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I feel touched and extremely privileged to have been in such wonderful company over the last week and shared with them the most special of memories, memories that will stay with me for as long as I'm sane enough to remember them. Hopefully my mind will stay intact right up until the very end of my lifetime. Goodness knows if id stayed any longer in what I've nicknamed 'hostel California' my sanity might not have lasted much longer. With the girls leaving too it became the perfect excuse for me to bring the Poland chapter to a close and to begin a new one in the Czech Republic. This new chapter was beginning with a 7am train journey to Prague. I had no accommodation booked and as the train left the station and it was something that was playing on my mind. It is always recommended to book in advance in Prague especially in the summer months when many backpackers, from the U.S in particular, seem to flock on mass to the city
I was standing outside the entrance smoking a cigarette when two American guys walked up looking for a light. In the course of chatting to them I mentioned that I wasn't sure of where I was going to be staying and they suggested I come with them. This was their second time to visit Prague in the space of two weeks so they knew the area quite well and they had booked into a hostel called 'the clown and bard'. It was not as close a walk as they had indicated but thankfully when we eventually got there I was able to get an bed for the night, cost Kc340, but for one night only though meaning that if I wanted to stay the intended 3nights in Prague I was going to have to sort some other accommodation out. Not an ideal scenario granted, but beggars can't be choosers. The clown and bard has a reputation of being the most full-on party hostel in Prague due to the bar located downstairs but I have to admit that I didn't experience much of it because no sooner had I dropped my bags but I was off trying to find accommodation for the next few nights
The following morning began with an all-you-can-eat breakfast courtesy of the clown and bard hostel and shortly after I was on the long walk to my other hostel. By this time I was dying to get the bags dropped off and get out exploring. I was only going to be a short time in the city and I didn't want to waste too much of it. I had booked the 'arpacay hostel' in the Radlica area of the city for Kc250 per night. It's not in as central a location as the clown and bard but with it having a free breakfast and free internet it was very good value. There was a 'Tesco' close by and I was able to pick up an adaptor for Eur3, good job I waited. Prague stands on both sides of the river Vltana. To the west of the river is Prague's number one tourist attraction, Prague castle, which dominates the city from Hradcany hill. The castle constitutes a walled city dating back to the 9th century and within the walls are a number of churches and palaces. The most notable among the churches is the 14th century gothic cathedral of St.Vilus, which houses the tombs of many Czech kings and saints including the tomb of St.Wenceslaus, the countries patron saint. There is a charge to get into the castles various exhibits but there is no charge to wander around the castle courtyard and the changing of the guard is also free and happens at 12noon. Heading downhill from the castle is the Mala Strana (little quarter) full of beautiful little back streets and home to the greatest of Prague's churches, the church of St.Nicholas, elaborately ornamented in the baroque style of the 17th and 18th centuries
I was beginning to tire of the crowds of tourists and the endless array of tacky souvenir shops so with my last full day in Prague I decided to get myself a nice picnic lunch and spend the day in the parks around Petrin Hill. The hill looks down onto the Mala Strana area of the city and is a favourite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague
Getting to Cesky Krumlov should have been the easiest of journeys. Anna, the receptionist in the hostel, had given me a hand drawn map of how to get to the bus station and not only that but also the number of the bus I needed to get. Lets be honest here, she couldn't have done much more for me even if she walked me to the bus herself. With what should have been the hard part over, I arrived at the station and joined a queue to get a ticket. When my turn came around I checked first if the woman behind the desk spoke English. With a nod of her head she gave a hand signal to imply she spoke a little English. Perfect, I thought and asked her for a ticket on the next bus to Cesky Krumlov. Her response of a straight 'no' confused me a little. When I asked where I get one she said the bus. Thanking her I went back outside to wait for the bus. When it pulled up a short time later I went to hand the driver the money only for him to say that the tickets must be purchased from the office in the station. Back inside I rejoined the queue and speaking to the same woman I again asked for a ticket to Cesky Krumlov. All of a sudden she went mental, she started roaring at me and I hadn't a clue what she was saying. If it wasn't for the protective glass I think she would have ripped my head off with her bare hands. I always thought that glass was to protect the staff not the public. Shocked I started to back slowly away, I could still hear her shouting when I turned the corner and out of sight
I arose really early the next morning to try and fit in as much of the sights as I possibly could before having to leave for Slovenia. Situated in the southwest of the Czech Republic on the banks of the Vlatava river, Cesky Krumlov is often described as 'little Prague' but in my opinion it has an enchanting uniqueness all of its own. The town has managed to preserve its medieval centre making the whole area a monument in itself, and with the Castle being the crowning glory the town is listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. The area is divided into two main districts; Latran, the area around the castle and a second district located between two bends in the river. The castle might be the focal point but as with all medieval towns of its type the centre is the town hall square, Namesti Svornosti. Along with the location of the town hall the square also has an eye-catching fountain as its centrepiece. Following along the cobbled streets from the square you come to Lazebnicky Bridge, a wooden bridge that links the inner town with the district around the foot of the castle
My mission to leave Cesky Krumlov for Ljubljana began with an evening bus to Ceske Budejovice. It was the first step in a mammoth journey that would involve numerous trains and involve 3 countries. If one link in this chain of transport was to break then the whole trip would crumble, it was for this reason that I was leaving for Ceske Budejovice with hours to spare before the train departed. The bus station is on Tavirna, on the eastern side of town and a short walk from the hostel. As the bus, cost of the ticket Kc29, departed on its 50minute drive I was relaxed and happy, safe in the knowledge that my journey had begun without a hitch. Ceske Budejovice is a small town with not a lot to write home about. The most interesting fact I have is that it's the home of Budweiser Budvar larger. The word Budweiser is synonymous with quality beer and it's for this reason that the U.S brewer Anheuser-Busch used it as their brand name thus beginning a legal wrangle with the Czech beer producer as to who actually owns the rights to the name. As I think the American Budweiser tastes like crap I know which one gets my vote. You can tour the factory and have beer-tasting sessions costing Kc122. When I arrived at the train station I was informed that the ongoing renovation of the tracks would mean that a bus would be required to take passengers to Dolni Dvonste where we would then meet our train to take us Vienna. Having already been familiar with the track renovations on my way to Cesky Krumlov the day previous I was knew exactly where the car park was that the bus would be departing from. When I arrived there were two buses with a number of train staff milling around. Showing them my ticket I boarded the bus I was directed to and awaited for the off. When the bus was full it dully made its way out of Ceske Budjovice and in the general direction of Dolni Dvonste. After an hour or so I found myself deep in the Czech countryside and what was a packed bus leaving the car park was now starting to become deserted as the driver slowly off loaded passengers as we motored along. I was beginning to get a sinking feeling that something was amiss but at the same time I was trying to calm myself by saying it was very unlikely that I was put on the wrong bus. When the last passenger alighted leaving only the driver, the train conductor, and me I was asking 'why me'. The conductor, either sensing my discomfort or just wondering why someone was still on the bus, stood up and asked me something in Czech. Not knowing what was said I was about to reply with "sorry, I don't speak Czech" but no sooner had the word sorry left my lips when the conductor threw his hands in the air and turned to the driver muttering something as if I wasn't even there. With my head in my hands I knew that with 10minutes to go before the train departed and with me still in the mist of the Czech countryside, in all likelihood I was going to miss the train. Dejected I shuffled to the front of the bus and sat beside the conductor who was by now routing through a small pile of papers. It was impossible to understand what he was saying, like the conductor I encountered on my entry into the Czech Republic; he didn't speak any