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Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
cinemaman09 wrote:
shadowlibraboy wrote:
I am not liking ghost nappa...
U3 story sucked. What do you not understand about that?
UDF story was amazing and had the in-game bonuses that gave it a lot of replay value, I plaed through that game 7 times and enjoyed it each time because of the Bonuses.
Then U2 came out and had a great story too. It had bonuses and made it a lot of fun to playthrough, especially with anti gravity
Because of the bonuses, UDF and U2 had great replay value, and even without the bonuses the story was amazing.
U3 story sucked, missed multiple chapters, and U3 had no bonuses because the game was rushed, and ND put more effort into the MP.
I honestly think ghost nappa is a troll, because is he means what he is saying, then he is insane.
I'm not in agreement with ghost nappa for saying that co-op should not be focused on, but I definitely agree with them about the single player. I'm sorry if you don't.
I know there are people on these forums who seem to hate the U3 single player story but remember they do not represent everyone. I personally love the single player in Uncharted 3 and its story. You shouldn't dislike someone for liking the story or call them a troll for that. I wouldn't dislike you for disagreeing with me about the story.
I wouldn't say the story in U3 sucked, not at all. I also wouldn't call you wrong for having an opinion, or insane.
While the story in Uncharted 3 isn't structured as well as the story in U2 (there were chapters included just for the set-pieces and the flow wasn't quite as good), I thought Uncharted 3's story had more plot twists and had a more emotional story. I thought the stuff with Drake and Sully was fantastic.
I do get what you're saying about the bonuses. They should have put them in. It didn't personally affect me as I pretty much never used them in 1 or 2, but I can see why it would annoy people who did want them. I've completed U3 eight times now, without any bonuses, and I still find it incredibly fun and enjoyable.
I enjoyed the UC3 campaign more than any of the other ones.
Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
TheStuntDouble wrote:
For me (just me, dunno about you guys), UC3 story isn't that good. Too Michael-Bay-ish, not much plot. As much as I did like explosions, after the way UDF and UC2 told their story, it's hard transitioning from something Indiana Jones-like to something like Transformers/National Treasure.
Single player was a disappointment, no doubt. Compared to UC2 the story was non existant, characters randomly came and went, and I did not care about the characters as much as I did in UC2. Very gimmicky. Loaded with a lack of substance.
This title has left alot to be desired across all modes. A rushed retail release and a title packed with gimmicky crap = C - to D + in overall quality on this title. Post release patching for COMP has been excellent, while Co-op fixes, additions, and patching has been virtually non-existant.
Character movement. That's why I play. I have not been able to find another game that moves like this one and that also provides interesting gun play that is NOT laser-taser- space based. Totally pathetic that it's the character movement only that keeps me playing. Very unique for a 3rd person action/shooter style game and I've had a hard time getting over that.
Despite all of the broken aspects and extra buggy nature of this title, I still play. That's how powerful the character movement and gun play is in this game. It could have be stellar, but alas, it is what it is: disappointing.
Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
Re: We Don't NEED Your BBS!! (Updated)
Re: We Don't NEED Your BBS!! (Updated)[ Edited ]
ghost_nappa4 wrote:
Why would you fools buy an uncharted game if you didn't like the campaign? There are tons of better multiplayer games on PS3. Starhawk, MAG, Battlefield, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, and many others have better multiplayer than UC. Also anyone who thinks UC3 was rushed doesn't how ND is treated by Sony. They could make one game a gen and Sony wouldn't care
How am I suppose to know if the campaign is good or not without trying it? Stop licking Nd's shoes and face the facts: Uncharted 3 is one the most overrated games this gen. It simply is.
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Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
Re: We Don't NEED Your BS!! (Updated)
I don't want anyone to misunderstand me, so let me rephrase my opinion on the SP.
It was fun, and I enjoyed it. It was interesting and different, and overall it was a good SP.
BUT compared to Uncharted 1 and 2, it sucked. It can't stand up to those titles, even though it is better than some other games that have a SP and MP. Uncharted 3 is one or m favorite games, but Uncharted 1 and 2 did have better stories, and were more fun.
Do you agree now? Or understand? I am not sayin that it is the worst game ever, I am saying that it is a great game but UDF and U2 had better stories


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Bill Miller | March 12, 2008
By Bill Miller • Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 10:13
The race to coal-fired plants is falling behind the competition as global warming drives the steady shift to more planet-friendly fuels.About 45 coal-fired power plants were either cancelled or delayed in the past 12 months, according to the US Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, reversing the craving for coal plants.
Natural-gas and renewable projects have now outpaced coal plants, according to Global Energy Decisions. Non-coal plans total more than 70,000 megawatts while coal has dropped to just 66,000 megawatts in the pipeline.
About 28 coal-fired power plants already under construction are moving forward, as are plant expansions. But for six other facilities "near construction," their fate has become unknown. Another 80 plants "in development" may be cancelled outright. Last year, Texas utility TXU canceled eight of its planned 11 coal-fired power plants.
Alternative sources are stepping into the breach. Texas is now number one for wind-power with Kansas not far behind. Indeed, the Kansas wind-power industry is growing so fast, companies there cannot find enough qualified workers.
California is deriving significant energy from geo-thermal. Thin-film solar strips are rapidly taking up roof space. Moreover, co-generation has become increasingly popular as heat from machines is captured and returned to the grid or other users.
Hence, alternative sources are slowly but surely burning into industry's demand for the dirty, health hazardous fuel that is coal.
PM replied on Permalink
Electric's better
Why don't we all just save some time, and seriously consider the truly clean alternatives? Electric is clean, and the technology is really catching up with other fuel's technologies. Zap has a new electric car that does 0-60 in 4.8 seconds!
You need to think about how
You need to think about how that electricity is produced. In some places electricity is produced by coal plants, so it is not clean.
Rick replied on Permalink
RE: You need to think about how
Actually many of us who are planning to convert existing cars to EVs or who are already driving EV's do consider the sources of our electricity and it turns out that even when using dirty nasty coal you still produce less green house gasses than a Prius. Sherry Boschert has collected 40 research studies and put it all in a 2006 book called, "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America." 7 of the studies show a 17% - 35% reduction in CO2 emissions over internel combusion engine vehicles using coal exclusively to power the grid. See her website at: and check page 3. Only two others found no reduction and none indicated more emissions of CO2.
That's good to know, and I'm
That's good to know, and I'm all in favour of electric cars when people need to drive. But we also need to push for the electricity sources to be made cleaner.
Edited to add: there is also the Zenn car, which Rick Mercer tried out on his show a while ago. http://zenncars.com/
Phillip Huggan replied on Permalink
Good to hear about coal. I
Good to hear about coal. I was disappointed to learn from an old DOE paper that higher oil prices stimulate renewable energy generation but this is cancelled out by increased coal generation. An oil price signal does not take into account societal costs, but if coal is eliminated as a power generation option, at least an oil price signal alone would partially account the positive societal effects of renewable energy.
One big obstacle to renewable cars is they are illegal in many Canadian provinces. The federal government has done nothing to address this. Some of the provinces have. At worst, they could be banned on highway routes, but given that scooters and mopeds and motorcycles travel the same routes (motorcyclists pay part of their healthcare higher-accident-rate costs with higher insurance premiums), what's the problem? Provincial governments pay most of the health care costs of higher smog rates, so why not let electric cars get premium road access, say, permission to travel the bicycle/transit/carpool lanes? Canada could have (or is it already could have had) leadership of one of the biggest industries in the decades ahead. But this is just like the Avro Arrow; we will probably wind up 6th in the world in electric car manufacturing. Zenn could already have been well in position to be the next GM. How many other Canadian industries are already dinosaurs and don't know it, thanks to the Conservatives (who would probably be in majority if the 1st 1% GST cut was instead used to meet Kyoto or even to make "green goods" GST exempt)?
Coal Fired Orgy
Hi Bill, I don't know if you like the IPCC but stating coal fired power stations are "dirty, health hazardous fuel that is coal" isn't within policy. Dr Pachuari, President of the IPCC is well against America or Europe having CFPS but 'let slip' shall we say that Indias half a billion poor who have no electricity should have CFPS's built to electrify them (no wonder no Republicans bowled up when Dr Rasputin appeared at the Senate Committee recently - there's only so much 'BS' the Americans can take eh?).
Here's the link to the BBC interview.
So Europe and American energy strangled while India powers ahead with a new power grid being built as big as both continents grids combined. So much for 'stalling' as you say!!
Stop obsessing over Al Gore et al.
I'm sure Dr. Pachuari didn't put a gun on TXU's head and ask it to axe its coal plant projects, so I don't know what you're smoking.
Frank Bi, fact-addict and anti-lie bigot
"Al `Fat Al' Gore [is fat]" – Harold Pierce
Who mentioned Al Gore!
Frank Bi, who mentioned Al Gore?!! Yes the IPCC president Dr Pachuari in the BBC interview mentions a coal fired power grid as big as Europes and Americas combined without batting an eye-lid at the hypocracy of asking us to cut CO2 emissons but I didn't mention Al Gore then jumps in quicker than a capatalist with a plug for BP to build them!
In fact Al Gore, that's the $30,000 a year on household electricity private jet flying to climate conference Al Gore, is such a figure of stupidity and such a joke I don't even bother to mention the guy. He's an idiot and too easy to poke fun at. Nobel Prize my backside. His film has more BS in it than a bull farm.
Al Gore's House
Do you mean the one that after renovations was awarded the LEED Gold Certification?
1 of only 14 in the entire US?
The house that also has offices for both Mr Gore AND his wife Tipper PLUS their staff?
That's the one - with a Rolls Royce in the garage
Tom, that's the house. it has a Rolls Royce in the drive, and a Limo waiting for him to take him to the private jet to zip off to London for his carbon-fraud, sorry credits company or a climate conference with his Greenpeace buddies.
Al Gore private jet man
Link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VV309lbB8c
Al Gore Zinc Miner
Al Gore carbon offsets his own wallet
Al Gore 'Class A' polluter
Al Gore refuses to take Energy Ethics pledge
Al Gore Oil shareholder
Al Gore home electricity bill 20x national average
Al Gore house a 'sweet deal'
Al Gore - 35 Inconvenient Truths
I'm surprised anyone pays this gur $3,000 for a green speech, he's a total loser!
Jay Alt replied on Permalink
'Dr Pachuari, President of
'Dr Pachuari, President of the IPCC … ' wah, wah, wah; crocodile tears
Maybe the Bush Administration should have supported American biologist Watson for a second term, instead of shoving energy engineer Pachuari down the IPCC's throat.
They never quite learn - reality's a bitch.
In today's era, poverty and famine seems to be a common cause of deprivation but you can make a difference. Everyone is so busy with their work, careers, study, business and others. Transportation is a great requirement of modern living. However, just because you need it doesn't mean you have to let GM or any one else's marketing department tells you how to do it. If you let them tell you how to do everything, you will need cash advance loans just to be able to get to work every day. For instance, you could carpool. Lots of people do it and have done so for a long time. Also, if you live close enough to work, you can start riding a bike. No gas and you get in better shape. (Win – win.) There's also public transport, and all of these are cheaper modes of transportation.

