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Original post made by Sue Kemp, Old Palo Alto, on Mar 23, 2007
I read Mr. Levy's article on immigration with great interest. It's such a knotty problem! I had a discussion with a good friend very recently and his only focus was on the word illegal. Nothing else matters to him. Not even when I told him I had read in the paper that west-coast agriculture was short 300,000 workers this past year, and that some crops rotted in the fields or on the trees and vines because there weren't enough workers to pick them at the time they were ready to harvest.
What can I say, I'm a Bush despiser, but I think the president's plan for the "undocumenteds" was as good a one as we're likely to get. A guest worker program, and a path to citizenship, even though an extremely lengthy and expensive path, are good ideas. Making criminals out of illegal immigrants is not economically intelligent, not to mention that it shows a total lack of compassion.
One last thing, because I resonated with the family problem Mr. Levy mentioned. I have been paying for tennis lessons for a 13-year-old who was born in the US. He lives with his stepfather, who is legal, and his mother, who I am not sure is legal. And there are four little siblings who were born here. The parents are great, hard-working people, giving their kids wonderful values, as well as tremendous opportunities because they are here. I don't want to break up that family!
I hope that the Congress can find a way to deal with this issue in a realistic and non-punitive way.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 24, 2007 at 1:29 am
Sorry, but my compassion ended long ago as I watched thousands upon thousands of illegal aliens flood across the border, bringing with them drugs, gangs, and crime. Poor people who have no intention of learning english, no intention of assimilating, and who will be a permanent underclass continually placing downward pressure on wages. These people and their families belong in Mexico, and their government should be taking care of them. Many think they're still in Mexico, even though they're here. Any guest worker program put forward by this government is a sham, and an amnesty for lawbreakers. Our gutless government will not control the border. And, this is just the tip of the iceberg - if Bush has his way, we'll be looking at tens of millions more, added to our already overburdened healthcare and education systems. I'm not interested in living in a third world country (which is not outside the realm of possibility for the good old USA at the rate we're going) - if that makes me incompassionate - so be it. Unfortunately, Palo Alto sees little of the effects of illegal immigration - try living in a border city, or take a trip down to LA.
a resident of Stanford
on Mar 24, 2007 at 8:23 am
I agree with both. I am willing to work out a plan for those who have been here for more than some number of years, ( 2? 4?) with no legal entanglements or use of public resources, to become citizens.
But only after we make our border completely non-porous. No more illegal crossing of the border. Period. Shut it down completely, first, so that we don't let more people through.
And, while we are at it, make our immigration laws a little looser, so that people who want to work here who are not engineers can immigrate. It would be simple. Give visas to come work,only to those with no criminal background or those NOT pregnant, require "probation" of x-years, with checking in every month to track you, and if you get in trouble, abuse our system, or skip a check-in anytime before you are a citizen,..out you go, and you can't come back. And any family you have created while here. Period.
In exchange, you get the protection of our worker laws so you aren't exploited, and the chance to prove that you should be allowed to get on the path to citizenship.
Incentive is everything. Bring back some of the price of failure and the reward of success.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 24, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Amen, Draw - There is a scene in 1984 where the police explain to Winston why they have laws that are impossible to not break, because that gives them a tool to control the people. Since people pay coyotes several thousand bucks, they should be able to post a bond to cover their trip home in case things don't work out. No job guaranteed, just a hunting license.
a resident of University South
on Mar 25, 2007 at 9:03 am
Thanks, Draw the Line, for offering your ideas re a solution.
I am interested in readers' views on the following challenges:
1) Where are we going to get the low-wage workforce for California--particularly as we move into a period of large numbers of retiring workers? If we don't use people like the current unauthorized workers, then what do you propose?
2) How do you make the borders "non-porous"? Is this realistic in a free society? How do you identify unauthorized immigrants to deport? How is this possible without turning people against their neighbors?
3) Most unauthorized immigrants live in "mixed" families meaning they have legal resident children or spouses or both. What would be the likely consequences of deporting unauthorized immigrants in these cases?
In a way the debate on immigration is like the debate on Iraq. It is fine to have feelings one way or the other but ultimately we have to have a plan--saying something isn't working isn't the same as proposing a solution, even if all solutions are difficult.
I would like to be able to mention some Weekly readers' comments at the conference at HP next Saturday.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 25, 2007 at 4:20 pm
We will not get low wage workers any more than we will see the nickle Pepsi come back. My concern is where will we get our electricians, plumbers and - well we already know the carpenters are likely border jumpers. The emphasis on college for everyone has blinded our young to the satisfying and well paid jobs in the crafts.
Replace the peons with machines. Men and women, strap on the tool belt and the good life. Yes, women. Ain't no glass ceilings in the trades.
a resident of University South
on Mar 25, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I agree about the opportunities for plumbers, electricians and other skilled jobs. And that college isn't fore everyone/
But I am puzzled by your answer re low-wage workers like the folks who clean buildings, work in hotels and fast food restaurants, pick crops and work in nursing homes. Replace them by machines??
How would that work exactly?
And what's with the peon and border jumper language? Lot's of us have grandparents who came poor and with few skills and also no documents since quotas and documentation really started only in 1921.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 25, 2007 at 9:16 pm
This may not be feasible here, but here goes.
In Europe, many students take a year off between school and college and spend their time working on the various harvests round Europe. They travel in groups going from the grape harvest to the whatever harvest. They live rough, eat simple, and spend their time learning language, broadening their horizons, etc. It used to be just the hippy types, but is now becoming more acceptable for nearly everyone.
So, we could get the European hippy type students here learning about California, or we could get our own students, some of which are probably inept at doing a full day's hard work for enough money to provide them with a meal for the night, to do the same work as our immigrant laborers. It may actually be more educational than many of their classes and may prove to kill two birds with one stone. (All said very tongue in cheek)
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2007 at 6:40 am
Peons are unskilled labor. Border jumpers are paople who entered the country illegally. Both terms are honestly descriptive. Honesty has a value in relationships.
Farm mechanization enables year around employment instead of just harvest work. Many of my kin followed the harvest, "Picking prunes" before they found steady jobs.
a resident of University South
on Mar 26, 2007 at 7:06 am
Roughly 1 in every 20 unauthorized immigrants work in agriculture. The rest work in cleaning, food prep, construction, gardening, manufacuring and a variety of service occupations.
Walter and Euro parent (tongue in cheek) have offered solutions to the agriciltural labor shortages. Does anyone have ideas about the other 95% of the jobs that unauthorized immigrants currently do? Or comments on the proposed solutions for agriculture.
