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A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951) is a powerful social drama and romance from director/producer George Stevens. The black and white film plays on the audience's emotions, by involving and drawing them into complicity with the tragic resolution. Methodically, the film is stylistically dark, almost with film-noirish qualities, yet it has some of the most romantic and passionate sequences ever filmed - between the radiant debutante, 18 year-old Elizabeth Taylor (in her first adult role) and 29 year-old Montgomery Clift, who stars as a laboring wage slave.
Its theme emphasizes the wide gap between the frivolous rich and the downtrodden, outsider poor, and how fate heavy-handedly can control life. An aspiring, upwardly-mobile, lonely working-class protagonist with evangelical roots is obsessed with getting ahead and 'making it.' He mixes with a different upper social class through a passionate romantic relationship with a beautiful rich girl, and begins to climb the social and professional ladder. But then he becomes victimized by his environment, circumstances, the society of the time, and the loss of his own morals when he impregnates a lowly, disenfranchised, clingy, and plain co-worker.
This first-rate melodramatic film is an adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's lengthy, best-selling 1925 novel, An American Tragedy, and it was also based on the Patrick Kearney play. [Dreiser based his story upon the sensational Chester Gillette and Grace Brown 1906 murder case in the state of New York.] The early 50s film set in upstate New York, a period piece that reflects its times, was actually a remake of Josef von Sternberg's downbeat 1931 film (with the original title An American Tragedy), starring Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, and Frances Dee.
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won six - Best Director (the first Oscar for Stevens), Best Screenplay (Michael Wilson and Harry Brown), Best B/W Cinematography (William Mellor), Best Dramatic Score, Best Film Editing, and Best B/W Costume Design (Edith Head). Its other three nominations were for Best Picture (it lost to An American in Paris (1951)), Best Actor (Montgomery Clift) and Best Actress (Shelley Winters). It has been noted that A Place in the Sun was the first of director Stevens' "American trilogy" of films - the other two films were the classic western Shane (1953) and epic Giant (1956). Paramount Studios removed the name of actress Anne Revere (in the role of Mrs. Hannah Eastman, Montgomery Clift's Salvation Army mother) from the film's publicity, due to the fact that she had refused to testify and cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) - another victim of Hollywood's blacklist of 300 names. She would not reappear in another film until 1970's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon.The Story
The film begins with superimposed titles on an opening long shot of a highway with a hitchhiker - a poor, uneducated, quiet, aimless but ambitious and aspiring young man, George Eastman (Montgomery Clift). He is thumbing his way to the home of his rich Uncle Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), who owns a bathing-suit manufacturing factory - advertised in a billboard sign of a reclining, dark-haired bathing beauty on the beach: "It's an Eastman." A shiny sports car with a beautiful socialite at the wheel drives past. She flirtatiously honks, and then continues zooming by in her convertible - symbolic of the world of the privileged passing him by. The two images of luxury, pleasure, freedom and leisure (on the billboard and in the fancy automobile) already fill George's mind and he hungers and craves everything the females and their lifestyles represent.
With typical American dreams of success in his mind, he accepts a ride in a junk dealer's truck and arrives in the city, where he heads directly to the Eastman factory. Wearing a leather jacket and a white T-shirt, his entry is disallowed until he presents Charles Eastman's business card, on which is written: "George: Just give this to the man at the gate. C. E." At the office of the President, George is told that his uncle is at home. Because of his family connections, he is invited out to the Eastman mansion at 7 pm, while he sits admiring the many symbols of wealth in Mr. Eastman's large office - executive leather chair, richly-appointed wall paneling, and a check on the desk from Eastman Industries to the Collector of Internal Revenue for $100,000.
Before he arrives to visit with his relatives, he is considered a bit of an embarrassment to his wealthy, status-conscious aunt. Mrs. Louise Eastman (Kathryn Givney), son Earl (Keefe Brasselle) and daughter Marsha Eastman (Lois Chartand) express their concern about his unexpected visit and his midwestern, lower class, fundamentlist background (George was a bellhop in a Chicago hotel and his parents were "active in religious work" - probably mission workers):
Mr. Eastman: I ran into him in Chicago.
Marsha: Is he going to lead us in a prayer?
Mr. Eastman: Oh, he's not at all like Asa or his wife. He's very quiet, pleasant. Not much education but ambitious. He looks amazingly like Earl.
Earl: What's he do?
Mr. Eastman: He was the bellhop in my hotel.
Earl: Oh fine, I always wanted to look like a bellhop.
Mrs. Eastman: But Charles, why do you have to bring him on here?
Mr. Eastman: There's always a place at the plant for a boy like that.
Mrs. Eastman: But what are we going to do about him socially?
Earl: That's easy. We can all leave town.
Mr. Eastman (assuring): Well, you people don't have to take him up socially. He just wants to work and get ahead - that's all.
Revealing his social insecurity and awkwardness in his sumptuous surroundings, George arrives and walks through the long corridor into the living room - he wears a newly-purchased, $35 light-colored tweed suit that he had seen in a store window display. His uncle promises to arrange a job for him the next day at the bathing suit factory/mill with Earl.
A familiar car honk on the soundtrack announces the off-screen arrival of the convertible driver. A white-gowned debutante with a white fur stole named Angela Vickers (18 year old Elizabeth Taylor), the flirtatious, beautiful driver in the car in the opening scene, interrupts the conversation. Tardy and on her way to pick up Earl, she doesn't even notice the bashful and surprised George sitting in a high-backed chair:
Angela: Course I'm always late. It's part of my charm...Men are so disgustingly prompt. I think they do it just to put us women in a bad light.
The next day, George is led on a tour around the factory by Earl Eastman and warned about keeping the Eastman name unsullied. He is also expressly commanded to obey the company's 'no fraternization' rule - to dissociate sexual relations from the workplace - and to separate the laboring class from the executive/managerial top of the hierarchy:
Now you've got to be aware every minute, whatever your job is, that you're an Eastman. And you're expected to act accordingly....Oh, another thing, as you know this, nine out of ten Eastman employees are women. There's a company rule against any of us mixing socially with the girls who work here. My father asked me to particularly call this to your attention. That is a MUST.
He is assigned a menial job - one of the few men in a room crowded with female workers (and banner ads of shapely models in swim suits). He stacks and packs swim suit costumes at the end of the assembly line in his tweed suit, beginning clumsily but soon becoming more adept at his responsibilities. He proposes ways to increase the production and efficiency in the output of the assembly benches in a hand-written note/report to his uncle. But George is ignored by the social whirl of the Eastmans, and he leads a lonely, drab life - the metal gates to the Eastman mansion close on him one evening while a party is in progress.
At the movies one night, Ivan Moffat's production of Now and Forever, he happens to sit next to a fellow assembly line co-worker from his same social class - a frumpy, dowdy, plain-looking Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), who disguises her pleasure in seeing him: "Small world." After the show ends, they talk about the prohibitive implications of his name:
Alice: You know what the girls would say if they saw me walking along like this with you - they'd say I was making up to the boss's nephew.
George: That's silly. I'm in the same boat as the rest of you.
Alice: If you're an Eastman, you're not in the same boat with anyone.
George: Well, I work along with you, don't I?
Alice: Oh sure. You know, pretty soon they'll move you up to a better job, and first thing, you know, you'll find yourself in the front office, and that's the last I'll ever see of Mr. George Eastman.
George: Who says that?
Alice: Oh, everybody. Everybody knows they put you in with us to learn the business.
George: I wouldn't be too sure of that.
She believes he was put in the lowly assembly area to learn the business and make his way up the management chain up to the front office. As he walks her home, they pass a reminder of George's past - a group of mission workers singing religious hymns to a bunch of bums on the street. He senses her loneliness like his own and compliments her about how she would look good in one of the Eastman swimsuits on one of her rare days off:
George: You lonely all of the time?
Alice: Not on weekdays.
George: How come? (He puts his arm tentatively around her shoulder)
Alice: Well, remember how we put swimsuits in boxes six days a week?
George: (He chuckles) Yeah. What about Sunday? Maybe then you put yourself in a swimsuit.
Alice: Not me.
George: Why? You don't look good in a swimsuit?
Alice: Sure I do. I can't swim.
George: You're kidding.
Alice: I never learned. I was even scared of the duck pond when I was a kid. We lived on a farm, a small one.
George: How come you came here?
Alice: Oh, we were poor. We needed the money. I came down here and got a job.
George: I'm glad.
Alice: Me too.
When they reach her rented room (with her "own private entrance"), he kisses her goodnight and asks to see her again:
Alice: Goodnight. (They shake hands.) My landlady is fierce. (George approaches and kisses her)
George: I've been wanting to do that for so long.
Alice: I did too.
George: Will we see each other again like this?
Alice: If you want.
George: When?
Alice: It's up to you. You got to be careful.
George: We can meet like tonight. Oh, the night has been wonderful. (They kiss again and again.)
Alice: I'd better go in now.
George: Don't go. Please don't go. (She looks at him through her open window.)
George's disastrous mistake is that he becomes illicitly involved with Alice - a fellow factory worker. Breaking the explicit company rule, they continue to date to combat mutual loneliness. He also maintains his feelings for the rich girl Angela, who often sits outside the factory in her open convertible and catches Alice's jealous and nagging notice: "It's better for you than running around with those Eastmans and their bunch and all those rich girls that have nothing to do."
One night, caught necking by the police in an open convertible in a deserted woodsy area, they return in the rain to her place. Although Alice informs him that visitors are not allowed in by Mrs. Roberts (Mary Kent) - the landlady, they begin dancing inside to music, emanating from an illuminated radio sitting on the open window sill. The camera slowly freezes on the radio and dissolves to an early morning rooster's crowing with the same shot of the window as George departs - the radio plays static. [The shot of the changing window, seen both at night and the next morning, was deliberately filmed to avoid the obvious - and the censors. Off-screen, George spent the night and had sex with her, contravening the laws of society and the factory - with disastrous consequences that ultimately lead to his downfall.] A loud factory whistle blows to signal the start of a new day.
During an inspection that morning, Charles notices his nephew in the packaging assembly line area, and decides: "This is no place for the boy...I don't think it would hurt to give that boy another position." Charles promises to give George more responsibility with a promotion: "I'm going to move you up...You've earned it." George is invited to a party at the Eastman mansion on the 15th of the next month. Rootless and drifting, George begins to feel like somebody after finding some direction in his life. But he has been brought into a lifestyle and social status that he could not have had without his uncle's assistance. Alice overhears the invitation, and comments that she is planning a party for George that same evening - the date of his birthday.
Alice: Next month, on the 15th, that's your birthday. I was planning on our little party.
George: Oh sure, honey. I'll just be over at the old man's for a little while. Pay my respects. Then I'll be over.
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i personally would love nothing more than to own an 05 sti, but that's because since i was like 12 i've always loved wrx's. Sounds to me like the evo would suit you though. You said you love the cars, and you like how they look over the sti. The evo's are probably "faster" if i had to make a black and white decision, and the only reason i see for you getting an sti would be if you want more reliability or the fact that its a few grand cheaper.
However keep in mind those are the two most practical factors in looking for a car.

