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A Wagasa, Traditional Japanese umbrellas, made of bamboo and Washi ¡ÊJapanese paper¡Ë, is delicately collapsible inward with its elaborate open-close movement.With its production beginning in the Kamakura era, it became popular among the public during the Edo Genroku era.Please enjoy beauty and wonder of Wagasa as a Japanese Culture.Column:Introduction to WAGASA
(Traditional Japanese umbrella)
1. How to carry Wagasa
You can hold and grasp the head of the body: Hold a string attached to the head for a Janome Gasa umbrella, or a leather string held at the head in case of Ban Gasa umbrella. Be aware that it easily opens if you hold the handle and put it upside down like a western style umbrella.
2. Durable years of use
Wagasa is made of bamboo and Washi. When closed, bamboo is strong and durable more than expected, due to being transformed into a form of its bamboo cylinder.
When opened, however, it is not strong enough due to thin bamboo-split ribs connected with the threads with Washi paper glued to the frames, which requires good care for a longer use. If kept in good shape, a 20 year old umbrella may be usable to your surprise.
But a rain umbrella is oil-applied for waterproofing, hardening agent used s for which affects unfavorably Washi quality regardless of its use or non-use, thus Washi will inevitably be deteriorated in quality. If crisply torn up , it is supposed to have ended its Washi life ,which suggests a time to be replaced for a new one.
For reference, non oil- applied parasols( one that provides shade) is more durable a few times than¡¡a rain one.
3 .How to take care of rain umbrellas
If remained newly-bought, with a fastening loop closed and stored while in no use, it will shorten its durability. Hang it in the well-ventilated place with the loop opened for loosening.
After used on a rainy day, it is recommendable that water dripping should be done to wipe away with a towel. Further, keep it half opened or fully opened to dry in the shade.
When thoroughly dried, close loose the loop a bit, and hang it in the good breeze.
4. Repair
To have a frame re-covered with Washi paper, firstly, make sure as a precondition that connecting threads remain not cut and sticks are not broken. Then, peel lacquer, Washi paper, and paste so that sticks can not be damaged. At long last, recovering Washi starts. The peeling job requires a lot of time consuming hard work. It is usually recommended that a new one should be bought due to high personnel costs required for repair, as a new one is less expensive.
In case that Washi is torn, repairing cost depends upon the torn space, place and state. Repairs come in a wide variety, ranging from a method of applying plaster to that of one-space covering. But it seems hardly possible to match kinds of Washi or color, etc. with one to be repaired. In most repair inquiries, the Washi have lost its life so we would recommend a new replacement. When the sticks are broken, it is hardly possible to have it repaired.
In case an umbrella opens but closes due to a stopper sunk in., which is caused by a wrong eye hole and repairable.
For examples, a handle comes off, or gets loose or broken. Wagasa is connected with the handle at Rokuro, or open-close device attached to the upper part of the shaft. A strong impulse may cause a stopper or a shaft to come off or get loose. It is possible to replace a bamboo shaft. Please call your umbrella shop for repair.


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In 2009, we made program-related investments to 14 human services organizations that were providing food, shelter and other emergency services during the economic crisis. These three-year, zero-interest loans were designed so that the organizations might better meet the increasing demand for their services. We refer to this initial effort at social investing as our Community Relief Fund.

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New Zealand is unlikely to compromise on its protection plan for the Antarctic's Ross Sea at key talks this year, out of concern that harsher measures on fishing would scupper a deal with other nations.
Twenty-five countries will meet in Germany in July for a last-ditch attempt to establish an enormous marine protected area in the region - 3500km south of New Zealand - after talks in November failed.
The meeting was hugely significant. It was only the second time the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources had held a special interim gathering.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said it was crucial to gain a consensus on protection.
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Charles Owen Dexter once owned the farm that is now Heritage Museums & Gardens. His life-long love of gardening led him to hybridizing rhododendrons. He raised thousands of these beautiful plants around the property that he, with the help of a landscape architect, had turned into a country estate. He was able to produce plants with heavier foliage and larger blossoms of superior color. He produced thousands of seedlings annually and was very generous in sharing them free of charge with nurseries, other horticultural gardens, friends, and acquaintances. The Dexter rhododendrons are among some of the best in the region.
The Heritage grounds are covered with rhododendrons but there is an area devoted to the Dexter rhododendrons. When you purchase your ticket to tour the gardens and museums, you can get a map showing where this area is.
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After a lovely walk, we stopped off at Magnolias, the outdoor cafe on the grounds, for a brownie
sundae. What a treat.
We hope you come to Sandwich this year and take the opportunity to visit this crown jewel of Cape Cod. If the rhodies aren't blooming, something else beautiful will be. Stay at our bed and breakfast and choose our "Sandwich by the See Summer Fun" package, we include tickets to Heritage Museums & Gardens.


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We are looking at options fro replacing a spray painting line and have been considering installing an electrocoat line to replace spray priming. What kind of trouble can we expect on startup?
Q. We are in the process of upgrading our paint line. We are applying our primer on an old spray painting line and are looking at various options for replacing it. We have been considering the installation of an electrocoat line to replace spray priming. According to one of the suppliers, the processing cycle will be 3 to 3½ minutes. Based on your experience, what kind of trouble can we expect on startup?
- If there is any trouble on the conveyor system causing stoppages for 15 minutes or more, what will happen to coated parts remaining in the e-coat tank?
- When the parts are baked, will we get a normal paint film, or will there be defects?
- Is it true that we must use an acrylic-based paint as a topcoat?
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Audi with clear commitment to motorsport
- Most extensive factory involvement in company's history
- Race version of the new Audi A4 celebrates debut in DTM
- Entry in the Le Mans Series in Europe planned
AUDI AG makes a clear commitment to motorsport for the 2008 season with the most extensive factory involvement in the company's history. In addition to defending the DTM title with the new A4 and the entry of three diesel-powered sportscars in the 24 Hour of Le Mans, Audi Sport plans the continuation of its involvement in the American Le Mans Series and its entry in the Le Mans Series in Europe.
As a result, Audi competes on a factory level in a prospective 30 races and three championships with two different types of car in 2008. The near 460-hp race version of the new Audi A4 celebrates its debut in the DTM. The third generation of the revolutionary R10 TDI diesel sportscar is developed by Audi Sport in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm.
"Without its successes in motorsport, Audi would not be the most sporting and fastest growing brand in the premium segment," stresses Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of AUDI AG. "Everybody at Audi knows just how important motorsport is for the brand. We will continue to concentrate on racing series that bear a close relationship to production and which accelerate the development of our production car range. This is the case with the DTM and the Le Mans sportscars."
Proven driving squad in the DTM
Audi starts the 2008 DTM season as defending champions. The well-proven partner teams of Abt Sportsline, Phoenix and Rosberg enter a total of eight factory cars for Audi. The customer team, Futurecom TME, brings two additional A4 cars to the grid. Audi remains loyal to the motto "Never change a winning team" where its driver squad is concerned: The four latest generation Audi A4 DTM cars are driven by DTM Champion Mattias Ekström, Tom Kristensen, Timo Scheider and Martin Tomczyk.
