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You're sitting on a wild, solitary beach, watching whales only a few yards away. You're lying on the sand close to sea lions. You're paddling the home bays of whales, elephant seals, sea lions, penguins — the safe havens where these animals mate and bear their young. There are so many whales that there's a whale research station close by. It's cool, silent and barren. The horizons are endless. This is our new trip to Patagonia.
We paddle in the wildlife refuge of Peninsula Valdes, in Chubut, Argentina, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Most nights we camp on the stunning, solitary beaches of Patagonia. Peninsula Valdes is best known as the nursery and sanctuary for the endangered Southern Right whale and is the only breeding ground for the elephant seal. On the gravel beaches, the sea lions mate and then raise their pups. Close to shore in the bays, the whales gather, mate, give birth, nurse and raise their calves.
In the barren Patagonian steppes, we can see guanaco, armadillos, foxes, cavy (a large rodent), Patagonian skunk, and the pampas cat. Birdwatchers can see the Magellanic penguin, kelp gulls, lesser rhea, cormorants, egrets, blackish oystercatcher, and flying steamer.
Because we paddle in remote areas, we carry all food and equipment in our sea kayaks. This is an expedition style trip, where we pitch our tents, camp out on the beaches and bathe in the ocean. We set up non-permanent camps and always try to leave no impact on the sites. Breakfasts include good coffee, cereal, eggs, juice and fresh bread. Lunches are sandwiches and salads. Dinners are international favorites with a fruit dessert.
On the first and last nights of the trip we stay in comfortable local inns with private bathrooms. And as always, we start and end the trip with special celebration dinners.
Patagonia's dramatic solitude amazes visitors. It's so remote and desolate that the early missionaries ignored it. Because of the dry steppes and isolation, the ruins of ancient Indian villages stayed undisturbed. The first Europeans in this area were – surprisingly — Welsh settlers who came in 1865, bringing their language and culture to their new world. The town of Trelew, where we start and end the trip, was settled by the Welsh. Even today, Welsh is the language of home and chapel in many Trelew homes.
This trip is our dream come true: lying on beaches just a few yards from sea lions and seeing whales close up. Come along with us on this year's exploratory adventure!
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Patagonia Itinerary
Welcome at Trelew airport and transfer to the tourist village of Puerto Pirámides. Meet guide to review medical information, check on the equipment and answer any questions.
Free afternoon.
Welcome dinner.
Accommodation in Puerto Pirámides.
Early in the morning we leave Puerto Pirámides to head towards Punta Buenos Aires, the northernmost edge of Golfo San Jose. After driving for about two hours on a gravel road we get to the place where our first expedition day takes place. In the afternoon we set up our camp, get our kayaks ready and receive from the guide a navigation safety briefing and instructions about our expected conduct in a protected area.
Time allows for a seaside hike to visit a small lighthouse.
As we paddle along San José northern coastline we discover varied beaches, bays and coves. We visit Puerto San Ramón, Bengoa beach where there's a small artisanal fishermen settlement, Punta Conos, Beach El 39, and Playa Fracaso to eventually arrive at Punta Tehuelche. We leave our kayaks in Punta Conos to walk this area. Conos, named after some cone-like hillocks, boasts a huge concentration of marine fossils dating back million years typical of Peninsula Valdés protected area. The wind blowing on the dunes uncovers and covers back again ancient Tehuelche settlements that existed along the Patagonian coast allowing us to recognize elements used by the natives such as utensils and arrowheads and to see the places where they used to eat. Beach El 39 is a research area for Southern Right whales for which the ICB, a local whale conservation organization reporting to the Whale Conservation Institute & Ocean Alliance, is responsible. We pay a visit to the scientist that work there and to their field lab.
We also visit Playa Fracaso wetland, a sanctuary for neartic migratory shorebirds such as red knot, white rumped sandpiper and Hudsonian godwit among others. This is where they stop for rest and food in their long trip from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, we break off camp and start touring Península Valdés. Our vehicle takes us to the most attractive spots such as Punta Norte and Caleta Valdés eventually dropping us at Estancia Rincón Chico, located 3kms from Punta Delgada. During the tour, we visit colonies of Magellanic penguins and Southern elephant seals, and observe the steppe wildlife along our way.
Overnight and farewell dinner at the typical country Inn-style, Rincón Chico.
After breakfast we get ready to visit a southern elephant seal colony. Lunch at Rincón Chico and transfer to Puerto Pirámides to visit the small tourist village and board
the whale-watching excursion.
Transfer to Trelew airport where our adventure comes to an end.
Note: Whale watching tour at Puerto Pirámides is offered on day 1. If we have forced to cancel this tour due the weather conditions, the tour will run on day 6.


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Boughton is one of Britain's grandest and best-preserved stately homes. As well as the splendours of the House, you can also enjoy the 18th-century landscaped gardens, the woodlands and a grand country park. It is open every Easter and August for guided tours.
Boughton contains one of Britain's most outstanding collections of fine art, with a superb display of furniture, tapestries, art, porcelain and carpets adorning the State Rooms and Halls. Visitors can view a magnificent range of paintings by great artists, including The Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco, Gainsborough's portrait of Mary Montagu, grisailles and portraits by Van Dyck, and Breaking Cover by John Wootton.
Boughton has some of the best-preserved baroque State Rooms in the British Isles. Here you can walk through grand apartments of contrasting character decorated in extravagant yet elegant taste with the finest artworks of the House's golden era. Within a few steps, you will see the finest French furniture from Boulle, enjoy beautiful Mortlake tapestries and 16th-century carpets from the Middle East.
Once you've had your tour of the House, you can step out into the surrounding country park. Its tranquil delights have been carefully restored over the last decade, and now there are wide sculptured lawns to survey, serene lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees to be strolled down.
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Definition of fifth position in English:
fifth position
1 Ballet A posture in which the feet are placed turned outwards, one immediately in front of but touching the other so that the toe of the back foot just protrudes beyond the heel of the front foot.
Example sentences
- Starting in fifth position croisé right foot front, the dancer can do glissade forward and assemble front, then glissade back and assemble back.
- The working heel comes forward, aiming for the floor in front of the big toe of the supporting foot as the working foot slides into fifth position without passing through demi-pointe.
- The second time around, the girl closed her feet in a very tight fifth position.
1.1A position of the arms in which they are held curved in front of the body, at hip level, waist level, or above the head, with the palms facing the body.
Example sentences
- To dancers practicing turns he whips off four pirouettes landing in a perfect fifth position.
- When they aim for a perfect fifth position, they can rotate the femur partly out of the hip socket.
- It was thrilling to see her finish each turn in the air precisely in a perfect fifth position.
2 Music A position of the left hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer to the bridge than the fourth position, enabling a higher set of notes to be played.
Example sentences
- Easy Songs for Shifting in the First Five Positions introduces students to the second, third, fourth and fifth positions through a series of short, easily learned melodies without the need for difficult étude studies.
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"Made our first visit to the Lake District even more perfect.
Comfortable beds, luxurious quality, very welcoming & friendly,
everything you could wish for in a B&B."
Susie & Dan – London
Directions to Tarn Hows
Our guest house is ideally located near to the centre of Keswick
yet in a quiet residential area. We have private parking at the
rear of the guest house.
From A66: Take the first turning in to Keswick and drop down the
hill to the T-junction (where you will see plants spelling out
'KESWICK'). Turn right and head along Penrith Road, past the BP
garage and fire station, until you are running parellel with the
river and park. Turn left at Greta Street, and continue over two
crossroads on to Eskin Street. Tarn Hows in towards the top of
Eskin Street on your right. (if you can't find your way please
telephone 017687 73217 and we'll direct you).
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R&B star John Legend has canceled is upcoming tour, which included a Nov. 21 date at the Fox Theater in Oakland, because he hasn't finished his new album yet.
The singer announced the cancellation on his website, saying, "unfortunately, while the creative process has been exciting and I'm pretty certain we're going to deliver the best album of my career so far, the timing hasn't adhered to the schedule I originally envisioned."
He added, "My team and I have made the agonizing decision to put off the tour until 2013 when we know we will have the new music done and will be ready to fully unveil the creative vision through the album and the live experience."
We're wondering how many normal people could get away with an excuse like that at work.
Here's the kicker: Kanye West might be part of the problem. The mercurial, exacting rapper has been collaborating with Legend on the new recording. West does not have the reputation of being particularly speedy in the recording studio.
"Kanye is my friend and he's never treated me like a jackass," Legend quipped earlier this year, referring to President Obama calling West a "jackass." "He's one of the most talented artists we know in this generation and I feel very fortunate to be able to work with him."
Legend said those who purchased tickets for the canceled shows will get a refund.


