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FRIENDS of Barry Mill held their second public meeting in Carnoustie Library last Wednesday evening when over 40 members of the local community were in attendance.
Their intention had been to update the public on the 'Save Barry Mill' campaign and to announce forthcoming events.
But the agenda was changed at the 11th hour due to the presence of two members of the management of the National Trust for Scotland, Mr Michael Hunter, national director of properties, and Mr David McAllister, the area manager responsible for Barry Mill.
This was the first direct contact the Friends had had from NTS, and it was a welcome, if belated, step forward.
The representatives made the Trust's position very clear - there is no money left to sustain operating deficits, so unless cutbacks are made in the current financial year, the Trust will be insolvent.
Barry Mill is one of 11 loss-making properties under threat of closure, and unless external financial support can be found quickly, it will close before the end of the season.
Talks are under way with Angus Council, and a number of major milling companies have also been approached.
The National Trust for Scotland Board met on Friday to decide whether there was any likely prospect the mill can be saved. The outcome of this meeting has not been announced, but it was stated that if it were negative then the mill will close shortly after.
It was also made clear that if the mill closes, the Trust has no intention of selling it, and the property would be mothballed indefinitely, or until it could be re-opened, with the Trust continuing to bear the cost of maintaining it.
If Barry Mill does remain open to the public, then NTS sees the Friends of Barry Mill as a key part of the longer term sustainable solution.
The Friends' efforts so far this season have already had a significant positive impact on visitor numbers and income, they revealed.
The Friends of Barry Mill is a growing group but is still looking for support from the local community in terms of membership subscription, petition signatures, and attendance to Friends' events such as the 'Music at the Mill' evening being held on Saturday, May 23.
Tickets are on sale now at the mill, the Pet and Garden Centre and Fobel Hardware Store.
For more information about the Friends of Barry Mill group and its activities, visit:http://barrymill.wordpress.com or e-mail email@example.com
The mill opened its doors to the public on Sunday in celebration of the National Mills Day. Over 200 visitors converged on the facility where a variety of events were held including face painting, treasure hunts, story-telling, live music and a plant sale.
The Friends of Barry Mill also held a collection in which 100 was raised, more than any other year, to go towards the 'Save the Mill' campaign.
Next Saturday, May 23, local musicians will be playing at the Mill on Sunday night in an evening of live music.
Acts playing at the evening include, Esperi, Panda Su, Iain MacCaulay, Andy Davis, Malcom Le Maistre and Elliot from the West and many of them are playing at Scotland's biggest festivals this year.
Tickets are available from the Mill, Carnoustie Pet Shop and Fobel Harware Store in Carnousite. They cost 5 for adults, 3 for 'Friends of Barry Mill' Members, and 1.50 for children under-14. All the proceeds go toward the 'Save the Mill' campaign.


text: When I lived in GA in the early 90's, a criminal attempted to carjack a victim at a gas station. The victim was able to fight off the attacker and shot him as he was fleeing. The victim ended up being charged and sentenced because the police said that once the attacker was fleeing, the danger was over. Add me to those who believe that my property is insured and not worth taking someone's life over. I'll use deadly force to protect me and my loved ones without hesitation. A man fleeing doesn't present a deadly threat (normally).

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Crow Wing County seeks public comment on land use revisions
Crow Wing County seeks comment on land use revisions
Public comments are sought for proposed revisions to Crow Wing County land use ordinances.
The ordinance revisions may be viewed on the county website at www.co.crow-wing.mn.us by clicking on the "CWC Listens" tab. Written comments on the proposed changes will be accepted until Nov. 16, 2012, and may be submitted to the Environmental Services Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or mailed to 322 Laurel St., Suite 14 Brainerd, MN 56401.
A public hearing for the review of the proposed revisions to the land use ordinance is set at 5 p.m., Dec. 20, before the planning commission. The meeting will be in the county board room on the third floor of the historic courthouse at 326 Laurel St. Brainerd. The planning commission will make a recommendation on the proposed ordinance revision to the county board for final action at the Jan. 8 meeting.
There is one article regarding dirt moving in the land use ordinance that is being revised.
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Southwest Grilled Chicken Recipe
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (5 ounces each)
- 1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first six ingredients; add chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for up to 1 hour.
- 2. Drain chicken, discarding marinade in bag. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 4-7 minutes on each side or until juices run clear. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 166 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 78mg cholesterol, 146mg sodium, 1g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 29g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1/2 fat.
Reviews for Southwest Grilled Chicken
"The next time I make this I will use less lime juice as it was overpowering all the other seasonings in this dish."
"Simple to prepare. Mildly flavored."
"I combined this recipe with a similar one and added pepper jack cheese, bacon strips and served it as a sandwich on toasted sourdough. It was pretty good, but I broiled the chicken in the oven instead of grilling it. The flavor was still good, but I think grilling is probably the way to go."
"This was ok, easy and the chicken absorbed the flavor really well. Personally I didn't particularly care for the flavor, though."


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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
Arf and Woof are at the groomer getting spiffied up. Please send positive thoughts for them to keep their coats to themselves. They don't need to share them with each new person who walks through the door. Or give a good shake in the middle of the kitchen while we're cooking.
We have a whole passel of family arriving starting this afternoon, so the days will be busy and fun.
For those of you elsewhere, I'll eat an extra bite of everything for you.
And I'll waddle back with the Top Ten on Friday.
11 comments:
- Terry Odell said...
You have a good holiday too!
I've got it easy this year. We're going to be with DD and her inlaws. All I have to do is bring stuffing. And Arlo.
- November 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- Kerrie said...
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
- November 25, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Elizabeth Spann Craig said...
Our Chloe (corgi) went to the groomer yesterday. Now she looks clean and Thanksgiving-y!
Have a great holiday!
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- November 25, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Conda V. Douglas said...
Happy Thanksgiving--and I'm grateful too for all the wonderful writers I encounter in the blogosphere--including you, Carol!
- November 25, 2009 at 12:05 PM
- Laura Eno said...
I wish you luck with the shaking in the kitchen part. That's why I'm eating elsewhere this year. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
- November 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- Helen Ginger said...
