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First the spiritual director. She told me I absolutely must set aside prayer time ("You must care enough to give God your best time.") She also challenged me to set some time lines ("Okay, so when will you step up your job search? When do you expect to pay off your debt?")
Next is mass with the Sisters where I go for spiritual direction. Definitely not my kind of crowd.
After that is the first meeting with this Sister to get a feel for their community. She's assistant director in her ministry. Our meeting was punctuated with phone calls and pop-in's for quick consultations. Hers was the voice that seemed unwelcoming over the phone. Well, her ministry with the disenfranchised requires something of a hard line, I suppose.
What I found across the table is someone whom I feel would swim the ocean for me if need be. She's not a picture of contemplative piety, but rather a "doer."
We touched very briefly on issues of my concern: inclusive language, feminism, fidelity to the Vatican, and perspectives on gay priests -- just to throw out where I stand on those and maybe get a feel of their stance.
I laid out my concerns and a little history. She told me very briefly her story and a little about their community. Hers is an amazing story of how she felt called out of the clear blue, though she was engaged at the time; and how "unfit" she felt starting out. It's a vocation that almost was not. Now she loves what she does and she mentioned that several times. We are basically incompatible insofar as that I'm more "conservative" and they are more "progressive." However, neither one of us closed any doors. She even mentioned having vocational materials for me next time and asked to stay in touch. She thanked me for meeting when, in fact, I'm always so ...um, honored? blessed? ... to meet a Sister. God bless her, her community, and the work they do.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005
First the spiritual director. She told me I absolutely must set aside prayer time ("You must care enough to give God your best time.") She also challenged me to set some time lines ("Okay, so when will you step up your job search? When do you expect to pay off your debt?")
Posted by seeking_something at 3:58 PM
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5 comments:
- My Daily Struggles said...
Keep the faith.
- Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:27:00 PM
- Susan Rose Francois, CSJP said...
Good advice from the spiritual director. Prayer is such a wonderful way to invite God into your heart and your life.
Continued blessings on your journey. May Christ lead you speedily to the path that is yours.
- Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:33:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Was this the CDP's perhaps? Just curious. Our campus minister here at Indiana Tech is a Houston CDP.
- Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:00:00 PM
- seeking_something said...
No, not the CDP's. I love the CDP's. I posted an invite back in October. CDP's are really cool and they do lots of good stuff. I've got a hang up with inclusive language in the liturgy, and that was a sticking point for me.
This "new" community for me is that of the RSCJ (www.rscj.org).
- Wednesday, December 07, 2005 5:21:00 PM
- Susan Rose Francois, CSJP said...
The RSCJ's are great! I talked with their vocation director for a while when I was first discerning. They weren't the community for me in the end, but I have tremendous respect for the work they do. Very holy women.
Have fun getting to know them!!
- Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:24:00 PM

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Last night's game versus the Giants was a pretty depressing one all around. Not only did the Dodgers lose to the Giants 6-4, but we squandered scoring opportunities late in the game once again, dropping the second in a row to our arch-rivals.
But honestly I spent much of last night enjoying the crowds and the company and booing Barry Bonds (whom I saw strikeout twice, which was great; I got there too late to see him hit his 741st home run, which was okay, as I've seen plenty others, unfortunately.). The weather was perfect, and there is nothing better than a summer night at Dodger Stadium; it's so relaxing (even when screaming boos), it's therapeutic. And when the friends with which you've gone to the game look at you and say, "So if Barry Bonds hits 15 more home runs tonight, we could be watching history, right?" you know it's going to be a fun, mellow evening. Despite the loss.
I will say that there were a decent number of fans wearing Giants shirts/jerseys around, and though they were booed everyone that I saw was very cool to the opponent's fans (despite their obvious lack of intelligence). I'm pretty proud of LA fans' decorum. In fact, Dodgers fans were much cooler to Giants fans than I recall being treated in Big Phone Park when I'm wearing LA colors. But hey, when you've never won a World Series in San Francisco, it's easy to be hypersensitive to one's inferiority, I suppose.
The loss kept the Dodgers in sole possession of first place only because Trevor Hoffman ruined Jake Peavy's incredible pitching outing vs. lowly Arizona. And don't look now, but the Giants' seven game win streak have them only one game behind, just like the Padres. Time for us to buck up.
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- Coca-Cola Trivia Contestant won by correctly picking Rick Monday as the person who saved the flag on the field. Man, are we still talking about that?
- Dodger Dogs +2. Beers +3 (that bock on draft is not that good, by the way). Hit points +15, roll a 19 or 20 to get a critical hit.
- Discovered the magic that is pulled pork Camacho's Nachos, available on the loge level. Worth the hike, them's tasty food. UPDATE 10:29a: It just became clear to me what the downside is of said nachos. Not pretty.
- Parking had further improved from early on, but is still far from great, even screwing preferred parkers who had paid $15 months ago. I entered through the Sunset Gate about a half-hour after first pitch (don't ask). Got through the turnstiles okay but the path to the inner circle was slow (I had preferred parking), and I couldn't help but notice the line of people inching toward Lot 1. Attendance was medium last night (43K) so I can't imagine how it is going to be tonight, sold-out Nomar Bobblehead Night.
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You might not know Roger Alan Fields by name, but if you saw the video of his arrest, you probably recall how a Sarasota police officer sent him hurtling into a wall.
Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin saw it and immediately called for an investigation.
"This will not be tolerated," Barwin said at the time.
Fields, 52, is a homeless man. This past week he entered a guilty plea to disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence. But I'm glad he waited until mid-trial to do that, so some police testimony could come first.
On the day of his arrest, Fields was buzzed and loitering at the downtown bus station. A security guard ordered him to move along. Fields didn't go.
