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The four-times 250cc world champion Max Biaggi has announced his retirement from motorcycle racing.
The 41-year-old Italian, who also won the World Superbike Championship twice, made the announcement at a press conference organised at Rome's Vallelunga circuit, where he began his career.
Biaggi said: "I've chosen to quit and, unlike others, it's not because of physical issues or because I haven't found a competitive bike. I've turned down a contract with Aprilia that was identical to the one I had this year, with the same bike, for the same money.
"I believe I've missed enough time with my children and my partner already, and I think it's right that I dedicate myself to them because time flies and I can't stop that. I'm not some old politician, attached to my chair; it's only fair that I make way for the youngsters."
On Wednesday morning Biaggi pre-empted his media briefing by tweeting: "It is a new dawn for me today, nothing will be like it was before. Onwards and upwards, though!"
Known as 'The Roman Emperor', Biaggi rode his first grand prix season at the age of 20 in 1992 and went on to win 29 races and four straight titles in the quarter-litre category with Aprilia and Honda.
Biaggi's rivalry with his countryman Valentino Rossi raised the popularity of the premier 500cc category from 1998, as the two Italians beckoned in the MotoGP era.
Biaggi, forced to sit out the whole 2006 season as Dani Pedrosa took his position, soon switched to the World Superbike Championship and won on his debut in Qatar, for Alstare Suzuki. Biaggi returned to Aprilia to claim a single win in 2009, before taking his first World Superbike title in 2010 and wrestling the crown back from Carlos Checa at Magny-Cours last month.
The search is now on for a new team-mate for Aprilia's Eugene Laverty, with the 2013 season starting at Phillip Island in February.


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text: Home Gallery Video Norton Fan Falls for Hoff Norton: Fan Falls for Hoff Does the Hoff get his way? You decide. Published on Sep 28, 2010 Editor's Pick Personal privacy issues get personified in this latest for Norton's Allow vs. Deny campaign out of Leo Burnett Chicago. Protect your precious possessions like a fan, or unicorn, from the Hoff or Dolph Lundgren, in some pretty ridiculous scenarios. Check out the videos here, or, on the Every Click Matters site,make the decision yourself on whether to allow or deny the B-listers their fun. Rate this Ad You must be registered to rate the ad. Please Login or Register Now About CreditsDateSep 28, 2010Agency:Leo Burnett ChicagoClient:NortonCreative Director:Jon WyvilleCreative Director:Dave LoewCreative Director/Art Director:Reed CollinsCreative Director/Copywriter:Bob WinterExecutive Producer:David MooreProducer:Topher CochraneProduction Company:HSI ProductionsDirector:Ryan EbnerVFX Company:Mass MarketEditorial Co.:Whitehouse ChicagoEditor:Matthew WoodMusic Company:Human CategoryWeb FilmWebsite Latest Creativity News on Ad Age Patrick Dempsey Signs With Independent, Phang and Alicajic Join Committee L.A. It's 'Food, Not Boobs' in Carl's Jr. and Hardees' Brand Refresh WeChat Made Addicted Users Go Cold Turkey For 12 Hours and Filmed Everything Related work Norton: Santa Got Secure Grey San Francisco Norton: Raise Your Voice Against Cyber Bullying Grey San Francisco Norton: The Most Dangerous Town on the Internet Grey San Francisco


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Controversial! Fun And Also Games! First Comic Book related blog to be featured in the Australian National Library's Pandora archive. 2016 Rondo Award nominee. Pop culture, music, film and comic book expert. Would be willing to write for biscuits.
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Potted Review: Joe Kubert - Man Of Rock
As anyone knows I rarely do reviews - why? I don't get sent copies of books nor do I get paid for them, unlike some other web-sites you see that are dedicated to reviewing comics (the difference is they'll not tell you that Marvel, DC, Image etc etc send over books and a little cash on the side for someone telling the world that an item is worth reading). I do get asked to do reviews from time to time and I consider them carefully, but each and every review I do, unless I state otherwise, is because I like a book and I've gone out and bought it. Having said that I'll be damned if this isn't one of the best comic book biographies I've read since Bill Schelly's tome on Otto Binder. Schelly has a unique gift when it comes to writing these books, and that gift is showing the rest of us how these books should read. He's set the bar high with his previous volumes and this is no exception - it's a book that anyone and everyone who has even a passing interesting in what makes a comic book artist what they are needs to own and read.
Much like Jim Mooney, George Tuska and others Kubert was there at the birth of the modern comic book as we know it in the late 1930s. Kubert has since forged a career that has grown without him ever losing his touch, his art has evolved into the highly detailed, highly realistic style that is instantly recognisable - you know if something has been drawn by Kubert even without seeing the credits. Snaffled up by DC early in his career he became the defining artists for many of their war titles, but, oddly enough, he didn't touch the superhero titles all that much other than becoming the definitive artist for Hawkman, but then, as has already been noted, once Joe worked on a title his work was definitive from then onwards.
With brilliant descriptions of the working environment at DC, Kuberts own Joe Kubert School Of Cartooning (formed in the late 1970s and still going strong) and Kubert's own personal works of recent years, this is a book which the highest recommendation really isn't enough. If there's a flaw, and like all books there is, it's the lack of colour images, but other than that this book once again sets the benchmark that other biographers (and I include myself in this) should reach but never will. Forget the over sized glossy books that have more to do with reprinting images than actual content, forget the hardcovers that are all surface gloss and no substance, this volume is the real deal and what biographies of comic book artists should read like - entertaining, authoritative and rich in content.
Go and buy one today - comic book shops should have copies, if not then buy one direct from Bill, just get it, read it and I assure you, you'll enjoy it.
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Dan, You couldn't be more correct about this book it is superb. I am sold on the Binder book after reading this, and will have to pick it up. Pat Ford
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I met Joe back in the mid seventies at the Detroit Triple Fan Fare Comic Convention that was at the time being ran by Greg Theakston.
Mike Nasser was also there. Joe had just started up his school and was pushing it then.
He is probably my favorite comics artist, even a better Tarzan artist than Frazetta himself, and Sgt. Rock is in my opinion, the only war comic that was ever worth looking at. He defined the genre and no one has even come close.
Neal Adams is often lauded as the best comics artist ever, but he is a far second place to Joe Kubert, the true best comics artist ever. I challenge anybody to disagree.
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City urged to unite despite fortune stick's bad omen
Sha Tin temple ceremony predicts year of disharmony
Hongkongers have been urged to remain united and confident about the future despite the Year of the Ox being defined by the worst possible fortune stick during a Taoist ceremony yesterday at Sha Tin's Che Kung temple.
