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After two losses last week, Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn booted Marquette out of his top-16 power rankings for the first time since November.
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I'll divide Skansen into 3 parts:
(1) Skansen-Akvariet: not just fish, but also snakes, spiders, scorpions, lemurs (oh so cute), frogs, parrots as well as some small mammals. Last year they borrowed 2 koalas: Teddy and Freddy from San Diego zoo and this year they have 2 squirrels: Piff and Puff (the Swedish version of Chip & Dale). There's a "petting corner" (klapp & kram-hörna) where you get to touch and pet a snake and a spider. At the entrance of the aquarium there's an environment where lemurs run wild amongst us humans :)
(2) Skansen the "mini zoo": I call it mini zoo because they don't have as many animals as other zoos, without being less interesting because of this. You'll see brown bears, lynxes, foxes, wolves...animals that are common in the Nordic countries. There's also pony rides for the small ones, horses, a butterfly garden and birds.
(3) Skansen the open air museum: it shows environments from ancient Sweden.
Come with time because this place is BIG!
18th and 19th Century buildings from all around Sweden were moved to this museum and preserved. Museum employees play the roles of various townspeople from the appropriate time, explaining what typical Swedish life was like at that time.
In addition to the folk museum, there is an extensive petting zoo, as well as botanical gardens. If you're waiting for your overnight boat to depart (as we were), this is a great place to spend several hours.
In 2014, Admission is SEK 100 for adults / SEK 30 for children through 29 April, SEK 110 / SEK 40 May and September, SEK 160/SEK 50 June-August. Extra admission is charged on Midsummer Eve and during evening music events. Admission is free on Christmas Eve. Stockholm Card and Stockholm Pass are valid. 50% discount on admission with a 72-hour public transport "Tourist Card" (NOT to be confused with the SL Period Card).
I always like the Open Air Villages, so when I knew this one was here in Stockholm, I just had to go and visit.
Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world is in the beautiful location of Royal Djurgarden.
At Skansen, it's a chance to see and learn about traditional crafts and traditions of Sweden. This is like visiting historic Sweden in miniature!
There are 150 farms and dwellings from different parts of the country, all were disassembled and transported here. Some of the sights I saw were glass blowing, pottery, a tinsmiths workshop and a bakery, a gold-colored manor house, the Skogaholm manor house, the beautiful 18th century Seglora wooden church, and many Animal's, including moose, bears, lynxes, wolves, wolverines and seals. There is also a terrarium, a monkey house and a children's zoo.
I wasn't here for Christmas, but if you are, you may want to come to Skansen for the Christmas market, traditional Swedish julbord (Christmas buffet) and maybe snow.
Adults: SEK 70-120
Children (6-15 yrs): SEK 30-50.
free with Stockholm card.
For opening times, most days are from 10am to.......
It depends on the season to what time Skansen closes, so please check the website.
Skansen is a huge place with a lot of museums (Vasamuseet, Nordiska museet aso.), Djurgården (the zoo) & a lot of parks. Be sure you have enough time to visit all of it. If you have a daily (or longer) ticket for Stockholm's traffic, you can also take a boat to Djurgården with the same ticket. The boat is leaving from Nybroplan - just go through Hamngatan from Sergels torg & you'll see a bunch of people waiting in the line - that's it! ;)
There'll all kinds of happening in Skansen during the year [especially during the summer months], so look out for a guide or something & be sure to visit...
Skansen is the oldest open-air museum in the world, founded in 1891. Skansen is also a zoological park. It is located on the island of Djurgården, a royal park near the centre of Stockholm. Skansen is open every day of the year, except Christmas Eve.
There is so much moore to do then look at animals. Look at the website for moore information (in english).
At Tooshio's recommendation above what I had to planned to see with my remaining time of my last afternoon in Stockholm, I headed in to the Skansen museum.
What an excellent excellent place!! This is a must see - and as it is is the most popular museum in Sweden and set a precedence for outdoor museums of its kind - actually the name Skansen became the meaning for 'outdoor museum'.
This excellent place creates such a place for obtaining an insight into things Swedish - housing, farming and living styles that may vary from area to area around Sweden, as is typical of any country, have been recreated right here at Skansen with actual buildings from previous centuries brought to and rebuilt here, right down to staff donned in the actual costumes that would be worn in that locality. This also includes homes and exhibits on the native Sami peoples.
Not only houses, farming set ups and mills, but also animals from all over Sweden are here in its excellent zoo.
You can see up close moose!, swedish reindeer, wolves, wolverines, brown bears, european bison, foxes, huge grey owls, all seeming happy in their recreated natural environments.
And to top it off you can get entertained with folk dancing and music - in the usual very colourful garb and get ups!
A few of the shops closed earlyish at 5pm but most, including the costumed and very helpful and informative staff, were present in the buildings for visiting until 7pm. The folk entertainment went on til about 8pm - which was great when daylight hours continue on til 9-9.30 pm.
... my favourite place in Stockholm. This park is really nice, full of interesting things. To start with it has one part which is build in the way the "old" Sweden was built. Old houses and streets, with shops which shows how everything worked in Sweden 100 years ago. When we were there, in march, quite many of those houses were closed, but it was possible to see how they made glass, gold and iron. And then how a shop worked at that time.
Then, the best place - the zoo! :) There is something with me that drags me to Zoos, all over the world.
At Skansen there are a lot of animals, all of them swedish though. But still quite "new" for me, since most of them live up in the north, and I'm more often at the moon than I'm in the north of Sweden...
There are bears, wolfs, eagles, foxes, elks and reindeers. And many many more animals, that I don't even have a clue about how to translate into english...
