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I've been quoted as saying that Gabe Newell will be the richest person in the video game industry. It's a bold statement, but he (and his very talented crew) have been able to stay ahead of the curve on engine technology, game design, sales, business, publishing, you name it. I have a lot of respect for his "Steam†initiative (cutting edge digital distribution service that a major media company will buy), and the fact that he has completely opened up the industry to new indie teams. It's hard to find someone that's more busy than him, and that makes the fact that he's willing to give advice to students even more valuable.
I laughed out loud when I read how he compared Hollywood and the video game industry when it comes to niche talent. I've been expecting the opposite of what he says (I'm not going to spoil it), but I've now changed my opinion and agree that blended talent is indeed much more valuable these days.
So here you go, if you're a student, here's some great advice from Gabe Newell, the founder of Valve.
What did your mother want you to do as a career? Surely, it couldn't have been to make professional video games!?
Well, my mom was actually the first programmer in the family (Bell Labs). She told me that I should be a "system analyst" which is, in retrospect, an odd thing to say to a 9-year-old.
What would you say to my mother, to get her off my back and let me make professional video games as a career?
Video games are growing faster than the rest of the economy, combine the best aspects of the high tech and entertainment industries, and they are personally satisfying to work on.
Tell us about your start in the industry. What was your life like when you were younger and hungrier?
There were two aspects of my early experiences in the industry that are probably relevant - networking and personal interests. On the networking side I already knew people in the industry who were instrumental in helping launch me in the field (specifically Michael Abrash who was at ID Software, and with whom I'd worked at Microsoft). On the personal interest side, in addition to loving video games, I had already done a lot of thinking about consumer computing platforms that had given me a set of tools that were helpful in starting Valve.
It's pretty tough (almost damn impossible) to get hired without industry experience on a resume. Should I lie? It's the standard Catch-22, need a job to get experience, need experience to get a job. Imagine you are me, caught in the 22 -- what the heck would you do?
Don't lie - that's just a disaster on multiple levels. The best thing to do is to start making content using the MOD tools that are out there. Whether you use Civilization or Warcraft III or Hammer doesn't matter as much as that you are building and shipping stuff to customers, getting their feedback, and then iterating your work. MOD development is better in a lot of ways of both honing your skills and demonstrating your talent to a potential employer than work experience as there are going to be fewer institutional barriers and creative constraints to limit the work you do.
People that never went to college in the video games business swear blind that colleges aren't needed to get a job. Are they for real? Should I burn my books now?
That is changing very quickly. In the past, colleges didn't really have anything to teach people that directly applied to game development, so people who went to school or didn't go to school were more or less on the same footing. However programs like Digipen are a huge advantage, and are very valuable for the students who make it through.
How did you get your big break? Did you claw your way out of the testers' pit? Did you sleep your way to the top? Did you sleep at all?
My big break came from the support and encouragement of people already in the industry.
Tell us about the first time you felt star-struck when meeting a leading game developer (and no, we won't tell Mr. Miyamoto your real name). Do you even realize that some people will get butterflies in their stomach when first meeting you?
Meeting Mr. Miyamoto was very cool, but the first time I was star-struck was when I realized the person who was asking such thoughtful questions during my Half-Life presentation was Warren Spector.
Without using terms like "indentured servant" or "voluntary servitude," please describe your ideal protégé.
I don't want a protege - I want a colleague. There are three questions we ask ourselves when making hiring decisions that are relevant to this.
1) Would I work for this candidate?
2) What would I learn from this candidate?
3) How would I feel if this person went to work at a competitor?
These questions are actually more invariant with respect to experience than you would think, and are often very clarifying.
Let's say I was interviewing with you tomorrow. Short of showing up drunk and naked, what could I say or do to completely ruin my shot? And what could I do to totally win your heart?
For us, having clear ideas about customers and how you make decisions, having demonstrated excellence in a specific domain, and understanding how to work collaboratively in a non-hierarchical environment are the keys.
Let's look several years into the future for a moment. Should I even bother learning today's skills? Surely they'll have completely changed by the time I get out of college? What kinds of jobs are absolutely 'rock-solid', and will undoubtedly still be around 5-10 years from now? And what new jobs do you think might exist that nobody has quite pinned down just yet?
Specialization and hierarchy are the norms in film production, and are antithetical to what needs to happen in the games industry. The reason for that distinction is that the game industry is more focused on invention than on repeatability/measurability. Programmers that can draw are going to be in much better shape than an animator specializing in putting talking mouths on cats. The solutions of tomorrow are not going to fall into the production or organizational categories of today.
How much stock do you put in the emerging game design programs at universities? Does it matter more to you that an interviewee knows the history of and theory behind The Third-Person Action MMO/Puzzle Platformer Hybrid, or is all about the demo he/she shows up with?
It varies tremendously from program to program. Some are really good, and we have people step out of, say, Digipen directly into key roles on shipping games. Others are completely broken.
OK, just imagine three companies make me an offer (a guy has gotta dream!). They're all kinda low-end jobs, and I need to move 3,000 miles to take any of them. How do I pick the right team? What would you look for?
The quality of the people you would be working with on a daily basis would be the best criterion to use to make that decision.
Finally, there are a TON of game development colleges around the world now. Imagine you had to start again, and have all the choices I have -- how would you pick? And how would you convince your mother to get out her check book?
Ask people who graduated from the program. Tell your mom it's either Digipen or Rennaissance French Poetry.
Great interview, David.
Asking "How would I feel if this person went to work at a competitor?" is a great idea, I only do shareware games myself, but it can be applied to that too.
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Our Worship Ministry includes singing and playing instruments—and the message that our music and songs communicate is of utmost importance. Whether our music is loud or soft, fast or slow, new or old, with a full band or without matters little in comparison to the message of the song.
It is important that our songs accurately reflect the Scriptures, and we hope to express the triune nature of our God as we respond to the gospel of His Son. Worship is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that express the infinite worth of God. In our worship services we sing songs, bring tithes, hear and obey God's Word, and reorient our lives based on His infinite worth.
The worship ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel exists to help our people experience the sufficiency and express the supremacy of Christ in all things.
Bible Saturation The content of our singing and praying and welcoming and preaching will always conform to the truths of Scripture. God's Word is the ground of all our appeal to authority. Isaiah 40:8
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The Taming of the Shrew (Engraving)
Artist/Maker: Robert Thew (1758-1802), engraver, after Robert Smirke (1752-1845)[1]
Created: 1791
Origin/Purchase: England
Materials: stipple engraving
Dimensions: 43.8 x 59.7 (17 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
Location: South Square Room
Provenance: Thomas Jefferson; by purchase at the Dispersal Sale in 1827 to Colonel Alexander R. Holladay; by descent to William Holladay Worth; by loan to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation since 1965
Accession Number: 1965-47-2
Historical Notes: These two prints of scenes from William Shakespeare's A Midsummers-Night's Dream and The Taming of the Shrew are among the rare survivors from Jefferson's print collection, the only ones that have been located from the 1827 Dispersal Sale of his belongings. Jefferson was well acquainted with Shakespeare's works; he recommended them to his friends and gave them to his grandchildren.[2] "Read the best of the poets...," he advised a young friend, "But among these Shakespeare must be singled out by one who wishes to learn the full powers of the English language."[3] Jefferson owned anthologies of Shakespeare's plays, as well as a concordance and books of criticism. Though Jefferson asked John Trumbull to obtain a copy of Shakespeare's portrait for his collection, it seems that these prints were the only representation of the writer at Monticello.[4]
The engraving from A Midsummer-Night's Dream depicts Act IV, Scene I where Titania, Queen of the Fairies-who is enamored of Bottom because of the love portion she has taken-waits upon the donkey-headed man with her attendants. The scene shown from The Taming of the Shrew is the induction, Scene II, in which the tinker, Christopher Sly, is fooled into thinking he is a wealthy lord who has been asleep for many years. The attendants pose as courtiers and the page as his worried wife.
