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Sprawling resort surrounded by gorgeous mountain views, and packed with amenities
The Sandia sits in a spectacular, isolated location in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains within a six-story, Pueblo-style building. A large bronze sculpture of a horned Pueblo dancer clutching a gourd greets guests at the hotel entrance. The sculpture is a prelude to the array of local art on display in the massive lobby -- such as pottery, historic photographs, and Native rugs.
The lobby's massive central space and spacious hallways leading to the many meeting rooms off of it are completed by an impressive Pueblo-style ceiling of wood beams and hundreds of vigas. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the stunning views of the mountains and the pool area.
The seasonal pool is large and surrounded by dozens of lounge chairs, several cabanas, fire pits, a Jacuzzi, and the poolside bar. Some guests find it an impressive place to soak while enjoying the mountain vistas. Many visitors have also raved about the spa, which offers a full range of services and understated, nature-themed treatment rooms.
In addition to the outdoor pool, the resort's sprawling grounds include a golf course and amphitheater. The Sandia Golf Club offers an 18-hole course with great views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. If golf isn't on your agenda, live entertainment can be had outside at the amphitheater where large shows are regularly staged featuring artists such as Santana.
The casino also offers performances (at the Tlur Pa Lounge) and features numerous slot machines, a poker room, and other gaming options. The cigarette smoke can be an issue for some guests in the lobby area, as the casino is adjacent to it. If you obtain a players' club card at the front desk, you'll receive perks such as room and food discounts.
Just north of Albuquerque on the secluded Sandia Pueblo reservation
The Sandia Resort sits in an isolated location near I-25 on the Sandia Pueblo reservation, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. There is little to do in the immediate area but the Sandia is a destination resort, so some guests don't leave the grounds during their stay.
However, attractions such as the Santa Fe Opera are only a 5-minute drive away, and the Sandia Tram can be reached within 10-15 minutes. Shuttle service is offered to the Albuquerque Airport for free.
Sitting along the Rio Grande at an elevation of 5,312-ft, Albuquerque occupies a high desert environment. The city was founded in 1706 by the Spanish as a colonial outpost in the New World. Today, Albuquerque is home to more than 530,000 people of over 70 different ethnicities, including Native Americans, Latinos, and Anglos, making it the largest city in New Mexico. Albuquerque retains connections to the past and its culture in the architecture, artwork, and cuisine to be found throughout the city.
Albuquerque is known as a center of high-tech industry and research. The Sandia National Laboratory, General Electric, and Kirtland Air Force Base all call the city home. It's also the ballooning capital of the world. Albuquerque hosts the International Balloon Fiesta each October, an event that might be the most photographed in the world. Local hot air balloon companies offer rides to visitors year-round.
As a four-season city with 300 sunny days a year, Albuquerque has an active community of golfers, hikers, skiers, horseback riders, mountain bikers, and fishermen. The Sandia Mountains just to the east provide a high-altitude respite from the summer heat and many miles of forested trails, and a winter playground featuring Sandia Peak Ski Area. Any visit to Albuquerque is incomplete without a ride on the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway, the longest tram in the world, ascending 2.7 miles from the outskirts of the city to the Sandia Mountains at 10,378 feet.
Whatever you do in the outdoors here, be sure to stay well-hydrated -- mild temperatures can be deceiving, and the high elevation can take its toll on the fittest adventurers.
Spacious and modern with Native American decor
The Sandia offers 228 rooms and suites that offer lots of space (the smallest rooms are 795 square feet) and feature Native American Pueblo-style decor. The rooms have an earthy feel, with cream-colored walls, light wood furniture, and Native American motifs adorning the headboards, lamps, and duvets. Bathrooms feature granite counters, glass-walled showers with separate tubs, and a Pueblo-style partition for the toilet area.
Some rooms contains wood beams in the ceilings and kiva-style fireplaces.
Numerous amenities, including a large casino, 18-hole golf course, pretty spa, and popular ampitheater
A mix of restaurants offers a good variety of dining options
Situated on the Sandia Pueblo Indian reservation just north of Albuquerque, this rambling resort is packed with amenities, including a huge casino, large amphitheater, massive pool area, and restaurant. Great views of the nearby Sangre de Cristo Mountains grace the gorgeous grounds and 18-hole golf course. The Native American art on display throughout the hotel is spectacular, but be prepared for cigarette smoke in the public areas.
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Frederick city officials said they will be looking into closing �a gap� in an ordinance that gives the city little say over for-profit events held on private property after a �Tough Mudder� competition over the weekend went awry because area roads could not handle the number of people who tried to attend the event.
City officials canceled the second day of the endurance-challenge held at Crumland Farms along U.S. 15 on Sunday after serious safety concerns arose late Saturday.
The permit granted by the city for private events only ensures adequate parking, first aid and emergency exits, not traffic routing, city Mayor Randy McClement (R) said.
Tough Mudder organizers had hired seven off-duty police officers, but several more were pulled from In The Street festival duty in downtown Frederick to direct traffic on Route 15 Saturday, McClement said.
�We told them [Mudder organizers] we weren�t happy with the amount of force we had to put into this,� McClement said.
The mayor said the city will consider asking for reimbursement for police services after he has a chance to review �the whole scenario.�
Tough Mudders, which also raises money for the Wounded Warriors project, attracted thousands of spectators and 28,000 participants to the 12-mile obstacle course.
Charles Crum, owner of the property, did not immediately return a call for comment.
Organizers failed to consider the traffic impact of the event, according to officials and would-be participants.