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MADAM P is one of the nicest 1988 Hatteras Convertible Sport Fisherman 42's in the country.
Original owner since 1989 when vessal was 1st commissioned. Numerous upgraded systems and new systems. Madam P is a spoiled girl and it shows.
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An Investment Opinion
by Paul Larson
Campbell Soup Spills
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) shareholders were left with a bad taste in their mouths this morning. Along with news that the company was going to spend $35 to $45 million to restructure the company, Campbell announced that the current quarter's earnings would be $0.08 to $0.10 below the current analysts' estimate of approximately $0.38 per share. Needless to say, Wall Street did not palate the news well and traded the shares down as low as $40 1/2 in moderately heavy trading.
Longtime shareholders in Campbell must be suffering a case of D�j� vu as this is the second time this year that the company warned analysts that it was aiming too high. Back in early January the company warned that earnings estimates for the fiscal year ending in July were also too high. While analysts dutifully lowered their profit estimates after that first warning, apparently they did not lower them enough.
Campbell said that most of the current shortfall would come due to the fact that retailers were trimming excess inventories of the company's soup products. While consumption of the company's core soup products has been growing at a fairly healthy 3% so far this year, actual production and shipments are lower as the company's previously warned "supply chain initiative" works itself out.
Excluding the restructuring charge, the company should now report earnings of about $1.73 per share for the full fiscal year ending next month. This is quite a ways below the $1.89 the company said it was comfortable with back in April. With such a terrible signal as that, it's no wonder even the most pessimistic analyst missed the boat.
After Campbell's latest gaffes and after watching the company alienate longtime DRiP shareholders by initiating a fairly hefty fee on its dividend reinvestment plan, one can't help but wonder what's going on in Campbell's top ranks. Nevertheless, even though management may have goofed with investors in recent months, Campbell's awesome brand continues to own roughly 75% of the soup market in the United States. And with the recent weakness, the company is priced relatively cheaper than most on the exchanges at about 21 times revised forward earnings. Is it time to stock up? Perhaps, but only if Campbell's management can rebuild some trust with investors.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) ascended $1 5/16 to $36 1/2 this morning. The company wants to shed at least $1 billion in assets as part of a restructuring aimed at restoring profits and investor confidence, The Wall Street Journal reported. Assets that may go include its military-aircraft electronics businesses -- such as those making radar, cockpit displays, and weapons-firing systems -- as well as parts of an information-services unit and a business providing energy and environmental services.
Telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) dialed up gains of $3/4 to $64 3/4 after saying it will acquire Nexabit Networks, a privately held start-up developer of high-performance Internet Protocol (IP) wide area network (WAN) switching/routing equipment, for about 14 million Lucent shares. Based on yesterday's close, the deal is worth roughly $900 million. The deal is expected to be neutral to fiscal 1999 and 2000 earnings. The company yesterday closed its acquisition of Ascend Communications.
Metal-castings maker Citation Corp. (Nasdaq: CAST) rose $1 7/8 to $16 after it said it agreed to be acquired by closely held Kelso & Co. for about $643.8 million, including assumed debt. The $18.10 per share deal represents a 28% premium to yesterday's closing price. At the same time, Citation warned that it expects fiscal third-quarter earnings to come in around $0.28 a share, short of analysts' mean estimate of $0.40.
Online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) climbed up $1 1/16 to $114 11/16 after naming Joseph Galli, a former top executive at Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK), its first president and COO. Galli will report directly to founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. The bizarre twist is that the news came after Galli had twice indicated that he would take a top post at PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP); for more on this, head back to today's Breakfast With the Fool.
Online services company America Online (NYSE: AOL) is reportedly in talks with privately held Microworkz.com Corp. about including AOL's service in the PC maker's computers and even producing an AOL-branded computer. On Monday, at the PC Expo trade show in New York, Microworkz unveiled its new $200 PC/Internet appliance, which uses no Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) software -- it uses a unique combination of the Linux and Be Inc. operating systems. AOL shares took $1 3/8 to $108 1/8 this morning.
High-tech communications equipment company Comtech Communications (Nasdaq: CMTL) tuned in $1 5/16 to $11 9/16 after the Army chose it to implement its movement tracking system, which could mean as much as $418 million of mobile terminals, computers, peripherals, and communications systems and services over an eight-year period.
Specialty water treatment chemicals provider Nalco Chemical Co. (NYSE: NLC) added to its $3 1/2 gain of yesterday, rising $2 11/16 to $43 9/16, after yesterday afternoon confirming that it was in merger talks. Bloomberg News yesterday fingered oil refiner and specialty chemical firm Ashland (NYSE: ASH) and French water company Vivendi as possible buyers.
Aluminum sheet manufacturer Commonwealth Industries (Nasdaq: CMIN) was burnished for a gain of $2 5/8 to $12 5/8 after saying it expects to report Q2 EPS between $0.35 and $0.45. Six analysts surveyed by First Call were looking for EPS of $0.23. The expectations primarily reflect significant volume gains at Commonwealth's aluminum products business.
Small business Internet services firm Netopia (Nasdaq: NTPA) moved up $2 7/8 to $20 7/8 after high-speed Internet access company Jato Communications chose Netopia as its preferred provider of digital subscriber line customer premises equipment.
Online city guide and event ticketing company Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (Nasdaq: TMCS) bagged $2 7/8 to $25 7/8 after Thomas Weisel Partners rated the stock a new "buy."
Industrial and consumer packaging products company Sonoco (NYSE: SON) improved $1 15/16 to $28 after Morgan Stanley Dean Witter raised its full-year 1999 EPS estimate to $1.76 from $1.74. First Call's 10-analyst consensus estimate is $1.78. The brokerage kept its price target at $35 per share.
