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Acclaimed actor John Hurt plays the irrepressible former Tory minister in the six-part series, which started on Thursday.
Clark, who died in 1999, was one of the most colourful politicians of the last 20 years, and was as famous for his eccentricity as he was for his womanising.
But what did you make of the BBC adaptation of his diaries? Was it a fair portrayal of the politician or caricature?
Is the BBC right to be showing the series first on one of its digital channels?
This debate is now closed but you can see a selection of your comments below.
Superb. Hurt was spot on and Julia Davis was brilliant. Very funny indeed. I have to agree with other posters that 30 mins was far to short. Could easily have stood being an hour. And for all those who haven't got access to digital TV...it's time to move into the 21st century. Chop chop.Mark Williamson, Glasgow
To Sandy, UK and others. Unfortunately a lot of areas in Scotland are not in the coverage for digital television, inlcuding East Lothian, so unless one wants an unsightly satellite dish there is no way to watch digital television. So don't brand us as moaners when there is little to be done about it until digital signals are improved. I would love to be able to see this programme as I think John Hurt is an excellent actor so hopefully it will be shown on 'normal' television in the very near future.Hilary, Scotland
I have to admit that I've become something of a BBC Four addict. Unfortunately, so have my grandfather and two aunts - there's a lot of video swapping going on.James Boulter, UK
Like the series very much, John Hurt is perfect for the part. I would like to know if anyone can help - the name of the piece of music which is played on the trailers. I believe it is something to do with shepherds/sheep?Martin Nichols, Lincoln
Please, please, please!!!!! Show this on BBC2..I can't get ditigal TV here in the Netherlands, and it does seem bizarre to relegate this to channels that no one watches....mmm....Suz, Netherlands
Most of the people commenting on the programme have seen it on digital, and are already converted to the cause. But the others...
For goodness' sake! It's not as if the show is never going to be on terrestrial BBC! All they're doing is giving digital viewers a preview. No-one's forcing you to buy digital. The choice is yours - if you simply HAVE to be the first person to watch something, then pay extra for the privilege and get digital, but if you simply want to enjoy good programmes - what does it matter whether anyone's seen them before you or not?
I thoroughly enjoyed the Alan Clark diaries - I couldn't quite believe they weren't extra scenes from Yes Minister! (which I also watch on digital).Helen, Bristol, UK
Loved it. Witty and tight. Nice to see ££ spent on actors and scripts rather than camerawork and snazzy music.Daniel Hall, London, UK
Excellent. The acting by the main cast is perfect, and the show does seem to capture more of the dreary reality of political life than other shows.
However it is clear that the BBC has been skimping on parts of the production budget, and an extra 15 minutes would have been nice.KNC, UK
Loved it. Witty and tight. Nice to see money spent on actors and scripts rather than camerawork and snazzy music.Daniel Hall, London, UK
The first episode was great. Uniquely, it made a career in politics seem duller, more chaotic and less fun than we humble plebs usually imagine it. I suspect this view brings us closer to the reality. John Hurt was his usual brilliant self: unfortunately he doesn't convey Clark's roguish cheek and dash, but so what, he's hilarious at the gaping incompetence.
I can completely understand why the BBC is airing the programme on BBC Four first: it rightly wants to attract more people to that excellent channel and to digital in general. Terrestrial viewers should stop whingeing and go and buy a Freeview box today. I'm really glad I did.G. Noon, London, UK
This is the first time I've ever watched BBC Four - as a draw to get people to watch the channel it seems like a good idea. Very funny - like the diaries themselves.Pete, London
For those who are complaining about the fact it was on digital..grow up !!! Are these the same people who complained about vinyl when CD came out? Digital is new technology, you pay extra on the licence fee for it already and you can get a freeview box for £50. The BBC are right to try and encourage viewers to digital by showing such top quality entertainment there first. More power to you !!Sandy, UK
Absolutely amazing! Funny and light-hearted but intelligent, overall a brilliant watch, can't wait for the next episode. Hopefully it will be out on DVD.Leon, UK
Brilliant. A bit on the short side at 30 mins but I can't wait till the next episode. Brian, glasgow
I tuned into BBC Four last night at 8.30pm and i couldn't tear myself away from the screen until 11.30. Both the play on the Falklands and Alan Clark were outstanding. I think its good that BBC Four are first airing these programmes, it needs as much recognition as it can get. John Hurt was outstanding.Andrew Morgan, London
Outstanding entertainment! Another BBC success.
John Hurt playing Alan Clark really shows up the establishment for what it is,and with such aplomb. How did he get away with it for so long? Bravo BBC FourBruce Kennedy, south Wales
Excellent, I really enjoyed it. In fact I thought 30 minutes was too short. Well done for putting it on digital television as well, I see no reason why BBC Four and BBC Three should be the second eleven to BBC One and Two. People should join the digital revolution!Andrew Moffat, Poole
John Hurt is excellent. The programme reminds you of times when MPs were characters and had an edge - for good or bad. Well done BBC, this sort of programme would never be made by ITV. Ian Croft, Bristol
The future of ditigal television relies on people having a reason to watch new channels.
This inevitably means forcing people into investing in new equipment...
This can either be done by first airing new, "must see" programmes on the unwatched digital channels, or by forcing viewers off the mainstream channels (they are currently satisfied with!) by making them unwatchable to all but the biggest fragment of the overall audience...
If the BBC had decided to stick with producing only two very high quality TV stations their audience share would almost inevitably shrink to a tiny level over the next few years, because of competition from multiple niche-channel providers such as Sky.
Under these fragmenting circumstances the defence of quality over ratings, and the licence fee, would quickly become even harder than it already is...
We are therefore seeing the consequences of the decision for the BBC to adapt to competition by following the specialist, multiple channel route, rather than the generalist's slow path to extinction... and we can expect more of the same! Matt Prescott, Oxford, UK
A very entertaining and interesting programme - gave an insight into the bureaucracy and inner workings of parliament and the civil service.
I think it is fine to show it on BBC Four. Get with the times - everyone should have digital TV by now! Just because a few people want to cling on to old technology doesn't mean that the rest of us should be held back.Pete, Swindon, UK
Disappointing, cartoon-ish. No charcterisation. I know Christmas has just gone , but the BBC putting this pantomime on masquerading as drama makes me look closely at the trades descriptions act. Barry Lowry, London UK
I wish the BBC had shown it on analogue television then I could send in my views. Can't get digital where I live and don't see why I should be forced to buy it. I realise it will be released on BBC One in the Spring but it's not fair I should have to wait. I contributed to it by paying my licence fee. However, the trailers look good and as I listen to Radio 4 more than I watch television I am resigned to waiting a little longerJ Turner, England
Julia Davis' performance as Alan Clark's vindictively officious secretary was superb. If I didn't have access to Freeview though, I would be heartily hacked-off that the BBC had decided to show it first on BBC Four. The BBC's primary concern is to provide for the needs of its licence holders. How this is served by penalising them for not having digital television is beyond me. Isn't this de facto pay-for-view? I've invested in a terrestrial licence and a Freeview box; therefore, I earn the right to see the programme before you. Very dodgy.Francis, London, UK
Flat, boring, and uninteresting. Very disappointing.John, London
Hilarious! But far too short at 30 minutes... and what on earth is this on BBC Four for? Surely this has BBC Two written all over it. It seems odd to relegate it to a channel that hardly anyone can watch! Jack, UK


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Because of warm weather in Whistler, the start time of the two-man bobsled event has been pushed back to 7 p.m. ET from 1:30 p.m. ET.
