text: Justin Bieber on a Family Boating Vacation! by jbz 11/02/2013 | 11:12 48 Posted in News Justin Bieber, Jeremy Bieber, Jaxon Bieber, Jazmyn Bieber and Pattie Mallette on a vacation. 10+ pics inside. Tags:boat and yacht, boating vacation, family, vacation Related Bieber News Justin Bieber at the Clear Lake, Indiana Justin Bieber Surprises Newlyweds with serenade during Bora Bora Vacation! Justin Bieber Shows Off Naked Butt on Instagram in Bora Bora! Justin Bieber in Kauai – Hawaii Comments Newer Comments » K.Bieber 11/02/2013 | 11:14 First and how cute!! K.Bieber 11/02/2013 | 11:15 (; Isabella Bieber 11/02/2013 | 11:47 TOO CUTE!! LOOK AT THAT TAN ON MY BOY JUJU!! Taylor Swift 12/02/2013 | 6:21 Your such a great bro Justin. – Taylor iojfgiojdfg 12/02/2013 | 7:36 OMG are you serious? If your the real Taylor than go to your twitter and tweet it xx I need proof oh and I have Taylor official account so no fakes! Kailua 11/02/2013 | 11:26 AWW, SO ADORABLE AND CUTE. HE'S SO GOOD TO THEM. SUCH AMAZING OLDER BROTHER. JUSTIN IS SO CUTE AND FUNNY. HE DOES HAVE THAT SWAG ABOUT HIM, RILEY 11/02/2013 | 11:30 Im chillin with my girlfriend and she says what u getin me for vday and she says she wants justin bieber tickets and i tell hes 18 ur 16 hes way to old and she gives me that grow up look EVERY TIME Nicole 11/02/2013 | 11:47 OMG that is Soooo CUTE!!! Love that RILEY 11/02/2013 | 11:47 Were did dey go 4 vacation…in the winter the begin of febuary??? RILEY 12/02/2013 | 12:30 How old is his brother and sister? Mel Bieber 12/02/2013 | 1:17 @RILEY I think Jazzy is 4 and Jaxon is 2. Can someone correct me if im wrong Nicole 12/02/2013 | 1:44 Jazzy is 4 and jaxson is 3 Narmadha 12/02/2013 | 2:02 nicole is right Mel Bieber 12/02/2013 | 11:04 thx u @ Nicole and Narmadha kahani 12/02/2013 | 11:26 HIS LIL BROTHER IS SO CUTE AND ADORABLE. Mel Bieber 12/02/2013 | 1:13 Awwwww so cute. luv u jb DaV 12/02/2013 | 3:16 Guys I heart justin is giving concert in moscow (30 of april) Jsha bieber 12/02/2013 | 3:43 GREAT!!, Follow me on twitter @Jaysha_bieber for a follow back Real Alisha 12/02/2013 | 4:45 Awww! How sweet, they r having fun. Adorable! Justin n jaxson r lookin sooo cute. khloe99 12/02/2013 | 5:06 AWWWWWWWW so adorable 😀 je t'adore 12/02/2013 | 5:28 awww so sweet and cute…. Chris 12/02/2013 | 6:04 So sweet! Great vacation – no papz or screaming fans essie j 12/02/2013 | 6:24 i'm happy that Justin is having a great time with his family Xavier Jackson 12/02/2013 | 6:53 Awe how sweet and adorable is that. What a wonderful family get together that is. My boy Justin is a great older brother to Jaxon and jazzy btw love the new song you want me it's perfection <3 $$$belieber ***forever$$$ 12/02/2013 | 6:57 wow justin i am so much happpy that u r happy now u forget all about your past n start your new life wow justin i love u justin soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much these all pix r awesome i love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Bieber's Shawty 12/02/2013 | 7:23 hahaha sooo cute.. <3 Mrs.Bieber 12/02/2013 | 7:59 awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww the whole fam together Giovannatone 12/02/2013 | 11:09 I AM MRS.BIEBER NOT YOU!!!!! SWERVE~ sofie 12/02/2013 | 8:38 It's so sweet to see them taking some time off togehter. I'm so happy justin spends some time with his family and just takes time out to relax. I guess it's wonderful for his sister and brother to have some quality time with their older brother. bieber! 12/02/2013 | 9:35 awh that is so sweet ALYSSA 12/02/2013 | 9:55 oooohh these pix are just adorable!!! #GoodLookingFamily <3 SEXY BIEBER 12/02/2013 | 10:00 u smile i smile u cry i cry u get married, we beliebers will come and sing "that should be me." LOVE U BIEBER!!! Oh and i like the way your holding jazzy jaxon! id love to be held like that with my ass in the air by yo face 😀 #WANTJERRY Yassie 13/02/2013 | 2:24 Um no shut up with the jerry I have no idea where these people get these words from is like saying jerry springer. Giovannatone 12/02/2013 | 11:09 OMG!! I LOVE JAXON AND JAZZY SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! WHEN I HAVE KIDS, THEY'LL NEVER LOOK AS GOOD AS THEY DO!!!! JUSTIN WILL BE THE PERECT FATHER!!!! FATHER MY YOUNG!!!! MY FETUSES!!!! BBB.Belieberxxx 12/02/2013 | 12:30 awww sweet , spending time with his family BBB.Belieberxxx 12/02/2013 | 12:31 those pic are sweet ,hes such a great big bro. BBB.Belieberxxx 12/02/2013 | 12:35 *those pics* daughterofLordRauhl 12/02/2013 | 12:30 How cute! He's such a good big bro to Jaxon and Jazzy. Got the whole family there. That's sweet. JB...and ME !!!!! 12/02/2013 | 1:33 Where are they ? It's like in the middle of the winter and the weather's beautiful like that ? PLEASE ANSWER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought he went back to Canada thats why his family's there. But its sunny and everything, I'm confused…HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!! Moni Bieber 12/02/2013 | 1:37 they are adorable and cute!!! And justin is so much sexy!! <33 ivan 12/02/2013 | 3:00 Those kids are absolutely adorable. I wish I had a dozen like them-when you are sad, kids are the cure. iambieberpokemongirl1326 12/02/2013 | 4:01 awwwww oxBelieberxo 12/02/2013 | 5:46 hah.. So freakin cute <3 Newer Comments »


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The KDE Raptor Menu - A quick overview
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| Being a KDE lover myself, I'm always intrigued by some of the different
| features and software that come out for KDE. The latest is the Raptor menu.
| It's certainly an interesting menu system and one that I think deserves
| closer attention.
Cairo-Dock Adds Slick, Custom App-Launching to Linux
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| Linux only: We're big fans of application dock and launcher Avant Window
| Navigator around here, but free utility Cairo-Dock makes a strong showing as
| well, not least for its highly-configurable and slick appearance, as well as
| a good range of plug-ins and third-party applets.
These two bits make GNU/Linux at least as pretty as Mac OS X,
5 Linux distributions that rival OS X for looks
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| one, then just click on the link to take you to the website, where you can
| download an ISO image and burn it to disc to try. I know that some Mac users
| hate having to use Windows if they're at a friend or relative's house, so if
| you like the look of one of these, you may want to keep a copy handy to use
| as an alternative under those circumstances. Also, Linux has the same kind of
| resistance to viruses and malware as OS X, so you have those advantages as
| well - always worth having if you're going to use a computer that could have
| all kinds of junk on it! Live CD's can also be handy if your computer won't
| boot due to problems and you need to use it in a hurry.
First look: KDE 4.1 alpha 1 very promising
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| features such as a built-in WebKit-based HTML rendering widget and support
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Michael Zuccaro
- Interests:
- Wine and women and song.
- Hobbies:
- Comic book collecting and karaoke
- Television:
- 24, Smallville, Lie To Me, Big Bang Theory, Simpsons, CSI NY, Law & Order: SVU, Human Target, All in The Family, et. al., Dexter, and Twin Peaks
- Movies:
- 200 Motels, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Terror of Tiny Town, Panic in Year Zero, Run Lola Run, Most Bond film, Superman I & II, Batman, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Iron Man, Spiderman 1 and 2, Ghost World, Sideways, and many, many more., freaks, Akira, and Ghost in The Shell
- Music:
- Zappa and those related (Alice Cooper, Little Feat, George Duke, The Persuasions, Lauren Wood, Tim Buckley, Wildman Fischer, Geromino Black - Hey I go WAY BACK!). OtherwiZe, Steely Dan, Elvis Costello, Weather Report, Stevie Wonder, Spinners, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Manhattan Transfer, and many many more., FLO & EDDIE, and Lord Buckley
- About me:
- Long time Zappa fan and friend. I was the person that was totally responsible for introducing Frank to Jack KIrby, with whom I created an Italian supernatural superhero, Noctvrnvs. Met Alice Cooper and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet and his wife Jan). Also friend of music greats Mark Volman, Lauren Wood and Jerry Lawson of The Persuasions. I've become an LA area karaoke singer after being the nickname "Magic Mic" by BACKSTAGE's legendary KJ Shane. I may be Elvis but he's the Colonel! I love 80 music (Prince, Elvis Costello, New Order, et. al.) I have been truly blessed when it comes to my love of music. I am a noted comic book scholar (Google me for details) and once taught a class on comic books at Loyola Marymount University, where I've worked for some 26 years in the Media department of their library. Majored in TV production at Boston's the now defunct Grahmn Junior College with Marc Summers (DOUBLE DARE, UNWRAPPED) and Alex Paen (ANIMAL RESCUE, MISSING). Worked at WKTV and WCIX. Also had Kermit Schafer (Blooper concept creator) as a mentor and appear on one of his Pardon My Blooper albums doing a reinactment of a locker room blooper.
Hello Mike thank you for you'r friend acceptance. First off i realy like you'r profile picture so who's the dude with you, lol. listen i'm thrilled and honored to make your aquaintance. Any friend of Frank Zappa will always be a friend of mine. You must be very proud of the way Dweezil worked his rear end off to honor his fathers work. To perform the music of a master one must be a master. I think Dweezil is all of that. Because i did not know you back then, belated as it is. I am truely sorry for the loss of you'r friend Frank Zappa. For i still miss him to this day. (R.I.P. F.Z.)
ttyl Peace Out Fruie. Zappa Rocks and DZpZ Rocks Zappa!
Hi Michael, just posted the Zappéd tracks (finally...):
Michael Zuccaro became friends with DaveOC
Michael Zuccaro became friends with Samia S.
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Michael Zuccaro posted a comment on the profile status Final night of the tour and then home to my wife and kids for X-mas. 2 months away is a long time.