Pharmaceutical contract research organization (CRO) Parexel International (Nasdaq: PRXL) tumbled another $4 1/8 to $12 13/16 after dropping 21% yesterday on fears that rival Covance (NYSE: CVD) would call off its planned merger with the company. This morning, Covance confirmed those fears and cut loose Parexel, saying both companies agreed that the decision is "in the best interests of their respective shareholders." Covance moved up $4 1/16 to $25 5/8 on the news.
Oilfield drilling fluids management services firm Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR) slid $2 5/16 to $8 7/16, giving back yesterday's 15% merger rumor-induced gain. After the bell, the company agreed to merge with oilfield tubular coating and inspection services firm Tuboscope (NYSE: TBI) in a $1.3 billion stock swap. The new company's ownership will be split 50-50 between the shareholders of both companies. While not estimated, merger-related cost savings are expected. Tuboscope lost $3/8 to $13 7/8 this morning.
Business technology integration consultant AnswerThink Consulting Group (Nasdaq: ANSR) went brain-dead for a $5 1/8 loss to $22 5/8 after deciding it is of like minds with corporate e-business tools and applications developer THINK New Ideas (Nasdaq: THNK), which it will acquire for about $231.2 million in stock. AnswerThink expects the deal to add to its earnings in calendar year 2000.
Global energy provider American Electric Power Co. (NYSE: AEP) was zapped by a $2 1/2 loss to $39 1/8 after saying it will spend $574 million to restart the Unit 1 and Unit 2 reactors of its Cook Nuclear Plant by the end of next year. The costs are expected to trim the company's earnings per share by $0.27 in the first half of 1999, $0.37 in the second half of 1999, and $1.15 in 2000. AEP said forking over the dough for a restart outweighed the option of shutting down the plant entirely and writing off the investment, which would have resulted in the loss of "significant sales opportunities."
Pegasus Communications (Nasdaq: PGTV) had its wings clipped and fell $2 1/2 to $36 after Merrill Lynch cuts its near-term rating on the marketer of digital broadcast satellite (DBS) systems to rural areas to "accumulate" from "buy."
Spanish-language Internet portal Quepasa.com (Nasdaq: PASA) retreated $2 1/16 to $15 1/16 after rising 43% yesterday following its initial public offering of 4 million shares at a price of $12 per share.
Biopharmaceutical company Centocor Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTO) slipped $2 1/8 to $44 3/4 after Bear Stearns cut the firm's fiscal 1999 earnings estimate to $0.51 per share from $0.62 per share and its fiscal 2000 estimate to $0.95 per share from $1.00 per share, citing higher anticipated research and development spending.
Textile company Delta Woodside Industries (NYSE: DLW) unraveled for a $1 3/16 loss to $5 15/16 after a plan to sell its Delta Mills Marketing Co. operating business came apart at the seams due to a lack of satisfactory offers. Instead, Delta Woodside is considering the sale of its Delta Apparel and Duck Head units to its Delta Mills Inc. khaki making subsidiary, or spinning off the two units to its shareholders as separate publicly traded companies in an effort to recapitalize the parent company.
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Diego Maradona was yesterday notified by Italian tax police that he owes 52bn lire (£16.5m) in evaded taxes and interest.
Maradona arrived at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport only to be escorted by tax inspectors to their office and given papers to sign.
The former Argentina striker is in Italy to appear on television shows and unveil a limited-edition coin engraved with his image.
David Johnson will complete a £3m move to Nottingham Forest today, pending a medical, after Ipswich accepted a second offer from the City Ground.
Johnson scored 22 goals in helping Ipswich to promotion last season but has lost his place to Marcus Stewart. Forest recently failed with a £2.5m bid.
Kidderminster's manager Jan Molby has transfer listed seven players in the wake of Wednesday's 2-0 defeat at Bury in the LDV Vans Trophy.
The Dane, on the shortlist for the Barnsley job filled by Nigel Spackman this week, has told Barry Horne, Ian Bogie, Paul Webb, Tony Bird, Tim Clarke and Steve Pope that they can leave. Dean Bennett will be allowed to go for a fee.
Sheffield United have put the £1m-rated Curtis Woodhouse on the transfer list at his own request after the breakdown of contract talks. The midfielder is under contract until the end of next season.
Manchester City's Tony Grant, 26, is talking over a £400,000 move to Barnsley and his club-mate Ian Bishop is expected to join Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer.
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Sprott wins Prizefighter tourney again, Toney defeated by Gavern
Previous Prizefighter winner Michael Sprott (40-21, 17 KOs) reclaimed the Prizefighter Cup and won the £32,000 winner's check with a three round unanimous decision over Jason Gavern (24-17-4, 11 KOs) in Thursday's one-night, eight-man, three-stage knock-out tournament at the famed York Hall in London. Sprott who had lost six of his last seven fights coming in, cruised past Gavern, who appeared to suffer an injury to his left elbow. Scores were 29-28, 30-27, 30-27.
In a bout between the final and the semi-finals, Olympic super heavyweight Gold medal star Anthony Joshua (3-0, 3 KOs) scored a second round TKO over Hrvoje Kisicek (5-7-1, 1 KO). The bout was stopped shortly after Joshua dropped Kisicek, who lasted the full six against fellow British prospect Hughie Fury last month, so Joshua has one-upped Hughie.
James Toney (76-9-3, 45 KOs) and Jason Gavern (24-16-4, 11 KOs) brawled for three rounds with Gavern taking a 29-29, 29-28, 29-28 majority decision. Toney was totally gassed at the end. Gavern stated he was a former sparring partner of Toney and learned a few things.
Michael Sprott (39-21, 17 KOs) won a tight unanimous decision over Brian Minto (38-7, 24 KOs). Sprott had the edge in a slow round one, Minto had a big round two punishing Sprott on the ropes. Round three was close with Sprott doing a lot of holding. 29-28 across the board for Sprott.
Brian Minto (38-6, 24 KOs) outworked Tom Little (3-2, 0 KOs) to take a three round split decision. The aggressive Minto pressured Little throughout the three rounds to win by scores of 29-28, 29-28 on two cards, Little was up 29-28 on the third card.
Michael Sprott (38-21, 17 KOs) outscored a sluggish Damian "Bolo" Wills (31-4-1, 24 KOs) over three. Wills landed the better shots in round one, but Sprott outhustled him in rounds two and three. Scores were 30-28, 29-28, 29-28.
45-year-old former three-division world champion James Toney (76-8-3, 45 KOs) schooled comparative novice Matt Legg (6-2, 2 KOs) for two rounds, then got the stoppage in round three after staggering Legg with a series of clean punches. Time was 1:04. Toney earned the extra £2,000 bonus with the TKO.
The USA Team got off to a good start with Jason Gavern (24-15-4, 11 KOs) winning a clear three round decision over Larry Olubamiwo (10-4, 9 KOs). Gavern almost immediately dropped Olubamiwo in round one, both fighters had their moments in round two, Gavern outworked Olubamiwo in round three. Scores were 29-28, 29-28, 29-27.


