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The Errington Farmers' Market offers fresh garden produce and cut flowers (in season), baked goods, preserves, plants, herbs, jewelry, cards plus so much more. All items created by local crafters. 'Make It, Bake It or Grow It!'
Coffee & goodies from the coffee shop in a woodsy, friendly atmosphere. There is always live music playing in our Band Shelter & activities for kids. Market Basket Draw at noon.
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Join us at the United Church every Saturday 10 am-3 pm. Featuring fresh local farm produce, seasonal fresh B.C. fruits and berries, dairy cheeses, butter & eggs, baked pies & tarts, baked breads, soups, beef jerky, honey, corn brittle, preserves, local arts & crafts, jewellery, painting and photography, face painting, and much, much more. Occasionally, we hope to have local musicians and singers entertain you on the riverfront deck. See you there!
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Every Saturday from May through October, Artisan Farmer's Market is in a wonderful location right by the water, shaded by trees on the East Plaza at North Vancouver's Lonsdale Quay Market & Shops. We have a great selection of organic & conventional produce, fruits & berries. Our prepared food vendors sell baking, jams, honey, preserves, salsas, sauces, pickles & pastas to name a few. Our crafters have jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, soaps, botanical prints, herbal skincare & much more. The Farmers' Market also features a book swap, kids play area & featured entertainment.
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Mission City Farmers' Market has been in existence since 1996. For our outdoor markets, we provide a small town ambiance in the midst of shade-offering trees and the calming flow of Lane Creek. We offer a variety of in season products as well as some talented local artisans and entertainers. Mission City Farmers Market has an atmosphere that will make you smile and take you back to a quieter time. Come visit us and see for yourself. We look forward to welcoming you!
Come enjoy one of the best markets in the Okanagan with some of the freshest fruit and veggies you can imagine. Meet our wonderful vendors who offer the widest variety of everything. The season begins on the first Saturday in May and continues through October. See you there!
The Quesnel Farmers' Market has been a weekend institution since 1989. During the summer, the Market runs special events, including the Flavours of Quesnel, Artists at the Market, and Customer Appreciation Day. For more information, drop by our website or give us a shout.
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Revelstoke's market is the place to be on Saturday mornings! Downtown's Grizzly Plaza, surrounded by heritage buildings interspersed with views of snow covered peaks, comes alive with colourful awnings, crowds of people, and a vibrant market atmosphere. You'll find lots of fresh local fruits and vegetables (both conventionally-grown and organic); eggs; local honey; baking; preserves; locally-made crafts; unique metal and woodworks; knitting; fresh flowers; food vendors and much more.
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The Skeena Valley Farmers' Market has been in operation for over 20 years, and has really grown in the last ten years. Terrace is the furthest point north in BC where fruit trees can be grown, and the wares of the 70+ vendors aptly reflect the products of the fertile Skeena Valley. Everything at this Market is home-grown, made and baked, and coming here on a Saturday morning is the social thing to do - think of it as a community living room!
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Made this for a holiday (Mother's Day) dinner a few years ago. Surprised that no one had reviewed this yet. Used Hogue Late Harvest Riesling. The taste is refreshing and the berries (I used strawberries, raspberries and blueberries) provided a nice counter-balance to the sweetness of the wine. You really want to try this recipe.
Late-Harvest Riesling Sorbet with Berries
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro
The late-harvest version of the wine has a higher sugar content than standard riesling. Fresh lime juice offsets the sweetness in our refreshing dessert. Use a combination of any fresh berries you have on hand, including strawberries.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 2/3 cup sorbet and about 1/3 cup berries)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 125
- Calories from fat: 2%
- Fat: 0.3g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 0.8g
- Carbohydrate: 30.7g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.6mg
- Sodium: 6mg
- Calcium: 18mg
- Sorbet:
- 1 2/3 cups late-harvest riesling
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- Berries:
- 1 cup blackberries
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup raspberries
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons late-harvest riesling
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lime rind
- To prepare sorbet, combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Increase heat to medium-high; bring to a boil. Cook 30 seconds. Pour mixture into a bowl; cool. Cover and chill 1 hour.
- Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon sorbet into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze 2 hours or until firm.
- To prepare berries, combine blackberries and remaining ingredients; toss gently. Cover and chill. Serve sorbet topped with berries.
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Energy Department recovers $21 million from Fisker to pay back loans
Fisker still owes feds $192 million.
The U.S. Department of Energy says it recovered $21 million in cash from struggling Fisker Automotive that will go toward repaying nearly $200 million in loans extended under a U.S. program to spur advanced vehicle development.
The Energy Department recouped the cash on April 11, DOE spokeswoman Aoife McCarthy said in a statement Monday.
"Given the obvious difficulties the company is facing, we are taking strong and appropriate action on behalf of taxpayers," the agency said in a statement.
A spokeswoman from Sitrick and Co., Fisker's outside public relations agency, declined to comment.
McCarthy said the agency recovered cash from Fisker's approximately $21 million reserve account -- funds that came from the company's sales and investors, not the department's loan.
Fisker, a maker of luxury plug-in cars, owes the U.S. government about $192 million of the $529 million credit line it received from the agency in 2009.
The company's first repayment of $20.2 million on the Energy Department loan was due Monday.
It wasn't clear if the funds recovered on April 11 satisfied today's payment.
The department suspended disbursements on the $529 million loan in June 2011 after Fisker fell short of U.S. sales and production milestones established as a condition of the loan.
Fisker, based in Anaheim, Calif., stopped manufacturing cars last summer and has about 50 employees after it laid off three quarters of its workers on April 5 to preserve cash.
It has retained Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a law firm with one of the largest U.S. bankruptcy practices.
A U.S. House panel is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on Fisker and its government financing.
Witnesses invited to attend the hearing include Fisker co-founder and namesake Henrik Fisker, who resigned last month; CEO Tony Posawatz and Chief Operating Officer Bernhard Koehler, who helped start the company.
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The Bolts Beat Podcast, with Mike Corcoran and Jon Jordan
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Former HockeyBuzz.com Tampa Bay Lightning correspondent, Jon Jordan, and Creative Loafing's Lightning writer, Mike Corcoran stop in for a cameo here at Hockey Independent with the debut episode of The Bolts Beat – a relaunch/rebranding of the podcast formerly known as BoltsBuzz Radio.
