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We are in the process of gathering some great PEERtrainer
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We got another private message in that same group today
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Events in a trial usually happen in a particular order, though the order may be changed by the judge. The usual order of events:
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After you're sworn in, the judge and the lawyers will question you and other members of the panel to find out if you have any knowledge about the case, any personal interest in it, or any feelings that might make it hard for you to be impartial. This questioning process is called voir dire, which means "to speak the truth."
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As the World Turns 's Van Hansis (Luke) and Paolo Seganti (Damian) play daytime's estranged father and gay son. Now they are learning to trust and accept each other. But will it last?
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As the World Turns 's Van Hansis (Luke) and Paolo Seganti (Damian) play daytime's estranged father and gay son. Now they are learning to trust and accept each other. But will it last?
How does a gay son come back from this one? Your biological father, upon learning you are gay, decides that that the best way to "help" you is to send you to a deprogramming camp where they claim to turn young teens straight ... all the white trying to get his hands on your rightful inheritance. That is what As the World Turns' Luke Snyder dealt with in 2006, the last time Damian Grimaldi came back to Oakdale.
Fast-forward to 2009, and a mysterious hit-and-run on Luke, a pair of distant whack-job Grimaldi relatives, and the return of Damian to Oakdale, and it would seem like this father and son are about to implode once again. But wait -- something has changed. This time, Damian wants to make up with his son and has accepted his sexuality.
The fantastic Daytime Emmy-nominated Van Hansis (Luke) and the mysterious, sexy, and very Italian Paolo Seganti (Damian) are winning raves from gay and straight soap fans alike for their believable portrayal of an estranged father and son trying to find common ground and rebuild their relationship. So what can viewers expect next? Hansis says there is an exciting upcoming story not only for Nuke (that's Luke and boyfriend Noah) but for daytime's most conflicted father and son.
Advocate.com:First, Van, congratulations on your Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor. What scene of Luke's did you submit for the competition?Van Hansis: I submitted a scene from last May or June when Ameera had just left, and Luke and Noah are breaking up. Luke is trying to get Noah to stay in their relationship. I chose it because I remember shooting it that day and feeling really good about it after we shot the scenes. Sometimes as an actor you get these cathartic scenes, and it just felt really good. I knew from that moment on, this is what I would submit.
Well, LBGT fans would love to see someone who plays a gay character win an award.Hansis: Well, Sean Penn just won one, so there you go.
I mean in daytime!Hansis: Sean Penn is not doing daytime these days. [ Laughs ]
Paolo, what did you think of Van's nomination?Seganti: I am thrilled for my son! [ Laughs ]
Paolo, do you like the story of the reconciliation between father and son and the pacing of the story of Luke and Damian?Seganti: Yeah, it's great. One of the reasons I came back to ATWT this time -- besides the fact that I am closer to my home in L.A. and my family -- is that I can work with Van again. One of the reasons I came back a few years ago was because I was so intrigued with the story line. At that time, it was very real and predictable for a guy who grew up in Europe with Damian's background to react that way to Luke being gay. I am a father in real life, so it's cool this time how we are playing this out.
A few years ago it was Damian who sent Luke to a deprogramming camp for teenage boys to turn them from gay to straight. Looking back on that, how do you feel about that plot point?Hansis: I thought that was a great story, and I thought it was an intriguing twist. I remember I visited some websites where this happens to people ... a kid comes out and a parent does not accept them, and the parents think they can do something and he will change.
Back then; Damian really thought he was doing the best thing for his son?Seganti: It's not that you don't love your kid. You do. But then, you have to love your son and accept him the way he is, and try to support him the best way you can. His first reaction is a bit of a shock. Damian grew up in a very conservative country and had a strict upbringing. I thought it was fine that we went in that direction back then. Coming back now and being able to play the difference that he is accepting who his son really is, is wonderful.
Has Damian really accepted his son's sexuality?Seganti: Yes, he has.
Does Luke feel that?Hansis: Luke feels that. I think some things we are taping that won't air for a couple of months illustrate that Damian understands Luke more than anybody else. I can't get into it more than that. But Luke is going to go through some major decisions in his life. Everyone is telling him what to do, but Damian is the only one who asks him what he wants to do. So there is a connection between the two, and they are trying to put the past behind them. I think that's what makes it such an interesting story. It's an estranged father and a son trying to make their relationship work.
That what's resonating with the audience, and that's a real issue that is represented on-screen. What was the turning point for Luke, when he let his dad back into his life?Hansis: I think after all the stuff happened with Zac and Zoe ... the crazy pseudo-twins. I think when Damian saved Luke and Noah's lives, and then started helping out with Luke's foundation, he proved to Luke he is trying to change. I have a couple of friends whose fathers left them when they were very young and abandoned the family. Growing up, what does that do to somebody? Even though Luke has Holden, Damian is his blood. He wants a connection with that, like anybody would.
Holden has always been Luke's "father." How does Damian feel now about his rival?Seganti: It's always been a tough road there, because Damian has always been deeply rooted with Lily [Luke's mother]. He is not going there now, because it would jeopardize all the work he has done to get closer to Luke again. And he does not want to lose Luke's trust, and that's the main thing Damian wants ... to rebuild the relationship with his son and take his time. But Damian is still very much in love with Lily. Holden has always been his archrival. He took Damian's place. Damian was kicked out in the old days and it was not his choice. He fought to have custody of Luke and he lost it. He had no choice in the matter. He does not hate Holden; he is just the guy between him and his rightful wife and son. Damian is letting dogs sleep for now, but he is so connected with Lily, and inside he would love to form a family again. But he is not there yet ... so, one step at a time.
How does Luke view Holden?Hansis: Luke does not call Damian "dad". Luke calls Holden "dad". Holden is the person that raised Luke. Holden is Luke's father in every sense of the word. Also, Luke and Holden had scenes recently, after Luke was the one who convinced Damian to stay in Oakdale. Lily was OK with it, and Damian was thrilled with it, and Holden was the one who had an issue with it! I think where Holden is coming from is; he has his family and his life back after everything that happened with Carly. Things are starting to get back on track with Lily, and then Damian comes in. Not only is he a threat to Holden's marriage, but also, he is a threat to Holden's fatherhood. Holden is very wary of Damian, but Holden loves Luke, and wants Luke to make his own kind of decision of what he wants with Damian.
As ATWT viewers see it, Holden has constantly stood by Luke! Even when his mother and Damian had to grapple with their son being gay, Holden was there for Luke.Hansis: Holden was the only one. Lily came around, but at first she was more shocked than anything, but Holden was the one who put it together before Luke came out, and Holden was the one who was most accepting.
But is our "Luciano" more like a Grimaldi than a Snyder? He must feel conflicted.Hansis: I do think Luke feels a pull -- like between My Two Dads. Wasn't that a sitcom or something? I think what's interesting in the writing right now is that you are seeing much more of Damian's influence on Luke, whether Luke knows it or not. Luke is starting to act more like Damian. He has taken a lot of the same risks that Damian has taken, and he has a lot of the same self-centeredness that Damian has, in terms of justifying the means. I think that definitely comes from Damian. He also has Holden's stubbornness and the way Holden cares about family. Luke is a good mix of his three parents -- Holden, Damian, and Lily.
