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An unfound TLOU Easter Egg in Uncharted 3.
According to the gametrailers vidcast theres a TLOU Easter egg that hasn't been found yet.
We all know about the Newspaper in the London Bar by now.
There's also the date marked on the Calender Oct 31st in the London bar but common opinion seems not to believe this is it.
The only other thing I've seen possibly related is the Ant killer found on many shelves I think it's called Anna and the first time we see it is in the kitchen of the bar but it is then seen in other locations. Possibly too tenuous so anyone else seen or found anything?
The vidcast is here http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-200-invisible-walls/727571
The Last of Us starts at 17:30 but theres some great news about U3 Multiplayer earlier than this so I'd watch from the beginning of the dogs interview.
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There is already a topic on this Spider on the Uncharted 3 General discussion thread. Now you die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jk. (It was also made before this one)
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You're not alone Fadi
Yeah, my cat was in the room.
So anyways, after spending hours playing the Uncharted 3 Single Player, I FINALLY found out which chapter doesn't have the easter egg! I guess I have 21 chapters to go :/
But I did see lots of interesting things in the chapter after looking at everything in it.
And below you will find a random image meant to make it look like I'm showing the location of the easter egg, before you read the post.
Re: An unfound TLOU Easter Egg in Uncharted 3.
Still looking for it. I've gone through 8 chapters so far. I've spent hours on 20 minute chapters looking at EVERYTHING... I probably didn't miss anything. Probably (I really hope so).
Anyways, here are the chapters that I've completed so far, and they don't have the Easter Egg: (According to my searches)
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Roland Barthes 1915-1980
(Full name Roland Gerard Barthes) French critic, theorist, essayist, and autobiographer.
The following entry provides criticism on Barthes's works from 1972 through 2001. See also Roland Barthes Criticism (Volume 24) and Roland Barthes Criticism (Volume 83).
Barthes is widely acknowledged as one of the most important figures of the French critical movement known as Structuralism. His works have been a major influence on the practice of literary and social criticism in Europe as well as in the Untied States and elsewhere. In his best known works he applied principles derived from semiology (the study of signs and how they produce meaning) as formulated by linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, combined with elements of political activism adopted from the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, and aspects of Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis.
Biographical Information
Barthes was born in Cherbourg, France, on November 12, 1915, to middle-class Protestant parents. His father was killed in a naval battle in World War I when Barthes was very young, and so he was raised by his mother and maternal grandmother. The family lived in Bayonne and then moved to Paris in 1924. In 1935 Barthes began his studies at the Sorbonne, concentrating on French, Latin, and Greek. A case of tuberculosis that Barthes suffered when he was nineteen left him ineligible to serve in World War II. He taught for a number of years in Bayonne, Paris, Biarritz, and Bucharest, Romania, but a relapse of his tuberculosis in 1941 confined him to a sanitarium for a good part of the next six years. Pronounced cured in 1947, Barthes began to publish the essays he had been writing and which would later be collected in his first book, Le degré zéro de l'écriture (1953; Writing Degree Zero). Between 1952 and 1959 Barthes taught at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, continuing to write and publishing his most famous book, Mythologies (Mythologies) in 1957. Barthes joined the faculty of the École Practique des Hautes Études, serving as its director from 1962 to 1977, when he was elected to the Chair of Literary Semiology at the Collège de France. His reputation as France's leading intellectual was confirmed by the subsequent publication of such works as Système de la mode (1967; The Fashion System), S/Z (1970; S/Z), Le plaisir du texte (1973; The Pleasure of the Text), and Fragments d'un discours amoureux (1977; A Lover's Discourse). Barthes remained at the Collège de France until his death on March 25, 1980, from injuries sustained when he was hit by a van while crossing the street.
Major Works
Barthes's ideas and his approach to writing evolved over the course of his career, and critics often discuss his works in terms of four stages in his critical thinking. In the first stage of his career, which includes such works as Writing Degree Zero, Michelet (1954; Michelet), and Mythologies, Barthes, influenced by the ideas of Sartre and Karl Marx, demonstrates a strong interest in issues of language, its relationship to historical and social context, and its relationship to power. In these works he developed his notion of écriture, the aspect of discourse in which the author's social and historical context imbues his or her writings with unintended meanings that are revealed in structural analysis. In Mythologies Barthes analyzed aspects of contemporary French culture—for example, advertising, travel guides, and professional wrestling—to explore ways in which they support a bourgeois worldview. The next phase of Barthes's career, which also marked the high point of Structuralism in France, is a rigorously theoretical one and includes his famous 1964 essay "Eléments de sémiologie" (published in English as Elements of Semiology). Encompassing the ideas of Saussure, Roman Jakobson, and other noted linguists, Barthes theorized about the role of language versus that of speech. To Barthes, language is based on an abstract set of rules and conventions regulating verbal and written communication, whereas speech refers to individual instances of how that language is used. The third phase of Barthes's career, influenced by French theorists Jacques Derrida and Julia Kristeva, marks a shift in his thinking from Structuralism to Post-Structuralism in the 1970s. In such works as S/Z and The Pleasure of the Text, Barthes stresses the idea that literary texts contain multiple and shifting connotations, and are therefore open to a number of possible interpretations. He also distinguishes between "readerly" and "writerly" texts: the former refer to common areas of knowledge and accommodate traditional interpretation, while the latter are more open and invite the reader to fill in gaps and make intertextual connections in the process of reading. The final phase of Barthes's career, which includes his autobiography, Roland Barthes (1975; Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes), as well as A Lover's Discourse, Le chambre claire (1980; Camera Lucida), and Incidents (1987; Incidents), is a more personal one. In these works, Barthes writes about his diverse intellectual interests, from literature to travel, and photography, in a more meditative and introspective style. Having lived with his mother his whole life, Barthes describes his grief after her death in Camera Lucida. In his last writings he also openly reveals his homosexuality, including many details about his personal life in his journals and his essays.
Critical Reception
Barthes's works of the late 1950s and 1960s were frequently criticized by academics and critics for being, in their view, pseudoscientific and laden with jargon. Barthes and his supporters defended themselves on the grounds that their brand of criticism, unlike that practiced at French universities, was more attuned to ideological, social, historical, and psychological nuances. Outside of France, notably in the United States, Barthes's theories were accorded great acclaim and did much to establish Structuralism and Post-Structuralism as respected schools of criticism. As his later works increasingly focused on the pleasurable and the personal, Barthes was attacked by some critics for having abandoned his earlier Marxist and Structuralist principles. Since his death, there have been many reevaluations of his works, as well as scholarship about aspects of his work that were not much explored before 1980. Italo Calvino and Susan Sontag, among many others, have written eulogies for Barthes, praising his unique talent as both an original theorist and a brilliant interpreter of other people's theories. Critics Jane Gallop, Lawrence D. Kritzman, and Dennis Porter have written about the influence of psychological theory on Barthes's writings, with Gallop concentrating on their connection to feminist theory; Kritzman examining the connection between language and power in Barthes's thought; and Porter discussing the psychological ramifications of Barthes's travel writing. Barthes's style has also received new attention, with, for example, John Vignaux Smyth discussing Barthes's handling of irony and his growing tendency to treat his own works as fictional in his late writings. Finally, critics have shown particular interest in Barthes's autobiographical writings, with his biographer, Louis-Jean Calvet, reexamining the twists and turns of Barthes's reputation after his death, and such critics as Ross Chambers and Pierre Saint-Amand exploring the influence of Barthes's homosexuality on his life and works.
