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It doesn't take long to feel at home in the City Different. For centuries, Santa Fe has opened its arms to travelers with diverse interests and different backgrounds, who come in search of discovery, wonder, and adventure. Filled with Old World charm, but sophisticated and up to date, Santa Fe's nook-and-cranny-filled downtown, human scale, and welcoming population also make the city right for those in search of a romantic getaway. As the second-oldest city in the U.S., founded in 1610, Santa Fe has a long and varied history that lives today in its architecture, food, people, and traditions.
Santa Fe is one of the top art markets in the country with hundreds of galleries, a dozen museums, and some of the largest art shows of their kind in the world. In the early 20th century, Santa Fe began growing as an artists' haven, welcoming a varied group of writers, painters, socialites, and photographers eager for new subject matter and a different life. That same open spirit remains today and Santa Fe is second only to San Francisco among U.S. metro areas in per capita percentage of households headed by same-sex partners. In addition, the City of Santa Fe is proud to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination polices and offers benefits to same-sex partners of city workers. Santa Fe is gay friendly indeed.
There is no one gay area or neighborhood or district in Santa Fe. Rather, its GLBT businesses and residents are an integral part of the whole community. One notable exception is Rainbow Vision, the first retirement community of its kind in the country for allies and GLBT residents and a model for future properties. Opened in 2005, Rainbow Vision attracts residents and the public alike to its popular Silver Starlight Lounge. Otherwise, one will find gay owned and operated businesses of most every kind throughout Santa Fe's historical districts, centered around downtown.
Where to Stay in Gay Friendly Santa Fe...
Santa Fe has a room for every budget but values its downtown lodging the most. Small inns, boutique hotels, B&B's in old adobe homes, large full-service properties, vacation rentals, and historic lodging can all be found in and around the downtown area. As a perfectly sized walking city, many of Santa Fe's finest accommodations, restaurants, attractions, and shops are within easy strolling distance of one another. There are several high-end resorts just outside of town and less expensive lodging can be found throughout the city and along Cerrillos Road.
Not to be overlooked is the Guadalupe Street/Railyard area. While it is right next to downtownââ¬âa 10 minute walk from the Santa Fe Plaza, the heart of the cityââ¬âit has a distinct feel, offering its own choice of fine hotels, B&B's, and moderately priced lodging.
Of note are several gay-owned B&B's; El Farolito, Inn of the Turquoise Bear, and the Four Kachinas. However, Santa Fe's lodging community is gay friendly throughout, and a growing number of accommodations have IGLTA membership.
What to See and Do in Gay Friendly Santa Fe
Santa Fe's size is deceptive. With a population of about 70,000, making it New Mexico's fourth largest city, Santa Fe might not seem like a place for endless exploration. But no one trip can include all that is worthwhile and of interest in the city and its environs.
The Santa Fe Plaza is the heart of the city where the Spanish first settled. The Plaza itself sits in the middle of downtown and is surrounded by shops, museums, and galleries. Taking time to wander around the several square blocks radiating from the Plaza provides a good start on discovering some of what Santa Fe has to offer. Take a stroll along the portal at the Palace of the Governors where Native American artists sell their work most every day of the year. The Palace is the oldest public building in the country, built in 1610, and is the signature attraction of the New Mexico History Museum, a new museum that opened in 2009. The museum is home to the state's huge collection of historic artifacts and worth a visit to get a grasp on the New Mexico's, and Santa Fe's, remarkable past. Other museums downtown are the New Mexico Museum of Art, across the street from the Palace, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts dedicated to contemporary Native American art. Also notable is the Cathedral Basilica de St. Francis de Assisi, the heart of the Catholic faith in the city and an architectural anomaly.
Shopping is abundant with hundreds of individually owned stores throughout the city, especially in the Plaza area. From art to clothing to home furnishings and on and on, the shops of Santa Fe are diverse in their appeal and distinctive in their independently owned flavor.
Canyon Road is the center of Santa Fe's prolific art scene and has the city's largest collection of galleries. Santa Fe is filled with public art and nowhere is it more apparent than along Canyon. With more than 240 galleries in town, Santa Fe has been ranked the third largest art marketââ¬âby salesââ¬âin the country. Every Friday and Saturday evening the public is invited to galleries along Canyonââ¬âand elsewhere in the cityââ¬âhosting openings of new exhibits and artists receptions. This is a fine tradition during which visitors and locals get to see new works and meet artists up close. A stroll up Canyon, peeking into galleries, exploring the various alleyways, and pausing to rest in a teahouse or restaurant, can easily fill a half day. Discovering the rest of the Santa Fe's galleries around downtown and throughout the city can take several trips.
Four of Santa Fe's most popular museums are located a bit out of downtown on Museum Hill. The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian are all set next to the foothills within easy walking distance of one another. Each is recommendable. It's easy to spend a day exploring the hill with lunch at the Museum Hill Cafe and some quiet time spent sitting on Milner Plaza, the center of the area, gazing across the width of the Rio Grande Valley.
Guadalupe Street is the old railroad warehouse district. Now mostly shops and restaurants, the area along the rail line has been developed into the Santa Fe Railyard. At over 50 acres, it is now the site of a 10-acre park, a performance area, permanent year-round home for the Santa Fe Farmers Market, retail center, underground parking, green space, and live/work housing. The project opened in the fall, 2008 and is still being completed. SITE Santa Fe, a contemporary art museum without a permanent collection, is one of the anchor attractions of the Railyard in addition to the Museo Cultural event center, and the Santa Fe Southern Railroad. The shops and restaurants along Guadalupe Street and at Sanbusco Market Center flesh out this vibrant neighborhood. The Railyard is also the terminus for the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, a commuter train linking Santa Fe to Albuquerque and cities to the south.
Santa Fe sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains, is surrounded by public land, and is the stepping-off point for outdoor activities including hiking, camping, fishing, white water rafting, horseback riding, skiing, mountain biking, road cycling, hunting, and more. The Santa Fe National Forest is over 1.5 million acres and its boundary lies just 7 miles from downtown Santa Fe. The Rockies to the east of town and the Jemez Mountains to the west dominate the landscape and provide the city with a beautiful and ever-changing natural setting.
For a quick hike, the Dale Ball Trail System on the city's edge offers 30+ miles of maintained trails that interconnect, making it easy to pick just the right distance. The Aspen Vista Trail is higher up in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and provides more of a challenge and outstanding views, as do the network of trails connecting to the Winsor Trail. Ski Santa Fe is 16 miles from the Santa Fe Plaza and provides 660 acres of alpine skiing in the winter. Many of the warm-weather hiking trails become Nordic ski and snowshoe trails when the snow falls.
Long before the Spanish came to the area in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the ancestors to the Pueblo Indians called it home. Today there are 19 Pueblo tribes in the state, in addition to the Navajo Nation in Western New Mexico and two Apache tribes. North of Santa Fe are 8 Pueblo tribes that offer a glimpse into both the past and the present of Native culture. San Ildefonso Pueblo has been in its present location for over 800 years and welcomes visitors throughout the year. This Pueblo community is on the way to Bandelier National Monument, a huge cliff dwelling occupied for several centuries by the ancestors of the Pueblo culture. A visit to both Bandelier and San Ildefonso offers a thorough primer in Native American history and is a good day trip. In town, the Native American Vendors program is held each day under the portal at the Palace of the Governors. This is an excellent spot to find authentic Native American craft at reasonable prices and provides a chance to meet with local Native artists.
