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Ok so here is the deal. Spammers always seem to find a way around and through filters and into email at the company I work at. We have a firewall and anti-spam software keeping a ton of it at bay, but the one that always seems to get through is the stuff with some sort of text (word salad?) at the bottom/top that makes no sense except to fool the filters.
I for one do not get any spam, but here is the most common piece that we get in our office.
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How did Benson know that youd beable to repay him? Pfyfe left last week, I put the package back inthe safe along with the envelope.
Anyone got any good ideas or perhaps a program that has been able to really take care of this spam trash? We currently use our firewall and a program called AntiGen that catches a lot of stuff but not all of it. Any suggestions?


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A Question of Coexistence
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture
All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World
Step into the Great Mosque of Córdoba—the Mezquita—and you find yourself transported to a world in which time appears to stand still and space to be dissolved (see illustration on page 42). Everywhere you look, you are faced by long, receding vistas of columns, some 850 in all, from which rise double tiers of intersecting horseshoe arches of alternating white stone and red brick. The overwhelming impression is one of regularity and uniformity and, above all, timeless serenity.
Yet look a little closer and what at first seemed uniform displays traces of diversity. The marble columns, for instance, are far from being identical. When Abd al-Rahman I, the emir of the Islamic outpost of al-Andalus, embarked on the construction of the Great Mosque in the year 780 of the Christian era, he made use of columns and capitals pillaged from Visigothic and Roman buildings over a vast swath of territory running from North Africa to Narbonne.
If the mosque evoked the great monuments of Umayyad Syria from which Abd al-Rahman had fled when his dynasty was overthrown, it also drew inspiration from the Roman buildings and the local vernacular forms of Visigothic Spain. Indeed, according to tradition it was partly built on the ruins of the demolished Visigothic church of San Vicente, a place of worship that Muslims had shared with Christians until the new construction began. San Vicente itself had been built on the ruins of a Roman temple. Medieval Córdoba, with the Great Mosque at its center, was a place where cultures and civilizations met and intertwined.
Yet however eclectic its architectural forms, the Great Mosque was also a triumphant assertion of the dominance of Islam—a dominance that in the time of Abd al-Rahman I and his Umayyad successors extended to all but the northern fringes of the Iberian peninsula, where the Christians still held out. That dominance had begun when a Berber army crossed the straits of Gibraltar in 711 and overthrew the Visigothic state, the heir to Roman Spain. The conquest was swift, and what became the Umayyad caliphate of Córdoba reached the zenith of its power in the tenth century. Christian visitors were dazzled by the riches and splendor of the caliphate, but these concealed an internal fragility that would lead to power struggles, which in turn were followed by descent into civil war. In 1031 the caliphate fragmented into more than twenty petty states, known as the Taifa kingdoms. With the downfall of the Umayyads the great days of Córdoba were at an end, but its place as a center of…
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday said his concerns about Chuck Hagel becoming the next defense secretary have been addressed and he is prepared to support his confirmation. "In a meeting Monday, Senator Hagel spent approximately 90 minutes addressing my concerns one by one. It was a very constructive session," Schumer said in a statement. "Senator Hagel could not have been more forthcoming and sincere."
Here's Schumer's full statement:
When Senator Hagel's name first surfaced as a potential nominee for Secretary of Defense, I had genuine concerns over certain aspects of his record on Israel and Iran. Once the President made his choice, however, I agreed to keep these reservations private until I had the opportunity to discuss them fully with Senator Hagel in person.
In a meeting Monday, Senator Hagel spent approximately 90 minutes addressing my concerns one by one. It was a very constructive session. Senator Hagel could not have been more forthcoming and sincere.
Based on several key assurances provided by Senator Hagel, I am currently prepared to vote for his confirmation. I encourage my Senate colleagues who have shared my previous concerns to also support him.
In our meeting Monday, Senator Hagel clarified a number of his past statements and positions and elaborated on several others.
On Iran, Senator Hagel rejected a strategy of containment and expressed the need to keep all options on the table in confronting that country. But he didn't stop there. In our conversation, Senator Hagel made a crystal-clear promise that he would do "whatever it takes" to stop Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, including the use of military force. He said his "top priority" as Secretary of Defense would be the planning of military contingencies related to Iran. He added that he has already received a briefing from the Pentagon on this topic.
In terms of sanctions, past statements by Senator Hagel sowed concerns that he considered unilateral sanctions against Iran to be ineffective. In our meeting, however, Senator Hagel clarified that he "completely" supports President Obama's current sanctions against Iran. He added that further unilateral sanctions against Iran could be effective and necessary.
On Hezbollah, Senator Hagel stressed that—notwithstanding any letters he refused to sign in the past—he has always considered the group to be a terrorist organization.
On Hamas, I asked Senator Hagel about a letter he signed in March 2009 urging President Obama to open direct talks with that group's leaders. In response, Senator Hagel assured me that he today believes there should be no negotiations with Hamas, Hezbollah or any other terrorist group until they renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist.
Senator Hagel volunteered that he has always supported Israel's right to retaliate militarily in the face of terrorist attacks by Hezbollah or Hamas. He understood the predicament Israel is in when terrorist groups hide rocket launchers among civilian populations and stage attacks from there. He supported Israel's right to defend herself even in those difficult circumstances.
In keeping with our promises to help equip Israel, Senator Hagel pledged to work towards the on-time delivery of the F-35 joint strike fighters to Israel, continue the cooperation between Israel and the U.S. on Iron Dome, and recommend to the President that we refuse to join in any NATO exercises if Turkey should continue to insist on excluding Israel from them. Senator Hagel believes Israel must maintain its Qualitative Military Edge.
Regarding his unfortunate use of the term "Jewish lobby" to refer to certain pro-Israel groups, Senator Hagel understands the sensitivity around such a loaded term and regrets saying it.
I know some will question whether Senator Hagel's assurances are merely attempts to quiet critics as he seeks confirmation to this critical post. But I don't think so. Senator Hagel realizes the situation in the Middle East has changed, with Israel in a dramatically more endangered position than it was even five years ago. His views are genuine, and reflect this new reality.
On issues related to female and LGBT service members, Senator Hagel provided key assurances as well. He said he is committed to implementing the Shaheen amendment to improve the reproductive health of military women. He also supports the full repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
In general, I believe any President deserves latitude in selecting his own advisors. While the Senate confirmation process must be allowed to run its course, it is my hope that Senator Hagel's thorough explanations will remove any lingering controversy regarding his nomination.
