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El Alamein is an isolated Mediterranean town in north-west Egypt, marked in 1942 by rows of whitewashed houses, a railway station and little else. To the south lies 40 miles of soft sand and broken rock, bordered by an impassable basin of quicksand and salt-flats.
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TURNING POINT: Montgomery led Allied troops to a crucial victory at El Alamein
Seventy years on, it might seem rash for Jonathan Dimbleby to seek to tell these events afresh, but he has produced a compelling multi-strand narrative that ranges from the detail of battle to the momentous encounters between the Allied and Axis leaders.
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The British selected El Alamein to make their stand because it afforded the most favourable defensive positions to block the German and Italian forces, who seemed poised to storm on to Cairo and the Suez Canal. British officials in Cairo were already incinerating secret documents, Egyptian shopkeepers were erecting signs welcoming the Germans, and Mussolini had taken delivery of the white charger he intended to ride in a victory parade.
Rommel, however, had outrun his supply lines and over five weeks in mid-1942 the two sides slugged out a desperate stalemate. Four months later, having amassed a 2:1 superiority in terms of men and machines, the Allies counter-attacked.
Winston Churchill hailed the victory as 'not the end, not even the beginning of the end, but perhaps the end of the beginning'
In two weeks of ferocious fighting, Rommel was driven back into Libya. The Allies suffered 13,500 casualties, the Germans and Italians 22,000. The voices from the front line, relayed by Dimbleby, are poignant in the extreme: a Scottish corporal hears a dying colleague calling for his mother, an Italian captain sees his soldiers incinerated in their tanks, while an English sergeant witnesses half of his platoon slaughtered by friendly fire.
Some historians have cast El Alamein as a side-show, a minor skirmish beside the titanic struggles on the Eastern Front. But Dimbleby is right to stress its importance in marking the first serious military defeat for Hitler and bringing a crucial boost to Allied morale.
Dimbleby also argues persuasively that the North Africa campaign was a vital element in the fateful negotiations Churchill was conducting with the Russian leader and US President Roosevelt. Once the US entered the war in December 1941, Churchill was desperate for a victory to demonstrate that Britain was a strong and dependable ally.
If you like this, why not try:
Forgotten Voices Desert Victory by Julian Thompson (Ebury £7.99 % £7.49 inc p&p).
While in Washington, Churchill persuaded Roosevelt to supply 300 Sherman tanks that proved crucial in defeating Rommel at El Alamein – and then to build on victory by invading Morocco and Algeria, so squeezing the Germans from the west.
Two months later, Churchill resisted Stalin's demand that a second front in Europe be opened up by insisting that the fighting in North Africa was diverting critical German resources, thus giving the Allies vital breathing space before launching the Normandy invasion in June 1944.
Churchill was engaged in further struggles back home, endeavouring to hold together the wartime coalition while driving his military chiefs to distraction with his meddling.
He had a succession of commanders sacked, which opened the way for Montgomery. Dimbleby presents Monty as a deeply flawed figure – a shameless self-publicist who blamed his senior officers for his own mistakes.
Dimbleby's narrative contains an intriguing sub-plot involving his father, Richard, the courageous BBC war reporter who later presided over such resonant national events as the Queen's Coronation and Churchill's funeral.
Richard fell foul of the infighting in London and was accused of harming morale by delivering misleading reports from Egypt. In fact he was hampered by military censorship and transmission delays but was recalled to London, his son relates, 'without a word of explanation or gratitude' from the BBC.
The author describes all of this in a dispassionate and balanced manner of which his father, one suspects, would have been proud.


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New MoMo chapter: MobileMonday Nazareth
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MoMoNaz is the first MoMo chapter in Israel outside the Tel Aviv area, and it works with the full cooperation and support of MoMoTLV. The first meetup of MoMoNaz will be next week on Monday, Jan.14, and the MoMoTLV team will be there, so you're all welcome to join us as well! (RSVP here).
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Those of you who don't know, MobileMonday is a network of over 100 chapters all across the globe, and we are glad that MoMo footprint in Israel has grown with the addition of MoMoNaz. We wish the MoMoNaz organizers best of luck, and looking forward for the event next week!
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The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) will partner with the Palm Beach County Sports Commission (PBCSC) and Jupiter Community High School to hold the Florida High School Lacrosse State Championships at Velocity Community Credit Union Stadium on the campus of Jupiter High School on April 29-30, 2016 and April 28-29, 2017. This event represents the inaugural FHSAA State Championship to take place in the Palm Beaches.
Each spring, approximately 175 senior high schools across Florida compete in the FHSAA Boys and Girls Lacrosse Series (Districts, State Play-ins, and State Championships) for the right to be proclaimed FHSAA State Champions. Four (4) boy's teams and four (4) girl's teams will qualify for the state championships by making it through Districts, and then three (3) additional rounds of "play-in games."
In 2016, the FHSAA Lacrosse State Championships will consist of four (4) semi-final games on Friday, April 29 which include 2 games in the girls' division and 2 games in the boys' division. On Saturday, April 30, this event will feature its championship games for both genders. Bright House Sports Network will be broadcasting the championship games and streaming them online at http://www.bhsnlive.com/.
Palm Beach County will attract the best of Florida's high school lacrosse teams and athletes in addition to thousands of lacrosse enthusiasts. In addition to crowning state champions for the first time in the Palm Beaches, the FHSAA Lacrosse State Championships will provide a substantial economic and tourism impact.
Each year the FHSAA sponsors over 3,600 post-season championship contests through which 141 teams and 294 individuals are determined and crowned state champions in 32 qualifying sports (16 boys and 16 girls). Over 2,000 student athletes annually gain the experience of winning a state championship. Through participation in these athletic programs, nearly 800,000 students annually are extended opportunities to receive lessons in the Association's core values: leadership, sportsmanship, and citizenship.
"The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has ample experience hosting large-scale events and have always displayed professionalism while running successful events as a host," said FHSAA Executive Director Dr. Roger Dearing. "The student-athletes competing in this event will enjoy the experience thanks to the dedication of the staff along with the administration and volunteers from Jupiter High School."
"The Florida High School Athletic Association Lacrosse State Championships debut in Palm Beach County will be a momentous occasion for our destination, said Palm Beach County Sports Commission Executive Director George Linley., "We are excited and honored to partner with our friends at Jupiter Community High School to host this event at Velocity Community Credit Union Stadium, which offers one of the premier stadium environments in the Palm Beaches.,, Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in Florida from a participation perspective. Hosting the FHSAA Lacrosse State Championships will transform the Palm Beaches into the pinnacle of high school lacrosse and become a catalyst to bring more FHSAA State Championships to our community."
