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GOP Sen. Kirk in favor of gay marriage
WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- Two U.S. senators came out in support of gay marriage Tuesday -- one being Mark Kirk of Illinois, just the second Republican senator to do so.
The other is Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.
Kirk, who returned to the Capitol recently after suffering a debilitating stroke, expressed his views on gay marriage a week after Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who was considered a top choice to serve as Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 election, announced he had changed his mind after his son, Will, came out as gay.
USA Today said Kirk has spoken openly about the transformative experience he's had since recovering from the stroke. He had to learn how to walk again.
"Our time on this Earth is limited, I know that better than most," Kirk said in a statement. "Life comes down to who you and love and who loves you back -- government has no place in the middle."
Kirk doesn't face re-election in deep-blue Illinois until 2016.
As for Carper, he became just the latest in a torrent of Democrats to endorse gay marriage after President Barack Obama made his support official last year -- after Vice President Joe Biden beat him to the punch.
Carper told The Washington Post he applied the "golden rule" to the question.
"It calls on us to treat others as we want to be treated," Carper said. "That means, to me, that all Americans ultimately should be free to marry the people they love and intend to share their lives with, regardless of their sexual orientation, and that's why today, after a great deal of soul searching, I'm endorsing marriage equality."
Police have few clues in DA, wife's deaths
KAUFMAN, Texas, April 2 (UPI) -- Authorities in Texas say they have few clues in their investigation into the deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia.
Officials said they are starting virtually from scratch in their search for whomever gunned down the couple Saturday in their home, even though local, state and federal authorities are searching for information, WFAA-TV, Dallas, reported Tuesday.
Officials also are stymied in their investigation into who killed Mark Hasse, McLelland's assistant prosecutor, in a parking lot in January.
Justice officials across the state are on high alert, unsure if or when a similar attack might occur, CNN said.
"This, I think, is a clear concern to individuals who are in public life, particularly those who deal with some very mean and vicious individuals -- whether they're white supremacy groups or drug cartels that we have," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said.
McLelland's office was one of many Texas and federal agencies involved in a multiyear investigation that resulted in an indictment last year of 34 alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas on racketeering charges.
The possibility has been raised that the McLellands' and Hasse's deaths may be linked to white supremacists, CNN and other media outlets said.
Suspected killer released 4 years early
CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 2 (UPI) -- The man believed to have killed the head of the Colorado prison system would have still been behind bars if he had been properly sentenced, officials say.
A Colorado court apologized Monday for the judicial error that led to Evan Ebel's release in March, The Denver Post reported.
Ebel, who was gunned down by police in Texas on March 21, is suspected of killing Nathan Leon, a pizza delivery driver in Denver, March 17 and Tom Clements, the head of the state Department of Corrections March 19.
Ebel was already serving a prison sentence in Colorado in 2008 when he pleaded guilty to assaulting a guard under an agreement that added four years to his sentence. But the judge failed to specify the new sentence was to be consecutive, allowing Ebel to be released in late January.
"I was sick to the pit of my stomach. I would have preferred a public apology to me and my family," Katie Leon said. "Obviously this was something that could have been prevented. My husband would still be here today. The father of my children would still be here today. Tom Clements would still be here today."
A spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections said that if a judge does not specify whether a sentence is to be consecutive or concurrent prisons must automatically assume it is concurrent.
Cuomo: Malcolm Smith should cooperate
NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- A New York state senator and New York City councilman were arrested Tuesday, accused of trying to rig this year's New York mayoral race, officials said.
State Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, a contractor and real estate developer who became the state Senate's first black president, and City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III, R-Queens, were among those arrested in the corruption case that cut across political lines, The New York Times reported.
Speaking in Buffalo, N.Y., Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Smith faces very serious charges.
"I hope that [Smith] fully cooperates with the investigation and I hope that the investigation is thorough and speedy and gets to the facts," Cuomo said. "But it is very troubling," the New York Daily News reported.
"We have zero tolerance for any violation of the public integrity and the public trust."
Other political leaders arrested included GOP county-level leaders in Queens and the Bronx, as well as the mayor Spring Valley in Rockland County and her deputy, a criminal complaint indicated.
"Elected officials are called public servants because they are supposed to serve the people. Public service is not supposed to be a shortcut to self-enrichment," FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos said in a statement. "People in New York, in Spring Valley -- in any city or town in this country -- rightly expect their elected or appointed representatives to hold themselves to a higher standard. At the very least, public officials should obey the law."
"As alleged, these defendants did not obey the law; they broke the law and the public trust," Venizelos said. "There is a price to pay for that kind of betrayal."
The criminal complaint was unsealed Tuesday. Smith, Halloran and the others were to appear Tuesday before a U.S. magistrate judge in White Plains, N.Y.
The complaint indicated Smith agreed with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent, posing as a rich real estate developer, to pay off GOP county committees leaders in New York's five boroughs to get certificates authorizing him to run for mayor as a Republican even though he was a registered Democrat.


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Toby Jones Says Role as Dobby for Both Deathly Hallows Films
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Last January, we told you that actor Toby Jones would reprise his role in the Harry Potter films series by again providing the voice of Dobby the House Elf for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Today, the actor made mention of his return to the series by noting: " I'm currently doing the new Harry Potter film; in fact, the last two Harry Potter films."
Please note: As readers will recall, there has been much ado and speculation over the possible splitting of the films, with the events involving the beloved House Elf at Malfoy Manor and Shell Cottage often discussed. While most certainly we do not yet know where the breaking point in the films will take place, or what all this may mean, it is interesting to note the mention of his return for both movies. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films is currently in production in England, with Part One set for release November 19, 2010, and Part Two due July 15, 2011.


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The last of six Al Capones Ane bought yesterday. This is our favorite variant among J Co. doughnuts! Funny how we finished the 6 pieces in just a day! Super yummy. Ane said, next time, he'll buy 10 Al Capones in a dozen instead of just six. Can't wait!


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Language recognition is not a new concept to video games - the first text adventures had to understand commands somehow. But researchers are trying to integrate it in more open-ended ways - allowing for dynamic conversations between players and characters.
BBC Radio profiled the efforts, lately highlighted in the game 221B, a movie adaptation of the recent Sherlock Holmes film. In it, players must interrogate witnesses and suspects to gain answers that advance the story.
"Rather than attempting to create an exhaustive list of possible questions and the appropriate response, the characters in the game are capable of making a 'fuzzy interpretation' of what is said to them," the BBC reports. "The intention is to remove the frustration, familiar to any who played the old text-based adventure games, of having to guess the right way of asking a question or giving an instruction."
Other games based on open-ended use of language, spoken or written, include Facade and, of course, Scribblenauts - and even Left 4 Dead. "Each of the characters has a set of voice samples which can trigger based on events, situations and other dialog lines," Rockstar's Alex Champandard said of L4D. "This results in completely emergent short conversations depending on the situation."
The BBC calls it one of "the last uncracked problems" in games design. It's a good read, especially for the humorous kicker paragraph.
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250 Years of History: Excavating Colonial St. Louis
In 1763, a small group of French traders made their way up the Mississippi River and established a settlement that would become Saint Louis. This colonial village, unfortunately, has been lost to time and urban development, as the city of Saint Louis has grown around and over it. However, just in time for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the city, archaeologists with the Missouri Department of Transportation have found the first evidence of these earlier settlers. Now, let me welcome you to a day of archaeology at the Poplar Street Bridge project in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Since February 2012, we have been conducting archaeological investigations around the downtown area, preparing for a variety of road and highway construction project. Today (July 10, 2014), marks the end of the 27th week of fieldwork (including remote sensing, testing, and full data recovery) on what has quickly become two of the most significant archaeological sites we have ever identified.
Despite widely held belief, archaeological field work is showing that a surprisingly large amount of colonial Saint Louis remains buried and intact in the downtown area. Working in less-than-ideal conditions, we find that each new area that is exposed by our excavation is better than the last. As we carefully work by hand, with shovel and trowel, our work is juxtaposed with the heavy construction (and demolition) going on just a few meters away.