The weather has warmed the track, especially at the start area where athletes push the sled and then hop into it. The combination of heavy sleds and athletes running on the ice in warmer weather create soft ice, making it difficult for bobsledders to run and push sleds.
To ensure optimal track conditions, bobsled officials wanted to start later in the day when it is not as warm outside.
It was in the mid-40s in Whistler on Friday and Saturday and the temperature is expected to reach 49 degrees today, according to weather.com. -- Jeff Zillgitt
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This is the legend of an upstart men's basketball team from Drake. But not the present one.
This is about one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history … that almost happened.
Drake is in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 37 years, and the Bulldogs are the darlings of Des Moines. But this is about other Bulldogs. Men now pushing or past 60, who remember a coach who died too soon, and the night Drake nearly owned the world.
March 1969. UCLA rules the land with a wizard named John Wooden and a 7-foot giant named Lew Alcindor, soon to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Alcindor is on the way to graduating with an 88-2 record and three consecutive national titles.
The Bruins will go 12-0 in three NCAA tournaments. The average margin in 11 of those games will be 23 points, with one rout after another.
But then there is March 20, 1969. The national semifinal is at Louisville's Freedom Hall, against a team named Drake.
UCLA led 41-39 at halftime. In the second half, an Alcindor shot was blocked by a 6-8 future NCAA decathlon champion named Rick Wanamaker. That seemed to finally arouse the Bruins. They built a lead, but Drake — led by a fearless scorer named Willie McCarter — charged back.
The accepted strategy against UCLA was to stall and keep the score low. But McCarter and his teammates kept firing. By game's end, Drake had put up 83 shots, or 33 more than the Bruins.
In the final minute, the Bulldogs trailed by three. Their best defender, Dolph Pulliam, grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to cut it to one. The dynasty trembled, but Drake could not get the ball back. Two late free throws — UCLA survived by shooting 20 more from the line — made the final 85-82.
Two days later, Drake whipped Dean Smith and North Carolina in the consolation game 104-84. UCLA crushed Purdue 92-72 in the championship and Alcindor's last college bow. Late in the Purdue game, the UCLA fan section chanted toward the Drake section out of respect: "You're No. 2. … You're No. 2."
Drake answered back, "We're No. 1½. … We're No. 1½."
It is 39 years later. Drake coach Maury John is gone, dead of cancer at 55 in 1974, barely five years after that game against UCLA. Pulliam is analyst for the Drake radio network.
"We arrived in Louisville at the same time UCLA arrived, and the press was all over UCLA. Nobody came over to us," he said. "We just walked through the airport like we were tourists.
"About 10 years ago, Coach Wooden came to Drake, and I went over and stood just a few feet away and just watched him signing autographs. He looks up, then signs another autograph, then looks up again and says, 'Dolph Pulliam.' I said, 'Coach, how can you remember?' He said, 'How could I forget a team like that?' "
Wanamaker is a highly successful realtor in Des Moines.
"I think the only time UCLA got nervous was the last minute of the game. I felt like they were like a fighter on the ropes, hanging on. They finally realized they could lose.
"I don't know if (the block) affected the game. He seemed a little surprised. People ask me about it every day. I didn't think it was that big of a deal. Just one blocked shot. Now if I had hit the winning shot, I could still remember that."
McCarter is retired in Michigan, still recovering from a series of strokes that led, he said, to a third of his brain being removed. When first asked about 1969, he said, "I'm three strokes and a brain surgery removed from that game." But he remembers well enough his 24 points, and his 10-for-27 shooting.
"The older I get, the more I realize I choked in that game. If I shoot anywhere near what I had been shooting, we'd have beaten them. I'd tell Kareem (while both played in the NBA), 'Hey man, if I had played, we'd have kicked your ass.' He always smiled and said, 'Never.'
"We were going to keep shooting. Like the man said, 'You don't ever want to get in a fight with a guy who don't mind bleeding.' "
Pulliam and Wanamaker will be in Tampa on Friday when the Bulldogs play Western Kentucky. Pulliam has put on his 1969 Final Four ring and won't take it off until Drake loses. McCarter is considering going, too.
They have remained close through the decades, along with Willie Wise, who had 16 rebounds that night. They credit the bond created by John, who in the racially charged 1960s brought black men such as Pulliam and McCarter from Gary, Ind., to the middle of Iowa, and made it all work.
So 39 years later, they can savor the deeds of the new Bulldogs, but also their own — and the night they were so near to changing college basketball history.
"Coach got us together as a family," Pulliam said, "and we've never left each other."
Mike Lopresti also writes for Gannett News Service
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An omnibus of novels by James Patterson
That monstrous villain Gary Soneji is back in Cat & Mouse, the fourth book in James Patterson's series about Alex Cross, a police forensic psychologist, but he's not alone. In seeming support of the premise that you can never have too much of a bad thing, Patterson has thrown a second serial killer into the mix: Mr. Smith, a mysterious killer terrorizing Europe while Soneji practices his own brand of evil along the Eastern Seaboard. With two killers to track, Cross has his hands full--and Patterson has another hit.Mystery/SuspenseLarge Print Edition*A New York Times Bestseller*A Literary Guild Main SelectionPatterson again delivers . . . a champ of the charts. Publishers WeeklyAlex Cross is back, and so is his nemesis, mass murderer Gary Soneji and hes out for revenge. But first, Gary wants to play, and its up to Alex to figure out the game. The lives of thousands of innocent commuters hang in the balance. From D.C. to Delaware, New York to Paris, Cat & Mouse will take you on a heart-pounding adventure. Its James Patterson at the top of his game.Alex Cross is back-and so is a raging and suicidal Gary Soneji. Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, he will get revenge on Cross before he dies. In addition, we are introduced to a new pair of rivals whose paths cross that of Alex and Soneji. Thomas Augustine Pierce has been chasing his demon, Mr. Smith, since the savage murder of his fiancee. Mr. Smith is a unique monster, with actions toward his victims so insane-so unimaginable-that he is thought of as "not of the earth." Pierce, known in the business as St. Augustine because of his track record for catching killers and his invaluable status to the FBI and Interpol, may even be better than Cross. When things heat up and Alex is in a near-death coma following an attack in his own home, Pierce goes to Washington to help with the investigation. But just as he begins to piece together the mystery of how Gary Soneji could have mortally wounded Cross after he was believed to be dead, he is summoned to Paris with a postcard from Mr. Smith inviting him to a very special killing.The body count is high, the tension the highest, and the two killers on the loose are watching every move their pursuers make. Who is the cat, and who is the mouse? What and where is the final trap? And who survives?
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Americans call July 4, 1776 Independence Day; it's an inaccuracy that is indicative of both our best and worst traits as a society. It speaks to what lives in the heart of American determination, because it celebrates the day America announced it had enough of British rule. It's a defiant, boastful point of view to pinpoint the signing of the Declaration of Independence as the day that America became its own country. It speaks volumes about our force of will, as a people.
But it also illustrates one of our biggest failings. Because we tend to be so results-oriented, we sometimes give short shrift to the massive efforts taken to achieve those results. The American Revolution did not begin on 'Independence Day,' and it certainly didn't end there. We tend to forget that the 4th of July was, in some ways, symbolic in nature; the Founding Fathers offering tangible proof that the United States intended to be free, and that they would not waver from achieving that end. For the most part, the actual war for freedom lay ahead. It was a call to arms for both America and England.
