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"Do you hate her, 'cause she's pieces of you"
- Jewel
I just got back from a week long trip to Montreal. I never realized how much I loved to watch people. The whole time I was there, I saw hundreds of faces, some I remember, some I never even noticed passing by. My ears would delight at hearing some old woman singing Greek in her room, her window open and passerbys could hear about some young woman who never fell in love. It was probably her.
I was leaving the store with my sister. In my new $128.66 shoes with two inch heels and huge buckle on the side, I saw a woman walking with her children, one holding each hand. The child was wearing a yalmuka, the traditional cap that is worn by Jews. Where my sister lives, there are Hasidic (Orthodox) Jews not far from her quarter. The little boy fascinated me. I'm still not sure why.
Maybe he doesn't know what "kike" means yet. Maybe that's why.
Maybe he'll learn that word the same day he learns the word "faggot." I think one word a day is enough, don't you?
I have recently been involved in a controversy. I recently put up one of my photo montages in an art gallery here at my university. It is a B&W photo of a young man wearing only a pair of jean shorts. His muscles aren't defined, but he is lithe and sylph-like. The photo is actually a reflection from a mirror, placed in the middle of an unmade bed. Even though the photo is B&W, it has been colored by oil paints so that the jeans are blue with red cuffs, and the frame around the mirror is green. It is matted on brown wrapping paper, and around the photo are miscellaneous candy wrappers and the pieces of paper pasted around it with the words "Lick me", "suck me", "chew me", "bite me". Underneath the photo is the following text (this is a translation, since the text is written in French and English):
'Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again' - Tori Amos
I reek. I am rank from truth, for I've been buggered by its huge cock, which ripped into me and cut me like a pair of old scissors. Its spunk is festering inside me, and it is dripping down my legs, may it nourish the flies. My shame has sewn my lips together with glass thread, but I have torn them out, and I am now bleeding from both my mouths.
My youth taught me that Darwin was a genius. "Survival of the fittest" should be a paradigm used by psychiatrists. Too bad mine never told me that. I guess I'm not surviving, and this wretched smell still reeks from me. The beginning of my life was the commencement of my death. But I am pulling myself out of a new cunt. I once trusted someone. He promised that no one would know that I touched him. He asked me to do it, and so I said yes (He's right here, right in front of me, I can talk to him if I want to, and I thought I had already ripped that part out of me, thought that I had ripped that part out of my brain, but I guess not, 'cause I'm fucking right here, writing this story, and I know it will never stop, it's something to believe in, something I will always have, and it's all his fault, he fucked me over. He is truth, and I want to kill him, in this psychotic fit that never comes). He promised me he would touch me. He never did, for I heard someone laugh...
Under the branches of a prickly hedge, I saw the face of truth, and it smiled and mocked me, and laughed incessantly. They all had that face as they ran from behind the bushes, for it was all a plan, a plan to shame me, and they shat upon my head, and I smelled of shit for years, no matter how many times I washed.
Those who would touch me afterwards, would smell it, they would smell it in my tears, and I wanted them to lick them from my face, to remove the filth. RIP THIS FUCKING FILTH OUT OF ME I HATE SMELLING LIKE HUNDRED YEAR OLD SHIT RIP OUT THESE GLASS THREADS FROM MY LIPS!
The stench stopped when a man took me into his arms, the arms I waited for five months to smell and lick (and feel) their hairs, and I wept one last time. Slowly, he removed the threads. But not all. The rest I am removing, removing them slowly and putting them into these words and like a newborn babe, I smell afresh"
Beside this is the same photo, with no additional coloring, on a black mat. Underneath it is this text:
"I remember he had this soft smooth belly so clean, even if it has been bathed in sweat I just liked holding my cheek to it, thinking of nothing but the warmth, wishing his skin would grab on to me and I could be inside him let me in you can bleed you can cry yes you I want to know how I know you can please do it I can't.
I watch you, teach me, you the boy with the half closed eyes that I see through and behind, you have something, can you share it with me, I'll teach you how to love kittens and beautiful people, and you
I'll teach you to love you if only you make you me cry"
The photo montage is called "Two versions:". I am quite proud of this work, as I find it to be one of my favorites (though my body of work is quite sparse, and I do not consider myself an artist, for the simple reason of lack of works).