Santa Fe is known as a spiritual place and a center for alternative healing and has added a number of new spas over the last several years. Many of Santa Fe's downtown hotels offer spa services in on-site facilities and there are stand alone spas throughout town and in the nearby foothills, including a Japanese style bathhouse. Santa Fe is home to a school of massage, the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts, the Scherer Institute of Natural Healing, and the Southwest Acupuncture College, so the city is filled with first-rate therapists skilled in many disciplines.
Dining in Gay Friendly Santa Fe
With over 200 restaurants featuring foods ranging from the region's savory cuisine to modern Southwestern fare to internationally inspired meals, Santa Fe has developed as a destination for food lovers of all kinds. The city's year 'round farmers market has been recognized as one of the top markets in the country, providing restaurants and home chefs with the freshest of locally grown products. The Saturday and Tuesday markets are great for visitors wanting to pick up small items to take home and a prime spot for people watching. Annual events such as ArtFeast, Taste of Santa Fe, New Mexico Restaurant Week, and the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta are perfect opportunities to sample the range of styles the city's restaurants offer. In addition, the Santa Fe School of Cooking provides classes to help master the art of cooking with chile, the city's most ubiquitous ingredient.
Unlike some cities, hotel restaurants in Santa Fe are recommendable not just to hotel guests, but to anyone with an imaginative palette. This is especially true downtown, where hotels prize their chef's creations. Independent restaurants abound downtown as well, where every turn seems to offer a new choice of cuisine. The same holds true in the nearby Guadalupe Street neighborhood. Outside of downtown are found some of the city's native Mexican and more New Mexican restaurants along Cerrillos Road, with a number of new dining spots in the Zaferano complex of stores, shops, and multiplex theater.
No matter what one's tastes are, there is no getting around the ever-present chile in Santa Fe. Whether on top of eggs or steaks, in enchiladas or tacos, or used in some inspired way, red and green chile can be found in most every eatery, including the local sushi bar. In fact the state's official question, as passed by the legislature, is "red or green?" referring to a waiter's query as to a diner's choice of chile. Green chile is made with chopped green chile; red chile is the same fruit that was allowed to ripen and turn red and is then typically ground and made into a sauce. There is no rule for which is hotter, so ask how a restaurant's chile is on any given day. And by all means try some chile during a visit; it's more savory than purely hot and very habit forming.
Santa Fe's relaxed pace, pedestrian friendly downtown area, and welcoming attitude make it an easy choice for a gay getaway, especially couples who will find the city's natural beauty and romantic setting ideal inspiration for togetherness. The city is filled with creativity, history, cultural diversity, attractions, and services but is also an excellent choice for just soaking up some sun and letting go of the day to day.
Getting to town is as easy as flying into the Albuquerque airport and either hopping a shuttle or renting a car for the one-hour trip north to Santa Fe. Rental cars are also available in town for those not in need of a daily car. American Eagle now flies non-stop to the Santa Fe Municipal airport from Dallas / Fort Worth and Los Angeles LAX on a daily basis. Rental cars and shuttle service are available at the Santa Fe airport.
Gay Friendly Santa Fe... where the slogan is "Our Streets are Narrow - our Minds are Not!"
Gay Nightlife in Santa Fe... Gay Bars and Clubs
Santa Fe is gay friendly throughout but only has one, true dedicated gay establishment, the Silver Starlight Lounge at Rainbow Vision. This spot offers a little of everything, from drag nights to DJ parties to salsa and Latin fusion bands and other live music to a relaxed piano bar. The cabaret is open to residents and the public and quickly developed a following within the gay community in town.
Other gay hot spots include Cowgirl BBQ which features live music most nights and the bar at El Farol, one of the city's best bar scenes with nightly live music. Max's Santa Fe is a popular restaurant with the gay and lesbian community and sits next to El Corzaon, a restaurant and dance club that has gained favor with GLBT locals. The venerable Vannessie Restaurant and Piano Bar is a gay favorite while the Dragon Room at the even more august Pink Adobe draws a mixed crowd most every night.
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One of the best places to go for drag queen show. Friendly environment for men and women. Jazz nights are cool too. Drinks are good, but a bit expensive.
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My fiancé and I are getting married in a few months — everything is planned and ready to go, but we just can't seem to agree on where to go for our honeymoon! I know it's typically the man's responsibility to plan and pay for it, but if I left it up to him, we'd be hiking in the Himalayas when all I really want to do is relax on a beach somewhere.
Without creating an argument, how can we come to an agreement on where to go and what to do? I don't want to sound like a spoiled brat, but I think it's important for us both to be happy. — Honeymoon Fiasco Francesca
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Dear Honeymoon Fiasco Francesca,
You're right, you and your fiancé should definitely agree on where you go for your honeymoon so why don't you start off by writing a list of the things you both want out of your vacation. It sounds as though relaxing is important to you while being adventurous is important to him, but there's no reason why you can't meet somewhere in-between. Consider someplace like Costa Rica, New Zealand or South Africa so you'll have both the ability to hang out on the beach and explore your surroundings.
While tradition says the groom should plan the honeymoon, I feel it should be a mutual decision. Your honeymoon is supposed to be about spending time with your new husband and basking in your wedded bliss so it's imperative that you're both happy with your final destination, even if that means a few trips to the drawing board. Good luck, but most importantly, have fun!
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The Politics of Story
by Neesha Meminger
I never start out writing a book with a "lesson" in mind for my readers. I have two young children at home and trust me, as soon as I take on my lecturing/lesson-giving voice, they both zone out. The things they learn the most effectively—the "lessons" they really ingest into their marrow are the ones they learn while having fun, while laughing, while chatting about other things. In other words, they learn through living. Not through me standing on some sort of pulpit and talking down to them.
So the idea of writing to impart a message or lesson through my stories has never been very appealing to me. And in the world of young adult/children's literature there seems to be a widely-held belief among some folks that this is exactly what authors of books for young readers do. Or should do. I completely reject this idea.
At the same time, however, I understand that things become far more complex when we begin to place cultural products that represent a society's values and social structures—products like books, let's say—within the context of the larger society in which they are consumed. As a South Asian woman who grew up seeing virtually zero representations of South Asian children and teens in the media and on bookshelves, it is impossible for me to ignore the larger social and cultural context my books are produced in. And it is even more impossible for me to ignore the economic and political conditions my South Asian characters are growing up in and navigating when it comes to writing my own fiction.
Author and poet Suheir Hammad once said, "Writing must always have intention because words have power." I know well the power of words. I know how a single slur can reduce a person to shame and humiliation . . . and fear. Some words—like racial epithets—have long and brutal histories of violence behind them. They carry with them the power to dehumanize and the inherent threat of attack. In an interview with Al-Jazeera English, Hammad stated, "I think it's a political decision to leave politics out of your work." Within a cultural, social and economic structure that advantages and privileges some over others, there is no way to make writing the "other" a non-political act. The very fact that there are "others" means that some perspectives are put forward more frequently and more consistently to create a norm, or dominant narrative.
And there absolutely is a dominant narrative. It is in the messages we receive through the media, through art, through attitudes and beliefs passed down from generation to generation. The dominant narrative, the story we're told over and over, sometimes states that girls are weaker than boys; that girls should be "feminine" and boys should be "masculine"; that heterosexuality is "normal" and anything else is a deviation from that norm; that Asians are good in math; that women are biologically wired for childcare, etc.
As soon as voices of the marginalized are brought front and center, out of the fringes of the dominant narrative and into the center, our stories are automatically politicized. Because "othering" certain segments of the population is a social, political and cultural act. In the same way that leaving certain voices out of a narrative, or certain faces out of a film, book cover, magazine, television show, etc. is a political act, bringing those voices into the spotlight and giving them a platform, assigning them equal value and importance and weight, and listening to what they have to say is also a political act, intentional or not.