Also on board again are youngsters Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller who impressed from the word go and were able to claim podium positions in their debut DTM season.
The identity of their team-mates and the line-up within the Phoenix and Rosberg teams will be revealed following driver evaluations in December. The same applies to Vanina Ickx's successor at Futurecom TME. The occupant of the second seat in this team will again be allocated by the Bavarian-based Audi customer outfit itself.
Three Audi R10 TDI prototypes at Le Mans
Audi Sport also backs proven teams and drivers for its sportscar programme: The entry of the three cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans will once again be undertaken by Audi Sport Team Joest, which has already taken five victories for Audi in the French long-distance classic. At the wheel of the three Audi R10 TDI prototypes are the same drivers as in June 2007: Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Marco Werner, Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish and Lucas Luhr/Alexandre Prémat/Mike Rockenfeller.
Audi plans to enter two cars in the American Le Mans Series and the Le Mans Series in Europe through Audi Sport North America in the USA and Reinhold Joest's team in Europe. "Stable regulations with the clear positioning of the LM P1 sportscar as top category and good TV marketing in Europe are conditions for Audi's factory involvement in both of the Le Mans series," explains Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich.
Lucas Luhr jumps from the DTM to the R10 TDI
Regular drivers for the sportscar project in the 2008 season will be Dindo Capello, Allan McNish, Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr, the latter moving from the DTM to the Audi R10 TDI. Meanwhile Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro, the two longest serving and most experienced Audi factory drivers, compete again with the R10 TDI. Audi also wishes to commit the experienced duo to the brand for the long-term as a result of their unstinting service and loyalty to Audi after their active careers.
Detail-optimised Audi R10 TDI
The Audi R10 TDI is further developed for its third season. The Audi Sport technicians, under the direction of Technical Director Dr Martin Mühlmeier, concentrate on detail improvements to the 650-hp TDI engine and the transmission and aerodynamic areas. The first race for the 2008 model R10 TDI is scheduled to be the 12-hour race at Sebring on 15 March which acts as a dress rehearsal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Audi Sport Team Joest.
DTM car based on the new Audi A4
Significantly larger than the R10 TDI "facelift" is the step between the old and new Audi A4 in the DTM. Emerging from within the framework of the relatively restrictive DTM regulations is a new car which will have a new outer skin and new aerodynamics. The development started in June 2007 immediately after Audi's latest victory in the 24-hour race at Le Mans. Components of the new A4 DTM, named "R14" internally, have already been tested successfully. The roll-out of the 2008 car will be held before the New Year. An extensive test programme then follows before the first race at the Hockenheimring on 13 April.
"Quite obviously the target in the DTM is to make a successful title defence," says Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "The new A4 road car is a big step forwards and it had already won many benchmark tests and important awards before its market launch. We will do everything possible to put a race car on the track that will do justice to the production car's reputation."
While Audi goes head-to-head again with Mercedes-Benz in the DTM, the Audi R10 TDI's main opponent will be Peugeot. "We are sure that Peugeot will make a big step forward in its second season and are expecting a hard fight at Le Mans," says Dr Ullrich. "Generally, with such an extensive programme, the 2008 season will be an enormous challenge for Audi Sport. However, Audi has never been shy of a challenge."


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Need another reason to abstain from ever phoning your local PD for assistance? Look no further than New Yorker Jose Abreu's ear.
Two weeks ago, the East Harlem man dialed 911 after his girlfriend reportedly locked him out of his apartment, according to the New York Daily News, but to his dismay the officers who arrived provided no aid and instead sent him to the hospital.
"The cops talked briefly with his girlfriend, then one of the officers — who Abreu said spoke Spanish — approached Abreu and backed him into a corner that was off camera, the video shows," reported the Daily News.
"I was expecting them to help," Abreu recounted to reporters more than a week after the incident took place. "Instead everything got worse."
Next, officers handcuffed Abreu and took him outside – and out of the view of security cameras – where Abreu says one of the officers "swung him around by the elbow, placed both hands on him and hefted him about a foot in the air and shoved him backward, into the lobby's glass window."
Photos provided to the Daily News show Abreu's ear was sliced nearly in half.
As per standard police procedure, the cops accused Abreu of being the aggressor, but Mr. Abreu says that is false and that he was nothing but cooperative.
Despite the officers' claims, no charges were filed against Abreu. A police spokesperson told the Daily News that an investigation into the officers' actions has been launched.
Now Abreu is seeking a $10 million compensation citing emotional and physical distress and a civil rights violation.
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Hollis, NH (population 7,015 and growing), is winning praise for Windows on Hollis Past, an innovative Web site that uses high-tech tools to preserve the town's rural heritage. The site, at <www.hollis.nh.us/windowsonhollispast>, features interactive maps created with GPS (global positioning system), digitized photos of hundreds of properties and written and oral histories, seasoned with Yankee wit and wisdom. "The idea was to document and inventory what is fast disappearing," says Van Eresian, project coordinator. "This is really an educational endeavor. We were hoping to capture the interest of students in history."
Funding for the pilot project came from a three-year Certified Local Government (CLG) matching grant of $55,000 from tile National Park Service (NPS), through the New Hampshire Division of Historical Services. For every grant dollar received, Hollis residents provided a matching $1.20 to cover service and staffing costs. More than 175 volunteers of all ages and expertise collected and organized material for the Web site.
Among the places you can view through the town's online "windows" are homes and streetscapes in the Hollis Village Historic District — former taverns and school houses, barns converted into residences, abandoned dairy farms and long-vanished mills. Artifacts range from planes — not airplanes but the tools used by coopers to shape the tops of barrels — to Ellen, a doll made more than 100 years ago by the great-grandfather of two Hollis sisters. "She is in good shape, but at her age she mostly sits and tells stories of old Hollis," the Web site's virtual storyteller explains.
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Gray Squirrel
General Characteristics
It hardly seems necessary to describe gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), as most of us have at least a speaking acquaintance with them in parks. Their gray pelage is a grizzled mixture of white, black and yellow hairs, while underparts are tan and white. Their banner tails are a prized possession, carefully preened and quite handy in balancing during aerial feats high above the forest floor. They have an alert, active temperament that makes fox squirrels seem like dullards.
They arise before dawn, feed for several hours, then seek the shelter of tree dens or leaf nests where they loaf until late afternoon when feeding is resumed until dark. Their bark, a squack-squack sound, is accompanied by vigorous tail jerks and announces displeasure or danger.
A well-fed adult female will have a litter in February or March a month and a half after mating, another in late summer. Immature or undernourished ones may have but one litter which arrives in mid summer. Litters average two or three young, and they are well protected so survival is high. March litters are usually born in tree cavities lined with leaves and shredded bark. The young are born blind and naked. Eyes do not open until they are nearly five weeks old. Summer litters are produced in leaf nests made of twigs and leaves lined with soft bark and anchored in a tree crotch or in vines on small branches. The male does not participate in family affairs after mating. Family groups wintering in dens consist of the most recent litter and the mother.
