text: Those Portal turrets really aren't such bad robots. After all, it's not their fault that they're programmed to shoot you in the face. Everyone's favorite guilt-tripping sentinels get into the gleeful spirit with "This is Aperture," an ode to the puzzle-filled test facility sung to the tune of The Nightmare Before Christmas's "This is Halloween." [via Metafilter]


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November 2008
Africa's easternmost country, Somalia has a land area of 637,657 sq. km., slightly less than that of the state of Texas. Somalia occupies the tip of a region commonly referred to as the Horn of Africa -- because of its resemblance on the map to the horn of a rhinoceros -- that also includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya. It comprises Italy's former Trust Territory of Somalia and the former British Protectorate of Somaliland (currently seeking recognition as an independent state). The coastline extends 2,720 kilometers (1,700 mi.). Mogadishu is the capital; other cities include Beledweyne, Kismayo, Baidoa, Jowhar, Merca, Gaalkayo, Bosasso, Hargeisa, and Berbera.
The northern part of Somalia is hilly, and in many places the altitude ranges between 3,000 ft.-7,000 ft. above sea level. The central and southern areas are flat, with an average altitude of less than 600 ft. The Juba and the Shabelle Rivers rise in Ethiopia and flow south across the country toward the Indian Ocean. Major climatic factors are a year-round hot climate, seasonal monsoon winds, and irregular rainfall with recurring droughts.
The 2006 estimated population is 8.8 million, of which an estimated 2 million is in Somaliland. Somali is the major ethnic group, with a small non-Somali minority, consisting of mostly Bantu and Arabs. The country's major religion is Sunni Muslim (99%).The official language is Somali; other important languages include Arabic, Italian, and English.
Somalia has no national government at present; however, a two-year reconciliation process led by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) concluded in 2004 following the formation of a transitional government, the components of which are known as the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The TFIs include a transitional parliament, known as the Transitional Federal Assembly (formed in August 2004), as well as a Transitional Federal Government (TFG) that includes a transitional President, Prime Minister and a cabinet known as the "Council of Ministers." For administrative purposes, Somalia is divided into 18 regions; the nature, authority, and structure of regional governments vary, where they exist. Although the U.S. never formally severed diplomatic relations with Somalia, official relations were interrupted by the fall of the government and have not been fully reestablished in the continued absence of a national government. The United States maintains informal contacts with a number of entities in Somalia.
CIA World Factbook; U.S. State Department Background Notes, 11/2008; 10/2008

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Adam Miller needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
Design logo for Residential Contracting company called Life Design Homes. Their tagline is "homes designed for living".
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We are looking for a logo designed for our residential contracting company Life Design Homes. We are wide open to the possibilities of the logo. Our tagline is "homes designed for living", but it is not a requirement to use it in the logo design. We also would be open to logo designs just with the initials "LDH". We have a website that is still in development at http://beta.lifedesignhomes.com. Would be nice if the logo fit with the current color scheme, but we are definitely opening to modifying the web design as well (as it's very simple design right now anyhow).
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I think you can keep your slow, hard-to-relaunch kites. I bought my Infinity V1 for wave riding. With it, I've enjoyed a lot of waves that only a surfer could love (not blown out by the wind). Sometimes I like to push myself. Therefore, sometimes I drop my kite. Quick relaunch is important.
I really like how fast it turns. Yes, I like the turning of smaller kites better, but the Infinity is also quite enjoyable.
I can see why someone who only wants to mow the lawn on flat water might want a FS or other large, slow kite, since they don't need to turn it or relaunch it, but I want more out of my LW experience.
If someone wants to show me that their kite works better in the waves, I'm certainly interested, but so far on my Infinity, I've either been overpowered, or alone (excluding the occasional FS mowing the lawn on the outside).
On the other hand, I'm not a fan of the Epic Bar. I use an old LF upgraded to CPR. I like it because of it's long depower and really simple design that doesn't tangle when I get worked. With it, I can Power up the kite to get to where I want to be quickly, and turn off the kite instantly to ride the wave.


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So these might not be the brightest aliens we're talking about here, but they're very determined. "You destroyed all our guys? Even the super-sneaky mystery ship??? Well, fine. We have a plan B. Which is... go faster." It may not be the most clever tactic from our spaceship invaders, but you have to admit, it works. Unless you're Donald Hayes, according to Twin Galaxies, they're eventually going to win. You can only hide behind that laser base so long, so we advise you go out in a blaze of 8-bit glory.
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Photo shoot meeting
We went to a nearby city called Pescara for a meeting/photo shoot Saturday.
The reason was a friend of Grazia who wanted to enter in a Japan themed picture competition!
! Grazia organized all the event, there were a lot of japan lovers, cosplayer, ecce cc, me and my friends decided to dressed up in street style (not Lolita as usual ahah). The day was really tiring but so funny! I didn't make a lot of pictures 'cause we had a lot of talented photographers ahah XD I'll share only my favorites, let's start! (A lot of pictures are from Andrea Lanzilli and Gato Negro Loco)
Chiara and Grazia looked amazing! I love their outfits and they are so beautiful!
My outfit
Other pictures that I really like!
Group picture
After the shoot we went to a chinese restaurant, we ate a lot :°D
I also ate different appetizers but I remembered to take a pictures of the dishes very late!
Salted pasta with meat
Crispy duck
All the food was so yummy! We stayed in the restaurant for 3 hours :°D you can imagine how funny was the evening! I hope we can organize a new event like this soon!


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Brazilian GP 2011
Sunday Press Conference
1 - Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing)
2 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)
3 - Jenson BUTTON (McLaren)
Q: Mark, a win to take you into the winter, how are you feeling right now?
Mark WEBBER: Yeah, very good. Felt good all weekend to be honest. Seb did a great lap for pole yesterday but y'know today I had a little bit of the rub of the green. It would have been nice to have a race with Sebastian all the way through but I think he's had a little bit of a problem. It's a win that you'll take, for sure, because I've had enough bad luck and whatever you want to call it. That's the way that motorsport goes sometimes. So, very important win for me and the team again to finish on a high. I enjoyed the last few laps, to be honest. It's always nice when you finally... I could pit a bit later and cover people off and do all that sort of stuff, so that was good. I enjoyed doing the last few laps. That was a nice way to finish. I want to dedicate this win to a close friend of myself and my family, Bob Woods, who's a very ill man at the moment, so this win is for him.
Q: Sebastian, you compared yourself to Ayrton Senna here in 1991, nursing a gearbox problem for a lot of the race. Describe the struggle you had today to get to the chequered flag.
Sebastian VETTEL: The difference is he won! Yeah, it was a real shame because I had a very good start and then a good feeling. I was able to pull a gap straight away at the beginning of the race but very early got the call that we have to manage a gearbox problem. And yeah, I had to turn down the engine, short-shift and it was just getting worse throughout the race so I ended up using higher gears pretty much everywhere and that's why the comparison came into my head. Nevertheless, Mark drove a fantastic race, he deserved to win. I don't really like calling this bad luck. Surely, if something like this happens it's not in your hands. Still, I tried to do my best: tried to stay as close as I can; tried to keep the gap to Fernando for most of the race and then Jenson at the end. I think we had a pretty amazing season and I think it would be over the top being upset now. We take this second place and a one-two finish for the team, which is great and... yeah, it has been a phenomenal year and a very strong finish as well so now I think we are all ready for the winter and looking forward to the break to recharge our batteries and come back as strong as this year, hopefully, at the beginning of the season next year.
Q: Jenson, a fighting drive to the podium today after losing a place to Fernando Alonso earlier on.
Jenson BUTTON: Yeah, it was a difficult race for me on the softer of the two tyres. Fernando was very close out of turn five, so I covered the line into six. Normally it's an easy place to block but I looked at where he was and then when I looked forward again there was lots of debris on the inside. I think it was Michael's [Schumacher] tyre and a bit of front wing. As soon as I saw that I didn't want to drive through it. I couldn't pull to the left because Fernando was already there, so I had to back out of it and just pull in behind Alonso. That was a bit disappointing and a little bit unlucky - but I just didn't have the pace on the softer of the two tyres. We decided to put the harder tyre on for the last two stints and it worked pretty well for me, especially the last stint where I could hunt down Fernando. Ferrari, I think, struggle on the harder of the two tyres. I was able to make the pass but third was as high as we could get. I was qualifying every lap but I still couldn't catch Seb.
Q: Mark, it got a little tight between you and Fernando after the first round of stops. He took three-and-a-half seconds out of you there. Were you ever concerned at that point?
Webber: Well I knew he gained something out of that first round of stops. Obviously I went a bit longer than I would have liked to because Seb had the priority obviously on the first stop, so I was out of juice on the tyres at that point so I knew I was going to lose if someone else was going a bit shorter. In the case it wasn't just to lose out a bit to Seb obviously I lost out a bit more to Fernando. I was a bit surprised at the margin, nearly three seconds or a bit over. He must have had a good stop and risked a little bit more here and there on in and out laps. I think I had a bit of traffic on my out lap as well, so, y'know, sometimes that's just the way it goes.
Q: Sebastian, sum up your feeling on what's been a pretty historic and dominant season for you.
Vettel: You have time?