Walter, unauthorized and low-skilled are also honest descriptions. I was wondering why you chose the labels that have emotion behind them.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2007 at 9:04 am
I do not believe that an honest description is ever out of fashion. I try to avoid weasel words and PC because they generally are used to limit debate. Perhaps the other low wage jobs are low waged only because we have the modern version of bond servant to do them? I did my share of pearl diving and swabbing, and I suspect there would be a way to get grunt work done even if the illegals left.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 27, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I have relatives who live near San Diego. They moved there some years ago from Back East. Initially, they were concerned and supportive of the plight of illegals coming across the border in that region. Then it got to be TOO much -- the illegals camp out, set fires that get out of control (to my relatives' surprise, this has occurred quite near their residential area in North San Diego!), commit some crime, and apparently run across freeways (I haven't been down there lately, but at least there used to be big signs warning motorists to watch for fleeing Mexicans running pell-mell across local highways!)
What this snapshot tells me is that this is a BIG problem. It goes way beyond being compassionate and helping people in unfortunate circumstances. That I can understand. But we cannot have a total open-door policy - it is not practical, it is not reasonable. I will not support our agreeing to support the entire country of Mexico and completely burden the U.S. with that country's problems. I am not an expert on Mexico, but I understand it is operated in a corrupt fashion. Maybe they need to start taking responsibility for educating their poor, providing decent infrastructure and education, etc. In the meantime, *some* people in Mexico are surely laughing at us.
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I saw a local news segment that said that the Alfalfa crop is a bust this year - too wet and chilly - and that farmers are expecting to only get 2 cuts instead of 4. It also said that some of the crop is dead.
I know from reading here that sometimes a delay in cutting is a good thing from a beekeepers perspective as the bees get longer to access the bloom. This year seems different. What are you seeing out there?
Skip to the 50 second mark if you're curious about what I saw on the news.

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Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal star in the tense, haunting detective drama "Prisoners."

Directors: Denis Villeneuve
Rating: R
Studio: Alcon Entertainment
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
Two little girls go missing after slipping out of the house after a Thanksgiving dinner. When the weary, overworked rural Pennsylvania police force can't seem to nail down the true culprit, one of the distraught fathers abducts a man declared innocent by the police.
In an abandoned apartment building, he keeps the guy hostage and systematically tortures him day after day, hoping to gain a confession. With allusions to Gitmo and vigilante justice pretty much inescapable, the thriller Prisoners—directed by Denis Villeneuve (Incendies), written by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband) and meticulously shot by Roger Deakins—wears its morality play, violence-begets-violence trappings unsubtly but effectively.
At heart, it's a detective movie with a dose of Mystic River–style doom and gloom. It starts grim and miserable, stays that way and only gets grimmer and more miserable as its characters (and plot) become progressively more unhinged. Considering its cast, crew and trappings, Prisoners will undoubtedly be taken every bit as seriously as its makers intend it to be. That's okay, though, because it is well made, very tense and often conveys a sense of the unease, melancholy and paranoia that haunt contemporary American life. Hugh Jackman is especially strong as the Springsteen-loving, God-fearing, deer-hunting, emotionally stifled father who stocks his basement with survival goods. Playing a very troubled soul, he's pitiable and hateful as a distraught, self-righteous vigilante who alienates his pill-popping wife (Maria Bello, doing her damnedest with an underwritten role) and son (Dylan Minnette) and unleashes his inner monster. As the parents of the other missing little girl, Terrence Howard and Viola Davis do their best with muddy, undeveloped characters whose moral stand against Jackman's whacked-out sadism never rises beyond the level of "It's not right!" Jake Gyllenhaal as maverick Detective Loki (yeah, really, that's his name) delivers the goods as a haunted, tattooed, tic-ridden loner filling a void by working obsessively. His and Jackman's too few scenes together are reason alone to slog through almost two and a half hours of lots of vein popping, yelling and wearing of the old hair shirt.
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I live in Green Valley. Both of my dogs tested positive for roundworm a few months after we moved here from Miami - they had never had roundworms before but we think it may have been contracted in all of the stops / hotels we stayed at out driving from Miami to Las Vegas. Legacy Hospital treated it and both are worm free. I did use a steam cleaner as I have all tile and wood floors. I do not have any grass nor do I have a 1/2 acre - I envy you. I was really concerned that my husband and I would get roundworms and did wash everything. Agree that you should treat the carpet - Nature's Miracle is great.
Good luck with Sunny. Let me know if you need any information re vets, food, etc. as I spent a lot of time doing that after we moved here in Dec. 2012 and have been through a lot of the years with my GSDs.
Roundworms can also infect people. It's not just the dog that's at risk of infection.
This article suggests steam is effective against the eggs, but chemicals are not:
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Hi all, I am new to this forum, so let me tell you a bit about me first. I am 28 years old and I currently live in Las Vegas with my wife, our tortoise 'Nima' and our Holland Lop Dwarf Rabbit 'Pancake'. We live by the university in a large house with half acre lot. We both go to school and I am a contractor.
I bought a GSD a couple weeks ago and this little puppy 'Sonny' is my first dog ever. I picked him up from a ranch in Lancaster, CA and he had ticks all over his body when I picked him up, so I drove to a vet immediately and had them all removed and got him vectra for three month dose and they prescribed some antibiotics for the scars he got from the tick removals. When we came back home I signed him up for a great one year health plan at Paradise Pet Hospital but couldn't start his vaccination until 3 days ago because of the antibiotics. He is 9 weeks old, eats Royal Canin Puppy food, and currently weighs about 13 pounds.
After he got his first set of shots the vet also suggested a deworming medication and took a fecal sample for further checkup. When we came home he started acting lethargic and slept even more than he did before and at night his poop included a massive amount of large adult roundworms for the first time. Unfortunately he is not house trained yet and he pooped on the carpet. He has passed the worms now and the poop is back to normal and he also has another dosage of the deworming medication than he will receive 10 days after the first one. I didn't clean the carpet because his poop is solid and doesn't leave a residue. But I heard the larvae of roundworms are not visible and I was wondering if it is possible for him to get reinfected by the carpet so I want to know if I should get the carpets washed professionally and if that even helps.
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Attorney General steps in -- shutters Pleasanton city mgr/planning dept approved University
Original post made by Deja Vu, Harvest Park Middle School, on Aug 26, 2013
Last week, the State published this 21 page enforcement action at this location ---Web Link
After the Boulder Court building was targeted for a forfeiture/seizure action and the owner arrested, the city of Pleasanton without apparently notifying any State or Federal agency at all or engaging in any public process whatsoever (including the mandated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process), approved the new "University" to operate.
Though local governmental entities have no authority to approve and regulate private schools, seems that Pleasanton city management thinks it can.
How many more millions of dollars will it take for the State and Federal government to step in and fix messes that the city of Pleasanton creates by approving over-the-counter zoning actions to time and time again allow illegal businesses to operate?
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a resident of Del Prado
on Aug 27, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Like I've said before, count all the massage parlors popping up all over town, who keeps approving these types of businesses, we all know what's going on in there, if anybody thinks they are a legit operation they need to wake up and take off those rose colored glasses, look at the customers coming out of those places, look at the " employees" being picked up and dropped off-- never thought I would see this happening in p-town!!
