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One of the things I miss from my winter beater is the folding Wald Baskets.
I could put $150 worth of groceries in them and make it home with very little inconvenience. While I like them, I didn't want them on Byron because I already had the very stylish VO Porteur rack, and the Nuvinci hub makes the bike a little butt heavy already. I didn't want to add another 3 pounds of weight to the rear end (the folding baskets, with all the extra wires for the multiple joints, weigh a lot). The dilemma was, exactly how to fit as much stuff on the bike so I didn't end up shopping every day (yes, guys shop for food). The porteur rack will hold two reusable shopping bags side by side, but without the vertical support of the basket, things got a little dicey and I just couldn't carry as much.
Last year I had bought one of Rivendell's Sackville shopping sacks and it worked out just fine, but was a little small ( I had tried the smaller of the two sizes to be on the safe side). Since it had fit so comfortably in the porteur rack last year, I measured, remeasured, thought about it, talked myself out and into it, remeasured again and decided to try the larger size. The big one is really, really big. Bigger than most overnight bags I would use, bigger than any saddlebag I have seen and holds nearly as much as the backpack I use when hiking.
Since Byron is a metallic grey in color I decided to order the larger in grey. I was a little apprehensive because the fabric was a poly-cotton blend rather than plain waxed cotton. I was not disappointed the color is very stylish and the fabric every bit as sturdy, and (this is the important part) the bottom folds out perfectly flat and stable like the other one.
The two fold together relatively flat and stay put on the rack when not in use,
Although the front bag looks like it's falling out all over the place, it's not, it is sitting very tightly on the rack without even using the attached clasps. I threw the small on the back pletscher rack in the mousetrap and away we go with a whole bunch of stuff, no straps no bungees, just throw 'em on and go. I like it.
While the price tag of $40-50 for a shopping bag seems a little steep, I can see many other uses for these besides just grocery shopping. Either will make a nice extra duffel when traveling and judging the workmanship, they will probably outlive me and my son. I've certainly spent $90 in worse places.
This is a shameless attempt to save the the most advanced civilization in
history from imminent self destruction by eliminating carbon emission,
dependence on foreign sources of fuel,obesity, hypertension and diabetes.
Cycling accomplishes all those things at once and helps us develop a better
understanding of ourselves, each other and our relationship to the cosmos.
Oh, horse puckey!
I like to ride bikes, have been doing it all my life.
The rest of that crap is just a fringe benefit,
and the blogosphere gives me a chance to share my interior
monologue with virtual rather than imaginary friends.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sackville Shopping Sacks
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Subaru Sumeragi (皇昴流, Sumeragi Subaru) is a fictional character created by Clamp first introduced as the protagonist of the manga Tokyo Babylon. The head of the Sumeragi clan, Subaru is a young onmyōji in charge of exorcizing demons and helping spirits reach the afterlife. When Subaru's sister Hokuto is killed by the man he loved, Seishirō Sakurazuka, Subaru goes on a quest to confront the assassin. In Clamp's series X, Subaru becomes one of mankind's seven protectors as well as Seishiro's rival. Subaru's fate in the battle of end of the world has differed across X multiple animated adaptations. An alternate version of the character appears in Clamp's crossover series, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.
Clamp writer Nanase Ohkawa first created Subaru as a mascot for a dōjinshi about onmyōji. Writing Subaru brought Clamp difficulties due to the authors not being used to kindhearted characters. Critical reception to the character has been mostly positive. Publications for manga and anime focused on Subaru's romantical and tragic relationship with Seishirō and praised his role in both Tokyo Babylon and X.
In Tokyo Babylon Subaru appears as a cheerful yet bashful teenager from Tokyo, utterly devoted to helping others—both in his capacity as Japan's most powerful onmyōji. As well as exorcizing demons, helping lost souls ascend to the afterlife, entering the minds of comatose people to bring them back to the world, and fighting those who abused spiritual powers, he would often also stand up to bullies and provide comfort and friendship to their victims. Subaru lives alongside his sister Hokuto, whose personality had become the polar opposite to his own—eccentric and outgoing. Subaru and Hokuto are good friends with a kindly and magically-aware veterinarian named Seishirō Sakurazuka, whom they met at a railway station after Subaru's shikigami led him on a bizarre chase. Seishirō acts as guardian to both and claims to love Subaru romantically.
After Seishirō loses the sight in his right eye protecting Subaru, the onmyoji realizes he loves the man. However, Seishirō reveals that he is the Sakurazukamori, a ruthless magical assassin raised to be incapable of either love or hate. Lifting the veil he had placed on the boy's memory, Seishirō reveals he met Subaru as a child and made a promise with him: that if they met again, he would live with the boy for a year to see if his heart could be moved. However, the assassin claims he was as barren of emotion as ever, and attempts to kill Subaru, only for the boy's grandmother to rescue him at great personal cost. Subaru becomes catatonic as a result, but recovers when Hokuto dies at the Sakurazukamori's hands to spare Subaru. Subaru decides at this point to drop out of school so that he can focus on training. He continues his work as an onmyōji, remaining compassionate to others but acting more reserved; he also takes up smoking, like Seishirō before him.
Subaru has also appeared in two adaptations of the Tokyo Babylon manga. In the original video animation Subaru investigates the tragedies occurring in a construction while in the second he searches a murderer. The live-action film Tokyo Babylon 1999 features Subaru portrayed by Tonesaku Toshihide. In the story Subaru meets seven teenage onmyōji who wish to avenge their teacher murdered by Seishiro. A drama CD for the film was also released featuring Subaru investigating a murder case by Seishiro.
By the time of X, Subaru, in his early 20's, continues his work as an onmyōji under direction from his grandmother. He is recognized to be one of the Dragons of Heaven, and thus capable of creating a kekkai (spiritual barrier) – star-shaped in his case – to protect others during his battles. When joining the Dragons of Heaven to prepare for the battle in Tokyo, he brings Kamui Shirō out of the catatonia into which he had fallen after seeing his childhood sweetheart, Kotori Monō, killed by her brother Fūma. Subaru and Kamui develop a close friendship based on their similar hardships, with Subaru acting as a mentor to Kamui during his further trials.
When Subaru faces Fūma in battle, he allows the Dragon of Earth to blind him in his right eye—a lesser wish Subaru had held for some time. In single combat against Seishirō at Rainbow Bridge, Subaru reveals his true desire: he wishes to be killed by him, as thus he would exist in Seishirō's heart. However, due to a spell cast by Hokuto at her death, the killing strike is reversed, and Subaru kills Seishirō instead. Hokuto has told Seishiro this spell cast when Seishiro killed her as she said she has the last confidence for him because 'Subaru loves him'. This implied that Sheshiro is willing to kill himself by Subaru as he thought this is Subaru's real hope. As a result of Seishirō's death, Subaru loses his will to fight alongside his ability to create a barrier which causes him to leave the Dragons of Heaven. Fūma brings him Seishiro's eye which is necessary to grant the assassin's wish: erasing Fūma's mark in Subaru by replacing Subaru's wounded eye. Subaru accepts the eye, inheriting his powers and the Sakurazukamori title in the process and becoming one of the Dragons of Earth. Despite joining Fūma, Subaru is still interested in Kamui's true wish.
