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Get a head start on your summer weekends every Thursday through August 24. S ummer Moons, RAA's highly successful series of free Thursday evening summer concerts under the stars, is back by popular demand. The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Come to the Rockaway Moon Stage, located between sTudio 6 and sTudio 7 Galleries in the Rockaway Center for the Arts (RoCA) in Fort Tilden. If the weather is inclement the concert will move indoors to studio 7 Gallery.
Hudson's Hope inaugurated this year's performances on July 13. This terrific band's repertoire includes original songs written by band members. The musicians and singers are John Dilgen, Matt Gilleece, Apryl Green, Greg Myers, Danny Marston and Gordon Richardson. August 5 will be Family Night, geared for very young children and their families. A future concert will bring back the popular band Indaculture, which entertained thrilled audiences last summer on the Moon Stage. Concerts will feature a variety of talented singers, musicians, spoken word artists and more. Expect some imaginative surprises. All for free.
Starting its life as an indoor Broadway set, the outdoor Rockaway Moon Stage is a unique structure that now rises majestically into the sky. Its open grillwork construction is a perfect setting through which the cool Rockaway breezes flow freely. The next concert is Thursday, July 20, starting at 7:30 p.m. As of this writing, the entertainment schedule for this week is not yet definite. Be assured, it will be something good. You may call the RAA office at (718) 474-0861 for information. Bring your own blankets, coolers, chairs and children. Some chairs will be available. The benches in front of the stage go fast. Watch this column for future information.
Camp kidsmART, RAA's much-praised arts based summer camp, began on Monday, July 10. It operates in Fort Tilden, in and around buildings T-149, T-6 (sTudio 6) and T-1, the administration building. Adding to its successful and popular programming, this year features several new highlights. A state-of-the-art sound system has been installed. Also new this season is a computer room/library located in T-1 that, according to Director Marina Callaghan, "contains thousands of fantastic books and art magazines," many of which were donated to RAA by the public. Two new theater instructors have joined the staff. They come from the prestigious organization, TADA, which sends theater instructors into the schools.
In 2006, Camp KidsmART provides top-notch programming for 180 campers and employs 60 staff members that include senior counselors and teen assistants. The interns in the program have "grown up" in the camp and, therefore, are very familiar with its philosophy and goals. Camp KidsmART is so popular that each year the waiting list is long. Callaghan wishes for those on that list to understand that, though its directors would like to include more campers and staff, there is a certain regulated number that can be safely accommodated in the existing facilities. Right now, as this columnist can report, be assured that 180 children and 60 teens and adults will be having a great summer.
RTC's production of Kiss Me Kate has opened to sold out and very happy audiences. For tickets and information about this splendid Cole Porter musical, call the RTC Hotline at (718) 850-2450.


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Wizz Air has announced a new route from Belfast International Airport to Vilnius which will commence on April 22 next year.
The new service to the Lithuanian capital will initially operate two times a week.
Wizz Air's Daniel de Carvalho said: "Wizz Air is delighted to announce its new Belfast route to the people of Northern Ireland, who will now have now access to our low fares.
"Our first destination from Belfast is Vilnius, the second biggest city of the Baltic states with a rich cultural heritage."
Uel Hoey, Business Development director at Belfast International Airport, said: "The addition of Vilnius to our growing portfolio of routes is a welcome development and brings Wizz back into the Northern Ireland marketplace.
"Vilnius opens up a completely new market for Northern Ireland and comes on the back of recent route announcements to Reykjavik, Prague and Zante. "


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How long did it take you to get ready for work this morning? It takes me about an hour: I shave, shower, spray a little cologne, press my slacks and shirt. Why? For better or worse, how you look matters, and here on K St. in Washington, DC, where $2,000 Brooks Brothers suits are a dime a dozen, style counts.
Yet, while most would agree that looking presentable is an essential aspect of professional life, attention to written style is rarely followed as closely as the season's fashion trends. I'm not sure how to account for this, particularly given the impressive resumes tossed around inside the beltway, boasting degrees from Harvard, Georgetown, et al. The Ivy League and other schools cost tens of thousands of dollars a year, and if after an expensive degree, one believes comma placement is interpretive and optional, someone hasn't been paying attention.
By "style" I mean the mechanics of writing – grammar, punctuation and phrasing. What I do not mean is personal style – the way you write, your tone and voice. Personal style exists for editorials, blogs and memoirs; the style discussed here applies to all writing.
Professional writing is more than using your spell check and doing what you can to get rid of the green squiggly lines Microsoft Word inserts when your sentences aren't quite sentences. Truly professional writing follows the rules 99 percent of the time, and breaks them once in a blue moon – and even then, intentionally.
Perhaps the biggest challenge to a widespread adherence to style is that it isn't always seen as essential. When time is money, style can become superfluous and expendable. Why spend billable hours ensuring your copy meets the highest standards? So long as the content is there, that's good enough, right? Sure, and if I don't have to see my clients in person until next week, I'll just wear my pajamas tomorrow.
Style is important, because it places your writing within a context of commonly agreed upon methods for written communication. The written word can be more difficult to understand than spoken words because it lacks the intonation and physical gestures that help us express ourselves. That's one reason style exists. It enhances ideas, helping words carry maximum meaning and clarity because as English speakers and writers, we have a common understanding of what style tells us about the content.
Conversely, incorrect use (or absence) of style hinders communication. Readers are confused by inconsistent or absent style. To keep a reader's attention focused on content and the important concepts therein, style must be consistent and accurate.
Style also contributes to brand reputation. Although a company, organization or agency is made up of many professionals, its public face must be singular – one voice expressing the same concepts and practices in the same way. Multiple styles originating from the same source prevents a cohesive voice and can cause serious issues with quality control.
Here are some resources to help put you on the road to clean style:
Books on Style
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk and E.B. White: Ask any writer or editor for the best book on composing clean copy in English, and Strunk and White will be in the top five. On my bookshelf, I keep this one next to my religious texts. 'Nuff said.
A Writer's Reference, by Diana Hacker: This is the shopping mall of good style. I've been referencing this book for nearly a decade, and I always come away with another best practice.
Style Guides
Associated Press: Sometimes called the Journalist's Bible, this has long been a standard for correct style. It's a good place to look when seeking style for specific words or phrasing (e.g., spelling for website or e-mail), punctuation use and when to capitalize.
Government Printing Office (GPO): Though not always perfect, government publications do strive for correct style. That's why the GPO put together an extensive style manual. It's a solid resource, whatever your industry.
Chicago: If you went to college, chances are you've run into Chicago style before. It's a good one, particularly for more academic writing.
No one is perfect, and even the best writers can miss things. But here's my pitch – for all the hours you spend attending to your wardrobe and hairdo, dedicate a few minutes to improving your attention to style. It's no less important, and if you want to stand out as a professional, there are far fewer who can boast good style than good fashion.


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Good idea idea.your ramblings have made me sleepy.However,the title of this thread is indeed(fact) titled "who do you support for governor in pennsylvania in 2010 ?" Jack Wagner is more relevant than global warming.<quoted text>
LOL! Now you're just posting gibberish. Maybe you should go get some sleep.
Who do you support for Governor in Pennsylvania in 2010?
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#47784 Mar 3, 2013
And I've mentioned Jack Wagner in "more than one" post.That Danny was the way back.After over 44,000 posts,we're back to "Governor. Good.Night,nice chattin'.
Since: Feb 13
#47785 Mar 3, 2013
hey dan the man. i have been trying to catch up on the debate you are having. What is the underlying topic? I would like to chime in on it, if you don't mind. i do HVAC/R for a living and have some concerns on the whole new EPA laws and changes put into my field by the government all in regards to saving the climate, but also at the same time of doing my homework have come to learn it not all for the environment, but for profit and that makes me sick.
#47786 Mar 3, 2013
Is TaxNoMore nevermore?
Since: Feb 13
#47788 Mar 3, 2013
Taxes are good if done with honesty, but there no honesty in government, only selfish needs to be fulfilled. It like the circus, the greatest show on earth.
#47791 Mar 3, 2013
Humans should stop breathing and exhaling CO2.
Eliminate 500 million or so Chinese and make a huge dent in global warming.
Or turn off the heat and freeze to death.
#47792 Mar 3, 2013
Who is Jack Wagner?
#47793 Mar 3, 2013
Assuming that you are correct, a ridiculous assumption, how does man reverse global warming?
#47796 Mar 3, 2013
Now this makes a lot of sense...good grammer to....
