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I've joined TE because of my village, so after so many years on this site I intentionally picked just a regular view of my village not presented before for my photo #500, since I have so many other great locations , including three rivers, springs, bridges, water wheels,etc. This is central part of the village with white peaks of mountain Velez behind, Bunica spring is in right corner behind hills, well presented in my recent post.
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FOXBORO -- The answers weren't in the film. There were no bad snaps or shaky holds.
Try as one might to find a reason for why Stephen Gostkowski has gone into a bit of a slump, the Patriots kicker kept coming up with the same simple response: He has just plain missed.
"It's just a cycle and you go through the ups and downs," Gostkowski said. "You gotta ride the wave. I've got knocked off the board a couple times this year and I'm going to get right back up there, and go out there with confidence and self belief. I've made way more kicks than I've missed in this career. And you see other guys that you respect and think are really good and the same thing happens to them at some point in their career, and it's not the end of the world. It's four games into the year and you just look forward to the next game and the next kick."
Gostkowski missed his first two kicks against the Bills in New England's Week 4 win, 52-28. Though his misses didn't have a negative impact on the game's outcome for the Patriots, they extended the conversation surrounding Gostkowski that began after he missed a game-winning field goal at home against the Cardinals in Week 2.
Why had a guy who had made 84 percent of his kicks in his career missed three of his first 13 this season?
Gostkowski preferred to focus on the positive.
"The kicks I did miss weren't by much," he said. "It's just a little fine-tuning. My leg strength feels great. I'm crushing the ball in kickoffs. I just gotta pay a little more attention to detail. Things will work out. I've been working hard, I wouldn't change any way that I've prepared, I just gotta focus and execute better."
Gostkowski went on to make his third field goal attempt of the Bills game -- a 30-yarder in the fourth quarter -- but he said he was still fuming afterwards because of his misses.
"I'm pissed off no matter what after that game," Gostkowski said. "Even if I'd made seven field goals after that. I'm always hard on myself, but I also keep a good perspective and I move on. If I wasn't working hard and I wasn't giving it my all and I hadn't had success before, maybe I could look back and say I wish I'd have done something different. That's not the case. I feel good with the way I came in this season and I'm just gonna keep the same approach and keep kicking and that's all I can do."
Earlier this week coach Bill Belichick threw his support behind Gostkowski, who is in his seventh year with the Patriots and has the ninth-best field goal percentage in the history of the league.
"Steve, again, had some real good plays (Sunday)," Belichick said. "Again, thats an operation that involves more than one guy. Its not a pitcher taking the ball on the mound or a golfer teeing a ball up. Its a snap, a hold, a kick -- a whole process. Well keep working hard at it."
Gostkowski was asked about that three-man operation -- Danny Aiken is the team's long-snapper, while punter Zoltan Mesko holds for field goals -- and how it was functioning.
"It's good," he said simply.
All of Gostkowski's misses have been from beyond 40 yards. Though they were kicks he expects to make, they weren't chip shots. And until his miss as time wound down against the Cardinals, Gostkowski's Week 2 performance may have been the best of his career as he knocked down kicks from 46, 34, 51 and 53 yards so his physical skills certainly aren't waning. Just look at his kickoffs -- he's second in the league with 18 touchbacks.
But where does he go from here? What does he do to get back to looking like one of the league's most reliable kickers?
"Just go back to work," Gostkowski said. "Focus a little harder. It's not that I'm not kicking enough, I'm kicking plenty. It's not that I'm not practicing good. I'm practicing very good. It's just a matter of execution. I just have to do a better job of executing. I've been here before. I've missed two kicks in a row maybe twice in my career, but it has happened. Missed big kicks in my career going back to high school and I've moved on from that. There's no reason why I don't think that I could run off 10 or 15 in a row."
Gostkowski will have until Sunday before he has a chance to get on a roll, but he can deal with the wait. As a college baseball pitcher at the University of Memphis, he was used to playing and then having to live with the result until taking the mound again a week later.
Just as it was then from start to start, what happened last week is behind him, and he says he is ready -- physically and mentally -- to do his job against the Broncos.
"My confidence will always be high," Gostkowski said. "I've been doing this for so long and I've had so many ups and downs. Things have a way of working themselves out whether good or bad. I don't worry about things I can't control, I just control how hard I work and how hard I concentrate."


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Coptic MPs Urged to Quit in Protest Over St. Marks Cathedral Attacks
The Egyptian Center for Development Studies (ECDS) has called for Coptic Members of Parliament in the Shura Council to resign in protest against the siege of St. Mark's Cathedral.
The center also called for "holding President Mohamed Morsi accountable for failing to protect his people," referring to "the failure of the state to protect its citizens and places of worship, especially the cathedral, which is seen a symbol by the Orthodox Copts in Egypt and all over the world."
The center also demanded that the interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, be fired and have charges levied against him "for failing to address the events of the cathedral."
The statement likened the cathedral events to the bombings of the Two Saints Church in Alexandria in terms of "presidential stupidity in dealing with it," as put by the statement,
The ECDS also predicted that the investigation into the events of the cathedral will end with a similar vicious cycle reached in the issue of Alexandria's church.
The statement deemed violence against Copts in the cathedral is "irrefutable evidence that the declared persecution of Copts is imminent."


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Calla Lilies are easy to grow and are excellent cut flowers. Callas come in a wide range of colors and thrive in well drained soil and full sun. One of the best reasons to grow Callas is being able to bring the graceful blooms inside as cut flowers. The blooms are long-lasting and are beautiful in bouquets. Callas are also an excellent container plant and may be grown inside or outside.
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DescriptionFantastic Saloon Gaming Trade Stimulator Dice Rolling Table, circa 1890s-1900s. Wonderful miniature Wild West saloon stimulator, used to roll dice for drinks. A nicely hand made mahogany wooden table (felt lined), with a wooden cylinder with a hole for dice to drop through and land on table for gaming purposes. Includes five period hard celluloid dice. Measures approximately 9.5" long x 3.5" high x 6.5 wide". Total height with cylinder approximately 7". From the Emory A. Cantey Western Collection.
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What is bullying? When does mocking become bullying? Do bullies even realise they are causing immense mental harm to the person they are bullying? Sometimes what seems harmless at first, gradually gets ugly and hurtful. Sometimes, people don't even realise their ill-placed jokes could do irreversible damage to the victim, especially at a young age.
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"Be strong", "Don't be such a crybaby", "Face them like a man", "You are so weak; just get over it" – these are the most common reactions to someone being bullied. Surprisingly, bullying doesn't arouse anger in most people, it makes them pity the victim. The bully automatically becomes the 'stronger' person and the victim a 'weakling'.
Brandon Singh Rayat, a 15-year-old boy of Indian origin, killed himself after being bullied by his school mates for 16 months. His 44-year-old mother, Mina, has spoken about the tragedy during UK's Anti-Bullying week.