The video shows that guard acting with admirable restraint as they talked, even though he says Fields spit in his face during their chat. Finally, the guard took Fields to the ground, using not an ounce more force than necessary.
It was when Sarasota police officers arrived that the professional behavior stopped.
After calmly putting on gloves and talking to Fields, who by then was sitting passively and motionless on a bench, Officer Derrick Gilbert suddenly grabbed Fields in what he says was an attempt to handcuff him.
Fields, still sitting, flinched a bit, leaning away a few inches.
Then, as Officer Gilbert told it in court:
"Grabbing his right wrist and elbow, I tried to put him on the ground. He stands up and staggers and ends up hitting the ticket booth, injuring himself."
Injuring himself? Gilbert must be kidding himself.
It is hard to imagine that anyone who takes an honest look at what was revealed by the bus station security camera could possibly think it shows Fields staggering into the ticket booth and injuring himself.
What it does show is Gilbert using startlingly quick and violent force to hurl the sitting Fields like a rag doll. The man is spun almost 180 degrees around the officer and his face is slammed into the protruding metal corner of a ticket booth behind the officer, all in an instant.
Fields didn't even have time to stagger.
He didn't die. He needed stitches on a gash on his temple. He says he has been feeling dizzy since then. He looked pretty dizzy before the injury, too, so who knows?
But given that the use of way too much force was captured so clearly on video, you'd think Gilbert would have said something else in court. Something closer to the truth, I mean.
How about: I misjudged the situation, and his weight, and I used more force than I should have. As a result, I slammed him into the wall.
Gilbert has a reputation for not being needlessly brutal. He is known for not picking on homeless people. But whether he acted this time in unusual anger or by accident, or both, what he did is plain to see.
So is the self-servingly inaccurate testimony.
We've had a recent rash of stories with a similar thread. After a Highway Patrol video gave the lie to a grossly false account of a DUI arrest, Trooper Scott Kunstmann lost his job and criminal charges were filed. And a Sarasota officer, Joseph "Ford" Snodgrass, resigned after superiors decided he lied about an injury he said he got on duty. Video tapes showed no such incident.
How many local cops lie when the truth is inconvenient? How many expect to get away with it, video or no video?
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Sarasota's new police chief, Bernadette DiPino, seems sincere about wanting a well-trained and fair police force. Since Gilbert's use of force was already under internal investigation before he testified, DiPino can't talk about that, yet. But she had no trouble talking on Friday about how vital it is that police testimony be reliable.
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All witnesses, police officers included, can have imperfect memories. But the one thing you can almost always count on being fired for, she said, "is an integrity violation or an honesty violation."
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Links: Blowpipe Tests
A bit about the history of blowpipe analysis can be found here and here. Some examples of some old, collectible blowpipe kits can be seen here and here. Blowpipe tests are still described in some rock and mineral field guides and in some mineralogy texts - for example, in Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them and in Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Revised and Updated.
For the record, the mineralogy textbook I used in school was probably this one: Dana's Manual of Mineralogy, 18th Edition by Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1971; the one I have now is Manual of Mineralogy (after James D. Dana, 21st Edition by Cornelis Klein and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr., 1993 in hardback. If you search the latter book on Amazon.com for "blowpipe tests," you will come up with erroneous results, because the search-inside feature switches to a completely different book (Manual of mineralogy, including observations on mines, rocks, reduction of ores and the applications of the science to the arts, Dana, 1855 - here's the 1876 version at Open Library), not just a different editition as it says. My 1993 edition doesn't mention blowpipes at all!
More Blowpipe Links:
Brush, G. J., and Penfield, S. L., 1906, Manual of determinative mineralogy and blowpipe analysis (Mineralogical Research Company used books); read, search, or download this book here. The Manual has a with a Table of Flame Colorations on page 136; you also can peruse a modified version of this table, Table of Flame Colorations and Emission Spectra, at webmineral.com.
Elderhorst, W., 1861, A manual of blowpipe-analysis, and determinative mineralogy, Elderhorst: The Internet Archive
Dana, S., and Ford, W. E., 1912, Dana's manual of mineralogy for the student of elementary mineralogy, the mining engineer, the geologist, the prospector, the collector, etc: The Internet Archive
Getman, F. H., 1899, The elements of blowpipe analysis: The Internet Archive.
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29 comments:
- Lockwood said...
We used Hurlbut and Klein too; I lost my original text when my apartment flooded, but I bought a used copy for 10 or 15 bucks a couple years ago. I can't actually remember if we did a few tests as part of a lab, or if it was "extracurricular" mucking around after lab, but at least a few of my classmates and I did some blowpipe tests. I remember orpiment and realgar were quite easy, but I don't remember which others we tried. I never did get skilled enough to use the oxidizing vs. reducing portions of the flame.
As an aside... not really a blowpipe test, but I have often used a lighter and a pair of tweezer to illustrate to kids on field trips how zeolites, "boiling rocks," got their name. Stilbite is pretty common, and boils real nice. Natrolite is even more common, but just sort puffs up a little. (Natrolite has 2 bound water; I think stilbite has 12)
- Friday, July 10, 2009 at 12:04:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
It's neat you were introduced to blowpipe tests and got to try some out. I'm going to have to check w/ my dad to see if he has a blowpipe kit.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:45:00 AM PDT
- Alaska Al said...
Wow! This makes me feel really ancient. My blowpipe and associated gear were tossed some time ago. Probably in the 1960s.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Hmm... too bad. You could have used it to edyucate us youngsters! You probably didn't realize back in the 1960's that blowpipe kits would be worth money on Ebay someday!
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:21:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Alaska Al, do you know if blowpipe tests are good for determination of the presence of silver?
Or do you, Lockwood??
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:37:00 PM PDT
- Lockwood said...