That's so sweet of you, Carol, to offer to eat an extra bite for me. Seriously, though, you don't have to. I'll be eating plenty. Seriously.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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- November 25, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Apple cake is in the oven. Some of the chopping is done. The doggies have returned all shiny and clean. One smells like citrus - maybe orange - and one like sandalwood. And I've picked up only one sprig of grass and one leaf so far from their treks outside. Maybe they learned manners? I'd be SO thankful.
- November 25, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Galen Kindley--Author said...
Food, Family, Friends...sounds great. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Best Regards, Galen
Imagineering Fiction Blog
- November 25, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Thank you, Galen. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
- November 25, 2009 at 10:21 PM
- Sheila Deeth said...
Happy Thanksgiving!
- November 26, 2009 at 12:58 AM
- Carol Kilgore said...
Hope yours was wonderful, Sheila.
- November 27, 2009 at 8:49 AM


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Just read that Amador Valley High graduate and UCLA student Janet Liang passed away after a three year battle with leukemia. Here's the statement from the "Helping Janet Find Her Perfect Match" facebook page:
To all of Janet's loving supporters,
It is with a sad and heavy heart that we announce the passing of Janet Liang.
Janet has served as an inspiration to all those who knew her. Her big heart and big smile was something that we all cherished. And although she never fulfilled her dream of being a teacher, she has taught us all one very important lesson: love. Despite battling leukemia for 3 years, she has always found it within her to make her situation more than about herself. Her campaign to raise awareness and advocate for bone marrow donors was for the love of her fellow human. She has certainly taught all of us to love one another, and live each day as if it were our last. After bravely fighting cancer for three years, she has finally found her peace.
We ask that you provide her family with privacy and respect during this difficult time.
Thank you to all of Janet's supporters. Your outpouring of love and support has always been a constant source of strength for her. Please help to honor her legacy by continuing the fight for leukemia awareness in her memory.
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Redding Police locate carjacking suspect
REDDING, Calif. - A suspect wanted since allegedly eluding police at Win River Rancheria in June has been arrested.
John Delevati, 29, was wanted for carjacking, spousal abuse, and making criminal threats.
Police found Delevati on the 2300 block of Sacramento Avenue in Redding Monday morning.
He ran away and officers began combing the area. A CHP helicopter was brought in to assist with the search. Delevati was found down the street in a different home.
Police say Delevati was driving a stolen 2000 Ford Expedition on June 4th at on Highway 273. When officers tried to stop him he drove to the west end of Win River Rancheria and ran away. He was able to avoid capture.
He had prior warrants for carjacking, spousal abuse, and criminal threats.
Delevati had also been previously arrested for carjacking in 2011.


text: Having moved to London from New Zealand in 1997, Digga immediately found herself at the centre of the city's dance scene. Totally immersing herself in the capital's underground Marie soon found herself living in a North London warehouse where the now legendary Outreal Studio parties were held. In few short months, she was up there on the decks next to the likes of Barry Ashworth and Derek Dahlarge and the parties had generated so much word of mouth hype that over 700 revellers were turning up to each event, hedonistically throwing themselves into her distinctive blend of tech house and jacking..Miss Digga's biography Miss Digga Musician


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9 Stylish Winter Accessories
hatsHats can bring dignity to a man or make him look childish. But, more so than any other winter accessory, the hat should be about function over form.
5- Knit capThis is a classic black, newsboy-style wool cap by G.S. Bailey. Match it with your overcoat, which looks especially great if it's charcoal gray or dark brown.
6- Sheepskin aviator hatThe aviator hat is great for all guys, from the rugged outdoorsman to the man simply trying to keep his ears frostbite-free. The dense wool/fur lining and the long earflaps don't make the aviator hat a fashion home run, but nothing beats it for functionality.
These hats come in many shades of gray, black and brown, but the classic is dark brown or tan. This one, which can be found at Celtic-Sheepskin.co.uk, goes nicely with virtually any type of winter coat — from leather overcoats to ski parkas.
7- "Diplomat" fur hatThis is a traditional leather and fur hat for winter travelers, businessmen or, well, diplomats. It usually features a sheepskin shearling base that's lined with rabbit fur.
It's smaller than other Russian fur cap styles — which happen to currently be trendy — and generally less garish. Often found in black or gray, the "Diplomat" (found at http://stores.pilotonline.com) works well when matched with a sweater (turtlenecks, especially) or jacket/coat.
winter sunglassesShading your eyes from the winter light is a slightly different ballgame than in the summer. You need glasses that protect against snow blindness and the reflection of all types of ultraviolet rays (which can actually be worse during winter).
8- Photochromic sunglassesThese award-winning mountain climbing sunglasses by Julbo are great when it comes to preventing sun damage during long days on the slopes.
Their modernist look makes them more appropriate for younger guys (as opposed to traditional aviator-style frames), and they match better with casual and winter sports wear rather than, say, suits. Colors include silver, brown and black.
9- Sporty sunglassesThese glasses feature frames made from aluminum, magnesium and titanium, making them twice as light as regular titanium frames. Although technically sports sunglasses, Tag Heuer's "Physics" are dressier than the forementioned Julbo Advance model. Colors include gray and black, as well as a variety of lens shadings.
winter must-havesI'm well aware that it's hard to think about trendy accessories when you're freezing your tail off. That said, if you can even snag one of the above-described items, you'll stand out from the crowd and expand your existing wardrobe — and look cool in the process.


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Hi all, just looking for a tutorial an how to attach the armor using snaps. I might have overlooked it but I need help. Thanks
Hi all, just looking for a tutorial an how to attach the armor using snaps. I might have overlooked it but I need help. Thanks
I'm not sure how others did it but I used E-6000 (a really good adhesive) to glue the male ends to the armor and poked small corresponding holes in the vest and crimped the female snaps to that. Hardest part was lining everything up.
I know Bobamaker had a tutorial around here somewhere for snaps, but I forget where it is at the moment (might try doing a search on it)...but if you're still open to other ideas/methods for attaching your armor (and haven't done anything to your vest yet), I've got a tutorial thread using magnets. Take a look here -
Magnets are gonna be the route I take when my armor arrives.
Personally I'm a bolt/eyelet type of guy. I don't know how to copy links and post them....computer illiterate.
