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It is never easy picking the right colors for your house plan, as there is so much to do and consider when choosing the right colors for your house. It is one of the few times when too many choices are just as bad (if not worse then) too few choices. It's these mind numbing options that can really make you go mental when you are deciding what to do with your house plan. However, here is a list of things to consider when changing the colors in your house plan, which will (hopefully) help you in picking the right colors for your home without growing a mental illness.
Continuity is the main concern when you are picking colors with each room holding a different purpose to the next it is hard to know what color you should pick. However, one other thing to keep in mind is the color or colors you are choosing will they work. Things such as contrast in colors from one room to the next are very important to consider when choosing colors. As you do not want to walk from one room into the other and get a color that does not have any common tone with the rest of the house. It is important to know what you want to do in terms of basic color tone and design. As you want the rooms to have, a cohesive tone that remains unique from one room to another yet blends in with the overall color tone/setting of the house plan. It is always a good idea to use the room nearest to the room you are choosing a color for and think about a light or darker shade of the same color in the room in consideration. For rooms that you want to have their own standalone appeal it is always a good idea to use the color of the dominant colors in use in the room. Things such as the upholstery can really bring a great level of life into a room. Therefore, it is worth considering using the main color of the room's pieces as the inspiration for the color.
Another thing to consider when choosing the right colors for your home plan is the colors you are most comfortable with. It is important to use colors in your house that you will be able to live with every day. There is no need for you to spend time considering colors that you cannot live with in the long run. I good way to understand what kind of colors appeal to you is to use your closet as a way of finding out colors that appeal to you. If you wear many blacks, whites etc. then you can see for yourself that sober/neutral colors are best for you. If your more of a rebellious person and has a great variety of bold and strong colors then you might want to consider bright colors to decorate your walls. Especially if you are the type to have colourful items in your house such as but not limited to art, sofas, tables, ornaments etc. However, what if you are the adventurous type and want to move out of your comfort zone of colors? In addition, this seems like your chance but I would highly recommend that you start small do not go from creamy walls to red ones. As you might like it in the start but after a month or two you will end up regretting it. Therefore, although I praise your effort in trying something new I do not make drastic changes instead use subtle colors that will saturate with your wall.
Next on our list is to keep in mind when changing the color of your house plan is the level of light that comes in to the rooms. When choosing the perfect color for your home its essential you choose a color that can take the light intensity of the room. As there is no point coloring a room a dark color such as a very saturated shade of brown in a room that doesn't get much light. As it may seem a good idea but ultimately the room will feel very dark and small because of the color you have chosen. Colors also play a big role in moods this is especially true in bright and dark colors the rule of thumb is as follows. Dark colors tend to make rooms appear smaller than they are whilst light colors tend to make rooms seem larger. This is because dark colors absorb light and light colors reflect light, which In turn makes the room seem bigger or smaller. Another thing to note is that warm colors such as orange, red and yellow tend to give a small yet cosy feeling to the room. Cool colors such as blues and greens give a cooler and calmer appeal and personality to the room. Which is why it is important to give small rooms brighter and light colors. Alternatively, if you want you can use two colors with the wall, which gets the most light being a cooler shade thus letting it reflect more light.
Lastly the most important question to keep in mind when considering any color for any room is what you want to do in the room. Do you want relax and take a break in the room? Do you want to study and concentrate? On the other hand, do you want a theme-based room? This can be a tough question and the best way to tackle it is by creating a list of what kind of room you want and add things that you want the room to feel like. Also try and visualise the kind of things you would want to place in the room things such as furniture are a great help in visualising the use of a room. As you might want a room that is modern, rustic, eccentric or historic you can visualise the kind of things you would put in said room. Things such as lamps, drapes etc. and this will help you greatly in getting the right color, as it will help you feel the right setting of shade for the room.
I hope these tips help you with picking the right color plan for your home as they did for me. Overall, I would like to remind you when picking the color of a room it is important to consider what function painting the room will bring. Will painting the room help it seem light and airy? Alternatively, will it breathe new life into the room giving it a fresh new look? On the other hand, maybe it will visually make the walls look closer or further away. Whatever your reason choosing the right paint and using it affectively will get you your job done. As well as having, a goal will help narrow the colors to pick from and thus cause less of a hassle.
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Appraisal industry experts have posited that real estate markets rebound much faster in areas where state law permits foreclosures to proceed quickly. Allowing homes with defaulted loans to move into new owners' hands quickly prevents them from being tied up in court procedures for years, which negatively affects values of neighboring properties and the overall health of the housing market.
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—> Delays are most pronounced in judicial states, where post-default proceedings can stall foreclosure completions for two to three years or even longer.
—> The fastest-rebounding markets, comprised of strong sales, price increases and low inventories of unsold houses, were located in so-called nonjudicial states, where foreclosures can proceed without the intervention of courts.
—> Home-price recoveries are hindered when lenders are prevented from recovering and reselling the units to buyers due to legal limbo. Also, investors and other buyers can't swoop in and return them to residential use rapidly.
—> Since California is a nonjudicial state, some of the best-performing market areas were Los Angeles and San Diego. In California, foreclosures now account for just 10 percent of all sales, while in slow-moving judicial states, 25 to 50 percent of sales are foreclosures.
—> The worst performers were judicial states. Specifically, Florida markets such as Tampa and Fort Myers, as well as parts of Illinois and Wisconsin.
Research reveals nonjudicial states bottomed out sooner than judicial states, and have seen greater appreciation since the bottom (typically 50 to 80 percent compared with just 10 to 45 percent for judicial states). Read the full story…
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White House Representative Speaks on Housing Finance Reform
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Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council for the White House, recently discussed the president's four major principles for housing finance reform at an industry symposium. Sperling emphasized maintaining widespread access to the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, and enhancing the role of private capital in the market. Read the full story…
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The Commerce Department is reporting that sales of newly built single-family houses rose 25.4 percent from September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 444,000. Sales are up 21.6 percent in comparison to October 2012. Read the full story…
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency has announced that the 2014 maximum loan limit for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will remain at $417,000 for one-unit properties in most areas of the country. There is a cap of $625,500 in high-cost areas. Read the full story…
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Due to the Senate's elimination of the filibuster for presidential nominations, many experts believe Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) finally will be as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and with that change in leadership, there could be immediate major housing finance reform that provides greater access to the conventional housing finance market for a variety of buyers. Read the full story…
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The latest building permit numbers indicate there were 387,000 authorizations for new multifamily units in October, which is an increase from the past two months. However, experts argue the number is too low and that equity financing for apartment projects is not growing. Read the full story…
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—> According to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®' (C.A.R.), California pending home sales rose in October, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) climbing 2.5 percent in October to 109.3, up from 106.7 in September, based on signed contracts. The monthly increase was considerably greater than the average September-to-October change of 0.7 percent over the past five years.
