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Clint began visiting almost every day. On his days off, he would stop by with burgers, or some other food and we would have dinner together. Then one evening when he was on his day off, he came by in shorts and a tight tank top. My heart raced as I got a good look at his muscular hairy chest. After we ate the dinner he had brought, he sat across from me and as he spread his legs, I could see up his shorts and realized that he was commando. My own cock began to stiffen and it was very obvious.
He had definitely noticed, and soon his began to come alive also. Then, he smiled and stood up and began walking closer to me. As he drew closer, he began to lean forward, bringing his face closer to mine.
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I knew what was about to happen yet I couldn't believe that it was happening. Moments later his lips met mine and without any hesitation, he offered his tongue. Parting my lips, I immediately accepted his and offered mine. As we kissed passionately, he gently lifted me out of my chair into a stranding position. Our arms immediately encircled each other. Seconds later, his right hand began unbuttoning my shirt as his left hand began unbuckling my jeans. My shirt was quickly pushed open as he moved his face lower and began licking my chest them my nipples.
All during this, his hands were slowly shoving my jeans and briefs lower. As my pants went lower, so did his face. I soon felt his tongue gently licking my firm ball sack before he gently sucked one then the other into his hot wet mouth. Then, when he swallowed my cock in it's entirety, I gasped loudly. Clint knew exactly what he was doing and how to do it. I was so horny, that within just a few minutes, I blew my entire load into his mouth which he eagerly accepted and swallowed.
After milking my cock dry, he stood and we kissed again, before I looked into his eyes and said, "Turn about is fair play." I slipped his tank top over his head and tossed it on the desk. As I gently sucked one nipple then the other, I opened his shorts and let his shorts fall to the floor. Within seconds I had his entire cock in my mouth and my nose buried in his thick dark pubic bush. I began working on bringing him top his climax and he offered assistance by gently fucking my throat. I soon felt his cock swell and a huge eruption of thick creamy delicious cum fill my mouth. After collecting every drop, I hungrily swallowed then stood and kissed him passionately.
After the kiss, he looked into my eyes and said< I wanted to suck you the moment I met you and something told me you wouldn't refuse me."
I smiled and replied, "I just wish it had been sooner."
"Well, we can make it a fairly regular thing if you want to."
"Most definitely," I replied, then asked, "Do any of the other techs play?"
"I can't say for sure, but I just have a feeling that several do," he replied.
He wouldn't give me any names, but he said that I should be able to figure out which ones.
We sat and made out for a while before a call came in. I got the address and dispatched Rex Hubbard to the residence. Clint and I dressed and I walked with him to the door where he kissed me passionately before leaving. I pulled out my lap top and was soon chatting with others in a gay chat room.
Four hours later, I saw a service van pull into the lot and knew it had to be Rex. Rex was another hot tech and one I wouldn't turn down if he gave any indication that he wanted to fuck my mouth or ass.
After restocking his van, he came into the office and as we chatted, I got the impression that if he hadn't played before he was willing to try. It was nothing in particular just things in general that told me. He reminded me of the hot blond named Peter in the TV commercial for the drain opener that tells the lady in a sexy voice, "I only need seven minutes." I was definitely going to work on him more in the future.
Then there was Butch Taylor, also a former Marine whose twin brother was a local city cop. Butch was about six-four, with light brown hair and a chiseled face. He had stopped by one day to pick up his pay check and had his brother with him. they were thirty-one but Butch was married and Frank was divorced. I definitely wanted both.
Clint continued to visit me in the evenings for dinner and sex and had spent a couple of night with me after I got an apartment and had a night off.
I had been with the company roughly two months when things became more interesting. I had dispatched Rex to a residence whose air conditioning had gone out. It was about one in the morning when he returned to the warehouse to restock. I saw him pull in but never saw him enter the warehouse. After a few minutes I decided to go check on him.
I went into the warehouse and did a search as I called his name. I was in one corner near a window that I heard voices from outside the window. I climbed onto a ladder that was nearby and looked out. When I saw the activity I froze. There was Rex on his knees sucking the eighteen year old dishwasher that worked at the Chinese restaurant next door.
As I watched, I heard the kid say, "I was wondering when you would be back by. I'm horny as hell but I need to hurry and get back in so we can lock up."
I got off the ladder and eased over to the door and went outside silently. Easing around to the corner of the building, I heard the kid say "Fuck yea, man. Get ready. I'm about to blow."
The kid started jerking wildly as he fired his load into Rex's hungry mouth. As Rex began swallowing, I stepped out into view and said, "When you get through, I need to see you in dispatch." I turned and returned to my office. Seconds later Rex came in and immediately began begging me not to tell Mr. Caldwell what I had seen.
"Well, I'll make a deal with you. I won't say anything and you can keep blowing the kid if you blow me after I watch you blow him."
He quickly agreed and dropped to his knees right then. I whipped out my cock and let him go to work. soon filling his hot mouth with my load for him to add to the kids load.
Rex blew me for almost three weeks when he returned from a call along with the kid. Then one night when Rex called in that he was returning to the warehouse I called him on his cell phone. "Get the kid and bring him into the office with you," I quickly said before hanging up.
I had found out that the kid was Brad Simmons and was a senior at the local high school and a tackle on the football team. The restaurant had closed and I had seen Brad waiting for Rex near the entry gate. Rex slowed and Brad quickly jumped in . Moment later, they were in my office.
Looking at Brad, I said, "I thought you might like to watch Rex blow me since I have been watching him blow you."
"Sure," he replied. "That will be hot."
"Let's get comfortable," I said. We all three stripped totally naked and Rex soon got on his knees and began sucking me as I sat in my chair. Brad stood next to me close enough for me to reach over and start stroking his cock. Once I had his cock in my hand, he stepped right up next to me. Without saying a word, I turned my head and swallowed his hard hot throbbing cock, both to his surprise and to Rex's.
Just as Brad began to feed me his hot thick huge teen load, I fed mine to Rex. Brad pulled out of my mouth as I swallowed and after Rex had swallowed my load he stood up . I could tell he was about to ask me about sucking Brad when I swallowed his hard cock and began sucking him. Brad's eyes got wide as he watched me start to suck Rex's hard thick cock. Moments later, I was hungrily swallowing Rex's huge built up load.
After I had swallowed my second load of the evening, I looked at Rex and said, "I didn't say anything earlier because I was waiting for just the right time. Now you know what to expect whenever you return from a call at night."
Then I looked over at Brad and said, "When ever you get off work and want to get some relief, press the buzzer at the gate and I'll let you in. I'll blow you anytime as long as I'm alone." He just smiled and nodded.
I new was having regular sex with not only Clint but also with Rex. I was waiting for just the right time to get them together for a three way.