However, if you look on the homepage and click Member list, look in the. B's on page 10 and find bobamaker.
click his name then search latest posted threads and it's towards the bottom of the page.
Here is the eyelet/screw tutorial.
I would personally use Chicago screws as they are rounded on both ends - less cutting, and softer on your chest.
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Aiming higher
This week, Northeastern announced it is taking the Empower campaign to new heights, raising its fundraising goal by 25 percent, to $1.25 billion. The university's historic campaign seeks $625 million in philanthropy and $625 million in government and industry partnerships. We sat down with University Advancement's Senior Vice President Diane MacGillivray to discuss Empower.
Academic planning takes center stage at State of the University
University leaders on Wednesday outlined the strategic planning process that will yield the new academic plan, which will guide the university's course for the next 10 years. It was also announced that the fundraising goal of the Empower campaign has been increased.
Northeastern breaks fundraising record
Northeastern University secured $81.79 million in fundraising during the 2014-15 academic year, far exceeding its goal and marking the highest single-year giving total in the university's history.
Sherman Center a hub for engineering innovation
Northeastern University recently celebrated the grand opening and formal launch of the Michael J. and Ann Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education, which was founded to arm engineering students with entrepreneurial skills.
Northeastern fundraising at a record high, Empower campaign soars
Northeastern University secured $71.9 million in fundraising in the 2013-14 academic year, far exceeding its goal and marking the second-highest annual giving total in its history.
How to deliver the goods in global business
Businesses must be nimble and flexible to adapt to an evolving global supply chain, Spencer Fung, PA'96, group chief operating officer and executive director of Li & Fung, said at Northeastern's CEO Forum in Hong Kong.
Graduates urged to empower others, impact the world
Northeastern celebrated the Class of 2014 and presented honorary degrees to a group of influential leaders and scholars on Friday at the university's 112th commencement exercises.
Tweets of the Week: March 3-6
The Empower campaign, Alternative Spring Break, faculty research, and more reasons why students "heart" co-op were among our selections for tweets from and about the Northeastern community this week. Building sustainable combustion stoves at Plenitud in Las Marias, Puerto Rico! #NUASB2014 @nu_service pic.twitter.com/TILtdh9kOn — Mallory Kate (@CallMeMallory) March 2,…
Empowerfest celebrates Northeastern's past, present, and future
The university-wide launch of Northeastern's $1 billion campaign served as the centerpiece of Homecoming Weekend, which brought together generations of alumni, along with current students, faculty, and staff to celebrate and showcase their Husky pride.
Empowerfest preview for faculty, staff
A special preview of Empowerfest featuring interactive exhibits will be held Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Cabot Center. The event coincides with the university-wide launch of Northeastern's $1 billion Empower campaign.
Following the launch of its 'Empower' campaign, Northeastern surges past annual fundraising goal
Following the launch of its Empower campaign, Northeastern continues to surpass its fundraising goals, having tripled its annual average since 2005.
Business pioneer invests in Northeastern's future
The lasting impact of experiential learning fueled the passion of Roger Marino, the College of Engineering alumnus and business pioneer who once again has stepped forward to invest in his alma mater and the ambitious goals of its historic Empower campaign.


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Fabula Maps
Fabula Maps is a new tool that allows the easy design of interactive maps. It has already been used by BU faculty in the Art History and Archaeology departments. It is free to explore, so please check out the tool and its gallery of sample maps.
Fabula allows the design of single-author public sites for free; collaborative and private sites require a paid subscription. For this reason, for student-generated map content, we continue to recommend the use of Boston College's MediaKron tool, which the BU community can access entirely for free through our pilot partnership. (Please contact Amod Lele if you're interested in MediaKron; you can find his email via Exchange or the BU Directory). If you're looking to create a map as a reference for your students rather than having them create it with you, have a look at Fabula. To get started, try their first steps guide.
Dill: The Digital Language Lab
To increase exposure and practice in interpersonal skills, the Geddes Language Center adopted Dill, or "The Digital Language Lab" in the summer of 2014. Classes use Dill for various activities, such as paired conversations, listen and repeat exercises, interpersonal dialogues, oral presentations, and speaking exams all in the effort to increase oral proficiency.
For instructors, the software is very easy to use. As students log in, they appear as an icon on the instructor's lab controller. Instructors can group students (in pairs, usually) for conversations simply by drawing a line between the students. To make sure students remain on task, instructors can monitor or converse with students by drawing a line between them. Activities can be recorded by the instructor initiating a recording task and assigning it to the class. For individual recordings, students have a recorder with a simple interface. All recordings are saved automatically, and instructors access them via a web interface.
In the Spring 2016 semester to date, 26 instructors representing a number of different foreign languages have brought their classes to the lab to use Dill. Students have reacted positively. Many students prefer being recorded in a booth with a noise isolating headset while speaking instead of having to perform in front of their peers. This allows them to consider their speech instead of possibly being self-conscious, and as a result they tend to generate more speech. Not being able to see the person they are speaking with also allows students to focus on what they're saying and not their body language.
Digication downtime
The Digication ePortfolio system will be unavailable because of scheduled maintenance on Sunday, December 14 between 2am and 6am EST. Please plan accordingly and inform your students if they are likely to be working late on Saturday night (for example if they have a portfolio-based semester assignment due on Monday).
School of Social Work wins Platinum Award for distance learning
The Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) was recognized by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) with a Platinum Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming. The USDLA, a nonprofit association and national leader in distance learning, presented its 2014 International Distance Learning Awards on May 5, 2014, in conjunction with its 2014 National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. More
Digication interview with Professor Joseph Bizup
Joseph Bizup, Director of BU's CAS Writing Program, was recently featured in the monthly newsletter for Digication, the ePortfolio software BU uses. We're including the text of the interview here, by kind permission of Digication:
Professor Joseph Bizup is currently Associate Professor in the Department of English at Boston University, and Assistant Dean and Director of the CAS Writing Program. His outstanding career encompasses distinguished scholarly contributions to literary criticism and rhetorical theory, as well as academic service positions, and writing program administration in some of the country's most prestigious institutions: Yale University (97-99, 2001-2002), Columbia University (2002-2008), Boston University (2008-present).