English and was therefore unable to understand my despair as I had been told to get on this bus in the first place....this wasn't my fault. It's funny but even when I can't speak the language I've always been able to identify when I've landed myself in a problematic situation. When he realised that I wasn't going to understand what he was saying he just handed me the pages he was looking at, timetables was what they turned out to be, and I was able to deduce for myself that I was going to miss the last train leaving the country that night. I might have been able to identify the problem I was in but the language barrier was going to be a huge hurdle in me getting myself out of it. The conductor, pointing to his watch and tilting his hand in that fashion that implies 'maybe', ushered me to sit back down. As I sat I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. No matter where I was trying to get to or the mode of transport I was trying to use to get there even the simplest of tasks had turned into a nightmare scenario while in the Czech Republic. With things having gone so wrong so often I was asking myself 'was it me' and how was I going to make to Australia when I couldn't even manage to get myself around Europe hassle free, after all there was going to be plenty of tougher challenges ahead. The bus pulled into Dolni Dvonste and I ran as fast as my backpack would allow, I needn't have bothered as the train was already long gone. Standing forlornly on the station platform my despair was interrupted with the conductor urging me to follow him as he boarded an empty train. I was somewhat hesitant as I really didn't know what was going on and Id watched the 'hostel' movies where eastern European trains became the starting point unwitting backpackers took as they travelled to their eventual deaths. With this in mind it wasn't a total surprise when the train began to roll with the conductor being the only form of life I could see. He opened the doors to an office and I nervously followed. Taking a massive encyclopaedia of train timetables down from a shelf he began riffling through the pages stopping every now and then to point out something to me but then shake his head while throwing his hands into the air as if doing an impression of 'Manuel' in faulty towers. As the conductor repeated the same motion over and over again I began banging my head in what id imagine would be the outward expression of 'Basel Faulty's' frustration. When the train pulled into a depot we both climbed down and I was brought to a control room where a guy was sitting by a huge set of computer panels all with flashing lights. I was standing at the door of the office while the train driver, conductor, and signal controller were deep in conversation about what I presumed was my predicament. After a time they all nodded in agreement of something and one with a hand on my elbow the conductor led me outside. He was smiling and talking away to me and all I could do was stand there, try to figure out what he was saying, all the while trying to convince myself that his smile was a good sign. Just then the engine of a train pulled up beside us in a cacophony of noise and with brake steam venting from it's under carriage. When the door opened and the driver motioned for me to climb aboard I looked towards the conductor for reassurance. With a wink and a nod from him I climbed up and positioned myself beside the driver as he eased the train out of the station. So there I was, standing in the driver's compartment of a train, with a driver who didn't speak a word of English and as it hurtled into the darkness I didn't have the faintest idea of where I was going to end up. It was one of those moments when all you've got is a blind faith that things will work themselves out. I couldn't say exactly how long it took, 30-40mins at least, but the train eventually slowed as we approached a station. When it came to a halt the driver pointed for me to get off. Climbing down I was greeted by a number of official looking gentlemen. I was getting a little anxious walking into such a scene and started to try and explain what had happened to me but my voice was in such a high pitched erratic tone that they didn't have a clue what I was saying. Taking a deep breath I started again and thankfully in a tone that not only dogs could hear. With that the most official of the guys stepped forward to explain that I was no longer in the Czech Republic and I was now in Austria. They would manage to get me on a train that would take me to Linz where I would be able to get another connection to Vienna and all things going well I would make it in time for the train departing for Ljubljana. The only negative point was that the train departing for Linz was not for another 5hrs but they had opened the train station for me so that I could sleep in the waiting room in the meantime. Overcome with relief all I could think to do was to go down on my knees as if praying to Mecca and bow in front off the driver who had taken me this far. I don't think he quite knew how to react to my homage and rather nervously he boarded his train to begin his journey back over the boarder to the Czech Republic. With my faith in humanity restored I lay down in the waiting room and tried to sleep but with the adrenaline still flowing through my body I couldn't sleep a wink. As I lay I relived the whole crazy experience in my mind, determined not to forget a single moment.


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Cosy Room near Las Ramblas
Maximální počet hostů2
Počet místností1
Velikost15 m²
Floor No.
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- Pračka / sušička
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Carrer de Sant Vicenç, 08001 Barcelona, Španělsko
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The room has a large double bed, exposed wooden beams, and a closet for luggage. Guests will share the kitchen, the spacious eating area, the bathroom with a tub and shower, and the patio.
The nearest metro station is only 5 minutes away, and services trains that run to the incredible Sagrada Familia cathedral. Guests can walk to the Gothic Quarter in 12 minutes and to La Barceloneta and the beach in 25.
Las Ramblas is a funky area of Barcelona, full of narrow, windy streets and a huge variety of shopping and dining. The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art is just a 5-minute walk away.
Domovní řádNo smoking indoors. Smoking is permitted in the courtyard.
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Monica's house is in a useful position and well connected with transports.
The room is nice and comfortable, as the whole house.
The perfect accomodation to spend nice days in Barcelona!
Me and my girlfriend stayed at monicas beautiful home one week and enjoyed the time so much!
With her lovely behaviour (and her great taste in furnishings!) she created such a warm and welcoming atomesphere. And on top of that she had some really good insider tips aswell.
So all in all she has been the best host we could imagine and we would absolutely recommend her.
Thank you for everything, Monica!!! Hope to see you again some time :)
Mona has a very comfy and beautiful place, unusual ground floor flat, very well renovated. The room is nice and comfortable even if don't have a direct access on outside view.
The place is next to the metro, bus (to Montjuic, Barceloneta and Parc Guel) and to Sant Antoni market. Plus you are only max 15-20mn away (walking )from Rambla/ Bari Gothic, main place to go out by night.
Mona is a very welcoming and generous host, I wish my Spanish/catalan were better to talk more about what we like and do. The place and host definitively participated to the quality of my stay in Barcelona and met the spirit I wanted for my trip.
Monica is a very pleasant person with a beautiful, cosy, good located house in Barcelona. She is quiet and lets you totally free. She helped us out with calling a taxi and gave us a really good tip about eating paella. The house was clean, we got our own towels and although the neighborhood was a little bit noisy, we had a good night rest. I would recommend it to everybody! Kind regards to Monica.
Monica ist eine sehr sympathische und freundliche Gastgeberin. Meine Tochter und ich haben uns bei ihr sofort wohl gefühlt. Ihre zwei Katzen sind bezaubernd. Die Wohnung und das Zimmer sind sehr hübsch, stilvoll und sauber. Die Lage ist zentral und ruhig. Wir kommen gerne wieder! Herzliche Grüße an Monica!
Monica is a very likeable and friendly hostess. My daughter and me, we felt immediately comfortable with her. Her two cats are adorable. The flat and the room are lovely, stylish and clean. The location is central and quiet. We will gladly return! Warm regards to Monica!
My daughters valuation: we loved our stay at monicas house a lot! we could feel really free there, the atmosphere was always relaxed and monica is a really pleasent and nice person.
the room was very comfortable and we didnt miss anything. the location of the house in the centre of the raval-quarter is also perfect. we appreciated a lot to live in the centre of the busy and exiting life of barcelona!
i would really like to come back. thank you very much and good luck for everything!
Nice room in a art flat, shared bathroom, good location.
Friendly, trouble-free, helpful owner :)
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Genre: Romance
Chapter1 (v.1) - Love
Clark looked across the small table. "Evening Ruby," he grinned. "Hello Clark," the tall slim blonde replied. He grabbed her in a big hug and touched his lips to hers in a soft kiss. Ruby closed her eyes and ther kiss deepened. She broke away and laughed. "Come on you big oaf," Ruby said. "Lets order dinner."
