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TravelPod Member ReviewsMespil Hotel Dublin
Lovely spot! Comfy beds and yummy breakfast. Lots of neat things around to explore.
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We stayed 5 days. 2 days pre-tour and 3 days after our tour. The hotel itself is lovely. It's clean, moden, offers great dining and comfortable, clean, modern rooms. The staff are extremely obliging, with no request being too much trouble. It also offers guests free wi-fi & there are some smoking rooms upon request, which is a real bonus during our Winter stay.
It's about a 15 minute walk out of the centre of Dublin or there a buses into town just around the corner.
I'd definately stay again.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Mespil Hotel Dublin
Good value for money
Only stayed at the hotel for one night, but found all aspects of it good to very good based on the reasonable rate for a hotel near enough to the city centre. The staff were friendly and the room was a good size and the bathroom was very clean with excellent fixtures.
With quality pubs such as Searsons and The Barge a short walk away you don't necessarily have to go that far for a proper pint.
I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a 2-3 star stay in South Dublin, looking for access to Lansdowne Road, RDS, as well as the city centre.
Good for the price, short on charm
We stayed at the Mespil at the end of an early Oct. week trekking around the country. After we dropped the car off at Dublin Airport, we took the Air Train (cheaper than the taxi) and found that the Mespil was among the last stops on that bus. (Not a bad way to go, if you're not pressed for time.) Then, we were let off several blocks (I'd guess a quarter-mile) away, and dragged our luggage down the street to it. Good thing it was a nice day and we were in good spirits!... There are buses into the center of town, but we ended up walking for about 15 min. or so instead to reach the Temple Bar area; a few times, we splurged and took cabs for a few euros.
We had booked a good rate through Expedia, and the front desk was friendly (for instance, they mailed our stamped postcards for us). We were really glad to be able to use free internet access (20 minutes free) and go to a reasonably good-size room (two beds) with a nice hot shower. Our room was waaaay down the hall from the elevator, though -- lots of luggage-lugging that day. Walls are fairly thin, and some of our neighbors were obviously having a good time.
I wished the pub/restaurant stayed open later, but then, I wish most restaurants in Dublin did as well; pretty hard to get seated much after 9:30, we found.
That said, I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a good, clean, safe place where you could run the shower as long as you want without upsetting the proprietor and you didn't have to worry about getting in by a certain time, for the same reason. Also, it helped that we had first experienced Ireland's more charming venues first. And for a hotel in the Georgian area of town, the price we got through Expedia was very good, well less than half of what a four-star hotel farther in toward St. Stephen's Green would have cost. Also, if the hotel ever decides to redecorate, it seems to me that the Mespil easily could be made more attractive by using different colors and fabrics in the furnishings.
Good service but really needs a refurb
I stayed at the Mespil in Nov 04 and although it was not the worst place I ever stayed I certainly wouldn't stay there again. I stayed for 3 nights and by the third night of cheap itchy sheets I couldn't wait to leave.
The hotel really needs to be refurbished. My room was decorated entirely in dark green - including the wood work. The lampshades were torn and the paint chipped. It just all seemed very shabby and dated.
The shower was not powerful and kept losing pressure as well as having an inconsistent temperature. The bath towels were tiny - the biggest ones they had were the size I would use to dry my hair.
The upsides were that the room was very big by European standards, had plenty of TV channel choice (but no movies).
The biggest plus for me was the service. I was over there working and I ordered room service on 2 nights. Considering the overall standard of the hotel the food and service was of an incredibly high standard. Far better than I've had in some five star hotels.
I would recommend this hotel if you were in Dublin with a group of friends for a cheap and cheerful break (e.g. a hen weekend). I would not recommend it if you are planning a romantic weekend or on business travel.
Great hotel at a great price
I booked the Mespil online and requested a nonsmoking room in a quiet location away from the street and that is exactly what I got. The bedroom and bathroom were both comparable in size to an American hotel. I requested a twin room and the room actually had three twin beds which supplied extra space for spreading out our stuff. The bathroom was clean, modern and had adequate counter space and a roomy tub but no washcloths. The staff was friendly and helpful. There are several restaurants within easy walking distance and the center of town is just a short bus ride away. I would recommend this hotel and I would stay there again.
Not fantastic but...
Only stayed here for the one night so maybe not too qualified to report, but on the plus side found the staff friendly and hotel clean and as shown on websites. I think the 10-15 minute walk from the city centre might be a bit of an understatement though as not quite so central as I might've hoped -roughly costing around 7.5 euros in a taxi to and from the centre.
Our room was really nice but I'm afraid for a double room - our 'double' bed was tiny. I did mention this to one of the staff who assured me it was a standard size for there. Warning to any taller/larger people!
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Having just spent last thursday night in Dublin away from my usual hotel, I have to say that the Mespil is now in my top five. It was very good value and 100 euros, the rooms were light and airy and the bathroom enormous. It is situated in a lovely quiet part of Dublin with good local pubs. Highly recommended.
A 10 minute walk to the centre of Dublin was a real plus. Good to have an email available - free- for guests. Helpful staff, lovely rooms with a safe, good ensuite and fabulous breakfasts.
If you want a good nights sleep in a comfortable bed and then a simply wonderful breakfast, you wont get much better than this. We couldn't eat lunch because we were still so full. Only a 20 minute stroll into town too, which burnt some of that breakfast off us middle aged folk from Romford Essex.
Great friendly hotel
I stayed at the Mespil in March 2004 with 4 other girls and found it a lovely Hotel away from the noise of the City but with good tradional Pubs nearby and places to eat . There is a good bus service from near the hotel the no10 bus takes you to town for 85 cents and runs every 15 mins it takes 5 mins by bus 15 mins to walk. You can get a bus from the airport for a return fare of 10 euros which will drop you off near the hotel and point you in the direction of the hotel but you will have a 5 min walk, they run every 10 mins. I will definetly stay at the Mespil again i found the staff friendly rooms clean and spacious breakfast good.
Not too bad
The Mespil hotel is situated in a lovely part of Dublin. It took us only 15 minute to get into the heart of the city on foot, but there is a bus service which runs every 10 minutes which takes you into O'Connell St. The hotel itself was relatively clean and well presented, although we did feel it stank of smoke. To us it seemed the majority of the rooms and public areas were smoke filled which did detract from the hotels cleanliness. The rooms were bright and spacious with clean bathrooms and linen. The hotel restaurant served full Irish breakfast and the staff were welcoming and friendly. I'd recommend this hotel to anyone looking for convenience to the city centre without the noise of a hotel in the Temple Bar district.
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'Megamind' home biz boosts studio in rather lackluster quarter
DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda 2" has some heavy lifting to do this year.
Sequel will generate a majority of the studio's revenue this year, considering that the company's other release in 2011, "Puss in Boots," doesn't bow until November.
By then, "Panda 2" will have its worldwide B.O., DVD sales and the release of a new TV series on Nickelodeon to count.
First film continues to add more coin to DWA's coffers, with the 2008 pic earning $12.1 million during the first three months of the year, mostly from international TV sales.
