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I can think of any number of reasons to be sympathetic to the quality of I Know Who Killed Me. As pretty much every critic under the sun has pointed out, Lindsay Lohan's screwed up personal problems are neatly coinciding with a really screwed up film. To be sure, it's hard to divorce my knowledge of the tabloids from scenes in the film where Lohan downs pills with bottles of liquor. What also didn't help was my actual movie going experience. The film was set to play at my local Carmike but according to the internet is was only playing at 10pm. Just one show time, sure doesn't look good. But things got even more ridiculous. Upon arriving at the theater I looked for the film's marquee, but there was none to be found. This is the right theater, right? I went up to the box office to check and the film wasn't even listed! Jeez! I asked the ticket person if indeed the film was playing and she confirmed that it was and had no problem taking my eight dollars and seventy-five cents for a film which the theater wasn't even bothering to advertise. I then chatted with this young woman for a few minutes about why the hell I was going to see this movie (with my friend Dan, no less) and pathetically I couldn't even come up with a good reason. I went up to the guy who tears your ticket stub (is there a name for that? Usher, I guess) and this kid was all of fourteen years old. Upon seeing my ticket he snickered at me "Well, at least you get to see Lindsay Lohan's boobs." And oh my god! First of all, you do not get to see Lindsay Lohan's boobs in this movie, and second of all this little punk just made me feel like a creepy old man going to a porno! If I wanted to do that I'd just watch Showgirls again, damnit! He was also too dumb to tell me where the theater was so I stood there looking around (surprise, surprise, there was no sign) until he finally he said it was the last theater to the right. And do you know what film normally plays in that theater? Ratatouille!!! All right, this is now just getting way too weird. So Dan and I take our seats and I'm surprised (and a little disappointed) that there are actually eight other people joining us. Anyway, the previews start (yeah, I know I still haven't even gotten to the actual film) and the previews feature a Jodi Foster film called The Brave One about a woman and her husband who are brutally attacked by thugs, leaving the husband dead. Jodi Foster then turns to vigilante justice and gets her revenge on the thugs. Ok, looks dumb, but whatever. Second trailer, a Kevin Bacon film called Death Sentence, in which Bacon watches his son (I think) get murdered outside a convenience store and then… becomes a vigilante and gets his revenge against the thugs who did it? Are you kidding me??? The two trailers were literally back-to-back and the only difference seems to be a transposition of the protagonist's gender!
All right, all right, maybe I should just get to the movie. Fine, but you asked for it! The film begins bathed in red. Red lights, red tinted lens, red costume on Lindsay Lohan who is playing a stripper. Geez, maybe I am seeing Showgirls again. Unlike Elizabeth Berkley, Lohan never loses more than her shirt in this movie, even as she gyrates around in a g-string which is pretty revealing, if that's what you're interested in. Anyway, as she's sliding down the pole she leaves behind a trail of blood and… scene.
Cut to Lindsay Lohan narrating a story she wrote to class. Lohan is now playing Aubry, a cute suburbanite who wants to be a writer. The story is about a girl named Dakota, a stripper, and her crazy stripper life and she always felt like a part of her was missing, like she was only half a person. Weird! Aubry is narrating about the character we just saw who looks exactly like Aubry. I wonder where this is going. The kids in Aubry's class certainly seen enrapt, I'm not feeling quite the same.
Anyway, my memory on the order of events is somewhat hazy, but we meet Aubry's parents and her gardener, who is "foreshadowingly" using big hedge clippers. Meanwhile Aubry is having a piano lesson but she sucks and explains to her teacher that she hasn't had time to practice. In fact, she's quitting the piano. Now, I've had to tell a few music teachers that I was quitting in my time. And it is kind of a scary thing. After all, you've spent hours just trying to get this instructor to like what you're producing, and now you have to tell them that you're quitting. I always feel like I'm breaking the teacher's heart. Of course, in reality it probably just means the instructor will need to pick up another student to keep the bills coming in and hell I was never all that good in the first place, no big loss. That's real life. In this movie, the piano teacher actually is heartbroken and flies into a bit of a hissy fit about the whole thing. And oh, what's this, sorry a telegraph just arrived, oh it's one of those fancy ones that screams "MOTIVE" every time you open it. I wonder what that has to do with anything.
Anyway back at school Aubry is in science class and her boyfriend keeps trying to feel her up. Really blatantly too. Man is that obnoxious. We learn, however, that Aubry ain't putting out for this guy (although apparently she has before) and even though he tells her he loves her, and gives her a blue rose the answer is still no. Ouch, I mean, his love seemed really heart-felt, too.
During class, the principle comes in and informs the teacher that a student who had been missing for days was found dead and horribly mutilated. The teacher then tells the class. The death of this girl has gotten the FBI involved as there are suspicions that they might have a serial killer on their hands. In case you were wondering, the FBI is absolutely incompetent in this movie.
That night is the big high school football game and I'm suddenly not sure if I'm actually watching Mean Girls again. But this football game is filmed with blue flashes going off all the time. The school team's uniform is blue. Blue blue blue. What it all means, I don't know. Aubry cheers on her boyfriend. After the game Aubry and her friends are going to a theater together and frankly I hope they have a much better time than I have thus far. Lohan sees her boyfriend up ahead in the crowd and tries to run up to catch him. Whether she is successful or not we don't know as we next cut to her friends at the theater, waiting for her and frantically calling her cell phone. The boyfriend shows up and he says he hasn't seen her either. Uh-oh spaghettios!
The FBI swoops in and the manhunt is on. Actually, there's not much of a manhunt at all. Apparently all the FBI does is sit in their makeshift offices and surround themselves with pictures of the victims and theorize theorize theorize. Worse than a bunch of English professors, I tellz ya! Seriously, aren't these guys supposed to be field agents. Shouldn't they be out at the scene where Aubry was last, uh, seen? Interrogating the friends, boyfriend, parents. Finding out everyone who knew Aubry and might have had any reason to be hostile towards like, say, I dunno, the piano teacher she just fired? Also they all wear blue gloves. Could one of them be the murderer?
Well while all of the above is not going on, Lindsay Lohan, er, Aubry is strapped down to an operating table and is being harassed by a guy wearing blue gloves, a blue mask, and a blue hat. In fact, in the credits he is titled "The Blue Man." And all I can do is hope that he actually works with several accomplices to commit his crimes so that they can collectively be known as "The Blue Man Group." Alas, that's too much to hope for. If, however, you're hoping to see Lindsay Lohan tortured, well then this is your lucky night! First Blue Man compresses Lohans right hand in dry ice which, when removed, causes all her skin to peel off. Next he begins slicing off her fingers with a big blue glass knife. I admit, this is all pretty painful. I'm not an afficianado of films like Saw, and the fact that I could stomach all this without too much discomfort I'm guessing means that even as "torture porn" this movie is lackluster.