These two works were among 100 prints that were published by John and Josiah Boydell as part of their monumental Shakespeare Gallery project. Financed completely by the Boydells, the gallery operated from 1789 until 1803 and exhibited as many as 170 specially commissioned paintings of scenes from Shakespeare's plays, from which engravings were made. John Boydell attracted England's finest painters and engravers to his project, and the paintings by Robert Smirke and Henry Fuseli are considered to be masterpieces of their kind.[5]
- ↑ This article is based on Stein, Worlds, 183.
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson to Robert Skipwith, Monticello, August 3, 1771, in PTJ, 1:76-81 and Randall, Life, 3:346, 349.
- ↑ Jefferson to Benjamin Moore, c. 1764, enclosed in Jefferson to John Minor, Monticello, August 30, 1814, in Ford, 11:424-425.
- ↑ Jefferson to John Trumbull, Paris, January 18 1789, in PTJ, 14:467-468.
- ↑ A.E. Santaniello, ed., The Boydell Shakespeare Prints (New York: Benjamin Bloom, Inc., 1968), 5-9; Winifred H. Friedman, Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery (New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1976), 2-18, 223, 238, 266.
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'Tis the season of smartphones and networks, as I mentioned in this space last week. Next Thursday in New York, Samsung Electronics (ticker: 005930.Korea) is expected to unveil its Galaxy S IV smartphone, the latest installment in the portfolio of the world's biggest maker of smartphones.
The new Galaxy is just one of a raft of handsets hitting the market in coming weeks and months; there's even a rumor Apple AAPL -1.4634146341463414% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD117.16 -1.74 -1.4634146341463414% /Date(1422655200104-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 81311868 AFTER HOURS USD117.3 0.14 0.1194947080914988% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2433593 P/E Ratio 15.684069611780455 Market Cap 682427502502.739 Dividend Yield 1.604643222942984% Rev. per Employee 2153110 More quote details and news » (AAPL) will introduce an iPhone update this summer, rather than wait for the fall.
In any event, the wave of coming gadgets might lend a hand to beleaguered tech stocks, which are up a mere 0.6%, on average, this year, the third worst performer, beating only the 0.4% rise in financials and utilities.
Rather than take on the entire sector, I recommend investors look to small reversals of leadership here or there within industries. In particular, some chip makers within semiconductors may be ready to appreciate after floundering this year, if they can ride the coattails of the smartphone debuts, and the networks that will tether all those phones.
Semis are among the stronger parts of tech, rising 0.7% on average this year, just behind the 0.8% rise of computer stocks such as EMC EMC -1.7803030303030303% EMC Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD25.93 -0.47 -1.7803030303030303% /Date(1422655245096-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24925207 AFTER HOURS USD25.96 0.03 0.11569610489780177% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 643838 P/E Ratio 19.350746268656717 Market Cap 52765192485.0186 Dividend Yield 1.7740069417662938% Rev. per Employee 382473 More quote details and news » (EMC) and the 1.3% climb of the homely category of "office electronics," composed of Xerox XRX -2.8761061946902653% Xerox Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD13.17 -0.39 -2.8761061946902653% /Date(1422655379512-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18000568 AFTER HOURS USD13.17 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 588729 P/E Ratio 14.38531653000755 Market Cap 15034293005.795 Dividend Yield 1.8982536066818527% Rev. per Employee 136548 More quote details and news » (XRX) and Zebra Technologies ZBRA -0.2509860164933668% Zebra Technologies Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD83.46 -0.21 -0.2509860164933668% /Date(1422655200016-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 484222 AFTER HOURS USD83.46 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 16354 P/E Ratio 33.51807228915663 Market Cap 4249950147.24243 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 452129 More quote details and news » (ZBRA).
But within chips, there's been a disproportionate climb in some darling stocks, including British wireless vendor CSR csre -0.0387296669248705% CSR PLC ADS U.S.: Nasdaq USD51.62 -0.0200000000000031 -0.0387296669248705% /Date(1422511200000-0600)/ Volume : 3307 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2131225235.44 Dividend Yield 0.8058891902363425% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (CSRE), having come up 46% this year, and that other U.K. favorite, ARM Holdings ARMH -1.8852115626309174% ARM Holdings PLC ADS U.S.: Nasdaq USD46.84 -0.9 -1.8852115626309174% /Date(1422655200135-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1096857 AFTER HOURS USD46.84 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 23500 P/E Ratio 74.7765006385696 Market Cap 21956051892.841 Dividend Yield 0.5162852263023057% Rev. per Employee 444649 More quote details and news » (ARMH), which commands a royalty for billions of mobile devices using its chip designs.
Left behind since December are some excellent companies in mobile and networking that could appreciate from here. They include mobile-phone radio-chip vendors Skyworks Solutions SWKS -1.354080057013897% Skyworks Solutions Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD83.05 -1.14 -1.354080057013897% /Date(1422655200381-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3439116 AFTER HOURS USD83.1 0.05 0.060204695966285374% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 66546 P/E Ratio 28.05743243243243 Market Cap 15833815859.6924 Dividend Yield 0.6261288380493678% Rev. per Employee 466991 More quote details and news » (SWKS), up 5%, and WiFi chip maker Broadcom BRCM 2.7233115468409586% Broadcom Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD42.435 1.125 2.7233115468409586% /Date(1422655200090-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15105270 AFTER HOURS USD42.435 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 355881 P/E Ratio 57.3445945945946 Market Cap 25121520812.9883 Dividend Yield 1.3196653705667492% Rev. per Employee 671554 More quote details and news » (BRCM), up 0.9%. These two gems will find plenty of business in numerous makers' devices, and they trade for just nine and 12 times the next 12 months' expected earnings, not counting cash.
Some chip makers serving the networking infrastructure market are also worth a look. LSI (LSI), long a supplier to the disk-drive industry, has an intriguing new line of work supplying chips for base stations. Its shares are down 2% this year, and it fetches about 11 times projected earnings.
Likewise, Cirrus Logic CRUS 1.3771996939556235% Cirrus Logic Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD26.5 0.36 1.3771996939556235% /Date(1422655200218-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3178223 AFTER HOURS USD26.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20824 P/E Ratio 35.810810810810814 Market Cap 1662451030.7312 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1079950 More quote details and news » (CRUS), which sells audio processing chips for Apple's iPhone and iPad, was a darling last year but has cooled considerably, falling 19% this year versus the 7.5% rise in the Nasdaq Composite. It trades at just six times forward estimates.
Cirrus's problem is in part the current uncertainty over the outlook for Apple's sales. But for a top producer of very specialized chips, that very low P/E ratio is just too tough to ignore.
SPEAKING OF APPLE, and what ails it, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett spent three hours on CNBC last Monday morning dispensing his customary wit and wisdom on a variety of topics, including Apple.
Asked about the stock's 41% drop in the last five months, Buffett reminded viewers that Berkshire has tanked by 50% four different times in its history and always came roaring back. Each time, someone advised Buffett to pay a dividend to boost the shares, and each time Buffett demurred.