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Verizon presents Super Bowl XLVIII Music Mix Light Show
Look UP in NYC and listen this week - Verizon presents a Super Bowl XLVIII Light Show on top of the Empire State Building! Tune in with us from Monday, January 27th through Friday, January 31st for a special Super Bowl music mix from NFL Films Music synchronized with the lighting at the top of the Empire State Building! It will be live each night from 6:00-6:05pm and AGAIN at 6:55-7:00pm!
Use the hashtag #WhosGonnaWin and tweet who you're rooting for, and you could help light up the Empire State Building with your Super Bowl team's colors!
Listen on your radio, on your mobile device with your iHeartRadio app, or stream live from www.q1043.com/listen - and remember to look up if you're near NYC!


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Benjamin Levi, M.D.
Burn and Critical Care Fellowship, Massachusettes General Hospital and the Shriner's Burn Center
Benjamin Levi M.D. completed his undergraduate education at Washington University, medical school at Northwestern University and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery residency at the University of Michigan. During this time he completed a 2 year post-doctoral research fellowship at Stanford University. He is currently completing a fellowship in Burn and Surgical Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Benjamin has been involved in Burn research since High School when given the opportunity to work in the Burn Laboratory of Richard Gamelli MD and Luisa DiPietro DDS, PhD. Subsequently, and for three consecutive summers, he worked in the Burn and Shock Trauma laboratory of Dr. Gamelli and Dr. Luisa DiPietro with a focus on wound healing and inflammation. Inspired by this experience, he remained active in research throughout medical school and residency and he dedicated two years of additional training to do a basic science research fellowship in stem cell biology and bone tissue engineering at Stanford University under Dr. Michael Longaker. During this time, he folcused on basic stem cell biology, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) osteogenesis, and bone tissue engineering. Since returning to the University of Michigan, Dr. Levi has developed the Burn/Wound and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory with the guidance of Dr. Stewart Wang. This lab has focused on the significant clinical proble of heterotopic ossification. Specifically, Dr. Levi has developed new animal models to study this complex process and is working to improve early diagnostic and treatment modalities.


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The Player of the Year race during the European Poker Tour has always been one of the key interests for players and fans throughout each season, with the player that wins able to not only have the bragging rights of being recognised as the best player on the tour for that particular season but also a free €50k buy-in into a PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker event of their choice.
For EPT Season 11 however, there is going to be the chance for a couple more players to receive honours as PokerStars who have been working alongside Global Poker Index have come up with three separate Player of the Year awards.
EPT President Edgar Stuchly released a statement giving his thoughts on why the new changes are warranted:
"The European Poker Tour caters to an incredible spectrum of players of all skill levels and bankrolls, and we believe the Player of the Year should reflect that, each stop of the EPT is a huge poker festival and this change allows us to recognize this diversity."
The awards have been broken up to recognize players that are unable to compete in the highest buy-in events. This gives lower buy-in players something else to aim for rather than just concentrating on the more recognised names in the game.
These awards will be classed as Gold, Silver and Bronze with each award targeting certain levels of buy-ins. The Gold award will go to the overall best performing player from the higher buy-in events, the Silver award will go to the player that has performed best in some of the larger side events and the Bronze award will go to the player that has performed the best in the lower buy-in side events. Each of the players that win will be awarded with a customised trophy.
Alex Dreyfus who is the President of Global Poker Index said:
"We are pleased to continue our relationship with the EPT, I'm happy that the EPT and Global Poker Index continue to work together to establish industry standards. We share a vision and commitment to promote poker as a global and unified sport to a mainstream audience."
We feel it is a great change as we should not always just be focusing on the well known players but also giving the up and coming players a chance to show their potential too.


