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Another Phillies injury to report... Joe Blanton has been placed on the DL with a medial impingement of his right elbow. Vance "Refrigeration" Worley will start on Friday against the Mets. Adjust your deep NL-only fantasy lineups accordingly.
Joel Embiid officially out for rest of season
Joel Embiid officially out for rest of season
MIAMI -- In the end, he played 31 games.
Joel Embiid's rookie season is officially over, the Sixers announced on Wednesday. Embiid has not suited up since Jan. 27 and has missed 17 of the Sixers' last 18 games because of a left knee injury. An MRI taken Monday revealed a bigger meniscus tear than initially diagnosed but significant healing in the bone bruise.
The Sixers have only 23 games remaining and are not in playoff contention, lessening the urgency of Embiid's return this season. Embiid concludes his rookie season averaging 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.45 blocks in just 25.4 minutes per game.
"The assessment of Monday's follow-up MRI of Joel Embiid's left knee appears to reveal that the area affected by the bone bruise has improved significantly, while the previously identified meniscus tear appears more pronounced in this most recent scan," Sixers chief medical director Dr. Jonathan Glashow said in statement released by the team.
Embiid suffered the injury on Jan. 20 against the Trail Blazers, played one game against the Rockets, and has not suited up since then. Last week the Sixers had targeted a return date of March 3 but changed that status changed to "out indefinitely" after Embiid still was experiencing swelling.
During an MRI taken the night of the injury, the results also revealed Embiid had a slight meniscus tear which the team did not believe was related to the contusion.
Prior to the announcement, there was a strong reaction from the fans who were looking for transparency on the big man's status. Embiid expressed his displeasure last Thursday with the way the Sixers managed after he was informed he would miss multiple weeks.
"I wasn't too happy with the way it was kind of handled before," Embiid said at the time. "I saw the day-to-day part. I was told that I was going to miss at least two or three weeks. So I wasn't happy with the way it was handled."
The following day, president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo said he would have done things differently.
"We should have just said 'out indefinitely,' even though the treatment was still day to day," Colangelo said. "But the fact that there was uncertainty, I'll own that."
Embiid's short NBA career has been marked by injuries from the very start until now. He sat out his first two seasons with foot injuries. This year the Sixers took an ultra-cautious approach to their starred big man. He was placed under a carefully monitored minute restriction (capped at 28) and did not play on both nights of back-to-back games. Embiid reiterated throughout the season that after missing two years, he was exercising patience to benefit his long-term health.
When Embiid was on the court, though, he shined. He made NBA basketball look easy and he had his way at and away from the basket. Embiid did not appear in enough games to qualify him on the leaders' charts, but based on his raw stats he led all rookies in scoring and in rebounds. Teammate Dario Saric is second in both categories but still trailed Embiid by 8.9 points and 1.6 rebounds.
Embid ranks second among all players in blocks behind Jazz big man Rudy Gobert. In his first 31 games, he recorded nine double-doubles, which is first among rookies even though he has not played in over a month.
Embiid scored a career-high 33 points on Dec. 18 against the Nets and 14 rebounds on Jan. 14 against the Knicks. He dished five assists in three games and swatted five blocks in two contests.
The announcement of Embiid's status comes less than one week after Ben Simmons was ruled out for the season. Like Embiid did, Simmons will miss his entire first year with the Sixers. He suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot during training camp. Simmons received a bone marrow injection on Monday speed up the healing. Both Embiid and Simmons are projected to be the centerpieces of the Sixers' future when they return next season.
Embiid is with the Sixers in Miami. Expect to see him around the team for the remainder of the season as he stays involved to further their team chemistry for the 2017-18 campaign.
While he works toward his return to the court and eyes his next official game months down the road, he will embrace his mantra.
As he's always done, Embiid will trust the process.
Flyers trade Mark Streit to Lightning for forward Valtteri Filppula, picks
Flyers trade Mark Streit to Lightning for forward Valtteri Filppula, picks
VOORHEES, N.J. -- Everyone knew there was a good chance the Flyers would try to move Mark Streit at the trade deadline.
What no one expected, however, was that they would trade him to Tampa Bay for a player who is coming back with a salary nearly identical to the one they are losing and has another year left on his contract.
That's what transpired late Wednesday at the deadline when Streit left to the Lightning in exchange for longtime 32-year-old versatile forward Valtteri Filppula, who will make $5 million next season. He turns 33 later this month.