Asked about hedge-fund activist David Einhorn's call for Apple to issue preferred shares, Buffett's counsel was simple. "I would ignore him," he said. "I would run the business to create the most value over the next five or 10 years. You can't run a business to try to run the stock up everyday."
CNBC's commentators quickly ignored that patient view and resumed their hand-wringing about Apple after the segment.
It was probably of little consequence to them that Apple, like Berkshire, has seen its stock stumble dramatically in the past, such as when it fell as much as 41% between Dec. 28, 2007, and March 3, 2008, just after the iPhone was first introduced.
But if the Oracle's words hold no weight, consider some more specific data.
Last week I met with Mahi de Silva, who is head of the digital advertising efforts of a little company called Opera Software, OPERA.OS -2.1946564885496183% Opera Software ASA Norway: Oslo NOK102.5 -2.3 -2.1946564885496183% /Date(1422656705000-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 948739 P/E Ratio 41.81795928358696 Market Cap 14678164960.9375 Dividend Yield 0.23414634146341465% Rev. per Employee 2580180 More quote details and news » listed on the Oslo exchange (OPERA.Norway). Opera is best known for a Web browser that can be run on desktops, smartphones, and tablet computers. That in itself might be of little interest to readers.
But because Opera bought de Silva's start-up, AdMarvel, in 2010, the company now also runs the advertising infrastructure for 20 of the top 25 publishers on mobile devices, including The Wall Street Journal and Barron's. The Barron's iPad app was created using Opera's technology, and every time you see an ad amidst our priceless content, that's Opera at work.
To get back to Apple, de Silva says that out of the roughly $1 billion in gross advertising dollars the company facilitated for us and other publishers last year, 40% of the volume of ad impressions came from Apple's devices versus just 30% for devices running Google's GOOG 4.672384756981161% Google Inc. Cl C U.S.: Nasdaq USD534.52 23.86 4.672384756981161% /Date(1422655200326-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5504137 AFTER HOURS USD534.6 0.08 0.014966699094514705% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 86840 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 363627015267.821 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1382050 More quote details and news » (GOOG) Android operating system.
How can it be that Apple's devices generate so much more ad activity, when Apple has just 22% of smartphone sales and the vast majority is controlled by Android?
"Android users are a bit geeky," says de Silva. By which he means the average user of an Android smartphone or tablet is less likely to download and use the apps provided by Dow Jones and other premiere publishers that create the ad inventory that advertisers crave.
When I asked de Silva if that might change if Apple were to drop to, say, 15% of smartphone sales, he was inclined to think not. That audience on Apple's iOS is highly valuable, even if the overall smartphone numbers shift. The cost-per-thousand, or CPM, in fact, for ads on iOS is about 25% higher than on Android, he said.
In other words, Apple's gadgets are a platform on which the high-value consumers gather, and where the high-value publishers and advertisers focus their efforts. All three constituents tend to build the value of Apple's software in the way that they meet up.
And so, the next time someone says that the iPhone doesn't have the largest screen, or that other tablet computers are cheaper, remember that when it comes to making business sense on these devices, Apple still seems to be at the front of the pack.
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Vibrant metallic pants and blazers, white horses and skateboards might not sound like the makings of a captivating fashion editorial, but that's exactly what you'll find in the mesmerizing Shawn Ross Exklusiv magazine photoshoot.
Lensed by photography duo Magda Wunsche & Samsel, fashion model and actor Ross, recognized worldwide for being the first professional male albino model, takes on a number of vibrant and eclectic looks. Stylist Andrzej Sobolewski shows off Ross' physique, having him pose shirtless in metallic slacks, wool overalls and atop a white stallion. There's a very strong artistic sense in these photos, with a deeper poetic meaning not usually found in the standard fashion editorial.
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The legalization of marijuana has changed a lot of things here in the 206. We've got pot delivery services and the police department handing out bags of Doritos at Hempfest.
But will it also change our city's culinary culture?
Taking the concept of wine dinners and beer dinners to the next level, Chef Thomas Marin of Cap Hill stalwart Area Mercantile hosts the country's first gourmet pot dinner on April 20.
Chef Marin will pair eight courses of exceptional food with eight varietals of marijuana.
Each guest will receive a "one-hitter" pipe loaded with a different kind of kush before each plate, starting with a light Kali Mist and finishing with a dense White Rhino for the dessert course.
Marin claims that the marijuana will stimulate the taste buds and allow you to experience his dishes — including a filet of salmon served on a "plank" of reconstituted nacho tortilla chips — in ways you never could before.
Is it a gimmick? Sure, but Marin's food is always spectacular, so we're down to try it with a little extra herb.
Area Mercantile Marijuana Dinner
Sunday, April 20th 7p
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When it's dark and cold what better way to warm up your guests than to treat them to a Hot Chocolate extravaganza! A bit like a dessert table but full of goodies for hot chocolate. The wedding venue can serve the actual drinks and then your guests can visit the table for all the scrumptious goodies to go with them. When I was researching this post I found myself attacking the kitchen cupboards in search of chocolate so beware before reading anymore! It is a seriously chocoholic delight.
You can use scrumptious goodies such as:
Candy canes
Wafer sticks
Whipped cream
Flavoured syrups such as chocolate and cinnamon
Cinnamon sticks
Chocolate sprinkles
I also think it would be gorgeous to have pieces of rocky road, or my favourite is millionaires shortbread. You can serve this during the drinks reception. Especially good if your wedding was at church and your guests had to travel to the reception venue. Another alternative could be a midnight snack as people leave to keep them warm on the journey home.
These are just divine to go with it. Marshmallow stirrers. (Image via Belleamour)
Or dip your marshmallows into chocolate and then finish with sprinkles! Great for dunking!
For a Christmas treat I love these stirrers.
You can check out how to make them here
If you your wedding is more of an adult theme then why not try these Christmas cookie cocktails.
Check out how to make them here.
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You could always add a little adult tipple too such as Amaretto, Bailey's, Grand Marnier and Kahlua.
I hope this has given you some ideas and inspiration for a winter treat for your wedding guests. Plan your wedding with personal details and your guests will be so impressed.
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Dare to enter the mysterious world of an Amazon rainforest. Encounter the exotic, the fierce and the deadly as you explore the diversity of species, our connections with the animals and products of the rainforests, and the need to preserve this unique natural resource.
Dolphin Bay
Get an up close and personal look at Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Our 400,000-gallon saltwater exhibit features two male dolphins: Shadow and Kai, and visitors can experience these majestic marine mammals above the water and even below, in our unique underwater viewing room, featuring a 70-foot acrylic window.
Dolphin Bay Underwater Room
Get an up close and personal look at Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Our 400,000-gallon saltwater exhibit features two male dolphins: Shadow and Kai, and visitors can experience these majestic marine mammals above the water and even below, in our unique underwater viewing room, featuring a 70-foot acrylic window.
Eagle Pass
Opened in April 2009, Eagle Pass promotes a strong message of backyard conservation. All of the raptors featured in this exhibit were rescued and rehabilitated at the Texas State Aquarium. Perhaps the most regal raptor of the exhibit is Grace, a bald eagle. Rehabilitated in Alaska, Grace was deemed non-releasable and will have a home in Eagle Pass, where visitors can get a personal look at America's bird, something you may not be able to do in the wild.
Floating Phantoms
Our Floating Phantoms exhibit is fascinating to visitors-seeing these stinging creatures from a safe perspective is incredible. This 800-gallon exhibit at the Aquarium features a wide variety of species including Pacific sea nettles, moon jellies, purple stripe jellies and Atlantic sea nettles, many of which are found on our local beaches.