Very nice it is anyway, and it's really easy to stroll around there for 3-4 hours.
Summer is probably the best period to go there, since it's warmer. But also a lot more crowded with people...
I had a really good time there in March, never having any trouble to see the animals.
Skansen is open all year around, except for the 24th December. Although during the winter period quite many things in the park is closed, as restaurants, cafés and buildings in the "old" Sweden.
The entrance fee depends on the season, but range between 50 and 100 SEK for adults (6-11 euro). Check out the www.skansen.se for opening hours and entrance fee.
Some of you may not like to read this, but I have to say, I was terribly bored at Skansen! Maybe it's just me--the day was beautiful, the sun was shining, and it was "pretty". But Skansen just didn't do it for me. Nonetheless, I have to write that yes, Skansen is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Stockholm.
It is an outdoor museum, with over 150 buildings and houses taken from all over Sweden and put back together here. If you are really interested, then perhaps buy the guidebook so that you have an explanation of exactly when each house was built, where it is from, etc. There are small descriptions at each building (in English), but the descriptions are short and not all that fascinating.
The day I was there, the museum was full of school groups and I felt I was more in a school playground than at a museum. Actually, watching the kids and their families was interesting in itself.
There's also a small zoo in the park, with some bears, wolves, etc etc, which might be interesting if you can get up close enough to see anything (I couldn't).
The museum is open from 10 AM - 8 PM in May, 10 AM - 10 PM in June-August, and entrance is about 70 Swedish Krone. You also get a 50% discount if you have the 3-day SL tourist/transportation pass.
Skansen is called a living museum. It was the first open-air museum in the world. Within Skansen is a large number of historic buildings that come from all around Sweden. You can see what a traditional farmhouse, school, windmill and other buildings look like. The museum gives great insight into life in Sweden in the past. Additionally, the museum is part zoo, with a number of Nordic animals.
When I went there is was later in the afternoon and drizzling. That made for a relaxing and crowdless walk through the museum for me! The park also gave me some wonderful views of the city.
I don't really highly recommend this litle amusement park unless you really like amusement parks! It's very centrally located in the Djurgarden, just near the entrance to Skansen open air museum. There was hardly any activity when I was there, but maybe early morning mid-week is just not the time to go.
There are about 30 rides in the park, and to go on, you have to buy coupons at the couner. Each ride takes between 1 and 4 coupons, depending on the ride.
The Tobacco & Match Museum is a museum of industrial and cultural history with extensive collections detailing the history of Swedish tobacco and matches.
The Tobacco Museum was founded in 1938. The objects collected came from some of the hundreds of tobacco factories operating in Sweden prior to 1915, when the tobacco monopoly was instituted.
In 1965, the Tobacco Museum moved to Skansen, and in 2000, it was complemented with a match-related section and changed its name to the Tobacco & Match Museum. The museum is run with the financial support of Swedish Match AB, which also owns the collections.
A shy, but oh so cute, character! Hihihi, doesn't it look cute!!! And it looked soooo sleepy! It was sitting high up in a tree, and looking sleepy down to us from its fortress. Ooooh, it just melted my heart, sooo terribly cute!
This is the Grey Gentle Lemur, a seriously threatened species due to habitat destruction. It is one of the few animals that can feed on bamboo. Fig tree leaves, grass and different fruits will also do. Hahaha, but I felt that all it wasn't that interested in eating right now, all it wanted to do was getting a bit of sleep ;-)
I've only been to Skansen in the wintertime and this isn't the best time to be here. During summer the place comes alive, all kinds of events are going on, and it must be fun to walk around here in the summertime. In the winter it is very quiet and not much to do, so I can't really recommend in going here during that time of year, with the exception for the Skansen Aquarium, which is great. (see my next tip).
Skansen is an open-air museum with 150 historical buildings, handicraft, zoo, aquaria, etc. The open-air museum was founded in 1891 by Arthur Hazelius (1833-1901) for the purpose of showing how people had lived and worked in different parts of Sweden in times gone by. Over the years about 150 historic buildings have been moved here from nearly every part of Sweden. Most of them date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Visitors to the houses and farmsteads are met by hosts and hostesses in period costume. They often demonstrate domestic occupations, such as weaving and spinning.
Besides an open-air museum, Skansen is also a zoo, actually the world oldest, showing the typical Nordic animals like moose, reindeer, lynx, wolf, etc.
Opening hours: May 10 - 20, Jun - Aug 10 - 22, Sep 10 - 17, Oct - Apr 10 - 16. Historical building are open May - Sep 11 - 17, but only some buildings Oct - Apr 11 - 15.
Entrance fee: During the summer : Adults 80 SEK, 6 - 15 years 30 SEK. The entrance fee might differ, lower off season and higher on special days like midsummer and Swedish National day. There is an additional entrance fee for special exhibits like the aquarium. Free entrance with Stockholm Card.
When you are at Skansen, you must consider visiting the Skansen Akvariet (Skansen Aquarium) as well. You have to pay an extra entrance fee in addition to the entrance to Skansen, but I think it is worth it, as it is a little but very nice aquarium. You can see all kinds of exotic animals here, like flesh-eating piranha, crocodiles, spiders, snakes, bats, fishes, monkeys and many other breeds. It really is a small but fun little zoo where you can see all kinds of small animals from creepy to cute.
Entrance fee: Adults 75 SEK, 6 - 15 years 40 SEK, 0 - 5 years free. (NB: you have to pay entrance to Skansen open air museum as well, see previous tip)
The slithering one.....