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Creating an SMF service for mercurial web server
By Chris W Beal-Oracle on May 31, 2012
I'm working on a project at the moment, which has a number of contributers. We're managing the project gate (which is stand alone) with mercurial. We want to have an easy way of seeing the changelog, so we can show management what is going on.
Luckily mercurial provides a basic web server which allows you to see the changes, and drill in to change sets. This can be run as a daemon, but as it was running on our build server, every time it was rebooted, someone needed to remember to start the process again. This is of course a classic usage of SMF.
Now I'm not an experienced person at writing SMF services, so it took me 1/2 an hour or so to figure it out the first time. But going forward I should know what I'm doing a bit better. I did reference this doc extensively.
Taking a step back, the command to start the mercurial web server is
$ hg serve -p <port number> -d
So we somehow need to get SMF to run that command for us.
In the simplest form, SMF services are really made up of two components.
- The manifest
- Usually lives in /var/svc/manifest somewhere
- Can be imported from any location
- The method
- Usually live in /lib/svc/method
- I simply put the script straight in that directory. Not very repeatable, but it worked
- Can take an argument of start, stop, or refresh
Lets start with the manifest. This looks pretty complex, but all it's doing is describing the service name, the dependencies, the start and stop methods, and some properties.
The properties can be by instance, that is to say I could have multiple hg serve processes handling different mercurial projects, on different ports simultaneously
Here is the manifest I wrote. I stole extensively from the examples in the Documentation.
So my manifest looks like this
$ cat hg-serve.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1"> <service_bundle type='manifest' name='hg-serve'> <service name='application/network/hg-serve' type='service' version='1'> <dependency name='network' grouping='require_all' restart_on='none' type='service'> <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/network:default' /> </dependency> <exec_method type='method' name='start' exec='/lib/svc/method/hg-serve %m' timeout_seconds='2' /> <exec_method type='method' name='stop' exec=':kill' timeout_seconds='2'> </exec_method> <instance name='project-gate' enabled='true'> <method_context> <method_credential user='root' group='root' /> </method_context> <property_group name='hg-serve' type='application'> <propval name='path' type='astring' value='/src/project-gate'/> <propval name='port' type='astring' value='9998' /> </property_group> </instance> <stability value='Evolving' /> <template> <common_name> <loctext xml:lang='C'>hg-serve</loctext> </common_name> <documentation> <manpage title='hg' section='1' /> </documentation> </template> </service> </service_bundle>
So the only things I had to decide on in this are the service name "application/network/hg-serve" the start and stop methods (more of which later) and the properties. This is the information I need to pass to the start method script. In my case the port I want to start the web server on "9998", and the path to the source gate "/src/project-gate". These can be read in to the start method.
So now lets look at the method scripts
$ cat /lib/svc/method/hg-serve
#!/sbin/sh # # # Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. # # Standard prolog # . /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh if [ -z $SMF_FMRI ]; then echo "SMF framework variables are not initialized." exit $SMF_EXIT_ERR fi # # Build the command line flags # # Get the port and directory from the SMF properties port=`svcprop -c -p hg-serve/port $SMF_FMRI` dir=`svcprop -c -p hg-serve/path $SMF_FMRI` echo "$1" case "$1" in 'start') cd $dir /usr/bin/hg serve -d -p $port ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|refresh|stop}" exit 1 ;; esac exit $SMF_EXIT_OK
This is all pretty self explanatory, we read the port and directory using svcprop, and use those simply to run a command in the start case. We don't need to implement a stop case, as the manifest says to use "exec=':kill'
for the stop method.
Now all we need to do is import the manifest and start the service, but first verify the manifest
# svccfg verify /path/to/hg-serve.xml
If that doesn't give an error try importing it
# svccfg import /path/to/hg-serve.xml
If like me you originally put the hg-serve.xml file in /var/svc/manifest somewhere you'll get an error and told to restart the import service
svccfg: Restarting svc:/system/manifest-import The manifest being imported is from a standard location and should be imported with the command : svcadm restart svc:/system/manifest-import # svcadm restart svc:/system/manifest-import
and you're nearly done. You can look at the service using svcs -l
# svcs -l hg-serve fmri svc:/application/network/hg-serve:project-gate name hg-serve enabled false state disabled next_state none state_time Thu May 31 16:11:47 2012 logfile /var/svc/log/application-network-hg-serve:project-gate.log restarter svc:/system/svc/restarter:default contract_id 15749 manifest /var/svc/manifest/network/hg/hg-serve.xml dependency require_all/none svc:/milestone/network:default (online)
And look at the interesting properties
# svcprop hg-serve hg-serve/path astring /src/project-gate hg-serve/port astring 9998
...stuff deleted....
Then simply enable the service and if every things gone right, you can point your browser at http://server:9998 and get a nice graphical log of project activity.
# svcadm enable hg-serve # svcs -l hg-serve fmri svc:/application/network/hg-serve:project-gate name hg-serve enabled true state online next_state none state_time Thu May 31 16:18:11 2012 logfile /var/svc/log/application-network-hg-serve:project-gate.log restarter svc:/system/svc/restarter:default contract_id 15858 manifest /var/svc/manifest/network/hg/hg-serve.xml dependency require_all/none svc:/milestone/network:default (online)
None of this is rocket science, but a bit fiddly. Hence I thought I'd blog it. It might just be you see this in google and it clicks with you more than one of the many other blogs or how tos about it. Plus I can always refer back to it myself in 3 weeks, when I want to add another project to the server, and I've forgotten how to do it.


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In honor of the most romantic day of the year, we are pitting our favorite TV couples of all time against each other in a 16 bracket contest. Think of it as March Madness, only Cupid style.
Best of all, you decide the winner -- the best TV couple of all time.
Who should advance in Round 1: Elena and Damon ("The Vampire Diaries") vs. Fiona and Michael ("Burn Notice")?
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We strongly feel that there is nothing in this setting that makes it necessary for the game to be either full consent or non-consent. Good roleplayers can make either work. Our choice of full consent is largely a personal preference but also a part of the kind of atmosphere we want to foster on the game. We want the competitive, cutthroat elements to stay IC and we want players to feel that they are a part of a co-operative gaming experience OOC. Our experience is that this is more easily accomplished in a full consent environment.
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The Marceline R-5 board of Education purchased equipment for the new elementary school on Monday night from the Bowlus School Supply Company, Pittsburg, Kan., and the University Publishing Company, Kansas City. Equipment purchased included 140 pupils desks at $11.02 each; 120 pupil chairs at $6.60 each; 11 teachers desks at $59.85 each; 12 teachers chairs at $6.60 each; and 200 folding chairs at $3.59 each.
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- Oct 4:
- By the numbers: ALDS Game 1, Oakland A's vs. Detroit Tigers
- Oct 4:
- Yoenis Cespedes lone bright spot in Oakland A's loss
- Kawakami: Detroit Tigers' fast start silences Oakland A's, big crowd
- Oakland A's lose Game 1 of ALDS, 3-2 to Detroit Tigers
- Antsy A's and their fans ready to get loud
- ALDS notebook: Oakland's Coco Crisp says the A's need to have short memories after Game 1 loss to Detroit Tigers
- ALDS: Oakland A's fans keep faith, underdog status while rocking Coliseum for Game 1
- Justin Verlander might be peaking at the right time
- Dennis Eckersley says A's need to win Game 1 vs. Tigers
- Dan Otero becomes key cog in Oakland A's bullpen
- Oakland A's not planning to play little ball against Tigers
- A's-Tigers game times for Games 3-5 of ALDS
OAKLAND — A's right-hander Sonny Gray revealed Friday he has a soul mate as far being a rookie pitcher in the playoffs. Gray hopes to follow his soul mate's lead, too.
Gray, who pitches Game 2 of the American League Division Series the Saturday night against Detroit's Justin Verlander, said he and Pittsburgh rookie right-hander Gerrit Cole have been texting back and forth in anticipation of their first postseason starts.
Cole, the top pick in the 2011 amateur draft (Gray was 21st in the same draft), made a sensational debut Friday and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 at Busch Stadium in Game 2 of an N.L. Division Series..
"Yeah, I actually talked to him (Thursday) night," Gray said. "We played in college and he shot me a text today, and I was like, `This is weird.' We're both throwing in the playoffs when a year and a half ago we were facing each other in college. I wished him luck and he wished me luck."
Gray, who attended Vanderbilt, actually faced off against UCLA product Cole on Feb.26, 2010, in a game the Bruins won 9-2. They were also teammates on the USA national college team in 2009 and 2010, where they developed a fast friendship as the top two starters for those squads.
Gray was impressed with Cole's outing Friday and said it set a good example for him to face one of the top veteran pitchers in the game, Verlander, Saturday night.
"It goes to show you that you take it as another game and do what you have always done, just like (Cole) did today," Gray said. "You don't have to be overwhelmed by the stage of it."
