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SOCIETY was beginning to busy itself with the question of woman's rights when I was young. Now it is an established cause, aggressive where it was then only a protest. Naturally I was, and am, among those who hold that women, though helpmates, should not be slaves to men; that duties do not exclude rights; and that 'He to God, she page: 2 to God through him,' though pretty enough in poetry, makes but a mighty poor kind of life for her in practice, and reduces co-partnership to serfdom. My own creed in these things may be summed up in these three clauses:—That women should have an education as good in its own way as, but not identical with, that of men; that they ought to hold their own property free from their husbands' control without the need of trustees, but subject to the joint expenditure for the family; that motherhood should be made legally equal with paternity, so that no such miserable scandal of broken promises and religious rancour as this later Agar-Ellis case should be possible. But these are only the alphabet of the movement; the main theme goes far beyond.
Things had already begun to move. Talfourd's Bill, giving the custody of young children to the mother, had been passed after a stout resistance from the Law Lords on the Obstructive side. One of these said page: 3 that, should this Bill become law, the avenues to the Court of Chancery would be choked with applicants for legal separation, as nothing but the fear of being parted from her children kept many a wife with her husband. The prophecy was disregarded; the Bill passed; and married life in England has gone on much the same as before.
The sensational part of the matter was, the story of that man in the Marshalsea prison who took his suckling babe from his wife and handed it over to his mistress—a possibility of action on all fours with the vilest features of slavery.
It is wonderful to think how we supported such hideous injustice; just as it is wonderful now to think how the absolute power of making a will, and thereby leaving all his property away from his wife and children, is still maintained as part of the rights of a man. The argument of trust in the natural softness of the parental instinct is about as solid as a drum. It makes a page: 4 fine sound when nicely struck; but it is a rickety kind of foundation to build on.
Though the core of this question of woman's rights is just and reasonable, some of its supporters were even then too extreme for my ideas of what was fitting. I could not accept the doctrine that no such thing as natural limitation of sphere is included in the fact of sex, and that individual women may, if they have the will and the power, do all those things which have hitherto been exclusively assigned to men. Nor can I deny the value of inherent modesty; nor despise domestic duties; nor look on maternity as a curse and degradation—'making a woman no better than a cow,' as one of these ladies, herself a mother, once said to me indignantly; nor do I join in the hostility to men which comes in as the correlative of all that has gone before. On these points I have parted company with the cause. But in the beginning these points had not come to the front.page: 5
Also, I have confessed already to the frivolity of finding many of these extremely advanced women antagonistic to my ideas of feminine charm. Most of them then, in the early days, were not only plain in person but ill-bred in manner. The epigram of the time, 'Women's Rights are Men's Lefts,' was truer then than it is now, when the circle has widened. In the first cast the net took in, as by far the largest proportion, the most unpersonable and the least love-worthy of the sex. But this æsthetic distaste on my part was what the Americans call 'mean' in view of the gravity of the principles involved, and I was always ashamed of my own childishness of judgment.
I tried to make myself tolerant of all this unloveliness, by remembering that the cause, being in the initial stage of protest and insurrection, must necessarily be supported by those who had nothing to lose and all to gain, as well as necessarily sur- surrounded page: 6 rounded by that kind of exaggeration which is inseparable from the beginning of radical innovations. But tolerance is an exotic with me, got by painful processes of self-discipline and preserved only with care and watching. When I was in my fighting age, it was either the crime of indifferentism or of time-serving, and I put it behind me as high-treason to truth.
This is the penalty attached to earnestness—the harsh lining of enthusiasm.
My present intolerance, I am sorry to say, was even less respectable than this. It was simply a matter of taste; and the cause undeniably suffered with me because so many of its advocates were ungainly and unlovely.
In those days the movement did not include the political rights which—the rest having been won—make now the point to be gained. It was more for the right of a liberal education, such as is given by Girton and Newnham; for office-work; and specially page: 7 for leave to enter the medical profession on an equality with men.
In this last I was again at issue with the sect. Unless the demand for female doctors was strong enough to support female schools and hospitals, I maintained, and maintain, the inexpediency of providing a few lady-doctors by means of mixed medical education—just as I dislike mixed drawing-classes from the nude. These two things seemed to me repugnant to every sentiment of morality or decency in either sex; and I have never been able to change my view. For, granting that in the end science and art conquer all sense of shame and bear down all consciousness of sex, then surely the last state is worse than the first—and these young unmarried women have killed within them something more valuable than they will replace by the knowledge of anatomy and the human figure.
As yet, however, mixed life schools were not in force—I only knew of one in those page: 8 days, private, little known and conducted secretly; and but few young women had clanked into the dissecting-room. Miss Garrett, the two Misses Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker are all that I remember. There may have been others, but if so I did not know of them. The aftermath of flirting, touzled, pretty young creatures—foolish virgins of eighteen or nineteen—by whom the ground has been covered, had not then sprouted into being; and as yet the world was spared the oracular utterances by which these Hypatias seek to regulate all the difficulties and pronounce on all the questions of life and science.
Speaking of Dr. Mary Walker, I may as well say here that the Bloomer costume which she wore, with that huge rose in her hair as her sign of sex, did much to retard the woman question all round. The world is frivolous, no doubt, but here, as in France, ridicule kills, and you can force convictions sooner than tastes. When that handsome page: 9 barmaid in Tottenham Court Road put on trousers as a greater attraction to gin-drinkers, not only Bloomerism received its death-blow, but the cause got a 'shog' maist ruined a'.' It survived, however; and now flourishes like a green bay-tree.
Equal political rights; identical professional careers; the men's virile force toned down to harmony with the woman's feminine weakness; the abolition of all moral and social distinctions between the sexes;—These are the confessed objects of the movement whereby men are to be made lady-like and women masculine, till the two melt into one, and you scarcely know which is which.
Since those early days of which I am now writing, much of what was then agitated for has been granted, and many abuses have been removed. One of the most important was the Bill which raises the age of the child necessarily left to the mother in cases of separation, from Tal- Talfourd's page: 10 fourd's three and a half to seven years—giving afterwards to the child the right at sixteen to choose between its parents. This short Bill, of two clauses only, slipped through the house unnoticed; and I have always held it for good that the Emancipated Women did not get wind of it, and by their clamour draw on it the attention, and consequent hostility, of the Conservatives. The Married Women's Property Act has given the widest range of freedom possible in any kind of partnership. Girton and Newnham minister to the intellectual cravings of girls and supply stimulus for their ambition. Female colleges and hospitals make the study of medicine decent, and India offers a lucrative and useful field of practice. Slade-schools give Adam and Eve in all their desired nudity, and young unmarried women exhibit themselves on the walls of the Academy naked and not ashamed. The Post Office and the Telegraph Office put money into the pockets of o page: 11 some hundreds of industrious girls; and there is at least one female firm—there may be more, but I know only of one—which 'devils' for lawyers, and makes a good thing by its labours. Other women do other things of a like nature. Some keep co-operative stores and some breed horses and some again make books and understand the mysteries of fields and favourites, 'two to one bar one' and hedging, better than they understand the science of housekeeping or the art of needlework. The School-Boards test the value of their administrative faculty; and Lady Harberton's divided skirt satisfies the sentiment and does not shock the taste.
Thus, in all directions, the running has been more equalized, and women are now handicapped mainly by their sex. On that point they have to try conclusions with nature. To break up the cradles for firewood must be the first step in the series of transformations; for as long as that obstructive cradle exists, and is filled, there page: 12 must be the division of labour and function against which women revolt, and men must fare forth while they bide within.
When the cause was yet young it found its nidus chiefly in the house of one who brought as her contribution a fair person, a good position, money, fervour, sincerity, intelligence, the oddest and most catholic sweepings of adherents, and only just not enough liberality to tolerate opposition. She herself was singularly sweet and charming; thoroughly feminine, her doctrines notwithstanding; and without the affectation and exaggeration which characterize the mass of the pretty persons who have gone over to this side in these later days. In those, she was almost the only pretty woman the cause could boast. Her house was the rendezvous for all Liberals of all kinds; and one of the causes she and her husband had at heart was that of emancipation and the equalization of the negro race. I remember one of her protégés was a certain Miss Red- Redmayne page: 13 mayne a woman as black as her own American grapes; who had studied medicine under the Stars and Stripes and who now wanted to practise it under the Union Jack. She was a dreadful looking woman, with a kind of devouring, wild-beast air, oppressive and almost terrifying. Her glittering eyes and tufted hair, wide mouth, white, pointed teeth and jet-black skin, made her remarkable enough in a room full of fair-faced Saxons; but add to these a curious rapacious manner—an eager, restless, following way in eye and foot, unlike anything seen in ordinary society—and it is easy to understand how antipathetic she must have been to the majority, even of Liberals. I shall never forget the way in which she followed up a fair-haired, slightly-built artist to whom she was talking. He edged away, step by step—she always following close on his track—till he finally edged himself into the corner, where she had him at her will. So there they were, a black page: 14 cat and a white mouse; and the poor white mouse shivered, while the black cat pranced triumphant.
My friend, our hostess, thought it mean and cowardly that no English gentleman came forward to marry this unlovely daughter of Ham. I should have held it as an act of madness if anyone had.
It was in this house that I first met Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, with whom I made one of those intimate friendships which invariably lead to sequels and complications.
Joshua Lambert was an artist, shiftless, dreamy, unpractical, morally self-indulgent, personally pure and ascetic; a man who could live on bread and spring-water, but who would not work in his studio when he wanted to be out in the sunshine, and who exhaled in thought all the strength that should have gone into action. He was a man whom everyone loved and was sorry for—regretting his want of practical grip, while reverencing the beauty of holiness page: 15 which pervaded his whole nature. And yet, between the two, love predominated, and reverence was stronger than regret.
His wife was a woman of like nature, but with more 'go' in her than he had—with an active force behind her wanting to him. He was a dreamer of ideal beauty, she was a worker for ideal perfection. Thus their views were harmonious while their methods were diverse.
She was a Woman's Rights woman from head to heel. A kind of antitypical Louise Michel, doubled with a Madonna, she gathered under the wide cloak of her womanly pity all the suffering and downtrodden, all the oppressed and all the unfortunate. She knew no blame save for the fashionable and the frivolous. The core of her morality was charity; the mainspring of her character, purity; the force by which she worked, belief in the all-pervading Providence of God. Married and a mother, but still almost virginal in her modesties, page: 16 she abhorred licentiousness as something even worse than murder. At the same time she reverenced love as the true marriage, and when this was real she held other ties superfluous.
Thus, she was one of the guests at that famous supper given to his personal friends and sympathisers by Mr. —, when, with his wife's hardly-won consent, he brought up his children's governess as his acknowledged supplementary wife, and with but thin ideas of decency called together this cloud of witnesses to celebrate the nuptials. For herself, Esther Lambert was as chaste and pure as ice and snow; but her Liberalism and sympathy supplied what was wanting to her temperament, and she could accept in another an action which she would rather have died than have committed in her own person.
She was a lecturer of some repute; and her platform life was the result, not only of her belief in the righteousness of the things page: 17 she advocated, but also of the need there was for adding to the tale of loaves, which, at the best, came in but scant numbers for the many hungry little mouths to be fed. As it was, the ordering of the household was narrow to penury and its simplicity touched on destitution.
The first time I went down to their house on the borders of Epping Forest, I felt as if I had got into a new world—one with which my experiences on this old earth of ours had no point in common, and were of no use as guide nor glossary. Playing in the neglected, untrimmed garden, where never tree nor bush was lopped nor pruned, and where the long grass of the lawn was starred with dandelions and daisies as better flowers than those which man could cultivate, was a troop of little children, one of whom was more beautiful than another. They were all dressed exactly alike—in long blouses of that coarse blue flannel with which house-maids scrub the floors; and all had pre- precisely page: 18 cisely the same kind of hats—the girls distinguished from the boys only by a somewhat broader band of faded ribbon. Nazarenes, even to the eldest boy of fourteen, they wore their hair as Nature ordained in long loose locks to their shoulders. It was difficult to distinguish the sex in this queer epicene costume, which left it doubtful whether they were girls Bloomerized or boys in feminine tunics; for the only differences were—cloth trousers for the boys, cotton for the girls, and the respective width of the hat-ribbon aforesaid. But they were lovely as angels, and picturesque as so many Italian studies; so that amazement lost itself in admiration, and one forgave the unfitness of things for the sake of their beauty.