His friends at school had been bullying him, calling him a 'paedo' and a 'faggot'. They even mocked him with a fake Jimmy Savile (the TV presenter who was found out to be paedophile) Facebook page. "Those boys who were his friends once have killed him. They have taken his life away and they have ruined our lives," his 44-year-old mother, Mina, said.
The boy had been in extreme psychological distress for months and had become suicidal. His parents sought medical help for him and it was found that he was suffering from "acute stress reaction in the context of bullying".
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Tippett is closer than McCracken, IMO
Unfortunately, I just spent 30 minutes typing up something before my Explorer (Internet, not Ford) crashed, so I will try to make this relatively quick. I don't have the time today to go through all the stats or find all the links, but I promise to do so soon and leave this post here as more of a placeholder and for commentary.
Sometimes a good theory gets buried because no one listens, and sometimes a flawed theory takes on a snowball effect and has everyone believing it because they want something new. I believe Voros McCraken's theory that pitchers have essentially no effect on what happens to a ball put in play, while inventive and forcing us to think and to realize that there is more randomness is the game than we would otherwise like to believe, falls more into that latter category.
[I don't know what is going on but blogger just erased a bunch of what I wrote when it posted, so I'll try to duplicate it AGAIN] I'm not one to believe something just because "it sounds right" in the face of evidence. So, if Voros's theory hold water with the evidence, then I am all for it no matter how "counter-intuitive." I just don't believe it does, at least in any extreme form. Tom Tippett's rebuttal appears to be much more sound, in my mind, and even McCracken, I believe, has slowly shied away from his theory, at least at the extremes and as a be-all and end-all.
Sure, I could be anecdotal and say that I don't understand how a well-placed liner into outfield can be equivalent to a slow roller to the pitcher. But there is a staring-in-your-face stat that, to me, just does not line up with McCracken's theory. And that is that batters have higher batting averages in batters' counts. It is an axiom and it is dramatic, and I do not believe that the difference in the numbers is entirely made up of strikeouts--something that is easy to check and I will. A batter does far better in a 3-0 or 3-1 count (when he is able to zone in on a particular pitch) than he does in an 0-2 count (when he is just trying to "get his bat on the ball").
Next, combine that with the statement that better pitchers get the batters into more pitchers' counts than batters' counts--remember Maddux's crazy year where he went 3-0 on something like 4 batters all year (that number is wrong, I'm sure, but it isn't far off, and I will find a link to it at some point soon)?
Well, I fail to see how that combination of truisms can peacefully coincide with McCraken's ideas. Better pitchers get into more pitchers' counts and therefore batters will have lower batting averages on balls put in play against them over a season. Can anyone point to evidence against that?
Like I said, I wish I had the time to really delve into the stats and put links to everything this morning, but my computer already crashed once and I have actual work to do. But I certainly would be interested in a discussion on this.


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Chocolate syrup. Diamonds. Sugar. Toy soldiers. Cotton. Wire. Thread. Jelly. Peanut butter. These are just some of the materials Vik Muniz has used over the years to create (or recreate) the iconography he uses for his inimitable photographs. Materials are the real objects of his affection. "I'm always dealing with preconceived ideas you have of the value of materials, so the point of departure is familiarity. Then it's easy for you to transcend to something else," says Muniz in the offices of Arthouse Films, which produced the Lucy Walker-directed documentary Waste Land (out tomorrow) about his latest material obsession: garbage. The point of transcendence for Muniz arrived shortly after meeting the Countdown To Zero director in 2007 and discussing their mutual interest in the subject. Once they learned that the 300-plus acre dump in Muniz's native Brazil, Jardim Gramacho, was the largest garbage heap in the world, there was no turning back.
"In this case, I departed from the image and it went into genre. The images were of work," says Muniz, who met and befriended various catadores (or pickers)—from Irma, a restaurant trained cook who is the Gramacho chef to Tião, the president of the picker's co-op Association of Collectors of the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho (ACAMJG)—posed them in various depictions of work by Picasso, Millet, or David's Marat, and had the pickers help him to reassemble the images with the recyclable materials they collected at Gramacho for the final works that comprised his 2008 series, "Pictures of Garbage." With over 300 hours of footage Walker captured the process (and the proud-if-devastating lives of the catadores) from the project's humble beginnings to the comedown after it traveled around the world—from China to P.S. 1—and drew a million visitors when it was shown in five cities across Brazil.
"It's a funny thing," says Muniz, who raised over $300,000 ($276,000 for the co-op and $50,000 for the catadores featured in the film) for the cause. "You make a work that's very selfish and all of a sudden that takes on a form that you don't imagine. Tião was telling me, 'There's somebody here and they want me to talk about art.' And I said, 'Screw you, Tião, there's a lot of people calling me here wanting me to talk about garbage. And I don't know shit about garbage. You know, you have to come up with something. You're on your own man.' He's like, "I have no idea." I said, 'Well, you have to study.' I'm doing my homework with the garbage thing and it becomes addictive." So addictive in fact, that the Brooklyn-based Muniz has become a diplomat of sorts in Rio since the project took flight. Fresh off a tour of Japan he talked about the film, garbage, and his new hyphenate.
MICHAEL SLENSKE: What were you doing in Japan?
VIK MUNIZ I was in Tokyo. Every place I'm working for a project they have a screening of the film. They had one in London, then in Japan. And I had to go and talk. It was cool though to watch it with Japanese people.
SLENSKE: What did the audience think?
MUNIZ: It's very similar, the reaction, because it sort of touches everybody. I thought language would be a barrier, but they had subtitles. I didn't think it was going to be like that, because artist documentaries are usually really boring. But it's a crowd-pleaser. People really get into it and they get very emotional about it.
SLENSKE: When you started thinking about this project did you think of it as a documentary?
MUNIZ: Yes, and I think it's because I wanted to work with garbage for a long time.
SLENSKE: Well, you had used garbage previously...
MUNIZ: I had, but not garbage-garbage, so when I met with Lucy I thought, "Now I have a good excuse" to do that body of work.
SLENSKE: She pushed you to do it?
MUNIZ: No, because we decided to do a documentary about a specific body of work instead of doing an artist documentary.
SLENSKE: That was the talk originally, right?
MUNIZ: [Producer] Angus [Aynsley] had wanted to do this and 10 years before I had done one. I thought it would be too early to do another one. But the idea to go over a single body of work seemed more interesting. And it put me in a position to do the body of work. Sometimes I need the encouragement to do things.
SLENSKE: Were you tentative when you first got to Gramacho?
