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My Favorite Movies of the Year … Special "30 Years Ago" Edition!Posted in JIMMY ON MOVIES: Thoughts on Films, The Folks Who Make Them, & Those Who Love Them, MOVIES TO REMEMBER: The ol' favorites that The Lunch Movie kids might have watched had the tradition continued... on December 31st, 2012 by Jim Delaney
Everywhere movie fans turn this week, they will find a Best of 2012 article. With several of the Oscar-contender crop yet to open in Boston, it feels premature for me to discuss my favorites; after all what if Zero Dark Thirty turns out to be my favorite movie of the year? I could go ahead and close the book 2012 regardless, or I could do nothing, but I've written too much nothing for the past few months. Or I could write about something unique and personal.
A debate has raged for years amongst cinephiles regarding whether 1939 or 1962 was the greatest year in cinema history. If you're a nerd, there is only one answer to this question: 1982. This being the 30th Anniversary of the greatest year in movie-nerd history, it feels like a good time to review a portion of the films that made me glad to have lived through that era. When I say it was a great year for movie nerds, you may assume that I'm thinking solely of genre movies. 1982 offered great genre and non-genre movies, but it was in the area of genre movies that '82 shaped the generation that would follow. Let's consider not one or two but five essential sci-fi films: E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Tron, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and Blade Runner.
If you grew up watching Steven Spielberg's E.T. on video, you may not recognize what a juggernaut it was for theatrical audiences. Not only did it usurp the #1 box office champ spot held for 5 years by Star Wars, it took 11 years before Spielberg himself knocked E.T. from his perch. No one was prepared for how popular a simple film about a boy helping a stranded alien find his way home could be. One might expect that after the runaway success of Kenner's Star Wars toys that E.T. dolls would be in toy stores a month before the movie opened. This did not happen, and when the first doll finally arrived, it was proportionately all wrong. E.T.'s stubby legs were made as lanky as his elongated arms, and his face was more pudgy and cute. When my Mom and I saw that inaccurate doll at Macy's in Manhattan, a sales lady told us they were flying off the shelves. Kids embraced a substandard toy because it was the only option available. 15 years before throngs of high school girls saw Titanic multiple times to cry together, kids from 8 to 80 cried together with E.T., keeping it in theaters for a year. That was not a typo. Once upon a time when a good movie could last 3 or 4 months in theaters, E.T. played on some screens for an entire year. There was even an ad campaign in spring 1983: "After one year, E.T. is going home!" How does a movie last that long? We needed it. The Gordon Gekko '80's were years away, we were still trapped in the Patrick Hale '80's. We needed something new and different. We want to believe in magic and care about someone pure and innocent. This "poor bastid who looks like he crawled outta the sea and forget to go back in," as my Grandma Delaney described him, fit that bill perfectly. I saw E.T. several times with friends, but my strongest memory is seeing it on two consecutive nights with my dad, The Fats. We had taken a road trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. There wasn't much to do after dinner, especially in a hotel where the only TV was in the lobby, so both nights we went to see E.T. in the one movie theater in town. The first night was like any other movie night. The second night, The Fats had a few extra drinks with dinner, and introduced this pastoral small town bijou to the Times Square tradition of audience participation. No one told him to shut up or complained to management. They were too busy laughing. A few other folks even joined in, with everyone falling silent during the finale. When it was over, a few dozen emotionally exhausted people stood under the marquee with tear-stained eyes and laughing smiles, taking in a magical summer night that would have made Ray Bradbury feel right at home. Show me another movie that folks could laugh with, and then laugh at, and bond with strangers after sharing.
If you've seen Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II then you don't need me to tell you that it is one of the most meticulously crafted genre movies ever made. This was an all too seldom case of the big studio development system doing its job properly, by finding the right people for the movie, and trusting them to do their jobs. Personally I was a fan of the first Star Trek movie in 1979, but many found it too cerebral, or just plain boring. Star Trek II was produced for less than one third of the first movie's budget, and was a bigger hit, because the story appealed to both core and passive fans. Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew do battle with a villain from their past who hijacks a scientific experiment with the intention of using it as a weapon. There was a more compelling tie to the original series than the first film offered to the core fans, and there were themes of family and aging (and ol' fashioned revenge) that proved more accessible for passive fans than the 2001-esque existential quandary of the first film. I saw it on a rainy opening weekend with my brother Ed and my Mom. The theater was so full that we had trouble finding three seats together. Ed and Mom sat toward the back and I joined some classmates way up front. This may be the hardest I ever heard Ed cheer for a movie, and I was on the opposite end of the theater from him! He wasn't alone; a moment during the ship battle in the Mutara Nebula is to this day the loudest I've ever heard an audience erupt in applause. Was there anything groundbreaking here? Not so much. It was just a conspiracy of cool, the likeness of which no other sequel had ever aspired, let alone achieved. There is not one thing you can change that would make Star Trek II a better movie; for the film they were making, this was as good as it gets.
Steven Lisberger's Tron was only a modest success at the time, perhaps partly due to its being considerably ahead of its time. Science fiction films had given us tales of people shrunken to Gulliver proportions, and further, but Tron was a distinctly '80's vision of this story. Jeff Bridges plays a videogame designer whose crowning achievement is stolen from him. When he tries to recover his game, he becomes sucked inside the world of his own creation. A few years after the arcade game Space Invaders ignited the competitive spirit of legions of kids, in the summer that Pac Man and Donkey Kong battled for gamer supremacy, Tron took us more deeply into that world than we'd imagined. The impact of this film is felt more with each passing blockbuster videogame; we have not been able to journey inside a computer as Tron suggested, but we have figured out how to surround a gamer with the game. Comparing contemporary video games to watching Tron in the summer of '82 is an experience similar to considering your smartphone while watching Mr. Spock use a tricorder on a classic Star Trek episode. In what was a first for me, I read the script for Tron (purchased for $10 at a Star Trek convention) before seeing the movie. When you read Steven Lisberger's script, you realize the immense imagination that went into the production. As a kid familiar with Atari 2600 and arcade games, I drew from a narrow visual reference as I read the script. The story is all in the writing, but the film's scope needed to be conjured by people truly capable of seeing the future. This was my first experience reading a script by a director, where you can see that they had the full film in their head, even if it is not all on the page. The perfect creative storm of the uniquely qualified production designer Syd Mead and electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos pulling out all stops on Lisberger's story created a world without precedent, a world every kid wanted to visit. None of us actually thought we could be zapped inside a video game, but damn if we didn't spend that entire summer in the local arcade, hoping that it could happen. OK, not the entire summer; we needed some time for the movies!
George Miller's The Road Warrior was originally released in Australia as Mad Max 2 in 1981. While Miller's original Mad Max had been successful in Australia and elsewhere around the world, it was mostly relegated to drive-ins and grindhouse dives in the U.S. and Canada. The Road Warrior featured Mel Gibson as an ex-highway cop who becomes a guardian to an outpost of survivors of a nuclear war. The retitling distanced The Road Warrior enough from its source that it seemed especially refreshing to American critics, who embraced the action and gritty tone of this film above just about any other adventure that year. There was even a re-release in January '83 to give it an extra push during awards season. That push resulted in The Road Warrior winning Best Foreign Film from the L.A. Film Critics Association. From the opening montage sequence, I realized I was in a different world with The Road Warrior. I had seen montage in other films, and recognized some of the images of war and socio-political unrest here, but I had never seen montage so precisely evocative. As my movie education progressed, I understood that this sequence could be traced back to Eisenstein, but at the time, this was all new to me. By juxtaposing those famous images with scenes from the first Mad Max film, we see both how the world at large and Max Rockatansky himself came to such a desolate existence. I like Mad Max, but I remain in awe of the opening sequence in The Road Warrior; it is some of the finest editing in a trilogy known for its kinetic editing style. Max helped me define my idea of heroism and bravery. I grew up with Batman and Superman, but Max was something different. Rocky Balboa was my closest comparison, refusing to stay down even as his coach Mickey implores him to let Apollo Creed win their exhibition bout. In later years I learned this was a staple of spaghetti westerns, but Max was one of my earliest experiences with an anti-hero. I had never seen a hero get his ass kicked like Max, and had never seen a hero keep coming back, more for the benefit of others than himself.
The science fiction film from 1982 that has had the most extensive path from obscurity to quintessence would have to be Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Harrison Ford plays a burned out detective tasked with hunting down 5 cyborgs in 2019 Los Angeles. It barely broke even at the box office, and was largely overlooked by all but the nerdiest of movie goers, but among those nerds it resonated deeply and quickly. Blade Runner is likely the film about which more has been written, studied, and derived from than any other, sci-fi or otherwise, from this year. The impact was seen most clearly in the production design of movies that followed, from Brazil and Batman to Dark City and The Matrix, plus a litany of anime films. Blade Runner's grungy and rain-slicked production design, by the way, was created by the same man who made Tron glow in the dark. There is more to this film though; artificial intelligence with this sort of character complexity existed in novels, but never on screen before Blade Runner. Before Bishop and Lt. Cmdr. Data, before Andrew Martin and David, Blade Runner introduced us to the full spectrum of the notion of a robot becoming sentient. The Replicants were fearsome and fearful, vengeful and noble, in short: they had soul. A few days after I first saw Blade Runner, I met up with the friends I saw it with at my school's football field, waiting for or town's 4th of July fireworks. I recall being stunned that I was alone in loving this movie. Everyone else liked it, but like most of the nation at the time, they were more focused on E.T. This was my first experience with being certain that I had witnessed something amazing and transformative, even if no one else around me recognized it. I had just seen the first movie that ever made me cry for a villain.