On today's show, Lyle "Spector" Richardson joins Jon and Mike to discuss the highs and lows of the trade rumor game, the expected transaction frenzy of this weekend's NHL Draft and the off-season ahead for the both Lightning and the NHL in general. Also joining the broadcast: Lightning blue chip goaltending prospect Dustin Tokarski, who shares his draft experience and gives his thoughts on the bright future that lies ahead for him.
All that and more, including draft and offseason opinions and predictions from the hosts as well as the return of former BBR features, "What the Hell Was THAT?" and "Mike's Missed Call of the Week". (And maybe, juuuuuuust MAYBE, a little insight into the mysterious future of JJ's Bolts coverage???)
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A Moving Story: Friends or Professionals?
Someone once told me, "Movers are for people who don't have friends". The ability to hire movers can seem like a status symbol. Of course not all of us can afford to hire a team of movers in a shiny large truck, but I feel so guilty asking my friends!
Last week I moved quite a distance. The drive from Chicago to Minneapolis in a fully-loaded UHaul was difficult to say the least. For the first time, we had absolutely no friends to help us move. Most of our friends have 9-5 jobs and couldn't help on a Wednesday morning. We enlisted my father to help, but moving from a 3-story walkup was difficult with only 3 of us. So, once we arrived in Minneapolis we knew that we needed help.
There was an ad for emove.com on the side of the UHaul. Being complete amateurs, we went to the website and hired a couple of men to help unload our UHaul (again, into a 3-story walkup). I was a little wary at first obviously. I'm not a paranoid person, but I always hear horror stories with this sort of thing.
Luckily we had the most amazing experience. We hired a company called Strongboy Movers based out of Minneapolis. Two strapping men arrived at our door on time and had our entire UHaul unloaded in only one hour! Our experience was amazing to say the least!
Do you usually hire professionals or do you enlist free help from friends? Have you had any horror stories or great experiences when moving?
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i can tell you, from experience that there are only so many times you can ask even your BEST FRIENDS to help you move. we hit our limit at 7. haha!
plus, after moving so many times, we're pretty much pros at it ourselves, but we'll hire movers the next time.
I sympathize. We rented a U-haul once and it was a nightmare. Not to mention, back problems (from my former job which required heavy lifting all the time - I've had enough of that). If I had the money I'd definetly hire. I'm sure my friends would say yes with a smile, but I know it would be a fake smile. No one likes to spend a day lugging stuff around. If I had the money to thank them with a nice dinner, at that point I'd rather just use the cash to hire someone and have that free time to do other things (like make sure my cats are comfortable during the chaos). ;)
I hire movers. That way I don't feel guilty asking my friends. I haaaaaate the process of moving. I'd rather throw some money at professionals. OR you can ask around. I hired an out of work friend of a friend who could def use the money and it was still cheaper then hiring professionals.
Get pros with a good reputation. They will do the job more quickly and efficiently and if they break anything, you're covered. They also have experience with many different types of setups and are more likely to get your huge dresser up the skinny twisty steps (true experience) without damaging anything.
Where I'm from, unless you're a student or just young and broke, you hire movers or force family to help out. There's only so much work people will do for pizza and beer.
I truly believe that hiring reputable movers if moving more than a few hundred miles is worth it. We recently moved my dad from Minneapolis to NYC, and while the movers weren't great, they did get the job done.
I would have helped you unload! You moved to my city after all. I just helped my sister, roommate, and sister-in-law. What's one more?
We had friends help us with our last move which will be the last time for that. Professionals, I hope, are much better at not banging up walls and furniture!
Definitely movers for me.
I've had had friends helping, 3 times to be exact. While I love my friends, there were moments when I wanted to choke them. =D It's hard to confront them if they break you things by accident.
I'm moving on a budget and I'm still hiring professional movers. I've used them with my last two moves and seriously - once you've hired that job out, you can never go back. While I wish it were more economical, moving is stressful enough without having to worry about calling in all your favors, watching your friends fumble around with your heavy old furniture, and stressing about how to get your boxspring up an awkwardly shaped stairwell.
When in doubt hire out. Applies to plumbing, electricians, hair stylists AND movers. So much faster and less stressful. Moving is stressful enough. There are ways to keep costs down--I pack my own boxes, use movers to get the boxes and furniture from the house to the truck, then back to the house. Only on cross country moves, however, do I put movers in possession of my stuff. Otherwise, we drive the truck.
I'm with TravelingRae. I could not imagine my friends hoisting my sofa over the 2nd floor balcony!
You've officially reached adulthood when you stop asking/expecting friends to help you move.
Movers are for people that actually LIKE their friends :)
When we moved from San Diego to Seattle, my man's company footed the bill for movers. Hooray. When we moved across town, however, I economized by packing and hauling everything but the furniture myself. It saved us a ton of money, but did mean a lot more work for me. Still, it was nice to unpack boxes and know exactly what I packed, unlike our other move. The movers packed our stuff with little rhyme or reason and it took FOREVER to sort it all out. Also, once you hit your 30s, I totally agree with MJR: If you like your friends, don't ask them to help you move!
I ONLY hire movers. I once tried to have family and friends help and it was disastrous. My mattress was destroyed and some furniture was chipped and scratched. They also weren't as motivated to finish and kept sking for pizza and beer as payment. Except, then they became too drunk to finish helping. Le sigh. If you ask friends to help you, you also have to try to coordinate everyone's schedule and its just so tedious. This person can only help for two hours. This person is going to be late. That person doesn't want to lift the heavy stuff. It's all understandable so I avoid being in that scenario.
Now I save up for movers. Since I live alone usually in studios or 1 bedrooms, I do not have a lot of stuff. It takes a short while for two men to move all my stuff for me.
I recently saw a groupon for a discount on a moving company. I regret it only a little that I didn't buy it since I'll be moving in the spring of 2012.
Acutally let me rephrase my answer: I think hiring friends is a good choice, just to help you move the heavy stuff. That way my friends can say no and not feel guilty, because it's more about me "hiring" them and not a favor. The last time I moved I also needed furniture; a (wealthy) friend was desperate to get rid of her furntiure. I told her I'd take it and pay her $250 for the cheap furniture if she'd help me move it to my house. We both walked away happy.