Digication Learning Director: Professor Bizup, let's start by talking a bit about your career's trajectory. You started as a scholar of Victorian literature, but your research took you close to questions about technology, and the ways in which technology is relevant to human culture more generally. You discussed the often-invoked divide between technology and culture, and explained how the opposition can be dissolved. These questions are more than relevant in the present cultural and educational context. Could you tell our readers how you see the current interplay between technology and culture in general, and especially, what you consider to be the benefits of technology for humanistic education? More
ePortfolio Showcase
To highlight the best work of their students, the College of General Studies – where all students produce an interdisciplinary ePortfolio as part of their program curriculum – recently introduced an ePortfolio Showcase. Out of over 1000 student ePortfolios, each team of faculty nominated a student that it thought produced the best porfolio. A peer mentor and the assistant dean for interdisciplinary learning selected the winners from among these: three freshmen (Kyle Cowper, Natalie Fritz and Nicole Jefferson) and a sophomore (Nahomi Velasquez). The winners received a $100 gift card from the BU Bookstore. Screenshots of the winners now scroll across the screen of the lobby at CGS, and Nahomi Velasquez's winning portfolio is available for public viewing on the web.
Recording internships in ePortfolios
BU's School of Hospitality Administration (SHA) has recently adopted ePortfolios as a way for students to display their accomplishments in the program's required internship courses. ePortfolios allow students to document and showcase what they have done in their professional career while studying. The ePortfolio requirement encourages students to start thinking about their career paths from their first internship, by gathering materials and documents that they may find useful in charting their future careers. The many documents they post include: a résumé, a cover letter, a sample thank-you letter to an interviewer, a LinkedIn profile, information about jobs applied for, reflection on a mock interview, an elevator speech, documentation of a networking event, and a reflection on the experience. This ePortfolio documentation helps students make the job-search process an integral part of their SHA career.
Using Facebook productively in class: Sophie Godley
Sophie Godley often begins the semester in her community-health class by setting ground rules, including expectations for electronic media. She gently teases students that perhaps they can spare an hour or two away from communicating with others, with particular reference to Facebook, and instead focus on themselves and their learning. During one of these conversations, it struck her that Facebook also had potential as a positive learning resource. Prof. Godley's students often emailed her links to articles relevant to the current class's material, and she thought that Facebook offered an easy way for them to share those articles with each other directly.
In fall 2012, she created Facebook pages for her classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels, which she invited students to "like". She made it clear that students did not have to be her Facebook "friend", and that participation in the page was voluntary. She has now started three different pages for the three classes she teaches, and has reached 462 students. In addition to generating student content and discussion, past and present students can interact on the page. Prof. Godley can post jobs and internships, and include both current and former students. She can also ask questions about articles and generate back-and-forth in the comments. She has also found it "relatively painless" to manage the Facebook pages, compared to many other administrative tasks of teaching.
Flipped talk on flipped classrooms
This Wednesday, BU engineering professor Lorena Barba will give a Teaching Talk on the topic of the "flipped" classroom, in which course content (such as lectures) is delivered online in order to free up class time for interactive participation. Practising what she preaches, Prof. Barba will be flipping the talk itself. She is asking attenders to view an interactive online presentation before they come to the talk. As a tool, Prof. Barba uses the free TED-Ed platform, which she also uses in her classes (see an example here).
Prof. Barba has written a longer piece in defence of the flipped classroom, with many links, available here.
Student-created blogs
In his course on investments, management professor Zvi Bodie uses student-created blogs. Students are grouped into teams, with each team creating a blog of its own. The blogs allow students to report quickly on current events in the world of finance, which the course teaches them to analyze. Student teams have made their blogs publicly available and some of them can be viewed here and here.
Prof. Bodie's students use Google's free blogging software, Blogger (which provides URLs in the blogspot.com domain). Similar (BU-supported) student blog functions will be available in the new Blackboard Learn system (aka Blackboard 9.1), available now to faculty wishing to use it in Spring 2012 courses.


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I'm seeing a lot of discussion about the Breaking Bad finale; rightfully so, since it's going to be one intense piece of television. I think I mostly agree with what I've heard, but I do have a few predictions that I would love to see to fruition. Breaking Bad has never been a predictable show, in my eyes, and that's what makes it so entertaining. Speculation over how this show unravels is this whole other extracurricular entity. Spoilers from here on out:
The consensus is that Walt will die, and I believe this is true. We have long since passed the point of no return, and Walt has resigned himself to a Scarface exit of some variety. In addition, a lot of people think Jesse will live, and I'm sure this is also correct. For the amount of time we've been watching these characters, killing off both protagonists would just be too much. This isn't Game of Thrones, and at this point we should be expecting an ending with some sign of positive closure. At least, for one of our heroes. Honestly, with everything that's been taken from Jesse, and the time he's spent in a pit of mental despair, living won't be all that positive. If the show closed on Jesse locked in a battle of inner conflict with the ricin cigarette in his hand, that would be a pretty powerful ending.
The ricin has been a symbol of finality that's been juggling between characters for quite some time. It could end up in any character's hand at this point, especially one who has no idea what they're in for. I want to be surprised by the outcome, and I have no guesses as to what could happen. I'm just positive that it won't be Walt doing the smoking.
There has been no question so far about a showdown of some kind. And, to be different, I want to say that there won't be one. I know I'm going to be satisfied if it happens, but the fact that we've seen two flash-forwards with such an obvious central focus on this big fucking gun, I can see the writers misdirecting us once again. Hinting back to the ricin, we've seen props become a false focus in this show over and over again. Why should a machine gun be any different? My guess is that Walt will bring himself to Jack, and he'll either try to play up the whole "returning ally" thing, or Jack will be expecting Walt's attack from a mile away. Walter is a smart guy though, I can't see him charging in, gun blazing. I do see a plan coming together in his mind, and it's going to leave us with an explosive ending no matter what. I just hope it's not what I'm expecting. The "part one" left us with some pretty decent closure on the White family. They don't appear to want Walt back, nor do they care if he's still alive. He's been released from any family obligation for the finale, so I feel that it's appropriate to assume that we're in for a hell of a ride.