Results were reported as DWA posted first quarter earnings, which came in lower with no pics in theaters.Overall, revenue came in at $108 million, down from $162 million for the same three-month period a year ago, while profits fell to $8.8 million, from $21.7 million, for the quarter that ended March 31.
"DreamWorks Animation's first quarter of 2011 was driven primarily by our 2010 films, including 'Megamind,' which had a solid performance following its Feb. 25 release into the home entertainment market," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation.
Last month, DWA skedded six pics to fill out its slate through 2014.
Those include three sequels based on "Kung Fu Panda," "Madagascar" and "How to Train Your Dragon," as well as spinoff "Puss in Boots," and originals "Rise of the Guardians," "The Croods," "Me and My Shadow," plus adaptation "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."
DreamWorks has "steered away from" pics that parody other films and genres after "Shark Tale," "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Megamind" struggled to appeal to audiences overseas with sendups of mob, monster and superhero movies.
Although successful in the U.S., "they did not travel as well internationally," Katzenberg said. "We don't have anything like that on the production schedule now."
During the first quarter, DWA saw most of its revenue come from homevid sales, with "Shrek Forever After" earning the most among its titles, collecting $19.9 million. That was followed by "Megamind" ($18.1 million) and "How to Train Your Dragon" ($8.7 million) rounding out the top earners from disc sales. "Madagascar 2," however, also contributed a healthy $19.1 million, primarily from domestic and international TV sales.
Overall, DWA's catalog of pics earned $19 million, while its non-film business, including such touring shows as "Shrek," earned another $11 million. Half of that came from the "Shrek" show alone.
In addition to a "Kung Fu Panda" series launching on Nickelodeon around Thanksgiving, DWA will also introduce a "Monsters vs. Aliens" show on the kids cabler and a "How to Train Your Dragon" series on Cartoon Network next year.
Despite a depressed B.O. so far this year, "animated movies are the single most successful thing in the marketplace," Katzenberg said, citing the success of such films as "Rango" and "Rio."
But "what's made them stand out is how badly everything else has done," he added. "It's a lousy marketplace."
In a conference call with analysts and investors, Katzenberg passed on discussing premium VOD, despite other studios embracing the window, saying it's "not a business of ours." The audience that would be attracted to getting pics 60 days after they bow in theaters for $30 "is not our customer and not relevant to us today."
DreamWorks Animation has long remained slow to embrace new distribution platforms, even holding off on putting its pics on Blu-ray, given the buying habits of its customers.
Katzenberg said the company will remain cautious moving forward, despite the emergence of new distribution platforms.
"The rate of change occurring in consumer habits and the impact of existing, as well as perceived imminently coming new technology and new delivery, has created a market that, at best, is unformed," he said. "We think it's going to stay in this unsettled state for the foreseeable future for the next 18 months. We don't see a clear set of winners and losers yet so we're keeping our options open."
Katzenberg, however, was upbeat on Netflix's plans to pursue digital streaming rights to more films.
He called the rental firm "another buyer" and "another aggressive one," that helps "reaffirm the value of" the company's films.
"How that plays out in the coming years is a little early to tell but I know it's good news," he said.
Katzenberg also declined to discuss details on the studio's plans to keep its distribution deal at Paramount, which expires at the end of 2012.
"As I have (said) for five years and one quarter, Paramount continues to do an excellent job for us," Katzenberg said, adding that DWA won't likely address any talks until this time next year, at the earliest.


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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Na Koa Ikaika Maui staged a four-run rally in the ninth inning but lost 6-5 to the San Rafael Pacifics on Sunday in the decisive third game of the North American League's North Division championship series.
Maui High School graduate Ka-laika Kahoohalahala drove in two runs for Na Koa in the ninth with a two-out single, and Maui got within a run when he scored on a double by the next batter, Danny Sandoval, who then stole third base, but Nick Valdez struck out to end the game.
The teams combined for nine errors - five by the Pacifics (34-26), including three on third baseman Will Wright. Three of the runs scored by Maui (36-30) in the ninth were unearned after an error by shortstop Darrick Hale.
Kahoohalahala finished 2-for-5 and scored two runs. Sandoval was 2-for-5 and stole two bases.
San Rafael starter Jesse Garcia (1-2) pitched five scoreless innings, striking out seven batters.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a difficult situation. He faces the undeniable threat of a nuclear-capable Iran and, as a political and military fact, needs the United States as an ally in preventing that rogue nation from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The trouble is, he wants that U.S. support on his own terms, going so far this week as to instruct the American voters that the country must have a "red line" that, once crossed by Iran, will provoke a military attack.
There are two significant problems with that.
One is that, as columnist Fareed Zakaria pointed out in the Washington Post last week, no country would limit its options that way, or signal to an adversary when an attack would be imminent. Indeed, Israel itself has not drawn that kind of red line regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. Instead, it seeks to raise the pressure on Iran and to push the world toward confrontation.
The other problem is that Netanyahu, despite his protests to the contrary, inserted himself directly and unwisely into American politics. That violated a fundamental rule of international diplomacy, and in doing so created the risk of undermining his own cause.
Elections are an internal matter, even if their outcomes influence the course of events in other nations. It is enough to put up with the misleading advertising that each side throws at voters without also having to tolerate foreign leaders sticking their oars into our water. That can cause resentment and drive away the very support those leaders are hoping to attract.
A nuclear-armed Iran would be an international disaster, first and foremost for Israel but also for the entire Middle East and the rest of the world. The United States understands that. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice, said after Netanyahu's comments that there is "no daylight" between the United States and Israel and that President Obama "will do what it takes" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, including military action if necessary. But, she said, "we are not at that stage yet."
After nearly 11 years of war, voters in this country might be skeptical of a candidate who draws such red lines cavalierly.
Israel is facing a difficult time, but the answers are not easy. It may be hurting more than helping its cause when its leader treads on American politics.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- To bolster a claim that he is too sick to be tried on murder-for-hire charges next week, outdoorsman Edmond H. "Eddie" Smith IV has offered a letter from his doctor.
But prosecutors have countered that the author of the letter is no medical doctor at all, and may be indirectly involved in the case.
The federal judge appointed to preside over the trial has scheduled a hearing for Monday to sort out the latest twist in the long-running Eddie Smith saga.
Smith, who gained notoriety for his boasts as a big-game hunter as well as numerous scrapes with the law, stands accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill the judge and prosecutor involved in his trial last year on a charge of illegal possession of ammunition.
Smith's lawyer, J. Clark Stankoski, argued that his client needed more time to recover from the surgery that prompted a previous delay. In a letter included with the court filing, Jimmy Steger described himself as a doctor who has been treating Smith since Hurricane Katrina.
"Mr. Smith recently contracted five bacterial infections while incarcerated," Steger wrote.
In his response, special prosecutor David Goldberg stated that Steger is an admitted "lifelong friend" of the defendant who stored some assets for the Smith family. Prosecutors contend the assets were among those planned to be used as collateral to pay for murders Smith is accused of trying to set up.
