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Canadian government gives go ahead to hiring foreign hockey coaches
Is it possible that there's a shortage of qualified Canadians available to coach Canada's national sport?
That's the question that has emerged in the wake of a recent revelation that Canada's government had approved six Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) visas for the position of coaching hockey.
Given that temporary foreign workers are only supposed to be hired if no qualified Canadian can be found—and that hockey is a beloved national sport played by millions of Canadians—the story is seen by some as an illustration that TFW visa approval may be too lenient for Canadian employers; the report also comes in the wake of recent high profile media stories about alleged employer abuse of the TFW program at McDonald's in British Columbia (BC).
The media report revealed that since 2010, the Canadian government has approved six Labour Market Opinion (LMO) applications to bring in foreign workers to serve as hockey coaches. In order for LMO approval to be granted, the government effectively was conceding that no qualified Canadian hockey coaches could be found.
The hockey coach story is just the latest in a series of high profile examples of alleged abuse of the TFW program, leading to a pledge by Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney to crack down on employers abusing the program.
In response to media queries about the alleged lack of qualified Canadians for hockey coaching, a government spokesperson said that even the National Hockey League (NHL) would be included among those organizations considered for LMO approval.
The spokesperson for Minister Kenney's office confirmed that there are cases of NHL teams requiring "coaches and training staff with very specialized skills and experience", although she was quick to add that these cases are "extremely rare."
Although Canadian immigration law usually exempts professional athletes from requiring work visas, coaches usually are required to receive work visa approval unless they are from countries that have reciprocal programs that allow for hiring Canadians in return.
Still, the revelation that coaching jobs in Canada's national sport required foreign workers due to the lack of aptly skilled Canadians, is expected to add to the growing national debate over the continued use—and oversight—of the TFW program.
New limits placed on Canadian universities' ability to offer immigration advice
Recent legislative changes mean that Canada's universities will now be limited in the amount of advice they can offer to international students and faculty members.
Changes to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) places limits on third parties' abilities to provide—or even offer—advice or representation at all stages of the immigration application, unless they are certified to do so. In the case of international students and faculty at Canada's universities, the restricted 'third parties' would be the universities themselves.
Many major universities across Canada have provided both direction, and assistance, to international students and faculty in their immigration to Canada. However, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has confirmed that the new IRPA regulations means that university employees are prohibited from offering immigration advice to both international faculty and students.
The hiring of academic faculty from abroad is considered by the government of Canada to be a form of hiring 'temporary foreign workers'.
In the case of academia, Employment and Skills Development Canada (ESDC)—working with the country's universities—has established special criteria to assist Canadian universities in their recruitment efforts of foreign academics; still, certain academic foreign workers are exempt from government requirements, including academic consultants and examiners, graduate assistants, and self-funded researchers.
In all other cases, before academic immigrant workers can be hired, the ESDC reviews the wages offered by universities to foreign academics and compares them to those offered Canadian academics under existing collective bargaining agreements.
The usual hiring procedure of foreign workers for academia typically includes all the other steps required in hiring temporary foreign workers, including advertising vacant positions, an attempt to first hire Canadian citizens, and receipt of a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) in pursuit of final approval by CIC of a temporary work permit.
While most major Canadian universities can still offer publicly available immigration information for their international students and faculty, the new IRPA rules mean that previously available specific case advice cannot be provided.
A Record Number of Canadian Visas Issued To Filipinos In 2013
Despite the geographic distance between the two countries, Canadian ties to the Philippines remain strong, with more than 47,000 Canadian visitor visas issued to Filipinos last year.
Further strengthening the ties between the two nations is the fact that nearly 30,000 Philippine citizens gained Canadian permanent residency in 2013.
Filipino interest in both visiting, and immigrating, to Canada is thriving, as last year the Philippines ranked third among the top sources of countries for immigration to Canada. In addition, the record-setting 47,000 visitor visas issued to Filipinos last year represent a dramatic 57 percent increase since 2006.
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), changes and improvements to the country's immigration system are making it simpler for Filipinos to both visit, and immigrate, to Canada. CIC believes that the Multiple Entry Visa (MEV)—allowing visitors to enter and reenter Canada for six months at a time for 10 years—is also making it more convenient for visitors from Philippines and other nations to come to Canada.
Since its introduction in 2011, the MEV has grown to become one of the more popular Canadian visitor visas, with more than 1 million MEV visas issued to visitors from around the globe.
The strong number of Filipino visitors and migrants to Canada in 2013 is also in keeping with the long history of close ties between the two nations. In fact, more than 650,000 Canadian residents can trace their family history to the Philippines—not an insignificant number in a country with only 35 million people.
No surprise, then, that a growing number of Filipinos choose to visit their friends and family in Canada every year, with no signs of a slowdown; the number of Canadian visitor visas issued to Filipinos continues to grow steadily, expanding by over six percent just since 2012.
Canada's Government and Manufacturers Partner in Fund for Skilled Immigrants
Canada's federal government is partnering with the nation's manufacturers to reach out to underemployed skilled immigrants who've received their training outside the country.
Employment Minister Jason Kenney recently announced funding for a series of initiatives that will partner the government with the Canadian Manufacturers And Exporters (CME) in an outreach to skilled immigrants whose training abroad may help alleviate Canada's skilled labor shortage.
Kenney said he was "frustrated" at seeing a considerable number of skilled and intelligent immigrants who "left behind a high standard of living" in their home countries, only to arrive in Canada and remain underemployed because their education abroad is not recognized.
The government partnership with CME will include a number of initiatives designed to both assist skilled immigrants find employment, as well as meet Canada's shortage of skilled workers. Four million dollars in funding will be provided to the CME to develop occupational standards designed to help colleges in their development of curriculum that meets manufacturing needs; an additional $1 million is being set aside to establish regional committees that will give employers and educators an opportunity to discuss regional labor shortages.
The partnership between the government and CME will also result in a skills lab forum, designed to provide Canadian employers, educators and legislators an opportunity to discuss how best to solve the skilled worker shortage in the manufacturing sector; there is a general agreement that skilled immigrant labor will play a key role in that solution.
According to CME President Jason Myers, the lack of skilled workers in Canada's manufacturing industries is widespread, with as many as half of all Canadian manufacturers facing a labor shortage.
"Over 50 percent of companies across Canada say they can't find the people with the skills that they require to grow their business," Myers said.
"The challenge is too big for the government to handle on their own, and it's too big for businesses to handle on their own. It requires a partnership (between both parties)."
Report Finds Ontario Recruiters Abusing Foreign Workers
A newly published report alleges that Ontario employment recruiters are illegally charging fees to temporary foreign workers for jobs that may not even exist, and in some cases also seizing workers' passports.
Published by The Metcalf Foundation, the report states that recruiters are charging temporary foreign workers fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that may not exist, and the practice is most commonly found among live-in caregivers and migrant workers. The industries most commonly affected, according to the report, are food processing, agriculture and cleaning.
The report points out that, in Ontario, the only foreign workers protected under the Ontario Employment Protection For Foreign Nationals Act of 2009 are caregivers such as nannies, and those who take care of the disabled and elderly. However, according to the report, that law provides absolutely no protection for other migrant workers, and is not even working well to protect caregivers from being exploited by recruiters of ill repute.
The report says that some recruiters are illegally charging foreign workers anywhere from $3,500 to $12,000, despite the fact that individuals caught breaking the law can be fined up to $50,000 or one year in jail, and companies can be fined up to $100,000 for a first-time offence.
However, the report is critical of the government's enforcement of these laws, and finds that since 2010 only $12,000 in fees have been levied from a total of only eight investigations.
