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Video Tour of Marquis Los Cabos Resort
As the media scare was keeping people away from the Baja Peninsula (even though there were no H1N1 flu cases there), I flew into town to enjoy crowd-less beaches and half-empty hotels. The beachfront casita suites at Marquis Los Cabos are usually booked up well in advance, so I felt lucky to hit things at the right time, enjoying an amazing view of the blue water and empty sands. Here is a video tour of the whole hotel, from the dramatic entrance, to poolside, to the view from the roof of a casita suite.
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June 11th, 2009 at 9:23 pmIt's unreal how empty that beach is. I guess people really are staying away. Looks wonderful.
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July 21st, 2009 at 11:11 amWow. Are people really taking this flu scare that seriously?
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August 17th, 2009 at 11:20 amYes, unfortunately, all over Mexico. I just got back from the Caribbean coast and it was really slow there too. Of course the bad economy isn't helping either, but most people haven't gotten the message that there are more swine flu cases in their own state than there are in Mexico now.


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Park-and-sail idea for York's rivers
12:00pm Saturday 2nd November 2013 in News Exclusive By Mark Stead, Political Reporter
A "PARK-AND-SAIL" scheme to ferry visitors, shoppers and commuters along York's rivers could be looked at under a masterplan for promoting the city and revitalising its tourism image.
The initiative, similar to one recently launched in Portsmouth, is among suggestions put forward by businesses, tourism, travel and cultural organisations and the public, amid claims York must move its visitor economy to a new level.
A consultation on City of York Council and Visit York's new tourism strategy said the city's rivers needed to become more of an attraction, with better gardens and access. Other ideas include overnight parking at Park&Ride sites and later buses, pay-on-exit car parks and a winter festival to fill an events gap between January and Easter.
Portsmouth's park-and-sail operates during peak holiday times, and is intended to boost tourism and cut congestion. Passengers park at the port and take shuttle buses to waiting boats for regular 25-minute journeys.
The council's cabinet, which meets on Tuesday, will be asked to progress plans for a fresh approach to raising York's profile, drawing in economic investment and attracting more visitors.
A new private sector-led agency is likely to take the lead on marketing the city as Brand York and bringing various organisations together – similar to the London & Partners, IAmsterdam and Newcastle Gateshead Initiative bodies – after officials said the current set-up was "piecemeal and fragmented."
Work on the proposals has involved Visit York, Science City York and the city's universities, and cultural body York@Large is also set to play a part in taking them forward. A report by officers said that despite York's "strong" visitor numbers, the value of its tourism industry has stood still in recent years and opportunities are being missed, while doing nothing would see funding decrease and a "second-best" tourism offer.
Charlie Croft, the council's assistant director for communities, culture and public realm, said the strategy's ideas were "innovative" and, if agreed by cabinet, successful schemes elsewhere would be studied further.
Although a new agency could be created, he said Visit York was an "integral part" of the new tourism approach and would have a key role.
"It is about a bold, collaborative new approach to the way York raises its profile, attracts investment, manages the city centre and markets the city nationally and internationally," he said.
"It's too early to say what the final model will be. We are now at the stage of gaining approval to look into various options."
Urban design expert Professor Alan Simpson, who led the team which produced the New City Beautiful 30-year vision for York in 2010 and highlighted a riverside facelift as a crucial area, said: "The rivers are absolutely critical for York – what has been done with river frontages in cities such as Newcastle is tremendous.
"It is about rediscovering the water-edge and turning it into a meaningful, prosperous place and space."
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12:08pm Sat 2 Nov 13
eeoodares says...
1:19pm Sat 2 Nov 13
mel_drew says...
At certain times of the year, such a facility would be attractive to some tourists, but I can't imagine that shoppers and, especially, commuters would voluntarily add at least half an hour, probably more, onto their journey time. After all, haven't we spent a fortune on road alterations to speed up the progress of the buses? And at least, they take you more or less where you want to be.
1:22pm Sat 2 Nov 13
tizme says...
1:30pm Sat 2 Nov 13
carpon says...
1:40pm Sat 2 Nov 13
old_geezer says...
So the only question is, is there enough market? But PLEASE don't spend council money on consultants, use in-house and local entrepreneurial expertise!
1:46pm Sat 2 Nov 13
acomblass says...
1:57pm Sat 2 Nov 13
ak7274 says...