Not off the top of my head, but a quick google with "blowpipe test for silver" returns some promising results. For example.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:43:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Interesting. A reader asked me about testing for silver in the field. The only thing I could think of was blowpipe tests - hence, this post.
So, I encourage anyone interested in more blowpipe test details to do more research than I have (unless more answers show up here in this thread).
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:47:00 PM PDT
- Lockwood said...
Here's another. I don't know if the link will take you to the appropriate page, but on page VIII there's an index with assayable elements / compounds, and the pages in the text to find instructions for the assays.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Ooh, that's a neat one! I like the books you can read just like books on the computer.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:58:00 PM PDT
- Lockwood said...
Yeah, it really is. I've just spent some time reading over part of the text- the terminology is archaic, but I'm sure it's figure-outtable if one tries.
Re. the trigger question, I've never actually used this because it seems kind of snarky. If a good friend put me in the right position, I might, assuming that they would see it as a joke. Here's the post where I describe it, here's the home site, and http://lmgtfy.com/?q=blowpipe+test+for+silver you could have sent back. It just seems a little too rude to use, but I think it's very funny.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM PDT
- Lockwood said...
Oops, messed up the last link. It should have read "...and here's the result you could have sent back."
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 1:22:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
I've been to the "LMGTFY" site before, but thanks for the link. I didn't really know how to find it. (I guess by Googling "LMGTFY") I think it's funny - I've seen it used only on long threads on Scienceblogs where questions are way off-topic from an original post. For questions from readers, I probably wouldn't use it, unless an off-topic question was posted rather than emailed. After all, if I wasn't interested, I wouldn't have looked for the topic myself - but you about know that part. My curious nature just takes over sometimes, then I have lots of links that make a nice post like this one!
And then a knowledgeable or semi-knowledgeable person has to weed out the google entries that are entirely to partly useless and sometimes bogus!
Now will google "knowledgeable" as a spell check.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 1:48:00 PM PDT
I guess now that this is actually a thread I can jump in. Thanks for the info on blowpipe possibilities. That didn't occur to me (no training), and I was toying with the idea of microchemical tests that were lightly touched on in a grad-level microscopy course.
What I was actually thinking of was more along the lines of an outcrop test, analogous to the acid/nail trick for copper. That test works pretty well for manganese wads/minerals when they're strongly contaminated with copper. I was wondering whether it would be possible to do a similar test in wad that was contaminated by silver.
- Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:13:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Rod, I've never heard of a test like that for silver, but plating copper with HCl, from various Cu-oxide/carbonates and Mn-Cu-oxides like neotosite is fun!
- Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 8:30:00 AM PDT
Fun and practical. Fun when it's bright green stuff that you already know is a copper mineral. Practical when it's limonite or manganese wad that has no obvious sign of copper.
As for the "LMGTFY" comment, my experience has been that finding useful information on the web on the things we exploration geos do daily has about the same odds as panning up a gold nugget. Try this, for example. Do a Google search for the acid/nail test for copper, and see how many additional modifiers you have to use before you get anything even close to the test we're talking about.
- Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 7:56:00 PM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
In the field, the oldtimers I know used hammers, maybe they carried nails also. And sulfuric acid will plate copper out of "live limonite" (copper-bearing, sometimes reddish, glassy-looking limonite) where hydrochloric won't. I've found the nail test to be especially useful for chalcocite, which can occur in very thin coatings around sulfides.
Google often has to be refined several times. The nail test thing is one of the worst, because of copper plating as an industrial process. Now, acid + nail test + copper will come up with this thread, after some bot crawling is completed!
And if you know of work for exploration geos, feel free to email me! :)
- Monday, July 13, 2009 at 9:22:00 AM PDT
I almost always use my hammer, too. You just have to be careful to scour the copper off before you take your next sample for analysis!
Hadn't ever tried the test on simple live limonite, but it seems there's often enough tenorite mixed in to give a positive reaction with HCl.
If I hear of any exploration jobs I'll let you know. Still pretty dead in the Great Basin?
- Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:26:00 PM PDT
- Alaska Al said...
Yes. See Hurlbut and Klien (after Dana) But since the silver minerals are fusible at 1 to 1.5, it is easier to toss the sample into a hot pan and wait for the bright silver residue. Hence the term "frying pan ore."
- Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 5:41:00 PM PDT
Huh, that's not exactly an outcrop test, but it might be closer to the kind of practical field test I was hoping to find. Direct 'smelting', eh? What sort of grade do you suppose you'd need in order to be able to see the silver run?
- Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 9:09:00 PM PDT
- Mathias said...
A professor emeritus of our uni has a 88-page book about various quick assays on his university website. It includes among others tests for silver.
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 2:03:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
@Alaska Al, thanks for getting back to me on that question about silver. I guess your answer totally cements your "oldtimer" status, especially on this blog, and you bypassed the web entirely and went directly to a hardcover source (didn't you?).
You'll have to bring your frying pan, we can rent a mule, and I think by summer's end we can have all the remaining silver in the Silver State staked. That is, if either one of us has the time.
@LostGeo I suppose your prof's website is in German?
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 9:12:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
@Rod, maybe Alaska Al can answer that question about silver grade, I sure can't!
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 9:14:00 AM PDT
- Andrew Alden, Oakland Geology blog said...
The 88-page guide to "Quick assays in mineral identification" is here and in excellent English.
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 11:01:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
Funny, that link to the guide only shows up if I go into Post-a-comment mode. So here's the link again - thank you Andrew!
Link is: http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/~mininst/quickassay.pdf
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 11:25:00 AM PDT
- Mathias said...
That's the guide alright. You found it.
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 1:41:00 PM PDT
Alaska Al, what do you think? Hundreds of g/t? Thousands?
Andrew, this is a perfect demonstration of why more scientific stuff should be freely available online!
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 11:05:00 PM PDT
- Alaska Al said...