No matter how it ends, I think I will be very happy with where they leave us. Series finales aren't easy, and can end up disappointing fans or ending in a trough of their popularity. Breaking Bad has the privilege of having one in the height of its success, and one that is the product of careful consideration. I don't think we have anything to worry about.
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A collection of medieval religious art worth an estimated $275 million will not be returned to the heirs of four German-Jewish art dealers.
The descendants of another heir said, however, that they will not give up the fight for the Guelph Collection now held by the Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
In a ruling last week, the Limbach Commission — a German advisory board for Holocaust-related claims — said the collection sold in 1935 was not bought from the German-Jewish art dealers under duress and thus did not have to be returned to the heirs.
The collectors — Zacharias Max Hackenbroch, Isaac Rosenbaum, Saemy Rosenberg and Julius Falk Goldschmidt — had purchased the treasures in the 1920s.
The claimants and their attorneys, as well as other advocates, have argued since 2008 that virtually all purchases of valuable property from Jews under the Nazis were made under duress. They noted that the sale was orchestrated by Hitler's chief deputy, Hermann Goering.
In its argument, the foundation, which oversees the museums of Berlin, pointed out that the collection was not even in Germany at the time of its sale, the Times of Israel reported.
Meanwhile, an additional claimant — the heirs of the Jewish jeweler Hermann Netter, who reportedly owned 25 percent of the treasure at the time of its sale — said they would continue their fight for restitution of the treasure. Dresden-based attorney Sabine Rudolph told the German news agency dpa that since the Netter heirs had been excluded from the previous deliberation, they would not recognize the commission's decision.
A spokesperson for the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation told the online Sudkurier newspaper that Netter's descendants had declined to make a claim together with the other heirs, and noted that the Limbach Commission's rejection of the claim expressly included the descendants of other previous owners. But Rudolph said her clients had only just learned about the case in December.
Speaking to the Times of Israel, Markus Stoetzel and Mel Urbach, attorneys for the original claimants, said they were analyzing the recommendations and would discuss them with their clients. They said they were shocked and disappointed by the findings.
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Connemara Peated Irish Whiskey70cl / 40%
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Connemara Peated Irish Whiskey Reviews
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Simon Difford for Class Magazine
Clear, mid golden amber with polished golden glints.
Sweet barley (touch of barley water) with wafts of peaty smoke, kippers and well baked apple crumble.
Lightly honey sweet, subdued clean rather than sooty smoke with peaty vegetal notes, sweet barley water, light spice and vanilla oak.
Lingering smoke, spicy oak and sweet almonds.
Diffordsguide rating - 4/5
Tasting Notes by Dr Whisky
Honey and lemon, green grapes, skin cream/lotion. Very fresh on the nose. The peat is in there, but it is all so perfumed, estery, and free of the associations that often appear with peat smoke that it could go unnoticed. Apple crumble, margarine, and a touch of animal hide.
Okay, well the smoke will not go unnoticed on the palate, but it is so clean, and surrounded by floral sweetness, that to compare it to a Scottish whisky would not quite be fair (to either). Peated barley at the heart of the flavours, grassy, and increasingly drying. Oak and almonds.
A unique peated whiskey experience. Very drinkable, even quaff-able, with sweetness, and an interesting summer weeds type of presence. And plenty of peat, but don't expect a peat beast; this is driving-through-the-country window-seat-peat.
[These tasting notes are reproduced from drwhisky.blogspot.com]
Producer's Tasting Notes
Colour: Lightly golden
Nose: Smokey peatiness balanced by heather floralness with hints of honey and oak.
Taste: Silky smooth with a honey sweet start, followed by more complex aromas of malt and fruit giving way to the intensifying full bodied peat. A well-balanced yet complex taste with vanilla oak notes.
Finish: A long and glorious finish with golden honey notes and deep peat spreading across the mouth and palate. Hints of chocolate vanilla and oak leave a mouth-watering taste!
Serving Suggestions: Connemara can be enjoyed neat or with a little water to release the bouquet.
39 Customer Reviews
One of the Best peated whiskeys I've ever taste. Also the price in Greece make top value for money along with Talisker 10 that is even better I think considering that Connemara is NAS.. Great alternative though, with complexity I'm taste, never experienced it..
It has a unique peat smell for an Irish whiskey, but the the triple distillation still comes through. Thoroughly unique!
One of my favourite staples.
As a single malt scotch drinker the label description intrigued me and I got some. Very glad I did!
A very unusual, if not unheard of, peated Irish whisky. I like the heavily peated Scottish Laphroig, but I was looking for something with a lighter peat touch. A bartender suggested Connemara. I was surprised and delighted. My new favorite, and at a reasonable price too.
A friend and I enjoyed it very much. We're single malt scotch drinkers, and the description interested us. Any single malt drinker should try it!
Excellent with a smooth finish
I had pretty high hopes as I began my first glass. The peat is what attracted me. Although I will definitely give it another try (as I tried it neat) I wasn''t fully impressed. It was sweeter than I think an Irish whiskey should be, and the peat didn''t seem to be well integrated into the whiskers overall flavor. It seemed like someone had poured a few drops of liquid smoke into he glass rather than having an ''infused'' character. I am, however, looking forward to my next glass. If I enjoyed it more, I should be worried about drinking too much of it anyway.
One of the finest whiskies I have ever tasted. Alas it is clearly out of my humble price range otherwsie I would have a cupboard full of this Irish nectar.
Lightweight and not as potent as its bigger badder cousins in Islay - but never going to be. I like to be challenged but this is not a challenge. But smooth and drinkable all the same.
Amazing--not as peaty as the Scottish stuff, but still very good. Unlike the Scottish Islays, you can have a wee bit of this in the morning coffee. And then a wee bit in the afternoon soda.
About as subtle as a brick however absolutely sublime. Made as much of a positive impact on me as my very first bottle of Laphroaig 10 and that was the bottle that got me into whisky in the first place.
My Dad got me this for my birthday. Its an absolute delight. Not quite as strongly peaty as some Islay Peat Malts, it is however sufficiently peaty and smoky to be delicious. Its smooth and so very nice its hard not to over indulge. I soon finished this and ordered myself another.
It's a smokey BBQ in a bottle. Enough said.