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"Come and vacation in Sochi ... please!"
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"Olympic Village train station!" I say into the smartphone, which is running my voice through a translation app.
I give the device back to the taxi driver.
He reads the Russian display showing the app's best guess of what I've just said and then scratches his head.
We left the hotel not five minutes ago but already he's lost.
With only hand signals and inaccurate electronic translation, the chance of reaching my destination, just across town, looks slim.
And this is no isolated incident.
More lost taxi drivers
In fact, it's the second time today I've ordered a taxi with a local driver who has little notion how to get around the city he calls home.
Turns out there's a very good reason for such confusion, and it's not solely due to my inadequate language skills.
It's more to do with the complete transformation of the Adler district in Sochi, home of the Olympic Park.
Such is the scale of the change it's as if a new town has opened in one day.
No wonder there are a few bemused cabbies on the streets.
Roads, bridges and railway lines
According to the local government, the following developments have been completed in the Sochi region in the past five years: 360 kilometers of new roads and bridges, 54 railway bridges totaling 16 kilometers in length, 200 kilometers of new railway lines, 22 tunnels, 480 kilometers of low-pressure gas pipelines, 550 kilometers of high-voltage power lines and two new thermal and one gas power plant that together produce more than 1200 megawatts.
A new water and wastewater treatment facility processes 255,000 cubic meters of liquid per day; a new seaport has been built to take two passenger liners, two ferries and 300 yachts.
There are 60 new educational, cultural, sports and health facilities, and four ski complexes have been created (Roza Khutor, OAO Gazprom, Gornaya Karusel, Alpika - Servis).
MORE: Spotlight Russia -- 7 golden travel tips
Hotel capacity for the city has doubled to 50,000 rooms in the same period, with 56 of these hotels now rated four-star or above.
Regardless of political persuasion and aside from equations on value for money against investment, the ambition of the Sochi project is so staggering it's hard to believe until you see it.
'Of course there are drawbacks'
"Krasnaya Polyana [Sochi's mountain resort] has always been visited year-round but the Olympics will help us make it popular around the world," Malorodnova Julia Vladimirovna, deputy chief of Sochi's Department of Resort Business and Tourism, tells CNN.
Given the extent of the development you could see how media complaints about their unfinished Olympic hotel rooms, though justified, may have been a cause of frustration for anyone involved in the project.
"Of course there are drawbacks --- some of the hotels have been recently built.
"If you would like to find the negative you will," Vladimirovna tells CNN.
"In 2013, about four million people visited us.
"There have been fewer tourists during the preparation for the Games -- we lost 10% to 15% -- but that's natural.
"When you make a renovation in your flat, you wouldn't invite friends," as Vladimirovna puts it.
Too many hotel rooms?
Sochi estimates that hotel capacity was at 79% last year which, given all the new accommodation, raises the question: how are all those hotels going to be filled after the Games?
For Vladimirovna the answer is simple: "Chains such as Hyatt, Radisson and Marriott [are now here and] they will attract tourists.
"We're also launching a huge advertising campaign in America, Canada and Europe."
READ: Russians -- world's best hotel guests?
Sport will remain a key marketing tool once the Olympics are over.
The Olympic site will be the staging ground for Russia's first Formula One Grand Prix, in October.
Sochi will also be one of the venue cities for the 2018 World Cup, and it now has the infrastructure to stage many alpine and winter sport events.
The theme park manager
Paul Beck, the avuncular Dutchman in charge of Sochi's new theme park, recognizes the challenges but remains a keen advocate for the city.
"[In Soviet times] people came here because it was the best beach in Russia, but when the borders were opened everyone could travel to Europe.
"Now we have to fight to get them back.
"We have a quality product ... although attracting people from outside Russia ... will not be easy.
"But let's give it a try!"
Previously managing director of the second biggest theme park in Europe, Beck has also been a Volkswagen board member and head of World Expos -- the five-yearly event where nations and large organizations show off their achievements.
Will tourists come?
Given his experience, does he think enough tourists will come to provide a decent return on the theme park's $700 million investment?
"We need to attract 1.5 million visitors annually to turn a profit.
"The great thing about Sochi is you have wonderful year-round weather," he says.
That lets the park stay open all day and into the evening.
Sochi residents say the city has just three seasons -- warm and humid summers giving way to long autumns that pass seamlessly into spring.
MORE: Dacha, chacha and a gay bar -- 9 ways Sochi surprises
Market research by an American company predicted higher visitor numbers to the park than those needed to break even, Beck says.
Among its attractions are that it's the only theme park in Russia outside Moscow and it has one of the biggest looping roller coasters in the world.
"They'll come," Beck says of future visitors. "I have a feeling about it!"
Reimagining Russia
Beck was unconvinced about moving to Russia for his new job, he tells CNN, a place he imagined as "dark, unfriendly and with lousy food."
Seeing the ambitious plans for the theme park changed his mind.
"Russia's time is coming. Things are moving fast," he says.
"The culture is changing -- a new, more open generation is coming through.
"My big surprise was that you can work together with Russians. You can laugh, but they are actually a nice population!"
Therein lies the essence of the Sochi gamble.
The Putin government hopes the city, as an open door to the rest of the world, will help to craft a strong and positive perception of this bear of a country.
Either way, tourists will be voting with their feet.
READ: St. Petersburg -- 12 best sights in the city of the czars
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a procedure that uses a large magnet, radio waves and a computer to create detailed images of organs and tissues in the body. It's used to diagnose problems in many areas of the body.
There are different types of MRI machines. Some look like narrow tunnels. Others are more open and may be a choice for children who can't handle small, confined spaces. The machine creates a strong magnetic field, which works with radio waves to change the position of the body's hydrogen atoms. As they go back into proper position, they send out signals. A computer receives the signals and converts them into images of the body. This image appears on a computer screen.
A child may need an MRI for many reasons, such as to find:
Your child's health care provider may have other reasons to order an MRI.
Risks include:
You can help your child by preparing him or her in advance. Many hospitals have people trained in helping children cope with their medical care or hospital experience. These people are often called child life specialists. Check with your child's health care provider to see if child life programs or other similar services are available for your child. You can also do certain things to help your child get ready for a test. How best to do this depends on your child's needs. Start with the tips below:
Tell the health care provider if your child:
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The test takes about 30 to 60 minutes. Some may take longer. You may be able to stay with your child in the MRI room. Or you may be asked to wait in another area during the test.
An MRI scan is done by a radiology technologist. A radiologist is on call in case of problems. This is a doctor trained to use MRI or other imaging methods to test or treat patients.
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Once the test is finished, the table will slide out of the scanner. If your child received medicine to relax or sleep, he or she will be watched until the medicine wears off and he or she is awake again. If an IV was inserted, it will be taken out after the test is over and your child is awake.
If no sedation was used, your child can go back to normal activities and diet right away, unless the health care provider says otherwise. Contrast dye should pass through your child's body in about 24 hours. Your child may need to drink more water during this time.
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I have Nvidia problems I don't know what happen because when I run WarCraft with optirun it display errors then if I type
optirun glxgears, it displays the same errors as when im running warcraft ..
optirun glxgears
[ 25.424416] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 25.424460] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?
How to fix this?
PC specs:
Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
I used
lspci | grep VGA which gave me:
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller(rev 09)
It seems my laptop does not detect my Nvidia GeForce GT 630M anymore. It worked before I knew that my optirun is broken, I didn't do anything.
I just installed Geany recently and make a virtual host and oh yes, i use ctrl + alt + sys req + REIUSB because I had my laptop freeze few hours ago
Please if anyone can help i will really appreciate it.
I have already posted my solution as an answer below.
Note: I already had Bumblebee installed. It worked before, but all of a sudden my laptop suddenly doesn't recognize my VGA..
New questions
- Why did my initial problem arise? Is it because I used ctrl + alt + sys req + REIUSB ?? Yes i typed it REIUSB and not REISUB..
- Why did my solution work?
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My name is Laura Johansson and I am an archaeologist. I am originally from Pargas, Finland, but moved to the UK in 2010 to do my undergraduate in archaeology at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. My interest in archaeology stretch back to my early teenage years, and since my passion for archaeology has only grown. My real passion though is for maritime archaeology and I am currently studying for an MA in Maritime Archaeology in Southampton. University will start back up in September, but up until then I am employed as a full-time archaeologist for Southampton City Council Archaeology Unit and on annualised hours as a museum guide for The National Museum of the Royal Navy, which is based in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
I've chosen to write an account of one of my days at the Medieval Chantry Dig in Southampton, working for the SCC Archaeology Unit. We are currently clearing out any archaeology from an area where the Drew Smith Group is planning to build a new set of flats. As mentioned before, this site has previously been the location of a medieval chantry which was connected with St. Mary's Church, located just across the road. In this case there is a substantial amount of documentation connected to our site, which has allowed us to understand what the different medieval features on the site may be. However, there are also several Saxon pits, containing a substantial amount of animal bones.
On this particular day I had just started digging a new feature. So far the theory is that the feature is a pit of unknown date which is being cut by a ditch which seems to be running across a large part of the site. This job is my first paid full-time position in commercial archaeology (yay me!) and it is refreshing to get to work in a different side of archaeology (previously I have mainly participated in digs organised by universities). Surprisingly (to me) it is quite different! I was told today that in contemporary British Commercial Archaeology we no longer use trowels for other things than cleaning the mud out of our boots. However, (if archaeology was a religion) I did feel like a sinner in church as I was shovelling out the layers of my pit!
Unfortunately I can't really tell you anything interesting about my feature as I don't know much myself. The dig started in the middle of April this year and we are now running on the last few weeks. Unfortunately time is against us and we are having speed up the process a bit (we are like digging machines!), but fortunately it looks like there is not too much left to do. Hopefully the weather will be with us these last few days as we otherwise will be sat in the office doing finds washing (which isn't too bad either!).
It has always been my intention to pursue a degree in archaeology after university. My interests are quite wide, but my expertise lies mainly within British and Finnish archaeology. One of my greatest passions is to promote archaeology to the wider public, which is something I am hoping to continue to do in the future. Among other things I am planning to partly base my MA dissertation project on public outreach so we shall see how it goes! Wish me luck!
Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Drew Smith Group, Dr Andy Russel and Emma for their kind contributions to this piece.
Disclaimer: All photos were taken by the author, except the Google map images.