Oh I forgot, He will outsource the whole lot at great cost to the Taxpayer and "**** a Deaf 'un" when Joe public gets upset, denying any responsibility.
2:43pm Sat 2 Nov 13
2far2go says...
3:09pm Sat 2 Nov 13
Garrowby Turnoff says...
They're 90% price weighted these procurement contracts at CoYC you know!
3:20pm Sat 2 Nov 13
Pedro says...
3:43pm Sat 2 Nov 13
YOUWILLDOASISAY says...
Take a look a Falmouth (sessional), 2 million visitors per year approx 1.5% use the park and float.
This is not a public money project, viability and all investment should be private enterprise.
The council role should not extend beyond supporting private investment.
3:56pm Sat 2 Nov 13
CaroleBaines says...
ak7274 wrote:Huh - George Osborne has only worked folding towels in M&S and has a lower class degree than me despite all his public school advantages; but the guy still runs the UK economy! So lets have some perspective.
Mr Alexander did work part time in a camera shop. If that qualifies him to run a multi million pound City, why not let him take control of park and sail?
Oh I forgot, He will outsource the whole lot at great cost to the Taxpayer and "**** a Deaf 'un" when Joe public gets upset, denying any responsibility.
Love the idea of park and sail, but yes, will depend on the economics of it. I guess if it were that easy, it would have been done already.
4:08pm Sat 2 Nov 13
sparkseffect says...
We once had a City run by people who had some idea of the real world, but that was a very long time ago.
6:15pm Sat 2 Nov 13
jimbell says...
7:49pm Sat 2 Nov 13
ak7274 says...
Your statement about Osborne sounds a little like resentment and has nothing to do with perspective. I was posting about the Park and Sail. Not Osborne's obvious failings as chancellor.
7:56pm Sat 2 Nov 13
tizme says...
jimbell wrote:And they'd probably scuttle those , then blame it on the previous shambles!
The only boats that the Labour led City of York Council have any expertise in running are gravy boats.
1:01am Sun 3 Nov 13
Magicman! says...
Take a look at the topography, the river lies in its own little valley with significant walking distance from it to the nearest car parks when it is by the outer ring road (Fulford and Rawcliffe). At Rawcliffe a car park could technically be built right next to the river, but it would need to be on stilts like the car park at Steeton rail station is so that the flood plain is not affected; then you'd have to work out road access from the A1237/A19 junction, making sure it's future-proofed in case the A1237 becomes dual carriageway there and the main road gets realigned. At Fulford, the likely site for a car park beside the river has no access from the A64 or the A19.
So what about using the Designer Outlet and Racwliffe Bar car parks? well, these are quite a way from the likely landing stages for the boats - and if you're going to use a bus to go to and from the car park and the boat the connection has to be absolutely seamless, as it is another change in mode of transport (car+bus+boat, as opposed to the current setup of car+bus) - and you'd still have to find a suitable way of building a link road to the landing stage.
Then there's speed. In average traffic, the bus takes 15-20 minutes from the car park to the city centre; but in AM and PM peak (or in the case of this week along Fulford Road: all day) that time at least doubles - the key reason for this being there are NO bus priority measure where they are most needed, on the final approaches to the city centre (Fishergate and Leeman Road) because they can't be fitted in. Now during the offpeak times out of season the boats are not likely to be any quicker than the buses, especially if you count the time from the moment you board the shuttle bus to the boat landing stage.... but in peak times the boats could have a shot. As an example, earlier this week a bus driver ended his shift at Piccadilly and had to get back to the depot in Fulford, there was a number 35 bus waiting but he walked as the bus was already 45 minutes late in - he got back to the depot and at the same time the bus was only just passing the end of Kent Street because the the traffic was so bad - in that example you could be on a boat rowed by a guy with only 1 arm and you'd still get to the A64 quicker than in a car, but that level of traffic on Fulford Road is typical of the PM peak from 3.30pm (schooldays, 4pm non-schooldays) until gone 6pm and so a boat going at 12 Knots would beat the equivalent Park and Ride bus journey. Heading into the city from Rawcliffe at peak times, the traffic on Leeman Road has for years backed up well beyond the NRM (sometimes as far back as the bridge under the railway line) - and a bus getting to the back of that queue will take 15-20 minutes just to clear that section; and because Lendal bridge is still open at peak times, that traffic queue extends along Museum Street and so the bus is then further delayed, meaning that from Rawcliffe Bar into the city a peak time journey will take at least 40 minutes.... even considering the meanders in the river and a likely change of transport mode at the landing stage, a boat is still likely to beat an inbound bus from Rawcliffe Bar (outbound maybe not, as the queues are shorter and there's a seperate lane for buses at Rawcliffe on the A19).