Subaru appears briefly in the movie version of X; he and Seishirō destroy each other in magical combat early in the film. In the TV series, Subaru sinks back into a catatonic state following Seishirō's death. The rebellious Dragon of Earth dreamseer Kakyō Kuzuki allows the spirit of Hokuto to cross into Subaru's mind, to convince him to continue the fight; Subaru protects Kamui in his final battle against Fūma. He urges him to grant his own wish regardless of the consequence. Outside manga and anime, Subaru also appeared in the video game X: Unmei no Sentaku. He is also the focus of the third CD of the X Character Files audio drama series where Tomokazu Sugita provides his voice.
In volume one of xxxHolic, the witch Yūko Ichihara mentions knowing an onmyōji with a twin sister whom she has known since the onmyōji was very young. She hopes that the boy will be happy, but there are many definitions for happiness. This onmyōji is Subaru.
In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Subaru reappears as one of a pair of twin vampires alongside Kamui Shirō for whom Seishirō Sakurazuka is searching. He makes his first appearance in the Tokyo arc, in which he talks to a comatose Sakura and urges her to wake up before she is lost to her dreams. It turns out that he himself was left in a comatose state at the bottom of a large water reservoir, leading to Kamui's fierce protection of the site. Eventually he wakes and is at last rejoined with his twin.
Subaru and his twin sister Hokuto, as well as Seishirō, were first conceived by series creator Nanase Ohkawa for a dōjinshi novel about an onmyōji who hunts elves, of which only the beginning exists. The characters were twice drawn for covers, and when South asked Clamp to create a new series for them, these characters were used. Originally, the twins were conceived more as mascots with Subaru being a penguin. His name was taken from the car Subaru Leone. Ohkawa remembers having troubles when writing Subaru as she was not used to writing kind hearted characters. Subaru and Seishiro's respective designs pay homage to Yasunori Kato, the protagonist of the fantasy novel Teito Monogatari, widely credited with starting the "onmyoji boom" in Japan. At the beginning of the Tokyo Babylon manga, Kato even has a cameo appearance as Subaru's "helpful ambassador".
Subaru and Seishirō appear in X because their relationship parallels Kamui and Fuma Monou's. They serve as an example to Kamui and Fuma: One of X's most important developments is the question what these two will do so they will not end up like Subaru and Seishirō. Subaru's bond with Kamui has been compared with the ones of siblings by Clamp.
Subaru's character has received positive critical response by publication from manga and anime ever since his introduction in Tokyo Babylon. Mike Dungan from Mania Entertainment noted that Subaru's relationship with Seishiro carried nods to Clamp's doujinshi fan-base. While reviewing the Tokyo Babylon OVAs, Chris Beveridge from the same site found Subaru's portrayal interesting and recommended it to X fans to explore the character more. On the other hand, Stig Hogset from THEM Anime Reviews criticized Subaru for being unfitting for his job due to his quiet personality.
The character's personality has been the subject of analysis. Writers from Manga Bookshelf noted how Subaru deeply believes in the philosophy that nobody is fully able to understand another person's pain and thus is unwilling to get attached to other characters. As Subaru develops feelings without realizing for Seishiro he starts growing as an individual. In retrospective, Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network noted that Subaru's darker characterization in the series' ending was so similar to Seishiro's that he "became" Seishiro. Silverman commented that this changed was paralleled in their work xxxHolic where its lead character Kimihiro Watanuki starts acting like his former boss Yuko Ichihara. Manga Bookshelf's writers agreed on the similarities between Tokyo Babylon and xxxHolic and compared Subaru's work with Watanuki's. In regards to Subaru's darker characterization, rather than comparing it with Seishiro like Silverman, they focused more on how Subaru lost part of his identity as he saw Hokuto as another part of him.
Subaru's role in X has also received similar response. Mania Entertainment's Chris Beveridge found Subaru's introduction in X as one of his favorite episodes from the volume he reviewed due to the portrayal of the character's state ever since Hokuto's death. In the book Understanding Manga and Anime, writer Robin E. Brenner states that while western readers have previously seen Subaru and Seishiro's dysfunctional relationship in other series, it stands out because western authors tend to avoid homosexual relationships. Additionally, he referred to Subaru's and Seishirō's relationship as one of the most explicit ones from X. Zac Bertschy from Anime News Network referred to his confrontation with Seishirō in the TV series was praised mainly because how their character designs were updated from the ones from Tokyo Babylon. Beveridge also agreed with Bertschy, calling the episode of their final battle one of the best ones from the series focused on how their backgrounds are shown and tragic elements portrayed. Sandra Scholes from Active Anime shared similar feelings calling Subaru "one of the most endearing characters" within the series based on his tragic backstory and his fight against Seishiro.


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The 2018 San Bernardino County Fair Begins
- Posted on: by Gilbert Jones
- Categories: Events
Tomorrow, May 19, starts the 2018 San Bernardino County Fair. There are a few changes this year. Some of the rides have changed. They've added a shark exhibit. You also might notice that a building is missing. The craft building is gone due to a fire in July of 2017. So if you're looking for the crafters, they have been temporarily moved to a tented building towards the front of the fair, next to the main parking lot.
The Schedule
Motorsports Weekend
Saturday May 19th
- Fair opens at noon
- Monster Truck Mayhem at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday May 20th
- Fair opens at noon
- Demolition Derby at 6:30 p.m.
Monday May 21st:
- Fair opens at 4:00pm
- Freestyle Motocross at 6:30 p.m.
Fair is Closed
Tuesday May 22nd
- Fair is closed
Wednesday May 23rd
- Fair is closed
Concert Series
Thursday May 24th
- Fair opens at 4:00pm
- The Gin Blossoms at 8 p.m.
Friday May 25th
- Fair opens at 4:00pm
- Lanco at 8 p.m.
Saturday May 26th
- Fair opens at noon
- Dylan Scott at 8 p.m.
Sunday May 27th
- Fair opens at noon
- Blue Oyster Cult at 8 p.m.
Monday May 29th
- Fair opens at noon
- Life House at 8 p.m.


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18 Feb 6 Tile Trends for 2016
Tile has come a long way over the years, from beautiful mosaics to realistic looking wood. There is so much you can do with tile from back splash to flooring, it has become so versatile over time. Check out some of our favorite tile trends for 2016.
1. Wood Tiles: Wood floor can get very costly to install and maintain, however it is still as popular as ever, as the reclaimed wood look becomes increasingly popular so does the tile. Not only does the tile come in a rustic wood look, you can get tile to look pretty much like any of your favorite wood flooring. The tiles allows you to pick from many different dimensions and the clean up and maintenance is a breeze. Combine those factors along with how realistic it looks and it's no wonder why faux wood is becoming a popular tile trend.
2. Mosaic Tiles: Mosaics have come along way from small and simple tile to larger and eye catching. Mosaics will always be a popular tile trend for back splash in kitchens, but it has now taken on a new life with creative shapes and designs to naturally draw your eye to the beautiful tile.
3. Subway Tile: This has been a popular trend for quite sometime and it doesn't seem be to slowing down anytime soon. For 2016 think shiny, glassy, reflective and colorful.
4. Chevron Pattern: Chevron tile is making a come back. This common pattern is often used on floors and when used correctly and sparingly it can be viewed as a traditional tile that won't be going out of style.