Flower Gardens
This 40,000-gallon exhibit replicates an actual coral reef located approximately 300 miles straight out the Aquarium's back door in the Gulf of Mexico. Watch tarpon, green moray eels, porcupine fish, French angelfish, cow-nose stingrays and barracuda interact with our divers during our daily Diver in the Water presentation.
Hawn Wild Flight Theater
Featuring a variety of trained birds, including hawks, owls, falcons and parrots, and other exotic small mammals, these highly entertaining and informative presentations showcase various feathered species and deliver an inspiring and empowering message of wildlife conservation.
H-E-B Splash Park & Owen's Paleo Park
H-E-B Splash Park is the first zero-depth wetscape water play area in the Coastal Bend! This marine-themed park features state-of-the-art water spray jets, interactive water features, water cannons, and more.
Owen's Paleo Park is a fossil dig site which allows guests to unearth fossilized remains of animals, such as the Giant ground sloth and the Saber-Toothed cat that roamed the Coastal Bend 13,000 years ago.
Islands of Steel
Get an underwater view of the habitat formed around an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Islands of Steel is our largest indoor exhibit, at 125,000 gallons, and it represents an underwater view of the habitat formed around an oil platform. In the past, when oil and gas companies were finished with a platform, they would dismantle it and unknowingly destroy the habitat.
Living Shores
Several touch pools, six aquariums, and three interactive computer kiosks help the public discover the different habitats of the Laguna Madre, and Padre Island bays and estuaries. Visitors can safely interact with species such as hermit crabs, lightning whelks, and pencil urchins in our largest indoor touch pool.
Nearshore Gallery
The Nearshore gallery portrays life at the shoreline, where sand dunes and mangroves meet shallow saltwater habitats. The completely renovated exhibit area will be a totally immersive and engaging area – allowing you to stroll directly beneath shorebirds, like the roseate spoonbill and white ibis.
Otter Creek
North American River Otters are native to Texas and Otter Creek provides the perfect opportunity to watch these playful animals interact with each other and with their trainers. Through protected contact, our trainers are able to have enrichment sessions multiple times daily when visitors can witness the high intelligence of these otters.
Stingray Lagoon
Don't be scared! Touch and feed stingrays in our largest outdoor touch pool, and learn what you can do to protect stingrays in the wild during our daily Feed the Rays program.
Swamp Tales
Swamp Tales tells the conservation success story of the American Alligator, as well as highlights species that are currently threatened and what visitors can do to help protect them.
Tortuga Cay
All of the sea turtles in Tortuga Cay were rehabilitated and then deemed them non-releasable. Tortuga Cay's natural lagoon-like habitat allows visitors to view the sea turtles from above and below the water.


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Moderately hilly with a mix of open and woods holes. Open for play ~330 days a year (closed for certain annual events). Please call ahead of time if traveling.
Course Details
# Holes: 9
Target Type: Monkey Trap
Tee Type: Limestone
Elevation: Rolling
Foliage: Corridor
Course Length: 2,780ft
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Course Designer: Dan Adams
Hole Length: Under 300ft: 3 | 300 - 400ft: 4 | Over 400ft: 2
Off Missouri State Rte. 5 on #269 Fairgrounds Dr. in Laurie, MO. Lake of the Ozarks area.
Email: Dan Adams
Contact Phone #1: 573-374-8776
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Also on Peak 8, LaFonte feels lucky to have Horseshoe Bowl because of its steep wideness. Peak 9 has the racecourse to get up some cruise speeds, she says, and on Peak 10, the trees that make up The Burn are "widely spaced and excellent. Boy, is it a burn. Oh, my God."
For air, LaFonte reaches into the top of Psychopath. Or she heads for the "couple of rocks in Horseshoe Bowl that are fun to jump off." In general, though, she says there's not a lot of air to be had at Breckenridge. "Yeah, I'd take the hits off the top of Horseshoe, which is fun anyway, and then you get down to the bottleneck part where it gets steep and bumped up. That's a good ride." Also, she says, "there are a couple of hits at Saddleback on the south side of Peak 10." And anytime she wants to be alone on any of the Peaks, she makes for the trees. "I find that so few people want to take on the trees here," she says. "There are just so many untouched stashes in there."
You're guaranteed not to be alone Downstairs at Eric's (111 South Main), however. "It's one of my faves," LaFonte says. "They've got burgers and pizza, but they're really known for their pizza. And they've got like a hundred beers on tap." She says that another good burger can be had at the Breckenridge Brewery (600 South Main)--"good chicken wings, too, and a drink special every night." The place to go for breakfast after a night at the brewpub is the Blue Moose (540 South Main), right next door. "You see it in a drunken haze the night before while you're leaving the Brewery," LaFonte says. "The Moose has good egg burritos and good chiles, and they also do nice things with potatoes and eggs and vegetables."
More "super-good" Mexican food is available at Mi Casa (600 South Park Avenue). "Delicious and cheap," LaFonte says. Likewise a value is the Main Street Bistro (216 South Main), with its "super-simple menu on the wall," LaFonte says. "They offer five pastas and five sauces, a specialty bread and salad, and then they have a decent wine list. The entrees are under ten bucks, which is pretty good for a ski town." She mentions that Breckenridge actually felt like a real town when Jackson's Sushi House (318 North Main) came in. "Sushi!" she exclaims. "We were like, 'Whoa, we have sushi!' Everyone was so stoked, and it's really good sushi, too."
But nothing's as good as LaFonte's favorite dish in town, the eggs Benedict at The Horseshoe (115 South Main). "You will die when you try these," she says.
General information: 1-970-453-5000
Snow report: 1-970-453-6118
Location: 104 miles west of Denver via I-70 (exit 203). Colo. Hwy. 9 to Breckenridge.
Opening and closing dates: October 25 to late May.
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Terrain: 15% beginner, 19%
intermediate, 31% advanced, 35% expert. 2,031 developed acres with a 3,398' vertical drop. Base: 9,600'; top: 12,998'; longest run: 3.5 miles.
Lifts: 4 high-speed quads, 1 triple chair, 9 double chairs, 4 surface lifts.
Lift rates: Adult full-day TBA, 2 days $78; child (6-14) full-day TBA, 2 days $24; 5 and under/70 and over ski free.
Lessons: Adult full-day lesson with beginner lift ticket $54; full-day lesson with all-mountain lift ticket $83; children: full-day lesson, lunch and all-mountain lift ticket $64. Private lessons and special clinics available.
Rentals: Call 1-970-453-5000 for rental shop.
Snowboarding: Welcome. Half-pipe and terrain garden. Lessons available.
Cross-country: The Breckenridge Nordic Center has 50 km of groomed trails. Call 1-970-453-6855 for more information.
Special events: Ice skating, snow skating, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing, sleigh rides, dog sledding, sledding; NASTAR races daily; Alpine World Cup, Nov. 24-30; Hot Air Balloon Festival, Nov. 27-30; Disabled Sports USA Ski Spectacular, Dec. 9-14; International Snow Sculpture Championships, Jan. 7-11; Ullr Festival, Jan. 20-26; Breckenridge World Cup Freestyle, Jan. 23-26; ; The Senior Games of the Summit, Feb. 2-4; The American Airlines Celebrity Ski, Mar. 7-9; Breckenridge Beach Daze, April 1-30.