Gray said the previous biggest game he pitched probably came in the College World Series in 2011. He threw the first game in Vanderbilt's first-ever appearance in the event, and called it "an exciting day.
"I'm sure (Game 2) is going to be exciting and there will be adrenalin going," he added. "Just to harness that and use it to my advantage is probably going to be the key to the game."
Gray said while he was in college, he watched Verlander on a regular basis.
"It seemed to be that he was the only guy people were talking about," he said. "I remember we were at a restaurant on the road and watching him pitch, watching him throw 100 mph in the ninth inning."


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Pre-Sunshine Interest in Healthy Dialogues?
Pre-Sunshine Interest in Healthy Dialogues?
03.08.13 | By
There seems to be an increased curiosity these days about interactions between biopharmaceutical research companies and healthcare professionals. If you're interested in learning how these collaborations lead to better patient care and contribute to the discovery and development of new, innovative medicines, check out the Partners for Healthy Dialogues website.
As we conveyed back in December, PhRMA and several other health-focused groups teamed up to help better explain the nature of the various types of collaborations between physicians and biopharma professionals. The Partners for Healthy Dialogues site contains an array of useful information, including a great video that visually captures these essential interactions. Have a look and tell us and our partners what you think.


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About the Book
A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge in Hunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical mystery set in 1920s England, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.
A society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a man is murdered. After another body is found, the baffled local constabulary turns to Scotland Yard. Though the second crime had a witness, her description of the killer is so strange its unbelievable.
Despite his experience, Inspector Ian Rutledge has few answers of his own. The victims are so different that there is no rhyme or reason to their deaths. Nothing logically seems to connect them—except the killer. As the investigation widens, a clear suspect emerges. But for Rutledge, the facts still don't add up, leaving him to question his own judgment.
In going over the details of the case, Rutledge is reminded of a dark episode he witnessed in the war. While the memory could lead him to the truth, it also raises a prickly dilemma. To stop a murderer, will the ethical detective choose to follow the letter—or the spirit—of the law?
In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, Inspector Ian Rutledge is summoned to the quiet Fen country to solve a series of seemingly unconnected murders before the killer strikes again.
A society wedding in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a guest is shot just as the bride arrives. Two weeks later, after a fruitless search for clues, the local police are forced to call in Scotland Yard. But not before there is another shooting in a village close by. This second murder has a witness whose description of the killer is so horrific it's unbelievable, and she quickly recants her story.
Despite his experience, Inspector Ian Rutledge can find no connection between the two deaths. What links these two murders? Is it something in the past? Or is it only in the mind of a clever killer?
Then the case reminds Rutledge of a legendary assassin during the war. His own dark memories come back to haunt him as he hunts for the missing connection—and yet, when he finds it, it isn't as simple as he'd expected. . .
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Critical Praise
"Tricky plotting and rich atmospherics distinguish bestseller Todd's 16th novel featuring Scotland Yard's Insp. Ian Rutledge....Todd (the pen name of a mother-son writing team) has rarely been better." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) on HUNTING SHADOWS
"Another well-written, well-plotted entry in this always engaging mystery series. — Booklist on HUNTING SHADOWS
"Another winner…Strong atmosphere and a complicated mystery make this book one that readers won't be able to put down." — Romantic Times 4 1/2 stars on HUNTING SHADOWS
"As always, the North Carolina-based mother and son who write under the pseudonym Charles Todd do a beautiful job with the period detail, making these books a nostalgic outing to England between the world wars." — Raleigh News & Observer
"Readers who stick with the chase, though, should be enthralled, as Rutledge sorts through a fascinating portrait gallery of witnesses and suspects, most of whom aren't telling him the whole truth." — Wilmington News Journal
"Of all the places where Inspector Ian Rutledge's Scotland Yard assignments have taken him, the desolate Fen country must surely be the eeriest. [This is an] excellent historical series." — New York Times Book Review on HUNTING SHADOWS
"Elusive clues, suspense and excellent writing make for reading pleasure." — Oklahoma City Oklahoman on HUNTING SHADOWS
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperLuxe
- On Sale: 01/21/2014
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 0.992 in (d)
- Pages: 496
- List Price: 25.99 USD
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News 12 First at Five / Thursday, May 2, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- It's a critical tool firefighters use to be able to breathe inside a burning building. The Augusta Firefighters Association says oxygen tanks aren't being properly inspected and it could put them in danger.
Richmond County Fire Sgt. Walt Joneski does a lot of checking. He looks at the ladders, the hoses and other tools.
"I need to check the pump," Joneski said.
The Augusta Firefighters Association president says no one is checking air bottles. Firefighters use them to breathe inside a burning building.
"I can tell you it's a huge blunder on somebody's fault. It's not the firefighters' fault," said Augusta Professional Firefighters President Charles Masters.
The bottles expire every five years and did so on April 30. Richmond County Fire Chief Chris James says they are being tested now. He also went and borrowed 50 bottles from Fort Gordon just in case of an emergency.
"We are just swapping the bottles out and getting them tested. At no time will a firefighter not have a bottle they can not use," James said.
"His front door says Fire Chief James and that's where the buck stops," Masters said.
It could be a life or death situation when firefighters are called out. Masters says that's why it's important to make sure their equipment is checked properly.
"These bottles are our lifeline. It's what we depend on to breathe and without those, we can't do our job," Masters said.
"This testing process takes no longer than a week. Firefighters will still train," James said.
He said next time, he'll try and be more proactive.


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You know that you have climaxed when the poetry ceases and the walls become a room again.I was once on the beach and the moon had wings, there was a certain tribal logic to itThe arrangement of bodiesWho speaks to whom and when, it has a geometryThere are flowers and there are rocks and there are cloudsIf you are not a flower or a rock or a cloud I don't think I know what to do with youMaybe that's why I treat you like you're not existing.When I was younger I had certain traintrack fascinationsI could contemplate the possible arrangements of pieces on a chessboard and what language could be used to describe themIt was only many years later that I realized that chess was a language, and that there wasn't much you could do with that.In the end all I was ever really doing was walking home.Are you the prettiest one here?Are you sure that you are or are not the prettiest one here?I have always struggled with the prettiest one here, they are a difficult concept.I don't have a lot of ugly friends because I'm very superficialI don't think that any of my friends have noticed this, because I don't have many friends with big self esteemsWhat does a big self esteem need friendship for? They have a big self esteemMost of my friends are broken down bottom-trawlers with pretty faces and bad memoriesI am good for them because I don't favor their scarred wrists or eye shuddersThey are good for me because they look good to meI guess this is okay.Vote for me: TW's Top Fag!
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I guess this is okay.
I am extremely superficial but they never let me be the superficial freak that I wanted to be because there were too many superficial freaks that did too many awful things in this world.Mother Theresa, Hitler...they were all human beings. But they weren't and I knew that because They killed My dog.And they made me 50 years older because they said I was pretty and smart but they also called Him pretty and stupid for wanting to live his life. And when I saw pictures of him in his childhood, I saw pictures of me. And then I started talking to strangers and hitch hiked and wanted to take pictures of myself with all of the dangerous people I met and how they all treated me like a human being for some reason and never objectified me by saying that I sound like his mother or her mother. Fuck your mother! And fuck you too!There I said it. So what if I sound like my mother? Fuck my mother, she's a menstruating bitch like all of us. But the phone never rang and I'll cry myself to sleep on the couch before He wakes up. Because he is a He and the Mother is hurting for him as well.My ass belongs on your face.
I enjoy to intercourse your language. It makes me foul the rotten things, and that is probably for the best.When you write, are you thinking of virgin? When you write I see manifesto, which is like being written but I think there is something between your muscle and bone. Have you had an empty cavity? Do you know the mix?I can't see your problem but that is the charming foreign I think. Is it really matter that I am talking to myself? Have I alcohol or is it wonder.I think you look fine in your winter jacket. You know?Vote for me: TW's Top Fag!
That's why I sent it to you. I can't talk English like that anymore.I still don't understand it but then I don't understand any other human language either. I'm lost.Did you find me already or are we gonna meet in 50 years again?My ass belongs on your face.
I just poured over3 years of my memoriesand within all the lustlove desire failure sintrumped emotions and abandoned dreamsI saw nothing of mebut saw in every awkward elegyin every failed allegoryan uncomfortable pressing of my sex against your thighsmooth and softyet coldto everything I tried to hidejust to try to get inside your legsand feel what was withinknowing it would disappointbut expecting a miraclesomething to save mesave me from myselfbut alone I wrote these memoriesso alone they will go onalone I wrote these memoriesof a self that is now gone
Like ossein splinters disturbing my frame in bursts of red light, even greenPeculiar bites emblazon my face - you will see them and might understandSofter than words and harder than blows from a mouth, a manus, a mother, all threeUgly like violence and fire like hate, unruly, the way it advanced unto meMakes me feel fine, like fur on an infantMakes me feel anxious, the prospect of "Victim"Makes me feel fried, my insides are bakingMy entrails are rising like sweet bread, and smoking,foresaking my body and cruelly provoking my heart to jump ship through a forgiving rip from the plank of my lung to the tongue's crimson tipThe organ conveniently finding your lap You're sniggering, shuddering, standing to clap Now that you finally comprehend the joke that I played on myself Many girls want to be carnal with me... because I am such a premium dancer!