5. Brick Tile: Brick veneers are becoming increasingly popular in 2016. This new trend can be used anywhere from, floors to walls, to fireplaces and steps. Brick veneers are easy to clean and both slip and fire resistant.
6. Metallic Tile: If you want to create a luxurious looking room, metallic tiles are the way to go. Metallic tiles provide a great image with the light dancing off the tiles and creates a sophisticated and beautiful space.
There are many options when it comes to tile. You can create a space that is sophisticated and luxurious or creative and fun. Tile can be a very cost effective and it a great way to add some personality to any space.


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Events in Cologne
Whether for carnival, a concert, a visit to a theater or a sporting event. No matter what event brings you to Cologne, combine your visit with a stay at the Park Hotel in Kerpen-Sindorf. Kerpen is a great starting point for your visit to the megacity. Whether alone, as a couple, with the family or as a small group. Just contact us. We will certainly find the right offer for your needs.
Good reasons to combine your visit in Cologne with a stay at the Park-Hotel:
- No long drives through the city on your day of arrival or departure (only 500m to the motorway junction Kerpen A4/A61)
- Only 7 walking minutres to the S-Bahn train station
- Save looking for a parking space in the city (the train ticket is in many event tickets already included)
- In just 25 Minutes you reach the Cologne main train station, the Musical Dom and the shopping mile
- Without transit you can reach the Lanxess Arena in just 50 Minutes
- Just one transit an you will reach the Rhine-Energy-Stadium in around 40 Minutes
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|Wed 15 Jul 2015, 8:00pm–11:00pm
NYC based drummer/composer Mark Lockett will be on the road again in July for a brief tour down under. Lockett is fast making a name for himself on the New York scene and is currently working with NY Heavyweights Joe Cohn, Danny Walsh, Joel Frahm, Ratso Harris and Orlando le Fleming. For the CJC Auckland performance Lockett will be sharing the stage with Roger Manin(s), Callum Passells (s) and Mostyn Cole (b). The trio will be playing some of Lockett's originals and having fun with some standards. A concert not to be missed.
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Friend chicken is still to this day seen as a racially stereotyped food. Commons serves fried chicken on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and I have even been asked if Popeyes or KFC was my favorite fast food restaurant because they served fried chicken. However, some only see it as a food associated with a particular region of the country. In just about every other part of the country, there is not a strong need or want for fried chicken. My friend always complains that there are no places to find fried chicken in her home state of Minnesota. It reality it is both.
Yes, there are many stereotypes associated with chicken and African Americans, but the same could also be said about the South as well. To say that friend chicken is not racially charged in some way is ignoring a very prominent stereotype that has been enforced by the media for years. However, it has gotten better over the years through self-definition. African Americans have been reclaiming many stereotypes and words that were generally found to be negative and turning them into something empowering. Instead of letting the media and other forces determine their culture, they have defined their culture through .


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And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
"We have reprogrammed you with a human purpose. Now you can clearly see which machines are good and bad. Who deserves to live, and who deserves to die ."
Director: Albert Pyun
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Norbert Weisser, Anna Katarina, Shannon Whirry, Tina Coté, Jill Pierce, Cynthia Ireland, Jahi Zuri
Screenplay: Albert Pyun, Ed Naha
Synopsis: After an apocalyptic war between robots and humans, a robot soldier named Omega Doom (Rutger Hauer) enters a ruined amusement park that is populated by two rival gangs of robots, the Roms and the Droids. The two groups believe that a huge stash of arms is concealed somewhere within the park. Hearing rumours that the humans are regrouping and coming to destroy them, the robots are desperate to find the weapons. Doom finds an unspent bullet as he enters the park, and carefully pockets it. Hearing cries for help, Doom sees a decapitated robotic head being used as a football by a Droid, Marko (Jahi Zuri). After The Head (Norbert Weisser) is kicked away by Marko, Doom locates him and helps him attach to a new body. In return, The Head tells Doom about the war between the Roms and the Droids; that the rival factions were forced to call a truce due to their dwindling numbers; and that each side is now waiting for the other to make a move that will reveal the hidden weapons. The other occupants of the town are himself, a former teacher-drone, and the Bartender (Anna Katarina), a worker-drone who serves water in a small bar. Doom goes to the Bartenders. Marko finds The Head and re-decapitates him. Beating The Head against a wall, Marko tries to draw Doom into a fight, but Doom ignores him, instead entering the hideout of the Roms. Doom shows their leader, Blackheart (Tina Coté), the bullet he found, telling her he knows where the weapons are and that he will split them with the Roms if they help him dig them up. Deeply suspicious, Blackheart tells Doom that she will think about his offer. The Bartender tries to rescue The Head from Marko, and is thrown downstairs for her trouble. As Marko moves in on her, Doom intervenes. The two move out into the street to fight, and Marko is killed. The Droids are angered, but Zed (Shannon Whirry), their leader, argues that Marko had it coming. Zed finds Doom at the Bartenders, where he makes her the same offer he made the Roms. Planning to use Doom to help destroy the Roms, Zed accepts, not realising that Doom has secret plans of his own.
Comments: Oh, for shame, for shame! My websites over a year old, and not one Albert Pyun film upon the premises! Actually, theres a very good reason for this: up until a week ago, I had never seen a Pyun film. Nevertheless, I was very well aware of his, er, unique talents (for those wishing to know more, I recommend visits to Stomp Tokyo and The Unknown Movies Page, where his career is discussed in some detail).
Having finally taken the plunge, I am now forced to concede that, horribly, the rumours were true. Bad film-makers come in all shapes, sizes and perversions, but with Omega Doom, Albert Pyun commits what for me is the one unforgivable sin: its boring! In fact, considering the source material of Omega Doom, its hard to believe just how mindbogglingly dull it is. If the general outline of the film given above sounds familiar stranger wanders into a town occupied by opposing forces, plays them off against each other, whittles down both camps its because the film is a total rip-off of Sergio Leones A Fistful Of Dollars (1964), which was itself derived from Akira Kurosawas Yojimbo (1961). Here, the action is supposed to be taking place in post-apocalyptic California (is that a tautology?), and was set in a section of an abandoned amusement park called "Old Europe Town" in a failed attempt to disguise the fact that Omega Doom was shot on location in Slovakia.
The opposing forces in question are somewhat less than impressive. First, weve got the Roms, an all-girl gang of killers who are trying to take over the world. With their black-on-black clothing, dark glasses and matching trendy haircuts, these sub-Goths look like theyd be more comfortable taking over the café scene in Balmain or Glebe or Newtown. The Droids are even less threatening, marked as they are by plaited hair and a wardrobe thats vaguely militaristic, but hardly scary. This gang also has a female leader, Zed, played with remarkable blandness by Shannon Whirry. (I am not personally very familiar with Ms Whirrys acting career, but from the vociferous complaints of several other (male) reviewers of this film, I gather that she how shall I put this? isnt usually as warmly dressed as she is here).