For more information, visit the Florida High School Athletic Association website.
The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Polo™ Golf Junior Classic, which has been conducted annually since 1978, is one of the premier tournaments on the American Junior Golf Association's season and will take place at PGA National Resort & Spa from November 21-27, 2015. The 156-player invitation-only field is made up of boys and girls, ages 12-18, from 25 states and 12 foreign countries. The tournament is 36 holes of stroke play with a cut to the low 32 boys and 32 girls qualifying for match play, which will determine overall champions in the Boys and Girls Divisions. Former champions include Stewart Cink (1989), Tiger Woods (1991), Paula Creamer (2002), Grace Park (1994, 1996) and Morgan Pressel (2004).
The AJGA is dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. Overall, the AJGA conducts more than 100 tournaments and 60 qualifiers around the country in a calendar year. The success of this organization is evident, considering that more than 300 AJGA alumni play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have earned more than 350 tour victories.
The Palm Beach County Sports Commission established a relationship with the AJGA in 2005 and was instrumental in winning the bid to host the Polo Junior Golf Classic in the Palm Beaches. The event relocated from the Ginn Reunion Resort in Orlando to PGA National Resort & Spa in 2005. In addition to the Polo Junior Golf Classic, the AJGA brings an invitational event to Delray Beach and the Seagate Country Club in April.
In addition to elevating Palm Beach County's position as an elite golf destination, the Polo Golf Junior Classic will provide an enormous economic boost. The prestigious tournament is expected to generate approximately 1,100 room nights and $400,000 in economic impact. With over 160 golf courses and optimal year-round climate, Palm Beach County continues to be a leader in hosting national golf tournaments.
US Youth Soccer will bring its the annual US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP) Girls Thanksgiving Interregional to the Spanish River Athletic Complex and Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. This prestigious event will take place from November 20-27, 2015. Participating teams will be comprised of elite players in the 1998-2002 age groups, from each of the four US Youth Soccer Regions.
The event will feature nearly 300 of the nation's top players selected from US Youth Soccer State Association and Regional level evaluations. Players will train at practices, and also compete in matches against other regions, in front of national staff and collegiate coaches to maximize their exposure for selection to the next level of play. In addition, select teams in the 1999 age group will compete against the U.S. Under-15 Girls' National Team.
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For complete information on the US Youth Soccer ODP Girls Thanksgiving Interregional, including daily recaps, visit www.USYouthSoccer.org/ODP/Girls.
Sports tourism reigned in the Palm Beaches during the past year. Sports events created significant community and economic benefits for Palm Beach County and Florida during this fiscal year and the future looks even better. Athletes, coaches, and sports enthusiasts have traveled across the state, region, nation, and globe to play or watch a sporting event taking place in Palm Beach County. At the close of the fiscal year, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission supported 138 sporting events, which generated over 184,000 sports room nights. Both the 138 sports events and the 184,000 room nights are new benchmarks for the Palm Beaches and its Sports Commission. The number of sports related room nights for FY 14-15 produced an estimated $36.6 million in hotel revenue. In turn, PBCSC supported over $23 of hotel revenue for every $1 it invested into sports tourism. The level of visitor spending is estimated to be over $264 million in Palm Beach County.
This destination has been home to an incredible collection of sporting events that range from professional to amateur sports, individual to team sports, and youth to adult competitions. Economic impact and hotel room nights have been generated from both traveling teams and spectators.
Sports are a major part of Palm Beach County's identity. The Palm Beaches hosted marquee national events, including the NCAA Women's College Cup, the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship, a FIFA international soccer matchup featuring the US Men's National Team, the USA Track & Field Florida Junior Olympics, the World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) World Championships, the USA Baseball National Team Championships, the USSSA Fastpitch Florida Championships, the Sunshine State Games, and the 73rd GOODE Water Ski National Championships. The PGA Tour, the PGA Champions Tour, the LPGA Legends Tour, the ATP World Tour, Major League Lacrosse, and the largest equestrian event in the world (Winter Equestrian Festival) have also called the Palm Beaches home. Few destinations can match the sports tourism successes witnessed in Palm Beach County.
The 10th Annual Optimist International Tournament of Champions will take place on November 7-8, 2015 at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens. The tournament is an invitational junior golf championship involving past participants of the Optimist Junior Golf Program and other top junior golfers. The Tournament of Champions consists of male and female junior golfers ages 11-18, attracting nearly 200 athletes. The competition is 36-hole stroke play. The event relocated to Palm Beach County in 2014 after a three year stay at the Omni Resort in Orlando. Over 200 room nights will be generated.
This event represents the second Optimist tournament to call Palm Beach County home in 2015. The Optimist International Junior Golf Championships took place at PGA National Resort & Spa from July 16-31. This is one of the largest and most prestigious junior golf tournaments in the world, which features boys and girls competing in age groups ranging from 10-18 years of age. The 10-day tournament generated over 3,900 hotel room nights.


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Game World Inspirations: The D&D Known World
The Known World is sort of what I refer to as "Conan Light." That is to say, it borrows from Robert E. Howard's technique of picking different points of interesting Earth history and cultures and intermingling them all into a massive, cohesive fantasy stew. So, in the Known World, you've got Scandinavian types up in the Soderfjord Jarldoms, and then just to the South of them, on the other side of big mountain range, you've got a desert and then the Emirate of Ylaruam, a super religious Arabic-flavored country, which is next to the Byzantine-like Empire of Thyatis. There's also an Italian merchant republic called Darokin, the Mongol-like Ethengar Khanate, Mughal-era India-like Sind, areas for the Dwaves (Rockhome), Elves (Alfheiim), Halflings (the Five Shires), wizards (Alphatia)... the list goes on and on. I love this kind of stuff - having fantasy countries based on different eras of human history, all co-existing simultaneously, if one of the main things I set out to do with my own campaign world.
When I say "Conan Light", what I mean is that the Known World just seems a little less... savage, than the world of Conan. There's a darkness to Hyboria that's partly due to the pulp-nature of the stories, and I miss that in the Known World. There's something a little too "corporate" or "marketing-based" behind the Known World. It's difficult to describe, but as you read it as originally described in the Isle of Dread, you can tell that it must have had to go through a few rounds of the corporate police before it was considered "safe for young adult consumption."
