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Summer is prime time for vacation and for extra bonuses. Promotions for travelers who are signed up for hotel frequent-stay programs can help you earn free nights faster this summer. There are also bonus fuel-point offers from grocery chains to help save on gasoline.
Marriott is offering a free night after two paid stays to members of the free Marriott Rewards program. Qualifying stays are valid through Sept. 2 and members can earn up to two free nights during the promotional period. The free-night certificates are valid for up to 12 months from the issue date at participating Category 1 to 5 hotels worldwide.
Guests must register for this offer before travel and by July 31. A qualifying stay is one or more consecutive nights spent at the same hotel. Visit Marriottrewards.com/unexpectedbonus for more details and to register.
Members of the Starwood Preferred Guest program can earn double points on stays at participating properties through July 31. In addition, you can earn 500 bonus points if you book your room through the spg.com mobile site or through an SPG app. Starwood properties include Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, Four Points, Aloft, Le Meridien, St. Regis, Element and the Luxury Collection. Register prior to travel at spgpromos.com/doubletake.
Members of InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club can earn double points or double miles for each qualifying stay starting with the first stay at Candlewood Suites or Staybridge Suites or their second stay at Holiday Inn, InterContinental or Crown Plaza. The offer is valid for stays through July 31. Register for this offer online at doublepointsmiles.priorityclub.com.
InterContinental is also offering $50 Vacation Pay prepaid MasterCards for weekend stays paid for with a MasterCard. Stay two consecutive weekend nights, on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, through Sept. 1 and earn a $50 prepaid MasterCard. Members may earn up to four gift cards during the promotional period. Register at ihg.com/vacationpay.
In addition to earning free stays faster, there are often discounts and other promotions that are only available to members of frequent-guest programs. Be sure to check the frequent-stay section of your hotel's website before you book.
Bonus fuel points
Whether you will be hitting the road for your summer vacation, or you just want to save money on gas around town, Kroger Plus Rewards and Tom Thumb Rewards members can earn bonus fuel points. Earn four times the fuel points for select gift card purchases at Kroger through June 25 and at Tom Thumb through Sept. 11.
You can buy a variety of gift cards to earn these bonus points, whether they're for travel (Southwest, Marriott or Disney), online purchases (eBay and Amazon), fixing up your house (Lowe's and Home Depot) or dining out with gift cards. It's easy to really add up those fuel points.
We could see Kroger extend its offer and match Tom Thumb's promotional period, so the Kroger promo could be available all summer.
If you're planning a driving vacation, these gas discounts can ease the pain. The fuel programs normally allow you to earn one point per dollar spent, but with these promotions you can earn four points per dollar spent on gift cards. You can get 10 cents off per gallon for every 100 points you redeem, up to a maximum of $1 off per gallon for redeeming 1,000 points at Kroger and Tom Thumb gas stations. If you purchase $250 worth of gift cards during the promotional period, you can save $1 off per gallon at the pump.
Fare sale coming
Don't forget, we are expecting a big late-summer and fall travel sale with discounts of up to 50 percent off current airfares. This sale could begin as early as Tuesday, or the following week on June 18.
Disney World: $95
One final note: If you are planning a trip to Disney, you will be paying more for a magical day this summer. Single-day tickets are now $95 for Disney World and $92 for Disneyland, so plan accordingly.
Tom Parsons is CEO ofbestfares.com.


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Album Rating: 3.0This is an album I just don't "get" its not horrible but its not good either. I never listen to it and am never in the mood for anything. When I do listen to it I always end up changing it after about a song because... ya going around in circles.
Album Rating: 4.5I really want this record.
But people who have heard it probably will say ''I really NEED this record''
Album Rating: 5.0Stop wasting time and improve your life by getting this album, NOW!
Album Rating: 4.5I love this album
Album Rating: 4.5It's in the post from America right now, sorry for depriving your people!
Album Rating: 4.5This is so intelligent, funny, funky, fast, powerful and just fucking pure punk!
Album Rating: 4.5I'm currently playing with booting this up to a 5, but I'm hesitant because it's just too overwhelming.
Album Rating: 5.0What do you recommend I start with by this band?
Album Rating: 4.5This album most for sure. This is hands down their best because it is simply the band at their best in all ways, musically and lyrically; the band at their peak. It's such a diverse album with various different styles that go beyond just simple punk.
But incase you want to check out more by them, I reviewed their other 3 albums :thumb:This Message Edited On 11.23.06
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Album Rating: 5.0Thank you tom. I can always rely on you to reccomend some good ol' classic punk.
Album Rating: 4.5This album is amazing, definitely not what I was expecting, which is probably a good thing. Even a great thing.
Album Rating: 5.0this album is sensational. if you do not have this album, or still have any types of doubts about purchasing it, you need medical assistance. get this album immediately, please, save yourself, now! the creativity and flat out intelligence by the d.boon and watt duo are on another level.
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History Lesson Pt. 2 is a nice song.
Album Rating: 5.0I had to listen to this album about 30 times through before I settled on it being a 5, because it's such a monster. If I was just getting into the Minutemen, I wouldn't get this first because the rest of their material wouldn't really do anything for you. Get a couple Post-Mersh and then What Makes a Man Start Fires?
Album Rating: 4.5Cohesion caught me off guard the first time a listened to this.
Album Rating: 4.5It so is La Revolucion This album is amazing but it's some task to listen to, at first.
I love how totally ranting the lyrics are. They make me laugh a lot.
Album Rating: 4.5its been eight months and i still dont know what to rate this tbh
you should rate it a five and we can commence in poop love
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The vocals and guitar are wrong in a a few parts, the solo and the main riff and the interlude. The vocals are very wrong throughout, the rest is perfect. Good work but it needs work
I respect all the opinions and my tab is no perfect, for sure, but I am not agree with your opinion. I think that the voice is almost perfect ( maybe few mistakes ), and also the guitar ( maybe its not perfect in the bridge with the piano cos it was difficult to listen it but I would say that the riff and the Chorus are good, also almost all the solo ). But its your opinion, and as I said I respect it. Thx for comment, few people comments.
yeah, God knows what the hell is going on after the solo. Its like millions of recordings and some sound reversed
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Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body
Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body
You know how sometimes folks who are famous for very different reasons end up doing some project together, and you can't quite imagine how they even ended up knowing each other's names, much less collaborating? That's how I'm feeling about the video for Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body," featuring 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer as the object of Miss Mariah's lust.
You know how I feel about Jack, and it's hilarious to watch his Kenneth the Page-like nerdy character become Mariah's fantasy boy toy — whether he's being spanked, having a pillow fight, or even catching a frisbee in his mouth like a puppy. Only a 40-second snippet has leaked so far, but here's hoping we'll see the whole Brett Ratner-directed video soon. What's that? Yup, Ratner's involved, too. I don't know whose idea this was, but it's strangely brilliant.
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Brantley the likely choice to man center field
Brantley the likely choice to man center field
On Thursday, general manager Chris Antonetti and manager Manny Acta noted that the most likely situation is having Brantley shift to center field on a regular basis. Acta took things a step further, noting there was only one scenario under which Brantley would remain in left.
"I'm going to be blunt to you guys," Acta said. "The only way that Michael is going to play left field is if [Ezequiel] Carrera wins a job and plays center field. Other than that, there's nobody else in camp that can be a better center fielder than Brantley."