Now that's a horse of a different color!
A horse is a horse, Of course, of course!When you bury your spurs, do you not feel remorse?As the protons and neutrons in his color forcesuffer a sudden and painful divorce,do you see glue? Or the low intercourseof gluons? Or is he a fair, Flying horse,wild and vapor on the shores of Corse?Of course, of course, a horse is a horse.(I'm just seeing how much gratuitous rhyming it will take before someone calls me out on this.) Many girls want to be carnal with me... because I am such a premium dancer!
When you ask my whyI don't think I could saybut you know the guy,he's the one I cut down to sizebut not so you can noticeI wouldn't say I was lonely,just exploring different avenuesmost of which have been cul de sacs,I admitBut BryanI think his name was Bryanwith the red-wine stain birthmark and prematurely greying faceWell,I showed him.Didn't I?A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel...
This is a song. I've directed it to Love. You can apply to anyone you'd like.You respect me less for being your pawnSo do I, and it's burning my brainYou made it rainEveryday this weekEveryday you failed to call this week, and..Love, love, love, love, loveYou're never, ever funI never, ever winI always lose someone in the endSay anything to make me feel okayI can see nothing after todayYou make me cryEveryday of my lifeEveryday you fail to save my life, and..To love, I kneelPlease make me realI cannot stealyour rolling thunderBut, when you goI'll always wonderwhere you wentand who is underYou, are cruelYou're cruel, but shinyI would give to youmy moneyI have the patienceof a motherDon't you smile upon anotherYou don't cry, you don't laugh, you don't seeNo, you hurt indiscriminately You make me oldEveryday you pullEveryday you pull my chance to hold you..Love, love, love, love, loveYou're never, ever funI never, ever winI always lose someone in the end Yeah, time's the great destroyerLeaves every child a bastardBut when it finally takes us overI hope we float away together


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Despite budget woes, state employees may get first raise in five years this July
State employees may be getting their first raises in 5 years, after labor unions reached tentative agreements with the state Tuesday night.
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In spite of the lure from big box discount stores that offer cheap prices on merchandise during the holidays, a growing number of people are apparently choosing to buy local.
"I prefer smaller local shops over the bigger stores, and would rather spend my money on something local and unique," said Jacinda Hutson, 21, of Marietta.
She particularly shops local for close family members.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
American Flags and Poles owner Sylvi Caporale, right, hands a display item to associate Carly O'Callaghan Monday afternoon as the two decorated the store's front windows with an array of Christmas gift ideas.
"If a gift is for a family member I'll buy it locally because I think it's more personal," Hutson said. "And for friends I may shop somewhere else, but I still look for the local shops when I'm in other towns."
According to a recent Associated Press report, during last weekend's Small Business Saturday, an event established by American Express, more than 100 million people across the nation were expected to buy from independently owned small businesses.
That included President Barack Obama, who took his daughters out shopping Saturday where he was photographed buying a book at a small store in Arlington, Va.
Fact Box
4 reasons people buy local
- Better service-Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers.
- Community investment-Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community's future.
- Put taxes to good use-Local businesses in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.
- Local prosperity-A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.
Source: sustainableconnections.org
Ryan Howard, 38, of Parkersburg was visiting some of the Front Street shops in Marietta Monday afternoon. He admitted price is a factor when making a purchase.
"I definitely hit Walmart over the holidays, but here in downtown Marietta there are a lot of things you can't find in the big stores," he said.
Kelly Hassell, 45, of Newark said she, too, prefers buying from local businesses.
"I like buying from local shops in Newark, and when Ryan told me about Marietta, I wanted to come here and look around," she said.
One of the shops Hassell and Howard drifted through was American Flags and Poles where owner Sylvi Caporale was decorating one of the shop's display windows.
Caporale said business was extremely brisk on Small Business Saturday.
"People were unbelievably supportive that day. It was just wonderful," she said. "And I thought about how we could have Small Business Saturday all through the season."
Caporale decided to build a window display using an old Santa figure, holiday banners and other Christmas decor she had obtained from the former Dils Department Store in Parkersburg.
"And we're advertising that all the gifts in that window could be bought for less than $12," she said. "We want people to know we're a specialty store, but we also realize that shoppers need to see value in their purchases."
American Flags and Poles has been on Front Street for 17 years, and was located on Pike Street in Marietta for nine years prior to that.
"I have talked to many customers who say they specifically choose to shop at locally-owned businesses," Caporale said. "I think this is becoming a very strong trend, and we're very appreciative. We don't take that support for granted."
Russ Cogswell, owner of Apex Feed and Supply on Greene Street in Marietta, said the business, which his father began as a farm and feed store, has been around for 54 years now.
"The business has changed tremendously since then-you have to change," he said. "We offer a diverse number of products and advertise a lot to bring in customers. But the real key is service. We try to make sure everyone who walks through the door gets the attention they need."
Cogswell said many customers are also surprised at how competitive the store's prices are when compared to big box stores.
"We do all these things to keep our local customers coming back," he said.
Beverly Neff, owner of Neff's Country Loft and Quilt Shop on Washington Boulevard in Belpre, said customer service and individual attention has played a big part during her 18-plus years in business.
"I make a lot of personal contact with customers, and we do a lot of shows outside of the store," she said. "I do quilt shows within a 150-mile radius of Belpre-in areas like Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, as well as in many areas of West Virginia."
Neff said she tries to make her quilt shows into mini-versions of the experience customers will have if they visit her store.
"We have built a great following and customer base," she said, adding that she has no problem directing customers to other locally-owned quilt and craft shops in the area.
"Those shops help promote us to customers, too," Neff said.
In addition to purchasing items from shops and businesses, another way people often buy local is from area crafters and artisans, according to Janet Smith of Lowell who designs and sells her own crafted jewelry at the River City Farmers Market at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
"We have some of the best artisans and crafts people around," she said. "And everything is made or grown locally."
Smith said the market is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Dec. 22 with a huge variety of unique crafts, artwork, baked goods and other foods they won't find anywhere else.
"It's one-stop shopping. People can buy gifts, food, meat and produce all in one place," she said.
Smith said she always buys local, too.
"Many people go into downtown Marietta to shop, but that's wonderful, too, because those are also locally-owned businesses," she said.
Smith said the farmers market has thousands of loyal customers who return week after week.
"I think the most special thing we do is treat everyone like friends and family. They're really all our neighbors, and we treat them with respect," she said.
Lydia Hunter, who lives on Second Street in Marietta, said she, too, makes it a point to shop at local businesses.
"I just prefer to buy locally because I can get unique gifts as well as support the local economy," she said.
Although she does make some purchases online, Hunter said those are usually items she can't find through local businesses.
"And when you make a purchase at one of the big box stores, it may not be of the same quality as a locally-bought item-a lot of times you get just what you pay for," Hunter added. "Besides, shopping locally is a lot more fun."


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May 082013
Article by Alessio Bash, published in Italian on his nice ArchLinux Blog
Check constantly your disk or its partitions is one of the essential things in a linux system. Today users usually checks this through graphical tools, but the real Linux old-timers use a terminal and the command "
df". Today I want to show you how to use "
dfc", similar to df but with the addition of colors and a percentage bar. You know, sometimes the eyes wants their part!
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STOCKTON -- A 61-year-old man woke up around 4:50 this morning to find three men inside his home, police said.
He confronted them and was struck in the face with a flashlight by one of them.
It is undetermined what the men, described as in their 30s, took, police said.
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I've used PMS for a long time now, and while I try not to be frustrated and shout, my user experience has only gotten worse lately.
Before, I could throw anything at it, and it would play on the PS3 immediately. MKVs, AVIs, FLVs, you name it. But lately, it has given me a lot of errors, crashes, and troubles in general. I don't know if it's only me who is experiencing this, but I feel like the newer version I get, the worse it gets.
AVIs that would previously play without any problems will now suddenly not play at all, or without audio. MKVs plays fine for some seconds, and then it skips seconds/minutes ahead, or just freeze and stops. When I try to play the file again, it just gives me an error. I then have to restart PMS and the PS3 before the file will play again, and then it's no problems at all. These are all problems I did not experience before, and I do not believe it's the movie files' fault. When some fail, they either won't play at all through PMS, or they'll just need an restart, and then they'll play fine. And every file plays perfectly on my computer. And when I'm done watching something, the PS3 is turned off, PMS is still holding on to those 800mb of memory.