The Known World also suffers from not having an internal consistency that Conan's Hyboria has. What I mean by that is, in Howard's Conan writings, we understand that we're reading a version of pre-recorded Earth history. It's Earth before the sinking of Atlantis and the development of the modern nations as we know them now... but it is still Earth. So, the cultures and countries have an internal consistency to them. Zingara is roughly where we think Spain would be. Argos is roughly where we'd expect to find Greece.
The Known World, on the other hand, does not have this kind of internal consistency to it. It was built from the ground up as a generic fantasy world for the D&D Basic/Expert game - a world that could be used as a backdrop for the adventures modules produced for that game line, and one that wouldn't be as "adult" and complex as Greyhawk. But, its greatest strength - its basis on real Earth cultures - is also its greatest failing. Because many of the countries in the Known World are based on Earth counterpart, there is a disconnect when we find, for example, a plain of horse-riding Mongol archetypes right next to a Germanic-type country ruled by faux-Teutonic Knights.
However, that's a minor quibble and one that I usually just overlooked, because I never actually used the Known World in any of my campaigns "as is." I basically looked at the material as fodder for many of my proto-Samoth campaign worlds, especially when I wanted to include a culture based on one of the ones in the Known World. It was so much easier to do that than it was to trek to the library and read through a long Encyclopedia entry on "Mongols of the Medieval Era" or whatever.
Although the Known World started out as just a few pages of description, listing just a few lines for each of more than a dozen nations, it vastly grew over time. Many new modules added to the complexity of the world, such as the further development of Sind in the "Master of the Desert Nomads" series of modules, which James Maliszewski recently wrote about on his blog. Oddly enough, this Indian equivalent was the only Asian culture that made its way into the Known World. Like so many other campaign settings before and after it (Greyhawk, pre-Oriental Adventures Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance) there were no equivalents of China, Japan, Korea, et al. I've never really been sure why that is, but that's a topic for another blog post.
Although nowadays, I can appreciate the somewhat sparse, DIY approach to the original Known World, there were two developments made to the world much later on that I enjoyed immensely.
The first was the Gazetteer series, published in the late 80s and early 90s. There was one Gazetteer for each country, and each provided a wealth of material regarding the history, politics, culture, economics, relations with other countries, naming practices, attitudes toward magic and religion, and all sorts of other interesting facts. Once again, I never used these in my games directly, but used them for ideas for my own campaign world. And, honestly, it's actually probably way too much detail, because the average DM or player is never going to use the majority of this information in their campaigns, but it did make the world seem so much more "alive" to me.
The second was a long-running series by Bruce Heard in Dragon magazine called "The Voyage of the Princess Ark." It ran, if memory serves, roughly around the 150s through the late 190s or early 200s of Dragon and detailed a sky-ship and her crew sailing across the continent and detailing the strange and exotic cultures they met on their travels. It was what the kids today call mostly "fluff", with only scant game mechanics once in a while to detail a new monster, race, or magic item. And even though I wasn't playing the Known World, I loved those articles. They're so creative and full of ideas and inspiration far beyond what the Tolkien-clone AD&D game worlds were doing at the time.
And I think that's probably one of the Known World's best legacies. As James over at Grognardia pointed out quite a while ago, the fact that the B/X D&D line was pretty much being ignored by the suits at TSR at the time meant that the game developers who took it under their wing could come up with really creative stuff that pushed the boundaries of what we typically think of when we think "fantasy."
My World of Samoth thanks them for that.
Anyone else here love the Known World as much as me? What were your experiences?
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Back in the day the Known World was my world. When I went to high school my new DM was using Greyhawk so we merged our worlds into one larger one.
Many years later I found a map drawn by chatdemon that was very close to what we had done.
You can read all my "Mystoerth" posts here, http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/Mystoerth
I liked those Princess Ark articles in Dragon a lot back in the day. But I was so indoctrinated into AD&D that I really didn't know what to make of the D&D products at the time. Since then, I've considered the Known World from time to time as a campaign world for a game. Hey, didn't that Red Steel setting for AD&D use the Savage Coast from the Known World?ReplyDelete
I never played in the setting, nor did I read any of the gazetteers, but I did own the Rules Cyclopedia, which had some maps from the Known World in the back, and they were always fascinating, as they revealed an expansive setting that wasn't one of the big boxed ones with which I was more familiar.ReplyDelete
@Tim - thanks so much for commenting! I checked out your first link (the "absolutely" one) and that is just awesome. I'm looking forward to taking some time over the next few days to read more about your Mystoerth world. Have you actually used it in your games? It sounds really cool.ReplyDelete
@Drance - Yes, Red Steel was part of the Savage Coast, which was largely the area described in the "Princess Ark" series. Oddly enough, my FLGS has a shrink-wrapped Red Steel box set sitting in their used section. It's been there for at least a year. I've often toyed with buying it (I think it's like $10 or $15), but I do have to watch my money and more importantly, my space.
@Kelvin - The Gazetteers were some of the best products that TSR put out during that period, in my opinion. I never got the Rules Cyclopedia - I'm curious how the map for the Known World in that book differs from the one I posted above, which is out of X1.


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While you won't get the zen gardens, attached onsen (Japanese hot springs), or fancy meals of high-end ryokans, travelers will be able to sleep on futons in a Japanese-style room. If you book the room the night before for an extra cost, you get a traditional breakfast every morning. Location-wise, this ryokan is also within walking distance from the train station, which makes it extremely convenient.
Visitors can stay at the Ryokan Shimizu while in Kyoto. As a budget and foreign-friendly hotel, the staff is incredibly friendly and all speak English, which is helpful for directions and general assistance.
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Backpacker's Ryokan Budget Inn
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While it deceivingly sounds cheap, this ryokan is rated extremely well. Backpacker's Ryokan Budget Inn might not leave you feeling pampered, but for the price you get a larger than average room, helpful staff, and extra amenities with the independent traveler in mind. From free laundry soap to toothbrushes, combs, mini maps, and free Wi-Fi, there's really nothing else you need to stay comfortably here. The ryokan does not serve any food, but it is conveniently located to nearby stores. It is also 15 minutes away from the main Kyoto train station.
English address:
295 Aburanokoji-cho, Aburanokoji, Shichijo-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku
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Matsubaya Ryokan
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Like the others, this is another no-frills ryokan where you'll experience what it's like to sleep on futon-on-tatami mats. Conveniently located near Kyoto Station, Matsubaya Ryokan is also a 15-minute walk, which makes it a convenient launch pad for your adventures in the city. The rooms are basic but have everything you'd need to have a comfortable night's sleep. Wi-Fi is free as well. Matsubaya Ryokan does not include breakfast, but it can be added on for a fee.
