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The Route Defies Itineraries
|Skyliner Motel sign in Stroud, Oklahoma just screams 1950's
We Drive on to Stroud, Oklahoma
The Blue Whale of Catoosa was a peaceful respite. It is funny how the spirit of a place can live on beyond the lives of those who created it. The sun was going down, and we still didn't have an idea where we were going to stay for the night. I wanted to have brunch at the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Oklahoma, so if we stopped anywhere along this area it would be fine. However, I wasn't able to get much good information on any motels. Maybe next time I will be better prepared. We drove into Catoosa.
|Arrowood Trading Post, across Route 66 from the Blue Whale in Catoosa, Oklahoma
To get there, we left the Blue Whale, and took a right on Ford Street. We then took a left on South Cherokee Street, which took us into Catoosa, and past the MKT Depot musuem of Catoosa. You drive through Catoosa and come to an intersection where you are facing the Hard Rock Cafe. This road passes under I-44 and eventually becomes S 193rd Street/N 23rd Street. We stopped at the Quicktrip on the southwest corner of the interchange for Fuel and kawfeee. We also found the cheapest fuel we would find anywhere on our trip. It starts going up from here.
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1 (918) 266-7218
18 S 193rd E Ave, Tulsa, OK 74108
QuikTrip, by the way is our favorite convenience store. It is always consistant, has a good selection of things to eat, the cheapest gas anywhere, but most importantly -- QuikTrips always consistantly have clean bathrooms.
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|Parked at Quick Trip for Gas -n grub
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|We headed down e 23rd/s 193rd in rural eastern Tulsa on route 66
On this alignment of Route 66, which I believe is an older one on the east side of Tulsa, you drive south until you hit East 11th Street. You take a right and head west into town. As you travel this way, you see some remains of some old cabin courts.
Friday, October 19, 2012 18:45:25
|East 11th Street (route 66) heading westbound into Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The interstate highway (I-44) is to the north of you this whole way. Then it cuves to the southwest, and you pass under it. I-44 through here also has a secondary route designation of 66. It was route 66 for awhile in the 1950's. This part of interstate preceeded the US interstate system by about 3 years. Oklahoma was one of the first states to build a four lane limited access divided highway when it created the Turner Turnpike through here.
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|After crossing under the turnpike, some great Tulsa googie appears. Hitting it at night is the right time because it is all lit up.
Friday, October 19, 2012 18:53:37
|Ah the 50's
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|We passed the Rose Bowl which has recently been sold, at dusk.
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|The Rose Bowl in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|The Desert Hills Motel on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Googie that now serves a used car dealership on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|More car dealer googie in Tulsa, Oklahoma on route 66.
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|Tally's Cafe on Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|A googie vector pointing towards yet another car lot in Tulsa, Oklahoma on route 66
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|Another car dealer googie sign and a space age googie church on route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Another car dealer googie sign and a space age googie church on route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Googie era christian temple.
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|Coney Islander googie sign on route 66 in TUlsa Oklahoma
Friday, October 19, 2012 19:07:38
|Restored Meadow Gold neon sign coming into downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma on Route 66
When you cross under the Cherokee Expressway (US 75), you are in downtown Tulsa on west 10th street.
Friday, October 19, 2012 19:10:34
|We have arrived in downtown Tulsa on Route 66
We took a little detour north into downtown Tulsa to see what is down there.
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
10th street merges onto 11th street just before you veer to the left on North 5th street to cross over the highway (75, 64 and 51). As you do so, the road changes its name again to 12th street. You follow this west for a couple of blocks paralleling the highway until you come to a T intersection. You turn left and head south on Southwest Boulevard. Here you cross over next to the Cyrus Avery Bridge. Cyrus Avery was the father of route 66. A sculpture in his honor, called East Meets West was just unveiled.
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|At the north end of the bridges crossing over the Arkansas River
After you cross over the Arkansas River, you will find yourself in an industrial area of Tulsa on Southwest Boulevard. The road heads south, then bends to the right heading southwest, then bends to the right again at Billy Ray's Bar BQ and Catfish, which seemed to be jumping when we went by, taking a more southwesterly track. You cross under the Okmulgee Expressway and drive parallel to the Red Fork Expressway (I-244) before crossing under it and veering to the right and passing by Ollie's Station to the right side. You continue on Southwest Boulevard, which also becomes East 38th Place and are to the north and west of the Red Fork Expressway (I-244). The road is also taking on the character of an outer road with motels and strip malls. We crossed under the Gilcrease Expressway which is part of a mixmaster interchange to the east of us. We turned south as we were beginning to look at our motel options. There was one mom and pop type motel but it looked like it was turned into apartments. We tend to want to avoid any place that advertises "extended stay." There were the usual Motel 6 type places but if we go chain, we tend to gravitate towards Best Western, as we have had good luck with those and they tend to be locally owned franchises with a little bit of history behind them. I knew when I roughly planned our itinerary that this stretch might be hard to come by a good motel room. I originally wanted to stay in Sapulpa and explore the downtown a little in the morning before having brunch at the Rock Cafe. However, what I found advertised on the internets wasn't much in the way of rooms. We ended up getting back on the route and heading for Stroud. Our little detour took us on the outer road which is south 55th west avenue before turning north on south 58th West Avenue. I tell you, the road designations leave a lot to be desired out here in West Tulsa. Also, the highways came through this area early on (1953), so route 66 has many alignments through here, really, and there is a lot of 1950's era architecture everywhere off the main highways. If you like old signage and restaurants, Tulsa is a gold mine.
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|I love the Arby's signs.
We headed north, then intercepted southwest boulevard and turned left, and headed west towards Sapulpa. When we first came through here, there were really no signs to guide us, and we swore we went off route. We even pulled over to consult the maps and guides before finding a hint just shy of Sapulpa that we were on route 66. It gets worse at night, as we traveled this time around. There are no lights out here and this road gets really rural. However, this time, we had the purple line of the garmin to guide us on the route, and we also had our previous experience. If you take the later alignment to the south, you will end up on the south outer road of the interstate. Soutwest Boulevard curves to the south and becomes Old Sapulpa road. One reason this road may not have much indication of the route on it is that it was bypassed early -- probably back in the early 50's. Thre are also some railroad tracks to the north of the road, which, I beleive, belong to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. This road through here, in addition to being known as old State Highway 66, is also knowsn as Frankoma Road. Frankoma was a pottery factory with interesting history.
Friday, October 19, 2012 19:40:21
|Old Sapulpa Road/Old State Highway 66/Frankoma Road is a dark rural place after dusk.
You pass the old Frankoma Factory on your left, then cross under I-44 and join up with the newer alignment of 66, which is the south outer road for the highway and is known as New Sapulpa Road. Here we are in Sapulpa, and route 66 will take a left hand turn at East Dewey Avenue, which will take us into downtown Sapulpa, which is quite pretty. Someday we will get a chance to get out and walk around here.
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|Route 66 is a strip road in the north part of Sapulpa, with some interesting neon.
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|Downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Sapulpa, Oklahoma
There is a short line railroad here, which I find interesting, and we found ourselves waiting on at the crossing into downtown...
Also, someday, there is a place I make like to try...
Apparently, the Boomarang Diner is a small local chain.
Heading west out of Sapulpa on West Dewey Avenue, you have a choice of an interesting older alignment of the route, which is called the West Ozark Trail. It being dark, and getting late, we opted not to take it as we wouldn't see much at night anyway. However, the description of the route is interesting, as you cross over an old bridge and past a the Tee Pee drive in theater. US 66 continues to the southwest and towards Barstow, passing the small town of Kellyville, Oklahoma and crossing under I-44 one more time. We had to stop at a gas station in Kellyville, so Suyen could take care of some "bidness." Interestingly to railfans, yet another shortline railroad is to the south of the highway -- that is the Stillwater Central Railroad...
The speed limit was 65 through here, but Suyen thought I was driving too fast doing the speed limit at night. In the old days, route 66 was considered dangerous in many areas, and there are a lot of ghosts on the highway. Think about that.
Before long, we are in Bristow, Oklahoma. There is a great art deco Ford Dealership on the right, which seems to have a modern addition. The town also seems to like bikers a lot. Route 66 is also known as Main Street in Bristow. At 4th Avenue, you turn right. The road takes you to a T, which is South Roland Street/route 66. You head south from here, then curve to the right and head west, towards Stroud, Oklahoma.
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|Passing the Art Deco Bristow, Oklahoma Ford dealership at night.
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|Downtown Bristow, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Bristow, Oklahoma
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|Downtown Bristow, Oklahoma
Before reaching Stroud, you pass through Depew. Depew has an interesting two block, by about 5 block detour that is interesting to take. It takes you downtown. We did it the last time we came through here in the daylight, and were amused that there were signs telling us that route 66 was that way. Depew has sort of a forgotten timeless quality to it, and if you want some good photos, take the detour.
The route curves a few times before you come to Stroud, Oklahoma. The motel choices were not great. Some of the local ones were really appealing to us, but the reviews were bad. So we went for our default, which was the Best Wesern off the Highway, on the north side of town. I hope we didn't break karma with the road too bad by doing this. The motel was a good one and was priced right. It also set me up for a good morning run into town the next morning for my exercise. On the way in, it being halloween, we glanced over at a building that had a pretty scary looking spider blow up decoration hanging by the doorway. It was life sized and animated -- the head moved from side to side. It was actually scary looking at a glance, and amused me to no end. Suyen was too tired by now to be amused. Our dog was out of it. I tried to scare her in with it on our morning run.
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- 2012/10/19 Friday 21:21
Best Western Stroud Motor Lodge
1 (918) 968-9515
1200 North 8th Avenue, Stroud, OK 74079
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Settled in the room
|A big Stroud landmark is the Skyliner Motel sign on the west side of town
|Maybe next time we pass through.. the neon beckons...