Caught between these two factions are the "innocent bystander" drones. The Bartender is meant to be the emotional heart of the film, and if her character had been handled with a little more subtlety, might actually have contributed something worthwhile. However, the whole "snow globe" business is about as subtle as the atomic bomb explosion that begins the film, while the "Joy To The World" routine at the end is nothing short of nauseating. Nevertheless, the Bartender is infinitely less annoying than The Head, who God help us is here to provide "comedy". Two things came to mind while I was having the painfully unfunny antics of Norbert Weisser inflicted upon me. One was, why didnt decapitation kill him the way it killed other robots in the film (a thought that comes under the general heading of "wishful thinking"), and the other, why cant some film-makers accept that decapitated heads cannot talk? Yeah, okay, The Heads a robotic decapitated head, so maybe its different for him. Still, Im afraid that I reacted to his monologues exactly the same way I reacted to those from the decapitated head in The Brain That Wouldnt Die (1959), to wit, by yelling at the TV, "You are a decapitated head so shut the f**k up!" I was then soundly punished for this outburst by having to watch The Head cope with new bodies he cant quite control and, hey! nothing says "comedy" like spastic body movements, right?
And so into this hodge-podge of undeveloped elements and characters wanders and I do mean "wanders" Rutger Hauer. Viewers should pay close attention during Omega Dooms opening scene: the look of mild distress Hauer assumes after being shot in his "prime directive" (ouch! dats gotta hoit!) is as close to a change of expression as he gets in the entire film. Watching Hauer sleepwalk through this film, blinking lazily and mumbling dialogue that would embarrass Arnold Schwarzenegger (or at any rate, Rainier Wolfcastle) is not a pleasant experience. I only hope he was well paid. Indeed, that may well be where most of the films budget went.
There is a lot of talk throughout about wars, and battles, and what the robots are going to do to the surviving humans when they get weapons, none of which does anything to divert the viewer from the fact that the robotic "armies" are each comprised of exactly three individuals. There are actually four Droids to start with, but not surprisingly, that doesnt last. I say "not surprisingly", because alone among the robots, Marko is black. He is also the first character killed in this film. (I have nothing to say about this beyond the observation that it is nice to see certain standards being maintained, even in the post-apocalyptic future.) Many of Albert Pyuns movies involve robots. Maybe he likes robots. My own feeling is that their attraction is that, when they get hurt, you dont have to show (or pay for) fake blood. Besides, if Pyun really liked them, hed make them a bit more convincing, and not inflict upon us robots whose robot-ness is signalled by a slight reverb of the voice in the case of the Roms, and by making a kind of "ehh-ehh" metallic sound when they move in the case of all the others (when Doom and Blackheart fight, it sounds like a pinball machine. Chng! Chngchngchng! Chngchng!). Personally, Id also prefer robots who dont drink water and smoke, and whose breath doesnt fog up in the cold.
The only good thing about Omega Doom is that its less than eighty minutes long, including the credits. The bad news is, there is an incredible amount of padding, with literally minutes spent with the characters simply staring at one another. In the films progenitors, Leone and Kurosawa used such scenes of silent inaction to build amazing tension. Here, the same scenes just run down the clock. The worst sequence is the Doom/Marko fight. We look at them looking at each other. We look at the Roms looking at them. We look at the Droids looking at them. We look at the Roms and the Droids looking at each other. We look at the Bartender looking at Doom and Marko. We look at The Head looking at Doom and Marko. We look at the Bartender and The Head looking at each other. We look at Doom and Marko still looking at each other. Then, just as were screaming, "Please, somebody DO SOMETHING!!" Doom and Marko fire at each other and Marko is killed a fight lasting all of four seconds. And then did you guess? they all look at each other some more! Of all the annoying things about Omega Doom, the most annoying is that the only interesting plot idea Doom being reprogrammed by humans to kill his own kind is tossed away with barely a second glance. (And, yes, Im perfectly well aware of the Bladerunner connection here, but Im trying very hard to prevent myself from thinking about Bladerunner at all in this context, if you know what I mean.) The revelation that the "good" robots hero is actually a human-governed robot-killer causes temporary distress for the Bartender and The Head, but once its clear he has no intention of killing them, they get over it real quick. Having wiped out the "bad machines" who "deserved to die", Doom wanders off again, leaving the "good machines" all three of them to help "rebuild the world". The film ends as it began, with Rutger Hauer reciting Dylan Thomas "And Death Shall Have No Dominion". Im sure Mr Thomas would have been just thrilled at having his work attached to this movie. Hmm - whats that whirring noise ?
Footnote: The night I watched Omega Doom, I also taped Captain America, which was on in the entirely suitable timeslot of 2.00 am. Checking the tape the next morning, I learned from the opening credits that Id inadvertently caught another Albert Pyun film! For a moment I was tempted to sit right down and watch it, but then mind and spirit rebelled. Indeed, I think it shall be some time before I can bring myself to consume another slice of Pyun .


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Stars Fall
by Louis J. Harris
Blurb: Keegan Mansfield is the star of the track and field team and he's destined for Rio 2016. But there are problems; he's lost, lonely and a social outcast. You see, Keegan Mansfield is a bilateral amputee. A T4 Paralympian whose life is filled with false friends and dysfunctional parents. What will it take to change his world? Love? Honour? Trust? Conrad Smith is a fine able bodied athlete, he runs for the same team and saves Keegan from a potentially violent incident. Conrad believes in Keegan. Falls in love with him. Then breaks his heart. Keegan switches to survival mode, but will he ever forgive Conrad? And when tragedy strikes like a lightning bolt from heaven, will Keegan continue his Olympic dream? Only Keegan can change his world for the better, and he knows that if he doesn't do so soon, his Olympic dream will be in vain.
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An Excerpt from Stars Fall
Not many people invited Keegan out. There was the time that Patrick invited him to play ten pin bowling and the time that he and Jean went to movies at Sandton City. It was difficult for him to get around. Not having a car inhibited his movements. He would dearly love to go out more often but it was no fault of his that he did not have transport. He couldn't afford it on his bursary. Having to reply on others for transport meant that he would have to schedule lifts to and from varsity, to and from practice, to and from competitions. It wasn't easy. It felt as if he owed the whole world favours.
The first thing that surprised him was that Conrad opened the car door for him. Nice touch. Gentlemanly. From that moment Keegan held a new respect for him. It felt like he was being courted, and he enjoyed it.
'Hey handsome, you're looking good. How's the elbow?'
'I washed it properly in the bath and applied more disinfectant. Hurts a little but otherwise it's just fine. You look different.'
'Must be the hair.'
'It is, hey you shaved it off. Actually, bald suits you. Brings out your brown eyes.'
'My hairdresser was surprised when I told her I wanted to go bald. You know what she said?'
'Tell me.'
'She said that such a change means that something drastic had happened in my life.'
'She said that?'
'Yup. I told her I don't really think the word is drastic as much as fantastic.'
'You said that? So what did you mean? Did you win the lotto?'
'Not as crazy at that. I meant you. I never once thought you and I would ever be friends. I think that's fantastic.'
Keegan's face burned from the compliment. 'Well, that's…that's …likewise. Thank you. The feeling is mutual,' he said.
Conrad shut the passenger door and climbed into his side of the vehicle. 'You still hurting?'
"A little. Not much.'
'I wish it was me that he'd beat on.'
That statement was enough to send Keegan's mind into overdrive. Guy friends didn't say that to each other. Well, they did, especially if there's caring involved. And then he said something even stranger.
'It hurts me to see you in pain, bro.'