English address:
Nishi-iru, Higashinotouin, Kamijuzuyamachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku
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With the above ryokans you not only get to save money, you also get to step out of the standard hotel routine and into a different experience.
For more info, check out this guide on cheap hotel in Kyoto that I wrote for Hipmunk.
JR Pass
If you're looking to do any travelling around Japan, I highly recommend picking up a JRailPass. Keep in mind that you'll need to purchase it before your trip and ship it to your home.


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After 9-11 the reunion committee, dubbed "It's About Time," announced that the October Black Panther Party 35th-anniversary reunion was canceled and rescheduled for April 18-20 in Washington, D.C. I thought this was a little odd coming from the people that J. Edgar Hoover had named the greatest threat to America's internal security back in 1969, but even ex-Black Panthers were afraid to fly.
Still, I was glad to make alternative plans because I too was a former Black Panther who was afraid to fly right after 9-11. Today I am an urban planner practicing in New York City. I was a member of the Black Panther Party for 10 years, but it has taken a lifetime to come down from the youthful exuberance of wanting to fight for my people. The BPP had a 10-point program, and it was point number seven that drew me into the party: "We want an immediate end to police brutality and the murder of black people." I joined when I was 16, and the party took my early years from 1968 to 1977. While most people my age were consumed in those years with everything from high school football games to college, and graduate school or a career, I spent them selling Black Panther newspapers, organizing and staffing Free Breakfast for
Children programs, and renovating the dormitories and school complex of the party's Oakland Community School.
Rather than resembling a college reunion, it would be closer to the kind an old army unit might have. Many of us suffer from old combat wounds (I have one), and all have had some degree of post-traumatic stress syndrome. And back in the day, there were bad attitudes and people who just didn't like each other, usually for good cause.
The 200 or so Panther veterans who showed up came for as many reasons. Some came to maintain contact with people they hadn't seen for decades and to share pictures and news of their families. Some came to find the answers to questions that no one wanted to answer years ago. Others were investigating and seeking a type of therapeutic closure, one that would satisfy and soothe the mental anguish we all shared for dead comrades, people still missing, and for political prisoners incarcerated for much too long. I came believing I just wanted to see some old comrades who were friends and to see others who weren't friends but people I respected for their sacrifice in the struggle.
The day I arrived was an emotional one. I immediately found myself confronting a past that had divided my family and friends, but had created a new family and community that I was to know for 10 of the most important years of my life. I saw a graying and portly Bobby Seale, now 65, chairman and co-founder of the BPP. We embraced and bid each other well. Damn, it must be hard for people who are your heroes and icons to keep up appearances. My image of Bobby is the one where he's standing next to the late Huey P. Newton, strapped down with a .45 automatic. Now Bobby's got suspenders strapped to his pants supporting a belly. A graying Congressman Bobby Rush from Chicago appeared. Rush, 55, was Illinois deputy minister of defense and one of the brothers that ran the Chicago chapter along with the late Fred Hampton, murdered in 1969, a major casualty of the U.S. government's Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) to destroy the Black Panther Party. We hugged, looked each other in the eye, glad to see each other.
It had been years since I had seen many of my comrades. There was a time when we used to make local and federal law enforcement agencies take notice anytime we walked down the street. No longer the lean fighting men and women I had grown to respect, they were rounder, and most were graying and some had no hair at all. A few limped or used canes while others chose to remain seated as we talked about old times. And some looked as good as they had the last time I laid eyes on them.
Held at the University of the District of Columbia, the reunion was well attended by Panthers, Panther sympathizers, the curious, dozens of young people, and the press. The three-day event was organized like a conference, with themes ranging from amnesty for political prisoners to a full discussion of COINTELPRO. There were dozens of workshops on reparations, police brutality and civil liberties, grassroots organizing, the prison-industrial complex, economic development in the community, and, for former Panthers only, a healing workshop led by Father Earl Neal, the party's spiritual adviser.
Over the two days I was present, I only attended two workshops: the community economic development session and the healing workshop. The development group focused on providing political and technical support to black vendors in Philadelphia and touched on the issue of the black dollar drain from the inner city. The two men who led the workshop were friends I was very happy to see again. I was especially glad to learn that they were doing work that was very similar to the programs we developed while in the party. I realized that I had not strayed far from my earlier calling either, given the work I am now doing, planning and implementing community economic development projects in Harlem. This is part of the legacy.
The other session, the healing workshop, held the most value for me and should have been packed to capacity, but there were only two other Panthers besides myself present. I did not know either of them, and it's possible this was a good thing. They amazed me with their honesty and their commitment to the struggle. This brother and sister mostly discussed the isolation and despair felt during their years in the BPP, a malaise still affecting them. This is another part of the legacy. They talked about feeling betrayed and abandoned by their family—the Black Panther Party—and how they had made this trip to get answers to their many questions regarding the transformation of the party from one that placed an emphasis on armed self-defense to one that focused on community service programs.
Because I was so close to the action in Oakland during that period, I was able to give them good answers. The sister cried, and the brother and I were near tears. Afterward, I felt that those 10 years were worth every single day. I had participated in a real reunion, finding some resolution with two comrades I had met for the first time. It was probably the one kind of session most needed in this group, and it made me wonder that it took so long.
During the weekend I was also able to do this with friends who were comrades and by reconnecting with others who have become friends over time because we share the same struggle to survive without the Black Panther Party. With some I was able to clarify and apologize for mishaps, indiscretions, and just plain old stupid shit I either did or said to them years ago. This was one of the main reasons that I wanted to attend the reunion.
The biggest revelation from the weekend was that most of the major issues we all had were with each other or with the organization. Thirty-five years after the founding of the BPP, none of us seemed terribly upset or sad that we did not win the revolution by the means chosen. I never heard anyone complain or commiserate about that. The majority of the people present, including myself, have found outlets to continue to struggle for social justice by other means.


