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Chapter One: Of All the Bad Things That Have Ever Happened To Me, This Is By Far the Most Recent
By Big D
Entry from the diary of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
3 November, 1996
Harry's escape from Voldemort's dungeons has raised more questions than it has answered.
Physically, it appears that he will make a full recovery, although many of his wounds have already scarred over, and he still has a great deal of weight to regain. I once again must express my admiration for Harry's sheer toughness. I've seen what Death Eater torturers are capable of, and the fact Harry is still in relatively good health after four months of their treatment is a incredible testament to his resilience.
As to what that treatment entailed, I still have no idea, as Harry has not chosen to reveal those details at this time. Any inquiries into what took place after he disappeared from the hedge maze during the Third Task have been gently, but firmly rebuked. Attempts to scan his surface thoughts have been equally ineffective, though, with Alastor as his teacher, it's unsurprising that his occlumency would be so effective.
However, I believe that I may venture a few assumptions, based on my own observations, as well as the few details that Harry has let slip. From the nature of the scarring on his chest and torso, I would guess that not all of Harry's wounds are the result of torture, as it appears that some of the tissue may have been removed, perhaps for use in potions, or for various magical experiments. Poppy also tells me that the bottom true rib on the right side of his body has been removed. There are a number of dark rituals in which such an artifact could be used, but without knowing more I am hesitant to venture a guess as to what use it is being put. Taking the pattern of healing into account, I would say that Harry was first experimented on, then after Tom's researchers had finished their work, the torturers took over and attempted to break him. As to what those researchers discovered, or indeed what they were looking for, I may never know, but I feel safe in thinking that it had something to do with understanding exactly how Harry survived the killing curse as a child. Most likely, they subjected him to a series of different traumas, and monitored his reactions in hopes of discovering a pattern. To my shame, I find that I have an almost unbearable curiosity as to what they discovered while performing these vile and painful experiments.
I also find myself a great deal more concerned about Harry's mental state than his physical one. Although he seems to be holding up remarkably well after his ordeal, he has exhibited a quick and sometimes violent temper, and seems to be distancing himself from his friends, as well. This would suggest that he may be experiencing a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, as some sufferers often have difficulty relating to others after their experiences. Normally, the best treatment for such an affliction would be rapid reintegration back into the person's normal life, as well as strong support from the individual's family. But for Harry, normal life is anything but normal, and I have a feeling that returning to Privet Drive may only make the problem worse. Gaining an accurate assessment of Harry's mental health would be easier if I could convince him to open up to me, but that seems highly unlikely for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that Harry almost certainly suspects that I played a role in his abduction. The fact that he has not confronted me on the subject brings me no comfort, as I am sure that he intends to do so once the current crisis is over, and Tom has been defeated, once and for all.
I can safely say that I have made no greater mistake in my long life than the one I made when I agreed to turn over Harry to Voldemort in exchange for his agreement to leave Hogwarts out of the war. However advantageous the final result has turned out to be, my betrayal of Harry has turned me into the worst kind of hypocrite, and I must live the rest of my life knowing that I have abandoned the principles which I have always held closest to my heart.
Even so, it could be that my mistake may end up turning the war in our favor. Despite the fact that Harry has returned to us, the magical contract between Tom and myself is still in full effect, which means that he cannot act against the school in any way. And since I have already fulfilled my side of the bargain, there are no loopholes for him to wiggle through. This means that we now have an impenetrable fortress from which to conduct our side of the war.
But the most unforseen, and perhaps the most important benefit of Harry's incarceration has to do with Harry himself, and the amazing powers he has demonstrated since his return.
In all the time that I have known him, and despite the assurances of the prophecy, Harry had never shown any extraordinary magical abilities. A gifted intellect and an iron will, certainly, but never anything to make me truly believe that he stood a chance against the Dark Lord of Magic. Indeed, it was this gnawing doubt that led me down the road to making a deal with Tom. But now I begin to understand what "the power the Dark Lord knows not" is.
Harry has come into possession of a power that I would have believed to be impossible, had I not seen it with my own eyes. Lacking an established term to describe this phenomenon, I have taken to referring to it as metamagic. From what I have been able to discern, this metamagic allows him to not only sense, but to control magic in a way that no other wizard ever has before. Through the use of metamagic, Harry is able to transform one spell into another, or to change the parameters of an existing spell with only a thought. This talent seems to be limited to his immediate vicinity, roughly twenty feet in any direction from him. He also now has the ability to cast his own spells by simply releasing his own raw magic and using metamagic, to transform it into a more useable form, bypassing the need for a wand or incantation. Which is fortunate in light of the fact that his former wand was destroyed by Tom, and all attempts to fit him with a new one have been unsuccessful. In terms of sheer magical power, Harry still seems to be rather average, but with proper training, I now believe that he can be a match for even the most powerful wizards.
Exactly how he obtained such a subtly powerful gift is a question that I may never be able to answer, and at this point, even venturing a guess would be foolhardy. But it is my sincerest hope that this new power will prove to be the downfall of my former pupil, Tom Marvolo Riddle... even if it may one day be my downfall, as well. My actions will have earned me nothing less.
(Two years later.)
The castle looked like something from a Boris Karloff movie, stone constructed, with tall towers and crumbling facades.
"What a fucking dump." Harry muttered.
"That's true enough," said Fred Weasley from his right.
"But since when have Death Eaters had taste?" chimed in George from his left.
Harry grinned at them before turning to Tonks, "How much time?" he asked.
"About fifteen minutes."
Harry nodded and leaned back against the tree he was sitting by, closing his eyes. His choices for this mission had raised a few eyebrows. At first, he had been offered thirty fighters, a mixture of experienced Aurors and Order of the Phoenix members, but he had quickly shot that idea down. Thirty would have been too few to fight their way out if things went south, and too many to sneak in without being noticed. He had decided on a ten person team, but had only brought one auror, Tonks. The rest of the team was comprised of the most junior members of the Order, none of whom were more than a few years out of Hogwarts. For most of them, this would be their first true mission for the Order, other than providing support on a few small raids. Harry, however, knew the measure of each and everyone of them.
In Harry's first three years at Hogwarts, the school had come under full attack twice. Both times, the people he had chosen had stood their ground while others fled. Each time, they had continued fighting long after all hope of victory had seemed lost. Every one of them had lost family members in the war, and he counted each of them as people that he could trust with his back turned. If it came to fighting, he would regret not bringing more-experienced soldiers. Then again, if it came to fighting, they would have already failed.
Under any other circumstance, Harry would never consider what he was about to attempt. Snape had only been able to give them the most basic floor plans for the castle. He hadn't been able to tell them how many Death Eaters might be there, or how they were arranged. Taking a small, inexperienced team into an unknown situation, against unknown enemies, was only slightly better than suicide, but Harry didn't feel that he had a choice.
Ten hours earlier, Death Eaters had attacked the school at Hogsmeade. They had slaughtered the teachers, as well as the light guard, before abducting all forty children, who had ranged in age from six to ten. This had shocked even Harry. Of the forty children, thirty-six of them were pureblooded, and more than half of those belonged to families who had stayed neutral in the war, but were sympathetic to Voldemort. If Voldemort was prepared to turn those families against him, then he must think that whatever he had planed was enough to turn the tide of the war in his favor. And, as much as Harry hated to admit it, preventing that was just as important as returning those children safely to their parents.
The Order and the Ministry had both begun searching for the children at once. Two hours ago, Snape had brought word that they were being held here, and that they were to be sacrificed in some type of dark ritual at midnight tonight, about two hours from now. Using a young, virginal magical child as a blood sacrifice was not unheard of, but no one, not even Snape, could figure out what kind of ritual would require forty of them. The type of power that that would unleash would be all but impossible to control, even for Voldemort.
"How much time?" Harry asked again.
"Five minutes." came the reply from Tonks.
The plan that they had come up with was simple, but risky. Albus would lead the combined forces of the Order and the Ministry in an attack on Azkaban, which the Death Eaters had been using as a stronghold for several years now. In theory, this would draw the available Death Eater reenforcements to the north, which, in theory, would leave the children lightly defended. Harry wasn't a big fan of theories, he preferred facts.
