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by Whitney Spaner, 02/29/2012
(From left) "Evita," photo by Johan Persson • "Ghost: The Musical," photo by Sean Ebsworth
If the current Broadway season had an opening number, it might be "Everything Old Is New Again." Maybe Hugh Jackman, the icon of Broadway's resurgent relevance, can come back and sing it—as he did in the production of Boy from Oz. Revivals like A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman and Gore Vidal's The Best Man are arriving in Broadway theaters this spring. And even the new musicals and plays—among them Nice Work If You Can Get It and Clybourne Park—take songs and ideas from past works: the Gershwin songbooks and A Raisin in the Sun, respectively. Homages to America's cultural heritage have been popping up in fashion look books and period TV shows, and the stage provides an equally resonant forum for reflecting on the past, assessing the present and anticipating the future. Here are 11 shows, old and new, that do just that.


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I received a few emails over the last week from readers asking me for a review of Jumping The Broom; obviously I haven't posted one; actually we (S&A) haven't properly reviewed the film yet, which I suppose some find odd given that it IS essentially THE black film of 2011, right? I guess. We've certainly written about it quite a bit on this site (both the old and new versions of S&A), as the marketing campaign, which I talked about in a previous post, has been something of a blitzkrieg!
And as Sergio's box office post showed yesterday, the film took in a decent $13.7 million, on a budget of about $6 million (though I'm not sure if that figure includes marketing costs).
The critics are mixed; according to RottenTomatoes.com, "Fresh" and "Rotten" reviews are split almost down the middle, so it isn't overwhelmingly praised nor panned. Although, maybe showing, once again, the disconnect between critics and audiences, R.T. gives the audience average rating, thus far, at about 76%. So, almost 8 out of 10 of you liked it!
I haven't reviewed it yet because, well, I didn't like it! Sorry... But maybe that shouldn't be much of a surprise, right? :)
I figured I could have written some scathing critique of it, and posted it here, but decided not to; it didn't seem necessary. So I passed. Also, Sergio saw it before I did, saying that he enjoyed it, calling "charming;" so, I figured he'd eventually write something up about it.
But really for me... in short... the movie definitely is well-intended, for sure! But it's not very-well written; the two leads were poorly cast (although Paula Patton has more screen presence than Laz Alonzo's attempt at being a leading man; the sequences between Gary Dourdan and Meagan Good were actually more appealing to me, and they were secondary characters); Paula Patton seems to be channeling Jennifer Garner in 13 Going On 30 (oddly enough, I think they actually kind of look alike); it's cliche-filled; Angela Bassett is pretty much playing the same woman she's played in almost every other film she's been in, as does Loretta Devine (neither is given much to work with here however); there were a few too many subplots that I felt were unnecessary and only distracted from the core narrative which was thinly written, and really needed some meat; its "through faith in God everything will work out just fine in the end" overtones felt trite, and simplified the work; it's wrapped up far too quickly and neatly to be at all believable, even in Hollywood's suspension of disbelief world; there are some bright spots scattered about, but just not enough for me to say that I recommend the movie. It's really just another so-so romcom, that's no better, nor worse than any of those we've seen with Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston starring.
So... my quickie thoughts on the movie... there ya have it.
I didn't hate it as much as she did, but Gina MCcauley at What About Our Daughters? absolutely loathed it, and posted a thorough, humorous response to it, which you can read HERE.
However, S&A's fave critic Armond White gave the film a thumbs up, mostly praising it for its "class consciousness." You can read Armond's review HERE.
But, now that the film is available widely, I know a lot of you have seen it, so what did YOU think of it? Chime in below...

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.............................................................................................................................................Friday, 30 October 2015, 19:30London, Flower of Cities AllJoanna Songi - soprano, Jerome Knox - baritone, Nigel Foster - piano
The opening concert celebrates our own beloved city with an eclectic range of songs by composers including Purcell, Butterworth, Britten, Finzi and Walton, with contributions from Eric Satie, Villa Lobos, Charles Ives, Flanders and Swann, Noel Coward and many more.Joanna Songi is a Making Music Young Concert Artist award winner for 2015. Jerome Knox was a winner of the Margaret Fletcher Lieder Prize.
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A stroll through the streets and parks of Paris with music by Poulenc, Debussy, Schubert, Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Ned Rorem, Jerome Kern and many others. This concert includes the premiere of a duet by David Lewiston Sharpe, setting Parisian street cries as heard by Marcel Proust.Lucy Knight is a 2013 International Opera Awards Foundation winner, Julien van Mellaerts is a rising star at the Royal College of Music. .............................................................................................................................................Friday, 13 November 2015, 19:30Venice - La SerenissimaLucy Hall - soprano, Gavin Roberts - piano
A recital by two members of the prestigious Oxford Lieder Festival Young Artist Platform.Come and lose yourself in the incomparable atmosphere and romanticism of this unique city, with songs by composers from Germany, France, Spain and England as well as from Italy, who have all been inspired by the magic of Venice.Oxford Lieder exists to promote song. The annual Oxford Lieder Festival in October is complemented by other projects such as the Young Artist Platform, sponsoring the finest young singers and pianists to give recitals across the UK. .............................................................................................................................................Friday, 20 November 2015, 19:30New York, The City That Never SleepsKristin Dauphinais - mezzo-soprano, Nigel Foster - piano
Songs serious and light by Lee Hoiby, Ned Rorem, John Duke, Geoffrey Wright, Benjamin Britten, Vernon Duke, Rodgers and Hart and many more will transport you across the Atlantic to bring to London the buzz and excitement of the city that never sleeps.Presented by Kristin Dauphinais from the University of Arizona. .............................................................................................................................................Friday, 27 November 2015, 19:30Seville, City of TowersLorena Paz Nieto - soprano, Josep-Ramon Olivé - baritone, Nigel Foster - piano
Two rising young Spanish singers from the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama will bring the sultry heat and passion of Seville to London. This concert takes as its core Turina's colourful cycle Canto a Sevilla and interleaves it with songs by Falla, Granados, Obradors, Rodrigo,Lorca, Nin, Wolf, Schumann, Walton and others.
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Parent Information: Letter from the Principal
Dear Tucson Country Day School Families:
I'm writing to let you know about some important changes to our food program at TCDS.
