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In a rut
I'm off to Los Angeles next week for my stint at the Getty Research Institute. The plan is to work on Pompeii.
First of all, I'm going to be taking a serious, hard look at the traces of religious activities that have come up from the excavations (what exactly were those "lararia" for?). But that's supposed to move on to writing a more general book. My sense is that most books about Pompeii for non-specialists don't manage to exploit a lot of the new archaeological work that's being done on the site. Except, of course, for studies of vulcanology. They're always full of the latest boffin theory on pyroclastic flow, lava surges and the like – and they detail the death throes of the poor inhabitants minute by minute.
I'm intending to steer clear of death and destruction, "Pompeii the disaster movie". Instead I want to think about what the buried city can tell us about ancient life.
The Getty Library probably owns one of the best collections on Pompeii in the world. But I still felt that I ought to go and take another look at the ruins themselves before I ended up so many thousand miles away. So last weekend, I went off to Naples to spend a couple of days on the site and at the Naples Museum.
Top of the agenda -- thanks in part to your interest in an earlier post -- were the loos (the Roman ones, that is) and the cart ruts in the streets.
I have to confess that I didn't make much progress on the loos. Since I last wrote, I have discovered some good bibliography on the subject, if you're interested. I particularly like Gemma Jansen's article, "Private Toilets at Pompeii: appearance and operation", in S. E. Bon and R. Jones, Sequence and Space in Pompeii – even if her conclusions aren't all that surprising. Pompeians liked to be able to sit down on the loo, they "wanted to get ride of urine and feces, possible through flushing with water", they didn't like peeing in total darkness.
The trouble is that toilets are often located in the back parts of houses – which means that, even in those houses that are open to the public (and there's not all that many of them), they are in the parts that are off limits. So any serious work on defecation etc will have to wait until I get a special permit.
No such problem gets in the way of looking at the ruts, those deep gashes in the paved streets caused by hundreds of years of carts trundling through them. They're one of the most memorable sights of the ancient city -- partly, I think, because they do make you feel closer to real Pompeian life. That is, they are real traces of someone actually moving around the place on their daily business . . . where now only tourists stroll.
Recently archaeologists have had the bright idea of looking closer at these ruts and wondering if you could use them to trace the traffic flow. Some things turn out to be clear enough. There are certainly some pedestrian-only areas near the forum, and other places where you can deduce the ancient equivalent of traffic calming measures.
But an article in last year's Journal of Roman Archaeology began to sketch out a whole one-way street system for one area of the city (largely on the basis of the direction of the ruts and the worn kerb stones at junctions, and what they showed about the way the traffic was turning). I wanted to have a look at this evidence with my own eyes. Could you really tell which way the carts were travelling at these key junctions? Could you then plot the one-way streets? And, if so, could you start to imagine what kind of authority in ancient Pompeii would have been able to impose this system? Where are the one-way street signs?
So what was my verdict? Well there's certainly something in it. And anyone can have some good fun on the site thinking about how the ruts and scrapes might reveal the traffic flow at some of these key junctions. But I didn't buy the whole scheme. The real problem is knowing what the scrapes on the kerbside mean. It wasn't clear to me, for example, that scrapes on the right-hand kerb of a junction really did mean that traffic was taking a sharp right. And it wasn't clear that the ruts showed that either. After all, if you want to negotiate a sharp right turn, aren't you actually more likely to move to the left of the street and then swing around in a large loop to the right. Isn't a right turn, in other words, more likely to leave scrape marks on the left hand curb?
Much as I hate "re-con" history, I came to the conclusion that the only way you could decide what was going on was by building a mock-up cart (we know the standard axle width from the ruts). Then you could steer it round the junctions and see what happened.


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" Genre: Fiction / Author: Connie Briscoe / Hardcover / 384 Pages / Book is published 1996-05 by HarperCollins "
Big Girls Don't Cry is a novel by American author Connie Briscoe, first published in 1996. It was one of her earlier novels, the second I believe, and she has written several since. She is not an author we hear much about on this side of the Atlantic, and despite having discovered Big Girls Don't Cry in the late 1990s, oddly I've never sought out any of her other novels.
Big Girls Don't Cry is the story of Naomi Jefferson, a black American born in the 1950s, to a middle class family. The novel opens in 1963, when Naomi begins to discover the ugliness of racism, and takes us through to the present day (1990s). In the sixties she discovers boys, friendship and racism, and suffers tragedy; in the seventies she goes to college and becomes disillusioned with life and politics; and in the eighties she decides a career is what she needs, but its always the big white man who wins. She loves and loses, she learns all about life, and I learnt with her.
I think the first time I read this book was in 1997, from the local library. I started taking it out regularly - as a teenager, I knew what this girl was going through even though our backgrounds were totally different, and the lessons she learnt taught me about life and how things don't always go as planned. A few years later I came across a copy of the book in an outlet store for £3, and snapped it up. My parents asked me what I was doing buying a book I had read so often, but I simply loved it and I loved Naomi.
Naomi Jefferson is a typical 12 year old when the book begins. Starting to notice boys, thinking about clothes and hair, and studying hard. But soon she discovers that outside her nice middle class black community there is an uglier side to life, racism from white people and even within the larger black community - "light" skin is cooler, and the families richer. She is a well written, believable character. She makes mistakes, she makes bad judgements, she worries over whether a guy likes her and whether she has the right clothes. In other words, she's like every other girl the world over - and age doesn't change her. She has a good career, but she still worries, and she still gets things wrong.
The book is written in the third person, but everything is from Naomi's point of view. We learn how she feels, what she is thinking, and what new experiences do to her. Her perspective is refreshingly honest. The first time she has sex, it isn't mind blowing but a little uncomfortable and confusing. This is the perspective of a real teenager. With regards to all of life's lessons, she learns as time goes on, but she's still learning right through to the end of the book, and this is true to life.
Briscoe's writing is clear and intelligent. The dialogue is peppered with colloquialisms from black America, throughout the time periods it covers. This is never intrusive to the story however, and is always easy to understand - using this language makes it all the more realistic. Words such as "fly" instead of cool were what these kids used in the Sixties.
I really do love this book, and I come back to it time and time again. I wouldn't class it as chick lit, it is much more intelligent than that. It really is a book for all ages, but I think it is probably more appealing to women than men. I read it as a teenager, and I've reread it several times in my twenties, and I expect to continue rereading it through my life as I try to learn from it! It's available from Amazon marketplace, and honestly, it is worth buying. It's a book you will come back to over and over again.

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LAKEVIEW — Montabella senior Logan Burns has been working to get ready for the Mustangs' season opener next week against Saugatuck.
Just not right away.
"I haven't been doing as much as I should have been," Burns said. "I've been working to finish my senior project so that I can pass high school."
However, he has been part of the team activities that coach David Clay has organized over the summer.
"I've been through the summer workouts that have been hosted, we lift weights, run plays and get everything solid to prepare for the season," he said.
So far, Burns likes the Mustangs despite the youth of the team this year.
