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Library History
The Bourbon Public Library was first organized in 1928 by the federated women's clubs of Bourbon. The library was born from the simple idea of organizing a book exchange for the club members. The project grew and eventually additional businesses and associations became involved. Soon the club moved to make their project one of community proportions.
Funds from the club's treasury were allocated to support the new institution. Books were generously donated by all members of the community. Members of the club were appointed into committees that began to develop the mechanisms required to organize the new library. The first library board was created and they soon had their first space as well.
The library was originally housed in a room donated by the Mendel Store. The room was prepared through the generous donations of club members and Bourbons businessmen. Nellie Disher was the first librarian and was in charge of the several hundred books that had by now been donated. The library was open on Wednesdays and Saturdays and was free for all residents of Bourbon and Tippecanoe Townships. Throughout this early history the library made many moves into space donated by a variety of businesses throughout Bourbon.
The early financial support of the library was acquired through regular fundraisers and through the generous donations of many of Bourbon and Tippecanoe Townships clubs and businesses. Nellie Disher served as the librarian until her death in 1930. Her duties were assumed by Blanche Thomas, who served in the position until 1934. Mary Fribley was then appointed librarian and served until 1975.
The original Monday Club scrapbooks.
A New Home
Like the Librarys early history, the Librarys new home came through the efforts of the community and its members generous donations. The Library moved into its permanent location in 1940 at the corner of Main and Sunset Streets. The property was donated by James Matchette.
Efforts had been underway since 1922 to find the appropriate location for the construction of a permanent facility. At this time $12,000 in the form of a trust fund had been donated by William Erwin upon his death for the erection and furnishing of a public library for the community of Bourbon. Power over the fund was deeded to his wife who led the efforts of a library commission in finding an appropriate site for the new building.
Thanks to the generosity of the Matchette family the plat on Main street became available. Work then went into researching the potential for the new facility. LeRoy Bradley of Fort Wayne, IN was selected as the architect for the project. His plans were then followed by Stanley Hennon through the year of 1939. The building was completed in 1940 and was opened to the public soon thereafter.
The Bourbon News Mirror and The Pioneer articles from 1940 about the new library.
Recent History
The library has served the public from its present location since 1940. Throughout that time the library has had four directors; Miss Mary Fribley (1934 ~ 1975), Mrs. Alta Grossman (1975 ~ 1983), Mrs. Ramona Baer (1983 ~ 2008), and its current director Ms. Heather Barron (2009 ~ Present). The building itself has had only a few changes. In 1990 the library completed an expansion project, which doubled its original size while maintaining the architecture of the original building.
In 2004, the children's department was moved into the basement after a remodeling project. The library also continues to evolve in other ways. The addition of new computers and wireless Internet access helps to serve our community's technology needs, in addition to growing DVD and Book on CD collections for education and entertainment.
More History
If you are interested in learning more about the areas history take advantage of the Librarys local history collection, where additional information about the library and community can be found.
You might want to refer to these resources as well:
Genealogy Resources
The Library has some limited resources available for doing local research about your ancestry, but also recommends some of the following resources:


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Charter Redeems Notes, Closes Offering
Charter Communications Inc. Tuesday called for redemption its 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005.
The MSO said it will redeem approximately $588 million of notes, representing all of the outstanding notes, at 101.15% of principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, Dec. 23.
On Monday, Charter closed its issuance of approximately $862.5 million (original principal amount) of convertible senior notes due 2009.
The MSO first announced the offering Nov. 15.
The issuance included approximately $112.5 million (original principal amount) of such notes issued pursuant to an overallotment option granted to the initial purchasers in the offering, Charter said.
The notes have an annual interest rate of 5.875%, payable semiannually, and they will be convertible into 413.2231 shares of Charter class-A common stock per $1,000 original purchase amount of notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $2.42 per share, the company said.
A portion of the proceeds will be used to retire the MSO's existing $588 million convertible senior notes that are due in October 2005, while the remainder will go to general corporate purposes.


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Carl Sherry Norfolk Island Pine bowl 10x10x7″
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His first wood project was a Koa rocking chair, but when Carl noticed that people were asking for the cast-off curly wood from projects to make pens, he learned to turn pens on a lathe. Bowls were the natural progression from there.
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Bradford's bizarre, species-crossing debut collection of 12 stories hits the mark with its singular characters and odd scenarios, its eccentricities blissfully unforced. Peopled by a cast of hybrid dog-men, cat-faced circus freaks and sweetly bemused, more-or-less ordinary humans, these tales are compact gems, at once provocative and sweet. "Mattress" chronicles the nameless narrator's quest for the eponymous bedding, showcasing the carefree, harmless ethos of a genuine slacker; the plot of "Six Dog Christmas" can be deduced from the title, yet this delicious morsel (it clocks in at under five pages) is a serious charmer. Longer and less focused, though still held together by Bradford's loopy internal logic, is the meandering "Dogs," in which a man impregnates a dog, thus initiating an unsettling series of events involving potential messiahs and a woman in an iron lung giving birth to a litter of puppies. Though Bradford plays with weighty ideas (faith, the line separating man and beast), his less-is-more style may leave some readers wishing for a thicker, meatier text to chew on. However, even the most skeptical will be charmed by his guileless narrative voice. Every story is told from the first person, and though Bradford employs several narrators, the voice throughout remains consistent. Frank, good-hearted, slightly naïve, almost childlike in its simple chronicling of events, it will engage the reader immediately. (Aug. 24)
Forecast:Bradford, an O. Henry Award winner, will attract younger readers with his particular brand of wacky weirdness. Though the jacket—a closeup of a dog—doesn't indicate the strange goings-on within, raves from Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, David Foster Wallace and David Sedaris will snag browsers.
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The farewell tour for David Ortiz, aka Big Papi, is in full swing, no pun intended. I wonder if he has any speeches already written, or if he's going to speak from the heart without a text. If he does that, I hope he keeps all the bad words out. I saw a photograph of him this past week, and he was wearing a Cowboy hat, a gift given to him from the baseball team in Houston, TX. He could be the first cowboy from the Dominican Republic. They probably gave him a Cowboy hat because a big cow from Texas wouldn't fit in his suitcase, so they gave him something that would, a Cowboy hat. It's the first of what will probably be a list of strange gifts given throughout the season as his farewell tour continues until October.
Jesus is on a farewell tour also in this Gospel on the 6th Sunday of Easter. He's preparing his Disciples for life without him in the way they now see him. Where they can look into his eyes, shake his hand, converse back and forth, eat dinner together, and pray together. And so forth. But all good things must come to an end, as David Ortiz knows so well. Eventually, age catches up to us in certain ways, like playing professional baseball on the highest level. Not many make it to their 40's like he has. Their skills begin to wane. Their speed slows down. The wrinkles and gray hair start to show. And, the young players take over.
Jesus is preparing his team of 12, this original team of young players, to take over the most serious issues of salvation and redemption. But before they begin in earnest, the Lord finds it necessary to offer a farewell speech before all the bad stuff happens to him, particularly a Cross. It's a very different sort of farewell tour that Jesus goes on. Whereas Mr. Ortiz will say goodbye, maybe showing up at Fenway Park next year once or twice, and in the years following, Jesus' leaving is more of a paradox; "I am going away and I will come back to you,' he promises them.
That's like Big Papi saying to his teammates and all Boston fans, "At the end of this year, I'm going to take off for good the uniform with # 34 on the back of the shirt, but then I'm going to put it back on again….With a Cowboy hat from Texas." How can our reaction not be, "You're taking off the uniform for good; they will retire your number, and you will become a positive memory in the hearts of the Red Sox faithful for generations to come. But you're leaving as a player, and you're taking your Cowboy hat with you…along with whatever other funny gifts you receive this year." How can that not be our reaction?