Were you surprised that in the story, Damian took an instant liking to and was accepting of Noah, Luke's boyfriend?Seganti: No. I already accepted that Luke was gay. In meeting Noah, I just wanted a confirmation about the guy. By choosing Noah, who is awesome and a great person, my son is a great judge of character, and is in good hands as well. For Damian, it was the icing on the cake to meet Noah. He believes they love each other. He is a great guy and very grounded. Noah has been through a lot in his life to be a rock for Luke. Luke is up and down right now, and he does not know what to do with his life and his foundation, so Damian is happy that he has this guy in his life. Noah was the first person who felt Damian meant well and that Luke should give Damian the benefit of the doubt.
Hansis: I think it was really good to have Noah be the one who accepted Damian. Damian was saying, "I'm sorry for my actions, and I have had a lot of time to think about it," and Luke did not trust that. And I think this time, more so than when Damian came back a couple of years ago, what Damian says he is doing now, his actions reflect it; where what he used to say he was doing one thing, and his actions were completely different. I think Noah is a good judge of character and much more rational than Luke.
Nuke are becoming involved in filmmaking, especially Noah!Hansis: Noah is in school to be a filmmaker. So when Paul kidnaps Eliza, Noah has an idea to make a tape of Meg to put on YouTube asking Paul to bring Eliza back. Luke helped him.
Coming up, there is trouble ahead, as all ATWT fans know; Colonel Mayer is on his way back. Also, the exciting news that Forbes March will be joining the cast in July, and he is playing gay too!Hansis: Yes, there is the Colonel Mayer stuff and the Forbes March character being thrown into the mix in July. His character will be involved with Luke and Noah, but I don't know where the story is going, because we just started taping it.
Where are Nuke at this point in their relationship?Hansis: They have been happy together for a while now, and it's a soap, so I don't know how long they will be happy.
Since you travel and work all over the world, Paolo, do you see a big difference of how gay people are treated now, and that some of the old prejudices are falling away?Seganti: So much so! I think there is such a big leap forward in acceptance for gay people.
Did being in this story change your perception of gay people?Seganti: It's not about, "Oh, this guy came out or this guy is gay." It has been like this for years. I have been working in the fashion world as a model and an actor for a while now. When I first left Italy 20 years ago it was different. Now there are always things in movies on gay subject matter and on daytime with ATWT. We are going forward a hundred miles an hour compared to the old days!
Van, did you think the role of Luke would ever last this long?Hansis: I was hired for three months, and I have managed to stretch it out for three and a half years. Every day I go to work I am so happy. I remember being so thrilled that I was going to be working for three months, and I don't have to wait tables for three months! I think what happened with the show was they were telling this new story that has never been told on daytime before, and with a core character instead of a peripheral character. They were waiting to see what the fan reaction would be. And as Paolo said, the fan reaction proved how we are moving a hundred miles an hour with it. The fan response was so immensely popular, and so much more than anyone thought it would be.
Why do you think the character of Luke is so popular?Seganti: In New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, gays are accepted and are part of those cities' fabric. But if you go elsewhere, that is not always the case. A lot of people who are fans of the show and the story line are people who are going through what Luke went through at worst; when Damian sent Luke to a camp, or feeling people will crucify them. There is still a lot of that, but in much of the world it is a normal thing right now. That is why a lot of people are so happy about the story line, being it's something they can relate to, as they are still living every day, with difficulty.
Hansis: I totally agree. I think that is what the audience of daytime reaches. People generally in New York City and San Francisco are not really the soap demographic, per se. So I think to have this story told on daytime, where we do have a huge fan base in the Midwest and the South, for it to be celebrated is a huge step.
Seganti: They are living their own drama, and people are seeing on our show it's OK to accept it. The thing is to love your kids and help them out as much as you can. So this story should be a huge help to kids and families.
In the film Milk, I was struck by the scenes where the young man in a wheelchair would call Harvey and tell him he was stuck and could not get out, because he was in some little town. Do you ever get e-mails or correspondences from gay people similar to that?Hansis: I don't get that as much as something else. A recurring item in e-mails and correspondence is from older people who tell me, they wish this story had been told 20 years ago "because it would have helped me." I can't help but think because of this story, and how people are reacting to it, that there will be kids 20 years from now who won't feel, "Oh, I wish this story was told," because it was told to them as children. I think that is the power of the media. It can normalize things. It's not this big shocking thing anymore that there is this gay character on a TV show, because there are a lot of TV shows now that have gay characters. Americans have a huge appetite for media, and when things get normalized and put in the public spectrum through the media, they become OK with it. People feel they can relate to different types of people because they see them being represented on TV, no matter whether it's gay, interracial, and racial. You see a relationship with characters you can connect to, and then you can connect it with real people on the street in your everyday life.
You two have mutually expressed your "lov-fest" for each other. Van, why is working with Paolo so great?Hansis: I found out a couple months beforehand he was coming back to ATWT, and it was just a thrill. For me, when Paolo had come back the first time, I had really only been on the show four or five months. I did not know who Damian was at the time. And I remember Martha Byrne [ex-Lily] sat me down at the time and she told me the history. When he came back, everything was new to me, and he was so nice to me. He is really one of the nicest guys I have ever worked with. It is easy to work with him. He is really funny, and he has great stories.
Your turn, Paolo!Seganti: One thing I was lucky and fortunate to find with Van is we just clicked. It was something we did not have to try and work out. We connected and worked well off each other again. There is great emotion when I work opposite of Van. He makes my scenes better all the time.
Has your pal Martha Byrne watched you two together on-screen this time out?Seganti: Yeah. She said, "I am going to smash the TV set now!" She misses us. It was great working with her.
In closing, what can we look forward to from dad and son?Hansis: Right now Luke and Noah get involved in another story line for a little bit, but what we are starting to shoot, which will air in July, Luke and Damian will share more screen time together. Damian is involved with Meg right now, and Luke and Noah are involved with Riley, Casey, and Margo. There will be separation for a bit and then they will dovetail together.
Will fans see more ups and downs with the two of you?Seranti: I think ups and downs will be more interesting. Don't you think, Van?
Hansis: I would say, of course, there will be drama. When Luke and Damian come together in a couple months, I don't know if it's going to be Luke and Damian against someone else, or Luke and Damian against each other ...
Seganti: I hope it will go smooth for a while for the two of them and piss other people off.
Hansis: I think that will happen!
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When I first heard that she wrote an über long post on cyberbullying (after all October is Anti-Bullying month), I went and read it.
Several things that came from it-
1) Apparently she forgot she did the worst of the cyberbullying in her days of the Harry Potter fandom- stalking her critics. If you don't believe me, go to her Wikipedia page regarding her plagiarism, her (former) friend, Heidi the lawyer, comes at her defense and gets Wiki to delete any mentions of plagiarism (that's why her entry is locked from changes). Another incident of her friend Heidi coming in is the writer's university message board. Every SINGLE time CC is criticized for plagiarism, she got her lawyer friend to threaten people into deleting any mention of CC and plagiarism.
