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A four-year starter at Arkansas, Love (6-foot-5, 315 pounds) began his career at right guard before sliding out to tackle. Because Coach Bobby Petrino's scheme uses strong- and weak-side tackles -- as opposed to left and right -- Love spent his final two seasons playing on both sides of the line.
Love handled the position well, earning first-team All-SEC honors as a senior, but is best suited to play right tackle or guard in the NFL because of his mediocre foot speed, agility and balance.
"I'm a versatile lineman who can play more than one position," he said. "I can play left tackle, right tackle and both guard positions. I'll play any position they want me to play. That's how I'm trying to sell myself."
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The all-star environment gave him a chance to showcase his skills against other players who figure to play on Sundays. While he had some struggles, especially with speedy pass rushers, it gave him a chance to get his game NFL-ready.
"I want to work on my pass-pro technique," he said. "I'm working on technical stuff with my hands and head, keeping my head up and stuff like that. Other than that, it's been pretty solid. Whenever I have trouble it is usually with my hands."
To be fair, Love's hands are not his only flaw. He struggles to change direction quickly, which at tackle leaves him susceptible to counter moves and at guard gives him problems when pulling and trapping. Also, occasional bouts of pour posture leave him caught out of position.
Nonetheless, he is one of the most powerful blockers in this year's draft class -- when he gets his hands on a defender, the battle is over. He also has experience against elite college competition and, as a two-time captain, is a proven leader.
There is a lot on Love's résumé to like. He is trying to add even more, spending the next couple months at the Michael Johnson training facility in Dallas, TX.
"I'm working to get ready for the NFL Combine, my Pro Day, things like that," he said. "I'm not where I want to be yet. I want to lose a little weight, get more tuned up, then I'll be ready to go."
With a strong showing at the Combine, Love could work his way into the first round of the NFL Draft. However, a second-round landing appears more likely.
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When Ken Lay was paraded in handcuffs to a Houston courthouse two years ago this month, to be indicted for presiding over a massive fraud at Enron, the energy company he created, it provided the image that defined a whole era of boardroom excess and malfeasance in America.
Enron's collapse into bankruptcy in 2001 was the most shocking of a string of scandals that came with the end of a long stockmarket boom. And it turned Lay from one of the grandees of US business - a friend of two Presidents and once spoken of as a future energy secretary in the younger Bush's administration - into an icon of corporate greed.
His death came as he awaited sentencing on 10 fraud charges, the result of a Houston jury's deciding in May that Lay had conspired to present a false picture of Enron's financial health. In its pomp it had been the seventh largest in America, and the most admired, but at its heart lay a financial black hole that eventually consumed it.
Lay had argued all along that the collapse of Enron was a monumental tragedy, not the result of fraud. Friends said he had been devastated by the verdict, barely able even to comprehend it. His lawyers had been preparing an appeal, but he was facing the rest of his life behind bars.
Born in 1942, the son of a Missouri Baptist minister, Lay came from a very modest background but always dreamt of becoming rich - a goal he pursued with single-minded determination after graduating in economics from the University of Missouri and, later, gaining a doctorate from the University of Texas. He joined the navy, served his time at the Pentagon, and then served as under-secretary for the Department of the Interior before he returned to business. As an ambitious young executive in the Texas oil industry, he moved to take advantage of deregulation of the energy markets in the Eighties, and created Enron in 1985 through the merger of two small pipeline companies.
Enron was the first company to boast a coast-to-coast network of gas pipelines, and Lay kept it at the forefront of innovation in the industry over the next 15 years. While power plants and pipelines remained the backbone of Enron's assets, by hiring the smartest young executives the company kept inventing new ways to make money. By 2000, it was trading oil, gas and electricity as if they were stocks and shares, and was also starting to trade spare capacity on the nation's broadband internet network. The outside world believed Lay's boasts that Enron was the "Microsoft of the energy markets" and "the world's best company".
Lay relished the power and prestige that Enron's success gave him, using his position to lobby for ever-lighter regulation but also to talk up his adopted Houston as a place to do business, and pouring millions into philanthropic ventures in the city.
He also remained close to the Bush family, as golf partner to George Bush Snr and an informal adviser to George W. Over the years, Enron contributed $600,000 to the latter's political campaigns, and Enron jets helped to ferry the Bush team back and forth from Florida during the contested aftermath of the 2000 election. A grateful President nicknamed him "Kenny Boy".
Lay was famed for an avuncular manner that endeared him to employees, business partners and politicians alike. He was most often described as grandfatherly. It seemed at first that he might be spared the worst of the reputation fall-out from Enron's shockingly swift slide into bankruptcy. Andrew Fastow, the chief financial officer, pleaded guilty to fraud over the labyrinthine financial structures which hid massive off-balance-sheet liabilities. Jeffrey Skilling, the aggressive executive who served as Lay's deputy in Enron's final years, was seen as the architect of Enron's excessively macho corporate culture.
But Lay stood accused of sending fraudulently upbeat messages to Wall Street - and, unforgivably in many eyes, to employees. This despite being warned in the summer of 2001 that Enron was a house of cards. Sherron Watkins, the finance department employee who emerged as the only person with any credit from the whole saga, wrote Lay a memo which predicted Enron could "implode in a wave of accounting scandals". Lay's testy manner on the witness stand, and his claim that executives should be aware of rules "but not be bound by them", convinced the jury that fraud went right to the top and that Lay was turning a blind eye.
Lay's version of events may yet be vindicated on appeal, since Skilling, his co-defendant, will certainly pursue an appeal. The pair argued that Enron's complex financial side deals were not aimed at fraudulently propping up profits but were in fact legitimate business deals. Enron would still be one of America's largest companies today were it not for "a classic run on the bank" triggered by negative articles in the press about Fastow's small frauds. Lay has insisted on his innocence throughout the run-up to the trial on his own personal website and through his wife Linda in her interviews on talk-shows.
Thousands of Enron employees, though, will never forgive Lay and Skilling for their upbeat assessment of the company's health, which led them to pour not just their pensions but also spare savings into the company's shares.
The 10 guilty verdicts for Lay, and 19 for Skilling, were seen as catharsis for the wave of accounting scandals that shook corporate America in the early 2000s. The bankruptcy of WorldCom in 2002 was bigger, executives such as Dennis Kozlowski at Tyco enriched themselves more outrageously, but Enron is the byword for corruption.
The effects of its collapse are still being felt in the draconian Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules that were imposed by Congress in its wake. Many businessmen fear that America is losing its economic edge as a result. Arthur Andersen, the historic firm which acted as Enron's auditors and signed off on many of its accounting wheezes, was wiped out.
Lay characterised the collapse of Enron as a tragedy, brought on because outsiders lost confidence in the company and stopped trading with it. It was certainly a personal tragedy, shredding a golden business reputation forged over more than 15 years and reducing his $400m-plus fortune to what he described in court as "negative assets". His second wife, his former secretary, Linda Phillips, even opened an antique shop to sell the couple's furniture.
Linda and his first wife, his college sweetheart Judith Ayers, who is the mother of his two children, were both in court to support Lay during his 14-week trial. After the verdicts were read out, and as Skilling and his lawyers were already facing the media, the Lay family had remained in the empty courthouse with their pastor to pray.
"In spite of what has happened, I am still a very blessed man," he subsequently wrote on his personal website:
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Located 329 feet from the beach and the Mamaia Open Theatre, and 985 feet from the Aqua Magic leisure park as well as the Telegondola Mamaia Cable Car, Complex Aristrocratos offers free Wi-Fi access. Rooms here feature a balcony with sea views, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, and air conditioning as well as a refrigerator. Featuring a shower, private bathrooms also come with a hairdryer and free toiletries. A supermarket is 329 feet away and a restaurant is 985 feet from the property. Numerous bars and clubs are reachable in the vicinity. At Complex Aristrocratos, airport shuttle services and luggage storage are available. The property offers free parking.


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BeschreibungThis book examines the encounter between Impressionist painting and nineteenth-century consumer culture. Ruth E. Iskin explores the representation of feminine fashions, consumers, and sales-women in Parisian boutiques. She revises our understanding of the representation of women in Impressionist painting by refocusing the exploration of gender, from women's exclusion from the public spaces of modernity to their inclusion; and from the privileging of the male gaze to a plurality of gazes that includes women. Iskin also analyzes how paintings represent women as objects of display, and how they address women as spectators in active roles - as consumers, producers, or sellers - in a range of sites, such as the millinery boutique, the theatre, opera, café-concert and market stall. Considering a wide range of sources from nineteenth-century literature and visual culture, Iskin resituates Impressionist painting in the context of the culture of consumption.
