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Got mine today, too. About what I expected, less than I was hoping for. My only real gripe is that woot sent me an 18cm and 4 20 cm bands. I'm not even sure it's worth it to follow up.
jvgscala wrote:got mine today---what you would expect ---a cute little cheap rubber watch---just wish that the color I liked the best would have arrived working. it's dead. and there are scratches on the other watch faces. oh well you always get what you pay for.
Well, those cheap rubber watches are modular and stretchy, so you can take the doa watch out of the band you like and replace it with a functional unit. I replaced my dud watch in my nifty grey watch band with the one from the pink strap and now I have a functional grey watch.
One was a little tight, another just right. We got a good deal on this one. Oh, wait: one of the watches is 18cm and the others are 20cm.
flashburn02 wrote:Goto page 2 - very simple http://www.breo.com/Venture-instructions.pdf
Except that this watch is shrink-wrapped in plastic to make it water-resistant. Then again, it makes it easy to replace the "crystal", assuming you can find a way to reseal it.
redshoes wrote:Well, those cheap rubber watches are modular and stretchy, so you can take the doa watch out of the band you like and replace it with a functional unit. I replaced my dud watch in my nifty grey watch band with the one from the pink strap and now I have a functional grey watch.
I think I may end up taking this advice, too, or giving it away to a gaunt-er friend. But it would have been nice to have, say, the sky blue one be the 18cm as opposed to the slick red one. And dammit if those tins they come in don't scream out to be turned into convert condom boxes. I wore one this morning on my bike ride and it worked beautifully. A solid $12 purchase, I'd say.
Got mine today. Great selection of colors. The lime green is my favorite. All of them arrived working and undamaged. The only bummer is that the battery doesn't seem to be replaceable. Oh well, My 3 year old daughter will get a kick out of wearing them after they stop working.
Got mine. Feel good on the wrist. One appears to be dysfunctional, it runs really fast. Another appears to be slow. Who knew you could screw up a quartz digital watch. These are quartz, right? Too cheap for me to worry about returning. It is easy to pop the watch capsule out of the band. I switched out that seems to be working for the color I wanted to wear. I don't think I'll buy again, though.
still haven't received mine. :'(
mslim7 wrote:still haven't received mine. :'(
me neither... Why do you hate me so much woot??
emilejr88 wrote:me neither... Why do you hate me so much woot??
have you gotten the shipping email?
I received mine today. I like all of the colors. However, the watch in the purple band didn't work. It was easy to remove though, and I think I might be able to find a small usb drive that I can shove in there.
I got 1 18cm and 4 20cm. 18cm: red 20cm: black lime green gray blue teal They're alight. I'd probably wear the black and gray once in awhile. Maybe even the others if I feel more eccentric.
I received my set of three today. One out of 5 of these watches don't work. I had two d.o.a. and one that runs fast. At least it comes in a really cool can.
One of mine was DOA, and the batteries are not replaceable without breaking the seal.
I got mine yesterday and 3 out of the 5 had problems. The black one was DOA (actually the watch was crushed inside the tin, but the tin was fine). The red one was 18 cm and i ordered 20 cm. And the grey one was just the empty tin.
Got mine. One was dead and one was the wrong size. Eh.. at least they were cheap.
I got mine today. All appear to be working, but I am a little annoyed that I didn't receive an assortment of colors. The watch doohicky is not wrapped snugly enough in its plastic coating in a couple of instances, but that seems to be confined to the black watches. Black--6 Gray--3 Green--3 Pink--3 WOOT semi-fail. Fewer black watches and more colors would have made me happier.
Received mine today. All 18cm, one each black/grey/green/pink/blue. I got the smaller size with the intent to give these as presents to my nieces and nephews. I measured my own wrist as 17.5cm, and yet the 18cm watch feels snug, so hopefully they won't be completely impractical for a 10yr old. All the watches appear to be working fine.
I got mine today. I was sort of hoping that ordering two packs (ten watches) would guarantee that I would get one of each color, but what-are-you-gonna-do? Like some others said, three of my ten watches are the wrong size, which really, really annoys me. I know they're cheap, and I was planning to give most of them away anyway, but really? 70% success giving me the product I ordered? Colors: Black - 2 Red - 2 Green - 2 Gray - 2 Blue - 1 Extra-disappointing blue in a purple box - 1
In for two, that's ten, but what am I going to do with them? Two for cat collars, two for Mrs. Schmeckelgruben, one for the FedEx driver, and that leaves five for me to dip in chocolate to put in Hallowe'en trick or treat bags.
4 20cm Gray Black Green Blue 1 18cm Red How do I go about getting a 20cm replacement for the 18cm one I didn't order/want? I have no intentions of giving these as gifts but to wear them to match my clothes. I was quite excited for the Red one until I just noticed it was the smaller size and doesn't feel right on my wrist.
Does it seem like everyone got the same colors? I got: Black Red - missing watch piece ! Green - DOA Grey Blue I only got 3 working watches out of 5. I did get the same/correct sizes.
I got: 2 Black (1 runs too fast) 2 Pink (1 screen is smushed but still functional) 2 Green 2 Grey 2 Blue (1 runs too fast) All 18cm like I wanted (although haven't tried them all). So all in all I got 8 working watches in the right sizes but so much for the 'random' assortment of colors. I expected at least a couple duplicates, but not all. Disappointed with Woot. They shouldn't call it random if my odds of getting two of the same colors five times are better than the odds of a slot machine NOT winning. It'll make me think twice about my next Woot 'deal'. But, I guess it could be worse. I could have gotten 6 black watches! (Sorry :P)
louis123 wrote:Does it seem like everyone got the same colors? I got: Black Red - missing watch piece ! Green - DOA Grey Blue I only got 3 working watches out of 5. I did get the same/correct sizes.
Got mine today. All in the right size, all seem to work (although I haven't yet checked for running too fast or too slow). Black, grey, blue, green, and pink. The 18 is perhaps a tad snug (I measured my wrist as just a tic larger than 17 before I ordered) but the 20 would have been way too big. My only complaint regarding quality is that the plastic piece that covers the face (inside the waterproof seal) on one is detached and currently sitting at a weird angle. I'm debating whether to open that one up to fix it and just make sure I don't wear that one somewhere that waterproof is going to be an issue.
I got my Breo watches today and I had bought two packs, just as a dorky thing for my mom and I. Wow, how dorky they are. One of the bands didn't even have a watch!!!!! This was a serious disappointment and I wish I wouldn't have spent my money on it. I got 10 watches total and only 5 work the way they're supposed to. The ones that don't work either don't have a watch or the cover on it has bubbled and you can't adjust the date or time! What a waste Woot!
got my 5 today. 1/5 doesn't work. the other 4/5 seem to be functioning fine though.
I ordered a 5 pack of 18 cm watches. All of them work correctly (no fast/slow time) and none were DOA or scratched up. Thank goodness. Here are the colors I got: 1 Black 1 Lime Green 1 Pink 1 Blue 1 Gray I reallyyyyy wanted a white one though!! Looks like nobody got a white one. Not even the people that ordered 3 of the 5 packs. After reading about all these bad shipments, I'm just glad I didn't end up with any DOA watches or wrong sizes.
I think I got the same color combination everyone else did. Adjusting the date and time is screwy but does work. One DOA, the green one, one of the few I wanted, so I was able to pop the face out of the grey one and change it out. I have ordered a lot from woot, so a mess up here and there doesn't phase me too much, since they have made good on every problem I've had. However it is worrisome that so many have had a problem with these, it's like no one took the time to see if there was a functioning product in the box. One or two is one thing, but if there are so many complaints on here, think how many folks aren't posting about it. It's sad that I'm lucky for only one DOA.