They both looked at the menu. The waitress, a tall brunette chewing gum, walked over. "Welcome to the Beach Cafe may I take your drink order?" she said in a bored voice like she couldn't care less. "I'll take a margarita," Ruby said. "A Budlight for me," Clark said.The waitress walked away, a smell of mint following her. "Grumpy much," Clark grunted. Ruby laughed, a birght musical laugh that Clark couldn't help but adore.
Her sea blue eyes glinted happily as she laughed. And the way her hair leaped off her shoulders when she threw her head back. Clark was so in love. The waitress came over again and handed out their drinks. "What would you like to eat," she said her voice still bored, smacking her gum. "Hmmm," Clark said pretending to decide. "I'll have...."
"I'll have the Chef salad," Ruby cut in. "And I'll have the largest hamburger you got," Clark said, grinning at Ruby who made gagging motions. The girl left smacking her gum annoyingly. Suddenly Ruby leaned across and kissed him hard and powerful on the lips. Fire ripped into his heart and their kiss was all they felt for the next minute. "Ahem," a voice said. They broke apart, sadly at that. Their food was here. They ate then paid then left. It was in a blur of eating, kiss, pay, kiss, leave. They came into Clarks house and into his room.
They both collapsed on the bed and Clark pulled her over for a long deep kiss. Finally she broke away laughing. "Get off me you big oaf," Ruby said laughing.
Ah love, They both thought. What a wonderful feeling.
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Romantic Apartment in Old Town
Size65 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Suitable for events
Accommodation summary
|Masna, 11000 Prague 1, Old Town, Czech Republic
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Fully-restored to enhance its original Art Deco features this two bedrooms apartment includes a double bedroom and a single bedroom. The living room can be used as a living room or as an additional double bedroom. The kitchen is fully-equipped with fridge, freezer, microwave and provides a dining table.
The entire flat has 65 m2 and beautiful parquet floors.
Old Town Square is 1 minute walk from the apartment. Prague Castle is a 15-minute walk away. Guests will find themselves around the corner from Parizska Street, a flamboyant tree-lined street hosting designer shops together with top class restaurants and bars.
The apartment is located on the sixth floor. There is a lift in the building. From the building entrance there are only few steps to ascend.
House rulesCheck in 14:00
Check out 11:00
Let me know your arrival time and I will wait for you in the front of the building.
If you would like I can book your transfer from the airport or any Prague's train or bus station. The driver will wait for you in the arrival hall holding a board with your name on it and will take you to the apartment. Price per personal car ( up to 3 people ) is 25,-EUR, price per minivan ( up to 7 people ) is 35,-EUR.
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Hana was a fanastic host that met us at the apartment even though we were late an hour. She provided maps and broshures for tours we could take, told us where to park on the street for free, and pointed out where the nearby grocery store (5 mins walk) and ATM were at. The Christmas markets had just started and the 7 min walk to the Old Town Hall square was a breeze. The apartment was warm, clean, and very solid, with a nice wide kitchen and living/dining area. Our two boys loved their own room and having a separate toilet was nice. The only down-side was that my wife didn't sleep as well due to noise from the street (drunk partiers) on Friday and Saturday nights, but the sound within the apartment is fine. The dishwasher was broken and couldn't be fixed yet, and the cable (only 8 channels, all Czech language) on the small TV went out the second night. However, all in all, it was a great stay in a very nice location, well situated to whatever you need. Highly recommend for the price!
We had a fantastic long week-end in Praag and in the appartment. . We where with 6 persons and for 4 the appartment is very luxery for 6 it is good.
A very nice owner who met and greeted us. Hana gave us the city map and
gave us useful information about Prague.
A most perfect stay in Prague!!!
The apartment is really right in the center of Prague, nicely situated near Old-New Synagogue and Old Jewish Cemetery.
You have everything you need in the apartment which is nicely arranged and big enough for families. Think of a rainy day and you don't want to go anywhere - well, a rare situation - you won't regret to stay in Hana's apartment reading some books and contemplating what you might do tomorrow. :-)
And to top it all: Hana will offer you a nice and warm welcome. Evrything's just fine and perfect and very easy. I'd recommend everybody a stay in Hana's apartment!
Wonderful service and a very nice apartment!
We had a great time. Everything was ok. Thank you very much, Hana!
The apartment is located in a prime location in der Josefstadt / old town opposite the synagogue and the Jewish cemetery. All interesting and famous attractions are easily reached on foot (including the Prague Castle). From the station, the apartment is about 20 minutes away (on foot).
Although situated in the tourist center, it is in the evening / at night very quiet as to move this time, no more tourist groups through the alley in front of the house.
The apartment itself is clean, bright and friendly. Kitchen, bathroom (in addition there are in the apartment is a separate toilet) and bedrooms provide ample space for four to five people.
Hana, the landlady is friendly and administration, communication is timely and uncomplicated from.
Overall, a recommended place to stay!
Die Wohnung befindet sich in bester Lage in der Josefstadt / Altstadt gegenüber der Synagoge bzw. des jüdischen Friedhofs. Alle interessanten bzw. bekannten Sehenswürdigkeiten sind fußläufig gut zu erreichen (auch die Prager Burg). Vom Bahnhof aus ist die Wohnung ca. 20 Minuten entfernt (zu Fuß).
Obwohl mitten im Touristenzentrum gelegen, ist sie abends/nachts sehr ruhig, da sich zu dieser Zeit keine Touristengruppen mehr durch die Gasse vor dem Haus bewegen.
Die Wohnung selbst ist sauber, hell und freundlich. Küche, Bad (zusätzlich gibt es in der Wohnung noch eine separate Toilette) und Schlafzimmer bieten ausreichend Platz für vier bis fünf Personen.
Hana, die Vermieterin, ist freundlich und die Abwicklung, Kommunikation läuft zeitnah und unkompliziert ab.
Insgesamt eine empfehlenswerte Unterkunft!
Very comfortable, spacious, clean and well equipped apartment. Excellent central location within easy walking distance of most attractions and quiet at night.
Hana was very welcoming and provided useful information.
very nice and quiet location near the center and the start of the half marathon
tres beau logement calme proche du centre et du départ du semi marathon
Just got back from an amazing weekend in Prague! It is a beautiful place, but was made even better by having a wonderful host. Hana arranged a taxi to pick us up from the airport, he was waiting with my name on a board. He took us straight to the apartment, where we were met by Hana. She had maps and leaflets with info on Prague, showed us round, gave us tips on what to do.
The apartment itself was perfect!! In a beautiful building, on the second floor. I partly chose this place as it has a lift and I was there with my mum - she really appreciated this!!
The apartment is really light and airy, with high ceilings and huge windows. We had a bedroom each, beds were comfy, kitchen was fully equipped. No complaints at all.
The location was also perfect, 5 mins walk to the astronomical clock in the old town square, and 2 mins to some lovely bars (we stumbled across the Orange bar around the corner, and loved it)
All in all, a great place to stay!!! Thank you Hana :-)
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If you've noticed the yellow banners on Main Street or joined with hundreds of others in welcoming Pleasanton military men and women back home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, then you must know Chris Miller, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army, a Realtor in Pleasanton and the man behind all this patriotism.
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Tri-Valley Heroes: Chris Miller honored for stand-up community spirit
Original post made on Nov 28, 2012
Like this commentPosted by Marlene Rebello
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 7:42 am
I can think of no one in our community more deserving of this honor than Chris Miller.