I have been enjoying Islays for about 65 years and was introduced to Connemara a few years ago--fabulously smooth and satisfying--possibly the best Irish available in California. I gift a bottle yearly to a 70-year, lifelong friend on his birthday and he swears it's the best he has ever tasted. It gives great joy to both of us when we kill off last year's, open the new one--and celebrate still being among the living.
I've heard great reviews about this whiskey, and was excited when I brought home a bottle. It was my first peat experience, and alas... I have to agree with Kieth. Simply too medicinal for my tastes. Any alternative peat suggestions would be appreciated.
I bought it as a "tryout". Ok, it gives you the "peaty" nose and taste too, but it's....hmm..a bit too sweet. and the peat seems to be kinda "added" to all other tastes..but I only had one glass of ..will need more :)
This was a gift and a delight. I`ve never tasted Irish malt until this evening preferring out of habit to enjoy various Scottish single malts. This Connemara peated Single malt is light and gently malty sweet in the mouth and will be a pleasure to share with a few friends.
This is a sit back and make some time kind of whiskey. Nose matches flavor. Peat with heather- sweet nuance. Special as well for the true and time tested way it is made.
i was introduced to peaty islay whiskies 20 years ago by a friend who cherished lagavulin, although i favour laphroaig. i have a bottle from each of the operating islay distilleries...plus a bottle of connemara, which IMHO stands its ground very well. i'm irish by birth and i also have a bottle of 10yo bush on the go, but connemara is an acceptable, affordable and readily available peaty malt (very few islays make it across the water).


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Burroughs and Ginsberg at the sweat lodge
Jacket Copy has tipped us off to this long interview at Sensitive Skin (art, literature and music by and for neer-do-wells, black sheep, blackguards, scoundrels, scalliwags and wastrels) with William S. Burroughs, conducted by fellow neer-do-well Allen Ginsberg. David L. Ulin gives us a little background on the interview:
Burroughs, who died in 1997 at the age of 83, was living at the time in Lawrence, Kan., where he settled in the 1980s; Ginsberg had come to participate in a sweat lodge ceremony to exorcise "the ugly spirit," a possessing force Burroughs felt had influenced, among other tragedies, the accidental shooting death of his common-law wife, Joan Vollmer, in Mexico City in 1951.
According to a note by editor B. Kold, the interview came to him in 1995 by way of Ginsberg himself; it was mislaid when Sensitive Skin went on a long hiatus, and subsequently rediscovered after the magazine was revived in 2010. It is accompanied by a suite of Ruby Ray photographs, originally shot for RE/Search, which ran a special Burroughs issue in 1981.
If all of this sounds like ancient history, that's true in its way, I suppose. But reading the interview, a couple of impressions linger. First is just how prescient both Burroughs and Ginsberg were, talking about politics and advertising as a virus, a decade before viral marketing. Even more, there's Burroughs' diffidence, his taciturnity, even around a lifelong friend. In fact, one of the secret joys of the interview is seeing how it unfolds: Ginsberg asking questions in long paragraphs, which Burroughs often answers in a word or two.
Ulin goes on to describe his own "efforts" to interview Burroughs in 1996:
I flew in from Los Angeles for the weekend, only to find myself in the company of someone who didn't care whether I was there or not. As he had been with [Charles] Platt, Burroughs was polite, cordial even, with a Midwestern formality and social grace. But although we spent several hours together over the two days I was in Kansas, it would be a stretch to say that we connected, or that I made any particular impression on Burroughs at all.
Partly, I suppose, that's as it should be; the interviewer is, or ought to be, the least important part of any interview. But I was also struck then, and remain so, by the fact that Burroughs had been interviewed so often he must have wondered what else he had to say.
Check out the rest of Ulin's reflections, and be sure to find your way to Sensitive Skin to get your Burroughs fix!
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By Wesley Prater
Medicaid waivers have been a very hot topic lately! Just take a look at my colleague Joan Alker's blog on recent action around waivers. You may have heard that CMS recently approved Wisconsin's 1115 waiver for the state's BadgerCare program. Most of the changes will affect adults with incomes over 133% of the FPL. Premiums will be increased for adults, retroactive eligibility will end, and adults will be dropped from BadgerCare for a year if they miss a premium payment, just to name a few of the changes in the waiver. The waiver is set to begin on July 1, 2012 and end on June 30, 2013. All of the changes in the waiver are summarized in this brief written by Jon Peacock from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families. Governor Walker's administration claimed that the waiver would also give Wisconsin the opportunity to align with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and test what's going to come in 2014 and Jon Peacock also wrote a great brief on why this waiver is actually totally inconsistent with the ACA.
In situations like these, I often try to not just look at the bad news but also attempt to find the good news. It helps me to start with the bad news, that way I can leave my thinking on a positive note. The bad news, or maybe I should say the worst news, from this waiver is that 17,000 adults are expected to lose coverage. Additionally, Wisconsin is still seeking federal approval for an Alternative Benchmark plan that would limit benefits and increase co-pays for 300,000 people in BadgerCare.
However, the good news is that the maintenance of effort (MOE) provision in the Affordable Care Act will protect many children and their parents from losing coverage and Secretary Sebelius refused to waive it. In its first proposal, Wisconsin wanted to raise premiums, end retroactive eligibility, etc. for not only adults, but also for children. Had the state's original proposal been approved, it was estimated that 65,000 people would have lost coverage, including 29,000 children.
Other states might want to take note of CMS' decision to not waive the MOE in Wisconsin. Secretary Sebelius has made it clear that HHS will not be approving any MOE waivers in other states either. When asked about waiving MOE requirements in Wisconsin last month, she replied.
"That isn't something that will happen in Wisconsin or any place else. We are eager to work with states for ways to save money but also to keep the most vulnerable people with the health care that they need. Short-term money saving often ends up with a less productive workforce with folks coming in through the doors of the emergency room with no payment system at all. That leads to more uncompensated care and higher cost for disease. It's a lose-lose situation." (Source: Tim Stumm, Wisconsin Health News, April 12).