The report finds that a common scheme used by illicit recruiters is called "release on arrival," wherein migrant workers pay a fee for a job in Canada, only to be told when they arrive the job is non-existent or is a completely different position. An added danger for immigrant workers is if they take a position other than the one they are authorized to do they risk losing their status in the country.
According to the report, Ontario should take a lesson from its neighboring province of Manitoba when deciding how to regulate recruitment of immigrant workers.
Manitoba employers hiring immigrant workers are required to register with the provincial employment standards branch, and provide details about the migrant worker.
For their part, Manitoba recruiters are also required to put up a $10,000 non-refundable deposit in case they do breach any law, while audits and targeted sweeps by provincial officials are regularly conducted; none of those regulatory practices currently take place in Ontario.
Traveling Exhibition Honoring Canadian Immigration Receives $500,000 Donation
A national exhibit honoring the more than 1 million Canadian immigrants who entered Canada via Halifax's famed Pier 21 received a boost with a $500,000 donation from the Royal Bank of Canada's RBC Foundation.
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 will be launching a traveling exhibit and community outreach honoring Canada's immigrant history, of which Halifax's Pier 21 played a vital role: It's estimated that about one in five Canadians has a family history linked directly to the pier.
The museum's "Canada Day 1: Traveling Exhibition & Community Outreach" will offer visitors a "living [immigrant] history, including displays of personal stories, original artworks and archive images."
The exhibit is part of The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21's overall mandate to explain and celebrate the critically important role that immigration has historically played in Canada's history. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Pier 21 is an important Canadian historic landmark—in many ways, the Canadian equivalent of New York City's Ellis Island, a landing point for immigrants from around the world.
In announcing it's $500,000 donation to the Immigration Museum, Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gord Nixon said that Canadian immigration is "one of the main pathways to nation building" resulting in Canadian diversity which is a "critical component of our (country's) economic success."
For its part, the Immigration Museum sees its traveling exhibit as an opportunity to take its message about the importance of Canadian immigration to communities across Canada.
According to the museum's CEO Marie Chapman, "this ($500,000) gift comes at a defining moment in our evolution as a new national immigration museum, and will allow us to expand our reach in communities across the country and deepen our impact on the lives of Canadians."
More information about The Canadian Immigration Museum at Pier 21 and the traveling immigration exhibit is available at the museum's website.
Government Investigates Foreign Worker Abuse at BC McDonalds
The Canadian government is investigating claims of alleged abuse of temporary foreign workers by a McDonald's franchise operation in British Columbia (BC), and has blacklisted the franchisee from future foreign work permits until the conclusion of the investigation.
A report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) revealed allegations of abuse of the temporary foreign workers at a Victoria, BC-based McDonald's franchise. An employee at the McDonald's operations told the CBC that temporary foreign workers are receiving more shifts, while Canadian workers are being cut back in an effort to lower costs. The allegation is that the franchiser is bringing in Filipino workers in lieu of hiring fully qualified local citizens.
During its investigation of the allegations, the Canadian government has frozen the employer's ability to hire any additional temporary foreign workers, pending the results of the inquiry. A spokesperson for Employment Minister Jason Kenney said the minister's office wanted to hear from any job applicants who felt they'd been affected by the alleged practices.
A McDonald's spokesperson confirmed to CBC that the three Victoria-based franchises employ 26 temporary foreign workers. A number of local applicants have complained that their applications were being overlooked, while at the same time the stores were hiring temporary workers from the Philippines. In addition, local employees had their hours cut, while foreign workers were given extra work.
Federal laws prohibit the hiring of temporary foreign workers if a qualified Canadian citizen is available for hire.
In a statement issued by his office, Employment Minister Kenney said "inspectors from my department did an on-site inspection at the location in Victoria, and I suspended all work permits in process…[as] I have reasonable grounds to believe that this employer provided Employment and Social Development Canada with false, misleading or inaccurate information."
The federal employment minister added that there are serious consequences for employers who don't adhere to Canada's employment and immigration laws. "If we hear cases like that … we will not tolerate it," Kenney added. "They will be put on the blacklist. And as soon as the monetary fines are in place, we will be throwing the book at them."
For its part, McDonald's—who employs 3,400 temporary foreign workers in Canada—issued a statement saying it was "terminating its relationship" with the franchisee in question. The company also said it's undertaking a "comprehensive review" of business practices to ensure Canadian franchisers are operating in sync with Canada's immigration and employment laws.
'Express Entry' To Be Canada's New Model For Economic Immigration
Canadian Immigration Minister Chris Alexander has introduced an immigration model titled "Express Entry," which will serve as Canada's new system to actively recruit economic immigrants.
Commencing in 2015, the new Express Entry system is designed to make Canada's immigration system more flexible and responsive to the country's labor needs. Alexander explained that the new immigration model will also expedite permanent residency for candidates with valid job offers that can't be filled by Canadians.
In fact, the expedited permanent residency will serve as a key difference between the Express Entry system and the current Temporary Foreign Worker program.
The name Express Entry replaces "Expression of Interest," the title previously used for \the new 2015 immigration model. Under the new system, the Canadian government will be able to select the immigrants that it deems to be best suited for available openings, rather than simply those who were the first in the application line.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) also believes the new system will help cut back on immigration backlogs, allowing the government to determine immigration numbers that are more in line with the country's economic needs of the day.
The CIC is promising that under the Express Entry system, applicants who are invited to work in Canada can expect visa processing time of six months or less when employed in four key economic streams:
- The Federal Skilled Worker Program
- The Federal Skilled Trades Program
- Canadian Experience Class
- And a portion of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
Under the new Express Entry model, employers will also play a large role in selecting immigrants, as well as providing evidence to support their applications. In keeping with that fact, Alexander also announced that CIC will co-sponsor, along with the province's and territories, a series of cross-Canada information sessions. The sessions will be designed to familiarize employers with their role in the new Express Entry system.
The federal government plans to invest $14 million over the next two years in the Express Entry model, with an additional annual commitment of $4.7 million per year after that.
BC Industry: Government Leaders Plan Immigration Strategy to Address Expected Labor Shortage
With almost 1 million new jobs expected in British Columbia (BC) by 2020, leaders from the political, business and educational worlds recently met to develop a new immigration strategy designed to meet head-on a critical shortage of skilled BC workers.
In fact, BC's Deputy Employment Minister Dave Byng told the gathering of business and government leaders that his province expects 1 million job openings by 2020, and will require immigrant workers to fill many of those expected positions.
According to the BC Labor Market Outlook 2010-2020, Canada's most western province will face a severe shortage of at least 61,500 skilled workers by 2020. The main reasons for the expected worker shortage are an aging workforce, low birthrates, economic growth in emerging sectors and major natural resources projects.
With 47 major projects, each valued at $500 million or more in the works—and most of which will be in Northern BC—Byng told the meeting that the majority of the expected openings will likely be in the province's construction and operations sectors.
Byng explained that while the construction jobs will most likely become available between 2016-2018 and be shorter term, the operations positions will be created as each project begins, and will likely be more permanent in nature.
Byng added that his government's first priority is to try and find native British Columbians to fill those openings; the next step will be seeking Canadians from other parts of Canada. However, he also predicted BC residents and other Canadians would not be able to fill all the expected positions, and that Temporary Foreign Workers will most likely play a key role in meeting the province's future employment needs.