Anyway, Aubry is found that night on the side of the road by a passing motorist who just happens to be muttering into her cell phone that she feels like she's only half a person. Where have I heard this before? Anyway, Aubry is taken to a hospital and doctors are forced to amputate her hand and her leg (the doctors, I might add, are all wearing the same damn blue gloves. I mean what, is there only one glove supplier for this whole damn town???). We now have the pleasure of watching and handless, legless Lindsay Lohan for the rest of the film. Aubry finally wakes up much to everyone's joy, but we learn that in fact she isn't Aubry, but Dakota. You remember, the stripper in Aubry's story? Weird, right? Well this obviously causes a good deal of distress for the FBI and Aubry's parents, but Dakota is dead-set on being who she says she is. The next couple scenes take place at the hospital where Dakota is given a prosthetic hand and leg in scenes oddly reminiscent of Star Wars. Meanwhile the FBI has a psychologist treat Dakota, but she figures out he works for the FBI and promptly refuses to talk to him. Everyone is convinced that Dakota is of course really Aubry and that she's making up this alter-ego to deal with the trauma of her experience. Once again, the FBI apparently gets so hung up on this one witness that they never seem to do anything competent like, say, check the scene where "Dakota's" body was found.
Meanwhile Dakota is finally allowed to go home, though under strict police surveillance. Despite this, the police have no problem letting Aubry's boyfriend into the house even though at this point, frankly, he seems like a bit of a prime suspect to me. Well the boyfriend sees Dakota and listens inattentively as she tells him she's not Aubry, but Dakota. He doesn't seem at all bothered by this and promptly kisses her passionately. Dakota, stripper that she is, gives in quite quickly to his advances. They're caught kissing by mom who, of course, acts flustered. Dakota meanwhile says that she and the boyfriend are going up to her room. They proceed to do so as mom stands there dumb founded and Dakota and the boyfriend, well, they get it on big time. There are all sorts of reasons why this is weird, and none of them have to do with Dakota's prosthetics. First of all, I'm pretty sure they advise against strenuous activity after leaving the ER. Dakota shows no signs of pain during this romp in the hay. Secondly, doesn't the boyfriend feel a little weird about screwing someone who explicitly says she's not his girlfriend? I mean, if he thinks it's just in Aubry's mind, isn't he still majorly taking advantage of her psychosis? Thirdly, the two are incredibly loud, so we get to intercut between the lovefest and mom furiously cleaning the kitchen sink (that one's for you, Sam, but no, really, she's actually cleaning the kitchen sink).
Once the two have finally f'd the hell out of each other they lie back as Dakota lights up a cigarette. She finally decides to open up a bit and tells the boyfriend about her past. It turns out Dakota's mom was a crackwhore who got a little money each week which she was supposed to give to Dakota but mainly just spent on drugs. Dakota goes to pick up the cash and finds her mom dead with only eleven dollars to her name. So it's off to the stripper industry as we get a repeat of the opening scene of the movie as Dakota writhes around on stage and bleeds on the pole. In her dressing (or, more appropriately, undressing) room Dakota painfully takes off her stripper gloves and… her finger falls off. Which is pretty amusing. She wraps her hand in a towel and takes off. While waiting for the bus she sees a strange man staring at her from a distance. This man apparently has teleportation powers as he eventually materializes right next to Dakota at the bus stop. Luckily the bus arrives and she climbs aboard. On the bus she continues to bleed profusely, and a good Samaritan tells her to hold her hand above her heart to stop the bleeding. Beyond that he's not really interested in what happened to her: "We all get cut sometimes." Ah, nothing like a bit of quaint urban wisdom.
This encourages the boyfriend to help Dakota escape from the house so she can investigate these mysterious events. Well it's about time somebody decided to do that! I'll spare you the details, but they involve the boyfriend asking the FBI agents for a condom (they get a real kick out of this) and then he smuggles Dakota out in the trunk of her car. He drops her off at the house of the first girl who was murdered. Dakota goes inside and asks the parents questions about what happened to their daughter. The mom, being a woman, goes into a tizzy and runs away crying. The dad, being a male, is sensible and let's Dakota see the dead girl's room. The room is filled with "creepy" dolls which have no bearing on anything whatsoever, but up on a shelf Dakota spies a trophy which is instantly recognizable as a (blue) piano competition award. She can't quite grab it off the shelf because Aubry's parents show up and haul her back to the house. Damn! If only she had been able to touch the trophy the mystery would be solved. But as of now, I have no clue who the killer might be.
Back at the house the film starts to really go insane. Honestly, up to this point it was pretty boring, but from here on in the weirdness of the filmmakers picks up the slack in the plot. Dakota starts having visions of creeks and the scene of the crime and flashbacks to memories which she isn't sure are Aubry's or hers. Explaining this in any more detail, I can assure you, would be quite pointless. Anyway, all this gives Dakota the idea that something is definitely up so she hops online and (PRODUCT PLACEMENT) goes to Ask.com for answers. Google, I guess, wisely decided to skip this film. She "Asks" about stigmata and gets the weirdest scene in the entire movie. Art Bell, a famous paranormal researcher/broadcaster, comes on the screen and explains to us (and Dakota) the mysteries of twin stigmata. Basically, whenever a twin gets injured or killed, the other twin suffers the same physical symptoms.
Dakota finally puts it all together. She and Aubry are actually twins, separated at birth! But who could do such a thing? Well, a couple visions later (I'm really foggy on this, but then so was the movie) Dakota realizes that Aubry's dad is responsible. You see, Aubry's mom had a bad fall during her pregnancy and had to have special procedures for her birth. Despite this, the child still died soon after. Meanwhile Dad, not wanting his wife to be heartbroken, made a deal with a crackwhore who just had twins to buy one of the twins and give it to the mom. This explains where the cash to the crack whore mom had been coming from all this time. It was really Aubry's dad! Whew, got that? Dakota confronts Aubry's dad who eventually confesses and Dakota finally delivers the title line (which really makes no sense): "I know who killed me." Dad agrees to help her catch the villain, yup, it's the piano teacher, and they drive off to his house.
Dad makes a comment about how it's a stupid idea not to call the FBI, but, well, when you compare it to all the other stupid ideas in this movie it really ain't that bad. They arrive at the house and the dad goes inside while Dakota waits in the car. Nothing happens for a while and Dakota finally decides to investigate herself. Er, investigate the house herself. She goes around the side of the house and tries to go into a shed but stupidly knocks over a bucket. The Blue Man (what, does this guy always wear blue? What if a neighbor came over t borrow some sugar?) looks out the window but doesn't see Dakota. Dakota then goes back into the deep dark scary shed which is actually a basement as well (weird architectural choice, that one). Anyway it's creepy and prosthetic limbs are hanging everywhere when suddenly a blue hand bursts out the door and tries to grab Dakota. Bad move, however, as Dakota uses her bionic hand to grip the Blue Man. She then picks up one of the many glass knives lying around and hacks off the guy's hand!!! This of course allows him to escape. Dakota follows, but is stopped by the sight of Aubry's dad lying in a pool of blood. He dies, but in so doing distracts Dakota long enough for the Blue Man to sneak up on her and knock her out. She awakes ties to a work table. The Blue Man, now revealed formally to be the piano teacher, is upstairs playing some really awful piano with only one hand. Stupidly, he tied Dakota to a work table covered in yet more glass knives. She procures one and waits for her moment to strike. The piano teacher comes back down stares, does his creepy stuff, and then Dakota attacks, stabbing him once in the gut and once in the neck. He stumbles around for a few seconds and then collapses. Dakota then heads outside and sees things familiar to her visions. She manages to find the spot where Aubry has been buried and disinters her. Aubry is alive (and is wearing what appears to be a Victorian wedding dress for some reason). The two sisters embrace and lie down together in the woods. The end.
