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Wow, Newcastle is pounding on Bob Bradley-less Aston Villa.
Andy Carroll has just put the Beermen up 3-o…yes, that's the same Andy Carroll we said you should lay off on your fantasy team.
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Wow, Newcastle is pounding on Bob Bradley-less Aston Villa.
Andy Carroll has just put the Beermen up 3-o…yes, that's the same Andy Carroll we said you should lay off on your fantasy team.
The rest of your Sunday commentary here.
Posted by Sparkie on 2010/08/22 at 8:17 AM
The Ginger Prince is oozing class once again. What a thunder bolt to open the scoring at Craven Cottage.
Posted by Sparkie on 2010/08/22 at 8:31 AM
The game announcers must me reading TSG mid game. They are stealing my lines!
Posted by dth on 2010/08/22 at 9:21 AM
And Dempsey is subbed off at 61′ after playing very well…WTF is it with new managers and Dempsey?
Posted by dth on 2010/08/22 at 9:26 AM
And now Fulham can barely hold possession now that Dempsey isn't working the area between the first two lines. Hopefully Mark Hughes learns his lesson after seeing the vast difference Dempsey makes on/off the pitch these past two games.
Posted by Colin on 2010/08/22 at 11:47 AM
Not to say I told you so, but…ummm….I told you so. Andy Carroll is not to be underestimated. I took my own advice and included him on my roster…but he was on the bench this week.
I did start Kevin Nolan though…
Anyone else see Joey Barton's 30 yard piledriver and ensuing mustache celebration. You cant make this stuff up.
Posted by Freege on 2010/08/22 at 1:12 PM
Owen Coyle on Stuart Holden:
"I couldn't agree with you more. He brings an unbelievable energy and desire. I mean this is a lad that we managed to get for free last year from Houston and hadn't played in the Premier League – and probably had a bit of rejection early in his career. I think he'd been over at Sunderland for a little bit. The thing I love about that is that he's got a real desire to try and be a Premier League professional. As you say, there's an energy about him and with him and Muamba in there they certainly cover every blade of grass."
Posted by Sir Loin on 2010/08/22 at 8:16 PM
I started Caroll. Woohoo. He looked dangerous and frisky against Man U. The kid is good.
Posted by KickinNames... on 2010/08/23 at 11:01 AM
Re the Demps Mystery:
I'm starting to think that the brooding, Emimen-lite personae he's cultivated may be playing into some of the coaching decisions. He brings so much to the table and truly brought Fulham to life in that game yesterday but then there are the 2-5 times a game where his ego seems to be driving his decisions instead of his fellow attackers. As with most mysteries in life, there are only so many dumb coaches you can blame. At some point you've got to start looking for a different answer.
But he was dynamic and influential in almost every scenario he was involved in yesterday. Good stuff from Clint and he always seems to win over his coaches in the end with his performance.


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BARTOW | Nearly 6,000 fourth-graders from Polk County schools will attend the 26th annual Polk County Agri-Fest for a few hours over the next two weeks.
Students and teachers will explore interactive exhibits and attend hands-on workshops on citrus, beef cattle, phosphate, beekeeping, blueberries, aquaculture, horticulture, forestry, water conservation and small farms.
"Agri-Fest is our best opportunity each year to teach students about the main agricultural commodities produced in Polk County and help them to develop a better understanding of how local agriculture production influences their daily lives," said Kyle Story, the president of the Polk County Farm Bureau, in a written release.
Farm Bureau partners with the Polk County Extension Office, Polk County schools and partners in the Polk agriculture industry to put on the event, which hosts students from 10 a.m. until noon every weekday from Monday through March 21.
Students will switch between eight stations focused on local commodities with presenters from the Polk County Extension Office of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Services.
Carole McKenzie, the executive director of Polk County Farm Bureau, said they determined fourth grade to be an opportune time to get youngsters interested in agriculture.
"We certainly would love to recruit future farming leadership. This is an opportunity to learn about citrus and how it impacts their daily lives. We want them to better understand the industries around them," she said.
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At the start of a guitar or drum score , there are always these 2 numbers which I don't understand
What do the 2 numbers circled in red mean ??
At the start of a guitar or drum score , there are always these 2 numbers which I don't understand
What do the 2 numbers circled in red mean ??
These don't just appear at the start of a guitar or drum score; they appear at the beginning of every score/song/exercise/whatever.
I'm guessing this is from guitar tab, with 6 lines. The 6/8 really means 2 beats per bar, made up with 3 triplet quavers (1/8 notes). This will give each bar only 2 beats, despite numbers like 6 and 8.The tempo mark found above tells how many b.p.m. (beats per minute) the tune should be played at, In this case, 107. A metronome can be set to this, and every two clicks will represent a full bar.
This information is very basic, and could have been found with a few second's looking on thousands of websites.
Guitar tab will rarely have the time signature, so maybe this is drum music. The time sig. will always be present on staves with 'proper' music.
Here's a way for you to know how to understand time signatures. The folks above have done a fine job explaining this, but you should know how to read all time signatures and what these things really mean.
The first number above, the '107' is the beats per minute. This refers to the tempo, if you play with a metronome, you should set it at that value in order to play it at the speed that the composer intended it to be played at.
The other 2 numbers that are on top of each other refers to the time signatures. (6/8) the note on top refers to the number of beats per measure and the number below refers to which note value gets the beat.
So in the case of 6/8, there are 6 beats per measure where the 8th note gets the beat. If your time signature is 3/4 you have 3 beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
If you have 4/4, you have 4 beats per measure and again the quarter note gets the beat and so forth.
The bottom number in the fraction is unit for counting the "tics". The top number indicates that there are 6 tics (or 8th notes) in one measure.
To set the speed. The top indication tells you that there are 107 quarter notes (or 214 8th notes) per minutes. This serves to set your drum computer or metronome.
plain 'gets the beat' is essentially that value of the note by which the time signature and rhythm are measured. So again to recap, the top number is the number of beats per measure and the bottom note (the one that gets the beat) is the value of the notes


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In her early years Connecticut soprano Michelle Murray Fiertek opened "The Voyage of the Little Mermaid" for Disney's Hollywood Studios as one of the original Ariels. She went on to work as the lead singer aboard the S. S. Discovery I and, in 1995, became the first American singer to be invited to perform both Japanese and American music in Minakami, Japan. She has released two albums on the Summit Records label: Blue: The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein, described as "exemplary" by BBC Music Magazine and named "CD of the week" by the Arizona Republic and KBAQ-FM, and The Juliet Letters. Michelle made her Carnegie Hall debut in December 2005 with a solo performance described as "First rate – engaging and authentic" in New York Concert Review. A continuously active performer, this year has seen her singing the roles of Miss Pinkerton/June Jinkins in Hartford Opera Theater's double bill of "Old Maid and the Thief" (Menotti) and "An Embarrassing Position" (Shore) in addition to giving solo recitals in Cape Cod, MA, Winchester, MA, Kensington, CT, and at The Hartt School. She has been a faculty and guest recital artist at venues across the country, and the featured soloist in many large-scale choral works, including Fauré's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass and Mass in C Minor, Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach's B Minor Mass and Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and Messiah. A champion of Spanish Art Song, Michelle has studied under such famed musicians as pianist Miguel Zanetti and mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza in Granada, Spain as part of the celebrated Interpretation of Spanish Song program, as well as returned to the program in subsequent years as a guest artist. She holds two B.M. degrees from Arizona State University, an M.M. from California State University, Long Beach, and a D.M.A. in Vocal Performance from The Hartt School, University of Hartford, where she currently serves on the voice faculty. www.michellemurrayfiertek.com
Michael Calciano is a recent graduate of University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is delighted to be joining the SMTI Junior team. Recent credits include Another Face in the Crowd (Oh Force! Theatre Co.) Gregor (InVersion Theatre), True Love (Pink! musical workshop), Scream Queens and Crazed Fiends (White Rabbit Productions), Telephone Play (Oh Force! Theatre Co.), Guys and Dolls (UNCSA), Cock (UNCSA), and Bent (UNCSA). When not acting Michael works at SPACE on Ryder Farm, a non-profit artist residency program located on an organic farm in upstate New York.