The work speaks of my impressions (post and present, both molded by personal experiences). I have found sex to do one of two things to a person: elate you to ecstatic heights, or cut you so badly that it takes years for your wounds to congeal and heal. The first part of the montage (with the candy) speaks of how I have found myself to be considered nothing more than a piece of candy or meat, and to be thrown away when used. There is a deep sense of violation and self-loathing that can lead to emotional masochism.
But that which can destroy you can save you.
The second part speaks of how sex can be a wondrous, sublime thing, even bittersweet. This is what sex is supposed to be, an expression of affection, tenderness.
The point of my putting up this photo was to help myself, to show myself to the public, bare my soul, and say, "I have been hurt and I want you to know, 'cause maybe you feel like this too". It was a type of therapy. I presented myself, as a victim (though I hate the word), to the world.
The world told me to shut up and hide.
The photo was the subject of complaints by various members of the university community and people in the surrounding community. Now, to a degree, this must be expected, for I do live in a pretty conservative, "small town" mentality kind of place. At first I though it was funny that people were talking.
Then I found out people thought it offensive.
Then I found people thought it was obscene.
Big oh.
Someone very close to me asked me to take it down. I vehemently denied the request, as I was insulted that someone this close to me would ask me to do such a thing. I felt like I was being violated and unbelieved by this very party, and was deeply saddened. Even though I was caused great pain by not being believed by this party, I refused to remove it, as I believe that the photo became a statement. I had a point to prove, and I wasn't backing down, no matter what the consequences, present and future might be.
People who are victims of abuse are often told that no one will believe them, or rather, will not want to believe them. I guess this became sadly true.
The whole thing reminded me of that line in the song by Jewel. No, it's not exactly an original thought, but still, I found she had a point. Don't you find that sometimes you'll meet someone whom you can't stand, and then you realize it's because they remind you of you in your past, and you are horrified that someone who is like you could be so.... ARRGGHH! (sometimes a noise is better than a word). I think the same idea could be applied to my photo to a degree, they see this photo and don't want to accept that side of their personality which says, "I'm hurt". I think we all have certain parts to our personalities. We have the angel, the brain, the whore, the prostitute, the victim, but no one who wants to admit to some of those, especially not the whore, or even worse: the abuser.
We are all of the same ilk, it's just a matter of coming to terms with it. I've talked to my whore, my prostitute, my victim and my abuser, and more. I'm still afraid of some of my parts, but I'm working on it.
Dancing in a nite club in Montreal to some deep hypnotic house, I was dancing behind this podium and there was this boy -- I say boy for he looked so young -- and he was dancing on the podium and he looks at me and dances towards me, as do I and he pulls me up on the podium and we dance, and I don't feel my legs, I just feel the bass pounding my eyes back in my sockets and the sweat sinking from my chest down to my navel. He smiles at me, and I smile back. He is shirtless, and has no real physique, nothing like the muscle queens around me. His hair is short and a mousy brown, I can even tell that under the flashing strobe that makes me look like I am slowly moving in the air that smells of cologne and Marlboros. I smiled again as I left the podium, said thank you into his bouncing ear, and he smiled a toothy smile (and even though he had small gaps between his front teeth, I still liked his smile, it was real) and I left.
He wasn't there when I went the next weekend.


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ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (AP) - State police detectives are investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of the suspect in a homicide, a sexual assault and a stabbing in Iberia and Vermilion parishes.
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Residents who lost everything in an April wildfire are asking why officials gave them just minutes to evacuate when flames had been raging for most of the previous day.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that police videos, 911 calls and emergency radio traffic show a chaotic attempt to get people out of Barefoot Resort, one of the city's largest residential developments.
Homes were burning and people didn't know what to do. No one was hurt or killed, but residents say the failure to react could have cost lives.
The fire destroyed 76 homes and damaged 78 others at a total estimated cost of $19 million.
"Every photograph, every piece of antique furniture, all my kids' baby books, every ornament we've collected since my children were born, it's all gone," said resident Sherry Martin. "Everything that defined who I was before the fire, it's all gone."
She remembers waking up in the middle of the night April 23 because her husband heard something hitting the roof. They looked outside and "it was literally raining fire," she said.
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Police car videos from that night show North Myrtle Beach officials feared the wildfire would hit Barefoot Resort more than 30 minutes before the first house caught fire. They had been monitoring the fire for hours before that.