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The latest installment in the paper's "Do no harm" series on the NFL's medical culture relies on grizzly anecdotes to move its narrative — none more stark than that of Reggie Williams, the revered former Bengals linebacker, whose 24 knee surgeries have left him with a right leg 3 inches shorter than his left. But the pith of the report is in hard figures. For instance, the league's disability board rejects players' claims at a rate of 60 percent. The league is fighting some 3,000 workers' comp claims by players who have filed in states (primarily California) with worker-friendly laws. Statutes of limitations in other states can often be too brief (five years, say) to reflect the long-term effects, such as arthritis and joint failure, that come from smashing bodies for a living. And players who go looking for insurance on the open market can't get coverage for old injuries.
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If you install a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 site but do not configure any of the features, the site is essentially useless. Features provide the actual functionality of Configuration Manager 2007. You can install just one feature or several features. Some features have dependencies on other features, for example Network Access Protection requires the software updates feature be operational first.
The following features are provided in Configuration Manager 2007:
- The
administrator console
- Collections
- Inventory
- Queries
- Reporting
- Software
- Software updates
- Software
- Mobile
Device management
- Operating system
- Desired configuration
- Remote
- Network Access
- Wake On LAN
- Out of band
- Client Status
- SQL Reporting
- Power
The Administrator Console
The Configuration Manager 2007 console is the most common way that Configuration Manager administrators use Configuration Manager 2007, although some organizations use the Software Development Kit (SDK) to build custom user interfaces and many administrators use scripting to manage repetitive tasks more efficiently.
You can run the console from the site server or install additional consoles on your desktop or help desk computers to facilitate management. One console can manage many sites or many consoles can manage a single site. The Configuration Manager 2007 console runs as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, although you must run Configuration Manager 2007 Setup on the computer so that the snap-in is available.
Collections represent groups of resources and can consist not only of computers, but also of Microsoft Windows users and user groups as well as other discovered resources. Collections provide you with the means to organize resources into easily manageable units, enabling you to create an organized structure that logically represents the kinds of tasks that you want to perform. Collections also serve as targets for performing Configuration Manager operations on multiple resources at one time (such as software distribution or software updates). Collection membership can be either direct or query based. Query based collections are very powerful because they can group any resources together based on criteria. For example, if you want to deploy Microsoft Office 2007 only to computers with 1 GB of free disk space and 1 GB of RAM, you can create a collection that uses a query against the Configuration Manager 2007 inventory information in the database.
You can configure Configuration Manager 2007 to inventory hardware and software on Configuration Manager 2007 clients. Hardware inventory gives you system information (such as available disk space, processor type, and operating system) about each computer. You can configure the information returned in hardware inventory by modifying the SMS_def.mof file. Software inventory agent gives you information such as inventoried file types and versions present on client computers. Software inventory alone just returns lists of file types, but combining software inventory with the information in the Asset Intelligence catalog allows you to create reports on which applications are used in your environment. Software inventory can also collect copies of files in the database, but this is recommended only for small files that do not change very often.
The query feature in Configuration Manager 2007 uses WBEM query language (WQL) to query the site database. Query results are returned in the Configuration Manager 2007 console, where they can be exported using the MMC export list feature. Queries can also be used to create collections of resources that meet the query criteria.
Reporting is a supporting feature to many other Configuration Manager 2007 features. Reports are returned in Web pages in the browser. Programming is not required, but knowledge about creating SQL queries is extremely helpful. With reporting you can create reports that show the inventory you have collected or the software updates successfully deployed. You can also create dashboards, which combine several different views of information. Several pre-created reports are available to support common reporting scenarios. For more information about the reports provided for each feature, see the feature documentation.
Software distribution
Software distribution allows you to push just about anything to a client computer. Packages in software distribution can contain source files to deploy software applications and commands called programs that tell the client what executable file to run. A single package can contain multiple programs, each configured to run differently. Packages can also contain command lines to run files already present on the client, without actually containing additional source files.
|Configuration Manager 2007 can cause any executable file to run on the client, however it is important to understand that Configuration Manager 2007 does not actually package the executables or source files. Configuration Manager 2007 is like the delivery man; it gets the software or the command to the client, but the command must be able to run on the client independently of Configuration Manager 2007. If the software or command cannot run without Configuration Manager 2007 software distribution, it will never run with software distribution.
Configuration Manager 2007 uses advertisements to specify which collections receive the program and the package.
Software updates
The software updates feature provides a set of tools and resources that can help manage the complex task of tracking and applying software updates to client computers in the enterprise. Software updates in Configuration Manager 2007 requires a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server to be installed and uses that to scan the client computers for applicable software updates. The administrator views which updates are needed in the environment and creates packages and deployments containing the source files for the software updates. Clients then install the software updates from distribution points and report their status back to the site database.
Software metering
Software metering enables you to collect and report software program usage data. The data provided by these reports can be used by many groups within the organization such as IT and corporate purchasing.
Software metering in Configuration Manager 2007 supports the following scenarios:
- Identify which software applications are
being used, and who is using them.
- Identify the number of concurrent usages of a
specified software application.
- Identify actual software license
- Identify redundant software application
- Identify unused software applications which
could be relocated.
Mobile Device management
Mobile devices are supported as Configuration Manager 2007 clients. For documentation purposes, mobile clients are treated as a separate feature. Mobile clients can run a subset of Configuration Manager 2007 features such as inventory and software distribution, but cannot be managed by remote control and cannot receive operating system deployments like desktop clients.
Operating system deployment
Operating system deployment enables you to install new operating systems and software onto a computer. You can use operating system deployment to install operating system images to new or existing computers as well as to computers with no connection your Configuration Manager 2007 site. By using task sequences and the driver catalog operating system deployment streamlines new computer installations by allowing you to install software using one dynamic image that can be installed on different types of computers and configurations.
Operating system deployment provides the following solutions for deploying operating system images to computers:
- Provide a secure operating system deployment
- Assist with managing the cost of deploying
images by allowing one image to work with different computer
hardware configurations.
- Assist with unifying deployment strategies to
help provide a solid deployment foundation for future operating
system deployment methods.
Desired configuration management
Desired configuration management enables you to define configuration standards and policies, and audit compliance throughout the enterprise against those defined configurations. Best practices configurations can be used from Microsoft and vendors in the form of Microsoft® System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Packs. These Configuration Packs can then be refined to meet customized business requirements. Additionally, desired configuration management supports an authoring environment for customized configurations.
This feature is designed to provide data for use by many groups within the organization, including IT and corporate security. Desired configuration management supports the following scenarios:
- Detect production server configuration drift
and confirm provisioned servers meet expected build
- Provide the help desk with probable cause
information, reducing the time-to-resolve (TTR) of incidents and
provide probable cause analysis for problems
- Report compliance with regulatory policies,
and in-house security policies
- Provide change verification and tracking
|If you are familiar with the Business Solution Add-on, Desired Configuration Monitoring with Systems Management 2003 Service Pack 1, see the following reference for a comparison between the two features: Comparison of SMS 2003 Desired Configuration Monitoring and Configuration Manager 2007 Desired Configuration Management.