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Aug 28, 2013 at 8:12 pm
sknywench is a registered user.
I thought in America people and businesses are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Sounds like the posts to date want an authoritarian police state.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Aug 28, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Actually sknywench, some of the Trivalley University criminals involved in case have already pled guilty already, sknynench - - - perhaps you haven't kept up with the various indictments and charges and guilty pleas.
Nice to know that given the guilty pleas that they have the help of their local and helpful Pleasanton city government for Round 2 in order to again have a fake university to defraud the Fed and State governments again. Good to know that Pleasanton is so pro-Criminal enterprise.
You mean PUSD doesn't have a college for a Medical School/Pharmacy School? I am shock, shocked, shocked!! Can't wait to view the audiotape and videotape captured from the sting operation!Web Link
Sounds like sknywench has no problem with a fraudulent "University" being run out of PUSD which resulted in a multi-year sting undercover operation with 9 Special Agents and a boatload of witnesses, including many people whose identities were stolen.
Quite a long witness list: Web Link
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 28, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Does anyone know how much union involvement there is in this?
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Aug 28, 2013 at 10:33 pm
Sounds like considerable union involvement to me!
Maybe the city and PUSD management and union were never trained in an in-service that legitimate universities don't have Wells Fargo account numbers on their web pages with mail in instructions to mail checks to the PUSD superintendent's business address at 4665 Bernal Avenue when you click the "Register" button on their website: Web Link or various webpages discussing drug trafficking and "sugar."
Apparently according to this Web Link, the union handbook also needs a new page inserted with a notation that reads:
"Notice to all employees. Note that all legitimate college and university websites have an .edu extension, not a .org or .us or .biz or .info extension."
"Notice to all employees. Do not, I repeat, do not approve business licenses with people that have completely fake names."
Oops, but it isn't in probably anyone's official union job description to update the union handbook. Oh well.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Aug 28, 2013 at 10:46 pm
Here is the sugar and drug trafficking website.
Of course, Sknywench from Amador, in case you want to 'donate' to the defense (seems like no money has been collected so far...you could be the first Sknywench!), the TVU has a website that has been widely quoted in the press here for the 'defend team' here Web Link that says - - -
"According to the law, a person thought she was selling sugar, but was accused of selling drug, shall not be convicted of criminal charges. As the President goes through this tough process of fighting for her freedom and the effort to save TVU, Please help with any of your effort--- a warm encouraging word, any legal assistant, and money donation to fund the defend team---they are all so precious and important!"
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 4, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Why would anybody want to sell sugarcane?
I don't get it?
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on Sep 6, 2013 at 1:02 am
Cholo, I don't know. The city has violated their own Municipal Code, State law and CEQA in illegally approving a university (multiple times) to operate in this location.
Now that the Federal and State government has declared the 1555 'students' victims of fraud with the latest indictment, the victims will have a right to sue the City of Pleasanton for tens of millions of dollars in payments these people made to a bogus post secondary education that Dolan and Fiahlo themselves approved. They won't sue the State because the State never approved either Tri-Valley University or Global TV University to operate.
In the latest Global TV University fiasco, the city processed 3 planning documents (Zoning Clearance-- two for Global TVU, one voided and one for Tri-Valley University) between the last week of February 2012 and the first week of March 2012 and approved it BEFORE the State even approved and WITHOUT checking with the State that this was even an approved post-secondary college, trade school or university. The city approved it before the State even received the application for non accredited university in the mail from Global TV University. This is what the city did with Tri-Valley University.
These documents are:
P12-0367 Zoning certificate 3/02/2012 TRI-VALLEY UNIVERSITY
P12-0321 Zoning Certificate 2/29/2012 GLOBAL TV UNIVERSITY P12-0321 VOID
P12-0320 Zoning Certificate 2/29/2012 GLOBAL TV UNIVERSITY P12-0320
Dolan and Fiahlo continue to put the city at risk for having to pay tens of millions of dollars out in lawsuits for failing to check with the State that a post secondary education institution has been approved to operate in California.
For the 405 Boulder Court, Suites 700 and 800, location, a university is not a permitted use of that zoning district. It is an I-G zoning district. This zoning does not allow colleges and universities to operate. The relevant Pleasanton Municipal Code is Section 18.48.150 Permitted uses of the the I-G district. The I-G stands for Industrial General and only allows TRADE SCHOOLS with no more than 20 students in the school at any one time. There is no mention of private colleges or universities as being allowed in that section of the Municipal Code.
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Carlin Isles has always wanted to be the fastest.
His fast-twitch fibres have taken him from American football to the athletics track and he has now found a new home on the rugby field for the United States sevens team.
The 23-year-old has a personal best time of 10.24 seconds over 100m and once ran a wind-assisted 10.13 - times that could have seen him qualify for the semifinals at last year's London Olympics.
It wasn't fast enough, however, to make the highly competitive US Olympic team and once Isles realised this last year he went looking for another avenue to get to the world's biggest sporting event.
Sevens are set to debut at the Rio Games in 2016 and countries such as the United States are investing big money in their teams to achieve Olympic success.
Inspired by another American footballer who crossed over to rugby, Miles Craigwell, Isles went about finding his way into the game.
He got in touch with USA Rugby chief executive Nigel Melville midway through last year and his rise to the national sevens set-up has been quicker than his pace on the field.
Isles debuted for the US at the first leg of the sevens world series on the Gold Coast in October and scored his first try after less than a minute on the field.
Since then he has found his way to the line five more times as the US coaches try to familiarise him with the game.
"I realised I was fast when I was 8," he recalled. "I played [American] football and I was just outrunning people and people always told me I was fast but it took me a while for it to sink in.
"For me, I always wanted to be the fastest wherever I go. But as I got to middle school I was the fastest. I was the fastest in elementary school then I became the fastest at high school and then I was the fastest in college and that's where it really started off."
The speedster looks up to the likes of Wallabies pivot Quade Cooper, Welsh wing Shane Williams and South African flyer Bryan Habana in the 15s game.
With only six months of experience on the rugby field, Isles has taken on a whirlwind education to pick up the intricacies of the game.
"I've just been working on other tactics, kicking. Just other outlets because people are going to start playing me differently. Just the things to enhance my performance, the things I need to do to be better; reading lines better and it's all coming together."
His agent is working on a potential contract with a team in France and a stint in the 15-a-side game looks inevitable given what he could offer a team with his speed.
But at only 75kg and standing at 1.73m, he would be a small man in a increasingly bigger-man's game. Having played as a running back and cornerback in American football, his defence in rugby has had to catch up but he insisted he loved the contact side of the sport.
"We work a lot on tackling, so the tackling's good."