First, Ms. Joan Meyer, who has served as our food service director for 18 years has
decided to retire. Ms. Joan has run an impeccable program with consistently perfect
inspection scores, and we wish her well in her retirement. She will assist us in our
transition by working as a consultant.
Ms. Vanessa Juniper is taking over as director. We are excited about her experience with
food and small business management, as well as her gracious and friendly service
Ever since arriving at TCDS, I've been thinking of ways to improve our nutritional
program. Putting the well-being and development of our children first requires constant
reflection and evaluation. We know that poor nutrition is far too widespread in our
nation; if we at Tucson Country Day school believe we have a different kind of school,
that difference should extend to nutrition.
Accordingly, last week some parents, children and staff participated in two "tasting"
events to evaluate some healthy lunch alternatives. I'm happy to announce the program
features that will result from the feedback we received:
1. "Create Café" is a local restaurant and the only school lunch provider in Tucson
commended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for exceeding their nutritional
standards. We will be offering lunches from "Create" three days per week during
the first semester. Each day, students may choose from a vegetarian entrée and
one containing meat. Some of the entrees include spaghetti with marinera sauce,
Angus burgers, turkey wraps, and chicken Caesar salad. Two healthy sides such
as fresh fruit or pretzels are provided each day.
2. Create Café also offers a yogurt and fruit parfait that was a real "hit" with
students at the tasting. Research shows that healthy snacking is an important part
of child nutrition. We plan to offer the 12 oz. parfaits at the student store as an
optional snack for $2.25 apiece.
3. One day a week we will have Mexican food day. During first semester, entrée
choices will be a bean and cheese burrito or a chicken burrito. The low-sodium
meal will include Mexican rice and a delicious zucchini side called "calabacitas."
4. We will continue to have "pizza day" at TCDS. Cheese and pepperoni pizza will
be offered. With good nutrition in mind, we will provide one slice, a fruit, and a
vegetable, and we will limit a la carte purchases to one additional slice per
5. All meals will continue to have reduced fat milk or 100% juice as drink options.
As you can see, the menu is carefully thought-out and will accommodate a variety of
tastes. Providing these healthy alternatives also costs a little more. Our lunch price,
including entrée, two sides, and beverage, will be $3.50 per day. In arriving at this
figure, we were committed to offering the best possible product at the lowest possible
price. And our parent and student tasters give us an overwhelming message: it's worth it
to get these healthy and appealing options!
Our contract allows for one complete meal per student per day, and the only a la carte
item to be offered is the additional slice of pizza. Students may supplement their meal by
purchasing healthy snacks at the Student Store.
I'm conscious of the fact that in my letter earlier in the summer, I indicated that lunch
would continue at $3.00 this coming year. That was before we had an opportunity to
make this evaluation and receive parent and student input on alternatives. I sincerely
believe that these changes are in the best interest of our students and families.
First Week Lunch Alert! Lunch will be provided starting the first day of school.
Monday August 16th will be Mexican food day. You are encouraged to place your orders
for the first week at "Meet and Greet" night, Friday, August 13th. Don't be left without
your lunch choice!
Welcome to our 2010-2011 school year, an exciting year of excellent learning and
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Technology and Ministry
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Ph.D. in Theology and Education, Boston College; M.A. in Religion and the Arts, Yale Divinity School; M.A. in Liturgical Studies, St. John's University; B.A. in Theology, University of Notre Dame
Daniella Zsupan-Jerome, Ph.D., is assistant professor of liturgy, catechesis, and evangelization. She holds a bachelor's degree in theology from the University of Notre Dame, a master's degree in liturgy from St. John's University in Collegeville, a master's degree in religion and the arts from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D . in theology and education from Boston College. Her research focuses on media and ministry, especially digital media and its potential for faith formation. She is a consultant for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Communication and author of the book Connected Toward Communion: The Church and Social Communication in the Digital Age (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2014.) She has also published a number of practical and devotional resources, including Liturgy Training Publication's Daily Prayer 2013, Arts and Faith Advent and Lent from Loyola Press, and regularly contributes to Liturgical Press' Give Us This Day series. At LIM she teaches courses in systematic theology, religious education, and practical theology and oversees the Religious Education and Pastoral Life and Administration Focus Areas, as well as the Church, Sacraments, and Liturgy course. In addition, she is also the faculty coordinator of distance learning systems, working with the online program as well as administering the certification workshops of new LIMEX facilitators.


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Smart glasses may face hurdles in enterprise
Nearly 10 million smart glasses will be shipped from 2012 to 2016, a majority of units shipped in 2016, forecasts IHS Research.
Fueled by Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) launch of Google Glass, IHS forecasted that shipments of global smart glasses will jump from only 50,000 in 2012 to 6.6 million in 2016. This year, shipments will jump 150 percent to 124,000 shipments, primarily to developers.
However, smart glasses might have a more difficult time being adopted in the enterprise due to privacy and safety concerns.
"Businesses are going to quickly realize the exposure to both liability and corporate security and one after another companies, large and small, are going to ban Google Glass use within work areas. Because Google Glass can be used without notice, that ban will extend to even wearing the device on the premises," observed James Kendrick of ZDNet.
In addition, Google Glass could cause safety risks for workers who might be distracted looking at information displayed on their smart glasses. This concern was acknowledged by Google, which required Google Glass app developers to agree that they would not use the application programming interface "for any activities where the use or failure of the APIs could lead to death, personal injury, or environmental damage (such as the operation of nuclear facilities, air traffic control or life support systems)."
Once Google Glass is available for public purchase in 2014, IHS predicts that shipments of smart glasses will increase 250 percent per year, according to the firm's optimistic scenario.
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Net sales of the company declined marginally by 1.41 per cent to Rs 1,086.18 crore during the quarter vis-a-vis Rs 1,101.72 crore of the second quarter of FY'12, it said in a filing to the BSE.
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2016 Top 500 NATIONAL RANKING
Top 500 Rankings-Men Updated 3.15.2016
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The USTA is requested by the ITF to send a National Ranking of the top players of the United States. The USTA is only allowed to send a list comprised of only 500 players. These lists are used when players do not have an ATP or WTA Ranking for selection into ITF pro circuit events when they run out of players with professional rankings. (Usually this list is only used for the qualifying of lower level ITF circuit events). These rankings may also be used for seeding of events in the United States.
