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Monthly Archives: February 2010
6 Pointers for Floridians Taking over an Elderly Relative's Finances
When a parent or other elderly relative reaches the point where they need help with their finances, it can be emotionally draining. It can also be a long, drawn out and frustrating process if the relative does not have their … Continue reading
Investment Firms Going Green to Make Green
Venture capitalists are flocking to green-technology companies to get a cut of the action. Approximately $1.59 billion dollars have been sunk into environmentally-friendly corporations worldwide in the third quarter of 2009. These businesses are developing clean systems ranging from solar … Continue reading
Hot H2O: Alaskan Inventor Frees Himself From Oil Dependence
Bernie Karl, the proprietor of the Chena Hot Springs Resort outside Fairbanks, Alaska, has built a portable geothermal generator that he says can provide enough power for 250 houses. The self-proclaimed "imagineer's" machine uses 165°F water to produce large quantities … Continue reading
Patent Regulations Rescinded
In a move to "incentivize innovation," the Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rescinded former patent regulations that some said imposed undue restrictions on patent applicants. The old rules … Continue reading
RIAA Stops Infringing Bloggers
Bloggers beware! Recently, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued Google a take down notice for hosting websites that were either streaming or distributing music without authorization. Most, if not all, of the websites included in the notice have … Continue reading
The Snuggie, The Slanket, the the Importance of The Patent
A new invention is often followed by imitating competitors unless, of course, that new invention is protected by a patent. That various blanket with sleeves products serve as a perfect example. You're probably familiar with the infomercial-promoted Snuggie, the blanket … Continue reading
The Importance of Proper Document Execution
If you use noncompete or confidentiality agreements in your course of business, make sure the employees properly fill them out. A detail as minor as a signature in the wrong place may invalidate your ability to keep your trade secrets … Continue reading
Alternatives to Noncompete Agreements
In light of a declining economy, courts are less likely to enforce noncompete agreements. Such agreements protect valuable training and trade secrets by preventing employees from competing with their former employers. They are not being enforced due to the interest … Continue reading
U.S. Seeking Comments On New International Treaty
The United States intellectual property offices (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office) are open to comments about a new world wide treaty that could affect copyright laws. The World Intellectual Property Organization has recently considered an international … Continue reading
The Power Of Public Pressure
"Power to the People – Power Belongs to the People." The Rock Art Brewery in Morrisville, VT adopted that phrase in celebration of being able to keep the name of their 10th anniversary beer, the Vermonster, after settling a trademark … Continue reading


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Perennial herb, non-green, parasitic. Stem: < 1.5 m. Leaf: 5–25 mm, linear to triangular, glandular. Flower: 7–10 mm; ovary chambers 10–32. Fruit: capsule, ± circumscissile below middle.
3 species: southern California, western Arizona, northwestern Mexico. (Greek: scale, from scaly stem)
1. Inflorescence spike or panicle, dense; calyx lobe glandular hairs < 0.5 mm ..... P. arenarium
1' Inflorescence head, concave; calyx lobe glandular hairs < 1.5 mm ..... P. sonorae
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Dr. Lamourelle uses what she calls RIZAGE, the process of creating artwork using naturally tinted rice and grains. Taken from the French words "riz" for rice and "age" from collage meaning to create a new whole by glueing different materials and forms together. Rizage allows Dr. Lamourelle to create masterpieces from organic materials.
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Credit unions take a look back one year after merging.
Texas Trust Credit Union polled 1,100 consumers ages 13 to 25 and found more than 72% relying on a debit card for primary access to funds.
Texas credit union staff gets in on the planking craze.
James Minge has been tapped as Texas Trust Credit Union's next president/CEO.
Minge has been senior vice president of Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union, succeeds 20-year CEO Jim Gray.


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Mine has over 141k now. I put 93k of those on myself.
93' Berlina Black with 125k+ Just put 11k on it since I bought it in Feb. Now it goes on vacation in storage for the winter.
93 NSX Berlina Black 03 Accord EX-L w/Navi
89 Prelude Si Turboed (wifes) 93 Civic LX w/D16z6 swap SOLD(wifes) 2004 BMW 325ci (wifes) 79 Civic 1200 w/2spd manually selectable Hondamatic (ours) Yeah we like Hondas.
Mine has over 141k now. I put 93k of those on myself.
1994 Acura NSX now sold - Black/Black/Automatic - "The improvement of driving comfortableness."
1988 Honda Gold Wing GL1500
man you guys are enjoying your cars....kudos to you! I put 120k miles on my Supra TT before I sold it....best memories. cannot say the same for my NSX man I wish I had more time...
p.s. I had my supra tt when i was single, no kids, and it was my only car, so i was forced to use it for everything.
2005 Rio/Onyx, (Sold :() http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126150
2007 MDX Sport/Tech/Ent Nimbus/Black
2002 Silverstone/Silver NSX(Sold)
1997 Kaiser Silver NSX(Sold)
That is how I have 141k plus on mine now - it is my only car at the moment. I use it for everything. My annual mileage has been greatly reduced since I moved, and I also recently purchased a GL1200 as backup transportation....I was forced to use it for everything.
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1994 Acura NSX now sold - Black/Black/Automatic - "The improvement of driving comfortableness."
1988 Honda Gold Wing GL1500
Jett,are your long lasting tires that we were all giving you sheet for using holding up?,if you want you can update that old thread.
I bought my 93 a little over 3 yrs ago with 100k, now close to 168k on the clock. For short while I had a bike, but overall it's been my only car and daily driver.
2006 Honda Ridgeline Steel Blue/Gray
1993 NSX Blk/Blk RIP
2006 CBR 600RR Wht
Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni
Why yes they are, thanks for asking. I have over 35,000 miles on them now, stock alignment specs, never been rotated. They are getting near the end of their life span though. I plan on buying another set!Jett, are your long lasting tires that we were all giving you sheet for using holding up?
Bring it on!...if you want you can update that old thread.
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1994 Acura NSX now sold - Black/Black/Automatic - "The improvement of driving comfortableness."
1988 Honda Gold Wing GL1500
2006 Honda Ridgeline Steel Blue/Gray
1993 NSX Blk/Blk RIP
2006 CBR 600RR Wht
Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni
Maybe you should try the ones I have? The ones I have are fantastic. I really like them.I had some sheetee tires too for a while on my car and they lasted a long time.