Ken began coaching and teaching actors over ten years ago, with a strong focus on the foundational work of Stanislavski. He especially enjoys guiding and watching young actors discover their own creative process. He believes that an actor's freedom to create can be found within the strong boundaries developed through specific technical exercises.
As an actor, Ken has had the privilege to perform in works by many of the great American playwrights and composers, both in New York and in prominent regional theaters such as Shakespeare Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Prince Music Theatre and Goodspeed Opera House. He has been blessed to work closely with such theatrical luminaries as playwright Horton Foote, director/ teacher Robert Lewis, and actress Elizabeth Ashley, along with Tony award winning director John Rando and folk/rock icon Bruce Hornsby. In 2010, he was chosen to perform in the American classic A Hatful of Rain as part of the International Theatre Festival held in Warsaw, Poland. While living in Chicago, Ken helped found The Cactus Theatre, devoting himself to the creation of a permanent acting company with which he worked intimately, both on and offstage, for nearly seven years.
TV appearances include Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), and The Men Who Built America (History Channel). However, it seems he is the only actor in NYC who has never appeared in any episode of the Law & Order franchise!
Ken is currently involved in the creation of two new Broadway-bound musicals, BLooM! and SCKBSTD. He has served as director for Jesus, Son of Man and Faith vs Reason, two Christian based dramas presented at the NYC Church of Christ, of which he is a member. He's also worked as director and co-writer for The Fame Game, a new musical based on the Rat Pack era.
Wendy Bobbitt Cavett recently completed a 12+ year tenure as music director and conductor of the Broadway mega-hit Mamma Mia!. Other Broadway and off-Broadway credits include The Scarlet Pimpernel, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Most Happy Fella, and A Tale of Two Cities. Wendy was Music Director and Conductor of the 1st National Tour of The Who's Tommy, billed as "95 pounds of pure rock n' roll". She maintains that energy as a conductor even now, gaining notice from audiences all over the world.
Regional credits, many of which are premieres, include: The Twelve (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Johnny Baseball (A.R.T. and Williamstown Festival), The Hidden Sky (Prince Music Theatre); A Year with Frog and Toad at Minneapolis' Childrens' Theatre Company; Just So at North Shore Music Theatre, The Secret Garden, Dreamgirls and Gigi at Papermill Playhouse; Almost September at St. Louis Rep and Here's Love at Goodspeed Opera.
As an music arranger, projects in development include BLooM, a modern fairytale musical and Rock the Performance, a brand new rock music performance website (the brain child of Sheri Sanders, creator of "Rock the Audition"). Wendy recently joined the theatre faculty of Wagner College in Staten Island.
Originally from Long Island, Emmett Drake has been involved in music in many ways his entire life. Since graduating from the Hartt School (of the University ofHartford) in 2008, he has been an active composer, conductor, teacher, pianist and violinist. His original compositions have been performed all over the world, and he has worked with thousands of students as a teacher and a clinician. He has presented workshops in string writing at the Connecticut Music Educators Association All-State Conference, conducted regional/all county orchestras, and in May, 2012 conducted the Suzuki Youth Orchestra of the Americas in Minneapolis, MN. He has served as music director for over 50 musical theatre productions ranging from school level shows to professional regional theatre. Currently, Mr. Drake lives in West Hartford, CT and teaches orchestra at King Philip Middle School in West Hartford. He also serves as the music director/conductor of the five Suzuki Orchestras at the Hartt School.
Connecticut dancer and choreographer Kaitlyn Krewson has been training in multiple styles of dance for over 20 years, including ballet, pointe, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, tap, and hip hop. She has trained with several well known professional choreographers such as Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Wade Robson, Sonya Tayeh, Chris Judd, and Dave Scott. Kaitlyn prides herself on continuing education, and has participated in several masterclasses with industry professionals including Jeff Amsted and Dorrell Martin (former director of Joffery Ballet Company). As a teacher, choreographer, and coach, she has received numerous awards including several Platinum Awards, the Winning Choreographer Award, and the prestigious Top Teacher Award. Kaitlyn is thrilled to share her love of dance and creativity with the students and faculty of Hartt's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive.
Joni Weisfeld received her BFA in Acting from the University of Connecticut. While there, she trained in many forms of physical theatre, including the world renowned Suzuki training. After graduating, she worked professionally as an actress in New York City and with many national touring theatre companies. Dedicated to producing new work, she has helped to create and direct new plays such as "The System", a dance interpretation of "Medea", and "Breakfast for Dinner" which premiered at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2005. In addition to teaching Movement at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford, she also teaches in the theatre department at The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. She directs plays at both schools including "Macbeth", "Cabaret", "The Seagull" and "Mere Mortals".
Moira O'Sullivan is a New York-based actor, writer, and producer. Recent acting credits include "Oleanna" (Playhouse on Park), "The Cobblestone Corridor" (CPTV/PBS), "Red Snow", "Nightmare Before Insomnium" (Insomnium Theater Company), "Abduct, Transport, Deliver" (Scene Change Festival), "Wild Things" (Bated Breath Theater Company), "The McDonald's Plays" and "An Evening of Sketch Comedy" (Atlantic Farm Team). Most recently, she released an original web series "Small Cappuccinos" which she co-wrote, produced and stars in. She studied improv at The Upright Citizens Brigade and now performs around the city with her improv team Room 31. She holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of Arts, where she trained with The Atlantic Theater Company and Stonestreet Screen Acting Studios. www.moiraosullivan.com
For the past ten years, Janelle Anne Robinson has enjoyed an ongoing professional career on the operatic and musical theater stage. She has performed in France and Japan, and also toured extensively within the United States. Janelle has also been honored with several awards, including The Richard Tucker Study Grant and the MacAllister Award.
Some of Janelle's credits include the Broadway productions of Cameron Mackintosh and Disney's Mary Poppins, directed by the award-winning Sir Richard Eyre, in which she originated the role of Mrs. Corry; Oklahoma, also produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn and Hal Prince; and Susan Stroman's revival of Showboat. She has performed with Virginia Opera, Opera Omaha, Connecticut Opera, and Opera Company Philadelphia. Off Broadway, productions include Slag Heap, directed by Michael Morris at Cherry Lane Theater, and Golden Boy, directed by Walter Bobby at City Center. Janelle has worked with many illustrious directors and choreographers throughout the years, including Michael Mayer, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Barry Ivan, Vicky Bussert, Dotty Danner, Wayne Cilento, Eric Stern, and David Caddick. Also, she has been active in film and television, appearing most recently in a national commercial for Febreze, and on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
In the course of her professional career, Janelle has studied voice, acting, and dance, and also pursued commercial and voice-over training. She has excellent academic credentials, having received a Bachelor of Music in Opera from The Hartt School, an Advanced Certificate in Voice from the Juilliard School, and a Master of Music in Opera from The Curtis Institute. She has also trained at the School for Film and Television. Janelle feels privileged to have studied under some masterful instructors, including Marlena Malas, Fredric Moses, William Ferro, Sofia Steffan, Bruce Kolb, Dr. Linda Carroll, Joan Leder, Craig Carnelia, and Rob Melrose.