"I like how we're looking," he said. "We're young but we're going to do pretty well this year. The team is clicking. It's going to take time to click because there isn't as much experience."
Burns is looking to be the leader that Clay looks for from seniors.
"I have to keep my cool, lead by example," he said. "If we have a good run, I have to congratulate the linemen because they're the ones that got me those yards. Stay positive, definitely. You have to pick up the teammates because we're small. They're going to need some support."
Burns believes the team can return to the playoffs like they did last season.
"I definitely think we're going to make the playoffs. I'm almost positive we'll make the playoffs," he said. "It would surprise me if we don't. From there it's a toss-up. We have to come and play every week. It's not just 'show up and win.' We don't have any guaranteed games after nine games. We have to come and play."
Burns wants to play the entire game — or as much as he can.
"I want to play more than seven-eighths of the football game this year," he said. "I don't want to sit out. It's my senior year. I want to have more rushing yards than my halfback partner like I did last year. I really want to have this team remember me as a good, positive person that helped them through everything, and not hit hard, then go back into his own little box."


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The Executive Director of the Hawaii Health Connector yesterday apologized for the software problems that continue to exist on the website where consumers were supposed to be able to compare policies, get rates and enroll in President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Coral Andrews also promised to get medical plans and prices on the state's health insurance exchange by Tuesday, two weeks after the October 1 scheduled start of open enrollment. The Connector website, which received 30,000 visitors in the first week, does not mention that consumers cannot find prices or enroll in policies because of the software problems. Representative Angus McKelvey, chairman of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, said there should have been a disclaimer on the website alerting consumers it's under construction. Andrews agreed with that point.


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In this newsletter I tend to avoid writing too much about activities that happen in the background of the wireless networking picture -- issues that first and foremost affect the wireless service providers that build the mobile networks that deliver the services you buy. After all, to a certain degree, who cares how all this stuff works as long as it does -and is available at a palatable price?
But you need to strike a healthy balance between unburdening yourself from back-end network intricacies (you're outsourcing to a service provider to do the worrying, right?) and how developments in areas such as spectrum allocation may affect the decisions you make now or in the near future.
You've likely heard both sides of the debate as to whether the current 45 MHz spectrum cap imposed on wireless network operators within a given geographic market should be raised or lifted entirely. The Federal Communications Commission has recently decided to retain the 45 MHz spectrum cap, hoping to continue to promote wireless competition and protect consumers. Its thinking behind the decision is this: The average price per minute for mobile phone use dropped by about 50% between 1994 and 1999 (and subscriptions have more than tripled) due to increased competition. Allowing lots of industry players to participate, then, has helped make cellular phone use a common business and personal tool. Eliminating the spectrum cap could reduce the pool of providers and jeopardize the future of these benefits. However, now that there is a new FCC commissioner, Michael Powell, this issue is likely to be revisited.
It's a murky situation. Wireless spectrum is a finite source (unlike fiber optic or copper cabling). If you distribute it too thinly, giving more network operators each a smaller piece of the whole, each carrier is capacity-limited and potentially hindered from offering you rich, value-added services that require substantial bandwidth and must be accessible to roaming users from multiple cities. (The farther networks reach, and the more bandwidth they sustain, the more valuable they are to the subscribers. For example, witness the merging of multiple regional Bell operating companies -- SBC with PacTel and Ameritech, Bell Atlantic with Nynex and GTE -- because regional service breadth doesn't cut it for today's networking requirements.) Do you want to choose a provider who may be bandwidth- and reach-limited?
On the other hand, if you let any single, powerful entity have too much spectrum in a single market, we're sort of back to the old RBOC-like dominance situation that crushes competition, which stalls innovation and user price benefits. Again, note the glaring lack of successful competition in the local loop.
For now, the FCC has decided to delay the next round of spectrum auctions; the 700-MHz-band auctions, which were scheduled to begin on March 6, have been postponed until Sept. 12. If you have thoughts on this issue that you'd like to share, I'm all ears.
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Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic LBP, RCT, Single Blinded
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified June 2006 by Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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First received: July 18, 2006
Last updated: November 15, 2006
Last verified: June 2006
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of chronic LBP.
|Chronic Low Back Pain
|Device: Acupuncture
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Single Blind, Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Pain Relief Efficacy, Functional Improvement and Safety of Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Having chronic, non-specific, LBP of at least 3 months' duration over 20 years old.
- Back pain must be the chief complaint
- Having normal neurological test
- Having signature voluntarily an IRB-approved consent form at enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Potential spinal disease (e.g. a spinal tumor, infection or fracture etc)
- Other diseases (e.g. bleeding disease, dementia,epilepsy, neurogenic disorder etc)
- Planned or got lumbar surgery
- The prior use of acupuncture within the past 6 months
- Inflammatory arthritis
- The current use of systematic corticosteroids, narcotics, anticoagulants, muscle relaxants
- The involvement in legal problem related to LBP
- Refusal to be randomized
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00353847
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00353847
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|Wonkwang University Hospital
|Gwangju, Korea, Republic of, 503-310
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Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
|Principal Investigator:
|Youngdal Kwon, MD, Ph.D
|Professor of College of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University
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|Study First Received:
|July 18, 2006
|Last Updated:
|November 15, 2006
Keywords provided by Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine:
acupuncture, RCTs, chronic LBP
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Low Back Pain
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According to contemporary sources from the reign of Henry VIII, the tomb was to be magnificent. Originally intended for Wolsey, Henry took the partially finished tomb as his own upon the Cardinal's demise. He, in true Henry fashion, placed his own spin on it. It was to be much grander than any other tomb of the period, including his father's at Westminster Abbey. A towering monument of stone, decorated with "fine Oriental stones" formed the main body of the monument.
|A drawing of what Henry's tomb probably would have looked like, via
St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
However, upon Henry's death, he was buried in a vault beneath St. George's Chapel with Jane Seymour, his monument unfinished. The plan for the tomb had changed several times. The first plan was to involve Katherine of Aragon. Due to the end of his first marriage,
|An interior photo of the High Altar in St. George's Chapel,
showing (what I believe to be) replicas of Henry VIII's
bronze candlesticks.
|A drawing of the vault beneath St. George's Chapel, showing
the coffins of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, Charles I, and
an infant of Queen Anne, from the 1813 discovery during William IV's reign.
|Horatio Nelson's Tomb, originally intended for Henry VIII.
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Mark Wahlberg Comes Home!
...To promote his new movie, 2 Guns! The Dorchester native was at Patriot Cinemas in Hingham last night for a private screening of his upcoming blockbuster. Fans flocked the streets to snap pictures and ask questions. When asked to comment on Aaron Hernandez, Marky Mark vaguely reflected on his personal struggles. "It's a tragedy all the way around...first and foremost, my thoughts are with the Lloyd family," said Wahlberg. "You'd like to think that someone who was given an opportunity to do what he'd always wanted to do, such an incredible opportunity, would cherish and hold onto that. Look, if I can do it, anything is possible." The screening was also a fundraiser for the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation--a charity dedicated to helping inner city youth.