2) Not only that, she had a LiveJournal (epicyclical) and she used to get people who used to bother her, she would find out the user's IP number and got a phone number from the ISP the person was using and would call these people to tell them to knock it off. I've known at least two people who got this- 1) This one she bragged about in the HPFGU chatroom, she called the parents of a 13-year-old girl to tell her to stop posting on her livejournal. (This I'm not sure if it's true or not, she really asserted that she CAN do that to ANYONE that bothered her) 2) When I was kicked out, my friends in the fandom and outside the fandom defended my character, one of my friends who lived on the Cape got a call from the police (THE POLICE) about her posting on Cassie's LJ. She was shit-scared afterwards and stopped posting (and she didn't even remotely threaten CC), fortunately the policeman sided with my friend because he felt CC was wasting his time.
3) This will be in two parts- somewhat of a story about how I got kicked out of the HP Fandom. I feel better about telling the truth about it, unlike CC. Here's a little timeline-
October 2001- my boyfriend (now my husband) asked me a series of strange questions about a user, and a friend of mine, called John W. What his favourite restaurant was, what color he likes, etc. I'm not sure about the rest of the questions but I immediately told him what John's favourite restaurant was (a dim-sum restaurant in NYC) and then afterwards, asked him why he asked all these questions about John. He admitted that he got into John's Yahoo! Profile to look at the moderator message boards, I told him to give it back immediately and we didn't talk about it for a while.
February 2002- the guilt was getting to me, I told my boyfriend that I wanted him to write an anonymous apology letter to one of the mods (Neil W.) and I helped him write it as Mafalda Hopkirk. I sent it to Neil without hiding my IP number (I didn't know how the process worked) and he figured it out quickly that it was me through my IP number but didn't tell the rest and told me to leave fandom quietly.
I got an IM from a male (another HP mod whose name escapes me), whose wife was Stacey, and we talked about the fandom, but never about the hacking. Then EVERYONE in the HP fandom stopped talking to me (I IMed AngieJ, siriusgeologist, Alicia/Sue (Boots527 in IM) and NO one talked to me until one of the Teenage Witches told me what was going on and that she had messages from Cassie and Simon. Both messages were very upsetting.
My IRL friends and my HP-fandom friends, who still sided with me, defended me on Livejournal and the HP messageboards. Cassie basically said to one, "Tell her that her parents should have aborted her." I snuck into chat as Vivienne Stellaluna to see what they're talking about and they completely PILED on me once they figured that the silent lurker was me. It was the worst kind of internet bullying I've experienced until….
4) I was doing fine (I finally left the fandom because *&(@ them), working on my university coursework and planning my course trip to Oxford. Then I got a call from my university police department at the end of April 2002 and a week before my exams (2 months after I got kicked out and nary a peep from those people between the first week of February-end of April). I went in and he said have you heard about HP4GU? I said yes, and started to tear up, is this about the hacking because I didn't do it. and He said yes. I was sobbing uncontrollably and had to be walked home because I didn't think THEY would stoop this low, trying to get me kicked out of my university and they planned on doing it around the time of my exams just to shake me.
I immediately got the best tech lawyer in Boston and saw all the documents the HP4GU people sent to BU- AngieJ/Cassandra Claire/the male mod sending them chat transcripts of me admitting to the hacking and I honestly said that I had talked to AngieJ and the Male Mod as recently as February but I've never admitted to hacking (several of my friends said that it wasn't my ordinary chat behavior, including my mom) and frankly, I hadn't talked to Cassie in PM for several months prior to February.
I brought ALL my documents- Cassie's Livejournal entries condemning me (her behavior towards me, at the time, was atrocious and uncalled for) and other documentation, etc. And, ironically, it was these exact documents which completely cleared me of hacking because she basically wrote her intent in the comments section to get me kicked out of university as payback.
After I got cleared, I walked with my mom and my lawyer and stopped outside Pizzeria Uno in Kenmore Square. He said, "Before I go, you have a real case to sue this Claire person and HPFGU for harrassment." I said, "I just want to be done with that." I wanted to get on with my life, go to Oxford University, think about my degree, and think about where I wanted to go after university (my boyfriend and I were talking about moving in together once I finished and we talked about the pros and cons of living in the US versus the UK).
Fast-forward to 2012, living in the UK for over six years, and as I like fantasy/sci-fi books I often see CC's books about. I just want to pull my hair out every single goddamn time I see her books, that's how much HP4GU and her bullying has affected me.
I don't like internet bullying but I did follow NastyClare/TheClareWitchProject until their existence ceased to be. I read ONTD posts about Cassie all the time (because I'm interested in how her books are doing, how much media attention the movie is making). Also, the riveting "Cassandra Claire Plagiarism Debacle" posts and FandomWank posts. ALL of those blogs were ON point about CC's behavior in the early days of the HP fandom. Everyone in the HP fandom in 2000-2002 knew what her real name was and what she looked like, including me and my husband, it was a MAJOR OPEN SECRET in the HP Fandom. Even back then, she complained of people trying to find out who she is even though she gave out what she did (entertainment reporter for Hollywood Life, her name, multiple photos of herself, where she lived in CA, where she moved to in NYC). For someone who claims she's secretive about herself, she was pretty freer about who she was in the chatrooms/message boards.
To end a long post, simply put, she has amnesia about her OWN bullying in the HP fandom. She's a hypocrite, a plagiarist and, above all, a major, early, cyberbully. Her woe-is-me post rings hollow for people like me, people she bullied. Her friends that now side with her weren't her HPFGU/HP fandom friends because if she left that fandom, it's probably EVERYONE in that fandom hate her because of her appalling behavior at the time. She hasn't come to terms about how she became famous and what she did to go down the path of being famous. She can go %(&* herself and if her parents knew what she did in the past, they'd be deeply ashamed of her.
All of that said, I know where I'd stick her "cyberbully" post.
The hailed anti-bullying post by Clare that got her so much acclaim is here.
The people behind the anti-Clare blogs she had shut down claiming they were anti-semitic bullies offer their rebuttal here.
And, of course, the usual links (thanks tryxkittie)
Cassandra Claire and Plagiarism
The Abridged Fan History of Cassandra Claire
The Ms Scribe Story: Full and Abridged


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The Looney Tunes Show
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The Looney Tunes Show is back on Tuesday nights! Tune in to Cartoon Network on Oct. 2 to
catch the season premiere of the hilarious prime time animated sit-com starring
Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney
universe! This season begins with "Bobcats on Three," where
Daffy's fibs and Bugs' vices cause all kinds of trouble in the
Daffy, AKA "Dr. Duck," has performed nearly every occupation
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Gossamer and his friends approach Daffy and ask that he coach their water polo
team. Daffy accepts, in spite of not knowing how water polo is played or even
knowing how to swim. The kids teach him a life lesson about winning and losing,
and he also learns that horses don't belong in the pool.
Meanwhile, Porky is excited to get his catering business off the ground, but
his healthy fare leaves lots to be desired. At Bugs' urging, Porky starts
using his grammy's old recipes which are full of all things delicious
like butter, sugar and heavy cream. Bugs can't get enough of the
artery-clogging food and resorts to throwing neighborhood parties just so he
can get another taste of Porky's cooking. His girth reaches new and epic proportions,
and it isn't until Daffy needs his help at the final water polo match
that Bugs realizes just how large he's become.
A new Merrie Melody, "Laser Beam," joins this episode. Marvin the
Martian sings a 1980's-style power ballad lamenting his dear laser
beam's sudden demise. It's a heartfelt number that proves even
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Should windows be installed parallel to the siding (and be out of level like old ones) or should they be exactly level (and what do I do to minimize visual effect)? Or should they be installed lets say with 1/16 angle - is it still ok?


