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Here in Seattle, winter is clinging to life in spite of the calendar. It was the coldest April on record, and the fourth wettest, which is saying something considering where I'm talking about. Snow pack in the mountains is enormous and evidently continuing to grow - this morning's news said there's over 20 feet of snow on the ground at the Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier (visible from our living room this morning - look fast) and the nearby Crystal Mountain ski resort has no foreseeable closing date set. The tulips are just now blooming on our block, the rhodies are sitting there saying, "Uh, I don't think so."
So it was with a sigh (or a wet burble) of relief that a month ago I committed myself to a one-day conference in Washington DC that was held last week. Ordinarily I don't cherish conferences on the east coast; the benefits seldom match the costs, but then herself announced that she was in one of her if-we-don't-go-somewhere-warm-I'm-going-to-have-a-psychotic-episode moods. Thus okey dokey, it's off to the District.
So let's go a few days ahead of the conference, and then afterward let's run up to New Jersey and see the kids (son and daughter in law in central NJ while she's in medical school.) Plan, done.
Where to go before the conference? A short peruse of various travel boards and sites (present company included) and we land upon something of a Thomas Jefferson - Blue Ridge Parkway itinerary that sounds just fine. Too early for bad bugs or high humidity, but probably warm enough to allow some walks in the woods or even a roadside picnic. We'll go to Monticello, Poplar Forest, the University, maybe see some Civil War sites as the sesquicentennial begins, see Dogwoods and maybe a late-blooming cherry tree next to the Tidal Basin. Tornadoes? Nah.
Then she says she's always wanted to see (but not necessarily stay at) Greenbrier - one of those mega-resorts-with-golf that seem of another age, so I investigate but am somewhat put off by the prominence of place given by the resort's website to the details of the dress code as it applies to dining, common areas, blah blah.
So then I look at the Greenbrier's nearby competition in the mother-ship resort class and land upon the Homestead, in Virginia rather than West Virginia (albeit just in the case of the Greenbrier.) The Homestead seems just as luxe and old fashioned, but doesn't seem to have the same dress code restrictions nor the same all-inclusive pricing as the Greenbrier, plus it seems a little closer to things.
So I book us in for 3 nights, thinking she'll have a massage or two, maybe use the hot springs; maybe I'll look at the driving range. (Golf and I have a 50-year love/hate relationship. Actually, not so much love as… okay, hate. But I feel like I should love it more. Where else can portly older men drive around through a park in a motorized cart and call it "sports?")
Then we'll go into DC, I'll go to my meeting while she Smithsonians something-or-other, then we'll drive up to NJ for the weekend, and fly home from Newark. Done, tickets bought, hotels and car booked, off we go.
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Day 1 (4/21) - We fly from Seattle to Reagan National Airport, arriving at 10 PM, so it's just to a nearby Courtyard in Arlington.
Day 2 (4/22) - We get up late as we're still on west coast time; I go off to the airport to pick up our rental car, then return to the hotel for wife and luggage. When we get back to DC after our tour of the Old Dominion we'll be staying at a Holiday Inn in some part of Arlington I'm not familiar with, so before we hit the road I drive us up to the other area so I can navigate on our return. Done and done, so we head out of town to the south, first stop Fredericksburg.
Because Fredericksburg is relatively close to DC, I elect to take surface streets so we can intercept some place for a late breakfast/early lunch en route. See, it's still Passover and we're trying to remain relatively observant, so while we've packed a box of Matzos we're not too keen on having to put together ad hoc dining on the first day. So I (reluctantly) select US 1 for our route. For the uninitiated, US 1 is basically a strip mall running from Maine to Miami. It ought to be historic and iconic; but it's not. But I figure we can find someplace - even a glorified coffee shop - where we'll be happy with eggs and potatoes, no toast, thanks. What we encounter instead is an overwhelmingly Hispanic (mainly Mexican I think) US 1 strip mall, punctuated with places like McDonalds and Jiffy-Lubes, but darn few Gringo coffee shops. Plenty of places for (what I suspect will be excellent) tamales and rellenos (which we love on all other nights) but nothing very Pesach-friendly. So we make do with an Old Country Buffet somewhere in the sprawl. She's never been to one before, and won't be going back, but baked chicken and mashed potatoes manage to fill the voids.
Fredericksburg is ultimately reached, in the - wait for it - cold rain. WTF?? We check into our hotel, a Residence Inn this time, picked for its kitchen units, then go off to explore the old town center. It's very historic and picturesque, dominated by a big university which I confess neither of us had ever heard of - Mary Washington University (George's mum.) Nice campus, nice residential areas of town. But the rain is coming down harder, so we decide we'll find something to take back for dinner, watch Friday Night Lights and hope for a sunnier Saturday. Items for dinner are acquired at a Wal-Mart that seems to have sucked out the souls of other, lesser, markets in the Fredericksburg area, curtain. In all, kind of a "meh" day, truth be told.
Day 3 (4/23) - Herself has discovered she's left key wardrobe elements sitting safely on her dresser in Seattle, so first stop is at a mall near the Residence Inn (there is never a shortage of malls near Residence Inns, across America) where we prevail in the wardrobe replenishment quest. Then it's off (still on back roads) toward Charlottesville, home of various Jeffersonian edifices including much of the original campus of the University of Virginia, and, of course, Monticello, which neither of us has visited.
In sunshine and 70+ degree weather we take the Constitution Highway toward Charlottesville. The increasingly-beautiful road takes us past the Chancellorsville battlefield, where Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire, and past James Madison's Montpelier mansion, which we choose not to visit when confronted by rather high admission charges. Nearby, however, is a restored cottage formerly occupied by one of Madison's freed slaves. It's a humble little cottage set in a beautiful field. The juxtaposition shacks and mansions, battlefields and wildflowers - is just a taste of sights to come. We nearly hit a bald eagle that swoops in front of our car while trying to harvest some sort of squished varmint in the middle of the road. Hitting a bald eagle in front of James Madison's house… now wouldn't that be a great start to a trip down Constitution Highway?
By and by we arrive at Charlottesville, find our hotel, and head into town to explore the first of our T. Jefferson masterworks, the University of Virginia.
And a masterwork is truly is. Jefferson's infatuation with Palladian architectural style, inflamed by his stay in Paris as Washington's minister, reached its peak with the UVA Rotunda, which is evidently regarded as one of the finest neoclassical buildings in North America, and who am I to argue? What really takes the cake, however, is the set-piece "Lawn" - a quadrangle bordered by the Rotunda on one end and faced by student housing, still in use 200 years after development by Jefferson as an "academic village" (and showing its present life through countless posters and notices stuck on the doors of the student rooms facing the quad. It's definitely 2011 inside the doors even if it's 1811 outside.) The setting is glorious, the buildings gracious and homey at the same time… in all, a remarkable place. One of the student halls has hung a 13-star flag off the balcony. Just so.
We retire from the University campus to downtown Charlottesville for a stroll through the pedestrian zone and an early meal at a good place called Bizou - salads and meat loaf, and if there are breadcrumbs in the meatloaf please don't tell God. A much better day than the previous. Charlottesville seems one of those college towns (like Eugene, in my own background, or Cambridge Mass. In my wife's) where I imagine a great many college graduates don't ever want to leave. Beautiful, cozy, stimulating.
Day 4 (4/24) - It's Easter but Monticello is open as usual, so we make our way out of Charlottesville a few miles to the twisty road that leads to Jefferson's estate (and which continues a few miles to Ash Lawn, President Monroe's home) through bright sunshine, flowering dogwoods, and light traffic.