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Travellers at St Andrews Street car park, Bury St Edmunds.
By Matt Gaw
Friday, November 16, 2012
A NOTICE to quit has been served on travellers who have pulled onto a town centre car park.
St Edmundsbury Borough Council bosses said they would launch court proceedings if the ten caravans in St Andrews Street North car park in Bury St Edmunds have not left by Monday.
Councillors, who say the travellers are planning to leave on Sunday after some of their group return from a funeral in Newcastle, are now taking action to make sure illegal sites can be removed more quickly.
David Nettleton, Independent St Edmundsbury councillor for Risbygate, said a case conference into the camp, which was set up on Sunday, only took place on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Nettleton, described the situation as a "growing problem" as the town's car parks become increasingly busy with festive shoppers.
He added: "I am sure they will go. But the problem is where will they go?
"What I am asking for now is a case conference on Monday afternoon in case they have moved to another car park so it can be sorted before the end of the week. With the build up to Christmas and the Christmas Fayre on the weekend of the 24, we are going to need every car parking space we have got."
Mr Nettleton said the ten vehicles, which were previously pitched at Ram Meadow, are taking up 20 spaces, costing the council £60 a day in lost revenue.
Residents in nearby Bishops Road said they were "furious" that the travellers had spent so long on the site and complained about noise coming from the camp's generators.
Michael Lee, one of the travellers at St Andrews Street, said the group are members of one family and did not want to be "living in car parks."
He added: "We just do not have a choice. There is just no where else for us to go. If there was a proper pitch we would use it.
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Anne Gower, Cabinet member for Housing at St Edmundsbury Borough Council said: "A joint Gypsy and Traveller Strategy is being developed between Norfolk and Suffolk, with an action for councils to identify potential transit sites. "Historically St Edmundsbury has few travellers in transit and is not planning any council run sites, but these may be forthcoming from other authorities. In the meantime we are in touch with the group in St Andrews car park."
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Many years ago, there was a large travellers site in Bury St Edmunds called Romany Way. Ironically, that piece of land in now the "Police Investigation Centre".
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Oh, Hoon K. and Triantaphillidou, Sophie and Jacobson, Ralph E. (2010) Scene classification with respect to image quality measurements. In: Farnand, Susan P. and Gaykema, Frans, (eds.) Image quality and system performance VII : 18-19 January 2010, San Jose, California, United States. Proceedings of SPIE (7529). SPIE, Bellingham, Wash., 08. ISBN 9780819479228
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Psychophysical image quality assessments have shown that subjective quality depended upon the pictorial content of the test images. This study is concerned with the nature of scene dependency, which causes problems in modeling and predicting image quality. This paper focuses on scene classification to resolve this issue and used K-means clustering to classify test scenes. The aim was to classify thirty two original test scenes that were previously used in a psychophysical investigation conducted by the authors, according to their susceptibility to sharpness and noisiness. The objective scene classification involved: 1) investigation of various scene descriptors, derived to describe properties that influence image quality, and 2) investigation of the degree of correlation between scene descriptors and scene susceptibility parameters. Scene descriptors that correlated with scene susceptibility in sharpness and in noisiness are assumed to be useful in the objective scene classification. The work successfully derived three groups of scenes. The findings indicate that there is a potential for tackling the problem of sharpness and noisiness scene susceptibility when modeling image quality. In addition, more extensive investigations of scene descriptors would be required at global and local image levels in order to achieve sufficient accuracy of objective scene classification.