MUNIZ: The work itself, I knew that I could do it because we've been working on this type of stuff and we have a way of doing it. We have a way of dealing with the distortion, the height, and also dealing with a group of people who aren't trained in art-making. A lot of my staff I work with there in Brazil are young people from the favelas. For 14 years I've been working with them so I hire them on a rotating basis and I try to find employment for them. So I know that can be done. These kids know what art is; they've gone through some programs. The catadores didn't. But they were very able with their hands. The new thing [for me] is to include people that are the subject of the film process.
SLENSKE: Do you want to do more of that going forward?
MUNIZ: I wouldn't mind doing it again, but this was so successful that it would be hard to top it. You're dealing with such extremes. You're dealing with, first of all, people who have no contact with contemporary art at all, whatsoever. Whatever they know about art is from television. And you make the film with the same materials [as you'd make television]; it's an economy of means that's relevant to the experience.
SLENSKE: Essentially that's what a lot of your work is about, adding value or taking it away from things like syrup or diamonds.
MUNIZ: Everyone knows chocolate or sugar, so the materials you're familiar with and the images you're familiar with too. I try to use iconography-poster store iconography-that I love, like James Dean or Charlie Chaplin. Because I love the idea of dealing with exhausted images.
SLENSKE: How did you arrive at these images?
MUNIZ: I must say it was instinctive. But once you're there the theme of work is so present, and I kept thinking about the origins of workforce iconography. You have Russian posters, and earlier than that you have the idea of the noble peasant, but it's interesting that a lot of these images that make work noble, that exalt the idea of work, they come after slavery.
SLENSKE: Is this work that's going at Gramacho a form of slavery?
MUNIZ: It's disguised, because if you're living on sub-human wages you need to be doing something that's very important for everyone, call it what you want. Although there's a lot of dignity in what they do. The pride is something that it's almost a tool for survival for the picker, but it's also infused with a great deal of denial.
SLENSKE: Like when you question whether taking them out of that environment [to see an auction in London] is dangerous or not.
MUNIZ: They all probably would like to be out of there, but when they're there they need to feel what they're doing is meaningful. That's why this type of iconography is so important; its sustenance.
SLENSKE: What's the role of the artist in this situation?
MUNIZ: I guess it's a sign of maturity in my career, which I hate to admit. When you're starting out, you're trying to impress people with your ability to do things; your knowledge of the situation; where you live and how fast; how spontaneous; how relevant you are; and it's all about you. By the time you stop convincing people, you start relaxing a little bit, and then you start listening. And as you start taking in you become aware of the public, which is huge. You only do half of it, the other half of the experience is other people. And once you become aware of your responsibility toward your public, it's where you start making work that is really relevant.
SLENSKE: You mean the public in the art world or the general public?
MUNIZ: Then you have to define your public. You realize you make art for everybody but only the same kind of of people come to see it. And that's when you start asking questions, like, "Is that really real?"
SLENSKE: You know it's funny you say that because I'm interested in what you think of [one of the catadores] JR's photo project in the favelas?
MUNIZ: Oh, that's beautiful. That's a really cool project. I had a show that opened in Rio two years ago; in the film, it's the show we see in Rio. It went to P.S. 1, Canada and Mexico City, but once it went to Brazil I redesigned the entire show. I designed an entire educational program for it; we set up monitors that could engage people in discussions. So we designed an entire exhibition because I said I want an exhibition designed for a much wider public. I don't want to show this just for critics and curators. And it worked. We got a million people that came to see the show in five venues.
SLENSKE: Are any of these catadores doing art now?
MUNIZ: Now, but I joke with Tião, for instance. Tião's like a celebrity in Brazil now and he's at the forefront of the national movement of catadores and he's an advisor for the Coca-Cola Institute for policies on recycling. He's setting up meetings with the future owner of Jardim Gramacho. There's a lot of really cool things that are happening. We're pressing for change of law and the taxation of recycling equipment. We're participating very actively with the movement to oblige all the cities that host the World Cup to compel people to pick up; otherwise the trash all ends up in the same dump. It has to be a part of the education.
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Knoxville (WVLT) -- Channon Christian's father, Gary, responded to the rally that took place in Downtown Knoxville today.
"I think it was a hate crime. I think any kind of crime like that is a hate crime. Was it racial, no, I don't think so," Christian said.
He said he doesn't like anyone using his daughter's pictures for their own agenda.
Christian also said that he did not like the ralliers visiting Channon's grave site and says he will stop them if they try it again.


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2014 Results
2014 New Years Resolution
Lose Weight (Goal 110Kgs)
Quit Smoking (Again)
Have not smoked os "check"
Final weigh in: 91.8Kgs (smashed it!)
2015 is gainz year
I hope one day you will realise I did truly care for you. I promise you are going to miss me being there, putting up with you, refusing to give up on you. You're going to regret everything you've done to me, including all the damage you've caused. And someday, you'll turn back and I won't be waiting for you any more. I might have been worthless to you, but you'll miss me, when i turn out to be priceless to another.
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Resolution Update – 6 Months
Still not smoking. By my calcs I have saved $2500 wow!
Still at the Gym, Although I have cut my routine down a little bit now going to the Gym twice a day on Monday through to Thursday. With a single visit on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday as an optional day to recover.
Starting Weight: 139Kgs
Current Weight: 109Kgs
Weight Loss so far: 30Kgs
Goal #3 Smashed and Ultimate Goal smashed, been trying to crack 110Kgs since before I got married in 2007.
Think I will extend this out a little bit and get rid of whats left of my beer belly.
NEW TARGET 100Kgs or below.
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garMix is a collection of music i have compiled into a continuous playlist to enjoy while working out, driving, or just relaxing. It captures tunes over a period of time which I enjoy. Feel free to download a copy for your self or check out previous Garmix versions here
Resolution Update
So far been off the fags now for 3 months. Third time quitting, last time I managed for 3 years to stay off them.
Joined Jetts Fitness which has locations across NZ and Australia which is perfect for me and my coming year. Have been hitting it hard now since January and sticking to a strict diet of High Fats and Protein and Zero Carb following the Cereal Killers documentary I watched in the new year. Find our more here
Starting Weight 139 Kgs.
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Weight loss so far 20Kgs
Goal #1 Smashed Next is 25Kgs lost.
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Time for Change
Ok after one of the roughest years on my history books, 2013 really kicked me in the arse with some help from those love ones I trusted most. Thank god for family and friends.
Finding myself in a rut, and decided to make 2014 my year.
Tipping the scales at 139 Kgs at xmas, and smoking 20+ a day am gunna start here.
2014 Resolutions
1) Quit Smoking.
2) Lose weight get down to 110 Kgs.
So as of 1 January The ciggies get binned (Cold Turkey) and with the help of Family am gunna hit the Gym, HARD.
Wish me luck!
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Been a while but will get back to posting again. Anyway here is an update on Garmix from the last years travels.
