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18 Day Yangtze Cruise & Tibet Odyssey (2011)
Featured Accommodations
Yangtze Cruise
|Please note that we closely monitor all the hotels we use, reading our customer's feedback about their experience with the hotels listed below. Based on this feedback, if any of these hotels does not live up to China Spree's standards, we will change them immediately. Sometimes this may be a last-minute decision. Customer satisfaction is always our priority.
M.V. President Prime
China Spree 2011 Cruise Tours feature 3-night Yangtze Cruise, down the river, aboard M.V. President Prime, the newest cruiser and one of the finest on the Yangtze. The ship will be in operation on April 15th, 2011.
M.V. President Prime offers a maximum of 374 passengers the comfort and amenities you would expect from a 5-star hotel-for example, her grand lobby, elegant restaurant, library, gift shops, gym and spa facilities and onboard beauty salon. The ship boast a lounge bar, a sheltered bar on the sun deck with breathtaking 360-degree views, and an elegant restaurant on the main deck.
Its spacious stateroom features panoramic windows open to the private balconies, and is 260 sq. ft. including balcony - making it one of the largest stateroom among Yangtze cruisers.
President Prime is designed to meet the highest international cruise ship standards. It offers uncompromising comfort, quality, and service. You will cruise in comfort and with peace of mind knowing that the ships are equipped with the state-of-the art navigation and safety systems in line with our travel philosophy to offer our guests the very best value.
Sun Deck
Enjoy sunshine and fresh air while you take in 360-degree views of the scenery as you sail through the Yangtze's stunning Three Gorges region and beyond. Stand at the railings or relax in a comfortable deck chair. The observation deck is covered for those who prefer shade.
The restaurant is where all meals are served during your cruise. It features panoramic windows, so you will not miss any of the scenery while you are dining. The menu features Chinese cuisine with local characteristics. Royal Dining Room, on the Sun Deck, offer separate dining area for customers using Executive Suite.
Onboard Activities
Never feel bored onboard President Prime. The ship offers lectures on Chinese culture and history, Tai Chi lessons, lessons on playing mahjong and Chinese cooking, calligraphy demonstrations and unique evening entertainment.
Onboard Shopping
Located in the midsection of the middle deck, the onboard boutique offers items to help you enjoy-or remember-your journey. There is an excellent selection of gift items to bring home. Across the way there is an onboard tailor, who can create custom-made silk jackets, hats and other items usually in less than one day.
Marriott Beijing City Wall
This stunning landmark hotel in the center of Beijing is the largest Marriott Hotel outside the U.S. with 1312 rooms that are elegantly decorated, featuring the Marriott's trademark "New Bedding".
All rooms are luxuriously appointed with amenities that ensure a comfortable stay and equipped with 37" LCD TV, safe, IDD, high-speed Internet access and a spacious work desk, and bathroom with separate bathtubs & standing shower. Its spacious room size is 460 square feet on average.
Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall features 7 distinctive restaurants, bars and entertainment venues full of gastronomic delights. The hotel's various facilities and services including Quan SPA, a fitness center, an indoor-heated swimming pool, 24-hour room service, laundry, high-end shops, gold key service, private chamberlain and a stay to remember.
The hotel is within walking distance to the Tiananmen Square and the Silk Alley.
The hotel features Free Wi-Fi in lobby and public area.
Pullman Shanghai Skyway Hotel
A perfect deluxe hotel near Shanghai 2010 World Expo venues! Pullman Skyway Shanghai is about 130 yards from the metro from where you have easy and convenience access to the World Expo venues.
The 52 story (680 feet) tower of the Pullman Shanghai Skyway Hotel is one of the new landmarks of modern Shanghai, and is, by far, the second highest hotel in Shanghai, only second to the famed Jinmao Tower, which is the highest hotel in East Asia. The building cost of this amazing property is USD$235 million.
Conveniently located in the affluent Luwan District and in the popular Xu Jia Hui shopping & commercial area, the hotel is ideal for China Spree travelers to explore Shanghai's various sites.
This new hotel features 654 spacious and lavishly decorated rooms. All rooms are equipped with individually-controlled air-conditioning, cable TV, mini-bar, complimentary tea and coffee, electronic lock and IDD telephone. The en suite bathroom is well-stocked with toiletries and a hairdryer.
A hearty international buffet breakfast awaits you every morning at Zaffrann Restaurant on the hotel's 49th-floor, where you enjoy a stunning view of the Huang Pu River in the east, the famous Xu Jia Hui shopping area in the west, and the popular Xin Tian Di and Nanjing Road shopping street in the north.
Visit hotel website at Pullman Shanghai Skyway Hotel. The hotel is currently managed by the French Pullman Hotels & Resorts.
Jardin Secret Hotel Lhasa
Like an emerald on the bank of Lhasa River, the Jardin Secret Hotel is considered the local best in Tibet, with easy access to the city center and Lhasa's major points of interest.
The hotel opened in May 2007, and features free high speed internet access in hotel room, and free Wi-Fi in hotel lobby.
The Tibetan style architecture showcases key elements of traditional Tibetan art while still providing the comfort of modern facilities.
The hotel has 200 tastefully decorated rooms featuring individually-controlled air-conditioning, broadband internet access, cable TV with in-house movies, a refrigerator and mini bar, supplemental oxygen, and international long-distance direct dial (IDD) telephone service. The en suite bathroom is well-stocked with toiletries and includes a hairdryer.
Hotels of this standard were not available before 2007. Staying at this beautiful and clean hotel is an important part of your adventure in Tibet. It will enhance your travel experience and provides you with a refreshing oasis where you can rest your body while acclimatizing to the high elevation (11,000 feet). Travelers to Tibet no longer need to put up with primitive hotel accommodations.
Xian Grand Noble Hotel
Remodeled in 2009, Xian Grand Noble Hotel features prime location in the heart of the historical Xian. The hotel is ideally situated on one of Xian's most prosperous commercial street, close to many of the city's historical sites including the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Great Mosque, Shaanxi History Museum & the Forest of Steles stone library. It makes a major difference compared to all other hotels in terms of unbeatable location, and is very convenient for China Spree travelers to explore this historical city in the evening.
The hotel's 428 elegantly designed air-conditioned rooms are equipped with High-speed Internet, private bath, cable and satellite TV, in-time safe, refrigerator and mini bar etc.
This hotel has a western style bakery offering burgers and yogurt.
The hotel features Free high speed internet access in hotel room, and Free Wi-Fi in lobby.
Chengdu Minshan Hotel
Remodeled in 2010, Chengdu Minshan Hotel is a new deluxe hotel located in the center of Chengdu, the largest city in Southwest China.
Unlike hotels in Beijing and Shanghai,which cater mainly to tourists, hotels in Chengdu rely more on the more lucrative Chinese Conferences and Business meetings. The hotel star-ratings in Chengdu are skewed by the focus on local Chinese market. While the prices are high, hotels in Chengdu generally fall short of the international standard expected by tourists.