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May,… (più)
Also glad to have the book I've never read either of the Alice books until now.
One problem for Looking Glass the cover picture in the book is missing in both the Kindle and EPUB versions.
The illustrations of John Tenniel add greatly to these books. They are here:
Lingua: Inglese
Pubblicato in: 1871
Numero di parole: 29,236 parole (≈ circa 2 ore)
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Copyright: Pubblico dominio
Charming, witty, intelligent... These books were written with children in mind, but they're worth discovering or re-reading at any age.


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Were you frustrated that there was an attempt – from within your own party – to dump you on the eve of Britain emerging from the recession?
I'm a fighter. And you get up in the morning and you get on with what you've got to do. And every day, there's a new problem you've got to deal with and you've got to be resilient. You've got to keep moving forward and not be put off by criticism. You've got to listen to criticism, but not be put off by it.
Do you feel cheered by the context that you and your party find yourselves in compared with four or five months ago?
No, I don't feel in any way complacent. I'm determined. I know what damage could be done to the country if the Conservatives get elected. I know they haven't thought through their policies. If you were interviewing a Conservative today, ask them what their policy is on marriage, they couldn't tell you.
You've had four years under a new Conservative leader to think through these policies and suddenly, they've got no answers to give. Now that they're tested, they should be able to give the answers. That's what politics is about.
So Labour can still win it?
I'm not complacent, but Labour can still win it. I'm absolutely sure of that. We've got to prove to the public that we are the best people for the future. We have got to show people that as they look at the future of this country that we can drive the economy forward and get growth in all these great new sectors; digital, the creative industries, right across the low-carbon economy. And we can create a level of social mobility that makes people proud that Britain offers opportunities to every young person in this country.
It's been quite a rocky road, and as you said, you've taken a fair amount of personal criticism over those two and a half years. How does that affect you?
I was brought up to believe that you did your duty, you accepted responsibility, you worked hard, and in the end, you did the best you could. I've tried to work hard. I've tried to take responsibility. I've not shunned difficult issues. I've tried to do my duty, and I am trying to show that we have a forward manifesto and programme for the election. So that's what my job is. I've always tried to do my best. I've obviously taken a lot of criticism, but we've had to deal with two rather unique things over the last two years. One is the global financial recession which I feel I've played a part in trying to resolve, and secondly, the parliamentary expenses scandal, which was something that had to be dealt with, but something that obviously people are concerned about.
Are you looking forward to the TV debate; sparring with David Cameron?
Look, I'm not a PR executive. I'm not someone who automatically thinks that communications are my strongest card. I mean, I like doing the work, getting on with the job and showing that we've made the right decisions. But in the modern world you've got to both make the right decisions and put your case. I think people will look at people's judgments as well as their presentation. I think I could be far better at presenting my case. I've always accepted that.
There's a suggestion that your relationship with David Cameron is not very good. Is he a formidable opponent?
I think the Conservative party as a whole has tried to improve its act, but I think the more you look into it, they've not fundamentally changed. And I think they give the appearance of change, but I don't know that they've necessarily done what we needed to do as the Labour party in the 1980s and fundamentally change.
So when it comes down to it, they go back to the visceral hostility to Europe. They go back to their dislike of public spending, to blaming government for everything. And they go back to positions... actually, many of them in their manifesto for the coming election are the same as they had 10 years ago.
Can I just ask you, on the issue of restoring trust in politics, what do you have to say about the issue of Lord Ashcroft, his tax arrangements and his funding of the Tory party?
It's a scandal, but it's the duty of the press as well as the politicians to press these people for answers. We haven't had proper answers about where the money has come from and what the status of this person is.
Is Britain broken?
Britain has never been broken by anyone or anything. I mean, I've seen in the last few weeks young children doing amazing things to raise money for Haiti. I've seen, in the winter snow, people being good neighbours to other people and helping them out of difficulties. I watched Children in Need and Comic Relief in the last year raising more money, even in a recession.
So what is a community?
A community is thousands of acts of goodwill, of friendship, of compassion, and Britain is a very strong community.
There are probably about 50,000 families that lead such chaotic lives that they affect not only themselves, but other people, and we have to take more direct action. That's got to be dealt with, but to define a community by one or two problem families is wrong. Most people are part of a hard-working majority who want to get on with their lives and have faith in their children to do better than they did.


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I have had Direct TV for years (and I also had Comcast as well)...I dropped DTV and now I have just Comcast...Comcast (IMO) beats the hell out of DTV...this isnt even including the weather/trees/line of sight issue/adjust the dish at least once a year with DTV.
1) Can I watch DVR'ed programs in any room regardless of what box they were recorded on?
ANSWER: yes...if you get the new multi-room boxes (and if you were switching to Comcast, why not get the best box)
2) Do the HDDVR boxes have improvements to the speed I can look at a guide that one would expect out of engineers with college degrees in the age of quad core 4GHz processors that cost less than a month of service with one of these horrible companies?
ANSWER: No comparison...there is NO wait time for a Comcast Guide or Menu...plus Comcast has caller ID right on the screen...pretty neat.
3) Can I do a month long trial and cancel service?
ANSWER: Yes...its in all the Comcast ads (plus a buddy of mine just got Comcast and its the 1st thing they told him...not second hand info, I was there)
4) Is the ondemand any good?
ANSWER: It's AWESOME!!...tons of stuff...free movies...TV...series..etc..etc (and NO, I dont work for Comcast...lol)...you would need to watch tv 24/7 for a year to see all the stuff on demand....and a most of it is available in HD
5) Can I set programs to record and manage the programs on my DVR through a PC? over the internet?
ANSWER: Yes...and you dont need an app (unless you want one)...you just sign into comcast.com and select my dvr manager and record away...I record most of my programs when Im sitting at the computer because basically im just too damn lazy to go down stairs and turn on the tv to do it (and if you have multiple dvr boxes you can set it up online so that you can pick the box you want to record)
As an added note, Comcast has over 100 HD channels in my area (over 150 in Penns & NJ) and are adding in another 50+ HD channels over the next few months.
I live in New Hampshire and my parents live in Mass...Mass is slightly ahead of Nh but we are catching up quickly....I hope this helped.
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Zieja's 30-Point Outburst Leads 14th Ranked Men's Hoop Past Wesleyan, 85-74
January 15, 2002
The Jeffs jumped out to an early 7-2 lead on a three-pointer by sophomore shooting guard Adam Harper (Washington, DC) and a pair of layups by NESCAC Player of the Week John Donovan (Holmdel, NJ) and Zieja, but watched Wesleyan junior guard Chris Bray (Montague, MA) answer with buckets on three consecutive possessions for a 9-7 Cardinal advantage. Two more first-half lead changes ensued before Bray gave Wesleyan its largest lead of the game, 37-31, on a running one-hander with 1:27 left before the break. Not to be outdone, Zieja answered with a long-range trifecta from the left wing to cut Amherst's deficit to three points at the intermission.
Wesleyan maintained its lead for over nine minutes in the second half, before Donovan drilled a pair of free throws with 10:39 remaining to knot the score at 58-58. After Wesleyan sophomore Kanem Johnson (New Haven, CT) reclaimed the lead with a silky 12-footer, Fitzsimons ignited the 12-0 Amherst run that clipped the Cardinals' wings, finishing off a flurry of offensive rebounds with a left-handed tip-in. From there it was all Amherst, which led by as many as 14 points down the stretch and sank 5-of-6 free throw attempts over the last 1:12 to seal the victory.