In all likelihood, this means Brantley will be in center come Opening Day.
Injuries to Cleveland's outfield played a big role in Carrera's ascent to the Major Leagues last season. The 24-year-old outfielder performed well in stretches, but looked out of place in others. Overall, the slap-hitting speedster spent 68 games with the Indians outside of a solid showing with Triple-A Columbus.
Carrera would have to outshine a pile of competitors this spring in order to make the team.
"Last year, it was a tough opportunity for him," Acta said. "It was a tough scenario: first time in the big leagues, coming in in the middle of a pennant race. He still has a ways to go up here. Obviously, the numbers are there and he needs to continue to improve. That's what Spring Training is for.
"He can show up in Spring Training and be lights out, but I think we all saw last year that he still needs some improvement. That's the reason he was in Triple-A."
With the Indians, Carrera hit .243 with 10 stolen bases, 11 extra-base hits, 14 RBIs and 27 runs scored. Across 82 games at Triple-A, the outfielder hit .287 with 13 extra-base hits, 25 RBIs, 35 stolen bases and 63 runs.
If Brantley does indeed move to center field as expected, that means the Indians will be looking for a starter for left. Outside of Brantley and right fielder Shin-Soo Choo, the Tribe has 12 outfielders in camp (five non-roster invitees). That does not include infielder Jason Donald, who is expected to see some time in the outfield later this spring.
The two players who are out of Minor League options are Shelley Duncan -- a right-handed option for left field, first base and designated hitter -- and Aaron Cunningham, who hits from the right side and can play all three outfield spots. They would have to clear waivers if they were not on the active roster at the end of Spring Training.
Acta said defensive ability will be an important factor in the decision.
"When you're moving people around in the outfield," Acta said, "your defense also has to be taken into consideration. You can't sacrifice the defense. Grady and Michael together are a very good pair of outfielders. Now, you're moving Michael to center. In left field, you can't downgrade your defense too much."


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The Orioles have now lost six of their last eight games and trail the Rays by five in the wild card race.
Manager Buck Showalter offered the following comments tonight after his team's 7-4 loss to the Rays at Camden Yards.
On Miguel Gonzalez:
"He was up. Really elevated a lot of pitches. Had a lot of counts in his favor. He just couldn't make a pitch to put anybody away. A little tip of the hat to them, but Miggy wasn't as crisp as he can be. Kept trying to get the ball down. A lot of counts he usually uses to put people away with or have weak contact, he got some of them. The two broken-bat singles really hurt us."
On Rays starter Alex Cobb:
"We knew he's not going to throw that many fastballs. A lot of splits, a lot of breaking balls. Strike one early. And we're not any different. Everybody kind of knows what he does. He's got a really good one. He feels really comfortable with it anytime in the count. Finally, the last couple innings, we made him consistently throw it for a strike and were able to get him out of there, but their bullpen is pretty good."
On needing to score more than one run in the seventh after loading the bases with no outs:
"We'd like to. Got back within one run there. Mac (T.J. McFarland) was great there. It got away from him a little bit in the last inning, but we were short down in the 'pen and he gave us some much-needed innings. Puts us in a better position to get some of our guys back physically. Jimmy (Johnson) was the only guy who really had the rest. He kind of almost needed to pitch tonight. The rest of them were a little short. Two or three guys there I was trying to stay away from unless we were at a winning cause."
On keeping emotions in check after losing six of eight:
"That's a mental toughness thing. I know a lot of people look at it from afar, but I don't worry about that. We look at it like we've won two out of four and tomorrow's the start of something good. You'd be surprised how quickly this season can slow down and things can turn quickly, so you've got to be prepared to take advantage of that, and we have the people to do it. At some point, some of the frustration they feel will start getting played out on the field toward the opposition. Tampa Bay is good. They pitch real well, and that really gives their team a chance to really play the game offensively the way they want to, because there aren't many big innings there."
On Jim Johnson:
"Sometimes, things get in a little rut for a period. It happens to everybody. All our pitchers down there. It's tough to fault him. Broke a bat and the guy twisted it over there in right field for a base hit. We just need some things to go our way. We need to make our own breaks. Squared two balls up at people, Jonsey (Adam Jones) got a ball to the wall. But we didn't get any hits. That's obvious. If you want to look for a reason, I personally look at Cobb, who was tough. We didn't do much off him tonight. I think that was it in nutshell. Miggy was very close to having three runs in five-plus innings. It would be nicer if he got deeper, especially where we are in the bullpen. Mac's outing at least gave us some guys in the back breathing. Jimmy, every ground ball seems to find a hole, and every broken bat seems to find a hole in the outfield. Jimmy, he knows how much he means to our club and how intstrumental he's been to our success. We depend on him. Maybe that's our fault more than his. He wears it very proudly. He'll get on a roll again."


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VW Golf R and Scirocco R news - R and R - 2009
Scirocco R or Golf R? If you're after a hot VW, it's a tricky decision.
Last week at the Frankfurt show, VW unveiled the Golf R20 – the replacement for the R32 and the quickest Golf ever, kicking out 266bhp through all four wheels.
The Scirocco R, on the other hand, packs just 5bhp fewer but remains resolutely front-wheel drive. Which means the Golf will be a fraction quicker but maybe, just maybe, a bit less wieldly.
The Scirocco, we reckon, is the sharper-looking thing, but the Golf has definite sleeper appeal. Ooh, it's a tough one.
To help you decide, VW has given us an early look at its new advert, which sees the Golf R and Scirocco R go head-to-head around a track… with the perplexing help of a G-force simulator.
OK, it isn't quite as spectacular as last week's Ferrari 458 head-to-head video, but it's still a fine chance to see the two hot VWs out on the open air.
Take a look, and then we need your definitive verdict: Scirocco R or Golf R?
If you need help deciding, then check out the Scirocco R app on iTunes, in which you get to drive the car around a 'Ring like track. It's not terribly realistic though…
What do you think?
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Biotech Benefits Extend Way Beyond Food Crops, Say NCPA Experts
December 14, 2010
DALLAS - While biotech foods benefit the environment and human health, other genetically modified species could be a boon as well, according to new research paper, Biotech Forests: An Environmental Blessing?, from the National Center for Policy Analysis' (NCPA) E-Team project.
"Baseless fears built on nightmare speculation that has never been proven about biotech food crops should not be allowed to delay the planting and growth of genetically modified trees once they are ready for commercial introduction," said NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett. "These trees have the potential to improve forest health, to reduce our demand on virgin forest timber products and to help the economy."
Genetically modified trees have the potential to better resist pathogens and destructive pests, produce higher yields of cellulose for renewable fuels, and remove carbon dioxide from the air more efficiently than unmodified trees. In addition, modified trees grow faster and larger, allowing paper and timber companies to harvest more product from the same amount of trees.
"When these trees prove out," said NCPA research analyst Wesley Dwyer, coauthor of the report, "both our pocketbooks and the environment will be winners."


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Kristen Stewart's Snow White and the Huntsman may be a dark and gritty take on a classic fairytale, but there'll always be a special place in our hearts for Walt Disney's wonderful 1937 animated incarnation.
Digital Spy recently sat down with four of SWATH's eight dwarves (yes, there are eight!) to see if they could reel off the names of all seven of the Disney animated characters.