'Believe me, you don't want to be on the receiving end of Marx's punches. Not cool. So where are we going? What do you have in mind?'
'A quiet supper. Just the two of us.'
'Sounds cool.'
'You don't mind me taking you out for supper?'
'It's not like we're on a date, right? I mean, we're just two guys enjoying a supper, right?'
'Yes. On both counts. Just two guys enjoying good food. Nothing more.'
'Then why would you ask if I mind?'
Keegan found out very quickly why Conrad had asked him that question.
The restaurant, settled in a neat suburb just off the main highway, was cosy, dressed in warmth and the smell of Italian cooking from the kitchen. They were ushered into a small booth with a candle lit table and soft music plying the airwaves. A violinist met them as they entered the cubicle and played Moonriver. Keegan smiled at the maître d' as he invited them to be seated.
'I'll leave you for a moments, Conrad,' the maître d' said.
'Thank you, Simon.'
As Keegan sat down, he said, 'You've been here before?'
'My favourite restaurant would you guess?'
'Never have guessed.' Keegan laughed.
'Simon is my sister's husband.'
'I guess it's always better to have a connection in the restaurant business. This is nice, Conrad. Too nice. I can't afford to eat in a place like this.'
'Who said anything about paying?'
'I can't expect you to pay for this, bro.'
'I asked you out. It's on me. All I want is for you to enjoy this.'
Keegan smiled at him with a softness in his eyes. An appreciation. 'Next time it's on me.'
'Yup. And I don't mind KFC.'
Both of them laughed and from that moment the evening turned into one filled with music, wine and good Italian cuisine.
Getting to know a person is always like finding a new product. That may sound beaten and clichéd but it's true. As the evening wore on, they spoke about life and the universe, girlfriends and special friends and what friendship meant to them.
'Do you have a special lady?' Keegan asked.
'A special lady, you mean as in girlfriend?'
'No. Nothing like that. I can't afford a girl. That's not to say that I haven't ever had a girlfriend. I have. Didn't turn out well at all.'
'Sorry. I'm prying here.'
'Not at all. We had a so-so relationship right from the start. My sister asked us to babysit for them once. That night we had sex.
Embarrassing for me, but not for her apparently. I was a virgin. Had no idea what to do. I know I didn't cum inside her. So when she told my parents and family that she was pregnant, I almost married her. She didn't tell me first. She ran to my mom and told her instead and before I knew it I was hauled over the coals by everyone. But my mom insisted that she be tested before I committed. Thankfully the test came back negative. I wasn't ready for a family. Damn, at 18, who is? Anyway, we went on a last date. It was then I told her that we weren't ready for each other. She asked why and I told her the truth.'
'Wow. That's some story. What did you tell her?'
'I told her I had feelings for guys. I simply wanted to sleep with her to see if I could sleep with a woman.'
'You said that? Selfish, don't you think.'
'No. I knew I would never marry her. But at the same time I felt as though she tried to trap me.'
'What did she say when you told her you're gay?'
'She cried, she said all of her boyfriends had told her that they were gay.'
'Oh no. You're serious?'
'Dead serious. In a way it was so funny. In another it was damned sad, but that ended our relationship. Now, what about you?
Tell me about Jean.'
'She looks after me, there's no doubt about that. Helps me whenever she can. Transport that kind of thing.'
'You have any special feelings for her?'
'You mean is she my girlfriend?'
'I could have asked if you sleep with her.'
'I do not sleep with Jean. We don't have that kind of relationship. It's platonic. All platonic.'
'Maybe from your side, but from what I've seen, I think she wants more than just a friendship.'
'It's not going to happen.'
'And what do you think of me?'
Keegan sipped at his wine. 'I think you're amazing. And this….all this…is very special. You care. You're a fine guy, Mr Smith, and I'm happy that you and I are friends.'
Conrad responded by turning away from Keegan's gaze. The sadness in his face caught in the light.
'Wanna tell me about what you're thinking?' Keegan asked.
I…I was kind of hoping that….I don't know, I'm being very unreasonable…'
'Hoping what?'
'That you…that you were attracted to me in some way. I've watched you since you were a freshman and always been too scared to approach you. Now that we're finally friends, I've gone and fucked it up.'
Attraction. Keegan held his glass to his lips for a moment and contemplated the word while Conrad's brown eyes searched for an honest answer instead of glancing nervously about the room. Keegan had observed his directness earlier that day even though there seemed to be a strange quirkiness to it; he displayed humility, subtlety and tact. Coming to Keegan's rescue earlier required an impulsive, positive and self-confident nature. Attraction.
Keegan smiled and nodded his head in the affirmative. He reached for Conrad's hand and held it gently. 'No…no… don't think like that Conrad. I am attracted to you "in some way". If I wasn't, this dinner would never be happening. My problem is that I've never felt like this before about anyone. The other problem is I must discover what it is that's stopping me from having a relationship. It's bugged me for years.'
Conrad held his hand tighter. 'I'm not hitting on you and I don't want to scare you and if you think I'm coming on too strong, just say so and I'll back off. Can I be perfectly honest with you?'
'I wouldn't expect it any other way.'
'I looked at you today in the locker room when I helped you strap on your prosthetics, and I noticed that…'
'What did you notice?'
'I could have sworn you had a semi hard-on'
A moment of silence followed.
'I'll be honest with you too. When you placed your hand on my thigh, the heat was incredible. It felt natural. It felt right having your hand there. And then you kissed my neck and my mind flipped 360 degrees. I…I've never felt like that before.'
'I would like to think that I can make you feel that way again.'
'I…I think I'd like that. But I need time for it to register.'
'Then time I will give you. But, I'm not going to stop thinking about you, and I'm not going to stop touching you.' Conrad said, his hand slid over Keegan's gently, and when Simon approached to take their order, he didn't remove it.
'I think I can handle that.' Keegan said breathlessly, his heart throbbing. The fullness of his cock wanting escape.
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About Louis J. Harris
My first book, Revival, published in 2006 by the South African Short Story Publishing Association, introduced South Africa to her first Gay Literary detective, Rain Godart. I now self publish my M/M Romance stories under the Coooldudes Publishing banner, a publishing company started up to distribute my works. In 2008 I won the Marion Scher award for pushing the boundaries of writing, and I head up the editing program for gayauthors.org. I am an affiliate member of PEG (Professional Editing Group) of South Africa. I have a full time job as a dispatch manager and at night I turn into a wordsmith almost magically. I currently edit for many writers abroad, and also act as a literary agent for many of my clients. I live in Germiston, South Africa, 6000 feet above sea level where no Tsunami can touch me or my family. I am married to my best friend, have a son, and two damned naughty Yorkshire Terriers named Bobby and Caesar. Strangely, my husband's name is also Louis, and our son's name is Louis too. Well, make that Louis three. I have fallen in love with M/M erotic romance, and chew too much gum while writing the heat scenes for my stories. I know that's bad for teeth and gums, right, but I can't seem to stop, chewing gum that is.
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Book Overview
The first series from the bestselling and award-winning picture book genius Rob Biddulph!
A brand new, creatively cretaceous story from the bestselling Rob Biddulph – and the first book in his first ever series!
Meet Otto, Winnie, Greg(osaurus) and all the other dinosaur juniors, as they traverse life's first ups and downs – all in Rob's trademark rhyme filled with warmth and humour.