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The Daily Post's live breaking news blog brings you regular updates, pictures, video, tweets and comments covering the latest North Wales traffic, travel, weather, crime and council news.
You can contribute to the live blog by posting your comment below, and you can also tweet us @dailypostwales to share breaking news stories, pictures and opinions - or email us at email@example.com
Our North Wales breaking news live blog begins at 06:30am every weekday and 10am at the weekend and is updated throughout the day and into the evening.
Good morning and welcome to North Wales Live on Sunday May 5.
The reporting team on the liveblog today is Kelly Williams and Hywel Trewyn.
On the agenda today....
Massive game for Wrexham at Wembley when they take on Newport County in the Blue Square Bet Playoff final
Hywel is going to be in Banogr to see if any more can be found out about the death of a man in the city on Friday night
We also have a whole host of Bank Holiday events including the Victorian Extravaganza in Llandudno
Done a round of calls and all seems quiet at the moment according to emergency services. Get in touch if you spot something going on where you are.
SUN CENTRE: Rhyl Sun Centre is finally back open for business after the big freeze forced it to close for 29 days.
The swimming attraction reportedly lost more than £100,000 in takings missing out on trade from the Easter holidays.
Sub zero temperatures meant it was unable to open its doors at the start of the season on March 23.
Staff said it was the coldest start to the year they've ever known as they tried in vain to warm up air and water temperatures with industrial heaters overnight.
But now, the Sun Centre is back up and running said Ian Turley, general manager of Clwyd Leisure.
TRAFFIC: A55 Conwy - A55 busy but moving westbound between J24, A547 (Abergele) in Abergele and J23, A547 (Llanddulas) in Llanddulas.
TRAFFIC: Busy in Llandudno due to the town's Extravaganza celebrations
TRAFFIC: A55 : Westbound : J34 Ewloe Loop to J32A Pentre Halkyn : Incident : Slow moving vehicles Delays possible
WREXHAM FC: Our photographer, Hadyn Iball has described the atmosphere at Wembley ahead of Wrexham's clash against Newport this afternoon. He's been chatting to the team's eldest fan Tom Hughes, 96, who is hoping to see his team into the league for the second time since 1921. Hadyn said "excitement is building in the stadium and the atmosphere is intense" with many fans pinning their hopes on today's game.
The Povey Family from Wrexham at Wembley
LIFEBOAT RESCUE: Both Pwllheli RNLI lifeboats assisted a broken down speedboat which had drifted close to rocks near Llanbedrog on Saturday
.A strengthening south westerly wind had blown the 20 foot speedboat with two adults and two children on board dangerously close to rocks at Carreg y Defaid.Pwllheli's All Weather Lifeboat, the Lilly and Vincent Anthony, and the Inshore Lifeboat, the Leslie and Peter Downes were launched soon after 4.30pm.
A spokesperson for Pwllheli Lifeboat Station said: "The speedboat, which had suffered engine problems was in very shallow water and as a result the inshore lifeboat also had to be launched in order to cross shallow water and reach the casualty."An adult had climbed out of the boat into the water to try and keep it away from the rocks.
The ILB crew managed to get him out of the water and tow the boat out to deeper water where the All Weather Lifeboat took over the tow."The adult who had been in the water was given First Aid by crew members onboard the ALB due to a foot injury he had sustained and effects of the cold.The other three persons were unharmed."The vessel was towed into Pwllheli marina and hoisted out of the water to be assesed for damage."
WREXHAM FC: Photographer Hadyn Iball is at Wembley Stadium ahead of the match. He said: "Teams are on the pitch warming up, there's lots of noise and fans start to fill the seats. Big cheers for Wrexham when they came onto the pitch to warm up."
25 minutes to kick off in the Blue Square Playoff final - sure there will be a few butterflies around
Just before kickoff at Wembley and Andy Gilpin(gilpin_andy) has just Tweeted this picture of Paul Pemberton who was given permission to take his brother Kenny's ashes.
Wrexham: Maxwell; S Wright, Riley, Artell, Ashton; Harris, Keates (cpt), Clarke; Hunt, Ormerod, Morrell.
Subs: Coughlin, Westwood, Little, Cieslewicz, Adebola. so, the one change on bench - Westy for Clowes.
Just over 17 minutes gone and it's still 0-0 at Wembley, with Wrexham pressing. Brett Ormerod has hit side netting, raising hopes
COASTGUARD: Holyhead Coastguard are currently dealing with two ongoing incidents - one of them is assisting the RNLI on a shout in Beaumaris on Anglesey. The other is in Pwllheli. More details to follow shortly.
CALLS: Ambulance crews and the fire service are so far reporting a very quiet day. No incidents to report.
THREE DETAINED: North Wales Police have just confirmed that two men and one woman have been detained for another 36 hours after a man fell 30ft to his death from a skylight window of a house in Bangor, Gwynedd. The alarm was raised at 11.25pm on Friday after officers were called to the incident where the man they said had "seemingly fallen from the window of a top floor flat" on Princess Road, in the Upper Bangor area of the city. His name has not been released until relatives have been informed.
ORMEROD CLOSE: Brett Ormerod goes close again for Wrexham - for about the third time. Meanwhile Flynn's effort for Newport County competently dealt with by Chris Maxwell. Harris brought down by Gilby.
LAST FIVE: Last minutes of a tense first half which Wrexham have dominated but without scoring


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Man unhurt in east Erie robbery
Erie police said they were looking for two men who robbed another man Thursday night in the 2400 block of Ash Street.
Police said the robbers took an undisclosed amount of cash from the victim and fled the scene on foot.
The victim was not injured in the incident, which happened at about 8:15 p.m., police said.
One of the robbers had a silver handgun, police said. Police described the robbers as black men.
Police said the robber with the handgun was about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with dark jeans.
Man found guilty in torture-murder trial
GREENSBURG -- A western Pennsylvania jury convicted a man of first-degree murder for orchestrating the torture and killing of a mentally disabled woman.
The Westmoreland County jury must now decide if Ricky Smyrnes, 26, deserves the death penalty or life in prison. Those deliberations are expected to begin on Tuesday.
Smyrnes' attorney Michael DeRiso argued his client has limited intelligence.
But prosecutors said Smyrnes instigated the 2010 murder of Jennifer Daugherty, 30, a mentally challenged woman from Mount Pleasant.
She was beaten, humiliated and abused by six people, including one already sentenced to life in prison and another to death.
Three other defendants remain charged.
Ex-state House workers lose court appeals
HARRISBURG -- Two former Pennsylvania House employees who were convicted of corruption along with their former boss Mike Veon have lost a pair of state appeals court decisions.
A three-judge Superior Court panel on Wednesday upheld guilty verdicts against Brett Cott and Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, both convicted with Veon after lengthy trial in 2010.
A jury convicted them both of conflict of interest, theft of services and conspiracy, but also acquitted them on multiple counts.
Calls seeking comment from their lawyers weren't immediately returned. The attorney general's office said it was pleased.
$15,000 reward offered in arsons at Temple
PHILADELPHIA -- A reward of up to $15,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in a series of arson fires at a $216 million residential complex under construction at Temple University.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the blazes at Morgan Hall at the north Philadelphia campus. The project involves a 27-story building and a 10-story building and is expected to provide housing for about 1,300 students this fall.
-- from staff, wire reports