Steger could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Goldberg wrote that Steger does not even appear to be a medical doctor. Goldberg cited information on Steger's Web site identifying him as a Ph.D., a doctor of martial arts and a naturopath, an alternative medicine practitioner favoring a holistic approach to treating disease.
The Web site, which features pictures of Steger in martial arts outfits, lists black belts he has earned in various martial arts disciplines. His biography states that he is president and founder of the International Fujikan Federation, the American Kung-Fu Association and the Fellowship of Christian Martial Artists.
Senior Judge Jack T. Camp on Tuesday ordered Smith returned to the University of South Alabama Hospital, and has summoned doctors from there and Mobile County Metro Jail to testify Monday. If Camp denies the request to postpone the trial, it will begin Tuesday morning.
Stankoski said he does not plan to call Steger as a witness. He said he knows nothing about allegations that Steger had assets that Smith planned to use.


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Party blew off course when the Gilmore Gale signed up for austerity
Published 27/05/2014 | 02:30
Long-term forecasts dating back to before the 2011 election predicted that the 'Gilmore Gale' was blowing the Labour Party off course.
The Tanaiste would have done well to heed the warning that he was heading for the rocks.
Eamon Gilmore then urged the electorate to vote for "Frankfurt's way or the way of the Labour Party" – but as it turned out, all roads led to austerity anyway.
It was a far cry from the earliest archive footage that shows an earnest-faced and passionate Eamon Gilmore, aged 22, in his first TV appearance in 1977, during a protest over student grants.
Hard work got him to the top, Mr Gilmore once said himself. But his unusually polished oratory skills helped him greatly on the road from humble beginnings in a small farm in the townsland of Lurgan, near Caltra, Co Galway.
Educated through Irish in a two-room national school, Mr Gilmore experienced early tragedy at the age of 14 months when his father dropped dead of a massive heart attack at the age of 36. His grandmother, Ellen Gilmore, who lived with them in the family home, subsequently had a huge influence on his life.
"She was a window not just into the history of our family but also into the history of a country that was experiencing the growing pains of independence," Mr Gilmore wrote in his book, 'Leading Lights, People who have Inspired Me'.
A prized set of china given to his grandmother as a wedding present still sits in a glass cabinet in the living room of Mr Gilmore's own home in Shankill.
Education was valued in the family and Mr Gilmore was awarded a scholarship from Galway County Council to attend prestigious Garbally college in Ballinasloe as a boarder in 1965. A third-level grant sent him on to university to study psychology in UCG and it was there that he met his wife, Carol, and they went on to have three children.
Through the Literary and Debating society, Mr Gilmore discovered his political voice and became an ardent student activist.
At the age of 18, he became President of the Students' Union at UCG and in 1975, joined the UCG Republican Party, affiliated to Official Sinn Fein, which subsequently became Sinn Fein the Workers Party and later the Workers Party, leading to questions being asked about Mr Gilmore's Republican links.
In 1976, he became the youngest ever President of the Union of Students in Ireland, working with his British counterpart to unify the students' movement in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
Trade unionism was a natural progression and he joined the Irish Transport & General Workers Union, eventually becoming Secretary of the Professional & Managerial Branch from 1981 until 1989 – in the meantime obtaining a Workers Party seat on Dun Laoghaire Borough Council.
A Dail seat in 1989 was the start of it all and he has been re-elected in every election since, respected across the political divide for his polished oratory skills and deep thinking.
In 1992, he broke with the Workers Party to set up the Democratic Left with Proinsias De Rossa, serving as Junior Minister for Marine in the Rainbow Coalition, credited with banning nuclear vessels from Irish waters.
He played a central role in talks that led to the merging of Democratic Left with the Labour Party and became the Dail chamber nemesis of the Fianna Fail government throughout the Celtic Tiger years.
In 2007, he became leader of the Labour Party when Pat Rabbitte stepped down and Mr Gilmore vowed to build up Labour as a viable government leader.
In 2010, it emerged that Carol Gilmore had profited from the sale of two-and-a-half acres of farming land left to her by her mother that had the benefit of planning permission for a school. The Department of Education insisted there was nothing "abnormal" about the transaction.
It did nothing to quench enthusiasm for the Gilmore Gale, which swept to victory in its best electoral performance in the party's history in the 2011 general election. Soon after, Mr Gilmore's car was egged by a furious Eirigi protester, forcing him to abandon an event to promote a 'yes' vote in the Children's Referendum.
More controversy followed, with grassroots followers grumbling he was spending too much time on his Foreign Affairs beat.
But it was his apparently unquestioning swallowing of austerity that saw lifelong Labour supporters finally vow "Anyone but Labour".
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Welcome back toTerror Tapes; the weekly feature that would have served us well had we launched Horror Squad back in 1981. Each week I fly in the face of modern technology and submerge myself in a sea of videotape. My goal is to see any and all horror titles that were abandoned in the great format upgrade...for better or for worse. Sometimes I will discover gems whose relegation to forgotten formats represents a true tragedy of technological advancement. Conversely there will also be occasions when I wonder why anyone bothered to recommend a given title for home viewing in the first place; as audiences would have surely been adequately assaulted by the film in theaters.
Today's tape:Nightmares, 1983 em>Nightmares is an anthology horror film from the early 1980's. It is made up of four vignettes but unlike most anthology horror films, it offers no wrap-around story to link them together. The first story, "Terror in Topanga," is about a serial killer loose in a small town. The second story, "Bishop of Battle," is about a world-class video game player who makes it his mission to reach the final level of the world's toughest game; at his own peril! The third story, "The Benediction," is about a priest who looses his faith and decides to leave his desert parish; an infernal error. Finally, we have "Night of the Rat." This final story is about a family dealing with a massive rodent problem; or a problem with massive rodents. To adequately review this film, I am going to break it down segment by segment.
Terror in Topanga
This is definitely the weakest of the bunch, which is why it is so surprising that it kicks off the film. I'll admit that it opens with a fantastic kill, but beyond that it is not only disproportionately tame but also extraordinarily dull. What is so amazing about this subdued violence is that it completely belies the reason this entire film exists. Apparently these segments were originally written for the short-lived horror television seriesDarkroom but were declared to be too intense for television. None of the stories, as it turns out, are all that intense--even if Darkroom had aired on Nickleodeon--but where each of the other three segments find creative compensations for their subdued violence, "Horror in Topanga" does not. The character who risks her life to obtain a pack of cigarettes is impossible to empathize with which drains all semblance of tension and the ending is lazily derivative of a tired American urban legend.
Bishop of Battle
This was probably my favorite of the group. This is the segment that boasts the film's tentpole celebrity: Emilio Estevez. This segment is also, as much as all of these fit this same description, the most derivative of the bunch. It is clear that the writer was a big fan of Tron because this story is just an inversion of the concept. Instead of someone getting sucked into a game and having to contend with the parameters of that game within the cyber world, "Bishop of Battle" offers a release of videogame constructs into our world and then forces the unfortunate hero to contend with them in a shopping mall. For all of its aping of Tron, I really enjoyed "Bishop of Battle." It was well-told, well-acted, and undeniably entertaining. I especially love the ending and its "twist."