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Hate with a beat: White power musicBy Lonnie Nasatir, Special to CNNUpdated 5:05 PM ET, Wed August 8, 2012Wade Page, who killed six people at a Sikh temple, played in two white power bands, End Apathy and Definite Hate.Story highlightsLonnie Nasatir: Tattooed men pump fists in front of Nazi flags at white power music concertsNasatir: This music a part of white supremacist movement subculture since 1970sFor supremacists, the music reflects attitudes toward hate they already have, he saysConcerts don't attract a lot of people, he says, attempts to recruit are not truly successfulPicture a field full of heavy-set men sporting shaved heads and covered with tattoos. They pump their fists in the air and dance raucously in front of a stage festooned with Nazi flags and racist skinhead symbols. Others, including a few women, watch around the perimeter.Onstage, people are playing deafening music, shouting more than singing, with lyrics urging white people "to stand up and fight."Without the racism element, this might just be another concert. But this is music with a message -- a white power music concert. Every year, versions of this scene play out across the United States, if not in a field, perhaps in an old warehouse or, more rarely, an actual music club.Some white supremacists drive for hundreds of miles to attend. Others purchase or download white power music from the Internet. Since white power music arrived in the United States in the late 1970s, it has become a pillar of the subculture permeating the white supremacist movement.White supremacist groups strongLonnie NasatirJust WatchedAuthor: 'White power' music targets youthreplayMore Videos ...Author: 'White power' music targets youth 02:34PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedThe expanding white supremacist movementreplayMore Videos ...The expanding white supremacist movement 04:49PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedWhite supremacist ties to massacrereplayMore Videos ...White supremacist ties to massacre 03:34PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedVigils honor Sikh temple victimsreplayMore Videos ...Vigils honor Sikh temple victims 01:44PLAY VIDEOIt is in this subculture that Wade Page, the white supremacist responsible for the massacre earlier this week at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, moved, made friends, and fully immersed himself. Page, 41, was a white supremacist skinhead who played in two white power music bands, End Apathy and Definite Hate, affiliated with the Hammerskins.The Hammerskins are a longstanding hardcore racist skinhead group with a history of violence and hate crimes. Page was a member, identifying himself as a Northern Hammerskin, part of the group's upper Midwest branch.White power music is a small music scene, not comparable to any mainstream music genre. The largest concerts won't attract more than 300 people; most organizers would be happy to see half that number.Music, military marked Sikh temple gunman's pathAt any given time, about 100 to 150 white power bands are in the United States. The bands' own names defiantly express feelings of hate or violence: Aggravated Assault, Angry Aryans, Attack, Definite Hate, Final Solution, Force Fed Hate, Fueled by Hate, Hate Crime, Jew Slaughter and White Terror, among others.Most of these bands are the white supremacist equivalents of garage bands—nobody is getting rich from this music. Behind them are small record labels or distributors that specialize in white power music: Label 56, Tightrope Records, Final Stand Records, and others. Many bands are associated with a racist skinhead group such as Volksfront, the Vinlanders Social Club or, especially, the Hammerskins. The Hammerskins dominate much of the white power music scene. Many bands are Hammerskins-affiliated, while the group itself organizes hate music concerts, including Hammerfest, its largest annual event.Temple killings put spotlight on hate rockThe music comes in many flavors. 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Does the music motivate them to be hateful, or does the fact that they are hateful cause them to appreciate the music? For each individual, there's probably a different answer.White power music is often cited as a recruiting tool for white supremacists. This is certainly true to some degree, although most of their recruitment tends to be passive rather than active. Organized attempts are made from time to time by white supremacist groups to use white power music to attract young people, but none of these attempts has truly been successful.Of more importance is simply the existence of hate music. A certain number of people will like the music or the message, or both, and some may be drawn into the movement itself. The Internet has allowed more people to encounter this music than previously. What can be done about this music and the violence it seems to beget? 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Some are in an outcry, here and on forums across the internet, to have more content for the ever famous Nazi Zombies on Call of Duty: World at War. But JD_2020 (Josh Olin), lead producer of Call of Duty: World at War, has already announced that there will be no more downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PC, or PlayStation 3.
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Presently there are no plans for further DLC for CoD:WaW. We are tremendously appreciative of all your support through the 3 Map Packs, but at some point we have to shift focus to future projects. We'll continue to support the game in fixing any cheats / hacks that may pop up, so no worries there.
But don't lose hope, my zombie aficionados. For there is still a glorious thing, that has long been passed down game to game, generation to generation, from the system I come from (the PC). And that thing that will save you all? Nazi Zombies mods. For the PC.
Now sure, some of you don't have PCs that can run Call of Duty: World at War. Some of you don't have the best internet connection, or a good graphics card. Some of you simply don't have the funds to go out and spend the money to get a copy of the game for PC. Whatever the reason, some of you won't be delving into the depths of awesome... Well, yet, that is.