Finding the right hotel in Chengdu for China Spree clients was not an easy choice. The advantage of Chengdu Minshan Hotel is its premium location, with new rooms and facilities. This hotel features a fine breakfast with variety and local flavors. The hotel is centrally located in the heart of Chengdu, near major tourist attractions, fine restaurants and shopping centers. The convenience of this location gives you a luxury of free exploration during your off time.
Mingshan Hotel features 305 rooms, elegantly decorated and provide a haven of comfort and relaxation amidst the bustling city life of Chengdu. All rooms are equipped with individually-controlled air-conditioning, broadband internet access, cable TV with in-house movie, mini-bar, complimentary tea and coffee, electronic lock and international long-distance direct dial (IDD) telephone. The en suite bathroom is well-stocked with toiletries and has a hairdryer.


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Dalton, Roque
Roque Dalton 1935-1975
Salvadoran poet, essayist, and novelist.
Poet and communist revolutionary, Dalton brought ideological militancy to his poetry, and a sense of poetic spontaneity to his revolutionary action. Contemptuous of poets who wrote of injustice and suffering while still enjoying the comforts of their class and the privileges of their fame, Dalton eschewed publication by capitalist publishing houses, and actively engaged in revolutionary organizing, guerrilla training, and clandestine violence. Dalton's poetry combines surrealist imagery and montage with a Marxist awareness of exploitation and suffering.
Biographical Information
Dalton was born May 14, 1935, a few years after the massacre of thirty thousand Salvadorans in an effort to suppress an uprising against General Martinez, the country's dictator. Dalton's mother, a nurse, supported the family after his father, rumored to be a bank-robber and member of the outlaw Dalton brothers, abandoned the family. Dalton grew up schooled by the Jesuits, but his sense of the injustice and poverty of El Salvador turned him from Catholicism to Marxism. In 1956, a student at the University of San Salvador, he helped found the University Literary Circle. A year later, Dalton joined the Communist Party. He was arrested in 1959, in 1960, and in 1965 in El Salvador for being a communist and for organizing the Salvadoran students and peasants against the landowners. Twice he was sentenced to death, and each time he escaped execution. In 1960, on the morning he was scheduled to die, there was a coup against the government that had condemned him and he was freed. In 1965 he escaped his death sentence after an earthquake knocked down the wall of his prison cell. Dalton lived many years in exile in Cuba, where he took guerrilla training and worked as a journalist, and in Czechoslovakia, where he hung around the taverns and wrote poetry. In addition to poetry, he wrote a social biography of the founder of the Salvadoran Communist Party, an autobiographical novel, and tracts on revolutionary theory. After having plastic surgery in order to make him unrecognizable, Dalton fought in the guerrilla underground in El Salvador. His death was bizarre—what his enemies failed to accomplish, his ostensible comrades achieved. He was condemned by members of his guerrilla group for strategic and ideological differences, along with charges of working with the C.I.A., and spying for the Soviet Union and Cuba. Dalton was tortured and executed a few days short of his fortieth birthday.
Major Works
Although ardent in his devotion to communism and the violent revolutionary struggle against capitalist exploitation, Dalton's poetry does not conform to the kind of dogmatic and dour socialist realism which produces propaganda rather than poetry, even in such works as the half jestingly named A Red Book for Lenin (1970). His poems are ironic, cynical, and full of longing and humor. They combine a social awareness of economic misery and exploitation, a loyalty to Marxist revolutionary vision, and a consciousness of individual desire and the living self. Moreover, they are informed by the shifting perspectives that are derived from an awareness of differing personalities, multiple points of view, and varying frames of reference. These characteristics are evident particularly in The Tavern and Other Places (1969), which he wrote while in exile in Prague, and for which he won the Casa de las Américas prize in 1969.
Critical Reception
Dalton's poetry is intrinsically connected to the theory and practice of communist revolution, and at the same time, dedicated to the non-ideological expression of the liberty essential to poetry, which reflects the unimpeded gaze, the individual sensibility, and the personality of its author. Both non-Marxist and Marxist critics have found portions of Dalton's poetry praiseworthy, and portions objectionable. Seymour Menton, for example, gives special praise to poems "that reveal the poet's own difficulty with the communist world," but Dale Jacobson takes Dalton to task because, "[t]oo rarely do the poems represent the emotional and dramatic turbulence of the working-class experience." With the publication of his poems in The Small Hours of the Night (1996) critics have commented on Dalton's sense of humor, luminosity, and the way in which his poems are strengthened by his politics. Lawrence Ferlinghetti writes that Dalton's poetry "suffers from politics as does man himself," while Chris Searle claims that Dalton was "an enigmatic poetic genius."
Principal Works
La Ventana en el rostro [The Window in My Face] 1961
El mar [The Sea] 1962
El turno del ofendido [Turn of the Offended]) 1962
Los testimonios [Testimonies] 1964
Taberna y ostros lugares [The Tavern and Other Places] 1969
Las historias prohibidas del pulgarcito [The Forbidden Histories of the Little Thumb] 1974
Poemas clandestinos [Clandestine Poems] 1980
Poesía 1980
Poesia escogida 1983
Un libro rojo para Lenin [A Red Book for Lenin] 1986
Un libro levemente odioso 1988
Small Hours of the Night: Selected Poems of Roque Dalton 1996
For the Record: Selected Poems 1999
Miguel Marmol: Los sucesos de 1932 en El Salvador [Miguel Marmol] (biography) 1972
Pobrecita poeta que era yo [Poor Little Poet, I Was] (autobiography) 1976
Poesia y militancia en América Latina [Poetry and Militancy in Latin America] (essay) 1981
Roque Dalton with Mario Benedetti (interview date 1969)
SOURCE: "An Hour with Roque Dalton," in Fiction International, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer/Fall, 1986, pp.133-43.
[In the following interview, translated by Elsie B. Adams, Dalton discusses the relationship between ideology and literature, especially as it pertains to his work.]
Roque Dalton, winner of the 1969 Casa de las Américas prize for The Tavern and Other Places, was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 14, 1935. He studied anthropology and law. A student leader and journalist, he participated actively in the politics of his country; he was a member of the Communist Party in El Salvador for 22 years. On numerous occasions he was imprisoned for his revolutionary activity; in 1961 he was exiled from El Salvador by the military government. He returned clandestinely various times, and in 1964 was again imprisoned, but this time managed to escape. During his last years, he lived in Czechoslovakia and Cuba. He published three books of poems: Window in My Face, 1961; Turn of the Offended, 1963; Testimonies, 1964.
In his last years, the Salvadoran poet became a member of the People's Revolutionary Army, in whose ranks he was fighting when he was assassinated in 1975. In 1980, Casa de las Américas, of Havana, published a full anthology of his work in verse, including numerous unedited poems and others which had been published clandestinely in El Salvador under several pseudonyms.
[Benedetti:] How would you characterize the thrust of your poetry?
