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Calabria. Azure seas embracing magnificent landscapes ranging from Mediterranean to Alpine in character, superb food and cheap wine, and two remarkable 950 mm gauge rail networks linked by scenic 1435 mm gauge lines. All within a compact area that can be explored on day trips from a single base. When RyanAir announced that they were starting up flights from London Stansted to Lamezia, curiosity got the better of me . . .
Getting there is all part of the fun
'Lamezia?' you ask. So did I. Even the airport code - SUF - gives nothing away. Lamezia takes a bit of finding on the map - even if you are aware that it is somewhere in Italy. Older small-scale maps will not even show the airport! Work down the western side of the toe, just left of Catanzaro. The small town (a railway junction) is probably shown as Santa Eufemia Lamezia. To make life more confusing, its station is called Lamezia Terme Centrale, a misnomer if ever there was one, since the thermal springs are up in the hills to the north, nearer the much larger communities of Sambiase and Nicastro, both of whose station names bear the appendage 'Lamezia Terme'. The economy of Santa Eufemia Lamezia, in years gone by, probably revolved around its importance as a railway junction. The fact is commemorated by the forlorn 4-6-0 (740 287) rusting away in the municipal park, facing away from the station and towards the airport.
Lamezia (Santa Eufemia) is not, I hasten to add, a picturesque town. Most of its buildings are post-WW2. Some of the brutalist architecture would not look out of place in a former Eastern Bloc country. If you want to stay somewhere more attractive, head for pretty Paola, a bit further up the coast, or crumbling Tropea, a Sorrento look-alike, on the original line to Rosarno. But Lamezia is accessible, and there are four hotels to suit all pockets within easy walking distance of the station. Even the airport is only about fifteen level minutes on foot from the trains, though the first part of the walk is a disagreeable one, with no pavements, and the low level of a motorway interchange to traverse en route.
Lamezia Terme Centrale lies on the Ferrovia Tirrena, the great trunk line which runs down the west coast of Italy, often within a stone's throw of the sea, all the way from Ventimiglia to Reggio di Calabria, where the Mare Tirreno meets the Mare Jonico and where the sharp Italian toe gives poor Sicilia an inelegant prod at the Stretto di Messina. In fact the Ferrovia Tirrena is in itself a good excuse for avoiding Mr. Ryan's services, or using them to an airport situated further north, such as Pisa (rail-connected) or Roma Ciampino (bus every 40 minutes to Ciampino). The London to Lamezia flight, on a clear day, does though offer some superb views of the Italian coast all the way down from the neighbourhood of G�nova.
Let us suppose, though, that we are flying in via Ciampino, where the FS station is a mere half kilometre or so from the terminal . . . but on the far side of both the main runway and the racecourse! The Trenitalia service thence to Roma Termini is frequent on weekdays, particularly at rush hour, when the nearby motorways appear to be choked solid as far out as Ciampino and beyond. The line threads its way between the various Roman aqueducts that converge on the Eternal City from the southeast. This is the old inland route of the Ferrovia Tirrena to Napoli, via Caserta and Cassino, and it joins the Direttissima at Roma Casilina.
One of my very first Italian rail journeys, in April 1981, was from Roma to Napoli, via the magnificent Direttissima. In those days even the semi-fasts on that line still featured some stock with wooden seats, and on the busiest trains folk would line the corridors with the windows down and their arms resting out to savour the springtime warmth. You can't do that on a Minuetto!
The Diretissimma is a magnificent beast, even nearly 80 years after its inauguration (1927). Electrified at 3000 V DC in 1935, it strides across the low undulations which form the foothills of the Colli Albani on a series of viaducts, skirts the Monti Lepini, then, scarcely bothering to gain height first, dives under the great ridges of the Monti Ausoni, Monti Aurunci and Monte Massico in long tunnels (Mont?Orso 7561 m, Vivola 7355 m and Monte Massico 5377 m). There are brief glimpses of the Golfo de Gaeta and the old fishing port from which it takes its name on the approach to Formia. The latter town is an ideal overnight break, with the Hotel del Golfo just across the station car park ? cheap, with spotless ensuite rooms, recently modernised. Dining, in a country rapidly becoming addicted to fast food, could be more problematic ? I opted for ?Il Gatti e la Volpe? in the lower part of the old quarter, east of the harbour, and was very satisfied indeed with the lamb chops and white wine.
Formia really merits more than a one-night stopover. From here CAREMAR ferries and hydrofoils depart for Ponza and Ventotene, the two principal islands in the seven-island Pontine archipelago, which has a wintertime resident population of just 300. I visited Ventotene in June 1983 and found the island a paradise ? practically the only motorised vehicles were the ubiquitous three-wheeled vans beloved by Italian deliverymen, the fields were full of poppies, and there was an almost complete absence of commercialisation.
During WW2 the Direttissima was extensively wrecked by the retreating German forces. 51 bridges and viaducts out of a total of 129 structures with a span of more than 5 m were demolished, and six of the nine tunnels were blown up, explosive charges often being placed deep within the bores to create roof-falls. 13 km of track were ripped up by a machine known as the ?Rooter?; a further 50.5 km were wrecked with explosive charges. Rebuilding was undertaken by Allied troops in spring and summer 1944.
Continuing south from Formia, opt for one of the infrequent through stopping services to Salerno. These trains are routed from Villa Literno via the coastal arm of the Direttissima, passing through Pozzuoli Solfatara (not far from the famous hot springs), with the occasional view of the Golfo di Napoli before the line burrows underground all the way from Napoli-Mergellina to Napoli-Piazza Garibaldi, emerging at the triangle where massive reconstruction is at present under way for the high speed line. Moreover, having traversed the oldest stretch of public railway in Italy (Napoli to Portici-Ercolano, inaugurated in 1839), and skirted the foot of Vesuvio and the waters of the Golfo (Capri, Ischia and Procida being visible in clear weather), these Regionali services use the steeply-graded original line from Nocera to Salerno, rather than the Direttissima, which being in tunnel (the 10,265 m Santa Lucia, inaugurated on 25 May 1977) throughout is not particularly scenic. The railway slips through a narrow gap in the Lattari range, which forms the forested backdrop to renowned resorts such as Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento, and the final part of the descent from Vietri sul Mare ? Amalfi into Salerno offers some superb views over the rocky coastline and the port area of Salerno itself.