I understand it all now...you've made it very clear....hahahahahaaha
#47797 Mar 3, 2013
He's you're long lost brother...you guys were seperated at birth....
Mom had better things to do.....
Have fun with the spell checking too. You guys should get along just peachy...
#47798 Mar 3, 2013
Mitt Romney says it "kills" him that he's not president. But he doesn't blame Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or anything else on his loss to President Barack Obama--except his campaign's failure to connect with minority voters.
I lost my election because of my campaign," Romney said on "Fox News Sunday" in his first television interview since his November defeat. "Not because of what anyone else did."
The former Massachusetts governor refused place blame on Christie, who some Republicans say gave Obama a last-minute lift in his embrace of the president in the wake of the storm.
Romney said his inability to win over black and Hispanic voters--and the damage done by those disastrous "47 percent" comments--ultimately derailed his White House bid.
Ann Romney, though, pointed the finger at the fourth estate.It was not just the campaigns fault," Ann Romney said. "I believe it was the media's fault as well, in that he was not being given a fair shake--that people werent allowed to really see him for who he was. Im happy to blame the media.
Her husband, she said, "has an enormous skill set in dealing with difficult issues and I totally believe at this moment, if Mitt were there in the office, that we would not be facing sequestration right now."
#47799 Mar 3, 2013
Speaking of good grammar and spelling. LOL
#47800 Mar 3, 2013
"your", not "you're"
"separated", not "seperated"
You should have finished high school.
#47801 Mar 3, 2013
Unlike Obama, who always blames others for his failures, Romney is a man.
#47802 Mar 4, 2013
Eitherr he morphd into Galt or they finally came and got him.....
#47803 Mar 4, 2013
Since: May 12
#47804 Mar 4, 2013
LOL! Yep he is.
After a particularly racist posting binge a couple of weeks ago, he and all his posts disappeared. No evidence here that he ever existed.
I'm surprised that Topix actually did that, so good on Topix!
Since: May 12
#47805 Mar 4, 2013
Seriously - go educate yourself...
How does respiration by humans and animals affect carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
Humans exhale about 1 kg of carbon dioxide per day. The exact amount depends on age, sex, size, and most importantly activity level. Multiply that by a world population of six billion and you get a very large number.
However, human exhalation of carbon dioxide is part of a closed system. There can be no net addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere because the amount of carbon dioxide we exhale cant be greater than the carbon we put into our bodies by eating plants, or eating animals that eat plants. The plants got the carbon from the atmosphere via photosynthesis.
This closed system is true for any animal, not just humans. It is also true for a growing population. You simply cant have more animals than there are plants to support those animals.
The reason why burning fossil fuels is a concern is because it is not a closed loop over human time scales. Extracting coal and oil and burning them puts carbon back into the atmosphere that plants removed millions of years ago.
Since: May 12
#47806 Mar 4, 2013
At this point, it's not about reversing global warming. It's about mitigation.
- the act of lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant
Again - go educate yourself...
Climate change mitigation is action to decrease the intensity of radiative forcing in order to reduce the effects of global warming. Most often, climate change mitigation scenarios involve reductions in the concentrations of greenhouse gases, either by reducing their sources or by increasing their sinks.
The United Nations (UN) defines mitigation in the context of climate change, as a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently for industrial processes or electricity generation, switching to renewable energy (solar energy or wind power), improving the insulation of buildings, and expanding forests and other "sinks" to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
#47809 Mar 4, 2013
All at the cost of destroying our economy in reaction to an unproven theory.
Increased or decreased solar activity will dwarf any efforts by man to control global temperatures.
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Pot Firms Gain as CVS, Walgreen Competition a Pipe DreamShannon Pettypiece and Sonali Basak
Americans seeking medical marijuana for anything from pain to seizures must turn to a patchwork of small startups for help as U.S. laws keep traditional pharmacies out of a market that may exceed $6 billion by 2019.
While more than 21 states have legalized pot for medicinal use, the drug remains illegal under federal law and banks are hesitant to accept money from its sale. That's keeping drugstore chains CVS Caremark Corp., Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp., out of the market, leaving local entrepreneurs in control.
"We aren't going to see a big guy enter this market within the next few years," said David Yang, an analyst with research firm IBISWorld. "There are just too many regulations and too many elements that make this impossible for them."
In one state alone, Colorado, more than 400 companies are licensed as medical marijuana centers, with government officials predicting sales there could soon reach $1 billion. For Colorado businessman Kayvan Khalatbari, a former electrical engineer who started his business with just $4,000, federal limitations on the drug are a major benefit.
Khalatbari, who has poured $500,000 into pot production and $150,000 into a store, started in the industry by delivering medical marijuana door to door. This year, he expects sales of almost $2 million, which may rise to $5 million once he can also begin selling the drug commercially under Colorado law, he said.
"We're making money, we're employing people, we're being a beacon of light for this industry and showing it can be done professionally," Khalatbari said in a telephone interview. "That to me is a success."
Federal Law
Traditional pharmacies, meanwhile, face a hurdle that keeps them from competing with entrepreneurs like Khalatbari. Even though almost half of states and the District of Columbia accept the drug's use for medical purposes, marijuana isn't deemed legal by the federal government. The drug is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance, defined as having a high potential for abuse with no accepted medical use.
Schedule 1 drugs, which includes heroin, can't by law be prescribed or dispensed. Pharmacies must register with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to dispense controlled substances, making it illegal for them to sell medical marijuana.
Walgreen, Rite Aid and CVS said in separate statements they have no plans to sell medical marijuana. Doing so, according to CVS spokeswoman Carolyn Castel, would violate the company's registration with the DEA.
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That may change if the U.S. Congress sees taxes on the drug as a way to raise money, said Brad Barker, an analyst with Bloomberg Industries in New York.
"The second this is legalized they will start rolling out the marijuana cigarettes the next day," Barker said. "I think the same thing can be said with everything else. Then you'll have all the big boys jumping into this space."
More pharmacies would sell medical marijuana if drug companies created cannabis products that can be approved by federal regulators, like drugs or tobacco products, said Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Affairs.
"It's not drug stores that have to make these decisions, its pharmaceutical companies that have to decide if they want to make cannabis products," Kleiman said in a telephone interview. Eventually, that could fuel a "big threat to the medical dispensary business model."
Existing Products
Existing pharmaceutical cannabis products include Marinol, a prescription pill made with synthetic cannabinoid for uses including treating nausea associated by chemotherapy, sold by AbbVie Inc., and Sativex, a spray form of marijuana produced by GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, a U.K.-based medical marijuana research and development company. Sativex isn't available in the U.S.
Shareholders are already investing in publicly traded marijuana companies like GW Pharmaceuticals and Advanced Cannabis Solutions Inc., a company that leases growing facilities to licensed growers and dispensaries. Barker said he's tracking 160 public marijuana companies.
American depositary receipts for GW Pharmaceuticals have increased more than sevenfold in the past 12 months to $69.77, raising the company's market capitalization to $1.24 billion. Shares of Colorado Springs, Colorado-based Advanced Cannabis Solutions, with a market value of about $210 million, has risen more than ninefold to $15.75.
New Investors
Next Gen Metals Inc., a mineral exploration company, is among the investors preparing to put private capital into marijuana startups.
"You can certainly believe the large industries, the large pharmaceutical companies, that they're looking into it," Jay Oness, Next Gen's chief operating officer, said. "When the time is right, I'm positive they'll want to be a part of it either through acquisitions or by themselves."
Until legalization or more products are marketed by pharmaceutical companies, it will be an industry dominated by small dispensaries set up to serve about 1.4 million medical marijuana cardholders using the drug to treat their symptoms.
Three states allow medical marijuana companies to make a profit from the sale of pot. The remaining 18 states that approve of the use of medical marijuana require distribution only by nonprofit organizations and cooperatives, according to the Marijuana Policy Project.


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J.K. Rowling, author of the wildly successful Harry Potter books that inspired eight feature films, discusses her recent release -- her first adult novel, "The Casual Vacancy" with Charlie Rose and Gayle King on "CBS This Morning."
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Whitehaven has gone digital. The Cumbrian coastal town will go down in history as the first in the UK to go digital. After "Stage One" on October 17 when only BBC2 was turned off, all analogue has now been turned off. On Wednesday, November 14, people woke to find their analogue screens blank and, with a quick retune of their set-top box, 20 digital channels and several digital radio stations made their appearance, writes Alan Cleaver, deputy editor of the Whitehaven News.