Zieja's 30 points were just one shy of the career-high of 31 he poured in last season at Trinity College. Harper rounded out Amherst players in double figures with 11 points, while first-year phenom Ray Corrigan (Queens, NY) added a game-high six assists.
Preseason All-American Leo Jones (Englewood, NJ) paced the Cardinals with 18 points in defeat, while Johnson added 18 and Bray chipped in with 13.
Amherst returns to action for its NESCAC opener Friday night at 7:30 at 15th ranked Williams College. The Jeffs downed Williams, 72-70, in overtime last Saturday night.
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A flood watch is in effect for North Georgia through Monday morning as the threat of storms moves across the region Sunday.
Isolated severe storms are possible, according to the National Weather Service, with a chance of isolated tornadoes, damaging winds and heavy rains that could cause streams and creeks to overflow.
The threat of severe weather is greater in Northwest Georgia, but all area residents are advised to be aware of weather conditions before traveling.
A strong cold front moving through the Southeast has created unseasonably warm, unstable air, which could spark storms.
Yet only a trace of rain has been recorded Saturday at the NWS automated recording station at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible throughout North Georgia on Sunday and Sunday night.
Sunday's high temperatures will reach the mid-60s as the front moves through, then drop into the lower 50s overnight and return to the mid-50s Monday with gusty winds. The stormy weather is expected to move out of the area by midday Monday.
Behind the front, temperatures will plummet back to seasonably winter cold, with Monday night's lows around 30 and highs Tuesday struggling to reach the mid-40s.
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Lone Peak football coach Tony McGeary announced his resignation Monday. You can read here about the allegations of financial misconduct that preceded that decision.
McGeary, who coached at the school for five seasons and won a state championship in 2011, declined to be interviewed for the story when I contacted him this week. On Wednesday evening, however, he sent this statement denying any wrongdoing. I have included that statement, in full and un-edited, below.
Aaron Falk
Coaching is an honor and a privilege and a thankless job. It has been my life's work and I love the boys and feel like Lone Peak Football is about more than winning, it is about making good strong leaders and contributing to a better society. It would be impossible with a team of 100 players to make every boy a super star or to get them all scholarships, let alone start and play each one. At every parent meeting I state that I will work with each player to prove them self, but ultimately we are striving to get the best 11 players on the field.
My decision to resign is because I did not want to cause any strain or hurt to the Lone Peak Football program. I wanted to make sure our team, students, and this program continues to be successful and to assure that Lone Peak students and team are not harmed.
I have worked tirelessly with my Administration to make sure that I was following all policies and have done everything that has been asked. I am appreciative of the support I have received.
As stated in my resignation letter, I appreciate the opportunity I have had to be here and have enjoyed every minute of it. I am proud of the record that I was able to accomplish in the last 5 years (51-12), that we made it to the play offs all 5 years and earned a State Championship, sending close to 30 players onto the next level.
I believe I have handled every aspect regarding finances for our program with the utmost integrity and character. I am exiting this program in the black, and have been instrumental in the improvements to our facilities.
Mostly, I loved working with the young men of this community and have enjoyed watching them serve in the military, for their churches, and go into College.
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When will Florida see the sunny side of real estate again? Find out what the attorney, developer and media think.
The first episode of Oppenheim Law's new talk show "From the Trenches" is now live on Oppenheim Law's You Tube Channel.
Real estate attorney and award-winning legal blogger Roy Oppenheim joined guests CBS4 Chief Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock and Real Estate Developer Patrick Sessions in front of a live studio audience last night for a lively and in-depth discussion of the past, present and future of South Florida real estate.
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I check 6 for spark it has spark 2 doesn't
plug test
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Just what's the odds of both coils failing on number 2 cylinder
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Subject: Re: [htdig] searching uncompleted words
From: Michael Pfennich (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 07:47:00 PDT
> When I search the word "newbie" I get the correct results.
> But when I search "the word "newbi" I don't get any search.
this is done by the search_algorithm "prefix"
--> the max number of words (with the same beginning),
htdig will search for is given by max_prefix_matches
--> if you always wanna use prefix matches, give
(empty, if you fill in eg. * then you will get an hit,
if you search for newbi* )
> "matka" (means travel) and "puhelin" (means phone). So I'd want htdig to
> find word "matkapuhelin" if I search with word "puhelin".
thats done by adding "substring" to the search_algorithm in the
--> but be warned, it slows down the search enourmously, when searching
common substrings !!!
(My search_algorithm looks like this:
search_algorithm: exact:100 synonyms:30 prefix:0.5 endings: 0.1
--> for more info, look for search_algorithm in
hope it helped
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Re: st: Calculation of consistency-based intra-class correlation coefficient in Stata
Jeph Herrin <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Calculation of consistency-based intra-class correlation coefficient in Stata
Fri, 31 May 2013 09:45:21 -0400
findit icc23
On 5/31/2013 9:34 AM, Margaret MacDougall wrote:
I am very keen to efficiently tap into the information I require to calculate a consistency-based intra-class
correlation coefficient (in in the notation of Fagot (1993), ICC(3,1)) for a two-way mixed model
in which raters are fixed and subjects are random. SPSS allows for the specification of a wide range of types of
intra-class correlation coefficients, including the one above, by means of simple point-and-click menu commands, which
can be used to derive corresponding syntax. However, I am keen to use Stata in order that I can take advantage of other
features offered by this package.
I have already carried out a relevant search online and noted a similar but more general question to the list which
dates back to 2011. The response did not provide me with the solution I am looking for, which is really just simply how
to perform the calculations in Stata for the particular type of intra-class correlation (ICC) referred to above.
I look forward to learning from Stata users who can help in this way.
For the purpose of clarity, I would like to point out that I am using the expression 'consistency-based', to
differentiate from ICCs based on absolute agreement.
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NYDUTCHE-L ArchivesArchiver > NYDUTCHE > 2008-06 > 1212368635
From: Tim Stowell <>
Subject: [NYDUTCHE] Map library
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:03:55 -0400
Fixing broken links I ran across this massive map site:
under which is the Holland Land Company Maps at the State University
of New York (SUNY Fredonia).
These maps are mainly about New York state and western New York at
that - from Herkimer west, but also contain early maps from
Pennsylvania to Maine to Georgia and points in between.
I spent a fascinating evening poring over these old maps.
Tim Stowell
Chattanooga, TN
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Making Vista play nice – make it bend to your will
Recently, over the last couple of weeks, I have had a number of questions come at me about Production Premium's compatibility with Vista and whether users should be using it.
For the record, Production Premium CS3 is and has been Vista compatible since we shipped: Production Premium CS3 System Requirements
These questions along with work that I need to do this week led me to spend some time bringing my Vista machine up to snuff and prompted me to start making it act the way I want it to. So, I wanted to pass on a website and quick tips that I've picked up…
The first (and only) website I've needed to visit thus far has been TweakVista
I've been aware of it for some time, but today prompted me to dig in and start turning on or off those things that annoy me about Vista.
For example, to remove the dialog box that says, 'Hey, do you really want to do this?' I turned to the website and looked at the article "Disable UAC" which I believe stands for Universal Access Control.
Next, I looked up how to disable Windows Center for start up. It's cool in the beginning, but geez, enough already right?
SO…if you've been wondering how to make Vista act and feel the way you want to, visit TweakVista and you'll hopefully have a faster and better PC in your future!


