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One of the Best Cruises Ever: Celebrity Silhouette Cruise Review by Michigan honey
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One of the Best Cruises Ever
Destination: Transatlantic
Embarkation: Other
Our Rome trip was uneventful except for one distressing adventure. The four of us (me, DH, my husband's sister and brother-in-law) had seen Rome on trips before and decided we wanted to go to the synagogue. We had been there before but the synagogue was not open when we went. We asked the hotel to call a cab for us. When the driver arrived I showed him the name and address of the synagogue in my Rick Steves' guidebook and he agreed to take us there. When we got to the "synagogue" we told him that it did not look familiar. He said we were in the right place and sped off. It turned out that he had dropped us at a mosque. There were lots of people around, there was a flea market and the vendors were dressed in Muslim garb. We spoke More no Italian, had no phone and no one could help us or understand us. We were in a strange city and there were no cabs in sight. My brother-in-law is 83 and has difficulty walking. This was extremely frightening and distressing. We had no idea how we were going to get back. We walked for about five blocks. We approached a young woman who spoke English and she agreed to help us get back to our hotel. We had walked to the train station and she assisted us with tickets and rode back with us to the Central Terminal. She was our guardian angel and she was lovely. Her name is Francesca and we are very grateful to her. We told the manager at the hotel about the cab situation but he said there was little he could do. He called the cab company and they offered to buy us a free drink. I would advise anyone taking a cab anywhere to write down the number of the cab and the driver. This is something I usually do in New York but I did not do it in Rome and I was sorry.
We had booked a private car for transportation from the airport to the hotel and from the hotel to the pier. We were very satisfied with our driver from Italy by Limo. He was prompt and courteous.
We arrived at the pier and embarkation was quick. The staff made us feel welcome each and every time we boarded the ship. We had a veranda stateroom and our cabin steward, Robin, kept it pristine at all times. I had requested distilled water for my C.P.A.P. machine and that was provided promptly and at no charge.
The food was delicious. The food in the main dining room was excellent. In addition we purchased a package that included the specialty dining and this greatly added to our enjoyment of the cruise (and our expanding waistlines). Tuscany and Murano could easily keep place with any fine dining restaurant. QSine and the Lawn Club were also outstanding and a lot of fun. The interactive cooking at the Lawn Club was very interesting and educational. Our main dining room waiter Conrad and his assistant Arun were stellar. After the first night they knew our special requests. The menu was varied.
The public rooms on the ship are beautiful. There were a lot of activities and lots of dance and exercise programs. The entertainment was inconsistent some very good some very dull. We saw an excellent Beatles revue and there was also a great singer from the UK. We went to Florence, Genoa, Barcelona, Toulon and the Canary Islands before docking in Fort Lauderdale. In Florence we booked a shore excursion to Tuscany and we enjoyed this immensely. In Toulon we booked a shore excursion to St. Tropez. This excursion was extremely expensive. Our guide had a very annoying voice (she sounded like Elmo) and she did not shut up the whole two hour bus ride there or back. Once we got to St. Tropez we got off the bus and there was a very brief walk followed by a delicious meal at a local restaurant. There was no real tour of St. Tropez. This was a total rip-off! Then we were dropped off at Port Grimaud and nothing was open there except the restrooms. The guide left us there to wander there for 45 minutes. We loved Barcelona and Tenrife but were unimpressed with Genoa.
The cruise took place during Chanukah and Celebrity had an excellent rabbi on board who conducted services for Shabbat and for Chanukah. Celebrity provided the worshipers with wine, latkes, challah and cookies.
My sister-in-law was ill on the ship and went to the ship's doctor. She was treated well and given medication and felt much better one day later.
We always felt welcome on the ship and were definitely pampered. This was one of our best cruises.
Disembarkation was difficult. There are no smart-carts at the Fort Lauderdale pier; you had to get a porter. Only there were no signs telling you how to do this. Finally we were told where to go to wait in a line for a porter. We had booked a rental car with Hertz and they were called several times to pick us up but they never showed up. We ended up taking a cab to their local office. In Fort Lauderdale we stayed at the Hampton Inn in Aventura. This was a nice facility but I would recommend staying closer at the Hampton Inn at the airport.
All in all, a wonderful relaxing vacation. Less
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Finally, there is an ideal partner for negotiation. It is not an Arab state, nor an Arab leader. It is a document - one Israel can argue with, laugh at, shelve or embrace.
Finally, there is an ideal partner for negotiation. It is not an Arab state, nor an Arab leader. It is a document - one Israel can argue with, laugh at, shelve or embrace. As a mute partner, the document cannot even respond. We are talking this time about the Saudi initiative, better known as the decisions approved by the Arab summit in Beirut in 2002.
It is not a working paper, but rather a declaration of intentions and a definition of Arab strategy. According to this initiative, if Israel agrees to withdraw to the 1967 borders and discuss a mutually acceptable solution for the problem of the refugees, the Arab states would make peace with Israel and even normalize relations with it. Israel, on its part, has so far treated the document as if it were itself a hostile state or, more precisely, a terror organization. But in recent weeks, it has turned out to be an Israeli political asset, because it opens a new path of escape.
To use this path, we are developing an original trick. According to this sleight of hand, the removal or refinement of several articles in the Arab League decision would release Israel from the political paralysis it has imposed on itself. It is as if the entire Arab-Israeli peace depended only on rewording the right of return - not on an Israeli withdrawal from the territories and the Golan, not on removing the settlements, not on resolving the status of Jerusalem or demarcating borders, and not even on recognition of Israel by the Palestinian Authority.
This is a sure way of eviscerating the Saudi initiative, which was only intended to provide an umbrella for real negotiation, and not serve as an alternative to it. Thus, Israel is again trying the old and proven formula: There is no need to conduct negotiations - we only need to find someone to blame for blocking the negotiations. In honor of this trick, "the Arab world" is suddenly the partner. And it is an excellent partner, because if it does not agree to change its positions, "it" - and not Israel - will be responsible for the continued freeze.
In this way, Israel seeks to convey the notion that the Arab initiative is unrelated to the need for conducting real negotiations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority. Those are the two direct focal points of the conflict, and without resolving them, there is no relevance to any Israeli nod toward the Saudi initiative, in its original wording or in a revised version, if there ever is one. To be on the safe side, Israel was quick to attach prior conditions to any channel of negotiation - with the Palestinians, these are the conditions of the Quartet, and with the Syrians, these are the American conditions. And now, another barrier is being constructed: first, virtual negotiations on the Arab League decisions and then, if the Arabs change their stance, the restrictive conditions that prevent direct negotiations with the Palestinians and Syrians still remain intact. Thus, Israel seeks to place the right of decision in the hands of every last member state of the Arab League.
Therefore, the microsurgical analysis of the decisions of the 2002 Arab League summit by lawyers and Middle East experts may be fascinating, but it is meaningless. After all, the reality will not be determined by textual exegetists, but by politicians. The Arab League's decisions, past or future, will be relevant only if these real negotiations lead to a peace accord. Then, perhaps, Israel can call on the Arab states to sign an accord with it based on the Beirut decisions. But what would Israel do if Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq or Libya refused? Would it cancel the peace accord with the Palestinians or Syrians? Because it is only fair to say that this is the other side of the Arab League's decisions: Just as some Arab states showed contempt for the Arab League's Khartoum decisions that rejected any negotiations with Israel, there will be states that disdain the Beirut decisions promising normalization.
Until then, Israel must unfortunately return from the Saudi ballroom and focus on the difficult housecleaning tasks. It should formulate a position vis-a-vis the new Palestinian government, accepting it as representing the Palestinian public and enabling it to function. It should regard this government as the product of another welcome Saudi initiative - the Mecca agreement. And it should also formulate a practical, public response to Syria.
