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On 28 July 2006 the Museum held a symposium to explore the significance of the Cook-Forster ethnographic collection of the University of Göttingen. The collection was acquired during Cook's three voyages to the Pacific, between 1768 and 1780. Speakers at the symposium explored the history of the collection, its contemporary importance to the descendants of the objects' makers, and its impact on the fields of anthropology, art and museology.
The Cook's Pacific Encounters exhibition, held at the National Museum of Australia from 1 July to 10 September 2006, showcased a selection of artefacts from the Cook-Forster collection. You can discover more about the Cook-Forster collection at the online exhibition, Cook's Pacific Encounters. A publication of the symposium papers will be forthcoming from NMA Press.
Encounters with wondrous things: the historical significance of the Cook-Forster Collection
Paul Turnbull, Griffith University
The Cook–Forster collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany contains many objects of great artistry, ingenuity and spiritual significance. These objects provide vivid insights into the worlds of both European and Polynesian peoples during the second-half of the eighteenth century.
This talk explains how and why voyagers on James Cook's first two expeditions acquired these objects, and considers how important many of them were in shaping European perceptions of the peoples they met in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Tahiti and Hawai'i. The talk also considers the meanings and values of some of the most remarkable pieces in the Cook-Forster Collection for the peoples who created them, and how they contribute to our understanding of Maori, Maohi and Kanaka Maoli cultures around the time they first encountered Europeans.
Paul Turnbull is Professor of History and Head of the School of Arts, Media and Culture at Griffith University in Brisbane. His research interests include the eighteenth century, notably in the area of voyaging and ethnographic encounter in Oceania. He has also written extensively on the procurement and scientific uses of the ancestral remains of Indigenous Australians, and is internationally known for his research on the theory and practice of history in networked digital media.
His projects include South Seas: Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800), an online resource on James Cook's momentous first Pacific voyage (1768-1771).
Georg Forster and the image of Captain Cook
Nigel Erskine, Australian National Maritime Museum
In 1787 a German translation of the official account of James Cook's third voyage was published with an introductory essay and annotations by Georg Forster. Forster's experiences sailing with Cook during the second voyage and his scientific and literary interests placed him particularly well to write with some authority - a point he was quick to make when criticising the introduction to the official account written by Dr Douglas.
Forster's essay was published a year before Andrew Kippis' well-known biography The Life of Captain James Cook (1788), but has received scant attention. This paper appraises Georg Forster's image of Cook and his place in Cook research.
Nigel Erskine is curator of exploration at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney. He has represented the museum in work at Newport, Rhode Island in the United States aimed at identifying the remains of Cook's Endeavour. In April 2005 he joined the HM Bark Endeavour replica on the final New Zealand to Sydney leg of its recent voyage home to Sydney. He has a lifetime interest in maritime history and archaeology and investigated the Bounty mutineer settlement at Pitcairn Island as the subject of his PhD in 1998. He was formerly director of the Norfolk Island Museum.
To attempt some new discoveries in that vast unknown tract
Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC
When James Cook announced that the aim of his first Pacific voyage was 'to attempt some new discoveries in that vast unknown tract' in the London Gazetteer on 18 August 1768, he was no doubt thinking of geographical discoveries. However, his new discoveries went far beyond geography. Many plants and animals were new discoveries to the western world, and much research has been carried out and collections made in these scientific disciplines since the eighteenth century.
Perhaps even more extraordinary were the discoveries of unknown peoples and cultural traditions - some 2000 artefacts were collected during Cook's three Pacific voyages. At first, museums and private collectors were eager to acquire some of these new 'curious' objects. But in the following generations many of these treasures lost their appeal and the 'Cook-voyage' association was often lost.
This talk recounts the research that went into reconstructing the ethnographic collections from Cook's voyages, and my continuing research on the importance of these early materials to both the descendants of their makers as well as to the disciplines of anthropology and art. It is also an update of my book Artificial Curiosities (1978).
Adrienne Kaeppler is curator of oceanic ethnology at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. She has published widely on the arts of the Pacific, the ethnographic collections made on the three Pacific voyages of James Cook, and on issues in museology exploring the social, political, and ethical questions faced by museum curators in their roles as custodians of culture.
Her forthcoming book, Holophusicon: An 18th Century English Institution of Science, Curiosity, and Art, will be published by the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna. She contributed two essays to Life in the Pacific of the 1700s: The Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Gottingen, a three-volume set which was released in July 2006.
Looking across the beach: both ways
Greg Dening, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University
As we admire the cultural achievements of the Sea of Islands peoples and wonder a little at the skills of such polymaths as Johann Forster, this talk looks at the museums and theatre the Tahitian people made of the European strangers. The Maohi had their own polymath - Tupaia, priest, architect, way-finder, painter, map-maker of hundreds of islands that Cook was never able to discover. Tupaia and Forster are two heroes of mine in the encompassment of the Sea of Islands.
Greg Dening has written some dozen books on the cross-cultural history of the Pacific. After his retirement from the Max Crawford Chair of History at the University of Melbourne in 1991, he was an adjunct professor at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University where he conducted postgraduate workshops on the creative imagination in the presentation of scholarly knowledge. He wrote Beach Crossings: Voyaging across Times, Cultures and Self (2004).
Footprints in the sand: Banks' Maori collection, Cook's first voyage 1768-1771
Paul Tapsell, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Traditionally museums have focused their Maori collections according to values that more strongly reflect the colonial practice of acquisition and capture rather than the originating genealogical matrix of relationships. Since the 1980s the re-presenting of primitive Maori art objects as taonga has been indicative of the growing willingness of museums to begin engaging with descendants of source communities not unaccustomed to the metropolitan ethos of the 'other'.