Human beings come back in a limited capacity to places we previously occupied. Jesus comes back in a much greater capacity than when he left. Because when he left them, he had a body like ours; one that could die. And one that would die. But his promise of coming back to the Disciples is far beyond a return in a limited capacity. His return to them is the Mother of all returns; in a body that will not die again. And that's how Jesus returns to us. His farewell speech is more a setup for an eternal hello. An eternal hello from God. And who wouldn't want that?
This eternal hello from God's Son is what all those Saints in Italy heard because of their faith and obedience to God's beautiful commands. I know how much you missed me when I was over there. I bet you didn't even know I was gone. Italy is a country with a collage of Saints. Here in the United States we're centuries behind them. They had a big headstart in the Saint department since we're only 240 years old. They have restaurants older than that over there.
But the joy of living, studying, and learning the history of our Catholic faith is a quest to grow deeper in understanding Jesus' return to us, and why it's greater than all human returns. When St. Peter was crucified upside down in Rome around the year 60 or so, he didn't feel worthy enough to die in the same position of his Lord, being upright. What gave him the courage to offer his life for Christ to the tyranny of Caesar was Jesus' return in a body that did away with death. St. Peter lost all fear of political tyranny, and gained the eternal presence of Jesus Christ.
St. Paul, the most violent and noted persecutor in the early Church, took the route of John the Baptist and was beheaded. I'm not trying to make your dinner (breakfast) taste awful tonight (today). I love you too much to do that. What gave St. Paul the staying power to not run away from his responsibilities as an Apostle was seeing Jesus alive on the Road to Damascus.
For ourselves, do we trust and have the faith that Jesus did in fact return in a way where death is destroyed? Because if we do, if we trust in the power of the Resurrection, and have faith that God raised his Son from the dead – like all those Italian Saints – that Jesus returned after his death in a permanent way, and not part-time like Big Papi will do, then we can bring some hope and joy to folks who are lost. And we can continue to perform works of love and mercy to the poor and despised. And we can bring some comfort and peace, like some of you have already done, to the sick and dying. And we'll understand and live that the world does not revolve around us, but around those who need us. And we will bring peace, not war. Patience and not violence. A helping hand rather than a shove.
Such is the power and force behind the return of Jesus. It's not an ordinary return to his Disciples, like Fr. Riley returned from Italy. Big deal! Jesus' return is a statement of forever. It's a statement of eternal love for us, commanding us to share the Good News with others. It looks like no other return. Because it's a return from the grave. And we believe he will do the same for us.


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If as some, including former Congressman Allen West himself, contend that the Republicans in the Florida state legislature meant harm to Allen West when they redistricted him out of his seat in 2012, they may have erred.
Now, with over 1 million "likes" on his Facebook page, and as a Fox contributor, political commentator, speaker, author and activist who has his own PAC, Allen West's national influence and reach has benefited incredibly from leaving Congress in 2013.
In Part 1 (12:10 minutes) of this characteristically frank, no-holds-barred, two-part video interview, Col. West admits that his "very in-your-face, truth-telling type of principled approach" in the public square is "a threat to both political party's leadership) sides." And, significantly, he seems open to national office in this video interview, and appears willing to "stand up to the elites in this country."
Last month he rode 2400 miles on a cross country motorcycle tour in 8 days, doing his own focus group with citizens. An author of a new book, "Guardian of the Republic," Col. West says Americans are "awakening." It began "when Americans started to get the cancellation notices about their (health) insurance policies. That became real." He also cites the loss of work hours and rising costs for fuel and food, as examples of what is making more main street Americans pay attention to flawed governance.
Saying that America's first black President has harmed, rather than helped, race relations in America, West starts by citing the Administration's opposition to school choice and school vouchers as a way to close off educational opportunities from blacks. He continues by chiding the Administration's promotion of amnesty while black unemployment and black teen unemployment rates are too high. Lastly, West derides the failure to unify the nation by Obama's pitting Americans against one another in groups in order to garner political power.
In general, to Col. West, President Obama's legacy will be one of "failure – failure on economics, energy, national security and foreign policy."
Commenting on the attacks he and black conservatives endure, West says successful black conservatives "scare" the liberal progressive left. Black conservatives like West must be silenced because, he says, we "take away their narratives" by being successful without them.
For a soldier who has been shot at on the battlefield, character assassinations by the left simply tell him "you only take flack when you're over the target." He calls out the hypocrisy exhibited by the two sets of rules for prominent blacks in the public square, depending on their politics.
In Part 2 (11:50 minutes) of this video interview, at the bottom of this post, he discusses Obama's diminishing of America's stature on the world stage, Benghazi and why more military leaders don't resign or protest.
When America's President sits in a room with Russia, China or Iran's leaders as America's commander in chief, West wishes America had the "big dog." Instead, "we don't even have a beta dog. We have a delta dog. It's shameful. So, that's why you see our foreign policy where we're disrespected and dismissed."
Comparing the focus of President Reagan's efforts to improve the capacity of America's military strength and capability, West strongly condemns the downsizing of the military along with this Administration's "most important vital national security interests." The offensive, priority policies to West include repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' ensuring Bradley Manning gets his transgender hormonal treatment and instituting atheist chaplains.
On behalf of the Americans we failed to rescue and their families, Allen West calls those who dismiss the efforts to find out the truth about the 2012 Benghazi attacks as "disrespectful and unconscionable."
West adds, "There was a false narrative that was put out about Benghazi. Then, there are two questions: who put out the false narrative about an anti-Islamic video and why did they put it out there?"
Citing specific American supplies that anti-American terrorists now have, West says here, "I believe we have an Administration that is choosing the wrong side." West credits Judicial Watch, a private organization, for shaming House Republicans into finally appointing a select committee to get to the truth.
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TORONTO — When fans look back at Toronto FC's 2017 championship season, they will recall Jozy Altidore's goalscoring heroics, Sebastian Giovinco's magic moves, captain Michael Bradley's unflinching leadership and Greg Vanney's cerebral coaching skills.
Toronto capped off a record-breaking 69-point, 20-win regular season with a dominant 2-0 MLS Cup final win Saturday over the Seattle Sounders.
"This is what it's all about. Lifting trophies," said Bradley.
But while TFC kept rolling, there was no shortage of real-life trauma behind the scenes. Like the proverbial duck, the team looked smooth on the surface but sometimes was paddling furiously below to stay afloat.
"People don't know. I mean there's a lot of things that go on," said defender Nick Hagglund, who had to fight back from two knee injuries.
"There's a lot of adversity that went on," he added. "That was what was great about this team. As a locker-room we were a family. We took care of each other. I think you saw tonight when someone made a mistake, the next person was there to clean it up.
"Off-the field things carried onto the on-field and I think that's what created the success this year."
Real life interrupted sports all season.
The father of Jim Liston, the team's director of sports science, passed away the week of the final.
But April truly was the cruellest month for TFC.
Vanney's mother — and grandmother of Toronto defender Eriq Zavaleta — died in April.
"As a lot of moms, she was probably my No. 1 fan in the grand scheme of things," said Vanney. "She was the one in the stands yelling at the referees when I didn't get calls ... I know she's proud."
The same month, midfielder Armando Cooper learned that Panama and former CD Arabe Unido teammate Amilcar Henriquez had been shot to death. The tragic news was mixed with the joy of the birth of Cooper's daughter just days later.