The Benediction
The person who should have been considered the tentpole celebrity of Nightmares is Lance Henriksen who plays the disenfranchised priest in this segment. I really enjoyed this sequence and would probably designate it as my second favorite. Though it makes about as much sense as trying to brush your teeth with a library card, I liked the idea of a truck being the manifestation of the devil. Not to sound like a broken record or anything, but "The Benediction" is also quite derivative. It is essentially the movie Duel, a personal favorite of mine, with a more complex backstory for the besieged motorist. The one twist on the otherwise blatant Duel plagiarism was that the truck had the ability to burrow underground as if it were a 1974 Ford Graboid.
Night of the Rat
This was a weird little piece. The father of the family was played by Richard Masur (The Thing,It) and the mother by Veronica Cartwright (Alien) so immediately my geek sense was tingling. The basic premise of this segment is pretty dopey, but it's the unexpected additional twist that makes "Night of the Rat" so interesting. It's not just that there is a giant rat in their house, but that the rat has telekinetic powers and begins tormenting the family indirectly. It added an extra level of menace to the monster in their home. I guess the running theme of Nightmares is one of reconstructing various other films, and to look at "Night of the Rat" with that lens one would instantly notice some suspicious similarities to Poltergeist. The whole setup, including the cute little blond girl, smacks of a Poltergeist ripoff. What really creeps me out about this parallel is that the little girl in this segment, much like the ill-fated actress who played Carol Anne, died very young.
Overall I'd have to say Nightmares is one of the best films I've watched for this column. It is incredibly entertaining and most of the performances are at least decent if not impressive. Though every segment manages to find something to steal from another source, casting doubt on its originality, it's almost more of an homage piece than a malicious attempt to capitalize on those sources. While this film did have a DVD release at one time, good luck finding a used copy for less than $50 since it went out of print. Once again, VHS saves the day...hooray!


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Thanks writes:
> How do I list all files in current directory and each of its
> subdirectories in Linux ?
"ls -R". Read the ls man page.
> Does anyone have a shell script that counts each unique file in current
> directory and each subdirectory ?
Including or excluding the directories themselves?
John Hasler
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA


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1965 Dodge Charger – The Muscle Machine Develops
The Dodge Charger is a legendary muscle car, – but its popularity has clearly endured, as the model is still in production today. But where did the Charger begin? After all, the first Charger, as a stand-alone model, didn't appear until 1966; yet there are such things as 1964 and 1965 Dodge Chargers. They're exceedingly rare, to be certain, but they're true classics that any automotive die-hard would give a limb to own — or even, in some cases, just to drive. It's fascinating to look back and see where this esteemed vehicle found its roots.
The 1964 Dodge Charger is a concept car based off of the Dodge Polara. It was a roadster-style vehicle that came equipped with a 426 Wedge engine. This is the rarest of Charger models, and can fetch as small fortune today. The 1965 Dodge Charger actually saw limited release, though it was not yet its own vehicle. Its official name was the Dodge Dart Charger, and it was an option package available for the much more widely available Dart. This model gave drivers a number of goodies, including a Commando 273 engine, premium mechanical specifications, and special badging; the interior also made its mark, boast yellow exteriors and black interiors.
The 1965 Charger saw only a very limited release. Only 180 of these models were produced at the factory, while there were 300 kits made available to be installed by dealers. It also featured special Charger emblems, 13X6 Cragar mag wheels, and even a glass-pack muffler to enhance the roar of the engine. In short, the Dodge Charger began as an ideal muscle car for performance enthusiasts who also valued a bit of visual flash. Suffice it to say that the 1965 Charger is also extremely rare, and a model in good condition can fetch the owner a pretty penny.
We certainly think that every muscle car enthusiast should at least get a glimpse of the classic Dodge Charger. Sure, models produced in 1966 and later are much easier to find, but performance enthusiasts owe it to themselves to at least get a peek at the beginnings of one of the greatest muscle cars of all time.


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Walter Dean Myers is the winner of the first [2010] Coretta Scott King ' Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
"I am a product of Harlem and of the values, color, toughness, and caring that I found there as a child. I learned my flat jump shot in the church basement and got my first kiss during recess at Bible school. I played the endless street games kids played in the pre-television days and paid enough attention to candy and junk food to dutifully alarm my mother."From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its source. It was my foster mother, a half Indian-half German woman, who taught me to read, though she herself was barely literate.
"I had a speech difficulty but didn't view it as anything special. It wasn't necessary for me to be much of a social creature once I discovered books. Books took me, not so much to foreign lands and fanciful adventures, but to a place within myself that I have been constantly exploring ever since.
"The George Bruce Branch of the Public Library was my most treasured place. I couldn't believe my luck in discovering that what I enjoyed most'reading'was free. And I was tough enough to carry the books home through the streets without too many incidents.
"At sixteen it seemed a good idea to leave school, and so I did. On my seventeenth birthday I joined the army. After the army there were jobs-some good, some bad, few worth mentioning. Leaving school seemed less like a good idea.
"Writing for me has been many things. It was a way to overcome the hindrance of speech problems as I tried to reach out to the world. It was a way of establishing my humanity in a world that often ignores the humanity of those in less favored positions. It was a way to make a few extra dollars when they were badly needed.
"What I want to do with the writing keeps changing, too. Perhaps I just get clearer in what it is I am doing. I'm sure that after I'm dead someone will lay it all out nicely. I'd hate to see what kind of biography my cat, Askia, would write about me. Probably something like, "Walter Dean Myers had enormous feet, didn't feed me on time, and often sat in my favorite chair." At any rate, what I think I'm doing now is rediscovering the innocence of children that I once took for granted. I cannot relive it or reclaim it, but I can expose it and celebrate it in the books I write. I really like people "I mean, I really like people" and children are some of the best people I know.
"I've always felt it a little pretentious to write about yourself, but it's not too bad if you don't write too much."
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
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Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Amistad; Reprint edition (July 22, 2014)
Language: English
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New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and renowned filmmaker Bill Miles deftly tell the true story of the unsung American heroes of the 369th Infantry Regiment of World War I in The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage.
At a time of widespread bigotry and racism, the African American soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment put their lives on the line in the name of democracy.
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage is a portrait of bravery and honor.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
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Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 and up
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 24, 2013)
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1 inches
Nominated for a 2014 NAACP
Image Award
Walter Dean Myers brilliantly renders the realities of World War II.
Josiah Wedgewood and Marcus Perry are on their way to an uncertain future. Their whole lives are ahead of them, yet at the same time, death's whisper is everywhere.
One white, one black, these young men have nothing in common and everything in common as they approach an experience that will change them forever.
It's May 1944. World War II is ramping up, and so are these young recruits, ready and eager. In small towns and big cities all over the globe, people are filled with fear. When Josiah and Marcus come together in what will be the greatest test of their lives, they learn hard lessons about race, friendship, and what it really means to fight. Set on the front lines of the Normandy invasion, this novel, rendered with heart-in-the-throat precision, is a cinematic masterpiece. Here we see the bold terror of war, and also the nuanced havoc that affects a young person's psyche while living in a barrack, not knowing if today he will end up dead or alive.
