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I announced in April that I would be publishing one Kindle book a month for a year. I've now produced four books, and gained a fast education in electronic indie publishing along the way.
The main thing I learned is that, once I publish a book, the book won't sit still. It will cry for my attention. Friends will email me sugggestions and errors to fix. Potential customers will urge me to produce non-Kindle versions, or paperback editions. Marketing and publicity opportunities will beckon. My super-fast one-book-a-month pace was designed to keep my project moving, but I quickly began to realize I was defeating my own goals by obliging myself to be always working furiously on the next book to come, instead of nurturing and marketing the books that were already published to the maximum extent each one required.
My lesson has been learned, and I am now hitting the pause button on my one-book-a-month plan. I have two excellent new Kindle publications in progress, but the next one will not come out in August, and the following one will not come out in September. These two new books are the first stab at the second phase of the Literary Kicks publishing plan, which involves not only producing books from selected content originally published on this blog, but also producing new and innovative editions of classic public domain works related to some of the interest areas and obsessions featured here. The books I had planned for August and September are very exciting ones (I wish I could tell you more about them now, but it'll have to wait). I think both books will sell well if published properly, but they're less likely to reach their potential if I rush them out. This is why I've decided to cut the fast pace, put the new books on a slower track to launch, and devote my current efforts towards improving the four books that are currently out.
The fact that I'm slowing the Literary Kicks Publishing plan down is a sign that I'm taking the plan more seriously, not less. The immediate goal I'm most excited about is an improved edition of one of the four existing books, which I'm now working on in partnership with a person who has experience in publicity and marketing (two areas in which I admittedly need help the most). There will be another announcement about this soon. We'll also be launching a new website for these books, a much-needed replacement for this primitive page. Exciting stuff to come! I know you'll stay tuned.
The author and investigative journalist Stetson Kennedy, author of Unmasking the Klan and subject of a past Litkicks feature by Bill Ectric, has died at the age of 94. Shout out to an American hero ...
Levi, this sounds great and practical.
The idea to use public domain is something I've thought of and wanted to do as well. I am really excited to hear your plans.
I've looked a few times for classics or other writings that are now public domain and haven't been able to find them. I love the idea of having access to any of the great or not so great books of history at any time. Kindle format and other e formats allow this. But when I find a book isn't available, I thought I'll do it. It is public domain, anyone can put it together in the proper format and upload it.
I think the books should be available for anyone and secondly, I do think they will sell as well. Dollar or three dollar classics with some extra new content we can add is a service to the community and maybe some extra cash from sales.
I have no time to do these things I'd love to do so want to be as encouraging as possible to you and clearly relate my respect and appreciation.
Stetson Kennedy was a cool person to know. Very down-to earth and easy-going, until some injustice caught his attention, and then he was like a badger.
Stetson came under fire in recent years for portraying all the events in his book as happening to him, when some of them actually happened to one of his associates. Kennedy told me that his publisher had asked Kennedy to make the book more focused by reducing the number of klan-infiltrators to one and writing it all in first person. Stetson said that doesn't change the fact that he did, in fact, infiltrate the kkk and did, in fact, receive death threats from them. It was Kennedy who provided information, including secret code words and details of Klan rituals, to the writers of the Superman radio program, resulting in a series of four episodes in which Superman battled the kkk.
In 1937, Kennedy joined the WPA Florida Writers' Project, and at the age of 21 was put in charge of folklore, oral history, and ethnic studies, where he worked with Zora Neale Hurston. He wrote several books of historical and sociological importance, including Southern Exposure, Palmetto Country, After Appomattox: How the South Won the War, and The Jim Crow Guide, first published in France by Jean-Paul Sartre when no one in the United States would publish it.
According to his website, "Stetson died on the 27th of August at 9:36 AM EDT. He was with his wife and stepdaughter and was in no apparent pain. As just before his passing, he was lucid. The doctor, checking his mental faculties asked him, "where are you from?" Kennedy replied, "The planet Earth."
Stetson's wishes were for a party and not a funeral. A luncheon celebrating his life will be held at Beluthahatchee October 1st.
Wow, Levi. I had no idea. That's why I guess it's so important in the Information Technology Age to have a mini-entourage of sorts that can field those "pesky" questions for you while you focus on your art. Therein lies the conundrum of life: you want people to love your work, but then you want them to go away long enough to take their suggestions, edits and questions to heart. Keeping it indie is what I guess intrigues me the most about you because I think you really have a lot of valid things to say and it's all really interesting and palatable to the masses. We read, we care. So it's always a challenge to balance it all to make sure you're not swallowed up by "the machine" of progress. I mean, we all want to be relevant and acknowledged and lauded just as long as we sorta know what's coming. The trouble is you won't know what to expect until you're in the throng of it. So my suggestion is to bring your #2 pencil and be prepared to take notes...there may be a quiz later. Good luck.
Bill, thanks for that mini-bio of Stetson Kennedy.
You're welcome, TKG.
Levi, there is no way I could put out one book per month, nor do I think it would do the book's quality any good to try it. I realize the ones you've published so far were at least partially written already, but still, I think slowing it down is a good idea.
Bill, I just want to add an interesting point to your mini-bio that we have talked about before: Stetson Kennedy and Woody Guthries were close friends, and Woody stayed for a while at Stetson's place in Florida and wrote a number of songs there. Here is a song he wrote about Stetson:
I done spent my last three cents
Mailing my letter to the president
I didn't make a show, I didn't make a dent
So I'm swinging over to this independent gent
Stetson Kennedy
Writing his name in
I cain't win out to save my soul
Long as Smathers-Dupont's got me in the hole
Them war profit boys are squawking and balking
That's what's got me out here walking and talking
Knocking on doors and windows
Wake up and run down election morning
And scribble in Stetson Kennedy
I ain't the world's best writer nor the world's best speller
But when I believe in something I'm the loudest yeller
If we fix it so's you can't make money on war
We'll all forget what we're killing folks for
We'll find us a peace job equal and free
Dump Smathers-Dupont in a salty sea
Well, this makes Stetson Kennedy the man for me
Good call, Michael.
Following the end of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, the Pentagon, led by then defense secretary Dick Cheney, paid Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root Services over $8.5 million to study the use of private military forces with American soldiers in combat zones. Halliburton crews also helped bring 725 burning oil wells under control in Kuwait.
Going slower is good, Levi. Frantic pace may tend to burn one out. Pretty overly ambitious to try to put material out that fast
anyway. I second the emotion for slower, more carelful perusal before publication. One or two titles a year might be more realistic. Very few writers are prolific enough to keep up a frenetic pace like you suggested at first. Good luck with your
new schedules.
Slow and steady wins the race. Good luck with your publishing.
Nice lyrics. The duPonts, incidentally, were not only war profiteers on a grand scale, they were also implicated in the planning of a plot to overthrow Franklin Roosevelt in 1933/1934 and install a thinly-veiled dictator. Fascism was fashionable at that point, and the idea of militaristic rule held appeal for several industrialists.
Levi, I think your new strategy is very wise. Slowing down the pace of publication to cultivate the chances of each book getting the widest audience it can--and the publicity it needs--will pay off much better in the end than publishing on a strict and fast schedule. You're just adapting to the best marketing strategies and you have already built an interested readership over the years through litkicks.
Finn, I knew about the duPonts being war profiteers, but that part about the plot to overthrow Roosevelt is very interesting. I'm inclined to believe the plot continues to this day, in one form or the other.