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Ministers Adopt Bali Declaration on the ITPGR
11 March 2011: The Ministerial Conference on Biodiversity, Food Security and Climate Change, held on 11 March 2011, in Bali, Indonesia, adopted the Bali Ministerial Declaration on the Role of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR) on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Food Security.
The Declaration reflects participants' commitment to engage in further enhancing implementation of the Treaty, in order to help meet the challenges of agricultural biodiversity erosion, food insecurity, extreme poverty and the effects of climate change.
In the Declaration, Ministers and high-level officials from 48 countries call upon parties and relevant stakeholders to: prioritize activities relevant to the Treaty's Multilateral System on access and benefit-sharing (ABS), sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and farmers' rights; and to mobilize more effective and timely contributions to the implementation of the ITPGR Funding Strategy, including its benefit-sharing fund. [ITPGR Press Release] [IISD RS Sources]


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The Wind from Dunhuang:Gusty Pleasure for Asmara Audience
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A beautiful oriental concert had left a deep impression on me back in 2008 when a group of artists from Fujian province in China performed at the Cinema Odeon. Back then, I remember sitting engrossed the whole evening, stupefied by the spectacular show of both vocal and acrobatic performances.
This past weekend, I had an encore of that thrilling experience thanks to a performance of the Gansu Arts Troupe from China, which entertained a full house audience at Cinema Roma Sunday evening September 11, 2011.
Entitled "The Wind from Dunhuang," the spectacle consisted of a 13-piece repertoire that kept guests electrified for over two hours.
The show opened with a drum dance, "Raise Your Bridal Veil," which is performed with humorous dancing language as the performers show vividly their love for modern life to create a nice homeland. The highly precise and coordinated dance moves make you just stare in awe.
Dressed in a glimmering pink evening dress Ma Yuan followed with a solo performance of the song "A Glass of Good Wine," earning a great round of applause from the audience.
The third piece saw a group of female dancers on the stage, performing "The Love Song of Kangding," one of China's folk songs. The bright colors of the dancers' outfits combined with the lively music beats and highly flexible choreography, gave the audience an immensely exhilarating experience.
The fourth piece, and one of my personal favorites, was the Matouqin performance. Being an avid lover of string instruments, I was mesmerized by the sound emanating from that wooden trapezoid box and its two strings.
The Matouqin, which produces a sound poetically described as expansive and unrestrained, like a wild horse neighing, or like a breeze in the grasslands, is held nearly upright with the sound box in the musician's lap or between the musician's legs.
Aerbin Dalai, the player, who has been playing the Matouqin for 20 years, delivered an astounding performance playing two pieces. In "Sing a Spring Song in Pasture," the player started with a slow beat and did a beautiful crescendo while his performance of "A Thousand Horses are Galloping Ahead" literally had our hearts galloping. Aerbin won great admiration from the audience that night.
But a far greater admiration went to Dong Kang, who performed the unique skill of changing faces featured in Sichuan Opera.
One of China's oldest and most popular opera forms, Sichuan opera is characterized by unique stunts one of which is face changing.
It was simply amazing how Dong changed his face mask in split seconds, sometimes in rapid succession. The only indication that a mask change is about to take place is when the actor raises his sleeve or flicks his head to a side to the beat of music.
I was sitting very close to the actor as he did his performance but I really couldn't see how he managed to pull it off. It probably demands many careful observations but nonetheless, it was a very entertaining part of the show.
Dong Kang had also a solo performance where he sang a song entitled Zhuoma. After his performance, Dong was joined on stage by Madame Lou, the wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea, and a group of students from Fre Selam Elementary and Junior Public School whom she trained to sing a short song in Chinese.
Madame Lou and Dong also performed Saba Sabina, a well-known Tigrigna love song. Accompanied with an enthusiastic applause from the audience, they gave their own rendition of the song.
The evening's repertoire also included a male and female group dances, performing the "Happy Tibetans" and "The Green Peacock" respectively. In the latter, the girls dance in a graceful and flexible manner, like peacocks in the green woods contending for their beauty.
"Happy Tibetans" is performed with a lot of feet stomping and excellent choreography, with the accompanying loud sound of music stirring up captivating feelings among the audience.
The entertaining piece on visual shock by illusionist Zhu Xiquan was among the most favorite pieces of the night. It was utterly unbelievable how he pulled off his tricks. He held a piece of cloth at the two extremities and wrapped it around the mike stand, and somehow made the cloth appear before the stand as if it passed through it. He did the trick quite several times and closer to the audience, but it still eluded us how.
The dance featuring the "The Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands" was also among the performances that evening. The dance tells the story of the goddess as she displays her motherly love, warmth and kindness. The underlying message is the need for compassion to watch for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help.
The show culminated with a group dance of all the dancers performing "Civil Wind." The description gi ven in the show program describes the dance as representative of the holy language brewed by the spiritual paradise of lofty mountains and flowing water.
Then Zhu Xiquan and Dong Kang made an impressive act of illusion by combining two pieces of cloth and later forming a banner that read "Friends, Partners, Brothers."
"The melody was simply wonderful and well organized. Everything is alive in my head, I wish more similar events could be organized in the future so as to give us more insights to Chinese culture," says Abraham Solomon, who like me, has been engrossed at the show the whole evening.
Daniel Kidane, who is into music himself, said that she never attended any similar shows before but was really impressed by the performance.
"As Eritreans, we can learn a lot from it," he said.
At the end of the show, all performers were joined on stage by Mr. Romadan Mohammed Nur, Mr. Kahsay Ghberehiwet (Governor of the Central Region), Mr. Yemane Ghebremeskel (Director of the Office of the President), Mr. Zemihret Yohannes (Director of Research and Documentation at the PFDJ) and higher government officials for a group photo.
The Performance of China Gansu Arts Troupe, which gave a repeat also Monday evening September 11, 2011, was sponsored by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in collaboration with the PFDJ Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
The China Gansu Arts Troupe is made up of excellent young dancers and solo performers from Lanzhou Ensemble of Song and Dance, a large scale professional group in Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China's Gansu Province. It is currently on a musical journey to several African countries and has already performed in Kenya. It's scheduled to appear in South Africa following its Eritrean performance.
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I grew up in rural Suffolk in the East of England. Before starting vet school I took a gap year in Whistler, Canada working as a children's ski instructor. In 2005 I started the combined veterinary sciences and veterinary medicine degree program at the Royal Veterinary College, London. During my pre-clinical years I undertook research projects looking at changes in the murine thymus with age. More recently I was a member of the RVC undergraduate research team investigating East Coast fever in cattle in Zanzibar. I am currently doing my clinical rotations which I thoroughly enjoy and I am about to enter the final year of the Veterinary Medicine program.
Aside from vet school I have a wide range of interests, especially in sports. I come from a rugby family but prefer horse riding, hockey and netball. I currently enjoy improving my tennis and have recently taken up surfing. When I have the chance I try to raise money for charities close to my heart such as the Wooden Spoon and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Career Goals:
After graduation I would like undertake a residency and PhD before eventually pursuing a career that combines research with clinical specialization and teaching. At this stage my interest lies in small animal medicine and in understanding the role that immunosenescence plays in increasing the susceptibility of elderly domestic animals to disease.


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The Price Family
The Price family and its businesses have been part of Québec's history for nearly 200 years. The first four generations of this family of Welsh origin worked in the logging industry.
Auberge Saint-Antoine is the fruit of another Price family effort at the hands of Martha Bate Price (wife of Tony Price), Evan, Llewellyn and Lucy Price (their children and the family's 6th generation). Its innovative hotel-museum concept provides an unforgettable experience for all who visit.
The family also owns the Musée du Fort which presents an original and unique sound and light show on the military history of Québec City.


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BEIRUT - Syria's embattled regime called for an urgent Arab summit as it faced growing isolation yesterday, not only by the West but by its neighbors, over its bloody crackdown against an eight-month uprising.
The crisis raised regional tensions, with Turkey sending a plane to evacuate nonessential personnel after a night of attacks on several embassies by Syrian government supporters angry over the Arab League decision Saturday to suspend their country's membership.
The 22-member bloc's rare, near-unanimous vote - only Lebanon, Yemen and Syria were opposed - put Damascus in direct confrontation with other Arab powers, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia, who were pushing for the suspension.