1994 Acura NSX now sold - Black/Black/Automatic - "The improvement of driving comfortableness."
1988 Honda Gold Wing GL1500
I'm a little north of 156k miles now .. about 66k of which I contributed. Had to have the second 7 yr/90k mile major done this year .. should be good for another 90k
- Ian
150K miles - recently passed both compression & leak down test with flying colors. Under my ownership, she's kept quietly in her own enclosed trailer until track days.
She says I don't listen. Or something like that.
My princess has done about 108k miles. I have done 31k of those miles myself.
I have had the tbelt done with the waterpump and also sparkplugs, transmission fluid, coolentfluid and the brake fluid.
I plan on having the valves adjusted this summer. It was last adjusted when the car had 60K miles. I hear them tick a little bit.
Only thing the mechman noticed when he changed the tbelt and waterpump+ was a super minor leak on one of the "camplugs" (I am not sure if that is the name). They are supposed to be changed when the adjusting of the valves is done so I have them ready here so they will all be changed this summer. I think there are four of them.
My NSX is parked from late october until april/may as there is a lot of snow and stuff like that here.
I plan not to sell my NSX. But I do have "all" reciepts when I filled it with gas and I have written the mileage on each and every one of them. The reciept has a date on them too ofcourse. Great history of my NSX.
Here is the record I have for 2008:
165 days
9342km driven=5804miles
Paid:$ 1698,77 (so no whining about us gas prices)
According to the record I had 28mpg. I have about 26->22mpg with my Vw Golf I 1983 beater mostly inside city with short trips.
The record I had on the NSX was 36mpg.
The Golf will probably be switched with a Acura RSX Type S or a Integra or something late this summer. Well that is the dream.
Martin Bergvill,Kongsberg Norway
91 SS.WW,DF AIS,HID's*3,Custom leather,Bilstein's,HP Evo's,RB BBK,Custom ICE +LED taillights very soon
"Hugh" has over 230,00 on Charolette. I've seen her recently and she doesn't look a mile over 50,000.
Not quite high mileage yet, but I'm pushing 84K... got it with 66K miles... so I have put on 18K miles in 1.5 years. Damn!
1995 Midnight Pearl NSX-T #400
CT Headers | Prospeed Cats |GT Extreme Exhaust | KW V3 | Dali Track Sways | NSX-R Chassis Bars | CT PowerGrip Clutch | JDM Short Gears| NSX-R Ring & Pinion
In the 2003 summer edition of Exressions, Inspired by Acura (seems to be a Canadian only publication) there is a letter to the Editor showing a 1992 NSX with the odometer reading 500,000 kilometres!
That is a lot of mileage, even if they are kms, which everyone knows are 'Kanadian miles' and worth only 0.62 of a real mile. But even by the Imperial measure that is 310,000 miles.
Who knows how many klicks are on that clock by now? At his previous rate, he could be over 700,000 kilometres or about 440,000 miles.
This is must be one of the highest mileage NSXs ever!
Here is my original post on the topic:
And here is a picture http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17203
Last edited by NSX2play; 02-07-2009 at 12:11.
'91 Berlina Black / Black
Hey, Dodge Boys! My NSX has a hemi too...
165,922 miles....
1993 Blk/Blk/Rays Wheels
Not quite as good as that ^^ but passed the 160k mark last week. And over 25k of those are winter miles up here in the Great White North. Also some Phoenix International Raceway track miles and local autocrossing. Driven and enjoyed daily.
- Ian
91 with 101k miles on it. Bought it 2 years ago at 74k miles.
1991 Berlina Black NSX
Comptech Headers | Comptech Exhaust | Comptech Suspension | Akimoto Intake | TSW 18x8 / 19x10
"Its like a Ferrari, but engineered by people who actually went to college."
1991 with 109,xxx on odometer but only 60k on newer 95-96 motor I swapped in.
91 Acura NSX Blk/Blk - new project!
95 Toyota Supra Hardtop - 635whp
'04, second owner, 103,XXX miles.
'08 Accord 6 speed, '07 MDX, '02 S2000
Reynard F2000
'94 Spec Miata #73
'92 and '04 NSX's (gone but not forgotten)
1992, 119,3XX miles.
1998 NSX-T Lovefab
2015 F80 M3 6MT (His)
2015 F80 M3 6MT (Hers)
1995 Red/Black 141k - ORIGINAL CLUTCH
a couple contenders on autotrader now
one has 199k
one has 251k
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Lots of valentines day tracks in this one, including the usual stuff! Head on down below for today's listing of music of the day!
Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 8:00 PM
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Saturday is the big finale of season three, and with that comes the usual Hub marathon. It looks like they will be running with the more Twilight Sparkle oriented episodes to usher in Magical Mystery Cure. Head on down below the break for a full list!
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It's Valentines/Hearts and Hooves day, and here you are on EQD. You could just be taking a break from the usual festivities, but if that is not the case, Celestia has the answer for you!
It seems that Ponyville is also suffering from a case of ponies not gathering up the courage to ask other ponies out on dates, and she figured a bit of fresh blood would get the ol' cupid arrows firing.
You have been transformed into a pony, teleported to Equestria for a day, and tossed on one of those cheesy dating game shows. Pretty much every single pony in both Ponyville and Canterlot have signed up for it, so the choices here are pretty vast!
Pick a pony, and Celestia will send you and your bachelor/bachelorette to any location you wish within the boundaries of Equestria for the day! Want to soak up some rays in the warm waters of Horseshoe Bay? Or maybe a wild west Badlands adventure is more your style?
Drop it in the comments!
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It seems like this whole wing thing has spawned an armada of comics. Didn't I say the possibilities of twilight with wings are endless? I totally did.
Have some of that, and a bit of oldschool pony fandom humor just cause.
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Labels: Comic, Not-FanfictionShare This!Comic: Borrowed Wings / The Approval Process / Princess Fight / Terrible Disadvantage2013-02-14T17:00:00-07:00SethistoComic|Not-Fanfiction|Comments
I for one welcome all of this Punk Rock we keep seeing! I remember a time where that was the majority of what was played on the radio. I also remember a time where I actually listened to radio. How did I survive without Pandora and 2gb playlists?