But then what of the seasons? The current tour boats cease to operate as soon as the river rises a little bit; you cant have a Park and Float scheme that doesn't operate the day after it's rained for more than 3 hours - so the boats would have to be designed like the London Clippers, or the boats that tour the islands of Lake Windermere: low height, in order to still fit under the Scarborough railway bridge at the very least as and when the river level goes up to the point it is lapping against the edge of the footpath.... coming from Fulford, Skeldergate Bridge could always have its lifitng section re-activated so it opens for the boats.... that'd please the motorists on the bridge!!!
10:05am Sun 3 Nov 13
tizme says...
10:47am Sun 3 Nov 13
Madasanibbotson says...
I think Jimmy Alexander would be well suited to Park and Sail, his vast work experience in Jessops (Gone Bust) would create a role for someone to take snapshots of the visitors getting off the boat 20 yards by the Theatre when the river is flooded.
If the plan went ahead we would of course need to keep the Fire Station in its current location to pull the drowning tourists from the river.
11:22am Sun 3 Nov 13
Ousetunes says...
I reckon Park and Submarine, a cable car ride to the top of the Minster and a monorail on the bar walls is what York needs to bring the tourists in.
And of course, closing the A64 between 7am and 7pm.
3:11pm Sun 3 Nov 13
tizme says...
Ousetunes wrote:Oh dear, I hope the council planners don't see the above post.
I don't think this idea is clever enough. I reckon Park and Submarine, a cable car ride to the top of the Minster and a monorail on the bar walls is what York needs to bring the tourists in. And of course, closing the A64 between 7am and 7pm.
4:52pm Sun 3 Nov 13
anistasia says...
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7:15am Tue 5 Nov 13
Kroythrundthru says...
mel_drew wrote:There's the magic word again TOURIST !!!!
The old Park and Sail chestnut, again. Hope the York taxpayers won't mind subsidising it, because it will run at a loss. The people who advocate this idea have no conception of the costs involved in running a passenger vessel, apart from the initial ones of building a landing stage and a road to the river.
At certain times of the year, such a facility would be attractive to some tourists, but I can't imagine that shoppers and, especially, commuters would voluntarily add at least half an hour, probably more, onto their journey time. After all, haven't we spent a fortune on road alterations to speed up the progress of the buses? And at least, they take you more or less where you want to be.
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I used to do cloud paintings with this easy mix yourself puffy paint, but it struck me while reading one of the books below that it would make a great moon surface! It's a perfect space craft for kids. The paint dries puffy and looks like the uneven surface of the moon. All of that though is secondary to how much fun my son had, I was planning on posting this next week but couldn't wait!
- Gather your materials. You will need some strong paper ( I am using craft paper but a cereal box or paper grocery bag would do), shaving cream, white glue, a marker and scissors. My son asked for crayons to color his moon first so I obliged.
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"Night Goes By" by Kate Spohn is a book that explains how the sun goes down and the moon comes out and the cycle continues. The sun , moon and a star are all very cheery and enjoy their lots in life. The star and moon play all night! The book is simple and while I wasn't too into it, my son really liked it. I would suggest it for toddlers and young preschoolers.
" The Moon" by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated by Tracy Campbell Pearson is a beautiful book. The poem was written in the 19th century but my two year old loved it paired with these stunning and warm illustrations of a family's adventures at night. I really am so impressed with how well the words were put to life by the pictures, and my son loved it. It's inspired me to find more classical literature and poetry to share with my son.
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Speculation is that Mega Millions will be bumping up the cost of their tickets to follow the lead of Powerball to $2/ticket. Timing is not known exactly, expect by May of this year at latest.
Will this effect your playing strategies, if at all, now that the playing field will be leveled between Powerball and Mega Millions?
Do you think that with this increase in ticket prices, that Mega Millions will have an advantage over Powerball jackpots?
If you have always played just Mega Millions, how will this effect your future betting?
If you are one of the players that have boycotted Powerball for their price increase, will you now boycott Mega Millions as well?