This last move for us which was last month we had to hire people to help. We had just asked friends too many times - plus we were moving to a new city/state thus didn't know anyone. We ended up hiring people to "help" and they did just that - not 100% of the work but 50-75% of it. It made it cheaper for us and affordable.
Was just having a discussion with someone about this! My family used friends growing up and while inexpensive if something broke, there was no insurance or reimbursement. I learned from this and always hire moving companies for my moves. It's worked out great and well worth the cost.
I love my friends, and my boyfriend's family is always willing to help move. However, I agree with everyone about hiring out. I don't mind packing the boxes myself, and would rather get tired and annoyed at myself or my boyfriend rather than getting annoyed at friends and family. It's just less stress all around when I don't have someone's constant "advice" in my ear.
The best way to end a friendship is to ask a friend to help you move. It's the express train to resentment and bitterness. If it's a good friend I will kick down some $$$ and a recommendation for a good, affordable mover.
When I moved into my last place, a two story, my knees were killing me for about two weeks after the move from lugging heavy boxes up the stairs. When I moved into my current place, also a two story, I decided it was worth it to pay someone to do the heavy lifting. I hired Two Men and a Truck and for $345 they loaded all my furniture and boxes (that I had packed myself) and unloaded them at the new place, all in under three hours. It was totally worth every penny!
We did the U-Haul + eMove/Moving Help thing a few weeks ago. We drove the truck, they loaded/unloaded. SO much cheaper than hiring movers to do the whole thing. I wasn't moving far and could have asked friends, but the building I was moving out of has a strict time limit for the freight elevator so we couldn't afford any delays. The guys we chose were great, and it's nice to be able to read reviews, see proof they're insured AND get a flat quote. Would absolutely do it again.
After relying on my friends and family to help me move every couple of years (I moved around a lot while in college), all the while acquiring more and more (heavy) stuff (namely MCM furniture, books and vinyl - my record collection is now about 6,000), about 8 years ago I started hiring movers. I cannot stress this enough: if you have more than will fit in a mini-van - HIRING MOVERS IS SO WORTH IT. Rather than sweating and straining and lifting and cursing, you get to stand back and direct, and the entire process is usually finished in an hour or so (depending on the distance, of course). I just moved again last weekend and it was a no-brainer. If at all possible, hiring movers is the way to go.
I wish we would have hired movers on our last move.. We had a week's notice that we were moving and so here I was, running all around town looking for spare boxes to pack up all of our stuff. Plus, we had items coming from all over town from family and friends trying to help out and my little car just couldn't take it all. We ended up borrowing a company van from my boyfriend's employer and enlisting both of our brothers. It took us almost a week to get absolutely everything together. It saved money, but certainly not time.
Family members. The only people who will keep speaking to you after you make them help you move. :)
I just moved a month ago - still in the same town, though. Only about 15 minutes away. It wasn't as big of an ordeal as I went from one bedroom of stuff (had a roommate and moved into her place) to my very own condo. Granted, I didn't have much, I still had some heavy/big pieces. I moved all the boxes myself (clothes, books, office things, anything I could get into a box) and the rest of the bigger/heavier things I held off until my boyfriend was able to help me. It was down one flight of stairs, into the back of his truck, and back up another flight of stairs. I'd probably have to say that if I were to move from this place to another, I'd probably hire movers - just because I've got more stuff.
There's asking friends to help move, and then there's asking for more than that. On TWO SEPARATE occasions, we have been asked to help friends or family move, when it turned out they hadn't even packed yet!
Once was good friends who sold their house quicker than expected and needed to get out before they left for 6 weeks in Europe. Fine, okay, we'll come and help load your trailers for an afternoon. It turned out they hadn't packed ANYTHING, even stuff they could have started packing knowing they were selling their house and would be moving. We spend the day dismantling furniture and packing boxes.
The other time was me and my parents helping my little sister move from one city to the other once she was done college. Her apartment was FILTHY (unbearably so!) and she, too, had not packed anything. Not only that, she didn't even have any BOXES! Everything ended up in garbage bags and thrown in the back of the moving van that my parents had rented for the day. Nightmare!
Lesson learned: I never help anyone move, and never ask for help.
Oh, the bitterness of some family members or friends if you refuse to help them move. I was called expletives (not in person, natch) for not driving across state lines on my own dime to help a close relative move. But it was worth the month-long silent treatment to know that I likely won't be asked again. And I wasn't when he moved again less than a year later. :)
Hire Hire Hire...Always.
I guess it depends on your age and where you are in your lives, but as a young couple just starting out and moving into our first home, we relied greatly on the help of friends.
Not only did they graciously help us move from Apartment -> Storage in extreme heat, followed 1 month later by moving from Storage -> House in pouring rain....they even stuck around to help us clean, unpack, take down wallpaper, paint, tear up carpeting, install new quarter round, bring us food AND got us very generous housewarming gifts. If your friends say no to helping you move, you need new friends =]
But if you're too lazy to even participate in the move yourself, or return the favor later, then hire someone!
I haven't had to move yet, but I rather hire movers than to bug my friends. 4 of my friends have moved recently, 2 used movers and it was done quick & smoothly. The 2 that had friends help was a nightmare. So yeah I'll hire movers.
Use movers for all the heavy lifting (and driving).
Save the friends for an unpacking party. Complete with beer and pizza. ;)
I am only willing to help move family and close friends (who don't move frequently). I feel that friends who ask me to help them move frequently are pushing it. My advice to those who move and ask for help from friends: Extend your friends the courtesy of having everything packed and ready to go. My advice for people who move often: Don't own too many things, for the sake of your friends' backs.
If you're moving a dinky one bedroom apartment, sparsely furnished, then go for it with the friends. Especially if you are a student.
OTOH, if you have a proper home full of furniture and dishes and cookware and books and the LOT of it? Shame on you for thinking your friends want to spend their spare time hauling your sh*t around!
If you are a relative minimalist and moving locally on a flexible time frame, friends may be a good option. Last move I had to pay rent in the old place for a month after I got the keys to my new place. Pricey, but it gave me the luxury of time, so I used that instead of movers. I packed up everything small over the course of a couple weeks and moved it a car load at a time. Then it took me and two friends two hours with a U-Haul to get the furniture across town. Pretty easy.
The move before that, however, I moved half-way across the country and had a stipend from my job. I used my own boxes, and packed them myself, but let movers do the rest. Worth every penny.