[Dalton:] Like a great number of Latin American poets of my age, I was born into the Nerudian world—that is, into a type of poetry dedicated to singing, to praising, to constructing a hymn to things, to humankind, to society. It was the concept of poetry-as-song. If in some way I managed to save myself from this concept of poetry, it was because of the urgency of national affairs. The national problem in El Salvador is so intricate that I was obliged to use a certain degree of complexity in framing its poetic expression—to depart, for example, from its mythology. And then, my perception of the political problem required a more profound analysis than mere adulation or condemnation. I was obliged to infuse my poetry with anecdotes and with more and more individualized characters. I then added certain narrative aspects; however, at a particular point, these too proved inadequate and I substituted for them a kind of explanation of events. My poetry thus becomes more ideological, more charged with ideas.
In this latter stage, do you also use poetry that depicts character?
Yes, I continue to use it. For example, the prize-winning book is filled with character portraits. At times, I present characters who express opinions contrary to what I think. I do that to establish a dialectical opposition at the heart of the poetic expression. The reader is the one who can resolve it.
And the subjective area?
It also exists, of course. Juxtaposed against the story are expressions of that type: simply opinions that arise from subjective appraisal of reality.
How would you judge The Tavern and Other Poems with respect to your previous work? Continuity or discontinuity?
I would say both. As far as development of expression is concerned, it represents continuity. The use of character, narrative, anecdote, etc., are all present there. But it also represents discontinuity in that it establishes, and accentuates in a new way, political expression, thus carrying the conflict to the ideological level, and breaking with some decrepit forms of the revolutionary movement in which I am in some manner immersed.
I understood that the first title was Problem Poems.
Exactly. That title had two meanings for me: first, I was influenced by the movement of concrete poetry and I wanted to play a little with typography (now concrete poetry has ceased to interest me as a typography game): bear in mind that the word problems has only three letters more that the word poems. Apart from that, I was reflecting the essence of what I wanted to express in this book in its contents, i.e.: poems that, on being submerged in ideological struggle, are themselves converted into problems.
And why did you change the title?
The situation set forth in the book is truly problematic: to accentuate it even more in the title would have been repetitive, tautological.
I believe that the great poem of the book is the one entitled "Tavern." It was also the one that most impressed the judges, in spite of its unusual dimension. What was its genesis?
"Tavern" is virtually a chronicle of the mental patterns of an important sector of Czech youth in the years 1966 and 1967. My method of work was the following: there is in Prague a very famous tavern, a beer bar which dates from the 13th century, called Ufleku, where the Czech youth meet to drink beer and talk; many foreign residents of Prague frequent it as well. On various occasions I heard bits of conversations there; they were of such interest (especially if one considers the context in which they were given: a socialist country, twenty years after the revolution) that I was impelled to take notes. Suddenly I realized that that was sociological material and that I was carrying out a sort of furtive inquiry into an entire ideology. I confess that I began with no very definite purposes, simply putting in order what I was gathering; then I thought that possibly the value of that material was its very existence, and that the most appropriate treatment of it ought to be a rigorous objectivity. I then decided to construct a poem, since the expressions I had gathered had sufficient literary quality: a poem in which it might be possible to introduce those expressions, permitting them to create the possibilities of conflict by themselves. I juxtaposed them and gave them some type of montage, but with no intention of setting priorities among them. Thus it was something like an object-poem; however, the political import was such that it ceased to be an object-poem and was converted into something eminently political.
From a formal point of view, what difference is there between the procedure that you used and that currently used by ethnologists and anthropologists? I am thinking of Oscar Lewis, or—to mention an example from Cuba—of Miguel Barnet.
In Barnet's case, there was an original purpose. One must not forget that Miguel has scientific training and worked with the intention of reconstructing a period of Cuban history. On the other hand, my point of departure was much more ingenuous. I started from the political surprise that, as a foreign Communist in Prague, I experienced on finding myself confronted with an ideological program that I did not expect to find in a country that had had twenty years of socialism. In addition, the experience of socialism that I had was the Cuban, where the sense of the heroic, the fervor of the revolution, the pride of being a Communist and revolutionary, were, naturally, every day's bread for the young; in contrast, the program set forth by the young people of Prague was a mixture of mysticism, religiosity, anti-Communism, snobbism, nihilism—that is, a group of ideological forms that imperialism exports for the consumption of those it oppresses.
I of course know that there are inevitable distortions of memory, and I am not referring to them when I ask the question: did you never put some invented expression into the mouths of the young people?
I invented practically nothing. Of course in the work of montage there were some complementary turns of phrase that provided continuity from one thought to another. At times, thinking that an idea might be better understood through the use of metaphor, I made additions in that direction. For example, there is a moment when they speak of Africa in a somewhat scornful manner. So then I made a metaphor that contained that scorn, and put in the mouth of one of the boys these words: "Africa, that black market." Nobody ever said them in the tavern, but they are a refinement of what was meant.
Was the Czech section of the book written before or after the events of August 1968?
It was written in the years 1966-1967—that is, when I lived in Prague.
It seems to me important to emphasize it, because the events of 1968 infuse your poems with a very special meaning.
Of course. My poems present the perspective of a Latin American in those years, when many of today's conflicts were gestating. The Czech part is the final section of the book. The intermediate part is a vision of my country from a foreign perspective. Once again—a poetry of character portrayal. I gave voice to the members of a very decadent, aristocratic English family, who arrive in El Salvador with the goal of reclaiming their fortune, lost in England, and who are confronted by the conditions of an underdeveloped country with the attitude of the English aristocracy of diminished means. I had information about that family through stories that I heard from my father (who, as you know, was a North American), referring to the total lack of comprehension with which those English looked at the country. I sketched those melancholy characters, and constructed a series of poems that reflect the way we Latin Americans laugh at the view that Europeans have of us. Finally—and indeed we are following an inverse order—the introductory part of the book is composed of a collection of poems without a wider unity, about various themes.
And do you continue the amorous line, which has been quite important in your poetry, in this book?
Yes. It continues at all levels: both in the uncollected poems, where there are personal amorous problems, and in the references to the English family, where a decadent amorous conflict is presented. Finally, I present from the point of view of a deformed consciousness, some aspects of love at the heart of a socialist society, when love and society are in opposition. It is an instance, founded in false values, of the exaltation of love over the baseness of a common life. There is a poem entitled "Story of a Love" that is unified through a series of documents about the tragic destiny of a couple, a foreigner and a Czech girl who marry in Prague and begin to live socialism falsely; finally, the marriage is destroyed in the most bourgeois way possible.
Through the parts of your book that I know, and through what you are telling me now, I see that it could be considered poetry of commitment. Now then, what meaning do you give to commitment?
It seems to me that for us, for Latin Americans, the moment has arrived to give structure as well as we can to the problem of commitment. In my particular case, I consider that all that I write is committed in that I see literature and life from the starting point of our most important labor as men, the fight for the liberation of our peoples. However, we ought not let this concept be converted into something abstract. I believe that it is tied to a concrete revolutionary way, and that that way is armed struggle. At this stage, I understand that our commitment is irreducible, and that all the other stages of theoretical and methodological commitment of literature to Marxism, to humanism, to the future, to the dignity of man, etc., ought to be argued and amplified, with the end of clarifying for whom others are going to practically fulfill that commitment in their work and in...