The Top 500 ranking is a composite of events, which include USTA Pro Circuit events, USTA Adult and Junior events, ITF Jr Events, US Open National Playoffs as well as Collegiate events. Listed below are the events included in the ranking and the points table based on the round reached.
Players can see his/her player record and determine the number of points awarded at the USTA Ranking pages. Select the Top 500 list ranking for your gender. You can email us if you see any mistakes on your record and we will correct for future rankings.
The USTA reserves the right to make changes to the tournaments used, rules of eligibility and the point structure for past and future years at any time. The ranking is an accumulation of results for the past 12 months of results. The list is sent to the ITF only 4 times each year. The events currently being used for ranking are listed below:
2016 Event List (Click here)
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Player must have won a match in order to receive points on the ranking for all events, except collegiate events, pro circuit events and Grade A events.
All Adult division tournaments must have a minimum of 7 players in the draw for points to be awarded.
The ranking list will be calculated using the points table listed above. The ranking will be composed on the player's results for the past 12 months. The list will be sent to the ITF four times per year in 2016 the list will be posted on or around March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.
The USTA's Top 500 National Ranking will include Americans who are eligible to represent the United States in Davis Cup or Fed Cup competition. Players listed from another country on their IPIN will be removed from the USTA's Top 500 List. Players with a greencard who wish to be included should send a email to the contacts listed below. Please send a copy of your passport(s) and greencard. Players who have switched their country of representation with ITF, ATP or WTA to a country other than the USA will not be allowed to switch back to represent the USA. Players may petition in certain circumstances.
The USTA Player Services department oversees the administration on the ranking list. If you have questions please contact John Lansville at firstname.lastname@example.com.
What is the purpose of this list?
This list serves various functions. As a National Governing Body, the International Tennis Federation requires a list of players ranked in a way that logically reflects their ability level in comparison to their compatriots. Being listed allows a player a chance to be accepted into the qualifying of ITF Professional Events worldwide. Another purpose of this list is to be used in the system of merit by the USTA Circuit Supervisors to accept American players into the qualifying draws of USTA Pro Circuit events from the on site Alternates list.
How does the Supervisor know what my ranking is?
The ITF inputs the latest Top 500 Rankings list for each nation into their Tournament Database. Once the valid IPIN is inputted your ranking will automatically appear in the system. Although players Top 500 Rankings may change frequently, the USTA is only allowed to submit updates 4 times per year. The USTA will provide an updated list three times a year on or around March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.
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It is unlikely. Starting in 2015 the USTA will be restrucuring the points tables and so players losing in the first round of main draw and qualifying of pro circuits events will no longer receive points for just being in those events in 2016. The only events where players will receive points just for participating included in the Main Draw of Grade A events such as the Jr US Open and the three collegiate championships.
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I am in Tennessee. The summons does not say any dollar amount.
I did not receive a date for summons. Just a copy of complaint.
Thank you for your follow-up, Lisa.Not a problem, what you would then need to do is file a formal 'answer' to this complaint. You can either file a 'general' denial, where you deny each and every statement made against you, or you can file an answer where you affirm some information, deny others, and modify other facts based on what took place. My concern here is exactly what they may be suing you for if the policy already paid out. I suspect they are claiming additional damages or losses that were not covered. The fact the policy paid out likely tells me that your insurer found you to be at fault, which likewise does not help this case. It may be wise to contact your local courthouse, speak to the law librarian (the county courthouses tend to have libraries attached to the building) and obtain a template under which you can file your answer. but you would definitely need to find out what exactly they are suing you for, since that would change how you fill out the forms and what basis they are using for injury. Here is a sample template for an answer that you can use if there is no library nearby: http://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/lawsuit-answer.htmlThe other concern I have is the amount you are being sued for. This is something you would need to contact the opposing party directly and find out what is their suit valued at. It might be a situation where if you have no savings, you might need to entertain the option of bankruptcy. In that option the damages that they may get awarded would get discharged and you would not have to pay them out.Good luck.
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Here is a few things I found for batman crochet items:
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Any type of pattern for batman blanket, afghan,hats, ect thank you so much
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This one is a for sale pattern:
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I was lookin for batman and star wars I just typed free batman crochet patterns or whatever you are lookin for and all kinds of sites pop up! I don't know much about computers that's usually how I find a specific item ravelry has a lot and so does craftsy that's where I found my ewok and gremlin still lookin for a good jabba the hut or however you say that. Those 2 helped me. Hope I helped or maybe confused you more!


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i think this is the right section.. anyways
does anyone know a good place for n00bs when it comes to photoshop… 'cause i've been making comics for a lo0o0ong time but all i do is scan and colour and that's it… i wanna learn it all!!!
let's first start with line-art :)
Comic Talk, Tips and Tricks
omega noob needs line art tutorials
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Google it. Nobody can give you a proper answer to this cause only YOU know your art style. and also you need to specifically ask youself the quesstion: whats wrong with my art? look at it and think about it and you will find what you need to know. just apply yourself is all.
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Get an overview of this hotelHawaiian luxury resort on secluded beach with golf, spa
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Nestled along the Kona-Kohala Coast with a private beach, the luxury resort is 7 mi (11 km) from the airport, 21 mi (34 km) from Holualoa Village, and 99 mi (159 km) from the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Capturing the essence of Hawaiian design, culture, and tradition, this Four Seasons Resort offers an array of recreational facilities including a golf course, outdoor tennis courts, and 7 outdoor pools. Guests can indulge in massage and spa treatments and take fitness classes at the Sports Club and Spa or just lounge on the luxury resort's private, white-sand beach. Facing the ocean, the adults-only Palm Grove pool features day beds, hammocks, miniature zen gardens, and a swim-up bar with bench seating. Or, surf the Internet using the free WiFi in public areas.
The 3 restaurants at this 5-star resort include 2 beachfront spots while the 2 lounges serve up ocean breezes along with tropical drinks. The Ka'upulehu Cultural Center with artists-in-residence offers courses for all ages, including traditional Hawaiian crafts, dance, language, history, and music.