The house itself was found and furnished on the same lines. There were no carpets, but there were rare pictures and first proofs unframed; casts of noble cinque-cento work, darkened with dust; superb shells; and all page: 19 the precious lumber of an artist's home, crowded on shelves of rough-hewn, unvarnished deal set against the unpapered white-washed wall. There were not enough chairs for the family, and empty packing-cases eked out the deficiency. For their food, meat was a luxury; wine as rare as Olympian nectar; and sweetmeats were forbidden as the analogues of vicious luxury. Milk, bread, vegetables and oatmeal, with treacle as the universal sweetener, were the food-stuffs by which the Lamberts believed they should rear a family consecrated to the work of God in the world and the carrying out of the regeneration of society. The boys were to be great artists or divine poets. The girls were to be preachers or prophetesses. One or two might be told off as mothers, to keep up the supply of the Chosen. But, for the most part, their sphere of activity would be the world, not the home—their care, humanity, not the family.page: 20
No man nor woman who knew her could have failed to love and reverence Esther Lambert. No matter how little you sympathized with her methods, you could not do other than respect and admire her personality. Her face was the face of a Madonna, behind whose sweetness flashed the inspired enthusiasm of a sibyl. It was the most perfect combination of moral purity and intellectual ardour to be found, and drew all hearts to love, like that Blue Glory of Torcelli. Earnest and religious, something beyond the ordinary thought of humanity seemed to shine in her soft grey eyes; and had she announced herself another Mother of God, she would have found some to believe her by the very force of her own inner truth and purity. As it was, she stopped short of miracles, and contented herself with inspiration.
Her political creed was her religion; the emancipation of woman was her mission; the equalization of the sexes was her shibboleth; page: 21 but the supremacy of woman was her secret sacrament. She believed in the regeneration of man by this supremacy, and by this only. All masculine modes of dealing with nature and society were false and futile. No good could come of political economy, of sociology, of science, of statesmanship. All these were of the nature of Dead Sea apes and the Unveracities. But, once admit women into the domain of active politics, and then would come the moral millennium. Deception would be burned out of diplomacy, to leave the pure gold fillet of mutual candour unclogged by dross of any kind; abstract right would take the place of godless expediency; wars would cease; territorial aggressions and annexations would be no more; and the reign of peace and truth, of justice without flaw, and perfect purity of life alike for men and women, would begin. She believed all things of the future and she hoped all things from the present. She had neither fear nor misgiving; and her page: 22 faith saw in every day so much advance, and in every circumstance a coign of vantage gained and held for future progress. A new society for the advocacy of any form of Liberal opinion was to her equivalent to a victory. A pamphlet was another gospel which must compel assent. A speech was like a judgment of Solomon which no one could repudiate. Her life was the perpetual ascending of a rainbow—an endless mounting of the ladder let down from heaven, with angels before and on each side, showing her the way and directing her steps. Her faith bore her up over all dismaying obstacles; and when bad times were on hand within, as was so often the case—when the family wanted food and the house wanted funds—she would raise her beautiful eyes to heaven, and say, serenely smiling: 'God will provide.'
And so far as they had yet gone, ravens had supplied them somehow; and the children had not starved.page: 23
Esther's theological creed was a large loose jumble of Christianity and Pantheism, the chief working tenets of which were:—belief in the direct personal superintendence of God over the affairs of men, faith in the power of truth and the invincibility of the right, with the correlative belief that falsehood would not prevail nor wrong ultimately conquer because of this personal rule of God and the 'stream of tendency' in humanity.
'Men and women want only to be told the better thing—to be shown the higher way,' she used to say earnestly. 'No one wishes to do wrong. It is simply ignorance, not wilful intention, which leads us astray. When all men are taught of God, then they will of necessity act justly. The Truth is God; and God's laws are the ultimate laws of life. It is only a question of time; and in the end they must prevail.'
For all its vagueness, her enthusiasm gained on me. Her arc was very wide, and page: 24 though not drawn with mathematical precision and rather sketchy in its lines, it was nevertheless grandly suggestive. Her words were full of that heroic promise, that mysterious magnificence, which surrounds the shining domes of a city seen from afar in the morning light. By noon we shall be there to see with our own eyes the treasure lying therein—to find the lady of our dreams; the brother consecrated to our friendship from our birth; the teacher who will show us the meaning of the Great Cabbala; the hierophant who will take the veil from off the face of Isis. Her words stirred my imagination as much as noble scenery stirs it; and I felt her to be a kind of dynamic power to which others must apply the direction—but she was always that power.
I used to attend her lectures—I, the declared enemy of the whole tribe of lady lecturers!—and I always vigorously applauded her. I made it up somehow be- between page: 25 tween my consistency and my partisanship by convincing myself that Esther Lambert was essentially different from all the others. She was so real in her self-devotion, her sincerity, her faith in herself and her cause! There was no playing a part, anyhow; just as there was no consciousness, no simper, no affectation and no vulgarity. She spoke well too, and did not offend one's taste by matter nor manner. She did not touch on doubtful subjects; and she had always more the air of an old-time prophetess, re-embodied, than that of a modern lady-lecturer spouting on a platform to a half-curious and half-disdainful audience. She was so completely absorbed in her subject, and so earnest to do good, that she won my admiration all round; and I approved in her what I condemned in others.
For all that, I wished her little tribe had been better cared for, better taught and nourished and more practically handled than they were; that the house had been page: 26 less of a squalid and disorganized barrack than it was; and that her husband had been a little more the master and head than she allowed him to be. Maybe he would not have guided things a whit better; but it would have been more seemly, and his influence over the boys would probably not have been quite so emasculating as hers. I was Philistine enough to feel that the saint is less useful than the housekeeper, and that Mary's part is not always the most profitable.
Still, this fractional want of sympathy with the fringes of things did not touch the substance of my respect and liking for the Lamberts. And as I was not responsible for the life they made together, and as really it was not in my right to either criticize or condemn, I was glad to be their friend, and to love where I could not follow.
After I had known them about three years, Joshua Lambert died. He had often been ailing, and the fatal disease which had page: 27 threatened him for so long, and which I always must think might have been averted by a little common-sense and care, at last declared itself in unmistakable fashion enough. He died of rapid consumption in less than two months from the first visit of the mesmeric herbalist who attended him. For of course the Lamberts were believers in both mesmerists and herbalists. They were mystic all through; and clairvoyant prescriptions, dealing with natural simples, field-grown, were to them saturated with a spiritual power wanting altogether to the coarser therapeutics of allopathists and their mineral medicines.
Naturally, I was much with my poor friends at this time. They clung to me like children, and I was glad to put all my resources at their disposal. Strength and energy—time and money—I poured all into their hands, and thought nothing lost which gained them ease. I was deeply interested in them. They had fascinated me by their page: 28 very strangeness, linked as this was to so much goodness and so much beauty; and feeling myself to be of use to them seemed to compensate me for the loss of her whom her creed—and Christ—had taken from me. The simplicity with which they accepted all I did for them, as of the natural order of things, had also its charm.
Looked at from their point of view, it was better than gratitude; because it was the right thing to do, and if I were a true man I could do nothing else. They would as soon have thought of praising me for not telling lies nor picking pockets, as for bearing the burden of friends too heavily laden to bear it for themselves. Of course, this kind of communism brought about a closer intimacy, and on my side a still deeper affection—the helper always loving the dependent.
At last the end came. Poor beauty-loving and unpractical Joshua Lambert took his last look of the blessed sun, and page: 29 smiled his last wan smile up to the face of day and all he loved. He died as he had lived, without struggle as without regret; without bitterness, and in love with all mankind; full of faith in his own enduring blessedness beyond the grave and in the Divine goodness for those he left behind; sure that his dear ones would be cared for by the Father—working principally through me.
Not an hour before he breathed his last hard breath he said, with a faint flicker of his old boyish smile and that tranquil assurance which had so often amused me in the difficult moments of past times:
'I leave them to you, dear friend. I have always held that God sent you to us for our good, and I die quite happy, sure that you will accept your charge and fulfil its obligations.'
'Do not be afraid, Joshua,' said Esther tenderly. 'Chris knows his duty, and he has never failed in it yet.'page: 30
I need not spread out this part of my life in detail. In view of what followed, it is too full of pain to be willingly dwelt on. So much only I need say:—I was in that frame of mind which made benevolence my greatest solace and my only happiness. I had the desire to sacrifice myself for the well-being of others, feeling in this self-sacrifice my purest balm. I had given up my love for truth:—now I wanted to give myself as an offering to God, through man. Believing still in spiritual direction, and in the moral governance of the world through duties and chastisements, I believed that I was indeed specially ordained by God to serve and save this family. I had come among them at the moment when they had had most need of me. Joshua had lived just long enough to consolidate our friendship; and among all they knew I was the only one who could really help and practically benefit them. It would be a good thing to do. If I could rescue a noble page: 31 creature like Esther Lambert from the degrading influences of debt and poverty, bring a more rational rule into the household, and set her children well before the world by a more wholesome education, I should redeem the past. If I could not be happy in my own highest and deepest affection, I could at least make others blessed; and in their well-being find my own.
I thought over all this, and prayed for guidance with all the fervour of my boyish days. My prayers, of course, answered themselves, and asking for Divine Direction only strengthened my own inclination. Full of desire to serve one whom I loved and respected—eager to make loyal response to the poor dead friend who had trusted me—seeing only all that was beautiful in Esther's nature and pitiful in her condition—loving the children like my own, and earnest to see them better cared for, better taught, more wisely guided than they were—my common-sense overweighted by religious page: 32 zeal and altruistic pity, by affection, by principle and by hope—I took the irretrievable step; and in less than two years from Joshua's death I married his widow and took her family for my own.
Behind this strange fact lay contradictions yet more strange. Personally, Esther failed to satisfy my taste. She was short, ungraceful, and careless in her dress, which was also of notable neglect. She was unthrifty; without method; and of the two she preferred disorder to regularity. Nothing could make her punctual nor orderly; and the love of free nature which left the daisies and dandelions on the lawn and forbore to lop the low-growing branches of the trees, manifested itself in the house by a liberal dislocation of hours and the want of circumscription—of apportionment—all through. But she was earnest, sincere, devoted, gentle-mannered; and she had that perilous gift of loving idealization by which she made one see one's best and highest self—one's ideal page: 33 angel—mirrored in her mind as the work-a-day commonplace human being. And I was blinded by the splendour of the Divine handwriting on the wall, which I thought bade me do this thing; and by my somewhat arrogant belief that I was strong enough to remould and to save.
I do not mean to say that I married with any personal reluctance, but I do say that I married with more sense of duty than of attraction, and that I knew I was making a sacrifice. But it was a sacrifice willingly made—for God's sake and for humanity's, represented by that desolate widow and her children. No action of my life was ever based on more simple religiousness of feeling, on a more entire sense of duty than was this. In none did I ever wish to do so well for others, with so little regard for my own condition.
One thing, by the way, I stipulated for as a sacrifice on Esther's side; she was to give up her public life and keep to her home like page: 34 any other wife and mother. What in the beginning had helped to fascinate the friend on the outside of things, revolted the husband who had made himself responsible for the conduct of the family. I confess this frankly. Whatever of egotism, of inconsistency may lie in the admission, I make it, and accept the blame accruing. The home which Joshua Lambert had found sufficient for his happiness would be the grave of mine; and I could no more have lived in the neglect, disorder, unthrift and squalor which had been the normal condition of things in his time, than I could have lived in a wigwam with a Cherokee Indian for my squaw. Hence I stipulated for the abandonment of the platform for the fireside, and for the maintenance of a more conventionally ordered household.
I also urged Esther to give me a list of her debts; but this I could never get from her. Not because she was ashamed; nor because she wished to conceal them; simply page: 35 because she could not understand the value of financial order, and had always that trust in ravens and things coming right of themselves which despises effort. I could not convince her of the need of method, regularity, foresight, or any other economic virtue. She was sweet in word and acquiescent in manner; smiled; promised compliance—and indeed did much that I wished because I wished it. But I never touched the core. I had modified the envelope for a time; but before I had been married two months, I asked myself the question: 'How long will this last? Will temperament and long usage prove too strong for the new practice? and, Will the bent bow spring back and the strained cord break?'