Streit, whose contract ends this summer, was making $5.25 million. Because Filppula, who spent eight years in the Detroit Red Wings organization, had a no movement clause, he has to be protected this summer in the NHL expansion draft.
The Flyers also received a 4th round pick and conditional 7th round pick.
Filppula will add scoring on the wing, but he has had declining numbers since joining Tampa in 2013-14 when he posted a career-high 25 goals and career-high 58 points.
Streit had a no movement clause in his contract, but also had 10 clubs he could be traded to and this was one of them. Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has had a working relationship with Tampa GM Steve Yzerman in the past with the Braydon Coburn trade that brought them Radko Gudas.
Weal to the Phantoms
In an unrelated move, the Flyers have loaned Jordan Weal to the Phantoms to make him available for the AHL playoffs.
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395 grams condensed milk
250 grams cornflakes
150 almond flakes
100 grams glace cherries
100 grams glace ginger
100 grams dried cranberries
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and cinnamon
350 grams dark chocolate
1) Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees and line baking trays with baking paper.
2) Combine all dry ingredients and mix well.
3) Using a stiff spatula, add condensed milk. Stir well to ensure that all ingredients are covered.
4) Pile small mounds of the mixture onto trays. Use a biscuit or scone cutter to keep uniform size if desired. Using clean, damp hands smooth the surface of each mound.
5) Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Allow to cool completely on trays before removing to a rack.
6) When all biscuits are made and cool, melt chocolate over a pan of simmering water.
7) Using a pastry brush, paint the chocolate over the flat base of each biscuit. Use the tines of fork to make swirly patterns if desired.
8) Makes approximately 40 small Florentines.

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National Park Service employees who conduct trips on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon have been engaged in sexual misconduct and harassment for years, led by boatmen who try to "get laid as much as possible," according to a new inspector general report.
Several members of the Grand Canyon National Park's (GRCA) River District team, who take about 12 trips a year for research, monitoring programs, and clean up missions, have been accused of repeatedly propositioning fellow female employees and contractors for sex.
"The River District has a history of reported incidents of sexual harassment and hostile work environments against its employees," the Department of Interior's inspector general said in an audit released Tuesday. "Many of these incidents allegedly occurred during river trips."
The report lists allegations of inappropriate behavior dating back to 2003, including a supervisor grabbing a female's crotch, and drunken "twerking" parties during the river trips, which can last for weeks at a time.
Managers were also accused of not responding appropriately to complaints and having an attitude of "what happens on the river, stays on the river."
A current boatman, who was described by a supervisor as a known "womanizer" who propositioned women during river trips, has never been disciplined. He was allegedly found lying next to a passed-out woman with his pants down. In another incident, he allegedly drunkenly yelled at a woman while wielding an axe.
"We found evidence of a long-term pattern of sexual harassment and hostile work environment in the GRCA River District," the inspector general said. "In addition to the 13 original complainants, we identified 22 other individuals who reported experiencing or witnessing sexual harassment and hostile work environments while working in the River District."
The investigation involved interviews with more than 80 potential victims, witnesses, and suspects, the inspector general said. The report focused on one boatman currently employed, two former boatmen, and a former supervisor.
A fellow male employee said that the men "all tried to 'get laid as much as possible' during river trips and that there was 'some sort of wager . . . or challenge between the three of them . . . to see who would get laid the most.'"
The current boatman was accused of behaving in a "threatening manner" toward a female employee for "yelling at her while holding an axe—while he was intoxicated," during a 2005 trip.
Former employees said the current boatman would "behave in a hostile manner if [his] advances toward women were rejected." He was accused of refusing to provide food to female employees after they rejected him on a 2006 river trip. The boatman also was accused of asking female employees for massages and of inappropriately touching a female Park Service volunteer's thigh.
Another employee said she suspected the boatman "might have taken sexual advantage of an intoxicated woman during a 2008 river trip."
"She said that the woman, whom she declined to identify, became intoxicated in camp one night and fell asleep," the report said. "Later in the evening, [the employee] observed [the boatman] lying next to the woman, who was still asleep. When [the employee] asked him what he was doing, she said, he stood up, buckled his pants, and walked away."
The boatman denied the allegations but "did acknowledge having sex with women during river trips, but said that the sex was consensual and only occurred while he was off duty."
"He also acknowledged making sexual remarks to women, but said that he did so only when he sensed a 'mutual attraction,'" the inspector general said.
The supervisor was described as a "classic bully." One employee said he "spit beer on a woman's head during a river trip," and he was suspended for grabbing a female's crotch and buttocks against her will.
