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Port Authority revises explanation of park-ride lease deal
For the second time in two days, the Port Authority changed its story about a vote taken two years ago that approved leasing 13 acres to NJ Transit — a client of the agency chairman's law firm — for $1 a year.
On Wednesday, the agency said the chairman, David Samson, meant to recuse himself from the vote, even though he was recorded in the official minutes as voting in favor of the lease. On Thursday, the agency said the vote was taken by an operations committee because not enough members of the full board were present — even though minutes from the meeting show a quorum of the board with six members voting in favor of the lease. Minutes from the operations committee don't mention the lease deal, but show three other committee actions.
The Port Authority's latest statement came hours after The Record questioned the legality of the lease with NJ Transit. Without Samson's vote, it appears the action would violate agency bylaws that require three commissioners each from New York and New Jersey to participate in any vote.
Samson, who was appointed to the Port Authority by Governor Christie, has been a central figure in the George Washington Bridge lane-closure scandal and has been embroiled in controversies over whether his clients benefited from his public |position.
NJ Transit paid Samson's firm, Wolff & Samson, up to $1.5 million for legal advice on an initiative to maximize profits on its parking lots. On the vote in question, the Port Authority agreed to give NJ Transit a 49-year lease on a North Bergen park-and-ride lot for $1 per year. Previously, NJ Transit had paid more than $900,000 for that lot.
The Port Authority said on Thursday that the vote on the new lease was actually taken by the five remaining commissioners acting as a Committee on Operations that acts on behalf of the board when it does not have a quorum.
Minutes from both the operations committee and the board meeting indicate that they met at exactly the same time, from 12:25 p.m. to 1:05 p.m., with the same people present, including Samson. There is no mention of the NJ Transit lease in the published minutes from the operations committee.
However, minutes from the regular board meeting show that six commissioners — Samson, Virginia Bauer and David Steiner from New Jersey and Jeffrey Lynford, Jeffrey Moerdler and Scott Rechler from New York — voted for the deal. New Jersey commissioner William "Pat" Schuber, the former Bergen County executive, recused.
Samson and other commissioners approved the minutes of the meeting, including the vote to approve the NJ Transit lease, on March 29, 2012.
The agency's general counsel, Darrell Buchbinder, did not say anything about the operations committee when he wrote to Samson on Wednesday saying he reviewed "records" — a piece of paper with a handwritten message on it provided by Samson, according to a knowledgeable source. Buchbinder wrote that he would move to have the meeting's minutes altered to reflect that Samson did not participate in the vote.
The letter was written on the same day The Record reported that records show Samson voted in favor of the NJ Transit lease. Buchbinder was present at the 2012 meeting and, according to the minutes, approved the vote and the quorum as valid.
Buchbinder did not respond to messages left on his cellphone Wednesday evening and again on Thursday afternoon. An agency spokesman, Ron Marsico, released a statement at 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
"Under the Port Authority's By-Laws, the Committee on Operations is authorized to act on behalf of the full Board on any item if there is not a sufficient number of Commissioners present due to prospective recusals. With the Chairman's recusal on the Lincoln Tunnel Park & Ride Lot item, |the item automatically moved to the Committee on Operations, where there was a quorum and sufficient number of votes to pass the item."
The agency's bylaws, posted on its website, say that a Committee on Operations is authorized to act for the board when not enough commissioners are in attendance for a vote of the full board. They also say that such a committee would act during "a special meeting" to be called by the board chairman.
Marisco said Thursday the chairman was not required to make a public announcement that a special meeting would be held because he announced at the beginning of the meeting that "one may be held" as part of "today's proceedings."
The confusion over the vote has intensified scrutiny over the way the Port Authority conducts and records its votes. A legal expert who reviewed the agency's by-laws said the removal of Samson's vote from the 6-0 tally would appear to invalidate the lease with NJ Transit, at least until the board had another chance to vote on it.
"The whole thing is void," Walter M. Luers, an attorney specializing in government and public records, said. "It isn't a valid lease."
The Port Authority answered questions about the validity of the lease about four hours after being asked about it Thursday. Even then, the agency was unable to provide any documentation that the lease was approved by the operations committee. And it did not respond to repeated requests to reveal the basis of Buchbinder's decision to change Samson's "yes" vote to a recusal.
A spokeswoman for Samson, Karen Kessler, said the records reviewed by Buchbinder had been "housed at the Port." She did not say whether Samson had been in possession of them or whether he provided them to Buchbinder.
"The Port made an error and they corrected their error," she wrote in an email.
State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, said the latest disclosures further demonstrate the Port Authority's dysfunction, and that the agency needs to be revamped.
"It's another example of obviously nobody overseeing what's going on over there," she said. "The top level, the commissioners of the Port Authority, at least on the New Jersey side, there is not a doubt in my mind that these people should be replaced."
This week, the agency's executive director, Pat Foye, an appointee of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said that until procedures were changed last year, commissioners recused themselves from a vote by privately informing staff members of their intentions rather than making a public announcement.
Samson recused himself from votes on the agency's operating budget and 10-year capital plan this week but did not make a public announcement about his intentions and did not leave the meeting while those topics were discussed.
"If you recuse yourself, people should know you're not involved in any way, and not involved in discussions that would lead to the vote," said Jameson W. Doig, a Dartmouth College professor who has written books about the Port Authority.
Samson has not denied that he voted for a $256 million reconstruction of the run-down PATH station in Harrison three months after a builder represented by his firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse to luxury apartments, a vote that was reported in The Record last month.
His firm also is at the center of allegations made by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer that the Christie administration threatened to withhold Superstorm Sandy recovery funds unless she backed a real-estate development that was represented at the time by Wolff & Samson. The developer, The Rockefeller Group, cut ties with the firm after Zimmer's allegations became public.
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Lars Eller is bigger and plans to be better when the Canadiens hit the ice for the 2013-14 season.
The Gazette's Dave Stubbs reports that Eller, who was listed at 201 pounds in last season's team guide, is now 220 pounds – and not a gram of the weight anything but muscle.
The 24-year-old centre/forward enjoyed a breakout season in the lockout-shortened campaign, his 30 points in 46 games two points better than what he recorded in 79 games the year before. And then suddenly, his season came to a sickening, bloody end at the Bell Centre in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Eller flattened by Ottawa defenceman Eric Gryba at the Canadiens blue line.
"I've seen the replay, which is the closest I'm going to come to remembering it," Eller told Stubbs on Saturday. "Maybe it's a good thing that I don't remember. It was a shocking incident for everybody watching. I haven't really thought much about it since. It's in the past."
Eller returned to Montreal last week from his native Denmark, where he spent almost the past two months with his wife, Julie, and their 10-month-old child.
"I feel great, completely healed," Eller said. "I did some more testing in Brossard (in mid- to late May) to make sure everything was back to normal, to make sure there were no symptoms related to the concussion. There haven't been any."
(Gazette file photo/Dario Ayala)
Fit, healthy Eller itching to get back, by Dave Stubbs
Eller among seven NHLers looking to avoid 'one-hit wonder' tag, NHL.com
Photo gallery of Daniel Briere's first day in Montreal as a Hab, Canadiens.com
Where Are They Now? Mats Naslund, Canadiens.com