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April 7–8, 2015
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Shipbuilding design & fabrication continue to advance to reduce weight for energy efficiency and improve structural integrity for sustainability. AWS is pleased to host the 9th semi-annual Shipbuilding Conference. This conferences provides presentations on key emerging technologies that are being developed and qualified for use in both commercial and Navy shipbuilding. Experts will explain how metals additive manufacturing can impact advanced ship structure design for manufacturability; how phased array UT inspection of piping is being qualified for safe conned space examination of shipboard welds, how new materials are being developed for high strength and lightweight materials, and how intelligent automation can increase productivity and quality to name a few. This conferences will benefit designers, engineers, fabricators and suppliers who seek to increase shipbuilding innovation and competitiveness.
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The Marquette Hotel
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July 13–16, 2015
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Lehigh University
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The nation we call, the United States of America was founded by those of the Christian Protestant faith. Until 1800, about 96% of Americans were either Protestant and about 3% were Catholic, and there were a few thousand Jews. Of course, slaves represented about 15% of the population. The initial demographic change occurred during the period 1830-1870 when large numbers of Irish Catholics and German immigrants arrived. Later in the second half of the 19th century came those from Sweden and Finland and Denmark. However, the next great change occurred between 1880-1924 when over 20,000,000 immigrants arrived from eastern Europe, and Italy. Included within this group were about 3,000,000 Jews. By 1914, one out of four people in America was either born in another land or the child of an immigrant.
Of course, there were always slaves(freed in the 1860s) and those of Spanish heritage who lived in the southwest and California. Two years ago, a majority of people in California were no longer of European heritage and now the latest figure is that 39% of California inhabitants are of Mexican heritage. Those of white European heritage are now the minority. There are now large numbers of people from Asian background along with African Americans.
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|Ben Tickle
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| Ben (By Everybody)
The Benster (By himself)
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|Home town newcastle metiond in faux pas de deux Benjamin "Ben" Tickle is a breath of fresh air at the Academy. He's like a puppy boundless energy a short attention span and the potential to lick you if he likes you enough. Ben could be considered a normal Aussie male cheeky,scruffy and more than slightly hopeless. He loves his cricket and footie as much as he loves his ballet.
He's also blessed with a huge talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
This doesn't stop him from talking far from it and one of his real charms is that he'll try to make friends with anyone and usually succeeds.
Ben was accepted into the Academy last year but chose to defer. As we'll find out later he was under doctors' orders to do so.
He begins this semester as part of the First Year class but it quickly becomes apparent that he's much more advanced than the other students. They soon accelerate him to Second Year where he joins the rest of the gang.
While relaxed about almost everything Ben is intense about his dance training. He pushes himself every day determined to make the most of his natural talent. He is hard on his body harder than most students and sometimes needs to be told that it's time to stop.
In addition to ballet he's skilled in ballroom and acrobatics he's also an excellent tap dancer.
He ships Benstara.
When he was 5 he developed leukemia. 7 years later he started dancing
Character History
In Dreamlife, he is one of the students who comes to the underground hip hop class taught by Christian.
In Faux Pas De Deux, Christian, Sammy, and Tara are put off by Ben's tendency to say the first thing that comes into his mind... no matter how blunt or insensitive it sounds. After Sammy explains to him that using the word "gay" with a derogatory connotation is offensive, he makes Sammy and Christian a batch of rainbow cupcakes to apologize, thinking they are a homosexual couple. Afterwards, Abigail complains to Grace that Tara has the best pas de deux partner (Christian), so Grace talks to her godmother, Miss Raine, and gets her to rearrange the couples: Abigail and Christian, Grace and Sammy, and Tara and Ben.
In Connectivity Tara and Ben get off to a rocky start but they become friends and and start working well together on their contemporary pas de deux. Ben finds Tara a four-leaf clover (stuck together with chewing gum), and Tara gets Ben to start wearing deodorant.
In The Break, Ben joins Christian and Sammy on their boys night out to celebrate the end of exams. He pretends to have a tattoo to impress Kat, but she tells him she has feelings for someone else.
In Breaking Pointe, Ben is concerned for Tara when Saskia pushes her too far and breaks her back on purpose. Although Ben is shown to have a crush on Kat at first, he ends up truly falling for Tara.
In The Naturals, Ben kisses Tara to prove that he's not "harmless." Although she originally said he was too goofy and nice, after their kiss she develops a crush on him and tries to plan a double date with Christian and Kat, which ends with her and Ben bicycling into the harbor. Ben tries to tell her the kiss was not a kiss but a point he was trying to make; however, Tara continues to have feelings for him, bringing up the memory of him telling her he only kissed people if it means something.
In The Ladder Theory, Ben first asks Tara to the beach as a tactic to psych out Christian before the Prix contemporary performances. When Tara says she's ready to date, Ben intially tells her that he considers her on the friend ladder, not the girlfriend ladder, and you can't cross ladders. However, after spending time together, he begins to realize he has feelings for her too. When Tara wishes him luck, he takes her hand, and while he watches her perform he wears a big smile. Christian is clearly jealous of Ben's interest in Tara, and he tells her that Ben is "suddenly all over her" only because he's trying to mess with his head. After Tara's contemporary performance, Ben tells her that if it may be possible to cross ladders, if you could just lean over. He leans in and kisses her, which Christian sees. After Tara sees that Christian was watching their kiss she asks Ben if he did it to mess Christian up, to which he admits that the beach invitation was a tactic. Although he genuinely likes Tara now, she says her crush is over, thinking he was only using her to mess with Christian.
In Love It Or Fight It, Ben asks Christian for advice on how to get Tara after failing by dressing up in her bra and tutu. Christian tells him that Tara is a special girl and he needs to do something special to win her affection. Ben remembers how she wanted to go to Russia so she could ice skate and wear furry hats. So, at the end he takes her to the beach where an ice skating rink is there for her and her friends to use for the day. She soon falls for him again as they skate togeather and kiss on the ice. This leads to Kat dumping Christian, out of realization that Christian is still in love with Tara. Now Ben and Tara are boyfriend and girlfriend and very happy together according to the last seen episode, but Christian is still in a jealous storm.
Tara WebsterAt first, Tara didn't really like Ben. The two were assigned as Pas de Deux partners, and Ben was alway being obnoxious by licking his hands before lifting her up, and never wearing deoderant. After his obnoxious phase settles down, both of them become friends. After Tara is fully over Christian, she wants to start crushing so her horoscope will work in her favor. Ollie suggests that she start crushing on Ben, but she says that he's "too goofy and harmless." To retaliate, Ben kisses her and Tara develops feelings for Ben. She sets up a double date with Kat and Christian which ends up with Ben and Tara riding their bike into the harbour and them pulling seaweed off each other angrily.To psych Christian out, Ben asks Tara to go on a date with him during the Prix de Fonteyn Nationals. Tara asks Ben out, but he states that she's on the "friend ladder" and that is was impossible to cross to the "girlfriend ladder." At the nationals, Christian tells Tara that Ben only asked her out to make him uncomfortable. After Tara's dance, Ben tries to kiss her, but is rejected and confronted about how she doesn't want to be played. He admits to asking her out as a "strategic" move, but he really has feeling for her now. Tara doesn't beleive him and walks away. Ben then goes out of his way to show public displays of affection to Tara so she would date him. Tara forgives him, but she doesn't want to get together with him. Afterwards, Ben arranges the group to go ice skating, but Tara is skeptic about it. She enjoys her time skating with Ben, and they both fall and kiss. By the next episodes, they're dating. all though after their friend Sammy's death, the two were both in mourning and were "technically still together", though Tara said that she didn't match Ben's happy personality anymore. By the end of " The Prix de Fonteyn " Ben says Tara can break up with him or avoid him, but he'll always be waiting, because she can't see it, but they are good for each other. Were dating in season 3 but broke up because Tara still has feelings for Christian.
Kat Karamakov
The first time meeting Kat, Ben suggests that she should be added to the group, but he doesn't really know all about her yet and develops a crush on her. He tries to do things so Kat will like him, but it doesn't work, as she explains she has feeling for someone else (Christian). Kat described him as a puppy, and when the puppy gets too annoying, you have to gently push the puppy away. Ben admitted that most girls don't like him because he's annoying. When she starts dating Christian, he loses his feelings for Kat, and the two become good friends.
Sammy Lieberman
Sammy first meets Ben during a freestyle hip-hop session outside the Academy that is broken up by Miss Raine. They are seen dancing alongside when Christian decides to hold a hip-hop class. Ben starts second year at the Academy and he tries to be best mates with him and Christian, but first impressions aren't going so well. Ben nicknames himself the "Benster," completely being irrelevant to the guys. Ben throws a party where no one shows up, but it is shown that Sammy apologises. Later, Sammy confronts Ben about his gay remarks and his obnoxiousness which ends up with Ben baking rainbow cupcakes for Sammy and Christian, assuming that they are an undercover gay couple. During the end of the series Ben and Sammy become good friends. When Sammy dies, Ben is shown crying at his memorial on the beach. Ben also showcases the performace that Sammy was going to perform at the Prix de Fonteyn alongside with the group.
Christian Reed
Ben and Christian meet during a free styple hip-hop session outside the Academy that is broken up by Miss Raine. Ben goes to Christian's hip-hop class. Ben starts second year at the Academy and tries to be mates with him and Sammy. As seen by facial expressions, Christian is really annoyed of Ben. He doesn't show up at Ben's party at all. When Ben makes the rainbow cupcakes for Christian and Sammy because of what Sammy told him, Christian was so confused for Ben thinking that Sammy and him were actually dating. After the little shape-up, Ben and Christian becomes friends. During the nationals for the Prix de Fonteyn, Ben makes Christian uncomfortable by asking Tara out on a date to the beach. Jealousy from Christian is noticeable. After Christian and Kat break up, Christian wants to tell Tara that he still loves her, but Sammy tries to stop him because Christian is friends with Ben. It's assumed that both Ben and Christian are still good friends.
Abigail Armstrong
Abigail and Ben don't actually interract at all unless they are both hanging out with the group. There was one time; however, when aven asks Abigail what she's doing as she as blaming the computer for crashing in her in a video chat with Wes, who now lives in Barcelona. Abigail agrees that what she's doing is unproductive, so she joins Ben's hip-hop group against Ollie and Christian's team.
Grace Whitney
Ben and Grace don't really have a friendship, but when the whole class has to do solos on their past, Grace talks Ben out of doing the solo about his cancer survival. In Season 3, the two become much closer when Grace saves Ben in the run to the mall fountain, from being caught by the Police. At the end of the season, Ben and Grace are seen hugging when neither one of them get a contract. Ben calls Grace her Best Friend and the two continue to stay that way. It is presumed that they are currently friends.
- Before dating Tara Webster, Ben never had a proper girlfriend before (long term). His longest relationship was a day.
- Ben was selected into the Academy along with Tara and the others but he couldn't join them as a result of his doctor's suggestion. Hence he joined this year, but was soon transferred to the 2nd year batch as he was at a much higher standard.
- Saskia Duncan offers Ben private lessons at the beginning of Season 3.
- Ben's nickname is the Benster.
- "Have you always walked funny or did ballet make you that way?"
- "You know that kiss meant nothing, right?"
- "Well, the ladders would have to be really close, and you could just lean over... or I could."
- "I made you rainbow cupcakes."
- "Ow, my lips! They're burning!"
- "Call me the Benster."
- "Pact or no pact, you know I'm still shipping Benstara. I'll keep waiting for you."
- "We've already lost one good mate. We've missed you, Reedo."
- "Oh, that's so gay."


