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An atheist's call to arms - Comments
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 10:40:00 UTC | #33933
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 10:45:00 UTC | #33934
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 10:49:00 UTC | #33935
Comment 6 by AnatheistinNigeria
Reading the posts on this site, let me believe that there is a world filled with well-thinking people.
But look at the comments made on Richard Dawkins TED talk. Filled with nonsense and such empty allegations of miletant atheism of the side of RD.
Perhaps we shopuld devote some of our energies to responding to the more general blogs
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 11:50:00 UTC | #33954
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 12:05:00 UTC | #33961
cassdenata -
There are so many. If you are not familiar with TED there are the 'wish' talks where people get TED money to help with their attempt to 'change the world' (affordable housing, clean burning local fuels, improving a ghetto neighborhood, peace through media, $100 computer, etc.). They are people who are already working on the projects and get a boost from TED. Those are interesting to see what people's visions are.
There are talks by famous people or people in the news.
There are a few 'artistic' presentations.
There are talks by visionaries.
Just off the top of my head, I can think of:
Julia Sweeney - an excerpt from her "Letting go of God' one woman show.
Gladwell - wrote 'Blink' and 'The Tipping Point' talks about how we came to have 43 choices in spaghetti sauce.
Schwarz - who tells us why having too many choices is making us miserable (Good combo with the previous one).
Levitt - wrote 'Freakenomics' and talks on the chapter about street drug dealing as a business.
Deutsch - paints one h*ll of a picture of the universe and the contribution of knowlege.
Dawkins - has another talk about 'middle man' why we have such a hard time understanding the very small and the very large.
Rutan - did the non stop flight around the world and is working on private space launches. Tells whats wrong with the way space exploration is being conducted.
Rosling - talks about countries, populations, health and how they interact. Great graphing software presentation.
Huang - Cool 'hands on' computer input interface (think - Minority Report movie).
Gore - If you didn't think he had a sense of humor. Everyone's told him, if he had been like this he would have won the election going away (I know, he won anyway but that's different story).
Kurzweil - something futuristic about computational power not being able to keep up with progress in bio-genetics, maybe using DNA as computers (It's been a while, I think that's what his talk was).
There have been very few I haven't liked. It depends if you just like anything that's intelligent and creative or you have a particular area of interest.
I download them, convert them to DVD then watch them on T.V. They are only 18 - 20 minutes each. Good for when you have a free moment.
Happy hunting.
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 13:03:00 UTC | #33971
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 13:36:00 UTC | #33981
Comment 11 by sane1
The TED talks are great. 'Twas I who sent this to Josh.
Peruse the list your self at: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/list
They have recently posted many new ones. They are organized and delightful. Personally, I like the science ones best, but many others are interesting as well.
And Greg23 left off one of my favoites: Micheal Shermer on "why people believe wierd things."
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 14:16:00 UTC | #33984
Comment 12 by Shuggy
Greg 23:
Deutsch - paints one h*ll of a picture of the universe and the contribution of knowlege.What do you think would happen if you spelt "hell" in full?
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 14:25:00 UTC | #33986
Comment 13 by Greg23
sane1 -
Afraid I've gotten too familiar with Shermer and lost my sense of awe. No rap against Shermer I've got all the books and heard him speak many times.
Many others I left off as well. Too many to remember them all. I think there are about 100 total, although I've never counted them up.
Shuggy -
A leftover habit from apparently offending people's sensitivities once too often, in other groups. Wasn't really thinking.
Should I even give the concept of hell credence by writing the actual word??? Hmm, I'll have to think about that. At least I didn't go for heck as a euphanism. ;-)
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 14:39:00 UTC | #33994
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 15:19:00 UTC | #34004
Comment 15 by Atticus_of_Amber
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 17:14:00 UTC | #34027
^On the contrary, watch the excellent Jonathan Miller series "A brief history of disbelief" to appreciate the enormous debt we owe to many brave people who dared challenge what Hitchens labelled 'the origin of authoritarianism'.
I'm saying the birth of the movement dates back past Epicuris, probably to the unknown's who challenged the village witch-doctor!
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 19:16:00 UTC | #34050
This is an excellent speech. Thank you, Dr. Dawkins. I remember exploring my neighborhood when I was a child, and the sense of wonder, the mystery of the natural world, and I remember wanting to share it with others. I always wondered why other people weren't as excited about the fantastic organisms we live with. Religion teaches you that an invisible man made it, and that's it. Religion doesn't want you to dig too deep, because the truth is a very real threat to an institution based on belief without evidence.
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 20:36:00 UTC | #34058
Comment 18 by oao
As a militant atheist, I watched quite a few presentations by RD and I noticed he tends to use judaism/yahweh as a specific reference more often than other two major religions/gods.
Given that judaism is the least virulent/violent of the three -- indeed, his references are mainly from the old testament, while christianity and islam have tons to answer for in much later times, the latter in the present -- it suggests that whether consciously or not he is not using the most blatant evidence supporting his main argument.
Given RD's sophistication I do not think that this is inadvertent. Whether consciously or not, I suspect that he either (a) senses that referring to judaism is not as dangerous as to islam (b) given the current general anti-semitism/anti-zionsim, judaism is a more acceptable example or (c) both.
If that is the case, this is rather incongruous with the spirit of his position and he should be more sensitive to it.
Permalink Tue, 01 May 2007 21:16:00 UTC | #34063
I find it hard not to resent the implication of Comment 36645 by oao. I obviously refer to Christianity, by default, more than to Judaism (or Islam) because I am a cultural Chrstian, writing in a cultural Christian country (Britain) with an eye to a larger audience in another (more than merely cultural) Christian country (USA). I use the name Yahweh when I want to refer to the Abrahamic (Judaeo-Christian-Islamic) God as opposed to other gods such as Zeus or Wotan. When I specifically want to refer to the Islamic God I use "Allah", although that is just the Arabic word for God/Yahweh. If I wanted to refer to the Christian God AS OPPOSED TO the Jewish God, what name does oao suggest I use? I do not believe that such a name exists.