Like this commentPosted by Slatts
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 9:32 am
Chris Miller is also a member of the Viet Nam Veterans of Diablo Valley and is always available to help in anyway he can to assist any veteran or currently serving military warrior or their family.


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I know how Red Masterson would handle it.
This is just an observation but from what I see and what I heard around the country and from what others are saying - gun sales, in particular AR and AK platform rifle sales are slowing down. In fact prices are slowly falling but not quite to where they were prior to the pre-election prices and before the Sandy Hook event and subsequent talk of gun bans.
The major and obvious reasons are of course high prices but also due to the fact that there's no ammo for sale (certainly not at reasonable prices). Fortunately most of us are well prepped with firearms and ammo but for everyone else it has to be a real unfortunate mess.
I would think that the Russian, Ukraine and Serbian ammo producers would be going gangbusters and shipping to the US to meet this extraordinary demand. Maybe they are but I also hear that the Feds are ready to stop all ammo imports using "sequestration" as an excuse. They apparently will say that they can't spare the manpower due to "sequestration" and this will prevent cheaper foreign ammo from reaching store shelves and online vendor warehouses.
I was really hoping to see more firearms (and kits) and ammo reached the hands of the masses in this country making it all that more difficult for the anti-gun politicians and gun grabbers to even consider bans and seizures. Perhaps we can keep up the pressure on our Reps in Washington to gain more gun freedoms and to allow more imports of milsurp and "cheap" foreign commercial ammo to reach our shores and into the hands of the people.
- Black Blade
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
I know how Red Masterson would handle it.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
yea that and the Obama economy.
it is hard to pay $1800 for an ar/ak and $340 a case for ammo, and $50 for a mag if you can find any, on a obama unemployment check--and even that is about to expire soon.
things are slowing-- and it is the money crunch. people still want to buy it is just their "BROKE", and they can't find a job.
I got an email from SFRC in Canada. They will be getting 1320rnd cases of Romanian, corrosive, 60s production 7.62x39 ammo in shortly, for $249.99. Unfortunately they do not ship to the US. I hate getting emails from them. They just got a batch of SVT-40s in a month or so ago and were sellign them for around $400-$500 IIRC.
I just look to check that site out. Oh man, for a little under $500 you get a SVT40 and a spam can of 880 rounds. Russian SKS rifles are at $200. Just sucks that they can't import any of that stuff here in the US. I'd buy that stuff in a heartbeat.
everybody has maxed out there credit cards
thats gotta be the reason for the slow down........hmmm ya think??
cc maxed out now there waiting on the tax return to show up
buying up all the guns and ammo i can just to PISS OFF the douche bag liberals
We've spent all of our money and the dealers have no inventory. That's probably why gun sales are down. I'm glad I got mine when I could.
From what I see, the prices for AR's is falling pretty rapidly. Lowers are now getting back down below $200.
To be honest I hope everything goes down in price becasue I'm about ready to bring some rifles to the range again and "plink". I have been doing nothing but shotgun and pistol as of late because it is the only ammo that is affordable.
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
I'm just hoping that ammo prices will go back to ( Normal ) prices - last years prices would be fine but my friends say I'm dreaming. Gun prices are still what I call ( gouging ) prices, AK semi's got to fall under $650.00 to be realistic in my book. Until they fall a lot I would recommend holding off buying.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and goverment, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so that the second will not become the legal version of the first" ~ Thomas Jefferson


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Cuba Captured in Photography Exhibit Featured at Opening Reception Tonight
photo credit: Mary Ellen Kaschub
Foothill photography instructor Ron Herman calls it "the mystique of Cuba" that had intrigued him for years. Now, through "Cuba: From Inside and Out," a month-long exhibit that opened Monday, others can glimpse what attracted him and 18 campus photographers to the Communist island nation just 90 miles from America's southern tip. In September, Herman, who is honors instructor of the photography department, led 18 Foothill College photographers on a two-week photo tour and cultural exchange.
The time was spent meeting and learning from Cuban photographers—and making images all along the way. The result is the work of the 18 American photographers and 18 Cuban photographers in the show. "Right now, Cuba is at a transitional point," Herman said, "and I believe that Cuba today will look and be very different from Cuba tomorrow."
Fidel Castro, one of the primary leaders of the Cuban Revolution, retired in 2008 and had effectively handed over the reins of power to his younger brother, Raul, two years earlier. Now Raul Castro has started to institute economic reforms, allowing people to acquire electronics, such as DVD players, microwaves, rice cookers and computers. Thus, the timing was right to make this trip more than just an intriguing possibility.
It was organized through the Bay Area-based organization Global Exchange, in conjunction with the planning committee on which exhibit co-curator John Thacker served.
The photographers travelled together to conduct research on the area and meet some of the professional Cuban photographers they'd studied in class. Each photographer found something different that attracted the eye. And each left Cuba with something important to share with those visiting the exhibit. Some wanted to capture the distinct difference between Cuban and American culture; others wanted to explore the beautiful Cuban landscape. "Sounds odd, but chocolate was also a source of inspiration," said Los Altos native Corrine DeBra, who visited "Museo del Chocolate," a chocolate shop and museum in Havana.
One of her three pieces in the exhibit is called "Chocolate Che," which she describes as a "whimsical painting done with melted chocolate of Che Guevara's famous image." Some, like Los Altos-based photographer Cynthia Sun, found images all around her in Cuba. Two—"Grief" and "Tattoo"— are in the exhibit. In trying to describe what it was she found, she said, simply, "There is something beautiful in that place of private feeling." Herman had his own high expectations. "I wanted my photographs to show how personable and approachable the Cuban people are.
On numerous occasions, locals invited me—a stranger—into their home and offered me coffee or some friendly conversation." The two weeks in Cuba had a profound effect on Herman. He plans to take another group of photographers to Cuba in the spring, when he hopes to deliver much-needed photo supplies to the country. "I rarely have a desire to return to a travel destination, because there are so many places and cultures I want to experience," he said.
Cuba, indeed, has a mystique of lasting intrigue. The opening reception for the exhibit will be Thursday, from 5-7 p.m. "Cuba: Inside and Out" will be on display at the Krause Center for Innovation gallery at Foothill College from now through Dec. 6. For more articles about this exhibit, please visit the "Cuba: Inside and Out" press page.


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I think that's highly contentious.
For one, it is easy to imagine instances in which that strategy
automatically leads to many more indicators (dummies, if you will) than
directly available predictors and to a kind of model that would not
strike anybody in its target audience as scientifically interesting or
Besides, modelling with predictor variables on the RHS is far from the
only kind of statistical analysis possible.
Martin Weiss
Overall, -drop-ping is an inferior strategy to using a dummy for
in the analysis:
The only reason not to go for the latter strategy is the fear that the
qualifier will be forgotten at some stage - which cannot happen after
-drop- command...
Nick Cox
Tony's comment seems a bit more severe than the facts warrant.
If you have missings Stata will just ignore them, so -drop-ping them
from the dataset is not going to make much difference to that.
My impression as its author is that many of the uses of -dropmiss- (SJ)
in particular and many of the reasons for this request arise from
innocuous missings. For example, spreadsheet people often leave blank
rows and/or columns in their worksheets just as ways of making their
data more readable. Import into Stata will usually take such rows and
columns literally but they have no content and are best -drop-ped
straight away. There is no statistical issue in those situations raised
by -drop-ping missings, as the missings do not correspond to potential
data even in principle.