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Zack Responds To Negative Feedback
I assumed when I started my blog 16 months ago that I was inviting torrents of hateful, angry email. Really, I haven't gotten much. I don't have a huge readership, so that makes some sense. People do disagree with certain posts here and there, which is great—I love critical feedback and the opportunity to grow and learn from other perspectives. I don't always change my mind, but hey, you can't win 'em all. 😉
That's why I'm kind of delighted today to get my first real piece of hate mail. I don't mean that I was threatened or anything, I just mean that someone lashed out with what they think about what I do here on the blog. And since it's the first, I thought I'd take the time to recognize it and respond to it. It's from a complete stranger, so it's essentially anonymous. Still, I don't want anyone to think I'm closed to feedback. If you want to read the whole email exactly as it appeared in my inbox, click on the image below. If you don't want any spoilers, scroll down and enjoy my conversational responses.
The subject of the email was, "crap."
Since in your "about me" you stated several times that you wanted to hear feedback about your ideas, I figured I'd give you a piece of my mind.
Great! I love hearing from my readers! Thanks for taking the time!
First of all, your snarky, chip on the shoulder "I'm an American so I can say whatever I want!!!!" attitude doesn't do anything for the reputation of the other gays and atheists in the world.
Well, technically, I am an American, and I can say pretty much whatever I want. (Thank you to the Founding Fathers for that!) I don't like oppression or the enshrining of bad ideas, so I suppose I can get a little feisty sometimes. (I may have picked up the chip living in Iowa.) I also like to infuse wit into my writing, and I'm from the northeast, so I can be kind of blunt about it. Frankly, I generally think of "snarky" as a compliment, so thanks for that! Perhaps you meant "smarmy," which I would take less liking to. I am really sorry if you don't always like my attitude, but I try to be articulate and well-reasoned. While some might take offense to what I write, I am (hopefully) never motivated by the sole intent of offending. Could you tell me more about the reputation of gays and atheists so I know what I'm doing wrong?
Gays, specifically , hold the reputation of being inconsiderate, self-serving and emotionally unstable.
Tell that to the Sassy Gay Friend. By the way, do you think our perceived emotional instability has anything to do with constantly being demonized, disparaged, and condemned by mainstream religions and society? I'm just saying, you might be proving your own point.
I have several gay friends that even admit to this.
Why would you be friends with people who are inconsiderate, self-serving, and emotionally unstable? It doesn't sound like those kinds of people would make very good friends. Are you friends with them out of pity? Or do you just call them "friends" to feel better about yourself when you demonize, disparage, and condemn them?
I agree that it's wonderful that we live in a country where we are able to express ourselves freely, but when trying to gain support and sympathy for your cause, you might want to try a less condescending, "I'm right and you're a terrible person if you don't agree" manner.
I remind folks that there are plenty of times and reasons when I'm a terrible person, so at least I'm fair about it, right? I try to make compelling arguments with confidence so that if people want to dissent or debate, they have the most complete and coherent thesis I can offer from which to develop their response. Please do not mistake my confidence in my own argument for an assumption of infallibility. As you pointed out in your opening sentence, I welcome feedback specifically for the opportunity to learn from others.
I can't help but wonder, though: If my arguments leave readers such as yourself feeling like disagreement would be a bad thing, doesn't that speak positively to the quality of my arguments and/or the style in which I present them? Also, is it possible that you feel like my argument is condescending specifically because you see validity in the way it contradicts your previously held beliefs? Thus, you would be blaming me for the negative feelings you have associated with the cognitive dissonance you are experiencing, in which case I'm sorry, but you're welcome.
I also agree that normalcy is relative, but the fact of the matter is, putting it in Darwinesque terms ,and this should be something quite easy for an atheist to understand, gays are socially inept and contribute NOTHING to the advancement of human kind.
I think this is the part where I make some self-deprecating joke about fashion and hairstyles.
You seem to imply that you are not an atheist, which probably explains why you demonstrated that you do not understand things in Darwinian terms. Partly because I am an atheist and try to think critically, I do understand that there is no validity to your two claims. First, I think gay folks are quite apt when it comes to social interaction—we even have our own bars and bathhouses! Secondly, in addition to all the loving same-sex partners raising families, there are untold numbers of prominent gay figures throughout the history of our species. I'm not trying to be condescending in my counterargument, I'm just making the point that you are flat-out wrong and offering factual evidence to support my case.
Your mind has been corrupted by some unfortunate events as a child, and ( this is where I sympathize) you're sentenced to a lifetime of frustration by chasing feelings you'll never reach, and acting on emotions in a totally unnatural way.
Your sympathy is disingenuous, as it is only motivated by your misunderstanding of my identity. I suffered no corruption, nor do I feel my emotions are unnatural. I know for sure, having felt love first-hand, that my feelings are completely healthy and obtainable.
Your assumption of my life experience is wrong. It is not supported by any evidence, but merely reflects your own bias. There's a reason homosexuality is not considered a mental disorder: because it's not a mental disorder. It's actually completely natural.
That, by the way, is not a matter of opinion, nor is it open to debate.
Now , if you're not contributing to the advancement of human kind, and your life is spent making questionable emotional decisions to fit YOUR needs, doesn't that make you naturally selfish?
I already disproved your assumption that I'm not "contributing to the advancement of human kind" (whatever that means) and demonstrated how there is nothing "questionable" about my "emotional decisions" or my "needs." So, if those two points are the premise for the question, the question itself is irrelevant.
And just in case you wish to persist, is it selfish to want what everybody else already has? And can it be selfish to want things that don't in any way take away from what everybody else has? If I said I wanted lots of hugs from people, would that be selfish? Would I be greedily taking an unfair share from the great hug supply?
By the way, if I ever meet you, can I have a hug?
ENTJ seems fitting for someone like you as you as its really just a polite way of saying "self-righteous prick", but that's just my opinion.
You seem to suggest you have some knowledge of the MBTI, given that you seem to understand what an ENTJ is. However, you also suggest that one's type is chosen, as opposed to naturally presenting in a person's personality, which unfortunately belies the understanding you think you have. Your opinion, thus, doesn't seem to carry much weight.
I will admit that being an ENTJ does lend itself to being perceived as a self-righteous prick, but generally only by those who can't appreciate that I might just think about the world and express myself in different ways than they do.
I was going to make an ironic joke here about my inability to connect with "bleeding-heart cowards," but I don't want to come off as insensitive.
(Hooray for meta-irony!)
Curious, when did you decide to be an atheist?
Great question! Here's a link to the post I just wrote about it last week!
Was this the easy choice since most religions agree that gays are damned souls, or did you lose faith in a higher being because of the frustrations of being gay(including whatever puzzle piece that's missing from your childhood that "made" you gay)?
Well, nothing "made" me gay, and the only frustrations about being gay are hateful, condemning ignoramuses like you, so those two points don't seem to apply. I wouldn't say I lost my faith. That seems to suggest I wasn't trying hard enough or that I failed. I, in fact, disavowed my faith.
What gives you the right to try and force your way of thinking on people(Christians in general since America IS based on Christian beliefs and large majority of Americans are Christian)whose beliefs are based on 1000s of years of history?
Pot, meet kettle. Have you been reading Texas history textbooks again? There's your problem.
For the record, I'm not trying to force my way of thinking; I'm just trying to encourage higher levels of thinking.
I also rarely trust majorities, nor should I be beholden to their will on matters of rights and freedoms. Why, you ask? Ask Rand Paul.
Not only that, but to act as if there is something wrong with THEM when they don't agree with you? That's a little illogical for Mr. Logical isn't it?
Well, it depends on why they're disagreeing with me. If their dissent is founded entirely on delusional beliefs in an imaginary deity, then I find that I have little reason to respect their point of view. If, however, they offer sound evidence and substance to support their argument, I'll always hear them out. That seems like a logical approach to me.
Anyways, gotta leave work.
Aight, later! I hope the negative feelings I elicited through my condescending snark didn't take too much away from your productivity today!
P.S Promise im not gay bashing, re read it and it sure does sound that way, but I have nothing against gays, like I said, I have many gay friends, I just think being gay is directly related to a corruption of the mind at an early age.
Well, here's the thing, Matt. The fact that you espouse your misguided assumption about the "cause" of homosexuality makes you liable for the oppression of gay people. It's nice to say you like us and all, but what you're doing by believing this falsehood is hurting us. If you think we are corrupted, then you can't help but see us as "less than." Combine that with assuming we contribute nothing to humanity and you are doing quite a bit of bashing whether you realize it or not.
Thanks for your letter. It was fun to respond to! I hope you'll write again soon!
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Rab Noakes is a force to be reckoned with in the world of music in Scotland and beyond.
2019 sees Rab's lifetime in music'n'song flourish as he continues to tour and record. This year he has embarked on a 5-year expedition titled 'Distance No Object'. In recent years he has been receiving awards such as a Nordoff-Robbins Tartan Clef for Contribution to Music and a Hands up for Trad award for Services to Performance. This year he is delighted to have been included in the Fife Free Press 40 Fifers of 2018. Recent highlights in his professional life include the production of high-profile commemorative concerts for long-time friends Gerry Rafferty and Michael Marra. Amongst a number of solo outinbgs, many of 2019's shows will be in collaboration, in duo outings. The collaborators include Rod Clements, Barbara Dickson, Jill Jackson, Kathleen MacInnes, Allan Taylor and Brooks Williams.
2019 follows on from an active 2018 when the year began as Rab took part in a series of appearances at Celtic Connections all featuring songs from repertoires other than his own songs. They were followed throughout the year with more solo shows under the title hitting the right note in 2018 and a few creative collaborations with Rod Clements, Jill Jackson and Allan Taylor, each of which will continue in 2019.
In June the album 'Welcome to Anniversaryville' featuring new songs and some revisits to 'landmark songs' was released.
In May of 2017 Rab turned 70 and marked the 50th anniversary of his first properly-billed, paid gig. These landmarks were celebrated throughout the year, across the country and beyond. They began with a major concert at Celtic Connections. This featured an eight-piece band and was extremely well-received by audience and reviewers alike.
Recent years have been a mixture of successes and challenges. Early in 2015 Rab was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer. The treatment that followed was, to say the least, rigorous. At the earliest opportunity he was playing the guitar and singing. New songs began to emerge, songs that were based on the experience of the treatment and formed a significant role in the recovery process. Six of them are gathered on Rab's new release – The Treatment Tapes. There's no self-pity though, here you'll find defiance, resilience, love, support and wit.
Rab's previous release was the acclaimed double-CD 'I'm walkin' here'. During 2016 he was to be found on tour, mainly solo, promoting that album. He's also often found in collaboration with others and in his part as a singer and guitar-player in the 'Grit' orchestra which played at both WOMAD and Edinburgh International Festivals in 2015 and 2016. That year also saw collaboration with a long-time colleague Barbara Dickson as well as a part in the Neil Young tribute night in Glasgow 'Long may you run'.
The 'I'm walkin' here' album, which features many new Rab new songs alongside some characteristically interestingly wide-ranging interpretations, was received with high praise in reviews and has attracted positive comment from audience and journalists alike.
These recordings were made in John Cavanagh's Muirend studio and feature an interesting collection of musicians (mostly selected by John) including Una McGlone, Stu Brown, Harry Hussey and Ula Zoola. Rab is joined by a stellar array of singers including Jill Jackson, Roddy Hart, Emma Pollock, Jimmie Macgregor, Alice Marra and Hilary Brooks.
As far as other recordings go, 2014 saw the CD release of two albums plus one EP.
The 40th anniversary of 'Red Pump Special' was issued, along with 'Demos and Rarities Vol2 – adventures with Gerry Rafferty'. The EP 'Reunited', a performance-based clutch of songs with Barbara Dickson, is also now available.
Back in 2014 Rab was busy and productive. A sold-out January concert at Glasgow's Celtic Connections featured the whole of the 1974 album 'Red Pump Special' in the first half followed by selections from his newer songs in the second. This show was also delivered in a more stripped-down version in June that year.
2014 contained many Rab solo shows and a couple with harmonica-ace and occasional collaborator Fraser Speirs.
Not to mention the other creative collaborations. These include the 'Reunited' tour with Barbara Dickson. He has also been touring with acclaimed Gaelic singer Kathleen MacInnes with a variation on their 'Love, Ballads and Murder' show.
In January 2015 Rab played a significant guest role in the prestigious Opening Concert at Celtic Connections, an orchestration of Martyn Bennett's acclaimed 'Grit' album by Greg Lawson.
In previous Celtic Connections festivals Rab played a pivotal role in the production of a commemorative concert for Gerry Rafferty in 2012 and one for Michael Marra in 2013. Rab had been close to each of those artists for many years.
Rab's first fully-professional engagements were in 1967. Almost 50 years and more than 20 albums later he remains a vital, popular, prolific and acclaimed songwriter and performer.
Rab is hard to pin down in terms of influences. He is an accomplished songwriter whose songs reflect his lifelong interest in the popular song, in folk song and in songwriting. Alongside his acclaimed performance skills as applied to his own compositions his celebrated interpretations feature songs from sources as diverse as Elizabeth Cotten to Beck Hansen.
His professional life embraces such activities as media production. Rab is also elected to the Executive Committee of the Musicians' Union so, at times, he'll be representing the MU membership somewhere in the world.
Rab's first album 'Do you see the lights?' was released in 1970. Thirty years later in the year 2000 he, along with his wife Stephy, formed their own record label, Neon, and produced a couple of new releases.
Before he and Stephy set up Neon in 1995 he spent an eight-year spell at the BBC where he produced music and entertainment shows radio in Manchester for Network Radio and subsequently headed the entertainment department at Radio Scotland. A formal job in that medium was appropriate as the radio had played a major part in Noakes's creative development from an early age.
So, further into the 21st century you'll most likely find Rab on the road, playing in a town near you, either solo or in one of his creative collaborations.
It'll be some time yet until he stops making songs, TV and radio programmes, or some other creative noise.