And defender Drew Moor missed seven games after being sidelined with a cardiac arrhythmia — or irregular heartbeat — in April thanks to the heart monitors and GPS chips the players wear during practice.
Doctors found a minor defect in his heart which they were able to correct via a 3 1/2-hour procedure in Boston called an ablation to restore normal heart rhythm.
Fullback Steven Beitashour found himself in the operating room after a brutal on-field collision with Montreal Impact defender Kyle Fisher in the Canadian Championship final June 27. He underwent surgery after being diagnosed with a lacerated pancreas — an injury more often seen in car crashes or stabbings. The laceration resulted in toxins excreting into his body.
Beitashour missed seven games, a recovery that included having draining tubes in his side after the surgery.
Defender Chris Mavinga's pre-season was shadowed by the impending birth of his daughter in France — one of several additions to the team this season.
When Mavinga make his first start, against Atlanta in early April, he proved vulnerable. But Vanney kept faith. Mavinga sat out the next four matches before returning to play 23 of the remaining 25 regular-season games.
Toronto believes Mavinga merited defender of the year consideration.
A halftime tunnel melee during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against the New York Red Bulls proved to be an unwelcome distraction with Altidore unsuccessfully appealing his red card and accompanying one-game suspension.
Giovinco's season included niggling injuries, the occasional tantrum and another MLS MVP finalist honour. But the mercurial Italian scored what proved to be the key goal — via yet another marvellous free kick — in the fractious playoff series with the Red Bulls despite missing the return leg trough suspension.
And he set up both goals in the final.
Giovinco split the Seattle defence in the 67th minute to set Altidore loose. And then deep in stoppage time he found Cooper.
The Panamanian substitute, who played just 152 minutes in the final 16 games of a disappointing season, sidestepped 'keeper Stefan Frei with a beautiful move only to see his shot thud off the goalpost. Victor Vazquez was Johnny-on-the-spot, knocking the ball in for the insurance goal Saturday.
Bradley and Altidore suffered through a torrent of abuse in Atlanta, New York and Columbus after the failed U.S. World Cup qualifying campaign. While both shrugged it off, it must have hurt.
Goalkeeper Clint Irwin was the essence of class after losing his starting job to Alex Bono after suffering an injury in the home opener.
Other players kept their lip buttoned as they watched from the bench or the stands.
Credit Vanney, his coaching staff and the front office. Toronto has become a model, winning franchise. The team is looked after on and off the field. Players want to come here.
"They enjoy one another," said Vanney. "That's really a special thing to have."
Added Altidore: "When I say this is a special place, I mean it,"
In an era where selfish social media pronouncements, hard-to-fathom salaries and me-first attitudes distance some pro athletes from supporters, Altidore and Bradley have consistently gone out of their way to praise and connect with TFC fans.
They understand what the fan base has gone through — and what the BMO Field faithful means to the team.
"It gives you this feeling like there is only one possible outcome. And that's that we win," Bradley said of the fan support
It's ironic that Bradley was overshadowed when he signed with Toronto the same day as Jermain Defoe in January 2014. While the England striker lasted one season, Bradley became the engine of the team.
The U.S. captain shines very brightly in the Toronto locker-room. But he showed his human side Saturday, acknowledging that he has to dial down his single-mindedness at times "to make sure I don't wear guys out."
He also realized the message had got through to his teammates.
"With this team there was never one moment when I looked around and felt like guys were losing focus or were forgetting about what we were trying to do. Everything was about getting back here (to the final) ... every single guy laser-focused to give ourselves another chance," he said.
Bradley, who deserved MVP consideration this season, played every minute of every game he appeared in. On Saturday, he was simply immense in the final.
"His bald head was everywhere," marvelled Altidore.
"I really don't have words to say about Michael because he embodies this team completely," said Hagglund. "Who we are, what we're about, how we walk out onto a field starts with him.
"He has led us incredibly over these last four years. There's no one that takes the wins and the losses more personally than him. He came her to win championships and he just did that."
"An amazing leader, an amazing captain," he added. "I'd walk into any battlefield with him any day."
The statistics show Toronto's dominance in the final.
Toronto outshot Seattle 22-7 (11-2 in shots on target), had 56.9 per cent possession and won 70.7 per cent of duels, the highest duel success rate of any team in any MLS game this season, according to Opta Sports.
"We are the best team in MLS," said Vazquez.
The Spanish playmaker led all players Saturday with 103 touches. Only four players this season had at least 100 touches, four chances created and a goal in an MLS game this season. Vazquez did it twice in 2017.
"Playing with Seba and Jozy is easy," he said.
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Dec 20, 2010 City Council Agenda Highlights – One Less Chair
This is the last meeting of the year – marking the half-way point for this City Council term. What better way to celebrate this occasion than to stomp and pout and take your bat and ball and go home. To call the legislative tantrum thrown this week by Councillor Toomey adolescent would be generous. Specifically, there was a zoning petition from developer Rich McKinnon and Education First (EF Foundation) that came to a vote at last week's City Council meeting along with a commitment of $914,000 in "mitigation" (gold, frankincense, myrrh?) to be donated by EF Foundation. Councillor Toomey had preferred to extract benefits specific to East Cambridge residents in exchange for a positive City Council vote. Instead, Mayor Maher and other councillors agreed to an arrangement where a rational process would be established by the City Manager to determine how the donated $914,000 would be distributed – a good idea that should have been the rule for other recent petitions that produced "mitigation" funds. The zoning amendment was approved 8-1 with Toomey emphatically voting NO.
The greater issue is the questionable practice of this City Council (or any other legislative body) using zoning relief essentially as currency to "buy" community benefits, but Toomey's specific objection was to having an inclusive process established rather than the usual negotiated payouts (kind words for legislative shakedown) to individual councillors' pet projects. In response, Toomey 1) quit as Co-chair of the Ordinance Committee, 2) filed an Order challenging the legitimacy of the tax-exempt status of Education First, and 3) filed another Order calling for a new Ordinance requiring hiring preferences for Cambridge labor union members on union-built projects within the city (including the EF Foundation project). Certainly one couldn't blame other cities if they responded by making it much more difficult for those same Cambridge labor union members to work outside of Cambridge.
Order #1. That the City Manager confer with the City Assessor and report back with an opinion on the legitimacy of the tax exempt claim of Education First. Councillor Toomey
Order #3. That the City Manager is requested to confer with the City Solicitor to draft a City ordinance which will give a priority to union Cambridge residents on union projects within the City of Cambridge. Councillor Toomey
Communications and Reports from City Officers #1. A communication was received from City Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., transmitting his formal resignation as Co-Chair of the Ordinance Committee. (dated Dec 14, the morning after last week's meeting)
The best course of action may be for Mayor Maher to leave Councillor Seidel as the sole Chair of the Ordinance Committee and not appoint a new Co-chair. The whole practice of having co-chairs of Council committees is relatively recent and not really justified in terms of either workload or complexity. There may have been some justification during the days of citywide or large-scale rezoning efforts, but it makes little sense now.
There's not a whole lot more on this Agenda. Perhaps Councillor Kelley will again bring up Tabled Item #2 involving School Department clerical positions. Councillor Kelley has now moved to take it from the table four times without success – on May 10, 2010 (failed 2-7-0), Sept 13, 2010 (failed 4-4-1), Sept 27, 2010 (failed 3-5-1), and Dec 13, 2010 (failed 3-6-0). I suspect the kerfuffle between Councillors Kelley and Toomey over the legality of Councillors meeting privately with School Administration officials will also find its way into the speechmaking. That discussion has drawn other councillors into the fray as well for the last two Council meetings. [See Marc Levy's write up of the Dec 6 meeting, and Brian Nanos' article on the Dec 13 meeting in the Cambridge Chronicle. You might also want to read this one about last week's zoning vote.]