This first book is perfect for Rob's youngest fans, with colourful, detailed artwork and a simple rhyming text perfect for reading aloud.
About the author
Rob is an award-winning designer, and a full-time author and illustrator. By night he makes up silly stories for his three daughters, and draws pictures to go with them.He lives and works in London, and his first book was the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize-winning Blown Away, starring Penguin Blue. Find out more about Rob's amazing books at www.robbiddulph.com.
- 'Biddulph conveys a dazzling array of emotions in the vivid illustrations and it's a treat from start to finish.' Daily Mail, April 2018
- Praise for GRRRRR!:
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- 'Joyful and uplifting. Superb.' Daily Mail
- 'Totally grrrrreat in every respect.' The Bookbag
- 'The rhyme is so skillful and pacey it could give the Gruffalo a run for its money.' Children's Books Ireland
- Praise for Blown Away:
- 'Best children's book of the year.' Observer
- '[A] gem of a book … Beautifully illustrated and wittily written.' Standard
- 'This book is capital B Brilliant.' The Bookbag
- 'Told in captivating rhyme, with plenty of jokes sprinkled through the text and illustrations, Biddulph's tale is a travelling adventure.' Time Out


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This is the first in a series of blog posts I'll be doing about eponyms so I better start by explaining what an eponym is. It's a person or thing (real or fictional) for which an invention, discovery or object is named. You may be more familiar with the term if I give an example – Louis Braille is known as the eponymous inventor of the reading system for the partially sighted and blind.
My list of eponyms will be far from complete because I'm only choosing ones that I find intriguing, but if you're interested in further information I can recommend the Wiki post about eponyms.
This week's eponym is one that every school-child in Ireland knows, and is probably the first eponym I ever encountered – boycott.
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott was a land agent for Lord Erne on his Co. Mayo estate in Ireland. This was common practice at the time when many owners of large estates in Ireland actually lived in England and were "absentee landlords". They'd hire an estate manager or land agent to collect the rents and manage the land in their absence. This wasn't popular with the tenants.
In the autumn of 1880 there had been a bad harvest in the area and the Land League (like a union for tenants which was aiming for landownership to be transferred to the farmers) called on Boycott to ask for a rent reduction as a result. He refused.
The Land League, inspired by Charles Stuart Parnell's speech on the subject, "sent him to moral coventry" – all tenants refused to bring in the harvest or have any dealings with Boycott. Shops wouldn't serve him. The post boy wouldn't deliver the letters. Even the laundry refused their sheets.
He hired in 50 labourers from Cavan and Monaghan and they needed a thousand soldiers to protect them from the peaceful protests. It is estimated that it cost £10,000 to harvest £500 worth of crops.
The case became notorious and the Boycott family were forced to return to England in a hurry. The story was made into a film in 1947 starring Stewart Granger.
To this day boycott is used to describe any shunning of people, organisations, corporations, and countries which disrespect human rights.
Interested in eponyms? I've written a book about nearly 300 of them and the lives of the fascinating people who gave their name to English. "How To Get Your Name In The Dictionary" is out now in Amazon paperback (USA and UK), and ebook for Kindle, iBooks, and on Kobo.
Until next time happy reading, writing, and wordfooling,


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An emotional contemporary YA novel about love, loss, and having the courage to chase the life you truly want.
Reeling from her mother's death, Georgia has a choice: become lost in her own pain, or enjoy life right now, while she still can. She decides to start really living for the first time and makes a list of fifteen ways to be brave – all the things she's wanted to do but never had the courage to try. As she begins doing the things she's always been afraid to do – including pursuing her secret crush, she discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan. Sometimes friendships fall apart and love breaks your heart. But once in a while, the right person shows up just when you need them most – and you learn that you're stronger and braver than you ever imagined.
How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Thank you to St. Martin's Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book for free!
The feels about this book are ASDFGHJKL! I love how confident Georgia is. Despite her mother's death, she still manage to continue her life even when it's hard. I love the idea that she and her best friend started—a list of things to do. I love how Georgia gets energy from her mom. I mean, you can barely find someone who has this kind of love and brave(ness). The book was realistic that's why I enjoyed it. I can relate to some parts of the book.
The book cover's gorgeous.
The description's c a t c h y.
The plot twists were amazing.
The characters were well developed.
And the writing style's unique.
Over all, I really enjoyed the book. It was worth the time. I started this on October but finished it November. The story's a little slow for me but the story went well for me so I was able to finish the book.


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Pénélope Bagieu (French: [penelɔp baʒjø] (listen); born 22 January 1982, Paris) is a French illustrator and comic designer. She is best known for her blog BDs (French webcomics in blog format) My Quite Fascinating Life and Les Culottées. Les Culottées was compiled and released in English as the graphic novel Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, which received widespread recognition. She has also created blog BDs California Dreamin' and Joséphine.…Wikipedia
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Head on over to the Art of Education blog! They are having open nomintations for the 2nd annual Art Ed Blog of the Year! Also, if you don't already follow Jessica, her blog is a must for art educators!! She has so many great ideas!
Welcome to my blog! I'm hoping to compile my adventures and experiences as an elementary art teacher here. This blog is full of art lessons, ideas, student artwork, and resources for parents, students, friends and other art educators. Enjoy!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Lady Liberty
First grade students learned about the artist Peter Max and his work with American Symbols. They mixed the 3 primary colors together to create colorful background papers. They used black oil pastel to draw the Statue of Liberty. Check out Lady Liberty's portraits' below!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Seascapes & Sailboats
Third grade students learned about Seascapes, and the Warm & Cool colors through this project. They had to identify the background, middle ground and foreground. Various art techniques were used to create these masterpieces as well!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Native American Teepees
Kindergarten stduents learned about the Native Americans and teepee houses in this project.
Every year, the Kindergarten team hosts a "Thanksgiving Feast" just before Thanksgiving break. Parents, students and teachers gathered in the cafeteria this year to celebrate! The Kindergarten teachers asked me to create a few art projects to help with the decorations. Below are some teepee's that Kindergarten students made!
Native American Teepees was a 2 day project. On the first day, students painted the sky, mountains and ground for a background paper. On the second day, students created teepees out of manilla paper, markers, black construction paper and popsicle sticks. Check out their beautiful creations below! Enjoy!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Paper-Mache Letters
Fifth grade art club students used art paste and cardboard to create paper-mache letters. Art Club is open to 5th grade students, and meets twice a month on Monday's after school. Due to the overwhelming interest to join art club, I spilt the students into two different sessions- Fall Art Club and Spring Art Club (will start in January).
For their first project, art club students created a 3D letter. First, they used cardboard and masking tape to build the letter. Next, students used newspaper and art paste to paper-mache the letter. The final step was decoration! Check out their letters below!