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text: Made a check of a nuc i installed mid May, I have been feeding from the start. Hives are doing good the first hive body is full of broad and cap honey. The 2nd hive body has about 8 or 9 frames with comb and honey but not caped. I am still feeding them and the bees are really eating alot. The question is - is it time to add a super with new frames with no comb build - I understand I should stop feeding when you put a super on. But no rain in about a month, Can the bees still build new comb when everything is dead due to no rain and you stop the feeding.


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00:00 Daytime, exterior, airport runway, presumably LaGuardia Airport, New York City. VS 4-engine American Overseas Airlines �"Flagship Sweden� Constellation airplane landing.
00:41 VS Daytime, exterior, tarmac outside LaGuardia Airport control tower and terminal building, American Overseas Airlines Constellations standing and taxiing, including �""Flagship Scotland�" and �""Flagship America.�" Capitol Airlines plane also visible in background.
01:09 �""Flagship America�" taxis by camera, wing over camera. Reverse shot. Moving stairway wheeled towards aircraft door.
01:52 CU �""Flagship America�" propeller rotating slowly.
02:02 Airline workers moving stairway into position by Pan American World Airways �""Clipper Dawn�"; passengers embarking.
02:16 VS Alligator walking on sand between eucalyptus trees.
03:19 Lion emerges from den and roars. Shot looking down from high angle.
03:40 Actors playing Native Americans walking between rocks, carrying packs on backs
04:23 Interior: Lion emerges from den, jumps over man who wrestles it; wrestling between man and lion on ground.
05:05 Daytime, alligator swimming across swampy river
05:45 VS Alligator walking on sand between eucalyptus trees.
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Zelda is so fat that she gets horrible rashes on her sweaty hanging pannis which looks like a spare tire.
by greeneyedlady March 18, 2010
(noun)a hanging pouch on a woman's abdomen.This occurs above the navel & below the breasts.Usually in the period following childbirth. Do not confuse with the erotic belly bulge
by Jake January 19, 2004
Panni refers to the strip of aluminium foil used to chase the dragon. Together with a pungi it is used to enjoy gard (heroin).
Etymology: From Hindi, panni means a lot of things in hindi, one of which is aluminium foil.
Etymology: From Hindi, panni means a lot of things in hindi, one of which is aluminium foil.
Bushama had some secret service guys deliver some high grade heroin to him. Bushama did not mainline, instead he got Apu (from The Simpsons) to get some panni and rolled himself a pungi. He really enjoyed chasing the dragon.
by abracadabra January 20, 2004
As greedy as a Panni.
by jnraj January 13, 2011
a panni(pannias maxias)- derogatory term used to take the piss out of a hated fellow....usually a cross between a pansy and a fanny
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See lots of elements from other cars on this.
Very boring and generic. Beak looks better, but this car will be hardly noticable on the street. This could very well be a 5 year old design.
=================Only Saabs, Fords and Mitsubishis are allowed on my driveway.
Looks like a civic w/ acura's hard lines.
Quite possibly the best iteration of the beak on any of Acura's cars, but it is only all-right in my books.
2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata2015 Ducati Monster 8211996 Ford Ranger1968 Ford F-100 Ranger (For Sale)
The front end looks like a lame refresh of the TSX. It's noticeably blank under the grill.
actually i really like it!!! PROB??
------------------------Me Biased?? Absolutely!!! The day I cheer an Effin Foreign company over a Domestic one is the day I need Obama himself to show up at my house and kick my sell-out ass outta this country, once and for all. -Camicasa ------------------------Honda's JM: "We love being the comeback kid, over and over and over again. It keeps us young."------------------------I'm a self absorbed consumer with no intention to buy a new car. I can expect any ridiculous thing I want -SuperDuper
Looks good, just wonder if they're better off just making this a new CSX and skipping the whole hybrid thing...
____________________Because it totally worked when Lincoln did it.
Autoblog has some specs...http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/09/acura-ilx-concept-detroit-2012/#continued"Three powertrain options will be available: a base 2.0-liter four cylinder mated to an automatic gearbox, a 2.4-liter four with an exclusive six-speed manual transmission and, finally, Acura's first hybrid drivetrain, which will be very similar to the one seen in the Honda Civic Hybrid. Expect a 1.5-liter engine with Honda's well-known IMA electric motor assist and a CVT transmission."CVT, IMA... I think that car is already irrelevant.
=================Only Saabs, Fords and Mitsubishis are allowed on my driveway.
It reminds me of too many other cars. Its a bit bland but not bad at all.
- KumarCurrently rebuilding my RX-8.
Better pics added.
Super attractive!!!!!!!!
The side profile is nice, but the front and back look generic.