And Brad would come by almost nightly after he got off work. I was eating his huge loads at a minimum of five times a week. Some nights he would feed me one and as I continued to suck his cock he would feed me a second load. I was getting cock every night I worked and was loving it. I couldn't ask for a better job. he had seen Rex and I kiss and make out after sucking but had never joined in.
Then, about two months after I had started sucking Brad he stopped by after he got off and after entering the office he stripped and told me to do the same. Since he didn't suck, I usually stayed clothed, but I honored his request. As I began sucking his cock, he leaned forward and grasped my cock and began to fondle it. I was in heaven. Before long, he gasped, signaling his climax and I hungrily devoured his huge thick load.
After swallowing it all, I pulled off and as I did, he leaned forward and I soon felt his lips on mine and his tongue in my mouth. I eagerly accepted it and offered mine, which he eagerly accepted. We kissed passionately for several moments when he looked into my eyes with a strange look. I hoped it meant what I was dreaming of.


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You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to be the first bowl game of the season.
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That's the kickoff time for the 14th R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, which will be played on Dec. 20 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and air on ESPN.
"There are logistical challenges to starting that early," bowl executive director Billy Ferrante said. "But two years ago, we had an 11 a.m. kickoff, and that worked out pretty well for us as far as TV numbers and our crowd.
"And when we presented the scenarios to our bowl partners, they were fine with it, too."
The bowl will also break from its usual Sun Belt-Conference USA pairing this year as well. A Mountain West team will replace the C-USA team for this season only as part of an agreement between the two leagues that will see a C-USA team placed in a Mountain West-affiliated bowl to be determined.
The C-USA agreement will resume next year and run through 2019.
"We've always been receptive to other conferences being part of our mix," Ferrante said. "That creates new match-ups for us.
"But we had to leave our conference partners to figure out what they wanted to do. So this is where we ended up for 2014, and we're very enthusiastic about it."
This will be the third time a Mountain West team will be in the New Orleans Bowl. Colorado State played in the first one in 2001 and San Diego State was in the 2011 game.
The bowl will continue to have the first choice among Sun Belt teams.
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DR-CAFTA -- (Extensions of Remarks - June 24, 2005)
Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my opposition to the proposed US-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick led the team of U.S. negotiators who concluded what they consider to be a good trade agreement in DR-CAFTA, and President Bush signed it the summer of 2004. This agreement will not take effect, however, until it is formally submitted to the Congress for a straight up-or-down vote, pursuant to the fast-track trade negotiating authority that Congress approved in 2002.
Fast-track trade negotiating authority was first approved by Congress when the Trade Act of 1964 was enacted. As a result the Congress cedes much of its power to amend trade agreements negotiated by the President.
I voted against giving the President a 5-year extension of fast-track trade negotiating authority in 2002. Fundamentally, I believe Congress ought not cede such open-ended, blanket trade negotiating authority to any President. Nevertheless, the DR-CAFTA agreement has been negotiated by the President's representatives and will come before Congress.
International trade is not just inevitable, it is a good thing. But lowering the cost of goods and increasing their availabilitly is not the single goal of trade. Trade done right helps lift the global standard of living and works to protect the irreplaceable environment we inherited. Trade is about values. Trade agreements are not just about goods and commodities; they are also about what constitutes acceptable behavior in environmental matters, worker's rights, intellectual property, and so forth. We should make sure we export the goods we produce and not the workers who produce them.
Each new trade agreement entered into by the U.S. should be very closely scrutinized. Each ought to include the strongest enforceable worker rights and environmental safeguards attainable, like those included in the U.S.-Jordan agreement of 2000. Each should also include enforceable rules to protect intellectual property rights and guarantee access for U.S.-based corporations to foreign markets. This can be achieved in trade agreements if we enter negotiations with clear principles.
I voted against the Chile and Singapore trade agreements, for example, because the inadequate labor and environmental provisions included in them, in my estimation, failed to meet the negotiating objectives that Congress carefully spelled out in the 2002 law extending fast-track negotiating authority to the President. They did not provide, for example, that trade dispute settlement mechanisms within those free trade agreements afford equivalent treatment to trade-related labor and environmental protection as intellectual property rights and capital subsidies, and the impending DR-CAFTA fails in this regard, too. The agreement between the US and Jordan, on the other hand, is a fine example that good agreements are achievable.
I am troubled by the DR-CAFTA that the President has signed. The DR-CAFTA does not contain strong, enforceable provisions to protect internationally-recognized worker rights. Nor does it have any provisions for environmental safeguards. Such provisions are critical because they both preserve existing labor laws and environmental standards in the affected countries, and because they ensure that American companies will be competing on a more level playing field with our Central American neighbors. Without such provisions, U.S. companies and employees are forced to compete with countries that have no labor wage, working conditions, or environmental protections. The people of all countries lose in such a "race to the bottom."
Mr. Speaker, I will vote against the DR-CAFTA when it comes to the floor of the House and I urge my colleagues to do the same.


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From the moment the audience sees the incredible set, until the story concludes, there is a reverent awe with the never-better production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." Director Rod A. Lansberry has outdone himself with this brilliant show.
Release of a single song, "Superstar," in 1969 encouraged composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice to expand their work to a 1970 rock concert concept album which had an immediate following. The album ultimately resulted in a full-scale production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" opening on Broadway in October of 1971. The original Broadway show and subsequent productions met with enormous fan support, but were rejected by some religious groups. I saw the original New York production and was alarmed. My memory of that introduction is hazy, with my recalling that it was primarily "loud screeching." What must I have been seeing? A few years ago, composer Webber appeared to agree with me noting that the original New York production was "a vulgar travesty" and opening night was "probably the worst night of my life." Continue reading "Jesus Christ Superstar" Leaves Audience Breathless at Arvada Centerby


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Gellar, who is clearly a huge fan of the selfie and the #TBT tradition, loves to 'gram her hubby and kids, and we couldn't be more thankful. With plenty of snaps from "date nights," clearly, the couple know how to keep their marriage going, setting time aside for themselves.
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NEW ORLEANS - Round three of five in the Fair Grounds sprint stakes division comes up Saturday. A few fresh challengers were rounded up, but the heavy hitters remain the same. Bonapaw, Abajo, and a revitalized *, players in sprint stakes here for the last several seasons, renew their rivalry in the $75,000 Colonel Power Handicap.
The Colonel Power follows the Thanksgiving and Gaudin Handicaps and precedes the Taylor's Special and Pelleteri Handicaps in the five-sprint-stakes series. With no chute on the main track, Fair Grounds can't card sprints at a distance greater than six furlongs, which means all these races look the same not only in terms of whose running, but also in how far they run.