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Hi. I need help finding a lawyer who can help me sue [an organization]. My ex-wife, in an attempt to cover her wrongdoing, said a very slanderous thing about me to a phone nurse who takes calls (namely, she claimed that I had been convicted of a very hienous crime when, in fact, my criminal record is clean. Then, in the visit following the phone call my ex made, it was determined, by my ex's own admission, that something bad was going on in her house which explained why she said what she did about me, so that it would take attention away from what was going on in her house), and then [the] staff made the decision to write the comment in my son's medical records (without any investigation to see if it was true) which my ex-wife and [the organization] has now shared with other agencies in the area, to include my son's school, etc. Then [the organization] tried to hide the comment from me by blacking it out when I requested a copy of my son's medical records. I only found out because I noticed that when I went to receive care that I was being treated differently (like I was a monster), and finally I asked a nurse if I had done something wrong to make everyone mad at me, and she told me to look in my son's medical records on a certain date (the date in my son's records that contained the false remark about me), and so I went to medical records and, with the help of a friend who now works there, I found out what my ex had said about me which was causing everyone to treat me badly. After that I went with a copy of my clean criminal record and requested an immediate amendment to my son's records. Since then all [the organization] has done (over the last month and a half) is tell me that they "need more time" to investigate the situation. I believe that I have a strong case against (based on the book "Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration" which, ironically enough, [the organization] keeps in it's training library for it's staff to use), but I need a good attorney who can show them that they cannot ruin people's lives by putting comments about one person in another person's medical records that are slanderous and extremely damaging (comments that have nothing to do with the care of the patient and are about another person entirely) and then, not only hide the comments from the person who is being slandered, but share the comments via the medical records with important people and important agencies in the community where the slandered person lives. This might even be a class action matter because the nurse who finally helped me told me that it goes on all the time, and that [the organization] even has a "code" that they use on people's records that tells staff if they are criminals, etc., it does not matter if the comments are true or just rumors, and that these comments are written in something called a "staff journal log", so I am sure that there are other people who are out there who have had this very same thing happen to them, most of whom probably have no idea what is being said about them. One final note, the crime that my ex said that I was convicted of is the type of crime that would never be expunged from a criminal record, and would even label the person who was convicted of it publically for life, so that is not the situation here, as I can clearly prove that I have never been convicted of any crime. In addition, it is the type of crime that everyone has the same reaction to, and it is a very bad reaction directed towards the person who was convicted of the crime, so it has damaged me, and is still damaging me, very severely. Thank you for your time.
Sorry, I forgot to add, I live in the Vancouver, Washington area. Thanks.
How, exactly, have you been damaged?
The person you need to be upset with is your ex. Once a healthcare professional learns of such a claim they are OBLIGATED to report it.
You are misunderstanding the situation. She was not saying that I was doing anything wrong, she was saying that I had been convicted of a crime, and I have never been convicted of any crime. Please re-read the post. I could understand if she was saying that I was doing something wrong to my son, but that is not what she was saying, and I clearly understand the Mandatory Reporting Law, so I understand what health care professionals are obligated to do, but this situation has absolutely nothing to do with that. And if you are not aware of the damages that extremely slanderous remarks can cause to a person in the community in which they live, then you would not be the attorney for me anyway. Thank you for your response.
In addition, they may be obligated to report certain things, but they are not obligated in any way to print obvious slanderous remarks about one person in another person's records, for any reason (per the book I cited above in the initial post). Again, thanks.
Well, I'm not your attorney and I have no intention of being your attorney so we are good there.
To prove slander you have to show ACTUAL damage.
I have been in the medical field over 25 years and here are your options:
1) file a HIPAA complaint with the Department of Health and Human services regarding the unauthorized release of your medical information to third parties without consent. You can find the information to file a complaint here:
Be aware that there are no civil penalties for HIPAA violations. Meaning you cannot sue the health care provider. The only thing you are legally entitled to regarding this entry in your medical record is a correction of the record.
2) your slander claim is against your ex-wife but in order to prevail you have to prove actual damages as Lynn said.
"that [medical provider] even has a "code" that they use on people's records that tells staff if they are criminals, etc."
There is nothing illegal about coding a patient chart with internal language that alerts staff to potential situations. Many times patient charts are coded to alert staff to drug seeking patients, special needs, potentially dangerous patients etc. The patient has a right to review their chart in all fifty states and correct inaccurate information.
"That's just my opinion, then again I might be wrong." Dennis Miller
What would you consider actual damages in a slander/libel case? You sound like you do not believe that there are ever actual damages in a slander/libel case. What would you call the following: Public humiliation, refusal of services, etc. Obviously you have never been exposed to someone telling a very serious lie about you, or else you would understand what damages I am talking about. And to be blunt, I hope that you never do have to go through what I have been going through. Just the way that you are combating me on this is evidence of what I am talking about. In your mind you thought that I had actually done something wrong, without ever meeting me, talking to me, or even knowing the specifics of this case, and yet it was enough for you to start opposing me on this. All I wanted was to know where to find a good slander/libel attorney, and you chose, based on your misunderstanding of my post, to treat me like I am doing something wrong by requesting a referral for legal counsel. I thought that this is what I could do on here, was I wrong? I see other people doing it, I am in the right catagory, does requesting help in finding an attorney apply to everyone except those who are in need of help in a slander/libel case? I hope not.
Thanks for your reply, and I understand about the confidentiallity laws, but again, this is not about them illegally sharing my records, it is about them writing a blatant lie about me in another person's records, and then refusing to remove the lie once it is proven to be blatantly false, which [the organization] is refusing to do. In addition, I understand that [the organization] has the right to put comments in records about people for it's staff, but it is wrong when they are damaging lies that affect people's lives. I understand that my action includes my ex, but I feel strongly, again based on my reading which I cited in my original post, that [the organization] shares the liability here based on the fact that they know that it is a very damaging statement, and they have the proof that it is false, and yet they are still refusing to remove it from the records, even when I request it. Thank you for your reply.
We do not make referrals. You can use the find a lawyer area to the right of the screen.
How has this been made public? Who has it been shared with? Have you had employment issues because of this? Are people refusing to associate with you? Other than being upset, how has this damaged you?
What you don't understand is that the medical organization is not law enforcement. They are not obligated to investigate the information that your ex-wife gave them. They merely documented her statements. Your recourse is against her for making the statements. You can file suit against both entities but that will only make the allegations VERY public.