But for those of you who can play (or those of you who like to dream), let me show you the glory and magnificence that is Nazi Zombie mods. This thread will serve as a place for all to come and drool over user-created content based around Nazi Zombies, to discuss their favorite pictures and maps that they think are the coolest, and to praise me for bringing this all to the world of Black Water Ops and the Xbox-dwellers.
So, stop and take a look around. Sure, you may not be able to play, but still take some time to see what is here, and to be awestruck about the cool things you see.
Without further delay, I shall reveal to you ... Nazi Zombies... For the PC.
Zombie X
Not exactly like Nazi Zombies that you all have come to know and love, but something about as badass. My friend and I stumbled upon this within the first days of our play on World at War, and it's hooked us ever since.
Zombie X is more similar to Halo 3's Infection or Zombie Panic! Source than standard Nazi Zombies, in which it is a fight to the death against the zombies and the human survivors. Each time a human is killed, he is brought back as one of the walking dead.
But it carries a few added perks. Imagine Halo 3's Infection. Sixteen people, gets pretty intense at some points. Take that and multiply it by four. You get sixty-four. That's how many players can be found in one of these Zombie X servers.
When playing in a Zombie X server, new players will also find that their ranks may be reset and back to rank one from the standard multiplayer. That's because there's an entirely new ranking system in Zombie X (that carries over from server to server) where players can unlock perks and weapons, and prove that they're total badasses and zombie slayers with a sixty-five tenth prestige. Whether this is good or bad is to be determined from your point of view.
Survivors have one hundred health to start. When that health bar is depleted, by whatever means: Infection, zombie mauling, pyrotechnician accident, they are turned to the Zombie Side.
Not to be confused with the Dark Side.
Humans are equipped with whatever class they select out of their custom slots (similar to regular multiplayer), but are given an added bonus. They are given five deployable mines, three bottles of "Granny's Special Soda" (drink to gain back health), and, if they have an equipment for their first perk slot (i.e. grenade launcher, rocket launcher, etc.), that equipment piece will have twenty-five, rather than two. Have fun, you crazy pyros.
I always do.
You may be thinking by this point: Why do the zombies even try? Can they even win? Well yes. Yes they can. Easily.
The first player to become infected, also known as the Alpha Zombie, is randomly selected after the first sixty seconds of game time. That person is given a staggering five hundred health, the ability to vomit on players (similarly to the Boomer from Left 4 Dead), deadly claws for melee, the ability to infect players and make them slowly drain health, and the running speed of Usain Bolt.
I wonder how many times I'll have an excuse to put this here.
Now you must be thinking that, since the Alpha Zombie is so tough, then the others must be pathetic compared to him. Well no, not really. Zombies that spawn after this are given 350 health, the same vomiting ability, the same running speed, and the same deadly melee. They can also get their own "Virus-in-a-Box," which allows them to infect one player that they hit per life, if they can get it out of one of the mystery boxes that are strewn about the map. Oh, and did I mention that, after they killed off a few of the first unlucky players, they can throw body parts?
Yeah, you're pretty much f**ked.
This is only the surface of Zombie X, and there's so much more to discover. Just hope that your friends are as competent as you, or you may be dead before you know it.
"Who the hell was watching my back?"
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Glad you took a little while to look through here. This thread will be ever-expanding as I find new mods and when I get around to updating with all the mods I've already played that concern the undead and World at War, so I hope you come back soon. Hope you enjoyed yourself, and post what you think if you'd care to.Conclusion


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Check out this thread : how to find the length and width of PDF
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Easy Ways To Play Minor Chords On Your Guitar….
The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments for composing diverse genres of music as far back as I can remember. And in order to learn to play the guitar correctly, you need to first gain knowledge about the basic chords. These include major, minor, power, augmented and diminished chords. Here we'll deal with only the minor chords. In music, the term minor chord is referred to a chord that has a root, a minor third and a perfect fifth.
Since a minor chord plays such an important role in a variety of music, here are some fundamental tips that you can use to start playing them right away. A great example of the minor chord is the C minor chord. The reason I mention that one is because it's generally the easiest to learn. You can actually play a C minor chord (Cm) from C major. All you need to do is lower the major third one-half step. This will automatically result in Cm.
3 Methods In Playing The C Minor
1. Simply place your index finger on the B string and first fret. This is the simplest way to start.
2. Next, you can try positioning your pinkie on the high E and the third fret. Then place your ring finger on the B string and third fret. Lastly, put your middle finger on the A string and third fret. Then place you index finger on the D string and second fret.
