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Spacious apartment near the Champs Elysées
Size27 m²
Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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The rate for the requested dates is 70 euros per night for a stay of 7 nights or more, 80 euros for a shorter stay.t for 1 to 4 people. This rate includes everything such as: power, hot & cold water, heating, lighting, and taxes. Please notice that the furniture and the equipment are brand new. The place is fully furnished included CD player, TV. The kitchen is fully equiped. Towels, linen and kitchenware are provided. There is one large bed 140 x 200cm and a sofa bed 140 x 200cm.
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Reviews of this property
Very good instruction how to get pick up the keys and get to the apartment. We had a minor problem with opening the door. Very good location, close to the Arc de Triomphe. Apartment cleaned up (although sometimes one could wash curtains). A big plus is fully equipped kitchen. In mid-November, there is a little chilly, it is good to take something warmer to sleep. Overall I would recommend.
Bardzo dobra instrukcja jak dojechać odebrać klucze i dotrzeć do mieszkania. Mieliśmy drobny problem z otworzeniem drzwi. Bardzo dobra lokalizacja, blisko Łuku Triumfalnego. Mieszkanie wysprzątane (choć czasem można by było uprać zasłony). Dużym plusem jest w pełni wyposażona kuchnia. W połowie listopada jest tam trochę chłodno, dobrze jest wziąć sobie coś cieplejszego do spania. Ogólnie polecam.
Apartment dirty bathroom full of mold, very cold because not isolated. Ground floor, very dark.
Appartement sale, salle de bain pleine de moisissure, très froid car pas isolé. En rez de chaussée, très sombre.
The location of the flat is fantastically close to the Arc de Triomphe with a lovely bakery at the top of the nearest metro stairs. However I believe there are many disadvantages to this flat. The process by which you collect the keys in one paiftar the city & then travel to the flat in another part of the city (using 4 entrance codes in total!) could be improved. Also, we were disappointed with the flat itself. It was not clean, the bathroom had hairs in it & the extractor fan was clogged with dust. There was only one wine glass which was cracked! You had to be very careful when sitting on the sofa bed when it was a bed as one side buckled. The flat is not a light & airy flat if that is what you are looking for.
Apartment very well located near the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées. By cons, just shown to the door of the apartment open: open the top lock and key lock to open the door to pull itself, and then turn the key and push.
Appart très bien situé tout proche de l'Arc de Triomphe et de l'avenue des Champs Elysées. Par contre, juste indiqué pour la porte d'entrée de l'appartement pour ouvrir : ouvrir le verrou du haut, et la clef de la serrure pour ouvrir tirer la porte vers soi, puis ensuite tourner la clef et pousser.
I enjoyed my week-end in Paris. This apartment is really very nice.Keys were in the office so I was not worry about keeping someone in apartment in the beginning. It is about 15 minut from airport shutle and 5 minutes from Metro. There is only 15 minutes to Champs Elysees.There are shops and supermarkets not far from apartment.There is everything what is necessary for short stay in Paris. Marzena
Apartament has very good location near by the main centre of Paris- Arc the Triomphe and near bus station to airport . It is safe place , at nigt we walked aroud to admire city . The equipment was sufficient for couple of days - we were preparing dinner.The apartament is worth its price .In future I am going to rent it
Very dirty, Ghastly soiled blankets ....
Sehr schmutzig, grauslich verschmutzte Decken....
good location and environment, despite obligatory cleaning fee inadequate cleanliness and unappetizing (layer of dust everywhere, mold on bathroom ceiling)
gute Lage und Umgebung
trotz obligater Reinigungsgebühr unzureichende Sauberkeit und unappetitlich( überall Staubschicht, Schimmel an Decke im Bad)
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I went here in oktober 2012 and the beds were not very good. The appartment was not clean and the shower had a lot of mold. I told the host about the mold, but it seems like he does not care. Still mold problems, even 2 years later.
I cannot recommend this appartment.
great location, just a bit cleaner could be
super gelegen, könnte nur ein bisschen sauberer sein
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Christian campus groups that are officially recognized by public universities must be open to accepting gay students as members or they risk losing recognition and funding, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
In a 5-4 split decision, the court ruled in favor of the University of California's Hastings College of the Law, which barred the Christian Legal Society from recognition and funding because it would not accept members who were engaged in homosexual relationships, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The ruling states that campus groups cannot bar any student that wishes to become a member or move into a leadership position, even if that person does not agree with the group's beliefs.
A school "may reasonably draw a line in the sand permitting all organizations to express what they wish but no group to discriminate in membership," wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the majority opinion that hailed from the liberal side of the bench.
The Christian Legal Society (CLS) says that it welcomes all students to join its meetings and Bible studies, but requires voting members and leaders to sign a statement of faith that includes, among other beliefs, a line about "unrepentant participation in or advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle."
The group says that it does not expect the ruling to have an immediate effect, because it is not aware of any other schools that have the same policy as Hastings. However, it is concerned about the long-term effects of the decision.
"The Hastings policy actually requires CLS to allow atheists to lead its Bible studies and the College Democrats to accept the election of Republican officers in order for the groups to be recognized on campus," Gregory S. Baylor, a lawyer representing the Christian Legal Society, said in a statement.
Official recognition gives groups access to small grants, the college's e-mail network and meeting rooms on school property. Now the Christian Legal Society will not have access to any of these things.
Justice Samuel Alito, in a minority opinion, called the ruling "a serious setback for freedom of expression." He was joined by conservative Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts.
"The court arms public educational institutions with a handy weapon for suppressing the speech of unpopular groups," he wrote. [sfgate.com, 6/29/10, washingtonpost.com, 6/29/10]
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Questions swirl around big-spending Dodgers
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Apparently, carrying baseball's highest payroll doesn't guarantee a worry-free camp.
For a team that's supposed to win the World Series, the Dodgers have an uncommonly high number of questions at this stage of spring training.
Two urgent topics: Will Carl Crawford be ready for Opening Day? And how about Zack Greinke?
"We have to see," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Thursday. "Carl's feeling better. We've still got some time. If Carl was a guy that we just said, 'Turn it loose. You can play every day, all you want, hit all you want,' the chances would be really good, because he'd be ready.
"But in the situation that we're only going to allow him so much per day takes it back a little bit. Carl's still optimistic. Until somebody says he cannot do it, then we're going to be optimistic also. We're just pleased he's moving forward."
Crawford, who was shut down recently because of nerve irritation in his surgically repaired left elbow, took at-bats in a minor-league game Thursday.
Greinke hasn't pitched in a Cactus League game since March 1 due to inflammation in his right (throwing) elbow. Greinke isn't scheduled to resume bullpen sessions until next week at the earliest.
With Opening Day barely more than two weeks away, Greinke must return to game action very soon in order to be on track for a regular-season start by the beginning of April. The Dodgers also could slot Greinke as the "fifth starter," so to speak, and not schedule him to pitch until April 11 against San Diego.
Of Greinke's status, Mattingly said, "We'll see where it goes, see how he feels. We're not going to force anything. We've got different scenarios we've looked at, that we don't need to guess at right now — at least publicly."