Now, stupid as all that sounds, would you believe there is actually heated discussion that in fact this movie is grossly misunderstood? That in fact it's something of a masterpiece? On imdb.com forums several people are defending the movie as being a psychological manifestation of Aubry's mind to help her escape from the pain of the torture. The whole Dakota plot (almost the entire movie) is really just being made up by the tortured Aubry. The visions that Dakota has are actually moments when Aubry's own consciousness interrupts her escapist fantasy. Blue is the color of winners, red the color of losers. According to this theory, Aubry actually does die at the end of the film and the whole plot after her abduction never really happened.
It's an interesting theory and I applaud people willing to take the time to make it up (see my Jaws the Revenge recap). But the thing is, this theory could only have been posited about a movie this bad. A key component of theory is that the constant clichés in the film are really all in Aubry's mind. After all, that's all an eighteen year old girl would know right, cliché? Of course, if this were a good movie to begin with, if it hadn't been filled with cliché, this argument paradoxically would be a lot less convincing. Still google, er, "Ask.com" the debate and see what you think. For me it's complete extrapolation and fallacious argument. There are just too many inconsistencies with the theory and what the film actually depicts. If you want to apply a bit of the old Occam's razor to it, ask yourself which is the simpler solution: a bunch of idiots made a bad movie or a bunch of geniuses actually created a brilliant psychological thriller which "tricked" every mainstream movie critic in the country? Anyway, I know a few film producers who I'd very much like to apply an Occam's razor to. And that, my friends, is I Know Who Killed Me.


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They have upset the status quo, undermined key government policies, invigorated new political parties and brought fresh faces into parliament.
In three series of Triumphs and Disasters, broadcast on The Westminster Hour, the journalist and broadcaster Steve Richards remembers the contests which grabbed the headlines and talks to those who tasted success - and those who went red when the result was declared.
1991: The Ribble Valley by-election
It might have been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, but in the Spring of 1991, the voters of the Ribble Valley were absolutely seething.
John Major had replaced Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister six months earlier and this was the first electoral test of his premiership.
1990: The Eastbourne by-election
The Eastbourne by-election came in the dog days of the Thatcher Government - just a month before Mrs Thatcher was forced out of office.
But the election nearly did not happen. The vacancy was caused by the murder of the local Tory MP Ian Gow and there were calls for the other parties to give the Conservatives a clear run. But the election went ahead and resulted in a shock win for the Liberal Democrats, their first under the leadership of Paddy Ashdown.
1987: The Greenwich by-election
Greenwich was the by-election which revived the Social Democratic Party and undermined Labour, just four months before a general election. The winner, Rosie Barnes, remembers her moment in the spotlight.
1986: The Fulham by-election
Following the death of Conservative MP Martin Stevens, the by-election battle was in Fulham in west London.
Tony Blair wasn't even a member of the Shadow Cabinet then. But the discerning eye might have spotted the first glimmers of New Labour.
1983: The Darlington by-election
With a general election impending, the Darlington by-election was a huge opportunity for the SDP to do damage to the Labour Party. But their candidate turned out to be inexperienced - he called himself an amateur politician - and easy prey for the other parties and the media covering the campaign.
The Social Democrat candidate, Tony Cook, has rarely talked about the by-election he lost. He does for Triumphs and Disasters.
1981: The Warrington by-election
Soon after the formation of the Social Democratic Party, Warrington was the by-election the SDP lost - but claimed as a triumph.
Their candidate, the former Labour deputy leader Roy Jenkins, said, after losing to his former party by less than 2,000 votes, that this was "by far the biggest victory" he had ever been part of - because of the momentum it gave the SDP early in its life.
1977: The Stechford by-election
James Callaghan's Labour government has a majority of just one.
That made this Birmingham by-election , caused by the appointment of Roy Jenkins as a European Commissioners, more vital than most. Seventeen years later the same area of Birmingham, Hodge Hill, was to see another crucial by-election.
1973: The Lincoln by-election
Lincoln was the by-election which inspired those backing a centre party and foreshadowed Labour's furious battles between left and right. Dick Taverne re-lives his short-lived triumph for 'Democratic Labour', only to lose the following year to Margaret Jackson, now cabinet minister Beckett.
1967: The Hamilton by-election
Hamilton was the by-election which made the Scottish National Party a serious force in politics and helped put devolution on the agenda. The winner, Winnie Ewing, is among the interviewees.
1962: The Orpington by-election
Orpington was the by-election which breathed new life into the Liberal Party and wounded Harold Macmillan's Conservative government. Victor Eric Lubbock, now Lord Avebury, is one of those interviewed.
1938: The Oxford by-election
Just weeks after Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich, the voters of Oxford turned out in what had become a single-issue by-election: approving or rejecting the Conservative Prime Minister's peace strategy.
The Tory candidate Quentin Hogg held on in the face of a united challenge from the opponents of appeasement.
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BOOK TOUR REVIEW: Final Life by Rose Garcia
Final Life
by Rose Garcia
The Transhuman Chronicles, Book 1
Book Description
Eight lives. You'd think Dominique would get it right, but she's failed every time. Now on her final life, Dominique must discover the secrets of her past before confronting the Transhuman hunter who wants to kill her for the last time. Farrell, a mysterious Transhuman protector, and Trent, a hot guy from school, want to help. But it's up to her to get it right this time—or she'll be dead. For real.
My Thoughts
Dominique has just moved to Houston from her previous home up north, so it's a big change. It's even bigger when weird things start happening to her…she sometimes spaces out and sees a creepy, desolate red desert and visions of a strange little girl. To make things harder, she finds herself torn between two guys: the strong, protective Farrell–who just happens to live under her roof, and the sweet, smart Trent.
Her parents and Farrell let her know that they are part of a race called Transhumans–beings who can control energy and possess certain powers. Not only must Dominique contend with that revelation, but they also let her know that she is on her final of nine lives she was given to defeat a dark Transhuman called Tavion. And if she doesn't succeed this time, it could mean destruction for all humanity.
I struggled through the first half of this book. There was just nothing in it that grabbed me, and the story line and characters felt very familiar. This could have been any of several paranormal YA books I have already read. But at about the last 30%, it kicked into a more interesting place.
Dominique didn't have too much personality at all…in fact I found her a little annoying. She tended to whine. I couldn't connect with her and I have no clue why two guys would want her. I would hope she grows as a character after this first book.
I found the concept of the Transhumans to be OK, but felt it was lacking a little in development. Transhumans = angels = X-Men was the gist of what I got. Like I said, this reminded me of other paranormal YA books I have read in the past…so not a new idea here.