It is the second time in the past decade that a similar stick has been drawn during the ceremony on the second day of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Lau Wong-fat, chairman of rural affairs body the Heung Yee Kuk, drew the unlucky fortune stick No 27, which was also drawn in 1992 in the Year of the Monkey.
That was the year that the last governor, Chris Patten, arrived in Hong Kong and the year 21 revellers were killed during a (western) New Year's Eve stampede in Lan Kwai Fong.
Patrick Ho Chi-ping, former secretary for home affairs, drew No 83 six years ago in 2003 in the Year of the Goat, a prediction of plagues and economic turmoil.
That became a reality with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome and the economic slump that followed. With yesterday's fortune stick interpreted as signifying possible conflicts between the government and its people, fung shui master James Lee Shing-chak called on the administration to communicate with people to avoid misunderstandings.
The government should also listen to community views, particularly when it involved construction of major infrastructure projects, Mr Lee said.
'Che Kung's predictions are very accurate,' Mr Lau said.
'It is a warning to all of us that only a harmonious society with people staying united can enable us to get through our challenges.'
But Secretary for Development Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she hoped people would not take the fortune-telling too seriously.
'What is important for us is to stay confident and be optimistic about the challenges ahead,' she said.
'As Mr Lau said, it reminds us to work together, pushing for economic development and creating local job opportunities.'
The unlucky stick No 27 relates to the story of Qin Shihuang, the first Qin dynasty emperor who initiated the giant and costly Great Wall construction which sparked widespread opposition among his people.
According to the fortune-teller, surnamed Lee who 'read' Mr Lau's stick No 27 at the Taoist temple, the stick indicated that Hongkongers should be cautiously optimistic about the year.
However, the fortune-teller said the city could not isolate itself from the economic turbulence affecting the rest of the world.
Fung shui master James Lee said, however, the government should listen to public opinion in relation to large infrastructure projects.
'As with the construction of the Great Wall, people may disagree with a project despite the fact that it could be of great benefit later,' he said.
Mr Lee also warned of opposition among Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's policymakers.
The government is facing difficulties arising from the global financial crisis and unemployment, and is under fire for its postponement of political reform discussions until later this year.
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Camino Real Polanco Mexico is centrally located in Mexico City, walking distance from Museo Rufino Tamayo and close to Museo de Arte Moderno. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Parque Zoologico de Chapultepec and Castillo de Chapultepec.
Make yourself at home in one of the 712 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and plasma televisions. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 8 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Continental breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
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Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and express check-in. This hotel has 22 meeting rooms available for events.
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Britain is banking on a bumper year for tourism in 2012. The Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee provide two compelling reasons for people at home and from abroad to harvest a premium crop of special events, and also discover what else the UK has to offer holidaymakers.
VisitBritain is expecting more than 30 million people to travel to these shores this year and that they will make the tills ring to the tune of £17bn while they're here. Although the number of inbound visitors is likely around the same as in 2011, the national tourism agency reckons that would be a good outcome considering the unpredictability of the global economic climate.
Sandie Dawe, chief executive of VisitBritain, believes 2012 will provide "an unprecedented opportunity" to showcase the UK as never before. She's confident it will "revitalise mature markets and help us get Britain on the destination wishlist of first-time visitors from growth markets such as Brazil, China, India and Russia". That's if they can get through passport control at Heathrow, of course.
Yet, for tourism chiefs, the emphasis isn't just on inbound visitors. Sarah Long, head of corporate communications at VisitEngland, believes that as Britain goes under the spotlight people living here will take a closer look at what's on their own doorsteps. "Some fantastic events are taking place up and down the country, many of them free," she says. "There'll be celebrations where the Olympic torch overnights, and there's the Cultural Olympiad, with events like the art installation along the length of Hadrian's Wall [part of the London 2012 Festival]. Hopefully, this will inspire us to take breaks in this country."
But will we be expected to reach deeper in our pockets just because of the Olympics are being held here? Ms Long maintains that although prices will be driven by demand, there will still be plenty of choice. "We market England as very good value, we don't say it's cheap. In research 78 per cent of those surveyed said it was good or excellent value for money," she says. To encourage holidaymaking whatever your budget, Visit England has launched great2012offers.com, a website detailing thousands of special deals, from accommodation to attractions to performances, with discounts of 20.12 per cent or more, which will run until the end of the Paralympic Games on 9 September.
There is also plenty to do in England, Scotland and Wales that isn't directly related to the Diamond Jubilee or the Olympics. In fact, if you head to Llantwyrd Wells in Wales from 17 August to 2 September you can thumb your nose at the Olympics by attending the first World Alternative Games (01591 610270; worldalternativegames.co.uk; free). The quirky programme offers spectators the thrill of witnessing unlikely sports such as bog snorkelling, wife carrying and Pooh sticks.
Meanwhile, at Sudeley Castle (01242 602308; sudeleycastle.co.uk) in Gloucestershire, Katherine Parr, rather than Elizabeth II, will be the centre of attention. This stately pile was where the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived and died. The 500th anniversary of her birth will be marked with historical, literary and musical events until 28 October.
Other festivities taking place in Britain this year include celebrations of Charles Dickens' bicentenary, which will continue throughout 2012 in the south of England. The Great Expectations Festival runs from 22 June to 1 July at various locations in Portsmouth (portsmouthfestivities.co.uk). It features literature, music, film, theatre and exhibitions.
Coleridge Cottage (01278 732662; national trust.org.uk/Coleridge-cottage), the home of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is now open at Nether Stowey in Somerset after a £175,000 restoration project by the National Trust that has breathed 18th-century life back into the building.
The work of Lincolnshire local boy Sir Isaac Newton will be celebrated at The Gravity Fields Festival (01476 406158; gravityfieldsfestival.co.uk) in Grantham from 21-28 September.
The spectacularly rejuvenated National Museum of Scotland (0300 123 6789; nms.ac.uk) in Edinburgh attracted 1.5 million visitors last year, making it the nation's most popular draw. This summer's big exhibition celebrates Catherine the Great, and includes loans from the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
Major new attractions in England include two maritime greats. The tea clipper Cutty Sark (020-8858 4422; rmg.co.uk) reopened last month, following a £50m restoration, five years after the devastating fire. And Southampton's SeaCity Museum (023 8083 3007; seacitymuseum.co.uk) opened its doors in April, including an exhibition about RMS Titanic to mark the 100th year since the liner sank.