Thanks for the reply, Bill. I started to write a detailed description of the plot, but the comment began morphing into a rather pedantic-sounding mini-article, so I'll just say, yes, it's a very interesting episode of history, and yes, it has contemporary resonances. (FWIW, I've actually written a novel about the plot. One reason why what Levi is doing with Litkicks Books interests me is that I may end up following a similar strategy in order to publicize the novel.)


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With a refreshing smile, Clijsters roared back by collecting not only the silver U.S. Open trophy, but also a payday of $2.2 million the double bonus she earned by winning three out of four tournaments this summer in the U.S. Open Series. "She finally did it," said her coach, Marc Dehous. "She was capable of it. She's been No. 1 in singles and doubles. So I think you can say she can win a Slam. But saying it and doing it, that's something completely different." This was her tournament to lose not just because of her history, and not because the 30-year-old Pierce had her right leg heavily wrapped, as if she had just left a trauma room. Clijsters had the best summer of any women's player and had already beaten her most formidable challengers.
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"It's still very hard to believe," Clijsters said on court. "It's an amazing feeling, it means so much. I am a little bit speechless." But she was far from that. Clijsters instead asked nicely before a live television audience and 20,000 fans if she could have the microphone from the sportscaster Dick Enberg. Then she proceeded to compliment Pierce, not just on making the final, but on her level of fitness, and for being an inspiration. No longer a shy young woman, Clijsters almost sounded like a movie star at the Academy Awards, thanking everyone close to her, including "the two most important men" in her life her father, Leo, and boyfriend, Brian Lynch, who were both back in Belgium. "I'm so happy for you; you're such a sweet girl," Pierce had said only moments before. "You're a fantastic player and you're really too good today, congratulations." Clijsters' arrival was anticipated, but Pierce's appearance in the final was a mild surprise. Not only was she competing at the elderly tennis age of 30, but she had also gone further at the Open than she ever had before. Still, this year has seen a mild resurgence for Pierce, who reached the French Open final, only to lose to Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-1, 6-1.
Clijsters broke Pierce's serve in the first game of the match and then, with her typical counterpunching style, goaded Pierce into overhitting and committing 28 errors. Clijsters had 16 winners, Pierce just seven for the match. Clijsters raced to a 4-1 lead in the first set before Pierce surged back to win the next two games, and Dehous admitted he was worried. Pierce then called for the trainer at the changeover with Clijsters leading 4-3. Pierce asked about the wrap on her right leg, the same leg she had wrapped in the middle of her contentious semifinal match on Friday against Elena Dementieva. After Clijsters won the first set 6-3 in 37 minutes, the trainer came out again and tightened the wrap. Pierce then took a bathroom break. Clijsters sat calmly on her chair, taking a drink.
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She won 12 of the next 13 points to open the second set, moving Pierce around, calculating when to go in for the kill. As she did at the French Open final, Pierce barely provided a challenge on the other side of the net. Pierce stretched the allowable time between serves to adjust her ponytail, blink a few times and make sure that no fan even thought about moving. Dementieva, after losing in three sets in the semifinal and complaining about Pierce's play, said she had enough time to take a "little walk" between points. It took Pierce 13 years to get to her first U.S. Open final and another 13, it seemed, to play her matches here. Clijsters, meanwhile, was on a mission to make it her time. In Clijsters' first career Grand Slam final, the 2001 French Open, she raced to an early lead against Jennifer Capriati and won the first set 6-1, but she wound up losing the match after dropping the third set, 12-10. In her next three finals in Grand Slam events, Clijsters found herself matched against Henin-Hardenne, and lost all three times. Coming into this tournament, Clijsters, who had reached the No. 1 ranking in the summer of 2003, seemed happier and more relaxed than she had ever been. She had a new boyfriend, Lynch, an American basketball player she had met in her hometown, Bree, Belgium, while he was playing professionally there. On the day that her former fiancee, Lleyton Hewitt, lost in the semifinals to Roger Federer, Clijsters established herself as a champion in her own right, coming back fully from the wrist injury in 2004, a demarcation that has propelled Clijsters into what she considers a second career. With her performance at the Open, Pierce is assured of her ranking returning to the top 10 for the first time since April 1, 2001. One year later, she plummeted to No. 295 in the rankings, sidelined with ankle and back injuries. But while she put her game back together with the assistance of her brother and coach, David, and her former coach, Nick Bollettieri, Pierce was unable to punctuate the comeback with a major title.
That distinction was left for Clijsters.
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Dream match-up
Roger Federer and Andre Agassi set up a dream final for the men's singles title with dramatic semifinal wins.
Federer again looked below his best but was still good enough to score a 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3 win over Australia's Lleyton Hewitt.
Oldest man in the tournament, Agassi belied his 35 years to win a five-setter against compatriot Robby Ginepri, 13 years his junior, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
The two have met 10 times since 1998 and Federer leads 7-3, winning the last seven in a row.
Agassi blew hot and cold through four sets, but just as he had done against James Blake in the last eight, he surged again in the fifth drawing energy and inspiration from his fans in a capacity crowd inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium showcourt.
Agassi forced the issue in the sixth game of that decider, breaking Ginepri's serve with an audacious drop shot to lead 4-2 and then serving out comfortably to reach the final with an ace on match point.
"I am in the finals. It's awesome," he said. "We are into the home stretch. I will be here tomorrow and let it all hang out."
"With the momentum Robby had going into the fifth set, it could have been the last set I would ever play at the U.S. Open. I just had to give it all I had."
Playing in his 20th straight U.S. Open, Agassi is seeking his third title at Flushing Meadows after 1994 and 1999.
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I started the blog in December 2008 - now I have a hard time to believe that I actually kept doing this, Monday to Friday, for more than three years. (And I'm even more surprised that I managed to remember that today would be post 700 - and not forget all about it, as I tend to do on blogiversaries.)
This means I've blogged for, realistically counted, about 3.5 years now (even though the calendar says it's the fifth year that the blog is running) - since I started in December and it's May now. This means about 200 posts per year, easily explained by the amount of weekends, conferences and other away-times like long weekends.
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Congratulations! I hope you can continue this blog for a long time!
