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Chilkoot Trail "Anyone in this goup backpacked this trail in Alaska/Canada? If you have, what is your opinion of the trail? Is it hard to get permits? Best time to go? Length of time to allow? Best Brandy to take? Etc... Etc... Etc..." RE: Chilkoot Trail "Klondike! I am interested in this one too. I remember some articles in Boy Scout magazines about troops that have done the hike. It is still riddled with stuff that was discarded by the early miners on their way up. I am sure someone will respond." RE: Chilkoot Trail "As I mentioned on another thread, I've done the Chilkoot. But because Rat's ass and bacpac would only insult me for posting my knowledge of it, I won't even give you the time of day." RE: Chilkoot Trail "hummm .... now how does that saying go ... oh yeah ... "that dog can't hunt"" RE: Chilkoot Trail "Someone responded...but it wasn't what I had in mind. I understand the gold miners carried 100 lb. packs up the trail in stages so they could get all their gear and supplies up. The Canadian government wouldn't let them enter unless they were well supplied. Unbelievable what they did trying to get rich quick." RE: Chilkoot Trail "At one point, I had listed a ton of links to it. Just do a search for "Chilkoot Trail" There are both U.S. and Canadian parks and permits etc. that you'll need to deal with. Nope, haven't been there. But I dream about it. :-)" RE: Chilkoot Trail "Backpacker magazine did an article on it a couple years ago. I don't know if the web page has old articles but you might want to try that." "We're kinda sorts looking at doing this trail in 2013. There's lots of cool videos of people's trips on youtube, vimeo and such." "I almost go to backpack it last yr but could never work out the flights and bus rides to get to Skagway, Ak" "I did it back in July 2003. The trip was awesome in all aspects, probably the highpoint of all my backpacking experiences." "Awesome. We'll be taking out daughter on this one. It will be right before her 11th birthday." "It's all about day three....Sheep Camp to Happy Camp is rough. Day three takes about 8-12 hrs depending on your shape. It's only 8 miles and about 2500 feet elevation gain but the Golden Staircase is a scary 1200 foot steep boulder climb. All the kids I saw on the trail seemed to handle it with ease. If you have any questions fire away. Our TR is here http://www.clubtread.com/articledetail.aspx?ID=37" "Cool, thanks. Yeah, that slog up from Sheep to Happy camp looks, uh, interesting. ;P I was concerned about it, but then I compared to a good hike I had in Ireland many moons ago and it's actually comparable, just lower elevation." Post a MessageIn order to post a response to this thread you must first be logged in. If you do not already have an account, you must first create a new account. |
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The "Rust Belt", an area stretching from the Midwestern to the Northeastern United States, was once known as the "foundry of the nation" and was the embodiment of American industrial prosperity. Today the "Rust Belt" is characterised by struggling cities attempting to retool and redefine themselves in the wake of global economic change and shrinking populations. Two such cities are Youngstown and Warren, Ohio. Both historically big steel towns, their locations along the Mahoning River made them ideal for the transportation of steel.
Bought by John Young in 1796, Youngstown sits as the county seat of Mahoning County. It is 65 miles southeast of Cleveland and 61 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Though recognized mostly for its history of steel production, Youngstown is also a cultural arts center and known for its beautiful historical district, parks, churches and its own Youngstown State University. Youngstown is also home to the four famed Warner Brother, founders of Warner Brothers Pictures, and businessman Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
Youngstown has over 140 churches including the St. Columba Cathedral, the Mother Church for the Diocese of Youngstown. Major theatres and museums are scattered throughout the city as well. The Butler Institute of American Art, the first museum of American art, lies within the Wick Park Historic district, as does Powers Auditorium which was built by the Warner Brothers in 1931. The Youngstown Playhouse, once boasted as the country's largest community theatre, has been bringing local audiences "the best in community theatre since 1924." Two cherished parks lie within the city; Mill Creek Park and Idora Park. Both parks are listed on the National Register for Historic Places. Mill Creek Park encompasses its own historic district. Idora Park, an amusement park that opened in 1899, was destroyed by a fire in 1984.