When people ask Lorenzo Semple III what brought him to Aspen, he always answers, "My parents' green Volvo station wagon." Twenty years later the Volvo's gone, but Semple's still here. He was nine when his screenwriter father decided Aspen would be a better place for his family to grow up in than Los Angeles--and Semple says Father knew best. "I rode my bike to school, and I could walk around anywhere without my parents worrying that anything could happen to me," Semple says. "We were going to live here for a year, but it was too good to leave." And while Semple has been on all of Aspen's mountains, it was on Buttermilk that he first learned to ski--and it was to Buttermilk that he returned when he decided to learn how to snowboard last December during the first 'Boarderfest, when Buttermilk shut down to all but 'boarders in an attempt to attract newcomers to the sport.
It certainly worked on Semple. While he still intends to ski--and telemark and snowshoe--snowboarding has changed his life. "I was so anti-'boarding," says Semple, who has started his own company, Suit Yourself, the first operation to offer winter-sport clothing rentals in the Aspen area. "But so many of my friends were doing it, I was getting confused and feeling left out. And so then I went to the 'Boarderfest, and it was as if I'd had an out-of-body experience. It was almost spiritual."


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The Cast:
Lara (age 33): Your lovely TR and Disney addict, planned trip
Lynne (age, ahem, not mentioned): My mom, big Eeyore fan
Robert (age, 50-something): My dad tolerates our Disney fascination
Kaitlin (age 9): my niece, the whole reason we planned the trip
Danna (age, she is my dads younger sister, ha ha): My aunt
Mike (I dont know his age, sorry): My uncle
Jamie (age 10): Their granddaughter, good friends with my niece
Pre-Trip Planning:
We have been to Disney World twice this year already, but not with Kaitlin. She was very jealous. Our first trip was part of a time-share sell that my parents had to sit through, but we got a good deal. The second trip was a quick weekend to BRAVES Spring Training a trip that I won, so we got to stay onsite at the Caribbean Beach Resort loved it.
We found out in Kaitlins school schedule that she had a Friday and a Monday off in October, so we started planning. Me being the person who actually works in research, and is a Disney addict, I pretty much planned the whole trip.
We found a good rate on a hotel (was supposed to be brand new, we found out when we got there that their idea of brand new and mine were WAY DIFFERENT) through the AARP website you only have to be 50 to join!
Our plans were set each day based on what I had learned about park crowdedness and the special events that would be going on at the time. I tried to schedule a break in each day without trying to plan out our entire days.
The trip was a surprise to the girls, we told them on Kaitlins b-day as I gave her a box with Disney World for Kids by Kids book, a book on Hidden Mickeys and $20 in Disney Dollars. Man, I have never heard such squealing and yelling as that night. After saving her money, K ended up with $80 in Disney dollars to spend on her trip.
I prepared bags for each of them - mom and I made autograph books with spiral-bound note cards of various colors (perforated, perfect!), they each had some big sharpies and a disposable camera. I also made a notebook for each of them with lots of pages to color, games to play, word searches, as well as a journal to fill out for each day of the trip!
Lots of reading and lots of planning and lots of dad rolling his eyes at me as I mentioned something else new I had read about in someones trip report. Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party was going to be happening the Friday we were there, so we bought tickets for that as well.
My co-workers annoyed with my daily countdown and finally the day had arrived!
Actual Trip:
Thursday, October 7
The Plan: I had to get up early to finish packing and head to the DR. Planned to get a cortisone shot in my heels I have bone spurs and walking a lot can cause a lot of pain. Well, he didnt want to do that and prescribed some meds I never got them (stupid insurance). I ended up setting my feet on ice each night, but I digress. We planned to leave the house at 10am and hit the road. Stopping south of Valdosta at Chick-fil-a for lunch. Arriving in Kissimmee around 6 or 7, checking in and then heading to City Walk Universal to go to Margaritaville for dinner. And me being a Hard Rock Café addict as well, I had to get my guitar pin.
The day: Well, we left the house about 10:30, not too bad except da da da, Atlanta traffic. Yup, stupid tractor-trailer, and we were stuck for nearly an hour. So, an hour and a half behind schedule. The other group was planning to leave Atlanta around 1, by this time, they wouldnt be too far behind us. The rest of the trip was uneventful and we checked into the hotel around 7:30pm. Not a great hotel, but it would do since we were only planning to sleep and shower there this was Disney, COMMANDO style! We dropped our stuff and headed to City Walk, by the time we got there, the wait for Margaritaville was 1 hour and 45 minutes. Ok, enough time for the other half of our group to catch up and have dinner with us. Good cheeseburger in paradise for dinner, the band was good, but man, they were LOUD for the dinner we were having no talking amongst the table. Heading straight back to the hotel, we had to get some rest Magic Kingdom tomorrow and MNSSHP!!!
Friday, October 8
The Plan: Since we have the tickets to MNSSHP, we dont have to be there when the gates open. We all plan to wear the matching shirts my dad made for each of us this came in handy later, and was a big hit with people stopping to ask where we got them we MADE them! Each of us had our own pink flamingo character on the back and our names on the front we had CMs calling us by name all day well everyone but me and Danna. We would hit the park and head to Adventureland, Going clockwise around the park hit as much as we could before we would have to leave for our PS at the Rainforest Café at the Animal Kingdom. Change into our costumes there and head back to MK and trick or treat and ride rides to our hearts content.
The day: We arrived at MK by boat; we just love seeing the castle across the water! The crowds were not that bad, and we had our group picture made on Main Street kinda nice, we had never done that. Heading over to adventureland, the kids (and grandfathers) went up the Swiss Family Treehouse (Ill pass). The wait for the Jungle Cruise was 15 minutes; it was really less than that. Then we headed over to Yo Ho Yo Ho, a pirates life for me! This was a walk on not bad so far! We had been there less than 30 minutes had our picture taken and 2 rides down! Went to the tiki bird show next what a let down. I think I like the older version better. However, the girls had their first PIN TRADING experience here with the Cast Member letting people in. I had told K to pick out 3 pins each to bring, I wasnt bringing the entire 100 years of MM pin book that Mom and I had both worked on. If I had known that they would like doing this so much, I would have brought the whole book - oh well, next time! During the show my mom had to endure the little kid next to her climbing and hitting her. Parents control your kids please!
From there, we headed straight to Big Thunder Mountain, got our fastpasses and the kids and grandfathers and my aunt went onto Splash Mountain now, I dont do water rides, so this was a good time for me and mom to take a break in the shade. We pressed some pennies and watched the people exit the ride wringing out their shirts and shorts. Then it was BTMR!!! K was all for it, but Jamie was a little frightened everyone rode this one! After which we headed to Tom Sawyers Island, we wanted the group to take a break and get a snack at Aunt Pollys. Well, Aunt Polly was CLOSED! Total bummer as we were all hungry. Back to the mainland and into Pecos Bill Café man it was crowded in here! Ended up with another cheeseburger, but my parents shared a chicken wrap, said it was very good.
After lunch, we headed to the Haunted Mansion the ghost who hitch hiked with us sat on Jamies lap! While we tried to get through stroller territory to head to Futureland, we were all getting hot and cranky. We went to see Mickeys Philharmagic it was awesome. The girls were reaching out to touch everything, it was cute. The girls and I then rode the teacups. They spun as fast as they could and I got in my own cup and attempted to take pictures of them.
Yup, it was now time for Buzz Lightyear!!! I rode by myself as we had an odd # of people in our group. My suggestion to you, dont try to use both guns if you ride alone my score was HORRIBLE! Everyone loved the ride. Time for one quick ride on the TTA and we head to the front of the park. The line to get our pictures was way long, we decide to do that when we get back.