The sameness is skewed this time by the absence of the Gaudin winner, Robin De Nest, who is on holiday at the moment. He won the Gaudin at the expense of Bonapaw, who broke slowly and was rushed into a fast pace, winding up third, and Crucible, who was trapped inside during the stretch run and beaten only a nose.
For Crucible, it was his best race in years, and trainer Mark Frostad's barn thinks a change in pre-race routine that day might have helped Crucible, who was left in his stall the day before the Gaudin rather than undergoing a typical morning exercise.
Bonapaw loves to exercise. Since his upset loss in his last start, Bonapaw has worked twice, and when Bonapaw works, he works bullets. On Dec. 29 he went a half-mile in 47.80 seconds, fastest of 88 works at the distance. On Jan. 6 he went a half-mile in 48.20 seconds, fastest of 44 works over a sloppy track.
A winner of five starts and close to $400,000 last season, Bonapaw, the probable favorite under Gerard Melancon, drops one pound, from 123 to 122, off the Gaudin, but still gives Crucible six pounds and Abajo a whopping nine pounds.
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District won the Colonel Power last season with a dramatic stretch run, but returns this year with losses in his only three starts since that big win. District did show improvement in a recent allowance try here, and certainly will have pace to run at Saturday.
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Formed in the USA in 1991 when singer Eric Bachmann met guitarist Eric Johnson on a bus in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Archers Of Loaf quickly distinguished themselves with a healthy disrespect for pomposity and grandeur in their decidedly lo-fi recordings. With the addition of fellow University of Carolina students Mark Price (drums) and Matt Gentling (bass), they recorded a debut single, Wrong, that earned them a contract with San Francisco label Alias. The Archers name itself was something of a giveaway, an impression of a band given to self-depreciation confirmed with the arrival of a single entitled Toast, which included the line: Shes an indie rocker, and nothings gonna stop her. This was housed on the bands well-received 1993 debut album, Icky Mettle, a collection of obtuse musical ideas and defiant lyrical cheek. After the release of a five-track EP, Vs The Greatest Of All Time, they earned...
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- Wait a minute (or 3 minutes) In the shower that is! Leave your conditioner on for at least 3 minutes in the shower. I like to do my hair first thing before exfoliating etc. The steam and heat will help penetration and deepen conditioning.
- Use your head As long you're sitting at your desk finishing up your Master's Thesis, why not put a restorative masque through your hair and cover it with a shower cap? The natural heat from your head will help the masque do it's job. You'll be smart and look smart.
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2017-04-28 18:23
QuSoft, the PCQC and the University of Latvia started a collaboration to develop quantum software.
2017-01-16 10:14
QuantERA launched its first joint transnational call (Call 2017) for proposals worth € 34 M in support of transnational research in the field of Quantum Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies (Q-ICST).
2017-01-03 12:43
In January 2017 the QuantERA Consortium will announce a Call for Proposals in the field of quantum technologies.
2016-10-12 21:15
The document containing a summary of results of the Commission HLSC is available for download
2016-08-17 04:51
China's quantum network could soon span two continents, thanks to a satellite launched on Aug 15.
2016-08-17 00:31
Cryptographer Léo Ducas from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has won the 2016 Internet Defense Prize.
2016-08-08 10:13
Following the nomination of the chair, Prof. Mlynek, the Commission has now formally set-up the Commission Expert Group, with 13 very high level academic members, that will provide recommendations on the preparation of the Quantum Technology Flagship.
2016-04-18 04:31
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2016-04-01 18:18
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2016-04-01 18:13
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2016-03-07 03:13
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2016-02-08 15:06
How soon will we have quantum computers? In what ways will they transform our lives? Listen in as some of the top experts from tech companies working on quantum computing weigh in.
2016-02-08 14:47
IOP Publishing is announcing the launch of Quantum Science and Technology, a new, high-impact journal engaged with advances in fundamental quantum information science and related quantum-enabled technologies.
2016-01-28 05:05
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2016-01-25 15:10
To acknowledge outstanding achievements in the foundations of quantum physics, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna introduces the Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for the best quantum foundations publication in a given year.
2015-12-14 01:39
The Physics World 2015 Breakthrough of the Year goes to Jian-Wei Pan and Chaoyang Lu of the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, for being the first to achieve the simultaneous quantum teleportation of two inherent properties of a fundamental particle – the photon.
2015-12-09 11:08
Troyer, Zintchenko and Brown (ETH Zurich) summary on recent developments in quantum annealing.
2015-12-03 10:21
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Menestheus (Greek: Μενεσθεύς), the son of Peteus, son of Orneus, son of Erechtheus, and either Polyxene or Mnesimache,[1] was a legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War. He was set up as king by the Dioscuri when Theseus travelled to the underworld and exiled him from the city after his return.[2][3][4]
Menestheus was one of the suitors of Helen of Troy,[5] and when the Trojan War started he brought "fifty black ships" to Troy.[6][7] In the Iliad it is noted that no one could arrange chariots and shield-bearing warriors in battle orders better than Menestheus, and that only Nestor could vie with him in that respect.[8] Yet further he is characterized as not valiant. When Agamemnon was reviewing his troops he found Menestheus in the back rows seemingly avoiding action.[9] Later when Sarpedon attacked the portion of the Greek wall that he was in charge of, Menestheus shivered and had to call on Telamonian Aias and Teucer for aid.[10] Menestheus was one of the warriors in the Trojan Horse.[11][12] After Troy was sacked, he sailed to Mimas, then to Melos where he became king.[13]
When Menestheus died, Athens passed back to the family of Theseus.[14]
The name Menestheus may also refer to:
- Menestheus, son of Clytius and grandson of Aeolus, a companion of Aeneas[15]
- Menestheus, an Athenian youth who was sacrificed to the Minotaur
- Menestheus, a warrior in the army of the Seven Against Thebes, participant of the disk-trowing competition at the funeral games of Opheltes[16]
- ↑ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 554 - 555
- ↑ Plutarch, Theseus, 32. 1 ff
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 17. 5
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 1. 23
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 10. 8
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 2. 557
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 97
- ↑ Iliad, 2. 552 ff
- ↑ Il. 4. 327
- ↑ Il. 12. 331 ff
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 23. 8
- ↑ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 12. 314
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 6. 15b = Tzetzes on Lycophron, 911
- ↑ Plutarch, Theseus, 35. 5
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 129
- ↑ Statius, Thebaid, 6. 661
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A funny thing happened early Monday morning. It appeared that Bob Mansfield, Apple's Senior VP of Technologies, had abruptly been removed from Apple's executive listings page.