Harry's team had the job of slipping into the castle while the Death Eaters were busy and freeing the children. Each of them carried several portkeys, which meant that only one of them needed to get through. If the Death Eaters took the bait, then things should go very smoothly. If they didn't, things would become very bloody, very very quickly. Over the last six and a half years, Harry had lost a number of friends. Tonight, Harry suspected that he would lose a few more.
"Harry." Tonks whispered, "It's time."
Harry opened his eyes and stood up.
"Let's go."
Swift and silently as shadows, the group moved towards the tree line. Each of them kept an eye on Harry, and stopped when he raised his hand. He motioned them behind him, and turned back to the seemingly empty air in front of him.
He didn't even consider trying to bring down the perimeter wards. Aside from the fact that he wasn't powerful enough, bringing down the wards would let every witch and wizard in a half-mile radius know they were coming. Instead, he simply altered what the wards were looking for. He couldn't affect the whole area of the ward, only the part that came within his area of influence, but it was enough to make a hole for his team to safely move through. As the others passed by him, Harry could hear the twins singing softy.
"A-sneaking we will go... a-sneaking we will go... high-ho the merry-go... a-sneaking we will go."
"I'll high-ho your merry-go's if you two don't shut up!" Tonks snapped quietly.
"Promise?" Fred whispered eagerly. "We've never been high-hoed by a metamorph." George added.
Tonks was about to light into them again, but Harry beat her to it. "That's enough, boys." he said, "We're here to do a job, and it's not going to get done out here."
"We are doing our jobs." Fred replied defensively. "Comic relief." his twin explained. Nonetheless, they remained quiet.
"Disillusion yourselves and find an entrance." Harry ordered, "First one to the kiddies wins the prize... now go." The others cast their spells. "And no heroes. If you get into a fight you can't handle, use your portkey and get out of there."
His admonishment was falling on deaf ears, and he knew it. No one here was prepared to leave those kids to their fates. They would all fight to the last.
Harry moved towards a corner of the castle where Snape claimed there was a small service entrance. The shadows made his team all but invisible, but he could still sense the magic from their disillusionment. Some of them were using brooms to get to the upper parts of the building, while the others spread out over the grounds. In his heart, he expected a fierce fight, so he was caught by surprise when he found the door to be open.
He passed through the unguarded door, into the unguarded storage room, down the unguarded hall, and quickly found himself standing before the unguarded dungeon stairs. Too much of a good thing was always bad, but turning back wasn't an option. By the time he reached the unguarded dungeon antechamber, Harry was prepared to pay good galleons for someone to jump out and try to kill him. Even if the Death Eaters had fallen for the diversionary attack, there should still be at least a few sentries here. The fact that there weren't meant that, either the children weren't being kept here, or he was walking straight into a trap. He could feel something up ahead, a kind of magic he had never felt before in his life and, ignoring every instinct in his body, moved towards it.
Harry had been through a number of terrible experiences in his short life, and could safely say it had been a long time since he was truly scared, but at that moment, the hair on the back of his neck was standing straight up. The very air was thick with anticipation, like the world was holding its breath, waiting for something momentous to happen. As he opened the door to the dungeon proper, he caught sight of the person he least wanted, but most expected, to see.
Lord Voldemort.
The Dark Lord of Magic was waiting, quite patiently and very much alone, in the middle of a large, seemingly empty, room. The only light was a blood-red luminance that seemed to be coming from the man himself. It lit up the area around him, but failed to reach the surrounding walls, leaving him bathed in a kind of hellish halo. Surrounding him at his feet was a runic circle that Harry didn't recognize, but thought might be some sort of protective magic. The strange magic that Harry had felt before was thick in the air, but he still couldn't identify it. His first instinct was to flee, with his abilities, he could apperate out of anywhere, even Hogwarts, but he was once again stayed by the thought that the kidnaped children might still be alive. All of this flew through his mind in the split second before the former Tom Marvolo Riddle spoke.
"Please Harry, come in." his voice was like a snake sliding across dry grass, "I went to a great deal of trouble to bring you here, and I promise that I have no intention of harming you."
Harry chuckled a bit. "What, running out of ideas?" he said, entering the room and allowing the door to close behind him. "Can't say I'm surprised, you've done so much to me, you must be getting tired of thinking up new ways to hurt me by now." Despite his banter, Harry was worried. Allowing Voldemort to set him up like this could only end badly.
"Something like that." the older wizard replied dryly, still with that knowing smile on his face. "I can say this, one way or another, our rivalry will end tonight." The Dark Lord tilted his head slightly and smirked. "But either way, I will not harm you."
"So it's the kinder, gentler Voldemort tonight, is it?"
The knowing smile turned into an annoyed look. "It is not in my nature to be kind or gentle. But it has become obvious to me that hurting you is an exercise in futility." His face became contemplative as he continued. "Tell me Harry, do you remember when I offered you a place at my side during your first year?" Harry didn't answer, so Voldemort continued. "I have never rescinded that offer. It is still open to you to take, but I must insist that you decide now."
Harry raised an eyebrow. "And if I say no?"
Voldemort smiled, two bright white fangs glinting in the unnatural light. "Do not be so hasty to deny me. Whatever our differences, I have always admired your strength, as well as your unique gifts. When I say that there is a place for you at my side, I do not mean as a servant. It is as an equal... a partner if you will."
"Well, gee... I don't know... this is all so sudden." Harry mocked, placing a hand over his heart and pretending to go faint. "What will the papers say? And my parents?" He dropped the blushing bride routine and adopted an put-upon look. "Oh, yeah... you killed my parents." he said dryly. "The only partnership I have any interest of entering into with you has to do with the joining of my foot and your ass."
Voldemort's face became grim. "Nevertheless, there is only one way out of this room, and that is at my side."
There was a loud explosion, and the muffled sound of fighting from upstairs. "It would seem that your friends have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar." Voldemort said in an amused tone. "But they can be saved as well. All you have to do is say yes."
Harry had heard enough. It was time to get out of here. He gathered his magic, intending to apperate, but when he tried, nothing happened. It wasn't that he was being blocked, the spell simply didn't work. He raised a hand to let loose with a blast of lighting directed at Voldemort, but again, nothing happened. It was like magic itself didn't work in this room, but that was impossible because he could feel it all around him.
Voldemort threw back his head and laughed. "You look so confused, my boy. It's not quite fair when someone changes the rules on you, is it?" he sneered. The light around the dark wizard grew more intense and for the first time, Harry could see the entire chamber.
Bathed in red light, he could see the nude bodies of the missing children stuck spreadeagle fashion along the walls. Their hands and feet had been nailed to the stone, and their flesh had been inscribed with runes that bled dark red blood. It took him a moment to realize that they were screaming, and therefore still alive.
Desperate now, Harry tried to attack Voldemort physically, but as he moved toward the Dark Lord, the air around him thickened to hold him in place. Voldemort spread his arms out, and the red light turned into an inferno, blinding Harry. Over the din of anguished children and dark magic, he could hear Voldemort's voice.
"TO BE TRUTHFUL, I'M PLEASED YOU REFUSED ME." he bellowed triumphantly, "I'D HATE TO THINK THAT I WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE AND DIDN'T GET TO BANISH YOU INTO LIMBO LIKE I PLANNED!
His eyes took on a look of pure hate. THINK OF ME, HARRY POTTER, WHILE YOU SPEND AN UNDYING ETERNITY LOST BEYOND TIME... THINK OF ME AS THE EONS PASS YOU BY, AND YOU GO INSANE BY INCHES... KNOW THAT MY FACE IS THE LAST THING YOU WILL EVER SEE, AS YOU SPEND THE REST OF YOUR UNENDING LIFE IN THE NOTHINGNESS OF INFINITY... AND KNOW THAT YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT BY SIMPLY TAKING MY HAND!
Desperately, Harry clawed at the awesomely powerful magic swirling around him. The force of the magic that Voldemort was channeling was almost beyond comprehension, the scope of it was tearing at his mind and blinding his senses. But it was too powerful. He could feel cold seeping into his limbs, the intense cold of the empty dark. And, true to his word, Voldemort's face was the last thing he saw before he was ripped away from his own world.