The Dodgers' entire rotation remains in a state of flux. They began the spring with eight starting pitchers: ace Clayton Kershaw, Greinke, Chad Billingsley, Josh Beckett, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Ted Lilly, Aaron Harang and Chris Capuano. It's possible that one or two could be traded, with Harang and Capuano the most obvious candidates. But because Billingsley and Lilly battled injuries last year — along with Greinke's new elbow concern — the Dodgers could be forced to delay any trades.
Asked how many starters are certain at this point, Mattingly said, "I don't think we know. It's hard to say any of them are really set. I think we have some ideas about what's going on, different plans. But right now, we're just trying to figure out how to use them all."
The Dodgers' uncertainty is hardly limited to the pitching staff. All-Star center fielder Matt Kemp is hitting only .105 this spring, coming off left shoulder surgery. (Mattingly said his at-bats have been "OK.") Hanley Ramirez is expected to be the Dodgers' everyday shortstop but has been playing third base for the Dominican Republic during the World Baseball Classic.
Outfielder Yasiel Puig has been one of the Dodgers' most impressive position players this spring, with a .988 OPS, but Mattingly said it's probably not "realistic" for the 22-year-old Cuban defector to make the Opening Day roster.
"Not really, in my mind, if we're going to be realistic," Mattingly said when asked about Puig's chances to make the team. "It's probably not the best thing for him. He may not agree with that, but I don't realistically think that's the best thing for the organization, with a guy who's had the (low number of minor-league) at-bats he has. But he's played well. He's done a lot of good things. We see a lot of things that tell us he's still young.
"Like we've said with a lot of guys, they tell you when they're ready. If he's ready, wherever he ends up (in the minor leagues), he's going to tear it up. If he doesn't, that tells you he's maybe not quite ready."
Puig looms as an intriguing call-up possibility during the season, particularly if Kemp or Crawford is sidelined again due to injury.
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Mandatory Monuments in Washington DC
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than visiting anywhere. That is why the tour buses that went to all the monuments were so popular but they only stopped for 15 minutes a location . . . and were pretty expensive.
If you spent any time at all in Washington you could get real good at taking cool photos at night. We were not there long enough for me to learn my camera and I did not bring the instruction manual. So these are the best I could do.
The list of mandatory monuments is set in stone . . .. and then there are couple dozen extra . . .
These were my favorites.
Every day that we were there the "Mall" a one block wide strip of park that runs from in front of the Capital Building all the way through to the Washington Monument, then continuing through to the the WWII Monument where the Reflection Pool starts and goes on to the Lincoln Monument with parks and monuments on both sides, was full of Activities. On Saturday there was a "March" which sounded more impressive than it actually was. Two blocks up, one over, Two back and your done. Not even sure what it was all about. All it did was make parking a nightmare.
Washington Monument is easily viewed from pretty much anywhere in Washington DC.
Weighing 90,854 tons, the Washington Monument stands 555' 5-1/8" tall. The walls of the monument range in thickness from 15' at the base to 18'' at the upper shaft. They are composed of white marble from Maryland and Massachusetts, underlain by granite, the whole supported by interior ironwork. A slight color change is perceptible at the 152' -level. A flight of 897 steps rises to the observation area in the pyramidion. Inserted into the interior walls are 192 carved stones presented by individuals, societies, cities, States, and nations of the world. An elevator takes visitors to the top, where they can gaze over the city from the monument's windows.
The Lincoln Memorial is at the west end of the National Mall a monument to the 16th President.
The Washington Historical Society states that, The memorial, designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples, stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 feet high. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 38 fluted Doric columns, one for each of the thirty six states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death. The north and south side chambers contain carved inscriptions of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and his Gettysburg Address. Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was carved in four years by the Piccirilli brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French. The statue of Lincoln is 19 feet high and weighs 175 tons. The original plan was for the statue to be only ten feet high, but this was changed so that the figure of Lincoln would not be dwarfed by the size of the chamber.
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC is a dome-shaped rotunda that honor's our third president, Thomas Jefferson. The memorial is one of the most impressive sites in Washington, DC. A 19-foot bronze statue of Jefferson is surrounded by passages from the Declaration of Independence and Jefferson's other writings.
World War II Memorial
Here you can see the Lincoln Memorial in the background behind the WWII Memorial.
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Vash01, Nov 23, 2012.
On the other hand- Billy Elliot works very well as a musical (AND a movie!)
How about "Oliver"? I saw the movie but not the theatrical production. And there would be a slug of old operettas, originally for the stage that were turned into movies; "Rosemarie", "The Desert Song", "The New Moon", "The Student Prince", etc.
I liked 'Oliver' the movie. Never saw it on stage. I had not heard of the others you mentioned.
Movies and TV shows - Footloose, The Addams Family, Nine to Five, Shrek, Sister Act, Christmas Story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and some that others have mentioned. I have a friend who made a rule after too many disappointments, that she would never see musicals based on movies or TV shows any more.
I have to say that I've generally been underwhelmed by the ones I've seen. I wasn't a big fan of Catch Me if You Can, but Butz was awesome in it. Of course, since Seattle has become a big out of town try out for many of these, what I see isn't always what ends up on Broadway.
Let's not forget State Fair. 1933 non-musical movie, with Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor 1945 musical movie with Jeannie Crain and Dana Andrews, 1962 musical movie with Pat Boone and Ann Margaret and finally to the stage in 1996 with - John Davidson and Kathryn Crosby
Agree, it translated well. Though I did like the movie better.
Me too. I was rather underwhelmed by the music -- esp. given who wrote it! But it did have some nice staging in parts, esp. the 2nd act opener (Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher), the fantasy sequence in the gay friend's bedroom, and the duet with child and grownup Billy.
I did see it in London, though. I can't imagine an American cast with those Geordie accents ...
Here's a musical I'd pay to see!
I'm surprised no one has mentioned 'Cabaret', one of my favourite musicals made into a movie.
It's only after I saw the Broadway revival, in which the role of Sally Bowles was first played by the late Natasha Richardson, that I understood why Liza Minnelli was so miscast in the movie version.
I love Liza in Cabaret and will defend her Oscar to my dying day, but even I saw how they had to change the character to fit more with Liza.
Funnily enough, Kander and Ebb (who wrote the music and lyrics) originally want Liza for the original Broadway production. But Hal Prince, the Broadway director, vetoed the idea because he thought she was too good of a singer and had too much stage presence to fit the character as he envisioned. Obviously, Bob Fosse disagreed. Hal Prince, I read, hated the critically-lauded 90s revival saying they misinterpreted or didn't understand what the show was really about.
I also loved Liza in Cabaret. The movie is the only version I've seen so I can't imagine Natasha Richardson in the role. Are you sure she wasn't the one who was miscast? It sounds similar to the genius casting that put Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot.