Please, no more Ag questions. I've already shared as much or more as I know.
- Friday, July 17, 2009 at 12:29:00 AM PDT
- Rustling Leaves said...
I would like to buy a blowpipe test kit
Russ Crosby email@example.com
- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 11:04:00 AM PDT
- Silver Fox said...
I'd suggest checking EBay or Amazon. Other than that -- no idea.
- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 5:40:00 PM PDT


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With the Columbus Crew's 14th overall selection in Thursday's 2014 MLS SuperDraft, Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter went with the tried-and-true method of taking the "best player on the board," in defender Ben Sweat.
"Ben represented a skill level that we couldn't pass up with the 14th pick," Berhalter said. "We had him rated very high, and we felt that this was a guy who was going to be a solid MLS player."
Berhalter said that Sweat's showing at the adidas MLS Player Combine was impressive, and that the club's evaluation of the South Florida leftback made it an easy selection.
"In every aspect, he shined [in Florida]," Berhalter said. "He was someone who stood out, and also is just a quality guy for years to come."
While fans of the Crew may have been surprised by the pick, they weren't alone. Even Sweat himself had no idea that he would be drafted by the club.
"It was a huge surprise," Sweat told MLSsoccer.com by phone. "I did not know if I was going to go in the top 10 or later in the first round. ... It was really thrilling seeing my name come up with the Columbus Crew."
Though he didn't anticipate the selection, Sweat said that a good interview with the Columbus coaching staff made him feel more confident that the club would take him.
"I interviewed with quite a few teams [at the Combine], so when every team came up I kind of thought, 'Maybe I'm going to be this pick,'" Sweat said. "But when the Crew came up I was more confident. I had a good interview with them, I was impressed with the coaching staff, and I had a lot of good feedback."
After mentions of roster improvements for areas such as central midfield and forward, many expected Berhalter to choose a player from one of those positions of need, especially with Waylon Francis and Agustin Viana already on the roster at leftback. But Berhalter said he "didn't see a guy in the draft who could fill one of those spots."
Berhalter also indicated that Sweat was likely a project for the future, but could give "good competition" to Francis and Viana in the meantime, and could even contribute minutes in the short-term.
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Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/March 14
March 14: The Day the Music Died. Also American Pi Day.
- 27 BC - Greeks fight valiantly against Russell Crowe in a vast gladiatorial event to define pi as the ratio of the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter.
- 435 - Pope Sixtus III denouces pi, claiming it to be "the worke of thye devile, in his moste clever ploye yet."
- 1707 - The Physics Act of 1707 defines pi to be 22/7, which scientists of the era proclaim as "close enough".
- 1891 - The pi chart is introduced in Oscar Wilde's work A House of Pomegranates
- 1930 - The concept of pi is used heavily in the construction of the Maginot Line.
- 1994 - Justin Bieber is born and the death of music is extended to seven other universes
- 2005 - The Kansas Board of Education restores pi to its traditional value of "three and a bit", as "certain features of the universe are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as mathematics."


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This initiative aims to ensure that all area children entering Kindergarten have acquired such skills through exposure to books and a language-rich early childhood experience.
According to the National Early Literacy Panel, it has become increasingly important for children entering kindergarten to already possess six preliteracy skills:
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Helping a child acquire these skills is easy - have fun reading every day!
The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten initiative supports the acquisition of early literacy skills and puts books into the hands and homes of children.
All pre-K children, 0-5 years of age, may register for this FREE program at the Ripon Public Library.
Read to your child whenever, wherever, and as frequently as possible!
Indicate the number of books read and tell us about your favorites.
At every 100 books read juncture, come to the library for a book prize.
All who complete the program will be treated to a graduation ceremony in conjunction with the Ripon Area School District.
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Madonna's annual Oscar party on Sunday night – the big news coming out of it was that Charlize Theron and Sean Penn were all over each other (and that might explain why she wore that sh-tty dress – click here for a refresher). You know what got buried under that though?
Angelina and Madonna are supposed to hate each other. How does that change the narrative.
Come on. Girl Sh-t is the Best Sh-t. So let's bring Gwyneth Paltrow into it. Nothing pulls us closer than a common enemy. And now that G and Madonna have broken up, and G is tight with Jennifer Aniston, Madonna and the Jolie can form their own alliance.
Disappointingly, there have been no further details about what Brange was like at Madonna's, only that they were on a guest list that included Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Matthew McConaughey, Gisele and Tom, Sandra Bullock, Mila and Ashton, Pink, Miley Cyrus, Leo with Toni Garrn, and Ellen with whom I hear Brange did spend some time talking to. McConaughey, I'm told, celebrated HARD and was sh-tfaced by the time he left. And it went on until 6am.
But the Jolie and Madonna? Is this happening in 2014? Like playdates and joint holidays?
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Kinetica Art Fair, one of London's annual landmark art exhibitions and a permanent fixture in the Art Fair calendar, brings together galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups from around the world who focus on kinetic, electronic, robotic, sound, light, time-based and multi-disciplinary new media art, science and technology.
For 2013 Kinetica is hosting the work of over 40 galleries and art organisations nationally and internationally, with representatives from UK, France, Russia, USA, Poland, Holland, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Indonesia and Japan, collectively showing over 400 works of art. The full list of exhibitors can be viewed here.


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At the invitation of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia and Prime Minister Bill English of New Zealand, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council will travel to Australia for the fifth annual meeting with the Australian prime minister and then visit New Zealand from March 22 to 29.
At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pay an official visit to China from March 19 to 22.
Q: US Senators have introduced a bill that would place sanctions on any Chinese person or entity that is involved in "illegal activities" in the South China Sea. Are you aware of that? Has China expressed opposition to the US?
