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Outdoor Calendar
Invade the Park: The Texas Ornithological Society is encouraging folks to invade the parks this summer by organizing monthly birding field trips. The walks are scheduled for the second Saturday of each month, the next one on Saturday, Oct. 12. The walk lasts about an hour and will cover approximately a half mile. It begins at 8 a.m. Normal park entry fees apply.
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Kiowa Ceremonial Dance: Ceremonial dances such as the Gourd Dance, Snake Dance, Buffalo Dance, and Rabbit Dance will be enacted Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2 p.m. until dark at the park. Social dances will also be performed, with the public invited to join in. Call 940-567-3506 for more details. Normal park fees apply, and please, no pets.
DONATE TO HELP KEEP STATE PARKS OPEN: TPWD is in need of funds due to record drought and heat, devastating wildfires, and a drop in visitation at state parks. This is a critical situation. Donate directly to TPWD, via vehicle registration, or visit a state park. Admission fees are low and reasonable and provide about half of all operating costs. Visit www.texasstateparks.org/help or http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/stateparks/ for more details.
TEXAS MASTER NATURALISTS: The Rolling Plains chapter of TMN will be sponsoring a Big Sit! event on Sunday, Oct. 13, from dawn until 10 a.m. This nationwide event is spearheaded by Birdwatcher's Digest, with the weekend of Oct. 12 set aside for bird watching. Bring a lawn chair to 4611 Lakeshore Drive, behind Wild Bird Rescue, and join in a bird count. This "tailgate party for the birds" will count all birds seen and heard from a designated 17-foot circle there. For more information, contact Terry McKee, chapter president, at 723-4174.
HUNTER EDUCATION HOME STUDY COURSE: Northwest Texas Field and Stream Association has its next hunter education course scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. This is a home study course recommended for adult hunters who have been shooting for a few years, or for an older youth who has been shooting with an adult mentor. It is not recommended for those ages 12 and under. First complete the online portion, found at http://www.hunter-ed.com/texas. The field day portion will be held at the NWTFS building on Southwest Parkway, beginning at 8 a.m. Participants need to bring the printed out portion from the home study, $15 for the course, and will need to pass both a written and hands-on exam on that day. Call 692-1141 for more information.
FISHING TACKLE FOR LOAN: The Wichita Falls TPWD fisheries office offers free loans of fishing tackle for those that need it. It is especially designed for family members to take children fishing but is open to anyone. Call 940-766-2383 for more information.
Not-So-Scary Halloween: This annual event takes place Friday, Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Costume contest starts at 7:30 p.m. Come out for activities, games, and a visit from "Stevie" the great horned owl. Admission is $4 for adults, $1 for children in costume, and free for RBNC members.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin!: Pre-K through 2nd graders can come for pumpkin science, games, stories, and mini-pumpkin decorating during the month of October. Admission is $5 per child. Please call 940-767-0843 for information and scheduling times.
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Wishing Well Foundation at the bottom of its toy chest
Fifteen years ago, Vicki Torbush was hospitalized after a serious riding accident. She decided to give back to the world for the wonderful treatment she received and, with her mother Mimi Torbush, established the Wishing Well Foundation in 1994 to ensure money collected locally remains in Collier and Lee counties.
The organization normally has several fund-raising events each year such as fashion shows, a golf tournament in the fall and a "chocoholics" fair in the spring.
Wishing Well is completely staffed with volunteers. More recently, the organization was able to hire a CEO. Ninety-six percent of all funds collected go straight to the children.
"This year, the economy is so bad that we are really scraping the bottom of the toy chest," says Mimi, "We need volunteers to chair fashion shows, to write newsletters, to help arranging for wishes to come true."
She emphasizes that a job might occur only once a year, so volunteers are not necessarily making a long-tem commitment to help out.
Young wish-makers come in all sizes from 5-18 years of age, and the Foundation tries to help them all.
A recent wish gave one boy a dog plus a trip to Disney World for his family. The Foundation sent them off to Orlando, meanwhile arranging for free materials and labor to fence the back yard for the new puppy.
Another child wanted to bake cookies with the White House chef and the women arranged for this, as well as another child's wish for an interview with President George Bush in the Oval Office.
If you want to help for more information, call Vicki at 213-0397 or Mimi at 394-5849. Checks may be sent to: Wishing Well, Ste. 1, 5051 Castello Dr., Naples, FL 34103.

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After several abortive attempts to go in for a waste-to-energy project, the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation's plans to generate bio-gas from municipal solid waste is likely to take shape soon as Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced allocation of funds for the project in Tiruchi and other urban local bodies.
The city on an average generated about 436 tonnes of solid waste every day. Of this, 416 tonnes are estimated to be collected and removed to the garbage dumps. This, civic officials, say offered scope for generating power from the municipal solid waste in the city.
In August last year, the corporation announced a plan to install a bio-digester at the Gandhi Market, one of the biggest markets in the State, to produce bio-gas from organic solid waste. The Gandhi Market generates about 40 tonnes of organic solid waste every day, including vegetable, fruit, and meat wastes. The corporation has hit upon the idea of going in for a bio-digester which would generate bio-gas that could be converted into energy. The concept was said to have been successfully tried in some parts of the country
Although details of the project proposed by the government, in the wake of Chief Minister's announcement in the Assembly on Wednesday, is awaited, civic officials say that the project is likely to take off soon.
The civic body had decided to invite expression of interest for the pilot project to be taken up under Build-Own-Operate and Transfer (BOOT) model and identify an agency with necessary experience to design, operate and maintain it for three years before handing it over to the Corporation. The project could now be implemented with financial assistance from the government. The bio-digester is likely to be installed at the G.Corner grounds in the city.
The energy produced could be possibly used for public lighting.
A senior Corporation officer told The Hindu that the civic body would take up the project on a small scale, to start with, and the bio-digester would be of a capacity to handle about 10 tonnes of organic wastes a day.
"We could scale up the project later and expand the project in a decentralised manner to set up similar bio-digesters in each of the four zones in the Corporation," he said.
Over the past decade, the Corporation had drawn similar plans at least twice earlier but all of them failed to take off from the drawing board stage.
In 2007, the civic body had explored the possibility of roping in an Italian company as technology partner for setting up the power plant. Corporation officials had then said that a study conducted by the Anna University had indicated that nearly 2.5 to 3 mega watt of power could be produced from the solid waste generated in the city.