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Krugman: You know what this economy needs? A space alien invasion!
posted at 12:05 pm on August 15, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Patrick Ishmael wrote about this in the Green Room, but why should he have all the fun? Not too long ago, Dick Durbin lamented the demise of credibility for Keynesian economic proposals, but even I didn't realize the Keynesians had become quite this desperate. Fareed Zakaria offers a strange view of economics where government seizes capital to dig ditches, refill them, and then roll around in the taxes paid by the workers who did the work while everyone winds up with nothing. Paul Krugman then doubles down on this idiocy by explaining that economic growth would be just around the corner — if only Space Invaders came to life:
I love the war analogies. Doesn't the Left keep blaming our current economic malaise on the two wars that George Bush started? If war was all it took to create economic growth, we'd be peaking now, wouldn't we? And didn't Barack Obama start a new war with Libya this year? How is the economic growth from that conflict working out?
The rest of this is just sheer idiocy. Krugman, who won a Nobel Prize in economics, somehow forgets to tell Zakaria that seizing capital from productive enterprises in taxes (or worse, borrowing against future legitimate production in deficit spending) to fund the "ditch cycle" has opportunity costs — namely, the opportunity to produce something other than pre-filled ditches, which have a real value of zero. That's actually a significant part of what's wrong now. Government spending doesn't create economic growth; it takes money from actual production, and so should be used sparingly and only for necessities.
Krugman then takes Zakaria's reductio ad absurdum and makes it more absurd by postulating that a mistaken alarm of a space invasion would create vast economic growth, which would just remain even after the Emily Litella moment when the space aliens didn't invade. Unfortunately, the Nobel Prize-winning economist doesn't explain what would happen when all of the assets built to meet the threat turn out to be useless and can't be converted into productive assets for a non-space-war economy. Thanks to the massive seizure of capital it would take to create the defensive and offensive assets to meet that threat, we'd be left with little to power our economy, especially in a highly regulatory (and rationed) total-war economy.
It does explain a lot about Obamanomics, however, which has seized capital to deliver almost no real new value — only to slightly speed up projects already on the planning board, and slightly speed up car and home sales that would have taken place anyway. The credibility of Keynesian economics died with Porkulus, and all Krugman and Zakaria do is keep redigging the grave and filling it back up — which is apparently good for their own personal economies.
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Had these are church this morning and the baker left before I could get the recipe. Online search turned up several variations but none looked the same. These were soft and crinkly on top. Any ideas?
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Had these are church this morning and the baker left before I could get the recipe. Online search turned up several variations but none looked the same. These were soft and crinkly on top. Any ideas?
Contact the baker at the next church meeting.
I haven't heard if that recipe, sorry. A few years ago, I asked a lady at my CHURCH for a square recipe and ......she said NO! After that I didn't want it and I was sorry I asked. Good grief what is this world coming to?
Years ago while we were stationed in Alaska a "friend" there had a ham gravy recipe. I asked if she'd share the recipe with me and she said "no, it was a family recipe from her Mother and she wouldn't want her to share it". Her mother had been dead for over 20 yrs. Plus we were in Alaska..who in her family would ever know that she shared it?? So I guess the recipe will go to the grave with her. I thought it was crazy! Another lady from our church had a wonderful chocolate silk pie recipe. We had a bake sale and I bought one of her pies for $10.00 which was a LOT back then. It was worth every penny. I asked if she'd share the recipe and I'd share one of mine with her? She asked her daughter since it was the grandmother's recipe. The daughter said NO. But a few weeks lady called me to say they changed their minds and would share it with me. I still make that pie every holiday season after all these years. THAT is a nice memory!!
When it seems like the world is falling to pieces remember that the pieces are falling into place. We are nearing closer to the End Times.
Have s sister in law who will not share a cheese cake recipe with family members...I guess makes her feel important...people who are selfish and not sharing are really "small" and I try to stay away from them
Thanks. Geri B... I could not expressed that better. Most every thing I know is from some kind person willing to SHARE their SMARTS ....and I love love love to share,,, you know , PASS IT ON . mimi
I have jokingly said I wouldn't share my recipes but for the most part I can give a basic since I don't measure anything while cooking. My baking comes from a book so why not share.
I share all of my recipes. My SIL tried to tell me her baked bean recipe was secret. She made the mistake of letting me take the leftovers home. After several tries I figured it out. I knew a few details from hearing her talk about them. She ate mine and first asked how I got her recipe then she decided mine were better than hers. No more secret recipes with her.
I share any recipe that anyone asks for. I consider it a compliment that they liked it well enough to ask for it. My mother-in-law made a pound cake that she called her 1,2,3,4 cake. She did not use measuring cups or spoons. I ask her to make the cake and I measured each ingredient before she added it. After that I made a great pound cake and she couldn't get hers to turn out as before. After that I was the assigned pound cake maker for the family. Hmmmm. I wonder if she didn't out smart me. LOL.


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The Spot: Biffy Clyro

We chat with scottish indie band Biffy Clyro before they hit the road with mega band Muse.

Scottish alt band Biffy Clyro are about to rock their way around the U.S. of A. with none other than megagroup Muse. Their sixth studio album, Opposites, was released early this year, topping the U.K. album charts at number one. They're also slated to be one of the headliners for the Reading and Leeds Festivals. It's a good year for the Biffy Clyro boys, and before it got too crazy we asked frontman Simon Neil about living on the road.
Playboy.com: What's the major difference between Scottish bars and American bars? Could you give us a story that would happen in one of those places that wouldn't happen in the other?
Neil: The main difference between Scottish and American bars is the number of drunken people. A tip in a Scottish pub is to not stare at the guy with the scar sitting at the end of the bar. A tip in an American bar involves dollars.
Playboy.com: What's the best venue you've played at and why?
Neil: The Royal Albert Hall in London. It was almost a religious experience. It's got so much history and there's something brilliantly odd about our rock band playing in such an iconic, prestigious venue.
Playboy.com: You're one of the headliners for the Reading and Leeds Festivals. What's your favorite part about playing festivals?
Neil: Apart from hanging out with your friends backstage and getting drunk in a field in the middle of nowhere, it's an unbelievable experience to stand in front of people singing your songs back at you. It's as close to god on earth as I've ever seen or felt.
Playboy.com: What's your craziest story from the road?
Neil: Whenever magic mushrooms were involved things always went a bit crazy. The worst night was when we were on a long drive after a gig in Amsterdam and James [Johnston] completely lost his mind and almost killed us when he wrestled our driver from the wheel while we were going at 100 mph on the autobahn as he thought there were aliens on our tail, and the driver was in on it! We had to restrain him for four hours. He only calmed down when chocolate milk piqued his interest. Don't do drugs!
A bit more of a family-friendly story is we were playing an acoustic show in London. We had heard that there would be a surprise support band, thought we didn't know who it would be. When we turned up, we saw two guitar cases sitting next to the stage with "Bono" and "The Edge" stenciled on them. U2 were our support band for the evening. They even apologized for stealing our dressing room. A nice bunch of Irish boys.
Playboy.com: What's the influence behind your album Opposites? What sets it apart from your other albums?
Neil: It's about the breakdown and rebuilding of a relationship. It was inspired by the last two years of our lives, lyrically. Musically, it was inspired by Simon and Garfunkel and Guns N' Roses—we're trying to find that middle ground! There was no such thing as a ridiculous idea on this album. We used a lot of strange instruments and sounds on this record which are not often used on a rock album. We used kazoos, a mariachi band, a tap dancer, an orchestra, a choir, bagpipes, beards [sic] as percussion, a church organ…I also think these are the best songs I have ever written. I believe it is our band at our very best!
Playboy.com: What's your first Playboy memory?
Neil: I remember buying Playboy when I was 13, because I was the old-looking one in my group of friends. I remember falling in love with Stephanie Seymour, who was in that particular issue. I still have those images etched in my brain.
Playboy.com: What do you guys listen to while you're on the road? Why?
Neil: I listen to a lot of noisy music when I'm at home, but not so much on tour. I listen to a bit of Nick Cave, Band of Horses, Red House Painters, Frank Ocean, Clint Mansell, Hans Zimmer…When you're on tour playing really loud rock shows every night, the last thing you want to do is listen to loud guitars. As much as I love, live and breathe rock music, a little change is good!
Playboy.com: Which city has the sexiest girls?
Neil: I'll say…any city in Italy. And my wife is of Italian descent!
Playboy.com: Are there any places you're looking forward to playing that you haven't been before?
Neil: I would love, love, love to go to South America and RRRRRRRRRRussia. Two very different parts of the world, but two places I've been intrigued by since I was very young, and can't wait to visit and play. The people seem so, so wonderful and full of life.
Playboy.com: What's your favorite bar or nightclub to hit up while you're on the road?
Playboy.com: You'll be the supporting act for Muse in Canada and the U.S. in April. Do you want to talk a bit about that?
Neil: We're buzzing to get back to the U.S. and Canada. A lot of the people at the shows will be unfamiliar with us, but I cannot wait to introduce them to our band. And to do two nights at MSG with Muse is going to be an absolute honor and unforgettable. It's always fun to play shows with Muse, they're great people, they're a great band and they've got a fucking private jet. What's not to love!