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Dale Jacobson (review date 1986)
SOURCE: "Class Poetry: Five Books from Curbstone Press," in Fiction International, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer/Fall, 1986, pp. 202-9.
[In the following review, Jacobson compares Dalton to Latin American poets Otto René Castillo and César Vallejo, and, although recognizing Dalton's power as a poet, reproaches him for being "intellectual," and for what he sees as Dalton's tendency to criticize "bourgeois" institutions using "bourgeois" standards and means, rather than writing "from the perspective of the working class."]
"This machine kills fascists," folk-singer Woody Guthrie wrote on his guitar. Here was a cultural statement that was much more...
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Seymour Menton (review date 1989)
SOURCE: "Verse," in World Literature Today, Vol. 63, No. 3, Summer, 1989, p. 459.
[In the following review of Un libro levemente odioso, a posthumous collection of Dalton's poetry, Menton singles out for special praise Dalton's poems questioning orthodox communist ideology.]
Roque Dalton is unquestionably El Salvador's most internationally known writer, in part because of his revolutionary activities in Cuba and his execution by Salvadoran guerrillas in May 1975. However, his fame also rests solidly on his literary production: Las historias prohibidas del Pulgarcito (1974), an anecdotal, multigeneric history of his country, comparable to Guillermo...
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John Beverley and Marc Zimmerman (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: "Salvadoran Revolutionary Poetry," in Literature and Politics in the Central American Revolutions, University of Texas Press, 1990, pp. 115-43.
[In the following excerpt, Beverley and Zimmerman discuss the relation of Dalton's poetry to the historical events and the revolutionary movements of Central America in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.]
The most compelling poet of the Committed Generation and the central figure in modern Salvadoran literature is clearly [Roque] Dalton. He writes as a Marxist-Leninist from within the ideological and organizational boundaries of the sectarian left in El Salvador. Though he shares with [Nicaraguan poet Ernesto] Cardenal a...
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Arturo Arias (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "Roque Dalton," in Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century, edited by Angel Flores, The H.W. Wilson Company, 1992, pp. 238-40.
[In the following essay, Arias offers a brief account of Dalton's formative influences and outlines the role of his ideology in the formation of his prose and poetry.]
The Salvadoran writer Roque Dalton is one of the greatest figures in Central American letters of this century. His genius is transcendent, both in and outside of our continent, and without doubt will continue to be so, provided that political passions give way to reason, translations multiply, and literary criticism plumbs his complex modernity.
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Publishers Weekly (review date 1996)
SOURCE: A review of Small Hours of the Night: Selected Poems of Roque Dalton, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 243, No. 30, July 22, 1996, p. 236.
[In the following review, the writer gives a thumbnail sketch of Dalton's work, praising his extravagance, wry sense of humor, and iconoclasm.]
Long overlooked in the U.S., Dalton was born in El Salvador in 1935. He joined the Communist Party and became a guerrilla in the El Salvadoran revolution, producing a massive body of poems before being murdered in 1975. The early poems, those from a young revolutionary, are full of extravagance: "I have this wild itch to laugh / or kill myself" and "I don't believe in angels /...
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Chris King (review date 1996)
SOURCE: "The Death of a Clown," in The Nation, Vol. 263, No. 9, September 30, 1996, pp. 32-33.
[In the following review, King emphasizes the qualities of revolutionary joy and wonder Dalton celebrated in his poetry.]
Roque Dalton [author of Small Hours of the Night,] once addressed a poem to a woman asking that she never speak his name when he was dead because he would rise from the ground at the sound of her voice, and he should have "earned silence" by then. I think we are safe in speaking his name, though, because nothing a North American could say now would sound good enough to summon him. Since he died in 1975, our government has secretly helped...
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Chris Searle (review date 1997)
SOURCE: A review of Small Hours of the Night: Selected Poems of Roque Dalton, in Race and Class, Vol. 39, No. 2, October-December, 1997, pp. 85-87.
[In the following review, Searle praises Dalton's "poetic genius."]
I first met the poetry of Roque Dalton of El Salvador during the late 1970s, at the height of the national liberation struggle of that tiny nation's people. I remember, in particular, the poem that imagined communism as an aspirin as big as the sun. A stunning image, I thought, recalling Donne's compasses and Marvell's chariot—is this an authentic Latin American metaphysical poet?
He is, but as the collection of his poems,...
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Further Reading
Harlow, Barbara. "Testemonio and Survival: Roque Dalton's Miguel Marmol." Latin American Perspectives 18, No. 4 (Fall 1991): 9-21.
Examines Dalton's Miguel Marmol, and contends that it not only "challeng[es] the institutions of literature, but as political analysis challeng[es] the course of history."
Pfeil, Fred. "Party Lines." The Nation 245, No. 7 (September 12, 1987): 240-42.
Compares Dalton's Miguel Marmolwith American communist Junius Scales' Cause at Heart—a remembrance of his political journey.
Additional coverage of Dalton's...
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Next term, Roberts is expected to lead the judicial front of the Republican Party's war against affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. Whether he succeeds may depend on whether it is Mitt Romney or Barack Obama who fills the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.
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Norma,Your pies look outstanding, as usual. I think i'm going to try my hand at making a Greek pie later this week. Thanks for all of your pictures, I'm often excited by your posts but don't comment on them much since I'm not very experienced and don't have much to contribute. haha! keep up the good work!


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Topic: Row not saving correctly...
I put this project down for a few weeks and I swear 1/2 of it broke in the time that nobody touched it.
Okay, I have a form to add a book to the database..
class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
def before_save
self.user_id = 1
def add
@book_conditions = BookCondition.find(:all)
if request.post?
@book = Book.new(params[:book])
@book.user_id = @user.id
if @book.save
flash[:notice] = "user_id: #{@user.id}, book.user_id: #{@book.user_id}"
# flash[:notice] = "Book Added Successfully"
redirect_to(:controller => 'user')
@user is created in a before filter
When that flash is displayed.. it shows "user_id: 1, book.used_id: 1" as it should
however, in the database the user_id is being entered as 0..
I've added the book.user_id = 1 in multiple places to try and see where it might be choking, but no matter what it is always put in the db as 0.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (136 votes).