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Sister blog Queerty is reporting that retired basketball star Tim Hardaway has just exposed himself as a raging homophobe. Check out the unabashed, grammatically incorrect bigotry:
Sitting down for a chat with a Miami radio show, the former Miami Heat guard insists that he would never play on a team with an openly gay man:
"First of all, I wouldn't want him on my team. And second of all, if he was on my team, I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that is right. I don't think he should be in the locker room while we are in the locker room."
Not only does Hardaway not want the homos in the locker room, he doesn't even want them on the planet!
"You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."
Hardaway's publicist must have been listening, because a few hours after blasting the queers, he called back to apologize, saying he didn't mean it. The NBA, however, ain't buying it, they've barred Hardaway from making public appearances on their behalf. Maybe they'll send him of to rehab next...
Whoa! I just said this: "...I find it pretty sad that two groups as traditionally marginalized as black men and gay men are finding it difficult to achieve some equal ground," and, unfortunately, the hits keep coming and coming.
The first problem is that Hardaway lives in fucking Miami. I might be wrong, but I've heard that some gay people live in Miami. Good luck having friends in South Beach anymore, Tim.
Second, and far less superficial, is that this type of bullshit perpetuates the nonsense embitterment that exists between gay men and black men. What's more, putting your bigotry into a sports context and saying you wish gays weren't on your team almost literally pisses on the memory of every fantastic athlete that participated in a little thing I like to call the Negro Leagues (guess what, bro, there used to be players that said they would never play with a "nigger" on their team).
How have more young black men not recognized that, by being homophobic, they actually work against everything their lineage struggled for?
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He's not working against everything his lineage struggled for. He's just afraid of getting ass-pregnant in the locker room.
Hardaway is responding to John Amechi's coming out. The relationship of race to this instance of homophobia is complex, since both men are black. (And Amechi is British.) As unfortunate as it is that homophobia like Hardaway's exists, his public statement has generated publicity and American awareness of Amechi's new book and his coming out as a gay former NBA player. Amechi has the following response to Hardaway's diatribe:
"Finally, someone who is honest. It is ridiculous, absurb, petty, bigoted and shows a lack of empathy that is gargantuan and unfathomable. But it is honest. And it illustrates the problem better than any of the fuzzy language other people have used so far."
DJ Gallo has the best commentary on this by far. Oh by far.
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I'm not sure it is so complex. It's naive to think that this comment is directed solely at Amaechi. Sure, that's the topic that initiated the conversation, but saying gays shouldn't be on the planet addresses a slightly larger audience, many of them white.
Anyone think this guy's just covering up for being on the Down Low?
I firmly believe that the most homophobic people are really just overcompensating their straightness because they are ashamed of having gay thoughts.
God's honest truth is that most men would stick the dicks in just about anything if they weren't afraid of consequences. I don't necessarily know if that makes a person gay. Just horny.
What I'm saying is that this is not a case of one minority individual attacking another minority individual. They are both members of a racial minority. (And as famous athletes, they're both very priviledged in terms of social class.) So what we actually have here is a case of someone who is part of a statistical (and moral) majority attacking a sexual minority. I applaud Amechi for not sinking to Hardaway's level, but instead saying -- how can we use this ugly, but honest, expression of bigoty as a point of departure for understanding homophobia?
He gets my respect for being honest. At least he's not a coward who smiles to your face then calls you a faggot when your back is turned. Whether you agree with him or not, at least you know what he truly thinks. It's funny how gays always accuse homo-phobes of being gay themselves. They just can't accept the fact that some people hate them and consider them perverts.
Ok, granted Tim Hardaway is a moron.
But is this still America, or what? What do ya'll wanna do, stick a scarlet 'H' on him? Jesus.
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more like Tim Hardongay, amirite?
Kudos to Amaechi for handling it all so well. His quotes have been spot-on.
Count me in, sadly, among those who feel the tension and bear a grudge. I'm a white gay guy who has to fight hard against the assumption that any black straight guy is a 'phobe, not to mention a ghetto-raised ignorant jerk. That's what years of homo-bashing rap lyrics get you. We all have our work cut out for us.
The homophoboia thing is pervasive among Blacks and Jamaicans especially in the UK ..where that rapper advocated killing "batty boys"..... Can anyone tell me why its okay or good to voice your bigotry....
does Hardaway need press that bad...
why is homophobia so rampant amongst the black community, males in general?
do they not realize what gays are going through mostly in America is the same thing that happened to the Blacks 50 years ago?
How many people didnt want to swim in pools or drink from water fountains for fear of Aids? those same people were decendents of the people who woulnt eat with the blacks in the same damn restaurant, sleep inthe same hotel..etc.
its a fuckin shame we call cant get along....
Gay is the new Black, literally.
Ok while i reognize the fact that gay people are being hated on or feel segregated sometimes in certain communities. IMO it is not the same as what Black people went through 50-60 years ago much less 150-500 years ago. Nothing can compare. I certainly do not want to take away from the "gay struggle"(for lack of a better word) but it ain't the same and never will be.
Hey jballs... Maybe it's because gays are trying to equate being gay with being black... trying to equate race and sexual proclivities? No wonder it pisses-off the negroes.
i agree with Trini -- you cannot equate these movements. they're not even close. they also have different historical contexts. to equate them is reductionistic and simplistic.
that said, i would hate to be a Black gay basketballer right about now.
Doesn't compare? Are the gays being murdered any less dead? Like every struggle, it has its similarities and differences with the struggles before it. Maybe you'd like the similarity with Jews better, since you *can* usually hide it, if you're sufficiently motivated. And lucky. On the other hand, if you think we should all just shut up and stay in the closet, you're part of the problem.
"Go away Hardaway" sounds like a concoction from none other than Dave and Molly. Having a very similar, if not identical last name, they probably said things like "Go away Longaway", or "Longagay", like Michael K used to. Or "His dick is Longaway! You can't even see it it's so small!"
But that is just my assessment.
I heard this interview on ESPN last night and was completely shocked. Yeah it's America and one has the right to say whatever they want but there's consquences. Hardaway is an asshole but he's now relegated to being a little bitch upon calling back and saying he "didn't mean it". At least have the balls to stand by your ignorance, dumbass.
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He's not working against everything his lineage struggled for. He's just afraid of getting ass-pregnant in the locker room.
February 15, 2007 12:58 PM
yea i think that's it.
mollygood, south beach is not all gay, neither is miami. that is a stereotype. there are a many, many heterosexuals too.
Oh, yeah. Ledge NoMuscleman? You're full of shit. And don't think I don't know who you are. Your ass is going to be sorry, because I am Jewish mother fucker. We own Hollywood. Your ass works for me! All I have to do is say "Get that little fucker Ledge out of the Screen Actors Guild" and thats it for you. Your ass will be out in the street. I did it to Star Jones, and I sure as the hell can do it to you.
I hate racist people.
Shut the F*ck up....Dont EVER compare being black and being gay again in your miserable little life...THEY ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING THE SAME THING!!! Being gay however tragically unchangeable is still an active deviant choice that you people make to act on your f*cked up sexual desires...Being black is NOT a choice and is a badge of honor that I wear proudly. SOmething I am sad to say YOU (homo's) will never be able to do. (And shouldn't, keep your disgusting deviant feelings to yourself!!!)
I disagree that homosexuality is a choice. So do many scientists.
That's real funny Alpaca packer. You haven't got a clue who I am. But I've been in SAG longer than you've been alive. And your attack on Star Jones just proves that YOU are racist AND sexist. Now go screw your furry alpaca, or does he screw you?
whatever, he's dumb nigger.
There it is. Now, where's the "a"?
PS Try not to take things to the gay/race bashing.
he's A dumb nigger..and this is america so i can say whatever i want..i dont want no niggers here, or even on my planet..fuck him dumb nigger
Oh Cord? Where's the "is"?
"You know, I hate niggers, so I let it be known. I don't like nigger people and I don't like to be around nigger people. I am niggerphobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States."