The accusation of anti-Jewishness is ludicrous, offensive, and one might almost say paranoid. It reminds me of an occasion when I was lecturing on a ship, and I spoke strongly against religion in general, ALL religion. I never once mentioned Jews or Judaism. Yet I heard afterwards that a Jewish member of the audience was going around accusing me of anti-Semitism behind my back. To him, the very word "religion" was apparently synonymous with Judaism, and therefore to be anti-religious was tantamount to being anti-Jewish.
I don't know enough about the recent history of Israel/Palestine to be either pro or anti-Zionist, but I do know enough to say that oao's phrase 'current general anti-semitism/anti-zionism', implying as it does that anti-zionism is equivalent to anti-semitism, is offensive to my many Jewish friends who do know a lot about the history of that unhappy region, and who are passionate anti-Zionists.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 01:56:00 UTC | #34106
Comment 20 by JackR
Yes, professor Dawkins, it's a sad and hugely irritating fact of life today that you cannot breathe a word of criticism of something even tangentially connected with Judaism, Jewishness or Israel without a knee-jerk response of "anti-semitism!" from certain people who are more interested in a political angle than in fairness or truth.
I have been a critic of some of Israel's recent activities on a number of political message boards and I have to deal with this sort of response all the time. It's frustrating.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 05:07:00 UTC | #34159
Comment 21 by CJ22
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Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 06:05:00 UTC | #34168
Comment 22 by the great teapot
Excellent talk.
I take back any criticism of Richards style/humour etc. I 've made in the past.
His delivery is brilliant here, even if we have heard it all before I still enjoyed it.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 08:31:00 UTC | #34194
Fascinating talk, perhaps the best I have heard by RD on atheism. Carl Sagan's statement at the end is so true - if only all that time spent in religious activity was diverted to the wonder of the world we live in...
The only thing I want to add is regarding the pie chart RD showed about religions in the US - I would imagine that the majority of theists believe that having SOME faith (even if it's not the same as theirs) is better than no faith at all. Therefore, if a politician represents the atheist section of that pie, he risks the ire of the rest of the pie...a Jewish lobbyist on the other hand can be tolerated better. And that's why I think a-theism is not a useful word: the wonderful logic of "one-god-less" and the belief in science and its pursuit is lost in the negation of theism. Anyway, my two cents...
Thanks for posting! This site is such a wonderful place...if websites were places, this site would be a Hawaii for the intellect...or should I say Galapagos?
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 09:12:00 UTC | #34204
Comment 24 by oao
And I resent the nature of RD's response, which is more akin to how theists would respond to criticism, than it is an honest attempt to understand what I said.
1st, TODAY islam is the elephant in the room, the best possible evidence to the root of all evil argument. To focus almost exclusively on the other two just because RD "does not know much about it" is befitting neither that important argument, nor the caliber of RD as an advancer of it.
2nd, at some point in history, what was christianity's religious antagonism towards the jews became an explicit RACIST blood libel. It is not the jews who made the switch, they were the target of it. Today there is, in fact, a resurgence of the latter which never really went away, and which was brought to the surface by moslem and arab propaganda, which found fertile ground in Eurabia, and useful idiots in the so-called "left".
There is a HUGE amount of readily available clearcut evidence about all this, and that much--THOUGH NOT ALL!!!--anti-zionism today is good old anti-semitism by another, more acceptable name. By his own admission RD is not very educated on this subject. If RD wants to remain loyal to empirical evidence rather than faith, I can refer him to plenty of sources on the subject.
I did not accuse RD of anti-semitism. Rather, my point was that he is taking the lazier route, by failing to refer to the elephant in the room (which is more dangerous and less popular in current societies).
As an aside, I invite RD to ponder why ONE SINGLE person on a ship who accused him of anti-semitism prompts him to infer what seems to be general jewish paranoia. Be that as it may, has he ever reflected on whether, given the history of the jews, including present times, they would have to be insane not to be sensitive about it, when those who state openly they want to exterminate them are kept out of the story, but they are not.
RD's is on a firm foundation when he uses his scientific knowledge to discuss science. He should strive to be equally knowledgeable about history and politics when he criticizes the latter.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 09:55:00 UTC | #34212
"What do you think would happen if you spelt "hell" in full?"
"A leftover habit from apparently offending people's sensitivities once too often, in other groups. Wasn't really thinking."
You're just as well off to stick with the old habit. I have emails kicked back at me all the time because somebody's company screening software didn't like me saying things like, "Traffic was a bitch" or "Work was hell today". It's a total pain in the b*tt.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 10:12:00 UTC | #34217
Comment #36688 by Richard Dawkins
"The accusation of anti-Jewishness is ludicrous, offensive, and one might almost say paranoid."
"To him, the very word "religion" was apparently synonymous with Judaism, and therefore to be anti-religious was tantamount to being anti-Jewish."
Comment #36796 by oao
"As an aside, I invite RD to ponder why ONE SINGLE person on a ship who accused him of anti-semitism prompts him to infer what seems to be general jewish paranoia."
Oao, RD was talking first about you, then about the guy on the boat. At no point did he go from the specific to the general. Please read with more care.