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Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 and up
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Ember; Reprint edition (February 14, 2012)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out.
As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?
& Twig
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Publisher: Amistad (April 23, 2013)
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Winner 2014 Coretta Scott
King 2014 Author Honor Award
New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live one's own dream. This touching and raw teen novel from the author of Monster, Kick, We Are America, Bad Boy, and many other celebrated literary works for children and teens is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Darius and Twig are an unlikely pair: Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever.
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Amistad; 1 edition (February 2, 2010)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.3 x 1 inches
Winner, 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
When I first got to Progress, it freaked me out to be
locked in a room and unable to get out. But after a while, when you got to
thinking about it, you knew nobody could get in, either.
It seems as if the only progress that's going on at Progress juvenile facility is moving from juvy jail to real jail. Reese wants out early, but is he supposed to just sit back and let his friend Toon get jumped? Then Reese gets a second chance when he's picked for the work program at a senior citizens' home. He doesn't mean to keep messing up, but it's not so easy, at Progress or in life. One of the residents, Mr. Hooft, gives him a particularly hard time. If he can convince Mr. Hooft that he's a decent person, not a criminal, maybe he'll be able to convince himself.
Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers offers an honest story about finding a way to make it without getting lost in the shuffle.
Dope Sick
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Amistad (February 10, 2009)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
The itch starts when things get too heavy for Lil J. Skin popping or stealing pain pills from his mom help him relax. But Lil J's focus is wandering because money is short, and his man Rico knows a way to make some quick cash. It's supposed to be an easy deal, but it isn't so simple when the buyer is an undercover cop.
With a gunshot wound to the arm, Rico in jail, and a police officer clinging to life, Lil J is starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned crack house, it actually might be possible. . . .
Walter Dean Myers weaves elements of magical realism into a harrowing story about drug use, violence, alternate perceptions of reality, and second chances.
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
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Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Lexile Measure: 900L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Amistad; First Printing edition (October 28, 2008)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
Ida B. Wells was an extraordinary woman. Long before boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Ida B. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of African Americans.
An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, she used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United States. Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of this legendary figure, which blends harmoniously with the historically detailed watercolor paintings of illustrator Bonnie Christensen.
Fallen Angels
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Grade Level: 7 and up
Publisher: Perfection Learning (May 1, 2008)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
1989 Coretta Scott King Author Award Book
For Young Adults.
The critically acclaimed story of one young man's tour of duty in Vietnam and a testament to the thousands of young people who lived and died during the war. This generation's most powerful Vietnam story. 1989 Coretta Scott King Author Award Book; ALA Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.Ages Young Adult.
Sunrise Over
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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press (April 2008)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
Operation Iraqi Freedom, that's the code name. But the young men and women in the military's Civil Affairs Battalion have a simpler name for it: WAR.
In this new novel, Walter Dean Myers looks at a contemporary war with the same power and searing insight he brought to the Vietnam war of his classic, FALLEN ANGELS. He creates memorable characters like the book's narrator, Birdy, a young recruit from Harlem who's questioning why he even enlisted; Marla, a blond, tough-talking, wisecracking gunner; Jonesy, a guitar-playing bluesman who just wants to make it back to Georgia and open a club;
and a whole unit of other young men and women and drops them incountry in Iraq, where they are supposed to help secure and stabilize Iraq and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. The young civil affairs soldiers soon find their definition of "winning" ever more elusive and their good intentions being replaced by terms like "survival" and "despair."
Caught in the crossfire, Myers' richly rendered characters are just beginning to understand the meaning of war in this powerful, realistic novel of our times.
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Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Amistad (March 29, 2005)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Cameron: "Deep inside, you know that whoever gets up in your face gets there because he knows you′re nothing, and he knows that you know it too."
Carla: "What I′m trying to do is to get by -- not even get over, just get by."
Leonard: "I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magic."
Statement of Fact: 17-year-old white male found dead in the aftermath of a shooting incident at Madison High School in Harrison County.
Conclusion: Death by self-inflicted wound.
Ages 12+
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Hardcover: 196 pages
Publisher: Perfection Learning (May 2002)
Language: English
Sixteen-year-old Crystal knows she's blessed. She is drop-dead gorgeous and in the beginning stages of a glamorous career as a model in New York City. At first, modeling is exciting. But soon, her life becomes less and less about her, and more and more about her body. Crystal wonders if her new life is worth giving up everything -- her friends, her beliefs, and her self-respect.
Blues Journey
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by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
From Booklist
Gr. 5-8. The blues' deceptively simple rhyme scheme tracks the deeper feelings of lives that have been bruised. In this picture book for older readers, Myers offers blues-inspired verse that touches on the black-and-blue moments of individual lives. His son Christopher's images, which illustrate the call-and-response text, alternate between high spirited and haunting. Myers begins with a very necessary introduction to the history of the blues that includes an explanation of the rhyme scheme. Still, the level of sophistication necessary for kids to get into the book is considerable:
Strange fruit hanging, high in the big oak tree
Strange fruit hanging high in the big oak tree
You can see what it did to Willie,
and you see what it did to me.
Myers' original verse is unsettling if young people know the reference from the Billie Holiday song, but unclear if they don't ("strange fruit" is defined in the glossary). The accompanying illustration, though it's one of the less inspired ones, helps clarify things--a boy walks in a crowd carrying a sign saying, "yesterday a man was lynched." But there's no cohesion between the spreads, and the next one features a blues singer at a mike: "The thrill is gone, but love is still in my heart . . . I can feel you in the music and it's tearing me apart." Much of Myers' poetry here is terrific, by turn, sweet, sharp, ironic, but it's the memorable collage artwork, executed in the bluest of blue ink and brown paper, that will draw readers first. Once inside the book, some children will immediately hear the songs the poetry sings; others will have to listen more closely. Ilene Cooper Copyright ' American Library Association. All rights reserved 'This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
The Blues of Flats Brown
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As this skilled duo did with Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Pam Mu'oz Ryan and Brian Selznick bring to life the story of yet another remarkable American woman, gifted black contralto Marian Anderson.
Undoubtedly one of America's greatest singers, Anderson was hardly known in her own country because of her race--music schools ignored her applications ("We don't take colored!") and even after she began singing professionally, many venues only featured white performers. Ryan's well-paced story becomes especially poignant as she recounts Anderson's overwhelming success in Europe ("one newspaper in Sweden called it 'Marian Fever' ... In Austria, the world-famous conductor Arturo Toscanini announced that what he had heard, one was privileged to hear only once in a hundred years"). The book reaches its climax with a wordless, deep brown two-page spread from Selznick, a crowd's-eye view of Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, an historic concert that drew an integrated audience of over 75,000.
Ryan's simple, metered text (punctuated frequently by lyrics) captures the quiet drama of Anderson's story, and kids will especially identify with the confusion and frustration of young Marian. And as with the pair's previous collaboration, Selznick's rich illustrations ably convey the undeniable strength and courage of a talented, determined woman. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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Pub. Date: June 2006
Age Range: 4 to 8
Format: Hardcover, 48pp
Publisher: Holiday House, Inc.