—> The share of equity sales – or non-distressed property sales – dipped slightly in October, but still made up more than eight in 10 sales, marking the fourth straight month that equity sales have been more than 80 percent of total sales.
—> Housing inventory levels tightened slightly for the first time in five months but were still extremely low. The Unsold Inventory Index for equity sales dipped from 3.5 months in September to 3.4 months in October.
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On July 7th Europe Championship Women Division C for small countries which took place in Gibraltar.On 02/07/13 the Cyprus team swept victory over Monaco 79-36. On 04/07/13 the adrenaline continued as they beat Wales 74-24. Gibraltar was unable to tackle the Cyprus team on 06/07/13 as they lost to Cyprus 62-22. The final match was on 07/07/13 against Scotland, but once again Cyprus proved to be a formidable opponent as they took the win 67-40.Cyprus took the well-deserved first place as the unstoppable team that finished undefeated and was proud to bring home the Gold!After returning home, some members of the team visited Fasouri Waterpark on July 12, where they relaxed and enjoyed a day of summer fun in the sun. 2013 the Cyprus Women's National Basketball Team (U16) seized the Gold Medal at the FIBA
The Fasouri Watermania Waterpark supporting the slogan 'Only Love Can' participated on the 19th, 20th and the 21st of October in events of Radiomarathon 2012 crating delicious mini donuts and offering net proceeds to support the work of Radiomarathon.This summer Fasouri Waterpark supported further through the organized event by Active Limassol and the Association 'Children Smile', through recycling cans for the Organization 'Cans for Kids, strengthen the Christodoula March and also on the weekends with the slogan 'Let's Get Fit' urged visitors to incorporate it into their lives exercising and promoting public health through free seminars of zoumba, dance and gymnastics.
Jimbo, Fasouri's favorite mascot, joined Facebook and invites you all to become a member and take advantage of our very special offers and other privileges.Let's share our most memorable experiences during our visit to the biggest SPLASH on the island!Refresh yourself! Shout! Swirl! Plunge! Enjoy! Laugh! Share!Dare the biggest SPLASH on the island and let us relive your experience! We look forward to receive your comments, your messages, photos and videos from exciting moments you had at the Waterpark!Join facebook.com/FasouriWaterpark, press LIKE and become the first to find out of our amazing offers you can enjoy exclusively by becoming a member of our Facebook friends.For more information, call at 25 714 235 or better yet find us on Facebook so we can all 'share' your most thrilling plunges!Join Fasouri Waterpark's Club, and take part in our draw where you get the chance to win one of the 5 double invitations give out every week.
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Tickle and giggle away at Fasouri Waterpark while you indulge your feet into the NEW Fish Spa! Fasouri Waterpark has joined forces with Garra Fish Spa in the UK and introduced the largest communal fish spa on the island in August offering its guests a fun and relaxing way to enjoy a foot massage with a tickling twist. This new service to the waterpark's wide family entertainment offering, uses toothless Garra Ruffa fish to safely and gently exfoliate the feet. 'How does this work?' you may wonder… As a first step, you submerge your feet into a warm pool of water filled with tiny Garra Rufa fish. After your feet are soaked our fish gently suck the dead skin from the outer layer of your feet to exfoliate hard and dry skin. This ticklish experience is a pure bliss..! What's more, the fish's silvery fins caress and stimulate the tiny pressure points on the base of the foot – boosting circulation and helping to relax and uplift the whole body.So…. pamper those tired and worn out fish at Fasouri's Fish Spa and let our fish give you a treat!The Fish Spa is located at the meeting point location by the entrance of Fasouri Waterpark and bears a €5 cost for a 10-minute treatment. Suitable for adults and children alike, these treatments can be carried out on hands and feet, very similar to a manicure and pedicure experience while a full body experience is also available by appointment.
The children's favorite cartoon characters, SpongeBob Square Pants and his best friend Patrick the Starfish, were at the Fasouri Watermania Waterpark on Sunday, June 19th. Bob and Patrick met with their young fans, took photos with them, danced, played games and shared gifts. Enjoy our photo gallery and visit us for more exciting events.
Fasouri Watermania Waterpark invites you to get your boogie on and join us with the Choice FM Radio DJs who will be playing live the most popular tunes of this summer season.
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In June, the Fasouri Watermania website unveiled its refreshed NEW look to the public! www.fasouri-watermania.com has been revamped to better showcase the stunning offering of this award-winning waterpark inviting people to plunge into an experience of a lifetime!
Easier navigation, an interactive approach and a fresh user-friendly experience is just a sample of what the menu entails!
Fasouri fans can now stay up to speed with the latest news and offerings while surfing through an amusing and revived interactive site.
So, do yourself a favor this summer and plunge into a world of delights, adventure and fun!
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As with many murder-suicides, the gunman in the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting took to his grave the reasons that compelled him to kill more than two dozen people before taking his own life in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
But those who knew the shooter struggled to reconcile the difference between the quiet, withdrawn 20-year-old without a criminal record and the man who wore black fatigues and a military vest and brought death to Sandy Hook Elementary School Friday.
Police say the shooter, Adam Lanza, killed his mother, Nancy, in their home before walking into the school and fatally shooting 26 more people -- 20 of them children no older than 7.
The rampage ended when Lanza apparently took his own life in a classroom. With him were three firearms: a semiautomatic .223-caliber rifle made by Bushmaster and two handguns, a Glock and a Sig Sauer.
Connecticut law requires gun owners to be at least 21. The guns, authorities said, belonged to his mother.
Police have yet to disclose whether they know a motive for the attack, which has left those who knew Lanza trying to discern whether anything in his past could have foreshadowed the present.