My computer has only gotten better over the years, but as I have updated the PMS software, it has only gotten shitier.
When I have downloaded the latest episode of my favorite series, I have to choose whether or not to watch it on the TV, because I simply don't trust PMS anymore. And nothing is worse than having PMS fuck up at the most tense moment of a movie or an episode of Breaking Bad.
My question is, am I the only one experiencing this?
PMS was working flawlessly earlier, but to my experience, it has only gotten worse. I am seriously considering purchasing an AppleTV or a Boxee to replace the PS3 as a media streaming device, because with the troubles PMS is currently giving me, it's not worth it.


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Gender and Environment and Energy
While changes in the environment affect everyone, they affect men and women differently. Women's and girls' traditional responsibilities as food growers, water and fuel gatherers, and caregivers connect them closely to available natural resources and the climate, making them more likely to be impacted by environmental hardships. Due to longstanding inequalities that silence their voices and neglect their needs, poor women are also disproportionately impacted by increasingly longer droughts, more severe storms and flooding, species depletion, soil degradation, deforestation, and other negative environmental changes. Identifying and addressing women's and men's needs, as well as promoting women as decision makers, are critical elements to ensuring the success of environmental policy and programming.
Women are not only victims of climate change and environmental degradation, however. They also possess knowledge and skills that are critical to finding local solutions to environmental challenges. Experience shows that the resiliency of households and communities depends greatly on the resiliency of women. Environmental policies, programmes and finance, therefore, should incorporate and benefit from this know-how, while also supporting women as they face today's unprecedented environmental challenges. Given the requisite tools and support, women are a driving force for a new model of growth which is both more equitable and sustainable.
To assist and empower poor women and men, UNDP helps governments and other partners to:
- Include women in environmental planning, finance, budgeting, and policy-making processes;
- Deliver energy and environment services, such as clean water and mechanized power, to poor women;
- Leverage financing for women's organizations and entrepreneurs working to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change;
- Harness women's local knowledge to protect, sustain and manage the environment and its resources.
- Identify win-win opportunities that link policies for gender equality and the environment with more equitable forms of growth.
Global Gender and Climate Alliance
The Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007 by IUNDP, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Women's Environment and Development Organization. The GGCA works to ensure that climate change policies, decision-making and initiatives at the global, regional, and national levels are gender responsive. Thanks in part to generous funding from the governments of Finland and Denmark, the GGCA has grown to include nearly 40 United Nations and civil society organizations and has been recognized as a unique and effective partnership that is bringing a human face to climate change decision-making and initiatives. More
Women's Green Business Initiative
The Women's Green Business Initiative (WGBI) is an innovative global programme designed to promote women's employment and entrepreneurship opportunities around the green economy and related climate change responses. The WGBI builds capacities by providing training, advisory services and business networks to support women entrepreneurs and workers and women's organizations. The WGBI also increases women's access to climate change funds, creates opportunities for new business enterprises, and promotes and supports government efforts to create conducive policy environments for women's green businesses.
UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme
For almost two decades, the Small Grants Programme (SGP) has been supporting projects of non-governmental and community-based organizations in developing countries. With presence in 122 countries and more than 12,000 grants awarded worldwide, the programme covers such areas as adaptation, conservation of biodiversity, protection of international waters, reduction of the impact of persistent organic pollutants and prevention of land degradation. The SGP integrates a gender perspective into environmental protection at the earliest stages of project implementation, and men and women participate in all stages of project design, approval and implementation. Gender equality is one of the main criteria considered for the approval of grants. In the south of Benin, for example, the programme is helping village women to find easier access to credit and providing training on more efficient, environmentally-friendly oyster farming techniques. More
Multifunctional Platforms – Rural Energy means more productive time for women
UNDP – in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Governments of Burkina Faso and Luxembourg, the Shell Foundation and Aarhus United – introduced 600 multifunctional platform generators in countries across West Africa – Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal, to help reduce poverty in rural communities, especially for women. These rural agro-enterprises are providing electricity for light and mechanizing laborious tasks, such as grinding grain. More
Africa Adaptation Programme
Under this programme, UNDP is assisting 20 African countries in implementing integrated and comprehensive climate change adaptation actions and resilience plans. The projects are designed to ensure that national development processes incorporate climate change risks and opportunities to secure development gains. UNDP is helping countries develop capacity to design, finance, implement and monitor long-term and cost-effective adaptation policies and plans. The AAP has made gender equality an important goal in each of its participating countries. To promote equitable and gender-sensitive adaptation to climate change, the AAP is actively supporting countries to increase their capacities to integrate a gender perspective into both the design and implementation of climate change strategies and national development plans. More information is available here and here.
Community Based Adaptation
Through the UNDP Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) initiative, UNDP has spearheaded local level adaptation work. Just as different communities are distinctively affected by climate change impacts, different groups within a single community have their own unique vulnerabilities. Women, in particular, can be disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. UNDP, in collaboration with Small Grants Programme is implementing CBA initiative to reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity to the adverse effects of climate change, building the resilience of communities, ecosystems, and resource-dependant livelihoods in the face of climate change. More information is available here and here.
Gender and Water Alliance
The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) promotes women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. The GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is not only a basic right for all, but also critical to eradicating poverty eradication and promoting sustainability. The GWA has partnered with the UNDP Water governance programme to update the CD Rom Resource Guide on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management, to promote the development of information and knowledge, and to collect local inputs for the next phase of the Community Water Initiative. More
GROOTS operates as a flexible network linking leaders and groups in poor rural and urban areas in the South and the North. To nurture relationships of mutual support and solidarity among women engaged in redeveloping their communities, the network is open to grassroots groups and their partners. More
ENERGIA, founded in 1996, is the international network on gender and sustainable energy.. The network works in Africa and Asia through and with their regional and national gender and energy networks. ENERGIA works from the contention that projects, programmes and policies that explicitly address gender and energy issues will result in better outcomes, in terms of the sustainability of energy services as well as human development opportunities available to women and men. More
Did you know?
- Women in sub-Saharan Africa spend 40 billion hours a year collecting water. This is equivalent to a year's worth of labor by the entire workforce in France.
- Increased water stress and water insecurity in many countries means that women and young girls have to walk further to collect water. In times of drought, a greater work load is placed on women's shoulders, some spending up to eight hours a day in search of water. In Kenya, for example, fetching water may use up to 85 percent of a woman's daily energy intake.
- In the Bangladesh cyclone and flood of 1991, the death rate among women aged 20-44 was 71 per 1000, compared to 15 per 1000 for men.
UNDP in Action
- Over 150 women and their families on Benin's coastal lagoon have directly benefitted a a UNDP programme engaging women in more sustainable and time-efficient oyster production and providing access to financial credit and skills.
- A climate change project in Peru has constructed 20,000 low emission stoves that will not only improve air quality within homes, but will also require less wood, translating into less time spent collecting fuel—an activity for which women and girls are frequently responsible.
- As a result of UNDP and other partners' multifunctional platform initiative in West Africa women in Burkina Faso are now saving two to six hours per day on domestic chores. The average literacy rate has also increased from 29 percent to 39 percent in 14 villages, as the electricity enables women and girls to study during evening hours.


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140493 - Plunkett v Department of Transportation
Holly Marie Plunkett was killed after she lost control of her vehicle while driving on southbound US-127 and struck a tree. According to the police report, "it was raining hard at the time, [and] there was some standing water in the roadway where the vehicle tires traveled." Her husband, Jerome Plunkett, sued the Michigan Department of Transportation, alleging that Holly Plunkett "suddenly and unexpectedly lost control of her vehicle due to the dangerous and defective conditions which existed on/at the actual physical structure of the roadbed surface of the highway at issue . . . ." The lawsuit further alleged that, as a direct and proximate result of MDOT's failure to maintain the highway in reasonable repair and in a condition reasonable safe and fit for travel, defects in the roadway allowed rainfall to accumulate, causing Holly Plunkett's van to hydroplane. MDOT filed a motion for summary disposition, arguing, among other things, that it was entitled to governmental immunity under MCL 691.1402. The governmental immunity act provides broad immunity from tort liability to governmental agencies whenever they are engaged in the exercise or discharge of a governmental function. One exception to this rule is for claims arising from an unsafe highway, MCL 691.1402(1). The highway exception to governmental immunity provides that "each governmental agency having jurisdiction over a highway shall maintain the highway in reasonable repair so that it is reasonably safe and convenient for public travel. A person who sustains bodily injury or damage to his or her property by reason of failure of a governmental agency to keep a highway under its jurisdiction in reasonable repair and in a condition reasonably safe and fit for travel may recover damages suffered by him or her from the governmental agency."