Located 16 miles northwest of Youngstown is the city of Warren, or "The Flats", as it was originally known when bought by Ephraim Quimby in 1798. Warren, once the county seat for all of the Western Reserve, now sits as the county seat of Trumbull County. It is situated 60 miles southeast of Cleveland and 80 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Warren, known for its history of steel production and automobile manufacturing, has a rich cultural heritage rooted in the arts and its remarkable parks and downtown historic district. Warren is home to women's suffrage activist Harriet Taylor Upton, businessman and political leader Henry Bishop Perkins, and automobile manufacturer William Doud Packard.
There are a number of historical homes and buildings located throughout Warren, many of which were regular stops on the Underground Railroad. The John Stark Edwards House, one of the oldest known structures in Trumbull County, was erected in 1807. The Trumbull County Courthouse, built in 1895, is still in use and lies within the Warren Commercial Historic District. It once held the office of early women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony. Warren is home to the Dana Musical Institute, founded in the 1860's by William Henry Dana and was once one of only six musical schools of higher education in the United States. The school was later moved to Youngstown to become part of Youngstown State University. The Packard Music Hall, opened in 1955, was a gift to the city of Warren by funds willed by W.D. Packard. It sits at the forefront of the 120-acre Packard Park where it continues to play monthly concerts and stage numerous other events.
The photos in this collection are all from the Cleveland Press Collection and highlight the people, places, events and industry that shaped the character of Youngstown and Warren, a character now being tested by the challenges of the future.
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Hill's season earned the forward his second-straight all-Pac-12 first-team award. The 6-foot-7 senior Wildcat averaged 13.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. His 48 three-point field goals helped him hit double digits a team-leading 24 times this season.
His senior teammate, Lyons, led UA in the regular season with 14.9 points per game, including 56 three-pointers. The first-team honor is a first for the 6-foot-1 guard.
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The new subsidiary recently was awarded a six-year, £30 million ($46 million) contract from the UK Department of Health to develop an advanced healthcare reporting system, according to a Jan. 5 company announcement.
The contract calls for developing the Calculating Quality Reporting Service solution, which calculates achievement of quality outcomes for general practitioner practices and clinical commissioning groups.
The reporting service will support up to 40,000 registered users across England and will replace the existing Quality Management and Analysis System that supports a £1.2 billion ($1.85 billion) quality reward system, the announcement said.
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At least 111 lives were saved thanks to the efforts of Fairfield County High School students, faculty and staff on Sept. 19.
Blood was shed in the school auditorium area but in a controlled, planned way, as those persons gathered to donate blood to the American Red Cross.
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Fairfield Central High School Media Specialist Sarah L. Trani helped coordinate the event along with long time Red Cross Blood Drive Volunteer Coordinator Francis Lee O'Neal.
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"The waters reshaped themselves into a semblance of a face, easily as tall as one of the Agori. Its hollow voice came at them from every side."
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The Element Lord of Water is the former Water Tribe leader and one of the six Element Lords.
Merely a warrior of Spherus Magna, the Element Lord of Water was approached by the Great Beings to take part in an experiment. The Water Lord became one with Water, and became the ruler of the Water Tribe that resided in the Great Sea.
The six rulers held conference after they learned of the discovery of Energized Protodermis. The Ice Lord claimed the liquid as his and blockaded it to start the Core War. After an Ice Tribe force led by Certavus was ambushed by Sand Tribe warriors left a power gap, the Water Lord ordered Tarix to lead a Water Tribe army to take advantage of the gap in power. When the Shattering occurred, the Lord of Water was trapped on Bara Magna.
The Element Lord of Water made his way to the River Dormus when he noticed Crotesius, Tarduk, and Kirbold walking on its banks. Pulling them underwater in air bubbles, the Water Lord projected his consciousness into the river to speak to the Agori. Knowing of their dealings with the Element Lord of Jungle, he asked the Agori the way into the Valley of the Maze. Tarduk told the Element Lord of Water to follow them as they show him the way, and the Lord of Water started to agree. Suddenly, the Ice Lord made the river freeze, and the Element Lord of Water's mind was forced to flee the river or perish.