Remote tools
Remote tools in Configuration Manager 2007 includes the remote control feature which allows an operator with sufficient access rights the ability to remotely administer client computers in the Configuration Manager 2007 site hierarchy.
You can use remote control to troubleshoot problems on client computers and to provide remote help desk support where access to the user's computer is necessary.
Network Access Protection
Network Access Protection (NAP) is a policy enforcement platform built into the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems that helps you to better protect network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements. You can configure DHCP Enforcement, VPN Enforcement, 802.1X Enforcement, IPsec Enforcement, or all four, depending on your network needs.
|For an overview of how Network Access Protection works in Windows, see the Webcast "Introduction to Network Access Protection" (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=68775).
Network Access Protection in Configuration Manager 2007 works with Windows Network Policy Server (NPS) on Windows Server 2008, to enforce software update compliance through client remediation. Network policies allow you to limit network access for clients until they have the software updates that you designate as required.
|Network Access Protection is not designed to secure a network from malicious users. It is designed to help administrators maintain the health of the computers on the network, which in turns helps maintain the network's overall integrity. Network Access Protection does not prevent an authorized user with a compliant computer from uploading a malicious program to the network or engaging in other inappropriate behavior.
Wake On LAN
The Wake On LAN feature helps to achieve a higher success rate for scheduled Configuration Manager 2007 activities, reducing associated network traffic during business hours, and helps organizations to conserve power by not requiring computers to be left on for maintenance outside business hours.
Wake On LAN in Configuration Manager 2007 supports the following scenarios:
- Sending a wake-up transmission prior to the
configured deadline for a software update deployment.
- Sending a wake-up transmission prior to the
configured schedule of a mandatory advertisement, which can be for
software distribution or a task sequence.
Out of band management
Applies only to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 and later.
The out of band management feature in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 provides powerful management control for computers that have the Intel vPro chip set and a supported version of Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT).
Out of band management requires a Microsoft public key infrastructure (PKI) and supports the following scenarios:
- Powering on one or many computers (for
example, for maintenance on computers outside business hours).
- Powering off one or many computers (for
example, the operating system stops responding).
- Restarting a nonfunctioning computer or
booting from a locally connected device or known good boot image
- Re-imaging a computer by booting from a boot
image file that is located on the network or by using a PXE
- Reconfiguring the BIOS settings on a selected
computer (and bypassing the BIOS password if this is supported by
the BIOS manufacturer).
- Booting to a command-based operating system
to run commands, repair utilities, or diagnostic applications (for
example, upgrading the firmware or running a disk repair
- Configuring scheduled software update
deployments and advertisements to wake up computers prior to
Client Status Reporting
Client status reporting in Configuration Manager 2007 R2 provides up-to-date information on the status of clients in a Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy. Client status reporting is useful in situations where standard methods of client troubleshooting cannot be used.
SQL Reporting Services
SQL Reporting Services in Configuration Manager 2007 R2 provides a set of tools and resources that help you use the advanced reporting capabilities of SQL Reporting Services from the Configuration Manager console.
Power Management
Power management in Configuration Manager 2007 R3 provides a set of tools and resources that you can use to manage and monitor the power consumption of computers in the enterprise.


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1984 Summer Olympics
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Professional wrestling career
Early years (1986–1987)
Originally trained by Riki Chōshū, Hiroshi Hase began his pro wrestling career in February 1986, at Carlos Colón's World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Later that year, Hase went up to Calgary, where he was trained by Stu Hart and Mr. Hito, and wrestled in Stampede Wrestling, under a mask, in a tag team known as the Viet Cong Express with Fumihiro Niikura, with whom he held the Stampede International Tag Team Championship. By 1987, he started to wrestle under his name and unmasked in Stampede Wrestling. By the end of 1987, Hase would return to Japan.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (1987–1996)
When he returned to Japan, Hase wrestled for NJPW's junior heavyweight division, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship twice between December 27, 1987 and March 16, 1989. In June 1989, Hase and Takayuki Iizuka went to the Soviet Union to be trained in sambo, where he learned one of his signature moves, the uranage. He is one of a handful of wrestlers, Japanese or American, to successfully graduate from the junior heavyweight to heavyweight class. In the 1990s, Hase had many memorable encounters with famous Japanese talents first in New Japan, and later All Japan. Hase would form a successful tag team with Kensuke Sasaki in March 1990, winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship twice between November 1, 1990 and March 6, 1991. Hase was involved in a classic December 14, 1992 encounter with The Great Muta, in which the "Muta Scale" was created, due to the incredible amount of blood shed by Muta.
Hase and Keiji Mutoh were also regular tag team partners; they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship twice between November 5, 1991 and November 25, 1994, including a victory over The Steiner Brothers, and won the Super Grade Tag League twice in 1993 and 1994. As Mutoh became established as a singles wrestler through his holding of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, however, Hase was left behind, and was only able to hold the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (which briefly replaced the NWA World Heavyweight Championship) for eight days in March 1994.
In July 1995, Hiroshi Hase was elected into the Japanese House of Councillors as the Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Hase is one of a number of professional wrestlers to transition into politics, other notables being predecessor Antonio Inoki, and later Atsushi Onita and Great Sasuke. The following year he announced his retirement from New Japan, only to jump to the rival All Japan Pro Wrestling. His last New Japan bout as a New Japan wrestler was against Kensuke Sasaki on January 4, 1996.
One of the main reasons Hase left New Japan Pro Wrestling, was because in 1995, he recruited a young amateur wrestler named Hiromitsu Gompei into New Japan Pro Wrestling, after convincing his parents that they will watch for their son's safety. Sometime after an altercation with Kensuke Sasaki at the Dojo, Gompei died, forcing Hase to be the bearer of bad news to his parents. Hase claimed there was a giant cover-up in the young man's death.