Vettel: It's difficult to sum up. I think it was a great end of the season to finish with both cars on the podium, a one-two. Surely I would have loved to have finished the race in a normal way today but nevertheless I think we had a great, great season. Pretty incredible. Going into the season we thought we have a competitive car, maybe we can win some races but it has been phenomenal. The team has been faultless most of the time, so they've raised their level massively compared to the last two years. We seem to enjoy what we do. It's nice every weekend to come into the garage, see the boys with a smile on their faces, being happy with what they do. At the end of the day I don't think it really matters if you, I don't know, race Formula One cars, touring cars, sports or business, as long as you enjoy. I think one thing about us: you walk into the garage, I think even as a guest, and you get that feeling that we really love what we do. We are passionate and it doesn't matter if we have to work until late or work harder than others. We are ready to take that because we know how sweet it can taste at the end of the race, at the end of a grand prix or the end of the season. I'm really grateful to all the guys here on the track but more so even to the guys in the factory. All year long pushing to keep the car at the level that it is. McLaren were pushing massively and I think at the end we were pretty even. I don't think that one car really had the edge. Sometimes here, sometimes there, but all in all it was much tighter than probably it looked. Looking at the Championship score obviously it wasn't that tight but that shows how good we work on the operational side. More or less getting 100 per cent out of us as a package all the time. We can be really proud of that. I'm very proud to be part of that. This will be a year that we will look back to and always be very proud of.
Q: Jenson, you're confirmed second place in the Championship, a strong end to a strong season. Where do you and McLaren go from here?
Button: Into a long winter, ready for next year. I think at this moment in time we shouldn't think too much about next year this evening. We should celebrate what we've done this year. It hasn't been perfect, no, these guys have been quicker than us, more consistent than us, but all round it's been a reasonable season. We've grown as a team together and I think that we have a very good base going into 2012, so I'd just like to say a big thank you to everyone for 2011, thank you to all the guys involved in the team but also the other guys who've surrounded me for the last 12 years of my career. Big thanks to them and bring on 2012.
Q: Mark, finishing with you, obviously a dominant year for Red Bull but next year are you going to give the little fellow to your right [Vettel] a bit of a harder time, do you think?
Webber: I think I can have a stronger season than this year. Clearly I started off poorly for lots of different reasons. You've got to look at all different areas to get at the highest level, and when the bar's high it's obviously not just Seb. I don't come here thinking about just him, we've got some class operators in other teams: JB, Lewis, Fernando... these boys are on the case. So, that's what makes it rewarding. It's a nice little tonic for me to finish the year, that's why those last few laps for me to feel the car and give the RB7 a bit of a send off for me because it hasn't had an amazing amount of memories for me but today was a very special day for me and I'll have that over the winter. Although some other nice drives as well but Seb clearly had a great year and so did the team, Renault, reliability. We were bomb-proof in many areas and that made it hard for the opposition. So that is important. And I'm looking forward to learning how to surf in the winter and backing off a bit, recharging and then coming back in February and concentrating on the job again.
Q: Well done, Mark. Is there a little bit of relief there, to have won?
Webber: There is, yeah. Just the feeling is nice. Obviously in motor sport you take them as they come. It was actually brewing into a reasonable little battle with Seb and I. The pace wasn't too bad at the end of my stints. I'm not exactly sure when he started to have a few little issues, but obviously I can only control what I'm doing, so I kept pushing and then really it was down to then covering off whatever Fernando might be able to do, and that obviously turned out to be possible and then we spread the race out, then obviously made sure we loaded the tyres correctly to get to the flag. Yes, with ten laps to go, I started to think 'OK, it's nice to finish the year with a win, nice to finish with the car feeling good underneath you, nice to have my second victory here in Brazil - it's always been a nice little track for me, a little classic.' It's been a pretty good year but not like 2010 obviously, so all the guys on my car, Gav and Ciaron in particular, have worked their nuts off all year so it's been good, and I'm happy to get the win today.
Q: And you were talking about those last ten laps; certainly the last three were all fastest laps of the race.
Webber: Yeah, it was getting a bit frustrating because I kept pinching the front a little bit into turn eight. On the last lap I got it a little bit better otherwise I was probably going to bail a bit earlier, but I kept pushing pretty hard. Yeah, that's what it's about, isn't it, pushing yourself and backing yourself and having a crack. I was only racing myself at that point so it was a nice little feeling, as I say, to have the car working well underneath me. As I said, this winter a close family friend of ours has been in very very ill health so I dedicate this win to him.
Q: What was the team saying to you about Sebastian's problems?
Webber: It came pretty quickly. I thought he was either in tyre trouble way earlier than he should be or no KERS or something was going on, because one thing Seb doesn't do is forget how to drive from one lap to the other. When I started to take a pretty big chunk out of him per lap, I thought something might have been going down and then Ciaron informed me that he had a gearbox problem and I think I could smell it a little bit when I got close, and there was also a little bit of fluid. Normally, that's a nice feeling... OK, it was mixed obviously for me, because there was the chance to get the win but I know how hard the guys worked on Seb's gearbox last night because it wasn't completely smooth. They got it together but it turned out, obviously, in the end that something's let them down. I thought that with that far to go in the race he obviously would not finish but the car still got home and that's it.
Q: When exactly did the problem occur, Sebastian. Was it lap 13 when you started to lose time to Mark? Was it before the stop or after?
Vettel: Yeah, it was already at the end of the first stint. It was during the first stint, at some stage, that I got the message 'we have a gearbox issue'. It sounded pretty strong, pretty severe, so I turned down the engine and then immediately started to short shift and it just kept getting worse. I got through the first pit stop and obviously gained a little bit on Mark, because I came in a lap earlier but then at some stage I realised that it was still pretty early in the race, our main priority is to finish the race and Mark would be catching up and the most important thing would be to help the team to win the race. I tried to be very clear on the radio that I cannot keep first position with the pace that we were going or whatever they asked me to do, what was required to manage the gearbox and then I told them 'OK, but obviously advise Mark' or 'tell Mark that I would let him through', to give him the chance to keep pushing, don't lose any time getting past me because at that stage I didn't know whether I would see the chequered flag or not. So I'm really happy to be here, but obviously it was a little bit of a shame. I then just kept losing more and more time towards the end, so I had to be more and more conservative. At some stage I said that 'I feel like Senna in 1991 when he had to manage the gearbox problem around here'. Obviously it was totally different for him, he was Brazilian and he still managed to win the race. I was forced to push in areas where I was allowed to, in the corners, but as soon as I went on the straight, I obviously had to shift earlier. I don't know if you have walked the track or have run the track, but getting out of the last corner is pretty steep so there was no chance to really... I tried to stay with Mark as well as I could, in case the problem solved itself and we could go again, but in the end I was just trying to keep the gap. When I heard that Jenson was going on P2 I wasn't very happy because I've heard that a couple of times, when he was coming through at the end of the race, but this time we had enough pace in hand to keep him behind and enough of a gap, so that was fine, but all in all, as I said earlier, I'm very happy. It would be wrong to complain today, it's an amazing result for the team to finish first and second. Mark drove a very good race and had very strong pace, so I'm not sitting here and saying if... if... if this and that, then I would have won. The fact is that he won the race, he deserved to. As I said, we've had an incredible year, the team, myself, so I'm not really wanting to complain.
Q: We did see the fairly rare sight of you off the circuit as well.
Vettel: Yeah, I was a bit surprised when I got onto the primes and warm-up was a bit poor and then I think I just got caught out with the traffic ahead and lost too much at the front with a little bit of warm-up. It's quite tricky, the exit kerb of turn four, because it's off-camber and then it pulls you to the exit or off-track and then I said 'OK, there's no point' so I tried to open, give the car enough space and come back easy on the circuit before I tried to do something stupid, so that was that.
Q: Jenson, was it planned that both of you would come in fairly early? You were about the first and second to pit.
Button: No, I pitted earlier than expected. I really struggled on the tyre that I've been struggling with all weekend and strangely, I couldn't look after the tyre, I really struggled with degradation, especially at the rear end, which was a little bit of a shock. But for me, the problem in the first stint was Fernando, he pushed me very hard, and when someone's doing that, you have to drive a little bit harder, so I was pushing the tyres pretty hard. And then Fernando got the run on me out of turn five, got alongside me and I picked the wrong line, because that lap is when Michael had his puncture and there was rubber all down the inside (of the track) and I didn't know what it was, whether it was part of a car, so I couldn't risk just driving straight through it, and I couldn't pull to the left because Fernando was there, so I had to back off early and pull in behind. I would say he was gifted the position quite easily. And then I pitted early because I couldn't look after the tyres, so that was the issue, put a second set on, exactly the same thing happened and then we went to the prime tyre where the pace was much better, the car felt more consistent and the good thing was that we could get a good feeling on that tyre for the last stint, when I stuck on some new primes and I was able to hunt down Fernando. It was definitely the right call. I think we need to look at the reasons why I couldn't look after that tyre because it's quite unusual, but all in all, it ended well and I had a lot of fun fighting with Fernando today.
Q: At one point you were on the prime and Lewis was on the option and you were still lapping quicker than he was.