And in the second slot, we have a bit of that good old Orchestral stuff. Head on down below the break for both!
1.) Elements
2.) Dragons Of The South - Pony Empires Complete
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It looks like BronyCon has a pretty big set of talent to start off their flood of guests. The full MLP Comic team has been signed, including Katie Cook, Andy Price, and Heather Breckel.
Head on down below the break for the full press release.
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Valentines Day edition! Because Fluttershy is the perfect pony for that.
Have some art!
[1] Source
Be my Valentine
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TV Guide has released a small blurb, image, and clip from the new episode. Head on over here to check it out!at 12:36 PM
Labels: News, Not-Fanfiction, Season 3Share This!TV Guide's Releases Episode Clip2013-02-14T12:36:00-07:00SethistoNews|Not-Fanfiction|Season 3|Comments
Ponified Trailers/Openings: Fast and the Slow / Crystal Empire Theatrical Trailer / Horse Codeby Sethisto
No movie is safe from the pony! Find some trailers and stuff below!
Oh, and a theatrical trailer for the Crystal Empire too, just cause.
1.) Rainbiow Dash - Fast and the Slow(Brave and the Bold)
2.) Crystal Empire Theatrical Trailer
3.) Horse Code
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Comic: Double Take / Pinkie Pie Vists the Dentist / Tixie - Hex Girl / Twilight's Ascensionby Sethisto
Bit Mac might not be willing... but would you? It's comic time! Waifus and Parodies of Hex Girls, and Pinkie Pie's galore. Click for full!
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The listing for the "My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic: April" DVD on Amazon has been updated with a cover. Sadly no episode list or anything else is available yet.
Head on over here if you want to check it out/bookmark it for the future!at 10:00 AM
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If you have no clue what Robot Chicken is, you will probably 0_o at this, otherwise its pretty amazing. Head on down below for a ponified version of the intro!
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Oh 3AM, such a magical time of the blog...by Midnight ShadowCall me crazy, but some of these show changes are a little out there...So, is he now your favourite princess?
Super powered pets ahoy! Good idea? Best idea? Discuss!at 4:08 AM
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Happy Hearts and Hooves Day everyone! Hopefully you all have a great day (at least better than Chrysalis) and consume a great amount of candy in the process.
Another really short Roundup tonight, so give it a quick buzz after the break.
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"Half a century before e-books turned publishing upside down, a different format threatened to destroy the industry."
The Paperback Revolution
Tucked into the late afternoon news cycle on Monday was the announcement that Amazon founder/CEO/demi-tyrant Jeff Bezos had purchased the venerable Washington Post for a measly $250 million.
As for the reaction from the paper…its memo to its staff is the understatement of the year: You'll have heard the news, and many of you will great it with a degree of apprenhension.
I'm not panicking over the purchase, as newspapers have been in decline for years, but I have to admit a curiosity for what he will do with it. He didn't get WaPo's online news outlet Slate. And all the things that generally make a newspaper money (advertisements and subscriptions) are down, so what does he get out of it other than prestige?
It certainly won't be for an objective book review section (especially when it comes to New Harvest or other Amazon imprints).
Still, I'm reminded of this scene from Citizen Kane:
You give Flowers in the Attic the Nicholas Sparks treatment.
(via Huffington Post)
Over the weekend, Shelf Awareness broke that story of Amazon dramatically slashing prices on hardcover bestsellers; in some cases, they're selling books for even less than the Kindle editions.
It's crazy capitalism. Sell a product at a loss, generate next to no profit, yet watch your stock continue to raise its share price. Lather, rinse, repeat.
We've been down this road before, and my response is aways the same: booksellers should shop Amazon for their stock. They'll get a better discount than most publishers or wholesalers, while, at the same time, helping Amazon towards their race to the bottom.
Heck, booksellers buying from Amazon might even be able to pay it forward by extending discounts to their loyal customers.
But, at the end of the day, this is all crazy talk. Amazon quietly slashes prices, the book industry gets infuriated, and in doing so gives Amazon a lot of free press (this blog included). The timing of the discounts is a little too cozy, as Monday finds President Obama giving a major economic speech at an Amazon warehouse.
Shelf Awareness describes this latest move by Bezos and Co. as emboldened, which seems pretty spot on. They're on top of the world, having come out on the winning side of the DOJ's ebook price-fixing trial and having the President give a speech at a warehouse owned by a company with a track record of rather egregious working conditions.
The capitalists that I know always discuss how falling markets aren't crashes, they're corrections. One wonders how long shareholders will tolerate the growth of Amazon's marketplace dominance without a comparable growth in profits.
Let's just hope that the Amazon warehouse President Obama is speaking at has better ventilation than the one in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
Or, perhaps Obama would be better off giving a speech at Kiva Systems, the robot manufacturer that Amazon purchased last year.
Cheryl Strayed's Wild that is.
The LA Times reported Wednesday that Reese Witherspoon has been signed to play the lead in the film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild.
This should surprise no one, as it is Witherspoon's production company that is putting the picture together.
What intrigues me even more about this film is that novelist Nick Hornby has written the screenplay. Hornby's screenplay to the film An Education was quite good, so I imagine that he will perform a similar service to Strayed's story of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
At least, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he will.
Unlike many other projects in Hollywood, there is no tentative release date for the film of Wild, but this should play big, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
Everybody is abuzz over the revelation that the author of the mystery/thriller The Cuckoo's Calling (Mulholland HC 9780316206846 $26) was not Robert Galbraith, as the cover states, but rather J.K. Rowling.
I would never claim to have suspected as much. Why would I doubt the publisher when they say in the author bio that Galbraith "spent several years with the Royal Military Police before being attached to the Special Investigative Branch (SIB) of the RMP…Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym".
However, somebody over at the Sunday Times suspected that the novel was far too acomplished to have been written by a novice. A Twitter conversation ensued, sending the Sunday Times in the direction of the truth.
Now, color me skeptical, but this seems a bit too convenient. According to the New York Times, the Twitter account in question has been closed down, so there is no way to verify who pointed the finger at Rowling. Really? This is the same Internet that can tell me what Suri Cruise puts in her Fruity Pebbles, but can't find cached tweets?