Inhaltsverzeichnis1. Introduction: Impressionism, consumer culture and modern women; 2. Selling, seduction, and soliciting the eye: Manet's Bar at the Folies-Bergère; 3. Degas's dazzling hat shops and artisanal atelier: consumers, milliners and saleswomen, 1882–1910; 4. Inconspicuous subversion: Parisian consumer culture in 1870s city views; 5. Nature and marketplace: Zola, Pissarro, and Caillebotte; 6. The chic Parisienne: a national brand of French fashion and femininity.
PortraitRuth E. Iskin holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has received the Andrew W. Mellon fellowship at the Penn Humanities Forum. Her publications include essays in The Art Bulletin, Discourse and Nineteenth-Century Contexts. She teaches art history and visual culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
Pressestimmen'Iskin wonderfully excavates the broad visual culture that emerged from consumerism in the second half of the nineteenth century in Paris and its deep connection to women's arrival in the public sphere. [Her] keen eye, guided by excellent historical contextualization, leads the reader to see how Impressionist art was bathed in the commercial ethos of its era and did not always stand in an oppositional relationship to it ... While respecting certain stylistic differences between the Impressionists and such artists as Gervex and Cheret, she makes a superb case for discussing these image-makers, who literally walked the same city streets. This book superbly demonstrates the value of seeing the history of art refracted through the lens of the broader visual culture in which it developed.' Vanessa R. Schwartz, University of Southern California, and author of It's So French! Hollywood, Paris and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture and Spectacular Realities 'Impressionist painting and Parisian consumer culture are both identified with the emergence of the 'new' or modern city of the 1860s and 1870s. Ruth E. Iskin's book offers a comprehensive, nuanced and persuasive account of the intersection and mutual dependency between the two in shaping the visual culture of the time. An important book which sheds new light on modern formations of gender, fashion, consumption, art and national identity.' Whitney Chadwick, author of Women, Art, and Society 'With a clear, elegant prose style, Ruth E. Iskin attends to details of social history as she analyzes the development of impressionist pictorial themes and figural types that captured for art the lived reality and the projected ideals of late-nineteenth-century Parisian society. This is a remarkably informative book, especially with regard to impressionist images of women ... so central to the advanced art of the era.' Richard Shiff, University of Texas, Austin, and author of Cezanne and the End of Impressionism 'This ambitious and revisionist book is sure to generate reappraisals of the Impressionist movement, the oeuvre of its individual artists and women's place in the public sphere of the late nineteenth century.' Heather Belnap Jensen, French Studies 'Ruth E. Iskin explores the complicated relationship between Impressionist paintings and the burgeoning Parisian consumer culture in which they were created, writing about fine artists and their fascination with the mass-made object. She charts the evolution of a symbiotic relationship between commercial and fine art ... [She] challenges us to find new ways of understanding Impressionist paintings and in particular the complex relationship between women and consumer culture that they construct ... This book would be of interest to anyone interested in or studying art history, social history, or gender issues in the nineteenth century. Iskin succeeds in adding new angles to the discussion in an already-crowded area of academic discourse ... [Her] study excels in making us rethink traditional gender paradigms of the late-nineteenth-century Parisian visual market.' Kiri Bloom, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century 'This is a thought-provoking book that introduces many new ideas and makes new connections ... It is an important resource for scholars of social, cultural, and art history as well as gender studies of the nineteenth century, while the extensive notes and works cited sections will be a valuable asset for studies of all types of consumer culture in Paris.' Charlene Garfinkle, H-Net Reviews 'There is plenty to engage with in Iskin's analysis of late-nineteenth-century consumer culture and its explicit or implicit manifestation in the works of Manet and the Impressionists. With contributions made at the levels of both background context and analysis of key works, the book is a welcome addition to the literature in this area and has something to offer readers who are new to, or well acquainted with, the field of French avant-garde painting of the late nineteenth century.' Kathryn Brown, Canadian Art Review 'Ruth Iskin's book has an ambitious goal: to re-establish the links between consumer culture and avant-garde art in late-nineteenth-century France ... The author's impressive parade of primary sources forces a new engagement with the works discussed - no small feat considering the existing wealth of scholarship on Impressionism, which includes her own work.' Natasha Ruiz-Gomez, The Art Book 'This is a wide-ranging, interesting and often original book. For specialist 'consumers' of nineteenth-century culture, [it] is a compulsory purchase.' Robert Lethbridge, Journal of European Studies 'Iskin's well-researched work is a significant contribution to Impressionist studies. Her argument is clear and convincing, through both its practical nature and the wealth of support provided through primary sources and the paintings themselves. Moreover, her work strengthens our understanding of the daily life of nineteenth-century Parisians, making it easier to imagine the actual streets, stores, and exhibitions through which Impressionists moved. As Iskin demonstrates, these painters witnessed the rapid development of mass consumption, and knowing this development is critical to understanding the visual stimuli of the modern world with which Impressionist painters engaged.' Francesca Bavuso, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 'This extremely rich book is brimming with new social and cultural information. [It] is required reading for specialists in nineteenth-century Parisian visual culture.' H-France Review 'It is a pleasure to witness Iskin's textual play of light on Impressionist painting, illuminating the consumerism hidden in plain sight.' The Art Book
Untertitel: Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Dezember 2006
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Sooke, British Columbia 15.03 miles SE
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Port Renfrew, British Columbia 18.49 miles NW
Clallam Bay, Washington 20.57 miles SW
Malahat, British Columbia 23.7 miles NE
West Coast Rd (Hwy 14) Jordan River, British Columbia V0S 1L0 (map) | (250) 474-1336
Sites: 69 | Latest Rate: $36.00 | 2 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $36.00
This is our home park. What I mean by that is we live locally and for a nice weekend getaway we take our trailer to this park. We have been coming here first as renters with small kids and now as our kids have grown and we became trailer people, with our 22ft trailer.
This campsite is Provincial and you can reserve it online. There are lots of great spots so you won't be disappointed.
No power, water or sewer hookups. Dry camping only but there is a sani dump across the street.
The 'outhouses' are newer and very clean. No spiders or slugs like some places.
Spots are fairly spacious and mostly private. The beach is very rocky at high tide but lovely and sandy at low tide.
You won't be disappointed! - Heddie27
Apr 2013 - $21.00
Located about 20 km west of Sooke on highway 14. Typical provincial park layout. Table and fire ring provided at each site. This is located in a rain forest so don't expect to see much of the sun. Some sites would fit a 35 footer but not many. It gets very busy in the summer months so reservations are a must. There is very little to do at this park. This is a very good place to relax and enjoy the quiet. A number walking trails will lead you to a rock and pebbly beach where you can watch for seals, sea lions etc (including whales in season). The water is cold so don't expect to go swimming. A few km west is Jordan River if you are into surfing or kayaking. - BC Wanderer
West Coast Rd (Hwy 14) Jordan River, British Columbia V0S 1L0 (map) | (250) 360-3000
Sites: 23 | Latest Rate: $15.00 | 4 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $15.00
Though it is more of a parking lot than a campground, it is a nice place to stay. The sites are all open and sunny and most of them have great views over the Juan de Fuca Strait. Picnic table and a fire pit are on site. Water is available from a tank but I would not trust that source. Pit toilets of course.
Some noise in the early morning hours from a wood processing facility across the highway, but very quiet during the night.
We liked it for the sun and the views and will come again. - TheSchweitzers
Sep 2015 - $15.00
Jordan River is open again for camping. It was temporarily closed under the guise that a dam would break during a violent Earthquake and wipe out the users. This is a no frills park. The sites come with a table and fire ring. There are potable water and pit toilets available. Tent sites have a raised platform and are located in a treed area. The draw for this park is the views of the ocean and the Olympic Peninsula across the strait. We paid $15.00 (cash only) per night and we will return. - BC Wanderer
Mar 2015 - $1.00
Jordan River Regional Park is closed for overnight camping for the time being. However, day use is still allowed. Very nice spot for a lunch break. Right on the beach, gorgeous views of the Olympic Mountains.