Canada's federal immigration minister Chris Alexander also spoke at the meeting, and told attendees that changes are coming to the national immigration policy that will bring skilled workers to Canada within a 6-month period. Alexander also addressed BC's expected labor shortage, and said that in order to meet employment needs, the province will be allowed to exceed its quota of skilled workers available through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
Alexander added that the new federal Expression of Interest (EOI) system, which will be introduced in 2015, will allow Canadian employers to select immigrant workers from a pool of candidates who will then be judged based on a point system. Immigrant workers with the skills most in demand will be given top priority.
"Those with a job offer, when a Canadian is not found to fill that position, will have an almost automatic claim on our immigration system," Alexander told the gathering.
Opponents To Canada's New Immigration Law Create Online Petition
Although the Canadian government has named it's new immigration law the "Strengthening Canada's Immigration Act," not everyone shares the view that the proposed bill will accomplish that goal.
Some opponents of certain aspects of the new immigration law are taking to the Internet to voice their opposition to changes in Canada's immigration rules. In their petition on the website Change.org, some Canadian immigrants say parts of the law "unfairly targets and devalues the contributions made by one specific group of immigrants, namely, former foreign workers and international students who became Canadian permanent residents in the recent years."
One of the primary sponsors of the online petition—who is a recent immigrant to Canada—has been the focus of media reports and vocal in his criticism of the perceived unfairness of some elements of the new immigration law. Alex Linkov, a design engineer who immigrated to Canada from Israel in 2010, is strongly opposed to the change in the new immigration bill that states "that time spent in Canada on temporary study or work permits will no longer be counted towards citizenship applications."
The petition also opposes the change in the immigration rules that extends the residency requirements for citizenship, particularly as it pertains to those who have previously held work or study permits. Under the new immigration law, immigrants will be required to spend four out of the previous six years residing in Canada, as opposed to the previous law requiring residency in three out of the prior four years.
In the petition, Linkov and his supporters claim that by not recognizing the time accrued by those who've held Canadian work and study permits, the new Canadian residency policy is "contrary to practices of many other countries—such as Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France and many more who count temporary residence in full towards citizenship applications."
The petitioners also warn that by making these changes "retroactive" the new law will ultimately damage Canada's international reputation and "turn away thousands of prospective students and specialists" from immigrating to the country.
A spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) recently responded to the complaints, stating that residency requirements in the new immigration law "create a level playing field for all citizenship applicants and demonstrate their permanent commitment to Canada."


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Being a May junior college graduate isn't ideal. Coaches prefer mid-year transfers for obvious reasons. The situation does, however, allow some time for reflection. When four-star defensive back Tee Shepard decides to look at the bright side, that's the reason he cites.
Shepard is yet to take a single official visit, putting him behind schedule for this time of year. Finally, though, the date for destination No. 1 has been set.
"I set up Oklahoma on Jan. 17th," Shepard said on Sunday night. "I'm going go down there and see what's going on."
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Shepard, who is originally from Fresno, Calif., has plenty of friends kicking around Norman these days. The Holmes (Miss.) Community College standout is buddies with OU freshmen L.J. Moore and Hatari Byrd, both of whom hail from his hometown.
But the unique level of familiarity doesn't end there.
"Oklahoma has been recruiting me for years," Shepard said. "They've been talking to me for a long time. That doesn't matter too much, but it matters. I've been talking to OU forever."
Outside of his planned official visit to Oklahoma, Shepard is short on other definite plans. There are plenty of schools on his list of possibilities. Shepard has options and has for some time. It's why deciding on travel plans is difficult.
"Maybe USC the week after I go to Oklahoma," Shepard said. "I'm still in the middle of figuring out what I really want and where I want to go for visits and all that. They have one of the best programs in the country. I have to go check them out."
A 2012 highs school graduate, Shepard originally committed to Notre Dame out of Fresno Central East High School. He was ranked as the No. 4 high school cornerback at that time.

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Sheriff's Deputies are attempting to identify the source of threats made against students at Marcellus High School this morning.
At 8:18 a.m., an anonymous caller contacted 911 and said a specific student was going to harm students at the high school. Sheriff's Deputies and members of the New York State Police responded to the school where the school resource officer had already begun an investigation, deputies said. School officials then implemented lock down procedures.
Working with school administrators, deputies found that the student accused of the initial alleged threat was not in school and then located him at his Marcellus home, deputies said.
With more than a dozen police officers at the school, a second anonymous call was received reporting a bomb threat, deputies said. Sheriff's and New York State Police bomb units were called to the scene to assist in searching the building. The lock down was lifted at 11:15 a.m.
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Consultation outcome
Revisions to statutory scheme for pricing branded NHS medicines
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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Detail of outcome
The document summarises the feedback to the consultation and outlines the government response, confirming what changes will be made to the statutory scheme.
The main elements of the outcome include:
a price cut of 15%
removal of some exemptions as planned, but replacing these with an exemption to protect small firms (those with NHS sales of less than £5 million) from the price cut and the information provisions
not introducing price cuts to average selling prices or specific provisions for line extensions at this time because of their complexity
revised information requirements being implemented as proposed, so that the necessary information is collected to enable the application of average selling prices at a later date.
There were 79 responses to the consultation, most of which were from the pharmaceutical industry.
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Consultation on proposed revisions to the statutory scheme to control prices of branded NHS medicines.
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This consultation is on proposed revisions to the statutory scheme to control prices of branded NHS medicines to make it work more effectively, and to align it more closely to core parts of the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS). The statutory scheme covers those companies that decide not to join, or withdraw from, the PPRS.
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introducing a new price adjustment on sales of branded drugs to the NHS
applying the price adjustment to average selling prices in hospitals
removing some of the current exemptions, and introducing a small firms exemption in their place
The draft regulations reflect the proposed changes and, to simplify matters, consolidate the existing regulatory provisions.
The PPRS is negotiated between the government and the pharmaceutical industry to control the prices of branded drugs sold to the NHS. It seeks to achieve good value for money for the NHS, and a fair return for the industry to enable it to research, develop and market new and improved medicines.
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I just wanted everyone to know that the Eyewash isn't just Cayenne, its many other herbs. Cayenne is the unblocker, it brings blood to the area, flow. Another herb that is very important in the Eyewash is Goldenseal, it is a a great anti-bacterial to the mucous membranes, especially the eyes.
Also once you start using the Eyewash it isn't unusual for you to get up one morning and have your eyes matted shut. This sometimes happens because after using the Eyewash your eyes are eliminating poisons, toxins, pus, and bacteria from the tear ducts and so on, especially when using the Eyewash to get rid of cataracts. Just take a hot washcloth and put it on your eyes and gently rub and they'll open up.
The following is an interview with Dr. Schulze regarding Dr. Christopher's Eyebright Formula:
INTERVIEWER: Why have my readers got such disappointing results with Dr. Christopher's eye formula?
SCHULZE: The first reason goes to what we talked about earlier; poor quality commercial-grade herbs. You want to make sure the herbs are organically grown or wild-crafted. (Note from Unyquity: Dr. Christopher's children –who own/operate the company now- no longer use organic/non-imported herbs in his formulas AND they have significantly altered Dr. Christopher's original BF&C formula)You cannot trust where commercial herbs were grown, and how they were treated when they were imported into the U.S. Why would you want to use a formula to remove toxins from your eyes, and then use herbs with poisons in them?
On top of that, people are getting the herbs in powdered form. I think there is hardly any of the volatile oils and potency left in the herbs they're using. The second problem is that people are not using the formula enough, because it's been too difficult to use. Most people will not go through the trouble of making the eye tea every two days, straining it and heating it after taking it out of the refrigerator, and then making sure they don't heat it too much, and then repeating this whole process six times a day: As I'll explain later, I've made the whole thing much easier.