Okay, let me introduce you to some of the 'cute' animals of the Skansen Aquarium. Some are a bit creepy though, hahaha, as this one from the snake collection. They are behind glass though, so not really something to worry about. Although.... I was here in the morning hours during a weekday in the winter, no one else to see around, hahaha, and I have to admit that felt a tiny bit creepy, lol.
If you are feeling courageous you might consider petting a giant spider or hugging one of the snakes! During high season they make it possible for you to pet and hug several animals.
Puh.... Let me sit in my sunshine..... ;-))
Some animals at the Skansen Aquarium were quite a character, like this 'up nosed' turtle in the second picture for example. Hahaha, it clearly felt itself too good for us, lol :-) It didn't give us one single look! And I could clearly hear it think.... Puh.... Let me sit in my sunshine..... ;-))
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After spotty reception to their last album in 2004 it looked like the Old 97′s, one of the best alternative-country bands, was finished.
A breakup was never officially announced, but the members all became family men and were living in different cities, each pursuing solo projects.
Now the Dallas quartet are back together, with an album many are calling their best, "Blame It On Gravity," and a tour that comes Sunday night at 8 to the Wilbur Theatre in Boston.
While the last album, "Drag It Up," was introspective and even mellow, the band's latest effort reflects that the foursome has made the transition to being grownups who still want to rock.
"We were all figuring out how to be a band again, after all we went through from 2001 to 2004. It was definitely touch-and-go for a while," said lead singer Rhett Miller, who lives in Hudson Valley, N.Y., with his wife and two toddlers. "I didn't personally think we'd ever break up as a band, but I realized that at any time a single member could decide to leave and that would be it.
"But now, there is no baggage, and no negative energy here," Miller said. "It is, honestly, so much fun. I have said it feels like a second childhood. It feels great to be in a band that feels so vital again, and ready to go out and conquer the world."
Miller, and his three bandmates from the group they began in 1993 – bassist/co-writer Murry Hammond, guitarist Ken Bethea, and drummer Phil Peeples – produced one of the year's most vibrant rock albums. The new disc has full-bore rockers like "The Fool,""Ride" and "Early Morning" that rank with the best of the Old 97′s impressive catalog. And Hammond has provided one of the more arresting ballads, "The Color of a Lonely Heart is Blue."
Despite calling himself impatient, Miller said they didn't rush through this album – and it paid off.
"The audience response has been fantastic," Miller said. "Usually, when you are touring with new music, it takes awhile for the audiences to catch up to the new songs. But this time we're looking out there and seeing people singing along with the new ones already, so the album has had an impact."
The Old 97′s music can also be heard in movies such as "Clay Pigeon" and "The Break Up," where Vince Vaughn got them a scene playing in a nightclub, Miller said. They've also recorded songs for TV shows such as "Scrubs" and "EdTV."
"I like that stuff, and it seems to come in waves," Miller said. "I feel like the more times people hear your voice in their world, the more likely they are to accept your work into their iPods or whatever. I like the idea of being asked to write something for a specific thing, too.
Opening this leg of the tour is 81-year-old Charlie Louvin, of the legendary country gospel Louvin Brothers. Charlie Louvin released "Steps to Heaven" last month.
"The fact that he's opening for us is mind-boggling," Miller said. "He is a favorite of all of us. We haven't even met him yet, and I'm just hoping he doesn't think we're too loud or crazy."
A correction for the ages
Picture Irish clans in an uproar all over Dorchester and South Boston and the South Shore, thanks to yours truly. Somehow, despite having interviewed the lad at least twice for his solo endeavors, I managed to refer to New Kid on the Block Joey McIntyre as "McDonald" all through the review of their concert last weekend at the TD Banknorth Garden.
Ironically, I had checked reference materials to verify their ages and double-check song titles, so I was seeing the correct name in front of me while writing the review. Why I ended up typing in McDonald is baffling – a brain cramp? Miller being Manny? Apologies to confused fans and any McDonalds or McIntyres battling over who can claim the singer as their own.
Jay N. Miller covers popular music on the South Shore and in the Boston area. If you have information or ideas for Jay about the local music scene, bookings, recordings, artists etc., send it to him by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. Attn: Music Scene in the subject line.
Originally published by By JAY MILLER.
(c) 2008 Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass.. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.


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The light streaming through my kitchen was so pretty today that I had to snap a shot...
My favorite pompom garland, our chandelier of many trinkets, a relatively clean kitchen (thank you blurred background)...all things that make me happy today.
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Being Grateful...
If you are feeling overwhelmed/overburdened/OVER it all try a trick today: just start thinking of all that you have to be thankful for. Seriously. Start with the fact that you are able to breathe on your own without a machine...or that you have hands that work. Or that you slept in a bed last night. Start with the basics and build from there. You will be surprised in less than a minute how much you have to be thankful for.
There are many times in my life where I start to feel like I am drowning under ALL of it. And then I need a perspective shift. For me it starts with remembering all that I have been blessed with, all that I have to be grateful for.
Give it a shot. That's my challenge for you today :)
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Tri-Freaks Diabloman Youth Triathlon
Yesterday my older two participated in the Tri-Freaks Diabloman Youth Triathlon. Having put on my own youth triathlon last month, I was anxious to attend one just as a parent and see how another group puts one on. I left feeling like we ended up doing a much better job with our Green Valley Youth Triathlon and came away with some ideas for making it even better next time.