If you need a spot for the night, there is French Beach (year round) a few kms down the road towards Sooke and China Beach (mid May - mid September) a few kms down the road towards Port Renfrew. - TheSchweitzers
17053 Highway 112 Clallam Bay, Washington 98326 (map) | (360) 963-2402
Sites: 25 | Latest Rate: $25.00 | 3 Reviews
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Nice park to stay in and visit the area. Only downside was the traffic on the hwy next to the park. Seems to be lots of log trucks everyday. - Chief1
Sep 2011 - $12.00
We stayed at the Passport America rate. Owner nice. Park was adequate. Verizon had good reception for phones & wireless internet. Nice town with great health food store and art gallery with latte shop inside. Easy walk to Clallam Bay. - Dan Jeffers
Jul 2011 - $25.00
If I were comparing to other parks in the area Sam RV Park would rate a 10. The sites are some what unlevel, they are spacious, the park is old. Spaces are grass and it's kept mowed. They are open all year, the other parks are seasonal. Management is friendly. Just a short walk to the beach. We will stay here again. Our visit was wonderful. - Bill & Helen
2259 Phillips Road Sooke, British Columbia V9Z 0Y3 (map) | (250) 642-6076
Sites: 60 | Latest Rate: $22.00 | 3 Reviews
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On checking in we were greeted by a lovely and friendly lady. What a nice way to start out for the weekend. We had reserved a spot along the creek side rather than the river so there would be some shade. Unfortunately It was rather close to the entrance so we did get a bit of road noise during the day. It was wonderful to watch the wildlife visit the creek and see the tide come in and out. We were visited by a beautiful heron, a deer, and all kinds of birds. The bathrooms/showers were exceptionally clean. Most of the sites are quite open but there are a few areas where there is more privacy. Having the managers living on site is great, as they are there if any problems come up. Over all it was just a really nice campground filled with very nice people and reasonably priced. I look forward to going there again soon. In fact we have already booked our next visit. - Laurie MCG
Jul 2014 - $36.00
All grass campground with HUGE spaces on the Sooke river. WiFi was spotty without my external adapter but the hosts are great. It's very quiet and close to shopping and a good place to stay to hit all the wonderful beaches and spots from Victoria to Port Renfrew. Lots of weekend tent campers make it a nice family park. - ReggieK
May 2011 - $35.00
This is an older community park/fairgrounds on the shores of the Sooke River, 45 minutes from Victoria. Services include water, power (15 and 30 amp), a sani-station (no on-site sewer hookups), coin-operated showers in a rustic unheated restroom, and a small-boat launch onto the Sooke River. The campground hosts an annual Bluegrass Music Festival and the town's Canada Day celebration, so the grounds are very busy at those times. The nicest sites are 1-6 along De Mamiel Creek; Wi-Fi works from that location. Sites seem over-priced for the level of service and age of the facilities, but the location is good for those who enjoy canoeing, kayaking, or simply watching geese float up and down the river. - Doug and Cathy Hull
444 Front St Sekiu, Washington 98381 (map) | (360) 963-2311
Sites: 15 | Latest Rate: $30.00 | 2 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $30.00
Million dollar view! This was a fish camp we went to during the off season just to camp and had an amazing time. Very friendly staff and nice views! - Twintravelers
Oct 2014 - $30.00
This "campground" is located in a gravel parking lot and road. Cars drove through all night long - we could never figure out why. Bathrooms were dirty. Site was dirty. Staff was helpful and nice, though. And, because we were the only ones there, I assume, the wifi was terrific. I would not stay here again. - ALbums
5621 Sooke Rd Sooke, British Columbia V9Z 0C6 (map) | (250) 642-5731
Sites: 42 | Latest Rate: $30.00 | 1 Reviews
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Mar 2013 - $30.00
This park is all about fishing although it can be used as a base to explore the west coast of Vancouver Island. The owners are very friendly and knowledgeable of the area. The sites are on grass and have a fire pit and table. They appear to be well spaced, but there was only one other unit in the park while we were there. No kids were around at this time of year, but we did see a playground, mini golf, and a pool. It is right on the ocean but there isn't a sandy beach. We used this park as a base and will be back. - BC Wanderer
Pacific Marine Rd Port Renfrew, British Columbia V0S 1K0 (map) | (250) 746-4555
Sites: 36 | Latest Rate: $15.00 | 1 Reviews
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Oct 2014 - $15.00
This is a bare bones campground about 10 km outside of Port Renfrew, right off the paved road to Lake Cowichan. There was no host, a sign said it's a "user-maintained" campground. Therefore the dated pit toilets were not very appealing. The dirt road through is narrow and winding. Although 2 or 3 sites would accommodate a larger rig, I would not take anything bigger than 30' in here or 40' combined when towing. The campground is in the forest, some sites are overgrown, most are pretty unlevel but well apart from each other with greenery in between. Picnic table and fire pit in each site. A few have direct access to the lake. No water source in the campground. Very quiet at night. No honor box and envelopes to deposit the camping fee, nobody around to collect, maybe because it was shoulder season already? However, the free stay was not the only reason we liked it here. We'll stay again. - TheSchweitzers
220 Pachidah Rd Port Renfrew, British Columbia V0S 1K0 (map) | (250) 647-0090
Sites: 33 | Latest Rate: $25.00 | 3 Reviews
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Nov 2014 - $25.00
If you go, don't go with high expectations for luxury. It's camping! They have a beautiful beach and really don't bother you out there. The sites are simple bump outs in the bush,no amenities really. Some on beach and some in the bush. Bring lots of extra water for your stay and wood for fires. Had a great time out there and will be there again this year. It's what you make it people! If you need a table go grab one from an open site. That's what they told us to do! - JennaTar
Sep 2014 - $25.00
If the park was considered on RV park merit only it would rate a 1 or 2 maximum. Services, layout,pad size and access are all individual. No 2 sites are the same. I'm not sure how many sites are used as the numbering system is a bit inconsistent and it's very easy to miss some non-serviced sites in the trees. In addition they also look after a park near the river which appears to have it's own numbering system. Services, although offered, are mostly non-existent. Receptacles are usually shared and could be 50' or more from your site – water even further. If it is considered just a dry camp on the beach it is hard to beat. The beach is nice, clean and must be more than a kilometer long. We would stay again if in the area but would avoid the busy season. Our rate is for a non-serviced site. - lrp374
Sep 2014 - $30.00
We planned on spending two days in Port Renfrew to do some hiking and sightseeing. We stopped to check into the park. We were given an option of two sites so decided to walk in to check them out. We were informed that they were both serviced by power and water, but no sewer. Upon inspection we discovered that "water" was a shared tap nowhere near a particular site and that "power" was a shared 15 amp service. None of the sites were well delineated. Just a very un-level, dirt spots that you could park at. There was not a specific fire pit but remnants of fires that had been laid here, there and everywhere. No tables anywhere. This is the worst excuse for an RV park we have ever come across. We did not stay here even though this is the only game in town. Plan your trip accordingly in order to miss this place. We were very sad that we could not explore the Port Renfrew area. There is a lot to see and do around here. - BC Wanderer
925 Pedder Bay Road Victoria, British Columbia V9C 4H1 (map) | (250) 478-1771
Sites: 88 | Latest Rate: $38.00 | 14 Reviews
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Nov 2016 - $38.00
This is the third time we have stayed here this year, and have to say that it seems the place may be sliding just a bit. Not the maintenance and general upkeep, which still seem good, but the general condition of the units ( more than one per site in some cases ) that now seem to occupy a good portion of the park, and the fact that a very high percentage of people here are full time working folks. Nothing wrong with that, if they called it an "RV Park" or "Trailer Park", however they are billing this as an "RV Resort". I personally think of a resort as a place where I can go to relax, and get away from the work-a-day life for some R&R, and not have to listen to all the vehicles starting up and idling at 0600 to head off to work, or worry about off leash dogs wandering around by themselves in the evenings. There really don't seem to be any rules here!