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I've decided to get a framing nailer and a Compressor for work on the house.
I'm framing up a new bathroom and building a large fence.
I was going to get the Dewalt combo available at the Depot - I liked the wheels on the D55154FC Dolly Twin Stack Nailer Combo, as my back is a pain ....literally. Then after looking around, I realized that I could easily outfit a set of wheels on most Compressors.
The Makita MAC2400 is very quiet....I like that and will likely get this Compressor unless someone tells me something otherwise.
As far as a nailer is concerned, I'm a bit lost! Weight is important....so is size. I'm not getting any younger. lol
Round head only would work here.
It looks like the new Hitachi NR90AD comes in at 7 pounds & wins its weight division. But several others are at about 7.8 pounds or less.
The Bostitch F28WW looks good
(also, I can't tell the difference between the F28WW & the N88WW.)
as do the Max SN884Rh,
PneuTools SN2190RH,
Milwaukee 7100-20 and
Senco SN902XP.
These nailers all have been rated high in various reviews on line.
I'm not a contractor....strictly DIY'er....econo is a bit of concern, but not essential.
Also, anyone have luck purchasing a used nailer on line?
Hope that helps!
Your compressor choice is a good one.
buy a dewalt or paslode on ebay both are great and ebay is awesome and cheap dewalt single tank two way hook up with tires and pull around handle at lowes is awesome. you can still hear yourself think while its running. i use these tools everyday keep them oiled and clean.
I bought the Bostich combo on Amazon (3 guns and compressor) along with a Porter Cable 22 degree framing nailer. Used them all so far for framing out my 25x10 garage into a home office and work shop. Love them both and paid $300 total. They are reconditioned but didn't notice any wear at all.
I've had bad luck with 2 of the 3 Bostitch guns I've owned. I'd personally opt for a Paslode or a Hitachi.
Is this the model of the nailer? Paslode F-350S
I'm in Canada & the dollar has tanked...there are no Lowe's here. The Home Depot in canada seems to have the best prices at $315 US.
Is that about right outside ebay?
thx so much!
i can get a brand new paslode for 250.00 at home depot and a used one on ebay right now is biding at 50.00 with 4 days left and a buy it now for 150.00
Looks like these things will figure themselves out.
I loved the Paslode PowerMaster Plus
I think it is $250 at lowes, but you can get it for around $150 rebuilt from paslode...I have had GREAT luck with all my rebuilt tools.
i would get the hitachi. i have the older coil nailer and love it. it's never jammed on me once.
also, i would get hte MAC2400. i also have that and it's awesome.
two great buys there. no problem buying on amazon. any trouble they'll zip you out a new one pronto.
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Ex-Transit Chief Makes Mayoral Run Official
Lhota Appears to Republican Front Runner
The former transit official who led the New York City subway system's recovery from Superstorm Sandy filed paperwork Thursday making his bid for mayor official.
MTA Chair Lhota Resigns, May Run for NYC Mayor
Former Deputy Mayor would run as Republican.
MTA Chairman and CEO Joe Lhota has confirmed he will step down at the end of the year to explore a run for New York City Mayor. Lhota has led the transportation agency since October of last year. He previously served as a Deputy Mayor under Rudy Giuliani and would run for Mayor as a Republican.
Walcott Gets OK from State to Head NYC Schools
Dennis Walcott will become New York City's schools chancellor.
New York state's education commissioner has given Dennis Walcott the go-ahead to head New York City's 1.1 million-pupil school system.


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How To: Make Pixie Stick Hearts
What You Need
Construction paper or colorful paper stock
Scissors (you could also use pinking shears or fancy edged scissors)
Metallic ink pens
Pixie sticks
Craft glue
1. Cut out an assortment of hearts from the paper. Fold the hearts in half and make a small circle in the middle (this is where the pixie stick will slide through).
2. Ask kids to design their hearts with drawings or lovable phrases.
3. Slide the pixie sticks through the hearts.
4. On a separate piece of paper, draw and cut out arrow heads and backs. Attach the top and ends of the bows with glue. Set aside to dry.


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The world's first ultra-low emissions zone for cars, buses and lorries is to be introduced in central London in a bid to improve air quality by 2020.
Transport for London is drawing up plans for almost all vehicles driving into the existing congestion charge zone to be low or zero emission.
Boris Johnson today set out his vision for the capital's streets with hybrid buses, low-emission lorries and electric cars and taxis.
Green groups welcomed the proposals but called on the Mayor to bring in the zone immediately. He has been accused of failing to bring down levels of nitrogen dioxide — linked to lung disease and asthma — and other dangerous gases and particulates.
City Hall aides admitted privately it would be difficult to persuade manufacturers to develop low emission and electric vehicles on such a large scale and to get motorists to buy them. The Mayor is only a fraction of the way towards achieving his existing target of 100,000 electric vehicles in London.
More than 150,000 vehicles use the C-charge zone during charging hours every week day. About 95,000 are private cars, the majority of which belong to residents who are expected to be exempt from the scheme.
Mr Johnson pledged to deliver another 600 hybrid buses, in addition to the 600 new Routemasters already promised, bringing the number of "green" buses to more than 1,600 by 2016 as 330 are already on the streets.
He has asked his team to look into designs for electric taxis — he has previously set a target for all new black cabs to be zero emission by 2020.
The Mayor said he would spend £20 million over the next 10 years — with £2 million available immediately — helping boroughs tackle air quality hotspots such as Putney High Street.
However, his plans let lorries, buses and coaches off the hook when the latest phase of the existing low emission zone begins in 2015. It will now only apply to buses, though City Hall claims it can deliver double the air quality benefits — while saving businesses £350 million in costs. Simon Birkett of the Clean Air London campaign today said this was "a huge backward step".
Mr Johnson said: "My vision is a central zone where almost all the vehicles running during working hours are either zero or low emission. This would deliver incredible benefits in air quality and stimulate the delivery and mass use of low-emission technology."
Green Assembly member Jenny Jones said: "This is excellent news for Londoners' health, but leaving it as a project for the next Mayor to deliver is a way of ducking responsibility for the problems we're facing now. It's already too late for our breaking the EU nitrogen dioxide limits, but if we are to clean up London's dirty air we need this zone now, with a zero emission target.
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Usage of Route Maps for Next Hop
Hi Everyone,
I have a Cisco L3 switch that I have configured route maps on to amend the next hop to be a firewall. The destination network for the traffic is also connected to the switch (therefore directly connected network), but my issue is this.
If the FW fails, then the traffic will still try to be sent to the down FW due to the route map amending the next hop. Is there a way that I can get the traffic to go via the connected network if the FW should fail? As far as I am aware, the route map will amend the next hop to the FW IP whether the FW is up or not, and therefore the traffic will be dropped.
Am I right on this or has anyone got another idea?