Business travelers will appreciate the business center and multilingual concierge available around the clock. 39,969 square feet of event space includes 5 indoor salons along with lanais, lawns, beaches, gardens, and the lava-rock Hoku Theatre. Complimentary self parking and valet parking surcharge.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Children's pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Golf course on site
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Number of outdoor pools - 6
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Total number of rooms - 243
- Valet parking (surcharge)
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- Arcade/game room
- Babysitting or childcare
- Children's pool
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave (on request)
- Outdoor pools
- Outdoor tennis courts
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Cable TV service
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
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- DVD player
- Flat-panel TV
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Jetted bathtub
- Lanai
- Microwave (on request)
- Minibar
- MP3 docking station
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Turndown service
Where to Eat
Beach Tree - The restaurant features vaulted ceilings and expansive ocean views, providing the ambiance of a Hawaiian beach house. California cuisine with an infusion of Italian is served for lunch and dinner. Al fresco dining is available and Hawaiian music is played nightly.
'ULU Ocean Grill + Sushi Lounge – Beachside ocean grill serving a selection of fresh island fish, meats and local Hawaiian produce. Dishes are oven-roasted, flame-grilled or wok-fired, showcasing simple, beautiful presentations. Extensive wine list.
Exclusive dinners under the stars - For a romantic celebration perfect for a couple or an exclusive dinner perfect for 3-12 guests, breathtaking oceanfront dining settings include Kumukea Beach and Palm Grove Beach. Reservations are required.
Hualalai Grille - American steakhouse with local flair, offering steakhouse classics like prime steaks, Kurobuta pork and local fish and chicken, with twists on traditional sides. Set above the 18th green of the famed Hualalai Golf Course, the restaurant evokes a contemporary club feel with ocean views.
Beach Tree Bar - The beachfront bar is steps from the ocean and serves light fare along with tropical drinks.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature Hualalai Golf Course is built on black-lava rock and winds over 7,100 yards beginning and ending at the ocean. A golf shop is located in the clubhouse and a driving range and golf instruction are available. 8 outdoor Rebound Ace tennis courts include 2 lighted for evening play. Complimentary tennis rackets and balls are provided. A tennis shop and tennis lessons are available.
The 7 outdoor swimming pools spread across the resort include a quiet oceanfront heated pool and spa tub; an infinity-edge, lagoon-style beachfront family pool with a spa tub and separate freshwater children's pool; the adults-only Palm Grove pool in a garden setting with day beds, hammocks, and a spa tub; an Olympic-sized lap pool; a natural ocean pool carved out of lava rock; and an aquarium-style pond carved out of lava rock, which contains tropical fish. Guests can lounge on complimentary beach chairs and covered chaise loungers on the private white-sand beach.
The Hualalai Sports Club includes a fitness studio with cardio and strength-training equipment and free weights and has a sauna, spa tub, and steam room. Fitness classes include aerobics, dance, spinning, swimming, yoga, and Pilates (surcharges apply) along with complimentary fitness walks, pick-up basketball, and volleyball. Certified trainers are on hand.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golfing on site
Spa Services
Set in a lush garden setting, the Hualalai Spa offers indoor treatment rooms along with outdoor, secluded hales. Before treatments guests can relax in the open-air garden, spa tubs, saunas, steam rooms, and cold plunges. The spa offers a variety of massages, facials, and body scrubs using local natural ingredients. Wellness services include acupuncture, naturopathy, and nutritional consultation and salon services are offered.
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
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- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
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- Massages
- Body treatments
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
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- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed
- Up to 15 lb
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 20 and USD 26 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 20.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Four Seasons Hualalai Historic Ka'upulehu Kailua-Kona
- Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Historic Ka'upulehu Kailua-Kona
- Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Historic Ka'upulehu
- Four Seasons Hualalai Historic Ka'upulehu
Awards & Affiliations
- Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu is listed in the 2013 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay.


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Visit Gangbang Comics
Want a superhero comic? Not a problem. All you need to do is go down to your local comic shop, find a title that interests you and give the shopkeeper some money. Want some Gangbang Comics? If so, just sit down at your computer and have your credit card handy. It's that easy.
Though there's definitely some group sex to be seen on the GangbangComics website, its title is actually pretty inaccurate, as the site feature far more than just sequential art of groups of people going at it. In fact, it offers more illustrated smut than you'll know what to do with.
The site's got a decent design and its homepage features a moving GIF of an old man kicking some chick in the ass while she pisses. I don't know why it's there, but it's damn funny and almost worth the price of admission on its own. The main menu is where you'll find links to the image galleries.
There aren't any videos, but there are over 3,889 sets of images. Among them you'll find comics, computer-generated images, drawings of well-known characters like Batgirl and Supergirl, sexy magazine covers, crazy hentai scenes and more. The content also varies between simply being titillating to being rather extreme. So you can go from looking at fully clothed cuties to glancing at insane bondage and wild penetrations.
The material comes from a variety of sources, so it's no surprise to see that the quality varies wildly. That said, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding pics that are large and high-res. Also, you won't come across comic pages that have text that's too small to read. By the way, I should mention that there is some pixelation of the genitalia from time to time, but it's not much of a problem. There are Zip files.
It looks like you can expect new content almost every day of the week. Extras come in form of erotic stories, Flash cartoons, games, pictures and videos. You also get full access to two bonus sites called Anime Video Archive and Porn Flat.
Gangbang Comics isn't a cheap site, but that's usually the case when you're dealing with illustrated content. So if you don't have a problem with the price and are more interested in comics than videos, getting a membership is worth considering.
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Permanent Idol Victoria BeckhamVictoria Beckham is set to be offered $5 million to become a permanent judge on 'American Idol'.
The former Spice Girl has impressed bosses with her two guest appearances on the judging panel for the talent show and they think she has the right credentials to take over from PaulaAbdul.
However, program executives want to make sure the British star connects with the US public before offering her the job as they are concerned they may be put off by her accent and skinny frame.
A source said: "'American Idol' is the highest rated show and they don't want to pick a judge viewers don't take to. Focus groups are going to be set up to judge Victoria's performance.
"There's some concern about whether viewers will think she's too skinny. They're also worried about her accent. She's started to talk in a very posh voice and some people might struggle with that."