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Originally Posted by Giants5699
Personally, I think in order to slow down Bob you gotta run a 5-1-5 with 2 DL playing contain on the outside. It would be extremely ballsy, but if we had the DL alignment being
Kiwi- Tuck - DT- DT- JPP on most plays, and rotate Osi in it would work.
Then there is the 3-3-5 which would probably consist of a base of
Tuck- Canty- JPP
Kiwi Blackburn/Boley Williams/Rivers Up front
Your right very ballzy but who is going to cover the receivers???
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Confortable apartment in Gracia
Size45 m²
Floor No.2
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
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- Balcony/terrace
- Family/child friendly
- Towels
- Pets allowed
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|Riera de Sant Miquel, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
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The neighborhood
It is located in Gracia, originally a town separated from Barcelona. Today, it unites old charm with modern city comfort. It is one of Barcelona's most alternative and avant-garde neighborhoods, with a rich cultural life. In its narrow streets and lively squares, you can enjoy the most exotic dishes. Gracia attracts artists, designers and young bohemians that prefer the cafés of this quaint area to the touristy city center.
Every year, during the festivities of the Fiesta Mayor de Gracia, you will be able to join the thousands of people that invade the streets, stroll, listen to live music and dance. This flat is located near the Plaza de la Vila de Gràcia (also known as Plaza Rius i Taulet), with Gracia's city council and its clock tower. During the festivities, the square fills with live music, castellers (human towers) and dancers.
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Parties are not allowed.
Tourist tax: €2.48 per night, per person.
Cleaning fee:60€
The money has to be given in cash the day of the arrival.
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The cost of damage deposit is 200€
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Reviews of this property
The apartment is such in the picture. This convenient and most importantly for the summer, the air conditioning. The beds are comfortable and has practically everything for cooking. On the negative side, the air has a bucket that is filled quickly and that bothers leak downstairs neighbor. We agreed with the owner at the time of arrival and the truth that good, no discomfort during our stay, and although I did not like the method of deposit, understand that it is comfortable to not have to go anywhere back.
El apartamento es tal cual en la foto. Esta bien situado y lo mas importante para el verano, tiene aire acondicionado. Las camas son comodas y tiene practicamente de todo para poder cocinar. Como puntos negativos, el aire tiene un cubo de agua que se llena rapidamente y esa gotera molesta a la vecina de abajo. Nos pusimos de acuerdo con la propietaria a la hora de llegada y la verdad que bien, ninguna molestia durante nuestra estancia, y a pesar que no me gustaba el metodo de fianza, entiendo que es comodo para no tener que ir a ningun lugar de vuelta.
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The flat is like in the pictures, so it's clean. The location is perfect! It is near to the beach and the metro isn't so far away (5 minutes walk). The Wifi was realy good and fast :) A little supermarket is next to the apartment. We will see us again !
Kind regards from Switzerland
Okey standard. Allthough there was just 2 actual beds, the doublebeds are just thin madresses on wooden planks. The bathroom were really tight, but for a shorter stay its ok. No hot water the firts 2 days.
The girl that received us, Joanna, was very nice and punctual. We had no problem at all receiving the keys, everything was fine and the apartment is near the Tram and the Metro Station, very nice building and neighborhood, as a comment that we saw here, you can eat very good and not so expensive right across the street in the restaurant "Grillo". What we didn't like is that, in the first advertisement was not announced the deposit fee and how much was it, and a cleaning fee of 60 euros either. When we wanted to use the cups, they were not washed well even lipstick was on the edge of one of them and the 4 small ones that we needed were with stains of coffee in the base like they just stored them dirty. But the apartment was very clean and very comfortable and I would recommend it.
Flat top, keys easily, super friendly! again and again!
Excellent flat, key exchange without problems, super friendly! Fully recommended!
Wohnung spitze, Schlüsselübergabe problemlos, super freundlich! Immer wieder!
Excellent flat, key exchange without problems, super friendly! Fully recommended!
Just great! The person who greeted us was friendly. The apartment, in line with the announcement and photos, is very nice, comfortable, very clean and well located in a quiet area, two minutes walk from the Metro. We will quickly and easily in the center of Barcelona (Ramblas, Catalunya, Gracia, etc ....). Supermarkets, bakeries, restaurants and other small shops. All just steps from the Spanish Steps ...
Would recommend highly!
Tout très bien! La personne qui nous a accueillis était sympathique. L'appartement, conforme à l'annonce et aux photos, est très agréable, confortable, très propre et bien situé dans un quartier calme, à deux minutes à pied du métro. On va aisément et rapidement au centre de Barcelone (ramblas, Catalunya, Gracia, etc....). Supermarchés, boulangeries, restaurants et autres petits magasins à proximité. Le tout à deux pas de la place d'Espagne...
A recommander fortement !
Apartment consistent with the description, clean and very convenient.
Friendly welcome.
I recommend.
Appartement conforme à la description, propre et très pratique.
Accueil sympa.
Je recommande.
It's been fantastic, the reception from Renata, interest and efficiency, very nice, well-conditioned, clean, cozy and well equipped apartment. It was a very pleasant stay and will repeat, no doubt.
Ha sido todo fantástico, la recepción por parte de Renata, su interés y eficacia, el apartamento muy agradable, bien acondicionado, limpio, acogedor y bien equipado. Ha sido una estancia muy agradable y repetiremos, sin duda.
Perfect place, floor care, welcoming property first.
Highly recommended, the truth is that I am totally satisfied.
Lugar perfecto, piso cuidado, acogedor, inmobiliario de primera.
Muy recomendable, la verdad es que estoy totalmente satisfecho.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Keeghan's Birthday Pictures
16 comments :
That was wonderful! I really liked the layout.. the presentation was amazing. I found it a lot easier to use than standard slideshows as well.
He is such a beautiful baby and it looks like it was a great birthday! :)
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 10:26:00 AM MDT
- ~Melissa~ said...
That was pretty cool!!
The cake part is too funny and it looks like a wonderful celebration!
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:04:00 AM MDT
- mom2natnkatncj said...
That's really neat. I tried a scrapbook type of thing, but I couldn't figure the darn thing out. Was this one easy to use? I'll have to give it a try I think. And those cake pictures were great. Looks like he really enjoyed that cake.
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:44:00 AM MDT
- Karen said...
Very nice! And the pictures are incredibly cute.
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:47:00 AM MDT
- Shari said...
That was cool! I think I am going to give it a try! He's just so darn cute! What a lovebug.
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 12:16:00 PM MDT
- Alyssa said...
I thought it was neat. I might try it sometime too. I like finding new picture thingies like that! LOL
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 3:19:00 PM MDT
- Laura said...
OK my eyes are a little green right now...no they are really blue...wish I could do neat stuff like that. That was great, I do admire all you put together for your blog. On my blog just glad I have time to post..HaHa! I LOVE the cake pictures!
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 8:09:00 PM MDT
- WheresMyAngels said...
that is too cool and he is too cute!
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 9:58:00 PM MDT
- Lynn said...
How long did it take you to get him all cleaned up?!
Still praying in Seattle!
Psalms 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- Friday, May 30, 2008 at 11:49:00 PM MDT
- Leigh Ann said...
He is precious!!!
- Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:17:00 AM MDT
LOVE the cake pics...too funny!
Glad you had fun!
- Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 3:29:00 AM MDT
- Manuella said...
Loved it !!
Hard to believe your little one is 1 year old !!
Those cake pics were indeed worth it... LOL
Hugs !!
- Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 12:14:00 PM MDT
- aytes5 said...
i loved the cake pictures! sometimes that is exactly how i want to eat my cake...especially if it is chocolate. looks like he really enjoyed himself. i like the "slideshow", was it easy to do?
- Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 4:43:00 PM MDT
- Burgh Baby's Mom said...
- Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:45:00 PM MDT
- Mary said...
Very cool! Happy birthday Keeghan!
- Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 5:56:00 PM MDT
- The Balsis Family said...
He is so stinkin cute!
- Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 8:21:00 AM MDT