Drove to the Animal Kingdom, man, that place empties out fast. Had a wonderful dinner, Uncle Mike picked up the tab I have no idea how much it was. We wanted to get the VOLCANO to hear the waiters yell, but we didnt have time and we were all full. Changed into our costumes I was Smee, K was Wendy and my dad was a pirate. Mom changed into a Tinkerbell shirt and stated that was as close as she would get to a costume. Danna, Mike and Jamie were 3 Blind Mice.
Back at the Magic Kingdom and the monorail was PACKED this was a sign of the night to come. The signs out front state that the night was SOLD OUT. The lines just to get in were OUTRAGEOUS. We went straight to pick up our pictures. Why did I have people asking me if I was an elf know your Disney characters people!!!
Then, we were off to tomorrowland, unfortunately, we had to make it down Main Street while the parade was going on, we did see the Headless Horseman ride by. Space Mountain had a 20 minute wait well, that 20 minutes was really just the time it took you to walk up to the top what a GREAT ride that was!! Next we watched some party thing that had Chip and Dale and Buzz and Stitch. Kinda cute, but in my opinion, a waste of time. In that time, Buzz Lightyear shut down with problems. We trick or treated some (wow, 1 piece of hard candy, gee thanks!) and then we were off to Fantasyland. I still couldnt find the places where you could have your family pictures taken. The map was not labeled well and I was having a hard time figuring out where something was.
We rode Dumbo with about a 20 minute wait - watched the fireworks from there, what a view, it seemed we were surrounded by fireworks! Once again, I rode by myself and attempted to take pictures of the girls. They had Cinderellas carriage out and princesses were out to have your picture with that line was SO LONG!!! I bet people were standing there until midnight we moved on. Tried to get a good view for the later parade, after hearing that people would leave after the first one boy were they ever WRONG! That is about all we got done that night. We were all tired, cranky and disappointed that the park was more crowded during this special even than it was all day long! In bed about 1am.


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After being charged with DUI for the second time in as many years, WLKY-TV news anchor John Boel has been fired from the station. According to a statement sent to colleagues, he plans to enter an addiction treatment center.
Last Saturday, police in Bullitt County pulled Boel over for allegedly operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and possessing an open alcohol container. He had a blood alcohol level of .207, more than double Kentucky's legal limit. The was also a half full 24 ounce can of beer found inside the car, according to the police citation.
He is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 19.
In 2008, Boel was arrested for driving drunk and possessing an open container in Shelby County, which resulted in his brief suspension from the station. Boel returned to the news channel where he co-hosted the morning and noon broadcasts.
In a telephone interview, WKLY president and general manager Glenn Haygood's office confirmed that Boel is no longer with the station, but would provide no further comment.
After clearing out his desk, the award-winning investigative reporter expressed sorrow and apologized to his colleagues. On Tuesday, Boel told the newsroom — via a memo obtained by LEO Weekly — that he was entering a drug and alcohol rehab facility out of state for counseling and in-patient treatment.
From Boel's statement:
By now you probably know I've been terminated. I have a serious illness that I clearly can't control the way I've been trying. I was doing a lot better, but I blew up Saturday. So I'm heading up tomorrow … for in-patient treatment.
Please don't remember me by my bad decisions. When you're in the conference room, look around at the mark I tried to leave. Have passion for what you do. Help each other get better. Question authority, and make a difference in viewers' lives thru great storytelling like I tried to do.
I think the thing I enjoyed most at WLKY was watching colleagues on every level blossom in the craft of journalism. I am so lucky to have gotten to know each and every one of you, because you all have gifts. Keep using them. And finally, thank you for being kind to me, even when I didn't deserve it.


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Can someone please give me the name of the walnut variety which has husks that don't stain. There are several of these trees growing near our home in Oregon. The ripe nuts often fall right out of the green husks, and the shells are perfectly clean. The intact husks peel off easily by hand and there is absolutely no staining. I've searched on the web and in the Sunset Western Garden Book for a variety which fits this description but to no avail. These trees are about 80 years old, so they may be a variety which is no longer widely known or sold. If anyone can help me identify them, it will be much appreciated as I would like to buy some nursery stock to plant on my property. |
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My name is HarleyADOPTION PENDING!!!!!
Facts about HarleyADOPTION PENDING!!!!
- Breed: Labrador Retriever Mix
- Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
- ID#: Harley - Lab mix
HarleyADOPTION PENDING!!!!'s Info...
I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Breed: Yellow Lab mix (possibly Collie?)
Sex: male
Age: ~2yr
Weight: 50lbs
Medical: neutered, vet checked, vaccinated to date inclu. Rabies, dewormed, tx flea preventative, heartworm tested (-)
More Information:
Harley is a friendly and outgoing boy, he'd love to find an active family to take him home! Harley has been to obedience school and is fully house trained; crate trained and knows all basic commands. Harley is great with other dogs but has not been around cats, he is quite energetic and loves to play so he can be a bit much for littler and older dogs. Harley is great with respectful kids of all ages however he is exuberant and can sometimes accidentally knock little kids over so a home with children 8yrs+ is best. Harley would love to find a house with a fenced yard.
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HarleyADOPTION PENDING!!!!, a Toronto/Etobicoke/GTA Labrador Retriever puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Labrador Retriever for sale in Toronto/Etobicoke/GTA, or seeking a Labrador Retriever puppy from a breeder in Toronto/Etobicoke/GTA.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Toronto/Etobicoke/GTA already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
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Feed your bones and joints a custom diet to stay limber and mobile
How You Age
Bones get thin After bone mass peaks around age 30, you start to lose 1 to 2% of bone a year; the pace accelerates to 3 or 4% annually in the first 5 to 7 years after menopause, when declining estrogen offers less protection against cells called osteoclasts that break down bone. This puts you at high risk of both osteoporosis and fractures, its most serious consequences.
Muscle fibers shorten and weaken Around age 40, muscles start shrinking and losing energy-producing mitochondria in their cells. Weakened, poorly nourished muscles have lower aerobic capacity and absorb sugar from the bloodstream less efficiently, making bone-building exercise difficult.
Joints lose their cushions Synovial fluid, which lubricates the protective cartilage in knee, hip, and other joints, begins to dry. Cartilage then erodes and frays, a precursor to arthritis.
Wear and tear takes a toll About 26% of women get arthritis, compared with only 17% of men. Reason: Muscles attached to wider pelvises exert additional stress on knees that, over time, exacerbates cartilage damage.
Your Stay-Young Plan
Do weight-bearing exercise Walking, dancing, stair-climbing, skiing—any activity that forces your skeleton to support your weight speeds the work of bone-building osteoblast cells. Just a half hour of brisk walking boosted two measures of bone growth in one recent study. But avoid high-impact moves such as running or jumping if you already have osteoporosis or you risk fractures.
TRY: Tai Chi Postmenopausal women who've practiced the slow, graceful movements of this exercise for years have denser bones—and even beginners slow bone loss as soon as they start, according to a recent research review at Harvard.
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-- Like You've Never Seen Her Before, LPGA Pro Takes on Breast Cancer in Style –
Golf Pro Cristie Kerr shot at Noho Studios in NYC looks fabulous in a Prada dress, $2195, Barneys, New York, 212-826-8900. Bounkit 24-carat gold plate set with Baroque fresh water pearls and faceted smoky topaz necklace, $1750 and 24-carat gold plated set with black Onyx and faceted white Topaz $285, bounkit.com. David Yurman onyx quatrefoil cushion cut ring, $1950, davidyurman.com. Audemars Piguet watch, model's own, audemarspiguet.com. |
NEW YORK (November 2, 2009) -- Cristie Kerr is recognized as one of the top women professional golfers in the world, as well one of the most charitable advocates for breast cancer awareness and treatment. Now, she can add "fashion model" to her repertoire with today's launch of the November/December 2009 issue of VIVmag (www.vivmag.com/cristiekerr). The first digital-only luxury magazine for women unveils its third annual "Giving Back" edition, in which the 32 year-old, athlete-philanthropist-fashionista shares intimate details about her professional career, family and love of fashion.