Where it gets more complicated is that some people are tempted to -drop-
variables and/or observations in which _any_ values are missing. That's
usually going to lead to loss of information. That may be Tony's main
Lachenbruch, Peter
Generally, this is a very bad idea. You will get biased estimates of
any parameters you estimate unless the data is missing at random. Check
the multiple imputation manual. Also note that Stata is not capitalized
as you have done.
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I have a question about deleting missing data.
I would like to delete cases if they have missing values in any
variables in
my dataset.
How can I do in STATA to delete these cases with any missing data?
Could you please share STATA codes with me?
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The gameplan was ball control to keep Griffen off the field, as we had NO answer for him on defense. The staff knew it long before the game started.
This is a very smart decision based on that fact. Dropped balls, stupid penalties and errant passes cost us this game. Those are all execution issues. Execute the gameplan, Giants win easily. The Giants didn't.
That being said.....Gilbride doesn't get off the hook for this loss either. Question for you, Kev: If I know that on 2nd and 10 that we will run a handoff to AB up the middle EVERY TIME.....don't you think the Redskins knew too? Yeah.....that will be the reason why it didn't work EVERY TIME!!
In hindsight....the way the Giants beat Griffen is to air it out and outscore them.


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Coaching forward: Positive training
In the almost 30 years I've been training police officers, a few lessons stand out as "Why didn't I think of that!" moments. One of the most dramatic came from my friend, the late Tom Gillespie, an especially gifted trainer who unfortunately checked out too early in life. The lesson Tom gave me, which I now pass on to other trainers, is something he called coaching forward.
How often have you been involved in training officers in some high-risk tactic when they simply didn't seem able to grasp what you're teaching? The easiest example I can relate is teaching new recruits the art of making traffic stops. I remember illustrating the importance of them staying behind the door post, thus forcing the subject to turn sharply to talk with the officers. As we know, this method puts the offender at a disadvantage if preparing to attack the officer. Recruits normally listen attentively to the instructions and you're both reasonably sure they understand and will perform accordingly. Then, we send the new kid up on a car stop in scenario-based training, where making a mistake can result in both embarrassment in front of their peers, and the stinging bite of an attack with Simunition loads. The nervous student invariably walks up too far on the window, gets shot with paint bullets and then faces the instructor's wrath for doing exactly what we told them not to do!
Tom Gillespie explained to me how I had failed that student, rather than how the student had failed me. Tom asked me about my particular instructions. Keep in mind, these instructions were often repeatedly driven home just before the student made his approach. "Well," I said, "I told the student, 'Whatever you do, don't walk up too far on the window.'" Tom's reply: "Your instructions programmed the student to fail." As can be imagined, I was all ears. His explanation made so much sense, it totally changed the way I train for high-stress skills, and I think it will make sense to you as well.
Tom's Gillespie's Secret
Under stress, the human brain reverts to mid-brain functions, what some experts refer to as the puppy dog brain. Much like the degradation of fine motor skills we see during a gunfight, officers will suffer a loss in high-order thinking processes. They will revert to a mode where their brain essentially runs the tape of what they heard in training with one big exception – their brain will filter out any negative concepts received in training. Simply put, the student who got wacked on the simulated traffic stop was listening to my last instruction, minus the "don't" statement. So, with the filter running through his stressed brain, my last instruction, ("Don't walk up too far on the window.") looks and sounds like this – "Walk up too far on the window." The student had done exactly what his puppy dog (stressed) brain heard me say: "Walk up too far on the window." Chief Gillespie told me to never program an officer with negative instructions. My last-minute coaching should have been, "stay behind the door post."
If you've ever trained dogs, you'll understand the puppy dog brain. Puppies can't understand anything negative. Some of the first commands we teach a new puppy are: come, sit and stay. Since their attention span is short, they have trouble staying for very long, especially since they'd much prefer to run to you and have their ears scratched. When a puppy breaks his stay and runs to you, yelling no has absolutely no affect. They simply cannot understand the negative concept this early in life. Instead, good dog trainers know you must turn their improper behavior into a positive success. Instead of trying to make the young pup understand your desire for him to stay, you simply give the command come when he comes running to you – thereby making his action correct by matching the command to his deed. That is the epiphany of coaching forward.
I've had the chance to discuss this concept with noted stress training expert Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and he confirmed exactly what Tom Gillespie told me. When officers are stressed and functioning with their mid-brain, only the most simple, positive training lessons will be retrieved from their hard drive. And, as always, they will fight the way they've trained – the way you've programmed them.
Make sure you always program a student with a positive instruction they can replay under stress. [The non-coaching forward version of that sentence would read: Make sure you never program a student with a negative instruction they can replay under stress.] Use "always" instead of "never." Tell them what to do instead of what not to do.
As we condition officers to stress, they are more likely to use their front brain, which allows high-ordered thinking. However, as trainers, we can't assume they will remain well-conditioned to stress. Train them for the worst possible scenario and give them programming that can effectively be run by the puppy dog brain. In both training situations and real-world missions, we often conduct a debriefing to determine our effectiveness during the event, and reinforce lessons learned. These sessions should always be presented in a positive fashion. It is appropriate to discuss what we would do differently next time (instead of what we screwed up this time). Some officers will always blame themselves for problems with the training session or mission, but as a facilitator, you should make the situation as positive as possible, consistent with honesty and accuracy. Don't gloss over serious failures, but help the officers and the team keep things in perspective. No difficult training or real-world mission will ever go perfectly, so our goal must not be perfection but continuous improvement.
Rethink everything you do in training. See if you can make your lesson plan, instructions and coaching more positive. As an example: years ago, when my agency still used the traditional PPC qualification format of firing strings and reloads at known distances (3, 7, 15 and 25 yards), I broke tradition by running the sequence backward. Most officers who had trouble qualifying experienced their problems at the 25-yard line. Even when these officers squeaked by, the last image in their mind was the desperate hope they had scored enough points at the difficult 25-yard line to make the grade. So, I had them start at 25 yards, when their eyes and attitudes were fresh. Although this helped boost their scores, I considered that a secondary benefit. The primary reason I reversed the firing order was to build their confidence for the street, instead of the qualification range. Most police gun fights occur at distances from 3 to 7 yards. Virtually every officer scored perfectly at these close ranges. I wanted that great 3-yard group on the target to be the last image programmed onto their hard drive before they left the range. Instead of kicking themselves for their lousy performance at 25 yards, (where officer involved shootings almost never occur) they would remember kicking butt at the realistic range of 3 yards. Whether that little bit of coaching forward saved lives, I'll never know. But...it did no harm. Sometimes even the smallest training details can turn into an advantage when an officer's life is on the line.
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Richard Fairburn is a Critical Incident Training Coordinator, an instructor for the Illinois State Police Academy.
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RIALTO - Drinking water near a contaminated manufacturing site in the north end of town is safe and those who work there are not at risk from exposure to chemicals, state public health officials have concluded.
The BF Goodrich site is a 160-acre area where several companies used perchlorate and trichloroethylene during the production of fireworks and other explosives from 1952 to the mid-1980s.
Trichloroethylene is an industrial cleaning solvent that affects the central nervous system and has been linked with various cancers.
Perchlorate is used in rocket fuels and fireworks. Studies have suggested it can interfere with the functioning of the thyroid gland and mental development.
The BF Goodrich site in September 2009 was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of Superfund sites around the country that have chemicals that could harm the environment or residents.
Before the EPA stepped in, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board oversaw monitoring of the site.