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MGC Asian Traditional Textiles MuseumAvenue 60m. Boeung Daun Pa, Sangkat Slorkram,Siem Reap City 17251, CambodiaE-mail: email@example.com
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A walk through the galleries of this wonderfully conceptualized museum, gives a feel of connectivity between the mighty rivers Ganga and Mekong. A visit to this museum is an opportunity to experience the textiles treasures from India, Cambodia and other members States of Mekong region. This is an excellent effort, not only at showcasing our vibrant textiles traditions but also at nurturing those traditions by providing a larger audience an insight into the traditional skills and textile crafts.
H.E. Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari
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It is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to visit this wonderful museum. I wish a bright and successful path ahead.
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Vice President
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I have been gripped by Scandal fever, I know I am a little late to the party, for some reason it passed me by until the show came to Sky Living earlier this month for its third season, which of course meant I needed to catch up fast. This has resulted in binge-watching the first two seasons, living the drama, wanting to be a Gladiator, and most of all admiring Kerry Washington's character Olivia Pope's wardrobe, which is always immaculately styled.
I love discovering TV shows with great fashion, I was obsessed by Gossip Girl, I love the Hampton's style of Revenge, costume designer Janie Bryant made a Mad Men convert out of me with her ladylike retro pieces, I love to see the trumpet sleeve gowns in Games of Thrones, I still want to be a My So-Called Life grunge girl, I obsess over Jessica from New Girl's glasses, and no TV star has come close to rocking a skirt suit like Ally McBeal, and of course I couldn't forget about Carrie Bradshaw and how stylist Patricia Field made SJP a style icon in Sex and the City.
I definitely feel that Olivia Pope's love of white, clean-cut coats, tailored jackets, and exquisite Prada bags has to be added to my TV fashion list. Watching episodes back-to-back always makes me get more deeply invested in a series, but with the fast paced nature of Scandal, the strength and attitude of Olivia Pope and the incredible soundtrack, I love all the Motown tunes, it really has sucked me and the styling from costume designer Lyn Paolo has been amazing – not just for Olivia but the whole cast.
I think the stand out items of Olivia's designer wardrobe has to be her love of outerwear, we've seen Tory Burch, Max Mara, Ferragamo, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Escada, Alexander McQueen and Burberry, basically any designer you can think of. Each one is a classic, they all have sleek lines, and generally they are all white or neutral tones, to represent Olivia as the good guy, with the except of the very gorgeous Ralph Lauren plaid coat that she wears to the court-house.
There has been everything from the classic trench to the floaty wrap style, as well as oversized, plaid, miltatry inspired, and double-breasted. One of my favourites, there a few so stick with me, has to be the soft grey Max Mara coat above with the three-quarter sleeves, I love the cape-like sleeves paired with those Dorothy Gaspar gloves that perfectly match with her Prada bag, simply chic.
"Kerry and I fell in love with this coat but I didn't like where the sleeves hit on her arms and suggested gloves," Paolo told E!. "You know, it's a fashion moment and Olivia Pope can put herself together no matter what is going on in her life.'"
I also adore the two Salvatore Ferragamo coats, both are so feminine, I love the oversized collars and it is always nice to see Olivia rocking pink, even if it is light enough to be confused as white. But I think the ultimate white coat has to be the Burberry Prorsum Duchesse satin cape topper from the spring/summer 2014 collection. I love that even under fire Olivia can still rock an amazing look, and I think it was a great move to wear this beauty completely fasten to the neck, it really does make a strong statement.
Explaining the Burberry coat, Paolo told E!: "I felt like she needed to be the white knight, so she needed to be in white, but I didn't want to do a suit. I wanted whatever she wore to look like armour. She wore the coat completely fastened to the neck not showing any skin, and we talked about the cape being sort of like a superhero so she literally never takes the coat off."
As well as gorgeous coats, Olivia's wardrobe is packed full of tailored jackets and blazers to complete her looks. From the double-breasted military jacket by Ann Demeulemeester to the dark grey Escada suit blazer and her signature white Burberry blazer, but my favourite has to be the Escada caramel blazer, the masculine style collar really works with the feminine style pleating.
Just watching this show has made me excited about autumn just so I can get a new coat or two, and when the times comes I will be posting Olivia Pope inspired pieces from the high street, it just felt wrong to do that in August.
Have you been bitten by the Scandal bug? If like me you have, please no texts, tweets, phone calls or any communication of any kind tonight between 9 and 10pm, as I will be sitting on the edge of my seat with a glass of wine and a big bowl of popcorn in my silk PJs to watch the next episode on Sky Living HD!!!
While I was doing my research I also found this video of Kerry Washington talking about the Olivia Pope closet – it basically looks like my idea of heaven!!!


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O.K be honest and don't be shy, I will admit that I have people from SoSZ held close to me like Lord Davion, Wild-Eyes if it hadn't have been fort hese two I might not have been here, they have helped me so much I love you guys , James because I cosider him to inspirate me with his profession and to a surprise Jon Wu. He may not like me but I really like this guy sure I have said he can be a bit harsh and all but I like him, too bad he can't say the same about me but hey I like the guy.
I also have many friends on SoSZ that I like knowing and all but ehck teh list is too long though they know who they are cos I spoke to them On Yahoo, AIM and MSN alsomy fellow friends at MKO and fellow admin and mods as well at RTk online. I named these four because they inspire me, compassionate wise and generaly good friends to have. Jon Wu I need to know a lot more though, though I doubt that he wants to get to know me :wahh: .
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It's a new year of ballet, and the ballerina finds herself quite eager and prepared:
As the girls grow older, it's been such a relief to be able to gradually give up the exhausting chaos of their tiny years (they're 22 months apart, remember? I yawn just thinking about those days...) and, with their help, actually develop a system and an organization for some things that make our lives so much less stressful.
Take the pink ballet uniform, for instance:
The leotard and tights (the same as last year, thank goodness for stretchy fabrics!), get checked over when Syd gets home from class, hand-washed if they need it, and then put back in Sydney's ballet bag. The ballet shoes (brand-new from the dance store, leather shoes are NOT very forgiving) can go straight into the bag. Generally, Sydney isn't permitted to wear her ballet shoes outside--photos are a special occasion.
Sydney isn't permitted to wear her ballet uniform to play in--it was very expensive, and she has plenty of other leotards, some of them nearly identical, to fuel her at-home ballet daydreams--and so being permitted to run around outside in full uniform, near a fountain, no less(!), was pretty fun:
Being basically the butchest mom on the planet, the ballerina bun has been one of my biggest fears for a long time. I bit the bullet this year, however, and to my surprise...that damn bun is easier to make than a braid!
I've since decided to skip the netting, since I don't bother to slick the rest of Sydney's hair back with gel and spray, but even so the bun is sturdy and simple and attractive, and I've even begun using it to pull the girls' hair up when I want it out of their faces during the week. Who knew?