The final showdown at the end was a bit more action-packed, and I enjoyed it. I just wish Dominique would have been able to fight for herself a bit more.
Final Life was kind of up and down for me, but I would recommend it for hardcore paranormal YA lovers.
About the Author
I'm a lawyer turned writer who's always been fascinated by science fiction and fantasy. From a very young age, I often often had my nose buried in books about other-worlds, fantastical creatures, and life and death situations. More recently I've been intrigued by a blend of science fiction and reality, and the idea that some supernatural events are, indeed, very real. Fueled by my imagination, I created The Transhuman Chronicles—a series of books about people who have overcome human limitations. The first in this series is Final Life. Between juggling family life with my husband and two kids, I'm working on the companion to Final Life. So stay tuned!
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Tag Archives: TRC
Victims, Scandals, Truth, Compassion
Time moves with incredible speed as one gets older. It accelerates especially as one's children advance into adolescence and begin to move off into the world, carrying with them whatever strengths and weaknesses we have imparted. A few years ago our eldest son left for a minor seminary. He fought hard to be allowed to go, and he had an amazing array of arguments to support his desire. The only thing my wife and I had against it was his age. Fourteen is a short number of years to have lived. Is it enough time to outfit a boy to meet the modern world? Has he been sufficiently formed in the hurly-burly of family life to believe in the truths which we are called by God to live, and to know that we shall sometimes fail in the attempt? Has he learned mercy as well as justice? Truth as well as compassion? I stayed up many nights talking the matter over with my wife, praying, thinking — and worrying, as fathers are prone to do in these times.


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Sorry for the long lag in posting. I have been swamped at work, deadlines as far as the eye can see, and it seems like I am glued to my computer at all hours of the day and night. I'm not complaining, except that I have been skipping class pretty regularly now. Couple days last week I only trained once per day or even not at all!
Over the weekend, good friend Mark up at Faixa Preta in Rockwall TX took home the bronze at the No Gi Worlds... likewise, my ref and role model Hillary Williams, who was recently promoted to brown belt (after only training THREE YEARS!), brought home the gold in the advanced division, both her weight class and the absolute. Damn :) Also, a gang from our school competed at the Atama Open and brought home a bunch of silver bling. I didn't go-- boo. Might compete at NAGA next month, especially if my superfly tiedyed gi arrives in time, courtesy of my super sponsor Chris Lane and Happy Kimonos.
On Sunday I did train... had some nice flowy rolls especially with Chris, a relatively newish whitebelt who's big and strong and feels like a wrestler though he denies it. Feeling and comparing responses to movement between us made me curious to watch my previous comp matches.. and lo and behold, I have indeed improved since last year! Shocker! So perhaps I am more confident.
Also spent a bunch of time with friends-- pedicure, sushi, a cupcake on the lake, chatting on the computer.. good stuff.
Tomorrow, have the day off for Veterans Day and appropriately I will be writing about fraud against veterans. I'll post a link here when it appears on the internet.
EDIT: Here's the link: check out Bullshido's investigative report regarding local instructor Larry Sanders which I helped with :)
Rambling analysis of my addiction to Brazilian jiu jitsu, with occasional political rants and musings on culture, sociology, food, love..
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
4 comments:
- A.D. McClish said...
Brown belt in 3 years?!?! Dang! She must be freaking awesome!
- Meerkatsu said...
Watched Hilary's fight on the LiveStream. What an awesome BJJer.
Any chance of her popping over to the UK soon?
- dannymack said...
Fraud against veterans, huh? That sounds interesting.
- The Part Time Grappler said...
"pedicure, sushi, a cupcake on the lake"
Now that's something!!!
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These are exciting moves forward for the greater good of Longridge trade and its businessesCarole Hart
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Ah, Valentine's Day. It's a time of candy, teddy bears and poetic greeting cards. Undoubtedly, you have picked out the perfect gift for your special someone. But, have you thought about what you're actually going to do on this most romantic of holidays? It's true – it's not always easy to put together a mind-blowing date that you're partner will remember for years to come. Don't worry, though. Eleanor Apartments has some foolproof ideas for putting together an amazing Valentine's Day in Seattle.
1. Start With a Romantic Stroll
Believe us – it's simple but effective. A popular date spot near Eleanor is Green Lake Park. You can engage in some good conversation while making your way around the lake's serene and wildlife-rich loop. If you want to kick the romance up a notch, and you don't mind some chilly weather, try renting out a pedal boat or sailboat from the Greenlake Boathouse. Or, if the stroll is enough, you can make your way to one of the many restaurants and bars that surround the area.
Another option is Ravenna Park, which is about a mile from Eleanor Apartments. Despite it being situated in an urban area, the park feels surprisingly private and woodsy. There are many trails available, so you'll have a variety of options for hiking and biking. If you plan to start your date a little earlier, pack a lunch and stake a spot in one of the two picnic areas. Your one and only will be impressed with how much thought you put into your Valentine's Day in Seattle.
2. Grab a Drink at Happy Hour or One of Our Favorite Bars
No matter what sort of drink floats your boat – wine, beer or cocktails – you'll easily find a Seattle bar serving up something that you love near Eleanor!
Teacher's Lounge
You won't regret making a stop at this teacher-themed bar in the Greenwood neighborhood. Teacher's Lounge pops up on the Eleanor Apartments radar since it has shown up on lists such as "The 25 Best Cocktails in Seattle" and "Seattle's 7 Best Themed Bars". The happy hour is every Tuesday through Sunday from 5 p.m. to 6:37 p.m. – yes, that is a punctual 6:37 p.m. so don't be tardy.
Die Bierstube
Die Bierstube is an eclectic drinking establishment set against German décor. Here, you can try out over 10 German beers along with other rotating taps. Whatever beverage you choose, it's sure to go well with the traditional German fare.
Monkey Pub
For a classic, dive bar feel, make your way to the world famous Monkey Pub. Some cheap drinks, jukebox tunes and a game of pool will always make for a fun Valentine's Day in Seattle. That is unless you and your sweetheart are two very competitive people. In that case, our Eleanor Apartments matchmakers suggest sticking to just drinks and music.
If you want variety, you'll certainly get it at Toronado. With access to more than 40 craft beers on tap and an extensive list of wine, scotch, bourbon and tequilas, you'll probably need to order some bites from their farm-to-table food menu. Don't eat and drink too much, however. You still have a dinner to get to.
3. Grab a Bite to Eat at One of the Many Great Restaurants
Now comes a very important part of the evening: the food. The say the best way to a lover's heart is through their stomachs.
Salvatore Ristorante Italiano
You can't go wrong with authentic Italian food, and this is an Eleanor Apartments favorite. Chef Salvatore Anania works hard to create dishes indicative of the food he enjoyed while growing up in southern Italy. This spot has become a favorite of locals and visitors alike.
If great service and atmosphere are what you want for your Valentine's Day in Seattle, then you need to get a table at Pair. Pair is located in the Ravenna neighborhood and offers up a French bistro feel, which is perfect for a romantic Valentine's evening. The smaller dishes allow for sharing and variety.