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books and NAACP Image Award Nominee
From bebop to New Orleans, from ragtime to boogie, and every style in between, this collection of Walter Dean Myers's energetic and engaging poems, accompanied by Christopher Myers's bright and exhilarating paintings, celebrates different styles of the American art form, jazz. Jazz takes readers on a musical journey from jazz's beginnings to the present day. Time line, glossary.
Street Love
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Pub. Date: October 31, 2006
Format: Hardcover, 144pp
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Book Description
What am I doing?
He'll take one quick look
And wish he was anywhere else but here
I'm already ashamed of what I think
He will think of me, of the life I lead
Yes, she is the fruit that will
Sustain me and yes, she brings
A rain that I know can chill
But it is a rain so sweet and sings
A song my soul insists
That I follow, if I would exist
As more than I have ever, ever been
If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin
Your first love is totally wrong for you. Do you follow your heart? Or do you run away?
Michael L. Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers delivers an evocative tale of star-crossed urban love, reminding us that before we can be true to someone else, we must first be true to ourselves.
The Glory Field
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Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: December 1995
One of the best reviewed books of 1994, the Newbery author's novel follows five generations of one African-American family from Africa to a South Carolina plantation through the Civil War, the end of segregation and beyond, to a moving finale, when a young drug-addicted cousin is brought home to the glory field for a day of reunion and renewal.
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
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Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date: August 1994
"After Uncle Ugly's gunned down by that sneaky dog Catfish Grimes, 15-year-old Artemis leaves his sainted Dear Mother and turns cowboy avenger. . . . The pace is brisk, the tongue-in-cheek humor is beautifully maintained [in this] fist-swinging adventure." 'BL. "An entertaining yarn that could well introduce new readers to historical fiction."
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2000 Coretta Scott King Author Award Book
Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 288pp.
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date: March 1999
1997 Coretta Scott King Author Award Book
Myers's work is included in the following anthology:
The Best African American Fiction(2009)
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Publisher: Bantam (January 13, 2009)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Introducing the first volume in an exciting
new annual anthology featuring the year's most outstanding
fiction by some of today's finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created during a period of electrifying political dialogue and cultural, social, and economic change that is sure to captivate the imaginations of writers and readers for years to come, these short stories and novel excerpts explore a rich variety of subjects. But most of all, they represent exceptional artistry.
Here youill find work by both established names and up-and-comers, ranging from Walter Dean Myers to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mat Johnson, and Junot Diaz. They write about subjects as diverse as the complexities of black middle-class life and the challenges of interracial relationships, a modern-day lynching in the South and a young musician's coming-of-age during the Harlem Renaissance. What unites these stories, whether set in suburbia, in eighteenth-century New York City, or on a Caribbean island that is supposed to be "brown skin paradise," is their creators' passionate engagement with matters of the human heart.
Masterful and engaging, this first volume of Best African American Fiction features stories you'll want to savor, share, and return to again and again.
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Day at Central Park incl. Zoo Visit, Bike Rental & Ice Cream for 2 … $35 (reg. $76)
The fastest way to a woman's heart is with adorable animals. For $35, the two of you can spend the day exploring Central Park Zoo where the animals' antics are great for a laugh and result in plenty of photo-ops. Afterwards, check out the rest of the park's highlights by bike and finish off the afternoon with a sweet ice cream treat.
Yankees tickets for 2 vs. Rangers, Rays & Dodgers … $44 (50% off)
Knock date night out of the park with an evening, or afternoon, at Yankees Stadium. The most laidback option for a sports-related date, baseball games allow for plenty of conversation time and it's totally acceptable to drink outside, even if first pitch is at noon. Games usually have plenty of entertainment between innings and if you're brave, you can sneak in a smooch on the Kiss Cam.
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Get lost in one of the world's top art museums and you'll learn about the masters as well as your plus one. The exhibits at the country's largest art museum offer over three million pieces spanning all artistic eras and the opportunity to discuss topics rarely broached on the average first date.
Award-Winning Lower East Side Food Tour incl. Katz's Deli for 2 … $48 (60% off)
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Virginia Ann Parr, 86, of Haiku, passed away on August 10, 2012 at Hale Makua in Kahului. She was born on July 2, 1926 in Bellflower, California.
Private services will be held.
Ballard Family Mortuary is assisting with the arrangements.
Virginia is survived by her sons, Sam, Ed, and George (PJ) Parr; brother, Bill Milburn; 4 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.
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Steve Coomes never planned to be a food and travel writer, but then again, he never planned to be a chef or work as a busboy in a fine dining restaurant at 15, when most of his high school friends were having fun. But when he first tasted Dover sole–fileted tableside, no less–and perfectly cooked asparagus lashed with textbook hollandaise in 1980, his destiny was set.
The restaurant business and its adrenaline-soaked pace, service of sensual delights and the characters who make the whole machine run, would captivate him for the next 11 years.
In 1991 he left restaurant operations in order to write about them, a decision that sent him to 25 U.S. states and seven foreign countries in search of great stories, food and drink. Along the way he edited multiple boutique industry association publications, was editor-in-chief of Pizza Today magazine and founding editor PizzaMarketplace.com before launching Words to Chew On in 2007. He is now a contributing editor for Nation's Restaurant News (as a young chef, he read the magazine and thought, "How cool would it be to write for this magazine?"), a Kentucky food, restaurant and travel correspondent for Southern Living magazine, a restaurant critic and feature writer for Louisville Magazine, restaurant blogger for Insider Louisville, feature writer for Edible Louisville, a ghostwriter for private clients and a PR and marketing copywriter for numerous restaurant-related groups and businesses.
A native of Louisville, Ky., he now lives minutes outside the city in the friendly, deer-ridden, smog-free exurb of Goshen with his wife and son. The half hour drive in any direction to get a good restaurant meal irritated him to the point of reviving his interest in cooking, broadened his knowledge of potent potables and made his kitchen a favorite gathering spot for hungry friends.


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This is Westcountry slang dating back to before the First World War. Skates are very slippery fish and the name was applied to people who had slippery natures in that they were untrustworthy, would try to avoid giving information or were just not very likeable. The use of the name expanded to include people who were wheeler dealers or people who do a lot of ducking and diving but no actual work. The name is disparaging but at the same time may hold just a hint of reluctant admiration. It is, however, a warning as a skate has no conscience and is totally unscrupulous and untrustworthy. The term is believed to have been used extensively by the British armed forces and was used to describe someone who was a slippery customer, fishy and who avoided their share of the work.
"Watch yourself with him, he's a bit of a skate."
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Military acronym used as steps to accomplish skating, aka: avoiding work.
S= Seek Cover
K= Keep Quiet
A= Accept No Responsibility
T= Take No Action
E= Evade
S= Seek Cover
K= Keep Quiet
A= Accept No Responsibility
T= Take No Action
E= Evade
Use S.K.A.T.E. to accomplish effective skating.