Also, your "elephant in the room" metaphor regarding Islam is misplaced, since Islam is most certainly NOT something that everyone in the room is politely refusing to talk about, especially not RD. He can hardly be said to be letting Islam off the hook. If one is arguing against theism, all the Abrahamic faiths are seriously impugned. And I agree with RD about his selected pronoun: what the heck else is he supposed to call the god of those faiths? 'Gojiac' (God of judaism, islam, and christianity)? It certainly doesn't have much of a ring to it.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 10:46:00 UTC | #34227
Ahem...If I may join this discussion. I was born into a Hindu family in India and have observed that RD (almost) never addresses Hinduism in his talks. I put this down to one fact alone: his background and his audiences do not share the same background as me. Which is fine...most of the arguments RD makes are as relevant to Christianity as they are to Hinduism, some to a lesser degree, others not.
My point is, I don't see the need to isolate religions and discuss their relative merits - that is what religious scholars do, I imagine. RD makes his points based on where he's coming from, and you have to recognize that and adapt it to your specific thoughts and background, not the other way round.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 11:00:00 UTC | #34230
Comment 28 by oao
Since I stated I am a militant atheist, by what logic do I confuse anti-religious to anti-jewish?
Just the opposite: I made an explicit point that racist anti-semitism today masquerades as anti-judaism.
An automatic dismissal of such concerns and equation with paranoia is, as I said, of the same nature as jewish religious accusations of anti-semitism.
I did NOT say "politely refuses to talk about it". What I said is that FOCUSING on christianity and judaism in the presence of jihadism today makes one cringe. And to sort of bundle them together as "abrahamic" is just plain ignorant and it is the real confusion.
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 11:20:00 UTC | #34233
Comment 29 by oao
Well, if you want to argue that religion is the root of all evil based on empirical evidence of its consequences, I understand why the focus should not be on Hinduism for the same reason that I understand the same about Judaism. But I sure cannot understand why the focus should NOT be on islamism.
Get my drift? Does pacifism vs. genocidal help as a hint?
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 11:25:00 UTC | #34235
Comment 30 by oao
I think this is the rabid societal context to which I was referring:
Permalink Wed, 02 May 2007 11:29:00 UTC | #34236


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Cut: Ray Shipman, Eric Martin, Chris Chamberlain, Baraka Atkins
IR: Will Smith, Jonathan Vilma, Victor Butler
We know what you're thinking NO JONATHAN VILMA? ARE YOU CRAZY? The answer is, yes, we're crazy. But not for this decision. The way Humber and Hawthorne have played this preseason, it's easy to put them on the roster over Vilma. He has had several surgeries on his left knee and hasn't been the same player since it was injured during the 2011 regular season. The toughest decision here was to keep Martin off the roster. The undrafted rookie started out training camp with a bang, working consistently with the second team. But Reddick's rise as preseason went along is hard to overlook for us. Herring would seem to be the odd name on the list, but Payton has spoken glowingly of the veteran for his special teams play this preseason.
Safeties (Payton Ave.: 4.5; Ryan Ave: 3.33)
Make it: Roman Harper, Malcolm Jenkins, Rafael Bush, Kenny Vaccaro, Isa Abdul-Quddus
Cut: Jim Leonhard, Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Jerico Nelson
Leonhard was the tough cut here. He's a veteran who brings savvy and experience and is a Ryan family disciple. But he is way down the depth chart and didn't appear to be a factor on any special teams this preseason. Ryan has never kept more than five safeties and Leonhard would seem to be the final cut. Abdul-Quddus and Bush are both special teams experts, a reason why cutting Roby is easier than it would seem. Ryan has rotated in every safety at some point this preseason and his multiple packages makes it necessary to keep as many safeties as possible.
Cornerbacks (Payton Ave.: 5.16; Ryan Ave.: 5.88)
Make it: Jabari Greer, Keenan Lewis, Patrick Robinson, Corey White
Cut: Chris Carr, Korey Lindsey, Rod Sweeting
We went back-and-forth on Sweeting and White. In the end, White showed more promise in preseason game coverage than Sweeting and was better at special teams. Carr's experience is hard to get rid of but his place on the roster would seem to be tied to that Lelito, Tanner, Parker and Herring. This was one of the tougher groups to finalize
Special Teams (Payton Ave.: 3.2)
Make it: Thomas Morstead, Garrett Hartley, Justin Drescher
Cut: None
Only once has Payton kept more than three specialists and that was in 2011 when Hartley began the season with a right hip injury. This one is an easy call.