When you look back at what critics dismissed as Big Dumb Summer Fun, you might be surprised by how it stacks up to contemporary Big Dumb Summer Fun. We definitely had some crap, every generation gets their fair share, but most of '82's Big Dumb Summer Fun was comparatively impressive. Sequels were nowhere near as ubiquitous as they are now. Among that handful of sequels were the aforementioned Star Trek II and Road Warrior, and the aforementioned Rocky Balboa battling for his title against Mr. T in Rocky III. Mr. T's electrifying debut made him an overnight star, and a hero to kids, which is all the more impressive given that he played the antagonist. Later in the fall, Sylvester Stallone would introduce us to the beginning of his other notorious franchise with the tight as a drum action thriller First Blood. We also had Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th 3-D, one of the most successful ventures of the brief 3-D revival of the early '80's, and William Shatner showing his comedic chops in Airplane II: The Sequel.
Aside from sequels, movies adapted from comicbooks have also become inevitable in recent years, but 1982 only gave us two … and a half: Wes Craven's Swamp Thing and John Milius' Conan The Barbarian. George A. Romero and Stephen King also gave us their homage to Max & William Gaines' EC Comics in Creepshow. If you're only going to have three comicbook related films, this is a strong collection: all three were dismissed as lurid and violent goofiness, but all were deceptively well made. Roger Ebert not only fawned over Swamp Thing during is initial review with Gene Siskel on their PBS show Sneak Previews, he revisited it later that year during a special episode focused on hidden gems that audiences might have let slip by. Conan the Barbarian kept comicbook fans happy, though it was occasionally derided by devotees of the Robert E. Howard pulp novels that inspired both the comics and the movies. A film aficionado's reaction might be that Conan's Hyborian Age is also a perfect canvas for Milius to explore his warrior poet ethos. A movie nerd's reaction is that Conan the Barbarian is a perfect movie to blaze up a joint and have a few laughs. The Fats took Ed & I to see Conan at the long gone Rivoli Theater on Broadway. Aside from loving the movie, this was also my first encounter with the grindhouse audience participation that made my dad so popular during E.T. in Cooperstown. Much as I loved Conan, it still cracks me up at inappropriate moments, anytime I recall the disciples of Cheech & Chong who sat behind us in the Rivoli. Creepshow, which Ed & I saw with The Fats rather than spending Thanksgiving at the kids' table with my Mom's family, is that rare movie that absolutely lives up to its tagline: The Most Fun You'll Ever Have Being Scared!
Horror was as well represented in 1982 as comicbook films, though two of the finest were remakes. Paul Schrader remade Jacques Tourneur's 1942 Cat People with Nastassja Kinski and John Carpenter remade Howard Hawks' 1951 The Thing with Kurt Russell. Considering these films together could trigger an interesting debate about sexuality in horror films. Schrader's Cat People does not amp up the sexiness of the earlier film simply by showing more skin, he blurs the line between human and animal sexuality when his characters encounter their transformations. Tawdry sexy marketing? Maybe, but this also helped this were-cat movie stand apart from a crop of pretty good were–wolf movies in the preceding year. In his adaptation of The Thing, Carpenter chose to do away with the love interest of Hawks' film, adhering more closely to the original John W. Campbell pulp story. To this day, Carpenter cites this as a mistake, which he feels hurt The Thing at the box office. Success is guaranteed neither by making a film chastened like Carpenter's nor steamy like Schrader's. Though I dig both immensely, both barely covered their production cost. The most successful horror film of 1982 is probably also the scariest PG-rated film ever made: Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist. Watch Poltergeist again, and you will find it like a book you can't put down; its pace entices you with what could have been a standard family drama. By the time the supernatural element is introduced, you are already as engaged in the well being of this family as you would have been with the Jarretts or the Kramers.
A few films featuring military characters were amongst the year's memorable dramas. The other surprising success story of the year besides E.T. was An Officer & A Gentleman. This love story between Navy aviator Richard Gere and smalltown girl Debra Winger took several weeks of word of mouth promotion before it hit #1 in its 6th week of release. Most movies are headed for second run theaters by then, but An Officer & A Gentleman spent most of Fall '82 vying with E.T. for the #1 spot. I can't speak for what drew everyone else to it, but I'll tell you why it hit me like lightning: until then, every movie I'd seen that included nudity or sex made me eager to grow up so I could experience that for myself. This was the first movie I'd ever seen that showed me the responsibility that comes with, and the damage that can come from, relationships if they are not properly cared for.
Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot was monumental to filmgoers in general and to me personally. This intense submarine drama achieved what would have previously seemed impossible: it made us despair for WW2 German sailors, and recognize their positions as pawns to a Fuehrer they come to reject. It also made me grow up and start giving subtitled movies a chance. Lastly Clint Eastwood took a rare turn away from westerns and cop movies to play an Air Force pilot in Firefox. This cold war espionage thriller was based on the first of four novels. Had it been more successful, it would have been cool to see Clint reprise this shell-shocked character, but Firefox got lost in the same flood that swept up Blade Runner and The Thing.
Aside from stories of men in uniform, 1982 was a helluva year for drama in general. The most game changing, generation defining performances in the acting profession since Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire came via Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice and Ben Kinglsey in Gandhi. Before these two performances an actor could get away with playing another nationality or ethnicity as long as they were charismatic. No longer; after Streep and Kingsley in '82, an actor will be taken to task if they cannot pull off a convincing accent as well as an emotionally compelling performance. Traditionally outstanding performances in exceptional films, like Jessica Lange in Frances, Paul Newman in The Verdict, or Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek in Missing, or the ensemble from That Championship Season were not enough to be rewarded by Oscar voters that year. Not that this would make them any less compelling, and worthy of your attention, if you have not yet seen them.
A comedy-drama for which I have a soft spot, and which seems to have been utterly forgotten, was David S. Ward's adaptation of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row. It was not the most faithful adaptation; it is more an adaptation of Steinbeck's sequel Sweet Thursday, using Cannery Row as backstory. That doesn't make it a bad movie, just different from its source, and still more faithful than many novel adaptations. The perennially cool Nick Nolte plays an over the hill baseball pitcher who becomes smitten with Debra Winger, the new lady in town, who takes up living and working in a brothel in Depression era Monterey, CA.
1982 was also a strong year for comedy. Despite Jessica Lange losing her Oscar nomination for her dramatic leading role in Frances, her supporting role in Tootsie provided her first Oscar win, and made her the sixth (currently of thirteen) actors to be nominated twice in the same year. Tootsie was loved by most, but reviled by a few, who were upset by Dustin Hoffman's character cross-dressing. This was not the only comedy of the year to address gender identity issues, or as some in my homophobic adolescent circle called them, "movies that make you gay." Deathtrap gave us Michael Caine wondering aloud if Christopher Reeve was gay, as well as a magnificently underplayed answer delivered later in the film. This answer came as no surprise; I had already seen the Ira Levin's play of Deathtrap on Broadway with my family. Victor Victoria was a surprise. Blake Edwards' masterful farce featured Julie Andrews as a woman pretending to be a man who pretends to be a woman, and James Garner as her suitor, who can't tell if his affection for her means he is gay. Everything about this movie was so rambunctiously playful and positive that it made me begin to question whether I should be taking my queues about gay people from family and friends who don't actually know any gay people.
John Lithgow's former football player going through a sex change in The World According To Garp was another well drawn character and fully realized performance that introduced me a larger world than I'd see in standard drama. One of the most successful comedies of '82 was The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, featuring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds in an adaptation of the Broadway musical. If I had any doubt that the information I was receiving about gay people, cross-dressers, prostitutes or anyone else not on the straight-n-narrow, I need look no further than Porky's. My male peers were as ignorant about women as the chumps in this guilty pleasure skin-fest, which put their advice in proper perspective, and made me begin reading between the lines on movies a lot more closely.
One of my favorite comedic actors, Richard Pryor, had a great year in '82. He released best performance film, Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, which also remains the best stand-up comedy film I've ever seen. He also delivered one of his finest performances hitting both comedic and tragic notes, as a Vietnam veteran trying to rejoin society after being held for 5 years as a prisoner of war, in the underrated Some Kind of Hero. Anyone who thinks of Lois Lane when they think of Margot Kidder will be impressed by the understated range she shows opposite Pryor as well. Personally I'm not a fan of The Toy, but I'm in the minority; this was one of the most successful films in Pryor's career.
This was also a year for breakout comedic performances. Eddie Murphy single-handedly turned 48 Hrs from a violent crime drama to an action comedy. Ron Howard shed his apple pie image by directing the year's third bordello-set comedy Night Shift, featuring his Happy Days partner Henry Winkler and an energetic new lad named Michael Keaton. Though he'd already delivered dramatically the year before with Taps, Sean Penn proved that he was equally adept at comedy with one of the iconic performances of the decade in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A cast of actors with supporting credits in TV movies-of-the-week (raise your hand if you're old enough to remember M.O.W.'s!) was turned by Barry Levinson into the most memorable ensemble of the year in the prototype for his Baltimore films, Diner. Making her feature debut in John Huston's extravagantly budgeted Annie, Aileen Quinn was hyped as a rising star in celeb magazines, but she chose a different path with her education.