I received all in the right size of 18cm I ordered 10 and received: 2 Blue 2 Lime 2 Grey 2 Black 2 Pink All seem to be in working order, I haven't checked if they run fast or slow. Did anyone get a purple or yellow? I saw some got red. I wouldn't mind trading one of the spare colors for any of those.
Just received my 5 watches today. Ordered 5 20cm watches. Received: 18cm Red and the other 4 are 20cm Black Lime Green Grey Blue The Green does not work.
Any one want to trade one of my colors for a red one? I received black, blue, pink, grey, and light green. Email me: melarien at gmail.com
I'll pay you $5 for the red one. Let me know
hatramroany wrote:4 20cm Gray Black Green Blue 1 18cm Red How do I go about getting a 20cm replacement for the 18cm one I didn't order/want? I have no intentions of giving these as gifts but to wear them to match my clothes. I was quite excited for the Red one until I just noticed it was the smaller size and doesn't feel right on my wrist.
love my breo's! i kept two and shared my others with friends!
Got the Breo Skin Watch 5 Pack for surfing before work. The first of the five (the green one--my favorite of the colors I received, which were all pretty cool) died on my first wave, which was awesome because then I had the perfect excuse for showing up late. Thanks, Woot!
I am currently rocking no fewer than three of these (the ones that don't clash). My plan is to wear the black or grey one daily and mix in the other colors as they match my clothes for a crazy, multi-watched sort of look. For my money I'm happy, although a little miffed about one thing: I ordered all 20cm, but it seems that, like many people, I got four of them in 20cm and got stuck with one 18cm red one. It's OK, I can still wear the smaller one and it's not uncomfortable, but it is a little snug; I'm a man, but my wrists are not huge, so the 20 is perfect, neither tight nor loose. Oh well. I got: Red 18 Black 20 Blue 20 Lime Green 20 Grey 20 My look today (my outfit is blue and black, so the red serves as my "accent color" I guess):
got a dud gray watch took out the center piece and put in a dollar bill instead for vending machine emergencies. probably increased the value of the watch to be honest..
Got mine today. Right size, same colors as everyone else. 1 DOA. Still, not a bad price.
I received my watches a few days back. 1-Grey 1-Black 1-Green 1-Blue 1-Pink All 18cm. At first, I thought they were ugly but now I kind of like them! All of my watches are the correct size I ordered and they all work. I'm shocked and puzzled to read that other customers weren't so lucky. Shame on woot.
foxhat wrote:I received my watches a few days back. 1-Grey 1-Black 1-Green 1-Blue 1-Pink All 18cm. At first, I thought they were ugly but now I kind of like them! All of my watches are the correct size I ordered and they all work. I'm shocked and puzzled to read that other customers weren't so lucky. Shame on woot.
I got the same mix and size today. All worked fine when I set them, I'll check the times later for accuracy. Some of the plastic coating was bubbled in a couple, but I think it's just not lined up correctly and could be adjusted. I'm wearing the black one and so far it's right. I read the instructions and they do state that they're not waterproof to start with, so the batteries could be replaced without breaking the seal. The 18cm is a bit large on me, I adjusted the time on a different brand of rubber watch at the same time that's a 15 cm and fits great. It had been waterproof until I had the battery replaced. It recovered, but the time was wrong, so I just set them all at the same time.
I ordered 2- 5pks, all in the 20cm size. I got : 2 - Red (one is 18cm) 2 - Blue 2 - Lime Green 2 - Black 2 - Gray None are DOA. My son is having a party this weekend, and these will make great prizes!
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TRAVERSE CITY – Grand Traverse Band Tribal Chairman Derek Bailey won't run for Congress. Instead, he'll seek election to the Michigan House of Representatives.
Bailey had planned to run for Congress as a Democrat in Michigan's 1st District, but today said he's shifting course and will run for the 101st state House seat held by Republican Rep. Ray Franz, of Onekama.
The 101st District includes Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Mason counties.
"After a six-month campaign where we were successful in reaching out to many voters in the District, we are withdrawing from the congressional race," Bailey said in a statement. "There are several factors that went into my decision. The biggest one is that my campaign got into the process late in the game, resulting in not having enough time to effectively raise dollars in a campaign that is going to require a million-plus dollars to be competitive."
Manistee County resident Allen O'Shea also plans to seek the 101st District seat as a Democrat.
See tomorrow's Record-Eagle for more on this story.
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Leading Latin pop artist Alejandro Fernandez will return to Las Vegas and bring his show to the Mandalay Bay. Fernandez, who channels Mexico's rich tradition through his music and continues to capture the hearts of fans worldwide, is one of the most accomplished vocalists and biggest-selling artists in Latin music history. Fernandez's repertoire features a variety of songs including his greatest hits, romantic ballads, and his traditional rancheras. His distinctive charro, romantic and enamored style makes Fernandez an authentic ambassador of his heritage.


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Double Wedding Services - FQA
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Subject: Double Weddings
Question: "How does the Orthodox Church feel about double wedding services? In order to keep everyone happy we may have to get married in the Greek Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church….If we can't get past this issue, I'm afraid this could do some serious damage."
Answer: While the Orthodox Church does not encourage two wedding services, they are sometimes necessary "to keep everyone happy." If you've both prayerfully determined that you must proceed in this way, this protocol is generally followed.
1. Such couples get married in one partner's church, and then the other partner's church. In this case, I wouldn't recommend that you attempt to accomplish this in one day. Couple's who've chosen this option have told me it's an exhausting process.
2. If you determine to marry in the non-Orthodox partner's church first, please be aware that the Orthodox partner will lose their good standing with the church. This means that the Orthodox partner will unable to receive the sacraments. However, good standing can be reinstated once you both receive the Sacrament of Marriage in the Orthodox Church.
Subject: Double Wedding Services
Question: "Neither my fiancé nor I will be converting. It is very important to my fiancé for his brother, an Armenian Catholic priest, to marry us. It is very important to me for my 96-year-old grandfather, a retired Greek Orthodox priest, to be present and to participate (at least in a limited extent) in my Greek Orthodox ceremony, in Greece. Originally, I thought and hoped that we could have two back-to-back ceremonies (a Catholic one and a Greek Orthodox one) in the Greek Orthodox Church. I have since learned that the Greek Church will not allow this. My fiancé and I are now contemplating two ceremonies (a Catholic one in the U.S, followed by a Greek Orthodox one in Greece, OR an outdoor Catholic ceremony in Greece, followed by a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony), but I would like the approval of both churches."
Answer: As you may already know, both churches discourage couples from having two wedding services. Despite this, in cases like your own some couples have opted to proceed forward and arrange for two separate services. When this occurs, neither church sanctions or approves this process. In addition, one or both churches will generally provide other options while seeking to discourage, but not prevent, you from arranging two separate wedding services. As a result, if I were you I would not spend too much more time seeking "approval" of you plan from both churches. Instead, I would expend my energy trying to figure out how you are going to satisfy the disparate needs that you referred to above.


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Distance learning University
First of all we will discuss about the term distance and then the learning system and by that about the distance learning education system. Distance can be defined as the communication gap in between two parties. It may be regarding anything like buying a food or taking an educational degree from any university. In our article we are discussing about the distance between the class and the students. Yes people are getting busy with their work schedule and lifestyles. And for that they are unable to attend regular classes in the study schedule of 24×7. So they are demanding a degree without attending the class. This is the distance we are discussing about.