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I have to admit that there is no better combination than late autumn, blues skies, golden leaves and bright afternoon sunlight. Use the few days left of bright sunlight and the last of the autumn leaves on the almost naked trees and make the most of it. Take the kids and the dogs and just go. You won't be sorry, believe me!!
I did yesterday. I got leaves for gold or gold for leaves, who knows...The important thing is that it worked just perfectly. you can judge for yourselves:
I just love autumn colours! Have a look at some of my last years pickings
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U-Cook Tablet digital scale was born to go along with your familiar movments, so that you don't need to learn new boring procedures to make it work properly. If technology does not improve lives of those are using it, so what is it worth for? You just need to slide your finger, exactly as you would do with your favourite tablet, and the scale is ready for use.
There is no fissuration on the tempered glass surface, not even to host the display as it happens for some similar products. In U-Cook Tablet scale, the LED display shows informations by transparency. No frame, no fissure in which dirt or food residuals can deposit.
Are you horrified when in TV shows cameras go into neglected restaurant kitchens? Remember that your hands host on average 150 different bacteria species: would you like them to be hosted in your kitchen too? That is why on U-Cook scales you will never find any key, traditionally a downright "bacteria hotel" that you surely don't want to have in the proximity of you food, isn't it? Just a moist cloth, a wipe and hygiene is guaranteed.
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The Future of User Experience Lies in Your Hands
When you hear the words user experience most people mentally add the word designer on the end. But user experience is not just a design issue. Many people shape the users experience. People from across the organization. That means we need to start breaking down business silos and embrace more collaborative ways of working.
In his talk User Experience Consultant Paul Boag will place the future of user experience design in your hands. He will show how improving the user experience means companies must embrace digital transformation.Among other things you will learn:
- How digital has changed customer behavior.
- How organizations need to adapt their working practices if they are going to meet the needs of users.
- Ways you can start working more collaboratively to bring about change.
- But most of all, you will go away enthused about the potential of your work to change lives.
A non-designers guide to user interface design
A designer delivers a set of Photoshop documents. Now it falls to the rest of the team to make that vision a reality. But what about all the details the designer has ignored? What about those little interactions that make or break an experience? What about those error messages, animations and details that make all the difference?
In this workshop Paul Boag will show you how to enhance the experience of users after the designer has walked away.
- Making user centric forms.
- Improving the perception of speed.
- Helping users when things go wrong.
- How to deal with edge cases.
- Using animation to create delight.
- But most of all you will learn you don't need a designer to tell you how to create a great experience!


