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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.
So I'm going to England in a few days… Aug 16, 2011
This is pretty much how I start every conversation to any person anywhere right now. If you're my grocer, you know I'm going to England in a few days. If you're my pharmacist, my hair dresser, the lady who answers the phone for my hair dresser, my doctor, my kids' doctor, my neighbor, my other neighbor, my neighbor's dog: They all know I'm going to England in a few days.
I've nearly run up and down the streets naked screaming it.
"Nearly" being "thought about it once."
I'm wild like that.
As I've travelled more in recent years, I am much more relaxed about plane travel. Mostly. I still grab a random stranger's arm if the plane hits turbulence and still pray to physics that we don't come crashing down because Daniel Bernoulli was really smoking weed when he came up with this principal and we're all suckers for a good theory. At one point, during a horrifically bouncy ride from NY to Seattle, the young airplane mechanic in the seat next to me went in to great detail how safe flying is. He rattled off statistics and spouted off sayings such as "turbulence is just a bumpy road to an airplane," and "the air is actually pushing the plane up, not down" and "hey, you don't have to be in the crash position, lady." I still think of him when the plane starts to race down the runway and I'm looking out the window thinking, "FASTER. WE ARE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH. THERE IS NO WAY THIS THING WIL…." and I squeeze my eyes shut as the engine screams and we tilt up up until that pocket of time where your stomach dips in to your legs. (Seriously, every.time.) I'm usually the only person that looks up with glee like an unexpected surprise, "WE DIDN'T DIE!" while other people pretend to be really interested in the Sky Mall catalog.
So it is that I'm leaving for Manchester in six days. Six days until I head to EEUK. Six days until I remember I have a speech to finish. Six days until I try to have an international flight which does not end with me losing my voice or getting lost on trains. Six days until I get to see this group of nerds. Six days until my trip re-routes me to Holland again on my return flight where a lot of people speak dutch and I don't.
Six days until I am back in the space of my existence that is beginning to feel as normal as breathing: going, doing, sharing, seeking, flying. Even if I still hardly believe it's real.
**If you happen to be in the area, be sure to register for EEUK. You'll want to be there. Seriously. Be sure to find me, I'll be the one in the corner rocking back and forth prior to my speech muttering things about picturing the audience naked.
BlogHer 2011: a usual recap Aug 14, 2011
The Perfection of Imperfect.
It can be overwhelming here. BlogHer can cripple those with a great self esteem. There are so many women, so many pitches, so many places to feel left out and alone in a sea of thousands. There are women with the right outfit, the tight ass, the amazing cleavage. There are people who print the highest quality business cards, carry their elevator pitch ready at a moment, who say all the right things.
Then there's us.
To me Lotus is my BlogHer 11. We wear comfortable clothing and flip flops. We walk around with armpit sweat and unwashed hair. We don't wear a pedicure. We don't have the fancy business cards or elevator pitches and it we don't even possibly pretend. We come as we are: raw, creative, expressive.
I'm blessed in the way I believe a rare few people can experience, but those who understand are gathered together a handful of times a year. I am blessed in the way of extended family, spanning continents and timezones; cultures and languages; politics and religion. I am blessed in glitter and laughs, in comfortable silence, in shared creative expression.
The whirlwind of hugs and greetings and recognition awakens a hibernating joy. There's a piece of happiness that bubbles from something hidden, something quietly waiting those who know the secret to unlock.
*Amy, also, totally GETS IT. Here we are together. Taking photos of the ceiling in the elevator. Because we do.
I see myself suddenly as they see me; as I see them. We encourage one another to achieve that absolute most that is possible within ourselves. They know the words, eloquent at time, sarcastically hilarious at others, that push me to heights. They understand a part of me that is vulnerable but confident. They connect with me more deeply because they understand. They get the striving, the seeking, the drive because they strive, seek, and jump. We share this together and I know together we are even more amazing than we are alone. Together we achieve the impossible, we jump even further, we fly even higher. I see myself being all they see, all they are, all they help me become.
The night ends late and the morning comes too early. The plane arrives to carry me home, a false mechanical high. I am flying on my own possibility, of all the potential these people inspire in me, and I know a love different than hollywood romance but equal in passion: I love this community, of what they bring out in me, of who they make me be, and where we can go together. For that I am forever grateful. This month marks 8 years of blogging. It's no longer a hobby, it's my family. And I am in love with them.
**Special thanks to Amy and Tricia for being wonderful as always and those of you who made my time memorable: Those picture here. God I love you. You have no idea.
Shuffle: No longer with EllisLab, now freelancing again Aug 02, 2011
He shuffles in from the rain. He is going as quickly as he knows how, realizing there is no reason to go any faster. He carries a vase of fresh flowers. He is walking in to Starbucks.
I watch people while I work. I am working as quickly as I can knowing there is no reason to hurry. I'm as vibrant as a vase of fresh flowers.
The man joins a table of elderly people. He has a community and they welcome him. He places the vase in the middle of the small, round, wood table and leans back to smile.
I can't help but compare my own table to theirs. To them I am sitting on a computer, alone, in the corner. But you and I both know I am among friends; my own community of peers and friends and well-wishers. While you do not hand me flowers in a vase, you provide me with the same joy and comfort. As I start a new beginning, a jump off a precipice if you will, I am greeting with my own well wishers. And I sit back at my small, round wood table and smile.
The Precipice Jul 11, 2011
Life is a mindset. Life can get in the way of living if you let it. Practicality. Reality. Analysis. Risk.
I do not sit idle well. Beyond what I assume would qualify me for major intervention in a public school system possibly including tranquilizers, I pursue ideals the way children pursue sugar highs. I crave them. At times it can be annoying, I'm sure. "Oh! LOOK! I have the opportunity to [go] [see] [do] this [thing] [place] [job]!" Sometimes I annoy my self with my own enthusiasm. The bubble, it rises quickly and pops easily.
There are risks in life beyond measure. Deciding to return to graduate school, to take that perfect seeming job, to raise children with your spouse; these are beyond resources the mind can grasp. Sleepiness, fear, failure. Real consequences to ideals that each begin as an enthusiastic mind-set.
But the precipise does not come once a lifetime. As you stagger through the rocky terrain of aging, stumbling, climbing, learning, the road twists back upon itself and forces decisions at each turn. Do you jump or do you side step?
I? I jump. And I don't look back.