It only takes one move into a 5th floor walk-up while you have the flu to sell you on pro movers forever!
I feel like once you're out of your 20s (and not in grad school or something) it's pretty hard to ask friends to do a bunch of heavy lifting in exchange for pizza or donuts. I will enlist their help (or family) to watch the truck during loading/unloading, help with packing or unpacking, and general moving-day moral support.
If at all possible, pay for movers. Good real movers. A friend of mine lived with me for a year before her fiance relocated to our area. When she was moving out, she hired movers on Craigslist to load the uhaul. It turned out to be a mom and her two kids, they showed up 4 hours late with no apology and left gouges in my walls in a couple of places. She missed the service elevator window she'd reserved at her new apartment, and it was a total fiasco. You'd think she'd learned her lesson, but when she and her fiance moved again a year later, they again went to craigslist, and hired a guy who said he was "licensed and insured." Sadly they did not actually ask for proof of that statement. He and his crew were similarly awful and actually broke an antique table, and they had to sue in small claims court to get him to pay. They ended up spending a lot more $$$ and aggravation than if they would have just hired someone reputable in the first place.
By contrast, when I moved last fall, I hired the best-reviewed company I could find on yelp and they were AWESOME. Three Russian guys, they had my entire 3 story townhouse moved into my new house in 5 hours, with everything reassembled and without so much as a scratch on anything. Worth every penny.
I was lucky: owning a piano meant that I never asked family/friends to help me move, it would have been dangerous to them or the piano. So I've always had movers, although friends have helped pack and unpack - that's enough work for pizza and beer!
For distances my family helped me.
For a same city move... I asked a friend or two to help move manageable boxes a day or two before I got the movers to move the furniture, which almost wasn't worth it.
Seriously, not one 30-something woman complained about hauling boxes up a three story walk-up... but the movers were whiney babies!
They whimpered that I didn't inform them that both apartments (to and from) were third floor... well guess what... no one asked! It didn't even occur to me that it would be an issue - I'd never hired movers before.
Next time... I still think I'll move the small stuff myself and get a couple beefy men to help with the few furniture pieces I have. Better than dealing with cry-babies.
It all boils down to whether you can afford it. If you can afford it, of course you should use movers. If you can't, then ask friends.
As I've gotten older (no in my 40s), my friends inevitably have gotten older as well. I strongly believe in making room in my budget for movers as I really don't want any of us getting hurt. I don't want to be responsible for any of my friends having loss work time due to a back or other injury. Everyone's time is so valuable and scarce now also, I don't want anyone spending their Saturday helping me move instead of getting in their much needed down or family time.
more than 3 total flights (up or down) = movers
over 30 = movers.
Moving in a few weeks and everyone who I have ever helped move in the past twenty years has volunteered their backs and knees but I have already hired a mover. I have zero interest in moving myself from a four story walkup to a three story walkup, or enlisting anyone to help me move since I recently began telling folks no. Too old and tired..
I pack myself, with the exception of china and crystal. If I am moving across town I move all of the boxes I can lift myself (and I pack so there are very few I can't handle myself). I hire professional movers to move the furniture and any large items I can't lift safely. It's not a bad experience if you are VERY organized. Last time I moved across the country and had only one full trash can when we drove away ten minutes after the movers left. I think there are just too many ways to ruin friendships in a moving situation, and if you plan carefully you can minimize the expense.
I wanted to hire movers for my last move but the quotes I got were outrageous. Over $600 to move the contents of my 500 sq. ft. studio to my new condo barely two miles away.
Hire movers. End of story. My husband and I helped some friends move across country earlier this year. They decided that the contents of their suburban, single-family home would fit in a 26'L box truck with a 12'L trailer attached, so movers were unnecessary. Being a good friend, my husband volunteered us to help - saying it was a disaster is an understatement. After taking 8 days of paid time off between the two of us, and driving 1200 miles, we were exhausted, completely under appreciated and became part of many uncomfortable, dysfunctional family disagreements. It was a miserable experience and no one should be subjected to that type of situation. Out of love for all our friends and family, we'll be hiring movers when we ditch our 1bdrm condo next summer.
I've always used friends and/or family, and I've never minded being asked to help. As my friends and I get older, that might change, based on decreasing strength and increasing available funds. I did use ABF rather than renting a truck and driving it myself across country, which was totally worth it. I packed it, and they picked it up and drove it. It was great, and cost the same as a rental truck once I factored in the gas. The biggest tip I have is to be fully packed, organized and ready when anyone shows up to help with the move. If you're all packed up, even amateurs can get you in and out quickly. If you're not really ready to go, you'll just annoy your friends and waste their time, and if you've hired movers, you may have to pay extra for packing or you may not be able to find your stuff when they're done.
A very timely post.
I'm now having a hard time understanding why you WOULDN'T hire movers... at least in Chicago. When we moved into our last apartment, it cost $150 just to rent the giant cargo van. UHauls and the like are also very expensive in the city. This last move into our new apartment cost $350 with professional movers. SO WORTH EVERY PENNY.
I hired the moving company which had the best Yelp reviews, and boy, they did not let me down. I was so impressed by how polite, quick, and careful they were (New City Moving in Chicago).
My fiance and I are 27 and I just feel a little too old to ask friends to help us move. Notably, no friends of ours have asked in the past few years to help them move. I think we've all just kind of grown out of that phase.
I like helping friends move. Am I the only one? It's a nice gesture and it's nice to do a little manual labor every once in a while.
I hire movers, but ask a friend or two to guide movers to the correct set-down places and - this is important - stick around the truck to make sure nothing gets stolen.
Hire movers. It's just not cool to ask your friends to move your stuff. No matter how much beer and pizza you offer them. Besides, movers really cost less in the end.
After 17 moves (including 2 across country) I had to hire a moving company for my last move. I had heard very good things about Two Men and a Truck moving company. I cannot recommend them enough. They arrived on time, packed the truck and unpacked the truck in record time. I am getting older now and my family members are older than I am so asking them to help was out of the question. I saved up for my move and believe me it was worth it to hire them.
@sherrio - I like helping friends move too, but then I've never had a bad experience like others are posting, and I am lucky to be young with no physical problems.
My family never hired movers and we moved nearly every year of my life (in a UHaul) until I bought a condo 8 years ago with my bf. But we never had anything precious and the largest item was the mattress.
the more times you ask friends to help you move, the fewer friends you'll have to ask in the future
I'm an adult now. I hire movers. My friends only job is to come over and drink wine at the house warming party.