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- Anita C. Schurch, Kristin Kremer, Robin M. Warren, Nguyen V. Hung, Yanlin Zhao, Kanglin Wane, Martin J. Boeree, Roland J. Siezen, Noel H. Smith, Dick van Soolingen, Mutations in the regulatory network underlie the recent clonal expansion of a dominant subclone of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2011 Apr;11(3):587-97. Epub 2011 Jan 28 (PMID: 21277396)
- Ruben Cloete, Ekow Oppon and Alan Christoffels (2010), In-Silico TB drug design using comparative genome analysis of DS, MDR and XDR isolates from KZN, Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, November 2010. Boston, USA.
- Alecia Naidu, Peter van Heusden, Rob Warren, Nico Gey van Pittius and Alan Christoffels (2010), Development of computational tools and management of next generation mycobacterial sequence data, 22nd international Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) conference. Stellenbosch, Cape Town. 24-27 October 2010
Invited Talks:
- Alan Christoffels. Genomic Strategies to combat Tuberculosis. Dentistry Faculty Research Day, UWC, May 2011


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Turtles in the Sun
Turtles in the Sun
Written by Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:00
A tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly. An Eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation and demanded what reward she would give him if he would take her aloft and float her in the air. I will give you, she said, all the riches of the Red Sea. I will teach you to fly then, said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. The tortoise exclaimed in the moment of death: I have deserved my present fate; for what had I to do with wings and clouds, who can with difficulty move about on the earth?' If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined. (Aesop fables)
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Get To Know: Magic Rookie DeQuan Jones
Giving away two inches in height and some 20 pounds in weight when he got switched onto Thomas Robinson on Monday night, DeQuan Jones used his basketball smarts to reach in and tie up the Houston Rockets power forward and force a jump ball.
Then, in a situation few expected him to win because of the size difference, Jones shot off the floor like a rocket, out-jumped Robinson and forced a jump ball violation that won possession of the ball for the Orlando Magic.
It?s those kinds of scrappy plays that helped Jones overcome some of the greatest of odds and stick with the Magic this season. Now, after proving that he belongs in the NBA and earning a steady spot in the regular rotation, Jones has risen to starter status and is showing great promise for the future.
Surprisingly undrafted in June of 2011, Jones caught the eye of the Magic?s organization when he thrived in the summer league with all-out hustle. He parlayed that into an invite to training camp, where he outplayed several more accomplished players around him. That got him on the opening day roster, and he?s made the most of his rookie season in the NBA by staring down LeBron James in a critical moment and delivering some of the Magic?s best dunks of the season.
The manner in which the 6-foot-8 small forward made the NBA ? scrapping through the summer league and thriving as an undrafted player when little was expected ? still pushes him today.
?I look back on that an imprint on my career,? Jones said. ?Those shining moments and the recollections of that come in handy when I hit adversity. Whether that?s not playing or struggling or having a bad game or whatever the case it, I look back on those times when I overcame some things and realize what got me to this point. That was staying positive and always being ready got me here.
?Having said all of that, I know now that there is still so much that I can accomplish in this league,? Jones continued. ?I have to realize my potential and realize all that I can accomplish in this game.?
Jones is part of a young Magic core that includes Nikola Vucevic, Maurice Harkless, Tobias Harris, Kyle O?Quinn and Andrew Nicholson ? a group the Magic have chosen to spend this season developing for a brighter day in the future. On almost a daily basis now, one of the second-year players or rookies shines with a career night. One night, it?s Vucevic grabbing a franchise-record 29 rebounds, another night it?s O?Quinn setting several career highs in his native New York. Or it?s Harris stringing together dazzling offensive performances or the quickly blossoming Harkless coming within a basket of being the youngest Magic player ever to score 30 points in a game.
For his part, Jones has made 17 starts ? and the one on Monday night included a workmanlike performance with three steals, two blocked shots and one basket. He had a career-best 13 points last week in Charlotte, a game where he twice left the backboard shaking with thunderous dunks and mouths agape with his awesome athleticism; and most recently posted 12 points and two steals in San Antonio against the Spurs on April 3.
?You watch him on the floor and he stands out because he is so athletic, whether it?s grabbing a rebound above the rim or beating six other guys down the floor because of his speed,? said Magic Head Coach Jacque Vaughn, who championed Jones? cause early on because of his willingness to play so hard.
?Now, how does he harness that and be fundamental at the same time?? Vaughn continued. ?He has to close out on defense, but he has to close out under control and he doesn?t go for pump fakes. Things like that have started to become second nature to him now and DeQuan?s improving.?
Unfortunately for Jones, one of the enduring moments of this season will be the night in Miami when the rookie small forward was matched up against Heat superstar LeBron James with the game on the line. Considering the stakes on the line ? Orlando was poised to end the Heat?s winning streak at 16 games and he was matched up one-on-one with the best player in the game today ? it was the equivalent of looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.
Jones, who had guarded James some in pickup games when he was still a college student at the University of Miami, knew he had to try and pick his poison against James. He turned him left ? toward his help defense ? but when little came it was a showdown at the rim. Jones went high into the air and swatted at the shot, but James used his 250-pound girth to keep the Magic rookie away from the left-handed layup that gave Miami a 97-96 victory.
Throughout a Miami streak that eventually stretched to 27 games, national sports shows repeatedly showed the clip, giving Jones a chance to relive the sour moment on an almost daily basis. But in his usual cheery nature, he decided to turn that negative moment into a positive.
?It was a big learning experience for me and I still watch that play closely every time that I see it on TV,? Jones said. ?My friends and everybody jokes with me about it, but I tell them, ?I could get used to that. I could get used to being in those situations and showing what I can against the best in the world.??
Jones has gone through stretches this season where he hasn?t played much, but he has continued to repeat the same mantra to himself: ?Stay ready so you don?t have to get ready.? And Vaughn has rewarded him for his gritty effort in practice by including him back in the rotation.
Jones, who has been one of the Magic?s most active participants in community work this season, said he?s willing to do whatever it takes to stick in the NBA. He?s already overcome some of the biggest odds he?ll ever face by making the Magic?s roster as an undrafted free agent. Now, he feels like he?s done enough to show that he belongs in the NBA for several years to come. And he just wants to build off this season and realize his full potential.
?Everybody is opinionated and everybody has blogs and tries to be sports analysts. I?ve heard that he?s going to have longevity in this league and I?ve heard he?s the worst player in the NBA,? Jones said of himself with a laugh. ?Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I feel like I?ve shown that I can play in this league. I?m just going to keep building onto what I have already done. Every time I step on that court it?s still a matter of me going out there and feeling like I need to prove myself.
?I?m just enjoying the ride,? Jones added, ?and I?m not going anywhere any time soon.?
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Still recovering from a fiery train disaster, the citizens of Lac-Megantic have let it be known to the railroad's potential new owner that it wants the tracks to be laid out of town.
A Lac-Megantic town official says Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche delivered the message this week during her first meeting with a representative for Fortress Investment Group, the winning bidder for the insolvent Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.
The MMA is the railroad at the centre of last July's derailment that saw tank cars carrying volatile crude oil explode in downtown Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people.
The Lac-Megantic official says the mayor also made it clear during her "positive'' exchange with Fortress consultant John Giles on Monday that locals no longer want crude oil transported through the middle of the community.
The official, who did not want to be named, says Giles informed Roy-Laroche he was in an information-gathering phase because Fortress was still unsure it wanted to go through with the MMA purchase.
Train service in railroad-dependent Lac-Megantic restarted in December and the MMA agreed not to transport dangerous goods through the town. At the time, Roy-Laroche said she had participated in discussions to see whether the tracks could eventually be re-routed outside of downtown Lac-Megantic.
The Lac-Megantic official also said Giles told the mayor a considerable amount of investment would be needed to improve the MMA's worn railroad network. The Maine-based Bangor Daily News reported that Giles called his meeting with Roy-Laroche ``very productive.'' Giles did not respond Wednesday to an interview request sent by The Canadian Press.
The newspaper has also reported that Fortress plans to change the MMA's name to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway once the sale is finalized. Last month, Fortress subsidiary Railroad Acquisition Holdings LLC secured a winning bid for the bankrupt MMA, which operates about 770 kilometres of track in Maine, Vermont and Quebec.
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MARTINSBURG - Musselman breezed past Martinsburg in volleyball on Monday.
The Applemen took it in three sets, 25-14, 25-12, 25-9.
Corisha Smith had 15 kills, Kaitlin Ferretti had 23 assists and Kelsey Bageant had six aces in the victory.
Musselman is now 19-4.
Goretti 3, Faith 0
Faith Christian fell to St. Maria Goretti, Md., 18-25, 11-25, 23-25.
Michele Brooks had two kills an ace and 26 digs and Kristen VanVeldhuisen had two kills and 28 digs for Faith.
Faith drops to 2-10 on the season and plays again today at home against New Life Christian School.
Faith won the JV match 2-0 (26-24, 25-21).
Shepherd pair earns WVC honors
PRINCETON- Senior cornerback Keon Robinson and junior cornerback D.J. Scott of the Shepherd football team gained West Virginia Conference weekly honors.
Robinson was selected as WVC defensive player of the week, while Scott earned WVC special teams player of the week honors.
Robinson helped the Rams register a 20-6 win over Concord. In the victory, Robinson posted 10 tackles, all of which were solo stops. He also added an interception and had a pass break-up.
Scott picked up a blocked field goal attempt and ran it back 71 yards for a touchdown in the win over the Mountain Lions. His touchdown increased the Rams' lead to 11 with just 1:04 to play in the third quarter. He also added four solo tackles in the game.
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While kudzu is usually considered a dreaded, invasive vine, it's also edible. Because the vines are heavily treated with chemicals for weed control, it's important to pick only those that you are certain have not been sprayed.
(Start to finish: 1 hour)
2 packed cups fresh, young kudzu leaves (leaves should be 2- to 3-inches-wide)