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And the holiday ends….. reality hits
That was that. Seen Caleb… AMAZING!!!! i can not believe what an amazing little kid, actually… little man I have there. Perhaps im biased but not many would disagree after meeting him. Anyway spent some good ol quality time with the little man, and it was truely awesome. Just chillinh out on the couch was our favourite pass time. Its the simple things ya know that mean the most.
Then Jess arrived to help me through that last day and saying goodbye. Man was I pleased she made it. Needed someone with me. We decided to head away very next day after seeing Caleb off, the 6 hour drive through some of the Worlds best scenery was a welcome distraction. Off the the coast to meet Jess's fmaily in Napier. Was a nce trip, away from it all, rarely had internet which was a blessing as much as a curse. I really needed that time away, those few days unconnected to be able to get re-connected again.
4 days in Nap[ier flew by, had to buy my first jacket I have purchased since leaving the northern hemisphere…. fecking cold man. But as fast as we arrived it was time to say goodbye again. Goodbyes suck! It was hard for Jess to say good bye after being away so long, and I thank her for letting us come back a little early so I can do the same with mine. Back to Auckland and spend the last 3 days with Mum and family before we head back to Australia and then onwards.
Loved every moment with Jess and my family. I know I did not get to see people, and even spend as much time with family as I would have liked, but what time I did have was spent well. highlight was without a doubt dinner @ "the Beach house" in Buckland beach…. FANTASTIC!!! great scenery, great enviroment, great staff FECKING awesome food.
But then it was time to say goodbye AGAIN. This time to my mum. Again goodbyes suck!!!
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Last Day with Caleb
Well he has gone now Caleb is back in a plane jet setting it back to Ireland. Man shattering. Its beena tough week, a GREAT week, dont get me wrong. Seeing him has been amazing, re-connecting with him priceless. BUt dreading saying goodbye again. I wanted to remember the trip positively, trying to remain un phased by other issues that are ever pressing. Am devastated today, not sure when I will see him again, but I know one thing the bond we share….. cant be broken.


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Deleted Registry Entries in an Attempt to Repair CD-Rom Drive
My situation: My CD/DVD-Rom drive is unresponsive (it opens and closes normally) and does not show up on Device Manager.
I read a guide that suggested that I have corrupted registry entries.
It told me to delete UpperFilters and LowerFilters.
I deleted the two entries (and possibly others in the same location).
Good news: I backed up my registry
Bad news: I backed up my ENTIRE registry (oops)
So far, everything appears to be the same... Except when I open iTunes I get an notice that says the registry settings needed to burn and import CDs are missing.
I've been told that I can import the entire .reg backup and "hope that all goes well". It sounds rather sketchy and I am seeking better help. It would be well appreciated if someone were to give me a tip.
Note: I've also been told that a wire could have come loose but I want to fix this registry problem before opening up my PC.
I hope it doesn't come off as leaching by coming here solely for making a help thread. If someone can guide me I'll try to help people in return. Thanks.
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|15 Jun 2012
Was that the only problem that you were experiencing when you backed up your registry?
How did you backup your registry?
If it was with a System Restore point, then that's the best and easiest way to restore it. Just run System Restore and go back to that point. At work I routinely delete registry entries and often delete things that I shouldn't (in search of a fix) - but System Restore (in Win7) has saved my bacon on several occasions.
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|15 Jun 2012
Was that the only problem that you were experiencing when you backed up your registry?
How did you backup your registry?
If it was with a System Restore point, then that's the best and easiest way to restore it. Just run System Restore and go back to that point. At work I routinely delete registry entries and often delete things that I shouldn't (in search of a fix) - but System Restore (in Win7) has saved my bacon on several occasions.
I exported the data using regedit.exe and set the export range to 'all'.
I don't have a restore point made prior to the deletion.
Would there be any risk in importing the .reg backup file?
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|15 Jun 2012
None that I know of.
Set a restore point first - "just in case"
Make a System Repair Disc (Start...All Programs...Maintenance...Create a System Repair Disc) You can use that to access System Restore in case things don't work as expected.
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|16 Jun 2012
Unfortunately, I did try to merge/import the .reg file and it didn't work.
At first, there was an error saying that not all of it was successfully imported because they are in use or something
Then I tried to import in safe mode and it said it was unable to access the registry.
I ran as administrator and changed all permissions and still got the message.
The sound on my PC was shut off after rebooting so I had to go back into safe mode and use the restore point I created.
Still, the drivers are missing and I'm pretty sure that .reg backup isn't corrupted at all.
Any ideas?
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|16 Jun 2012
Repair install: Repair Install
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Album Rating: 3.8Thanks man. You're definitely right. Big Dad Ritch is convincing as hell and that's the key to this band's credibility. Also, the fact they improved their song craft is important for me. The choruses are just massive on these songs. Take the title track for example.
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Album Rating: 3.5I definitely like the stoner groove in the title track. But my favorites (for the moment) would be Hands Up (the drive), Outlaw (the nod to Skynyrd) and Paw Paw Hill (cool use of acoustic guitar). Turn It Up and especially Think of Me are -imho- one step too far in their search for melody. If they could fill those small holes in the road next time around, it would really be a hammer.
Album Rating: 3.8Think Of Me is a great ballad imo, but I agree Turn It Up isn't one of the best things they've written. I'd also add Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll to the highlights. Once again, a very strong refrain and generally a darker take on a rock anthem. Don't Come Lookin' also stands out, not only because of its country influence. It's a really well-written Southern rock track.
Album Rating: 2.0Don't even know why but I suddenly remembered this existed. Good god the lyrics blow but I can appreciate the southern grooves. Definitely better than Hellyeah but also much, much worse than Black Label Society.
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We're taking a look back at the 2012 season by analyzing the work done by all of the Cowboys position groups by themselves. The wide receivers and tight ends are up next.
The Players: Dez Bryant and Miles Austin were the starters at receiver with Kevin Ogletree, Dwayne Harris and Cole Beasley all cycling through the third and fourth receiver spots over the course of the season. Rookie Danny Coale spent the year on the practice squad and tore his ACL in November.
Jason Witten turned in another memorable year as the team's starting tight end. James Hanna and John Phillips filled in the backup roles.
2012 Performance: Let's start with the good. Bryant closed the season on a serious roll, looking every inch the bright shining star that the Cowboys hoped to get when they drafted him in the first round in 2010. Witten became the Cowboys' franchise leader in receptions and set a new record for catches by a tight end in a season with 110.
Austin's year was less gaudy, although he did have a few big performances here and there. Injuries slowed Austin at a couple of different points, something that's become a chronic issue the last two years.
Ogletree disappeared after a huge opener, Beasley floated in and out of the offense while showing some ability in the slot and Harris came on strong in the second half of the season.
Hanna flashed some talent as a receiver, although he finished with just eight catches on the year. Phillips also had eight catches, but he makes his bones as a blocker.