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Finding good technicians is becoming increasingly difficult. Offering competitive wages and benefits
Joe Moses March 31, 1998
If you had to identify one commonality between the small "mom-and-pop" alarm companies and the major security firms, look no further than in the classified section of a newspaper or magazine, where dealers " big and small " have placed want ads for alarm technicians. Although some independent dealers argue that the "big" national companies are stealing all the good technicians, others believe that it goes both ways.
"It's always difficult to find good, quality guys, because the assumption is that if they are top quality, their employer is going to hold onto them," says Ken Jacobs, president of JMG Security Systems, Inc. in Fountain Valley, Calif.
Why are some companies feeling the labor-shortage pinch? As part of Security Sales' 20th Anniversary Top 20 series of articles, here are 10 reasons why it's hard to find good technicians and 10 tips on getting a handle on this growing problem.
1. Higher Wages Lure Dealers to Other Companies
2. Technology Changes 'Specialize' Profession
3. Techs See Subcontracting as Lucrative Venture
4. Lack of Benefits Offers Little Incentive for Staying
5. Techs Look at Companies With Retirement Plans
6. No Loyalty Means Employees Are Not Valued
7. Heavier Work Loads Create Too Much Stress on Job
8. New Companies May Not Have the Right Connections
9. Fewer Companies Spells Major Shift in Employees
10. Employers Don't Empower Technicians
Following are 10 more tips on ways to find technicians and reduce turnover.
1. Contact Local, State, National Associations
2. Network With Other Industry Members
3. Place Classifieds in Publications, on the Internet
4. Don't Trash Old Resumes; You May Need Them Later
5. Offer Competitive Wages to Technicians
6. Good Benefits Packages Draw Good Techs In
7. Positive Reinforcement Strengthens Relations
8. Be Realistic About How Much Work Staff Can Do
9. Investing in Training Is Investing in Your Staff
10. Show Respect, Value Your Employees
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Cass County Board: County offers funds for County Road 77 trail
BACKUS — Lake Shore City Council and Trail 77 Team succeeded Tuesday in obtaining $20,000 from Cass County to pay a portion of the cost for phase one of a planned recreational trail along County State Aid Highway 77.
Trail 77 Team has engaged Short Elliott Hendrickson to plan and engineer the trail, which is expected to connect with the Paul Bunyan Trail and have links to trails in East Gull Lake and Nisswa.
The city has pledged $3,000 to the project and the Initiative Foundation $11,000 of the expected $34,000 phase one cost.
Though CSAH 77 is a heavily traveled highway, hikers and bikers currently try to use the edge of that road for their recreation. Trail planners see a designated trail as a much safer alternative.
Kevin Lee, North Memorial Ambulance Service, reported to Cass County Board Tuesday that Longville Ambulance Service served 219 patients in 2011, down from the 288 people transported in 2010.
Revenues and expenditures were down due to lower patient volumes, Lee said. The Longville Service took in $651,404 and spent $542,033 in 2011 for a 16.8 percent margin.
Lee said the service had a paramedic working on every shift during the fourth quarter of 2011 even though the service is rated as part-time paramedic. This year is the third in a row for Longville Ambulance rates to remain the same, he said.
Five years ago, the county established an ambulance service taxing district for Longville and surrounding townships and engaged North Memorial Ambulance as the contracting service provider. The first five year contract ran out Jan. 1.
The contract with North Memorial automatically will renew beginning this year with two-year increments unless the county or North Memorial notifies the other of intent to cancel the contract. The county board also renewed land and building leases.
Cass County commissioners voted to support the city of Bemidji's offer to become the site of a new veterans home. The closest veterans homes to this area are currently located at Fergus Falls and Silver Bay.
Sanford Health, owner of the hospital and attached clinic in Bemidji, has donated 15 acres of land and offered to share such services for economic efficiencies as mechanical system, laundry and dietary.
Administrator Robert Yochum told Cass commissioners he expects federal funding and/or state bonding money to pay for a north central Minnesota veterans home once a site is selected.
Kim Minton, support services supervisor, reported the senior transportation program gets heavy use.
Volunteer drivers usually are dedicated people who want to provide their service as long as they remain healthy enough to do it, Minton said when asked if higher gas prices will result in fewer drivers. The drivers are paid the IRS mileage rate and no wages.
One problem Minton did encounter in the last year was that Medical Assistance denied Cass's claims to pay for no-load miles. This meant the county budget had to pick up that difference.
She said in a rural county, people willing to drive may not live close to people who need a ride to medical appointments or other services. Drivers sometimes have to travel several miles before they have a client loaded in their car. The county cannot get Medical Assistance reimbursement for eligible clients until they are in the car.
Even so, Minton said she only had to spend $68,000 or 80 percent of the $84,000 budget in 2011 for senior transportation program.
Older people not eligible for Medical Assistance can use the program by paying toward the volunteer transportation service, she added.
Currently, Minton is seeking new drivers for the Pillager and Cass Lake areas.
Cheryal Lee Hills, Region Five executive director, reported that agency has improved its financial position from having a $128,823 deficit in 2007 when she became director to having a positive balance at the end of 2008, 2009, 2010 and $36,618 balance at the end of 2011.
The board approved Hills's recommendation to consolidate a Crow Wing County economic development revolving loan fund with one Region Five also has administered for Cass, Morrison, Todd and Wadena Counties.
Hills said this will save her office administrative costs and leave more loan fund money available for those who borrow from it.
Since 1986, Region Five has made available $7,274,935 in 231 loans in Cass County, of which $5,442,037 principal has been repaid. These loans leveraged another $63,539,810 in private funding and $17,857,599 in public funding to create 3,881 jobs, Hills reported.
Only 14.61 percent were written off, she said. There currently is $446,459 available for lending.
Region 5 also loaned seven Cass County residents and five Crow Wing County residents at 3 percent interest money to improve their failing private sewer or water well systems under a separate revolving loan program in 2011, Hills reported.
One more loan is pending in Cass and another in Crow Wing County. One Crow Wing application was denied.
Applicants must provide proof of ability to repay, but there is no income limit.
Cass will receive $345,026.38 this year from the Chippewa National Forest 25 percent fund generated from timber sales on land within that forest.


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"I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent."
Jake T. Austin (born Jake Austin Szymanski in New York, New York on December 3, 1994) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor at age seven. Austin has been nominated for a Young Artist Award five times. Although he started out appearing in commercials, in 2004 he landed his first major role as the voice of Diego the cousin of Dora, on the hit Nickelodeon animated series Dora the Explorer. He continued to voice Diego on the spin-off series, Go, Diego, Go!, for three seasons. In addition to playing the animated character Diego, Austin was cast in voice roles for the feature films The Ant Bully and Everyone's Hero. Austin's first live-action feature film was The Perfect Game in 2006. But Jake caught his big break when he was cast as Max Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. The show ran from 2007 to 2012 and he starred alongside Selena Gomez and David Henrie. In 2009 Austin starred in Hotel for Dogs where he played Bruce. In the fall of 2010, Austin was named as one of the "25 Brightest Latino Stars Under 25" by Latina magazine. After appearing on Law & Order SVU and voicing Fernando in Rio and Rio 2, Austin landed his next major role in 2013 when he was cast as Jesus Foster in the ABC Family comedy-drama series The Fosters. He left the show in the second season finale in 2015 and his character was recast.
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Jake T. Austin is best known for his role as Max Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place where he starred alongside Selena Gomez from 2007-2012.
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There's a scene in Girl with a Pearl Earring, the new film about Johannes Vermeer's famous painting, that stands as a classic moment in the long history of movies about artists. Vermeer's venal but knowledgeable patron, Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson), is inspecting the painter's latest masterpiece, a portrait of a woman bathed in golden light. "Is that Indian yellow?" asks Van Ruijven. Vermeer (played by Colin Firth) looks up darkly and nods.
The patron turns back to the painting. "Distilled from the urine of cows fed only on mango leaves," he declares with a smug smile. "You've glazed my wife in dried piss."