Button: Yes. I don't know, I don't know if it was just our car with that tyre, I don't know. For me, we made the right call in the end, but we just didn't have the pace to fight these two today, but I'm happy to be on the podium. It's nice to get my 12th podium this year. As I said before, it's been a good year, it's not been a perfect year but it's been a good year and we can really take a lot from this season, a lot of positives, sort out a few little issues that we had with reliability and I think we will be looking pretty good. I think for us the main thing is to have a strong winter - we're not able to drive the car - but have a strong winter at the factory and come out fighting at the first test not at the first race. But no, a big thank you to the guys. I think we've really grown as a team this year, I feel a big part of the family of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. They might not look like it from the outside but they do have a lot of passion and they will do anything to win.
Q: (Livio Oricchio - O Estado de Sao Paulo) Mark and Sebastian: we also heard that Sebastian had gear problems and suddenly, very hard gear problems. Then we started following your lap times. We should expect you to lose time in sector two maybe, when you used the low gears which your mechanics suggested you use. But you didn't lose time there and you could maintain the pace with Mark and you also finished very close to him. We had the impression at some times, I'm sorry to say, that it might not be true.
Vettel: I can tell you that I had a gearbox problem and I was forced to... I didn't like the message but I had no choice. Either you finish the race or you don't. As I said, I turned down the engine, I felt happy in the car and I felt more and more able to understand the tyres after the first stint and keep the pace reasonably well, so I tried to stay as close as I could with Mark and then push where I was allowed to which was in the corners, not so much as soon as I started feeling the throttle, because I was forced to use high gears and upshift earlier. At the beginning, I think I was able to keep reasonably close, especially in the second sector. Of course, I lost - not traction - but then acceleration but then the straights are relatively short in the second sector. But then if you compare the last sector, for instance, which has only one corner, and then it's killing uphill when you have to upshift early. At some stage I got the message 'we need to save the gearbox and slow down' but I told them that I'm aware and I wasn't pushing hard. Yeah, I think we had good pace in the car and we were quite quick on the soft tyres at the end. Obviously it was more about getting the car to the chequered flag, but you can believe me, if I had the choice, I would have gone for the racing option.
Webber: Well, I didn't drive Seb's car. All I can do is what I can do. When I first got past Seb, obviously, I realised that the race was not over for him, but I thought, OK, I'm maybe managing the race with the other guys, because problems normally only get worse. So my rhythm wasn't only judging myself against Seb at that point. If I pushed, obviously, most of the time it was half a second per lap or four tenths, and then some laps it would the same, mainly because I was not completely disciplined myself because I knew I could give the tyre a bit of a chance to breathe a bit more and make the stints a bit longer, and keep the gap at whatever it was. Some laps I could push, obviously, and give the tyres a bit more of a chance when I had less fuel and stuff like that. I've agreed with you many times this year, but not this time.
Button: Viewing this from the outside, I can say whatever I wanted, but as a driver you learn to adapt to a situation. If you're told to save fuel, if you're told to save brakes, you learn to adapt and you drive in a different manner. Many times this year we've saved fuel and you can pretty much match a lap time after five or six laps, because you adapt to it and you drive in a different way. That's what we're paid to do.
Q: (Frederic Ferret - L'Equipe) Seb, at what time did you think you might take all risks to catch Mark or did you prefer to save second place?
Vettel: It's never nice to finish second when you know you have a car or a package good enough to fight for victory. But yeah, very early in the race I got the message and then, as I said, the main priority was to make sure that at least if I went out, Mark could carry on and win the race. I didn't want to hold him up, so I gave way and after that, more and more, I was forced to slow down and in the end, I was going round and not using second gear, which around here, in the slow speed corners, is not a help. Sure, I lost time, but in the end I don't want to sit here complaining. As the team told me and as I understood, the most important thing was to finish the race and it's great to be on the podium here. I think the people here at Interlagos are very passionate about racing, the drivers' parade is very nice. When we stand on the truck and go around the lap, there are so many people cheering for what we do. They get excited for what we do a little bit later on on the same day. It's great to be part of that and then going into the track, you never know what's going to happen, so if you see the chequered flag and then stand on the podium, get a trophy, it's not a bad day.
Q: (Dan Knutson - National Speed Sport News) Mark, your season started off with momentum, quite bumpy; thing smoothed out, pace got better. How much will this win kick-start the momentum for next year and give you a flying start?
Webber: Well, Dan, even if the win didn't come today, I think there were some positive signs in the last three or four events. To be honest, the team knows there's been some races where it's been a reasonable pace for me, considering some of the things that have been going on, whether that's damage to the car or bits and bobs here and there. That's not an excuse, it's just what happened. Sometimes my pace on Sundays has definitely been better than it was at the start of the year so there were some indications to get more positive. Today was a good Grand Prix for me, the pace was good, all that sort of stuff. Obviously if Seb... we're not sure how it would have turned out but maybe I wouldn't have finished too far behind, maybe a little bit ahead. Who knows how it would have worked out if he made a mistake or whatever, or if I made a mistake? We can't judge what would have happened in the rest of today's Brazilian Grand Prix but it's not a bad thing to finish the year like this. One of the most important things is that I've started to feel the car a little bit better, in terms of direction and working better with the guys and what we need to do, which happened a while ago, not just at this race but starting to get a bit more of an understanding, which, together, has actually helped both of us again, because we've got the most out of the car and that's been a success for the team as well. Yeah, happy for the win mate, that's for sure.
Q: (Kate Walker): This is for all three of you. We saw quite a high number of gearbox problems in the course of the race. I was wondering, do you guys think that's mechanical fatigue at the end of the year or the particular challenges of Interlagos?
Webber: I think it's mechanic fatigue maybe? Caipirinhas? You never know. It's been a long year, maybe a bit of a coincidence. Turn two is pretty hard, inside, outside with the rear end of the car there. The gearboxes these days are pretty reliable. They've got to do a lot of events. I don't know in terms of the cycles of where people were with their boxes but I think because we've had a couple of high-profile ones today - obviously one with Lewis and Seb who got home - that's the way it's been but it's unusual to have retirements these days. Normally the cars are like a computer game: they just keep going round. The drivers drive them. We had a few stoppages today.
Vettel: I'm not sure. My gearbox was brand new, so it was the first race. Maybe we should have kept the old one, I don't know. I think yes, the circuit is pretty rough but on the other hand there are places where it's way worse. Street circuits where you use low gears all the time, you do very short ratios in the car so you have a lot of changing gear... Fatigue would be a bit odd after only one race, not even that.
Q: (Rodrigo Gini - O Estado de Minas) Question for Mark and another for Jenson. Mark, you had it seems this time you had a quite normal start, you hadn't any problem and sometime you had a gap of up to three seconds to Sebastian. Do you think under normal conditions you'd have been able to fight him on the race? And to Jenson, do you think that without that stuff with the exhausts at the start of the year, the pre-season where the team needed to revamp the rear part of the car, you should be able to be here still fighting for the Championship - and do you think having the right things in the right place next year, you'll be able to make a better year and fight Red Bull?
Webber: As you say, the gap was in the three-second window. Be nice to be a bit less but that's what it was at that point. When you're within that margin it can be the drop of a wheel nut, it can be a small lapse of concentration from Seb and you're there. So, it's impossible to say how the rest of the race would have gone. Sebastian was very strong in qualifying and very strong at the start of the stints and I felt I was a bit more comfortable at the end of the stints, which was probably one of the first times this year, to be honest. Difficult to say mate, but it would have been a very tough race to challenge Seb hard but we never know.
Button: I don't think we can take anything away from Seb and Red Bull this year. I think they've done a phenomenal job and it's wrong to say we could have fought them if we had a better winter. We don't know that. What we do know is that we didn't have a very good winter. The guys did a great job of turning it around for the first race. Our performance was pretty good but obviously you lose a lot of preparation work in terms of reliability but also in terms of set-up and moving forward in terms of aerodynamics and also the blown diffuser. It wasn't an easy start of the season but it's just the way it is. These guys had a better start to the season. For next year? We hope we have a winter, basically, of testing, whereas this winter we didn't. We didn't really do any set-up work because of the issues that we had. Hopefully we can start the year off well in testing and not do all of our set-up work at the first race. Actually do something over the winter tests. That's the aim for 2012. And I hope we can achieve that.


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In the pantheon of Mad Directors we are slowly but surely building here at Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies, there's one man whose name cries out for greater inclusion: Lucio Fulci. I mean, besides sharing a birthday with your ever-lovin' Vicar, this is the man who gave us a duck-voiced killer, a full-on internal-organ extrusion, and the justly beloved Zombie vs. Shark! His statue should definitely be ensconced in our grand marble temple to Cinematic Madmen, which is even now being laboriously constructed on the barren hill that swells like a plague-blasted breast between the Duchy and the Vicarage.
The Duke has done his part, erecting two monuments to the maestro's achievement in the zombie subgenre with his reviews of City of the Living Dead and House by the Cemetery. (But then, every time Duke watches Fulci, something gets erected, IYKWIMAITYD.) It's true that many casual viewers know Fulci chiefly for his legendary zombie output, but that's only scratching the surface. Those who have probed deeper know that Fulci was much more than just a zombievangelist.
Case in point: Fulci's little-seen made-for-Italian TV* effort from 1989, The Sweet House of Horrors, aka La dolce casa degli orrori. Here the Maestro trades zombies for ghosts, and doorways to Hell for a creepy haunted mansion. Happily, though, he maintains the atmosphere, insanity, and ocular violence that we've all come to love and expect.