"Golf is an obvious love of mine, but I have a number of other passions in my life – including fashion -- which I know is shared among VIVmag women," said Cristie Kerr. "I am honored to be on the cover of VIVmag's annual 'Giving Back' issue because advocating for breast cancer awareness is a cause very close to my heart – an important message that will resonate with their readers who also are committed to wellness and awareness."
Shot for VIVmag's cover and inside spread at Noho Studios in New York City, Kerr posed in classic black cocktail dresses from Prada and Proenza Schouler, and wore jewelry from Roberto Cavalli and David Yurman and her own watches from Audemars Piguet, for which she has been a brand ambassador since 2006. Among "Cristie's Favorites" featured in the article's sidebar, she listed as her dress watch of choice, Audemars Piguet's Lady Royal Oak Offshore with diamonds; for jewelry, David Yurman's crossover silver ice with diamonds; for casual apparel, Lacoste; for high-end designers, Roberto Cavalli and Oscar de la Renta; and for handbag designer, Devi Kroell.
"Selecting Cristie Kerr for the cover of VIVmag's annual 'Giving Back' issue was an easy decision," said Anne M. Russell, editor in chief, VIVmag. "Especially during the holidays, many people become so consumed with the frenzy of the season that they lose sight about what is really important: the spirit of generosity and giving. Cristie is a beautiful reminder – both inside and out – about what the holidays are truly about by offering interactive insight and advice to inspire and motivate us."
When she is not honing her winning style sense, the championship athlete and charitable crusader has spent much of her time working on various television and film projects and developing her own wine. Kerr appeared on Donald Trump's television series The Apprentice and she's been dabbling in Hollywood as an investor in a comedy called Paper Man starring Ryan Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow and Joss Stone. She also is supporting a documentary project called "The People Speak," based on the work of historian Howard Zinn, featuring Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Josh Brolin and Marisa Tomei. Kerr's wine, Curvature, is due out in the next couple of weeks.
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Subic Bay and BOSZ
Subic bay is well know as a great summer destination for the local tourist, its calm waters, cool breezes and wide range of water activities such as scuba diving are accented by the lush jungles and jungle activites of the area. The City of Olongapo provides the anchor of support for the area, and includes the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and parts of the provinces of Zambales and Bataan. sometime you may see this area refered to as BOSZ, Bataan, Olongapo, Subic Bay Freeport and Zambales.There is a wide range of resorts and hotels to choose from in all budget ranges.
Now international tourist are becoming more aware
of the Subic Bay tourism area. The New expressway brings Subic
beaches to within 35 minutes of the DMIA International Airport at Clark.
The side bar has the Resorts and Hotels into
the under the different BOSZ areas. Below are some of the most noted
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This is awesome, it looks like a man shadow in the centre!
uhuhuhuhuuu ein Alien
spooky :)
@sweetyyydreams @poepel @pearlgirl77 maybe the spooky shadow is just one person, standing there for a few minutes, and then leaving during the long exposure ;)
@shoujoai: don't ruin the mystery ;) hahaha! By the way I'm curious, how long did you expose the photos?
@sweetyyydreams: to be honest, I do not know exactly. I was never sure if the LC-Wide had the 2nd 'click' or if it was still exposing. Tried the same with the Canon EOS 300, and 30 seconds on ISO 100 with f/22 is not enough :( maybe it would be for ISO 800
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Stanley and Dianna Stanich, the parents of the bride, left for Europe on Dec. 18, 2011, traveling throughout Europe before and after the wedding of their daughter.
Stanich's family roots are in Yugoslavia. And since the country has been divided, he wanted to return to his mother's and father's homeland of Croatia, and his parents' gravesites.
Stanich's mother Lucy Markov Stanch grew up in Split and Vic, and the Staniches took a ferry trip on the Jadrolinija to the peaceful island of Vic, known for citrus trees. They were able to visit the Catholic church and cemetery in the Adriatic.
The Stanich name was changed in America, but in Croatia, it is still spelled Stanic. Numerous businesses in Croatia and Serbia carry the name "Stanic." This, they said, excited and humbled them. The couple stayed in a five-star apartment in Podstrana.
As the Staniches traveled in Croatia, along with Stanich's sister, Helen Lamping of Ontario, Canada, they found grocery stores with food which had no preservatives and fresh bread, as well as famous sausages. In Birbir, Croatia, the Staniches are looking into land that is theirs in the mountains where they plan to return and build a resort home.
Six inches of snow greeted the Stanches in Munich, but the weather was "fantastic," while they were there.
The Hotel Rohrsdorfer Hof in Chemnitz housed all the wedding guests and was also the venue for the wedding reception. The bride's sister Milana and Greg Mooney flew in from West Palm Beach, Fla., and her sister De'Jun Walborn came from Charlotte, N.C. Her uncle Mikel Stanich and cousin Krissy flew in from Boulder, Colo. There were other guests from Heiko's family who came in from all across Germany and Hungary.
The wedding ceremony and reception lasted well into the next morning, with dancing until 1 a.m.
The traditional German log cutting and hot cider toasting for the bridal couple was performed by the owner of the Hotel Rohrsdorger Hof. A permanent plaque was placed at the outside of the hotel by the newly married couple as the guests watched.
Coffee/hot drinks and elaborate pastries were served at 3:30 p.m. At 7 p.m. a dinner buffet was served, and at midnight, the wedding cakes were served with pastries and a chocolate fountain.
The waltz was performed by the newlywed couple and then the wedding guests danced and participated in other fun activities.
An auction for the bride's show reached $130 when the shoe was returned by the bride's father. Skits were performed by the wedding guests on "how not to iron," hammering a gift into a log and the new bride and bridegroom answering questions by raising either their shoe or new spouse's shoe to the laughter of wedding guests
Toasts were made by the bride's father, her sisters and Cristina Langraf.
The bride's sister Milana said she never thought Crystal'Ann would ever move out of their mom and dad's home and now was "our world traveler and language expert."


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Looking to find PURPLE SUGAR CANE, I found that the bugandy colored cane are misidentified by some as purple cane. It would have bright green leaves and burgandy stalk. These are common and can even be found on ebay. Be careful !. The TRUE PURPLE CANE'S botanical name is: SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM VIOLACEUM. It's common name is PELE'S SMOKE. It would have purple leaves and stalk. It is a beautiful plant. It is avail at Glass House Works, TX. for $ 25. Also avail at SHAMAN AUSTRALIS BOTANICALS, Australia for $ 4.00 Good luck, James |
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- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Sun, Dec 21, 08 at 19:18
I found Pele's Smoke at local nurseries (it's an 'annual' here LOL!). Is Pele's Smoke an edible version or just an ornamental? I grew it one year and the canes didn't seem to be sweet or juicy. A local Asian market has 3-foot stalks of edible purple/burgundy cane for sale. Do those get green leaves? |
>Also avail at SHAMAN AUSTRALIS BOTANICALS, Australia for $ 4.00 Yeah, right! Good luck getting them to respond to even a simply email asking for information about it, let alone risking an order through them. |
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Worst fantasy decision: The time was about 3:58 ET, but that's just a rough estimate, although I remember the events that follow distinctly. Gagnon and I were in the midst of writing our insightful, inspiring, and compelling thoughts on the early games when Josh Ellis of DallasCowboys.com reported that Tashard Choice would start for the Cowboys over DeMarco Murray. This means nothing to most of you, unless you're a Cowboys fan.