In the original stage incarnation, Sally Bowles is British and doesn't have a good singing voice at all. She's sort of delusional about her own abilities which is why she's stuck singing at the Kit Kat Club and not doing better things. Here's Jill Haworth (the original Sally Bowles on Broadway) singing "Cabaret": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC4g4wkiN_I to get an idea of what the original director was going for.
Apparently, Natasha Richardson was phenomenal and even won a Tony for it.
You can judge for yourself:
Sidenote: Did you know the original staging of the title song was her pregnant and by the end of the song, she decides to have an abortion. Life is a cabaret, old chum and Sally isn't going to miss it for the world.
Loved the play with Gwen Verdon, and found the film a major disappointment.
Hello Dolly - Loved the play - saw it with Ethel Merman, Pearl Bailey, Carol Channing - disappointed in the film
Mame - never watched the film
Brigadoon - absolutely loved loved loved the play when I saw it at City Center many decades ago - was disappointed in the movie
On A Clear Day - liked it
Funny Girl - saw it on stage with Streisand and loved it - and also loved the film
Sweeney Todd - fabulous play - the film disappointed me
And are you read for the remake of GYPSY starring Streisand as Mama Rose? maybe 2013? (who will be cast as Gypsy Rose Lee?)
And are you ready for "Into The Woods" - Meryl Streep is cast the witch.
Here is The New York Times press night review of the Broadway revival, which may shed some light as to how the character of Sally Bowles was initially conceived, both by Christopher Isherwood in 'Berlin Stories' and Kander & Ebb for the musical.
The producers subsequently cast other actors who could sing (as opposed to singers who could act) in the role following Richardson's departure - Jennifer Jason Leigh, Molly Ringwald and Jane Leeves come to mind. I also remember reading an article in Newday where Susan Egan (who created the role of Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway) mentioned that one of the hardest things she had to do when playing Sally Bowles was rein in her voice and not sing like she was in a conventional Broadway musical due to the limited vocal abilities of the character.
Thanks for the links. Jill Haworth looked like she would have been fabulous in the role but I didn't enjoy anything about her singing. It was unpleasant. Natasha looked like she was "rode hard & put up wet", much like the girls in the chorus, & her singing didn't hurt my ears as much as Jill's. It would definitely be a different take on the story. But I'm glad I saw the film. It generally annoys me when I see musicals & someone in the cast can't sing. It's usually a big name star who mangles the part, like Elizabeth Taylor did in A Little Night Music.
Love the thread, especially the youtube links.
Really enjoyed Natasha Richardson. Quite often a "regular theatre" actor who does musical theatre has a way of looking at word's differently; they have fewer trappings of musical theatre conventions and compensate the vocal defficiencies with interpretive, emotional variety.
I was going to mentioned "Sweeney Todd", but it's been done upthread. Decent movie, but one of the greatest musicals ever written. Much stronger impact on stage.
Has "Chorus Line" been mentioned? I enjoyed the movie ( have not seen in theatre).
Cole Porter is such a genius. He boggles my mind ( that is in relation to Mary Martin video ( "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" )
Marlowe, is Gypsy slated for a Broadway revival or a movie remake? Didn't see it on Broadway, but can't imagine anyone playing Gypsy better than Natalie Wood. those will be big shoes to fill.
A Chorus line - saw it on Broadway twice. Never saw the movie. Loved it!
The movie version of A Chorus Line isn't all that great. Given the subject, it really loses something when you take it away from the immediacy of the stage, and try to open it out. Also, Michael Douglas? Not so much.
One of my lasting images from the movie version of Camelot is Vanessa Redgrave's wet nostrils in all those close-ups.
Well, FWIW, they also dubbed Harry Belafonte's singing in that movie, which, given his position in the music world at the time, as well as his talent as a singer, was beyond idiotic. I have just about every movie he ever made, except that one (and Bright Road, which I still have to get). He mentions in his autobiography, which was published last year, that he ran into the man who provided the vocals some years after the film was made, and the guy was working as a either a doorman or a waiter in some hotel. So, so much for his claim to fame!
I thought it was totally ridiculous. Yes, Cinderella is fantasy, but still...
One of the worst musicals-to-movies was The Wiz. The broadway play was excellent. Stephanie Mills brought down the house, and the movie could have been great if not for Berry Gordy buying it for Diana Ross.
Both Dandridge and Belafonte are known singers. However, I think the operatic score required sopranos of a higher register than what Belafone and Dandridge could provide. I love Belafonte's voice, but I don't know if he could have sang the score the way Otto Preminger wanted him to. If it's true that Belafonte wrote about Levern Hutcherson in his book only to demean him, then I think that's a very classless act. Obviously, Belafonte is a star and has had success, so there is no need to demean Hutcherson.
I agree 1,000,000%!
Stephanie Mills was brilliant!
I didn't remember the wet nostrils...I just think that if a character is supposed to inspire instant adoration & cause a young man to abandon his principals, she should at least be marginally pretty & if she's in a musical, it would be nice if she could sing.
And the ones who can't sing AND are decades too old for the role are completely ridiculous. On the stage you can get away with it a little bit but in movie close-ups it's a bit jarring.
I love the original cast recording of The Producers with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. The film version chacked one of the best songs, The King of Broadway, and other things like the satirical "credits ebbry mornin' and debits ebbry eve-nin, until them ledgers be right" blues section of the musical's title song. Presumably they were trying for a more family-friendly rating, but it was a shame that they "cleaned it up." Sadly, the DVD did not offer a "director's cut" but at least it did have the deleted scenes.
I really should take a look at the Roz Russell/Natalie Wood version of Gypsy. I absolutely adore the Bette Midler TV movie version.
Another film musical I love is On the Town. This was changed a lot from the stage version (many songs were dropped and new songs were added) but both the film and theater scores were great.
I finally saw the stage version of the show. Very different, as in the stage version it's much more divided. You basically have the singing leads and the dancing leads. So the character that Gene Kelly plays in the movie, doesn't really have any songs. Of course, you had to give Ann Miller a number too.
As much as I like "Let's Go To My Place", from the movie, I really loved "Cookin' With Gas", although I understand why they changed it.
Anyone who loves A Chorus Line (or musicals in general) should really check out Every Little Step. It's a documentary about the casting of the Broadway revival of ACL a few years back, and it is just magnificent. Especially anyone who has ever gone through a serious audition process in any way will totally relate to everyone in the film. It's remarkable, and I was crying on and off through most of it.
This. I loved this documentary and felt for one of the women auditioning for Sheila and wondered how often her predicament occurs during the casting process. I don't want to say more but it was something that was new to me regarding casting calls. The entire film was wonderful imho.
If we're thinking about the same woman, that particular moment blew my mind, too. I'd never even consider that particular predicament existing before, but it made so much sense.
Some of us didn't see the documentary. I'm not sure why you would bring up this incident & then not give details.


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Two well-known local chefs, 2008 Diamond Chef Donnie Ferneau, owner of Ferneau restaurant, and Michael Powell, executive chef at the Chenal Country Club, competed for bragging rights June 2 in the Diamond Chef Arkansas finale, benefitting the Pulaski Technical College Foundation. After an hour of intense culinary competition, Powell emerged the winner of the contest.