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Burwash Landing, Yukon 8.77 miles NE
Destruction Bay, Yukon (map) | (867) 667-5648
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Sep 2014 - $12.00
This is a stunningly beautiful Yukon Government campground on massive Kluane Lake. For the $12 nightly fee you get a huge site, unlimited firewood, and spotlessly clean outhouses. There are 8 sites on the lake, 31 more in the forest, about 1/3 of which are pull-throughs. The beach offers great walking for miles in either direction, and an old abandoned section of the campground adjacent to the east has a very nice interpretive trail. Tenting is no longer allowed due to problems with grizzly bears. - explorenorth
Jun 2014 - $12.00
We stayed here in both June and August. This was by far the best campground we stayed at on our Alaska journey. This is a self pay, dry camping government campground right on the shores of Kluane Lake. No generator hours were posted in the park. Tenters are occasionally allowed depending on bear activity. Grizzlies were spotted right outside the campground. We had spectacular views out the rear window of our 5th wheel. Nice, rocky beach on the lake for walking. We did not use the bathhouse and did not have our cell phones on so cannot comment on type of phone signal one would receive. There is a small restaurant/fuel station/hotel/grocery located in nearby Destruction Bay. We would stay here again! - roadking
May 2013 - $12.00
This is a very nice Yukon Government Campground on beautiful Kluane Lake. As with all Yukon Government Campgrounds there is no dump station. There is water from a hand pump, but would not be useful for filling a tank, so plan to bring whatever water you need and haul out whatever water you use. There is free campfire wood: a nice touch. There are pit toilets. There are a few campsites along the lake and many more in the trees away from the lake. When we were here, no tent camping was allowed because of bear activity. We did see a bear along the road a couple of miles from the campground, but did not see any bear activity in the campground. The campground is very convenient to the Alaska Highway, but far enough away that we did not have any highway noise. We did not have any signal on our Verizon phone. Most sites would not have satellite access, but we did have one of the few where we could get a signal through the trees for our Hughes internet satellite. We loved our stay here and would definitely stay here again. - TheJim
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Nice little park for an overnight stay. The diesel generator (they call it music) runs all night, but you get used to it. Most popular place was the circuit breaker boxes as people kept blowing their 15 amp circuits. Sites have water but no sewer (dump site on the way out). If you don't need any utilities they have some really nice sites away from everyone (and the noise). - sheltieRV
Aug 2013 - $35.00
Wonderful location, only 15 amp power available, with water and a dump station. Great, but popular, stop for those traveling the Alaska Hwy. Sites are fairly level, owners are very helpful, and ready to serve you, but don't walk on the grass. Facilities were clean and well kept for a seasonal campground in this area. Would highly recommend this campground for those traveling the Alaska Hwy. - Spikester
Aug 2013 - $35.00
In our entire Alaska adventure, this was our favorite campground. If you want peace and serenity after a day's driving, this is the place to stop. Because of the nature of it's surroundings they have some different rules---such as you carry your garbage out with you, and electric service is only 15 amp, because there is no electricity available to the entire property, just a very large generator.But the 15 amps, gets the job done. Wi-Fi will keep you connected, but simiply sitting by the most beautiful lake and mountains of Kluane will repair your soul. We stayed on our way up the Alaskan highway AND on the way back. Will stay here again next chance we get. - jmerik1
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Friendly and accommodating owner. Incredible views. Very tight sites. I'd stay again when in the area. - Tranquilty1
Jul 2014 - $25.00
This is a good place to spend the night. Wi-Fi is free, the view of the lake very nice and the showers are free with enough hot water. Only when a large group or caravan is staying is the "lodge' actually open and functional. I think there is food, beer, BBQ grills, and even music but we never saw it because only six RVs were parked there the night we stayed. Also, do not expect to buy gas, no matter what the sign or advertisements state. The price we paid was for a 15 amp site; the 30 amp sites with water were $35CA. - WNC Traveler
Jul 2014 - $35.00
This is your basic campground. We were looking for a place to stay coming from Tok--the construction and road were terrible. There is nothing in Destruction Bay [pop 40] so bring all your own stuff. The owner is gregarious and has a good draft beer on sale. People seemed to gather on the deck in the evening. Good wifi and delicious well water. No full service, but there is a dump station. They don't mind if you wash the road grime off your vehicle either. We would stay here again. - hudsonguy


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MANILA, Philippines – A fleet of three Chinese ships, one of which has an "advanced weapons system," has completed patrols and landing exercises in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea Wednesday, Chinese state media reported.
"The three-ship flotilla, consisting of amphibious landing craft Changbaishan and destroyers Wuhan and Haikou, left from a military port in south China's Hainan Province on Monday," Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
"The flotilla undertook a 'three-dimensional' patrol of several islets, using surface vessels, hovercraft and shipboard helicopters. Marines with the flotilla conducted a 20-minute landing training on Wednesday," it said.
The ship Changbaishan was described as China's largest landing ship and has an "advanced weapon system."
The fleet also has three helicopters and one company of Marines onboard, the report said.
Disputed islands
Paracel Islands is a group of island in the South China Sea that is the subject of a dispute between China and Vietnam. China calls it Xisha Islands while Vietnam calls it Hoang Sa Islands.
In 1974, a military engagement between Chinese and Vietnamese troops left at least 50 from the Vietnamese side and 18 from the Chinese side dead.
One Vietnamese ship was sunk while a total of seven ships were damaged.
China won the battle and have controlled and occupied Paracel Islands ever since. Sansha city was established July 2012 to administer over the
The islands are covered under the recently implemented fisheries regulations of Hainan province that require foreign ships to ask for permission from authorities before they can conduct fishing or other marine activities.
The Hainan fisheries regulation and the reported patrols of Chinese ships have both been protested by the Philippines.
"Under international law including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) cannot extend beyond 200 nautical miles measured from the Chinese mainland and Hainan Island," DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez said in a previous statement.
"Coastal states have sovereign rights over their EEZ. Also under international law there is a high seas area in the South China Sea over which no state can exercise sovereignty," he said.
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Take a break in Ironbridge.The BEST WESTERN Valley Hotel is just 4 miles away from Telford, enjoying a prime location in the World Heritage site of Ironbridge. Set on the banks of the River Severn and within walking distance of the heart of the town centre, you'll be within easy reach of all local attractions, bars and restaurants.Surrounded by stunning parkland, this Georgian listed country house hotel is ideal for business travellers who want to enjoy some culture whilst working away from home, couples who want to spend quality time together on a woodland walk or families that like exploring together. With easy access from the M54 via M6, and 10 minutes drive from Telford town centre, this part of the world really is your Oyster!As you look out across the Ironbridge Gorge from the hotel, you'll have plenty of time to reflect on a great day out, or look forward to the next one!
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Imagine the day of your dreams...... an idyllic location in the heart of Ironbridge, superb cuisine and excellent service. This truly elegant venue is a georgian listed building, overlooking the River Severn and the award winning Dale End Park, an ideal setting for your wedding ceremony and reception. Whether you arrive from church or have a ceremony at the hotel, the terrace with its surrounding beauty is an ideal spot to relax and enjoy a celebratory drink!