At this point in her career path, Janelle would like to follow in the footsteps of these teachers and dedicate her collected talent, experience and training to an academic role. Her desire is to share her gifts, and to pass along to aspiring young performers not only what she was taught in school, but also the wisdom of her life as an artist to prepare them for a successful and satisfying career in the real world. Previously, Janelle taught at Juilliard's summer exchange program and was also an adjunct faculty member at The Hartt School, and looks forward to bringing her creativity, passion, and wisdom to further teaching opportunities in music and theater programs in and around Connecticut.
Tracey Moore holds a B.M. in Voice from Indiana University, an M.A. in Dramatic Lit from Southern Illinois University, and an M.F.A. in Acting from BrooklynCollege. Her performing career includes two National B'way Tours (CAMELOT, RAGTIME) and three Off-Broadway productions (REGINA, I WILL COME BACK, SEÑOR DISCRETION) as well as performances at the Met and New Jersey State Opera. She has held leading roles at major regional theatres including Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Hilton Head Playhouse, Mountain Playhouse, Little Theatre on the Square, Gablestage, Candlewood Playhouse, Darien Dinner Theate, and North Shore Music Theatre. In New York, she is known for her work on new music theatre, having performed at New Dramatists, BMI's Music Theatre Workshop, the NYU Music Theatre Writing Program, ASCAP, the Sandbox, and many others. In New York, she developed the role of Mary Magdalene in the Pre-Broadway workshop of Kevorkian Café. In L.A., she developed the role of Red for the Broadway show The People in the Picture. For the past seven years, she has served as artistic director for a staged-reading series of new, unpublished musicals entitled "Before Broadway." Her book, Acting the Song, was published by Allworth Press. Articles and essays she has written have appeared in The New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the international journal Studies in Music Theatre, in Dramatics magazine, and in Teaching Theatre Journal. Tracey previously taught at Florida International University and Western Kentucky University.
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I definitely believe in it - I've had a few creepy experiences, plus way too many people I know have some very real experiences. I find it strange that there are those in *don't* believe in the paranormal - there are just far too many sane, rational people who have had direct experiences.
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I used to work in a nursing home and there was a lady there who had spent most of her life in a psychiatric facility. M's (the patient) dh left her for another woman. The OW would walk by M's house and taunt her. M lost it and stabbed the OW to death.
After M passed the door to her room would close behind whoever entered without them touching it. It only happened when people entered the room. Also, all the patients in her old bed only lived 2-3 months once they got there. I know it's a nursing home and all, but still...
Paranormal? Maybe not, but creepy nonetheless.
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I also can't sleep with stuffed animals. There were a few times I've woken up to them moving. I would rub my eyes, look at stationary objects (everything else in the room) then look back and they would still be moving until I would finally jump out of bed and turn the light on. I can't remember if this was before or after the shadow, but they were in the same year.
The freakiest one was when I was about 5 or 6 and I was playing in the living room on the couch in broad daylight and the room filled with little goblins that worshipped me like their queen. I screamed and screamed until my mom came running out of the bath. She claims that I have an overactive imagination but until the shadow and moving toys has something that clear and vivid ever happened.
There's some spooky as hell stories on this thread.
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I used to live in my grandmas old house and one night when my fiance and i were alone at the house I heard a child's laugh from outside of my bedroom door. My fiance was taking a shower but I thought he was messing with me because he already knew that I was scared of this house. So I went to the restroom and told him to stop trying to scare me but he was already almost done. I still thought he did until I heard it again from the kitchen. There was nothing on, no kids or anyone else around so I was freaking out. I waited with him in the shower because I didn't want to be alone.
So many different things happened to me at that house and at my childhood home. I won't even go back into my grandmas house.
I'm probably not making sense.
When I was a teenager I was really depressed because of bullying. The more and more depressed I got the more activity we experienced in the house. I honestly believe I attracted all of it. I had my leg grabbed. I had something menacing from the corner in the dinning room run through me and push me towards my mom while I was holding scissors. ( I was helping my sister with a school project) Before it happened I felt something was wrong and my stomach dropped. The atmosphere in my bedroom would feel heavy and I would have to leave my bedroom sometimes because it felt something would be watching me. (my exboyfriend who slept there sometimes felt scared and woke up feeling something stare him down too) My ex would bring palm leaves and holy water he felt off with my house lol. When we where driving in the car I felt a prescense sitting behind my mom that felt negative. I felt so sure of it being there it was like seeing it. My mom and I where talking in the kitchen and we heard loud boot like foot steps come up our stairs. No one else was in the house and the dogs where up stairs with us. My mom and I also heard music and sounds in our house. My sister supposably talked to some spirits in our house. I had horrible nightmares growing up and I predicted my grandmother passing away.
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Graffiti plagues local businesses
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
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Graffiti spray-painted on business property by gangs is an increasing problem in Henderson County, but there are steps business owners can take to help stop it, a Henderson County Sheriff's investigator said Wednesday.
Doug Hill, a detective sergeant and gang investigator with the Sheriff's Department, spoke to a group of local business people at Business Morning Update. The monthly gathering allows area leaders and business professionals to learn more about a variety of topics through short presentations in addition to providing networking opportunities.
The Henderson County Sheriff's Department received a state grant last year to start a gang unit, Hill said. A gang is defined as three or more people that have a common symbol or sign that commit crimes together or individually, he said.
Hill showed slides of graffiti that local gangs have spray painted on several businesses in Hendersonville. The problem is not unique to Hendersonville, Hill said, adding that graffiti can be found in cities and towns large and small across the country.
"This could be any wall in the U.S.," Hill said, pointing to the image. "You can see this in every city throughout the United States."
There are 13 different gangs in Henderson County including the MS13, 828 Rekonz, and Lakn, a Hispanic gang, Hill said. Gang members are usually teenagers, with some gang members as young as 13, he said.
Spray painting graffiti on buildings, or "tagging," is a way for gangs to communicate with members of their group or other gangs, the investigator said. Markings are a way for gangs to "mark" their territory, communicate political messages, display art work with markings called "bombs" or "pieces" or memorialize dead gang members, he said.
Markings can convey specific messages, sometimes with deadly consequences, Hill added.
"An upside down pitchfork is a sign of disrespect," he said. "A graffiti symbol or name that has been crossed out can lead to violence - in most big cities when this (cross out) happens, it is followed by a shooting."
It is important for business owners to clean up graffiti as soon as possible, preferably within 48 hours, Hill said.
"It's like when you have a broken window - soon you will have two or three broken windows if the first one isn't fixed quickly," he said. It is not uncommon for convicted gang members to clean up the graffiti as the community service part of their sentence although sometimes the judge will give the person another alternative, Hill said.
"I have a gentleman who is being given the choice of going to prison or enlisting in the Army, a decision he will have to make in August," Hill said.
Steps business owners can take to combat graffiti include notifying law enforcement immediately when graffiti is spotted on their property, cleaning up the site quickly (avoid spot cleaning - the entire wall must be cleaned to discourage further tagging) and coordinating efforts with local law enforcement to stop the activity, the gang investigator said.
Policing gang activity is a full time job because he is "outnumbered", Hill said, but help is on the way. The sheriff's department is adding a second person to the gang unit who will begin working with Hill in August.