Even last year, the Corporation announced its intent to revive a proposal to generate power from municipal solid waste and the Corporation Council approved a move to commission a consultant to prepare a detailed project report.
But civic officials say that projects on big scale could not be taken up as the calorific value of solid waste generated in the city is considered to be low. Besides, the civic body was not sure of the financial viability of such a big project and its sustainability in the absence of source segregation of solid wastes.
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Rabbi Frank's statement made me think about the fine people I know from Iran, of many faiths and beliefs, and of their friends and relatives who are living in Iran, subjugated by a radical, duplicitous regime that continues on a short road to nuclear capability despite sanctions and threatens annihilation of Israel, the one free democracy in the region. Frank reflects the worldwide ambivalence during the 1930s about whether or when to intervene with the regime in Germany. We waited too long then, and today the consequences of inaction are incomprehensibly more horrific. No one is hoping for Israel to need to attack, or for the U.S. to do so. But time is short and the regime is not responding. God help us all. – Joshua D. Feder, San Diego
Senior Rabbi Frank's Rosh Hashana sermon drew on a favorite aphorism from my childhood, "With great power comes great responsibility" although I got it from Spiderman, not Voltaire. That might explain the differences in our perspectives about a local problem.
He seems to want to call on the University of Southern California to treat the ignorant and unhistorical speech by anti-Semites as "unacceptable" – that is, as hate speech to be stifled. I disagree. I say, let them wax poetic in all their full-throated, bloodthirsty glory. Just answer them back. Truthful speech can be a devastatingly effective weapon.
This is an opportunity to teach a little bit of recent history. The goal ought to be to ensure that, after the next apartheid week, the students should know some of the choice bits of the Hamas Covenant, both the Avalon summary and the unexpurgated version, the meaning of the term "fauxtography," the story of the Cartoon Wars, and some of the truly weird events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, "riots," which continued through this week at various U.S. embassies around the world. I would include the back story of "A Common word between us and you," but that's just me. – Valerie Alexander, San Diego


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The End of Slavery and the Reconstruction of the United States
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The LH7 Ranch in Houston's Shadow: The E.H. Marks' Legacy From Longhorns to the Salt Grass Trail
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Okay that makes sence because of the Autonomous Regeneration Sequencer (with the two of the borg set, but im still wondering how to leverage the chroniton torp proc and the temp. disruption device effectively if the temp device is placed on the back and there arnt boff abilities to increase turn rate or speed and also the lack of chroniton torps doesnt take advantage of the boost the temporal set gives.
Unfortunately, except for very specific setups, torpedos in PvP are lackluster. Removing the guaranteed DPS of an AP DHC in favor of a 33% chance debuff and almost no damage against shields is a bad idea. Even with TS, the usefulness of the debuff is minimal, and damage boost or no damage boost, the chroniton launcher up from will bring down your DPS significantly.
The temporal warfare set bonus DOES boost the TDD's damage tho, giving it marginal usefulness for DPS purposes.
As to how you will utilize it as an aft weapon is situational, and its best IMO to keep it on autofire. My primary use is in one of two situations. 1) As part of my alpha/hold, hit temporal inversion, hit TB1, overshoot the target just enough to launch the torp, and pull a quick reverse to bring them back into front arc. This requires good piloting and practice. 2) The mobius is a slow turner, even if you were to dump a pair of RCS on there with the tachyonkinetic console, FTERs, BoPs, Bugs, and some raptors will still end up unshakeably on your tail. The aft TDD gives you at least a chance (with its 100% proc chance) to slow them up enough to get them back in your front arc.
Against cruisers where you just need more DPS, you can swing around every 19 seconds to get them in rear arc without any difficulty at all.
As for abilities to enhance turn rate etc, APO is important of course, and remember to pop evasive maneuvers when dogfighting if possible to help out in that area. Also remember that the Temporal Inversion Field not only hinders enemy movement, but on the Temporal ships, it also enhances yours.
And as to the difference in Eng vs Tac DPS, APA is a big difference, but also Tactical Initiative which significantly lowers cooldowns on Tac abilities allowing more uptime on tac abilities, not to mention the team damage buff as well.


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From a union supporting Democratic comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
This flier, from Civil Service Employees Association, arrived at my apartment building earlier this week. The other side of the flyer says DiNapoli "believes that public employee pensions should continue to be guaranteed."
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I had an amazing time on this tour! First stop was Fords Theatre to see to see where President Lincoln was shot which included a narrated guide, and then we had a couple of hours in Mt Vernon which was more than enough to see the plantation and grounds. My excellent guide and driver Leroy walked me through the grounds and gave me a huge amount of information and history in general about life at that time - all fascinating. This is a great time of year to visit Mt Vernon as it is not too crowded. There are plenty of restaurants and I picked up unusual gifts in their store. And then we drove through Old Town Alexandria and again Leroy pointed out all the places of interest. He offered to stop but due to jet lag we decided to continue. It was a brilliant day with a lovely informative and interesting guide.....i totally recommend it as an alternative to Washington city and museums.
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It's hard to think of a location that's more quintessentially luxury London than this particular corner of Knightsbridge: the Levin Hotel hides out in Basil Street, just around the back of Harrods, between Sloane Street and the Brompton Road. It's a district that's not at all unaccustomed, shall we say, to the sight of a Rolls-Royce disgorging its cargo on the doorstep of a grand old luxury hotel. But the Levin is something different: with just twelve tony rooms, it's a boutique hotel in every sense of the word, so intimate and discreet it makes the grand hotels feel like department stores by comparison.
Somehow it feels even smaller than twelve rooms — it's possible, indeed, to feel as though you're the Levin's only guest. The style is a faultless contemporary interpretation of what might be London's golden age, the years between the wars; the Art Nouveau heritage of the place is alive and well. The double rooms and the junior suite are the equal of most any in town, with a residential character that's hard to match — plus a champagne bar in each room, stocked with a well-curated selection of splits (and all the fixings for a number of champagne cocktails).