Life Impractical Jul 07, 2011
I live with an Engineer. I work with software developers. My life is a sort of a living excel spreadsheet. If things are to be done, they are to be done in order, logically, after much research and testing.
Only thing is? I am an anomaly. I picture myself standing in front of The Man watching myself on TV screens of utter chaos being told I'm the One who has to introduce spontaneity.
Introducing The Life Impractical.
A year ago this month I made promises to myself. This came on the heals of my "HOLYSHIT I TURN THIRTY FIVE" moment. Since that time my life has turned an incredible corner. Doors don't just open, they fly open.
I've achieved much of what I ached to do last year: Visit Germany, Outline The Book, Find someone interested enough to promote and publish The Book, meet amazing people in my field, become grounded in the person who carries around this 35 year old body. All these things I am grateful for. But I am also excited about the prospect of what is to come. It has only wetted the appetite I have to BE, DO, LOVE.
I'm blown away at opportunity, at what is available to achieve and who I can potentially be. I am blown away because it defies all logic. I do not understand the ways of the world and I do not want to second guess them but here, from this precipice, again, I decide one thing: Live a life impractical.
The Red Stapler around the world Jul 06, 2011
There are some people who are genuinely the type of person who helps remind me humanity can be awesome. The first time I met Suebob in person, we were in an elevator at BlogHer Chicago 2009. She walked in with her PJs on, a huge grin, and a welcome hug. "Hi Flinger!" It's a moment where you realize we're not just bloggers, we're people. We laughed about her PJs, we talked about our websites. We had the kind of friendship that you only get in that initial meeting with other bloggers: the kind where they KNOW you. Possibly even more than your family does.
She's spent years lifting each of us up, being a voice of compassion and comfort. She doesn't just wear her PJs in an elevator, she takes that comfortable loving spirit with her to every blog she's been involved with.
I love this community more than I can express to non-bloggers. People like Suebob keep this community alive and nurtured. Please go tell Suebob happy birthday today.
Suebob: WE LOVE YOU!! Happy Birthday!!
Other posts from some of the people who love her:
"For the love of Suebob".
Happy Birthday Suebob!.
Suebob changed my life.
Happy 50th Birthday Suebob.
Happy Birthday to Suebob.
Today its Suebob's Birthday.
A note to Sp@mmers Jun 29, 2011
Hey, thanks Colon Cleanse Spam, but my colon doesn't get as many visitors as my house does. If you can send some small gnomes to clean my dishes, I might reply to this email.
Love, Leslie.
Missing: French Maid Uniform Jun 18, 2011
I'm literally on my hands and knees scrubbing our kitchen tiles. It's my husband's birthday today: June 18th. I'm listening to him put an IKEA shelf together with the children in the other room. What a way to spend your birthday, I think. Hey honey! Let's clean the house!
The thing is, this is how we roll. We don't have a cleaning person so if the kitchen is going to get presentable, I'll be the one to do it. We don't have lawn boys to do our yard work for us so if the weeds are going to be pulled, it will be our family pulling them. We have a lot, and I'm not even being dramatic here, a lot of work to do on our old 1963 "well loved" velveteen-rabbit of a house. And if it's going to be done, we'll be the ones to do it. Every weekend. For ever.
I have friends with cleaning people, or yard people, or nannies. I have co-workers that run the math for me about money versus time. I'm sure we're not utilizing our time as efficiently as possible as I theoretically could spend all evenings earning more income with freelance and all weekends farming out our chores while we bond as a family.
I know these facts and yet, this is how we choose to do things. We might have the ugliest fireplace in the history of fireplaces but when we change it out, we'll be painting it together. We might have the hole in the wall from the previous owner but it's become a lower priority to all the other chores. The children's bathroom is still broken and I know we'll get to it eventually.
My four year old son plays "who can pull the biggest weed" with me. We laugh at just how big that root is, or how tall that weed got or watch a worm crawl in the dirt. We let the children wipe up the tables and teach them to take off their shoes when they walk in the front door because mommy just cleaned the floor and will lose her shit if you muddy it up right away. It's a timeless middle-class adage that the chores come first before play. We try to do both, simultaneously, and listening to my husband show the kids how to put together a shelf and recycle the box it came in, on his birthday, reminds me why I married him in the first place.
Happy Birthday, Babe. Let's clean the toilets next.
If I look 19, you're a purple horse Jun 14, 2011
Saturday we had a small going away party for some friends of ours. They're moving back to LA after two years of this
shitty weather
northwest experience. I thought I'd help out since it was a last minute party and offered to bring some beer. I mean, comon, you need beer at a party for bloggers. Or anyone, for that matter.
I stopped at the brewery to pick up a growler of local fare.
"Can I see your ID?"
Sure you can. Thank you for asking. Oh, hon, you're just so lovely.
Let me find it here. Hang on.
One sec.
Ok, it's in here somewhere.
No, I don't know where else it would be. It would be HERE. HERE IN MY PURSE.
It's gotta be here. One more check.
Ok, look, I'm thirty-five. Can I just have the beer?
"No, Ma'am, I need to scan your ID"
Look, you just called me MA'AM. That should work, right?
"No, I can't let you have the beer."
DUDE. I have grey hair! Do you see this body? THIS IS A WOMAN'S BODY, not a girl, not a young, mid, late twenties. Hell, not even early thirties. I'm Mid-Life now. AND I NEED BEER.
"Yea, no, we can't do that. I'm sorry."
The people behind me are starting to foam at the mouth. Their beer is within reach and this lady, THIS OLD LADY, is arguing to get her damn beer from a 19 year old who probably isn't even old enough to be in the bar.
Gah. Fine. But I'll remember this!
I leave empty handed and head to the party. I relay the story. People think I should be flattered. "It's flattering! They thought you were young!" It's a load of crap but it's nice.
Thankfully there was plenty of beer at the party already so no bunnies got punched in the face.
Just to prove we're the kind of rad people who send our friends off to California all proper, I even gave Tricia a lap dance.
'Cause that's what we do when we're old. And I did it better than a 19 year old.
———————In other news———————-
I'd like to congraluate my parents on their official marriage. They tied the knot via facebook this morning.
All I have to say is thank you for being such a great example to your grown children. It's about fucking time.