The mansion and grounds are everything they're supposed to be. Jefferson was a genius, a visionary, a scholar. Also an aristocrat, a slave owner, a despot, probably a rapist, and a spendthrift. The building itself is, of course, remarkable, idiosyncratic, and surprisingly small - we often forget, it seems, that the American nobility of the 18th Century were mainly farmers, and in Virginia, that meant tobacco and wheat. Cotton, and the cotton slave culture of the deep South, was still decades and an industrial revolution away from Jefferson and his peers.
Still, the grounds are in their springtime glory, the docent is wonderfully well-informed and fairly funny (but tap dances around the Hemings story) and it's a very worthwhile morning spent in the hills above Charlottesville.
The rest of the day is spent meandering through the hills of west-central Virginia toward Hot Springs and the Homestead. We arrive in time for afternoon tea in the hotel's vast foyer, surrounded by late-leaving families having spent Easter in the grip of Old South gentility, of which there is ample evidence, from the fine china cups to being called "suh" as my tea is served. There are, roughly, ten thousand children making unhappy noises about car rides and school in the morning. Buh-bye.
After checking in we eat dinner - deciding to end Passover a few hours early (don't tell you-know-who) at the Sam Snead Tavern, one of the Homestead's several restaurants. (Sam Snead was the golf pro here, and everything is Sam Snead this or that, from roads to bars.) The food is excellent, the price is astonishing, and we settle in for our three nights in a hotel originally opened in colonial days.
Days 5-6 (4/25-26)
We spend the next two days exploring the countryside of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia, including forays throughout the Allegheny mountains (The Homestead and Greenbrier) and over to a couple of stints on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the extraordinary linear national park that runs along the entire crest of the Blue Ridge - from Georgia to Pennsylvania. More of that in a minute.
On one of the days we travel to Lynchburg to visit Thomas Jefferson's "other" house, his retreat/farm at Poplar Forest. I confess I frankly was unaware of this other house until a friend with Virginia roots mentioned it in passing recently. Well, glad he did, because this is a real gem of a site for people interested in architecture and the history of this part of the country.
Poplar Forest was built after Monticello, and by all accounts best exhibits Jefferson's views of design at their most mature stage. It's octagonal, as are parts (or all) of his other buildings, with a good deal of interior symmetry. Domed, of course, and full of Jeffersonian touches like triple-hung windows that can double as doorways out to the portico, or dumb waiters, or sleeping alcoves, etc. It's nowhere as big as Monticello, but that's not to its detriment - it has a much more human scale, and even comes close to being "cozy" (or as cozy as one can be when one is dependent on slaves and servants to feed you, farm for you, and otherwise maintain you in your chosen lifestyle.)
The building and lands were sold off after Jefferson's death in order to pay down the huge debts with which he died (took the better part of two generations to clear them) and went through a series of owners who modified, set fire to, or otherwise goofed it up over the following two centuries. The property was acquired by a nonprofit 20 or 30 years ago, and they're slowly restoring it to Jeffersonian condition, using only materials and tools that would have been available in the early 1800s. The interior walls are still open, the floors are in, so they're still several years (and I presume several million dollars) away from completion, but it's a very worthy project.
The rest of the time we just explored the countryside, reveling in the warm (getting hot and humid) weather. Visited Greenbrier (glad we didn't choose it) and a couple of country parks in the region, but mostly enjoyed the Blue Ridge Parkway and the various valleys and hills in this stunning country. Throughout, we were smitten with the landscape - steep hills with twisty snake roads, plunging into deep valleys with fast-running streams and little waterfalls at the bottoms. Dogwood, Redbud and other trees painting the hillsides pink and white, new-leaf green everywhere else.
And then there are the settlements. Thousands of churches, everywhere. Old log cabins chinked with yellow mud next to tornado-magnet trailer encampments. Mill towns (like Covington, the closest major community to The Homestead) with poverty written all over the vacant main streets. Virtually no restaurants, because who has money to eat out? And then the big mansion on the hill - maybe old, maybe not, but definitely not your working-class digs. A fair number of Confederate flags flying, still jarring to this member of a generation who remembers Selma and Wallace.
…And then back to the Homestead. A cruise ship in a valley, Grossinger's without the Jews (definitely.) Still elegant, still genteel, but one wonders…
Data point: An overheard young waiter saying he's a third generation employee of the Homestead, but is going off to college in the fall, studying biology. "There's not much future here."
Data point: The Homestead comprises a large number of properties including the mineral hot springs for which the town (and adjoining town of Warm Springs) was named. One of these springs - the "original" - was the raison d'être for the Homestead's founding in 1766. A famous person built an octagonal bath house over the top of the biggest pool. Can you guess who? But when we asked if we could use the springs, we were informed that they're only open on weekends, and only by arrangement. When we drove up to the springs (a few miles away from the main buildings) we got the sense that "by arrangement" is probably pretty hard to arrange - the buildings are in (IMO) an advanced state of disrepair, full of hornets' nests and evidence of other vermin, nobody on site, and in general - again, just a hunch - that disinvestment is afoot. http://gardyloo.us/20110427_10as.JPG
Who comes to places like The Homestead? The staff said that holidays, in particular Christmas and New Years, are packed. I don't know - it just seems like a style of tourism that's gone, but maybe I'm just over-thinking it. But the contrast between the Homestead and the poverty surrounding it is just too great to ignore. What happens when things really get tough? The Homestead catches cold, Bath County gets pneumonia? I suspect that's the case. It's beautiful, but can these kind of places make it for another century?
Days 7-8 (4/27-28) - Off to DC and my meeting, while herself spends a (rather muggy) day inside the Smithsonian American History Museum, looking at Julia's kitchen, Old Glory, Nancy's and Michele's dresses and shoes. (She reports that with no disrespect intended, Michele's pumps from the 2009 Inaugural look to be about the same size as George Washington's boots.) I spend the day in a sub-basement of the Grand Hyatt along with a couple thousand fellow conference-goers, drinking jug coffee and consulting "break out" options. The Tao of Conferences overtakes me. You have much to learn, Grasshopper.
The night of the 27th we try to watch TV but the programs keep getting interrupted with very frightening bulletins from the weather people warning residents of XX county to head for the cellar or climb into a bath tub as the "hook" returns from the Doppler radars keep getting stronger and redder. Outside the sky isn't quite yet "tornado green" but it's definitely looking ominous. That night, of course, things go very bad in Alabama and elsewhere, including, we learn, a couple of places we'd passed through just days ago.
Day 9 (4/29) - We drove on I-95 from Washington DC to New Brunswick NJ. What more is there to say? Looking forward to doing it again someday? Er, no. We met our son and his wife, had dinner at a diner on US 1 that we go to every time we're there (3 so far) - the Skylark, http://www.skylarkdiner.com/ - where I could, like, live.
Days 10-11 (4/30-31) - On Saturday the sky was clear, the temperature was climbing through the 60s so we decided to head to the coast. I played pin-the-pin-on the map and we ended up at Sandy Hook, a sand spit that curves away from New Jersey and toward Brooklyn, there in the distance.
Holy cow, what a lucky break. I'm hear to tell you that if you live in the NY/NJ area and haven't visited Sandy Hook, that you should step away from the computer, go to the car, and get on the road. What a cool place, mainly because of the abandoned army base, Fort Hancock, at the tip of the peninsula. Fabulous views over the water to NYC, amazing lighthouse and collection of historic houses, buildings, gun emplacements… a bird sanctuary, clothing-optional beaches, clean sand, wildflowers, a beaver in the bushes (or a muskrat, but I think the tail was beaver-thick.) What a cool place. Do go.