About 450 people attended the event, held in the Wally Allen Ballroom at the Statehouse Convention Center. Festivities included a reception, dinner, live and silent auctions and a raffle. The focal point was a fast-paced, 60-minute cooking competition in which the two chefs and their sous chefs competed in a format similar to that of the popular Iron Chef television series.
His final creation was rattlesnake-wrapped scallops and chicken fried rattlesnake, seared foie gras, compressed spinach and roasted oyster mushrooms on a crostini, served with lobster and veal beurre monte and truffle cream.
The contest was a close one as Donnie Ferneau and his team brought the imaginative flair that has driven the popularity of his restaurant. His initial plate was a crunchy rattlesnake and ahi tuna roll with ginger-lime ponzu, couple with a micro-green salad with an orange and pepper vinaigrette with pistachios.
The next course was a fried heirloom green tomato with goat cheese, rattlesnake, strawberry jicama pico de gallo and a charred jalapeno vinaigrette with corn shoots.
The last course consisted of rattlesnake and wild mushroom ravioli with whipped lobster brandy butter, arugula pesto and fried arugula.
Pamela Smith, anchor for KATV, served as emcee for the event, while Lisa Fischer and Jeff Matthews from B98.5 provided play-by-play commentary for the audience.
Guest judges included Chef Andre Poirot, executive chef for the Peabody Hotel; Jim Montgomery, state training director and special events manager for Glazers Distributors; and Chef Capi Peck, executive chef and owner of Capi's and Trios restaurants. Robert Hall, executive chef of the University of Central Arkansas Dining Services, served as technical judge scoring each chef on sanitation and safety.
The $125-a-plate event was organized by the Pulaski Technical College Foundation and raised more than $85,000 for the Pulaski Technical College Arkansas Culinary School, which currently serves about 180 students. The school offers associate degrees in culinary arts and in hospitality management and technical certificates in culinary arts, baking and pastry, and wine and spirits studies.
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1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
Phase III - Incorporate novel Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)-resistance genes into soybean germplasm of early maturity groups (I, II, III) combined with resistance to other economically important fungal disease with adequate agronomic performance.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
This in an ongoing collaborative research project. In brief, Soybean populations and lines are continued to be developed using different sources of Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) resistance identfied by ARS scientist. Crossing are performed between new sources of resistance from ARS and the elite lines developed by Iowa State University (ISU). Crosses are peformed in Puerto Rico at ISU Research Station-Isabella in Puerto Rico. Selections for resistance using molecular markers tagged to SCN resistance are performed at USDA-ARS in Jackson, TN. Confirmation for SCN resistance is also accomplished at USDA-ARS greenhouses located in Jackson, TN, for selected advanced lines and populations. ARS scientist has developed and standardized greenhouse bioassays for SCN resistance and also maintains cultured nematode populations for stable reactions. Concurrent field evaluations are done in three locations, ISU-Puerto Rico, ISU-Ames, IA, and USDA-ARS, Jackson, TN, using standard methods.
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In this ongoing collaborative research, additional crosses were made for broadening resistance in soybean of early maturity groups, primarily II and III which are adapted to the Midwest area. Genetically diverse sources of resistance that have been identified at USDA-ARS, Jackson, TN, continue to be used in the crosses. PI507354 soybean line that is diverse from Peking, PI88788 and cv. Hartwig was crossed to elite cultivar IA1008 that was developed by collaborator from Iowa State University (ISU). Selections were made for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance based on molecular markers and greenhouse screenings, and resistant progenies evaluated in preliminary yield trials at USDA-ARS, Jackson, TN, and further yield tests were conducted by ISU for release.
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My 2002 Chevy s10 has all stock parts, in terms of audio. I'm looking to upgrade to something better due to blown/cheap speakers it has. Ive never done any sort of audio work on a car or truck so i know little to no information about what i need. I'm looking for someone to basically tell me what i should get and what i need. I'm looking for something affordable first, I'm not looking for something fancy or ridiculously loud. Just decent sound and affordable and honestly the less work I have to do the better due to my inexperience. I don't really have a brand preference
Thanks in advanced for any help, cheers.
I made sure all 4 heads I compared and linked to have sub preamp outputs. Some may need to be switched from 'rear' to 'sub' in the setup menu, but they all have it. The price goes up significantly if you get a head with 6 way preouts, which I recommend getting, for future expansion, if needed. also, with 6 way preouts, you get alot more sub adjustability, usually. Things such as LPF, sub level, bass boost, phase shift, etc. I have the S/O powered 8" in the similar cab of a Ford Ranger, and I love it. Sorry, I thought your truck probably had the 4x10 speakers in the back like some GMC Sonomas of the same style. I would not worry with the 4x6's. The door speakers and the S/O sub is gonna be a huge improvement. Takes some tweaking to get just right, but I have lots of experience with it, and I'm not far away. 3 year warranty is nice, also. It should fit under your passenger seat, BTW.
Should be a nice head. It has highpass and lowpass crossover filters, which are preferable to use over most built in filters on an amp. It has 6 way RCA preamp outputs, in case of adding on later. I think you will be happy with this purchase after everything is setup and EQ'd to your liking. You will need an RCA patch cable long enough to go from the head to the amp/sub. Shouldn't be a big deal also to run new 18 gauge speaker wire from the rear speaker outs of the new head to the new door speakers. Although Crutchfield should include the wiring harness adaptors for the head and speakers, It is highly recommended to run new wire directly from the head to the speakers. This way you can use the same lenght wire on each side, and there will be minimum splices, only at the head and at the speakers. You will need the front speaker outs from the head if you decide to install new dash speakers. It won't affect the sub out in any way. You will just adjust the fader all the way rear for now. The highpass filter works equally for the front and rear speakers. You will likely start out with the lowpass filter on 85 hz for the sub and the highpass filter at 120 hz for the door speakers. We can cover all that later.
This site has all the info you need, but I don't recommend just taking a blank recommendation.
Replace the speakers first since they are already blown.
Use Outfit My Car, and it will show you what speakers fit.
If you just want good sound, you don't need to spend a fortune of speakers, the TS-A or TS-G Pioneer or the Sound Ordnance ones would work well. (Avoid the 5.25-inch speakers and go with 6.5 or 6.75-inch.)
There may be 4x6 plates that will work in the dash although Crutchfield might say they won't.
Radio replacement is pretty simple in your car, but figure out what features you want in the new radio and go from there before you pick one out. I really recommend either USB or iPod support depending on which you have access to, but it's up to what you will use.
Hope This Helps!!!
Anyone else have suggestions?
2002 Ford Focus JVC KD-A815 Sony CDX-GT410u Sony XT-100HD HD Tuner Stock speakers, no amp, no subs
plopeMy 2002 Chevy s10 has all stock parts, in terms of audio
What body style/trim is the truck ? Does it claim to have any type of 'premium audio', such as Bose ? Are you looking to simply replace the stock head and speakers ?