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Stuart Peak
But one advantage of moving to a new place is an exhilarating sense of discovery everywhere I turn. Even bike commuting through town is still an adventure to me. Everything is so fresh and new that even small tastes are fulfilling; all the same, my appetite for adventure is more insatiable than ever. I see this green valley surrounded by mountain ranges, and beyond that, bigger mountain ranges, criss-crossed with an endless network of fire roads and trails, and I feel like I could go anywhere, and everywhere, and I want to. Of course time is a constraint, and so is knowledge of the region, and I had limited amounts of both on Sunday afternoon. I was waiting for my friend, Jen, to arrive from Utah en route to Sand Point, Idaho, so I could see her before she continued west. When I received a text from her telling me she was running late, and wouldn't show up until after 10, I realized I had a whole late afternoon and evening to discover something new.
I pulled out the Rattlesnake trail map that I just acquired on Saturday and decided to try an adjacent long trail, Stuart Peak. I didn't know how high Stuart Peak was. I didn't know how long the trail was. I rode seven miles of scorching pavement to reach a smooth strip of singletrack wending through a shady canyon, and knew I was in the right spot. The first three miles were grin-inducing fun, even on the climb, but then the real grunt started. Steep, horse-tromped, loose dirt cut a bee-line toward the sky. I tried with all my energy to ride uphill until I was seeing stars, then took short breaks, which became walking breaks. My lungs burned and my legs throbbed. I thought maybe I burned all my matches, flared out too soon, but the lure of the unknown beckoned, and I couldn't stop following it.
About five more miles of intermittent red-line riding and gasping walk breaks brought me to a wilderness boundary, where I gladly deposited my slave-driver of a bicycle behind some trees. I'm the rare mountain biker who agrees that bikes should be banned from wilderness areas. For me, the view is mostly personal. I just like the idea that there are still places in the country that can only be accessed on foot. It gives them a more mystic quality, like stepping into a place that time forgot. And it forces the relentlessly hurried among us to savor the world at a slower pace.
Bikes allowed or not, it wouldn't have mattered on the Stuart Peak trail, where I quickly hit deep, punchy snow. By this time, I was pretty close to running out of water, so I just filled my Camelback bladder with slush, which was incredibly refreshing.
The final ascent to the peak was a full-on snow climbing, where the north-facing crust was fairly icy and hard despite the scorching weather in Missoula, now far below. I checked my GPS and saw the elevation was approaching 8,000 feet, which meant I had climbed nearly 5,000 feet since leaving town. The number gave me a sense of satisfaction. If nothing else, it validated how much I had suffered up the climb.
And then, just before 8 p.m., I reached Stuart Peak. Gotta do the self-portrait on top of the peak, even though shorts aren't the most flattering look for me. I'd like to say that living Outside might allow me to get something of a tan, but that would be a lie. I'll probably go through several bottles of SPF 70 before I finally just surrender to wearing pants in 90-degree heat.
The topography of this region is significantly different than coastal Alaska, but striking nonetheless.
I bounded down the snowfield and collected my bicycle, giddy about the 4,000 feet I still had to lose. The descent was amazing. There aren't words that actually describe that level of exhilaration and freedom, the smooth, snaking free-fall through a blur of trees. I unravelled more than three hours of sweat-drenched climbing in 20 perfect minutes.
I think I'm going to like Missoula.


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My New Year's Resolution is straightforward: In 2008, I'm going to eat less meat. I'm not ready yet to go totally vegetarian, but I've set the realistic goal of eating meat only on the weekends or when eating dinner out at a restaurant (which I do rarely enough to make it a valid exception).
There are various reasons for doing so, which range from environmentally conscious to extremely vain — not to mention the fact that what I eat is one of the few daily routines that I haven't yet addressed in my Going Green quest.
The vain reason is that eating less meat will likely translate into eating more healthy foods ( i.e. , vegetables), which in turn will do good things for my body, skin, and hair. The eco-conscious reasons are slightly less palatable. First, there's everything I've read and learned about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and factory farming, about the alteration of cows' stomachs to force them to eat corn (unnatural, but abundant) instead of grass (what their bodies were made to eat), and about shoving thousands of chickens into coops where they get fat without ever seeing the light of day. (Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation , Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma , and myriad online sources all do a better job of detailing those transgressions than I could do in this small space.) Then I considered that vegetarians' diets produce substantially less greenhouse gases than carnivores' do, according to several studies, including one conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
I figured that if I can learn to bring a coffee cup to work in the interest of reducing waste, I can teach myself to eat less meat in the interest of reducing deforestation, water pollution, and methane emissions.
My going flexitarian (eating mostly vegetarian meals, but not ruling out meat entirely) dovetails nicely with some other personal goals — to bring my lunch more often (thus eliminating take-out food packaging), to save money, to eat seasonally (no more munching on tasteless tomatoes in January), and, as always, to unobtrusively proselytize to my friends and loved ones. But to do all this, I need to cook more than salads at every meal. My endeavor calls for creative recipes, especially if I'm to overcome the challenge of sharing a kitchen with someone who considers Skittles a fruit and Reese's Pieces a "health food."
I found inspiration in a few cookbooks, some written by local authors (and available at the Portland library), others by celebrity chefs. There are so many food tomes out there today that my selections were by no means comprehensive — merely arbitrary choices that happened to have appealing ideas. Here are some of my favorites so far:
• Creamy Root Vegetable Soup from Peter Berley's The Flexitarian Table (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) — This book is a treasure trove of seasonal meals that have both vegetarian and carnivorous components. Berley pairs his root vegetable soup, for example, with this recipe: Sauerkraut with Fried Tempeh/Smoked Whitefish, Green Apples, and Onions. The Red Onion-Shallot Compote, too, is as delicious on Chickpea Cutlets (see below) as it is on grilled chicken.
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So I have a hive that I combined a 1 box Warre and extracted the top box. So now the partially drawn combined box is on the bottom and I put the extracted box on top. This box is now 5 boxes tall. I put the extracted box on top hoping for a fall flow harvest. The box feel like it has some weight, but I don't see much for nectar in it (didn't try to remove combs yet). There seems to be some chaining bees in the partial box on bottom. The middle three have brood with the top box feeling considerably heavier than the bottom two. Also to note that the top box isn't fully drawn yet, but I did see some chaining bees in there.
So that's the background story. Here's a few questions. If the bees only partially fill the top box what should I do with it? Also is there such a thing as wintering on to many boxes? I know Warre said two boxes, but he also lived in a different climate. This hive wintered on 3 last year, but what if I left them with 4-5 boxes? Harmful or negligible difference? I notice that my other hives are starting to do some back filling of the brood nest. So what do you think I should do? Just leave them alone or remove that top box or something different?