4 eggs
1 cup baking mix (such as Bisquick)
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
Dash salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/2 cup peanut or canola oil
1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray two 9-inch pie plates with cooking spray.
Place the kudzu leaves in a large saucepan. Add enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Once the water boils, reduce heat and simmer 1 minute.
Drain the leaves, and use paper towels to pat them dry. Set aside.
Wet the inside of a blender with water, then empty it. Add the eggs and blend lightly for several seconds. Add the baking mix, cheese, marjoram, salt and pepper. Blend for several seconds. Add oil and milk and blend until mixed through.
Add the onion, green pepper and kudzu leaves. Blend, in short bursts if needed, but do not puree until smooth. Pieces of onion, green pepper and kudzu still should be visible.
Pour the mixture into the prepared pie plates. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until firm at the center. Let cool before serving.
Makes 12 servings.
(Recipe from Edith Edwards of Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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Table of Contents:
- 2012 Drought Being Compared to 1988
- Yield prospects & market prices
Most of the Minnesota corn crop is currently at a very critical stage, with much of the corn tasseling and pollinating during the first 10 days of July. Heat and moisture stress during that phase of development can affect pollination and kernel development, which can ultimately lower corn yields. It is too early to assess how much damage has already been done to the corn crop by the very hot, dry weather in most areas during this important phase of corn growth. However, corn yield potential in many areas of Minnesota is likely to start dropping if we do not get significant rainfall soon.
Earlier this year, USDA estimated a record U.S. corn crop in 2012 of 14.79 billion bushels, based on 95.9 million planted corn acres and a national average corn yield of 166 bu./acre. Many experts have already lowered they estimated U.S. national corn yield to 150-155 bu., with some estimates even lower. A 150-bu./acre national average corn yield would produce about 13.27 billion bushels of corn this year, which is very near the expected corn usage for the year.
The corn and soybean market prices have responded to the U.S. drought with dramatic market increases. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures prices rose to near $7.75/bu. for the nearby July contract on July 9, and to $7.30 for the 2012 new-crop December futures contract. The December CBOT futures price was $5.06/bu. as recently as June 15. Similarly, the new-crop November soybean futures reached to near $15.50/bu. on July 9, which is an increase of nearly $3/bu. since mid-May.
Local cash corn prices in southern Minnesota were near $7.30/bu. on July 9, and cash soybean prices were above $15.60/bu.; however, there is very little 2011 corn or soybeans left to be priced. Most of the grain now being delivered was forward priced earlier. New-crop harvest-time cash prices for corn and soybeans are near $6.90/bu. for corn and approaching $15/bu. for soybeans. Of course, grain producers in areas severely impacted by the drought need to be very cautious when forward contracting new-crop corn and soybeans, with final corn and soybean production levels very much in doubt. Producers with revenue protection (RP) crop insurance do have some protection when forward contracting up to insurance guarantee.
Editor's note: Kent Thiesse is a former University of Minnesota Extension educator and now is Vice President of MinnStar Bank, Lake Crystal, MN. You can contact him at 507-726-2137 or via e-mail at email@example.com.
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How to Organise Return Handling
M. B. M. de Koster
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management
Majsa van de Vendel
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
M. P. de Brito
Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)
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ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2001-49-LIS
Already for a long time retailers take back products. In this paper we explore the factors contributing to the decision of combining vs. separating inbound and outbound flows during the return handling process. We do so through a comparative analysis of the operations in nine retailer warehouses, which can be divided in three groups: food retailers, department stores and mail order companies. We identify both aggravating factors and facilitating actions for return handling. Furthermore, we bring about recommendations for practice. At the end we put forward propositions that are useful in feeding studies on return handling efficiency. In particular, we conjecture over the impact that return volume and product diversity have on the decision for combining vs. separating the reverse and forward flows.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 22
Keywords: Retailing, product returns, return handling, inbound and outbound flows, case studies
JEL Classification: M, M11, R4, R49
Date posted: February 21, 2003
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This year, other than my usual recipe and review posts, I linked up with a charity called Deki, and loaned some money to a woman called Leontine from Togo, who wanted a loan to expand her food stall business. Her loan was fully funded and the great news is that she has already paid back £130 of the £390 she borrowed.
One last thing I must just mention...This year, I was very excited to find my blog mentioned on Red Online as one of their best vegetarian food blogs (alongside Ellen!). Not bad for some one who wondered if anyone would read her blog when she first started blogging.
Thanks for all the likes, follows, tweets, comments and competition entries over the past year...I really do appreciate them. Keep a look out for my next give-away and remember that you've got to be in it to win it!
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Director Statement
I will never forget the Iran-U.S. hostage crisis in 1979, which lasted 444 days. I was barely six years old at the time, and my brother was 10. I remember one day he came home terrified because some kids had threatened to beat him up because our dad was Iranian. I think it was from that day on that I decided to keep my Iranian heritage more or less to myself. As the years passed, Iran didn't seem to dissolve from the news like other countries did. There was an unsettling animosity towards Iranians after the hostage crisis that never seemed to fully disappear, and, after the Algiers Accord was passed in 1981, the U.S. severed all ties with Iran. Today, 28 years later, there are still no diplomatic relations between the two countries.
My father, however, always kept his country close to his heart and continued to travel back and forth throughout the years. After losing my American mother to cancer when I was 9 years old, my father became our primary care provider; because of this, my brother and I lived between two very different worlds — inside our home we practiced many aspects of Iranian tradition and culture while outside of our home we lived like two American kids. However, in many ways, I don't think my brother and I ever felt like we fully belonged to either culture. Ever since I can remember, I have been answering questions about Iran's government and political policies as if I am supposed to be an expert on the topic. For me, there has never been a separation between the personal and the political when it comes to these two countries in relationship.
So in 2004, when my brother and I were finally granted Iranian passports (which meant we could travel to Iran for the first time since we had gone as children before the hostage crisis), I was eager to see Iran with my own eyes. While planning for this trip, my brother decided that he wanted to take his American bride to Iran, and, amongst my father's Iranian family and friends, have a Persian wedding. With the onset of the U.S.-Iraq war, and with tensions high between the U.S. and the Middle East, many people questioned us taking a trip to Iran at this time.
However, we were all determined to go, and I saw this as an amazing opportunity to join my brother and his bride, Heather, on their journey . . . with my camera. I wanted to follow them as they dealt with the complicated logistics of taking the trip: family conflicts, trepidation and, most of all, the interactions with everyday people in Iran. Through their experiences, both individually and together, I wanted to see another version of Iran than what I was used to seeing in the news. I also saw this as an excellent opportunity to make sense of the tainted relationship between the two countries, interweaving a 60-year history with the couple's own journey.
As an Iranian American filmmaker, and as a sister to the groom, I was in the very unique position to gain intimate access to a fascinating country that has been sealed off to Americans (and most Western countries) for a quarter-century. And, I learned so much from the people we encountered along the way. From Abiyanee, the oldest traditional village in Iran, to the ancient capital of Esfahan, to the bustling modern capital, Tehran, the film is an honest and diverse portrayal of Iranians' daily struggles for personal and political freedom and their desire to connect to the Western world. On the same token, it was amazing to see Alex and Heather transform throughout their journey and truly embrace Iran from their new experiences while shedding their past conceptions. I too was transformed in the process of making this film. I came up against many challenges when telling such a personal story and trying to find a balance in the retelling a very complicated multidimensional history.
Ultimately it was my goal to tell an intimate and personal story that was accessible and universal at the same time. I hope that the audience walks away from the film with a deeper understanding of Iran-U.S. relations. Over time, the actions — and reactions — of these governments have caused numerous misunderstandings and misconceptions among their citizens, resulting in the absence of even the most basic opportunities for exchange. Both Iranians and Americans have been forced to rely on politicized media representations that have been stripped of their multidimensional perspectives. This film takes the opportunity at this critical time in the history of U.S. relations with the Middle East to explore the metaphoric connection between two culturally diverse individuals in a marriage, and two polarized countries in a relationship. While you take the journey to Iran with Alex and Heather, I hope you are able to connect with what it means to be of a mixed, complex identity, or to marry into another culture. As relations between Iran and the U.S. continue to be volatile and fraught with finger-pointing, I also hope that you are able to gain a deeper understanding of these pivotal historical moments in a history where Iran and the U.S. have both played a role. I believe that understanding the past opens the space to move forward and create new possibilities for future generations.
—Marjan Tehrani
Marjan Tehrani, Producer/Director
Marjan Tehrani is an independent director and producer from Berkeley, California. She founded the production company Tru Films and has directed and produced Her Israel, which premiered on the Sundance Channel in 2004. She also produced P-Star Rising, a feature documentary that follows a 13-year-old female rap star as she fulfills her father's deferred dreams of making it in the music business.
Beyond her independent work, Tehrani has produced several original series for television, including dLIFE TV on CNBC and the Emmy-nominated After School on PBS, which featured celebrity alumni such as Harvey Keitel and Tim Robbins returning to their urban high schools as role models. Through Tru Films, Tehrani is dedicated to promoting dialogue between cultures, sharing the intricate and subtle aspects of identity, and capturing the transformative moments of the human experience with both humor and integrity.