Public spaces begin and end with Le Metro, a bistro that's as discreetly swanky as the Levin itself — and from here, of course, to sample the spas, restaurants and cocktail bars of Knightsbridge's bigger, louder luxury hotels is with you the work of a moment. You'll be thankful for the Levin's calm when it's time once more — as the poet Jeeves put it — to knit up the ravelled sleeve of care.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
- 15% discount on food and beverage purchases at Le Metro bistro
- Guaranteed 2 pm. late check out
- One complimentary welcome drink per guest upon arrival (an approximate value of £6 per drink, depending on the drink)
- 12 Rooms
- Style: Contemporary Classic
- Atmosphere: Quiet
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- The Levin Knightsbridge
- 28 Basil Street
- London, England, UK
- Neighborhood: Knightsbridge
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour room service
- Business center
- Free wi-fi
- Multi-lingual staff
- Pets allowed (charges apply)
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- Shopping area nearby
- Valet parking (charges apply)
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- Kristine
- Stayed October 2014
- Rating: Excellent
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Very friendly, excellent location, clean, quiet, comfortable, sophisticated.
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Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
- Damiana
- Stayed December 2014
- Rating: Excellent
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The location was fantastic, right in the midst of things, but still surprisingly quiet. Walking distance to many of the things we wanted to see, with easy access to transit for things further afield. The staff was lovely and helpful. The hotel even gave us a Christmas gift!
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Andrea Hollander (formerly Andrea Hollander Budy) is the editor of When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women and the author of four full-length poetry collections: Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982 - 2012 (Autumn House Press, 2013), a finalist for the 2014 Oregon Book Award; Woman in the Painting; The Other Life; and House Without a Dreamer, which won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Other honors include the D. H. Lawrence Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize for memoir, the Runes Poetry Award, the Ellipsis Poetry Prize, two poetry fellowships the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as fellowships from the literary councils of both Arkansas and Oregon. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies, college textbooks, and literary journals such as Poetry, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, FIELD, and Creative Nonfiction. Hollander has been featured at writers' conferences and festivals throughout the United States, as well as in England and France. For twenty-two years she was the Writer-in-Residence at Lyon College, which awarded her the Lamar Williamson Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Now a resident of Portland, Oregon, Hollander teaches writing workshops at both The Attic Institute and Mountain Writers Series.
Website: www.andreahollander.net
- House Without a Dreamer , Story Line Press (December 1993)
- The Other Life , Story Line Press (2001)
- Woman in the Painting , Autumn House Press (2006)
- When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women , Autumn House Press (2009)
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- Arkansas Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry (1990)
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- Pushcart Prize for memoir (2003)
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry (2007)
- Oregon Literary Fellowship (2013)
- Writer-in-Residence at Lyon College (January 1991 - May 2013)
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One to eight bedroom suites welcomed for exclusive property rentals. Please visit Eco Serendib Villa and Spa's official website at www.ecoserendib.com for complete details and information on our service tiers and pricing.
Five-Star Luxury in Harmony with Nature
Eco Serendib Villa and Spa, featured on Travel Channel's 'Top Spot", a Caribbean Travel + Life 'Top 30 Villa' and recommended by Travel + Leisure, Coastal Living, Reader's Digest, The Knot, BlackBook, etc., sets new standards for eco-friendly luxury on St. John.
There are eight elegant suites, a full-service spa, Epicurean Theater style kitchen, sprawling pool terrace, breathtaking Caribbean views and all the amenities one would expect at an exquisite private residence. Dedicated concierge, optional daily maid service, private butler and chef service are available on Tier 3.
The views from Eco Serendib stretch for miles, captivating you with its panoramic vistas of the crystal waters of the Caribbean Sea. Watch as the calm waters of Fish Bay change from azure to emerald right before your eyes. awe-inspiring views will be etched in your memory.
It is my privilege to invite you to experience our passion of spreading the eco-friendly message as well as our 3.5 years of labor of love in creating this villa. Feel free to reach out to me personally if I can be of help to navigate your decision making process in selecting St. John. Yes I will share information about other villas and hotels so that it will lay the foundation for a wonderful vacation in St. John irrespective of which option you choose. Make it St.John, USVI.
Eco Serendib Villa and Spa is a eco-friendly, luxury retreat that is setting new standards for eco-luxury on St. John, showcasing how luxury and ecologically sensitive products/systems can co-exist in harmony. Specific examples of eco-friendly elements include: 69 'Buy America' compliant Suniva solar panels significantly reduce carbon emissions. Other eco elements include Sub-Zero/Wolf's kitchen appliances which are made from up to 75% recycled materials and use less energy than a 100-watt bulb. Susan Jablon Mosaics -- featured at the spa and in the pool area, are not only gorgeous but made from 100% recycled glass -- and the gorgeous mulch lining the walkways in the Zen garden, produced by The Garden of Glass, is also made from recycled glass. The Andrew Morgan bedding is rich and luxurious yet made of sustainable, organic textile.
There is a grey water system for irrigation as well as three separate 20,000-gallon cisterns to collect rain water. The salt water pool eliminates the need for chlorine and other harsh, damaging chemicals. There is an organic 'seed to plate' garden located right at the villa for fresh produce and herbs. And for those mixing business with pleasure, the business center technology offers the option for 100% paperless meetings.
An "epicurean theater" has been designed using Sub-Zero/Wolf's "Living Kitchen" products and appliances. The "epicurean theater" concept, a first for the Caribbean, was created with interactive, theater style dining in mind. Ten to twelve guests may sit around the granite countertop and enjoy live, educational demonstrations by professional chefs, or simply sit back and watch as a chef prepares their culinary masterpiece. Induction cook-tops, steamers, a wine cooler, and warming drawers fill this professional show kitchen. We also have a dining table that seats 16.
During your stay at Eco Serendib, we can provide a professional chef to prepare your meals or you can do the cooking yourself. Dishes, glassware, flatware, cutlery, bake ware, serving pieces, cookware are all provided for your use. A coffee maker, toaster, blender , frozen drink maker etc top off the list of professional grade kitchen equipment.
One of the largest formal dining tables on St. John (seats 16)
Private spa exclusively featuring Sodashi products (Additional charges apply)
Only spa on island offering infrared sauna, steam shower, and "soak" tub
Full menu of signature spa services including massages, facials, wraps, soaks, and nail treatments
Onsite spa director trained by Sodashi
The only spa that defines "one hour" treatments as 65 minutes!