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I am sorry to be going anon, but this is embarrassing for me to think of admitting this to people IRL, even though this is really no secret to anyone IRL if I am truly honest with myself.
I started pulling my lashes as a kid. I still do. I remember being a child and having my parents show relatives "what she did to her eyes" and making a big thing of it, but never going past that to see if there was a reason behind why I pulled.
It was always something I tried to hide behind other things. I still pull. I sometimes even get the urge to pull my kids' lashes when they go uneven, but have been able to resist for the most part (unless they're rubbing their eyes and obviously bothered by it).
I have very thin lashes and hate it, but can't seem to stop.
I hopped on google this morning and saw that this might have a name- trichotillomania. I am freaked out, rather than relieved... I don't know what to do from here.
If anyone has experience with this I would like to hear how you managed to stop. I know it seems simple, "just stop", but it is such a habit now that it is hard to imagine stopping.


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Book your room at Grande Villas Resort by Diamond Resorts
With a stay at Grande Villas Resort by Diamond Resorts in Orlando (Disney Springs™ area - Lake Buena Vista), you'll be close to Orlando Premium Outlets Vineland Ave and SeaWorld® Orlando.
This family-friendly condominium resort is within close proximity of Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine and Little Lake Bryan.
Make yourself at home in one of the 408 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and stovetops. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Cable programming and iPod docking stations are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and separate sitting areas, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional amenities include an arcade/game room, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite at a coffee shop/café serving guests of Grande Villas Resort by Diamond Resorts.
Featured amenities include a computer station, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff.
About the Grande Villas Resort by Diamond Resorts12118 Turtle Cay Circle Orlando FL 32836
Hotel Amenities
This secluded Lake Buena Vista resort, surrounded by ponds, water fountains, and palm trees, is two miles from the Downtown Disney Area, 3.5 miles from SeaWorld, seven miles from Universal, and 8.5 miles from the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center.
The Grande Villas Resort has numerous spa tubs, splash pools, children's pools, a poolside bar, fitness center, barbecue grills, game room, miniature golf, basketball, shuffleboard, and tennis courts, as well as a children's playground. WiFi is available. Self parking is complimentary. A safe-deposit box is available at the front desk.
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Spa tub
- Fitness facilities
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 408
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Arcade/game room
- Picnic area
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 5
- Tennis on site
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Coffee shop or café
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Balcony or patio
- Separate sitting area
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- DVD player
- Limited housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Television
- Sofa bed
- Kitchenette
- Stovetop
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- iPod docking station
- Hair dryer
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
Where to Eat
A convenience store is located at the main Clubhouse, and limited poolside service is available. The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding Lake Buena Vista area.
Nearby restaurants:
Joe's Crab Shop
Macaroni Grill
Olive Garden
Nearby Things to Do
The resort has multiple children's pools, spa tubs, outdoor freeform pools, and a large and a small pool. Activities include sand volleyball, shuffleboard, tennis, and a 9-hole miniature golf course. A large game room off the pool includes pool tables, arcade games, and air hockey. The fitness center overlooks the pool and has stair machines, bikes, treadmills, and free weights. A video library (surcharge) is available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Basketball on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Playground on site
- Volleyball on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at 3 AM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
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No rollaway/extra beds available
- Deposit: USD 100 per stay
- Resort fee: USD 10.00 per accommodation, per night
- Pool access
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- Fitness center access
- Sporting facilities or equipment
- Business center/computer access
- Internet access
- In-room safe
- Laundry facilities
- Self parking
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Thurston County
Thurston County Fair
in Olympia, Washington is a family-oriented, old fashioned, five-day fair. The fair runs Wednesday through Sunday, always on the first
full weekend in August. Come join us this year and pet the animals, spin some wool, cruise the carnival, visit the exhibits, get dizzy on the rides, check out the commercial vendors, and feast on
the fabulous fair food.
2016 Fair Week runs from August 3 through August
7. Admission
hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
Wednesday through Saturday, and 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.
can be purchased in advance at a
discount or at the gate.
There are lots of concerts
and other entertaining acts
each and every day during Fair Week
which are free with your paid
Fair Highlights
Average high temperature in Lacey: 97 deg.
Attendance: 26,250.
Wednesday generated over 8000 pounds of food for the Food Bank.
shuttle bus drivers logged
over 2,137 miles
transporting Fair visitors
to and from their
vehicles. Drivers
have logged over 17,000
miles and 3,000 hours in
the past 11 years.
attending the Fair
consumed over 3,400 Shaved
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7,000 famous Fisher
Animal participation was 614, up from 585 last year..
The Thurston County Fairgrounds is conveniently
located close to Interstate 5
in the Olympia-Lacey area of the South Puget Sound. You can even
ride the bus
to the fair. Hotels and motels are in close proximity, and the Fairgrounds can accommodate up to 100 RVs during Fair Week.
During the off-season, the Fairgrounds is in constant use for both private and public functions.
include meeting halls and rooms, barns, arenas, and a camping area. The Fairgrounds also has a covered facility for winter storage of
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Tate Modern
International modern and contemporary art
New at Tate Modern
Viewing Level
Behold awe-inspiring 360ᵒ views of the London skyline, from high above the River Thames
The Tanks
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Georgia O'Keeffe
A rare opportunity to see over 100 remarkable paintings by this pioneer of twentieth-century art
Mona Hatoum
Free Collection Displays
Between Object and Architecture
The works in this display create a dialogue with the materials and spaces of contemporary architecture
Performer and participant
Discover how artists working between the 1960s and the 1990s opened up new spaces for participation
Living Cities
Artists around the world have examined the modern city in a range of works
ARTIST ROOMS: Louise Bourgeois
Feel the impact of Bourgeois's intense psychological insight through the artworks in this display
Artist and Society
Explore artworks from Tate's collection that respond to their social and political context
Materials and Objects
Discover artists from Tate's collection who have embraced new and unusual materials and methods
The Tanks
Experience live art, performance, film and video art in these gallery spaces
Media Networks
See how artists in Tate's collection have responded to the impact of mass media
In the Studio
Investigate the processes artists use to make artworks, and how our responses are integral to the piece
Griselda Pollock on Georgia O'Keeffe
Art historian Griselda Pollock explores American artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Curator's talk: The EY Exhibition: Wifredo Lam
Matthew Gale, Head of Displays, Tate Modern gives an introductory lecture to the life and work of Wifredo Lam
Collection on Display
Eat, Drink & Shop
Turbine Hall Shop
Peruse an unrivalled range of art books, magazines, prints, design objects and art materials
Members Bar
Enjoy a room with a view at Tate Modern in our critically-acclaimed Members room
Eat and drink while enjoying panoramic views of London's skyline
Terrace Shop
Discover a range of artist books and specially selected products including designer collaborations, jewellery and prints
Switch House Espresso Bar
Pause, relax and enjoy a coffee, tea, cold drink or snack
In Tate Modern
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Turbine Hall
Visit this vast, iconic space for large-scale sculpture and site-specific installation art
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Entry details
Admission to Tate Modern is free, except for special exhibitions. Become a Tate Member or Patron and get free entry to all special exhibitions. Visitors with a disability pay a concessionary rate, and carers' entrance is free. Under 12s go free (up to four per parent or guardian) and family tickets are available (two adults and two children 12–18 years) - see individual exhibitions for more information.
Contact Us
Call +44 (0)20 7887 8888
Information 09.00–18.00, daily; Membership and ticketing services 9.45–18.00, daily
Out of these hours call the 24 Hour Control Room on +44 (0) 20 7401 5101
Opening times
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00
Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Last admission and ticket sales for special exhibitions Sunday – Thursday is at 17.15 and 21.15 on Friday – Saturday. Ticket desks close at this time.