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At 2:47 p.m. on Sunday, Delphos Police were contacted by a resident in the 600 block of West First Street in reference to subjects in a parked vehicle smoking what appeared to be marijuana.
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The Droid has been hankering for a fight with the iPhone for some time, but with this latest ad the smartphone gives itself a black eye.
Verizon's ad, titled "Pretty," says that the iPhone is a "digitally clueless beauty pageant queen" and a "Princess," where the Droid is a phone that "does" things like "rip through the web like a circular saw through a ripe banana."
However, with its pretty vs. practical posturing, the Droid admits that when it comes to the looks department, it's, well, a little rough around the edges. Or rather, dull. Boring. A big black square. The Droid asks consumers to choose between style and performance, which might cause some consumers to think, "Why can't I have both?"
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Stephanie - excellent article and reference to the Trix Rabbit! The ad... hmmm... as I watched it, it reminded me of a spiteful school kid trying to overcome their shortcomings by taking jabs at the hot guy or girl in the school for being pretty...Problem was/is (like in real life)... sucks when that hot guy/girl also happens to be the valedictorian!Apple has (for the most part) always had "pretty" products, but what's built the 80%+ brand loyalty has been the simple fact that is makes the handful of basic features you WANT it to do, done VERY well.
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Anything Short of Murder
Author Tony Piazza is a San Francisco Bay Area native who spent most of his free time reading novels that immersed him in every kind of adventure and mystery, from Jules Vern to Mark Twain and the romantic cowboy Louis L' Amour to the great works of Shakespeare. And yet, with all these diverse genres to choose from, Piazza found himself spending hours reading the most famous of all mysteries, those written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Ian Fleming.
Piazza, like most kids of his generation, also spent his early years in the seat at the local Saturday matinee movie house where he cheered on those childhood literary heroes so realistically brought to life on the silver screen. This interest in film would later became a passion for Piazza, motivating him to know more about film making, and subsequently inspired him to train in acting and take classes in cinematography.
But Piazza brings more to his writing then just book learning; the use of Hollywood as the backdrop is a result of all the years he spent on movie sets with his dad, who was in law enforcement and was employed by the major studios to protect their biggest stars. Piazza learned a lot while working on set with superstars, such as Clint Eastwood, Steve Mc Queen, and Paul Newman. He also earned a degree in Biology and has worked as a Histology Technician for the Pathology department at the San Francisco Veterans administration hospital.
Piazza's first mystery book, Anything Short of Murder, is a success. It has shot to the top 14 book sales across the nation at the Amazon and Barnes & Nobles websites.
Cookie: Hello Tony and benvenuto! I've interviewed many singers and several actors for my column, but never a mystery writer with a new book on the best selling list.
Tony: Thank you Cookie for this opportunity. It was an unexpected and pleasant surprise!
Cookie: Tony, before we talk about your fabulous book. I know my readers would like to know where in Italy your people are from? Do you know what regions?
Tony: My father's family was from Catania, Sicily, and my mother's from Catanzaro, Calabria. My paternal grandfather came to America in 1900 settling in the Sacramento, California area where he and his brothers started a business growing oranges, almonds, and making olive oil. My mother's father came over later—perhaps in the 1920′s. He worked in the coal mines in Pennsylvania before moving his family to San Francisco.
Cookie: Have you yourself every made the trip to the Old County, to check out your family roots?
Tony: No, but I would love to someday. It's kind of sad that neither of my parents were able to visit where their parents came from. I'll try not to make the same mistake. I do believe that the trip would stir my imagination. From all that I have seen and heard, it is a rich, beautiful, and extremely cultured country. Just look at all the authors, artists, and inventors that came from it. I am sure I would feed on those creative juices. Regarding it as a setting for a mystery; it is perfect. These stories works well if there is a contrast, and the bright colorful setting of Italy would complement the dark goings on of a mystery/suspense novel. Some writers that have used Italy successfully in their mystery novels are Donna Leon (A Question of Belief), Edward Sklepowich (Death in a Serene City), and Andrea Camilleri (The Terra-Cotta Dog).