*Nota bene: don't let that "made for TV" designation put you off--I don't know much about Italian TV, but I do know they have it all over us Yanks. This is far and away the goriest MFTV movie I ever expect to see. Unless I move to Italy, that is.
We open with what looks like a classic giallo set-up: a masked, black glove-wearing figure breaks into a dark, palatial mansion, heading straight for the secret wall safe almost as if he's got inside info. Unfortunately the owners of the house pick just that moment to return early from a party, surprising the thief mid-larceny. Edging into one of the poorly balanced, vase-bearing tables that rich Italians favor as ultra-effective thief-detectors, pottery is ruined and the clumsy crook is discovered.
Even though the homeowners are stunned motionless and the path to the front door is completely unobstructed, the thief apparently decides that, since the whole home robbery career path isn't working out, perhaps he'll try his hand at BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDERY. And wouldn't you know it, the kid's a natural! First he bashes the husband's head repeatedly into the sharp corner of a pillar, until his brains are oozing down the support's surface and a grisly flap of skin hangs loose from his scalp! Thereafter he chases the wife into the kitchen, pins her on the counter, and picks up a heavy meat tenderizer/ShakeWeight prototype. Bringing it down full-force on her zygomatic bone, he succeeds in rocketing her eyeball out of its socket like a New Year's Party Popper! Then he crushes the other eye like a grape, rather pointlessly--although let's be honest, how many times in life do you get a chance to do something like that, AMIRITE?
Anyway, the murderer loads the bodies into the couple's car and cleans up the mess. However, he misses two bloodstained stones on the driveway which begin to glow ominously, almost supernaturally...nah, it's probably nuthin! Later he drives out to a nearby cliff and pushes the (clearly empty) car over. And just like that: hey, presto! Perfect crime!
As it turns out, in addition to being filthy rich, the murdered couple were the parents of two adorable little moppets, Marco and Sarah. Fulci flexes his style muscles by giving us a long tracking shot from the kids' point of view as they walk through the graveyard to bury their parents, with adults looking down at them with heartbreaking compassion. The camera ends up in the grave looking up at the two kids, who weep piteously through the service--though strangely their tears don't stop them from chewing gum like a couple of cows and even blowing bubbles through their sobs! It's an odd directorial choice to say the least, but then we'll soon learn these tots are not your average rugrats.
Aunt Marcia (Cinzia Monreale, previously the famously blank-eyed Emily of Fulci's The Beyond) is now all the family them young'uns got left, so she and bland-to-a-fault hubby Carlo (Jean-Christophe Brétigniere, winner of the Frenchiest French Name Invitational 1987) move in to the family mansion with a view toward selling the place and putting the money aside for the kids' future. It's a sensible plan, but unfortunately one that neither bratty Italian kids nor prematurely disoculated parental spirits are likely to take lying down.
It doesn't take long for the creepiness to commence: her first night in the house, Marcia is awakened by strange noises, which she follows to the attic, never bothering to flip on a light switch. (ALWAYS a good plan.) Upstairs she finds the attic has been converted by the kids into a secret rumpus room, complete with freaky papier-mâché masks and an assortment of dolls hanging by nooses from the rafters! However, that's child's play (ba-dump) compared to the source of the noise when discovered: a giant glowing-eyed buzzing fly! WTF?
Mr. Colby (prolific character actor Franco Diogene), proprietor of Fat Sweaty Italian Realty, LLC. As the portly property purveyor breathlessly examines the house, wheezing to Auntie and Unk that they'll have to fix up the old place before they can hope to sell, the kids squeak defiantly, "This is OUR house!" Despite the fact he's wheezing like a vacuum cleaner sucking on a cat's ass, Colby decides to venture up to the attic to complete his appraisal. As he climbs, one of the steps slides away Scooby-Doo style, sending him tumbling a flight and a half to the floor! As the grown-ups tend his broken leg, the kids lighten the mood with a sing-song refrain, "Sausage is dying! Sausage is dying! Sausage is dying!"--that's really just as adorable as you'd think.
After a strange interlude in which the VERY SUSPICIOUS LOOKING gardener Guido (Lino Salemme of Demons, Delerium: Photos of Gioia, and The Passion of the Christ [?]) sees blood on a pillowcase and promptly quits his job (hmmm....), we find the children in their very Paperhouse-esque bedroom, mourning their parents sans bubble-gum. "Uncle Carlos and Aunt Marcia aren't bad people," Marco opines, "they're just idiots!" As he drifts to sleep on his tearstained pillow, the tot wishes his Mama and Papa would come back "from the Moon," where he figures they buggered off to, I guess. As if in answer to his prayers, two very badly superimposed candle flames appear, giggling demonically, which the kids immediately recognize as the spirits of their deceased parents! Huzzah!
Yes, the folks have been haunting the place ever since their murder, and thanks to their children's love have been steadily gaining strength, to the point that they're now able to materialize. After comforting the children, they decide to get revenge on their killer--no points for guessing who THAT turns out to be.
As Guido is collecting his last check from Uncle Carlo, he is suddenly overcome with a feeling of dread, which is only exacerbated when he starts spontaneously bleeding out the side of his face! Driven mad with fear, he starts shouting a 'Nam flashback-style confession, running from the house without his lire while screaming, "You've seen my face! I've got to murder you all!" The wheels of Supernatural Justice turn swiftly in Italy, as Guido is attacked by a huge black dog out of nowhere, which in mid-air changes into a speeding semi-truck! Once again Fulci takes this opportunity to crank the gore up to the "Ridiculous" setting, as we see both wheels traverse the gardener's torso, leaving him split open like an overripe casaba melon!
Say what you will about the stereotypical excitability of Italians, but when it comes to poltergeist activity, they're apparently cool as cucumbers. Even after all the weirdness up to this point, Marcia and Carlo pretty much shrug everything off as perfectly normal--even when Colby reappears, is blown around the living room by a phantom wind and burns his hand on a crutch superheated by the giggling candle flames! Similarly, when the children decide to help their folks along by putting on their strange masks, holding a necromancy ritual, and praying to "the spirits of the earth and air" to bring back "our Mama, our Papa, and if you can manage it, our little dog Bananas!" (?), Marcia tells Carlos it's no big whoop. "It's a very ancient rite--you mask up, you walk around, and you call out to whatever spirit you need to talk to." What, didn't you go to Catholic school, ya rube?
The ritual works like a charm: the parents fully re-materialize and promise never to split the family up again. Much like Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis learned to live with Wynona Rider at the end of Beetlejuice, Mama and Papa (and Bananas!) settle into a daily routine with the kids, picknicking, pushing them on the swings, and tucking them into bed in their attic/Dolly Dungeon. Marcia and Carlos can't see the ghosts, but know they're there--especially when they try to take the kids away, and the spirits levitate their Jeep three feet off the ground to stop them leaving!
But every Beetlejuice has his Otho, and in this instance the Otho character is played by Vernon Dobtcheff as perhaps the douchiest German exorcist EVAR. I mean seriously, just look at this guy:
Resplendent in his half-cape. pubey Amish beard, and beyond-gravelly German accent, the exorcist wastes no time calling the loving parental spirits "worthless" and "disgusting!" The torrent of abuse this guy throws at the spirits--who after all are only there because they love their kids so damn much--is really shocking, with lines like, "You will be thrown down by the force of my will!" and "Free the air of the stench of your miserable souls!" being among the nicest of the lot.
After a douchey seance ends in abject FAIL, the Exorcist returns with Colby and an excavator in tow--Colby agrees to buy the house, just to demolish it and sell the land. The spirits stop the excavator, but at great expense of power, and the Exorcist apparently succeeds in driving them away. Their goodbye scene with the house going nuts around them and other, less friendly spirits pushing at the gateway between worlds was pretty crazy, though I found it touching in the "Alec and Geena crumble in their wedding clothes" manner. The effects, though, leave something to be desired. In fact, any effect not involving lots of caro syrup and pig guts is pretty suspect in this flick.
With their parents gone for good and the Douche Lord triumphant, the kids are extremely depressed--however, they happen to find a couple of glowing stones in the driveway, the talismans of their parents' power. They quickly pocket them to bring along to their next home. Douche Lord sees them do it however, and demands they hand them over--leading a last-minute freeze-frame comeuppance that recalls in equal parts the last shot of City of the Living Dead and the Nazi deathstravagazna in Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Friends, this is a MAD movie of the first order, but it's also an extremely well made one. Fulci's flair for atmosphere and active camera work are in full effect, with wonderful fog-shrouded night shots, some beautiful color-scheme/composition work, and enough chunky gore to please even the most jaded hellbeast. As I mentioned, there are a few extremely cheezy superimposition effects, and an ill-advised cartoon "spirit" that looks like it came out of a Casper the Friendly Ghost short, and now and then the soft-focus seems to case a film of gauze over the screen, but overall I have few complaints about the technical side of the viewing experience.
Story-wise, it's an interesting hodgepodge of genre tropes, starting out in giallo territory, moving quickly into Gorehound Plaza, and finally ending up in Poltergeistville. In fact, the movie could have been made with almost no gore at all--the really juicy scenes are so over the top as to seem almost out of place. I kind of picture Fulci as having the directorial mentality of a shark--once the first drop of blood hits the water, he doesn't want to stop until everybody is torn to pieces! Whether that's a caveat or a recommendation will depend on your peculiar movie-watching tastes.