The park itself is still being well maintained at this time, and we may well give it one more go, but if there is no improvement on these issues, we will not likely keep trying. Just think there should be some truth in advertising here...if it is being billed as a "Resort"...there should be some checks and balances in place to keep it that way. - EmmaS
Jun 2016 - $38.00
Nice setting, quiet, large clean sites, fires allowed, very reasonable. - teachb
Apr 2016 - $40.00
This used to be a favourite park, but there are a few issues. The worst was a new cable setup requiring a cable box. Our internal connections are all hidden and we were not prepared to do major alterations for one stay. Eventually we found a solution that was at the best workable. A better system is needed. About as bad is the park's lack of rules. There is no quiet time nor limit to vehicles, RVs, tents and people per site. On the weekend the locals arrive to sit, drink, talk loudly, and ignore their kids. There is no playground, so the streets and green areas are alive. The locals have booked the best sites for party weekends, which then sat empty on weekdays. On the other hand, the staff are helpful and pleasant. - BMonk
2930 Trans-Canada Hwy Victoria, British Columbia V9B 5T9 (map) | (250) 474-1336
Sites: 167 | Latest Rate: $27.00 | 4 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $27.00
If you want peace and quiet this is not the place for you. During the day both adults and children screaming and yelling. At night there were 3 different groups roaming the roads screaming at the top of their lungs. There is no way of contacting anyone in the position of authority enforce quiet time. It was so bad we ended up leaving a day early and chalked up the cost as a write off. - Laurie MCG
Sep 2015 - $18.00
When we checked into this park we discovered a number of campers were there already and park management had closed of 2/3 of the upper campground (large yellow, steel gates across the road). As a result, the only site we could find was a double one buried in the trees. Since it had been raining this was a cold, dark site. Also, we were now in the lower campground and a kilometer away from the shower house. There seemed to be no reason for this closure. We will not return to this campground. - Living Skies
May 2015 - $45.00
Love this camp ground!! So much to do! Awesome waterfalls and new playground for the kids and the outside theater always has something going on! The park is also very clean! - rosiemp


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|Reviews for Drunks, Lovers, Sinners, & Saints
| Canada chapter 1 . 3/30/2014
finish! pleeeeease :(
| harumad chapter 5 . 2/17/2012
Oh Please finish this or you will feel my wrath!
| RayanneQuewezance chapter 5 . 3/31/2010
Hands down best story iv read so far and i really look forward to you finishing it. :)
| QWE chapter 5 . 2/28/2010
Wow... I know you probably wont update... thinking its been about three years... But UPDATE... Awesome story
| QWE chapter 3 . 2/28/2010
I am really digging your stories... GOOD Shit
| Bob chapter 5 . 7/9/2009
Woah, you need to finish this. It's sweet!
| KB chapter 5 . 4/30/2009
I really enjoy this story so far and wish you would update! Your writing is great and I really like the way you put lyrics into different parts of the story.
| fini5 chapter 5 . 12/14/2008
i know its been way over a year now (almost two...sort of) since you have updated this, but i am still hanging on to a shred of hope that you will. the way you write these characters is amazing, and you show a side of alex that we never experienced on tv, but I always thought was there. the way you finished the last chapter left me wanting so much more (what do they call it? oh, that's right, a cliffhanger).
i really have no concrete, valid suggestions as to where to take this, except that i hope one day you will, and it will be in the form of palex at alex's place as the last chapter suggested.
or maybe you could kill someone. but that might be too obvious. though i think you have the talent to pull it off if you do wish to go that route.
| sabie15 chapter 5 . 10/27/2007
wow what a cliffhanger im so excited to see what will happen next
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| Doesn'tMeanMuch chapter 5 . 10/18/2007
Who, and there's the mind blower.
In retrospect, Ellie and Alex aren't that different and they could work, but that was totally unexpected and slightly "all my children" of you. I mean that in the best way possible.
Again, you get into these characters like no one else, and it's amazing, and I love how Paige was jealous. That's so...Paige, y'know?
Of course you know...
This hiatusing thing, I don't think it's going to work out too well.
We're going to have to change that.
| Doesn'tMeanMuch chapter 4 . 10/18/2007
And there you go.
You threw them together in the most honest way yet.
Paige and Alex, unlike Jay and Alex, do not work because of obligation. They work because the care about each other. Case and point, Alex snuffing out her cigarette. Beautiful little detail showcasing how much of a grip Paige has over her.
"...Like in the stories Grandpa read to her before he Went Away." That line hit me all too hard, but I don't really know why. It's so insignificant, but the way you put emphasis on those last two words made it hurt. Such a little detail that made this all the more real for me.
Again, beautiful beautiful writing but I never expect anything less.
| Doesn'tMeanMuch chapter 3 . 10/18/2007
This chapter alone should be reason enough for you to update, because you can't just give us info like that, with somebody who seems relatively important dying and Alex shot, and leave it hanging.
That is just downright harsh.
But beautiful writing though, the way you wave backstory, flashback, and awkward conversation between Alex and Jay all together into this...enigma.
Paige does seem like a stress-walker huh? I totally see that too. She's one of those people who has to do something, and avoid thinking to work things out, only to realize she hasn't worked anything out.
"She was ashamed of the relief that set in the moment he left."
I love that line. It seems like that's how she's spending this whole time at home, relieved when she's finally alone and not thrown into uncomfortable situations.
Loved it, as usual.
| Doesn'tMeanMuch chapter 2 . 10/18/2007
Hehe, I had a friend, who was completely and totally obsessed with Al Capone. She had the whole big shady Sicilian family thing going for her, and she'd pull the gangster shit all the time. We called her Capone.
Memories huh? That girl's gotten me beat up too many times and into too much trouble, but she 's still my best (and probably only) friend to this day.
Anyways, now that I'm done with memory lane,
I love how you balance this thing. First you've got that dark as fuck Alex storyline, and then the kind of happy and awkward excitement Paige's having about coming home. It's like first you knock me down and then you help me back up. Kind of a sweet and sour thing going on.
Poor Jay though, the guy's been trashed. I loved the backstory, you've clearly given it thought, and it sounds cool as hell. Exactly what I'd want to read.
and "...'that other Michalchuk kid'..."
...you got me laughing again there. That is how I have always seen him. Just the big blonde gay kid in the back who happens to be Paige's brother.
Awesome awesome job,
| Doesn'tMeanMuch chapter 1 . 10/18/2007
I am a procrastinator.
That is my only excuse for never reviewing this, but hey, better late than never huh?
Ok, well, nose to the grindstone now I guess, I'll get down to the actual review.
That was the best cliffhanger beginning. Ever.
With Jay and Alex, and you writing it, it had all the makings for perfection, and believe me, you achieved perfect status.
Jay and Alex's relationship, in my own warped opinion, feeds off of this obligation to each other. There are some people in life that you keep around because you've got have someone whose always got your back, and Jay is that for Alex.
You got that, and explained it, which I have to love you for.
It never ceases to amaze me at how well you can develop a character. It's like, you can get into their head, pick their brains, and write exactly, down to the fuckin wire, what they would do in a certain situation. Paige and her pothead roomate? That was awesome.
The ending, funny stuff man.
Damn this was good.
How was that for making up for taking months to review? This review is huge.
| Anon chapter 5 . 9/30/2007
So has this hiatus become a permanent one, or is there something the unwashed masses can do to convince you to return? Cause I'm loathe to fall for stories that then get dropped, but this one is a pretty enticing proposition, got all kinds of crazy interesting stuff going on and even more hinted at. Certainly something I'd enjoy seeing more of - powerful stuff, O.


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Chapter Three: Confirmations
I sat waiting in my car in the parking lot of the clinic that was situated just outside of town. I was trying to wait patiently, but every little sound I heard or every time a vehicle would pass by, I thought I would jump right out of my skin. When there came a knock on my window, I jumped out of my seat as I opened the door and climbed out.
"Thank you for coming with me." I tell her.
"Are you kidding? When you need me, I wouldn't be anywhere else." she hugs me tightly. "So are you ready for this?"
"Not really."
"Come on. I'll stay with you the entire time."
"Thank you." I tell her as we slowly walk towards the front door of the clinic.
As I reach out to open the door so that we can enter the building, Jessi's phone starts to ring. She pulls it out of her purse, glances at the Caller ID, and rolls her eyes.
"Is that my cousin?" I question her.
"Worse." she sighed as she clicked it on. "Yeah? I told you I was studying. What, are you checking up on me? I'm over eighteen. I have the right to do things without your permission. I'll be home later, all right? I'm not sure when. It all depends on how long it takes for me to get done. Bye."
"Overprotective family unit, I take it?" I question as she turns her phone off and puts it back into her purse.