The exchange is ripe with tension and surprise. It is also a staple of cinema biopics about artists: the sensitised world of the painter in collision with the forces of harsh, unsympathetic real life. As with many things of the past, most of what most people know about the lives of artists comes from movies. But movies about artists have long been built upon one or more cliches about life at - and away from - the easel. The most common: the notion that creative types are difficult to be around.
Yet, for the most part, Girl with a Pearl Earring is different. It isn't interested in the stereotype of the misunderstood artist, depicting instead that rarest of film personas -the understood artist.
The film tells the story of Griet, a 17-year-old kitchen maid who arrives in Delft, Holland, to serve in the home of Vermeer, the 17th-century master of tranquil, poetic scenes of domestic life. Vermeer recognises Griet, played with melancholy grace by Scarlett Johansson, as a kindred spirit. Their relationship becomes intense and when Griet finally poses for the renowned painting, their bond has a kind of genius all its own.
The story is pure fantasy; almost nothing is recorded about Vermeer, who was little-known outside his home town until a French critic championed him 200 years after his death. In a fine reversal, Girl with a Pearl Earring is less the master's tale than the initiate's. We stand beside Griet as Vermeer's secrets unfold to her, and experience her mind awakening to mysteries. We come, through her, to comprehend him.
How different this is from the conventional film biography.
When it comes to scenes showing the act of painting, Hollywood often falls back on the conventions of war films. In The Agony and the Ecstasy, Charlton Heston's Michelangelo attacks the Sistine Chapel with the same gusto he brings to chariot driving in Ben-Hur. Martin Scorsese's Life Lessons, a segment in the 1989 anthology New York Stories, stars Nick Nolte as a fictional Soho artist who wields his brushes like weapons to push paint around a gigantic canvas. Pollock shows the action painter (Ed Harris) chopping down a wall in his Greenwich Village apartment before he even begins a painting.
Alcohol, drugs, poverty, rebellion, madness - name your favourite human affliction - and there's a movie that shows an artist suffering from it.
It's not hard to figure out why Hollywood goes for this story line. Conflict, after all, is the foundation of drama, and we love to root for the hero, especially a flawed hero.
And great artists are cultural heroes, even if we too often treat them like alien life forms. Most people would sooner live with a stinky pet than a socially erratic, volatile or possibly unstable creative genius. But the movies allow us to take their side from a safe distance. We understand you, Vincent, even if no one will buy your pictures while you're alive.
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Montrose Blueberry Festival would not be possible without
the support of our local community and corporate sponsors.
We would like to thank the following businesses and
individuals for their generosity and continued support.
Genisys Credit Union
Our 2016 Presenting Sponsor, Genisys Credit Union, returns for a second year. They are a not-for-profit, member-owned financial organization, but since 1936 they have grown to become one of the strongest credit unions in the country. They are a resourceful and creative team that works with pride, passion and dedication to continue meeting the needs of their current members and those who will need them in the future. Read more at Genisys CU.
Riverside Market
Located in Montrose, Riverside Market plays an integral part in the fabric of the Montrose Blueberry Festival. Riverside provides food and supplies used for many of the festival events. They also sponsor the fantastic "Frankentrost Band" you see in Saturday's parade and the feature photo of our Grand Marshals in the festival magazine. Contact them at 810-639-6285 or visit them on the web at Riverside Market.
ELGA Credit Union
Located at 7028 W. Vienna Road, Clio, ELGA Credit Union is the Title Sponsor for this year's Super Parade. ELGA also sponsors our Golf Scramble and Classic Car Show. Visit them on the web at elgacu.com to see what they can do for you.
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A long-time supporter of the Montrose Blueberry Festival,
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coffee creamer and butter used during the Saturday and
Sunday pancake breakfasts. This generous contribution from Country Fresh is a huge savings for the wildly
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Since 1972 the Montrose Community School district has been a consistent contributor to the festival. Throughout the years, administrators, teachers and auxiliary personnel have worked tirelessly alongside festival committee members providing a network of support. Please visit them at Montrose.K12.
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I am totally smitten for Sting's music. Did you know that he and his wife are bigtime yoga gurus? His wife, Trudie Styler, recently released a new yoga DVD, which was filmed at their amazing Tuscan villa (oh to be a gazillionaire yogini), with Sting's music softly playing in the distance. I had to check this out ...
Produced by Gaiam, "Trudie Styler's Warrior Yoga" DVD includes two workouts--the 45-minute "Warrior Workout" and the 25-minute "Express Warrior Workout," where she and fitness guru James D'Silva lead you through a gentle, but challenging, routine that's said to help with "total-body strengthening" and leaving you feeling "invigorated" and "fully present."
My thoughts? This was really fun! Trudie Styler is one kick-butt rock star's wife. She has an engaging presence, and there's something really calming about the green Tuscan grass in the background. And, yes, it was an invigorating workout--and hearing some of Sting's music in the background was a bonus!
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Lindquist, Marissa, Weber, Jamie, Petrie, Wayne, Dorham, Jarrod, & Project Services, Townsville (2007) Multi-events stadium Buchanan Park redevelopment. [Design/Architectural Work]
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Multi-purpose Community Entertainment and Recreation Venue, catering for the Mount Isa Rodeo; including campdraft, equine sports, shows, exhibition, trade events, concerts and other community activities. The design involved redevelopment of a portion of the Buchanan Park Race Course located in Mount Isa. The project included community infrastructure planning, major landscaping and the construction of built facilities.
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I guess we can go ahead and call this a HOOKAPEDIA thread.
Here's a play in the WNBA:
WASHINGTON MYSTICS +3 Liberty (2 UNITS)
I'll have plenty of takes on today, but first.
JOHNNY MO! Can't wait to see you bud. Really looking forward to it. You and a few others taught me anything and everything i know about the ponies. Thank you for always taking the time, and it's been my pleasure to be able to become YOUR friend. Thank you sir for all u do here at pregame.
I am my own source. It's not a run when you do it over and over again with consistency and a mentality that you've done it before.
In nearly "5" years at pregame, if you COMBINED every SPORT SEASON together, i have turned a strong profit in EVERY SINGLE SPORT EXCEPT BASEBALL. Of all the things i've done here at pregame, this is EASILY what i'm most proud of. That's LONG TERM WINNING.
As always, thanks for that to continue to follow my work. Much, much appreciated
Liberty burned me last time I bet them so I am rooting for you to cash this one Hook :)
appreciated DubV. You straight $$$ at WNBA, and come to think of it, pretty much everything. Much respect.
Thank you Mike! Really appreciate that
my pleasure sir.
Lately i've been spending quite a bit of time researching 2 things.
1. WMMA, especially as it pertains to the UFC. Let's just say that you should blindly bet the UNDER in any Womens MMA fight in the UFC. Until parity is here, make that cash...........
2. RUGBY-SUPER. Think this sport is a moneymaker. I'm sure plenty have already been doing so, but i've just recently started to see the light.
I'll go wherever i think lines are softest. I don't need to bash my head against lines i personally fight tight as can be. I'd rather do other things with that situation.
close ending, but a WNBA loser.
SHARON FICHMAN -140 Dubois (3 UNITS)
more tennis plays for today are coming.....
CFB is on the way. Been hugely profitable in every season BUT ONE. The one was bad, but the other 4 were so profitable that when you add up the 5 year record, still quite PROFITABLE. I look at every game, with the majority of my plays coming from teams typically considered in "lower" conferences.
NFL PRESEASON to me is a huge moneymaker. Following HIGH SCHOOL, then CFB as closely as i do, i very much understand and know the 3rd and 4th stringers on teams. Hence, depth charts are an easier riddle for me to solve than it is for many that are betting team names alone.
I stayed away from the Dolphins-Cowboys tilt, but i'll be in the preseason game for sure.
I completely agree with the under in UFC women's fights! A good amount of them don't even make it to the 2nd round. Parity may take a while since there's only 1 women's division in the UFC & there's a handful of the fighters that are better suited for a different weight class. Sheila Gaff is a prime example because she needs to be fighting in a 125lb division because the 135 class is just too much for her even though she is a good fighter.
Follow me on Twitter @MartinP_MMA
All MMA write-ups are still up at Pregame with nearly all under Other Sports, 1 in Everything Else, & I believe 1 was in NFL in case anyone wants to check. You can also go back through the rest of the months.