Zouave Restaurant
Zouave serves up Italian and French dishes. Chef Abe Berber takes great pride in his culinary creations. In fact, he believes in his food so much, he'll make the effort to personally deliver your dinner to the table.
This is a well-known spot to Eleanor Apartments since it's located in the heart of the Ravenna neighborhood. Salare draws its culinary inspiration from a diverse set of regions located all over the world. Experience American dishes as well as entrées influenced by the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
4. Catch a Movie
We couldn't forget one of the great traditions of Valentine's Day: seeing a movie! Whether you're looking for an intimate theater or one with plenty of stadium seating, Seattle has you covered. Make sure to pick out a romantic flick playing at one of these locations, all of which are nice and close to Eleanor:
You see? Planning the perfect Valentine's Day in Seattle is not so hard when you have Eleanor Apartments on your side.
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6th October 2016
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Thank you to all of you.
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Becky was great, friendly and helpful and gave lots of good advice, looking forward to returning soon, many thanks.
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Leaving behind everything that matters to her, she heads off to her own personnal hell to protect the ones she loves... After being blackmailed by the Volturi to join them, Bella and her coven go to Italy, breaking many people's hearts. While the others mourn, they fight to escape their jail. And when the do, what will they find in the world they left behind? Banner by Iris!
Third installment of the Untruthful Series. I suggest you read the others first. All charecters except Becka, Aaron, Alex, KJ and Jasmine belong to Stephenie Meyers.
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Chapter 2
I took slow, even breaths in a sad attempt to calm myself down. I had just gotten into the plane, and I was already beginning to hyperventilate. The knowledge of what I was about to do smothered me, making me choke on the air I didn't need.
"Bella, calm down. We haven't even left yet!" Becka exclaimed, exasperated. She was looking at me as if I was having a meltdown. Then I realized I was. I took a deep breath and let it out in an airy gust, only to start hyperventilating again.
I shook my head, my voice coming out in breathless gasps. "I can't…I can't…I can't do this. I can't just…just leave. I have to…tell him, at least. He deserves that, much more than…than he deserves me." I was becoming hysterical. When faced with the finality of leaving, I found that I couldn't do it. I needed him here with me, so I wouldn't be alone. So I wouldn't hurt him.
So I was totally unaware when Becka's hand came into sharp contact with my cheek, slapping me hard on the side of my face. I gasped, and regained my composure. "Bella, listen to me," Becka said in a hard voice. "None of us want to go. But we are, and you are too. You are saving his life by leaving. Don't forget that."
I nodded, and sank down into my seat. Just as I did, I heard the engines turn on. I looked around the empty cabin. Becka was sitting next to Alex now, three seats ahead of me. Aaron was obviously in the front, turning the plane on. His dad had been an army pilot, and had had him take piloting classes to get his license.
His voice came on over the loud speakers. "Okay guys, this is it. We're heading out now." As he said that, the plane began to inch forward, until it was going fast enough to take off.
Then we were in the air.
The jolt or change in altitude didn't bother me. Not even the fact that I was about to be in a plane crash once we were far away enough. It was the fact that I was moving away from Edward that bothered me. Each jolt from the air currents made me aware of how far away from home I was going.
After awhile, I decided to do something useful with my time. In front of me, Becka and Alex were sleeping, so I couldn't do anything with them. I knew Aaron wouldn't want me to go up and see him, so I couldn't talk with him. So I decided to write a letter.
I went to my bag and grabbed the journal Alice had gotten me to write in for my trip so she could see everything I did without actually seeing it. I guess it could be even more useful than she thought it would be.
Letting the world around me disappear just like I did, I wrote down my apologies and the truth to Edward. I had to make sure he didn't do anything incredibly stupid while I was gone. I would just have Becka take it to him later. If I went, I might not have been able to leave.
As I wrote, I became aware of the change in air pressure around me. I glanced out the window to see mountains towering high into the sky. They stretched up into the clouds, basking in the warmth of the sun, though you couldn't tell from the snow caps on most of them. They were coming closer and closer, and I knew it was almost time. I hurried and finished my letter, and put it in my pocket for safe keeping.
I stood up to go talk to Aaron. I promised him I would help him with the crashing, since I could make it so it seemed like we were never here, and limit the explosion to inside the plane only. We didn't need to get burned off the face of the earth.
As I walked to the front, I nudged Becka, waking her up. She looked at me groggily, and then caught the expression on my face. Her eyes widened and she turned to Alex to wake him up as well. I was already walking to Aaron.
"How far into the mountains do you want to go?" I asked quietly, creeping up behind him. I sat down in the seat next to him. From up here, you could see the entire Rocky Mountain Range. A human wouldn't be able to, but we could. I saw as far down as New Mexico, and up into Canada, even partially Alaska. They view was stunning, but I couldn't enjoy it at all. We were going to disappear in these mountains.
"I'm not sure. I want to go a little further south, so that it seems like we were on track when we crashed," Aaron said uncertainly. I knew he was unsure about crashing the plane, since he had been raised to not crash planes.
"That sounds good," I said. He looked at me with sympathy. He knew that this was hardest on me out of the four of us. He didn't really have anyone he was leaving behind, since his father died a few years ago and his mother pretended he didn't exist. Becka and Alex got to stay together, which was a gift from heaven for them. They didn't have to lose their mate like I did.
"Hey Bella, I was thinking to make this more convincing, you should let Alice see the crash," Aaron said thoughtfully after awhile.
I stared at him in shock. "You want me to let her see us get into a crash? Do you know what that would do to them?" I cried out.
He stared at me, his expression hard. "Yes, and what will happen to them all if the find out you're in Italy?" I froze, and then nodded.
"You're right," I admitted. "But I'm not going to let them see it until it's too late for them to do anything."
"Good idea."
I nodded glumly and looked out the window. The mountains seemed to be getting larger now, and I knew it was almost time. I glanced over at Aaron, who guessed my thoughts and nodded. I slowly stood up and went to the back.
"It's time," I whispered dejectedly to Becka and Alex. They nodded and got their bags. They went up into the front. I went and got my bag as well, and headed into the front again.
Once I got there, Aaron began to explain what we were going to do. "Okay, so Bella is going to make the engines pressure high enough for them to explode, and then she's going to contain the explosion there. They plane will go down, and we'll crash into a mountain. Becka and Bella will make sure nothing happens to us, and then we'll head off to Italy. That sound right?"
We all nodded seriously. I put my bags down and went to the back of the plane again, so it would be easier. Becka came with me, silently watching me.
Before I did anything, I put a shield around the two of us so the others wouldn't be able to hear. She looked at me expectantly. She knew I had something I wanted to say to her.
"Before we go to Italy, will you take me to Edward's house? I have a letter to give him to make sure he doesn't do anything like going to Volturi again," I whispered.
She nodded. "Of course I will. I wouldn't want to have to do all of this for nothing."
I smiled slightly. "Thanks."
I lowered the shield, and concentrated on the twin engines of the plane. I let two shields cover them, not allowing any air in or out. I squeezed my hands slightly, making the pressure inside increase. I squeezed a little more, and felt a jolt come from both shields that only I could feel. Then the plane started the go down. Very, very fast. I adjusted my position so I wouldn't fall, and Becka grabbed a seat.