Movers are for people who love their friends.
I've hired movers for the previous three moves. A one bedroom apartment cost me around $400-$500 including truck. I shudder to think what the 2300 square foot home I now live in will cost. None of my experiences with movers was really great but it sure beat killing the backs of my friends and family to save a few bucks.
Oh! And that was within the same city move. It would have cost more for me if I had moved out of the metro region.
I just moved out of my 4th floor apartment after 15 years. I never even considered asking friends. I have too much valuable and heavy furniture combined with treacherous, curved steps (58 of them!) to subject friends or family to the rigors of moving. I've watched enough delivery men gasp at my stairs to know that it was a tough job even for the four professionals who did the move.
I had the keys to the new place for about a week before the move and brought over all my plants, the pantry, the bathroom stuff, and some antique glassware myself.
Everything else was boxed and ready to go, but it was still a six hour move - climbing up four flights to get every load of boxes and piece of furniture takes time. There was no breakage, no damage, and no regrets.
My favorite is when my cheapskate friends bought a house in the Bay Area (probably cost >$750k) and then asked friends to help them move. If you can afford to buy a house here, you can afford movers.
There comes a point in your life (shortly after the age of 30, if you are single) when your friends stop helping you move. Even offering to pay them doesn't work. If you have little enough furniture, your family may help you, but I'm officially at the point in my life where my friends are either sleeping in with hangovers or up at 5 AM with toddlers, neither of which I want helping me move my grandmother's art work or my new TV... Hiring is defined by your position in life than by your finances.
Last time we moved, we were lucky that another couple we knew was moving the same summer, so we traded work, but that was the last time. Next time we are hiring movers. Our friends did fine, but I was sore for three weeks. :/
At my last place, we had to vacate due to new ownership, but were given money & a discount for rent as incentive at another property to soften the blow. I took advantage of that and hired movers. There's not much I spend a couple hundred dollars on, but that definitely was worth it. When you recruit family & friends, you have to help too. It was so nice to only worry about packing and unpacking. Also nice to know your property is insured.
I've moved 2x when my 2 girlfriends helped me move. I was still single and all my belongings were conveniently in plastic storage boxes. No one broke their back. I had only 1 big dresser/desk to move.
With this recent move, we only had some tables and chairs and a refrigerator, no other furniture yet, we had my 2 brothers-in-law help with the muscle. My husband and I both realized we really should just hire professional movers next time we move. You can only ask so many favors.
I get friends and family to help with moves (never the same people within the same 5 year span). We have a few guidelines - everything in boxes ahead of time. All dressers taped up or drawers removed. All beds broken down. It rarely takes us more than 2 hours to get everything out of the house and the same to get it into the new one. We make sure to feed them and provide food, as well as a gift certificate to a restaurant / movie.
That being said, we've accumulated some heavy furniture in the last 4 years including a quality leather sofa. I think we're going to hire movers next time.
My husband and father had a falling out after our 2nd-to-last move and it was very stressful for me to be in the middle of it. When my hubby and I bought our first house (our last move), we hired movers for the move from a 1-bedroom apartment to a 4 bedroom, 2-story house. I decided that since we won't be moving for a very long time, the splurge was ok. My dad was offended at first, but when he got to just see the house instead of work on it, he forgot that he felt insulted (and he got right to work helping with some improvements). It was the best $380 of my entire life.
I've both hired movers and asked friends to help move me. I think most people ask their friends for moving help when they can't afford professionals or are afraid of experiencing a moving nightmare. Today, If I had to move, I would likely hire movers and ask friends to help me with the packing.
The best move I made with friends involved basically an all day moving party where people helped out for a few hours at a time throughout the day. If you have enough friends to do this it's an excellent approach to moving.
When you own enough high-quality furniture and your friends all have kids and jobs, you hire movers!
when you're young and more physically fit plus have less stuff to move, you use friends. when you get older and have back problems/injuries and waaaay more junk, you use movers. LOL. i recommend ABS "U-Pack Movers" as they are relatively inexpensive and no hassles.
Hire movers for the big/heavy stuff. Ask a few good friends to "hang" with you during the move (moral support, help facilitate where things go, etc.) They can also help with precious things you don't want the moving company to touch. Everyone wins!
I like my friends way too much to ask any of them for help in lugging my two enormous bookcases up or down a staircase. I found a good moving company in my area, so I just call them instead.
we asked a friend last time and he actually hired 2 guys to help us. i would advise against this. we ended up with a lot more furniture then we had planed to take with us. but you definitely need a big truck. making only one trip makes it a lot easier. and I would go with friends if they are strong. if they aren't that strong, even if they want to be helpful, there's not a ton they can do other then watch the truck while you load and unload.
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At the same time, though, I would think the reasoning behind it would be that Blizzard understands--or at least assumes--that their core audience are going to be, well, nerds. Nerds that are familiar with more than just Warcraft in terms of fantasy settings. While I don't doubt that within WoW's 11 million subscribers, there are those who've never picked up a work of Tolkien or never played a single tabletop roleplaying game (hell, I'M guilty of the latter), a major portion of the people who would even give a game like WoW a second glance are nerds who love fantasy stories. For those people, there are indeed preconceived notions of what an orc or a troll is supposed to be, as well as preconceived notions of what a dwarf or elf is supposed to be. The fact that Blizzard plays so much against those notions of the former and so much with those notions of the latter is something that I think they're conscious of, and knowing their core demographic, something that they try to stress in order to make sure that core demographic understands what they aim to do with their setting.
While gaming has certainly become more mainstream in recent years, it's still a safe assumption on anyone's part that a major part of the audience for gaming--especially games in a fantasy setting, roleplaying games that rely heavily on stat-math, and games that require a considerable time investment--would be the exact sort of nerds who have at least a passing familiarity with standard fantasy tropes before ever setting foot in Azeroth.