Record by month since December 2013.
August 2014 -.69 Unit
July 2014 +5.35 Units
June 2014 +5.97 Units
May 2014 +8.12 Units
April 2014 -2.53 Units
March 2014 -10.53 Units
February 2014 +12 Units
January 2014 -4.48 Units
December 2013 +14.06 Units (Went 10-3-1 on dogs including my bet of the year on Chris Weidman over Silva). Won both times with Weidman over Silva.
All plays were documented in write-ups posted on SportsBetCappers, Pregame,or The Sonny Seattle Show that was shown on Pregame.com.
Pregame, SportsBetCappers, SonnySeattle.com, KamikazeOverdrive are the only sports sites that I've posted on or am a member of. Don't believe the fakes.
KIRSTEN FLIPKENS +110 Venus (2 UNITS)
BOL Hookster & GET MONEY!!!


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Shouka, The World's Loneliest Whale: Send This Orca Back to France
Much attention has been paid to killer whales at SeaWorld lately—especially when it comes to chilling, high-profile attacks against trainers at "Shamu Stadium." Those incidents, in particular the 2010 death of Dawn Brancheau by the orca Tilikum, raised new questions about the ethics of keeping such large, intelligent predators sentenced to life in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Shouka was shipped to this country ten years ago from Marineland Antibes, in France, where she still has family members. If Six Flags cannot obey U.S. law and find her a companion animal immediately, they should agree to send her back.
But while SeaWorld's unnaturally violent whales—wild orcas have never been known to seriously attack people—continue to make dramatic headlines, a much quieter but equally sad drama is being played out at an amusement park north of San Francisco called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, home to Shouka, the world's loneliest whale.
Set amid the scrubby hills of Vallejo, Shouka's small pool is surrounded by a stadium where she performs several times a day for gawking visitors. But unlike her distant cousins at SeaWorld and other theme parks, Shouka lives completely and utterly alone.
MORE: Judge Says: Sea World Must Protect Trainers from Killer Whales
Keeping such a social, complex, canny creature as an orca by herself is not only crushingly distressing for the animal, it is patently in violation of federal laws and regulations.
Captive marine mammals at U.S. facilities are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act, which outlaws the captivity of whales and dolphins without at least one "suitable companion animal" of the same family. Because orcas are the largest member of the dolphin family, parks can get away with having a sole whale, as long as another dolphin (a bottlenose, say) is in the tank too.
Shouka is one of two solitary orcas in U.S. captivity. Lolita—who has been performing in the miniscule pool at the Miami Seaquarium practically her entire life—is the other. Taken from Puget Sound in 1970, Lolita could be returned to her pod, some scientists and activists argue, because we know precisely who those animals are.
For many years Lolita had another orca with her, Hugo, who died in 1980 after smashing his head into the tank glass. And though the Seaquarium replaced Hugo with a dolphin, a 1986 exam showed Lolita had developed abnormal sleep patterns and displayed what appeared to be signs of bereavement.
In other words, orcas need orcas.
But if that is not possible, they should at least have another member of the dolphin family in the pool with them. Which leads us back to Shouka: nearly a year ago her companion of seven years, a male bottlenose named Merlin, was removed from her tank, "due to recent compatibility issues," according to Six Flags, which insisted it would seek another "suitable companion" for the now illegally-isolated Shouka.
But that hasn't happened yet, and Six Flags remains in flagrant violation of the Animal Welfare Act. Meanwhile, Shouka has begun to act out against her trainers, a potential sign of stress-induced aggression. According to the website Without-Me-There-Is-No-You, Shouka recently lunged from the water in an aggressive act toward her trainers, who now remain at least temporarily behind protective barriers.
"There is no contact with Shouka during the show," the website says, "no hugging, no kisses, no touching, just fish thrown at her."
Shouka was shipped to this country ten years ago from Marineland Antibes, in France, where she still has family members. If Six Flags cannot obey U.S. law and find her a companion animal immediately, they should agree to send her back.
Eventually Shouka, like all captive orcas, should be retired to a coastal sea sanctuary to live out her remaining years in a more natural habitat, free from the demands of doing backflips for tourists, and perhaps more content in the companionship of others like her.
For now, however, why not commute her illegal and immoral sentence of solitary confinement and send her back to France?
UPDATE: On Monday, August 13, Wendy Cooke, a whale and dolphin activist from Vallejo, California visited Shouka's tank and emailed David Kirby with an update on the sad, lonely orca. "It was heartbreaking. Not once in five hours did I see her trainers interact with her except during the show," said Cooke. "They are still behind bars and have no contact with Shouka during the show. She seemed to play a bit with some kids, opening her mouth like she was going to eat them and making the kids chase her from window to window like a game. Other than that, she floated listlessly in the middle of the tank or laid at the bottom."
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LORD TOUCHWOOD and LADY TOUCHWOOD.
LADY TOUCH. My lord, can you blame my brother Plyant if he refuse his daughter
upon this provocation? The contract's void by this unheard-of impiety.
LORD TOUCH. I don't believe it true; he has better principles. Pho, 'tis nonsense.
Come, come, I know my Lady Plyant has a large eye, and would centre everything in her
own circle; 'tis not the first time she has mistaken respect for love, and made Sir Paul
jealous of the civility of an undesigning person, the better to bespeak his security in her
unfeigned pleasures.
LADY TOUCH. You censure hardly, my lord; my sister's honour is very well known.
LORD TOUCH. Yes, I believe I know some that have been familiarly acquainted with
it. This is a little trick wrought by some pitiful contriver, envious of my nephew's merit.
LADY TOUCH. Nay, my lord, it may be so, and I hope it will be found so. But that will
require some time; for in such a case as this, demonstration is necessary.
LORD TOUCH. There should have been demonstration of the contrary too, before it
had been believed.
LADY TOUCH. So I suppose there was.
LORD TOUCH. How? Where? When?
LADY TOUCH. That I can't tell; nay, I don't say there was. I am willing to believe as
favourably of my nephew as I can.
LORD TOUCH. I don't know that. [Half aside.]
LADY TOUCH. How? Don't you believe that, say you, my lord?
LORD TOUCH. No, I don't say so. I confess I am troubled to find you so cold in his
LADY TOUCH. His defence! Bless me, would you have me defend an ill thing?
LORD TOUCH. You believe it, then?


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You are herecontent / Bush determined to weather gathering storm
Bush determined to weather gathering storm
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By Michael Gawenda Herald Correspondent in Washington
August 13, 2005
Cold comfort … Cindy Sheehan is comforted by Bill Mitchell, whose son Mike was also killed in Iraq.
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Camped along the side of the road that leads to the Bush ranch near the town of Crawford, Texas, Cindy Sheehan has become the focus of a growing sentiment in the US - that the war in Iraq is unwinnable and that the only way to end the mounting toll of US deaths is to start withdrawing American troops.
Ms Sheehan began her vigil last Saturday when George Bush arrived at the ranch for a five-week stay - billed as a holiday by his opponents, although Mr Bush is doing more than just clearing scrub in the 40 degree Texas heat.
A steady stream of senior administration officials have driven past Ms Sheehan's camp, which by Thursday had swelled to more than 200 people, there to support her demand for a meeting with Mr Bush to ask him why her son Casey, 24, "had to die".
Casey Sheehan was killed in an attack on his army unit in Iraq in April last year, five days after he arrived in the country. Cindy Sheehan was there, beside the road, on Thursday when the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, the Vice-President, Dick Cheney, and the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, came to discuss with Mr Bush what a White House spokesman called "security and defence issues".
At a news conference during a break in the talks, Mr Bush, flanked by Dr Rice and Mr Cheney, said he sympathised with Ms Sheehan.
"She feels strongly about her position," he said. "She has every right in the world to say what she believes. This is America."
He said he had thought long and hard about her position, which was for the US to get out of Iraq immediately. That would be a grave mistake, a betrayal of the Iraqi people and a victory for a "ruthless and murderous enemy".
That Mr Bush spoke directly to Ms Sheehan's concerns showed what she has become: a lightning rod for the growing number of Americans who believe the US has no strategy for victory in Iraq, that the war was a mistake and that too many US lives have been lost in a war that has made them less safe.