It's only since I've seen how easy even getting ready for ballet can be with a child who is organized, capable, and responsible for her own gear that I've begun to feel less bad about sending the girls to Montessori when they were littler with tangled hair, dirty faces, no socks, and lunch eaten in the car on the way there. How on earth did those other parents send neat and tidy small children out into the world every single day, on time and with a hot, healthy lunch in their tummies?
Really, however, my greatest revelations ought to concern how to apply this study in organization to all the other remaining areas of overwhelming chaos in our lives. A gymnastics bag, for instance--we'd know where the gymnastics leotards were even before it was time to get ready to go, and Willow might actually be able to find her gymnastics shorts for a change! And if each girl only wore her gymnastics leotard for gymnastics, then perhaps we'd be spared the desperate search among the play leotards each week to find one that fit for class...
And surely there is some sort of simple way to fix a child's hair so that the dratted ponytail doesn't dig into her skull during forward rolls?
Monday, September 26, 2011
The Ballerina, and Her Bun, and Thoughts on Organization
3 comments:
- Laura and Kelly Allen said...
Use low ponytails or low braids for gymnastics, they won't dig in.
Also, how are you doing that bun? It is uncharacteristically neat and formal. Is it a special clip or something?
- September 26, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- Tina said...
I am never sure how people get there kids out the door clean, combed and on time either, and I only have 1!
Could you try two pig tails on the sides to prevent the digging in?
We tried gymnastics last year and it was a nightmare. We are more horseback riding and rock climbing around here :)
- September 26, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- Kimberly said...
Julie, that is an AMAZING bun! Even as an adult I can't make a bun that formal looking on myself. It looks like a hair piece!
I'm also sorry that we missed you at the park yesterday!
- September 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM
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Just outside of the Balboa Bay Club's Grand Ballroom earlier this month, a young pianist in a bow tie filled the lobby with Christmas music, and a magician wowed children with card and coin tricks. Adults traded complimentary drink tickets for cocktails and doggedly circled curious-looking Christmas trees adorned with tantalizing gifts for the whole family.
The Child Guidance Center's 30th annual Holiday Party and Fundraiser made for a relaxing, casual afternoon for a good cause.
The Child Guidance Center helps 1,200 Orange County families a week whose members suffer from severe emotional and behavior problems. With 90 percent of the proceeds going to the organization, guests were eager to take part in a silent auction for a variety of gift baskets, from In & Out Burger gift certificates to a new Kindle Fire HD.
The tree raffle generated the biggest buzz; guests bid on themed Christmas trees, which came with a series of high-priced items such as Nintendo Wii U console electric guitars, or bottles of vino under the Wine Tree.
Child Guidance board president Robert Jechart, executive director Lori Pack, and honoree Ivan Calderon, co-founder of Taco Rosa, and his wife, Diane Calderon, attended.
Board member, former president and impeccable dresser Matt Harris was having a great time, but he was ever mindful of the importance of getting the word out on the organization's only fundraising event of the year.
"Every year it gets a little bit better," said Harris. With the prospect of helping families and winning wine trees, the fundraiser is bound to be even grander next year.


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For Truthout
He's kidding, right? Did I just hear Mitt Romney say, "I would do nothing to hurt the US auto industry"
Really? REALLY?
Here's the facts, ma'am:
As I reported in this week's Nation magazine cover story "Mitt Romney's Bail-out Bonanza", the Romneys are in a special partnership with the vulture fund that bought Delphi, the former GM auto parts division.
[Watch our Democracy Now! report on the Romney group's auto plant closures.]
The Romney vulture fund investment syndicate shipped every single UAW production job – EVERY job – to China.
Just after Nation broke the story, Washington newsletter The Hill received the Romneys admission of profiteering:
"Romney's campaign did not deny that he profited from the auto bailout in an email to The Hill, but it said the the report showed the Detroit intervention was 'misguided.'"
The truth? On June 1, 2009, the Obama Administration announced that Detroit Piston's owner Tom Gores, GM and the US Treasury would buy back Delphi. The plan called for saving 15 of 29 Delphi factories in the US.
Then the vulture funds pounced.
Nation discovered that, in the two weeks immediately following the announcement of the Delphi jobs-saving plan, Paul Singer, Romney's partner, secretly bought up over a billion dollars of old Delphi bonds for pennies on the dollar.
Singer and partners now controlled the company … and killed the return of Delphi to GM.
These facts were revealed in a sworn deposition of Delphi's Chief Financial Officer John Sheehan, confidential, but now released on the web.
Sheehan said, under oath, that these speculators threatened to withhold key parts (steering columns), from GM. This would have brought the auto maker to its knees, immediately forcing GM's permanent closure.
The extortion worked. The government money that was supposed to go to save jobs went to Singer's hedge fund Elliott and its partners, including the Romneys.
Once Singer's crew took control of Delphi, they rapidly completed the move to China, sticking the US taxpayers with the bill for the pensions of the Delphi workers cut loose.
Dan Loeb, a million-dollar donor to the GOP, who made three-quarters of a billion dollars off the legal scam, proudly announced that, once he and Elliott took control, Delphi kept "virtually no North American unionized labor"
In all, three hedge funds run by Romney's million-dollar donors have pocketed $4.2 billion, a return on their "investment" of over 3,000%, all care of the US taxpayer. The Romneys personally earned minimum $15.3 million, though more likely $115 million – a range their campaign does not dispute.
Frankly, I'm no fan of the way Obama handled the Delphi bail-out. Allowing these speculators to crank the US taxpayers for $12.9 billion in subsidies – and losing almost all the auto parts jobs in the process.
But when I heard that Son of a …Detroit, Mr. Romney, tell us, 'I would do nothing to harm the US auto industry,' I thought I'd lose my dinner. I suggest Romney repeat this directly to the Naylor family of Kokomo, Indiana.
Bruce Naylor lost his job at Delphi, then his health insurance (terminated by the Romney syndicate) – then his home to foreclosure.
Should Obama have done something about that? You bet. If I were the president, I'd have started with putting the vulture speculators out of business – including Elliott's silent, hidden partner, one Mitt Romney.
* Want the full story of Romney's vulture-pack partners? I have several chapters on Paul "The Vulture" Singer and other million-dollar donor magnates backing Romney (and those backing Obama too) in my new book, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits," with an introduction by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and illustrations by Ted Rall.
* And a question to the US media: HELLO, ANYBODY HOME?
This info on Romney's profiteering and the shipping of Delphi jobs to China by his cronies is on the COVER of Nation Magazine and in a New York Times bestseller (Billionaires & Ballot Bandits). So, where is the New York 'Paper of Record'? Or, for that matter, MSNBC?