On Sunday our daughter-in-law had to work, so the three of us went up into the city and went to the Cloisters, where neither my wife nor I had visited. For those who don't know, the Cloisters is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum, set in a park at the very top of Manhattan Island, with views out over the rivers and city. The building is a Romanesque structure built this century but incorporating medieval columns, doors, windows, courtyards and features liberated from Europe by the Rockefellers, Hearst-style (or, more appropriately, Hearst did it Cloisters-style) and filled with medieval art - paintings, sculpture, tapestries, etc.) as part of the Met's collection. Beautiful and impressive, and a great way to spend a sunny Sunday in New York. Oh, free parking too.
That night, a return to New Brunswick, a final dinner with the kids, and then she and I drive up to Newark, drop the car and overnight in an airport hotel since our flight is at 7:30 in the morning. We go to bed just before the announcement of OBL's death is announced.
Day 12 (5/1) Off into the west we go. It's still raining and 40-something in Seattle. Feh.
In all, a pretty interesting trip into parts of the country we hadn't experienced very much. Thought-provoking and troubling a little, but also inspirational. All those elegant places built by slaves or the sons and daughters of slaves, now within a couple of hours' drive from a White House occupied by a black family. That's America for you.
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Here in Seattle, winter is clinging to life in spite of the calendar. It was the coldest April on record, and the fourth wettest, which is saying something considering where I'm talking about. Snow pack in the mountains is enormous and evidently continuing to grow - this morning's news said there's over 20 feet of snow on the ground at the Paradise Inn on Mount Rainier (visible from our living room this morning - look fast) and the nearby Crystal Mountain ski resort has no foreseeable closing date set. The tulips are just now blooming on our block, the rhodies are sitting there saying, "Uh, I don't think so."
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Nice trip report. G-d appreciates your attempts at keeping pesach.
We spend the winter in Richmond and wind up taking a lot of people to Monticello. The great thing for us is that each of the docents does his/her own spiel, so you learn something new every time. Some of them have a great deal to say about the Hemings family, others less.
I'm not Jewish, but the bulk of my friends from my college days in New Brunswick, NJ (!) are, so I noticed the Levy family graves at Monticello. They owned the place longer than the Jeffersons, if I am not mistaken. Anyway, I left a stone on their graves for remembrance.
You were also lucky to know about Poplar Forest. Even many Virginians don't and it is equally fascinating, as you point out.
Come to Richmond next time. There is a lot to see here, a substantial Jewish community, and a large memorial to Jewish Confederate veterans in Holyrood Cemetery.
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Indeed a nice report about a pleasant Spring jaunt. And with photos. Seems like you did have pleasant weather. Mostly an area we haven't explored very much.
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Glad you enjoyed our beautiful commonwealth. That's my favorite time of year when the roadsides are watercolor colors of pink and green.
Who goes to the Homestead? Well, we do and whenever we go we eat at Sam Snead's, our favorite there.
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What a wonderful trip report. I missed it when you first posted so I'm glad you referenced it in a thread today. I grew up in Virginia and your pictures are indeed lovely and very typical of the countryside. My family is still there and I get back often to visit. I'm always struck with how beautiful it is. Spring and fall are the best times to visit.
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Very informative AND entertaining!! I took notes and can't wait for our trip. I only wish we were going in the springtime rather than the dog days of summer. Beautiful pictures!
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From its onset in the late 1700s, the hurricane that was England's Industrial Revolution shook the collective psyche to its roots. But innovative production methods that disrupted the nation's age-old work patterns also yielded a veritable cornucopia of goods, among them, the lovely examples of transfer-printed earthenware you see here. Developed in the 1750s in response to costly hand-painted wares from China, the new transfer-printing process meant that pottery patterns could be reproduced exactly, repeatedly, and more cheaply than ever before.
Shown here: The lavish scalloping, rich colors, and striking patterns of pitchers like these typify English Romantic transferware. Once part of pitcher-and-bowl sets, the ewers are 11 inches tall; the small milk pitchers, about 7 inches. Priced from $325 to $595, these and all following are dated c. 1825 to 1840.
As we're reminded by Dennis Berard (whose Fitzwilliam, N.H., shop, Dennis & Dad Antiques, supplied all pieces shown)," Transferware wasn't for the rich. It was made for working-class housewives who might buy a few pieces at a time, for a few pence each." Before long, factories were turning out complete tableware sets. The first (and still most popular) color was blue; later came brown, black, purple, green, red -- even pink and yellow. And, ironically, the lush botanicals and melancholic vignettes that factories produced in these colors reflected the very Romanticism that was England's rebuttal to the Factory Age itself!
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Sharepoint Login problem after upgrade to Windows 7068
I upgraded from 7057 to 7068 version of Windows 7.
After the upgrade, my Sharepoint Designer 2007 is unable to open remote website on front page enabled IIS Server.
Also, I am unable to ftp to the site.
This was an upgrade, so all the installed programs were available after the upgrade. All other programs seem to be working fine.
Is there some sort of problem with Windows security...?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Do you need to re-install SharePoint?
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It's possible the firewall settings were reset during the upgrade. Check to see if the ports the program uses aren't blocked.
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Also check your antivirus .... some AV's have protection against unknown websites.
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Online Film Critics Pick Argo
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Sasha Stone has been around the Oscar scene since 1999. Almost everything on this website is her fault.
I'm so glad about Jessica! She's a killer in that part and should definitely take home the Oscar.
But WHY ARGO? Seriously, people should just watch Zero Dark Thirty instantly after watching Argo and see how it should have/could have been. Of course, it's a more Hollywood take on a difficult subject. ZD30 is more realistic and takes chances. Never mind.
Jessica Chastain vs Jennifer Lawrence
Philip Seymour Hoffman vs Tommy Lee Jones
Who will win?
What's got me excited this year is that it truly is an unpredictable year, which makes it so much more entertaining (okay, maybe the nominations aren't so unpredictable, but the winners have been all over the place. I don't think anyone can be called safe–even Daniel Day Lewis or Anne Hathaway.
Dinatzie: Clearly more and more people aren't comfortable with pro-torture messages in their films. Good on them.
Argo is by far a superior product. Unless one believes torture is " gritty" and a pro stance is " edgy".
For some Zero Dark Thirty love, check out the Alliance of Women Film Journalists awards:
Maybe now Anne Hathaway can relax and stop playing the Oscars game a little too hard. She has it in the bag but she seems so desperate. She was phenomenal in les miz.
@Jose Ramon : The Hunger Games fandom will go crazy if Jennifer Lawrence AND Philippe Seymour Hoffman win the Oscars 😀
"Clearly more and more people aren't comfortable with pro-torture messages in their films. Good on them."
ZDT didn't have a pro-torture message. Give me a freakin' break. The only message it had was that torture happened. Which it did. Should Bigalow and Boal just pretended that torture didn't happen and play that off as real? The movie was not about torture. It didn't take a side. It simply portrayed a factual account of what happened.
Is Argo picking up speed – feels like it. Wonder if this is also happening amongst AMPAS members. Certainly feels like the Lincoln heat is diminishing with the exception of DDL wins.
I guess this pro-torture card will be played out until the Oscars.
Lincoln never had heat except actor and screenplay but that can all change at the Oscars. Critics mostly went for ZDT and Argo, even The Master more than Lincoln. Haven't seen Lincoln yet but ZDT is my pick so far. Definitely a much better film than Argo.
Argo and PTA.