Getting here
Southwark (Jubilee Line, 600 metres approx Blackfriars: District and Circle Line, 800 metres approx St Paul's: Central Line, 1,100 metres approx.
Routes 45, 63 and 100 stop on Blackfriars Bridge Road Routes RV1 and 381 stop on Southwark Street Route 344 stops on Southwark Bridge Road
Blackfriars 300 metres from the South exit; 800 metres from the North exit. London Bridge 1,100 metres approx.
The Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Britain and Tate Modern. Other river services run between Millbank Pier and Bankside Pier.
Cycle Hire Docking Stations are located on New Globe Street and Southwark Street.
A drop off / pick up point is situated on Holland Street, just outside the main entrance.
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In my blog:
I got on the main page (and not on other pages),
underscore, under the "|" seperating my catagories,
under my footer,
and under the number of posts on my archive.
Can any one advise me on how to remove them ?
(It heppend after running "search and replace", and after changing the "<!--TOC-->" with blank: "",
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Today we spoke with the Flight team again - David Field and Megan Kuhn - who share their thoughts on American Airlines' MD-80 inspections driven by a newly aggressive FAA, the Frontier Airlines Chapter 11 entry, and the downstream impact of Skybus' closure on communities that actually put money into supporting that airline's operations.
It has been an awful week in commercial aviation. The future looks rather bleak.


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Hey buds.
So lately, you may have noticed I've been posting a lot of art to do with my brand. Work is picking up and our facebook and tumblr page/blog is growing steadily. We hope to reach 200 likes on facebook before the new year.
Any help you can offer us would be appreciated. Whether that's sharing the page or simply just following the tumblr. Also looking for guest artists and collaborators for t shirt designs, stickers, etc. Every little helps.
Here is:
The Facebook: www.facebook.com/PUSdesign
The Tumblr: pusdesign.tumblr.com/
Thank you guys n gals. Lets make this something rad.
PoorUnfortunateSouls by DeathAndDisinfectantWatch
©2012-2016 DeathAndDisinfectant
I'll be happy to help in the art department.
However, I'm not big on drawing anything demonic.
You can find my art on my other account here:
However, I'm not big on drawing anything demonic.
You can find my art on my other account here:
Putting the brand on hiatus for a while to gather resources. Shall let you know when we're back up and running and looking for artists, cheers for letting me know.


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All Rise...
Chief Justice Michael Stailey has just been named the new Editor-In-Chief of Millennium Magazine.
Editor's Note
Our reviews of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (published June 25th, 2010) and Dragon Tattoo Trilogy (published February 22nd, 2011) are also available.
The Charge
"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."
Opening Statement
Much has been made of David Fincher and Steve Zaillian's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's posthumously released novel (Men Who Hate Women). The 2009 Swedish film of the same name is spoken in both hushed reverent tones and loud boisterous proclamations as one of cinema's most compelling achievements. So why remake it? For the same reason there have been umpteen million productions of any given Shakespeare tale: the artists behind them have something to say.
Facts of the Case
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace) just got his dick caught in the wringer. Attempting to take down smarmy billionaire industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström (Ulf Friberg, Evil) using less than reliable sources, he is sued for libel and loses. Publicly disgraced and financially ruined, Blomkvist takes an unusual meeting with Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer, The Sound of Music), respected businessman and retired CEO of Vanger Industries. But this isn't a business meeting in the traditional sense. Henrik wants to hire Blomkvist to investigate the unsolved murder of his niece Harriet, who disappeared in the summer of 1965. Knowing full well this award-winning investigative reporter would have little interest in such a project, there's more at stake here than just a big fat paycheck. Henrik is offering irrefutable evidence that will destroy Wennerström's career. This shit just got real.
Relocating his life to the island of Hedeby, in the dead of Swedish winter, Blomkvist finds himself playing Sherlock Holmes to a family as eccentric and creepy as Dark Shadows' Collins clan, where everyone is a suspect. Pouring over four decades worth of Henrik's own personal research, police reports, and family history, Blomkvist quickly finds himself in over his head and requests an assistant, who arrives in the form of Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara, The Social Network), the anarchistic social misfit and brilliant hacker responsible for vetting Blomkvist for this very job; and whose own shocking personal backstory has been revealed to us in parallel.
As their journeys dovetail, the charged dynamic between Blomkvist and Salander pays off in spades; peeling away years of Vanger family history to reveal a truth far more disturbing than anyone ever expected. And just when it appears everything has been figured out, we're reminded our protagonists still have Wennerström to contend with.
The Evidence
The critical expectation in reviewing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is to compare and contrast Fincher's vision with that of Niels Arden Oplev, Steve Zallian's script with that of Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg, and the performances of Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara with those of Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. I'm not going to do that. You must forgive the moments where I do inadvertently stray into that territory to illustrate a particular point, but this adaptation of Men Who Hate Women has earned our full attention.
I didn't reach this mindset quickly or easily. Having first experienced The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo while suffering from pneumonia and being overwhelmingly consumed by the visceral experience it turned out to be, I went into this film with trepidation. Investing heavily in marketing anti-Holiday cinema, drenched in Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' guttural score, one got the feeling Sony was trying a bit too hard to one-up their Swedish predecessor. My first time through Fincher's film left me perplexed, my brain working overtime analyzing the myriad of differences and which team did it better. This wasn't a screening, it was a competition. The second time, I viewed it through Fincher's commentary, which had me hanging on every word. David comes across as an odd duck in interviews clips—much like Tim Burton does when talking about his films—but in the solitude of a screening room with nothing but the film and a microphone, Fincher lays everything bare. I cannot adequately express how much this information profoundly impacted my third viewing of the film. I can now say with great confidence that there is no need to choose one adaptation of Larsson over the other. Both films bring completely different energies and rewards to the viewer and are equally respected for doing so.
Directors like Fincher, David Lynch, and the aforementioned Tim Burton have particular traits that brand each of their films. David learned his trade working for George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. The intense reaction one gets from watching films like Se7en, Fight Club, and Panic Room are akin to tasering an exposed nerve. And though his style has evolved through less subversive narratives like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network, he still knows how to push the buttons of an audience at just the right time. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the best of Fincher old and new. At 158 minutes, the film maintains a brilliant pace, slowing just enough to let us absorb the exposition, then coldcocking us with steel pipe as we round a blind corner. What's more, everything takes place in a hyper-reality, where the darkness of humanity is awash in a schema of icy blues and noirish blacks, while the fondness of memory is bathed in ripe oranges and shimmering golds. Masterfully traversing this landscape, we're strapped to the hood of Fincher's car with no escape; he controls the path, the speed, and the environment. And when the ride is over, we catch our breath only for a moment before wanting to take the ride again.
But this is not a one-man success story. Screenwriter Steve Zaillian has reconfigured Larsson, stripping down Blomkvist and Salander to their bare essentials and placing them on a new playing field, which enables different choices to be made. Daniel Craig's Blomkvist is more professorial, in a scattered heady way, playing against any expectation of Bondian instinct or impulse. He stumbles through much of the film questioning why he's even there, only to be lured in by a mystery that's way over his head. Rooney Mara's Lisbeth is more complex, wearing her history like a well-worn jacket and reacting to societal norms as a rabid injured animal. There is a brokenness about her that only serves to enhance this journey. Christopher Plummer's Henrik is less involved in the narrative, though no less powerful a presence. But the real revelation here is Stellan Skarsgård, whose Martin Vanger (current CEO and patriarchal heir) is so beautifully constructed and brilliantly performed that he too was deserving of award recognition.