"They won't disturb us anymore." she told me as we finally walk into the clinic.
I scanned the front room anxiously. It was filled with all teenage girls; some pregnant, some cradling a child. It was just so overwhelming that I felt the need to just run right out of there and never look back.
"Can I help you two?" a lady with a clipboard approached us. "Did you have an appointment?"
"No." Jessi tells her. "We just need a pregnancy test performed. You don't need an appointment for that, right?"
"Of course not." the lady smiled at us. "Pregnancy tests are performed down the hall. Go into the last room on the right, and ask for Allison."
"Thank you," Jessi told her and pulled me down the hall. "You looked like you wanted to run back there."
"I think I still do."
"You have to do this. You need to have a definitive test." I nodded as she led me into a room at the end of the hall and we spotted a girl sitting behind a desk covered in medical papers. "Are you Allison?"
"Yes I am." she smiled as she looked up at us. "Are you both here for a pregnancy test? Or just one of you?"
"It's just me." I finally speak up.
"I'm here for moral support." Jessi tells her.
"Well, there's nothing to be scared of. Everything that happens here is completely confidential." Allison looks at me. "Right now, I need you to go into the bathroom across the hall and give a urine sample."
"All right." I take the package with the plastic cup and go into the bathroom.
A half hour later, I'm sitting in a cushioned chair in an office as Jessi sits in the other cushioned chair right beside me. We're clutching each others' hands as we wait for the doctor to come back in with the results.
"Ok." the lady from the front building-Sue-came in followed by Allie; she said we could call her that. "The results are back, and they do indicate that you are, in fact, pregnant."
"I figured I was. I guess I just needed someone to tell me so that it would feel real." I told them as Jessi held me.
"It's going to be ok." Jessi assured me. "I'm here for you."
"And we'll be here for you as well if you let us." Allison told me as she handed me a thick book. "We give these to all the girls here. It helps you plan for your pregnancy and the baby's future."
"We want to help you pursue your dreams and goals despite the fact that you're pregnant." Sue told me. "No matter what you decide to do, we're here to help."
I tried to listen to them both give me reassurances and information for the next hour as my mind wandered to my family and Johnny. Telling Johnny would be hard enough, but telling my family would be even harder. My brothers were supposed to look up to me as a role model, but what kind of role model am I now that my future was uncertain? And when my aunt and uncle found out-I didn't even want to think about it. My Uncle Emilio always said that it was up to me to break the bad cycle that my mom had caused with my family. I was the one that was supposed to go on to college, get my degree and make something of myself. What would he say when he found out that I was pregnant? I didn't even want to think about it.
A couple hours later, Jessi and I are sitting on a bench at the park where we spent most of our childhood. We watch all the little kids running around carefree as their parents chased after them warning them to be careful. I couldn't help but think that could be me in a few years. Jessi wrapped her arm around me as I lay my head on her shoulder.
"It's going to be ok." she told me. "And I will be here for you one hundred percent."
"What about when your family finds out?" I ask her softly.
"Screw my family." she stated. "We have been friends since before pre-school. If they don't like it, then they can all go to hell."
"Thank you."
"What's going on?" we hear a voice behind us and I turn around to see Cristian standing over us. "Is everything ok?"
"Sure." Jessi tells him.
"Then explain to me why I'm getting phone calls from your family asking when you'll be done studying and when you're going to be home?"
"Baby, listen-"
"She was with me." I interrupt them. "I had an appointment."
"And you couldn't go to this appointment by yourself?"
"She needed moral support." Jessi told him.
"For what?"
"Because I had to find out if I was really pregnant or not after taking a home test." I blurted out, fed up with all the questions. "Are you happy now?"
"You're pregnant?"
"It was just confirmed." I wiped away my newly-formed tears. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything to your parents until I have a chance to tell my brothers and my mom when she's actually sober."
"Sure. Your secret is safe with me."
"I'd better go." I gathered my things and glanced at Jessi. "I'll call you later."
I came to as I hear voices murmuring all around me. I tried to focus on what they were saying as it all came back to me. I had arrived home during one of mom's 'episodes'. She found some pregnancy and parenting books that Jessi had gotten for me and figured it out. She confronted me as soon as I opened the door and we got into a big blowout. It was all still a little hazy, but I know that things were thrown until I blacked out. Where was I now? Did my brothers manage to get me to my bedroom? Was the baby ok?
"Is she awake yet?" I hear Ernesto as a door opens.
"Not yet." Julio answers him back.
"I called Alec. He's on his way."
"Did you tell him-"
"No. I think she should tell him."
"We still need to find Elija."
"I know."
"What's going on with Elija?" I finally ask as I slowly open my eyes.
I look around and see a pristine white room. I'm in a hospital bed with IV's connected to my arms and a monitor of some kind wrapped around my belly. My brothers Ernesto and Julio are sitting in the chairs on either side of the bed as they looked at me in concerned relief.
"Are you ok, sis?" Julio asks.
"I think so." I slowly sit up. "Where's Elija?"
"We don't know." Ernesto told me. "He hid when all the yelling started. We weren't able to find him before we got you out of the house and brought you here."
"You have to go back and find him." I stated firmly. "Check the crawl space in our room. It leads to the attic. He always goes there when she starts in on one of her rants."
Suddenly from out in the hall, we heard a lot of commotion and raised voices. We recognized one of the voices as Alec. Ernesto rushes out and returns a few moments later with him. Alec, upon seeing me in the bed, rushes to me and hugs me tightly.
"Are you ok?" he pulled back and looked me in the eyes.
"Fine. Just a little sore." I tell him.
"Oh. Sorry." he pulled back and took inventory of everything. "Sis, what is that around your stomach?"
"I-" I look to Julio and Ernesto and they take the hint and leave the room.
"Is that what I think it is?"
"You-You should probably sit." I point to the chair next to the bed.
"All right." he sits down. "I'm sitting. Now what's going on?"
"Alec," I look over at him. "I-I'm pregnant."
"Oh." he takes my hand. "How far along are you?"
"Almost two months." I say softly as I feel the tears burning at my eyes. "I'm sorry."
"It's ok." he sat beside me on the bed and held me. "I'm assuming this is why mom got upset at you?"
"Yeah. I don't remember it all."
"I do." Julio came in. "Ernesto went to go find Elija."
"What happened?" Alec demanded.
"I got home and she was already in one of her moods. I guess she found Lora's pregnancy books and figured it out. She started yelling at us asking if we knew. Then Lora got home and started in on her. They started screaming at each other. Then mom started throwing things at her stomach saying that she would get rid of it for her."
"I-I don't remember that happening." I say. "She really said that?"
"She said that if you didn't get rid of it, then you had to leave. She didn't want a slut living in her house."
"She's one to talk." I mumble. "At what point did I black out?"
"When she tried to throw a chair at you. You were on the floor at that time. You backed into the door and hit your head on the door knob. After you blacked out, Ernesto shoved mom out of the way and we got you out to your car and brought you here."
"What about the baby?" Alec asked.
"They ran tests when she was brought in, and they're watching the fetal monitor that's on her stomach."
"If you're ok for now, I'm going to go find the doctor."
"I'm ok." I assure him as he steps out of the room and Julio moved closer to the bed.
"So are you ok?" he asks me.
"Yeah." I glance at him. "I'm sorry you had to find out this way. I was going to tell all of you tonight. I guess it was stupid to leave those books lying around."
"We don't think any less of you. And just because you're going to have a baby, doesn't mean that you're going to end up like mom."
"I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the baby yet." I reveal. "I mean, abortion is out of the question. I would never destroy a life because of a mistake that I did. But I'm not really sure if I want to keep it either. I mean, I'm a teenager. I don't have the resources to take care of a baby by myself."
"I understand." Julio sat down beside the bed. "I'll be here for you, sis. No matter what."
"Thank you." I manage to smile at him as his cell phone goes off.
"It's Jessica." he tells me as he hands the phone to me. "She's probably looking for you anyway."
"Jessi?" I click it on.
"Lora! Thank god! Are you all right?"
"Not really." I sniffle. "Something happened. I'm in the hospital."
"Oh my god. I'm on my way. And Cristian's with me, so he's probably going to be coming with me as well."
"Ok. I'll see you both soon." I hang up and hand the phone back to Julio as the door opened and Alec came in with a doctor.