Beyond the junction with the Potenza line (the original route to the far south) at Battipaglia, the Ferrovia Tirrena strikes arrow-straight across the Piana del Selle, the mountains receding, temporarily, into the background. There follows a brief incursion into the hilly interior between Agr�poli and Ascea, and it is from here onwards that one can have an interesting time trying to identify the many locations where ?varianti? were built when the line was doubled. The doubling explains the fact that many of the numerous tunnels on this route are twin single track bores. The coast is followed closely for a while between Ascea and Pisciotta, the line high up on the steep slopes, then comes another inland stretch where the mountains once again crowd in on the coast.
Sapri. Overlooked by high summits, set on its own semicircular bay. A modest little resort. Take a break between the hourly Regionali for lunch at Lo Scialandro, on the seafront and popular with the locals. The seafood antipasti are superb; the desserts look particularly tempting, but I only had an hour between trains, worst luck. Time for one course, no more. From Sapri onwards, the sea is always in sight - whenever the train is not in a tunnel. And tunnels there are a-plenty, especially on the first part of the run as far as Scalea, there being a particularly spectacular stretch of cliffs visible at the southern end of the long bore between Sapri and Acquafredda. The mountains are as constant a companion is the sea, rising to summits approaching 1800 m in places. And it is here that we pass from Catania into Calabria.
The text is continued on my page for Paola.
- Pros:Ideal base for exploring by train.
- Cons:Walking route to town from airport not signposted!
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Elkin has a BA in Mathematics from Kharkov University, a BA in the History of the Jewish People from the Hebrew University, and before his election to the Knesset, was at an advanced stage of completing a doctoral thesis at the Hebrew University on the subject of Jews in Islamic countries in the Middle Ages.
From 1996-2006 he studied in the University's Faculty of History of the Jewish People and the School of History, and set up the Chase Center for the Study of Jewish Sciences in Russian.
Elkin was first elected to the Knesset in 2006, and in the 17th Knesset he served as a member of the Finance Committee, the Education Committee, the Constitutional Committee, and the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Committee. In the 18th Knesset Elkin is chairman of the Likud Faction and chairman of the Coalition, as well as chairman of the Sub-Committee on Judea & Samaria in the Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, chairman of the Land of Israel Lobby, chairman of the Jerusalem Lobby, chairman of the Higher Education Lobby and chairman of the Lobby for Gush Katif Evacuees.
In March 2013 Zeev Elkin was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post he held until assuming the position of Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in May 2014.
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NetBeans Dominates Developer.com's 2009 Product Awards!
By Vaughn Spurlin on Jan 16, 2009
This year NetBeans ran away with Developer.com Product of the Year 2009 Awards.
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This year NetBeans ran away with Developer.com Product of the Year 2009 Awards.
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Sun sees the promise of open source software as the perfect way for
society and business alike to forge a world of expanded opportunity,
increased flexibility, and continual innovation. Software Freedom day
is a global celebration of these virtues. So join in, release your
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A new patch for NetBeans IDE 6.1 is now available on the Update Center. The patch includes fixes in modules for BPEL, C/C++, Composite Application, Database, Editing Files, GlassFish, IDE Platform, JSF, Java, Java Debugger, Java Profiler, Mercurial, NetBeans 6.1, NetBeans Plugin Development, Platform, RESTful Web Services, Ruby, SOA, Spring Web MVC, Visual JSF, WSDL, Web Applications, Web Services, XML and Schema. The patch is available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese languages. For more information, see NetBeans 6.1 Patches Info.
The NetBeans community asked for more frequent updates, and we're doing it.
The timing and the number of fixes in a patch varies, but we're keeping up the
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in future patches, just take a look at the wiki page.
The update is easy to install when the NetBeans IDE is running. Just click on the globe in the status bar or go to Tools -> Plugins -> Updates tab, then follow the installation instructions.
The updates are also available in zipped format on SunSolve.
Sometimes a .java file associated with a .form file in an IDE project gets deleted or lost. In such cases, when the project is opened in the ide, .form file is shown in the navigator. Opening the .form file will not open the GUI Designer but will open the .form file as a text file. This is because the GUI Designer needs both the .java file and the .form file.
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If 'Firefox' is set as the ide's browser (in Tools | Options | General) , sometimes the ide displays the message 'Cannot execute /usr/bin/firefox check external browser configuration'. But running /usr/bin/firefox from the command line does work correctly. (Note: /usr/bin/firefox would be different on different systems depending on where firefox is installed and is used here only as an example).[Read More]
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Even ticket prices making mockery of ACC football
If you haven't seen it, ticket prices for Saturday's ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, N.C., between Florida State and Georgia Tech can be had for the meager sum of – wait for it – $3.75. Plus shipping and handling, of course.
That's the figure per StubHub.com.
Seriously – $3.75. Even tickets for the rescheduled Nicholls State game at Oregon State on Saturday are going for more than that – with one available for $7. You can get two tickets to the ACC showdown for that, a game that will send its winner to the Orange Bowl.
Meanwhile, it'll cost you $330 to perch high enough up in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to touch the circus-tent roof. But that's what happens when you're talking about an SEC Championship Game that is in effect a BCS semifinal between No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia.