Ultimately, if there is a bias in Blizzard's creative development, I would suspect it to be more of a racial one than a factional one. When Blizzard does emphasize the Horde, they don't emphasize all of its races, just the orcs. When they focus on the Alliance, they don't focus on all of the Alliance races, just the humans and night elves. There are never novels written about great troll or gnome heroes. Hell, the most spotlight the Darkspear trolls EVER got prior to the Echo Isles event and the Zandalari patch in Cataclysm was the tapping of a keg at Brewfest (the bad guy trolls we raided got more lore than the Darkspear!). Dwarves and gnomes never got a nod until the dwarves' turn to archaeology in Wrath of the Lich King and the retaking of Gnomeregan. The draenei and blood elves have been completely left out in the cold ever since The Burning Crusade, and even there we spent more time on Karazhan, the Amani, and the mag'har (more orcs!) than on the storylines for those two races. The tauren and the Forsaken have fared somewhat better, but the tauren have spent most of their major lore moments riding orcish coattails, and the Forsaken mostly got a starring role in anything as a side effect of the last expansion's Big Bad being the guy that created them. And once Cataclysm's over, I highly doubt the goblins or worgen are going to get any attention whatsoever because, well, they're not orcs, they're not humans (anymore, in the case of worgen), and they're not night elves.
What only makes it sting more is that much of the draenei and worgen's introduction into the Alliance and starting zones is focused on, wait for it, night elves!
Things have gotten better since Wrath of the Lich King, to be sure. Other races have gotten...at least a little more attention. But humans, night elves, and orcs still run the show, and still get the most blatant glorification and forced idolization of any race in Warcraft. When novels are written, they always center around the Thralls and Malfurions and Rhonins and Arthases of Warcraft (the tauren and dwarves only got a big role in the Shattering by spending the entire time fawning & fretting over what certain orcs & humans were gonna do next). When expansions have a major lore figure as a central hero, it's always a Tirion or Maiev or Varian or Garrosh or Jaina or, yet again, a Thrall or Malfurion, save for maybe a handful of questlines or a patch. If there's a bias, it's there, not between the Horde and Alliance.


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Alanis Morissette recently shared with YOU magazine her struggle with PND after the birth of son Ever in 2010..."I had a natural birth at home in my bedroom. It was very long - over 25 hours - and harrowing. Not unusually for me, I was silent, so it felt like this long drug trip of a prayer that was physically excruciating. My husband saved the day. When I asked him, he would squeeze my head. At other times he would just be there and that was all I needed.
"The degree and intensity of my post-natal depression shocked me. I am predisposed to depression, but what surprised me this time was the physical pain. I hadn't realised the depths to which you can ache - limbs, back, torso, head, everything hurt - and it went on for 15 months. I felt as if I was covered in tar and everything took 50 times more effort than normal.
"I wished I could have cried but there was no relief during that time; my version of depression is almost below crying where there is just despondency... I had various therapies and now I feel all light and springy. Thankfully, it didn't interfere with the bond with my son, although I think that has strengthened since I got better in April."
Gwyneth Paltrow also spoke out earlier this year about her experience with PND...."We think that it makes us bad mothers or we didn't do it right, but it's like, we're all in this together. I never understand why mothers judge other mothers It's like, 'Can't we all just be on each other's side?' ''Do you think mums need to be given better support post natal? We have all these hands to help during pregnancy and labour, and then once bubs is born we are pretty much forgotten and left to go into the world of parenting alone. Do we need better support services?
I suffered depession and anxiety,
I was scared of the judging eyes that are already on you as a mother as Gwyneth Paltrow said. Of someone reporting me as not doing my job, that someone would take my babies away.
I just don't know why there is such a stigma attached to mental health issues, if you break your arm, you get help, people are willing to assist you. The pain is considered valid
If you suffer mental health issues, people just think it is ok to judge you as a lower class of human, not good enough or capable.
Or you are told it is not what it seems, and to toughen up, and get on with it.
I do believe that more support is needed. In France the gov't has a program for new mothers where they are assigned someone to come around a few hours each week (it is not income tested) so that the mother can get everyday things done, and talk to someone who can give them referrals to other professionals.
Our version is the CHN who visits once to fill out a PND screening, which anyone can see through and get around, I don't see how this helps anyone. Am i wrong, is there more help in the last couple of years?
Oh Jen that is horrifying!I really wish we could get more support for mums and be taken more seriously! It is so wrong.
I'm so sorry to hear what you went through Jenny :(
I tried to get help from the counselor/psychologist that was available in the SCN after my second child was born premmie. I knew what I was feeling was more than just the baby blues and let her know my concerns more than once, yet was ignored and felt pushed aside.
It was awful, I couldn't bond or connect at all with my new daughter. But instead of doing anything about it once I got home with the baby (and my toddler too) I just struggled through by myself and put up with it for the next 3mths, barely sleeping, not eating and rarely leaving the house.
Because I didn't seek help I eventually ended up having a post-partum psychotic episode - which meant being hospitalised for weeks, put on heavy medication, all of my rights taken away and I wasn't able to look after my children. It was devastating to say the least! :(
Luckily everything is much better now, I'm not on any medication and haven't been for a long time and have just had my third child without any issues. But sadly feel I still don't have the same connection with my 2nd child as I do with the other two. Plus we are still struggling financially as my partner had to take time off work when I was unwell and it affected our relationship badly too. It also affected me physically because of the different medications I was put on.
I would not wish for anything like this to happen to anyone else and believe that new mothers should definitely be offered far more support... I also think it's great that celebrities and other mothers are starting to become more open with their PND struggles and trying to help others by sharing their story.
I do think there needs to be more support for mums after they've had bubs as it can be tough going without someone to offer a hand or a shoulder to cry on.
I think we need more awareness of how widespread it is and yes, more support would be great. It's often something we don't talk about as mums because it's so personal and so deep. I love how honest Alanis is and I hope that encourages other mums to be honest about how they're really going as well.
I had a friend who went through PND and I didn't know until she was well on the mend that she had been suffering so much. So I think it would be great to educate all of us about symptoms of PND so we can help each other and ourselves to find a way out.


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The line includes a Reparative Shampoo and Conditioning Treatment (to restructure, prevent breakage and restore softness) and Reparative Serum (to repair split ends and add shine). The products include two key ingredients: botanical keratin and hyaluronic acid. Together, these ingredients form a complex designed to revive damaged and brittle hair. According to the press materials, Phytopkeratine will heal the hair of the one out of 2 women complaining about damaged hair.
While external stresses drain the hair of its vital elements, including keratin, the hair fiber becomes porous and harsh leaving the hair weakened and damaged. The new Phyto program is designed to reconstruct the hair's internal structure and resurface the outer layer of each strand.