You're this man:
By tonight, I will have your real name, address, photos, etc. I am going to know everything about you. When you wake up, when you sleep, even what type of brand of toilet paper you use to wipe your ass. I am even going to know about your porno rentals, and urine samples. I am even going to know what your fecal matter smells like. Why? Because I am crazy.
In the even that you are someone else, I will probably hack into this sites server and do an IP check.
And my grandfather Bill Hannah has been making shitty cartoons before you were even thought of.
And Star Jones is a racist towards Jews, and she is in league with Al-Qaida. And I have the utmost respect for women. My grandmother was half black, by the way.
And yes, I am very fond of my alpaca. I bet he would be a better fuck than you.
hardawaymoron, take that shit somewhere else, hillbilly. You already gave your opinion on http://www.jossip.com
Hey alpaca, I mean Robert, your link to IMBD doesn't work. Do I need to come to Hemet and visit you personally?
While I agree that race and sexual preference are not to be compared, I think someone needs to sit in the angry corner...
hey bitch,
This is a free country and I can say whatever the fuck I want, whenever the fuck I want, as many times as I want. so deal with it shit bag.
Now fuck off pissant
Are you going to bring the Merlot?
I bet my dick is bigger than yours.
Sad to see the talkbalk devolve to the typical homopobic rants vs. rascist rants. It's almost inevitable once you start throwing around "group X should *know* better--because of their own struggles--than to misuse group Y."
It never works that way. Blacks have never, on the whole, respected the struggle of gays. Then again gays have never, on the whole, respected the struggle of blacks. Stop expected more from everyone else, and expect more of yourself.
PS. And Dame Diddish, you're a just a dick.
OK, I'll bring the wine, considering your religious persuasion, I was thinking Mogan David? And save the big black alpaca for me, I don't want sloppy seconds.
Should read: Stop expecting more from everyone else, and expect more of yourself.
Being black has absolutely no influence on being gay whatsoever. There are homophobic peoples of all races and colors. Discrimination comes from all races and colors, and all countries and walks of life. To believe otherwise is absurd.
This is so funny to me..Why are people so uptight about someones sexual preference? why do people care about this? what 2 consenting adults do behind closed doors, as long as it does not cause harm to anything or anyone..why is that such a big deal to pe0ple..why do they even CARE? i guess it boils down to fear brought on by religion..very sad. oh just a question for adamblast..what about the plight of gay blacks? they do exist.
Of course they do. I live with one. My point is this: sadly, being oppressed has never (as a general rule) made anyone less likely to oppress others. Empathy doesn't come automatically from suffering, and demonizing other groups has always been the cornerstone to power, especially among subgroups themselves.
Hence, in this example, it's dumb and arrogant for a presumably white man to shout out "Blacks should know better than to be homophobic!" Even if true.
You know, for years I went around thinking that it was okay to be different in this country and that bigotry and hatred were really on the fringes of society. But after hearing Tim Hardway exercise his freedom of expression that was won by a bunch of rich white guys who convinced a bunch of poor white men and women to fight against King George and further Mr. Hardaway's freedom from slavery, which was signed into law by a well known gay president named Abraham and which was finally granted through the largest conflict with the most deaths in the history of this great country, I am encouraged that we are now really making progress. Wait, on second thought, maybe the world would be a better place if that Nigger just got his black ass back in the cotton field instead of making millions a year for playing with an orange leather ball because clearly he doesn't deserve any of this considering he doesn't understand the history that even allowed himi to grace us with his stupidity in the first place!
Again, I can't stress enough that it's impossible to try and combat homophobia with racism. It immediately neuters your point.
Judging by your level of intelligence, Jack Daniels should be appropriate.
Maybe it would be a better place without you. Kill yourself. And America is much more tolerable than Britain. Britain has a royalty system, meaning that a specific family is provided for just because of they're heritage. That could be considered discrimination. As could the national anthem "God save the Queen." Save the queen, and not the kingdom?
Furthermore, fuck you. Pick our own damn cotton, hillbillly. Don't get mad because Lincoln abolished slavery. Bitch.
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A person purports to "hate" beyond all reason, the thing that is truly the most like them.
Tim Hardaway is simply exposing his own latent homosexual tendencies. Deep inside, he feels sexually attracted to the moist, soapy, muscular bodies that surround him in the team's showers.
He would probably get a chubby just reading that last bit.
Clearly most of you failed to see the cold irony that Nigger Killa has woven into the background of his monologue. I had to read it a few times to get it. Written text, as opposed to spoken word, suffers from the condition that the listener is allowed to read into the text any subtext, back-story, or emotion they are currently feeling or expriencing. I actually think he or she made a good point. Even so, what I believe is "Yes" Tim has a right to say what he wants as much as the rest of us. And "Yes" Tim has the right to work in any profession that is willing to pay for his talents. And "Yes", I agree with President Lincoln's emancipation proclaimation and the result of this country's civil war and civil rights movement. But "NO", I don't agree that if Tim, as a NBA celebrity, has an opinion that is built around hatred, intolerance, or bigotry that he has a right to express that hatred on the public airwaves. Being a celebrity using the public airwaves is a special case, not the least of which is the fact being a celebrity brings with it the responsibility to understand the words you say and the actions you take whilst in public. Words combined with celebrity status has the effect of amplifying the meaning or intent of the words in the heads of young people. Using the public airwaves to do this is a violation of NBA & FCC rules that I think should be harshly dealt with. It is due to this that I feel Tim stepped way over the line and owes the world more than a simple apology. What, well I really haven't had time to think about it.
I understood Nigger Killa's innane diatribe the first time I read it. And it offended me to make such comparisons anyway, so away with him.
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Such a hypocrite:
This guy's in gay denial. Flame on baby!
I agree that hating a group of people is wrong but being gay is not the same thing as being black. Two different struggles. When gay people can say "we were stolen from our land, millions thrown from slave ships on the way here, language and customs erased, worked for free while being beaten and have been hung from trees and murdered for whistling at a white woman" then we can compare the struggle. Until then, there is no comparison. I think people should be able to live the way they want and let God judge them. But again, BEING GAY IS NOT THE SAME AS BEING BLACK!!!
Cheers to Hardaway for his honesty.
I think alot of people feel the same way he does.
Gays are outright annoying.
i'd take a homo over an ignorant nigger any day. stupid niggers!!
yeah, i bet you take homos P. after a couple drinks and a valium, i bet you take every inch. hunh?
shshsh shh.don't talk.
What pitiful world do you ignorant ass low life's live in?... Using the word niggER like that?!?!?! My god.. it is not our faults that your father f*cked his sister and you came out looking like Barf from goonies? Stay in your worthless one horse town full of failed abortioned inbred wastes of space like yourself...The rest of us live in 2007......Go kill yourself you worthless excuse for a shit bag.
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SHILO -- The two small cannons at the entrance to the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum--one points directly at the ticket-taker's cubicle--look like derringers of the mounted artillery world.
Not only are the cannons small, weighing just under 1,000 pounds--a modern Howitzer across the room weighs 26 tonnes, by comparison--but they are mounted on short, ziggurat-shaped carriages, with small wooden wheels that look like they came from a kid's go-kart.
The cannons were used by Selkirk settlers in the Red River Settlement. "They actually brought them in canoes with them, all the way from the Hudson Bay. Pretty amazing," said Marc George, museum director.
Assiniboia governor Miles Macdonell, whose harebrained leadership netted him the disdain of both Selkirk settlers and their enemies, ordered the cannons fired at the North West Company during the Pemmican Wars of 1815-1817. The only casualties were his own when one of the cannons blew up.
Speaking of loose cannons...
There are 28 in total at the Shilo museum, from those first cannons used by Selkirk settlers to rocket launchers used in the Gulf War.
It's a superb, full-sized museum (12,000 square feet of exhibit space) that was recently honoured with one of the highest awards by the National Awards for Tourism Excellence: the Innovator of the Year Award. The museum was praised for its transformation "from a capable local museum to a dynamic tourism experience and one of the best military museums in the country."