"Peace on Earth, Good will Toward Men" – right? Maybe, maybe not. – Robert Winters


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When the odds are stacked against you, you need a strategy that delivers a competitive advantage.
In other words, you need to "Moneyball" it, Rich Berg, CEO/co-founder of Performance Trust Capital Partners LLC, told CUNA Economics & Investments Conference attendees in Chicago.
In his presentation—based on the concept described in Michael Lewis' 2003 book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" which chronicles the financially disadvantaged Oakland A's baseball team—Berg says results are a function of strategy, management, and luck.
By challenging long-held assumptions and prioritizing statistics that led to proven results, the small market A's were able to compete against the money-rich New York Yankees.
Four Moneyball questions to consider:
1. What if the data trumps doctrine or dogma?
2. Your facts may be true, but are they useful in making decisions that get desired results?
3. Do you want to win or are you just playing the game?
4. How does the element of skill, versus luck, play into your results?
The bottom line, Berg says, is minimize luck and maximize skill. Arm yourself with as much analytical information as possible.


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A civil partnership can take place at one of our register offices, or at any venue approved by the council.
Ceremony rooms are available at our register offices. You can book a register office up to 12 months in advance.
The rooms are available from Monday to Saturday, between 10am and 4pm.
As of 1 June 2016 you can book registrars up to three years in advance for ceremonies at approved premises.
Civil partnerships at approved premises can take place at any time, seven days a week, including some bank holidays.
You will need to complete a notice of civil partnership. This is a legal requirement and can be done up to 12 months in advance of your ceremony date. Notices must be given 28 clear days in advance of your ceremony date.
There are special procedures when either partner is a foreign (non-EEA) national and is subject to immigration control. If this applies to you, please contact us before making any ceremony arrangements.
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- Provide a transparent menu that discloses ingredient and nutrition information.
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I talk a lot about elites failure here, that a good portion of the reason we in the liberal West are seeing the rise of illiberalism is because our elites have failed — they can no longer think straight about themselves, the societies they govern, or the world.
I'm not sure I've ever really explained what I meant by elite failure, however.
This bit by Walter Russel Mead from Foreign Affairs on the rise of "Jacksonianism" as evident in the election of Donald J. Trump, however, does a pretty good of describing one portion of elite failure:
Over the past quarter century, Western policymakers became infatuated with some dangerously oversimplified ideas. They believed capitalism had been tamed and would no longer generate economic, social, or political upheavals. They felt that illiberal ideologies and political emotions had been left in the historical dustbin and were believed only by "bitter" losers—people who "cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them . . . as a way to explain their frustrations," as Barack Obama famously put it in 2008. Time and the normal processes of history would solve the problem; constructing a liberal world order was simply a matter of working out the details.
Given such views, many recent developments—from the 9/11 attacks and the war on terrorism to the financial crisis to the recent surge of angry nationalist populism on both sides of the Atlantic—came as a rude surprise. It is increasingly clear that globalization and automation have helped break up the socioeconomic model that undergirded postwar prosperity and domestic social peace, and that the next stage of capitalist development will challenge the very foundations of both the global liberal order and many of its national pillars.
While the liberal West has been relatively well-governed before — I'm thinking of the generation after the Second World War — It has not been true since the mid-1990s. In part, Western elites became enamored of their own victory and success in the Cold War. Thinking history was the struggle of ideas, as opposed to struggle of personality and passions, they were convinced history was over and all that remained was the working out of technocratic details.
That made it possible from them to ignore the damage that much of neoliberalism was doing in the West to the working classes that had done so well materially and morally up until the mid-1970s. "What alternative do you have?" asked neoliberalism as it privatized and financialized and globalized. Because the alternatives do, in fact, seem deeply discredited. Especially if history is viewed solely or primarily as a contest between competing ideologies over social organization. The working classes of the West, especially the non-immigrant working classes, were supposed simply to accept their slow-motion destruction in the name of progress and evolution.
But what the last decade or so is telling us that compelling people to endorse and vote for their own obsolescence, marginalization, and even extinction is a losing strategy politically. The "retrograde" plurality or majority will look at the promises of democratic governance — majority rule, and not rightly guided or enlightened rule — and wonder, if government is in our name, if our will is what makes government legitimate, why is it working against us, our interests, and most importantly, our dignity?
A society or community will always be governed by an elite. There is no way around that. That elite must always be cognizant of its connections, responsibilities, obligations to the people it governs. Elites must always remember people and place and appreciate their limits. The elites of the West have become disconnected, and feel little responsibility or obligation to the people they govern anymore. (More government programs are not it, since the people who design them, implement them, and administer them are almost never "served" by those programs, are never the objects of state care, and thus have no idea how degrading such attention and care really is.) The elites of the West have become enamored of a global humanity that really is an abstraction, and have forgotten the very concrete women and men they actually rule. That is what I mean by elite failure, and it is, sadly, probably an inevitable outcome of liberal democratic governance.
Because no form of government is permanent. There are just people, groping blindly, for meaning, purpose, and some way to organize themselves. Some are better than others, but all fall short of perfection — even liberal democracy — and all reflect certain central human ways of organizing ourselves, mobilizing resources, and holding each other accountable. All succeed to one extent or another, and all eventually fail.


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Wind chime and bells
The bells or chimes brings good vibrations to home when the wind softly blows. These sounds are pleasant to ears and bring positive vibes to home. In fact, the bells that we ring in temples, home temples have similar effect- brings positivity to mind by helping us to move from negative thinking. It helps to overcome depression. Metal, bamboo or wooden chime all serve the same purpose. The sound made from a well-designed bell is uninterrupted, reverberating, deep and sonorous. It gives a soothing feeling and helps us to focus and calm.
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CFP: Laptop Institute (Memphis, Tennessee)
Date: July 15-17, 2007
Location: Lausanne Collegiate School (Memphis)
Deadline: December 8, 2006
URL: http://www.laptopinstitute.com (See Call for Proposals Link on this page)
Believe it or not, it is time once again to consider presenting at next summer's Laptop Institute. This past July, over 460 administrators, teachers, and tech staff from 36 states and 8 countries shared their successes and concerns about 1:1 initiatives. Now in its 5th year, Laptop Institute 2007 will be held July 15-17 at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN.
Take a look at our web site - www.laptopinstitute.com - to see the latest information on our event, including the new Call for Proposals. We've added many more options to present this year, with more hands-on workshops as well as the chance to be the student in a "real" laptop classroom. We are also spotlighting edtech leaders with presentations that address the vision and philosophy of laptop programs nationwide.
The deadline for proposals is December 8. Meanwhile, please check back at our site in the next few weeks as we add both the registration and hotel reservation links. Due to overwhelming response, we had to close registration six weeks early last year, so you may want to register early to reserve your space.
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Pain is a normal part of life: a skinned knee, a tension headache, a bone fracture. But sometimes pain becomes chronic — a problem to explore with your doctor. Eduardo Fraifeld, MD, President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, was asked to help readers understand acute vs. chronic pain…
How do you explain to patients the difference between acute and chronic pain?