I personally will continue to play as I always have in the past. Where I have usually picked up two lines on the MM, I will continue to do so.
You had to have seen the writing on the wall; MM wasn't about to just sit idly by when PB doubled its ticket prices. Enjoy the bargain basement prices while they last.
It's probably inevitable but for right now I think the $2 PB or $3PB w/ Powerplay is a marketing test.
I think the news release follow up story on Brad Duke 7 years or so after having won a jackpot was done to stumulate ticket sales.
PB and MM are both run by the MUSL, right? If so, it's just like cities vying for a new NFL franchise - the NFL knows it's going to be a money maker and really doesn't care too much what city gets the franchise.
Persoanlly I'll just play the higher jackpot. I'd liike to think I'd revert to $1 on the Pick 6 state lotery, but most often the 5 + 0 on MM or PB is more tempting than trying to hit the Pick 6.
Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any.
There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
seriosly, if MM was really in competition i would rearrange the prize structure to give $1m 2nd prize for the $1 bet. drop a low tier prize, like matching only PB to pay for it.
imagine that, still only a buck. but as someone said, theyre run by the same crowd aint gonna happen.
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I for one certainly hope that the MM doesn't increase in price, but it does seem very likely. I have always been a bigger fan of MM and if they change, I will probably spend the same money but will get less lines, same as I do for PB.
I heard on the radio yesterday that the Ohio Lottery reported that actual PB ticket sales are down slightly, but the dollar amount is up, which is what they expected.
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I hope not, but like CT said it's probably inevitable. hopefully I will win the Mega this tomorrow before the new price increase.
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It won't effect me in the least as I don't even play it at a buck a game. We have no PB here in Calif. I stick to Fantasy 5 where the odds are still high but not in outer space range like these bigger games.
How's it going with Fantasy 5 lottolaughs? Thanks for weighing in.
It will definitely affect my playing. I won't drop out entirely, but will do just as I've done with PB since the increase - play mostly the state games instead and only play the multi-state game when the cash pot is very high.
Would be surprised if they raise the prices. Ticket sales are still on pace with last year. With the crazy gas prices i would probably play less.
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As with all things in life, and our emerging economy RedStang.......why would you be "surprised" if MM raised their prices?
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Trick or Treat Camping
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A few years ago we discovered trick or treat camping. For those of us in the Northeast, it's a great way to wind down camping season. I mean really, could you ask for a better time, camping and free candy?!?!? My kids are all over that!
Friday night, there's a flurry of activity as those who are so inclined decorate their campers and sites with all sorts of ghosts, goblins and witches, some are scary, some are kid friendly and some just hang a string of pumpkin lights and call it a night (yes, that would be yours truly).
The campground we go to has a pumpkin-carving contest on Saturday afternoon. Then about 3:30 the kids are all lined up for the costume judging, broken down by age. This is fun to go to even if you don't have a costume, just to see all the great costumes the kids and some adults are wearing. After the judging everyone heads back to their sites and the candy dispersing commences!!! People hand out everything from small lollipops to cups filled with pencils, stickers and candy. There are lots of grandparents on hand, smiling at all the little trick or treaters with their shy trick or treat and thank you as they go from site to site. The night ends with a hayride and a haunted house for those who are brave enough (we just enjoyed the hayride, thank you very much)
If you decide to go trick or treat camping there's a few things you should know. Make your reservations early as the last two weekends in October fill up fast. Figure on lots of kids, our site was along the back of the campground, so we didn't get all the kids and handed out about 150 pieces. You can always ask the campground staff on how much candy to figure on. If you run out, it's not the end of the world, so try not to stress about that. Then make sure your not over your GVW on the ride home with all the candy your kids are going to haul in.
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This is the ultra classic of the Wall of Justice. A weird 12a sequence gains the good jugs for the huge roof. Then gain the lip with a tough reachy move on a small hold. Of course the crux of this one is at the end, a crazy mantle move with literally no good hand holds. I highly recommend this route.
9 bolts / permanent biners anchor.
As you pull the lip jug and get the first peek over the lip you'll see a bolt with no hanger and another chopped bolt above that. It appears as though someone moved the bolt line to the right about 3 feet, which makes the line more direct and reduces the drag a little.
Great route. Big jug pulling and hooking with some funky lip topping move thrown in to keep you honest. When in doubt, hike the feet!