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Toronto Sports Fans Need Extreme Makeover
Ryan Doyle | Posted 04.01.2012 | Canada
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The truth is Toronto has been lying to itself for far too long: It just isn't a sports city. It seems to lack the fire in its belly and dedication that most great sports cities possess. We need to sex this city up a little, put on a little lipstick every now and then, perhaps even show a little leg. In sports terms, that means showing genuine interest in a team.


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Sps'd Tingles KY Intense:Demi/Ashton vs Reese/Jake
Another couple no one thought would last – Demi and Ashton's coupling came out of nowhere. Then suddenly they were everywhere. He was only 25 at the time, fresh off a breakup with Brittany Murphy (!!!???), and much younger of course, and then all of a sudden she's a Charlie's Angel with an impressive body at a rumoured cost of over $200,000 and a heroine to cougars everywhere. Me too. The age difference between Demi and Ashton for example is less than the age difference between me and Michael Phelps. It was a constant source of inspiration to me last year when Phelps was my boyfriend for 3 weeks.
Demi recently showed off her 40s at the beach – as you can see, at any age, there is nothing wrong with this. And while he can certainly sound like a punk, Ashton is undeniably goodlooking. He was great looking in What Happens in Vegas last year. When they step out together, always coordinated, it's nothing to complain about.
So how do they stack up against All American cuteness?
Reese and Jakey bake cupcakes, hit the gym together, and walk the dogs. It's very PG. Makes you wonder if it's not so PG behind closed doors.
You know Reese has that face. That face that betrays the outside sweet. The face could be the window inside the bedroom. I'm not saying there's a tripod and a rope in there or anything but… hopefully less vanilla than you think?
It's not totally impossible is it? She wouldn't waste a body like Jake's would she?
I like the mystery of it all.
Demi & Ashton hot-off vs Reese and Jake.
Click here to vote and see the full set of pics. Use the scroll arrows or the thumbnails to move from couple to couple.