3. Put your ring finger on the A string and third fret. Then put your pointer finger on the B string and first fret. Follow by placing the middle finger on the D string and second fret.
*You can also play the E minor by placing your index finger on the A string and second fret. Then put your middle finger on the D string and second fret. Simply continue practicing these movements, and you'll definitely see the results.
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Our condo is a direct Gulf front unit. We are in the beautiful Castaways Condominiums. The complex
boasts a unique, south seas Tiki Hut design.
Bright, clean & sunny, our condo was recently decorated with a cheerful, "At The Beach" decor. We
have a fantasic covered, open air lanai. Rain or shine, you can relax on the lanai. You'll love your private FRONT ROW seats to spectacular views of the beach. Your spirit will go "ahhh....."
Sunsets are breathtaking and if you are an early riser..... take in the quiet serenity of the
sunrise over Manasota Key.... you, the sea gulls and some dolphins are all that will stir the air at that moment... makes you inspired by the beauty of it all....
We are located within 1 -2 blocks of excellent restaurants, a convenience store, gift shops, pizza shop, & Tiki Bar.
* Additional pictures of the condo will be emailed upon request*
My best friend and I stayed in this unit (15C) for five nights in mid July 2011. The condo is truly gulf front with a nice, large covered deck. The deck has four chairs and a big table. The unit is furnished in a fun, "beachy" theme and very clean. The king size bed - SUPER COMFY!! The kitchen is fully stocked and has just about anything you might need and a nice large fridge. There is no dishwasher but that really did not present a problem; we just washed up a few things as we needed. Having a washer and dryer in the unit allowed us to go home with all clean clothes. Bathroom is about the size you would expect in a 1BR and more than enough towels to last our entire stay. Everything turned out perfect for us! It is nice and quiet and excellent shelling.
Beach, Beach Combing, swimming, snorkeling, surfing, jet sking, golfing, sightseeing, shopping, explore the Stump's Pass State Park on the island, dolphin & manatee viewing, bird watching,
fishing, boating, surf fishing.
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS - (approximate distance)
Englewood/Rotonda - (5 minutes)
* 5 Golf Courses
* Restaurants & Shopping
* Boat Rentals
* Charter Fishing
Boca Grande - (15 minutes)
* Para Sailing
* Jet Ski Rentals
* Restaurants
* Bike Rentals
Sarasota - (1 hour)
* Ringling Museum
* Selby Botanical Gardens
* Mote Marine Laboratory
* Restaurants & Shopping
* Myakka River State Park
* Sarasota Jungle Gardens
* Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Fort Myers - (1 hour)
* Edison/Ford Winter Estates
* Imaginarium (children's museum)
* Calusa Nature Center
* Restaurants & Shopping
* Key West Passenger Ferry
* Boston Red Sox & Minnesota Twins spring training
Tampa/St.Petersburg - (90 miles)
* Busch Gardens
* Adventure Island
* Tampa Bay Aquarium
* Salvador Dali Museum
Orlando - (150 miles)
* Walt Disney World/Epcot/MGM Studios
* Sea World/Discovery Cove
* Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure
* Cypress Gardens
Manasota Key in Englewood is a 2 hour drive (door to door) to Disney's Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Sea
World and all other Family Theme Parks in Orlando, Florida.
Dining Recommendations on and around key:
Lock & Key Restaurant (casual Seafood 1.5 blocks from the condo)
The Gulf View (Fine dining- 1 block from condo)
Flounder's (casual food - live bands - huge outdoor Tiki bar - less than a 2 block walk)
Two Toll Free bridges connect you to Manasota Key from the mainland.
We are located 20 minutes south of Venice. The Sarasota/Bradenton Airport is the closest airport.
Ft Myers/SW International Airport is 1 hour south.
Tampa Airport is 90 minutes north.


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Category: names from television
Nameberry intern Danielle Miksza, who wrote for nameberry last Halloween on vampire names, turns her attention now to names inspired by the new popular monster in town — werewolf names.
Last year the world was falling into the icy clutches of the vampires. The Salvatore brothers of L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries were fighting over the beautiful Elena Gilbert, lethally handsome Edward Cullen once again rescued his mortal love, Bella Swann from a gruesome death in the new Twilight movie, Eclipse, and a vampire child by the name of Abby has been terrifying audiences in Matt Reeve's new film Let Me In.