Consider this: the last non-Potter Rowling book, The Casual Vacancy, sold very well for its publishers, but ultimately failed expectations. So much so that returned copies of the hardcover will be pulped (and probably sent to the same landfill that those Atari E.T. videogame cartridges were buried), never to sully themselves on a dusty remainders table. A lot of the disappointment boiled down to unsupported hype. Nobody could read the book before it was published (including most employees of the publisher), and everybody relied on the mere mention of the name Rowling to generate sales.
Now you have what appears to be a mid-list debut novel receiving an abundance of praise, but not much in the way of sales…until now.
Which makes me wonder; how much was Rowling/Galbraith paid for The Cuckoo 's Calling? If they paid less than the going rate for a Rowling manuscript, I wonder how many copies they'll need to sell before making back their Casual Vacancy lucre?
In the end, whether this was a cynically calculated move on the part of the publisher/author, or, the genuine discovery of something unexpected, it worked. The book is currently number one on Amazon (not that they, or anybody else, has copies to ship), and I have heard more about this book on a Sunday than I did the entire hardcover lifecycle of The Casual Vacancy.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry:
A)Apple has been found guilty of violating anti-trust laws with regards to e-book pricing. Now, if only the DOJ would look at predatory pricing…hey, stop laughing.
B)Orson Scott Card, clearly not concerned at all that his years of being outrageously homophobic might harm the box office receipts for Ender's Game, is publicly learning to live with gay rights. Now he wants gay rights and marriage equality supporters to be tolerant of his beliefs.
On the first point, it just seems crazy. Nobody would agree that if it is proven that publishers colluded with Apple to fix e-book prices, they violated the law. But, in all of this discussion about ebook prices, as well as the evaporating discount at Amazon for print versions of books, that no discussion is being had about the prices of books as set by publishers.
I continue to use the music business as an example. When digital piracy was devastating the industry, Apple came along and set the bar of the pricing of music: 99 cents a song, and ten bucks for an album. Compact discs generally sell for $14-$18, a price that held firm for much the last twenty years. Now that Apple (and yes, I'll grudgingly admit Amazon helped in this too) got the labels to drop the price of an album to around $10, the price of physical music has come down as well. I rarely see compact discs selling for more than about $14 dollars or so, unless their either a big name like the Beatles or a boutique label that makes up for smaller sales with higher margins.
But, think about this: an album by an artist like Beyoncé may cost a million dollars to produce and package, but it will sell for about the same retail price as an album by some plucky indie band that cost less to record than Beyoncé's catering bill. But for some reason, the Dan Browns and the J.K. Rowlings of the world have their books priced so stratospherically high, they will often cost as much as ten or more dollars than a debut novel or a short story collection. Both industries pay ridiculous amounts of money to their top-tier artists, but for some reason, books keep going up in price, and their is a large discrepancy in how books by different writers are priced.
Perhaps it's because, at the end of the day, even in the face of piracy, more people still buy music than books.
For the second big thing that happened today (or at least that I found out about today), regarding Orson Scott Card, pre-emptive commercial death-bed confessionals aren't usually worth the paper they're printed on. He argues that the gay marriage issue for him is moot. He's not saying that he's realizing that perhaps he was being a tad reactionary in his views. Rather, he's saying that if Ender's Game tanks at the box office, it will be because the world is filled with intolerant people.
It reminds me of the films that were made of Atlas Shrugged. The films did little to no box office and now languish in on-demand hell. But if you were to ask the filmmakers about the movies failure, it will be chalked up to an organized conspiracy of the Hollywood Liberal aristocracy, and not at all due to the fact that, by most accounts, the films were very poorly made and were marketed abysmally.
I don't think we've heard the last of Mr. Card trying to dig himself out of this particular ditch.
Remember all the hullabaloo that director Guillermo del Toro was going to do a film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness?
Yeah, me too. Too bad it never happened. Don't get me wrong, my inner Godzilla fan is excited to see his giant monsters getting pummeled by giant robots movie Pacific Rim, but I would really liked to have seen what a director with his sensibility and style would have done to the material.
Now, there comes word that he might be working on an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's Slaughterhouse Five.
What makes it even more attractive is that Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. If anybody can think of a way to render Vonnegut's nightmare of the firebombing of Dresden on-screen, it's Kaufman.
George Roy Hill made a film of the book in 1972, and it was (fairly) well received at the time. I've embedded the trailer for this film above (sorry for the commercials), it seems to hold up well (I haven't seen it for a good twenty-five years or so), but I have no doubt that Kaufman's version will be even more loopy.
That is, if the bloody film ever gets made.
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There really isn't much to talk about in the light of both the completion of the Penguin/Random House Merger and the fact that this is a holiday week.
However, before you go out to begin an extended period of grilling and (depending on where you live) illegal fireworks, please consider this: the Seattle Parks department is seeking out names for a new park under construction. One of the names under consideration is Octavia Butler.
While the science fiction author was not born in Seattle, she lived in King County for the last five years of her life.
And even though she is buried in Los Angeles, how cool would it be to visit Octavia Butler Park?
If such things matter to you, you can vote for a name here.
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For me, Goldie is right. With one notable exception, every therapist I've gone to was worse than useless. There's something about my journal and the people here that helps me get beyond the issue at hand. I think that's why I stick around, y'all make for some awesome feedback and therapy.
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I'm so sorry NW-you get one more hug, coming your way. Goldie had such an awesome idea of a little ceremony for you and Hulky. That could be tremendously healthful. Don't rush yourself to feel better, rather, why do you think it still lingers? Maybe that will help you choose the next step for yourself. I have the same fears of burdening people w/ my things and find it hard to be open.
Re: the dyglizz licorice (i am not going to type that whole word! ) You don't have to take it before meals. I just kept a little bag of it with me to chew one when I felt heartburn. And they make it dyglizz'd because people w/ heart conditions can't ingest extra amounts of glycerine. If you have no heart history, just plain black licorice candy can oftentimes work.
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Today I am Fillyjonk. Tommorow I will be Snufkin.
Hey, I also don't think that you should blame yourself. Almost everyone in this world, at one time or another, has had sex while inadequately protected. It's not as if you had a one night stand with some random guy and didn't use a condom. You two were in a committed relationship. I think that makes a big difference.