Room for Improvement: Nailing down the pecking order of the complementary receivers would be a good thing, if only because it would allow the Cowboys to plan their offense with a bit more certainty. Harris and Beasley both showed skills that fit well with the starters and a full year in those roles should bear more fruit.
Utilizing Hanna's receiving skills more frequently would also make the Cowboys a more difficult team to defend in 2013. There are enough pieces here for the Cowboys to be a very aggressive passing team next season and Hanna fits well as part of that puzzle.
The Cowboys need more from Austin as well. He's no longer the marquee name of the receiving corps, but he's still a key player that should be able to produce more now that Bryant is dominating the defense's attention every week.
Chances of Improvement: Beasley and Harris are a pretty good bet to have better seasons, although the overall impact of their play could be mitigated a bit if Austin leaves or continues to decline. Witten's unlikely to turn in a better season than he had in 2012, but more Hanna could wind up making things essentially a wash.
And then there's Bryant, who may just be scratching the surface of what he's capable of doing in the NFL.
Long-Term Outlook: Austin is the key here. He's got four years of big salaries coming his way without any cap penalty to the Cowboys if they decide to move on from him this offseason. At the very least, there should be a discussion of renegotiating a smaller deal for a player who no longer plays like the No. 1 receiver he's paid to be.
If Austin does leave, the team will need to find a reliable player to slot in across from Bryant, a role neither Beasley nor Harris seems particularly suited to filling. Whether it is Hanna or not, the Cowboys also need to start preparing for the time when Witten isn't a reception machine.
Conclusion: Things are strong at the top among Tony Romo's targets, but there's definitely some uncertainty once you get down the depth chart. It's a much better state of affairs than if the strength and weaknesses were reversed, albeit one that will still demand some attention when the Cowboys put together their personnel for next season.


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MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Florida State makes strong gains on USA Today's coaches' poll leaders Alabama and Oregon in the latest voting update.
No. 1 Alabama and second-ranked Oregon were idle last week, leaving Florida State in the spotlight and the Seminoles responded with a 41-14 win over former Top 10 member Miami (Fla.).
As a result Florida State (8-0) cut into the leaders' vote totals. Alabama (8-0) receives 54 first-place votes -- two fewer than last week -- and Oregon (8-0) drops one first-place mention from the previous poll and has five. Those three lost first-place votes now belong to No. 3-ranked Florida State.
Ohio State (9-0) remains fourth and Baylor (8-0) is again fifth.
Alabama, which goes against No. 12 Louisiana State; Oregon, which plays at No. 6 Stanford; and Baylor, hosting No. 8 Oklahoma, all have big tests this week.
Miami drops eight spots, allowing eight teams to each inch up one place. The other ranked teams that lost were Texas Tech, which also slips eight places to 23rd, and Michigan, which falls out of the Top 25.
The biggest gainer was Michigan State, which is up five places to 19th after beating Michigan.
Stanford (7-1) moves up to sixth ahead of seventh-ranked Clemson (8-1) and Oklahoma (7-1). Missouri (8-1) comes in ninth and Auburn (8-1) takes the 10th spot.
Oklahoma State (7-1) is voted 11th and Texas A&M (7-2) comes in after LSU as the two highest-ranked teams with two loses. Miami (Fla.) (7-1) is 14th and at its lowest ranking in four weeks. South Carolina (7-2) holds the 15th place.
Louisville (7-1) is now 16th, not far ahead of No. 17 Fresno State (8-0). UCLA (6-2) sits in 18th with Michigan State (8-1) at 19 and Northern Illinois (9-0) again at 20th.
Central Florida (6-1) improves to 21st and Wisconsin (6-2) is 22nd. Texas Tech (7-2) is 23rd while No. 24 Arizona State (6-2) returns to the rankings this week. Notre Dame (7-2) continues to hold down the No. 25 spot.


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We are planning on driving through Italy and we want to see Rome but aren't comfortable with driving there so ..... We are wanting to know which town would be best to stay in and then park the car at the train station while we do a few day trips to Rome. We don't really want to be more then an hour out of Rome by train.
Thanks everyone.
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Place to stay with a car near Rome so we can train into Rome easily.
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Orvieto is the obvious answer, but Viterbo is an interesting base too, especially if you are interested in seeing some of the gardens nearby by car. The Villa Lante (my favourite.) the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola and Bomarzo are all close to Viterbo.
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This is really not a good idea for more than one day. You will just spend way too much time and money going back and forth - and will miss evenings in Rome to catch a train back to wherever.
I would simply park the car for the entirety of your stay at the airport and stay at a hotel in Rome. Then you can pick the car up when you leave.
If it's going to be 5 days or more - it may be easier/cheaper to just have 2 separate rentals.
(When we had the same situation we contract our Rome hotel and they dealt with the car for us - we pulled up, they unloaded the car and one of the bellmen took it to a nearby garage for the duration.
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We were planning on leasing the car and staying in an apartment rather then hotels. We have been to Rome before and we wouldn't really do the night time things with our kids etc. so it's really just to go in for a day maybe two but use therest of the time to unwind and see some more little towns near by etc
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Look around Lago Bracciano, which has several convenient connections to the city.
There are also buses, but I can't seem to find the schedule.
If you don't like that option, one way to track down possibilities is to do google searches or look in a guidebook for "day trips from Rome." The transport connections go both ways. Someplace around Castel Gandolfo might work for you, but I'm unsure what the transport options are.
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Thanks for that !! If it's good enough for Tom cruise I'm sure I'll love it!
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Which direction are you coming from?
Frascati is about 30 minutes (2,10 euros) south of Rome. Last return train is at about 10:00 p.m. Castel Gandolfo would also work, but it's a few minutes farther away from Rome.
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Hey Crazy- My sister and I also are planning on driving around Italy in May. Wonder if you could let me know what you have found out, where you will be going and your planning process. I am kind of at a loss of where to start
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Hey Lynn ... We are starting at the lakes in a place called varenna for 5nights ... We have been to Milan before so we are happy just to train it in one day and have some lunch do a bit of shopping and see the sumo again from the lakes we are going to go to Siena for a few nights then rather then saying I. Rome we are going to stay in bracciano rather than Rome again we have done Rome twice and it's a quick cheap train ride in so we are just going to do a couple of trips bust if you haven't been I could spend weeks in Rome without the kids ...it's one of my favorite memories! There is just sooooo much to do there!!! From there we are going to head to bologna for a few nights and move on to varoma for a few nights and that's our Italy trip. I really wanted to see the south and Greece but I just can't see how. We are travelling with our kids and we already feel like we are going too fast for our liking but since we have the car we sort of have to in order to get to Prague and Berlin before flying out of Frankfurt. We chose to have some 5night stays every few days in hope that will recharge us! I'm using a few sites I'll post them on here when I get onto the computer...happy planning
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Lynn, is this your first trip to Italy? If so, I would re-think the driving and stick to trains. If you start your own thread with more specifics, we can give you better advice.