To analyze the experience or reveal more narrative detail would be doing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo an injustice. This film deserves to be viewed in a dark, quiet room, undistracted by family, friends, or technology. Just know going in there are moments of base humanity which will unnerve you, and allow yourself the right to full immersion.
Presented in stunning 2.40:1/1080p high definition widescreen, the stylized presentation is exactly how Fincher intended. This may not be reference material for technophiles, but every environmental and human flaw is exposed with tremendous depth (both actual and perceived), and you cannot argue with the results. Similarly, the DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio track offers up a dynamic sound field, embedding us in this richly disturbing world. Every utterance from dialogue to ambiance is precisely layered to evoke interest and emotion. Credit the home video production team for their efforts in recreating the theatrical experience.
Now to the best part of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Blu-ray)…the bonus features. There haven't been many "event releases" in recent years, but Sony has done this one justice. My only concern is that the navigation is quite manually intensive. Laid out as if we are Lisbeth paging through the Vanger Industries documentation archives, we are required to activate each and every feature individually. The experience would have been better served with a "Play All" option, but I certainly cannot argue with the astounding level of production detail we've been given access too.
* Commentary—Eluded to earlier, this is an experience unto itself and demands your attention. (The only extra available on Disc One, and the only extra at all on the DVD copy.)
* Men who Hate Women (7 min)—Cast and crew talk about the novel, the hesitancy of filming in Sweden where the original is considered a national treasure, and the approach used in creating this adaptation.
Lisbeth Salander
* Casting Salander (16 min)—Fincher, Rooney Mara, and costume designer Trish Summerville discuss the intense casting process and how it wound up benefitting the character and the film.
* Different in Every Way (6 min)—A detailed examination of Lisbeth from book to film.
* The Look of Salander (14 min)—A look inside the transformative process Rooney underwent to become Lisbeth.
* Mara / Fincher (4 min)—A mutual admiration piece.
* Irene Nesser (6 min)—The one aspect of shooting Rooney tested in every way.
* Salander Test Footage (3 min)—DV footage shot on and around the LA subway to capture the essence of Lisbeth.
Mikael Blomkvist
* Casting Blomkvist (7 min)—The first role cast, this piece focuses more on Daniel's approach to the character and his world.
* Daniel Craig on Film Acting (3 min)—"How I work" by Daniel Craig.
* Dressing Blomkvist (3 min)—Distinguishing Daniel from that other famous character he plays.
* Investigation—Interactive photo gallery of early production stills.
Martin Vanger
* Stellan Skarsgård on Acting (3 min)—Inside Stellan's approach to this unique role.
* Psychopathy (6 min)—How to be an effective sociopath.
* Bondage (5 min)—You need to see the film before I'll talk about this one.
* Torture (4 min)—Same here.
* Wrapped in Plastic (5 min)—Keep moving. Nothing to see here.
* Set Design—Another interactive photo gallery of locations.
On Location: Sweden
* Stockholm Syndrome (18 min)—An in-depth exploration of the Sweden shoot.
* Stockholm's Tunnelbana (6 min)—Shooting Lisbeth in the subway.
* Fuck These People (6 min)—How one scene can go wrong and still be rescued.
* The End (12 min)—The emotional intensity and relief of the production's final scene.
* Picture Wrap (7 min)—Shooting that final scene.
On Location: Hollywood
* Casting Armansky (5 min)—E.R.'s Goran Visnjic on his supporting role.
* Armansky Audition (7 min)—Fincher helps Visnjic understand the character.
* Thinking Evil Shit (5 min)—Fincher does what Fincher does best.
* Rape / Revenge (17 min)—Capturing one of the film's most physical and emotional scenes.
* Int. Blomkvist's Cottage (6 min)—Watching Fincher work.
* Int. Martin's House (8 min)—More watching Fincher work.
* Int. Salander's Apt (3 min)—Still watching Fincher work.
* In the Cutting Room (14 min)—A look inside Fincher's editing process.
* ADR (7 min)—Looping dialogue, a necessary evil which is harder than it looks.
* Main Titles (3 min)—Blur Studio's work on the film's intense (some might say Bondian) title sequence.
* Visual Effects Montage (8 min)—It's the little things most people don't notice that make the difference.
* Hard Copy (9 min)—Viral video created to generate interest in the film. As if it needed more.
* TV Spots (4 min)—Seven commercials.
* Trailers—Four trailers.
* Metal One Sheet (4 min)—Creating the metallic poster art.
* Easter Eggs—After nearly five hours of extras, I didn't have the energy to track them down.
* DVD copy—A bit controversial, as it was made to look like one of Lisbeth's DVD-Rs. But the marketing gimmick backfired, as consumers thought they had been ripped off. Personally, I thought it was a studio placeholder disc for final product not yet available.
* Digital copy—Are you registered with Ultraviolet yet? You'll need to be to utilize it.
Closing Statement
This is art as God intended. Love it or hate it, our ability to create and experience stories like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is one of life's great benefits. Excuse yourself from mindless television and internet surfing for one night and take advantage of it. You won't regret the choice. And when the film is done, immediately put in the Swedish version and experience the story in an entirely different way.
The Verdict
Inte skyldig (Not required).
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Released: Dec 01st, 2005
Running Time: 133
Company: White Ghetto Films
Distribution Companies: Devil's Film
Cast: Vanessa Videl, Darien Ross, Gabriella Banks, Trixie (I), Others
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Specialty
Ladies, like wine and cheese, often get better with age. This is the ethic behind Mother Fucker 3, and it's right more often than not.
Vanessa Videl makes a good case for mother fucking right off the bat, her lovely ass spread and open while she sucks on a cock. That ass looks spectacular getting pounded from behind, as well.
And then there's Nicki Hunter. If this chick is a mother, then this reviewer is a mother fucker forever. Starting off with a display of how many fingers she can get in her snatch (four, for the record), and then gobbling cock with gusto, this lady is hot as shit. Her sex talk is enough to get anyone off.
The rest is pretty run-of-the-mill, but those two scenes should get most hard just fine.
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His research on the sexuality, family dynamics, and religious behaviors of youth and young adults in America led Mark Regnerus to become an advocate for early marriage. Associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford, 2007), Regnerus offered an "emotional, biological, and economic case for marrying young" in the Washington Post in April 2009. Later that year he added biblical and theological considerations in a cover story for Christianity Today. Leadership's Brandon O'Brien asked Regnerus what his research might mean for youth and young adult ministries in local churches.
Why do you advocate for young marriage?
Marrying early is certainly not something everyone ought to do. But the 20s seem meant for marrying and having children. It's how God designed us, both in terms of normal sexual development and fertility.
What's wrong with waiting to marry until 30 or later?
We say we like families. We try to honor marriage. But we're witnessing a nationwide slowdown in the formation of families that signals a declining confidence and interest in marriage among young people, especially men. This is true both outside and inside the church.
Why do churches not encourage younger marriages?
Plenty of Christian parents attribute their own failed marriages to the young age at which they married. As a result, they counsel their children to marry later. Many parents think their early 20-something children aren't mature enough for marriage. Then there's education: more of it seems required today than ever before, and having a full-time job has been a traditional indicator of marital readiness. Finally, some of the delay is probably a byproduct of a more intensive parenting style: we pour more of our time and resources into fewer children, wanting to help them craft a life of significance and accomplishment. But love and marriage involves another person—which is risky by definition. And doting parents want to reduce risk to their children. So we counsel them to wait. It feels shrewd and wise. It may not be.