Food Habits
Gray squirrels are not above dining upon green field corn, but their principal diet is based upon mast nuts, acorns, wild berries and fruits. Late summer foods are wild cherries, hickory nuts, white oak acorns, tulip poplar cones, beechnuts, and dogwood and sassafras berries. Squirrels do not hibernate, but remain active all winter and feed on acorns and nuts buried the previous autumn. They cannot remember where they cached their food; in fact, the finder is probably not the one which buried it. The food is located by sense or smell, even if covered by deep snow.
From February to May, a desire for greens is satisfied by cutting buds and spring seeds. Mushrooms, insects and bird eggs are sometimes eaten.
Gray squirrels formerly occupied all woodlands throughout the state. Timber removal resulted in their withdrawal from northern farmland, although a few are occasionally found along stream courses. Their population in the south central hills equal that of fox squirrels. Annual abundance varies directly in proportion to the amount of food produced the previous autumn.
Resident landowners and tenants can live-trap a gray squirrel that is causing damage on their own property without a permit from the DNR. The gray squirrel must be euthanized or released within the county of capture on property in which you have permission. In order to prevent the spread of disease, the DNR encourages homeowners to safely and humanely euthanize the gray squirrels, if possible. Live-traps can be purchased from hardware stores and garden centers. If you do not want to trap the squirrel yourself, contact a licensed nuisance wild animal control operator.
Occasionally, squirrels may enter a house through a pet door. Quietly open windows and a door through which the animal may exit and close the doors that provide access to other parts of the house before leaving the room. Wait quietly for the animal to escape.
If the squirrel is already in your chimney or attic, combine bright lights and a pan of ammonia to encourage the squirrel(s) to leave. If the mother has had her young in your attic already, you may need to contact a licensed nuisance wild animal control operator for professional assistance. Once the squirrels leave the chimney, install a chimney cap. Also, identify and seal other attic entries after evicting the squirrel(s).
Trim overhanging tree limbs to prevent easy access to your roof and attic.
Gray squirrels have been known to strip the bark from the upper branches of trees. This behavior typically occurs in early spring and early fall in response to their increased need for sodium. Sap, flowing up from the roots into the branches of trees in the spring and energy rich sap being produced in the fall, contain higher concentrations of sodium. Squirrels will peel back the thinner, more pliable bark, on the younger tree branches to get at the sodium-rich sap. Certain glues used in making plywood, as well as chemicals found in electric wire insulation, may also contain sodium and lead to squirrels chewing on these objects. Since the damage is directly related to squirrels needing more sodium (salt), the problem can often be mitigated by making alternative sources of salt more readily available. Small mineral/salt blocks or rings can be purchased from local pet supply stores and placed at the base of the trees being damaged or in the crooks of easily-accessible branches. Soak wooden stakes in salt water for 24 hours and then either place the stakes in the ground around the affected trees or wire them to the tree trunks.


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Raval's sophisticated and award-winning indian restaurants overlooks the spectacular Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead cityscape.
Our team of world class chefs deliver the very best in contemporary Indian fusion food that you can find in Newcastle and Gateshead.
Our tantalising cuisine, indisputable knowledge, charming staff, modern and inviting atmosphere and unrivalled location, next to the Hilton Hotel Newcastle-Gateshead and Sage Gateshead, ensure that our guests keep coming back for more.
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GONDWANA – the prehistoric themed world in Schiffweiler in the Saarland region – is an amazing indoor experience that will take the whole family on a journey from the Big Bang to the first life forms on Earth. Suitable for ages four and above.
Marvel at life-sized dinosaurs and plenty more besides! GONDWANA is a truly unique visitor attraction – a cross between prehistoric park and natural history museum. State-of-the-art animations and audiovisual effects enable you to witness more than four billion years of life on Earth evolving before your very eyes. What else is there to see at GONDWANA? How about the greatest dinosaur show of all time! It's a dazzling, one-of-a-kind spectacle starring gigantic animatronic dinosaurs, including the titanosaurus, giganotosaurus and aucasaurus, who meet in the arid landscape of Cretaceous Patagonia and menace one another and their newly hatched offspring. Monster scorpions, giant dragonflies and ravenous dinosaurs are just some of the creatures brought back to life inside the prehistoric park's exhibition halls. Journey through breathtaking and realistic scenes from our planet's history, watching gargantuan dinosaurs on the hunt for prey. Simulations of meteorite impacts, devastating floods and other natural disasters provide an insight into the Earth's history and what life might have been like in prehistoric times. These impressive recreations of landscapes and life forms are so convincing, they will give you goosebumps.
Children won't know where to begin at the indoor playground, Gondi's Dinowelt. Perhaps with the ball volcano and waterfall, the trampolines, the rope bridges, the tunnels or the fast slides? In the middle of the hall is a wooden dinosaur climbing frame that stands over eight metres tall. From its claws right up to its head, this dino structure offers plenty of space for fun and games across several levels. Kids will also love whizzing around on the 'dinocarts' circuit. Out in the grounds, scientists of all ages can unearth the reproduction skeleton of a 65 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex in a landscape of rocks and water, or have a go at digging for fossils. There are also places to get food and drink, so you can keep up your strength for more dinosaur adventures!
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Toronto Days
Location: Toronto Point & City of Toronto
Type: Fireworks, Food, Contests, etc.
Dates: 07/03/20 - 07/05/20
Contact: Kimberly Jones
Phone No: 620-637-2213
Time: 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Toronto Days will be held July 3-5, 2020. Area wide event, most events held in the City of Toronto will include: street dance, baby contest, talent contest, mud run, raffle, mud volleyball tourney, and food vendors. FIREWORKS will be July 4, 2020 after sunset in Toronto Point.


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Having grown bored with what Tuscaloosa has to offer, I've taken to stopping in Birmingham for lunch on my ever so frequent trips to Atlanta. While Birmingham is only 50 miles from Tuscaloosa, it does delay my lunch time by quite a bit. As a result, I'm constantly searching for restaurants that are open past 2pm.
Thumbing through Urbanspoon, I found it hard to believe there was only one pho restaurant in Birmingham, so I tried searching for Vietnamese restaurants. My search returned two results, Pho Que Huong and Saigon Noodle House. With a little digging, I found that Saigon wasn't too far off I-459 and it was open all afternoon; it seems like I found my next lunch spot. If only it were that easy.
Using google maps as my guide, I followed Highway 280 to the Wal-Mart, only to find I had completely overshot the 4606 address. Backtracking, I spent the better part of 20 minutes cursing Birmingham and its lack of visible street addresses. Searching for any sort of clue, I noticed there was a thread on Chowhound that mentioned that Saigon Noodle House was in the Target Shopping Center.
What luck! I was just across the highway from that very shopping center! Navigating through traffic, I pulled into the strip mall and scanned the names for anything Oriental and found bupkis. I kept driving to the back of the center and dead ended with the Target. In desperation, I called Saigon to ask where they were. Head in my hands, I followed the waiter's directions and found them two stores down from the Best buy, nestled in a corner that I had completely overlooked.