Unfortunately, not all of us are lucky enough to escape the bite of immortality, but fear not fellow name lovers! There is hope for us mortals yet, a hope that comes in a very furry form.
This Halloween goes to the wolves. The vampire reign is in danger of coming to a close as the popularity of werewolves quickly rises. The vampire-werewolf rivalry is one of the oldest feuds in existence, so it's no wonder that we humans have been caught in the middle once again. At least the wolves will get the vampires off our backs for a bit. Right?
Okay. You may be thinking that werewolves are just as bad as vampires, but let's think about this. Unlike vampires who have absolutely no escape from their condition, unless they go a day without sunscreen, werewolves only change during a full moon. So if someone you love is carrying the curse of the Lycan, it's best to take a little vacation from them once a month. After all, we all need a little me time. Also, werewolves aren't constantly craving your blood. They're actually quite normal in human form (I should know because I used to date one), whereas vampires obsess over the sound of blood pumping through your veins. Hence, werewolves are the lesser of two evils.
Sandra Bullock's choice of Bardo as her newly-adopted son's middle name puts the spotlight back on the O names – names that begin, end, or otherwise emphasize the letter O.
We've always loved the O names and have taken an ever-expanding view of the category since publishing our first name book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, in which we (shockingly, at the time) declared names that end in O such as Theo and Milo to be "So Far Out They're In."
Linda wrote a blog last year on popular O names, ranging from Leo to Inigo, Alessandro to Juno and including such newly-hot not-technically-ending-in-O girls' choices as Harlow and Margot.
But Bardo wasn't in there – though it was included on nameberry, as a German saint's name (he was the 11th century bishop of Mainz) and also an Aboriginal name meaning water.
Bardo is also a Buddhist concept meaning "intermediate state" – significant, many say, because of Bullock's marital woes and decision to divorce, announced at the same time as her baby's adoption.
Wikipedia lists the Six Bardos for those who want more illumination on Bardo, as well as other people and places that have a relationship to the name. In a more earthly realm, David Boreanz named his infant daughter Bardot, as in the surname of French star Brigitte.
Other obscure O names with celebrity connections (how's that for a nameberry-only subgroup?) include:
Max, the name of both the child hero and the young actor who plays him in Where The Wild Things Are, is one of the hottest boys' names these days.
Max can stand on its own or may be a short form of the ancient Roman name Maximus, which means "greatest," or of Maximilian or Maxwell. It's one of the down-to-earth cigar-chomping grandpa names last popular a hundred years ago and enjoying a huge revival now. Like brothers Sam and Jake, Max is unpretentious and friendly but also sounds cool.
Celebrities led the way in launching the revival of the name, starting in the late 70s and early 80s. Stars who are the parents of now-grown kids named Max include Dustin Hoffman, Henry Winkler, Steven Spielberg, and Nora Ephron & Carl Bernstein.
Once in a while some pop culture phenomenon comes along that doesn't just reflect the name gestalt of its day, but actually influences it. This was the case with the glossy nighttime soaps of the late 70s and early 80s–most particularly Dynasty—which were all about wealth and greed, ambition, melodrama, campy catfights –and humungous shoulder pads.
The writers on these shows were quite ingenious in the way they came up with names that reflected perfectly those values and vices. Male names that were short, sleek, and powerful. Sophisticated, boyish women's names like Arliss that were a complete reversal of the previous decades' unisex nicknamish names like Jodie and Jamie. Elegant surname names such as Blake Carrington.
Probably the most influential was the name of Blake's ex-wife, that evil viper, Alexis. Despite the character's villainy, her name took off, and was instrumental in the success of other Alexi: Alexandra, Alexa, Alex et al. In the year before Dynasty debuted in 1982, there were scarcely 1500 girls given that name across the country; by 1999, it had reached #3 on the list, with the birth of 19,000 baby Alexises.


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Saints Row 4 Commander in Chief Pre-Order Edition Announced
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Saints Row 4 Commander in Chief Edition will be available as a free upgrade for anyone who pre-orders Saints Row 4, Deep Silver announced.
The Commander in Chief pre-order edition of Saints Row 4 includes a Screaming Eagle jet that fires rockets out of its talons and has the Sonic Scream ability to daze enemies.