In anything but a breakout performance, Peter O'Toole earned his 7th Oscar nomination for My Favorite Year. In my favorite performance of his career, and my favorite comedy of 1982, Steve Martin cracked wise with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney and romanced Barbara Stanwyck and Better Davis in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. This deliciously conceived story, and impeccably edited and designed production, is the ultimate valentine to anyone who loves film noir mysteries and gangster movies.
As I mentioned earlier, 1982 was not without its fair share of crap, like the blight on the resume of the underrated Charles Bronson that was Death Wish 2. Somehow, even the crap then was more fun than the crap now. We had vulgar medieval fun like the blades-n-boobs fest The Sword & The Sorcerer and Don Coscarelli's blatant rip-off of Excalibur, Conan, and the Dungeons & Dragons Handbook The Beastmaster. There was also Larry Cohen's Q: The Winged Serpent, which is memorable if for no other reason than that they fired live rounds from an automatic rifle on top of New York's Chrysler Building. I guess they were counting on the bullets landing safely in the East River. The wacky part is they were firing at nothing; the monster was stop-motion animated in during post-production. Q took the term "guerilla filmmaking" to an absurd extreme. Garry Marshall's parody of daytime TV soaps Young Doctors In Love was an even guiltier pleasure comedy than Porky's,i.e. it is just as vulgar, and even more dumb, but I still dig it. Hands down the biggest pile of crap in '82 has to be MegaForce. If you ever want to see how little you can buy for $20M, or what a movie about elite commandos by way of disco–land would resemble, check out MegaForce.
High art, low art, and no art aside, 1982 also gave us two of the most genre defying oddities ever produced by a major studio: Pink Floyd: The Wall and The Dark Crystal. If you can figure out which paragraph above either of these films would have belonged in, you're a more decisive fan than I am. In a year full of surprises, a year full of movies that have inspired a myriad of imitators, Pink Floyd's descent into paranoia and Jim Henson's philosophical adventure were such singular experiences that no one has attempted to copy them. There were also movies that I was too young to see at the time, but came to appreciate later: István Szabó's Faust-themed Nazi drama Mephisto and Jean-Jacques Beineix's wonderfully unpredictable thriller Diva opened in 1981, in Germany and France respectively, but opened in the U.S. in 1982. It take until just a few months ago before I finally saw Jack Nicholson in one of his lesser known performances in Tony Richardson's initially X-rated police thriller The Border. Jack plays a Texas border officer surrounded by corruption and racism, and conflicted by gnawing compassion for those he arrests. Two things immediately struck me about The Border. First if it were released today, times and tastes have changed enough that it would be rated R, and second that it would probably be even more controversial. It didn't cause much of a stir when it was released, because the X-rating limited the theaters that would show it, and thus greatly limited its audience. With illegal immigration no less a hot-button issue today than it was thirty years ago, this film reaching a wider R-rated audience would elicit some entertaining and frustrating polarized debate. Three decades later, I am still engaged by and learning from the films of 1982.
I used to think that if I ever wrote an autobiography, it would be titled Godzilla Eats Junior Mints, following a gullible moment when The Fats took Ed & I to see Midway when I was 6. After taking a glance at these films, I think an equally viable title might be All I Really Need To Know I Learned In The Movies When I Was Twelve.


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Day 1: In Flight. You will leave the US for your flight to Beijing. The adventure begins!
Day 2: Beijing. You will arrive in Beijing, where your guide will meet you and will transfer you to your hotel.
Day 3: Beijing
The day begins with a tour of a Chinese Hutong. This begins with a rickshaw ride through the old neighborhood, then a short walking tour into the narrow streets of the Hutong. You will be able to visit the home of a family who lives there; feel free to ask any questions. Then we will take you to a special part of the Great Wall at Jinshanling. There you will meet your hosts. They will take you to the Great Wall and show you the options of where you will sleep. Later your hosts will cook for you a home-cooked meal which you can eat either on the Great Wall or down below in their home.
Day 4: Beijing. You will wake up on one of the Wonders of the World! It is certainly the longest of the Wonders. You can spend more time enjoying the wall. After you have finished with your time there you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
Day 5: Today you will leave very early in the morning to the train station for the Trans-Mongolian railway to UlaanBaatar. This 30-hour train ride passes the Great Wall in three places, some interesting ruins in Inner Mongolia and through the scrubby part of the Gobi desert in Mongolia.
Day 6: You will arrive in UlaanBaatar mid-afternoon where your guide will meet you and transfer you to your hotel. On the way you will be given a brief tour of the city, including SukhBaatar Square and the surrounding buildings. Includes: (L).
Day 7: Ulaanbaater
We will take you on a day trek to the east to Terelj. During this short drive, the countryside dramatically changes twice, providing three distinct landscapes on the trip. You will visit Giant Turtle Rock, and take a stop at the "Dinosaur Statue" campground. After lunch, enjoy the area and you will know this is a great place to ride horses for hours. Return to UB in the evening and your guide will transfer you back to your hotel. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 8: Ulaanbaatar. Morning visit to the Gandan Monastery. Then we will visit Choijin Lama Temple Museum. After lunch, you will visit the National History Museum (which has some wonderful exhibits, especially concerning Chingiis Khan and the tribal costumes). Includes: (B), (L).
Day 9: You leave in the morning to go on a trek to Karakhorum, the ancient capital of Chinggis Khan, and See the beautiful Mongolian Steppe (and the Shoestring Gobi patch). Visit Nomads along the way and enjoy Nomad hospitality. Arrive at the ger camp. Go to the 9th century stone tortoises. Eat and sleep at ger camp. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 10: Hustai Natural Reserve. You start the day in Karakhorum. There are several interesting buildings, Buddhist artwork and possibly view a Buddhist service. Then we drive back east and visit the Hustai Natural Reserve. We will spend the night there. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 11: Ulaanbaater. After breakfast you will have another chance to see the horses. If you like you can stay for an extra night at Hustai preserve or return back to UB with the group and go to see Naadam Festival next day. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 12: Ulaanbaater. Go to the wonderful Naadam Festival! This national celebration of independence includes an opening ceremony in Naadam Stadium and a competition of the three national sports- Horse-racing, Archery and Wrestling. You will view the opening ceremonies and some of the competition of each of the three sports. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 13: Dalanzadgad
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Dalanzadgad. You will arrive at the ger camp. Once settled in the camp we will take you on a tour of the area including Yol Am. This incredibly beautiful valley features one of the anomalies of nature found in Mongolia-here in the midst of the Gobi Desert is a glacier coming out of the mouth of a cave that is still frozen even throughout the summer. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 14: Dalanzadgad. Full day tour, including the Flaming Cliffs (where dinosaur fossils were discovered in Mongolia), a camel herder and see the large dunes and varied countryside sites. If there is time we can take a brief tour of Dalanzadgad. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 15: Enjoy the ger campsite and the beautiful scenery in the area. Fly back to UlaanBaatar and transfer to your hotel. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 16: Hatgal
Fly to Lake Huvsgal. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth. You will arrive in Hatgal and will be transferred to the Ger camp. There will be opportunities to ride horses, go for nature walks and enjoy the beautiful sunset in this pristine woodland and lake setting. You can also visit Hatgal and see some of the native crafts and artwork from the area. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 17: Hatgal
You will continue to enjoy the countryside. Today we can drive around the west side of the river. If we are fortunate we will possibly be able to visit a Tsaatan family. The Tsaatan are the reindeer people, whose lives center around reindeer. You can also have additional horse-back riding, nature tours, etc. and even fishing. Includes: (B), (L), (D).
Day 18: Today you will fly to UlaanBaatar. We will transfer you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 19: Ulaanbaatar
Today you will visit the Zanabazar Art Museum. Then we will take you to the Bogd Khan Summer and Winter Palace. After lunch we will visit Natural History Museum. If time permits you can go shopping at the Gobi Cashmere Store which features fine Mongolian cashmere and camel hair garments as well as State Department Store. Includes: (B), (L).
Day 20: Today we will take you to the airport for your return flight to Beijing. Upon arriving in Beijing your guide will meet you and take you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Day 21: After an early breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home with a lifetime of wonderful memories!
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Nutty Cream Cheese Biscuits Recipe
These nutty biscuits are worth every bit of the time they take to prepare. Their rich taste and creamy texture make requests for seconds routine.
- 2 tubes (10 ounces each) refrigerated biscuits
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon each ground cloves, nutmeg and allspice
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1. Roll each biscuit into a 3-1/2-in. to 4-in. circle. Cut cream cheese into 20 equal cubes; place one cube in the center of each biscuit. Combine sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice; sprinkle 1/2 teaspoonful over each biscuit. Set remaining sugar mixture aside. Moisten edges of dough with water; fold over cheese and press edges with a fork to seal.
- 2. Pour 2 tablespoons butter each into two 9-in. round baking pans; sprinkle 1 tablespoon of reserved sugar mixture into each. Dip one side of each biscuit remaining butter. Arrange in pans, forming a pinwheel pattern, with butter side up. Sprinkle pecans and remaining sugar mixture on top. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
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World Briefs
Was an Offer Made?