It has the extended cab (the little pullout seat behind the passenger seat) It doesn't claim to have any advanced audio equipment. I was planning on replacing everything. speakers on the doors and dash and the head unit. Having a sub was something i was unsure of to be honest.
@TigerHeli For the actually head unit i would definitely like something with an auxiliary input as well as a USB port. If such a thing exists I would like to be able to charge my ipod while it plays through the stereo.
And if it will help determine what kind of system i should be looking for, i tend to listen to a lot of heavy metal, electronic and drum and bass.
Your dash speakers aren't large enough to really worry with and don't actually add to your sound much. Some peeps feel as tho they really need them.
Usually, in a small cab like yours, a good set of front speakers and a small subwoofer in the back is an excellent upgrade.
Depends on the sound you want, space you wish to retain, budget.
Do you also own an iPhone 4s ? Do you play CD's or only listen to iPod ?
These front door speakers can work well with low power from the head only. If you wish to have an amped full range system, I would recommend higher-end coaxial or component speakers.
Here's a thread on the dash speakers.
plopeFor the actually head unit i would definitely like something with an auxiliary input as well as a USB port. If such a thing exists I would like to be able to charge my ipod while it plays through the stereo.
Most of those features are pretty common these days. You are missing some of the finer points of what you need.
Any of these decks should let you connect your iPod and select songs off the deck digitally for best SQ and would also charge the iPod while it is playing. A few of those decks will have an AUX input, which USED to be the way to listen to an iPod, but that really isn't recommended anymore (won't sound as good), and really is only needed if you have a NON-IPOD MP3 player (Sansa, Sony, Zune) (or want to be prepared if you have a friend who does). Some/most of those will have a USB port as well - which is great if you want to put a bunch of MP3's on a thumb drive, but isn't necessarily required if you have an iPod and don't mind using it. (Can be convenient to have the USB drive in the car and not have to connect/disconnect the iPod all the time). Finally, a few decks will have two USB ports or a USB port and an iPod connection so you could listen to EITHER the iPod or the USB drive without unplugging anything.
plopeAnd if it will help determine what kind of system i should be looking for, i tend to listen to a lot of heavy metal, electronic and drum and bass.
That is going to come down a bit to how fussy you are and how much you want to spend (and in a truck, how involved you want to be). You aren't going to really get pounding bass without adding a subwoofer to the system. Then again, it seems like you might have been happy enough with the sound of the stock system before the speakers were blown and you will have MUCH better sound than that with a new head unit and new speakers.
The sub could always be added later if you felt you wanted one.
GLHYour dash speakers aren't large enough to really worry with and don't actually add to your sound much. Some peeps feel as tho they really need them.
GLHDo you also own an iPhone 4s ? Do you play CD's or only listen to iPod ?
I dont have an iphone at all, i have a 3rd generation ipod touch i use as an MP3 player, with my current system im just using an FM transmitter and its...just awful quality.
TigerHeliYou are missing some of the finer points of what you need.
Im probable missing every finer point there is, as i said in my first post I'm completely inexperienced with audio equipment.
TigerHeli You aren't going to really get pounding bass without adding a subwoofer
to the system. Then again, it seems like you might have been happy
enough with the sound of the stock system before the speakers were blown
and you will have MUCH better sound than that with a new head unit and
new speakers.
Understood, but I definitely wouldn't say i was happy as much I would say just "tolerated". Im just the quality will go up immensely with just the basic new system, but considering I would enjoy some heavy bass, a sub woofer sounds like a good idea.
Just to throw a number out there for a little more feed back, Id say my budget for a system is about $400, and if it would require a lot of work id probable find somewhere I could take it and have them install it.
Your dash speakers are connected to your front door speakers, and take power from them. Your stock system is actually a 4 speaker system, with the dash speakers tagged on. We can do less than $400 and have you a good system that is easy for you to install all by yourself.
Here are 4 heads that you might like, not sure how I weeded out JVC, but don't discount them -
Any of the front door speakers I linked to above.
1 of these, bridged to the subwoofer -
or, use this instead of the seperate amp and sub enclosure -
Generally good advice above, but a few nuances got missed ...
GLHYour dash speakers are connected to your front door speakers, and take power from them. Your stock system is actually a 4 speaker system, with the dash speakers tagged on.
From what I can tell, not so in this case. The only speakers in the truck are the 6.5's in the doors and the 4x6's in the dash - so in reality, the 4x6's are the front speakers and the front door speakers are the rear speakers.
If you didn't want to replace the front door speakers, you could either disconnect them or remove them, it doesn't really matter which way you do it.
GLHHere are 4 heads that you might like, not sure how I weeded out JVC, but don't discount them
There are LOTs of HU's to choose from. Keep in mind I limited these to under $129 units. Also, your car needs about $40 of adapters to make the installation easy. Crutchfield includes those with the decks I and GLH selected, but it means most of the $70 decks won't work for you and you would end up better off spending the money that you would spend on installation hardware on a better deck and getting it free. To me the HU is the MOST critical part of the system. Don't spend $300 on it just b/c some of the HU's are that expensive, but also don't scrimp on features you would like to meet a budget target.
GLH1 of these, bridged to the subwoofer
If you go with a subwoofer and external amp, it probably makes sense to spend another $20-$30 on a 4-channel amp and use the front channels for your 6.5's as well. (You will need a wiring kit for around $50 to install your amplifier)
I'm probably in the $500 range when you are looking at 4-speakers, decent HU, 4-channel amp and sub enclosure, but you are now looking at a VERY good system.
(You could also always do the head unit and 4 speakers now for around $250, and then decide later to spend the $300 on the subwoofer when you want more from the system).
I was going to say the same thing, there are only 4 speakers total in the truck lol....2 on the dash and 1 on each door, I assumed unplugging the speakers on the dash are what wouldn't make a difference as long as i had 3 way speakers put in on the doors
I really like that compact powered sub woofer, and i think that would be a great system along with 2 speakers for the doors (have yet to really decide on what I'm getting but i was gonna go for 3 way speakers.) my next question is if i do want a sub woofer weather it be now or later down the road dose the head unit need to have a sub pre-amp output? all four of the head units GHL linked me none of them have a sub pre-amp output.
Id like to get a very nice head unit along with good speakers even if i only get speakers for the doors. and possible get this sub with it now or in the future
Well i have some things picked out, I guess here comes the part where i can really start getting a idea of what I need and what you guys think is better or whatever you may think.
Here are some head units I liked (not sure how good or compatible they are with what else I have picked out thus far)
Here is the speakers i picked out, I'm just going for the doors and going to unplug the dash, maybe when i come across more money ill get something for the dash.
And finally the sub/amp GHL had previously posted
I would go with these slightly higher end Pioneers, not because they are 4-way, I actually prefer coaxial, but because they are slightly more sensitive and will handle a 50 watts RMS per channel amp if you ever decide to go that route later. If you know you will never amp the full range speakers, the 1674's are an excellent choice.
As far as the head, as long as it has sub preouts and crossover filters, it has what you need. A head with 6 way preouts would be more expandible if you wanted to add a 4 channel amp later.