Principal Works
Le degré zéro de l'écriture [Writing Degree Zero] (criticism) 1953
Michelet [Michelet] (criticism) 1954
Mythologies [Mythologies] (criticism) 1957
Sur Racine [On Racine] (criticism) 1963
"Eléments de sémiologie" [Elements of Semiology] (essay) 1964
Essais critiques [Critical Essays] (essays) 1964
La Tour Eiffel [*The Eiffel Tower, and Other Mythologies] [with André Martin] (essays) 1964
Critique et vérité [Criticism and Truth] (criticism) 1966
Système de la...
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Paul de Man (essay date 1972)
SOURCE: de Man, Paul. "Roland Barthes and the Limits of Structuralism." In Romanticism and Contemporary Criticism: The Gauss Seminar and Other Papers, edited by E. S. Burt, Kevin Newmark, and Andrzej Warminski, pp. 164-77. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.
[In the following essay, written in 1972, de Man discusses Barthes's ideas in Mythologies and several other works and notes that Barthes's theory of the impossibility of ultimate signification also calls into question the logic of any type of literary criticism.]
Despite the refinements of modern means of international communication, the relationship between Anglo-American and...
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Jane Gallop (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: Gallop, Jane. "Feminist Criticism and The Pleasure of the Text." In Critical Essays on Roland Barthes, edited by Diana Knight, pp. 188-201. New York: G. K. Hall, 2000
[In the following essay, first published in 1986, Gallop explores Barthes's ideas in The Pleasure of the Text as they relate to feminism, focusing on his association of pleasure with woman and leftist politics.]
In 1973 Roland Barthes, the foremost practitioner of structuralist literary criticism, published a book entitled The Pleasure of the Text.1 It is an attempt to elaborate a theory of the text based on the notion of pleasure rather than, say, structure or...
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Stamos Metzidakis (essay date October 1987)
SOURCE: Metzidakis, Stamos. "Barthes's Image."1Neophilologus 71, no. 4 (October 1987): 489-95.
[In the following essay, Metzidakis traces a change in Barthes's use of the term "image" in his writings, asserting that it corresponds to a change of attitude in his critical thinking.]
Roland Barthes did more to change the way literature is read and taught than perhaps any other French critic of the last thirty years. Having begun his career with the simple desire to write, he passed through successive phases of aesthetic and intellectual evolution during which he was—to borrow his terms—a social mythologist, semiologist, textual critic, and finally,...
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Diana Knight (essay date July 1988)
SOURCE: Knight, Diana. "Roland Barthes in Harmony: The Writing of Utopia." Paragraph 11, no. 2 (July 1988): 127-42.
[In the following essay, Knight discusses Barthes's notion of Utopia as presented in several of his works, stressing that it "is a central—and highly conscious—preoccupation" for him.]
Civilization/Harmony: thus did Charles Fourier, archetypal Utopian socialist, polarize wretched contemporary society and unutterably blissful new world. The binary works well for Barthes's part-political, part-ethical, part-aesthetic analyses of his own society and culture; indeed I wish to explore Utopia as the meeting point of his lifelong concern with...
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Lawrence D. Kritzman (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: Kritzman, Lawrence D. "The Discourse of Desire and the Question of Gender." In Signs in Culture: Roland Barthes Today, edited by Steven Ungar and Betty McGraw, pp. 99-118. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989.
[In the following essay, first published in 1988, Kritzman examines the relationship between language and desire in Barthes's theory, and traces an evolution in his thinking about the subject, culminating in Camera Lucida.]
In place of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.
—Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation (1964)
In what he writes,...
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Armine Kotin Mortimer (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Mortimer, Armine Kotin. Introduction to The Gentlest Law: Roland Barthes's "The Pleasure of the Text," pp. 1-40. New York: Peter Lang, 1989.
[In the following essay, Mortimer examines various influences on Barthes's The Pleasure of the Text and provides detailed explanations of key terms and concepts to aid in a correct understanding of the text.]
"Roland Barthes has just published The Pleasure of the Text, incontestably one of the great books of the decade." So wrote Les Nouvelles littéraires in January 1975 (GV [The Grain of the Voice] 198), and it was not an exaggeration. Well beyond the end of that decade, the...
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Louis-Jean Calvet (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: Calvet, Louis-Jean. "The 'After-Death.'" In Roland Barthes: A Biography, translated by Sarah Wykes, pp. 256-67. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press, 1994.
[In the following excerpt, originally published in French in 1990, Calvet examines works by Barthes published after his death and summarizes his intellectual and activist legacy.]
After his death, there were dozens of people who claimed that they had been Barthes's best friend, the person who was closest and dearest to him. Dozens of people sent letters of condolence to Michel Salzedo. The fact that there were so many is proof of the pretension of these self-proclaimed friends, some of whom had...
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Dennis Porter (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: Porter, Dennis. "Writing the Orient: Barthes." In Haunted Journeys: Desire and Transgression in European Travel Writing, pp. 287-304. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.
[In the following essay, Porter analyzes Barthes's The Empire of Signs, suggesting that in writing the book Barthes consciously tried to go beyond "Orientalism" as a travel writer, and that Japan appealed to him as a "place where knowledge is uncoupled from power."]
The first part of Claude Lévi-Strauss's Tristes Tropiques proclaims "The End of Travel." Yet, in spite of its author's opinions on the subject, it does not announce the end of travel writing....
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Ross Chambers (essay date 1994)
SOURCE: Chambers, Ross. "Pointless Stories, Storyless Points." In Loiterature, pp. 250-69. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
[In the following essay, originally published in 1994, Chambers comments on Barthes's treatment of his homosexuality in Incidents and Soirées de Paris in the context of postcolonialism and historical consciousness.]
Conversely, a book is conceivable: which would report a thousand "incidents" but would refuse ever to draw a line of meaning from them; it would be, quite specifically, a book of haikus.
—Roland Barthes, Roland Barthes by Roland...
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John Taylor (essay date 6 October 1995)
SOURCE: Taylor, John."The Art of Shaving Gently." Times Literary Supplement, no. 4827 (6 October 1995): 10-11.
[In the following essay, Taylor presents an overview of Barthes's works, concluding that they remain fascinating objects of study because they reveal his inner turmoil as well as his complex critical thinking.]
Of all the French structuralists and poststructuralists from the 1950s to the present day, Roland Barthes (1915-80) surely remains the most difficult to pin down. He devoted himself to an extraordinary—his critics claim "dilettantish"—variety of subjects, from professional wrestling to semiological theory, from fashion design to photography,...
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Pierre Saint-Amand (essay date fall 2001)
SOURCE: Saint-Amand, Pierre. "Barthes's Laziness." Yale Journal of Criticism 14, no. 2 (fall 2001): 519-26.
[In the following essay, Saint-Amand discusses the concept of laziness as it applies to Barthes and several of his writings, noting that for Barthes it remained a form of desire that never became a reality.]
In Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes, Barthes confesses his passion for dialectic, for binary play: in Barthes's view, this demon of contradiction is the beginning of meaning, of writing as "deporting."1 In the constellation of dialectical terms that cut across his work, I would like to explore the opposition between work and leisure,...
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Further Reading
Brown, Andrew. Roland Barthes: The Figures of Writing. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, 1992, 303 p.