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"All the problems we face can be dealt with using existing technologies. And almost everything we need to do to move the world economy back onto an environmentally sustainable path has already been done in one or more countries." –Lester R. Brown, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
After more than a century of no known primate extinctions, scientists recently confirmed the disappearance of a subspecies of a West African monkey. The loss of this monkey, known as Miss Waldron's red colobus, may be a harbinger of future losses of our closest evolutionary relatives.
Out of some 240 known primate species, 19 are critically endangered, up from 13 in 1996. This classification refers to species that have suffered extreme and rapid reductions in population or habitat. Their remaining numbers range from less than a few hundred to, at most, a few thousand individuals. If their populations continue to shrink at recent rates, some species will not survive this decade. This group, according to the World Conservation Union's 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, includes 8 monkeys from Brazil's Atlantic rainforest, where 97 percent of the forest has been lost, 2 apes and a monkey from Indonesia, 3 monkeys from Viet Nam, 1 each from Kenya and Peru, and 3 lemur species from Madagascar.
At the endangered level, the IUCN's next degree of threat, there are 46 primate species, up from 29 in 1996. These species face a very high probability of extinction, some within the next 20 years. An additional 51 species are listed as vulnerable. These primates have slightly larger populations but still may disappear within this century. Critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable species together total 116, or nearly half of the 240 some primate species.
When the last Ice Age ended 10,000 years ago, baboons outnumbered humans by at least 2 to 1. If all non-human primate populations were counted together, including the large populations of some of the smaller species, they dwarfed the human population. Now that has changed. The development of agriculture allowed for rapid human population growth, and about 2,000 years ago, humans-numbering 300 million-became the most abundant of the primates. By 1930, the human population of 2 billion likely outnumbered all other primates combined.
Today, at 6.1 billion and climbing, we are threatening the survival of many of our primate cousins, including our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos, with which we share over 98 percent of our genome. The other apes are quite close to us as well, not only genetically, but also in observed behavior. Yet with the 300,000 human babies born each day exceeding the total population of the great apes, even our evolutionary proximity may not prevent us from eradicating our near-kin.
While humans now inhabit every corner of the earth, most other primates exhibit strong endemism, meaning that a species is restricted to a particular area. Almost three quarters of all primates live in just four countries: Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Indonesia, and Madagascar. In each of these countries, forest cover is decreasing. Because habitat loss is a danger to 90 percent of threatened primates, their concentration in a few countries greatly increases their vulnerability.
In Indonesia, diverse forests and wild inhabitants have suffered from logging fueled by corruption and political instability. Within the past decade, deforestation rates doubled, claiming almost 2 million hectares each year. As deforestation rates doubled, orangutan numbers dropped by half. By 2005, the country faces the loss of all lowland forest from Sumatra, and thus the extinction of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, among many other species. The Borneo orangutan, after suffering from logging, hunting, and the catastrophic fires of 1997, is not likely to survive beyond 2010 if current trends continue.
Our closest relative, the bonobo, is endemic to the Congo, a country plagued by civil war and occupation by foreign military and rebel groups. Along with many other primates in the region, the slow-breeding bonobo has seen a rapid decline. In 1980 there were close to 100,000 bonobos; now there may be fewer than 10,000.
Although the civil war has created millions of human refugees and may have elevated the demand for meat from wild animals (bushmeat), the resulting sluggish economic development may have slowed logging in the Congo, the country containing half of Africa's remaining tropical moist forests. If political stability returns, tree cutting could increase several fold in the next few years, accelerating what could be the first great ape extinction.
Gorilla populations have dropped to dangerously low levels, largely from illegal commercial bushmeat hunting. Fewer than 325 mountain gorillas exist, and all are in one subpopulation spanning Rwanda, the Congo, and Uganda. The rarest, the Cross River Gorilla, is limited to only 150 to 200 individuals scattered among several lingering subpopulations on the Cameroon/Nigeria border region.
In parts of West and Central Africa, hunting is an even greater threat than forest loss. There the bushmeat trade, consisting primarily of forest antelope, pigs, and primates, is worth over $1 billion a year. In areas where social turmoil has ravaged traditional economic activities, and the average annual family income is less than $100, the lure of earning $300 to $1,000 each year as a hunter has enticed many. Logging and, to a lesser extent, mining companies have penetrated forests, with their settlements increasing bushmeat demand, while their roads facilitate hunting.
Exploitative hunting is not profitable in the long term, however, because wild populations, especially those of the large and slow-reproducing apes, are soon decimated. Over 1 million tons of wild meat is consumed annually in the Congo Basin, almost 6 times more than the forests' sustainable yield. Commercial hunting has emptied forests that were once full of animals.
Though rural communities have long subsisted on wild animals and other forest foods, with up to 60 percent of their protein coming from bushmeat, most bushmeat from this region is now consumed in cities. Almost half of the 30 million people living in the forested regions of Central Africa are city-dwellers who are being fed with bushmeat from collapsing wildlife populations. As cities grow and bushmeat hunting accelerates to meet rising demand, it is estimated that hunting could eliminate all viable African ape populations in fewer than 20 years.
To save other primates from being lost in what is considered the earth's sixth major extinction event, resources are needed to curb illegal logging and hunting. Illegal logging has ruined vast stretches of original primate habitat. Much of the bushmeat hunted comes from protected areas, and international trade in primates is already unlawful under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. But when enforcement is lacking, illegal practices continue.
Large wilderness blocks of biologically rich areas can be converted to new parks that take into account the needs of wildlife and human populations. Ecotourism endeavors can be used to support primate conservation, and hunters can find alternative income in park protection work once they realize that live animals can be much more valuable than dead ones.
Understanding ourselves better-our biology, psychology, and sociology-depends in part on understanding our closest living relatives better. If we destroy them, we may never fully understand ourselves.
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World-famous novelist James Patterson has created one of the most iconic characters in the detective thriller genre with Alex Cross as the central figure in the Alex Cross series including "Kill Alex Cross," "Cross Fire," "I, Alex Cross," "Cross Country," "Double Cross," "The Big Bad Wolf," "Four Blind Mice," "Roses Are Red," "Jack & Jill," "Kiss the Girls," and "Along Came a Spider," to name a few.
A number of Patterson's books have been adapted for the screen including "Kiss the Girls, "Along Came a Spider," "Maximum Ride," "Miracle on the 17th Green," and "Child of Darkness Child of Light." Patterson's Alex Cross is yet again on screen in "Alex Cross," starring Tyler Perry as the "new" Alex Cross, the character that Morgan Freeman portrayed in several films. Written by Mark Moss and Kerry Williamson and directed by Rob Cohen, the film co-stars Edward Burns, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Cicely Tyson, Carmen Ejogo, Giancarlo Esposito, John C. McGinley, and Jean Reno. In addition to the Alex Cross series, Patterson wrote novels under the banner of "Women's Murder Club," and another iconic character, Detective Michael Bennett.
Patterson recently participated in a press conference to promote "Alex Cross" and the following has been edited for content and continuity for print purposes.
Are you pleased with how the film turned out?