The northbound lane of U.S. 15 was backed up for several miles, and Opposumtown Pike, the alternate route, was backed up from Willow Road to Motter Ave. Eventgoers complained of sitting in traffic for several hours waiting to park.
�This was totally unacceptable,� Frederick Police Chief Kim Dine said. �Clearly, this was too many people for that event. In pulling the permit, we took responsive action .... It was messed up.�
Dine said the city recommended that organizers bus people in, and their response was that there was no place large enough to handle the parking.
City police were ill-equipped to handle the impact of the traffic, and only received help from Maryland State Police when traffic conditions on U.S. 15 grew untenable.
Cpl. Todd Hill of the state police said Saturday afternoon that state police responded after the city�s event �spilled over onto our roadways.�
Dine �attempted to pull in the Frederick Sheriff�s Office and state police before the event, and they had no interest,� according to Josh Russin, executive assistant to the mayor.
Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R) did not return multiple telephone calls Sunday or Monday.
The city�s annual In The Street celebration on Saturday was projected to draw about 50,000 to downtown, and Frederick police were stretched thin, according to Russin.
McClement said he was �surprised� at comments made by Jenkins in the Frederick News Post about the sherriff�s decision to opt out of the event
�I was surprised to read the sheriff�s comments that �It�s not our problem,� because we do try to cooperate when things like this happen,� McClement said.
Meanwhile, Facebook lit up with angry �mudders� scheduled to participate in the second day of the challenge on Sunday.
Saturday�s event had 20,500 registered mudders, with another 7,500 scheduled to run Sunday.
Tough Mudder, which holds similar events across the county, sent out text messages followed by emails to participants about the cancellation early Sunday morning.
The email from the event organizers sent to participants at 1:22 a.m. blamed weather conditions for the decision.
�Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic event must be canceled due to flooding and safety concerns. Yesterday's rain left us with an extremely waterlogged course, base area and parking area, which all prevent critical functions from keeping you safe. Our safety team spent considerable time working with local authorities to reevaluate the course this evening and have ultimately determined it unsafe for tomorrow's event. Safety has and always will be our top priority without compromise, so we must heed this decision,� the email said.
Vinny�s Towing and Recovery in Frederick reported dispatching eight tow trucks to Crumland Farm Saturday and Sunday to pull vehicles stuck in the mud after a severe storm swept through the area Saturday.
The event organizers posted a notice on their Facebook page, but after several hundred angry comments from participants questioning the reason for the cancellation surfaced, the thread was deleted.
In screen shots of the comments captured by participant Jonathan Elias of Chantilly, Va., the comments varied from complaints about the lack of coordination to demands for refunds.
Early Sunday, organizers promised a �transfer code� to be used as a credit for any Tough Mudder event in 2012 or 2013.
But by late Sunday afternoon, they were offering refunds, credits and discounts on future events, according to an email from Mid-Atlantic Tough Mudder obtained by The Gazette.
Tough Mudder�s media contact, Jane DiLeo, did not return calls for comment, but emailed a statement to The Gazette Sunday.
�After thoughtful consideration of the facts surrounding yesterday�s Mid-Atlantic Tough Mudder event, including the condition of the course due to flooding, traffic and parking issues that occurred, and inconsistent support from local authorities, the decision was made to cancel the Sunday, September 9th event. We arrived at this decision with the utmost consideration for the safety of our participants, spectators, and volunteers. The satisfaction of all Mudders and our fans remains our top priority, and we regret the frustration this will have caused,� the statement said.
However, one former �mudder� wasn�t buying it, citing similar problems at a previous event.
�The story Tough Mudder is giving out about the �weather� being an issue doesn't surprise me,� said Brian Renn of Centreville, Va. �I was at last year's Tough Mudder at Wintergreen Resort. We were stuck in the bag check line, cold and wet, for several hours. We had to dig emergency thermal blankets out of the trash to stay warm. They claimed it was due to a medical emergency at the time, but later sent out a notice admitting it was poor planning on their part.�
Renn said that he is finished with Tough Mudder.
�They may be able to build a heck of an obstacle course, but they don't have clue one as to how to put together an event of this size,� he said.


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Damn, awesome job! Just started playing DF, would love to be able to build something like this eventually.
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And how long did it take IRL to build all of this!?
It menaces with spikes of carpal tunnel and drudgery!
Stonesense / DF 3D screenshots where? :)
It's been about two months now.
There's some on page 9 of the thread (see below).
