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Each of these were made with some re-claimed wood. (2X8") The actual wood was once used as part of the frame-work for a stage that the childrens father and his band practiced on. So there is a added bit of sentiment there.
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RUSSIA's secret police, the FSB, have withdrawn a threat of the death penalty for a Russian who gave the West information about nuclear waste at naval bases in the Russian Arctic. Alexandr Nikitin, a retired naval captain, now faces at most ten years in prison on a charge of misusing his identity card while gathering the information.
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Jersey Shore Season 4, Episode 9 Recap: Three Men and a Snooki
Remember last week's mascara-stained event of a Jersey Shore episode? You know — the one in which Snooki yet again drank her weight in grain alcohol; drunkenly exposed her cooka, thereby mortifying and humiliating her uptight boyf, Jionni; and then proceeded to scream at, and alienate, her best friend, JWOWW?
Yes, well this week's drunken doozy (Season 4, Episode 9 "Three Men and a Snooki") picked up the morning after that little escapade, with Snooki waking up still clad in the two-cent, Flinstonian half-dress than had inspired Jionni's flight the night before. After unsuccessfully reaching her AWOL rage-a-thon boyfriend on his phone, and after unsuccessfully soliciting Bowwoww's help (after all, Snooks had treated her BFF like a verbal punching bag the previous night), Snooki did the only thing she knew how to do: she donned her Wookie-streetwalker boots, threw those twelve steps to the wind, and headed out to pound beers. Ah yes! Using alcohol to solve alcohol-related problems; always a stellar move.
Snooki arrived at her bar of choice (Astor), ordered a Corona, and then began to dance that slow, hypnotic fist-pump foxtrot that she's so famous for — a dance which eventually bled into this strange, pitiful, and very public monologue about the state of her increasingly disastrous life. As the other bar patrons watched this heart-wrenchingly pathetic soliloquy with abject horror, and as the daylight creeping into the drinking establishment reminded me that Snooki's alcohol-fueled meltdown was happening at an appallingly early hour in the afternoon, I couldn't help but think: either the producers have given Snooki some sort of bonus payment scheme for each time she acts like a feral pygmy chimp in public, or this young woman has become such an emotional trainwreck that she defies any natural laws of decency. Either way, the tea-time performance of Skank on a Hot Tin Roof that she performed was just...not something that healthy, well-rounded people do. Honestly, it was more Twin Peaks than Jersey Shore. It was sad, and distressing, and kind of made me want to invent a time machine so that I could turn back the clocks and save the little guidess from becoming the national laughingstock that she's become.
All of her theatrics quickly wore her out, however, and Snooki eventually hobbled her way back to the flat, where she called her father. Snooki explained the situation as best as she could, by screaming "He left me!" at the top of her lungs while her over-indulgent father patiently listened on the other end. The sound of Snooki's keening eventually roused a slumbering JWOWW, who quickly became the focus of Snooki's foghorn-like vocalizations. "I needed you!" Snooki brayed, completely forgetting the fact that, the night before, she had treated Jenni much like something one hastily flushes down the toilet after a night of regrettable binge drinking. Bowzer — who, for her part, is always a genuine, dogmatically faithful friend — decided to forgive and forget Snooki's previous outburts, and help her distressed pal.
Jenni eventually got Jionni on the phone and, after a considerable amount of begging, he agreed to speak with his estranged girlfriend. Snooki, a tiny ball of huffy meatball grunts and tears, ran to the phone and begged Jionni to see her. Jionni replied that he couldn't, that he was on a train bound for Rome. Heartbroken and enraged, Snooki threw the phone over to Bowwoww and started screaming "Fine, it's over!" — to which JWOWW deftly replied "No, you're not doing that right now, you're not being Sam right now, because in ten minutes you're gonna change your mind." Sammi Sweetheart, of course, was sitting all but three feet away, and the look on her face — a comical collision of knee-jerk anger and steadfast agreement — was priceless, especially for a card-carrying Sammi Sweatpants hater like myself.
With the phone still in her hand, Bowwoww begged Jionni to meet Snooki to talk things through; and after admitting that he hadn't yet departed for Rome, he eventually agreed to meet Snooki in front of Florence's train station. And as Snooki swiftly prepared herself to meet Jionni, Bowwoww continued to use the word "Sam" as a prodding pejorative, while Sam kept screaming "That's the old me!" Right.
Beer in hand (natch), our little meatball departed for the station; and when Snooki set eyes on her wayward boyfriend, she let out another one of her trademark breathy moans and ran over to him. Her huffy histrionics were all for nought, though, as Jionni confided that his mother had already changed his ticket for him to fly out of Italy later that day. Yes, that's right: HIS MOTHER DID IT FOR HIM. Of all the completely emasculating, dumpable offenses in the history of dating, having one's mother organize travel arrangements is definitely top on the list. Least. Sexy. Thing. Ever. Anyway, Jionni ended up saying that he was sorry, and that he had F-ed up; and after the pair eventually parted, Snooki walked home alone, collapsing in the foyer in a heap of hot-mess tears.
Vinny, meanwhile, was upstairs wearing a pair of purple pants. That's right, a pair of purple pants. Sam confided to us that she didn't know how to feel about said trousers, but I definitely know what to think about them: they're somewhere in between "Snooki's boozed-up bar monologue" and "another Ron and Sam argument" on my list of all-time least favorite things in the history of ever. Anyway, Pauly dared Purple Rain to put a large couch on top of Deena's bed because, well, why not? Vinny, always up for a friendly prank, took Pauly's challenge one step further, and ended up building an enormous furniture pyramid in the spot where Deena normally sleeps.
When Deena eventually stumbled upon her now ten-foot-high bed, she (thankfully) burst into a fit of cigarette-charred laughter. She eventually tracked down Vinny, who was now bathing; and surprisingly, Vin bolted from the shower stall, his hands strategically covering his oft spoken of modesty, and started bare-ass humping Deena, soaking her with the water from his body. And after the dramz-heavy Snooki horrors that had occupied the early part of the episode, this light-hearted, incredibly full-frontal display of absurdity was actually smile-inducing. Of course the whole thing was tinged with the faint hope that we'd finally be able to confirm or deny the mammoth size of what Snooki had so lovingly dubbed "Moby Dick"; but alas, that elusive white whale was kept neatly out of frame. And next, when Deena tried to take the couch off of her bed, she predictably toppled backwards — the couch pinning her tiny, dyspraxic body to the ground. Again, more well-welcomed laughs all around.