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OP police find concrete gorilla near park gazebo
Tow truck with crane used to move the statue
Overland Park police are looking for the owners of a concrete gorilla that was found near a park gazebo Saturday.
Police said the gorilla was found south of West 119th and Westgate streets.
A tow truck with a crane was used to move the concrete statue because it weighed 300 pounds.
Police said they checked with neighbors in the area, but no one was missing the concrete gorilla.
Other people in the area have seen their heavy yard art go missing. Daryl Conk said someone took a stone gorilla that had been on display in his Raymore yard.
"Even the neighbors say they miss it because when they have people come in, they use our house as a landmark," Conk said. "They say it's two houses past the gorilla."
Conk said he initially thought the one found in Overland Park might be his, but had some different markings.
Officer Jackie Zickel said there may be several hundred stone gorillas like the missing one in the country.
"It's not your everyday find at the park, that's for certain," he said.
He said the weight of the statue would make it a hard thing to steal.
"You can lift it, but you can't walk with it. It's going to take a couple guys to lift it and carry it in the back of the truck," he said.
Anyone with information on the rightful owner is asked to call Overland Park police at 913-895-6300.


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Still reeling from the events of the Homecoming Masquerade, Nicky Bloom must prepare for the second event of the Coronation contest: The Festival of the Moon. A two-night celebration of glamour and debauchery, the Festival begins with a wild party in the woods and ends with a date auction, where all the boys of the Thorndike senior class bid for the right to wine and dine one of the girls wearing black.
With help from Jill Wentworth and the rest of the Network, Nicky dives headfirst into the world of lust, gossip, and intrigue that is Thorndike Academy. And as she and the other girls wearing black struggle for position, Nicky must keep her true identity a secret, not only from the other students at school, but from the vampire who is watching her every move.
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Festival of the Moon is a disappointing follow-up to the first "Girls Wearing Black" book, The Homecoming Masquerade. Whereas Book 1 set up a unique premise, progressed at a brisk pace, teased out relevant information and swapped skilfully between POVs, Book 2 seemed to bloat and stagnate.
Book 1 played out like some kind of high-stakes multi-player tag-team chess game, each character – dual protagonists, dual antagonists and other key players – strategizing, making calculated moves and reacting as the tension and complications compounded.
I think it must have benefitted from its contained setting (a three hours masquerade ball with no set-up) because Book 2 tends to meander and lose its way as it sprawls across the subsequent two weeks.
The continuing story – a ringer backed by a consortium on vampire hunters is trying to win what is essentially a high-stakes beauty pageant in which the winner will be made into an immortal to give the hunters a chance to kill a reclusive master vampire – got off to a great start in Book1.
Nicky's campaign to win should have kicked into high gear in the Festival of the Moon but it stalls out of the gate. She's busy being sad over the boy that can't be with her and an entire precious week passes in a bout of depression and prophetic dreams.
Meanwhile, our other protagonist, Jill is also busy being sad about the boy who doesn't want to be with her and spends a major chunk of her story on her own, chasing a new guy or also having prophetic dreams (and side note, enough the prophetic dreams - they were a real crutch in this story).
Worse still, the guy they're both pining for is the *same* guy but the story doesn't even take the opportunity to develop the character relationship thanks to the tension of the love triangle. Jill and Nicky have maybe three scenes together and we get neither building camaraderie nor rising conflict.
So forget about focusing on their life or death mission, our protagonists are wallowing in boy drama leaving all the exciting strategy and fascinating POVs to the antagonists. Without worthy opponents or serious consequences for the girls' lack of focus though, the climax falls flat.
So why have I given such a lukewarm book a high rating (especially for me)? Well I guess it's because of the goodwill the far superior Book 1 built-up and my hope that the series can recover from this stumble.
Considering the masses of truly awful YA out there, Festival of the Moon isn't that bad by comparison and as a new series with huge potential, I think it is worth checking out.
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I have no confidence around These twisted forms of modern women. I have apprehension and mis trust.
I do trust modern women; I don't trust any women. Nothing! For good reason; Ive been around enough of them; their not all bad; unfortunately, the mis trust Goes deep. I get apprehensive around women. Im not interested in being put down by women for any reason; thats not why I would approach them.
I like sex with women; but not modern style feminist women; Ill pass. Ill have sex with more traditional women from other countries; meaning, women that are more humble.
One big problem is simply finding someone I actually like. I would go after someone if I actually liked them. I would not say they are hard to find. Ive never looked. Ive judged the women Im around and left it at that. accepting only the women Im around is not a brilliant strategy; I would have to find other women in other places...
Do I know what Im looking for; maybe; but I must work with God on this and really look at what Im interested in.... And that is the most important work; knowing what Im wanting... This scares me more then anything. Im afraid of finding women that fit this then getting involved with them; only to run away because I dont match up....
Its hard to go through the process of finding a good women; its humiliating; and truly good women are out their; but their hiding. Am I up for the hunt! And its can be so destroying when I spend allot of time looking for the right women only to be put down by the ones I find; and start over again. but; thats just the way it is..
Something has to change within me; something; I have to become a nice person again. Something has to change. Something inside of me or Ill never have anything in life..