Patterson: I thought it turned out great. Once this thing got going in terms of production, it moved really quickly and smoothly. I thought Summit (Summit Entertainment, an American film studio and a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment) was fabulous to work with. They don't get in the way. They're helpful. They're supportive in every aspect.
Do you think Morgan Freeman will be missed as the lead character? ("Kiss the Girls," "Along Came a Spider")
Patterson: You know, Morgan is Morgan and he's kind of irreducible, but Tyler is much closer to the character in the books. The character in the books is bigger and he's physical and he's bright. I think everyone in the film did a great job, especially given the budget, which was not enormous – a quarter of what he's use to (Rob Cohen, director).
Is there a responsibility when a book is adapted to a screenplay?
Patterson: I can't do that much about that. Hollywood does what they do. Here comes "War and Peace" and somebody might say: 'Here's my take on "War and Peace." Here's "Madame Bovary." And, here's "Anna Karenina" and they're going to turn it into whatever they're going to turn it into whatever they're going to turn it into, so I can't complain about that and I certainly was involved in this. I actually co-wrote the first script which was changed radically, and that's ok with me. The book is the book and nobody can mess with it and the movie is the movie and I'm comfortable with that.
When you first began to develop the character of Alex Cross, what did he mean to you and in view of your success, do you just love that character?
Patterson: I'm not a big success guy. I don't think about it. One of the nice things about the people I grew up with is they tell me I'm still the same asshole you always were. I like that. Success just doesn't move me one way or the other.
Did your younger years have any influence on creating Alex Cross?
Patterson: Actually, Rob and I grew up in the same town, Newburg, New York, murder capital of New York State, and it's very mixed, sort of half and half – black and white. I played a lot of basketball and if you wanted to play basketball, you kind of went into the neighborhoods. I felt for a long time that the way a lot of movies were portraying African-Americans was kind of stupid. I wanted to create a hero who really was a hero. An African-American guy who's bright and anti all the stereotypes – the kind of man who won't take care of his family. So, here's a guy who's taking care of his family. Not so much in this movie, although in this movie he's involved with the family more than the first two. He's taking care of these kids. He's cool with his grandmother (Cicely Tyson). He's well educated, Johns Hopkins, etc. etc. So I just wanted to go against the stereotypes. I think it works and that's what I'm happy about. It's an iconic character so I'm happy. When the publisher says that I've created more enduring characters than any modern writer, I think that's probably true and that's my strength. I have many weaknesses, which I don't care to go into at this time.
Were you on set during the shoot and did you have input?
Patterson: I own 40 percent of the movie. I had a lot of input I think in good ways. I also can step back and stay out of the way which is probably the most useful thing you can do sometimes. I think what's good about the movie is that's it's pretty suspenseful and the action is good. What's a little unusual about this movie is that it's very emotional in parts and something happened on the set twice. You know, film crews can sort of not be into it that much, but twice during this movie, crews were watching the monitor and they were crying. Once when Alex is talking to his daughter and there was more. It was very, very emotional stuff and I think Tyler did a great job getting the emotional stuff right. I think he's going to blow people's minds with his performance because people have certain pre-conceptions and they're not right.
Did you have any concerns about having Tyler cast as the lead?
Patterson: When we all went to Atlanta to meet with Tyler, he said to me, 'James, I wouldn't do this if I wasn't sure that I could pull it off and I'm going to give myself over to Rob. I'm not the director here and I'm going to let my ego go by the wayside.' That's what he did. He took off some weight and buffed up. That was cool.
Do you think all the violence depicted in American movies is dangerous?
Patterson: No. Look. The Bible is violent. It's in the world right now. First of all, the readership of my books is 75 percent women. I don't know what you want to make of that. It's not men. It's not guys. "CSI" is 60 percent women and I think, to some extent, people like to see solutions in life. They like to see mysteries solved because so much of the world right now we can't get a solution. Problems don't get resolved in a way that's satisfying. What does Obama think? What does Romney really think? We don't get the solutions so the nice thing about mysteries is that for those two hours in the theatre, you get a resolution and that can be very satisfying.
You mentioned that you wrote the first draft of the screenplay. Was it closer to the book than the final version?
Patterson: It was a bit more than the book, but still the fundamentals of the book are there. This thing does revolve around a family tragedy and a killer who is very unusual and who you really do have strong feelings about. One of the nice things about this movie is that everyone who went into it was hungry. Rob wanted a hit. Morgan wanted… Uh. I mean Tyler wanted to do something different. He wanted to show that he had different skills than people thought he did. I wanted another movie. So everybody was hungry and I always think that's great and that does tend to produce a pretty good product.
Have you spoken with Morgan about the younger Alex Cross and do you think he feels an entitlement to the character?
Patterson: I don't know. As I said Morgan, and I'm not going to sit here and wax poetic on Morgan because he's a wonderful actor, but one of the things with Morgan is he 77 years old now and it's get harder and harder and is he going to be a detective at that age. I don't know if that would have worked.
See, with the books it's different. Writers are smart. It may be a year to the next book, but the character only ages a week, so we don't have to worry about age.
This Alex Cross displays a certain lack in his moral character that blurs the lines between the good guy and the bad guy. This seems counter to the Alex Cross we have known and loved. Can you comment on that?
Patterson: I think that to some extent Rob pushed it a bit that way – a bit more than I would have liked so there's a minor disagreement on that. But I think one nice thing about this movie versus the other two movies is the family. The family is a huge part of the books. That's what keeps the fans involved in the books.
What was your reaction when you saw the final cut?
Patterson: Here's a funny story about the last press junket. I had to prepare myself by watching the movie so here's come the first scene and that wasn't in the book, and then the second scene, and that wasn't in the book. And in the second scene Morgan as Alex is building a ship in a bottle, which isn't the most cinematic thing in the world, but this woman comes in and I don't know who the hell she is. Who's this woman? It's not his grandmother, and it's not his girlfriend and she never comes back in the movie. So a little later, during the press junket, I see Morgan and ask him who the woman is in the second scene of the movie and he says, 'Oh, that's Alex Cross' sister.' I said, 'Oh, I didn't know Alex had a sister' (much laughter).
When you wrote the first Alex Cross novel, did you go in with the intention that you would be revisiting this character and are you hooked on Alex?
Patterson: When I wrote the first novel, I had a publishing company and they said they wanted two and it became a two-book deal so I said okay, I guess I'm going to write another one with this character. Now, you do get hooked into the characters and when you end a character, it's like someone dying in your life so I am hooked into Alex. I like that he keeps growing and changing and I am curious about what's going to happen next and what's going to happen with the kids. I'll continue writing him as baby needs new shoes (laughter).
I'd like to go off topic and ask you about your writing career. What was the reason behind your decision to co-write some of your books?
Patterson: I have a very active imagination and am good at creating characters. But, I'm not good at certain other things. I have this huge stack of ideas for books and I just happened to be with a friend once and he said let's try to write a Goth novel ("Miracle on the 17th Green") and I liked the collaboration. People think that's weird, but a lot of movies are written with a couple of writers as well as a lot of television. So it's not that unusual. You start traveling around Europe and you wonder how many painters were involved in that ceiling, etc. I think the good thing for me is that I really believe in teamwork anyway and it allows my strengths, which tend to be plotting and structure and creating the characters, and the initial tone. So they'll write the first draft and I'll write the subsequent drafts which totally f.… everything up.