So I make the conscious choice to give voice to experiences rarely heard in the mainstream: voices like my parents' who are non-English speakers; voices of young men and women of color; young women of any color; the working class. I do this because (1) I, myself, am hungry for those voices. I want to see my own experience and face reflected in my surroundings. Seeing these reflections validates me, and my experience, reminding me that I exist. And if I feel this way, have felt this way all my life, I know there are young people out there who need and hunger for the same thing—to see themselves written into the narrative; and (2) every society is a thousand million times stronger when the voices of all its citizens are not only heard, but incorporated into its policies and decisions. This is important to me because I have children who will one day navigate the landscape we are laying out for them. But it is also important to me because I love this planet, I love the young people I write for, and I love the people who struggle every day like my parents did, and their parents before them, to make life safe and loving and just.
Why can't we simply create art? Something simply beautiful, or entertaining? Why should we have to shoulder the burden of speaking for the voiceless? Good questions. Well, for one thing, the very words we use give readers a sense of our location—or at least the location of the story. As the very wise Margaret Atwood says, "Moral judgments are built into language." We should absolutely be allowed to focus on the craft we love and our characters and their journeys. That is why we do what we do, no? Yes. But the sad truth is that no matter what we write, it will sit (or not sit) on shelves within the context of a larger system. It will be acquired or skipped within the context of a larger system. It will be reviewed (or not) within that system, celebrated (or not) within that system, awarded and applauded (or not) within that same system. And that larger system, as of this writing, still privileges some over others, silences certain voices and exalts others, and reinforces and validates some experiences at the expense of others.
Everything is connected—the political, the creative, the economic, the social, the cultural, the personal. It is an intricately tangled web where each strand is an integral part of the whole. If we futz with one, we affect them all. Political decisions affect our personal lives. I knew this as a child because my parents adored Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, for opening the doors of immigration to people from South Asia. That decision—at the political level—brought my family to the west. It changed the entire trajectory of my personal life forever. And when gay marriage is illegal, that absolutely affects available options for same-sex couples in their day-to-day lives. When there is no accessible and/or affordable health care, that absolutely affects the health and well-being of millions of people, personally.
The way I see it, there is no way our writing can not be political. It helps shape the cultural landscape of our society. Art that is packaged and sold as a product is always a cultural statement. It is a statement of the times we are living in—the social, political, and economic forces that have shaped the story, the song, the film, the dance, or the book, allowed it to be packaged and sold, and the powers that have vetted it and placed upon it their stamp of approval.
Writing that reaches young readers is especially dangerous because it shapes the future—the cultural and political future of our nation, society, and world. Why else would there be such strong opinions on what should and should not go into books for young readers? Ask any YA author, librarian, teacher, or bookseller how they feel about sex, drugs, cursing, or violence in books for teens and you are sure to get an impassioned response.
Whether we like it or not, stories do impart messages, regardless of whether those messages are consciously infused into the story. If there are no brown faces on any television shows during primetime, that is a message. And young learners are remarkably absorbent when it comes to information and knowledge—particularly when it is through an entertaining medium like television, music, books, film.
While I vehemently resist the idea of preaching to young people, or writing "message-driven" novels, I can't help but be aware of the larger world I live in, and that the readers I write for live in. That doesn't mean I want to read stories designed around a particular agenda. However, simply writing books that feature strong protagonists of color or female characters, or accurately and respectfully portraying LGBTQ youth could be seen as a "message" in itself because there are so few depictions of marginalized experiences. And as writers, our stories either support the narrative or challenge it. Either way, our stories are political—they are messages—even if the only ones that seem to get pegged as such are the ones that challenge the status quo.
This was never clearer to me than when I saw a New York Times book review of a fellow YA author's book. The reviewer stated that the book, which was about teen dating violence, was driving home a message. I immediately wondered if, had the book been about teen girls and shopping, or teen girls angsting over teen boys, the reviewer would have seen it as putting forth a "message"—which, of course, it still would have been. But because these types of stories support the dominant narrative, they are often not seen as messages at all. It is usually the stories that challenge the dominant narrative that get labeled as "message-driven."
And when I was struggling to find a publisher for my second novel, Jazz in Love, I realized how uncommon it was to find novels about teens of color that were not about race and the "otherized" experience. The dominant narrative gives us a very flat, narrow view of the experience of people of color and it is almost always rife with racial violence and suffering to that end. I wanted to tell a story that was about a teen who was in touch with her culture and traditions and didn't reject her Indian-ness, but struggled with the issues that came up within that context—issues of religion and faith, gender and sexuality, beauty ideals, family issues, etc. In other words, she was a normal teenager with normal teen problems who happened to be Indian, Punjabi, and Sikh. I did not want to erase that part of her, but I didn't want it to be the only thing about her.
I recently visited a school with a student population that was predominantly East Asian and Latino and just about every one of those teens could relate to having working-class parents like Jazz's parents in Jazz In Love, and to the language issues in the book. These teens understand immigration issues and policies because their lives are intimately affected by those policies. These students understand race and the impact of living in a society that does not adequately or accurately reflect their experiences. They know what it's like to walk into a bookstore and not see representations of themselves on the shelves. In short, they understand, intimately, the political implications of the stories they are told over and over.
Yes, good stories are universal. But it is our differences that move us to new places. And seeing accurate, respectful depictions of those differences reflected in our world helps us to understand and honor one another, to evolve as a whole. The flat, single depiction, and dominant narrative of our world, is an outdated product of social and economic forces. Most people know this. Most people want to hear diverse voices. Writing them into existence, without ignoring the reasons they've been silent or absent, is no more a political act than writing them out of the narrative altogether.
In the same way women's bodies are the battleground for reproductive rights, people of color are automatically politicized because of the glaring absence of our stories from the dominant narrative. Whether we, as authors, are writing a story about politics or "simply" writing a story doesn't change the fact that what we are actually doing is writing ourselves into existence in a landscape where our stories have historically been marginalized, undervalued, or written from the outside-in.
I refuse to be limited in the types of stories I write, whether they are perceived as "message-driven" because they challenge dominant cultural norms, or unmarketable because they are not about racism and the angst of being "other".
In the current climate of clamoring for massive sales and blockbuster hits, writers are forced to find the big, sensational hook that will sell the most books. Within that model, all of the real, lived stories of day-to-day people slip through the cracks. But those are the stories that are moving the world forward. Those are the stories that will pull us out of many of the messes we're in. Because all of those little stories are art—they are the heart and spirit of everyday people, and they are political.
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- June 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm
This is a wonderful addition to the continuing conversation on YA Lit.
- July 1, 2011 at 10:18 am
I write picture and chapter books and I feel what you say is as valid for this audience as YA. Thank you for these eloquent thoughts.
- July 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Words of wisdom. I especially hope that people who work in publishing read this. Neesha, you speak with such clarity about these issues. Thank you.
- July 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Absolutely wonderful essay. A delight to read as you talk such sense. Thank you
- July 1, 2011 at 8:02 pm
An eloquent, passionate, and thought provoking piece–thanks for writing it! And congratulations on all the well deserved attention that Jazz in Love is getting.
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TED, why not publish the transcripts of the best weekly talks via RSS feeds or the TED blog?