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Summer is totally here! Totally undeniable. It is 32 ℃ outside and it is not much different when you stay indoors. Hhaha A day at the pool or a place that offers all-you-can eat ice cream sounds like a really good idea. However, my friend and I decided to go to Steaming Mugs. I know, a place that is named as Frozen Mug or Snowy Mug must have been a better idea with this scorchy weather however, Steaming Mugs was not a bad idea,I tell you! Steaming Mugs is a coffee shop located at Greenfields, San Fenando, Pampanga and is open as early as 9 m to 11 pm.
I was surprised of how cute the place was. Steaming Mugs is almost 20 sq m inside. A space as big as my room and so I had a thought...
"Maybe, I should let my bro stay out of his room and build my own cafe... I'm sure he doesn't mind as long as he gets free hot choco..." ????????
I was really amazed by how much the whole space is maximized. Neat and simple chairs and tables were used. The menu is used as a design for the cupboard, very smart. ????????
The kitchen is also open so you actually see your food being prepared. You have the option to sit outside. There is a porch and a roofless-hexagonal shaped veranda that is an awesome place to hang out at night!
The whole place gave back my old high school and college days memories. I guess that this place is an awesome option for students to hang out in or to just to cool off and beat the heat with their smoothies and frappes! Here is a photo of their menu, you can use it as a guide!
We visited it around brunch time. We were not able to see and try their sweets, maybe we were to early for a Monday. Hahaha There is always a next time though. ???? We ordered Alfredo for Pasta (120 Php), Chicken Pesto for Sandwich ( 120 Php), and I tried one of their Duo Treat! I ordered for Nuggets and Fries combo which is good for a 150 Php! Their presentation is very simple but the taste is not that bad for the price that they offer. The pasta is tasty and my friend finished it as fast as she can.
I love their chicken pesto! I am into dishes with loads of herbs and spices recently so just the smell of this one made me drool already. Lol It was made of chunks of chicken breast, a bit of mushroom, some sort of cream, loads and loads of basil, slices of cucumber and tomatoes which were all stuffed in a slice of dry french bread. I think I can finish 2 to 3 of these in one go! Hahaha Cheers to loads of basil! ????
Nuggets and Fries is an option that is good for sharing! So this place is absolutely awesome for students who wants to save up for their summer trip!
I would not forget about their drinks! This place is the right option if you want affordable drinks, huge serving and awesome taste!
My friend, Yna, went with one of their Coolers, Strawberry Passion! It is so good that she didn't mind chugging it while holding it like a pitcher. Lol She was enjoying it when suddenly...
Yna: Ate Cring! Look! Something is looking at you.
Me: What? Where?
Yna: (pointing at the drink) This has loads of eyes!
Me: (cringe) What the... ????????????
Apparently, the drink that she ordered came with passion fruit seeds. Obviously enough with it's name, "Strawberry Passion", okay, facepalm. Hahahhaha What a funny surprise! Passion fruit seeds is a good antioxidant, offers significant cardiovascular benefits and is friendly to your intestine! What a great find! For my diet conscious friends and readers out there, this is a great option!
On the other hand, I ordered for their Green Tea Frappe. I wanted to try their coffee but I have shift that night so sleep might resent me if I even get a sip of my fave Cappuccino. But that is alright, as I said above, there is always a next time! ???????? I chose Grande and boy, the size of it definitely made me happy! The taste was very creamy! My friend is not into green tea but this one she liked! It was perfect for that hot midmorning. I was like drinking ice cream, love it!
Thanks for quenching our thirst Steaming Mugs! It was not that steamy after all, it was actually "freezing"!???? I must try their other drinks next time, together with their sweets!
I can't finish the whole Grande drink so who's with me?! ????????


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It's been a while since I featured a war-related photojournalism piece, so I thought The New York Times LENS blog brought us a couple of days ago an interesting On Assignment gallery from Tyler Hicks on the Tabligh Jamaat.
I like the clever way the photographer framed the above image, as he had to photograph surreptitiously and very quickly because photography was banned from the Tabligh gathering for religious reasons.
Wikipedia describes the Tabligh (which means "conveying of message") movement as an apolitical religious movement, whose principal aim is reformation of Muslims, and was founded in India by Muhammad Ilyas as a voluntary, pacifist and independent movement.
The New York Times reports that it's "a missionary movement that spreads revivalist Islam through its followers, who travel the world on preaching missions. The movement convenes in Raiwind, Pakistan, once a year. Attended by as many as 1.5 million people, it is the largest gathering of Muslims outside the annual pilgrimage to Mecca."
American authorities believe the movement incubates "jihadists".
For further reading, The New York Times has a 2007 article here.
Note: For stereotype busting, have a look at Matthieu Paley's fascinating coverage of the annual Lal Shabaz festival when over one million Sufis, devotees and onlookers, join this chaotic pilgrimage which cannot be more different than the austere Tablighi gathering.
Yes, folks...one person's Islam is not another's, even within neighboring countries.