In short: Fun in the wind and the mud!!Date of review: June 24, 2012
In short: Well done, Orpies!In full: Good call, cutting out the crossing of Shire Lane into High Elms.The loss of High Elms was made up for by the pleasant paths and trails around Farnborough, so it took nothing away, and permitted the boy racers to go about their usual Sunday business of ripping up the local roads, so a win-win situation.Looks like there were lots of kids enjoying their races as well in the carnival atmosphere later on.Date of review: June 24, 2012
Date of review: May 7, 2012
In short: Friendly, slightly hilly raceIn full: Nice scenery and fun to run through the woods. Enough of a town mix aswell. Good, friendly encouraging marshalls. Will do again.Date of review: July 21, 2011
In short: Brilliant set of races,well organised,great atmosphere with excellent marshals who are very encouraging.Shame about the bottleneck at the beginning into the woods!!Date of review: July 5, 2011
In short: Welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Superb marshalling, with encouragement along the whole route.Date of review: July 4, 2011
In short: Fab atmosphere, very friendly staff, hard course, well run event (medal too)In full: Did not know what to expect so was chuffed to find a field full of entertainment (bouncy castle / music / food / ice cream van) and warm up "baby"!! you had to be there! Very funny pre race warm up. Loads of kids events too. The staff were full of support and encouragement. It was a hot morning, and I'd just come off a 10 hour night shift so I was feeling a bit jaded. Even so, the SES Runners made their appearance (4 of us). The course was a good mix of fields and woods and a little road work, with some tough hills - if you go down 'em, you is gunna have to go up 'em). Bit of a bottleneck at the gate to get out of the field, and due to the narrow nature of the footpaths, passing was a problem. The styles and gates made for some interesting footwork. Found that I was getting embarrassed when crossing the roads as there appeared to be some long vehicle queues and I did shout out my thanks to drivers but inevitably there were some grumpy souls. The marshals did well and were full of support and encouragement. High Elms proved leg sapping but the water stations were placed well. This course doesn't lend itself to PB potential but sure makes you work for your medal. I appreciate that for a £10, getting a medal and your number sent to your address is good value, but perhaps some fruit at the end (from a local greengrocer (free advertising) could be a good idea)). All in all an event I would do again. I would not do a night shift before, I would bring the family - get the kids doing their races, do mine and then have a picnic after.Thanks to all the Orpington Runners and helpers.Date of review: July 4, 2011
In short: real family event - tough courseIn full: A lot of effort was put into this event, a bit of a carnival atmosphere, barbecue, got a 10 minute massage for a fiver at the end, so a lot of nice touches. Lots of activities for kids too. The support along the route was great - and photographers from the local school were placed along the route - the photos will apparently be free online which is nice.The race started at 11 o clock, and with the hills this made it really difficult as the sun was high in the sky - although there were quite a lot of shady wooded sections.This is definitely a race I'd do again but the tip of the day is don't go there aiming at a PB. If you go for a good welcome, somewhere you can bring the kids (there is even a 2k fun run for them)and some really nice scenery - you won't be disappointed.Date of review: July 3, 2011
In short: A tough 10k especially in the heat, the marshalls did a great jobDate of review: July 3, 2011
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It's Now Obama's Housing Market: Street Whispers
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --President Obama's re-election Tuesday offers him a second shot at fixing the economy and, thereby, the housing market.
Or is it fixing the housing market and, thereby, the economy?
The two are inextricably linked, which is why the President cannot afford to put housing issues on the backburner, even amid signs of a recovery in home prices.
Housing data in recent months have been encouraging, with the S&P Case Shiller 20-city index showing a 2% rise in August on a year-on-year basis. Housing prices in September rose 5% over a year ago, according to Core Logic , the best showing since July 2006.
The supply of homes has tightened significantly, particularly in former housing bubble states, which have worked through the bulk of their foreclosures. Lower share of distressed sales has eased the pressure on home prices. Rock-bottom interest rates have stimulated demand for homes, though the bulk of the purchases are still investor-driven.
But mortgage credit still remains largely unavailable to home buyers, unless they happen to meet the most stringent of credit quality requirements. And more than 10 million borrowers remain underwater- owe more than their homes are worth- and are struggling to refinance their debt amid low interest rates or sell their homes even as the market rebounds.
The Obama Administration has over the past four years launched a slew of programs to help revive the housing market and offer relief to borrowers. But many of the early government programs to help borrowers modify their home loans or refinance their mortgages fell grossly short of targets.
In the fall of 2011, the Treasury revamped the Home Affordable Refinance Program to allow borrowers with loans backed by Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) who were current on their payments to refinance their mortgages, even if they were deeply underwater. Previously, borrowers could refinance only if their loan-to-value ratio was less than 125%.
The newly improved refinancing program has helped boost refinancing applications significantly. More than 1.6 million borrowers have refinanced under HARP to date, of which 618,217 refinances took place in 2012, according to KBW Research.
Over the past two years, the government and federal regulators have also successfully managed to stave off a "tidal wave" of foreclosures, by imposing moratoriums on foreclosures following a robo-signing scandal and then pressuring big banks including Bank of America (BAC) , JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) to pursue alternatives to foreclosure by way of principal reductions, forbearance and short sales through a $25-billion mortgage settlement.
But President Obama still has plenty of unfinished business in housing.
On the top of his agenda is a plan to make refinancing available to even those borrowers who do not have loans backed by Fannie and Freddie.


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Classic vintage Chanel tweed mini skirt featuring cream and white tones with a zip/hook closure at back. Lightweight fabric, fully lined.
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Generous rows of long-stemmed blooms adorn our embroidered quilt and sham.
- 100% cotton batting.
- Embroidered with satin stitches, lazy-daisy stitches and pick stitches.
- Expertly ripple-quilted by hand.
- Reverses to lavender percale.
- Made of 100% cotton percale. A percale weave is a tightly woven weave, which gives the fabric a soft matte finish while providing durability and ultra breathability.
- Use only a fitted bottom sheet that is specifically made for crib use (Pottery Barn Kids fitted sheets have elastic around the top and bottom, rather than around the entire edge, for added safety), along with a mattress pad and/or a waterproof pad.
- Four-sided skirt fits around the entire crib and is tailored with split corners for easy placement around posts.
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- Do not place decorative pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins or stuffed animals in the crib while your baby is sleeping, as they may prevent proper air circulation around your baby's face.
- When your child is able to pull up to a standing position, you should remove the crib bumper.
- Sham has an envelope closure; insert sold separately.
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- Toddler Quilt: 36" wide x 50" long
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A Wild Summer
Willow Creek Winery and Well Worn Boot have teamed up for the second annual single-day camping event Wild Wild Fest.
The festival closes out the Winery's Homegrown Music Friday series by featuring several regional acts, such as: Well Worn Boot, Lazlo Hollyfeld, Funknut, Honey Spine, Jack Topht, Slyboots Drum Ensemble and Paul Antonio Magic.
Well Worn Boot is an outrageous four-piece folk rock 'n' roll band that originated in Fredonia and puts on a show full of surprises. Well Worn Boot consists of Plainsman the Flute of Boot, his trusty steed Horse on guitar, the infamous Baby Buckingham on bass and drummer named Billy Club.
I've had the pleasure of witnessing the madness that ensues when Well Worn Boot takes the stage, and I have to admit I wasn't surprised when Plainsman informed me that since we last spoke the band shared the stage with GWAR and Baby Gramps.
Well Worn Boot has also since put out a comic book and EP called "Fully Torqued," shot and edited a film entitled, "BUMRUSH! Boulder, Colorado" to be released later this fall and was nominated for Artvoice's "Best Genre Defying Artist."