From the outside, Saigon Noodle House looks small and unassuming. Passing through the door, I was surprised to see a very large, very long restaurant that looked like it had just opened. After being shown to a table, I could finally relax and get down to the business of Vietnamese food. Unfortunately, there was a new problem. The menu at Saigon Noodle House is immense. With nearly 100 items, it dwarfs the selection at my local pho joint. Not sure how to proceed, I decided I should go with some of my Vietnamese favorites, my own litmus test.
First was an order of Shrimp and Pork Spring Rolls (Goi Cuon Tom Thit).
Served with three to an order, I was immediately surprised to see a green stalk, I think it was spinach, sticking out of each spring roll.
Cutting one in half, I was again surprised to see a tube of fried dough tucked in the middle of the roll.
Combined with a dipping sauce of Hoisin and chopped nuts, these were very tasty spring rolls. The pork flavor was subtle but pleasant, whereas the flavor of the shrimp was practically nonexistent. Actually, I couldn't find the shrimp at all, unless I made a mistake and the shrimp were the fried part in the middle. Even so, I loved the textural contrast of the wrapper, cucumber, noodles and fried bits.
Since regular access to Banh Mis in Jackson is a myth, I went all out for that part of the test and ordered a Pate, Roasted Pork, Vietnamese Ham, & Pork Loaf Banh Mi ( Banh Mi Pate Thit Nguoi).
This was a whole mélange of pork flavors, nicely accented by the pickled carrots and cilantro.
If there was a downside to this carnival of pork, it was that I couldn't pick out any individual components.
However that was quickly remedied by adding some of the supplied jalapeno slices. That bit of heat broke up the porcine monotony and made it a much more enjoyable sandwich.
The last dish in my litmus test was a bowl of pho, Pho Dac Biet in this instance.
Beef Noodle soup served with Thinly-Sliced Beef, Well-Done Brisket, Tendon, Trip, & Tendon Beef Meatballs, Pho Dac Biet is wonderful array of textures and tastes.
However, there was something wrong with this bowl of Pho Dac Biet. The beef based broth was too light and the flavor was all cilantro and green onion. Where was that beef flavor that pho broth is known for or any of the subtle anise flavor?
There were some other interesting features besides the lackluster broth, the meatballs had been quartered.
Sliced onions in the pho were also a difference.
Unlike Pho Que Huong, Saigon Noodle House uses razor thin slices of beef, definitely the result of time spent with a meat slicer.
Another difference between here and Pho Que Huong was that Saigon was not at all skimpy on the condiments. I had plenty of cilantro, jalapeno, basil, and bean spouts to choose from. Unfortunately, even with plenty of condiments and liberal doses of fish sauce, sriracha, and hoisin sauce, I just couldn't enjoy this pho. The broth kept throwing me off and I just stopped trying.
Disappointed in the meal ending pho, I was ready to pay my bill and get back to the highway. However, I noticed that Saigon Noodle House sells Bubble Tea. They may call it Tapioca Pearl Smoothies, but be it called Bubble Tea, Smoothies, or Boba, it's all delicious. I had to get one to go.
One mango Tapioca Pearl Smoothie to go please.
No idea what's going on there.
Plenty of pearls in the bottom and this was delicious way to end the meal.
With such an expansive menu, I would be little remiss to write off Saigon Noodle House just because their pho was subpar or because I almost killed myself by choking on a few tapioca pearls. The spring rolls were unique and the banh mi was dressed to the nines and satisfying. Needless to say Saigon Noodle House needs further investigation, but that's for the next trip.


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Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Yoshi and the gang are heading to Universal Studios.
Nintendo and Universal Parks & Resorts jointly announced Tuesday that new attractions are coming to Orlando, Hollywood and Osaka, Japan as "expansive, highly themed environments."
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"Imagine the fun of stepping into a larger-than-life Nintendo adventure," read the statement. "Gigantic Piranha Plants spring to life. Question blocks, power-ups and more surround you. And Mario and all his friends are there to pull you into a brand-new world."
A partnership between the Japanese game-maker and Universal Studios was announced last year.
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The fourth and last part on Ms. Seth's series about Goldberry is now available.
At the beginning, there's a lot of incidental type information but her basic belief is that Tolkien linked his mythology into our world's legends. In doing so he included the 'elementals' described by the 16th century alchemist commonly known as Paracelsus citing Tolkien's knowledge of them and him.
There's much good information out there on the Internet about Paracelsus' writings and his belief in spirits inhabiting the four building blocks of the Greek mythological world earth, air, fire and water. In any case she proposes the stones of Hollin along with Trolls were prime examples of Tolkien's inclusion of Paracelsian elementals into TLotR.
To my knowledge, I haven't seen this proposed before on this site or by established scholars except in the briefest manner. It seems that the core evidence is a Tolkien letter about Trolls which ties in with medieval mythology that elementals possess no souls. This in turn links back to Goldberry by the way of the once wildly popular tale of Undine a water elemental who attained a soul by marriage (which she already covered in Part II),
The evidence is scant but there again there really isn't much written on Goldberry. One thing is for sure and that is Ms. Seth kept her promise in her Introduction at the beginning of the four part series. Certainly she has looked at Goldberry in a completely different manner to others. Her suggestions appear quite plausible but there again that is my personal opinion.
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Hm. I'm inclined to discount this just based on a couple of items.
Goldberry actually corrects Tom when he's ready to feed the hobbits the first night, telling him they hadn't had a chance to wash up.
The sight of Tom's blue eye looking through the Ring has to me just been a symbol of Tom as Sauron's opposite, in a way. Tom, I think, had that in mind for Frodo particularly, though his motive for doing it is admittedly obscure.
Really though, the author of the piece seems to misread some elements of the book to the extent that I question her conclusions about the material.
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I'd like to comment on a small error in Ms. Seth's citation of The Creatures of the Earth. While I approve of her decision to note its possible relevance, her statement that Tolkien "labeled 'earthlings' as: 'Beasts, Creatures and Monsters'" does not accurately reflect the contents of that text. A quick glance at Parma Eldalamberon 14 (pages 5-8 are Wynne and Gilson's analysis, with p. 9-10 the actual documents) shows that Tolkien split his hierarchy into eight categories: (A) Elves or Fairies, (B) Ūvanimor / monsters, (C) Earthlings, (D) Fays, (E) Children of the Gods / Valar and their folk, (F) Children of Men, (G) Beasts and Creatures. C does not equal B + G*; I'll summarize the rest of the text for those without (since it's currently out-of-print).
B (Melko's folk) is further subdivided into Qenya words for demons, goblins, balrogs, ogres of the north and south (smaller cannibal giants), and trolls; demons and balrogs are said to be "probably an evil form of D." C consists of wood-giants, mountainous-giants, dwarves, and pygmies. D has fays of the meads, the woods, the valleys, the mountains, and the rivers, though the last unfortunately has no Qenya name provided. E contains the Mānir and Suruli (etc.), with Tolkien saying there is "very little distinction between these and D." Tolkien then presents the hierarchy as E, D, A, F, C, G, [B] so that the Children of Men "thus occupy the middle place in the seven orders."