Re: the timing of having kids. I think it is probably a good idea to wait until you have a bit more financial stability before you start having kids. Otherwise it can be very stressful. I think you said that you're 25. You're still young; you have plenty of time. I totally understand not wanting to have kids after 35, and I think that's a good idea. I also don't think that I'll have kids after 35 because of the risks, and, given that I'm 31, I guess it's not happening. But 35 for you is 10 years from now so still plenty of time.
The IUD actually makes it easier to get pregnant once you decide to do it. It usually takes a few weeks/months (even years for some) after getting off hormonal birth control before a woman's hormones normalize and she becomes fertile again. But with Paragard, you can get pregnant again as soon as you remove it. Yeah, you have to make an appointment to have it removed, but it literally takes five minutes. You can even do it yourself if you're brave (but I don't recommend it--sounds scary).
Anyway, hugs, and I hope you feel better soon! <3
I'm so sorry to hear about the pain you've gone through over the past months. I want you know that I can somewhat relate to what you're feeling.............. here's my story:
When I married the first time - I was 21. We decided to start a family right away because he was 35 already. So, I went off bc pills and we waited for nature to take its course. Months turned into years and no baby. After 2 full years of unprotected sex and using a thermometer to gauge ovulation the doctor had me take Clomid to force ovulation. I was pregnant after the first dose and learned 12 weeks later that I was carrying twins. I was thrilled! I'd always wanted twins. At 21 weeks I quite my job and was planning on taking it easy for the rest of my pregnancy and prepare for the babies to come. The second night after quitting my job I woke in the night to go potty and found that I was hemorrhaging and cramping. We rushed to the hospital and were told it was too late for the doctors to do anything and that my babies would be born that night. Needless to say --- my babies were born, and did not survive. They were listed as Non-viable. They're lungs were not yet developed and they never took their first breaths. The doctor told me I had a weak cervix and it could not bare the weight of a twin pregnancy.
My grief came in waves and in different forms. But the main focus was on self-blame. Had I not taken the fertility pills I would not have conceived twins - so I blamed myself and my selfish desire to have children for the entire horrible loss of my babies. That was nearly 28 years ago. I spent too much time being angry with myself for making choices that I later deemed selfish and desperate. I hated myself for taking the Clomid, and I hated my body for not being strong enough to carry my children until they were able to survive on their own. I went through some dark and difficult psychological struggles. Years later I explained to a counselor what I had experienced and he told me that I was very lucky to have been able to work through those things on my own because what I was experiencing could have easily caused me to be institutionalized.
The truth of the matter is............ things happen in life that we have no control over. Self-doubt and self-blame never help us grow and learn from the things life throws at us. What happened to you was unfortunate and painful, but blaming yourself isn't going to change it. You've done the right thing by deciding to go with the IUD - you've done the mature thing, the responsible thing. A baby will be in your future when the time is right, and when you are both ready.
Grieve the loss of the baby - but don't blame yourself for what happened. Grow, learn, move forward.
As for timing.............. well -- babies change EVERYTHING! some good and some bad......... but definitely everything! Enjoy this time with Hulky - relish in the freedom and spontaneity you have now, cuz once children are a part of the equation life gets busy, and messy and full and exhausting and expensive! And if it weren't also joyful it would certainly NOT be worth it!
Go on your honeymoon and don't think about babies for a long time!!!!
Sorry for the derail Tasha but Tomi, I just wanted to say I'm really, really sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine how difficult that must have been. I hope you worked through things and came out the other end stronger... I'm sure you did. L.o.v.e ♥
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Tomi, thank you for sharing that. You made me cry, but it was a good thing . I feel more hopeful that the grief will pass and I can stop blaming myself. Knowing it's foolish is step 1, accept it is foolish is step 2.
I will add my hugs to the mix nw. It is perfectly ok for you to grieve! You lost a baby. Please don't feel guilty. It certainly wasn't your fault. I agree with the little ceremony idea if you think that would give you closure & help you move on. Oh & you could've been using condoms faithfully & they have still been known to fail & pregnancy happen.
Hugs to you as well tomi.
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So I got this idea to try my hand at quilting and so far my attempts at piecing haven't been a total disaster. Yay me!
Two of my best friends are expecting and this fabulous idea popped in my mind to work on baby quilts. Of course, it sounds like a fabulous idea until I realize I have no idea how big one of them should be, what I should back one with or even what to use for batting.
I Googled a few things and don't really see any consistent idea. To be honest, I'd trust the people of PR on this subject... so any input, ideas, etc?
I'm proof that men really will ask for directions :-D
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For backing you can get cuddly soft baby flannel in solid colors/prints like this: Moda Cuddle Fabric
Batting: warm and white or warm and natural. You can buy this pre-packaged in a crib size (about 45 x 60 I think).
A disappearing nine patch made with a charm pack would be quick and easy!
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That helped a lot, thank you so much! And the strips and sizing info is probably going to be really useful, I'm printing it out now
Cuddle Fabric... what a cool name Thank you for the advice!
I'm leaning towards at least one in a disappearing nine patch - aside from being so easy, I think it's a pretty cool design.
Make sure you let us see when you done
This is one easy way. At Joann's and Hancock's there are nursery print panels!! Oh yes, and they can be used as the quilt top, or both top and backing...I have been researching just this topic, and the size I find to be the average for a crib quilt is 52x34. Since fabric of this sort, should we chose fabric yardage, is about 36" to 44" wide, it makes a purchase pretty small really - yard and a half for top and yard and a half for backing. But no one is going to critique you for some differing proportions! Have fun and share!
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Thank you Muffet! - I'll take a peek when I swing by JoAnn's this week. And that makes a lot of sense about the sizing and fabric buying - I keep forgetting about "normal" fabric width since most of what I typically use is 54-60" stretch fabrics.
And yeah, the learning curve with moving to quilting has been interesting. I rarely ever used to pin, nor did I ever press my seams. Obviously that's not going to work here.
Pin and press, press, press!!! Ok. I always use the cotton setting with lots of steam, no matter the fabric. I like crisp seams and hems.
How can we not help a man who asks for directions!!!
Whatever else you decide, please let me put in a plea for 100% cotton for fabric, thread and batting. Cotton is non-allergenic, and much safer for babies. Should there, God forbid, be a fire, the baby's parents can wrap him in a cotton quilt to protect her. Cotton burns to ash, so if a flame touches it it will not melt as polyester will.