"Entertainment isn't cheap nowadays, and it sucks too," Plainsman said. "What we're doing, this Wild Wild Fest thing, is only $10 to get in and none of the bands suck."
The event is set for Friday, beginning at 5 p.m. Admission is $10, and includes camping. Willow Creek Winery will provide food and beverages during the event.
Willow Creek Winery is located at 2627 Chapin Road in Silver Creek. For more information search for "Wild Wild Fest" on Facebook, visit wellwornboot.com, willowcreekwines.net or call 934-9463.
As per usual, here are the highlights and happenings going on in the area.
The 50-Year Anniversary Of Artistic Impressions To Be Held Through September: Artistic Impressions by Western New York artist Geri Mormile will begin Tuesday and run through Monday, Sept. 30.
The exhibit will be located at the Lakewood Memorial Library Gallery, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. The gallery is located at 12 W. Summit St. in Lakewood. For more information, call 763-6234.
The Spire To Host Logo Design Contest: The Spire Theater is looking for the best logo design for its new website, in-spire.us.
The rules include designing a logo with the following criteria: letters and symbols which read "in-spire.us" on a white backdrop; email the design to firstname.lastname@example.com by Monday; and a panel of judges will decide on the logo based on design quality, pixilation, media versatility and marketability.
The logos which make it past the first round will be posted in an album on The Spire Theater's Facebook, and the design which earns the most likes over the course of two weeks will win. The logo will be used as the new cover image for the Facebook page in addition to the website as well as potentially be utilized when designing merchandise or other media. The winner will receive a season pass to The Spire Theater, in addition to recognition.
Auditions For The Burlesque and Rock Revue "Black Satin" To Be Held This Month: "Black Satin" will provide area residents with an opportunity to perform alongside a Broadway star at the Reg Lenna Civic Center on Jan. 18, 2014.
Masked Productions' "Black Satin" is a Burlesque and Rock Revue with a modern twist on "Grease." The girls are scintillating dancers and the guys are rock stars. The nonstop song and dance concert will consist of everything from yesterday's classic rock numbers to roaring hot jazz songs.
Case Dillard, the male lead Bert in Mary Poppins on Broadway will choreograph and perform in the production.
Auditions will be held Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. The casting call is open for the following: female dancers, who should be prepared to learn a choreographed dance number at the audition; female and male soloists, who should prepare a song which showcases register, timbre and performance ability; and rock bands, whom should prepare a classic rock cover.
Those interested in auditioning must email contact information and a headshot or recent photo to email@example.com.
Free Community Day To Be Held At Farmers' Market Friday: The 8th annual Farmers' Market Community Day will be held Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the weekly Univera Healthcare Downtown Jamestown Farmers' Market.
The event will feature an array of activities and informational booths promoting healthy eating, exercise and community gardening. It will also feature: The Jamestown Pediatrics' 1k Kids Run; a live broadcast by WRFA; an agricultural display by The Soil Conservation Service; a performance by The Steel Pan Alley Drum band from Infinity Visual and Performing Arts; a magic show by Mike Baron, an appearance and activities with The Chautauqua County Dairy Princess; livestock corral display by the 4H Steer Committee; balloon animals by JJ Jingles the clown; and more.
The event will be held rain or shine in Foundry Alley and West Third Street, which is next to the Dr. Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center. For more information, call the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation at 664-2477 or visit www.jrconline.org.
The 30th Anniversary Of 'The Natural' Celebration To Be Held At South Dayton Village Park: The celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday, Sept. 8, from noon-5 p.m.
It will feature train rides, amusement rides, a model train display, antique cars, games, food, crafts, music, movie, a baseball game and more.
On Saturday, Slim Griffin Band will play from 3-5 p.m., and there will be a spaghetti dinner at the fire hall from 4:30-6:30 p.m. On Sunday, a beef on weck lunch in the park will take place from noon-2 p.m., and Mountain Railroad Band will play from 1-3 p.m.
For more information, call 988-5975.
To include an upcoming show or event in this column, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 487-1111, ext. 253 by Monday.
Mayville And Chautauqua Concert In The Park Series With Country Royalty: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeside Park in Mayville.
Blue Grass Jam: 7-10 p.m., Celoron Legion, 26 Jackson Ave. in Celoron.
Bill Ward And Amanda Barton: 6-9 p.m., Hadley House, 3328 Hadley Bay Road in Stow.
We Speak Canadian: 8 p.m. to midnight, Bellini Lounge, 215 W. Lake Road (Route 394) in Mayville.
Day Old Soup: 9 p.m. to midnight, Webb's Captain's Table, 115 W. Lake Road in Mayville.
Grand Larseny: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Peek'n Peak, 1405 Olde Road in Findley Lake.
Busti Gazebo Concert Series Featuring Beyond Illusion: 7 p.m., Busti Gazebo in Busti.
Opera House Cinema Series To Screen "The Way, Way Back": 7:30 p.m., 1891 Fredonia Opera House, 9 Church St. in Fredonia.
Face Down In High Water: 8 p.m. to midnight, Pine Junction, 9757 Bailey Hill Road in Sherman.
Day Old Soup: 8 p.m. to midnight, The Boardwalk in Mayville.
Trivia And Dance Party With DJs Unlimited: 8-11 p.m., Celoron Legion, 26 Jackson Ave. in Celoron.
Grand Larseny: 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Peek'n Peak, 1405 Olde Road in Findley Lake.
Brian K. Chase: 4-7 p.m., The Boardwalk in Mayville.
Brian Butler And House of Cards: 8-11 p.m., Hadley House, 3328 Hadley Bay Road in Stow.
Opera House Cinema Series To Screen "The Way, Way Back": 7:30 p.m., 1891 Fredonia Opera House, 9 Church St. in Fredonia.


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InSTEP Rocket Double Bike Trailer and Stroller
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The InSTEP® Rocket Double Bike Trailer and Stroller makes life easy for active parents on the go. This easy-to-maneuver kids' trailer is sturdy, lightweight and effortlessly converts into a stroller. It features a bug screen and weather shield to protect your kids at they ride in tow, and deluxe seating will keep them comfy enough to fall asleep. This double bike trailer by inStep® opens and folds in seconds and attaches to most bikes.
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I was just wondering if anyone knew when this will be available for purchase!!! i need to buy another IngenuiTEA (so i can use one at work and one at home). I would like to purchase one of the new ones if possible!
info on the new IngenuiTEA can be found in this TeaMuse article


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As I noted in my recent remarks at the Brookings Institution, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the DRC, deserves a much higher place on the world's foreign policy priorities list. Conflict in the DRC has resulted in more than five million deaths since 1998. No other conflict or act of violence since World War II has come anywhere close to taking so many lives. Eastern DRC's chronic instability also negatively impacts the security, political, economic, and development goals of the country's nine neighbors. This is one of the reasons why it is imperative for the United States and the international community to work with the DRC and other regional partners to break this cycle of death and suffering and address the consequences of this violence.