We were crashing.
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The Rainforest World Music Festival 2012 opened July 13th in the afternoon with the popular workshops. July 13th's set included Exotic & Evocative with zithers from the Far East; Shanta (Indian classical music), The Zee Avi Story; Long Strokes with a focus on stringed instruments; Six of the Best (guitars); Thunder in the Jungle (drums and other percussion); Ajak Menari, a dance workshop to learn Iban and Malay dances; Heart Beats of southeast Asia, a comparison of Malay with other rhythms from Asia; and Flirt the Brazilian Way, an interactive carimba dance workshop.
The concerts started at 7:30 pm with a Sarawak flavor. Local musicians performed a Sape & Warrior Dance. Next came a young band called Nading Rhapsody, winners of this year's talent contest. The musicians from Kuching, the state's capital, fuse traditional Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu and Malay rhythms with modern elements.
Palestinian ensemble Le Trio Joubran delighted the audience with their virtuosic contemporary Arabic music and other influences such as flamenco, played with three ouds and percussion.
The highlight of the night was the fabulous concert by the fiddle all-star group the String Sisters. The band features top female folk violinist from various nations: Norwegian folk music innovator Annbjorg Lien, fiddler and vocalist Mairead Ni Mhanonaig of legendary Irish band Altan, American fiddler Liz Carroll of Cherish the Ladies fame, Scottish musician Catriona MacDonald of Blazin' Fiddles and Vamm, Swedish fiddler and vocalist Emma Harderlin of Garmarna and Triakel, and American fiddler Liz Knowles who plays for Riverdance.
The String Sisters were accompanied by a skilled Scottish-Norwegian band that included James MacKintosh, David Milligan, Conrad Ivitsky and Tore Bruvoll.
The Sisters played a mix of lively and captivating contemporary folk music and melancholic songs based on Irish, Norwegian, Scottish and Swedish traditions.
The promising local band Rhythm of Borneo, winner of last year's talent search, returned to the festival with its gong-fueled fusion of music from Borneo combined with rock and jazz fusion stylings.
Another highlight was French band La Zikabilo, led by Cuban singer and multi-instrumentalist Bárbaro Teuntor Garcia, a former member of Sierra Maestra and Buena Vista Social Club. The band plays a powerful mix of Cuban and Gypsy brass band music.
The final act was U.S.-based Sarawak singer-songwriter Zee Avi. The local celebrity presented a set of folk-pop songs accompanied by various native drums and a pretty interesting electric sape performed by one of the American members of her band.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has been writing about world music music for many years. He founded the websites worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. Angel produced several TV specials for Metropolis (TVE) and co-produced "Musica NA", a music show for Televisión Española (TVE) in Spain that featured an eclectic mix of world music, fusion, electronica, new age and contemporary classical music. Angel also produced and remastered world music albums, compilations and boxed sets for Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Music of the World.


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1st CHS boys cross-country Metro title since '81
Next up for the Westside public high school is the regional event Oct. 22, with strong hopes of finishing in at least the top five (out of a 12-school field) so as to qualify its full seven-man team for the state championship race Oct. 31 in Fort Collins. Last year, the Coronado boys captured the regional title (Solis the individual winner) for the first time in school history, then took third at state (Solis seventh) for its best-ever result in that competition as well.
Asked for a comment this week, Coronado coach Doug Hugill was reticent to say too much before Regionals, but offered that "Dusty is one of the best high school runners in the nation. If he stays healthy, he will do well in a very tough state championship. Colorado boasts some of the nation's best runners."
The one-point difference at Metros was dramatized by the duel for sixth place between Witte and Palmer runner Conner Schake. With the league title on the line, the two kicked side by side for the last 150 yards, with Witte edging ahead just before the finishing chute.
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II Corinthians 5:17 - You are a new creature in Christ...You have a new walk.
II Corinthians 5:17 - By faith.
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Ephesians 2:10 - For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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Ph.D. University of Chicago
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Research Interests
- Political sociology
- Morality & society
- Social theory
- History of sociology
Courses Taught
- SOCI 230 Classical Sociological Theory
- SOCI 313 Military, War and Society
- SOCI 327 Morality & Society
- SOCI 611 Classical Sociological Theory (Graduate Level)
- SOCI 615 Contemporary Sociological Theory (Graduate Level)
Representative Publications
- Burk, James, ed. 2013. How 9/11 Changed Our Ways of War. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Burk, James and Evelyn Espinosa. 2012. "Race Relations within the US Military." Annual Review of Sociology 38: 401-422.
- Burk, James. 2009. "Responsible Obedience and the Discretion to Do What Is Wrong." In American Civil-Military Relations: Realities and Challenges in the New Era, ed. Suzanne Nielsen and Don Snider. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press: 149-171.
- Burk, James. 2007. "The Changing Moral Contract for Military Service." In The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II, ed. Andrew J. Bacevich. New York: Columbia University Press: 409-455.
- Burk, James. 2002. "Theories of Democratic Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces & Society 29 (October): 7-29
Author or editor of four books with other articles published in Armed Force & Society, Social Forces, Journal of Military Ethics, Peace Review, and elsewhere.


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Want To Share a Small Space With Your Sweetheart? Do It! (But Remember These Less-Romantic Realities)
Moving to a new place with a significant other is a big deal, no matter if it's your first time moving in with someone, or you and your sweetheart are upgrading addresses. Though there are lots of awesome things about sharing a small space with someone you love, moving into a small space with your significant other can be significantly more complicated if you're not prepared for the downsides.
Before you and your beau or belle decide to downsize your living quarters, consider these downsides first. If you're cool with all of these drawbacks (or at least willing to prepare for them), sharing a small space with your loved one should go smoothly.
Fight? Fart? There's no where to go but out.
"When you're mid-argument, there's literally no place to escape to. When someone farts, there's literally no place to escape to. It can quickly feel like you're living in squalor the moment you put off dishes or making the bed. Also, dealing with the stank of Jason's candle addiction. Despite all of these, downsizing in order to live in a central location still outweighs the nuisances of small space living."
— Franke of How Newlyweds Share a Small Apartment (Stylishly & Successfully)
Small spaces = Sounds traveling
"Noise pollution across the apartment can be an issue when you need a quiet space to work or rest. Sometimes Franke has these early morning phone meetings and I have to tip toe around the apartment. You may be able to achieve visual privacy in a small space, but auditory privacy is far more difficult."
— Jason of How Newlyweds Share a Small Apartment (Stylishly & Successfully)
"Initially, the worst thing for me was that when one of us woke up early for school, work etc, the other person would be disturbed. But actually, now it serves as a great way for us to spend the mornings together. On the days that Andy wakes up for work, for instance, we make breakfast together. Once he's gone I can go back to sleep if I want to."
Danielle of Real Life in a Small Space: How This Couple Makes a Tiny Studio Work
Be prepared for tight squeezes and traffic jams.
"Traffic jams. With a dog, a cat, and two humans, a narrow hallway can be tricky to navigate, especially when everyone's running late (looking at you Mr. Butters)."