(Simon giving Sophie a hug and some tips before her heat)
My kids trained for this event and were VERY excited. So excited I am not sure how well they slept the night before. Simon was considered a Youth participant and was in a category of 11-15 year olds. He is a good swimmer, a good cyclist and a very strong runner. It was great seeing him pushed by these older kids. Some of these competitors were LEGIT. Like, it was crazy watching how good they were. Both Simon and Sophie love the whole race environment situation.
The TriFreaks group was NOT prepared for how many kids participated in the event (ie: last year they had 12 youth participants and this year they had 70), including all of those parents...so things were chaotic. They chose to stage everything in a parking lot of a club pool. The pool was great; the staging area was NOT. Unfortunately, it was a Saturday morning and so the parking lot was in full use by club patrons. The only way for cars to come out of the parking lot was to actually drive underneath the FINISH line arch. Not cool. It was a constant battle between cars and the race participants.
But...my kids had fun. They were pushed. Sophie was nearly pushed to her limit - she was beat when it was over. They felt a great sense of accomplishment. My favorite part of the whole experience was seeing how much Simon was pulling for Sophie and how much she was pulling for Simon.
Sophie was pretty beat by the time she hit the run portion of her tri...so Simon jumped in alongside her for a pep talk. She didn't want to talk but I know she was grateful he was there. The camraderie and love they have for each other was wonderful to see. It made the entire triathlon experience worth it.
Glittering Risers
I saw this on Pinterest today and fell pretty hard. Absolutely LOVE this...
Would you do this look?
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
These are my besties. My girls. My peeps. Some of the people on this great big earth who know me best...and love me anyway.
I'm a lucky lady to have these girls in my life. We all met many many years ago in NYC before we had babies. Now we have 16 kids and a lifetime of friendship between us. I am so grateful that we carved out the time to travel from our far flung corners of the country for 4 days together in Rhode Island for our annual girls weekend. It was epic. We laughed, we cried. We did some unmentionable things. I'll just leave it at that.
Love you girls :)
I'm a lucky lady to have these girls in my life. We all met many many years ago in NYC before we had babies. Now we have 16 kids and a lifetime of friendship between us. I am so grateful that we carved out the time to travel from our far flung corners of the country for 4 days together in Rhode Island for our annual girls weekend. It was epic. We laughed, we cried. We did some unmentionable things. I'll just leave it at that.
Love you girls :)
Love Where You Live
Not sure if I have talked about this before...but I absolutely love where I live. We have been in the Bay Area now for 10 years and each year that goes by I realize I love it more and more. These are vineyard filled hills that surround my kids school. The view doesn't get any better than this.
It took a good 3 years for me to fall in love with this place. I was (well...am) an East Coast girl and living in NYC for nearly 7 years had me wound pretty tight. But now I am fully invested with being a California girl. There are a lot of uncertainties in life and certainly no day is completely free from problems but if you love where you live it sure helps.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Backyard Garland
See those big kids on bikes? Those are my older two. They are getting too big. And see that garland hanging on my back fence? I made that this weekend. It is way longer than you can appreciate based on this photo. I gathered up a bunch of my favorite vintage and colorful fabrics and chopped out some triangles and sewed them to burlap twine. Loving the way it looks.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Walk AS Not just WHERE
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Napa Ragnar 2014
I did it again. This was my 3rd year running the Napa Ragnar Relay. And I say this every year - I am NOT doing that again! Then I spend the next 11 months plotting how I am going to do it again. Ragnar is a craaaaaazy addiction. Totally worth it. Totally nuts.
Here is our Van. The illustrious Van #1, Despicable Miles (we were dressed as minions from Despicable Me in case you can't tell). Taken at the finish line when we were tire/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleeeeeeepy.
Here we were at the starting line 30 hours earlier in Golden Gate Park (I think it was around 6 AM when we took this shot). We were all hopped up on nerves and READY to go. Running those nerves out never felt so good. Seriously.
The highlight of my personal race experience was running my first leg (5.5 miles) across the Golden Gate Bridge. It really doesn't get much cooler than that. Bucket list - CHECK!
Ruth and I are now bonded for life. That's all we will say about that.
Our team was sponsored by Showerpill. I seriously cannot say enough how much I love this product. I had never used it before Ragner and holy moly, I am now converted. They are these amazing wipes that are way better than baby wipes - they leave no residue, clean you up and leave you smelling fresh. Which is REALLY an accomplishment considering we don't sleep/shower/clean up properly for up to 30 hours during a Ragnar race! Go Showerpill! Also check out how awesome our van looked!!
I came home and immediately deposited myself in my shower - I say this every year but that post-Ragnar shower is practically religious it is so awesome. Then I crawled into bed and took a 3 hour nap...then went back to bed and slept all night. My legs were SORE but once again, we made indelible memories. Thanks Ragnar. I will probably see you again next year :). Probably...
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Youth Triathlon!
Friends...I made a youth triathlon! Craziness. Having never actually DONE a triathlon before I was super nervous about pulling it all together but it came off beautifully. My sense of relief and accomplishment was HUGE! My good friend Ruth was my partner in crime and my other friend and neighbor Megen was right there alongside us getting things together. We had 22 participants (I capped the race at 25 kids since it was my first time putting on a race; 25 seemed manageable).
Look at these kids go!!!
For most of these participants it was their very first triathlon. It was a first for my two oldest kids and they were hooked.
This is Simon and his friend Lizzy - they both rocked it.
We are missing a few kids in this shot but this was taken when it was all over. Some of these kids were completely wiped out - it was GREAT :).
My daughter looked WAY to easy - breezy - happy - smiley to be in the middle of a race! Right?! Also, this trail the kids biked on is what I have literally run hundreds of miles on now -it is my main running playground :).