Other stars in the running to take over from Paula - who quit earlier this month - include Mary J. Blige and Katy Perry.
It was recently claimed Victoria had "facial expression" lessons before making her debut on 'American Idol'.
A source said: "Victoria knows she has a very thick British accent and is sometimes misunderstood in America. She wanted to come across the best she could on 'American Idol', so she took some private lessons on how to properly pronounce words and how to make appropriate facial expressions.
"Victoria is famous for her pout but she herself admitted she wanted to shed that pout for the show to come across more human."
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Chancellor Denies Caving at EU Summit: Merkel Says Bank Bailout Liability Still Undecided
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday rejected criticism that she had caved in to Italy and Spain at the last EU summit in Brussels. She said the question of who should be liable in future bank bailouts -- national governments or the EU bailout funds -- had not been decided yet.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday dismissed accusations that she had caved in to her European Union partners at the last summit and insisted that the question of liability in future bank bailouts had not yet been decided.
Critics in Germany, including in Merkel's own center-right coalition, say national governments should be liable for emergency loans provided to banks in their countries. Otherwise, they argue, German taxpayers will face higher risks.
Merkel denied she had been pushed into making concessions at the June 28-29 summit, saying: "That is not my view of events."
At the summit, she agreed to let the EU's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), intervene on bond markets to shore up troubled states and to inject aid directly into stricken banks starting next year.
The deal led to speculation that the balance of power in the EU is shifting away from Germany and towards a loose alliance of southern European states that have lost faith in Merkel's strict focus on austerity as a way to solve the debt crisis.
'We Always Get the Majority We Need'
Merkel's center-right coalition is widely expected to win Thursday's vote on the Spanish bailout after the main opposition Social Democrats said they would back it.
"We always get the majority we need," she said.
Merkel evaded the question of whether Greece may have to leave the euro zone, saying she would wait for the report from inspectors from the troika, comprised of representatives of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetrary Fund, on whether Greece was making the required progress on reforms it agreed in return for receiving aid.
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- Two More Months of Limbo: Court to Rule on Euro Measures on Sept. 12 (07/16/2012)
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- Direct Aid for Banks: Italy and Spain Get Their Way at EU Summit (06/29/2012)
- Interview with Jean-Claude Juncker: 'Europe Will Either Succeed or Fail Together' (07/16/2012)
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How to Tell if Your Guy Friend Sees You As Just "One of the Guys"
How a guy treats you says a lot about how he thinks of you. Does he see you as a potential girlfriend or simply a girl friend? Is he crushing on you or does he see you as just one of the guys? These are a few signs to separate girlfriend from girl friend.
1Pay attention to how he addresses you. If he refers to you as "Dude" or "Man", or gives you a boyish nickname, it means he's comfortable around you. Being called a Dude does not mean he thinks you're a butch; it just means he thinks of you as a good friend.
2Ask him what he thinks about your shirt/iPod/necklace/etc. Does he compliment with words like Sick, Killer, Sweet, or Nice, Cool, Neat? If he uses the latter, it means he cares about your feelings and wants you to appreciate the compliment.
3Next time you're with him, see if he challenges you to a (playful) fight. Roughhousing is considered to be a high grade of social play and in boys, a form of special intimacy. He will most likely refuse to fight back or if he does, will retaliate as gently as possible.
4Sit beside him, touching your leg and shoulder to his, and see how he reacts. For guys, invading personal space like that is considered a form of closeness only displayed by good friends. If he shows no acknowledgment it means he's comfortable with you.
5Pay attention to how he reacts to physical contact. Put your arm across his shoulders or touch his arm and see what he does. If he's comfortable with you he won't mind the contact and sometimes might even return it.
6Next time you're talking to him, make a mental list of how many times he swears. Guys use swear words like a second language and often use profanities excessively.
7Be attentive to what he talks to you about. If the topics of your conversations usually revolves around sports, raunchy jokes, vehicles, or video games, he definitely thinks of you as one of the guys.
8Ask him to go to the movies or get food with you. What kind of movie does he suggest? A boyish sports movie? What kind of food place does he recommend? A diner, pizza place, or a more expensive place? Where he goes with you will tell you!
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- If he does think of you as one of the guys, don't take it personally, just take it as a compliment.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Forty-one Washington State University track and field student-athletes were named to the 2014 Pac-12 Conference Men's and Women's Track and Field All-Academic teams, announced Thursday by Commissioner Larry Scott. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and be either a starter or significant contributor, and not be a freshman or transfer student.