Massaging Sensi slippers
Your choice of plush Frette robe or luxuriously light-weight spa robe
Bath sheets in addition to bath towels
500 thread count bed linens
Your choice of Clarins or Thierry Muggler bath amenities
Decadent Andrew Morgan Collection bedding
Epicurean Theater with a "living kitchen" concept by Sub-Zero/Wolf
"Locavore experience" packages – learn to cook a special meal from our master chef! (Additional charges apply)
Gourmet five to seven course wine-tasting dinners (Additional charges apply)
Opportunity to harvest bounty from our organic garden under the direction of a highly respected horticulturist (Additional charges apply)
Fitness center by Life Fitness
Boardroom with business center capabilities
Zen garden with the aromatic fragrances of gardenia, jasmine and orchid
Baby grand piano
Outdoor Wolf kitchen
Daily refresher housekeeping and nightly turndown service
Local and onsite team includes: villa manager, maintenance director, chef, spa director, horticulturist and experience manager for social events
Unrivaled airport meet and greet experience in an air-conditioned vehicle offering chilled beverages, and cold towels (Additional charges apply)
we do offer promotional rates based on select dates. please feel free to email your phone number and one of us will call you within 24-48 hrs.
Looking forward to curating a bespoke experience that will surpass your imagination.
As a 32 year award winning hospitality professional (www.harithproductions.com) we have the know-how and the inherent passion and commitment to excellence.
Making a fortunate discovery by chance defines serendipity. The villa's visionary, is on a mission to educate and promote products and methods that will help reduce the carbon foot print.
As a faculty member at the school of Tourism and Hospitality Temple University he teaches sustainable event management.
Passion for excellence, commitment to the environment and pursuit of creating and delivering and international award experiential events have become the hallmark of our visionary's main company, Harith Productions, Ltd.
Harith purchased this villa in 2008
Standing on Point Rendezvous, overlooking the views stretching from Fish Bay to Ram Head, he was filled with a sense of tranquility and unruffled repose. Ah, the christening of Eco Serendib Villa and Spa.
seed to plate organic epicurean experience, Full service spa within the villa,zen garden,
'you are not renting a villa but an experience' Outdoor Chess set featuring 3 foot chess pieces.Table Tennis, Pool table etc.
We got married at this beautiful villa on June 23, 2014 and stayed for the rest of the week with our family. We enjoyed every moment of our stay and would recommend this villa to anyone! The owner is extremely friendly, easy to book with and helpful in coordinating our extravagant day and vacation. The villa's fresh farm to table touch was simply amazing and the staff at the villa were lovely. We enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed our stay as they helped go provide a memorable time. Each suite has it's own unique charm which provides for extreme comfort. THANK YOU Eco Serendib!
I've known the owner for 25 years. He's known around the world for hosting some of the most elegant and comprehensive events. He's been named the Best Meeting Manager in the World a number of times. A stay at Eco Serendib is assured to exceed your expectations. Enjoy St. John at its very best.
Walking into the house there was an immediate powerful embulliance. The elegant decor in the villa adds to the spectacular view which over looks Fish bay. This private location is one of the many reasons which gives off the warmth of staying in a home. Perched on top of the windy road the journey to the Eco Serendib villa adds to the anticipation for the adventure that is to begin. From sunrise to sunset each moment incorporates relaxation, richness, and rejuvenation. Harvesting from the villas organic garden, fresh greens, fruits, herbs, and vegetables added a special flare of flavor to each meal. While enjoying the luxurious stay at the Eco Serendib Villa and Spa there was a strong underling responsibility to our earth that was taken under consideration. It provides getting the most out of each day while being very conscious in using the least amount of natural resources.
Our group rented the entire 8 bedroom Villa, situated on a hillside overlooking the ocean. The owner managed our visit to perfection, going above and beyond to make sure we were happy and well taken care of. Our group of Presidents (YPO) had an outstanding time and the accommodations were fabulous with attention to every detail. It was a luxurious meeting location that would be hard to beat. Highly recommended.
Everything from the amazint service to the wonderful accomdations~~including the beautiful views! Would only recommend this beautiful villa! Not only is it ultra luxury: for the owner to have in mind trying to reuse & preserve (be green) is just awesome!!
our family had a absobutely amazing trip! Best ever!
from Bird watching to walking through our botanical orchid garden to our 3 foot outdoor chess set. Other Activities: Shopping, Kayaking, Parasailing, Wildlife Viewing, Health/Beauty Spa, zen garden , organic vegetable and fruit garden for the the participants of 'seed to plate program ' rent an experience and just a villa.
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Standard Rate 2015: Tier 1
May 1 2015 - Nov 20 2015
7 night minimum stay
Standard Rate 2015: Tier 1
Nov 21 2015 - Nov 28 2015
7 night minimum stay
Standard Rate 2015: Tier 1
Nov 29 2015 - Dec 11 2015
7 night minimum stay
Standard Rate 2015: Tier 3
Dec 18 2015 - Jan 4 2016
10 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
5 night minimum stay
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Rates by date are based on full house bookings (6-8 bedrooms).
Rentals of just the Presidential Suite or 2-6 bedrooms are also available during most times of the year.
A refundable security deposit of $2,500 is due upon booking.
Please visit www.ecoserendib.com for more details.
Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.
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To Copy the Screen in Windows and Window 95
- 1. First make sure the screen you wish to copy is the active screen. (You can make sure the screen is active by clicking your mouse anywhere within the screen.)
- 2. Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. Print Screen may be abbreviated on your keyboard. (This copies the entire screen to the clipboard.)
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Lest you think that some level of activity on Twitter will change the course of events for fictional characters living 40 years in the past, think again. With the first half of Mad Men's final season in the bag, showrunner Matt Wiener has been making the rounds, and he's said that nothing anyone can do will change the course of events for the show in the final eight episodes.
Now, we can read into that innocuous statement all we want and scream, "WHAT IS HE FORESHADOWING? WHAT WOULD WE WANT TO CHANGE? DOES SALLY DIE?"
But we're not gonna, because it's pointless and won't change a thing. Just like voting in a democratic election.
He also assured us that there won't be any spinoffs or sequels. So if you were looking to Better Call Meredith! to get your fix of the SCDP crew, think again. It's not going to happen, though we'd all like to know how Meredith spends her down time. Probably staring at a wall quietly.
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In Akkarai, on the outer fringes of Chennai, a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster sputtered and came to a grinding halt.
The giant of a machine was slowly pushed off the road. But hours later, the Fleetmaster zipped past onlookers at the Kanagachettikulam arch, the entry point to Puducherry.
This was the defining moment of the The Hindu Pondy-Chennai Heritage Rally 2013, a two-day event that concludes on Sunday.