A: This so-called bill introduced by some individual US Senators jars. It shows their arrogance and ignorance. The Chinese side holds a clear and consistent position on Diaoyu Dao and the South China Sea issues. The bill introduced by some individual US Senators goes against relevant international law and basic norms governing international relations. The Chinese side firmly opposes that.
Q: Some ROK media reported that the US military had delivered the X-band radar of the THAAD anti-missile system to the ROK. What is China's response to that?
A: The ROK Foreign Ministry has already clarified that the relevant report is not true. I would like to reiterate China's consistent and clear opposition against THAAD. We urge relevant parties to face squarely China's legitimate concerns and immediately cease the deployment.
Q: Some people in the ROK think that the ROK has explained to China that THAAD is just a defensive measure against the nuclear threat of the DPRK, but China is yet to come around to that. They do not understand why China opposes THAAD. Can you comment on that?
A: The Chinese side has clearly and repeatedly expressed its opposition on the issue of THAAD, and pointed out its severe damage and consequences. The Chinese side understands the ROK's concerns about its own security, but the problem is that THAAD disrupts regional strategic balance, does no good to peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and may plunge the ROK into a more insecure situation.
More importantly, the X-band radar of THAAD covers an area of over 2,000km. Its scope of surveillance and early warning goes far beyond the Korean Peninsula, penetrates into the hinterland of the Asian continent, shadows great swathes of Chinese territories and far exceeds the ROK's needs to deal with external nuclear threat. We do not oppose the ROK taking necessary measures to defend its own security, but they must not do so at the expense of the security interests of China, its friendly neighbor.
China is fully justified to oppose THAAD. We once again urge relevant parties to face squarely the crux of the issue and China's reasonable concerns and immediately stop the deployment process.
Q: Saudi King Salman is currently in Beijng. When will he leave? Do you have any details on the remainder of his visit? Do you think China will play a role in improving the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel?
A: As we have announced, King Salman is here for a state visit lasting from March 15 to 18. President Xi Jinping held talks with him yesterday. This morning, Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman Zhang Dejiang met with King Salman separately. They had in-depth discussions on the bilateral relations and other issues of common concern, reaching important consensus.
After President Xi Jinping's talks with King Salman, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming briefed the press about the significance and outcomes of the visit. The two heads of state bore witness to the signing of 14 cooperation deals in capacity and investment, nuclear energy, trade, finance, spaceflight, education, human resources and other fields. The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening practical cooperation in various fields under the Belt and Road framework, and aligning the Belt and Road initiative with Saudi's Vision 2030. The two sides also signed an MoU which covers 35 major projects for capacity and investment cooperation with a total volume of USD 65 billion. It is believed that King Salman's visit will give a further boost to the bilateral relationship.
We are also expecting an official visit by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Both Saudi Arabia and Israel are influential countries in the Middle East. It is hoped that the two sides will each make their contributions to the realization of enduring peace and development in the Middle East.
Q: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that the US does not want to get back into the Six-Party Talks. The US needs other countries, especially China and Russia, to step up and show to the US that they are as concerned with the DPRK as the US is. What is your comment on that? Will the Chinese side talk about restarting the Six-Party Talks with US Secretary of State Tillerson?
A: The Korean Peninsula is at the doorstep of China. Is there anyone who really believes that the Chinese side cares less about the situation on the Korean Peninsula than the US? As a close neighbor to the Peninsula, the Chinese side has more reasons than any other countries in the world to be worried about the situation on the Peninsula and to play a constructive role in safeguarding peace and stability of the Peninsula.
The Chinese side always believes that the Six-Party Talks remain an effective platform to resolve the issue of the Korean Peninsula. Due to various reasons and multiple factors, the talks stalled. We are ready to have in-depth discussions with all parties to create conditions for the restart of bilateral and multilateral talks including the Six-Party Talks. It is hoped that China's efforts to restart talks will be met with positive response from other parties.
In order to ease the current tension and push for denuclearization, peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese side put forward the suspension-for-suspension proposal and the parallel-track approach. We hope that all parties will consider seriously about these and make positive response. We are open to alternative ideas, as long as they are conducive to denuclearization and de-escalation of tensions on the Peninsula, and are ready for constructive discussions with all parties.
Q: First, US Secretary of State Tillerson said that he would tell the Chinese side during his visit that the US will step up missile defence system and mount pressure on Chinese financial institutions if China fails to use its influence to restrain the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. What is China's comment on that? Second, ships carrying coal from the DPRK were seen in the Chinese port. Isn't that against China's suspension of coal imports from the DPRK?
A: On your first question, I am not going to get ahead of Secretary Tillerson's visit to China. What I want to point out is that, first and foremost, China has been fully, earnestly, faithfully and accurately implementing relevant UN Security Council resolutions. That is out of question. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible member of the international community, China conscientiously observes its international obligations. Second, we are firmly opposed to unilateral sanctions imposed by one country in accordance with its domestic law on a third party and firmly against any attempt to undermine China's legitimate and lawful rights and interests with unilateral sanctions.
Denuclearization, peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula serve the common interests of the international community. For years, all relevant parties have worked tirelessly to that end and made positive progress, including important outcomes such as the September 19 Joint Statement reached in 2005. We have never been short of good agreements or formats of dialogues, the thing is that those important outcomes, agreements and consensus have not been effectively implemented. The Korean Peninsula issue is a legacy of the Cold War, which came into existence due to entrenched hostility and deficit of trust among relevant parties. We need a holistic approach to address both the symptoms and root causes of the issue, and that is the reason why the Chinese side brought up the suspension-for-suspension proposal and the parallel-track approach. We believe that China's proposals, accommodating all parties' concerns, are realistic and effective means to prevent the situation from worsening and lift the Peninsula out of its security predicament. It is hoped that relevant parties will consider seriously about that and make positive response.