You also should be aware of site rules and stop using the name of the provider. It violates the terms of service. You can count on the moderators removing the identifying information.
Site rules also prohibit referrals to attorneys. If you are convinced you have a case then you can use the "Find A Lawyer" feature to locate competent counsel near you. If more than one attorney refuses the case then that is your answer that one does not exist despite your beliefs.
A simple site that is a good source to find a local lawyer is www.findlawyerattorney.info because when you go to the page for a legal specialty there are lsitings of local lawyers and law firms taking new clients on each page.
Good Luck in your search and on your case!
This very large HMO to which you refer has a policy of documenting everything said during phone calls to the advice line. Sad but true. So, if you swear, if you make disparaging comments, it's all documented.
Also another policy they have is so-called "emails" to your doctor are NOT considered part of your medical record and cannot be supoenaed and will NOT be included if the patient requests their medical records. This is the main reason I refuse to use this method of communicating with my doctor, as unfortunately they are my medical provider.
In terms of medical record release, the HMO has sometimes "lost" critical medical records. If you have them as your provider, it is best to continually request your records so you have your own copy and that they can lose them in the future.


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And my daddy died young workin? in a coal mine
When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
Till they couldn't straighten up their backs
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Israeli, Lebanese and U.N. military officers will meet on Monday to defuse tension after a "rogue" Lebanese soldier shot dead an Israeli soldier the day before, Israel's defence minister said.
The Lebanese soldier went missing after the cross-border shooting, but has now been found, a Lebanese security source said.
Sunday's incident jarred the relatively stable standoff between the two neighbours, which last saw major hostilities in the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said in statement that Israel regards "the Lebanese government and the Lebanese army as responsible for what happens on their side".
He said Israeli and Lebanese liaison officers, along with peacekeepers of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, would meet to clarify the incident. UNIFIL said it was urging restraint.
"We will demand of the Lebanese army first of all an explanation as to what happened and whether this was indeed a rogue soldier; what they have done with him, and what the Lebanese army plans to do in order to prevent incidents of this kind," Yaalon said.
Israel said its soldier was driving near the border fence at its westernmost point of Rosh Hanikra when he was shot by a Lebanese army sniper. Israeli troops who searched the frontier area later shot at two Lebanese soldiers who "made suspicious movements", hitting one of them, an army spokeswoman said.
The Lebanese security source said the Israelis fired into Lebanon during the night, but had caused no casualties.
"The (Lebanese) soldier was found this morning by the Lebanese army in the area where the shooting took place," the source said, without giving further details. Contact with the soldier had been lost after the incident.
Israel has lodged a complaint with UNIFIL, which has been stationed in southern Lebanon since 1978, and said it had heightened its state of preparedness along the border.
"We will not tolerate violations of our sovereignty along any border, and certainly not the Lebanese border," Yaalon said.
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As you drive north across the Golden Gate Bridge you might see a flag bearing a single red star and a grizzly bear. This was the flag of the Bear Flag Revolt, an independence movement that lasted for 26 days in 1846 as Californians seceded from Mexico before realising that they had been annexed by the United States.
Three years later saw the greatest migration in history when more than 200,000 souls came to north California in search of their fortune in the great gold rush.
What they didn't realise was that the real gold was to be found above ground in the produce that can be grown in California's Mediterranean climate and fertile soils. Today, agriculture is by far the biggest dollar earner in America's most populous state.
Just 65km further north is Sonoma County, home to the state capital, Sacramento, and, more importantly, to more than 350 wineries and vineyards. In an area one-tenth the size of New Zealand are four distinct appellations that vary in soil type and microclimate. They all benefit from the wet winters from November to April, followed by the hot, dry summers - ideal growing conditions for all manner of fruit and vegetables.
Life is a little slower here and Sonomans are proud of the old-time Americana heritage and laid-back lifestyle.
They even claim to have their own language - "Do you speak Sonoman?" is used in tourism marketing - but most conversations are about good food, the weather and wine, and all Sonomans have a favourite. They are also passionate about food, the environment and sustainability. Rooftop solar panels are common, organic homegrown produce stalls line the roadsides. The area has made many claims to being the healing centre of the West Coast. San Franciscans used to bathe in the thermal spas and watch the geysers here until the great earthquake of 1906 changed the course of history.
The geysers may not spout these days but Geyserville is as good as any place from which to launch your discovery of Sonoma. Rest in a bed-and-breakfast or cottage, drink a coffee at Mud Espresso and go in search of El Dorado.
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during a trip to Florida in the vehicle the A/C began to blow hot air. I took the car to the dealer and was given a repair bill for $780, which Alpha promptly denied, citing a "pre-exsisting" condition not covered by the warranty. I chalked this up and paid out of pocket.
Sometime and about 1500 miles later, I took the car back to the dealer for a noise coming from the front suspension. I was told that the wheel bearing need to be replaced to the tune of $1000 arts and labor. This claim was also summarily denied by Alpha Warranty. The service writer was so astonished that he stated "Your service contract is not worth the paper it's printed on".
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Beyonce's adventurous jump off the Sky Tower is great publicity for New Zealand, says a New Zealand tourism expert.
Hooked up to elastic cables, the singer jumped from the tower while in Auckland for a four-concert tour. She posted photos and video on her Tumblr account afterwards.
Professor James Highan from the University of Otago said the stunt was automatic promotion for New Zealand's adventure tourism. "An activity like this does sit quite nicely with New Zealand's destination image," he says.
He said if a large audience viewed the jump, that had to be good for the country.
American blogger Perez Hilton and British tabloid the Daily Mail have posted the images and video, putting the potential audience in the millions and sparking a social media buzz. Hilton can attract up to 14 million views in a day.
A video has also emerged of Stan Walker leading a haka for Beyonce, to which she responded with her own take on the Maori challenge.
However, Highan advised against expecting billions of dollars to flood into the tourism industry as a result.
"The other side is that these images are a flash-in-the-pan on things like YouTube," he says. "There's a very quick turnaround of attention span ... who knows what people will be looking at in 12 hours?"
Highan said New Zealand should make the most of the free promotion while it lasted. "The key for a small destination like New Zealand is to make those marketing dollars go as far as possible by being innovative and different."