The supervisor also was accused of making inappropriate comments to women. When asked by a female employee what she could do to contribute on a river trip he allegedly replied "she could help him by being 'naked in [the] motor well' of his boat."
The supervisor denied that he grabbed the woman's crotch, and said "he had only 'smack[ed] her on the ass,' but he said that he was sorry the incident had occurred."
He was suspended for 10 days. The suspension was shorter than what a female employee received for bringing a penis shaped straw to a trip and starting a "twerking" party.
Other employees interviewed for the audit said they did not witness any acts of sexual misconduct or harassment by the supervisor or boatman but accused other women of behaving badly.
A female employee who went on two trips with the supervisor and boatman said other female employees were "scantily" clothed, "did not help with the numerous duties around camp," "drank too much alcohol," and were 'bantering and flirting' with the male trip participants."
She said she was friends with the supervisor and boatman and described them as "free spirits" who loved to "joke around" and tell "off-color jokes."
Another employee, who has been with the agency since 2000, said she found everyone to behave inappropriately on river trips.
"[S]he had participated in around 10 river trips and found the behavior of the other participants shocking," the inspector general said. "She cited excessive alcohol consumption, nudity, and incidents in which some trip participants yelled angrily at others."


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Bathrooms: 2
Sleeps: 7
Type: Home
Pets allowed: No
Internet: Yes
*** ALL NEW 2014 - Wall paper removed and both bathrooms repainted in tropical colors. Doubled Driveway space and added a paver side entry driveway. Now pulling in and out is always forward facing if your desire. New high efficiency A/C - Heating system.
*** ALL NEW 2012 - Electronics Upgrades *** including 55" Flat panel in master and 46" inch flatpanels in the remaining bedrooms and living room (not shown here)
Seacrest has ten-foot ceilings in every room and the layout is grand, flowing, and spacious. Central air conditioning, which can be controlled in every room (via duct adjustments), is STANDARD! Also, ALL bedrooms have ceiling fans in them.
Undoubtedly, one very attractive feature of Seacrest is its proximity to the best Marco has to offer to tourists. Unlike some other Marco rental owners that really stretch the term "Walk to the Beach" (you should ask them), we MEAN IT (six minutes)!!!
Seacrest sits on a lushly, tropically landscaped, over-sized corner property (160 feet verses the normal 80 feet for most homes on Marco). There is a huge side lawn for those days when you want to have the children close to home while you sit by the pool or enjoy a quiet day around the house.
We think the view from the back lanai is nothing short of spectacular (see photos). Seacrest is situated on the end of a waterway facing east toward Landmark waterway. We estimate it to be a short ride by boat to the open waters of the Gulf and tropical sunsets and frolicking dolphins that Marco is famous for. And best of all, you come out by Cape Marco at the south end of the island...The 30ft dream dock allows for easy fishing right from the privacy of the home.
And, of course, there is the large, heated, swimming pool. Covered in the winter, so we can keep it warm for you, and situated on an over-sized lanai, it is the perfect place to relax at the water's edge and enjoy the view. The lanai has its own small refrigerator so you can keep cool drinks and snacks close at hand.
We have one of the BEST six person Spas made. It is ALWAYS HOT and offers 37 jets of relaxation. Sit in the spa and look at the wonderful view while you forget the cares of everyday life.
With Seacrest's lanai facing to the east, you have the most fantastic sunrises and, best of all, we get sun for most of the day as the sun makes its way over the lanai heading east to west. Also, there is a portion of the lanai that gets sun ALL day, as it is not blocked at any time by the house. We have positioned two of the lounge chairs at this location.
One of the really "cool" things about Seacrest, is that there are so many sliding doors and expansive windows that open up onto the lanai. It is really easy to enjoy the long water view from any of the common rooms of the home.
The living room opens up to the pool area with fully-retracting, eight-foot, sliding doors. Many of the common areas like the family room and living room have wall-to-wall carpet. The contemporary formal dining room seats six. It is adjacent to the kitchen, yet private enough to keep "cooking" noise to a minimum.
The kitchen in Seacrest is clearly designed for the cooks in the family. It boasts a huge pantry, way more cabinets then we could possibly fill, and "premium" appliances including microwave, dishwasher, garbage disposal, and refrigerator. The counters and breakfast bar are made of Corian for easy clean up and care. We loved the fact that you can see any activities going on in the pool (through the nook's window) and in the family room.