Later that night, the gang headed out to the club. Even Snooki, decked out her in her best Elvira drag, decided to blow off steam with some well deserved fist pumping. And as Snooki pranced around the house in her teeny-tiny club costume, post-production pixelating out her nether regions, a thought suddenly occurred to me: recently, almost every other shot in this show seemed to have been of Snooki's blurred-out crotch. Whether she's bent down, or falling over, or faux-strip dancing in a club — hell, even when she's sleeping: there's always something indecently exposed, something for the show's editing team to cover up. I mean, does Snooki never wear underwear? Or are we dealing with a case of perma-camel toe? Perhaps only she and MTV's production staff, may ever truly know — but one thing is for clear: pretty soon they're going to have to stop calling this show Jersey Shore, and start calling it Snooki's Blurred-Out Beave. Just, you know, food for thought.
Anyway! At the club, Snooki danced with a tragically over-tanned piece of quasi-gay Eurotrash. And by "danced with", I mean "sort of erotically strangled while people around her danced". Meanwhile, Deena confessed to Bowwow that she had had some ole fashioned Jersey Turnpiking before leaving for Italy, and that she many now be pregnant. It's also worth nothing that Deena said all of this while holding a large glass full of brightly colored alcohol; it's also worth noting that Deena always sounds like her lips are permanently attached to one side of an unfiltered, never-ending cigarette. So, yay for Deena being a responsible maybe-mother!
Despite the fact that this new baby dramz absolutely reeks of producer interference — you know, the same, foul reality-TV stench that we've been picking up all season — Jenni gladly escorted Deena to the nearest pharmacy, where she bought her friend a pregnancy test with all the cool and calm of a girl who definitely seems like she's done this before. And as Bowzer bought the preggo-kit, Deena uselessly wailed in the middle of the street, saying that this latest turn will embarrass her family. Hey Deena, you know what would be less embarrassing for them? DOING ALL OF THIS OFF-CAMERA. In the end, of course, Deena wasn't pregnant. Which, like, of course she wasn't pregnant. She was never going to be pregnant.
The next day, Snooki called Jionni, who was now back in the States. When asked why he left her, Jionni said that walking out was just something that he had to do. Snooki asked him if she was just supposed to accept this, to which J countered "So I have to accept the fact that my girlfriend was dancing like a f**king pig in front of me?" Which, like — WOAH. So there are lots of horrible, truly vile things that men call women; but somehow "pig", even more than the dreaded C-bomb, kind of seems like the worst one. Them's fightin' words, you know? Anyway, Snooki seemed to agree, because Jionni's graphic valuation of her dirty dancing pretty much ended with the tear-ravaged meatball slamming down the phone.
"I swear to god, if I went to Karma tonight I'd feel fine," Snooki then told herself, the homesickness for Seaside's guido temple washing over her. And just then, a thought struck her: if the gang couldn't hop on a plane and hit up Karma, then they'd have to bring Karma over to Italy! Her plan was met with unanimous praise amongst her housemates; and while Pauly set up his DJ equipment in the living room, the gang gladly threw on their trashiest Seaside Heights gladrags.
Everyone was having a mindlessly good time in their makeshift Karma, until Mike started running his mouth off to Snooki in the interior courtyard. While the others looked on, he told Snook how he'd look after her, how'd give her whatever she wanted — how he loves her (yes, that noise you heard was the sound of me losing my breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Next, Mike brought up the fact that, during the whole Snooki/dirty-dancing showdown from a few nights back, Ronnie "encouraged" him to fight Jionni. Well! All of this was just too much to bear for war-ravaged little Snooki; and after confronting Ron, the littlest meatball huffed off to bed. And while Snooki sulked in her room, the already loathed Mike bragged to the rest of the house about how Snooki went downtown on his business back when they were in the States — an ill-timed accusation that further cemented his reputation as the house's biggest creep. Sensing the horror and hatred seething from his fellow housemates, Mike slinked off back to whatever snake hole he retires to at the end of every night.
While the rest of the gang prepared themselves for bed, an emotional Snooki roused herself from her tear-soaked pillow, snuck into the boys' room, and crawled into bed with Vinny. Deena, not wanting to miss an opportunity to have tandem sex next to her best friend (which, you know, is a totally normal, classy thing that all BFFs do), tried to hop into bed with Pauly for some down-and-out cuddling, but was brutally rebuffed. And as the credits began to roll, and as Snooki threw off her life vest and plunged into the icy waters in hot pursuit of Moby Dick, Pauly left us with these final words: "I see Snooki's head popping up for air. We all know what's going down." Indeed, Pauly D. Indeed.


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March 5, 2009 – South Texas
A shift in education goals could put more Texans to work
By Susan Combs
Texas Comptroller
Roger Creery, the executive director of the Laredo Development Foundation, knows the value of career-technical education and how it can foster a quality work force.
"In this area, we need more mechanics and process flow technicians," Creery said. "You don't need a four-year degree for these jobs, but you will need specialized training. With a relatively small amount of time and money, we can reap some future rewards."
The scenario Creery describes is not unique. South Texas — and the state as a whole — stands to reap significant economic rewards if we shift some of our education policies from the traditional emphasis on four-year colleges and direct more attention, money and research toward work force training opportunities offered by community and technical colleges.
Community and technical college graduates add fuel to Texas' economic engine and provide skills that keep our cities moving, building and thriving. In 2007, more than 80 percent of all Texas jobs did not require a bachelor's degree. Neither did nearly 44 percent of the jobs paying wages above the state average. The U.S. Department of Education estimates about 80 percent of the fastest growing occupations in the near future will require some postsecondary training, but not a bachelor's degree.
Rogelio Treviño, executive director of Workforce Solutions South Texas, cites similarities between the current work force research and South Texas' situation.
"Our Workforce Development Area has around 98,000 in the labor force," Treviño said. "Seventy to 80 percent of the positions do not require a four-year degree, but do require postsecondary education."
In my office's recent Texas Works report, we detail strategies for developing our work force in ways that dovetail with future labor needs. One way to do that is to ensure high school students have multiple pathways to graduation by allowing greater flexibility in Texas graduation requirements and grade point average calculation standards, which can otherwise prevent or discourage high school students from enrolling in career and technology courses.
In addition to policy changes, we need to strengthen Texas' work force. Establishing a $25 million fund to support community and technical colleges offering career-technical education will be invaluable to schools facing startup costs associated with purchasing equipment and outfitting state-of-the-art training facilities.