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The 1930s: The Making of "The New Man"
06 Jun 2008 - 07 Sep 2008
Exclusively at the National Gallery of Canada In the history of the modern world, the decade between the Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 and the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, stands out for its political tensions and contradictions in both Europe and North America. This troubling and complex period is reflected in its art, where tradition and modernity frequently clashed. Politically, the decade was marked by the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. In Italy, Germany and Soviet Russia leaders appeared whose agendas—constructed on a pseudo-scientific foundation and claiming to lead the masses towards a brighter day by creating a kind of homogenous, ideal individual—were skilfully disseminated by ideological propaganda about the "New Man." On the artistic front, painters, sculptors, photographers and filmmakers were fascinated with biology, the science of life; intense work was done using biomorphic forms, the primordial egg and the cell, in an attempt to revitalize the values and norms of representation. Revisiting the pre-WWII years by focusing on the interest generated by biology allows us to compare two areas on which it had an impact: the arts, where the idea of metamorphosis produced an aesthetic revival; and politics, where the struggle to bring about a eugenic and racist renewal had unprecedented consequences for society. Take this unique opportunity to see over 200 works by eminent European and North American Artists. The 1930s: The Making of "The New Man" is the must-see exhibition of the summer at the National Gallery of Canada.


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Web Exclusive
OK, Marquette fans, let's see what you've got. Test your knowledge and warm up for the postseason by taking our MU hoops quiz. Answers are at the bottom of this page (no peeking!).
1) Which of the following schools was NOT one of Marquette's opponents in its first men's basketball season, in 1916-17?
a) WhitewaterNormal
b) Wisconsin
c) Concordia (Wis.)
d) Carroll
2) In which Final Four host city did Marquette win the 1977 NCAA championship?
a) New Orleans
b) Los Angeles
c) Houston
d) Atlanta
3) What was Buzz Williams' first HEAD coaching job?
a) Texas A&MKingsville
b) University of New Orleans
c) Navarro College
d) Marquette University
4) Which former Marquette basketball player is a current university trustee?
a) Glenn "Doc" Rivers
b) George Thompson
c) Jim McIlvaine
d) Steve Novak
5) Which NBA team did Maurice Lucas win an NBA title with in 1976-77?
a) New York Knicks
b) Phoenix Suns
c) Seattle SuperSonics
d) Portland Trail Blazers
6) Dwyane Wade was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. Which of the following players was NOT selected ahead of him?
a) LeBron James
b) Darko Milicic
c) Devin Harris
d) Chris Bosh
7) Who was Marquette's leading scorer in 1976-77?
a) Butch Lee
b) Bo Ellis
c) Jerome Whitehead
d) Jim Boylan
8) Put Marquette's top five career scorers in order, beginning with the leader:
a) Jerel McNeal, George Thompson, Lazar Hayward, Butch Lee, Dominic James.
b) George Thompson, Jerel McNeal, Lazar Hayward, Butch Lee, Tony Smith.
c) George Thompson, Lazar Hayward, Jerel McNeal, Butch Lee, Travis Diener.
d) Jerel McNeal, Lazar Hayward, George Thompson, Dominic James, Butch Lee.
9) Who is Marquette's all-time leading rebounder?
a) Bo Ellis
b) Terry Rand
c) Don Kojis
d) Lazar Hayward
10) Marquette retired jersey No. 11. Why?
a) To honor former player Dean Meminger.
b) To honor the crew of the Apollo 11 space mission.
c) To honor former player Butch Lee.
d) To honor former athletic trainer Robert Weingart.
1) (b) Wisconsin
2) (d) Atlanta
3) (b) University of New Orleans
4) (a) Doc Rivers
5) (d) Portland Trail Blazers
6) (c) Devin Harris
7) (a) Butch Lee, 19.6 ppg
8) (d) McNeal, Hayward, Thompson, James, Lee.
9) (c) Don Kojis
10) (b) To honor the Apollo 11 crew