In London, the 19th-century landmark Café Royal (020-8253 6513; hotelcaferoyal.com; doubles from £400 per night) is being transformed into a five-star hotel, due to open this summer. The Grill Room, a favourite hangout of celebrities since the days of Oscar Wilde, will be preserved along with other Grade I-listed areas of the building. The transformation will form part of a remodelling of the southern end of Regent Street.
Finally, Britain has put together a world-beating new attraction as the final stretch of the Wales Coast Path (walescoastpath.gov.uk) is officially opened, offering 870 miles of scenic possibilities.
All these new attractions and events can provide the centrepiece for a memorable holiday at home – and there's more where they came from. So, whether you're headed into the towns, countryside or coast, read on for inspiring ideas on how to create your own Great British Escape...
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Pianist Mauricio Nader has returned to his Alma Mater to present a concert and master class by invitation of the UH Moores School's A.I. Lack Master Series. Today, he joins host St.John Flynn in the Geary Performance Studio to share some of his rich musical heritage. Mr. Nader plays pieces by Mexico composers, in honor of the 200th Anniversary of his country's independence.
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(Reuters) - Juventus went top of Serie A with a 2-0 victory at Livorno on Sunday while Sinisa Mihajlovic was denied a winning start as Sampdoria coach when his 10-man team conceded a goal from the last kick of the game to draw 1-1 with Lazio.
Fernando Llorente and Carlos Tevez were on target as champions Juve jumped into first place ahead of unbeaten AS Roma's home game with Cagliari on Monday.
Juve have 34 points from 13 games, two more than Roma, after recording their fifth successive league win without conceding a goal.
Napoli, beaten 1-0 by Parma on Saturday, are third on 28 while Inter Milan are fourth, a further two points behind, after drawing 1-1 at Bologna.
Llorente fired Juve in front with a superb volley in the 63rd minute and then laid the ball off for former Manchester City and Manchester United forward Tevez to rifle home 12 minutes later.
The volatile Mihajlovic took charge of his first Sampdoria match five days after quitting following 18 months in charge of Serbia.
He returned to coaching in Italy almost exactly two years after leaving Fiorentina amid protests by the club's supporters that included ethnic taunts.
On a soggy pitch, third from bottom Sampdoria had Nenad Krsticic sent off 18 seconds into the second half for a nasty lunge on Cristian Ledesma but eighth-placed Lazio, without an away win all season, failed to take advantage.
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Given what we know of Ceausescu's Romania, the Orwellian penetration of the state into every corner of daily life, the mildly comic, wistful tone of this portmanteau of short dramas seems puzzling.
Then again, it's a bit much to demand that outrage persists unabated 20 years on, and Mungiu and his colleagues are more interested in the obverse of totalitarian rule – the way that human desires and foibles inevitably penetrate the state, mocking the rules and dimming the fear. The five stories are all apparently based on urban myths of the time: a village driven mad by the demands of an official party visit; a sexually frustrated lorry-driver tempted to petty crime; lives made tolerable by scams and favours and knowing when to look the other way. The problem is that in pursuing the comedy of banality, the film ends up being, just at times, a tiny bit banal.
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Seven Sleepless Nights by WeasleyForMe
With swirling thoughts and a hectic schedule, Hermione finds herself unable to sleep. When George shares his secret with her and keeps her company, she finds another, sweeter reason to stay up late.
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It was difficult to determine the precise reason, but Hermione had been unable to sleep for a full night in weeks. She equated it to stress. There were too many things going on around Hogwarts this year, and very few of them were pleasant. Everything had been going well enough with Dumbledore's Army, but of course that only really served as a reminder that they were on the brink of war. And, not only did she have to worry about studying for OWLs, she also had to watch her every step around the castle with Professor Umbridge on the prowl.
As she turned over in her four poster bed in the Gryffindor dormitory, Hermione rubbed the back of her hand which had been torn apart during detention the previous week. Professor Umbridge had made her write "I will not speak out" until her eyes were brimmed with unshed tears and her teeth were chattering in pain. All the while, the customized quill sliced gashes deep into her flesh. Harry had been right about the pain; she still felt tinges of soreness, even after a week of soaking in Essence of Murlap.
Sleep would not be coming readily, and suddenly the column of moonlight streaking in through the window forced her the rest of the way awake. Hermione sat up in her bed, letting her feet hit the cold floor next to her slippers. She quickly stuffed her toes into the fuzzy warmth while she stood and pulled her light blue robe over her matching shirt and pyjama pants.
As she grabbed her Transfiguration text from her night stand, she turned to see that Lavender's bed was empty. Undoubtedly she was off snogging Ron, and Hermione hated the thought of it. She was over him, there was no doubt in her mind, but she loathed the way they had to flaunt it in front of her face. He had, in many ways, chosen Lavender over her, and their friendship was suffering.
With a quick pause, Hermione reached under her pillow for her wand. If Ron and Lavender were snogging in the Common Room, she would at least have the proper means with witch to hex them. With a small smile she headed down the stairs into a completely empty Common Room and took a seat on a large crimson loveseat and started to read.
She had read two full chapters before the clock on the mantle chimed one o'clock in the morning on Monday, startling her from the pages. She set down the book and stretched her arms just as she heard footsteps coming from the stairs that led from the boys' dormitory. As soon as she saw a flash of red hair, she drew her wand, but she was relieved to see that it was George instead of Ron who emerged.
"Hey, Hermione," George said carefully. He had come to a complete halt when he saw that she had pulled her wand on him.
With a small chuckle, Hermione tucked her wand back into her robe pocket. "Hi, George."
Nervously, without moving fully into the Common Room, George asked, "What are you doing up so late?"
Hermione smiled at him. "Well I'm tired, but I can't seem to sleep."
"I know what you mean. There's just too much going on this year for me to get my brain wrapped around everything." George shifted uncomfortably where he stood. He didn't like the idea of anyone catching on to what he had been doing for the past few weeks.
Raising an eyebrow, Hermione asked, "What are you hiding behind your back?"
George swallowed guiltily. "Nothing." It was just his luck to stumble upon a Prefect in the middle of the night.
"What is it? I swear I'm not going to turn you in for anything," she promised. "Especially if you're doing something that will irritate Umbridge."
Grinning, George pulled a broom out from behind his back and held up his other hand. "You promised, Granger!"
Hermione returned his smile and stood to check out the broom. "That's not even your broom."
"How did you know that?"