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A Regulatory Path Associated with X-Linked Intellectual Disability and Epilepsy Links KDM5C to the Polyalanine Expansions in ARX The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 92, Issue 1, 10 January 2013, Pages 114-125 Loredana Poeta, Francesca Fusco, Denise Drongitis, Cheryl Shoubridge, Genesia Manganelli, Stefania Filosa, Mariateresa Paciolla, Monica Courtney, Patrick Collombat, Maria Brigida Lioi, Jozef Gecz, Matilde Valeria Ursini and Maria Giuseppina Miano Abstract Intellectual disability (ID) and epilepsy often occur together and have a dramatic impact on the development and quality of life of the affected children. Polyalanine (polyA)-expansion-encoding mutations of aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) cause a spectrum of X-linked ID (XLID) diseases and chronic epilepsy, including infantile spasms. We show that lysine-specific demethylase 5C (KDM5C), a gene known to be mutated in XLID-affected children and involved in chromatin remodeling, is directly regulated by ARX through the binding in a conserved noncoding element. We have studied altered ARX carrying various polyA elongations in individuals with XLID and/or epilepsy. The changes in polyA repeats cause hypomorphic ARX alterations, which exhibit a decreased trans-activity and reduced, but not abolished, binding to the KDM5C regulatory region. The altered functioning of the mutants tested is likely to correlate with the severity of XLID and/or epilepsy. By quantitative RT-PCR, we observed a dramatic Kdm5c mRNA downregulation in murine Arx-knockout embryonic and neural stem cells. Such Kdm5c mRNA diminution led to a severe decrease in the KDM5C content during in vitro neuronal differentiation, which inversely correlated with an increase in H3K4me3 signal. We established that ARX polyA alterations damage the regulation of KDM5C expression, and we propose a potential ARX-dependent path acting via chromatin remodeling. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1079 kb) |
A Longer Polyalanine Expansion Mutation in the ARX Gene Causes Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy with Suppression-Burst Pattern (Ohtahara Syndrome) The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 81, Issue 2, 1 August 2007, Pages 361-366 Mitsuhiro Kato, Shinji Saitoh, Atsushi Kamei, Hideaki Shiraishi, Yuki Ueda, Manami Akasaka, Jun Tohyama, Noriyuki Akasaka and Kiyoshi Hayasaka Abstract Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-burst pattern (EIEE) is one of the most severe and earliest forms of epilepsy, often evolving into West syndrome; however, the pathogenesis of EIEE remains unclear. ARX is a crucial gene for the development of interneurons in the fetal brain, and a polyalanine expansion mutation of ARX causes mental retardation and seizures, including those of West syndrome, in males. We screened the ARX mutation and found a hemizygous, de novo, 33-bp duplication in exon 2, 298_330dupGCGGCA(GCG)9, in two of three unrelated male patients with EIEE. This mutation is thought to expand the original 16 alanine residues to 27 alanine residues (A110_A111insAAAAAAAAAAA) in the first polyalanine tract of the ARX protein. Although EIEE is mainly associated with brain malformations, ARX is the first gene found to be responsible for idiopathic EIEE. Our observation that EIEE had a longer expansion of the polyalanine tract than is seen in West syndrome is consistent with the findings of earlier onset and more-severe phenotypes in EIEE than in West syndrome. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (878 kb) |
Mutations of CDKL5 Cause a Severe Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Infantile Spasms and Mental Retardation The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 75, Issue 6, 1 December 2004, Pages 1079-1093 Linda S. Weaving, John Christodoulou, Sarah L. Williamson, Kathie L. Friend, Olivia L.D. McKenzie, Hayley Archer, Julie Evans, Angus Clarke, Gregory J. Pelka, Patrick P.L. Tam, Catherine Watson, Hooshang Lahooti, Carolyn J. Ellaway, Bruce Bennetts, Helen Leonard and Jozef Gécz Abstract Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder caused, in most classic cases, by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2). A large degree of phenotypic variation has been observed in patients with RTT, both those with and without MECP2 mutations. We describe a family consisting of a proband with a phenotype that showed considerable overlap with that of RTT, her identical twin sister with autistic disorder and mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, and a brother with profound intellectual disability and seizures. No pathogenic MECP2 mutations were found in this family, and the Xq28 region that contains the MECP2 gene was not shared by the affected siblings. Three other candidate regions were identified by microsatellite mapping, including 10.3 Mb at Xp22.31-pter between Xpter and DXS1135, 19.7 Mb at Xp22.12-p22.11 between DXS1135 and DXS1214, and 16.4 Mb at Xq21.33 between DXS1196 and DXS1191. The ARX and CDKL5 genes, both of which are located within the Xp22 region, were sequenced in the affected family members, and a deletion of nucleotide 183 of the coding sequence (c.183delT) was identified in CDKL5 in the affected family members. In a screen of 44 RTT cases, a single splice-site mutation, IVS13-1G→A, was identified in a girl with a severe phenotype overlapping RTT. In the mouse brain, Cdkl5 expression overlaps—but is not identical to—that of Mecp2, and its expression is unaffected by the loss of Mecp2. These findings confirm CDKL5 as another locus associated with epilepsy and X-linked mental retardation. These results also suggest that mutations in CDKL5 can lead to a clinical phenotype that overlaps RTT. However, it remains to be determined whether CDKL5 mutations are more prevalent in specific clinical subgroups of RTT or in other clinical presentations. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1006 kb) |
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The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 72, Issue 6, 1401-1411, 1 June 2003
Vera M. Kalscheuer1, , , Jiong Tao1, Andrew Donnelly2, Georgina Hollway2, Eberhard Schwinger6, Sabine Kübart1, Corinna Menzel1, Maria Hoeltzenbein1, Niels Tommerup7, Helen Eyre2, Michael Harbord3, Eric Haan4, 5, Grant R. Sutherland2, 5, Hans-Hilger Ropers1 and Jozef Gécz2, 5
1 Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
2 Department of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
3 Department of Neurology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
4 South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, Women's and Children's Hospital, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
5 Department of Pediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
6 Institute for Human Genetics Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
7 Wilhelm Johannsen Centre for Functional Genome Research, Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, Copenhagen
X-linked West syndrome, also called "X-linked infantile spasms" (ISSX), is characterized by early-onset generalized seizures, hypsarrhythmia, and mental retardation. Recently, we have shown that the majority of the X-linked families with infantile spasms carry mutations in the aristaless-related homeobox gene (ARX), which maps to the Xp21.3-p22.1 interval, and that the clinical picture in these patients can vary from mild mental retardation to severe ISSX with additional neurological abnormalities. Here, we report a study of two severely affected female patients with apparently de novo balanced X;autosome translocations, both disrupting the serine-threonine kinase 9 (STK9) gene, which maps distal to ARX in the Xp22.3 region. We show that STK9 is subject to X-inactivation in normal female somatic cells and is functionally absent in the two patients, because of preferential inactivation of the normal X. Disruption of the same gene in two unrelated patients who have identical phenotypes (consisting of early-onset severe infantile spasms, profound global developmental arrest, hypsarrhythmia, and severe mental retardation) strongly suggests that lack of functional STK9 protein causes severe ISSX and that STK9 is a second X-chromosomal locus for this disorder.


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El Capricho (1883-1885)
In 1883, Máximo Díaz de Quijano, returned from America with great wealth, entrusted to Gaudí a summer house in Comillas, near Sobrellano's palace. Antoni Gaudí was 31 years old at the time, abundances of optimism, poetry and love to the life, when he accepted the order of the Holy Family.
Probably for it, since has indicated professor Bassegoda, Gaudí found for El Capricho (The Caprice, in Spanish) prodigious solutions. Díaz de Quijano was a musical amateur, and for this reason we think that the name of The Caprice answers, moved to the architecture, to since as it is in use in music for designating pieces that do not follow the rules and with variations of pace according to a personal caprice.
Gaudí inspired clearly by the Shipper's project (1876) that he had done in the School, with the difference of which in El Capricho there is an alone tower instead of two. Also it presents as a whole and in many of its elements similarities with to the Vicens house, which Gaudí was constructing simultaneously in Gràcia, close to Barcelona, between 1883 and 1888.
El Capricho measures 15x35 meters and is adapted to the difference of the area, with a half basement, the noble floor and a garret.