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freakin hilarious!
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
-Benjamin Franklin
"If the Good Lord wanted me to use percussion caps I reckon the river beds would be full of 'em for the takin"
Old flintlock shooter I met at the range.
In this day and age it is easier to stay stupid than it is to stay ignorant. I have had the misfortune to have encountered many informed idiots
freakin hilarious!
"The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.... Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character...." -- President Grover Cleveland
Teach a man to fish, but if he'd rather turn around and steal your catch, shoot him.
funny, funny
I know nothing...........nothing !
kicked that bear's arse! Very funny
That wasn't his ARse he kicked!Originally Posted by RTO68-69
"It's all over but the cryin'!"Moonshiner


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Choose two digits and arrange them to make two double-digit
numbers. Now add your double-digit numbers. Now add your single
digit numbers. Divide your double-digit answer by your single-digit
answer. Try lots of examples. What happens? Can you explain it?
Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the 'back of
the queue' and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. What
properties do your answers always have?
Choose any four consecutive even numbers. Multiply the two middle
numbers together. Multiply the first and last numbers. Now subtract
your second answer from the first. Try it with your own numbers.
Why is the answer always 8?
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from $1$ to $9$,
once and once only.
For instance, we could choose:
$638, 92, 571$ and $4$
Add them up:
$638 + 92 + 571 + 4 = 1305$
$1305$ is divisible by $9$ (it is $145\times 9$)
(use a calculator to check this if you do not know yet how to
divide by $9$)
Add each of the digits in the number $1305$ .
What is their sum?
Or, perhaps we could choose:
$921, 4357$ and $68$
$921 + 4357 + 68 = 5346$
$5346$ is divisible by $9$ (it is $594 \times 9$)
Now try some other possibilities for yourself!
I wonder what happens if we use all $10$ digits from $0$ to $9$,
once and once only?
Try some for yourself!
What do you think would happen if we used the eight digits from
$1$ to $8$?
Test your hypothesis by trying some possibilities for
Were you correct?
Is there a pattern beginning to emerge? Do you have theory that
might explain what is happening?
Try some different sets of digits for yourself!


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This Flash-based interactive provides access to illustrations, visualizations, videos, and near-real time images of the Sun from a variety of NASA satellites. Learners can access this information to supplement other materials related to the Sun and... (View More) heliophysics. A scale tool with the size of the Earth is also presented with the solar images. (View Less)
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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Lithograph and In Search of ... the James Webb Space Telescope classroom activity
The lithograph features illustrations, statistics and science goals of the James Webb Space Telescope. The accompanying classroom activity prompts students to use the images and text to generate questions about the telescope. Students then research... (View More) those questions on the Internet and present their findings. (View Less)
Fresh water resources- their quantity, location and distribution- are briefly discussed in this two-page article. The article can be used as a "reading to be informed" activity in a stand-alone fashion or can be incorporated into a lesson plan.
The basic chemistry of water, along with a brief glimpse into water's origin on Earth, are discussed in this two page article. The article can be used as a "reading to be informed" activity in a stand-alone fashion or can be incorporated into a... (View More) lesson plan. (View Less)
A Hovmuller plot is a diagram that visibly displays data patterns from a selected latitude or longitude over a time period. Through a storyline and several samples, students are introduced to a Hovmuller plot of temperature data along a longitude in... (View More) the eastern United States. Students then create salinity and precipitation plots using data from the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server. (View Less)
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This two-page lithograph features an infrared image entitled, Pillars in the Monkey Head Nebula (the nebula also known as NGC 2174), located in the Orion constellation. The accompanying classroom activity "In Search of....Star Formation" is a... (View More) curriculum support tool designed for use as an introductory inquiry activity. During the classroom activity, students use the images and text on this lithograph to generate questions about the electromagnetic spectrum. They will conduct research to answer their questions, then create a presentation to demonstrate their understanding of the material. (View Less)
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This is a two-page lithograph featuring the Cepheid Variable Star RS Puppis, an example of a special class of bright pulsating stars whose light and energy outputs vary over a set period of time. The text on the lithograph explains the historic... (View More) importance of Cepheid variable stars as distance markers. The accompanying classroom activity In Search of … Cepheid Variable Stars is a curriculum support tool designed for use as an introductory inquiry activity. During the classroom activity, students use the images and text on this lithograph to generate questions about Cepheid variable stars. They will conduct research to answer their questions and will create a presentation to demonstrate their understanding of the material, providing supporting evidence from their research. (View Less)
Students read and analyze two different articles about medical imaging using X-rays. This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of NASA's NuSTAR mission. The... (View More) guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)


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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star ryokan in Nikko with free parking
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Situated in the historical district, this ryokan is within a 5-minute walk of Shinkyo and Rinno-ji Temple. Kosugi Hoan Memorial Nikko Art Museum and Rinno-ji are also within 10 minutes.
This ryokan features a restaurant, free newspapers, and multilingual staff. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a garden, gift shops/newsstands, and a front-desk safe are onsite.
Property Features
All 21 rooms offer free WiFi, refrigerators, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include down comforters, in-room massages, and safes.
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Nikko Hoshinoyado
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Ryokan Amenities
The ryokan offers a restaurant. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Nikko Hoshinoyado features hot springs. This hot springs ryokan also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and a garden. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Nikko Hoshinoyado has designated areas for smoking.
- Year Built 1964
- Luggage storage
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Total number of rooms - 21
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free self parking
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Down comforter
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- In-room safe
- Turndown service
- In-room massage available
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
YOIMURASAKI - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Reservations are required.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hot springs on site
Ryokan Policies
Check-in time ends at 7 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Cash Deposit Required
Debit cards not accepted
No cribs (infant beds) available
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: JPY 1500 per person (approximately)
- Early check-in fee: JPY 2625
- Late check-out fee: JPY 2625
Ryokan Name
- Hoshinoyado
- Hoshinoyado Inn
- Nikko Hoshinoyado
- Nikko Hoshinoyado Inn
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ). Additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.


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Melanie Khan, a nurse and two-year breast cancer survivor, is all about awareness, awareness, awareness.
So it's no wonder that she called, wanting me to see the new ambulance her husband's company in North Haven has. Newest to Nelson Ambulance's stable is one painted pink, to raise awareness.
Owner Saleem Khan said the impetus to paint pink a new ambulance came about when he was at a tow truck show in Baltimore and saw a tow truck with a similar design. Painted on the sides of the pink ambulance is the star of life intertwined with a pink breast cancer ribbon.
Melanie hopes the pink ambulance, the first in Connecticut, supports people who have breast cancer now, or will hopefully give people the reminder they need to get tested.
Melanie said her cancer was found during a routine mammogram.
"I want women to get their mammograms. It's all about support and awareness," she said.
We're getting closer to some annual breast cancer fundraisers and a new one to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a local hair-cutting salon.
I'm an advocate of keeping money raised for cancer causes local, and Pio's of Italy is doing just that with a cut-a-thon from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 20 and 21 at the salon at 1118 Whalley Ave., in the city's Westville section.
All proceeds will be donated to Closer to Free, the fund to support cancer research and patient care at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
It's Pio Imperati's 40th year in Westville, but it's the 47th year he's cut hair in the city.
"Why we decided to do it is that a lot of our friends and some members of our family have been affected by cancer," Pio said, and the salon has worked with clients and friends who need hair-replacement help during treatment.
Everyone at the salon is pitching in.
Pio's son, Pio, initially contacted the cancer center about having an event, and daughter, Carla Eichler, designed and produced the fliers and banners. The elder Pio, his wife, Carol, staff members Senka Ibrakovic and Kathy Moura and friend Maria Pierelli will be donating their time to cut hair, and a clown will entertain. Pio also proudly noted that his other son, Andrew, works in Yale's pathology lab.
Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are encouraged by calling 203-397-0200. If you bring a friend, you get 10 percent off your haircut. For a wash, cut and style, prices start at $20 for men and $30 for women.
Here are some upcoming events:
?The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is June 2 in Bushnell Park in Hartford. There is an adult 5K race, a 4K walk and a 1.5K walk. There's a "Sleep in for the Cure" if you can't make it on race day. The best way to find out more is to visit www.KomenCT.org.
?The annual Hospital of St. Raphael's Looking Forward Fashion Show, run for many years by survivor Ellen Swirsky, is now being run by North Haven survivor Kim Dwyer now that Ellen has moved. I hope to be at the June 4 event, because Miss Connecticut Morgan Amarone will be the emcee, and because it's being held you-know-where: Anthony's Ocean View. (They really should put me on their promotional staff, don't you think?)
?West Haven's Breast Cancer Awareness Committee's 12th annual Walk for a Cure is May 12. The 3-mile walk starts at 8:30 a.m. Call 203-937-3586 or 203-937-3619.
?And, in celebration of National Cancer Survivor's Day, the Yale Cancer Center and Smilow will host Without Borders: The Global Face of Cancer, from 11 a.m. To 2 p.m. May 19 at Yale's West Campus, 141 Frontage Road, Orange. Carolyn Taylor, an ovarian cancer survivor from Westchester, N.Y., will present a photo documentary to show how the battle against cancer is universal. There will be a cookout and kids' activities. The event is free, but reservations must be made by calling 888-700-6543.
Ann DeMatteo can be reached at adematteo.nhregister.com or at 203-789-5716. Follow her on Twitter @AnnDDeMatteo. To receive breaking news first, text NHNEWS to 22700. *Msg + data rates may apply. For help text HELP. To cancel text STOP.