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Thank you for your interest in supporting Explorations Preparatory School. The easiest and most impactful way to support EPS is through our Annual Fund. When you make a gift to our Annual Fund you support the area of greatest need at the current time. As an independent school, our ability to provide each student with the best possible educational experience depends on the continued generosity of parents, grandparents, alumni and friends.
Last year our EPS community achieved 98% participation and raised $55,837.25. This year our goal is to raise $60,000 and have 100% participation.
By giving to EPS, you can be assured that your gift will make a difference. Despite the everyday uncertainties we face, one thing is for sure: investing in our children's education is the best investment we can make in their, and in all of our, futures. Through your tax-deductible gift to Explorations Preparatory School, you will see the results of your generosity every day.
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Transition Words
A frequent fault of inexperienced writers is a tendency to present thoughts and ideas without showing connections between them, or without making their significance clear to the reader. Transition words and phrases keep the reader on track by showing relationships between ideas and information.
Consider the following paragraph:
People who adopt a dog need to teach it basic commands. Basic obedience keeps the animal safe and prevents it from becoming a danger. Many pet owners fail to teach their dogs to obey. They should always consider the need to train their puppies to obey.
The writer of this paragraph sees value in training a dog in basic obedience, but a reader might wonder what connection there is between basic obedience and the dog's safety or dangerous behavior. Transitions are needed to show these connections.
The paragraph revised:
People who adopt a dog need to teach it basic commands in order to keep it safe and prevent it from harming others. For example, a dog that won't come when called might run into the street and be hit by a car. A dog not trained to keep from jumping on people could cause injury by knocking someone down. Unfortunately, many pet owners fail to teach their dogs to obey, and, as a result, the animal becomes a nuisance or danger to family and strangers alike. To avoid undesirable behavior in their pets, dog owners should always consider the need to train puppies in basic obedience.
Here is a list of transition words grouped according to the types of transition they can be used for:
To add information:
and, not only…but also, also, moreover, furthermore, in addition, again, besides, equally important, what's more, too
To give examples:
for example, for instance, specifically, in particular
To show contrast:
but, however, on the other hand, otherwise, instead, in contrast
To show concession:
yet, nevertheless, however, although, even though, despite the fact that, despite
To show similarity:
likewise, similarly, in the same way
To show result:
so, as a result, therefore, thus, as a consequence, consequently
To indicate time or sequence:
first, second, finally, meanwhile, immediately, thereafter, soon, finally, previously, formerly, next, following this, after, soon, therefore
To offer conditional thoughts:
or, whether…or, if…then
To explain or emphasize:
in fact, actually, in other words, namely, obviously, in any case, naturally, certainly, unquestionably
To offer alternatives:
or, either…or, neither…nor
To compare:
on the other hand, on the contrary, by comparison, compared to, balanced against,
vis-à-vis, although, in contrast
To prove:
because, for, for the same reason, obviously, evidently, in fact, in any case
To conclude:
in conclusion, in brief, on the whole, to conclude, as I have shown
Some transition words, like also, and, or, like, as for, and further are unobtrusive, directing the reader without distracting. Others, like albeit, jump out at the reader and must be used sparingly. Still other transitions cast doubt on the credibility of the writer. Here are some transitions often seen in freshman compositions. They are perhaps best avoided:
in all honesty, to tell the truth, to put it briefly, be that as it may, last but not least, to get back to the point, to make a long story short.
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The first version is also a good example of the "washboard effect."
Dale A. Wood
I don't get it concerning the confusion between singular and plural in this sentence from above:
"People who adopt a dog need to teach it basic commands."
"People" adopt more than one dog, so the sentence should state:
People who adopt dogs need to teach them basic commands.
Otherwise, the whole sentence could have been cast into the form of singular words: "A person who adopts a dog needs to teach it the basic commands."
Dale A. Wood
Here is an example of confusion between singular and plural that I thought – until recently – was done only by ignorant sports announcers. Recently, I have heard it from people who are supposed to be professional newscasters, such as Wolf Blitzer on CNN-TV:
"Those kind of…."
Now, the word "kind" is singular, and hence "those" does not go with "kind" at all. The expression needs to be "That kind of…"
"Those kinds of…" is also a possibility.
As far as "Those kind of….", someone could say that it is an idiom in English, but there is a problem with that. I never heard that phrase back in the 1960s and 1970s, and then it started to flow out of the mouths of some ignorant sports announcers during the 1980s.
Earlier than that, we had sports announcers like Jim McKay, Bud Wilkenson, Tony Kubek, and Frank Gifford who knew how to speak real English instead of broken English.


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This year for Christmas, we built my dad a bat house. Well, it started off as me building my dad a very simple, single chamber bat house. We found the design for this bad boy here. At about two inches deep, this skinny structure can hold quite a few bats. But… while I was in the process of building this modest structure, Yukon came outside to see how I was faring with using the circular saw to score the bat "landing pad." Jigsaws, table saws, and miter saws are all fine by me. But when it comes to circular saws, I get a little shy. Within sixty seconds of his observations of the bat house, he said, "Let's make this into a triple chamber bat house." So our hour-long project turned into a three hour project. But I have to admit, it did turn out pretty nice.
The design we used is for a single bat chamber house, but it adding two extra chambers with some scrap wood we had laying around was straightforward. (When you look at the plans linked above, just add two more replicates of the front, outward facing wall, with 1″x2″ strips in between each one. Just make sure to add the grooves in the plywood facing outward so the bats can climb up into the front two chambers. We also added vents in each of the chamber walls.) We used the paint type they recommended and left it white for now since we live in the south (light to medium colored).
Bat guano is some of the best fertilizer around. We looked it up on the internet; it can cost upwards of $80 for 20 pounds, and our whole project probably cost around $30-40 if you include the cost of the scrap wood we had, a can of latex paint and some caulk. Why not give the gift that keeps on giving?
Check out the ideal place to hang your bat house here. This link says you can mount them to a pole, but I've read it's better to mount them to an actual building, at least 15 feet above the ground.
Cut List for Our Modified Three Chamber Bat House
- 26.5″ x 24″ (back), you will need to line this with grooves
- 3 each of 16.5″ x 24″ (front walls with vents), you will need to line 2 of these with grooves
- 3 each of 5″ x 24″ (front walls with vents), you will need to line 2 of these with grooves
- 24″ x ~10″ (roof)
Furring strips (1″x2″s)
- 3 each of 24″ length (top furring strip)
- 6 each of 20.5″ length (side furring strips)


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Director: George Lucas
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Peter Mayhew, Alec Guinness
Runtime: 121 minutes
Not very long ago, in a galaxy very much like our own, a little film called Star Wars opened to theatres across the world. A simple heroes tale of a young man named Luke Skywalker, this wholly original adventure captivated the imagination of millions, sparking one of the most infamous sagas in cinema history.
Nearly 40 years on from its debut, and only a few months away from the latest instalment in the series it spawned, I revisited George Lucas' original Star Wars to see how it stood up today. This is my review...
As soon as the opening title crawl begins to fade into the deep darkness of space, director George Lucas puts us right into the action; we've had the backstory, now it's time for the adventure to begin. Right from the off, Star Wars delivers on its title - we've got a Rebel starship pursued by an evil, looming Imperial Destroyer atop an alien planet, complete with flashing lasers and explosions.
We're soon introduced to a raft of iconic characters; loveable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO waddle onto screen, bickering and bemoaning their lot in life. Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), the defiant Rebel leader stands firm against Darth Vader (David Prowse, James Earl Jones), her villainous pursuer. On the planet below, young farmboy Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) gazes up at the twin suns of Tatoonie dreaming of a far off adventure with the Rebels. Along with Harrison Ford's Han Solo and Alec Guinness' iconic Obi-Wan Kenobi, this is a cast that isn't thrust onto us all at once, as were introduced to new characters and storylines naturally as the story evolves and escalates. What first starts as a simple game of cat and mouse grows into a rescue mission, a high stakes chase and then, finally, a last ditch assault to save the day.
Hamill, Fisher and Ford make for an enigmatic and electric trio whose on-screen chemistry make this film an entertaining romp; far from a weak damsel in distress, Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia is a fierce and authoritative warrior who isn't afraid to speak her mind, or offer a caring shoulder to cry on when things get tough. However, it's the snappy one liners and sizzling tension between herself and Ford's Han Solo that makes this cast so darn likeable.
Honestly, the funny and clever dialogue in general makes this film extra special - whether its Han's endless wit to Obi-Wan's serene musings on the Force or Threepio and Artoo bickering in the desert ("Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease!"), everything about this script is timeless and memorable.
It's practically impossible to pick a single best line, or performance in this film, but I'll give the latter a crack; Harrison Ford goes without saying, so I'll give Alec Guinness a shout out for his iconic portrayal as the mystic Obi-Wan, and Peter Cushing as Grant Moff Tarkin, a thoroughly under appreciated villain in my opinion. Everyone remembers Vader, but Tarkin was the one who destroyed Alderaan.
My personal favourite sequence in this film is the finale; with Tarkin's Death Star looming large above their hidden base, the Rebels launch a last ditch assault on the battle station using the data recovered from Artoo. It's brilliantly pieced together - one by one, the Rebels are picked off by Vader and his TIE Fighter wingmen. As the X-Wings swoop across the grey surface of the Death Star, it soon becomes clear that Luke is their best hope of landing the shot they need.
Barrelling through the trench towards their goal, Luke, Wedge and Biggs are pursued by Vader, and Lucas has every frame and cut pieced together to perfection. Interspersed with shots of Leia and Threepio looking nervous in the control room creates this heart-pounding sense of anticipation; it's pure movie magic, right down to the ticking clock and last second reversal that saves the day.
Throughout the entire film, John Williams delivered one of the, if not the, most quintessential film scores of all time - from the blaring intro to the formidable entrance of Darth Vader or the stirring 'twin sons' moment that signals that this series is going to be something special, every note is gorgeous, emotive and powerful.
This is as close as it gets to a 'perfect' film - except for one small niggle. In the interest of fairness, I have to mention that I can only review the copy I have, which is the 1997 remaster with added digital trickery from Lucas. Scenes like Luke and Ben's arrival at Mos Eisley and the infamous Greedo/Han altercation make my version of Star Wars a weird Frankenstein version that feels meddled with and 'unauthentic'. Plus, it gets lumbered with a forgettable and clunky subtitle, 'A New Hope' (which I've chosen to omit from this review for all you purists out there). However, unnecessary tweaks aside, there's nothing I can fault this film on. It's a bonafide classic, and a milestone in cinematic history that revolutionised how we watch and talk about films.
Timeless, unforgettable and still thrilling to this day, Star Wars everything I love about cinema compressed into a two-hour adventure. If you're one of the dozen people on this planet that hasn't seen it, you're in for a real treat.