It's another ignominious moment for the ACC, which shutout 4-0 by the SEC this past weekend. Florida devoured FSU's BCS title game hopes 37-26, South Carolina ended Clemson's BCS bowl hopes with a backup quarterback 27-17, Georgia crushed archrival Georgia Tech 42-10, and even Vanderbilt humbled Wake Forest 55-21.
What does this have to do with LSU? Not a whole lot, except if LSU winds up in the Chick-fil-A Bowl it will likely face another 10-2 team in Clemson. Just last week it looked quite possible, even probable, that these two could hook up in the Sugar Bowl, but LSU didn't get any help from Florida State against Florida and Clemson could hold up its end against South Carolina.
While the Chick-fil-A isn't at the top of the pecking order of the bowls available to LSU (Capital One, Cotton and Outback are the others), the matchup with Clemson would probably be the best LSU could get – on paper. According to Bruce Feldman of CBSSports.com, folks in Las Vegas say LSU would be 3-point favorite over Notre Dame, so you can well imagine LSU would be an even bigger favorite over Clemson.
By the way, the only way Clemson doesn't play in the Chick-fil-A is if Florida State gets upset by Georgia Tech, which seems mighty unlikely.
LSU football chat with Advocate sportswriter Les East
National bowl predictions for LSU
With just one week left in the season the Tigers' bowl projections are all over the map.
Shut out of the BCS, LSU's possibilities are the Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1, Orlando), the AT&T Cotton Bowl (Jan. 4, Arlington, Texas), the Outback Bowl (Jan. 1, Tampa) and the Chick-fil-A Bowl (Dec. 31, Atlanta). Bowl bids will be finalized next Sunday.
Here's a sampling of some national bowl projections for LSU. Advocate sportswriter Ted Lewis projects the Tigers in the Cotton Bowl against Texas:
Edward Aschoff, ESPN.com: Outback Bowl (no opponent listed)
Bill Bender, The Sporting News: Chick-fil-A vs. Clemson
CollegeFootballNews.com: Outback vs. Michigan
CollegeSportsMadness.com: Cotton vs. Oklahoma State
Brad Edwards, ESPN.com: Cotton vs. Texas
Matt Murschel,OrlandoSentinel: Outback vs. Michigan
Jerry Palm, CBSSports.com: Chick-fil-A vs. Clemson
Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com: Chick-fil-A vs. Clemson
Jim Tomlin, Tampa Bay Times: Chick-fil-A vs. Clemson
Some potential BCS scenarios for LSU
How can LSU get into a BCS game? Let us count the ways.
Actually, there are probably a few scenarios we haven't thought of, but here are a few possibilities.
As you will see, all of them hinge on Florida losing Saturday at Florida State and falling out of the BCS top four, which virtually guarantees the Gators at least an at-large BCS bowl slot (and a decent shot at the national championship game).
Can LSU make it to the BCS championship game with a 10-2 record? Probably not, but were Alabama to do the unthinkable and lose to Auburn today, putting LSU in the SEC Championship Game (with a win by Texas A&M over Missouri) then the Tigers could possibly get the extra bump in the BCS and get into the top two.
LSU's best BCS shot remains the Allstate Sugar Bowl. If the SEC champion moves on to the BCS championship game and Florida loses to Florida State, the Sugar would have to choose between 10-2 LSU, 10-2 Florida, the SEC championship game loser (with at least two losses), 10-2 Texas A&M (if it beats Missouri) and 10-2 South Carolina (if it beats Clemson).
BCS championship game
Notre Dame loses at USC
Alabamaloses toAuburn
Oregonloses to Oregon State or in the Pac-12 Championship Game
Florida loses at Florida State
Kansas State loses toTexas
Texas A&M beats Missouri
LSU beats Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, vaulting past Alabama
Sugar Bowl
Florida loses at FSU
Sugar picks LSU over Florida, SEC championship game loser, A&M, South Carolina
Rose Bowl
Florida loses at FSU
Notre Dame loses at USC
Stanford loses at UCLA
Oregon beats Oregon State
Oregon beats UCLA next week
SEC champion plays Oregon in BCS championship game
Sugar Bowl picks Notre Dame as the SEC replacement and No Pac-12 teams in top 14
Rose would have to pick LSU over potential one- and two-loss teams like Clemson, Oklahoma and Texas A&M
Fiesta Bowl
Florida loses at FSU
Notre Dame loses at USC
Sugar Bowl picks Notre Dame as replacement for SEC champion, which goes to BCS championship game
Stanford beats UCLA this week
UCLA beats Stanford in Pac-12 championship game, goes to Rose Bowl
Oregon beats Oregon State, goes to BCS championship game
Fiesta would have to pick LSU over potential one- and two-loss teams like Clemson, Oklahoma and Texas A&M
Cold weather awaits Tigers, Razorbacks
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– It's a cold, sunny day at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium as No. 8 LSU prepares to play its regular-season finale against Arkansas on Friday afternoon.
A cold front moved through the area Thursday night and dropped temperatures substantially. The temperature will be in the low 50s for the 1:39 p.m. kickoff and are expected to drop throughout the latter stages of the game.
The Tigers (9-2 and 5-2 in the Southeastern Conference) need to victory to remain in contention for a BCS bowl bid. If LSU wins it will stay alive in the race for the SEC West title. It would then need Texas A&M to defeat Missouri and Auburnto upset Alabama on Saturday.
The winner of the West will play East champion Georgia in the SEC Championship game Dec. 1 in the Georgia Dome.
Even if the Tigers don't get the help needed to win the West, a victory against the Razorbacks could put them in a BCS Bowl such as the Sugar Bowl. A victory by Florida State against Florida would aid LSU's chances of getting into a BCS bowl.
Arkansas, which was projected to be an SEC West contender as well before the season, is concluding a disappointing year. The Razorbacks, 4-7 and 2-5, will honor 22 outgoing seniors, including record-setting quarterback Tyler Wilson, in a ceremony prior to their final college game.
This is also expected to be the last game for Arkansas interim head coach John L. Smith.