Without an adequate supply of skilled workers, Texas' ability to attract and retain new businesses will suffer. We also jeopardize the future financial well being of many young Texans by focusing on only one "ideal" route beyond high school. By bolstering our state's sometimes overlooked educational assets, Texas can stand ready to greet future work force developments not as challenges, but as opportunities.
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I read with interest your article on so-called sleeper cells - bacteria that become dormant to survive antibiotics, reactivating when the threat has passed (31 March, p 40). From experience, I am sure Burkholderia pseudomallei (previously called Pseudomonas pseudomallei), which causes melioidosis, should be on the list of such organisms.
I got this infection in 2008 in Borneo. It manifested as pneumonia and was treated with two weeks of intravenous antibiotics. One week after finishing the treatment, and while on a preventative course of ampicillin, I had a recurrence.
This was frightening, given the sledgehammers that were used against the original infection, and I could not understand it until I read your article.
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Im not sure I ever really appreciated just how much there is to Norway. Looking at it on the map its just a thin sliver of non-EU land off the border of Sweden kinda like the strip of fat on the edge of a piece of bacon. Although Id seen pictures and heard how good it was, I didnt really appreciate how different this skinny little countrys landscape (and prices) would be to its nearest neighbour, let alone how much it could change in the roughly 2000km I rode from the bottom to the top.
Or how much the weather could change in 2000km either
Having left Joseph in Saffle, I rode over some pretty nice Swedish roads over the border, and a few not so nice Norwegian roads (some of the few in the whole country) brought me to Oslo. A problem Ive repeatedly had in countries that get a lot of snow is that during summer they rush to get all their roadworks done tearing up half the town in the process. This is a real problem if youve got a GPS that thinks a town looks one way, and a government thats decided to make it look another. Finding my hostel in Oslo was such a frustrating process that I was tempted to turn around and go back to Sweden.
I guess it's a good thing that I didn't
Oddly, Oslo reminded me quite a bit of home back in Sydney. It helped that the weather was 30 degrees (celcius) and sunny, but mainly in the vibe of the city and the way that it was nestled around the harbour. They even have an Opera house with funny architecture with cheap last-minute tickets every night. As I was hanging around at 7pm, curiosity got the better of me and I was treated to this odd puppet-show-cum-ballet focussed around a heinously stereotypical old asian man teaching ping pong mainly the show just consisted of puppet sex though. Horrible horrible puppet sex. Guess I shouldve checked the reviews first :-/. Oslo also taught me the value of putting the cover on my bike every time I park it overnight. Because I was in an underground carpark under my hostel I thought it was unnecessary, but returned to it the next day to find that someone had decided to steal the micro-USB cable that charges my phone via the cigarette lighter socket, in the process cutting up all the cable ties holding my ghetto-GPS-setup together and breaking the cigarette-lighter-to-usb-socket adapter. All for a cable that I bought in Australia for less than a beer costs in Norway. Sigh.
This was what I felt like... except imagine that the babies are Norway
No matter for some reason I had spares for everything broken or stolen, so it was on the road to Bergen soon enough. Didnt take long for my anti-Norway fervour to wear off, as I got my first taste of what makes Norway such an amazing country to ride. I swept along fjords, up mountains, through tunnels, past snow banks. It was amazing just how much you can see in less than a day of riding here. The weathers crazy you can go into a tunnel squinting because its so sunny, then emerge to find yourself being drenched with rain.
Water in Norway really only has two modes - impossibly glassy or impossibly glittery
Bergen was a whole world away from Oslo much more of a country town feel. Once again assisted by some sunny days, the town actually reminded me a lot of San Francisco (at least what Ive seen from pictures) steep streets and neighbourhoods built on nearly vertical hillsides. As far as I can see Bergen gets a bit of traffic from the cruise lines that go along the Norwegian fjords, resulting in a town that has crowds of tourists but is lacking a bit for things to see this is really the only explanation I have for how a town comes to have a leprosy museum.
Seriously. Did you know that there's two different types of leprosy caused by the same sort of bacteria? I do now.
The other interesting bit about Bergen was that I booked into the cheapest hostel in town, and something about the whole atmosphere seemed a bit odd. Later I realised that it was actually the Christian hostel, but they didnt really mention anything about it on the hostel booking websites. Id never stayed in one before I think theyre not so much about worshiping, more to provide a place free from the debauchery that normally goes on in backpacker hostels. No wonder I overheard someone complaining about a bunch of us drinking some of the cheap(er) scotch Id been carrying around since Denmark the previous night. Sorry for party rocking :-/.
I don't know what this waterfall is called, nor even really where it is. Norway is just the sort of place where you pass a waterfall like this when you weren't even trying to find it.
Next day I retraced some of my steps to do the hike up to Trolltunga. Trolltunga (or Trolls Tongue, in the much more boring English translation) is basically a big rock overhanging a fjord that takes 5 hours of hiking to reach and 5 hours to get back from with the first (and hence last) kilometre being nonstop steep hill. You can either climb a loose dirt trail for this kilometer, or cheat and go on the the furnicular railway tracks (I cheated both ways). For some reason I thought itd be cool to camp at the top of the hike, and although it was admittedly pretty cool it also meant that I had to carry my tent, sleeping bag, stove etc all the way up and all the way down, resulting in unbelievable pain whenever I went down stairs for weeks afterwards.
Imagine this, all the way to where the water is in the background.
It is a spectacular hike though getting to the end late in the day and finding barely anyone around with just me and this beautiful view was completely amazing. Too bad my proper camera hadnt worked since France, but I made do with my phone one.
That's my tent!
When I got back to the bike the next day I found a makeshift parking ticket warning me that my number plate had been recorded because I hadnt paid for parking apparently it costs 200 norwegian kronor (27 euros) to park overnight at the base of the hike which goes to maintainance. Im not sure whether it goes to maintaining the trail, which is a rough mudbath that disappears in sections, or the furnicular railway that doesnt run, but while I was packing up an employee of the tourist centre came and found me. Fine then, Ill pay. Stupid Norway.
Well, I *guess* it was worth it
Touring in Norway is no cheap business although the fjords were beautiful, I began to dread seeing one up ahead because that could mean only one thing
another frickin ferry ride! One day I had 5 ferry crossings in a day, each costing me 50 NOK and making me anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour later than I was planning. I guess given that fjords are generally pretty deep so its not exactly simple to just build a bridge across one? Either way, at one point I wouldnt bother stopping to eat because I figured it was easier to just wait until the inevitable ferry crossing and buy a hot dog on board. It is stupid to go to Norway and complain about the prices though in a lot of ways its just premium Europe sure its expensive, but youre hard pressed to find a country more beautiful. Plus no matter how remote the location, everyone seems to speak English I think its actually easier for an English speaker than Scotland.