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Wheelset 27,5" | 650B American Classic Hubs | MTB AM XL Carbon Rims | Sapim CX-Ray | EN FR
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intended use of the wheelset: Enduro / Freeride
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hub front
American Classic Disc 130 front
This hub is prepared for all circumstances of cross country up to the All Mountain use. The bearings are well protected stainless steel and integrated into the bearing sealing washers and outer dust seals. The bearings are mounted on a 17 mm measuring axle which withstands the loads occurring. About two nuts can be the bearing preload adjust if necessary and perform a reconstruction of the axle uncomplicated.
American Classic Lefty Disc
This hub is prepared for all circumstances of cross country up to the All Mountain use. The bearings are protected by stainless steel and integrated into the bearing sealing discs from dirt. Compatible with all Lefty Lefty and hybrid, for Lefty 2.0 and Lefty SuperMax is an optional adapter for the brake mounting required.
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Convective Instabilities in Europa's Floating Ice Shell
W.B. McKinnon (Dept EPSc, Wash Univ)
Models of the tidally heated ice shell proposed by Ojakangas and
Stevenson for Europa generally find shell thicknesses less than 30 km.
Past parameterized convection models indicate that these shell
thicknesses are stable to convective overturn and should not lead to
freezing of the ocean underneath. Here I apply the temperature-
dependent viscosity convection scaling developed by Solomatov to the
Europan ice shell. This scaling applies to basally heated square boxes
with free-slip boundaries, which should be a good match to the Europan
situation. The temperature-dependent properties of ice are linearized
about 250 K, as any convective interior should be close to this
temperature, with the colder ice forming an ostensibly passive, stagnant
Ice shells greater than 20 km (at the equator) are found to be
unstable to convection at their base, for melting point viscosities of
10 Pa-s. The critical shell thickness for convective onset is
greater at the poles; it also depends on viscosity near the melting
point, and so by the latest rheological laws, on grain size.
Convection at the base of the ice shell does not freeze the ocean,
however. Because of tidal heating, a "stagnant lid regime" ice shell
is much more dissipative than a conductive shell of the same thickness.
This causes a shell in which convection
occurs to be thinner than a conductive shell undergoing the same tidal
strain. The overall effect is to moderate the second-degree shell
thickness variations found by Ojakangas and Stevenson (unless the shell
is sufficiently thin to begin with), and impose an effective upper limit
on the shell thickness. Tidal heating in the convecting base of the
shell is
non-uniform, which may lead to thermal instabilities, and the maximum
stresses in the viscously creeping lid may be several 0.1 MPa, which
could resolve as drag on the cold, elastic lithosphere. This research
supported by NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics grant NAG5-


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a graduate of Washington University (1910) and the Washington
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Graffiti and street art stem from American ghetto culture, notes Cappellazzo.
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In the race to snatch children from the tightening noose around the Warsaw ghetto, she must use all her wiles.
One day he's calling Spanish the language of the "ghetto," the next he's apologizing on YouTube en Espanol.
Like most of the realistic plays of the ghetto, Minna is a genuine play of manners.
The master in the art of telling these ghetto tales is Leopold Kompert.
Gudule's birthplace was far removed from the ghetto, where Ascher had first seen the light.
ghetto: the Jews' quarter in Rome, Venice, and other cities.
And as though drawn by invisible chains he strayed far down into the ghetto.
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The University of Washington, School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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Gran Canaria, Spain • Former Utah Valley scoring sensation Ryan Toolson has seen his basketball journey team him up with former Utah State Aggie Jaycee Carroll and now Spencer Nelson in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) in Spain.
Toolson has had two separate stints in Turkey and played in the Italian league before signing a one-year deal with to play alongside Nelson (14.8 points per game) with Gran Canaria for the 2012-13 season.
Off the court Toolson has adapted well. His LDS Church mission in Guatemala years ago prepared him for the Spanish language and "living-wise it can't get any better," said Toolson, after his recent contest against Carroll and Real Madrid.
"I live on a tropical island," adds Toolson with a laugh.
Situated in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, the former UVU Wolverine is living on the small Spanish islands off the coast of Morocco, surrounded by sandy beaches where the annual weather teeters between 64-75 degrees. Toolson, who is still pictured on the UVU website, is hoping to mirror Carroll's journey from Gran Canaria to a bigger club in the upcoming seasons.
"Absolutely, that's the plan. I actually got some better offers in other countries but with [Carroll's journey] in mind, my family and I decided to go to Gran Canaria and try to take that really big step up."
Toolson is sacrificing money, minutes, shots and points playing on such a deep, solid team, but he has still managed to rank 12th in scoring in the ACB with a 13.4 scoring average and is sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (46 percent). And if his solid play continues Toolson will surely receive a few offers with bigger clubs in the ACB next season, which may mean he'll see his minutes and scoring dip even more.
But, with a family to look out for and salaries lower than the NBA, Toolson can't ignore the financial boost.
"It's not like the NBA where I have tons of money saved and can retire when I want, so I kind of have to go where the better the money is."
Although Toolson acknowledges he wants to win and contribute on a good team, at this point in his career and life "money talks more than minutes."


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In case you missed it amid all the talk about Obamacare and patent expirations, big pharma standout Pfizer (PFE) has tacked on 50% gains in the last five years to outperform the S&P handily.
Part of that is because of big efficiencies and a pop to the product pipeline after the 2009 acquisition of rival Wyeth for a jaw-dropping $68 billion. But it's also thanks to an aggressive rethinking of the company structure via layoffs, marketing and research that puts an emphasis on the future.
Consider that this year Pfizer took the unusual step of selling erectile dysfunction drug Viagra directly to consumers via the Internet as an effort to get in front of drug counterfeiters! This clearly is a company thinking about its future.
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Font problem -Can't type Hindi(Indian language) alphabet into
I am trying to type Hindi alphabet/word into mathematica notebook But all it shows is '????' characters.
I have tried setting $SystemCharacterEncoding = "Unicode" & also to "ISO8859-9" but this didn't help.
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Michael Chessum
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
"For the last time, get out of my house!"
"To each according to his needs, from each... actually forget it."
"Here standeth a man whose name the greatest puns of Arabia could not be made about"
"Thanks to Chessumism, I can now eat free ears wherever I go"
Michael Chessum (1800 BC to 1880 AD) was a leading Marxist revolutionary and founder of Chessumism.
edit Life
Chessum was first produced in the late 1800s in a steel factory in Sheffield as part of a revolutionary new line. However due to union action he was not produced to the anticipated standard. After the creation of Chessumism in his famous work "Das Chessumal" he spent much of his time establishing Chessumist regimes, eating biscuits, establishing Chessumist regimes, promoting biscuits and establishing Chessumist regimes.
In 1988, Chessum was arrested by The Man (aka The Polis) for his mullet, which was deemed to be an offensive weapon (offensive due to the pornogrpahic photographs sellotaped to the back of his head, and a weapon due to the sword sewn into his fringe). At his trial, he claimed that he needed it in the event of a Chessumist Revoltuion. This did not go down very well with the judge, who sentanced Chessum to three weeks imprisonment. Due to a filing error, he was sent to a female prison, where he met his future wife, Michelle. They married when they left prison and were happily married for four years (and unhappily married for twelve). It was at about this time that Chessum began his long association with a Satanic death cult known as The Brady Bunch
One of Chessum's most notable achievments was the forming of the National Campaign to Fight Against the Ridiculous Price of Custard Creams or (NCFARPCC) for short. He began it in 1869 at UCL to encompass many localised campaigns against the ridiculous price of Custard Creams. The growth of this organisation marked the time he came into contact with another prominant figure theorising in Birmingham, Edward Bauer. Many debates ensued within the school of Chessumism after being confronted with the entirely different epistemological philosophy of Bauerism. This resulted in a movement of ideas with many Chessumists becoming Baurite and many Baurites becoming Chessumists.