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Botanical Keratin – a specific combination of wheat, corn and soybean amino acids that mimic natural keratin to replace lost keratin to help reconstruct hair's former structure.
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If you're of a certain age, you probably remember seeing this on television:
The commercial is from 1978 , but it sounds like many conversations happening today. For several decades, "made in the U.S.A." — a label once proudly imprinted on everything from apparel to cars — has been hard to find.
"It is very difficult to find a truly 'made in America' product," says Melissia Perry, 44, a married mom of four from Woodstock. "How many plants have to shut down or jobs have to be lost because we do not manufacture in this country anymore?" she asks.
Perry drives a 2001 GM Chevy Suburban. Her husband drives a '68 Ford Mustang. She's got fully functional radios and televisions from the 1940s and sometimes uses her great-grandmother's crochet hooks to make crafts.
She's surrounded by items from the past, but she's an example of the future — one in which more American consumers are seeking out and buying 100 percent American-made goods.
The topic is a hot issue in the current political climate, fueled in part last summer by the outcry from members of Congress over the Chinese made U.S. Olympic team uniforms.
Retailers are responding to consumer demand.
In January 2012, AmericasMart — the Atlanta-based global wholesale market center— launched Made in America during The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. The merchandise products mix includes jewelry, paper, candles, apparel and textiles, many of which and much more. Many of the products are manufactured by small independent companies that who take pride in providing local jobs, said Amy James, executive director of AmericasMart.
Buford-based Okabashi Brands, Inc., which has designed, manufactured and assembled its sandals and flip-flops in the U.S. since the company launched in 1984, is changing its tagline to reflect that history.
Traditionally, U.S. manufacturing has come with a higher cost, but as overseas labor costs increase, the gap is closing. At the same time, Americans say they are willing to pay more for American-made products. The hard part is figuring out which products are truly American made.
In addition to buying antiques, Perry says she emails or calls companies to ask if their products are 100 percent U.S. made. Sometimes she has to take her business elsewhere, and sometimes when she does find American made products, she has to pay a bit more. But she isn't complaining. "Either society has to shift and be willing to pay a little more for something that is a little better," Perry says, "or 'made in America' simply isn't going to exist anymore."
Are you willing to pay a little more for Made in America products? Why? And what are your strategies for making sure what you buy is really American made?
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October 16th, 2012
7:42 am
Yes, I gladly pay a little more for products made in the USA. I have nothing against international trade, but I believe we need to support industries here when possible. No offence intended, but I absolutely refuse to purchase any food products, especially frozen seafood, from China because of my concern for their lack of safety standards. I have been looking for good quality bath towels made in the USA, so far no luck through our local retailers. The towels made offshore are high priced, but generally very poor quality in my opinion. Anyone know where I can local retailers who sell USA made textiles?
October 16th, 2012
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October 16th, 2012
9:28 am
This is a great article. Thank you. How about creating an ongoing column where made in America companies are profile as well as stores that lean toward selling made in America products? I, too, would love to buy Made In America whenever possible.
It's kind of funny that while I was reading this article this morning there is a story on HLN about the levels of lead in children's Halloween costumes imported from China as well as most holiday decorating items. Yet another reason to support companies that support Made In America.
Remember the old bumper sticker, BUY AMERICAN OR BYE AMERICAN.
October 16th, 2012
9:37 am
http://www.MadeInAmericaStore.com. Do more than complain about nothing being manufactured in the United States and shop for 100% American made items.
October 16th, 2012
10:23 am
The catch is it won't be just a "little" more. After the unions demand their cut it will be more like double and folks simply won't pay it, no matter how many names they are called. Face it, unions destroyed American manufacturing. Maybe they should organize the unemployed and go on strike.
October 16th, 2012
11:56 am
Because of labor costs things cost more made in USA. How much? Well (no way to verify) but someone said Apple could make the Ipads in the USA and the retail would go up $10-20 per unit. Seems to me, if that's true, that people would still purchase them. Think about how many jobs that would create!
October 16th, 2012
3:05 pm
Not for labor intensive goods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 16th, 2012
3:06 pm
Whenever possible I too try to buy American. For the most part my boots are Justin's which have a plant in America and one overseas. I make sure mine come from America. Same for my work clothes either Dickies or Charhartt. And you have to be careful there also to make sure its made in an American plant. My leather jacket American made, my bike American made. It can be tough but worth the effort to buy an quality item versus an item of quanity. Oh yeah same here no fish from china. We get enough lead from their toys don't need any more in the food.
October 16th, 2012
3:11 pm
It is very important, when looking at American Made products, to remember that there is a very loosely enforced standard. The FTC requires at "all or virtually all" of the product be made in the US in order to carry the "Made in the USA" label. Unfortunately, what this has led to are companies that create 100% of their components overseas, then have those components assembled domestically, usually by low skill low wage immigrant workers. That then becomes your "Made in the USA" product even though the first pair of American hands that touches the product are most likely going to the end consumer.
October 16th, 2012
3:21 pm
People get real.
The unions killed Ohio; I saw it happen, I lived there.
We need a highly educated work force to keep up the standard of living in this country.
We don't have it anymore.
When I was young made in Japan was junk
Look at how fast they adopted, and China will do it much faster.
It's called the social DRIVE of a country. We had it until about 1980.
October 16th, 2012
3:29 pm
PS the Union TV commercial above sounded like a propaganda video from Russia.
It was done at a time when US cars were junk and most other products being produced here were being surpassed in quality by other countries.
October 16th, 2012
4:18 pm
I also search out those products that are American made, and even more I look for companies that have factories in Georgia. I will be happy to pay more for those products, like many others these days I dont spend as much as I used to. So I am more picky about where I spend my money and look for quality and origin of MFG before I look at the price. And yes sometimes you have to ask as some American companies do list products that are made overseas. You just have to ask before you buy.
October 16th, 2012
4:25 pm
As a second comment keep in mind that most companies dont go overseas to lower the price of their goods to American consumers. They move their production overseas to increase their profit margin. Instead of selling an American made product at 20% profit they make it overseas and then drop the price 5% and still make 45% profit on that part while making you think you got a bargin.
October 16th, 2012
9:57 pm
Great point, Charles. It's not the union that are destroying American business. It's the greedy businesses that won't lose *any* potential penny they can pocket.