Was it a good thing or a bad thing? Definitely good but of course there were a few negatives en route to digital heaven. But let's be honest, if you've made the decision to waste several hours of your life watching the goggle box then the question as to whether you want to choose from four channels or 20 is self-answering. I have Sky but revived my analogue TV so I could plug in a set-top box and watch switchover. I'd forgotten just how bad the analogue pictures were in Whitehaven and certainly a frequent comment from people now is about the excellent quality of digital pictures. For months we have had to put up with presenters saying "now turn to BBC3..." when we only had four channels, so it's fantastic to join the rest of digital-rich Britain.
But what are the negatives? Who are the winners and losers? And what lessons need to be learned before the next region (Scottish borders) goes digital?
Well, you had to buy a set-top box (or digibox - strangely the industry still hasn't decided on a generic name for the device that decodes digital signals). That set most people back £30 or £40. And before you email me to say "I can get one from the net for £15" check whether it has a Scart lead. Then there's the vexed question of what to do with your video recorder. Using a basic set-top box meant that after switchover you could only record the channel you were watching. Recording BBC2 while watching BBC4 requires more cost and technical wizardry. Many seem to have opted to ditch video and go for a digital recorder (PVR) costing about £150. Still not a horrendous cost - but then what about the TV in the kitchen, the kids' bedroom - the caravan! Digital switchover ain't cheap.
Who are the losers? As The Guardian highlighted, anyone who runs a bed and breakfast for starters. Ten rooms means ten set-top boxes or a costly communal system. And during switchover, it became apparent that people in social housing were going to be hit hard - some being charged up to £38 a year (every year!) for their digital aerial. The social housing landlords claim this is for "maintenance" of the aerial.
What lessons need to be learned? Certainly the digital switchover help scheme needs taking by the scruff of the neck and given a good shaking. Too complicated, too confusing, too much hard work, too little take-up etc etc. On the day of switchover, help scheme chief executive Peter White said: "We're very happy with how it's gone so far. We have heard back from more than 6,000 people. About 2,600 have asked for help. We have helped more than 2,400 of those and are actively working through the remainder." So out of 9,000 potential customers only 2,600 sought help. Did the others not need it, not want it or not understand it? Questions need to be - and will be - asked.
The winners - well the happy Whitehaven folk who got away with buying just one digibox - had no trouble plugging it in and are now watching 20 high quality TV stations. That's a high quality signal of course - the question about the quality of the content of these extra channels will be answered at a later date.


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Hi guys, Ipad arrived today, what a machine!! Couldn't wait for it be delivered, so rang TNT to get an estimate when it would be delivered and the lady informed that 29,000 would be getting delivered today.
For all of you trying to work out the numbers thought I would use the iPad to send this post, screen keyboard is great nearly able to touch type with few errors.
Brisbane, Australia has a population of around 1,900,000.
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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
A Feast for Crows
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
©2007 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Random House
"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." (Time)
"The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones. Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5" (Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press)
"THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy." (Contra Costa Times)
"This has to be a different narrator!"
I love the Fire and Ice Saga. I have been unable to stop listening to the first two. In the third one, the story has slowed somewhat. I am not as intense with this third book. Perhaps, it will improve. I am not finished, but I really wanted to add my comments to those who were questioning the narrator.
I read that Jim Dale (the excellent narrator of the Harry Potter series) kept a tape recorder with the sound of all the voice he had created to that he could refer to them to keep his voices consistent.
If any characters are good enough to attract your admiration, Martin will kill them off. Still I love the series and can't stop listening to the books. I would advise readers to get attached to anyone who is corrupt enough to last. Those who seem too good for this world, usually are.
This is a leading question, but a relevant one. I still like the book, but the different voices and the different pronunciation of names is driving me crazy. I like the narration, but I do not like the voices of the characters. Tyrian is gone, but occasionally the narrator uses his voice for someone else. Petar has become Peter. I'm not sure why. The original pronunciation of the name was much more exotic.
"Episode I of Twenty." You really could not do this book justice in a film. There is too much detail here tfor a movie.
I am grateful to Audible to have acquired every book of this series so I can finish them all. My eyes are weak now and listening is much easier than reading. You also can do simple tasks while you listen, but you much stop everything to read. Audible books have made me one of the most "well-read" people I know.
"Lots of talk, little action"
There are some good new characters introduced, but at the same time many of the characters one has come to enjoy appear little.
As another reviewer commented, let some of the characters actually achieve something other than stabbing someone in the back. So many of the characters I loved are gone and so much time is spent on characters I really don't care about. this just seems a hodge podge of ideas rather than clear storytelling.
Well, the previous three were better in my opinion. as others have noted character voicies have changed. Most notably Aria. She sounds like a gutter snipe, not the daughter of a lord.
Only to get to the last book.
I tremendously enjoyed the first three books. The fourth is talk, talk, talk.
The voices of some character are all wrong: Sam and Aria for two. This is super annoying to me. I don't know if I'll make it through this book four. I wish I'd know this, I probably would not have bought it.
"For a 40+ hour audiobook, very little happens"
Maybe a little disappointment is inevitable, but Book 3 set up so much, and Book 4 delivered on very little of it. There are chapters and chapters of narratives from Sensa and Sam, who are doing...pretty much nothing. There's an interminable boat trip. There is endless scheming in the Vale. We see Cersei elevating the church and obliviously running the kingdom into the ground. Jamie's self-loathing and attempts to make things right gets many chapters. Significant secondary characters in earlier novels are (apparently) killed -- which we've come to expect -- but their deaths occur "offstage" and are related by others very briefly.
No chapters about Tyrion or whatever happened to him, either. Stannis and his ambitions barely get mentioned. Whatever is going on at the Wall is barely discussed.
I have to wonder if Martin got his first big royalty check right before writing Book 4, which seems pretty self-indulgent and serious "padded." I just read that HBO is going to divide Book 3 between two seasons of production. I'm pretty sure they could dispense with all of important events in Book 4 in three, maybe four episodes.
No, but if Book 5 is as rambling and ennui-inducing as Book 4, my "Song of Fire and Ice" obsession will be over.
The funeral at sea for the maester presided over by Samwell.
A huge disappointment. There's very little dramatic tension in the novel, and almost all of the new characters introduced here are far from compelling.
I apologize to the other "A Song of Fire and Ice" fans who may strongly disagree with my reaction, but this is my very honest response to the book.
"What Happened?"
When the third book ended everyone who had been anywhere near the wall made it clear that almost nothing else mattered. So how much of this book takes place anywhere near the wall? Almost none.
Once he sends off Sam and Aemon, John Snow isn't heard of for the rest of the book. Tyrian Lanaster isn't heard from at all. Nor are Stanis or Davos or the red woman. Sansa Stark is slightly less of an airhead, but just as boring. A large part of the book takes place in Dorn, and while some of the new characters are slightly interesting, it's mostly irrelevant. But the biggest problem is Circe Lanaster. About a third of the the book follows her and she spends all of it being a whiny self centered bitch, and worst of all not being very interesting when she does it.
Jamie does some personal development stuff I won't ruin, Aria does some interesting stuff I won't ruin, Brienne wanders around completely failing to do anything useful, Sam goes sailing, and everybody else plays politics (boringly). That's it. That's the entire plot. That took 31 hours. The last 2 hours had some other interesting stuff happen, but it's not enough to redeem the rest of it.
And to top it off Roy Dotrice has completely forgotten how he pronounced anything in the first 3 books. The accents are worse if anything, and good luck telling any of the Dornish apart.
Seriously, what happened? I genuinely want to know. With a decent editor you could get this down to 5 hours without losing anything interesting.
"Terrible narration - unlistenable"
Roy Dotrice has let us down. He has changed his pronunciation of key characters' names. He has changed characters' voices. He is inconsistent in pronunciations, flip-flopping all over the place. AND the voices he chooses are ridiculous! Sam sounds retarded, and Aria sounds like a leprechaun. I don't know what happened, but to me it sounds like Roy has dementia or is drunk, and the producer was obviously asleep at the wheel. I'm returning this, what a waste of a credit. I'm so pissed off, I really loved having this good long series lined up for listening, now I'm going to have to switch to print which has a whole different place in my life, and I'll have to find something else for listening.
Immigration lawyer in Kansas City. I like Character driven dramas, fantasy (monsters, magic and witches oh my!) and coming of age stories. Favs include: The Book Thief, The Game of Throne series, Harry Potter Series, Dresden Files, Nightside series, anything by Neil Gaimen, 100 Years of Solitude.
"Love this series,"
This is an amazing epic story that keeps you listening and wanting more and more. The characters are so treacherous it is very exciting to continue to listen.