Acute pain is normal pain that warns that you've been hurt, Fraifeld says. "When you break your leg, when you hit your thumb with the hammer, when you put your hand on the hot plate and you burn yourself … that's good pain. It tells you that you have an injury." When you touch that scorching dish, your body will react immediately and you'll pull your hand away. Acute pain starts suddenly and usually doesn't last long. When the injury heals, the pain stops. For example, a broken leg will hurt during recovery, but "as time goes on, it gets better and better," Fraifeld says. With chronic pain, "the pain itself becomes a disease," Fraifeld says. "When the injury heals and you continue having pain beyond the time of expected recovery, that's chronic pain."
Are there some medical conditions that cause chronic pain?
Yes, some chronic diseases cause chronic pain. "Arthritis is the easiest example that I can think of," Fraifeld says. Cancer, diabetes, and fibromyalgia are other diseases that can cause continuing pain
Can doctors always find the cause of chronic pain?
No. In a minority of cases, the cause is unclear. "There are cases in which you just cannot come up with an absolute diagnosis," Fraifeld says.
When should patients talk to their doctor about pain?
Tell your doctor if the pain lasts longer than reasonably expected. Some guidelines have defined "chronic pain" as pain that lasts longer than 3-6 months, but Fraifeld calls those definitions "arbitrary." Whenever pain lasts longer than reasonably expected, it's crucial to treat it to keep it from worsening into chronic pain, he says. For example, a small cut or burn normally wouldn't cause pain after a month; if it does, call your doctor rather than waiting for three months.
People with disorders that cause chronic pain should also talk to their doctors about treatments that provide relief or help them to cope with pain. Treatments include pain relievers and other medications, acupuncture, biofeedback, relaxation training, hypnosis, distraction techniques, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. With this last method, patients use a TENS device to pass a mild electrical current through the skin to reduce pain.
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The Olan (named after a local mountain) has some pretty incredible views of the mountains from the large south-facing wrap-around balcony, perfect if you love getting a good sunset picture! It's also not a bad spot to enjoy a drink or two before your home-cooked evening meal.
The chalet sits in a peaceful residential area with easy access to one of the main lifts in the resort - the Diable chairlift 200m away. The Place de Venosc is only 100m away and has a good choice of bars, shops and cafés which are perfect for an early evening stroll. For a bit more life, take a 10-15 walk and you'll find yourself in the main resort hub.
It's a really lovely place to relax and unwind. There's well-seasoned wood panelling on the walls which gives off an almost library-like calm. Couple that with the antique yet unfussy furniture and you have a rustic style with slightly contemporary soft furnishings to add to the appeal and atmosphere.
Nearest lift: 200m (Diable chairlift)
Equipment hire shop and storage: 475m (at slope side Neilson Hotel Aalborg. Includes free storage at the shop for kit hired through Neilson)
Tuition meeting point: Beginners 475m (at Neilson Hotel Aalborg), improvers 900m (top of Jandri 1 gondola)
Resort centre: 600m
A great example of an all-rounder. Long hours of sunshine (when it's not snowing) and snowsure slopes certainly help, but Les Deux Alpes is all about the variety of things to do, both on and off the mountain.
A superb resort for families (one of our top 10), groups and all standards of skier or boarder. Beginner slopes near the resort and on the glacier make it a great place to learn whilst enjoying the glorious mountains rising up all around you. Intermediates have plenty of choice while experts should hire a guide and test their freeriding ability on the legendary off-piste runs of the ominously named La Grave.
The resort is large and well laid out with two main roads; one in, one out. Along each road, you'll come across an excellent range of sports shops, gift shops, restaurants and bars to suit all tastes and budgets. The après-ski is as lively as you want it to be with over 40 bars, restaurants and nightclubs on your doorstep.
Area size: 220km
Linked resorts: Not linked, but your lift pass covers one days' skiing or boarding in Alpe D'Huez, Puy, St Vincent, Serre Chevalier, Montgenèvre or Sestrière. Transport is not included.
Resort altitude: 1650m
Skiing altitude: 1300m to 3570m
Number of runs: 75
Range of runs: 20% green, 40% blue, 21% red and 19% black
Lifts: 19 drags, 23 chairs and 7 cable cars
Night skiing: Yes
Cross country trails: 20km
Snowmaking: 20% of runs covered
Resort bus: Yes
Our chalet board basis is designed for skiers and boarders. Start every morning with an extensive continental breakfast, and cooked options on most days. Your daily afternoon tea of freshly baked cakes and biscuits will be waiting for you when you come in from the slopes.
Evening meals are a three-course set-menu with regionally inspired dishes and free-flowing wine throughout the week, all followed by fresh coffee. We provide evening meals on six nights a week leaving you free to head out and explore the resort on one evening.
The Olan sleeps 10 to 13 people in five good sized bedrooms. Most are ensuite with a mix of twin, triple and quads meaning that any group make up can be handled easily here.
Each room is simple with rustic furniture, gorgeous wood panelling and cast iron radiators. The soft furnishings are sympathetic to the surroundings to create a real sense of warmth and style. You'll also find luxurious Temple Spa toiletries in each bathroom.
Don't forget that you get free guiding and coaching throughout the week from fully qualified ski and board instructors with our Mountain Expert service.
Designed for confident blue and red-run skiers and snowboarders, they'll show you around the mountain on free guiding sessions, and even offer free coaching sessions to help you become a more confident skier or snowboarder.
There are at least three sessions a week and we guarantee each guest at least two sessions a week. Your hosts will explain how it works when you get there.
Free guiding and coaching from fully qualified Neilson Mountain Experts
Free lift pass for the group organiser when 12+ people pre-book a lift pass
Children under 15 can receive a discount when part of a group booking the whole chalet and they share a room with at least two adults
Neilson rating: ***
Lounge/diner with free Wi-Fi and satellite TV
Large south-facing sun terrace
Ski/board storage
Wireless speaker and board games for your entertainment
Daily housekeeping with towels provided
Pre-bookable private nanny service available on request - email firstname.lastname@example.com for prices and availability
Your chalet hosts live in
Children under 15 are welcome when part of a group booking the whole chalet
Departure airports: Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & Stansted
Departure day: Saturday
Arrival airport: Grenoble
Flight duration: 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes
Transfer time: approx. 2 hours
If you're a large group looking to book the entire chalet, we'd love to help. Our call centre team are all trained groups specialists and love a challenge. You can get in touch online or give them a call on 0330 134 6376.
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King Kong got a bad rap–all he wanted was a better view! Wow. It really is hard out here for a chimp.
The Kong and I have a lot in common as a matter of fact. We're both a little misunderstood; we both get considerably cranky when we're hungry; and I, too, would be happier on a tropical island populated by dinosaurs. But our biggest similarity is probably the fact that we both prefer seeing the Big Apple from high atop the tallest tree in the jungle.
On my first trip to New York City almost twelve years ago I went to the top of the Empire State Building because it was the only thing I knew to do there besides hopscotching crosswalks and tackling mall Santas at Gimbels. I wouldn't discover the Top of the Rock for another nine years and One World Trade Center was still just a heartbreaking hole in the ground. Now, I've seen more rooftops than Peter Pan on a hot summer night and finding the highest points in any city is priority numero uno. Proclaiming how much I need a shower but going straight to the pub anyway, a close second.
But since we're all time-budget travelers here and most likely don't have the time, money, or desire to experience all three, like the bespectacled nerd trying to win the admiration of the quarterback, I've done all the homework for you. Armed with my New York CityPASS and a winning attitude that sometimes gets me free upgrades and extra curly fries, I took to the skyline of Manhattan so I could finally recommend one as being the best.
The Empire State Building, Top of the Rock, or the One World Observatory at One World Trade Center — which is the best observation deck in New York City? Let me start by introducing our three eligible bachelors, er… buildings. Take it away Johnny!