Cookie: Tony, one of the most important things a writer creates is his characters. If the reader doesn't feel a simpatico with them right off, they could lose interest in the first chapter. When you first thought of the characters in your book were they already in your mind's eye, did you see them clearly as people you knew along the way and recalled their mannerisms and features to fit your character's part. Or do you just create a character out of the blue with no connection to anyone you once knew or know?
Tony: Yes these characters were already formed in my head, because I knew what the audience expected. The novel began as a serial story for the Turner Classic Movie fan site. Members of this site love the classic crime noir films of the 1930′s and 40′s. Writers from that period such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett had a certain formula and style which I tried to purposely imitate in my novel. So it shouldn't come as a surprise if my detective didn't remind one of Phillip Marlowe or Sam Spade. The readers were looking for a story like The Maltese Falcon, Big Sleep, or The Thin Man, and that I believe was what I delivered. The book is big on nostalgia, and I received many favorable comments for that in my reviews.
Cookie: A mystery writer's pen has the power to intrigue and to twist a plot in order to play with the reader's mind. Then, at the very last minute, you pull out a surprise, exciting, mystery finish. This is no easy task. Does this mean you write the beginning, middle and ending before you start the book? Please help a laymen know how this is done.
Tony: I did have an outline, but mostly in my head. And quite honestly, even though I did have one I didn't always stick to it. I feel that this created a certain unpredictability about the plot that made the puzzle work well… and it did. I had only one reader so far say that they had guessed the killer. I do want to say that I was fair with the readers…all the clues were there…and if they followed the events logically as they played out the answer was evident. That's the best part of a whodunit, creating the puzzle. It was for me the most fun of writing the novel! Like Ellery Queen asking his audience, "all the clues have been presented, now it is up to you to guess whodunit!" Again, great fun!
Cookie: Tony, you are well schooled in the science of Forensics, did your studies in the application of these scientific methods and techniques help you with your imaginary investigation? Crime readers are real sticklers for the exact truth when it comes to the research part of the crime detecting. And that's what you must be—a writer who exposes a crime— then tell us exactly how it was done and whodunnit! Right?
Tony: I have a B.A. in Biology, and spent most of my career in the scientific research field. Here you play a detective, but the killer is usually microbes. Especially when I did biopsy work for the VA hospital in San Francisco, I was always looking for clues that would point to a proper diagnoses. You have to be detailed oriented and concerned with logic and facts in this field. There is no room for mistake. I also loved, and read mysteries all my life. To be familiar with style, characters, and settings were extremely useful and, finally, I had a father who was a police officer. I spent a great deal of time around his friends—homicide inspectors, etc—and listened to their tales. A writer takes all those associations and uses them in his writings, and that is what I did with Anything Short of Murder.
Cookie: You worked on Quinn Martin's hit production of the TV series, The Streets of San Francisco, with Michael Douglas and Carl Malden. I know you were Michael's stand it, but even so that is a big step up in the right direction for a young aspiring actor. Were you able to do any acting scenes in the series?
Tony: Yes, I had a speaking line in the episode "Shield of Honor." I also had a line in the Clint Eastwood film "Magnum Force." I am the young cadet in the crowd at the shooting range that shouts that Harry hit the "good guy" target. As a result, he loses the match in the story. On "Streets" I had to wear many hats, like being a passenger with a stunt driver in a couple of car crashes. One in particular was doubling Larry Hagman in the episode, "Dead Air." I also had many silent bits on the series—usually as a policeman—all this in addition to my stand-in duties. I worked in the business for about 10 years, and I used that experience in my novel.
Cookie: I hear you are hard at work on your next successful book. Can you share the name with us and who is going to be the publisher? And maybe a little sneak preview as to the plot, or location?