As is often the case, the acting here is the least compelling facet of the proceedings, taking backseat to visuals, atmosphere, and general weirdness. The kids are squarely in the "annoying Italian child" mold, which if you've seen House by the Cemetery will say all you need to hear. Their high-pitched, sing-songy dubbing does seem believably evil and sadistic when called for, however, so there's that. Everyone else is pretty bland (Marcia, Carlo) or overly broad (Colby, Guido)--though the Exorcist is so horrible and arrogant that he transcends his role and becomes a kind of minor icon.
Sweet House of Horrors a try. 3 thumbs up. Just be sure to brush your teeth after.
A few more images from The Sweet House of Horrors (1989):
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Sweet House of Horrors (1989): or, You Can't Do That On Television!
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 12:00 PM
Labels: '80s, 3 Thumbs, Dolls Dummies and Puppets, Douchey German Exorcists, Haunting, Lucio Fulci, Made for TV, Psycho Killer
4 comments:
- Karswell said...
This one is new to me, I'll have to track it down... sounds good!
- July 28, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
*fans self* Oh Vicar, you know how hot and bothered Fulci gets me! The man is a MAD genius, and I can't wait to invite everyone to the grand opening of our museum of MADness.
It boggles the mind that this was made-for-tv. It just goes to show you how far American tv has to go. If they were showing this on Italian tv back in the '80s, they must be broadcasting full-on live executions of gypsies nowadays.
Special props go to you screen-capping that obviously highly sexual chap with the Amish beard so much. Bravo, sir!
- July 29, 2010 at 9:42 AM
I watched this crazy film last night and was amazed by the sheer oddness of it all. Your review (easily the most positive I have found on the web) is spot on.
Also worth a mention I thought was the complete lack of emotion exhibited by some of the characters in certain scenes; the unexpected slapstick of the sped-up bulldozer; the shot when they're all skipping through the garden with Bananas (not sure why but that cracked me up); and the ridiculous voice Mr Sausage adopts after burning his hand on his super-heated crutch (kudos to whoever dubbed that guy).
Apparently Fulci made a bunch of house-themed films for Italian TV (!) which I will be hunting down forthwith...
Great blog you have here, chaps. Hats off to you
- September 15, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Not only is this review hilarious, "IYKWIMAITYD" is the greatest abbreviation ever.
- October 5, 2010 at 12:27 PM


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Third Time's A Charm
On Saturday, February 3, 2007 Michael Irving became the 10th Dallas Cowboy in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the 3rd Cowboy in the last 2 years. This was the third time Irvin made it to the final round of the selection process.
Michael Irvin, Wide Receiver
1988-1999 Dallas Cowboys – 12 seasons, 159 games
Cowboys' first-round pick (11th overall) in 1988 draft
First rookie wide receiver to start a season opener for Dallas in more than 20 years.
Irvin's 20.4-yards per catch average during his rookie year led the NFC
Led league with 1,523 yards on 93 catches in 1991
Had 1,000-yard seasons in all but one year from 1991-1998
In 1995, Irvin played his finest season: 111 catches for 1,603 yards. He also established an NFL record with 11 100-yard games and scored 10 touchdowns.
Cowboys made four straight appearances in NFC championship game (1992-1995) and won three Super Bowls
Finished career with 750 receptions for 11,904 yards and 65 TDs
Selected to five straight Pro Bowls
Picked for NFL's all-decade team of the 1990s


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EXCLUSIVE: 4th Man Comes Forward Claiming That Porn Star Topher DiMaggio Sexually Assaulted Him
Up until yesterday, three separate men have come forward with claims that porn star Topher DiMaggio sexually assaulted them.
First, fellow porn star Tegan Zayne spoke about his own story where he alleged that Topher raped him the night before they shot a scene together.
Then, two unidentified men spoke about their own individual rape claims, one to Hornet and the other to Str8UpGayPorn. The former, who called himself "Dan", said that Topher raped him after a party was over in a bedroom that wasn't his own. "Dan" claims that he kept asking Topher to stop trying to have sex with him, but he wouldn't stop and kept saying "Just don't worry about it. Don't worry about it."
The third guy, who called himself "Bryan", claimed that Topher raped him in the bathroom of a friend's house, where he pushed him against the wall and his lip allegedly busted open and started bleeding. Similar to "Dan", Topher allegedly entered "Bryan" against his own will, but "Bryan" didn't yell for help during because he wasn't able to push him off.
Now, a fourth man has come forward with his own claims of how aggressive Topher was to him during a night out in Los Angeles. Bryan Hawn, a popular YouTube star, spoke to us about an alleged story that shows more similarities to what the other three have said about the adult film star.
"Last year, I was at Mickey's in Los Angeles where he was hosting for the night, and he came up to me, grabbed me by the legs trying to pick me up and put his hands on my ass," Bryan alleged. "I yelled for him to stop several times in the middle of the club and he persisted. The club went silent as everyone was staring at me. I had to wrestle with all my strength to get him off of me, he was so incredibly aggressive."
Bryan then brings up how Topher started allegedly verbally assaulting him, similar to what Tegan said in his original story, "When he finally stopped, he proceeded to call me a pussy, and tell me that I need to learn how to be more of a man. He continued calling me names as we walked back to his friends who were completely embarrassed for him."
"To put your hands on somebody that you do not know in such an incredibly aggressive manner. It was wrong on every level. I am certain I am not the first guy that has experienced this unwanted attention and probably not the last. I can only imagine in a bedroom setting. That is scary to think about," Bryan exclaimed. "Just because somebody works in an industry promoting their physique does not grant anyone permission to put their hands on someone's body. This is not a petting zoo!"
Bryan then goes on to talk about how it's not only Topher that has elicited this kind of behavior, and why people shouldn't make excuses for his kind of behavior. "Topher is not the only one in the community that has crossed that boundary. If u don't have self control, you shouldn't't be allowed in the club, and alcohol and drugs does not make it excusable or acceptable."
"People have said before, 'well, it's a gay club... what do u expect'." Bullshit! Take pride in your community, we aren't a bunch of wild animals, we are humans. And if we want the rest of the world to treat us with the decent respect of a human being, it's time we start acting like ones," Bryan concluded.
Bryan supplied us with a screen grab from a message he sent Topher's boyfriend, Matt O'Reilly, the day after the situation. According to Bryan, Matt tried to give him a hug after it happened and Topher instructed him not to touch me and said that I was a little pussy and to be careful you might hurt him, allegedly.
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I am a big guy and I experienced some abuse by Topher DiMaggio as well while I was working at a bar. The first time he came up, obviously a little drunk, was really rough with me and I laughed it off and moved his hands away. He came back a second time and basically tried to pull my dick out and again I took his hands and moved them away. I didn't want to make a scene because he was a guest of the bar. The third time, he got really rough, I grabbed his hand, looked him in the eye and told him "No. Do not touch me again" and then he got miffed and called me "Fat, old, and ugly". I remember this clearly because I was thinking "If I'm so 'fat, old and ugly', WTF are you trying to get in my pants?" I was almost to the point of punching him and I actually thought briefly about calling the cops. Just because you are a big guy doesn't mean you a) Know how to protect yourself b) Know how to handle this situation c) We live/lived in a culture where making a big deal out of it made you the problem. I don't want my $0.02 of fame, I have enough already on my own. But for some of you to think that multiple people are crying "Wolf" because I guarantee you, from my personal experience...they probably are not. I don't have any proof because the bruise on my dick from him tweaking it has long gone away, but I do recall it clearly.
Let's just look at the Hawn story. Nothing against Mr. Hawn, but he does indeed make a living in the industry and off of his "talents." He depends a whole lot on self-promotion and any publicity that might come his way to remain relevant and making money. That alone is enough to make me question the validity of the claim. However, move the setting to Mickey's, a place where people are relaxed, drinking, and boys behaving as boys, it is really hard to believe the story of assault at all. Also, it would be incumbent upon Mr. Hawn to have notified Mr. DiMaggio of the unwanted advances in the beginning as he says he did. If Dimaggio stopped at that point, it would be hard to make the case the guy is some kind of predator Unless he just walked up and shoved his dick in Hawn's ass, everyone is allowed a simple mistake. How does one know an advance is unwanted unless the person being advanced upon says something? Furthermore, it is hard to believe anyone the size and in the shape Mr. Hawn is in that he was ever in any danger of truly being assaulted. Sounds like a great deal of drama to me. I would hate to be the one having to make a case out of all these accusations. At the end of the day, it's one person's word against the other's, and face it, none of the participants are paragons of virtue.
You are exactly what is wrong with the world. Pfffttt. No evidence no crime.....hmmm. I hope something shitty happens to you and there is absolutely no evidence to prove it happened and you're left with your hands in the air just completely confused what to do? "Oh shit" you'll say and then what? Someone fled the scene of a crime. Some ran away. You were too drunk to remember. Some shitty thing you won't be able to prove cause why? No evidence no crime.
I too have experienced unwanted verbal and physical assaults from Topher. I was hanging out in VIP at the Abbey with some of my friends. Topher was also there. He looked at me and told me my hair was stupid and that I needed a haircut. I looked at him and told him that his opinion was exactly that, an opinion. He then slapped me and told me to stop being a little bitch. Was so embarrassing but I didn't do anything cause he was this huge guy and I'm nowhere near capable of defending myself if he wanted to get violent. I think he's a horrible person who got a body, got a contract and then got a complex. Thinks he owns the world.