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Mary Bullwinkel
Beacon Correspondent
Within the next year the residences and businesses in Scotia will start receiving power from Pacific Gas and Electric Co., and not directly from the cogeneration power plant in town.
The switch to transfer power delivery from the old Pacific Lumber private utility system to a modern PG&E operated system is part of the Scotia subdivision project.
Prior to PG&E installing the distribution infrastructure in Scotia, an electrical contractor will be hired to complete the customer service wiring, including individual power drops, meters, and panel boxes at every residence and business in town.
"Individual home residents can expect to see electrical contractors working throughout all neighborhoods on the service drops and meter boxes," said Town of Scotia President Frank Bacik. He expects to have a more specific timeline to announce soon.
Bacik is currently negotiating and proposing easement agreements with PG&E, so the new power connection system can be installed. He said it may be necessary from time to time, to do some work from within the homes and businesses in Scotia, and that prior arrangements will be made and advance notice will be given in such circumstances.
The project will be conducted in phases, according to Bacik, over the next six months to one year. He describes this project as an incredibly complex process, to keep the old distribution system in place and operating while a new one is engineered and constructed, so that one day service is just switched over from old to new. Once the new system is in place, the old poles, wires, meters, and service drops can be removed.
"Due to the age and location of prior installed infrastructure throughout Scotia, there will be relatively little undergrounding of electrical lines in town," Bacik said.
Once the switch is complete, the operators of the Scotia cogeneration power plant will sell biomass-produced electricity directly to a public utility through the California electrical grid, and PG&E will then channel power to all end users in Scotia through the new distribution system.
Photo by Mary Bullwinkel/Beacon
Sometime within the next year, the cogeneration power plant in Scotia will stop providing electricity directly to the residences and businesses in Scotia, and begin selling electricity to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for distribution in town.


text: My hives are rarely equal weight on each side. I was speaking hypothetically. And I only lift them about a quarter inch or so. I lift each side at least twice to make sure the readings repeat. The interesting thing is the graph. I tried my first open feeding a few weeks ago and based on the graph, almost all 5 gallons was consumed by one hive. The hive that needed some weight gain never appeared to find the feeder or either didn't want any. Now I need to focus on the light hive now.


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Cameron Diaz Gossip
Cameron Diaz gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Social Media, November 21, 2016
Axl Rose, one of the most mercurial men in rock, has thicker skin than the President Elect. "Hamilton Cast harassed Pence." Do u ever stop whining?An apology?Seriously?!U won,this is the job,get on with it or get out of the kitchen. — Axl Rose (@axlrose) November 19, 2016 Full Story
Smutty Social Media, June 3, 2016
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Britney's dancers look like they are wearing Kanye West's clothing line. Day one: ✔ Full Story
Cam & Gwyneth and their books
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Cameron Diaz's The Longevity Book came out on Tuesday. She's been promoting it in New York all week. Gwyneth Paltrow Full Story
Cameron for Longevity
Cameron Diaz's new book, The Longevity Book, was released today. Hey, you know what? So was Duana's first book, The Name Therapist. Cam's in New York today for promotion. I've attached below her interview with Good Morning America. Full Story
Smutty Social Media, March 16, 2016
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Amy Schumer has a vacation date with the Seinfelds. Reenacting the swimming pigs scene from The Bachelor. Full Story
Cameron's first anniversary
I can't find any photos of Cameron Diaz on a red carpet in 2015. The last I remember her being on a red carpet was to promote Annie in December 2014. Two weeks after that she got married. And then Cam, one of the most well paid actresses in the world for a while, went quiet for a year. She hasn't actually been on a film set since Annie. Full Story
Cam & Nicole: Hollywood Wives
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There was a report this week that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are having marriage problems. This is one of those marriages that people are always keeping an eye on, because of Nicole's past but also because they got together and had children when they were pretty young. Full Story
Cam visits Benji
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Cameron Diaz arrived in Sydney the other day to see Benji Madden who's there judging The Voice. He went to pick her up at the airport. And it's not like Cam would have had to rough it from the airport to the hotel. It's not like she wouldn't have had a driver on standby. Sweet then, yeah? And she deserves that kind of sweetness. Full Story
Cam & Nicole go shopping
Not shoe shopping. Grocery shopping. Check them out on Saturday at Whole Foods loading up on groceries. Cam looks like she changed her hair colour or is that just the light? It seems red to me. This is what I love about my job. Because if you'd told me two years ago that Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie, would be related, and maybe calling each other by the nickname Mrs Madden, (do you think they call each other Mrs Madden?!?), I would have ignored you. Full Story
Newlyweds reunited
Splash News
Benji Madden was in Australia last week working on The Voice. While he was away he would post Instagram photos for Cameron Diaz. One was with a puppy: Rule #1 When you're away from home working and you meet a puppy, always take pics to send to Bae ❤🐶 Full Story
Monday night dinner club
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Last night at Katsuya in Studio City. That's where we all should have been. Because that's where this girls' dinner was going down: Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Lake Bell, Nicole Richie... Just yesterday G Instagrammed a photo of herself on the mountain in Utah: 20 years later and I still got it 😉🎿 #justlikeridingabike #ididntbreakanything ! @moncler @montagedeervalley Full Story


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Senator speaks up about recall efforts
Signatures to recall state Sen. Angela Giron are due on Monday.
PUEBLO, Colo. - Signatures to recall state Sen. Angela Giron are due on Monday.
It all stems from her vote on gun legislation. The group backing the effort needed to collect more than 11,000 signatures. Group members have said they have more than that.
"I believe if I had voted the other way I would have had a lot more people upset with me, because I really do believe I voted my district," said Giron.
For the past several weeks, Giron has been the center of controversy. Today she was surrounded by supporters during her monthly coffee community meetings.
The topic that always seems to push buttons on both sides is gun legislation.
Giron voted in favor of the new gun laws, which include limiting gun magazines to 15 rounds and expanding background checks.
"I've said into a couple of crowds, 'I support the Second Amendment. I don't think this has an infringement on it,'" said Giron.
Others don't agree. Signs asking for her recall are popping up around town and outside gun shops.
Giron has a message for those who signed the petition.
"I'm just hoping they have the information and the facts or that they knew them before they went there," said Giron.
The recall efforts are being lead by Pueblo Freedom and Rights. The group says it has close to their goal, 14,000. They need 11,285.
The state then has 15 business days to verify the signatures.
If someone decides they didn't want to sign the recall after all, they would go to the county clerk, sign an affidavit and there name would be removed from the petition.
If Giron is recalled, she could still run again in 2014.