There is a large glass display of what most of us think of as guns, including a 1722 flintlock musket, a 1840 Pocket Pistol (putting to rest Mae West's age-old question), First World War magazine-fed rifles, the rifle used in the Vietnam war, and the C7 assault rifle used by Canadian Forces in Afghanistan today.
But the museum's stock in trade is the large mounted artillery, what George calls "guns" but the rest of us call cannons and rocket launchers and Howitzers.
There's the nine-pounder smooth-bore cannon, the "shock and awe" weaponry of its day, that ushered in Canada's Confederation in 1867. It was only ever fired for practice and salutes.
There's the cannon George calls "the most important gun in our history." It was used to quell the North West Rebellion in 1885 in battles at Fish Creek and Batoche in Saskatchewan. About a hundred people died.
"The gun was certainly fired and certainly inflicted casualties but we don't know how many," said George.
But the round musket balls and round cannonballs made for some poor aerodynamics--and poor accuracy. The spinning ball coming out of the barrel behaved like a curveball over any distance, and could easily hook seven feet to the left or right, or up or down, George explained.
That's why in 19th-Century warfare, artillery men were grouped in tight formations and fired simultaneously: The effect was like buckshot to make up for the lack of accuracy.
Armaments were revolutionized when Alfred Nobel discovered a way to stabilize nitroglycerine in the mid-1800s for the manufacture of military weapons. Nitroglycerine made explosives six times more lethal than gunpowder.
When an explosion in his factory killed his brother Emil, Alfred got a hint of how he would be portrayed posthumously when newspapers mistook the death as his own. Merchant of Death is Dead, read the next day's headline. So Nobel created the Nobel Prize to rehabilitate his image.
One of the key pieces in the collection is a recently retired Howitzer -- essentially a cannon mounted on a tank body. Its guided missiles could pick off a house in Brandon 20 kilometres away, George said.
The sounds of all the big guns is deafening and tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ear, remains a big problem for military personnel.George ruptured his left eardrum while serving in Afghanistan, and today suffers from buzzing in that ear.
It's helpful to ask for a guided tour of the museum and staff will accommodate, if available. The museum is open from 10 to 5, seven days a week from Victoria Day to Labour Day, and Monday to Friday the rest of the year, except holidays. Admittance is $5 for adults, and a nominal charge for everyone else.


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A BRAND new ward, uniquely designed for 11 to 16-year-olds with a variety of complex health issues, has opened its doors at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
Now known as Ward 35, it was built as part of the work to extend the children's hospital to accommodate services when they move from Frenchay Hospital in 2014.
It consists of ten single en-suite bedrooms and a four-bedded bays. The majority of the beds will be used for patients who have undergone surgery or medical treatment; six will directly support young people with cancer.
Deborah Lee, director of strategic development at University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, said: "This development is a response to the growing understanding that children recover more quickly and achieve better overall outcomes when the care provided is sensitive to their age and by association, the unique challenges facing them as they move through their teenage years.
"We are delighted with the new ward and could not have achieved this without the fantastic support of our charitable partners".
More than £200,000 was donated jointly by the Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal and Teenage Cancer Trust to give the ward a home away from home feel.
To replicate a typical youngster's bedroom, the patient rooms feature funky furniture, vibrant wall designs, mood lighting, TV and DVD equipment and computer and internet facilities.
Ward 35 also has two social areas, incorporating dining, gaming and chill-out zones, a glassed garden room designed to bring a little bit of the outside world in, dedicated parents' quarters and kitchen as well as special treatment rooms.
Ella Cottle, 15, from Aust, has been receiving treatment for cancer at the children's hospital over the last year and a half.
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A Champaign city council member said he expects to remain on the ballot for April's municipal election despite his petitions being challenged.
Champaign City Attorney Fred Stavins said former Champaign Mayor Dan McCollum is objecting to incumbent Will Kyles' petitions based on signatures. Kyles is facing a challenge from former council member Gina Jackson in the race for the District 1 seat.
Kyles said he acted in good faith when gathering the required number of signatures, but he said there are a few problems with his petitions. That includes some people who were not registered voters, even though Kyles said he asked people if they were registered before letting them sign the petition.
Kyles also said he's learned two important lessons.
Kyles said the city benefits when there is a contested election and voters have a choice. He said if he is removed from the ballot, he will work to get on the ballot as a write-in candidate in April.
A preliminary hearing on the petiton objection is scheduled for Tuesday at noon. McCollum could not be reached for comment.
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AFAIK, bad signatures just aren't counted. So he'll only be in trouble if there aren't enough good ones remaining.
Yes, the election code does not care if you collected the bad signatures in good faith or not.
I'll assume you're being optimistic, rather than crafty and disingenuous.
Your reponse suggests there's no big deal here. I wish that were the case. Unfortunatley, the parties have conspired to limit the number of signatures a candidate can collect.
Therefore, they have a fixed target. When a candidate files, it's fish in a barrel. The Establishment can challenge, and will challenge, at its whim. They know how many targets they must pick off.
Voter roles include lots of dead people, as you must surely know. The rolls also include people who haven't lived here for a long time. It's impossible for an earnest local candidate to know who's who among these seemingly legitimate voters. It's easy for the party machines. They have access to more data. They have paid operatives to analyze these data.
More words of wisdom from the non practicing attorney.
It still seems strange that, during that same elections cycle, the News-Gazette did not apply the same label to Timothy V Johnson or Mark Kirk. I believe they were descibed as simply "attorney."
On the other hand, there's another non-practicing Illinois attorney who, in that same elections cycle, was generally labeled a "community organizer." So you never know.
While the City has not ruled on it yet, it does seem petty on the whole. Give District #1 a choice.
Rule one--collect your own signatures and do so by collecting at least 3 fold than required. Watch the people as they sign to make certain this is done correctly, meaning completely, and then take care in having the petitions notartized. Last but not least make certain one is using the appropriate petitions. There is little reason for error when one has run before and that there are many seasoned politicians in the community that can give advice.
The county clerk provides walk lists covering the appropriate district. Using these lists, one can pretty well judge who might be a "good" signature.
Except that independents have to pay for access to voter rolls, while "established" parties don't. And that in order to pay for this access, the independent candidate must first establish a political committee with the state board of elections, while "established" parties don't.
And that independents must dedicate a trust account to that political committee. (And that Tom Kacich then writes an article about how little money that committee has in its fund without ever asking about it or researching the reasons for the nominal amount in the mandated fund.)
And that sometimes the County Clerk "forgets" to attach the schema that converts a list of data to a usable walking list.
But apart from those significant details, I somewhat agree.
Pattsi is correct. All incumbents are familiar with the petition process. Incumbents know they are vulnerable to Objections and take care to use walk list prior to going out to collect signatures. Walk list can be easily gotten from a telephone call to the County Clerk and any staff can send the requester a PDF via Internet or have the requester come in to review or receive a copy. If anyone is unfamiliar with why and what a Walk List is, you can contact the County Clerk and they can explain further. The County Clerk's office is very helpful to any candidate seeking election.
The problem with Mr. Kyles is that his petitions are not filled simply with a few errors as he casually tries to convey. The degree with which the petitions were executed raises more than speculation. In several of the petition pages submitted it appeared Mr. Kyles was not the circulator, but signed under oath that he was circulator on all 10 pages.
Regardless of the hearing fairs on Tuesday and noon in the City Chambers, Mr. Kyles may have opened the door for a higher court to determine if the way in which the signatures were produced, as well as if Mr. Kyles actually circulated all of the petitions he swore his name to, will be enough to force an investigation into possible felony charges for both Mr. Kyles and any persons who aided in collecting the forged signatures.
The County Clerk's office has computerized what once was a very laborious process. Prior to Digitizing the voter registration data base Objectors would have to wade through volumes of books to find one or two of the possibly many signatures they wanted to verify.