The United States has worked tirelessly to help address the underlying causes of instability, but if the world does not get more serious about finding a formula that will lead to a lasting arrangement for stability in the DRC, then it is highly probable that the same cycle of violence, and its subsequent horrors, will continue. I do not believe that we can, or that we should, accept this status quo. We must do much better.
Breaking the eastern DRC's cycle of violence and instability requires four basic components, all four of which are equally important and protect the territorial integrity of the DRC. First, the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, and other countries in the region must sign and implement the United Nations framework agreement as soon as possible.
Second, this agreement should be augmented by establishing a comprehensive peace process around the agreement's principles. Such a peace process won't be easy, which is why the United States supports the development of strong enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance, and the appointment of a high-level UN envoy dedicated to pushing the peace process forward.
Third, a regional intervention brigade must be stood up and integrated into MONUSCO, the UN's peacekeeping mission in the DRC. Such a force will provide MONUSCO with the capacity to prevent rebel groups in the eastern DRC from threatening civilian populations, committing human rights abuses, and undermining efforts to restore stability, security, good governance, development, and economic opportunity.
Fourth, and finally, the DRC Government must build on its incremental reform progress by implementing long-overdue reforms. And if the international community is serious, international assistance should be conditioned on the DRC Government making further reform progress.
Finding a sustainable solution to the protracted instability in the DRC will continue to be a daunting challenge, but we should not shrink from acting because the way forward is difficult. We must build on the courage and resiliency of the Congolese people for a brighter future for the DRC and for Africa as a whole.
Molly in Washington, D.C. writes:
The loss of five million lives? It's wrong that this is not front page news.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Johnny Carson,
I look at the ways and means of this nation's approach to conflict, whether directed against us as not; as to what assesment (as historical evaluation), would the State Dept.'s of the year 2113 be in regards to;
A) The decision to use force in international cooperative governance on humanitarian grounds to permanently resolve indemic and pervasive conflict, end bloodshead, and create a secure space for civil restoration, nation building, and good self-governance that is peaceful and sustainable.
B) Terrorism as a late entry into the dustbin of history.
C) The developmental and evolutionary Diplomatic process and legal framework in international fora that facilitated the above mentioned efforts and initiatives on a global scale.
D) Public imput into AB&C above as it has effected outcome(s).
E) Thinking outside the box:-) A study in the evolution of America's diplomatic and foreign policies in the post 9/11 era.
F) What more could have been done to end conflict faster with a minimal cost in civilian lives.
G) What influence and efforts of hostile governments and non-government org's (to the US and NATO effort), had in affecting policy outcomes in resolving conflict; and it's response on the international level.
Last but not least;
H) WMD's and their abolishment; Patterns of global insecurity and their effecive countermeasures.
I'm sure they'll think up more in the next hundered years, but these are all character limits will allow for now, and offered as food for thought for this next week's proposed;
"Look ahead."
[someone please send this to Jay Carney-c/o The President's desk ...thanks!(like that's gonna happen?(grin)]
Murli writes:
Your writing skill is very appreciative. You have mentioned about it in very clear way.
Good job! Please keep posting.
Joseph O. in Uganda writes:
what about a lasting solution to corruption in africa?
Patrick A. in Uganda writes:
As long as the the governments is the Eastern DR CONGO are managed by mafias especially Ugnada and Rwanda where the two heads states have institutionalized state power and played to tune of the west i see no solution to the violence in Eastern DR CONGO
Paul N. in the United Kingdom writes:
I am a Congolese living in UK because of US bad foreign policy towards my country in supporting Mobutu and now the Rwanda born and bred warlord Joseph Kabila who lost the election but kept in power to serve his masters in US (mining firms) and EU. The Congolese victims of your foreign policy are asking the US to extraditate Bosco N'taganda another Rwanda warlord that helped US in looting Congo minerals by killing, raping, training minors to commit abominable crimes so that US mining companies can exploit the land in chasing away local people elderly alike. The US government cannot use the excuse that they have signed the treaty for refusing to transfer one of Paul Kagame killers to the Hague. You cannot be vocals about the crimes committed by Assad in Syria and turn a blind eye about your crimes in Congo through Paul Kagame, Museveniand Joseph Kabila the trio Tutshi mafia working for US and EU along Laurent Nkundabatware, James kabarere. If Exxon and other US oil firms were operating in Syria under Assad, he could receive support from the US and EU as the regime in Bahrain, Paul Kagame, Musevsni. Congo is not a US colony nor a territory for US to decide who run the country as the corrupt US ambassador urged corrupt policians to siege in the assembly where members were picked by Paul Kagame representative in Congo Joseph Kabila. The message to the enemies of Congo is that Congo will be liberated by Congolese and a democracy will flourish led by our elected president Etienne Tshisekedi to bring prosperity, security and development to our long suffering people because of the wealth provided by God to our beloved country.


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I don't want to see FUN. Headline, but I dont call the shots and i never ever question or doubt the PBC.
Truth is if FUN. Is on that poster I would have no choice but to give their music a listen to see what all the fuss is about
I see it's a bunch of the grouchy old boardies trying to troll everyone and push this Fun rumor. Good job everyone.
Fucking Fun isn't headlining. I fucking hate this place. Why do I even come here? Jesus christ.
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Fuck i really hope they are not on the lineup
my source on the inside who texts me every year just told me the lineup would be released the 23rd and the headliners are bjork, mumford and elton john.
Lick an orange, it tastes like an orange. Lick a pineapple, it tastes like a pineapple. Go ahead, try it. Try some more. The strawberries taste like strawberries. The snozzberries taste like snozzberries! We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Come along, come along.
I thought Bjork died last summer shaving his legs.
Everyone's a Photographer
Who told me that they'd heard wind of Thomas Bangalter doing some fun. edits? Was it Nick?
1/17: Marching Church @ Rickshaw Stop
1/23: No Age @ Starline Social Club
1/26: The She's, Terry Malts @ The Independent
1/27: Heron Oblivion @ The Chapel
1/27: Christopher Rau, Jordan @ f8
1/29: Silver Shadows, CCR Headcleaner @ Hemlock Tavern
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Rolling Stone really isn't cool!
But, I think Time Out Of Mind, Love and Theft, Modern Times as a trilogy deserves every plaudit that comes its way. Time out of Mind is a little overrated, but Love and Theft would be in my top five Bob albums, no questions asked. Together Through Life was actually really poor, but Tempest last year was awesome.


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Fed Pushing Banks Back Into Risky Business: Moody's
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Low interest rate policies promoted by the Federal Reserve , European Central Bank and other central banks around the world are a key issue for the banking sector as firms dial up their risk to boost earnings, according to ratings agency Moody's Investor Service .
Moody's highlights low rates as the second biggest risk for banks in 2013 because they undermine banks' profitability, create asset bubbles and could pressure C-Suites on Wall Street to take on too much risk by way of providing financing to clients and increasing risk tolerances in their securities portfolios.