It also comes with the 'Merica weapon, which consists of flamethrowers, ulta-powered dub step guns and rocket launchers. In addition, pre-orders will receive a limited edition Uncle Sam costume for use in the game.
Saints Row 4 Commander in Chief Edition is a pre-order bonus available as a free upgrade for purchasing the game before its release. The game will maintain its price at $59.99 for the console version and $49.99 for the PC version.
Saints Row 4 is set to release Aug. 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
The game was originally announced in March. For more information on Saints Row 4, find out what to expect here and read a preview here.
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Clearly Kristen Stewart isn't the least bit like Bella Swan, who trips over her own two feet. In her upcoming film 'Snow White and The Huntsman,' director Rupert Sanders reveals K Stew's daring side.
Kristen Stewart, 22, has earned the admiration of her SWATH director and he couldn't help spilling about how brave and non-complaining she was while filming.
"Kristen is a very driven, visceral, intuitive actress," he revealed. "She did a lot of her stunt work, she was riding horses, she was jumping from high precipices into freezing cold water, she was fighting dwarves – she's gung-ho."
No, nothing like Bella Swan – at least not until she was transformed into a vampire.
And keep in mind – Kristen even had to battle one of her biggest fears while filming – riding a horse.
Kristen "went beyond what she was asked to do," reports director Sanders.
We can't wait to see that. SWATH opens June 1! See you then – K Snow.
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Lucio's Pork Tenderloin Video
Susan recommends cranberries for savory cooking
Hi. This is Susan Westmoreland in the Good Housekeeping kitchen, and tonight we are making a pork tenderloin, really easy. You do it in a skillet and I love to do pan sauces. I just think it's a classic restaurant technique and really easy to do. Tonight I'm featuring cranberries. When cranberries are in season, buy some bag and just put them in another Zip Seal bag and freeze them. They will literally last until next year. I got some here thawing but you can still find them fresh in the market. So what you're gonna do is you're gonna sauté in this case pork tenderloin slices that I cut down and just flatten slightly with my hand and then take them out of the skillet, add some cranberries and cranberry juice or wine or port, whatever you have in the house. You could use red or white wine. You could use juice. That just cooks up and makes a wonderful sauce, just cook it until the cranberries pop and start releasing some of that wonderful juice that they have and then you spoon that over your pork tenderloin or your chicken cutlet if you'd rather do that. Really easy dinner, you can serve it with rice or couscous. Susan Westmoreland in the Good Housekeeping kitchen helping you take back dinner time.
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Britney Spears is due to be awarded a special tribute and award at this year's MTV VMAs, which are taking place this weekend.
The tribute will be performed by Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj and Janet Jackson… With the Princess of Pop joining them.
According to Perezhilton.com, Madonna will also be honouring the singer.
There will also be a tribute made for Amy Winehouse, by Tony Bennett, who will be showing footage of them recording together in march at Abbey Road Studios.
It sounds like it will be an amazing show… Will you be staying up late to watch it? We think it'll be worth the effort!
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Customers will have their finances at their fingertips if they have an Apple device.
To highlight enhanced graphics on its Galaxy Tab S, the Korean electronics giant partners with content providers on a digital magazine feature called Papergarden.
Along with the Galaxy Tab S, Samsung took the wraps off the tablet's two covers and Bluetooth keyboard.
Samsung made such a big deal out of the SideSync feature on its Galaxy Tab S tablet, you'd think it was a brand-new feature. Not so, but it is expanded and potentially quite useful.
The Korean-based electronics maker, chasing Apple's iPad in the tablet market, adds new devices that promise a more vibrant, colorful viewing experience.
The US and Canada are down to their last 16.7 million Net addresses with today's IPv4 Internet technology. Scarcity is pushing Internet service providers to the next-gen IPv6.
NatWest says it should be getting back to normal today, following a catastrophic software bug.
Buffalo announces the availability of three Wi-Fi routers which come preinstalled with DD-WRT Linux-based firmware, instead of the company's stock firmware.
CNET editor Dong Ngo points you in the general direction of how to access your home network remotely using a Dynamic DNS service.
The next-generation Internet plumbing is catching on. That's good news for help carriers, Internet service providers, and companies backing the idea of The Internet of Things.