Cotton breathes, and can absorb up to 25 times its own weight in moisture, and babies are moist.
You cannot go wrong with 100% in quilting, and it truly is the best thing for babies and small children.
The other thing I might mention is that people have the tendency to use pastels for babies. Actually, babies like bright colors, and bright colors are good for them; bright colors stimulate the infant brain, and are so much fun to quilt with.
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The Cotter Warriors dropped to 4-8 overall and 2-6 in 2A-2 Conference play Tuesday with a 15-1 loss to the White County Central Bears at Warrior Field.
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BOSTON — Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.
After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.
Rask stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs.
Corey Crawford made 33 saves for the Blackhawks.
Game 4 is Wednesday night in Boston before the matchup of Original Six teams returns to Chicago for a fifth game. The teams split the first two games there, with the Blackhawks winning Game 1 in triple-overtime and the Bruins stealing home-ice advantage on Paille's goal in the first OT of the second game.
But this time the intrigue came before the opening faceoff instead of after the end of regulation.
Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and Chicago forward Marian Hossa were both injured during warmups. But while Chara needed just some stitches after his collision with teammate Milan Lucic, Hossa was a late scratch with an unspecified injury.
Hossa, who has three game-winning goals in the playoffs this year, was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Blackhawks with 17 goals during the regular season.
It was a loss the Blackhawks couldn't afford.
Not with Rask stopping everything that came his way.
After a scoreless first period, the Bruins made it 1-0 when Paille slapped in the puck at 2:13 of the second, falling to one knee for extra power.
It stayed that way until late in the second, when the Bruins picked up their first power plays of the game on two nearly identical plays, with a Bruin racing to the net and a Blackhawk undercutting his skates and sending him crashing into the left post.
Boston set up their offense during the 11-second two-man advantage, and just five seconds after it expired — but before Dave Bolland was able to get back into the play — Jaromir Jagr slid one across the middle, past Lucic in the center to Bergeron on the other side for the easy one-timer.
It was Jagr's 197th career playoff point in 199 games, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on the NHL's all-time postseason points list.
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So, today was opening day for me. Not a ton of snow yet, actually more then usual this time of year, but of course the first thing I did was disregard the signs that said. "LOW COVERAGE. Stick to groomed runs only" and started shredding some powder.
Things I encountered today:
-Rocks: lots of rocks, mostly hidden ones that make you cringe as you ruin your board unknowingly riding over them
-Bushes: I did lots of bush riding today. Small bushes are fine to ride over, big ones grab your board and flip you
- Magic Hidden Trees/Roots: These you cannot see whatsoever and are actually hidden about 1 foot under the top of the powder. You will be shredding along, kickin through some deep powder and then all the sudden you feel these arms grabbing your legs and the next thing you know your doing a somersault.
- Borderline rain/snow: This was the best part, there was so much godamn moisture in the air your goggles would freeze over every minute, causing you to stop and vigorously scrape them. Having your goggles frozen over makes all of the above features that much easier to catch.
-Poorly groomed runs: Normally they do a phenomenal job of grooming, but maybe because of the lack of snow everything turned into a fucking mini mogul, making you fly off them while you can't see shit because your goggles are frozen and hit trees.
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Imagine you're a woman trying to 'break in' to the male-dominant sport like NASCAR. Beyond that, you're the youngest woman to ever do that … and hold your own in your first season. You would think that the press and major TV networks would be pushing that story to the forefront, especially if you were articulate and considerate (which you are). But no one says a word. Instead they focus on another female driver, one who has the financial backing of one of NASCAR's most significant corporate sponsors. She gets mentioned in every article, even when she spins or wrecks and you finish first. She gets camera time during the race even when you've been racing better and are in front of her.
Such is the plight of Johanna Long, one of NASCAR's best stories on the Nationwide Series who has received hardly any coverage. And announcers hardly talk about her. There are few, if any, mentions by television commentators. Oh sure, the Washington Post had a little article, but at the Michigan race this past Saturday (where Johanna held her own), you would've thought there was only one female driver in the race (in a bright green car). Compound that with the fact that every time the media talks with you, they talk about your gender (being a woman) and about the other woman driver. And all you want to do is drive. And win. [To be fair, Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. are NASCAR's two most famous drivers, so mentioning them often (even when spinning out or having difficulties) is good business.Also, it seems like Johanna is starting to receive attention as a legitimate top 10 contender in the near future and sponsors are starting to take notice]
I have never followed the Nationwide NASCAR series, nor do I watch their races. But, I do love sport … any sport. As I travel the world, I find sport and art to be so tied to cultural understanding and awareness. Americans think their form of football is the best while South Africans find it boring when compared to rugby. Europeans look at NASCAR and find it a bit silly but they'll watch biathlon competitions on television. Americans love their baseball and its traditional slow pace but think soccer is a bit second rate.
I think if we can move beyond our own bias, we can find the competitive element in all sport. And Johanna's Long story represents three classic struggles most of us can identify with.
- David vs. Goliath – The first battle is the classic story of a small company, ML Motorsports (from nearby Warsaw, IN), and their super talented 20-year-old driver trying to make a go of it against the multi-sponsored teams that may have drivers with no more talent/ability.
- Youth – As a youth worker, this is the one I cheer on the most, a teenager who wants to succeed while others want to look down on her because she's young. On the same weekend that 17-year-old Beau Hossler was leading the 2012 US Open (Golf), Johanna was driving in the top 15 of a major motorsports weekend. I loved it!
- Gender – Johanna wants to be a winner. She's not there to break gender barriers, receive different/extra attention because she's a woman. She focuses on racing cars, what she loves, and you won't see her on TV as a race car driver being a spokesperson staring at , or wearing, a string bikini to get sponsorships.
As I've reflected on this story, I wondered about the people and organizations around me that I'm not paying attention to, who feel like they've got to work hard to get respect with the 'giants' around them. I think there are more people like this around organizations that we lead. Second, who are the young people who are crazy-talented, but they just need a break and an advocate?
Finally, and this is probably my big point, when we talk to someone 'different' from the norm, do we reduce them to gender, race, or other social category? Do we men talk about, or to, the youth or women in our organizations differently than we do men? If we have people from other ethnicities in our organizations, do we talk about that aspect of their lives a lot? Is it emphasized to a degree more than other ethnicities?