There are no anticipated changes to the Tigers starting lineup.
For in-game updates, follow @LesEast, @Scott Rabalais, @scott_hotard and @advocatesports on Twitter.
Pick Six with Arkansas beat writer Robbie Neiswanger
Our final Pix Six of the regular season is with Arkansas beat writer Robbie Neiswanger of the Arkansas News Bureau and ArkansasNews.com. He began covering Arkansas football in 2002.
We've seen the kind of season Arkansas is suffering through at LSU before, where a team starts in the top 10 and completely falls apart. Was this obvious to see coming or did it seem before the season that this could at least be a highly ranked if not championship team?
We knew Arkansas had some big question marks from a personnel standpoint at positions like the offensive line, linebacker and defensive back. We also knew Bobby Petrino's thumb print on this program was significant and his loss would be felt in some ways. But with so many veterans and the rest of the coaching staff back, you also felt the "Petrino way" would still help this team win games. So the results are surprising. I was skeptical about Arkansas being a championship team in the preseason, but never imaged a 4-8 or 5-7 finish was possible.
One figures Arkansas will move the ball through the air with Tyler Wilson and Cobi Hamilton, but the Razorbacks are 12th in the SEC scoring (24.5 ppg). Are turnovers the main culprit? Given that LSU leads the SEC in takeaways (29) and Arkansas leads in turnovers (29) is this the Hogs' biggest concern?
Turnovers have been the big issue. It's really baffling how many times this team has put the ball on the ground or thrown interceptions. But it's not the only problem. Arkansas has moved the ball well so many times this season, but has struggled in the red zone because of problems up front and in the run game. There have been careless penalties, too, that have wiped out big drives. An illegal formation penalty probably cost them the Ole Miss game. Another one wiped out a 40-yard gain on the first series against South Carolina. So, yes, turnovers are the big problem. But there have been so many others all year long.
Knile Davis is averging just 38.4 yards per game. Why has his return season been such a disappointment, as is the Arkansas ground game (last in the SEC) overall? One assumes the Razorbacks have been behind so much they are forced to throw.
For whatever reason, Davis has not been the same as the running back who tore up the conference the back half of the 2010 season. He has looked tentative. He's missing the burst that led to big runs. He also has been slowed by a hamstring injury the past three or four weeks. Dennis Johnson has done a solid job as the No. 1 guy throughout the second half of the season, but Arkansas just hasn't been able to break off the big play or enjoy sustained success on the ground throughout a game.
How many Arkansas fans would take Bobby Petrino back right now, skid marks and all? And how is athletic director Jeff Long surviving after being the man to hire and fire Bobby?
A: There's definitely a small minority that think all should be forgiven. That's what happens when you go 21-5 with a Sugar Bowl berth and Cotton Bowl victory over a two-year span. But most understand the Bobby Petrino era is over and won't be revisited. As for Long, he's doing quite well at the moment. He just received a contract extension and raise. All of it coming before his new coach in even in place.
With nothing but pride left to play for, how much energy and emotion do you think the Razorbacks will play with Friday? If LSU, a slow starting team, can get up two scores early, will that have an impact?
I think you'll see an inspired Arkansas team in the first quarter. They'll probably play well early on. That has been Arkansas' identity all year long. The problem: Everything falls apart after that. Usually one setback turns into two, then three, then four. Next thing you know, the rout is on. Arkansas hasn't handled adversity well on the field all season, so if LSU starts fast the Razorbacks are probably done.
OK, throw a dart at the board and tell us who you think the next Arkansas coach will be and when.
That's what it would be at this point. Just throw a dart. Gary Patterson? Mike Gundy? James Franklin? Jon Gruden? Art Briles? Do we have everybody covered? I usually have a gut feeling on where things are going in regard to coaching searches. But I've had a hard time getting a read on Long so far with this one. I do think it's nearing the end, though. I would expect a coach in place shortly after the final Saturday of the season.
LSU at Arkansas: Times of interest
Times of interest for this week's LSU-Arkansas game:
Thursday, Nov. 22
1:50 p.m. – Team departs from campus (leaving from Faculty Club)
3 p.m. – Charter flight departs Baton Rouge Airport
4:15 p.m. – Team arrives in Fayetteville
5 p.m. – Team arrives at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium for brief walk around
5:50 p.m. – Team arrives at its headquarters hotel, Embassy Suites (Rogers, Ark.)
Friday, Nov. 23
11 a.m. – Team departs hotel for stadium
11:30 a.m. – Team arrives at stadium; LSU Sports Radio Network pregame show starts
1:39 p.m. – Kickoff: LSU vs. Arkansas on CBS
8:30 p.m. (tentative) – Team arrives back in Baton Rouge
No. 8 LSU at Arkansas in-game chat
Arkansas wants win for seniors
Arkansas coach John L. Smith said he's hoping the Razorbacks can send their departing seniors out with an upset victory against No. 8 on Friday afternoon in Fayetteville, Ark.
Smith's interim tenure will come to an end as will a very disappointing season for Arkansas, which was a preseason top 10 pick but has struggled to a 4-7 record and a 2-5 mark in the Southeastern Conference.
"We're looking forward to sending our seniors out the right way," Smith said Wednesday morning during the weekly SEC coaches teleconference. "This has been a great class to be a part of. They've been a part of a lot of good things.
"They've had a lot of adversity this year and they've handled that adversity with class and dignity and done it the right way. It will be an emotional day to see those guys leave."
Smith said the Razorbacks "did everything the right" in the classroom and on the practice field.
"They went to class and the practice field every day to work hard," Smith said. "They were a pleasure to be around. They want to do the best they can and get better. This season has been a disappointment, but they've been a great crew to work with."
Smith said Arkansas has had to play an inordinate number of freshmen "before they were ready" because of injuries. He said that's a negative this season but will lead to a "bright future" for them and the program.