Tony: Yes, I have completed the next manuscript and will start the publication process by the end of this year. It will be going through a number of steps: Acquiring of rights, copy editing, art department for the design of the cover, and many other phases before its final release. Hopefully, we are looking at the beginning of next year. I would love to share the title, but that is top secret along with the plot until near its release. I can say that it takes place on Hawaii in 1944 and is a romantic, action-adventure full of intrigue.
Cookie. Well, Tony, we are coming to the end of our interview. But before you go there is one thing I must ask you. It is a question I have asked all my Italian American interviews. What is your favorite Italian food and are you a good enough cook to prepare it ?
Tony: I love pasta in all its forms. However, clam spaghetti comes to mind, and I have prepared it according to my mother's old recipe.
Learn more about Tony Piazza on his website at http://www.anythingshortofmurder.com/


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Role players did their job tonight. The Habs 4th line might have been its best as Higgins, Plekanec and Perezhogin made their impact known while go to guys like Koivu and Zednik had an off night. Sundstrom coming up with the clutch go ahead goal, after the go to guy Ryder found the net to tie it up.
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The Habs steal 2 more road points and get ready for the home portion of the back to back games. 2 games in 24 hrs usually makes for a little more hatred and a more intense matchup.
Canadiens visit struggling Sabres
Montreal is in Buffalo tonight to take on the Sabres in the first half of a home and home series in which '8′ divisional points will be up for grabs. 2 points for the win, and 2 unattained divisional points for the loser.
The Sabres are coming off an absolute thrashing by the Senators who handed them a 10-4 loss.
The Sabres goalie problems continue, #1 Ryan Miller didn't start the last game with a broken finger and the backup combination of Martin Biron and Mika Noronen were nothing less than brutal in the 10 goal pounding. Martin Biron is being shopped around the league and his head can't be too focused on delivering the Sabres a stellar performance.The Canadiens are rolling with 9 victories and a strong come from behind effort last game against Florida. They should take advantage of the Sabres situation and come up with victories. Anything less than 3 points here should be a bit of a dissapointment.
Back to back games might mean another chance for Yann Danis to get between the pipes.


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Disney Dream makes its grand entrance
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PORT CANAVERAL The new 4,000-passenger Disney Dream cruise ship pulled into Port Canaveral for the first time early Tuesday morning.
The ship, the third and largest in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, completed a two-week trek from a German shipbuilding yard to its new home base. The Dream will have its official maiden voyage Jan. 26, after trial runs with members of the travel industry and Disney employees.
There was no public viewing of the new ship Tuesday, but select areas of the $900-million vessel were toured by media members.
Passengers will board the Dream through an art-deco atrium with a palatial chandelier and a statue of Admiral Donald. Disney characters are engrained into the cruising experience from the get-go, with a cavalcade of creatures including Donald Duck in an inner tube blended into golden paneling along the balconies.
Just off the atrium is the Royal Palace restaurant, which features 700 seats and a pumpkin-inspired chandelier that incorporates glass slippers and crowns. Cinderella's gourd-turned-carriage appears in little ways throughout the room, from chairs to banisters, from mirrors to bread baskets and etchings in the china.
Ozer Balli, the cruise line's vice president of hotel operations, said the design touches are subtle.
"We didn't want it to take away from the decor," he said.
Portraits of Disney princesses reflect their rags-to-riches stories at the restaurant, but it isn't all girly. Beast as in "Beauty and the Beast" appears in wall sconces.
The tone is more grown-up in the Senses Spa and Salon, which features earth tones, grassy mosaics, sky-blue ceilings and river rock built into the flooring.
"The spa space has the best views," Balli said.
Its manicure-pedicure area has floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the water, as does the nearby sauna. Senses also includes showers with names such as "tropical thunder," "water fun" and "rain forest" that use lighting effects, varying pressure levels and herb-infused water.