Michael Chessum died three years from now.
edit Education
Chessum was initially educated at the Cecil Rafftingworth Grammar School For Pale Young Boys, but was expelled soon after enrolling for not being pale enough. Although he vowed vengeance on those who cast him out and remained bitter about the decision for most of his life, the closest he ever came to actually achieving his revenge was murdering four members of the faculty and sacrificing their children unto Zarqon.
He was then refused entry to St. Mary's Convent School in Methil for not being a girl, though he would later claim it was a result of political discrimination due to his budding revolutionary ideals and had nothing to do with his liking for red lederhosen. After six months in a borstal for reasons that remain unclear, Chessum enrolled at the James Gillespie's Grammar School For Boys where he finished his school career. After leaving the school, Michael Chessum went on to write a further Chessumism related work called "Mein Chesspf" which tells of the inordinate struggle that he, Michael Chessum, undertook in order to set up a "Biscuit Fund", in the face of persistent allegations that he was only raising money to finance his memoirs.
Before going on to University College London to study Politics and Brewing, Chessum took a gap year during which he formed a death metal band called The Carpenters (after the pub near UCL where he carried out preparatory studies), with whom he still occasionally records and tours.
His time at UCL was important for Michael Chessum, since it was in those halcyon (whatever ...) days that he met Darth Nigel, who was to prove a great influence on his political thought. It was then that Chessum wrote some of his most important works - both theoretical and musical. He made his breakthrough to international recognition when he told Gabriel Neil, an Estonian folk dancer he met in an Irish pub, about the appalling conditions of biscuit factory workers in Twelveland. It was then that Chessum realised that his future lay in politics, and he wasted not a moment in completing the three remaining years of his course, followed by post-graduate studies and four PhDs to pursue his calling: from that day on he threw himself into his vocation, pausing only to work on a Carpenters record or tour every couple of years and take frequent holidays in Airdrie.
edit Thought
Chessum spent much of his life struggling for Chessumist ideals. Earlier thought focused on calls for "workers control of biscuits", "everything in Latin" and "an end to empire biscuits". Later thought tended to focus on "those damn bourgeouse biscuits".
In his later life, Michael Chessum will become a leading advocate of Turning It Up To Eleven.
edit Criticism
Chessum has been criticised for being "closet bourgeousie" and claiming that Jaffa cakes are "real biscuits". However, he has vehemently denied any suggestions of being a closet bourgeoise. Michael Chessum has also criticised him for his constant splitting of the various Chessumist factions, resulting in a lack of general Chessumist progress in recent years.
edit Death
In 1880, he died as a result of starvation of biscuits. An alternate theory holds that he was killed during a speaking tour of Ireland by being impaled on the giant steel spike on O'Connell Street, which some believe may have been consturcted for just this purpose, since it seems to have no other obvious use. The totally contradictory nature of these theories has proved a problem for historians, some of whom have conjectured that they can only be harmonised if there were two Michael Chessums, or possibly if Michael had an evil/ good twin.
edit Legacy
edit Ideas Of Chessumism That Were Never Acknowledged
- Compulsory serving of asparagus for breakfast.
- The extension of slavery to anyone who doesn't have a knighthood.
- Giving nice presents to Darth Nigel.
- The imprisonment of anyone who has no desire to become Prime Minister.
- The legal attachment of tail lights on cats.
- A ban on inappropriate language (especially references to God) during sexual intercourse.
- A large overcrowded house where every poor person in existence can live.
- Free Edward De Bono books for all schools.
- Instead of imprisonment, the begging and pleading of criminals to commit no further crimes.
- Vogon Poetry for the under fives.
- Horses for corsets.
- A Society where those in abject poverty rule and those rich enough to vote are the proletariat.
- A Spall in the face for people who Misslep.
- Compulsory work for people with no limbs.
- Chessum Physics: One Chessum Physic for each good day of work you do.
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Tyabb Structure Plan
Households with children
This topic has been updated with 2016 Census data for the LGA or other primary area only. What's this?
There are 125 couples with young children in Tyabb Structure Plan in 2011, comprising 18% of households.
Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.
For Households with Children in Tyabb Structure Plan, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.
- Young children: Children aged under 15 only
- Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
- Older children: Children aged 15 and over only
To continue building the story, Tyabb Structure Plan's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the families with children in Tyabb Structure Plan in 2011 compared to Mornington Peninsula Shire shows that there was a larger proportion of couples with young children, and a similar proportion of couples with older children.
Overall, 17.9% of total households with children were couple with young children, and 8.8% were couples with older children, compared with 15.3% and 9.0% respectively for Mornington Peninsula Shire.
There were a larger proportion of single parent households with young children and a larger proportion of single parent households with older children. Overall, the proportion of single parent households with young children was 7.1% compared to 4.2% in Mornington Peninsula Shire while the proportion of single parent households with older children was 5.8% compared to 4.9% in Mornington Peninsula Shire.
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2011, the number of households with children increased by 117 households or 55.7%.
There were no major differences between 2006 and 2011 in Tyabb Structure Plan.


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[quote:SolarSon:MV8yMDA3NTU0XzMzNzU5ODM1X0UyNEE3RjQ3] [quote:Revguard:MV8yMDA3NTU0XzMzNzU0OTE2X0JBRERGRTk1] So, what is the galactic even that the Mayan calendar was discussing? Just the change of an age? Or does it have to do with an astronomical event that happens once every 25,000 years or so? Why all the craziness about the Sumerians/Nibiru? What was the purpose of releasing that info? Obviously TPTB would not let anything into mainstream without permission. So every tidbit of info was hand fed to us. So why was Zacharia Sitchin's work published? [/quote] The cosmic alignments happening at this time will allow for greater influence on various events, manifestations and consciousness. Thus there are forces both "good" and "bad" working hard to try affect the outcome in either a "negative" way (for the majority of us) or a "positive" way (for the majority of us). It opens up the possibilities for great and powerful changes, whether positive or negative, depending on who "wins" the spiritual battle and how mankind is as a whole at the time. Everything for the moment being indicates great positive changes coming, there were big plans and work done for negative impact upon us, but this has changed and the more negative parts of the secret orders and those groups working against you have fallen or are in the process of so and more positive energies are taking over, better people with more benevolent agendas are gaining the higher positions of these orders. There will be turmoil first, while things are shaking and falling, and the change is complete, but this apparent negative period will be short, and for the better that comes after when the positive wave really pushes forth. The same positive energies, and takeover of the secret orders - taking the agendas of the secret orders back to its origins and pure good intentions - is also the answer to your question why material like the sumerian-sitchin related stuff comes out and is "allowed". The Negative group is not in complete control of everything, there are some good ones of us around in higher positions letting us share some of the real light as well, and we are growing and the old greed is shrinking. [/quote]
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I can not tell you too much about myself, simply because it would easily identify me in the groups I belong.
What I can tell you is that I am an active member of several secret orders, beyond the mainstream regions of Freemasonry into the higher forms of the inner order of Illuminati.