For anyone who has not served an elected office or canvassed for someone seeking an office, it may be difficult to understand how time consuming it is to collect signatures for petitions. People slam doors in the face of circulators. Sometimes the potential signer may want to hold a 20 minute conversation filled with questions about the issues and at the end of that, still refuse to take campaign literature or sign. There are no end to the humiliating, and time consuming tales a candidate or circulator can tell.
So when I hear an incumbent dismissive of the petition process, and, instead, distract the attention toward the claim of having worked hard after they were elected, I am personally insulted. Compared to the grunt work of campaigning, canvassing and collecting petition signatures, serving "after" being elected is thought to be easy by comparison.
I am very troubled to see Mr. Kyles on the news making sound bites that paint himself as an alter boy who was simply duped by people who lied and said they were registered voters in his District. That his only crime was that he believed them. My challenge to this field of bloggers is to go and sit with a County Clerk and go over Mr. Kyles petitions, and then post your findings.
OK, I'm confused. Other than interviewing the people who signed, is there any way to verify that Kyles didn't circulate them as he said he did? One way to get signatures quickly is to hang out in a busy place and get passersby to sign. (Of course, this will result in more invalid signatures than you'd be likely to get going door-to-door.)
Yes there is. In Mr. Kyles case, easier than most. Actually, Mr, Kyles probably thought he'd averted this pot hole because on those petitions in particular, most, if not all, of the signers were forged with no such persons registered. So then, no one to interview, or so Mr. Kyles may have assumed. Mistake Mr. Kyles made was that the person or persons circulating, or worse, simply filling out petitions with random names, actually signed as valid signer(s) on other page(s) of the petition. A qualified investigator is trained to spot and find those involved to interview.
Here are a few examples of how in 2012 government is cracking down on what Mr. Kyles is being accused of:
1) A former Ohio University student paid to canvass for Voters First Ohio petition signatures was arrested August 14 by the Cincinnati Police Department. Timothy Noel Zureick was booked on 22 counts of signing false signatures [22] and one count of election falsification [23], both fifth-degree felonies.
As reported by the Athens News, Zureick, age 21, was arrested for crimes allegedly committed while working in Athens for Working America [24], a campaign arm of the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC. Zureick's August 14 arrest is the first known prosecution to stem from the numerous allegations of fraud during the union-driven Voters First campaign [25].
2) Four staffers of former U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, R-Livonia were charged today in connection with the false nominating petitions that led to McCotter's departure from Congress.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette described the four as "not simply Keystone Kops running amok ... criminal acts were committed."
He said the petition forgeries and cut-and-paste jobs on the petitions "would make an elementary art teacher cringe."
Schuette said the McCotter staffers also likely did the same thing in the 2008 elections, using 2006 petition signatures.
3) Possible fraudulent signatures on her nominating petitions have landed State Senate candidate Eleanor Chavez [26] in the middle of a serious controversy.
Chavez, a Democratic state representative who is giving up that seat to run for Senate, turned in petitions that include the alleged signatures of a number of people who say they didn't sign the petitions. Law enforcement is investigating.
Someone not being on the voter rolls doesn't mean that they don't exist. If Kyles is fabricating or forging petition signatures, that's a big problem. If some of the people signing for him aren't registered to vote, those signatures will be invalid, but it's unlikely that Kyles would get in legal trouble.
This seems to be a popular game that gets played around here. Don't like a candidate? Then object to the validity of the candidacy, and get that person tossed off the ballot.
So, according to the article, only one person is objecting to the petitions gathered by council member Kyles. The person being the former mayor of Champaign. I wonder if this is a back door way of showing support for Gina Jackson?
Champaign Ward 1 is a three-way -- Kyles, Jackson, and Hubbard. I'd guess that Kyles being off the ballot would probably help Jackson, but it's hard to tell.
ETA: Hubbard apparently withdrew from the race and is supporting Jackson.
Here are the city documents and instructions....
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District 1 requires a minimum of 84 signatures and a maximum of 134 signatures of qualified voters in the district. This should be easy.
It doesn't matter how good your intentions are about getting qualified voters to sign only that you get 84 qualified signatures without any fraud. It should be a very simple matter to walk around the district and do that.
The interesting thing about this process is that the integrity of the process depends on other interested parties examining the petitions and sometimes challenging them.
It seems only 50 or so of the signatures are uncontested. This means Mr. Kyles will have to justify at least 34, take a few. Mr. Kyles needs 84 to remain on the ballot. Of the invalid signatures (the ones where they are not registered and some which may not even exist) they are the majority of the contested signatures. The printed vs signed are just a few, and the remaining are those who are registered but gave false addresses to make it appear they lived in the District.
Mr. Hubbard withdrew on the same day the Objections by Mr. McCollum were filed. He has said he's thrown his support behind Ms. Jackson.
I find some of the comments here quite interesting. What I want to know is why the City Attorney wanted to squash the Objection process before it reached the Electoral Board. Mr. Stavins knows he had no authority to do that. What I want to know is why the media outlets were blocked from getting information from the City Attorney until they bullied their way, days after the Objection was filed. What I want to know is why hasn't the City Attorney released the fact that Dwayne Hubbard withdrew the same day as the Objections were filed. We, as citizens and taxpayers have the right to transparency in government, The City of Champaign did not follow this process and that is what we really need to get answers to. Though I oppose Objections in general because they usually are backdoor vehicles to discredit and eliminate the opposing candidate(s), I have reviewed this Objection and looked carefully into the facts, absent the candidates or the Objector. If I distracted myself with whether I liked the former Mayor or Ms Jackson's political opinions or Mr. Kyles City Council record, I would not be able to separate what this actually is. So, whether my contribution here is taken for any merit or not, I am making a stance based solely on the evidence and information I reviewed, which is available to every citizen to also review.
This is a very serious matter. This Objection is not some negative attack campaign as Mr. Kyles continues to claim to his supporters. The most disturbing piece of evidence that Mr. Kyles has yet to be asked is, why does page 1 of his petitions have a valid registered voter, whose obviously not contested, who uses a distinctive way they make their last name cap initial. This distinctive cap begins with a "W" and written like a backwards 3 as the first stroke of the "W". Oddly, perhaps coincidentally, we can find that exact same distinctive initial cap "W" written with its backwards 3 as the first stroke on four consecutive names (found on page 7), for the last name "Williams". Oddly, perhaps coincidentally, none of these "W"illiams are registered voters (or may even exist).
So at the worst, there are five people (pages 1 and 7) who all happened to sign Mr. Kyles petitions using the exact same distinct cap "W". For the benefit of the doubt, lets remove the "Washington" on page 1 out of the equation and focus on page 7. By Mr. Kyles own words he states he personally watched each person write their signatures and that his only error was not verifying if the signer was registered.
Perhaps this blog may help Mr. Kyles form a rationale, but authorities once removed from the local level may take this more seriously. Especially when there are signatures written by what appears to be the same hand on other pages. Of those signatures, there is one valid signature, followed or proceeded by a signature of what appears to be by the same hand that are not registered voters (and may not exist).
This type of pattern found on the majority of all 10 pages of Mr. Kyles petitions begin to look more purposeful than accidental. Everyone expects bogus signatures and people who claim to live at an address who don't, or who claim to be the registered voter at the address and sign as that person. However, when that happens it is clear and no pattern can be found.
OK, forgery or fabrication of signatures would be a big deal. If you've got someone who's not registered to vote at all, that signature should be easy to challenge. If you've got someone who's moved and hasn't updated his/her address on their voter registration, that signature might be OK (though the person could have problems voting if they don't get the address corrected by the time of the election).
I've lived in district 1 for 18 years. I've always been a registered voter and nobody here has asked for my signature. I haven't seen any Kyle signs, just Jackson.