Thanks in advance,
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41. Robert Goulet
EPISODE: "$pringfield" (Season 5)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: After Mr. Burns opens a casino, Bart decides to open his own – in his treehouse, no less – and convinces Robert Goulet that his local booking is actually at his place.
|Robert Goulet: Are you sure this is the casino? I think I should call my manager.
Nelson: Your manager says for you to shut up!
Robert Goulet: Vera said that? Huh.
42. Conan O'Brien
EPISODE: "Bart Gets Famous" (Season 5)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: When Bart becomes famous for starting the catchphrase, "I didn't do it," he's invited onto "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
|Conan O'Brien: Great material. We'll be right back. (Begins to dance to the commercial-cueing music, but stops Bart when he tries to do the same) Sit perfectly still. Only I may dance.
43. James Woods
EPISODE: "Homer and Apu" (Season 5)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: After Homer is fired from the Quik-E-Mart, he's replaced by James Woods, who's doing research for an upcoming film role.
|James Woods: (On the phone, while scraping cheese out of a microwave) Tony, you're my agent. You have to do something about this. How can it be the same movie if they've changed my character from a convenience store clerk to a jittery Eskimo firefighter? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Mm-hm. Well, actually, that's a pretty good explanation. Now, this is gross, right? This'll be gross points in this new...? Okay. Yeah, 'cause there's monkey…yeah, okay, great. Okay, good, book me a flight, rent me an igloo, and tell those dorks at the Kwik-E-Mart that, boom, I am outta here, I'm a dot, I'm gone, okay? What do you mean I gotta give two weeks' notice? Why, you frickin' no-good mother… (Obscenities are bleeped) …cheese! No, not you; I'm just talking to my oven.
44. Kathleen Turner
CHARACTER: Stacy Lavelle, the reclusive creator of the Malibu Stacy doll who Lisa hunts down after hearing the sexist drivel being spouted by the doll.
EPISODE: "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (Season 5)
|Stacy: I may have had things in common with Stacy at the beginning, but 30 years of living her lifestyle taught me some very harsh lessons. Five husbands: Ken, Johnny, Joe, Dr. Colossus, Steve Austin…
Lisa: But if you can learn from Malibu Stacy's mistakes, so can everyone! I'm sure we can think of something together. Come on!
Stacy: Not now, I'm...too drunk.
45. Buzz Aldrin
EPISODE: "Deep Space Homer" (Season 5)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: When Homer is selected to be an "average American" astronaut, NASA adds two experienced astronauts to the flight, including Aldrin.
|Buzz Aldrin: (After Homer opens a bag of potato chips on space shuttle) Careful! They're ruffled!
46. James Taylor
EPISODE: "Deep Space Homer" (Season 5)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: To help with the astronauts' morale, NASA brings James Taylor into Mission Control to sing Homer, Race Banyon, and Buzz Aldrin a song or two.
|James Taylor: How ya doin', fellas?
Buzz Aldrin: With all due respect, Mr. Taylor, this isn't the best time for your unique brand of bittersweet folk rock. We have a potentially critical situation here. I'm sure you'll understand.
James Taylor: Listen, Aldrin, I'm not as laid back as people think. Now here's the deal: I'm going to play, and you're going to float there and like it.
47. Winona Ryder
CHARACTER: Allison Taylor, the new girl at school who turns out to be better than Lisa at just about everything.
EPISODE: "Lisa's Rival" (Season 6)
|Lisa: What's this?
Allison:Oh, it's for the school diorama competition.
Lisa: You're finished already? But the competition isn't for weeks!
Allison: Lisa, we're talking dioramas. Who could wait?
48. James Earl Jones
CHARACTER: an alternate-reality version of Maggie Simpson.
EPISODE: "Treehouse of Horror V" (Season 6)
|Maggie: (After plunging an axe into the back of Groundskeeper Willy) This is indeed a disturbing universe.
49. Meryl Streep
CHARACTER: Jessica Lovejoy, Rev. Lovejoy's "bad girl" daughter who, unsurprisingly, piques Bart's interest…until, that is, she turns out to be even more of a troublemaker than he is.
EPISODE: "Bart's Girlfriend" (Season 6)
|Jessica: You're right about everything, Bart. I have been too reckless. From now on, I am going to settle down. (Takes collection plate and dumps its contents into her purse)
Bart: Jessica! What are you doing?
Jessica: Well, it takes money to start a new life.
Bart: Stealing from the collection basket is really wrong! Even I know that.
Jessica: Fine. You just lost your cut.
50 – 54. Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, and George Wendt
CHARACTERS: Sam Malone, Woody Boyd, Carla Tortelli, Cliff Clavin, and Norm Peterson, respectively
EPISODE: "Fear of Flying" (Season 6)
|Homer: Ooh, this looks like a nice friendly place. (Enters bar)
Carla: Sammy, you're too old to go on a date with two twins on the same night you're supposed to marry Diane without Rebecca knowing.
Sam: Okay, Carla, I'll make you a bet: if this affects my major league comeback, I'll sell the bar.
Norm: Woody, gimme a beer.
Woody: I think you've had enough, Mr. Peterson. My chiropractor says I can't carry you home anymore.
Norm: Just gimme another beer, you brain-dead hick! (Grabs wine bottle, smashes it, holds it by the neck) I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you!
Cliff: Whoa, settle down, Normy. Gotta save those pipes for karaoke.
Homer: Whoa! (Runs out)
Norm: (Begins crying) I love you guys!
55. Anne Bancroft
CHARACTER: Dr. Zweig, a therapist who helps Marge get over her fear of flying.
EPISODE: "Fear of Flying" (Season 6)
|Zweig: (After Marge reveals how, as a child, her classmates taunted her for liking The Monkees)Kids can be so cruel.
Marge: But it's true. They didn't write their own songs or play their own instruments.
Zweig: The Monkees weren't about music, Marge. They were about rebellion, about political and social upheaval!
56. Patrick Stewart
CHARACTER: Number One, leader of the fraternal organization known as The Stonecutters.
EPISODE: "Homer the Great" (Season 6)
|Homer: And by the sacred parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of the Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs…
Moe: Um, I think he should have to take a different oath.
Number One: Everyone takes the same oath. Welcome to the club, Number 908. You have joined the Sacred Order of the Stonecutters who, since ancient times, have split the rocks of ignorance that obscure the light of knowledge and truth. Now let's all get drunk and play ping pong!
57. Dick Cavett
EPISODE: "Homie the Clown" (Season 6)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: after going through Krusty's Klown Kollege, Homer gets farmed out to appear as Krusty at the Cable ACE Awards, where he presents an award alongside Cavett.
|Dick Cavett: Well, my time's almost up here, so, uh, I'd just like to say...I know Woody Allen.
Homer: And now the winner for the most promising new series on cable: "Old Starsky and Hutches."
Announcer: Accepting the award is the son of the guy who played Huggy Bear.
Dick Cavett: (to Homer) Let's walk and talk. I, uh, I have some wonderful stories about other famous people that include me in some way.