When mommy bloggers and brands connect in Seattle Jun 08, 2011
#Life#Best Of#Getting to know me#Working Mom
Last night I drove in to town for the SMC Seattle event my friend Maya put together. I say "Drove In To Town" because home-girl lives outside the city and in the past year has transformed from a Houston-size-city-girl to someone who can't navigate anything bigger than Wichita Falls.
I put the address in to my GPS and my iPhone puts up a message, "Go toward the fucking Space Needle. Then ARRIVE IN SE-ATTLE." No, I swear it said that. I'm pretty sure my phone called me a moron.
Forty minutes of sitting on a floating bridge head-bobbing to people in cars next to me as we do a dance of this-or-that-lane later, I fight, literally, to arrive at a parking spot that costs more than 5 half gallons of ultra organic milk flown in over night from France. Thankfully I wasn't even late.
Walking in to the room now shaking and feeling the traffic sweat stains lining my shirt, I find exactly four people I know. No! Five! I met one other girl briefly a few years ago. That counts. There is a large crowd of faces. There are all types of people with vaginas and five - tops - people with the other parts. I find a group of three young men standing in a sea of women. "Uh, you know this is about connecting to MOMMY BLOGGERS," I offer in case they didn't realize we'd all have baggage and thought this was some sort of freak-awesome party. I sort of look out for people like that. Setting expectations and all.
The panel itself was lovely. All the panelist were genuinely fabulous and Maya couldn't have found a more diverse group to speak. Sitting next to me was the most lovely, sincere, amazing new-blogger and local TV personality Jenni. She's pretty much an angel. In our answers she's talking about how to leverage her traffic to give things to charity or work with brands to benefit the homeless or solving world peace and helping all children get medical attention and I'm all, "OH! You know what? VEEV sent me a bottle of this amazing Acai Berry spirit and I LOVED IT…. IT WAS GOOD, Y'ALL. NO REALLY." I lost brain cells just opening my mouth. Thankfully the audience laughed with me most of the night. There's something comforting about hearing laughter. Not in the way that the cheerleaders and jocks did in Jr. High the time you had your skirt tucked in to your pantyhose walking down the hallway, but more in the sense that you feel like THEY GET YOU.
In fact, I felt that a lot last night.
As we talked, sharing our stories, our experiences, it wasn't a social media discussion anymore: It was people connecting as people. It was all up in the "EYE ARE ELL" as I saw people smile or nod or laugh or start to doze off. These are the faces behind the computers. These are people tweeting shit that comes out of my mouth. Shit that actually turned out pretty decent since they made it so easy to be honest and real.
In a sea of perfect strangers, I connected with so many women and exactly two men. Sarcasm, geekhood, stories. It was a space where I could be myself, even if less than perfect, or self conscious, or regretting my shoe decision. In the end, Scott Berkun was right, a crowd of strangers is really just a group of future friends.
And nobody has to be pictured naked.


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CAIRO, EGYPT-The men and women Youth A World Championships started today (July 23) at the Nasr City Sporting Club in Cairo Egypt. For Youth A World competitions, the schedule of events depends upon the number of athletes on the start list. The Swimming will be held today and the combined event will be contested tomorrow. The fencing event depends on the number of entrants since there are no semi-finals. A large number of entries will split the fencing into two days (men on Thursday and women on Friday), otherwise both fencing events will be held on Day 1.
The USA Pentathlon Men's Youth National team is represented by Nathan and Lucas Schrimsher, Andrew Jayne, and Andrew Wiggins. Lucas Schrimsher is fresh off a strong showing in the European Open Youth B championships earlier this month in Portugal. His brother Nathan was the Youth A gold medalist at the US Youth A National Championships in early June. Andrew Jayne is fresh off of his competition at the Junior World Championships held two weeks ago in Kaohsiung City. Andrew Wiggins made his debut at the US Youth A championships and featured a exceptionally strong swim in his performance in June.
The women are represented by Anna Olesinski of New Mexico. Fresh off of her top ten finish at the European Open Youth B Championships, she looks forward to proving how strong she really is.
The Youth A team will be coached by Jan Olesinski of New Mexico. Saturday will be an off day for the competitors with time being spent sight-seeing or relaxing. A men's and women's relay will be held on Sunday as well as a mixed (one man, one women) relay.
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I have been exercising at CURVES for a couple years. I (and the other women that enjoy this exercise venue) want the public to know why CURVES is a great place to exercise.
1. Curves is easy! You're in and out in 30 minutes, including stretching after the workout. Because the staff sanitizes them twice a day, you never have to wipe down the machines, and you don't have to adjust the equipment, ever.
2. Diet, exercise, and community are integrated into the CURVES experience. A nutritional component is an option. The machines and exercises work the whole body. Coaches are attentive to you while you are working out to keep your form safe and effective. By working out at CURVES at least three times a week, your body remains limber. Because we are all women, we build community as we visit during the workout. According to motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar, who promotes CURVES, the community aspect is so important; we enjoy our time at CURVES, so we keep coming.
3. Because CURVES is for sale, the hours are limited, but there is always a staff person on the premises when CURVES is open. If you attend 12 times per month, many insurance companies pay for half of the monthly fee.
We hope someone will buy CURVES! While there are other very good exercise options in New Ulm for women, CURVES is unique for all the above reasons. We hope somebody will buy the New Ulm CURVES.
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U.S. Bishops Issue Call To Action To Defend Religious Liberty
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Skip to comments.Who Says Obama Will Obey the Supreme Court?
Posted on 04/16/2012 4:24:44 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
President Obama is reportedly shifting millions of dollars to the IRS to begin enforcement of ObamaCare.
This raises the obvious question: What if the Supreme Court strikes down ObamaCare, with a decision expected no later than early June?
Anyone who witnessed the passage of this legislation, as well as Obamas term in office to date, should realize that question is irrelevant.
Obama and House Speaker (at the time) Nancy Pelosi vowed to deem the bill passed if they couldnt muster up enough votes in Congress, as they ultimately did.
Obama ran on a platform of transforming America, and he meant it. Even he knows a government cannot shape a society into exactly what he wants the people to be. But he sure can use the force of government to try.
And this is precisely what he intends to do.
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Isn't that the $64 question.
...it's called the 2nd Amendment and if the US Congress fails to impeach and then remove from office any president guilty of such a blatant high crime as an unconstitutional and premeditated refusal to respect the constitutionally enumerated powers of our highest court, that fail-safe mechanism must and WILL be initiated!
Popcorn & ammo are ready.