Bill Press explained it to me when I was on his show this morning, "Sorry, Greg. There's no more investigative reporting in America. No reporters, just repeaters."
That's why I fear Jimmy Carter's statement that, "The American people deserve a president as good as they are." Now I'm afraid that's exactly what we'll get.
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Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Armed Madhouse and Vultures' Picnic.
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City of Arts and Sciences
The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències), (Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia.
The City of Arts and Sciences is situated at the end of the former riverbed of the river Turia, which was drained and rerouted after a catastrophic flood in 1957. The old riverbed was turned into a picturesque sunken park.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the project underwent the first stages of construction in July 1996 and the finished "city" was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of L'Hemisfèric. The last great component of the City of Arts and Sciences, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, was presented on October 9, 2005, Valencian Community Day.
The complex is made up of the following buildings, in order of their inauguration:
- L'Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. The building is meant to resemble a giant eye, and has an approximate surface of 13,000 m². The Hemesferic also known as the planetarium or the "eye of knowledge," is the centerpiece of the City of Arts and Sciences. It was the first building completed in 1998. Its design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool. The bottom of the pool is glass, creating the illusion of the eye as a whole. This planetarium is a half-sphere composed of concrete 110 meters long and 55.5 meters wide. The shutter is built of elongated aluminum awnings that fold upward collectively to form a brise soleil roof that opens along the curved axis of the eye. It opens to reveal the dome, the pupil of the eye, which is the Ominax theater. The City of Arts and Sciences is divided in half by a set of stairs that descend into the vaulted concrete lobby. The underground spaces are illuminated with the use of translucent glass panels within the walking path. The transparent roof is supported by concrete arches that connect to the sunken gallery. There is a miraculous echo inside of the building and if two people stay on the two opposite pillars inside of the eye they can seamlessly speak with each other.
- El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — Is an interactive museum of science that resembles the skeleton of a whale. It occupies around 40,000 m² on three floors. The hotch-potch of exhibits is designed more for 'entertainment value' than for science education. The building is much more impressive outside than inside and its meagre contents show how little thought was put into the whole project. Much of the ground floor is taken up by a basketball court sponsored by a local team and various companies. The building is made up of three floors of which 26,000 square meters is used for exhibitions. The first floor has a beautiful view of the Turia Garden that surrounds it; which is over 13,500 square meters of water. The second floor hosts "The Legacy of Science" exhibition by the researchers; Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Severo Ochoa y Jean Dausset. The third floor is known as the "Chromosome Forest" which shows the sequencing of human DNA. Also on this floor is the "Zero Gravity," the "Space Academy," and "Marvel Superheroes" exhibitions. The building's architecture is known for its geometry, structure, use of materials, and its design around nature. The building is about 42,000 square meter and 26,000 square meters of is exhibition space, which is currently the largest in Spain. It has 20,000 square meters of glass, 4,000 panes, 58,000 m³ of concrete, and 14.000 tons of steel. This magnificent building stands 220 meters long, 80 meters wide and 55 meters high.
- L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures one of which is a giant banana, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists. (Miquel from Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others). The Umbracle is a space that is a home to numerous sculptures surrounded by nature. It was designed as a entrance to the City of Arts and Sciences. It is 320 meters long and 60 meters wide, located on the southern side of the complex. It 55 fixed arches and 54 floating arches that stand 18 meters high. The plants in the garden were carefully picked to change color with the seasons. The garden consists of 99 palm trees, 78 small palm trees, 62 bitter orange trees. There are 42 varieties of shrubs from the Region of Valencia including Cistuses, Mastics, Buddleia, Pampas grass, and Plumbagos. In the garden there are 16 plants of Beauty of the Night. Honeysuckle and hanging Bougainvilea are two of the 450 climbing plants in the umbracle. It also has 5,500 carpet plants such as Lotus, Agateas, Spanish Flags, and Fig Marigolds. There are over a hundred aromatic plants including Rosemary and Lavender.
- L'Oceanogràfic — an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. It was built in the shape of a water lily and is the work of architect Félix Candela. Each building represents different aquatic environments including the Mediterranean, Wetlands, Temperate and Tropical Seas, Oceans, the Antarctic, the Artctic, Islands and the Ted Sea. This aquarium is a home to over 500 different species including dolphins, belugas, sawfish, jellyfish, starfish, sea urchins, walruses, sea lions, seals, penguins, turtles, sharks,and rays. It also inhabits wetland bird species.
- El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — an opera house and performing arts center. It contains four large rooms: a Main Room, Magisterial Classroom, Amphitheater and Theater of Camera. It is dedicated to music and the scenic arts. It is surrounded by 87,000 square meters of landscape and water, as well as 10,000 square meters of walking area. The Palau de Les Arts has four sections; the main hall, the master hall, the auditorium, and the Martin y Soler theatre. It holds many events such as opera, theatre and music in its auditoriums. Panoramic lifts and stairways connect platforms at different heights on the inside of the metallic frames of the building. The building has an metallic feather outer roof that rests on two supports and is 230 meters long and 70 meters high. One of the supports allows for part of the building to overhang. The building is supported by white concrete. Two laminated steel shells cover the building weighing over 3,000 tons. These shells are 163 meters wide and 163 meters long.
- El Pont de l'Assut de l'Or — a suspension bridge that connects the south side with Minorca Street, whose 125 meters high pillar is the highest point in the city.
- L'Àgora — a covered plaza in which concerts and sporting events (such as the Valencia Open 500) are held.[1] The Agora is a space designed to hold a variety of events such as concerts, performances, exhibitions, conventions, staging of congresses, and international sports meetings. Many important events have been held in this building including the Freestyle Burn Spanish Cup in 2010 and the Christmas Special Program.
- Torres de València — forming part of a project of the construction of three skyscrapers of 308, 266 and 220 m. The project has been put on hold and the possibilities that it will be finished are seen by many as doubtful.
Origins of the project[edit]
Tish Barberá entrusted the creation of a team that articulated the project and that visited spaces with similar characteristics in Munich, Canada and London, to devise a project of evident pedagogical appearance.
The ""City of the Sciences"" was the name that the autonomous government gave to the initiative, and plans included a 370m high communications tower, which would have been the third highest one in the world at that time; a planetarium; and the museum of science. The total price of the works was estimated to be about 25,000 million pesetas.
The project did however cause controversy. The Popular Party saw in the City of the Sciences a "work of the pharaohs" that would serve only to swell the ego of the socialists, who were the driving forces behind the initiative.
In May 1991, the council approved the transfer of lands. Four months later the project was presented, designed by Santiago Calatrava. Construction began by the end of 1994.