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We have 21 total days. Flying in to Amsterdam because its cheaper and non stop. We are taking a night flight so we can sleep and avoid some of the jet lag. My sister has her heart set on smoking pot legally. ( I told her we could just go to colorado, it would be much cheaper) Yes this is my first and last trip to Italy as I care for my husband who is ill. The reason I want the car is so I can go off the beaten path to smaller towns. The only scheduled things will be venice rome and florence. other than that we want to wing it. Any advice on Cinque Terre? What is a must see?
Thanks everybody, your feedback is very helpful
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HI Lynn,
You know what . .. 21 days first time in Italy you will love those points ... as much as everyone LOVES venice I was there in winter and I found it dirty,expensive and a little over rated .. . I felt like a day/night trip so I could have a gondola ride was enough. But each for there own. Now ROme . . OMG . .you are going to love it! There is sooooo much to do . .. a week will just touch the surface. I spent 2 weeks there 10 years ago and still have had a yearning to go back! Florance is also beautiful and we have been there twice but what I loved more was the little towns from there so I suggest that you find a little town that has a train into florence for you but also has a villa for you to stay at with a car and then do your trips into florence but also car trips. There is a place called Assisi which is something you have to see to believe and I have heard it's all like that! I have never been to Cinque Terre but we have chosen the Lake Como area this time instead so we can train into Milan for a day but also see the beautiful towns around the lakes etc.
You are going to love Italy!!!!
Can't wait to hear where you are going and staying. When in Rome a day trip to Pompeii is well worth it!
Good luck!!! If I was you I would just have a car for florence and possible think about going up to the lakes so you can train into Milan. But this is me and from what I love in Italy.
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<< If I was you I would just have a car for florence >>
Bad advice as you can't legally drive into the center of Florence where the main sights are located.
Check the many postings about people who receive tickets for many hundreds of Euros up to a year or more after their visit.
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The previous post to the one you reacted to makes it clear that that crazyfamily's advice is to stay near Florence and take a train into Florence.
>>" I suggest that you find a little town that has a train into florence for you but also has a villa for you to stay at with a car and then do your trips into florence but also car trips"
In the post you reacted to, "Florence" was being used just as a marker to refer that portion of Lynne's trip.
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Exactly it would be a shame to not have a car to visit the little towns around Florence but Florence is beautiful ... I've staye in Florence and training in would be fine!
Sorry for the misunderstanding
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This is the thing-- typically transport is planned to maximize and make your sightseeing more effective.....not the other way around. You are basically asking "I am planning to visit this amazing place. Please tell me how to throw away a good part of the day and best short change myself". You do not need a car in Rome, so don't have a car in Rome. Drop it/pick one up on your way out if needed.
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Excellent point Viajero!
And Lynn, I agree with Crazy that you should have a car to explore the hilltowns of Tuscany. But you cannot use a car in Venice, CT, Florence or Rome, so renting one for all 21 days would be an expensive waste. And be sure to read up on ZTL's and IDP's.
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Yes ... For us with our lease we have our car and also we have been to Rome 3/4 times before so we thought bracciano would be a good place for us and then we will go in to Rome for one or 2 day trips just so I can throw my coin in the Trevino fountain to make sure I come back unless there is somewhere you can think of to park the car and we stay in an apartment in Rome ... I would never dream of driving in Rome!!! But like I said we will be stuck with the car.
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Lynn232323: "Flying in to Amsterdam because its cheaper and non stop. We are taking a night flight so we can sleep and avoid some of the jet lag."
Flying into Amsterdam to visit Italy because it is cheaper doesn't really make sense. When you add all the extra transport between A'dam and Italy that bargain is costing you big time. And night flights basically cause most of the jetlag - not alleviate it.
I suggest you start a thread of your own because crazy family's trip is ENTIRELY different than yours. First of all it is 3 times longer than yours, plus they are leasing a car which is determining where they go rather than the other way around.
Any answers/suggestions for them won't apply to you.
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Very true ...it is a very very very different trip
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we stayed at a sheraton that had free parking outside the city near the hiway and also had a free shuttle onto town.
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If you are arriving in Amsterdam, look at Transavia flights from Amsterdam to Pisa. They can be quite cheap if you book in advance. That's how my mother flew from Portland to Europe (she also wanted to fly non-stop). If you fly into Pisa, it is easy to get to le Cinque Terre by train, and even if you rent a car elsewhere, it is best not have one in le Cinque Terre. One way to do your trip might be fly to Pisa, see le CInque Terre, rent a car after, visit small towns, drop of car at Florence airport, see Florence, after that take train to Rome, after seeing Rome take train to Venice, fly back to Amsterdam from there (I don't know if that is Transavia too, but I know there are flights).
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A 64-year-old man from central Israel was arrested Monday at Ben Gurion International Airport at the request of the US. The man was charged in the US for selling embargoed equipment to Iran.
According to a statement released by the Justice Ministry, the suspect – who was arrested while attempting to leave the country – was charged with exporting US military equipment without a license and laundering money.
State prosecutors have filed a request to extend his remand in a bid to give their US counterparts to file an extradition request.
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For his part, the accused denies the allegations and said the beginning of his court hearing that "I had no idea an indictment was filed against me in the US."
According the US indictment, between the years 2000-2004, the accused disobeyed a presidential executive order which stipulated restrictions on the export of military equipment used by the US, and failed to secure the required license to do so from the State Department.
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The Justice Ministry echoed the claim in their statement, saying that the suspected had in the past been "convicted in the US of offences relating to exporting military equipment without proper licenses, and thus indicates the danger he poses and that he cannot be trusted. His past convictions and current allegations indicate that his criminal behavior is ongoing."
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With Earth Day rapidly approaching on April 22, the Dynamo and Greenstar Recycling, in conjunction with MLS W.O.R.K.S. Greener Goals, will mount a major environmental awareness campaign as part of the club's April 17 match against the New England Revolution.
Thanks to MLS W.O.R.K.S., all electricity used during the April 17 match will be offset through a donation to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The carbon dioxide reduction, from 100 percent wind sources, exceeds 201,600 pounds and will support enough wind energy to power an average U.S. home for more than 13 years.
The first 5,000 fans will receive a free T-shirt from the Dynamo and Greenstar Recycling, made from organic cotton. Additionally, the Dynamo will distribute 5,000 eco-tip guides from the Natural Resources Defense Council and 1,000 seed packets provided by the America the Beautiful Fund.
At halftime of the match, the Dynamo will be recognizing top performers from the Houston Green Office Challenge, in which the Dynamo are participating, and welcoming Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Houston Sustainability Director Laura Spanjian.