Cindy Sheehan now holds daily news conferences that receive national media coverage and who cannot be easily dismissed by the more rabid pro-war activists as just another liberal appeaser and traitor.
With Congress in recess, with many Americans on holiday, and the news dominated by the surge in US casualties in Iraq this past fortnight, she has managed to create what many observers are describing as a "perfect storm".
The polls for Mr Bush are terrible. His approval rating in the latest Gallup poll is 42 per cent. A Newsweek poll this week had 61 per cent of respondents saying they disapproved of the way he was handling the war, and a USA Today poll showed that 57 per cent believe the war has made them less safe.
Faced with bad polls, no certainty that the draft Iraqi constitution will be finished by next Monday's deadline and escalating casualties, the Bush Administration has been unable to come up with a coherent and agreed message on Iraq.
There have been signs that under pressure, differences are beginning to emerge. For a while it seemed that the Administration had decided to rename the "war on terror" the "global struggle against extremism". But then Mr Bush used the term war on terror 15 times in a five-minute speech about the terrorist threat facing the US, before he left for his Texas ranch. There was no more talk about the global struggle.
Of more concern, there have been mixed and contradictory signals about whether or not there could be a substantial pullout of US troops from Iraq early next year.
Senior military officers, including the US Commander in Iraq, General George Casey, say that up to 30,000 troops could be withdrawn in the first half of next year. Pentagon officials also briefed reporters to reinforce the message that a pullout was a possibility.
That plan has now evaporated. This week officials are saying US forces will have to be increased before the constitutional referendum in October and elections in December.
Mr Rumsfeld refused to discuss any withdrawal at a recent news conference. Instead, he said more sophisticated and more lethal arms were being shipped to Iraqi insurgents and terrorists from Iran.
George Bush now seems to concede that the White House had been sending out mixed messages about Iraq. Speaking outside his ranch Mr Bush said talk about troops withdrawals was just speculation, and that no decisions had been made, and when one was it would be "made by me".
He emphasised that the Iraq policy was his responsibility and his call. "My position has not changed," he said. "As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down. The mission in Iraq is tough because the enemy knows what's at stake.
"We are a nation at war. We are fighting a war against terror. The war arrived on our shores on September 11, 2001."
Obviously Mr Bush is not for turning. Despite the bad polls, despite the gathering anti-war campaign building on the stories of people like Cindy Sheehan, about 53 per cent of Americans do not want the US to "cut and run" from Iraq. Yet.
Mr Bush's challenge is to convince wavering Americans that there is no alternative to staying the distance in Iraq and that eventually some sort of functioning democracy will prevail.
He knows that this is the biggest test of his presidency.
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Gregory Peck wore Gucci and rode a Vespa on his Roman holiday. Jude Law chose Valentino when he drove Gwyneth Paltrow across Capri in his Alfa Romeo. For Audrey Hepburn only Givenchy and a classic Fiat would do. In Italy, going on holiday means looking good, and no self-respecting follower of la bella figura would set out without the right clothes or the right ride.
I may not have Law's looks but I have enough Dolce & Gabbana to clothe half of Sicily, so I pack my bags and fly to the northern city of Modena. In a country of heroic food and wine, history, romance, effortless style and credit card-meltingly good shopping, I have come to find the best of the best and there is nowhere better to start.
I need a car and Modena is the home of the most 'bella machina' of all, Ferrari. I know Ferrari means flash, Tom Magnum Selleck and all those bigboyztoyzrus.com middle-youthers who cruise around Notting Hill at weekends but there is nothing quite like getting behind the wheel of the firm's latest model, the 360 Modena, to make the rest of the world seem so totally irrelevant.
I slide into the curvy caramel, hand-stitched leather seats, gaze along the swoops of the bonnet and admire the stubby haunches that fill the mirrors. Then I turn the key. The moment I hear the V8 volcano of an engine erupt, I know this is not just a car; it's the perfect Italian mix of flair and passion. At almost 7ft wide, with a pamphlet-sized boot and just two seats, it sacrifices practicality for style and sneers at convention.
After lunch at the Cavallino, the restaurant where 'the old man' - Enzo Ferrari - ate every day, I raise the revs and let this prancing horse stretch its legs. I'm heading for the hills, for a place where la dolce vita is at its most dolce. It is spring, it is already hot, but most of the tourists have yet to arrive. I will have the lakes north of Brescia - Garda, Iseo, Como - to myself. Britons have always loved this part of Italy. The Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson chose Lake Como to escape the scandal created by their affair; D.H. Lawrence described Garda as the most beautiful place on earth; and Winston Churchill said the grey peaks and clear waters helped him to conquer the depression he called 'a touch of the black dog'.
Churchill liked to stay at Villa Feltrinelli, the summer home of the fabulously wealthy Feltrinelli family on the west bank of Lake Garda. It is one of Italy's smallest hotels and it has the kind of easy-going charm only Italians can muster. Arriving is like being in your own private Mastroianni movie. You leave the main road as it heads north up the slopes and ease down narrowing cypress-lined streets towards the lake shore. There's no sign but there's nowhere else to go; the road ends ahead, so this must be it. Through a gate, the driveway curves along the lake shore before swinging into the courtyard in front of the turreted neo-Gothic mansion, its Venetian gold and terracotta candy stripes reflected in the water.
'Don't bother checking in. We'll take care of that and unpack your bags. Come and join us on La Contessa, our yacht, for a glass of prosecco,' says Stefano Mancini, my host. Walking through the hall where the stained glass windows cast red shadows on the marble walls and out on to the jetty is like stepping back to a glorious age of opulence. As we set sail, Mancini explains that most guests 'move between the house, the olive groves and the limonia in the grounds, and the yacht. They never seem to leave the place. Not once.'
After a tour of the lake and a swim, followed by fresh carpone with asparagus and pigeon and porcini risotto for lunch, I too decide that, although I am on holiday, I will stay in for the next few nights. Nothing outside the villa's gates could possibly match the splendour inside. In my rooms - bedroom, bathroom, sitting room - cavorting nymphs decorate the ceiling and ornate boiserie and Rubelli prints cover the walls. The sheets are finest Frette, the soaps, treacle thick oils and salts are from Parma and the stationery is hand-printed in Venice. Downstairs in the restaurant the fish is fresh from the lake, the meat is from the hills and the wines, like the staff, are all Italian.
At Villa Feltrinelli there are no rules, no meal times, no check-in or check-out times, no hidden charges. Even the wine and fresh juices in the antique mini-bar in my room are included in the price. Boutique city hotels may be the last word in modern chic but here is a timely reminder that the old ones are still the best. Cento per cento. After four days that feel like a fortnight, I decide to stuff my bags into the car and head up and over the peaks that line Lake Garda to Sarnico on the neighbouring lake, Iseo, for another - very dolce - reason. If sitting behind the wheel of a Ferrari is the only way to drive through the mountains, the only way to cruise the lakes is in a Riva speedboat, and Sarnico is where they are built.
Like Ferrari drivers, people who choose Rivas don't worry about value for money. Their world is dictated only by style and indulgence, sun and wind. I set sail before lunch in a £300,000, 33ft-long Aquariva - admiring the delicately crafted, pinstriped wood and creamy leather and watching the streamlined bow as it creases the pale green water. I could chug along all day like this but my guide, Petra, is getting impatient. 'We go fast now, Inglese ,' she says. 'Here, you try.'
I step up to the polished chrome wheel, push the glowing Engine Start button and pull back on the throttle. With a glorious din and swirl from the propellers, we leap forward. Soon we are skimming the waves, overtaking Alfas and Lancias on the lakeside road. Wind in my hair, captaining this wooden vessel of velocity is one of the great Italian experiences, as good as a holiday romance with a raven-haired Vespa vamp, a night at La Scala, or the first glass of fragolino after a day's skiing in Cortina.
With Modena, Villa Feltrinelli and Riva behind me, I have almost convinced myself I am Italian by the time I pull up outside the neo-classical facade of the Grand Hotel at Villa d'Este on Lake Como that afternoon. With rococo, gilt and glamour, the hotel is one of the few grand hotels worthy of the description. It was built in thesixteenth century by the Cardinal of Como as a palazzo retreat, and was once a private summer residence for such guests as Russian Tsarina Maria Feodorovna and Mark Twain.