Im not seeing a filter option or feature called "crossover filter" Im not sure what you mean. And those speakers should work altho it outs me a little over $400. I could get away with getting them as long as everything i order comes with everything it needs to install and i dont need to buy anything else.
I really like this kenwood head unit, hopefully this will work for what i have picked out as well
GLHI would go with these slightly higher end Pioneers, not because they are 4-way, I actually prefer coaxial,
Those are coaxial also - you mean that you prefer 2-way ...
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Reclaiming America in 2016: Where there's a will there's a way
Original post made by Oliver Towne, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Nov 20, 2012
Meanwhile, those Americans who kicked the Romney gift-giving gift horse in the mouth persist in lavishing undeserved praise upon the Obama Administration's so-called accomplishments over the past first four years. Home prices are up, as is the market, unemployment is down, the economy improves at a steady rate (four years of sustained growth), under Obama's stewardship we avoided a second great depression, if not worse, college tuition loans are now more affordable for students, a Dream Act will allow many of our nation's children to partake of the American dream, our standing in the world has been greatly improved, Osama Bin Laden is dead ... and all the other pie-in-the-sky reveries dreamt up by liberals and their conspirators who comprise the lamestream media.
But 2016 looms, and all God-fearing Tea Party activists and Republicans alike must heed the call of freedom. The immediate task at hand is to develop a strategy for winning back the Oval Office in 2016. And in this respect, cautious optimism is warranted. For there are votes to be had next time around, albeit with maybe an obstacle or two along the way. (Satan works in mysterious ways.)
Perhaps we can regain the women we've been losing ever since ... well, ever since they began to vote, to enter the workforce with no consideration for the men whose jobs they were taking, and to think of themselves as having rights to do what they want with their bodies. I humbly submit that the best way to reclaim this largely ungrateful slice of the electorate (Mr. Rush Limbaugh refers to them ever so appropriately as FemiNazis) is to continue to hammer away at economic considerations. What good is having a college degree if you can't find a job that allows you to get out of work in time to pick up the kids at daycare, rush home to help kids with their homework while fixing dinner, picking up the husband's dirty underwear, and donning something sexy for after the kids go to bed and hubby has a couple of Martinis and maybe smokes a cigar or two?
Hispanics are another (admittedly unpalatable) targeted part of the electorate. The first thing we have to do is make sure those who aren't citizens are prevented from voting. Because that is a big reason why Obama was able to steal the election as he did. And blacks. The second thing is to block any Democratic effort to bring about immigration reform. Because we all know that new immigrants, for some unfathomable reason, tend to vote Democratic. As difficult to digest as this unhappy fact is, these new immigrants, dirty, ill-shaven ingrates who can barely speak English, fail to realize that they'll never become multimillionaires under a Democratic administration.
And yet another is young people. Many of them, after all, have a slow burn going because of how the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, has them covered by their parents' insurance policies up to age 26. These young people realize that it's far better for them if they either go without coverage or pay for it themselves. Because that's what freedom is all about. This obviously was the essence of Romney's luminescent concession speech when he stressed that our Founding Fathers laid the principles for giving our children the freedom to go without health care. And of course we know that Obama, insofar as he attempts to get our freedom-loving youth signed up under his socialist plan, doesn't appreciate freedom but instead wants to put our children under a Soviet-style system designed to rescind tax cuts for the wealthy and other odious kinds of things. When he isn't golfing.
And what about African Americans? I personally think they're a bit too loud for our party, and besides, their presence would probably make too many of us uncomfortable. So, really, let the Democrats have them, thereby continuing our allegiance to the Confederate flag-waving secessionists in our midst.
So, the path to victory in 2016 is clear enough. And even if our women (or at least the slutty ones), our Mexicans, and our overly educated (indoctrinated) young people reject freedom, we can try to do what we've been best at over the past four years. Namely, we can trot out every trick in the book so as to obstruct and/or stall Obama's efforts. Because, face it, if he succeeds, the nation succeeds, people will be pleased, and our chances of securing the grand prize will be even further diminished. Best, then, that we do everything possible to make Obama's next four years a failure. That is the essence of freedom isn't it? Like the Founding Fathers intended? I think Sarah Palin said something like that. Hey, now there's an idea! Anybody up for a Sarah Palin/Ted Nugent ticket? Onward to a most certain victory! ... because we know what real Americans want.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2012 at 5:25 am
Hmmmmm, looks like Oliver has been in the fermented olives again...!
a resident of Jensen Tract
on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:18 am
The biggest racists, bigots, and haters I know are liberals, like you, who try to project their own feelings onto Republicans, conservatives, religious groups and others. Your sarcasm exposes your true beliefs. Maybe you should get to know some people of color; you might actually like some of them.
a resident of Birdland
on Nov 20, 2012 at 9:13 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Sarcasm or not, it's obvious where the notion of polarization and racial dviide comes from and it's not the right as lefty elitists like Ollie would like you to believe. Liberals always think they know what's best for everyone, while applying a double standard to themselves.
They view women as body parts to be used as a leverage for their sacrament of fetal genocide.
They view minorities as useful idiots who they make dependent on govt handouts and welfare programs in order to buy votes. Never do they promote independent empowerment, self-sufficiency and personal pride when it comes to their interaction with minorities. It's always, 'you've been oppressed by the man--don't bother working hard to better yourself, we'll take from the successful and redistribute to your group so that you won't have to work for yourself.'
Whenever liberals look at people, they categorize them into groups based on gender, race, income, in order to determine how to manipulate them for their personal gain. So much for being the party of the people......
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2012 at 11:48 am
Stereotypes get their basis from at least some tiny iota of reality (I'm talking all sides ;) I've done my time in Berkeley). Oh, I know that moderate Republicans exist; hell, I'm even friends with some of them. But take a good long look at the most visible members of the Republican Party and tell me who immediately springs to mind in terms of the power players. *coughRoveandNorquistcough* Look at the Republican primary and how absolutely cuckoo it was. Look at how Romney had to twist himself into a pretzel to try to win votes. Was he too moderate? Not moderate enough? No one seems to have a cohesive answer, and that's the problem with the Republican message.
Instead of squawking about reverse bigots, why don't you supposed "rational" Republicans put your claims into action and start drafting decent legislation and supporting rational candidates? Conservative darling Bobby Jindal has already acknowledged a need for strategic change, in response to Romney's remarks about "gifts" to the electorate:
"Two points on that: One, we have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent. We need to go after every single vote.
"And, secondly, we need to continue to show how our policies help every voter out there achieve the American Dream, which is to be in the middle class, which is to be able to give their children an opportunity to be able to get a great education. ... So, I absolutely reject that notion, that description. I think that's absolutely wrong."