In general, museum-held taonga have become re-humanised and approachable in a way that enables kin belonging to be positively expressed within legal parameters of ownership, thus benefiting all parties. Cook's first voyage taonga, however, seemed to have remained stratospherically detached from this trend. Commanding an unrivalled status of being both first and authentic, they have spurred decades of academic/curatorial discourse without reference to the quiet cross-generational musings of their descendants 12,000 miles away.
Using Joseph Banks collection from Cook's first voyage to the Pacific, this talk raises questions from a taonga perspective, and perhaps explains why Cook's first footsteps on New Zealand shores were not his last.
Paul Tapsell joined the Auckland War Memorial Museum as Director Maori - Tumuaki Maori in May 2000. He is a member of the Tapsell family who trace their descent from the main tribes of Te Arawa and who have strong genealogical affiliations throughout the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions.
From 1990 to 1994 Paul was curator of the Rotorua Museum. His PhD thesis in museum ethnography from Oxford University was titled 'Taonga: A Tribal Response to Museums'. He also lectures at the University of Auckland.
Cook, his mission and Indigenous Australia: a perspective on consequence
Doreen Mellor, National Library of Australia
This paper examines the life-changing consequences for Australian Indigenous peoples arising from Cook's first Pacific journey. His charting of the east coast of Australia and subsequent European settlement is discussed as the background to the story of the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, known as the Stolen Generations.
Doreen Mellor is an Indigenous Australian of Mamu/Ngadjonji heritage from the Atherton Tablelands of north Queensland and is currently director of development at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Formerly project manager of the National Library's Bringing Them Home Oral History Project, she co-edited with Anna Haebich the associated major publication Many Voices: Reflections on Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation (2002).
Prior to her work in Canberra, Doreen was director of Flinders University Art Museum in Adelaide and served on many national and state boards and committees. She has prepared major reports on Indigenous arts and cultural issues and is editor and co-author with Terri Janke of Valuing Art, Respecting Culture: Protocols for Working with the Australian Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Sector (2001).
Brushed with fame: museological investments in the Cook voyage collections
Lissant Bolton, British Museum
A number of different sectors of contemporary western society meet in museums: they are public institutions, often drawing on additional commercial funding, which employ academic curatorial staff to develop exhibitions for a broad non-academic audience, in consultation with Indigenous communities.
Captain Cook's fame has percolated into all these sectors. For many people, Cook is synonymous with the Pacific and his collections are brushed with his fame. While not everyone in those sectors views Cook favourably, it is very difficult to present the Pacific in a major public institution without reference to his voyaging and his collections.
This paper, while celebrating his collections, critically considers the nature and operation of Cook's fame in a museological context.
Lissant Bolton is section head of the Oceania department at the British Museum in London. She has been working in Vanuatu, South Pacific, since 1989 and is the author of Unfolding the Moon: Extending Kastom to Women in Vanuatu (2003). She has also published works on the anthropology of Vanuatu and on issues relating to museums and Indigenous peoples. In September 2006 she curated an exhibition for the British Museum called Power and Taboo: Sacred Objects from the Pacific, which focused on early collections from eastern Polynesia. She was formerly Pacific collection manager at the Australian Museum in Sydney.


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The CEO of the City of Boston Credit Union joined Joe & Dave to express how proud the Credit Union's members are to support the Jimmy Fund.
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The ultimate get-out-of-jail card, an unusual sentencing plan that lets some offenders in an Alabama town replace jail time with a year of church, has been put on hold, reports the Huffington Post. The plan, dubbed "Jesus or Jail" by Time magazine and CNN, has stirred vehement protests from the American Civil Liberties Union.
According to a letter to officials in Bay Minette, Ala., the ACLU said the scheme " 'flagrantly' violates the separation of church and state." The Huffington Post article added:
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The Brooklyneer
Good for: Devoted locavores
Reserve the platform section in the rear for your crew of up to 20 at this West Village bar, which bills itself as an homage to Kings County's eating and drinking scene. (It's free to book, but you'll need to have more than ten people in your crew.) Throw back craft beers like a crisp Kelso pilsner ($7) or a Sixpoint Bengali Tiger IPA ($7); the Applejack Old-Fashioned ($12) also serves as a fine winter warmer. Party platters are available, including Ovenly bacon caramel popcorn ($4 per serving), Mile End hot dogs (20 half dogs for $60) and spicy meatballs paired with mozzarella from Caputo's in Carroll Gardens (30 for $60). 220 W Houston St between Sixth Ave and Varick St (646-692-4911, brooklyneer.com)
Saint Vitus
Good for: Music lovers
Run by the team behind neighborhood favorite Anella, this Greenpoint dive bar and performance space slings local brews (Kelso, Sixpoint, Ommegang) behind a 30-foot mahogany bar. Private-party pricing is dependant on the days and the booked bands, but the 2,500-square-foot space offers plenty of room to spread out: The back room can be yours for a minimum tab of $1,000 (price varies by day) when reserved two weeks in advance. Steamed buns ($3), such as the fragrant pulled pork with green chili and barbecued tofu, offer some much-needed padding after you down a couple of the bar's cut-rate bourbon shots. Well liquor and beers are $2 off when ordering as part of a group. 1120 Manhattan Ave between Box and Clay Sts, Greenpoint, Brooklyn (saintvitusbar.com)
Duet 35
Good for: Closet divas and divos
Rally a group of friends and brush up on your rendition of "This Is How We Do It" before a night spent at this Koreatown parlor, which boasts 16 private rooms and a playlist that's 18,000 songs strong. Rates are a reasonable $4 to $9 per person an hour, and Duet even has a large room that can fit up to 30 people (be sure to reserve at least 48 hours in advance) and features a 50-inch projection screen. Beers are cheap ($4 a pint) and mixed drinks are just $5 to $9. 53 W 35th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, second floor (646-473-0826, karaokeduet.com)