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University Park, Pa. — Andrew Norton is well aware of how controversial and political deer management is in Pennsylvania. That's one reason why the graduate student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is so fascinated by it.
A dedicated and passionate deer hunter from Minnesota who is pursuing a master's degree in wildlife and fisheries science, Norton plans to estimate deer harvest and survival rates from data collected on hundreds of whitetails that Penn State and the Pennsylvania Game Commission captured and fitted with radio collars in Armstrong, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Cumberland and Perry counties. In addition, in the coming year he plans to monitor deer captured and radio-collared in Bradford, Butler, Cameron, Elk, Indiana, Juniata, McKean, Potter, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
The state's firearms deer-hunting season runs Dec. 1-13 across most of Pennsylvania.
Penn State and the Game Commission have been trapping and radio-collaring 200 to 300 deer annually since 2002. Trapping occurs from January to March each year. The radio-collared deer have been used in various studies, including a fawn-mortality study, a buck study, a doe study and a deer-dispersal study. Norton's two-year research project will look for larger patterns related to whether those deer were harvested by hunters and how they survive outside the hunting seasons.
"We are investigating whether road networks and forest cover affect the chances of a deer getting harvested," Norton explained. "After collecting data in the field, such as information about deer that are harvested, road-kills and other nonhunting mortality, we can test some of the assumptions deer managers make to see whether they are legitimate by comparing them to field observations."
Norton, who moved to the small town of Luverne, Minn., from South Africa in 1994 at the age of 10, developed a keen love of wildlife, hunting and fishing in the Upper Midwest as a teen. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in fisheries and wildlife science and deciding he wanted to conduct research on white-tailed deer, he determined that there was no better place to do that than Pennsylvania and Penn State.
The Keystone State has a rich deer-hunting heritage and one of the nation's largest deer herds, but it also has a tradition of deer-hunter dissatisfaction and controversy surrounding deer management and doe hunting. Pennsylvania — which is annually among the top states for deer-vehicle collisions — is a world leader in hardwood production, but valuable tree species such as oak are not regenerating at historic levels. Forest problems long have been blamed at least partially on overbrowsing by too many deer.
And Penn State has one of the top-rated forest resources programs in the world. Norton's adviser, Duane Diefenbach, adjunct associate professor of wildlife ecology and leader of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit — which is housed in the School of Forest Resources — is nationally recognized for his deer research. He has been involved in all the Game Commission's deer studies since 2000.
One question in Norton's mind is how harvest and survival rates vary across Pennsylvania. "Factors such as forest on the landscape, public-versus-private land, distance from a road, slope of terrain, human population in the deer range, severity of the previous winter, and mast production the previous year could all have an impact," Norton explained. "I would like to see if there are patterns to be discovered in the variability we find across Pennsylvania.
"We develop models that incorporate all the variables that might affect a deer's chances of being harvested or surviving — I probably will have 20 models by the time I am done," Norton said. "Then we use a computer program to help us identify what factors are related to harvest and survival rates. The program will rank the models and tell us which ones are most appropriate. It gets quite complex because we are using state-of-the-science methods."
Norton realizes that he is privileged to be working in a state where the white-tailed deer plays such an important role in society. "I appreciate the opportunity to be exposed to the politics and science of deer management in Pennsylvania, and I hope to contribute to the Game Commission having more accurate information to better manage the deer population," he said. "In the end, we will have a study with at least 1,500 radio-collared deer to estimate harvests and the population — there is no other study on the whitetail in the eastern United States being done like this."
Norton has noticed a big difference between deer management in the Keystone State and Minnesota. "I definitely have an appreciation of the politics and the issues deer managers have to deal with here in Pennsylvania," he said. "In Minnesota, where I got my undergrad degree, hunters are not so angry, skeptical and critical of deer-management policies. They may not even have enough hunters there to control the deer population, compared to Pennsylvania, where there is such an incredible density of deer hunters, with almost a million.
"I can understand sportsmen's anger because they had high deer densities and easier hunting for the past 50 years, and that was taken from them when changes in management goals led to lower deer numbers," he added. "It's a difficult situation. But higher deer densities mean more collisions with vehicles, damage to forest habitat and more crop damage."
Diefenbach emphasized the importance of Norton's work, calling it unparalleled for white-tailed deer in the eastern United States. "No other state agency in the East is putting as much effort into capturing, radio-collaring and monitoring white-tailed deer," he said. "In 2000, the Game Commission captured and radio-collared more than 200 fawns, one of the largest studies of fawn survival ever published. Since then, more than 1,000 adult deer have been radio-collared. With the trapping efforts that will begin on four study areas, Andrew could have close to 2,000 adult deer with which to study harvest and survival rates."
The deer research conducted by Penn State and the Game Commission is not just important for the knowledge that is gained, but it also provides an opportunity to train future wildlife managers, Diefenbach noted. "Andrew has an enviable graduate program because not only does he obtain the training in science and research at the University, but he is working closely with commission biologists to learn about the issues and information needs required to manage Pennsylvania's deer herd," he said. "Penn State is producing wildlife biologists who will end up being responsible for managing deer here and across the country."
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Note: This game features split-screen races only on PS3, not on PS Vita.
Fans of the MotorStorm series on PlayStation will recognise locations from previous titles - tracks from MotorStorm Monument Valley, MotorStorm Pacific Rift, MotorStorm Arctic Edge and MotorStorm Apocalypse have been recreated for the scaled down engines of MotorStorm RC. Dusty deserts, dense jungles, icy terrains and post-apocalyptic cities are all waiting for you.
The cars may be smaller, but the thrill of off-road racing in extreme environments remains just as huge as ever as these tiny vehicles skid round corners, jump over bridges and cause mini pile-ups when someone brakes too early.
A choice of four top-down camera angles means that you can see the other muscle cars, monster trucks and rally cars as they gain on you, each in a frantic scramble to the finish line. In some modes, you'll also be able to see your best time, represented as a moving arrow, in order to help you beat your fastest lap.
Race to PlayStation Store to download the festival fun to your PS Vita and PlayStation 3 when MotorStorm RC launches in February 2012 - and don't forget that if you buy the PS Vita version, you will be able to download the PS3 version for free, and vice versa. Once both versions have been downloaded, you can continue your progress back and forth on both systems by signing in to PlayStation Network.
Prepare for a whole new take on the legendary PlayStation off-road racing festival in MotorStorm RC. Available on both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, this top-down racer steers in a completely new direction and moves away from previous titles in the series such as MotorStorm Apocalypse and MotorStorm Arctic Edge.
Instead of the life-sized vehicles that MotorStorm titles usually serve up, you're racing radio-controlled cars. There are still bulky monster trucks and ferocious big rigs, but this time, they're miniature. Don't let their size fool you - they're fast, furious and each one will fight for their place in the race.
Get the hang of your new ride in the Playground - an area designed especially for you to put the pedal to the metal, perform tricks and stunts and learn how to handle your nifty little RC cars. Adding more authenticity to these miniature motors are the controls used in the PS Vita version - they handle just like real RC cars, meaning you use the left stick to steer left and right, and the right stick to manoeuvre forwards and backwards. There are alternative controls if you fancy a more conventional approach; both options will have you skidding and sliding around the tracks in no time.
When you're ready to join the race, watch from above as your car buzzes around tracks inspired by the extreme locations of previous MotorStorm settings. A host of game modes keep your RC cars - and your heart - racing, whether you're playing at home on your PS3 or on your PS Vita on the move. Try and get the fastest lap and try out a variety of vehicles in Wreckreation, or enter the ultimate RC world championships and compete for glory in the MotorStorm RC Festival. Earn medals, break records and unlock even more cars and tracks.
This brand new take on the MotorStorm festival is not only great fun, it's also wonderfully creative and provides a fantastic racing experience on both PS Vita and PlayStation 3.
MotorStorm RC on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita treats you to a new and convenient type of cross-platform play, entirely focused on letting you play on your own schedule.
Sign in to PlayStation Network and you'll be able to track your friends' progress and see their lap times and achievements on your Pitwall. You'll be able to see if one of your mates has completed an event faster than you, and then replay that event to regain your title. This type of cross-platform play means that you're constantly battling it out, but don't actually have to be playing the game at the same time. As long as you're signed in to PSN, you'll be instantly updated when something happens and you'll always know how your friends are doing. Lap times and completed challenges are available for you to see - and have a go at yourself.
Those who choose to jump into the iconic off-road racing festival on their PlayStation 3 can also get their mates round to go wheel-to-wheel with up to three other players via offline split-screen races.
If you've downloaded MotorStorm RC to your PS3 and PS Vita systems, you can continue your progress on either one of them, so you won't have to wait until you get home to earn more medals and rise to the top of the leader boards.
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April 4, 1938 - November 19, 2012
Gardiner, NY
Frank K. "Franz" Maier, age 74, of Gardiner died Monday, November 19, 2012, surrounded by his loving family.
Born on April 4, 1938, in Amityville, NY, he was the son of the late Frank X. and the late Paula (Weinlein) Maier. He married Phyllis McCartney June 27, 1964 in Amityville, NY.
He served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a lifetime member of the Gardiner Fire Dept. He was retired from Nassau County Police Dept, Mineola, NY in 1983. He was the Gardiner Town Court Officer for 15 years. For the last 30 years he's worked as a general contractor.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Phyllis (McCartney) Maier; daughter and son-in-law, Sue Maier-Garcia and Andrew Garcia of Dalton, MA; son & daughter-in-law, Bob and Beth Maier of Highland, NY; grandchildren: William and Abigail Maier, and Aidan Garcia.
Calling hours will be Monday, November 26 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Copeland Funeral Home, Inc., 162 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY. The funeral will be held on Tuesday, November 27 at 10 a.m. at the Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Major, III officiating. Burial will follow in Modena Rural Cemetery, Modena, NY.
Memorial donation may be made to: American Heart Association, Mid Hudson Region; The Kingston Hospital, 396 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401 or the National Audubon Society. Funeral arrangements are by Copeland Funeral Home, Inc., 845-255-1212. If anyone wishes to express condolences online, please go to www.copelandfhnp.com.