I live in a small Libyan town and the max internet connection speed is 15kbps. I have to pay around $ 7 for 25 hours. I'd love to watch TED talks but cannot afford to watch or listen to every talk. I'm forced to copy the transcrpts instead. What if TED could publish the best talk transcripts via the TED blog feed itself? It would save me the effort of clicking on the link via the weekend newsletter and then copy the feed. Isn't that a better way of disseminating 'Ideas Worth Spreading?'
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Jun 5 2013: I don't know how to say this without pissing TED off... But they don't do innovative tech solutions even if it's smart simple and requested by many... Not in my experience at least.
I have these conversations to prove it:
805 comments with suggestions for improving TED, implemented 1. http://www.ted.com/conversations/2456/do_you_have_a_suggestion_for_t.html
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Jimmy Strobl 50+Jun 9 2013: Because all of the great ideas have to go through all the different channels of decision making in the TED HQ.
If you'd like to add your idea to the TED improvements Wiki or The Great TED Conversation (both two days old) then please check this Conversation http://www.ted.com/conversations/18816/the_great_ted_conversation_ga.html
Chetan PintoJun 9 2013: Here's a ted script downloader I found-
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The Citroen Divine DS Concept Is An Avant-Garde Chameleon
The Citroën Divine DS Concept is a design exercise using the finest materials and showing how the DS brand's future is all about endless customization and style. »
The Citroën Divine DS Concept is a design exercise using the finest materials and showing how the DS brand's future is all about endless customization and style. »
Being a motor journalist has some really wonderful perks, like free overnight, after-hours access to any Sizzler's salad bar. I think my favorite perk is that you can often convince motor museums to let you actually drive some of their cars. Which is exactly what I did at the fantastic Lane Motor Museum. »
The Citröen 2CV is an entertaining steer, even with half the ponies of your lawnmower. But swapping in a 95 horsepower motorcycle engine makes it pure lunacy. And we love lunacy. »
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past. »
As I've moaned to you before, I'm in the middle of a big move. One of the few tasty golden corn kernels in the otherwise unappealing turd that is the process of moving is that sometimes you find things you forgot you had. Like this fantastic Tintin-themed 2CV brochure. »
What if you got a 1970 Citroen DS21 Pallas in white with lots of chrome, but you don't like white or chrome? You wrap it and go a bit loco in the process. »
Today we're used to seeing knockoff cars from China, but back in the early decades of the automobile, some of the (now) most established names in the industry stole from one another. This is the case of the Opel Tree Frog. »
Cancelled car projects are sort of like the Ark of the Covenant — they make a huge initial impression, melt a few faces, and end up in some dusty warehouse, almost totally forgotten. Chrysler's innovative plastic developing-world car of the 1990s, the CCV, was a project like this. »
And I dare say they did it better. »
The Traction Avant was the world's first front-wheel drive production car using a steel unibody construction. The car you drive today was most likely built the same way, yet no matter how successful it was, this car made André Citroën lose his company. »
[A model displays the sleek new Citroen open sports car which was presented for the first time August 31, 1961 at the "pre catelan" just outside Paris. The two-door four-seater will make its debut at the next Paris Motor Show, with the sale of the cars scheduled for 1962. (AP Photo)] »
Linda Jackson, former Managing Director of Citroën UK will replace Fréderic Banzet as CEO of the Citroën brand next month, thus becoming the second female CEO of an international car maker in less than a year. »
This week we learned PSA Peugeot Citroën has an ambitious plan to return to the U.S. and permanently dethrone Germany and Japan as the manufacturers of America's favorite imports. (Okay, none of that is really true.) What cars should they bring over? »
What's French for hoonage? I don't know for two reasons: I don't speak French, and PSA Peugeot Citroën hasn't sold cars here since the early 1990s. But they're considering coming back to America, the land of freedom, so we can enjoy their offerings again! Maybe. If other things work out. »
Note: Although Murilee Martin covered it in 2009 and Supreme Kiwi Zorro briefly in early March, I thought it deserved a closer look. »
Citroën, what the hell? »
This documentary retraces the history of one of France's most iconic cars. All in French, no subtitles, but if you love French cars vous aussi, pouvez probablement connaître le français »
The world has changed a lot in the last decade and today, China is getting Citroën's latest car faster than the French themselves. »


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|Cavaliers mirror Nets in loss - get beat on boards, fail down the stretch
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They got outrebounded and came up small with the game on the line in a 96-85 loss on Saturday that reduced Cleveland's lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series to 2-1.
``They made plays,'' Cavaliers point guard Larry Hughes said. ``They definitely rebounded the ball and got a lot of help from J. (Jason) Kidd getting in there and rebounding. For the most part, I just think we didn't step up to the plate.''
For all their mistakes and their lack of rebounding, the Cavaliers were right there after James came off an Anderson Varejao screen and hit a 3-pointer to cut New Jersey's lead to 77-73 with 9:48 to play.
They had three more chances to cut the deficit, but that's where they started playing like the Nets did in the first two games of the series in Cleveland. The Cavs didn't score again until Hughes hit a baseline jumper with 4:07 to play.
By that time, New Jersey had an 85-73 lead and the game was all but over.
``It was all about execution,'' said James, who scored a career playoff-low 18 points on 5-of-16 shooting. ``I took a couple of bad shots, couple of turnovers.''
James only had one turnover down the stretch, but the 22-year-old missed his final three shots, the most important was a wide-open 3-pointer with Cleveland still down four points.
His biggest contribution to the offense was 12 assists, but there were too many times where he just seemed to be standing around.
``When it was 77-73, they were in man quite a bit and we just didn't attack,'' Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. ``We held the ball and had a couple of turnovers and then on top of that we took a couple of shots that we probably should not have taken. That was not a good stretch for us.''
Neither was the Cavaliers' rebounding performance. They outrebounded New Jersey 100-69 in the first two games, including 39-12 on the offensive end.
In Game 3, New Jersey held a 43-30 advantage, including 11-5 on the offensive end. It would have been higher had Mikki Moore not been called for two offensive goaltending calls.
``Their backs were against the wall,'' Cleveland center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said. ``They had nothing to lose so they came out and were physical and they kept us off the boards, which was huge for us in the first two games.''
Not only did the Nets keep the Cavaliers off the boards, their ability to rebound allowed New Jersey to get into its transition offense. The Nets had 19 fast-break points in the first two games. They had 20 in Game 3.
``This is their game, this is their type of game tonight,'' Cleveland forward Drew Gooden said. ``It was like a rollercoaster, it was a lot of ups and downs, emotionally and physically. They were the better team tonight.''
New Jersey also made an important adjustment in returning home to the Continental Airlines Arena. Their big men didn't help out as much on defense, relying on Kidd and Vince Carter to stay close to James and Hughes.
Kidd and Carter also dropped into the lane more once the Cavs' shots were in the air, so it seemed that Gooden and Ilgauskas had two men boxing them out all the time.
``I think we concentrated a little too much on helping out and that's what gave them the opportunity to make runs at the basket and rebound,'' Moore said. ``So we stayed at home a lot and boxed out our man a lot. That's what helped a lot.''


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As of Sunday night, Chicago teachers are on strike. They have good reason.After months of negotiations, we've reached the point where Chicago Public Schools management has agreed that, okay, they'll provide textbooks on the first day of school rather than expecting teachers to educate and students to learn effectively without textbooks for up to six weeks. Teachers who are nursing mothers won't have to choose between continuing to nurse and continuing to work.
According to the Chicago Teachers Union, "Recognizing the Board's fiscal woes, we are not far apart on compensation." But health care benefits remain unresolved in negotiations. Because teachers somehow think it's reasonable that they have health care they can afford. Likewise, they don't think it's fair or right to base their job evaluations heavily on their students' scores on standardized tests that were not designed to measure teacher performance. Also, "Despite a new curriculum and new, stringent evaluation system, CPS proposes no increase (or even decreases) in teacher training."