As one might expect, the discourse surrounding the discovery quickly turned to wild speculation that things were amiss over at Apple. The removal of Mansfield from the executive team was, to some, reminiscent of the abrupt removal of Scott Forstall from Apple altogether. What also made the news item even more curious is that Mansfield had already previously retired from Apple, only to change his mind shortly thereafter at the behest of Tim Cook, and of course convinced by a nice, large salary to boot. Mansfield's return, so to speak, to Apple ocurred in October of 2012 when Tim Cook announced that Mansfield would be remaining at Apple for two years and overseeing Apple's new Technologies group.
So what gives?
What's the reason behind Mansfield's sudden and apparent demotion?
Well, apparently it's a classic case of much ado about nothing.
Reuters was able to secure an official statement from Apple which reads,
Bob is no longer going to be on Apple's executive team, but will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to Tim.
Note that this is much different than Scott Forstall being let go of his duties to serve as an "advisor" to Tim Cook.
Furthermore, typically in the know Apple blogger John Gruber of Daring Fireball did some poking around and was also left with the impression that Mansfield is simply off the executive team and that there isn't too much more to read into the story.
There's nothing punitive with Mansfield's role change, nor health problems or anything like that. Just a more focused role on certain new products. His un-retirement as a senior vice president last year was always intended to be transitional, not permanent.
Outside the company, we were surprised that Mansfield's return as an SVP turned out to be temporary. Inside Apple, they seem surprised that we'd read juicy backstage intrigue into his simply being removed from their executive list.
Indeed, Gruber adds that Mansfield is immensley popular within Apple and effectively has the ability to "write his own ticket". So, perhaps Mansfield simply wasn't interested in being on Apple's executive team. That said, Mansfield remains at Apple working on special projects, with some rumors claiming that he's hard at work on Apple's long-rumored iWatch.


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This is, well, huge.
This "little story," which occurred in 1988, is made all the more real by clips of real film footage and real TV newscasts from that era. "Big Miracle" refers, of course, to the immensity of the story and the size of its main players - namely three whales.
It's a cinematic miracle in another way, too. It's rated PG, which is a rare find, and it's even rarer to discover that its smart script, played out by a talented cast, never dumbs itself down to body-function humor. You might leave the theater saying, "I didn't know they made movies like that anymore."
Part-comedy, part-drama and all heart, "Big Miracle" begins in 1988 when NBC gave national play to a story about three California gray whales that became trapped in some ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. Here, Nathan, an 11-year-old resident of Barrow (played charmingly by Ahmaogak Sweeney) narrates the story.
Nathan has become friends with a TV journalist named Adam (John Krasinski, television's "The Office"), who has been dispatched to the village to provide several stories about the tiny spot where a local oil magnate (Ted Danson) wants to begin drilling. In one last, and very lame, story, Adam humors Nathan by focusing on his friend's snowmobiling talents, which don't amount to much.
In the background, Adam sees something in the ice and then discovers it's a family of trapped whales who become known as Wilma, Fred and Bamm-Bamm. (Pebbles, you may remember, was the daughter of the Flintstones, but the youngest whale was male - hence the name of the son of their neighbors the Rubbles.)
Many people oppose the drilling. Among the most vocal is environmental activist Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore), who was once Adam's girlfriend. Soon, a Los Angeles reporter (Kristen Bell) has caught the eye of Adam, who goes out of his way to assist her.
Local hunters decide to "harvest" the whales. After all, the creatures will provide them with meat. But they then decide, in light of the ever-expanding publicity, to join the rescuers, who mingle with the multitude of reporters who have arrived in the village. America watches as the whales survive with some assistance, although Bamm-Bamm appears to be ailing.
It's funny, it's sweet and its broad appeal make this a "big movie" that's understandably making quite a splash.


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Ok long story shortened. We have been together for almost 4 years and we are soul mates, always together, never have any issues and we both know we will most likely be getting married one day after he's finished college and we have our lives fully financially stable... here's the thing. I always loved the look of promise rings and I think they are so cute and meaningful and I have tried hinting to him that I want one but it seems like he doesn't get the hint. I get pretty jealous whenever I see someone post they're cute rings on social media and they are couples that haven't even been together nearly as long as us so it just makes me think we deserve something like that you know? Basically I just ordered him a really nice looking ring. It's perfect--black and skate great chrome band and I engraved inside of it "My better half." In HOPES that he will want to return the favor and get me one too... but I just looked at some other people's posts about this and people keep saying promise rings are dumb and that the girl shouldn't get one so now I am feeling conflicted. What do you think?
Is it bad I'm feeling a little dumb about purchasing a promise ring for my boyfriend?
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He hasn't really told me whether he believes in it or not. I have "hinted" that I want one by saying stuff like "oh look Sally got a ring from so and so isn't it so cute?" and he just agreed but says he would rather use the money for a real nice ring when we're engaged. I think it's because he doesn't know what it would mean to me.
He doesn't seem that into it. Don't hint at it, just talk to him about it
I suppose so. Well, even if I don't get one in return it's not so bad that I just surprised him with a nice looking piece of jewelry is it? Lol it's exactly his style. I do wish I'd get one in return but I think i'll be content even if i don't just because I did something nice for him.
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If this means something to YOU, then do it.
- Get it for him. Explain to him that, it's silly but means a lot to you. If he loves you as much as it sounds, then he'll take it.
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That's true. I know that the chances of him getting me one In return are kind of like 50/50 but I think I will still feel good knowing I at least gave him something that means a lot to me personally.
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I could definitely see that. If we were older, more financially stable, and able to actually be engaged then I could see how a promise ring is stupid but I guess my main concern is the fact that I am the girl getting it. Which is untraditional, but also part of me just wishes he would have gotten me one without me hinting or getting him one first, it would have been so special to me but now it seems like it was all my idea on my own which kind of ruins it a bit.
Please don't give it to him. You have a relationship it is a tight relationship. There is no need and it will only make them feel bad that he doesn't have the money to give you an engagement ring.
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Sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, but coming so close to the new year I need some help of sorts? Yeah, I guess it's help XD
Anyways, I'm looking to upload various umm not books, but like chapters (?) online of funny/quirky/whatever you want to call them, to hopefully make someone's day and start the year off fresh. I'm collecting ideas from various places, and piecing them together (including some of my own wonderfully poor ideas) and mashing them into one big joy ride, kinda XD
I'm preferably looking for unusual yet humorous things that can put a smile on people's faces (obviously including yours) but won't cause offence to anyone as some are sadly sensitive. Also looking for little things like facts, random questions, funny sayings, short jokes, quirky riddles, funny and short poems, you get the idea. Maybe even little pictures too (although I'm not sure how to upload them on some websites >.< ). So um yeah, any of these will do great and help thank you! You can even make your own if you wished! Be it corny or witty. I have things like rats being ticklish so anything along that kind of stupid humour really ^.^'
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In San Francisco a tent city lines the sidewalks under a central highway overpass. There are well over a hundred tents.