Coping with fuming engines, flat tyres and ignition trouble, members of Madras Heritage Motoring Club (MHMC) brought over 40 cars to Puducherry.
The event was flagged off by V.N. Devadoss, chairman of VGN Group, at Elliot's Beach on Saturday morning and a floating crowd of nearly 5,000 witnessed the spectacle.
In the later half of the day, vintage vehicles from Puducherry rubbed fenders with their counterparts from Chennai at Gandhi Beach in Puducherry. A team of brothers — Byron Salamon, Byron Jean Michel, Byran Henry Izaac and Byron Alexander — dominate the hobby, accounting for over 90 percent of the vintage and classic machines in the Union Territory.
The men inherited their love for vintage vehicles from their father, Byron Aroquianadin, who started it all when he brought home a Citroen in 1951. Guided by a blind passion for vintage and classic machines, the boys learnt to restore the vehicles.
Byron Salamon and Byron Jean Michel, further excelled at the job after working on military tanks during their stint in the French Army.
Says Michel, "I was posted at Rastatte, and worked on the tanks AMX-13, AMX-10 and AMX-30. Salamon, who served in Altkirch, worked on EBR (an armoured car designed by Panhard)."


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The Experience Advantage for Harper and Clinton
April 24, 2015
Canada is about to face an intense political season, with the general election slated for October 19, 2015. Polls indicate the possibility of a minority government with the ruling Conservatives showing some momentum in recent surveys.
This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper presented his 2015-2016 budget, with a lot of goodies for seniors, families, and business. With security very much a concern, the Tories continued their discourse about making Canada safer.
Harper was first elected in 2006. Normally, nine years in office results in a tendency towards incumbent fatigue. Last summer, it seemed that the Harper government was facing the distinct possibility of losing its grip on power.
Enter the debate on the ISIS (or ISIL) resolution to join the international coalition, add two homegrown terrorist incidents, and the game changed. While the official opposition under Tom Mulcair has been effective, and the Liberals have been re-energized under new leader Justin Trudeau, it seems that the complexity of governing has given Harper a decidedly new life. Experience may be his best trump card to overcome the fatigue. Mulcair and Trudeau promise change, but will it be enough?
Politics and the ISIS Resolution Extension
March 26, 2015
When the Canadian House of Commons adopted a resolution back in early October 2014 to join the coalition to combat ISIS beyond its foothold in Syria and Iraq, there was a provision for a renewal of the commitment in six months. This Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced a new motion to extend Canada's role in the coalition for another year. A major modification, however, expanded operations to include airstrikes in Syria—a sovereign country torn by civil war with a leader who has committed his own atrocities.
This being an election year, debate in the House has predictably strong partisan overtones.
The Harper government, fully conscious of the majority support Canadian have expressed in recent polls for Canada's participation in the coalition, has argued to extend the ISIS mission to avoid a greater security threat at home. The so-called lone-wolf terrorist acts in the autumn in both St.-Jean, Québec (where a Canadian soldier was killed), and on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (where a reserve soldier standing guard was also killed) only reinforced Canadian support.
Bill C-51, the proposed legislation to give increased powers to Canada's intelligence-gathering agency (CSIS), also benefits from majority support, even as the debate rages on between those wanting stronger security measures and those fearful of the lack of civilian oversight for the protection of civil liberties. It is fair to say that the Harper government sees further gain for its electoral prospects.
Canada Says Yes to ISIS Mission
October 10, 2014
On Tuesday, the Harper Conservative government decided with its majority in the Canadian House of Commons to engage Canada in the U.S.-led mission against ISIS. In so doing, the Canadian government will carry out a mix of air strikes, surveillance, training and humanitarian aid. The mission is meant to last six months, but will be subject to assessment and review within that period. There is, however, the possibility that it could be extended or expanded.
The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Liberals opposed the move. As requested, the opposition was able to have a full-throated debate, as a sovereign and healthy democracy should.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the case for the ISIS mission using arguments similar to those of U.S. President Barack Obama. Given its senseless violence and genocidal actions, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a brutal, murderous force that has a total disregard for the rule of law and basic humanitarian principles. With some ISIS recruits coming from Western countries such as Canada, Harper argued that it has become imperative for the Canadian government to either collaborate with the coalition abroad or face a more serious problem at home with homegrown terrorism.
The mission is UN-sanctioned, and involves over 50 countries, including key Arab states and our traditional allies, such as the U.S., France and Great Britain. Doing nothing would have been unthinkable: on this, most Canadians could agree. The real question was to determine the nature and the extent of Canadian involvement.
Obama's Request and Canada's Decision
September 29, 2014
Resisting the rush to war has been a characteristic of the Obama administration since its election in 2008. Avoiding the Bush-Cheney approach, which led to the Iraq invasion in 2003, Obama has been criticized for indifference, detachment and sometimes weakness in dealing with international crises. Even former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta are engaged in some historical revisionism regarding their positions in the Obama administration on Syria's civil war, where they purportedly recommended arming rebel groups against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
The complex situation in the Middle East makes it highly risky to rush into any conflict. Obama's reserve regarding events in Syria is understandable when U.S. intelligence has been less-than-reliable in the Middle East for the last forty years. Besides, America has had its fill of carrying the load and "putting boots on the ground." This is why President Obama's recent efforts to pluralize the Iraqi government under new leadership, to build a coalition of Arab states against the Islamic State (ISIS), to support ground forces in Iraq (the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga), and to train vetted Syrian rebels are welcome.
Granted, a war strategy without an exit plan is far from reassuring at this stage, and this war has, as of yet, no definable exit strategy or time limit. The alternative is believing that isolated and defensive measures will be sufficient to beat a group like ISIS—which recruits foreign nationals from the West—and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Khorasan group, which is bent on hitting Western targets, including airplanes in full flight. The ideology underlying the tactics of these terrorists will not end without a coordinated multinational effort requiring years.
Canadian Prime Minister Harper's Second Wind
October 17, 2013
While thousands of federal workers in the U.S. went back to work today after grappling with the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis, Canada's Parliament has just now reopened for business, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's second Throne Speech since his party won a majority government mandate in May 2011.
Coming at mid-term, the speech has been properly described as a new beginning for the Harper government. He outlined consumer-friendly measures such as reducing the gap between cross-border prices on items purchased in the U.S. and greater subscriber freedom in purchasing cable TV packages. In addition, he announced more law and order policies to reinforce his conservative base. All this was presented in the usual pomp of a Speech from the Throne.