WEBSITE: esbnyc.com
OBSERVATORIES: 80th and 86th floors (or upgrade to 102nd floor)
LOCATION: Midtown Manhattan — entrance on Fifth Avenue between 33rd & 34th Streets
HOURS: 8:00 am – 2:00 am — 365 days/year (last elevator 1:15 am)
PRICES: General Admission – Adults $34, Children (6-12) $27, Seniors (62+) $31
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE? Yes, fully.
INCLUDED IN CityPASS? You betcha! (Twice!)
First up we've got New York City's most iconic landmark—after Shake Shack and Hook and Ladder 8, the firehouse from Ghostbusters, naturally. It loves: getting struck by lightning, starring in movies, raspberry colored sunsets, and getting things down off the highest shelf for you. Meet: the Empire State Building!
Yo mama The Empire State Building is so massive and home to so many companies that it has its own zip code. I mean, we've all seen the mailroom, right?–insanity. And yes, in this twisted version of The Dating Game size most definitely matters. It was built from scratch in just ELEVEN MONTHS and all during the height (depth?) of the Great Depression. It took me eleven months just to figure out how to get to work without using GPS and the success rate is still less than 80%.
It's been featured in more than 250 movies and from the observation deck you can see five states–New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and–spoiler alert–New York.
This observation deck is for: movie lovers, romantics, architecture and history nerds, apes, dads and other sports enthusiasts, and foreigners who probably don't know about the other two.
- The 86th floor observation deck at the ESB is an open-air observatory. It's the amphitheater of observation decks, if you will. All we need is a patch of grass and some sweet, sweet jams. (Hang on to your flower crown chica, they're coming…)This factor is important to me as someone who prioritizes photography and who also enjoys the rush of will I or won't I get blown away in a fierce wind? (In the summer, the breeze at 1,000 feet is sweeter than a 10-minute drum solo and worth the price of admission alone.) But most importantly, because it's open-air you get real photos–ones that aren't tinted green from the glass or contain the reflections of that kid in the stroller behind you picking his nose. You get to see New York City the way it was meant to be seen–through the eyes of a 50-foot gorilla-gone-wild.If you don't leave the airport, can you really say you've been to France? NO. So if you never breathe the air, can you really say you've been to 1,200 feet?
- BUT there's an indoor observation deck on the 80th floor if the weather sucks but you've already bought your tickets despite your spouse's warnings about the forecast that you pretended not to hear because then if it did rain you'd have to admit he/she was right and you know that. just. ain't. happening.
- A great location in the center of Manhattan — only one block away from the 34th Street/Herald Square subway station and half a block from the nearest Xi'an Foods. ⇠EAT HERE, I mean it!
- With a closing time of 2:00 am, the ESB has the longest hours of all three observatories. Because what else matters as much as size? Stamina.
- The Empire State Building is iconic and famous and historically significant–who wouldn't want to say they've been to the top where Harry met Sally? No? Wrong New York City-based, Meg Ryan Rom-Com?
- The Empire State Building has the friendliest employees. Something perhaps only a Southerner or a Care Bear would notice but still… worth mentioning.
- From the 86th floor you can look straight down into the streets. Part of the thrill (or paralyzing anxiety to some) is seeing just how high up you are.
- On Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays between 9:00 pm and midnight there is a saxophonist on the 86th floor observation deck. Bring on the sweet, sweet jams, muh man!
- With the New York CityPASS you can go up to the Empire State Building observation deck TWICE in one day. The internal struggle of whether to go up during the day or after dark is real for some people so this eliminates some stressful decision making you'll want to reserve for later when you're asked "Red sauce or no?"
- The lines. Imagine the longest line you've ever waited in. Now, quadruple it (or, if you live somewhere like Mississippi or Arkansas, multiply it by a factor of 20). Fill it with dads who "have had enough of your attitude!" and moms who "just don't understand what's taking so long!" Add in a human body from literally every single country on planet Earth and sprinkle it with teenagers who've been looking at their phone screens so long they still think they're in line for their flight to JFK.
And there's your late afternoon at (and all the way around the block of) the Empire State Building.
HOWEVER, visit between 8:00 am and 11:00 am and there won't be a single person in line.
- Those great views from the top lack one major thing–the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. The most iconic aspect of the New York City skyline is absent from all your photos so basically you're just on vacation taking pictures of office buildings.
Notable sights you can see from the top of the Empire State Building (that you can't see from the others) include: the Chrysler Building, Madison Square Garden, the Flatiron Building, Yankee Stadium, and the Verrazano-Narrows bridge, the longest suspension bridge in America.
WEBSITE: topoftherocknyc.com
OBSERVATORIES: 67th, 69th, and 70th floors
LOCATION: Midtown Manhattan — entrance on 50th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
HOURS: 8:00 am – midnight — 365 days/year (last elevator 11:15 pm)
PRICES: General Admission – Adults $34, Children (6-12) $28, Seniors (62+) $32
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE? Yes, fully.
INCLUDED IN CityPASS? You betcha!
Next up for "best observation deck in New York City" is very well the epicenter of televised American comedy. It enjoys: ice skating, the holidays, being in the middle of all the action, and making people laugh. Meet: Rockefeller Center!
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 buildings that were built between 1930 and 1933 but the one we're climbing is 30 Rockefeller Plaza. 30 Rock is home to NBC Studios and therefore Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Myers, The Tonight Show and, appropriately, The Today Show.
Don't let the fact that this bachelor, er… building, is not as famous as the Empire State Building, not as tall either, and is all-around a nondescript addition to New York City solidify your decision. Even the Jason Alexanders of the world have something to offer!
This observation deck is for: ironically, people who love the Empire State Building, photographers, those who got confused and thought they were buying tickets to see Jimmy Fallon.
- In my opinion, the best views in New York City. Though it's nothing to look at itself, you won't find any insecurity here. It's totally fine with you checking out the better looking sights and is happy to help you do so. The Top of the Rock observation deck swings both ways and provides perfect views of both uptown and downtown Manhattan.
- Because 30 Rockefeller Plaza is so uninspiring, you won't miss out on anything by standing on it–unlike with the Empire State Building.
- I've been up here many times and at all different times of the day and it's never crowded. Long lines don't necessarily signify something awesome. Good things also come to those who don't wait and, in this case, brevity is totally sexy.
- It, too, is included in the New York CityPASS. Building #2 likes to save you time and money… could this be a Cinderella story after all? Everyone loves an underdog! Even if he is bald and drives a Dodge Stratus.
- Top of the Rock is also an open-air observation deck (+ two floors of indoor viewing platforms). And this one is totally open–nothing held back here. Not feelings, not emotions… not arms or cameras either. (I mean, there aren't any bars–was that clear?) There are also concrete walls which can be used as makeshift tripods (see next photo — unsee the 'do).
- The location is perfect. You're definitely going to be in the area–whether it be checking out the Christmas tree, Fifth Avenue, Radio City Music Hall, the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. in Times Square, whatever. This location also provides perfect views since it's located smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
- Rockefeller Center is confusing as crap. (all together…) How confusing is it? I have less of a clue as to what's going on here than I do a Japanese-language organic chemistry class. The switchboard inside a NASA space shuttle is more straightforward than the inside of Rockefeller Center. I know my way around a brain surgeon's operating table better than I do 30 Rock.
There are no directionals, no directories, and no one around who works there. There are TWO Top of the Rock ticket offices that appear completely unrelated. Sometimes you're supposed to use one and sometimes the other? I could recite the complete Gettysburg Address more confidently than I could answer that question.