Learning system is nothing but to learn the things we have to do to live the life. All the things we are learning after our existence. Some of them we learn directly, some indirectly. No matter how we are learning or the source file of our learning, the main thing is the achievement. Distance learning is a learning process by which you can achieve a degree which will increase your acceptability in your profession. Sometime people dreamed about a technical degree after a general course, some people interested to hike their personality by a higher level degree. Distance learning is for those people only. It is giving the opportunity to those groups of people find tougher to have a regular education for the lack of marks also.
Now distance learning is that kind of learning system connecting those students with the course without a background like the class or the university. The universities giving opportunity to those students to have an educational degree in short cut way. Indira Gandhi National Open University 1st started distance learning education in our country. It has established in 1985 under the act of IGNOU act 1985. It is the largest Open University in the world including an intake capacity of 3500000 students. It is the leading Open University in our country as it is running other distance learning university.
There are 14 leading open universities in our country and those are Indira Ganghi National Open University (IGNOU), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Karnataka State Open University, Nalanda Open University, Netaji Subhash Open University, Kota Open University, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Madha Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Tamil Naru Open University, Yashwant Rao Chawan Open University, Uttaranchal Open University, UP Rajarshi Tendon Open University, PT. Sunderlal Sharma Open University, K.K. Handique State University.


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Nathan has cared for horses all his life, but Haji is the first he'll train on his own. When the Arabian stallion arrives at Bitter Coffee Ranch, Nathan thinks he is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. And then he lays eyes on Haji's handler, Yousef. Nathan has much to learn about horses, about pride, and about love, but with the ranch's hopes riding on Haji, he'll also learn that all things have their price.
A Bittersweet Dreams title: It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending, but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you to tears.
TO AN owl or an eagle or even the lark, man must seem a rather pitiful and forlorn creature; he is condemned to crawl the earth alongside only two friends. The dog and the horse are the only exceptions to man's universal unpopularity. Man points with pride at these two contrarians and naively believes that both are equally proud to call him friend. "Look at my two companions," says man, "they are dumb, yet loyal." I have always maintained that they are tolerant at best, and if man didn't feed them, they would quickly join ranks with the majority.
I have nevertheless depended on the tolerance of horses and dogs since my childhood. I believe with all my fiber that until a man has loved an animal, a large part of his soul remains unawakened. Even now at my advanced age, if I were deprived of the gratification of caring for either dog or horse, I would lose all that I hold dear. I should feel as adrift as a Muslim who had lost touch with Allah.
Horses in particular have been as much a part of my history as breathing. I define every phase of my life by which horse I owned then, or ones my father owned. Some were intelligent, some valiant, while others were rogues. None were alike. Some won the big handicap races and some won the smaller unimportant races. My family's red and blue colors have swept past grandstands from Santa Anita to Bay Meadows. Some horses my father brought from the Eastern Seaboard, where old money and long bloodlines defined the sport. But one horse my father brought all the way from North Africa.
That stallion's name was Haji.
When he came to the Bitter Coffee ranch, I was a straw-haired boy who had recently graduated high school, with a lanky body and wide, blue eyes. He was an Arabian stallion, part royalty and part desert whirlwind. I was awed by his self-possession, and I couldn't help wondering what he thought of me.
He arrived at daybreak, descending the ramp from a two-horse trailer with the slow and dignified steps of Bonaparte in exile. With his head held high and nostrils flaring, he breathed the thin air of the Nevada high desert for the first time. Like me, he was a bit slender in the chest, but unlike me, he had strong legs as clean as limestone.
Sword Bearer, out of Cairo, had sired him, and noble blood flowed through his arrogant veins.
He was a sorrel, and his reddish coat gave off a golden sheen in the strong morning sunlight. Once his hooves stood on solid earth, his body shivered and his lungs let out a rush of air, as if letting me know he craved the freedom of open space again after being cramped in a ship's hold and then in that trailer for so many thousands of miles. I heard a ring of certain gratitude in his undulant murmur.
Then I laid eyes on Haji's handler. He had made the long voyage with the horse. The dawn's rays lent his flowing white robes and tarboosh a shimmering orange-yellow hue, and I found myself momentarily stunned with a frozen gaze. Was it the splendor of the light reflecting off his flowing gown that dazzled me, or simply that this young man would wear a dress in broad daylight? Or could it have been his face, that porcelain-smooth skin the warm color of creamed coffee, accented by pitch-black eyebrows? His coloring was similar to the Mexican ranch hands who worked for my father, and yet somehow softer. Whatever the cause, my compulsively chattering mind gave pause, and I was mentally whisked into a space of pure silence, broken only by the pulse beating at my temples.
My father walked to the thoroughbred and held the animal's head steady, gazing into those large, moist eyes. It was clear to me that the horse knew men. In his three short years, he had probably been around more men than his own kind, and from the bold stare he gave my father, I sensed that Haji understood that men were there to serve him, that we were his servants.
A tremor ran through the stallion, and he grew impatient. He shook his head free of my father's grasp, bent the sleek bow of his neck, and kicked at the ground with a hoof. I instinctively knew that it was not that my father was a stranger but that Haji didn't trust a man who did not smell of the earth. Even though my father owned a seven thousand acre ranch, he was a businessman and spent his time in his office or traveling.
My father stepped to the handler and laid a hand on his shoulder. "You must be Yousef. Welcome to the Bitter Coffee. Nathan will show you to your quarters. Come up to the house for breakfast after you're settled."
"Yousef," I repeated in my head several times as I moved forward and grasped Haji's halter. I felt foolishly happy at how the sound of it tumbled through my head. The stallion did not flinch at my touch, and as he took in my smell, he blew a snort into my straw-colored hair to warn me he felt nervous. I laughed, a low gentle sound which seemed to set him at ease.
The handler pulled a carpetbag from the horse trailer and stood beside me. As I glanced into Yousef's cautious eyes, I inhaled his spicy fragrance, a mixture of horse and something else I could not identify, something vaguely like toasted sugar.
I tugged at the halter and both Haji and Yousef followed, flanking me all the way to the stables where I had already prepared the stallion's stall. Haji stared straight ahead, glancing neither to one side or the other as if he were walking alone, like abdicated royalty, and we were merely servants trailing in his wake. He must have felt forlorn in this country of different sights and smells. It would be my job to manage him, and that included making him comfortable in this new environment. I felt much pride in that. Haji was my first horse to train. All my life I had cared for horses, learning their needs and habits, but always under the guidance of the foreman until now. Because of financial hardships, my father had let the foreman go. Haji was my responsibility, and Yousef would answer to me.
I could tell the stallion found the stall to his liking. The stable harbored a dozen other horses in a long row of stalls, but Haji's quarters were separate from the others and twice as large.
Yousef seemed equally pleased with his own quarters next to the tack room, and though he didn't say a word, he seemed surprised that he was given a room to himself. When he slid the tarboosh from his head, I realized he was much younger than I had first thought. I now guessed he was only a few years older than me, perhaps twenty, twenty-one at the most. And right then, he looked far more beautiful than moments before and seemed in desperate need of a friend.
I told him my name: Nathan. He repeated it twice and told me his name in broken English: Yousef Ruta. I knew then that it would be my job to teach him how to speak my language, which would be no small task. With hands waving and pointing to my own pants and shirt, I indicated he should change into more suitable work clothes and join me for breakfast at the house. It took several attempts, but he finally smiled and began to pull the white robe over his head. Much as I wanted to stay and see if the rest of his skin had the same warm coloring as his face, I turned and hurried out, giving him his privacy.