Who are the people populating these edges of society? Why don't they just get a job?
An interview with one of them appeared in the SF Chronicle recently. Turns out he's a middle-aged energy engineer who was in college with Mayor Ed Lee, and is well remembered and liked by Ed and by people at his former employers' places. He lives in a tent now. And he says he knows several others with such talents now living in similar situations, accomplished, educated people whom society no longer needs.
Some tent dwellers are our best citizens.
I personally know young adults who graduated from college a few years ago, with high grades and marketable skills. You probably do too. They and many others like them are living with their parents, often in the same room they had in high school. They probably have been looking for work for several years. They may have found a bit of temporary work, sometimes in their own field, more often not. If it weren't for their parents, they would be homeless, because they have no income.
After the crash at the end of the Bush years, large numbers of productive people in their fifties were suddenly without work, and before long without the homes they had expected to retire in. Soon they found their savings gone, their health insurance gone, their careers gone, "retirement" approaching, and they were living in a relative's basement. All of them had been valued, productive workers.
These are not people from the margins, druggies who made bad choices. These are some of our best citizens. They are victims of the robot revolution. They don't attract much attention now, but will soon become too numerous and obvious to ignore.
We are not prepared.
Martin Ford documents this trend in The Rise of the Robots. By "robots" he means the machines and computers whose inexorable growth and continual improvement has allowed them to replace increasing numbers of human workers of all sorts, leaving the workers with no place to go. This will change everything we know about the working world, and we are not prepared.
These "robots" have already reached the corner office of corporate headquarters. At least half of the work of top corporate management can already be done cheaper by computers and midlevel analysts in India, particularly since our corporate officers are grossly overpaid. Neither the CEO nor anyone else in a big company is protected. Anyone could be out of work and become unemployable. You have probably read computer-generated sports articles, and never suspected that the sports writer no longer has a job.
How will we accommodate as many as 100 million people for whom there is no work? We have no choice. We must re-define the working world, and soon.
John Maynard Keynes predicted in the 1930s that within a century technology would make possible a world of much less work and far more leisure. That time has arrived, but we have done nothing to prepare for it. All of the benefits of new technology now go to the rich. Mere bragging rights for them, but catastrophe for the victims. Our failure to recognize that Keynes' prediction has arrived is creating intractable unemployment and poverty for millions of good people.
Forty hours is over and we don't know what to do.
To change the working world, we will have to battle these billionaires of the far right. They don't care that their computers put people on the street. They live in a bubble, and think everyone is lazy. Their entire motivation is profit. Their greed will only be overcome by insisting that everyone deserves a decent life.
When we as a nation finally wake up to this new reality, we will realize that the era of the 40-hour work week is long gone, and we don't know what to do about it. Major social adjustments will be necessary to preserve the dignity of the millions of people who are unable to find work, while providing them with a way to live decently. To do that, we will have to find a better way to distribute the blessings of the modern age.
The Republican mindset claims that all of the unemployed are addicted black people who are too lazy to get a job, and would rather luxuriate on overgenerous government assistance. This ludicrous and blatantly racist claim has been around a long time, and has repeatedly been proven false. But reality means nothing to Republicans these days.
They are unable to explain the productive fifty-somethings who live in the basement, or a tent. Or the former executive who took early retirement when he was forced out, and now lives in a modest condo. Or the sons and daughters who graduated, yet find themselves living in their old bedroom, sleeping in their single bed beneath the old pennants and posters.


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A collection of lumen prints, solar photograms, created from New Orleans' Garden District. A 19th century printing process, lumen prints give new life to seemingly discarded subjects.
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- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
20 Pages
- Publish Date Feb 24, 2013
- Language English
- Tags alternative process, antiquarian photography, lumen prints, new orleans, botanicals
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In accordance with North Carolina law, The Catawba County Public School System Provides the following employee benefit (Click here to access the North Carolina Benefits Home Page and download the benefits manual.)
NORTH CAROLINA STATE SALARY SCHEDULEState Salary Schedule
All full-time employees of Catawba County Schools are eligible for the health insurance provided through the State of North Carolina on a non-contributory basis. Family members may be covered on a contributory basis. The State offers as alternatives several HMOs, which require an employee contribution. Open enrollment is from August 1-September 1 yearly.
For further information on the State Health Plan please visit the web site: www.statehealthplan.state.nc.us
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Employee Assistance
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The Catawba County School System approves insurance companies for the purpose of selling fixed and variable annuities. Tax sheltered annuities make possible, through a payroll deduction plan, the deferring of a portion of any employee's income until he or she retires.
All Catawba County Schools personnel who are regular, full-time employees are required by law to become members of the North Carolina Teachers and State Employees System. An employee contributes 6% of his or her salary along with the local school system's contribution. The 6% employee contribution is tax sheltered.
Upon retirement, any employee who has been a member of the retirement system for at least five years is eligible for monthly benefits for life, or for the return of his or her contributions with interest. An employee's contributions (with interest) may also be withdrawn if the employee terminates employment before retirement. A member of the retirement system who has contributed for five or more years is eligible for disability retirement.
The retirement system also pays a death benefit to the designated beneficiary(ies) of any member who has contributed to the retirement system for at least one year and who dies while still an active member. The death benefit pays a minimum of $25,000 and maintains a maximum of $50,000.
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All employees are covered by Social Security. Both employee and employer make appropriate contributions to Social Security. The employee pays 7.65% and the employer pays 7.65%.
All full-time permanent employees of the Catawba County Schools who have completed the required length of employment with an eligible State of North Carolina Agency are eligible for payments.
All permanent employees and their families are eligible to join the North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union. Employees may open savings or checking accounts and may borrow money from the Credit Union.
Payments on loans or savings may be made through payroll deduction after contacting the credit union.
Each qualified employee is provided annual leave according to the length of his or her monthly employment and the duration of his or her service with the state.
The State sponsors the Plan through the legislation enacted by the General Assembly. The NC State 401-K Plan enhances your employee benefit package by providing you with benefits such as tax deferral, investment flexibility, and access to funds with a loan provision.
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Holidays with pay shall include New Year's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, two days for Christmas, and Martin Luther King's Birthday. July 4 is a holiday for those employed on that date.
Each full-time employee is provided a $5,000 term life insurance policy. Employees have the option of purchasing up to $200,000 in additional coverage on themselves, $20,000 on their spouse, and $5,000 on children.
Sick leave, at the rate of 1.00 day per month, is granted to employees, cumulative indefinitely, in accordance with state regulations. Two days personal leave, cumulative to a maximum of five, are granted to classroom teachers in accordance with state regulations. Substitute pay is deducted when personal leave days are used.