Isles doesn't lack confidence and he will need it this weekend when the US meet favourites New Zealand, 2009 winners England and Spain in Pool A at the Wellington sevens.
The world series-leading New Zealanders meet the US in the final game of the day today. A dash of Isles' speed might help their cause.


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- Dachstein Stairway to Nothingness in Austria straddles a drop of 1,300 feet
- Kinzua Skywalk in United States built on the remains of a 19th-century viaduct
- Capilano Cliffwalk is a 213-meter walkway attached to a granite cliff face in Canada
In July, the world's newest vertigo-inducing observation deck opened in the mountains in Austria.
It joins an adrenaline-inducing roll call of clever platforms offering spectacular views.
1. Dachstein Stairway to Nothingness (Austria)
Visitors to Dachstein's Stairway to Nothingness must first cross Austria's highest bridge, which is 328 feet (100 meters) long and straddles a drop of 1,300 feet (396 meters).
They then face 14 steps that descend from the cliff face and which are surrounded by glass walls.
The entire structure took six months to build and was created by an engineering firm specializing in high-altitude construction.
The bridge that leads to the steps is the highest in Austria.
Dachstein Stairway to Nothingness, Dachstein Glacier, Austria; +43 0 3687/22042 800; admission free for children under 12, from $4 for adults
2. Tokyo Skytree observation decks (Japan)
The Tokyo Skytree is the world's third-tallest structure, with a height of 2,080 feet (634 meters), and has Japan's two tallest observation decks: the lower one is located at 1,148 feet (350 meters) and has a section of glass flooring. The upper one, which has floor-to-ceiling windows and 360-degree-views of the city, has a height of 1476 feet (450 meters).
On a clear day, Mount Fuji can be seen from the observation decks.
Tokyo Skytree, 1-1-2, Oshiage, Sumida, Tokyo; +81 (0)3 3623 0634; Admission: from $3 (£2) for children and from $10 (£6.60) for adults
3. Kinzua Skywalk (United States)
When the Kinzua Viaduct was built in Pennsylvania in 1882, it was the longest and highest viaduct in the world.
In 1900 it was rebuilt to carry heavier trains, using 3,175 tons of steel and 895,000 rivets.
In 2003, a tornado destroyed 11 of the 20 towers and it was decided that the remaining towers would be used to support the Skywalk.
The Skywalk extends 624 feet (190 meters) into the Kinzua Gorge and glass panels allow visitors to peer into the gorge below.
Kinzua Skywalk, 1721 Lindholm Drive, Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania; +1 814 965 2646; admission: free
4. AlpspiX viewing platform (Germany)
At the base of Germany's Alpspitze mountain, the AlpspiX viewing platform comprises two steel beams, both of which measure 79 feet (24 meters) in length.
Visitors brave enough to walk to the end of the glass-walled platforms can look 3,281 feet (1,000 meters) down into the valley.
The platform remains open in winter, when the grid flooring allows snow and ice to pass through.
AlpspiX viewing platform, Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; admission: free
5. EdgeWalk CN Tower (Canada)
Located on the roof of the CN Tower's restaurant at a height of 1,168 feet (356 meters), the EdgeWalk allows visitors to slip into climbing harnesses and walk around the edge of Canada's tallest structure.
There's also a glass floor 1,122 feet (342 meters) above ground level, and although the glass is only 2.5 inches thick, it's reportedly strong enough to hold 14 hippos -- if they could fit in the elevator.
The EdgeWalk holds the world record for world's highest external walk attached to a building. CN Tower also has glass-floored observation deck and outdoor SkyTerrace.
EdgeWalk, CN Tower, 301 Front St. W., Toronto; +1 416 601 3833; admission: from C$20.40 ($19.80) for children and from C$27.20 ($26.43) for adults
6. The Ledge (United States)
The four boxes that make up The Ledge experience in Willis Tower, Chicago, are made from half-ton panels of glass. The walls consist of three layers, each half an inch thick.
Visitors who step into one of the boxes can see for 50 miles across four states.
Six million people have ventured into the boxes since 2009, 500 people have proposed in them and visitors can now even get married in them.
The boxes retract into the building when the windows need cleaning.
The Ledge, Willis Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago; +1 312 875 0066; admission: free for children aged under three, from $12 for children and $18 for adults
7. Cliffwalk (Canada)
The Cliffwalk is a 700-feet (213 meter) walkway attached to a granite cliff face above the Capilano River in British Columbia, Canada. The highest point is 300 feet (90 meters) above the river.
To attach the Cliffwalk, 16 anchor points were drilled 19 feet (six meters) into the rock face using 1,825 bolts, and 40 tons of steel were used.
The Cliffwalk also features two glass panels that have an anti-skid finish and were shipped over from Austria.
Cliffwalk, Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, 3735 Capilano Road, North Vancouver, British Columbia; +1 604 985 7474; admission: free for children aged under six, from C$12 ($11.50) for children and from C$28.95 ($28) for adults
8. The View from The Shard (England)
London's The Shard is the tallest building in Western Europe and The View From The Shard is located on floors 68, 69 and 72.
The best panoramas are from floor 72, at a height of 800 feet (244 meters).
This open-air observation deck offers 360-degree views of the city.
Visitors can also look up into the "shards" of glass that form the top of the skyscraper.
The View From The Shard, 96 Tooley St., London; +44 0844 499 7111; admission: free for children aged under three, from £18.95 ($29) for children and £24.95 ($38) for adults
9. Stegastein lookout (Norway)
The glass panel at the end of this walkway gives visitors the impression they could simply fall off the end.
Commissioned by the Norwegian Highway Department as part of a project to improve the appearance of the country's tourist routes, the lookout allows visitors to look straight down into the Aurlandsfjord, 2,000 feet (609 meters) below.
Stegastein lookout, Aurland-Laerdal Road, Aurland, Norway; +47 57 63 33 13; admission: free
10. Top of Tyrol Stubai Glacier (Austria)
The Top of Tyrol viewing platform in Austria was completed in 2008 and provides visitors with spectacular views over 103 peaks.
All of the parts -- including 19 tons of steel and a 164-foot (50-meter) hand rail were lowered into place by helicopter.
It's 10,433 feet (3,180 meters) above sea level and 50-foot (15-meter) rock anchors keep the structure in place.
Top of Tyrol, Stubai Glacier, Austria; admission: free
11. Dachstein Glacier Skywalk (Austria)
The Dachstein Glacier in Austria actually comprises eight glaciers -- a visit to this high-altitude, glass-bottomed walkway is a great way to see them all.
Visitors can see for hundreds of kilometers. On a clear day, the Triglav mountains of Slovenia and the forests of the Czech Republic can be seen.
Dachstein Glacier Skywalk, Dachstein Glacier, Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria; +43 22042 800; admission: free
12. Matteo Thun's Viewing Platform (Italy)
The best views of Italy's Merano region are from this binocular-shaped viewing platform, high above the gardens' huge oak forest.