Fourth grade students learned about the colonial craft of quilling. Quilling is the art of rolling paper. Quilling was used in Colonial Virginian times to embellish cards, wedding invitations, etc. Students used colored construction paper to create the first letter of their first name or last name. The inside of the letters are decorated with various quilling shapes. Check out their hard work below!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Circle Weaving
Forth grade students learned about weaving for their "Day 0" this past month. Important weaving vocabulary they learned was: Loom, Warp, and Weft. Students also made an arts-social studies connection by learning about weaving in Colonial Virginia. They discussed reasons why people weave and brainstormed examples of things that are woven. Check out their circle weaving below!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Van Gogh Sunflowers
Second graders learned about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. This lesson focused on Van Gogh's sunflower paintings. I set a vase with sunflowers in it on each table before students came in. Students learned about drawing from observation and how to use the basic shapes to draw a still life picture. On painting day, students used the secondary colors to paint their pictures. The last step was to add a black outline! When 2nd graders were done with their painting, they completed a graphic organizer as an assessment tool. Check out their sunflowers below!
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In January, I came down with pneumonia. I found the sunniest location and set up for the day. I gathered all the tools of the trade; needles, thread, fabric, scissors, etc. a warm blanket, cell phone (so I wouldn't have to get up again), and I planted myself in that chair for the day. It was difficult enough to breathe let alone get up and down out of that chair. Every evening Steven would find me in the chair cross stitching away. The whole week I was convalescing, the weather was gorgeous. Sunny, warm, with beautiful azure blue skies.
Wildly active, were the bird feeders in view. Chickadees, finches, doves, blue jays, and even a woodpecker was enjoying the sunshine. I had the perfect window to watch the activity while I cross stitched and slept in turn. I finished over half of the pattern before I was back to work and catching up on chores at home. I just had to finish it before I would allow myself to start another afghan for the Linus Project.
Kind of fitting that the pattern was birds too. I finally finished this up at the beginning of March. That was when I knew what this was meant to be, a pillow for my window seat! The older ones needed to be updated, they looked pretty shabby and in need of some refurbishment.
So, tender loving care they were going to get. One at a time. Just how I was going to incorporate this into the pillow, not quite sure, but it will come to me…… Cyn


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This new super-slim eyeshade is lightweight and washable. Plus it's "blink-able". We know. Genius. But come on, no one likes to feel their eyelashes hit their eyeshade.
- Curved shaping for blink-ability and maximum eye comfort
- Lights Out coverage
- Comfortable adjustable elastic strap for a perfect fit
- Washable
- Material: Comfort Stretch
- Weight: 0 .7 oz/ 19 g
- Size: 7.5 x 3 in/ 19 x 8 cm


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Nelle valli di Pietrapazza e Rio Salso
Nelle valli di Pietrapazza e Rio Salso.
From S. Piero in Bagno you reach Via Verdi, which from Piazza Allende reaches the nineteenth-century stone bridge on the Fosso di Paganico. Go over it and take the mule track on the left that goes up to the municipal road, for long stretches of asphalt, which leads to the fraction of Paganico and Rio Salso. In short you reach the inhabited farms of Raggio di Sotto and Raggio di Sopra, where the mule track is crossed by the road that goes up from S. Piero. We follow the municipal on the left and - ignoring then the detour that on the left leads to Paganico - we follow it, passing in front of the inhabited farm Vetrice and the house of Fontabate, near Montepiano. Once you reach a clearing, take a long dirt road on the left, closed by a bar: keeping the ridge and ignoring the deviations on the left, it leads to Monte Castelluccio, bypasses Monte Carpano and shortly after, you enter the "Mulattiera di Pietrapazza" which leads from Bagno to the "small" Bidente valley. After a few tens of meters on the right, the mule track emerges on the Passo di Monte Carpano, crossing the forest track that comes from the Mandrioli road (on the left) and goes down to Pietrapazza. We follow this dirt road on the right to come out to the side of the abandoned church of S. Eufemia in Pietrapazza. Carefully passed a bar, we continue to descend along the track that runs on the right bank of the Bidente. Then, where the valley opens and widens, it is at Pian del Ponte: here, a stone bridge crosses the Bidente on the left and goes to Strabatenza. We instead continue the course of the Bidente until the indication for Ca 'di Veroli, on the right, which we reach shortly. Then we take the mule track that goes to Rio Salso: it starts right next to Ca 'di Veroli and goes up the namesake ditch which then climbs over a stone bridge (Riacci) to reach the core of Rio Salso with a series of hairpin bends. on a hill. In the place, abandoned for years, now rises the hotel "Rio Salso", open occasionally, next to which begins a long dirt road that goes up to Monte Piano. However, we advise you to take the old mule track that passes by the falling church and climbs steeply up to the ridge and then quietly reach the square, from where you go down to S. Piero, along the road made in the morning.
ROUTE: S. Piero in Bagno (463 asl) - Monte Piano (1049) - Monte Castelluccio (1115) - Monte Carpano (1131) - Pietrapazza (801) - Ca 'di Veroli (654) - Rio Salso (712) - Monte Floor (1049) - S. Piero in Bagno. LENGTH: 25 km. Gates and bars: Rio Salso and Monte Piano, Pietrapazza. The route is entirely marked. Not recommended in summer. Parking in S. Piero in Bagno.


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The Corris Railway Society's Model Railway Exhibition will take place at Y Plas in Machynlleth on the Saturday and Sunday of August Bank Holiday Weekend, August 24th and 25th with the doors open from 10.00 to 4.30 pm each day. Visitors will find a mixture of model layouts, some inspiring nostalgia for older generations, sales stands and a craft stall.
As might be expected narrow gauge models feature quite prominently in the line-up ranging from the large scale 16mm (with live steam and battery power) and a Gn15 scale representation of an estate railway serving a dubious cash crop, through to the ever popular 009. One of the rather less common narrow gauge scales, OOn3, is used to depict Crosby station (closed in 1968) on the Isle of Man Railway and Roarkes Landing represents American practice in Hon30.
O, OO and N gauge layouts will also feature. A couple of these layouts demonstrate the opportunities in minimum space in modern housing, being designed to fit on an ironing board and a window cill respectively, and those of a certain age will have memories of catalogues and toy shop windows evoked by Tri-ang TT and Trix Twin layouts. A chance to see those things that youngsters in years past wanted to have but couldn't get the pocket money to stretch to. On a similar theme there will be a display of tinplate toys.
Trade wise the show will welcome back Nick and Dee Lowe selling railway ephemera and Martin Parry's huge selection of models both new and second-hand with the majority being OO scale. Kate Packham also returns with her wide selection of jewellery and decorative items made from recycled glass (the organiser's lady wife usually makes a bee-line for this) and the Corris will have a sales stand and a tombola, plus a fund raiser for the Falcon locomotive selling a range of donated items.
Refreshments and light snacks are sold and there is free parking close by. Admission costs £4.00 for adults, £3.50 for seniors £2 for children and £10 for a family (2 adults and 2 children). Plus trains will be running on the revived section of the Corris Railway, some four miles north of Machynlleth on August 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th.


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Financial Blog Proclaims the death of Pan
Jul 10, 2009
Look at the date of this financial blog proclaiming the death of Pan. It is June 26.
The article itself says nothing about Michael Jackson, so it is doubtful if they made that connection. They are talking about financial stuff, and of course I have made the connection as well between Pan and the second (financial) beast in Revelation 13.
Perhaps this article is another example of inadvertent prophecy.
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MNF: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES vs WASHINGTON REDSKINS
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES vs WASHINGTON REDSKINS
By: Robert L. Porter Jr.