Family leave, professional leave, and military leave are provided in accordance with school board policies and state regulations.


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Paris – Retired former Giro d'Italia winner Denis Menchov has been handed a two-year ban dating back to 2013 after irregularities were found in the Russian's biological passport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said.
"The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirms that it has imposed a two-year ban on Russian rider Denis Menchov as a result of anti-doping rule violations based on his Athlete Biological Passport," the UCI said in a statement overnight.
"The rider is declared ineligible until 9 April 2015 and is disqualified from the Tour de France 2009, 2010 and 2012, competitions during which abnormalities were clearly identified."
Menchov, who won the Giro in 2009 and the Vuelta (Tour of Spain) twice, was second overall in the 2010 Tour de France.
The 36-year-old, who retired in 2013, citing knee problems, retained his Giro and Vuelta titles but has been stripped of all his Tour results. – Reuters


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Well, here follows a rumor that reportedly reveals when all other rumors will hold little to no value - according to a South Korean media, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S6 at a dedicated Unpacked event on March 2, a day that will also mark the begging of this year's MWC exhibition. This also falls in line with the rest of the rumors regarding the announcement of this flagship, which will either "make or break" Samsung's market positions.
To be completely honest, it is almost certain that Samsung will unveil its "Project Zero" device at MWC, thus this alleged announcement date might turn out to be one of the spot-on speculations. Until the Galaxy S6 breaks cover, be sure to check out some of the more plausible new features of the Samsung Galaxy S6.


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Once one of our highest fliers, former Navy ace and disgraced congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham has fallen so far so fast I really didn't comprehend the totality of it until yesterday, when I drove to the warehouse where the U.S. government will auction off some of his ill-gotten gains this morning.
Cunningham didn't represent Orange County, and the auction is in L.A., but I found an O.C. angle to this saga in the person of Bill Cunningham . He works with me at the newspaper, and he hoped that some of the antiques and rugs Duke took as bribes in exchange for votes bear a Cunningham family crest or are otherwise embossed with their common last name.
Bill is no relation, just a complete opportunist.
For my part, I was hoping to find a huge, heavily leaded crystal ashtray mounted on a magnificent mahogany or walnut pedestal, so when I have friends over for a cigar and they admire the piece, I could take a long drag, slowly exhale and reveal its provenance. Yes, it belonged to Duke Cunningham. He traded for his vote on the F-22.
To preview the goods, Bill and I took the 405 to the 710 to some area of central L.A. I didn't even know existed.
We exited onto a rutted street that took us over a bridge that spanned a series of railroad tracks and gave us a spectacular view of rail yards and the massive warehouse district where Duke's stuff is to be sold off. That's when the enormity of Cunningham's downfall hit me.
"If we aren't in the ugliest place in Southern California," I told Bill, "we can at least see it from here."
At the warehouse, Duke's booty – mostly armoires, sideboards, nightstands, oriental rugs – was alongside lots containing federal seizures from drug dealers, illegal-cigarette importers and other solid citizens Duke will be getting to know very shortly.
Other than a silver Ferrari Modena, I must say Duke's stuff was the best. And of his 35 pieces, the best of it is the kind of thing you see in European castles and which sells for tens of thousands at top-end antique stores like George II on Glassell Street in Orange. There also were a few decent reproduction pieces and a few for which there's no word to describe them but crap .
There were other media hanging around, and Bill took full advantage of his last name, parlaying it into interviews with a "reporter" from Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" and a blond female reporter from a Russian TV network. As Bill fielded questions from the latter, he lounged on a sumptuous brown leather sofa that had belonged to the erstwhile congressman.
Alas, there were no monogrammed pieces and no ashtrays, but Bill and I have our eyes on a couple of other items (not the Ferrari) and plan to return this morning for the auction. Look for a follow-up report tomorrow.
Follow up
Remember little Jake Robert of Yorba Linda, the 4-year-old cerebral palsy victim who died in his sleep Jan. 9, the night after his father ran the O.C. Marathon on his behalf? The fund set up by his family in his name at United Cerebral Palsy-Orange County has brought in about $73,000, which agency officials consider pretty amazing.
Kathy Chennault , director of development, says Jake's parents, Steven and Alison , asked that some of the money go to help build an "inclusive" early education child-care center, which she describes as "a facility that will provide state-of-the-art child care to kids with disabilities as well as their typical peers."
The Robert family had hoped that Jake, whose death was completely unexpected, would someday get to play in such a center, which had been in the plans. With the influx of money, planning work has been accelerated, Chennault says. For more about the effort, go to www.ucp-oc.org.


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The pressure is on Apple to produce an iPhone with a 5-in. or larger display, since the so-called "phablet" segment of the mobile market grew by 369% in the first quarter and represented 34% of all smartphones shipped.
"The trend is unmistakably toward larger-screen handsets at the high end of the market," said Canalys analyst Jessica Kwee.
Samsung is in the lead. In the first quarter, it accounted for 44% of sales of devices with screens 5 in. and larger; it also sold 53% of all smartphones with screens of 5.5 in. or larger.
Lenovo, Huawei, LG Electronics and Sony have also shipped significant volumes of larger smartphones.
A phablet is a smartphone with a larger screen, somewhere between the size of a mobile phone and a tablet.
In a statement, Kwee noted that "consumers now expect high-end devices to have large displays, and Apple's absence in this market will clearly not last long." Apple's latest iPhone, the 5S, has a 4-in. display, but the company is widely expected to offer larger displays in its next-generation iPhone, which is expected to be announced in June.
Of the more expensive smartphones -- those that had price tags of $500 or more (unlocked) -- 47% had displays that were 5-in. or larger. Of the remaining high-end smartphones, 87% were iPhones.
"Apple plainly needs a larger-screen smartphone to remain competitive," Kwee added.
Canalys also reported that the four BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- accounted for 44% of the global total of smartphone shipments, which reached 279.4 million units in the first quarter. As a result of demographic trends of the past three decades, the BRIC countries are known for having large numbers of young adults -- and that makes them prime smartphone markets.
For the first time, all four BRIC countries ranked among the top 10 smartphone markets.
China is the world's largest smartphone market, accounting for 35% of all shipments in the first quarter. In contrast, just 12% of global sales were in the U.S.
Globally, Samsung was the largest smartphone vendor with a 31% share, besting Apple, which was second, at 16%. Five of the top 10 vendors were from China: Huawei (No. 3), Lenovo (No. 4), Xiaomi (No. 6), Yulong (No. 8) and ZTE (No. 9).
Android devices had market share of 81%, followed by the iPhone at 16% and Windows Phone devices at 3%.