Discusses the structure of Barthes's discourse, treating him as both a writer and a theorist.
Calvino, Italo. "In Memory of Roland Barthes." In The Uses of Literature, translated by Patrick Creagh, pp. 300-06. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.
Eulogizes Barthes on the occasion of his recent death, suggesting that his legacy is a scientific critical approach that emphasizes the uniqueness of every object studied.
Goldberg, Jonathan. "On the One Hand. …" In...
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I'm starting to think that most of these so called fans of other teams are nothing but trolls and undercover giants fans trying to get a rise out of people.
Might be the OP as well. Every week some new fan of a different team pops up... yeah right! Somebody just got too much time on their hands. "Hi I'm a Panthers fan" and what gives em away is that they act just like one of these posters on this board picking and choosIng who they talk to... gtfoh. Lol
I think we'll know for sure when it's Week 5 and a few Browns fans come along lol. I think the OP is legit. Some of the posters who come just to make antagonizing comments appear trollish though.
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Great post by OP. As for my personal thoughts regarding the Panthers? They're a solid team, hopefully we win, and get out of Charlotte in one piece...
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I gave my bitch some hard eggs last week. Pounded down a natty while she recovered afterward. It was chill.
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The duo who make up Cults have profited from having a dearth of info online. The three songs on their Bandcamp page sit alongside an album cover and the thinnest of details . . . and that's pretty much it.
Still, the way they've lit a flicker in the indie-rock press after so little activity has to make you wonder: why these guys and not the thousands of other acts lingering in obscurity? Cults 7", which came out in April, offers one answer: they sound as if they should have been popular ages ago, and the way they embrace nostalgia makes them feel new. Cults' trio of tracks is swelling, crooning '50s/'60s-bred pop from a bedroom project that time forgot.
"Go Outside" crystallizes youthful chants and sparkling glockenspiel with the optimistic imagery of a summer daydream. And yet, none of the material here is intriguing enough to justify the attention Cults have received. The most powerful moment is gone in a flash — the point in "The Curse" where singer Madeline Follin changes into a weepy doo-wop queen spilling soulful anguish against an organ in mourning. Otherwise, the cotton-candy pop is sweet but unsatisfying.
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Crosslake meetings draw questions over open meeting law
Questions arose at Crosslake's regular city council meeting Monday, Dec. 10, over whether meetings between the mayor and council members-elect were ethical or legal.
Mayor Darrell Schneider said he had met with the council members-elect, Gary Heacox and Mark Wessels.
"I have talked to these other council members," the mayor said at the meeting. When asked to clarify who those council members were, he said, "The two council members-elect."
Minnesota's open meeting law states that a quorum (majority) of council members may not meet without proper public notice.
Crosslake city attorney Michael Couri said that because Wessels and Heacox are not yet sworn in, a meeting of the two with the mayor may not be illegal.
"I don't think the law is clear about what the role of council members who are elected and not yet sworn in is," Couri said.
He said he doesn't believe it is a technical violation, but, "Would a court find it to be a violation of the intent of the open meeting law? Perhaps. I'm not aware of any case law to that effect."
Pat Netko, owner of Lake Country Crafts and Cones, spoke during open forum.
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CHICO — A Chico man in his 40s was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly running from police and getting into a brief altercation with officers.
A Chico Police Department officer reportedly saw Richard Ledford near West Eighth and Magnolia avenues at about 2 p.m. and recognized him as a wanted felon, Sgt. Scott Harris said. The officer attempted to stop Ledford, who was on a bicycle, but he allegedly fled.
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What is it in Homer's Odyssey that has so enthralled readers from around the world for thousands of years? By joining Professor Vandiver for these 12 lectures on the Odyssey, you'll find out why.This literary exploration centers on a single provocative question about the epic poem's protagonist, Odysseus: Why does he long so powerfully to go home? To probe the depths of this question, you'll embark on meticulous, insightful examinations of the most important episodes in the Odyssey. In doing so, you'll understand the cultural assumptions that lie behind Homer's lines and the critical and interpretive issues involved in truly unpacking this ancient masterpiece.
Among the range of episodes, themes, and topics you'll explore are: Odysseus's superb skills as a rhetorician; the abrupt break in the text at the end of the "Great Wanderings" episode, when the poem briefly returns to the third-person narrative; Penelope's knowledge and motives as they relate to the inevitability of her suitors' doom; the effectiveness (or possible lack thereof) in the poem's ending; the historical basis for the Trojan War from which Odysseus returns; and more.
For anyone who's loved the stories of Odysseus's encounters with witches, monsters, and vengeful gods; for anyone who's longed to truly grasp the intricate nature of Homer's epic; or for anyone who has been looking for ways to approach a work that can often be intimidating to first-time readers, these lectures are an invaluable resource and a helpful introduction to the grandest adventure story in Western literature.
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The tragic adventures of Odysseus after the Trojan War takes him all over the place, and includes flashbacks for the parts of the Trojan War that happened after the Iliad, as well as his encounters with a Cyclops, a sorceress and divinities all over the place.
Professor Elizabeth Vandiver is quickly becoming one of my favorite professors available through the Great Courses. She knows how to provide the structure the material deserves, while keeping it accessible.
If you decide to listen to this course, be sure to listen to the Iliad (same Professor) first to get the best experience. In a way, it could be considered a prerequisite.
I really enjoyed both this and The Iliad. The professor is knowledgeable and fleshed out the story. But she retained the sense of wonder at the enormous achievement So much of Homeric studies have lost the amazement at wonder at an amazing work of literature by focusing too much on the mechanics of who and how.
But it is very obvious that this and The Iliad were one course. She references back to things form the previous course and does not include the introductory lectures on Homer, which are necessary. And she refers to it as a Homer course. I did listen to The Iliad first so this was no loss for me but if you don't then you are losing something. More importantly a very obvious way to scam credits off of people by Audible.
"Overall engaging course but ending felt off"
• A great book-by-book summary of the events of the Odyssey
• Frequent citing of examples of two common themes: 1- The definition of good and bad hospitality; 2- Odysseus's craftiness at being able to read people and tailoring his message or approach based on the situation
• The professor was easy to listen to (almost every sentence was easy to understand and there is an avoidance of flowery language that makes understanding difficult)
• The professor tended to explain the same point multiple times and seemed to repeat sentences (the point could've been made in less sentences)
The ending of the course felt off for two reasons: 1- The last lecture seems somewhat out of place and probably would fit better in the Iliad course; 2- The course seemed to be missing concluding thoughts/final analysis of the work or its literary themes
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Dr. Vandiver gives an excellent overview of the story of the Odyssey and the world of Homer. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in the subject. I've studied Homer at the undergraduate and the graduate level and still found wonderful insights.
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As usual, Vandiver rocked it. I cannot imagine reading such great works as the Iliad and the Odyssey without her courses. Her lecture on the Odyssey once again gave vital context to the epic story, helping me to have a deeper, richer experience with it. The Odyssey is an amazing story, and understanding its underpinnings with the help of a Classics scholar is a true gift. Any writer craves, even at a deep unconscious level, to crawl back to the origins of story...the glorious archetypes that are the deeply buried skeletons beneath the flesh of our own ideas...to understand them and let their power awaken in us. Vandiver peels back every layer and helps us to see every shimmering dimension.