"Lora, I'm Dr. White. I was the one that examined you when you came in."
"Am I ok? And the baby?" I ask, close to tears again.
"We ran all the necessary tests and they all came back showing that the baby is ok at this point. But we would like to keep you overnight and run all the tests again in the morning and see how it is in the morning."
"Ok." I say softly.
"We're going to keep the fetal monitor on just in case. So for now, just stay relaxed and get some sleep."
"I'll try." I tell him as he leaves the room.
It was quiet in the room for awhile until the door burst open and Jessi came in followed by Cristian. Jessi rushed to the bed and embraced me gently.
"I can't believe she did this to you. Are you ok?"
"I'm all right." I tell her. "It was stupid of me to leave those books lying around."
"I should've just kept them with me until you were able to tell them all."
"And let your family think that they're yours if they found them? They already don't like that you're dating my cousin. They would've killed him over this."
"I would've taken one for the team." Cristian assured me and I smiled at him.
"This was no one's fault except mom's." Julio stated as the door burst open again and Elija ran into the room followed by Ernesto.
"You were right. I found him in the crawl space." Ernesto said as Elija climbed onto the bed beside me.
"Are you ok?" Elija hugged me.
"I'm ok." I smile at him.
"I got scared when mom started yelling. Then she was throwing things."
"Everything is going to be fine." Alec stated firmly. "First thing in the morning, I'm filing for temporary custody of all of you."
"Your place isn't big enough for all of us." I look over at him.
"His place is bigger than mom's house." Ernesto stated. "We could make it work."
"I need to get custody granted to me first." Alec told them as a nurse came into them.
"All right. Visiting hours are over now. I allowed it because you were all so worried, but you all have to leave so that Lora can get her rest."
"I'm staying." Alec stated as he looked at our brothers. "You three can go to my place for the night. Just don't mess it up."
"Come on, Squirt." Ernesto took his hand as Alec handed him the key. "We'll be safe tonight."
"You can take my car." I tell them. "Just be careful with it."
"I should get back home, too." Jessi stood up.
"Cristian, don't say a word to your parents." Alec told him. "We'll tell them in a few days after everything calms down a little bit."
"They won't hear it from me." he promised as he leaned down to give me a hug. "Get some rest."
"I will." I watched them all leave and Alec sat down in the chair by my bed again.
"Come on. Get some sleep." he turned out the light. "We'll deal with everything in the morning."
"I'll try." I sigh as I adjusted the bed and closed my eyes.
All I could think about, though, was what would happen in the morning. Would my mother pull all her old tricks and convince the judge that we should stay with her? I hope against all hope that Alec manages to get custody of us. I've wanted it to happen for years. It's just too bad that it takes my mother attacking me to make it happen. I finally drifted off, thinking about all the plans that I would have to start making. It was enough to stress me out, which is the one thing that I didn't need. Hopefully, the morning would bring good news for me and my brothers. That was the thought that I fell asleep to, thinking about how great it would be to stay with my big brother.


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July 2009
It's my birthday today! And I'm so freaking excited for it. I don't know, I just feel so happy and giddy when it's time for my birthday.
It's free period and Viv and I decided to go to the School Grounds. Our friends were already there, Mitch, Lily, Anne, Jake (Callum's blonde friend), Bea (old Middle school friend), Lisa (technically we're friends now) Reese (bi friend) and Callum (Mr. Blue eyes of course).
"Hey look! It's the birthday girl!" Jake announced too loudly.
I suddenly felt shy, because almost every pair of eyes at the Grounds were on me now.
We approached them quickly.
"How did you know?" I asked hurriedly.
"Vivian tipped us," Anne blurted out as Vivian elbowed her.
"What? VIVIAN CATHERINE FARRIS I told you, we'd tell them together, and as QUIETLY as possible, remember?" I whisper-yelled to her.
"Wow, you both have 'Catherine' as your second names? That's cool!" Reese pointed out.
"Yeah that's one of the reasons why we became BESTFRIENDS, isn't that right, Hilly?" She said as she turned me around away from them. "Oh quit whining, I know you like the attention anyway and besides, blue eyes is approaching in 3....2...1...." and then she walked away.
"Hey Hillary," He said.
"Hey Callum," I reply.
I knew for a fact everyone called him "Cal" now, but he never calls me "Hilly" anyway so I won't use his nickname for him.
"Happy Birthday," He says simply.
"Thanks." I managed to say. Oh dear it's simply impossible to not get lost in those mesmerizing blue eyes of his. Even is such a lame conversation as this. His eyes darted away, to somewhere behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Bea appraoching me.
"Hey Hilly! Happy Birthday!!" she says as she hugs me.
"Thanks," I say as I hug her back. I notice Callum can't take his eyes off of her. I tried not to frown. Oh come on it's my birthday. Why do I have to witness this?
Callum walks away and sits next to Jake and the others.
"Sucks doesn't it?" Reese says, suddenly beside me.
"What sucks?" I ask.
"Cal told us a few weeks ago that he liked Bea." Reese explained. Wow, and I thought he liked Lisa. Boy, was I wrong.
"Oh.....really.." Well what else can I say without letting any emotion giving me away?
"Yeah, but Bea's currently dating Logan."
"Wow, you mean Logan? The Smarty Pants Logan? That Logan?"
"Oh, that sucks." I say. I look back at Callum. He's playing his guitar as he sings a song, looking at Bea at some parts. They called Reese to continue since Callum forgot the next chords.
"Hey, what's up?" Vivian looked at me, obviously worried. Is my face THAT readable?
"Yeah, I, uh, I'll tell you later." I reply.
"Well okay. Come on Hilly, don't let anything ruin today. It's YOUR day remember?"
"I guess you're right." and with that I plastered a fake smile on my face and marched toward the place where our friends were.


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Title: Broken Windows and War Music
Rating: T
Author: Pink Freud
Disclaimer: I don't own ''Across the Universe'', any Beatles songs, or any of the characters. I'm a poor grad student who can't even afford strawberries. Gimmee a break.
A/N This is, in my opinion, not overly great, but it wanted to be written, so here you go. Please tell me what you think. Love you all muchly and think you are wonderful.
A rescue. That's what it was. An unlikely, yet wonderful intervention. Max was treading down a path of self-destruction, whether he acknowledged it openly or not. It was self-destruction masquerading as a free-spirited good time.
Max could never control his eyes. They always ended up revealing far too much about how he was truly feeling; often they showed an excessive, troubling vulnerability, which Max then covered up with sarcasm, defiance, and bad behavior.
There was going to be hell to pay, he realized. Max needed to explain to his parents exactly why he was dropping out of college, and that would be a truly ugly confrontation. Truth be told, Princeton wore him out. It was slowly eating away at his soul, small, delicate bites at a time. This Ivy League cage was gilded, full of snobby people trying to force everyone into their snobby, narrow mold. None of it was real and honest; all it promised was a comfortable life built on lies. It made Max sick to his stomach. And the natural reaction to all this discomfort, of course, was to drive golf balls through windows, to smash a tiny piece of fake perfection.
But then of course, he had to run. And he was out of shape.
There was always the chase, everything that Max detested following close at his heels and gaining in speed. There was something about this one particular night that slowed him down more than usual; Max wasn't exactly sure what it was. A heavy weariness had settled inside him, taking its toll. It might have been the terror of staring down an unknown future. Freedom, yes, there was that, but the world was suddenly too wide, and not welcoming at all.
And then there was an open door, flooding light out into the darkness. There was this damn kid with a smirk and dark hair standing like some damn doorman. Light. Safety. Everyone else was still running, heading off in another direction, but Max was soon inside, hiding. Protected. Warm.
And something about this guy with the crazy accent put Max immediately at ease. Jude was alone, from a foreign country; he was a stranger now in a strange land. But he looked so steady, somehow, with the light falling over his soft brown hair, and with that smile playing around the corners of his mouth. Max would soon come to wonder if that light he recalled in those moments around Jude like a halo was real or imagined. And then he would soon come to decide that it didn't matter, because, real or imagined, that light would always, always be there, wherever Jude was in his memory. A halo. An angel. A rescue.
And Max loved Jude, he really did. He tossed that word around a lot in his mind, trying to figure out if it was suitable, or appropriate, wondering if maybe he could come up with a better word, somehow. Or maybe not better, just less dangerous. But then he would see Jude, and there would be that smile, that warmth, that safety and that light, and yes, that was the perfect word, the only word, love was the best word for what this was.