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BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State University softball remained perfect at Sywassink Lloyd Family Stadium as it took two games from non-conference opponent, North Carolina A&T, on Wednesday. The Mountaineers defeated the Aggies 1-0 on a walk-off home run in the first contest before taking game two, 5-3.
With the win App State improves to 27-16 overall on the season and 16-0 at home, while North Carolina A&T falls to 7-30 overall.
Game One: App State 1, North Carolina A&T 0
Game one of the doubleheader turned into a pitchers dual as the game went six complete innings before senior Meghan Smith came up to bat in the bottom of the seventh for Appalachian. Smith drove her sixth home run of the season off the scoreboard in center field to allow the Apps to earn their 15th straight win in the friendly confines of Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium.
The Aggie pitching staff held the Black and Gold lineup to only three hits as the senior duo of Smith and Allie Cashion were the only Mountaineers to tally hits. Smith captured her eighth multi-hit game of the season and extended her hitting streak to eight games, notching two hits in the contest, while Cashion lined her 16th season double off the left field wall to bring her within two of the single season record.
North Carolina A&T left five runners on base with its best chance of scoring coming in the top of the fourth inning when it saw a leadoff hit from Sabrina Edmonds. Edmonds advanced to second with two outs on an Alejandra Barcenas single up the middle. The final out of the inning was retired when Alissa Schoelkopf struck out her sixth batter of the contest.
Sophomores Katherine Johnson and Schoelkopf combined to pitch a complete seven innings, keeping North Carolina A&T to four hits. Johnson earned her third start of the season, throwing 1.1 innings before Schoelkopf came on in relief to pitch 5.2 innings with 10 strikeouts, just one shy of her season-best 11 strikeouts against Wichita State.
Game Two: App State 5, North Carolina A&T 3
The Aggies scored their first run of the day when Raven Smith hit her seventh home run of the season just over the left center field fence, allowing North Carolina A&T to take the 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
Tranea Jones extended the Aggie lead to 2-0 in the top of the third inning when NC A&T loaded the bases on an App State error. Jones hit a shallow single to right field that plated Smith.
The Mountaineers came within one of the Aggies when Sarah Warnock had a leadoff double and Dani Heichen drew her team-high 23rd walk to put runners on first and second for Cashion. The left fielder lined her second double of the day off the center field wall to score pinch runner Cynthia Gomez.
The Apps knotted the score at 2-2 when Smith hit a deep sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Heichen to score the tying run.
The Black and Gold took the lead when freshman Ellie Manriquez hit her second career double, scoring Cashion and giving App State the 3-2 advantage over the Aggies.
Cashion tied the single season doubles record when she lined her 18th double off the right center field wall before Smith blasted her second home run of the day and eighth of the season over the center field wall to extend the Appalachian lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Aggies got a second home run, this time off the bat off Alexiss Dominguez, over the center field fence in the top of the sixth inning to bring them within two of the Apps before Schoelkopf came on in relief for Shivaun Landeros with two outs and the bases cleared. Schoelkopf picked up the strikeout in five pitches to retire the final out the inning.
Smith led the Apps in game two as she tallied one hit and three RBI to extend her hitting streak to nine game, while Cashion went two-for-two at the plate with one RBI.
Landeros (10-6) went 5.2 innings in her 19th start of the season, while Schoelkopf pitched 1.1 innings to earn her first career save.
Appalachian will be back in action on Saturday, Apr. 27 when it travels to Auburn, Ala. to play a non-conference doubleheader against the Tigers. Game one is slated to start at 2 p.m.


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Changes made after child jumps from bus
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - After a child jumped out the back of a school bus on Tuesday, we've learned changes will be made to prevent that from happening again.
The bus driver tells us she's relieved the four-year-old boy wasn't injured after jumping off the bus while she was trying to make a turn on Centenary Road.
Nettie Rhea says she buckled in the little boy, but he was able to unfasten his harness while she wasn't looking and sneak to the back of the bus while she was driving. "He was opening the door, pushed the door open and out the door he went," says Rhea.
She heard the emergency buzzer, looked in her rear view mirror and saw him leaping out the back.
He then ran to the front of the bus and got back on.
Rhea buckled him in again, then called 911 and the school district.
The superintendent says she did a good job handling the situation. "I love these kids. When they get on this bus, they become my grandkids and I treat them all the same. I love them, every one. I would go the last mile for any one of them," says Rhea.
In the future, the district will be putting a permanent aide on the bus to prevent this situation from happening again.