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Ecology and Socialism
Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis
Around the world, consciousness of the threat to our environment is growing. The majority of solutions on offer, from using efficient light bulbs to biking to work, focus on individual lifestyle changes, yet the scale of the crisis requires far deeper adjustments. Ecology and Socialism argues that time still remains to save humanity and the planet, but only by building social movements for environmental justice that can demand qualitative changes in our economy, workplaces, and infrastructure.
"Williams adds a new and vigorous voice to the growing awareness that, yes, it is our capitalist system that is ruining the natural foundation of our civilization and threatening the very idea of a future. I am particularly impressed by the way he develops a clear and powerful argument for an ecological socialism directly from the actual ground of struggle, whether against climate change, systematic poisoning from pollution, or the choking stream of garbage. Ecology and Socialism is a notable addition to the growing movement to save our planet from death-dealing capitalism."
—Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature
"Finally, a book that bridges the best of the scholarly and activist literatures in socialist ecology! Sophisticated and compelling, eschewing academic jargons 'postmodern' and otherwise, Ecology and Socialism more than competently champions a Marxist approach to environmental crisis and the kind of economic democracy needed to achieve an ecologically friendly system of production and human development." —Paul Burkett, author of Marxism and Ecological Economics
"This book is more than essential reading—it is a powerful weapon in the fight to save our planet."
—Ian Angus, editor of climateandcapitalism.com
"Ecology and Socialism is not merely about what's wrong in the world where fossil fuels rule our lives. It also presents a blueprint for change that could conceivably diminish certain key indicators used by environmental scientists to determine the earth's health. The basics of this blueprint revolve around the use of solar and wind energy on a scale never before seen. Of course, such a plan flies against the powers that be and their blueprint to extract as much profit as they can from the diminishing supply of fossil fuels. This, writes Williams, is why nothing, not even reforms like the development of wind and solar farms, will come about without a popular movement demanding them. The technology already exists, he continues, but the demand for it must be vocal and large. That is where we come in: the building of that movement.
Like the other titles in this nominal series from Haymarket Books in Chicago - Women and Socialism, Black Liberation and Socialism, Sexuality and Socialism - Ecology and Socialism provides a cogent and accessible look at one of today's pressing social issues through the viewpoint of socialist activists and thinkers."
—Ron Jacobs, Dissident Voice
"United States activist Chris William's new book, published by Haymarket Press, is an excellent introduction to ecology and socialism. It is well written and, despite being a long-time ecosocialist activist, I learnt a lot from it…. Chris Williams' scientific knowledge shines through and it is obvious that he has put an immense amount of work into this excellent book.... This is a very informative and interesting book that should be read by all greens and socialists. The book certainly was a pleasure to read as well as being highly informative."
—Green Left Weekly
"Ecology and Socialism, by US-based environmental activist and science academic Chris Williams, scrutinizes the mainstream arguments and offers a more radical alternative… As well as outlining carefully why capitalism is responsible for the problem, Williams uses this as the basis for taking apart the system's supposed solutions. These 'solutions' have in common an unwillingness to challenge the workings of business. They fail to address the scale of the challenge - not due to a failure to recognize how serious our predicament is, but because doing so would challenge the system itself…. Williams is very good at outlining what he calls 'socialist sustainability' would look like. This is very refreshing, offering an inspiring vision to counteract the gloom that can easily paralyze us when considering the future of our planet, and benefits from using our present situation as the starting point - far preferable to nostalgically harking back to pre-capitalist utopias. It is a strong example of using the Marxist tradition not as an end point, or as a collection of dogmas, but as a basis for getting to grips with new social realities."


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On Veteran's Day: What It Means to Raise a Child in the MilitaryDiana Stone
Since our daughter was a year old, her dad has been in the Army. Before she entered our lives, he was in the Marines for 4 years.
The military has always played one of the biggest roles in changing our lives. Nearly everything we do revolves around Sam's job. As a military family, it's more than just a 9-5 job. It's more like 4 am-6 pm, 5 to 6 days a week, with 24 hour shifts, weeks of training away from home, and the knowledge of sudden deployment.
Sam signed up for this, twice, fully knowing the expectations and sacrifices he would and might be expected to make. I encouraged him to stay with the life he loves as a Marine, and now soldier.
This job provides us with benefits, pay, and time off for the overwhelming needs we've had these past 18 months. He has job security, and we have a incredible support system. We get to move to new places and make friends all over the country. Even when things are hard and separation times are long, I've never regretted this life of ours.
Raising Bella as a military child means she'll always know all of this as well. She's hugged him goodbye as he leaves for a few months, and understands that her nights with him are short because of the military. He's good about squeezing in quality time with her every chance he gets.
Sam doesn't expect or look for thanks for what he's done. A tour in Iraq in the middle of the war where he saw friends killed and pulled out bodies to bring home, and years on end going from country to country. He still has shrapnel in him, his hearing is affected by the war, and his PTSD nearly ended our marriage years ago.
What we want is for our daughter to be one of the children who recognizes that although this life is a choice, it's also a sacrifice. We want her to see that young soldier sitting in an airport and thank them for his or her service. That touches both of us deeply – we've never forgotten the people, but especially children, that walk up to Sam in uniform and shake his hand. I want her to understand that she will never know how much someone in uniform may have been asked to give up in order to do his or her job.
Raising a child in the military means teaching her to be aware of others who serve too. In many capacities. We are thankful for those that serve, and those who recognize what this choice could mean.
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Diana blogs at Diana Wrote about her life with a daughter here and three sons in heaven, life as an army wife, and her faith. You can also find her work on Liberating Working Moms, She Reads Truth, The New York Times, Still Standing Magazine, and The Huffington Post. Smaller glimpses into her day are on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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John Wallace Linton, Newport - pub details
Address: Units 10/12 Cambrian Road, Newport, Gwent, NP20 4AD [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 10309) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Newport (0.1 miles), Cwmbran (5.2 miles)
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|Large 'spoons just across from the station that isn't half as bad as the reviews below make it out to be.
10 ales on pump being Abbot, Ruddles and the rest are Welsh offerings with several being from Micro breweries.
I go for the Chilli Plum Porter from the Waen Brewery @ 6.1%.
Busy at 6pm on a Saturday with plenty of people getting ready for their night out as well as being several hen do's in.
Decent pub with a nice atmosphere, the last of the 3 pubs in visited in Newport and enjoyed all of them.
lezford - 29 Sep 2013 14:00
|Yes its always full of CHAVs, its Newport afterall.
They can be entertaining to watch at a distance;-)
The beers well kept and the current manager's well meaning.
its a little understaffed for such a busy place but the foods got better lately (out of peak times) so don't right it off.
Give it a try if your passing
Stuee - 17 Dec 2011 20:49
|I was going to nip in here for a swift pint while waiting for my take out curry.... what stopped me ? Some obese slapper dragging her poor toddler in a set of reins only stopping to slag some other tart off while her offspring was playing with the discarded dog ends in front of the pub. She finished her slanging match and duly dragged the toddler inside. She wasn't the only bint/toddler combination in the place either. This Wetherspoons is a disgrace even by Wetherspoons standards.
Snarling_Mallard - 10 Jul 2010 23:55
|handy for the train station usual spoons beers & guests which included titanic
anonymous - 3 Dec 2009 07:03
|Chaos last saturday evening,Leeds had just mashed Newport 78 nil at Rugby(league?) so there was a party going on.
Better service than previous visit and the Saltaire beer was very good. I must single out though a duty manager type,asian looking chap with curly hair,his name came up as "Sandra(!)" on the till. You broke all the rules of McSpoons mate-YOU KNEW WHO WAS NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many thanks. Under normal spoons circumstances I would have had to make do with only a half but I got served a pint twice in the limited time between choo choos. Tim should give you a medal,well done.
an_ecunemical_matter - 25 Aug 2009 18:03
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Gov. Chris Christie is being blasted by NJ.com users today after he vetoed the Sandy oversight bill. The Star-Ledger's Jenna Portnoy wrote:
The bill would have required the treasurer to set up a website to track contracts by county and municipality, issue quarterly reports on recovery dollars and put out "expedited priority reports" explaining any problems the administration encounters.The governor labelled the measure redundant and wasteful. The governor's office said there are already enough safeguards in place to insure Sandy relief funds are distributed out properly and to prevent corruption.
Many NJ.com users disagree with Christie. Bill Brennan 800 wrote. "Billions in Federal money and no oversight in Jersey - what could go wrong?" Here are some other top comments from NJ.com users.
The Governor is kicking the state when it is down. Anyone that trusts him to do the right thing with no oversight is gullible. The AshBritt fiasco is all the proof you need to know there is a reason Christie does not want oversight. This is like asking Nixon to approve oversight of the Watergate Hotel incident.ru4knights:
We have already seen where this was going. Why should anyone be surprised? Christie thinks he is bigger than the peoples right to know and if this stands he may be. He's wants to control of that federal money. Money is power in politics and Christie is playing the role of Tony Soprano - he doesn't want any witnesses.citizen17:
Legislature, the ball is back in your court. Override his veto. Voters, if you really care about transparency in government, vote out any legislator who will not support this bill.One of the few fans of the veto in comments is user theboatmovers, who says he is working in Sandy recovery:
Christie is correct, it would be redundant. I cannot speak to the awarding of contracts. I can say since I am currently in a skiif riding up the Hackensack River monitoring the cleanup work that is being done for NJDEP that the consensus with the contractors I am working with are calling the "no bid contract" a red herring. If you handed out these contracts to local N.J. companies, the work would never get done and no one could do this job for $8 per square yard like what's been written. The truth is companies like AshBritt and ECC who have worked on disasters from Andrew to Katrina are a couple of only a handful of companies that coukd do the work of this scale and magnitude.Screwy replied:
Exactly. Democrats are upset with Christie because they wanted sweetheart deals with unions that would would have in fact magnified the cost of reconstruction. The government's money doesn't belong to the Democrats who spend it, so they're willing to pay more for the same work to keep their union buddies happy.Where do you stand on the Sandy oversight bill? Do you support Gov. Christie's veto? Post your opinion in comments and join the online conversation.