All-Japan Pro Wrestling (1996–2006)
After a brief hiatus, he made his return to the ring in All Japan Pro Wrestling in November 1996. In All Japan, Hase did not contend for titles again despite his name recognition, as he made politics his full-time job. In 2001 he was re-elected by his constituency in Ishikawa Prefecture. The same year he founded the multi-promotional Bad Ass Translate Trading stable with Mutoh, Taiyō Kea and Jinsei Shinzaki; Hase and Mutoh reformed their team to battle Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata on October 8, the rising stars of their respective promotions (NOAH and NJPW), and were defeated in a ceremonial passing of the torch match that highlighted the advancement of professional wrestling in Japan since it was permanently established in 1951.
When Mutoh (along with Satoshi Kojima and Kendo Ka Shin) jumped to All Japan the following year, Hase was seen as having influenced them (if not Mutoh at least) in their decision. Antonio Inoki, who had once preceded Hase to the Japanese Diet, blasted Hase and suggested that he resign his position in the Diet, but nothing came out of this.
Hase's final match occurred on August 27, 2006. He tagged with Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kojima to face TARU, Kohei Suwama, & "brother" YASSHI of the Voodoo Murderers. He pinned YASSHI with a Northern Light Suplex for the victory, ending his in-ring career after 20 years. A week later, he was elected into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
On July 10, 2007, Hase took over the duty of the PWF chairman, after Stan Hansen (who held the position since 2000) voluntarily resigned from the position. In August 2009, Hase lost his seat in the Japanese Diet, but regained his seat in a different block.
On October 7, 2015, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe announced Hase as part of his cabinet, naming him the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Golden Arm Bomber (Ura-nage)
- Northern Lights suplex – innovated
- Signature moves
- "Two Hearts" by John Parr
Championships and accomplishments
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Kensuke Sasaki (2), and Keiji Mutoh (2)
- Super Grade Tag League (1993, 1994) – with Keiji Mutoh
- WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1
- Tag Team Best Bout (2001) with Keiji Mutoh vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata on October 8
- Nikkan Sports
- Match of the Year (2001) – with Keiji Mutoh vs. Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata on October 8
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #80 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- PWI ranked him #22 of the Top 100 Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" with The Great Muta in 2003
- PWI ranked him #27 of the Top 100 Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" with Kensuke Sasaki in 2003
- Stampede Wrestling
- Stampede International Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Fumihiro Niikura
- Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Tokyo Sports
- Rookie of the Year (1988)
- Technique Award (1991)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Match of the Year (1991) with Kensuke Sasaki vs. Rick and Scott Steiner at the WCW/New Japan Supershow, March 21, Tokyo, Japan
- Best Technical Wrestler (1993)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)
1The championship was won in Tokyo, Japan as part of an interpromotional card between New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling.


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Complicated History: The Memorial to Robert E. Lee in Richmond
By Claire Johnson, Virginia Newspaper Project Intern
People have always been complex, making history a complicated topic. When history is distilled down to be straightforward, the reality of human failings and flaws are bypassed in favor of a clear-cut narrative. When national and regional pride are added to the mix, historical facts often become controversial. Citizens of the American South know this well; modern debate over the history of the Confederacy, and its monuments, easily becomes heated.
Though the Civil War ended in 1865, the war continued throughout the South, rearing its head in acts of violence and terror against black communities, now ostensibly free citizens of the United States. While some efforts to sow fear were overt, such as those of racist groups Knights of the White Camellia, the Red Shirts, or the Ku Klux Klan, others were unspoken. In addition to vigilante terrorism, the lives of black Southerners were made worse through legal means. In Virginia, poll taxes were enshrined in the constitution in 1876, shrinking the black electorate. black men were further disenfranchised after the Virginia constitution was rewritten in 1902.
It is a matter of much contention today whether these monuments to Confederate leaders were one such message to the black communities of the South or simply monuments built to honor the Civil War dead and Southern history.
Confederate monuments began going up in Richmond not long after the end of the Civil War. In 1875, a statue to Stonewall Jackson was erected on the Capitol grounds. However, the statues that now line Monument Avenue went up later, beginning 25 years after the end of the war, in 1890, with Robert E. Lee. The other Confederate statues on Monument Avenue came later: J.E.B. Stuart and Jefferson Davis' statues were added in 1907, 42 … read more »


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We are thrilled to announce the release of A Hero's Call, a fully accessible fantasy RPG from Out of Sight Games!
The game can be purchased for $19.95 USD at the following link: http://outofsightgames.com/a-heros-call/
Please reach out if you have any difficulty with the purchase process or have any questions. We also did not have the luxury of testing the final build as extensively as we would have liked, so we will be patching any issues that you find as quickly as possible. If you encounter an error, please post it here or email to [email protected]
This has been a moment almost five years in the making, and we can't believe it's finally here! Happy adventuring—may this game bring you all as much joy playing as it brought us making it.
The Out of Sight Games Team
Experience exploration and adventure like never before! In the premier title from Out of Sight Games, you are a traveler thrust into a world of possibilities when you find the city of Farhaven under attack by a mysterious enemy. Along with a small band of allies, you must explore the surrounding lands, discover the identity of your enigmatic foe, and save Farhaven from certain conquest. Do you have what it takes to answer a hero's call?
Discover an expansive world – Venture forth from the town of Farhaven to explore mysterious forests, goblin-infested tunnels, haunted catacombs, and much more. With 17 unique maps, you'll always have new lands to explore. Follow an innovative turn-by-turn beacon system to locations you've already discovered, or venture out on your own—you never know what you might find!
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Rasheed Wallace protects NBA referee Bennett Salvatore
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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki gets frustrated and throws an elbow at Sacramento Kings forward Vlade Divac. NBA referee Steve Javie sees this but decides to give Nowitzki a break on the play as long as it does not repeat.
Dallas Mavericks head coach Don Nelson complains to Steve Javie about what he thinks is an illegal timeout, but Javie has a different opinion.
Next up, Scottie Pippen gets ejected by Bennett Salvatore after a defensive three second call. Rasheed Wallace actually shows a calm side of himself as he is trying to get an explanation from Salvatore. The crowd at the Rose Garden in Portland throws teddy bears on to the court because of the call made and Rasheed Wallace laughs while telling Salvatore that he is actually trying to protect him.
Bennett Salvatore also refs a game in Philadelphia and the short clips clearly shows that the 76ers players are not happy about his way of officiating. Kenny Thomas' reaction to a call is just a big smile.


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For when you want to celebrate your "inner-Joan"!!!
Created with antique mechanical pencils and antique Victorian ladies watch chain, acquired from the collection of a New York estate. Now available on my website ~ xoxo ~ Joy
Tres Chic!I actually remember my older sister having a pencil necklace back in the 50s. I thought it looked so classy as she went to her secretarial job. Great memories!