The fog in Norway doesn't just sit there, it rolls across the horizon as you watch. Pretty.
At this point the journey really started to feel like an adventure every day Id wake up, hit the road until it got dark or I got too tired, stop, sleep and repeat the process the next day. The further north I went the longer the days lasted too in Oslo it got dark at about 11pm, by the time I was at the Arctic Circle it just didnt get dark at all. I actually really enjoyed it too the loneliness of London seemed a mile away as I barely spoke a word but never felt anything but bliss. Theres something ethereal about riding in Norway you never run out of curvy road, you never run out of daylight, its like being in some kind of motorcycle heaven. As I carved my way through the countryside I couldnt help but think that maybe when I do shuffle off this mortal coil, Ill walk towards the light at the end of the tunnel to find myself with Os beneath me once again, threading our way alongside the fjords, forever.
Something like this...
Along the way up I made a bit of a detour to check out the Atlantic Road, which looked amazing I even used it as the background of my blog. Having ridden over it, I was confused as to whether Id even found the right road. To be honest its like 3 sort-of interesting bridges, one of which has a curve in it and looks sort-of cool. If youve ever ridden from the north of Sydney into the city avoiding the harbour bridge, its pretty much the same experience. This was contrasted with the rest of Norway, in which nearly every single road is completely fanastic. I was a tad disappointed.
Looks good in photos though. Deceptively so.
About halfway up I stopped for a day in Trondheim in order to get an oil change and give myself a bit of a rest. Shamefully I just turned up at the local bike dealership and got the mechanic to change the oil and filter its embarassing but I didnt want to deal with obtaining the filters, figuring out an oil pan, figuring out where to take the old oil, getting a filter changing tool (which I cunningly didnt bring) etc. Trondheim is a student city which at the time had no students, leaving it feeling a tad empty. What was awesome about this situation, however, was that the student federations building was being used as a massive backpacker hostel. Trondheim has this giant student union (unaffiliated with the actual university) which dates back god-knows-how-long, and at one point a very long time ago (think pre-World-War-1) they decided to get themselves a building. Which isnt to say they rented out a house rather they got the student architects to design them a giant round red building that has over 40 levels on the inside, despite only being 4 or 5 storeys tall. No one knows exactly how many rooms there are, attempts to model the building on computers have all failed and the guy who gave me a tour reckoned that he still occasionally got lost. Its incredible.
Apparently the Nazis thought it looked like a circus, so they put a circus in it. With elephants. Why the hell not?
Having got my shameful dose of 10W-40 SAE, I continued north, going through the Arctic Circle
It was colder here in summer than in an Australian winter
getting the ferry over to the Lofoten Islands and up towards Nordkapp. Where the Atlantic Road failed to live up to its hype, Lofoten more than delivered. It is a beautiful place indeed. The funny thing about Norway though, is that its all so beautiful that by the time you get to Lofoten a sort of wow-fatigue sets in. At the start you see a fjord and think WOW, THATS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IVE *EVER SEEN*. A week later youre still thinking thats the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen, but youre painfully aware that the last time you thought that was only about 10 minutes ago. First world problems, huh?
There are a lot of these boats left floating in lakes around Lofoten. They look very nice but I can't help but wonder how the hell one actually gets to it. Swimming?
Once Id got to Lofoten I was damn close I was wearing full rain gear, my bike gear and a jumper just to keep warm while I rode, and the idea of stopping when it got dark was getting pretty silly because it just didnt get dark anymore. Nordkapp had to be getting close.
Not hard to pick the right road up here
Nordkapp isnt actually being the northernmost part of Europe you have to go on a hike to go there and my calves were still completely non-functional after Trolltunga. That isnt really the point though I mean, obviously the point is to get a sticker to put on your panniers, but besides that its just one of those places that makes you feel something? As someone who deals with computers at work and motorcycles on holiday its all a bit beyond my comprehension, but it is palpable. The Lonely Planet says that it was a spiritual place for the indigenous Sami people, so I guess its not just me. You definitely feel an idea that you want to take something away from this place thats affected you so which I guess is why the Norwegians decided to build a gift shop there.
In fairness, it is clever
Once you get near to it the whole landscape changes theres no trees, no mountains just rolling hills covered with grass. Its an oddly alien landscape and you really are acutely aware that youve reached the end of the world. When I looked out at the sea to the north, I knew in my head that somewhere out there was the North Pole, and Canada beyond that, but it wouldnt have taken much effort to convince me that the world was actually flat and that the sea in front of me was infinite.
I mean, if the north pole's out there where the hell are the polar bears?!
Most importantly though, Id made it. The biggest goal Id had while sitting around in Edinburgh with ice on my knee was to heap up and make it to Nordkapp, and here I was with my pilgrimage for the motorcycle gods complete. Oh yeah!
The other guys in the globe were kind enough to take my photo for me, so now they get to guest star in this post
So now what? Time to go south I guess. Next stop Finland then Sweden again then Finland again. It was to be a confused journey south, but I think this postss got long enough for now :).
Gnarly Adventurer
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Great stuff mate, that guy you met that runs a hostel in Derry. I stayed in his hostel in February... small world hey, and I sat in the front room with him while he explained how he made money on the races to this other girl that was staying there.
The great adventure will only get better once you head into Eastern Europe... you will save heaps of money down there and there is awesome riding in Romania/Bulgaria. Be sure to check out RTWDougs motocamp - google motosapiens bulgaria. When you are there, ask him about the spaceship monument, called Bazludja, or something, it's the coolest thing I have seen in all of Europe. Shipka pass and the Transfagarasan roads are must do's IMO.
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Awesome RR.
Really enjoy your writing style.
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One of the unique things about your report is how you bring culture and people into it; I enjoy flogging a motorcycle just as much as the next guy, but part of traveling on a bike is/are the smells, the feel, and finally creating a more accurate worldview (which includes learning people). "The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of people, who have not viewed the world." -(Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German naturalist and explorer)
Btw, you may have a crappy camera situation now, but your pictures are still great because you have good composition IMO. The eye and framing of a picture will often do more than a 2500 euro DSLR..
Looking forward to Europe and your homeland by motorcycle myself, and keep it coming!
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Gnarly Adventurer
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So time or money is your biggest constraint??