Most recently I was directed to one in particular. I stepped out to talk to someone, tried to re-enter and was told I now had to go across to the other one. "But… you just told me to go here, woman!"
- With the observation deck on the 70th floor, it's most definitely getting cut from the basketball team in the first round of tryouts. The views are fantastic but if it's height you want, skip this one; just let it down easy.
- You can't look straight down. Well, you can, just not very far.
Notable sights you can see from the Top of the Rock (that you can't see from the others) include: Central Park, Times Square, American Museum of Natural History, the Empire State Building, and, if your husband lifts you up over his head, St. Patrick's Cathedral.
WEBSITE: oneworldobservatory.com
OBSERVATORIES: 100th, 101st, 102nd floors
LOCATION: Downtown Manhattan — entrance on the corner of West and Vesey Streets
HOURS: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm — 365 days/year (last elevator 7:15 am) (Extended hours during summer and holidays)
PRICES: General Admission – Adults $34, Children (6-12) $28, Seniors (65+) $32
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE? Yes, fully.
INCLUDED IN CityPASS? Nope.
Finally we've made it to our final contestant, our youngest yet most monumental / inspirational / revolutionary bachelor, ugh building! It enjoys geology, the color blue, high-tech gadgets, and being the first to know when it rains. Meet: One World Trade Center!
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (ooh la la) and its observatory opened on May 29th, 2015. The building itself measures in at 1,362 feet, the exact height of the original World Trade Center South Tower. Add the deck and that makes it 1,368 feet, the exact height of the original WTC North Tower. Add the spire and you've got a total of 1,776 feet and the most important number in all of American history. Show us that Blue Steel!
The base of the building is 200 square feet–the exact footprint of the Twin Towers, an impressive shoe size indeed. Needless to say there isn't a single piece of this building that isn't a tribute to our country or the memory of September 11th, 2001. One World Trade Center is also the "greenest" and safest office building in the world with concrete seven times stronger than traditional concrete and rebar as thick as your forearm.
This observation deck is for: architecture nerds of the modern variety, techies, one-uppers, people who like the color blue, da ba dee da ba daa.
- Great location. Chances are you'll be in lower Manhattan checking out the 9/11 Memorial and Museum or the new Oculus. Or the Statue of Liberty or the Brooklyn Bridge. The new kid on the block is already hanging out with the popular crowd as you can see.
- It's the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. So if record-setting and yearbook superlatives are your thing, you've come to the right place.
- You can look straight down–but be careful of the glass…
- If you're into modern technology… holy crap is this the place for you.
The elevator ride blew my freaking mind. Going up it's a 360° virtual rendition of how New York City has grown and developed in the last 500 years. Going down is like riding in a real life Wonkavator. If you're into spoilers, here's the video.
The See Forever video presentation they force you to watch is worth the trip itself. You'll curse it at first because informative video presentations are lame and you just want to see the views already! In the architectural dating game, this is called foreplay. But then… it happens. Followed by a collective, audible gasp. I'm not telling you any more than that because you really need to experience this for yourself and a little delayed gratification never hurt anybody.
- The whole experience is futuristic / technology-centric making it the best possible option for learning about the surroundings and proving that nerds rule.
- Because this one is the youngest, being with it makes you feel young too. Here, you're not a senior citizen until you're 65! Play on, playa.
- The One World Observatory is not an open-air observation deck. All that waiting and anticipation then… wah-wahhh. This was a bigger let down than that time I took a blind date to the prom (yeah, because that had promising written all over it–it's my fault for not bailing immediately after I learned his full name was comprised of the names of not one, but TWO Sesame Street characters). I like to be out there, the air blasting me in the face, with nothing between the sights and my own eyes (and camera lenses).
- Since this observatory opened just last year, the lines and wait times are insane. No matter what time you go. Made even worse by the fact that One World Observatory is open fewer hours than an Italian post office.
- The technology they offer visitors is like something from The Jetsons, but renting one of their state-of-the-art tablets during your visit is a non-refundable $15. That's 30 Chinatown dumplings. I don't think that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
- The One World Observatory is not included in the New York CityPASS.
- Similar to the problem the Empire State Building has, you can't see One World Trade Center from the inside of One World Trade Center.
- And while this is partly my fault, taking pictures from inside One World Observatory SUCKS.
Similar to the fact that I don't like taking pictures through windows is the fact that I don't like visiting observatories at night. Had I been a better planner, I would have visited during the day but my trip up One World Trade Center was more or less a snap decision based solely on the assumption it was either that or jail.
While my dad and husband toured the 9/11 Museum together, I decided to wander around the Memorial until they were done. Since I had about two hours to kill I made my way over to One World Trade Center to see how many dumplings it would cost to visit the observatory. A security guard approached me and inquired as to how many were in my party. "Just me!" I said, letting him know I was a strong and independent woman capable of riding elevators alone. He responded, "Good, come with me," and took my arm.
I thought for sure they'd decided to bring in the lone, hooded figure who'd been wandering around the 9/11 Memorial in the dark for questioning. I wondered immediately who would shout obscenities in public and embarrass my husband at social functions if I went to prison. He handed me a tri-folded piece of paper and said, "Today is your lucky day. That's my last free pass," then led me to the front of the line. So big shout out to the security guard who threw a lonely girl a bone. That didn't come out right.
And that's how I ended up visiting One World Observatory after dark. That's also why I ended up with fewer decent photos than Courtney Love. Even at night, the lights inside the observatory are as bright as daylight making it nearly impossible to even see out the windows, let alone photograph the city. If I wanted to get photos of the French couple standing behind me without them knowing I'd just hide behind the rack of keychains and coffee mugs like any self-respecting human being.
Notable sights you can see from the One World Observatory (that you can't see from the others) include: the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, Washington Square Park, and I imagine some other swell stuff but had I brought my night vision goggles I'd most certainly have been locked up.
I found a pillar that stood in a particular spot in front of a particular window that, if I pressed my entire body against the glass, I could squeeze behind juuuust enough to get unadulterated views of the skyline so I managed to get a few half decent pictures. When I was done, I turned around and saw a line had formed behind me. The nerd has become the trendsetter I see…
The rest of them look like this…
Alright, time is up. It's now time to decide which of our mystery buildings you'll choose for a date. Which of these hunks of metal will be taking you for an elevator ride? But to answer that question you'll need to take into account your priorities and preferences.
LOCATION: Are you going to be only/mostly in one area of town during your visit? Is there a particular part of town you're hoping to see from up there? Do you require that fresh, hand-pulled noodles be no farther away than two blocks?
VIEWS: What exactly do you want to see? Iconic Manhattan skylines? As far into the distance as possible? People acting out scenes from romantic comedies starring Tom Hanks?
TIME: What time of day do you plan on visiting? Are you available first thing in the morning, after midnight, or is dusk your only option?
HISTORY: Do you want modern engineering or historic art deco or blends right in with everything else around it? Do you prefer iconic or innovative?
PRICE: Given that the three are almost identical, this is a non-factor. (Unless you're a CityPASS holder.)
YOU: Are you a history buff? A picture-taker? A gadget geek?
Personally, I care more about the photo opportunities available than about how lost I'm certain to get. I appreciate a speedy, no bullshit experience more than I do bragging rights. But some smooth sax action is a major turn-on. Ooh, this is hard. I really do love all three. But if I had to choose just one, I'd have to go with…[drumroll sound]
Top of the Rock–for it's location, lack of a significant wait and mandatory time commitment, and the best photo ops in New York City. Empie is a close second.
For those who agree with me the New York CityPASS is the best option. With it you'll be able to visit both of these while avoiding having to make such cutthroat decisions.