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Step 1: Ingredients
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1/3 cup lukewarm water
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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(1) Watch the interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, by journalist (not mere "blogger," NYT!) and filmmaker Laura Pointras, if you haven't already:
Yves Smith's remarks on why the interview is so powerful are spot on:
You could not have done better if you had gone to central casting and had a professional scriptwriter. He's on the nerdy side of attractive, sensible-sounding and relaxed, articulate, and able to deliver key points in a compact, mass market friendly manner. Sadly, who carriers the message matters a great deal to Americans, and Snowden has revealed himself to be credible and likeable. In other words, as Foreign Policy noted a couple of days ago, the PR battle is on, and Glenn Greenwald and the Guardian team have played this very well. The releasing of key pieces over a series of days has kept the story on a full boil, and having Snowden agree to the taping and releasing it towards the end was astute
(2) Greenwald on On Point: Tom Ashbrook's interview with Greenwald on yesterday's episode of WBUR's On Point is worth listening to:
Greenwald is so great on this. He's been on the TV circuit too, I know from his Twitter feed–I assume he's been equally withering in his responses to NSA/Obama apologists there. I love that he ridicules the idea that the apologists (including Obama himself!) are now saying that they "welcome debate" on this, while they simultaneously say that Snowden should be punished for breaking the law (I heard Mass. Dem. Senate candidate Ed Markey say both of these things on a WBUR interview this morning, alas). Here's Greenwald, from the transcript:
Everybody loves to say, "We should have a healthy debate about this." President Obama said, "I welcome the debate." The problem, though, is that there hasn't ever been a debate about these programs. And because it's all shrouded in top secrecy and the government constantly either threatens to prosecute or actually prosecutes anyone who talks about it, there never can be a debate. So what we have is this completely hypocritical contradiction, which is everybody goes around saying, "Of course we should have a debate about our surveillance policies. We shouldn't just let the government do it and have us not know about it and not be able to debate it." And yet, at the same time, when somebody comes forward — like Mr. Snowden — and courageously does the only thing there is to do to make us know about it, to let us debate it, they start calling for their heads. "He's a traitor. Put him in prison." So it is impossible to have a debate about any of these issues, precisely because they're being conducted completely in the dark.
(3) If You Were Reading D&S in March 2010: You got some good background on the privatization, and massive expansion, of the national security state, including the role of Booz Allen Hamilton, where Edward Snowden worked, in Tom Barry's feature article Synergy in Security: The Rise of the National Security Complex. From the introduction:
Since Sept. 11, 2001, a vastly broadened government-industry complex has emerged—one that brings together all aspects of national security. Several interrelated trends are responsible for its formation and explosive growth: 1) the dramatic growth in government outsourcing since the early 1990s, and particularly since the beginning of the George W. Bush administration, 2) the post-Sept. 11 focus on homeland security, 3) the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 4) the Bush-era surge in intelligence budget and intelligence contracts, and 5) the cross-agency focus on information and communications technology.
The term "military-industrial complex" no longer adequately describes the multi-headed monster that has emerged in our times. The industrial (that is, big business) part of the military-industrial complex has become ever more deeply integrated into government—no longer simply providing arms but also increasingly offering their services on the fronts of war and deep inside the halls of government—commissioned to carry out the very missions of the DoD, DHS, and intelligence agencies. In the national security complex, it is ever more difficult to determine what is private sector and what is public sector—and whose interests are being served.
The article is particularly good for understanding the revolving door between the private security contractors and government agencies, and for the shift toward computing and information. (I heard a segment on NPR this morning that touched on this, but their angle was that one of the problems with privatization and expansion of private national security companies is that it broadens the number of people who have access to state secrets, and thereby makes leaks by people like Snowden more likely. Funny, I was thinking that was a rare silver lining to privatization!)
(4) Other links:
- Juan Cole, It's the Corporations, Stupid: Excellent analysis about why the U.S. gov't has been induced to 2nd Amendment fundamentalism, but not 4th Amendment fundamentalism. It's because big corporations would be harmed by gun control, but no big corporations are harmed by massive NSA-type surveillance.
- Former CIA agent Ray McGovern on the Real News Network on why Snowden did the right thing.
- Jane Mayer in The New Yorker: What's the Matter with Metadata?
- John Cassidy in The New Yorker: Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero.
- Maureen Dowd in NYT: Peeping Barry.
- James Fallows in The Atlantic: Edward Snowden in Hong Kong.
But is he still in Hong Kong? Reports say that he checked out of a hotel there.
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After a much cooler weekend, looking for a cooler and wet start to the work week. High temperatures only expected to reach 66 degrees with a 50% chance for showers. Setup very similar to last week as we pick up moisture from remnants of Sonia as well as from the gulf. High temps will reach near 57 degrees with light winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 miles per hour. Expecting to warm into Tuesday near 74 degrees with lingering rain chances. By Wednesday afternoon a cold front will pass through the region bringing cooler and dry weather. Showers may linger to around noon once the front passes. For the rest of the week high pressure along the surface keeping conditions cool through Friday. By the next weekend, expecting to warm back to the mid to upper 70's which is very seasonal for this time of year.
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BRADENTON – The Manatee School District's review of unauthorized spending related to its 2009 sales tax bond will now be turned over to law enforcement, according to district officials.
In June, the district's internal audit firm asked MCSB attorney Mitchell Teitelbaum to review irregularities they had found, regarding how some of the money had been spent.
At Tuesday's school board meeting, Teitelbaum said he was required by law to report the information to police, who will decide if an investigation is warranted.
The internal audit by Shinn and Co. of Bradenton found improper spending from a $45 million sales tax bond issued in 2009. Around $8 million was spent on things not authorized by the bond issue, while $3 million in additional spending was undocumented.
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Comment Re:Fatsos (Score 2, Insightful) 88 88
Also you act like fat people just keep to themselves. They don't. They aren't. They take up 2 seats + seats on airplanes for instance. They also have a fat acceptance movement going on.
if.they have a few pounds on
I'm not talking about a few lbs overweight. But unfortunately, when you say a few lbs, in todays terms, you now mean obese people. Not people that literally have 2-5 lbs to lose.
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I've watched
Clearly you know what's going on then.
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Comment Re:Fatsos (Score -1, Troll) 88 88
Comment Re:Fatsos (Score 2, Insightful) 88 88
The fat community does nothing but road block people trying to lose weight. So fuck them. They sit there with a poor me complex and rail against anyone actively doing something about their weight. It shows to them that they too can lose weight and they want nothing to do with it. So no. I took shit for being fat. Then I took shit for losing weight.