Pac-12 All-Academic Men's Track & Field
First Team WSU Men:
Name, Year, GPA, Major, Hometown - event
Kyle Farmer, Rs-Fr., 3.71, Undeclared, Issaquah, Wash. - sprints
Andrew Kimpel, Rs-Sr., 3.37, Management Information Systems, Spokane, Wash. - distance
Forrest Shaffer, Jr., 3.54, Neuroscience, Petaluma, Calif. - distance/steeplechase
Matthew Swanson, Rs-Fr., 3.95, Undeclared, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada - distance
Second Team WSU Men:
Cameron Brink, So., 3.46, Electrical Engineering, Bainbridge Island, Wash. - throws
Drew Jordan, Sr., 3.40, Criminal Justice, Medford, Ore. - distance
Thane Pierson, So., 3.38, Communication and Society, Naches, Wash. - high jump
Matt Wardell, Jr., 3.46, Accounting, Post Falls, Idaho - throws
Honorable Mention WSU Men:
Sam Ferenchak, Jr., 3.16, Sport Management, Vancouver, Wash. - javelin
John Fullington, Sr., 3.29, Movement Studies, Belfair, Wash. - throws
Andrew Gonzales, Sr., 3.09, Psychology, Kennewick, Wash. - distance/steeplechase
Andre McBride, So., 3.27, Business, San Leandro, Calif. - sprints
Grant Schultz, Rs-Jr., 3.31, Finance, Davenport, Wash. - high jump
Jacob Sealby, Rs-Jr., 3.10, Criminal Justice, Wenatchee, Wash. - sprints
Lucas Sealby, Rs-Jr., 3.07, Criminal Justice, Wenatchee, Wash. - sprints
Kyle Stevens, Sr., 3.14, Chemical Engineering, Snoqualmie, Wash. - javelin
Sam Wardell, So., 3.39, Undeclared, Post Falls, Idaho - throws
Pac-12 All-Academic Women's Track & Field
First Team WSU Women:
Name, Year, GPA, Major, Hometown - event
Amanda Henderson, So., 3.98, Undeclared, Pullman, Wash. - distance
Dominique Keel, So., 3.90, Undeclared, Beaverton, Ore. - sprints
Holly Parent, Rs-Sr., 3.87, Movement Studies, Victoria, B.C. Canada - high jump
Ruby Roberts, Sr., 3.97, Human Development/Fine Arts, Kingston, Wash. - distance
Kelsie Taylor, So., 3.97, Undeclared, Naches, Wash. - throws
Second Team WSU Women:
Name, Year, GPA, Major, Hometown
Kristine Felix, So., 3.82, Biology, Wailuku, Hawai'i - pole vault
Charlotte Muschamp, Rs-Jr., 3.68, Humanities, Edendale, New Zealand - jumps
Abby Regan, Jr., 3.76, Interior Design, Coonamble, NSW, Australia - distance
Honorable Mention WSU Women:
Erin Allen, Jr., 3.42, Gen. Studies Basic Medical Sciences, Kenmore, Wash. - hurdles
Kelsey Bueno, Sr., 3.49, Computer Science, Kent, Wash. - pole vault
Kiah Condos, So., 3.07, Undeclared, Liberty Lake, Wash. - distance
Katie Dean, So., 3.15, Undeclared, Vancouver, Wash. - long jump
Emily Dwyer, So., 3.62, Undeclared, Sammamish, Wash. - distance
Christiana Ekelem, So., 3.62, Undeclared, Etiwanda, Calif. - sprints
Audrey Ketcham, So., 3.30, Undeclared, Wenatchee, Wash. - high jump
Abby Knight, So., 3.09, Undeclared, Vancouver, Wash. - distance
Shaquana Logan, Rs-Sr., 3.32, Political Science, Tacoma, Wash. - hurdles
Zoe Moller, Rs-So., 3.13, Social Sciences, Bellingham, Wash. - jumps
Jaclyn Onosko, Sr., 3.17, Gen. Studies Basic Medical Sciences, Kent, Wash. - javelin
Andrea Smith, Jr., 3.59, Animal Sciences, Kennewick, Wash. - hurdles
Celena Ward, Jr., 3.21, Gen. Studies Basic Medical Sciences, Spokane, Wash. - javelin
Bree Winfrey, Jr., 3.02, Criminal Justice, Mission Hills, Calif. - sprints
Courtney Zalud, Rs-Sr., 3.26, Accounting, Colbert, Wash. - middle distance
Korinne Zoellick, So., 3.76, Undeclared, Bothell, Wash. - pole vault


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I'm a tall rider and have found myself needing an extra little bit of height since moving from platform pedals to clipless.
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Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Dunham, a training noncommissioned officer and facility chief with the 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment, from the Arizona Army National Guard, shows students from South Mountain High School Magnet Aviation Program different components of a mobile air traffic control tower, April 4.
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The Pakistan government has suspended the transmission of
two private television channels - Geo TV and Aaj TV in major
parts of the country including cities like Karachi, Islamabad
and Lahore on Sunday, because of their alleged 'anti-government'
authorities say that the government has forced cable operators
into suspending their transmissions. The ostensible reason
is believed to be Geo's failure to give prizes to cables operators
as promised, but Sunday's blackout coincided with the airing
of a show containing anti-government references - Meray
government has already publicised plans to curb live coverage
of outdoor events indicating unhappiness over live TV coverage
of suspended chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhary's anti-government
TV news controller Masoom Osmani told Daily Times that
a "technical fault" could be responsible for the
interruption, adding he was contacting the government to confirm
the actual situation.
cited a possible government attempt to block the private media's
coverage of the judicial crisis, saying a Pakistan Electronic
Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) notice had instructed them
to stop airing live debates and shows.
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Marvin Aday — Meat Loaf to you and me — is the man who "would do anything for love" (but not that!). He's gone from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to Bat Out of Hell in a career spanning the stage, screen and radio.
In a recent phone interview with MTV News, Meat Loaf discussed his role in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny," why he's never hated anything more than performing on "American Idol" and how his work continues to influence a whole new generation of artists.
MTV: Tenacious D claim everywhere that they're the greatest rock band of all time. Where does that leave Meat Loaf?
Meat Loaf: I guess at number 2.
MTV: Is that a happy number 2?
Meat Loaf: [He laughs.] That's fine. I like ["Pick of Destiny" star] Jack [Black].
MTV: Your role in "The Pick of Destiny" is entirely sung. Could you sing the answer to a simple question, say, who you play?
Meat Loaf: I play Jack's father, and he's a religious zealot — absolutely a complete control freak. He's got his wife trained and his other kid trained, and everything is in its place — the dinner table is set perfect, the kitchen is perfect, everything is perfect except for little Jack, and little Jack is far from perfect. He's going to teach him a lesson.
MTV: How did you become involved in this film?
Meat Loaf: For five years, Jack Black has been saying he wanted me to play his father. In every interview he did he always [said], "I'm gonna make the movie 'Tenacious D,' and I want to make Meat Loaf play my father." Every interview. And my daughters, Pearl and Amanda, they kept reading it and [would] call and say, "Jack said it again, Jack said it again." I said, "When he calls me, I'll tell him I'll do it." He did call. He called me himself.
MTV: So he started talking about you in this film well before there was even a film?
Meat Loaf: Oh yeah. Well, he and [co-writer/co-star] Kyle [Gass] had it in their heads. I think they had been wanting to make this film for a very long time — I mean, for five years. So it would be, what, six and a half years ago now that he started talking about it.
MTV: Were you a fan of Tenacious D before this movie?
Meat Loaf: I'm a fan of Jack Black. Jack was originally going to play me in the VH1 movie ["Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back"].
MTV: At that point, though, you had met Jack?
Meat Loaf: No. I had never met him. I just saw him in movies that he had done, and I had heard some stuff from Tenacious D. I said, "This is the guy to play me. He's got the energy, and he understands it." He was going to [play me], then his career took off and [this] movie got postponed. He tried, and I said, "Well, the guy's an idiot if he does it." I said, "Let me see — a studio picture over the Meat Loaf story? Let me think about that for a minute. Gee, I don't know, that's a hard decision."