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Thanks, Lady_Haleth!
if no sequels are going to be written.
What if there are? I don't really have a good idea for one at the moment, but that will not necessarily stop me.
The epilogue would answer all questions about if he marries Givi's sister, and just what happens.
I haven't quite decided on that. She is certainly very much in love with Radesh, but he needs some time to recover. Anyway his mariage will have to wait until the spring. I rather suspect something might happen before that.
Do his scars heal enough for him to do anything?
But of course! Otherwise, I would not be able to write much of a sequel, would I?


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Winter Gardening
Earlier this month I spent some time going through Eliot Coleman's Book, The Winter Harvest Handbook and wrote all the dates for starting fall/winter crops on my calendar (my Chiot's Run calendar of course). I thought I'd post a reminder for all you other zone 4-5 gardeners that are interested in winter gardening.
Usually for me, seed starting is limited to spring, so it seems weird to be starting seeds in June. I really want to have a fall/winter harvest, and that means it's time to start fall cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower. It's also time to start leek seeds for overwintering. Next week it will also be time to start carrots for harvesting in October. I actually ordered some of the 'Early Napoli' carrots from Johnny's that Eliot grows for overwintering.
I have all my fall planted crops organized in folders by type in my Seed Stash, so they're super easy to find. I'll be starting: 'Long Island Improved' brussels sprouts, 'Ruby' and 'Glory of Enkhuizen' cabbage, 'DeCicco' broccoli, and 'Tadorna' Leeks. I'm hoping all my efforts will yield a bounty of delicious veggies throughout the winter months to save me time canning and freezing this summer. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.
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My husband and I have recently started gardening again and have joined a community garden. We also have a very small ( 8×10) patch off of the patio. I have never experimented with winter gardening but would love to learn. We are in central Ohio. So you are planting cauliflower and broccoli and the like from seed now for winter? Would love to know how to go about gardening in the fall and winter. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Love your website, recipes too!
to Lisa's comment
Oh yeah. I need to start the collard seeds right now. Thanks for the reminder . . .
to kristin @ going country's comment
I was just thinking about winter gardening, as I missed summer gardening and was wondering if I started in mid-july if I would be ok. I also was directed to this book and will be hoping my library has a copy when I head over today on my lunch.
to Tree's comment
Oy. I can see this is going to be my downfall. Planning. I'm quite impressed with your organization.
to Turling's comment
I am planning to do a year round garden this year as well – however it may be limited in what I plant. I am reading Eliot's book the Four Season Harvest, and I'm trying to determine when I should get started with my fall crops. Technically I'm in a zone 7, but I have a bit of a microclimate here and despite all my reading and researching, I can't determine what zone I should really be aiming for. To top this all off, our summer has been so mild that all my spring/summer crops are almost a month behind! I would love to hear some suggestions!!!
to Amy @ Homestead Revival's comment
Thanks for the reminder! I just cleared away a patch for fall crops. Sounds like (for once) my timing's on track.
to Julia's comment
I usually plant collards and this past winter I planted kale. I'm hoping to expand more this year and your post has given me a lot to consider.
to Laura's comment
Last year Susy you posted a link for Winter Sown, which is a great resource for winter gardening. I have not gotten into the winter gardening so much yet, but there was also a link for free seeds. I planted those seeds and saved some. The Blue Lake beans I got from them are the finest I have ever gotten. This year I will be returning seed to them this year.
I am reposting the link because they are just a top level non-profit.
to Chicago Mike's comment
Hello. Yes, I already have some beets coming up, and I am going to plant some cabbage and turnips to see how they do. I need to get them planted this week. Additionally, my green beans did do so swell this year, so I pull them up, and am going to plant one row again to see how well they will do.
to Kay's comment
I love Eliot's book. Where did you purchase you De Cicco' broccoli seeds? I was thinking of buying through Botanical Interests.
to Lynn's comment
aaack! I was just thinking about trying to do a fall/winter garden, and then I read this and discover I'm already behind. Better get to work!
to Wendy (The Local Cook)'s comment
Winter gardening is a fantastic idea. I read Coleman's book last year and I've really turned into a fanatic since. We had carrots, spinach, mache and some lettuces available in our cold frame all winter and got a huge head start on spring salads and other stuff as well. To give you an idea of how successful you can be, we had our first non winter harvest in 2009 on about May 10th. With the addition of the winter garden we have had something fresh available too us every day since!! So for the last 14 months we have been able to pick some thing we have grown any day we wanted to. Winter Gardens are awesome!!
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MOSCOW -- Sarah Brightman's voice, beloved by audiences and renowned for its three-octave range, rocketed to fame more than two decades ago as the heroine of The Phantom of the Opera. Now the world's biggest-selling soprano is heading to outer space.
On Wednesday, Brightman told a news conference in Moscow that she has booked a trip to the International Space Station. Brightman, who had a hit in 1978 with "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" and has sold more than 30 million records, will become the first recording artist in space.
The British singer said that after touring the world in 2013 for her new album, Dreamchaser, she will spend six months in Russia's Star City cosmonaut training center.
"I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser," she said.
Brightman, a UNESCO ambassador, said the trip would also serve as a way to promote the U.N. agency's message, in particular by encouraging women's education in the sciences and environmental awareness. She hinted at the possibility of doing a promotional "space concert."
She wouldn't give a precise time for her mission, but Alexei Krasnov, the head of manned programs at the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said she would likely make it in the fall of 2015.
Krasnov said the price tag for the flight was in "tens of millions of dollars," but refused to name a precise figure.
Brightman teamed up with the private company Space Adventures, which organizes trips for private space explorers.
"I think she is a natural candidate," said Eric Anderson, co-founder and chairman of Space Adventures, "somebody whose entire career revolves around inspiring people and communicating messages and really inspiring emotion. ... When they come back they can really share that experience with a much broader set of the public."