The past year has seen the Harper administration facing its most serious crises since it first took office in 2006. Election irregularities in the 2011 campaign have led to departures within the ranks, and a Senate scandal involving three Conservative senators dominated the spring session. Current polls place the Harper Conservatives behind the third party in the House of Commons—the Liberals, under new leader Justin Trudeau. While there is plenty of time for a resurgence before the 2015 general election, the Speech from the Throne delivered on October 16 does represent a potential second wind.
The Conservative victory in May 2011 was so impressive that some seasoned political observers saw the emergence of a new coalition made up of law and order types and Canadians with conservatives values— one which could transform the Conservatives into "the natural governing party" of the nation, as the Liberals were through most of the 20th century. Harper's Conservative party is also seen as the most ideological party of its nature since Confederation.
Some pundits have postulated that the 2011 shift to the Right may develop into a permanent phenomenon. After all, in that year, the Liberals dropped to third place (Conservatives occupied 161 seats in the House of Commons while Liberals occupied 34) and seemed decimated in key strongholds across the country, including Québec and the greater Toronto area. The progressive view seemed in search of a principal voice. Enter the new official opposition party—the New Democrats (NDP), who are hoping to replace the Liberals as the alternative to the Conservatives.
Canadian Prime Minister Announces Aid Package in Peru
May 23, 2013
On Wednesday, during a one day visit to Peru, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new aid package aimed in part at helping regional governments more effectively reinvest taxes and royalties from mining in programs to alleviate poverty.
During the first official visit to Peru by a Canadian prime minister, Harper met with executives from Canadian mining companies before meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to reveal the new $53 billion aid package. The package, which more than doubles Canada's aid to the Andean country, includes funds to develop mechanisms to more efficiently and transparently allocate the $4 billion regional governments have amassed in unspent royalties.
Humala, who campaigned on a platform of social inclusion and poverty eradication, imposed the mining royalties as part of that commitment. But that money lies idle in government bank accounts, while half of Peru's rural population continues to live below the poverty line and violent anti-mining protests have sprung up.
Canada has a large presence in Peru's mining sector. Currently 75 Canadian mining companies are engaged in gold, silver or copper exploration throughout Peru.
Canada's increased investment in Peru is part of a broader initiative rolled out by the Canadian government in fall 2012 to ensure that Canada's federal spending goes toward efforts that boost the country's commercial interests and to encourage investment in socially and environmentally responsible industries.
F-35 Fiasco Intensifies in Canada
December 27, 2012
Since taking power in 2006, Canada's Conservative Party has worked hard to portray itself as the party of sound fiscal practice. All of that went up in smoke earlier this month, as an independent audit confirmed that the costs of stealth fighter jets within the national defense budget had ballooned from $16 billion to nearly $46 billion.
In the House of Commons, the Conservative political class had dodged questions about the cost of these jets for about 18 months. Michael Ferguson, Canada's Auditor General, blasted this fiscal mismanagement in a scathing spring report, blaming officials in the ministry of national defense for the spiraling costs and keeping the facts from ministers. The Parliamentary Budget Officer, Kevin Page, put the price tag of the undisclosed funds at around $30 billion.
The Auditor General's report did spark some action from the administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper but the government never acknowledged the costs had run out of control. It froze spending on aircraft procurement and stripped the responsibility for the acquisition of these planes away from the military, handing it instead to a secretariat in the public works department. The military brass was enthralled by fifth-generation F-35 fighter planes, refusing to consider any others. The government, it would seem, never questioned the numbers nor dared to ask the hard questions.
The government could have spared itself some hardship by coming clean on the costs of the plane after a leaked audit report on December 7 hinted of a hefty price tag. But instead, a nervous Peter MacKay, Canada's defense minister, refused to take responsibility for the bungling of the file when grilled by reporters. A week later, the full audit report was released on December 13 and put the cost and maintenance of 65 F-35 fighter jets at $46 billion over 42 years, and not $16 billion as stated by the Tories. The public was initially told it would cost $9 billion.
Harper's Choice
November 13, 2012
Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper interrupted his trip to India to offer President Barack Obama his congratulations on his reelection. In Canada, there had been talk that Conservative Prime Minister Harper may have preferred a more ideologically-similar partner like Mitt Romney to govern our closest political neighbor and ally and strongest commercial partner.
But anyone who knows Canadian-American relations and history should know that interests and interpersonal relationships play a greater role than ideological kinship.
To his credit, Harper, who won a minority government victory a month before Obama's win in 2008, sent a clear signal that his approach to U.S. relations would be pragmatic and sensitive to the president-elect's interests and agenda. The appointment of NDP Premier Gary Doer as Canada's ambassador to Washington in 2009 had all the makings of Harper's desire for a smooth and operational relationship. He was not wrong: Doer has shown aplomb and pragmatism while gaining access, which is so critical and crucial for a functional partnership.
Harper Faces a Changing Québec
October 11, 2012
OTTAWA-The election landscape has changed in the predominantly-francophone province of Québec. On September 4, les Québécois elected a minority pro-independence party, le Parti québécois (PQ) with Pauline Marois at its helm.
This makes life a lot simpler for Stephen Harper, Canada's prime minister. A referendum on the separation of Québec from the rest of Canada, a lifelong dream for Marois, is on the backburner at least for now.
Still, the worst thing for Harper would be to be too complacent, observers say.
If he doesn't want to go down in history as the prime minister "who lost Québec" he has to "calculate his moves," says political scientist Louis Massicotte from l'Université Laval in Québec City.
Canada's End of Mission in Afghanistan
May 29, 2012
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reflected the mood of Canadians when he announced at last week's NATO Summit that troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. While supportive of the original engagement in 2001 and proud of the work of our Canadian troops, Canadians generally want out of this seemingly never-ending conflict. No longer involved in combat operations on the battlefield, and recently engaged in the training of security forces for post-war Afghanistan, Canada will continue to contribute a significant financial commitment to the efforts beyond 2014.
When 9/11 occurred, then-Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien supported American efforts through the UN, the Security Council and NATO to remove the Taliban government in Afghanistan and work in a concerted effort to stop Al Qaeda terrorism. This has often been referred as the "smart" war, as opposed to the "dumb war" in Iraq—terms used by a young Illinois politician called Barack Obama. Events showing that Osama Bin Laden was able to act with impunity and with state cover from the Taliban justified that Canada join with their international allies and overthrow the government of the day.