"This is a Nimbus, and you have a Cleansweep," she answered, still examining the broomstick.
George looked quite surprised that Hermione knew which type of racing broom he owned. "Right you are. But how did you know?"
Hermione crossed her arms and huffed. "I pay a bit more attention to Quidditch than most people think I do." When she noticed George's eyes go wide, she realized that by crossing her arms, she had managed to pull her thin night shirt a little lower and taut across her chest. Blushing, she wrapped her robe around herself and tied it in place. When she managed to meet his eyes again, she was somewhat relieved to see him blushing as well, having seen a bit more of her than any other boy at Hogwarts.
George cleared his throat three times before saying, "I just never took you for a big Quidditch fan. And well, now, that's all I'm allowed to be. A fan."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about the Quidditch ban," Hermione told him sincerely. "Does Umbridge still have your broom?" she asked, turning back to the loveseat and curling up in one corner.
She watched as George pouted, and she realized it was kind of cute. He set the broom on the floor and followed suit, taking a seat at the end opposite Hermione. "Yes, that bloody awful woman still has my broom chained up along with Fred's and Harry's. Can you imagine? She actually put a nail through Harry's Firebolt and chained it to her wall!"
Hermione chewed her lower lip, hoping to change the subject. She knew how much the boys missed playing Quidditch. "Well whose broom is that, and why do you have it?" she questioned, gesturing to the Nimbus on the Common Room floor.
George raked his hand through his already messy hair; nobody knew about his secret, other than Fred. He wasn't sure why exactly, but he felt like it wouldn't be bad to share it with Hermione. "It's Ginny's broom. I've been sneaking out at night, taking a few laps around the Quidditch pitch and then heading back to the dorms to sleep."
Hermione cocked her head, slightly confused. She obviously still didn't quite grasp George's need to borrow a broom and sneak around well into the night.
George sighed and scooted a little closer to her. "Close your eyes and imagine this," he told her, and she obeyed. "You are in the library one day, and you're just having a bloody awful day. Well, suddenly, Malfoy comes at you out of nowhere, and he does something to really make you angry. Like perhaps he steals your homework and threatens to burn it up so you have to re-do all of your hard work. So, you retaliate, just like any Gryffindor would, and you send a nasty little hex his way. But, what you didn't know was that Umbridge saw you do it, and she in turn takes away all of your library privileges."
Hermione's eyes snapped open, and she was face to face with a very serious looking George. "I get it. She took away the one thing that gives you the most enjoyment, the thing that allows you to express yourself and makes you happy without fail."
With a nod, George settled back into the cushions once more, satisfied that Hermione understood why he needed to borrow Ginny's Nimbus.
"I'm really sorry, George… Hey wait a moment, are you making fun of me for enjoying the library?" Hermione asked, eyes narrowed.
George burst into sudden laughter, causing Hermione to smile a little. "Only if you're making fun of me for enjoying flying."
"Never," she whispered with a grin.
"Then you just keep enjoying your books." George stood and winked. "Say, why don't you come with me? We can do some laps around the castle."
"Me? Fly with you?" she asked, fully perplexed.
"Yeah, come on. Grab a coat," he told her as he bent down to pick up the broom.
Hermione giggled and shook her head. "I don't really do flying, but perhaps another night? Let me sleep on it."
George pretended to pout. "Well if you're still up this late, you probably won't sleep on it at all!"
"Just go enjoy your flight, George," she told him, biting her lower lip. "And your secret is safe with me."
"Good night, Hermione," George whispered just loudly enough for her to hear as he disappeared through the portrait hole.
Before returning to her Transfiguration text, Hermione stared dreamily out of one of the tall windows, trying to catch a glimpse of someone flying past.
Well I had been wanting to start this story for awhile, and I hope you all enjoy it. If you have any thoughts or ideas for the upcoming six chapters, let me know! I'd love to hear from you!
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OwlTeacher.com Arriving in New York Harbor! OwlTeacher.com Eventually, the water calmed as the ship steamed into New York harbor. To prepare for landing, steerage passengers got dressed in their finest clothes. From the harbor, the steamship sailed up the Hudson to a pier where first and second-class passengers, usually natives returning home, debarked. OwlTeacher.com Their passage through immigration was quick and courteous. While these passengers where being cleared off the boat, steerage passengers ________________________________. OwlTeacher.com Working a 12-hour day, Ellis Island employees could process __________ immigrants. But some days, 2 or 3 times that many arrived and had to wait on board the ships that they traveled in. OwlTeacher.com Finally Debarking Immigrants were harshly commanded to hurry. Bulky in their layers of clothing, carrying infants, bedding, pots and pans, even cuttings from a home vineyard to plant in America, they scrambled from the ship. 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OwlTeacher.com Worrying During all the hours they were waiting on the ferry, there was plenty of time to _______________: Will I get in? Will all of us get in? Even the child who keeps rubbing her eyes? Will we find a place to live? Will I find work? OwlTeacher.com When immigrants were not obsessed with such worries, they had plenty of time to rehearse their answers to the questions they knew would soon be asked of them. "I am a tailor." "I am a carpenter." "My husband will meet me." "No, I do not have a job waiting for me." "I have 23 rubles with me." "No, I did not buy my own ticket myself, my uncle sent it to me. My uncle lives in Chicago." OwlTeacher.com Landing on Ellis Island Finally, landing on the island, immigrants were lined up in front of the main door, to stand under an enormous metal canopy that was about 50 ft. wide. Manifest lists Immigrants waiting to enter the building were formed into groups by manifest numbers. OwlTeacher.com Directly inside the entrance there was a stairway. Immigrants could leave heavy baggage on the ground floor while they went upstairs for questioning and processing. They left their baggage with a prayer for its safety; _________________________________ _________________________________ ________________________________. OwlTeacher.com Praying A great many prayers were recited on that stairway, God, the Virgin Mary, and various saints were implored to: Watch over the safety of their luggage To blind officials to the immigrants' flaws To open their eyes to the immigrants' virtues To bring the immigrants to their final destinations. OwlTeacher.com At the top of the stairway, they could ______________________________. After a slow and laborious climb, immigrants finally reached the Great Hall of Judgment. 50 ft. high & thronged with people moving slowly ahead along aisles separated from each other by iron railings. OwlTeacher.com OwlTeacher.com Children and Babies Babies could be carried, but if a child had reached the age of two, he/she had to walk by him/herself to prove that he/she they could. Bored with waiting, children chinned themselves on the iron bars. They ducked in and out under iron railings, despite orders not to. OwlTeacher.com Children and babies had to undergo a scalp inspection. Adolescents and adults had their eyes, ears, limbs checked for health. Those who did not pass, received a big white "X" written in chalk on their chest. They would go to a different section for further medical testing. If they failed again, _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________. OwlTeacher.com OwlTeacher.com OwlTeacher.com "We were on Ellis Island 22 days. They took all us men to one section of the room, and they stripped us. They took all our clothes and they only left our papers in our hands. We went through something like a cattle booth. At all of these booths there was a doctor who examined you. If you were a sick person, they told you to wait. If you were alright, you continued with the rest of the examination. They looked at your whole body – the eyes, the heart, the teeth. They brought us OwlTeacher.com into a big hall. All of a sudden they called your name and your clothes appeared. All clean and packed and smelling nice. Because, to tell you the truth, I've got to be honest about it, they deloused us. As I said, the ship we came over on wasn't a clean ship. You couldn't clean yourself anyway because even the water from the fountains was frozen. In order to drink some water we had to break the ice with something and melt it. So how can you keep yourself clean?" - Rocco Morelli, Italian immigrant at Ellis Island in 1907, age 12. OwlTeacher.com The Dining Room The food may have been plentiful, it may have tasted alright, but still, in those early years, it left much to be desired. The dining room was filthy and dinner bowls were used again and again without being washed. Finally, after 1901, Theodore Roosevelt _____________________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________. OwlTeacher.com "No charge for meals here" said a sign on the dining room wall. That comforting message was translated into numerous languages. After 1901, immigrants were fed well. They were served white bread which was totally new to them, tapioca pudding, and most astonishing of all bananas which they had to be taught to peel. OwlTeacher.com "So when I came to Ellis Island, my gosh, there was something I'll never forget. The first impression – all kinds of nationalities. And the first meal we got, fish and milk. 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But now plans by a celebrated Brazilian architect for a remarkably similar structure more than 60 years ago have been discovered.