"He was a shy kid, quiet," said Alan Diaz who knew Lanza several years ago. "He would sometimes stand in the corner. We knew he was socially awkward and we just accepted it. But he was never threatening."
Diaz told CNN that he tried many times to to talk to Lanza to "try to include him."
'Definitely the challenge of the family'
Lanza moved to Connecticut from Kingston, New Hampshire, with his parents and older brother Ryan, according to a booklet for Newtown's Bennetts Farm neighborhood.
He enjoyed soccer, skateboarding and video games, the publication said.
In September 2009, when Lanza was 17, his mother and father divorced, court documents show.
What happened in the young man's life after that isn't clear, except that he continued to live in Newtown.
His father, Peter Lanza, remarried and moved to an area not far from the town, an official said.
Peter Lanza was questioned by authorities after the shooting, as was Adam Lanza's 24-year-old brother, Ryan.
Authorities have offered few details about Adam Lanza. He had no known criminal record, a law enforcement official said.
One of Lanza's aunts, Marsha, described him as a "quiet, nice kid" who had issues with learning, she said. Her husband is Lanza's paternal uncle.
"He was definitely the challenge of the family in that house. Every family has one," she told CNN affiliate WLS. "They have one. I have one. But never in trouble with the law, never in trouble with anything."
She said Lanza's mother "battled" with the school board and had to home-school her son.
"She had issues with school," said the aunt, who lives in Crystal Lake, Illinois. "I'm not 100% certain if it was behavior or learning disabilities, but he was a very, very bright boy. He was smart."
A 'genius'
Alex Israel was in the same class at Newtown High School with Lanza and lived a few houses down from him.
"You could definitely tell he was a genius," Israel told CNN, adding she hadn't talked with him since middle school. "He was really quiet, he kept to himself."
Alan Diaz said he was in the Technology Club with Lanza at Newtown High School. The group broadcast sports and other school events at school, and worked on computers.
Because Diaz was one of the few students at school who talked to Lanza, Diaz said, he thought Adam probably considered him a friend.
"Eventually he started opening up more to us on the tech team, telling us jokes even," Diaz recalled.
"I never would have thought he was capable of something like this," he said. "I once wondered that if he became isolated he might hurt himself, but never another person."
Diaz recalled that Lanza loved to wear khakis with a belt and green plaid shirt.
"He had a briefcase, really a laptop bag all the time," Diaz recalled. "He was smart. I would call him a genius."
Lanza took honors classes and once taught other students how to build a computer.
"He was really into it and very good at that class," Diaz said.
Diaz ran into Nancy Lanza, Adam's mother, not too long ago, he said.
"When I talked to Nancy that time, about how he was doing, she said he's been going to the (gun) range a lot recently," Diaz said. "That he'd taken that up as a hobby."
As a 13-year-old, Lanza would occasionally ride the bus to school, often sitting in the back, usually alone, said his former bus driver.
"He didn't sit with the other kids and didn't seem to have any friends," said Marsha Moskowitz, 52, who said she drove Lanza to school for three years.
"He was quiet, a very shy and reserved kid," she said, noting that Lanza was one of the older kids on the bus and did little to interact with the others. "No 13-year-old wants to ride the bus to school. It's kind of embarrassing for them."
The shooter's mother was also a quiet woman, said Moskowitz, though she admits she had limited interactions with her.
A 'polite' mother
"I didn't know (Nancy) as well as the other parents, but she was always very polite," said Moskowitz, who said she's been devastated by the news.
A relative told investigators that Lanza had a form of autism, according to a law enforcement official, who spoke under condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the investigation.


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Steve Rubel pointed out the joys of FeedRaider a couple of days ago, and it is well worth taking a look.
Ideal for those new to RSS, Feedraider allows you to create bespoke pages by adding RSS feeds and works a little like popurls, only you define where the content comes from.
If you want to set up a web-based RSS aggregator then it really couldn't be simpler. It is also perfect for sharing news sources with friends and colleagues.
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Last Friday I wrote a post called "Are inbound links the best way to measure a blog's influence?", where I challenged a study published by Edelman and Technorati.
That study ranked the top blogs in the UK by influence, but rankings were determined solely by links from other blogs. My big issue is that the quantity of links doesn't tell you very much, not when many blogs listed in Technorati are spam blogs.
In any case, I don't believe that PR professionals or media planners would subscribe to this link-based methodology to measure influence (or very much else for that matter).
So I promised a closer look at the top blogs in the UK, ranked by a more suitable metrics: unique users and page impressions.
After the jump, the results...
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Social networking outfit Bebo has recruited MSN's regional sales boss Mark Charkin to help launch its much-awaited ad strategy.
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Let's face it shall we - no one creates something and then gives it away for free, expecting no return...
I mean, as much as we'd like to do stuff and give it away for free, in the interests of making the world a better place, the unfortunate reality is that we all have to earn our crust somehow, and if we throw our eggs into the user generated content basket, then you have to ask what the hell your revenue model is going to be?
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An article in the FT this week attempted to cast some light on the most influential blogs in the UK and Europe, though the methodology used to calculate the blog rankings leaves a little to be desired.
The piece was based on a study conducted by blog search engine Technorati and Edelman, the PR firm, but instead of using traditional metrics such as reach and audience share, it used the number of inbound links to determine a blog's 'influence'.
So what's wrong with that?
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From what I've been hearing, there's been a slow run on banks, like Bank of America, for months now. The media, for obvious reasons, just isn't reporting it.
S&P are the same jackasses what triple AAAed all those derivative packages.... Pot kettle black.
people thought the same thing when the u.s. got downgraded as a country (remember that?) since then, i've learned to hold my breath when it comes to this stuff being the end (or beginning of the end)....
i dont have any money left after the last few 'there is gonna be a bank run' announcements. fool me twice who dont get fooled again!
Rager Wrote: (11-30-2011 11:19 AM)people thought the same thing when the u.s. got downgraded as a country (remember that?) since then, i've learned to hold my breath when it comes to this stuff being the end (or beginning of the end).... Have you ever tried holding your breath for 9 minutes? If so, that would explain a lot.
"NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its credit ratings for many of the world's largest financial institutions, including the biggest banks in the U.S. Bank of America Corp. and its main subsidiaries are among the institutions whose ratings fell at least one notch Tuesday, along with Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo & Co. S&P said the changes in 37 financial companies' ratings reflect the firm's new criteria for banks" http://news.yahoo.com/p-downgrades-top-u...21310.html So what does this mean to you? Well the banks who own you have just been dowgraded so they wont be able to borrow money as cheaply to float the interest on the bill they raked up on your credit card. What happens when you cant pay your credit card? You guessed it you get cut off then they send you nasty letters then the repo men move in take your stuff and stick you in debtor prison as a slave. Just look at how its working out in Greece. So if your sitting on cash get out same with land and gold unless its out of the reach of the repo men/government. ps you got maybe day weeks a month or three but dont hold any hope for a year or more.


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Webster voters make special town meeting a unanimous success
Bay Path funding approved
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Bay Path appropriation and water quality control were the big issues voted on during the Webster Special Town Meeting on Monday, February 25 in the Bartlett School Auditorium. Twenty-seven of the twenty-eight articles on the warrant all passed unanimously. Article 27 was passed over for review.
Article 2 was for town approval of the authorization of Bay Path's $73,722,405 for expansions and renovations to the school. This would expand the useful life of the school for at least fifty more years. The cost to the average taxpayer in Webster would be a high of $33.00 per year with an average of $25.00 per year for thirty years. Finance Committee Michael Finemore wanted to clarify that this vote was for the appropriation portion of the project. The debt exclusion vote, which will secure the funding, will be held on March 11. The article passed unanimously.
Article 25 was a recommendation for the transfer of excess borrowed funds from capital projects to help fund the mandatory upgrades to the corrosion control systems at various water pump stations. The total amount of $290,000 is to come from six other projects that have balances of excess funds available for transfer authorized under MGL Chapter 44, subsection 20.
Other articles concerned transferring $25,000 from the Civil War Monument Restoration Account and the transfer of $115,000 from Free Cash to the Stabilization Fund, a vote to rescind the authorization of unissued debt in the amount of $48,607 as approved at the May 9, 2011, Town Meeting. The Webster Police received a federally funded COPS Secure Our Schools grant in the amount of $48,627 requiring the town treasurer to require a sum of $49,148 for the project instead of the original $97,755.
A revolving fund was established for use and maintenance of the town hall auditorium. The town also voted to raise, appropriate or transfer $18,000 for expenses in regard to the three elections taking place on March 11, 2013, April 30, 2013 and June 25, 2013. Also, the town voted to spend $4,500 for a new voting machine.
$100,000 was approved for the improvements on the Waste Water Treatment Facility sludge landfill. $365,000 to be borrowed was authorized for the replacement of forty Scott Air-Paks for fire department personnel. The current equipment is fifteen years old and has reached the mandatory replacement threshhold.
A transfer from Free Cash of $41,208 to the DPW Electricity Account in regard to the reactivation of all streetlights was also approved.
$38,500 from Water Retained Earnings went to pay for the first Rawson Road water main break.
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R.I.P Mark Manning
You were a HUGE impact on my life! I'll miss you buddy!
Yesterday, March 29, 2012 we lost a local tennis hero, former USTA NorCal Board Member, Diversity Committee Chair, Junior Council Chair and tireless tennis advocate. Mark Manning served the Northern California tennis community and the youth in the East Oakland area for over three decades. He was the first African American to be elected as President of the Board of USTA Northern California Section and the first African American to be elected to that position from all of the 17 sections. He was a true trailblazer.
A former City of Oakland fireman, Mark ran the Elmhurst Youth Tennis Center and spent numerous years devoting his time to positively impacting young people through the vehicle of tennis. Many USTA NorCal Diversity Scholarship recipients have credited Mark for their success on the court and int he classroom.
Mark was also a member of the Oakland City Tennis Advisory Committee, a group of tennis enthusiasts devoted to improving tennis facilities and programs within the city of Oakland. . He was an active member and chairperson of the USTA NorCal Multicultural Participation Committee (now called the Diversity Committee). For many years, Mark was a member of and chair of the USTA NorCal Junior Council.
A recipient of many USTA national, section and community awards, Mark was honored in 1992 by USTA NorCal with the Service to Tennis Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the game of tennis over a period of many years and is considered one of USTA NorCal's highest honors. The USTA honored Mark in 1994 with an award for his contributions to developing tennis through community programs. Mark received the USTA NorCal Diversity Leadership award in 2002 for outstanding coaching, mentoring and leadership in the multicultural tennis community.
Throughout his career he championed the cause of providing accessibility to under served individuals, who otherwise would never consider tennis as a sport of choice. Junior tennis players knew Mark best as the tournament director at the USTA sanctioned Oakland Open held at Laney College. He was very proud of charging the lowest entry fee and providing biggest trophies.
His work in the community has impacted the lives of many young men and women. Mark offered his services at no cost. "Everything I have done has just been in a couple of blocks on 98th Avenue in East Oakland," he said, sitting in his office, before picking up a van full of kids. "Now I get the kids in the tennis program involved here. They do their homework on the computers, and learn a job in the warehouse in back. Then I hire them. And I pay them good."
Mark's work is an example of what one individual's passion and civic pride can do to help guide youth onto the path of success and ultimately impact their community in positive, productive ways.
USTA NorCal Board President, Michael Cooke: "Mark was an outspoken advocate for the kids he worked with in the City of Oakland. You would always hear Mark saying 'Let's do this for the kids'. His rugged determination towards leading inner city youth into tennis as their 'Sport of Opportunity' helped many stay in school, complete high school and go on to college. The City of Oakland and the USTA NorCal Section has lost another champion. Mark will truly be missed."
Steve Leube, USTA NorCal Executive Director has known Mark for over 20 years, "Yesterday we lost a man who was a pioneer and true advocate of youth tennis in NorCal! Through Mark Manning's relentless drive to bring tennis to disadvantage kids, he showed how they could positively impact their lives. Mark's generosity, energy and passion for the game became the voice of tennis for those that would otherwise not be part of the game of tennis. Mark was a friend, educator and mentor and we have lost a man who inspired people to achieve greatness through the game of tennis!"