Nice picture of Chris Cavallaro below, perfect heel hooking technique. Chris, did you get the redpoint?
There were two quickdraws from someone projecting this route that on my last visit were gone.... I saw two guys leaving (two older foreigners--I could tell by their accents) and went to set up under the route and saw only a bail biner and at the base a big messy chalk spill that was very recent. I sent the route and took the bail biner...if the draws were indeed stolen and if the bail biner is illegit, I would be more than glad to give it back.... Let me know by posting below.
Got on [Slammer] for the first time, [awesome], but rock (good square foot) ripped out pulling over the first roof. Does not [affect] hands much but may affect high feet/heel hook making the first crux move. [Curious,] does this change [route] at all for anybody who has climbed this before?
Haven't been on it recently so I couldn't say, but I know that the heel hook to pull the first roof (after the one pictured below) was pretty crucial, especially keeping my leg closer to me rather than farther.
Excellent route. I liked the limbo action to gain the roof and then the awesome mantle to get to the anchors. As they say in the guidebook, "it's the greatest jug haul in the universe."
The crux I think is pulling the first roof with awkward hands and a tip sinker, and not the juggy mantle to the anchors that had a pretty good but slopey crimper.
Wow, one of the most fun routes I have ever climbed. Perfect jugs through the roof to a tough move past the first lip. The final mantle is insane. When I read the route description I thought that the crux described was turning the first roof by a mantle move, while the first roof is challenging, it is not the mantle described above. The final mantle comes two bolts after turning the first roof and definitely makes one fight to gain the chains.
Love this route, just got on it for the first time the other day. The onsight crux was def. pulling the second mantle, but thankfully you can clip the chains before really committing over the lip... awesome.
Super fun route! Pulling the lip is the hard part...if you get the right beta for the upper mantle, it's really not that hard. Very well-protected, and just tons of fun! Get on it!!
The roof is insanely fun with some improbable foot beta (feet first!). The mantel over the first lip was by far the cruxiest move in the climb and felt much much more difficult than the Great Escape overall. Possibly a height/reach dependent crux?


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Heading up the trail, before you get to the first noticable boulder problem on the left, cut right on a little trail heading down. This is right after you ascend the rock staircase coming up the trail, and 'come around the corner'. You can see the top of the slab from here.
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Took this off my todo list. It's an awesome highball problem with the crux right at the top. But i'm not bold enough to do it..
Great problem...with spicy finish...very rewarding if you don't fall.


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The Beatles first performed "All You Need Is Love" in 1967 as part of an "Our World" global television link, the first of its kind. The song was perfect for the occasion and became a hit. It's got a catchy lyric and the chorus makes for an interesting debate even today.
Is it true that all we really need is love?
Many of us don't feel that way. Many of us have a lot of other things filling our lists of what we need and value the most: self-sufficiency, independence, money, privilege, career advancement, our country, our family, our religion.
Many religions don't see it that way, either. They dote on theological constructs and codes of conduct for their followers. They devise lists of who's in God's favor and who is not. Their do-and-don't lists rarely say much about love and its ramifications.
They love rules instead.
This week marks a year since the nearly incomprehensible school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Gaping holes in families, lives, and the greater community remain, as the question of why such a thing happened still lingers on everyone's lips and in minds.
Looking back for answers sometimes only serves to deepen the wounds, rather than help heal them. The shooter demonstrated serious mental illness. He played violent video games, including one called "School Shooting." He catalogued similar events as they emerged in the news. He holed up in his room, garbage bags on the windows, until his mother helped him buy the gun.
None of this offers us the peace we seek. What we want is an end to such terrible violence, and a relief from the lingering fear that haunts us while we know another incident is only a matter of time. As a parent of two school-age children, I was made painfully aware of the vulnerabilities in their schools as I'd drop them off, sending them, alone, into the building.
For the past three years immigration reform has taken a prominent role in my mind and heart, especially since the Latino college ministry I direct, InterVarsity Latino Fellowship (LaFe), has student members who are undocumented. I have heard stories from our InterVarsity students who have faced insurmountable financial difficulties in paying for college, the fear of being separated from their family members and deep depression and anxiety over the possibility of their own deportation.