Blessings, Edie Marie
This necklace is so cool !!! I've never seen one before, WOW! it looks so good with these type of dresses ...which I wore so much in the Sixties. Also which never seem to go out of style...Thank God!
XXOO Marie Antoinette


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Hand crafted in Italy, the 100MM high-top sneaker in sunset-inspired Chester Foil. Artfully constructed of vegetable tanned goat leather upper and bovine leather innards, with hand painted edges and signature heel handle. The shoe is paired with rose gold plated hardware featuring a three-piece closure and lock. 100 millimeters in height.
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Later this month, Joanne and I are bringing mam to New York for her birthday. We did it 10 years ago for the first time and have been lucky enough to visit there many times since, but this year is another special one for lots of reasons which we'll fill you in on when we're vlogging there! Mam doesn't read the blog or watch our videos but it'd be the one time she did, so secrets shall be kept until then!
As I said, we're New York veterans at this stage and love the hustle and bustle of the city. We have our little traditions that we have to do or else it won't feel right, like when we drop our cases off at the hotel, we have to go to Macys for that first sweep to see what's in store. We always go and watch the Thanksgiving Day parade and see the Rockettes in Radio City Music Hall on Thanksgiving night and we'll be doing that again this year.
Despite doing lots of things we always do, we like to do new things each time we're there. Last time we walked along the High Line, a raised walkway/park developed on disused railway line from the Meat Packing District to west 34th street and we finally went to Top of the Rock at Rockerfeller Centre which was fantastic and we'd highly recommend it. We also did a night time bus tour with nearly froze the diddies off us, but it was completely worth it, even getting electric shocks in our earholes from the earphones on the bus. The sights were breathtaking and was worth getting frozen right down to our bones!
We'll be there for the Black Friday sales which is always good craic and will do some damage in Sephora and Woodbury Commons for sure! But we always like new shopping tips and recommendations! I'm going to try to get to an Ulta, but am afraid to get my hopes up in case I don't get time, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
We want your help folks! Do you have any restaurant recommendations? We definitely want to hit up Luke's Lobster, a new place I found in my research along with old favourites Virgil's BBQ, Red Lobster and Olive Garden (they have the best salad and mini donut bites!) Are there any must eat at places that will send us out on the streets with full bellies, wishing we'd put our stretchy pants on?
And what about things to see and do? I'd love to rent a boat on the lake in Central Park for the craic but I'm not sure if mam would be up for that! We want to do either the Empire State Building or Top of the Rock at night this year but would love to do something completely new. Is there an area we should explore some afternoon?
We'd love your input as we count down the days and make our list of things to see, do and eat! Leave us a comment if we're missing out on something major in New York!
Thanks so much guys and as I mentioned above, we'll be vlogging every day over there so it'll be like you're coming with us! So make sure you subscribe to our channel here and chances are the videos will all be uploaded when we get back because the wifi isn't great in the aul hotel and I ain't wasting precious New York time hoofing it to Starbucks to upload! I can't wait for this holiday and am so happy we're on the countdown now!


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The change to the purple banner is welcome , but how long did it take.. I had to smile at the BT email
"Skills for tomorrow ...... a free digital skills programme to help you and 10 million people across the UK go beyond limits and reach their full potential. We've teamed up with amazing partners, like LinkedIn Learning and Google Digital Garage to provide online and face-to-face learning to help you thrive in a digital future. " will BT email developers be the first to sign up ..?
Yes, you have to laugh. Full of the sort of rubbish that these companies love now, "amazing partners", "thrive in a digital future".
I wonder just how much time and effort went into that. BT can spend time on that and unwanted mobile upgrade offers, but can't get the basics right.
Digital future?? Digital quagmire more like. A large chunk of my day goes into trying to keep a digital present going - "Excel not responding", Update failed" and so on.
I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised just how well my cheap Chinese phone sails through all this digital stuff - press the on button, instant start, updates done in minutes. Even the BT app(lication) works reasonably well
The trouble is, BT have got themselves enmeshed in entertainment and are up against some sharp opposition from the likes of Netflix and the other players. I daresay that some of the resources that used to service stuff like e-mails, are now looking after the far more profitable entertainment side and penning catchy e-mails for you to read on the not so good BT Mail web browser. The other problem is that e-mail services are under threat from messaging "apps" like Twitter where "Ow RU 2day" becomes the norm and e-mails become less relevant.
About time the purple banner was changed, that was my biggest gripe about this whole Email debacle.
The old client was far more user friendly and all this **** about it being an improved, sleeker email was a load of untrue waffle.
At least some of my comments about the Purple Banner seem to have been heard with this change.
Kipper, BT are a law unto themselves and no amount of complaining to them makes any difference.
The Purple Banner made it a pain to use the email client as travelling over it spawned a popup box, most annoying.
The New Purple Banner is much more useful.
At least part of the issues with this sleeker, smarter email are being improved.
Fellow sufferers .. anyone experienced the compose pane (pain ) bug.. first line typed correctly but I N/L before the end of that line .. now looking down at the keyboard typing away.. {loads of great text } .. looked up NOTHING THERE ! ... 2nd line blank , cursor not even moved .. had to go back to first line and N/L again then it worked ...
{ face palm }
It's why I would recommend composing off-line i.e. in a text editor, then copy and paste back into BT.
It can save a lot of grief as I know too well when filling in long forms (not just BT) and it doesn't upload or stops responding.
I don't know if the browser version has a facility to save drafts as you go along.
I'm guessing your N/L is ENTER. Some online forms will do a submission if you ENTER and terminate the form. You don't find out until you do it. If the punctuation and appearance doesn't matter too much, avoid ENTER or Carriage Return.
I have exactly the same problem! SO annoying. Please fix this BT!


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Age of Aquarius
"… It's the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Age of Aquarius… "
Just like the Fifth Dimension harmonized many moons ago we are transitioning into the Age of Aquarius from the Age of Pisces.
*Disclaimer I love natal charts and numerology charts*
What does this mean? We'll I'll place the article in the link below. But in a nutshell it means we are transitioning from a value system altruistically based in self-sacrifice to one of brotherhood. Meaning the universe no longer serve a life filled with power dynamic. We all are and must see through our own beliefs systems that we are truly equal and the only way to free yourself is to make sure we are all free. This is the time of dismantling hierarchies and instead replacing them with solidarity and strong spiritual energy…. I won't over do it here so the article link is below 🙂