Watch Ray Winstone, Brian Gleeson, Nick Frost and Johnny Harris do their best to remember the septet in our video below:
> 'Snow White' dwarves interview: "Kristen Stewart a great little actress"
> 'Snow White and the Huntsman' movie review
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey - did you guess them all?
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This sweet talking, vibrant range from Scottish Fine Soaps should appeal to the fun side in all of us / Why not spice up your everyday skincare routine and charm your skin with these cheeky, fruity products? With fragrances such as Vanilla Pod & Cinnamon, Gojiberry & Grape, and Ginger, Orange & Clove, these delicious bath and body treats are almost good enough to eat! So go on, add a little romance to your everyday routine / you might just be smitten!


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LOS ANGELES — NASA announced Tuesday it would start accepting applications for its next class of astronaut candidates sometime in November. The last class of nine astronauts graduated in 2009. NASA expects the upcoming class to graduate in 2013.
"For scientists, engineers and other professionals who have always dreamed of experiencing spaceflight, this is an exciting time to join the astronaut corps," said Janet Kavandi, director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, in a statement.
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in engineering, science or math — plus three years of relevant, post-university work experience. Graduate degrees are a plus, and can be substituted for time spent working in the real world.
According to NASA's astronaut brochure, applicants will be selected from both the civilian world and the military.
It would also help to have extensive experience flying high-performance jet aircraft.
Duane Ross, manager for astronaut candidate and training selection for NASA, told the Los Angeles Times that there was no specific age range for candidates and that, in the past, the agency has interviewed applicants as young as 23 and as old as 50. Candidates who have been selected range from 24 to 47.
Applicants do need to have distance vision that is correctable to 20/20 and a resting blood pressure that does not exceed 140/90. Eligible candidates will also have to be between 5 foot 2 and 6 foot 3.
Ross said that NASA would run a physical on all qualifying candidates, but that applicants didn't have to be in amazing shape. "We don't make people run 10 miles just to apply," he said. "Once they get here, we'll torture them and make them fit."
The actual astronaut training will take place at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston and will take about two years. Ross said the agency's goal is to graduate all the students.
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New Dean seeks to draw a line under cathedral post row
The new Dean of Belfast has called on people to draw a line under the past and to discover a vision for the future.
The Very Reverend John Mann also focused on difficulties faced by many in the economic crisis.
At his installation last night, he also referred indirectly to a bitter controversy over the Church of Ireland's decision to drop the post of director of music.
Last year five board members at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast resigned over the decision.
At his installation last night, Rev Mann referred indirectly to the long and bitter controversy.
He described the cathedral as "both a source of blessing to others and also a place where, in recent times, discord and hurt have been experienced, some of it very public, some privately".
The Dean said hearts had been touched by the pain of division and insult, "perhaps on witnessing how fellow worshippers of God have forgotten themselves in their desire to make a point".
He added: "Most, if not all of us, sit here conscious of that fact, whether directly or indirectly.
"Who has not at some time, if not drawn directly into friction with others, has as a bystander felt tarnished by an uncomfortable atmosphere or an unpleasant position not of their making?"
Rev Mann said that in this tough financial climate many "have become a slave to their own circumstances and feel that indeed they are attempting to make bricks without straw".
"We should be conscious of the need to open doors where we can and work to relieve the needs of others."
Guests at the service included the Deputy Lord Mayor Ruth Patterson, Church of Ireland Primate Dr Alan Harper, Archbishop of Dublin Dr Michael Jackson, the Presbyterian Moderator Dr Ivan Patterson, Methodist President the Reverend Ian Henderson, and Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor Dr Noel Treanor.
Dean John Mann (56) was born in Blackheath, London, and educated in Romford before studying at Queen's University and the Church of Ireland Theological College.
He served in Northern Ireland from 1979 until 1989 when he went to Winchester. Four years later he returned and served as rector in Cloughfern and, from 2002, in Malone.
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Colin Powell Thursday proved that he was hip before today's selfie-taking cool kids were even born.
Powell posted a 60-year-old selfie to Facebook and it was everything a selfie should be.
The black-and-white photo was taken in his bedroom mirror with a decidedly non-digital camera.
Ellen DeGeneres would be proud.
"Throwback Thursday – I was doing selfies 60 years before you Facebook folks. Eat your heart out Ellen!" Powell, 76, wrote.


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Those of you who happen to have been waiting for the Dell XPS 13 ultrabook to come available — now is your time to make a purchase. The Windows 7 running notebook is available directly with Dell and comes priced from as low as $999. Features you can expect for that price include a 13.3 inch HD (720P) TrueLife display, 1.3 megapixel webcam, 1.60GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processor, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD, a 6-cell battery and a weight of 2.99 pounds. And getting specific on the OS, the XPS 13 will arrive running the 64-bit edition of Windows 7 Home Premium.
Otherwise, there is also the option to upgrade. In this case, you can get a model for $1299.99 which swaps the 128GB SSD for a 256GB SSD or a model for $1499.99 which keeps that same 256GB SSD and also bumps the processor up to an i7. More specifically, bumps the processor up to a 1.70GHz Intel Core i7-2637M.
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|Amy and I have been wanting to do these since we started playing WoW back in our Uni days. We've got several character costumes lined up, but first off we're attempting some gear sets that we both love.
My character is a hunter and I'm PVP mad, so doing my fave PVP set that I spent ages getting seemed quite fitting! (For WoW players, it's PVP season 10, Ruthless gear from the alliance side) The set is rather cool, with a mix of armour, fabric and electronics that'll give me lots of new things to try. Compared to some of the other armour I think this design will be much more easier to move around in due to the samurai style plates, rather than full armour on all limbs.
I'll be doing the helmet, as I'm awful at make-up and can't think of how to do the eyebrows nicely! Plus, the cyborg style eye made me fall in love with this set in the first place :D
Making this for October Expo as it doesn't really fit in at an anime convention - just need to find a pet now!
Nice looking forward to seeing it! WoW really doesn't get enough cosplay exposure given some of the fantastic older armour designs (the last few tiers have mostly sucked aesthetically imo).
Cheers dude! I'm really hyped up about getting this one done. I know it's a shame it's not done more, though I've seen a few over the recent years now - hoping to add a few to that trend :D One day I'll do the Dragonstalker set in all it's gold and purple glory ;)
=O YOU'RE making something! Omg! And it's a Night Elf too! Way to make a return!!
Haha, though depending on how tall Amy-Lou ends up in her heels for her costume, I might be relegated to 'human' due to my shortness ;)
Looks really good!
Looking forward to seeing this. The progress looks amazing ^^.
Your progress on this is really, really inspiring!! I hope you can keep to schedule, because I can't wait to see it finished, and hopefully in person at Expo :0
@Felixize Oh god, the pressure! 0_0 Thank you so much, I'm really trying for Expo I just need to keep working on it & hope it turns out okay. I'm nowhere near as good as you guys for actually getting things finished on time ;) I'm banning myself from WoW until it's done though, so it's a start! Leadmill & Sephirayne - Thanks guys, hope I do it justice in the end!
The cape looks amazing. You are so talented.
It's so weird seeing it up close at your place and then coming home and looking at all the photos on here XD I am mighty impressed though, it's getting me geared up to join you two! Can't wait to see more of it done!
this will be amazing! Cant wait to see it
Holy Shiz! This is looking seriously amazing. I mean I knew it was gonna be awesome but HOMG! WOW! DAT CAPE! I can't wait to see this in person, going to be so amazeballs.