Perhaps all of the people around us want the exact same thing: They aren't interested in the social markers that others may find fascinating: They just want to take off in life … and win. Just like everyone else, yet they feel held back. Pay attention this week to those around you who may be feeling like they're a David in a Goliath world, or are young and the old folks are holding them back.


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Sydney Huffman pleaded guilty Monday. She had accused former Manitou Springs police officer Jarrott Martinez of attacking her in 2010. He was acquitted, and the city of Colorado Springs agreed to pay him $480,000 in a settlement.
The Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/11SLqtu ) Huffman's attorney Karen Steinhauser said in court that Huffman had been prepared to fight the allegations at trial but changed her mind after learning she was pregnant. Steinhauser said Huffman didn't want to risk a miscarriage.
Prosecutor Amy Fitch countered that Huffman and her attorneys were told trial could be postponed until after Huffman had given birth.
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Ebola screening to be extended to Manchester airports
Ebola screening for travellers arriving in Britain from affected areas in West Africa is to be extended to Manchester and Birmingham airports, the head of Public Health England has said.
In his weekly message to staff, Duncan Selbie said that once the existing measures covering Heathrow, Gatwick and the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras had "settled", they would be rolled out to other ports of entry.
Shadow Health Minister: NHS heading in wrong direction
Shadow Health Minister Andrew Gwynne says the NHS is "heading rapidly in the wrong direction" after several professional health organisations signed a letter to the three main political parties claiming the service is at 'breaking point'.
Mr Gwynne, the MP for Denton and Reddish, also accused the Prime Minister of "wasting" £3 billion on a damaging NHS re-organisation.
'The forgotten Thalidomide' to be raised at Westminster
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Sophie's family thank 165,000 people on petition
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The family of a teenage girl who died of cervical cancer say the age that screening starts must be lowered.
Sophie Jones, who was 19, died at the weekend at a hospice in Merseyside. Her family say she was told she was too young to have cervical cancer.
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A team of medics from the conflict hit Gaza strip are in Liverpool being trained by some of the country's top surgeons.
The Liverpool International Transplant Initiative aims to train medics so that one day the region will have its own transplant unit. Rachel Townsend reports.
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Salford Royal's the best place to work in the NHS according to a national survey of staff.
That's out of all NHS provider organisations. Staff were satisfied in their work and would recommend it as a place to work or be treated.
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|Peripheral blood flow responses to exercise after successful correction of coarctation of the aorta.
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|PMID: 7594109 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to characterize peripheral flow kinetics in response to progressive discontinuous maximal exercise in 10 patients who underwent repair of coarctation of the aorta and 11 age-matched healthy adolescents. BACKGROUND: An impairment of leg blood flow has been suggested on the basis of exaggerated femoral muscle lactate accumulation in patients with successful repair of coarctation. Few data are available describing blood flow kinetics of the exercising leg in such patients. METHODS: Duplex ultrasound provided transcutaneous measurements of peak systolic and end-diastolic flow velocities of the femoral, humeral and renal arteries at rest and immediately after mild, moderate and maximal exercise intensities for computation of mean velocity, resistance index and femoral blood flow. RESULTS: Femoral mean velocity and femoral blood flow increased linearly with exercise intensity in both groups, but the slope of this increase was significantly lower in patients. Similarly, humeral mean velocity increased significantly less in patients than in control subjects. Femoral resistance index sharply decreased from that at rest (patients [mean +/- SE] 1.4 +/- 0.04; control subjects 1.4 +/- 0.03) to mild exercise intensity in both groups (patients 0.69 +/- 0.03; control subjects 0.72 +/- 0.03). A further decrease was observed at maximal exercise in patients (0.60 +/- 0.04, p = 0.08) but not in control subjects (0.69 +/- 0.02). CONCLUSIONS: These observations suggest that despite a greater exercise-induced femoral vasodilation, patients with successful correction of coarctation of the aorta demonstrate an impaired lower limb blood flow in response to strenuous dynamic exercise. In the absence of stenosis at rest, this alteration could result from exaggerated flow turbulence in the descending aorta distal to the site of correction because of loss of elasticity at the site of the resection of the coarcted segment.
|D Johnson; P Bonnin; H Perrault; T Marchand; S J Vobecky; A Fournier; A Davignon
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|Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 26 ISSN: 0735-1097 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 1995 Dec
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|Created Date: 1995-12-28 Completed Date: 1995-12-28 Revised Date: 2010-03-24
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: UNITED STATES
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 1719-24 Citation Subset: AIM; IM
|Cardiology and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Units, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Femoral Artery / physiopathology
Heart Rate
Physical Exertion*
Regional Blood Flow
Renal Artery / physiopathology
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It didn't take Jay Cobb long to find a football home. In fact, Cobb returns to Knott County Central where he led the Patriots to the playoffs during the 1990's. "Knott County has a special place in my heart," Cobb said on Wednesday. "I enjoyed my time here immensely. We did some good things and thought we put the program in good shape and it kinda got away from it." Cobb left KCC after the 1997 season promptly turning the Somerset football program into a contender again. Cobb went 87-48 at Somerset from 1998-2008 winning four region titles. The veteran coach abruptly resigned prior to the 2009 campaign after disagreements with the Somerset administration. The 2009 Briar Jumpers (14-1) advanced to the KHSAA Class 3A state finals before losing to Paducah Tilghman 21-0.
Cobb knows the challenges ahead for him at Knott Central. The Patriots have not had a winning season since 1996, when Cobb led KCC to an 8-3 record. "The last 12 years has been tough. I want to put this program back in good shape again. It's not going to be easy, but it's like I told the kids there are no magic bullets." It's something where you just gotta come in and work hard and put your mind to it." Since Cobb's last season in Hindman, Knott County has a compiled a mere 22-101 record with five different coaches spanning those 12 seasons.
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According to my knowledge there are five holly mountains inChinaand Heng shan orMt.Hengis one among them that is located in theprovinceofShanxi. Overlooking the wooded Golden Dragon river also called as Jinlong he and close to the base ofMt.Hengis Xuankong Si, the meaning of this word is Monastery in Mid Air. People ofChinacall it as Hanging Moastery. It was built in 491 AD and it still attaches to the side of the mountain, it has been built using techniques of engineering that are still of important interest to the architects of today. First, the horizontal shafts were cut into the side of the mountain to act as anchor points.