The viewing platform is just one of several within the gardens, which were recently named Italy's most beautiful gardens.
The platform is suspended over the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff and was designed by architect Matteo Thun in 2005.
Matteo Thun's Viewing Platform, Gardens of Trauttmansdorff, Via San Valentino, 51/a, 39012 Merano Bolzano, Italy; +39 0473 235730; admission: free for children aged under six. From $10.60 (£7) for children and from $12.60 (£8.20) for adults
13. Grand Canyon Skywalk (United States)
This steel and glass, horseshoe-shaped walkway extends 70 feet (21 meters) over the lip of the Grand Canyon, almost one mile above the valley floor.
The 90 tons of glass were imported from Germany. The Skywalk, which is bolted to the canyon's rim, can support the weight of 70 747 passenger jets.
Apollo astronaut and the second person to set foot on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin was the first person to step onto the Skywalk, which cost $30 million to build.
Grand Canyon Skywalk, 5001 Buck n Doe Road. Grand Canyon West, Arizona; +1 888 868 9378; admission: from $29.95 per person


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I fully support our military. My son in law is still a Marine and many others have served. But govt (local, state and federal) all over are seeing changes in benefits and retirements. I don't know all the nuances of what you're talking about but my guess is you will still pay much less than what I pay for my health ins. When I retired after 30 years with the PD I could keep my health ins for $1300 a month. I don't want to see our service members get screwed over but times are changing. I just wish the same changes applied to Congress.
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Ok, any military retirees out there that have a Tricare standard supplement that they like? Since cockhead McCain decided to turn his back on the military and come up with the idea to kick all the military retirees off Tricare Prime I have to move down to Standard and get a supplement. I love how more retirement benefits are being taken away from the military. I can't recommened to any young person to go in the military anymore, you will eventually come out with nothing. I hope McCain gets prostate cancer and rots from the inside out. Too bad the NVA didn't keep his fucking ass/end of rant
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Right now I can not agree that it is guaranteed for life. Mfromphilly1 thought his medical bennifits where "guaranteed for life" but it would seem that has changed. However I do agree that if you do 15 then go ahead and do the extra 5. Just make sure you have more than just military retirement. Put money away in a roth 401k or something like it. Something that is after taxes so you dont have to worry about tax increases after you retire.
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As summer fades into autumn and the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness, it's time for hay to be saved, harvests to be gathered and, best of all, have festivals to attend.
Festivals are a wonderful way to spend a day, wandering among the stalls and nibbling at the sort of food you only seem to get at festivals or farmers' markets. But what makes them even better is when you can wander with a refreshing beer in your hand. It's a good time of year to be a beer-loving festival lover.
Beer festivals have come a long way in the past decade. It used to be that you could set up a few kegs under a few umbrellas in a field and call it a beer festival. What those festivals mainly represented was an opportunity to sell beer to enthusiastically thirsty punters, who simply treated the day as an outdoor grog session.
It's not like that anymore; beer festivals these days are better both in the quality of the beer and the quality of the overall experience, as organisers make the effort to put on a family-friendly day out.
Marchfest is a perfect example of this. It's laid back, relaxed and full of people who take their beer, and their enjoyment of it, seriously. But if you can't make it to Nelson, never fear - there are others you can get to instead to celebrate the harvest and see how good this year's hops are.
Beer Appreciation Day, Duart House, Havelock North, March 2
Beer Appreciation Day (BAD) is revving up for its third incarnation, offering those in Hawke's Bay the chance to catch up with both some new beers and the people behind them.
With a confirmed guest list including Croucher, Epic, Townshend and local hero, the brilliant Hawke's Bay Independent Brewery, this is one not to be missed, especially as representatives from the breweries will be on hand to answer questions and there will also be guided tastings of the beers.
There are more breweries to be confirmed, but the must-try beers on offer this year are the Ballast Point brews from America. These beers are big, bold, but surprisingly subtle celebrations of the hop.
Mike's Medieval Beerfest, Urenui, Taranaki, March 9
Mike's has been a fixture on the craft brewing scene since before that scene was official.
Drivers heading north out of New Plymouth in years gone by would be familiar with a small sign on the roadside advertising the White Cliffs Brewery as the home of Mike's Mild Ale.
It's now in the hands of the Trigg family, who have made the beer organic (mostly) and expanded the range. The ale is still as beautiful as ever, but it now has a much bigger family, with the recent release of a series of non-organic IPAs. The Mike's beers are all enjoyable, sessionable beers, but some of them, including the Whisky Porter and Mike's IPA are getting up there strength-wise, so be careful to read the label.
The day is also medieval-themed, so expect plenty of buxom wenches, doughty squires and the occasional beggar to be on hand to help you get in the spirit of the day.
Belgium Beer and Mussel Festival, Riccarton House & Bush, Christchurch, March 9
Belgium's contribution to beer is already well-documented, but sometimes it's nice to remind yourself of the sheer scope of beer styles that country produces.
From crisp lagers, through lively fruit beers and up to dark, brooding Trappist beers, Belgium really does beer well and southern readers (and visitors) can see how well at Riccarton with this festival.
As well as the familiar brands like Stella Artois, Leffe and Hoegaarden there will be a selection of interesting bottled beers to tantalise the taste buds. And you can use the beer to wash down bucketloads of mussels, in celebration of Belgium's unique take on beer and food matching.
The New Zealand Beer Festival, The Cloud, Auckland, March 23
The New Zealand Beer Festival has been promoting good beer since 2006 and its move to The Cloud added a new dimension to proceedings. It's a nice mix of craft beers and some more mainstream offerings from both here and overseas and attracts a great crowd.
This year there are more than 30 breweries involved, bringing the number of beers on offer up to more than 150, so don't try to sample them all. Sort out your plan of attack and it will be a much easier ride, especially as the queues were trailing out the door at most stands last year.
With everything from global brands such as Stella Artois to smaller outfits like Ben Middlemiss Brewing, this covers the entire beer spectrum. Check out some of the aristocrats of the craft brewing world like Sprig and Fern, Three Boys, Renaissance and Tuatara, as well as ones you might not have tried before, like Valkyrie, a brewery very much in touch with its feminine side, or Bath Brewing from England.
Greater Wellington Brewday, Martinborough, April 6
It's probably stretching things to refer to South Wairarapa as part of Greater Wellington, but Brewday is another great excuse to visit Martinborough.
It's Wellington-focused, so the breweries involved include serious craft operations like Garage Project, the excellent Yeastie Boys and ParrotDog alongside better known labels like Tuatara.
Martinborough is a great spot for a weekend getaway and Brewday is a chance to enjoy some seriously good beer in beautiful surroundings without having to cope with the drunken hordes that afflict the Toast Martinborough wine festival.