A school system that decides to bring in a new curriculum and evaluate teachers in a new way yet does not increase teacher training is a school system that is looking for excuses to penalize teachers, not educate students more effectively.
Blogger Teacher X explains "Why I'm striking":
When you make me cram 30-50 kids in my classroom with no air conditioning so that temperatures hit 96 degrees, that hurts our kids.When you lock down our schools with metal detectors and arrest brothers for play fighting in the halls, that hurts our kids.
When you take 18-25 days out of the school year for high stakes testing that is not even scientifically applicable for many of our students, that hurts our kids.
When you spend millions on your pet programs, but there's no money for school level repairs, so the roof leaks on my students at their desks when it rains, that hurts our kids.
Air-conditioning so that students and teachers alike don't suffer in 98-degree classrooms is another thing that Chicago Public Schools management apparently thinks it's unreasonable for teachers to want; anyway, a "reasonable timetable for the installation of air-conditioning in student classrooms" is another sticking point in negotiations, according to the teachers union.Here's the thing: It's reasonable for teachers to want to get raises that keep up with the cost of living. It's reasonable for teachers to expect that if they're working more hours, they'll get paid more. It's reasonable for them to be pissed as hell that a raise they were supposed to get last year was taken from them by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It's reasonable for them to expect decent health benefits. These are all things that Emanuel and his teacher-hating corporate education deform allies will use to try to depict teachers as greedy. It shouldn't be seen as an outrage for professionals to fight to be treated as professionals. It should be understood that teachers will teach better if they aren't working second jobs or worried about making ends meet if they get sick. But even if you're not on board with that basic human understanding, it should be absolutely clear that it is the Chicago Teachers Union, not Chicago Public Schools management, that is fighting for the best possible education and learning environment for students.
Tell Chicago teachers you're standing with them as they fight for better schools and educational justice.
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Talk about a battle of words: Pharrell has sued will.i.am for trade infringement on his brand I Am Other, after will.i.am claimed that he owns the copyright to the phrase "I AM." While Pharrell could not comprehend why Will decided to file a case first — "I am someone who likes to talk things out and, in fact, I attempted to do just that on many occasions," he has said — he was able to justify his own lawsuit by citing Dr. Seuss.
"Sam I am, I am Sam, I am Sam, Sam I am," Pharrell said, quoting Green Eggs And Ham, according to TMZ. "In contrast, the I Am Other mark means 'I am something else,' leaving what that 'else' is to the imagination of the consumer. It certainly does not mean 'I am Will.'" Pharrell may have overlooked how he names specifics in I am Other's manifesto, but he did make his defense hard for will.i.am to beat.
will.i.am has owned the "I AM" trademark since 2001, while Pharrell launched i am OTHER in 2010. There's no telling how this lawsuit will pan out. One thing's for sure, though: Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs And Ham, after a publisher challenged the author to write a book with just 50 different words. (Its predecessor, The Cat in the Hat, had only 225.) Pharrell only needed three of them, and he chose just the right ones.
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12 June 2011
Case Study: An Interview with Wycliffe Sande
Rising Voices continues its look at the projects of the Map Kibera Trust in Nairobi, Kenya. This post features an interview with Wycliffe Sande, who is the coordinator of the Voice of Kibera and one of the members of the Kibera News Network. He talks about how he started with the project, and how it has made a difference in the community.
7 May 2011
Case Study: Mapping and Hearing the Voice of Kibera
This continues the series posts featuring projects engaging with underrepresented communities through citizen media training workshops. This post takes a look at the Map Kibera project in Kenya with an interview with its co-founders, Erica Hagen and Mikel Maron.
30 March 2011
Case Study: The Challenges for Megafone from a First Person Perspective
Megafone project founderAntoni Abad writes a first-person blog post answering the questions "What have been some of the challenges in implementing the Megafone project and how did you address those challenges?" This is the third in a case study studies that takes a look at global citizen media projects.
16 February 2011
Case Study: Megafone – Amplifying Voices via a Communal Mobile Phone
This is the first in the series of case studies of projects engaging with underrepresented communities through the citizen media training workshops. This four-part series takes a look at the Megafone project and an interview with its founder, Antoni Abad.


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ruce Springsteen and the E Street Band made their 2014 live debut on January 26th in South Africa with "a sweat-drenched rock 'n roll spectacle" (Mail & Guardian). They're currently earning similar raves on the road in Australia - where parts of Springsteen's new album 'High Hopes' were recorded - including a 5-star live review from the Sydney Morning Herald, who said, "If you only see two shows this year, see this one. Twice. (And then see it again.)"
Springsteen's latest studio album, 'High Hopes' (Columbia Records), debuted at #1 in 20 countries last month.
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Hello, welcome to the official gossip blog of the justanotheryearrp.tumblr.com Glee Roleplay. If you know anything that might be happening among the students of WHMS, submit it here. All pieces of gossip are submitted anonymously, so there is no shame in sharing what you know. If you have seen it, heard it, though about it, ect., it has to be true, or else it wouldn't have popped up. So send it here.
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Quinn is a real bitch. She started dating Brian, then Jesse, then flirting with Finn, then Sam, then dated Puck, then got pregnant from him -even if she lost the baby, then dumped him because 'it wasn't the same', then flirted with Rory too and now she's finally dating Mike while she regrets not having given the Leprechaun a chance to be with her.
And you call your supposedly friend Santana a bitch? Wow. Hurry up, I bet there are still some boys left for you to go after. Just remember not to hit on Blaine and Kurt because, just so you know, they're gay. You can always try with the girls after you're done with them.
Who does Harmony like ? Rory, she's liked for awhile. Sam, she's now flirting with over a tv show. Sebastian, they're talking about how she looks like Snow White. Who else ?
We seem to have gotten a new group of new people here in what Sienna calls Hell. I bet we can all bet that Lucas Andrews, the Justin Bieber wannabe, is do going to get a slushie facial his first day at Mckinley. And all of the new girls will probably be fine.
It's obvious that Rory still secretly has feelings for Harmony. Why else would he only ask her to videochat with him?
I bet we can all bet what Santana and Finn are going to get each other for Christmas. If you need to think about it, you need to get your head checked.
Naomi needs to shut up. Harmony said before, she was in an abusive relationship and she was raped countless times and she doesnt use it to her advantage to get attention like Naomi does about cutting or whatever.


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The capacity for Midway Mania is too low to properly handle FastPass and as a result too few are distributed to meet demand. Only the few who arrive before park opening and race to get one first receive one of any value. (If you're picking up a FastPass at 11:00 am and it is not valid until 8:00 pm it's not very helpful.)
I think the one flaw in the advice in this article is that if the line for Midway Mania is 45 minutes or less you should ride it. Don't get greedy looking for 20 minutes or less. This park has a severe shortage of quality attractions and you'll have plenty of time to ride the other rides even with a 45 minute wait.
I changed that recommended time on TSMM about five times before I decided to go low and just see what people said. So let's throw it out there -- what's the longest a TSMM standby wait time would be before you wouldn't get in line right then?
Also, to clarify: On these pieces, I'm including the top five or so attractions in a park that get an average 10, 9 or high-8 rating from Theme Park Insider readers. GMR has a 7, so that's not one I'd include as a "must see" in the park, based on readers' average ratings. It's a nice get, but there's much in the park that readers collectively have decided is more worth seeing first.