The third reason people aren't getting results with their eyes is that, again, this is a dedicated program.
Whatever results the patient gets are dramatically reflected by the amount of work that they put into the program. If someone just uses the eyewash by itself, they can expect some differences. If they use it six times a day; they can expect better differences. But if they use it six times a day along with having that juicer going, and juicing themselves three glasses of carrot juice a day; and getting all that vitamin A in their system, then it's even better.
If they use it along with brain herbs like ginkgo biloba and cayenne and rosemary to stimulate more blood and oxygen to the brain, then it's better still.
And if they use it along with getting on their slant board, or slant couch once or twice a day; now we are talking about seeing dramatic results. People just tend to do one thing and expect it to create a miracle, and you really have to put the whole program together
I might say that over the years, too much emphasis has been put on just the herb formula - and not enough on the other things that Dr. Christopher said and talked about.
If you just use the herbs and don't cleanse your body --you may never get the healing that others do.
INTERVIEWER: That's a good point, Richard. Over the years, people took out of his teachings what they felt like.
SCHULZE: They just took the herbs. Basically; it's just the herbs. And if you read Dr. Christopher's writings; if you look at his books, Dr. Christopher would spend hours telling people about what he called the "mucusless" diet. It's a high-fat diet that causes eye disorders, cataracts, and cholesterol deposits in the eyes. You can't expect to clean the mucus and bacteria out of your eyes and get your eyes clean if you are packing it in just as fast with your food program, and if your liver is clogged and dirty and your blood is filthy.
Dr. Christopher created all of these programs that were full-spectrum. The herbs were just to accentuate all the work that you are also doing on these programs. And somehow over the years this has been lost to where they think, "Well, to fix your eyes, you use Dr. Christopher's eyewash."
INTERVIEWER: And to fix your kidneys, you do this herb, and to fix your this, you do that, and so on.
SCHULZE: That's what happened. As I just said, the foundation of all of Dr. Christopher's programs was the mucusless diet. He was a fanatic about eating a clean food program that cleaned your body; fed you with super nutrition and also promoted better elimination of the poisons from your systems.
And, of course, that was his diet of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains. And people out there will stay on their diet of Budweiser, pepperoni pizza, and constipation, use the eyewash and say; "It didn't work for me." Well, that wasn't the whole program.
INTERVIEWER: So you saw the results that he used to talk about.
SCHULZE: Absolutely. I saw hundreds of patients who had tremendous results with all his programs. But again, Dr. Christopher used a whole spectrum of natural healing programs. Yet, so many people today; out of their laziness, are so stuck with their current life-style that they only use the herbs. And what is amazing is that, many times, it works. I'm always amazed at the power of herbs, when people just use them on their own.
INTERVIEWER: And it works when they don't do the rest, but they can't count on it.
SCHULZE: Absolutely: But you can't ever count on it. And where the power of these programs really comes through is when, as a foundation, you use the vegetarian food program; you add to that your bowel cleansing, which is the beginning.
Of course, Dr. Christopher was strong with everybody about cleaning the bowel, but he was just as strong about cleaning the liver. Everybody who worked with Dr. Christopher got a good food program and the liver and bowel cleansing, even if it was just to work towards doing that eyewash. Unfortunately; over the years people have kind of picked and chose what they wanted to from the Dr. Christopher routines. That's one big reason why people aren't seeing the cures he talked about.
INTERVIEWER: So they say it didn't work, he was just telling big stories.
SCHULZE: He didn't make any of these results up. It's the people who have watered down his programs, and who have substituted commercial-grade herbs for the fresh herbs he got from around the state of Utah, or wherever he lived at the time.
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A new concept by the BLT chain has arrived in White Plains. Under the name of BLT Steak the BLT empire has now perfected a new concept: BLT Inept. Dinner last night at BLT Steak was a disaster worthy of posting in the hopes that the BLT management team takes notice and makes repairs. I searched the web and couldnt find an email address for customer service or anything similar on the BLT website so I have to resort to a post to get word to them.
Dinner for two, intended to be cocktail, two shared appetizers, a shared steak and a side of sautéed spinach. Simple, not difficult at all. From the large menu board over the kitchen window we tried to choose between two salad offerings. The "Ginger Marinated Tomatoes, Burrata and Arugula salad" or the "Beets, Gorgonzola and Apples salad". We asked our waiter and he said both were his favorite but that he preferred the tomato salad so we ordered it and the adventure began.
Take 1: Salad arrives, three small squares of hard cheese sat atop a salad with tomatoes, olives and watermelon. Summoned waiter who told us that was what we ordered. Pointed out absence of burrata and arugula and presence of olives and watermelon and he said that the salad with marinated tomatoes and burrata was no longer on the menu and this was the seasonal tomato salad. We pointed to the menu board where the salad we ordered was clearly present and reminded him of our conversation and he apologized. Not in the mood for olives and watermelon we asked for the beet, Gorgonzola, apple salad instead.
Take 2: Salad arrives. No gorgonzola in sight. Waiter says it is under the beets. We toss the salad and still no gorgonzola appears. More apologies and salad removed with promise to fix it.
Take 3: Salad arrives. nice mound of beets, chunks of cheese and white shredded items on top. A few bites in it becomes apparent that the shredded items on top are endive and red onion and NOT apples as promised. I go to kitchen window and ask for chef. Young guy in street clothes claims to be "a chef" and that "the chef" is not in the kitchen tonight. He comes to table and says that the shredded stuff is apples. We explain it is not and that we certainly know the difference between apples and endive and the salad is taken away. We decline an offer of a 4th try.
Manager came over and apologized, offered us some free side dishes. We decline. They bring our steak and spinach. They also bring sides of carrots and gratin potatoes. When we finish steak and ask for check they dont bring check but bring several desserts. We thank them but decline desserts and ask for check again. Check comes. No adjustments made to check for the troubles, no comped cocktail, nada.
Now I am not looking for a free meal and am happy to pay for what I eat but this experience at a restaurant with the professional caliber of BLT Steak was unbelievably poor. Bringing me food I dont want and multiple apologies is hardly the way to make up for incredibly inept service by a kitchen. It seemed like an Applebee's adventure instead of BLT treatment.
If you want confused kitchen and amateurish front end service at Manhattan prices, BLT is the place to go in White Plains. As for steak, I'll be back to Morton's.


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Meeting Architecture: Richard Deacon & Eric Parry
16 December 2014 | 7pm
Kensington, Lecture Theatre 1
The RCA will once again host Meeting Architecture, a series of lectures organised by the British School at Rome. The 2014/15 talks will continue to analyse the relationship and cross-over between architecture and some of the other creative processes in a series of talks by leading figures from architecture, art and film.
In the first talk of the series architect Eric Parry and artist Richard Deacon will look at the links between architecture and art, historically two of the most closely entwined disciplines. Successful collaborations between the two disciplines are rare though and in most cases artists are invited to decorate architects' buildings. To quote Deacon: 'I have worked with a lot of architects and I have a pretty healthy suspicion of them'. However, he refers to his work with the British architect Eric Parry as being completely different. The two have collaborated for many years and this event will provide a rare opportunity to hear them discuss the nature of their collaborations as well as present for the first time an analysis of some of their work together.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Film with fantastic direction of Kelsey Hockmuller. This movie was presented in 2011, with original production from USA. You can watch Yesterday's News online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2011.
Rating: 5 by 6 users./
Runtime: 79 minutes
Loretta Adams, Jennifer Aguirrie, Haley Bass, Brad Bowers, Lauren Camp, Aidan Chladil, Francis Clark, Zoe Dahmen, Marie Dupont, Rush Evans IV, Larry Featherstone, Marina Gallop, Gazelle Garcia, Azulina Green, Candice Grigsby and Kelsey Hockmuller.