El Capricho had form of U, that it was protecting from the wind of the North in its hole orientated to the South, a great greenhouse, where Máximo Díaz de Quijano was acclimating the plants that him were bringing of America. The small garden was closing by a few basins with pots in its high part, as which Gaudí will do very much later in the park Güell. The greenhouse was the central piece of the house, to which the rest of rooms were leaned. A solution of central court that gives light from inside to an interior of meaningfully dark entry, gathered of the architecture Arabic and Mudejar, so valued by Gaudí and by the modernist architects of his generation.
The lounge is the principal piece. It has the whole height of the building and windows of guillotine. On having practiced them, there sounds an agreeable music produced by tubular bells, each one with a different tone, which they do of counterweights. Everything is a work of the capricious poet Gaudí, as the Caissoned ceilings of Mudejar inspiration, the applications of ceramics or the small chimneys.
The game of stairs that they lead to the basement and that of snail that leads to the tower is very well resolved, showing Gaudí's great skill with the differences, learned studying the Viollet-le-Duc's dictionary of Gothic architecture.
In the exterior, Gaudí mixes the stone, the brick and the glazed ceramics, which motive is the flower and the leaves of sunflower, producing an agreeable combination with the green intense one of the landscape of Comillas. The original roofs, today missing and disfigured, were
of glazed ceramics.
The chimneys that finish off the covers are also deeply original.
The element most distinguished from El Capricho is the tower, everything it redressed in ceramics with the sunflower, the same ones that Gaudí used in the terrace of the house Vicens. It ends in a terrace similar to that of the warehouse of the Garraf and a small building supported for four columns of cast iron, with a graceful rail.
Díaz de Quijano and Gaudí did not manage to know personally.
Gaudí never visited Comillas. Of the execution of the works there entrusted himself his friend and companion of promotion Cristòfor Cascante i Colom. Both were assistants of Joan Martorell; and from 1882 Cascante had established himself in Comillas to direct the works of the palace of Sobrellano and of the Seminar, projected by Martorell. Cascante had a model and planes very detailed of Gaudí, to whom he was consulting all the doubts for letter.
Nowadays, El Capricho is a restaurant property of a Japanese company.
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12 million is a good attendance figure (wouldn't Six Flags love to have just one park with even half that figure) and being the third top park in the country is commendable. Last year, DL's figure was 12.7, but I know the park has done 13 and even 14 million in one year. So, attendance is flat as Al points out. It is supposed to increase. With DCA right across the walkway, don't you think it would have boosted DL's attendance enticing more guests to visit DLR? It isn't happening.Originally Posted by Nemo88
I don't agree with everything Al says and as a writer myself, one should be cautious in making assumptions, predictions and verifying sources. Most of his comments seem to be qualified, not absolute. But I'm sure he can be off base, just like anyone else.
I sometimes wonder who his sources are and how he gets so much detailed information when Disney usually is tight-lipped most of the time, but maybe times have changed. I remember decades back, that if you talked with a CM at Disneyland about inside information, you seldom got anything more than a bland "company-approved" response or a polite brush off.
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Let's see what Al said in this article...
Disneyland attendance is flat, DCA attendance is below last year at this time... while can't be proven, it matches what I have been told.
Coverage of the 48th BD Ceremony, matches up, and I was in attendance.
It's no secret to anyone that Tomorrowland just isn't quite what it used to be. Once the most popular area of Disneyland, with some of the most unique and quintessentially "Disney" attractions of the latter 20th century, it's obvious by looking at the place now that it's way past its prime. The New Tomorrowland of 1998 was an instant disappointment to most visitors, and it became a hallmark of the Paul Pressler era of lowered expectations.
By the summer of 2000 it was obvious to all that the makeover of that land was a colossal failure. The Rocket Rods had been shuttered permanently, the Cosmic Waves fountain was a bathing nightmare and was soon shut down and ultimately paved over and forgotten. And the attractions that remained, Star Tours, Honey I Shrunk the Audience (HISTA) and the NASA exhibit, were for the most part aging poorly and quickly losing interest amongst visitors. When Space Mountain was suddenly closed this past April 10th for a surprise two year long refurbishment, just one day before the busy two week Easter Vacation period began, it looked as though Tomorrowland couldn't get much worse. Basically all that's left is the fading paint.
EPCOT getting Soarin', the rumor has been around for quite awhile, and as mentioned earlier, sounds like it will happen. (And what a nice way for Disney to spin the ride, a gift from California and the DLR, this way they don't have to bother making a new film).
As for the Buzz Lightyear ride, each day it is not announced, the less chance it will happen. Of course, it was a rumor to start with, but many different sources said that TDA was looking into the fact (Just as many different sources confirmed that they were looking into reopening the Subs). Who knows, maybe we will get Buzz later.....not just for the 50th.
Innoventions, Al correctly talked about the sponsorship problems, as for the re-do, it is just a rumor, but an interesting one...
The Monorail system, we know that the new train purchase was not approved, for whatever reason, and the current fleet needs some serious work. As for what happens in August, all we have to do is sit and wait...I expect to see reduced trains in August, and you MIGHT see the Hotel Guests only policy, especially during busy times. (But Al said "considering", not that it will happen).
Space Mountain will more than likely not meet the original construction schedule, and will open late.... I think that is an safe bet, especially with the current track history for rehabs/retrofits.
And where is Jay? He isn't attending park functions. (But he has shown up at WDW events)
DCA cutbacks, for entertainment, the New Guide to the Magic has only 3 Aladdin shows on Monday and Tuesday, so that is proven, the Playhouse Disney show says "See attraction for show times", showing the intent of cutting back, and we have already had an Entertainment CM here at MouseInfo state that the shows are going to be cut back. Goofy's Beach Bash is canceled. The first set of cuts that have DCA closing earlier is already in the new guide, and Disney.com has the new Fri/Sat hours with DCA closing at 9 PM in mid-August.
So these cuts are 100% confirmed.
THe HISTA meeting, a rumor, but Al clearly shows that someone (a single person) reported the info, take it with a grain of salt.
A CM having his/her hours cut back, well, I personally know more than one that this has happen to...
Where is the Pirates Merchandise, hiding, or a boat coming from China???
I can confirm that the AT&T logos have been removed from Indy
Tokyo Disneyland Resort is doing well... Yes!
Positive comments about the Haunted Mansion movie, matches other comments made elsewhere.
Then a bunch of comments from Al's readers....
Anyway, there is a lot more in his article that can be confirmed that just the fact that Space Mountain will be closed for 2 years (or will it be 3?)
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"EPCOT getting Soarin', the rumor has been around for quite awhile, and as mentioned earlier, sounds like it will happen. (And what a nice way for Disney to spin the ride, a gift from California and the DLR, this way they don't have to bother making a new film)."
so did Universal make SHrek 4D open simtaneously in CA and in FL so they wouldnt have to make 2 films? what about the Mummy ride? its going to be the same in both parks too.....why is it only a crime if DIsney makes clones?? please clue me in here.
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"As for the Buzz Lightyear ride, each day it is not announced, the less chance it will happen. "
thats not nessesarily true...Disney has not made ANY plans for the 50th public yet,and if Buzz is going to be a part of the 50th celebration why would they announce Buzz before the rest of the stuff? I am not saying Buzz is going to happen,but just because Disney hasnt said anything doesnt mean a single thing...anything one way or the other is just specutlation right now
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Innoventions... sponsorship is down, but this is not just Disneyland. It's every place that uses corporate sponsorships. When company's earnings are down, you get less corporate sponsorship. AT&T has removed itself from all Disney resorts, and will no longer be the sole long distance carrier. HP is in Innoventions as part of the package it got when it bought Compaw and sponsored Mission:Space. But coporate sponsorship is reduced almost everywhere (unless you're a pharmaceutical company and want to stick a "Viagara" sign everywhere, but not very appropriate for a Disney park).