A separate "Valar" chart is presented afterwards which expands upon D and E subdivided between the elements of Air, Earth, Water, and Fire. Six types are listed for Water: wingildi, oarni (oaritsi), nenuvar, aïlior, ektelarni, and capalindi. In their commentary on p. 7, Wynne and Gilson link the last four to lily-pools, lakes/ponds, fountains, and springs (respectively). Wingildi and Oarni show up in BoLT's The Coming of the Valar alongside the Falmaríni (missing in this "Valar" chart but attested elsewhere), said to be "the spirits of the foam and the surf of ocean." More can be said on the Wingildi and Falmaríni, but neither seem applicable to Goldberry.
If anything in The Creatures of the Earth seems relevant, rather than earthlings I think one might wonder about the unnamed river-fays in D, or the aïlior (presumably fays of lily-pools). I'm not comfortable stating that I think Tolkien classified Goldberry as a river-fay according to his Creatures of the Earth chart, but I do wonder whether he had his earlier Paracelsian nymph ideas in mind as inspiration, even if not the only bones in the soup.
Regarding the note Ms. Seth cites about Tolkien abandoning the concept in Scheme D that mermaids = Oarni in order to have them be "earthlings, or fays? or both", my first idea is to wonder whether this might be interpreted as shifting from friendly sea-spirits who love/rescue Earendel to being associated with rocks/shoals/sandbars that their associated fays might lure sailors into. "Enchantment of his sailors" in that same note certainly brings sirens and their dangers to my mind.
*However, in their commentary on p. 8, Wynne and Gilson compare Creatures of the Earth listing nautar 'dwarves' under Earthlings to "a rejected outline for the Tale of Nauglafring" which classifies Nautar/Nauglath as Úvanimor. They point out that "The designation of Nautar as Úvanimor 'monsters' can be compared to the notion of Paracelsus that dwarves are monstra born of the pygmies or gnomes." Compare also how Úvanimor are said to be "monsters, giants, and ogres ... bred from the earth" in I:268 (Gilfanon's Tale), and how Orcs are said to be "bred by Melko of the subterranean heats and slime. Their hearts were of granite" in II:159 (The Fall of Gondolin).
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I just can't help but feel, once again, as if trying to "categorise" Bombadil and Goldberry misses the point somewhat; I've always felt like the point was that they can't easily be slotted into a Valar-Maiar-Elves-Men-Dwarves-etc. system. I think it's very possible to argue that there are ambiguous spirits in the texts, but that's the thing – their nature is unclear. They might be spirits, memories, "imprints", all sorts of fantastical things. Trying to pin them down as "elementals" and so on seems a bit too hard-and-fast to me, and seems to want to demolish those "unseen vistas" that are an important part of the text and the thematic content: we're not Eru, and some things in Eä are beyond our understanding or even our possibility of knowing. I'm not saying "don't look for answers"; I'm saying that sometimes answers don't exist and their non-existence is actually part of the argument of the narrative.
On the other hand I think this might be useful for considering influences upon the text and possible avenues of interpretation - the "Tolkien studies" side, rather than the "Middle-earth studies" side, as Michael Drout would put it.
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Haunting Spirit
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"I am not 'perturbed', nor do I find any evidence of 'worrisome servility' at play there."
I suspect Ms. Seth's remark was directed at Goldberry using a term of address for Tom as "Master". And no less than thrice capitalized each time. Something you obviously missed.
In this day and age a wife calling a husband 'Master' will be deemed by many as servile. However Ms. Seth left it to the reader to decide how much servility by specifically qualifying it as: 'a degree of servility'
As to:
"To make matters worse, comic relief was added of the strangest kind in belittling the power of the Ring.
I don't see that scene as 'comic relief' "
The hobbits themselves describe part of the Ring episode with Tom as being comical. Thus quite reasonably - the reader is entitled to think in the same manner.
"Really though, the author of the piece seems to misread some elements of the book to the extent that I question her conclusions about the material."
Hope you can appreciate that there are other points of view to your critique. An open-minded reader ought to be able to understand that. After refuting these (frankly unwarranted) criticisms my suggestion is that you take another read of TLotR and also take time to digest Ms. Seth's essay more carefully. Who exactly is guilty of mis-reading? I'll happily engage in further debate if you so wish.
I consulted with Ms. Seth on the small error and she totally agrees and much appreciates your gracious way of pointing it out. PE 14 is as rare as hen's teeth unfortunately her source turned out to be unreliable and she is grateful for your input. The essay has been updated (hopefully satisfactorily) but essentially its thrust remains unchanged.
I did ask her if she had a view on:
"Regarding the note Ms. Seth cites about Tolkien abandoning the concept in Scheme D that mermaids =*Oarniin order to have them be "earthlings, or fays? or both", my first idea is to wonder whether this might be interpreted as shifting from friendly sea-spirits who love/rescue Earendel to being associated with rocks/shoals/sandbars that their associated fays might lure sailors into. "Enchantment of his sailors" in that same note certainly brings sirens and their dangers to my mind."
Her opinion was that she understood your feelings but in her mind it was difficult to equate mermaids as creatures of the sea with them also being, in a sense, coastal 'earthlings'. She felt her argument was valid and justifiable because of Tolkien's rare use of the term 'earthlings' and where it was used in an unmistakable sense it was within a hierarchy of types of being.
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Good Lord... I'm surprised Seth didn't start calling things "problematic" and complaining that there wasn't enough "engagement" or "outreach" done by Tom, or any of the other banal cliches through which all things are politicized now.
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Haunting Spirit
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Here we have, what I think is, a very unusual situation a wife referring to her husband as Master several times in front of strangers, and minutes after meeting them. I cannot imagine my wife doing so or for that matter any others in this day and age. Even in Tolkiens time, I cannot imagine Edith ever calling her husband Master in front of guests. I think eyebrows would certainly have been raised both then and now.
Conversely we must also note that at no time is Goldberry referred to as a Master (or Mistress). And lets face it if we had a beautiful young sister who was married to a wrinkly old man, most of us would be more than worried by her referring to her spouse as Master!
In using such a term of address, Goldberry acknowledges who wears the pants in the household and who is the underling. Indeed Goldberrys lesser role is obvious through Tom being the party listening to the hobbits troubles and advising them of precautions to take for the journey ahead. All of this, while Goldberry retires early.
As used by Ms. Seth, the term servility doesnt necessarily imply Goldberry is a slave. She certainly isnt. Tom appears to treat her with affection and respect; and definitely shares the work in entertaining the arrivals. Once again how worrisome and to what degree of servility Ms. Seth leaves it to the individual reader to decide. To some Master may imply very little to others perhaps Goldberry appears horrifyingly submissive.
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I disagree. It's nothing but yet another essayist attempting to foist 21st century mores on ancient times so that, lo and behold, we find something to be problematic.
And, thus, Ms. Seth achieves Raison d'être via a closed loop.
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I've read the article once before, but looking at it again was an engaging opportunity to dig around in the text to look more closely at Professor Tolkien's vocabulary, which is a hobby of mine. With that in mind, I noticed a few things.