USTA NorCal Diversity and Outreach Specialist, Silvia Duenas-
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Wine Country Insider - December 2, 2011
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Morgen McLaughlin
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We continue to usher in the holiday season in
Finger Lakes Wine Country
this weekend with many exciting events. Both the Seneca Lake Wine Trail and the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail are hosting their second weekends of holiday festivities, Corning lights up with a beloved annual event, and two of our museums offer free admission.
The Seneca Lake Wine Trail welcomes ticket holders to Deck the Halls and Cayuga Lake Wine Trail is hosting the Holiday Shopping Spree. These annual wine trail events both feature wine, food, and plenty of holiday cheer. Tickets may still be available for the Holiday Shopping Spree. Visit
for details.
Deck the Halls is sold out, but you can still take advantage of all the excitement on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail this winter with the Polar Passport. The Polar Passport offers complimentary tasting at participating wineries along the trail. Details can be found at
The Crystal City Christmas celebrations are in full swing and tomorrow is the popular event, Sparkle. Sparkle is a street fair filled with twinkling lights, hot chocolate, plenty of festive entertainment, and every example of why this is in fact the most wonderful time of the year! Sparkle is free to attend and is not to be missed! More can be found at
While Sparkle is an evening celebration, during the day you are urged to attend the Holiday Open House at The Corning Museum of Glass. The museum is offering free admission, activities for the kids, and of course, an opportunity to see the 14 foot glass ornament tree - and do some great holiday shopping in the Glass Market. More information can be found at
Across the Chemung River, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art is hosting a Jewelry Trunk Show and sale as well as having their Treasures Under the Tree, Holiday Toy Exhibit, on display. On Sundays throughout the winter month, the Rockwell Museum of Western Art offers free admission. More information can be found at
This is just a taste of all the holiday fun taking place in the region this weekend. For a full listing of events, things to do, places to eat, and where to stay, visit
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UNC offers global opportunities for Gillings School students |
June 25, 2013 | |
Thirteen students from Gillings School of Global Public Health have been awarded financial support to work and study abroad, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced.
UNC's Center for Global Initiatives presented eight of the awards, which were funded through private gifts to the UNC Global Education Fund and the University.
"These real-life engagement experiences are pivotal for students in our increasingly global world," said Niklaus Steiner, director of the Center for Global Initiatives. "Completing a global internship, research or study experience internationally gives our students significant advantages in the post-graduation job market."
Among Gillings School students to receive study-abroad awards were:
"We are grateful for the private support that makes these opportunities available to Carolina undergraduates," said Bob Miles, associate dean for study abroad. "Their support provides life-changing experiences for students, helping them become more globally aware."
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HowieSPM said:I love shredding Marketing Spin: Old Spice: Where did those Impressions come from for Old Spice? TV commercials? And the fact is 50% of the you tube video views were from the Ad Industry and very few people outside the Ad Industry (meaning the real target of the campaign) still have no idea there was a Twitter/YouTube event! The Importance of Social Spread: What a stupid chart! How was it included? of course 28% watched a video from a friends recommendation and 17% read an article. Doesn't this prove social failure? I mean ONLY those numbers after 5 years of networks sharing links and information? I mean in 5 years only that % will admit to even once (note they did not give volume or time line) they watched or read something shared? This is a huge fat social failure the myth of sharing and viral. Opportunities to Deliver Connected Advertising: Really? Like we can't already visit your brand's website at will and yet we don't. So a 'Better Ad' is going to change this? Who is smoking the ganja?on the post: The Social Practice "12 trends from Cannes 2011"
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HowieSPM said:I love this! I will plan to plan to make it if my speed raft can get by the Somali Pirates in time to attend.
HowieSPM said:I have a yard they can clean tooon the post: Visual pun of the week: Hoovering Art Directors
HowieSPM said:Wow Åsk! I have so much to say here. First off anyone who is part of an oppressed or persecuted group who gets offended some other group uses what works for them to help others to me is bigoted in itself. As I have seen here in the US almost every oppressed or persecuted group is bigoted themselves to another group (in general) to make themselves feel better. Which is really jacked up. Plenty of Blacks and Jews in the US are Bigots to various degrees. I have not specifically observed the LGBT's do this but I have seen them do 'shock value' actions of the in your face type to uptight straights on occasion. But then I don't blame them because I have done plenty of shock value activities myself to loosen up vanilla people with sticks up their butts. So it doesn't surprise me to see a reaction of 'its mine you stole it'. But it's not theirs! Its the people who created it not the LGBT community's property. I think all the campaigns to talk about things normally brushed under the rug while people suffer in private help. The one thing I think that could of been done is if the Swedish group had reached out to the It Gets Better creators, explained what they were doing and wanted their blessing. Not that they couldn't do it anyway so that would be respectful. Shouldn't the Catholic Church have done something like this for their abuse victims?
HowieSPM said:This was on the Dorito's Fan Page today. I see them on many brand pages. I wrote Frito-Lay about this once and they sent me back a dumb form letter saying they have an Agency to to advise them. I was like really? Well you have 30 porn links on the first 3 pages of your fan page.
HowieSPM said:LOL No shit!!!! BTW rumor is that Facebook wants to hire Obama's ex-Press Secretary to get ready for a 2012 IPO. The good news is when they IPO they can not lie about data anymore and cherry pick what they choose to reveal. They have to expose everything because the public will be investing. I estimated that if 10 of the 67 million US accounts that log in today spend 8 hours on the website. The other 57 million average only 3 mins on the website. Wouldn't marketers like to know that?
HowieSPM said:Save posts like this. In 5 years when Facebook is like Myspace we will think how cute the uproar was. But in all fairness the content could be hosted off Facebook on a website and not have anyone say a thing. And if Facebook is concerned about porn they should try to erase the 10 million spam accounts that post porn links to any Brand Page aimed at 13 to 25 year old males. And trust me. There are tons of such links being posted every day from Spam accounts.
HowieSPM said:The offending company HBGary has two twitter accounts. They need to lose all federal contracts in my opinion. Also shows how dumb the CIA is.on the post: Attack of the 50-foot automated sock-puppets.