Ariel Sharon denied that his office sought Israeli settlers' agreement to dismantle some illegal West Bank outposts. The denial by Israel's prime minister came after a spokesman for a settlers' group said the group had rejected the offer. Sharon is planning to dismantle some settlements as part of a plan to disengage from the Palestinians if peace negotiations do not resume.
Israel Kills Five Terrorists
Israeli soldiers hunting mortar crews in the Gaza Strip killed five terrorists and four bystanders. Witnesses said an armored column set out from the Netzarim army base before dawn Wednesday and came under fire from Palestinian gunmen as it approached the outskirts of Gaza City. The five gunmen killed are believed to have been members of Islamic Jihad. Four other Palestinians, including three laborers en route to work, died in the shootout. The army said the operation was aimed at intercepting terrorists who fire mortars at Jewish settlements.
Study: Jerusalem Residents Poor
Jerusalem is the poorest of Israel's large cities, according to a new survey. Tel Aviv ranked high on the list of cities ranked by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as did Haifa and Rishon le-Zion. Per-capita income, the unemployment rate and the number of residents who receive welfare were among the factors used in the rankings.
Israeli Twin Towers Scare
Tel Aviv's "Twin Towers" were partially evacuated in a bomb scare. Police ordered shoppers out of the mall in the Azrieli Towers on Wednesday after discovering a bomb in the underground parking lot. The bomb was safely detonated. There have been several alerts of terrorist plots against the Azrieli Towers modeled on the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
France Beefs up Jewish Security
France will provide more than $18 million to beef up security at Jewish institutions. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced the package at the second meeting of the newly created Cabinet committee on anti-Semitism on Tuesday.
"The situation justifies the continued vigilance and the action of public authorities," Raffarin said.
Italy to Probe Anti-Semitism
Italy soon will have a government committee to investigate and fight anti-Semitism and racism. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced the move this week, saying there was "profound concern about the rise of episodes of intolerance and anti-Semitism in Europe." The committee, which will begin operation in coming weeks, will be composed of representatives of several government ministries. Its task will be to monitor episodes of racism, anti-Semitism and religious intolerance and determine how to educate people against such attitudes and punish acts when they occur. Italy has experienced little of the anti-Semitic violence that has erupted in several other European countries since the start of the Palestinian intifada in September 2000. But recent public-opinion polls have indicated widespread anti-Semitic stereotypes as well as sharp opposition to Israeli policy toward the Palestinians.
Poll: Americans Oppose Palestinian Aid
Seventy-three percent of Americans oppose U.S. aid to the Palestinians, according to a new poll. Only 15 percent supported the roughly $200 million in annual aid, the poll reported. Sixty-five percent of respondents to the poll, sponsored by the Zionist Organization of America, said the Palestinian Authority could not be trusted to fulfill peace accords it signs with Israel, while 18 percent of the 1,000 Americans polled said the Palestinian Authority could be trusted. The poll was conducted in mid-January, and no margin of error was given.
Victims of Nazi Medical ExperimentsCompensated
Starting this week, 1,778 victims of Nazi medical experiments will get one-time compensation payments from Germany. The Claims Conference identified the victims who, under an agreement with the German government, will receive payments of about $5,400 each. Under Nazi rule, German doctors and scientists conducted experiments on Jews including sterilization, amputation of limbs, organ removal, infusion of infectious diseases, immersion in ice water and the infamous experiments on twins. Most experiments tested how much pain, torture or disease human beings could endure before dying, so the vast majority of experiment subjects were killed.
"For survivors, it is a day of muted triumph," said Roman Kent, chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, at the news conference in New York announcing the awards.
New York OKs Insurance Bill
The New York state Assembly passed a bill banning insurance companies from denying life insurance to travelers to Israel. The assembly unanimously approved the bill prohibiting insurers from asking life insurance applicants if they have visited Israel or other counties on a State Department travel advisory list. JTA recently revealed that some insurers were denying such coverage based on past or even future travel plans to Israel because of the U.S. advisory. The state Senate must pass the bill before it becomes law.
'Fiddler' Tradition Begins Anew
A revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway last Friday. The revival of the musical about life in a shtetl first opened in 1964. Alfred Molina stars as Tevye, the role popularized by Zero Mostel in the original.
Matzah-Ball King Keeps Crown
There was a repeat winner in an annual matzah-ball eating contest in New York. Eric "Badlands" Booker won Tuesday's contest at Ben's Deli by scarfing more than 20 matzah balls in five minutes, 25 seconds. Booker is 6-feet-5-inches tall and weighs 395 pounds. Proceeds from the event go to feed the hungry through the Interfaith Nutrition Network. More information about the contest is available at www.bensdeli.net.
Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.


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ok, if you are living in a fictional tv world- which would it be?
not as one of the characters in the story- but in the environment?
would you fit in?
personally, id choose the world/universe of Twin Peaks.
also, my Lyric for the day:
'drifting away as lovers do
heads you win, tails i lose
nothing to say, much less to do
unhappy me, unhappy you'
-- English Beefcake, JAMES.


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The Segura River divides the city into an older, northern sector and a more modern, southern sector. The 14th-century Gothic-style Cathedral of Santa María was restored in the 18th century. It contains the fine chapel of the Vélez family (1507). In the Hermitage of Jesus (Ermita de Jesús) are the majority of the Passion sculptures of Francisco SalcilloSalzillo, which attract many visitors during Holy Week. The University of Murcia was founded in 1915.
Murcia is a communications and agricultural-trade centre for the surrounding areas along the Segura River. Flour is also processed. The city's silk industry, which dates from Moorish times, still exists. Murcia's manufactures include woolen, linen, and cotton goods; saltpetre; leather; aluminum products; furniture; and hats. Murcia's main industries are metalworking, papermaking, and food processing. Pop. (1998 2006 est.) 349180,040113.


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Neil Gaiman Empire Podcast Special
On Sandman: The Movie and more...
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author and graphic novelist who brought us The Sandman, American Gods and The Graveyard Book, all of which are or have been in development for the screen, as well as Stardust and Coraline, which film fans may recognise from the movies they inspired.
Since Gaiman has a new book out - The Ocean At The End Of The Lane, already set up for Joe Wright to direct - we sat down to speak to him at length about his career, his good friend Hayao Miyazaki and the Gaiman movies that might have been.*
*Here's a taste (and warning) of what might have been: Gaiman reveals in the podcast that one draft of the Sandman movie saw Dream chasing after some MacGuffins to avoid the apocalypse / Y2K 'crisis', along with his 'brothers' Lucifer and the Corinthian. So for all that and a whole lot more, click play or download below.
P.S. Don't forget to check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the Empire Podcast via our iTunes page or this handy RSS feed.


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…Mohammad Weiss Rassool, whom the FBI busted last decade for tipping off an al-Qaida terrorist suspect, reportedly now works for the deputy IRS chief financial officer as a financial management analyst, drawing a lucrative salary at taxpayer expense.
According to investigative reporter Patrick Poole, who broke the explosive story in PJ Media, the Obama administration has let a Muslim man convicted of abusing sensitive government data have access to the sensitive financial data of millions of Americans at an agency known for abusing such information.
Astonishingly, the dangerous felon is still at the IRS, where he goes by the name 'Weiss Russell….'
Rasool who immigrated into the US from Afghanistan worked for the Sherriff's Department in Virginia and was not Rasool soon worked his way up that the Fairfax County Police realized that they had an Al Qaeda spy in their ranks.
A complaint was filed in 2008 by DOJ. According to the complaint, Rasool accessed a "national criminal database containing names of terrorist suspects and confirmed that FBI agents were tailing a Muslim pal from his mosque."
…In 2008, Russell/Rasool was prosecuted for his role in tipping off Abdullah Alnoshan, a close associate of al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and a friend of Russell's from their mosque. According to the Justice Department's Statement of Facts filed at the time of Russell's indictment, Alnoshan provided license plate numbers to Russell for cars he believed were conducting surveillance on him. Russell then checked those plate numbers in the FBI's NCIC database, which came back to a leasing company which federal prosecutors claimed would have tipped off Russell to the bureau's surveillance.
He left a phone message for Alnoshan that the FBI intercepted….
Read full article – (EXCLUSIVE) IRS Currently Employing Convicted Terrorist Associate
It was not until agents arrived to arrest Rasool who along with his family were destroying records after having breached the database of the NCIC system on at least 15 occasions that law enforcement realized the extent of the breach.
Moreover, how is it that Rasool changed his name to Weiss Russell and the connection was never made? Well the answer may be not what you know but you and Rasool's case, a member of CAIR.
That individual in CAIR lobbied on behalf of this spy. The CAIR official liasaioned between Rasool and the Sherriff's Department and now that same individual has connections inside the White House.
Translation: The devil has his foot in the door everywhere in Washington, D.C. and Rasool, the Internal Revenue Service.
H/t Bill Smith (Facebook)


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The keys were the most bothersome part. He could leave his clothes in the truck, of course, but, even on a cool November night such as this, there was always that chance that some random person would wander into the woods and see his mud-splattered '84 F150 and think it was worth messing with. He obviously wasn't going to be able to hang onto them himself, so his last ditch solution was to drop them into a Ziploc bag and bury them at the base of a nearby tree. He covered the site with a scattering of leaves and then marked the tree with urine. Satisfied that he would be able to locate them when he returned, he gave in to his yearning and let the night take him.