We will be in Spain until end of October, picking grapes on a vineyard and generally chilling out, then making our way back up the west of France into Belgium before heading back to London. Maybe we will cross paths? Anyway, just saw you there on FB so added you.
Roads in Bulgaria can be good, Transalpina/Transfagarasan are both great in Romania if you can get a chance. Those roads are great too because they are free... when you get to Switzerland and Austria then you have to start paying... 22 Euros it cost to ride up to Grossglockner in Austria... worth it though.
Video and photo ride report of my current 12 month trip covering all of Europeon BMW F650GS Twin.
Check out where I am right now on FB
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Just saw your post in the other thread by the way - I totally didn't realise who you are. I remember when I was planning (dreaming) this you were just starting, and here I am nearly at the end of my trip (although the RR is only about halfway through) and you've seemingly covered most of Europe and you're getting tweeted by BMW. Fun how time flies :).
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I've really enjoyed your ride report! Thanks! It is also interesting to hear what you have to say about journeying itself. There are some riders out there who seem to have found their passion in the nomadic life (see Lightcycle's ride report, for example) and revel in the idea of motorcycling without end, and there are others who like a definite end-point. Some of these latter folks seem to re-integrate fairly easily with living a more conventional, shall I say, static, life, when the ride is over, while others find the readjustment very difficult. It would be great to hear more of your thoughts about motorcycling and travel....how they fit together, which one drives the other, if at all, and so on. For some, the idea of having to "get back" makes the trip seem pressured and rushed at the end, and can even make the second half of the trip kind of a downer, along the lines of the old saying: "how far can you walk into a forest? Half-way." Did it feel that way for you once you passed the half-way point of your trip? Would you have preferred to have made the trip with a GF or BF? Not as independent with a companion, but then there's someone to share experiences with. Or maybe the longer stops you made provided you with the opportunity for social interaction?
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The reason I'd ideally like to have an end-point is that it seems to frame the whole trip in my mind a bit better and give the whole motorcycling aspect of it a bit more meaning. For instance, Lord of the Rings is about a bunch of guys going to a volcano, but the bit at the volcano isn't the important part, the important part is all the unexpected stuff that happens along the way. If it was about a bunch of guys drifting about with no real aim it'd be a bunch less interesting.
That said, to be honest I've only recently (as in, recent enough that the RR's not even close to it) hit my stride with travelling. I've come to realise that hitting every tourist city for a few days and seeing all the sites isn't actually all that much fun - I've been plagued by this attitude that I've got to go slow and soak up the culture of the country. But it's crap - what I really want to do is be constantly on the move, going to places that I find interesting and if I'm bored pulling as many long riding days as I need to to get to somewhere better. I think next time I go on a trip like this (god willing) I'll be more inclined to pick a start point, an end point, no schedule and no real plan for what's supposed to happen in between - when I find interesting places on the way I'll stop there, otherwise I'll keep riding in the general direction of where I'm supposed to be going. As I type this (from Greece) I have to be back in England in a month, and far from being pressured to get back, I feel happy to have a goal and to know that I have to be covering ground rapidly in order to get there.
In terms of being alone vs travelling with a girl... well, if I could find a girl who I could put up with being with 24/7 then that'd be lovely, but if I've ever met such a creature I'm not aware. To be honest when I'm riding I really enjoy the solitude and the independence - if I want to go to some random city on a whim there's no one to tell me it's a stupid idea. Staying in hostels as I have, being alone also really gives you a push to meet people, and I've met a really lot of amazing and interesting people on this trip as a result. The flip side is that for every amazing/interesting person I've met, there's been like 10 boring ones that I didn't get along with - when you find yourself at a hostel dominated by people like that, then you start feeling lonely. Ideally I'd quite like to be travelling with a bigger group (like 4+) people - that means that wherever you go you've got a decent amount of company, and there's enough people that no one's getting in anyone else's grill to too great of an extent.
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Coming out of the Cold
By the time I was done buying stickers at Nordkapp it was already 2pm. The next place I wanted to be was Rovaniemi on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Finland. Getting from the Arctic Circle in Norway to Nordkapp had taken me 3 days. I punched it into my phone, and George reckoned 11 hours to get there. Next time I looked, it was 24. Restarted and back to 11 again. I decided to believe the more optimistic estimate and started riding. Embarking on a 11 hour ride at 2pm anywhere else would be completely retarded, but I had a number of things on my side:
The road back from Nordkapp was just as lovely as itd been on the way up, except that every moose or reindeer in Norway seemed to have come out of the woodwork to see me off. Id never even seen a moose until I got this far north Joseph had even driven me around in Sweden just so that I could see one but to no avail. Now, however, they were around every single blind corner, and this continued all the way to Rovaniemi. My only consolation was that I had my GoPro on and I was going to get some sweet reindeer shots except that I later found that a raindrop had landed exactly on the lens and stayed there the entire time Id been recording, ruining every single photo. Sigh. Please accept this artists impression instead.
Screw you, I'm a moose!
Id always considered reindeer to be some kind of exotic, nearly mythical animal known for pulling Santas sleigh about and little else. On the road to Finland I got to know them as the road pest they are though what the kangaroo is to Australian drivers, the reindeer is to the Finns. To be honest thats not even a fair comparison, seeing how a kangaroo moves around a ridiculous amount and as a result is quite visible through some miracle of either evolution or intelligent design (read: god messing with me) reindeer are impossible to see until youre right next to them, even if theyre standing on open ground. Youll be riding along happily and then suddenly therell be a reindeer standing right in the road, 5 metres away looking straight at you. You can practically hear it saying Sup bro! as you panic-lock your rear wheel. Im completely confused as to why people hunt these things how hard can it be to kill something that willingly runs in front of moving vehicles? I came out of a tunnel in Norway only to find the exit blocked by a whole gang of loitering moose I half expected them to be spraying graffiti or something.
I considered drawing some moose on this one too but I guess the joke is wearing thin
Around the Finnish border I lost my magic hour and the road stopped curving left and right and started curving up and down instead miles and miles of dead straight road consisting of millions of elevation changes. I amused myself by trying to get some air off them but wasnt successful. Mainly I was just happy to be gaining ground so quickly. Around about 9pm I was only 80km from Rovaniemi, but needed some petrol and figured Id better get some food too. After some pasta and frankfurters I came back to my bike and had a look at the rear tire.