This article, "With Big Growth in 5-in.-plus Smartphones, Where's Apple?," was originally published on Computerworld.com.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen, or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Main attractions
Canary Islands is one of autonomous communities of Spain. These islands geographically belong to Africa.
Canary Islands are gorgeous volcanic islands which are very rich with diverse natural and man made landmarks.
It is hard to single out most outstanding kinds of Canarian landmarks, but these could be:
- Heritage of Guanche. This extinct culture was technologically less developed than the culture of European invaders - but this does not mean that it was less interesting. Guanche have left artifical cave settlements, petroglyphs, numerous sacred sites and legends. It is possible that on islands existed other culture before the coming of Guanche.
- Historical European cities. Although Canary islands geographically belong to Africa, its cultural heritage is purely European. Here is located the first Renaissance city in the world - La Laguna.
- Ecosystems. On the fertile land of isolated islands have evolved unique ecosystems, such as laurisilva - remnants of subtropical forests which once covered also much of Europe.
Natural landmarks
Rock formations
- Acantilados de Los Gigantes - Tenerife. Impressive wall of sea cliffs, rising up to 500 m tall.
- Bandama Caldera - Gran Canaria. Impressive volcanic caldera, some 1000 m wide and up to 200 m deep, surrounded by nearly vertical walls.
- Roque Idafe - La Palma. Natural rock pillar on the top of mountain. Sacred site to Guanches who believed that this pillar keeps the sky.
- Roque Cinchado - Tenerife. Amazing formation of volcanic rocks - enormous hoodoo with volcano Teide as magnificent backdrop.
- Roque Nublo - Gran Canaria. Volcanic plug, 80 m tall monolith at the summit of volcano.
Caves of archaeological importance are listed further below.
- Cueva de Don Justo - El Hierro. 6,315 m long lava tube, several species of animals in this cave are endemic - not found anywhere else.
- Cueva de los Verdes - Lanzarote. Spectacular lava tube, some 6 km long. Cave includes concert hall. Part of the cave - Tunnel de la Atlantida - is the longest known submarine lava tube, it is 1,500 m long.
- Cueva del Viento - Tenerife. Enormous lava tube, 17 km long, the longest lava tube outside Hawaii Islands.
- Garajonay laurisilva - La Gomera. Best example of humid subtropical forest, a relict similar to forest which covered much of Europe in Tertiary period. Contains many unique species found only in this forest.
- Mount Teide - Tenerife. Volcano which rises 3 718 m high above the ocean and 7,500 m above the ocean floor. Around the summit of volcano live numerous species of plants and animals which are found only here. One of most interesting ones is Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) with up to 3 m tall, red inflorescences. Sacred mountain to Guanches, seen as a gate to hell.
- Drago de Agalán - La Gomera. The only old dragon tree (Dracaena draco (L.) L.) on the island, most likely planted. Old, spectacular tree.
- Drago Milenario - Tenerife. Most famous dragon tree (Dracaena draco (L.) L.). 16.4 metres tall and 17.4 metres in girth.
- Garoé - El Hierro. Large specimen of the rare Oreodaphne foetens tree. This evergreen, fragrant tree was planted in 1957 in the site of ancient, sacred tree which fell in storm in 1610. The site and tree were sacred to aboriginal Bimbache people.
- Pino Gordo in Vilaflor - Tenerife. Largest Canary Pine tree (Pinus canariensis), with circumference of some 8 m (at the height of 1.3 m), approximately 60 m high.
Man made landmarks
Petroglyphs and rock paintings
- Arteara inscriptions and Balos inscriptions - Gran Canaria. One of best preserved Libyco - Berber inscriptions on Canary Islands. Although it is considered that Guanches did not have their writing, there are several sites on islands with ancient writings.
- El Julan petroglyphs (Letreros petroglyphs) - El Hierro. Extensive collection of petroglyphs and Libyco - Berber inscriptions on horizontal cliff face. Here is located also Tagoror - ancient meeting site.
- La Zarza petroglyphs - La Palma. Cave with impressive rock carvings at the entrance. Petroglyphs represent intricate spirals and meanders.
- Tindaya petroglyphs - Fuerteventura. Sacred mountain with numerous Guanchi petroglyphs.
Caves - prehistoric landmarks
- Achbinico Cave - Tenerife. Sea cave - important sacred site. Although this is the first Christian shrine in Canary Islands (1446), it was used for rituals at least three thousand years long. It is possible that here for centuries was kept permanent fire.
- Cenobio de Valerón - Gran Canaria. Massif of soft volcanic rock which is protected with basaltic arch. Guanche have made here some 300 caves which served as silos for grain. Beautiful sights from the site.
- Chinguaro Cave - Tenerife. Cave of great historical importance, used as residence by Guanche king of Güímar state, in this cave was worshiped goddess Chaxiraxi, later - Virgin Mary.
- Cuatro Puertas - Gran Canaria. Mountain with four monumental entrances in artificial cave - sacred place to Guanche.
- Cueva del Belmaco - La Palma. Natural cave - settlement of Guanches. Cave contains etched petroglyphs.
- Cueva Pintada in Gáldar - Gran Canaria. Artificially carved cave in volcanic rock, former settlement which is ornamented with geometric patterns - red, black, white squares, triangles and also spirals. It is possible that these paintings represent a kind of calendar.
- Frailes Caves and Canarios Cave - Gran Canaria. Artificial caves - prehistoric houses. Caves contain holes which held furniture or other installments, water tanks and grain silos.
Other prehistoric monuments
- Erbania wall (La Pared wall) - Fuerteventura. Remnants of ancient border wall - line which divided Guanche kingdoms of Maxorata and Jandia.
- Pyramids of Güímar - Tenerife. Six structures, built from stones without mortar, formed as stepped pyramids. Earlier here were nine such pyramids, now only six remain. Structures most likely were built in the 19th century as a part of agriculture practices, but there are also other theories.
Historical cities
- Artenara - Gran Canaria. Highest village on the island, mostly built underground. While most facades look common, the houses are hewn into the soft volcanic rock.
- Las Palmas Old Quarter - Gran Canaria. Historical city, founded in 1478. City contains numerous valuable buildings and has preserved its Renaissance street pattern. This city in many ways defined the urban pattern of later Latin American colonial cities, with Plaza Mayor and main buildings around this square.
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Tenerife. Historical city which was founded in the late 15th century. Historical centre consists of two parts - Upper City and the Renaissance Lower Town, the first so called "ideal city", contains many valuable buildings from the 16th - 18th centuries. This is the oldest planned Renaissance city.
Castles, fortifications
- Castillo de San Jose in Arrecife - Lanzarote. Well preserved fortress, which was built on cliff top in 1779. Now the fortress houses art museum.