Beervana, Westpac Stadium, Wellington, August 9-10
You can't mention beer festivals and not make a reference to Beervana, the greatest annual celebration of beer in the country.
It is effectively the public side of the national brewing awards, so you can be sure that whatever beers you try they will be excellent, whether it's a supercharged pale ale from some bloke's back shed or a crisp lager from one of the big breweries.
It's a fantastic event for all levels of beer lover, from those who simply enjoy a beer now and then to the more obsessive beerophile who wants to know what sort of hop and how much is in each bottle. Since pretty much all the breweries are there, and all the brewers, it's a great way to meet the people behind the labels. Get you tickets early.


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So where do I begin? To say that Joël Robuchon knows how to run a restaurant is a bit of an understatement – the man holds 24 Michelin stars for crying out loud! He is culinary royalty across three continents. Last spring, I enjoyed a wonderful meal at Robuchon's two-Michelin starred restaurant in Monaco, and I had craved more of his Asian influenced French cooking ever since. So it was on a chilly January day that I found myself gravitating to part of the Robuchon stellar constellation: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in London.
Of Robuchon's 12-restaurant empire, only four are fully fledged starched white tablecloth affairs (Macau, Las Vegas, Monaco, and Tokyo). The rest are more informal dining spaces, which is not at all to say that the food is of a lower standard. Instead, the more casual Atelier (French for 'workshop') concepts are designed to be more laid back and accessible, allowing you to watch as the chefs grill, chop, and tweeze your meal right in front of you.
I'm usually too self-conscious to eat alone at high-end restaurants, but on this day I made a rare exception. So with a lunchtime table for one booked and my copy of The Economist in hand (I wonder if there are any solo diners that don't bring reading material with them), I arrived at this Robuchon outpost in the heart of London's Covent Garden, which is run by the capable chef, Olivier Limousin. The restaurant has three levels, and I had booked a table in the ground floor L'Atelier. The other two floors contain a bar and a slightly more traditional dining room. Fortunately the layout of the ground floor restaurant lends itself to lone dining perfectly. In line with Robuchon's fascination for all things Japanese, the restaurant is dominated by an open-plan kitchen surrounded by a sushi bar-style counter in Indian rosewood, which is where I was seated. There are other, free-standing, tables that are also elevated, giving the restaurant a more relaxed feel. The décor, though, is straight out of the 1980's with bold shades of red and black dominating. The lighting inside was very dim, creating quite a sultry atmosphere, even at 1pm on a Wednesday. All in all, a very pleasant place to while away the afternoon.
The menu here is one of those irritating things that doesn't list separate starters or mains. Instead there are smaller and larger portions, and you are left to decipher which is which by price alone, which is no easy task – is a £39 egg and caviar dish bigger or smaller than a £36 plate of langoustine? I decided to make things easier and opted for the nine-course menu découverte at £125.


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I've grown to love others with my whole heart but she was the first, will always be my first and I wanted to wish her a very happy 30th birthday today. I don't tell you enough how proud I am of you, how much I love you but....well, we're sisters and that's how it works butthead!
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Referring mischievously to "Colbygate," legendary Washington Post investigative reporter Bob Woodward told Colby College officials at a November 11 speech at the liberal-arts institution to adopt "transparency" in handling the Bob Diamond scandal. In the 1970s, Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate story that brought down President Richard Nixon.
Woodward spoke in Waterville after accepting Colby's annual Elijah Parish Lovejoy award, named after a 19th-century alumnus and martyr for press freedom. It is given to prominent journalists for courageous reporting.
Woodward lived up to an award for bravery. Speaking to nearly 500 people at an evening convocation in Lorimer Chapel — including the college's president and many faculty, administrators, and students — he answered a question about Colby's much-criticized approach to the Diamond affair by telling officials they should be open to questions: "It's okay to let people in and see what happens."
"Transparency is a good thing," he said. "It works."
Colby's management of the scandal had been protested that afternoon by 35 student and Occupy Augusta activists outside the college's Diamond Building. In demonstrations over several months, protesters have called for Diamond, the disgraced former CEO of giant, London-based Barclays Bank, to be removed as chairman of the college's board of trustees.
Student protesters have asked for a full airing of the issue at Colby, including a campus-wide forum to discuss it.
Good-naturedly gazing down at Colby president William "Bro" Adams, Woodward said: "I think the president is a man of transparency" and noted Adams "absolutely" agreed on that point — although, after Woodward later used the word "Colbygate," he remarked of Adams: "He's not smiling."
Transparency is "a good message for all of us," commented student protest leader Shelby O'Neill after the speech. "The spirit of Watergate is the spirit of what we're doing — holding people in power accountable — and something we should emulate."
Diamond, an American and Colby graduate, has given millions to the college, including endowing a professorship as well as the Diamond Building. Colby's trustees and administrators have strongly supported him despite his being forced from Barclays last summer after it was revealed the bank had engaged in helping rig interest rates that may have defrauded millions of people and businesses around the world. (See "Banking Scandal Taints Colby Board Chairman," by Lance Tapley, July 13.) Barclays has also been involved in money-laundering and other scandals.
A protester, Colby alumna Jody Spear, asked Woodward if it was in the best interest of the college to allow Diamond's largesse to have influence on Colby's academic departments.
"Keep up the heat," Woodward replied. "Get information. Do it in a civilized and very aggressive way."
But Colby has kept a lid on information. At the last trustees meeting, at the campus on October 20, security guards kept reporters as well as protesters 75 yards from the building where the meeting took place, and the administration wouldn't make Diamond or other trustees available to speak with the press. (See "Colby Students Join Diamond Protests," by Lance Tapley, October 26.)
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Academic BackgroundDesirée Ciambrone received her B.A. from our very own Rhode Island College and her M.A and Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University.
Prior to coming to Rhode Island College in 2003, Dr. Ciambrone was awarded an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) postdoctoral fellowship for 1999-2002 at Brown University's Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. She then held a faculty research position at Center for Gerontology. During this time, Dr. Ciambrone was awarded a National Institute on Aging grant to study treatment and surveillance decisions among older women with breast cancer.
Dr. Ciambrone's areas of interest include medical sociology, social gerontology, gender and qualitative methods. She has published over a dozen articles in scholarly journals on topics including women with HIV, older women with breast cancer and informal caregiving/social support. She has also published a book based on her doctoral research entitled Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS: Mending Fractured Selves, and co-edited Experiencing Aging: A Social Gerontology reader.
Dr. Ciambrone enjoys teaching courses in gerontology, sociology of health and illness, gender, and sociological theory. She is also proud to be the faculty advisor for emPOWER a newly formed student club to peer educate young women about objectification and sexual violence.
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Wow, those ribs look absolutely fabulous...I am drooling over them and almost licked the computer screen! (joking!)
Can't wait to try the recipe. Wait, I have to get a slow cooker first! Just had to write to tell you how much I enjoy viewing your picts. and trying out the recipes. :)
Thank you Stephanie, these recipes all look delicious. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.