Goldberry only refers to Bombadil as "Master" in these quotes:
1. "wait for the Master of the house!" Surely this is a fairly common old-fashioned term for a husband or the man of the house; it's an outdated idea now, yes, and arguably sexist (not my area of expertise), but to me isn't especially noteworthy.
2. "He is the Master of wood, water, and hill." Goldberry isn't describing their relationship there, and sets up the idea that Tom is "master of his environment", that he operates in this potentially dangerous land according to his terms, not the terms of Willow-Man, the Barrow Wights or any other powerful and hostile forces of the area.
3."The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves. Tom Bombadil is the Master. No one has ever caught old Tom walking in the forest, wading in the water, leaping on the hill-tops under light and shadow. He has no fear. Tom Bombadil is master." Same idea as far as I can tell. She's not saying anything about their relationship.
Goldberry doesn't refer to Bombadil as "Master" in any other way or at any other time, and she never addresses him as "Master".
Just a couple of other observations based on the article, two of which are in agreement with its claims:
1. When I first read The Lord of the Rings at age 10 I immediately picked up that Tom and Goldberry were husband and wife. I'm surprised to learn that this has confused some people.
2. The age difference is more noticeable in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" than in The Lord of the Rings. In The Lord of the Rings Tom is only described as having wrinkles when the narrative says "his face was red as a ripe apple, but creased into a hundred wrinkles of laughter" - they're laughter lines, and he spends a lot of time in the sun. Goldberry is described as having been young "long ago". The only other times the words "young" are used in relation to her are in similes: Her voice is "young and ancient as Spring" (emphasis mine), her gown (not even part of her body) is "green as young reeds" and when they meet her the hobbits feel "strangely surprised and awkward, like folk that, knocking at a cottage door to beg for a drink of water, have been answered by a fair young elf-queen clad in living flowers." I have always imagined both as ageless characters.
In "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", Bombadil is described from the start as "Old Tom", while Goldberry is "young Goldberry", which matches the idea in The Lord of the Rings that Goldberry was young "long ago". Still, clearly there is an age difference between them.
3. I do think the images used in "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" are a bit unpleasant: "he went and caught the River-daughter" and "He caught her, held her fast [...] and her heart was fluttering" do, in my opinion, suggest an element of coercion, and a rather nasty old-fashioned idea about courting that wasn't perceived negatively as often in Professor Tolkien's day. On the other hand I think the article's suggestion of "undertones of kidnapping and brain-washing" might be stretching things a bit. The poem would, I suppose, be more fair if we got to hear Goldberry's voice.
I think the article would have benefited from mentioning the quotes I've provided above, but I suppose that wasn't really the point.
For my part I'm perfectly content with things being described as "problematic" or what have you, as those are just another instrument of criticism with which one can agree or disagree, and I actually do consider Professor Tolkien's work to be somewhat sexist; it doesn't affect my personal appreciation of the narratives, but perhaps that's a luxury I have being male. I think some of the suggestions the article makes are more supportable than others.
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I've reached my saturation point with the kind of mutated Puritanism that saturates Seth's article. I've heard too much of it over the years: "Tolkien is sexist", "Tolkien is racist", "Tolkien is classist", "Tolkien is reactionary", etc. etc. ad nauseum.
People can't even appreciate a good story anymore. Instead they take a good story like The Ring Trilogy and look for things that they can classify as "problematic" (or any of the other hackneyed Mc-Cliches they just have to use, or they can't sleep at night, I guess) in order to try and make pseudo-intellectualism seem like the genuine thing.
This is worse than medieval Catholics debating the presence of Adam's bellybutton; and I say that as a Catholic, myself.
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In my thesis research I read a lot of stuff that was very harsh on Professor Tolkien's work, typically and unsurprisingly from political positions quite different from his own. When I read such things I would shrug my shoulders and think "Well, that's this person's interpretation. It's no skin off my nose if they have such-and-such a problem with it."
That's why these things don't bother me. They're just other people's opinions, in the end.
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"On foot?" cried Éomer.
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But we (mostly) use Tolkien's own works and words to make our points, and recognize that imparting motives and inspirations to the books without firm evidence is a fool's errand. The theories espoused by Ms. Seth and other academics are interesting, but ultimately not provable, and in my mind, no more authoritative that anything I've seen aired in this forum.
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heeyyyy on a side note, does anyone know where I could find The Creatures of the Earth? Classification of Middle-earth deific figures is basically my passion, and this would really really help my project, but until I saw this post, I had never heard of it. If anyone has it, I would really appreciate it.
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Reds fans disappointed with opener, optimistic for season
Opening Day sets attendance record
Reds fans seem to agree that the Opening Day game was exciting but they're not happy with the result.
The Cincinnati Reds had fans on the edge of their seats each inning, hoping for a run to pull the Reds ahead of the Angels.
But optimism faded to disappointment with the final out in the 13th inning.
After an almost five-hour game, there were still plenty of fans hoping to see a win as the game ended.
"You always hate to have a loss on Opening Day but we have high hopes for the season," fan Gary Schumacher said.
Fans packed bars at The Banks.
The Reds sold out Great American Ball Park and set a new regular season attendance record with 43,168 fans attending the game.
Fans said they are still excited for another good season.
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The Six Degrees of Jim Carrey
All games, quizzes, and other fun 'spam' (not advertisements) goes here!
1. Gael Garcia in 'Bad Education' by Pedro Almodovar who also did
2.'All About my Mother' with Penelope Cruz who was in
3.'Vanilla Sky' with Tom Cruise who was in
4. Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles With Kirsten Dunst who was in
5. ESOTSM with Jim
Inspired by Google-mania.
next, Shrek
Muppet Seperation? Sounds like an OCD symptom.
Elmo was in "Muppet Family Christmas" with Gonzo
Gonzo was in "Muppets from Space" with Kermit the Frog
Kermit was in "Muppet Treasure Island" with Miss Piggy
Miss Piggy is Voiced by Frank Oz who directed "Bowfinger" with Christine Baranksi
Christine Baranski was in "...the Grinch" with Jim
OK, so I cheated. Don't think I can do all Muppets...
Shrek was in "Shrek" with Peter Pan
Peter Pan was played by Robin Williams in "Hook" with Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman was in "Lemony Snickets" with Jim Carrey
Next: Nathan Lane
Darn! I was thinking 'Shrek' Donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy who was in 'Nutty Professor' directed by Tom Shadyac who also directed Jim.
Next: Nathan Lane ?Clueless
ill answer it but who is Blythe Danner? wht is he in so i can get a mental image of them so i know what they play in to relate to Jim. Sry.
Or what Miss Piggy and Kermit are heading towards. He's the most patient frog, but even a puppet animal has to have a breaking point.
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Dean Haspiel, Christa Cassano, Josh Neufeld and Hang Dai Studios appear at JHU Comic Books on Wednesday, May 28th from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm!
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Our great friends over at Hang Dai Studios will be joining us for a fantastic signing event with Dean Haspiel (The Fox, American Splendor), Christa Cassano (The Giant Effect) and Josh Neufeld (The Vagabonds).