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Palaces, castles, chateaus: 12 regal stays
By Pavan Shamdasani, for CNN • Updated 29th October 2013
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Throughout the world, but mainly in Europe and parts of Asia, numerous palaces, castles and chateaus have been carefully converted into deluxe lodgings -- rich in history and, understandably, often in cost.
Some of the finest include the newly opened Four Seasons Lion Palace in St. Petersburg and the recently renovated Gritti Palace in Venice -- both among the selection featured below.
Excluded in this list are the well-known
palace hotels of India
in order to highlight similar-ish accommodations available in other countries.
Please let us know other great stays you've experienced.
La Posta Vecchia, Rome
Located 30 minutes outside of the Italian capital, La Posta Vecchia was built in the mid-17th century by the Renaissance Prince Orsini.
In the 1960s, oil tycoon J.P. Getty bought and restored it, salvaging many original artifacts while simultaneously reinvigorating the palace with pieces from his own art collection.
Today, the hotel balances ancient and contemporary themes, with priceless antiques alongside modern features such as an indoor pool and a helipad.
The hotel's private museum, housing ruins dating back to the second century B.C.
La Posta Vecchia
, Strada Ciclabile Palo Laziale, 00055 Ladispoli, Rome, Italy; + 39 06 994 9501;
standard rooms from US$350 a night
Hotel Vestibul Palace, Split, Croati
Part of Diocletian's Palace, an immense bastion built by the Roman emperor in the fourth century A.D., the Hotel Vestibul Palace is located within the Peristile square, a place once reserved for the gods.
The hotel teems with history outside but inside things are mostly modern and the contrast of contemporary furnishings sitting next to 1,500-year-old walls allows one to appreciate the surroundings all the more.
Figuring out which era parts of the palace are from, with the hotel merging Romanic, Gothic and Renaissance periods.
Hotel Vestibul Palace
, Ulica Iza Vestibula 4 21000, Split, Croatia; +385 21 329 329;
standard rooms from US$150 a night
Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing
Aman at Summer Palace, Beijing.
courtesy Aman at Summer Palace
Beijing's grand Summer Palace is one of the most popular sights of the Chinese capital and only a group like Aman Resorts would dare try match it, let alone exceed it, with a hotel.
The Aman at Summer Palace is near the East Gate of the palace and comprises a series of 100-year old pavilions that were previously reserved for guests of the Empress Dowager. Imperial Chinese intricacies are abundant, including Ming Dynasty-style furniture and a number of private pavilions in the suites.
The Reflection Pavilion, a peaceful setting with a lotus pond where guests can enjoy drinks and cigars.
Aman at Summer Palace
1 Gongmenqian Street, Summer Palace, Beijing, PRC 100091; +86 10 5987 9999;
standard rooms from US$1,050 a night
Mamaison Suite Hotel Pachtuv Palace, Prague, Czech Republi
Once Mozart's temporary home in the Czech capital, the Pachtuv Palace was the residence of Earl Hubert Karel Pachta, who purportedly locked the composer in a room until he finished Don Giovanni.
To be fair, there are worse places you can be imprisoned, with each of the hotel's 50 suites restored: frescoes line the ceilings, fireplaces roar in the corner, four-poster beds offer a noble sleep.
The two gorgeous Baroque-style courtyards, which allow you to escape the city.
Mamaison Suite Hotel Pachtuv Palace
, Karoliny Světlé 34, 110 00 Praha, Czech Republic; +420 234 705 111;
standard rooms from US$180 a night
Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austri
Built as the Vienna home of Philip of Württemberg, the Hotel Imperial originally housed the prince from 1863 to 1865, until a city planning problem saw him move on.
In 1873, an investor bought the property in time for that year's Vienna Expo, converting the numerous halls into individual hotels rooms while retaining many regal touches.
Little has changed since, with the palace's 150-year history available to all who stay at the hotel: ornate 19th-century chandeliers, crest-embossed drapes and endless relics.
The traditional personal butler service, which comes with every suite.
Hotel Imperial
, Kärntner Ring 16, 1015 Vienna, Austria; +43 1 50 1100;
standard rooms from US$630 a night
Hotel Gritti Palace, Venice, Italy
Venice has an endless number of "palaces" converted into hotels, but few match up to the opulence of the Gritti.
Hotel Gritti Palace, Venice.
courtesy Hotel Gritti Palace
Constructed in the 16th century for the city's "Doge" (Duke), it was later used to welcome Vatican ambassadors, before finally being turned into a hotel in the late 1800s.
Following a 15-month renovation, the hotel re-opened this spring, with each of its 82 rooms restored with the Renaissance in mind.
The Explorer's Library, paying homage to the hotel's many literary guests, including Ernest Hemingway and W. Somerset Maugham.
Hotel Gritti Palace
, Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, 2467 30124 Venice, Italy; +39 041 296 1222;
standard rooms from US$1,300 a night
Chateau de Saint-Loup, Loire Valley, Franc
The year is 1356 and the Hundred Years' War ravages on -- the Battle of Poitiers has just taken place and Edward the Black Prince has captured the King of France, Jean le Bon, imprisoning him in a castle keep in the Loire Valley.
Jump forward nearly 700 years and that keep still stands as part of the privately owned Chateau de Saint-Loup hotel.
Guests are treated to a truly medieval experience, with accommodation choices in the gorgeous 17th-century chateau, in the 12th-century tower square or within the keep itself.
The appropriately named Black Prince suite, with such medieval touches as his-and-her baths and a granite fireplace.
Chateau de Saint-Loup
79600 Saint-Loup-Lamairé France; +33 5 49 64 81 73;