I knew it, Topher and the rest of the rather satanic Andrew Christian boys are all dark and twisted versions of themselves. I LOVED Pablo Hernandez prior to becoming the major figurehead at AC--now he's a coke whore and literally doesn't give a damn about himself anymore. Real. Damn. Shame.
Andrew needs to either rebrand, or cease to exist. Great underwear (I think,) but TERRIBLE REPUTATION!! DO NOT CONDONE SUCH BEHAVIOR.
Hold on guys! It takes much strength to defend oneself or quick calculating moves, and against an aggressive temperament- not easy! As to the message- be penetrated without prep- be possible? Yup. Takes penile fortitude and a strong body(as in aggression) behind it...not pleasant at all...I have been there. Being entered when you are unprepared or unaccepting, is painful and assault. This man seems of bad temperament and character, and certainly one to avoid, no matter how "attractive" his outer shell.
This guy gets a bit of porn fame and does a lot of underwear modeling for Andrew Christian and the "fame" has gone to his head. He now thinks that everyone want's him and he can take whatever and whomever he wants. I would bet the modeling will end and he probably makes more money off of that so this is going to be painful for him. If all of these accusations are true he will be job hunting and background checks are going to be painful and well deserved. Be watching for his face at the Carl's Jr drive thru's.
He approached me at a club in Houston as well. I had no idea who he was until a friend told me he does porn, which completely turned me off. He grabbed me by the wais from behind and pulled me towards him, I turned around and pushed him off me. I offered to buy him a bottle of water he obviously had to much to drink. He pushed the bottle away from my hand and told me he had his own money did i not know who he was. Which I didn't and really could care less.
Don't know about these other stories but he is extremely aggressive, in a very bad way. I don't think he has any empathy. This will hurt him more than it hurts the people around him, eventually. About 9 years ago (I was 18) I was hanging around with a group of friends he was acquainted with when he lived in Houston. We were at a bar standing around talking and he started touching and grabbing me. I didn't like the guy at all so I was telling him to stop and get off me, not in any way that could be perceived as joking or flirting either. While we were standing there in the group in the middle of the bar he grabbed me around the neck (uncomfortably tight - I could barely talk) and stuck his hand down the back of my pants and stuck his finger in me. I was more worried about getting his hand off of my neck. I get that could be fun or flirty if you like guy... but I didn't like him, and he knew I didn't like him. I felt awful after that and went home right away. That's the kind of guy he is - no respect, and willing to go very far to prove that he doesn't respect you and that you know it.
I don't get it from the stories told. Did those guys feel like their lives were threatened if they didn't put out or? If I don't want someone up my ass, it ain't gonna happen unless they threaten my life, tie my down and take me or some such, and that would take more than one guy. Maybe he chose smaller guys he could over power. Not sure. No details. Aggressive I get. But an a** hole penetrated? That takes prep. Maybe someone can fill in some blanks for me?


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We fill the Armory with mats, balls and a variety of play equipment so children can climb, bounce, and crawl around the entire gym. This is an open gym program for parents/guardians and kids ages 6 and under.
Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept 10-Dec 19
Members: Free
Community Members: $5 per visit per child
National Guard Armory
You can register online at northfieldymca.org or complete a registration form and mail to 519 Division Street, Northfield MN 55057.
The YMCA will not turn anyone away from its membership or programs because of an inability to pay. Please let us know if we may assist you in this way by completing a Financial Aid form, under the Membership tab, and return it to us.
Fall and Winter exercise opportunties for the kids in your care! We load the Armory gym with games, balls, matss and climbing equipment and create a healthy environment for the kids to play and providers to network. Participation in these sessions counts toward ongoing licensure with Rice County. This program is a partnership with Rice County Public Health and EcoTrans. Transportation to the Armory is available. Due to expense, transportation at this time is only provided for Northfield and Dundas providers. Is your provider providing this benefit? Ask them to participate!
Tuesdays, Oct 23-Dec 18
National Guard Armory
Providers with 6+ kids: $30 a week
Providers with 3-5 kids: $20 a week
Providers not needing transportation assistance: $15 a week
Providers with high rate county assistance or less than 3 kids: $12 a week
Based on the classic and well-loved Paramount Pictures 1954 film, WHITE CHRISTMAS first opened as a Broadway musical in 2008. With amazing and memorable music by the incomparable Irving Berlin, the Northfield Arts Guild Theater promises a toe-tapping, heart-warming journey. Be sure to add WHITE CHRISTMAS to your "Must See" list for the holidays! The show runs weekends: Nov 30 - Dec 16. Tickets are available at 507-645-8877 or northfieldartsguild.org
The story of this perennial family favorite sidetracks show biz entertainers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis (Steve Lawler and Paul McGuire) to Vermont with promising performers Betty and Judy Haynes (Michelle Drenth and Sydney Place). Once there, they discover their former WWII commanding officer, General Waverly (Jerry Fox), has turned innkeeper and is losing customers due to a lack of snow.
Who loves winter? We do! So do polar bears, penguins, and snow monkeys. This class will begin with a story and a hands-on project related to winter and all things cold and shivery. Then we will switch to some open gym time for some running around and warming up.
Thursdays, December 6-20
National Guard Armory
Members: Free
Community Members: $20
You can register online at northfieldymca.org, complete a registration form and mail to 519 Division Street, Northfield MN 55057 or stop by/call the office (645-0088) or Wellness Center (664-7349).
The YMCA will not turn anyone away from its membership or programs because of an inability to pay. Please let us know if we may assist you in this way by completing a Financial Aid form, under the Membership tab, and return it to us.


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Now that we've released IE7 in English, I want to update everyone on our plans for other languages. The short version is that we will be releasing IE7 in all languages available for each version of Windows – twenty-four fully localized languages in total. In two to three weeks, we'll ship the Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish language versions. The remaining languages will be released in phases between November and January. I've listed the set of fully localized languages by operating system and platform below.
In addition to these full language versions, we will release the Multi-language User Interface (MUI) version in January, and the fifty-five Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack (LIP) versions of Internet Explorer 7 after that. You can find more information on the Windows Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Version and Windows XP Professional Language Interface Pack (LIP) at http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/muizone.mspx
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Windows Internet Explorer for Windows 64 bit Client/Server (x64)
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Internet Explorer 7 MUI Pack for Windows XP
Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
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Ginkgo Leaf in Fog
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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Elder Leaf for July
Sunday, August 1, 2010
As the dry season settles in we still can find some green in Sambucus mexicana - the blue elderberry. This project is pretty simple - a leaf, some flowers (upper left), and green, not yet ripe berries (lower right). Right now most of the elders have green berries, but a few are already a deep ripe purple, and some are even still in flower! I chose the elder partly because this fabric's colors reminded me of it. In fact one of the reasons I used few beads was so I could still see the fabric's lovely hues! The elderberry branches are used by indigenous Californians for clapper sticks and flutes so is associated with music here. But of course this little tree has a lot of history and mythological associations in Europe, also, and I found out recently that the European and Californian elders are now considered to be the same species! This much revered plant is one of my favorites so it was nice to represent the elder in beads. You can see a leaf from one of my garden elders in the first photo!
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Revolution wraps up SuperLiga group stage on Tuesday in Foxborough
The Revs used a 77th minute tally from Marko Perovi? and stingy defense to defeat the Chicago Fire, 1-0, on Saturday night and clinch a berth into the SuperLiga 2010 semifinals … New England has now qualified for the elimination stage all three years the club has played in SuperLiga, winning the tournament in 2008 making it the only MLS club to do so … Tuesday and Wednesday's final group matches will determine who earns the right to host the semifinal matches, which will be played the first week of August … two teams have already advanced to the semis – New England (Group B) and Puebla FC (Group A) … Houston and Chivas USA (Group A) and Monaras Morelia and Pumas UNAM (Group B) can also still qualify for the semifinals.
Major League Soccer announced on Monday that MLS Commissioner Don Garber and MLS All-Star Team head coach Bruce Arena of the LA Galaxy have made their selections to complete the 23-man 2010 AT&T MLS All-Star roster … the list included defender Kevin Alston and midfielder Shalrie Joseph … Joseph was selected to his seventh all-star team in his eighth MLS season, while Alston was selected for the first time … the MLS All-Stars will take on Manchester United in the 2010 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 28, 2010 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2, TeleFutura).
The Revolution will play its 14th all-time game against a club from Mexico on Tuesday night, but its first ever match against Monarcas Morelia … Morelia participated in SuperLiga once before - in 2007, the only year New England did not play in the tournament… the Revs carry a 10-2-1 all-time record against Mexican clubs into Tuesday's match with Morelia, and have outscored teams from south of the border by a combined 31-9 in those 14 matches … in SuperLiga matches only, the Revs are undefeated – 6-0-0 – against Mexican teams, the best overall mark (and only undefeated mark) and most wins among all MLS teams that have played in SuperLiga.
SuperLiga tournament organizers changed the tie-breaker policies for the 2010 edition of the tournament to fall in line with FIFA's tie-breaker procedure … in past years, head-to-head result has been the first tie-breaker, but that no longer applies … in 2010, the first tie-breaker is goal differential, followed by goals scored … should two or more teams be tied on points after three group games, the tie-breakers will be used to determine semifinal qualification.