The Garden at Studio Square
Good for: Anyone not ready to admit it's winter
This sleek Long Island City beer garden is ideal for a daytime holiday bash; choose from more than 20 taps, including local favorite Captain Lawrence Pumpkin Ale and the powerful Hofbru Oktoberfest. Groups larger than 25 can cash in on a number of drink specials (arranged in advance), including $15 pitchers of the beer of the week or $5 mixed drinks. Pair the sturdy beers with belly-warming grub like chicken schnitzel fingers ($6) and a range of Schaller & Weber hot dogs ($8)—we like the one wrapped in bacon and topped with bean chili, avocado salsa and tangy chipotle cream. 35-33 36th St between 34th and 35th Aves, Long Island City, Queens (718-383-1001, studiosquarenyc.com)
The Vault at Pfaff's
Good for: Creative intellectuals
This subterranean bar and event space once served a circle of artists and East Village bohemians in the 1850s. (Walt Whitman—a supposed former regular—even penned a poem about it called "The Two Vaults.") The venue can be rented out entirely or in sections, with packages beginning at a $3,000-minimum tab: The 30-person Fieldstone Room is decked out with plush sofas where you and your guests can sip classic cocktails such as an Aviation mixed with genever ($16), and snack on roasted duck sliders and golden-fried oysters with habanero sauce, which can be ordered as part of a 24-piece tray for $120. 643 Broadway at Bleecker St (212-253-5421, vaultatpfaffs.com)
Ten Bells
Good for: A close group of friends
This LES wine bar specializes in organic and natural vino from around the world and boasts one of the city's best private spaces: a table hidden in the back that seats up to two dozen. You can reserve the room for a group wine dinner, but you must call at least a week ahead for availability. Wines—predominately French and Spanish—rotate daily, with 10 to 20 available by the glass ($7--$12) that highlight the owners' interest in small, semiobscure producers like Pierre Overnoy from France's Arbois region. Choose from a variety of Pan-European dishes, including seasonal oysters (until 7pm $1, after 7pm $2.50), and even an entire suckling pig (market price). 247 Broome St between Ludlow and Orchard Sts (212-228-4450, thetenbells.typepad.com)
61 Local
Good for: Brew hounds
Plan a 50-person fete on the second-floor mezzanine of this Cobble Hill craft-beer shrine: The space—decked out with hardwood floors, four large windows, exposed brick and wooden beams—can be rented for $200 per hour (not including drinks), and comes with your own dedicated server. A 20-person meat-and-cheese board is available for an additional $180 and includes seasonal fruit, salted almonds and a bread plate filled with selections from nearby bakeries Bien Cuit and SCRATCHbread. The bites pair nicely with pours like cold-weather-friendly Dead Reckoning Porter ($6) from Tregs Brewing Company and a ripe Ommegang Abbey Ale ($7). 61 Bergen St between Boerum Pl and Smith St, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (347-763-6624, 61local.com)
The Tippler
Good for: Highbrow drinkers
This Meatpacking District cocktail lounge located under the Chelsea Market features a semiprivate area that fits up to 40 revelers. An open-bar package is offered with tiered pricing ($30 per person for the first hour, $25 for the second, $20 for third) and includes all-you-can-drink wine, beer and your choice of five of the Tippling Bros' signature cocktails, such as the spicy Dizzy Oaxacan mixed with mescal, Averna, grapefruit, lemon, ginger beer and chilies. A menu of small plates is also available; sample the crispy house-made potato chips ($3) and a deviled-egg toast flecked with fried prosciutto ($7). 425 W 15th St between Ninth and Tenth Aves (212-206-0000, thetippler.com)
The Fulton
Good for: The randy corporate crowd
Go public with that long-simmering office fling in the back room of this Financial District gastropub: Two private spaces are available, each styled like an old New York taproom with a dark mahogany bar and large antique mirror, and each can hold up to 100 of your guests. Packages vary in price, with options for open bar and passed appetizers like tuna tartare and kobe beef sliders topped with bubbling Gruyre cheese. The cocktails ($9 and up) are fruit-driven, including the refreshing Wall Street Spritz, mixed with muddled blackberries, mango juice and Mot & Chandon. 121 Fulton St between Nassau and William Sts (646-545-6647, thefultonnyc.com)
White Star
Good for: Non-scenesters
Stride through this cozy Lower East Side cocktail lounge and head straight for the square, clandestine room in the back, which holds up to 20 merrymakers. Sprawl on one of the sofas and tip back owner John Byrd's specialty cocktails, which range from classics like the Blood and Sand ($12) to the tart M. Remontel (white tequila, Crme Yvette, St. Germain and lime juice, $12). The space can be reserved in advance with a two-drink minimum per person, and smaller parties can nab one of the six-person booths in the main bar area. 21 Essex St between Canal and Hester Sts (646-657-9821)


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By Robert Maycock
4 November 1999
The full house faced a single chair and a tall vase of flowers on an otherwise empty stage. Yo-Yo Ma was about to play unaccompanied. Logic suggested the space was too big for one cello, but the atmosphere said otherwise. If a musician chooses to take on the mighty sonata by Zoltan Kodaly in such an arena, and not just take it on but make the encounter the evening's main event, he is giving more than a concert - something rather between sport and ritual, a music aficionado's equivalent of the bullfight.
Not only performers have fallen in the face of this formidable beast of a work. Meant as a challenge to the cellist's technique and artistry, all too often it becomes a challenge to the audience who have to imagine what it might sound like through an onslaught of approximated notes and failed gestures. It ought to be an epic of solo cello playing, by turns defiant, brooding, flamboyant and colossal. Nobody can get every moment in tune, but can they put the whole half-hour into shape? By the time he hurled out the final cascade of multiple stops and arpeggios, everybody knew that Ma was the man to bring it off.
The crowd was on its feet cheering as he paraded for his curtain calls. So much had English inhibitions dissolved that he could democratise the choice of encores. Bach, he proposed, and people shouted out their favourite solo suite until a consensus emerged. For the next item he ran a short, civilised debate.