Max brought Jude home with him, using the excuse of the holidays. Holidays always provide a lovely excuse to pull people closer to you, without necessarily having them think too much of it. You are supposed to be nice around the holidays. Nice and generous and hospitable. These were all safe, safe excuses for Max's restless and inexplicable need to pull Jude closer to him, because he was somehow afraid, deep down inside, that if he let his newfound friend get away, the light would vanish, and cold and infinite darkness and jagged fear would be all that remained for him. Jagged fear, and parents and ashes and Princeton and broken windows and fine china. Max couldn't face it all alone. He wasn't brave enough for all that.
And then Max's confrontation with his parents went better than expected, and he was almost giddy. He was so brave with Jude beside him, and in some moment at the table he acknowledged almost hesitantly to himself that if he had not been there, offering that support, it would have been so much colder and uglier a discussion. Instead of feeling absolutely crushed and bitter and saying terrible things that he would never be able to take back, Max was sarcastic and hopeful and full of a strange lightness. Fuck his dumb, pretentious family. Except for Lucy, of course, but she didn't belong with them anyway. Lucy was alright. But fuck Princeton too, and he wasn't gonna pay to fix that window, oh no. The world was wide, and suddenly welcoming, and he wasn't there all alone. Doors would open, Max was sure, like magic.
But then oh no, no, no—he was off to a place without light and safety, now. A dark and terrible foreign world illuminated only by fire and explosions. Soon after being dropped into this mess, Max came to realize that there was a sense of un-reality to war—some blinding, absurdist element. To be tossed from safety into an alternate dimension where you had to fast adapt to jungle and mud, heat and malaria and monsoon, bullets and grenades. Thousands of helicopters. Swarms and swarms of helicopters and endless marching. Unreal. Max spent a disoriented two days truly believing that it was all a strange, drug induced dream.
''Wake me up, Jude'' he'd find himself whispering.
Some nights Max would fall into a half-sleep and see things: memories and also hopes, glimpses of the future set to music.
He remembered that when Lucy was a little girl, she liked to mess with his stuff. She was a curious kid, always wanting to tag along and be like her big brother. She'd wander into his room when he wasn't around and go through his books and records and magazines. And Max hated this violation, because he wanted to have something in the whole damn perfect house that belonged just to him. ''Lucy, keep your hands off my things!'' he'd yell, making her cry and tear off looking for their mother to tell her what a horrible, mean person he was.
''I just want something that belongs to only me,'' was how Max wished he could explain it aloud, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to speak the words because to say them would admit some weakness, some need.
One morning, living in New York with Sadie, Max found Lucy and Jude in bed together. He had sensed that this would happen, ever since his sister arrived. Yet somehow, being directly faced with it was oddly different, and Max wasn't entirely sure why it made him feel so sick inside to see them that way, all wrapped around each other and looking so damned comfortable and safe and warm. And so he pushed past it all, saying ''she could do much better,'' all sarcastic and nonchalant and empty, and oh god it hurt to say it, the words felt like sandpaper. But they sounded appropriately cynical, and so it all worked out.
Inside, Max was screaming, screaming ''Lucy….keep your hands off my things!'' He choked back this bizarre rage, and it felt like trying to swallow cotton balls.
Now, again, he could hear helicopters in the distance, and Max knew that he was being pulled from sleep and memory. He tried desperately to hold himself inside dreams, clawing with his hands and finding only handfuls of mud.
Running, running, running. The sound of breaking glass, breaking forever, running, his own large eyes staring back at him in a mirror, haunted and sad, haunted forever, running. A door,
suddenly swinging open out of the darkness. A figure there, bathed in light, bathed in light forever. He was almost there, just a few more feet, and Max would be safe. But then, no, no, no…the vision and light and warmth evaporated completely and the harsh, grating music of war screamed him into consciousness.


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5 Delicious Juicing Combinations
It's a new year and we're deep into winter. Here in Seattle, the sky is overcast and the weather is mild and I can't help but dream about spring. Only a few more chilly months before we get a taste of some sunshine and crisp days. To beat the dreary weather and kick off the new year I've decided to focus on eating bright, vibrant food – and drinking it too!
Juicing is an excellent way to give your body a boost and a break. Juicing fresh organic produce allows your body to easily digest tons of nutrients and antioxidents while also allowing your digestive track to sit back and relax. By removing the fiber that your body is unable to digest, juicing makes many more nutrients available.
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Green Morning
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- Celery
- Lemon (peeled)
Carrot Cake
- Carrot
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- Ginger
- Coconut
Apple A Day
- Apple
- Pear
- Carrot
- Spinach
- Orange
The Big Beet
- Beet
- Carrot
- Ginger
- Orange
- Apple
Sunshine Juice
- Carrot
- Orange
- Turmeric
- Ginger
If you don't have a juicer, or prefer a heartier drink you can also try variations of these mixes in your blender. Make sure to add coconut water, milk, or yogurt for a more pleasant consistency when blending.
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Prime Oceanfront End Unit--View--Family-Friendly Cliffs Resort at Bargain Rates(7 Reviews)
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- Minimum stay:3 nights
- Sleeps:5
- Bedrooms:2
- Bathrooms:2
- Property type:Condo
- Internet:Yes
- Pets considered:No
- Wheel chair accessible:No
About the Property
2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Bathrooms, Sleeps 5
The Cliffs 7301 is spacious oceanfront unit on the 3rd (top) floor at the end of a building with a spectacular view. It encompasses over 1500 square feet of luxury, all dedicated to your comfort when you are not out enjoying the beauty of Kauai. It is ideal for groups of up to four adults or a family with children. Located on the spectacular bluffs of Princeville, on Kauai's North Shore, it affords every opportunity for exploring and enjoying this amazing island. The Cliffs resort amenities include beautiful pools, outdoor jacuzzis, barbecue grills, free tennis courts, a putting green (golf nearby), a childrens' play area with basketball and shuffleboard, and a book exchange library.
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Member since: 2000
Property Type
- Condo
- 1500 sq. ft.
House Rules
- Max. occupancy 5
- Children Welcome
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
- Guests Provide Their Own Meals
- Wheelchair Inaccessible
Bedrooms: 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 5
- Bedroom 1: 1 king
- Bedroom 2: 1 queen, 1 double
- Living Room: 1 sleep sofa /futon
- The master bedroom suite features a king-size bed, a 26' flat-screen TV with cable, a ceiling fan, a convenient desk and dressing area, a large closet, its own full bath, and a private lanai with views of both the mountains and the garden. Designed to be self-contained, the master bedroom can be closed off from the rest of the unit for privacy. A second spacious loft bedroom includes one queen and one extra-long double bed, dresser, TV, closet and desk area to accommodate additional guests....moreless
Bathrooms: 2 Bathrooms
Other Amenities
- The breezy living room is superbly furnished and has a 32' flat-screen color television with cable, Blu-ray DVD player, a stereo system with CD player and a ceiling fan. The living room has a wonderful view of the Pacific and opens onto a lanai for an even closer view, perfect for an early morning tropical breakfast or for whale-watching in winter months. The kitchen is very completely equipped for convenient meal preparation with dishes and flatware, pots and pans, utensils and gadgets you might need (coffee-maker, coffee grinder, blender, toaster, etc.). Washer/dryer, hair dryers, iron and ironing board, vacuum, and supplies for light cleaning are kept in the unit as well....moreless
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Games
- Games For Kids
- Music Library
- Ping Pong Table
- Radio
Satellite / Cable:
Excellent cable TV reception on all TV's (living room and both bedrooms)...moreless
- Budget
- Botanical Garden
- Caves
- Churches
- Library
- Playground
- Rain Forests
- Recreation Center
- Reefs
- Restaurants
- Waterfalls
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/Bank
- Fitness Center
- Groceries
- Massage Therapist
- Medical Services
Leisure Activities
- Beachcombing
- Bird Watching
- Horseback Riding
- Luaus
- Miniature Golf
- Photography
- Scenic Drives
- Shopping
- Shuffleboard
- Sight Seeing
- Walking
- Whale Watching
Location Type
- Beach
- Near The Ocean
Sports & Adventure Activities
- Basketball Court
- Cycling
- Deepsea Fishing
- Fishing
- Golf
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Pier Fishing
- Scuba Diving Or Snorkeling
- Snorkeling
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surf Fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Wind-Surfing
- Dining Area
- Seating for 4 people
- Alarm Clock
- Basic Soaps
- Ceiling Fans
- Clothes Dryer
Computer Available:
Computers are available in the main office for guest use; small fee is charged....moreless
- Hair Dryer
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Laundry Soap
- Linens Provided
- Paper Towels
- Parking
Parking Off Street:
Parking is normally available very near the steps to the unit's outside entrance....moreless
- Shampoo
- Telephone:
- Toilet Paper
- Towels Provided
- Washing Machine:
Wireless Internet:
Wireless access available in unit free to renters...moreless
- 4 Ring Stove
- Blender
- Coffee Grinder
- Coffee Maker
Cooking Utensils:
Extra conveniences for cooking include coffee maker, tea kettle, coffee grinder, blender, food processor...moreless
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Ice Maker
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Oven
- Pantry Items
- Refrigerator
- Stove
- Toaster
- Balcony
- Beach Chairs
- Deck / Patio
- Gated Community
Ocean bluff gazebo with barbecue grills and tables...moreless
Lanai / Gazebo:
Two covered lanais with tables and chairs -- your choice of ocean or mountain view...moreless
- Lawn / Garden
- Outdoor Grill
- Outdoor Grill Gas
- Patio
- Porch / Veranda
- Small Cooler
- Tennis Court
- Unscreened Porch / Veranda
RatesCurrency Conversion
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Apr 16 - Jun 1, 2017
3 night min stay
Jun 2 - Sep 30, 2017
3 night min stay
My Standard Rate
3 night min stay
Additional information about rental rates
- Cleaning $125 + tax
- Tax Rate 13.42%
Fall ............ $850/week
Spring .......... $900/week
Summer& Winter .. $950/week
$145-$165/Night For Extra Nights or Shorter Stays (3 Night Minimum).