Such sites by law must be cleaned up and companies that dumped the chemicals in many cases are required to pay for the fix.
A settlement agreement between Rialto and the local companies could be signed as soon as December.
The state Department of Public Health worked with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in looking at the health effects of the BF Goodrich site's chemicals on Rialto residents.
The Atlanta-based federal agency is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Investigators looked at the amount of perchlorate and trichloroethylene in the air, soil and groundwater at the site, and whether workers there and nearby residents since 1952 had contact with the chemicals.
In a report released Nov. 5, investigators said those working at the BF Goodrich site "are not at risk from exposure to chemicals in the soil, soil vapor, or groundwater."
The groundwater at the site contains perchlorate and trichloroethylene, but is deep enough below the surface not to be a threat, and businesses at the site don't use it for drinking water, according to the report.
Investigators said the drinking water supplied by the city, the West Valley Water District, the Terrace Water Co. and Colton is safe to drink and "does not put people at risk for health problems."
Manufacturers dumped the chemical waste onto the ground and into pits on the BF Goodrich site.
The chemicals then leaked into the ground and the Rialto-Colton Basin. Manufacturers stopped dumping the chemicals around 1985, but the pits still leaked, according to the report.
Officials test local drinking water regularly to make sure residents aren't using water with levels of perchlorate and trichloroethylene that could damage their health.
"The reality is we're not serving contaminated water to our residents," Councilman Ed Scott said.
Trichloroethylene testing became a requirement in 1989. Perchlorate testing began in 1997.
According to the report, it isn't possible to know whether eating vegetables or fruits from a garden would have been harmful before 1997.
Investigators said fruits or vegetables could have contained perchlorate if irrigated with perchlorate-contaminated water, "however, there is not enough information to determine how much perchlorate got into the fruits and vegetables."
The state Department of Public Health conducted a series of meetings with Rialto residents to learn about their concerns about contamination at the BF Goodrich site.
Most of the concerns were about chemicals in the drinking water and whether they could be linked to thyroid diseases, migraines, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, allergies, skin rashes, miscarriages, stillbirths, and birth defects.
They also were worried that children exposed to contaminated water began to talk later than normal.
Other residents asked about white residue left by water.
Investigators concluded that the levels of perchlorate locally would not have been high enough to impact an adult thyroid gland, and exposures in the study would not be expected to cause speech delay.
Perchlorate exposure has not been linked to allergies, skin rashes, miscarriages, stillbirths, or birth defects, according to the report.
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High levels of trichloroethylene exposure have been known to cause allergies, according to the report.
Perchlorate has not been shown to cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but studies reveal a possible link between trichloroethylene and the disorder.
According to the report, perchlorate hasn't been linked to kidney cancer, but both animal and human studies have linked trichloroethylene with the disease. It is unclear as to what amount is related to kidney cancer.
Investigators said the white residue that residents see when water dries on a surface is caused by minerals like calcium and magnesium.
High levels of the minerals are not associated with health problems.
Neither perchlorate nor trichloroethylene leaves a white residue, according to the report.


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We won't try to repeal all of ObamaCare, says Cornyn
posted at 5:43 pm on March 23, 2010 by Allahpundit
There's probably something he could have said that would depress his base more than this, but offhand, I can't think what that might be. He's trying to reassure centrists here that repeal wouldn't mean a return to the status quo but merely replacing O-Care with a more moderate GOP-crafted plan — after all, even a stalwart like Pence offered to work with centrist Dems on bipartisan reform — but given the anxiety among the grassroots that Republicans won't have the political will to roll this thing back even after they return to power, this is pure poison.
Limbaugh warned them yesterday (see here at around 3:55) that the "repeal!" cries had better be more than a campaign slogan. So much for that.
In the wake of the passage of health care reform, nearly the entire slate of Republican senatorial candidates seems ready to run on a repeal of the bill. But now, the lawmaker overseeing their election strategy is softening the message. Rather than promising to scrap the bill in its entirety, the GOP will pledge to just get rid of the more controversial parts…
"There is non-controversial stuff here like the preexisting conditions exclusion and those sorts of things," the Texas Republican said. "Now we are not interested in repealing that. And that is frankly a distraction."
What the GOP will work to repeal, Cornyn explained, are provisions that result in "tax increases on middle class families," language that forced "an increase in the premium costs for people who have insurance now" and the "cuts to Medicare" included in the legislation…
The senator's comments on Tuesday also included a push to restore funds for Medicare Advantage — an odd political moment, considering the GOP's self-promotion as the party that trims the fat off entitlement programs.
"Without perhaps realizing it," writes Ramesh Ponnuru, "Cornyn has come out for tinkering at the edges of Obamacare." Indeed. I shudder to think what the tea party reaction will be to third-party candidacies now, but the political consequences here are less alarming than the policy consequences. Does Cornyn … not understand that the preexisting conditions exemption will also drive up premiums? If insurers can't refuse to cover high-risk clients, that risk will need to be spread. And guess who it'll be spread to. Quoth Ross Douthat:
But to the extent that Cornyn's vision coheres, what he seems to be proposing is a reform of the reform that keeps the goodies and takes away the spending cuts and tax increases that pay for them.
California, here we come …
Here's Cornyn's statement insisting that he was misquoted by HuffPo. Was he?
Some media outlets have misrepresented my position on repealing and replacing the President's $2.6 trillion health care bill. Make no mistake about it: I fully support repealing this Washington takeover of health care and replacing it with a bipartisan bill that lowers the cost of health care.
"Republicans have long pointed out that there are areas of health care reform where there is bipartisan agreement. Yet, instead of working with Republicans to solve issues of bipartisan concern such as pre-existing condition exclusions, Democrats insisted on a purely partisan bill that included massive tax hikes, trillions of dollars in new taxpayer spending, and cuts to Medicare, while failing to address rising health care costs.
"We will do what Democrats failed to do; start with common-sense measures and craft a truly bipartisan bill that does not raise taxes, does not pillage $500 billion from a bankrupt Medicare program and does not increase premiums on working families.
To some extent we're arguing semantics here — "partial repeal plus some new provisions" is equivalent to total repeal plus a substitute Republican law that replicates a few aspects of O-Care — but it's half-assed to identify individual provisions that'll be kept in place not because they're cost-effective or because they're essential to a grand GOP plan but because they're "non-controversial." That's dangerously close to saying they'll be retained because they're popular, which, per Douthat, is precisely how California ended up in the mess it's in. The time has come for hard choices. Are they up to it?
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oh, its the guy who broke his foot or something and hasnt played since beginning of '12....i remember the name from random talk during games.
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
Walton, 27 later this month, was claimed off waivers from the Broncos by the Redskins last December but never played a snap or participated in practice. He hasn't appeared in a game since Week 4 of 2012 due to complications from a broken ankle. Walton isn't the answer at center for the Giants. Mar 12 - 5:03 PM
somebody wake the football gods up !!!!


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Ernst van de Wetering, an internationally respected authority on the 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, will present the address "Rembrandt's Thinking: His Ideas about Light and Shadow" on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Van de Wetering is chairman of the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP), which was established in 1968 with the aim of separating Rembrandt's paintings from the large number of similar works made by his many apprentices and followers. He has published extensively and lectured in numerous countries on Rembrandt, on historic studio practice, and on the field of theory and ethics of conservation and restoration.
His book "Rembrandt: The Painter at Work" (1997, Amsterdam University/University of California Press) provides insight into a variety of technical, artistic and aesthetic aspects of Rembrandt's work. His book "Rembrandt's Mind" will appear in 2011. Van de Wetering's work also includes editing the most recent volumes of RRP's five-volume series "A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings," which sets out the results of the project's research. He is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on Rembrandt and his work.