October 17th, 2012
2:36 pm
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October 18th, 2012
10:43 am
Since 1946, Tervis has been making quality insulated drinkware that is Made in America! Their work force has tripled in size during the past three years going from 250 employees to more than 650. Go USA!
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October 18th, 2012
5:07 pm
It's hard to find genuine Made in the USA things these days. I agree with the comment above that the FTC Made in USA rules are not always followed. I try to buy American made and will pay more for better quality. For bedding, I like the sheets and blankets from Celia Rachel. Everything they make is made here, even the material the bed linens are made from. And their stuff lasts. They have other things too, all made in America. Their website is http://www.celiarachel.com.
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A host of non-food-type shortfalls led to a near-unsatisfactory food inspection score and a moderate follow-up grade for Uncle Julio's Casa Grande.
The chain's Atlanta eatery at 1860 Peachtree Road suffered a 20-point drop from a year ago, receiving a 72 (C) earlier this month (below 70 is an unsatisfactory score). Almost a week later, it managed to correct some items and climb to an 82 (B). A follow-up inspection is required for scores below 80; therefore, Uncle Julio's would have to request a new inspection if it wants to try for a higher score in advance of its next routine exam.
During the routine exam on Sept. 1, the list of infractions ranged from failure to store wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution to not repairing or replacing a sensory that ensures the hand sink has hot water pressure. The inspector noted all of these as new violations, according to the report. Improper temperature-relation shortfalls were also cited.
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If you thought the multifamily industry bottomed out in 2009, hold on to your hats. The murky depths of the Great Recession are still to come. It could be another few quarters before the industry reaches the bottom of the current cycle, according to The Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, recently released by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
More overleveraged developers and owners, surviving on loan extensions, will be forced to turn in the keys in 2010 as fundamentals continue to fall before the market hits bottom around the end of the year. Once there, value declines will approach about 40 percent, on average, from the mid-2007 peak—the worst decline since the Great Depression and worse than seen in the early 1990s. Those are just some of the sobering conclusions of the report.
While there have been much fewer firesales than in the RTC days, "the quickness at which fundamentals have declined, and the pace at which values have deteriorated, is the difference between now and then," says Susan Smith, director of real estate advisory practice at New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Additionally, multifamily cap rates are expected to rise at least another 30 basis points, on average, ending 2010 at around 8 percent nationally, forecasts the report. The report also predicts that another 100 banks could fail this year, as consensus grows that "amending and extending" has reached the point of diminishing returns.
The good news is that multifamily will be the first commercial asset class to recover, based on demographic demand and constrained supply. "It's the most preferred investment class right now for most investors," Smith says. "It's the one property sector where you're still able to get relatively-decent financing." The top markets for multifamily investment, according to the report, include Washington, D.C.; San Francisco; Los Angeles; Seattle; and San Diego (with Boston and New York close behind).
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Since this has come out on cable, it has attracted a whole new legion of viewers. One thing that is overlooked is the musical soundtrack. I would recommend downloading it from Amazon and listening to the score by Howard shore.
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A well done film about a director who,above all,loved movies & made films w/ what meger budgets he had.There have been films w/ larger budgets & the result hasn't been what the budget was suppose to show therefore, Ed Wood should be cut a little slack.In my opinion,Irwin Allen was the worst filmaker because he ran a well concocted show like ''Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea''into the ground /w outrageous storylines & plots. Here is the story of an artist who tried w/ what he had..& if you ever have the opportunity to watch any of his films,like ''Bride Of The Monster''w/ an open mind,you'll find they weren't that bad.
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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp swing for the fences in this outstanding period piece homage to Ed Wood, the fringe producer and director of such notables as Glen and Glenda and Plan 9 From Outer Space. With great cameos from Bill Murray, Patricia Arquette, Sarah Jessica-Parker and the superb Martin Landau (who scored a much deserved Oscar for his portrayal of a decrepit Bella Lugosi), Burton recreates the laugh out loud awful sets and clumsy acting which the ever positive Wood would assess with nothing but unqualified praise and endless optimism. Veincent D'Onfrano carries his role as a disgruntled Orson Wells who relates his problems with the studio system and gives Ed enough fortitude to get back in the game and stick up for his independence and "genius". The world looks on as Wood takes us step by step through the creation of his greatest work, Plan 9 replete with miscues, miscast chiropractors trying to disguise the fact that Lugosi (the film' prime player is dead), cheap cardboard sets that tip over, and the world's very worst acting. All of it comes together into a melange later hailed by popular affirmation as the worst movie of all time. Now a Halloween cult hit, it is both hilarious and touching at any time of year. Like the movies it spoofs, Ed Wood has quickly entered in a cult status of its own.
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Report: 2024 Summer Olympics possible, but 'monumental task' for Boston
Although it is feasible for Boston to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, a new report calls the task a "monumental" one that should not be taken lightly.
The Special Commission to Study the Feasibility of Hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics recently completed a draft report that does not outright recommend the city hold the Games in Boston, but expresses optimism about the prospect.
Boston and the region face some challenges related to venue locations for the Olympic Stadium and Village, given limited space available in and near the city, the commission said in its report.
Road and subway congestion issues must also be addressed.
But the city's limitations aren't deal breakers. The group said it views the challenges as a chance to leverage the Olympics "to catalyze and accelerate the economic development and infrastructure improvements necessary to ensure that Massachusetts can operate and compete globally now and in the decades to come."
John Fish, the chief executive of Suffolk Construction and leader of the commission, told the Boston Globe Tuesday that he was encouraged by the potential opportunity that can come from hosting the Games, but raised questions about whether the decision would be in the city's best social, political and economic interests.
Governor Deval Patrick created the 11-member commission, which includes state lawmakers and private citizens, to determine whether Boston could meet the basic requirements for a host city set forth by the United States Olympic Committee, which is expected to narrow its search to a few American cities by the end of this year.
The draft report will undergo revisions this week then will be released to the public by Friday.
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Good afternoon everyone!!! I hope everyone had a nice weekend! I didn't do all that much over the weekend, but it was nice. I can't complain. This week I don't have anything planned really. Maybe a cheap movie later on in the week. So with that in mind...
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That's great it all worked out for everyone. So I guess they can spend the day with her family and not feel bad they aren't spending time with you.
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What do you have going on this week? Getting organized for my church's Christmas party.
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