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I selected this hotel by chance when I needed to visit Telford on business. The Dinner B&B deal was a most pleasant surprise: excellent breakfast and the three course dinner was superb. I described the menu to my wife and she insisted that she accompanied me on my next visit; she was not disappointed and wants to visit The Valley Hotel for another leisure break. I have visited this hotel on a number of subsequent occasions and it is most definitely my hotel of choice in that area. All of the members of staff perform to a very high level. The hotel is in located in a beautiful area with access to many interesting venues. less
Stayed here recently and was very impressed for a 3* hotel . The staff were brilliant, nothing too much trouble and the young man in the bar in the evening was so friendly. We were going for a big walk one day and one of housekeeping, seeing me struggle with filling up my water flask in the ladies loo, went to the trouble of going all the way to the kitchen to fill it up with ice cold water.
Had such great meals that we didn't bother going out in the evening to forage!
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Stayed at the Valley as part of a wedding party. Location of the hotel is just outside Ironbridge town, with plenty of free parking and smart gardens between the hotel and the river. Check-in was very efficient and friendly. The room was very clean and well furnished, albeit with no view from the window and very hot (as was the rest of the hotel). We had afternoon tea, sandwiches with various fillings and four different types of cake. This was top-notch, as was the following morning's buffet breakfast (although service was a bit lax, with hot drinks slow to arrive, a lack of butter on the tables, and used bowls and plates not removed that quickly) less
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HERNANDO, Fla., Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Masters of creating innovative and alternative cost-conscious solutions for the enclosure of commercial, industrial and recreational facilities, Big Span Structures announced today the completion of a 70 x 100-foot open-span frame supported fabric structure in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. The structure was commissioned by Creek Indian Enterprises for PCI Gaming and took just six weeks from purchase order to completion. Due to its success, a second structure is being installed in Montgomery, Alabama.
PCI Gaming is the operational division of Creek Indian Enterprises and operates three casinos in central and southern Alabama. "Big Span provides a very solid structure," reported Ron Nesbitt of PCI Gaming. "We have one of their competitor's structures at one of our other casino properties, and the Big Span structure has more structural framework that allows greater loads to be hung from above. In a casino environment, this is a great benefit because we require lots of heating, ventilating and air conditioning ductwork, surveillance cameras and overhead lighting elements," he said.
According to Nesbitt, the influencing factors in having Big Span erect the second building were the product quality and commitment to meet installation obligations. "They provided a quick turnaround for engineering specs; questions and follow-up epitomized a high degree of accuracy. An excellent team player, they understand the importance of getting the structure erected quickly and properly," he said. Through the team's efforts, the structure opened a week earlier than planned. "They consistently exceeded expectations," said Nesbitt.
Big Span Structures is focused on the design, planning, fabrication and turnkey project management for frame, air supported and tensioned fabric structures. Numerous and diverse projects include aircraft hangars, sports facilities, amphitheatres, industrial process enclosures and mobile structures for radioactive waste remediation sites. They designed and engineered the world's largest frame supported tensioned fabric structure in Cayey, Puerto Rico. Built for the La Carpa Corporation, this structure encloses 400,000 square feet in a building spanning 400 feet in width without interior columns.
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Paris Hilton, the 29-year-old socialite, flew home on a private jet after being denied entry to Japan, according to Kazuo Kashihara, a spokesman at Narita International Airport's immigration office.
A shareholder of Parlux Fragrances Inc. sued the company's board of directors, claiming they are selling the maker of Paris Hilton's perfume too cheaply.
One late afternoon in March 2007, Sanjay Wadhwa sat at his desk transfixed by the data on his computer screen. Wadhwa was then a low-level supervisor in the Wall Street office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigating a supposedly routine case of "cherry- picking." The SEC had gotten a complaint that Rengan Rajaratnam, the founder of Sedna Capital Management LLC, a small hedge fund, was doling out a disproportionate share of his best trades to the beneficiaries of a "friends and family" account. It was Wadhwa's job to figure out what was going on, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its April 23 issue.
Stuart Lawley has Hustler magazine and the distributor of Paris Hilton 's sex tape up in arms.
A takeover to secure the rights to sell Paris Hilton's scent in a bottle is giving traders a chance to triple their money betting on the industry's most expensive acquisition.
Ksenia Sobchak, a TV personality often portrayed as Russia's Paris Hilton, had a rocky start as a leader of the country's opposition movement. At one point, demonstrators tried to boo her off a stage.
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Fowler turned 19 this season. He is 21 years, 5 months younger than Selanne is. In other words, two Cam Fowlers still would be younger than one Teemu Selanne. And probably not half as popular.
We're talking about a player who has been in the NHL longer than any of the other Ducks have been and, in fact, longer than the Ducks have been, period.
Selanne debuted with Winnipeg during the 1992-93 season. The Ducks debuted a year later.
The Winnipeg Jets, you probably realize, no longer exist.
He was in the league when there was still a Smythe Division, when San Jose was losing 71 games and when we were listening to the song "I'm Too Sexy." And actually liking it! What were we smoking?
There are very few things young about Teemu Selanne, other than his spirit, his ability to play this game and those false teeth in his mouth.
Still, we'll repeat it: Teemu, we need u.
"It doesn't look like he'll ever slow down," Ducks goalie Dan Ellis said. "He could play another few years and everyone in the league would love to have him. He can play for as long as he wants."
Added Dan Sexton: "Guys usually start slowing down five or six years before reaching 40. Maybe he's drinking a special kind of water or something. I just think he's very physically gifted."