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Argo > Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Chastain vs Jennifer Lawrence
Philip Seymour Hoffman vs Tommy Lee Jones
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Jessica Chastain will win.
Leonardo di Caprio will win.
Wreck-It Ralph >>>> ParaNorman
@helios – I completely agree. Argo is a well crafted movie and that is all. It has no BP material.
"Argo" was great. It just wasn't the best film of the year.
@representDLV: You are one of the few holdouts on this, Even Sasha who champions ZD30 has given up on that. To believe that it's possible to make a movie that's neutral on torture is like believing it's possible to make a movie that features slavery, that has the slave-owner as the protogonist but that's primarily about the hunt for a murderer. There isn't a moral middle ground on this kind of issues.
Well the certainly do love Argo and The Master. Too bad Argo like Up in The Air lost momentum a while ago.
It's not about a moral middle ground. The film was not about torture. It was about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Torture was a documented part of that hunt. The film plays it that way and allows the audience to determine how it feels about torture. I don't need Bigalow or Boal to tell me how I should feel about torture. I appreciate the fact that they didn't try to make a moral statement about torture. I don't need to be preached at. If ZDT was a in depth study on the use of torture, I would feel differently. But since that's not what this movie is, I don't expect the filmmakers to try to "enlighten" me on how bad torture is. ZDT portrayed real things that happened in a real way. And the reality is that there are millions of people that feel torture was necessary and helped catch Osama Bin Laden. We are done a disservice if we are told otherwise by whitewashing this controversial issue.
errp…The French Connection, I mean ARGO, picks up speed.
Just for you. Read the last few paragraphs at the end. @YahooNews:Bigelow Calls Torture 'Reprehensible' -http://t.co/K29IRron via @YahooNews
It really bothers me when ppl say that Anne Hathaway is playing the Oscars Game so she can win the award for Best Supporting Actress. She is doing press/giving interviews like anyone else, and it's definitely NOT her fault if all the magazines want her on their covers. . .this is her time so let her enjoy it! She arguably gave the BEST performance of the year, and is HIGHLY deserving of ALL the attention she is receiving for her work in Les Miserables! I'm very happy that she WON another 3 critics awards today, and I'm looking fwd to hearing her acceptance speeches at BCFC, Golden Globes, SAG, BAFTA, and the Oscars 🙂
Rj, people are confusing "Oscars Game" with promoting a film. Anne has a film to promote, the film wasn't going to gross over 100 million on its own merits. She has a duty to promote the film, she's fulfilling her obligations. It's funny how nobody is mentioning Jennifer "overrated" Lawrence and Jessica Chastain, both have graced several covers.
I think some people think Anne is playing the Oscar game because she seems to have the smallest part but doing two times the amount of press as Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. So it seems more like campaigning to solidify her Oscar 'win' not just to promote the film.
>Jennifer Lawrence has been busy filming The Hunger Games so Bradley Cooper has done most of the promotion. Jessica Chastain has been busy doing her show on Broadway but doing press here and there when she can. They both haven't been as in our face as Anne.
Lynne & Jerry – You both raise very good points!! When you speak with anyone who has seen Les Miserables, and you ask them about the one thing that stood out for them from the film, EVERYONE I have spoken too has said Anne Hathaway's performance, and particularly her rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream." So, in my mind, it makes sense that Anne Hathaway has literally become the face of the movie irrespective of her small/supporting role. It also goes to show that the argument "Quality over Quantity" wins again as she left such a massive impact in only a few short scenes. As such, the interest is in her rather then Hugh Jackman or Russel Crowe makes sense and we will continue to see her throughout the Awards Season giving interviews and accepting awards.


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Gail, I'm so sorry. I was hoping things were changing in your favor. You've had too many hard experiences lately. Maybe something will work out yet.
Well, Ardy, the deal is apparently off. He failed to qualify for a mortgage. Cry, cry, cry....Thanks, Willy. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
I am not so fast (3:21), but it was a great fun to do this puzzle,Thank you Gail,Willy
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My big fat gay Greek romantic holiday
Mykonos is not the only LGBT travel destination in Greece. Santorini is hot on its heels as the new romantic honeymoon destination for gay and lesbian couples
Some images are so simple and strong they imprint themselves on your memory hard drive. One of mine is eating a spinach and feta filo pastry (a Greek pie really) in brilliant sunshine looking out onto an azure sea from the deck of a Greek ferry en route to the island of Naxos after the longest winter.
Why so special? Well, it was my first experience of the Mediterranean and it felt like someone had flicked the lights on and changed the colour setting from mute to technicolor. Plus… the pie was purchased by my first love who, unaccustomed to backbacking, had manfully coped with a night's sleep on Piraeus harbour and looked every bit the rugged romantic hunter gatherer.
This was many moons ago. The first love moved on and up to luxury travel and his luggage now only ever has wheels. But after almost 20 years I am back in Greece with my same, enduring love.
We headed to Santorini famous for its volcanic black beaches and iconic sunsets. While we are not exactly in the first flush of our romance, it really does no harm once in a while to sprinkle around some love dust.
Never one to take the easy route we travelled from Turkey (Fethiye) by ferry via Rhodes. Greek ferries are not what they were. Today they are all sleek and modern without a goat or chicken insight.
We were told the sea is normally as smooth as a millpond. But on for our journey, however, even the locals were passing round the sick bags. Not the romantic beginnings I was hoping for but things could only get better. The more practical minded can skip the sea journey altogether – there are direct flights into Santorini from most UK and European airports!
The island of Santorini is part of the Cyclades group of islands. Its villages are built on the cliffs surrounding the large circular 'caldera' – a lagoon in the center of the volcano (now dormant) which erupted in 1628 BC and led to the creation of what you can see today.
We arrived in the dead of night and were whisked from the ferry by taxi to Hotel Galini. Clinging to the cliffs, Hotel Galini is the perfect, small, stylish but unpretentious and well-priced hotel. The rooms are compact and beautiful with views to melt the hardest heart.
Café Gallini serves breakfast on a terrace with vistas over the sea in every direction. If it's a bit windy you can just move inside and enjoy the spectacle from behind glass. The café is also open from noon for light lunches including traditional salads, dishes and Greek desserts. In the evening it serves drinks, light bites and cocktails, and offers an opportunity to watch the fabled Santorini sunset. We scoured the island and struggled to find better.
The main hub of Santorini is the capital town of Thira. It has all the shops, bars and restaurants you would expect. However we were happy Hotel Galini was located in the quiet area of Firostefani but just a 20 minute walk along a stunning cliff top footpath into Thira.
The atmosphere across the whole island was very gay friendly. There are gay and lesbian tourists in most bars and clubs in Santorini but the bar 'Tropical' in Thira is considered the most famous for gay visitors.
The best way to get around the island is by taxi or bus. From the main terminal in Thira you can get buses across the island to a selection of beaches and into the stunning village of Oia.
This hamlet is probably Santorini at its most beautiful – architecturally pure and unaltered by tourism. When you see it you will instantly recognize the iconic postcard images we all associate with Santorini. The sunsets here are said to be the best on the island, possibly the world.
If you are feeling active and a bit romantic take the 235 steep steps down from Oia to the workaday harbor at Amoudi Bay for lunch or dinner at one of the waterfront tavernas carved into the rock.
I recommend Dimitri's Taverna where we had the most amazing squid and red mullet washed down with locally brewed donkey ale whose strap line is 'Hip Hoppy Kick Ass Ale'. If, after all that, you can't face the climb back, there are plenty of donkeys for hire to help you home.