The goals then were clear: defend our national interests, show our leadership in the world community and contribute to stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan. In the decade that followed, however, the war lost favor with the Canadian public. Canadians' support for the war effort declined consistently to the point where Canada announced its intention to withdraw the bulk of its troops by 2011.
Overall, Canada's participation was quite significant in scope and sacrifice. Canadian troops were intensively engaged in the volatile Kandahar province for a number of years. To date, 158 Canadian soldiers have been killed with most dying in hostile circumstances. The war has cost Canada more than $10 billion. The courage of our fallen ones and their families remains a matter of pride to Canadians.
Prime Minister Harper indicated Canada's training mission will end in 2014 at a time when U.S. combat forces will have withdrawn. In so doing, the Canadian government will still commit $110 million annually for three years beyond 2015. It is clear that Canada is now resigned to the fact that no one country can declare victory and mission accomplished in this conflict.
Canada and the U.S. may have had their differences on whether to go to war in Iraq but not in Afghanistan. We can recall that Canada had serious doubts when the Bush Administration believed there were weapons of mass destruction in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
But the course in Afghanistan was an example of two allies sharing objectives and sacrifice. Now that Canada has signaled the end of its commitment, and the U.S. has outlined its exit strategy, other NATO nations are beginning to gradually disengage. Still, it is fair to say that significant progress was made in reducing the impact of Al Qaeda. But the overall outcome sadly remains inconclusive and uncertain.
John Parisella is a contributing blogger to AQ Online. He is the former Québec delegate general in New York and currently an invited professor at University of Montréal's International Relations Center.


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Caracterul american al Annei Deavere
Anna Deavere Smith, scriitoare şi actriţă, dă viaţă autorului Studs Terkel, deţinutei Paulette Jenkins, unei proprietare de magazin şi unui călăreţ de tauri - fragmente din lucrarea ei personală: "Pe drum: În căutarea caracterului american."
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Harry and Joss Confess Their Feelings
I am crazy in love with you and I don't know what to do.
Savi feels she may soon be sharing a few too many things with new co-worker Toni. She warns Dom about her concerns, but he's nonchalant. This only makes things worse for these two who started their romance via affair. Watch this scene from Mistresses Episode 202: Boundaries.
I am crazy in love with you and I don't know what to do.
Sudden news shakes everything.
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He bought me a Tesla.
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Things just got super romantic on this court.
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Sheep in the Big City
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S 2 : Ep 13
Baa-hind the Scenes
S 2 : Ep 12
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S 2 : Ep 11
Oh, the Ewemanity
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Joey Mazzarino
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Mo Willems
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Welcome to the Sheep in the Big City guide at TV.com.Sheep in the Big City is Cartoon Network's ninth original animated series. The show is a c livestock-out-of-water story about a sheep named Sheep who runs away from the farm and hides out in the big city to escape the Top Secret Military Organization on his tail. Sheep faces problems like finding a nice apartment, balancing work and social life, and avoiding a rich socialite who pummels him with a stainless-steel wig.CharactersSHEEP- Just your average sheep trying to make an honest living in The Big City while avoiding being captured by the secret military organization for a sheep powered ray gun. And finding ways to see his beloved Swanky the poodle while avoiding the steel pounding of Lady Richington's Steel wig.General Specific- The leader of the Secret Military Organization. He is your average General assigned to capturing sheep to power the sheep powered ray gun. Although he is usually outsmarted by sheep he never gets discouraged.Private Public- Private Public is the right hand man at the SMO. Even though he is lightyears smarter then General Specific he is happy to take the orders rather than give them.Angry Scientist- The Brains behind the SMO but is usually to busy correcting General Specific for calling him a Mad Scientist to be of much help and what he lacks in patience he makes up for in the hump on his back.Narator- The unseen narrator...well sorta. He is the introducer and is usually upset at the writing of the episode but has an over appreciation for the beloved sheep.moreless
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General Specific: You can't do this! I'm the general of a top secret military organisation! Cop: Which one? General Specific: I can't tell! It's a secret!
Narrator: Now Sheep is cornered like a sheep in a tree... if that's an expression.
Greek Man 1 (upon seeing Sheep): Look, it's the molden fleece! Greek Man 2: Shouldn't it be the golden fleece? Greek Man 1: What, do you think I'm made of money?
(Sheep gets a job as a credit card company telemarketer) Person on phone: Hello? Is this somebody trying to sell me a pre-approved credit-card? Sheep: Bahh! Person on phone: I'll take 2!
Ranting Swede: It-a makes me so mad! (takes out a meatball) Why do people call these meatballs? (throws the meatball off-screen) They're not balls! (starts bouncing a basketball) A ball, you can play with! A ball is fun, and bouncy, bouncy, bouncy! (takes out the meatball again) This, it just goes to pieces if you try to hit it with a tennis racket! It doesn't even hurt if you kick it! (the meatball splatters on the floor, and he kicks it) These are meat-LUMPS! These are lumps, not balls (a beach ball appears, and he throws them off-screen) I can't understand it! (saddening up) And it's my own people doing this. I hang my head in shame.
General Specific (over the phone): We'll be right over! (doorbell rings and Lady Richington answers it) Lady Richington: How did you get here so fast? General Specific: We used the plot device! Plot Device: Hello!
Ben Plotz: Suddenly, Sheep hears a voice, a voice that will change his live forever! Random Guy: Peanuts, get your peanuts here. Ben Plotz: Sorry, not that one, the next one, coming up. Lady Richington: Come along, Swanky.
General Specific: Private Public, try to find me something for these inexplicable memory lapses I've been having. Private Public: I'll get on it, sir. General Specific: Thank you. Oh yes, and try to find me something for these inexplicable memory lapses I've been having. Private Public: Right away, sir.
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This is the only season 1 episode that is not available in I-Tunes.
Chapters: 1. "In the Baaa-ginning" 2. "Sheep on the Lam" 3. "So We Bleat Again"
Episode Title Pun: In the Beginning
Chapters: 1. "Be Still My Bleat-ing Heart!" 2. "Mutton But Love!" 3. "Wool You Be Mine?"