The trial court denied MDOT's motion, but the Court of Appeals reversed in a published per curiam opinion. The panel concluded that Plunkett's claim could be broken down into two parts: (1) that a design defect (relating to the cross-slope of the highway) allowed water to collect on the roadbed and did not adequately allow water to drain off the roadbed; and (2) that the rutting defects in the road, along with the pooled water, caused the accident. The Court of Appeals held that the first aspect of Plunkett's claim should have been dismissed, because MDOT is immune from liability for claims related to the construction and design of a highway, including making sure that the highway has a specific geometry or cross-slope. The second aspect of Plunkett's claim should also be dismissed, the panel explained, because a defect that simply causes the accumulation of ice, snow, or water is not sufficient to sustain an action under the highway exception, citing Haliw v City of Sterling Heights, 464 Mich 297, 308 (2001). The Court of Appeals remanded the case to the trial court for entry of an order granting the city's motion for summary disposition. Plunkett appeals.


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A fictional tale hypothesizing why it's so darn hard for Bowie to quit smoking....***************************************************************************Two cigarettes. That's all he had this day was two cigarettes--one in the morning, and one at night. David sits at his kitchen table--fidgity, with a pounding headache. He glances at the microwave clock--2:30 AM. He's usually in bed by 10 PM. His wife and daughter are fast asleep--he would hate to wake up either needlessly. He swishes down the rest of his glass of water, as it chases down the two aspirins he just took.He is due to be at the set of a new video he's shooting for "Toy". His record company INSISTED, he growls to himself.David was determined to kick his habit. But kicking the butts seems almost as bad as smoking. Why is it so hard to stop? Another headache attack--this one seemed worse than before. Where is this coming from, he thinks as he lays his head on the table...***************************************************************************Within Bowie's unconscious mind, where not even he knows what's going on..."THUNDER! LIGHTNING!" BOOOOOM!The Thin White Duke was in a foul mood. He always in a foul mood, but this time, he was getting to be dangerously violent! The Duke stood on the balcony of a large castle in the middle of a small town called Suffragette City. He was conjuring up the biggest tempest he had ever cast!"WHERE'S MY SMOKE!!???" The Duke bellows."Shaddup out there..." a cockney voice shouts"We're trying to sleep..." another younger voice shouts."NOBODY rests until I get my desired amount of nicotine!" The Duke screams. KRAKA-BOOOOOM!Elsewhere, out on Earthling's Plains...."MEOW! Make it stop!" Hunky Dory, a sphinx in Egyptian garb, cowers up in a tree."Dory, get down from there!" Halloween Jack, a half-dog peoploid with a red mullet and eye-patch, growls up at the captive kitty."It's yurr fault I'm up her-urr," Dory mews. "You chased me up her-urr."Then, a bolt of lightning inadvertently strikes the tree, sending Dory tumbling down: "MEEEEOOOOW!" Lucky for him, his cat-like reflexes let him land on his feet."You OK?" Jack asked."I....I think so, mew!" Dory shakes and licks his paws. Then they lock eyes. Jack starts to growl. Dory's back arches. And the chase continues....Back at the castle....Knock, Knock!"Go away!" The Duke warns, but the intruder enters anyway.Screamin' Lord Byron, a silver-skinned man with a turban, a sleeping mask, genie pants and an oversized "Frankie Says Relax" T-shirt saunters in."Pardon me, your Thin White Highness," Byron yawns with a snobbish tone, "but you ARE making a bit of a racket, and I DO need my beauty sleep.""Oh." The Duke does not face Byron, and keeps his blank stare out over the city. "You want to sleep, do you?""And Richocet wants to sleep, and Zane and Earthling--and Berlin says you're disturbing his work. Mr. Touchshriek thinks we're in an air raid...""I'll put you ALL to sleep!" The Duke spins around in a snap, startling Byron. The Duke glares at him with his pale, bony, stone-cold face. "Would you like to join Ziggy--in his never-ending slumber?" The Duke lifts his hand, and two darts materialize. He stalks Byron, as the hapless rock star back away toward the door."I've dealt with the insult of having my cocaine disappear," the Duke fumes, "Now, if I don't get my desired amount of cigarettes, we will all be sleeping for a long, long time! DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!??"The Duke takes aim, as a terrifyed and confused Byron runs through the door. The door slams the millisecond two darts plant themselves into the oak.Byron breathes heavily, wearily walking home, "He's gone mad...God help us all..."To be continued...Don't understand me, just love me
Edited by Sysiyo on 10/08/04 10:32 AM (server time).
oh...cool idea. i like this multiple personality war going on. why did you chose for the duke to be the dominate character? i like the cat/dog chase. also, i pictured this as a very dream like world, and maybe like sparks in the sky where neurons are firing from the brain's activity. keep it up, i want to hear more!!! starbuck"and you'll stop me, wont you, if you've heard this one before. the one where i surprise you by showing up at your front door. saying let's not ask what next, or how or why, cause i am leaving in the morning, so lets not be shy." Shy--Ani DiFranco
That's so awesome! It's so creative, you've got to write more of it! *applauds* Angel's Realm
hehe, read my limerick about this topic over on the "End" thread, Kristin. Nice story! The Atonal Express left the tonal world behind......http://atonalexpress.tripod.com
Big thanks to all who responded! I'll keep writing....***************************************************************************"Darling," Iman nudged David awake. I was 3:00 AM."Ugh...is Lexie OK?" David rubbed his temples."She's fine. David, perhaps you ought to see a doctor. You could be having a migraine.""What I need is a fag."Yesss...that's it..."Oh, David," Iman sat on his lap, and folded her arms around his shoulders....No...no...."I am sorry if I pushed you into this," she says. "I would let you smoke until you are one hundred years if it would make the pain go away. But I know that your father died at about your age from lung disease, and I am so afraid of losing you."Longevity is overrated...let him smoke..."It's not just you," David put her head on his shoulder. "I'd been trying to quit for years. But...nah, it's stupid...""What, darling?""I swear I hear this voice telling me to smoke again. The voice always wins. Maybe I'm just a high-functioning undiagnosed schitzophrenic with dependency issues.""Well, if the voice comes back, tell me and I'll yell at him and make him go away!"David laughed out loud, then muffled himself, hoping he didn't just wake up Alex.Iman continued, "And you have got Duncan, and Zu, and four against one is not bad odds, no?"David grinned, "No." He and his plucky wife kiss.Iman: "And you're breath will smell better too."David razzes her, as she then laughs out loud, "OK, Mr. Jones, back to bed, now!""I thought you liked the smell of my smokes," he pouts."I can always tell how long it's been between cigs--the longer, the worst it was.""Ooooh, after 9 years, it comes out," David mocks scolds her as they creep off to bed."You got to be honest in marriage. Tom and Nicole--If he would have told her he was gay...""He's not gay! He's too bloody wierd...""Wait," Iman pauses. "Are you sure you don't want a quick smoke to take the edge off?"Yes...YES...that's more like it..."Serious?""As moonlight."David thinks. "Nah. I'll be OK." Off to bed...***************************************************************************Suffragette City..."DAMN YOU WOMAN!!" KRAKA-KA-BOOOOOM! The Duke screams, "I was so close...so close...."To be contined...'cause I'm tired and I gotta go to work tomorrow...[/i}Don't understand me, just love me
HAHA, THAT WAS GREAT!!! i just loved the joke about tom cruise, thats awesome. do you really think that david and iman are that sappy in real life? all cute and adorable? gag!!! the duke is a really cool dude though, i like him a lot...keep writing!!! starbuck"and you'll stop me, wont you, if you've heard this one before. the one where i surprise you by showing up at your front door. saying let's not ask what next, or how or why, cause i am leaving in the morning, so lets not be shy." Shy--Ani DiFranco