"The state of the program is fine," Smith said. "It'll take a year or so to get back but there's a positive outlook."
Smith cited the Razorbacks' propensity for committing turnovers – they've committed an SEC-worst 29 – as one of the reasons they have squandered numerous good starts in games.
"If we had played every quarter like the first quarter," Smith said, "it would be a totally different season."


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Back in December, when the weather failed to live up to standard expectations for a Vermont winter — that is, cold, dark, snowy and generally miserable — no one panicked. "There's still a lot of winter left," everyone said, in a tone of optimism or, at least in my case, dread for what the next three months might hold.
And when January similarly broke tradition by depriving us of the usual treacherous weather and its associated crankiness, that was OK too, because we still had February and March to look forward to/endure.
I used to look at the covers of celebrity gossip magazines at the supermarket checkout and wonder about the headlines: What is Kim Kardashian's "painful secret"? Is Jennifer Aniston really pregnant?
But I could never bring myself to buy a copy; other shoppers might think I was the kind of person who cared about the vapid lives of Hollywood stars.
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Since moving into our old farmhouse five years ago, Mark and I knew we'd eventually like to make some improvements. With a combination of indecision, insufficient funds and outright hostile disagreement, however, we've never gotten around to any renovations. But this winter's oddly pleasant weather has given us the opportunity.
It's not easy being scatterbrained.
My mind is constantly running in different directions, and I forget things. Just keeping track of my car keys occupies a good portion of my brain each day, and the portion that's left can't handle the remaining workload. I forget not only what things I need to do, but also whether I have — or have not — already done them. You can't imagine the trouble this gets me into.
I have a confession: December's unseasonably warm weather was my fault.
This summer I purchased an old, unfashionable Honda Civic that gave me no trouble (other than the mild bruising of my ego) until the first really cold morning in November, when the shifter got stuck in park.
Being lazy, I thought I'd wrap up 2011 by copying the Addison Independent and making a chronology of all the noteworthy events in my year.
But I got stuck early on, when I realized that in January I only had two items to report: I finally replaced the burned-out light bulb in the fridge and I broke the handle on my windshield scraper.
For me, 2011 was not a year of living dangerously.
It's Dec. 15. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, that gives us 10 days to get ready. Nine, really, because the 15th is almost over. Eight, if you count Christmas Eve as part of the holiday. It's almost here.
I don't know about you, but I'm good to go.
For years, I've spoken out against shopping on Black Friday. But this year, for the first time, I almost joined the wild, deal-grabbing crowds.
I'm not opposed to Black Friday in theory. On the contrary; I can think of no better way to kick off a joyful Christmas season than by abandoning all goodwill toward others in the shameless and maniacal pursuit of cheap material goods. I just prefer to celebrate the day after Thanksgiving the way our Founding Fathers intended it, by lying around all day eating leftovers and napping.
I suffer from a mild but chronic condition known casually as Foot in Mouth Disease. There is no cure.
The condition is most common among people like me who (a) talk a lot and (b) are incapable of thinking before speaking. I'm the one who will greet sickly coworkers by saying, "Wow, you look terrible." My genuine concern goes unappreciated.
You should see our new house. Or rather, you should see my imaginary remodeled version of our current house. I drew it up on a simple computer-aided design program we have that lets you draw floor plans and turn them into realistic 3-D renderings.
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Lupe Ontiveros, who starred in the 1997 film "Selena," died today at the age of 69, after a battle with liver cancer.
Though Ontiveros played Selena's killer in the Jennifer Lopez flick, the actress was best known as the consummate maid of film (she's estimated to have played the role around 300 times, both in film and on stage).
Her "Selena" co-star Jacob Vargas was at her bedside last night, and broke the news via twitter.
Ontiveros' other film roles include "The Goonies," and "As Good As it Gets"; more recently, she appeared in "Desperate Housewives" — which earned her an Emmy nomination.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Felicia Lee highlighted Stanford women's swimming's fourth day at USA Swimming's Phillips 66 National Championships, earning a ninth-place finish in the 100m back Friday at the Indiana University Natatorium.
Lee finished with a time of 1:00.81 in the finals after qualifying with a 1:01.75.
Andie Taylor notched a 16th-place finish in the 400m free with a 4:15.10. Taylor qualified to the finals with a prelim time of 4:15.10.
Allison Brown (4:17.74) and Julia Anderson (4:21.24) joined Taylor in the 400m free, finishing 20th and 23rd, respectively.
Sarah Haase rounded out the group of Cardinal competitors, competing in the 100m breaststroke prelims and touching in at 1:10.92.
Complete Phillips 66 National Championships information, including results and competition schedules, is available online at USAswimming.org. The action continues daily through Saturday. Prelims will be held each day at 6 a.m. (PT), followed by finals at 3 p.m.
This meet is the sole qualifier for the U.S. team for the pool competition at the FINA World Championships, which runs July 28-Aug. 4 in Barcelona. The winner of each Olympic event will claim an automatic spot on the roster.
Extensive television coverage of the event will be aired by the NBC Sports Group.
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While 78-year-old George Teichner's relationship with 25-year-old fiancée Dana Cody has some critics, one person who is very supportive is George's daughter Aviva Drescher. In an interview with Radar Online, posted on Friday, July 11, George revealed that his daughter, one of the stars of "The Real Housewives of New York City," has taken over the planning of his wedding.
George said that Aviva, who threw an engagement party for him and Cody in a sex museum, has become the wedding planner since Cody is so busy with her nail salons. He revealed that Aviva's now looking at wedding venues and wedding dress designers, as well as taking care of other details. George explained that he and Cody have yet to decide on a lot of things, including how big they want the wedding to be, which city to have it in and what color dress she'll wear. George also said Aviva has become a dear friend to Cody.