Family, Comedy.
79-minute film (full movie) directed by Kelsey Hockmuller.
The original audio of Yesterday's News has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2011.
Screenplay written by Jo Whittemore and Zoe Dahmen.
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Zoe Dahmen and Ken Rogers.
This film was produced and / or financed by A.V. Club Productions.
Composed by Elliot Rogers, Andrew Rogers and Nik Henson.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Yesterday's News has a duration of 79 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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On Top of Old Smoky
The manufacture of illicit whiskey in the mountains is not dead. Far from it.
—The Foxfire Book, Vol. 1
The first time I saw René with a jar of moonshine, we were having a beer in an empty bar and gazing at the sun-dappled trees of Tompkins Square Park. It was a quiet afternoon at Doc Holliday's, a honky-tonk in downtown New York City with David Allen Coe on the jukebox, cowboy boots nailed to the ceiling, and cheap PBR. These bars, of which there were maybe half a dozen throughout the city, were headed toward a weird pinnacle of noxious renown: It was 1999, and there were already stories circulating about beautiful celebrities dancing on the bar while the bartenders (gorgeous, wild) poured flaming booze and screamed for their tips through megaphones. René is the kid brother of a dear old friend, and in my imagination he is permanently fourteen. His beard, in fact his whole outdoorsy, laid-back, good-looking adult person, surprises me every time. He has wrenched motorcycles and hiked the Appalachian Trail, and he had spent his first paycheck from the Smoky Mountain forestry service to come visit.
He reached into his knapsack but stopped with his hand in the bag.
"Can I?" he asked, his eyes alight.
His brother shrugged.
Out came a Mason jar of clear liquid. This was years before I saw white lightning drip from a still in my own kitchen — in 1999, a jar of bootleg was a surprise. We took searing sips and shared it with the bartender.
Years later I took a break from the archives of Appalachian State University to call René and arrange our Labor Day visit in Sylva, North Carolina. He had been trying to line up a series of moonshiners for me to meet, and he had been excited at the prospect of cruising the country roads, meeting the locals, and drinking the legendary "charred liquor" of the hills. He seemed disappointed with what he'd managed. He hadn't found any charred, and all the moonshiners had stopped returning phone calls, as moonshiners are wont to do. We would drive up the mountain to his friend Larry's house — he might have some liquor — and have a barbecue. It was a fine way to spend Labor Day, I assured him. I could tell he felt that he'd failed.Continue reading the main story
I followed René up the mountain past small pastures and little homesteads nestled in leafy trees. At about 3,600 feet, we took a left onto a gravel driveway canopied by old-growth forest. A stream crossed the driveway at a ford, and we splashed through it.
Larry's unassuming rancher is surrounded by bedded plantings. He's built fences of driftwood and strung bottles along them. Arrayed about the property are benches he's cut from entire trees. One of them overlooks his two little ponds — one for swimming, one for fish (his teenage son Wesley announced there were twenty-six of them). Up the hill, rows of Christmas trees awaited harvest. He took us into the woods, to a spot on a creek where magnolias grew like mangroves and a small, beautiful waterfall rushed. We talked about recipes for the perfect margarita.
Larry has tricked out a little wooden barn with a gigantic Peavey PA system, a bar, and a lava lamp. He opened the freezer door and said, "Sheeat! Look in here, there's a jar of water that doesn't freeze!"
A neighbor showed up with some shucked oysters from her home in South Carolina.
We listened to Steve Earle, Ralph Stanley, and AC/DC and poured moonshine over the oysters and shot them with Tabasco.
Larry mentioned a friend with stovetop still, and praised the famous Smoky Mountain charred.
I sipped Larry's good corn whiskey — and that's what it was, there was no doubt about it — and smiled at them and told them this was perfect. A late summer day spent high in the Smokies drinking good white lightning is pretty satisfying.
It was on this trip that I went in search of famed moonshiner Popcorn Sutton.
Popcorn Sutton has made a career out of moonshine, but not, or not wholly, in the usual way. Rather than rely upon actually selling jugs of the stuff, he authored the perpetually out-of-print and consistently in demand book Me and My Likker and set out on a mission of bizarre celebrity. He spent a lot of time driving around in a Model A Ford and being interviewed for local news footage about the "old ways."
On Willie Nelson's Web site, you can see Willie with his arm around Popcorn. Willie is dressed nonchalantly in black — hoodie, trousers, sneakers, t-shirt, cowboy hat. Popcorn, in contrast, is attired in his usual costume: overalls, a flannel shirt, and a greasy leather fedora. He's hunched, his wild beard radiating down to his chest from drawn cheeks. He can't be an inch over 5 feet 6, and I'd be amazed to learn that he weighs more than two cases of beer. He is somewhere between 45 and 105 years old — apparently it's a bad idea to ask him. He looks as if he clips Snuffy Smith cartoons to his bathroom mirror.
Lana Nelson (Willie's daughter) captioned the photo: "Somewhere in the Great Smoky Mountains near Cherokee, N.C., world renowned moonshiner and literary giant, Popcorn Sutton, visits Dr. Booger Nelson [Willie's nickname is Booger Red] at a top-secret, undisclosed location. Popcorn brews corn liquor for thousands of thirsty customers in the dry county, and received a standing ovation when Dad introduced him at the sold-out Harrah's concert."
Popcorn never figured out how to monetize his celebrity. He gets hauled up on stage and smiles out into an exultant crowd, but he doesn't get any more bills to stuff in his mattress. He has sold at least one Model A, and he doesn't have the few thousand dollars it would take to get another print run of his book, although the thing is practically a home run, guaranteed to sell out while still warm from the printing press.
I had figured that his moonshine was all postmodernism, more about performance and presentation than liquor. Certainly, he doesn't actually make liquor for thousands of thirsty customers. He speaks at folk-life festivals. I thought of him as the Andy Warhol of hooch. Just another example of how something that had once been purely American and real had transformed, for purposes of display, into something else.
The truth turned out to be much weirder.
Authenticity is evasive and hard to understand in America. Why were there half a dozen honky-tonk beer joints in New York City at the turn of the century? I don't know what to make of the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, or the French Quarter in New Orleans. For that matter, I don't know what to make of my own town, in which the historical review board insists that the houses continue to be built as if it were the middle of the nineteenth century, to maintain an authentic cohesion, without stopping to consider that nothing is more artificial than building nineteenth-century houses in the twenty-first century.
It's a slippery thing. There is no denying that the French Quarter really is the French Quarter or that Fisherman's Wharf is built on the quays. These places have found themselves, due to the pressures of commerce or culture, in a state of aggravated self-consciousness compelled to emulate and replicate their salient features until artifice overtakes authenticity.
This shift happens to people, too. My suspicions about Popcorn's artifice were only further underscored by one of the two places he lives, a vacation hub called Maggie Valley, his perfect correlative.
West of Lake Junaluska in North Carolina, I drove Route 19 between Hard Ridge and Utah Mountain. The asphalt rolled flat for a short stretch between the many hills and became Soco Road. I drove through miles of restaurants, bars, hotels, and gift shops. Maggie Valley, according to the 2000 census, is a town of 607 people. On the five-mile stretch of Soco Road, I counted about thirty restaurants.
Today every slope is a housing development — for vacationers, I assume — named, as is the mode for developments, for the very things the bulldozers took from the landscape: Walnut Hills, the Meadows, Wild Acres. The one I explored was a cluster of gray, particleboard-paneled houses stacked like playing cards.