Most of the beaches are on the other side of the island and there is plenty of choice to suit every need. Agios Georgios is very hip, cool and comfortable. Seaside by Notos at the beginning of Agios Georgios is the place to eat, hangout and watch celebrities. You can get there by bus but we imagine the celebrities generally don't!
If you like your beaches more au natural then the favorite nudist beaches are Koloumpos and Vlihada but you will need a car or motorbike to get to Koloumpos.
And if you thought that was the enough romance for one holiday you would be wrong. We heaved our rucksacks up to the highest point of Santorini – the small village of Imerovigli (translated as 'peaceful vistas'). It is slightly off the beaten track but just a 35-minute awe-inspiring walk along the cliff top footpaths (all very safe) into the main town of Thira.
The best place to stay in Imerovigli is Above Blue Suites, a top notch cluster of 10 uber private and elegant suites scattered across a steep rocky slope. Each has a private terrace and Jacuzzi and if you ever tire of your view of the Aegean you can retire to your spacious rooms with glorious en suite bathrooms.
Every night you choose from an extensive breakfast menu, served on your private terrace at an agreed time. Wow! You can also order the romantic dinner of a lifetime by the pool looking out over the sea watching one of the world's best sunsets. And when you fancy something a bit more low key and want to stay local, there is a very good traditional taverna – Anogi – just round the corner in the small village of Imerovigli.
In the past I have been a bit skeptical of 'romantic holidays'. I tend to think you can't buy or order romance and it usually happens in unlikely places. But as I get older I realize you have to make time together in a place that is simply beautiful and inspiring in itself. That could be a rainy day in the Yorkshire Dales but chances are it won't be and it will take a bit more to get the love dust air bound.
Simon Forrester is co-founder of LGBT travel company Further Afield, offering the best hand-picked gay owned and gay friendly places to stay the world.


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Pre-chorus 2Same as PC1 I'm so confused What's true or false? What's fact or fiction after all? I feel like I'm apparition's pet
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Up and Away With Nick Hirsch
Monday, July 16, 2012, 3:02 p.m.Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Library
Up and Away With Nick Hirsch
Staff as a Resource -- Part 4
Nick Hirsch, a friendly presence at the library's checkout desk, just graduated with a B.A. honors degree in history from the University of Maryland, College Park. He went through much tension and turmoil studying for his finals, applying and appearing for interviews all over the country and working almost full time at the library. However he maintained a dignified and professional outlook at the library, with a cheerful word and smile for the customers who came through.
Introduced to science fiction at a young age through his father's extensive library collection, Nick emerged as a lifelong student of this genre. He grew up on Terry Brooks, Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman, Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, and of course Stephen King and Anne Rice.
He enjoys Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Clive Barker and John Scalzi, Frances A. Yates, Donna Haraway, David Sedaris, and Jean Baudrillard.
Nick also enjoys reading graphic novels, his favorite being the Testament,Cairo, Lucifer, and Y: The Last Man.
Nick shared his joy in reading through his Saturday morning story time for children ages 3 to 6 -- a popular program with the families in the Shaw community. He started, and maintains, a blog on children's sci-fi books.
His newest project, "South of U," was inspired by his grandmother, who was a community activist for many years during Nick's childhood. This influence, paired with interest in history inspired Nick to plan and execute an oral history project that "focused on the connection between what we think of as 'history' and the real, lived experience of the people who live here," says Nick.
The project involved extensive research, interviews with local people who remember the 1968 riots here in Shaw, and the long recovery that followed. Principal filming for the oral history project is completed and a final edited film is expected to be completed in Fall 2012.
Nick enjoys dabbling in all kinds of writing, including plays, short stories and blogs. A play he wrote called "Buzz" was performed onstage in 2008, just before he moved to D.C. "Cyborgs as Discourse," a brief paper on cyborgs and feminism, was published in the Spring 2011 edition of JANUS (school undergrad history journal). His honors thesis was on cybernetics and social sciences, titled "A Machine for Learning."
His hobbies include painting and drawing, dancing, gardening, cooking (especially baking), hiking, gaming (roleplaying games, videogames and board games), and most recently fire-spinning. He is a movie buff and critic, often enjoying badly made movies that he and his buddies enjoy deconstructing. He is a fan of TV shows Battlestar Galactica, Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Tudors and anything Joss Whedon ever touched (even Alien 4).
Unfortunately, however, we have to say bye to Nick as he leaves the DCPL system this summer to join the History of Science doctoral program at the University of California, San Diego.
Nick intends "to continue community involvement while also pursuing an academic career in the history of science, and also will continue to write fiction, plays, nonfiction, and whatever else takes my fancy."
He advocates for equality of women and minority groups, including every race and sexual identity. "You are defined by who you choose to be and what you do with the life you are living," he says. "Be the best person you can be, be an active participant in every aspect of your own life, and the rest mostly takes care of itself."
Check other staff members of the Watha T. Daniel / Shaw Library:
Martin Burrows | Kandace Britton | Jamilla Coleman | Casey Danielson | Anina Ertel | Towanda Gravitt |Ellen Hungate | Elaine Pelton | Eric Riley | Jayanthi Sambasivan | Paul Sweeney


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They are in Levittown, PA
Where is OMB Warehouse located at? I am trying to figure out if i place an order on tuesday if i would have it by the weekend but you have to fill out all kinds of info just to get to the contact information. I was just wondering where it is located and where parts would be shipping from.
granted the parts are in stock, you will receive them no later than 3 days from the time you place your order
They are in Levittown, PA
Bmikarts is a little cheaper and in Ohio but i called and they are out of clutches right now anyway. Ordering from OMB helps support the site too.
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Gallery On Second hosts Lorraine Lawson exhibit
BRENTWOOD — The Gallery on Second will showcase the artwork of renowned Bay Area artist Lorraine Lawson.
Lawson s abstract works not only encompass the formal elements of composition, color, value, and texture, but communicate concepts, mindset, ideas and emotion,
The exhibit is open noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday through May 31 at the Gallery On Second, 741 Second St. For information, call Jack Gaughan at 925-516-2741, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
International film series to show 'The Silence
ANTIOCH — The International Film Showcase presents "The Silence 7:30 p.m. May 24 and 2 p.m. May 26, El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
"The Silence begins 23 years ago on a hot summer day, when a young girl named Pia is brutally murdered in a field of wheat by Peer, as his helpless friend Timo watches. Now, in the present day, on the exact same date, 13-year-old Sinikka is missing, her bicycle abandoned in the same spot, leading police to suspect the same killer may be at work again.
The German film has English subtitles.
The film is part of a collaborative effort with the International Film Showcase, which has a successful foreign film series in Orinda.
General admission is $8; seniors 62 and older and children, $7. For tickets, call 925-757-9500 or reserve them online at www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Mother s Day Jam Session set in Pittsburg
PITTSBURG — Pittsburg Entertainment and Arts Hall of Fame hosts a special Mother s Day Sunday Jam Session featuring accomplished songwriter and singer DeJeana Burkes and her band at 5 p.m. at Pacific Community Services, 329 Railroad Ave.
A Detroit native who lives in Richmond, Burkes has created a dedicated following with her appearances at Bay Area clubs, restaurants and festivals. She offers sultry, melodic vocals singing blues, soul and R&B with a tinge of gospel and jazz.
Musicians, singers and spoken-word artists are invited to participate during the session and should sign in by 5:30 p.m.
Suggested donations are $10 and $5 for PEAHOF members. Food and drinks are available for purchase at the event.