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Less than a month after being named the starting quarterback for the remainder of the year, Houston QB Case Keenum will be out with a torn ligament in his thumb. According to team reporter Deepi Sidhu, veteran QB Matt Schaub took first team reps and will return to the starting line-up against Denver on Sunday.
Fantasy Analysis:
After posting an underwhelming stat line against the Colts on Sunday, Keenum was likely off of your fantasy radar for this weeks matchup against the Broncos. Matt Schaub will start, but should only be in your line-up in very deep or 2 QB leagues. Schaub, however, gives a slight bump to wide receiver Andre Johnson against a suspect Broncos secondary.


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Governor Pat Quinn tomorrow will meet with travel officials in Mexico City to promote Mexican tourism in Illinois, already a $103 million business. The governor is currently on a trade mission to Mexico, as part of his agenda to drive Illinois' economy forward and create jobs. The governor will address members of the travel industry at a breakfast in Mexico City to showcase Illinois and Chicago as a visitor destination and advance Mexican awareness of Illinois' rich cultural heritage.
"Mexico is Illinois' third largest international market for visitors to our state, with 100,000 arriving by plane alone each year," Governor Quinn said. "But we can't stop now, and this mission will strengthen our economy by increasing the number of Mexican tourists to Illinois."
Governor Quinn will headline the Illinois tourism breakfast held at the Torre Mayor, one of the tallest buildings in Mexico City. In his address, the governor will highlight the great and varied tourism opportunities available in Illinois, from the city of Chicago to the Abraham Lincoln and Route 66 sites, and the Shawnee National Forest. Joining Governor Quinn is a host of Illinois businesses and organizations, including Chicago-based United Airlines and Choose Chicago, to encourage travel to Illinois.
Illinois and Mexico have strong social ties. There are 1.6 million persons of Mexican origin in Illinois, representing 12.5 percent of the state's population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet, many Mexican tourists come to Illinois to visit family and friends without taking advantage of the diverse activities in the state. One of the trade mission's main objectives is increasing Illinois' market share of Mexican visitors to the U.S., as there is great potential. Mexican travel to the U.S. is expected to grow 17 percent by 2017.
"Mexico is critical to our tourism sales, marketing and public relations strategy," Don Welsh, Choose Chicago president and CEO said. "Visitation out of this market is essential as we continue to work toward Mayor Emanuel's two key goals for leisure tourism -- to grow annual visitation to exceed 50 million visitors annually, and to elevate Chicago to be among the top five most popular US cities for international travel. Mexico's travel trade community, and its travel writers and influencers have now discovered the most American of American cities. We look forward to continued success in this region."
"As tourism traffic from Mexico to Chicago continues to grow, United is excited to be a key partner in efforts to connect these two great destinations for business and leisure travelers," Rolf Meyer, United Airlines' managing director of sales in Mexico said. "This marks our 47th year of service to Mexico, and we look forward to continuing to explore new opportunities in the local markets."
According to Google, from 2011 to 2012 the highest increase of online users searching for Illinois information came from Mexico, a 23 percent increase. Since attractions throughout the state are very popular with Spanish-speaking families, Illinois has launched a re-imagined www.disfrutaillinois.com, the state tourism website for Spanish-speaking audiences. The Spanish-language guide can be downloaded for free on the website.
More than 90 million domestic and international travelers visit Illinois every year, supporting more than 290,000 jobs. The Illinois tourism industry generated a record $31.8 billion in 2011, up 8.4 percent from the previous year, fueled by a record increase in leisure travel. The 2012 results, slated to be released this summer, are expected to show another strong year. The robust results emphasize the critical role tourism plays in fueling Illinois' economic growth, creating jobs and providing additional revenue to the state.
The top markets for international visitors to Illinois, in order, are: Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, the People's Republic of China and Germany.
The Mexico trade mission, from April 3 to 6, is the latest by Governor Quinn as he seeks to promote Illinois to an international audience. Past missions include China and Japan in 2011, and Canada and Brazil in 2012.
Source: http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=11060


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It didn't take the bigots long to attack Sen. Branden Petersen (R-Andover) over his support for marriage equality. Andy Parrish, former Michele Bachmann staffer and fail-tastic Deputy Campaign Manager for Minnesotans for Marriage, sent out an email yesterday. The email was full of the usual fear-mongering and pearl-clutching we've come to expect from them.
Dear ,
Is this your vision for Minnesota?
Kindergartners being taught in school that boys can marry boys.
Private business being forced to shut down or face fines if they don't provide services for Same Sex Marriages.
Children as young as third grader roll playing the six different genders (Bi-sexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited).
Sadly it is the vision of Liberals and now Republican Senator Brandon Petersen for your business and your children. These are just a few of the consequences we have seen on business and children in other states that allow Man/Man – Woman/Woman marriage.
We don't just hold Liberals accountable for their actions. A Stronger Minnesota holds "Republicans" like Petersen accountable for straying from traditional Minnesota values.
We need your help. Can you help us with a donation today of $25, $50, $75 or $100 today so we can put the pressure on Petersen to support God's definition of marriage and not Petersen's – self serving definition?
Your donation will help us continue the fight to preserve what God made for all of us.
People like Petersen don't really believe that God knew what He was doing when He designed marriage. People like Peterson believe they can build a better version then God was able to.
Your donation will help us continue the fight for Traditional Minnesota Values. Make no mistake we will hold legislators accountable for their votes and we appreciate and thank you for your support.
Andy Parrish, President, A Stronger Minneosta
Oh Noez! Who are going to save the childrens from Teh Gayz? Teachers will be gaying up our childrens! Help us fight the spreading gayness with your monies!


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Indoor Jungle: Scarbrough, Ont.
I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years and found an add for this place on facebook. http://www.indoorjungle.ca/index.html Seems like its a new store have any of you been there, how is their plant selection?
yes our plant section is up and we do have a big variety of live plants and planted aquarium setups.
I was there on the weekend and the plant section was looking very poorly for what it is worth.
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When there is much fever, gastritis may be confounded with remittent or typhoid fever.
It is usually of the remittent type and may continue for some months.
The remittent fever is simply aggravated ague, it may last for several days.
He had been suffering from remittent fever of a low typhoid type.
I was again attacked by a remittent fever of an obstinate character.
Rage and anger persistent and mischievous, or remittent and impotent.
This has been asserted, and in the case of remittent there is evidence that spontaneous cures do sometimes happen.
Abolish the congestive and inflammatory element of a remittent, and it at once becomes an intermittent.
Sallowness of the skin is an early and almost constant event in remittent fever.
It has been known and described as gastric and remittent fever, as continued typhoid, and even as acute hydrocephalus.
remittent re·mit·tent (rĭ-mĭt'nt)
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I plan my meals every week.
It saves me time and money.
It helps me visualize when I'll need extra help, or when to scale back or when to pull out the fancy forks*.
It keeps me from wasting food.
It takes less than 15 minutes a week.
So, what are you having for supper tomorrow?
*Just kidding, I don't have any fancy forks. Do you? Do tell.