Whatever Maggie Valley once was, it no longer is.
The town has commodified itself, just as Popcorn has. I got the feeling that everything I touched, everything I saw, was being done for the benefit of tourists. That feeling is enhanced by the breathtaking tally of the roadside gift shops. Finally, at the edge of town, a gigantic sign in yellow and black announced that I'd found the most photographed vista of the Smokies.
Certainly, this place was perfect for books about backwoods distilling, for stoneware jugs, for metamoonshine.
But there was one last contradiction: Popcorn had been busted.
The headline had read, "Fire Call Leads to Moonshine Bust: Firefighters Responding to a Cocke County Fire on Tuesday Discovered Much More than They Expected."
On property belonging to Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, they found everything needed to make moonshine, as well as dozens of jugs of the finished product. Three large stills were in operation, and a building on the property was on fire.
Sutton now faces two charges stemming from Tuesday's bust. Before his arrest, Sutton had gained a certain notoriety for his popular books and videos teaching others how to make moonshine.
According to one of Popcorn Sutton's videos, he's gotten in trouble for moonshining before — in 1974, and again in 1998.
He's expected to appear before a judge on these most recent charges on May 9.
Popcorn's shack in Maggie Valley is at the top of a hill, and at the bottom of that hill is the Misty Mountain Ranch, a bed-and-breakfast with a few cabins arrayed around a gravel parking lot. Karen and Peter, originally from Chicago, own the place. They, being garrulous and good-natured folks, befriended Popcorn, and he eventually became a mascot for the B&B. They bought one of his Model A's and dropped it in the yard, where it sits with a copper still bolted onto the back and some stickers, one of which reads DON'T LET THE TRUTH GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY.
It was here that I lurked and waited for Popcorn, and things got strange.
"Oh, I wish you'd called ahead," said Karen, "but it's okay, he's coming here today, anyway. Do you have his cell phone number?"
His what?
When the local news did a segment on him, the whole thing was framed by the idea that Maggie Valley is a beautiful place where people can see life "the way it used to be." The local news writers held that the more folks wanted to see the old ways, the more they crowded them out. The old culture died. What's left of the old ways, they claimed, throbs in Popcorn's breast. This sort of thing suits Popcorn fine; it's exactly the line he sells about himself.
I hadn't begun by looking for inconsistencies, but once I started paying attention — once, in other words, someone offered up a self-proclaimed mountain man's cell phone number — they began to leap out at me like mice from a kitchen drawer.
I went back and watched the clip of that local news report again. The camera is on Popcorn in his cabin, ostensibly a mountain shack, heated by just a woodstove. He says, "I can cook right here on top of it just as good as you can on an electric stove, downtown." In the left margin of the screen there is an electric stove.
That's not fair — perhaps it's gas.
Karen told me that Popcorn was not well, he'd fallen off of his front porch and hurt his back. He was seeing a chiropractor, and that was making it worse. "He's taking codeine," she said, "but maybe he'll want to meet you."
So I waited around.
I gave Karen $35 for Popcorn's DVD, mendaciously and manipulatively titled This Is the Last Dam Run of Likker I'll Ever Make, and put it on back in my cabin.
The documentary is fun: Popcorn drives around in his old Ford, looks for a good spot, and rambles on about himself.
Popcorn finds a stream with good water and shows the camera some "water weeds," which he claims prove the water will make good liquor. He's 10 yards ahead of the camera, and he climbs over a rock or two to come back toward the cameraman. He bitches about how hard of a job it is. It's rough stuff, in rough country, and he's old and tired.
The camera follows him as he walks, and we see that the car is on the side of the road, which is maybe 10 yards away — quite a hike.
I wandered back up to the house, fed the ducks, and drank a beer with my hosts until a gold Toyota pulled down the driveway. It was Popcorn. He was too tired to talk, in too much pain, and too foggy from the codeine.
He's tiny.
That was the end of me and Popcorn, but it wasn't the end of Popcorn's story. After the fire at his home led to being busted, he proceeded to sell moonshine to a federal undercover agent, who ramped him up until they were dealing in volume. Popcorn sold him 300 gallons, and promised him another 500. The feds raided him, and found "three large stills with capacities up to 1,000 gallons, over 850 gallons of moonshine, and hundreds of gallons of mash, materials and ingredients used to manufacture moonshine, and firearms and ammunition." He pled guilty, and received his sentence on January 26, 2009. He got eighteen months in the federal penitentiary.
On March 16, a few days before he was to report to prison, Popcorn hooked a pipe up from the exhaust of his Ford Fairlane — his three-jug car, he called it, because he'd traded three jugs of liquor for it — and asphyxiated himself.
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Almost everything in our lives is controlled by time. Time to get up! Time to catch up bus! Time to go to school! We have clocks and watches that tell us the exact time to the second. But how did people tell the time in the past?
There were a few methods used in ancient times such as measurement of shadow formed by a stick using evenly spaced stones, sundial similar to stick and stones. Ancient Egyptians use to measure time by water dripping into a jar, candles; through evenly spaced cuts on them and the famous method of hour glass dipping sand.
Before all this, there was a time when ancient Chinese used to beat drums loudly to scare away the dragon who ate their sun in the evening. Guess what? It worked every morning. Regardless of the fact, sun has been used as the source for telling time for centuries.
But you don't need to go back in history to learn those skills, as we present you today, the simplest method to tell time, using our very own Sun.
Step 1: You should know the three locations in the sky.
- The point of sunrise (east)
- The point of sunset (west)
- The point when sun is right above you (noon)
Step 2: You should know the time the sun rises and sun sets in your area, e.g. sun rises at 6:00 am and sets at 6:00 pm. It takes 12 hours for sun to move from the position of sunrise to the position of sunset. Hence, when the sun is right above you, it must be noon or sun has moved halfway from the position of sunrise.
Step 3: Now, in your mind, split these sections into three equal slices of one hour each. So, between sunrise and noon, its 9:00 am and between noon and sunset its 3:00 pm.
Try this now and you will be amazed at how accurate you were in predicting the time.
Japanese designer Kota Nezu designed an umbrella that is a functional sundial. There's a compass built into the handle to that you can point it in the right direction and get a reading on the time.


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7:26am 21st May 2013
(Updated 7:27am 21st May 2013)
44 house fires in Dorset last year didn't activate the smoke alarm because they were placed too far away.
Now Dorset Fire are encouraging people to make sure they're put up in the most important areas of their home.
That's one alarm on every floor, preferably in hallways and landings and in rooms where there are alot of electrical appliances.
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RB Lamont Jordan Signs With Patriots
When the Raiders drafted Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, it didn't take long for them to show Lamont Jordan the door. It also didn't take long for him to find a new team; the New England Patriots had a need for depth at the running back position. Backs Laurence Maroney and Sammy Morris missed significant time in 2007, forcing 3rd down specialist Kevin Faulk and backups Heath Evans and Kyle Eckel to fill the gaps. The Patriots hope that Jordan can relieve the starters for a few reps, or even find a specific role to play in the offense.
The veteran had a solid 2006 season, racking up 1,025 yards and nine touchdowns, but had a 2007 campaign that was hampered by injuries. Jordan only managed three touchdowns and 549 yards in 12 games (7 starts). He said that his body seemed to be responding to contact in practice normally, and that he is starting the season healthy.
In his first practice sessions with the Pats, Jordan worked on red-zone plays and screen plays, possible long term roles for him to fill.
"Lamont adds some quality depth to our backfield," coach Bill Belichick said after the first practice. "He's tough to tackle, a hard runner, and good in the passing game."