Do you still do a lot of research?
Patterson: I don't have to do too much now about cops and the FBI because I've done so much of that and have a pretty good feel for that. I don't write realism and sometimes people will say that didn't seem very real and would never happen. I could just see someone looking at a Picasso and saying that's doesn't look very realistic.
Just a few more questions.
Patterson: I like this. You know, you write a book you get no journalists at all. This is heaven (laughter).
What motivated you to write books for young kids? ("The Fire," "The Gift," "Witch & Wizard," "Get Me Out of Here!" "The Worst Years of My Life")
Patterson: I didn't jump on the young adult bandwagon. My son Jack was eight and very bright but wasn't a big reader. That summer we said you're going to read every day and he said, 'do I have to?' We said, 'yes, unless you want to live in the garage.' We said we would find cool books and went out and found a dozen books and by the end of the summer he had read 10 books that he loved and his reading skills increased. He just got 800 on his SSAT's in reading and went from being disinterested to being a big reader. That's what really got me into writing for kids. I believe it's the parent's job, not the school's, to get kids to read and you gotta' go out and find the books for them. You have to insist that they read. The other thing is the more kids read, the better they get at it.
Can talk about the state of publishing today and E-Books in particular?
Patterson: It's done deal now. I think the tricky part is I think we are not ready for no bookstores in this country. We're not ready for it and we should never be ready for it.


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Spatial: Possible Careers
Spatial: Possible Careers
It's never too early to start helping your kids figure out what they want to be when they grow up! But don't try to match your kids' talents to specific careers too early.
Instead, help your kids see the array of occupations that are related to each of their intelligence areas. The best way to do this is by having adults talk with your kids about their career choices and by going on lots of field trips. Then children can begin making their own decisions about what feels right.
Of course, virtually every job consists of a variety of responsibilities that touch on several intelligences. So when you talk about careers with your kids, make sure you also point out that many different talents are required for each job -- and that it's important to develop and nurture all of our intelligences.
Career Ideas
- Engineer
- Surveyor
- Architect
- Urban planner
- Graphic artist
- Interior decorator
- Photographer
- Art teacher
- Inventor
- Pilot
- Fine artist
- Sculptor
- Guide
- Hunter
- Scout
- Cartographer
Brought to you by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Source: Thomas Armstrong's Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom (ASCD 1994)


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About this game
Another classic Match-3 game launch on Android Market.Your mission is to win Jewels Star, pass the levels and try to get all stars in each level.
How to play:
1: Match 3 or more identical jewels.
2: Match the jewels until the board transparency,the Jewels star will appear.
3: Make the jewels star down to last line to pass the level.
Tips: Eliminate the jewels quickly can get extra scores.
- More than 350 levels and 8 pretty scenes in the game, including starry sky,mountains,snow world and so on.
- Match 4 jewels can win the jewel's bomb and 1 lighting.
- Match 5 jewels can win color-changing jewels and 2 lightings.
- Eliminate 20 jewels continuous can win 1 lighting.
- The jeweled bomb can eliminate the jewels around.
- The Color-changing jewel can eliminate to any other colored jewel.
- The Timing Jewel can extend the playing time.
- The lightning Jewel can eliminate jewels in one row.
- For the chained jewel,you can eliminate the jewels around to unlock it.
- For the frozen jewel,you can eliminate the jewels around to release it.


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Master impressionist Peter Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers on September 8, 1925 in Southsea, Hampshire, England. His parents, Agnes (Peg) and Bill Sellers, called him Peter in memory of his stillborn older brother. Sellers' parents were vaudeville entertainers, and at two days old, Sellers was carried onto the stage at King's Theatre. He spent his childhood traveling the vaudeville circuit, where he gained a fondness for entertaining and a desire to succeed beyond the realm of vaudeville.
As a youth, Sellers attended Miss Whitney's School of Dancing in Southsea and Madame Vacani's Dancing Classes in London before enrolling in St Aloysius' Boarding and Day School for Boys. In the early 1940s, Sellers played the drums with touring jazz bands and also learned to play the banjo and ukulele. Just after his 18th birthday, Sellers was drafted into the British Royal Air Force. He became an official RAF concert entertainer, and between 1943 and 1946, Sellers spent his free time performing comedy sketches and playing the drums for the other servicemen.
After returning home from the war, Sellers pursued a position with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). By 1948, he had taken part in a few moderately successful auditions, none of which had resulted in an invitation to join the BBC. Having grown impatient for stardom, Sellers chose to take matters into his own hands. The comic made a telephone call to Roy Speer, producer of the BBC radio program, Show Time. Sellers posed as a popular radio star and recommended himself to Speer. The producer, impressed with Sellers' "acting," gave him a spot on the air. Following his initial appearances on Show Time, Sellers became a sought-after radio personality.
On the long-running BBC radio show, Crazy People (later called The Goon Show), Sellers established himself as a master impressionist. The show's zany collection of skits and Sellers' outrageous characters, including Major Bloodnok, Bluebottle, and Henry Crun, have been recognized as the predecessors to Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Goon Show provided Sellers with a showcase for his improvisational skills as well as an outlet for life's frustrations.
By the time The Goon Show was canceled in January 1960, Sellers had earned the exposure necessary to begin a career in film. After appearing in several British pictures, Sellers achieved success in the U.S. with The Mouse That Roared (1959). In 1960, he received international attention for his role in the film The Millionairess, in which he co-starred with Sophia Loren.
The incredibly versatile Sellers could slip in and out of characters with surprising speed. His genius was displayed through his depiction of multiple characters in Mouse as well as in several other films throughout his career. Dr. Strangelove (1964), considered Sellers' best film, earned him his first Oscar nomination in 1965. In 1963, Sellers introduced the world to his best-known character, Inspector Clouseau, The Pink Panther's bumbling master of disguise. There were four sequels to this successful comedic film: A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Return of the Pink Panther (1974), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). 1982's Trail of the Pink Panther is a posthumous collection of outtakes from the previous Panther films combined with new footage of other cast members.
Sellers garnered his second Oscar nomination for the critically acclaimed film, Being There (1979), in which he played the childlike Chance, a gardener mistaken for an economic guru. Sellers' controlled performance was key to the success of this subtle comedy. The comedian's film career ended just before his death in 1980, with The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu.
Though Sellers was a great success professionally, he did not fare as well in the personal realm. The son of an overprotective, controlling mother, Sellers often behaved like a child, throwing tantrums and demanding his wife's' undivided attention. Sellers married four times, to Anne Howe (Sept. 15, 1951), Britt Ekland (Feb. 19, 1964), Miranda Quarry (Aug. 24, 1970) and Lynne Frederick (Feb. 18, 1977). He also sired three children: Michael (April 2, 1954), Sarah (Oct. 16, 1957) and Victoria (Jan. 20, 1965). Sellers' wives and children were forced to suffer the effects of living with an obsessive perfectionist whose attentions focused mainly on himself and his career.
After appearing in over 60 films as well as on numerous radio and television shows throughout his career, Sellers died of a heart attack on July 24, 1980. Displaying his unending sense of humor, the comic said good-bye with one last joke. At Sellers' request, the song "In The Mood" was played at his funeral, a tune that he hated. According to biographer Roger Lewis, Sellers had told his son Michael that the song was "wonderfully inappropriate – hence, wonderfully appropriate – for solemn occasions."