Progress Journal
Cape - DONE. Ish. 99%.
Okay so I'm calling this part 'done' but I actually need to glue the middle piece of armour down, I just ran out of glue this evening :( BUT it's so close, it's practically finished and from a photo you can't tell.
I had a lot of trouble getting gradients or any nice paint job on the bottom part, I'm not sure what to do with it really! So until I get a brain wave, I decided to add some weathering and battle damage and glue it on. THAT will stop me procrastinating! Then if I get time later down the line, I can see about neatening it up.
So, 5 weeks to go and just one small part finished. The 'quick and easy' part I started off with...yeah, I gotta speed this up!
Cape - Painting!
This has been one of those evenings when you spend hours doing tiny details you realise no one is ever gonna see. I.e. tiny bits of shading on a little piece of armour that'll be on my BACK. Le sigh...
But! It's been good to experiment, as this is my first attempt at painting & shading armour for this costume. I've gone with acrylics for this, to make it quick and easy to paint & to weather easily. Somewhat following the texture pattern from the game, I added various dark shading and highlights to make the pieces seem even more 3D and to give an 'older' metal effect. I've also started to add in a few scratches of battle damage via paint, not sure how good they look up close (top photo), but hopefully in a photo they'll look convincing enough.
As always, whenever I start adding shading it's never enough, so need to go around and finish off/neaten up and make the contrasts a little more stark!
Rifle - Scaling
And here's all the finished pattern pieces together! It's just under 45 inches long from butt to barrel. Having it in this form I can check that it's the right size in proportion to me, and that everything looks scaled against the other pieces.
For Expo, I'm leaving off the front blade - the ways I can think to make something thin still be that rigid (don't want a floppy blade!) could be considered against the prop rules. Also it's a very very crowded place at times, so for safety of others, and for the sake of not damaging the gun I'll leave adding that until I can have a photo shoot away from a convention or something.
So next, I've got to cut the sheets of foam, find some reinforcing plates for the handle and start assembling!
Rifle - Scaling
I've made little bits of progress with things like the shoulder armour and other pieces, and many more coats of gesso, but that's pretty boring and doesn't make for interesting photos!
So I started planning out the weapon as I'm imagining the layers of gesso and sanding on the 'wooden parts' is gonna take forever. I'm lucky with Warcraft, that there's a database of all models online, not high quality, but decent enough to see the main shapes well! I printed this out, and drew a grid over it. This makes it so much easier when scaling to get the proportions right of curves and complicated details. Transferring it onto paper with 'to scale' squares, I could then draw the design matching where it crosses the lines, and have a full sized version of the gun pieces.
At the weekend, finally bit the bullet and hunted down supplies for the rifle. This involved a trip to B&Q (where I bought far too much cool stuff to play with) and then getting a 2m pole back on the bus. It just about wedged against the ceiling :D
I needed the pole for the twin barrels of the rifle, and managed to find a really cheap PVC length at £2 for 2m which was more than enough. Using the scaling pattern, I cut the two lengths with the dremel, and another small portion for what will become the scope.
Cape - armour
All pieces of the armour are now cut out, fillered & gesso'd - horrible moment when I thought the two curly side pieces were the wrong shape as they didn't cover the gaps in the fabric...then I realised I had them upside-down. I think the edges need another layer of gesso & sanding, then I can get them painted up and glued in place. All the pieces are fairly light, so contact adhesive should do the job! Although I need a bigger surface to work on - the ironing board is too small for this now :(
Basically, what I'm saying is all I did this evening was to paint a few layers of gesso and lay things out. Why? WARCRAFT PATCH DAY! WOOO! Although I'll try and not get too involved with Mists of Pandaria, in the aim of getting this finished on time :D
Cape - armour
On the home straight with this now I hope! For the armour on the cape I've layered various thicknesses of foam, with the thinner pieces used for detail. To give the sloping edges, I've used filler around the edge of the top sheet to try and blend it in. Left is the bottom piece in progress, right is the top piece, post-filler and with one coat of gesso. It's fiddly and probably needs another cycle of filler and gesso, but it gives the effect I was after.
I've also cut and painted both of the 'gems' for the back - getting an exact gradient colour would be really hard with resin so I've just gone with a flat version for now, with acetate on top to try and make it look shiny.
Cape - weathering
To recreate the same effect as the in-game texture, I want to add a lot of shading and 'dullness' to the cape, as although there are a lot of bright colours on it a lot of them are in shadow - this should also help make the armour stand out more! So I've got the tedious job of going over all the bits of fabric I've sewn, and adding dark shadows and white highlights, like on the blue pleated part here (the armour covers the rough edges). I've now done most of it but need to wait until the armour is attached properly to finish it off to make sure I've got the shadows in the right place!
Armour - Working with the 6mm EVA foam
I'd cut things out of it, but not actually starting shaping or properly working with the 6mm EVA until now. Must admit, I'm pretty impressed - it's strong, but easy to cut with a stanley knife and shapes well. I can see me using this in the future! It is however really bulky, so I can't use it for all my layers.
I cut out the hip plates and half-corset pieces out (top left) and started to assemble the corset. For this, I used contact adhesive to glue the pieces edge on - works in principle but very fiddly when it gets to the more extreme curves, you need more than 2 hands! Once it was all put together I gave it a few layers of gesso and used filler to go over the seams. Because it's so thick, some of the seams under stress on the outside have a slight gap. I could have avoided this by cutting the edges at a slight angle so they remain flush against each other even with a curve. But hey, hindsight is a GREAT thing right?
I love filler, you can be as messy as you like, then sand it and paint over it again. Once the seam lines are hidden to my satisfaction I'll mark on the details/grooves and cut out the holes for the purple straps.
Armour - scale mail test
So, I had a thought about the scale mail type suit that's underneath. The original plan was to paint it on stretch material and give shading to make it look 3D. But I thought... why not try and make something that looks more 3D up close. Because in the game it's obviously just a texture stretched over a model it doesn't matter where it goes, but I need it stretchy still so I can actually do things like, you know, move my limbs and bend. Minor things ;)
So, I tested an idea of cutting out 'scales' and attaching them to the stretchy material underneath - in this case staples seems to be working. The effect is okay, and when the material stretches they just move slightly further apart which works brilliantly. I would need to cut out several hundred of these though and paint them separately, so I'm leaving this for the time being and seeing how much time I have left closer to Expo! As it's on the under-suit I could technically swap it in at a later date without too much hassle.
I dunno... could be therapeutic?
Cape - Getting there...
Right, finally realised I had enough of the grey left over to do the edging (with some careful patterning) so I've added the edging & bottom, and tailored the top so it sits on the shoulders right. I also found some great fringing that's heavy duty (think it's for rugs!) to put on the bottom, it's just placed there for the time being.
Now this is done, it's all down to finishing the armour details to go on top to fill the weird gaps (trust me, it all fits together somehow!), then adding the lining & fringing. The end is in sight... well, for the cape at least!
(P.S. These are totally not the true colours for the cape, the light in this room does something funny to my camera!)
Not much done, but Ebay presents arrived!
Slow progress today - all I did was cut out foam circles to embed the gems in. Not a great deal else done! However presents from Ebay arrived :D Firstly was a batch of pyramid studs I've bought in various sizes for the armour, I was going to carve them out of foam before I realised I could save a lot of time by buying studs! No more hacking and sanding foam into tiny pieces...