Later, after Yousef had changed into working clothes which included a shirt with flaps that hung to his knees and we had feasted on flapjacks, Yousef and I returned to Haji's stall. While Yousef separated the good straw on the floor from the straw already soiled with urine and manure, I began to brush the stallion with clean, even strokes from mane to tail. As I worked, I felt anger rising within Haji, but I was not prepared when he bent his neck around and gripped my arm above the elbow with his teeth, biting down with enough force to make me yelp before flinging me against the wall.
I crumpled to the ground and lay in the trampled bedding for a moment, looking up into Yousef's dark eyes. A wave of shame washed through me. I scrambled to my feet and marched to the tack room, selecting a riding crop that I had never needed before now.
I approached the stallion with a brush in one hand, the crop in the other. I spoke to him in soothing tones, telling him that he might have Sword Bearer's blood, but I had a whip and I knew how to use it.
I began to brush him again while continuing to use soothing tones. But once more, I felt his anger swell. His hooves stomped, and his head turned with teeth bared. This time, however, I was expecting him. I struck his muzzle with the whip, hard and without mercy. I think he was more startled by the act than by the pain. The alchemy of his pride transformed the pain to rage that must have blinded him. He tried to bite again, and I struck his soft muzzle with all the force I could muster. He tried to whirl away from me but Yousef jumped to help and we held him firm. He reared upward, cutting the air with his hooves. Plunging, he felt my crop bite his muzzle again and again.
At that point, Yousef pushed me back toward the far wall and began to sooth the horse with caressing hands. The stallion slowly calmed under his touch.
When Haji became composed, Yousef lifted my brush from where it had fallen and began to brush Haji's withers with a kind of intimate knowledge of how this horse wanted to be treated: that is, without any sense of possession.
I felt the sting of resentment, but then, more slowly, comprehension took its place.
Yousef waved me over. With he on one side of Haji and me on the other, I mimicked his strokes with my bare hands. The horse now accepted the soothing touch of my hands. Across the horse's back, Yousef smiled at me in a way that made my stomach do a slow somersault.
I let Yousef demonstrate how to saddle the stallion, starting with holding the blanket under the horse's nose to get him comfortable with the smell, then ever so slowly sliding it over Haji's back. He laid the saddle on the blanket but waited a few minutes before tightening the girth. The entire time, he stroked the horse's neck with adoring fingers.
I led Haji out of his stall and into the work yard to a pool of shade made by a cottonwood tree. When I vaulted onto his back, I once again felt anger surge through his tense body, like a stabbing pain. He reared up, throwing me from his back. He seemed to continue leaning further and further back until I was certain he would tumble over on top of me.
I scrambled to one side while Yousef ran to grab the stallion's reins. The last of my dignity slipped away like a blanket sliding off a horse's back. With Yousef calming him, I marched back into the stable and came out carrying the riding crop.
Yousef shook his head and waved his hands, telling me no, no, give him a moment. He ran into the stable. A few minutes later, he emerged leading a chestnut filly aptly named Coquette. The filly was young and smooth and had a saunter in her walk. Haji called to her in a tone of growing excitement. She answered his call in a voice as urgent as his own. Haji lifted his head high and pulled against his reins, but I held him firm.
When the horses stood side by side, Yousef leaped onto the filly's bare back. He nodded at me to do the same with Haji, and I did. I held the crop high, waiting for the first sign of anger from between my legs, but there was no need. The filly had distracted Haji, and I became an unwelcome yet acceptable passenger.
Yousef nodded his head toward the hills and we turned the horses and kicked them into a trot. But before we left the work yard, Yousef reached over, pulled the riding crop from my hand, and tossed it away.
We rode leisurely, working our way west toward the foothills that butted up against the mountains. Bees criss-crossed the meadows like golden bullets, and finches dipped out of the sky while larks sang from the trees. I kept waiting for the next burst of anger from Haji, determined to be ready for it, but it didn't come. He and I were getting used to each other's touch. I was not much weight for him to be bothered with; he was a quivering furnace of heat and muscle between my legs, and I learned to move to his rhythm, as if we were dancing a tango, but only if I let him lead.
Later, Yousef and I kicked our mounts into a run along a dirt road that led up a canyon to an old squatter's cabin. Once we reached a full gallop, it felt like Haji became airborne. He stretched out his neck and reveled in the effortless speed. I crouched down until my cheek pressed to his neck. We left Yousef and the filly behind in a thin cloud of brown dust as we raced the wind, with me clinging to his back like a magic carpet.
Later, while resting under the shade of a rocky outcrop, the stallion let me touch the welts on his muzzle. I stroked his jaw while I pressed my forehead to the place below his ears and above his eyes. I whispered that I would never hurt him again. He snorted and raised his head to ruffle my hair with his muzzle. Then he lifted his head high and stood with me at his feet, staring off at the mountain peaks.
In all the time I worked with Haji, he remained as aloof and proud as that first morning. The other horses on the ranch would whinny at my approach and forsook their peculiar nobility for the common gifts of care I offered, but not Haji.
He held a heritage of arrogance, and he cherished it, as I learned to do. He never once yielded to a will that was as stubborn as his own.
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Posted on 01 / 07 / 2013I love this place! The staff is wonderful and helpful. The food is delicious!
Pros: delicious, tons of vegan options, great staffCons: a little difficult to find the first tim
I love this place! The staff is wonderful and helpful. The food is delicious!
Pros: delicious, tons of vegan options, great staffGreat quality food with separate veg and meat menus. Great place if you have omni friends. Note: they have vegan options listed but some have cheese listed as ingredients.
Exciting News : Mango Grove has re-opened at 8865, Stanford Blvd, Columbia, MD-21045 after re-modelling the new space at 8865, Stanford Blvd. They opened on Valentines Day and it was a packed house in the evening with live music.
The menu is diverse and has 90% items as vegan. Mango Grove has been a a favorite spot for Vegetarians since 1996 in Columbia.
I went to the lunchy buffet and was allowed to carry-out. As the buffet is over at 3 PM on Mondays. The selection was nice and the food was very tasty. The staff was kind and attentive. They even brought me fresh naan and dosas prior to me leaving. It was a little difficult to locate the restaurant since I'm not a Columbia native. But now that I know where they are, I will certainly return.
Pros: friendly staff, good prices, nice varietyI ate here last night and it was wonderful. The staff was very attentive and the food was great and plentiful. I definitely will visit again.
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I've eaten at a lot of Indian restaurants all over the U.S and Canada. It's my favorite food. They have 2 separate divided sides to the restaurant. One is meat and the other is Veggie. Very little Vegan. I had a meal, and 2 appetizers. I don't need to ever go back. It's OK at best.
i met up with some friends there and it was my first time. it was very relaxing there, being a buffet. many vegan options. really laid back. clean. oh yeah, ate all i wanted and it was only $8.
Pros: buffet, great food, relaxingThis review refers to the dinner menu, not the lunch time buffet. I found the menu to be overwhelming in a good way, meaning there are SO many vegetarian and vegan options that my head was spinning! I ended up with a dosai stuffed with potato and onion, and my boyfriend had a coconut curry type veggie dish. Both were super tasty and in large portions. Prices were average for Indian food (generally between $10-15). The atmosphere is pleasant. Staff-wise, I found them helpful and kind but sort of slow to take your order and check in periodically. Overall, it's definitely a nice place, and I will be returning!
Pros: Many yummy veggie and vegan options, Good portion sizes, Nice atmospherereviews
Note - this review is only for the Indian lunch buffet, not the full menu at dinner time, which I haven't tried in several years. Mango Grove is one of my favorite Indian restaurants of all time, and I've eaten in many all over the country. It's also one of my omni husband's favorites, and the many friends and relatives we've brought there have loved the food.