In the past two decades Ma, one of classical music's individuals, has emerged as the first to present a cosmopolitan Asian identity in a field where his predecessors have studiously Westernised themselves. His next project is to create and promote a repertoire around the idea of the Silk Road, the old overland trading route from Asia to the West.
His recital programme, on one level a straight promotion for his current CD, also played with cultural cross-currents. Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz, a low-keyed but haunting opener, translated folk fiddling into concert-hall terms. Bright Sheng's Seven Tunes Heard in China did a more thorough job with traditional melodies from the composer's travels, evoking the sounds of Chinese instruments as well as their tunes with an unshowy virtuosity in Western classical ways.
The surprise item was an intense lament by David Wilde, who is more familiar as a pianist. Called The Cellist of Sarajevo, after Vedran Smailovic who famously played under siege, it risked being overshadowed by the story's emotions. But it succeeded powerfully in its own terms, with a simple, obsessively rotating melody that enclosed a fierce climax.Reuse content


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Centrally located, nice 2-Room App.
Størrelse45 m²
- Internett/WiFi
- Håndklær
- Kjøkken
- Parkering tilgjengelig
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|Bergstaðastræti, 101 Reykjavik, Island
|Eiendoms ID
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|Kalender oppdatert
|2 dager siden
The apartment is on the ground floor of a house built in 1950. The apartment consists of an open kitchen / living room, one bedroom and a bathroom. The bedroom has two 0,90 meter wide beds ( 90 x 200 ). In the living room is a big sleeping sofa. A small bathroom with a shower.
The kitchen is fully equipped with all the kitchen utensils you need to feel right at home and you should be able to make a nice coffee, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also there will be some condiments, such as sugar, oil and spices. Included in the price is high-speed WiFi, bedding and towels. There is none washing machine in the apartment.
Even though the apartment is in this great location the street is quiet so guests may sleep without any noise from the main streets
Grocery stores,fish store ,drug store, bakeries are all within 5-10 minutes walking distance from the apartment. There you´ll also find a wide range of bars, coffees and shopping possibilities
The oldest swimming pool of town is also near by, best place to enjoy hot tubs!
Five things to keep in mind for first time visitors in Iceland:
The cheapest way to get to Reykjavík from the airport is by the Flybus. The drive from the airport in Keflavik to Reykjavik takes about 45 minutes.
The FlyBus stops at BSI, the main Bus station in Reykjavik, which is within walking distance ( about 10 minutes ) from the apartment.
The FlyBus does offer the option, for a little extra fee, to stop at Hotel Holt, which is 2 minute walking from the apartment, so that would probably be the best option for people travelling with luggage.
The Flybus is a direct connection to all arriving and departing flights at Keflavik airport. The Flybus departs from Keflavik Airport 35-40 minutes after each flight and the seats are always guaranteed.
From BSI you can take a tour to just about any place in the country. Please look at their web page for further information. http://bsi.is/index_en.html
HusreglerThe check out time is at 12:00 noon and check-in is at 14:00 or later if you wish. This is the general rule but we will take other times into consideration if requested. A lot of flights land early in the morning and if there are no guests checking out you may go straight to the apartment in most cases.
Please no smoking inside and no loud partying after 22:00. There are other people living in the building and we respect them.
The age limit is 18 years old, but ofcourse younger children can stay with their parents.
|Pris for >2 gjester
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Vurdering av denne eiendommen
Det positive først: Den har bra beliggenhet sentralt i byen, og kjøkkenet er bra utstyrt, men mangler mikrobølgeovn. Ikke TV i leiligheten. Knøttlite toalett og dusj, hvor alt ble vått hvis en forsøkte å dusje. Dette er en kjellerleilighet, og gardinene måtte være trukket for hele tiden hvis en ikke ville ha fullt innsyn fra folk på gaten.
Jeg liker å bo på denne måten og har gjort det i mange år i mange europeiske land, dessverre er denne leiligheten totalt sett noe av det dårligste jeg har sett.
We had a great visit and enjoyed staying at the apartment in Reykjavik! It was really clean and close to the downtown area. We would always stay at the Apartment in Reykjavik again. We totally recommend it for a short visit on Iceland.
Everything was fine. I was picked up directly at the flat and the accommodation was lovely decorated and the kitchen equipment was great (which really makes sense in Iceland as the food price in restaurants is quiet high and cooking is recommended). The flat is calm, central located and for the basement floor sunny enough.
We had a very pleasant 7-day-stay in Ingibjörgs appartment and can definetly recommend it to everybody! It´s centrally located, means reaching the next Bonus-supermarket within a walk of 5 minutes and the main-shopping street/harbour within a walk of 5-10 minutes. The part of the city the appartment is located in is very pretty with lots of small streets full of colourful houses.
In the kitchen is everything you need for cooking your own meal plus lots of additional stuff in the appartment like rain coats, umbrella, flyers etc.
But, most of all, Ingibjörg was very friendly. She gave us a ride from BSI to the appartment (walking distance 10 minutes) and showed us the main attractions and supermarket on the way.
We're genuinely happy with both the apartment and Ingibörg. The location couldnt have been better and we felt good taken care of.
Fantastic apartment. Superb location. Really felt at home. Ingibjorg and Birta were fabulous. Can walk anywhere from here. Loved it!
I had a wonderful stay, the hosts were more than helpful when they picked us up at the bus and even gave us a small tour around city.
The apartment looks as it does in the pictures, charming and clean with a wide set of appliances in the kitchen.
I am used to apartments in the cellar and enjoyed the coziness after a long day out and about in the city. A city that has it's center just around the corner, without it becoming a noisy place at all. What more is there to say, I could easily book my stay there again, should I ever have the pleasure of visiting Reykjavik again.