standard rooms from US$150 a night
Amberley Castle, Sussex, Englan
Dating back more than 900 years, Amberley Castle was once owned by Queen Elizabeth I. Today, the castle incorporates 19 spacious yet traditional suites, a tennis court and a golf course.
Battlement towers previously used to keep watch on the numerous conflicts in the area still keep watch, and an 18-meter high wall still stands.
The still-working portcullis, which is closed every night just past the stroke of midnight.
Amberley Castle
, Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9LT; +44 017 9883 1992;
standard rooms from US$830 a night
Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul
Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul.
courtesy Ciragan Palace Kempinski
Considering Istanbul's strife-torn history, it's almost a miracle the Ciragan Palace has survived. It housed two separate sultans during its lifetime, before a great fire destroyed much of the site in the early 1900s.
A 1989 effort restored its original architecture as a hotel complex.
It's now run by the Kempinski Hotels group and a recent 2007 renovation has seen even more palatial features reinstated.
The Sultan Suite -- at more than US$41,400 (plus 8% VAT) a night -- is one of the
most expensive suites in the world
Ciragan Palace Kempinski
, Yıldız Mh., Çırağan Cd, Beşiktaş, Turkey; +90 212 326 46 46; standard rooms from US$540 a night
Tivoli Palacio de Seteais, Lisbon, Portuga
Built in the late 1700s exclusively for a powerful Dutch consul, before being sold to the Marquis of Marialva, Lisbon's Palace de Seteais is a grand escape located in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Sintra.
Considered a national monument, the entire first floor of the palace is open to the public, with reception halls, salons and other areas containing a number of frescoes and tapestries.
The second floor holds the 30 guest rooms, each retaining the palace's 18th-century style through antique furnishings and immense space.
The Classic Suite is a huge room designed in a number of styles, including Louis XVI, Imperial and Neo-classical.
Tivoli Palacio de Seteais
, Rua Barbosa Du Bocage 8, 2710-517 Sintra, Portugal; +351 21 923 3200;
standard rooms from US$310 a night
Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, St. Petersburg, Russi
A true sign of Russia's luxurious dreams, the Lion Palace is the Four Seasons' first hotel in Russia.
Originally built in the 19th century for the exquisitely named Princess Cleopatra Lobonova-Rostovskaya, it spent much of its life as upscale apartments for her royal friends and family, before falling into a state of disrepair in the 1900s.
Re-opened just last month, the hotel has regained its palatial status, with its central location and majestic rooms transporting guests back to Tsarist Russia.
The granite grand staircase, which leads to the Presidential suite and has been recreated with the nearby Hermitage and Winter Palace in mind.
Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace
, Voznesensky Ave, 1, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000; +7 812 339 8055;
standard rooms from US$300 a night
Xara Palace, Mdina, Malt
The Maltese city of Mdina is itself a historic wonder: a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose history was influenced by the Knights of St. John. Built by the Knights in the 17th century as a residence for the royal Moscati Parisio family, the Xara Palace was reopened in 1999 as an exclusive 17-room Relais & Chateaux hotel.
Rooms are simple yet refined, paying tribute to the order through numerous antique paintings.
The award-winning de Mondion restaurant, offering traditional dishes with 180-degree views of the city.
Xara Palace
, Misrah il-Kunsill, Mdina MDN 1050, Malta; +356 2145 0560;
standard rooms from US$410 a night
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You read it right. Lately I've been feeling like I'm writing like my butt's on fire.
Why? I've gone from one book to the next without stopping to "smell the roses" for months now. The good thing is that I'm getting a lot of writing done. The bad thing? I'm not sure there is a downside, unless you count the fact that I always seem to be on a self-imposed writing deadline. Even that is positive, I think. At least that's what I keep telling myself!
So, the butt on fire writing does have a sort of end in sight. I've got plans for February and March. April is going to be the time for sitting back and reading—other people's books, that is!—to my heart's content. The hope is that by May I'll want to plant my behind back in the chair and begin writing again. We'll see…
What about you? Do you ever do something you love to such an extent that you feel like you're on fire? Hmm?
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Butt on Fire
You read it right. Lately I've been feeling like I'm writing like my butt's on fire.
2 comments:
- Dru said...
Reading - sometimes even if my eyes bother me or I'm fighting a headache, I got to read.
- Marianne Arkins said...
LOL... Butt on fire, in chair. Hands ablaze, on keyboard.
You go girl.


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Welcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. You don't often see Kaiser-Frazer products on the street in the 21st century!
DOTSBE tipster Evestay shot this Henry J two years ago, but the car wasn't in a street parking space and thus didn't qualify for this series.
Then I was out walking the dogs not far from my house and I spotted a beautiful primered-out Henry J! I couldn't find the owner, so I can't tell you what it has under the hood... but I'm betting it's not the original Kaiser four-cylinder that came in the Corsair. The Henry J was one of the cheapest "real" cars you could buy in the early 1950s, but it was just a few bucks less than the larger and better-equipped Ford, Chevy, and Dodge sedans. For the whole story of the Rise And Fall Of Kaiser-Frazer, jump over to the excellent Ate Up With Motor piece.