— Andrew of Living Large in a Tiny School Bus
"Cooking together makes the kitchen very crowded. Also, when the oven is on the apartment is so hot. It's great during Chicago winters but not in July."
— Andy of Real Life in a Small Space: How This Couple Makes a Tiny Studio Work
"Storage. Trying to keep historically significant items like materials from finished work projects or even birthday cards from your grandmother can become a "this or that" level decision. The only way to work around it is to be as space conscious as you can and continually rearrange your stored items to accommodate new ones."
— Kate of A New York Couple on What It's REALLY Like to Share a 420 Square Foot Home
"Having to get rid of half your stuff."
— Keith of Sharing a Super Small Space: How Two People Live Well in Just 300 Square Feet
"Agreeing on what furniture and art to purchase for the studio loft was a bit of a debate due to our differing styles. John is also 6'6" so the smaller scale furniture that fits in our small space isn't the most comfortable for John. It would be ideal to have a big comfortable couch but the size of the living space doesn't allow for it. Also, music! I can't stand the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Tool and John can't stand country so we have friendly music duels!"
— Robyn of One Couple's Secrets to Sharing 350 Square Feet (After Downsizing from 2,500!)
"Trying to keep the place consistently tidy. When you walk through the front door you basically see the entire apartment so when something is out of place you really notice! At least I do. Keith doesn't mind mess as much :)"
— Joe of Sharing a Super Small Space: How Two People Live Well in Just 300 Square Feet
Getting a little too close sometimes
"Ironically, the bondedness. If one of us is having a bad day or a meltdown, it's impossible for the other to not feel extremely affected."
— Julie of Living Large in a Tiny School Bus
"Sometimes we all need personal space. As much as I look forward to spending full days with Kate, I also need a few hours every so often alone. That's the beauty about living in the city though, you can always just hop down the block for a coffee for an hour, or take a walk to the park."
— Will of A New York Couple on What It's REALLY Like to Share a 420 Square Foot Home
See how these couples tackled small space sharing drawbacks →
- Industrial Modern Style in a 420 Square Foot Hell's Kitchen Studio
- Julie and Andrew's Cozy Home in a Blue Bird School Bus
- Joe & Keith Share a Tiny & Inviting Oakland Studio
- A Super Small & Cozy Santa Cruz Studio
- A Pragmatist's Simple Sky-High 640 Square Foot Chicago Studio
- Andy & Danielle's Cozy, 325 Square Foot Chicago Studio


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I tend to be a very social person. I love having people over and I love feeding them while they're here. This past Sunday we had a group of guys from my husband's work come over to watch the football games, so I had the perfect excuse to make some party food. I've had these pinned for months so I was really excited to finally get to make them. The recipe originally comes from Taste of Home magazine (the March/April 2008 issue, in case anyone wants to find the hardcopy) and can be found online here. The website says this was one of their contest winners and I can see why.
- 1lb. ground beef (I used 88% lean, but I wouldn't recommend anything leaner than that.)
- 1 4oz. can of chopped chiles
- 1 8oz. package of cream cheese
- 1/4 tsp. cumin
- 1/4 tsp. chile powder
- 3 tubes of crescent rolls (standard size)
Cook the ground beef and chiles together in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the meat is no longer cooked, remove from heat and drain off any fat. Stir in cream cheese and spices. Allow the mixture to cool.
Preheat your oven to 375°F and start preparing your crescents. Spoon a rounded teaspoon's worth of the beef mixture at the short end of the triangle and then roll it up as normal. Check to see if there are any openings in the dough and pinch them shut.
With the point side pointing down, place your rolled-up crescents on ungreased baking sheets and bake for about 11-14 minutes or until golden.
Tweaks and Overall Review
I didn't tweak a lot about the ingredients themselves, except for using a bit more spice than the original recipe calls for. I like a little kick and 1/4 teaspoon each of cumin and chile powder just sounded like too little. The main tweaks I made were in the method of preparation. I added my spices while my ground beef was cooking and since I didn't have a ton of fat left in my pan, I didn't bother to drain it after. I also tweaked the oven temperature down to 350°F since my oven tends to run a little hot. It only added another minute or so to the total cook time. Finally, I ended up with extra beef mixture after stuffing all of the standard size crescents (the three tubes give you 24 total), so I broke out a tube of my Grands! crescents and used those to take care of the extra. I upped the amount of beef mixture in each crescent to two rounded teaspoons and then baked them for about 16 minutes. Depending on whether or not you want to make these as a snack/party food or as part of a meal, using the larger crescents may be preferable.
The verdict: These were gone as fast as I could make them! Big Bit didn't care for hers, but she's been going through a picky phase lately. Everyone else, including Little Bit, loved theirs. These were declared to be good "man food" and I get the feeling will now be expected fare when we host parties for games or fights. They were easy to make, and like I said earlier, I can see why these won a contest. Easy and man-approved is a winner in my book.


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Changing the face of addiction recovery, one city at a time.
Statesboro, GA (PRWEB) May 06, 2014
Steve Pulley set out on his bicycle over a month ago to change the world. Dozens of cities later, he is doing just that. Steve's "Ride 4 Recovery" was started to raise awareness of the struggles with alcohol and drug addiction and to change public perception of addiction recovery.
Having battled the disease of addiction himself, Steve wanted to make a difference and show the world that there is hope in recovery. A recent graduate of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA, Steve had a short break before starting graduate school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He thought the perfect way to "give back" would be to ride across the country and bring light to the stigma usually associated with addiction. His trip originated in San Diego, California and he is now traveling through Alabama and Florida before heading back to Georgia.
The "Ride 4 Recovery" is proudly sponsored by Willingway, the addiction treatment experts, and the Willingway Foundation. All proceeds from the ride will go to support the Center for Addiction Recovery at Georgia Southern University.
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Any individual who owns a pet of any sort is well aware of how valuable a pet can be in a person's life. The companionship, loyalty, and simple joys that pets can offer their owners is often considered to be unmatched by anything else. So when it comes to the health and well being of their pet, most owners want to be able to provide them with the best services available.
Much like most people have a primary physician for their medical needs, pet owners will find a veterinarian to provide their pet with the health services they need. It is also essential for most pet owners to ensure that their pet receives proper care while they are not home, which is why there are often services for doggie day care near medical facilities for pets. At the 24 hour animal hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, pet owners can find treatments for the conditions and injuries of their pets at any time of the day.
People have different preferences for the types of pets that best suit them, with dogs, cats, and birds being the most popular choices. In the United States, an estimated 43,346,000 American households own dogs, according to reports conducted by the AVMA. Cats are reported to be owned by 36,117,000 American households. Birds are the 3rd most popular pet in the United States according to the AVMA, as there are an estimated 3,671,000 birds that are owned as pets in the United States.
Finding a vet to be a primary healthcare provider is essential for any dog owner. Each year, the average domesticated dog in the United States requires 227 dollars in medical expenses. This is usually accumulated through an average of 2.6 vet visits, which is the average number of visits for a dog in the United States. With services such as doggie day care near medical facilities for animals and the 24 hour treatments that many provide, pet owners can ensure that they provide their pets with the best care possible. For more about this, go here.