Along with celebrating Dean Haspiel's art in FF #5, which hits the same day, it is also World Blood Cancer Day. Seth Kushner (SCHMUCK, Leaping Tall Buildings), a great comic writer, photographer and artist, and friend of Dean and us at JHU, has been diagnosed with Leukemia. As he awaits a marrow donor, we thought it would be a perfect time to host a bone marrow drive.
Delete Blood Cancer is going to be here, swabbing and informing folks on how being a donor works. (More on that below!) Even if we don't find a match for Seth at our event, there are millions of others that could use your help and you as their match!
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Alito: Refusal to Hear 'Ave Maria' Case Has 'Troubling' Implications
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced his dissent Monday after his colleagues refused to hear an appeal from a former high school senior who was prevented from playing an instrumental version of "Ave Maria" at her graduation.
In a six-page opinion, Alito said the high court's decision to deny Kathyrn Nurre's petition for writ of certiorari will have important implications for the nearly ten million public school students in the Ninth Circuit as it will restrict what is purportedly personal student expression at public school graduation ceremonies.
"If the decision is applied to such performances, school administrators in some communities may choose to avoid 'controversy' by banishing all musical pieces with 'religious connotations,'" Alito wrote, referring to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision last year.
In its ruling, the appeals court had sided with Nurre's high school, saying that the free speech rights of the 2006 graduate and members of her school's wind ensemble had not been violated when the school vetoed their decision to perform Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria" because "it is reasonable for a school official to prohibit the performance of an obviously religious piece."
At the prior year's graduation ceremony, the student choir of Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Wash., had performed "Up Above My Head," a vocal piece that included explicit references to "God," "heaven," and "angels," and the school district claimed that this had resulted in complaints from graduation attendees and at least one angry letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
Fearful that the performance of Biebl's "Ave Maria" would cause a similar reaction – even though the performance would not include the lyrics of the piece – school district officials vetoed the ensemble members' choice, stating that "the title and meaning of the piece had religious connotations - and would be easily identified as such by attendees merely by the title alone."
After noting this, Alito said the district's ban of the piece constitutes viewpoint discrimination because it was a response to the piece's perceived religious message.
"And our cases categorically reject the proposition that speech may be censored simply because some in the audience may find that speech distasteful," Alito argued.
Even the Court of Appeals, in a footnote, had acknowledged that the district's decision would have been impermissible if it had constituted viewpoint discrimination, the justice pointed out. But the court concluded that "this is not a case involving viewpoint discrimination" because petitioner "concede[d] that she was not attempting to express any specific religious viewpoint" but instead "sought only to 'play a pretty piece.'"
"This reasoning is questionable at best," Alito proposed.
That said, the high court justice made clear his opinion that a decision "with such potentially broad and troubling implications" merits the review of the Supreme Court.
"[W]hen a public school purports to allow students to express themselves, it must respect the students' free speech rights," Alito wrote.
"School administrators may not behave like puppet masters who create the illusion that students are engaging in personal expression when in fact the school administration is pulling the strings," he added.
In place of "Ave Maria," the members of the 2006 wind ensemble at Jackson High School performed the fourth movement of Gustav Holst's "Second Suite in F for Military Band" during their graduation ceremony in June.
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Some people are born with rhythm—as you'll see when you check out this amusing video of a 7-month-old baby dancing to South Korean rapper PSY's Gangnam Style with contagious enthusiasm.
Watch this video, and you might find yourself doing some horse moves.
Be sure to stick with the video for 20 seconds to catch the part when the music pauses and the baby freezes. When the beat starts back up, the mini-PSY rocks out with even more gusto, smiling, giggling and flapping his limbs wildly.
The 46-second clip was posted by John Karam a week ago and already has over 800,000 views.
As the Daily Mail points out, even the typically grumpy YouTube users are calling this video the best video clip ever.
Maybe Dancing with the Stars should reach out to this little tyke since Lance Armstrong reportedly turned down a spot on the show.
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Over the last 5 years since 2007, we have seen an explosion in mobile apps to make our lives convenient and more efficient. And it appears there is no letting up. Recently, Forrester Research noted that there are now 7.3 billion mobile devices in a world where there are only 7 billion people.
"Mobile applications in the Enterprise may be a future vision for many companies, but mobile is a vision that is being realized much quicker than many had expected. What does the rise of mobile mean for the enterprise?
The global Enterprise Mobility (EM) market is expected to grow annually by 15 percent every year, eventually reaching $140 billion by 2020. By 2020 roughly 10-12 percent of the enterprise IT budgets will be spent on mobility, compared to less than 5 percent today. These numbers are based on a report by Nasscom in association with Deloitte.
Similarly,IDC is predicting that the biggest driver for new IT spending this year will be smart mobile devices, which include smartphones, tablets and eReaders. IDC expects that this segment will grow 20 percent and generate 57 percent of the IT industry's total growth.
Industries where there are many customer interactions, like in banking, insurance and retail are seeing higher rates of Enterprise Mobile adoption. Mobile adoption is expected to also increase in government, healthcare and media.
The move to mobile is being fueled by mobile developers turning out applications for their businesses. Frost and Sullivan report that 82 percent of large North American businesses have already developed mobile apps for their employees. AndGartner is predicting that among in-house development projects, those that target smartphones and tablets will soon outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4-to-1." says Dick Weisinger of formtek.com.
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Geocaching Maine Newsletter
April 2008
Volume II Issue 4
I. Geocaching Maine without GeocachingMaine.org?
II. Upcoming Events
III. Maine Geocaching Media Coverage
IV. Hot Topics of the Past Month
V. Photos of the Past Month
VI. Milestones of the Past Month
VII. Quote of the Past Month
I. Geocaching Maine without GeocachingMaine.org?
Show your appreciation for all that GeocachingMaine.org offers you
--Theres a current thread called 1000 reasons why we love geocaching in which you can geocachers posting over and over that their greatest reason for geocaching is the people they meet who they otherwise wouldnt have gotten to meet. We stay in touch with these special friends though geocaching events, but sometimes these are only once a month. The way most of us maintain relationships throughout the year is through GeocachingMaine.org. You wouldnt be receiving this newsletter if you werent a user of GeocachingMaine.org. While we all wish geocaching was truly free, we have to admit that it is not. The website for GeocachingMaine.org is not free, even though it is offered free for geocachers to use, it still has to be paid for. In fact, it will cost $1,000 this coming year to run the website. More details about the costs, and benefits of donating, are below, but at the very least consider clicking on the Donation Area box on the right-hand side at GeocachingMaine.org to help contribute to this great resource!
--For almost four years, GeocachingMaine.org has been fortunate enough to be hosted on a server at no charge. GeocachingMaine.org has been hosted jointly with another website that is paying for the server use. That website is growing very large, as GeocachingMaine.org has also grown, and the bandwidth can no longer support both websites. Action is needed now to sustain GeocachingMaine.org!