מאת S1ber 8 ביולי, 2010
(verb) to leave.
"Look baby, if you ain't gonna give me no ass, Imo hafta skate."
מאת The Hawk 3 באוקטובר, 2002
Originates from Naval sailors of Portsmouth in England getting lonely while at sea. These sick individuals would get a skate fish, slit it in half and nail it to a board. This would then be used to provide sexual pleasure.
Hence people from Portsmouth are known as Skates.
Hence people from Portsmouth are known as Skates.
Harry Redknapp is a skate. Peter Crouch used to be a skate but he's alright now.
מאת Oliver Cuntwell 12 באוגוסט, 2006
Military terminology meaning any service member who avoids his duties.
Private Jones is a real skate. This is the fifth time this month he avoided garbage detail.
מאת Arnie Schiffer 11 במאי, 2008
to goof off or take it easy.
That job is skate duty. You fuckers have been skating and didn't get the job done.
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Before the second half of Saturday's state quarterfinal, Prep Charter point guard Ciani Cryor told coach Paul Rieser what any point guard would tell her coach.
"Coach, I'm trying to share the ball," Cryor said as the two walked down the Norristown High School stairs leading from the locker room to the court.
"To [heck] with that," Rieser responded.
Rieser knew exactly where the ball needed to go: into the hands of all-American guard Kahleah Copper. The Huskies fed her the ball just enough, as the 6-foot-2 senior scored 17 of her 29 points after the break in a tense, 53-50 victory over Villa Maria in the PIAA Class AAA playoffs.


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R.C. Giltner Services, a provider of financial services and technology products to financial institutions, has announced that FirstCapital Bank of Texas has begun offering the PaySound "No Overdraft Fees Ever" Checking Plan to its customers.
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas opted to offer PaySound to give customers an alternative to incurring overdraft fees, and instead pay a flat rate of $14.95 per month. PaySound is offered exclusively to a single financial institution in each market area and addresses the growing concern among consumers about overdraft fees on checking accounts by providing the option of eliminating them.
"PaySound generates interest among the consumers who want to pay for the peace of mind that their financial transactions will not be processed if they do not have the funds to pay for them, and they won't incur overdraft charges," said Robert C. Giltner, president and CEO of R.C. Giltner Services.
The PaySound approach "offers us access to a new group of consumers who have a strong demand and are willing to pay for a checking account that doesn't have overdraft charges," said Ted Awerkamp, chief operating officer of FirstCapital.
FirstCapital operates branches in Midland, Lubbock and Amarillo.
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Netbook Market: Is Microsoft Winning?
While Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc is celebrating his employer as winner in the netbook market, opportunities are opening up in the Asian market for the netbook's even smaller relative, the so-called mobile internet device.
Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc quoted as a source for his Microsoft success story some statistics from the NPD Retail Tracking Service. The NPD study found that his company had made significant retail market advances in the netbook sector over 2008. LeBlanc:"We've seen Windows share on these PCs in the U.S. go from under 10% of unit sales during the first half of 2008 to 96% as of February 2009." His explanation: "Initially, some in the industry viewed low-cost netbook PCs as a new challenge for Microsoft and an opportunity for Linux to make inroads in the consumer market. Some believed consumers wouldn't want or need their netbook PC to be a full-featured PC. In fact, the exact opposite turned out to be true." He felt that this "full-featured PC" argument made a Microsoft victory unavoidable and even cited further evidence that the Linux device return rate was "four times higher" than Windows.
Microsoft had been putting timely pressure on netbook hardware producers, while also offering Windows XP at competitive prices, apparently with huge success. Linux providers such as Linpus out of Taiwan are meanwhile considering counterstrategies. It is especially the Asian-Pacific market that is showing evidence of a trend reversal: mobile internet devices (MIDs), or handhelds for short, seem to be gaining a Linux market.
From an interview with the Asia-Pacific media, analyst Ian Lao of the In-Stat market research firm forecasts future successes for the open platform running on MIDs. MIDs first of all distinguish themselves by definition from netbooks in that they have no keyboards and are four to seven inches in size. Because Asian character-based languages are easier to enter via touchpads, MIDs are gaining popularity in that part of the world, according to Lao. He goes further: "MIDs, as more passive, 'content-consumption devices', fit Linux's role so far on the consumer side, where it has successfully run systems for users looking to consume media, but not create." One proof of concept is Ubuntu's "full desktop experience" on the energy efficient ARM processors. Chinese hardware provider SmartQ will also soon release to the marketplace a super-affordable SmartQ 5 MID based on Ubuntu. Lao: "Linux definitely has a growth path with MIDs."
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Patients taking active medications frequently experience adverse, nonspecific
side effects that are not a direct result of the specific pharmacological
action of the drug. Although this phenomenon is common, distressing, and costly,
it is rarely studied and poorly understood. The nocebo phenomenon, in which
placebos produce adverse side effects, offers some insight into nonspecific
side effect reporting. We performed a focused review of the literature, which
identified several factors that appear to be associated with the nocebo phenomenon
and/or reporting of nonspecific side effects while taking active medication:
the patient's expectations of adverse effects at the outset of treatment;
a process of conditioning in which the patient learns from prior experiences
to associate medication-taking with somatic symptoms; certain psychological
characteristics such as anxiety, depression, and the tendency to somatize;
and situational and contextual factors. Physicians and other health care personnel
can attempt to ameliorate nonspecific side effects to active medications by
identifying in advance those patients most at risk for developing them and
by using a collaborative relationship with the patient to explain and help
the patient to understand and tolerate these bothersome but nonharmful symptoms.
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VIENNA (AP) Austrian architect and designer Hans Hollein, a winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize whose work ranged from big museums through tiny shops to furniture and sunglasses, has died. He was 80.
A spokeswoman for Holleins family, Dorothea Apovnik, said he died in Vienna Thursday after a long illness. Culture Minister Josef Ostermayer described Hollein as a master architect, inspiring teacher (and) visionary.
He won the 1985 Pritzker Prize for his work, which often included touches of fancy, such as bronze-clad palm trees in a Vienna travel agency.
Hollein is survived by his son, Max, and daughter, Lilli.
Austrian architect Hans Hollein dies at 80


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5 Must-Do Holiday Traditions (and 5 I'm Skipping)sharonbeesley
Oh wow. I've had to take a break from the blogging world since December started. It's crazy out there this time of year! Crafts! Elf on the Shelf! Gift Guides! Yikes. I tried to keep up with the best of them, but I'm tired. And a little anxious and it's only the 10th of December! I still have 14 more days of this madness. So tonight I simplified Christmas for myself. Here's my list of 5 must-do holiday traditions and 5 I'm skipping.
Skipping It: Sending Holiday Cards 1 of 10But if I was going to do it, I'd use Pin Hole Press. Love their cards, but I'm just too lazy to send them! Will you be sending out cards this year?
Here's the link to Pin Hole Press if so!
Saying Yes to a Family Photo 2 of 10While sending out a card isn't on my to-do list, getting a family photo is! It doesn't have to be professional. I use my self timer and take it in our house. Everyone is relaxed and their natural defiant selves. Check out this one from last Christmas!