Of course, you are assuming that this regime will respect 2A any more than it has the rest of the Constitution.
No matter how we slice it, these are going to be interesting times.
Well, yes; and Obama has been busily transforming the US military. I think it is now an open question if the military would fire on the US citizenry. Give Obama a little more time, a second term for instance, and the military will shoot US citizens who fight Obama. The Regime will make it look pretty, label it fighting domestic terrorism, etc., but it will happen.
As in the old Chinese curse?
The real question will be if Obama has put in enough of his Leftist henchmen in key positions of power to allow him to get away with what would be, for all intents and purposes, an act of high treason against the United States should he blow of a clear and final judgment of the SCOTUS.
The 2nd Amendment was put there as a final action against tyranny and it may never come to that...
...just nice to have it there if we need it.
Obama will transform into a real life Queen of Hearts,
"Off with their Heads!"
I would speculate just what or why he is in doing in South America, land of organized kidnapping.
Due to inflation since Obama came to office, we now must consider the "$72.32 question."
Until it is overturned, I will expect the Supreme Court to uphold obamacare.
And that is precisely the point on which Obama is vastly different then Romney. They may be headed toward the same cliff, but would have a substantially different impact on moving the military away from the constitution. Romney has deep and significant flaws, but he does not have a history emulating crack pot dictators.
"......it's called the 2nd Amendment and if the US Congress fails to impeach..."
You do realize that we have an entire military of battle-hardened, house to house combat trained soldiers in the US and more coming back from war theatres?
One can say that they will not follow this administration's orders, but I wouldn't bank on that.
Nothing is an accident with those in power.
you do realize there are 3 million deer hunters in Texas.
Sadly, we might be shocked when the verdict on 0bamascare. I'm afraid the Supreme Court will buckle under to the usurper like all the other crooked judges. Take notes. This is how dictators are made, even in "the land of the free".
Oh, but he does. Just more slowly. He's more of a Fabian, whereas Obama is a Maoist.
Even after serving 7 years of active duty, I am not sure the US military would not fire on civilians. IMHO.
Some will obey, some will not. Some will obey at first and then change to disobedience later as the effects of their obedience sink in. It will get very messy and confused. It will be the administration who will have the most to worry about as to the effects of such a situation.
It will make the split in the armed forces just prior to the Civil War look like a cotillion.
Kent State was raw National Guard troops, and The Bonus Marchers weren't fired upon (they were tear gassed and forced away at bayonet point).
The one thing that keeps me from believing our own soldiers would blindly obey orders to subjigate their own people is the fact that they treat foreigners well (how many threads on freerepublic were devoted to pictures of our boys making friends with the Iraqis and Afghans?), so I find it hard to believe they wouldn't do the same with their own people.
Also, keep in mind that even Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had to create special paramilitary units to police the civilian population, as the regular military disdained such duties.
Hunting deer in the woods and hunting humans in battle is vastly different.
Deer hunters will be vastly under-equipped against a battle-hardened military.
It's a nice mental exercise, but the chances of all this happening are nill to zilch.
Obumbles can hire all the IRS agents he wants, but if the SCOTUS says it is unconstitutional, Obumbles can issue every damn exec order he wants and it will mean squat.
You think that the 26 states plus Virginia will allow the implementation of orders that have been declared unconstitutional? The AG's of those states and Cucinneli, who is a vicious pitbull of a constitutional defender will just throw it out.
Even the democrats in the judiciary won't stand for that type of arrogance.
So Romney is a socialist and Obama is a Communist totalitarian who is willing to kill millions, turn the military against its own people, and declare martial law to keep himself in power for perpetuity? If Fabian thinking is what much of Europe and Canada have done, it is a far cry from what communist china has done to its citizens. I wouldn't want either outcome but prefer Romney over Obama.
My secret dream is that the libertarian party will draft Sarah Palin as their nominee at their convention next month. She's not a perfect fit for their views, but they have some commonalities. And the move would be an incredible disruption to 2 party politics which is what the libertarians want the most. Can you imagine the 3 way presidential debates?
I think it is now an open question if the military would fire on the US citizenry. Give Obama a little more time, a second term for instance, and the military will shoot US citizens who fight Obama. The Regime will make it look pretty, label it fighting domestic terrorism, etc., but it will happen.Perhaps, the U.S. Military is pathological when it comes to obeying orders issued by it's superior officers. However, this is not the same military as the Vietnam era military. It is much more conservative and much more educated. Obama and his goons know this and consider it problamatic as to whether or not this military will support him. That's why he made his poorly reported and vetted we can no longer rely on our military speech. He tipped his hand in that speech when he stated that we need a civilian service that's just as powerful. I'm paraphrasing from memory but you get the idea. So, when we see that he's going to hire 15,000 IRS agents, who by the way, are considered armed law enforcement officers same as the FBI or our hard partying Secret Service, LOL, we know where the source of his enforcement force will come from. These will be his guys and gals, loyal to him personally. Stay tuned....
It would provide great entertainment, but guarantee Obama's re-election. Not worth it, IMHO.
you do realize that 50-60% of our troops will say " screw this, I didn't sign up for this"! .... And like me , will join the Constitutionalists.
Obama will not OPENLY defy the Supreme Court order, because that would be political suicide a few months before the election, considering 60%+ of voters want Obamacare struck down. What I would expect him to do is what he has done when he didn't get his way on other parts of his agenda like "Cap and Trade" and "Card Check" is quietly "back door" as much of it as he can through a combination of executive orders and agency rule-making. That is what he has done with "Cap and Trade", the EPA has issued a rule to regulate CO2 even though congress has refused to pass a law. Same deal with "Card Check", it died in congress but now Obama's NLRB is trying to claim they have the power to impose it without congressional consent, through agency rulemaking powers.
I don't think it would guarantee Obama's re-election. We have a perfect storm for a third party candidate this year. At least half of the Republican voters would go for Sarah if they thought she was a viable candidate.
The Reagan Democrats and libertarian leaning democrats would also join in supporting her. There are enough anti-establishment, anti-big government and anti-corruption people in both parties that I think she would win. Rural america could win if Obama and Romney split up the cities. Romney can have Utah and Nevada.
The best indicator of the future is past history.....
Obama has ignored fed Judges orders on ObamaCare already, so why wouldnt he again..
He see's himself as this era's FDR-—add that to his anti USA side, and one can see he will take "action" against the SCOTUS....