The prospect that banks will overextend their balance sheets to finance merger and private equity deals -- and hold high yielding assets that may backfire -- is reminiscent of the days prior to the financial crisis. That's when the Fed's low rates propelled firms to finance debt-laden buyout deals of a seemingly ever increasing size. Meanwhile, a chase for yield spawned complex financial products that carried more risk than what firms had anticipated or could tolerate.
In fact, Moody's indicates such a scenario is already causing banks to return to some of their pre-crisis ways, even if products like collateralized debt obligations and subprime real estate securities that got banks in trouble remain in a thaw.
"The basic point certainly is increased risk taking," says Robard Williams, a Vice President at Moody's. "Risks can be clouded by low rates," adds Williams, who notes an increasing exposure to longer dated assets and ones with increasing credit risk in a rising interest rate environment.
In a report published on Thursday, Moody's highlights low interest rates as the second biggest lingering risk for the global banking system in 2013 - only surpassed by macroeconomic issues such as a weak global growth and continued economic stress in Europe.
"This loosening will be further encouraged by greater risk appetite from the bond market, which the banks compete against in providing financing to their clients. Another threat is that banks take on greater credit or extension risk in their securities portfolios to achieve higher yields," the Moody's analysts add.
On a more fundamental level, low rates pressure the interest income and margins of America's largest banks. In fourth quarter earnings, falling yields caused interest margins to fall farther than expected for Wells Fargo (WFC) , the largest mortgage lender in America.
In the U.S., a third round of monetary easing by the Federal Reserve in September targets the mortgage market and has pushed 30-year Fannie Mae mortgage rates near all-time lows just above 3%. The Fed also expects yields to stay low well into 2015 and also after gross domestic product (GDP) growth starts to accelerate in the U.S.


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Hey Cleveland fans, go ahead and boo the crap out of Thome. Why?
1. He plays for our biggest rivals. All White Sox should be booed at all times.
2. The guy refused to waive his no trade clause. Look, everyone knew he would not be back in Cleveland. Someone was going to make him an offer ha can't refuse and we were not going to match it. So man up, waive your no trade clause, and allow the team and city that meant soooo much to you to get something for you.
I actually don't have to boo him here in Cleveland. I took the oppurtunity to boo him while with Philly. Couple of guys headed down to Cincy, saw their new park, and sat on the first base line and let him have it for 9 innings. All the Reds fans wanted to know why we hated him so bad, and when we told them we were Tribe fans, the entire section heckled his every move. And when a groundball went between his legs, it was like heaven on earth.


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Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone's eyes. They're dates, the numbers. Dates predicting with brute accuracy each person's death.Burdened by such grim knowledge, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. Maybe they can find happiness together, if only in the brief time that remains before his expiration date. But on a trip to London, Jem foresees a chilling chain of events: The city's a target.The clock's running out.The countdown is on to a blowup!
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American message
ca. 1941-1945
During World War II the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) gathered and analyzed intelligence information, ran guerrilla campaigns, and conducted psychological warfare against Germany, Italy, and Japan. The CORNFLAKES project was devised by the OSS's Morale Operations Branch (MO). It tried to convince Germans to fight against the Nazis by placing counterfeit letters with anti-Nazi messages in the German mail. CORNFLAKES letters included leaflets like this one. The leaflet is an anti-Nazi propaganda leaflet written in German.
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GreenChef Khatija Dadabhoy | Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
Contributing Monkie Khatija Dadabhoy
Published on May 18, 2009
Chewy Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
(by Khatija Dadabhoy of Ghalia Organic Deserts)
On this episode of G Living GreenChefs, Boise Thomas helps out GreenChef Khatija Dadabhoy make vegan chocolate chip cookies. Life doesn't get any better than this. Right.
For the Cookies:
2 ¼ Cups Whole wheat pastry Flour or Spelt
1/2 Tsp. Baking soda, aluminum-free
1/2 Tsp. Salt
½ Cup Earth Balance, melted and cooled
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Silken Tofu, blended
2 Tsp. Vanilla
1 ½ Cup Pecans, chopped
1 Cup Chocolate Chips, semisweet
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Click HERE to read the interview that Nate Ruess of Fun. did with Jay Z's blog, Life + Times.
"I write from my head because I don't play an instrument. I'll generally write an entire song and I'll bring it to the rest of the band and we collectively make it our own."


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How to avoid the classic mistakes couples make when trying nonmonogamy
1:00 Host chat
Nothing to see here; move along!
2:00 Interview: Four mistakes couples make when opening up with Marcia Baczynski
Thanks to Marcia for sharing with us these four tips! Where to find Marcia:
- Successful Nonmonogamy Marcia's free ebook on the four mistakes couples make when opening up is on this site!
- Good girl recovery
- Last time Marcia was on the podcast was Episode 337, Successful Nonmonogamy
- She'll soon be launching a comprehensive online course on how to try nonmonogamy—stay tuned!
And here we go! The classic mistakes:
- Not knowing what you want. Poly may mean different things to different folks. Take the time to talk about what you want and direct the picture in your head; this also means you develop terminology for future discussions. It's also useful to take stock of your current relationship.
- Going too fast. Many couples move way too fast, and a few move too slowly. Find your comfortable pace. This isn't about restrictions; it's about taking the time to enjoy experience, as with any romance. Enjoy the journey! Take the time to find your comfort zone rather than diving in headfirst.
- Avoiding jealousy. Don't ignore the truth of negative emotions because you think it makes you a bad poly person. That only leads to uncomfortable situations. No one is too "good" to be jealous. Just admit and deal with your jealousy.
- Trying to be the perfect poly person. Feeling that you have to be perfect either for your partner or to prove that poly was a good choice for you are both self-destructive beliefs to hold. Nothing beats admitting your emotions. Practice some tough love on yourself! No one was perfect at poly the first (or even the last) time they tried it. Be willing to be vulnerable.
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All NRA?Members Aren't Extremists
To the Readers' Forum:
Recently I read in The Post-Journal, the article "Hunters Are Silenced in Gun Debate." It started out all right, at least the first 35 words. As I read the rest of the article, my blood started to boil when they called the National Rifle Association "extremist." I blew up! I am an NRA member and proud of it! I have guns because I enjoy them. I shoot clay pigeons, paper targets and a deer or turkey now and then. I am a hunter, a shooter, a member of the NRA and because I am an NRA member I am called an "extremist."
Please remember this: the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land.
The First Amendment gives us freedom of Religion, Speech and Press, Rights of Assembly and Petition.
The Second Amendment gives us the right to bear arms. It says a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. What part of infringed don't people understand? If it wasn't for the NRA, the Second Amendment would have been destroyed years ago and so would all of our guns.
Obama's hometown, the city of Chicago, where they have very strict gun control laws still had over 500 murders. How's that working for them?
I don't know the answers that will stop the gun violence. I would like to see the NRA and law enforcement people get together and come up with something that would work. Get the politicians out of it! they are only looking for votes or a pat on the pact.
Again, I am a hunter, gun owner and I belong to an organization called the NRA.
Gary Sickles Sr.


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