The Great Movie Ride is a worthwhile attraction for anybody who hasn't been on it. It's exclusive to only this park and this high capacity ride rarely has a long wait. Special props go out to the actors on this ride, always amusing.


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Just done it with BST + ENC, April 21 2013
1. Below method still works, posted by SquintEastward on Jun 24 2008.
2. Prince Selrach Di`zok is in westest room of Chardok map.
A combination of shrink + illusion can get you through the door.
1. Stand next to door and face it.
2. Shrink to the max (min?)
3. Cast illusion, one that makes you big (bst werewolf aa works).
4. Notice you appear to be on the other side ;)
To get back:
5. Stand next to door.
6. Click off illusion.
7. Walk forwards.
Since any class can shrink now, and any class can use illusions, presumably anyone can do it.


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Dr. Victor Stelmack soon will perform weight-loss surgeries at Mary Washington.
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It's been nearly four years since Mary Washington Hospital has hosted a weight-loss surgery program.
So when the hospital said recently that it would resume the surgeries, interest was high. It sponsored two public meetings in the hospital auditorium, and dozens of potential patients attended.
"It was a wonderful outpouring," said Dr. Victor R. Stelmack. "It shows you the need in the community."
Stelmack arrived in Fredericksburg last August to revive the bariatric-surgery program. He expects to operate on his first patient here in June.
Hospital officials say that the new program will be different from the earlier program and will incorporate all that has been learned about the causes and treatment of obesity.NEW PROGRAM
The new program will have two full-time, board-certified surgeons, Stelmack and Dr. Brian Mirza, who arrives in June.
Stelmack, 51, told the audience at one of his public meetings that he has done more than 800 bariatric surgeries, with one patient death and one case involving a leak at the bypass site.
Stelmack arrived in Fredericksburg with 26 years experience as a surgeon. He last worked at the Barix Clinics in Columbus, Ohio. Before that, he was a general surgeon in North Carolina and trauma surgeon in Philadelphia and New York.
Stelmack said he intends to set up a program at Mary Washington that qualifies as a "center of excellence," as defined either by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the ASBS, or the American College of Surgeons.
"I don't want to work anyplace that's not a center of excellence," he said. "I think it's important that we have those standards."CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
The ASBS gives its center-of-excellence seal to programs that are safe and effective. Among its requirements:
The program must do at least 125 surgeries a year, and the surgeons must do at least 50 procedures a year. Stelmack said he and Mirza expect to do at least 600 procedures a year once their program is operational.
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It is very rarely that I can adequately review/report sandwiches and burgers at Walt Disney World because they are expensive. Very expensive. So expensive that I have to look up the prices before I even leave my house and sometimes Disney's price game is like the stock market. They keep going up, up, up. They change so rapidly that by the time I get to the park, a burger that was supposed to be $9.19 is $10.19 (before tax) when I decide to order it.
But since my annual pass is expiring soon and I will be trading time spent at Disney for a more affordable experience over at Universal Studios, I decided to treat myself to at least one burger at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
I mention this as a cautionary tale to my fellow sandwich/burger enthusiasts. I purchased the Black Bean Burger with fries at Dinosauraus restaurant and this is what I receive for $10.86.
I actually received a far less portion of fries than what is pictured because they were running low on fries and did not stop the line of food at the back to wait for more fries to be cooked. I watched in horror as a cast member scooped THREE FRIES into a child's dinosaur bucket that is supposed to be at least half-filled with fries for $7.49 (before tax). I hope that the family was smart enough to return the bucket and ask for a decent portion once it reached their table.
Even at McDonald's, Burger King's or Wendy's, the associates respectfully request that you wait while they make more fries to give you the due portion you paid for. Even they have two deep friers going at once so they don't run out. But at Disney, it's you get what they give you.
(This is what the burger looked like after I purchased it. Keep in mind – $10.86)
But let's get to the review – shall we? It will be short, sweet and forgetful. Much like this meal.
What you think a black bean burger is supposed to be vanished from this particular order. It was not juicy. It had no texture and it was overcooked in portions of the patty. The bun was okay and the "special" avocado sauce that Disney boasted had no taste to it whatsover – did they put real avocado in there or pixie dust avocado?
To add I think this might have upset my stomach a bit too. I'm guessing in the future I should do this:
It always pains me to write a bad review for anyone but if I don't write a bad review than how can anyone determine where to buy the best sandwich/burgers in town?


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[QUOTE=kennyo7;4486549]At a time of nearly record job growth in the country, the state he was governor of was at the bottom (47th of 50). That coming from a man who claims he knows how to create jobs is a bit scary dont you think?[/QUOTE]
So your claim then, is that the President is the leading and primary factor in private sector job growth in our economy?
I would disagree with that claim myself, but with that said, how do you reconcile the exceptionally poor job growth under Obama the past four years with your fear that Romney will, as Chief Jobs Officer, be unable to create jobs?
Personally, no, I don't find it scary. I do not see the President as even a tertiary force in private sector job creation. Congress has vastly more power in that regard than the President does. And generally, it is my view that Government can only hurt job creation in the private sector via taxation and regulation, and only the removal of such things (or more specificly, the reduction of some, correction of others, and perhaps additions of yet others) can assist in job creation.
So, outside Presidential Job creation, what do you fear Romney will actually do/not do? I have to assume there is more.


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The service here is very good, the food is fine and it's not expensive, what's not to like? Their chicken katsu curry (£6.95) is very tasty, the chicken yakitore (£2.95) is good. Their freshly squeezed apple and pear juice is also fruit-tastic. It's very clean and nicely decorated and for this stretch of road in this part of London, it is awesome.
Poppyhana is very close to Bermondsey tube so it's easy to escape.Jamaica Road when you are done.
Yay for Poppy Hana!
The sushi is fresh and pretty good. My boyfriend and I like to order it to take away, then wander down to the Thames and eat it while watching the sun go down over the city. Thinking about the salmon, hottate and hamachi is making me drool.
I love sushi so much that I have not tried many of the more 'fusion' type things on the menu, however the kaki fry and the kani cream croquette both made me happy! The strange 'devilled' dishes on the menu intrigue me, but I didn't try them yet, so I will have to leave that to other yelpers...
On particularly lazy days we have also been known to order the take-out and have it delivered *blushes.* This is a good idea BUT I would avoid things that need to be eaten piping hot. Nasu dengaku and agedashi-dofu don't taste as good once they have cooled down on the delivery route.
They lost a star because the staff didn't know the names of fish in Japanese. They made me choose sushi by giving them numbers. I might be a snob, but I prefer to order by names (unagi, hottate and amaebi rather than 9, 12, 19).
I remember when Poppy Hana opened a couple of years ago, I was really happy to have some local Japanese food. But it's taken me a couple of years to finally go in and try it - mostly because the lure of the fish and chips shop a couple of doors down always wins out.
However, we finally tried it out last month. I wanted so much to love it - not least because they do delivery! But it was not meant to be... we had the chicken katsu don, some miso soup, plain rice, takoyami (octopus balls), agedashi tofu and chicken karaage. The best dish for me was the agedashi tofu and the chicken karaage was also nice. Overall, the food is nice enough and it's fairly reasonably priced, I just didn't "love" it. If I want a fix of Japanese food, I think I will be heading into town still.
The nice thing about Poppy Hana is that they recently reduced the size of the restaurant and opened a clothing store, which is joined to the restaurant. If you're a shopaholic (like me) then you can browse the shop whilst waiting for your meal. It's quite a cool experience! I would pop back to the clothing shop to peruse the Japanese fashions, and possibly if I needed a ramen fix.