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FOOTBALL FANS RUSHED fans rushed the field after the home team won an unexpected victory over Egypt's top club Wednesday, setting off clashes and a stampede that left at least 73 people dead and 1,000 injured in a Mediterranean port city, officials said.
It was the worst incident of soccer violence in Egypt and the deadliest worldwide since 1996. One player said it was "like a war."
State TV reported that fans also set fire to the main stadium in Cairo after a soccer game between Al-Ismaili and Zamalek teams was called off because of the violence in Port Said, but nobody was injured.
Stadium employees at the Cairo stadium said some of the bleachers were set ablaze, but firefighters put it out before it caused much damage.
The melee broke out after fans of Al-Masry, the home team in Port Said, stormed the field after a rare 3-1 win against Al-Ahly, Egypt's top team. Al-Masry supporters hurled sticks and stones as they chased players and fans from the rival team, who ran toward the exits to escape, according to witnesses.
Hesham Sheiha, a health ministry official, said most of the deaths were caused by concussions, deep cuts to the heads and suffocation from the stampede.
Mohammed Abu Trika, a player with Al-Ahly, told the team's station criticized the police for standing by and not intervening in the violence.
"People here are dying and no one is doing a thing. It's like a war," he said. "Is life this cheap?"
TV footage showed Al-Ahly players rushing for their locker room as fist fights broke out among the hundreds of fans swarming on to the field. Some men had to rescue a manager from the losing team as he was being beaten. Black-clothed police officers stood by, appearing overwhelmed.
An Egyptian policeman helps an injured football fan during clashes. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hassan)
Egypt's state prosecutor ordered an immediate investigation into the violence, and the Egypt Football Association ordered an indefinite suspension of the annual championship. The parliament said it would convene an emergency session.
State TV reported the casualty toll, citing a health ministry official. A medic in the Port Said morgue, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information, gave the same figures and said some of the dead in the clashes were security officers.
It was the deadliest incident of soccer violence since Oct. 16, 1996, when at least 78 people died and 180 others were injured in a stampede at a stadium in Guatemala City before a World Cup qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The clashes and ensuing stampede did not appear to be directly linked to the political turmoil in Egypt but the violence concerns about the ability of the state police to manage crowds in the wake of the popular uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down last year.
Egyptian fans clash with riot police. AP
Essam El-Erian, a member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, said the military and police were responsible for the violence, accusing them of complicity in the violence in a bid to stop critics who are demanding an end to state of emergency that give security forces wide-ranging powers.
"This tragedy is a result of intentional reluctance by the military and the police," he said.
State TV appealed to Egyptians to donate blood for the injured in Port Said, and the military sent two aircraft to evacuate serious cases to the capital, Cairo.
The Port Said game was a face-off between two teams with a long history of fierce competition, Al-Masry, the home team, and Al-Ahly, which is Cairo-based and one of Egypt's most popular teams. Al-Ahly was runner-up for the Asian club title in 1986, its best finish.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was "shocked and saddened" by the death, sending his condolences to the families of those who died.
"This is a black day for football. Such a catastrophic situation is unimaginable and should not happen," he said in a statement. "I am very shocked and saddened to learn this evening that a large number of football supporters have died or been injured following a match in Port Said, Egypt."
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This is the second post on our 4D3N Hong Kong trip that was highlighted by the visit to Hong Kong Disneyland. Here is an almost complete guide to the magical land that is surely a must-visit place if you're heading to Hong Kong, be it with kids, or just for the kids in you.
Here's the almost complete guide to the magical kingdom through my eyes 😀
Magical Train to Hong Kong Disneyland
Firstly, to get there.
From Hong Kong island, take the train from Central to Sunny Bay station, then hop onto the Magical train that takes you all the way to Disneyland straight up.
The train ride should last a little over 30 minutes, we purchased the 3 day unlimited pass with return trips to the airport that costs 300 HKD. Value for money as the airport trips cost 160 HKD both ways already.
the beautiful Disneyland Hotel
We spent 2 nights at South Pacific Hotel on Hong Kong island, and while that was a pretty good hotel in a nice location with plenty of good street foods (read my account of Street Food in Hong Kong), Disneyland Hotel is in another class on its own. The building was impressive, and really without a doubt, put one in the whole Disney mood.
Snow white and the Disneyland Hotel courtyard
Snow White was having a photo session with the kids at the lobby while we were checking in. The courtyard at the hotel is just as impressive as the interior and the room we were in. Check out the green maze that's made out of plants, and I thought these stuff only exists in storybooks.
Hong Kong Disneyland entrance
After having an excellent lunch at the Crystal Lotus restaurant within the hotel (which I'll blog about soon), we checked in our bags and headed straight to the park with out Disneyland tickets on hand.
There're free shuttle bus service going around Disneyland park – Disneyland Hotel – Disney's Hollywood Hotel every 15 minutes or so.
A few pictures at the beautiful fountain in front of the gate and then we're in!
Main Street USA and upcoming Christmas decoration
First stop was Main Street USA. Which was, well, set up to look like a sort of cowboy town in US.
Here you find a lot of souvenir shops and a few restaurants, the Disney parade is usually conducted here too, but at our time of visit they were preparing for the upcoming Christmas decoration so parade was sorta on hold. The gingerbread town in the photo above wasn't fully ready, but by now they should be. We will come back to Main Street a little later.
Tomorrowland and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster
Going pass the Sleeping Beauty's castle and made a right turn, we arrived at Tomorrowland. The first attraction we went on was the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster.
The 3D (and super convincing) Buzz gave us the low down and instructions on what we should do, then off we go in the ride. It's a sort of lasertag ride and you get to shoot targets and keep a score, I got 68800 – pretty impressive for a first timer, not to mention super auspicious too.
And the fun had just begun.
the awesome Space Mountain Ride
Next we went on the most thrilling ride at HongKong Disneyland – the Space Mountain.
This is a roller coaster that's in almost total darkness. I don't know how high we went, but it was pretty high, and insanely fast too. The ride was so fun we ended up doing it twice more on the next day. This is definitely a ride not to be missed if you are a thrill seeker. I tried to take a video but I guess the super low light condition didn't help.
the many adventure of Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo's flying circus
Next stop was the Fantasyland, and after the thrill and spills at Space Mountain, we decided to have something that is easier on the stomach. We went on the Dumbo's flying circus. This ride goes pretty high and provides a good bird eye's view on the whole Fantasyland.
The many adventure of Winnie the Pooh is another ride that I enjoyed a lot. It was like reading a life size animated flip out storybook by sitting on a cart. Pretty cool even for an adult, the kids must love this to bits.
the Golden Mickeys award show
We then head to the Golden Mickeys award show. The broadway style show lasted some 40 minutes and it was a lot of fun, I am left wondering how the actors could do this day in and day out, the performance must have taken a lot of energy, and they have to do a number of shows every day.
Tarzen's Treehouse and Jungle River Cruise
By the time the show ended, it was starting to get dark already. We went onto the next destination – Adventureland.
The Jungle River Cruise came in 3 languages – Mandarin, Cantonese, and English with a pretty heavy Hong Kong accent. It was an adventurous cruise around the waterway that had a lot of wild animals, head hunters, booby traps, and fire caves. This while the funny narrator cum boatman tried to made us laugh, scared, and slightly wet at the same time.