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Associates with three to five years of experience continue to be in high demand and, despite usually falling into the often-maligned millennial generation, they aren't behaving differently than their predecessors.
The market is looking for attorneys with this experience level right now, according to Randi Lewis, managing director of the law firm practice group at Major, Lindsey and Africa, and that demand is not new. Attorneys with at least a couple of years with a firm have earned enough experience to be comfortable and knowledgeable but still have room to grow and be trained at a new job.
"Typically, people come into a practice area but it just takes a couple of years for you to do things more than once, more than twice, more than three times, to be comfortable knowing what you're doing," she said.
Lewis said attorneys in that three-to-five-year range who are thinking about moving need to do so now.
"People kind of learn the hard way because they're eight years out and they start looking and find out they're not want the market wants," she said.
Millennials, defined by the Pew Research Center as individuals born between 1981 and 1996, are between 22 and 37 this year. Pew found millennials made up the largest share of the workforce in 2015. Many do not identify with the term and are more likely to ascribe negative attributes to their own generation.
But Lewis was hesitant to paint millennial attorneys with a broad brush. She stressed there is no one-size-fits-all legal career.
"I really think it depends what people's goals are rather than whether they're millennials or not," she said.
For the most part, Lewis said, if attorneys like their firm's culture and believe they have good opportunities, they want to stay.
"I do think that millennials, just like any other generation of attorneys, do have loyalty to their firms if their firms are treating them right and they have a good culture," Lewis said.


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The look for well-heeled and well-toned gay in Fall/Winter 2010: Gabardine wool suits, priestly garb .. oh and skirt-shorts and a well-defined chest and abs.
That was the presentation by Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci at Paris Fashion Week. The 2010-2011 collection was religious-inspired, with priestly garb and frocks, cassocks and "his trademark subversive kinkiness particularly in the tailored black skirt-short hybrids worn over neoprene leggings." Several of the skirt-short models were sent shirtless down the runway. Shirtless and wool skirt-shorts ... must be F/W 2010 in Rio de Janeiro.
Unfortunately: One of the shirtless was not model of the moment Manuel Ramos (below). He was last seen walking for John Bartlett and in that hot homoerotic Flaunt editorial with Zack Clark. Manuel's current full page advert for Givenchy plus a few more looks from the show WHEN YOU JUMP ...
Advert f/t Manuel Ramos for Givenchy spotted @ ARENA Homme+.
Henry Watkins created quite the sensation for Givenchy S/S 2010 when he was sent down the watwalk baring abs, chest and later in see-through mesh. They covered him up this season.
Also covered up: Hot new model Ralph Plaisimond who was looking fabulous as always ...
A few more looks:


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The summer of 2014 has been gentle with the Brazos Valley so far. Most reporting stations haven't even hit 100 degrees, and July is half over. Rain has been generous, too, relatively speaking. That means fruits and vegetables are still flourishing, and Brazos Valley consumers are the beneficiaries.
Area grocery stores and fruit markets frequently carry products from local growers, so freshly harvested goods are widely available. For those who prefer to purchase directly from growers, opportunities abound at roadside produce stands, especially along rural or farm-to-market roads. A few consumer cooperative groups specializing in produce purchases can be found around the Bryan-College Station area.
Just outside New Baden, Texas, the Rusty Sikes Vegetable and Fruit Farm on FM 1940 usually has a produce table loaded with recently harvested fruits and vegetables for customers. The offerings are delicious, coming from the adjacent well-tended fields. In June, Sikes Farm hosted over 70 visitors during the Vegetable Field Day sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife.
Another chance to buy from area growers comes from Boggy Creek Farm, with one farm in Travis County and another in Milam County. Boggy Creek Farm owner Larry Butler, who grew up in Gause, Texas, grows crops organically and offers them for sale through his Gause and Austin locations. To purchase from the Gause location, customers email requests to Butler and make arrangements to collect the produce as it's harvested.
Community farmers markets provide an enjoyable and social way to meet area growers and purchase homegrown produce. The Brazos Valley Farmers Market opens Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Brazos County Health Department in Bryan, Texas, and Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Village Foods grocery store in Bryan. The Navasota Farmers Market opens in the parking lot of The Filling Station Diner in Navasota Texas, every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
You can sometimes find produce available from the Howdy Farm at regional farmers markets. The Howdy Farm is a sustainable farm that was created by Texas A&M University students and is run by Aggie student volunteers, members from the Horticulture Department, A&M alumni, and others. You can usually catch workers at the Howdy Farm on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings for a tour or to purchase produce.
There are lots of excellent reasons to buy local produce direct from area growers. From the economic benefits for the community, to the sociological benefits of supporting area producers, to flavor and nutritional benefits of just-off-the-stem taste, to environmental benefits of less packaging and resource use, to the fun of heading out on a homegrown adventure—whatever your reason for buying local produce, take advantage of the mild summer weather before the hot Texas sun scorches some of your favorite fruits and veggies. Now's the time!


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SDCC 2017: DC Animated Movies 10th Anniversary Panel
Warner Bros. Animation has done 30 DC films over the past tenyears, and they're celebrating that with a massive home video release - and a panel Thursday at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Bruce Timm and and army of showrunners, producers, animators, and voice actors are scheduled to be on-hand to talk about the past -- and the future.
And as part of Newsarama's live coverage of Comic-Con International: San Diego, you can follow along in the below play-by-play:
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I know of exactly three people who have read Justified: My Mother, my lovely editor and Barbara Bretton.
Mom knew more about the story than anyone else, because I used her to bounce off ideas and she even suggested story ideas when I was stuck. I admit, that as she read through it when I finished, I loved that sometimes she gasped and sometimes she'd just laugh – big laughs, little chuckles, guilty giggles that were so wrong but could not be stopped.
My editor saw a few things coming and was shocked nonetheless and she got it, she really got it.
But then, these are my people. The grammar, we all knew, would not need too much fixing – especially because I usually write the way I speak. And they both know me well enough that some of what they saw on the page was not exactly predictable but oddly familiar. They knew what to expect and were not disappointed and I managed to surprise as well.
The question remained, how would others perceive the work?
Of course, the ones reading it now are predominantly friends and acquaintances because they received the message first-hand. But other than the few details I wrote about at the
blog and whatever I told them in the press release, they're going in blind. Temple of Doom
They know how it starts and some of the journey the hero undertakes, but none of the details and not the end of the tale.
Then Barbara began to read and I waited with bated breath. Of all my friends, she is the successful, published writer with over 40 books under her belt. Of course, because she has been a good friend for well over a decade her opinion means the world to me. Her professional opinion also carries much weight with me because this is her bread and butter and I defer to her wisdom.
«««« In the interest of full disclosure, author Kali Amanda Browne is a good friend but trust me, friendship doesn't mean much at all when it comes to novels. In fact, knowing the author often makes the reading experience an exercise in pain and anxiety. Trust me when I say, nothing is harder than reading a novel written by a friend. It's very difficult to separate the friend you know and love from the work of fiction in your hand. With JUSTIFIED, Kali Amanda Browne did the impossible: before the first chapter ended I was so deeply immersed in her fictional world that I forgot she had written it and settled in for a great read.
And JUSTIFIED is a great read. Murder, betrayal, sly humor, witty dialogue, laugh-out-loud moments interspersed with real emotion. The characters are real, the dialogue crackles, the ending surprises. What more can a reader ask for? Well, maybe one thing: a sequel featuring Carmen and Sean. Highly recommended.
That is the review she wrote at the Amazon site. I fully admit that I was swelling with pride. Then the lapsed Catholic that lives inside my head like a demented monk in a cave warned me to keep it down. But I still love that this is my first official review.
It doesn't get any cooler than this!