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Grey Seal Cull: Making the Ethical Choice
Celine Hervieux-Payette | Posted 01.19.2013 | Canada Politics
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The main argument of those who oppose the grey seal cull is that there is no market for seal-derived products. But this market is so successful that Canadian products were exported to 35 countries between 2005 and 2011, bringing in US$70 million. It is more ethical to humanely and sustainably harvest animals and subsequently market them, then it is to harvest them only to let them rot.


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I am planning on adding to the backyard apiary this year and have 3 new hives to fill. Have packages coming next weekend.
With limited space in the beeyard, I plan to have all my hives side-by-side. Is it OK to install packages like this and so close to existing hives? Any worries about drift/fighting?


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"After enjoying yellowfin tuna at a restaurant in southwest Florida, I came up with this recipe so I could enjoy the flavor of my favorite fish at home." —Jan Huntington, Painesville, Ohio
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- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 tuna steaks (6 ounces each)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the lemon juice, oil, garlic and thyme. Add the tuna; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for up to 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
- Remove tuna from bag; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack.
- Grill tuna, covered, over medium-hot heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 3-4 minutes on each side for medium-rare or until slightly pink in the center. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Grilled Tuna Steaks for Two in Healthy Cooking
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Swimsuit Models Need Speed Too
Need for Speed: The Run cover girls Chrissy Teigen and Irina Shayk
As if all the automotive eye candy in Electronic Arts' upcoming racing blockbuster, Need for Speed: The Run didn't already have us counting the days until its November 15 release. Now EA has racing game junkies hearts, um, racing with the announcement that the highly anticipated sequel features Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition models Chrissy Teigen and Irina Shayk (seen in the game's cover image above), who star in the game as rival racers. Check out the trailer below that shows the digital doubles of these two gorgeous models in action.


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We all felt better after that afternoon rest. We started our afternoon trek by going to Ceasar's . I think it had the most elaborate decorations off all the hotels we visited. We ate at Planet Hollywood. The kids had never been before, so they enjoyed looking at all the stuff. From there we used our bus passes to go down to NYNY. That bus ride was crazy! It was a double decker, and was packed with standing room on both levels. We were like sardines. Luckily, we didn't have to ride that far. At NYNY we took pix, and visited the game room. THEN, Bethany had been begging to ride a ride in Vegas, so we all rode the roller coaster there...WOW. We were the first people of our train, so the kids chose the very front car. It was just at sunset, so when we were climbing to the top, you could see a beautiful silhouette of the mountains, and the city lights were all coming out. I'm pointing all this out, as we are climbing above Vegas, and Jose's telling me "Are you crazy, look how high up we are" in a nervous laugh. Then we went.......The kids have been on a lot of roller coasters, but they both said that this is the best one they've ever been on. It was really something. Then we visited the arcade at the Excalibur. I had planned on visiting Freemont St, but it was already 10, and our feet were all aching. We came back to the room, Jose and the kids watched a movie, and I passed out. This morning I'm planning on making one last casino stop at Terrible's for breakfast. Then we're off to the Grand Canyon. I'll try to get our pix on here, as soon as the boy gets out of bed.


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Cracker Barrel: How time goes by
They just don't make things like they used to.
Cars, clocks, TV sets, light bulbs — pick just about anything, and compared to a few years ago, it's changed. Example: our granddaughter, Grace, almost 11, knows her way around computers, Kindle readers, iPods, smart phones and all the other tools of contemporary life. You name it, she's used it, and feels comfortable doing so.
But when she came upon an old, Bell-era, black, pre-touch-tone telephone, she had no idea how to rotate the dial. What seems instinctive to us older folk was baffling to her.
And it's not only manufactured things that have changed.
Take intervals of time, for instance.
Back when I was a kid, an hour lasted a good long time. You got your money's worth out of time back then. If you did something wrong and got sent to your room and made to stay there for 60 minutes, it seemed like half a day.
Now an hour goes by in a fraction of that. It's almost as if time itself is suffering from inflation, and a piece of it buys you much less life than it used to.
Or take years.
When I was Grace's age, a year lasted so long you were liable to grow two inches taller and put on 10 pounds between birthdays. Your vocabulary expanded by several hundred words, your ability to do long division speeded up, and you started getting more attention from members of the opposite sex.
And now? I don't know about you, dear reader, but in my own case, other than a continuing ability to gain weight, most of those other changes seem to be going backward.
So what's happening here? We have to presume that the time it takes planet Earth to circle the sun hasn't changed much over the eons. A day still takes 24 hours, a month 30 days plus, a year 12 months. These are objective facts, none of them open to argument. Which means the changes have to be subjective,
Albert Einstein touched on this topic with his famous theory of relativity. And some rather detailed experiments have since added further light. I remember reading years ago about an extensive attempt to measure the subjective perception of time, involving thousands of volunteers sitting in windowless rooms for varying periods after which their estimates of elapsed time were tracked by researchers and compared with actual stopwatched results.
Out of it all came the astonishing news that, on average, to a 5-year-old five minutes lasted just about an hour, and to a 90-year-old, an hour lasted five minutes. Based on the average life expectancy at the time of just over 70 years, the experimenters calculated that the perceived midpoint of your life happened right around age 26.
It took, in other words, roughly half your life to get to age 26, and the other half to get to the end of it.
Since then, Americans have been living longer. People born in the last five years can expect, on average, to live to 78. But that doesn't help those of us who are already long in the tooth. As I see it, we older folk have several possible options.
We can deliberately cultivate an attitude of surly discontent and choose to fill our days with unpleasant activities and irritating companions, in the hope of making what's left of life take as long as possible.
We can take the "whatever" approach and just let things happen.
Or we can amp up our efforts to squeeze as much joy into each day as we're able, and make it a point to savor whatever we can.
As with so many other things, the choice is ours.
Copyright 2013 by Craig Nagel


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We came here because we had heard the fine Zus & Zo of Herne Bay had opened a sister cafe in the McKenzies Precinct.
Parking was easy, plenty of pay and display spots in the parking area off the Strand.
We walked in and immediately thought it was a light and spacious room and the huge photo of Faye Dunaway and her Oscar dominated to effect in the otherwise white and cream decor. We also liked the central bench with patisseries on display.
The most unusual thing on the menu was, as is increasingly the case these days, not an issue. The menu holds both breakfast and lunch fare.
We ordered grilled asparagus with poached egg, parmesan and olive oil on seeded toast ($13) with a side of bacon ($6) and a warm goat's cheese open sandwich with asparagus, courgette, sun-dried tomato pesto and almonds ($17). While both were tasty, the meals were on the small side.
The coffee was Millers brand and very good.
The service was just that, service. We were served, but with no frills.
We recommend if you come here you indulge in a pastry or cake, too, if you are particularly hungry.
Overall we thought the location of Zomer is perfect for a beach trip or shopping, but portion sizes could be revisited as less is not always more when trying to attract customers.