The Pirelli Scorpion Trail's soft nougat centre
Ahhhh shit. Id realised my rear was looking a bit bald but I hadnt seen a motorcycle shop since I rode past Tromso, Norway over 1000km ago. I realised that the safest thing to do here would be to find some other way into town and come back with a tow truck for the bike later. Obviously what I actually did was put my helmet back on and limped the last 80km into town, every second expecting the rear to blow out and send me sliding across the wet road. Fortunately the closest place that had a tire turned out to be Rovaniemi, so the next day I limped out again, found the only motorcycle dealership for 100km and got a new tire. Unfortunately all they had in Os size was a stinking sport-touring tire, making my pretend-adventure-tourer even more of a pretender. :(.
As soon as I went inside the dealership the heavens opened... just check out all the water landing on that mower.
Once Id figured out my tire issues I had the rest of the day to explore Rovaniemi. I had a quick look at the museum there, which is supposed to be one of the best in Finland. Says a lot about Finlands museums I guess I was far from impressed. Rovaniemis claim to fame, however, has nothing to do with museums and everything to do with Santa Claus. Im not sure how exactly it came to be, but somehow Rovaniemi is the official home of Santa Claus during the off-season. I thought he was supposed to live on the North Pole rather than the very edge of where the arctic circle used to be, but maybe Im just a purist. The result is that on the main road theres a Santas workshop where you can get your picture taken with the man himself, surrounded by a metropolis of dodgy Christmas-themed souvenir shops.
Damnit, I just couldn't resist
I just couldnt abide being in Lapland and not going to meet Santa Claus. Hes actually a very talkative fellow I almost felt bad for the elves trying to get him to shut up so they could take a photo and usher me out of there. Upon me saying I was from Sydney, he said ah yes, near Turramurra? which is two suburbs over from where I actually live. I was pretty impressed. Rovaniemi also has the worlds most northerly McDonalds fans of will be happy to know that this one too is surrounded by dodgy teenagers getting into fights on a Saturday night, just like every McDonalds in Australia.
One side cold, one side hot
Id had just about enough of freezing my arse off in literally arctic conditions though it was time to head south. Because my retarded plan hadnt taken me to Stockholm when I was in Sweden, I stayed on the Swedish side of the Gulf of Bothina, had an uneventful stop in Umea and found myself in Stockholm the next day. It was a nice little town that I probably shouldve stayed in for a bit longer. It was the first one on my trip to have a specific Old Town with narrow streets and cobblestones and so on a pattern that would become very very familiar as I made my way down through Eastern Europe. The best thing I saw in Stockholm was easily the changing of the guard. Unlike boring old Buckingham Palace, the guards at Swedens palace wear shiny spike helmets and they have a full marching band mounted on horses that whirls around playing music. Its pretty cool.
Although I do love Sweden, it quickly came time to move on. I planned to take the 7:30am ferry across to Helsinki and enjoy a day of watching the islands go by and writing my blog. Cleverly, after failing to obey my alarm and taking way too long for breakfast, I turned up to the port at 7:25am, to find the gate firmly closed and the ferry pulling away. Damnit. Forced with the choice between a more expensive overnight ferry ticket or an equally expensive extra night in Stockholm, I chose the overnight ferry. Never been on one before, might be fun. The ferries between Stockholm and Helsinki have massive reputations as party boats sailing between the two countries allows for duty free alcohol to be sold on board, so its bought, consumed in the rooms and then theres a big party later. Or so Im told I barely saw another person my age on board, it mostly looked like families and pensioners. After going to the bar and seeing a lot of middle aged people dancing to Boney M (not that Boney M isnt awesome) I decided to take advantage of the fact that no one else was in my room and enjoy a rare night in private quarters.
Goodbye Sweden!
Rolling off the ferry in the morning, I met up with Ahmed, a guy from couchsurfing whod kindly offered to host me I didnt even send him a request, he just saw that I was looking in Helsinki and said I could come along. The fact that he didnt have any information on his profile at the time made me a bit suspicious, but he turned out to not only not be a serial killer, but also one of the most interesting people I met while travelling. Ahmed was from Iraq, of all places, and had come to Finland because hed worked as an interpreter for the coalition forces there, and when the insurgency found out he and his family were threatened. As a fluent English speaker with an IT background he tried to make it to the UK to apply for asylum, and figured the easiest place to enter the EU would be in Finland, miles away from the Middle East or Africa. While changing planes in Finland, he lost his passport during the flight, thwarting his plans to get through the border unnoticed his only choices were to apply for asylum in Finland or go back home.
I have a *massive cannon* between my legs, if you know what I mean
Ahmed was a really good host he took me around some of the sights and some of the bars at night, as well as for a walk around the area where he lives. Helsinki wasnt what I expected at all its the capital of Finland, but its *quiet*. Oddly the city it reminded me most of was Canberra, the capital of Australia and regarded by most Australians as one of the most boring cities on the planet. Which isnt to say that Helsinki (or indeed Canberra) is boring, they just both have this empty feeling you can walk for an hour and only see a few people. The night-life in Helsinki seems very similar, with small, not particularly special places gaining massive amounts of significance just because theres not that many people or that many places to go.
This part of Helsinki looks *exactly the same* as a suburb of Canberra called Kingston. Freaks me out
That said, Helsinkis saving grace is that it is basically a factory for beautiful people. Have you ever watched a video clip for a song that shows some street scene where every pedestrian just walking by is impossibly attractive, and youre thinking well thats just silly, no street anywhere looks like that. That is what Helsinki is like. Going out on a Saturday night there poses a danger of spinal injury as your neck twists left and right its not even a voluntary, you cant help yourself.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures related to this, so have a picture of some water instead. Sorry lads!
The journey down from Nordkapp had been a blast, but it was time to kiss goodbye to the brutal prices of the Nordic nations and say hello to Eastern Europe and being able to afford something other than sandwiches. Next stop Estonia!
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Ride safe, Im waiting for you in South Spain.
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Thanks for the thoughtful, well-written reply. It's interesting to me to get a feeling for an author's "sense" of the ride. Thanks again -- hope your'e having a blast wherever you are....and keep the rubber side down!
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Police say the train was stopped and Grider tried to climb between two rail cars that were blocking the sidewalk next to the tracks. They say it looks like she fell down between the cars and then the train backed up.
Grider was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. No foul play is suspected.
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In the wake of what many perceive to be infidelity on Ashton Kutcher's part, Demi Moore has announced that she is divorcing her husband of six years. During that time, they captured our attention and our hearts by doing nothing terribly noteworthy other than having a slightly large age gap between them.