The shift from man into wolf was not as dramatic or even as noticeable physically as it had been in the early months of the condition. He had been doing it for so long now that his two personas had formed a symbiosis. He had always been somewhat beastly, even when he was fully human, and he had come to enjoy the freedom of ferality now that there was no longer pain involved in the transition. He liked being a monster and, so far, he had been cunning enough in both forms to not get caught.
Hunting deer, as he did this night, was fine but it was not his first choice. Deer were meat and nothing more. They only took care of the most basic cravings of the wolf. The hungers of his human side were more dangerous than those of his beast. Nothing compared to stalking humans. He loved tracking them in secret before they became aware of his presence. The smell of their fear when they finally realized the danger was exquisite and lingered later into the taste of their flesh. Enough of the man remained in him at all times to recognize their pleadings for mercy and to get a thrill from it. Deer never gave him that kind of excitement, never aroused him, but they were safe prey. No one would come tracking after him over the remnants of a deer carcass, should it be discovered. A savaged person was entirely different.


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A Model of Self-Held Work Roles and Role Transitions
Griffin, Mark & Neale, Matthew (2006) A Model of Self-Held Work Roles and Role Transitions. Human Performance, 19(1), pp. 23-41.
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In the last three months, we've had lots of activity in getting patients face-to-face with other patients. As much fun as it is to meet new people, it is even more fun to see people that have come to previous meetings and catch up on how they're doing.
LA Support Group
In September, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, The UCLA Oncology Center and The Mycosis Fungoides Foundation co-sponsored a "Meet the Doctor" evening. Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA, presented an overview of cutaneous lymphomas, including mycosis fungoides, lymphomatoid Papulosis and Anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Thanks to Cheryl Abe, LCSW and Frini Li-Chiu, LCSW from the UCLA Oncology Center as well as Robin Shlien, Community Outreach Manager from the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society for pulling together all the details.
Washington Face-to-Face
When Judy travels to meetings, she puts a message out on the CTCL-MF listserv asking if anyone wants to meet for lunch. This is a great way to get to meet and talk to patients in an informal setting. Here's what she had to say about this "special group".
This is the first time we've ever had an all female group for lunch. Let me tell you, it was also the longest "lunch"! What a dynamic group of women.
LRF Educational Forum
Kudos to Sue Bliss, Executive Director of The Lymphoma Research Foundation Educational Forum, and her staff. They once again put on a great educational forum. Melanie Smith, Director of Public Policy, introduced an advocacy training program which was very informative. Jennifer Mills in her new position, Director of Patient Education, and Carolyn Bell, Director of Patient Services, coordinated the dedicated people of LRF in their efforts to bring quality information to lymphoma patients.
Dr. Richard Edelson, Director of the Yale University Comprehensive Cancer Center, presented an outstanding talk on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The sessions were audio taped, and if you are interested in getting a copy, they are $7.00 + $1.50 shipping and handling. They can be ordered from Network Communications over the internet at: www.swiftsite.com/stloa2003. Phone number: 800-747-1426. The number of the tape is: LF-N07.
Pittsburgh Support Group
Sue McCann, who is the Photopheresis Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, managed to get 50 patients, friends and family members together for the Brian V. Jegasothy Support Group for CTCL in October, which turned into an educational forum. She gave a presentation on the Nursing Perspective on CTCL.
Dr. Larisa Geskin, Director of Cutaneous Oncology, presented an overview followed by Dr. Frank Strobl from Therakos Pharmaceuticals, who described photopheresis (ECP). Khanh Bui, from Ligand Pharmaceuticals, gave a product overview and Judy Jones gave a patient prospective and brought everyone up-to-date on the Mycosis Fungoides Foundation activities.
Thanks to Therakos and Ligand for providing us with lunch and a chance to get acquainted with other patients. Linda Sharp and Joyce Grater facilitated the caregiver breakout and Judy Jones facilitated the patient support group.
These meetings provide an excellent opportunity for people to learn more about this disease and the treatments that are available.
The Brian V. Jegasothy Support Group for CTCL is a yearly event. Please join us next year!
The Mycosis Fungoides Foundation, in collaboration with Therakos, Inc. hosted a live webcast on mycosis fungoides, Sézary syndrome and other forms of CTCL. Drs. Madeleine Duvic of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Marie-France Demierre of the Boston University Medical Center discussed treatments including photopheresis, upcoming clinical trials, and other important issues concerning this disease.
Joe Lawrence, a photopheresis patient, shared his perspective in his short presentation. His clear understanding of treatment options, combined with his personal experience, made Joe's contributions to the presentation valuable.
Participants e-mailed questions that were answered in a question and answer period afterwards. We received more questions than we could answer in our allotted time, so we are going to record a supplemental question and answer period. Both the webcast and supplemental questions will be assembled on a CD, so that it can be watched off-line. We will have more information available on how to obtain this on our website and in our next newsletter.
To watch the webcast, go to our website at: www.mffoundation.org and follow the directions. We are fortunate to be able to bring speakers of this caliber into your homes to give information and answer questions. Thanks to Therakos, Inc. for the tremendous time and effort that went on behind the scenes to put this together. Without their generous grant, this would not have been possible.
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The arrival of Amazon.com's Kindle for iPhone app certainly raises the profile of Apple's handheld wonder as an e-book platform. Of the many fine things the iPhone is already-planner, organizer, Internet and e-mail portal, MP3 player
Partisans of the Kindle (and now the Kindle 2) insist that Amazon's reader makes for a superior reading experience. They say it's all in the e-ink display. And in some respects, that's true.
But even if its LCD screen can't match e-ink, the iPhone still has a very readable display. More important, readers don't lack for app options if they'd like to crack open a good book on their mobile device. Here's an overview of the many good reading options on the iPhone and iPod touch.
The Contenders
The most relevant reading apps on the iPhone today are:
Stanza (free, Lexcycle)
Instapaper (free [pro version US$10]; Marco Ament)
Classics ($3, Andrew Kaz and Phill Ryu)
eReader (free, Fictionwise)
iFlow-based books (various prices, BeamItDown)
Kindle for iPhone (Free, Amazon.com)
BookShelf ($6, Zachary Bedell)
(Click on the product name to see our full reviews of each product.)
None of the reading apps in the App Store is perfect, and I've tried most of them. Here's what I look for in a reading app:
Attractive, flexible interface
The goal of every reader app should be to make the reading experience as easy on the eyes as possible. The interface should be clean and the text should be fully scalable, with a wide variety of typefaces, text colors and backgrounds to choose from. You should be able to read in either portrait or landscape mode.
In a perfect world, every book would look like the volumes formatted so elegantly for Classics. When you launch Classics, a bookcase appears with books facing outward. Tap a cover and the book opens. Touch and hold a book and rearrange the shelves to your liking (with 16 books as of this writing, it doesn't take long). Tap a page and the page flips. You can also drag your finger and the page will turn as realistically as a virtual book will allow. Tap the table of contents button and jump easily from chapter to chapter. A bar at the top of the screen displays your progress. When you've finished reading, a crimson bookmark slides down the left side of the page and the book closes. Neat. But although the type is beautifully rendered and easy enough to read, you cannot adjust the type size.
Stanza isn't as elegant as Classics, but it has some classy touches-notably, the landscape library view. The app is more versatile with type than just about any of the e-book apps currently available. Although eReader lets you adjust type, spacing, margins and colors, that app isn't quite as customizable as Stanza. For example, you're limited to six font sizes, ranging from "small" to "gigantic." The iFlow readers offer a clean and easy to use interface, with about 50 different adjustable typefaces, and nearly two-dozen text colors and backgrounds to choose from.
BookShelf offers some interesting customizable features, including a choice of more than 20 scalable typefaces and an array of background colors, but it's awfully utilitarian in look and feel. Kindle is easy on the eyes, though not as pretty as other apps. And unlike eReader or Stanza, the Kindle app is minimally customizable-you can adjust the type size and that's about it.
Compatibility and content
The ideal reading app would be one that you can use to read books, magazines, and newspaper articles seamlessly and transparently in every format imaginable. And, for goodness sake, avoid digital rights management if at all possible.
Both Stanza and eReader support a variety of file types. With Stanza, you can download books from more than a dozen sources, including Project Gutenberg's online library of more than 27,000 copyright-free books. You can import your own library, including ePub, eReader and PDFs using Stanza's desktop application. And if that weren't enough, the app also doubles as an RSS reader.
The Kindle app doesn't read anything but books purchased from Amazon.com. But it does give iPhone and iPod Touch users easy access to Amazon's 250,000-plus selection of books, as well as the experience of blazing fast book downloads. That's no small thing.
Both Stanza and eReader support downloading purchased books from Fictionwise.com and eReader.com. However, one clear advantage Kindle has right now is price. Prices for most Kindle books are 25 to 50 percent lower compared to other e-book retailers. But that could change. Barnes and Noble on March 5 announced that it bought Fictionwise for $15.7 million and plans to launch a new e-book store later this year. Some competitive pricing, especially in a down economy, could make e-books even more interesting in the coming months.