The team that had designed the museum did not see eye to eye with the form in which Santiago Calatrava conceived the building. Therefore, a couple of changes were made.[citation needed]
In April 1998 the complex opened its doors to the public with L'Hemisfèric. Eleven months later, the president of Valencia, Eduardo Zaplana, inaugurated the Prince Felipe Museum of the Sciences, although the museum was not yet finished. The museum was opened to the public twenty months later. December 12, 2002 was the opening of L'Oceanographic, the largest aquarium built in Europe. Finally, on October 8, 2005 the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía was opened and became the opera house of Valencia.
The Architects: Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela[edit]
Santiago Calatrava was born in Valencia Spain on the July 28, 1951. He is a qualified architect and engineer and also known for his artist skills in painting and sculpting. He attended the Art Academy in Valencia in the mid-1960s, then he earned a degree in architecture and a post graduate course in city planning at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitecturea, studied civil engineering at the Federal Polytechnic University of Zurich, and participated in academic research investigating The Foldability of Space Frames. Calatrava's architecture is aimed to unite structure and movement. Early in his career, Calatrava was the winner to design The Stadelhofen Station in Zurich. He was recognized for his achievement in creating poetics of movement and integrating public transportation in a natural setting and urban context. Another theme in his work was moving contraptions in his buildings. The dome for the Reichstag Conversion Competition in Berlin that open and closes like a flower. The Planetarium in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia opens and closes like eyelids.
Felix Candela was born on January 27, 1910 in Madrid Spain and died December 7, 1997. His architectural designs composed of reinforced-concrete structures distinguished by thin, curved shells. His popularity sprung from his design, in collaboration with Jorge Gonzales Reyna, of the Cosmic Ray Pavilion in Mexico. He used his signature design of the reinforced concrete roof that varies in thickness from only 5/8 inch to 2 inches. He also built the church of La Virgin Milagrosa in Mexico City and the church of San Vicente de Paul. His designs consisted of warped-shell industrial buildings, thin-shell centenary, and barrel-vaulted factories and warehouses. Candela was also a teacher at Harvard University and University of Illinois. Felix Candela designed the underwater city, L'Oceanografic, located in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia and is reminiscent of Antoni Gaudi work in Barcelona.
Financial controversy[edit]
The complex has also become a symbol of profligate spending, finacial mismanagement and waste, due to large cost overruns and a large debt burden that the region is struggling under.[2][3]
See also[edit]
- ^ Punto final a la Ciudad de las Artes - Valencia_Valencia - Valencia - ABC.es
- ^ "Calatrava's Valencia Project Attracts the Ire of Spanish Politicians - Businessweek". Business Week. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ "Activists Offer Protest Tour Of Spain's Modern Ruins : NPR". NPR. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- Tzonis, Alexander. Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works. New York: Rizzoli, 2004. Print.
- Jodidio, Philip. Santiago Calatrava. Köln: Taschen, 1998. Print.
- Sharp, Dennis. Santiago Calatrava. London: E & FN SPON, 1994. Print.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències
- Official website
- Official tourism website of Valencia
- Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències at Google Maps
- Architectural photo
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'Friends' star becomes Iowa Field of Dreams investor
Actor Matthew Perry has joined a group of investors in the Field of Dreams project in Dyersville.
The project includes developing the movie site and the All-Star Ballpark Heaven, a facility for baseball and softball tournaments, to be completed in 2014.
"'Field of Dreams' has always been one of my favorite movies and having a chance to do just about anything with Wade Boggs is a dream come true for me," Perry said in a news release. "I'm looking forward to helping make this a place where young ball players from all over the country can come and make their dreams come true, too. And, if we hear voices coming from the cornfields we'll be sure to follow any and all instructions."
Perry stars in the NBC show "Go On." He was also one of the stars in the hit show "Friends."
The Field of Dreams movie site was built in 1988 by Universal Studios for the famous 1989 movie.


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Flash: Elephant Pharm Goes Out of Business After 6 Years in Berkeley
Elephant Pharm, which opened in Berkeley six years ago as a pharmacy promoting holistic health merchandise, has closed and declared bankruptcy, blaming the economic downturn and the tightening of the credit market, according to a notice posted at its 1607 Shattuck Ave. location on Tuesday morning.
Kathi Lentzsch, Elephant CEO, said in a statement that the company filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy after failing to raise capital and will seek liquidation.
"The company has been burdened with obligations that were quite difficult for a company of our size to carry," she said.
"The current management team and board of directors worked diligently to grow the company to a size that could bear these obligations, but due to the current economic conditions and the tightening of the credit market, it has not been possible to raise the capital required to continue the business."
Lentzsch said that the company, which has 190 employees, had been in continuous discussions with potential investors over the past twelve months and cut costs significantly by closing its Los Altos location in September and downsizing corporate staff but was ultimately left with no other choice but to close its stores.
The company's other locations at Walnut Creek and San Rafael also closed down today.
"We are extremely proud of our team and what we were able to accomplish in the 6 years since we opened," Lentzsch said. "We would like to thank our vendors and our very loyal customers for their support over the years. Elephant has been both a leader in its industry as well as a reflection of a greater societal movement for healthy change."
Former employees told the Planet that stocks started dwindling at the Berkeley store—a 13,000 square feet space—almost four months ago.
Customers and clients who came to the Berkeley store Tuesday morning to get their prescriptions and shop said they were surprised—and in some cases frustrated—to hear the news.
Anastasia Russell, who came to pick up her prescriptions from Elephant around 11 a.m., stood in front of the store's sliding glass doors with her hand on her head.
"I received a call from the corporate office that they were closing down so I rushed here to get my vitamins," she said. "But I didn't get anything. I buy all my medicine here. Now I don't know what to do. They had excellent customer service—it was a perfect spot. I am so much in shock. I have a heavy heart—I am really appalled."
Suzy and Eric Johannesson, returning a movie in the drop-box located in the pharmacy's parking lot, stopped a few feet away from the building before walking up the steps to read the notice.
"We were just returning a movie when we noticed people taking pictures," Suzy said. "It's really very sad ... We have bought a lot of stuff from here and like their products."
The couple, who live on Shasta Road, said they shop in the Gourmet Ghetto regularly.
"Another Berkeley business is going vacant," Eric said. "We are going to go home and have a drink to drown our sorrows. What else can we do?"
Starbuck's recently closed across Shattuck Avenue from Elephant, and down the block, Waddle and Swaddle, a locally owned clothing boutique for babies and expectant mothers, which has been in Berkeley for eight and a half years, also had a out-of-business sign, its "Buy Local Berkeley" sticker still visible on the storefront.
At Elephant, around 10 or 15 employees shuttled in and out of the store to collect their belongings and a couple of managers could be seen talking to clients inside.