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by Dancho Danchev
Google Inc. recently announced a new security feature in its Chrome browser.
The feature will alert Chrome users every time they're about to download a potentially malicious executable file.
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To help protect you against malicious downloads, Chrome now includes expanded functionality to analyze executable files (such as ".exe" and ".msi" files) that you download. If a file you download is known to be bad, or is hosted on a website that hosts a relatively high percentage of malicious downloads, Chrome will warn you that the file appears to be malicious and that you should discard it.
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Police log: Street race leads to charges against teens
Original post made on Nov 3, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 3, 2011, 2:17 PM
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 3, 2011 at 10:06 pm
What are kids doing out at 1 AM? And why are they racing on that stretch of roads? PPD often wait there all hours of the day.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Nov 3, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Kids have less experience in these matters, thus they get more tickets.
Maybe the PPD could host a guided tour of the spots around Pleasanton where cops like to catch speeders, perhaps make it a driver ed option.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Nov 3, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Hope the judge throws the book at these two. It would great if the law could go after the parents, too, especially the ones who are letting their dimwit teenager drive a speeding Hummer around on city streets at 1am.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 4, 2011 at 7:45 am
Enforce the CURFEW. Pleasanton has a curfew for minors (under the age of 18). Doesn't matter if their walking or driving. If these kids were on provisional licenses....take their license away. Sometimes I can't believe how stupid these kids are, but they must take after their parents, because what parent with any common sense gives their teenager a Hummer and an Escalade to drive...oh yeah Pleasanton Parents. What morons.
a resident of Las Positas
on Nov 4, 2011 at 8:46 am
Stoneridge Mall Rd sure is on the Police log a lot each week.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 4, 2011 at 9:32 am
Touché mike.
Or I can provide a short list:
West Las Positas between DMV and overpass. Speed is 35, should be 40/45.
Santa Rita Rd between Mohr Ave and Valley Rd. Speed is 35, should be 40.
Vineyard between 1st and Bernal. Speed is 25 on long straightaway.
Stoneridge Mall Rd loop. Speed is 35 I think.
Division St between Del Valle Parkway and St Marys. Speed is 25 on long straightaway.
Stop signs on Valley.
Any others?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 4, 2011 at 9:35 am
Oops. Meant to write W Las Positas should be 40 and Santa Rita 40/45.
And don't forget to look out for the white minivan with tinted windows or the newer model grey Ford Mustang. Both PPD.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Nov 4, 2011 at 9:58 am
Pro-Law said: "West Las Positas between DMV and overpass. Speed is 35, should be 40/45."
You should know that the Traffic Engineering department of the city of Pleasanton actually puts some thought into the speed limits of all city streets. Here's a link to a Pleasanton city website with a clickable map giving speed surveys for a number of city streets, including the West Las Positas road segment that was involved in this speeding incident: Web Link
If you click on the road of West Las Positas, you'll find a report with Traffic department's recommended speed of 35 mph, along with the following justification:
"The recommended speed limit is 35 mph. Factors that support this
recommendation include: the limited sight distance on the overpass of the freeway, the
residential nature of the surrounding land and the high percentage of speed related accidents in 2006."
a resident of Livermore
on Nov 4, 2011 at 10:11 am
I tend to be more forgiving of teens. I suggest that they be assigned to community service - 500 hrs...case closed...BOINK!
a resident of Las Positas
on Nov 4, 2011 at 10:55 am
Perhaps their consequence should be talking to the parents of Kyle the 16 year who was killed in a car crash in front of the DMV several years ago.
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on Nov 4, 2011 at 11:02 am
Many years ago they had a wonderful place for kids to take their cars, etc. it was called Baylands Raceway. It was safer and more controlled then a city street. That was a place my sons hung out at a lot. Now that it is long gone , kids don't have a place to show off their cars, so they do it on the street. Nearest place now is Infineon Santa Rosa.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 4, 2011 at 11:20 am
Sam, take a lesson from Cholo and Lee...
a resident of Oak Hill
on Nov 4, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Lee said: "Perhaps their consequence should be talking to the parents of Kyle the 16 year who was killed in a car crash in front of the DMV several years ago."
Yes, the car crash that killed Kyle O'Conner in 2007 involved a car going eastbound along the same section of West Las Positas road at an estimated speed of 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. The pair of drivers in this most recent story were estimated to be doing 60 to 65 mph. If the court system doesn't ground them, their insurance companies will.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 4, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Concerning cars - two things always made an impression on me. First, when I was a teenager, the neighbor who would not let his kids drive until they could tear down and rebuild a VW engine. This included his daughters. Lesson learned - if you break it, now you can fit it.
Second as a parent, when a math teacher at Amador HS would require my kids to solve acceleration/deceleration problems to calculate when a person would be killed in a traffic accident. Lesson learned - the human body is fragile.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Nov 4, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Sorry - nexst to last word in first paragraph should be "fix" not fit.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Nov 5, 2011 at 12:10 pm
The fact that anyone of any age drives a lame Hummer just screams "I'm a tool".


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my friend jus recently wrecked his moms Spyder and he is only 15. it flipped once r twice.Me and his brother took 2 girls home at 11:30 and we got bak they were like follow us hurry we got there and it was on its side. but the funny thing is i dont see how he flipped it he said he was going real fast at first but when he turned around to go home he was only going 60 and a deer jumped out and thats when he flipped it.
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With their cream-puff schedule, the Patriots could probably sleep walk to a 11-5 record. Though there are no sure things in sports, I think the patriots are as close to a lock for the playoffs as you can be.
With their cream-puff schedule, the Patriots could probably sleep walk to a 11-5 record. Though there are no sure things in sports, I think the patriots are as close to a lock for the playoffs as you can be.
The Patriots and 49ers could go 7-9 and still win their divisions. Maybe even 6-10
Brady might start getting more timid of that Bills' D-Line. Hopefully they can rattle him up. We all know how Brady loves pressure.
Does the NFL just hate the Giants & wants Brady to tie Montana & Bradshaw with 4 SB wins? HTF do the Giants get the toughest schedule in the NFL & the Pats the easiest? Fine, we're the champs, give us a tough schedule, but shouldn't the SB runnerup get the 2nd toughest schedule instead of the easiest?
I see them going 13-3 with #1 seed again! S'Ok, guess we'll have to perform the Trifecta & hand them a 3rd straight SB loss at our hands.
Actually, the vast majority of AFC teams stink. Top tier teams yr in/yr out have been mostly NE/Pitt/Ravens & prior to Manning's injury, the Colts. NFC is the more powerful conference the past few yrs. Yeah, I know all about the fixed schedules but somehow, it always seems that NE always gets an easy schedule every yr. But like I said, the NFC has the better teams overall & that's why the Giants have beaten NE the last 3 times they've played. Giants play their NFC rivals 6 times a yr & those are alway tough regardless of W-L record, then they play the likes of GB/SF/NO like every yr or every other yr.
Reasons NE wins 12+ games every yr is due the fact that they annually end up either sweeping the week AFCE with maybe only the Jets or Bills splitting a game with em every other. So a 6-0 or 5-1 div record makes it misleading when they win 12 or more, cuz 50% or more of their wins come vs inferior opponents.
They whooped an 8-8 Broncos team in the div rd but then had a much tougher time vs the much better & more physical Ravens. Brady had his worst game of the yr in that AFC title game & if not for the Ravens WR & Kicker having brain farts on back to back plays, should have lost that game.
So yeah, barring any serious injuries to any of their key starters, NE should once again roll into the post season, but will either fall to the more physical AFC teams such as Pitt/Ravens, even the Texans in the playoffs. And should they make it to the SB, either the Giants/GB/SF or NO will take em out.
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yeah we were only 9-7, but 4-0 vs. the AFC Least ... they got it real cushy over there
Apologize to Melo 5
I did research on last years toughness of schedule by counting the wins of each team they played, guess which 3 had it the easiest? The Packers,Saints and Patriots -_-


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