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Hi friends!
Today, I'm happy to be joining a group of my blogging friends to share with you how we each add green to our homes for St. Patrick's Day! 20 of us are sharing and at the end of my post you will find a list of all the other bloggers joining in so that you can stop by their place for more ideas and inspiration!
I don't typically use much green in my home, but when my friend Meg from Green with Decor asked me to join this blog hop about her favorite color, I was happy to try something new! This time of year, I'm usually adding bits of Easter to the house, so it was really fun to change things up!
To easily include St. Patrick's Day touches, I used silk flower's for my pops of the traditional green, embellished an arrow sign for the entryway and added shamrocks to a banner for the kitchen mantel. These are some super simple, low key ways to join in such a festive & fun holiday that don't take a lot of time or money.
That's my Easy St.Patrick's Day Decor y'all.
I am really enjoying the pops of green, so who knows, maybe some green pillows are in my future!
And now, have fun stopping by all these other great blogs!
Monday, March 7
Green With Decor
Rain on a Tin Roof
Design Asylum
3 Little Greenwoods
Up to Date Interiors
Tuesday, March 8
Migonis Home
2 Bees in a Pod
Elizabeth Joan Designs
Seeking Lavender Lane
The Deans List
Wednesday, March 9
Live the Fancy Life
Iris Nacole
Karen's Up on the Hill
Thursday, March 10
Go Haus Go
The House Down the Lane
Lehman Lane
The Honeycomb Home
Friday, March 11
My Creative Days
The Twin Cedars
Casa Watkins


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When Should I Leave Her Alone?
How Soon Is Too Soon To Give Up Chasing A Girl?
What's funnier is that men have their own version of the same thing, only phrased differently. As men, we tend to come at it from the other angle and ask, "How do I know when to back off?" In a way, it's even less sensible than the female version. The women are at least being proactive and looking for a course of action they can take to make things turn out in their favor. On the other hand, men are basically asking at what precise point their pursuit becomes a waste of time, as though time spent courting a woman that doesn't end in sex is an objective "waste."
We ask this question because we see our interactions with women as a linear process. Once we meet a woman we like, we expect that the more we "give," the more we "get." We show interest, she reciprocates. We spend resources on her, including time and money, and we expect further commitment and intimacy. We spend even further resources and finally make the overture of engagement, and we expect acceptance. When it works out that way, all is right with the world. We invest both physically and emotionally, and we get a return on it. Even when relationships don't work out, it's a case of one or both parties recognizing what they see as a bad investment.
What baffles men is when things never get off the ground to start with. They'll usually meet a woman, develop a small rapport, and then go about the courtship process. The problem is, they get stonewalled. The woman might find them pleasant enough as an acquaintance, but isn't interested in dating. That's when as men we'll start to pour it in thicker and thicker. We're conditioned to believe that investment equals rewards, so we figure that if we're not getting enough output, we just need more input. That's why you'll see guys ask the same woman out time and time again, or lavish gifts on a woman who's never so much as agreed to a date. They'll keep going until they reach what they believe to be her threshold for "caving in," not realizing that a woman's acceptance of your investment is entirely contingent on her own investment in you.


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Over the past several decades it's been blood sport to bash Christopher Columbus. For the champions of superficial diversity, Columbus represents everything they find so despicable about "bad old western Europe." It's too bad then that so many of those who see Columbus as an Icon of White Man's Imperialism, know so little about the man, his motivation, his faith and his ultimate mission. I suspect that most of his modern day critics would be hard-pressed to even tell you the man's nationality. You'd never know it from his anglicized name, but Columbus was a Genoa-born Italian and – everyone agrees on this part – one of the greatest sailors in history.
Columbus, unlike anyone else of his time, was willing to sail into uncharted waters in hopes of finding a new trade route to Asia. In the 15th century, men rarely sailed out of sight of land, and were even reluctant to sail down unfamiliar coastlines. After all it was a treacherous affair. Columbus' courage truly set him apart from other sailors of his era.
His courage, it is instructive to note, was rooted in a deep faith and a strong conviction that he was the mariner chosen by God to bring the Catholic faith to the Asian people. He was a man who knew the New Testament by heart and could quote long passages of the Old Testament from memory. That being said, it would be dishonest to suggest that Columbus was motivated by his love for the faith alone. He was also hoping to find gold in the Far East, to amass great wealth. But he did not want the wealth simply for himself. His plan was to find enough gold to be able to finance a crusade for the reconquest of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Although his contemporaries found Columbus to be an arrogant character, Queen Isabel of Spain was impressed by his deep faith and so supported him in his mission. She financed his voyage and commissioned him as Royal Admiral of the Ocean Sea. On his ships—the famous Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—he flew a white flag bearing a green cross, on either side of which was a crown. Under one crown was the letter F for King Ferdinand and under the other crown the letter I for Queen Isabel.
Against all odds, and however accidentally, Columbus guided his crew to the New World. Without the great faith he placed in cooperating with God's will and grace, he would have turned back at the urging of many of his crew. Some even thought he was deranged and were plotting a mutiny when on October 12, 1492, at 2:00 am, they finally spotted land. The crew landed about eight hours later. Columbus went ashore, knelt in the sand and thanked God for steering him safely to what he thought at the time was the East Indies.
He planted the Spanish flag in the sand and claimed the land for Queen Isabel. He called the island San Salvador, "Holy Saviour." Throughout the autumn of 1492, Columbus and his crew sailed from island to island in search of the wealthy Eastern civilization they thought they had found. Instead of finding gold and spices, they found primitive, impoverished natives, who the Spaniards mistakenly called "Indians," a name that seems to have stuck.
On January 4,1493, Columbus set sail to return to Spain. In February he and his crew ran into some of the worst sea storms recorded in history. The crew felt that had no hope left except in God. Each crew member pledged to make a specific pilgrimage should God have the mercy to spare them their lives. Two days later, they arrived safely in the Azores.
When Columbus was faced with the dangers of the sea—tempestuous storms, shipwrecks and still waters—he took recourse to Our Lady and St. Francis, to whom he was deeply devoted. He relied not only on his own expertise as a veteran sailor; he relied on the intercession of the saints and God's grace to get him through his impossible voyage.
Columbus faced many dangers. At one point, one of his ships was in great danger of sinking from a leak that had sprung in the hull. According to the journal he kept throughout his voyage, he realized that there was no hope left in the natural order of things. So he called upon the Creator of nature, and recited the first verses of St. John's Gospel: "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was God, and the Word became flesh." Columbus took courage in these words announcing the entrance of God into human time. He therefore had faith that God could enter into the course of human events and steer him toward his end.
Although there is no doubt that Columbus was motivated out of his love of God and the Catholic faith, he was no saint. His faith was strong, but his charity was weak. He was a defender of the Faith even though he did not always live his faith to the fullest. Although he may have been one of the greatest sailors in history, he was not suited to govern the lands he discovered and claimed for Queen Isabel. He made many grave errors in administering the colonies, including his choice to permit enslavement of the native people, which was expressly forbidden by the Queen. When Isabel sent her men to investigate, Columbus was arrested and sent home in disgrace.
In the 18th century, a few hundred years after Columbus' death, a group of French Catholics proposed the cause of his beatification. But this idea was quickly put to rest by a book penned by an Italian monk from Genoa, the hometown of Columbus, which showed how Columbus faith was not always translated into Christian living. If it had been, no doubt we'd have another St. Christopher – another patron saint of travelers. As it stands, Columbus serves as a reminder to all Christians that our faith must always be put into practice. Faith without charity is dead.