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Get away from it all with a stay at this blissfully cozy Big Bear Lake vacation cabin, surrounded by tall trees and the San Bernardino National Forest! With three bedrooms and two bathrooms, you'll have room for up to eight guests at this rustic yet refined charmer, as well as two furry family members!
Just about an hour-and-a-half from bustling LA, Big Bear Lake is a tranquil resort town for kicking back, enjoying a glass of wine on the porch, warming up in the hot tub, roasting s'mores by the firepit, or an afternoon of swimming the the gorgeous blue lake waters! During ski season, there are two ski resorts within a 15-minute drive - both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit. And just because you can commune with nature, don't think there's nothing else to do in Big Bear Lake. The vibrant downtown area is home to a number of unique shops, galleries, dozens of restaurants, and even a movie theater.
A stay at this cabin in the woods includes modern amenities like WiFi, cable TV, a DVD player, and a dishwasher, but with cozy comforts like a wood-burning stove in the living room, tall, slanted ceilings, a large deck surrounded by trees, and a gorgeous wood-burning fireplace in the comfortable master bedroom. There are plenty of spots for reading or curling up with your laptop, as well as an open living room for socializing as a group.
The full kitchen boasts all major appliances in addition to a simply stunning bamboo floor. There's also a grill outside for cookouts, and plenty of plates, silverware, and glasses for all of your vacation feasts. At the end of the day, you'll have a king bed, a queen, two fulls, a twin, a futon, and a sleeper sofa. You can even bring two dogs- though a nightly fee per dog and minimum fee per stay will apply.
This Big Bear Lake vacation home is ideal for a memorable family vacation or a group retreat. A wonderful, peaceful getaway in Southern California, Big Bear Lake is a year-round destination. From the swimming, boating, and hiking in the summer to the skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling in the winter, there's always something to do here - even if it's just relaxing around the wood stove with mugs of hot cocoa!
Plan a fun-filled vacation to gorgeous Big Bear Lake, nestled away in the San Bernardino National Forest. Summer or winter, this getaway in the mountains is sure to please.
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Very clean, close to everything, very cozy. Would recommend it to anyone!!
We enjoyed our stay in the mountains with our two small pups. The cabin was very clean . We loved the hot tub and fire pit on the back deck. The BBQ was great for grilling every evening.
The name says it all. We enjoyed our stay and appreciated how clean the cabin was.
Cute and fun old school cabin that is decorated in a classic cabin theme. Very nice and good for families. Great time
This cabin is by far the nicest, biggest and cleanest I've stayed at in Big Bear. Its close proximity to the slopes, both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain is prime. Easy access to the resorts, nice and quiet neighborhood. The bedrooms are spacious and kitchen, deck, spa were all just phenomenal. My family, especially my parents (my parents are hard to please), enjoyed the cabin very much! Would stay there again. The only issue we came across with was that the shower by the stairs going to the bedroom had very low water pressure and the shower head made it worst because the water just trickles and not enough to even get you wet. Hopefully they can check the water pressure and change the shower head. Otherwise, our stay was very pleasant.
What a lovely little cabin! There were only 3 of us but there is definitely room for many more! I have to say that whoever cleans is the best! I couldn't believe how clean everything was! And I'm talking things that were up high, everything was totally clean.
My only negative that I can even possibly think of is that the kitchen doesn't have the best lighting. That's the worst thing that I can come up with.
Just great! When we come back this is definitely the place that we will stay. So close to Big Bear and Summit.
And getting checked in was fabo! We were there during the week so it wasn't busy. We just had to email my license to be able to get in. I'm sure it's different on weekends but for us, this really was just perfect!!


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The Dirties DVD
Starring Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Padraig Singal, Ross Hill, Krista Madison, Shailene Garnett, Josh Boles, Brandon Wickens, Alen Delain, Jordan Foster
Directed by Matt Johnson
Canadian comedy drama starring Matt Johnson and Owen Williams as Matt and Owen, friends who have one big thing in common: they were bullied at school.
They nickname their bullies 'the dirties' and set about making a film depicting how they would exact their revenge if given the opportunity.
- Format: DVD
- Region: 0
- Certification: (15)
- Catalogue number: PULSE002
- Studio: Pulse Films
- Release date: 13/10/2014
- Genre: Comedy
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The Orange emphatically made a statement to the lacrosse community Sunday.
After scoring the game's first seven goals, Syracuse cruised to a 15-9 victory over Virginia in the Carrier Dome. It was the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both squads.
The impressive victory over the perennially-powerful Cavaliers, who beat SU 17-12 a year ago, catapulted the Orange to the No. 1 spot in the updated Cascade/Maverik Media Poll. In an ultra- competitive series that dates back to 1938, Virginia and Syracuse sported 3-0 records coming into the contest. Virginia, which was no. 5 in the media poll, dropped to no. 7 in the new poll.
SU pestered Virginia's inexperienced defensive unit with 50 shots as faceoff specialist Ben Williams again was the catalyst by taking 15-19 at the X.
The Cavaliers didn't notch their first goal until less than four minutes remained in the first half. It was 12-4 after three quarters of play.
Coach John Desko credited his squad's focus from the starting whistle that set the tone for the game.
"Any coach in the country would be please with that effort," Desko reasoned. "I think our team was really well prepared."
Williams, who also had 12 groundballs, appeared to suffer an upper body injury at the beginning of the fourth quarter and did not return to the game.
He is expected to be back on the field when Syracuse travels to Georgia March 7 to take on St. John's.
Dom Starsia, the heralded Cavalier coach, admitted his squad was not good enough to match up against the Orange in the early season matchup.
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Desko (five) and Starsia (four) have won nine national championships overall. The Virginia coach is the active Division I leader with 361 victories. Desko, who is currently ninth among active coaches, picked up his 202nd Sunday.
"We ran into an experienced buzz saw today," Starsia said afterwards. "We never had the ball early in the game and that made a difference."
Syracuse had eight players hit the back of the net in the game. Nicky Galasso paced the Orange with four goals while Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue each had a hat trick. Tim Barber, Tom Grimm, Derek DeJoe, Jordan Evans and Paola Ciferri had one goal each.
"It was a team effort today," said Galasso. "We moved the ball well."
Galasso said the team's weekly preparations were key, specifically the sometimes under-appreciated practice players.
"The scout team busted their butts all week to get us prepared for Virginia," Galasso said. "They deserve a lot of the credit."
Desko agreed and noted his team's personnel allow the coaching staff to mirror the opponent's strategies.
"We are fortunate to have the (roster) depth, "Desko said. "It's kind of a luxury."
Bobby Wardell, the senior goal keeper, was stellar in the cage again, matched his season high with 11 saves in the game.
While the rest of the lacrosse world painstakingly deals with the unseasonably nasty weather, Desko knows his team has an advantage to play in the Dome after practicing on the full-field at Manley Field House during the week.
Maybe that is why SU looks like a team in mid-season form.
"It felt like men against boys out there at times," Starsia admitted.
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St. Patrick's Day, Irish dance program Saturday in Dawson
DAWSON -- Katie McMahon, former lead soprano of the original Riverdance production, will present her St. Patrick's Day show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Auditorium in Dawson.
Her Irish show, which includes nine Irish dancers and five musicians, will celebrate the coming of spring with songs about St. Patrick, traditional Irish singing and dancing. The show will include both soft- and hard-shoe dancing by the members of The Corda Mor Irish Dance Troupe.