I'd say the Secret Service agents home from Columbia should be assigned to the SCOTUS conservatives.
1. You assume that the enough members of the US Military would follow illegal orders to attack their country.
2. You forget that a majority of deer hunters have military training and still believe in their oath to protect and defend the US from all enemies foreign and domestic.
3. I'll take a .308 over a .223 any day.
4. Let's use the Afghanistan kill rate of 30:1 which leaves 100,000 dead military out of 565,463 active duty US Army.
6. So one state and the US Army has lost 1/6th of it members, plus the loss of those not following illegal orders. So the question becomes what will the Army due in the other 49 states?
He probably just wants to ensure he gets the same level of campaign funding from the drug cartels that so many of our Senators and Representatives depend on each election cycle.
First I've heard of that. Heard about the millions of .40 cal hollow points (illegal under Geneva convention).
Got any links for these vehicles?
It's like having to choose between diabetes and terminal cancer.
I agree. Our much vaunted military hasn't won a war since WWII, and has been routed, humiliated and sent home from a string of little Third World hell-holes.
Add to that, that many of the few real warriors among the ranks either quit in disgust in recent years, or would disobey orders against citizens or join the patriots altogether.
Even the sobering Federal order for 450,000,000 hollow point .40s will likely not do it.
Masses of troops from foreign countries would be a better strategy for the O.
At any rate, we'll be in the thick of it by year's end.
Actually, while the SCOTUS is indeed powerless to force the president to do something, in this case, they are not trying to force him to do anything, they are, and can, blocking both appropriations of money from congress and any and all legal enforcement powers based in Obamacare from the bureaucracy.
And while Obama can indeed divert money to Obamacare for a little bit, that is it. The money dries up at that point. If the IRS hires people to enforce Obamacare, once the diversion of money ends, they are fired, because there is no more money to pay them.
More importantly, if a bureaucrats then says that "Because of Obamacare, you have to buy this!", you can tell him to peddle his papers, and there is nothing he can do to make you. The law becomes unenforceable.
In addition to that, I'd be interested in the link about the .40 cal hollows.
I know DHS ordered 450 million rounds of ammo. Was this the ammo they ordered?
A few questions and comments.
If the USSC rules against the Muslim in chief (as they should), and given the messiah's tendency to ignore the Constitution and Congress, just who the hell will stop him, arrest him, put him in handcuff where he belongs? Remember, many of the scum in congress during the Clinton era are still in office and were included in those 500+ FBI files and those certainly silenced many Dem & GOP voices.
If the USSC judges are so wonderful and smart, (they are not), as we have been told by our politicians, why do they need months to verify if the Constitution allows this crap sandwich which nobody in congress fully read?
After years of communist indoctrination at our law schools and years of sitting on various judicial benches and being touted by various presidents as so brilliant why do we still have an almost endless string of 5-4 decisions?
There are only a few possible answers to the question above.
1) These are just political hacks willing to ignore our rather simple and short founding documents and the owner's manual known as the Federalist Papers for nothing more than political ideology.
2) They are not Supreme Court Judge material and are ignorant of our country's founding and the reasons behind our Constitution.
3) They are even more ignorant than suggested in choice #2 and really believe that our founding document can be changed by case law (Odumbo and gang believe this) and are never challenged with the question: "Hey douche bags in black robes, if the Founders intended the Constitution to be altered simply by case law, why the hell did they create the slow, deliberate Amendment process? There is not a single piece of lawyer scum in this country which can answer this question without lying.
Lets not go there. Every individual I know in the military takes their Oath to the Constitution very seriously. Obama knows that as well.
" Was this the ammo they ordered?"
Yep, been discussed here. 450 millionrounds of HOLLOW POINT.
You don't use that for training or target practice.
Link for the DHS vehicles:
I truly believe that we on the right have greatly aided the Leftists in the destruction of our country. I couldn't believe how many FReepers joined the Lefts chorus in trashing our candidates (e.g. Bachmann, Cain, Perry). Some of these same people are now bitching that we're left with Romney as our presumed candidate. Sorry, hold some responsibility in this!
We conservatives need to take a good look at ourselves. We hold at least a portion of responsibility for where we're at today. We've made the job of the Leftists that much easier. The negativity and doom and gloom that permeates these threads is the Lefts dream come true. We're dooming ourselves. Self-fullfilling prophesy is a bitch.
"Link for the DHS vehicles:"
I am sceptical of things like this. I did a search and found basically the same story on a lot of blogs but no real news source. Got anything else?
maybe this?
Ok, it seems that; "U.S. Army Contracting Command decided to upgrade and retrofit 2,717 International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles with a new vehicle chassis. For $21 million. And someone took photos as the spiffed up vehicles with DHS logos rolled into town."
The vehicles showed up with the DHS and ICE logo on the doors.
How many of the 2717 vehicles are meant for DHS is unknown.
It won't load correctly but from the caption it sounds like DHS is making the locals beholden to them. Not good in any sense. Could this be Hussein's civilian army?
Curiouser and curiouser.
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Topic: Routing Conundrum
Where does route.rb get its information about the current request? My (seemingly mistaken) impression was that the environment variables REQUEST_URI and REQUEST_GET are used.
Here's why that cannot be the complete answer:
I have this route
map.connect '*anything',
which works as expected using the console with the following two tests
1) I manually enter environment values for REQUEST_URI and REQUEST_GET and run Dispatcher.dispatch
2) I make a ActionController::Routing::Routes and run recognize_path
both give me the :controller, :action, and :anything that I expect to get.
But when I run thru Apache (2.0 on a new HighSpeedRails account), params[:anything]
is different: it remains empty no matter what URI is given to the browser.
I know the problem is not the values of REQUEST_URI and REQUEST_GET because I have
tested the environment values gotten by rails. Even though params[:anything] is
empty these environment values are right on the one money with requests having as
many constituent parts as I have had the patience to try.
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SWEA CITY, Iowa – A funeral Mass for Ann L. Haag, 83, of Swea City, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ledyard, with Father Sunny Dominic officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Ledyard.
Ann died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. today at Oakcrest Funeral Services of Bancroft, with a rosary beginning at 4 p.m. and a scripture prayer service at 7 p.m.