In the first rematch of this young season, the Washington Redskins come into Philadelphia on Monday night football looking to avenge a week 1 loss. Carson Wentz has made this Eagles offense one of the leagues best with his improvisation under pressure and precision passing. Kirk Cousins is once again one of the NFL's most efficient passers as this divisional match up should be a good one.
1st QUARTER
Washington takes the opening kickoff and puts together a good drive, the key play was a huge pass to Vernon Davis down the seam but the drive ended with a short Nick Rose field goal, giving them a 3-0 lead. Philly's first drive started with 4 straight penalties putting them in 1st & 30. After a 1 yard loss by LeGarrette Blount, Wentz attempts a deep pass that was intercepted by Washington's Quinton Dunbar. The Redskins wasn't able to capitalize on great field position as the go 3 & out. On Eagles next drive an incompletion, a Kenjon Barber 2 yard run then a sack of Carson Wentz saw Donnie Jones come on the field to punt the ball back to Washington. Jamison Crowder was hit and fumbled the punt but the Redskins were able to fall on it. Kirk Cousins and his offense starts the possession backed up to their own 7 yard line but a big pass to Niles Paul got them out of that hole rather quickly. After a nice start the drive stalls near midfield and they are forced to punt. Another Eagles penalty backs them up again and after 2 Wendell Smallwood runs ,Wentz hits Alshon Jeffrey for a first down. A Carson Wentz 11 yard scramble with a face mask tacked on is how we end the first quarter.
2nd QUARTER
The quarter starts with another Redskins face mask moving Philly to the 33 yard line. Another sack of Wentz moves them out of field goal range but a short catch and run by Nelson Agholor sets up a 50 yard attempt by kicker Jake Elliott that he drilled. We are all knotted up at 3. Cousins and his offense came out on their next possession and flew down the field and found Chris Thompson for a 7 yard TD pass as Washington regains the lead 10-3. Another quick Eagles 3 & out sends the ball back to Washington with 8:17 remaining in the first half. A good 3 plays by the Philly defense forced Tress Way to come in punt the ball back to the Eagles. After a hard sack, Wentz comes out and throws a 64 yard bomb to rookie WR Mack Hollins to tie the game up at 10-10.
The next Redskins possession started with a 7 yard pass to Chris Thompson but 2 less than productive plays saw them have to punt after the 2 minute warning. The Redskins were in able to keep Wentz in the pocket as he scrambles to the left for a first down then hit TE Zach Ertz on a 46 yard pass to set his team up in the red zone. A pass interference in the end zone puts the Eagles at the 1 yard line looking for their first lead of the contest. After Blount is stuffed for a short loss Wentz finds Ertz on a 4 yard TD to make it 17-10 Eagles. A Washington Kneel sends us to the intermission.
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The 2nd half starts with a short LeGarrette Blount run then a nice out route to Agholor for a first down but after the play All-pro left tackle Jason Peters stayed down with what looks to be a significant right leg injury. After the Peters injury the Philadelphia offense started gaining huge chunks of yards on there way to a goal to go situation and an eventual Wentz 9 yard TD pass To Corey Clement to make the score 24-10 Eagles. Washington comes out with a couple passes to TE Jordan Reed but they could only muster 1 first down and the Jim Schwartz defense forced them to punt again. Kirk Cousins and the Redskins offense finally look to have found some rhythm as a Jordan Reed catch puts them inside the 5 yard line. The next play would be a quick slant back to Reed as they cut the lead in half. The score is now Philadelphia 24 and Washington 17 as the the 3rd quarter comes to a close, the Eagles have a 7 points and are looking for more.
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Carson Wentz opens the quarter with a scramble of 17 yards that came on a play where he looked to be sacked. The drive continued and Nelson Agholor would be the recipient of the Next Wentz touchdown pass, this one was from 10 yards out. Philadelphia opens the lead back up to 14 points. Washington wasn't able to get any momentum as Cousins arm was hit on a throw and the ball went directly into the hands of DB Corey Coleman. Philly takes over just outside the red zone. No real movement after the pick but another Jake Elliott kick makes it 34-17 Eagles.
Washington comes out in the No Huddle offense trying to out some points on the board in hopes of a miraculous comeback. Redskins big free agent signing Terrelle Pryor has been a huge disappointment thus far this season and tonight was no different. When he did see the field he's ran the wrong routes or just dropped passes. Another Jordan Reed TD from Cousins makes it 24-34 with 3:17 remaining. An unsuccessful onside kick sets Philly up at the 50 yard line. After a Clement fumbled handoff that he was able to fall on, the Eagles call upon LeGarrette Blount to close this game. A few runs sets up a 45 yard attempt By Elliott that he misses off the right goal post, Washington takes over possession but there's really nothing Washington can do. Another dominant Eagles performance puts Them atop the NFL with a 6-1 record.
Carson Wentz – 17/25 268 yards 4 TDs 1 INT, 63 yards rushing
Zach Ertz – 5 rec 89 yards 1 TD
Kirk Cousins – 30/40 303 yards 3TDs 1 INT
Jordan Reed – 8 rec 64 yards 2 TDs
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INDIANAPOLIS (92.3 The Fan) – Josh Allen and Josh Rosen did nothing to hurt their chances of being one of the top quarterbacks selected in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Allen was sensational throwing against air hitting his target on a variety of routes, but it was his deep ball that fired up the hype machine Saturday.
Allen, who draws comparisons to Carson Wentz because of his size and speed, showed off his arm and let it rip Saturday. He threw it 50 and 70 yards down the field with ease, and on a dime lighting up social media. While Allen, who ran a 4.76 in the 40-yard dash, churned out the highlights Saturday, it can not be stated enough that the combine workouts are a small piece of a much larger evaluation puzzle.
Allen's footwork wasn't as clean but he made up for it with his arm.
UCLA's Josh Rosen and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield went with the second group Saturday.
The majority of Mayfield's throws on side out, slant and go routes were on target and quick.
Rosen joined Allen as having the best day with the deep ball on target but overall he was underwhelming and insoncistent with some of his throws.
Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson did not run the 40. Jackson told NFL.com's combine streaming channel that reports teams wanted him to workout as a receiver led him to change his mind about running the 40. He also reiterated what he said on Friday that teams have not requested he workout at receiver contrary to reports.
Jackson struggled with consistency with his throws early. The ball fluttered coming out of his hand, hung up at times with balls occasionally either too short or too long, but he got smoother as the day went along. Jackson was explosive in his 7-step drops where he looked the smoothest of any of the quarterbacks dropping back and overall he showed teams that there is no need for him to consider a position change.
USC's Sam Darnold clocked a 4.86 unofficially in the 40 but as expected he did not throw. There was a report that Darnold had a tired arm but he made no mention of it when asked about the decision not to throw on Friday.
Rosen clocked in at 4.85 and Mayfield ran a 4.81 in the 40.
Ohio State's J.T. Barrett, who ran an unofficial 4.71 on his second attempt after running a 4.76 on his first marking the second best unofficial time of all quarterbacks, had an inconsistent day throwing the football too.
Allen had the most impressive vertical of any quarterback with a 33.5, Rosen's vertical leap was 31" while Darnold registered 26.5". Darnold was also unimpressive with an 8'9" broad jump. The low figures could suggest Darnold's lower body just isn't as strong or explosive as the others but it's doubtful they'll impact his draft stock significantly.


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