I had crockpot ribs last night! To me it was a cheating recipe - layers of bottled bbq sauce, chopped onion, lemon slices and ribs - stacked high. They were so tender it was a challenge getting them out of the crock in tact ... and keeping myself from going back for 3rds.
I will definitely try some of these recipes the next time I make them. Yummy.
I just wrote a post about some of the spice mixtures I've used from your books. Thank you!
Oh my goodness! These all sound delish. Can't wait to try some! (The Korean, Greek and Hawaiian ribs in particular!)
yum! that baked potato looks amazing! thanks for sharing!
i tried Red Ribs at home as rice are my favourite for any dish. and you believe its was really tasty.
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I pulled some ribs down to thaw for cooking tomorrow. I looked at this site to get some ideas. And right there on the front page.... talk about your creepy timing! Good, but creepy!
Not a slow cooker recipe, but highly effective: ever tried the cooler trick with corn on the cob? (Here's a link.) Very redneck, but highly effective.
Dear Stephanie. Today I Received my crockpot slow cooker. I live in the US now for 6 yrs am from holland.
So this slow cooking thing is all new to me. After googling recipes, I bumped into your blog. Thanks for making this blog it will help me getting a pro w my slow cooker !!
Ribs all look & sound delish! Totally off topic: quite a while back I made the Pepperocini Beef Roast, and LOVED it myself -- although the family was somewhat underwhelmed (heathens! Philistines!)-- but had a lot left over. I'd like to make it again, but only if I can come up with a good idea for using up the leftover roast, such as a casserole (but I'm SouthBeaching, so carbs must be minimal). Not being much of a cook, I'm stumped at what to use for the gravy/sauce that wouldn't just whimper & die next to all that vinegary peppery-ness of the meat juices. Got any ideas?
I had crockpot ribs last night! To me it was a cheating recipe - layers of bottled bbq sauce, chopped onion, lemon slices and ribs - stacked high. They were so tender it was a challenge getting them out of the crock in tact ... and keeping myself from going back for 3rds.
I just bought my first slow cooker last week and I am addicted as are my family! I am scouring the net for recipes and this looks absolutely yummy so its definitely going on my list for next week. Thank you
I made the Korean ribs for dinner yesterday, and they were a big hit! My fiance is a picky eater, and even he loved them! I used baby back ribs instead of beef, and also added a few teaspoons of chili/garlic paste....perfect!
I made your Lemon Pepper ribs a few weeks back. Wow- it was so delicious and completely unlike any other ribs we'd had before. I used pork, and the lemon really helped cut the fat more than say a traditional BBQ sauce would.
I was really excited to be able to cook ribs in the slow cooker- and have them turn out so wonderful!
How do you get the ribs to come out looking so browned? Also I find the BBQ sauce gets really thin after cooking in the crockpot. What I am doing wrong my food does not look like your photos (still tastes ok though).
Hi Jan,
Unless I've specifically said so, I throw my meat in unbrowned and sometimes even frozen solid. If you cook the ribs long enough in the pot for them to practically fall from the bone, the pot itself will brown the meat just fine.
As for the sauce, yes, having the condensation drip back in will create a thinner sauce. You can thicken it naturally by taking the lid off and cooking on high for the last 30-45 min, or you can reduce the sauce on the stovetop in a small sauce pan.
You can also add a slurry of 1tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons of cold water to thicken the sauce.
I hope this helps some!
thank you for the reply I wanted to also ask you if you use the crock pot liner bags or not?
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Ford stresses safety, responsibility no matter what you hunt
He may still be in high school, but Backus resident Dale Ford treats hunting with all the seriousness of an adult.
"I would have to say that comes from overall hunting experience with lots of different people. He hunts with different people and I think he picked up good habits from every person," said Dale's mother, Lisa Ford.
Dale began hunting when he was 12. That year he shot a doe with his father's help. But thanks to his family, that wasn't the first year he went with his dad on a hunt, though for his first years he was too young to shoot.
"I went along a lot. I've wanted to deer hunt since I was 6. Since I was old enough to know what it was, it was there, and it was a big thing," Dale said.
"Tim (Dale's father) used to take him hunting all the time. Since about 4 he's always wanted to go. He would go, and he was a trooper. He loved it and he still does," Lisa said.
Dale, 17, is a junior at Pine River-Backus High School. Since being able to legally hunt, he has bagged 10 deer and many, many game birds. His biggest deer was a 150-160 class eight-pointer he shot with his rifle, but his favorite type of hunting is still bow hunting.
"For bow hunting there are not as many people. It's warmer out, for one. You have bugs to deal with but I'd rather deal with the bugs than the cold. I see a lot more deer during bow season. It's kind of a peaceful time," Dale said.
No matter what type of hunting he does, Dale values responsibility and safety. That's part of the reason his shotgun of choice is not a pump or a semi automatic, but an over/under 20-gauge.
"If you don't shoot a bird in two shots you probably shouldn't be shooting at it," Dale said.
Clean shots are foremost in Dale's mind because they can prevent making an animal suffer.
"I am a firm believer that if the animal is too far away, you shouldn't be shooting at it. Clean shots are very important. Quick, clean kills. Inhumane stuff isn't good," Dale said.
It is no surprise, then, that Dale regularly practices with his guns and bow. During the summer he practices trap shooting regularly and he shoots his bow almost every day. He practices shooting at least four times a week.
Dale was a member of the 2013 summer trap team. He said he isn't the best at shooting trap, but he did shoot 23 out of 25 targets on multiple occasions, and 24 out of 25 once.
Safety is also a primary concern for Dale. He thought his own gun safety training could have been more detailed; but overall, the biggest rules are simple commonsense.
"I could talk for days about hunting, but be sure of what you are shooting at and what is behind it. I've seen a lot of people who don't know what they're doing and just shoot at everything," Dale said. "That's not right. If you can't see what you're shooting at, you shouldn't be shooting."
To Dale, hunting is a source of food and an activity for family and friends to spend quality time together. Other hunting partners include his uncles and friends.
"My dad and I don't spend too much time together because he's always working. When we get to go hunting in the field and do stuff like that, it's kind of special," Dale said. "My biggest motivation is that I spend time with my family. It's something I love to do, and spending time with family makes it even better."
Dale and his mother participate in a competitive grouse hunt in Akeley every year. They don't always get too many grouse, but they have a lot of fun.
"I like to spend time with my son. Most of the time he's too busy hunting with other people to hunt with me," Lisa said. "The only thing I dislike is if you are hunting with Dale you might as well not even be carrying a gun because you never get a chance to shoot. By the time you see it, he's already shot."


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Former UTEP women's basketball standout Kayla Thornton has survived the first round of cuts and will be in uniform with the WNBA's Washington Mystics when they open their 2014 preseason at Indiana on May 6.