New to the Disney Cruise Line is the Chill Spa, where passengers between the ages of 13 and 17 can sample services such as a "hot chocolate wrap" and an "acne attack facial."
The Oceaneers Club is designed for children ages 3 to 10, and its low ceilings reflect that. Video games built into the floor are themed to Disney movies such as "TRON" and "Bolt." Playrooms have designs based on Tinker Bell's Pixie Hollow, "Finding Nemo" and "Toy Story," with an oversized, kid-friendly Rex the dinosaur and other items from Andy's room in the films.
"You really do feel like you walked into the movie," said Bob Zalk, a Walt Disney Imagineering senior show producer.
Designed for the Dream, but not ready for an upclose look-see, are the AquaDuck water coaster that extends over the side of the ship, and the cruise line's first miniature-golf course, which features Goofy and his son Max.
The ship's size provided more room for themed areas.
"Whether it be AquaDuck or it be golf ... I think that was an opportunity for us to expand just because of the space," Zalk said.
Disney has big expectations for the ship, which is about 50 percent larger than its Magic and Wonder vessels.
"We're pleased with the reaction to the Dream. There's a lot of buzz" about the ship, said Disney Cruise Line President Karl Holz. "I expect them [the Dream and the Disney Fantasy, which will debut in spring 2012] to perform well."
The maiden voyage is sold out, Disney officials said Tuesday, but there are openings on the second cruise, which begins Jan. 30, according to the cruise line web site. The Dream travels to the Bahamas on three-, four- and five-day excursions.
Port Canaveral CEO Stan Payne said the Brevard County seaport also has high expectations.
"We have continued to get calls, 'When's the ship coming? When's the ship coming?' Well, now it's here," Payne said. "I think there's going to be a huge demand for it."
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It`s sure looking good.
I still don`t understand why the "Dream" is only doing short cruises though.
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Me either. I think I've got a pretty good idea of where Disney is trying to get to once the Fantasy launches in 2012 but it seems to me that the longer cruises would have been a better place to start. Oh well, nobody asked for my opinion.
BTW - if you want a great photo for your pc's desktop wallpaper, here's a link that will take you to a picture of the Dream arriving in Port Canaveral at night. Fireworks and all. You need to click on the little diskette icon to download the big image and you'll have to agree to Disney's terms of use but they're pretty basic.
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Im hoping to get down to where the ship sails from when we go later this month, i've never seen it leave before, and think it would be great to watch it from the side lines and it sails out of port
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Well we didn't win a share of that $355 Million Mega Millions last night so guess we won't be making the maiden voyage.
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Lisa, there's a bar called Fishlips right on the channel there. The cruise ships pass right by on their way out. On all our cruises, we always wind up waving to the people there as we pass by on our way out.
Looks like a good place to watch from!
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The shorter cruises (3/4/5 nights) fill up faster than the longer (7 nights). Also, with Disney's land/sea packages they wanted those guests to experience the newer ship.
When the Fantasy comes on line on 04.07.12 it will be doing the 7 night cruises while the Magic moves to Europe.
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Photograph a moment and you'll capture the happiness.
Street photography is hella fun! and in fact I'm dying to learn how to. But in some specific manner, taking photographs of those particular people in the streets especially the kids and the old ones sitting on the dirty cold floor of the side walk, is a big NO NO to me. I simply don't see the point of taking snapshot of their pity faces. What for? To show how good your portrait photography is? For poverty's shout-out? (Well for some they have their good reasons, I guess).
Nobody loves to see their sad hungry faces right? (If you do, oh dear maybe you're Stalin's grand grand child? Just kidding on that.) So, if you're a photographer and like the idea of capturing those poor faces, I want to ask you.. What's the point of taking that photo in the first place? Have you tried to imagine if you're in their shoes, would you love seeing your sad face in a silk B&W photo paper? Bato-bato sa langit, ang tinamaan, kalma lang. I am not raising an argument here; I just merely want to say that it saddens me to see a photo of a poor naked kid, greasy and almost crying with his hands begging for some peso.