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What has been a basic right of women throughout the United States since 1920 will become a step toward equality for women in Saudi Arabia by 2015. That's when King Abdullah's recent decision to allow women the right to vote and to run in local elections will take effect.
The king first discussed the plan with his nation's top religious leaders, and then announced his decision at an annual speech before the Shura Council, his advisory assembly. He explained that he took the decisive action because a large and vocal sector of Saudi society was demanding greater social freedoms.
"Balanced modernization, which falls within our Islamic values, is an important demand in an era where there is no place for defeatist or hesitant people. Muslim women in our Islamic history have demonstrated positions that expressed correct opinions and advice," said the king.
He also announced that women will be appointed to the Shura Council. That addition will be important for women, since the Council is currently made up of men only.
The U.S. noted that these actions will soon allow Saudi women to be a larger part of the decisions in their communities that affect life on a daily basis.
More Rights Needed
Though the decisions are a significant step forward for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, many people there feel the action will not happen soon enough, especially since local elections are scheduled for this Thursday.
"Why not tomorrow?" asked Wajeha al-Hawaidar. She is a leader in the fight for the rights of Saudi women. "I think the king doesn't want to shake the country, but we look around us and we think it is a shame . . . when we are still pondering how to meet simple women's rights."
In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive. To travel out of the country, a woman must have the permission of her husband or male guardian.
"We didn't ask for politics, we asked for our basic rights. We demanded that we be treated as equal citizens and lift the male guardianship over us," said Maha al-Qahtani. "We have many problems that need to be addressed immediately."
al-Qahtani is a government employee as well as an activist. Earlier this year, she defied the driving ban by driving around Riyadh, the country's capital, for 45 minutes.
Fighting for Rights
The struggle for women's voting rights in the U.S. lasted for decades. In 1848, a group of women led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton met in Seneca Falls, New York, to discuss women's rights. Thirty years later, an amendment to give women the right to vote was introduced in Congress. But it wasn't until 1919 that Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. The amendment was ratified by all the states the following year and American women voted in the 1920 presidential election.
Other countries have also struggled with this issue. French women were not allowed to vote until 1944, and it wasn't until 1971 that women in Switzerland were allowed to vote in federal elections. In recent years, women in Kuwait won the right to vote in 2005, and women in the United Arab Emirates secured the same rights in 2006. No women are allowed to vote in Brunei.


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Royal Analyst Richard Mineards talks about new baby
Expects gifts from all over the world to come in
MONTECITO, Calif. - Royal Family analyst and Montecito Journal columnist Richard Mineards enthusiastically sees a bright future for the new royal baby.
As bells rang in London, the world celebrated the birth of a boy to William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
"Oh I think they will be great parents," said Mineards. "The Royal Family is probably at the peak of its popularity now. Kate has been brought up in a very loving family on a very different social level. And of course William was brought up by Princess Diana who was not the royal mold. She wasn't stuffy."
The timing for the baby, two years after the royal wedding, was calculated. "They didn't want a baby overshadowing the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. William really respects his grandmother," said Mineards. "If it were a P.R. and promotional exercise it couldn't work out better."
Now, Mineards says the gifts will be coming in from around the world. "Everybody will be sending presents galore. There will be a tsunami of teddy bears. Everyone will want to give them things for the baby."
Ahead, the world awaits the baby's name and more.
"It's all tradition, tradition, and tradition," said Mineards about the upcoming events.


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Ball Parks: Jim Dow's Photographs of Baseball Stadiums
04 Jul 2009 - 27 Sep 2009
This installation from the National Gallery's collection of photographs comprises 26 colour panoramic views of empty baseball stadiums across North America, from Exhibition Stadium, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays, and Montreal's Olympic Stadium to the Houston Astrodome. Taken in 1982, Jim Dow, a respected American photographer as well as a sports enthusiast, imparts through these images both a passion for the monumentality of the architecture and its abstract geometry and his love of baseball. The emptiness of the stadiums simultaneously evokes memory and a sense of anticipation.


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I will volunteer
Group - please don't take offense I just hate to hear about problems.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I will volunteer
Group - please don't take offense I just hate to hear about problems.
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
OK Ladies....minor switch. We are switching up a couple of ladies so your group will now look like this:
Group 9
Leader - CherylW
When life goes to pieces, QUILT!
Hi Ladies
Sorry for stealing Dragonfly Nana away from you, but VERY thankful she was willing to switch groups with me. The other group was GREAT all very nice ladies, but my sister, who I share a house with, also was in that group...to save ourselves tears, sweat & bloodshed, we stopped quilting with each other several years ago Being in the same group and one after the other was not a good combination. Poor QBee, what a great Swap leader for getting me moved so quickly. Completely my fault for not thinking to tell her we couldn't be in the same group!
I'm good with leaving rows unattached to added sashing between each row
My original theme was blue roses...but I'm considering a change. I'll let you know if my shopping trip next week changes the theme or not!
Thanks again for having me!!
Here I am!! Greetings my new found round row robin ghoul friends! This is my first round rowing' hee hee and can't wait to get started. I like the idea of adding sashing when it comes home. I'm always afraid of asking/expecting too much.
Now for mee theme.....I am doing a scrap/leftover/sample/practice block type of quilt. I would like everyone to use those blocks/pieces you kept but often asked yourself why and then answered yourself that you just couldn't bear to toss it out. The theme is no theme LOL. Just dig out those blocks/practice pieces and create something 12 1/2 x 60 that can be attached. Doesn't hv to be pieced blocks it can be a piece of machine or hand embroidery etc. please do not stress out whether it will match etc. This will be a TRUE SCRAP quilt Made from all those precious pieces we just couldn't throw out but had no use for them.
That's mee theme and I'm sticking to it LOL
The only gift is a portion of thyself.....Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shana - Welcome to the group! We are more than happy to have you.
Scrapper - I love your theme. I will have to see what I have in my bin (the block graveyard!).
Ladies - I do think that right before we get ready to mail our rows we should do a final post with instructions about sashing, not attaching, or whatever special needs are. I will then cut and paste all of the info into 1 PM so you can keep it separate and handy for future reference. How does that sound?
Just finished a baby quilt today and need to do a couple of table runners and then I will figure out my theme. Batiks is running through my mind as well as holidays. Or maybe months - a block to symbolize each month with 2 - 3 months in each row. Have to think more on that.
Sew Happy!
Since so many of us already have completed 1st rows are will soon are we going to ship when we are ready or wait until the 'due' date? For me the piecing is the easier step and tends to go very quickly, it's the actual quilting process that I'm slow at lol
Cuppy, Your quilt is right up my alley too! lol I do large breed dog rescue I have 11 dogs at my house at this moment. Crossing my fingers it doesn't become 12...but I think there is a boston terror headed my way today, but she is suppose to be short term ONLY. lol While my rescue is suppose to focus on large & giant breeds right now I've got everything from a 15lb. Jack Russell-Chihuahua mix to a 110 lb. Great Pyrenees-Mastiff mix Looking forward to working on your quilt lol have so many ideas!!
I am happy everyone will enjoy doing a row with dog theme. My starter row is a bit simple but will begin the theme of the quilt.
Scrapper, I can just go ahead and work on your row... I have plenty of orphan blocks! I think I will like your scrappy quilt.
I should have my fabric I ordered any day and thenn I will complete my row.
If you insist I can communicate :P lol I'm still wibble-wobbling a bit...my original theme is blue roses, but I'm thinking about expanding it to be "Blue Flowers" lol I've seen some BEAUTIFUL stuff lately that makes me want to expand...what do ya'll think, is blue flowers easier for you than blue roses?