Van de Wetering trained as an artist at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, and after finishing his training became an art teacher and artist. He was invited to become an assistant to the RRP in 1968, while he was studying art history at the University of Amsterdam. He became a member of the RRP team in 1970, and chairman in 1992.
Between 1969 and 1987, he was a staff member of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. From 1987 to 2001 he was a professor of art history at the University of Amsterdam, and during 2002-03 he was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford.
Van de Wetering's address is sponsored by the West Michigan Chapter of the Netherland-America Foundation, the HollandMuseum, the Dutch Heritage Coordinating Council, Jim and Donna Brooks, and the Department of Art and Art History at Hope.
A reception will follow the presentation.
Graves Hall is located at 263 College Ave., between 10th and 12th streets.


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Will be switched over on 1/22.
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Check with an atty or legal aid place in your state, what the ins company tells ya half the time is an outright lie. Just a letter on an atty's stationary might get some action.
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Poor guy in the trash truck, so used to not looking in his right mirror, Bang.
Trash company said they would pay. Police here, reports, whole 9 yards..
2 weeks, no return calls, no check, nada.
"Tell them you are turning it over too your Attorney, you found a lot more damage than the lousy $1,500 in damage your asking for."
Plus your friend Tim, a Vet, dove on the floor when he heard the loud bang.
His neck is killing him..
Check came 4 days later.
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Binghamton University offers study tour of Spain
The Division of Continuing Education and Outreach at Binghamton University is coordinating an art and history study tour of Spain scheduled to run from January 15 - 26, 2003. The tour is open the public.
The study tour will offer a range of cultural experiences, visiting places of interest such as Madrid, Toledo, Seville and other major towns in Andalusia. Daily visits and activities will highlight the food, art and history of the region. The itinerary will also offer opportunities to explore Spanish architecture as well as plenty of time for self-guided shopping and exploring activities.
Richard Barons, director of the Southampton Historical Museum, Long Island, N.Y., and Bill McClure, program director for Continuing Education at Binghamton University, will act as tour leaders.
The Spanish study tour costs $2,695 per person, which includes airfare, double occupancy accommodation and selected itinerary activities. Final payment is due by November 13 to reserve a place on the tour.
For more information, contact the Division of Continuing Education at 607-777-6857 or toll-free at (877) 313-2508. For additional information, visit http://continuinged.binghamton.edu/home1.lasso.


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January 19, 1969
Detroit, MI US
The Grande Ballroom
Includes: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, Killing Floor, White Summer / Black Mountainside, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown.
Press Review: Grande Ballroom - Jan. 19, 1969
It was a Sunday night at Detroit's Grande Ballroom and the last set the Zeppelin would play there. Almost everyone of musical importance in the city was in attendance (MC-5, Amboy Dukes, SRC, various DJs etc.) We were all expecting something really tremendous to happen and the anticipation was building through Linn County's mediocre (opening) set.
Four British musicians came quietly onto the stage and began their set. The group consists of Jimmy Page, lead; John Paul Jones, bass; John Bonham, drums; and Robert Plant, vocals and harmonica.
Jimmy came on in an exquisite red satin suit and began his expert lead. He was one of the Yardbirds and has played sessions and arranged for Donovan and the Stones, among others. As before stated, the group was originally his idea, although he doesn't want to be considered the leader. His ultimate purpose was to establish a group of four excellent musicians, each an equally integral part of the whole.
When the first tune was over (Train Kept a Rollin'), there wasn't much reaction. As they went through I Can't Quit You Baby, we could sense something lacking. The next one took our minds off the playing, though Jimmy Page's use of the bow on his guitar. The sound was weird and mind-bending and yet somehow marvelously controlled.
During Killing Floor, the real problem became evident. Each member of the group was on a separate riff, not at all together. At times, Jimmy's guitar and Robert's voice blended beautifully enabling the music to really communicate, but other than that, they were playing different things simultaneously.
Jimmy later played a solo, White Summer, after a change of guitars. It was melodious and resembled sitar playing at points, but was in no way as spectacular or complicated as made to look.
A great favorite of mine, Communication Breakdown, didn't nearly equal the quality of the album. After hearing the album, I was even further disappointed in the Zeppelin's performance. The album is together and far superior to their live performance.
The set finished, but the lights were turned back off and they played one last slow bluesy number that was finally together.
My interview followed in the Grande's office. They've been together three months and have gone through quite a bit.
After three weeks, the LP was cut. It was very rushed but the Zeppelin feel it was as good as could be expected. I hope better, from their performance. The Zeppelin contend that their Saturday's set was far superior to Sunday's set, and consider their Frisco gig to be their best so far.
As for direction, they will continue in their hard rock back and intend to use more acoustic guitar. They feel freedom to move in any direction. They got together and their music "just happens".
Even though they didn't turn me on, I feel that their abilities make them capable of becoming a major force on the rock scene. If they do succeed in getting it together, there is yet a good chance that 1969 will invariably be the "year of the Zeppelin". (Creem / Pat Brent / Mar. 1969)
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does this machine take alot to run it? What I mean is, can you start it in the morning, and run it all day without baby sitting? What usually causes trouble?


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Hef's Movie Notes: The Big Heat
Tonight at the mansion: after the brutal murder of his wife, one cop takes on an entire crime syndicate.
Tonight: Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame with Lee Marvin in the Fritz Lang crime classic The Big Heat.
Fritz Lang was one of the more important, influential filmmakers of the 20th century.
Born in Vienna in 1890, he scored his first success with silent films like Dr. Mabuse and the classic Metropolis that were part of the German cinema of the 1920s that had a major impact on Hollywood movies of the period.
He made the masterpiece M in Germany in 1933 and shortly thereafter both he and the film's star, Peter Lorre, fled the country to England and then America, fearing reprisal from the Nazis because of their Semitic heritage.
Lang made a number of interesting films in America in the '30s and '40s, including Fury, You Only Live Once, Man Hunt, Ministry of Fear, The Woman in the Window, Cloak and Dagger and Rancho Notorious.
The Big Heat was based on a novel by William McGivern, serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.
It is the story of an incorruptible cop and his battle against the forces of evil in a corrupt city controlled by the mob.
It was inspired in part by the 1950 U.S. Senate Crime investigation conducted on TV by Senator Estes Kefauver, which revealed — for the first time — the extent of organized crime in America.
At a time when J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI were still publicly insisting that there was no mafia in America and that organized crime really didn't exist in the U.S.
The screen rights were purchased by Columbia Pictures for $40,000 in 1952.
Producer Jerry Wald was originally assigned to the project.
And Paul Muni, George Raft and Edward G. Robinson were all mentioned as potential stars.
But in 1953, Jerry Wald had been replaced by Robert Arthur, whose previous producer credits included Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Francis, the tale of a talking mule.
And Harry Cohn thought Columbia contract player Glenn Ford should star.
Fritz Lang agreed Glenn Ford was younger and better suited to the role.
Under Lang's direction, Ford turned in one of the best performances of his career.
Also in the cast: Gloria Grahame — whose credits include Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, In a Lonely Place, with Bogart, and The Bad and the Beautiful that won her an Oscar — is superb, as usual.
Stage actress Jocelyn Brando, who plays Ford's wife, makes a powerful impression.
And is, I believe, Marlon Brando's sister.
Lee Marvin is suitably despicable in this film — made a year before he appeared with Marlon in The Wild One.