--Our website master attroll generously volunteers his time to run our website. He jointly runs the other website with which GeocachingMaine.org shares bandwidth. GeocachingMaine.orgs situation has put attroll between a rock and a hard place. While he loves the Geocaching Maine community, he recognizes that GeocachingMaine.org must support itself. The greatest way to show our thanks to attrolls contribution all these years, is to help him get out of this sticky situation by giving monetary support to GeocachingMaine.org.
--By getting GeocachingMaine.org on its own, the bandwidth will be increased, and we can grow even more! The server GeocachingMaine.org is on now only hosts a handful of websites, which means GeocachingMaine.org runs more efficiently and safely than if it were hosted on a server with hundreds of websites. By paying for the current server, attroll can continue maintaining GeocachingMaine.org with confidence that it will be well supported by the server. The server costs $900 a year. The software, including the forums, gallery, and articles, costs about $100 a year. Thus GeocachingMaine.org needs $1000 to continue the services we enjoy. Last year only 27 members donated and $210 was raised.
--In order to sustain GeocachingMaine.org, many more of us need to donate. There are some extra perks for donating. You will be able to increase the amount of Recipients you can send PM's to at one time, increase the amount of PMs stored, the ads on the footer of each page are removed, and there is a separate forum that only donating members can see and post in. Donating member, Hiram357 says he enjoys the extra PM storage and not seeing adds on the website, but Id donate anyway, he says.
--GeocachingMaine.org has given us a place to laugh, find information, gain support, and plan events. Please consider giving back! Again, there is a Donation Area on the home page. Thank you to those who have donated, please continue your support!
II. Upcoming Events
04/12/08 Maine Pirate Quest 2008: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...6-e1d2b96eb6cc and Event Website (Pirates Only!): http://www.mainepiratequest.com/
--Discussion on the event: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2942
04/19/08 Team DeLorme CITO Event: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...4-f2e6998725d3
05/17/08 The 4th Annual Penobscot River Clean-Up: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...1-deb0c57faa37
--Discussion on the event (and other CITO events): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=3010
III. Maine Geocaching Media Coverage
1. Geocache Posted: 03/17/08 Broadcasted by Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Discussion: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2986
To some it may be a glorified treasure hunt, but to others it is a pastime that requires intelligence, analysis, calculation and cunning.
IV. Hot Topics of the Past Month (Many pushed to May Newsletter)
1000 reasons why we love geocaching: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2993
2008 Geocaching Maine Geocoin (Discussion continues): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...?t=2744&page=9
Ammo Box Camouflage (Article by brdad): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=1637
Directions on how to post pictures in your messages: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/index...e=postinimages
Finally! I have a GPSr! (New Garmin GPSMap 76 and MapSource, and swag discussion): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2970
Winter Campout Event (Read how the event went): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...?t=2966&page=5
WWWWWW4 Event is Posted (Read how the event went): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...?t=2843&page=6
V. Photo of the Past Month
WWWWWW4 Attendees Breaking the Ice By Opalsns
VI. Milestones of the Past Month
1. Gob-ler reaches 3000!!: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2980
2. Team Richards reach 1000!: http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=2990
--Great day for caching: http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/...4affe06335.jpg
3. Congrats 1manteam! (Found #500): http://www.geocachingmaine.org/forum...ead.php?t=3014
VII. Quote of the Past Month
Discovering New England one cache at a time... --Team2Hunt, GeocachingMaine.org
Thank you, Team DeLorme, for Subscribing to the Geocaching Maine Newsletter!
~~~Next Months Feature: What and when are Cache In Trash Out events?~~~
<<<The newsletter is brought to you by GeocachingMaine.org and is put together monthly by Medawisla and distributed by Attroll. The Geocaching Maine Advisory Board reviews each issue. If you have questions or comments, please post on the Newsletter Forum or send Medawisla a Personal Message.>>>
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The Eureka is the last remaining example of the fleet of ferry boats used in commuter service across the San Francisco bay. The ferry was built in 1890, at Tiburon, California, by John Dickie for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railway (SF&NPR), and originally named Ukiah to commemorate the railway's recent extension into that California city. A freight-car ferry, Ukiah was SF&NPR's "tracks across the Bay," ferrying trains from Sausalito to San Francisco. After WWI, Ukiah needed extensive repair, and shipwrights at the Southern Pacific yard labored for two years--eventually replacing all of its structure above the waterline. This kind of reconstruction was called "jacking up the whistle and sliding a new boat underneath." Re-christened Eureka, the vessel slid from the Southern Pacific yard as a passenger and automobile ferry (her present form) in 1923. As a passenger ferry, she could carry 2,300 passengers and 120 automobiles. At that time, she was the biggest and the fastest double-ended passenger ferry boat in the world--299.5 feet long, with an extreme width of 78 feet and gross tonnage of 2,420. Eureka was a member of the Northwestern Pacific fleet of ferry boats until 1941, when she had the dubious distinction of making the last Marin County run. During the war years, Eureka joined a number of bay ferries in the work of transporting troops from Camp Stoneman in Pittsburg, up the Sacramento River, to the Port of Embarkation piers in San Francisco. By the 1950s regular ferry service was limited to bringing railroad passengers from Oakland to San Francisco.
When Eureka's crankpin snapped in mid-crossing in 1957, the vessel was removed from service. In October of 1999, Eureka entered San Francisco Drydock for a $1 million restoration project focusing on the vessel's superstructure--the above-water portions of the vessel. A significant portion of that restoration was the replacement of the boat's "kingposts"--four large wooden structures which support the paddlewheels and upper decks. Eureka's 1890 "walking beam" marine steam equipment is the only operating example of this once-common engine in North America.
The Eureka, a National Historic Landmark, is located on the San Francisco Bay, at the foot of Hyde St. at the west end of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco and is part of the National Park Service's San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. The pier is open daily, year-round from 9:30am to 5:00pm; closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's days. There is an entrance fee for adults; please visit the Eureka's website or call 415-447-5000 for further information.
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Jefferson Airplane: Bathing at Baxters Rehearsals. (DT Productions 2003)
Recorded Live at Pacific Heights Studio, San Francisco, USA - October 05, 1967 + Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA - October 26, 1968.
Studio + Excellent Soundboard Recording :: CDR :: CBR 320 kbps.
01. Martha (instrumental)
02. Spayre Change
03. Fat Angel
04. Rock Me Baby
05. Somebody to Love
06. Won't You Try ~ Saturday Afternoon
07. White Rabbit
08. Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil
09. House at Pooneil Corner
Files: 9. :: Size: 160,06 MB.
Total Time: 01:09:57 hour/s.
Personnel: Grace Slick, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen - Voice :: Marty Balin - Voice, Rhythm Guitar :: Paul Kantner - Guitars :: Jack Casady - Bass :: Grace Slick - Piano :: Spencer Dryden - Drums.
Notes: Jorma, Jack and Spencer have probably burned a doobie or three before checking in to the studio; they are clearly cruising at maximum altitude. The last nine minutes of this session appear on the album proper, but here's the whole thing, warts and all. And such lovely warts they are! Why they didn't put this gem on the Jefferson Airplane Loves You collection is a mystery.<-(Info taken from original nfo file).