Being in Ingibjörg's apartment has made our stay in Reykyavik even better. I just want to say thank you to have had the opportunity to feel like home there because that's what it is, and the kind of place I'm looking for when I travel.
Thank you Ingibjörg!
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Patricia Clarkson and Ruba Nadda on 'Cairo Time'
During the summer many people long for an old-school, old-fashioned romance. But for the most part, sweeping romances tend to feature people in their twenties or thirties, and those stories generally end with a white dress and walk down the aisle.
But in one movie this summer, the romance takes place between a man and a woman closer to fifty than twenty, and we know from the get-go that the likelihood of a marriage proposal at the end is highly unlikely - because the woman in the film is already married.
The film is called "Cairo Time." It's directed by Ruba Nadda, and stars Patricia Clarkson as Juliette, an American waiting for her husband in Egypt. He's on his way to meet her there for a vacation, but is detained on business. And while she's waiting, bored and idle, she finds herself captivated by the man that her husband has asked to act as her chaperone, played by Alexander Sidig.
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Publication Date: 9/22/2005
Citation: Van Kessel, J.S. 2005. Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria on dairy farms [abstract]. USDA-MOST Food Safety/Ag Processing Workshop. p. 12. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Although pasteurization and regulations controlling the processing of any products made with unpasteurized milk have an excellent record of assuring the biological safety of dairy products marketed in the US, there is increasing concern about the presence of zoonotic pathogenic microorganisms in raw milk. For various cultural and economic reasons the consumption of raw milk and desire for products made from raw milk seems to be increasing, and outbreaks of food-borne gastrointestinal disease due to contamination of dairy products have been documented. Our research is focused on the ecology of the zoonotic bacterial pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and pathogenic Escherichia coli, on dairy farms in the Northeastern United States. We are characterizing the relationships of the pathogens found in farm animals and the farm environment with those found in bulk tank milk from those farms. Initially, we conducted a national survey to determine the prevalence of these pathogens in bulk tank milk. Subsequently, we are conducting intensive longitudinal sampling on three dairy farms with collection of milk, milk filters, blood, feces, and various environmental samples. Samples are analyzed for the three pathogens by both molecular and culture techniques. Additionally, collaborators analyze the samples for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis, Campylobacter, and enterococci. Molecular characterization techniques are being used to compare pathogens found in bulk tank milk with those found on the farm. An increased understanding of the on-farm ecology of zoonotic pathogens will yield new management strategies for the reduction or elimination of contaminated products leaving the farm.


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Is there really no hope for 3D Studio Max to run on Windows 7? I don't which one of them should I get mad at, but I think there are still lots of apps that don't run on Win7. ****a thousand sighs****
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Cal vs. Stanford Basketball TV Viewing Party
East Bay Chapter, Berkeley-Haas Alumni Network
Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
The East Bay Chapter of the Haas Alumni Network and the Tri-Valley Cal Alumni Club invite you to a large-screen TV viewing party to watch our Cal basketball team take on our arch rival, Stanford. The game is being played at Maples Pavilion on the Stanford campus.
Be sure to bring your Cal gear.
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (tipoff at 1:30 pm)
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I'm thinking about my next "weight reduction" (meaning "gear replacement"), and it occurred to me that I could replace my GoLite Pinnacle with Mountain Laurel Designs' Ark: practically the same total volume, but at less than half the weight. I can only find a few reviews online, though.
Does anyone have any experience with the Ark? What can you tell me about it? How did it work for you?
Perhaps I should also ask if you've any alternatives to suggest– ULA, SMD, GG, etc.? What would be the advantages of those choices over the Ark?Dec 9, 2012 at 7:06 am #1934254
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I used to own an Ark 09 version and though it didn't work for me, I think it is still a good pack. My size Large was under 16oz, but the torso wasn't quite long enough for me (I am 21.5"), and I had problems getting water bottles out of the side pockets with the pack on as they came up pretty high. Now, that may just be me and my lack of flexibility so YMMV. I also wasn't a huge fan of the wing style hipbelt and prefer wider/longer "wings" even if they have little to no padding. That being said the pack just oozed quality and the sewing was immaculate.
I went to the SMD Swift '10 (sewn on hipbelt, before the stay) and it was almost identical in size as the Ark despite what the SMD website says (Its a BIG pack). I liked this pack much better, but admittedly the sewing is not as good. Mine bit the dust after 1300 miles. Like I said mine had the sewn on hipbelt and no stay but after a little trimming, it was down to 16.4oz. The hipbelt pockets are nice and big as well.
I also have an older 2008 GG Mariposia Plus (with the old CF stays) and it is a smaller pack than the other two, but overall carries well. The wide shoulder straps are a bit odd, but worked for me as long as I wore a sternum strap (I don't with any of my other packs). The new ones look nice, but I have no experience.Dec 9, 2012 at 10:44 pm #1934423
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I have an MLD Ark and love it. I've carried packed weights up to the 25-30 pound range and it rides so nice…. no sore hips, no sore shoulders, no problems getting to anything inside it. I use a rectangle of blue walmart foam as a backpad and stiffener, but only because the foam is handy in other multi-use ways. The pack is comfortable enough without it. Water bottles can be a tight fit in the side pockets when the pack is stuffed full, but since I usually carry my sleeping bag at the bottom (inside a Riksak) and it's not super-compressed, there's always enough "give" down there to allow a water bottle to be fit into the pocket. Reaching the bottle is no problem for me.
I think what I like best (besides the quality, the design, and the comfort), is that the Ark is big. It's really easy to pack, with capacity for longer trips and its size allows me to minimize the number of stuff sacks I use. For smaller loads or as food is consumed it can be cinched down pretty effectively and still carry very comfortably.
I tried the MLD Exodus and it's a great pack too, but I found it was just a bit too small for my gear choices and packing style. For what I do, the Ark is perfect.
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Eliminates unwanted vegetation quickly!