The script, editing and cinematography are all first rate.
Cinematographer Charles Lang, who won an Oscar for A Farewell to Arms (1933), was noted for his black and white photography including Death Takes a Holiday, The Cat and the Canary, The Uninvited, Ace in the Hole and Billy Wilder's Sabrina.
Born in Utah, he's not related to the director Fritz Lang.
This is a tough, uncompromising crime drama, starkly photographed and without a continuous score — the absence of which underlines the hard-hitting dialogue and realism.
The Motion Picture Guide rates this as one of the best of the crime dramas of the '50s — stating "This Fritz Lang film is as brutal as his M was frightening."The AFI also put this on their list of the 400 top thrillers in the history of Hollywood.
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Open Forum Tuesday
By Rebecca Teti
Tuesday: Open Forum
(Join each day's Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Changing Roles)
This is the Open Forum Coffee Talk. That means ... anything goes. Ask a question, make a suggestion, share a story, offer some advice -- the floor is yours!
I would like to thank everyone who prayed for my little guy last week during his MRI. He did very well with the procedure (including 7 hours without food) and bounced right back after the anesthesia! We get results from the neurosurgeon on Friday and are crossing our fingers for the best. :) Again, we are so, so grateful for the prayers from all of you wonderful ladies! They supported me through watching him get rolled back there and waiting and waiting, too. :)
I am curious what ya'll do when you conflict with your spouse about parenting rules/ideas? Discuss after the situation? Defer to him? Some of both? My husband and I don't feel like picking apart *every* parenting issue, but he tends to lay down the law and stick to his guns no. matter. what. I tend to be less consistent because I allow exceptions based on what I believe to be reasonable scenerios. I don't know how to reconcile this, though. I really don't feel comfortable NEVER budging once I say something. Ex: clear your plate. But what if Grandma serves your plate for you and puts something on there you REALLY hate to eat... I would make an exception for that. Hubs, however, would not. How have others dealt with these "issues" like these that are going no where? I feel like hubs is frequently mildly grouchy (very mild, he tries to "let it go" but I can tell it bugs him), and I am frequently stressed about this!
My teens and pre-teens have wanted to go to the Pro-life march since they heard about it two years ago. It involves a two-hour plus bus ride, through and into areas I wouldn't choose to take my family on a walk. I am pretty scared about having them go because where the walk is held is in a bad neighborhood. I fear for their safety even though my husband is taking the day off work to go with them. I will be home with the baby and preschooler...It doesn't help that the media goes to great lengths to IGNORE the pro-life group. Please pray that I will have peace about this because I'm already losing sleep over it! Also, please pray that, through some miracle---!!-- that the march will get a bit of positive media attention!
Issues, I know what you mean and, like Danielle M. said, I've been able to talk to dh about this on exactly that basis: I'm here all day and can maybe give some background on what's going on. Also, from a practical point of view, you do want to teach your kids about following your instructions with no arguing (think Laura Ingalls and the bear), but also give enough leeway that you don't get a kid who, since you told him to Stay in Bed does stay - instead of running to the bathroom to throw up. ;-) Have you talked to dh about it in general, not every situation, but just, when nothing is going on, about how to handle the overall difference? It's a good lesson for kids too, to see their parents be willing to sometimes hear another side of things or to apologize for getting angry and giving a consequence without thinking and then being willing to change it once you've calmed down. That being said, sometimes it's also good for kids to deal with two different parenting styles. My ds responds well to my dh telling him sternly "knock it off!" and to me cajoling gently - and doesn't handle a reversal of that well. He has one response to a male authority and another to female and that's a fine (and normal) thing, I think. Dd, on the other hand, needs a more gentle "touchy-feely" approach from us both and would be extremely hurt by the daddy directness that works fine with her brother. So sometimes the difference in approach really isn't as bad as it seems. Good luck - it's way more of a minefield than I ever thought it would be, even though, pre-kids, our mindsets seemed really similar!
Worried Mom, without knowing which city you're in, I wouldn't worry too much about the March for Life. It's generally a huge enough crowd that, even if you wouldn't walk through the neighborhood with just your family, you won't run into trouble with thousands walking right with you. A bit of profanity is usually the worst one has to deal with.
Worried Mom, I lived in the area of DC that hosts the March for years, and before I moved I was a participant for many years, even with babies in tow. The neighborhood is really not all that bad, and despite the lack of media attention, there is always a good police presence, and a huge crowd. Other than suffering from cold, I don't think there is much danger. Be at peace, it is a WONDERFUL witness and experience to be their in person.
Thanks ladies, I feel better! Prayers to all!
Worried Mom our Archdiocese is sending 1600 to the March. We have an 18 hour bus ride one way. We were told to expect a crowd of about 500,000 and that it could be larger than the one that is expected for the inauguration. It looks to be a wonderful trip. Peace.
Worried mom: if it makes you feel any better. I went the March twice during college & went to the life mass before the march. It was such a beautiful witness to see all the religious orders present. It was my 1st time seeing so many priests & religious sisters. It was beautiful experience for a young woman.
Issues, I'd say, tread carefully & pick your battles carefully because time may bring more important and heart-wrenching parenting disagreements. #1 Rule: don't disagree with or contradict him in front of the children. Discuss it behind closed doors. My husband & I were blessed to agree on EVERY parenting choice... when our 3 kids were young. When our eldest was a sophomore in high school everything changed. Like you I felt empathy for his situations & requests, so was comfortable recanting a "No" once I heard son's side & prayed more about it. While I felt this was being open-minded & sympathetic, husband, who never undoes a "No," viewed this as going against him, & going back on what we had already decided behind closed doors. This affected our relationship. Pray to the Holy Family!
Issues, one other thought. I don't know how old your kids are (that can make a difference), but I used to work at Boys Town and they have all their social skills split up into very concrete steps. One skill is "Accepting Decisions": look at the person, say ok, don't argue. A useful skill to teach your kids. But another one is "Appropriately Disagree" b/c even in a residential treatment program, sometimes the kid is right and the adult is wrong (or the kid just needs to feel heard): wait 15 min (after accepting decision - this could depend on circumstances or the ability of your kid to tell time), ask to disagree, explain (e.g. "I understand I got a consequence for ___, but here's what really happened _____"), accept yes or no. The kid has to be able to show they understand what the original consequence was for, and then give a real reason it should change. ("I didn't say what you thought you heard" for example, not "yeah, I said that but *he* said it too!") Maybe providing a format (not just whining about what dad said) to disagree, along with shorthand ("right now you just need to accept my decision") for the times when really nothing is going to change would help both kids and dh. I get not wanting to get into the trap of lawyer-kids trying to endlessly argue every decision away, but there does need to be some way for an actual problem or misunderstanding to get fixed. hth!
Worried Mom: Place it all in God's hands. Your husband will be with them. The many times I went to the March, there were never any problems. It's a very peaceful day. May God Give you Peace.


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Here in NY lost close to 40 hives this winter.
The only treatment that I practised this year was to mineral oil vaporize. Not sure if I'll do that again, though I am sure that I will not treat w/chems.
I have plenty of equipment for a cpl hundred 10 frame & a cpl hundred 5 frame colonies.
I can't say what caused the losses. Some starved (my fault), then many w/plenty of stores.
Overwintered 5 frame nucs seemed to do better than 10 frame colonies....???
With a balance of selling bees & honey the goal.
What's your plan to rebuild your hive #'s from winter losses?
What precautions to take using equipment from losses?
What's your advice for treating drawn frames to redeploy?


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