On your second question, I am not aware of the information you mentioned. China always implements relevant UN Security Council resolutions in a comprehensive, rigorous and earnest manner. You may have noticed the announcement made by China's Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs on February 18 regarding the suspension of coal imports from the DPRK this year. This is a measure taken by China to implement Security Council Resolution 2321 and perform its international obligations.
Q: How does China view the current situation on the Korean Peninsula? Is China worried about it? If the DPRK continues with its nuclear test, how will China respond? Some Chinese media reported on March 15 that food from nuclear contaminated areas of Japan had entered the Chinese market. How do you view this?
A: Regarding how China views the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, Foreign Minister Wang Yi already elaborated on this at his press conference during the two sessions. As a close neighbor to the Korean Peninsula, China is deeply worried about the escalation of tensions. We call upon all relevant sides to exercise calm and restraint and do more to ease the tension, instead of making provocative and escalatory moves. In this context, we put forward the suspension-for-suspension proposal and parallel-track approach, which are interconnected as an integral whole. The suspension-for-suspension proposal is aimed at lowering the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula and finding a breakthrough for the resumption of dialogue and consultation. On that basis, the parallel-track approach is aimed at advancing the denuclearization process and ultimately achieving enduring stability and tranquility on the Korean Peninsula and in this region. We hope all sides will consider this seriously and give positive response.
China's position on the DPRK's nuclear test is consistent and clear-cut. We oppose the DPRK's persistence in pressing ahead with its nuclear and missile programs in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
On the issue of products from nuclear contaminated areas of Japan entering the Chinese market, I addressed this question yesterday. We believe that the Japanese government should make a responsible explanation on relevant measures and impacts to the people in Japan and the international community with a responsible attitude.
Q: According to media reports, during Pakistani Army Chief's visit to China, the two sides discussed cooperation on producing ballistic missiles. Do you have any details? Is the cooperation in line with UN Security Council resolutions?
A: On the visit of Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Bajwa to China, relevant readouts have already been released about his meetings with Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, Vice Chairman Fan Changlong of the Central Military Commission and Chief of the Joint Staff Department Fang Fenghui. I do not have any specific information regarding the question you raised. But I can tell you that China and Pakistan maintain normal defense exchanges and cooperation in military industry and trade.
Q: Could you please clarify China's restrictions on trade with the DPRK? For example, are there regular checks in Dandong on cargo going into China?
A: I don't have any specific information. But I can tell you in a very responsible manner that China always implements relevant UN Security Council resolutions in a comprehensive, earnest, rigorous and accurate manner.
Q: India has objected Pakistan's plan to declare Gligit-Baltistan, part of Kashmir, its fifth province. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor goes through these areas. What is China's comment on that?
A: On the Kashmir issue, China's position is consistent and clear-cut. As a leftover issue from history between India and Pakistan, it needs to be properly settled through dialogue and consultation between the two sides. The development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor does not affect China's position on the Kashmir issue.
A journalist asked after the press conference: US Secretary of State Tillerson said in Japan that diplomatic efforts of the past 20 years to bring the DPRK to a point of denuclearization have failed and a new approach is required. How does China comment?
Huang Chunying: Realizing denuclearization and upholding peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is in line with the common interests of the international community. To find a solution to the Korean Peninsula issue that addresses both the symptoms and root causes, China has put forward the parallel-track approach, which is mainly about realizing denuclearization and establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. And China's suspension-for-suspension proposal is the first step for the parallel-track approach. By implementing this proposal, we expect to find a breakthrough for the resumption of talks and create the necessary conditions for the parallel-track approach. We hope relevant sides will take China's efforts seriously and be responsive.


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Britney Spears is setting the record straight with a new addition to her Web site that separates fact from fiction.
The pop star has launched a "Bulls#!t Alerts" page that will "give [fans] the inside-scoop- straight from Britney and her team on what's true and what's bull."
For her inaugural post, the pop star runs down the top 75 stories written about her in 2009, which she has deemed bull.
According to her Web site, more than 13,000 stories were written about the pop star this year and they've compiled an impressive list – complete with screen shots – of the ones that were "factually inaccurate… patently absurd" and "simply offensive to the sensibilities."
The list of bunk Brit stories include reports of fans leaving her show, allegations of drugging, topless photos – and even appearance of Courtney Love.
The top 10 BS Britney stories according to the pop star's Web site:
1. Britney dates Indian Choreographer Sandip Soparrkar
2. Ex Manager Says Britney's Not Ready
3. Fans storm out of Britney's Australian show due to lip-synching
4. Courtney Love Rants on Facebook that Britney Spears' Dad Molested Her
5. Britney thinks her dad is drugging her
6. BritneySpears holed up in Perth hotel after concert shame
7. Britney Spears dating music producer Dallas Austin
8. Britney's comeback tour faces low ticket sales
9. Beau says no to Britney's proposal
10. Topless 'Gimme More' Photos
Though many of our online competitors were called out on Brit's BS list, AccessHollywood.com is proud to report that none of our stories were featured. Read the entire list, HERE!
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You're an expert in your industry. You've got a blogroll of content displaying your business and showcasing your knowledge about your industry. And you've got a pretty decent following of people eager to glean information and advice from you. So it might feel like the right time to take that next step and write a book.
Self-publishing isn't for everyone, but for some industry insiders, it may be the smartest route—especially with the launch of self-publishing platforms on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Kindle.
It's working for Yuli Ziv, who, just in time for Fall 2011's New York Fashion Week, authored Blogging Your Way To The Front Row: The Insider's Guide to Turning Your Fashion Blog Into a Profitable Business and Launching a New Career. Ziv is the founder and CEO of Elle-magazine backed Style Coalition, a network of top fashion and beauty bloggers, and the co-founder of My It Things, a user-generated fashion site and community.