text: Basically, it means that all 5 of the Senior men at SWP Regionals can advance to Pacific Coast Sectionals because there are 4 or fewer Senior men registered at both Central Pacific and Northwest Pacific Regionals. From the current USFS Rulebook: "2471 Fill-Up Rule: Competitors at a regional championship may progress directly to their sectional championship if, at the close of entries, there are four or fewer competitors in senior, junior, novice intermediate or juvenile singles events. A. Additional competitors from the same event in other regions of the same section shall be permitted to enter in order to bring the number of competitors up to a maximum of 12 (or more, if ties make it necessary). B. These additional competitors will be selected in the order of their placement. Should this result in two or more competitors qualifying for one additional place, all will be included, even if this causes the total number of competitors in the event to exceed 12." No. AFAIK, he hasn't competed since Pacific Coast Sectionals in November 2011. Here's my compilation of scores for the Senior men who are known to have competed so far this season: http://unseenskaters.wordpress.com/scoretracker/2012-2013-senior-men-scores/


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Exhibitions at Lesley University's Art Institute of Boston chart the ways contemporary artists engage with the transforming landscape of the world
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The exhibit will feature painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and more. The exhibition charts the many ways contemporary artists engage with the transforming landscape of the world today.
Fifteen graduates will display their artwork in two different locations:
The June 2013 graduates, who represent the program's eighteenth graduating class, are: Julie R. Amrany, Karen Assel, Sarah Barr, Kathline Carr, Nicole Daviau, Linda S. Fitz Gibbon, Lydia Gravis, Olivia Janna Genereaux, Aaron Lish, Rita Maas, Molly Painter, Jason Pramas, Jessica Putnam-Phillips, Michelle Saffran and Mary Zompetti.
"The thesis exhibition is the culmination of each artist's experience during the MFA. As such, it is more than the breadth and possibilities of their experimentation; it is the promise of their potential," says Judith Barry, director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts.
The MFA in Visual Arts is a low-residency program that attracts students nationally and internationally who want to earn a master's degree without relocating, giving up their day jobs, or taking classes online. Learn more about the program format here.
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By Justin B. Phillips / American Press
Millie, a playful standard poodle, picked her paw up off the floor and placed it in the hand of the little girl in front of her. The little girl laughed as Millie chewed on the treat she was given for the trick.
Millie was just one of a handful of dogs spending an hour in Tuten Park's Education Building on Saturday. The room was also filled with more than two dozen children from the ages of 5 to 12 clamoring over the tail-wagging, face-licking animals.
Also, all of the children were dealing with significant grief from losing a loved one. The dogs they were petting and hugging were therapy dogs, and they were all part of the Shannon Cox Counseling Center's Good Mourning Gang Winter Group Event.
In the back of the room, photos covered a large portion of one of the walls. Some of the pictures were of smiling adults; others were of babies and small children. The wall was called a "memory wall." Most of the smiling faces in those photos belonged to deceased relatives of the children in the room. For these kids, Saturday was more than just a day in the park.
Sara McDonald is a counselor with the Shannon Cox Counseling Center. Since 2010, the center has provided counseling, consultation and education to individuals and families in Southwest Louisiana. Recently, the center started offering grief counseling services for children who lost a significant person in their lives.
"This provides support for the children, and it allows them a chance to interact with other kids with similar experiences. Yes, they may go to school or even church with kids their age, but this setting is different. All of the kids here have had some significant loss in their lives," McDonald said. "Children are always seeking peers, and here we're providing that in a positive, support-based environment."
The daylong event is only the second of that type for the center. The previous one occurred over the summer and with its success, McDonald said, there is already a waiting list for the upcoming sessions.
After the children settled down, McDonald had them talk about the photos. Nadia, 14, walked in front of the memory wall and talked about her little sister, Emma. She talked about how Emma died as an infant.
"I would sing 'You Are My Sunshine' to her," Nadia said before she walked back to her seat.
One after the other, kids stood up, walked to the wall of photos and talked about a loved one who was now gone. After each story, the speakers would tap someone else as they headed back to their seat.
Gabriel, 14, talked about his dad, who died in a car accident after leaving his little brother's karate tournament in New Orleans. Brandon, 9, said his father committed suicide. He went on to talk about the fun things he remembers about him. Bell, 8, said he didn't really know how his mom died, but he remembers how she used to really enjoy watching "Wheel of Fortune."
"Everything we do here has a reason behind it. In some way it helps them process their emotions," McDonald said. "The thing with kids is that they all process their grief differently. They aren't sad like you and I. For some of them, it may come out in their behavior where they're acting out or they're being really withdrawn. Every child is different, and that's how we treat this process. It's constantly changing, constantly evolving to fit each individual situation."
It was a full day for the kids at the park. They participated in a totem pole and mask crafts session. They planted aloe vera plants and they took part in yoga, karate and Zumba dance sessions. McDonald went on to say that determining what to do during the events is a fluid endeavor. The grief concepts are always changing to better suit the needs of the individual.
"All we're trying to do is develop the best methods for this area. At the end of the day, this whole thing is client directed," McDonald said.
Outside under the pavilion, balloons floated over one of the tables. The balloons were broken up by color for each of the three age groups at the event — 5-7, 8-9 and 10-12.
Throughout the day, the kids were encouraged to go to the balloons and write something to the loved one they were grieving over. One of the last activities for the kids was to go outside and release the balloon bearing their personal message. Again, McDonald said it was just another creative way to help the kids grieve.
For information about the Shannon Cox Counseling Center's upcoming events, call 436-9533 or visit the Family & Youth Counseling Agency offices, at 220 Louie St.