Despite looking shocked when she first saw Cody, Aviva has since only said good things about Cody to the public. In an interview with Wetpaint Entertainment in late May, she said that her children love Cody. She also said that she wants to see Cody become an official housewife on "The Real Housewives of New York City" since she's so interesting.
Fans may very well see Aviva Drescher planning George Teichner's wedding to Dana Cody on the next season of the show, if Aviva gets the opportunity to come back. They may even see the wedding planning and wedding itself on a spin-off, since it was reported in late June that George and Cody were getting their own spin-off show. Hours after the news broke, Cody seemed to confirm the news by posting a photo of herself, without any housewives around, being filmed in her nail salon.
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This book is a collection of poems written my junior year here is a sample poem. Thanks.
I awoke this morning,
To a quiet snow,
I took a look out a frosted window.
There they are,
The neighbor kids,
Their mittens on,
Their sleds a-tow.
They have made a man of,
The quiet snow.
Soon he will melt,
That man of snow.
I awoke this morning,
To a long-gone spring snow.
I took a glance out a sun filled window.
The neighbor kids,
Their packs a-tow,
With not even a reminder,
Of the man of snow.
Hi my name is Kelly Anderson I go to Palmer High School. I wrote this book to share some of the poems that I wrote along with some poems from my late great aunt. If you would like to know anything else email me, thank you. firstname.lastname@example.com
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When Kim Kardashian and Ray J leaked their sextape online in 2007, the web exploded with people looking to download the tape. The sextape has been hailed as one of the raunchiest videos ever made by celebri ties in the spotlight - and it can be seen right here! Kim K Superstar is over an hour long and follows the couple on their beach vacation where the action takes place. Ray J can be seen penetrating Kim Kardashian from just about every angle possible - some very nice views of Kim's ass and va-jay jay are in the video.
Kim has remained in the media and gossip world and continues to explode in popularity with her amazing good looks and ridiculous antics. Kim has dated many of the world's best athletes including Reggie Bush and Ronaldo; who will be next? Perhaps she will decide to make another sextape and smash her face into the spotlight even further! Don't miss seeing Kim completed exposed before it's too late!
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Kim Kardashian is a true Armenian beauty - a role model for busty women around the world. Enjoy seeing her take a big one on tape!
How do you become famous only for being famous? Ask the Kardashian family who unapologetically monetizes on this cliché of fame. Officially, the Kardashian clan confirmed pulling in 65 million dollars in 2010. If you have been living under a rock, or actually doing something with your life then you might not know that the Kardashian family includes members: Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Robert, Kendall, Kylie, and Olympian Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner.
The Kardashian empire was virtually unknown until four years ago when the Kim Kardashian sex tape scandal with R&B singer Ray J "leaked". The sex tape incident single handedly launched Kim and the Kardashian family into stardom. Kim Kardashian's mother, and her manager Kris, helped Kim and the family spin the scandal into something "positive"- like the mind numbing reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians. This fascinating television saga, has transfixed audiences worldwide to experience what is it is like to be famous just for being famous. Without the sex tape scandal the family would still be under the radar, and much less prominent. America watches the drama of the family unfold with: extravagant shopping expeditions, waxing, famous boyfriends, infighting, and other vacuous events. Interestingly enough, on an episode early in the season, Kim who poses for Playboy, complains about how she wants to change her life around and not take her clothes off so she can be taken seriously!
Girls! Listen up! Do you want to become famous? Well let me tell you how it is done- tell your Mom that you want her to be your manager for your sex tape. Second, find someone famous to have sex with, and then get the film rolling! Voila! You can be a superstar too! You really don't have to accomplish anything other than your rendezvous with a famous man.
Kim Kardashian has skyrocketed to fame due to the infamous sex tape with Ray-J but since then she has had endorsement deals together with: Bebe, Sketchers, and even diet pills. This train doesn't stop and continues on and on with paid appearances, Twitter, and fragrances! The branding empire has extended to the family with three spin-off shows on the E! Entertainment Television Network since Keeping up with the Kardashians. So lesson learned: to be famous you don't have do anything worthwhile, and more importantly you don't even have to get an education well maybe your Daddy does! All you have to do girls is have sex on tape! It is that simple. That is how you get famous and make lots of money. Thanks Kim!


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The New England Patriots tried to give it away at the end, but much maligned defensive back Devin McCourty took it upon himself to save the game.
McCourty earlier forced a Fred Jackson fumble at the one yard line in the middle of the fourth quarter and then, with 28 seconds to go, he picked off a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass in the end zone to end the game. For McCourty, it was sweet vindication for his harshest critics.
Stevan Ridley ran for 98 yards with 1 touchdown as the Patriots ground game controlled the line of scrimmage.
Danny Woodhead had 2 touchdowns, 1 rushing and 1 receiving as the Patriots backfield did major damage to the Bills. It was just another day at the office for Tom Brady, going 23 for 28 for 237 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The defense bent, but didn't break, and with McCourty's effort, it was just enough to hold off the Bills.
Ryan Fitzpatrick performed bettere than expected, throwing for 337 yards with 2 touchdowns, but it was all for naught with the lethal pick to end of the game.


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Let $X$= amount of insurance reimbursement for dental expense. The pdf of $X$ is $F(x) = ce^{-.004x} \text{ for } x>0$.
a) Find c. Hint: You can do this several ways. One way is to notice that X is an exponential RV.
For this question I am aware of two things. One is that for an exponential distribution $g(x, \theta) = 1/e^{-x/\theta}$ for $x>0$. I also know that the integral for any pdf of the function equals $1$.
I'm just unsure how to combine this information to find $c$.
Part b asks to calculate the $80$th percentile. [Hint: The $r$th percentile is the $x$-value, say $x=R$, for which the areas under $f$ to the left of $x=R$ is equal to $r$ percent.]


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SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- IGN Entertainment, the world's leading video games media company, today becomes the latest customized entertainment app to launch on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network – and the first focused solely on the gaming community.