Homer: Er, can't, I gotta go distract bulls at a rodeo.
Dick Cavett: Hey, me, too. We can go together.
Homer: Um...no, I'm going a different way than you, Dick.
Dick Cavett: Heh, heh, your...churlish attitude reminds me of a time I was having dinner with Groucho and…
Homer: Look, you're going to be having dinner with Groucho tonight if you don't beat it.
58. Mel Brooks
EPISODE: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (Season 6)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: Homer gets a job as a limo driver, and Brooks is his first passenger.
|Brooks: Wow. Er, officer, this man is making me a little edgy. Could you please give me a ride to the airport?
Chief Wiggum: Well hey, hey! You're Mel Brooks. Sure, I'll give you a ride.
Brooks: Thank you.
Chief Wiggum: Er, on the way, we can do that, uh, 2000-dollar man thing.
Brooks: Mmm...
Chief Wiggum: You be Carl Reiner, and I'll be police chief Wiggum.
Brooks: Listen, why don't you play Carl Reiner, and let me play police chief Wiggum? I hate Carl Reiner!
59. Susan Sarandon
CHARACTER: Bart's ballet teacher. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
EPISODE: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (Season 6)
|Teacher: Ah! And what have we here? A young man maybe who thinks he can be the next Baryshnikov?
Bart: I don't want to be the next anything. I'm only taking this stupid class because they made me.
Teacher: So, he has fire in the belly! But it will take more than belly fire to be the next Baryshnikov.
Bart: Look, Boris, I think ballet's for sissies.
Teacher: Ha ha ha! Ballet is for the strong, the fierce, the determined, but for the sissies, never! Now, put on this fuchiatard: you are a faerie.
60. Tito Puente
EPISODE(S): "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" (Season 6 finale, Season 7 premiere)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: When the city of Springfield becomes flush with new wealth, Tito Puente is brought on as the elementary school's new music instructor…and is promptly let go, thanks to Mr. Burns.
|Tito Puente: Revenge? Of course. But why wound his body with bullets when I could set his soul afire with a slanderous mambo?
61-62. Paul and Linda McCartney
EPISODE: "Lisa the Vegetarian" (Season 7)
EXCUSE FOR APPEARANCE: Lisa becomes a vegetarian, and Apu assures her that there are lots of cool people in the clique…including the former Beatle and his wife, who just happen to be hanging out on the roof of the Kwik-E-Mart.
|Lisa: Wow! Paul McCartney! I read about you in history class. So where's your wife Linda?
Linda: Right here Lisa. Whenever we're in Springfield we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade.
Paul: We met him in India years ago, during the Maharishi days.
Apu: Back then I was known as the fifth Beatle.
Paul: Sure you were, Apu.
Apu: You know what Lisa? Paul and Linda are vegetarians too. In fact, Linda has her own line of vegetarian entrees.
Lisa: Apu, I'm sure the last thing they want to talk about is...
Linda: We weren't satisfied with the other vegetarian meals on the market. You'd be surprised how often you find a big hunk of pork in them.
Lisa: Ew!
Paul: Linda and I both feel strongly about animal rights. In fact, if you play "Maybe I'm Amazed" backwards, you'll hear a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup.


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Fort Lauderdale mayor: Commit to boating industryPosted on
Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle, in his final state-of-the-city address Wednesday evening, told commissioners that city government should remain friendly to the marine industry because boating is a big part of South Florida living and is the regions largest industry, with a $13 billion impact.
Naugle, a six-term mayor who retires from office March 17 because of term limits, received his first government appointment to Fort Lauderdales Marine Advisory Board 24 years ago. He since has been a strong industry advocate.
As boating businesses struggle through the recession, Naugle recommended measures to help keep the industry healthy when the economy turns around:
Strengthen waterfront zoning that promotes marine use.
Work for reasonable regulation and easy permitting.
Dredge Maintain our wet streets, he said.
Maintain the navigability of rivers and waterways by building drawbridges and high-rise bridges that dont restrict commerce on the river.
Support sales-tax exemptions for foreign and out-of-state vessels so they can visit Florida up to 180 days without being subject to the states 6 percent sales and use tax on boats and other big-ticket items.
As the Bahia Mar Yachting Center is redeveloped, make sure it can continue to host the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show for years to come.
Naugle delivered the state-of-the-city address at the Lauderdale Marine Center, one of the nations largest boatyards on 50 acres on the New River. LMC has 3,300 feet of parallel dockage on the New River, with 125 floating slips, 29 megayacht docks, 19 covered sheds and dozens of tenants and contractors who work on boats at the yard.
This facility is very important to our city, Naugle said. It represents how important this industry is to us.
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History of the Golden Fleece York
The History of the Golden Fleece Pub in York
The Golden Fleece is believed to have been named for gild members of the nearby Merchant Adventurers' Hall who used to drink in the pub. The Gild traded in fleeces and wool. During the English Civil War, Siege Tokens were issed for the pub. When currency was in short supply, tokens for certain trades were issued instead - the inns and hostelries were deemed important enough trades to have their own tokens produced! The token for the Golden Fleece was created for the landlord, Richard Booth, its vaule being a halfpenny.
A pub on this site was first mentioned in the city archives in 1503,a Fleece or Golden Fleece is frequently mentioned in the city archives since then. The building has also unfergone many structural changes over time, but essentially has remained the same. One major change is that the front used to be a big open archway, which can still be still be seen in the brickwork, with the pub itself being accessed down an alleyway, which is now the corridor to the back of the pub. The pub is said to be built on stilts, with no real foundations, which could explain some of the weird angles of the floor and ceilings!
An 1827 sketch be George Nicholson shows Herbert's house with three gables (the current building only has two), the Golden fleece appearing to be part of the same building.
In the Victorian times there was an enforced reduction in the number of liscensed premises in York resulting in The Fleece and The Queens Head Hotel (no longer in existence), Fossgate, sharing a licence, the yards or both pubs would have joined.
The Golden Fleece has a reputation of being the most haunted pub in the country. In 2005 the Golden Fleece was visited by the Most Haunted team including Yvette Fielding, Derek Acorah and Ciarán O'Keefe, accompanied by Radio 1 Scott Mills and his team.
Possibly the most famos ghost is Geoff Monroe, a Canadian airman who was staying at the pub in room four when he died in 1945, by throwing himself or falling out of one of the windows. People staying in his former room have been frightend in the night by his figure, in full uniform, standing over them, his icy touch having woken them from their slumbers.
Customers have complained of bedclothes being removed of bedclothes being removed, clothes had been taken off the rails and thrown on the floor, the sound of footsteps were frequently running across the passage ways and The Lady Peckett's Dining room.
During a ghost hunt in 2002 a numbern of people including a (now former) skeptic, saw a man walking through the wall of the front of the bar, Dressing in late 17th century clothes, he walked of a wall adjoining Herbert's House, across the corridor to the Shambles bar. The most chilling aspect of the sighting was that the ghost paused as he crossed the corridor and looked straight at the horrified ghost hunters.