Classics comes with the books baked right in. Although the developers promise more content with each update, only a book bag's worth of great books are currently available; you cannot import any books of your own. The one obvious downside of the BeamItDown's excellent iFlow-based book collections is that they're all separate apps that litter your home screen. And you cannot currently import your own books.
BookShelf supports numerous Palm e-book formats, though it doesn't support iSilo or eReader files.
Along with fully adjustable text, a reader should have total control of the reading experience. If you want to simulate flipping the pages of a book, then the app should let you flip the pages. If you'd rather save time and turn pages with a single tap, you should be able to do that. If your thumbs are prone to cramping, then you should have the option of tilt scrolling, as you can with Instapaper Pro.
Stanza is more easily customizable than its competition. Readability is never, ever a problem. Browsing is easy and searches are a snap. And it never seems to crash. The app also sorts your books by title, author, subject and latest reads. I also have to applaud eReader for letting users choose to either flip pages or scroll text.
What sets BeamItDown's iFlow readers apart from most others is the scrolling. The text scrolls like a teleprompter, and you control the speed by tilting the screen. Anyone familiar with Instapaper Pro will recognize the feature immediately.
In Bookshelf, you can scroll text with your finger or press a "play" button and have the text scroll automatically at a speed you can set. But with the exception of the scrolling function, Stanza does a better job at presenting books.
A reader should be helpful, resourceful and fully networked. Looking for a particular section, passage, phrase or word in an e-book? You should be able to open the search engine and tap away. Don't know what a word means? You should be able to look it up without leaving the app. You should also be able to bookmark the definition in the text for future reference. Ideally, an app would either have an excellent built-in dictionary and thesaurus or link to a dictionary you might already have installed on your device. (I recommend the American Heritage Dictionary 4th Edition [] from Enfour.)
If you are compulsive highlighter, the app should let you highlight text with a tap and a stroke of a finger. Prefer to underline instead? Then the app should let you opt for that. The app should let you annotate the text and bookmark as many pages as you like. You should also be able to link directly to passages and references in other works, regardless of whether you own the e-book or even if you do and it's stored on another computer.
That kind of interactivity is probably the greatest deficiency of the e-book apps currently available. eReader lets you select and highlight text, add notes, and look up words in a dictionary-which Bookshelf, Stanza and the Kindle for iPhone apps do not. (You need to buy a reference work in a compatible format and have it open in the eReader; the app won't work with any other dictionary applications. This is less than ideal.) Classics also offers no way to annotate books. BeamItDown says it is planning to add search and annotation functions for future updates of its iFlow collections, but offers no date certain for when those features will appear.
A reader app for the Web
Marco Arment's $10 Instapaper Pro isn't an e-book app, but it is a first-class reader with gewgaws and gizmos of enormous convenience that e-book developers would do well to learn from and emulate.
If you see an article you want to read, simply tap the Read Later button you've installed your Web browser to download and read at your convenience. (There is a free version of Instapaper, too, but the full-featured Instapaper Pro is well worth the price.)
The app features a nifty tilt screen feature that lets you scroll text without touching the screen. Anyone familiar with BeamItDown Software's iFlow reader will recognize the feature immediately. If the tilt feature proves distracting, not too worry: You can turn it on and off with the touch of a button. Instapaper Pro will also mark your place so that if you need to click away, you will return to the exact spot in the text where you left off. The app also displays customized fonts and text sizes, and gives you the option of black text on a plain white background or white text on black. You can also open articles in Safari.
Amazon has escalated the e-book wars with its shot across Apple's bow. But iPhone developers are a clever and wily lot, and Apple is no slouch, either. With some steady improvements, the ideal iPhone app e-book reader may not be just a dream for much longer.
For now, though, the best overall book reader is Stanza. For reading Web content, look no further than Instapaper. For the most enjoyable reading experience, dive into the classics of Classics. And if you want the broadest selection and best deals on books for sale, Kindle for iPhone rules the roost.
[Ben Boychuk is a freelance writer surrounded by real and virtual books in Rialto, Calif. Feel free to e-mail him.]
This story, "The IPhone E-book Readers' Guide" was originally published by Macworld.


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Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) Sixteenth–Century Painting in Emilia–Romagna
"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2008–2010": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 68, no. 2 (Fall, 2010)
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The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
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Under the direction of the Chief Deputy Attorney General, the Director of the Division of Administrative Support plans, organizes, directs and evaluates the various administrative and fiscal functions of the Department of Justice. These functions include personnel management, fiscal management, departmental services, training and legal support. The incumbent advises and consults with the Chief Deputy and other members of the Department's Executive Staff on various matters requiring administrative resources and expertise.
Applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications:
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Must be a current State civil service employee with permanent civil service status, as defined in Government Code Section 18546.
Or II
Must be a current or former employee of the Legislature, who resigned or was released from service within the last 12 months, and with two or more consecutive years of service as defined in Government Code Section 18990.
Or III
Must be a current or former nonelected exempt employee of the Executive Branch of government who resigned or was released from service within the last 12 months, and with two or more consecutive years of service (excluding those positions for which the salaries are set by statute) as defined by Government Code Section 18992.
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Must be a person retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty as defined in Government Code Section 18991.
(1) Knowledge of the organization and functions of California State Government including the organization and practices of the Legislature and the Executive Branch; principles, practices, and trends of public administration, organization, and management; techniques of organizing and motivating groups; program development and evaluation; methods of administrative problem solving; principles and practices of policy formulation and development; and personnel management techniques; the department's or agency's Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives; and a manager's role in the Equal Employment Opportunity Program.These knowledge and abilities are expected to be obtained from the following kinds of experience with substantial participation in the formulation, operation and/or evaluation of program policies (experience may have been paid or volunteer; in State service, other government settings, or in a private organization):
(2) Ability to plan, organize, and direct the work of multidisciplinary professional and administrative staff; analyze administrative policies, organization, procedures and practices; integrate the activities of a diverse program to attain common goals; gain the confidence and support of top level administrators and advise them on a wide range of administrative matters; develop cooperative working relationships with representatives of all levels of government, the public, and the Legislature and Executive branches; analyze complex problems and recommend effective courses of action; and prepare and review reports; and effectively contribute to the department's or agency's Equal Employment Opportunity objectives.
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CEA Level C Responsible for extensive highly professional influence and contributes to program, policy, and the methods to provide professional services needed to set policies, to meet the mission of the State department and often exercising technical and or professional skills that are required at this level.
2. Knowledge and understanding of Department of Justice programs.
3. Knowledge and understanding of the legislative process.
4. Knowledge and understanding of the State budget process.
5. Knowledge and understanding of various administrative functions, such as: personnel management, fiscal management, departmental services, training and legal support.
A minimum rating of 70% must be attained to obtain list eligibility. Hiring interviews may be conducted with the most qualified candidates. All candidates will receive written notification of their examination results. The result of this examination will be used only to fill the position of Director, Divison of Administrative Support, with the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Applications will be retained for twelve months.
The results of this examination will be used only to fill this position.
Interested applicants must submit:
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Gulf Sickness?By Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-05-18 13:54
Hey readers, I'm looking to gather information on anyone who may have gotten sick from the BP Oil Spill or subsequent cleanup. If you or anyone you know has been afflicted with something that you can prove, or otherwise you highly suspect was a result of the spill—particularly if you believe the oil dispersant known as Corexit was the culprit—please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I'd like to hear your story.Read Post
Weekend Plans Sunk?By Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-05-12 11:26
A 70-foot boat named Atlantic Traveler capsized in the Manasquan Inlet yesterday, apparently blocking off the inlet for some say, as much as a week. All three crew members escaped the boat unharmed after being dumped into the chilly waters in the pre-dawn hours. I'm glad everybody was safe, and hats off to the Coast Guard for making a successful rescue.Read Post
Some folks were born made to wave the flag ...By Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-05-05 16:01
I'm down in Lauderdale staying at the Marina Hilton at the moment, and right outside is docked a 65-foot 2002 Viking sportcruiser named Unfortunate Son. What a great name for a boat. The second I saw it I stopped and took a picture for this blog but unfortunately my iPhone is on the fritz at the moment. But really, as a name Unfortunate Son has it all.Read Post
Darwinism in ActionBy Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-04-26 17:05
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Down in the HoleBy Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-04-15 00:00
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Does Tiger Woods Constitute Provenance?By Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-04-06 14:29
Word on the docks is that Tiger Woods is looking to unload his 155-foot Christensen named, ironically, Privacy. The Palm Beach Post has reported that the golfer is searching out a broker for the deal after his ex-wife Elin decided that the reported $2 million dollars of upkeep per year was not worth the price tag and turned ownership of the yacht down.Read Post
Fish Are Now Apparently Sick of WaterBy Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-03-30 12:12
I don't know if you guys have noticed, but lately giant, suicidal fish have been jumping into boats pretty much unprovoked. Seems counterintuitive to survival to me, but I guess that's why I'm at the top of the food chain and they're not. ("Oohhh but the mako shark is at the top of the food chain, Kevin! Blah, blah, blah." No. It's not. You know why? Because I've eaten a mako steak before and a mako has never had a Kevin steak. I know this for a fact.)