Gabe Dour, a former employee who was laid off Monday night, was handing out discount coupons for the Shen Clinic, a herbal pharmacy on the corner of Shattuck and Rose Street, where he works part time.
"It's a shame," said Dour. "It was the hub of the community great model for what pharmacies could be and one of the first of its kind."
Dour said that he had started looking for a job almost four months ago when management stopped replenishing merchandise.
"They have been telling us for a while that we could close but that there was still some hope," he said. "Then they told us a week or so ago that we should look for a job. Apparently they made some phone calls to employees last night but I haven't checked my messages yet. It's a dicey situation since we have a lot of part time students working here as well as full time practitioners."
Dour said that the Berkeley location had around 60 employees, not counting its practitioners and teachers.
"I know that everyone has been paid for the hours they worked," he said, blaming the closing on the financial meltdown, explaining that it was becoming hard for the company to find investors who would finance the new construction.
A few customers took pictures of the "closed indefinitely" sign which read:
"It is with a heavy heart that we post this notice: Elephant Pharm, which has served over 1 million customers in four Bay Area markets, has closed indefinitely. As a small business, we've been hurt by the terrible turn the economy has taken and the tightening of the credit market. It's been a very special six years since we started this drugstore revolution, and we certainly couldn't have made it as far as we did without you—our customers. We hope that you will continue your pursuit of a good, long life, well lived."
The notice also directed customers to the company's website www.elephantpharm.com for further details and asked them to contact their doctor to have their prescriptions filled or re-filled.
"We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you," the notice's end read.
Sara Horowitz, another customer, waited in front of store for 10 minutes before finally taking off.
"I was hoping to buy some lavender chocolate," she said. "I came all the way from Lake Merritt just to come to Elephant Pharmacy. I don't get it. I am totally confused."
Stuart Skorman, who also started Reel.com, started Elephant in 2002, focusing on offering health-conscious consumers a health- and wellness-minded product selection, good customer service and easy access to information through a free customer education program, selling merchandise that included over-the-counter drug store remedies, bulk herbs, vitamins, supplements, yoga gear, gifts, books and more. Skorman has no longer has any connection to the business.
In the fall of 2005, Elephant raised $26 million from Tudor Investment and the JPMorgan Bay Area Equity Fund, according to a company statement. National drugstore chain CVS also invested in Elephant.
The store also offered a team of wellness practitioners who offered free, one-on-one consultations everyday and brought in local and visiting experts to lead hundreds of free classes and clinics every month at each store.
"This is terrible, It's my neighborhood," said Elizabeth Wright, who has lived in North Berkeley for over 40 years. "It makes me feel very, very sad. I shopped here for myself and my grandchildren. My dog shopped here too. I am a great supporter of the local neighborhood and Elephant had such a lovely feeling of community. I shall miss that very much. I hope that something positive will happen so that they can open again."


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TIPS is the 12 hour pre-service training program that is required prior to being approved as a Resource Parent by the County of San Diego. The TIPS training consists of 2, 6-hour training sessions.
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PoK citizens and Indian root Mohajirs challenge the entity of Pakistan.
Dreaming Kashmir out of India? Worry about Karachi going against Pakistan…..
Mijanur Rahaman – Alertpak News Agency – Karachi – 23 July 2016.
Police and Secret Service personnel had to intervene to physically separate Mohajir protesters and Pakistan military loyalists after a demonstration in front of the White House on Saturday (23/07/2016) by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which mostly represents ethnic Pakistani migrants from India, turned into a fracas.
In the Saturday evening protest outside the White House, MQM workers claimed that the government was targeting the people of Karachi because they supported their party.
They also urged lawmakers to raise the issue in the US Congress and also with visiting Pakistani officials "to end the atrocities being committed against Mohajirs".
Refugees mainly from Karachi and Lahore most of them are of Indian roots protested against genocide, extrajudicial killings, serious violations of human rights. The MQM leader Altaf Hussain's speech and statements was broadcast by whatsapp and video conferencing.
میں بھی احتجاجی مظاہرے میں عزم وحوصلے کے ساتھ شریک تھے۔ مظاہرے کی کوریج کیلئے پاکستانی پرنٹ اور الیکٹرانک میڈیا کے ساتھ ساتھ مقامی میڈیا کی بھی بڑی تعداد موجود تھی۔میں بھی احتجاجی مظاہرے میں عزم وحوصلے کے ساتھ شریک تھے۔ مظاہرے کی کوریج کیلئے پاکستانی پرنٹ اور الیکٹرانک میڈیا کے ساتھ ساتھ مقامی میڈیا کی بھی بڑی تعداد موجود تھی۔
Hussain promised to visit the US in October after heightened MQM activity here, amid speculation that he might shift base after difficulties in London, where Pakistani establishment loyalists and his followers have clashed violently.
Key MQM leaders like Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri have been visiting the US lately to sensitise Pakistan experts in Washington (many of whom see the Army as a stabilising force) of the developments in Karachi.
While India has had its share of embarrassment overseas arising from the situation in Kashmir, it appears Pakistan has even greater problems, with both Mohajirs and Baloch groups overseas indicating that all is not well in the fractious country .


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lessons from Gadd
The Gadd has posted 8 of his hard earned lessons on training over on his blog. In this post he's talking about a general approach to training, and says he's been re-learning all this wisdom in his rock climbing training recently, not the ice bashing he's really famous for.
The main overarching thing I noticed about Will's list of training thoughts is what I've been trying to get over in this blog and my own climbing blog - that the same rules of life, (work, laziness, lack of time, and general s**t like that) apply to everyone including folk like Will who climb hard. Try being a world class ice climber, rock climber and paraglider all at the same time and throw in lots of work writing books and designing gear - being a pro-athlete means you have to be better at plate spinning that anyone else, and there are more plates, not less!
The best climbers have the same issues as anyone else. A lot of the time it's just about bot accepting the setbacks and getting of your ass and making it happen. Once that attitude is there and you have accepted your circumstances and got on with it, then you can progress to the nitty gritty, and the results will always follow. As Will says "its not complicated... Not enough time, not enough food, too late, too early, too hot, too cold, whatever, there are always going to problems. Deal with it and do your best. Despite my belief that yesterday's effort was a less than perfect it was still a hell of a lot better than having done nothing, and I can feel my upper body did at least get some sort of workout despite the fact I could barely do my normal warm-up problems. I need to rest today to climb on Yam tomorrow, so I'm glad I got it done even if my ego said I sucked at the time. I didn't suck, I trained, and tomorrow I will be stronger for my goal."