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That looks really good mate!
That looks really good mate!
more progress
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More pics will be on the way later today
Oh how I love custom work!
This is a really nice bucket.
that is one serious looking bucket
more pics , painted the bells and work on rangefinder
more pics ....instead of wookie braids, how about padawan braids?
Hmm me thinks thats a good idea.
Nice! Score one for those Mando's taking down Jetiise.
more pics, the shoulder bells are complete and weathered
rangefinder build is complete, now.... to paint
Still looking fantastic, ner vod. Keep it up
dude I love your bucket... RF looks a little long tho
Your bucket is looking really good.
i thought so too kal, but when folded down it's close to the visor
thanx guys
awesome looking bucket man!!!!!!!!!!!
thanx again
Simply WOW! Thank for sharing this... great to see it all from start to finish!
Kandosii!!! The paint job is amazing! I can't wait to see what you do with the armor.
thanx a lot , I've been working on the armor , so I hope to have some paint on this week


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What do Adobe's First Facebook PMD Awards mean for you?
Janie Lim, Group Marketing Manager, Adobe SEA – LinkedIn
Facebook's significance as a social marketing platform just keeps growing and the demand for deeper marketing opportunities increases too. Facebook has just announced its Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) program and Adobe is the first PMD member (out of an initial 232) to be awarded badges for all four of Facebook's Marketing APIs – Pages, Ads, Apps and Insights.
What does this mean and why is this important for our digital marketing customers?
Pages API
Adobe offers highly flexible page management with a robust roles and permissions model. This enables global and local scale so you can manage all of your Facebook pages within a single platform, while empowering regional managers to execute campaigns locally. We also feature deep integration with Adobe SiteCatalyst, enabling auto tagging of social media posts with campaign tracking codes in the publishing workflow. This means you can much more easily track how your Facebook content and interactions are driving behaviours on your digital properties. That's a fancy way of saying you can now tie social activity to business results.
Apps API
In addition to the flexibility and customisability that the new app builder within Adobe Social provides, Adobe's integration between SiteCatalyst and former Efficient Frontier technology now enables auto tagging of applications with campaign tracking codes to measure users across the entire customer journey from ad click to app engagement to website conversion and beyond. Through integration with Adobe Test&Target, marketers can engage in A/B testing of app creative and copy, producing critical Facebook app optimisation insights for enhanced engagement. Our targeting technology automatically personalises the app experiences based on social profile and demographic data, which improves relevancy and drives higher conversion.
Ads API
Adobe is currently the only provider to integrate "sponsored story creation" within the Facebook publishing workflow. Essentially, this capability can significantly expand the influence of content by maximising reach – getting your content in front of a lot more eyeballs – and amplifying messages. This innovation enables community managers to collaborate closely with ad managers during the planning process to coordinate paid and owned reach at campaign launch instead of sponsoring a story after the post has gone live.
Adobe also enables cross-channel attribution of social against other digital advertising channels – search and display – because our technology manages all biddable digital ad formats.
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Adobe can tie Facebook activity directly to business results like revenue or other conversion metrics. Additionally, Adobe can integrate listening (earned) data with owned data, paid media (ads) data, and meaningful analytics (i.e. let's look beyond "likes" and "fans" to revenue and conversions) within one dataset. This gives you a much more complete picture of performance across channels and insights to optimise investments across those channels for the greatest ROI.
The social world gets both richer and more easily accessible for digital marketers with tools such as these. As Facebook continues to innovate and enhance their platform, we will work closely with them to continue providing the most comprehensive and sensible support solutions possible


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I just completed a class on CEH v7.1 last week. I heard the news of the ANSI certification and the exam version change. I was reading everyone's posts about v8 -- looking for opinions if I should hurry up and take the exam before the content changes, or wait it out until version 8? This will be my first attempt at any certification - I'm a little nervous
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I feel your pain brother. I had a hell of a time at first. Now, I am a picture posting whore.
I also use imageshack. Here is how I do it and it is probably the slow way(some help for me here too, please). When I am at the page with all of my photos, I right click on the one I want. Then click on "view image". When that opens up look at the bottom of the picture and you will see a magnifying glass. That is zoom, click on it. Then it will open another page with just the photo. Copy what is in the browser at the top of the page. Then go to the thread you want to place the picture in. There is a little picture of a mountain to click on to insert image. Click that and paste the link you just copied. Be sure and remove the "http://" that is already there or it will screw you up. Damn, sorry about all this, good luck. Told you, I need help too.