Now, the monorail... if you have only three in operations, can't get new one's and are using the 4th for spare parts, it only makes sense to reduce the wear and tear on the aging fleet you have. It's a simple preventive maintenance technique used everywhere in the world. It would be nice to have new, but if the money isn't there, I give the facilities guys credit for being creative in how they can keep the things running.
How about Pirates merchandise... a couple things here, first it is a PG-13 movie, so a bunch of toys don't make sense. You also have to remember that this is a movie "based" on the ride, but we didn't see a bunch of merchandise for "The Rock", "Armageddon", "Con Air" or any of the other Jerry Bruckheimer productions. Now I could say that Bruckheimer doesn't like merchandise associated with his movies, since he might feel that it "cheapens" the movie. That would be pure conjecture on my part.
Along with this, a few months ago, Disney publicly stated that they would not be hyping every new movie with oodles of merchandise. They would focus more on their DisneyChannel hits for merchandising (they were left with a lot of JB2 stuff and Piglet stuff after those). It makes sense to not put out merchandise for every movie you release.
So, I guess my point is that the article may contain some fact, but since there is a great deal of omission in order to meet a specific point of view, you have to take it for that. If it was a more well-rounded article, rather than the "Lookie how bad everything is" story, that at times seems like a made-for-TV movie "based on the facts", then it would be more credible.
Oh, and by the way Meyers, good to see you got your e-mail and questions answered in the article. I guess if I want mine put in, I need to be a little less colorful in some of my adjectives when I e-mail Al
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Al's recent article was the most depressing to me.
The state of Tomorrowland and especially the Monorail is truly a crime to Walt.
Also, describing how Japan handle their entertainment is quite telling of how the US parks have gone downhill.
Has the sky fallen? Seems like it already has.
07-24-2003 09:13 PM #47As for the Buzz Lightyear ride, each day it is not announced, the less chance it will happen. Of course, it was a rumor to start with, but many different sources said that TDA was looking into the fact (Just as many different sources confirmed that they were looking into reopening the Subs). Who knows, maybe we will get Buzz later.....not just for the 50th.
Space Mountain will more than likely not meet the original construction schedule, and will open late.... I think that is an safe bet, especially with the current track history for rehabs/retrofits.
Anyway, there is a lot more in his article that can be confirmed that just the fact that Space Mountain will be closed for 2 years (or will it be 3?)
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I find it so amusing that those posters who chide some folks as being naive or Pollyanna for believing what Disney tells us, then go and swallow everything that Al says hook, line, and sinker. They even go and post about how correct his assertions are! Such a double standard.
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As to my earlier messages, I really didn't mean to start an argument. I apologize to all who may have been offended.
ALSO, I emailed Al today after reading the article and asked him why he doesn't post any of the negative letters he gets. All he ever shows us are the "great website, Al" and "you are so right about everything you have ever said" letters. Just once, I'd love to see him post a letter saying, "you know what, Al? I went to Disneyland, had an awesome time, and I think you're a negative, biased man who couldn't get a job at Legoland even if you had the b***s to try for it. And you need a mommy very, very badly" (that last part was from the movie 'Hook' but it seemed appropriate here too).
Too negative? I don't mean to be, really.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson descended the steps in Rec Hall, expecting to lead his Penn State wrestling team in an early Tuesday morning weightlifting session.
Instead, Sanderson spent the morning hours working the phones, trying to help organize efforts to save his sport from the chopping block after the International Olympic Committee voted to cut wrestling from the Olympic Games starting in 2020.
After IOC board members reviewed reports on each Olympic sport, the IOC identified wrestling — one of the sports contested in the first Games held in Olympia — as an expendable program when compared to its other 25 sports.
"I don't think I've really accepted it yet," Sanderson, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Games held in Athens, said. "I think it's more like we're in Round 1. We've still got two rounds to go here."
The IOC could finalize the decision when it convenes again in Buenos Aires in September. For now, Sanderson is mounting a counter-offensive in order to combat the IOC's recommendation. He spoke with fellow coaches and members of the USA Wrestling community on Tuesday before meeting with local reporters.
When Sanderson stepped inside Penn State's Lorenzo Wrestling Complex, he was decked out in an old pair of USA Wrestling shorts.
"I will absolutely do everything in my power to make sure that the decision doesn't go through and that it is not finalized," Sanderson said.
Sanderson spent time on the phone with Iowa head coach Tom Brands and the two normal rivals bounced ideas off one another as to how to establish an early plan of attack to thwart the IOC's plan. After his team's practice, Sanderson was preparing to check his email where he would hopefully receive some guidance from the heads of USA Wrestling, based in Colorado Springs, as to how to proceed.
USA Wrestling released a statement in which the organization expressed its "surprise and disappointment" at the IOC's recommendation that was made public after secret ballots were cast. The number of votes cast for wrestling's exclusion from the Games was not made public.
"USA Wrestling pledges to be a leader in the international effort to insure that wrestling remains on the Olympic program," the release said. "As we continue our leadership in expanding wrestling within our nation, we also will place our full resources and energy behind supporting wrestling on the international level."
Meanwhile, reactions ranging from shock to outrage began to filter through social media sites from some of the U.S.'s most successful grapplers.
Nittany Lion Wrestling Club resident athlete Jake Varner took to Twitter to encourage wrestling fans to "keep on fighting for this great sport." Varner, who won the gold medal in 96-kilogram freestyle competition at last summer's London Games, wasn't alone.
Jake Herbert, who also wrestled for Team USA in London and Jordan Burroughs, who brought home a gold for Team USA this past summer at 74 kilograms, echoed Varner's sentiments with similar tweets. A Facebook page titled, "Save Olympic Wrestling," was started Tuesday morning. By midday, it had 5,000 members and that number had reached nearly 12,000 members before 8 p.m.
"I kept going through the report and I was looking to see if it was a farce, or if it was one style or the other but to see it was both grecco and freestyle was just absolutely shocking," Rulon Gardner, who won gold and bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Games, respectively, told the Centre Daily Times.
Inside the Lorenzo Wrestling Complex, Penn State wrestlers were shocked, too.
"I definitely don't agree with it whatsoever. Wrestling is the greatest sport, the oldest sport in this world," senior Quentin Wright said. "It's what you do when two people get into a fight. They have a disagreement, sometimes they've got to work it out."
And members of the wrestling committee are committed to doing just that. When the IOC Board meets to finalize what it called an effort to "streamline" the Games by cutting sports, wrestling will be battling against baseball and softball and six other sports to be reintroduced.
All the way across the country, Olympian Ken Chertow, who runs a youth wrestling training center near Boalsburg, was preparing to run a clinic in Oregon when he heard the news. Chertow, who was a member of the 1988 U.S. team that competed in the Games in Seoul, South Korea, was on the phone with USA Wrestling representatives as soon as the story developed.
"There is no way the wrestling community will accept that, and I'm sure we will fight hard to do what is needed to be done to correct the wrong decision," Chertow said. "I plan to take a leadership role in battling to communicate with the IOC and take a leadership role with USA Wrestling to make sure wrestling is retained in 2020."