Lovely fresh juices (I had the apple) I had the chicken katsu curry which was ok, the vegetables were really tasty and well cooked in it. The miso soup was also yummy, my brothers supreme sushi dish thing looked good too!
Our dishes were practically inedible, the staff were completely unhelpful and rude and the toilets were so filthy it put us off our dinner. It's one of the worst dining experiences we've ever had and we definitely won't be back.
Loved this place. The food is terrific & such good value! A fraction of the costof a meal at Wagamama & just as delicious.With 125 dishes this is quite a feat.The service was fast friendly & efficient.I had a spicy salmon udon a huge bowlof delicious soup. They do phone deals& free delivery on orders over £15.00 within a 3 mile radius.
Poppy Hana is a 5 minute walk away from me, they have satisfying main dishes on their menu and deliver to my home when I am feeling too lazy to walk to them. They are reasonably priced, and I am a loyal customer.
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I think the biggest thing that people just aren't getting with this expansion is:
With the addition of a new class blizzard is taking steps in a new direction in class design and talent point arrangement. Why is everyone all stuck on bladestorm sucking in pvp? Have you thought about it's use in pve? Swinging an additional time every 1.5sec is hardly weak when you look at the fact that you're still doing your normal white attacks. Last time I checked bladestorm was broken and charging the warrior 125 rage instead of the intended 25, ontop of the fact that you're immune to CC and probably already have hamstring on the target, how is that not massive? As far as titan grip, with the new windfury totem and flurry up, your attack speed will be 15% faster than the normal swing speed and you're still attacking with 2 2handers. Did it ever occur to anyone that Heroic leap might be intended as a pvp talent and bladestorm might be intended as a pve talent?
I was under the impression that bladestorm was channeled, and white attacks would not occur. Under this assumption, it basically lets you whirlwind a couple of times in succession, while moving and for substantially less rage. Nice, sure, but warriors were never intended to be AoE damage machines.
I can count on one hand the number of time I've accidentally pulled three or more enemies and wished I'd had something like this, and Retaliation/Cleave/Sweeping Strikes handled those instances admirably.
ur warlocks are bad.
If you'd take half a second to look at other classes than warrior and their trees, you'd see something akin to what they've done with death knight trees. Blizzard has stated directly to the death knight class that they want ALL trees to be able to do the class's roles equally well, depending on specific talent choices ofcourse. Taking that idea and applying it to the other classes and their talent trees, you can clearly see that the developers want to take the other classes in that direction as well.
For once I'd like to see someone of the warrior class wrap their massively thick skull around the idea that possibly, bladestorm is not mainly intended for pvp application and titan grip is not mainly intended for pve application.
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Phohammar: wrong. white attacks do not happen during a bladestorm.


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Ally: I have a friend who has gone to see Dave Matthews Band over five times. At least. Lainey, of Lainey Gossip, might be my Dave Matthews Band.
I'm (mostly) kidding, (Pink! would be my Dave Matthews Band) but getting to meet Lainey will go on my amateur blogger highlight reel. Right up there with L-A and I getting to sit on Santa's lap.
The Faculty of Celebrity Gossip was presented by Vitamin Water, which, it has to be, said put on an incredible event. The food and drinks served up by Fred were delicious. Regarding the drinks though, when someone suggests I put "water" of any form in my cocktail I usually offer them a severe head tilt.
Source: All photos courtesy of Vitamin Water's Flickr Page
Consider me wrong. That cocktail was delicious.
The event even had a delightful crest which made us all feel much more OK about the fact we were spending three hours talking about Tom and Katie.
Lainey kicked off the evening addressing this very fact, that we were actually going to sit in a room and dissect people's personal lives, saying that it was no different than people studying bugs for a living. Sure!
I want you to look very closely at the above picture. See the lady in the purple shirt? Sure, she looks harmless but she steals things. That very night she stole my valedictorian prize. Let's take a closer look shall we?
I have not been this devastated since Blake Lively took Leo Dicaprio to Italy.
[L-A in her editor's hat note: We've actually met the "lady in the purple shirt". Her name is Joan and she has attended FPQT events in the past. It didn't matter what the prize was. Ally just wanted bragging rights. I actually threw easy questions on the quiz just in case. Because I know full well Lainey isn't on Newsworld. I just didn't want to see the following on here: "see that hussy in the striped shirt who was formerly known as my friend? she robbed me of my award!"]
[Ally in her I'm Still Hurting hat: Joan ?Please know I call you "purple shirt lady" in jest. Take me to Fred with your gift certificate maybe? ]
Despite this immense disappointment, we enjoyed a fantastic evening. Best of which was that we got to sit up front with local celebrity bloggers Jill Mader and Leslie Flemming.
Lainey and Vitamin Water will be continuing to travel the country for the Faculty of Celebrity Studies series. As well, Lainey will be posting some hilarious "how-to" articles on Vitamin Water's tumblr page. The first one on wedding etiquette is one all wedding guests must read.
The tumblr page will also feature advice from Lainey. You can email her at firstname.lastname@example.com or tweet your question with #asklainey. Her on-camera responses will be posted to the vitaminwater tumblr and YouTube page every month.
Lainey, thanks for coming to Halifax. Even though you weren't Seth Cohen (apparently #SethSpotting 2012 is off, L-A will fill you in on that later), we felt important and stupid-looking standing next to you.
Regretfully, I neglected to ask Lainey where her incredible dress and shoes came from. Instead, I talked about our mutual ill-advised crush on Eminem. This is why I would never cut it as a reporter on ETalk!
L-A: What Ally said.
But seriously, it was such a fun night. And not that I needed to justify my love of celebrity gossip, it was fun to talk smart about it for awhile. In case you're wondering how it's possible to make celebrity gossip smart (I already knew it could be. I studied TV), it's all about this: the way we look at celebrity gossip says a lot about us and how we view the world and it's all about the business of celebrities (they are a brand with marketers and communications people).
I also really appreciated that at least five times during the evening, Lainey had no problem letting her "feminist flag fly". Golf claps to her. Not a lot of people like to let that flag fly. It's often, "mumble, sure I'm a feminist, but…" or "why do we need it?" (the answer to the latter is a discussion for another day).
As for our posing? Once I master eyeliner, I am going to start to work on how to pose better already. God that's embarassing.
Thanks again Lainey for coming! Sorry if we fangirled too much!!
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I am so jealous!
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I saw that photo too! I am the worst. I can only assume I was aware I was being photographed and decided to look incredibly awkward instead of attractive in any way.
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I am currently running the Apache webserver under Linux RedHat and am relatively new to the whole thing so please bear with me.... I would sincerely appreciate your recommendations as ...
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Apache 'conf' and 'html' permissions?
I would sincerely appreciate your recommendations as to:
1) Which user/group (e.g. apache) should own the "etc/httpd/conf/" and "var/www/html" folders and sub-contents?
2) What are the appropriate permissions (chmod nnn?) for the named user/group?
If it makes any difference, I am using basic authentication over SSL and all associated certificate/password files are stored in the conf directory.
Thanks in advance.
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1) /etc/httpd/conf & /var/www/html/ should be owned by the apache user. The user that Apache runs under will be in the httpd.conf file (search for "User" IIRC). The line below will say what group it runs under. Once you have this info, it would be "chown nobody:nobody /var/www/html" for example, if the user:group were nobody and nobody. (chown is change ownership). All that said, the folder can be owned by any user/group you want, as long as apache has at least read access to it.
2) Depends on what you are going to do with the folder. Have a look in the Tutorials section, near the bottom there is a list of common chmods.