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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards honor TV, film, music and personalities for representing the LGBT community and the issues they face in their lives in a fair and accurate way. The first awards ceremony was conducted in 1989 and now, 25 years later, they're stronger than ever.
The 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards presented awards to winners in 13 of 29 announced categories, including "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez, who was given the Vanguard Award. The award is presented to people in the entertainment industry who promote equal rights for the LGBT community.
You can view a full winners list below. The rest of the awards will be presented in New York on May 3.
Pioneer Award
Norman Lear
Vanguard Award
Jennifer Lopez
Stephen F. Kolzak Award
Laverne Cox, star of "Orange is the New Black"
Outstanding Drama Series
"The Fosters"
Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
"Behind the Candelabra"
Outstanding Reality Program
"Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce"
Outstanding Daily Drama
"Days of Our Lives"
Outstanding Documentary
"Bridegroom" (tie)
"Call Me Kuch" (tie)
International Advocate for Change Award
Manny de Guerre, founder of the Side by Side LGBT Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia
Outstanding Newspaper Article
"LGBTQ in the Capital"
Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia
"We Are Here: LGBTI in Uganda"
Outstanding Music Artist
Tegan and Sara, "Heartthrob"
Outstanding Comic Book
"Young Avengers," written by Kieron Gillen


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Empires Of Eden Posts Teaser Video For "Channelling the Infinite"
Empires Of Eden announced that the band will release the band's third LP entitled "Channelling The Infinite" on June 1, 2012 (Japan) through Rubicon Japan and June 6, 2012 (World) through Music Buy Mail.
The album will contain 12 tracks with some of the most influential metal voices, including:
• Udo Dirkschneider (Accept, U.D.O.),
• Rob Rock (Impellitteri, Driver),
• Steve Grimmett (Grim Reaper, Lionsheart),
• Mike Dimeo (Masterplan / Riot),
• Sean Peck (Cage),
• Carlos Zema (Outworld, Vougan),
• Ronny Munroe (TSO, Metal Church)
• Alessandro Del Vecchio (Edge of Forever) and
• Danny Cecati (Eyefear, Pegazus)
• Louie Gorgievski (Crimsonfire)
• Vo Simpson.(Darker Half)
"Channelling the Infinite" will also be available as a limited-edition Digipak which includes bonus tracks for each territory. The album's cover art was created by L.A based "Alex Ruiz."
Mastermind Stu Marshall commented:
I am overwhelmed by the power and emotion of the vocal performances that these amazing singers have brought to the album. It's pushed my playing to levels I never thought possible and has created the most well-rounded release I have ever been involved with. Writing for these incredible artists is a dream come true and the finished product has actually exceeded my expectations. Every song is filled with a passion and spirit that immediately grabs the listener; I am very excited for people to hear this album.
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There was so much to see at the 1939 World's Fair in New York: its icons, the Trylon and Perisphere. The Futurama, with its promise of automated highways. The giant statue of George Washington. The giant cash register atop one building. And little Lorin Maazel, making his New York conducting debut. He was 9 years old.
Mr. Maazel, who died on Sunday at 84, got his picture in the newspaper a couple of years later — in short pants, with a baton that seemed half as tall as he was. The shot was taken during a rehearsal, before he led Arturo Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra at Radio City Music Hall. Soon he appeared with the New York Philharmonic.
Skip ahead, far ahead, past two turbulent years with the Vienna State Opera and 10 years with the Cleveland Orchestra that he himself described as "more or less rocky to the end." The New York Philharmonic named him music director. He was 70 years old.
So New York, in a way, bookended his long career. His pace and temperament could match New York — frenetic and focused, not static or stationary — and he reveled in the possibilities. "Forty-eight hours in New York provides everything from Broadway to Frisbees in Central Park," he told The New York Times in 1982, when he had an apartment on Park Avenue with not one but two grand pianos.
He did not say that the apartment was an antidote to Cleveland. But he did mention "a more cosmopolitan life."
Eric Latzky, who was the Philharmonic's main spokesman when Mr. Maazel was appointed music director and was 39 to Mr. Maazel's 70, marveled at his exuberance — and his stamina.
"He was the consummate New Yorker, never stopping, moving as fast as anyone half his age," Mr. Latzky said on Monday. "He seemed as natural a New Yorker to me as any native I had ever met, and more so than a lot of people I know who came to New York. There was no question about knowing his way around or the pace or even the sort of seen-it-all, done-it-all attitude that he could project."
Mr. Latzky said the senior staff of the Philharmonic was "running to catch up with him" from the beginning. Soon after Mr. Maazel's appointment was announced, an initial photo shoot and an appearance on "Charlie Rose" were scheduled for the day after the orchestra had left for Mexico City with another conductor.
For Mr. Latzky, it was an ordeal. He flew to Mexico City, the first stop on a tour of Latin America. "I was there for about 18 hours, attended one of the two concerts, got on a plane to go back to New York for the media appearances and the photo shoot," Mr. Latzky recalled. "Lorin, who lived his life on planes flying around the world conducting with orchestras and at opera houses, had just flown in from Munich and had done a concert there and somewhere else the night before that, and he appeared at Avery Fisher Hall that morning fresh and ready to go. I had been through the wringer of no sleep for most of the previous two days."
There were critics who were disappointed that Mr. Maazel was almost the same age as the music director he replaced, Kurt Masur, who was 73. "It occurred to me that Lorin was the opposite of what he was being criticized for, representing the past generation," Mr. Latzky said. "I was the one who was exhausted." He added: "I learned a lesson in how to think about older people from him, and he taught me a lesson about the shortcomings of youth."
Paul B. Guenther, who was the chairman of the Philharmonic when Mr. Maazel was the music director, said that Mr. Maazel "could tell anecdotes back to the 1939 World's Fair." Or about meeting Toscanini, whom Mr. Maazel described in 1989 as "something more than God to me in those days."
"I watched him rehearse, and he watched me," Mr. Maazel recalled. "He came to my rehearsal and stayed for at least half of it and then I was presented to him. He said 'God bless you,' several times."
As music director of the Philharmonic, a job Toscanini had held from 1928 to 1936, Mr. Maazel lived on the Upper West Side. But he was something of a commuter, and not just because he had guest conducting dates in other cities. He owned a farm in Virginia that he developed into the setting for a music festival. It had a barnyard with a zebra, a camel and llamas. "Think Neverland, but tasteful," one guest said in 2004.
The menagerie included emus, ostrichlike birds that do not sing or squawk, but make a sound like a tom-tom drum.
"We suggested to Lorin that he incorporate the sound in his opera," said Zarin Mehta, the president of the Philharmonic at the time. "He laughed, meaning, Don't interfere with the process of creation."
The opera was a setting of George Orwell's novel "1984." Mr. Maazel put more than $760,000 of his own money into the production, which opened in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2005. Anthony Tommasini, in his review in The New York Times, called Mr. Maazel's score "undistinguished." He made no mention of emus.


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