And from Ryan Getzlaf: "You'd expect to see someone lugging his body around and icing everything. But you don't see that with Teemu. He has that thirst for life. Every day he's at the rink, he's having fun. He honestly enjoys every day that he's here."
Why not? Each time Selanne scores, the moment is framed in history, some announcement proclaiming he just passed another Hall of Famer on another list.
He still smiles constantly, still hears his name being chanted, still has the speed, hands and vision to be himself.
And that's the best news, Ducks fans. Who needs our flimsy advice when there's a reason this convincing for Selanne to continue playing:
He's still Teemu Selanne, and when he's gone, there never will be another one of those.
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Air Products will extract helium from a naturally occurring underground carbon dioxide (CO2) source that is being processed by Kinder Morgan CO2 in Colorado, Air Products announced on Monday.
Helium production from the project is expected to begin in the spring of 2015, the US-based specialty gases company said.
Air Products will extract helium from Kinder Morgan's CO2 stream in Doe Canyon, Colorado, and then return the CO2 to Kinder Morgan, which it uses in West Texas for enhanced oil recovery.
Air Products will take the extracted helium, liquefy it and deliver it to customers.
"This is an innovative project and we see this as an opportunity to leverage our proprietary technology for future CO2 on-purpose helium extraction projects. This is a critical step in finding new sources of helium at a time when there is a global shortage," said Walter Nelson, director of helium sourcing at Air Products.
"Many people are aware that helium is a by-product of natural gas processing; however, not all natural gas fields contain helium in high enough concentrations to make it economical for extraction," he added. "Combine that with the fact that the existing Bureau of Land Management [BLM] helium reserve is a finite supply, and it becomes quite clear that it is essential to always be looking for novel ways to secure more helium. This project demonstrates our commitment to our customers."
Once it is operational, up to 230 million cubic feet/year (mcf) (6.5 million cubic metres) will be produced at the Doe Canyon helium plant, replacing more than 15% of the current BLM reserve helium supply as that system declines, Air Products said.
The US helium reserve has drawn much attention of late.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill approved by Congress to continue the federal government's role in providing helium supplies to industry and the general market.
Unanimously approved by both the House and Senate, HR-527, "The Helium Stewardship Act", essentially provides that the federal government will continue to operate the helium reserve under existing terms for another year.
After the one-year extension for the existing federal role in operating the helium reserve, semi-annual helium auctions will be held to achieve a more open and competitive purchasing process and ensure a better return for taxpayers, according to the bill.
That process will continue until the federally owned helium reserve is drawn down to some 3 billion cubic feet (bcf) (85 million cubic metres) when public sales will be ended, and that volume will be available only for federal national security and government scientific purposes.
The US government-operated system, the Federal Helium Reserve (FHR) in Texas, provides 30% of the world's supply of helium and fills more than 50% of US domestic demand.
That system feeds raw helium recovered from natural gas production to six refineries operated by four major industrial gases firms along the FHR pipeline that spans parts of three states – Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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YouTube goes IRL with a Korean cafe helmed by two popular channels.
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Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Before there was Tinder—before there was Facebook—there was Meetup: The original support of using the Internet to create real life moments.


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For some the idea of Sharon lying in his current listless state raises difficult questions about whether or not he should be kept alive.
"It's up to the family," said Gissen. "He is still alive. If you stop feeding him, he will starve to death. That's against every Jewish law. There is still the slightest chance he may improve, although it's very unlikely. It's up to the family."
Gissen clearly misses his old boss. He said Sharon was one of the last "founding fathers of Israel," part of the generation of soldiers and politicians who helped establish the Jewish state in the 1940s. Despite their decades-long relationship, Gissen has chosen not to visit Sharon's hospital room.
"I don't want to see him in this condition. It's very sad, it's tragic. I don't believe he himself would ever have wanted to end up like this."


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The Hubble Tarantula Treasury Program from NASA has revealed some fascinating new images deep inside the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Daradus.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been keeping its eyes fixed on two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging.
Astronomers now believe the "monster stars" located in the nearby galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) were formed through the merger of lighter stars.
A heavy runaway star is rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 250,000 miles an hour, a speed that will get you to the Moon and back in two hours.
Found in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, 30 Doradus is one of the largest massive star forming regions close to the Milky Way.
Hanging above the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - one of our closest galaxies - in what some describe as a frightening sight, the Tarantula nebula is worth looking at in detail.
The Tarantula Nebula is one of the most impressive views in the Southern sky. Visible to the unaided eye in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way that is located in the direction of the southern constellation Doradus at a distance of about 170,000 light-years.
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McDonald's counts on new menu items to fight off rivals
In China, where the figure fell 0.9 percent, McDonald's downplayed the effect of recent public concerns over its chicken suppliers. Yum Brands, which owns KFC, has said it expects its sales in the region to fall 6 percent, in part because of the issue.
The figure is an important measure of a restaurant chain's performance because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations.
Howard Penney, a restaurant analyst for Hedgeye Risk Management, questioned McDonald's recent emphasis on value and noted that operating profit margins fell globally for the quarter. When sales are up but margins are down, that means "you're giving away food," he said.
Moving forward, however, the company said it didn't plan to add many items to its Dollar Menu unless they are more profitable ones, such as the cheddar grilled onion burger that was introduced in December.
In the year ahead, the company expects costs for ingredients to rise 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent. Labor costs will also continue pressuring profit margins, executives said.
Thompson, who took over as CEO this summer, said the company continues to target total sales growth of 3 percent to 5 percent over the long term.
McDonald's plans to open between 1,500 and 1,600 restaurants this year. It currently has about 34,000.
Bloomberg News contributed to this report.


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Wisconsin's courts have been dragged into the "take-no-prisoners feud" of partisan political brawling in the state and nation, JAS Executive Director Bert Brandenburg says in a National Law Journal essay. See details at Gavel Grab.