Anyone that has actually done this can certainly understand why I hate fat asses.
Comment Re:Fatsos (Score -1, Troll) 88 88
Then you might want to show some fucking empathy. No one is going to think you used such harsh language because you used to feel that way about yourself, they're going to think you're just a dumb, judgmental prick.
Empathy for the class of people that are fat, know it and make excuses. No fuck that and fuck them. There are so many reasons not to be fat and the majority of them aren't the fact that they are fucking eye sores.
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Conversely, maybe we can now take snide, fucking smart-alecks and swap them into the body of a lardass so they can experience the humiliation and despair of being obese, so people like you can have a little more empathy for the human condition.
Implying I haven't lost weight and fought to keep it there.
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Comment Re:And neither does anyone else... (Score 1) 123 123
I did rtf. It says new type of rock all over it.
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Comment I don't think they are rocks (Score 3, Insightful) 123 123
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If you don't have some sort of degree in education, child development, psychology, ect, you are incapable of teaching anyone anything, ever. Only those with the proper certificates, and have spent thousands of dollars towards their education in said areas, have any possible hope of someone learning something from them. I never learned anything from my parents, who didn't have degrees in any field, or my grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, friend's parents, ect. Anyone that has taught me anything has had the proper certificates, plaques, degrees to prove that they themselves can teach and be learned from. So it has been since the beginning of time. Since God, who himself had all of the proper degrees, graduated Adam, the first person, and, the first person ever to earn a doctorate.


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Another Powerful Earthquake Rattles Japan
A strong earthquake shook Japan on Friday.
But unlike last year's devastating March 11th quake, there were no reports of deaths or major damage in the hours after it.
And there was no deadly tsunami, either.
Friday's quake measured 7.3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It was centered under the Pacific Ocean, off the eastern coast of northern Japan – in the same area where the March 11th earthquake was centered.
Tsunami warnings were issued almost immediately.
But according to published reports, the largest wave created by Friday's earthquake stood only three feet high – not like the massive walls of water that stood several stories high last year.
The March 11th quake killed nearly 20,000 people.
But according to the Japanese TV network NHK, only ten injuries were reported as of Saturday morning (Japan time) — none of them serious.
Still, in areas that have yet to rebuild since the March 11th quake, Friday's tremor shook a lot of nerves as well.
"I immediately jumped into the car and started running away toward the mountains," said Chikako Iwai, in an interview with Reuters news service.
Iwai lives in Ishinomaki – one of the cities where the rubble from houses destroyed by the March 11th quake still has not been cleared.
"It shook for such a long time," said Aiko Hibiya, a volunteer recovery worker in the same area, in an interview with the Associated Press (AP).
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries because of its location.
As Reuters reported, it sits where four of the huge plates that make up the Earth's surface come together – the Eurasian plate, the North American plate, the Philippines plate and the Pacific plate.
When any one of those plates shifts or cracks or bends, Japan feels it.
Japan's meteorological agency told NHK that Friday's quake was probably an aftershock of the March 11th quake.
(Aftershocks are relatively smaller earthquakes that follow a very large one.)
We usually hear about aftershocks right after a major quake.
But "it's very normal to have aftershocks more than a year later," said Jessica Turner, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, according to the International Business Times.
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Ah, yes, it was a kickoff return. Not sure what Kilmer has to do with anything, except I forgot their TD against the Dolphins was a blocked kick. Crazy special teams mess up everything.
As for stats, enh, take 'em or leave 'em. One important statistic might indicate Eli is better than Peyton, but there's just more to it than that. You can make them read any way you want, and they're so relative in such a team sport. One-off achievements are one thing, but "best evers"? Who really knows?
Kilmer has everything to do with it....those Dolphins beat a decent team with an eh QB ..... the Seahawks shut down the best offensive team in history
tell me another way to read 55 TD passes , 76 total TDs and 606 pts , 5,477 passing yds, 9 games with 4 or more TD passes, 293 passing first downs aside from uhhh... that its never been done before
a QB 2 years removed from multiple neck surgeries that would end most players careers
a WR corp. who no one had heard of until Peyton was throwing the ball
get a grip my man .... this was the best offense in the history of the game and anyone who knows a damn thing about the NFL would tell you the exact same thing
.... and if anyone tells you that Eli is better than Peyton at anything let alone playing the QB position take them to the nearest psychiatrist ..... thats coming from a life long Giant fan
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- Bulging discs are intervertebral discs that have become misshapen. These discs can protrude into the spinal canal, causing it to narrow. Again, nerve roots become compressed and pain occurs.
- Bone spurs, often the result of osteoarthritis in the spinal canal, may develop as joints in the spinal column deteriorate. Bone spurs can grow into the spinal canal and press on nerve roots, resulting in pain, tingling or numbness.
- Herniated discs are intervertebral discs that have broken open or ruptured due to wear and tear caused by aging, or due to injury. Disc material and fluid from herniated discs can cause the spinal canal to narrow, and, again, nerve roots are affected.
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Adding to above post with some very current material, I'll speak about two examples where Dom's acting made the scenes. Both were wordless scenes but ones which carried considerable emotion.
The other night I viewed Dante and Lulu's classic "Opera" Date - 12/29/2009. A beautiful moment that embodied the spirit of Lante. But it was Dante's words to Lulu "that the music transcends language" which hit a chord with me.