MTV: Interesting you talk about this continuum from you to Jack Black in terms of high-energy performance. He's a theatrical performer. There's a lot of bands like that these days.
Meat Loaf: Well, that's what I'm hearing. That's what somebody wrote the other day. They gave a review of the new album, and they said that Meat Loaf is gonna have two albums on the chart: My Chemical Romance and Meat Loaf.
MTV: When you look back now do you think about how your career has influenced a whole generation of artists?
Meat Loaf: A few years ago in Spin magazine — I don't know, about 12 years ago — they listed the 25 or 50 most important things in rock history, and they listed Bat Out of Hell at #7. It had an influence on Guns N' Roses, because Axl Rose made a statement about it, [and] Kurt Cobain in several interviews mentioned [it]. And a couple of other grunge bands in the '90s were talking about it also. So I think it's had an influence. I'm so used to being by myself, being alone in the parade, that it's hard for me to deal with people saying Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco and Killers [are similar].
MTV: When you say it's hard for you to deal with, you mean just because you're more of a loner in your work?
Meat Loaf: I've always been a loner and all of a sudden they're coming out, and that's OK. Because after this, I'm going away, so it's time for somebody else to take the realm.
MTV: You're still doing film work?
Meat Loaf: I'm doing film, yeah.
MTV: Just no more music?
Meat Loaf: Well, I'm not going to beat the horse to the finish line like I did with [the recently released Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose].
MTV: How did performing with Katharine McPhee on "American Idol" come about?
Meat Loaf: Oh, they just asked me, and it was a moment of sheer terror. I've never hated anything so much in my whole life.
MTV: Why, because of the way it was performed?
Meat Loaf: One, for the way it was performed. Two, just the whole — I don't know, it was just very strange. I could never get the monitors right the whole time in rehearsal or anything, and I was just trying to get the song performed, and it was just a big mess. I have performance anxiety. I'm getting a little better now because I've done so many in the last month that I'm getting better at it.
MTV: Have you always had performance anxiety?
Meat Loaf: Always, always. There's others now I'm finding out as well. Rod Stewart has it. I was reading an interview with Rod, and he was going on about how for years he just wanted to curl up in a ball. And I did ["The Tonight Show"] in, what, '96? They told me I had two minutes to go on, and I ran and hid under a desk. They had to go, "Come on, get out, you're on." If you ever see a replay, I'm kind of being shoved out there as they're introducing me.
MTV: Is it one of those things where once you get onstage it washes over you?
Meat Loaf: No. Well, it did. See the problem with "American Idol" is that I didn't have any music for the first 12 or 14 bars. I was trying to sing from the house speakers, so I could barely hear. I kept trying to get quieter and I kept getting more nervous and quieter and more nervous, and then I was out of time. And when you get out of time on ["It's All Coming Back to Me Now"], the way the chord structure is, the notes don't work.
I had to be live in New York the other night, and I came in early, but it didn't make any difference. I came in four bars early, I sang, and all of a sudden I realized what I was doing. I just repeated two lines. But with that song [from "Idol"], man, if you screwed up, you screwed up. It was a mess. It was a very strange vibe, I think because it was a competition. Usually when you do TV shows, it's like a talk show, not a competition. But this was a competition, so it was a very strange vibe backstage. Now I know why Prince didn't show up until 10 minutes before he went on. They were freaking out.
MTV: Really?
Meat Loaf: Yeah. He didn't show up until about seven or eight minutes until he was going on. They had an idea to do something with Burt Bacharach where we all went out and sang again, but then they canceled that. Prince showed up, so we were OK.
MTV: Do you think at this point people know you more for your singing or acting?
Meat Loaf: I don't know. I think maybe some of the younger generation are hip to "Fight Club" and that kind of thing, and then you go back to silly movies like "Spice World," which was an absolute — I can't even deal with that. I've been in 43 films now. You haven't seen them, you've only seen about seven. Most of them you don't know. If you just watch HBO, you've seen seven.
MTV: What do you think is your favorite or your best work of all the 43?
Meat Loaf: A movie called "Focus." It was written by Arthur Miller, with [William H.] Macy and Laura Dern. "Fight Club" is pretty good. I want to try and erase this "BloodRayne" from the list. "The 51st State," what we shot was really good and what they edited was a little cliché for me, but we shot some great stuff. The last scene with Sam [Jackson] when I die is really fun to watch, I like that one. Actually, this little movie called "Rustin," I like that character a lot.
You might have seen seven of these. Then you can go down and find "To Catch a Yeti" in '95, which was a Disney thing that they spent less than a million dollars on, with a motorized puppet that you can hear in the movie. Every time it moves, it goes, "Vrrmmmmm." They broke the bank. In the first scene when I'm with the puppet, I said, "I can hear him. Wait, I can hear him." And they said, "Don't worry about it. We'll fix it in post [-production]." I went, "Oh, OK." It played on the Disney Channel about 400 times, and every time if you just watched it, you could hear the little monster going, "Vrrmmmmm." It was pretty funny.
MTV: So what kind of movies do you do now?
Meat Loaf: It was very odd — an Academy Award winner two years ago made this statement: "From the minute I read the script, I knew exactly who this guy was and exactly how to play him." Well, if that would have been me, I wouldn't have won the Oscar because I would have turned the movie down, because any time I finish reading the script and I say, "Oh, I know exactly how to play this guy, I know exactly who he is," I'll turn it down every time.
MTV: Tell us about your upcoming flick "Urban Decay."
Meat Loaf: That's a big giant mess. The producer ran off with the money, and they haven't paid the Teamsters, and [the Screen Actors Guild] has confiscated the film. So there you go. That was a cool little thing, though. It was the hardest thing I had ever done in my life. I did 22 pages in one day. It was all monologue.
MTV: Will it ever see the light of day?
Meat Loaf: No, not unless I get someone to put it on my reel. They've got, like, $3 million in it. It's one of those horror movie things. I play a radio DJ that hates the world. After I did "BloodRayne," I got nothing but horror-movie offers. But I got "Urban Decay," and I liked the character; I thought he was interesting. It was about a homeless cannibal in Los Angeles, and we were helping to track him down through the radio. I was safe in my little booth.