Oscar Niemeyer sketched the design for a national stadium which, like Wembley, was dominated by a huge arch with metal cables suspended beneath it to help support the roof.
The stadium, planned for Rio de Janeiro, was never built. Sir Norman Foster, who designed the new Wembley, said in an interview his 'great arch gives an image which is unique and special to Wembley'.
Mr Niemeyer's 1941 plans were found in a book about the architect, who is now 99 but still working.
Like Wembley, his stadium was to have been built in a confined area. The book quotes the architect's notes saying: "The complex was to stand on a plot of land surrounded by existing buildings, at the junction of the main roads and close to the railway station."
Sir Norman, interviewed by the BBC, referred to "the tight constraint close to the railway" at Wembley.
The book continues: "A canopy suspended from a triangular-section arch takes the place of the traditional ringshaped roofing which would have failed to cover much of the seating."
The Rio arch would have been 984 ft high, compared with the 1,033 ft arch at Wembley that dominates the north-west London skyline, and the stadium would have had a capacity of 130,000, compared with Wembley's 90,000 seats.
An unnamed architect who discovered the plans in the book said: "The likeness is incredible. To the naked eye the Niemeyer drawings, which are quite detailed, look like the new Wembley."
Mr Niemeyer said any likeness between his design and Sir Norman's was "a coincidence".
He added: "I'm not bothered by any similarities. I wish him well with the project."
A spokesman for Sir Norman's firm, Foster and Partners, said: "We were not aware of Oscar Niemeyer's proposals.
"Although the arch designs may appear superficially similar, there are some significant differences between our design for Wembley and the Niemeyer sketch."
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The Same LieMature
The whole thing started with a lie. One simple lie and one simple fool. It was easy to believe, at first.
At first it had been long rides and cool night air. Sweet kisses in the rain. Calm before the storm. Whisperings of the same phrase, I-love-you, I-love-you, I-love-you, again, again, the gentle mantra of the siren's song, supernatural and warm and just ridiculous enough to be true.
Speed forward. Passion, frenzy, ecstasy. Build. Build. Build. Life flies past in a kaleidoscope of colors, spinning, spinning. I can't believe my luck. He's the only one, the pinnacle of stability in the pirouetting world. The earth is right and good, my dear. Believe me. Trust me. Trust me. I love you.
And then you lose step; it's too fast –you-can't-keep-up. The pace quickens, and you're being dragged behind. The world rolls, and you're falling down the climb. Scrabble-grab-clutch. Oh God. Oh fuck. But for naught. The marionette's strings are glued; the puppeteer has taken the reins; and the depth drags ever closer. Please, you beg. Please. I love you.
I know.
Decrescendo. The struggle ends. The peak is reached and surpassed, falls away. You're plummeting toward the open sky, the starless blackness. Looming. Looming. You can feel it reaching for you. Fondling. You fling out your hands, grasping for that last –and the strings snap. Falling. Dying. Gone.
The story is over. No one mourns its departure. It's an old story; repetitions have the power to desensitize. They shake their head and sigh. Poor fool. Poor predictable fool. Didn't she see?
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16.45: The infamous conversation with former Barclays boss Bob Diamond was not one Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker made a note of, he says kicking off this afternoon's hearing of the Treasury Select Committee. "I wish I had," he said. I'll bet. Mr Diamond did make a note, and what he wrote appeared to show Mr Tucker endorsing Libor fixing. Mr Diamond didn't think that, but his number two Jerry del Missier did.
16.48: Andrew Tyrie wants to know if the note accurately reflected the conversation with Mr Tucker. Not completely says Mr Tucker. Oh ho. "I think the last sentence gives the wrong impression. It should have said something along the lines of are you the senior management at Barclays overseeing the day to day operations." Of traders etc to they don't "tip you off a cliff". Mr Tucker refutes any suggestion it endorsed fixing Libor. "Absolutely."
16.58: Pat McFadden (Labour) wants to know if any Government minister (during the last Labour Government) ever encouraged Tucker to lean on a bank to lower Libor. No, says Mr Tucker. Bad Luck George Osborne, that's your recent line of attacks on Ed Balls (singled out by name by McFadden) blown. Tucker says he wasn't playing fast and loose with Libor. This is getting interesting.