Sanderson's early approach has been to conduct as many interviews with reporters as possible. He hopes that the intensely negative worldwide reaction to the IOC's decision as covered by the media will convince IOC board members to change their minds in time for the September vote.
Iran and Russia, two of the strongest countries in international wrestling circuits, also panned the IOC's vote while FILA, the sport's international governing body derided the decision and vowed to do everything in its power to have the sport included in the 2020 Olympic program.
"FILA was greatly astonished by today's recommendation of the IOC Executive Board not to maintain wrestling among the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games," FILA said in a statement.
After reviewing the credentials of most of the members who make up the IOC board, Sanderson questioned the board's collective knowledge of wrestling and its ability to fairly assess which sport should be cut.
Not one executive that sits on the IOC board has a tie to wrestling.
Meanwhile, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. currently serves on the board and is the vice president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union, a position he has held since 1996. Modern pentathlon has been up for elimination over the last few Olympic cycles, but was kept over wrestling despite not having as broad of an appeal worldwide.
Modern pentathlon athletes from 26 countries competed in last summer's games compared to wrestlers from 71 different nations.
"It's easy to find a way to contact them through the Internet or send letters of positive support (for wrestling)," Sanderson said. "The board members that I've done a little research on, there's not really a history of wrestling. So you can't just attack them. You've got to really present a good cause for why wrestling should be in the Olympics and make sure they know that there's enough support and enough following that that's not the way they want to go."
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Day 28 – Phoenix, AZ
Peace and blessings to All. This is Hamza Abdullah checking in for the Abdullah Brothers Ramadan Tour. This was an official homecoming for me. I knew it would be emotional, but I didn't know to what extent. We started the day by treating a few patrons to lunch at Munchie's cafe in Tempe. Every year, I try and do a get together with the people who follow me on twitter. There's always one family I can count on to be there. Kunle and Tara Ransom. They're the Die hard Cardinals fans, that don't go too far. They keep it cordial, and they're very respectful. They have the cutest kids too. I think the youngest one is straight on me though. He never wants to give me a high 5. LOL. They were accompanied by a few more regulars, Renee and Sue. They've been following me since I got to AZ, so I just wanted to say thanks. They were all a bit thrown off when they saw the cameras…ESPN followed us for the day. It was very exciting, and God willing, I can't wait to see the finished product.
After lunch, the next appointment was at ICC Tempe Masjid. The on campus Mosque at Arizona State University. It's rather large, and the crowd matched the structure. We sat and told our story, had Q & A, then took pictures. The amazing part of this site was the interaction of the ESPN crew. They had never been in a Masjid before, so I'm sure, it wasn't what they expected. The best way to learn is through your own experience. God willing, they can now associate a positive memory with Muslims and Mosques.
For the grand finale we went to my old stomping grounds, the ICEV Chandler Masjid. As we drove up, I started to get anxious. When I stepped out of the car, there waited one of my good brothers, Saleh. A freshmen at ASU, Hafiz of Quran, and young stud who recently got engaged. If I need anything, or have a question he's always been there. He escorted me to the front, where the Shaykh, who is also his Father, awaited our arrival. We embraced and he told me he missed me. I miss him and the community as well. He's one of the coolest brothers you would ever meet. I once saw him walking into Wal-mart with jeans, a flannel shirt and baseball cap on. I almost fell out laughing. It was good to see him outside his usual position. He was just a regular American guy. After the Shaykh I greeted the usual suspects. Abu Bakr, Ahmed Hashem, Ibrahim, Shehab El Dean, Hamza, Nofil, Mossab, Dawud and finally Brother Ishmael.
If you love someone you should tell them. I love Brother Ishmael, simply for the sake of Allah. He is my brother. Allah placed him in my life for a reason. Let me tell you a story about this brother, so you can see why I love him. And why first impressions are the most important impressions. When I first arrived in Arizona, I looked up the nearest Mosque, and just showed up randomly. It was time for our afternoon prayer, Asr. I went inside and prayed. After we were finished, a Muslim brother of African descent, with a big beard, came to greet me. He was in his 40s and he looked like a former Soccer player. He was very cordial, and he was trying to get my scouting report. He was very respectful and humble. He made me feel right at home. When I meet people, I am hesitant to tell them I am a professional athlete. It's funny to watch them fish, but I have been able to get by. And Brother Ishmael was like the guy in the yellow boots on the Van de Kamps fish sticks box. A deep sea fisher.
For the next week I would visit the Mosque, and Brother Ishmael was there every time. He would shake my hand, give me the greetings, embrace me, ask about my family, then send me on my way. A few days after we met, Brother Ishmael had a surprise for me. I had one Thobe (Traditional Islamic Gown for Men) that I would wear to the Masjid everyday. This special day, Brother Ishmael had a brand new thobe awaiting me. When he presented me with the thobe, I almost cried. He didn't know who I was. He didn't know I was a professional athlete. I was just his Muslim brother. Maybe he thought I was homeless, a new Muslim, or just not able to afford any other clothes. Outside of my family, this was the most touching thing, anyone has ever done for me. He doesn't know how much of an influence he's been on me, and I could never express to him, what that moment meant to me. He wanted for his brother, what he wanted for himself.
This was my first interaction with the Arizona Muslim community. I think about a "what if" scenario. What if, He would not have been courteous, eloquent and brotherly? What if I went to the Mosque and Brother Ishmael told me "you're doing this wrong." "or you're doing that wrong". When you see someone at the Masjid, that might be a little "different", don't say "I can't wait to correct him", say "At least he's at the Mosque". Only Allah knows where I would be if I got turned away from the Mosque, or had a bad experience at the Mosque. Imagine this, a brother comes to the Mosque, and he has on shorter shorts, a sleeveless t-shirt, tattoos, a mohawk, and piercings. And you say, "You can't wear that in here". So this brother leaves, and never comes back to the Mosque. Now on the Day of Judgement, he's standing in front of The Almighty God, and God asks him "Why didn't you visit the Mosque and worship me?". And the man replies "Because when I tried to go and worship and praise you, _____ (your name here) told me I couldn't be there". Then all of creation turns and looks at you…. How humiliated would you be. How much of a loser would you feel like? Who wants this weight on their shoulders?… Not me. And I don't want it on anyone else's shoulders.
My dear respected brothers and sisters. Let us not judge a book by it's cover. Let us practice Islam, as it is written in the Quran and Hadith. Let us be a Muslim at every turn. Want for our brother what we want for ourselves. And just because a person is not Muslim, or we think they're not a Muslim, doesn't mean we treat them any differently. If a lady needs help with her over head baggage, we don't first ask her "Are you Muslim?". This is Islam. Let us follow the way of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Let us follow the Deen (way of life), as is mapped out in the Quran. Let us be like my dear Brother Ishmael. I love him for the sake of Allah. And God willing, I will be able to repay him. If not with a gift, then with a duaa (prayer). I thank you for your time and consideration. Please keep us in your prayers. Peace and Be Blessed.
Hamza Abdulah
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Assalam walaykum,
Mash'Allah you guys are doing a wonderful job, May Allah bless you both, preserve you both and reward you with the highest reward.