McMahon provides lead vocals and also plays the Irish harp. She is best known for her "exquisite soaring soprano solo" in the original Riverdance show. She was born and raised in Dublin and was classically trained in voice and harp and studied Italian and drama studies at Trinity College.
She toured the world with Riverdance for five years and, while touring in Minneapolis, she met her husband, Ben Craig, and has lived in Minnesota for the past several years. Craig's parents, Les and Sharon Craig, live in Granite Falls.
Tickets are $14 for adults, $5 for students; all seating is reserved. Call the Dawson-Boyd Arts Association box office at 320-769-2955, ext. 246. For more information, visit the Web site at www.dawsonboydarts.org.
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MARSHAL --Robert Mattson of New London has been awarded the 2009 Prairie Star by the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council.
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Mattson, a former art instructor at Ridgewater College in Willmar, will receive the award at the 35th SMAHC Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 24 at the Willmar Holiday Inn Conference Center.
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Just a heads up there's a great sale on Turkish Air -- October-April. $505 for non-stop, r/t air from Chicago, includes all taxes. Doesn't look as good from other cities but you may want to hunt around. Is 9 nights enough to include a trip to Greece? Is there a discount carrier that goes IST-ATH?
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Wow - great fare!!
If you are interested, I would go ahead and book. You can decide later if it's possible/cost effective (or if even you want to) include a detour to Greece in the middle of your trip.
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There's a discount carrier, Pegasus which goes Izmir-Athens.
Consider visiting Ephesus, very close to izmir airport and then flying to Athens, after spending a few days in istanbul. Otherwise check Aegean and Sunexpress in addition to THY again.
This is a terrific deal. If you have a miles and smiles or a Lufthansa or any "Alliance" network card (am not sure if US partner is United or American), you can also check the THY website for promotions on using mile points for local flights. If you do not have a card, get one because one transatlantic return flight may give you enough miles for a local flight.
We are using up 76,000 mile points each for IST-ORD in September. Although delaying the visit to October would have meant colder weather, it could have been worth it.
Also, THY has excellent in flight service, food and drinks as well as individual screens with movies and games, etc, although leg space is not much better than other carriers.
Have some Melatonin pills handy to fight jet-lag when you get to istanbul.
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That is unbelievable. I thought that you were mistaken, but I checked and it is not for every day, but is for a substantial # of days.
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Fare is $199 and taxes are $306 = $505. Great deal! Thanks for the heads up.
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I'm in for October! Now to get to Santorini...
Turkish is doing IST-ATH for $311 R/T. Is that a high price? I was hoping to find something half that price although I guess that might be a tad unrealistic....
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Otherchelebi - thx for the great info. So I could possibly use my *A miles to get to Santorini on Turkish Air?
Also, if flights to Greece are too expensive, I ought to stay in Turkey and visit at least one other city - Ephesus or perhaps Cappadocia. What is your opinion on either destination and any ideas on the most affordable yet reasonable means of travel to either?
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Staying in Turkey is recommended if you can see yourself visiting Greece also in the future.
Turkey has some very unique places and a non-touristy hospitality which needs to be experienced.
Cappadocia is definitely a one of a kind place, and October is a good month for it.
All our Fodors friends loved it. there are many recent and not so recent trip reports on the region, from Aduchamp to Ellen and many others, and not one had anything but laudotory posts.
If you like antiquity very much, you can combine Cappadocia with the over 3000 year old Hittite and other sites like Hattusas-Yazilikaya and Alacahoyuk, the empire which fought the Pharoahs of Egypt and signed the famous Kadesh Peace Treaty which appear translated on stone tablets in the Istanbul archeological museum (i think)
Ephesus and the neighboring sites, on the other hand are well preserved classical greek, Karian, Lydian, Byzantine and Roman ruins, which are also well-worth visiting. there are also two major national parks in the area which have large bird and plant (i.e. 60 orchids) varieties including some endemic ones.
They are both (kayseri or Nevsehir airports for Cappadocia, and Izmir airport for Ephesus)vey cheaply reached by local flights. reserving soon will get you possibly less than $100 return flights on pegasus, Sunexpress, Sky, Onur or Atlas airlines, in addition to the no frills arm of THY, Anadolu jet, and THY itself.
Flying to athens and then santorini will be easier from Izmir, however you may lose too much unnecessary time at airports and in the air.
October may not be the best time for Santorini if you are looking for fun and night life. I am not sure if your miles will extend to santorini on local airlines from Athens.
You also have the option of taking a short day cruise from Kusadasi near Ephesus, to Samos island, which is just off the Turkish coast.
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I agree about TA: legroom is as poor as any other carrier - but the amenities can't be beat. Fabulous service. Absolutely friendly. Loads of free movies and games.
Stay in Turkey! I just returned from a two week stay in Istanbul and along the Aegean to Ephesus and then inland to Pamukkale. I hope to get back to Cappadocia in the very near future! I realize that it is worthwhile to make that effort.
The people, the food, the sights, the immense trove of historic effects....what a country! And their efforts to modernize are admirable. Everyone was friendly seemed very happy.
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Cabovacation, good to hear that you enjoyed your vacation despite the trepidation about the weather which unfortunately was as bad as you feared.
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celebi - yes, I only have santorini on the brain because i'd planned on a trip with miles but I realize that with the cost of flying to ATH and then again to Santorini, this is not an effective use of this great fare.
I've been to IST just briefly five yrs ago and it was wonderful and this is my bf's first visit so we look forward to exploring the area. We are very much into great food, beautiful locales, and also scuba diving but i'm guessing we'll stay out of the water this trip. (We're less interested in nightlife but love good restaurants.)
I took your advice and found great fares IST-IZMIR and IST-Keyseri on Sky and Pegasus. Is it unreasonable to visit both areas and also see Istanbul in just 9 nights? Also, is it more or less safe to take these discount airlines to fly back to IST on day of our flight back to the States? I'd rather avoid the additional back/forth air transfers and fly back into IST the same day if possible. thanks again for the great details, it's been really helpful
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You can actually visit both cappadocia and ephesus by flyng from one to other rather than coming back to istanbul.
Your problem may be the unceratinty about october flight schedules between Kayseri and Izmir. If pegasus and Sky do not give any flights between these two cities, check Sunexpress.
the problem of same day local flight into istanbul and the THY fly out to JFK is two fold:
1. The JFK flight is early in the morning and there may not be a flight to give you the 2.5 hours you will need.
2. Most of the cut-rate airlines usually fly into SAW airport which is at the other end of the city and will mean up to 2 hours transfer time between the two airports and can be very costly by taxi.
3. If you must do a same day connection, you probably should check THY into Istanbul that day, which should allow you to check your luggage through to JFK, saving a great deal of time and put the burden of making sure that you make the connecting flight on the airline. this may be easier if you fly in from Izmir, because there should be early bird flights between these two major cities.
Regarding food, there is a long running thread on istanbul restaurants at trip Advisor. Most of the recommended restaurants are tourist restaurants, however, i and a few others like me have given our recommendation also. You can check there and ask further questions when your trip gets closer.
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By Robert Lane
Structured as a star vehicle for country singer turned actor Kenny
Rogers, Six Pack is an amiable little film that aims low but
showcases the pleasant and easygoing charm of its star. Rogers (The
Gambler) plays a down on his luck race car driver saddled with a half
dozen delinquents. As he tries to resurrect his fledgling career, he bonds
with the little waifs and they form a sort of family, even as they are
pursued by a corrupt sheriff who wants to send the kids to an orphanage
and ruin Rogers' comeback. A blatant knockoff of films like Smokey and
the Bandit, this family-oriented movie works best as a breezy comedy
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