We love the Indian lunch buffet, served every day except Tuesday. (Slightly more expensive on weekends.) The restaurant is 100% vegetarian, and the vast majority of dishes served are vegan, with generally no more than two hot dishes on a single day having dairy in them. (The vegetable korma is never vegan, and on occasion there's a dish with yogurt.) Also be careful about the spinach dish, which has the panir (cheese), about one third of the time. The rest of the time it will be plain or have chana (chickpeas). Unfortunately, the dishes are not always labelled, but you can always ask the helpful staff and they'll let you know what's vegan and what is not.
I've never been to an Indian buffet with a larger rotation of dishes throughout the week and month. My favorites include the lemon rice, yellow dahl, channa masala, and green beans. They also have a good okra/tomato dish. Along with the buffet, they will serve a potato dosa at the table. It's generally entirely too greasy (so I blot it in my placemat), but quite good.
One thing to watch out for at this restaurant: There is a sister Indian/Asian restaurant in the same building as this one where they serve meat. People are allowed to eat at both buffets, and the rule is that no one is allowed to bring meat into Mango Grove. On infrequent occasion, someone will bring meat on their into Mango Grove and then go to the Mango Grove buffet, pouring Mango Grove's sauces onto their plate and touching the utensil to the meat. (I've seen this 2 or 3 times and have probably eaten at the buffet a hundred times.)
Overall however, one of my favorites for the wide variety of delicious vegan food at a reasonable price.
Pros: Delicious vegan food, Wide variety of vegan food, Helpful friendly staff.Now that Mango has moved, some of my review is outdated. The food remains the same. However, there is no longer the issue with the meat buffet raised above. Also, Mango is now open 7 days a week including Tuesdays.
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) � A former nursing home worker is scheduled to go to trial next month in the death of a woman who officials say went into a coma and died of brain damage after being injected with insulin. Jodi LaClaire of Bennington, N.H., has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 83-year-old Nita Lowery, who was found unconscious in her room at the Thompson House Nursing Home in Brattleboro in March 2009. Vermont officials allege LaClaire injected the non-diabetic woman with insulin. A doctor who treated Lowery said she had the most severe case of hypoglycemia she had ever seen. Prosecutors also allege that LaClaire accessed Lowery's credit card and used it after her death. The Brattleboro Reformer reports (http://bit.ly/13Sn8DF) jury section is scheduled to start Sept. 9. ___ Information from: Brattleboro Reformer, http://www.reformer.com/ |


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Besides wooing and then advising Mr. Pastora's former combat units, C.I.A. agents in Costa Rica also appear to have been involved in weapon-supply flights to rebel forces by American crews based in El Salvador.
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A few weeks ago, I write a Sunday piece about the newest distraction/aggravation at concerts – people who spend the majority of the show not actually watching or listening, but filming on their smartphones or, yes, tablets.
Now that the summer concert season is winding down, I'm curious about what else drives you batty at shows.
Is it the person behind you inexplicably "whooooo-hooooo"-ing not only between songs, but DURING them, so instead of hearing Steven Tyler or Jennifer Nettles – the artists you paid to see – you're instead left with nothing but a pierced ear drum?
Or how about when you score those seemingly enviable aisle seats, knowing that at least you'll have a little breathing room on one side, but forgetting that being on the aisle essentially makes you the gatekeeper for the row?
That was my experience at the Bruce Springsteen show in Philadelphia. Sure, it was great to be able to edge a few inches away from the rest of the people in my row, but it also meant that, at a minimum of twice per song, I was sliding one way or another to let someone in or out from or for a beer run or, later in the show, from or for a bathroom break due to said beer runs.
At the Duran Duran show at Chastain Park Amphitheatre last month, I was fortunate enough to have excellent seats close to the stage, but they were also in the first row of a cut-through lane.
A couple of times during the concert, I tried to take 30 seconds of video to post on this blog to accompany my review (since I was working media, I was able to step to the side to do it). But, as you can see in what I've posted below, I couldn't even grab a 30-second clip without numerous concertgoers wandering by (three in 30 seconds, in this case, and it was during one of the band's biggest hits, not the usual, "New song – time to leave!" maneuver).
I feel myself starting to sound like one of those, "Back in my day…" people. But the truth is, "my day" wasn't THAT long ago, but long ago enough that I can remember people attending a concert because they were interested and invested in the artist onstage.
They weren't carrying on inane conversations better suited for after-work bar gatherings or texting their mother/boyfriend/co-worker/friend/cable guy/hairdresser just to say, "Hey, guess where I am?!"
They weren't rudely whipping out recording devices and impeding your view of a show (because, um, right, recording devices and cameras were not allowed in venues – my 11-year-old self waited in a very long line after a Rick Springfield concert to retrieve my confiscated camera).
And yes, where there is entertainment, there is beer and I'm all for it. But even the occasional drunken buffoon was guzzling because it complemented the concert experience – it wasn't an extracurricular activity to trot to the beer line.
So enough from me- I want to hear from you about your biggest concert-going annoyances. Sound off below.
Three people in 30 seconds! Those are some attention spans!
September 14th, 2012
7:23 am
Talkers. And the related, people who yell "sit down" over and over. I am not one to stand when no one else is, but if someone ahead blocks my view by standing, I will do so.
September 14th, 2012
7:43 am
I hate it when I try to light one up to add a buzz to the show and those pesky security staff bust me.
September 14th, 2012
8:23 am
Standers, when nobody in front of them is standing.
September 14th, 2012
8:48 am
What annoys me at a concert? People like Joe.
I don't go to concerts for the privilege of going home smelling like your illegal drugs.
September 14th, 2012
8:51 am
Entirely Too MUCH CHATTERING. Chastain is one venue that if you want to Eat, listen to folks chatting loudly, drinking, stuffing their faces like its their Last meal on earth, uncomfortable hard metal seats. If all of these things are Ok with you, I tip my hat to you and dont go to Chastain Park.. From what I have observed is people come to a concert to socialize rather than enjoy the show, awful place. .
September 14th, 2012
8:53 am
I meant to say GO to Chastain if your ok with the chattering, a bunch of drunk folks, folks stuffing their faces talking loud, and uncomfortable cheap metal seats.
September 14th, 2012
8:58 am
People running the main sound board that have zero clue what they're doing. The mix is usually horrible with the wrong balance between the drum/bass vs guitars. Depends on the concert but that's usually the case.
September 14th, 2012
9:01 am
People are my biggest annoyance – it would be so much better with just the band and me.
September 14th, 2012
9:17 am
Talkers. Brock hits the nail on the head. People who go to concerts just to socialize with each other should be kicked out and banned from future events. There are some of us who save our money so we can listen to our favorite artists, only to hear what some idiot thinks of what Norman or Sue did the night before. It's infuriating and so very rude to the musicians themselves.
September 14th, 2012
9:43 am
People who sing along to the music so loudly that you can barely hear the artist
September 14th, 2012
9:43 am
First, hate Chastain – the ones I want to see are always in the dead of summer – way to hot to sit outside. And the ignorant people who talk all thru the show there.
Hate the "in/ou/in/out" people who just can't stay in the row for more than 5 minutes.
Hate the drunks – a teenager threw up big time in the row in front of me at an Elton concert years ago. Real pleasant. And her group blabbered thru the whole show, and NOT about the show.
When the whole audience is standing for an Icon on stage, and some douff behind me taps me on the shoulder and tells me to sit down (went to a McCartney concert at the football stadium in Orlando years ago, and some NERD mid-to-late 20″s with his mother, kept pestering our row to sit down, even though most of the stadium, at least the ones on the ground in front of the stage, were standing)
I spend my hard earned money to actually see/hear the performer, and sometimes that's quie a feat to accomplish.