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Thanks for your response...
My webserver is running as user:apache and group:apache and so I had previously assigned ownership using the chown and chgrp commands. You have confirmed this decision makes sense. Thanks.
My plan is to serve plain content (html pages and images) across my LAN without any fancy interaction (e.g. uploads etc.). To achieve this, I understand that Apache will require read (chmod 400) access (at least) to the 'conf' and 'www' directories. However, basic authentication over SSL only appears to work when set to read + execute (chmod 500). I've been advised that this (eXecute) 'is wrong' and that the directories and contents should only be read. Do you agree with this? and why might it not be working?
I include the relevant portion from my http.conf file below:
#Load SSL module LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so #Listen for incoming connections on port 443 (SSL) Listen 184.108.40.206:443 #Added Virtual Host (SSL) <VirtualHost 18.104.22.168:443> DocumentRoot /var/www/html/secure/ ServerName 18.104.22.168 NameVirtualHost 22.214.171.124:443 SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/conf/servercert.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/conf/privkey.pem SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/httpd/conf/cacert.pem </VirtualHost> #Added Secure Directory <Directory /var/www/html/secure/> SSLRequireSSL AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted Files" AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.passwords Require valid-user </Directory>
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Thanks Jason...
Through testing etc, I've come to some sort of conclusion which I thought may be useful to share.
Owner & Group Ownership
As we acknowledged, both the 'conf' and 'html' directories must be owned by the same user/group accounts as stated in the Apache configuration file (httpd.conf). To do this, you may use the GUI right-click > properties menu (e.g. in KDE Konquerer), or by executing the following commands at the terminal console:
# Change owner & group ownership of 'conf' directory (and contents) chown apache /etc/httpd/conf -R chgrp apache /etc/httpd/conf -R # Change owner & group ownership of 'html' directory (and contents) chown apache /var/www/html -R chgrp apache /var/www/html -R
Directory/File Permissions
Having assigned ownership of the directories and files to the appropriate user/group accounts, it must be decided what is a suitible level of access (e.g. read/write/execute for owner/group/others). This is quite an important decision as the last thing we want is for unauthorised users (local or remote) to manipulate/copy/delete our configuration files or web content.
'html' directory
Since the intended scenario does not require the ability to upload/delete files on the web server ('html' dir) from a remote client browser, it logically follows that the permissions should be 'read only'. However, since Linux carries the concept of user/group/other specific permissions, it must be decided to whom 'read-only' access will be granted (i.e. just the user, the whole group, or anyone else).
As all web maintenance etc is to be performed within the context of the system 'root' user account (who by implication has full access to all files), there is no need to provide anyone else other than the Apache user account with access. The Apache group doesn't really even need to have access.
Based on the above considerations, I feel the 'html' directory should be configured as follows:
# Assign read-only access to the 'html' directory (and sub-contents) for the file owner (Apache) chmod 400 /var/www/html -R
Assuming you have configured Apache to store its log files outside the 'conf' directory (or not at all), the Apache user acount should only need read access to 'conf'. Think about it...To apply the configuration settings from the 'httpd.conf' file and use password/certificate files etc, all Apache has to do is read the relevant files; it doesn't have to change/delete/create them. And again, the Apache user account should be the only user/group/account that requires this access. Based on the above considerations, I assigned the following permissions to my 'conf' directory:
# Assign read-only access to the 'conf' directory (and sub-contents) for the file owner (Apache) chmod 400 /etc/httpd/conf -R
The Quirk
Now, this is the part that had me baffled...It had pretty much all made sense up to this point, but it still didn't work.
Essentially, it boils down to this...In order to use certificate/password files etc from the 'conf' directory, the Apache user account has to be able to 'enter' the directory before being able to 'read' its contents. By adding this permission using the command below, I was one step nearer to solving the problem.
# Assign read + enter permissions to directory owner chmod 500 /etc/httpd/conf # note the absence of '-R' (recursive) -> Sub-contents still only have read access
# Assign read + enter permissions to directory owner chmod 500 /var/www/html # Again, note the absence of '-R' (recursive) -> Sub-contents still only have read access
This solved the problem and I now have reasonable confidence in the user/group ownership/permissions assigned.
Quite an interesting puzzle, and I may still have it wrong. At the moment, however, it seems sensible???
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So the lesson is...
Directories need read+enter access, whilst files only need read.
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Your permissions for ur html files should be chmod 644 other wise no one could access ur html files from the web cause only you can read the. And i dont get 500 why do you need execute permissions?


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Howard Miller is the president of The Center Club, which celebrates 50 years this year. (Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna / March 8, 2012)
But in 1962, when the club was founded, it had a simpler goal in mind: to provide an inclusive environment for the city's business professionals regardless of their race or religion. Some of the club's earliest members included prominent black leaders, such as Martin D. Jenkins, president of then-Morgan State College, and Henry G. Parks Jr., founder of Parks Sausage Co.
Over its lifetime, the club has moved twice from its original location at One Charles Center, and three years ago it spent $2.7 million to renovate its current space at 100 Light St.
During the recession, the Center Club's membership dwindled to a low of 1,554, down from a peak of 2,200 in 1999-2000. More recently, though, membership has picked up, with the total now at 1,921.
To mark its 50th anniversary this year, the club seeks to reach 2,012 members, according to Howard Miller, president of the Center Club and a partner at law firm Saul Ewing. Miller joined the club in 1966 and still carries his original membership card.
The Baltimore Sun recently spoke with Miller about the club's history, its membership drive and its efforts to stay relevant.
Some people may be unfamiliar with the Center Club's founding. How did it get started?
It was an outgrowth of the 1950s redevelopment of Charles Center. As business leaders were having secret meetings with the mayor, they found that most of the places in town where they could have the meetings had discriminatory policies.
So … half a dozen of the … business leaders got together and decided when the first new building went up, which became One Charles Center, that they needed for the betterment of the city a private club for business people, male and female, that did not discriminate.
The existing private clubs in town in one way or another had discriminatory policies. That is why we view ourselves today as a civic institution, and we're still fulfilling that obligation today.
How have been able to increase the club's membership in recent years?
When you have our type of organization, with almost 2,000 members, every year, because of death, people moving out of state and retirement, we lose 5 to 6 percent of members. … While we've been able to grow our membership by almost 400 in the last three years, it means we've taken in 700 new members. In the face of the economic slowdown, we know we're doing something right.
We've been able to grow our membership because we've been true to our core values. The Center Club was established in 1962 to give the leadership of Baltimore an opportunity to come together and discuss business and create a place where they could enjoy each other's company. Our slogan today is "Where commerce and culture meet."
One of the other reasons why we've been able to build our membership is we're not just a lunch and dinner club. We're a civic institution.
We have within the Center Club six "clubs," such as two Spanish-speaking clubs and a history club.
We are constantly increasing the services and activities we could provide our members.
In the age of Twitter, meet-ups and other social networking events, how does the club stay relevant?
Ten years ago, we did very little programming. We now do 200 events a year.
We stay relevant by continuing to bring in members. We continue to encourage people to create business relationships within the club.
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Happy Gilmore's Grandma died…
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The actress who played Adam Sandler's grandma in "Happy Gilmore" has died. Frances Bay died this past Thursday at the age of 92. A family member says she had been, quote, "ill with various infections." You may also recognize her from a few other roles: She played Fonzie's Grandma Nussbaum on "Happy Days". She was also the woman Jerry stole the marble rye from on "Seinfeld".
Here's a clip of Frances and Ben Stiller from "Happy Gilmore":


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