Secondly my wetsuit arrived! I'm planning to use this as the base for the under armour, as it's more solid that a zentai suit so I can attach pieces of armour to it (mainly the shoulders) without it stretching out of place. Where the suit can be seen through the armour, I'll be adding patches of the scales, painted on rather than full scale.
Lastly, I've finally chosen a weapon! I was going to go with the matching PVP season bow, however with the size of the shoulders I'm not going to be able to pull any decent poses with it. Therefore I decided a gun or crossbow would be better. Not exactly sticking to the same armour sets (but hey, with transmog it's all legit now, yah! /wowgeek) I've gone with the Wolfslayer Sniper Rifle from the theatre encounter in Karazhan - chunky, fun and pretty huge. Don't think I'll be doing many one handed poses with this...
Gems - success! (mostly..)
So, got home tonight and finally the resin was properly cured - time for some prodding!
All the dome versions turned out brilliant and a good colour, that was using the silicone mold. For the large discs though, we had a bit of a problem! Unlike the other silicon, the plastic that the domes were made out of (PVC) combined with the resin! I can't get it out without completely destroying the gem's surface and it's got a weird sheen to it, but holding it at arms' length and when photographing it seems to look okay! The colour is lighter than the other shapes due to the thinness of the resin, but it's not too much of a problem I think so I'm happy to go with these. Just need to back them all with foil, then it's back onto the armour :)
Ignore the smaller shapes - not going to use these on the costume, I just had spare resin and Amy had a cool shape set :D
Armour - gesso!
So some of the smaller armour parts (knee plates and hand guards) that don't need anything joined to them are done and the bottom of the boots are armoured up - finally something that I can start gesso-ing! I much prefer gesso to layers of PVA - it's thicker and fills in gaps much more nicely, and I've found that when flexed PVA has a tendency to crack, whereas gesso bends. I'll probably need about 3-4 layers on each piece and a bit of sanding to get it looking nice.
Unfortunately I'm a bit stuck on pieces now until the gems are done!
Gems - First batch attempt!
So, going with the glass paint method, I made up enough resin for all 15 purple gems and mixed in the colour. For the smaller gems I could use Amy-Lou's silicon mold, but for the larger ones that wouldn't do. I couldn't find any large round molds, but found a flexible half dome in the 4D model shop. Amy warned me never to use rigid/solid molds, but this one has a lot of give so should be easy to flex it out at the end. I'll only be filling in a small section of the bottom anyway! (They didn't have the smaller ones in stock ;_; )
I had some spare, so borrowed one of Amy's other molds and used the rest on little shapes that I may be able to use somewhere else on the costume! (Or you know, just fun)
Top tip from Amy! Always cover the molds when they are curing (i.e. with a box lid or paper like in the picture) as otherwise dust can settle, making the gems less reflective.
Resin casting really isn't for me, it takes 24 hours, 24 HOURS, to cure. I want to prod them already, but have to wait until tomorrow to see if they are all good :(
Gems - test results!
Righty, so both colour tests turned out ok! Left is the one using pigment, right is the one using the glass paint. You can see when holding it up to the light the pigment one is really clear, but the glass paint one has weird tendrils. Kinda creepy! (Good for perhaps scary eyes or something?) However when it's got silver backing (top pic) the lines don't really show at all.
I've decided to go with the glass paint, regardless of the lines, for two reasons. Firstly, as I've got to do different sizes of gems, it means that I can do several batches if need be - with the glass paint I just use the purple and it'll always be the same colour, however with the pigment I have to mix blue and red each time. Secondly, to get the right colour for the gem (the test one is a bit too red still) I need to add a lot more pigment, which will probably make it more dull - whereas the purple glass paint is already quite bright.
So, onto batch making!
Armour - shoulder plates 3
For the rest of the plates, I could get away with just using one sheet curved to fit, with indentations for the 'edges'. I'll make these stand out more with the paint once I get to that stage.
Here's the shoulder piece, plates and bottom arm band temporarily assembled. Got to gesso these up now!
Armour - shoulder plates 2
In order to join each piece I use contact adhesive along the edges, this is much easier with the thicker foam than thin, but still quite fiddly. I always work on a flat surface when pushing them together as that makes sure they are in line and gives a smooth surface, and on curved pieces it can help to add tape to reinforce the join until it's set fully, as the pressure can pull it apart. I find contact adhesive much better than general adhesive, as it's such an instant stick meaning you can do complex curves without having to apply constant pressure.
Armour - shoulder plates
So finally got hold of some 3mm foam, which I want to use for some of the under layers and smaller pieces of armour. I paper patterned the shoulder and arm plates and bands in paper this afternoon - here's the 4 pieces that made up the shoulder piece cut out of foam. For foam, you can completely heat shape the armour, but I find it much easier to at least get the general shape first, and then heat the final parts.
Gems! (in the making)
So I've got lots of purple gems all over the costume in various sizes, I knew I wouldn't be able to buy the exact size/colour so decided to try resin casting. Amy-Lou has done lots of this in previous costumes so I'm under her guidance at the moment! I wanted to get them all done today and whizz through it, but teacher-Amy pointed out it would be a rather good idea to test a few methods first! Booo, spoiling my fun...
So begrudgingly, but accepting her wisdom, we did tests! We have cast 3 different versions, one using resin pigment (blue and red mixed together), one using purple glass paint, and one clear that I'll try putting nail varnish on. It takes 24 hours to cure completely, so it won't be until tomorrow that I get to see the results.
I'm so impatient I've already prodded them a few times... Here's hoping one of them works well then I can make ALL THE GEMS!
Armour - paper patterns
So after the waist plates went okay, I continued with the rest of the base armour - the belt, front plate, hip plates, bust armour and the top shoulder/collar thing.
It looks a bit odd with only one side done, but I only need half for the patterning really! Next step is to start on the actual foam pieces, starting from the lower levels first, as I know the extra thickness of the foam will mean a few bits need a bit more room (i.e. the belt)
Very pleased I got this far in a day though! Was dreading patterning it all but it's been okay, lots of trial and error but with a ton of card and masking tape I got there.
Need to start sorting those gems before I can finalise all the parts though! Off to the 4D model shop tomorrow to find any decent molds and dyes! Amy-Lou's got an awesome silicone set for the small round gems, but I need something for the huge ones. Fingers crossed!
Got stuck with cape progress until I can pick up grey leatherette & sort out my gems - so moved onto armour! Various parts of this I can't do yet until I've cast the gems (easier to modify foam than resin!) but the main shapes I can get sorted.
Normally, I'd just wing it with funky foam, but as I'm using slightly more expensive (and unforgiving!) EVA foam and with all the different interlocking layers, I've gone with the pattern-it-all-out-first method. Which is what I should always be doing anyway...
So, I started with the waist plates, which when you remove the decorations and such, is just the shape of an under-bust corset with the front & back panel missing. I tried doing it out of a few panels at first, but even with card the edges were so harsh and it didn't fit correctly - so with the 6mm foam I knew it'd be worse. I kept dividing the panels up until I got a better fit - way more than I wanted, but the shape will be much smoother and I should be able to hide the seam lines in the foam with filler & gesso. (Here's hoping!)