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- Kitchen
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|Pennygången, 41482 Göteborg, Sweden
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House rulesNo smoking. No pets.
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We had a nice stay in Gothenburg. Leif is a very kind host! The neigbourhood is relaxed and quiet. By tram it takes about 15 min to the city center. We truely recommed this accomodation.
I stayed with Leif for a longer period. Leif was very kind and helpful making my stay enjoyable. The room was clean and spacious and well furnished. Parking was for free, which is not usual in Göteborg. The location of the appartement is near the center of Göteborg, quickly reachable with the public transportation (approx. 10 min walk to Axel Dahlströhms torg - 10 min with spårvagn to the center), additionally not far away from some recreation areas (Ruddalen, Slottsskogen) I enjoyed my stay very much, and I totally can recommend the B&B! Thank you again!
Very welcoming, Leif was very good advice for our visits. Housing provided access to Gothenburg easily by tram. Simple but very practical and neat room. Sumptuous breakfasts! I recommend this accommodation.
Très accueillant, Leif a été de très bon conseil pour nos visites.
Le logement permettait d'accéder à Göteborg très facilement par tram.
Chambre simple mais très pratique et très soignée. Des petits déjeuners somptueux! Je recommande ce logement.
Leif a nice host, the room spotlessly clean and the breakfast is delicious! The room is not centrally located, but very easy to reach by bus (about 20 minutes from the Central Station). Leif, thanks for hosting us!
Leif ist ein netter Host, das Zimmer blitzsauber und das Frühstück superlecker! Das Zimmer ist nicht zentral gelegen, aber mit Bus sehr gut zu erreichen (ca 20 min von der Centralstation). Leif, thanks for hosting us!
When I was on vacation in Goteborg, Sweden from June 28 -30 June 2013, I had fun and really good experience. In particular apartment that I stay me during this period was very small but useful. It was perfect with a kitchen, TV, Internet Wifi, bathroom etc. even very good breakfast. The host Leif was also very nice man. When it comes liggnehet weather also close to the city about. 20 min by bus.
Da jeg var på ferie i Goteborg, sverige fra 28 jun -30 jun 2013 hadde jeg goy og veldig bra opplevelse. Særlig leiligheten som jeg oppholdet meg i denne perioden var det veldig koslig . Det var det perfekt med eget kjøkken, TV, internet Wifi, bad osv. til og med veldig bra frokost. Verten Leif var også veldig hyggelig man. Når det gjelder liggnehet vær det også i nærheten av byen ca. 20 min med buss.
a bit out of town, but still good to reach by bus.
had a very pleasent stay and enjoyed the good company and the great breakfast.
tack saa mycket för den trevliga tiden.
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Great place , good food, & location as well as warm hospitality! Leif keep it up!
Simply amazing, host, location value & no hassle allocated free parking place.
Leif please upload a pic of the breakfast table which u set out for me on both mornigngs, believe you me, his breakfast spread is better than many hotels with candle light & the works.
he was great enought to accompany me to a 7-11 just to ensure i found the place @ 11pm at night.
PLananning another stay with my wife already....
Cheers Leif & thx for a great time.
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The books listed here have been chosen to give background information to aid in understanding your ancestors and bringing your family history to life. They come from a variety of sources, all online, some are part of a subscription service such as Find My Past or Ancestry, others are free.
The Farthest Promised Land — English Villagers, New Zealand Immigrants of the 1870s
This book by Rollo Arnold is essential reading for those with ancestors who emigrated from England to New Zealand. This highly readable book concerns itself with the unrest in the countryside, the agents who travelled the country signing up those who felt they would benefit from seeking their fortunes on the other side of the world and what those brave souls found when they arrived in the promised land. There are indexes for subject matter, names and places at the end of the book which are most helpful. I found my Enoch Whiting Willis here and learnt much more about him and his family, their reasons for emigrating and accounts of his life in NZ. Recommended.
New Zealand Emigration & Gold Fields
I came across this interesting book "New Zealand Emigration & Gold Fields" by George Butler Earp, published in 1853 by George Routledge & co on the Find My Past Australasian website. I can just image some of our ancestors being seduced by the lure of gold and snapping up this book when newly printed !
The book covers such subjects as children being an asset in the new colony, over coming a reluctance to emigrate, reports from the various gold diggings and the use of capital in NZ which would be too small to be of any use in England. When tracing our family trees it is easy to concentrate on adding more and more ancestors and forgetting to get to know the ones that we already have. This book is a good example of background material that adds understanding and colour to our ancestors lives.
image – Wikimedia – Gold miner with cart emerging from a NZ gold mine – Auckland Libraries
New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid & Tourist
New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid & Tourist written by John Murray More was published in 1890 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. The book covers a wide variety of subjects which may indicate that the author was trying to appeal to a vast target market. Some of the titles of the sub-chapters are classes of immigrant not wanted, rates of pay and cost of living, the climate, the advantages that NZ offers over other health resorts, tattoos of the Maori, settlement of the land and lunacy in NZ. I wonder if the book was a success with tourists & settlers alike?
The book runs to 259 pages and says a lot about what was thought to be of great importance at the time. Wonderful background material. This book is available to be either read online or downloaded as a PDF file from Archive.org or FindMyPast.com.au
Emigration: Where to Go, and Who Should Go: New Zealand & Australia
Emigration: Where to Go, and Who Should Go: New Zealand & Australia (As Emigration Fields) In Contrast with the United States & Canada. The author obviously liked short snappy titles (!!), but it may have been that he need to make his book stand out from what appears to have been quite a wide range of books on the market at this time. Written by Charles Hursthouse and published by Trelawny Sauders this book starts by several pages of reviews from the press in the UK and NZ. It would seem that Mr Hursthouse travelled the country giving lectures on emigration to Australia & New Zealand and these had been gather together in this book.
I haven't read this book cover to cover and I suspect few family historians would, it is wordy and very opinionated and I suspect doesn't add a lot to our understanding. However if a search on FindMyPast.com.au brings up a reference to a family name then you might want to read a page or two.
The book is available on Australasia FindMyPast and it is also on Google Books.
English emigration to New Zealand, 1839 – 1850: information, diffusion and marketing a new world.
This is a paper written by Paul Hudson of the University of Exeter and was published in the Economic History Society's journal in 2001. The paper is scholarly, but very readable and gives a good overview of the what, why and when of emigration from England to New Zealand. The paper runs to 20 pages so can be read quickly. The paper is available free online via the Hungerford Virtual Museum website. Recommended.