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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with 2 restaurants and fitness center
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This family-friendly Ashford hotel is located in a rural location, within 3 mi (5 km) of St. Margaret Church, Godinton House and Gardens and Ashford Golf Club. Ashford Designer Outlet and Ashford Museum are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
2 restaurants, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a complimentary children's club, and 24-hour room service.
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All 92 rooms provide conveniences like sofa beds and coffee makers, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include 24-hour room service, wired Internet, and pillow menus.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Holiday Inn Ashford North A20
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 3497 square feet (325 square meters) include conference space. This family-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a complimentary children's club, and multilingual staff. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Holiday Inn Ashford North A20 is a smoke-free property.
- Children's club (free)
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 92
- 24-hour front desk
- Fitness facilities
- Concierge services
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Number of restaurants - 2
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 3497
- Conference space size (meters) - 325
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Children's club (free)
- Laundry facilities
- Playground on site
- Sofa bed
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Pillow menu
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
The Orchard Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Hop Pickers Public House - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, dinner, and light fare. A children's menu is available.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service animals are allowed
24-hour check-in
Optional extras
- Fee for English breakfast: GBP 13.95 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Ashford North Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn A20
- Holiday Inn A20 Ashford North
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- Holiday Inn A20 Hotel Ashford North
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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Book a stay in any room or rate category for travel anytime and receive the following:
- Accommodations as selected
- Up to two children under 18 years old stay free when sharing a room with 2 adults (based on availability)
- Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner for children under 13 when an adult orders from the table d'hôte/à la carte menu


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Basement window replacement
I was wondering if anyone could help me with a basement window replacement. The existing windows are metal framed into the concrete and the bottom of the window sits on a sloped bit of concrete about 3 inches.
The window opening is currently 32 inches wide x 17.5 inches high. Once the 3 inches is removed I will effectively have 20.5 inches in height.
My question is how do I go about framing out the opening once I remove the old window.
I'm able to purchase replacement windows from lowes or homedepot that are 32x19 (actual size 31 3/4 x 18 3/4)
I'm thinking I will need to break out the 3 inches of the slop to insure its level. add a top and bottom plate (about 1/2 each) but then what.
Would I screw/attach the windows directly into the concrete on either side being I only have 1/4 inch play or would I need to custom order smaller windows to allow for a full frame to be built?
Any help/images would really be helpful.
I want to see if this is something a DIY'er could do or is it a job for the pro's
Sounds like the exact situation I had a couple of years ago. I thought that a frame, which would be visible, would be unattractive from the outside. So I purchased a custom sized windows from HD that was slightly (e.g. 1/8") less than the rough opening. I then set it in place using Tapcon screws into the masonry, with plastic shims. I then foamed around the frame using the spray.
I took the glass unit out while installing to keep it from getting damaged. Make sure you're going in square, though.
It has been in for 3 years, and it has made a huge difference in my basement laundry room. I had an aluminum slider imbedded in the masonry, and it was horrible. You could see the cobwebs moving in the drafts.
If the existing frames are not rotted or too rusty, I leave them in place and use them as a stop for the new windows. But I never buy stock sized windows from big box, I get custom sized units from lumberyards. The old sash is usually easy to remove. Caulk around the inside of the frame, push the new window into the caulk, and screw into the block or concrete with tapcon screws. Foam around the edges with NON-expanding foam to seal air gaps. When the foam drys, it can be trimmed off and painted or you can add finished trim around the windows. Urethan foam should be painted or covered, UV light makes it weather to an ugly brown.
If the old frames are too far gone, you will have to break out the cement that holds them in place. It usually comes out with a few solid raps with a heavy hammer and leaves a square opening. 1. You can get windows with a nailing fin and set them flush with the outside. 2. or-Size the windows about 1/4" smaller than the opening and install as above with tapcons. 3. or-install a treated wood frame and install the windows to that.
When measuring for more than one window, measure all windows, they are rarely exactly the same size.
Thanks for the advice so far.
Jcman do u happen to have any pics of what your windows look like now. I'd be interested in seeing how it looks
Bill if using the existing metal frames as stops is an option would the window be installed from outside or inside?
Also do you guys have any references/images of a similar install. I know each install is unique but maybe something to use as a guide would be helpful
Thanks again
I'll charge up my batteries and take some pics. Please check back later today.
sounds good. thank you.
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I've attached some photos of the window. One needs to be rotated 90 degrees left.
From the inside, you'll see a rounded backfill on the window. I had to chip out the old mortar backfill with a hammer and masonry chisel, and pack in new mortar. I let it dry for two weeks and then painted it.
The key is to measure as accurately as possible so you have a good fit with just enough room to shim and foam.
I caulked from the outside first, and then foamed from the inside after the caulk dried. That way, no foam is exposed to the light. Then I trimmed the foam and caulked and painted the inside.
Hope this helps.
thanks alot for posting the pictures. I really appreciate it. Will help alot.
I'm going to try to put a picture or two up of my windows so its a little easier to visualize.
The window looks very nice.
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We like to adventure out into the Selquirk mountain range surrounding our family cabin. These nuts never tasted better than when we enjoyed them together at the peak of an amazing hike. Almonds are extremely nutritious, and, when dressed up with a wonderful blend of spices, they go from ordinary to awesome! —Gina Myers, Spokane, Washington
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- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2-1/2 cups unblanched almonds
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another small bowl, combine almonds and oil. Sprinkle with spice mixture; toss to coat.
- Transfer to a foil-lined 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring twice. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.
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Amber Rose has come to the end of her Dancing With The Stars journey, but says she wouldn't trade the experience for the world.
The 33-year-old 'Slut Walk' founder and mom of 3-year-old son Sebastian was recently booted from DWTS after lasting 6 weeks in the competition. Though she didn't take home the winning title, Amber learned some important lessons along the way. "I learned that people make things look easy on TV and they're not easy at all!" Amber told Us Weekly. "[The producers] lied to me before I got on here and told me I was going to do maybe two, three hours a couple days a week! No big deal — but it became my life."
While acknowledging that she struggled with the challenges of learning complicated choreography and being judged on a national platform, she doesn't regret her decision to join the show. "I didn't think I was going to win. I didn't think I was going to make it the first week. I didn't think I was going to make it halfway. I came on and I just tried. That's it!"
The silver lining in all of this is that Amber has gained a new BFF. She and pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy became super close over the course of the show, and she calls him her "brother for life." Make and Amber exchanged heartwarming messages on her birthday.
This means the world to me! True friendship last forever. People always say when is it the right time to tell someone you love them….. exactly when u feel it! It could be the first week of knowing the person or the first month when you know, you know. @maksimc I fell in love with you as a brother so quickly it's hard to find that in this crazy world but here we are. Cheers to an amazing friendship that'll last a lifetime. Thank you for having my back and I can't wait to meet you and @petamurgatroyd's lil guy he's gonna be waaaaaay cooler then you Lol 👶🏼
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"I think he will be thanking his lucky stars that he's going with such an amazing girl."