17.19: The Conservatives' Michael Fallon asks a rather good question. Messrs Tucker, Diamond and Del Missier are all very intelligent. But Mr Tucker was misinterpreted the latter two. Doesn't this worry Mr Tucker? (He doesn't add at a time of global criss, but he could have). Mr Tucker demurs and argues that Bob Diamond didn't misinterpret him. He just wanted to be clear Diamond and Co were fully in command of what was going on at their various desk, prompted by Barclays submitting very high Libor rates. Mr Diamond knew this. Now this is interesting. At the time, Mr Tucker says he wasn't surprised that Lloyds and RBS were submitting lower (Libor) rates than Barclays - because they were getting help from the Government and the Bank of England which made them a very good. Meanwhile HSBC was seen as being rock solid. So perhaps there is a good reason the Libor submissions of all three were lower than Barclays. That would make Mr Diamond's implication that other banks were playing fast and loose with Libor, submitting unrealistically low rates, wrong. Is that what Mr Tucker is saying here? That's most interesting, if you think about it.
17.36: ""This is a cesspit," says Mr Tucker, who says any market in the City based on submissions (but not transactions) by banks needs investigating because they don't work. He's giving the impression that he's boiling and just wants to shout at MPs: "Oh you bloody idiots. Don't you get it?"
17.54: So did the Bank of England demand Bob Diamond's resignation? Mr Tucker won't say, arguing that the committee should ask when he appears again with his boss, Sir Mervyn King. Mr Tucker wasn't part of conversations about Mr Diamond's future (he seems to be saying) but the Court of the Bank was clear that "absolutely decisive action was needed to start a new chapter". Which looks like a fairly big indication that Sir Mervyn might well have called for Mr Diamond to quit. "There was great concern that trust has to be re-established in banking. This is different from safety and soundness. This is now can we now trust the honesty of core wholesale markets. That has to be addressed fast. I would have wanted regulators to make clear to Barclays that they neeed to take decisive action," he says in response to the question: Did he think Diamond was right to go. In other words, yes. But he won't quite say that. Given that Mr Tucker is here because of the misinterpretation of conversation, shouldn't he simply spell it out?
17.58: Libor was used to determine the price for the cheap funds banks got from the Bank of England under the special liquidity scheme: "We would absolutely not have done that if we thought lowballing was going on."
So banks might well have got money cheaper than they ought. Cheap money they used to generate very nice returns, it should be said. There more you dig into this, the worse it gets.
18.18: Some very testy exchanges between first Mark Garnier and then Andrew Tyrie and Paul Tucker over the minutes of meetings about Libor on15 November 2007. Mr Tyrie says there "appears to be an indication of low balling about which nothing was done".
Tucker denies this flatly. He and his colleagues felt the market for interbank lending was "malfunctioning" not that there was any dishonesty going on. Tyrie says this: "Doesn't look good." No kidding. Mr Tucker is glowering again. Oh dear.
18.22: Headbanger alert: Labour's John Mann is very cross about the fact that the e-mails published by the Bank of England (today) about conversations between Mr Tucker and Government officials weren't published before. Weren't, in fact, published prior to last week's hearing with Bob Diamond. Mr Tucker said the Bank had received a Freedom of Information request from Mr Mann and published them as quickly as possible. Mr Mann then gets an especially fierce glower.
18.30: Here's what Mr Tucker thinks should be done in the wake of what has gone on: "I think extending the scope of criminal sanctions is very important. There have been some measures about the pay of the top people but actually i think there is probably an issue of the structure of pay. It has probably been too easy to get rich quick. it is hard not to ask the question should remuneration at desk level factor in compliance breaches and enforcement." No kidding. I almost feel like fixing Mr Tucker with a steely glare here because he really is statin' the bleedin' obvious.
18.51: We're at the end now. Question of the day from Andrew Tyrie: "You've said that you encouraged Bob Diamond to take special notice of what was going on in his Treasury Department. Were you surprised that he didn't see what was going on?" Answer of that day from Paul Tucker: "What I'm surprised by is that the compliance people and the supervisors didn't identify this and elevate it upwards." And that's that.
What this tells me is that despite some exhaustive investigations we haven't really, yet, got to the bottom of this. But it doesn't speak well of the day to day management of Barclays whichever way you look at it.
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Berberine, a main protoberberine component of Coptidis Rhizoma, was studied for the mechanism of its inhibitory effects on the tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP)-induced cytotoxicity and lipid peroxidation in rat liver. In the preliminary study, berberine expressed an antioxidant property by its capacity for quenching the free radicals of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Further investigations were conducted using t-BHP-induced cytotoxicity in rat primary hepatocytes and hepatotoxicity in rats to evaluate the antioxidative bioactivity of berberine. The results in rat primary hepatocytes demonstrated that berberine, at the concentrations of 0.01–1.0 mM, significantly decreased the leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) induced by 30 min treatment of t-BHP (1.5 mM). Berberine also attenuated the t-BHP-induced depletion of glutathione (GSH) and induced a high level of DNA repair synthesis. The in vivo study showed that the intraperitoneal pretreatment with berberine (0.5 and 5 mg/kg) for 5 days before a single dose of t-BHP (0.1 mmol/kg) significantly lowered the serum levels of hepatic enzyme markers (ALT and aspartate aminotransferase) and reduced oxidative stress in the liver. The histopathological evaluation of the livers revealed that berberine reduced the incidence of liver lesions, including hepatocyte swelling, leukocyte infiltrations, and necrosis induced by t-BHP. These results lead us to speculate that berberine may play a chemopreventive role via reducing oxidative stress in living systems.


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Jubilee - A view from the crowd
Kensington Palace will open an exhibition exploring Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 to coincide with HM The Queen's own Jubilee celebrations later this year. Victoria was the first monarch to have reigned for sixty years and this remarkable achievement was marked with festivities and commemorative events as diverse as Victoria's subjects. The Jubilee was a momentous occasion, celebrated the length and breadth of the British Empire with procession held in London on 22 June 1897. The exhibition, opening on the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday on 24 May, will explore the celebrations in 1897 from the point of view of those who celebrated it, from dukes and duchesses to newspaper sellers.
Items going on display include specially selected objects which demonstrate the wealth of different celebrations that marked this unique event including personal objects belonging to Queen Victoria and various souvenirs produced especially for the occasion including brooches, greetings cards, jugs, bunting, slippers and even a commemorative ginger beer bottle.
The exuberant, playful exhibition design, will reference Victorian design aesthetic, capture the festive mood of the celebrations and offer an engaging, immersive opportunity to explore this great event in Victoria's life, as well as making connections with the London celebrations in 2012 both for the Jubilee and the Olympics. Themes that will be running through the exhibition include; London in the 1890s, the Victorian home, international visitors to London, the grand procession and feasting and celebration.