There are so many characters in this book it can be hard to remember who is who sometimes, and while I like them all in various ways, I think I am most interested in Aria Stark, Tyrion Lanister and as of this last book, Jayme has become all of a sudden interesting. However, Tyrion was absent through much of this book and I am wondering how he will reappear in the last.
Up until this book I would have said this was one of the best narrators I have heard, but all of a sudden he is pronouncing the names differently than he had in the first 3 books (over 120 hours) and it was super annoying. Cat-lynn for books 1-3 and Kate-lynn for this, Pa-tire Balish (1-3) Peter for this, Br-eye-een for the first -third and Brianne for this,
This book made me so angry and outraged at one point it made me lose sleep! The whole series is like that. The treachery know no bounds and there are wrists and turns everywhere. It is great fun
I am excited to see how it end, but frankly I don't see how he is going to wrap up all the loose story ends in only 40 hours. There are a lot.
"Roy, your killing me"
I guess Roy Dotrice must have just completely forgotten how he pronounced half of the characters names in the last three books he read, it's seriously driving me crazy, He's pronouncing Catelyn: Katelyn, Brienne: Bernie, Petyr: Peter, and a whole slew of other inconsistent pronunciations. I literally cringe at every mispronunciation. But besides that the book is fine, I'm only a few hours in but i couldn't take the rampant mispronunciation anymore. I guess all we can do is stick it out and hope Dotrice remembers how to pronounce the names in the remaining books.
"horrible narration!!!!"
The narration went south. what happened? The narration was so bad I could not continue to listen to the book , I had to stop! Some of the characters are hard to understand and most of them all sound like pirates with phleghm. I am going to read the book instead. I am not sure I will ever listen to another book read by Roy Dotrice. the first three books were great. This was a sad disapointment. I never have written a review but this is sooooooo bad I had to get my disapointment off my chest. I had read other reviews complaining about the narration and thought to my self how bad could it be. Well, I guess found out the hard way, that it can be pretty bad!
fire the narrator.
"Horrible performance"
I love the Song of Fire & Ice series, but I hope to never again have to endure the staccato yet bland performance of Roy Dotrice
Similar in scope and imagination to the Wheel of Time series
Differentation of characters beyond a wierd cockney lilt, and pay attention to the grammar as written. It shouldn't be read: Pate tried to call for help. But his voice was failing too. His last thought. Was. Of Rosie.
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An award winning, 4-star Pictish interpretive centre in the Black Isle seaside village of Rosemarkie, family friendly, with a collection of National Significance and a quality gift shop.
An award winning museum dedicated to the Picts and to displaying and interpreting the stunning examples of their sculptural art found in Rosemarkie, including the magnificent Rosemarkie cross-slab. The museum also cares for the George Bain Collection, which has been Recognised as being of National Significance, and is a Visit Scotland 4-star visitor attraction.
The museum shop stocks high quality gifts with Celtic and Pictish themes. There are activities for children and videos to watch as well as a suite of interactive computer programmes.
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Is it I -65 Speed Trap or Accident Waiting To Happen
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#41 Jan 28, 2013
What an emabarassment. The city manager needs to be fired. SB given the job. The family affair, with an extortion scheme to support it, needs to be destroyed and save the town from their money scheme. Poor town keeps getting taken advantage of. The last city manager was just as guilty, but went to prison. This one deserves to head that way too. Same story. Different means. Robbery. Extortion. Has destroyed any chance for a business to survive.
#42 Jan 28, 2013
Why even have cities that don't hire its own people or require those who work for the city to live in that city?
What are the residents of Cornersville paying city taxes for the towns police, to do the State's Troopers Jobs on the I-65 interstate?
When and where was those small town police ever properly trained and certified to operate radar as State Troopers might do on the interstate?
Has anyone checked to see if Cornersvilles insurance company knows the towns police is set up in such a way to run radar on I-65?
What are the liability risks and dangers involved to other motorists or the police? For does not most State Troopers working in a group or pairs and does Cornersville have enough police to run radar miles from the towns business district itself and yet protect the town of Cornersville itself?
Dont most people think, are they operating a speed trap preying on unsuspecting out of state travelers? That most likely would mail their tickets in rather than come to court and how easy would it be too never report that income? Just Split that ticket money between who ever?
Do any wonder how many Ride with a Cop program, if any got screwed in that rest area, while the cop car was looking like running radar?
#43 Jan 28, 2013
C'ville ain't got Boss Hogg, have y'all seen the size of Lewisburgs PC?#BadCopNoDonut
#44 Jan 28, 2013
What if every small town along the interstate set radar traps on all the hills and blind curves? How much tax revenue and local business would those towns lose?
Shooting radar out on a flat road or as the trafic goes up hills, then it might not be conceived so much as a radar trap, but to shoot on a down hill just after a blind curve and miles from the town itself don't that sure looks like a radar trap?
For any small town Cops to prey on unsuppecting traveling public, milies from the town itself, that are more likely to mail those tickets in don't that reminds some of Boss Hog and his Gang?
#45 Jan 28, 2013
Wtf....lets just do away with the police all together ! Then everything will be great ! We can drive as fast as we want & do whatever we want!
#46 Jan 28, 2013
Great idea! had u not rather live in a town that don't need any police, than in a town that has to many police?
Cornersville had just one police for years and good thriving Town many stores and service stations, nice quite town! Now look at it empty buildings, and so many police do they have to resort to running radar traps on the interstate just to pay those?
Can people drive as fast as they want in the Town of Cornersville if the police of Cornersville over on the interstate collecting money with a radar trap?
#47 Jan 28, 2013
I am curious as to how many of the posts on here are from ACTUAL residents of Cornersville, and how many are from the lawyers and other "lackies" of the policiticans looking to further themselves as looking like the "heroins" saving the poor unsuspecting people of the "boss-hog" town. Funny how there are not people actually from the town on here posting their opinions. Thats because they see first hand how the town is ran and do not have problems with it. people need to grow up
#48 Jan 28, 2013
I take it you have never run a business before to believe the ONLY expenses are the government salaries and police salaries. Probably should research what expenses there are in running a town before making comments. BTW....the link you posted isn't working for me.
#49 Jan 28, 2013
#50 Jan 28, 2013
Check page 13 of the document and see how much they made in Fines fees... almost $300,000 and certainly more than from taxes.
#51 Jan 28, 2013
I got some questions. Why do you care so much and if you really care why not run for mayor or one of the city jobs down there and change it. The mayor got re-elected so evidently the people of Cornersville think he is doing a fine job. People who live here do not want there property taxes to go up. I think its great they have kept taxes low.Sounds like to me a sore loser is on here. Get over it. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
#52 Jan 28, 2013
I also saw where Spivey was raising questions about this. He is also against raisng taxes but if he cuts this form of revenue out, the Cornersville tax rate will go up.In a sense it will raise property taxes. How do you plan on having 24/7 police coverage with 1 police officer. Oh yea the sheriff is wanting the city to pay for an SRO in the elementary school at a cost of 70 to 80,000 dollars. You gonna pay for that?
#53 Jan 28, 2013
Frankly, I don't care. I was only presenting the info. I used to do my best to avoid having to drive through Cornersville because of the cops pulling you over, following you and such and I never speed. I agree with the above posters, when people avoid a city because they perceive it to be a speed trap, I am sure that effects commerce. Have some locals used it to invent jobs for themselves? Maybe. I know Petersburg is or was the same way and they don't have an interstate, just the hwy. Hell, I got pulled over one time because I didn't "stop" before leaving the store parking lot. But are you honestly saying you don't care if you get busted in a speed trap and fork over a couple hundred dollars? Sure, do the speed limit, but everyone knows how easy it is while traveling the interstates to bump it up without giving it much notice. I say unless it is excessive or faster than the natural movement of traffic, let 'em go. THP uses that same thought process.
#54 Jan 28, 2013
That may not be so. Their assets far out weigh their liabilities.
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#55 Jan 28, 2013
Last guy blue collar crook this guy white collar crook. Wake up people!!
#56 Jan 28, 2013
Do any of those speed traps fines go toward operating Cornersville or go to the court and police? Cornersville for years had just one police and the local business thrived, several service stations, local owned stores, Cornersville was a boom town!
Now look at it empty building and so many police do they seem to have to resort to running radar on I-65? When you hear people say they avoid Cornersville because it runs speed traps and the way the town is operated well does it sure looks like it from the looks of the town?
As for the SRO well let the county pay, for don't we all pay county taxes, are those not County Schools, why would Cornersville even consider paying for their own SRO?