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Born in London and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Femi began his musical career playing in his father's band, Egypt 80. In 1986, Femi started his own group, Positive Force, and began establishing himself as an artist independent of his father's legacy. In the mid-'90s, Motown offered him a record deal with its boutique label Tabu; Femi's eponymous debut album resulted. Released in 1995, the record won praise throughout Europe and Africa for offering a more streamlined and accessible version of his father's music. Femi embarked on an extended promotional tour, crossing first Africa, then Europe in 1996 and 1997. His solo career was off to a successful start, despite the dissolution of the Tabu label (and Femi's record deal with it).
However, this problem became the least of Femi's concerns when his father died of AIDS-related complications in 1997. Shortly afterwards, his sister, Sola, also suffered an untimely death, making 1997 a truly dark year for Femi. He would later write "'97," a song that candidly reflects on this particularly tragic time. Yet with tragedy comes opportunity in the world of music, and Femi ultimately signed a major-label record deal with Polygram in December 1997, only months after his father's death. MCA made the most out of the situation, repackaging and re-releasing much of Fela's catalog and setting the stage for Femi's MCA debut album in the process. Following months of press and hype, MCA released Shoki Shoki in early 1999 to widespread acclaim from such esteemed publications as The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vibe, not to mention other smaller publications.
A year later, Femi returned with his second album, Fight to Win, and toured the States with Jane's Addiction in an effort to cross over to a more mainstream audience. Part of this crossover effort meant aligning himself closer to hip-hop and its sizable audience. Fight to Win featured a number of respected rap artists like Mos Def and Common. As expected, critics celebrated the album, though Western masses seemed rather indifferent to both the record and Femi's concert trek with Jane's Addiction. Over the next decade, several recordings of live shows and compilations were released, but for the most part -- with the exception of making a vocal cameo as a radio station DJ in Grand Theft Auto IV -- he avoided the recording studio, opting to tour instead. In 2008, he re-emerged with his first album in seven years, Day by Day, a definitive album that helped to establish Femi as a true original with his own unique style. His 2011 effort Africa for Africa was a mix of new and re-recorded older material. In 2013, a collection of all new work entitled No Place for My Dream was issued by Knitting Factory. ~ Jason Birchmeier
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The UPS guy came rollin' around early this morning, and left me a nice surprise. It was the third hidden package, from Rockstar Games.
Inside the package contained a sports T-Shirt (Liberty Swingers Baseball Team, a fictional sports team in Liberty City from GTAIV) with the number "4" on the back, and some nice GTAIV/R* logos on the bottom right side and right sleeve.
Also in the package contained a disc. The disc containes two new exclusive, brand new screenshots found in no magazine, not even the official GTAIV site yet.
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Paws and Claws announces board of directors
Paws and Claws, a nonprofit organization that is gaining momentum to become a driving force supporting animal welfare in central Minnesota, announces this year's board of directors, which includes three incumbents and four newly ratified members:
Betty Thomas, president, co-founder of Mann Lake Ltd., Hackensack.
Jack Thomas, vice president, co-founder of Mann Lake Ltd., Hackensack.
Theresa Ryan, chief financial officer, Pequot Lakes.
Steve Baker, attorney, Walker and Longville.
Jay Cline, vice president and branch manager, First National Bank of Walker, Jenkins office.
Jean Ballenthin, registered nurse, Ponto Lake Township.
Gary Dietrich, president of NorthWay Group, Hackensack.
"We are so excited to have this team of community leaders committed to helping Paws and Claws carry out its mission to save animal lives, educate youth and complete families," said Betty Thomas. "Our first strategic goal is to work with the community to determine its capacity to build and support an animal shelter in Cass County, one of the few counties in the state that has such great need, yet is lacking any type of humane haven for lost and homeless pets."
In addition, the organization has engaged a team of professional advisers to help build sustainable processes to ensure financial strength, community engagement, marketing, communications and fundraising.
"Betty and I have been in the for-profit business world for many years, and we quickly realized that in order to achieve the same success with Paws and Claws, we needed to surround ourselves with experienced non-profit advisors who could help us set a firm foundation that will sustain the organization far into the future," said Jack Thomas.
As part of that process Paws and Claws has adopted a new logo and is building its branding and communications capacity so that donors, volunteers and other supporters will quickly realize its uniqueness.
Paws and Claws, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, was the vision of Jack and Betty Thomas, founders of Mann Lake Ltd. They realized the huge, unmet need and challenges faced by the community because of a lack of animal shelter in Cass County.
The current goal of the organization is to help lost, neglected, abused, abandoned and surrendered companion animals find a "forever home" by building a humane shelter and providing care so that they may be adopted.
Future program expansion will include pet therapy training for veterans and seniors, youth education, affordable spay/neuter services, veterinary care for low-income pet owners, and the development of an animal foster care network.
Initial projections are that Paws and Claws will serve more than 1,000 animals per year, create nine new jobs and provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for hundreds of local citizens.


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A variation on "cockass", a combination of cock and ass, popularized by Jack Black of Tenacious D. Used frequently in more recent Tenacious D live performances. An insult used to label someone for the sake of expressing displeasure with them and their actions.
You create something like Inward Singing! You fucking shit, you'd fucking sit in your tower and fucking nap! You fucking bitch! You fucking kakaias!
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Fact Check: Dialing 1-1-2 won't help you in an emergency
BUTTE, Mont. - A story that is seemingly growing more popular on Facebook everyday says you can contact local police dispatch by dialing 1-1-2 on your cell phone.
NBC Montana decided to check the facts.
The story reads about an unmarked car with a flashing light attempting to pull a young girl over late one evening.
The advice the young girl remembers her parents telling her is racing through her mind. That's when she decides not to stop, but instead, keeps driving and dials 1-1-2.
That phone number reportedly gets her to a local dispatcher who checks to see if it really is a police officer behind her. The girl learns it's, in fact, not a real police officer. Dispatch then advises the girl to keep driving until real officers can arrive.
When the police do catch up they inform the young girl that the driver of the unmarked vehicle is a convicted rapist.
Here at NBC Montana we haven't heard of 1-1-2 before so we asked around.
"I have not heard of 1-1-2 before," said Krista Stone, a student at Montana Tech.
"I have never heard of 1-1-2," added Kathy Jo Persons, a Butte resident.
NBC Montana tried the number with all major cell phone providers Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T, and received the same result every time, the operator saying the phone number didn't exist -- proving that there is no substitute for 9-1-1 when it comes to emergencies.
"That's tough. I would pray I would rely on my instincts that I would dial 9-1-1 because I do know that goes to dispatch for whatever location you are in," concluded Persons.
If you find yourself in a similar situation as the young girl from the story then dial 9-1-1 right away, and don't pull over unless you're in a well lit public area such as a grocery store or a gas station.


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The PTC Department of Languages and Division of Fine Arts and Humanities invites one and all to attend the second annual FIESTA to celebrate student achievement and cultural diversity on April 14 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Pulaski Tech language students have prepared music, food, dance lessons, games for children and adults, arts and crafts. One PTC student will even bring a live llama! Attendees will also have the chance to win door prizes, but lots of fun is guaranteed.
The event will take place in the Campus Center Grand Hall and on the promenade at the main campus.
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To Mac or not to Mac?
I'm looking for some advice and/or insight into the world of Mac. My laptop decided to die yesterday for no apparent reason. I was using it fine the day before and then I went to turn it on and nothing. I've ruled it to be a motherboard failure, as has Gateway, and they wanted $300+ to repair it. It's 5 years old and I feel that it has served its purpose (plus I've been considering upgrading for a few months now).
In searching around, I've decided to consider purchasing a MacBook or MacBook Pro. However, I don't know anything about the OS. I've not used a Mac in many years, but I have several friends that have purchased them and absolutely love it. I saw that you can purchase VMware for Mac or run something called Parallels Desktop (anyone used it?) so that I'll still be able to run Windows as well as whatever else.
I guess what I'm looking for from you guys here, is if I were going to do any security testing with it, is there really going to be any difference in comparison to my old XP laptop? Obviously my friends can say "yeah, my Mac is sweet" but they're also not on the same level as far as computer skills go nor do they use theirs for the same purposes =P It sure seems that with the virtualization it should be pretty much the same... start the program and boot up my virtual attack machine or BackTrack .iso, etc. Plus I think I'd really like to get to learn the Mac OS.
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Does anyone know where to get those steel frame rests for boosting a 3/4" or 7/8" frame rest to 5/8" or 1/2"? I couldn't find them easily, and I am wondering if anyone can tell where the best place (if any) is to get them. Thanks in advance!