HowieSPM said:It could only be real if they had permission from the NY Harbor Authority. To wrap the statute would need a helicopter. Its the only way.on the post: The Alpha-1 fake wrapping of the statue of Liberty


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SpaceShip2 (VSS Enterprise) glides toward Earth on its first test flight after release from the mothership, 'WhiteKnight2' (VMS Eve) over the Mojave Desert in California, on October 10, 2010. The craft was piloted by engineer and test pilot Pete Siebold from Scaled Composites. A seat on Virgin Galactic spaceship will cost $200,000 per person, with refundable deposits starting at $20,000. Virgin Galactic has managed to sell 700 seats thus far. Virgin Galactic space flights are the brainchild of British Sir Richard Branson, who heads up the Virgin empire.


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Abstract: Our understanding of thermophile diversity is based predominantly on PCR studies of community DNA. 'Universal' and domain-specific rRNA gene PCR primers have historically been used for the assessment of microbial diversity without adequate regard to the degree of specificity of primer pairs to different prokaryotic groups. In a reassessment of the published primers commonly used for 'universal' and archaeal 16 S rDNA sequence amplification we note that substantial variations in specificity exist. An unconsidered choice of primers may therefore lead to significant bias in determination of microbial community composition. In particular, Archaea-specific primer sequences typically lack specificity for the Korarchaeota and Nanoarchaea and are often biased towards certain clades. New primer pairs specifically designed for 'universal' archaeal 16 S rDNA sequence amplification, with homology to all four archaeal groups, have been designed. Here we present the application of these new primers for preparation of 16 S libraries from thermophile communities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/144 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has facilitated the detection of unculturable microorganisms in virtually any environmental source and has thus been used extensively in the assessment of environmental microbial diversity. This technique relies on the assumption that the gene sequences present in the environment are complementary to the "universal" primers used in their amplification. The recent discovery of new taxa with 16S rDNA sequences not complementary to standard universal primers suggests that current 16S rDNA libraries are not representative of true prokaryotic biodiversity. Here we re-assess the specificity of commonly used 16S rRNA gene primers and present these data in tabular form designed as a tool to aid simple analysis, selection and implementation. In addition, we present two new primer pairs specifically designed for effective 'universal' Archaeal 16S rDNA sequence amplification. These primers are found to amplify sequences from Crenarchaeote and Euryarchaeote type strains and environmental DNA. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/169 Files in this item: 1
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Ooohh I love these Xiao Zhuang Epic offscreen cast pictures! Especially the one where Steve Ma has his arms around both Shu Chang and Wu Jing. hmm where's Ning Jing?
I don't like her hair and style as Dong Wanru but when she became a concubine her outfits and hair were really nice My favorite was the golden brown copper and black colored one when she went to take care of Empress Xiao Zhuang (Ning Jing) when she was really sick.


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It features more randomness, more levels, more challenges and more fun than vanilla NetHack.
There is a development blog on wordpress and a list of public servers at un.nethack.nu.
For discussion, join the IRC channel #unnethack on irc.freenode.net or post to rec.games.roguelike.nethack.
Twitter users might like to follow the developer or the public server bot that tweets the deaths of the players on the public servers.
The current released version of UnNetHack is 4.0.0 and can be downloaded here. The development code is available from the subversion repository.


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Articles tagged with: Benavides
Rutas Recomendables »
The Orange Ruta Recomendable used to be the NM33 line. Recently it has changed code to NO101. According to a cobrador of one of their buses, this is due to fact that since renovating the fleet most of the units are buses and not micros. So they had to apply for a new license, which was granted under a new code but for the same route. This story is probably correct, because their fleet indeed consists almost entirely of new, big buses.
The Nueva America (or Transnasa) is the 3rd important Ruta Recomendable crossing Miraflores (the others are the OM23 and the NO02). The NO101 is crossing Miraflores East-West, through avenida Benavides – Pardo – Ejercito. But essentially this line is a North-South connection between Carrabayllo in the far north and San Juan de Miraflores on the southside of town.


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The New Marijuana
Do Looser Laws Make Pot More Popular? Not So Far
June 11, 2010 Marijuana laws have been liberalized in more than a dozen states, and in California, medical marijuana dispensaries are common. But that doesn't mean pot use is on the rise. According to government data, Americans who admit to using pot have been at about 6 percent since 2002.
Juveniles Need A Chance, Not Life In Prison
May 21, 2010 After pleading guilty to a carjacking at 16, author R. Dwayne Betts served nine years in an adult prison. He agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision this week that juveniles can't serve life in prison without parole for lesser crimes. He says the promise of release is powerful.
Abuse Probe May Have Pushed Navy Sailor To Suicide
December 21, 2009 In early 2007, U.S. Navy sailor Jennifer Valdivia killed herself while she was under investigation for her role in brutal hazing at a base in Bahrain. Interviews and newly obtained documents suggest that Valdivia, who was also a victim of the abuse, feared she'd be the scapegoat for widespread transgressions.
For Rural Adults, Health Care Is Wishful Thinking
December 17, 2009 Eastern Kentucky, where youth commentator Brittany Hunsaker lives, has the lowest life expectancy of any place in America. People in rural communities like hers face a widening mortality gap, with rural death rates significantly higher than urban rates. This is her story.
Is There Gold In Them There 'Grillz'?
December 1, 2009 Nineteen-year-old Mark Anthony Waters, of Oakland, Calif., discovered recently that all that glitters is not solid gold, especially when it comes to fitted, bedazzled tooth coverings known in hip-hop circles as "grillz."


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We stayed at this hotel for only two nights, but enjoyed it thouroughly. Very clean and peaceful. Lovely decorations and blue flavours to accentuate Chauen. The rooftop terrace is exceptionel, with unimpaired views of the mountains and the town. Also very nice and helpful staff.