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a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Nov 20, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Pretty funny, Oliver. I also liked the knee-jerk, and I mean jerk, reactions from the sick one who posts under many names (Observer, Liberalism is disease). Fact is, the Republicans don't have any intellectuals to get them past creationism, global warming denial, and denial of ethnic-cultural diversity in the United States.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Nov 20, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Present them with facts, present them with good reasons, present them with Oliver's well deserved ridicule, and all the typical Republican can do is thump his chest and proclaim to hold onto his neanderthal, hate-based beliefs.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Ed, I'd like to put you straight; I would never deign to be lumped into the same category as "liberalism". I was commenting on the Republicans' lack of ability to face facts (as you were, but, minus the insults). Your own knee-jerk reaction brings you down to the same level as the loons you're disparaging. If you're going to argue a point, at least make it interesting and bring a substantive claim to the discussion.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Nov 20, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Sorry, Observer. I was responding to An Observer from Jensen Tract, not you. I think you'll find my comments were appropriate as a response to An Observer. Again, my apologies for confusing you for him.
a resident of Jensen Tract
on Nov 20, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Intelligent arguments? What is posted all over this web site is put downs and ridicule from liberals to anyone who disagrees with them. Read the original post. What hate-based argument have I made? I haven't noticed any comments on this site from the right blaming various racial, ethnic, or other "minority" groups for anything. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
Ed, do you have any intelligent arguments or will you just stick with the playbook and unwittingly help foment racial tension? Ollie's post does the same with his highly inaccurate stereotypes. This is the sort of "intelligence" displayed all over this web site.
I do support people like Jindal. I'm a fiscal conservative; the elitists running our government, Republican and Democrat, need to go. Over the past twelve years in particular, we've been sold down the river by our represntatives from both parties; big spending, fiscally irresponsible...many sell out to the highest bidder with no concern for country. Unfortunately we keep sending the same people back to represent us. Worse yet, the leftist tactic of shouting down opposing voices as racist, backwards, haters, etc...is leading us farther into the abyss.
Freedom of speech? Only when you agree with it.
Diversity? Please; you live in Pleasanton.
Tolerance? Nope.
Question authority? Apparently that idea went out in the '60s.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Nov 21, 2012 at 7:51 am
I'll let Oliver speak for himself. Thank you "An Observer" for helping to make my point. Faced with facts, good reasons, and even well placed ridicule, and what do you provide in turn? Facts? No. Good reasons? No. Intelligent argument? No. Only a declaration of faith - 'Im a fiscal conservative' (woopee-doo) and then a spewing of denial and name-calling. That's all you're good for. Your side lost, and lost resoundingly, because it consists of too many losers like yourself.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 21, 2012 at 10:35 am
(Hopefully the name change clears up previous confusion ;) )
To An Observer: I'm going to reiterate the same thing I said to Ed: don't be so quick to cast stones. Your ilk are no better than the lefties, and claiming that the insults and race-baiting is exclusively liberal makes you sound, at the very least, hypocritical. Man up (or woman up, whoever you are) and admit your political compatriots' flaws. There IS a perception that surrounds the Republican party-- and it's not without reason. It might not be representative of Republicans as a whole, but it's the job of those other Republicans to change that image through their actions. If the Republican establishment is going to regain a foothold in national politics, it needs to get out of the bubble, instead of bemoaning the death of "traditional" America (a fantasy that only existed in Leave It to Beaver) .
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Tuesday wasn't dissimilar from the entire Pioneer girls volleyball team's season. When the Patriots were in doubt and troubled by errors, Ashton Kershner came to the rescue.
But even the senior's six kills, three blocks and three aces in a 25-23 third-set victory could not salvage the match, nor the season, from 50 unforced errors. Pioneer's year is over after being downed by Oakdale in four sets, 25-21, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21, in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs.
Coach Dana Anglin attributed the third-set win to several aspects of her team's play - "They picked up the intensity; they played really good defense; they played with a lot of heart" - but remembered one key play made by Kershner.
"Ashton took a block off her head," Anglin said. "So that was helpful."
Throughout the night Kershner was ready at the net to deflect the Mustangs' spikes, finishing with 10 blocks.
"She shut them down," Anglin said. "She did a really good job blocking tonight. It was crazy"
The feat was all the more impressive considering Oakdale's middle hitters, sister Hayley and Kelsey McIntyre. Unfortunately facing the pair of six-footers may have been the downfall of the Patriots and middle blocker Adriana Fuentes.
"I knew (Oakdale) had two big middles ... so I told the team we need to run our offense away from them," Anglin said. "I'm kind of kicking myself (for that). I think I scared Adriana, (because) that got in her head."
The coach said Fuentes, an All-Conference selection this year, was off of her game on Tuesday.
"As soon as Ashton got to the back row, our offense stopped," Anglin said. "Normally that doesn't happen. Adriana is usually more aggressive." Settler Celeste Lopez, who had 30 assists on the night, even told her coach she couldn't set Fuentes toward the middle.
Despite the troubles, Fuentes wound up with six kills to go with an ace. Angela Fuentes and Mikayla Tam each added four kills, while Kershner finished with 15.
"(Kershner's kills) were like bullets to the floor, it was really fun to see," Anglin said.
Not as fun for the coach was how the officials called the fourth set.
"It felt like the ref just wanted to get home," said Anglin, noting five blocking errors called on her team in the fourth set after just two in the first three sets. "There was nothing I could do. I didn't see the net move."
Pioneer committed other errors in the fourth set, though, which "disappointed" the coach and doomed the Patriots. However, Anglin was happy with other aspects of her team's play.
"That was the best defense they played in a long time," she said. "They were digging balls that normally hit the ground (and) running down balls they shouldn't have had any business getting."
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"I love my team," Diaz tweeted after the match, adding a heart icon at the end of the message.
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Oh? Well then. Let me look at this even more. I just xfered one of my domains here last week to Google Domains, because of email forwarding (to my gmail account).
I'm tempted, but I need email forwarding. I was about to move my domain to Google Domain so I can kill my mail server. It doesn't appear Namecheap offers email forwarding. :(
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So, does that mean as minors were unable to buy such games themselves, their tendency to shoot up schools increased?? That's what I see.
PS: I don't see updates on the part about making advertising indistinguishable from real content.
"In the end, we stand by our initial analysis: almost all of the complaints against Instagram's new terms of service were quite similar to complaints made against other terms of service in the past few years when someone got around to reading the details, which are hard to understand because of the annoying legalese that the lawyers want you to put in. "
That's not entirely true. In this instance, the wording of the TOS (new, mind you, not existing), did give the impression they would sell your photos to advertisers. So the concern was very real. Instagram just farked up their meaning when putting it down in legal mumbo-jumbo.
While your interpretation as what they were trying to do is correct, the complaints over the language was quite valid.
* "Keep me sign in" likes to forget ... And it's "You're blaming..." Oops.
People that attack on these grounds live in their own reality where games are for kids. They can't fathom "adults" playing video games.
That's assuming Reddit will remain up for (and during) it. ;)
Re-release on Viamo? How about embedding on his site using HTML5? Have other users host the video in their channels? Put it on PirateBay for others to pull down and post to their discretion?
There are many ways to get the video air play. While this is a obvious display of censorship, it's very, very easy to "play around" Finesse's "commercial use" claim. Dan Bull can easily "fight back" without falling under the terms of the counter-notices.