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Prince Amukamara is just as good as peterson. Doesn't get a lot of attention but I think he can even be better than peterson. Peterson's the better athlete and probably the best natural athlete in the draft, but Prince is slightly more polished and more disciplined than peterson who I've found to be somewhat overaggressive at times
Peterson reminds me of suh. Amazing athlete but doesn't have too worry much about technique because he can dominate players with his amazing athleticism. I think peterson will struggle in the NFL, a bit. Especially against receivers that are quick, percise, and polished in their route running.
[/quote] Did U see the OSU game a few weeks ago[/quote]Did I see the game? I saw the game and WR Blackmon torched Amukamara and I even made a post about it under the "General Sports" section weeks ago(page 32). I'll go over there and bump it for you. I've made it clear plenty of times I personally think Patrick Peterson is the better cornerback. Not to say Prince is a bad corner, I just think PP has the edge and will be drafted higher. Please do me a favor and stop looking for an argument that is not there.
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Earlier today, Toronto City Councillor Georgio Mammoliti caused a stir when he discounted an independent report by Toronto's esteemed Ombudsman, Fiona Crean. In her report, she found that the appointments to city agencies and boards had been "compromised" by political influence. As a public servant, Mammoliti has advocated ideas that are disturbing at best. In a heated exchange, Councillor Perks spoke for all of us when he told Coun. Mammoliti, "Shame on you -- get out of this chamber" and called him a "bully."


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We were all very comfortable in the van. The kids slept quite a bit, but also had other activities. Christian spent time on the laptop computer watching videos, texting of the cell phone and listening to music on his ipod. Bethany watched videos on her video now, and listening to music on her mp3. It seems like it took forever to get out of Florida, then the rest of the drive was easy. At 6am, we pulled into a rest stop for I and Jose to go potty. I noticed that the folks in the pickup next to us very sound asleep. The kids had decided to stay in the van. While we were in the bathroom, I heard a car alarm going off....yep, ours. So much for the folks next to us sleeping! Christian had decided to get out, but Jose had locked them in. Alarm goes off. Then, I come out, and Bethany lets me in....alrm again
I had researched gas prices along the way at gasbuddy.com ,
and it really helped us find the cheapest gas. With driving at night, we got to New Orleans earlier than expected. I also forgot to figure in the fact that we'd be crossing a time zone, so we gained an hour. In Mobile, it was cool to drive over the bridge and get a good view of the Battleship Alabama, and then drive through the tunnel there.
10:00 am, so most of the businesses in the French Quarter were not open yet. It looked scary and abandoned. Jose was very unhappy about this. We circled the block of our hotel ( one way streets made it more difficult to make a simple 'around the block')
several times before we could find a place to temporarily park. After I checked in, I found that the hotel had a tiny parking lot that they valet parked us in ($25- but not other options are available). The rooms were very nicely decorated, and each had a balcony overlooking the small pool courtyard (these came in handy for Christian having some alone time with his cell phone). I convinced the family that it would really be OK to walk around, and I wouldn't get them lost. The architecture here (wrought iron porches) is so beautiful
The frescos on the ceiling, and the stained glass windows were beautiful. Unfortunately,
It started pouring rain while we were in there, so we hung out there for a while. Of course there would have to be a hurricane when we come on vacation. Luckily, there is a Mardi Gras museum right next door, so we walked around there, and took lots of pix. It was interesting, if not also bizarre. So many people of all ages and backgrounds acting totally foolish, and spending huge amounts of money to do so. We went to Caf� Du Monde for beneittes and frozen coffee aulate. The dough nuts were ok, but the frozen coffee was piled up like dog poop, and tasted pretty bad too. With the rain, it was hot and damp, and unenjoyable, so we were wet and tired; so returned to the rooms for a break (nap). Later, the rain stopped. Jose decided to stay back in room while I and the kids continued our exploration. We walked down by the river, but were disappointed by the extreme smell of oil, and the awful oily all over the river. We had considered taking the ferry across, but couldn't stand to be near the filth and stench
The food was really good, but we ate until we were sick. We had the best crab cakes, barbequed shrimp and I got crab stuff tuna steak- it was sooooo good. ( I'm nauseated as I write this). I guess it's flopping in front of the tv for the rest of the night. Later however, I did get Bethany to convince me to go for a dip in the pool. I guess we're spoiled though, because we both thought that it was too cold, and only lasted a few minutes
General observation about NO: It was great to see once, but it would have been a blast when I was about 20 years old, with all the bars and music, but I'm way too old for that kind of thing now.
Day 2 Began with me waking everyone up at about 7am, because we needed to get 'on the road again'. We had a small continental breakfast, and were in the van. Most of LA was a bit scary. Loooooong bridges over swamp, with nothing in between. What if you break down? We found out about half way through the state. We noticed that for the longest time, there was no traffic going east. Then, we saw why. There had been a accident where a car drove up under a gas truck. The car was totally burned up, and there were a dozen police and hazmat trucks there cleaning up. Then they had to keep that side closed for miles and miles behind. Then we had the weather. It was the leftovers of hurricane Dolly's outer bands, and really poured at times. For lunch we stopped at 'Whataburger"- what a stomach ache for Mom! Luckily I brought chewable pepto- always prepared. Driving through Houston was a bear, between rain, a lot of traffic, and construction. One thing that we decided was that Texas is cheap. Other states have rest areas every 50 to 100 miles. NOT Texas. At one point, everybody had to go, but no rest stops, and almost no businesses were to be found
A 2 minute walk had us in the mall. Went to the kids favorite store- Hot Topic, then to the food court to get food to bring back to the room. Chinese for me and the kids, and gyro for Jose. Then, down to the pool and fitness room. I wanted to go to the hot tub, but it was closed for cleaning. It better be open tomorrow. Christian wanted to stay and work out. I and Bethany jumped in the pool. Since it's on the 7th floor, it's only 4 foot deep, and you can feel the floor vibrate-pretty weird. Here again, we whimped out and because we were cold. Christian was really into the workout, so he stayed. I and Bethany came back to the room and showered. Jose passed out early. We are soon to follow. Now to see if I can get the internet, and figure out how to work the travel blog...challenging for an old broad!