Alexandra Kim, Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, said: "Jubilee - A view from the crowd will be a fascinating, immersive exhibition filled with intriguing objects produced for Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. These objects really help to demonstrate the sheer scale of the celebrations in 1897 which saw the manufacture of thousands of specially produced Jubilee souvenirs to mark the festivities which ranged from Victoria's spectacular procession through London on 22 June 1897 to local feasts, sporting events and fireworks."
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I had to come to Orlando on a last minute business trip. I was bringing my two oldest boys with me and needed not only a place to stay on 24 hours notice (I hate hotels in destinations like Orlando) but it had to be large enough to host several gatherings for business that I was conducting.
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The house was clean, the pool is gorgeous, the layout is perfect for entertaining, and it can sleep 10 or more very easily. It was a fantastic property but was made more enjoyable by the prompt and professional manner that the team at Five Star Villas handled all of our needs (including the late checkout I asked for last minute).
Will absolutely be staying at this property again.
Top notch all the way -- the home, the neighborhood and Cesaer was the the most attentive and professional property manager we have ever worked with. Perfect!
The property was gorgeous, clean and the beds were unbelievably comfortable. The pool and jacuzzi were great, especially when you can watch the outdoor TV at the same time. The kitchen is well stocked and the outdoor barbecue was a hit!! Cesar, you are a wonderful manager. He made sure our every need was met. This home is just a short distance from the theme parks; it was so relaxing to come to a home after a long day at Disney World!! Will rent this property again!!
The house is great, good view, nice area inside of the Reunion Resort Hotel property.
The manager was very helpful, nice and easy scheduling and rental processing, he even put a Christmas Tree for us.
Our group of six have plenty space and privacy at the same time; the theater is a plus as well as everything inside of the house.
Lovely out side pool, out kitchen, TV, sitting for every body.
I would highly recommend this house and web side to any one who wants much MORE for less, an entire house with everything possible you might need for the same price you will be paying in a hotel ROOM. We just need our personal things and groceries !!
Reunion is probably the most prestigious rental community in Central Florida having every amenity that you could want to make a memorable vacation from restaurants, bars, swimming pools, 3 PGA golf courses, spa and water park. This resort is also ideally situated for all the major parks; Disney (within 6 miles; includes the new Pandora - the World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom), the new Volcano Bay at Universal (18 miles away), & SeaWorld with many local attractions situated on the US192, only a ten minute drive away. The main entrance is only two minutes from I4 giving easy access to both the Gulf and Atlantic coast lines for great beaches. Just outside the resort you will find a selection of stores and shops to meet your day-to-day requirements.
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(a) The Hearing Officer issues a written decision. Any decision to assess a penalty is based upon substantial evidence in the record. If the Hearing Officer finds that there is not substantial evidence in the record establishing the alleged violation or some other violation of which the party had full and fair notice, the Hearing Officer shall dismiss the case and remand it to the District Commander. A dismissal is without prejudice to the District Commander's right to refile the case and have it reheard if additional evidence is obtained. A dismissal following a rehearing is final and with prejudice.
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Amoebax is, without doubt, a very strange Tetris game that offers originality and entertainment, above all if you are already tired and bored of the traditional Tetris of always.
The big new thing about Amoebax is that it isn`t played with the usual pieces, but with coloured micro-organisms that you have to place. These creatures are nothing less than amoebas. For the rest, the aim is as always: place the amoebas, as they fall, strategically and skillfully to group them by colour and so make them disappear.
Amoebax is ideal for those users who now think that Tetris can`t surprise them anymore.


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Damaged is the 2nd episode of the 11th season of "E.R."
The episode aired on October 7, 2004.
A depressed Carter has difficulty coping in the wake of Kem's decision to leave the country.
Luka invites Sam to move in with him. Neela's parents visit, confused by her decision to drop out of Michigan.
The nurses freeze out Abby after a slip of the tongue to Haleh. Kerry advises Barnett to change his appearance.
Abby treats a young girl who was kidnapped from her home country and forced into sexual slavery.
- Although in the opening credits, Mekhi Phifer, Sherry Stringfield and Ming-Na do not appear in this episode.
- Carter: I don't know what happened.
- Luka: You had a rough time. It's not hard to understand.
- Carter: I guess, I just thought it would help somehow.
- Luka: Help what? What else is going on?
- Carter: Nothing, I'm fine.
- Luka: You looked bad all day. I wasn't the only one who noticed.
- Carter: Well, I did get hit in the head by a psycho patient.
- Luka: You can talk to me, John.
- Carter: I've been having trouble sleeping. I keep having these dreams. I miss her! And I miss the baby. And I miss all the stuff I thought we were going to have. And I don't know how to get any of it back.
- Kerry (about Ray): It appears we've hired the love child of Ozzy Osbourne.
- Luka (to Sam): I wasn't trying to be a hero this morning. I asked you to move in because, I... I love you. I'm in love with you, And I thought, I don't know, maybe you feel the same.
- Sam: Did you just say that?
- Luka: I spend too much time wasting time. So whenever you're ready, just let me know.
- Abby: Listen, Haleh. I think you might have been off a decimal point on my patient's dopamine.
- Haleh: Excuse me?
- Abby: I just noticed it was running at 3 CCs instead of 30. But I caught it early, but next time maybe you could double check?
- Haleh: You need to double check the concentration before you start messing with the I.V pump. I mixed it 10 to 1.
- Abby: Don't we always mix it 1 to 1?
- Haleh: No. You always mix it 1 to 1. I always mix it 10 to 1.
- Abby: I didn't realize...
- Haleh: If you concentrate the drip, the bag will last longer.
- Abby: Sorry.
- Haleh: I'll go turn down her rate, make sure her BP hasn't hit the roof.
- Penny: Ahm.. you know, nurses really are the backbone of a place like this. It's good to get on their good side.
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Good points for the most part. I think Quebec was one of the more unique situations. Given that they were in the same division as Montreal, who had Roy, and the additional language barrier for Jagr, it seems like Brodeur would have been a fine choice for them. Would have been interesting to see how that turned out. The Nords needed help in goal, as neither they nor their goalies (Tugnutt, Fiset, etc.) were doing very well, so how would Brodeur have responded if he was put to the test at a younger age for a losing team?