On the other hand, as I was cleaning my drive I saw this photo, I STOP and STARE at it. This are street kids' faces, but hey! I don't see poor sad faces here!
This was taken not so long time..I still remember how I manage to take this one. I was on my first photo walk with a friend on a late noon at a Children's Park. With the camera on my shoulder I scout the place. Then these little fellas jump right infront of me and said "Te, piktyuri mi beh" I kept silent for a second and thought that if I said yes, I'd be back-stabbing myself… but then w/o any other thoughts the next moment I just found myself saying, "Sige, pero kanang nindut kau nga posing hah?" Then, the shutter sounded..
That's exactly my point is, WHY NOT TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH AND CAPTURE HAPPINESS?


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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.
- v. To want to have: would like some coffee.
- v. To feel about; regard: How do you like her nerve!
- v. Archaic To be pleasing to.
- v. To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there.
- v. Scots To be pleased.
- n. Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
- prep. Possessing the characteristics of; resembling closely; similar to.
- prep. In the typical manner of: It's not like you to take offense.
- prep. In the same way as: lived like royalty.
- prep. Inclined or disposed to: felt like running away.
- prep. As if the probability exists for: looks like a bad year for farmers.
- prep. Such as; for example: saved things like old newspapers and pieces of string.
- adj. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar: on this and like occasions.
- adj. Alike: They are as like as two siblings.
- adj. Having equivalent value or quality. Usually used in negative sentences: There's nothing like a good night's sleep.
- adv. In the manner of being; as if. Used as an intensifier of action: worked like hell; ran like crazy.
- adv. Informal Probably; likely: Like as not she'll change her mind.
- adv. Nearly; approximately: The price is more like 1,000 dollars.
- adv. Nonstandard Used to provide emphasis or a pause: Like let's get going.
- n. One similar to or like another. Used with the: was subject to coughs, asthma, and the like.
- n. Informal An equivalent or similar person or thing; an equal or match. Often used in the plural: I've never seen the likes of this before. We'll never see his like again.
- conj. Usage Problem In the same way that; as: To dance like she does requires great discipline.
- conj. Usage Problem As if: It looks like we'll finish on time.
- idiom. be like Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in oral narration: And he's like, "Leave me alone!"
- v. Chiefly Southern U.S. Used with a past infinitive or with to and a simple past form to indicate being just on the point of or coming near to having done something in the past: "I like to a split a gut laughin'." "It seemed as how nobody had thought about measurin' the width of the bridge's openin', and we like to didn't make it through" ( Dictionary of American Regional English).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Body; form; the body of a human being or of any animal.
- n. A dead body; a corpse.
- Of similar form, appearance, or quality; of corresponding kind, amount, extent, degree, etc.; corresponding; equal or equivalent; analogous; agreeing in some noticeable respect: as, territory of like extent; two men of like pursuits and tastes.
- Having resemblance; similar in any respect; resembling: followed by to or a dative case (sometimes by as), the word or phrase governed by to being, however, often omitted: as, they are as like (to each other) as two peas.
- Likely; liable.
- Synonyms Allied, cognate, analogous, parallel.
- n. A person or thing resembling another; a counterpart; a resemblance; a similar character, condition, or example.
- In the same or a similar manner; equally; correspondingly.
- In the manner of; in the same way as.
- Likely; probably.
- As it were; so to speak: used after clauses or phrases with a signification similar to that of like suffixed to nouns. See like, adjective, 2.
- See fun.
- As; as if. This use is commonly condemned as incorrect, and is generally unacknowledged in dictionaries. It occurs several times in Shakspere, and not unfrequently in modern writers, and is common in colloquial and provincial usage: as, he limped like he had been hurt.
- To regard or describe as resembling; liken; compare.
- To please; be pleasing to; be agreeable to; suit; satisfy: used impersonally, and followed by an object, originally dative, of the person.
- To regard with favor; be well affected toward; be pleased with; take pleasure in.