2. Al HAJARAH – YEMEN
This amazing walled town has been created on the top of huge rocky outcrop in the Mountains of Haraz of western central Yemenin San 'a' Governorate region. The history of this place very ancient and even the residents of this place are not sure when the first settlers came here but it is said to date back to 12th century officially. The houses are made strong and they feature ample storage facilities such as reservoirs and granaries in case of siege. This is a remote and secluded place, its traditions and cultures have continued into 21st century too.
This is a strange but beautiful place situated in Turkey's ancient region also known as Anatolia. It may be one of the oldest instances of non stop human habitation in the world. It is an amazing example of how people have given shape and altered the unusual geology which already existed and yet successful in holding on to natural mystery of is rocky spires and breath taking landscapes. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and you can find records of 6th century BC that explains it as one of the aged regions of thePersian Empire.
Located 355 kilometres to the south of Tunis (the capital of Tunisia) is the remarkable settlement of Matmâta. Here the inhabitants have dug deep pits into the ground and then tunneled into the side walls to create their homes. Not only is this site ancient and probably dates back to the Roman period and Punic Wars, its existence remained largely unknown until the mid 1960's. It truly came to the attention of the world when it was selected as the location for Luke Sky Walker's home on the planet Tatooine in the Star Wars film – A New Hope (1977). There are various legends to explain why the Berbers of this region started to build their homes in this fashion. One is that it was to hide from the invading Egyptians and another is that they already existed to some extent and were the original caves of desert monsters that had long since departed.
In the city of Firenze (Florence) Italy is a remarkable bridge. Known as the Ponte Vecchio, or the "old Bridge" in English, it spans the river Arno. The bridge seen in the photograph was originally constructed in 1345AD after two of its predecessors had been destroyed by flood waters. What makes it unusual is that it is one of the few surviving bridges to have tenanted shops built along its span. Originally these were almost exclusively butchers, perhaps because of the direct access to the waters of the river and the ease of disposing offal and the like. Over the centuries the shops and houses along the bridge were increased and so was its prestige. In 1593 butchers were forbidden to sell on the bridge and the shops and houses were quickly taken over by gold and jewel merchants – a tradition that persists to this day.
In the heart of central Greece and on the edge of the Plain of Thessaly are the Metéora, which literally means the rocks suspended in air. It's from this word that we get the modern word meteors – rocks from outer space. In reality they are pillars of harder than average sandstone that have survived the erosion of the softer material that once surrounded them. Six religious retreats have been built on top of these pillars and one of the most famous is the Roussanou Monastery. It was rebuilt by two brothers, Maximos and Ioasaph (Joseph)*, in 1545 and dedicated to St. Barbara whose sacred day is the 4th of December. Over the centuries its fortunes grew and faded. From 1730 to 1937 it was largely uninhabited although many of its relics remained within its walls. Shortly after the Nazi occupation of Greece in 1941 it was stripped of its treasures by the occupying soldiers. Most of these have never been recovered. Since the construction of a wooden bridge in 1800's it has been relatively easy to visit the location and the nuns are said to be quite welcoming.
This very strange place to live and is often described as a micro-nation due to that fact that it is (was) outside of the territorial waters of any country. Some reviewers have even awarded it the status of the World's smallest sovereign state. In fact, it is an old world War II Maunsell Sea Fort and is about 13 kilometres off the island of Great Britain. The nearest coastal town of significance is Harwich located in Suffolk. Major Paddy Roy Bates, an already famous figure in British pirate radio, occupied the platform during September 1967 with the intention of broadcasting Radio Essex from the site. Since this date the micro-nation of Sealand has had an interesting history including an invasion, a hostage crisis, hashish smugglers, several leadership battles, the assassination of Gianni Versace, a passport scandal and a minor diplomatic crisis involving Germany.
It's amazing how people have the ability to take even the most unusual of environments and still find a way to build their homes. Setenil De Las Bodegas is one such place. Located in the Andalucía province of Spain it has a history that may date back many thousands of years. What makes it special is the way that its inhabitants have carved away the walls of the gorge and then built their houses into the recesses. These are not the ruins of Mesoamerican Native Indians or the abandoned caves of lost biblical civilizations. These are homes that have been built and rebuilt over the centuries and are still occupied to this day. Outcrops of ancient rock loom over the main street that has been built beneath. In one place there are houses that have a million tons of rock above them and on top of that rock there are even more houses.
Literally translated the name means House of Stone and it is located in the Fafe mountains of Northern Portugal. It is ten kilometres north-east of Fafe and can be found on Google earth at these co-ordinates: 41° 29′ 17.52″ N 8° 4′ 4.84″ W. It was originally built as a mountain retreat around 1974 by an engineer from nearby Guimarães who was inspired by the natural space provided by four large boulders. Due to its isolation it has on occasions been the target of vandalism and robbery. Its unusual design has also stimulated a steady traffic of tourists who are not beyond peering through the windows or even trying to enter uninvited. At the time of writing this article (2010) it is owned by Vitor Rodrigues who has had to have heavy security doors and barred windows fitted to protect the house. The interior is larger than might be expected and is beautifully rustic with a large wooden bench-style table and balconies.
Unless your name is Fred Flintstone, odds are you probably never really considered the idea of living in a cave. And hell, even old Fred didn't live in a cave; he lived in a pile of rocks stacked precariously on top of each other, ready to collapse and wipe out his entire cartoon family at any moment. But I'm guessing your name isn't Fred Flintstone, which means that's all pretty much irrelevant. Just like the idea of living in a cave. But believe it or not, cave dwellings aren't just for missing links or super villains. Nope, cave houses are for people like you and me. Well, if you have $1.9 million dollars to drop on one of these bizarre abodes, anyway. That's roughly the asking price for a cave house that you can actually buy in Arizona, which is actually a pretty damn cool place. From the outside it doesn't look like much, probably because it's, ya know, a cave in the side of a mountain. But with three bedrooms and 37 acres, it's the perfect staging area for covert missions against GI Joe.Incoming search terms:
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