And I have come here to reveal some of the secrets that I feel are of immense importance to all, as well as certain matters that should be for the benefit of everyone and not just us select few.
None of you know anything of what you think you know - not about us, the ones behind the curtains, nor about yourselves. You have been mislead and led astray since before your birth.
The complexity of it all is so vast that it will take time to detail it for you. Thus I will have to start somewhere, and I will come back to add when the occasion lets me. If time allows, I will also answer questions some may have, as long those questions do not incriminate me or reveal for those who knows me from the inside who I am.
Being here at all is risky enough as it is - take what I tell you for what it is and decide for yourselves what you want to do with the information, or whether I am telling you the truth or not.
Let me start with a short introduction of myself, to at least give you the bones without the meat.
My family have been involved with the secret orders as far back in time I have been able to look back in any of our records. I stepped right into the same as soon I was born.
We have close ties with many of the groups and orders most of you will have heard of - and even more of the ones you will never even find the name of. A lot of the Light shines in the Darkness.
The family I come from has a leadership role and a greater importance within these orders. This has given me an unique access to information, understanding, knowledge and greatly guarded secrets that very few are privileged to.
Being in such a position is very rewarding, and you would probably not even believe all the things we oversee and are witness to - not to mention what we experience and are involved with directly ourselves. A lot of it can't be mention, since doing so would endanger my anonymity.
The reason I have decided to come here to open the lid on the door a bit, is because of both the horrific discoveries I have made during my time on the inside, AS WELL as the WONDERFUL discoveries.
Truly a lot can be said, and probably will, but for now in my first attempt at letting you in on the secrets I must detail the utter most important parts.
First of all: You are IMMENSELY deceived. NOTHING is the way you think it is, and not even close to it either. Everything is a lie, and a great hoax put upon you. This includes your own LIFE, your IDENTITY.
Everything around you have been created and put in place to BLIND you from the truth. The Media, is there to deceive you and keep you away from understanding, your job is there to keep you busy and away from discovering your true self, your favorite hobbies and past-time activities have been designed to maintain your business beyond your job to further mislead you from reality, religion is there to hide the truth, technology, science, medicine, all there to derail you from the truth. The person you love, your own family, they are there to keep you away from the truth.
The very Earth under your feet is in place to keep you away from the Truth.
That all may sound preposterous - and I can see why, since it really does sound insane.
But nevertheless, this is the way it really is.
Now this does not mean you are not "real", or that the world, or those things you see around you are not "real". But it does mean that your reality, that which is your everyday, is part of a greater design, spun around you in all its splendor, to maintain you in a level of status quo - to keep you in your current state. Compare it to cows in a field - the field and the farm they live on are real enough, and the cows take it for granted as their everyday life, yet it is still in the end artificially created for the cows to keep them there, as the slaves of the farmer. It is truly a perfect analogy since it is pretty much identical to what is really going on.
In that sense, in YOUR reality, you are the "cows", and the "farmer" is, well, call it the Great Architect of the Universe.
You can also call it the Devil, or Satan - but do NOT call it God.
God did NOT create the World. God did NOT create you. It was a different entity, far from God, in biblical terms you could say it was the "Fallen Angel" mentioned above.
With this I quickly jump through tremendous parts of History, and skip all the important bits in between. We go back to our "present" and Secret Orders - since what I have just mentioned now is one of the MOST guarded secrets of these orders.
And, at the highest level of most orders of any significance this is a well known truth - a truth guarded because of many reasons in itself, but not necessarily for Evil as I will get to in my next post.
It relates to the Secret Orders due to us being in existence since BEFORE the time of the Creation of the illusious world you live within, and the Orders exist on Earth today as the channel that allows for the connection and communication with the Divine, and that which still exists far outside the Spheres of the physical Universe you now experience yourself in.
This is all something I will detail soon, when I have the time to come back to further share some of the secrets I feel must be shared.
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Of course that must be it—the cross must have sentimental value.
The picture has a sentimental value to me, apart from its artistic.
It is of small material value, but its sentimental value is great.
The store asserts that it wants only its modest per cent on the cost of any article, no matter what its sentimental value may be.
It is well that our people have come to a full appreciation of the commercial, as well as the sentimental value of these things.
To spend it on works of public utility or sentimental value, struck him as very foolish.
He believed with Jimmy Grayson that good wishes had more than a sentimental value.
You attach a sentimental value to her; but that doesn't affect her real value.
They would recognize the strategic values of the district; they would deliberately sacrifice its political and sentimental value.
He discovered himself using little slang words that she used and attaching a sentimental value to those words.


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Oasis of the Seas, August 14, 2010: Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review by mcarnett
Overall Member Rating
Oasis of the Seas, August 14, 2010
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
This will be the first time we have sailed out of Fort Lauderdale, our Florida cruises in the past have all been out of Miami. We came in the night before our cruise as we normally do on coast to coast flight. Do not want to start our vacation with any worries about flight delays causing us to miss our cruise plus it gives us a day to rest up and board the ship refreshed, not tired.
The next morning, the first thing I wanted to do is look out the window of our room to see if I could see the ship. Bummer, could not see it. I found out that we were on the wrong side of the hotel to be able to see her. I purposely ask for a room where I could see the ship in the morning and the lady at the desk stated that we would be able to. Well, so much for her knowing what side of the hotel the ship would be visible from. I went down the hall, looked out of the window at the end and lo and behold, there she was. She was big and More beautiful.
We arrived at the cruise terminal about 12:30 am. As we entered the terminal, we were warmly greeted by a representative. Very nice, and personable. She lead us to another representative who was just as friendly. We have never been greeted this way before. Usually someone just points you where to go. This was really nice and makes you feel important. This was also the first time a ground representative recognized that we were repeaters. They knew what the Diamond Plus pins we were wearing meant.
The terminal is huge and has many windows for check in. I can understand why the process is so fast. Since we were in a suite, we received priority and the next available window was ours. I did not noticed a special line for Diamond and Diamond Plus. It may have been due to the fact that we got through the line so fast I just did not notice. We reached the window to check in and there are some changes here. They take your sea pass photo here versus just before you board the ship. This saves a lot of time boarding especially when a lot of people are boarding at the same time. There are over 6100 passengers on this sailing and I was amazed that we were on the ship in 8 minutes from the time we entered the terminal to walking onto the ship. This is the fastest that we have ever boarded. Hope this catches on in other terminals.
The Ship You enter the ship on deck 5 which is the Royal Promenade. Wow!! If you have sailed the Voyager or Freedom class ships, the first thing you notice is that this is much larger. It is wider and longer. It seemed to go on forever. I did noticed that there were only one deck of inside cabins overlooking the Promenade. Part of deck 6 also overlooks the Promenade. The photo gallery, Diamond Club, and the Schooner Bar and on the aft of deck 6 is the boardwalk. On this ship you have to think outside of the box. You have to see it to believe it!
Since we could not get into our cabins until 1:00 we decided to have lunch. Even though there were many places we could have had lunch, being traditionalist, we decided to go to the Windjammer for our first meal on the ship. Each end of the Royal Promenade there are 6 banks of elevators. We were surprised on the short wait we had since there were a lot of people waiting. These elevators hold a lot more people that other ships.
The Windjammer is nicely laid out. Many food stations to handle the large crowd. I was impressed on how easy it was to get our food without waits or lines. It is huge, so there are plenty of places to sit, as a matter of fact, during the entire cruise, we never had a problem finding a table.