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Marion R. Lopes, 73, of Wailuku, Maui, passed away on December 11, 2012, at Kula Hospital. She was born on October 2, 1939, in Wailuku, Maui.
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Queer CUNY VIII: The Twilight of Queerness? is a student conference that seeks to end reductionist political discourse. Too much contemporary Queer/LGBT political activism and scholarship is bogged down by bitterly dichotomous academic disputes. The marriage/anti-marriage and relational/anti-relational debates, for instance, wildly miss a larger political and intellectual potential for queer studies to be a project that breaks apart and surpasses ideological binaries.
The organizers contend that the original possibilities of queer theory, while inspiring, have not been fully realized, and aim to provide more than just space in which to consider this quandary. Instead, the conference will encourage queer students, activists, teachers, community members, and others to imagine life and scholarship beyond the limits of ongoing dichotomy and division.
Anyone who is interested in attending the conference and/or helping produce it should email Taylor at firstname.lastname@example.com
Lisa Duggan, Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Director, American Studies Program at NYU, is the author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence and American Modernity and Twilight of Equality: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics and the Attack on Democracy. She is also co-author with Nan Hunter of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture.


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First, we need our police patrolling our neighborhoods. As crimes are increasing, many towns are "saving tax dollars" by downsizing their police departments. Not a good idea.
Back to the schools: This recent incident reaffirms that security is needed in our schools. Officers are needed in our neighborhoods. But, we have many retired law enforcement officers with 25, 30, 40 years of law enforcement experience who would serve well in our schools. Our legislators could give them full police powers within 100 yards of a school. They would be armed and in an approved uniform. Many police officers are making $80,000 to $100,000 a year. Retired officers could be paid half of that, no pension contributions or health benefits because they already have them, and a week or two training regarding their authority and school rules. This would have no effect on the need we have for the availability of officers to patrol our neighborhoods.
Middle schools and high schools, an officer at the door every day. Some days, every 10th (or some number) student to enter the school, a search of his or her backpack and person. This would have a great effect on drugs, which are running rampant in our schools, and many other unlawful items. A metal detector for anyone entering the school after classes start, parents, late students, whoever. Our K through fifth grade schools, officers, one or two days a week, rotating and not on a known schedule, and the metal detector.
I've included a lot of suggestions here, some of which might fly, some that might not, but my most important reason for writing is the need for security in our schools and the availability of retired police officers, troopers and federal agents to provide it. For the record, I am a retired police officer. However, I am already employed.


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Judy Blunt spent more than thirty years on wheat and cattle ranches in northeastern Montana, before leaving in 1986 to attend the University of Montana. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is the recipient of a Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship and a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Breaking Clean was awarded a 1997 PEN/Jerard Fund Award for a work in progress, as well as a 2001 Whiting Writers' Award. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
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NHL.com's Brad Holland posted an initial "We finally got here!" message from Traverse City on his NHL blog, and he's starting to discuss the Detroit Red Wings' prospect tournament in depth, framing his coverage with a combination of bulleted expectations for the tournament and assessments of "what tends to happen" at a event he's attended for the better part of a decade:
September 13, NHL.com: The top-end talents - These guys are the no-brainers. The guys like Zach Bogosian (ATL), Alex Pietrangelo (STL), James Neal (DAL) and Ty Wishart (TB), among others; they're the most recognizable skaters off the ice, and their play more than speaks for itself on the ice. If you catch a game or two on the [NHL] Network, you'll notice them the second they jump over the boards.
Unfortunately... - Nikita Filatov has pulled out of the tournament. Disappointing, since myself and our crew had been especially looking forward to seeing what he brings to the ice, but the Columbus Blue Jackets have another couple of skaters in this tournament, most notably Jakub Voracek, worthy of more than a second glance. Voracek skated in this tournament last year and tied for third in points, with six, and tied for first in goals, with four, in only four games played. He had an outstanding season with the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL (check out Macksayev's blogs for more), and looks to take his next steps as a pro hockey player here in Traverse.
Shall we take this to center ice? - One thing that will never cease to bring hockey fans out of their seats is a healthy mid-ice check, good scrumming in front of the nets and in the corners, and of course...when the situation allows...a fight between two battle-tested and willing combatants. The players in the tournament know they don't have much time to make their impressions on their organizations, so each shift is a new opportunity to make something happen. Whether that impression is made by scoring a goal, setting up a teammate, making a big hit, or 'dropping the mitts' - well, it's up to each skater to make his impact how he knows best.
Mistakes... - The NHL is as polished a hockey league there is in the world, so mistakes, breakdowns, mistakes in judgment...they just don't happen very often (perhaps a little more than coaches would like, but that's another story). In this tournament, however, you've got young kids who are nervous and excited and looking to make an impression, and that translates into mistakes...lots of them. Which in turn translates into two-on-ones, breakaways and back-and-forth hockey, which in turn translates into goals. Lots of them.
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The goalies - Last season, goaltenders Ondrej Pavelec and Tobias Stephan stole the show, but there could be even bigger and better performances in net this year, with the likes of the talent here in Traverse. The Red Wings have brought a pair of prospects: their 2008 first-round draft pick, Tom McCollum, and the Rookie of the Year in the Swedish Elite League last season, Daniel Larsson; the Lightning have fifth-round pick (and Memorial Cup Champion) Dustin Tokarski (who was won about every Championship known to man in his young career), and the Columbus Blue Jackets have a pair of veteran try-outs in Sebastien Dahm (Sudbury of the OHL) and Ryan Mior (Gatineau of the QMJHL). Mior competed against Tokarski in the Memorial Cup 2008 as the QMJHL-representing team, in a season in which he set a record as the goaltender who started the most games in the history of the QMJHL.


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Building The Legend One Boat At a Time.
Emerson Fittipalidi, the famous Formula 1 and Indy Car driver, ordered a red 31' Chris-Craft Stinger, blacked-out all of the hardware on the boat, and dressed it in an all-white, leather-laden cockpit. Fittipaldi's neighbors were so taken with the stock MerCruisier powered offshore craft that Chris-Craft christened a special-edition line based on Fittipaldi's custom cruiser.