For information, contact Chuck Dybdal, 925-642-7321 or go to www.pittsburgentertainment andarts.org.
Local orchestra changes venue for season finale
PITTSBURG — What do headliners Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, James Brown, and the San Francisco Symphony have in common? They ve all performed on the Pittsburg High School campus in the 2000-seat proscenium theater, the community s hidden treasure.
Now the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra will join the impressive cast of past performers in their season finale, "French Connection.
The program includes Glazunov s romantic "Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, which showcases the saxophone. Professor Dale Wolford from San Jose State University will perform the solo. The performance is 7:30 p.m. Monday at Pittsburg High School, 250 School St. Admission is $5 to $10. Tickets can be reserved by calling 925-943-7469, online at www.LesherArtsCenter.org or purchased at the door.
Additional performances will be 7:30 p.m. Friday at Alhambra High School in Martinez and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.
'Last of the Red Hot Lovers set in Antioch
ANTIOCH — The Vagabond Players presents "Last of the Red Hot Lovers May 18-19 at El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
Barney Cashman, a middle-aged, married nebbish restaurateur, a gentle soul with no experience in adultery or the sexual revolution, has decided he wants to have an affair. He selects his mother s uptown apartment for the rendezvous because his mother will be out doing volunteer work two hours every week. The play takes one comedic turn after another as Barney continues to be unsuccessful in his choice of partners.
Performances are 8 p.m. May 18 and 2 p.m. May 19. Adults are $15, seniors (62 and older) $12 and children younger than 18, $10. Tickets can be reserved by calling 925-757-9500, or online at www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Nancy Roberts has solo art exhibit
BRENTWOOD — CR Framing will showcase the artwork of Nancy Roberts through May 16 at 700 Harvest Park Drive.
The exhibit will feature works in oil, acrylic and pastel. Roberts eclectic subjects range from landscapes and streetscapes to tools, trucks and toys.
The exhibit is open Mondays through Fridays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, go to www.nancyrobertsstudio.com.
Umpqua Bank hosts art exhibit
ANTIOCH — Umpqua Bank in Antioch will host a Discover Art League exhibit with the first event showcasing the works of abstract artist Sandra Berkson. The exhibit will run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays through the month of May. The bank plans to host a new exhibit every two months, featuring two or more artists. A reception will be held at the bank 4 to 6 p.m. May 18, 3700 Lone Tree Way. Refreshments will be served.
For information about Discover Art League, call Gus Daugherty at 925 516-4477.
Stage Right hosts auditions for musical
ANTIOCH — Stage Right Conservatory Theatre will hold auditions for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on May 20 and 21 at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 F St.
Directed by Bryan Anthony, this Tony Award-nominated musical is based on the "Coat of Many Colors story with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The cast features 40 roles for male and female actors ages 8 to18. No previous musical experience is necessary. To receive an audition time, register online at www.srctgrp.org. Performances are July 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28. If cast, there is a $75 participation fee. For more information, call 925-216-4613.
Brentwood hosts public art walls
BRENTWOOD — The city of Brentwood hosts a Brentwood Public Art Walls exhibit highlighting local artists and organizations.
The exhibit features works by Brian Carlton, oils; Joyce Marlene Carroll-Oetgen, pen, ink, mixed medium; Beverly C. Turner, mixed-media ceramics; and Heritage High School Visual Art students. The exhibit will run 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, through June 21, at the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St. For information on how to participate in the Brentwood Public Art Walls, call Poldina Scherf at 925-516-5364 or email email@example.com.
Art4Schools exhibit set at Lynn House Gallery
ANTIOCH — The Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch hosts the ninth annual Art4Schools exhibits at the Lynn House Gallery.
The Art4Schools exhibits features Antioch Unified School District classrooms involved in the Arts4Schools Program, sponsored by the Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch, Union Pacific Foundation, the city of Antioch and a Calpine funded through the office of Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover.
The the final exhibits include art from Turner and Diablo schools displayed May 15-25.
The gallery is open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m., during exhibits. There is no admission fee for the reception or exhibit.
For more information, contact Diane Gibson-Gray at the Arts & Cultural Foundation at 925-325-9897, e-mail email@example.com or go to www.Art4Antioch.org.
Delta Quilters show set for May 18-19
BRENTWOOD — The Delta Quilters "A Splash of Fabric and Art show is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 18 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 at the Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak St.
More than 200 quilt and wearable art entries, as well as home accessories, will be on display at the vendor mall. Demonstrations will be held throughout the show, and refreshments and lunch available for purchase. Admission is $7 for one day and $10 for two days (under 8 and over 80 free).
Parking is free. For more information, go to www.deltaquilters.org.
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The problem I have is they ban/suspend first and ask questions later. They should get in contact with the individual first discuss the issue and give them a warning and if the problem persists they can then ban/suspended. I am dealing with a suspension of my own and am none to pleased about the way they are handling it because it is very unprofessional. I would have to say this has been the worst customer support experience I have ever had which is sad because I very much enjoy there product but with a experience like this my view on ArenaNet has changed and I honestly don't know if I can recommended there products any more considering how poor there customer service is.
Don't post on the forum – it will not help.
Write a ticket and ask for review – that will help.
Doesn't help if they don't respond to your ticket….
Some tickets are prioritized above others. A log-in issue — "I've been banned and I didn't do anything" or "I cannot remember my password" — is of higher priority than "My name was blocked and I'm not happy.
I don't mean to single you out, but it's plain truth that some situations deserve more immediate action than others.
Having said that a team member usually responds within hours, a day or two at most. And we have a sticky thread at the top of this Account Support Forum for anyone who has waited 3 days or more.
The character name was offensive. You were warned against such choices. You were suspended, which you were foretold.
Your display also was offensive. It was changed. No additional suspension was placed on your account, although strictly speaking that could have happened within the expressed policies about name infractions.
You were kindly allowed to rename.
You were generously given a display name close to your chosen one.
Hereby ends the discussion of your issue. If you choose to troll the forums about this, if you choose to take over other players' posts with your tiny issue, you will serve a time out here, as well. There is only so much kindness and generosity we reasonably can be expected to show.
See above. And stop posting about this.


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PSU-Berks falls in title game
Christian Marcin had a big weekend for Penn State Berks in the North Eastern Athletic Conference tournament in Washington.
The Nittany Lions started the weekend off with a 5-3 win over No. 1 seed and host Gallaudet University, before dropping a 4-3 decision to Harrisburg. Berks then eliminated second seed Penn State Abington with a 4-3 win, a contest in which Marcin had the game-winning RBI single in the top of the ninth inning.
PSU Berks fell in the title game to Harrisburg, 4-3, finishing the season with a 14-23 record.
Marcin finished the tournament 6-for-19 at the plate with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Marcin also contributed on the mound, pitching 1.1 innings with one strikeout, two saves and no earned runs.


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According to Britain's Daily Mirror, our oft-blacklisted hip-hop guru, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Kanye West[/lastfm], has been sitting on the throne remixing an "emotive" version of Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black."
While there has been a lot of train-riding after her tragedy, West's mix comes out in September. What do you think of artists covering Winehouse's music after her death–even if they are Kanye West?
The source says that West's track is "pretty emotive" and that "It's Kanye singing from the heart-with synthesizers."
West is planning to unleash the track onto the world in London in September right before his Watch The Throne tour starts October 28.
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by Lady Aranluc
(from our sister publication, EL PUERCOESPÍN
translated by Manuel Viciano Delibano, editor)
I spotted this in our Spanish section's newsletter.
and the editor, my good friend Manu, graciously
offered to translate it. Of course, as is widely known,
there are 64 signs in the Disc zodiac, so not everyone's
sign may be covered in this article. Dates have been
converted to our Roundworld system to help you find
your birthdate.