That puts Jagr in Vancouver, which seems like a better fit. The Canucks would have been able to send out separate lines with Jagr and Bure, with an improving team in a weaker division. Would have been interesting to see how that played out as well, whether he puts them over the top ~'92-94 and what direction they take after that (rather than Mogilny & Messier).
i don't know that brodeur would have gotten to the NHL any sooner on quebec rather than NJ. it's not like terreri and billington were world beating superstars preventing brodeur from cracking the lineup. i just don't think he was ready until '94. (i don't know how far back TDDM's devils memory goes, but maybe he can chime in here?)
brodeur was 21 when he became a starter. by that point the nordiques were a pretty decent team, having won the adams division in '93 and were probably just a good goalie away from making the playoffs again. the nords win their division again in '95, then the cup in '96. seems like brodeur's development rate would have been right in step with that young team's.
and also, one wonders even without nolan whether the nords could have gotten ozolinsh from the sharks for thibault. his stock was sky high when he was drafted. hell, if they'd packaged sundin with thibault, could they have gotten rob blake from the kings? (the kings had two other very good young defensemen in zhitnik and sydor, and boy did they need an upgrade in net.)
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Fridge Brilliance
- Jennings only escapes from FBI custody because of an extremely intense fire suppression system triggered by a cigarette smoked by an FBI agent. One would think he would be aware of that system's sensitivity. The pack is marked as "smokeless" despite being filled with normal cigarettes - he only lit up in the same room because he thought it was safe to smoke!
- Why did Jennings allow himself to be captured by FBI in the first place? Evading them completely didn't sound like a big deal considering all the other things Mike did. Simple; First, it got him away from Rethrick at top speed instead of running back into his claws in search of his Allcom shares, and second, what better way for his amnesiac future self to realize how screwed he is than for some really pissed-off stormtroopers to explain it to him in detail?
- The time scope prophesies are only self-fulfilling if the viewer critically fails at foresight. Of course herding the sick together causes an epidemic! Of course yanking all the money out of a bank causes it to collapse! If you go to war to prevent a war, you're still at fucking war! Gah! Now think carefully, have you ever known a politician to look further into the future than the next election, or an executive to think beyond the next shareholders' meeeting? Jennings is an engineer - so he looked closer instead of just jumping and screaming like a tazed cat.
- Why wasn't Rethrick aware that Jennings was manipulating his own future? The prediction Rethrick found of Jennings' death was made before Jennings started screwing with his own future, upon which he put together the envelope of items and sabotaged the machine. Especially since Rethrick is a Corrupt Corporate Executive who didn't realize he was Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard. Right down to the exact circumstances of Jennings' death, which Rethrick saw on the machine even after it was repaired, which Jennings manipulated to befall Rethrick instead (see Headscratchers on that manipulation).
Fridge Logic
- What kind of fire suppression system practically blinds everyone and makes it impossible to see the exit?
- The kind that's badly designed and malfunctioning?
- It is stated before his employment at Allcom that Jenning is not allowed to leave the premise or even make calls outside, and his mails are carefully screened. So, how on earth could he accomplish the following: (1) Forfeit his shares at Allcom (2) Buy TWO lottery tickets and (3) Switch the personal belongings that he receives after the memory wipe?
- It was hinted that Rachel was somehow involved. And why on earth would they pay attention to his lottery tickets?
- For things like signatures (which are all over the paper works) Jenning has to physically come to the bank (or whatever it is) to sign (because having someone over to his place and get his signature defeats the whole purpose of the "authentication" thing, and Allcom is unlikely to let people in anyway). So, the argument "Rachel was somehow involved" is completely moot. Also, Rachel seems as surprised as he is to see the lottery ticket, implying she's never seen it before. And were the above troper kidding with the question "why on earth would they pay attention to his lottery tickets?". Because they are making a machine that sees the future, that's why!
- How is a passkey to Allcom considered an "innocuous item"? If Jenning no longer works for Allcom, failing to turn in the passkey is outright stealing. If Rethrick makes such a big deal of carefully watch the items Jenning checks in, then how the hell did he not notice a freaking passkey to his own top-secret lab? Also, the fact that Jenning forfeits all of his shares should not have escaped Rethrick's attention. He should know from the get go that Jenning is up to something rather than assume that the guy is "just an engineer".
- I think Rethrick and his minions stopped to care what Jennings was doing as soon as they learnt he was "destined" to die pretty soon after quitting. That also explains why they didn't notice his tampering with the machine (and I guess he had to spend weeks looking into his future again and again to get to the final desired outcome).
- Why does everything the politicians do with the time visor fail, while what Jennings does actually works? Because of the way they think. Politicians see what is going to happen, and immediately act to prevent it, without thinking on the consequences of their actions, while Jennings is used to reverse-engineer everything, and as such, whenever he used the machine to see his future, and saw something bad was going on, he was able to think of a way to reverse it with small changes.
- Also, the changes caused by the politicians are at a very large scale, so they don't realize how much those changes can affect everything.
- It is really amazing that as intelligent a person as Jennings had to resort to the microfilm placed on a stamp to get to think of such a simple thing as "Whatever future this predicts, we make happen. We give over control of our lives completely." Did he think that the machine was intended to be used by Karma Houdinis like himself?


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I prefer social enviroment of preschool
Mine won't go until this fall, she turns 4 in February, so she will have 1 year of preschool and then Kindergarten. She goes to a sitter who only watches two children, they are 6 months apart and will be in the same school and grade.
my son started in September at age 3 and qualified b/c of speech delay also. he's made so much improvement, and he loves being around the other kids.
My son has been in preschool since he was 3.5. He's turning 5 in April and will be in kindergarten this fall!
Hod old is your son? How did get him in the program? I'm asking because my 3 years old son needs speech therapy and has never been in any or even evaluated. We just moved here from Canada and somebody just told me he should be able to get speech therapy in our local preschool. I'm just not sure who to contact. Thank you
I'm not sure what state you're in but in CT we have a program called Birth to three (birth23). Most states have similar programs. I would look up the one for your state or talk to your son's ped. He should be able to tell you who to contact.
My daughter just turned 3 a couple weeks ago. I wasn't going to start her in preschool until not this fall but the year after so she will have 1 school year of preschool before kindergarten. We do a lot of community activities though and she's very well socialized- I'm a sahm
My son turned 2 in last September and started 2 year old preschool last August. He absolutely loves it and has learned so much!!
My daughter will start preschool in August. Where I live, the same rules as Kindergarten are applied. Must be 3 years on or before August 31st (one has select all day), Must be 4 years on or before August 31st to attend all day (can still do 1/2 days) and same with age 5 regarding Kindergarten.
Until then most daycare centers offer preschool starting at age three, but some are accredited and other are not. We chose to use one of the preschools associated with the school district (I also work for the school district).