Besides that if Cornersville's got police enough to run radar on the interstate, let one of those be the SRO and traffic director in the schools zones also?
Who would want to live in a town that some see are using their cops as Hi-Way Robbers preying on unsuspecting tourists, people, families traveling the interstate, milieus from the town of Cornersville itself?
#57 Jan 28, 2013
As of now the county sheriff has asked the city to pay for SRO. It is a good thing when you bring in more money than goes out. Then you have a surplus. Then you can talk about cutting taxes. 24/7 coverage for police in Cornersville is hard to do with 1 police officer unless you want to volunteer to do it. As for people avoiding Cornersville, maybe they want you to avoid it. Ever think of that?
#58 Jan 28, 2013
Did Cornersville had one police officer for years and only a volunteer fire department, lots of local business, service stations, grocery stores, beauty shops, good places to eat, most anything people wanted? Really nice looking growing Country Town!
Low City taxes, people wanted to move and live in Cornersville.
When did Cornersville got more police did the crime rate go up, the fire hall burned, the bank got robbed, the city manager went to jail, now Cornersville got more and more police and now does it look like to some using those extra police to stop, rob unsupecting people traveling with their families on the interstate milies from the town its self? Does it remind some of Boss Hog and his gang?
#59 Jan 28, 2013
The only thing lost was all the revenue from a thriving economy. Cornersville can't even support a mower shop. No business can thrive there because no one wants to go there. Property tax won't go up if they don't have such a fat city hall with Barney and friends hanging out. The city provides no service at all. NONE. There is no water, fire, ambulance, garbage or anything else provided by the city. The juvenile WHAAAA you posted is how much the business owners are crying because you are killing their business.
#60 Jan 28, 2013
The discussion of high taxes are common on this forum. I dare not ask a question because the topix policeman will call me stupid so here is how I see it.
County taxes are high because:
1. Three county supported school systems.
2. City and county mayors.
When sizable companies look at location sites they definitely do their homework,climate is a given, people are not! They look closely at school systems, housing, shopping, social life and safety, not specifically in that order.
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Students Study Effects of Zero Gravity Aboard NASA's "Vomit Comet"
While some students spend their spring break on a hot, sandy beach, four undergraduate students in the Mellon College of Science will be testing their mettle on a NASA mission that may help identify the long-term health effects of zero gravity.
James Torchia, Sujata Emani, Caroline Chen and Candace Spier will be aboard the KC-135A aircraft conducting research to learn how different gravitational environments affect actin, part of the cell's inner scaffolding that appears to be vital to bone regeneration and immune system functions. Previous research suggests that astronauts returning from long space missions experience a loss in bone mass and bone density, and a decrease in their ability to fight infection. The students' research is part of the federal government's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities program.
"We are delighted that the students initiated the project and that their experiment was chosen to make the flight," said Elizabeth Jones, the Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished University Professor of Life Sciences and head of the Biological Sciences Department. "We look forward to hearing about it when they return."
While aboard the KC-135A, better known as the "vomit comet," the student team, nicknamed "Team Conscius" after the Latin word for "to know," will push their bodies to the limit as the aircraft rushes upward 30,000 feet, plummets back to earth and pulls out of the dive in just enough time to send the aircraft heading upwards again. About one hour and 30 of these wave-like maneuvers later, the team not only will have been on the roller-coaster ride of a lifetime, but they also will have completed a set of critical scientific experiments to determine how altered gravitational environments affect actin.
Before boarding the KC-135A, the students will undergo physical training and orientation at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. For three of the four students, this project is an extension of their thrill-seeking nature. Torchia is testing for his pilot's license. Spier is an avid skydiver, and Emani has dreams of being an astronaut. Chen hopes to conduct the research while medicated with Dramamine.
With their feet strapped down to the floor of the aircraft and with only 30 seconds of weightlessness to carry out an experiment, the team will stimulate neutrophils, immune cells, to begin forming actin. After time intervals of 5, 10 and 15 seconds of microgravity exposure, they will fix the cells in a chemical to stop cellular growth. On the ground at the Johnson Space Center, team members will conduct a similar experiment to determine how actin assembles under Earth's normal gravitational pull.
After returning to Pittsburgh, the team will expose the cells to a fluorescent marker that binds to actin. Using flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy, the students will determine how much actin assembled in the cells under the different gravitational conditions and will investigate what effect these gravitational conditions had on cytoskeletal organization. Their results ultimately could provide clues to why space travel exerts debilitating effects on humans.
Much of the preliminary work for the mission has been done at Daniel Johnson's lab at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. An educational grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is helping to underwrite some of the students' expenses.
The students have been consulting with Frederick Lanni and Adam Lindstedt, associate professors of biological sciences, Lynn Walker, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Philip LeDuc, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. They are also working with the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences to design a course on astrobiology, and the Center of Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing Hazelwood, a depressed area of Pittsburgh.
"We'll be working with underprivileged high school and middle school students to give them first hand exposure to both the excitement and practicality of science, unique opportunities they would normally not have," said Torchia, a senior biology major.
"We wanted to do this for fun, but we're also interested in the research," Emani said. " Our goal is to publish our findings, have our research recognized by NASA and to have them study it further."
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Mayor Menino is giving Occupy Boston a midnight deadline to leave Dewey, or the city will "take action," reported Boston.com earlier today. Menino announced the midnight deadline today before a news conference at Fenway Park regarding a Red Sox celebration of the stadium's 100th anniversary. An emergency general assembly will be held at 1 PM today.Occupiers responding via Twitter have made it clear that protesters will not in fact vacate Dewey Square, and plan to protect their encampment tonight. (In others words, the protesters are preparing for mass arrests.)"Cops just came and told me to tell everyone out by midnight #occupyboston," tweeted John Ford, (@JohnFord1619) a member of the Occupy Boston safety working group. at 10:52 AM. "Mayor used silence as a tactic to win court case." Ford added in another tweet: "Emergency Ga, 1pm. Streamline discussion on moving forward. #occupyboston rt everywhere.
"If you support #occupyboston please come to camp tonight and help defend the 1st amendment and the 99%," tweeted @Occupy_Boston this morning.
"Menino issues midnight eviction deadline to Occupy Boston," read a text message sent via the Occupy Boston eviction support network -- an emergency text messaging alert system established by protesters several days ago. "If you stand with the Occupy Movement please make your way to Dewey Square TONIGHT. We need you!"
Protesters are using social media to call upon their comrades in Cape Cod, Worcester, New Hampshire, New York, Providence, and other #Occupy encampments. Protesters are also working out a ride shares via Twitter to get more bodies at Dewey Square tonight."@OccupyNH @OccupyCT @OccupyWallStNYC @Occupy_DC @occupycapecod @OccupyWorcester @OccupyProv @OccupyNewHaven #ows WE NEED YOU TONIGHT!," tweeted @Occupy_Boston at 11:37."If you can go to camp now, please do so," tweeted Robin Jacks (@caulkthewagon), a member of Occupy's media working group, who also reported that Superintendent Evans brought news of the midnight deadline to Dewey Square this morning. "If you can plan to stay past midnight, please do that as well. This is it, y'all." Jacks added in another tweet: "Everybody who is taking photos and filming: password protect your phone. Other occupations have reported members having info cleared out."The Occupy Boston Info Tent (@OccupyBosInfo) tweeted at 11:20 that it will remain "functional until the last possible minute." The Info tent added in another tweet: "Please note the resources provided by MA ACLU ... PLEASE READ and know your rights, this is crucial." "Dear Press, do not leave at midnight, they will wait until you leave," tweeted protester Kevin McCallister (@Occupocalypse) at 11:45.Mayor Menino has made no mention of the midnight deadline on his own Twitter account (@MayorTomMenino) today.
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North Tahoe track | McDermott, Gallant top contenders at Damonte Ranch Invite
March 28, 2013
The North Tahoe track and field team held its own against mostly Division I programs in the Damonte Ranch Invite in Reno this past Saturday.
A total of eight schools competed, with six Division I schools and two from the Division III-IV — North Tahoe and Sage Ridge.
While the Lakers did not have the numbers to contend in the team scoring, several individuals recorded solid results against the large schools, most notably, distance runners Noah McDermott and Tara Gallant.
McDermott, a senior, finished second in the 3,200-meter run (2-mile), posting a time of 10:29.6 to Galena winner Mason Labadie's 10:28.0. Caesar Garduno of Galena was third more than 20 seconds back, in 10:53.9.