And crap ... with "China" I meant North Korea. lol
I'm sure this is a response from Disney being ask by a third party if this was authorized or if Disney is connected with the performance (in efforts to get info. about said woman).
I'm a little disappointed. You make it sound like Disney is threatening Kim John Un for the illegal use of Disney characters. Now, if I'm wrong, and this is a real legal threat; then yes, Disney is jumping the "MUCH PROTECT IP" gun before realizing China doesn't care about US IP.
He should be using the analogy of making phones illegal because people use them to conduct illegal activity. Can even use the postal service as illegal because people use it to ship illegal packages.
Both of those would fit well with TPB's use.
Came here to say exactly this. A lot of new market games developers are doing the same, too.
So it's possible that the TSA agents saw this thing in his pocket and immediately saw that it wasn't something dangerous.
You give the TSA far too much credit. lol
AA, ones in the public eye, are the most technological illiterate folks you'd ever come across.
There is a control aspect of things, too. But it's more AA concerned on perception, than anything else. They concern themselves over every little detail that may "offend" somebody.. It's crazy. AA is a control freak, controlled by "political correctness."
That is the first one. Thanks!
And here's the second one: http://imgur.com/T6vOR
> that congratulated the company, wishing them luck, and saying that they were "looking forward to inspiring you with our future games."
I saw that entire image as complete sarcasm bashing Zynga. There are even rebuttal images from other small indies bashing Nimblebit for bashing people (just people in general) for copying.
There's one image, I'll need to find, from an indie that properly congratulates the copying. It was on Reddit yesterday, if I recall. Need to locate it ...
Historically, it was actually to protect the art. Earlier flashes could actually cause physical deterioration of paintings. And, as with all rules (think no electronics on plane take orr of landing), it just remained and updated itself to current technology.
Now, people have skewed the original meaning, and reasoning, into that of "copyright" (all the latest copyright pushes), when in reality the rule originally had nothing to do with copyright. The rule has suck, and being broadened where ever possible.


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Includes the 450-seat Granville Island Stage and the smaller 220-seat New Revue Stage on Granville Island; also performances at the 650-seat Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, housed in the historic Stanley Theatre. The Arts Club produces big-budget productions like Disney's Beauty and the Beast, but the club's credo means it features comedies, dramas, and musicals by Canadian playwrights too. Check out the Vancouver Theatre Sports League (www.vtsl.com), an improvisational troupe and an always-entertaining place to take a first date. Arts Club tickets $30-60. TheatreSports League tickets $16-18. 1585 Johnston Street; tel. + 1 604 687 1644. www.artsclub.com
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Richard's on Richards
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June. Held over ten days at various venues throughout the city; world's top names in jazz come to perform; includes a two-day dancing street festival in Gastown and Yaletown. Tel. +1 604 872 5200. http://www.coastaljazz.ca/
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Nearly every city-dweller has experienced at least one Oh no moment, often from the other side. My own most recent such frisson occurred at a barbecue in Union Square filled with Girls Rock Camp coaches. Across the dessert table were two floppy-haired fellows in skinny jeans and tight plaid shirts. As I mulled my pie choices, I listened in on their conversation: they were talking about how wrong it was to build a mosque near Ground Zero. I felt like I was in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, that I should run into the crowd screaming into the faces of the feminists: "They're here! You're next!"
Signs of hipster conservatism are busting out all over. Last month, conservative-owned poseur lifestyle chain Urban Outfitters came under fire for selling Mitt Romney T-shirts. The best one, bearing the slogan "2 Legit 2 Mitt" written in early-'90s chunky font, featured Mittens's head superimposed onto the body of MC Hammer.
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- Santa Claus doll outside China shopping mall imitates Marilyn Monroe's famous "Seven Year Itch" pose
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So this is Christmas. A coquettish Santa Claus, rocking a sexy version of his traditional red suit while doing his best Marilyn Monroe "Seven Year Itch" pose.
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#1 Wed 07 Mar 07 8:05pm
Michele C
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Pak Choi - ideas on best way to cook
Hi All
After all the good advice I have received about stews I thought I would ask again! I brought and cooked some Pak Choi. I steamed it for about 2 minutes with noodles but when I went to eat it I found it to be tough, stringy and almost inedible. Any ideas, is it the cooking or the condition of the product, what should I look for? Thanks. Michele
#2 Thu 08 Mar 07 6:56am
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Re: Pak Choi - ideas on best way to cook
Chinese-style pak choi
2 heads of pak choi
2 tbsp olive oil
½ glass red wine
1 tsp red wine vinegar
2 spring onions, trimmed
1 red pepper, sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
1 wedge of lemon
handful of coriander
1 tsp sugar
1. Braise the pak choi in the oil, wine and vinegar for 6-8 minutes, turning occasionally.
2. Blanch the spring onions in boiling water for one minute to soften.
3. Wrap the spring onions around the pak choi.
4. In a pan, heat the oil and sauté the pepper slices for 3-4 minutes.
5. Add the lemon wedge, coriander and sugar.
6. Season and serve with the pak choi and sauce it was braised in.
Pan fried noodles with tofu, pak choi and soy dipping sauce
For the noodles
110g/4oz noodles
3 tbsp vegetable oil
For the dipping sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp soy sauce
dash Tabasco sauce
1 lime, juice only
1 tbsp peanut butter
2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
For the tofu
110g/4oz tofu, cut into strips
2 tbsp vegetable oil
For the pak choi
2 pak choi
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
To garnish
fresh coriander leaves, chopped
1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil.
2. Cook the noodles according to packet instructions and drain.
3. To make the dressing, place the honey, soy sauce, tabasco, lime juice, peanut butter and coriander in a bowl and mix together.
4. Toss the drained noodles in three tablespoons vegetable oil and pan-fry for 2-3 minutes each side, until crispy.
5. To cook the tofu, heat the oil in a frying pan and cook for 1-2 minutes either side.
6. Remove from the pan and toss in the dressing.
7. Stir the pak choi in the pan with the vegetable oil and sauté for a few minutes until soft. Stir in the soy sauce.
8. Serve the tofu on top of the noodles and alongside the pak choi. Finish by drizzling the dressing over, and garnishing with fresh coriander.
120 ml chicken or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
450 g (1 lb) pak choi, halved or quartered
Salt to taste
2-3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
a few drops of chilli oil or hot sauce (optional)
200 g (1/2 lb) cooked ham, cut into small strips
Bring the stock and ginger to a boil over high heat in a large frying pan or wok. Add the pak choi and salt to taste. Turn heat to low; cover and simmer for about 10 minutes, until tender. Place the pak choi on a serving dish. Sprinkle with the vinegar and optional chilli oil, and garnish with the sliced ham.
#3 Thu 08 Mar 07 10:24am
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Re: Pak Choi - ideas on best way to cook
I use pak choi in fried noodles sometimes. I slice the stems and add them with the other veggies (bell peppers, mushrooms or whatever) and the leaves just before the end.
Also fried in a little olive oil with garlic like I would with fresh spinach.
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