After that we hop on the raft that takes us to the Tarzen's Treehouse. The trail going up and eventually down from the treehouse also presents Tarzen's story as you go, a pretty relaxing attraction. At the top of the treehouse, the entirely Adventureland comes into view.
the fireworks at Sleeping Beauty's castle
The announcement for the fireworks came as we were still at Adventureland, so we quickly made our way back to Mainstreet USA where a huge crowd has already built up in front of the Sleeping Beauty's Castle.
Then there was the fireworks. Fireworks must be one of the most amusing things ever invented, no matter how many times I look at them, I'm still amazed. The backdrop made it that much more beautiful too.
Mainstreet USA at night, and the trail to Disneyland Hotel
The park came to a close after the fireworks, we worked our way out along with the crowd.
Instead of queueing up for the shuttle bus, we decided to take the pretty long walk back to Disneyland Hotel. That turned out to be a good decision. The walkway from Disneyland to the hotels is actually a beautiful garden that had, among the nicely manicured plants, a stunning fountain too. The weather was very pleasant at 20+Â Celsius.
We then had dinner at Chef Mickey's restaurant at Disney's Hollywood hotel, which I shall write about soon.
and a couple pictures with Diasy Duck
We had 2 days worth of Disneyland Park's passes, so there was no wasting. After breakfast and a couple pictures with Daisy Duck, we went off to the Park again.
Autopia, and Haze in the train going around Disneyland Hong Kong
Our first stop was the Autopia, it was sort of a go-kart on track that showcases the future with electric car. This is an attraction that would amuse kids more than adults, but kinda fun nonetheless.
We then hop on the train that goes around the entire park. There're a surprise on the ride, but I shall not spoil it for you.
Street performers and Merlin speaking Cantonese!
We then went on the Space Mountain ride twice more.
There are also quite a lot of street performances around the park, like these two guys above, and also Merlin who speaks Cantonese. Never a dull moment.
Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mickey's PhilharMagic
Just prior to lunch, we attended Mickey's PhilharMagic show, a 3D (with glasses) that features not only 3D visuals, but also wind, water, and smell too. That was an interesting experience, I was so glad we didn't miss it.
After lunch at the Tahiti Terrace, it was time to go back to the hotel to get our bags and make our way back to the airport.
Hong Kong Disneyland certainly didn't disappoint. You need at least a full day (we did it in 2 half days) to get everything out of it, it'll be a somewhat tiring day but you'll surely leave with a smile.


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(CNN) -- Arkansas game officials hope testing scheduled to begin Monday will solve the mystery of why up to 5,000 birds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve.
The birds -- most of which were dead -- were red-winged blackbirds and starlings, and they were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said. Birds fell over about a one-mile area, the commission said in a statement.
As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 birds had been found dead, said Keith Stephens with the commission.
"Shortly after I arrived, there were still birds falling from the sky," said commission wildlife officer Robby King in the statement. He said he collected about 65 dead birds.
The commission said it flew over the area to gauge the scope of the event, and no birds were found outside of the initial one-mile area.
Karen Rowe, an ornithologist for the commission, said the incident is not that unusual and is often caused by a lightning strike or high-altitude hail.
A strong storm system moved through the state earlier in the day Friday.
"It's important to understand that a sick bird can't fly. So whatever happened to these birds happened very quickly," Rowe told CNN Radio on Sunday.
"Something must have caused these birds to flush out of the trees at night, where they're normally just roosting and staying in the treetops ... and then something got them out of the air and caused their death and then they fell to earth," Rowe added.
Officials also speculated that fireworks shot by New Year's revelers in the area might have caused severe stress in the birds. Rowe said Sunday there was evidence that large fireworks may have played a role.
"Initial examinations of a few of the dead birds showed trauma. Whether or not this trauma was from the force of hitting the ground when they fell or from something that contacted them in the air, we don't know," Rowe said.
The dead birds will be sent for testing to labs at the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin.
The necropsies will begin Monday, Stephens said, and the findings should be available sometime this week.
The city of Beebe has hired U.S. Environmental Services to begin the cleanup and dispose of the dead birds, the commission said. The firm's workers will go door-to-door and pick up birds still in yards and on rooftops.
CNN's Tina Burnside and Shelby Lin Erdman contributed to this report.


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Elica continues to catch the eye!
The Edith cooker hood, designed by Fabrizio Crisà, has been given the iF Product Design Award 2015, the annual prize awarded by Hannover's iF International Forum Design. Selecting from nearly five thousand candidates, the Forum has chosen the stand-out international projects in the design field.
Edith, together with all the other winning products, will be on show at the iF Design Exhibition in Hamburg, running from October 8, 2015 to February 7, 2016.


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Shirley MacLaine to receive AFI Life Achievement Award
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Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine has been selected to receive the American Film Institute's 40th Life Achievement Award, the AFI's highest honor for a career in film.
MacLaine's younger brother, Warren Beatty, received the AFI honor in 2008.
"What is not to love about Shirley MacLaine," said Bob Gazzale, the president and CEO of AFI. "The challenge will be how to fit it all into one evening because hers is a life that has gone from movies to television to Broadway, books and beyond. She defines the term renaissance woman and what an honor for the AFI to shine a proper light to all she's given the world. Then when you get into her films, it's across genres, it's across decades. This is a force of nature all to our benefit.'
MacLaine, 77, will receive her award at a gala tribute on June 7. TV Land will broadcast the tribute sometime later that month.
In addition to Beatty, previous recipients of the award include Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, Kirk and Michael Douglas, Sidney Poitier, Alfred Hitchcock, James Cagney and Jimmy Stewart.
MacLaine, who made her film debut in Hitchcock's 1955 dark comedy "The Trouble With Harry," has starred in more than 50 feature films, earned six Oscar nominations, winning lead actress for 1983's "Terms of Endearment" and received seven Golden Globes including the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. A bestselling author, her latest book, "I'm All Over That -- and Other Confessions," was published this year, and this fall MacLaine received France's cultural award, the Legion of Honor.
She began her career in the early 1950s dancing in a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!." As understudy for star Carol Haney in 1954 in the musical 'The Pajama Game,' MacLaine took the stage the night producer Hal B. Wallis was in the audience. He took notice of MacLaine and she was signed to a contract at Paramount.
MacLaine earned her first Oscar nomination for 1958's "Some Came Running" and her second for Billy Wilder's 1960 best picture winner "The Apartment." She and Wilder reteamed for 1963's "Irma La Douce," which netted her another nomination. She was nominated for lead actress once again for 1977's "The Turning Point," before finally winning for "Terms of Endearment." MacLaine also was nominated for producer of the 1975 feature documentary "The Other Half of the Sky."
Among her recent films are 2010's "Valentine's Day" and the upcoming "Bernie."
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--Susan King


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A structure must be compliant with the Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance, applicable building codes and all regulations before an approved building permit will be issued. All required inspections must be obtained before the structure receives a final inspection and/or a certificate of occupancy.
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As the property owner, you are responsible for the zoning compliance of all structures on your property, whether you or a previous owner built it.
Yes, but the violation will be placed in administration remedy until the variance request has been heard by the Board.