Ann Louise Haag was born July 9, 1929, on the family farm near Algona, daughter of James A. and Pauline (Bode) Coady. She grew up southwest of Bancroft graduating from St. John's Catholic High School in 1947. Ann was married to Melbourne Haag on June 23, 1952, at St. John's Catholic Church in Bancroft. Ann and Mel farmed northwest of Ledyard until 1973, when they moved to their current homestead south of Ledyard. Ann's greatest joy was her children and her grandchildren. She was very passionate about being at her grandchildren's activities. She enjoyed cooking and was famous for her rhubarb jam. Ann also enjoyed doing needlepoint, sewing, and she loved visiting with people. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Sacred Heart Rosary Society.
She is survived by her husband, Mel, of rural Swea City; her three children, Linda (Lloyd) Eichenberger of Ledyard, Tom (Patti) Haag of Ledyard, and Mary Alice (Quinn) Smith of Milan, N.M.; a son-in-law, Jeff Stillman of Emmetsburg; eight grandchildren, Melanie (Keith) Doyle of Phoenix, Ariz., Brad (Jenny) Eichenberger of Bancroft, Brian (Jennifer) Stillman of Austin, Texas, Kevin Stillman of St. Louis, Mo., Courtney Haag of Des Moines, Collete Haag of Ledyard, Jade Smith and Rene, both of Milan, N.M.; five great-grandchildren, Hannah and Macey Doyle, Parker Eichenberger, and Austin and Elena Stillman; and four step-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother, Fr. John Coady of Tucson, Ariz.; two sisters, Mary (Bob) Koll of San Diego, Calif., and Betty (Ron) Hamm of Bondurant; a sister-in-law, Mary Ann Coady of Bancroft; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Eileen Stillman; a daughter Rosemary, in infancy; and a brother, Jim Coady.
Online condolences may be made to www.oakcrestfuneralservices.com


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Call for Papers The syllable: Typology and Theory A conference on the representation and the typology of the syllable will be held in Tuebingen, Germany, from June the 30th till July the 2nd 1998. There will be 9 slots for papers. Travel expenses of speakers will be partially reimbursed. In addition to the 9 open slots there are seven invited speakers: Stuart Davis (Indiana University) Tracy Allan Hall (Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin) Harry van der Hulst (HIL/Rijksuniversiteit Leiden) Junko Ito (University of California at Santa Cruz) John McCarthy (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Armin Mester (University of California at Santa Cruz) Marc van Oostendorp (HIL/ Rijksuniversiteit Leiden). Abstracts are invited which focus on the following topics: -- The status of the syllable in the phonological theory -- Phonotactics -- Syllable weight -- Interaction between the syllables and higher prosodic constituents -- Diachronic studies Papers will be 45 minutes plus 15 minutes for discussion. Abstract submission. Abstracts may not exceed 2 pages with at least a 1 inch margin on all four sides and should use a font not smaller than 12 pt. Five anonymous copies accompanied by a camera-ready original with author's name, address, and affiliation should be sent to: Syllable Conference Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft Wilhelmstrasse 113 72074 Tuebingen Germany Deadline: 31st march1998 phone: +49-7071-77304, or +49-7071-77315 email: caroline.feryuni-tuebingen.de, or ruben.van-de-vijveruni-tuebingen.de Ruben van de Vijver Universitaet Tuebingen Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft Wilhelmstrasse 113 72074 Tuebingen Germany +49-70712977315Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
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2011 China Tours > China Highlights > Tour Itinerary
12 Day China Highlights (2011)
Tour Itinerary
Your exotic journey to China begins as you board China's national airline, Air China non-stop flight bound for Beijing. En route, cross the International Dateline and lose a day. You'll recover this day on your return trip. (IM)
Board Air China non-stop flight to Beijing
Air China Flight Schedule
Arrive in Beijing in the afternoon. Meet your local representative and transfer to your hotel. Relax and enjoy the evening in China's historic and vibrant capital city. Beijing Huabin International Hotel
Bird Nest, the main venue of 2008 Summer Olympics
Tour Beijing's imperial treasures. First, Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world, capable of holding one million people. Stroll across its vast expanse. An assortment of historical buildings, Communist monuments and huge museums, including Chairman Mao's Mausoleum, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the Great Hall of the People - home of the National People's Congress, flank the Square. Walk through the Gate of Heavenly Peace, under the famed portrait of Chairman Mao, to enter the Forbidden City, a 9,999-room compound, where the 24 emperors of the Ming and the Qing Dynasties ruled the Middle Kingdom for nearly 500 years (1420-1911). Experience the architectural splendour of the palaces, ceremonial courtyards and private quarters.
Last Emperor's Forbidden City
The Summer Palace for Empress Dowager Cixi
Lunch at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to Panda at Beijing Zoo. In the afternoon, you tour the idyllic Summer Palace, with its sprawling encampment of temples, pavilions, and the 728-yard Long Corridor. The Summer Palace served the Qing Dynasty as an imperial retreat from the stifling summer confines of the Forbidden City. It is most associated, however, with the Empress Dowager Cixi who paid for the extravagant Marble Boat with funds meant for the modernization of the Imperial Navy. It is the best preserved and the largest imperial garden in China. Later, you enjoy a boat ride on picturesque Kunming Lake. (B,L,D)
In the morning, you visit the Temple of Heaven; this remarkable building is considered the supreme achievement of traditional Chinese architecture. During each winter solstice, the Ming and Qing emperors would perform rites and make sacrifices to Heaven praying for good harvest for their empire. The most striking edifice is the "Hall of Prayer of Good Harvests", which according to the emperor's Fengshui masters, is the exact point where heaven and Earth met. Built in 1420, this masterpiece of Ming architecture, features triple eaves, dramatically carved marble balustrades, and gorgeous glazed azure roof that symbolizes the color of heaven. Built without a single nails, this 120-foot-high structure is fixed by four inner pillars represent the seasons, and two sets of 12 columns denote the months and the traditional Chinese division of a day. Later, you take a photo stop at the "Bird Nest" and visit the exterior portion of this magnificent complex - the main stadium of 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"Hall of Supreme Harmony", Temple of Heaven
The Great Wall of China
Afterwards, you take a scenic drive through the countryside to reach China's most renowned monument - the Great Wall. The 'original' wall was begun in the 5th century BC to keep out foreign invaders. Construction continued for centuries, eventually linking up the walls of the former independent kingdoms. The Great Wall meanders through China's northern mountain ranges from the Yellow Sea to the Gobi Desert - a distance of over 3500 miles! Chairman Mao once said "You haven't walked on the Wall, you haven't been a good Chinese". Today you will have ample time to climb a section of the Great Wall and to get a sense of the enormity of this ancient edifice. In the evening, savor a specially prepared meal of Beijing Duck, cooked to crispy perfection. (B,L,SD)
After breakfast, join our Culture InSites™ Program and experience the world of Beijing's Hutongs, via rickshaw. This network of courtyard homes and narrow lanes traditionally linked the Old City. Tour the maze-like alleyways and neighborhood residences before it's gone forever. See the locals as they go about their daily activities. Highlights include visits to a traditional courtyard style home, to the Lotus Flower Market, and a leisure walk along the "Lotus Lane" lined with bars, restaurants and coffee houses. This unique tour concludes with a delicious meal served at the home of a local family.