I wake early the next day to watch the sun burn the smudgy mist off the lake before spending the day trying to prove the old Italian adage ' Dolce far niente '- sweet to do nothing. At Villa d'Este 'niente' means two things. The first is walking in the classical garden. Head gardener Renato Butti shows me the statue of Hercules against a backdrop of magnolias in full creamy flower and red roses that entwine 600-year-old beech trees. 'This is one of the oldest gardens in Italy,' he says.
The second is swimming. Villa d'Este has a pool with a difference. Instead of being on land, it floats on a wooden pontoon on the lake itself. Every time a boat or the hotel's sea plane cruises past, the whole structure bobs up and down like pasta in a giant, boiling pot. Jumping off the shore into water, on water, is the perfect way to relax before setting off on the short journey south to Milan to buy a little style to complete my Italian job.
Ever since Gucci stitched his first saddle and Armani knocked the stuffing out of men's fashion, the world has been in love with the Italian moda . In Milan's Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga, and the narrow side roads that link them, I cover the world's best fashion houses in a few hours. There's Prada for trainers, Gucci for shirts and wallets, Tod's for loafers and Bulgari for fragrances. Up the cobbled Via Manzoni past imposing palazzi and clang-clattering trams, I cane my credit into submission at Peck's delicatessen, loading my basket with porcini, cheeses and fresh and cured meats, arranged in delicate pyramids.
Back at Heathrow I find myself caught up in a mass of tired, whining passengers - late back from whatever they imagined was the latest 'must-visit' destination. Five grand for a week in Barbados? Ah, sweet, deluded fools. Don't they know the old ones are still the best? When it comes to romance, style and grandeur, Italians always have done and always will do it better. The entire country exists for pleasure - yours.
Alitalia (0870 544 8259) flies to Milan's Linate or Malpenza airports daily from £94 with tax. British Airways flies to Milan and Bologna. Ryanair flies to Brescia.
Double rooms at Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda cost £350 a night, including breakfast (00 39 036 579 8000). Rooms at the Villa d'Este on Lake Como cost from £200 a night (00 39 031 3481).
Hiring a Ferrari 360 Modena from Milan airport costs £2,872 for three days booked through the Classic Car Group (0800 052 5066), including insurance and 250 kilometres a day. The Sailing Center Hotel (00 39 045 740 0055) offers speedboat excursions on Lake Garda from £30 an hour per group of four.
For more information: Italian State Tourist Board in London (020 7408 1254).


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Oregon History: Bibliography - Articles
Abbott, Carl and Deborah Howe. "The Politics of Land-Use Law in Oregon Senate Bill 100, Twenty Years After," Oregon Historical Quarterly 94 (Spring 1993): 4-35.
Azuma, Eiichiro. "A History of Oregon's Issei, 1880-1952," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 94 (1993-94): 315-68.
Boyd, Robert. "Another Look at the 'Fever and Ague' of Western Oregon," Ethnohistory 22 (Spring, 1975):135-54.
Caldwell, J. R. "The First Fruits of the Land: A Brief History of Early Horticulture in Oregon," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 7 (March, 1906): 28-51, 151-62.
Clark, Malcolm H., Jr. "The War on the Webfoot Saloon," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 58 (March, 1957): 48-62.
Corbett, P. Scott and Nancy Parker Corbett. "The Chinese in Oregon, c. 1870-1880," Oregon Historical Quarterly 78 (March, 1977): 73-85.
Cox, Thomas R. "Conservation By Subterfuge: Robert M. Sawyer and the Birth of Oregon State Parks," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 64 (January, 1973): 21-29.
-----. "The Crusade to Save Oregon's Scenery," Pacific Historical Review, 31 (May, 1968): 179-199.
Davis, Lenwood G. "Sources for History of Blacks in Oregon." Oregon Historical Quarterly, 73 (September, 1972): 197-211.
Ellis, David Maldwyn. "The Oregon and California Railroad Land Grant, 1866-1945," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 39 (1948).
Fahl, Ronald H. "S. C. Lancaster and the Columbia River Highway: Engineer as Conservationist," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 74 (June, 1973): 104-44.
Hill, D. G. "The Negro as a Political and Social Issue in the Oregon Country," Journal of Negro History 33 (April, 1948): 130-45.
Howison, Neil M. "Report of Lieutenant Neil M. Howison on Oregon, 1846," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 14 (March, 1913): 1-60.
Horowitz, David. "The Klansman as Outsider: Ethnocultural Solidarity and Antielitism in the Oregon Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 80 (January, 1989): 12-20.
-----. "Social Morality and Personal Revitalization: Oregon's Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 90 (Winter, 1989): 365-384.
Johansen, Dorothy O. "Oregon's Role in American History: An Old Theme Recast," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 38 (April, 1949): 85-92.
Johnson, Daniel P. "Anti-Japanese Legislation in Oregon, 1917-1923," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 97 (Summer, 1996): 176-210.
McClintock, Thomas C. "Seth Lewelling, William S. U'Ren and the Birth of the Oregon Progressive Movement," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 68 (June, 1967): 197-220.
Messing, John. "Public Lands, Politics, and Progressives: The Oregon Land Fraud Trials, 1903-1910," Pacific Historical Review 35 (1966).
Mills, Randall V. "A History of Transportation in the Pacific Northwest," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 45 (September, 1946): 281-312.
Richard, K. Keith. Unwelcome Settlers: Black and Mulatto Oregon Pioneers, Oregon Historical Quarterly 84 (Winter and Spring, 1983): 29-55, 173-205.
Robbins, William G. The Indian Question in Western Oregon: The Making of a Colonial People. In Experiences in a Promised Land: Essays in Pacific Northwest History, G. Thomas Edwards and Carlos A. Schwantes, eds. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA., 1986, pp. 51-67.
Savage, W. Sherman. "The Negro in the History of the Pacific Northwest," Journal of Negro History 8 (July, 1928): 255-64.
Tamura, Linda. "Railroads, Stumps, and Sawmills: Japanese Settlers of the Hood River Valley," Oregon Historical Quarterly, 94 (Winter 1993- 94): 369-98.
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- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 4-1/2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons chopped almonds
- 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup maraschino cherries, quartered
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Press into a 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until set.
- For filling, in a small bowl, combine the egg, sugar, flour, vanilla, baking powder and salt. Stir in the almonds, coconut and cherries. Spread over crust.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack. Cut into squares while still warm. Yield: 8 bars.
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About Sarukura
Sarukura is a blog about my Japanese heritage.
After my grandmother, Akiko Sarukura, married my grandfather and moved to the United States, she lost contact with her family in Japan. The only things I know about them I have learned from stories here and there, old documents, and very few photos.
On this site, I will share everything I know about my grandmother's family in hopes that one day, someone who knows more about the Sarukura family or can help me learn more about them will contact me.
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50 State Security Appoints Quality Assurance Board to Enhance Performance
To support its new plan to provide better customer service to its clients, 50 State Security Service, an electronic security contractor here, has appointed a four-member quality assurance board.
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MIAMI — To provide better customer service to its clients, 50 State Security Service, an electronic security contractor, has appointed a four-member quality assurance board.
Designed to maximize performance within the organization's varied security programs, 50 State Security implemented the quality assurance plan to more closely observe and examine its processes. The program is essentially a complete reporting system, including all infraction reports, incident reports, customer complaints, crime statistics and trend data for all facets of the business and residential clients, according to the company.
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Members of the board include Dr. Karin Pederson Montejo, Eduardo Gonzalez, John Jones and Bobby Parker.
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Apart from heavier I think the M60 is a superb smaller revo.
The ''Chief's Special'' is IMO a classic altho numerous varients - only thing I do not like so much is round butt, but that said this is a concealment gun and a good one IMO.
This is a discussion on S&W Model 60 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Any comments out there on the Model 60 (2 1/8") for CC? I was going to ask about the 642 & 637 also but I'll ...
Any comments out there on the Model 60 (2 1/8") for CC?
I was going to ask about the 642 & 637 also but I'll read about those in a previous post.