Gallant, a sophomore, also finished second in the girls' 3,200 with a time of 13:13.1. Cindy Juchtzer of Carson won the race in 12:54.3.
In addition to their runner-up finishes in the 3,200, McDermott placed sixth in the 1,600 (1-mile) with a time of 4:52.2, and Gallant finished fifth in the 1,600 in 5:52.3.
The Lakers were well represented in the girls 3,200, as freshman Sophia Tallarigo was sixth in 14:27.3, freshman Kaya Williams was seventh in 15:15.2 and sophomore Ingrid Roske was eighth in 16:13.8. Freshman Cam Coldstone was sixth in the boys 3,200 in 11:27.9.
A number of other Lakers returned with top-10 finishes, including Angela Wood with a sixth place in the shot put, with a heave of 27 feet, 1 inch, and Allie Doyle with a seventh-place finish in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4 feet, 4 inches. Hailey Perkins was ninth in the high jump, at the same height, and Roske was 10th in the triple jump, at 24-8.25 feet.
Sean McDermott was eighth in the boys high jump, at 5.4 feet, and ninth in the 300 hurdles, with a time of 45.8, and Maddie Cleeland was ninth in the girls 300 hurdles in 63.6.
Zoe Anderson finished eighth in the 200 in a time of 73.5, and Doyle was 10th in the 100 in 13.7.
North Tahoe's relay teams also fared well in the meet. The boys 4×100 (Sean McDermott, Brandon Hackett, Brandon Hayakawa and Alexander Steele) was sixth in a time of 50.2, and the 4×400 (Andy Morgan, Coldstone, Hacket and Sean McDermott) was eighth in 4:08.3.
The girls 4×200 (Bridget Schroepfer, Allison Wright, Sara Trimm and Doyle) was sixth in 2:00.8, and the 4×400 relay (Perkins, Cleeland, Brittany Holmes and Anderson) was fifth in 4:56.7.
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Okay. Those of you that have read Spidyfett's CAboots weathering tutorial may find this familiar.
I started off with a new, clean Evolution boot. In this post you'll see the primary wash colors put down.
I started a bit different than Spidey and used a base coat of Apple Barrel Iron Grey. Then I mixed up a wash of the Ceramcoat charcoal and white.
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RAA Showcases 'Spanning Connections'
The Rockaway Artists Alliance rings in the new with "Spanning Connections," its latest showcase and the first of many exhibitions, workshops, events, ongoing endeavors and special presentations planned for 2010.
Like New Year's itself, "Spanning Connections" stretches between past and future and brings those two points into the present. As rendered in photography, oil paint, water color, drawing, sculpture and mixed media, the premise of "Spanning Connections" is described on the group's website, www.rockawayartistsalliance.org, as "reaching, spanning, connecting … [whose] subjects can include bridges, tunnels, walkways, covered bridges, overpasses, spanning architectural connections and more." It is an exhibition in which "any angle, perspective or theme may be applied."
Said an RAA spokesman, "It's a show that's not only about things that connect. It's also about what passes between those connections, who and what is being connected and also what is kept apart and what is left behind at the other end."
"Spanning Connections" will host an opening reception on Sunday, January 17 from 12 to 3 p.m. in the RAA's sTudio 6 Gallery at Fort Tilden in the Rockaways. Many of the artists will be on hand. There will also be refreshments, spirited entertainment and, as has become a hallmark of RAA openings, good and lively company. Rockaway Artists Alliance receptions have previously attracted gallery-filling crowds.
Upcoming RAA exhibitions will include "To Our Idols" and "Bodies of Work," both debuting in March, "40 Shades of Green" in April and in June, "Left Brain/Right Brain" and a solo show by artist Susan DeCastro.
Other activities include painting classes and other workshops for adults, art and performance classes for kids, upcoming concerts and performances, ongoing Thursday Open Mike Music Nights, monthly RAA Writers Group meetings, as well as events centered around Make Music NY Day and New York's Immigrant Heritage Week.
"Spanning Connections" participating artists include: Joseph Abbate, Penelope Atheras, Igor Gushchin, Susan Hines, Dina Kaliko, Linda Kelly, Martha Killian, Denis Macrae, Mary Meade, Sheila O'Hara, Ralph Petagna, Susanne Reith, Vanessa Reith, Jessica Schulman and Ludmila Vaynberg.
Gallery hours are Saturday 12-4 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. and by appointment. Admission to the exhibitions and events is free as is ample parking. For more information and directions call 718-474-0861, e-mail rockart116 @aol.com or visit www.rockawayartists alliance.org.
RAA works in partnership with the National Park Service at Gateway National Recreation Area and in part is supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, JP Morgan Chase, The Independence Community Foundation and Brooklyn Brewery.
Fort Tilden is an historic and now decommissioned U.S. Army post. Its entrance is located off Rockaway Point Boulevard across from Riis Landing, and near the entranceway to the the Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. Its nearest cross street is Beach 169 Street and it is also a few miles west of the Cross Bay Bridge. Fort Tilden today is home to many cultural, community and sport activities and serves as a premier part of Gateway National Recreation Area, a unique urban national park that spans several boroughs and incorporates beaches, marshlands, and bird and wildlife refuges. Winter, summer, spring and fall its beaches, fields, trails and rich offerings extend sanctuary to many a city-weary traveler.


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Report: Fernandez Was Likely Operating The Boat in Deadly CrashA previous toxicology report determined alcohol and drugs were a factor, adding the trio spent time at a Miami bar beforehand.
13 People Face Charges in Hannibal Drug ConspiracyThirteen people from Missouri and Illinois face federal charges for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine and other drugs in Hannibal and elsewhere in northeast Missouri.
Study: Mixing Alcohol with Energy Drinks Compared to CocaineYou may want to think twice before ordering that vodka and Red Bull or a round of Vegas bombs for your buds.
Cocaine Charge Added for Shaw Shooting OfficerThe former St. Louis police officer who shot and killed a man in the Shaw neighborhood is now charged with driving under the influence of cocaine.
Cocaine Reportedly Found in Shaw Shooting Police Officer's SystemEarlier this week, Flanery was charged with DWI and leaving the scene.
Drug Ring Could Be Responsible for 17 STL-Area MurdersA drug bust so significant it may reduce the overall crime rate on the streets of St. Louis.
UPDATE: Southern Illinois Escaped Cons Back in CustodyThe two men escaped from the Dixon Springs Impact Incarceration Program on Sunday.
St. Louis Police Officers Shoot, Kill SuspectPolice say dead suspect was one of two who ran from house while officers serving search warrant.
Three Men Charged with LA-to-St. Louis Drug Flight SchemeAn airline clerk and two other men have been charged with a scheme to ship drugs from Los Angeles to the St. Louis area aboard commercial airlines.
Former St. Louis City Police Officer Charged with Aiding Drug DealerA former St. Louis city officer is accused of giving a 12-inch shotgun to a man storing crack cocaine and marijuana at a house in the 3800 block of Cottage Avenue.
Possible Murder Charge in Thursday's Fatal I-55 CrashSt. Louis city police say a murder charge could be filed against a woman who allegedly crashed a car with four passengers inside, including her boyfriend, on purpose.
Cold Case Reopens: Headless, Handless Man to be Exhumed in Warren CountyWarren County Sheriff's Lt. Matt Schmutz says before DNA evidence was widely used, victims were identified by their fingerprints and their face, which is why John Doe's killer or killers cut off his head and hands.


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Tuesday marked the start of the 15th Kids International Film Festival at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto and who should show up that morning but the youngest minister in Stephen Harper's cabinet, 35-year-old Canadian Heritage head James Moore.
Moore wasn't there, however, to screen one of the 130 films from 40 countries, but to announce that his ministry is spending millions on a potpourri of youth-oriented projects now and in future. One of the beneficiaries is the kids' fest parent, the Toronto International Film Festival, which was informed, for fiscal year 2012-13, it would be receiving $50,000 toward "the purchase and installation of a new ticketing system."
The investment was hardly a surprise, the announcement more an opportunity of convenience. TIFF, in fact, already received $150,000 last year from Moore, via the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, for what's officially known as the TIFF Ticketing and Accessibility Solution Project. KIFF 2012 is the first major event to use it, although the system, budgeted at about $900,000, isn't expected to be fully operational until December. The system gets another workout May 10-12 on another youth project, the TIFF Next Wave Festival, targeted at the 14-to-18 set.Report Typo/Error
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Rahman in Maryland HOF
By Gary "Digital" Williams
Former Undisputed World Heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman will be inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame later this year. Rahman, who is still an active boxer (50-7-2, 41 KO's), pulled off one of the great upsets in recent boxing history when he knocked out Lennox Lewis in the fifth round on April 22, 2001 in Gauteng, South Africa to win the undisputed title. The Baltimore-born boxer would later win a WBC title in August of 2005.