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Unrest in Middle East a Boon for Yacht Sales?By Kevin Koenig | Posted 2011-03-23 14:27
A recent article in the New York Times investigates how the current protests in the Middle East may affect yacht sales in the region. It seems dealers are unconcerned over the recent political turmoil in countries like Egypt and Libya, and believe that if and when freedom rings across the region, more and more people will be looking to purchase a yacht. The article also notes that if things get too violent on land, motoring off in a megayacht is a great way to abscond . . .Read Post


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> Corporate Technical Bulletins
J. Deduction of Contributions (G.S. 105-130.9(1), (2) and (3))
Preliminary Statement
Subject to certain limitations, contributions or gifts made by a corporation within the income year to qualified donees are deductible in determining net income.
Charitable Contribution Defined
For purposes of this section charitable contributions are defined per section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Contributions Limited to 5% of Net Income (G.S. 105-130.9(1))
The deduction for contributions made to qualified organizations other than contributions made to the State of North Carolina, a municipality in North Carolina, or any of their institutions, instrumentalities, or agencies, and to qualified educational institutions located within North Carolina are limited to an amount not exceeding five percent (5%) of the corporation's net income as determined before the deductions for contributions. State law does not permit a corporation to carryover unused contributions to subsequent years.
Contributions Fully Deductible (G.S. 105-130.9(2))
Contributions or gifts made by a corporation to the State of North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, a municipality in North Carolina, or any of their institutions, instrumentalities, or agencies, and to qualified educational institutions located within North Carolina are fully deductible in arriving at net income or loss. "Educational institution" means only an educational institution which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where the educational activities are carried on. This term, however, is deemed to include the institution's departments, schools and colleges as well as a group of educational institutions and an organization (corporation, trust, foundation, association or other entity) organized and operated exclusively to receive, hold, invest and administer property and to make expenditures to or for the sole benefit of an educational institution or group of such institutions.
Example: Corporation B deducted contributions of $100 to a North Carolina county agency, $50 to a college located in North Carolina and $50 to other qualified donees in determining net income of $1000 before deduction of a net economic loss of $500. The allowable contributions deduction is computed as follows:
Net income
Add: Contributions
Net income before net economic loss deductions
Less: Net economic loss brought forward
Net income before contributions deduction
$ 700
Less allowable contributions:
Other qualified donees (not to exceed 5% of $700)
College located in North Carolina
North Carolina county agency
$ 185
Net taxable income
$ 515
Contributions by Corporations Allocating Net Income (G.S. 105-130.9(3))
A corporation which is required to apportion its total net income to North Carolina by using the allocation and apportionment methods in G.S. 105-130.4 must deduct from total net income allocable to North Carolina the contributions it made to North Carolina donees qualified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of G.S. 105-130.9.
However, the deduction for contributions made to North Carolina donees qualified in subdivision (1) of G.S. 105-130.9 is limited to 5% of total net income allocated to North Carolina as computed before this deduction. Furthermore, the contributions which qualify as a direct deduction from total net income allocated to North Carolina cannot be deducted in arriving at the corporation's total net income subject to apportionment.
Example: Corporation C's records show net income of $114,000 before the deductions for a net economic loss and contributions. Contributions total $6,200 and include $200 to a North Carolina agency, $2,000 to other North Carolina donees and $4,000 to qualified donees located outside North Carolina.
The deduction for contributions is determined as follows:
Net income before contributions and net economic loss deduction
Less: Contributions to donees outside North Carolina
Less: Total nonbusiness income
Total business income
Apportionable to North Carolina --35%
$ 35,000
Add: Nonbusiness income directly allocated to North Carolina
Total income allocated to North Carolina
$ 36,000
Less: Allowable portion of net economic loss deduction
Total income allocated to N C before contributions to donees
$ 30,000
Less: Contributions
North Carolina donees (not to exceed 5% of $30,000)
North Carolina county agency
$ 1,700
Net taxable income
$ 28,300


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John and Danielle Hyndes live on a property called 'Meadow Cottage' at Gundaroo. In their garden there are old apple trees, apricot and pear trees, pomegranates, rhubarb, raspberries galore, asparagus and strawberry patches and, the highlight, quince trees planted around 1930 that continue to provide bounteous crops.
This time last year, on a trip to Britain, Danielle Hyndes visited 'Highgrove', the garden of Prince Charles. It provided a memorable day for Danielle and her United Kingdom hosts and they felt privileged to be part of a champagne tour (booked online) that included high tea in the Orchard Room where Prince Charles celebrated his 50th and 60th birthdays. She says, "The philosophy of the garden appeared to me to be not only a centre of excellence for demonstration and education of organic principles but also to share Prince Charles' desire to share this beautiful creation 'to please the eye, warm the heart and feed the soul'."
A thyme walk leads away from the main house and consists of twenty species of thyme planted as a living carpet by HRH. The vista extends from a lily pond to the spires of the village of Tetbury. The Stumpery reminded Danielle of a lost, pre-historic world where a multitude of weathered tree stumps have been imaginatively re-used to house ferns with a glade of hellebores and hostas. The Stumpery is a haven for wildlife.
Prince Charles has been at Highgrove for 34 years and says an ancient Cedar of Lebanon that dominated the west-facing elevation was among the elements that persuaded him this was where he would "like to take root." He has gardened from a painter's perspective, considering shadows and light and the placing of pieces of sculpture and his watercolour painting of Highgrove and The Cedar Tree featured on a tin of Duchy biscuits in 1995. The tree was attacked by fungus and was removed in 2008 and an obelisk with a gilded finial has been built in its memory.
Now Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated by HRH The Prince of Wales with Bunny Guinness (Hachette Australia. $75; e-book $29.99) has been published in all its glory. Profits from sale of the book will be donated to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation.
The book is divided into months and 'Charles' introduces January with the walled, organic kitchen garden which is a vital and productive place in mid-winter, with brassicas, herbs and leeks filling the geometric beds. The kitchen garden was once used for fattening pigs and there was a dunking pool used to fill watering cans but now the water feature has a fountain where bees drink from its wet moss in winter. Hyndes says the layout for vegetable plantings are the crosses of St George and St Andrew bordered by germander that attracts bumble bees and butterflies among contrasting rows of lettuce and rocket, carrot 'Purple Haze', beetroot, broccoli, potatoes 'Pink Fir Apple' and 'Charlotte' and berries.
Danielle Hyndes took the Highgrove book to one of inner Canberra's oldest home orchards at Calthorpes' House in Mugga Way (a historic place, open to the public weekend afternoons). A Calthorpe daughter, Dawn Waterhouse, was visiting the house and she showed us the fruit trees in blossom and a prunus regarded as special by the family. The orchard was planted before the family moved into the house in 1927.
Beside an apricot tree, Hyndes perused a chapter on Highgrove's orchards where branches of crabapples Malus 'Golden Hornet' have been linked to create coronets and there is a planting of old varieties of heritage apple trees. Violet-black fruit from damson trees is made into a liqueur and other royal favourites are pears, plums, figs, Morello cherries. In a two-acre paddock filled with fruit trees there is a bee house and 200 chickens whose eggs are sold on site.
In September, crab apple jelly, red 'Discovery' apples, courgettes, onions, peas and beans are harvested for the Highgrove farm shop, the table and the kitchen.
For Hyndes, a highlight at Highgrove was the wild flower meadow, a six-acre area under the hand of head gardener Debs Goodenough that, periodically, is grazed by Shropshire sheep. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 2013, Prince Charles established 60 new 'Coronation Meadows' in Britain.
For her 'Meadow Cottage' in Gundaroo, Hyndes is about to sow a meadow from wildflower seeds purchased online from Highgrove.
Susan Parsons is a Canberra writer.


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The gate to Emily Dickinson's grave was returned this spring.
Of course, most people didn't know it was missing.
Two years ago, historian Charles Marchant stumbled upon a gate on the porch of
the Copper Penny, an antique store in Newfane, Vt. The gate bore the name of
Edward Dickinson and the date 1858. Intrigued, Marchant investigated the gate's
background and immediately traced it back to Amherst. Contacts who were asked
to inspect the Dickinson gravesite reported that its gate was intact—not
realizing that they were looking at a
replacement. Undaunted, Marchant, a
cemetery commissioner, followed other leads for more than a year, putting notices
in cemetery-association newsletters and writing inquiries to genealogists all
over New England.
After encountering innumerable dead-ends, Marchant decided to start from square
one and paid a visit to Amherst himself. Cindy Dickinson, director of The Emily
Dickinson Museum, encouraged him to visit the gravesite, where he immediately
noticed that the gate did not match the color and patina of the surrounding fence:
he surmised that the original gate, installed when the plot was established in
the mid-1800s, had gone missing.
Further investigation at the Special Collections Department of the Jones
Library in Amherst led to a photograph
of the original gate in situ, circa 1948-54. With visual proof of the Vermont
gate's origin, Marchant alerted the Windham County Sheriff's Office,
which seized the gate in mid-February. The antique-store owners were out of town
when the gate was taken.
Robert Magovern, president of the Dickinson Family Association, retrieved the
gate from the sheriff at the end of
February and paid a visit to the Copper Penny's owners, Donald and Linda
Miller, who were unaware of what they had
acquired and were happy to see the gate returned. The gate was displayed in
The Emily Dickinson Museum during
the spring, and returned to its original
position shortly before the annual Emily Dickinson poetry walk on Saturday, May
15, the anniversary of the poet's death.