Ugh. I'm boring myself here.
Let's see…Ashton has been in some pretty bad films, which makes this story slightly more relevant than if it was, say, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden getting divorced. Are they divorced? Hmm. We'll get our research team on that as soon as possible.
Oops. Looks like I'm approaching the minimum number of words I can spend on a story before my editor yells at me. THERE. 140 words.
Ashton did NOT need this right now. Last week, the star caused an unwanted stir when he tweeted about Joe Paterno's firing without being aware of the surrounding scandal. This completely ruined Twitter for all the laypeople who assumed that celebrities wouldn't rush to sound off about something before performing due diligence.
Man it's like the world shits on his head and now he's forced to say "thanks for the hat."
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"I'm a really good girlfriend. But I'm a nonexistent ex-girlfriend."–Taylor Swift chats about her dating style and proves that she has basically zero self awareness.
Taylor, I love you. I do. But, you are anything but a non-existent ex. You are, in fact, an omnipresent ex girlfriend, popping up on your ex's radio stations, TVs, red carpets and who knows where else. You are literally the worst ex in history because it's all you talk about.
Not that I blame you. If I dated Harry Styles I'd never STFU about it, ditto with J.Gylls. Nor would I prance around pretending that I just fade into the background, quietly and with dignity, once a romance goes bust. You may no longer deign to be friends with your former flames, but you definitely still exist to them. Trust.
But T, I do believe that you are a good GF, but I also think that you choose the worst boys in history to give your love to. While I lust over Harry, he's not exactly marriage material, and Conor Kennedy is in high school. So my dear, my advice is to choose better boys–or choose a different career. You know you love me Tay, because I'm always right…XOXO.


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As has been the practice since 1981 the Zimbabwean government shall play the lead-role in choreographing the meeting of our contemporary politics with memories of our liberation struggle.
This will be done on April 18, 2012, the country's Independence Day. In so doing leaders in government will seek to use the occasion of these commemorations to demonstrate what they perceive to be their "democratic" commitment to the historically definitive values of our national liberation struggle.
Some more than others, but all the same, they will all insist on having played or intending to play a role relevant to the purposes and values of our national independence. It is however necessary to point out it is not the sole prerogative of our national leaders to remember and commemorate our national independence. Indeed they may lead official state functions to remember the same, but recognising the significance of our freedom from minority rule is the task of every Zimbabwean.
This recognition is not, however; a call to joining the party-led messaging political egos for propagandistic or electioneering purposes. Instead, we should recognise the national significance of independence on the basis of the initial fact that it was a historical and nation-defining occurrence. This especially after a drawn out and painful liberation war.
In the second instance, we must all celebrate our national independence with the intention of insisting that "never again!" shall we or our children bear witness to such repression either by way of racism (of any kind), social and economic injustice or the wanton killing of innocent civilians and deprivation of human rights to all. This is regardless of whatever government is in charge at any given time in present or the future.
Thirdly, we must recognise our national independence in order to understand the historical and progressive democratic reasons why the Zimbabwean state was established. While the political parties may give their own politicised reasons, our collective understanding should be pre-disposed to understanding that we raised our national flag in April 1980 with the explicit intention of ensuring a democratic and better life for all Zimbabweans regardless of race, colour or class. It is from such a premise that we must measure, even 32 years afterwards, to see if our country and its successive governments (even if dominated by one party) have adhered to this key noble intention of our independence.
This would include taking into account the policies that have been implemented since 1980. These would include the expansion of social service provision by the state, the establishment of a justiciable bill of rights (however flawed), the tragic conflict that was Gukurahundi, economic structural adjustment, the continually repressive political environment as well as the continually disputed and historically politicised land re-distribution and indigenisation programmes.
Some would argue that the verdict is easy, meaning that perhaps 32 years on, we are yet to realise the objectives of our national independence and liberation struggle. That, however, would be to potentially fall into the trap of continually politicising our collective history just as some political parties have consistently sought to do.
Many mistakes were made and continue to be made across political lines since 1980 to present day. Indeed it is the liberation parties that took and remain in power that are most culpable for real and perceived failures that are associated with our post independence society. But it must now become increasingly clear that the country should no longer be viewed as being the responsibility of these movements alone. It belongs to all who live in it, and therefore we all have a responsibility to ensure that it pursues the path of making progressive and democratic history. It is no longer adequate to merely claim political party membership as the reason for seeking recognition as an active citizen with claim to the legacy of the liberation struggle. This is particularly so for the younger generations of adult Zimbabweans who may not have seen or participated either in the liberation war or the independence celebrations at Rufaro stadium in 1980.
As a fourth and final point, it must be emphasised that the path that Zimbabwe must now pursue is one that, while being conscious of our history, must not be imprisoned by it. In celebrating or commemorating 32 years of our national independence, we must think more of the future than the past.
We must grasp that our existence as a country is based on what were essentially struggles for the freedom of all and not the few. In so doing, we must carry forward the burden of the mistakes made more honestly and with the clear intentions of ensuring that these mistakes never occur again of our own volition.


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European certification will follow later this year, Sukhoi adds.
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Peter Jay Salzman writes:
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> > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Micah Cowan wrote:
> >
> > > Peter Jay Salzman writes:
> > > > begin Henry House <email@example.com>
> > > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:08:52PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
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> > > > not all acronyms use all uppercase. what would you do to make the
> > > > sentence unambiguous in that case?
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> > So you would like to write "A bunch of Heliums" as "A bunch of He's" and
> > suggest that this is somehow clear?
> bleah. your example sucks. you're trying to tell me what correct
> english is with the example sentence "a bunch of heliums"?
Pete, I'm pretty sure that's *his* point: why would you want to
pluralize He?
> try giving a less embarrasing example.
...likewise... :)
> > Assuming a sentence could be
> > constructed in which a plural of such an abbreviation made sense, I can't
> > imagine how adding an apostrophe will make it clearer, given the rules of
> > English.
> well, take it from someone who's spent a long time being a scientist.
> just because YOU can't imagine it, doesn't mean it's not true.
> i'm kind of disappointed that your thinking is so calcified.
Let's not get hot about this... but if you /can/ imagine it, how about
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President Paul Kagame yesterday received a delegation of five Republicans from USA, and discussed issues concerning the promotion of trade between the two countries.
The delegation which is composed of two senators arrived in Kigali on a two-day visit yesterday, after trips to South Sudan and Ethiopia. They are scheduled to continue to West Africa after their Rwanda visit.