Four players were trimmed from the roster on Friday, reducing its total size to 17. Of those 17, five of the individuals are currently fulfilling obligations to overseas commitments. By the end of the preseason the roster will need to be at 12 total players, with anticipated cuts coming following the contests against Indiana (road, May 6 and home May 7) and at Chicago (May 13).
Thornton had a decorated career with UTEP from 2010-14. The Miners compiled a record of 96-36 with her in uniform, the best four-year stretch in program history, which was aided by an unprecedented three straight 20-plus win seasons.
She enjoyed a huge senior year by becoming the first player in program history to average a double-double (19.5 points per game, 10.1 rebounds per contest). She also set single-season school standards for consecutive double-digit scoring contests (32), double-doubles (19), total points (663) and rebounds (344).
Her efforts helped the Miners (29-8) advance to the championship contest of the WNIT while tying the school and Conference USA record for wins in a season. UTEP also established program records for field goals (955), three-pointers (218), free throws (697), points (2,825), points per game (76.4), rebounds (1,606), offensive rebounds (577), assists (542) and steals (355).
She was named an Associated Press Honorable-Mention All-American, secured First-Team All C-USA honorees and also earned placement on the league's five-member All-Defensive squad.
She departed El Paso as the program's career record holder for doubles (40), field goals (600) & attempts (1,387), free throws (390) & attempts (530), points (1,679) & rebounds (1032). She was a three-time All C-USA pick while also earning back-to-back All-Defensive Team selections.
Thornton is the 19th player mentored by Adams to move on to the professional ranks. Adams sent five players to the next level while racking up the wins at Independence Community College, including WNBA draftees Svetlana Volnaya and Maria Villaroel.
Since Adams assumed the post at UTEP, there have now been 14 individuals to sign a pro deal. They are in the form of Kimya Murray (2001-02), Dragana Zoric (2001-03), Noni Wharemate (2002-04), Vaida Zagurskyte (2002-04), Marta Dydek (2003-05), Dana Penno (2004-05), Kasia Krezel (2004-08) Izabela Piekarska (2004-08),Claudia Porras (2006-08), Jareica Hughes (2006-10), Natasha Lacy(2007-08), Baiba Eglite (2008-12), Anete Steinberga (2009-13) and Kayla Thornton (2010-14). Both Lacy and Piekarska were drafted in the WNBA.
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Weeks go by at Lydstep with little to mark the passage of time beyond John's daily walks and the amusingly provincial happenings that engross the Cosway women, and Kerstin occupies her many free hours at the Hall reading or making entries into her diary. Meanwhile, bitter wrangling among Julia Cosway and her four grown daughters becomes increasingly evident. But this is just the most obvious of the tensions that charge the old remote estate, with its sealed rooms full of mystery. Soon Kerstin will find herself in possession of knowledge she will wish she'd never attained, secrets that will propel the occupants of Lydstep Old Hall headlong into sexual obsession, betrayal, and, finally, murder.
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"Palpable, and...satisfying." (Publishers Weekly)
"This is very satisfying reading, a sort of blend of Edgar Allan Poe and Anthony Trollope. Readers of both Rendell and Vine will love this expansive excursion." (Booklist)
Susan B.
"Top notch Barbara Vine"
Barbara Vine draws you along through the story, introducing history, bit by bit, the same way you get to know someone. By the end of the story you find yourself completely intrigued by the goings on. I wanted to listen to it again right after finishing it. Great for any fan of Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell, one of the best of hers I've "read".
Six stars. Maybe her best, and she's so amazingly good! I've just re-listened to this book. It was absolutely riveting the second time around, just like the first. It's PERFECT. Perfect characters, perfect everything. I could see it, feel it, smell it. Rosalyn Landor was also, just perfect. This is just a terrific book.
"Good, but misleading genre"
This is a wonderfully written book, with fine lines of humor, suspense, and tragedy. I would not, however, call it a mystery as some have. There is some mystery to the story, in that you glimpse the end in the beginning and you wonder how things get there, but it is not a "whodunnit".
PS: Very well read.
The audio is well read and the story is terrific. The story unfolds like those told by another favorite mystery writer of mine--PD James. It is full of emotion, vivid characters, and a chilling environment that mirrors the internal lives of some of the characters. I've always liked Barbara Vine, but this is my favorite. I can still hear the narrator's voice matter of factly telling the tale of life in this highly charged country family.
I love mysteries in the style of P.D. James, Rex Stout, Elizabeth Peters, Dave Duncan, etc. I love sci fi written by Issac Asimov (the robot books), Douglas Adams, Jack McDevitt (Alex Benedict series) and Susan Collins. I love fantasy written by Terry Pratchett, and Kim Harrison. I love Kate Morton. I don't like graphic descriptions of violence.
"Vine with Landor is the best"
very high
The main character, of course.
Trying to describe the effect of this book is like trying to describe great sex. It is just best to experience it. I immediately checked to see if Audible had any other books written by Vine and read by Landor. Such an experience should be repeated. No luck, but there was a Barbara Vine with Robert Powell. Variety is the spice . . . . P.S. You won't find any dry, boring sex-by-numbers in this book.
"Trendy Rendy"
The Minotaur started out fairly well, although I am not a fan of first-person narratives, the lazy authors fall-back. But soon the meandering tale of "family secrets" became wearying and Kirsten, in the character of narrator, grew flatter by the page. How can someone who is supposed to be a cartoonist write an epic tale without a trace of wit, humor or irony? I have known many, many professional cartoonists and, to a man (or woman) they are founts of comic mots and outrageous witticism and are especially adept at black humor. Then, comes the trendy autism theme which seems like a how-do-I-get-out-of-this-mess plot device, ending in dull summary. Is Ruth running out of steam, or does she just not want to send us her very best anymore?
"A horrid family"
Barbara Vine's descriptions of loathsome people. I also like the fact that her books don't start off with the murder that needs to solved. Rather, the tension in the story builds and culminates with the murder.
The detailed descriptions of country life in England in the 60s.
Never heard Rosalyn Landor before this. Great voice for characters.
Moved? Disturbed more like it. Some of the family members were truly unwell.
I really enjoy Barbara Vine's books, and this one has definitely been one of my favourites.
"Conflicted Intriguing Drawn Out Cozy Read"
Not really sure how to describe a mystery that is truly drawn out and yet intriguing... The slow suspense and red herrings were not enough to say this was an enjoyable listen. I would recommend worthy of special sale but NOT a credit. It requires patience but draws you in.
"Very slow"
I enjoyed the modern "gothic" novels of Barbara Michaels and had a friend recommend this book. Thick atmosphere, but terrible pacing- very slow moving. At the end of Part I, realized that only a handful of events had occurred that actually moved the plot forward. There is also a little skipping in the recording. I did like the narrator which is why I gave it two stars.
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