We spoke with Ziv about why self-publishing was right for her—and why it may be right for you:
1. You're comfortable and confident with publishing your book yourself
"It's so much easier, faster, and can really look beautiful," says Ziv. "Having a published book is a nice credit to have. I really don't think it matters if it's self-published or not. It's about my content and showing a good body of work. All of that will help my business grow and get noticed."
2. You want to have control of your book
When someone else is paying you to publish your book, they get to make all sorts of decisions regarding the editing of the manuscript, the cover and the title. They also have say over the marketing. Ziv, with her large network and marketing experience, found she'd rather have control over how well her book sells and how it's received by readers.
3. You want to move quickly to get your book out
Topics and trends have a lifespan, and it can take years to find an interested publisher and settle on a contract. Ziv sees self-publishing as a forum for her to be an authority about the evolution and growth of her business and industry.
"It took me five months to write the book and I got the first printed proof within days of sending it in," says Ziv. "Amazon guided me through the process and it was easy. I wrote the book, saved it as a pdf and uploaded it. Whatever else I needed—proof edits, help with marketing—are add-on services you can pay for through the platform."
4. You want to keep your profits
"The cost to use a self-publishing platform like Amazon is an upfront cost and it isn't a very big cost," says Ziv. "So much of the process is done just with a few clicks of the mouse."
Self-publishing means you won't wait months or years for payment. You'll collect all sales as they come in. And that payment won't simply be a small percentage of royalties, either.
5. You are the expert in your field and you've carved out a niche
Authors often have to dedicate their advance to researching the topic of their book. When you're the expert yourself, you are the research.
"I knew I had to take advantage of my experience and knowledge," says Ziv. "I hit a point where I had a lot of knowledge and I had stuff to share that no one has shared. My expertise is fashion, media and technology. There isn't any schooling on it. There aren't any books on it. I gained enough expertise in the last few years that I could confidently put it together into a longer format."
6. You already have a sizable, loyal audience
Through her successful blog, Ziv already has a community of followers.
"People were sharing the content I was putting up," says Ziv. "I would get e-mails with questions from people all the time. It made me very aware of the fact that there was so little info was out there for people related to my industry. So I grabbed that opportunity and made that niche mine."
This audience you've built up will become your core readership, and they'll assist with getting the word out about your book.
7. You're already pretty organized
A third of Ziv's book was already written thanks to the advice she'd been posting on her blog. She researched and found that most books are about 200 pages, or 50,000 words, long. She set a target date for when she wanted to be finished by, and did the math figuring she could meet her goal by writing 2,000 words a week.
"The way to approach the task of writing a book is to put it into small steps," says Ziv. "I didn't want to just share my knowledge in a weekly blog form. There was more value to share with my readers beyond the work I'd already done. I just needed a time management system, and 2,000 words a week doesn't feel like a big project. Thinking like that and with an outlined table of contents, I was able to work on each chapter individually while running my business and traveling for work. I could juggle it all without losing my train of thought."
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Delivery of Surfboards and Bodyboards
Certain surfboards and SUPs are not available for home delivery due to size and insurance restrictions, this will be reflected in your check out options. These can still be purchased online and collected in store in Clonakilty seven days a week.
We are happy to work with DPD couriers for surfboard delivery. Unfortunately surfboards cannot be guaranteed for next day delivery. In certain cases, oversize items such as surfboards and SUPs may be delivered to your closest DPD depot. In this instance you will be notified by DPD, whereupon you can choose to collect from the depot or wait for delivery.
For home delivery boards, It is especially important to THOUROUGHLY inspect surfboards before signing for them. They are fragile items and can be damaged in transit despite everyone's best efforts. In the event that a surfboard is damaged, please sign "Damaged". It is within your rights to refuse delivery of a damaged board and have it returned to sender. In this event, please contact us immediately. Upon return of the damaged board, we will issue a refund/exchange.
If for any reason you are unhappy with your purchase, you can return it to us in its original condition (with packaging and tags intact) within 28 days of the purchase date. Sale items must be returned within 14 days. Once returns are recieved and inspected you will be issued with a refund less the original cost of shipping (applies to initial orders over €50 where shipping was included. €6.50 for orders within Ireland).
We are unable to offer a direct exchange service. Changes of sizes, styles, colours etc, can be done by placing an additional order.
In the event that you are sent a wrong item or your item is faulty, please contact us prior to sending back the order so that we can arrange courier collection or reimburse your postsage costs. Mistakes can happen, so please contact us and we will work to speedily correct any errors.
Returns Procedure
For Postal Returns:
- Fill in returns form you received with your tracking number via email
- Post it back to us in the original condition with tags/labels attached.
Please post to the following address:
Order Returns
Jelly Fish Surf Shop
Spillers Lane
Co. Cork
You can also return your purchase to us in store – make sure to bring your receipt.
Wetsuit Warranty Issues
If you encounter a warranty issue with your purchase please call or email us immediately – do not attempt to repair the issue yourself as this will void your warranty. We will issue you with a returns number and further instructions. Wetsuits must be clean and dry before returning. We are not able to process wet or dirty wetsuits and they will not be accepted for warranty issues.
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If you wish to cancel your order please call up and speak to us immediately and always back up with an e-mail to email@example.com quoting your order number.


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Cracker Creek & Gamble Place Tours
Cracker Creek & Gamble Place Tours
Date(s) - 02/06/2020
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Phone:
Event Fax:
Cracker Creek, 1795 Taylor Rd., , Port Orange FL 32128
Cracker Creek & Gamble Place Tours
Wednesdays – Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Enjoy learning about old Florida pioneer history while visiting Gamble Place, on the National Register of Historic Places. Once the winter home of James N. Gamble, of the Procter and Gamble Company, Gamble Place is adjacent to Cracker Creek, and is surrounded by an associated 175-acre nature preserve.