In the midst of this joyous homecoming, one mystery still lingers: How and when
did the gate disappear? "I've heard from many people who were living
in Amherst who remember vaguely something about the gate being stolen," said
Cindy Dickinson. "It seems to be sort of becoming truth, but it's
hard to prove." Mary Elizabeth Bernhard, a tour guide at the Dickinson
Homestead, has a photograph of the original gate that she dated 1980. She remembers
that the gate was stolen in 1984 or 1985. Dickinson scholar Polly Longsworth
said, "Emily's father built the fence around the plot, and put the
gate on in 1858. And it stood there until whenever it disappeared.
I had the sense that it was a student prank, but I don't know. Maybe it
was somebody who goes around stealing cemetery gates."
It cannot be conclusively proved that the gate was actually stolen, since no
police record of the theft has been found. However, Newfane Detective Sergeant
Sherwood Lake, who traced ownership
of the gate back to an antique dealer who sold it in 1976, has strong suspicions
that the gate was pillaged in the early 1970s.
"We're saying it was stolen. It looks like it's brand new.
There's no rust on it. There's not a mark on it. And there's
no way that anybody just gave that thing away," Lake said. "I can
understand if the thing was rusted, in disrepair or whatever, and somebody in
the association cemetery board just got rid of it and put a new one up. But this
one's in perfect condition. Even the mounting bolts are still on it. Nobody
gave that [gate] away. They stole it."
Marchant explained that from the 1960s to 1980s, there was a revived interest
in decorative Victorian ironwork, and he notes that many funerary items like
cemetery gates and flagstones can easily be
removed from their locations. Lake concurred, saying, "Somebody just went
in there, and all they would've had to do was lift it up. Lift it right
off its pins." Mason Cleveland, the antiques dealer who
owned the gate before 1976, was the last link in the chain. According to Magovern, "Somebody
said that he used to deal with a couple of pickers….They're the
ones who will go around to flea markets, or pick up house lots, or do attic cleaning,
whatever. And they get these antiques, and they sell it to another dealer, who
sells it
to another dealer, who sells it to another dealer." Cleveland has since
passed away, and exactly how he acquired the gate seems to have gone with him.
Whatever the circumstances surrounding its disappearance, the
Amherst community is thrilled at the gate's recovery. "The whole thing is exciting," Longsworth
said. "Death was as important as life to Emily Dickinson, so things related
to the cemetery are quite sacred."
Robert Magovern, who kept the gate in his house for several weeks before it was
reinstalled at the cemetery, said, "Every night, I would go out into the
hall where I had the gate, and I would half expect to see a little white figure
hovering above it. I never saw it, but I think Emily's very pleased that
the gate is going home."
—Charlene Dy '03
—Charlene Dy '03
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Three experts in the field of dance have been selected to judge "Dancing with the Stars," this Saturday's gala fund-raiser for the Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce.
The judges are:
• Jeannie Tucker, a Florida native who began acting and dancing in the entertainment industry, both in the U.S. and abroad, at age 4.
She now travels as a coach and competitor.
• Ron Montez, the seven-time undefeated U.S. Professional Latin Champion.
He is recognized as coach and choreographer in both American and international styles of dance, including swing and mambo. Ron is the co-host of the PBS Championship Ballroom Dance Program.
• Christine Daughenbaugh, a dance professional and instructor for more than 20 years.
With her former husband and dance partner she conceived, opened and built Arizona Ballroom Company, one of the largest studios in Arizona.
She currently choreographs and coaches professionals at American Dance.
Contestants are Suzy Baxter of Where Guestbook; Ken Blanchard, a past NPCCC chairman from Edward Jones; Gregg Forszt, the current NPCCC chairman from Ventana Medical; Bonnie Kampa of Interfaith Community Services; Mary Snider, from Long Realty; and Paul Kappelman, immediate past president and CEO of Northwest Medical Center.
Elizabeth Keys, owner of American Dance, is providing dance instruction as well as instructors and dance partners for the contestants on the night of the event.
Dancing with the Stars is Saturday at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf and Tennis Resort, 10000 N. Oracle Road.


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The Great Western Depot
The Great Western Railroad Depot, known as the Lincoln Depot, is the site where Abraham Lincoln boarded a train on February 11, 1861, bound for Washington D.C., to be inaugurated 16th President of the United States.
Visitors enter on the main floor of the Depot, a typical 19th century train station. The ticket cage is in the center, the gentlemen's waiting room on the east and the ladies' on the west, away from the language and tobacco spitting of the men.
Photographs on the mezzanine level lead the visitor on a journey through some of Lincoln's life in Springfield; the places he lived and the friends he left behind. A diorama whimsically depicts his departure from Springfield.
On the second floor, a state of the art video, narrated by National Public Radio journalist Scott Simon, is shown through the window of a Pennsylvania railroad car very much like the one that bore Lincoln eastward. The video is filled with anecdotes of events that happened during Lincoln's 12-day journey to the White House and depicts Lincoln as a real person, not just a historic figure.
The Building
Built in 1852, the Great Western Depot served as both a freight and passenger station as well as general offices of the railroad. In 1856, the railroad rented a lamb and pork packing house one block north and made it into a freight depot. The following year, the Great Western Depot was remodeled for use as a passenger station and offices, rating a lengthy notice in the local newspapers. The Depot continued in this use until 1868, when an elegant new station, to better accommodate increasing numbers of passengers, was built at Tenth & Washington Streets. It then ceased to function as a station and was used for a variety of purposes by the railroad. The new station was torn down in 1941.
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- Ladies & Gentlemen;The staff and management of THN...The Harmony Network, along with all the friends of THN were seddened tonight to learn that our good friend Roger Payne had lost his valiant fight against cancer tonight.Roger was always inquiring how the Network was doing whenever we had the opportunity to see each other. Recently he told me "You're doing a great thing...keep it up". He believed in what THN...The Harmony Network is trying to do, and he spread the word when he could. We had the privelege of having Roger and Reveille live in the studio just after they released their CD "Blowing Our Own Horn" and that night, we had one of the highest listener count of all time.Roger was a coach, a mentor, a friend of Young Men In Harmony, an incredible arranger and most of all a great father and husband. I count it a privelege to have known Roger and my life is blessed more than I could hope because of knowing Roger.Please keep his family in your prayers. On Thursday, The APPLAUSE Show mwill feature all the Roger Payne arrangements we can find in the library. We will enjoy playing the talent of this wonderful man.Rest well, Roger, we will miss you.For the Staff at THN...The Harmony NetworkRich Taylor, President and fan of Roger Payne
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text: No I have not. Is this necessary and why? Shouldn't PBS tell Maui of the existence of this new node? ~Lawrence _____ From: Kevin Van Workum [mailto:vanw at tticluster.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:58 AM To: Lawrence Sorrillo Cc: torqueusers at supercluster.org Subject: Re: [torqueusers] Error adding a node did you restart maui? On 2/7/07, Lawrence Sorrillo <sorrillo at jlab.org> wrote: Hi: I have a working version of Maui-3.2.6p19 and torque-2.1.6. Initially I had one machine running pbs_server and pms_mom. Everything worked well! Now I am attempting to add a dual process machine to the list of compute nodes. Below is the sequence of events I adhered to: 1. Installed pbs_mom on the compute node. 2. Edit /var/spool/torque/mom_priv/config to include the $clienthost host_running_pbs_server 3. Start pbs_mom on the compute node. 4. run qmgr -c 'create node compute_node np=2' 5. now pbsnodes -a show both nodes 'free'. However, when I submit jobs they never run on the newly added machine - even after I set the first/original node offline to force jobs to run on the added node. Is this not the correct sequence of events? What is the meaning/efftect of: qmgr -c 'set queue foo resources_default.nodes=1' . Thanks _______________________________________________ torqueusers mailing list torqueusers at supercluster.org http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/torqueusers -- Kevin Van Workum, Ph.D. Vice President Senior System Administrator www.clusterondemand.com ONLINE COMPUTER CLUSTERS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.supercluster.org/pipermail/torqueusers/attachments/20070207/06c61548/attachment.html


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The U.S. Department of Facebook is prepping to post a revised version of its governance structure on April 16.
The U.S. Department of Facebook is prepping to post a revised version of its governance structure on April 16, the company announced in a Friday blog post.
"On April 16, we'll be posting revised versions of the documents based on the feedback we've received. We'll also be sharing a written response to the main concerns people have expressed," wrote Simon Axten from the Facebook public policy team. "This will explain in clear language why we did -- or did not -- make certain changes. This is similar to how U.S. federal agencies create regulations."
Amidst backlash over changes to its terms of services (TOS), Facebook in February announced a "democratic" process that will allow members to vote on major changes to the site. If a particular topic garners more than 7,000 user comments, users will be given the opportunity to vote on the issue. A vote will be binding if more than 30 percent of all active registered users vote.
"Since announcing the new governance structure in February, we received more than 3,000 comments from the over 10,000 members who joined each of the groups dedicated to discussion about the proposed Facebook Principles and the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR)," Axten wrote.
When the revised documents are posted online, users will have until April 23 to vote on them via an application developed on Facebook Platform by Wildfire. Votes will be audited by Ernst & Young.