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Among iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, a mobile platform war is raging. At the VentureBeat Mobile Summit today, three key mobile representatives discussed the current battles and where they might go tomorrow.
On stage, moderator Robert Goldberg of Crossroads Ventures sat down with Wallace Pai, the VP for Motorola Mobility; Sundeep Madra, the co-founder of Xtreme Labs; and Aleksandar Mitrovic, SVP for Technology and Platforms for Deutsche Telekom.
The session humorously began with Goldberg asking the audience to split themselves by platform: Android to right, iOS to the left, and "everyone else in the back." It might not surprise you, but the majority of this highly select group of executives mostly carried iOS devices.
But as much as the panel started on a biting note about division, the panelists shied away from bashing anyone throughout their discussion. Pai of Motorola could have easily made some potshots at iOS, but instead he played the civil cheerleader.
"Speaking from our own experience, we were the first one to bet on the Android system," Pai said. "There wasn't an ecosystem. but we knew a horizontal platform could take off. From that point of view, we clearly made the right choice."
The only real platform bashing came in the form of silence about other platforms. The conversation mostly focused on iOS and Android, and only at the end of the discussion was Windows Phone briefly mentioned. BlackBerry wasn't taken seriously for a minute.
Deutsche Telekom's Mitrovic admitted that the platform wars were a good thing since his business' customers would only be helped by healthy competition and giving them devices they want. One point he stressed was that Android tablets aren't a joke in Europe like they are in America, where the iPad dominates store shelves. "In Germany, the Android tablets are next to iPad, not delegated to the back of the store," Mitrovic said.
Xtreme Labs' Madra, who works with all kinds of mobile companies on strategy, made a point of cheerleading for both Google and Apple. He said Apple had a 10-year lead with iTunes and Google had done a great job of catching up to that with its own offering. But he said Apple was the clear winner in the tablet space.
"If the iOS and Android tablets are similarly priced and have similar features, nine times out of 10 consumers choose the iPad," Madra said.
At the end of the panel, all three participants shied away from naming a winner in the mobile platform wars. But no doubt they will rage on. Frankly, I can't wait to see how Windows Phone begins to disrupt the market; hopefully we'll hear more about it at the next Mobile Summit.
"By 2020, there will be 100 billion connected devices," Madra said. "There's a lot of room for many platforms."
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Yes, that apparently unpainted spot over the main door is strange. And the three low horizontal doors that prop open along the side suggest that whatever is put in this barn requires ventilation.
Oh Laura, a great shot and a great title! I've never seen a "piggie-back" barn before - so fun that you bring your camera everywhere, - look forward to your next surprise!PJ
Hahahaha, Oddio...you are right. That really made me laugh. All of your comments made me smile. Thanks, Ginger, Lyndee, Oddio, Ellen, Mat, Dave, Pat, Smllpkg, Morris, Jan, Floyd, Mags and Toto! Oh...I didn't even notice the bird on the top. He was a bonus.Morris, it was raining that day. I sure would have preferred blue skies!
How cute - a piggyback barn.
A strange picture - no snow! ;-))) Is spring on its way?
Your venture to the side road paid off big time.Great photo, Laura.
Great fun, Laura. Good one!
Also needs a blue sky, my friend!!!
Neat picture! Everything's so sharp and well-defined. Looks like they missed a spot when they were painting it.
Baby birds are probably in the barn, warb. :)
Walter would notice that before I got here! I think thats a bird on top too!. Great photo!
Looks like a fresh coat of red paint ..
Unusual, with a trace of cute!! Nice find, Laurajane!
I love taking the backroads. There's so many more photo opportunities.
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I'm heading to Japan for 30 days in March and April next year. My basic, preliminary itinerary is as below:
1- Tokyo
At this stage I'm looking at a 21 day pass, but the hard part is deciding when I'm going to start the pass. Is this itinerary covered by the JR pass? Obviously I know Miyajima and Yakushima won't be. And what would be the most cost effective way to purchase tickets/use the JR pass?
Any help at all that you can give me would be hugely appreciated.
On a complete side-note - I may have an extra day or two. Personal recommendations of destinations that may be a little different?
Hi there!
Very nice plan you have there! Love the visit to Kyushu. The major part of your travel is covered by the JR Pass (including the ferry to Miyajima) but the real question is how to make the best of your 21 day JR Pass. Looking at ticket prices, I think that the best way to use the JR Pass would be from day 7 (Travel to Nagoya) until day 27. This because travel on the Shinkansen is by far the most expansive part of traveling by rail in Japan. The advantage doing it this way is that you can cover (all most) all of your Shinkansen travel with the JR Pass. I did assume you would set out for Yakushima on day 27, this means that you can take the Shinkansen all the way down to Kagoshima (which is a great city in itself) and travel on from there by ferry to Yakushima. You can simply fly back from Yakushima to Fukuoka and on...
Than the question, remains how to travel cost effectively around Tokyo in your first week.
Secondly traveling to Nikko can be very expansive with normal JR Tickets, however you can take the Tobu Railway from Asakusa in Tokyo for 1320 yen/one way. Alternatively you can consider an All Nikko Pass.
Travel to Kamakura, is not very expansive so you won't have to worry about prices there.
As for personal recommendations, I really like your stay in Kyushu, it's really the best part of Japan. If you have to change be sure to hang around Kagoshima before heading off to Yakushima and enjoy the view of Sakura Jima.. At the same time I do think that 3 days Nagano may be a little much, you can see the whole city and surrounding temples in a day. You may want to make a day trip to Matsumoto from there.
I hope this helps!
G'day Daniel,
Thanks so much for the advice and fast response. It's really pleasing to know that I've put together a halfway decent itinerary, and that most of the trip will be easy to cover using the JR pass.
You've backed up a lot of my original opinions (I was already considering cutting a day from Nagano as it was) so Kagoshima might be a great way to use up the time I'd make by doing that. You're right in assuming my plans for Yakushima, and flying from there to Fukuoka then out of the country.
I'm also considering cutting Nagoya completely as at this stage I'm pretty much just using it as a staging point for a trip to the Ise peninsula...we'll see about that though. I do worry that I'm missing out on the northern parts of Honshu, but I suppose you can't see everything.
I was also concerned about getting in and out of Shirakawa-go with the JR pass, and whether or not this was practical.
Your advice has been extremely useful, thank you again!
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Nagoya, is indeed not a city for tourists, somehow the business atmosphere is everywhere. Although I do think that shopping in Nagoya is great you can skip it, or shorten your stay there for sure, without missing anything.
As for Shirakawa-go, I am really sorry, I must have over looked that! There are no trains going all the way there, so the last part is always traveled by bus (either from Kanazawa or Takayama). However with your shorted stay in Nagoya, this does open a great opportunity to see Takayama, which is well worth a visit. Also the train ride from Nagoya - Takayama is one of the most beautiful in Japan. You board the wideview hide express at Nagoya, the train track follows a river that comes from the in land mountains and this results in some breathtaking panorama's. You could than take the bus from there to Shirakawago and on to Kanazawa (bus is not covered by the JR Pass).