An extension of its multi-screen strategy, the new app builds on IGN's already-strong presence on Xbox LIVE, where its "Strategize"show has been viewed more than 42 million times, and the recent success of its START channel on YouTube, which launched in January 2012 as part of the platform's new channel initiative.
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This data wind will help determine how the solar wind affects magnetospheric and ionospheric behavior.
Wind, and its sister spacecraft Polar, were NASA's contribution to the International Solar Terrestrial Program (ISTP), an international effort to quantify the effects of solar energy on the Earth's magnetic field. The specific objectives of Wind were to: (1) provide complete plasma, energetic particle, and magnetic field input for magnetospheric and ionospheric studies; (2) determine the magnetospheric output to interplanetary space in the upstream region; (3) investigate basic plasma processes occurring in the near-Earth solar wind; and (4) provide baseline ecliptic plane observations to be used in heliospheric studies. The satellite carried the first Russian instrument to fly on a US spacecraft since cooperation resumed in 1987.
The spacecraft had body-mounted solar cells, several long wire spin-plane antennas, inertial booms, and spin-plane appendages for instruments support sensors. SIt was spin stabilized at 20 rpm around an axis within 1 deg of normal to the ecliptic. Data was stored using tape recorders. Downlink to Deep Space Network was at 5.5 or 11.1 kbps. The payload included:
Gross mass: 1,195 kg (2,634 lb).
Height: 2.00 m (6.50 ft).
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Who am I?Tue, December 29, 2009 - 9:08 AM
It has come to my attention that even in my absence there continues to be errant and tedious speculation as to my meat identity. Let's put an end to it now. I am everyman. I am no one.
Does it matter? Look into the magic mirror and ask yourself who you are and who you want to be.
Turn the eye inward.
Only then have you any hope of becoming fully human and reaping enjoyment from life.
Look upon your works here and weep. There is still time for you to live and love rather than subsisting and hating. Get out! See the world! Stop the futile feuding. Stop the hunting and the harassment. You look crazy. You are crazy-mean. You are dumb with hatred. Go get you some clever! Stop your ridiculous repetition. Yes, you! Bland boorish repetitive nonsense spews forth like elephant piss in a beer-guzzling contest. An alt of an alt of an alt of a troll. (No, not you. You.)
The haters project the image onto me of those they loathe or covet most. The lonely ugly-minded haters boast of knowledge of who I am yet have no idea of who they themselves are. Inside.
They who rattle and roar and bang their ugly heads against the wall in the midst of silence shall only be quieted when they stop their hate. But they will probably only stop their hate when they've destroyed themselves. A sad situation and no way to live.
Shake it off, people. You've drained the weasel. Your boorish behavior is stale. Hatred is neither fun nor funny.
My hope for you is that if you cannot stop hating, you will at least stop ruining the party for others with your blind anger and boorish words.
As for me and my house, we shall prance to the goat chowder!
Übermensch Lives!!!! Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
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20 September 2006
A visit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Southern California reveals the stone façade of a secular temple, a lot of blue blazers and a great big plane, but ultimately more is hidden than revealed.
By Meera Subramanian
The floor of Simi Valley recedes in the rental car's rearview mirror as I pass banner after banner of presidents past. They hang in the warm air from street lamps stationed between eucalyptus trees and desiccated oaks along a curving drive. At the top of the small mountain, I arrive at a traffic circle ablaze with an out-of-place green lawn bordered with bright red flowers. They scream in stark contrast to the dry yellow landscape and blue of the sky, tinged by smoke from the nearby Los Padres wild fire. The massive stone sign planted in the ground announces my arrival at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. I take it as an omen, protective and positive, that John Lennon is playing on the car radio ("…the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me…") and a hawk has just alighted from a nearby tree.
I have come here on a research assignment to peruse a tiny portion of the fifty-five million pages of documents that the archival library contains. But adjoining the quiet, sedate library is the museum. On my third morning of research, the head archivist, a tall helpful man with a nervous giggle, comes up to the table where I am working and stands awkwardly over me, looking down at his feet. I am surrounded by papers and flanked by a metal cart full of more boxes with more papers pulled from some hidden underground vault. For a moment, I think my cover has been blown. The silent alarms have been triggered. They have discovered my past. I have fraternized with alleged eco-terrorists. I have just returned from Russia. I have grown vegetables…organically. I could only be seen as a godless force of darkness. I will be asked to leave.
Instead, the archivist asks if I wouldn't mind, you know, if it isn't too much trouble, could I take my lunch break right at noon? They want to close the research library so all staff can be present for a celebratory lunch. The occasion is one million pages processed by the library so far in 2006. An impressive number, despite my personal experience of finding that the vast majority of the documents I am looking for aren't open to the public's eyes. I oblige the request and at noon duly depart to the Ronald Reagan Country Café for a pulled pork sandwich on the patio next to the replica of the White House's South Lawn, just beyond a portion of the Berlin Wall, which is spray painted with an image of a butterfly. Buzzards soar overhead.
With time to spare, I take the opportunity to visit the adjoining museum that I have so far ignored, my nose deep in file folders. I join a steady stream of visitors whose median age is twice mine. I am not only younger; I am faster. Wanting to take advantage of all the time I have in the library means that I have only twenty minutes to gain the "memorable experience" the museum promises. I go for the gusto. I decide on one sole destination: Air Force One.
Ronald Reagan had a great wish. It was that the plane that had flown him all over the United States of America and to 26 countries beyond would one day be accessible to the people, his people. Kind of like retiring a football jersey, but bigger. Much bigger. So big, in fact, that it warranted an entire separate wing of the museum: Air Force One Pavilion. I check my foldout map, set my coordinates and go in search of my plane.