I had a few criteria for the race. First, there would be finisher medals for everyone. Because I usually run for the medals - don't we all? Second, I wanted the kids to push themselves and really try to do their best. And third, I wanted kids to walk away feeling a sense of accomplishment AND a desire to do another triathlon. From what I saw out on the course and afterwards, they ALL had a great time and were really proud of themselves. We had a fantastic team of parents volunteering and older siblings/friends helping to direct kids and cheer them on. The best part was the community spirit it brought out in everyone.
I am now officially addicted to putting on races. I can't wait to put on our next youth triathlon in the spring. I must be crazy...but it sure is fun.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Board Books
Check out this incredible headboard made of books. Perfect for the book lover...or possibly for someone who suffers from insomnia? For tips on how to make this incredible headboard please visit this website - she will show you how to do it from start to finish.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Dressing Up the Foyer...
I have been looking for a long time for a storage savvy piece for my foyer. Now don't start thinking I have a grand foyer; the very word "foyer" sounds grand doesn't it? Well, my foyer situation is not grand but after lots of searching and thinking and more searching I finally found the perfect piece.
I found this piece at my local favorite flea/antique haunt. It was olive green when I found it...
but I knew that it needed to be French Louis blue. I used my favorite Annie Sloan chalk paint and cleaned this old girl right up. It took a good 2 1/2 coats; I spent the bulk of my painting time talking to Sophie so I quite enjoyed myself.
The drawers contain ALL of our DVD binders and Wii games. And we still have a whole spare drawer for whatever crops up in the future. I loved the colors and lines of this piece.
Also, it weighs a TON, so it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
I found this piece at my local favorite flea/antique haunt. It was olive green when I found it...
but I knew that it needed to be French Louis blue. I used my favorite Annie Sloan chalk paint and cleaned this old girl right up. It took a good 2 1/2 coats; I spent the bulk of my painting time talking to Sophie so I quite enjoyed myself.
The drawers contain ALL of our DVD binders and Wii games. And we still have a whole spare drawer for whatever crops up in the future. I loved the colors and lines of this piece.
Also, it weighs a TON, so it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
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Fending off fears of revenge in Foxboro
Fending off fears of revenge in Foxboro
Quiet confidence
Quiet confidence
Everybody always says the right things in these situations. Everyone always pledges to carry on the fight to the ultimate — no cockiness, no overconfidence, no arrogance, no fooling around.
The Patriots are saying all those right things about Sunday's divisional-round playoff against the Texans of Houston. Confident they will be, thinking of Peyton Manning they will not.
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From the article: Z-Tickets: The Top Ten Worst Things about Theme Parks
Is something bugging you about theme parks? Driving you crazy? Maybe it's crummy food. Or high prices. Or crummy food that has crazy high prices. Tell us what you think are the one or two worst things about theme parks. Remember to keep it civil and constructive.
Note that while About.com would greatly appreciate it if you would register, it is not necessary to log in to leave a response.
Fast Pass/parking...
- I pay for a family of 4. Because of July 4th holiday, the park charged $5 more for parking and $20 more for skip-the-lines passes per person. I drove 152 miles one way, and to top it off I am 63 yr. old and only use the wave pool and lazy river. Finally, it rained 1/2 day, and we left. Soon we will have to pay to make sure they take the fun out completely.
- —Guest Eugene
Worst Things About Theme Parks
- 1. A number of people have already commented on this, but I too object to the cost of parking. Although I had a season pass which included parking at Six Flags Great Adventure, I think that those who had to pay $17 to park got gouged. Even the $12 I paid at Cedar Point struck me as exorbitant. Hats off to Holiday World and Knoebels for offering free parking! 2. Excessive security screening at park entrance.Thus far this applies only to Six Flags Great Adventure. The security screening, complete with metal detector and emptying of pockets, is almost as rigorous as that at an airport. (The only thing you don't have to do is take off your shoes.) It strikes me as a bit much for an amusement park. 3. Long ride lines - I have a story to tell about this but it's much too long to tell in this forum. 4. Inadequate food choices, at least for vegetarians, of which I am one. As a result, my lunch at an amusement park usually consists of a bowl of ice cream.
- —Bjorn006
Then find a good park!
- Go to Holiday World - Santa Claus, IN. The staff is consistently voted as a top 5 most friendly every year in national surveys. You can buy discount tickets at local merchants, one price gets you in both parks (with top 10 NATIONALLY RATED roller coasters and water rides). FREE parking, FREE UNLIMITED soft drinks - kiosks conveniently located throughout the park & FREE sunblock in the water park. The rest of the park is shady, so sunblock isn't an issue. There are rides for all sizes from tiny (under 54") to adults that include rides from 50+ years ago to today. The food is decent, but if you want, pack a cooler, leave it in your car and at lunch time get your hand stamped at the gate and picnic at the Holiday World shelterhouse just outside the main gate next to Lake Rudolph. I've lived outside the area for years, but I come back occasionally to relive childhood memories. The late Will Koch was valedictorian of my high school class and he always knew how to run a class act.
- —Guest YHB
Leave me alone at the park!
- What sometimes ticks me off is random people coming up to me and saying hi, which freaks me out more than anything. I'm here for a good time, not for a socializing time, no offense.
- —Guest CLS
Holier Than Thou Guests
- What ticks me off is guests who think that they are better than everyone else. One example is that they won't fill in all the available seats in a theater, making the rest of the people maneuver around them. Another thing that ticks me off is when parents teach their kids that it's OKto lie to get what they want. For example. "Stand on your tippy-toes to be tall enough to ride." Or, "Tell them you're 12, so you can drive that boat."