- To agree with, as food or drink. Synonyms Like, Love; be fond of, relish, fancy. Like and love differ greatly in strength or warmth, and may differ in kind. Like may be feeble and cool, and it never has the intensity of love. We may like or even love a person; we only like the most palatable kind of food. With an infinitive, like is the common word, love being appropriate only in the hyperbole of poetical or rhetorical feeling.
- To be suitable or agreeable; give satisfaction.
- To be pleased or suited; choose: used absolutely, but formerly sometimes followed by of.
- To thrive; grow.
- n. A liking; a fancy; an inclination: used chiefly in the phrase likes and dislikes.
- To be likely: chiefly or only in the preterit liked, equivalent to had like. See like, adjective
- n. In golf, a stroke which equalizes the number played by the other side.
- As well as; as also.
- v. transitive, archaic To please.
- v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- v. obsolete To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
- v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- v. Internet, transitive To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- n. usually plural Something that a person likes (prefers).
- n. Internet The act of showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- adj. similar
- adv. informal for example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples
- adv. archaic, colloquial Likely.
- n. Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- conj. as if; as though
- prep. Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
- prep. colloquial, obsolete A delayed filler.
- prep. colloquial A mild intensifier.
- prep. colloquial indicating approximation or uncertainty
- prep. colloquial, slang When preceded by any form of verb to be, used to mean "to say" or "to think"; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
- interj. Liverpudlian, Geordie Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with
in and the particulars of the resemblance. - adj. Equal, or nearly equal.
- adj. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
- adj. Inclined toward; disposed to.
- n. That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
- n. A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl..
- n. (Golf) The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- adv. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to.
- adv. In a like or similar manner.
- adv. Likely; probably.
- v. obsolete To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
- v. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
- v. obsolete To liken; to compare.
- v. To be pleased; to choose.
- v. obsolete To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
- v. colloq. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. Cf.
Had like , under Like, a.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- v. want to have
- v. prefer or wish to do something
- adj. equal in amount or value
- v. be fond of
- n. a kind of person
- adj. having the same or similar characteristics
- v. find enjoyable or agreeable
- adj. conforming in every respect
- v. feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
- n. a similar kind
- From Middle English, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr. Cognate with alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English liken, from Old English līcian, to please. Middle English, from like, similar (from Old English gelīc and Old Norse līkr) and from like, similarly (from Old English gelīce, from gelīc, similar). Middle English liken, to compare, from like, similar. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
"I dont think anything new or different could revive his career or the publics interest and frankly, he doesnt make a believable lead man, especially when it comes to romance…..like Will Ferrell or not, this movie seems like it will fail."
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"Plus I like absurd but not "dirty" humor..like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey."
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"He actually did look like the punisher.thats my 2 cents ,,like it's worth even 1,so enjoy or don't,but hey I didn't agree with the reveiwer but lets ease off the personal slammming it's pretty low rent."
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"Law & Order is annoying in a lot of ways but I like shows *like* that."
"At least the new school had nothing like "money for soup" hahahahhahahahahaha....still think my ending for the teacher would have been better though..like she limped for a month after that!"
"I feel like my life is mostly "in place" ... except for having a job that I *love* ... hell, or even having a job that I *like*"
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The state of being
Acutally, the OED lists awar as Old English and one of many variants of owhere, 'anywhere'.
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We are? -
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As a discourse particle or interjection: I, like, don't know what to do.
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Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Outed
By Jason Almenas
Posted on December 3, 2011 AT 08:59am
Posted on December 3, 2011 AT 08:59am
THE BUZZ: The British Board of Film Classification (which also classifies video games) outed what seems to be a new version of Mortal Kombat. The title Mortal Kombat Komplete suggests this package will come complete with previous DLC already installed. The only other detail we can see from the BBFC post is what seems to be a release date of February 17, 2012.
EGM's TAKE: With "Game of the Year" editions coming out for everything from Borderlands to Angry Birds, we think this was a bit of a no brainer. Although, we hope there is a bit more to the package than what we've received via DLC thus far. A few more fatalities never hurt anyone… Oh wait.
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