This is an incredible synthesis and guide through the Odyssey. It is gripping from a narrative standpoint but also very informative about Greek culture and history. I loved every moment of it! Vandiver is so eloquent and articulate and brings everything to life.
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the professor is very enjoyable to listen to learned all about Homer's writings learned why Ulysses
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The narrator/lecturer did an excellent job providing information, making it easy to track (and referencing earlier lectures), while making it engaging to listen to. I'm using this as additional information for a course, and while I found my first read-through of the Odyssey rather boring, the second read - after listening to Professor Vandiver - was much more engaging and interesting.
Prof. Vandiver speaks clearly and has very few speaking errors, correcting herself quickly when she does. She also has excellent pacing, ensuring that listeners can follow along with limited issues.
The author is Easy to understand and has a great way of explaining the story. This was the second book Ive heard from this author and it was very entertaining.
I initially purchased this with the intention of reading along with the Odyssey. I found that to be unnecessary, as the professor really goes over the main points in great detail. I'm sure I would gain from reading the original, but I would guess one gets about 95% of the experience via these lectures.
Outstanding narration and pacing. I really enjoyed this series.
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Here it is! The premiere trailer for The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 1, All That Remains.
The season will debut on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, and iOS. We'll announce specific release dates as soon as we have 'em!
Here it is! The premiere trailer for The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 1, All That Remains.
The season will debut on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac, and iOS. We'll announce specific release dates as soon as we have 'em!
Absolutely cannot wait. And to all you people complaining about how long it took, just stop. It's coming out soon, so just shut up and be happy. It'll be worth it, can't you just tell by the trailer? I mean, really. Cut them some slack. They have other games to work on besides this one. Anyway, I'm so happy! CAN'T WAIT!!!
Shut up and be happy? You new members perhaps can enjoy this, but some of us have seen alot and this is just a pattern repeating itself. Wait and see...
I've seen the same on almost every website. I've waited this WHOLE time for it, and I've seen the pattern as well. But I just don't complain and be happy for what we have. I know it's annoying, but people shouldn't judge the game because of it. And that was before, it IS coming out, I can tell. Check on steam, and check on the OFFICIAL date for Xbox Lie Arcade. The 17th for Steam, and 18th for XBLA. So EXCUSE me for getting sick of people complaining
I agreed with Freddie originally but it's like.. Let telltale do what they want. Yeah they said very soon but I think that's for exictment and possibly the fact the don't completely have a release date on some platforms. I've been waiting over a year, be calm.
And you know what the really sad part of all this is.......When the game finally arrives (even if it takes 6 more months) your whining will cease for approximately 6-10 hrs while you blast through the game like a kid in a candy store. Its only when you are made to wait for a new toy, do you become like Cartman from Southpark. Relax, understand that they are doing two things....1. ensuring the game is ready and is everything that players expect as this will directly determine their profits for next game....and 2.they are creating as much "anticipated buzz" as they can get away with without losing customers.(This is a very important and highly utilized business strategy that just makes sense...unfortunately at the players lack of patience, expense)....which like I stated earlier...some of you will complain and cry, and stomp your feet, but will still play the game when it comes out......If you didn't, and they saw droves of customers leaving and never returning they would never be late again.....trust me. these kinds of things only happen when they know the zombie hordes will always be there to feast when the food is served. So, if you really think about it......you have nobody to blame but yourself.
Looks as if Clem gets bit or shot in the arm . I'm getting the feeling we will see Lee again through Clem's flashbacks. If she's ever in a tight situation she will remember what Lee taught her . What if the season ends with clips from Ricks story? Maybe Clem will make her debut in the Walking Dead season 5, or spinner series I think it's called Lol. We will probably play as Kenny for a bit too since he's back. To be honest what if the guy in the brown shirt is Kenny's brother because they look alike. Also the guy in the brown looks like Beast from TWAU game XD. Either way I'll be playing TWAU part 2 before I play TWD2 . Happy Holidays people.
i think we might see lee again as well because when you chose to shoot lee when it goes all black you here a chuckle and second in the ign when they where talking about it the guy was talking about lee and said that might be how he sounds in this season then it said spoiler on the screen so, if lee is not in this IGN IS FULL OF BULL CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They could have been joking... but I think I did notice at one point that when Clem shoots Lee, it looks like she moves the gun very subtly to her left(to the camera's right) enough to make the shot miss.
Noticed that as well. If it was recoil the gun should move back towards Clem, and not bounce to the side, right? Her arms clearly moved the gun to the side in the split second before pulling the trigger. (notice how I said before pulling the trigger). Telltale is good with this kind of twists, but if she actually missed the shot... We should't see much else than a Walker Lee perhaps which... which just would ruin his character imo.
I have a feeling she is eventually going to find at least one, if not both of her parents alive. Possibly both and then loses one during the game....that would make for some high emotion, gut wrenching ,game ending, cliff-hanging drama right there....tear jerker #2
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We saw her parents as walkers close to the ending of Episode 5, when trying to get out of Savannah. That's when Lee blacks out, and Clementine says she saw her parents. If I didn't know any better, I'm 100% sure that they were walkers.
Clems parents were walker's remember? XD they aren't coming back, but that would be something if those weren't really her parents and bandits got them
Hopefully not bit
Then I would cry
Yeah, through flashbacks, pictures, anything.
I don't really think it's Kenny. They confirmed him dead.
By the way, every character has shown their faces except the ball cap guy...what if he's Kenny? Or perhaps TTG is feeding false hope. And Oh god...actual scenes...Christa and Omid...Clementine...call an ambulance, too much emotion for me!...
There was Christa in this trailer ?
EDIT: Ehh. nvm. I saw her already, i needed to watch it for 100 times XD
Well, MTV says it's coming 17th.
Like, IT'S COMING DECEMBER 17TH.
Lol didn't anyone even realise you can choose not to hand cuff or shoot Lee? I always leave Lee like he is and end the episode
I know it's stupid but, CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME LINK TO THIS SOUNDTRACK XDD ? Please?
Trailer is awesome! I really can't wait till release.
How bout wolf among us first that would be super nice. This is the problem with a company when they get big,they bite off more then they can chew. Two new properties without finishing the first season of your new one or the second of your old one? Finish the games before you release the first episode. I would no longer want to wait months for something I bought . Your just making me want to wait for disk and that only happens off the sales of these downloaded ones.


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Chapter 2 The Pre-Travel Consultation
The Pre-Travel Consultation
The pre-travel consultation offers a dedicated time to prepare travelers for the health concerns that might arise during their trips. The objectives of the pre-travel consultation are to assess the traveler's trip plans and determine potential health hazards; to educate the traveler regarding anticipated risks and methods for prevention; to provide immunizations for vaccine-preventable diseases and medications for prophylaxis, self-treatment, or both; and to educate and empower the traveler to manage his or her health during the trip through counseling and prevention messages.
Much evidence has accumulated relevant to travelers' health and forms the basis of pre-travel advice. Providers of pre-travel consultations should possess a general knowledge of the evidence base, understand disease epidemiology as well as routes of transmission and preventive measures, and be able to discuss the risks clearly with travelers.
The outcome of a pre-travel consultation likely depends on the expertise and communication skills of the provider, as well as the health beliefs of the traveler. In-person counseling by trained staff can effectively deliver some messages, in particular with regard to malaria risk and prevention. Familiarity with the traveler's destination, its culture, infrastructure, and disease patterns can assist the travel health advisor in providing targeted messages.