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Weed-Aside kills unwanted weeds, grass, algae and moss. The economical concentrate does not contain metal salts, such as iron or zinc. Weeds controlled or suppressed include:
- lambsquarter.
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- large crabgrass.
Use on weeds within vegetable and flower gardens,
landscaped areas and lawns. Also use on weeds in the
vicinity of small fruits and fruit trees. It does not stain
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I have never seen anything like it. I won't use bad chemicals so it is great to find something that kills hard to kill weeds. Seems that you may have to use every other month as some of these weeds are hard to kill.
This weed control is absolutely amazing. I am very impressed with how quickly the weeds began to die. Within a couple of hours the weeds were starting to turn brown. A great product.


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JOB SUMMARY: This individual performs confidential administrative support duties, which include typing, filing, and answering telephones for staff and administrator, scheduling appointments, and assisting staff and administrator in preparing for meetings. Answers Student Activities main phone line; receives incoming mail, prepares, enters, and manages various Student Activities databases. Assists in the planning and implementation of student activities. Ensures that correct distribution and disposition is made of complaints, notices, publications, memoranda, directives, and related materials. Assists with use of the Student Center's media technology. Creates correspondence including interoffice and outgoing letters, memoranda, and requisitions/purchase orders. Collects and compiles information on budgets. Engages in contact with parents, students, and outside agencies with a high degree of interpersonal communications skills. Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS: Associate of Arts degree and two years secretarial experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Strong customer services skills. Personal computer experience in word processing, spreadsheets, database, and desktop publishing. Working knowledge of general office practices, procedures and standard office equipment. Ability to rapidly gain knowledge of the operations, functions, and scope of authority of the College as related to the handling and disposition of complaints, requests for information, and delegated administrative details.. Ability to handle confidential information. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to work on multiple tasks. Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written directions. Ability to type at least 40 wpm net. Ability to work with diverse groups, faculty, staff, students, and general public. Ability to maintain and prepare records and reports.
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Jawbone UP Review
As a seasoned fitness enthusiast and a person who dreads the first fitting of a swim suit, I am always on the lookout for new apps and devices that can help keep me fit or at least keep me "honest". I found one with the Jawbone UP device. The Jawbone UP (Full disclosure, I have no association with Jawbone. I just like it.) is a wristband and a smartphone app that tracks how you sleep, move and eat.
It uses the information to provide feedback on your smartphone that can help you stay motivated. The device is made up of a rubberized band that clings to your wrist. One end of the band is a button and the other has a connector which plugs into a smartphone for syncing.
The band is relatively thin and flexible and comes in three sizes (small, medium and large) and eight colours: onyx, mint green, light gray, blue, navy blue, red, orange and hunter green. The device works as a pedometer which is worn throughout the day tracking how many steps are taken.
The UP device will also monitor your sleep patterns. You enable sleep mode by pressing a button at the end of the wrist band and the device records how much of your sleep is light sleep and how long you deep sleep for. (The surprise for me was how different my sleep patterns are with the dogs on the bed than they are with them off the bed.)
The real magic though occurs with the accompanying Jawbone UP app available on iPhone and Android smartphones. The app shows you how many miles you have walked, calories burned and displays your sleep patterns. You can also manually add your mood (should you wish to enter it in daily) and you also can add what you have eaten and track how many calories you are taking in. They did not have a mood for panicked when I look in the mirror at me in my bathing suit but besides that the moods were appropriate.
The big downside I found with device is that there is no display on the device itself and therefore you must connect the wristband to your smartphone's headset jack to sync the data and be able to see it. This device also does not connect to a PC. Apart from this, the Jawbone UP attaches itself to my wrist easily, looks good and is easy to use.
If you want to learn more about the device please go to Jawbone.com . Good luck with your quest for a fit bathing suit body!
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CONTACT: Janine Kava (518) 629-8085 or (518) 629-8071
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Athens Generating Company has awarded scholarships to six Hudson Valley Community College students for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years.
The scholarships are funded through a generous, $1 million gift that Athens Generating, a competitive merchant power producer located in Greene County, made to the college in 2002. The students were honored yesterday at the Hudson Valley Community College Foundation's annual Fall Scholarship Reception held at the Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium.
"This program represents a promise made during our project's development to partner with the community for mutual goals," Athens Generating General Manager Dan DeVinney said. "This year, in conjunction with the college, we are happy to expand this existing program to benefit more local students."
Initially, the scholarships were offered only to students pursuing power-industry careers, but the company agreed to expand the criteria to include other technologies, such as computer information systems and mechanical engineering technology, so the college could recruit and assist a more diverse group of students.
All scholarships, which will pay for tuition, fees and books, are renewable for four consecutive semesters if students maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0. The annual cost of tuition and fees at Hudson Valley Community College is about $2,980; the cost of books varies, depending on a student's course of study.
"The outstanding generosity of the Athens Generating Company assists Hudson Valley with its ongoing efforts to attract the best and brightest high school students to our campus," Hudson Valley President John Buono said. "Athens' commitment to Hudson Valley, and these students, is tremendous. We are proud of the role we play in educating the business and industry leaders of tomorrow, and it's great to have a partner in the business community committed to that goal as well."
Athens funds two types of scholarships at the college through the Foundation. Presidential Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence to high school graduates pursuing any course of study at Hudson Valley.
Technology Scholarships are based on need and are awarded to graduates pursuing degrees in the college's School of Engineering and Industrial Technologies or degrees in Computer Information Systems or Environmental Studies.
Students from Greene, Columbia, Albany and Rensselaer counties are eligible for all Athens scholarships but preference is given to students from the Catskill and Coxsackie-Athens school districts. Presidential Scholarship recipients this fall are:
Technology Scholarship recipients this fall are:
Since Athens made the $1 million gift last year, 10 other scholarships have been awarded to Hudson Valley students. Students interested in applying for the scholarship for the 2004-05 academic year should do so by Friday, March 12, 2004. For more information regarding the Athens scholarships at Hudson Valley Community College, please call 629-8012 or visit the college's Web site at www.hvcc.edu/scholarships.