Good morning. This article is about GH in general - the good and the not so good. The author discusses some points which are important to me - isolation of characters, plot-point writing and adjusting history to suit those plots. The current Lulu/Maxie story is used as an example.
Dusting off the Vintage Lante Thread. LOL.
Good morning!! This pic taken by Kirsten at a dinner party among friends last Saturday reminded me once again of that SOC article from a few weeks ago - about some stories just work better with the actors who created the roles.
Today was a very sad day for "Lulu". I feel horrible for the character Julie Berman gave so much passion and dedication. Overcoming the negativity and criticism for what was written for her character, with continued professionalism. Julie made us feel Lulu's POV - regardless of pairing - whether we agreed with it or not.
I can't believe all the Lulu hatred I see on my twitter timeline. Seems like the character destruction of "Lulu" is complete. And I agree Karen, I think it's a joint effort of RC and ER. It breaks my heart that all that JMB built up over the last eight years, just like THAT...it's gone.
Since the first scenes with Lulu "hovering" over Maxie aired, I developed a very uncomfortable feeling about this story – seeing it as one where all the characters involved could be damaged in the process. And ALL characters have been damaged – some more than others. AND, YES, EVEN DANTE IS NOW STARTING TO COME UNDER ATTACK. Up to now, he has had less POV than the others, being there mostly to love Lulu and baby Connie. But now that his feelings are coming more to fore, he, too, is starting to receive his allotment of poisoned arrows – a situation created by the poison pens of the current writers!
I'm feeling this especially strongly today because I find what Lulu did in pursuing the "murder" allegation the worst thing adult Lulu has done. Why? Because it was premediated - planned with plenty of time to change her mind - right up to the last minute when her unknowing husband asked what else was planned and she knew they weren't on the same page. People often speak badly of Lulu because of some outbursts and harsh words in the past. But, thinking about it, those occasions were very different in one important way - they were not planned and were in situations where Lulu had just learned devastating news and was at an emotional peak. I think especially of the scene at GH where Lulu railed against Lucky after Dante's 2nd shooting. Huge criticism has been levied against Lulu for wishing Lucky dead. And, yes, the words were harsh - but think of the immediate emotional shock Lulu was in at that moment!!! There she was still in her opera finery waiting to learn if the man she hoped to marry was going to live or die - after just having watched him struggle to breath - to hang onto life. Of course, harsh, emotional words could be expected in the heat of that moment.
Well it seems this farce will continue today. This s/l and ER's inability to bring any feeling or emotion to it have ruined Lante once and for all. My only hope is that the DD rumors are true and Lulu cheats on Dante. Their love story, for me ended, when Julie left and they brought in a sub par replacement. The character of Lulu that I so loved is forever gone due to ER's inability to grasp her intricacies and RC's horrendous story telling BOTH are just awful.
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- Way too simplistic; user has very limited control over settings concerning the DVD that will be created.
- Need a better color scheme for some text + background combinations because text can be very hard to read at times.
- Doesn't support drag + drop.
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{for="Performance" value="6″}Works fairly fast, and quality of DVD is good. However the program overall is way too simplistic – user has very limited control over the settings concerning the DVD that will be created.
{for="Usefulness" value="8″}I can see this program being fairly useless to many people.
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Before I delve into Wondershare Video to DVD Converter, let me clarify one point regarding creating DVDs.
I have noticed there is a bit of confusion out there when it comes to DVDs. People want to burn movie DVDs which they can play on their DVD player but often mix up the action of burning a movie DVD and authoring a movie DVD. This confusion cannot solely be blamed on consumers because often many programs have the ability to burn DVDs but not the ability to author them. Both burning and authoring a DVD accomplish the same goal of creating a movie DVD which is watchable on an average household DVD player. The difference lies in the actual process of creating that movie DVD.
When you burn a movie DVD you are simply putting DVD compliant videos (i.e. .VOB) onto a DVD; if you burn non-DVD compliant videos onto the DVD, like AVI or MP4, the DVD just acts like a VCD instead of a proper DVD. When you author a movie DVD you take non-DVD compliant videos (i.e. AVI, WMV, MP4, etc.), convert them to DVD compliant format (i.e. .VOB), and burn them onto a DVD. In the process of authoring a DVD you may also be able to create custom DVD menus depending on which software you use.
That being said, Wondershare Video to DVD Converter is a (very simple) DVD authoring program.
This is what Wondershare Video to DVD Converter looks like:
Using Wondershare Video to DVD Converter (WVtDC) is very easy; nonetheless, the directions are written right there on the program for anyone that gets confused.
To get started, you simply add the videos you want to create DVD out of by either hitting the "Add Video" or "Add Folder" buttons (you cannot drag + drop videos into WVtDC). The difference between "Add Video" and "Add Folder" is with "Add Video" only the videos you specifically select will be added (you may select more than one video at a time) and with "Add Folder" all the videos in the folder you select will be added.
These are all the input video formats supported:
After you have added your videos, you have the ability to moving them up or down in terms of the order they will be on the DVD and/or trimming each video. The "Move up" and "Move down" buttons will accomplish the order shuffling; clicking on the scissors button located at the right of the program window…
…will bring up the video trim window:
Trimming videos is simple; just move the markers to the area that you want to include in the DVD:
Once done with the trimming, hit "OK" to go back to the main menu.