After lunch went to our cabin on deck 8 to drop our carry on's off. Time to explore!! First area was Central Park since it was also on deck 8. You will not believe your eyes. The plants, flowers, trees and hard scape are truly remarkable. There are 4 decks of inside cabins with balconies overlooking this area. You will really love this area at night. We were sitting on one of the park benches with a glass of wine looking up and seeing stars in the night sky. Unbelievable, you are thinking to yourself that we could not possibly be on a ship. I could die here and be very happy!
Next, the Boardwalk. This is on deck 6 aft. Again, walking out, the first thing you see is the Carousal. Bigger than I thought it would be. As you enter, you will find 4 horses in different stages of carving. This is to show the sequence of how the Carousal animals were hand carved. Here you will find Johnny Rockets, donut shop, ice cream parlor, candy store and the Seafood shack. A couple of clothing stores are out here also. You will also, notice that there are 6 decks of inside cabins with balconies overlooking the boardwalk and the Aqua Park. Again, you get the feeling that you are not on a ship. The Aqua Park on the aft is really something to see. For our sailing it was not operational due to problems with the pumps and hydraulics. Really disappointing that we only got to see the show on the large TV screens that are there. I guess we will have to sail the Oasis of the Seas again to see the Aqua show. We were disappointed, but there are so many other things to see and do on this ship that our disappointment was short lived. There are 6 Aqua Suites overlooking the Aqua Park with huge balconies. Looks like you could have a big party on these balconies. Now let's go up to the pool area, deck 15. Again this will take your breath away. Both Dori and I look at each other and say "We can't be on a ship!" To give you an idea on how large this area is, there is a large opening in the center looking down 4 decks to Central Park. On both sides of this opening is two large pool areas. One area is a H20 zone for kids and the other side is regular pools. Not one on each side, but two. Aft of this area is the sports zone which has two flow riders, miniature golf, basketball court and the zip line. The zip goes over the board walk area which is nine decks below. Forward on deck 15 is the Solarium. This was quite a place also. Next, we checked out the Concierge Lounge on deck 11 and it was impressive. It has a two story glass window overlooking the Boardwalk and Aqua Park. The second level was used primarily for the Chef's Table but also had additional seating as well. As a matter of fact, this is the first cruise we have taken that the Concierge Lounge was not totally filled with people. We never had a problem finding a seat. They serve lunch every day and we did this a couple of times. Food was excellent.
Down on deck 6 was the Diamond Club. A little smaller but still large enough to handle a lot of people. Since there were only 20 Diamond Plus people on this cruise, and over 120 Diamond members, we used the Concierge Lounge exclusively. We wanted to check where our table was in the main dining room. We usually do this just to see where we are and how big our table is. We were on deck 5 (second level of the three level dining room) and had a table for 7. It was on a small island overlooking the lower level of the dining room. There was a bridge from the main floor to our island. Very unique. There were about 5 other tables on this island. Needless to say, this is one big dining room. We met our table mates that evening. A couple from Upland, California. That is only about 20 miles from where we live. Small world. Our other table mates were a husband and wife Travel Agents from Vancouver, Canada. We enjoyed each other's company the whole cruise.
There are many other features on this ship that I will let you discover for yourself. Don't want to tell everything.
I will mention one item that many people could not find how to get to. There is a wing bridge overlook on deck 14. You see people out there, but how do you get there? You are looking down at it from the solarium, but you don't see how to get there. Well, the only way to get to this secluded area is to go down to deck 14 forward on the port side. There is a doorway that takes you out to the wing bridge. Not many people out there, but what a view.
One other great innovation on this ship is the digital information screens located on each deck, both port and starboard sides in the elevator lobbies. This not only gave you a graphic of the deck you were on, but would guide you to anywhere on that deck just by entering the place you wanted to get to including your cabin. The other neat thing was that it would give you real time info on the what the occupancy percentage was for each of the dining venues. It was nice to be able to know how crowded a place was before you got there. Helps you decide on where to go. Also, the Focus Photo gallery was very unique. Instead of looking all over for your photos, there are carousels where all of your pictures are in a folder. Your folder number is imprinted on your sea pass card. Simply go to you folder, pull it out and there are all of your pictures that have been taken during the cruise. Does not get easier than that!!
All of the shows were fantastic, especially "Hair Spray." Do not miss this. The cast singing and acting was impressive. The stage production was as good as any land based Broadway show you will find. One thing I really like was that to control the crowd easier, you had to have reservations for all of the shows. This was so everyone on board would not try to go to the same show. If you did not have a reservation, you had to wait on the side until all persons with reservations were seated. Any no-shows then went to the people who were waiting. I suggest you make your reservations "on-line" before you sail.
Shore Excursions
The only shore excursion we did was the Atlantis Adventure in Nassau. This was our first time in Nassau and we wanted to see the Atlantis resort. Our stay was short due to having to leave Nassau so early to get to St Thomas. Our shore excursion was from 8:00am to noon. The water park does not open until 10:00 am so there was not much time to do the slides and other things they have there. We spent the first two hours in the Digs. This place is fascinating! Once the water park opened and by the time we got there, it was a two hour wait to do the "Leap of Faith" water slide. Needless to say, we did not have time. Upon leaving Nassau, Diamond and Diamond Plus members were invited out on the Hilo deck for a sail-away champagne party. On this ship the Hilo deck is not open to the passengers like it is on other ships. Can't remember why, but they did tell us. It is only used for special occasions and parties.
On St Thomas and St Maarten, we have been there many times before, we just got off of the ship and shopped. One note, there are so well organized, we never had a long wait to get off or back on the ship. With this many people (the ship was full) we were very surprised. On St Thomas, due to the size of the ship, we did not dock at Havensight , but at Crown Bay on the other side of town. It is a $4.00 taxi, each way to get to town. There was a small shopping center at this dock but nothing like Havensight.
Disembarkation This went as fast as getting on the ship. It took us 10 minutes to get from the Dinning room on deck 5 to hailing a cab to go to the airport. Luggage was easy to find and going through customs was a breeze. Amazing.......
We will definitely do this again. You can not see everything in one week. There is just to much to see and do. The food was great, the friendliness of the staff, the ship. We would have been just as happy if the ship just sailed around for 7 days and did not stop anywhere. This cruise, for us, was the ship and we were not disappointed. In quite a few areas we were very surprised and still wonder how they do it with so many people to serve. Let's hope this kind of service and people control processes get transferred to the other ships. Like a said, you have to see it to believe it!! I could go on and on, but you need to experience this ship yourself. Just be prepared. It is really something special.
Oh, by the way, Megan and I did do the Zip line. It is short but exciting!!
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Rondeau, one of the generals who had helped depose Posadas and Alvear, had been rewarded with command of the army of the north.
The third section of the river stretches from Corrientes to Posadas, and beyond.
Rafts of timber are stopped at Posadas and rarely follow the river further.
The hiring at Posadas is done according to a traditional custom that does not seem to have changed for more than a century.
Posadas is its chief station, and protects its southern outlet.
During this first phase the curve of the Bajada is parallel (thirteen days later) to that of Posadas.
At Posadas the rafts are taken to pieces, and the trunks are delivered to the saw-mills.
At that time he was about to build a million-dollar hotel at Posadas.
The crops from the colonies are stored in the shops at Posadas, and from there they go to the obrajes and yerbales.
From Posadas the flood-waves reach Corrientes in five days (235 miles).
"inn," 1763, from Spanish posada "home, lodging," from posar "to repose, rest, lodge," from Latin pausare (see pause (v.)).