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This is hilarious, Wayward! Thanks for sharing more from the idiot meter
What do you mean? The Green Party is left of the Democrats, so the Pennsylvania GOP was doing the same kind of thing Walker was trying to do -- split the vote on the other side. But they weren't breaking the law, so unlike Walker, they didn't end up in prison.
So what was the outcome of the hearing?
Nothing. Hearing is this Friday. Mr. Kyles has Professional Pit Bull Atty. Auler who is usually brought out to bark and bite his way to victory, regardless of it being ethical or based on his client's innocence. Nothing wrong with that. That's his job.
That said, if Mr. McCollum decides to take the gentlemen approach using intelligence and reasonableness to prove the facts pro se, there unfortunately may not be an outcome the people deserve.
Apparently Mr. Kyles camp says that Atty Auler wants to ride the merits of this serious matter on a technicality. Lawyers usually use this tactic to keep the actual facts of the case suppressed.
The issues to watch for will be if the 80 plus contested-invalid signatures will ever see the court of public opinion's light of day and move beyond Mr. Kyles popular catch phrase, "I made a mistake. Lessons learned, and I promise never, ever to do it again."


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2008 was a gut-wrenching about-face for the Tampa Bay area compared with those placid years when it was a job-generating machine. Rising layoffs, bankruptcies and foreclosures. Lower home values, stock portfolios and credit limits. Sure, there were other notable local business stories — such as the emergence of Vegas-style slots and blackjack at Seminole Indian casinos — but the undercurrent of the widening recession ran through most everything. Here's a look at 10 transformative economic stories that affected our region:
1 Local unemployment spikes as layoffs pile up
Nothing says recession like jobs. Or lack thereof. Unemployment in the bay area stood at 7.8 percent with the latest numbers out this month, up from 4.5 percent a year ago. A partial list of companies laying off area workers this past year: Albertsons, Citigroup, Jabil Circuit, JPMorgan Chase, Wachovia, LazyDays RV Center, Shells Seafood Restaurants and AmeriGroup Florida.
2 The Wells Fargo wagon comes to town
Citibank — no, wait — Wells Fargo is suddenly the biggest bank in Florida after it wins a tug-of-war over shell-shocked Wachovia Corp. Meanwhile, Bank of America corrals Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan Chase picks up the pieces of Washington Mutual as we sort through a new financial world order, one where the strongest (at least in the Treasury Department's view) survive.
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Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings hit the area with a vengeance: Arigato Japanese Steak House, Accentia BioPharmaceuticals, Evatone Inc., Creative Loafing, Dynamic Leisure.
4 Double-digit drop in housing prices
The overheated housing market led the way into the recession, and it's not leading the way out yet. Home prices in the bay area were down almost 20 percent year over year, falling back to levels seen in late 2004.
5 Credit crunch crisis
Yes, this is a national story, but local ramifications were severe. Many small businesses were paralyzed as they couldn't get loans; banks big and small tried to shore up reserves. The owner of BayWalk said the downtown St. Petersburg movie theater and shopping complex ended up in foreclosure because he couldn't renegotiate its mortgage or find another lender.
6 Local auto dealers out of gas
While Detroit-based automakers were lobbying for a bailout, time had already run out for some dealerships here. Bob Wilson Dodge, AutoWay Dodge, AutoWay Chevrolet of Tampa Bay and Bill Heard Chevrolet closed; Ernie Haire Ford filed for bankruptcy. Plus, cash-hungry Lazydays RV SuperCenter in Seffner, the world's largest single-site RV dealer, was forced to skip a multimillion-dollar debt payment and renegotiate with lenders.
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I haven't run either of these names past anyone but DH, who is a bit iffy about the 'Blue' middle name for a little girl.
He's liking it more and more but I think he feels like other people might think it's too weird.
I'm happy to have something a little different and love a bohemian, pretty feel to girls names but just want to test DH's 'too different' theory.
*****I've had more than enough replies now to realise this name is going to get a mostly negative response. No more plain old negative responses thanks, but suggestions for alternatives would be lovely***
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The South Lake District
South Lake District Easy Route – pdf
Distance: 12.5 miles
Altitude Gain: 1583ft
Time: 2-3 hours
South Lake District Medium Route – pdf
Distance: 14.4 miles
Altitude Gain: 2105ft
Time: 3-4 hours
South Lake District Very Hard Route – pdf
Distance: 26.3 miles
Altitude Gain: 5484ft
Time: 4-7 hours (no really)
A word of caution: Don't be fooled by the low mileage count on this ride, this is a very tough route in often very remote country. What would be a trivial fall in your local woods could have lifethreatening consequences on Nan Bield. Allow seven hours for the full route. Be aware that there are no refuelling or water stops once past Kentmere and that the only chance of bailing out is to return to Kentmere via the shortest route then take the road back to Staveley. Mobile phone reception is patchy at best throughout the entire ride. Save the route for a summer day and you'll be rewarded with some of the best views on some of the quietest yet most testing trails you could ever wish for.
The Lake District is one of the all-time classic mountain bike destinations within the UK and it had been a
while since I'd ridden there. So when the office debate of Route Guide location came up again I was keen to
suggest an alternative to the more usual Lakeland fayre on offer around Ambleside and Keswick.
I'd planned an epic day out known with deceptive simplicity (and a certain lack of imagination) as The Three Passes, a figure-ofeight loop centred on the farming hamlet of Kentmere but more importantly starting and finishing at Wilf 's Café in Staveley. Driving up there through a torrential downpour we weren't looking forward to the ride ahead but we arrived in Staveley to be greeted by blue skies and only faint wisps of cloud gently embracing the upper reaches of the fells surrounding the village. Mark, our ride companion for the day, was already there and it wasn't long before we were heading out through the village and up towards the first pass of the day. The road winding quietly upwards leaving the river behind, before gradually becoming less road and more track. Garburn Pass is a well-known Lakeland Classic and a deserved ride in its own right – today it was just a taster of things to come. We span along the sanitised track past Dubbs Reservoir and came out onto the junction above Limefitt Caravan Park, which heralds the start of the climb proper. The sunlight played over the surrounding fells, clouds chasing each other over the sky and we started the climb in warm sun, shadows tumbling across the open hillsides. By the time we reached the summit it was more cloud than sun and things weren't looking good. A boiling maelstrom of cloud was heading menacingly up the valley towards us and we started down towards Kentmere with all speed. It was on the descent that we had our first mechanical of the day, Mark's 'enthusiastic' downhilling style earning him a pinch flat. Right on cue the heavens opened and we were enveloped in a monochrome grey wilderness. "It always rains when I get a puncture" claimed Mark cheerfully as he zipped up his waterproof. Oh great. We splashed down the remainder of the descent and sought shelter in a B&B
hoping for a brew. However there was no one home so we sat in the deserted cottage and dried out, relying on our own food and looking out at the inside of a cloud. Yet within 20 minutes the blue sky had reasserted itself, the temperature picked up and we were riding in short sleeves again very soon after, wet clothing steaming as it dried in the sun.
Up and over the fell, the trail a glistening silver river in the sudden sunlight and then we were down the fast rocky plummet to Sadgill, bikes drifting on the final loose hairpins. One glance up the valley revealed the tortuous climb of Gatescarth, our second pass of the day. Rich and I had the excuse of carrying the camera gear, Mark powered off ahead having just told us that he was in training for the spectacularly masochistic Helvellyn Triathlon and was feeling 'quite
fit'. Bastard. The trail snaked ever upwards, occasionally offering brief respite as it flattened out slightly before bringing heart rates to redline again as it kicked up past a series of waterfalls. We were into proper big country, all-mountain riding now. The remote sheep-dotted moorland was a far cry from the little villages and farms at the start of the ride; a rare opportunity in this busy National Park to escape the tourist hordes that walk the fells around the honeypot areas of
Ambleside and Windermere. Both were only eight miles away as the crow flies but they may as well have been in a different time zone. None of us cleaned the climb, even Mark, and we were forced to resort to frequent photo opportunities to rest and the occasional bit of pushing to gain height.