After you have added all the videos you want to add, properly ordered them, and (optionally) trimmed them, simply hit the "Start" button to start creating your DVD. However before the actual creation of the DVD starts, you will need to select some final options:
The final options you have to deal with are selecting what type of DVD menu you want (thumbnail or list) to be created, what audio you want playing at the menu (you can clear it so no audio at all; there is audio set to play by default) and if you want to burn your DVD directly onto a DVD disc or would rather create an ISO of it which you want burn at a latter date with some DVD burning software.
When all is set and done, click "OK" to start the DVD creation process:
Take note you have the ability to automatically shut down your computer after the DVD creation process has finished. This is handy because creating DVDs can, by nature, be a very long process.
How long it takes to create/burn your DVD will very depending on how many videos you are burning, what format and size they are, the speed of your DVD burner. However, generally speaking, Wondershare Video to DVD Converter works at a good pace (it beat DVD Flick by about 30 seconds in creating a test 5 minute long DVD out of 2 short videos; took a total of 2 minutes 23 seconds to create that short DVD).
Resource usage while creating DVD is not all too bad either (resource usage will vary as always but on average): WVtDC was using ~65% CPU and ~128 MB RAM while creating a DVD.
The quality of the DVD that was created was not all too bad; it was definitely watchable and could be considered "DVD quality". However, it may just be my DVD Flick fanboy bias creeping in, but I noticed DVD Flick did have slightly better quality than WVtDC. The quality difference is not something all that big; if someone is not specifically looking for it, they probably won't even notice.
Last but not least, here is the "Options" menu of WVtDC:
For the most part, you really shouldn't have to change anything here, but just take note of what you can change. (During installation you should have been prompted to set your TV Standard.)
Overall, Wondershare Video to DVD Converter does create DVDs successfully, and it is very easy to use, but I give it a thumbs down. The reason I give it a thumbs down is because it is way too simple. Outside of order of input videos, ability to trim, selection aspect ratio, DVD standard, and the type of DVD menu to create, Wondershare Video to DVD Converter does not offer any settings control to the user. Now if WVtDC was a freeware/free software, I would say "OK, it is free, it does create DVDs just fine; you pay for what you get." However WVtDC is a commercial software. I deplore the lack of
- Ability to control how and when chapters/titles are created;
- Add subtitles;
- Add custom audio to videos;
- Manually configure the DVD menu;
- Control how the DVD loops.
Other niceties like doing basic video edits, creating DVD folder, and ability to customize audio/video bitrate (most people won't need this but still it would be nice) would be appreciated if added, but do not contribute to my thumbs down rating.
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation.
- Burn near any video file to DVD
- Support for over 45 file formats
- Support for over 60 video codecs
- Support for over 40 audio codecs
- Easily add a menu
- Add your own subtitles
- Easy to use interface
- Burn your project to disc after encoding
- Completely free without any adware, spyware or limitations
-DVDFlick Developer
DVD Flick is an EXCELLENT open source program that allows you to author DVDs just like WinX DVD Author.
DVD Flick pretty much does everything Wondershare Video to DVD Converter does plus a lot more. (Although not officially on the list, reports in the forums say DVDFlick does support HD formats like WVtDC – just select "All Files" and select the HD video and it should work fine.)
As I already mentioned, performance wise Wondershare Video to DVD Converter is slightly faster, but DVDFlick does use slightly less CPU and significantly less RAM. I also have to award DVDFlick the quality award over Wondershare Video to DVD Converter although I do admit I may be a little bias in that category rating.
One major point of interest, though, is WVtDC created a ~167 MB DVD while DVDFlick created a ~278 MB DVD for the exact same input video formats. That is a fairly significant difference in DVD size and I am not sure why it is; it could be because DVDFlick has slightly higher quality but slightly higher quality wouldn't account for almost double the file size.
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{rw_verdict2}Wondershare Video to DVD Converter does get the job done, but it is too simplistic and therefore I give it a thumbs down. My recommendation for today is DVDFlick. DVDFlick is not perfect, but it is better than Wondershare Video to DVD Converter in my opinion; DVDFlick will serve you and your DVD creation needs well. Plus it is open source… need I say more?
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I am not sure if I like DVD Flick at all for a couple of reasons…
1- every time I use the creation of chapters (whether its 1 chapter per 10 mins (or 10 chapters per movie), I get freezes and pauses in my movie when watching it on a dvd player… and I have 3 different players to test it from and they all show the same results. And yes, when it is verifying the dvd, it shows errors on there too. But, when I author the movie without chapters, the movie plays wonderfully with no errors. But the reason we like chapters is so we can go back to them if need be. Like when I accidentally hit the stop button on my remote, without chapters I am pressing the forward button til I get to where I was instead of the next button.
2- Sometimes by using the chapter formation for 1 chapter per 10 mins, sometimes it generates far more chapters than needed. For example, a 2 hour show should only generate 12 chapters and mine generated 109.
3- After several tries of getting DVD Flick to convert my mkv files, it never ever works (with and without chapters).
Is there a better (and free) program out there? Or I wonder if there is something wrong with the DVD flick programming with chapters…
i had a problem burning a mkv file.
when i load it to the program it detects it perfect and i can see it correctly.
If i add it to the titleset, the video quality is the same, but the audio sounds as if it where playing in slow motion, with lots of lows.
Can somebody help me with this problem? Thanks!
@pudgymcfatfat: I have the same exact problem! It took me 3 hours to burn some mkv. videos to a dvd. In the end, dvd flick messed up the audio (off by a couple seconds).
Sue D. Nymme
@Ashraf: I tried DVD Flick, and it gave me the option of specifying (say) 5 chapters, which it would space equally through the title, or (say) titles every 5 minutes.