The Head of Delegation, Jim Inhofe, Senator from Oklahoma City, told journalists that the Republicans Party has the capacity and commitment to negotiate trade partnerships with the government of Rwanda to foster future cooperation.
"We appreciate what Rwanda has achieved in a very small period of time; the country's economic growth and low corruption levels are very impressive. The transformation that Rwanda has achieved under President Kagame has been so much- no other presidents were able to do this," Inhofe said.
"I have been here nine times and every time I come, I find something new. We are totally focused on opening trade links with Rwanda and President Kagame has shared with us the same desire."
Inhofe also serves as a member of the Republicans Foreign Affairs Committee and the African Affairs Subcommittee.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Louise Mushikiwabo, commended the delegates, saying that Rwanda's trade potential has always been attractive.
"The Senators have a shared belief in the role of free enterprise in transforming African economies, a belief they share with the government of Rwanda. Their interest indicates how the US, Rwanda and Africa in general can enhance trade and business ties," Mushikiwabo said.
Other members of the delegation include John Boozman from Akansas, Steve Pearce from New Mexico, Erik Paulsen from Minnesota and Vernon Buchanan from Florida.


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Bardo — Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci underlined, on Wednesday, the importance of the joint development projects to be carried out in the Tunisian-Algerian border zones.
"These projects will be achieved in collaboration between the state, the local communities and the private sector, in such as manner as "to make the concept of administrative borders more human" and consecrate the right of the inhabitants of the border regions to fair development," he specified during his meeting with National Constituent Assembly (NCA) speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar.
According to the NCA statement, Mr. Medelci expressed the convergence of views between Algeria and Tunisia notably concerning the Maghrebi edification and the imperative to lay the foundations of a joint development which, he hoped, be crowned by an economic integration likely to help face up the regional and international grouping.
Besides, he estimated that "the wisdom of the Tunisian people will help them achieve their democratic process at lower cost."
In turn, the NCA speaker commended the longstanding fraternity relations binding Tunisia and Algeria, pointing out that these relations are a favourable platform to improve the common policies, boost bilateral co-operation in all fields and energise the Maghrebi edification process in line with the aspirations of the peoples of the region.
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You Need To See How 'Game Of Thrones' Opened Its Comic-Con Panel (Video)
The highly successful HBO show "Game of Thrones" opened its Comic-Con 2013 panel by remembering the countless characters that have died during the first epic three seasons of the show.
"GoT" kicked off Comic-Con with an entertaining yet sad In Memoriam reel which was set to the tune of the classic Boys II Men song, "It's Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday".
In the clip, they remember all the characters who were killed… whether it was by being stabbed, beheaded or having a pot of molten gold poured on their head it kept us captivated.
In the end, they tease the upcoming 4th season by saying:
"The North Remembers."
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Santikos Foundation gives $50K for UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts scholarships
(March 23, 2011)--Fifty freshmen in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts will receive $1,000 scholarships, thanks to a well-known local businessman.
The John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation will award $100,000 in scholarships -- $50,000 to UTSA and $50,000 to St. Mary's University -- for entering freshmen this fall. The gift is in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Santikos Theatres.
The announcement was made at a Tuesday morning ceremony at the Palladium Theatre at The Rim, one of seven Santikos cinema centers in the city.
UTSA President Ricardo Romo; Dan Gelo, dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts; and UTSA student Ambassadors Jonathan Peterson, Tyler Martini and Iliana Sanchez were on hand to accept the "Ticket to Higher Education," a scholarship announcement in the shape of a large movie ticket.
"We are thrilled to receive this gift," said Romo. "Things are very tight for families these days, so to offer $1,000 in assistance is wonderful. John Santikos and his family have done so much for the community over the past 100 years. It is an honor for UTSA to be a part of that legacy."
John Santikos, chairman of the foundation and CEO of the theater chain, reflected on his family's history and his father's first theater in the early 1900s.
"We've been fortunate in building our business here and I'm very proud of the positive impact we've been able to have in San Antonio with thousands of young people getting their first jobs working in our theaters and so many going on to college," said Santikos, who is a graduate of St. Mary's University.
"While St. Mary's helped give me my start, we have also worked closely with UTSA's College of Liberal and Fine Arts over the years, and so it seemed very appropriate to make a scholarship gift to both universities in our centennial year," he said.
Local Santikos Theatres include the Palladium IMAX, Silverado 16, Mayan, Northwest, Embassy, Bijou Cinema Bistro and the Rialto. The company also has a 19-screen IMAX theater in Houston.
For more information about the Santikos scholarships, email Lisa Blazer, UTSA assistant vice president for student financial aid.


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Before he passed off the scene, Israel's human founder Moses wanted every Israelite to understand the relationship between God and their special nation.
This long series expounds what we moderns refer to as "social justice" not from a Marxist, Muslim, Socialist, or Libertarian perspective but from the perspective of God as He "interfered" with ancient near eastern culture of the 15th century BC.
Divine revelation touched every aspect of social life including crime control, economics, education, family welfare, foreign relations, labor management, public health, and taxation.
One can trace the profound effect of Moses' sermons upon common law and political concepts throughout subsequent history.
But the core message centers on the prerequisite of a just society: the heart that freely expresses its ultimate allegiance to God. When faced with Satan's temptations Jesus relied upon key passages in Deuteronomy.
So will we if we are wise.


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These are directions on how to draw a simple maze. All you need is a pencil and paper.
Draw a square. Erase two wholes in it. I put mine in the corners as shown in the picture. This will be your entrance and exit.
Draw another square inside the first square. Erase more holes in that square. I made 3 holes in mine.
Draw more and more squares inside eachother. Yours should look pretty close to mine, other than the holes.
Now you can draw different shapes inside that square. Erase holes in them too.
Fill those in with squares. Erase holes in those too.
Figure out where you want the only way through the maze to be. I highlighted mine.
Now start drawing lines to close off paths other than the way through.
Finish drawing lines. You may have had to erase some more holes to make the maze more comfusing. Make sure there are no other ways through the maze. I...
If you chose to highlight your route, erase the highlight. You have your very own maze now! Well... What are you waiting for? GO SHOW IT OFF!
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All nouns in Spanish have gender. To understand the gender of nouns, it is first important to understand what a noun is. In elementary school, you probably learned that a noun is a person, place or thing. Technically, a noun is a word that represents a person, place, or thing. When a word represents a person, the gender of that noun will obviously be the gender (sex) of the person it represents.
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