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But where do I recommend? Either of the Pod Hotels or the Hilton Midtown.
Want to see more of NYC? The New York CityPASS saves you 41% on the city's top attractions.
Is there a guidebook I recommend? Absolutely — this one.
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On Friday morning the Banbridge Branch of the RUC George Cross Voluntary Welfare Support Group held their annual Christmas coffee morning at Holy Trinity Parish Church Hall, Seapatrick.
Supporting the group was local MLA Jo-Anne Dobson who praised the local group for their work.
She said: "This group works tirelessly to promote the welfare of former members of the RUC and it was great to see the support from the community at their coffee morning. Support from the community which they protected through the darkest days of the troubles.
"I was delighted to join and support them and commend the group for all they continue to do in hosting events and providing information and advice to their members."
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Name: Ly Nguyen and her boyfriend
Location: Amsterdam, Zuid
Size: 850 square feet
Years lived in: 5 months, owned
This is the first house that I bought and actually live in it so I wanted to make it as cozy and as personal as possible. I travel a bit for work so when I return to Amsterdam, I want to be in a quiet area but still within 10-15 minutes cycling from good restaurants and social happenings. This house checked all the boxes. I saw a lot of potential in the house when I first saw it: Big windows, and by the water, yet not as touristy and expensive as in the main canal belt area.
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Der praktische Fotograf
Wien: 1856.
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Second edition with new material by the author and photographer, first published the year before. Original wraps worn adn torn, bottom right corner missing, mostly minor foxing otherwise, generally clean internally. 68pp. Heidtmann (Bib of Phot) 03485
Scarce, just one copy of the first edition and three of this edition in OCLC. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Inventory No: 046155.
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5 Reasons Why Daphne Is the Best Richard Strauss Opera You've Never Heard Of
Mario Mercado June 25, 2015
5 Reasons Why Daphne Is the Best Richard Strauss Opera You've Never Heard Of
June 25, 2015
The introductory bars to Richard Strauss's symphonic tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra, written in 1896 and exploited to fantastic, otherworldly effect in director Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey may be the most famous single use of classical music in popular film. The German composer, who had made his mark early on with symphonic poems, later attained success—critical, popular, scandalous—with his controversial opera Salome, written just nine years after Zarathustra. Since the work's first performance in 1905, opera occupied Strauss for the larger part of his career, and many of his 15 stage works are among the most frequently produced 20th-century operas. Yet among them, Daphne, which gets a rare concert performance at the Lincoln Center Festival on July 15 and 18 by Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and a stellar cast of soloists, is less well known and rarely performed.
Described by Strauss as a "bucolic tragedy," Daphne is based on the ancient Greek myth of the wood nymph who, pursued by both god and mortal, is saved from their amorous intrigues by being transformed into a sacred, laurel tree. The score encapsulates—above all in the title character's transformation scene—some of the composer's most ravishing music. (No surprise, it was Strauss's wife Pauline's preferred work among her husband's operas—it's said that she was so moved during the final rehearsal that she gave the conductor Karl Böhm a kiss.) Daphne is a hidden jewel, and here are five reasons why.
It's a new direction for Richard Strauss.
With a libretto by Joseph Gregor, Daphne followed in the wake of Strauss's dedicated, 23-year collaboration with the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal that resulted in the operas Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Die Frau ohne Schatten, among others. The achievement of the celebrated partnership overshadowed Strauss's other collaborative efforts, even with the writer Stefan Zweig, the author of the fine libretto for Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Lady), which also suffered the fate of obscurity in the 1930s because Zweig was Jewish. Libretto aside: In Daphne, Strauss, the experienced man of the theater, created an opera that represents a distillation of his achievement as a composer, pointing the way to a new and final creative phase. [Photo: New York Philharmonic Archives]
It suffered from bad timing.
Begun in 1935, completed in 1937, and given its premiere the following October 1938 in Dresden, led by young conductor Karl Böhm, Daphne arrived on the operatic stage at an inauspicious time, in the midst of the Third Reich and about 11 months before Germany invaded Poland and the world fell into turmoil. Although Strauss had been named or had served as the first president of the Third Reich's music office beginning in 1933, his relationship with the Nazi regime became increasingly strained, in part because of his refusal to stop supporting the work of Jewish musicians and librettists (Strauss's collaboration with the aforementioned Zweig led to his resignation from the position in 1935).
It's fiendishly difficult to sing.
In addition to the vocal demands placed on the title character—notably, her extended final aria, with its soaring, lyrical unfolding that rests in the soprano's high register—Strauss wrote not one, but two challenging tenor roles: Leukippos and Apollo (played by Andreas Schager, pictured), Daphne's suitors. It's a one-act opera, but its principal roles, Daphne and Apollo, require the stamina necessary for a full-evening work. (Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra have drawn together a superb international group of singers, led by standout soprano Regine Hangler (pictured), as Daphne, with the vocal range—from resonant low notes to a silvery, light top–and mix of resonant power and evanescence to make this music soar. [Photo: Roger Mastroianni]
It calls for a huge orchestra.
The orchestral writing is no less demanding, and the score overall is one of Strauss's most technically complex (strings divided into 15 parts; frenzied dances with broken rhythms). Numbers add to the complexities. Strauss's opulent instrumentation calls for the strange, wonderful alpenhorn—a 12-foot long, curved wooden horn used for signal calls in the Alps—in addition to organ and basset horn, along with a full, Romantic-sized orchestra. Not surprisingly, performances are rare. [Photo: Roger Mastroianni]
It's not your usual opera tragedy.
Although Strauss described Daphne as a "bucolic tragedy," based on Greek myth, it is not an opera about loss, as is Orpheus, or about retribution, as in Elektra, but rather something else altogether. Daphne, a child of nature, embodies both chaste purity and bewitching glamour, rejects two suitors, and, through metamorphosis, turns into a tree, becoming for all time a part of the natural world she ardently loves. In Strauss's drama, the greater weight is placed on the bucolic, the pastoral, and on humanity's relationship to the natural world. Given the turbulence of 1930s Germany, when the piece was composed, Strauss's artistic response also suggests a meditation on humanity—the good and the bad—and an homage to the ideals of Hellenism that had informed German musical culture from the time of Goethe to Strauss's present day (ideals that were increasingly under the shadow of the rising nihilism that seemed intent on destroying that very culture). Notwithstanding the opera's special, evocative, dreamlike quality, there remains plenty of dramatic action—a cattle stampede, the trajectory of Apollo's chariot, Dionysian revels—that delivers full-on bravura.


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I'm looking for something I'm slightly doubting exists. A wishlist follows:
- Good for trouserflapping stoner/doom/sludge/drone
- Also sounds good on lower volume settings
- Affordable
- I would love it to be one of those typical 'secrets' that are 60's/'70's oldschool and affordable.
- Needs to sound something like: Old Orange amps such as OR120, Matamps, Sound City 100 or Sunn amps at high volumes. But without blowing up the city.
Sounds I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WXPVgF8bjQ (the dirt kicks in around 2 minutes) Problem is, this guy uses 5 sunn's and 2 old oranges simultaneously
I currently own an Orange Tiny Terror, which I think might actually come closest with low wattage and being new. This clip makes me sort of hopeful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLnZDjIn ... F17D240F29
Another idea I have is using an airbrake on my tiny terror and pushing the volume to the max. Only problem is that there's no real way to find out if this sounds awesome beforehand. Tube tips for coming closer to a drone sound with my tiny terror are also very welcome. Mine is currently loaded with JJ's on al slots.
Thanks in advance, I believe if there is an answer it might be hanging in the air here.