd definitely try. If not to go sit in Gaston's chair and catch a glimpse of the master hunter himself and admire his rugged good looks and rippling biceps. Good one! It's on my list! Thanks! Anyone else want to help me explore my options?
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Does anyone know if the singing busts have any "official" names?
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Does anyone know if the singing busts have any "official" names?
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Thurl Ravenscroft as Uncle Theodore
Verne Rowe as Rollo Runkin
Jay Meyer as Ned Nub
Chuck Schroeder as Cousin Al
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Of course, the band would really be unimpressive without the fabulous vocal stylings of the "Phantom Five," a collection of singing marble busts. These singing statues (lead by bass vocalist Thurl Ravenscroft [second from left], who is famous for his "Grrrrrrr-REAT!" portrayal of Tony the Tiger) are projected faces on static bust props (in an effect very similar to that of the Madame Leota crystal ball.) Special thanks to Guy Kalicicki for providing the scanned bust cels.
For the record, each filmstrip was labeled on the leader, and each bust is actually a named character. They are, from left: Ned Nub (Jay Meyer), Uncle Theodore (Thurl Ravrenscroft), Rollo Rumkin (Verne Rowe), Phineas Puck (Bob Ebright), and Cousin Al (Chuck Schroeder.)
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Holt, Christopher Llewellyn firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-04082010-185145 Document Title Narratives of online trading Degree Master of Arts Department Psychology Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Dr L H Human Supervisor Keywords
- sielkunde
- buitelandse valuta
- verhandeling
- narratief
- qualitative
- experience
- currency
- behavioural finance
- investment
- psychology
- online trading
- narrative
- forex
- trading
- aanlyn verhandeling
- belegging
- gedragsgedrewe finansiėle perspektiewe
- valuta
- kwalitatief
- ervaring
Date 2009-09-01 Availability restricted Abstract This narrative research project makes use of a series of memorandums to explore the experiences of two private investors who trade online. Each memorandum was externalised to Financial Freedom to allow for the research problem to be objectified.
The research question that was posed to the two participants was, "As a private investor trading for your own account, how do you experience online trading?"
One participant told a story of approaching trading in a very unsystematic manner. Much of the experience he shared dealt with his criticism of systems and his belief that these systems disadvantage people in all spheres of life.
The other participant's experience involved the importance of structure and knowledge in online trading. He preferred to have absolute control over his money and investments. He felt that knowledge and structure enable him to do this.
The research findings illustrate that every trader's experience is unique and therefore cannot be generalised, as appears to be done in current literature.
Copyright © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
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Unlike fragrance, Mizrahi finds creams and lotions resistible though not their display at the Covent Garden shop Lush. Its front counter is piled high with wheels of soap sold by the slice and cakes of solid shampoo. Products like Wow Wow Face Mask and Strawberry and Ginger Posset (a body scrub) are made daily and sold, deli-style, from stainless steel bowls nesting in ice. It's enough to make you hungry.
Egg, another store having nothing to do with dairy products, has everything to do with Mizrahi's sensibility. Tucked away in a mews house behind Sloane Street, Maureen Doherty's all-white clothing and housewares shop is "inspired because it isn't trying to be everything in the world," explains Mizrahi. "Besides, Egg carries these caftany things, which are very close to my heart. I bought a burnoose and five pairs of Chinese sneakers."
Fashion Finds
Mizrahi came away empty-handed but with a headful of notions from Virginia, a vintage women's clothing store in Holland Park that the model Shalom Harlow "put me onto." A bazaar of ruched silk and hand-done lace and embroidery, the shop makes you feel like you're caught in the tulle of a ballerina's pink tutu. "The way Virginia puts those clothes together is just off enough to be crazy and ravishing," says Mizrahi. "For me, it's a real lesson, a reminder when I'm designing not to rein in but to play up to the tart. The looser you can be, the more fabulous things become." At the Notting Hill intersection of Ledbury Road and Westbourne Grove, a stylish X-marks-the-spot on the London map, Sosuke Oguri is only one of the shopkeepers with vision. At his namesake store, Oguri's clothing line mingles with Finnish glassware and Eames chairs. Mizrahi fingers an orange rubberized-cotton men's raincoat. Simon Heah's selection of clothing at Vent, across the way, is exclusively vintage. It's all the rage—and not only with Londoners, judging from the Japanese crew spied one day videotaping skinny young things as they strapped on platform shoes thicker than bricks. To Mizrahi, though, the shop is a chip off an East Village block in New York. It's open only Friday and Saturday.