Maybe you can stop by Kansas next time InshAllah
Wish you both the best for the upcoming season, Stay safe
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Asalaam alaikum Bro. Hamza,
Ramadan mubarak (and Eid mubarak if you catch this a few days later) ! Just wanted to thank you for affirming that we as muslims today seem to be caught up with certain material aspects of our deen while not paying enough time on the bigger spiritual picture for ourselves. For some tragic reason, all too often we tend to look at the trees but neglect the forest.
We need to work on improving ourselves first and, in doing that, perhaps we just may be granted with what Allah wants most for us on this Earth: understanding. Understanding one another and forgiving our brothers and sisters is at the core of our deen and an essential prerequisite for receiving mercy ourselves. Isn't this the reason why we make sajdah in the first place??
That said, we must look to the best of examples, Muhammad (SAWS), for the truest manifestation of humblesness and piety this world has ever seen and rid ourselves of this "holier than thou" attitude that pervades this ummah like a cancer.
I appreciate in the fullest sense that you are striving to follow in those most noble of footsteps and I pray that you are even more successful than you could have ever dreamt.
Only the best to you and your brother this season. We will all make du'a. Please make one for us went you visit the House, insha'Allah.
May He watch over you.
Your brother from another mother,
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Mookie Staying with TLD Honda
Thursday, October 10, 2013 | 5:55 PMTroy Lee Press Release
Troy Lee Designs / Lucas Oil / Honda is pleased to announce that Malcolm Stewart has signed with the team for the 2014 season.
Malcolm made his TLD debut as a replacement rider at the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross National opener at Hangtown this past May. He demonstrated a lot of promise on the 450 showing both the speed and the desire to run up front. The highlight of the summer was his moto 2 podium at Budds Creek, where he finished a career best 4th overall for the day.
"We were working closely with his brother James and his family on a different project and got to know Malcolm personally. He's a good kid and lots of fun to be around. I feel that he's a good fit for the team," said Troy Lee.
"It's great to sign Malcolm to the TLD team for the upcoming season. He made some great contributions to the program, earned the ride with his results, and I look forward to seeing his continued success in 2014," said TLD Team Manager Tyler Keefe.
Look for Malcolm to compete in the AMA Supercross Lites West Regional Series alongside TLD / Lucas Oil / Honda teammates Cole Seely, Jessy Nelson and Shane McElrath. He'll then make the jump to the 450's in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross National Championship Series.
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great for Malcolm, he is a big guy, hope they get the 250 right for him, he is going to need all the HP he can get.
will he be at MEC on a 450?
Why are they still calling it the Lites class? Too bad they can't have him on a 450 for SX. He and Bowers are the leading contenders for "Big Guy on a (relatively) Little Bike" award.
Since the headline read "Mookie" and not his actual name, I was curious to the word's implied meanings. It's good thing they are from the country, because the urban dictionary has some pretty harsh definitions for both Mookie and Bubba. I'd probably get kicked off this site for repeating many of them.
Mookie is going to case a triple and get hurt on a 250f.
No one gets off the ground slower then Malcolm after a crash, no matter how small... and he crashes a lot.
Great to see Malcolm get a ride.TLD needs to put him on a 450 for SX if they can. He is a big guy for a 250f.
Mookie is from Spike Lees movie "do the right thing"- not sure what it has to do with Malcolm tho.
This website.....the proportion of entertainment that the comment section gives is getting dangerously close to the actual website content....except when its Rev Up...then its head and shoulders the comments column :-))
Four rider west SX team. Way to go Troy! You da man!!!
Glad to see riders still get rides based on results, not who you know or are related to.
Great news for Mookie. I agree with many others that he should have been given a ride in the premier calss instead of the 250s...but at least he's got a job. With Eli and Kenny moving up, perhaps his lites results may even be better. You gotta like a guy who loves fishing as much as he does moto.
@Pizzacorner - but what amazes me is that Mookie gets up off the ground after some of his hits (Dallas 2012?). He's like James, those Stewart boys are made of rubber and that's a good thing!


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Lonnie Alyn Allison Jr., 72, of Charlotte Hall died June 1, 2012.
He was born Aug. 28, 1939, in St. Louis, Mo.
He was a loving husband and a good father.
Mr. Allison was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served from Nov. 29, 1958, to Nov. 30, 1986. He attained the rank of senior master sergeant.
Burial took place June 9 at Good Hope Cemetery, Dyer, Tenn.
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In the spirit of procrastination, I have gone and created a blog. I was always against blogging, partly due to the stupid way you have to say "blogging" and partly because I never thought people actually read anyone's blogs. Then again, that part isn't really important is it? Blogs aren't designed for people to read about fascinating stuff their friends and vague acquaintances have been up to lately. Its more made for people to rant about stuff. I'm pretty sure when I was about 13 I vowed never to be a blogger. But what the hell. I'm throwing out all the rules now.
There are lots of things I said I'd never do, but some of them have turned out alright. Guess you never know until you try it. Hence I am now a self-proclaimed "blogger". Maybe I will use this blog to write some interesting social commentary on the current political situation in Lybia. Or I could write some meaningful shit about the meaning of life…Not likely. I'll leave that for the people who think everyone gives a fuck about their opinion. Lets face it, mostly when someone asks, and what do you think we should do about this incredibly serious situation?, they really just want to tell you what they think. People think they are so subtle at getting questions in that will lead them to be able to talk about themselves, but you can always tell. Its pretty embarrassing. Maybe thats why they invented blogs - so no one has to ask. And no one has to respond with a delayed, "oh really? Thats nice".
If you should spend 5 minutes of your life reading my blog then thanks, I hope you find something more fulfilling to do very soon. New and wittier posts shall come in time, with something worth reading in them maybe. I think I will quite enjoy this. But the day you catch me following rihanna on twitter is the day you must take my laptop away from me.
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What is the automotive industries definition of a hard line of a Hard Line?
I have my 6.0 in the shop now. It's been diagnosed with needing an Oil Cooler, EGR Cooler, EGR, and a turbo rebuild and flush. So far the bill has pegged at $4,200. I have an extended warranty that covers some very specific items but is also vague in others. For instance, it does not specifically cover the EGR Cooler, however it covers something called "hard Lines." I'm supposing hard lines are metal lines that carry fluid from one point to the other. I've been arguing with the warranty company that the EGR Cooler is in fact a hard line. It's static in nature, does not have any internal moving parts and is used to move coolant from A to B. Just because it's function is to cool the coolant is irrelevant. They of course disagree and say that it's specifically an EGR Cooler not a hard line. It's kind of a "all poodles are dogs but not all dogs are poodles" kind of thing.
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No, the egr cooler is not a hard line. Sorry, most aftermarket warranty companies exclude this part since it is such a common failure part. I'm surprised they don't exclude the oil cooler too.
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The Empire State College Assembly will convene at lunch on Thursday, March 21, noon-2 p.m. in the City Center main room.
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As World Vision continues responding to flooding in Pakistan, the organisation has expressed serious concern for the safety and wellbeing of millions of survivors as rains continue to lash the country.