- —Guest Zeke
Full-Price Admission Ticks Me Off
- I love amusement parks, but I hate that so many of them charge full price when I bring a guest that I know will not ride the rides. All parks should have a general admission price.
- —Guest RaneyOnline
What ticks me off?! Parking fees.
- Parking fees tick me off. I mean you pay to get in the park an then they want you to pay to park as well. The entrance fees are expensive anyway. Another thing that ticks me off is the general lack of respect by guests for the park and others in the park. People leave their gum on walls and then the parks don't do a great job cleaning up. The parks preach family atmosphere, but then they allow people to cut in lines, talk nasty, and leave trash around without addessing the issue
- —Guest Heidi
Unfriendly Employees
- We've saved up for a trip to the amusement park (it costs a lot more to take a family to the park these days: parking, admission, food and drinks, gas, maybe a night in a hotel, etc.). On top of that, we are thoroughly excited about being there, and then we run into a bunch of unfriendly employees. Did they forget that if it wasn't for us (park guests), they wouldn't be there (no guests, no job)? I just feel like guests are taken for granted at some parks. We tend not to return to those parks where we have not felt welcome. On the other hand, we will often drive a little further to other parks that we know are glad that we came!
- —Guest Travel Fan
- Fastpass programs, like the one at the Disney parks, make me mad. Customers wait in line longer because of fastpasses. If you want to ride, stand in line like everyone else. Once, we waited 3 hours because of fastpass. The sign said 90 minutes.
- —Guest DON HOGAN
Large Groups
- My biggy is when large groups visit a park with no adult supervision. They ignore everyone else.
- —DMSc
What ticks me off?
- Not enough dark rides! Obviously I am jaded, but most dark rides give the family a chance to do something together as a unit. Instead of Grandma and the under 42" family members always having to "sit this one out" when the teens and young adults want to go on the newest mega-million dollar roller coaster (which could mean being separated for an hour - or more!). They also have air conditioning to get you out of the heat and are way more entertaining...especially the interactive ones...than a typical roller coaster (in my jaded opinion!). Many parks are starting to realize the potential for adding new dark rides in their parks, just look at Forbidden Journey, Toy Story Mania, The Simpsons, Little Mermaid (next year), Lego Laser Raiders...they are hugely successful and fun, too!
- —DarkRideDesigner
- Imagine what a pleasure theme parks would be if everyone under the age of 18 were banished! Finally, some fun for adults. Arthur (About.com Theme Parks Guide) says: I'm reasonably sure Maggie is at least half-joking. But the idea isn't that crazy. Epcot and Disney California Adventure were both originally conceived as "adult" parks. For a more interesting take on the concept, read Carl Sagan's book, "Contact."
- —Maggie
RUDE guests!!!!!
- What bugs me most are rude guests, especially those with strollers who use them like weapons. The complainers are the WORST: "Eww, prices are too high," or "Eww the lines are too long." You get the picture. Hey, if you're not having a good time, LEAVE....the rest of us ARE having a good time!
- —msntnkrbll
Parking Fees
- So you're feeling really good about getting that discount on your theme park tickets by purchasing them online? The feeling won't last long. When you pull up to the park entrance... surprise! You have to shell out $10-$15 on average for parking! It's outrageous!
- —FloridaTravel
Crappy Food
- Why can't (most) parks offer halfway decent food? If I wanted Subway, I'd go to one of the 38 Subway shops near my home. And if I wanted a bad burger, I'd try to cook it myself. Give me something that tastes great, is unique for the park, offers OK value, and I'll gladly buy it--and look forward to coming back to try it again.
- —CoasterGuy


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Musical works: middle period
As director of the Vienna Opera (and for a time of the Vienna Philharmonic Concerts), Mahler achieved an unprecedented standard of interpretation and performance, which proved an almost unapproachable model for those who followed him. A fanatical idealist, he drove himself and his artists with a ruthless energy that proved a continual inspiration and with a complete disregard for personal considerations that won him many enemies who worked for his dismissal. At this time too, he made a number of tours and became famous over much of Europe as a conductor. He continued his recently acquired habit of devoting his summer vacations, in the Austrian Alps, to composing, and, since, in his case, this involved a ceaseless expenditure of spiritual and nervous energy, he thereby placed an intolerable double strain on his frail constitution.
Most of the works of this middle period reflect the fierce dynamism of Mahler's full maturity. An exception is Symphony No. 4 (1900; popularly called Ode to Heavenly Joy), which is more of a pendant to the first period: conceived in six movements (two of which were eventually discarded), it has a Wunderhorn song finale for soprano, which was originally intended as a movement for Symphony No. 3 and which evokes a naive peasant conception of the Christian heaven. At the same time, in dispensing with an explicit program and a chorus and coming near to the normal orchestral symphony, it does foreshadow the middle-period trilogy, Nos. 5, 6, and 7. These are all purely orchestral, with a new, hardedged, contrapuntal clarity of instrumentation, and devoid of programs altogether, yet each clearly embodies a spiritual conflict that reaches a conclusive resolution. No. 5 (1902; popularly called Giant) and No. 7 (1905; popularly called Song of the Night) move from darkness to light, though the light seems not the illumination of any afterlife but the sheer exhilaration of life on Earth. Both symphonies have five movements. Between them stands the work Mahler regarded as his Tragic Symphony—the four-movement No. 6 in A Minor (1904), which moves out of darkness only with difficulty, and then back into total night. From these three symphonies onward, he ceased to adapt his songs as whole sections or movements, but in each he introduced subtle allusions, either to his Wunderhorn songs or to his settings of poems by Friedrich Rückert, including the cycle Kindertotenlieder (1901–04; Songs on the Deaths of Children).