Doing Up Your Flat
At Adam Bray antiques shop, Bray recognizes Mizrahi and the mutual admiration commences. The dealer compliments the designer on his style; Mizrahi counters with his high regard for Bray's eye. "Let's face it. Even in London, it's not often you find a chandelier made from bull horns and a Francis Bacon litho appreciated equally," says Mizrahi. As a parting treat, Bray invites the designer to the back of the shop to inspect one of his prizes, an all-white cotton coverlet with the Ten Commandments woven in nubby relief.
Around the corner, David Champion kits up his new interiors shop with objects both odd and suave—those he finds (a set of French leather dining chairs circa 1950, sophisticated South African ceramics by Hylton Nel) and those he produces himself. On his way out, Mizrahi asks for a card. "Don't you love how when they run out of business cards, they still have a 'With Compliments' slip to hand you?Now, that's civilized."
Before leaving Notting Hill, Mizrahi makes one last stop: Wild at Heart, an overblown flower stand next to a public washroom for which architect Piers Gough won an award (from the Royal Fine Arts Commission) in a new category, Jeu d'Esprit. As it happens, it's peony season, so the delicate scent dominates the traffic island on which both the flowers and the loo sit. The irony of a built-in air freshener is not lost on Mizrahi, nor is his passion for peonies diminished. He's just as fond of underdog flowers. "Carnations are so misunderstood," he laments.
Starters, Mains, and Puds
Mizrahi, ever watchful of his weight, finds traditional Brit food irresistible, meaning he's game for game, as well as bubble and squeak, fish-and-chips, eel and pie, pie and mash, bangers and mash, even food that doesn't sally forth in pairs. What could be a better wake-up call than the Ten Deadly Sins breakfast at Simpson's-in-the-Strand. Among the feast's transgressions: sausages, bacon, eggs, fried bread and baked beans, black pudding, lamb's kidneys, and calf's liver.
Lighter but no less . . . challenging, shall we say, is the house special—stewed or jellied eels—at Manze's. London's oldest pie shop (heads up, Americans, these pies have nothing to do with apples) is steeped in atmosphere. Young and old girls in green uniforms serve both marketers and mums in a room covered with tiles.
Closer to home, menu-wise, for native New Yorker Mizrahi are blini with smoked salmon, staples of the smorgasbord buffet that is the centerpiece at Claridge's Causerie, where royals and normals lunch. By trade a man of colors, the designer relishes slipping into the room's pale-green-and-pink "very Cecil Beaton" ensemble from the 1930's, just as much as the ladies delight in donning their small suits and big hats.
Ladies and gents mix with the steady tourist traffic at Fortnum & Mason's ground-floor Fountain restaurant, Mizrahi's favorite spot to nip into for lunch while on a Jermyn Street shopping spree. Welsh rarebit here is like the perfect grilled cheese, a delicate balance of crisp bread and sharp cheddar, with a choice of tomato, apples, bacon, or smoked haddock.
When it comes to new restaurants, Mizrahi often has more to say about the place than the food. "I am very, very, very affected by my surroundings," he states. For example:
Bluebird "As one would expect from Conran, king of concepts, the bluebird motif brands everything in his 'gastro-drome'; it's inescapable. Still, the design is light and clean. The food itself is good but not great."
Criterion "A dazzling space, stylish in a Byzantine way, all vast and glittery. The lighting is fantastic; imagine combining those Arabian Nights oil lamps on the tables with those floor lamps topped by giant cylindrical shades. The same standing Fortuny lamps that stick out everywhere else, work here."