Skipping a Few Holiday Activities 3 of 10There is sooo much to do this month in NYC. I'm going to try my hardest not to feel bad if I miss a few things.
Saying Yes to Lots of Family Dinners 4 of 10Christmas Eve Seafood Feast, Christmas Day Lasagna, Chinese food on New Years! I love having dinner with my family this time of year and all the special foods that go with it.
Skipping Elf on the Shelf 5 of 10I bought this for my sister, so I hope she likes it! As for me, I'm way too forgetful to keep this game up. Do your kids like Elf on the Shelf? Do YOU?
Buy the kit from Amazon
Saying Yes to Acting Out the Nativity 6 of 10It's a tradition that is so adorable I can't wait to do it again this year. This picture is from a Christmas Party we went to in 2009. My friends in San Francisco had an elaborate set up that I adored. Since then, we've all moved away from each other, but it was fun while it lasted. I plan on doing it again this year on a smaller scale.
Picture from Oh Happy Day
Skipping Spending A Lot on Decorations 7 of 10It's amazing that snowflakes made out of copy paper transformed my front door. I had fun re-learning a craft I haven't done since I was a kid.
Super easy directions and ideas from Martha Stewart
Saying Yes to Giving 8 of 10It's really what the season is all about, isn't it? I can't skip this one!
Skipping Daily Advent Activities 9 of 10This year I tried, but by day three I gave up.
Read about the crazy day on my Blog
Saying Yes to Santa 10 of 10I make sure to go every year! Problem is, I've put it off longer than usually this year. I usually try to go the last week in November. We're into December so that means long lines and tired cranky kids. I wouldn't miss it for the world!
What Christmas traditions are you skipping this year?
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CLOVIS, N.M. - Robert Lee Walker, 62, died Friday, April 27, 2007.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Clovis Seventh Day Adventist Church with the Rev. Earl Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by Steed-Todd Funeral Home.
Mr. Walker was born Sept. 25, 1944, in Rockwall County, Texas, to Robert Lee Jr. and Mary Louise Walker. He was a welder for K. Barnett & Sons.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty Louise Briscoe of Lubbock; a son, Robert Lee Walker Jr. of Lubbock; his mother; seven brothers, James Walker of Clovis, Jimmy Walker of Amarillo, Larry Walker of Alaska, Charles Walker of Salt Lake City, Freddie Walker of Friona, R.M. Walker of Colorado and Jerry Walker of Friona; three sisters, Glenda Walker of Clovis, Brenda Sanders of Lufkin and Dee Ross of Arlington; and three grandchildren.
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It was an extra tasty day at last weekend's Riverview Farmer's Market at Riverview Park in the Jersey City Heights as the nonprofit community organization Farms In The Heights held a peach pie contest, The Jersey Journal reports.
Judges Kern Weisman, Scott Rowe and Mark Bunbury sampled pies that were submitted by community members.
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This colloquy will bring a select group of rhetorical scholars together to examine the role of rhetorical studies and the practice of rhetoric in a democratic society. In addition, the meeting will address issues related to the most appropriate pedagogical strategies for preparing students for citizenship in a democratic society. A total of 16 rhetorical scholars will participate in the spring 2005 meeting. Eleven scholars will prepare essays related to the colloquy theme while three additional scholars will make public presentations. Additional rhetorical studies scholars, interested alumni, and students are welcome to attend the keynote address, the colloquy banquet, and the sessions on the Brigance Legacy on Saturday morning.
William N. Brigance established a well-known legacy in the Communication discipline as a promoter and advocate for the role of public speech in a free and democratic society. In addition, he played a seminal role in the development of the discipline in the United States. He served as both the editor of the leading journal of the field, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and the president of what is now the National Communication Association. Brigance authored several influential texts in the field and began the Speakers Bureau, a program that was adopted by scores of institutions across the country. Students in the Speakers Bureau constructed addresses, which they presented to political, social, and business organizations in their local communities. In sum, Brigance charted a path in the orator-statesman tradition through the close connection he made between rhetorical practice and a free, democratic society. As he wrote, "… speechmaking in the beginning grew out of man's first attempts at self-government, that it is inherent in a free society, that a course in speech ought to be based on this concept, and speech training in a free society ought to be recognized as being essentially at variance with that in countries where governments are sustained by thought control." [1] It is this connection between rhetoric and democratic citizenship which this colloquy will honor and extend.
The colloquy will take place on the campus of Wabash College at the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts and other campus venues. The mission of the Center of Inquiry is to explore, test, and promote liberal arts education (http://www.liberalarts.wabash.edu/).


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FORMULA One enfant terrible Lewis Hamilton is again in the spotlight this week as fevered speculation over his future dominates the build-up to the Singapore Grand Prix.
The 27-year-old Briton is second in the standings behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, after a consummate drive in Italy brought his third win of the season and renewed hope of a second world title.
Formula One is embarking on a four-stop Asian swing, from Singapore's glittering night race, to Japan, South Korea and India.
But the precocious Hamilton's off-track affairs are dominating headlines after he admitted his future was undecided at long-term employer McLaren, and a reported cooling of relations with team-mate Jenson Button. The 2008 champion brought a sharp rebuke from Button after he tweeted sensitive team information during this month's Belgian Grand Prix. His muted victory celebrations in Italy were widely noted.
In the run-up to Singapore, the 14th of 20 races, Hamilton stressed he was "happy with McLaren" — but said he had not committed to any team next season. Mercedes are courting his signature.
"No, I haven't committed to any team as yet. I don't have a timeline either," Hamilton said in Mumbai.
It is the latest in a series of distractions for Hamilton, whose season last year was affected by problems with his girlfriend, Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger.
The bejewelled driver won on Singapore's "darty", demanding street circuit in 2009, but retired with a puncture in 2010 and finished fifth last year after tangling with Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
"For me at the moment, it's just trying to score as many points as I can. We want to win, that's why we exist … but sometimes that's not possible and you have to take what you can," he said yesterday.
"But I think we're in a very strong position this weekend where we can challenge for the win," Hamilton said describing the Singapore race as "phenomenally tense".
"It's one of the most physical because of the temperature outside and the humidity and there's 22 or 24 corners here, and that's a long lap, remembering all the apexes. And if you make a mistake, there's only barriers — there's no grass, no gravel. So it's really intense."
Alonso meanwhile will look to stretch his 37-point lead over Hamilton — with Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen and defending champion Sebastian Vettel not far behind — in a Ferrari car written off at the start of the year as a dud.
The softly spoken Alonso has won in Malaysia, his home country Spain, and Germany, and has finished out of the points only once, when he retired in Belgium after a pile-up.
Vettel, who became Formula One's youngest double champion last year, is struggling in the pursuit of a third straight world title in a Red Bull car whose innovations have been crimped by new rules.
However Raikkonen has impressed in his return to Formula One from rallying, while Sauber's young Mexican Sergio Perez has claimed his second runner-up spot this year in Italy — fuelling speculation that he could replace Massa at Ferrari.