Rahman is part of an exceptional class of 2011 for the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. Joining Rahman will be:
Former NBA star and Dunbar of Baltimore high school legend Sam Cassell (who is currently an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards)
Baltimore native and former Towson State University, NFL and USFL punter Sean Landeta
Former major league pitcher and Baltimore native Geoff Zahn
Pro golfer and University of Maryland graduate Fred Funk
X Games gold medalist and Annapolis native Travis Pastrana
Former University of Maryland women's basketball point guard and US Olympian Tara Heiss, who is also an inductee in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremonies will take place on Thursday, November 10th at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD. For ticket information, call 443-956-0678.


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Hiking in Patagonia
Trip Start Jan 03, 2004
26Trip End Dec 2004
Good karma stayed on our side, and we had beautiful weather during our two-week trip to Patagonia. The sunny weather amidst melting glaciers did worry us a wee bit having just seen �The Day After Tomorrow.� While we still worry the movie was more premonition than fiction, global warming did provide us with ideal trekking weather and good photo opportunities.
Before leaving Bariloche, our friend Randy, a studly man from Iowa, took us on a day hike near the mighty Tronador Mountain. The hike reminded our legs, which had been happily dormant on buses and in restaurants for the past few months, that long walks were part of the adventure
We flew from Bariloche to Calafate so we could spend more time hiking rather than going overland on hundreds of miles of bumpy gravel roads. Andy had been cooped up for too long studying Lonely Planet guidebooks (one of his favorite pastimes) because within an hour of arriving, he had already made arrangements for a whirlwind tour of the region�s major attractions. Jill didn't mind the 5-hour bus ride that night as much as finding out that the next morning�s ice trekking tour would cover 30km (18 miles) over 12 hours. We went to bed wondering what we had gotten ourselves into.
As penance, he carried our backpack, crampons and all, during the trek. The long, arduous trek made us feel as though we�d earned the privilege of seeing the jagged Cerro Torre up close and the glaciers that wrap around it and blanket the mountain�s base. On the way there, we had to cross an icy river not via a bridge but a rope pulley attached to a harness around our waists. Two hours were spent trekking on the glacier. Ice trekking gave us a surreal feeling knowing only ice and not land was underfoot. In some of the crevices, the light turned the ice a brilliant blue. Jill tried ice climbing for the photo opportunity, but she won�t be taking it up as a weekend hobby.
The next day, we took it easy and only did a short trek to see Fitz Roy, another peak like Cerro Torre in Patagonia famous for its shar edges and almost out-of-place appearance in the mountain range
The glacier was huge and tall, but arriving there in a tour bus and not after a long hike seemed lackluster compared to our previous glacier experiences. A wooden walkway allowed tourists to safely meander close, but not too close, to the icy behemoth. The most enjoyable part was listening to the thunderous cracks and crashes as pieces of the glacier tumbled into the water. A boat tour brought us even closer, but the motor drowned out the auditory thrill of the seeing a glacier so close.
The next day, we crossed the Argentina-Chile border, sadly saying goodbye to steaks and Mamuschka chocolate and a jolly hello to centolla, the king crab famous in this southern Chilean region.
Our first Chilean adventure was hiking in Torres del Paine. We hiked the popular "W" Circuit, which meant following the same people from refugio to refugio each day. (Refugios are the bare-minimum lodges in the park that provide a bunk bed, a roof over your head and the opportunity to buy an outrageously expensive hot meal.) Luckily, our fellow hikers were friendly and harmless, although Jill on occasion wanted to inflict pain on some unnaturally loud snorers
This was the first time we�d had to carry our backpacks fully loaded for an extended period, four to seven hours each day. It took awhile to get used to the extra weight, and Jill rejoiced everytime we ate a meal we brought along because it made her pack a few ounces lighter.
We lack the writing ability to describe the beauty of Torres del Paine. We just hope that our photos will do it some justice. The best would be for you to see it for yourself, as everyone should see the milky blue-green color of a glacier lake, scramble over a mountain of rocks to get a view of the Towers ablaze in morning light, feel bowled over by the strong winds high in the French Valley, and drink the purest water you�ll ever taste from a glacier stream (even Jill, the hypochondriac, couldn�t resist). The trek rivaled Nepal in its beauty and was definitely a highlight in our 10-months of traveling so far.
After the trek, we went to Punto Arenas, which is even further south in this skinny country. Andy was looking forward to ordering a platter piled high with crab legs he�d have to crack open with a nutcracker and be able to suck the juices out of the crab claws. He was disappointed to discover Chileans prefer to do the hard work for you and serve the crab legs already shelled and neatly arranged on a bed of cool lettuce. We ate centolla two nights in a row, and we filled our guts both times.
Between crab feedings, we went to see Punto Arenas�main attraction -- Magellan penguins. About an hour from the city is a Penguinera, where tourists can walk along a path close to the shore and see the penguins in their natural habitat. At sunset, they�re out in force. Jill counted 60 penguins hanging out in one section of the beach. We enjoyed watching them waddle about, bark to each other and pose for photos. Like the gorillas, the penguins seemed unbothered by our presence.
We�ve now put our sweaters, hats and thick socks in the very bottom of our backpacks as we�ve traveled to a warmer climate. We spent one rainy day in Santiago, Chile�s capital city, and we are now wearing shorts and sandals on the beaches in Rio de Janeiro.


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Ford Escape Recall 13V584000
Potential Fuel Leak
A previously replaced engine compartment fuel line may develop a leak.
Ford will notify owners beginning January 23, 2013. If you don't receive notification and you feel you should, please contact your dealer for further instruction. They may ask for your vehicle identification number (VIN), so please have it handy when you call. The Ford recall number is 13S12.
Vehicles with a 1.6L engine previously recalled for a fuel line concern (NHTSA #12V-336) are being recalled again because the fuel line replaced previously may have been installed incorrectly. A fuel leak can develop, increasing the risk of a fire. Dealers will inspect the suspect fuel line and replace it as necessary to correct this concern.
November 25, 2013
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2013 Escape vehicles manufactured from October 5, 2011, through July 11, 2012, and equipped with a 1.6L engine subject to prior safety recall NHTSA 12V-336. In some cases, the engine compartment fuel line may have been installed incorrectly when repaired under the prior recall. The misinstalled fuel line could chafe and eventually leak fuel.
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
Ford will notify owners and dealers will inspect the engine compartment fuel line, and if necessary, replace it, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin by January 23, 2014. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's recall number is 13S12.
This recall is in addition to NHTSA recall 12V-336. All covered vehicles, regardless of being remedied under the earlier recall, require an inspection and a remedy for this campaign. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
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Posted by Ted Schadler on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on May 13, 2010
Okay, so I'm a sucker for nostalgia. But being on the same stage as Gilda Radner and John Belushi and John Candy and Tina Fey was a thrill. And being in the same studio where Elvis Costello and the Attractions stopped "Less Than Zero" after a few bars and jumped into "Radio Radio" in defiance of NBC's wishes brought a rebellious, empowered smile to my face.
NBC's Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live, is where Microsoft launched SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 yesterday. It was a short, punchy, customer-filled event. These products are the latest in the "Wave 14" product set, a ginormous (as my 9-year old says) overhaul of the Office product line. And they're beauts. Here's my (admittedly enthusiastic) analysis of what Microsoft has accomplished with this product.
Microsoft's Office business has taken a battering in the press as journalists chase stories about the important innovations from nimble startup competitors, open source alternatives, and Web-based productivity tools. But let's face it. Microsoft doesn't have 500,000,000 people using its tools for no reason. And while three years is a long time to wait for a product release (especially in this era of instant innovation via the Internet), Microsoft has re-confirmed its position as the most important driver of business productivity on the planet. This launch will crush the dreams of a 100 entrepreneurs and force another 1,000 to rethink their companies. That's okay. It's what happens when Microsoft turns a niche product for a geeky few into a global feature that anybody can use. As an economy, we need it.
The empowerment is real.
Posted by Julie Ask on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on May 5, 2010
I've just had the chance in the past few hours to really play with the device. I find myself smiling each time a new SMS bubble pops up. I love it. I also like seeing my friends' faces on my phone. I love being able to navigate my content and messages via my friends. Loved how easy it was to set up my email, Facebook, and Twitter. Packaging rocks ... and is recyclable. What is subtle in this device, in my opinion, is how intuitive the UI is. The UI looks and feels similar to others I have seen, but I was able to pick up this phone and use it without reading the instructions.