Canadians can always be relied upon to give it straight, and Will is no different. Its worth reading his post, 20 years at the top of his game is wisdom worth taking note of. For more of the same, check out Will's book:


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5 Premium Apps for Car Enthusiasts
As a retired high school teacher, Daniel Watson now spends most of his time working in his garage fixing up classic cars. Daniel is now in his final year of graduate studies in journalism in Toronto.
In every country, in every generation, car enthusiasts count down the weeks and days until a new model comes along that blows every other car out of the water. They love nothing more than to drive a new model, put the pedal to the metal and impress their friends with a vast tome of car-related knowledge.
Perhaps as an acknowledgement of this timeless enthusiasm, developers have created mobile apps designed specifically for car lovers.
From fuel economy apps to those that allow for the comparison and purchase of car insurance policies, these five apps are designed to make driving easier, more enjoyable and increasingly social.
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Photographer's Note
Mozambican women from the rural areas sometimes wear the Musiro which is a kind of face treatment which protects their skin from the sun.
This is something I also saw in Burma with a wooden paste called Tanaka.
This picture was taken at the morning market close to the church of the wonderful city of Ilha de Mozambique.
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smarcell (19965) 2009-09-27 4:06
Definitely an original and intersting portrait !
Regards Stefano
miszka (8) 2009-09-27 10:16
Hi Steven
Nice portrait althougt it's a pity that she is not looking straight into the lens.
I know...they are very angry when you want to make them a photo:-)))
leo61 (0) 2009-09-27 10:19
Hi Steven!
I`ve seen a lot of Thanaka in Burma ,but this kind of cosmetic and sunprotection looks interesting too.
A great portrait with perfect sharpness,rich colors and great contrast with the nice,blurred background.
Uzi (1240) 2009-09-28 5:46
like I wrote below your previous pic you can better and here my words come true ;) very good travel-portrait :)I like it. colours, lighting, POV.. everything is very good.
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- Copyright: Steven Le Vourc'h (Curioso) (9271)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2009-08-10
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm f/4, Digital RAW, Hama UV 72 mm
- Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Any effect on TEFL? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Any effect on TEFL? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Costa Rica View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Prof.GringoJoined: 07 Nov 2006Posts: 2236Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam! Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:28 am Post subject: Any effect on TEFL? Just wondering if the border dispute with Nicaragua has affected anybody involved in TEFL in Costa Rica? Has there been much concern among students and the "man on the street"? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101103/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_costa_rica_nicaragua Back to top dhsampsoJoined: 17 Jun 2009Posts: 44Location: Virginia Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject: I have friends and family down there (and was recently down there myself for a year) and have not heard anything. There's always going to be some tension between Nicaragua and Costa Rica since CR annexed Guanacaste in the 1800s and Nicaragua invaded (or tried to invade) CR in the 1800s as well. This doesn't look like a serious issue and with the increased U.S. presence in CR, Nicaragua would be foolish to try anything more than "strong" rhetoric. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Costa Rica All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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We live in a world obsessed with multitasking—people are watching TV while texting their friends while updating their Facebook status while tweeting about the latest celebrity gossip. And some people will even multitask behind the wheel of a car—not real smart, and reeeaaally dangerous. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has even launched a Web site devoted to raising awareness about the problem of "distracted driving:" Distraction.gov.
What Is Distracted Driving?
Distracted driving is any non-driving activity someone does while driving that could potentially distract them and raise the risk of crashing. Texting and talking on the phone definitely fall into this category, but so does drunk and drugged driving. DOT reports that younger, inexperienced drivers under age 20 have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal crashes.
Drugged Driving = Danger
Marijuana happens to be the most prevalent illegal drug detected in impaired drivers, fatally injured drivers, and motor vehicle crash victims. That's partly because the THC in marijuana can alter perception, attention, reaction time, judgment, and other faculties required for safe driving.
Hopefully, you would never drive under the influence of an illegal drug or alcohol—but that doesn't mean other drivers are making the same positive choices. If you've got your eyes on your phone, you might miss something important right in front of you, like a stopped car or someone driving under the influence—weaving, speeding, crawling, or crossing the center line.
So do yourself, your passengers, and other travelers a favor: put your phone down while you're driving and don't get high and get behind the wheel.
Visit https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving for more facts and stats on distracted driving.
Read more NIDA information about drugged driving.
Distracted driving is a horrible choice. I'm glad people are speaking out against it.
I remember when all we had to worry about was DUI issues. Now I see people texting all the time, swerving on the road, and it's terrifying. Hopefully police officers will crack down on this, frankly, and new drivers will understand that you can't multitask and be safe. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
I'm glad to see the government taking action to spread awareness of this issue. As a personal injury attorney, I see the horrible results of distracted driving almost everyday, which inspired me to start an organization called "Teens Against Distracted Driving." [commercial link removed, per guidelines]. With the government now spreading distracted driving education as well, we can hopefully cut down on the amount of unnecessary injuries and fatalities it causes.
Facebook is full of interesting things to do, one of which is play games. Facebook games can be really entertaining, extremely addictive, and sometimes frustrating. You have to find cheats, hints, tips, tricks, strategies and glitches for various Facebook games so you don't end up paying to much.
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I think text and driving is so distracting and not a good idea. I know of someone who this happened to and it caused so much pain.
I'm glad to see the government taking action to spread awareness of this issue. As a personal injury attorney, I see the horrible results of distracted driving almost everyday, which inspired me to start an organization called "Teens Against Distracted Driving." [commercial link removed, per guidelines]. With the government now spreading distracted driving education as well, we can hopefully cut down on the amount of unnecessary injuries and fatalities it causes.
I'd personally like to know where you got the facts and statistics to make the claim that "Marijuana happens to be the most prevalent illegal drug detected in impaired drivers, fatally injured drivers, and motor vehicle crash victims." If you could provide those it would be much appreciated. I'm writing a research paper for my English class on the legalization of marijuana and would be interested in seeing those.
An excellent topic! Start with the resources available on the Drugged Driving page on the NIDA website (http://www.nida.nih.gov/drugpages/druggeddriving.html) – there you can find various facts and statistics supporting that claim. Of course, you will also want to look at the resources on NIDA's marijuana page - http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugPages/Marijuana.html. Good luck to you!
None of what is said here about marijuana causing car accidents is true. I've driven high multiple times, and even have driven past cops or in front of cops and never was I pulled over. I've never been in an accident while high of any sort (fender bender, major crash, even minor scratches). The articles you list are [expletive deleted, per guidelines]. Look at the name of the site they come from and tell me the studies are not biased in any way. Weed does not kill people, people kill people. [Removed, per guidelines]
@You're joking, right? No joking about something as serious as this. So many people, when they're high, think that they are ok to make it home. It only takes one accident to severely injure or even kill yourself or someone else.