A day after voter passage of a referendum to change the way the Wisconsin Chief Justice is selected, sitting Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to hold on to her post. Read Gavel Grab for more.
"No matter what party you're from, as a Supreme Court justice, you're feeling more pressure, and you have to look over your shoulder more and more," JAS told The New York Times after voters cast ballots in Wisconsin. See Gavel Grab for more.
A bill expanding the grounds for impeaching Kansas Supreme Court justices "stands out for its blatant disregard for the Kansas Constitution and the system of checks and balances in our democracy," JAS said. See Gavel Grab for more.
A proposed constitutional amendment to change the way the Wisconsin Chief Justice is selected will be the target of advertising for and against it, according to news reports. Find out more from Gavel Grab.
A recusal motion before the Wisconsin Supreme Court shows how "a rising tide of money in state judicial races is creating potential conflicts for judges who sit on cases involving donors," the New York Times reported. Gavel Grab has details.
Several groups declared their opposition to a referendum to change how the Wisconsin Chief Justice is selected, and JAS Executive Director Bert Brandenburg condemned the proposal as "pure political hardball." For more, visit Gavel Grab.
The Judicial Crisis Network has evolved into a "dark money juggernaut" spending millions of dollars to influence state judicial and attorneys general races, the The Daily Beast reports. See Gavel Grab for more.
Justice at Stake urged the Maryland legislature to advance measures that would end contested elections of Circuit Court judges, and to ultimately consider their merit-based selection. For more, visit Gavel Grab.
An opinion column in the Kansas City Star says "Kansans are wisely opposed to abandoning merit selection," and it cites a recent poll commissioned by Justice at Stake to make its case. Gavel Grab has details.
In a commentary for Governing, JAS Deputy Executive Director Liz Seaton and Board of Directors member Admiral Jamie Barnett note an alarming rise in legislative attacks on state courts, tied to the issue of marriage for same-sex couples. Gavel Grab has more.
Justice at Stake released new polling data today that shows the majority of Kansans favor the current merit-based system for choosing state Supreme Court justices. See Gavel Grab for more.
With scathing criticism of Citizens United's "destructive fallout" for elected state courts, retired Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson is calling for a switch to merit selection of his state's judges. Find out more from Gavel Grab.
A special prosecutor's request for recusal by one or more Wisconsin Supreme Court justices shows the "bitter harvest" of electing judges, JAS said in a letter to the editor of a Wisconsin newspaper. For more, see Gavel Grab.
In an Orlando Sentinel op-ed, JAS spelled out its support for Florida's ban on judges soliciting campaign donations, now challenged in a case before the Supreme Court. Learn more from Gavel Grab.
How did Alabama's chief justice land in the national spotlight this week? A Bloomberg article turned for an explanation to an electoral analysis by Justice at Stake. Gavel Grab has more.
As Kansas legislators prepare to debate changing the way state Supreme Court justices are selected, a news article examined a lack of diversity in the state judiciary and quoted Justice at Stake. Gavel Grab has more.
As Kansas debates proposed changes to the way state Supreme Court justices are chosen, Justice at Stake said it would be a mistake to adopt a more political selection process, a Kansas newspaper reported. Learn more from Gavel Grab.
Retention elections for top state judges are increasingly becoming high-stakes political battles in Kansas and elsewhere, the Wichita Eagle article reported, quoting Justice at Stake. For more, see Gavel Grab.
A high spending free-for-all could erupt when three Pennsylvania Supreme Court seats will be up for election in 2015, JAS told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Find out more from Gavel Grab.
When politicians and others threaten to impeach judges over controversial rulings, it "can only pervert justice," Bert Brandenburg, JAS executive director, writes in a USA Today op-ed. Gavel Grab has more.
Judicial campaigns are getting more political, as a "new wave of campaign spending driven by outside political groups and unlimited donations" affect them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gavel Grab has more.
The 2014 GOP "wave" elections brought big changes for executive and legislative offices but "stopped at the courthouse door," JAS Executive Director Bert Brandenburg wrote in an analysis published by McClatchy. For more, visit Gavel Grab.
"Now the clock has been turned back to the days when judges had to raise money like politicians," JAS Executive Director Bert Brandenburg told a N.C. newspaper about recent judicial elections there. Gavel Grab has more.


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caravan very clean and pet facilities very good
So easy to get around to places that both children and adults would enjoy. Friendly local people.
Great location , lovely clean caravan at great price would recommend if you want a quiet spot with no amenities.
what a fantastic park, right next to the northern burrows with sheep and horses grazing. a truly great park for a relaxing break.
Lovely park but the free wifi is very bad, you're lucky if you can connect. Apart from this the site and caravans were lovely.
This is a small friendly site, they made us feel very welcome and relaxed. Excellent for dogs, loads of places to walk, very close to beach and shops. I would recommend this site if your looking for a quiet and peaceful holiday. I shall definitely be going back!!!
Came here Easter weekend , throughly enjoyed
We arrived at park at 17.30, on arrival the office was shut and had to ring an emergency telephone number to get key, on literature emailed to us it said we had till 8pm to arrive, so we were annoyed about this, and on our departure we left the caravan at 9.45 only to find the office was closed again! so we didnt actually see any member of staff apart from a lady with a hoover who we gave the key to!The caravan itself was very clean and modern and we go to westward ho every year so we knew the surrounding area.
Fab break. Staff great.