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D: Daughters of Rome
Here's the synopsis, straight from Quinn's website:
A.D. 69. Nero is dead. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. With bloodshed spilling out of the palace and into the streets of Rome, chaos has become the status quo. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything—especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome…
Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more withdrawn, content to witness history rather than make it. Even so, Marcella has her share of distinguished suitors, from a cutthroat contender for the throne to a politician's son who swears that someday he will be Emperor.
But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, Cornelia and Marcella—along with their cousins, one a collector of husbands and lovers, the other a horse-mad beauty with no interest in romance—must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor…and one Empress.
*wipes drool from chin*
Get thee to a bookstore!
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- Grandpa said...
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- April 5, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- N. R. Williams said...
Nice to meet you. This book sounds great. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasms.
- April 5, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- welcome to my world of poetry said...
Seems a very interesting book.
Thanks for your visit and comment,
- April 5, 2011 at 11:47 PM
- J. L. Jackson said...
Looks like a great book!
- April 6, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- Cheree said...
That looks like a very interesting book.
- April 6, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- L.G.Smith said...
Ooh, I love historical fiction. Thanks for pointing these books out. They sound very interesting to me. And I love, love, love the picture at the top of your blog.
- April 6, 2011 at 5:09 AM
- VR Barkowski said...
I'm heading to Rome in September. Always happy to add to my pre-travel reading list!
- April 6, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
LOL. That is SO you! :-)
- April 6, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Giggle, Laugh, Cry said...
Everybody likes a bloody coup!
Just stopped by from the A-Z Challenge!
- April 6, 2011 at 8:55 AM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
I enjoyed her first one--I'm really looking forward to this one!
- April 6, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Laura Marcella said...
Ooo, sounds fascinating! I'll have to check out both books.
- April 7, 2011 at 6:26 AM
- Sylvia Ney said...
Sounds like a good read! I'm stopping by from the A to Z challenge and I look forward to reading more from you.
- April 9, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Julie Dao said...
That book looks AMAZING. I'm so excited to give this author a try - I'm heading to the library today and will definitely have to look these up.
- April 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- The Red Angel said...
From what I'm reading here, this sounds like a great book! I'll be sure to check it out next time I go to B&N. :)
Thanks so much for following my blog. :) If you're interested, come sign up for my 100-Followers Blogfest, titled "Inanimation," it's going to be great!
- April 10, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Misha said...
Squee! That sounds awesome!
- April 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM
- erica and christy said...
I love historical fiction, though I haven't read one in a while...only paranormal for me lately. Brushing up on the genre I write. However, my blog partner won a historical fiction recently. So after I read that, I'll check this one out! Thanks! christy
- April 11, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Jeffrey Beesler said...
Wow, that's quite a blurb! It makes me actually want to seek out this historical fiction, a genre I usually don't read. Thanks for sharing, and it's a pleasure to meet you via the A-Z Challenge!
- April 12, 2011 at 5:02 AM
- Mark Noce said...
Interesting premise. I wonder how the same concept would workout in a story about Egypt;)
- April 12, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
wow, sounds fantastic
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How many different ways can one skater get into a double axel?
95 Jr Worlds SP spread eagle with knee bend, straight into 2A
1996 Worlds SP back outside counter (1A); double but not perfect at Centennial on Ice
96 Euros FS forward outside threes in both directions, step up from back inside edge
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successful with much simpler approach at 97 Euros
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Five just isn't enough jump passes. Prejuv and Juv kids are doing 5 (usually doubles) jump passes with nice in betweens. 5 passes in a 4:10 program would look very empty. I would agree with potentially eliminating the 3 jump combo (unless it's X+1/2Lo+Y) as with ladies, most double loops at the end of the three jump is at minimum < and looks sloppy.
Hey, this lady was pretty good!
Well, this is 6.0, so the variety of entrances to the double Axel does not get x number of CoP points. Still, I can easily see that the judges would reward the fancy approaches in both the technical and the performance marks. It seems pretty clear in these examples that the more challenging the entrance the more likely the jump is to be unsuccessful. I suppose this is obvious. Every senior skater can do a double Axel. But can you do one preceded by elaborate steps, turns and moves in the field?
That said, I am not a big fan of difficulty for difficulty's sake. I don't think a 'Tano position adds anything of value to a jump, for instance. To me, it is like jumping with a chicken tied to your leg. Difficult, yes, but it takes away from the beauty of the jump done properly, with a long, flowing exit edge.
I will give the skater in these videos a +1 costume bonus in her first performance, though. Elly May Clampett meets Daisy Mae Yokum (nee Scraggs).
I just think the 3 jump combo is an element that's essentially mandatory (or you're giving up points) and rarely done well. And when it is done well it isn't all that impressive to me. By the end skaters have almost no runout.
Best 3 jumps combo by a lady
The transition going into the jump, the flow coming out. Just perfect.
The judges lowballed this combo big time, half of them gave her 0 GOE. The other half +1 GOE.
By today standard, it would be +2 or +3 GOE.
Yu-Na actually fulfilled quite of the bullet points to get GOE: difficult entry, varied position in the air (tano double loop), as well as superior flow in and out and great height/distance on the axel (can't really get great height/distance on a double toe or double loop). Would've been enough to justify +2, but some judges may have disagreed about the flow out so they opted for just +1.


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