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Free High-Speed Internet
Pets Allowed
Room Service
Shuttle Bus service
Ranked #10 of 19 hotels in Chefchaouen
Price range (per night):
$43 - $59
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Five minutes from the pulsating Outa Hammam Square houses the Riad Nerja.Where the charm of the past lives on in every nook and detalle.Ubicado in the heart of the old Medina of Chefchaouen and surrounded by its old walls. At 300 m. Waterfall from the famous Ras El Maa and 300m from the pulsating Place Outa Hammam lies the Riad Nerja.Where the charm of the past lives on in every detail ...The adaptation of this traditional accommodation to the needs of today's travelers, exclusive Riad make this a unique and enjoyable. Its 5 rooms, each with its own personality, are spread over three levels along with lounges and terraces make this charming Riad become as close to a family home.His strong isolated from the bustle facade, its interior is fresh and subtle scent ... with traditional Andalusian architecture, colors and fragrances of the Islamic world persist in the central halls ...The interior still retains its wonderful mosaic of old and central balcony that illuminates and brings peace to the whole house. Wrapped in blue and white ... windows, original floors and Berber carpet. All a wise combination of comfort and colonial Moroccan tradition.Here the ravages of modernity are not yet feeling and neighborhood life is evident in all its simple charm. ... more less
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Uh oh. Those 'newly married' friends of yours have already lasted an entire year! It's time to buy an anniversary present — what to do?
No worries — it's Flitch Day!
According to customs that have been in place since the 15th century, any couple who can prove to a jury of bachelors and maidens that they have lived together in 'harmony and fidelity' during the past year gets a flitch of bacon.
(That's a side of bacon in modern speak.)
No more checking their registry at Target. No more worrying about colors or style of decor. Agonizing about sizes is a thing of the past.
Just pass that platter of bacon to the lucky bride and groom!
(William and Kate are going to be so excited…)


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Founders Gary and Diane Heavin, committed veterans of the fitness industry, are considered the innovators of the express fitness phenomenon that has made exercise available to millions of women worldwide. They share a passion for and commitment to helping women achieve their weight loss and health dreams.
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When their second club was also immediately successful, the Heavins knew Curves had the power to help millions of women worldwide to lose weight and get fit. Since then, Curves has caught on like wildfire globally. Today, Curves has thousands of clubs in over 70 countries serving millions of members. To read Turning Tragedy into Triumph - the story behind the story - click here.
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Munich at 850
The livable, culture-crazy, beer-loving capital of Bavaria is coming to terms with its history
- By Charles Michener
- Photographs by Toni Anzenberger
- Smithsonian magazine, November 2008, Subscribe
The Hofbräukeller beer garden in the Munich borough of Haidhausen was filled to capacity. Perhaps a thousand people, most in their 20s and 30s, sat shoulder to shoulder at long tables, quaffing liters of beer, munching on fat pretzels and maintaining a steady roar of bonhomie. It was a poster-perfect moment in a city that has long advertised itself as a citadel of good fellowship fueled by unending quantities of the world's best beer. But it was also a scene that would not have looked precisely like this just a few years ago. Almost to a person, the beer drinkers were wearing their national colors—red, yellow and black—in support of the German soccer team's chances against Turkey in the semifinals of the 2008 Euro Cup in Switzerland.
Under a canopy of chestnut trees, TV screens had been set up to show the match. With the playing of the German national anthem, many in the garden stood and, to Haydn's imperial melody, sang, "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit/ Für das deutsche Vaterland!" ("Unity and justice and freedom/ For the German fatherland!"). Absent was the notorious phrase "Deutschland, Deutschland über Alles!" ("Germany, Germany above all!"), which the Nazis exploited into a boast of German superiority and which was dropped from the anthem after the war. "Until two years ago when Germany hosted the World Cup finals," said a young man next to me, "this display of patriotism would have been unthinkable. We would have been too embarrassed."
It has taken more than half a century for Munich, which this year marks its 850th anniversary, to restore national pride to its considerable array of things to be proud of. Germany's third-largest city (after Berlin and Hamburg) and the capital of the state of Bavaria, Munich has long prided itself on easygoing sophistication and love of hearty pleasures—while standing distinctly apart. In Thomas Wolfe's novel The Web and the Rock, the narrator observes, Munich "is a kind of German heaven....a great Germanic dream translated into life....In other parts of Germany, people will lift their eyes and sigh rapturously when you say you are going to Munich: 'Ach! München...ist schön!'" (Schön means handsome, beautiful and nice.)
Novelist Thomas Mann, who lived in Munich before fleeing to America after Hitler came to power, began his short story "Gladius Dei" with what is perhaps the most famous description of the city's charms: "Munich was resplendent. A shining vault of silky blue sky stood above the festive squares, the white colonnades, the classicistic monuments and baroque churches, the leaping fountains, palaces and parks of the capital city, and its broad bright vistas, tree-lined and beautifully proportioned, basked in the shimmering haze of a fine early June day."
As often happens in a Mann story, the mood soon darkens —in this case with the appearance of a fanatical reformer who resolves to destroy the city's luxuries in a great bonfire. Published in 1902, the story uncannily foreshadows developments that were to make the name Munich synonymous with some of the direst events of the 20th century: the birth of Nazism; the British, French and Italian appeasement of Hitler in 1938; the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics. As I joined in the cheering for Germany's eventual victory over Turkey, I reminded myself that it was in this very Hofbräukeller in 1919 that Hitler gave his first public political speech.
Munich suffered extensive damage during World War II—Allied air raids struck the city 71 times. After the war, it was meticulously rebuilt to look as much as possible as it did before 1940. In the process, the city fathers demolished or masked many buildings related to the Third Reich. Hitler's Munich, a grim travel guide by businessman turned writer Joachim von Halasz, identifies 35 that still survive, many vital to Hitler's rise and reign but now used for benign purposes. They include Munich's top tourist attraction, the world-famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall; the city's oldest grand hotel, the Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski; and the banqueting salon in the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), where Joseph Goebbels orchestrated Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), during which thousands of Jewish-owned businesses, homes and synagogues throughout Germany were vandalized or destroyed, approximately 100 Jews were killed and some 30,000 others were sent to concentration camps, many going to Dachau, just outside Munich.
In recent years, Munich has consistently been rated among the world's most livable cities, thanks to its seamless blending of the modern with the medieval, the spaciousness of its public gardens and avenues, its standing as Germany's most prosperous city, its world-class cultural attractions, its superb public transportation and its manageable population of 1.3 million. Munich is one of those rare major cities that feel cozy. Germans call it "Millionendorf"—"village of a million people."
Munich also enjoys a reputation as one of Europe's safest cities. Walking from the beer garden back to my hotel near midnight, I crossed the Isar River, with its rushing water and lush, green banks, strolled along Maximilianstrasse, past shops with such names as Cartier, Dior and Vuitton, and finally entered the maze of narrow streets in Altstadt (Old Town). Hearing the sound of my shoes on the pavement, I felt as though I had this beautiful town entirely to myself.