At the end of this period he composed his monumental Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (1907) for eight soloists, double choir, and orchestra—a work known as the Symphony of a Thousand, owing to the large forces it requires, though Mahler gave it no such title. This stands apart, as a later reversion to the expansive metaphysical tendencies of the first period, and represents a consummation of them: the first continuously choral and orchestral symphony ever composed. It could be called at once a massive statement of human aspirations and a cry for illumination, from both the religious and the humanistic points of view. The first of its two parts, equivalent to a symphonic first movement, is a setting of the medieval Catholic Pentecost hymn "
Veni Creator Spiritus"; part two, amalgamating the three movement-types of the traditional symphony, has for its text the mystical closing scene of J.W. von Goethe's Faust drama (the scene of Faust's redemption). The work marked the climax of Mahler's confident maturity, since what followed was disaster—of which, he believed, he had had a premonition in composing his Tragic Symphony, No. 6. This work had revealed for the first time a superstitious element in his personality. The finale originally contained three climactic blows with a large hammer, representing "the three blows of fate which fall on a hero, the last one felling him as a tree is felled" (he subsequently removed the final blow from the score). Afterward he identified these as presaging the three blows that fell on himself in 1907, the last of which portended his own death: his resignation was demanded at the Vienna Opera, his three-year-old daughter, Maria, died, and a doctor diagnosed his fatal heart disease.


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Tuesday was my first day back in the office after a week-long vacation. Surprisingly, it feels good to be back in the newsroom.Not to say that my vacation wasn't wonderful. I really enjoyed myself, despite the 10 1/2-hour drive to Virginia Beach (which I broke up over two days). It takes that long because their are no major highways between South Hill, Va. (south-central Virginia on the North Carolina boarder) and Norfolk, Va. (on the eastern seaboard). Once you get off Interstate 85, there is nothing but about 150 miles of farmland and one of the worst speed traps in America: Highway 58. As a passenger, it was always scary going down this stretch of road because the speed limit is 45 mph most of the way and there are Virginia State Troopers posted about every other mile. The cars I've traveled in down that highway have been pulled over on more than one occasion for any number of minor traffic offenses. However, this time I was the driver, and I was determined not to get a ticket. So instead of speeding and taking my chances with the troopers, I got behind a slow-moving truck and forced myself to go an even 50 mph the entire way. Coming from Atlanta, it was really unbearable in the beginning. I am certain that I-75 and I-85 derive their names purely from the fact that 75 mph and 85 mph are the speeds at which you need to travel in order to avoid getting run off the road. Traveling at 50 mph and under felt like being in a state of suspended animation. It was almost surreal. However, after I started to resign myself to my fate and forced myself to enjoy the scenery, I started finding it very ... enjoyable. I had never really stopped to notice how beautiful it is before then. When I was in middle school and would travel from North Carolina to Virginia Beach to visit my aunts there, the endless expanse of green was just white space between our current location and the next McDonald's. This time it was different. There are so many things that I had never taken the time to take in. Dotted among the fields of ripened corn, peanuts, and cotton are abandoned farm houses, old plantations, farmers markets, watermelon trucks, boiled peanut vendors, palm reader huts, and huge farms. And these farms aren't your run-of-the-mill ones where fenced-off animals eat out of metal slop buckets. These are the kind where animals run free with no restrictions like in one of those feel-good Disney movies. The cows were scattered among the hills almost like people and at one point, I even saw a heard of horses running on the open plain. It was truly amazing. The only part I didn't enjoy going through at such a slow pace was the city of Franklin, Va. The town's economic livelihood comes mostly from a huge paper mill that everyone (with the exception of Franklin residents) can smell within a 20-mile radius. There is no way to avoid the stench, which somewhat resembles burnt collard greens and old diapers. For about 20 minutes, my mouth tasted like I had eaten a combination of the two. After the air cleared, the road opened into a thick forest, in which 40-foot-tall oak trees lined the median and both sides of the divided highway. I could see just a hint of autumn starting to settle in on some of them. Finally, just before sunset, the forest emptied into the coastal plain which leads to Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and normal highway speed limits. I made it home just in time to have dinner with my parents for my mother's birthday. While I was glad to be back in civilization, I felt blessed and truly happy to be alive during that drive home. Yes, my vacation was relaxing, peaceful, and introspective, but part of the fun was just getting there. Joel Hall covers government for the Clayton News Daily. His column appears on Mondays. He can be reached at (770) 478-5753 ext. 281 or via e-mail at email@example.com.
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me too. i think some of these people expect a game to change their life or bring them some higher enlightenment. I'll stick with just enjoying the time I take to play through them and possibly some multiplayer. I think some people just need to get out more, I mean buying adult diapers and a hat with can holder with straws in anticipation of Diablo 3 is a problem - YOU ARE THE PROBLEM though, not the game....
We're a generation that grew up with 8/16bit consoles, and by our teenage years we're slap bang in the middle of Moore's Law ramping up graphics and gaming experiences exponentially. Game budgets, quality and therefore our views of them took quantum leaps every 2 years.
Since then, the whole thing has slowed down some what. The big PC franchises aren't shipping in the numbers they used to, Mobile and Social is where the money is, leaving the hardcore gamers expecting but never getting that quantum leap.
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City of San Francisco Sugary Drink Tax, Proposition E (November 2014)
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A City of San Francisco Sugary Drink Tax, Proposition E ballot measure was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of San Francisco, California, where it was defeated.