"Studies conducted in several localities have found that approximately 4 to 14 percent of drivers who sustained injury or died in traffic accidents tested positive for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana." I took this excerpt directly from the resource you provided, 4-14% is not a significant figure whatsoever, now lets compare this to the percentage of fatal accidents in which alcohol was involved......."■33,808 people were killed in traffic accidents. 10,839 of these deaths was a result of alcohol (32% of all traffic deaths)" [Link removed, per guidelines]. 32% is over twice as much as marijuana by itself at marijuana's highest percentage of 14%. Now let'c compare these two statistics to the amount of fatal accidents caused by "fatigued" drivers.... "According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data analyzed by AAA's Foundation for Traffic Safety, the number of car and truck accidents caused by fatigued drivers is up from 3.6 percent of fatal crashes in 1994 to nearly 17 percent of fatal crashes in the U.S." Now according to this statistic, it appears that even if marijuana is found in the max. percentage of fatal accidents it is still less than the percentage of accidents while driving tired. This article just seems silly to me.
Anything that causes accidents is bad – driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving while tired, or driving while distracted (texting!). To your comment that "4-14% is not a significant figure whatsoever" - it's significant to the families of those who died.
I too am curious where you got this apparantly erroneous information. In the Insurance Industry we all know that Alcohol is the number one drug related to trafiic accidents and resulting fatalities.
Well according to me sending, receiving, and reading texts are much dangerous as any unpredictable situation may occur which may lead unexpected lose of money and your time. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
The point I'm trying to get across is that marijuana isn't nearly as dangerous as this article portrays it to be. Statistically speaking, its safer to drive high than tired. I'm not advising that driving stoned is by any means a great idea, but I'd much rather be driving beside a stoned driver than a tired driver.
Agree that driving tired is dangerous, but don't know how you can say "statistically speaking," since it would be really hard to measure and compare someone driving "tired" to someone driving "stoned."
Hi there, I am a big supporter of the cause against distracted driving, it's scary that distraction is a factor in 80% of crashes, if you want you can take a look at my infographic with scary statistics about distracted driving [commercial link removed, per guidelines]


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In the latest episode of "Modern Family," uptight lawyer Mitchell, half of the most loveable couple of the TV season, is having trouble taking it easy, even on a trip to Hawaii.
"I just don't find relaxing that relaxing," he said.
The line, no doubt written months ago, inadvertently played on another level. Wednesday's broadcast came after the program's producers asked for patience in response to the Facebook campaign demanding that Mitchell and his life partner, Cam, kiss on the show.
"It happens that we have an episode in the works that addresses Mitchell's slight discomfort with public displays of affection," said the statement, released to AfterElton.com. "It will air in the fall and until then, as [goofball dad] Phil Dunphy would say, everyone please chillax."
Meanwhile, another controversy involving gays and the entertainment world is also playing out online: "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy is calling for a boycott of Newsweek unless there's an apology for an opinion piece by a gay writer that seemed to suggest homosexual actors shouldn't portray straight characters.
The requisite "Boycott Newsweek" Facebook page is up, and off to a modest start.
It's another a sign of the "modern" media times. Facebook is increasingly being used to promote campaigns – whether overtly political (the Obama presidential run and Sarah Palin's not-so-stealthy White House bid), fun TV camp (the successful Betty White/"Saturday Night Live" push) or as the latest gay-themed examples show, a mix of social movements and entertainment.
But does everybody just need to "chillax?"
The premise of "Modern Family" is that an extended, blended clan of eccentric characters is being filmed for some kind of unspecified reality show. Mitchell, unlike the outgoing Cam, clearly doesn't like the cameras. He's the most tightly wound of the bunch, and any attempts at loosening up end in disaster (in the latest episode, Mitchell accidentally leaves his and Cam's baby daughter Lilly in an elevator when he lets his guard down for a moment).
Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who plays Mitchell, reportedly tweeted his support for the Facebook smooch campaign (the page is called "Let Cam & Mitchell Kiss on Modern Family"). It's unclear, though, what Ferguson, a gay man who has played heterosexual characters, thinks of the Newsweek piece by Ramin Setoodeh.
Setdoodeh's essay prompted a backlash – most prominently from Murphy, who called the piece "mind-blowingly bigoted," and actress Kristin Chenoweth, who slammed the article as "horrendously homophobic." The piece criticizes openly-gay actor Sean Hayes (Jack from "Will & Grace") who plays a straight character opposite Chenoweth in the Broadway revival of "Promises, Promises."
"Frankly, it's weird seeing Hayes play straight," Setdoodeh writes. "He comes off as wooden and insincere, like he's trying to hide something, which of course he is."
He also takes aim at this season's subplot on "Glee" (Chenoweth has a recurring role on the show) that has openly gay actor Jonathan Groff's character wooing teen diva Rachel. "There's something about his performance that feels off," Setdoodeh writes. "In half his scenes, he scowls – is that a substitute for being straight? When he smiles or giggles, he seems more like your average theater queen, a better romantic match for [gay glee club member] Kurt than Rachel."
Setdoodeh notes that Groff's character, a plant from a rival glee club sent to toy with Rachel's heart, might turn out to be gay. Which might turn out to be true – but that doesn't make the writer's wrong-headed argument anymore palatable.
Murphy's boycott campaign, in addition to inspiring the Facebook page, has generated publicity that Setdoodeh notes has led to nasty emails and blog posts. "It went viral," he wrote in a follow-up article. "You can disagree with me if you like, but when was the last time you saw a movie starring a gay actor? The point of my essay was not to disparage my own community, but to examine an issue that is being swept under the rug."
The boycott call is excessive – the provocative piece showed its power by spurring debate. The "Modern Family" and Newsweek episodes show the power of Facebook and the Internet to give folks an almost instant say in entertainment-related issues that can go beyond, say, demanding a hosting gig for a beloved 88-year-old actress.
Meanwhile, we'll chillax and wait for Cam and Mitchell's first TV kiss, which, we expect, will be like most everything else on "Modern Family": as funny as it is sweet.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Caulk – MotorcrashLyrics
Riding on my bicycle i saw a motorcrash,
A proper motorcrash and lots of spectators.
I rushed to the centre saw the injured parents,
Cuts on the children, an awful motorcrash.
Dangerous terribly bloody motorcrash, destructive motorcrash.
Took the mother, sneaked with her secretly all the way to my home,
And nursed her gently put on her bandages, gave her milk and biscuits,
She sighed pleasantly after this awful motorcrash.
That girl on that bicycle showed great interest in all the motorcrashes in the
She look quite innocent, but believe you me i know what innocence looks like
And it wasn't there, after she got that bicycle. then we disguised ourselves,
Took a taxi to her home, when her husband opened the door she introduced
He said "where have you been all this time?"