Self Guided Gamble Tours Walk the grounds of Gamble Place Wednesday through Sunday – 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Adults:$3, Senior Adults: $2, Children: FREE Guided tours of the buildings are available for groups of 10 or more. *Reservations required Adults $6; Senior Adults $5; Children $3


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Paramount hopes it's launching a franchise with "Jack Reacher," the Tom Cruise action thriller that hits theaters Friday.
It will be tricky in a crowded holiday marketplace, and Cruise isn't the box-office bonanza he once was. But one need only look back to last year's "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" to see how it might work. That film opened to $12 million on Dec. 16 and went on to make $209 million and nearly $700 million worldwide for Paramount.
"Jack Reacher" will be in about 3,200 theaters, and it will have plenty of competition. Universal's Judd Apatow comedy "This Is 40" opens wide Friday, and Paramount's 'Guilt Trip" and Disney's 3D re-release of "Monsters Inc." opened Wednesday.
Also read: 'Jack Reacher' Review: A Great/Terrible Stinker/Delight
A slew of limited releases, led by Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," along with this year's winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes "Amour," and tsunami survival tale "The Impossible" are also competing for moviegoers' attention, along with a number of holdover hits.
No movie, though, will come close to catching reigning box-office champ "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," which remains in more than 4,000 theaters. Peter Jackson's latest Middle-earth epic will take in north of $40 million, industry analysts say, with "Jack Reacher" and "This Is 40" battling for second with less than half of that.
Warner Bros.' "Hobbit" has rolled to $106 million in the U.S. since opening to $85 million last weekend. Its international total — $188 million as of Thursday – is even bigger.
Also read: Why 'The Hobbit' Will Be Biggest Tolkien Tale Ever at the Box Office
In "Jack Reacher," Cruise plays an ex-military investigator; the film is based on bestselling author Lee Child's novel "One Shot" and written for the screen and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It's from David Ellison's Paramount-based Skydance Productions and was produced for about $60 million by Cruise, Don Granger, Paula Wagner and Gary Levinsohn.
Robert Duvall and Richard Jenkins co-star in the PG-13 crime thriller, which has a 53 percent positive rating at Movie Review Intelligence.
No is expecting "Jack Reacher" to match "MI:4" at the box office. The Reacher novels have a following, but nowhere near that of the "Mission Impossible" franchise. Cruise's recent box-office record has been uneven, and the film's Facebook and Twitter activity is not particularly strong.
"Jack Reacher" could wind up playing more like Cruise's "Knight and Day," which opened to $20 million and went on to make $76 million for Fox in 2010, or "Valkyrie," which did $83 million in 2008 after opening to $21 million. Cruise was critically lauded for his foray earlier this year as an aging rock icon in the musical "Rock of Ages," but that was one of the year's bigger box-office duds.
"Jack Reacher" should play strongly with action fans, but Cruise's personal problems could limit its broader appeal.
"I can't imagine his divorce from Katie Holmes and the custody battle hasn't hurt him some with women," BoxOffice.com vice president and chief analyst Phil Contrino told TheWrap Thursday. "Actions fans will come out, but going beyond that demographic is going to be tough for him."
On the other hand, Universal says that it tracking suggests "This Is 40" will do quite well with women — and women over 25 in particular.
Also read: 'This Is 40' Review: A Little Heavy on the White Whine
"This Is 40," is, as the marketing campaign points out, a "sort of sequel" to Apatow's "Knocked Up," which opened to $30 million and went on to make nearly $150 million five years ago. Like "This Is 40," that one was written and directed by Apatow and starred Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann.
"40" is the fourth film Apatow has directed, all for Universal ("Funny People" and "40-Year-Old Virgin" are the other two). The ensemble cast also features Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Chris O'Dowd, Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy and Lena Dunham.
It's R-rated and has a 62 percent positive rating at Movie Review Intelligence. The production budget was $35 million.
"This looks like the strongest comedy of the season," Jeff Bock, senior analyst at Exhibitor Relations told TheWrap, "but it's still a bit of a wild card. It's going to connect with the New York and L.A. crowds; the key will be whether the Heartland audiences embrace it or see it as a little too hip. It will take time to tell, because of the season."
Films released at this time of year tend to open lower because the marketplace is so crowded — by Friday, 11 new films will have hit opened this week — and the fact that many potential moviegoers are districted by shopping and other holiday preps. On the other hand, they often show lasting power and make up what they don't take in on the weekend with stronger showings on the weekdays.
"Things could well come in lower than people are expecting across the board this weekend," Bock said, "but look for many of these movies to make it up over the holidays."
Summit will be looking for that kind of slow build on "The Impossible," the English-language film from Spain based on a true story about a family's fight to survive the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts, who received a Best Actress nomination from SAG recently, star.
Summit is releasing it Friday in 15 theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. The plan is to go nationwide early next year.
Also read: 'The Impossible' Review: It's a Horrifying Tsunami, and You Are There
"The Impossible" already has taken in $52 million in Spain, the home of the real-life couple upon whom the story is based as well as director Juan Antonio Bayona ("The Orphanage") and screenwriter Sergio Sanchez.
Other limited rollouts set for Friday include Paramount's 3D concert film "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away," in 800 theaters; "On the Road," IFC Films' adaptation of the Jack Kerouac's beat generation novel, in four theaters; and "Not Fade Away," the Paramount Vantage tale of a group of 1960 New Jersey friends launching a rock band, written and directed by "Sopranos" creator David Chase, in three locations.
Sony's "Zero Dark Thirty," about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, got off to a terrific start Wednesday. It racked up $124,848 from five theaters in its first day of release. That's an average of $24,969, making it one of the biggest limited mid-week openings in history.