A similar measure was also on the November ballot in Berkeley. It was approved.
This measure, which would have imposed a $0.02 per ounce tax on sugary beverages in San Francisco, was introduced by city supervisor Scott Wiener. The tax would have amounted to a 24 cent tax on every can of soda sold. The tax was estimated to bring in a revenue of about $31 million per year.[1]
The proceeds of the Proposition E tax would have been earmarked for "nutrition, physical activity, and health programs in public schools, parks, and elsewhere."[2]
With millions of dollars spent by the beverage industry in opposition, similar tax measures were defeated in 2012 in Richmond and the town of El Monte.[3]
A two-thirds supermajority vote was required for approval of this measure.
Election results
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While Proposition E gathered more "yes" votes than "no" votes, the measure required a 2/3rds majority to pass.
Election results via: San Francisco General Election Report
Text of measure
Ballot simplification
The Ballot Simplification Committee provided the following statement explaining Proposition E:[4]
The City does not impose a tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages. Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is linked to serious health problems.
Proposition E would place a tax of 2 cents per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages to fund health, nutrition, physical education and active recreation programs.
A sugar-sweetened beverage is a beverage that contains added sugar and 25 or more calories per 12 ounces, including some soft drinks, sports drinks, iced tea, juice drinks and energy drinks. The tax would also apply to syrups and powders that can be made into sugar-sweetened beverages in a beverage-dispensing machine, such as fountain drinks.
The distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages in San Francisco would be responsible for paying the tax.
Some beverages would not be subject to the tax, even if they contain added sugar. These include:
The San Francisco Unified School District, Department of Public Health, and Recreation and Park Department must use the proceeds of this tax to fund health, nutrition, physical education and active recreation programs. The funds must be used only for new or expanded programs. Up to 2 percent of the tax proceeds could be used to administer the funds.
A 15-member Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Access Fund Committee would advise the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors and City departments about how to spend the funds.
Because the proceeds from the tax are dedicated to specific purposes, approval of this measure requires two-thirds of the votes cast.
A "YES" VOTE MEANS: If you vote "yes," you want the City to collect a tax of 2 cents per ounce from the distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages to fund health, nutrition, physical education and active recreation programs.
A "NO" VOTE MEANS: If you vote "no," you do not want the City to collect this tax.[5]
—San Francisco Ballot Simplification Committee[4]
Full text
The full text of the ordinance that would have been enacted by the approval of Proposition E is available here.
Supervisors Scott Wiener, Eric Mar, Malia Cohen, David Chiu, John Avalos and David Campos were the sponsors of this measure.
Arguments in favor
According to Wiener, "We are experiencing an epidemic of health problems directly attributable to sugary beverages – including spikes in diabetes and obesity afflicting adults, teenagers, and even young children. Teenagers, particularly in low income communities, are now being diagnosed with pre-diabetes or full-blown diabetes. These cases of diabetes are attributable to significant consumption of sugary beverages. A recent California survey found that sugary beverage consumption by teenagers is increasing above its already-high level."[2]
The Libertarian Party of San Francisco was the official ballot opponent. The Coalition for an Affordable City, a group formed to oppose the measure, and Californians for Food & Beverage Choice, an organization formed and supported by the American Beverage Association, also actively opposed the measure. Californians for Food & Beverage Choice also opposed the beverage tax in Berkeley.[6]
Arguments against
The Libertarian Party's ballot argument against this measure said, "High cigarette taxes have resulted in smuggling, tax evasion, and violence, and jacking up soda taxes will likewise have adverse consequences that legislators cannot anticipate."[6]
LPSF outreach director Starchild said, "Your body belongs to you, not to the State, What you put into it should be your choice."[6]
Roger Salzar, spokesman for the CFBC, said, "Our view basically is that beverage taxes aren't the solution for changing behaviors or teaching people about healthy lifestyles. A regressive tax on common grocery items like sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley won't make people any healthier, but it does have an impact on businesses and consumers who are already struggling to make ends meet."[6]
Path to the ballot
According to a fact sheet on the proposed soda tax found on Scott Wiener's website, Wiener collaborated with Supervisors Eric Mar, Malia Cohen and John Avalos to unify proposals and get the tax on the ballot. The San Francisco City Council voted during one of its February meetings to put the measure on the ballot.[2][6]
Similar measures
City of Berkeley Sugary Beverages and Soda Tax Question, Measure D (November 2014)
City of Richmond Tax on Soda, Measure N (November 2012)
City of El Monte Soda Tax, Measure H (November 2012)
External links
- Choose Health SF - San Francisco Soda Tax (Sugary Drink Tax/Sugary Beverage Tax) Website
- Supervisor Scott Weiner website
- Libertarian Party of San Francisco website
Additional reading
- CBS News, "San Francisco supervisors propose sugary beverage tax," October 30, 2013
- San Francisco Chronicle, "Tax on soda to be floated in San Francisco," October 28, 2013
- Reuters, "San Francisco joins sugary drinks fray with tax proposal," October 29, 2013
- The Examiner, "Opponents and supporters dig in for SF showdown over sugary-beverage tax," February 3, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "San Francisco moves to put sugary-drink tax on ballot," February 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scott Weiner's website, "Fact Sheet on Supervisor Scott Wiener's Proposed Sugary Beverage Tax," accessed December 13, 2013
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Tax on soda to be floated in San Francisco," October 28, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 San Francisco Elections Office website, "Proposition E Simplification Digest," archived September 9, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Los Angeles Times, "Berkeley voters will weigh in on sugary drink tax in November," July 2, 2014
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