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Apart from heavier I think the M60 is a superb smaller revo.
The ''Chief's Special'' is IMO a classic altho numerous varients - only thing I do not like so much is round butt, but that said this is a concealment gun and a good one IMO.
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I carry a J-Frame daily, and have for years. They plain work and you are likely to be carrying it when you don't want to carry anything, thus meaning you carry more often.
The 1911 in the safe doesn't do you any good when you are out on the street.
There are Square Butt conversion grips for round butt J~Frames just FYI.
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I'm looking for the same type of gun myself for carry duty and for my wife to use at home.
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton.
The M60 would be one of my top three choices for a .357 snubby, the other two being the S&W 640 (for pocket carry) and the Ruger SP101. For magnum rounds I prefer the extra weight of a steel frame.
Carried and shot the 60 in 357Mag. it's a handfull but it's a good carry gun . The older 60s in 38spl are a great choice also <I've had many of those too.. TOO MANY of em.....thinking back now LOL
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I have the 642, the 640 and a 357 mag M60. The centenials are worn more for CCW and the M60 gets carried when I am hunting. Steve48
I haven't carried a model 60, but I like them. I like the heavier frame, but the weight may not be as handy to carry as some lighter versions.
I have an older 60 .38 Spl and have not carried it all that much as it is mostly my wife's gun. I did carry the 37 which is the lightweight model for 20 + years and did enjoy how weightless it felt.
If I were going to buy a new one I would probably lean towards one of the new light versions just for ease of carry.
The hammer on the 60 can dig into your side (depending on build) if you carry IWB. It can also snag on clothing when drawn.
Take a serious look at the 640 and 649. These two guns solve that problem.
good luck,
I had a Model 60 1 7/8" 38spl for years then last year a friend had his stolen and begged and pleaded for me to sell it too him I ended up with a brand new 60-14 2 1/8 357mag. I am a wheel gunner at heart and I am switching back and forth from my K9 and Mod 60. The light weight ones might be nice to pack but I like to shoot them with my carry load so the weight issue is a non issue for me.
My Model 60 with a 3" barrel. Excellent carry gun.
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Super Fallout: Why the Debt Committee Failed
TIME's Jay Newton-Small says that poor voter turnout means that most people aren't represented in the United States' most representative body. Congress is representing the extremes, and that's why it feels like nothing's getting done.
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Jay Newton-Small, congressional correspondent for Time magazine, discussed why the congressional super committee failed to meet its deficit reduction goals.
The primary problem
Even before the super committee announced that it would be unable to agree on $1.2 trillion in spending cuts—this the umpteenth kick of the deficit reduction can—Congress' approval rating was at nine percent. To call it "abysmal" would be putting it gently; if a poll came out today, it's likely the numbers would be even worse.
From whence the gridlock? Is Congress broken, or is it merely doing its job: representing a country that's increasingly polarized and unwilling to compromise? Jay Newton-Small said that while there's some truth to the latter, poor voter turnout means that most people aren't represented in the United States' most representative body. Congress is representing the extremes, and that's why it feels like nothing's getting done.
The system of closed primaries creates candidate that are less interested in crafting compromises, so you get these massive failures. There is a silent majority that isn't represented here because frankly they don't show up and vote in primaries...The primary process is increasingly polarized, so your choice [in the general election] is increasingly stark.
Holding the line on taxes
The biggest issues that stymied the super committee were revenues and entitlements, which has been the case all year. Republicans, eager to cast Democrats as the ones who left a perfectly good plan on the table, touted that they were willing to concede $300 billion in new revenues—despite most of them having signed anti-tax activist Grover Norquist's "no taxes" pledge.
However, Newton-Small said those revenues mostly came from things like opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve to drilling and counting those fees at revenues. As tax loopholes were to close, bringing in more revenue, top rates would drop from 35 percent to 28 percent, practically negating the gains made by lessening deductions and credits, and ultimately creating a new hole of $3.3 trillion over the next decade. That's why Democrats didn't take the deal.
It was like taking a cork and trying to stop up a fire hydrant. It didn't make any sense...Democrats called it political theater; even Grover Norquist called it political theater.
But in this particular theater, most politicians feel they have to play the part. The next elections are less than a year away. And as Newton-Small observed, it's the extreme ends of the political spectrum, not the center, that are deciding who's on the ballot. Better not to compromise than to appear weak.
Incumbents didn't want to go into this campaign year having voted to, if you're a Republican, raise taxes, or if you're a Democrat, cut entitlement benefits. That's just killer going into an election...Everyone from the leaders down, there was no one on the side of getting this done.
How transparency hurts
Ironically, Newton-Small said, C-Span is at least a little to blame for the log jam.
C-Span here is synecdochic for all of the media access to Congress that Americans now "enjoy." Congress was never meant to be scrutinized the way it is now, Newton-Small said, with every session televised and armies of round-the-clock reporters covering members' every move. It's not a body that's meant to get things done quickly or cleanly; perhaps we shouldn't want to see how the sausage is made?
Indeed, increased transparency for Congress may in fact hamper progress, rather than make the body work better.
Those kinds of negotiations, where you're willing to give something up and go against your own self interest, are the hardest kind of negotiations, ones that really cannot be done in front of camera.


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After passing a series of budget bills, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate say they now want to start negotiating with the House and DFL Governor Mark Dayton on a final agreement.
Senate GOP leaders held a news conference today to declare success in delivering a two-year budget plan that doesn't raise taxes. Dayton's budget plan relies heavily on an income tax increase for top earners to erase a projected $5 billion deficit and avoid deep spending cuts. Republicans still aren't budging on the tax issue, but Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo, said she thinks there are areas of potential agreement in several bills.
"Traditionally some have gone through and passed, and others, there's been sort of a back and forth veto process," Koch said. "I don't know how helpful that's been in the past. I think for us those discussions should happen in conference committee, and if we can get some successes and get some forward momentum on bills, why wouldn't we?"
Democrats remain critical of the bills. Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, said he doesn't think Dayton will sign any of the finance bills until GOP leaders remove most of the contentious policy provisions.
"The governor has been pretty clear he's not going to take any policy provisions," Bakk said. "So, they're either going to take them out, or they're destined to a certain veto."
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For the fourth book in her popular Setting Boundaries series, Allison Bottke turns to our relationship with food, and a problem that affects more than 200 million Americans (68 percent of the adult population) obesity.
Setting Boundaries with Food is a very personal book for Allison. She knows from personal experience about the struggle against obesity feeling trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of dieting, deprivation, and despair. At one time in her life, Allison's scale hit the 300-pound mark. Her overweight status resulted in Allison being the first full-figure model ever signed by the prestigious Wilhelmina modeling agency, where she worked for some of the biggest names in fashion, such as Gloria Vanderbilt and Alfred Angelo.
From her struggle, Allison offers more than just hope for the future. By introducing readers to her popular S.A.N.I.T.Y. steps, she encourages readers to turn away from the insanity of dieting and deprivation and to focus instead on establishing healthy relationships with food, self, others, and God. Her words will strike a chord with millions who have struggled for years to lose weight as they are encouraged to examine the emotional and spiritual aspects of their bondage to food and obsession with weight.
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IreneUnited States5 Stars Out Of 5Easy to read and understand bookAugust 3, 2012IreneUnited StatesQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Setting Boundaries with Food: Six Steps to Lose Weight, Gain Freedom, and Take Back Your Life.This book is part of her Setting Boundaries Series that includes titles Setting Boundaries with Adult Children and Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents. Each book can be read on its own and enjoyed without reading the others in her series.
The subtitle to the book is "Six Steps To Lose Weight, Gain Freedom, and Take Back Your Life." The author does just what she says; she offers six steps to help you in setting boundaries with food. There is a lot of information in this book and I think you will find most of it helpful. I liked how she gives you goals to try to achieve. Learning to not let food control you is the main theme of this book.
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This is my first wedding cake…what an emotion! The theme was the rainbow and all was inspired by nature…so the young couple has got the bravery to choose an unusual cake, without flowers, without spouses topper, without the most common elements usually present; just the colours and simplicity and I has been very proud to prepare the cake of their love story!
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