- Castillo de San Juan Bautista - Tenerife. One of best preserved European fortifications in Canary Islands, built in 1641. Main building is round tower at the sea.
- Castillo San Gabriel in Arrecife - Lanzarote. Well preserved fortress. First fortress was built here from wood in 1573, soon it was burned by pirates. Current fortress was built in the late 16th century, it has interesting drawbridge adorned with canonballs.
- Torre del Conde - La Gomera. Fortified manor, built in the time period between 1447 and 1450. The oldest European built extant structure in Canary Islands, constructed in Gothic style.
- Arucas San Juan Bautista Church - Gran Canaria. Very ornate Neo-Gothic church, constructed in 1909 - 1977.
- Cathedral of Las Palmas (Santa Ana Cathedral) - Gran Canaria. One of most important historical buildings in Canary Islands. Constructed in two phases - in 1497 - 1550 (late Gothic style) and the late 18th - 20th centuries (mostly Neo-Classical style).
- Concepcion Church in Santa Cruz - Tenerife. Old church, originally built in the early 16th century, current church built in 1653 and the tall, slender tower - in 1786. The only church with five naves in Canary Islands, designed in Baroque style.
- Nuestra Señora de Regla Church in Pájara - Fuerteventura. Small historical church (1687) with interesting, rich facade decoration. Some specialists see Aztec influence in these decorations, while some others consider this to be local style.
- San Juan Bautista de Telde Church - Gran Canaria. Old church, built in the first half of the 16th century in simple Gothic forms, with later Neo-Gothic towers from the early 20th century. Valuable monument of art is altarpiece and statue of Christ made by Tarasco Indians.
- Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre - Tenerife. Best museum of prehistoric Canary Islands, nature and history of islands. Especially valuable is the large collection of Guanche mummies.
- Puerto de La Cruz Archaeological Museum - Tenerife. Important collection of Guanche cultural artefacts, including pottery and several Guanche mummies. Especially valuable is figurine of Guatimac - owl-shaped idol, one of few idol figures found in Canary Islands.
Sites of legends
- Barranco de Badajoz - Tenerife. Large ravine where many visitors have reported unusual experiences - sightings of angelic beings, poltergeist, balls of fire, demons etc.
- House of Catalina Lercaro - Tenerife, La Laguna. House of legendary Catalina Lercaro - women who was forced into unwanted marriage and due to this killed herself. Now the house is the best known ghost site in Canary Islands.
Other man made landmarks
- Auditorio de Tenerife - Tenerife. Spectacular arts centre building, designed and constructed by Santiago Calatrava and built in 2003.
- Casa de los Balcones - Tenerife. City house, built in Baroque style in 1632. This three floor house is adorned with woodcarvings, ornate balconies, house contains many art values.
- Casa Salazar - Tenerife, La Laguna. Baroque palace in the city, with some influence of Mannerist architecture style. Built in 1681 or shortly after.
List of described attractions by islands
Canary Islands could be divided into seven main islands.
|El Hierro
|Gran Canaria
|La Gomera
|La Palma
|Drago Milenario
Map of Canary Islands
Featured: Drago Milenario
The best known noble tree of Canary Islands is Drago Milenario - the largest and oldest existing Canary Islands dragon tree (Dracaena draco (L.) L.).
Recommended books:
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canary Islands
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canary Islands shows the Canary Islands at their sun-soaked best. From sandy beaches to craggy peaks, this uniquely visual guide provides cutaways and floor plans of all of the major sights. Special coverage of the islands' unique geography and the wildlife of the archipelago includes its volcanic rock formations and geysers, diverse flora, and marine life.
The Canary Islands: A Cultural History
The seven volcanic Canary Islands that bask in the Atlantic off shore from the north-west African coast have long had legendary connotations. To the Greeks they were the Gardens of the Hesperides, blessed with a perennial spring-like climate, while the Carthaginians christened them the 'Purple Isles' on account of the rich dye material they obtained there.


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On the upper part of the southern bay Brbinj, only 100 meters from the sea lies «Villa Pia» which is rented in its entirety and can accomodate 6+2 persons. Villa Pia has to exclusive apartments. The ground floor apartment has one bedroom with a double bed, living room with a kitchen, two beds and a bathroom with a bath. The apartment on the first floor has two bedrooms with double beds / one of the rooms has an extra bed / a living room with two beds, kitchen, bathroom with a bath, and air conditioning. Both apartments have WiFi internet, satellite tv and terrace. The lower apartment has an entrance into the garden of Villa Pia which is equipped with original indigenous furniture, paintings by famous painters as well as ceramics and sculptures by famous Croatian artists. On the waterfront, 100 meters from Villa Pia is a grocery store as well as a restaurant and post office. The owner of Villa Pia, Mrs. Pia herself, will be at your service if you need any information or directions/instructions on how to visit other places on Long Island (dugi otok).
We stumbled on Villa Pia after arriving on the island late in the afternoon. A bit early in the season and most places weren't ready for visitors. Stopped by Antonio's down by the bay and he kindly phoned around for us and lined Pia up. Top of the hill from Antonio's and turn left, easy to find. A hard peddle up the hill on our bike. Pia had to get the place ready for us (6) and needed time to do this so we left our bikes, kit, etc. and gave her a couple of hours to get ready for her first visitors of the season. We went down to Antonio's for a swim in the bay and supper. Squid and sea bass was expensive but it was superb. Ended up staying three nights with Pia who agreed to do breakfast for us each morning and supper on two of the nights. She also organised for us to see the Champions League final on her TV. She got some beer and wine in for us too. Her catering was fantastic. We all took to Pia and Dugi Otok. Nothing was too much trouble for her and we would recommend her place to everyone.Recommended for: Active holidays, People looking for peace, Tourist without car, Sightseeing,
What it says in the ad and what is in the pictures, at the same time, the actual object. The location is great because you are in the middle of the island so everything is very close ....... owners are great, very helpful and friendly and 100% available for all concerns. Very intimate place, no crowds, the beach is under the building in a beautiful bay, adapted for children and adults. the facility is fully and beautifully furnished, clean and most importantly perfectly clean ....... absolute recommendation for all ....... completely safe for children, a large garden with a lovely terrace, very comfortably. Be sure to visit this place. Ferry port is a few minutes from the house which is great. Ms. Pia and Mr. Zlatko for 5, great hosts. We have no complaints! We recommend.Recommended for: Active holidays, People looking for peace, Elderly people, Families with children, Tourist without car, Romantics, People with pets, Sightseeing,
I spend two days on magmifiques island of Dugi Otok. The owners are lovely and always willing to help. The rooms are very comfortable and the ideal. It was an unforgettable stay on the island.Recommended for: Active holidays, People looking for peace, Families with children, Tourist without car, Romantics,
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