September 14th, 2012
9:47 am
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September 14th, 2012
9:52 am
Chatty Kathys are the worst. I have been to Lakewood, Chastain, Encore Park and all the venues in Atlanta. You cannot escape the Chatty Kathys. These are the people (98% of the time women in groups) who MUST carry on a loud conversation through out the concert. Chastain is the worst venue for this. I am the only person that prays for rain on concert night at Chastain that way the ex-sorority girls from Kappa Kappa Spankme leave or do not show up. I hate being the bad guy who tells a bunch of suburban moms to shut the hell up so I can hear Sting sing "Roxanne". No mam, I do not care that your daughter made the Westminster cheerleading squad. Please shut the f* up, so I can hear the artist that I paid $$$ to hear sing their songs.
September 14th, 2012
9:57 am
People who squeeze into reserved seating with their friends.
Aisle seats when there is no crowd control and the aisle is packed with people.
Going to a Pink Floyd concert where 72,000 people are sitting down, enjoying the music, but for some reason 150 seats in our section are "under construction" and we have to stand.
September 14th, 2012
10:05 am
Chastain Park is like the Olive Garden of concert experiences. It seems nice on the surface, but it actually sucks. The "food" is overpriced, and the "diners" are all totally self-absorbed and they all think they are at a fancy restaurant. AND THEY WON"T SHUT UP.
September 14th, 2012
10:06 am
Concerts where the band introduces a new album and proceeds to play entire album. We did not come to hear the new stuff, we want the old stuff we paid money to hear. If the songs are good the talkers shut up.
September 14th, 2012
10:19 am
Josie….why do you think bands go on the road?? Its ALWAYS been to promote their latest album first, and to make cash, closely following behind…..here is a suggestion. Before you go see the concert, buy the bands latest album and get familiar with it. It makes the concert MUCH more fun to see the new stuff played also. I learned this from Pink Floyd shows – I did not buy album that they were touring for, "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". For the next tour, I bought "The Division Bell" before the concert, and loved watching them play it in addition to their older hits.
September 14th, 2012
10:25 am
I love live music, but HATE that the crowds think the concert is about THEM. I would rather sit in my seat and see gifted people perform, but I usually find myself crowded by standing and dancing audience members who are singing and waving their hands. This FORCES me to have to stand up to see… and now I'm in the middle of a large performing crowd and not allowed to be an audience member. I came to see THEM… not YOU!
September 14th, 2012
10:40 am
I'm 5′7″ on a good day. You know that one dude with the huge P-funk afro at every show? I'm the guy standing behind him.
Every. Single. Time.
September 14th, 2012
10:44 am
My biggest pet peeve is when one person decides to start a mosh pit, regardless of whether the other concertgoers want to join in or not. Bonus points if the song is a slow one, or otherwise "unmoshable."
September 14th, 2012
10:44 am
Joe Im with you man….Hell we pay high enough admission prices as it is, they can at least let us enjoy the concert to the max. Legalize it!
September 14th, 2012
10:49 am
Ticket prices
September 14th, 2012
10:58 am
Also, the drunk guy who thinks it's his responsibility to get people more fired up. Don't be that guy.
September 14th, 2012
11:13 am
I hate it when old people whine and complain about how other people have their fun. If you're THAT old just get the concert DVD and watch it in your home theater.
September 14th, 2012
11:30 am
I can't stand when people sit there having a conversation while the musicians are playing. And then they start talking LOUDER so they can hear each other OVER THE MUSIC.
This happens A LOT at Chastain and the Botanical Gardens. I have gotten up MANY times and confronted people saying "I didn't come here to listen to your chatter, I paid good money to hear ___________ play music and you are ruining the show. If you want to talk, please go to an area AWAY from the show."
Usually they get an embarrassed look on their faces, sometimes they apologize. Sometimes others around us clap or thank me. I've never been challenged, but if someone wants to try it they will get my beer in their face followed by my fist!
September 14th, 2012
11:37 am
I tend to get depressed every summer when Chastain announces their shows. Why? I just can't take it there anymore, for all of the reasons everyone has already stated. A real pity too, because a lot of good groups play there. I've been attending concerts there for over 25 years, but I've given up. Everytime I go I am so mad by all the distractions I don't even enjoy the show. It's beyond me why anyone would spend money to attend something they don't even care about….Now, most of the shows I attend are in smaller venues. For some reason people that attend shows there are REAL music fans. Not just socialites.
September 14th, 2012
11:38 am
Drunk ass GROWN men getting into fights over stupid stuff- right beside/behind/in front of you.
September 14th, 2012
11:44 am
Wow ClydeFrog – you are really tough. I'm sure those inconsiderate people who were preventing you from hearing your favorite Kenny G tune were really embarrassed. More like embarrassed for the old man in jorts and sandals who is yelling at people at a live music event. As someone stated earlier, stay home and watch the DVD.
September 14th, 2012
11:49 am
Honestly, it's the drink and merchandise prices that drive me up the wall. $10 for a beer at any show is a ripoff, especially after a $30-$50 ticket.
Joe – I feel your pain!
September 14th, 2012
12:01 pm
Women who think everyone is there to watch them (usually in outfits that are not flattering) – drinkers who are over-served and just cause problems for those actually watching the act – and most of all the way best concert seats seem to always get into the hands of the middle-men (a.k.a. scalpers, illegal and legal (StubHub, etc.).
September 14th, 2012
12:27 pm
Enebriated women engaging in ritualist mating dances directed toward singer/band members on stage….And insisting on standing or woowooing and swaying their arms as their plastic cups of booze sloshes on their unfortunate neighbors.
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
I think the problem here is high ticket prices. You pay a ton for a concert ticket and you expect 100% satisfaction. Problem is, so does everyone else. So… there are many ways to achieve satisfaction at a concert. I like to sit, I like to stand, I like to get drunk, I like to sing along, I like to socialize, I like to hear the music, I like to dance, I want to record the show on my smartphone. Hey, I paid my good money and I will get the experience I deserve. So… hard to say who is wrong and who is right. Having said that, my worse is the smart phone recorders. Especially when they stand in front of you with the phone in your way, and all you see is what they are recording. That is ridiculous and I would applaud security for trying to stop that.
September 14th, 2012
12:34 pm
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September 14th, 2012
12:46 pm
The problem is the high ticket prices. You pay a ton of money for a show and you expect 100% satisfaction. Problem is, so do the other concert-goers. And unfortunately, they have different ideas about what their "satisfaction" is. I like to drink, I like to smoke, I like to socialize, I like to stand, I like to sit, I like to sing along, I like to dance. You can't tell someone how to "enjoy" his or her concert because they paid the same price. Having said that, I do think security should make a stand on the smart phone thing. Having someone blocking your view with their smart phone and all you see is what they are recording is ridiculous. But, I don't see any way of controlling that in this day and age. I guess we curmudgeons are just fated to stay at home.
September 14th, 2012
12:50 pm
My first Unpleasent experience at Chastain was Jun 4, 2010 when Diana Ross played there. It was HOT as HELL. Diana was at the venue on time but did not take the stage until 8:50. Mind you most of us were there 630-700pm baking in the heat and Sun. It appears folks took an hour and a half setting up their picnic tables.food and drink to which they sat down like it was the LAST SUPPER. They bought so much food and drink I wondered whether it was a FOOD fest rather than concert to see Diana Ross. at almost 9pm people was sill milling around and coming in. I will wedger to believe although Diana was in the house, she Refused to come out and play to the backs of people setting up picnic tables..walking back and forth and CHATTERING like Hens in a chicken coop. So she didnt come out until an hour later. All the while those of us early just sat and watched people talk loud and eat and drink. Diana Ross was Great. but the venue was the worst. If Diana ever comes back I would rather see her back at the Fox theater which she did come back to this past July 1. It was great, not near as much CHATTER. and the seats were comfortable in a Cool dark lighted Theater. Now thats what I call a concert!