With the team's win at Chicago on Saturday, New England has advanced to the SuperLiga semifinals for the third time in three tournament appearances … should the Revs earn at least one point (a win or a draw) against Monarcas Morelia, the Revs will claim the top seed in Group B and will host at least one match – against the second seed in Group B – in the semifinals … should the Revs lose to Monarcas Morelia, the Revs will earn the second seed in Group B and will face the top seed in Group A – either Puebla or the Houston Dynamo … if three Mexican teams advance to the semifinals, the Revs will host a semifinal doubleheader the first week of August … should the Revs and Houston meet, the higher seeded team will host the match … Chivas USA and Pumas UNAM can also still qualify for the semifinals, but they must win and also need Houston and Monarcas Morelia, respectively, to lose AND beat the Dynamo and Monarcas Morelia on goal differential to advance to the semifinals.
Four Revs players are sitting on one caution after the first two games of SuperLiga group play … Kheli Dube, Shalrie Joseph, Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi all picked up cautions in game one against Pumas UNAM … no players were cautioned on Saturday … should all four players go un-disciplined on Tuesday, their records will be expunged and they will go into the semifinals with a clean disciplinary record … if one of those players receives a second yellow card on Tuesday, he will be forced to miss the semifinal match while serving a one-game suspension … should one of those players receive a yellow card and red card, he would miss both the semifinal and the Revs' next SuperLiga match … if any additional Revs pick up yellow cards on Tuesday, their records will also be expunged before the semifinals, unless they get a second yellow or red in the same match, forcing them to miss the semifinal.
Three Revs players – Kheli Dube, Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi – are among the all-time leaders in SuperLiga games played with 11 … the Revs' trio joins Houston's Bobby Boswell, Pachuca's Miguel Calero and Monarcas Morelia's Luis Gabriel Rey at the top of the tournament's appearance chart … additionally, Matt Reis has played 10 SuperLiga matches – tied for seventh all-time – missing only one tournament match earlier this year, the Revs' opening contest on July 14 against Pumas UNAM.
The Revs have made quite an impact in SuperLiga play since first participating in the international tournament in 2008 … New England has compiled a 7-1-3 record in the tournament in three years of play, and winning the 2008 championship … even with the success that the Revolution has earned in the tournament, its calling card has become winning 1-0 games … with its second straight 1-0 win in this year's tournament - over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night - the Revs have now posted six 1-0 victories in their eight wins in tournament history … the other victories were a 4-2 win over Santos Laguna in last year's group stage and a 2-2 draw against the Houston Dynamo in the SuperLiga 2008 championship match, after which the Revolution claimed the tournament title in penalty kicks.
Midfielder Marko Perovi? extended his points streak to three consecutive games in all competitions with his 77th-minute tally on Saturday night in Chicago … Perovi? has scored two goals and picked up one assist during his run and now has four goals and an assist in a Revolution uniform in all matches … his assist in last Wednesday in a 1-0 win over Pumas was his first for New England when his corner kick found Zack Schilawski in the 18th minute, which proved to be the game-winner.
The Revolution has been creative during its three consecutive victories on the last couple weeks … the club scored two second-half goals to beat Major League Soccer's top team, the LA Galaxy, 2-0 on July 10 … the Revs followed that with an 18th-minute tally and held on for the W in last week's 1-0 win over Pumas in the SuperLiga 2010 opener … the capper came this past weekend, when Marko Perovi? scored a dramatic 77th-minute goal coming off a Chicago turnover in its own end.
New England has now scored goals in three consecutive games overall, a season-high for 2010 … the Revs have scored four times in their last three matches – twice against LA on July 10 and once each on July 14 against Pumas and at Chicago on Saturday … the Revolution's previous high was two consecutive games with at least one goal twice – coming in a 2-0 win at D.C. United on April 3 and a 4-1 win over Toronto FC at Gillette Stadium on April 10 … the club also scored in two straight matches: a 2-1 loss to Colorado at home on April 24, and a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas at home on May 1.
New England goalkeepers Matt Reis and Bobby Shuttleworth have posted a combined 8-1-2 all-time mark and a .773 winning percentage in SuperLiga, the best among all teams that have competed in the event … Reis has a 7-1-2 mark with five shutouts and an 0.77 goals against average … Shuttleworth, who started the July 14 match against Pumas UNAM, is 1-0-0 with a 0.00 goals against average and one shutout … Reis' seven wins lead all goalkeepers, with Pachuca's Miguel Castro and Houston's Pat Onstad tied for second with four wins each … additionally, Reis leads all players in shutouts (5) and saves (48) … Reis' .842 save percentage is best among all goalkeepers who have played more than four games, while it's fourth overall among all goalkeepers as Shuttleworth's 1.000 save percentage tops the list.
Matt Reis' shutout against the Fire on Saturday night at Toyota Park gave the Revolution a shutout for its third straight game overall – a 2010 season high streak … the Revs had not previously recorded back-to-back shutouts this season and now have not allowed a goal in 275 minutes of play … Reis has bookended the scoreless efforts, while Bobby Shuttleworth shut out Pumas, 1-0, on July 14 at Gillette Stadium in the first match of SuperLiga 2010.
The Revs' win at Chicago on Saturday was the team's first victory against a fellow MLS team in SuperLiga in three tournaments … in 2008, the Revs traveled to Chivas USA for a group match, earning a 1-1 road draw, then drew with Houston in the final before taking the title on penalty kicks … in 2009, the Revs played to a 1-1 draw at home against Kansas City in the group stage, then lost to Chicago – 2-1- in the semifinals at home.
The Revs return to Gillette Stadium to host Monarcas Morelia on Tuesday night where they boast a 6-1-2 all-time record at the Razor in SuperLiga play … the club's only loss came to Chicago in the 2009 semifinals, a 2-1 defeat … including last Wednesday's 1-0 win over Pumas UNAM, New England has outscored opponents by a 13-8 margin in those nine matches … the Revs have shut out a SuperLiga opponent at home five times and have conceded more than one goal only three times … of the 11 total SuperLiga matches that the Revolution has played, nine have been at Gillette Stadium.
Midfielder Khano Smith made his first appearance in more than one month on Saturday night, since he sprained his right ankle against the Brazilian club Cruzeiro on June 13 during an international friendly … Smith came on for Kenny Mansally in the 62nd minute of New England's 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire this past weekend … he had missed four straight matches prior to coming on as a sub on Saturday evening.
With its 1-0 win over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday evening, New England snapped an eight-game winless streak at Toyota Park that spanned more than four years … the Revs were 0-7-1 in their last eight matches at Chicago and were on the wrong side of a 16-3 goal differential in all competitions at Toyota Park heading into last weekend … the Revolution's last win – and its only other win at Toyota Park came on July 8, 2006 in a 2-1 victory in Bridgeview, Ill. in its second ever trip there … the Revs improved to 2-7-2 all-time at Toyota Park and goal differential moved to 20-8 overall, in favor of Chicago.
The New England Revolution's Under-16 squad had an extremely successful weekend, even though the teams did not take the field … Diego Fagundez was named to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy's Starting XI, acknowledging him as one of the top 11 players nationwide this past season … Fagundez and Felix Debonna (Everett, Mass.) were also named to the Eastern Conference Starting XI, recognizing them among the top 11 players in the conference … additionally, Revolution U16 head coach Bryan Scales was named East Conference Coach of the Year.
The New England Revolution Youth Development Academy announced its rosters for the upcoming 2010-11 season on Friday … Revolution Director of Youth Development Karl Edmonds and his staff added 22 new players, including 15 to the Under-16 age group and seven at the Under-18 level … over 300 young players tried out for the teams in June before the Academy had to be whittled down to 45 players (22 for the U18 team and 23 for the U16 team) … coming off a season in which both of the Revolution youth squads qualified for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Playoffs for the first time, the academy turns to its third season as the only fully-funded youth program in New England – meaning that all players' needs and expenses related to soccer activities are provided by the Revolution at no cost to the players or their families … U16 rosters can be found here, while U18 rosters can be found here.
A combined U16/U18 squad will represent the Revolution next week at the MLS Under-17 Cup in Houston … all 16 MLS teams are sending a U17 club to the tournament, marking the first time MLS will be able to declare a true youth team champion … the following members of the Revs' youth squads will don the red, white and blue in Houston: Kelvin Castillo (Providence, R.I.), Dan Chmura (Wilbraham, Mass.), Felix DeBona (Everett, Mass.), Cole Denormandie (Lincoln, Mass.), Freddy Ferre (Waltham, Mass.), Diego Fagundez (Leominster, Mass.), Jack Hilger (Hopkinton, Mass.), Yannick Kabala (Manchester, N.H.), Peter Lee-Kramer (Andover, Mass.), Sean MacDonald (Candia, N.H.), Domanik Machado (Attleboro, Mass.), Derik Medeiros (Fall River, Mass.), Peguy Ngatcha (Manchester, N.H.), Adrian Reifsynder (Newton, Mass.), Christian Sady (North Andover, Mass.), Ryan Simpson (North Andover, Mass.), Forrest Sisk (Sudbury, Mass.), Mitchell Taintor (Storrs, Conn.), Dan Tchen (Concord, Mass.) and Tyler Zon (Wellesley, Mass.)