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When Craig Ferguson leaves Late Late Show, great comedians will guest host. And then also John Mayer.
When Craig Ferguson ends his nearly 10-year reign as Late Late Show host at the end of December, a roster of guest hosts – including the insufferable John Mayer – will sit behind the Scottish comedian's vacated desk until James Corden officially takes over. Drew Carey will host first between Jan. 5 and Jan. 9 and again between March 2 and March 6. Judd Apatow, Jim Gaffigan, Wayne Brady, WillRead more


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It seems the rules have metamorphosed over time; that you can ask several questions or ten; invite anything from 3 to 11 other bloggers to get involved, or just ignore the whole thing altogether!
Apparently it can be seen as an annoying chain letter, giving nervous people a shiver down their spine in case they keel over angst-ridden through the terrible wrenching decision whether to reply or not. Also in case the God of chain letters decides to smite them with his/her mighty sword due to non-response. My tardy lack of attention is due to sheer slackness (and a little bit of ill-health). So I decided to jump in with my answers, and because I didn't get around to answering Rachel's questions earlier, I will astonish and overwhelm you with answers to both Rachel and Fiona! :))
Here we have Fiona's questions:
Everyone has had a kitchen nightmare. Tell us about one of yours.
Hosting Christmas lunch one day and cooking a roast chicken meal with the lot. Taking it out of the oven, placing it on the sloping kitchen bench and having the whole dish slide elegantly to the floor, dumping our lunch all over the place. I rescued it, blew off the dirt and carried on. Nobody knew! Oh yes I think that was the same Christmas that we were given bottles of rum, vodka, whiskey etc as presents. We went out for a bit leaving the lounge room window open, and came home to an empty sideboard. They had stolen the lot!
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And here we have 10 questions for my chosen victims:
1. Who living or dead would you share your last meal with?
2. What would you eat for your last supper?
3. What sort of food do you cook/eat the most?
4. Fave author?
5. Fave cookbook author?
6. What was your mum's best dish?
7. Your mum's worst dish?
8. Your dad's best (or worst) dish?
9. What is the weirdest place you have eaten a meal?
10. And finally the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
Victims (hhrrrmmph I mean chosen ones!) :
1. Anu from Easy Bites Online
2. Jem from Lost in Utensils
3. Dee from OnTheMove-in the Galley
So go to it ladies, but only if you wish. Just answer these questions, make up some more of your own and pass it on (or not!) to as many or as few fellow bloggers as you wish. Otherwise, happily ignore the whole shebang! I don't think the God of chain-letters has sharpened his/her sword lately. :)


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Startups That Will Completely Reshape The Mobile Enterprise
29 Mar. 2013 Enterprise Tech News
Enterprises will be presented with 6 new startups that are thought to completely reshape the world of mobile enterprises. These startups are set to play a major role in tackling the theme of 'What's next for Enterprises?'
Mobile devices are gaining widespread popularity in enterprises and will continue to do so in the coming years. In fact, there will come a time when all business transactions will be handled through mobile devices. CEO's today are pushing their IT team to make bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies the norm in their organization.
6 new startups have surfaced, which deal with issues of making BYOD actually work seamlessly and securely throughout organizations. The six new startups that are predicted to reshape the mobile enterprise are:
Armor 5: This startup will implement a solution for making BYOD work efficiently. It works towards the idea of connecting its software to a company's network through an already existing virtual private network (VPN). It then virtualizes the data and cloud applications, and generates a URL for the employees, through which they can access data securely from their smartphones or tabs.
Domo: It is an easy-to-use, cloud based software, which allows you to view real-time data.
Enterproid: The Enterproid has a Divide platform aimed at 'dividing' personal and work life through software. This platform can be installed on iPhones or Android phones. Most importantly, the data stored on Divide is secure and can be deleted by the employer if there are any unwanted activities taking place.
MobileSpaces: This startup approaches the BYOD policy in a different way. It allows the users of Android phones to mark the apps they would like to use for work. As a result only those apps will be able to access business data and systems.
Mocana: This startup is aimed at dealing with the issues related to mobile enterprise security in two different ways, hence making it a valuable asset for companies looking for data security.
Roambi: This startup is being developed with the aim of handling business intelligence problems on mobile through its popular iPad and iPhone apps.


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Same dress, same day, two different anchors
On the same day, both Erin Burnett and Erica Hill, of CNN and HLN, respectively, wore the same yellow dress.
The OutFront and On the Story anchors are both based out of the network's New York bureau.
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TV cameras persist in Torrington nearly a week after vicious online comments about an alleged statutory rape victim went viral. Now the town is wrestling with some difficult questions. School district officials say they're doing their best to protect student confidentiality and to move forward.
It was one of the worst days of superintendent Cheryl Kloczko's career. Last week, police showed up at her door to say that two 18-year-old football players at her district's high school were charged with statutory rape of two 13-year-old girls. Later that same day, she was dealing with an article in the local newspaper, the Torrington Register-Citizen, reporting not only those charges –but also that students had taken to Twitter to blame the victims, calling them names like "whore" and "snitch."
"The only thing I can think of by the time the day was done, was that it was probably like 9/11…what impact that had for me as an administrator in the school building that day," Kloczko recalls.
Since the news broke last week, the town has gotten national attention. Another unnamed 17-year-old has been charged in the case, and school and police officials say more arrests may be on the way. Pictures and tweets in support of the alleged perpetrators and blaming the victims continue to be posted publicly online. That leaves Torrington as the latest in a string of test cases for how schools are increasingly forced to deal with student activity that happens off campus.
"It used to be that administrators were responsible for what happened in their school, and at school events," says Joanne Creedon, principal at Torrington High School.
"And now, we're really responsible 24/7."
So, how can Torrington do better to either prevent unfortunate incidents like this, or at least deal with them before they spiral out of control? The high school has already had to revisit its athletic policy since a hazing scandal within the football team last fal.
"We did add a clarification on hazing, that hazing of any kind will not be tolerated. Hazing is always the abuse of power, of intimidation, and its against someone's civil rights," Creedon says.
Plus, it turns out that one of the 18-year-old football players charged with statutory rape was allowed to play games last year despite a different pending felony charge of robbery. Cheryl Kloczko now says that was a mistake. But it's clear that something deeper needs to change – and it's probably not unique to Torrington.
"We need to talk about this, and we need parents talking about it and we need teachers talking about it, and we really need to get good information out to people," says Barbara Spiegel.
Spiegel is director of the Susan B. Anthony project, a non-profit that educates schoolkids about healthy relationships and preventing sexual violence. The project has actually reached 787 students at Torrington High School this year, out of the total 1100.
"Cyberbullying in the media for ninth graders, boundaries and consent for tenth graders, and healthy relationships for twelfth graders," Spiegel says, listing off the names of courses that were taught.
It's painfully obvious that those lessons have not yet sunk in. So now the Susan B. Anthony project is going back into classrooms starting today to reinforce them.
"Now the iron is hot," says assistant principal Creedon. "It's time to make sure that we cycle through this information now…when they are most likely to be open to the information."
Steve Hernandez of the Connecticut Commission on Children says that's really what should have been happening all along, according to the state's new bullying law, which the Commission helped write. The law says schools should establish a space where students can talk about concerns like this. Not a temporary space, like in one health class. A permanent one.
"It's only through an ongoing discussion and an ongoing space that children are going to be able to address this," Hernandez says.
That's why we know that an assembly doesn't help if that's all that the school is doing."
Another big part of the law has to do with defining bullying and who's responsible for reporting it. Usually it's students that have to come forward with their concerns; in Torrington, officials said they always investigate bullying, online or offline, when students bring it to their attention. But Hernandez says it's crucial that adults look for signs on their own. It's not fair to put that all on kids.
"Children should not be in charge of advocating for themselves in circumstances that are inherently imbalanced," he says.
Torrington officials say they will definitely be revisiting how they investigate bullying or generally mean and inappropriate comments online. Maybe it means monitoring Twitter, at least right after an incident like a student arrest. Maybe it means having policies that could lead to student suspension or expulsion for misbehavior online. But the bigger challenge will be getting at how kids use the internet. Creedon says in her discussions with the kids who've tweeted or posted pictures about the alleged statutory rapes, that's what strikes her the most.
"It's so instantaneous that there's no time for checking. It's just, 'this is what I feel. I'm going to put it out there. And I'm going to send it. And not a thought about, 'whoa, think before you send. That piece seems to be missing."
Teaching that piece is going to be a long process.
Read more in the Connecticut Mirror at ctmirror.org.