Have a great trip!
G'day again Daniel,
I think that might be the tipping point for my stay in Nagoya, although the train trip does sound spectacular. Takayama was another place that was already on my radar, so wiggling that in is now a priority.
Thank you again for all the advice and information, you've been extremely helpful.
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Completing sweep, Gallardo, Brewers in top form
Completing sweep, Gallardo, Brewers in top form
MILWAUKEE -- Yovani Gallardo delivered his Major League-leading 21st quality start, Ryan Braun hit his National League-leading 34th home run and John Axford struck out the side in the ninth inning for a 3-2 win over the Cubs on Wednesday at Miller Park that capped a three-game series sweep. For one picture-perfect afternoon, it felt like 2011 all over again. "It definitely did," said Axford, who worked around a two-out single for his second save in as many games. "I didn't always have clean innings last year, maybe a walk, maybe a hit, and that's exactly what happened today."
But this year is different, of course. After winning 96 regular-season games and going all the way to the NL Championship Series in 2011, the Brewers are nine games under .500 and out of the NL Central race in 2012. Gallardo and Braun are having their usual solid seasons with only personal statistics at stake. Axford has nine blown saves and just this week reasserted himself as the team's closer. But six weeks remain, and Axford insisted the Brewers intend to play them right. "There's no give up with any of these guys in here," he said. "When we focus together as a team like we did all of last year, good things happen, and good things happen to individual people. ... We definitely want to focus together and finish the season strong, because a lot of guys are coming back and you want to have a good note to end the season on." Braun drove in two runs and scored twice to back Gallardo, who struck out nine batters while allowing only two runs in seven strong innings to win his fifth consecutive start. Gallardo had a busy week. He pitched against the Phillies on Friday, then returned home to Fort Worth, Texas, to be with his mother, Eulalia, who was hospitalized with an illness. Her condition improved, and Gallardo returned to Miller Park on Monday for his between-starts bullpen session, then pitched as scheduled on Wednesday with the Brewers bidding to sweep their third home series in the past three weeks. Gallardo finished the job, surrendering solo home runs to David DeJesus (leading off the game) and Bryan LaHair (leading off the seventh inning) but only two other Cubs hits. Seven of Gallardo's nine strikeouts came on called third strikes. Asked about working amid a family emergency, Gallardo said, "It's not easy for anybody, but you have to be tough, find a way to get the job done no matter the situation. ... It was tough, a little bit. But I'm very thankful for the club to allow me to go home after my last start for a couple of days and just see how things were going. That relaxed me a little bit in preparation for today." Brewers manager Ron Roenicke could see it. "He looked good yesterday. He looked good going into the game," Roenicke said. "And after the first batter, he was really good. Any time he's out there, we feel pretty good." Gallardo's mother has been released from the hospital, he said. "She keeps getting better every day," he said. It was Gallardo's fifth consecutive start of at least seven innings, and he has a 2.02 ERA in that span. The Brewers are 16-10 this season when he pitches. "He's been dominating the last couple of months," Braun said. Gallardo's last two performances have been especially impressive, Braun said, because of the family concerns in the back of the pitcher's mind. "This game is hard enough as is, and you add in some additional issues that you're dealing with, and those things are definitely distracting," Braun said. Braun hit one of the Brewers' three doubles in a two-run first inning against Cubs starter Travis Wood and added insurance with a solo home run in the sixth. Braun's 34th homer surpassed his total from 2011, when he won the NL MVP Award, with 39 games remaining in 2012. It extended the Brewers' lead to 3-1, moments before LaHair made it 3-2 with his first home run since July 4. Gallardo got through the rest of the seventh inning without further damage, and Jim Henderson and Axford covered the final two innings. Wood matched Gallardo by working seven innings and allowing three Brewers runs on six hits. But Cubs batters struck out 13 times Wednesday and a whopping 37 times in the three-game series. "We've got to start grinding at-bats and learn how to foul balls off and get to another count and get to another pitch," manager Dale Sveum said. "There's too many uncontested strikeouts, and we're not battling and fouling balls off. We've got to get better than that." The Brewers will now try to take their hot streak on the road. They are 38-28 at Miller Park and 19-38 everywhere else. First, there was time to savor a sweep. "We haven't been on the right side of too many sweeps this year, so that was nice," Braun said.
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Heavy snow likely caused the roof of a produce warehouse to collapse in Hillsboro Thursday morning.
Heavy snow likely caused the roof of a produce warehouse to collapse in Hillsboro Thursday morning.
Amazon plans to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. over the next 18 months.
NC legislators want the incoming Trump administration to shut down a utility-scale wind farm nearing completion because they say it poses a …
A Walmart in Suffolk was evacuated Thursday after a gas smell was detected inside the store.
The investigation will look in to whether department policies were properly followed by FBI Director James Comey.
A special prosecutor has concluded that criminal charges are not warranted in two allegations against Newport News Vice Mayor Tina Vick.
Catching up with the Urban League of Hampton Roads.
Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has joined a group of labor and community activists at a rally in support of raising Virginia's minimum wage and offe…
Different opponents of solar farms told county officials about concerns with property values, drainage and a loss of farmland.
All models in the recall have front passenger air bag inflators made by Takata that can explode with too much force and spew metal shrapnel.
A person armed with a gun barricaded themselves inside a room at an EconoLodge on Shore Drive in Norfolk Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.
The Hampton Roads Show lifestyle expert Stephanie Walters stopped by with some tips on how to give yourself a beautiful 2017.
A Hampton woman is accused of assaulting a 50-year-old man with a hammer in early January, police say.
The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams.
Bob McDonnell visited the state capitol for the first time since the Department of Justice decided to drop a criminal corruption case agains…
Added wrinkles and gray hair show being POTUS is a high-stress job.
An armed man who barricaded himself inside a room at an EconoLodge in Norfolk surrendered to police after 10 hours of negotiations.
Cynthia Loya's account of the events leading up to the fatal police shooting of Hake late Friday was contained in a 911 call.
Professor Nicholas Geidner says people should remember that "fake news" should only be used for news items that the publisher knows are fict…
The bus driver, Linda Moss, has been charged with reckless driving.
The Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law.
A Pamlico County commissioner and nine others were arrested as part of a human trafficking investigation.
For Shannon Scolly and her family, their problems began a few weeks after she booked a move with a company called Savannah Van Lines.
Andrew Sacks filed several motions Wednesday requesting a new trial and for some of the charges Burfoot was convicted of to be vacated.
The U.S. Navy says sea trials will begin in March for the first of its new class of aircraft carriers.
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