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Volume III
St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
What's New
- Secretary Spellings announces growth model pilot;
- Secretary Spellings recognizes 30th anniversary of Hispanic Scholarship Fund;
- Secretary Spellings releases No Child Left Behind: A Road Map to State Implementation
- NCLB Blue Ribbon Schools honored;
- Secretary Spellings and students kick off International Education Week by speaking with the crew of the International Space Station;
- Founders of Gilder Lehrman Institute awarded National Humanities Medal;
- Arts Education Partnership releases Third Space: When Learning Matters;
- U.S. Department of Education displays artwork by students from around the world;
- EPIC launches ThinkBright TV; and
- Virtual Pre-K to host seminar with Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center.
Innovations in the News
- The D.C. Choice Incentive Program is taking hold, plus information on
- International Education Week
- Private Schools
- Raising Student Achievement and
- Teacher Quality/School Leadership
Editor's Note: OII wants to know what you think. Some of our readers have received a message asking them to complete a short survey about the The Education Innovator. You are encouraged to complete the survey, so that we can make this e-newsletter even better. The deadline to respond is December 2.
St. Johnsbury Academy Combines Small Town Ingenuity with an International Scope
Small Japanese lanterns line the path to enlightenment at Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara, Japan. Twelve students from the other side of the world crumple pieces of paper, scrawled with messages for hope, prosperity, or thanks, and place them inside the cracks of the lanterns. The students walk the path to Todaiji Temple, burn incense, and wash their hands from sacred basins before entering an enclave where Diahutsu, the world's largest bronze statue of Buddha, watches over the ancient Japanese capital city. These students from St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont are visiting Nara with their Japanese host families as part of their school's unique foreign language exchange program.
St. Johnsbury Academy is far from ordinary. It is a private high school nestled in the Green Mountains of New England. Although it is a private school, its day school program is open to students in the surrounding area through a school choice program, which allows parents to send their children to the school using public funds. This program, known as "tuitioning out," was put in place in the late 19th century when Vermont towns voted to pay tuition to private academies in lieu of establishing their own schools. Even though the school charges tuition, the day student tuition is actually less than the amount per pupil spent on students in Vermont (in 2001-02, for example, St. Johnsbury's day student tuition was $8,195 compared to the Vermont current per pupil expenditure of $9,806).
In addition to accommodating day students, the Academy offers students from outside the local area boarding space in five dormitories on campus. In total, students from 20 states, 45 different towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and 20 foreign countries attend classes or board at the school. International students and U.S. students alike benefit from the school's international diversity. Students from abroad experience American culture and education, while U.S. students become familiar with cultures they would not typically interact with in some of the area's traditional public schools. The school's headmaster, Thomas Lovett, sends his children to the Academy. He notes, "I wish I had the education my children get here. The reality of diverse perspectives makes education lively. We are more tolerant, more given to listening, and more informed than we would be if we were not so international and still so close-knit." As well as the standard college preparatory and vocational curricula, the school has a center for international study, the Colwell Center for Global Understanding, which sponsors a number of foreign language exchange and study abroad programs.
Since its inception 163 years ago, the Academy has sought to provide an education that serves as a life foundation, enabling students to be "intellectually self-reliant and to function as constructive, moral members of society." As a result, the school, which offers advanced, college-preparatory, business, and technical courses, is designed to meet the needs of students with varied interests and abilities. The Academy offers 13 Advanced Placement (AP) classes covering topics such as mathematics, social sciences, computer science, history, and languages. Additionally, an English as a Second Language (ESL) program is designed to provide intensive training in reading, writing, comprehension, and spoken English for international students. Four levels of study are available, as is individual tutoring, a digital learning system, and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) assessment. For students who need additional support, the school provides a rigorous six-week summer program using the same teachers and methodology as those used during the academic year.
Charles Rollins, an alumnus of the Academy notes, "The Academy is definitely not the provincial school someone might expect to find in my Vermont hometown. I learned to speak Japanese, challenge myself, and think critically about global issues, all of which I use in my professional life." Mr. Rollins is currently an analyst covering Japanese and Australian counterterrorism efforts for the U.S. Department of Defense; he participated in a spring semester of St. Johnsbury's Japanese exchange program in 1997.
This year, the Academy's Colwell Center, founded in 2003, offers students educational programs in New Zealand, Spain, Belize, and Japan. Additionally, students may study the arts in Stuttgart, Germany, or spend a semester in Ladahk, India, through the Vermont International Studies initiative. A new study abroad program will take students to Argentina next year. The Colwell Center also sponsors guest scholars who spend weeks or months on the school's faculty, sharing the culture of their home countries. Last year, two professors, one from Morocco and another from Thailand, taught classes at the school. Last week, the Center sponsored a guest lecturer, Gayane Afrikaan, a scholar in residence at Harvard University and political affairs officer with the United Nations, who spoke with Academy students about her work in Afghanistan. Ms. Afrikaan's visit was made possible through the Academy's collaboration with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
The Colwell Center encourages students who have international connections to share their experiences and worldviews with the school community. Recently, a student whose family hails from Mexico spoke at the school's morning assembly about Mexican folktales and their significance. Another student from Japan prepared sushi as a fundraiser for local children with neurological disorders, and students in advanced Japanese and Spanish classes are teaching those languages to local elementary and middle school students through the Academy's Culture and Language After-School Program.
In addition to educating students, the Academy has a tradition of educating teachers. The school is a member of the College Board and has been designated by that organization as a training center for Advanced Placement teachers in New England. At the summer AP Institute, which began in 1986, AP teachers learn about the AP examination in their particular subject areas, share approaches in teaching, and develop assignments.
Prospective teachers also find opportunities at St. Johnsbury Academy through the teacher internship program. Recent college graduates with a record of high academic achievement who wish to pursue a career in education apply to this program. Participants teach at the Academy for one year and agree to live in one of the student dormitories as a "House Parent." Participants receive a background in teaching, a $12,000 stipend, and tuition credit at the University of Vermont.
The Academy is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and approved by the Vermont State Department of Education. It is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the Independent School Association of Northern New England, and the Vermont Independent Schools Association. During the 1990-1991 academic year, the U.S. Department of Education honored St. Johnsbury Academy as a Blue Ribbon School.
Today, nearly 95 percent of St. Johnsbury students graduate, and about 80 percent enter postsecondary education. The Academy's students typically score in the 90th percentile or above on AP tests for English, European history, American history, and biology, and on the 2004-2005 Vermont Comprehensive Assessment System tests, 72 percent of tenth grade students scored in the highest two performance levels in "mathematical skills," and 79 percent scored in the two highest performance levels in "writing conventions." This year five seniors, out of the class of about 250 students, are National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. St. Johnsbury is the current state champion in the "We the People" program (see Innovator for September 21, 2005).
Resources: Note: The featured program is innovative; however, it does not have evidence of effectiveness from a rigorous evaluation.
What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced a pilot program for 10 high-quality growth models that follow the principles of No Child Left Behind. Growth-based accountability models give schools credit for student improvement over time by tracking individual student achievement year to year. This pilot program will give the U.S. Department of Education the ability to rigorously evaluate growth models and their alignment with NCLB. (Nov. 18)
Secretary Spellings addressed a luncheon recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, saying, "One in every five children under 18 is of Hispanic origin. For our country to remain economically, civically, and democratically viable, we must ensure all these children receive the quality education they deserve." (Nov. 15)
Secretary Spellings released No Child Left Behind: A Road Map to State Implementation, which is designed to help state policymakers by describing ways the U.S. Department of Education, parents, educators, and state and local policymakers are making No Child Left Behind work. (Nov. 10)
The NCLB Blue Ribbon Schools were honored at a ceremony in Arlington, VA. The program honors schools that have either placed in the top 10 percent of the state in test scores or that have at least 40 percent economically disadvantaged students and have shown dramatic improvement in their test scores over three years. (Nov. 11)
Secretary Spellings kicked off International Education Week by joining students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a live downlink with the crew of the International Space Station. (Nov. 15)
American History
The founders of the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, received the 2005 National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony. The award, granted by the National Endowment for the Humanities, honors those whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is a valued partner of many of the OII Teaching American History grantees. (Nov. 10)
Arts Education
The Arts Education Partnership has released the report, Third Space: When Learning Matters. The report is based on a three-year research study of ten elementary, middle, and high schools serving economically disadvantaged students in urban and rural regions of the country and how and why the arts have enabled these schools to succeed. Four of the schools studied have participated in projects supported by OII's Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination programs, including Howell Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona, which is part of Opening Minds Through the Arts (see Innovator for January 26, 2004). (Nov. 15)
For a second year, the U.S. Department of Education is displaying an exhibit of visual art and creative writing in the lobby of the Department's headquarters building in Washington, D.C., to celebrate International Education Week. The VSA arts exhibit features work by students from the U.S. and eight other countries. VSA arts is an OII Arts in Education Program grantee. (Nov. 14)
Parental Involvement/Technology
Every Person Influences Children (EPIC), a Parent Information and Resource Center in New York State, (see Innovator for April 4, 2005) has developed ThinkBright TV educational programming with Buffalo Public Schools and the Buffalo Education Channel, among others. Programs have been developed for teachers, families, and students and are offered from 8:00 - 11:00 PM every evening. Program themes include "b-Healthy for Life," "Think Globally," and "The Arts" in the context of "Taking Charge of Your Child's Future" and "Success in Schools." (Nov. 8)
Virtual Pre-K, a program of Chicago Public Schools (see Innovator for January 3, 2005) will host a 4-hour seminar with the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center on December 6 in Washington, D.C. The session is designed for early childhood educators and administrators who are involved with making home/school/community connections in English and Spanish. One focus will be on "Literacy-Based Museum Experiences." For more information, contact Alicia Narvaez (Nov. 10)
Innovations in the News
The D.C. Choice Incentive Program is taking hold in Washington with, according to D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, the lowest-income parents from some of the lowest-performing schools taking advantage of the program. A Georgetown University report of a focus group of parents said that the parents of children who had transferred to private schools as a result of the program became more involved in their children's education, and their children's performance had improved. The program is being evaluated as required by federal legislation. [More-New York Sun] (Nov. 14)
Over 1,400 students in Prince George's County (MD) have changed public schools this year under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The number of students choosing to attend schools other than the ones assigned to them by the district is up about 35 percent from last year. Prince George's County considers school choice "a critical component" of NCLB. [More-Washington Post] (Nov. 10) (free registration)
International Education Week
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education recognize November 14-18 as International Education Week. Throughout the week, the two departments highlighted various aspects of internationalism in the U.S. education system, including the Fulbright Program, the Future Leaders Exchange, and the Youth Exchange and Study Program. The Open Doors 2005 report was also released. This annual survey shows how many U.S. students are studying abroad and how many foreign students are studying in the U.S. [More-Community Dispatch] (Nov. 10)
Third and fourth graders in Akron-area (OH) elementary schools have decorated 12-inch squares with flags on globes to create a paper quilt, "Building Global Bridges...Making Global Friends." This artwork was displayed at the Northeast Ohio Summit on Citizen Diplomacy at the University of Akron for International Education Week. It will then be sent to Washington, D.C. to be hung in an embassy overseas in 2006. [More-Akron Beacon Journal] (Nov. 10) (free registration)
Private Schools
Private school enrollment is growing in Floyd County (GA). Parents are sending their children to private schools for the religious emphasis, small school size, and greater academic freedom. The Rome City Schools superintendent and other educators say the private school options foster competition and help the public schools improve. Since 1997, public school enrollment in Georgia grew 12.9 percent, while private school enrollment in the state increased 23 percent. [More-Rome News Tribune] (Oct. 30)
Raising Student Achievement
Hamilton County Schools (TN) (see Innovator for October 18, 2004) show improvement for the fifth consecutive year. According to the new report card, the number of schools meeting all 45 of the state's No Child Left Behind accountability standards increased to include 86 percent of the public schools in the county. In addition, the Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts was recognized as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School. [More-WTVC] (Nov. 2)
Teacher Quality/School Leadership
General Electric and IBM have announced new initiatives to help academic achievement through quality teaching. The General Electric Company will invest $100 million in the College Bound program to help students in 20 schools across the country go on to college. The funding will be used to develop new ways to teach math and science and for teacher professional development. Company officials also will be involved with carrying out the program in the schools. IBM is making it possible for some of its workers to become teachers after they leave the company through its Transition to Teaching program. The program will start off with about 100 IBM science and math experts. [More-VOA News] (Oct. 26)
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has made an agreement with the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) to provide Pathwise® professional development workshops and materials to teachers, principals, and other school leaders through the WEAC Professional Development Academy. One component of the program will help principals improve their classroom observations by basing their evaluations on evidence and providing standards-based feedback and constructive support to teachers. Another component will help school leaders learn how to identify and correct issues that adversely affect teaching and learning. [More-Black Enterprise] (Nov. 3)
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Escape Adventures Renowned Environmental Commitment
Las Vegas, Nevada (February 2007) - Corporate responsibility is becoming more predominant in the United States, but few businesses within the travel and tourism industry have taken a leading role while even fewer have raised the bar. Enter Escape Adventures. Founded in 1991 by a husband and wife team - Jared and Heather Fisher - the company offers active vacations throughout North America like a handful of other companies. But, what sets them apart is their extraordinary environmental commitment.
"The continued success of our business depends on pristine natural environments," explains Heather Fisher, Escape Adventures' President. "After we made the connection between global warming, travel and tourism-related environmental impacts, and the melting of glaciers and increase and potency of wildfire seasons in the American West, we realized that we were contributing to the problem and had to become part of the solution," Fisher continues.
Beginning in 1995, Escape Adventures started a simple recycling program. Since that time, the company has significantly raised the bar. The company now recycles more than 90% of waste generated on each tour and offsets the balance by investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency "offset" projects. Escape Adventures is also committed to using renewable energy. The company was among the first in the U.S. to become a carbon neutral outfitter in 2006 and was the first to convert its support vehicles to run off of 100 percent vegetable oil which is gathered from restaurants and would otherwise be sent to landfills. Furthermore, its Moab-based facilities and its Las Vegas-based warehouse now run off of solar energy.
If that's not enough, employees are given financial incentives to ride to work. And, the company's purchasing policy centers around supporting value-based businesses who share its philosophy. Local, organic, and eco-friendly products are featured on all of its tours, which have been very well received by its new and returning guests.
"Although being a responsible tour operator gives us a competitive advantage, we want to inspire other adventure travel outfitters to 'green' their operations as well," said Jared Fisher, Director of Escape Adventures. "This is why our goal is to think globally, act locally and educate others about the process of becoming a more sustainable company. By helping others achieve the same results, we can multiply our efforts to make the world a better place, which is in everyone's best interest."
Escape Adventures truly walks its talk … closer to home, Heather founded the Save Redrock (www.saveredrock.com) campaign, which has improved safety and environmental conservation within Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area while Jared collaborated with state and federal land management agencies to improve trail conditions outside of the park.
Escape Adventures is a leader in first-class eco-friendly cycling, hiking and multi-sport adventures that specializes in western North America. For more information on the company's environmental commitment, call 800.596.2953 or email email@example.com.