But if you want to (say) have the first chapter start at 0:00, the second chapter start at 2:34, the third chapter start at 15:20, etc, you're out of luck.
Equal-sized chapters are pretty useless. If you're making a video of Uncle George's wedding, you want the procession to be one chapter, the readings to be the next, the vows to be the next, the reception next, and so on. If you're making a video of your kids' dance recital, you want a chapter mark at the start of each segment of the show. If you're burning a copy of a TV show or movie, you want chapter marks to correspond with actual scenes.
I could not find any way to create variable-sized chapters in DVD Flick.
I feel like I should mention that DVD Flick (while I use it a lot) does have a flaw that I have never been able to fix. The audio is never synced up right. There's always a second or two lag time. For me this is a really annoying problem, and I thought it odd that you didn't mention it in your forum.
Steve "Snag" Willison
Hi Ashraf
It looks like a good program. Will it burn HD files that was converted from the program you reviewed a couple days ago. I downloaded Aimersoft HD Video Converter and wondered if AHDVC burns or "authors HD DVD's.
Keep up the great reviews
Hi Ashraf,
Is there a fast way to extract video from DV tapes to put on DVD or is there just a real slow process? Thanks.
Sue D. Nymme
Hi Ashraf,
I noticed you dinged Wondershare for not allowing the user to "control how and when chapters/titles are created", but you don't mention the same limitation on DVD Flick. So far as I could tell, DVD Flick allows you to make chapters, but not control how they are created. All I could find was the option to make n chapters or to make chapters every n minutes. What is needed is a way to explicitly mark scene beginnings. Did I simply miss that feature in DVD Flick?
Also, I could find no way to scroll back and forth through the video as you're setting it up, nor to preview the video. I don't get it — shouldn't that be a basic video function?
Why is the paragraph recommending DVDFlick showing twice? And what is "{/rw_freea} –>"? :)
Anyway, great review Ashraf.


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Hi! I'm new here and new to sourdough bread baking. I live in Bromont, Quebec, Canada. We have a very good local bakery and the baker (from Rouen, France) offereed me some advices at bread baking. He also offered me a sourdough starter but I've decided to try it myself first.
So I started baking bread again 2 months ago after I've decided that no bread at the supermarket was worth its price. I've tried baking bread a few years ago but gave up. At the time I was using a very complicated technique I'd found on the Web and it was just not satistactory. So I started again with the basics and developed my own technique/routine) for "commercial yeast" bread. After 2 months of continuous successes I felt ready the the next step, sourdough.
I feel blessed that my sourdough culture worked pretty well at the first attempts. I use a whole grain flour from "La Milanaise". This flour is very heavy and maybe not the best choice for classical, yeast-only bread (it won't rise much) but as a fuel for sourdough, it was like rocket fuel. I'm proud to say my sourdough culture is super active, works fast, and has a delicate "green apple" smell. I whip it twice a day and feed it every morning. I've split it into the "storage" half (in the fridge) and the "active" half (in the pantry). This is winter here and the house is heated at 22C. I've also started collecting dried scraps of culture to have a "dried" backup in a ziploc bag in the fridge.
My first attempt at a sourdough bread (started yesterday) ended up in failure. I followed advice calling for a 8-hour proofing of the sponge, but it was already super active after 2 hours, and only added on bitterness for the remaining time. Then I made a mix of 4 different flours, like I would do for regular bread (sifted whole wheat, spelt, kamut) and with the sponge and water, I made a thick, heavy, non-elastic, grainy ball of dough. Stretching didn't help. After 10 hours it didn't rise much. I decided to cook it anyway but forgot to slit the dough. Had to do it inside the oven after 5 minutes of cooking -- burned my face due to the "steam rush" opening the oven door. The bread did rise a bit during cooking, but then I overcooked it. Tasted it anyway -- it was SUPER SOUR. Want-to-scrape-your tongue-with-sandpaper sour, 2-hours-long-aftertaste sour. I mean, even pumpernickel has a milder taste.
So I gave it a second try, this time reducing proofing times and relying on observation rather than fixed times. I also used a different flour, "all-purpose wheat flour" from La Milanaise. It's a bit overexpensive so I'll look for substitutes. I stretched and worked the dough for a long time. The dough raised quickly and gracefully in the bowl. The cooking went very fine, with a surprising rebound at mid-time (at 20 minutes, total 40 minutes).
I haven't tasted the bread yet, it's still cooling down. But I have a question. Is it possible that my sourdough culture has overactive lactobacteria and builds bitterness quite quickly? Even though I work at 22C all the time, it seems that bitterness takes over. Here's a pic of the final bread:
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Tasted the bread (the one in the picture) yesterday night. The taste is moderately bitter with a complex aroma and even some sweetness. The kids liked it. Texture is still a bit dense (no large alveoles) because the dough collapsed a bit when I scraped it out of its glass bowl, so I'll try the colander technique next time.
ps: I always bake my bread on a "bed" of corn semolina. I makes it easier to push the bread from the wooden board to the pizza stone in the oven.
Hi Hugo,
I am wondering if your starter has not been going long enough to have a stable culture and there are some feral bugs still in there giving the bitter taste. How many times did you halve and feed to get to this stage? Sometimes starters seem to be jet propelled in the early stages because of these feral guys that are not the right species. The right species tend to be slower working and follow Sourdom's timetable better.