Various health care providers may be asked to provide pre-travel consultation, including primary care providers and specialists who see their patients regularly (such as transplant surgeons or oncologists). These clinicians are familiar with the traveler's medical history but may not have detailed knowledge of travel medicine. Travel medicine specialists have in-depth knowledge regarding immunizations, risks associated with specific destinations, and the implications of traveling with underlying conditions. Therefore, a comprehensive consultation with a travel medicine expert is indicated for any traveler with a complicated health history, special risks, or exotic or complicated itineraries.
Effective pre-travel consultations require attention to the health background of the traveler and incorporate the itinerary, trip duration, travel purpose, and activities, all of which determine health risks (Table 2-01). Advice should be personalized, highlighting the likely exposures and also reminding the traveler of ubiquitous risks such as injury, foodborne and waterborne infections, respiratory tract infections, and bloodborne and sexually transmitted infections. Written information is essential to supplement the discussion and highlight key advice for travelers. Balancing the cautions with an appreciation of the positive aspects of the journey leads to a more meaningful pre-travel consultation. Attention to the cost of recommended interventions may be critical. Some travelers may not be able to afford all of the recommended immunizations and medications, a situation that requires prioritizing interventions. (See Perspectives: Prioritizing for the Resource-Limited Traveler later in this chapter.)
Table 2-01. Information necessary for a risk assessment during pre-travel consultations
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Assess Individual Risk
Many elements merit consideration in assessing a traveler's health risks (Table 2-01). Certain travelers may confront special risks. Recent hospitalization for serious problems may even lead the advisor to recommend delaying travel. Air travel is contraindicated for certain conditions, and the travel health provider and traveler should consult with the relevant health care providers most familiar with the underlying illnesses. Other traveler characteristics that are associated with specific risks include travelers who are visiting friends and relatives, long-term travelers, travelers with chronic illnesses, immunocompromised travelers, pregnant travelers, and travelers with small children. More comprehensive discussion on advising travelers with specific needs is available in Chapter 8.
In addition to recognizing the traveler's characteristics, health background, and destination-specific risks, the exposures related to special activities also merit discussion. For example, river rafting could expose a traveler to schistosomiasis or leptospirosis, and spelunking in Central America could put the traveler at risk of histoplasmosis. Flying from lowlands to high-altitude areas and trekking or climbing in mountainous regions introduces the risk of altitude illness. Therefore, the provider should inquire about plans for specific activities.
Manage Risk
Immunizations are a crucial component of pre-travel consultations, and the risk assessment forms the basis of recommendations for travel vaccines. At the same time, the pre-travel consultation presents an opportunity to update routine vaccines (Table 2-02). In considering travel immunizations, the approach to address "aggregate travel" or cumulative risk over years of travel, rather than risk associated with a single trip, allows travelers to prepare for multiple trips. Travelers should receive a record of immunizations administered.
Another major focus of pre-travel consultations for many destinations is the prevention of malaria. Malaria continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality in travelers. In 2011, the number of US malaria cases reported to CDC was the highest since 1971; therefore, pre-travel consultation must carefully assess travelers' risk for malaria and recommend preventive measures. For travelers going to malaria-endemic countries, it is imperative to discuss malaria transmission, ways to reduce risk, and recommendations for chemoprophylaxis.
Travelers with underlying health conditions require attention to their health issues as they relate to the destination and activities. For example, a traveler with a history of cardiac disease should carry medical reports, including a recent electrocardiogram. Asthma may flare in a traveler visiting a polluted city or from physical exertion during a hike; planning for treatment in case of asthma exacerbation can be lifesaving. Travelers should be counseled on how they can find reputable medical facilities at their destination. Any allergies or serious medical conditions should be identified on a bracelet or a card to expedite medical care in emergency situations.
The pre-travel consultation also provides the ideal setting to review wellness strategies with travelers and to remind them of healthy practices during travel. Topics to be explored are numerous and could be organized into a checklist, placing priority on the most serious and frequently encountered issues (Table 2-03). General issues such as preventing injury and sunburn also deserve mention. Written information is essential to supplement the oral advice and enable travelers to review the abundant instructions from their clinic visits. Advice on self-treatable conditions may minimize the need for travelers to seek medical care while abroad and possibly lead to faster return to good health.
Self-Treatable Conditions
Despite providers' best efforts, some travelers will become ill. Obtaining reliable and timely medical care during travel can be problematic in many destinations. As a result, prescribing certain medications in advance can empower the traveler to self-diagnose and treat common health problems. With some activities in remote settings, such as trekking, the only alternative to self-treatment would be no treatment. Pre-travel counseling may actually result in a more accurate self-diagnosis and treatment than relying on local medical care in some areas. In addition, the increasing awareness of substandard and counterfeit drugs in pharmacies in the developing world (as many as 50% of the drugs on the shelves) makes it more important for travelers to bring quality manufactured drugs with them from a reliable supplier in their own country (see Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Drugs later in this chapter).
Travel health providers need to recognize the conditions for which the traveler may be at risk and educate the traveler about the diagnosis and treatment of those particular conditions. The keys to successful self-treatment strategies are providing a simple disease or condition definition, providing a treatment, and educating the traveler about the expected outcome of treatment. Using travelers' diarrhea as an example, a practitioner could provide the following advice:
- "Travelers' diarrhea" is the sudden onset of abnormally loose, frequent stools.
- The treatment is ciprofloxacin 500 mg, every 12 hours, for 1 day (2 doses).
- The traveler should feel better within 6–24 hours.
- If symptoms persist for 24–36 hours despite self-treatment, it may be necessary to seek medical attention.
To minimize the potential negative effects of a self-treatment strategy, the recommendations should follow a few key points:
- Drugs recommended must be safe, well tolerated, and effective for use as self-treatment.
- A drug's toxicity or potential for harm, if used incorrectly or in an overdose situation, should be minimal.
- Simple and clear directions are critical. Consider providing handouts describing how to use the drugs. Keeping the directions simple will increase the effectiveness of the strategy.
The following are some of the most common situations in which people would find self-treatment useful. The extent of self-treatment recommendations offered to the traveler should reflect the remoteness and difficulty of travel and the availability of reliable medical care at the particular destination. The recommended self-treatment options for each disease are provided in the designated section of the Yellow Book or discussed below.
- Travelers' diarrhea (see section in this chapter)
- Altitude illness (see section in this chapter)
- Jet lag (see section in this chapter)
- Motion sickness (see section in this chapter)
- Respiratory infections (see section in this chapter)
- Skin conditions: skin reactions due to allergic or irritant triggers usually respond to topical steroids; discomfort from superficial fungal infections respond to antifungal creams. See also Chapter 5, Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Returned Travelers.
- Urinary tract infections: common among many women; carrying an antibiotic for empiric treatment may be valuable.
- Vaginal yeast infections: self-treatment course of patient's preferred antifungal medication can be prescribed for women who are prone to infections, sexually active, or who may be receiving antibiotics for other reasons (including doxycycline for malaria chemoprophylaxis).