Cape - armour
So, after checking that all my paper templates fit properly and cover all the gaps in the fabric, I've started making the actual armour. I'm using a combination of thin foam and high density EVA foam to build up the layers and then add the more chunky detailing. Although building it all out of the 6mm EVA stuff I have would be awesome, it's not very flexible and does get quite weighty, so I'm using the 2mm thin 'fun' foam for most of the base. I hope to make the shapes look deeper with shading when I get onto the painting :) I'll be using the 6mm stuff for the rest of the armour to be worn on the body though.
Lots more sanding, shaping and cutting to be done, although I can't finish off the very top bit until I've sewn the cape edging - which requires a fabric shopping trip first!
Cape - fabric parts: nearly done
Today I added the grey sections (bottom part and side strips) and finalised the layout for the rest of the shapes so it's starting to look more like the design, although lacking in colour due to the mock-ups! Using the sugar paper to check I've got everything right and that all gaps are covered, I think I've got everything in place now (I haven't cut out the extra bit at the top left, so that's why it looks odd!)
Before I can go much further on the cape I need to get some grey leatherette to finish off the side border. And you know, to actually make the armour parts...
Cape - layout
So, now I'd had fun with the pretty bits, time to get down to the base colours. I cut out the vague shape of the green and blue sections that make up the base of the cloak, and then sewed them on the reverse of the cape to the side I'd drawn the design on. This meant I could sew along the lines of the design easily using the black side as a guide, and then trim the excess blue and green material afterwards. As I add more and more layers to the cape, having the line art on the other side will help with placement a lot.
This currently looks a complete and utter mess, but will make sense once I have the grey/silver layers and the armour plates on!
Cape - decorative bits
So now with the sugar paper template, I started working on the small fabric pieces that are decorated. Using a mixture of applique, acrylic paints, and metal embellishments these parts are now ready to go onto the base cape. Since this photo I've also gone around the blue/green painting with a black outline to make it stand out more. I started playing with weathering on scrap fabric, but too scared to do it at the moment!
Picking the easy bit!
So I need to go shopping for fabric and paints for the armour, so I started with the easier part - the cape. I measured out a piece of spare black fabric, folded it in half and started transferring the design from the various screenshots. I used chalk, so that I could fold it over the other way and copy the entire design, keeping it completely symmetrical.
Well chuffed that worked, I then realised I'd been a muppet, as now I had the full design on the piece of fabric I wanted to sew onto...making it hard to get all the shapes. So I went over all the lines in chalk again and transferred the whole thing onto sugar paper too - so I can then cut that out and use as templates :)
It starts...
So with all costumes, I started with a lot of sketching which I find helps to break down the costume and also get it ingrained into your head before you start sewing!
Because of the amount of layers of this costume, I took a lot of time working out which pieces I could join to each other and what order they would be attached. This scribble is my final 'plan' for the costume order, which breaks the torso part into 5 layers: undersuit, base chest armour, neck/back brace, waist armour (joined to hip plates) and then finally the belt.


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Mead made speedily
Lost Cause Meadery noteworthy for reduced fermentation period
Ian Anderson 4 p.m., Nov. 19
It's been a solid week in Mira Mesa, I've discovered the hard way that the buses stop running way too early, and I've yet to figure out the difference between the 921 and the 921A.
Don't forget to have exact change for one of these lovely MTS rides, or you may find yourself dropping $20 for a $2.25 trip. It depends on how desperate you are. Most of the buses are air conditioned but now and again you luck out and land on a bus where the AC is broken, the windows don't open and you're sharing a seat with three landscapers.
By logging on to www.sdcommute.com you can access the mass transit trip planner on the left hand side of the page. This finicky gimmick will save you time once you're on the road but expect to spend a good 15 minutes "talking with the computer" as you try explaining you simply want to get out of Mira Mesa and to the beach. Be specific with your starting point and destination.
The bike racks on the front of the buses make traveling the city by bike convenient, but tough luck if there are already two cyclists on board, you'll be waiting at least a half hour for the next bus, fingers crossed that there's a spot for your environmentally friendly two-wheeled transporter.
With buses back to Mira Mesa ending daily at 7PM, it becomes a little difficult to spend nights out and about in Downtown, gas light district, la jolla, mission bay, etc. So rather than landing a one night stand for the sake of a place to sleep, take a bus back to UTC, and grab a cab for the final 3 miles back to Mira Mesa. With buses running to UTC up until midnight, you can extend your lucky evening in the downtown area. Don't sacrifice the nightlife.
While a cab from downtown, 20+ miles will run you over 50 bucks the 3 mile cab ride from UTC to Mira Mesa may be within your budget.
Stay cool -


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HARTFORD — For those heading to the polls Tuesday, here's a quick recap of the Hartford races and information on polling locations.
State House races:
- Incumbent Matthew D. Ritter, a Democrat, will face off against Republican Kenneth B. Lerman for the 1st House District seat. Ritter is running for his second term. He defeated longtime incumbent Kenneth Green in the 2010 primary and went on to win the seat that year. The district includes portions of the city's West End and Asylum Hill neighborhoods.


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Type: New Feature
Status: Resolved
Priority: Trivial
Resolution: Later
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: tserver
The default compaction strategy has a tendency to put the oldest data in the largest files. This leads to a lot of work when it is time to age off data.
One could imaging a compaction strategy that would split data into separate files based on the timestamp. Additionally, if the min/max timestamps for a file were known, old data could be aged off by deleting whole files.
To accomplish this, will need to augment the configurable compaction strategy to support multiple output files, and saving/using extra metadata in each file.
- All
- Comments
- Work Log
- History
- Activity
- Transitions
One could also imagine matching a reading strategy with a compaction strategy, to allow skipping of entire files based on file metadata when reading.
I have seen several use cases lately that lead me to agree that we should consider other compaction strategies. Some of the factors you might want to optimize by a compaction strategy are:
1. Number of blocks read concurrently for a single query
2. Number of times a key/value pair is written to disk
3. Total number of files stored in HDFS
4. Efficiency of deleting data
Some of the additional use cases I've seen that would lead to different optimal compaction algorithms are:
1. Time-series data and log data that is stored in roughly temporal order. In these cases, once a record is written its "neighborhood" (things that sort close by) is not updated. We can't help factor 1 by compacting frequently, since the ranges of files generated by minor compaction are mostly distinct.
2. Use of one locality group at a time. This could be done to add features to existing rows as the result of a ML process or something like it. With our current strategy, we are compacting files together that have completely distinct locality groups. This doesn't help with factors 1 and 4, and hurts factor 2.
3. Inverted indexing and graph storage with an expiration date or age-off. I think this is part of the use case Eric refers to. In this case, data is written in essentially random order, but is deleted in temporal order. We could get tricky and optimize factor 4 at some cost to factors 1, 2, and 3.
4. Document-partitioned indexing with really big tablets. In this case, we end up relying more on the log-structured merge tree to sort data than the bucket sorting that comes with organic tablet splits. Non-uniform updates across the tablet space could be optimized by having multiple files output by the big major compactions, such that the files' ranges are non-overlapping. Basically, when we do a major compaction to include lots of small files in a narrower range than the whole tablet we don't want to have to rewrite the data from the entire tablet. This potential optimization is augmented by frequent updates, deletions, and aggregation in a sub-range of a tablet.
Reduced priority because this ticket does not directly impact functionality. Also the ticket suffers from scope creep.
Adam Fuchs, could you break those into separate tickets?