MTV: Is there a role in your career that you could have done and you didn't and you regret it?
Meat Loaf: Nope. I've turned down a couple of studio pictures that were very big, but when I saw the role that I turned down, I was really happy that I did, because I would have been miserable. I've done studio pictures with smaller roles, and I'm really miserable. I'd rather do an independent where I go in and shoot 22 pages in a day and work, and have it be the most difficult thing ever, than to sit around for four months in a Holiday Inn Express — three days a week doing nothing in the middle of Oxford, Mississippi. I'm just not that kind.
I don't want to be a prop, and some of the studio movies, when they offer you smaller roles, you wind up being a prop, and that's what you feel like. I think that I'm better than a prop — maybe they don't, but I do. "Let's get Meat Loaf, he's a good prop." Well, Meat Loaf doesn't think he's a prop.
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browserify jade template inliner
This module is a browserify transform which will parse the AST for
calls and swap them out for the compiled contents of the jade file that they referenced.
var tmpl = compileJade__dirname + '/a.jade'
Applying the transform with the browserify CLI:
browserify . -o bundle.js -t browjadify
Applying the transform with the browserify CLI, but configuring via
browserify . -o bundle.js
Applying the transform with the browserify API:
var browserify = require'browserify' var b = browserify'main.js'btransform'browjadify' bbundlepipefscreateWriteStream'bundle.js'
The line from main.js now looks something like this, depending on the contents of a.jade:
var tmpl = //... jade template body here
If you use a linter to check your code for the use of undefined variables, it will
complain about this
compileJade() function that you have magicked from nowhere.
Furthermore, if you want to test your code with node, without browserifying it,
you can't because the transform will not have been run. These two problems are solved
by doing the following:
npm i --save browjadify-compile
var compileJade = require'browjadify-compile' tmpl = compileJade__dirname + '/a.jade'
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run – so this will alert you to that issue.
When running this code in node,
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Kim Kardashian Returns Home From Honeymoon Alone
June 02, 2014 10:00 AM by Lisa Princ
After the most lavish event of the year, it's back to reality for Kim Kardashian! A week after tying the knot with Kanye West and traveling to Ireland and Prague during her honeymoon, Kim Kardashian was spotted in the airport as she headed home, but where was Kanye?
Surely, the rumors will be buzzing soon on Facebook and Twitter as fans wonder where Kanye West was. Yesterday, the new Mrs. West was spotted at LAX returning from her honeymoon alone, but looking chic in a black ensemble, consisting of a leather jacket, cleavage bearing T-shirt leggings. Kardashian, of course, was swarmed by paparazzi, most of whom were asking about what happened with her brother Rob Kardashian. Kardashian did not comment on any of the rumors, but she did take time to sign autographs for fans. Big surprise.
For those of you who haven't been Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Rob Kardashian ditched Kimye's wedding before the couple even exchanged vows. Some sources claim it was because he didn't want to be photographed in his overweight state, while others claim that he had a blowout fight with Kim Kardashian. Unfortunately, fans will probably never know the real reason that Rob bailed.
So, where oh where was Kanye West? No word on what the deal with West is, but Kardashian was surely headed to Kris Jenner's to pick up her daughter North West. The real question here is: how long will this marriage last? Time to place your bets, folks!
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True to its promise of finalising a couple of advanced pricing agreements (APAs) before the end of the FY14, the Indian revenue authorities have concluded some of the APAs in a record-breaking span of just one year. This is an extremely positive development leading further credence to the already successful APA programme.
The genesis of APAs in India lies with the growing litigation in transfer-pricing. After introduction of the transfer-pricing regulations in 2001, in the initial years the approach of the transfer-pricing authorities was fairly reasonable. However, over the last few years, they have become very aggressive, resulting in a surge of transfer-pricing audits, both in terms of the percentage of cases suffering transfer-pricing adjustments as well as the quantum of adjustments. Coupled with this, the taxpayers have to face cash flow problems as well as uncertainty as a favourable decision at tax tribunal level does not assure end of litigation. To provide certainty to the taxpayers and to address the numerous cases in dispute, the government introduced APA regulations by the Finance Act 2012. APAs allow taxpayers to proactively achieve greater certainty via advance agreements on their transfer-pricing methodologies with one or more tax authorities and can help bridge the trust deficit currently prevailing between the taxpayer and the tax authorities. Its primary driving force is its ability to reach the best possible solution by delivering certainty in a non-adversarial manner, thereby reducing litigation and compliance costs.
The APA programme had garnered an enthusiastic response from multinational enterprises, both foreign and Indian, in the first year itself. India has seen the highest number of APA applications getting filed in the first year, with a record 146 applications filed by March 31, 2013. The overwhelming number of close to 250 applications filed in the second year is evidence of the faith reposed by the corporate fraternity in the entire process.
This takes the total tally close to 400 applications in the first two years of the APA programme, which itself is an astounding achievement.
Reportedly, the applications have been filed by industries in IT, ITeS, media, manufacturing, financial services, pharmaceuticals, etc. The taxpayers have approached the APA wing of the Indian revenue for many transactions, some of which involve issues such as share valuation, royalty payments, guarantee fee, AMP expenses, provision of software and back-office support services, management fees, cost allocation, provision of investment advisory services, integrated/complex services involving application of profit split method,


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Black Bean Soup Mix Recipe
- 1lbdried black beans
- 1/2teaspoonblack pepper
- 1bay leaf
- 1teaspoondried thyme
- 1teaspooncumin powder
- 4beef bouillon cubes, crumbled
- Put the black beans into an airtight glass container.
- In a small bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients.
- Transfer to a small air tight container.
- Include the following directions with the container of beans and spices: Soak the beans in water to cover, overnight in a large soup pot.
- Drain the beans and set aside.
- In a large soup pot, heat 2 tablespoons oil.
- Add in 1 medium chopped onion and 1/2 pound sliced polish sausage; saute over medium-high heat until onion is translucent.
- Add in the beans and spice mixture; stir.
- Add in 8 cups water; bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer, partially covered, for 2 hours or until beans are tender.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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