Murray is on my fantasy team, and I had planned on taking a chance on him with both BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Ahmad Bradshaw on their bye, which also means nothing to most of you. With urgent action needed and little time to research, I benched Murray in favor of James Starks. It was all a blur, a moment of fantasy intoxication.
A few hours later Murray had rushed for 253 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries, with 91 of those yards coming on his first carry. He broke Emmitt Smith's record and posted the highest single-game rushing total in Cowboys history, the ninth best single-game total in league history and the second-best by a rookie, and he came 45 yards shy of Adrian Peterson's all-time record single-game mark. My decision to bench a record-setting performance may matter to some of you who wish to pelt the poor village idiot with fish sticks. If anyone can top that moment of reactionary idiocy, I'd love to hear it.
The reason I picked up Murray as a desperate fantasy bye week fill-in to begin with is the same reason why a Dallas rushing offense averaging only 84.8 yards per game was expected to break out today, no matter who received the carries. The over 160 yards the Rams were allowing on the ground prior to this week are every offenses' magic tonic…
What's difficult to tell though is if Murray was just that explosive, or if the Rams' run defense is just that implosive. The truth likely lies somewhere in the middle, but what's clear is that Felix Jones' expected breakout year ended today, and Dallas' injured regular starter didn't play a second of football.
The NFL is kind of cruel like that. At the very least Murray has earned an even time share when Jones returns a few weeks from now, which is a very welcome problem for a Dallas offense that was searching for a consistent runner.
Best bargain: So yeah, I'd say the Cowboys are getting a pretty good deal for their minimal investment in Murray…
Most concerning injury: The Raiders use the run as a catalyst for everything else they do offensively, a strategy that will become embedded even further with Carson Palmer still working himself into game shape and essentially going through his personal training camp over the next few weeks. An injury to such a dynamic runner like Darren McFadden would clearly be concerning for any team, but it's an especially painful punch to the gut now for a Raiders franchise still trying to pick itself up after Jason Campbell's season-ending broken collarbone.
McFadden left today's loss to Kansas City early in the first quarter with a sprained right foot and didn't return. He's had nagging foot injuries in the past and has already missed 10 games over his young, four-year career. Luckily his timing is good, and he now has the Raiders' Week 8 bye to rest and receive treatment.
Michael Bush filled-in effectively last year when McFadden was injured and averaged 96 rushing yards over three starts. But if this is a long-term injury Bush's presence as the primary back will be detrimental since he can't match McFadden's burst and acceleration.
Most efficient rookie debut: It would be easy to be critical of Christian Ponder's debut as a starting quarterback, just like it was easy to poke holes in Tim Tebow's first start of 2011. The difference between the Ponder we saw today and the Tebow we saw today is that we've seen that Tebow before. The sample size was small, but Tebow still had three starts last year, and therefore three games to become acclimated with the speed and strength of NFL football.
Yet even with that experience, Tebow was still drastically underwhelming for all but about five minutes of Denver's win earlier today against a winless Miami team. Ponder's numbers–219 passing yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns all while completing only 40 percent of his passes–were on par with what we should have expected from a rookie quarterback making his first career start against the pass rush of Clay Mathews and B.J. Raji, and the ball-hawking skills of Charles Woodson, who picked him off twice.
But what those surface numbers don't show is Ponder's ability to create space in a clutch situation. The Packers scored 20 unanswered points in the third quarter, re-asserting themselves as the dominant defending champions. There was no reason to believe the Vikings could stick around, but they did, and they did it largely because of Ponder's ability to throw accurately on the run to convert four of his five third down attempts in the final quarter.
Three of those conversions came on a drive early in the quarter that ended with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins. Aside from the scoring play, the highlight of that drive was a 16-yard pass to Greg Camarillo that Ponder completed while off-balance and rolling to his right.
Ponder can run, scramble, and be creative with his feet, but that's not his first instinct, which means he's not Tebow. That's a good thing.
He's closer to being a much younger version of the man he just replaced in Minnesota. That's good too, as long as Ponder doesn't puke in the huddle.


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n WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday established a Cabinet-level panel to recommend how to guarantee the safety of imported food and other products brought into the country and how to better police them. The White House denied the effort was aimed at China, though the announcement came the same day that senators heard testimony from regulators about problems caused by the extremely rapid growth of imports from China. The panel, chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, is expected to report its recommendations to the president in 60 days. It will review procedures and regulations and look at safety issues in countries that send goods to the United States. U.S. troops arrest al-Qaida leader n BAGHDAD - The U.S. command announced on Wednesday the arrest of an al-Qaida leader it said served as the link between the organization's command in Iraq and Osama bin Laden's inner circle, enabling it to wield considerable influence over the Iraqi group. The announcement was made as the White House steps up efforts to link the war in Iraq to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, with a growing number of Americans opposing the Iraq conflict. Some independent analysts question the extent of al-Qaida's role in Iraq. British police arrest man in plot against Russian tycoon n LONDON - Police said Wednesday they had arrested a man suspected of plotting to kill Boris Berezovsky, the exiled Russian tycoon and vehement Kremlin critic who is one of the key figures in the escalating tensions between Moscow and London. The Metropolitan Police said the man was arrested June 21 and turned over to immigration authorities two days later. The police did not further identify the man and British immigration officials declined to comment; the Russian Embassy said it had not been notified of such an arrest. The police statement came hours after Berezovsky said he had fled the country for about a week in mid-June after police warned him his life was in danger. Pakistani militants bomb army convoy n ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Militants bombed an army convoy then raked it with gunfire Wednesday, killing 17 soldiers and continuing a wave of violence that has stirred doubts about Pakistan's stability. At least five suspected militants also died in clashes with security forces in North Waziristan, a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold on the Afghan border where a disputed peace deal has collapsed and Pakistani troops have moved in. Iran confirms 2nd round of talks with U.S. over Iraq War n TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister said Wednesday that his government had accepted a U.S. request for ambassador-level talks on Iraq, to be held 'in the near future.' Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the talks - the second in two months - would be in Iraq but he did not say when. In Washington, the State Department said a meeting was 'likely' and that the date and time were still being discussed. Mottaki said the request for a new meeting was initiated by Washington because of the hardships faced by U.S. troops in Iraq. Republicans thwart Democrats' plan to pull out U.S. troops n WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans torpedoed legislation Wednesday to force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, bowing to President Bush's adamant refusal to consider any change in war strategy before September. The 52-47 vote fell far short of the 60 needed to advance the legislation and marked the final act in an all-night session Democrats engineered to dramatize their opposition to the war. 'Time and the American people are ... on our side,' said a defiant Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who has made ending the war the Democrats' top goal since they took control of the Senate in January. 5 killed in Lebanon as army advances n BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed as Lebanese troops battled militants Wednesday inside a northern Palestinian refugee camp, a senior military official said. A teenager was later killed by a militant rocket. In response to the Lebanese army's bombardment in the Nahr el-Bared camp, Fatah Islam militants fired 18 more Katyusha rockets Wednesday on nearby villages, killing the teenager, injuring a young girl and damaging homes, the state-run National News Agency reported.More like this story
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