Episode Title Pun: Be Still, my Beating Heart
Chapters: 1. "They were the Baaa-st of Times" 2. "To Bleat or Not to Bleat" 3. "I Lamb What I Lamb"
Episode Title Pun: To Be or Not To Be
Chapters: 1. "It's a Dis-Graze!" 2. "Ewe Fleece in the Sky with Diamonds!" 3. "Belle of the Baaaah!"
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Ranting Swede's Rant: Meatballs aren't balls.
Ranting Swede's Rant: The fact that people always expect him to rant.
Ranting Swede's Rant: Plaid
At the dinner table at the farm, The Pidgeon from the creator, Mo Willems', book can be seen.
Ranting Swede's Rant: The crisper drawers in the refrigerator
Ranting Swede's Rant: Juggling his job, his house, and his family.
Ranting Swede's Rant: Supermarkets
Ranting Swede's Rant: Answering machines
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Scooby & Shaggy When Private Public and the other soldiers' shadows are seen walking on the wall of the warehouse, the last two shadows look like Scooby and Shaggy's from the Scooby-Doo cartoons.
When Sheep is trying to sleep in Lisa Rental's yard, he attempts to rest on a doghouse that resembles Snoopy's doghouse from Charlie Brown.
Title: Going off the sheep end The title is a reference to a common phrase, going off the deep end.
One of the fake commercials for this episode includes Shrimpola Cola; the soda has a good taste, but it burns people's brains. This might reference the immensely over hyped New Coke introduced in 1985. It tasted great, but very few people wanted to buy it.
Back in Time: Baa-ck in Time
The episode title is from the song 'Back in Time' by Huey Lewis And The News. The song was the main theme song featured in the 1985 movie, Back to the Future.
In the end of the show X-Agent stands in a skyscraper at night like Batman the animated series.
Title Card: "Baah-dern Times"
This title is a take-off of Charlie Chaplin's 1936 movie "Modern Times." While the movie itself included real sound, Charlie Chaplin never said a word in that movie.
General Public's voice actor, Jerry Nelson, is a well-known veteran Muppeteer whom has worked with the Jim Henson company since the late 1960s. His most well-known characters include Count von Count and Herry Monster from Sesame Street, as well as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand and Crazy Harry from The Muppet Show, as well as the titular character from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977), among many others. In the Sesame Street connection, Mo Willems has also created the Suzie Kabloozie animated skits on that show, starting in 1994.
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Why on earth did this thing end?
Funny, Imaginative, Intresting Plots. WHY WAS IT CANCELED?
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STS-129 and Expedition 21 crew members are pictured shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station docked in space and the hatches were opened on Nov. 18, 2009. Pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (center), Expedition 21 commander; along with NASA astronauts Robert L. Satcher Jr. (left), STS-129 mission specialist; Nicole Stott, Expedition 21 flight engineer; Leland Melvin (background) and Randy Bresnik (right foreground), both STS-129 mission specialists. Also pictured are Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev (left, partially obscured) and Roman Romanenko (right, mostly obscured); along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (right background), all Expedition 21 flight engineers.
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Constantly comparing yourself with others invariably ends up making you dissatisfied and unhappy
"Oh! They have a better house", "His job is so amazing," "I want that sports car too"…. Comparing partners, looks, clothes, lifestyle, status and social lives — the list is endless. If our friend cooks better than us, or has incredible travel plans lined up, we are at once acutely aware of our own inadequacy. As author Christine Organ says, "Deep down, people compare almost everything — who has more friends, who is happier, who is more laidback, who is more popular, who is more outgoing. There are also a lot of internal comparisons going on, when we compare our current situation to our expectations of ourselves (realistic or not) and what we would like our situation to be."
Comparison stems from lack of self-esteem and acceptance. In some cases, it's a behaviour we have learnt from parents and teachers, who repetitively have compared us to various role models. At an impressionable age we are expected to measure up to that smart kid in class or to our perfect sibling. The digital media creates a wider circle for us to make comparisons — including people whom we barely know.
It is our wounded ego that pushes us to make comparisons. We can never feel truly adequate when we compare because there will always be someone whom we perceive is better than us. And it becomes increasingly difficult for people to be happy with themselves since they feel threatened by someone else's accomplishments.
What comparison does
Having our mind measure our worthiness and using someone else as a barometer, minimises our happiness. It makes us dissatisfied and resentful. Many major life decisions are fuelled by this dissatisfaction. For instance, teaching might be a passion for some, but they feel pressured to join the corporate realm since all their friends are doing so. Also, when we try to imitate others, we are slow to realise our own talents and preferences.
We look to people as benchmarks and examples of what we need to do in order to grow, but this is dangerous when it morphs from learning into devaluing ourselves. When we constantly compare ourselves to others we fall into an emotional trap, because the targets are often ill-defined, ever changing and unattainable. We choose the best attributes of one individual as well as of another and so on to create a composite picture of a perfect person and then measure ourselves against that image. There is no way we can ever win.
There are repercussions caused both by upward and downward comparisons. "If you're comparing yourself to someone and feel you're doing worse than them, then you feel depressed. If you compare yourself to someone and feel you're doing better, it's a fleeting feeling and doesn't make you feel good for long. I think it is one thing to admire someone else and say, 'I really like how that person does XYZ. I'd like to learn to do more of that,' and something else to say, 'That person is doing so much better/worse than me, now I feel terrible/awesome.' "It becomes dangerous when your feelings about yourself depend on how you believe you compare to someone else," says body image coach Golda Poretsky. The goal should be consistent self-esteem that isn't dependent on tearing someone else down.
How to minimise
First, things aren't always what they seem, even among close-knit people. If you bump into a successful friend at a café, chances are he won't reveal his worries, making you overestimate his happiness. We feel bitter because we compare a distorted reality of someone else's struggles with incomplete knowledge. Our smarter, famous and luckier friends also have their own set of fears, problems and insecurities.
A realistic yardstick is to compare ourselves alone, self-improvement being the goal. To reflect on our journey and growth so far would be more productive. Instead of thinking that you can't draw or dance like someone else, enjoy these activities, giving them your best shot.
When you indulge in negative thinking and subconsciously compare yourself to someone else, let these be passing thoughts instead of remaining focussed on them.
Feel genuinely happy for people and be vocal about it. We all go through life at our own pace and calling. We just have to acknowledge our self-worth and value our own ways of expressing ourselves. The butterfly called 'happiness' sitting on our shoulder will be visible to us if we seriously stop indulging in this contest of comparison.
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