"…And Ron?"
"He will be very proud to be your brother, and, if not, let me take care of the overprotective streak, if it decides to make an uninvited appearance," Hermione finished, casting a charm on her hair to make it as sleek, shiny and as manageable as possible.
"Well, he sure will be looking forward to seeing you when you turn up in that," Ginny said examining Hermione's outfit as she stood up. She was wearing a cream dress that came up to just below her knees; the material it was made from shimmered in the light. "Do you think it's too much?" she asked, straightening the hem.
"Don't be stupid," Ginny answered her bluntly. Hermione blushed as she slipped on her eye mask. After applying a little glitter around the rim of the mask, they left the dormitory, smiling all the way.
Harry and Ron were stood in front of the single full-length mirror in their dorm. Harry had took it upon himself to buy them both Muggle suits for this year's ball, he couldn't face seeing Ron in those frightful dress robes again. He was wearing a clean cut black suit with a white shirt, whereas Ron was dressed in a sharp dark blue one, with a white shirt and what Harry described as a '50's' black tie; Ron however just saw it as 'a thin one'. "Are you sure people won't laugh?" Ron asked Harry, worried of their classmates' reactions to their sudden change in style. "Put it this way Ron… You look ten times better than you did at the 4th year ball," Harry replied as he pulled on his black eye mask.
"Ha-ha, very funny," Ron said sarcastically, hitting Harry's arm playfully as he slipped on his mask and added a dark blue trilby. He smiled at his reflection in the mirror and followed Harry out of the room.
"Everyone seems to be really impressed with the decoration and especially the theme Hermione," Ginny said her as they stood at one of the tables pouring themselves glasses of punch. "I think they'd come over and compliment you themselves but you're practically unrecognisable!"
"Hey Ginny, you enjoying yourself?"
"Yeah thanks Angelina, you?"
"Yes thanks, you're brother's disappeared somewhere, probably pulling another one of his famous pranks," she sighed, "Oh, sorry, I didn't see you there," she continued, looking in Hermione's direction, "Ginny, aren't you going to introduce us…?"
"Angelina, it's Hermione," Ginny said smirking slightly.
"Hermione?!" Angelina exclaimed in certain disbelief as she stared at her.
"Yes, that would be me," Hermione replied grinning.
"Wow!" she said taking another sip of her drink, "you look amazing…"
"Thank you," Hermione said sweetly, blushing slightly.
"Well, anyway, I'd better get off and find Fred; I'll catch up with you girls later!" Angelina finished leaving Ginny smiling from ear to ear and Hermione practically stunned.
"That answer your question?" Ginny asked.
"Mmmhmm," Hermione mumbled quietly, taking a gulp of her punch.
"Where's your date anyway?... Seamus seems to be taking his time…"
"I'm not with Seamus. He decided to go alone. I think he's hoping to catch Cho's eye," Hermione explained, "oh, hey look! There's Harry!" she said nudging Ginny.
The girls walked over to him and as soon as he laid eyes on Ginny his jaw dropped. "Hey Harry..." she greeted him nervously.
Closing his mouth, he managed to utter a sentence, "Ginny, you, err, look, erm… wow!"
"Thanks," she replied shyly, linking his arm. Hermione smiled proudly across at Harry.
"Who's this other beautiful young lady then?" he asked curiously.
"It's me… Hermione," she said.
"Oh. My. God. That's Hermione?" he said pointing at her and looking to
Ginny for confirmation. Ginny nodded. "You look, well, not like you," Harry struggled to think of the words.
"I've had that said…" Hermione added grinning.
"Where's Ron?" Ginny asked.
"He decided to come along later… I think. That's if he doesn't change his mind and stay in the dorms all night," Harry answered. Hermione's face fell, and her heart sank. No Ron. No Dance.
"I'll catch up with you guys later. I have a few things to take care of..." Hermione managed to say in a disappointed tone of voice, forcing a smile.
"Okay... have fun..." Ginny replied.
"What's going on with Ron? You saw how devastated she was when you said that," Ginny asked as Hermione had trailed off.
"He's there…" Harry answered, pointing to a boy stood in the opposite corner of the hall.
"Oh my god…" Ginny gasped. She didn't even recognise her own brother.
"It seems Ronald has a few tricks up his sleeve..." Harry began, Ginny looked at him with a puzzled look on her face, "he's planning to get Hermione to fall for him tonight... without telling her it's him," Harry explained, he waited for a reaction from Ginny.
She smiled widely, "I think I underestimated my big brother... big time!"
The night soon got underway, the drinks poured, lights cascaded across the walls and the music was ongoing. Harry and Ginny, amongst many others, were dancing out on the dance floor. Hermione was hovering on the outskirts, every so often she would look to the double doors just to catch a glimpse of Ron arriving.
Ron was sat on a chair across the room, and had yet to be recognised by anyone. He was struggling to find Hermione in all the hustle and bustle of the ball and so far his plans to make her fall for him in disguise, weren't working. He'd walked around the room several times, watching Harry and Ginny dancing and passing groups of people he didn't know any of. "What's the point?" he muttered to himself. 'She isn't here; I can't believe I thought I stood a chance." He'd by this point given up completely and was making his way towards the exit.
"Harry! Ginny! I think I'm gonna head back to dorms!" Hermione shouted over the music to her friends.
"Ok, are you sure?" Ginny said walking closer to her.
"Yeah, I'm kind of tired…"
"I'll come…"
"No. You stay…" Hermione said glancing across at a smiling Harry.
"You're absolutely sure?"
"Yes!" Hermione exclaimed, "I'll be fine," she hugged Ginny, and looked back at Harry, turning back to face Ginny she whispered, "go get him," winking at her best friend she made her way towards the door.
Hermione walked slowly towards the door, still watching Harry and Ginny thoroughly enjoying each other's company. She must have spaced out for second… "Ow!" Hermione suddenly bumped into someone. Turning her head to see who it was she realised the postion of the person's hands… at her waist.
"Oh, I'm sorry." she apologized, "I wasn't" she looked around at the face of the person and lost her train of thought.
"Erm…" the boy uttered, "I'm sorry, it was me, not looking where I was going." Hermione smiled and giggled slightly as her eyes inverted and had now found a connection with the deepest blue eyes she'd ever seen.
Ron, now had his arms wrapped around the waist of the most beautiful girl he'd ever come across. He felt himself literally melting inside as he gazed into the most intricate chocolate brown eyes. Stopping himself swiftly, he thought it would be proper to remove his arms, changing their current position.
"Hi," was the only word Hermione could think of to say.
"Hi," the boy replied. "Were you leaving?"
"Yes actually I was," Hermione replied.
"Sure.." she answered smiling as she exited out of the doors, closely followed by the mystery boy, who, in her opinion, was in fact, very handsome.
"Hey…" Ginny stopped and tapped Harry repeatedly to get him to pay attention.