Why not just do one or 2 trial loaves with the offered starter from your friend to see if that gives a better flavour- it should be a really stable population if he is using it everyday. I have had quite a few starters over the years and it is only the current wholemeal rye one that has survived the compost bin and keeps powering on. It was started with some crust from a true artisan loaf and after it settled down it has been excellent. My previous starters have been captured from the wild and have always developed some very "off" characteristics on the road to the compost bin.
Let us know your starter's name!
Good Luck
Thanks for the suggestions Electricboots. Finally the second loaf had a pleasant taste. I think I might have sliced it too early (it was still fairly hot). I've brought a slice to my friend's bakery and he told me he was impressed by the result, considering that fact that my culture is only 10 days old (it's been fed daily, and I've aggressively halved and re-filled the fuel a few times). I've also checked with another friend who's a sourdough baker, but for gluten-free bread (mostly buckwheat and brown rice flour) and she said she really likes the result, and wants me to transfer the culture to a buckwheat base so she gives it a try at her home.
Tonight I've halved the culture to 1 cup, and then fed it a cup of flour and a cup of bottled water; the water and the room are at 22°C. The result was quite surprising; just an hour later it's almost overflowing the jar. It gives off a pleasant and subtle green appel/fenugreek smell. I think I'm starting to like this living thing. I hope I don't kill it or make it go bad!
I'll make another attempt friday. I'll be in Montreal tomorrow and I've found a place where they sell banneton baskets.
Hi Hugo,
Sounds like the starter is settling down at last- it can take a while! It still looks a bit more busy than I would like for myself. Because I live in a hot climate my starter has to live in the fridge between weekly bakes. I take it out Friday am before work, feed it to make enough for 2 loaves and leave it out until I get home then make the dough that sits in the fridge overnight. We have fresh bread for Saturday evening. I can't leave dough out during the day unsupervised as it overprooves and goes flat and sticky. Maybe it will be possible to leave it out in the winter.
This is how I transfer to other types of flour- I take 10 g of the amount left in the jar when the amount for the dough has been removed, then feed in a separate jar with equal amounts of the other flour and water. Halve and feed again if not active enough after several hours. The horrible thing that I and other bakers have found is that household white flour does not contain enough nutrients to keep a white starter going indefinitely and so it goes sloppy and useless- you have to have a proportion of wholemeal to give a balanced diet to the bugs!


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Booklet - Australian Comforts Fund, Guide to Knitting, Jan 1940 Reg. No: SH 900933
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- Booklet produced by the Australian Comforts Fund, Victorian Division, as a Guide to Knitting for Australian servicemen on active service, January 1940. The booklet includes patterns for socks, pullovers, scarf, balaclava, mittens, caps, muffs and gloves for servicemen.It was printed by W.A. Hamer Pty Ltd, Peel St, North Melbourne.
This was produced in the first months of World War II, to provide information for those 'at home' who wanted to contribute to the war effort in the way that thousands of women and unenlisted men did during World War I. However, in the second war, the war effort required different types of activity: many women joined the work force and worked in factories or on farms, and had little time to spare for knitting comforts for the troops, apart from, perhaps, those they knew personally. Knitting wool was rationed, too, diverted into the mass-production of uniforms and other clothing for the troops.
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- Australian Comforts Fund pattern book. Patterns for garments includes: standard socks, long-sleeve pullover and balaclaca cap.
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- Donation from Mrs V. Morgan, 1989
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Vote of the week: What kind of shoes do you wear when you visit a theme park?
Published: August 19, 2010 at 8:13 PM
There's no common answer in my family. My daughter steps out in her flip-flops, to the disbelief of her mother, who carefully dons white socks and sturdy athletic shoes before each theme park visit. Laurie often gets a nasty heat rash on her lower legs and ankles when she spends too much time walking around a park, so she always covers up now, in an attempt to prevent that.
Brian and I typically opt for sandals, though if I'm working at the park, covering a press event, I'll usually wear more business-like attire, such as my old "Disney look" black leather dress shoes and long pants.
A bad choice for footwear can ruin a day in the parks, since you're spending so much of your time on your feet. You want something that helps your feet to feel comfortable. But while some people need the support of athletic shoes, others prefer more lightweight and cooler options.
So what do you wear? Let's restrict the voting to what was on your feet on your most recent visit, instead of what you think you typically wear. And if your most recent trip to a park involved, working, select the character/dress shoe options (unless you get to wear sneakers or sandals at your workplace - I got to wear sneakers on Tom Sawyer Island, one of the reasons why I liked working there so much!)
If you've got any interesting, funny or horrific stories about shoes and theme parks, please share 'em in the comments. And thanks, again, for reading Theme Park Insider!
Update: Are Crocs sandals or flip-flops? I don't know! If that's what you wear, though, pick which of these categories you feel best describes that footwear.


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Attorney General Alan Wilson removed himself from the case more than a month ago but Harrell's attorneys were not notified until July 29, Harrell said.
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Local Motion's stolen bike registry allows people who have had their bike stolen AND who have filed a report with the police to enter that report online. Bike shops around the region can view reports in real time, and they check the registry whenever someone attempts to sell them a used bike. You should also contact the local bike shops to let them know about your stolen bike and what it looks like.
The registry may help you get your bike back IF you enter your report promptly -- that is, before the thief attempts to sell your bike.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You MUST have already filed a report with the police in order to use this registry. You will be asked for the "incident number" and the name of the reporting officer, so please have your police report handy. If you have not yet filed a police report, please call your local police department right away.
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