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Nicky Patterson - Knock-Off Nigel ukulele by Misc Unsigned Bands, added: October 20th, 2008
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Knock-Off Nigel
(Nicky Patterson 2008)
Capo IV
Chords C, Em, Am
If a December stuck in Virgin's
Or the queues in HMV's
Don't tickle your fancy
For those latest DVDs
I know a man whose business
Is to provide those silver discs
With very little overhead
But no question of the risks!
He doesn't do dodgy copies
Like those one's done from cinema seats
With those silouhettes going to and fro
And the constant rustling of sweets!
No only deals in retail
Or 'pure belters' if they're any good
He has no written catalogue
Although I really think that he should!
His prices are pretty healthy
Since he prints the covers too
And you get all this for £4 each
Or 3 for the price of 2!
And his name's not really Nigel, no
Although that's his true theme tune
But he certainly deals in knock-offs
He's a pirate disc tycoon!
So to avoid the queues this xmas
And the high street's shopping throng
Just send a wee text to Nigel
And you surely won't go wrong!
He's got the new James Bond
And High School Musical 7
And as long as you don't mind the Chinese dubs
You'll be in home-cinema heaven!


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Brooks Heating & Air of Georgetown was recently named Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month for February. In business for four years, Brooks Heating & Air is now the exclusive dealership for the Canadian-made Napoleon HVAC systems for furnaces and air-conditioners. Pictured above (from left) are: Andrew Donahee and Norm Paget of the Chamber of Commerce, Brooks Heating & Air owners Nathalie and Chris Brooks and mechanical technician Rob Patey.

Photo by Eamonn Maher


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Photographer's Note
Its the Republic's Foundation Day, the right time for the street sellers to go out for selling the flags.
These two rushed to the "Republic Square" right after asking me where the ceremony would be held.
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guld (1042) 2012-03-03 10:06
Cok guzel bir fotograf. Golgeler de cok hosuma gitti ama bence "bas rolde" bayraklar tabii ki. Bence dunyanin en guzel bayragini cok guzel sergilemissiniz.
Turkoglu (0) 2012-04-21 10:46
really beautiful picture from all directions. It is really good with details. Congratulates Onur
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If you care, leave it there.
Spring and summer are a busy time, not only for people, but also for animals. Visitors to the outdoors often find baby wildlife, seemingly alone or abandoned. While these people undoubtedly mean well, unfortunately their compassion is often misguided.
While wild animal mothers sometimes do fall victim to cars, predators, and other factors, most "abandoned" babies are simply unattended. The wild mothers - and fathers - spend a lot of their time out foraging for food for themselves and for their growing family. At such times, there is no choice but to leave the young unattended.
If you care, leave it there.
Wild animals do not make good pets. Despite their being raised by humans, they still retain some of their natural instincts. Often, people who keep wild animals are bitten or hurt when the animal reaches maturity. Wild animals are meant to be wild, just as domestic animals are meant to be cared for by humans.
It may seem like taking the animal home is the right thing to do, but most of the time it does more harm than good.
The adults are probably nearby. Does only feed their fawns a few times a day, for just a few minutes each time. While the mother is away eating, the fawn is often resting motionless. These behaviors help prevent attracting unwanted attention to the fawn, especially from predators.
Cottontail rabbits hide their young and come back, sometimes hours later, to care for them.
Baby birds are another target of well-meaning people. Most baby birds found hopping around are old enough to be out of the nest. If the bird is fully feathered, leave it where it was found, or move it out of the way of dogs or cats. The adults will still come feed their young.
Most birds can't smell, so picking up a baby bird and moving it will not hurt its chances of being cared for by adults.
Unfeathered babies should be put back in the nest, or moved to a safe place where the adults can find it and feed it.
And, sometimes, it is best to let nature take its course.
Photo credits: Raccoon kit and fawn photos courtesy SD Dept. of Tourism; nest photo courtesy Marty DeWitt.


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Brooks House
Site: V02-19
National Register Nomination Information:
Brooks House, on Main Street in the center of downtown Brattleboro, Vermont has been an historic landmark for travelers and local citizenry alike since it was built in 1871, designed by the Worcester, Mass. architectural firm of E. Boyden and Son in an ornate but relatively provincial Second Empire style with a characteristic Mansard roof. The brick building stands four and in places five stories high and has a frontage of 175 feet on Main Street, and, at an angle, 120 feet on High Street; it remains to this day the largest commercial structure in Brattleboro. It is 70 feet deep and forms a modified "L"-shape which might be called a "spread L," as High Street meets Main Street at a wide angle.
The central block fronting Main Street is 25 bays wide, with the central 8 bays supporting a decked mansard-roofed 5th story of 4 bays. At the intersection corner is a 2-bay tower also rising to a 5th story. The "L" on High Street has 10 bays. There are 20 dormers in the Mansard roof at the 4th story level, 3 dormers in the middle tower, while the intersection tower is dormered on all four sides.
The Mansard roof is shingled in diamond-pattern gray slate; the top two courses of shingles are alternating red and green slate; the roof has a broad curb or skirt of copper. The foundation is of ashlar monoliths of granite, while the framework is of iron, except for the roof, which is wood timbers. Originally a 90-foot long, two-story verandah of elaborate cast iron projected out over the sidewalk on Main Street, but this was removed in modern times. Also removed were iron trim railings and finials on the decks and ridges, so the building does not have the flamboyant decoration it originally had, but quoin-work in the brick bond on the sides of the center pavilion and intersection pavilion, and the fact that these pavilions project out slightly (the depth of one brick--length), contribute to the breaking up of the smooth facade into ornamental components.
The dark-red bricks, kilned locally, are noted for their hardness, in contrast to the bricks of neighboring structures which have deteriorated under sandblasting. The brick walls are 16" thick at the first and second stories, and 14" thick at the third. The common bond has no header courses at all. Marble is used in the exposed posts and lintels of the ground floor, and sandstone is used in the lintels and sills on the second and third story windows of the Main Street facade. Cast-iron corinthian columns are recessed into the ground floor facade between the bays.
The roofline is uncluttered by any chimney stacks. The building was heated by steam from a detached boiler room, still existing with its twin massive boilers beneath a pizzeria in the lot behind the building. Also to the rear of the building, but attached to it, are one- and two-story additions which originally housed the kitchens, bakery, servant's quarters, and livery stables. The brick work and corbeled cornices of these dependencies are identical to those of the main structure and thus suggest that they were original, although there is no documented proof of this. The rear elevations of the main building are without ornament, and the general prospect of the rear, with its dependencies, is drab and industrial in contrast to the front elevations.
The entrance lobbies and shopfronts on the Main Street and High Street sides are trimmed with posts and lintels of unadorned light marble, interspersed with dark thin cast-iron Corinthian columns. Although not completely load-bearing, these stones and columns suggest that the massive pile of the upper floors is resting upon an airy and delicate base. The stone trim also surrounds a carriage passage way which penetrates through the ground floor of the westernmost pavilion and remains today the major access for vehicular traffic to the parking areas in the rear of the building.