- Occupational exposure to HIV (see Chapter 8, Health Care Workers)
- Malaria self-treatment (see Chapter 3, Malaria)
In sum, travelers should be encouraged to carry a travel health kit with prescription and nonprescription medications. Typical medications include malaria chemoprophylaxis, self-management of travelers' diarrhea, and prophylaxis or treatment for acute mountain sickness. If a traveler anticipates the need to treat motion sickness, jet lag, or severe allergic reactions, consider medications for self-management, such as motion sickness therapy, a sleep aid, and epinephrine. Prescribing multiple medications, particularly for travelers already taking medications, warrants a review for possible drug interactions. More detailed information for providers and travelers is given in Chapter 2, Travel Health Kits; Chapter 8, Travelers with Chronic Illnesses; and Chapter 8, Humanitarian Aid Workers.
Table 2-02. Vaccines to update or consider during pre-travel consultations
|Routine Vaccines
|Haemophilus influenzae type b
|No report of travel-related infection, although organism is ubiquitous.
|Hepatitis B
|Recommended for travelers visiting countries where HBsAg prevalence is ≥2% as well as screening for chronic hepatitis B in people from countries with HBsAG prevalence ≥2% (see Map 3-4). Vaccination may be considered for all international travelers, regardless of destination, depending upon the traveler's behavioral risk as determined by the provider and traveler.
|Human papillomavirus (HPV)
|No report of travel-acquired infection; however, sexual activity during travel may lead to HPV and other sexually transmitted infections.
|Outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships, and 2009 influenza A (H1N1) illustrated the rapidity of spread via travel. Novel influenza viruses such as avian influenza H5N1 and H7N9 can also be transmitted to travelers visiting areas with circulation of these viruses.
|Measles, mumps, rubella
|Infections are common in countries and communities that do not immunize children routinely, including Europe. Outbreaks have occurred in the United States as a result of infection in returning travelers.
|Outbreaks occur regularly in sub-Saharan Africa in the "meningitis belt" during the dry season, generally December through June. Outbreaks occurred with Hajj pilgrimage, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requires the quadrivalent vaccine for pilgrims.
|Organism is ubiquitous and causal relationship to travel is difficult to establish.
|Unimmunized or underimmunized travelers can acquire poliovirus, as occurred in a case reported in association with a stay with a host family in a Latin American country that had been declared polio-free.
|Common in developing countries, although not a common cause of travelers' diarrhea in adults. The vaccine is only recommended in young children.
|Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis
|Rare cases of diphtheria have been attributed to travel. Pertussis has occurred in travelers, recently in adults whose immunity has waned.
|Infections are common in countries that do not immunize children routinely, as in most developing countries. Naturally occurring disease also occurs later in tropical countries.
|Travel (a form of stress) may trigger varicella zoster reactivation, but causal relationship is difficult to establish.
|Travel Vaccines
|Cholera (not available in the United States)
|Cases in travelers have occurred recently in association with travel to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
|Hepatitis A
|Prevaccination incidence was 3–20 cases/1,000 person-months of travel, but recent surveillance indicated a decline to 3–11 cases/100,000 person-months of travel. Prevalence patterns of hepatitis A virus infection may vary among regions within a country, and missing or obsolete data present a challenge. Serologic testing may be considered in travelers from highly endemic countries since they may already be immune. Some expert travel clinicians advise people traveling outside the United States to consider hepatitis A vaccination regardless of their country of destination.
|Japanese encephalitis
|Rare cases have occurred, estimated at <1 case/1 million travelers to endemic countries.
|Rabies preexposure immunization simplifies postexposure immunoprophylaxis, as immunoglobulin in particular may be difficult to obtain in many destinations.
|Tickborne encephalitis (not available in the United States)
|Cases have been identified in travelers with an estimated risk of 1/10,000 person-months in travelers. Endemic areas are expanding in Europe.
|UK surveillance found the highest risk to be travel to India (6 cases/100,000 visits), Pakistan (9 cases/100,000 visits), and Bangladesh (21 cases/100,000 visits), although risk is substantial in many destinations.
|Yellow fever
|Risk occurs mainly in defined areas of sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazonian regions of South America. Some countries require proof of vaccination for entry. For travelers visiting multiple countries, order of travel may make a difference in the requirements.
Abbreviation: HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen.
Table 2-03. Major topics for discussion during pre-travel consultations
|Malaria chemoprophylaxis
|Travelers' diarrhea
|Respiratory illnesses
|Other vectorborne diseases
|Altitude illness
|Other environmental hazards
|Personal safety
|Sexual health and bloodborne pathogens
|Disease-specific counseling
Abbreviation: HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome.
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- Freedman DO. Clinical practice. Malaria prevention in short-term travelers. N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 7;359(6):603–12.
- Hatz CFR, Chen LH. Pre-travel consultation. In: Keystone JS, Freedman DO, Kozarsky PE, Connor BA, Nothdurft HD, editors. Travel Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2013. p. 31–6.
- Hill DR, Ericsson CD, Pearson RD, Keystone JS, Freedman DO, Kozarsky PE, et al. The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Dec 15;43(12):1499–539.
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This Morning: Best Buy's New Initiatives, Sentiment on ARMH
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
The Nasdaq Composite Index is up 4.72 points at 3,438 in today's abbreviated session before the July 4th holiday. Markets close in the U.S. at 1 pm, Eastern time.
Shares of ARM Holdings (ARMH) are up $1.06, or 3%, at $37.47, after UBS's Gareth Jenkins raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Neutral, while maintaining a $44.25 price target, writing that while sentiment in mobile has lately turned in Intel's (INTC) favor, nothing has actually changed in terms of the ARM investment story, with Intel expected to win some share, and "several positives remain including ARM's ability to penetrate new areas (networking, microcontrollers) and to benefit from low end smart-phone adoption which we see as likely to be driven by the ARM partners rather than Intel."
Shares of Best Buy (BBY) are up 57 cents, or 2%, at $29.26, after the stock was initiated with a Buy rating, and a $34 price target, at Goldman Sachs by Mathew Fassler, writing that "key senior management roles are driving fresh strategic perspective and improved financial discipline," and that "a number of elements of the story have improved further, namely more aggressive pricing; a new in- store alliance with MSFT; visibility to improvement in the online effort; and, the sale of the firm's European business."
There are mixed messages today about the situation with Dell (DELL) and the battle between CEO Micheal Dell, who wants to take the company private in a $13.65-per-share leveraged buyout, and Carl Icahn, who has made a tender offer for shares at $14, and shareholders are scheduled to participate in a special vote on July 18th.
Yesterday, you'll recall, CNBC's David Faber said that Institutional Shareholder Services seemed likely to recommend Icahn's proposal instead of the LBO. Late last night, The New York TImes's DealBook's Michael De La Merced wrote that "A special committee of Dell's directors encouraged him over the weekend to raise the offer price of $13.65 a share," citing a single unnamed source.
But this morning, there have been headlines floating around that Michael Dell has remarked there is little chance of his bid being increased, according to Briefing.com.
Dell shares today are down 7 cents, or 0.6%, at $13.31.
In case you missed it, Bloomberg's Dina Bass this morning reports that Microsoft (MSFT) chief Steve Ballmer might give the company's director of its Windows operating system, Julie Larson-Green, responsibility over all of the company's hardware design, and might give control of acquisitions and developer relations to Tony Bates, currently the head of its Skype unit, citing multiple unnamed sources.
Also from Bloomberg this morning, Peter Burrows and Madeline McMahon this morning write that BlackBerry's (BBRY) "chances of becoming a viable contender to Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) in the smartphone market are dimming amid lackluster demand for its flagship touch-screen device."