The 600m summit of Gatescarth made as good a rest stop as any and the views opened up behind us down Long Sleddale valley and in front of us over Haweswater Reservoir. The drop down to the car park at Haweswater lost all our hard-won height in a rapid plunge down the fall line, a rocky descent with a few surprise twists and drop offs to catch out the unwary and we arrived at the bottom, disc brakes steaming as the water splashed up off the trail and the stream
crossings. There was no respite though, no easy road cruise to allow the arm-pump to fade. It was immediately onto the third pass of Nan Bield and, in one of those 'save-the-best-til-last' it's by far the toughest of the lot. The initial singletrack climb up to the tarn of Small Water was mostly rideable; from then on it was into serious hike-a-bike
territory as the trail turned into a near vertical scramble in places. With legs and lungs already tired from the rocky pummelling of the last 17 miles this was pure heart-rending torture and it took nearly 40 minutes of hard fought scrambling to make the shelter at the summit. The consolation for this self-inflicted punishment was the incredible view opening up around us as the climb progressed and the knowledge that before us lay one of the best, yet least-ridden, descents in the Lake District.
The track from Nan Bield Pass down to Kentmere makes up for all the carrying and pushing that's gone before; four miles of sinuous rocky singletrack contrasting against the green, sheep-manicured slopes. The trail drops in a steep series of switchbacks at first then flattens out as it contours gently down the valley to pass above Kentmere Reservoir. The rocky terrain disappeared, replaced by a grass-on-peat surface that threw in boggy rutted drop offs. It then crossed a shallow river and civilisation became apparent again as we passed through a farmyard and emerged onto the road at the centre of our figure-of-eight loop. A quick bit of road-work saw us retracing our outward route as we headed back down into Kentmere with only the final pull up and over the fell side above the farm to go. We passed through a flock of sheep being shepherded down from the hills, managed to avoid the attentions of the two Border Collies and followed the contours as they led us upwards and along to the gate above the river. A left turn here and it was onto fast man-made track, all downhill to Staveley. Mark hurtled through the first stream crossing at warp factor five and was rewarded for his efforts by a second pinch flat. Mindful of the café's closing time I helped him fix it while Rich debated with himself exactly how many slices of cake and of what variety he was going to order once we finished.
We pressed onwards, spray flying as we plunged through the second river crossing and hammered down the grassy incline towards Sawmill Cottage, the imminent bacon sandwich refuel giving life to tired limbs. Out onto the tarmac and we went into roadie mode, heads down as we charged the final two miles into Staveley arriving just in time for last orders at Wilf 's. Fortunately after last orders at Wilf 's there was still plenty of time for last orders at the Hawkshead Brewery next-door.
The Eagle & Child Inn, Staveley
www.eaglechildinn.co.uk 01539 821320
Plenty of accommodation from YHA to B&B and hotels in nearby Kendal and Ambleside www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk
Bike Shops:
Wheelbase in Staveley www.wheelbase.co.uk 0870 6003435
The shop also has a free bike wash and free showers, toilets and changing facilities.
Evans Cycles in Kendal www.evanscycles.com 01539 740087
Bike Treks in Ambleside www.biketreks.net 01539 431245
(Voted Best Bike Shop in the UK by Singletrack Readers…)
Eating & drinking:
Wilf 's Café in Staveley www.wilfs-café.co.uk
10am-5.30pm in summer
The Eagle & Child Inn, Staveley www.eaglechildinn.co.uk
01539 821320
Hawkshead Brewery (next door to Wilf 's)


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Commencing in 2014, Intelligent Car Leasing launched a brand new partnership with the charitable arm of Celtic FC.
Celtic FC Foundation's priority is to provide assistance to those who face daily challenges within the key priority areas of Health, Equality, Learning and Poverty (HELP). For every car ICL leases £10 is donated to the charity.


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Layar Now In 3D
Layar 3.0 was released yesterday to the Android Marketplace. I don't have a Google Android device so my blog is based on the information I have pieced together rather than a physical test. The good news however is Augmented Planet is expanding and we'll soon be joined by a former colleague of mine, Nitin Samani who is going to be our Android correspondent.
The big change with 3.0 is the 3D engine. Developers can now build rich 3D content to make your augmented reality viewing even better. Lets' imagine you are on holiday in London and you are a Beatles fan. If you already use an augmented reality browser, chances are there is a tourist attraction database where you'd be able to find out find where The Beatles played. As you walk around London you could use your augmented reality browser to find Beatles related POI's and you'll get useful information like directions and a link to a website where you can read more, or using Layar 3.0 you could take The Beatles Tour.
The Beatles Tour developed by a London based company and fellow augmented reality blogger is one of the most exciting launch layers available. Start the tour, and you are guided to the first location where you have a unique picture opportunity with Ringo, Paul, John and George on the famous zebra crossing in Abbey Road. As soon as you're done, the tour guide directs you to the next location and photo opportunity. All in all the tour has 42 locations for you to visit.
Tours sound like a great way to engage users, thinking out loud you could create a tour and generate revenue by having restaurants sign up to be part of the tour. If you were taking The Jack The Ripper Tour, after 28 stops you could be directed to stop off for a bite to eat. How much would a restaurant pay to be included?
At the moment there are 6 layer's available (list here) but there are lots more planned. I'm looking forward to the iPhone version so I can run a proper test.
Layar v3.0 can now be downloaded free of charge from the Android Market and is available for all Android 1.5 and 1.6 devices. Layar will release a compatible version for the Droid as soon as possible. Layar have almost finished testing for Android 2.0, and good news for iPhone owners, a version for the iPhone 3GS is to follow as soon as Apples approves


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Michael Malpass (Anthropology) co-edites and publishes in book on Inka empire
Michael Malpass of the Anthropology Department, along with Sonia Alconini of the University of Texas at San-Antonio, have coedited The Distant Provinces in the Inka Empire: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Inka Provincialism. The book was published by University of Iowa Press on Monday, Feb.15. Michael also has two articles in the volume (see below).
The book is a compilation of articles that discuss the nature of Inka control over the regions they conquered far from their capital of Cuzco. The chapters show how local groups responded to their Inka overlords in a variety of ways, from collusion to resistance. The authors use a variety of approaches to this issue, from archaeobotany to bioarchaeology to mining technology. The volume builds on the results provided in the 1993 publication of Provincial Inca. Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Assessment of the Impact of the Inca State, edited by Michael Malpass.
Michael is first author on the lead chapter "Provincial Inka Studies in the 21st Century." Sonia Alconini is second author on that piece. Michael is also second author to Sonia Alconiin for the concluding chapter, "Toward a Deeper Understanding of Inka Provincialism."
Chapter 2 of the book, Archaeobotany of Cerro del Inga, Chile, at the Southern Inka Frontier, was contributed by Jack Rossen, Chair of Anthropology at Ithaca College, along with María Teresa Planella and Rubén Stehberg.
Originally published in School of Humanities and Sciences: Michael Malpass (Anthropology) co-edites and publishes in book on Inka empire.


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Greetings from la casa de Mama Everythingtarian y Papa Everythingtarian!
I decided to skedaddle home for a visit to take care of my lil' sissy while mama works and papa is off golfing at a tournament. Obviously, this morning needed to start one way:
The Sweet Potato Apple Cider Oatmeal Pancake way.
With a few modifications:
- Greek yogurt + applesauce (in place of the apple cider yogurt + sweet potato puree)
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour (in place of white)
- 1 diced apple + cinnamon maple syrup (in place of agave/apple/cider compote)
But just as delicious.
Archer Farms Cinnamon Maple Syrup is ridic. Absolutely ridic.
So…what did the fam think? (Mind you, these pictures were taken freshly rolled out of bed :))
MAMA EVERYTHINGTARIAN: On a scale of 1 to 5 apples, gave them 5 apples. Woowoo! I totally wooed her,
although she was still reluctant to try peanut butter on her pancakes (all in due time).