"What?" Harry looked at Ginny for an explanation. Ginny pointed out two people exiting the ball. "Looks like Ron's idea is going to plan," Harry smiled. Ginny grinned as they carried on dancing.
"Name?" Ron asked.
"Irrelevant… Enjoying yourself?"
"No, not really…" Ron replied, breaking the chain of one word answers.
"Why?" the girl asked curiously.
"It's not exactly going to plan…"
"Oh. What do you mean?"
"My sole aim tonight was to win over the girl of my dreams…" the girl looked at him quizzically, "Not that you're not… it's just…"
"It's okay… I get it..." the girl said understandingly. They sat down on a nearby stone bench. "You know when people say, I know how you feel… but they actually have no idea… I actually do know how you feel…" the girl finished.
"Wow… you are slowly becoming one of the most complicated girls I have ever encountered. Other than my best friend…" Ron said in disbelief.
"Best friend?"
"Yeah, she was the girl I was supposed to be meeting tonight, I was promised a dance, only, she didn't show up… I was a fool for even thinking she would…"
"It can't be that bad, she must have an explanation…."
"She has an explanation for everything," Ron added, chuckling to himself, "the thing that makes it a hell of a lot worse is that she, I, I was going to…"
"Tell her that you wanted to be more than her best friend…" the girl finished off his sentence; he suddenly got rather confused, "I told you I knew how you feel…" Ron nodded and sighed.
"I guess that makes us both fools in love then?..."
"Guess so…."
"Well," Ron began to speak as the music seeped out through the open castle doors, "what's to say, two, downright unlucky, fools in love, can't still enjoy themselves…" the girl grinned, placing out his hand he requested, "…care to dance?"
Reaching out her hand nervously she set it in his. The immediate touch of his skin made her heart jump. Folding his fingers around her's they stood up from their position on the bench. They were stood under one of the shelters that lay either side of the main courtyard. The moonlight floated through the gaps in the stone archways and pillars. She hadn't felt more comfortable in anyone else's arms, other than perhaps Ron's; but she hadn't exactly got close enough to him to tell so, for now, mystery boy seemed most natural.
Anxiously Ron slipped one of him hands around her waist and rested it on the small of her back. In the other, he took her hand, interlacing his fingers in her's, he held their hands close to his chest as they started to sway. Her other hand had found it's way to Ron's upper arm and remained there. The music was perfect for the atmosphere, not slow and absolutely cheesy, it was more romantic and even the slightest bit tender.
"What are you thinking about?" Hermione asked, glancing up at him, trying to see the person behind the mask. She knew it was possible; she just had to get to know him a bit better first. "I don't know… you, I suppose," the stranger replied.
"How come you know all the right things to say?"
"I have no idea, dumb luck I guess; either that or…."
"It must be because you make me feel at ease, I can be myself I suppose…"
"See, there you go again," Hermione laughed.
"I can't help it that you're a hopeless romantic."
"Already figured me out I see…"
"Oh yes…" he replied jokingly, making Hermione smile. She yawned to herself and, smiling at the ironic sense of musical timing, she rested her head on the top of his chest and sighed.
"I feel like I know you..." Ron said as he breathed slightly deeper than normal. "Your eyes, they're, well, unforgettable." He could barely she the blush creeping up the girl's cheeks. "What if I told you, that you reminded me of someone..."
"It depends who that someone is…"
"Oh, don't worry, it's a good thing. She. She was the girl that never showed up."
"How is that good then..?"
"Because…oh god, I can't believe I'm saying this…"
"Go on.." the mystery girl prompted, lifting her head up from his chest.
"Because she… I, I love her.." he finished, his cheeks filling a slight magenta colour.
"She's a very lucky girl then…" the girl said, "even if she doesn't know it yet…"
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Most recently amended by Board of Education vote: May 25, 2004, effective 6/18/04
(1) Grants for capital construction shall be based on the following amounts per square foot for the cost of the general contract, design fees, allowable site preparation, site development, insurance, construction supervision, costs related to the issuance of notes and bonds, contingency amounts, and miscellaneous costs.
(2) Grants for capital construction projects may also include not more than $16.00 per square foot for furnishings and equipment.
(3) For the purpose of calculating the state construction grant, the estimated approved project cost and the final approved project cost for a school project shall not exceed the cost that would result by multiplying the approved gross square footage per pupil by the planned enrollment and by multiplying the result by the established cost per square foot as set forth 603 CMR 38.06(1) and (2). Said costs per square foot shall apply to projects for which the general contract work begins on or after June 1, 2004. The Commissioner may recommend to the Board that this requirement be waived in exceptional circumstances. If the project cost estimate exceeds the approved cost limit and the applicant believes a waiver is warranted, the applicant must submit a waiver request before soliciting construction bids. Waiver requests submitted after the general contract has been awarded should be limited to extraordinary situations which arise during construction and which could not have been reasonably anticipated during the design process. All waiver requests must include documentation demonstrating that the bid process was or will be fair, open, and cost-effective.
(4) The provisions of 603 CMR 38.05 and 38.06 shall not be deemed to preclude a city, town or regional school district from including in an approved school project such facilities or design as it determines, in addition to those required to conform to minimum program standards and costs. The cost of such additional facilities and design shall not, however, be included in the estimated approved cost and final approved cost on the basis of which the state construction grant is calculated.
(5) In determining the allowable costs for an addition, the Board shall consider the nature of the approved spaces to be added, the nature of the required equipment and other furnishings, the relationship of the addition to other elements of the school and any factor which would cause the cost of the addition to exceed substantially the cost standard established for new construction, and may in its discretion allow the increased costs or a lesser amount. The intent of 603 CMR 38.06(5) is to make allowance for the varied nature of additions to school buildings.
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Regulatory Authority:603 CMR 38.00: M.G.L c. 69, § 1B and Chapter 70B
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Contreras, Taylor KO foes
Thursday night in Hagerstown, Maryland, fight fans were treated to two spectacular knockouts win by sensational prospects; junior welterweight Francisco "The Phenom" Contreras and cruiserweight Andres "Taylor Made" Taylor. The 25 year old Contreras improved his perfect knockout record of 10-0, 10 KOs by stopping Julian Rodriguez at the 1:35 mark of the second round under a hailstorm of power shots from the Dominican. The loss evened Rodriguez's record to 17-17-4, 11 KOs. Fighting out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Taylor, now 10-1-1, 6 KOs), stopped Joseph Harris with a barrage of punches in the fourth round. Time of the stoppage for Taylor was 1:25. The loss moved Harris' record to 10-9-0, 7KOs).
Contreras and Taylor are both promoted by Chet Koerner's TKO BOXING Promotions.
Said Koerner, "Terrific wins for both Francisco and Andres. Contreras is really showing why he's one of the best young prospects in boxing. This was Taylor's second knockout in a row since suffering his first loss earlier this year and he's definitely back on track in the cruiserweight division."
Upcoming bouts for Contreras and Taylor will be announced in the near future.