Visit old Beijing's Hutong on pedi-cabs
Night market at Xian's Muslim quarter
In the afternoon, you are transferred to the airport for a short flight to Xian to witness the historical side of China. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel. Xian was a historic gateway to the Silk Road and the capital of the Middle Kingdom for 11 dynasties. In a time when ancient Beijing was just a remote trading post, Xian was the capital of China and one of the world's largest and richest cities, with a population exceeding one million in the 10th century.
After dinner, you take a relaxing walk to the heart of the city to visit its fascinating night market at the Muslim quarter. In the center of Xian, visible everywhere from the surrounding city walls, are the city's two Ming Dynasty treasures - Bell and Drum Towers. Built in 1384, the Bell Tower, in which a great bell once rang at dawn, is a classic example of Ming architecture. It consists of a triple-eaved, two storey wooden pavilion resting on a square brick platform nine meters high, pierced by four archways. Across the square from the Bell Tower is the rectangular Drum Tower, where a drum was beaten daily at sundown. First erected in 1380, the Drum Tower has become the gateway to Xian's old Muslim quarter and its historical mosque.
Founded in 742, the Great Mosque is the focus of the more than 30,000 Chinese Muslims (Hui) of Xian, whose beards and white caps distinguish them from Han Chinese. Stand in four beautiful courtyards of ancient trees, ornate arches and stone steles, the Mosque is the center of life for the Muslim community - the descendants of the merchants that ferried the religion into China along the ancient Silk Road. The backstreets surrounding the mosque is the charming Muslim Quarter hosting the city's most fascinating night market, with its winding streets, low houses, narrow lanes, excellent ethnic cuisine, and resident Hui community. Tour the lovely and unusual area with bustling stalls and enjoy some of the best street food in China! Xian Jianguo Hotel (B,L,D)
Today's excursion will take you to modern China's greatest archaeological discovery - The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, which silently guarded the tomb of China's First Emperor for over 2,200 years. In 1974, a local farmer uncovered the first of three massive earth and timber vaults, while digging a well. The extensive excavation, still in progress, has yielded over 6000 life-sized terra cotta warriors, each individually sculpted, with the physical characteristics of the humans they were modeled after. Archers, infantrymen, horses and bronze chariots have also been unearthed. A Circle Vision documentary is available on site. Lunch at a local restaurant and see a noodle making demonstration.
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
fascinating Tang Dynasty stage show
Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance - a period of peace and exceptional creativity lasting 300 years. This evening, you attend a feast of culinary and cultural delights with a special Dumpling (dim sum) banquet followed by a fascinating Tang Dynasty stage show. Indulge yourself in this remarkable show and reinvent your China dream with a travel back in time to the world of China's Golden Age, then come back to the present with a greater understanding of this amazing time. (B,L,SD)
This morning, tour the Wild Goose Pagoda, a Tang Dynasty landmark. This seven-story pagoda was initially constructed in 652 AD to house the Buddhist sutras brought back from India by the monk, Xuan Zang, who later translated them into Chinese. His pilgrimage to India is immortalized in the Chinese classic - The Journey to the West.
Wild Goose Pagoda, a Tang landmark
Guilin's inspiring sceneries
Today's Culture InSites™ Program will offer you a rare opportunity to witness a real rural life at a typical village in central China. You visit a rural primary school and mingle with students and faculties at their classroom. Later, you stop at a "Yao Dong" (Literally an arched tunnel) - a typical cave dwellings that stretches across six provinces in north central China. The "Yao Dong" is caves dug into mountainsides with a signature arched front. Usually, one family unit consists of three arched openings, and the units are interconnected inside. The center cave can be termed the ""living room"", which includes a stovetop cooking area. The two side caves are sleeping quarters. Outside of the cities of this region, some 90% of the rural population live in yaodongs.
In the late afternoon, you fly to Guilin and indulge yourself in China's most amazing natural landscapes. Guilin is celebrated for its picturesque karst limestone pinnacles and meandering Li River. An old Chinese saying describes Guilin's landscape as "the best scenery under heaven". Its misty limestone peaks "rise as suddenly from the earth as trees in a forest, and surrounding the city like mountains floating in an imaginary sea". Meet your local representative and transfer to your hotel in the heart of the city. Your hotel is located at the foot of Mount Laoren and surrounded by Osmanthus Lake, which is then connected by Guilin's three major rivers to all five lakes in the area. At night, the hotel is lit up and spectacular views are reflected on the Lake Osmanthus. It's a place for relaxation and also offers a perfect escapade after one week of group travel. Guilin Park Hotel (B,L,D)
A beautiful day waits! You take a scenic motor coach ride through the countryside, past lush green fields and rice paddies. Arrive at a local village and embark on a memorable Li River cruise. The 40-mile trip has countless twists and turns. The scenery is reminiscent of classical Chinese landscapes - bamboo groves, sleepy villages, fishermen on bamboo rafts, cormorants, water buffalo, soaring karst pinnacles and mist shrouded peaks... your cruise concludes at the famed Yangshuo, a small town, amidst a haunting and surreal setting. Enjoy an exploration at this fancinating town. Later travel by motor coach back to Guilin and enjoy the balance of your day at leisure. (B,L,D)
Cruise the Li River and soak in its natural beauty
If time permits, you tour the Fubo Hill for a panorama view of Guilin and Li River, then transferred to the airport for a flight to Shanghai, China's vibrant financial and artistic center. Shanghai, literally means "above the sea", is China's largest and most dynamic city, with a population of 18 million. In the 13th century it became a minor county seat and so it remained until the mid-19th century when British commercial ambitions led to war with China. The ensuing Treaty of Nanking allowed the British to trade freely from certain ports including Shanghai. The city soon became an outpost of glamour, high living, and ultimately decadence. In the 1930s, Shanghai is renowned as "the Pearl of the East".