KENDRA (aka SISTER EVERYTHINGTARIAN #3): On a scale of 1 to 5 apples, gave them 4.5/5 apples!
This was perhaps the most important rating because, (a) she doesn't like breakfast, (b) would prefer a BLT
on a bagel for breakfast if she does eat it, and (c) thinks my healthy food sounds gross. Booyah girl!
THE HEALTHY EVERYTHINGTARIAN: I give it 5 apples, obv.
Eaten on our childhood uh-ooooooooo spaghetti'o plates…
And followed up with a nice cuppa joe + skim milk…one of Starbucks new instant Via packets, which I liked surprisingly better than their in-store coffee.
Artistic, no?
Alrighty kiddos, I am off to hang out with my sister – including a trip to the gym, some movies and shopping fun.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!


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Sketches Poke Fun At The Supreme Court
March 29, 2012 by staff
Sketches Poke Fun At The Supreme Court, While Washington has its gaze fixed on the Supreme Court's Obamacare proceedings, a long-standing ban on cameras in the Court means most observers can't actually see what's happening.
Though the Court is posting daily audio from the hearings on its website, as ABC News reported earlier this month, Chief Justice John Roberts worries cameras might negatively affect both lawyers and Justices involved. In light of those worries, Roberts failed to push aside the rule keeping cameras out of court. That ban has some upset, claiming citizens have the right to watch how such a high-stakes trial unfolds.
Arun Chaudhary, Senior Vice President of Communications at Revolution Messaging, is one of those critics. He and his colleagues at the left-leaning communications firm channeled their frustration into a creative endeavor, making sketches of what the Justices could be doing behind those closed doors.
From beer pong to hot tubbing, the artists have visualized some unsavory situations for the Supreme Court, based on sketches of past trials. They display them on a website, SCOTUSlive.com , that invites users to email in their own ideas. Their humor comes from the collision of these irreverent situations and the seriousness with which the Court's image is traditionally handled.
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A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up yards from York MP Hugh Bayley as he visited Afghanistan.
Mr Bayley had travelled to Kabul last week for the first task in his new two-year role as president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly when the blast happened.
Two security guards were killed when the bomber struck near NATO's Afghan HQ, which Mr Bayley was visiting.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which is believed to have been targeted at a nearby CIA office in the heavily fortified diplomatic zone.
Mr Bayley was in Kabul to check progress on the transfer of security responsibilities for Afghanistan's armed forces and police.
He said: "The explosion happened a couple of hundred yards away from where I was at the time – although I didn't see it, I certainly heard it.
"We had been talking to one of the top military commanders and somebody came in and immediately gave him a briefing on the attack, and everything stopped for a time while the security situation was assessed. It is shocking that somebody can be brainwashed into doing such a thing and sacrificing their life.
"It brought home to all of us the very difficult circumstances and the danger our military personnel and civilian staff there are working and living under. They are doing a very important job in incredibly difficult conditions"
Despite the suicide attack last Wednesday, Mr Bayley said he was optimistic about Afghanistan's future and believed the Afghan army and police would be a "formidable force" when they take control of security. But he said the country's presidential elections must have "legitimacy" and NATO had a key role to play in ensuring that.
He said: "It needs to be an election which generates confidence among the Afghan people, and whoever is elected must have good support, otherwise the political leadership necessary for the country to combat terrorism will not be there.
"The military can reduce the risk of terrorist attacks, but the only solution for Afghanistan is a political solution and a consensus around a government which has the support of the majority of the people."


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Latest rumours circulating in all social media network is that this week's Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6 will see Sana Saeed getting eliminated.
Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 6 had already been making buzz with the news that Priyanka Chopra is on the sets to promote her upcoming film Zanjeer today, 20th August. Now that latest update to this is that Sana Saeed will be sent out of the show this week.
Last week Siddharth Shukla got eliminated on the show 'Jhalak...' making the contestants Drashti Dhami, Shaan, Lauren, Sonali, Sumant and Sana Saeed the top five contestants. Now that Sana Saeed will be leaving the show, another week link has been removed.
Many have been criticising the show saying Drashti Dhami is a much weaker link on the show and just because she is also the lead actress in popular Colors' show Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. Anyways, if not this week the weaker link will be out the coming week, since the competition on the show is way high for any Bollywood dancer.
The final three battle is said to be between Lauren Gottlieb and Sonali and Sumanth(most probably) or Drashti Dhami. Let's wait and watch how the competition proceeds.
Sana Saeed has shown growth from her first episode on this show. Her dance has improved with every episode.
Last week saw Sana Saeed perform on a film theme. Se had picked the Hollywood film Avatar as inspiration for her dance.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Sana Saeed has shown promise in both her acting talent as well as her dance performances. Sana Saeed is surely here to stay.


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Vixen Chat: Karina Pasian Talks 'Trips To Venus' + Her Style Evolution
With years in the music business, a Grammy nomination (Best Contemporary R&B Album) for her debut album, First Love, and having worked with industry veterans, one would assume that Karina Pasian is well into her 20-somethings, but the 20-year-old songstress continues to soar to new heights with her latest EP, Trips To Venus.
The New York native is no rookie in the world of R&B by any means. With her music career starting at a mere three years old, signing her first record deal at 13, becoming the first person of Dominican descent to perform at the White House and a Grammy nod at 16, it's no argument that Karina has already survived a great career. However, her ability to do this all while studying at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School–other notable alum include Alicia Keys and Britney Spears–is the most impressive. In an exclusive interview with VIBE Vixen, Karina took time chat about the music, her day-to-day life and how she stayed grounded in an industry where most female artists get lost in the shuffle.
VIBE VIXEN: Last month you released your EP, Trips to Venus. Tell me about the album and the inspiration on some of the songs.
KARINA PASIAN: The album includes songs about love and is inspired by 90s music. I hope fans will get a place to be happy, something that not only sounds good, but moves them.
In one word, can you describe how each on song on the EP will make our Vixens feel when they press play?
"Dead End," anger and hurt. "Just Another Melody," nonchalant. "Last To Know," "Respect," "Perfectly Different," "Proud/Secure" and "When You're In Love," bliss.
What's a typical day for Karina Pasian?
I'm very emotional, so when I feel emotional, I go to the studio to record. I also spend a lot of time with family and enjoy kickboxing classes. I think going to high school throughout my career kept me balanced. I still went to prom; I still had a high school life, so I'm able to separate my life from the music.
So how do you describe your style? Over the years, we've seen you try a lot of different looks.
I can't label it. My style is ever-changing. Some days I'm in a snap back and sneakers, other [days] I'm girly. It's really based on my mood. I've done the "skater girl," the dark grunge phase, the "back pack" phase… I've done it all.
Can you you give us your top looks? For example, your fave looks for everyday, the red carpet, the club and the studio?
In the studio, I like to be very comfortable. I usually wear basketball shorts. On the Red Carpet I love to dress up with heels and accessories. Performance depends on the type of performance and where, but I love to dress up. In heels I feel powerful.
Where can Vixens go to get that Karina Pasian style?
I shop in Urban Outfitters, Topshop, Zara, Free People and I love nastygal.com. (Nastygal.com is a New & Vintage Clothing online retailer.)


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Boxed Flower Coverlet
Skill Level
Moderately Challenging
Finished Sizes
Instructions given fit size small (twin); changes for medium/large (full/queen) are in .
Finished Measurements
70 inches wide x 88 inches long (small) 88 inches wide x 91 inches long (medium/large)
- Universal Uptown Worsted medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (3 1/2 oz/180 yds/100g per skein): 37 48 skeins #303 cream
- Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- Tapestry needle
- Sewing needle
- Matching sewing thread
- 1-inch buttons: 5 7
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Motif = 7 inches in diameter; 7 dc rows = 4 inches
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