The spacing of fenestration is ingenious. On the busy Main Street facade, the 25 bays of double-hung 2-over-2 sash (original) seems crowded, but as the facade literally curves around the corner into the more relaxed High Street, the spacing broadens. Also, the segmental-arched lintels over the windows of the Main Street facade are of stone, while those of the High Street facade, although the same shape, are of brick. This distinction, perhaps merely intuitive on the architect's part, points up the differences between "urban" Main Street and "rustic" High Street. The second storey windows are taller than those of the third, giving an illusion of greater height and dignity to the building. The four windows in the intersection tower have true-arched lintels or tympanum pediments, as do the 8 bays on the 4th storey of the central pavilion. Those 8 bays also have keystones of lighter stone in their arches, giving them the effect of being the dominant windows in the facade.
Originally, the second and third floors of the "L" on High Street were a ballroom, 50' by 50' feet, its floor space unobstructed by any columns or posts, a feat of engineering for the time. As with extensive renovations elsewhere in the interior of the building, this ballroom has been partitioned into smaller office spaces in recent times.
The whole interior of the building was radically altered in 1970-1972 to convert the ground floor and second floor into a diversity of commercial businesses and offices, and the third, fourth and fifth floors into modern apartments. Virtually nothing remains of the original interiors. The original lobby of the hotel now houses the Burlington Savings Bank, and the unusual entrance bay, a "Deerfield Door" with characteristic vernacular capitals of the flat embossed "Corinthian type" found widely in the Connecticut River valley, has been replaced by the bank's modern entrance. All of the hotel's alteration was necessary to save the building from demolition and make it commercially profitable. But residents of the modern apartments, with their lowered ceilings and Formica furnishings, testify that the aura of Victorian elegance is still very much present.
As mentioned earlier, also included within the nominated property at its western edge the former boiler house which served the hotel. It is a small (approx. 20 x 30), one story brick structure which was substantially rebuilt as a pizzeria in 1971, including new brick walls and a mansard roof, to the extent that it does not retain any historical character it may have had. It is not shown on the enclosed map.
Brooks House was one of the largest hotels in New England, a popular summer resort, and a year-around meeting place for citizenry. Its verandah served as a viewing stand for majestic parades and afforded a view of activities along the entire length of Main Street. The hotel was famous in New York and Boston, and many elegant parties were held in the spacious ballroom. As a "stagecoach" and rail hostelry, it was a transportation center without equal for miles around. It is considered one of the finest extant examples of the provincial Second Empire style, once common for hotels and commercial buildings throughout the country.
George Jones Brooks, a native of Brattleboro, made his fortune as a dry goods wholesaler in San Francisco during the early days of the California gold rush. Homesickness brought him back to Brattleboro in the 1860's, and he commenced to lavish his fortune upon a number of public projects. Apart from the Brooks House itself, which was viewed more as an act of civic philanthropy than as a profit-making venture, he also constructed the Brooks public library as a gift to the town.
In 1869, a catastrophic fire wiped out the entire south side of Main Street bounded by the two principal intersections, Elliot and High Streets. Totally razed in this October 31st disaster were the Blake Block, originally a Federal style private house and later an inn with retail shopfronts, the Brattleboro House, the town's major stage house at that time, and other buildings.
In 1870, George J. Brooks bought most of this charred land from Charles Chapin (see deed, Continuation Sheet 10-1), and commissioned E. Boyden and Son of Worcester, a major commercial architectural firm of the time, to design a hotel in the then-fashionable Second Empire style. The style seems to have originated, in this country, in New York City, but quickly spread to smaller cities and larger towns throughout the country. Other examples then extant which were similar to the Brooks House were the St. Julian Hotel in Portland, Maine, Newton's Hotel in Woodbury, New Jersey, and especially the Towsley House Hotel in Waterloo, New York, which was so similar to the Brooks House in general plan and details as to suggest that Boyden & Son plagiarized it.
However, the Brooks House was considerably larger than any of these, and was quite possibly the largest Second Empire structure outside of New York City. Interestingly, in the same year construction began, 1871, the plans for the nation's two largest and "full-blown" Second Empire buildings, the City Hall of Philadelphia (John McArthur, Jr.) and the Executive Office Building of Washington, D.C (Alfred B. Mullet), had just been placed on the drawing board. These and other grandiose public buildings in the most elaborate French manner are similar to the Brooks House only in the most basic concepts of Second Empire, and hence the Brooks House and similar buildings have to be called "provincial" Second Empire.
The total cost of the land and the building thereon was in the vicinity of $150,000, suggesting that George Brooks spared no expense in making it a superior among the hotels of New England. For its opening, a prospectus was printed and widely distributed in an attempt both to justify the construction of so large a hotel in such a relatively small town, and to attract clientele: "The desire, so marked, of late years, to turn the tide of Summer Travel from the current of the European Tour, formerly so fashionable, to a trip among the Mountains, Valleys, and Sea-Coasts of America, is gradually producing the desirable result of causing to be provided for our home tourists the proper hotel accommodations. "It has been with the view of aiding in perfecting these facilities for home travel, during the coming seasons, that in the beautiful town of Brattleboro, Vermont, at the head of the Connecticut Valley, and amid the glories of scenery and healthful atmosphere of the Green Mountains, there has been erected a hotel building, which, in all its departments, is the equal of the best establishments in the Metropolis."
Although Brattleboro's population at the time (1870 Census) was only 6,000. the town was a major rail transportation center and was a thriving industrial community, home of the Estey Organ Works, and was also enjoying the largesse of its most-famous native son, Jim Fisk, the robber baron of the Erie Railroad. Contemporary newspaper accounts indicate that the Brooks House was a great success from the beginning and continued to have high occupancy rates until the middle of this century, when competition from motels caused its decline.
Every Main Street has (or should have) its dominant landmark structure, and the Brooks House remains conspicuous not alone because of its size, its central location at the principal intersection, and its aristocratic Second Empire style, but also because the combination of these factors give it a towering leadership among the cluster of also-but-not-equally impressive brick buildings of the nineteenth century downtown area. Brattleboro in particular, and the architectural preservation movement in general, are indeed fortunate that one man, Norman B. Chase, saved it from demolition in 1970.
Burt, Henry M., The Attractions of Brattleboro, Brattleboro: Leonard's Steam Printing House, 1885.
-----, Burt's Guide through the Connecticut Valley to the White Mountains and the River Saquenay, Springfield, Mass: New England Publishing Co., 1874.
Cabot, Mary R., Annals of Brattleboro 1781-1895, Brattleboro, Vermont: E .L . Hildreth & Co., 1920.
Child, Hamilton, Child's Windham County Gazetteer, 1724-1884, no publisher or location given, 1884.
Harrison, Victor B., "Brooks Was Once Elegant Hostelry," The Brattleboro Reformer, March 16, 1970, page 7.
------, "New Era Looms for Brooks House," The Brattleboro Reformer, March 12, 1970, page 1.
Hemenway, Abby Maria, Vermont Historical Gazetteer, no location or publisher given, 1891.
Houpis, John N. Jr., Brattleboro: Selected Historical Vignettes, Brattleboro: Brattleboro Publishing Company, Ltd., 1973.
Kristensen, John, "The Brooks House Hotel and The All Souls Church," unpublished term paper for Design and Conservation course, Cornell University, Fall, 1972. (Filed under "Hotels" in Local History Room standing file, Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, Vermont)
Pomeroy, Rev. Frank T., ed., Picturesque Brattleboro, Northampton, Mass: Picturesque Publishing Co., 1894
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Never walked this way before, the damsel glance around the corner
With apprehension and anticipation, she imagines and plans her walk down the road
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