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Ramp up your sewing skills and confidently work with luxury fabrics. Stitch four custom pillows with elegant flanges, perfect piping, smocked velvet and more!
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What materials did you use? My hand painted silk satin. I have painted silk for a long time but stopped because I could never sew it properly. Linda Lee not only shows you how to make beautiful cushions but what thread to use (which is where I was going wrong) and what feet to use on the sewing machine. The other thing which I had never given a thought to was Pins. Linda said that for silk you need Glass Head Pins and that they should be changed on a reasonably regular basis depending how much they are used. I think I have had my pins for about 30 years, and wondered why they didn't seems sharp enough!!!!
These are so beautiful, what talent you have!
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How beautiful! You are indeed blessed with great talent, these are just exquisite!
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Byron Famar Starling, 26, was booked in the Pinellas County Jail on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving death.
Starling had been suspected of being the driver of a 2004 Hyundai Sonata that on July 10, 2010, ran a red light while traveling south at the intersection of Fourth Street and First Avenue S., police said. The car hit and killed 74-year-old Shirley Harris before the driver sped away.
Starling was later sent to prison on unrelated drug charges. While he was in prison, authorities linked Starling to the crash by matching his DNA to blood found inside the Hyundai, police said.
Upon being released from prison April 13, Starling was taken to the Pinellas County Jail. He was later released on $75,000 bail.


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AEROMONAS hydrophila is a Gramnegative bacillus, member of the family Vibrionaceae, which is a common inhabitant of freshwater lakes and streams.1-4 It is not commonly identified as an agent of human infection. Most reports have described gastroenteritis, septicemia, meningitis, pneumonia, or surgical wound infections, primarily in immunocompromised patients.1,4-8
Infections of immunologically competent persons have been rare. We report a well-documented case of severe cellulitis in a previously healthy young man that derived from a laceration acquired during swimming. Aeromonas hydrophila was recovered in large numbers from the wound and was subsequently shown to be the major bacterial contaminant of the freshwater lake where the injury occurred. The clinical features of Aeromonas infections of freshwater traumatic wounds suggest a characteristic syndrome, indistinguishable from cellulitis caused by group A Streptococcus.
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A 22-year-old man sustained a full-thickness scalp laceration while diving in shallow water in Lake Mendota,
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Tobacco-using sports fans who plan to travel to Athens in 2014 to watch their teams face off against the University of Georgia Bulldogs may have to go without that particular vice if the state's Board of Regents votes to ban all tobacco products from its public colleges and universities this week.
Smoking is already banned inside UGA athletic facilities, but The Augusta Chronicle reported Monday that the Board will meet Wednesday to decide the fate of all tobacco use on campuses statewide. If passed, it will be an absolute ban. The policy would prohibit the use of all tobacco products, even smokeless ones, on all the campuses of the more than 30 public colleges and universities in the state.
The policy they'll be discussing, called the "Tobacco and Smoke-Free Campus Policy," doesn't just regulate the state's students, either. Faculty and staff would also be banned from using tobacco on all public campuses, as would be all visitors, including sports fans.
The policy would even bar tobacco use in vehicles that were on the property of a public college or university.
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The cloud computing boom has brought a surge of opportunity to the open source world. Open source developers and users are taking advantage of these opportunities in three key ways.
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Amanda Rhyner faces four counts of misdemeanor theft for allegedly taking laptops from New Berlin Eisenhower High School.
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The Eire trip (part 1): AMS-WAT-GWY-DUB on Aer Arann
Welcome at the first part of this trip report, featuring a two day trip to Ireland on 6 flights. Enjoy!
We left my house at ten o'clock in the morning and drove in my car to the staff parking lot. The parking lot was very full with only some space left at the end, which resulted in quite a long walk to the bus stop. Soon a bus showed up and drove us to the terminal. Because I worked the evening before and my company is the handling agent for Aer Arann, I checked us in already and reserved some good seats. 2F and 3F with 2DE and 3DE blocked. After a stop at the shops to buy batteries for my camera we went to the H-pier. When we reached the pier our aircraft, a BAe 146-200, was just taxiing in at gate H2.
Date: Monday, 19May08
Flight: Aer Arann // RE 3912
From: Amsterdam // AMS
To: Waterford // WAT
Duration: 1h30m
Aircraft: BAe 146-200 // G-TBIC
Seat: Economy // 2F
Load factor: 45% // 42 passengers
G-TBIC is owned by Flightline. The Irish company Nex Aviation is leasing the aircraft and is operating the flights for Aer Arann, together with sistership EI-CNQ. After refueling boarding was announced and all 42 passengers boarded the aircraft. Soon the door was closed and pushback began. Runway 36C was in use so a relatively short taxi route today. With not much other traffic we got take-off clearance soon and took off at 11.50.
Take-off movie:
My village
Byebye Dutch landscape
Welcome at cruise altitude
The cabin
The crew announced that the flight time to Waterford today was approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes. After an hour in the air the captain announced descending and passed on the latest weather update.
On the left the city of Waterford and the River Suir
We touched down at runway 21, which is only 4700ft, so a lot of brake power was used. Immediately a u-turn was made and we taxied to the apron where we parked directly in front of Waterford's small terminal building.
Landing movie:
Terminal building
Date: Monday, 19May08
Flight: Aer Arann // RE 3912
From: Waterford // WAT
To: Galway // GWY
Duration: 0h30m
Aircraft: BAe 146-200 // G-TBIC
Seat: Economy // 2F
Load factor: 29% // 27 passengers
15 passengers disembarked in Waterford and the rest continued with us to Galway. No local passengers today who joined the flight so after only 20 minutes the flight crew started the 4 engines again. After a few minutes of waiting for an inbound Mooney we started taxiing to runway 21. With the brakes on and maximum thrust the flight crew released the brakes and we accelerated like a rocket and climbed in to the skies in no time. Soon the cruise altitude of 12000ft was reached for the short 25 minute flight to Galway.
Taxiing to runway 21
Take-off movie:
Cruising at 12000ft
Approaching Galway
Only 15 minutes later descending was started already and the approach went over the beautiful hills in the Galway area. At 13.05, 10 minutes early, we landed at Galway Carnmore Airport. The runway at this airport is even shorter, only 4000ft, the shortest one in my logbook where I have landed on a jet aircraft.
Landing movie:
Terminal building
Landside view of the terminal entrance
Galway Airport is very small, with Aer Arann being the only operator. The small terminal has 1 baggage carrousel, 4 check-in desks, a few car rental desks and a small departure lounge.
We decided to take the bus to the city of Galway, which took about 20-25 minutes. After arrival in town we discovered that this was the only bus service of the day and we have to take a taxi back to the airport.
Hotel Meyrick at Eyre Square
Eyre Square
Shop St.
River Corrib
Wolf Tone Bridge
River Corrib
High St.
Inside the Eyre Square Shopping Centre
Back at Eyre Square
About one and a half hours later we arranged a taxi to drive us back to the airport. The ride took about 15-20 minutes, again through the nice scenery in the Galway area. The price was 15 euro's including a tip, which is very reasonable compared to the prices in The Netherlands.
Back at the airport the check-in for our flight to Dublin was open. A friendly lady allocated us 2A and 3A. We headed to the departure lounge and bought some drinks and watched a helicopter doing some circuits around the airport. Shortly after 16.00 our aircraft landed, an ATR 72-212A in the new color scheme.
Some local residents
Departures/Arrivals hall
Our aircraft!
Date: Monday, 19May08
Flight: Aer Arann // RE 236
From: Galway // GWY
To: Dublin // DUB
Duration: 0h45m
Aircraft: ATR 72-212A // EI-REM
Seat: Economy // 3A
Load factor: ~33%
Boarding was announced at 16.55 and with a light load today the boarding process was completed 5 minutes after the announcement. We departed ahead of schedule and taxied to runway 08.
Take-off movie:
Climbing out of Galway
At cruise altitude
Once in the air we left the rainy Galway behind us. In about 40 minutes the ATR-72 flew us to Dublin, where the weather was a lot better. At ten to six we landed at Dublin's runway 10.
Landing movie:
The cabin
An ATR-42 in the previous colors
In the arrivals hall we called our hotel to pick us up and went outside to wait for the shuttle bus. After a short ride of about 5 minutes we arrived at the hotel, the Premier Inn Dublin Airport Hotel. For 90 euro per night per room it's very good value for money. The room was spotless, with 2 comfy double beds, airconditiong, TV, tea and coffee making equipment and a very nice bathroom. After hanging around, dinner and watching some TV we went to bed at 01.00.
Our hotel
And the other side of the lobby
Our room
The view
The story will continue in part two:
The Eire trip (part 2): DUB-SNN-LGW-AMS on EI, FR and EZY // 20May08
Thank you for reading!
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Flying The T7: AMS-MAN-GVA-AMS on WW, SV and EZS // 20Apr09
AMS-BHX-DUB-AMS on WW, FR and EI // 26Mar09
Destinazione Bergamo! AMS-EMA-BGY-AMS on WW, FR and HV // 21Jan09
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