The article quotes CEO Bob Tinker of software maker MobileIron, which competes with BlackBerry in mobile device management (MDM), who claims the BlackBerry will not be one of the three devices companies care to support.
BlackBerry shares today are down 17 cents, or 1.8%, at $9.53.


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Someone who checks out other men in the locker room while they are changing. "Knob" refers to a mans "rod" or "johnson", and "hawk" refers to the wandering eyes of the suspected knob watcher.
After third hour, little Billy sat and watched the other male students in his area change. Then one of the other boys noticed that Billy's eyes were wandering, so he started shouting "KNOB HAWK, WE GOT A KNOB HAWK, GET THE ROPE, GET THE ROPE!" And then little Billy was strung up and beaten like a toy pinata.
by Beechizzle March 23, 2007
a guy with shifty eyes in the locker room or community bathroom. When called out on it, he denies it and turns it around on them.
me: Matt quit being a knob hawk, u sick fuck
matt: u wish i was hawking you, u cum guzzler
matt: u wish i was hawking you, u cum guzzler
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Giants would like to re-sign Kevin Boothe but he's headed to open market. Details and other free agent news here: sulia.com/c/new-york-gia
1:46pm - 2 Mar 13
Thoughts on FO giving Jim Cordle a chance at LG. He was a good players at OSU, very productive and intelligent also a leader among the O-linemen with the Buckeyes. The Giants like to draft or signed young talent and develop them as we all know and think he is ready. He will be 26 years old in Aug. and of course knows the O scheme perfectly well by now.
I'm all in giving him a shot.


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Story highlights
- Enterprising hoteliers are converting historic vessels into over-night stays
- Top five from across the world include WWII submarine and 1960s lifeboat
- Perfect for guests wanting water views with the convenience of dry land
- Not all float on water -- art installation, A Room for London, perched on building
What do you get when you combine a hotel and a boat? Inevitably, you get a boatel.
Catering for those who seek the romance of the high-seas without sacrificing the creature-comforts of dry land, an increasing number of enterprising hoteliers are converting historic vessels into over-night stays.
From old lifeboats to classic military ships, these are our top five.
The American dream
For many new immigrants arriving in New York last century, the first glimpse of their new home would have been from the Ellis Island ferry.
The 1907 Yankee Ferry was one such boat, shuttling passengers from the immigrant inspection station to the bustling American metropolis.
Now the oldest ferry boat in the country has a permanent home moored on the Hudson River -- and a psychedelic new interior.
Renovated by artists Richard and Victoria Mackenzie-Childs, the five-bedroom vessel features an eclectic collection of vintage furniture with carnival-esque flourishes.
Floating beside a vegetable garden and with a family of chickens strutting on deck, the Yankee is a bohemian oasis overlooking the glittering Manhattan skyline.
A real lifesaver
In her former life, the Harlingen Lifeboat Hotel worked for Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution between the 1950s and the 1970s.
The handsome red and white wooden vessel, then christened Lilla Marras, carried out more than 100 rescue operations along the notoriously rough North Sea and saved 45 people from drowning.
Today Lilla has a much gentler existence, permanently moored in the quiet fishing town of Harlingen in the northern Netherlands.
The renovated 14-meter boat includes a double bedroom, dining room and two-person wooden bath.
Fit for a queen
From Hollywood heartthrob Clark Gable to stalwart British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the who's-who of the 1930s chose to rest their heads on luxury liner, Queen Mary.
Boasting five dining lounges, two cocktail bars, a swimming pool, ballroom, squash court, and even a small hospital, the whopping 310-meter cruise ship set a new benchmark in transatlantic travel when she was launched in 1936.
During World War II, the historic vessel was stripped of her luxurious amenities and painted a camouflage gray as she transported more than 16,000 troops across the world.
Fast forward to today and the Queen Mary has been restored to her former art deco glory, though her sailing days are long over.
Instead, guests can stay in one of 314 original staterooms and nine suites, in her permanent home in Long Beach, Los Angeles.
We all live in a silver submarine
History buffs can experience life as a World War II sailor -- without the combat -- aboard the historic USS Silversides submarine.
The mighty military vessel sank 23 Japanese ships during the war, making her the third most prolific U.S. submarine of the time.
No longer patrolling key enemy shipping routes, today the Silversides is moored in the Muskegon Channel, Michigan.
The 95-meter vessel, popular with school groups, features 72 bunk beds, giving youngsters the chance to step back in time and dream of life as a wartime sailor.
Guests can also take part in a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) design class, including lessons on building their own underwater robot.
An adjoining museum also features artifacts from the Pearl Harbor attack and a 70-seater theater screening archival naval footage.
Room with a view
Not all boatels have to float on water though. Perched on top of London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, this fantastical boat looks out over the city's River Thames, Big Ben and St. Paul's Cathedral.
A Room for London is a one-bedroom installation intended to be a space for artists, writers and musicians, to stay for one night and create new works inspired by the great city rumbling beneath them.
The building is based on the Roi des Belges, the riverboat that author Joseph Conrad sailed up the Congo in 1889, and later used as the inspiration behind his famous book Heart of Darkness.
The modern reincarnation however, includes a crow's nest, octagonal library and a cabinet of visual curios.
"With its combination of painted wood and hand-worked gold and silver coated metals, it seems to echo the simplicity of a Japanese tea-hut or the rural haphazard quality of a midwestern farm building," said organizers.


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Investigation: IF Fire Station No. 5 also partially staffed
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - On Tuesday night our station learned a second west side Idaho Falls fire station frequently operates with a partial staff.
Under a federal law, Station No. 3 also operates partially staffed.
On Monday, our station reported crews at fire station no. 5 sometimes have to choose between sending an ambulance or a fire truck to emergency calls, due to an empty overtime budget.
Our investigation into the IFFD overtime budget crisis continues as we learn another station covering the west side of town is in the same situation.
Station No. 3 serves the west side, but it also serves Idaho Falls Regional Airport.
Because the station serves the airport, federal law requires one crew member to stay at the station almost all day long, unable to respond to other calls. That means station no. 3 crews also must frequently choose between dispatching an ambulance or a fire truck.
People in one west side neighborhood say the situation is making them nervous.
"It's a great community," said Kathy Harward, of the neighborhood on Bellin Rd. where she's lived for 20 years.
Harward sits in her Bellin Road backyard on Tuesday.
When she takes off her hat, the side effects of cancer treatment are obvious. She knows she may need an ambulance at anytime.
Fire station No. 5 is only down the road from Harward.
Idaho Falls said the city can't afford overtime for the rest of the fiscal year. The station could close on certain days. Union President Duane Nelson on Monday night told us it's a safety hazard for Idaho Falls constituents.
"It increases response time," said Nelson.
Stations No. 3 and 5 most frequently respond to calls west of the Snake River and station no. 1 downtown will often assist calls on both sides of town.
According to Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, station no. 3 is required to run on partial staff, even when there aren't overtime concerns.
It's called ARFF coverage -- Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting. According to an Idaho Falls response to a public information request on Tuesday, one crew member is tethered to the station for 15 minutes prior to, and after flight arrivals and departures from the airport.
According to the information request, from about 5:35 a.m. to 11:54 p.m., the ARFF firefighter is tied to the station in 30-minute increments. On Tuesday a total 35 arrivals and departures came and went from IFRA.
Essentially, station No. 3 is in the same boat as station no. 5 -- both west side stations are faced with a choice on some emergency calls: send a truck or send an ambulance.