It was three years ago at a national Latino Student Conference that I was first confronted with the great sorrow and pain that many of our Latino Dreamer students were carrying. I had one student who had worked very hard to earn an engineering degree but was completely overwhelmed with the sadness that he would not be able to work in his field because he did not have working papers. This young man, who had been a top leader in one of our InterVarsity chapters, had incredible leadership skills, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and great obedience in serving the needs of other students on his campus. He was a model InterVarsity student if there ever were one.
Yet, the sadness, fear and bitterness he expressed to me overwhelmed my own heart and made me realize I had to do more to help these dedicated and gifted students who were living without hope.
Since then I have been arrested for the cause of immigration reform with other committed clergy in New York City. I have raised my voice loudly within my own ministry to make the known the academic and pastoral needs of our own undocumented student members. And now I believe it is time to do deeper spiritual battle through fasting and prayer.
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Over the past six years, I've attempted to be more the latter than the former. The simplicity movement has been growing for years and is challenging our assumption that more is better. Graham Hill, in a provocative little talk on the topic, has pointed out what our big houses, our lots of things, our endless splurging has done.
Today, the average American has three times as much space as 50 years ago. Our insatiable lust for things has birthed a virtual cottage industry of storage space facilities. The modern storage industrial complex brings in some $22 billion a year. We must learn, Hill argues, to edit our possessions down to what matters and what we actually use. Let the rest go. Clear the artery of our clogged lives.
When he was asked how he would like to be remembered, former president Nelson Mandela was very clear: "I would like it to be said that, 'Here lies a man who has done his duty on earth.' That is all."
It so happened that I had dinner on Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg, on the night that he died. At the time I was unaware of his death — like most of South Africa I woke up with the news the next morning. The huge statue in the square and the nearby shop selling memorabilia would probably be the furthest removed from how Madiba himself would like to be remembered, but I suppose he realized that this was inevitable for someone who had become a global icon of freedom and justice.
In the famous Rivonia trial where he received a life sentence for his role in fighting the apartheid system, he said the following of democracy: "It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."


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Cartagena lives with and from the sea. The city is built on islands and peninsulas, almost surrounded by waters.
Considering that the water is The Caribbean, that's not too bad at all. Taking a bath is pleasant, and the shrimp dish called ceviche is more than delicious.
I stayed at a cheap hotel in Bocagrande, a part of the city located at a narrow peninsula some five taxi minutes away from the old town. This modern part of the city consists of villa suburbs, apartments, and numerous hotels, fancy and un-fancy shops as well as restaurants.
The beach is quite ok, but if you want a real Caribbean treat you need to go by boat to the archipelago of small coral islands called Islas del Rosario.
New projects are underways in Bocagrande. Climat change and ascending water levels may be a threat, but if you can live with the risk, you may wanna buy an apartment in a skyscraper with Caribbean panorama.


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Posted Oct 30, '09 at 8:49am
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I worked on this game for quite some time. Probably a good 20-30 days of work on it. This is my first ever large scale game and has a functioning high score system by rankz.armorbot.
I didn't perfect everything yet but I am working on it so criticism is welcome. I am more worried right now about coding problems and glitches than making the jumping and collision detection perfect.
The game can be found here: [url=http://3dmitchell.com/super/]
Please try and go for the high score, the third level is not completed yet so if you make it that far you did an amazing job and you get a nice level preview.
I also used a template from flashvillage.com to create a little movie about the making of the flash game and what goes into creating something like this.
The movie explaining the making of the game can be found here: [url=http://3dmitchell.com/makingsupermitch.php]
The updated high scores can be found here: [url=http://rankz.armorbot.com/supermitchio/]
If you get to check it out, let me know what you think.
Posted Oct 30, '09 at 8:57am
BB code for links fixed in this post.
The game can be found here: Super Mitchio
The movie explaining the making of the game can be found here: Making of Super Mitchio
The updated high scores can be found here: Updated High Scores
I had double posted this thread, moderator please delete the other one.
Posted Nov 6, '09 at 3:06am
rytherix, This was my first real game as I don't make games, I make websites in flash.
After using the tutorial from kirupa.com for the game engine I coded everything else from scratch except for the high score system. The thread is named "BIG PROJECT" because I spent a lot of time coding the game from scratch after using the initial engine. The game features many things that are left out on early stages of development for other peoples games and that is why I felt it was appropriate to name it "BIG PROJECT".
This game is not complete at all. It is still in a work in progress and my first experience coding a flash game.