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#1 Wed 06 Nov 13 6:49pm
wild boar ragu
I want to make a wild boar ragu. The recipe calls for shoulder, but I can only get boar steaks.
Might these work or would the texture be wrong?
Would I be better off using beef rather than substituting the boar shoulder?
#2 Thu 07 Nov 13 5:51pm
Re: wild boar ragu
Can anyone out there help a newcomer?
#3 Thu 07 Nov 13 8:38pm
mr spice
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Re: wild boar ragu
Very seasonal!
I had a piece of young wild boar a few weeks ago. It tasted great. I would prefer to use any complete joint or steak in preference to a ragu. Concentrate on a great sauce to go with it...mine was based on Cranberries!
#4 Thu 07 Nov 13 9:08pm
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Re: wild boar ragu
Yay for Mr. Spice! I deleted my post so as not to confuse anyone.
#5 Fri 08 Nov 13 10:29am
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Re: wild boar ragu
Mr Spice , my husband loves that rich meaty Wild boar stew that he gets in Budapest when he is there . So I can see that a wild boar Ragusa would work really well.
Welcome to the forum Josephpunter
If you can only get wild boar steaks then it's best to use them as steaks , the grain of the meat and intensity of flavour would be a bit different to that of pork shoulder.
Can the place where you bought the steaks from get you some pork shoulder to try the Ragu on another occasion.
#6 Sat 09 Nov 13 10:28pm
Re: wild boar ragu
Thanks both for your advice. In the end I got a magnificent piece of Moyle beef and this proved a great substitute.
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Texas Folklife Festival participants
Enjoy three days of Texas Folklife Festival, June 8-10
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(June 7, 2007)--No university in the state has anything that compares to the Texas Folklife Festival's three days of ethnic dance, authentic foods, traditional crafts and musical performances. The festival brings together more than 40 cultural organizations, each with unique traditions and customs.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
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UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures welcomes some 130,000 visitors every year, a significant number of them grade school students coming to learn about Texas history and the great cultures of their state.
Another 70,000 experience the museum's signature event. The UTSA Roadrunner population is a huge part of the festival's success, swelling the ranks of the 1,300 volunteers for the event staff.
The Texas Folklife Festival is on the grounds of UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures, 801 S. Bowie St., in downtown San Antonio. Hours are 5-11 p.m., Friday, June 8; 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday, June 9 and noon-7 p.m., Sunday, June 10.
Special UTSA advance tickets are $6, available at fiscal services at both 1604 and Downtown campuses. Regular admission is $10 for adults; $4 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under age 5. Advance $8 adult tickets are available at select partner locations in San Antonio. Group rates are available for parties of 25 or more by calling (210) 458-2259.
For more information, visit the Texas Folklife Festival Web site or call (210) 458-2390.
Download a Texas Folklife Festival Visitor Guide (PDF format), which including a map and the complete schedule of events and entertainment.