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MACON, Ga. (Sept. 18, 2013) – The Atlantic Sun Conference office announced Wednesday that ETSU senior Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) has been named the league's women's golfer of the week after firing a 223 to lead the Buccaneers to a sixth-place team finish and a tie for seventh individually in an extremely challenging field at the Mary Fossum Invitational.
Evans (76-75-72=223, +7) enjoyed the best showing by an ETSU player on the weekend and helped the Bucs best teams such as Miami and Indiana. ETSU also finished just four strokes out of third place, ending the tournament just behind national powers like Notre Dame, Northwestern and Oregon.
Evans' score of 72 was one of only three posted of par or better in the final round of competition, and she finished only six strokes back of the tournament's medalist.
A three-time All-Conference selection, Evans earns her second career A-Sun Women's Golf Player of the Week award.
For more on ETSU women's golf throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's golf link.


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San Diego, CA
June 1, 2018
More than sixty years before John Smith founded Jamestown, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under the flag of Spain, pulled into San Diego Bay in1542. Sixty years later, another Spanish explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino, arrived to give the port the name it bears today. In 1769, Fr. Junipero Serra established the Presidio of San Diego; this mission and the small settlement that developed around it became an agricultural and trading center. When Mexico declared her independence from Spain in 1822, most of the world had never heard of California yet alone San Diego. During the Mexican War the town and the port were commandeered by the U. S. Navy – the U. S. Navy never left. However as a consequence of the Mexican War, this small outpost and all of California became a part of the United States and a migration rush ensued. After the Civil War Alonzo Erastus Horton, a shrewd developer, decided that land south of the Mission had possibilities. He bought several acres of land for thirty-three cents an acre and sold them to adventure-seeking males looking for a piece of California. Within two years, the modern city of San Diego, founded three miles from Mission, went from 0 population to 2000. In the late nineteenth century as San Francisco and Los Angeles prospered, San Diego slowly grew into a city and seaport, primarily centered around fishing. Today San Diego's diverse economy supports millions.
Population: San Diego, 1,256,950; San Diego County, 2,855,833.
Land Area: 324.3 square miles.
Flight times: Chicago-4.5 hrs, London-10 hrs, N.Y.-5 hrs, Los Angeles- 1 hr, Miami-6 hrs, Tokyo-10 hrs.
Average daily temperature of 70.5 degrees F (21.4 degrees C).
Days of sunshine: 248 Annual.
Precipitation: 10 inches Average Daily High/Low.
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March: 66°f / 52°f, 19°c / 11°c
June: 71°f / 61°f, 22°c / 16°f
September: 77°f / 65°f, 24°c / 18°
December: 65°f / 49°f, 18°c / 9°c
San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (www.sandiego.org): 401 B Street, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 236-1212.
International Visitor Information Center: 1040 1/3 West Broadway (at Harbor Drive) San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 236-1212.
San Diego International Airport (www.san.org): is 10 minutes from downtown San Diego, 22 major and commuter airlines service the San Diego International Airport. For terminal and airline information call (619) 231-2100. For a list of services to get you to and from the airport, into Mexico or around town, visit our shuttle services page. Public Transportation MTS buses, trolleys and coasters provide convenient transportation throughout San Diego County. Travel to and from the airport, all shopping centers, attractions, beaches, hotels and Mexico. Bus schedules differ, but most hotels and attractions have service every 15 to 20 minutes.
The San Diego Trolley (www.sdcommute.com): Runs every 15 minutes throughout most of the day and 30 minutes in the evening. The North County Coaster runs 43 miles along the coast with station stops in downtown San Diego, Old Town, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Oceanside. You can also get a free trolly transfer which will take you to Tijuana. (800) COMMUTE.
Amtrak (www.amtrak.com): Operates nine daily traisn to San Diego. The Coaster operates during peak hours connecting San Diego County coastal cities. (800) USA-RAIL.
The Metropolitan Transit System (www.sdcommute.com): Operates 29 bus routes covering 635 miles.
Greyhound (www.greyhound.com): (800) 231-2222.
Taxis: Five can ride for the price of one! Taxicab stands are located at the airport, most hotels, attractions and shopping centers. Your fare will be displayed on the meter and will include a flag drop charge plus a per-mile and/or a per-hour charge. All cabs leaving the airport charge the same rate.
San Diego Cab – (619) 226-8294
Orange Cab – (619) 223-5555
American Cab – (619) 234-1111
Yellow Cab – (760) 722-4214
Arco/U.S. Olympic Training Center (www.usolympicteam.com): 2800 Olympic Pkwy Chula Vista, CA 91915, (619) 656-1500. United States Olympic Committee facility for Olympic-caliber athletes.
Balboa Park (www.balboapark.org): Featuring 15 museums, the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theatre and the Starlight Bowl. Balboa Park is the cultural heart of San Diego and the largest urban cultural park in the U.S. 1549 El Prado # 1 San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 239-0512 .
The Big Bay (www.thebigbay.com): San Diego's biggest attraction, with 27 miles of scenic waterfront, seven yacht clubs, 16 bayside parks, 17 marinas, 69 restaurants, 14 hotels, hundreds of shops and miles of waterfront promenades and bikeways. (877) 2-BIGBAY
Cabrillo National Monument (www.nps.gov/cabr): 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Dr. San Diego, CA 92106, (619) 557-5450. National monument commemorating Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's 1542 exploration of California coast. Point Loma Lighthouse provides spectacular view of San Diego.
The Gaslamp Quarter (www.gqhf.com): 410 Island Ave. (619) 233-4692. A 16 1/2-block historic district located in the heart of downtown San Diego; home of 90 restaurants, 40 retail shops, 20 nightclubs and the William Heath Davis Historic House Museum.
Hotel Del Coronado (www.hoteldel.com): 1500 Orange Ave. Coronado, CA 92118, 688 units,(619) 435-6611. National Historic Landmark, oceanfront resort, spa, nearby marina and golf. 26 acres of each, boating, surfing and tennis.
Knott's Soak City U.S.A. (www.soakcityusa.com): 2052 Entertainment Cir. Chula Vista, CA 91911, (619) 661-7373.1950's California beach-themed water adventures park including 17 tube and body slides, raft ride and remmie Lagoon kids area.
La Jolla Visitor Center (www.lajollabythesea.com): 7966 Herschel Ave. Suite A La Jolla, CA 92037, (619) 236-1212. "The jewel" of San Diego is renowned for its luxury resorts, beautiful beaches and coves, the La Jolla layhouse, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Legoland California (www.legoland.com): An interactive family theme park for youngsters 2-12. Rides, shows and attractions. One Legoland Dr. Carlsbad, CA 92008, 760-918-LEGO
Mission Basilica San Diego De Alcala (www.missionsandiego.com): The first of a chain of 21 missions along the California coast. Museum and gardens open daily, 9 am-4:45pm. 10818 San Diego Mission Rd. San Diego, CA 92108-2498, (619) 281-8449.4,000 square feet of visitor information on Mission Bay, the largest aquatic playground of its kind in the world.
Mission San Luis Rey (www.sanluisrey.org): California's largest mission on 56 acres. California's first pepper tree. Museum, Lavanderia, picnic gardens, gift shop. Daily, 10 am-4:30pm. 4050 Mission Ave. Oceanside, CA 92057, (760) 757-3651
San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park (www.sandiegozoo.org): 4,000 rare and endangered birds, mammals, reptiles; 6,500 varieties of exotic plants. Features Absolutely Apes, Ituri Forest, Giant Pandas and Polar Bear Plunge. Open daily.
Wild Animal Park:A 2,200-acre exotic animal and botanical reserve dedicated to the preservation and protection of endangered species.
Park Blvd. & Zoo Pl. San Diego, CA 92112, (619) 718-3000.
Seaworld San Diego(www.seaworld.com): 150-acre marine life park featuring Shamu, the killer whale, new attractions, shows, marine habitats, aquariums. 500 SeaWorld Dr. San Diego, CA 92109, (619) 226-3901. Single day admission: Ages 10 and over-$61, Ages 3-9-$51.
San Diego Museum Council (www.sandiegomuseumcouncil.org): consists of 27 member institutions in the county of San Diego reflecting a diverse range of educational, cultural and entertaining collections. San Diego's rich interest in arts and culture is showcased throughout the county in some 90 museums. San Diego Museum Council P.O. Box 3836 San Diego, CA 92163, (619) 276-0101
The La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art: 7966 Herschel Ave. Suite A La Jolla, CA 92037, (619) 236-1212.
San Diego Natural History Museum (www.sdnhm.org): 1788 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 232-3821. Open daily 10 am-5 pm. Admission: Adults-$13, Seniors-$11, Active Military, Youth, and Students-$8, Children-$7.
Museum of Man (www.museumofman.org): 1350 El Prado Balboa Park San Diego, California 92101, (619) 239-2001. Open daily 10 am-4:30 pm. Admission: Adults-$10, Seniors, Youth, and Active Military-$7.50.
Maritime Museum of San Diego (www.sdmaritime.com): 1492 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 234-9153. Open 365 days a year, daily 9 am-8pm. Admission: Adults-$14, Seniors and Active Military-$11, Children-$8.
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