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- Expert, experienced, passionate and friendly driver/guide
- Full guided commentary throughout the day along the route (but with some quiet time for resting too)
- Walking tour of Canterbury
- Travel along the Kent backroads
- Transport on a luxury purpose built Mercedes mini coach with USB charging ports, individual A/C controls, reclining leather seats, panoramic glass windows, panoramic windshield and roof
- Complimentary bottled water
- Small groups - back roads - great guides
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- The tour price does not include your entrance to Dover Castle or optional entrance to Canterbury Cathedral. Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral for children is £8.50, students £10.50, concessions £11.50 and for adults £12.50. Entrance to Dover Castle for children is £12.50, students/concessions £18.80 and for adults £20.90. *From 1st April 2020, tickets will be £12.80 for children, £19.20 for concessions and £21.30 for adults* Tickets for both sites can be bought on arrival.
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|Marketing Campaign to Stop Opium Production in Afghanistan (All Photos: Sutika Sipus)
Every day on my way to work I pass by a large poster of Afghanistan President, Mohamed Karzai. Holding a child, pasted high above the heads of pedestrian traffic and adjacent to the Ministry of Education, the leader of the country composes himself as the father of us all. There are many images like this in Kabul, and while the image of the late mujahadeed Ahmed Shah Masood is far more prominent, the consistent personification of national leaders has had me thinking about what it means to govern.
After all, how many despotic regimes forced their citizens to host images of their leaders above doorways, in offices, or in their homes? Many of those governments eventually collapsed, yet others remain strong and persistent. I'm thinking about the USSR, Cuba, North Korea, and Libya... but I'm also thinking about the times I watched a movie in Thailand and had to stand for a commercial about the King or perhaps more subtly, all the times the national anthem is played before a baseball game in America.
|Poster of Ahmed Shah Masood in Kabul
Be it a song, picture, or poster, these are the tools the reinforce the idea of governance. Yet in places like Afghanistan, perhaps these images are more important. How does a centralized government capital like Kabul maintain a connection to outer regions such as Khost or Helman? Beyond a constant occupation of the city streets with police and military, how can a city government reinforced the idea of its power within the minds of the population?
Governance is like any other product. It has a market of consumers, that market has a threshold, and to expand its consumer base it needs to do two things: it needs to continually reinvent its appeal and it needs to advertise.
Advertising governance is simply a manner of reinforcing the terms of the social contract. It is a direct way for an administration to say "we are doing what you have asked us to do, please continue to support us." Though too often overlooked, the process of giving an image to the government is critical within areas of lower stability as there is generally a deficit of reliable information in the streets. Rumors and conspiracies abound. Journalism is frequently a fantasy and truth is subjective. For a municipal, regional, or federal government to maintain control it needs to be visually present within the lives of the people. Yet government employees are expensive, it is a lot cheaper to simply put up a picture.
|Opium Deterrence Campaign in Kabul Afghanistan
In recent months there has been an explosion of images within Kabul, as a variety of graphic campaigns have been launched to deter opium production, promote environmental responsibility, and increase continued enrollment in Afghan police and security forces. Of course not all imagery is equal and many of the efforts will vary in success for obvious reasons. For example, a campaign to discourage people from allowing their children to carry arms will likely suffer to succeed as the posters are written in Dari, the language spoken primarily by northern populations, while the bulk of the issue is located in the Pashto speaking south.
However evocative imagery, such as found within the opium campaign may be sufficient enough to overcome language barriers. The only problem however is that opium production is primarily a socio-economic issue while its consumption in urban areas is a socio-cultural concern. Anti-drug campaigns have a history of mixed successes throughout the world, but it is unclear how large the current Kabul effort extends beyond catchy billboards.
Regardless of the Kabul examples, it is clear that order and governance require more than the simple provision of services, management, and security. Successful governance entails the ability to communicate successes and ideology to the broader public, no matter how small the success or massive the audience. Among challenged states it can establish the illusion of governance, and among those states and cities who truly are making strides, it can transform illusion into reality.


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Werner Herzog does not make "easy" films. So, it's not all that strange that he would be at his best when working with difficult people. Klaus Kinski was a very difficult person. With him, Herzog made some of the best films of this century. Before the two met, no director had worked with the mercurial actor more than once. Herzog and Kinski made 5 films together.
This documentary by Werner Herzog about his tumultuous professional (and personal) relationship with Klaus Kinski was riveting. It's fascinating to not only get an insight into the nature of Klaus Kinski, but also the nature of Herzog and how the two interacted. The film is simple in its structure: we follow Herzog as he journeys throughout the places where his story took place. From the house where he and Kinski briefly lived together when he was young, to the site of their last film together. Along the way he talks about his friend, their relationship and shares a number of anecdotes from their time working together. He also seeks out and interviews some of the people that were sucked into their vortex along the way; co-stars and extras. They all have their own perspective and Herzog lets them tell it as they saw it.
Their relationship was a complicated one. It alternated between being a warm friendship and an acrid rivalry of wills. Herzog reveals how he once seriously intended to firebomb Kinskis house. He says it in a way that suggests levity, but I don't doubt for a second that he did indeed intend do just that, and that the only thing that stopped him was the fortuitous intervention of Kinskis dog. Just a short while later, they met at a film festival where they hugged, joked around and seemed to genuinely enjoy each others company. They were both grand personalities and paradoxically seemed to simultaneously complement and detract from each other. It sometimes seemed as though Herzog managed to coax cooperation out of their relationships only by a supreme effort of will; his intense desire to make great films won out over his exasperation with Kinski. In the world of cinema, they were almost like two celestial bodies colliding, but instead of crashing and exploding, they developed a kind of mutually beneficial orbit.
Kinski was a crazy bastard. There's really no avoiding that little fact. A schizophrenic (he was actually diagnosed as such at one time) egomaniac. He sometimes got so involved in his performances that he seemed to lose his already tenuous grip on reality. One of his more famous debacles was his stage set retelling of the life of Jesus Christ according to Klaus Kinski, which quickly derailed into barely lucid, frantic ranting where Kinski painted himself out to be some sort of messianic figure.
Kinskis volatile nature is probably why Herzog primarily cast him in parts in which the character descends into insanity. That inherent quality in Kinski shines through, expertly modulated by Kinskis considerable acting talent and Herzogs masterful directing. That same masterful filmmaking is evident in this documentary. Herzog doesn't stoop to just regaling us with stories of Kinskis madness, which would undoubtedly be entertaining in itself. No, he cuts down to the very bone of what made their relationship unique.


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Effective leaders say yes!
They understand that a leader's focus should be to encourage innovation and maximize the wisdom in the room. In order to do this, you need to provide individuals the space to come up with ways they can reach their goals and build opportunity, not only for themselves but the organization as a whole.
It can be scary to take a risk on your employees and say yes. It might not always seem like a career enhancing move, and yet the alternative, being a leader that allows no room for employees to drive their own success or innovate, is not the safer choice. It is the quickest way to have disengaged workers and middle of the road results.
So to help make the process of saying yes easier, below you will find three benefits for leaders who say yes.
#1 A Team That Isn't Afraid to Fail
A fear of failure is one of the biggest hindrances to business today. As a leader when you say yes, you encourage your employees to push the boundaries and try. You should stay close to what they are creating and collaborate with them. When all is said and done, analyze the results and make a decision on how to move forward. By supporting their efforts and having the conversations, even if the decision is to not continue with the idea, it's not looked at as failure, it's looked at as innovation and probably spurs new and even better ideas.
#2 Gain Insights on New Business Opportunities
When you say yes, you can gain insight to new business opportunities you might not have thought about before. The risk of impact is generally low, especially when experience is on a small (controlled) scale. Great leaders learn from those they surround themselves with. Saying yes can be a very eye-opening experience.
#3 Identify Your Employees Strengths
How will you know what a person is capable of if you never give them the chance to show you? As a leader saying yes provides an organic way to identifying strengths within your team, and creates opportunities to develop others. At Fierce, we believe you delegate responsibilities to advance an employee's skill set. By providing the space for your team to innovate you get the chance to discover more about their talents that you can then further develop.
What could your team accomplish if you said yes more?


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Menu may vary depending on location and season. Bean Sprouts caters to families with special dietary choices and challenges, including the following options: Vegetarian and vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, casein-free, nut-free, egg-free, and soy-free.
Bean Sprouts' signature Imaginibbles™ kids menu is featured at lower counter to empower children to make their own good-for-you choices!