March 21 - April 20
The Perhaps Gate
People born under this sign do not expect much joy from life
as part of a couple. If they do have it, that's all right, and if
they don't, that's even better. It is not conformist, it's the
rock-hard conviction that what's happening to them is exactly
what they want to be happening to them, and whoever says
otherwise will carry his teeth home in a bag.
April 21 - May 21
Gahoolie, the Vase of Tulips
This sign's sexual appetite is terrifying. For when they have sex,
they enjoy it enormously and won't stop until clubbed; and when they
don't, they will search for it with a persistence that often ends in
their incarceration. Nothing can stop a Vase of Tulips person
from chasing the opposite gender except the police.
May 22 - June 21
The Two Fat Cousins
Soft and loving, they only want to find their Blue Prince or
their Pink Princess (or their pink prince or their blue princess,
search me) and live happily ever after, stuffing their faces. Alas,
they often explode after reaching critical mass.
June 22 - July 22
Wezen the Double-Headed Kangaroo
Non-stop partying, frantic couplings in closets, and the certain
belief that, "I will have time to find my true love after I get rid
of this other true love" - or, at least, that's their goal.
July 23 - August 23
The Cow of Heaven
They want stability. They want bonding. They want a house with a
garage and lots of children to sanctify their conjugal bond. And then
they want a good divorce agreement, please, thank you.
August 24 - September 23
Mubbo the Hyena
It's better to be alone than in bad company [as the Spanish saying
goes]. Their mates have to put up with their cranky ways, their mood
changes, their slobby lifestyles and be tidy, honest, working, faithful -
and oh, come to their front door with paycheck in hand and a
medical certificate, if possible. Mates often develop an avid interest
in guns and poisons.
September 24 - October 23
The Small Boring Group of Faint Stars [Rincewind's house!]
They are romantics, but romanticism gives them the creeps. They
would do anything for love, but they are so shy... They would do
everything for the loved one, everything, and they don't ask for
much. But they are very choosy. The funny thing is that they are very
often chased after and married. [Manu: except in Rincewind's case...
but he's a wizard. Of a sort.]
October 24 - November 22
Okjock the Salesman
They have an item in their schedule: look for a mate. Two years later
another item says: look for a church for the wedding. Three months
later, another one: Buy [put here any strange edible thing that
pregnant women are supposed to kill for]. It's surprising to see how
little their agenda matches reality, and they get very angry when
reality kicks their butt.
November 23 - December 21
The Overworked Orang-Utang
They are usually too busy to look for a lovemate. Too busy talking
about how lonely they feel because they can't find a a partner, due to
all the work they have to do. No time for courting or romance, no
time for personal grooming. If they ever find someone who will accept
them the way they are, they will be happy forever, they say. The
other person's happiness may not last so long...
December 22 - January 20
The Celestial Parsnip
Their head is always in a mess. They don't know whether they
love you or not, whether they adore you or loathe you, whether
they should marry you or flee without ever stopping. It's a lucky
thing that, pressing the proper buttons, they are easy to manage,
and even luckier that they are so easy to dodge.
January 21 - February 18
The Knotted String
The perfect mate for them is someone understanding, who
gives them space to think, who understands and respects
their afflictions, who is always there when they come back
home. That is, someone who does not get mad at them
when he or she knows nothing of them for days, a very
usual thing. Unless they make big money (and sometimes
even then), they tend to get divorced or dumped.
February 19 - March 20
The Flying Moose
They need caring, they need hugging, they need a sparkle
of romanticism in their lives. But if they don't get it, they
just make it up and make do with whatever they have. In short,
they like living in a dream world, reading trashy love novels
and watching soap operas on TV. Shrinks make them worse.
None of these signs quite right? Cheer up, there are 52 more
signs, and one of them just might fit.
There is a new Discworld board game called "Thud",
now on the market, based vaguely on the Battle of
Koom Valley. You can read about it on:
And there is an introductory short story
(well, more like a short storylet) by PTerry
himself, which you can find here:
by Cat Tiger Li
Sorry, no room for a new puzzle this month due to the
vital horoscope data above, but here's the solution
to the last one. New one coming next month.
1. Ruler of Ankh-Morpork - 4th letter - PATRICIAN
2. He Who Cannot Be Denied - 2nd letter - DEATH
3. Famous Wizzard - 6th letter - RINCEWIND
4. Colour of Magic - 1st letter - OCTARINE
5. Suitcase with Legs - 1st letter - LUGGAGE
6. Crocodile God - 2nd letter - OFFLER
7. Voyagers Off the Disk - 5th letter - CHELONAUTS
8. Impossibly Inverted Mountain - 1st letter - WYRMBERG
9. The Empire - 4th letter - AGATEAN
R/ E/ W /O /L /F /O /W /T / = The Tourist (READ BACKWARDS)
1*/ 2*/ 3*/4*/ 5*/6*/7*/*8/*9/
Elton Murphy, head of The Collectors Guild, reports that
the new Reaper Man Jigsaw Puzzles are now in stock.
Registered buyers can enter his secure site to see them at:
Unregistered buyers can see them at:
They are all listed in the 'Discworld' section, says Elton.
"We currently have just under 100 in stock and can supply you
immediately," he promises.
Copyright (c) 2002 by Klatchian Foreign Legion
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This is part 3 of a serial comic about travel-as-time-travel between 15 and 35, family vacations and research trips, and learning about being a daughter & a mom & a woman or whatever in London, the place where I had my first training in independence & dependence & terror & writing & adventure & desire.
Previously on My London Diary: I went on a research trip to London with my mom and my two-year-old daughter, and remembered traveling to London for my mom's sabbatical in 1996; through time travel, I turned myself into a 34-year-old Teen Mom, and realized with reluctance that this is also a story about dads. Or their absence. (Click on image below to view a full-size image of the whole page, or scroll down to see individual panels for easier mobile viewing.)
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POLICE sniffed out a crime when they caught a teenager in possession of drugs.
Ryan Craigs had cannabis stashed under the front passenger seat of a car he was travelling in, when it was stopped by officers in Sunniside Lane, South Shields.
Police had been concerned about how the vehicle was being driven, but could smell cannabis coming from the car when they approached.
A search was carried out and a bag of cannabis, as well as two grinders, two pipes and a bong were also uncovered.
Craigs admitted the drugs and paraphernalia were his and was arrested by police.
The 19-year-old pleaded guilty to possession of a Class B drug at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Magistrates gave Craigs, of Cricklewood Road, Sunderland, a six-month conditional discharge and ordered him to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £15.


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Harmonising our taxes with Republic is the way forward
Whatever will the Republic think of next that could have a negative impact on Northern Ireland? Imagine VAT on restaurants and hotel bills here was reduced to half that in the Republic.
Imagine our air routes had minimal passenger taxes while, through Dublin airport, you paid 400% more. Imagine petrol and diesel prices up north were at least 10% cheaper than the south.
Imagine businesses here paid only 12.5% corporation tax - less than half the rate in the south. Imagine the Dublin government had bailed out the Northern Ireland economy with a huge loan, but we still had all these goodies in place.
Wouldn't you expect the powers-that-be in the Republic would have something to say about that? They would be champing at the bit with displeasure, complaining to London, Brussels and Washington that the south was the victim of unfair competition from the black north.
The reality is that the shoe is on the other foot. It is we who are losing out to our southern neighbours.