I didn't have a good experience of this site. The caravans are very close together, just enough for a car between vans. I could see clearly what the man in the next caravan was watching on tv. We didn't go with children but usually do have our holidays with the children and I wouldn't take little ones here. The vans are all road front so it wouldn't be safe to let them play outside. Our caravan was number 10, not a spacious caravan, the cooker needs replacing, it took us one and a half hours to cook two chicken legs then ended up having to frying them. The bathroom is very small, smallest bathroom I have seen in a caravan. We had a bronze caravan, I assumed it meant that it was not so well equipped but in fact the caravan was most uncomfortable, the seating is well past its best. the doors were pealing the vaneers , the bedrooms to small to dress in, the heater in the bathroom didn't work, if the oven door was open no one could pass you in the kitchen area. On the upside the van was cleaned well. Its in one of the most beautiful places in Devon, a perfect seaside town. The site is known as a quiet site due to the fact its away from the town and only has a laundry on it. There is building work going on, not to bad as we were not close to where it was happening. I would not go back to this site, I think it would be good for surfers as your right by the sea. I would also say not disabled friendly. As a disabled traveller I found it very hard to get around.
Comfortable and cosy. Very clean with all the facilities we needed.
The caravan was lovely and clean, everything we needed was in the caravan and it was cozy perfect for us.


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Montale as Couplet
The publication of Jonathan Galassi's translation and meticulous annotation of Eugenio Montale's Collected Poems, 1920-1954 has been justifiably celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. In an especially insightful essay in the New York Review of Books, author Tim Parks, short-listed last year for the Booker Prize, points out the difficulties Galassi faced as he labored in love to find equivalents in English for Montale's allusive vocabulary and his masterly use of assonance and internal rhyme. Parks also took pains to place Montale in the pessimistic tradition of Giacomo Leopardi and the penchant for "negative epiphany," in contrast to Gabriele D'Annunzio and his "purple celebrations of the world, humanity, nature and above all himself."
Parks was not the only reviewer to treat Montale with perspicacity and Galassi with respect and gratitude. In the Los Angeles Times, poet and translator Richard Howard hailed Montale as "the greatest Italian poet since Leopardi" and added "how welcome Galassi's scrupulous and pondered versions...prove to be." In the New York Times, Nicholas Jenkins lauded Galassi for his years of work "retransmitting as accurately as possible the superfocused beam of [Montale's] language," and Jenkins made a personal declaration: "The poetry's cadences have taken over my auditory memory, and its enigmatic images have...invaded my dreams." Yet neither these nor any other reviewers to date have mentioned the connection between Montale and D'Annunzio, and the most amusing aspect of Montale's famously solitary and austere life.
In 1989, nearly a decade after Montale's death, Italian critics discovered their Nobel Prize winner had employed a "negro," or ghostwriter, to churn out reviews and literary essays. Much as that news alone might raise Anglo-Saxon eyebrows, it wouldn't necessarily ruffle readers in Italy, where there's a long history of older, established authors franchising their names and slapping them like designer labels on the works of anonymous hacks. Montale himself admitted he started his career by reviewing an opera he hadn't attended and publishing his piece under the name of a renowned critic who provided him with notes. But what shocked the literati throughout the Mediterranean basin was the fact that Montale had palmed off his journalistic assignments on an American, Henry Furst, who, among other incidents in his checkered career, served as D'Annunzio's private secretary and later fought as a Fascist.
To say the least, this cast a lurid afterglow on Montale's illustrious reputation and posed questions about the provenance of all his prose writing. Just as important, it focused posthumous attention on the character of Furst, who appears to have been a protean figure and, in his fashion, a pure artist, a shapechanger and conjurer who managed at various times to apprentice himself to institutions as dissimilar as the Catholic Church and the New York Times, and to individual buffoons as similar as D'Annunzio and Mussolini. Starting off as an academic journeyman, he bounced from Columbia University to the Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin to Exeter College, Oxford, then to Padua University and a Roman pontifical college. In his free time, he trained a boxing team, acted as amanuensis to D'Annunzio as the poet's private army laid siege in 1919 to the city of Fiume, dabbled in theater with Gordon Cray in Florence, published a novel, a volume of poetry and a short-story collection, filed columns on literary topics for the New York Times and joined the Fascists in a last-ditch effort to save Mussolini's Republic of Salò.
After surviving World War II and his Fascist escapades, Furst settled in La Spezia on the Ligurian Riviera, where he met and befriended Montale. By 1948, Montale was already a recognized poet, but a penurious one. To make ends meet, he accepted a position with Corriere della Sera, where he was supposed to review English and American fiction and do "book chat" features on famous writers, living and dead. The trouble was that he had little facility for journalism and no tolerance for deadlines. For him all writing was like opening an artery and bleeding out words drop by drop.
To complicate matters, Montale's personal life, tragic as it must have seemed to him, had the trappings of an Italian bedroom farce. While living with one sickly woman he had to care for, he consorted with another who had a different sort of malady--serious literary aspirations. Reduced to transient quarters in a hotel and in desperate straits, he wrote to Furst, "I find it hard enough to read a book, even in Italian.... I don't even know where to keep the books. There's no room for them in the hotel and at the office they're stolen. When I go home, if you can call it that, I have to be a nurse, not reader."


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Consumer Goods and Retail Report Germany 2nd Quarter
- Language: English
- 18 Pages
- Published: May 2013
- Region: Germany
AMPS 2010 data: The presentation entitled "Middle Class Muddle" takes a critical look at a poorly-defined market that seemingly comprises everyone who is not either desperately poor on the one extreme or super wealthy on the other.
Unsurprisingly, the lack of a clear market definition makes it almost impossible for companies to figure out how big the market is, what the market needs and how to reach it.
Eighty20 will use the latest data to clarify some of the confusion and to explore some of the underlying trends impacting on the market, including BEE and the changing profile of the labour market, property market dynamics and state investment.


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