Bowie's Unconcious Mind...Nana's Hair Salon, Nail Parlor and Deli..."Byron, luv," Liza was busy styling hair. Liza wore a black bee-hive and a polka-dot dress. "You're too quiet today. Usually you're going on about how stunningly beautiful I am.""No, Liza," Veronica replied, carefully sculpting Byron's nails. She had long, luxurous blond hair and a pale pink shimmering gown--and at the moment, an apron: "He's usually going on about how stunningly beautiful HE is!""Sorry," Byron said weakly, "Haven't slept well.""Well, it's nine o'clock," Nana, an old woman with short blond hair and a tweed jacket carried a bagel omlette and juice, "and the Body's already taken his morning smoke. That should keep the Duke quiet for a while.""Oh, but it's still so gloomy outside," Liza shivers. "I wanted to picnic out on Earthling Plains."Byron stared blankly out into the mirror."Byron?" Veronica nudged."Hmm?""Something's wrong.""Wot? Nails splitting?""No," Veronica stood up, arms crossed. "You're staring out into space. Not like your usually "I'm-so-pretty" gaze into the mirror. What's wrong?""Spill, hon!" Liza tugged at a lock. "We're here for ya?""Anything at all--you can tell us!" Nana added.Byron sighed deeply, "I went to the Duke's castle last night...""OH, That's scary! I could never do that!" Liza shrieked."Anyway," Byron sighed again, "I simply couldn't take the boomin' noise anymore and I...""That reminds me," Nana interrupted, "Algeria called last night and said our shop would most likely be hit by lightning, so he INSISTED we share a room at his 'lightning-proof' shop.""Bet he thought we'd all share a bed together too," Veronica huffed. "Old pervert...""LET ME FINISH, PLEASE!" Byron shouted."Sorry," the ladies chorused."I asked him to turn down the noise, and he almost threw darts in my eyes, saying he would put us all to sleep if he didnt get his nicotine."The girls stood silent for a moment, puzzled."He's insane," Liza snipped at a lock, "not the nice kind of insane like Laddie.""No, he's sane, alright," Veronica said darkly, "he's just a mean, bitter, burnt-out, spoiled bastard!""GIRLS!" Nana warned, then whispered, "he can hear you. You'd better not make him angrier.""Sane or no," Byron said, "I'm afraid he'll do something we'll all regret."To be continued..."Don't understand me, just love me
David coos, "Ah, my black beauty, even when I kick my habit, I'll never let you go! Let me put my lips to you..."Iman peers in from another room, burping Lexie and giggles to herself: "He's enjoying his coffee WAY too much!"***************************************************************************Bowie's sub-conscious mind...The Moonage Daydream Tavern and Coffee Shop..."Coffee's on!" Monte perks up an urn. Monte is the barkeep, and even though he was a movie role and not created by Bowie, he was granted citizenship in Suffragette City. He won the respect of the townspeople by getting them all pissed-drunk every night."Make mine an Irish Coffee, will ya?" Tin Machine shouted from the poker table--not the whole band, just it's frontman. Monte is also a compulsive gambler and runs a perfectly legal casino. This morning is the Bowies' daily poker game."A bit early to be drinking, ain't it mate?" Earthling winked. He had orange spiky hair, a goatee and a Union Jack coat."Hey, Spike-head, after that %$#@in' thunderstorm last night by that mother-%$#@in' Duke, I could use something stiff!" Tin Machine rubbed his scruffy beard and ran a hand through his mousey hair. He had the filthiest mouth of all the Bowies."Where's Yankee and Richocet?" Zane shuffles the cards. He had long blond hair tied back and a calf-length dress--the Man Who Sold the World. But that name was too long for everyone, so he became Zane, as in "ouvre le chien.""Morning boxing," Earthling replied."I almost feel bad for Yankee. That skinny tangerine-haired kid sparing against that tan, buff blond." Monte poured the java."HA! Rich must knock the s%*t outta him! Man, if I ever saw Yank beat Rich, I'd piss my pants!" Tin gaffawed."Ya know, Tin," Earthling took a mug from Monte, "I don't know what's stronger--Monte's coffee or your language.""Oh, pardon moi, Mr. 'Tits and Explosions.'" Tin said sarcasticly."'Pussy in Cars!'" Zane added."OK," Earthling threw up a hand, "relax, I didn't mean anything by it...""OH DEAR GAWD!" Tin laughed again--Richocet just walked in, carrying Yankee over his shoulder."Yankee!" the Bowies jumped up. "Richocet, what did you do?""Nothing!" the blond lay the unconscious soul-man on a bench. "I barely hit him and he was down for the count!"Yankee woke up, "I didn't sleep last night.""That's makes two of us," Zane added."All of us!" Earthling agreed."Rich, you in the game?" Zane asked. "Yankee, why don't you lie down and watch some TV?""What's on?" Yankee asked."The Body's shooting a video," Zane answered."Bo-ring!" Yankee yawned."Right, no matter how many he makes, mine will always be better!" Richocet puffs his chest."No way, mate!" Earthling retorted. "You made some poor Aborginanie scrub a busy highway!""Yeah...well...your videos are...wierd...and mine got played more!"Tin added: "That's because MTV only had about 20 videos that they played all the &%$#in' time!""Anyway," Richocet takes the tavern TV remote, "what else is on?"He turns the TV on. Static..."Aw, damn, storm musta knocked out the reception," Yankee turned off the TV. "I'm taking a nap.""We're short a player," Earthling noted. "Monte...join in?""Er...no," Monte declined politely, "I still owe from last week.I need to cut back...""How do you like that," Tin opened the windows and shouted outside, "a Bowie with SELF-CONTROL!""No, Tin," the others tried to pull him back in, when a peel of lightning appeared from the castle, aimed at the tavern! The men hit the floor, bracing for impact...Kraka--BO--POW! Another bolt of lightning--red and blue--flashed outside and canceled the deadly white bolt."Did it hit?" Zane asked."No, we're safe," Richocet picked himself up. The men peeked outside. The tavern was not hit--if it did, the tavern would be burnt to ashes!Earthling breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Aladdin Sane!"To be continued...Don't understand me, just love me
WOO HOO!!! starbuck (clapping her hands, and grinning ear to ear)"and you'll stop me, wont you, if you've heard this one before. the one where i surprise you by showing up at your front door. saying let's not ask what next, or how or why, cause i am leaving in the morning, so lets not be shy." Shy--Ani DiFranco


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Clue wrote:Surj Soleng. He's my newest facebook friend!
Clue wrote:Wow, I wonder who took it down. Noticed the name Trotter as being part of talkdg. I'm guessing he's in Vegas where everyone seems to be right now. No idea if Innova or Prodigy threatened him with anything. I don't remember anything in the article that I'd consider liable. Gonna be an interesting week...
Sidearm wrote:I would like to hear Beery's analysis of his USDGC experience. No offense to AO & Dana, but most of us on here have a game that's a lot more similar to Beery's than to our regional 1010-rated pro's. How about it, Beery? Tell us what the course and experience was like for an advanced-level player.
Buzzz Killington wrote:Dude already removed his posts from talkdg. Boooooooo
blkwizardsonny wrote:i asked him about it he said he had fun watching the top pros melt down on a couple holes .lol all he said
Cydisc wrote:blkwizardsonny wrote:i asked him about it he said he had fun watching the top pros melt down on a couple holes .lol all he said
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wow, great to see you're well billiej! the first time I tried too see GD on stage there was a storm and the concert was cancelled, last summer you felt sick...please decide to come back to Italy not before than next august-september 'cause at the end of May I will be having my second little daughter and I think I'll be a bit busy!
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They moved Tre's release date up because they can't play live.
My Jesus, or better , my God!
When I saw this pic, my mind started to sing: Is this just real life? Is this just fantasy? And I don't know why.
I'm waiting for tre!!!
You stopped when the red light flashed :)
@BillieMikeTre88 They haven't postponed the 2013 dates yet! I'm hoping they'll find new dates soon xD
@Oak No ...No ..Tré comes out on december 11. and in Germany on december 07 . Tré comes out sooner. Green Day had to cancel their U.S. tour.. as a gift to us comes the album Tré earlier.
Wait... nine more day's? iTré! comes out in January, y'know.
haha your face looks so cool. lol Dec. 2!!! Only 9 more days til TRE comes out!! AND only 9 more days til I turn 14. :P
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Fresh off the first win in program history, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team will return to the road this weekend for a pair of matches in the Courtyard Marriott Wilmington Women's Soccer Invitational. The Islanders will take on host UNC Wilmington and Elon in the event.
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Just like the other person who reviewed this lamp I experienced the same problem. Bought two lamps four months ago. I guess I have been lucky because one has worked great but the other one (that I use much less actually) has flickered for the past month and has burned through a light bulb a month since getting it. Tonight the flickering stopped and it just no longer would work even with ANOTHER new light bulb. Calling world market tomorrow. I understand the occasional lemon, hopefully world market will resolve the issue for me, because like the last reviewer I received a lemon. I can say I LOVE the look of the lamp, just want it to work. Took a picture of it, sorry for the low,lighting in the picture. ;-)
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Disc 1.
1 Deewana Leke Aaya Hai Mere Jeevan Saathi
2 Haan Pehli Baar Aur Kaun
3 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Black Mail
4 O Hansini Zehreela Insaan
5 Dream Girl Dream Girl
6 Chhokar Mere Mann Ko Yarana
7 Saman Hai Suhana-Suhana Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani
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Disc 1.