In addition to funding scholarships annually, the Athens gift is being used to provide equipment and to fund curriculum enhancements and course development.
Hudson Valley Community College, located in Troy, offers more than 50 degree and certificate programs in four academic divisions; Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Sciences; and Liberal Arts and Sciences. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, Hudson Valley has an enrollment of more than 11,000 students each year.


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Weston Bites
The restaurant scene in Weston has become as diverse as the community. Whatever flavors you're craving, chances are there is something on Weston Road that fits the bill.
- It's easy to miss LA Rura (pictured), an Argentine grill hidden behind a butcher shop and grocery store in the Waterways Shoppes II. The owner started out selling certified Angus beef and Argentine specialty products, and gradually added tables in the back. Today it's a full-service restaurant on a covered patio overlooking the lake behind the shopping center. Live music helps set the mood but also makes conversation difficult in the small space. The atmosphere and prices are best-suited to a date night. The menu is dominated by grilled steaks, but there are chicken and pasta dishes. Portions are large, and grilled items include a salad and side dish. A Tablita La Rural sampler includes flavorful cured pork sausage, blood sausage, pinwheel sausage, grilled peppers and sweetbreads with a nice balance of char outside and tenderness inside. The skirt steak was perfectly grilled and tender, as were meaty, cross-cut short ribs. The grilled chicken breast with lemon and pepper got high marks. A fresh-made apple crepe flambéed with rum and served with nut-coated vanilla ice cream finishes the meal on a sweet note.
- Like many Thai-Japanese restaurants, Moon Thai offers an overwhelming selection – two large menus that you could easily spend 30 minutes perusing. Even on a busy Saturday night, the staff was incredibly attentive and the food arrived quickly. Pad Thai with chicken and shrimp had just the right mix of peanut sauce and spice, although the portion was on the small side. Sushi rolls were another big hit, especially the Miami Dolphin roll with spicy dolphin (mahi-mahi), orange caviar, cucumber, scallion and salmon. Chicken lettuce wraps with shiitake mushrooms and water chestnuts and chicken yakitori suit the less adventurous eaters. Skippy overly-doughy shrimp shumai.
- Lirio's is a place for classic Italian comfort food with a cozy ambience and personal attention. An appetizer of shrimp with olive oil, parsley and garlic could make a meal for a light eater with a side salad. The veal parmesan was lightly breaded with just the right combination of sauce and cheese. Skip the tilapia Nicola, sautéed with portobello mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and shallots in a lemon butter wine sauce. The meal ended on an up note with a complimentary glass of crème liqueur.


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Located in Bologna City Centre, Hotel Re Enzo is within a mile (2 km) of popular sights such as Communal Collection of Fine Arts and Museum of Giorgio Morandi. This 51-room, 3-star hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and free in-room WiFi. Located in central Bologna, the hotel is also near Palazzo Comunale and Piazza Maggiore.
You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge or visit the onsite restaurant for a bite to eat. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service. Start each morning off right with buffet breakfast served for a fee.
Hotel Re Enzo's 51 air-conditioned rooms provide minibars, coffee makers, and laptop-compatible safes. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and satellite TV. Bathrooms have hair dryers and free toiletries. Desks are also standard.
Guests of Hotel Re Enzo enjoy access to free WiFi in public areas, 5 meeting rooms, and conference space. Self parking is available for EUR 25 per day. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can assist with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this family-friendly hotel include a business center, free use of bicycles, and free newspapers.
Property features
- Close to Communal Collection of Fine Arts and Museum of Giorgio Morandi
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Business center
Hotel Re Enzo
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. 4 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Luggage storage
- Free WiFi
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Number of floors - 6
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Television in common areas
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 51
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms 5
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Self parking (surcharge)
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
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Hotel Re Enzo offers 51 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Televisions come with satellite channels.
Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Bologna hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.
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- Bathtub or shower
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Desk
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- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
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Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Re Enzo has a restaurant on site.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include complimentary bicycles.
- Free bicycles on site
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 7 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 3 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 35.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 15.00 per day.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 15 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 25 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Early check-in fee: EUR 30
- Late check-out fee: EUR 30
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 15.00 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 35.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Best Western Hotel Re Enzo
- Best Western Hotel Re Enzo Bologna
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Children 3 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Is Barack Obama beginning to wear out his welcome with some of the mainstream media's old guard, or are the nation's more seasoned journalists just getting fed up with the obvious love affair most press members are having with the Democrat presidential nominee?
Before accusing me of drinking the Kool-Aid, consider that two of the country's most venerable and high-profile liberal pundits -- the Washington Post's David Broder and syndicated columnist Mark Shields -- turned on the junior senator from Illinois in a fashion that would have been unthinkable before Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race.
For instance, here's what Shields said on Friday's "News Hour" (video embedded right, h/t Hot Air):
Barack Obama made history this week. He became the first presidential nominee since Richard Nixon in 1972 to state that his campaign will be funded totally by private donations with no limits on spending.
It was a flip-flop of epic proportions. It was one that he could not rationalize or justify. His video was unconvincing. He looked like someone who was being kept as a hostage somewhere he was so absolutely unconvincing in it. It could not have passed a polygraph test.
I mean, coming up with this bogus argument the Republicans have so much more money -- the Republicans don't have so much more money. He's raised three times as much as John McCain has.
He has every possible committee, except Republican National Committee, Democrats at the Senate level, congressional level have this lopsided edge over Republicans. They spent three times as much, did Democratic leaning 527s, in the last election as did Republicans.