My colleague Charles Golvin will provide a more in-depth analysis of the device itself.
From a social networking/media perspective, the KIN is a good start, but I hope to see more with upcoming releases, especially around helping people build their social graph. I don't put this burden on Microsoft alone, but on the industry and all handset manufacturers. The content we create needs more meta data or labels. We need logic to mesh this content together and navigate through it. It's great that I can navigate to my friends' status and messages through my contacts (and KIN's UI is a lot of fun). I also want to navigate through my photos and location. Location should be table stakes for photo/status/review (restaurant/bar) content and the logic shouldn't flow in just one direction. Based on my location (simple location or map), I want to see who is nearby or what restaurants my friends liked. Navigating through my friends, I want to see what restaurants they liked. I want to group photos by location. I want to group photos by friends. These are just a few examples. With every product and service developed, one can't have everything. There are cost, time and design trade-offs. I completely understand that the KIN and DROID and others couldn't get everything done in v1.0. I look forward to the next version.
Posted by Julie Ask on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on April 13, 2010
I had the opportunity to go to the KIN launch today. My colleague Charles Golvin has a full take here.
I loved the social networking features on the phone (and the graphical interface with the "spot" though I'd need a change-up on noises). This isn't the first phone we've seen where the experience is centered on my friends and my contacts, but they keep getting better. We argued (see report) long ago as many did that the cell phone should be the hub of one's social graph and not simply an application on the handset. The KIN comes close and does many things well including:
- Offers status updates inside of my contact profiles which are "live" on my homescreen
- Allows the user to post photos directly from the phone
- Tags photos with location
- Allows me to choose one of many communication channels within profile (many options, but not my full list)
- Builds an online journal of my photos, videos, messages and contacts (looks to me a lot like the concept Nokia tried with their life blog application a while back)
What it is missing, but I suspect is in development:
- Tags (meta data) that allow me to build a richer social graph by tagging my photos with contacts, groups, trips, etc.
- Ability to help me find my friends
- Location tags integrated into maps that connect me to my friends' favorite restaurants, bookstores, etc. - or more generally their content - could also be photos, videos and posts
Posted by John R. Rymer on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on March 31, 2010
I was lucky enough last week [22 March 2010] to moderate a panel at EclipseCon on the future of application servers. The panelists did a great job, but I thought were far too conservative in their views. I agree with them that many customers want evolutionary change from today to future app servers, but I see requirements driving app servers toward radical change. Inevitably.
The changes I see:
Get more value from servers, get responsive, get agile and flexible
Virtualized everything, dynamic provisioning, automated change management
Govern rising application stack complexity
Lean, fit to purpose app servers, profiles and other standard configurations, modeling and metadata-based development and deployment
Provide "Internet scale"
Scale-out app servers, data tiers, network capacity, modular/layered designs, stateless architectures
Posted by JP Gownder on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on March 29, 2010
We've just published two new reports concerning Windows 7 adoption and satisfaction, leveraging Forrester's Consumer Technographics(R) data.
The reports show that Windows 7 penetrated the consciousness of the market by the end of 2009, with a strong majority of US consumers aware of the product. We also found that consumers who adopted Windows 7 in Q4 were generally very satisfied with their Windows 7 PCs.
Perhaps the most interesting finding of the reports involves upgrade behaviors. Historically, most consumers have not upgraded their PCs with new OSes -- though Mac users and some technophile consumers have been an exception on this count. Instead, the majority of consumers have acquired new OSes when they purchase their new PC. These are known as "replacement cycle upgrades."
With Windows 7, however, upgrade behavior was much stronger. Why? In short, Windows 7 is a thinner client program than was Windows Vista, meaning that it works well on older hardware configurations. In the past, OSes were designed with Moore's Law as an underlying assumption -- that is, that newer PC hardware would be significantly faster and more powerful than the previous generation's hardware. Windows 7, however, is a less burdensome OS than Windows Vista. The rise of Netbooks, the physical assets of multi-PC households, and an attachment by many consumers to their Windows XP machines all contributed to the need for a sleeker, thinner Windows OS, which Windows 7 delivered.
Among early adopters of Windows 7, in Q4, for the first time upgrading behavior matched replacement cycle purchasing, as this Figure shows:
Posted by Duncan Jones on the Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals Blog on March 19, 2010
Microsoft announced on Friday that it will stop selling new Select licenses from 1 July, 2011. Customers with existing agreements can renew them for another 36 months, as per their agreements, but the replacement Select Plus program is likely to be a better option. Microsoft launched Select Plus on 1 July 2008, and I wrote at the time that it was an improvement on the basic Select structure: Microsoft Simplifies Its Volume Licensing.
However, Microsoft's pricing team struggled to persuade its LARs to promote Select Plus over the more familiar Select agreement, and customer adoption was disappointing. So the decision to drop the older program makes sense for Microsoft, because it will force its channel partners to embrace the new model. And its no bad thing for buyers - you've one less choice to make, and there's little negative impact.
The biggest advantage of Select Plus for sourcing managers is that they no longer need to submit a three-year spending forecast - this is extremely difficult for central teams buying on behalf of autonomous business units that won't havent planned Microsoft technology adoption that far out. Instead, pricing works like an airline loyalty program, on the current and previous years' actual transactions, as the figure below from my report illustrates. My report explains some more advantages, such as the flexibility to opt tactically for software assurance on individual purchases.
Posted by Ted Schadler on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on January 8, 2010
We just had another of our regular cloud research meetings at Forrester. In these meetings, we cut across our research organization to examine cloud computing from every angle.
Compared with even just a year ago, it's amazing how important and pervasive cloud computing analysis (as opposed to cloud computing guesswork) has become in our research calendar.
You can see the existing cloud/*aaS research here and our planned research here. As the meeting host, I mostly listen, probe, and take notes, but ocassionally I get to jump in with a thought.
To wit: We are often asked about whether cloud-based collaboration (email, team sites, instant messaging, Web conferencing, social computing, etc.) works best on multi-tenant, dedicated solutions, or both. The answer is both, but trending towards multi-tenant. Our clients are interested in both multi-tenant and single-tenant or dedicated cloud solutions -- as long as the price is right.
The future of cloud-based collaboration is clearly multi-tenant for two economic reasons:
1. Multi-tenant enables the fundamental economic benefits of a shared resource. We can see this in the price war going on in email right now -- a 50% price cut in the last 12 months with multi-tenant cloud email. The floor on email cost keeps dropping, fueled by the better economics of multi-tenant solutions and high capacity utilization.
1. Multi-tenant enables the fundamental economic benefits of a shared resource. We can see this in the price war going on in email right now -- a 50% price cut in the last 12 months with multi-tenant cloud email. The floor on email cost keeps dropping, fueled by the better economics of multi-tenant solutions and high capacity utilization.
Posted by Shar VanBoskirk on the B2C Marketing Professionals Blog on November 23, 2009
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Posted by Shar VanBoskirk on the B2C Marketing Professionals Blog on November 5, 2009
Last night Microsoft launched a new look and feel for msn.com to a limited number of consumers. The new design will roll out to the mainstream in January.
Forrester got a sneak peak of the new-and-improved interface in October.
Posted by Frank Gillett on the CIOs Blog on July 8, 2009
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I was intrigued and excited to see Google announcement of their second operating system effort today, Google Chrome OS. I've been thinking about how client operating systems will evolve ever since I began struggling with having data spread across multiple PCs. I finally gathered together my thoughts on the future of client OS in the The Personal Cloud, published just two days ago.
My working title for this report was "Death of the PC OS" because I believe that the industry needs to rethink and expand the role of PC and device operating systems.


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Subject: [CHAT] Surgery
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 14:14:13 -0800
My dear garden friends, I will not be in contact with you or be able to
your e-m's. I've had a difficult time these past few weeks with the
pressing under my lungs & breathing problems. I've had fluid leaking into
my chest cavity. I've had 2 "taps" to drain the fluid. It's helps only for
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Life in the Minors- Chapter 5: Hitting the Road
For the thirteenth consecutive year, WFUV talks to the members of the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Staten Island Yankees in the Short Season Single-A Penn League about the trials and tribulations of being minor league ballplayers. The long bus rides, the low pay, 76 games in 80 days. This is a look into Life in the Minors: How the Other Half Lives.
This week, Matt Moro and Kelly Kultys go inside the first extended road trips of the season for both ball clubs.