Half the job description of a youth pastor seems to be talking students out of having sex before marriage. Should youth ministers be talking more about marriage than sex?
I hear youth pastors talking a lot about sex but not about the vocation of marriage or singleness, in part because marriage feels too "grown up." We ought to be encouraging young Christians to begin to discern their calling and be mindful about it. Young Christians shouldn't be embarrassed about either pursuing marriage or being content with singleness.
What should we be telling youth about marriage?
We tend to communicate to young Christians that marriage should wait until their careers are up and running, until they are more mature. Yet we continue to link legitimate sexual expression exclusively to marriage. That's a tall order, especially in an era when pregnancy can be avoided or ended, most STIs either skirted, cured, or managed, and the reputational damage from sexual choices is often minimal. Our collective efforts to deter premarital sex are not that successful: 41 percent of churchgoing, conservative Protestant men's relationships become sexual within one month, barely lower than the national average of 48 percent. We expend so much energy to generate so little difference. If church leaders began focusing on marriage, then sex could be a plausible reality for many early 20-somethings. Our discourse could turn from sex-negative to sex-positive!
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Situated in Douglas, this spa hotel is 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Douglas Golf Club and within 3 mi (5 km) of Cork City Hall and Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral. Pairc Ui Rinn and Christ the King Church are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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A 24-hour business center is on site at this 4-star property. This business-friendly hotel also offers a sauna, spa services, and a library. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Half a Century Later, Economist's 'Creative Destruction' Theory Is Apt for the Internet Age : Schumpeter:The Prophet of Bust and Boom
By Sharon Reier
Published: June 10, 2000
IT IS A COLD, grim June day in London, but 32 brand-new entrepreneurs are generating some heat as they make 10-minute business presentations in a hotel just off Hyde Park. Their audience: Several hundred venture capitalists who have gathered from three continents and paid $1,800 each to identify the next Bill Gates, or at least the next Jeff Bezos.
Welcome to the vision of Joseph Schumpeter.
Schumpeter was an Austrian-trained economist, economic historian and ardent capitalist who developed a theory with the breadth and grandeur of that of Karl Marx. But where Marx viewed labor as the fundamental unit of economic value and the proletariat as the key agent of change, Schumpeter saw the entrepreneur as the cornerstone of capitalism. Although he died 50 years ago, Schumpeter's theories anticipated an age when an entrepreneur such as Mr. Gates could command as much global recognition as the president of the United States or the latest rock star.
"Schumpeter would have understood the Bill Gates story perfectly," said Stanley Metcalfe, director of research at the Center for Research on Innovation and Competition at the University of Manchester, in Manchester, England, and president of the International Schumpeter Society. "He saw the entrepreneur as often facing great hostility."
Schumpeter's theory sets forth the idea that the vital force behind capitalism is innovation and the entrepreneur willing to introduce it. A product of the Depression and the economic instabilities that gripped Europe after World War I, Schumpeter also grappled with uncovering the fundamental causes for the business cycle of booms followed by busts. His thesis was that the introduction of innovations was responsible for both the progress and the instabilities of capitalism.
Those instabilities he attributed to the principle of "creative destruction," a process in which new technologies, new kinds of products, new methods of production and new means of distribution make old ones obsolete, forcing existing companies to quickly adapt to a new environment or fail.
It is an idea that has been seized upon by economists, including central bankers, to explain the remarkable pace of growth, especially in the United States, and to justify the extraordinary gains in the stock market.
If creative destruction allows fast economic growth without generating serious inflation, then it might make sense, for example, to put high values on the shares of companies that will do well in such an unusual environment. It would also behoove governments not to interfere with the prosperity-creating potential of this radical kind of capitalism, even if the destructive elements bring down established companies and lead to job losses.
"Today, nobody can speak about the market society without using these words 'entrepreneur' and 'creative destruction,"' said Manfred Prisching, professor of sociology at the University of Graz in Austria and a former Joseph A. Schumpeter fellow at Harvard University.
Schumpeter himself taught at both the University of Graz and at Harvard University. His extensive writings display a great understanding of all economists before him, but Mr. Prisching said he had departed from mainstream theory, which viewed capitalism and the market as stable.
"Schumpeter believed the static order is disturbed by the entrepreneur, and he investigated where that entrepreneurial spirit came from," Mr. Prisching said. "He saw it as a different way of looking at the world: The will to create an empire for one's self. It is a dynamic force that stems from the disposition of some people. Not that they are particularly intelligent. It is not cognitive ability. They are not subtle people. They are often very crude, but they want to attack the world in a certain way. If you take the old adventurers, capitalism turned that into this calculating spirit."
Whatever their nature, entrepreneurs, by advancing new products, technology or production methods, provide an impulse for change and, in Schumpeter's words in his 1942 book, "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy," "a perennial gale of creative destruction."
Although overshadowed by the British economist John Maynard Keynes during his lifetime, Schumpeter's theory and phraseology have become mainstream today for describing the current era, in which new-economy companies are being created at an astounding rate. No less an establishment figure as Alan Greenspan, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and a Harvard-trained economist, has been using Schumpeterian economics to explain the remarkable noninflationary expansion in the United States over the past eight years.
Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress a year ago, Mr. Greenspan said the "evident acceleration of the process of creative destruction, which has accompanied these expanding innovations and which has been reflected in the shifting of capital from failing technologies into those technologies at the cutting edge, has been remarkable."
The innovations Mr. Greenspan was describing included the microprocessor, the laser, fiber optics and satellite technologies. But he added: "The innovations in information technology — so called IT — have begun to alter the manner in which we do business and create value, often in ways that were not readily foreseeable even five years ago. As this century comes to an end, the defining characteristic of the current wave of technology is the role of information."
Nor is the wave of innovation limited to new-economy companies. Mr. Greenspan explained that established industries had been adapting the new technologies to enhance their productivity.