"We are very concerned about the people who are depending on us to deliver food and provide medical care," said Shaharyar Bangash, World Vision's Programme Manager in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. "World Vision is working hard to find creative ways around the barriers created by the flooding, but we are in a very difficult situation." Unrelenting downpours, fresh floods and landslides are hampering efforts to provide urgently needed food to millions displaced or stranded by the floods. Heavy rain is forecast for the next 24 hours. Although water has begun to recede in some areas, new rains have closed roads and washed out bridges, limiting mobility for aid workers. Fuel shortages are beginning to cause further concern. Food shortages and hunger are becoming a problem. Many crops have been wiped out, so food prices are rising, putting even those who weren't directly affected at risk. World Vision has already delivered food and water to more than 21,000 people living in school buildings and on what's left of the main roads in Charsadda and Nowshera. The organisation plans to distribute water purification packets and hygiene kits to 150,000 people, tents to 22,500, cooking items to 75,000, and food to at least 37,500. World Vision also aims to provide cash-for-work activities to 1,000 people, open seven health posts, set up 20 child-friendly spaces and 20 women-friendly spaces to provide a safe environment for children and women to interact with peers and receive support. According to various estimates, between 13 and 15 million people have been affected by the floods. They need assistance in many areas, including food, water, shelter, basic cooking and hygiene items, health services, community rehabilitation, and psychological and social support. World Vision continues to work closely with partners to ensure that effective, efficient, and timely assistance is given to the children, women, and men affected by the floods. To donate to our Pakistan floods appeal, click here


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Government Minister Rejects Reading Peoples's Gurkha Petition
16th September 2008
Reading West Conservatives recently organised a local petition calling on the Government to deliver a fair financial deal for the Gurkha veterans and equal settlement rights in line with Commonwealth citizens.
2,522 people from across Reading and Berkshire signed the petition and local Reading Gurkha veterans Mr. Birkha Rai and Mr. Dilli Jabegu joined Alok Sharma, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West, and Councillor Tom Steele to deliver the petition to 10 Downing Street.
Derek Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans wrote to Alok Sharma following the petition stating: "The entitlement of Gurkhas who served on or after 1 July 1997 to be granted settlement in the UK and then to apply for citizenship already exists. But extending this entitlement to those who served before 1 July 1997 as a reward for military service would not be in line with Home Office immigration rules."
Mr. Twigg's letter concluded: "It is my view that the rules that govern former Gurkhas settling in the UK are reasonable and that the Home Office has been very fair in its handling of those cases where applicants do not meet the normal rules."
Alok Sharma said: "The support from Reading people for the Gurkha petition was absolutely magnificent. Unfortunately Mr. Twigg's response is a slap in the face for those who signed the petition and particularly the Gurkha veterans who have over many generations served bravely to protect British interests. I hope the High Court rules in favour of the Gurkha veterans and I will certainly be joining the veterans outside the High Court to demonstrate the support of local Conservatives in Reading."


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Swap hints on how to decrease your risks of a collision.
Later aims include collecting data plus lobbying for improved facilities and legislation.
Remind drivers that cyclists are people, and to look.
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When choosing the name of Look For Cyclists, I thought of a road safety slogan, but mainly of how many cyclists repeat the excuse of errant drivers that "I didn't see you". Not good enough. If authorities were more pro-active in protecting vulnerable road users like cyclists, then I believe more drivers would remember to see cyclists. One of several ways to protect vulnerable road users is 'Strict Liability' legislation, where negligent drivers could expect hefty fines, would surely jog some memories to look AND see.
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I ride past this every night and I have always wondered what crazy person planned it out, obviously the contractor or the planner is not a cyclist or they would have used some common sense.
I wonder what went wrong with the plans for this bicycle lane? I gues it was not in the original plan and was later added on and they missed such a big detail
And when a left turning cyclist keeps to the left, drivers will (continue to) complain that cyclists do not ride in bicycle lanes.
But if you are turning left, you can't ride in the bicycle lane even though you are supposed to ride in one where it exists.
I accept that this was the original plan, unfortunately.
Bob Cumming who presented study 'A bicycle friendly roundabout: Designing to direct cyclists to ride where drivers look' recommends a merge area 50 metres before the roundabout. So I would try to claim the lane well before the bicycle lane ends.
David, note that a painting contractor error that will be rectified. Says something that the contractor did not query his interpretation that the bicycle lane was to end abruptly.
Another example was where Kintore Avenue met Victoria Drive. A concrete protuberance that might not be seen at night, and when coming downhill. I contacted ACC and eventually remedied.
I have often complained about bike lanes which come to an abrupt halt, but I think this one has to take the cake
J the B, today at 9pm I emailed the DPTI project manager and have already received a positive response.
"Thanks for the email - I was made aware of the error this late this afternoon and have instructed our painting contractor to correct this asap. There was an error in application in the line marking which differed from what the design is for this roundabout.
Appreciate you taking the time to let me know and will get this corrected as a matter of priority.
Thank you once again."
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Sworn again – Chloë Grace Moretz on reusing the C-word – and reprising her kick-ass role as Hit Girl
As a sweary pre-teen heroine in 'Kick-Ass', Chloë Grace Moretz shocked – and stole the film. Now she's back as Hit Girl in 'Kick-Ass 2', and upstaging her co-stars again. But, insists the 16-year-old, behind the potty mouth is a polite Southern Belle
When is a superhero not a superhero? When he's still at school? Nope. See last year's Spiderman. When he has no superpowers? No. that would be Batman. When he's deconstructed? No. See, well, everything.
How about when he has been completely upstaged by a potty-mouthed little girl?
Enter Kick-Ass 2, a sequel to the 2010 vigilante fantasy. Fan buzz is loud and Formula-One waspy. Few of the franchise's devotees, however, are all that concerned about what Aaron Johnson's Kick-Ass or Christopher Mintz-Plasse's Red Mist/Black Death might be up to nowadays. Instead, all eyes are firmly trained on Chloë Grace Moretz's Hit Girl, last seen as a combat-ready pre-pubescent, butterfly knife to hand and C-word perennially on her lips.
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The original shocked many cultural commentators, including the late Roger Ebert. Writing in 2010, he questioned the wisdom of arming a little tyke to the teeth. "In one scene," he noted in his review, "she faces a hallway jammed with heavily armed gangsters and shoots, stabs and kicks them all to death, while flying through the air with such power, it's enough to make Jackie Chan take out an AARP membership."
As I catch up with Moretz in London, she's just turned 16-and-a-quarter. And finally, she thinks she knows what all the kerfuffle was about.
"When I watch it now I understand the fuss about it a bit more. At the time I was wondering 'Hey, why are people freaking out about this?' I thought I was grown up back then. Now I see it and think 'Oh, that's why'. Now I get it. Now I'm thinking, 'Whoa, what's this girl doing?'"
Moretz spent months training with Jackie Chan's stunt and choreography team for the first instalment. But this time around, having spent "two months in buckets of blood" on the incoming reboot of Carrie, she had to rely on muscle memory to do the work.
"I had no time for training," she confesses. "I finished Carrie one week and started Kick-Ass the next. But I had done so much work for the first film it wasn't too bad. It was a lot easier."
The two projects, though very different in tone, forced the infinitely jolly Moretz to think like a loner.
"I had to think about where Hit Girl was at just as much as I did with Carrie," she tells me. "On the first film she has her dad, but in this film she's basically alone. Sure, she's adopted by Marcus (Morris Chestnut) but he's a cop. He's the polar opposite of what a vigilante wants in a father figure because he's the guy that wants to arrest you. That's the big decision she has to make. She loves Marcus but he's a threat to her way of life."
Did Hit Girl pick up many injuries practising her 'way of life'?
"Oh sure. When you're rolling around on top of a moving truck you're always going to get bruises. But you get used to getting injured on a Kick-Ass set. You expect it."