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WGBH takes a look at the Confederate memorial on Georges Island; reports Gov. Baker would rather have the thing put somewhere else.
Georges Island
WHDH reports.
Once upon a time, before the rains came, like last week, Photographynatalia visited Georges Island in Boston Harbor.
Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
The tugboat Liberty suffered an engine fire off Georges Island shortly after 8 a.m. today - just as a man was falling off a fishing boat.
The Boston Fire Department promptly summoned its dive team, which promptly got stuck in traffic because it's not based on the water. However, the Coast Guard reports the fire was declared out before the BFD marine unit got out to the tugboat and that a passing boater picked up the person in the water.
The Boston Public Library has put up more than 300 Harbor Island photos and drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries, including a photo of some nurses and babies on Long Island, back in 1930, when it had a hospital and a Civil War-era photo of Ft. Warren on Georges Island, when it still had live cannons.
Posted under this Creative Commons license.
Looking toward the Great Blue Hill (I think; somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) through a tunnel out of Fort Warren on Georges Island.
The fort is great for such framed views, given that it has zillions of slits and holes for cannons, guns and binoculars:
Evan chronicles a trip to this island in the outer harbor:
... This is probably one of the best day trip deals in Boston...$12 weekend rate gets you a round trip on a high-speed catamaran out to Spectacle and Georges Islands, a good distance away from the city and near where Boston Harbor meets the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Evan hops on a ferry to Georges Island.


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The Country Rose Cafe, located in Spanaway, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary by giving back to the community. The homestyle restaurant has been a mainstay of the Spanaway area since Jan. 24, 1994. The restaurant has struck a chord with the community due to general manager Gary Wartter's standard for quality and portioning.
The restaurant is known for traditional homemade breakfast foods like omelets and pancakes, as well as burgers cooked to order and dinner foods like steak and pasta. The cafe is celebrating all month with several special offers. For starters, 20 cent coffee is being offered all throughout January, though getting it to go will set you back $1. The restaurant is also gearing up for several big raffles throughout the month. All January, the restaurant has been selling raffle tickets as a way to give back to the community.
"All the money from [the raffle tickets] goes to more items to buy for the raffle," Wartter said.
The dedication to putting all the money back into the raffle has led to a variety of prizes, including a 50-inch JVC TV, a 3D DVD player and a swath of Seahawks jerseys. The winner of the raffle will be announced on Jan. 27, which is the official celebration of the cafe's 20 year anniversary. That same day, cake will be served for free all throughout business hours. The day will culminate with not only the month-long raffle winner being announced but a secondary raffle taking place only on that day. When someone buys a ticket for the main raffle, they receive a ticket for the secondary raffle at no charge. This secondary raffle will contain its own unique prizes, like a 37-inch TV and free movie passes.
"It's a way to say 'thank you for your business for the last 20 years,'" Wartter said.
The Country Rose Cafe is located at 15803 Pacific Ave. S. and is open seven days a week, starting from 7 a.m. Learn more on their website at http://www.country-rose-cafe.com.


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Thats what I need, a swarm just above the ground like that last one. Nice and easy. I did not spot the queen though.
JP...that was a big ole FAT swarm. Really nice. Was that one about 6 pounds?
Now do you see her?...JP
Quote from: JP on March 28, 2009, 07:23:17 PMNow do you see her?...JPJP I tried to do that. How did you do the circle thing you beat me to it.
Well now I see her Ha Ha. Had to have it circled for me.
Quote from: Irwin on March 29, 2009, 09:32:34 AMQuote from: JP on March 28, 2009, 07:23:17 PMNow do you see her?...JPJP I tried to do that. How did you do the circle thing you beat me to it.Irwin, I opened the pic using paint.net which has an assortment of nice tools to choose from and just burrowed a pencil from the list and circled where the queen is.If you are not familiar with paint.net, its a free download. You can do all sorts of things there like resizing pics....JP
Cindi, that nice lady is who called me for that second swarm. She lives in a town called Luling, approx 30 minutes from where I live. I e-mailed her the pictures, she was glad to see them.Her response: "I am so impressed... sharing these with everybody!!! Happy that the bees were safe in their new home since that storm would have drowned some of them out in the open like that!!! Thanks for taking care of them....JP


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garage door open and close
I've installed a new trolley. Door closes and then rises about a foot then stops.
More information please.....is this an opener problem or a spring problem?:wallbash:
What style spring is it?
This sounds as if it is an opener problem: The door is going just slightly passed the "down stop" position within the controller, actually going just a bit past the micro-switch which stops the controller motor. The weight of the door makes it go past this micro-switch, the the controller recognizes that the switch is not made, puts the controller into the "raise door" mode until the switch is satisfied. All that is needed is some fine-tuning on the door's "stop-down" and "stop-up" adjustments. Remember: If you adjust one setting you will more than likely have to adjust the other just a bit.
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Welcome from Central Texas!!!!!!
This is a discussion on New member from Texas within the New Members Introduce Yourself forums, part of the Welcome To DefensiveCarry.com category; Welcome from SE Missouri....
Welcome from Central Texas!!!!!!
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness,
nor the arrow for its swiftness,
nor the warrior for his glory.
I love only that which they defend.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Welcome from Denton, TX
"Someday someone may kill you with your own gun but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty."
"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
Welcome from South Carolina...
Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.
Welcome to the forum from South Carolina!!
Always put Jesus first in your life.
NRA (Lifetime Member)
U.S. Navy Vet.
Welcome from Tallassee, AL.
thank you everyone!!
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Welcome from Deatsville, Alabama!
"If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to, this is the last stand on earth." Ronald Reagan
"Gentlemen, Prepare to defend yourselves" SGM Basil Plumley
welcome from dfw! i love austin!
got to texas as fast as i could...Fuhgeddaboudit!
Welcome from Florida
Welcome from Ohio!
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-Herbert Spencer
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Welcome to the forum from Virginia.
Welcome from Middle Tennessee!
If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.--Samuel Adams as Candidus, Boston Gazette 20 Jan. 1772
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James Saville once showed me this and OMFG did it hurt!
James Saville once showed me this and OMFG did it hurt!
The year they made it illegal until brown belt, I was in Rio training at Royer's school (Gracie Humaita). Can't remember exactly if it was 2003 or 2004. I was getting ready for the International Masters & Seniors Championship. A bunch of guys in the school were talking about how as many as three or four blue belts had their forearms broken by the 'chave de biceps' locks in the Mundial earlier that summer. Apparently the victims thought that the technique was just applying pressure to their bicep muscle and decided to tough out the pain. Then 'crack'!, their radial bone broke right at the point where the bicep tendon attaches to it. Sounds like the tendon was actually stronger than the bone.
The CBJJ decided to move the submission to brown belt and above because, like the knee bar, there isn't the same kind of 'pre-injury pain' that can be felt with techniques like the kimura or arm bar, or the conception of pain is different. Inexperienced grapplers were assuming there wasn't danger of an injury, just muscle pain.
I don't agree with making certain submissions illegal or limited by belt rank, but I do understand their thought process behind the decision. I still teach it early on too.
If you put a limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.


text: John Boiles, who earlier this year showed us how to control an RC car using an iPod's internal accelerometer (and also how to control the lights on a dance floor in more or less the same way), is a member of Austin, TX, based engineering collective Waterloo Labs, who have up-gunned his iPod technology to control steering, brakes, and acceleration on a full-size automobile. Definitely not the safest hack I've ever blogged, but probably the most impressive. Great work, lady and gents. [Thanks, John!]