So what Obama didn't admit was, up until February of this year, when he told Tim Russert that not only would he aggressively seek an agreement on public financing, that he personally would sit down with John McCain and work it out, then, all of a sudden, they realized that all these small contributions were coming in and he was going to have a financial advantage in the fall against the Republican, and they grabbed it. [...]
But I really do think that Obama has made this so central to his mission, which is, "I'm going to change Washington, and you can't change Washington until you change the money, until you change the way we raise the money and who we raise it from." And he just basically went back on that.
And I think, in that sense, it can become a character issue against him, and I think that's potentially a problem.
Wow. Pretty tough stuff, wouldn't you agree? And this was followed Sunday by Broder's column in the Post (emphasis added, h/t Hot Air):
McCain benefits from a long-established reputation as a man who says what he believes. His shifts in position that have occurred in this campaign seem not to have damaged that aura. Obama is much newer to most voters, less familiar and more dependent on the impressions he is only now creating.
That is why a pair of strategy decisions made in the past two weeks could prove troublesome for him. The first was Obama's turning down McCain's invitation to join him in a series of town hall meetings where they would appear together and answer questions from real voters -- without a formal agenda, press panel or professional interviewers. [...]
At the same briefing, [Obama spokesman Robert] Gibbs and campaign counsel Bob Bauer defended Obama's decision to become the first presidential candidate since the Watergate reforms to decline public financing of his general election campaign.
Gibbs and Bauer in effect blamed McCain, saying repeatedly that he was "gaming the system" by pledging to accept public funds while saying he could not "referee" spending by outside independent groups if it occurred. In fact, McCain had been far more vocal in denouncing such groups on the GOP side than Obama was in criticizing their counterparts playing Democratic presidential politics -- even though Obama has claimed the mantle of campaign finance reformer that McCain has long enjoyed.
Obama supporters note that town halls are McCain's favorite campaign settings, so it's no surprise he prefers them to formal speeches, where Obama excels. They point out that public financing helps McCain, who has lagged all year in his private fundraising, while it would inhibit Obama, who has tapped into a rich vein of small contributors using the Internet. [...]
By refusing to join McCain in these initiatives in order to protect his own interests, Obama raises an important question: Has he built sufficient trust so that his motives will be accepted by the voters who are only now starting to figure out what makes him tick?
Readers should be advised that Broder's column followed a Friday editorial by his paper that raised a lot of eyebrows (emphasis added):
[G]iven Mr. Obama's earlier pledge to "aggressively pursue" an agreement with the Republican nominee to accept public financing, his effort to cloak his broken promise in the smug mantle of selfless dedication to the public good is a little hard to take. [...]
Mr. Obama didn't mention his previous proposal to take public financing if the Republican nominee agreed to do the same -- the one for which he received heaps of praise from campaign finance reform advocates such as [Fred] Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, and others, including us. He didn't mention, as he told the Federal Election Commission last year in seeking to preserve the option, that "Congress concluded some thirty years ago that the public funding alternative . . . would serve core purposes in the public interest: limiting the escalation of campaign spending and the associated pressures on candidates to raise, at the expense of time devoted to public dialogue, ever vaster sums of money."
Instead, he cast his abandonment of the system as a bold good-government move. [...]
Mr. Obama had an opportunity here to demonstrate that he really is a different kind of politician, willing to put principles and the promises he has made above political calculation. He made a different choice, and anyone can understand why: He's going to raise a ton of money.
Certainly, these are but a few examples of media disgruntlement surrounded largely by Obama sycophancy. However, assume for a moment the disappointment expressed in these three items is real. Might this be telling us something altogether unpredictable?
For instance, is it possible the love affair some media members have going on with Obama is their belief that he really is a different candidate that can change politics in a way that many who have been covering Washington all of their adult lives have hoped for since getting into journalism?
Now, as the veneer being stripped away exposes just another power-hungry charlatan willing to do and say anything to attain the office being sought, maybe the disappointment being expressed is not only that Obama isn't what he's pretended, but that folks who have been around the block so many times could be so easily duped.


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Lambs are leaping, daffodils sprouting and grass growing, but spring has not truly sprung until the Blossom Parade has tracked its way through Hastings CBD.
Carrying on a tradition started more than 50 years ago, people will line the streets to celebrate the change of season tomorrow from 1.30pm.
People across the region are putting finishing touches on floats and costumes for the parade.
"The Hastings Blossom Parade is a joyous family celebration of who we are, where we live and what we do for work and leisure," Creative Hastings general manager Malcolm Calder said.
"Last year's parade was a great success, with the floats and other entries extremely varied, noisy and colourful. This year's parade promises to be even better.
"Each year the parade features participants from the many different cultural groups which make up the wider Hastings community. These groups bring an amazing variety of music, dance and colour."
At Apollo Apples in Whakatu, a handful of keen employees have been working around the clock to create their float. The first-time entrants decided to take part after hearing an advert on the radio.
"All the bosses thought it was a good idea and sounded like a bit of fun, so a handful of us got together," Apollo Apples employee Kelsey Butler said. "I always associate blossoms with fruit trees so our theme is apples from the tree through processing and sending them off overseas."
The parade will be led by a group of dragon dancers from Wellington and will feature 20 floats and 45 entries, including mascots and marching bands.
Parade director Lyn Mackie said the event promised plenty of entertainment for the whole family and some great highlights.
"New to the parade are backpack balloons, in the shape of a blossom tree and two flowers.
"The Thai Buddhist community has the Thai ambassador and his wife coming to support them, there will be a digital float and Westpac Hastings have got their foam cannon which is always popular at the end of the parade."
The parade begins on Warren St in Hastings heads along Queen St, then Nelson St before ending on Eastbourne St. Roads will be closed from 1pm.
People should get in early and secure their spot. Those who can not stand for long periods and require seating have a reserved space outside the old Farmers building on Queen St, and can get in touch with Lyn Mackie at Creative Hastings on (06) 878 9447.