For Harward, there's little comfort in that.
"I couldn't have somebody here in just a few minutes," she said.
Municipal Services Director Craig Lords said on Tuesday there is a reserve fund, and it can be used at the discretion of the city council. At its lowest, it has about $9.5 million available.
But Lords said it's in effect a savings account and should not be used to cover on-going expenses like overtime.
We also requested a rundown of 2013's total calls from all Idaho Falls fire stations:
Station 1
Truck calls: 476
Ambulance calls: 1003
Station 2
Truck Calls: 289
Ambulance Calls: 926
Station 3
Truck Calls: 44
Ambulance Calls: 443
Station 4
Truck Calls: 484
Ambulance Calls: 1274
Station 5
Truck Calls: 123
Ambulance Calls: 408


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Fiesta Mart was co-founded by Donald Bonham and O. C. Mendenhall in Houston in 1972. Prior to co-founding Fiesta, Bonham had lived in several countries in Latin America, where he worked helping set up supermarkets and food distribution systems. Once back in the U.S., Bonham recognized the potential of a supermarket for Hispanics, especially for immigrants who were nostalgic for foods and products from their home countries. He partnered with O. C. Mendenhall, an experienced grocer from Oklahoma, in opening on the near north side of Houston a small grocery store that catered to Hispanics.
The Fulton Street store was an immediate success, and by 1982, Fiesta had opened eight stores in Houston, including a 100,000 square foot store on Bellaire and Hillcroft. At this store, the company discovered that its "open market" format and large variety of products and services were appealing not just to Hispanics, but to other members of the large international community of Houston. In 1993, Fiesta expanded into the Austin and Dallas markets, and in 1997, into the Fort Worth market. Fiesta currently has 60 stores open in the Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth markets, serving customers from over ninety countries of origin with a vast variety of dry grocery and perishable products.
Fiesta is proud to be able to bring you quality meat, grocery, fresh produce, and dairy products, beer and fine wines, and an international and specialty foods section offering products from around the globe. Most locations also offer a fresh meat service counter, a fresh seafood department, and an in-store bakery providing fresh product baked daily. Several stores offer hot and cold delis, and a selection of clothing that includes school uniforms.
We also offer a variety of services at our stores. At our courtesy booths, you can pay your utilities, purchase license tags, concert and sporting event tickets, money orders, and lottery tickets, cash checks, and send money through Western Union.
Fiesta is proud to be your neighbor in the community. We support local charities, educational programs, and special events, as well as work with community leaders and citizens on a variety of programs and projects.
Our approach is a simple one; by blending our variety of product selection and our special brand of customer service in an authentic "Fiesta" atmosphere, we provide a unique grocery shopping experience for you, our customer. Come see us and taste the excitement!


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Bill Miller | August 10, 2007
By Bill Miller • Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:25
John Dingell, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he will call for an economy-wide tax of about $100 per ton of carbon dioxide emissions, a cap-and-trade system, and extra funding for research on renewable energy.
But his most controversial call was for slashing the mortgage-interest deduction for "McMansions," defined as homes larger than 3,000 square feet and that use more energy than smaller houses.
"These are all new ideas," Dingell said. "I know I'm going to catch hell for them," but "if we are serious about global warming, we need to reduce consumption by making it more expensive."
Not surprisingly, home-contracting firms criticized Dingell's proposal as misguided and economically detrimental.
Phillip Huggan replied on Permalink
J.Dingell is one of a rare
J.Dingell is one of a rare breed of American power-brokers not resigning his great grandchildren to live through a pre-industrial (or contemporary African) standard of living. Good job.
Mickey replied on Permalink
Sure, it starts with 3000
Sure, it starts with 3000 SQ.Ft, the it goes to 2000, then 1000. and before you know it another the right to claim anything on our taxes is lost. Stop it before it goes to far, and we all end up losing big time.
Good on you!
Even if this bill doesn't pass (and I give it a snowball's chance …) it's high time somebody stood up & said it! Considering the average family size has dropped dramatically since the post-war boom, it is incomprehensible to me why people feel they need so much space. It's quite horrifying to see these monster houses being built right to the lot line, gobbling up productive land and/or habitat. Wouldn't it be great if it could be turned on its head and prestige would come with living in the smallest, most efficient house on the block?
BobSmith replied on Permalink
Lady, move to Russia. You
Lady, move to Russia. You are obviously a communist. Those that work for the American Dream should have what they want. Don't look now, but there are a heck of alot of middle class people in 3000 sq ft. homes. We make the economy go and enjoy what we have. Penalize us and you will shut down the economy, increase forclosure rates and likely cause a major, prolonged recession.
By the way, I just built a 4000 sq. ft. home. Ever since I moved in, my electric and gas bills have been 50% of what they were in my 2000 sq. ft. home. I use less energy because the house is more efficient. But that's something you greenies seem to overlook.
Steve L replied on Permalink
Have to follow this closely
Dingell in the past has fought all attempts to increase fuel efficiency regulations for vehicles and in a recent news report has been described as drafting certain-to-fail legislation on purpose. I think this is it. He may be serious about doing something, but I don't think so. If he was serious, there would be something there about the collection of these taxes being offset by reducing other taxes (e.g., income tax).
John replied on Permalink
Regarding Dingell
I would hypothesize that this particular initiative by Dingell is an attempt to cast particular aspects of climate legislation being considered in Washington, namely, cap-and-trade programs, in a negative light by proposing the most stringent, yet plausible, measure that he and his staff could come up with– something radical enough to be unpopular and voted down.
Then, he might be able to make the argument that the American people don't want this particular kind of legislation to be implemented and that it would be bad for the country, economy, etc. as justification for voting down some kind of integrated House and Senate climate change bill in the fall that could possibly include revised CAFE standards that were passed in the Senate's version of the bill.
I would be highly surprised if Dingell proposed this measure out of rising concern about global warming, but rather as a rhetorical tactic to prevent any legislation with CAFE standards from passing. Note that his constituency includes businesses and jobs that could be hurt by revised standards (i.e. in the American auto industry), and that his wife was a vice-chairman of the GM Foundation as recently as 1999/2000.


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PLEASANTON, Calif. — Net income for Safeway dropped due to a tax charge and the retailer's decision to repatriate $1.1 billion from its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, although the company noted revenue rose nearly 5%.
Net income for the first quarter ended March 26 dropped to $25.1 million, or 7 cents per diluted share, compared with $96 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, in first quarter 2010. Excluding the tax charge, Safeway said first-quarter net income was $105.3 million, or 29 cents per diluted share.
Total sales for the retailer increased 4.8% to $9.8 billion in first quarter 2011, compared with $9.3 billion in first quarter 2010. The retailer said that the increase was the result of higher fuel sales, a 0.4% increase in identical-store sales, excluding fuel, and a higher Canadian exchange rate, partly offset by reduced sales due to closed stores.
"Our first-quarter results are in line with our expectations, and we are pleased with our improving sales trends," said Steve Burd, chairman, president and CEO. "Identical-store sales, excluding fuel, improved for the fifth consecutive quarter and are now positive. We are successfully passing cost inflation along at retail while making appropriate price adjustments to remain competitive."
Safeway is reaffirming guidance for the year of $1.45 to $1.65 earnings per diluted share (including the estimated 1 cents per diluted share negative impact from the Canadian dividend).


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