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text: Daniel Barlow <dan@...> writes: > I was thinking about the whole foreign-memory issue on Monday, though > From the perspective of a "standard" interface rather than SBCL > specifically. This is marginally related. > > Some implementations have efficient means for letting foreign code > write into Lisp space - e.g. a character or (unsigned-byte 8) > array. Some (e.g. OpenMCL) can't. > > We _could_ say that posix:read always takes a Lisp array as argument, > but this would suck if all we wanted to do with the array was write it > out again, because we'd have to do all that copying for no reason. So, > there should be some way to say "leave this in foreign space" for > implementations that would make this faster. > > Sometimes we have to do format conversions and stuff as well. For > example, whatever we read from a file is going to be in some > native-to-the-system encoding (probably utf8) and will need converting > into unicode or iso-8859-15 or whatever else the Lisp uses. > This is what simple-streams does, essentially (among other things). The device layer of simple-streams works with buffer objects. It would be cool to unify this with sb-posix. The relevant parts of buffers, as seen by simple-streams (code courtesy of Paul Foley): (deftype simple-stream-buffer () '(or sb-sys:system-area-pointer (sb-kernel:simple-unboxed-array (*)))) (defun buffer-sap (thing &optional offset) (declare (type simple-stream-buffer thing) (type (or fixnum null) offset) (optimize (speed 3) (space 2) (debug 0) (safety 0) ;; Suppress the note about having to box up the return: (sb-ext:inhibit-warnings 3))) (let ((sap (if (vectorp thing) (sb-sys:vector-sap thing) thing))) (if offset (sb-sys:sap+ sap offset) sap))) (defun bref (buffer index) (declare (type simple-stream-buffer buffer) (type (integer 0 #.most-positive-fixnum) index)) (sb-sys:sap-ref-8 (buffer-sap buffer) index)) (defun (setf bref) (octet buffer index) (declare (type (unsigned-byte 8) octet) (type simple-stream-buffer buffer) (type (integer 0 #.most-positive-fixnum) index)) (setf (sb-sys:sap-ref-8 (buffer-sap buffer) index) octet)) See also: buffer-copy, allocate-buffer, free-buffer, all in sb-simple-streams/internal.lisp. > > So: a buffer is an opaque object which has a start address and >optionally also a size. > > A buffer-designator is > > - NIL, meaning either #<buffer :start 0 :length 0> or "allocate your > own buffer", depending on context. (yuck, context-dependence. I > hope it should be obvious which behaviour is appropriate for any > given call but haven't thought about it too hard yet) > > - a buffer, as returned by > > (allocate-buffer :length l) ; allocates new buffer somewhere appropriate > (get-buffer :start s :length l) > ; creates a buffer pointing to existing VM. length is optional > > [ Open to better names for that latter ] > fabricate-buffer perhaps? The name must indicate to the dumb programmer (i.e., me) that nothing is allocated. buffer-from-memory-location? (awkward to type, which might be a win in this case :) I think we need a protocol for buffer-length in this case, and specify that it can return NIL (unknown) for buffers created from memory locations. Also a function buffer-length-or-lose, we don't need no buffer overruns in this town! > > - a vector of (unsigned-byte 8), whose contents are made available >as a buffer of appropriate start and length, using an identity >mapping. This may or may not involve creating a copy of the data. > > - a vector of character, which is turned into a buffer using some > implementation-defined transformation that obviously depends on the > implementation's representation of characters. This may or may not > involve creating a copy of the data. > (perhaps this wants to be a string designator, not exclusively a string) > > - implementations may optionally extend this if they want [e.g. SBCL > could also take a SAP] > > Notes: > > 1) optional size? yes, because the 'size' arguments to system calls > are optional too, when the size can be inferred from the object passed. > See above; a sap or buffer-from-memory-location has no size, so the stupid programmer should see an error at run-time instead of memory corruption, if he is stupid enough to pass a SAP or buffer-from-memory-location without a length argument. > > If you're mmaping at fixed addresses you probably want to write > > (posix:mmap (get-buffer 1000) 4096 posix:prot-read 0 -1 0) so that > > your argument list matches the C binding more closely > The alternative being keyword arguments to posix:mmap. I don't think this is appropriate for such a low-level function, and would violate the sb-posix design guidelines as I understand them (lispy arglist follows manpage of syscall). > > 2) Remember that this is a one-way transformation: you can't expect to > portably do > > (let ((v (make-string 10))) (posix:read 0 v)) > > because the mutated buffer isn't automatically transformed back again. > You have to pass posix:read a buffer. This is slightly ungainly but > not so philosophically different from what the rest of the interface > does: calling (posix:dup *standard-input*) returns an integer, not a > stream > > We do need some functions to convert buffers back into these lispy > objects. In fact, this goes for all the designators: we also need > functions that convert other all kinds of C objects that we have > designators for (currently file descriptors, pathnames) into usefully > Lisp-like objects. > How system-independent can this part of the posix interface be kept? pathnames can be converted via parse-namestring, fds need some make-stream-from-fd function. I would hesitate to convert a returned buffer into a string, other than with the trivial (map 'string #'code-char buffer) variant. As mentioned, simple-streams deal with the byte-array-to-lisp-object question, but at a higher level (streams). The issue will perhaps come up when I begin testing string-simple-streams. > > "Buffer" is not a name I'm particularly attached to, though in the >sense that it's a holding area for results passed back from C >functions that may need further processing before Lisp sees them, I'm >not sure it's actually such a bad one. It avoids the whole "should >we call it _foreign_ memory or _native_ memory?" issue, at least. > > Comments? > It is a workable proposal, I think. I would convert sb-simple-streams to it, to see how well it stands up to actual use. Should not be too much work, and makes the simple-stream codebase a bit smaller (and less system-dependent). Random thought: it would be nice to be able to express the notion of unmovable-by-gc buffers somehow, for buffers that need to stay valid for the duration of multiple syscalls. Another random thought: the proposal needs to differentiate between buffers and buffer-designators. The former could be acceptable for a call to, say, mlock, while the latter (e.g. Lisp strings) clearly are not. Or do we need a portable way of saying (void *)0xdeadbeef too? Rudi -- whois DRS1020334-NICAT http://constantly.at/pubkey.gpg.asc Key fingerprint = C182 F738 6B9A 83AF 9C25 62D9 EFAE 45A6 9A69 0867


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Rod Sullivan, a law professor at Florida Coastal School of Law, said attorneys who represent clients with a gambling interest need to be concerned their advice may now cause them great exposure. Defense attorney Mitch Stone called the potential precedent set by the case "very disturbing." Mathis agreed, saying, "Attorneys are on trial in this […]
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"Their best legal option is to contact the landlord that leased the property because the landlord has the obligation to allow customers to pick up the property that's in the leased premises," said Rod Sullivan, a law professor at Florida Coastal School of Law. "Because it doesn't belong to the tenant and they have to […]
Appeals court orders new trial for Jacksonville's Marissa Alexander in case attracting 'Stand Your Ground' attention
Rod Sullivan, professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law, said minimum mandatories have gotten out of control. "This was not something that was meant for warning shots," Sullivan said. "The Legislature needs to fix this." Sullivan said Corey and Alexander both have reasons to consider a deal now. Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-09-27/story/appeals-court-orders-new-trial-jacksonvilles-marissa-alexander-case#ixzz2g6C5BiHr
Ship hits Mathews Bridge; span 'closed indefinitely'
"The damage to the concrete sections of the metal grating is extensive and the bridge will be closed for some time," said Rod Sullivan, a Florida Coastal School of Law professor who specializes in marine incidents. Read the entire story at news4jax.com.
Jacksonville attorney first to go on trial in Allied Veterans case
Rod Sullivan, professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law, said he is confused by what the Attorney General's Office is doing. A few weeks ago, Sullivan said the gambling case appeared to be weak because of the way gambling laws were written by the Legislature. But the money laundering case was probably strong. But […]


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Sorry to hear. I think Barclays Apple Card is harder than other Barclays cards. You can apply for Best Buy Card and it has longer fiancing plan.
I'm pretty sure the OP wouldn't get approved for one. The Best buy card is probably the best one to get when it comes to financing apple products.
With all due respect, I'm pretty sure you are dead wrong...and the reason I know this is I was approved from the Barclay Apple Visa with a 616 TU, a recent BK, and 50%util
To the OP, here is the key with Barclay Apple and recons: They very badly want you to buy the Apple stuff. When I first reconned, they said no. When I lamented the fact that I wouldn't be buying my first Apple product, the guy put me on hold and came back asking me what I wanted. I said the laptop that was 1,099...he approved me for 1,300.
I would recon and tell the rep specificallwith at you want to buy it with no interest financing for Christmas. YMMV, but I think you have a shot with FICO above 600 this time of year.
I was denied at first, and called in to recon. Advised that I wanted to buy an apple product (I really didn't), and I was approved for 1k (they matched my highest Seecured card limit) and have since given me a $1200 auto-CLI and I've only had the card now for 6months.
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