Oxo Tower "Well, they've certainly come a long way from the gravy [bouillon] cube. It's great to be able to eat looking out over London, but frankly, that cigarette machine is as compelling as the view. Love that blue cap on the chef, too. Blue is actually a tricky color. The English do it well."
More Tea, Sir?
Lover of tea (especially jasmine) and nondrinker of alcohol that he is, Mizrahi is decidedly more salon swimmer than pub crawler. Around four in the afternoon, his internal tea bell chimes, and he drops what he's in the midst of and homes in on the nearest warm pot, preferably one that arrives with all the trimmings. From Savile Row, it's a quick walk to Brown's for a traditional piano-player-accompanied event. Mizrahi, a pianist himself, uh-ohs a missed note but, ever the gentleman, joins in the applause coming from other clusters of deep sofas and armchairs.
At Claridge's, the singing of strings from the Hungarian quartet, looking splendid in brass-buttoned green vests, overlays the cling-cling of silver spoons blending cream into Darjeeling and orange pekoe. If Brown's is grandma's parlor, Claridge's reading room, where tea is served, is the sophisticated aunt's salon. Walls glow in stripes of soft yellow, pier mirrors and chandeliers sparkle, the gold-rimmed bone china has the proper weight and elegance.
Traditional cream tea is served on starched tablecloths in St. James's restaurant, on the fourth floor of Fortnum & Mason. Tins of every type of leaf are sold on the ground floor. This institution on Piccadilly is steeped in the lore of tea. Send a sample of water from anywhere in the world to Fortnum's and its experts will advise on the best kind of tea to brew for that location.
Sights to Behold
With a schedule ever more compressed, Mizrahi takes in fewer sights each trip. Still, he pops into exhibitions at the National Gallery, the Tate, and the Serpentine Gallery whenever possible. If he has but one free slot, he saves it for Sir John Soane's Museum. Like Mary Poppins's black bag, the architect's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields runneth over with treasures (paintings by Hogarth, architectural drawings by Piranesi). But Soane's own work draws Mizrahi: "Soane was a magician with mirrors, mounting them on shutters; of course you have to use those shabby old mirrors, or it looks like a showroom."
That a contemporary original would find in a historic one a kindred spirit is no surprise, but for Mizrahi, the connection goes even deeper. "The first psychic I ever consulted," he recalls, "told me my life was about an invention in living and my biggest accomplishment would be a house. Let me tell you, it will be a crazy one."
Dennis Severs's house in Spitalfields surely fits the description. For 17 years, Severs has invited guests into his 1724 terrace house to, as he puts it, "pass through chambers from which, apparently, their 18th- and 19th-century inhabitants have only just withdrawn." Instructed by a fit Frenchman in shorts to wander the house in silence so as to better absorb the smells, sights, and sounds, Mizrahi pads from room to room, his raised eyebrows and small smiles speaking volumes.
For all the museums he's tapped, Mizrahi has never toured a royal attraction, though he has rumbled by Buckingham Palace many a time in a big black taxi. This time around, he squeezes in the Tower of London, home of the ultimate fashion accessories, the crown jewels. Mizrahi riffs on the ceremonial splendor ("People can be so silly and ridiculous, but here it's the point"), the elements ("I guess the coronation spoon is for an unexpected cough on the big day"), and the nature of stones ("Fake jewels are banal; when you get close to real ones, you realize people's obsession. Liz, we understand.")
Face-to-face with the crown jewels, Mizrahi is surprised and pleased by the crudeness of the workmanship. There's no slickness about them, unlike their display, updated in 1994 to include moving sidewalks. "I wish I'd seen them before the arrival of the video and conveyor belts," sighs Mizrahi. "This sort of packaging is new here. I always think of England as being America with all the dumb stuff knocked out of it."
Even after passing through the door and gates of the requisite thick steel vault, Mizrahi still has his doubts about the jewels' authenticity. "I'm sure the queen keeps all the real stuff at Balmoral, crammed in the back of an underwear drawer."
Above all, Mizrahi believes that the English, in spite of all the hissing and dissing, love the royal family. "It's a fragile part of them that secretly adores the pomp and circumstance," he says. A side of the Brits Mizrahi himself openly adores.