September 14th, 2012
12:51 pm
If an event's tickets are sold by Ticketmaster, I won't even go.
September 14th, 2012
1:01 pm
I hate late arrivals especially at Chastain. They have to set up their picnic mid show right in front of you.
September 14th, 2012
1:28 pm
The music.
September 14th, 2012
1:33 pm
I know this isn't a bash Chastain article, but it is the worse venue in Atlanta, for concertgoers as well as artists.. My favorite story is when The Mavericks were an opening act over two nights. The first night was the usual boorish picnic crowd who paid no attention to the music.
So the next night The Mavericks , instead of their usual music set, brought out a table and chairs, and proceeded to eat pizza and drink beer along with the crowd.
No one cared.
September 14th, 2012
1:33 pm
1) I love how this turned into a Chastain hate session.
2) I can't even concentrate anymore on my initial thoughts after reading josie's comment above, which is hands down the most ignorant thing I've ever heard a music "fan" say.
September 14th, 2012
1:34 pm
Jennifer Nettles.
September 14th, 2012
1:44 pm
People who complain about concerts
September 14th, 2012
1:45 pm
Preachy lead singers
September 14th, 2012
1:46 pm
Lakewood-worst location/biggest dump ever
September 14th, 2012
1:48 pm
I went to the Coldplay show in July and the guy next to me, whom I didn't know, turned to me at the beginning of every song (and I mean every song) to ask me if I had either heard of it or liked it. They were pretty good seats so odds were that I knew the songs well and loved them.
September 14th, 2012
2:06 pm
Wow Stan Drulia – you are a real moron. As an actual fan of the musicians whose shows I'm attending, and out of respect for those around me that also want to hear the MUSIC, not to mention out of respect for the artists that are performing, I definitely believe it's inappropriate to have full-voice conversations during a performance. Maybe YOU should stay home and watch the DVD, then you can rewind to the part that you and your ignorant friends missed because you were talking about the latest episode of Big Brother or how awesome you look in Ed Hardy.
And just FYI: I'm not old, I don't wear jorts, and I don't wear sandals…further evidence of how ignorant you are. But go ahead, please, continue being obnoxious and ruining other people's ability to enjoy the show of the artist they paid to see (AND HEAR). Who knows, maybe we'll get to meet and you can see how tough I really am
September 14th, 2012
2:22 pm
CIGARETTE smokers, drunk people spilling beer and throwing their cups/bottles under your feet. When jam bands get too spaced out on the never ending improv jam. When friends go to the concert with you and get too f-ed up and wind up ruining your time because they act like they have OD.
September 14th, 2012
3:04 pm
Here's Garrison Keillor's account of performing at Chastain:
"Saturday's broadcast from Chastain Park amphitheater was not the show it might have been, and I am awfully sorry. The show (which was taped on Friday evening) was troubled by a large number of loud drunks sitting in the expensive corporate seats down close to the stage. This is an odd experience for me, to be standing on the lip of the stage and telling the news from Lake Wobegon and hearing people yell at me, "Tell the one about the dog" and "How's the fishing this year?" and so forth. You could hear the wine bottles clanking for two hours. There were six thousand other folks in the audience who seemed to be fans of the show but all I could hear were the drunks snarfling and bellowing down below. And so the show was a joyless affair on stage, and when it was over, I walked off and didn't return for a bow. I have never felt so miserable as I did Saturday. If Chastain Park were par for the course, I would've quit years ago. I apologize to the six thousand."
September 14th, 2012
3:06 pm
When people behind you get upset because you are standing at a concert! If you want to sit down at a concert – get first row or stay at home. Its a concert! What pisses me off even more is when they throw stuff at you to get you to sit – jerks.
September 14th, 2012
3:34 pm
Years back, I was at a Wilco show at the Classic Center in Athens, where a guy and his girlfriend insisted on standing and tried to explain that they were only doing "what the band would want them to do". I think the band would want everyone to enjoy the show, not just a select few who think that standing makes them more ardent concertgoers.
If a band books a show at a seated venue, expect people to sit. In my opinion, standing only adds incrementally to my enjoyment – an unobstructed view and no competing crowd noise are much more important criteria for an optimal concert experience.


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Draft Hillary New Hampshire????
As a loyal Clintonista and New Hampshire resident, I'm trying to get my hands around this idea. At first it seems ludicrous to try and pull off a write-in. This is the USA, not some backwater little country, but then I think, maybe the time is right?
As the writers point out, this is the year of the Arab Spring, OWS and even an awakening in Russia. Perhaps America is ready for revolt.
By PATRICK H. CADDELL and DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN | 12/18/11 10:15 PM EST
We argued in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed piece that President Barack Obama should stand down and let Secretary of State Hillary Clinton run as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2012.
We are now calling on Democratic voters nationally — particularly in New Hampshire — to organize a write-in campaign for Clinton. This is something that New Hampshire voters have a long history of doing.
We advocate this Draft Hillary movement not because of the desire to make political mischief — but to put the country on the right course.
It's clear that Obama has been unable to build consensus and, with the polarizing campaign he is now running, will be unable to govern effectively even if reelected. Only Clinton can commit the Democratic Party — and, indeed, the nation — to a unification and healing process. This could allow Washington, in a bipartisan manner, to finally address the economic and governmental crises that now grip America.
We are facing a crisis of national leadership, so citizens should step up and take charge of their country the way demonstrators in the Middle East did earlier this year. And, stunningly, as the people of Russia are now doing.
It's time to take the decision about America's leadership out of the hands of the established powers and return it to the citizens of our country. That opportunity to change U.S. politics will appear in the second week of 2012 in New Hampshire.
To seize this moment two things are required:
First, and most important, ordinary Democrats and independents in New Hampshire should mobilize behind a grass-roots effort to write in Clinton's name during the Jan. 10 Democratic primary.
Second, a committed group of Democrats with resources and stature needs to help facilitate an authentic citizens' movement — independent of party structure, Clinton and organized interests — to support a massive New Hampshire write-in campaign and put this before a deeply disaffected electorate.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70623.html#ixzz1gzPkx75K
Can I get my heart into it? Do I want to?
I still think she is the strongest, smartest leader we could have. But she has turned me off in many ways the last few years. If I can wrap my arms around the fact that she is a party animal and some of what she has said and done was under orders, then I can perhaps throw my support behind a fun try at a Write-In vote.
It might mean divorce for me, but then again maybe not. My little o'bot wife is perhaps a sign that this could work. She, the staunchest supporter of his O'liness I knew in 2008, she never ever listens to his speeches anymore. She avoids politcal news and has shut her ears to the disaster that is his Presidency. Our Vermont o'bot friends who you may recall I had to suffer through the Christmas before the 2008 NH Primary, well I was speaking to one on the phone recently and she flat out told me that Obama is a failure for the Democratice party.
They won't admit their horrendous mistake of 2007/2008, but they know in their hearts they were so very wrong.
This could be interesting. But like the movements around the world, we'd need a name and it should not include Hillary. This is about bringing America back to the people. This is about Occupy Wall Street and the one former candidate who spoke up about a looming financial crisis when nobody would listen.