Posted Nov 6, '09 at 9:41pm
275 posts
not good sorry but really music could use some work graphics are bad but i guess it could pass gameplay is a bit bad(what is my goal?) down to shoot is a bit hard 6/10
Posted Nov 14, '09 at 9:00am
48 posts
Not realy good: This is not your idea - 3 The graphics are not yours - 3 The music is not yours - 1 Mario looks a bit worser - 1 Atleast you tried - + 2 and total is: 4/10
Posted Nov 16, '09 at 6:25am
Why is it not my idea? Last I remembered you jump on enemies in Super Mario, which is not the game I designed.
The graphics were photoshopped by me, they are not original but I put the work into them.
Most people don't use original music in a flash game that is just a learning project. I am not a sound engineer.
Mario isn't supposed to look better..... Who ever said that?
Please be more constructive in the comments. It is obvious when someone comments on the game and they show they do not know how to program in flash.
And if you don't make it to the second level in my game, please don't even leave a comment because you obviously did not check the game out.
Posted Nov 21, '09 at 6:01am
71 posts
howabout this, your game is a good start! but far from good
Posted Nov 21, '09 at 6:37am
1,114 posts
I acctully loved the game, i gives it a 8 outs a ten.
And id like to see you guys make a flash T_T
Posted Nov 22, '09 at 8:29am
rytherix, sounds good. I can't appease everyone.
jaza, thanks a lot!! Yeah, it isn't easy to make a game with some depth.
Posted Nov 22, '09 at 11:56am
607 posts
i liked it allot but my only problem was that i couldnt really find out what the point of the game is in the first level. was i supposed to go left was i supposed to go right i was a little confused but all in all a great start to a flash game. i would give it a 8/10 great job!
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It's been two years since Kristian Matsson released his sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, and subsequent EP, Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird, under his moniker, The Tallest Man On Earth. In the interim, fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from the Swedish folk master.
With the release of There's No Leaving Now, the wait is finally over. And boy, was the wait worth it. Though it didn't seem possible, Matsson has taken his art of narrative songwriting even further. The 10-track album is his most simple and gentle to date. Where The Wild Hunt featured experimental composition (read: more than just the singer-songwriter and his guitar), the instrumentation in this release is sparse, focusing more on Mattson's intricate guitar riffs and masterful acoustic strumming.
It may sound like the young musician has digressed between his second and third release on first listen, Leaving does contain a first for Matsson. This project marks his maiden voyage in multi-tracking, adding woodwinds, percussion and additional fingerpicking tracks to his songs. This addition gives his tracks a fuller, complex sound that sends chills down your spine while accompanied by his pleasantly raspy, Dylan-esque voice.
The album opens with one of its strongest songs. "Just Grow Away," features a rambling piano track twisting through feverish guitar picking and Matsson's pipes straining passionately as he belts, "Like a rain to help a river / But a river is so hard to please / But I've grown to see the diamond / Thrown in just for me." But Leaving's shining moment is its single, "1904." Aside from being a well-structured folk song, it is filled with pop sensibility. Though Matsson sings of mortality, the song is catchy and infectious. The way he delivers such charming, picturesque narratives in his lyrics is a quality (among others) that sets him far apart from fellow singer-songwriters.
Though many critics might say that this album is too tame, it is the work of someone more comfortable in his own skin. Now married to fellow Swedish singer-songwriter Amanda Bergman (Idiot Wind), Matsson's life is more domesticated and relaxed, and this record reflects that new chapter. Yes, it would have been nice to see some of that disjointed, raw, raggedness that encompassed The Wild Hunt in Leaving, but this release shows growth and maturation, and there's something to be said for that. Mattson has planted his roots, and it will be exciting to watch him continue to grow.


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St. Joe's now sits at 11-4 on the season, after finding a way to win on the road at Duquesne University last night, taking an 84-82 decision in overtime.
Milestone for Martelli as St. Joe's Defeats Coppin State, 81-72
CJ Aiken scored 20 points as Saint Joseph's University defeated Coppin State on Wednesday night, tying coach Phil Martelli for the most victories in school history.
Basketball: St. Joe's Opens Season at Western Kentucky Tonight
The 2011-2012 college basketball season gets underway tonight for St. Joe's, as the Hawks travel down to Western Kentucky to run with the Hilltoppers.