Holiday period rates slightly higher.
Hawaii Tax Registration ID: W40954642-01
Extra Maid Service May Be Arranged at the Resort at Renter's Own Cost.
Deposit of $200 per rental week or short stay required to confirm.
Full Balance due 30 days prior to check-in.
All payments by check or money order.
Owner's cancellation policy:
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Hanalei Bay
- Attraction
- 4.4 miles to rental
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Kilauea Lighthouse
- Attraction
- 6.9 miles to rental
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Kalalau Trail
- Attraction
- 11 miles to rental
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- Attraction
- 71 miles to rental
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Anini Beach Park
- Attraction
- 5.7 miles to rental
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- Attraction
- 43 miles to rental
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Ha'ena State Park
- Attraction
- 11 miles to rental
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Tahiti Nui
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- 3.7 miles to rental
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- Attraction
- 18 miles to rental
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Ke'e Beach
- Attraction
- 11 miles to rental
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Hanalei Valley Lookout
- Attraction
- 1.2 miles to rental
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Princeville Golf Course -- CLOSED
- Attraction
- 2.0 miles to rental
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Car: Necessary
This beautiful oceanfront condo is our 'home away from home.' We maintain it so our guests will be completely comfortable whether staying for only a few days or several weeks. In addition to the comforts of the condo interior and the spectacular ocean view, guests enjoy all the resort amenities at The Cliffs--even assistance from their friendly staff for planning island activities. Discounts are offered to Cliffs guests on the adjacent Princeville golf courses. It's the perfect place for experiencing the paradise that is Kauai in five-star resort comfort!
Other Activities: Shopping, Kayaking, Playgrounds, Basketball, Shuffleboard, Tropical Gardens, snorkeling, boogie boarding.
Golf: This stunning, family-friendly unit is just blocks from one of Hawaii's top-rated golf courses. Golf discounts are offered to guests at The Cliffs.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 1985
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Enjoy morning coffee at sunrise on the lanai
See the ocean from the comfort of the living room couch or loveseat.
Large Master BR Suite has full bath, desk, dresser, sitting area & private lanai
Lovely pool and spa area at The Cliffs
Air-conditioned Fitness Room in the Recreation Building is free to guests!
Play Area includes shuffleboard,kids climbing structure & 1/2-court B-ball.
Putting Green at The Cliffs
Play or walk alongside the stunning Makai Course just a few blocks away.
Snorkeling is terrific all along the North Shore.
Flaming Tropical Sunrise and Sunset Views--this one from our Lanai
Lovely Living and Dining Areas with Ceiling Fan and terrific Ocean View
Kitchen and Living Room-side Lanai -- enjoy the view and the balmy breeze!
Cheery loft bedroom with desk, closet, dresser, TV great for 2nd couple or kids
Two outdoor jacuzzis -- this one in an adults-only quiet area behind the pool.
Newly remodeled recreation room with library, big-screen TV and lounge.
Beautiful tennis courts also free for guests.
The Cliffs Bluff-top Resort Location can't be beat.
Great Nearby Swimming and Snorkeling Beaches
You might even see the happy Hanalei Surfing Dog!
Or enjoy sunset views like this from the private lanai off the Master Bedroom
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Date last modified - Thursday, May 25, 2017
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The original Cooltube is an air-tight, fully sealed clear glass tube with a lamp mounting bracket in its centre. It's perfect for removing the excess heat generated by HID grow lights without leaking unpleasant odours.
Air is usually pulled (but can be pushed) over the lamp by adding an extractor fan to one side of the tube, the hot vented air is then expelled away from the growroom and plants. They're very effective, somewhere in the region of 70-80% of heat is removed, but due to the shape of the reflector the spread of light they give off is not the best. The Goldstar is also fully sealed and gives a much better spread of light, but is quite a bit more expensive.
Reflector Measurements (approx):
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Width: 12.5cm
All of our grow light systems are supplied with Sunmaster Dual Spectrum lamps and your choice of three ballasts, please make your selection from the dropdown above:
Compact Ballasts (analog) - These have been our go to ballasts for over 10 years, and are still one of the most reliable ballasts on the market, they just work really well and come with a 5 year guarantee on the 600W version, 3 years on the other 250W, 400W and 1000W versions.
Sunmaster Hobby 600W Dimmable Ballast. Dimmabale to 250W, 400W and boostable to 660W, the Sunmaster Hobby is a great digital ballast at a good price.
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That mostly depends on the wattage of each light, but here are some rough guidelines:-
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These are guidelines only, there are many variables including the length of your ducting and the amount of bends in it (the longer this is, the less overall air gets moved), the type and age of carbon filter if used and the intake airflow. If you're still not sure what you will need, give us a call and we'll talk you through it on the phone.What's the best ducting to use with Cooltubes?
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Pakistan's welcome mild for Musharraf
Mon., March 25, 2013, midnight
KARACHI, Pakistan – When he left Pakistan in 2008, he was seen as a dictator who shunned democracy in a country that wanted to embrace it. On Sunday, former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned to his homeland after four years of self-imposed exile, hoping that a nation readying itself for historic parliamentary elections would hail his momentous return.
But as he stepped off the plane at Karachi's international airport, he came back to a very different nation – one that has no interest in bringing back military rule, and appears to have little if any appetite to give a onetime autocrat a major spotlight on the political stage.
"He has a lot of misunderstanding about his political standing in Pakistan," said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a leading Pakistani political analyst. "He has high hopes, but the political realities have changed in Pakistan. If he contests the elections, maybe he gets elected to parliament, or one or two people from his party get elected. But with two or three people in the legislature, you can't really do that much. So I don't think he's going to be an important player in Pakistani politics."
The 69-year-old former president and army chief arrived in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and its commercial capital, in the early afternoon after leaving Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Though he faces criminal charges linked to the assassination of a former prime minister and the slaying of a Baluch nationalist leader, the most immediate peril confronting him is the Pakistani Taliban, who say they have assembled suicide bomb squads to kill him.
Greeting him at the airport was a small but vocal crowd of several hundred supporters, many of them dancing and waving green flags and banners with his image. Musharraf's aides had expected tens of thousands of backers to show up at the airport. Later in the afternoon, he spoke to the crowd, portraying himself as a savior risking his life for the sake of his homeland.
"People said I wouldn't come back and would be afraid. But I fear only God," Musharraf told the crowd. "Risking my life, I have returned because people wanted me to come back and save Pakistan."