But guards and docents slow my approach around each corner. Every twenty feet there seems to be another one, or more likely a pair. Grey wool trousers and blue blazers, the men with red, white and blue ties and the women with scarfy equivalents. I estimate that the overseer-to-visitor ratio is about the same as what I'd experienced visiting Lenin's Tomb in Red Square not so long ago. Two to one. There I was warned with stern looks and adamant Russian not to talk and to keep my hands in plain sight! Here I am smiled at in a way that only fuels my paranoia. I am still convinced my discovery is imminent. Is there lingering dirt under my fingernails? In my files?
I also view this excessive library presence in light of the information the archivists have been sharing with me over the past couple of days. Reagan said he was an opponent of big bureaucracy, and it shows in his library. Its keepers are understaffed and overworked. The library's Saturday hours were cut. They boasted millions of pages of information, but as I pour over the finding guides that show exactly what I could request, file by excruciating file, the vast majority are not listed in bold type, and only bolded entries are accessible by ordinary citizens. Files are there but not there. Public yet not available to the public. Under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, one can shoot off an e-mail requesting that certain specific information be made available, and the staff can process your request in a scant two or three days. But release of said documents also requires the approval of two separate layers within the current presidential administration. Small requests are executed in an expedited manner, taking a minimum of three months, but more often six to nine. The more typical FOIA filing doesn't get such preferential treatment. In these post-9/11, Rumsfeld, quit-whining-about-your-rights-or-we'll-take-away-more-of-them era, requests can take years to be approved. Or simply not be approved at all. In the name of national security, that convenient catchall phrase.
One archivist told me that everything they processed these days was only in response to a FOIA requests, an eternal backlog months or years old, leaving no time to even make a dent in all the other juicy, untouchable documents that lay festering in the tomb of the library.
Why not, I think as I glide across the deep blue carpet and past red upholstered benches flanked by more blue blazers, shift some of the fine men and women from the museum to the library, from the show to the substance? Ease up on security just a tad and open up a few more historical documents? Or maybe, distracted by a ball of yarn nearly two feet across featured in the gifts room, I think, I should be become an archivist! Imagine: fifty-five million pages down there. A little more schooling. Gain access to those secret reserves. Garner the opportunity to open the sturdy boxes, remove a manila folder with a forbidden subject heading and date written neatly across its top edge. Run my eager eyes and brain across the unknowable.
But who has the time for such far-fetched plans? Who cares about those boring old papers? There's a plane to see! A real live Boeing 707 that has flown presidents and first ladies and advisors and media all over the world from the time of Nixon to Clinton. I barely glance at a diorama of Reagan's childhood kitchen in Dixon, Illinois, don't let myself get pulled in by the illuminated x-ray of Reagan's chest, bullet embedded next to his heart.
And then I dead-end. My map doesn't show me the two blue blazers who like grey haired sirens are enticing me to watch the video about Air Force One –- "It's only four minutes long…" -– before they will point me in the right direction to actually see the aircraft itself. I hear the grand score emanating from the small theater, see the stars that border the periphery of the screen as I peek in. I gesture apologetically to my watch and implore them -– how do I get to the plane?
They point down a hall to a set of closed doors that open into a sunlit corridor overlooking a parked F-14 fighter plane which guards the Peace [Through Strength] Plaza. Beyond, smoke from the Los Padres fire fills the sky. The long passageway suddenly opens up into a room so enormous (90,000 square feet!) it feels as though I've stepped outside: the Air Force One Pavilion, three cascading stories tall. Filling the entire space is Air Force One, Boeing 27000. The mothership. Plane. Whatever. Tilted up at a subtle two degree pitch to inspire a taking off kind of feel, she truly looks ready to launch her way though the wall of glass, sixty feet high and two hundred feet across, that her nose is practically pressed against it in longing, reaching towards the umber hills. Ready to clock just one more mile on her path to freedom and democracy.
I circle her, passing more triumphant displays about the fall of communism, and guards exponentially increase in number until I finally walk through the cabin door and am…underwhelmed. I overhear the man in front me repeating over and over, "There's so much history here," and he's right. The communications wall reminds me about the existence of "The Football," a small device that we are told is still kept within ten to twenty feet of the current President at all times and contains the means to initiate a nuclear attack. Comfortingly, The Football also contains a 75-page book of "other options." I pass the president's stateroom and his wife's. A Vogue from the eighties lies on the desk and a plastic cup (with presidential seal) atop a paper napkin (with presidential seal), as though she left just a moment ago. Farther back, in the staff room, a skinny, scary wax effigy of Colonel Chealander sits stiffly at a table.
President Reagan's dream that one day Air Force One would be shared with the American people has once again been realized. Through me.
Despite the impressive architecture and red, white and blue –- or perhaps because of it –- the veneer of greatness seems weak to me. Thin. I don't admire Ronald Reagan, but I marvel at his ability to believe in something so fervently that his delusions became truth. In the creation of a building such as this, his truth threatens to becomes eternal. If the actions of the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project are carried out, then we will drive down more Ronald Reagan highways and enter more Ronald Reagan buildings in every blessed county in the nation. We will pass his presidential portrait from hand to hand each time we want to buy another piece of crap made in China.
But veneers crack, and truth -– wet, dark and messy -– lies below. He could claim that he knew nothing about arms for hostages; that the growing national debt was an illusion; that he brought an end to communism when he personally invited Gorbachev to tear down that wall.
None of that it is true, of course. We now knew that he knew about Iran-Contra, that the dirty wars he fought in Central America were based on deception. We know, too, that the growing national debt was all too real. And we should know that it was not Reagan but ordinary people on both sides of the wall who ultimately cracked the concrete in Berlin.
Yes, there are walls to be torn down. And archives to be opened. And history to be remembered. Accurately.
Meera Subramanian, a contributing editor to The Revealer, where she writes about religion, culture and the environment, and is working on a book about falcons in the city. She last wrote for The Revealer about the film Paradise Now.


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