Bund, the symbol of Shanghai
Xin Tian Di (New Heaven Earth) at night
Some places are forever associated with a single landmark and in the case of Shanghai it is surely the Bund. Today, you take a leisure walk along the waterfront promenade of the Bund. The Bund was at the heart of colonial shanghai, flanked on one side by the Huangpu River and on the other by the hotels, banks, offices, and clubs that were the grandiose symbols of western commercial power. See the ships and barges on the Huangpu River, en route to the sea or going upstream to the interior of China. The modernistic Oriental Pearl TV tower looms in the background redefining the skyline. Crowne Plaza Shanghai (B,L,D)
Begin your tour in the heart of old Shanghai at the 16th century city bazaar. This complex, with its classical architectural details, maze of walkways and reflecting pools, has been a marketplace and social center for over 200 years. In contrast, is the futurist Pudong area. Transformed from once fertile farmland, this new area is rapidly becoming the symbol of modern China with its clusters of shinning metal and glass skyscrapers of world class hotels, international financial institutions, and commercial centers towered above the Huangpu River.
Visit "Old Shanghai" city barzaar
Jinmao Tower and Pudong's new skyline
You visit the 88th floor of the Jinmao Tower, the third tallest building in China. At 1,380 feet, it is the world's fifth tallest building, as well as home to the world's tallest hotel - the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. From its lofty platform, you enjoy a stunning view of Shanghai including some of its landmark skyscrapers such as Oriental Pearl Tower and World Financial Tower, etc.
Afterwards, you visit People's Square and tour the famed Shanghai Museum, an unique and inspiring piece of architecture, home to more than 120,000 cultural relics of ancient China, including a priceless collection of jade, bronze, ceramics, paintings, furniture, etc. After dinner, you attend an unforgettable performance of the Shanghai Acrobats. (B,L,D)
In the morning you travel by motor-coach to Suzhou, which is often referred, by the Chinese, as the "Venice of the East". Suzhou is a 2,500-year-old city renowned the world over for its traditional gardens, ancient canals and silk production. In 1997 Suzhou's classic garden was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pavilion of Watching the Moon, Master of Net Garden
Canals, arched bridges, and cobbled lanes at Tongli
The construction of the Grand Canal in the 7th century created a means whereby silk, the prized commodity from this region could be transported to the Northern capital, Beijing, a distance of over 600 miles. With prosperity came prestige as merchants and artisans plied their trade. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Suzhou flourished as a place of refinement, drawing an influx of scholars and merchants, who built themselves numerous elegant gardens.
The Chinese garden developed as a synthesis of two concepts linked in Taoist philosophy - scenery and serenity: the contemplation of nature in isolated meditation led to enlightenment. Therefore, the educated and wealthy built natural-looking retreats for themselves with an urban environment. The garden creates poetic and painterly concepts, and aims to improve on nature in creating a picture that looks natural but is in fact entirely artificial. For this the Chinese garden designer used four main elements: rocks, water, plants, and architecture.
Upon arrival, you visit the Garden of the Master of Fishing Nets, and experience all of the elements of a classical Chinese garden. It is said that the Master of the Nets Garden was named after one of its owners - a retired official who wished to become an accomplished fisherman. Dating to 1140, it is considered by many, the finest of all Suzhou's gardens. Although exceptional small, it succeeds, with great subtlety, in introducing every element considered crucial to the classical Chinese garden. It includes a central lake, discreet connecting corridors, pavilions with miniature courtyards, screens, delicate latticework, and above all, points which "frame a view", as if looking at a perfectly balanced photograph. The best known building is the "Pavilion for Watching the Moon", from where the moon can be viewed in a mirror, in the water, and in the sky.
Later, you tour the Silk Spinning Mill, where you will learn how silk is created from the mulberry-munching silkworms to produce thread and fine cloth. Afterwards, you travel to Tongli, a pretty little water town typical of the region. Tongli gives visitors a good idea of what Suzhou must have been like in its heyday. Reminiscent of scenes from traditional Chinese paintings, it is complete with canals, arched stone bridges, cobbled lanes, and tile-roofed wooden houses. Visit a courtyard mansion to learn about the lavish life style of its residents. Then, learn about traditional Chinese wedding customs at a local folklore museum. Take an exciting ride on a gondola and experience the charm of Tongli's waterways. You will have free time to browse and buy some local specialties along Old Street, which is lined with Ming style homes and storefronts. In the late afternoon, you travel by motor coach to Shanghai and enjoy your evening at leisure (B,L,D)
After breakfast, board the Maglev, the world's fastest magnetic levitation train, for your trip to the Pudong International Airport. The Maglev travels at a speed of 287mph and will cover the 20 mile distance in less than 8 minutes! * Maglev is available for San Francisco departures only. (B,IM)
Take maglev train to Pudong International Airport
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by Govbarney » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:44 am
Spin wrote:So, they're going to use existing bowl games for the three games. Once again it is very possible for a warm weather school to have home field advantage. Why doesn't the Big Ten ever raise hell about this?
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by jb » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:38 am
furls wrote:Told you they would fuck this up: 12 years... Seriously? Existing bowl system? Why so the bowls can continue to get gigantic arbitrage payments in the name of "tradition?" So what exactly is the point of a conference championship game now? To provide teams that had a great season another chance to eliminate themselves from the playoff? Ooooh, better yet, to provide emphasis to the fact that teams that were not even the best in their own conference can be MNCs?If the conference championship games are not in the process, then they should get rid of them.Well, it is better than before, but I have no idea how they continue to fuck this up.
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Govbarney wrote:I real like the idea of a rotating championship game neutral location not associated with current Bowl Sites. Since New Orleans, Phoenix, Atlanta and Miami are already associated with Bowls, I can see Indy, Detroit, St Louis, Minnesota, San Fran, and maybe even Toronto being used heavily as locals for the Championship game, which would only be fair b/c the semi's will always be held in the South/Southwest.
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danwismar wrote:Wetzel's column is just flat out brillianthttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--fou ... ittee.html
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e0y2e3 wrote:Delany gets a lot of shit that I really don't understand. Guy is really effin good at his job.Ramzy killed it here re why/how: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/06/11655/b1ggie-pac
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