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Iran foreign minister criticizes Syria strike plan
Iran's new foreign minister on Sunday criticized possible U.S.-led strikes on Syria as outside the bounds of the United Nations charter, saying the use of force is illegal.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comments while visiting the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The visit, his first official trip since taking office last month, underscored the growing links between the two Shiite-led neighbors and their shared opposition to military strikes in Syria.
"I do not know why those who say all options are on the table do not understand the fact that civilized countries 65 years ago ... rejected in the charter of the United Nations (the) resort to force as an illegal practice," Zarif said, breaking away from his native Farsi during a press conference to speak in English in comments clearly directed at the United States and its allies.
Iran is the main regional backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose regime also maintains strong ties to Russia. Assad's troops are battling largely Sunni rebels who receive support from Sunni countries such as Turkey and the Gulf states.
Zarif was met on arrival in Baghdad by his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari. He also held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the parliament speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi.
Although Iraq is officially neutral in the conflict, its Shiite leadership is worried about the threat posed by Sunni extremists, including Iraq's al-Qaida branch, fighting among the rebels. It repeatedly has called for a negotiated political solution to the crisis.
Nujaifi, Iraq's most senior Sunni Arab politician, also expressed concern about domestic fallout from a Syria strike Sunday.
"We believe that the strike will not benefit Syria, but instead it will spark a fire that could extend to Iraq and neighboring countries," he said. "A strike will not bring a solution to the crisis. It will only worsen the situation more and more."
Iraq's prime minister last week reiterated Baghdad's opposition to foreign involvement in the Syrian conflict, warning that a military strike could have unforeseen consequences.
Zarif echoed those fears in his comments in Baghdad, saying those "who want to start a war cannot control the course of the war or end it."
"The U.S. president has entered a trap set by others ... against his personal wishes. We hope that he would get out of this trap," Zarif said, according to a translation of his comments into Arabic.
The United States has been pressuring Iraq for months to do more to stop Iranian flights suspected of carrying weapons to Syria from transiting its airspace. Iraqi officials have carried out some spot checks of Iranian planes and say they've found nothing.
Iran and Iraq fought a ruinous war from 1980 to 1988. The two countries have bolstered ties considerably since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims annually now visit Shiite holy sites in Iraq despite ongoing security risks, and Iraq is a major market for Iranian products. Iran has been increasingly cut off from the world's financial system following multiple rounds of sanctions over its disputed nuclear program. The Iraqi market offers it an important source of hard currency.
The Western-educated Zarif is the highest-ranking Iranian official to visit Iraq since President Hasan Rouhani came to office last month.
Rouhani is seen as more moderate than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who paid a farewell visit to Baghdad and the Iraqi Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in July. An earlier visit by Ahmadinejad in 2008 was the first by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Associated Press writers Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad and Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
Follow Adam Schreck on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/adamschreck .


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Casey Legler, a woman, works exclusively as a male model. She's been on people's radar for a few months now, but it's not until very recently that she's started doing interviews for mainstream publications like The Guardian, for which she was interviewed just days ago. (Read it, it's good.)
I think Legler is wonderful: ridiculously handsome, open, thoughtful and perfectly positioned to talk about how fashion and clothing are so wound up in identity - gender and otherwise. In a video interview for Time, she says:
"I understand signifiers. We're social creatures and we have a physical language of communicating with each other. But it would be a really beautiful thing if we could all just wear what we wanted, without it meaning something."
And on the novelty of her role: "Being the first woman on a men's board is the least-surprising bit to me - it's me. I walked in. It seems so obvious. I have the vocabulary."
Legler wasn't always a model - she was an Olympian swimmer for her native country (France) until she quit at 21. Then she studied architecture and set design, got a law school scholarship, and tried out med school. After which she moved to New York to make art.
Then one day she let her photographer friend Cass Bird - who had been asking her permission forever - show her image to Ford Models. Legler was signed the next day. (You can view her portfolio here.)
Gender has long been toyed with by fashion: think the revered style of Patti Smith and David Bowie and models such as Stella Tennant and Agyness Deyn. In 2011, Love magazine published a cover with Kate Moss kissing transgender model Lea T. More recently, womenswear designer Lyu Ting used her grandfather to model her clothing. And Andrej Pejic, a pretty 22-year-old man, has had huge success as a female model.
But Legler is the first woman to work exclusively as a male model. Is this a flash in the pan? It's hard to tell. Last year, Dutch model Saskia de Brauw (a woman) was chosen as the face of Yves Saint Laurent's new menswear campaign. Designer Hedi Slimane, who is known for his slim-fit tailoring, has said his "perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age". The photos are stunning.
So, whether more women will be booked as male models remains to be seen, although admittedly the cynic in me says the novelty factor thrives on one-offs, so probably not. Having said that, maybe someone will read that sentence in hundreds of years' time and laugh at its quaintness, because there is no more 'menswear' or 'womenswear' or 'male models' or 'female models'. There is just 'peopleswear' and the genetically blessed men and women who show it off.
In the meantime, Legler is a fascinating reminder of gender's illusory intangibility; its bottomless well of provocation and the questions that follow. The age-old visual cues we assign to 'male' and 'female' - and the colossal volumes of meaning with which we imbue those visual cues - how flimsy is it all, really? It's complex, this stuff.
Or is it? Maybe it's just a woman who looks great in a suit.
Debate on this article is now closed.


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Apr-06-09 Main Street New Jersey to Present Special Seminar on Helping Downtowns in Recession
Main Street New Jersey to Present Special Seminar on Helping Downtowns in Recession
TRENTON - The Department of Community Affairs' (DCA) Main Street New Jersey Program will present a seminar April 29 & 30 at Thomas Edison College in Trenton to help downtowns survive today's tough economy and get into position to thrive in the coming recovery. The program is specifically aimed at local elected and economic development officials, as well as downtown business organizations and merchants.
"It is no secret that a flourishing downtown positively impacts a community's economy, quality of life and sense of place. Towns across New Jersey have made considerable gains in revitalizing their traditional business districts in recent years and all that hard work should not go to waste," said DCA Commissioner Joseph Doria. "The Main Street New Jersey program is doing its part to keep downtowns healthy in this difficult time. I applaud the effort and encourage downtown stakeholders to take advantage of the seminar."
The seminar, "Downtowns in Recession: Strategies to Survive Today and Thrive Tomorrow," will include a panel discussion featuring Commissioner Doria and New Jersey Economic Development Authority CEO Caren Franzini. They will answer questions and offer advice about what local officials and downtown managers can do to get through the economic malaise.
The two-day session, which was developed in collaboration with JGSC Group of Merchantville, NJ, will cover such topics as how to identify at-risk businesses, how to leverage a unique asset to create economic growth, and how to attract shoppers through signage, property maintenance and visual merchandising. The seminar will also detail the differences between downtowns and privately-owned retail centers and explore how six New Jersey towns are successfully growing their downtowns.
The session is the second in a series of four seminars being offered this year by Main Street New Jersey as part of its Downtown Revitalization & Management Institute, which is now in its 11th year. People who attend will receive a kit with a set of immediately implementable tools to boost downtown commerce.
All persons concerned with downtown business district management who are interested in attending the seminar should contact Jef Buehler, director of Main Street New Jersey, at (609) 633-9769 or email@example.com.
The Main Street New Jersey Program was established in 1989 to encourage and support the revitalization of downtowns throughout the state. Every two years the DCA accepts applications and designates selected communities to join the program. These communities receive valuable technical support and training to assist in restoring their Main Streets as centers of community and economic activity. For more information on Main Street New Jersey and its Downtown Revitalization & Management Institute, log on to http://mainstreetnewjersey.com.


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