1 Deewana Leke Aaya Hai Mere Jeevan Saathi
2 Haan Pehli Baar Aur Kaun
3 Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Black Mail
4 O Hansini Zehreela Insaan
5 Dream Girl Dream Girl
6 Chhokar Mere Mann Ko Yarana
7 Saman Hai Suhana-Suhana Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani
8 Ik Ajnabi Haseena Se Ajnabi
9 Aanewala Pal Golmaal
10 Pyar Maanga Hai Tumhin Se College Girl
11 Dil Se Mile Dil Dilsey Miley Dil
12 Chehra Hai Ya Chand Khila Sagar
13 Samne Ye Kaun Aaya Jawani Diwani
14 Tum Kitni Khoobsurat Jungle Mein Mangal
15 Phir Wahi Raat Hai Ghar
16 Koi Humdum Na Raha Jhumroo
17 Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na They Shalimar
Disc 2.
1 O Mere Dil Ke Chain Mere Jeewan Saathi
2 Dil Kya Kare Julie
3 Kitne Sapne Kitne Arman Mere Jeevan Saathi
4 Khwab Ho Tum Ya Koi Haqeeqat Teen Deviyan
5 Simti Si Sharmai Si Parwana
6 Aaj Unse Pehli Mulaqat Hogi Paraya Dhan
7 Neele-Neele Ambar Par Kalakaar
8 Dilbar Mere Kab Tak Satte Pe Satta
9 Tum Bin Jaun Kahan Pyar Ka Mausam
10 O Saathi Re Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
11 Dil Aaj Shayar Hai Gambler
12 Aise Na Mujhe Tum Dekho Darling Darling
13 Chalte Chalte Mere Ye Geet Chalte Chalte
14 O Majhi Re Khushboo
15 Meet Na Mila Re Mann Ka Abhimaan
16 Zindagi Ki Yahi Reet Hai Mr. India
Disc 3.
1 Mere Dil Ne Tadap Ke Anurodh
2 Ik Ladki Bhigi Bhagi Si Chalti KA Naam Gaadi
3 Bhanwre Ki Gunjan Kal Aaj Aur Kal
4 Aate Jaate Khoobsurat Anurodh
5 Mere Sang Sang Aaya Rajput
6 Chala Jaata Hoon Mere Jeevan Saathi
7 Gham Ka Fasana Manchali
8 Jeewan Se Bhari Safar
9 Dil Aisa Kisi Ne Mera Toda Amanush
10 Ye Laal Rang Prem Nagar
11 Koi Hota Jisko Apna Mere Apne
12 Mera Jeewan Kora Kagaz Kora Kagaz
13 Agar Dil Hamara Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara
14 Ye Jeewan Hai Piya Ka Ghar
15 Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai Souten
16 Dil Mein Aag Lagaye Alag Alag
17 Main Tera Shehar Chhod Jaunga Nazrana
Disc 4.
1 Hamein Tumse Pyar Kitna Kudrat
2 Phoolon Ke Rang Se Prem Pujari
3 Tum Ho Mere Dil Ki Manzil
4 Pyar Ko Chahiye Kya Ek Nazar
5 Ek Roz Main Tadap Kar Bemisaal
6 Tere Jaisa Mukhda Pyar Ke Kabil
7 Jaan Tann Se Diljala
8 Jab Chaha Tumne Zabardast
9 Mere Naseeb Mein Ae Dost Do Raaste
10 Ruk Jaana Nahin Imtihaan
11 Manzilein Apni Jagah Hain Sharaabi
12 Ja Mujhe Na Abb Yaad Aa Prem Nagar
13 Samjhauta Ghamo Se Kar Lo Samjhauta
14 Jab Dard Nahin Tha Anurodh
15 Zindagi Ka Safar Safar
16 Teri Duniya Se Hoke Majboor Pavitra Papi
17 Tera Ghar Teri Galiyaan Oonche Log
Disc 5.
1 Ye Naina Ye Kajal Dil Se Mile Dil
2 Mausam Mastana Hai Laalach
3 Tujhse Haseen Dekha Na Kahin Harjaai
4 Kitne Bhi Tu Karle Sitam Sanam Teri Kasam
5 Mere Sang-Sang Aaya Rajput
6 Tere Chehre Mein Wo Jaadu Dharmatma
7 Wada Hai Kya Taxi Chor
8 Koi Roko Na Diwane Ko Priyatma
9 Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai Daag
10 Pyar Kar Liya To Kya Kabhie Kabhie
11 Ajnabi Tum Jaane Pehchane Se Hum Sab Ustaad Hain
12 Khilte Hain Gull Yahan Sharmili
13 Rimjhim Gire Sawan Manzil
14 Kuchh Log Mohabbat Kar Ke Lava
15 Kisi Baat Par Main Bemisaal
16 Zindagi Ke Safar Mein Aap Ki Kasam
Disc 6.
1 Mere Saamne Wali Khidki Padosan
2 Sharbati Teri Aankhon Ki Black Mail
3 Dekha Na Haye Re Bombay To Goa
4 Jane Jana Jao Kal Phir Aana Samadhi
5 Zindagi Ek Safar Andaz
6 Gussa Itna Haseen Hai Maryada
7 Om Shanti Om Karz
8 Khaike Pan Banaraswala Don
9 Ina Meena Dika Asha
10 Main Hoon Jhoom-Jhoom Jhumroo
11 O Meri Sharmili Sharmili
12 Bye-Bye Miss Good Night Prem Nagar
13 O Manchali Manchali
14 Sachchai Chhup Nahin Sakti Dushman
15 Ye Dil Na Hota Bechara Jewel Thief
16 Bachna Ae Hasinon Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin
17 Sara Zamana Yarana
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Golokesh Patra
Jul 25, 2012
IT IS FAKE though the songs are sung well.THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL ,,,,,,,,,,,,THIS IS A COMPLETE FAKE,,,,,,,,,,
Oct 20, 2013
not a standard one..except abhijeetI bought the item recently.Iiam keralite basically,so i dn't know the exact meaning of the lyrics. i am abig fan of HINDI oldies so what iam bought this item.more over am one of the big fan of kishore da too.but unfor tunately,most of the songs especially from kumar sanu not have any justice with the original.comparing the other singer,abhijit he did a wonderful job as he can.I heard lot of songs of kishore sung by abhijeet,in most songs he can do the maximum.so i have humble request to the producers,in future,you have to concentrate on the singer's dedication with the original.if the singer … (Expand)
Amit Modi
Oct 14, 2013
old is Daimond .... AMIT JAMSHEDPURRealy it's all song's are Daimond choice , like i have choice and record it , all song are my favorite.............i will go for another collection ,,,,,,,,,,,,, AMIT JAMSHEDPUR
Arijit Banik
Feb 14, 2013
Collector Edition for Kishore Da's Fan ! Great Performance by Kumar Sanu & Abhijeet.To All Kishore Kumar Fan.....This is a must buy, I must say it is a collector edition. But those who are looking for Original Voice of this music legends, please looks else where. As I found only one song here in this album performed by Kishore Kumar himself. But that nonetheless matter, As a playback singer Kumar Sanu recreate the same essence....exact copy of this music legends voice and those song performed by Abhijeet are Brilliant too. I wonder how many type of voice This music maestro Kishore Kumar posses. All songs are recorded in this album comes in great stereo quality.
Kumar Prateek
Jun 29, 2012
best onei bought it for my mother and father's marriage anniversary and it was like a perfect gift they said :) real happy with this product and all time bests of kishor da.


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Crossroads Grille opens in Horse Shoe
Published: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 7, 2014 at 9:19 p.m.
HORSE SHOE — The owner and head chef of Crossroads Grille discovered his passion for cooking at a young age, but just recently realized his dream of owning and managing a restaurant that dishes up his very own recipes.
James Wilson opened his new restaurant at 4165 Brevard Road in Horse Shoe at the end of February, after years of working at other establishments. Most recently, he was the head chef at Black Rose Public House in Hendersonville.
"I've managed and cooked in several restaurants for other people and other companies for 18 years," said Wilson.
His interest in the food service industry was sparked when he started cooking for his three older brothers while their single mother was out working one of two jobs.
"I realized that cooking was my passion when I was about 10 years old," said Wilson.
His first job at age 14 was as a busboy and dishwasher, but Wilson said he would go home and experiment with recipes on his own.
Now Wilson is serving dishes such as Jamaican snapper with Jamaican sweet potatoes, salmon platters and more traditional American fare such as burgers, pork chops and steaks to his customers in Horse Shoe — which Wilson said was in need of a "sit down" community restaurant.
"I figured it'd be a good location because there really wasn't our type of restaurant in the area of Horse Shoe or Etowah," he said. "The location was really asking for a decent family restaurant."
Crossroads Grille serves lunch and dinner Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and is open for all three meals Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The restaurant will begin serving beer and wine this month, and hopes to serve liquor by June.
Reach McGowan at 828-694-7871 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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