The bailout money has gone from the UK to Dublin, yet the south's VAT bills are reduced from July in southern restaurants and hotels. The airport tax is €3 (£2.70) from Dublin to Britain, but £12 on a single flight from here to Glasgow.
The arguments over whether Northern Ireland should have any reduction in corporation tax - never mind enjoy the Republic's 12.5% rate - are unresolved.
These unpalatable facts crossed my mind last week as I observed the proceedings of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee inquiring into why air travel to and from Northern Ireland is taxed so heavily.
Any change in this iniquitous tax will still be too late to impact on the pockets of air-travellers this summer, but at least the government in London appears to be listening.
After years of inaction, we now have an open debate involving tourist and hotel interests, local airports, and politicians at Stormont and Westminster.
It will not be enough to simply offer some derogation on the tax on transatlantic flights. Air passenger duty on travel between airports in Britain and here amounts to an unjust indirect tax.
It was wrongly imposed in the first place by a Conservative government and it should be reduced, or phased out, by the current one.
This tax is a legacy of direct rule. It was introduced in 1994 when we were all more interested in whether the IRA ceasefire of that year would hold and whether the peace process would survive. I cannot recall too much - if any - fuss being made either by local politicians, or direct rule ministers.
The new Executive is taking the matter much more seriously now and rightly so. Recently, I heard Arlene Foster, the Trade and Enterprise Minister, offer some interesting tourist statistics. She said visitors to Northern Ireland are worth £500m to the local economy.
A campaign is under way to boost tourism in 2012, when the new £100m Titanic centre opens in Belfast and our greatest attraction, the Giant's Causeway, opens its new visitor centre. That said, it is little wonder that the latest visitor numbers are significantly down. The tax on air travel is an incentive to stay away.
Our direct air link with the United States is threatened with closure because the air passenger duty is a minimum £60 out of Belfast on an economy flight.
Why fly out of Northern Ireland when Dublin airport offers a cheaper alternative? Bailout and near-bankruptcy be damned: the Irish government has abolished duty on transatlantic flights and reduced it to only €3 for domestic flights to Britain.
The fate of Continental Airlines' route to the US may hang in the balance over the £60 tax, but we should be even more concerned about the tax on every domestic traveller on UK routes.
As with corporation tax, the duty on air travel is placing Northern Ireland at a major disadvantage to the Republic. The disparity highlights the need for 'harmonisation' between north and south - a word which once sent alarm bells ringing in the unionist community, but not anymore.
It should be in the interests of the British and Irish governments and the Executive to harmonise obvious disparities which have the effect of damaging Northern Ireland, especially when both governments are committed, through the Good Friday Agreement, to support this community.
Times are changing. We cannot live in isolation of one another, as has been the case for far too long. As we know to our cost, decisions taken in Dublin can have far-reaching and damaging effects on Northern Ireland. More harmonisation is essential.


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Mother is custodial parent
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If you go to the gallery of Transformers: Dark of the Moon images in our Blend Film Database, you will see no less than six images advertising the release date of July 1. Well, if you go to a July 1 screening expecting it to be opening day, prepare to be disappointed. According to Deadline, an inside source has learned that due to positive responses at footage screenings, the newest Michael Bay movie has moved up two days and will now be released on Wednesday June 29th. The new date affects all markets with the exception of Japan and China, where the release date will stay the same.
Given the way the movie schedule is packed this year, opening means absolutely everything and I'm surprised that more movies aren't taking this exact same tactic. Crowds on Wednesday and Thursday won't be as big as those that arrive over the weekend, but it can be successful in the long run. Transformers is sandwiched between Cars 2 (June 24); Zookeeper (July 8); Horrible Bosses (July 8) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (July 15). Those extra two days are going to mean everything,
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Some media attention has been given to the circulation of a number of malicious files found on gnutella networks accessed by LimeWire users. As always, please use caution when participating in these sorts of networks. Anytime files are shared amongst a community of users, there is an increased risk of malware.
Some files were distributed on those networks with a .mp3 or .mpg extension and instead of video or audio content, contain asf files, which are scripts that direct the default handler (your web browser) to a specified URL or web site.
Luckily, most users find it suspicious when they expect to play a sound or video file in their media player, and instead receive a web browser prompting them to download and install more software. So they don't run it — that's probably why McAfee saw a half million .mpg/mp3′s that contained a link to malicious software, but saw not even 10% of that number resulting in actual downloaded adware on user's desktops.
While it's great that AV scanner detection has caught up with the file extension trickery on the P2P networks, it's unfortunate that the individuals peddling this adware just skip that step and distribute binaries. Setup.exe files archived in "american pie full dvd movie.zip" and many other misleading filenames are floating around the P2P networks with the exact same payload as the downloaders described in the news.
It wouldn't make much sense that an entire "full dvd movie" could be contained in a 94kb zip file, but some users don't make that connection. Instead of a full dvd, the user gets multiple pieces of adware installed on their system, like Adware.Agent!sd5, Adware.PlayMP3z /Adware.PlayMP3z.
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An investigator says a college football player killed by police got medical assistance from officers within three to five minutes after the shooting was first reported.
Lawyers for some witnesses have alleged that Danroy Henry, of Easton, Mass., was neglected for up to 15 minutes after he was shot outside a bar early Sunday in Thornwood, N.Y.
At a press conference today, Mount Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno said Henry was on a stretcher within 10 minutes of the reported incident. Alagno said he is "truly remorseful" for the death of Henry. Police are also looking to try and speak with a blonde female civilian who gave Henry chest compressions after the shooting and before paramedics attended to him.
The police chief detailed a timeline of events surrounding the incident, with the first call of shots fired and request for EMS coming in at 1:25 a.m. Henry was shot three minutes later. Police assessed the "grave condition" of Henry and retrieved first aid equipment, including a defibrillator and oxygen tank, from 1:28 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., the chief said. By 1:35 a.m., Henry was loaded on a stretcher and wheeled to an ambulance, Alagno said.
Alagno said Henry was handcuffed after the shooting but does not know how long the cuffs were on. He had said previously that Henry was uncuffed once officers saw the severity of his injury.
A preliminary autopsy confirmed "death by gunshot.'' Alagno did not say which officer's bullet caused the death or how many times Henry was hit. He said the investigation will take months.
Earlier Friday, Angela and Danroy Henry Sr. told ABC's "Good Morning America'' that they don't want to turn their son's death into a racial issue; they said they just want the truth.
The family is biracial, according to their attorney.
Police have said that Henry sped away and hit two white officers after a policeman knocked on his car window. The family's attorney has said that eyewitnesses have contradicted that account.


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CONYERS -- They may be Falcons, but they certainly don't mind doing things on the ground.
Flowery Branch rolled up 221 yards rushing en route to a 35-14 defeat of Salem on Friday night in Conyers.
The Falcons (3-2, 3-0 Region 8-AAAAA) were led by 103 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries from quarterback Jackson McDonald. Just Curry also carried 11 times for 69 yards, as the visitors pulled ahead 35-0 in the third quarter.
McDonald also passed for 79 yards, completing 5 of 12 attempts for three scores -- one each to Cameron Davis, Jamaad Stephens (two catches, 53 yards) and Davante King.
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I would like to thank and remember those brave men and women who have given their lives so others can have freedom. Thank you so much for the sacrifice and I would like to personally thank my husband's Grandpa, Uncles and Cousins for serving our country.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Celebrating Memorial Day!
Posted by texaswithlove1982 at 6:53 PM
Labels: Holidays, Memorial Day Celebration
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