"Munich has always had a sense of itself as a special city," says Thomas Weidner, senior curator of the City Museum on St.-Jakobs-Platz. "We are apt to think of ourselves more as Münchners than as Bavarians." We were standing before the inscrutable figure of Henry the Lion, a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who, it is generally thought, founded Munich in 1158 by tearing down an old bridge over the Isar and constructing a new one along the region's ancient salt-trade route. Nearby was a settlement of monks (Mönche), which, according to some accounts, gave the city its name. In 1180, Henry lost Bavaria to a rival ducal family—the Wittelsbachs. Their members ruled Bavaria for the next seven and a half centuries. In 1918, after Germany's humiliating defeat in World War I, a popular revolution led by Jewish socialist Kurt Eisner unseated the last Wittelsbach monarch, King Ludwig III, and Bavaria became a republic. Eisner was assassinated shortly after becoming the new republic's first prime minister; the resulting political instability proved to be fertile ground for the rise of Nazism.
Weidner said the museum had just completed a reorganization of its holdings so that an exhibition of the city's 850-year history could be displayed chronologically for the first time. As he guided me through four floors of displays, I began to appreciate how Munich was able to forge its remarkable self-esteem. Foremost was the Wittelsbachs' durability, which stamped the city with the successive rulers' personal tastes and gave it unusual continuity and stability. Also in evidence in the exhibitions was the city's long-standing adherence to the Roman Catholic faith, which has set it apart from its Protestant neighbors in the north and east of Germany. Above all, it was clear that for centuries the city fathers had shown an extraordinary willingness to adapt foreign influences to their own ends.
Munich's town plan has remained essentially unchanged since the late 1500s, when it consisted of four quadrants laid out on the grid of a cross—a scheme readily discernible in one of the museum's models illustrating the city's evolution from a poky market town to the most important urban center in southern Germany. I remarked on the exotic, onion-shaped domes that still crown the twin towers of the massive Gothic cathedral in the city's center, the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), which was built in the late 15th century. The domes were added several decades later. "At first, the people hated those 'foreign' domes," said Weidner, "but now they're prized as distinctively 'Munich.' Today, no building in the city can be higher than the Frauenkirche towers."
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Thank you very much for sharing this post.
Posted by Daniel Craig suit 18 on October 25,2012 | 05:02 AM
As a young U.S. Marine, I spent almost two and a half years in Munich in the early '70's. I came to love the city and the people. The Olympic massacre was a tragedy for Israel and for the people of the city. They were so proud of Munich but the killings, I think, shamed them. It was a reminder of the Nazi past they were trying to put behind them.
Posted by Michael Gilbert on June 27,2011 | 02:52 PM
I have visited Munich many times and had a short teaching stint there. So, I know it reasonably well. It is my favorite German city, hands down! It is no surprise that Charles Michener's article is well researched and very informative. He provides first rate journalism. But the article is more than that, it displays the author's wonderful empathy with the culture of this city and its citizens and brings it to life. Now I intensely long for the opportunity of yet another visit.
Posted by Andre Oberle on August 25,2010 | 03:42 PM
I lived in Munich in 1958 when it turned 800. I was 11 years old. My father was in the US Army. I remember the parade and the Oktoberfest. I just loved the city and the people. I have fond memories of ice skating in the Englischer Garten. I can still taste the cheese we would get at a weekly market by a church. When we returned to our hometown in Pennsylvania which had recently celebrated 200 years, everybody told us we missed the bicentennial. After witnessing Munich celebrate 800 years, I didn't miss anything.
Posted by Rod Kline on April 20,2009 | 08:44 PM
A well written article of the "Weltstadt mit Herz" (Metropolitan City with Heart). I was born and raised in Munich and was fortunate to enjoy the bavarian lifestyle for more than 25 years before relocating to the US. The author accurately describes daily life as well as Munich's important connections to historical events that shaped the city to what it is today- a haven of culture, simple life and more importantly; a city of tolerance and great hospitality.
Posted by Peter Roder on February 28,2009 | 01:11 PM
I have been to Munich several times and I loved this city.I have picked up three BMWs and have explored beautiful Baveria and King Ludwig magnificent castles.And yes,I have also enjoyed the great beer halls.Great article!
Posted by frank de varona on November 22,2008 | 10:36 AM
Beautiful article and very enlightening! I sent it to my daughter who has lived about an hour away for the last few years and ia am sure it has given her a new appreciation for and knowledge about her city. It certainly did the same for me!
Posted by Mary Denton on November 20,2008 | 07:56 AM
Beautiful writeup. I was in Munich in 2007. Loved it.
Posted by Anne Bailey on November 18,2008 | 07:33 PM
As an American who lived in München for a year I enjoyed this well-informed article. Missing, from my perspective, were mention of the Biergarten by the famous Chinesiche Turm (Chinese Tower) in the Englischer Garten, the Haus der Kunst museum, the University, churches, etc. along Maximilianstr.from the Friedenstor to Odeon Platz, and Stachus, the busy commercial center near the main railroad station.
Posted by Jim Lacey on November 18,2008 | 03:38 PM
Great review about the beautiful city of Munich! Several suggestions : Add information about the beautiful BMW visitors center. the beautiful airport, and last but not least, the wonderful fun-filled Oktoberfest! Thanks.
Posted by Duncan J. Cameron on November 17,2008 | 04:08 PM
I appreciate this overview of Munich as it seems to give one an insider's view of the city.
Posted by Linda Troyer on November 1,2008 | 11:40 PM


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Cody Simpson – So Listen ft T-Pain
Listen to me because Cody Simpson's heartbeat is pushing his voice to the limits. T-Pain is featured as guest artist and so Cody has to be auto-tuned a tad as well. It does have a more adult flavor to it and will attract more/new fans. It the first single from his forthcoming album 'Paradise'. I gave the song a listen and have to admit that it is a nice song. Forgotten? Ahhh damn, it shouldnot be. This song has received some well deserved thumbs-up when it was (unofficially) released.Click on the 'play'-button and enjoy! I give it . |
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