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is the only way to get him out.
Ha! Fat chance that he'd resign on his own. The bs-tard is too full of himself to do the right thing for his party and country.
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Civil Discourse - ERA - A Mother President - Women's Rights - Primary Reform
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Hillary would have to:
- Condemn the takeover of the DNC by leftists
- Vow to change the DNC bylaws back to what they were prior to 2007
- Denounce Obama's disastrous foreign policy
- Vow to undo the laws passed by the previoius Dem Congress that ran up the debt while crushing job creation
- Vow to restore the image of the United States to the world as a superpower that stands for freedom
Of course, she won't run and won't do any of those things because she's just another leftist progressive globalist who's happy to see the US reduced to a second-rate power.
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I could not vote for one of the red crazies so I wrote-in the most qualified person alive.
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Vaughan Corroborates Hammer's Claim
From Greensboro City Councilwoman, Nancy Vaughan, commenting at Thinking Out Loud:
I have been unable to have a role in the landfill discussion due to a personal conflict, and I am legally limited in what I can say. However, I was shocked to read in "The Rhino" that "When the city annexed and zoned the land that makes up part of Phase IV and Phase V on July 16, 2002, condition 17 of the zoning ordinance states, 'None of this property can ever be used as a landfill cell.' The land was to be used as a 'borrow' area, which is an area that provides the dirt to cover the garbage in the landfill operation."
I believe it's malpractice for the consultants not to have uncovered this fact in their due diligence of this issue and I am disappointed that our professional staff did not publically acknowledge the possible limitations of utilizing Phase 4 and 5. I had also hoped that the City would have actively engaged the surrounding neighborhoods in the process, without doing so , it has created an adversarial climate that has damaged this City.
There are still problems with Hammer's allegation that the Gang of Four were ignorant of statutes regarding expanding the landfill, but Vaughan's statement indicates that for two years city attorney staff failed to advise council that the landfill areas marked for expansion needed to be rezoned.
But even Vaughan's statement is problematic, as some of the sitting council should have remembered the 2002 zoning action on Phase IV and Phase V. Her husband, NC Senator Don Vaughan, was at the time a councilmember, as was Robbie Perkins.
Meanwhile, today's N&R has an article at the top of the front page about rising landfill costs, which is not available on their website. Instead, it's in the e-edition.
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Sep 14, 2012 | SIKHO NTSHOBANE, Avusa Media |
After yet another teacher was attacked in front of her pupils this week, staff and pupils at a Transkei school admit they live in constant fear of knife-wielding, gun-toting criminals who terrorise and rob them in broad daylight
Sep 14, 2012
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Lol so u r traumatised and u want my money for treatment ? hahahahahaha i love my country just like that , lol lets hope they dont cum back after u coz u know what u did to the boy for him hunting u like this , nd I just the givernment wont use my money to take u to hospital i've heard it ka so called tax for the needyReport Abuse
Sep 14, 2012
Transkei e too rural and poverty there has stricken - no wonder ga ba tlile Gauteng ga ba sa batla go boela gae, ba iketsa di clever tsa half cent.Mara vele there's no solution to this good people, closing the school le diegisa syllabus mos. C'mon bathong this can't be the only option. THINK THINK THINK!
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How I Met Your Mother to Officially End Next Year
In a bit of news long rumored but finally confirmed, next year's season of How I Met Your Mother will be its last, according to Deadline.... read more
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"Holy long walk for a short drink of water, Batman." It's great when a character says something that sums up an episode for us. While this season of _How I Met Your Mother_ has done an excellent job of returning to early form with interwoven episodes that propel the series forward, there have been standalone episodes that have the sole purpose of revealing a key plot point in the last five minutes. read more
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A series of flashbacks lead up to a short, albeit important, closing scene in this week's episode of How I Met Your Mother. It turns out every three years since 2003 Ted and Marshall (and subsequently Barney) watch the original _Star Wars_ trilogy and fantasize about what their lives will be like the next time they all get together. read more
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Despite bigger budgets and higher-profile casts, writer-directors Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Cyrus) have stayed true to their lo-fi, improvisational aesthetic, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home marks a sort of homecoming for the brothers, who themselves lived at their parents' home in New Orleans while shooting this Baton Rouge-set family drama. The Duplasses make films about ordinary people and shoot for realism with moving results, but their style, all handheld camera work and tight close-ups, may suffer as their movies play wider on bigger screens.... read more
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After a few weeks off, the show returned with an episode written by the creators, which usually means it will play a huge role in the overall continuity of the show. And boy did it ever. It was a very Quinn (Becki Newton) and Barney-centric episode, but Ted and Robin's recent problems were also highlighted to perfection and overall, "The Broath" is one of the best episodes of the series that allows viewers to guess where the show is headed in quite awhile. read more
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This season of How I Met Your Mother has been consistently better than the previous few ones and has harkened back to the highs of the first handful of seasons. The past three weeks have put the vulnerability of Ted, Robin, Marshall, Lily and Barney at an all time high and the series is shifting to the ultimate dénouement of the series. read more
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After Ted told Robin he loves her in last week's episode I think we all groaned out loud in fear that How I Met Your Mother was going down that path again. But then I reminded everyone that the show needed to confront the Ted-Robin-Barney love triangle. It could have taken weeks for the writers to get around to the three of them figuring out who loves whom. Or they could have jumped right into it. read more
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Unfortunately, another tragedy struck in 1941 when a fire destroyed the Hofbrau German restaurant. A dinner for 1,500 was underway at the time, and while everyone was safely evacuated, eleven people were injured and a waitress perished when she went back inside to retrieve her coat.
World War II limited Waldameer's expansion, yet the park held benefit days for the Army-Navy relief fund. In response to the national mood, several rides were given patriotic names and paint jobs. For example, the train became the Victory Special. By end of the war in 1945, Waldameer's rides included Airplane Swings, the Fun in the Dark dark ride, Carousel, Dodgem, Loop-O-Plane, Old Mill, Whip, Tumble Bug, Ferris Wheel, Flying Scooter, Miniature Train, and two kiddie rides: the Swings and the Blue Goose. Also in 1945, Alex Moeller, who had been leasing the grounds since the 1920's, became owner of the park. He added a Streamliner train from the National Amusement Device Company in 1947.
As Waldameer Park entered the 1950's, the Rainbow Garden's roof collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowstorm. However, the park continued to expand, and in 1951 added the Comet, the first roller coaster to operate at Waldameer Park since the Ravine Flyer was demolished in 1938. The Comet is a junior-sized wooden roller coaster standing 45 feet tall, with a 1,400-foot long track length. The ride was placed in a grove of trees next to the Carousel, and features a unique circular loading station. The Comet is still in operation today.
In the mid-1950's Waldameer was forced to close one of its long time attractions – Monkey Island – as the park could no longer replenish its monkey supply since the government reportedly bought up all of them for the space program.
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- Nicholas Tucker said...
Very interesting information. Thanks for sharing.
- August 13, 2009 at 8:15 AM
- Camera Repair said...
What year were the kiddie boats and kiddie spaceships put in? Here's me and my little brother riding them in 1961. They were there then :-)
- February 11, 2011 at 12:20 AM
- Waldameer said...
Camera Repair... Thanks so much for sharing that awesome video! It was great to see the parts of the park that haven't changed for over half a century! And the sunset over the lake looks exactly as it does today. Such a wonderful video. As for the year that the Wet Boats, Pony Carts and Sky Fighter were put in, we think it was around the early '50s.
Thanks again for sharing your wonderful memories! - February 11, 2011 at 3:49 PM
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