Adjacent to the breakfast bar is a nook, so there is plenty of room for the whole family to sit and enjoy meals in a more casual setting than the formal dining area. Between the breakfast bar and the nook you can seat seven.
The family room (where we spend our time inside) has a really cooooool family entertainment system. The 36-inch television is a Sony connected to a DVD player and home theater system with digital surround sound.
There are five speakers total that create the home theater experience. You can also listen to CDs and AM/FM radio through the audio component of the system. The leather couch turns into a queen-size sleeper bed and there is a ceiling fan overhead for your comfort.
The master bedroom suite (we call it the Athens Room) is exactly what you would expect in a home of this grandeur. There is a 30-inch Sony XBR TV with matching DVD player (and, yes, we supply the DVDs). There are wireless headphones so one person can sleep while the other watches the TV. Also, there is a personal audio system with CD/tape and AM/FM tuner.
The master bathroom boasts twin sinks which are inlaid on a cultured marble counter with a massive mirror set behind the vanity. There is a soaking tub and separate shower. The toilet, located in a separate room set to the right side of the shower, allows couples to make use of the master bathroom at the same time without surrendering any privacy.
The Rome Room (we call it this because the decor reminds us of Italy) offers a queen-size bed, home computer system with always on high-speed internet access, 17-inch flat panel monitor, fax/multi-function center, and TV/DVD entertainment system. Ceiling fan, alarm clock, and telephone are also present.
The Cairo Room (it has a sultry Arabian Nights feel to it!) offers two twin beds and a personal entertainment system that includes a TV/VCR and a Nintendo Game Cube (with a few of our select games from our own collection). Ceiling fan, alarm clock, and telephone are also present.
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Reviews for this vacation home rental in Marco Island, Florida
Wonderful home with everything you need and more!
Shawna Johnson Haid
Haslett, MI
Wonderful home with everything you need and more!
April 12, 2016
My family of 4 plus my son's friend stayed at this wonderful house during spring break 2016. It had plenty of room for us all. The hot tub and pool were one of the best features. The pool is comfortably set to 84 degrees and was welcoming in the morning for my morning swim. The kids usually enjoyed it in the evening, followed by the hot tub. It is wonderfully appointed and had all the amenities that you need for your stay. Not having to pack extras like beach towels was nice. The kitchen was fully stocked with everything you need to prepare great meals. It is situated close to the main strip of restaurants and not far from the beach. It was also nice to have all the beach gear accessible and the bikes were great for exercise and riding up to the store. Paul was always very prompt in responding and kept in touch with us to make sure we had a good experience. I would highly recommend this house for a family vacation. We enjoyed our stay immensely!
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ivan korbar
Holy ct marco island
August 6, 2014
House very well maintain near all facilities You feel at home immediately Nice spa and pool and if you rent a boat you are not far from the gulf We loved it
Excellent Choice on Marco island
Egil Svendsen
Excellent Choice on Marco island
July 8, 2012
We, a family of 5, stayed for 1 week in this beautiful house. Everythings worked fine. Walking distance to the beach. Cosy evenings by the pool. Near to everything you need some minutes by car.
Very tidy and close to the beach
Michael Lavagnino
Fredericksburg, VA
Very tidy and close to the beach
June 19, 2011
The house is very nice and it appears that the owners are in the process of completing some very nice updates to the house, decor, appliances and electronics. All was in order and there were 2 very detailed books on the house, all electronics and appliances, also included were a good list of things to do, places to eat.... One of the best stocked kitchens for a rental I have seen. This is the first place I have been to that I did not have to go out and buy herbs or spices for cooking. The weber grill is great, just follow the instructions and all is well. Pool area was very clean and well kept. The beach was a real 5 minute walk from the house with only 1 slightly busy street to cross. One of nicest place we have been and will return.
Overall good experience
Jean Yacoub
Overall good experience
April 12, 2011
House was in very good condition. Indoor pool was good for the kids. It sleeps 6 people and not 7 (1 king and 2 queen beds) however we had to use the sofa to sleep the 7th person. 5 minutes drive to thye beach which was fine with me. Close to grocery store was a plus.
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The Wierzbicki's
Akron, OH
Paradise Found
July 4, 2010
This house has it all - well well worth the money. Quality throughout with expectional views of the pool / dock and canal. We enjoyed the use of the bikes, fishing poles, etc too. We hated to leave and look forward to coming back again.
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But they will not be the usual mix of students and tourists that flock to the cybercafes. They will be business people on their way to meetings with Hoskyns, the computer services company. The foyer of its Shaftesbury Avenue headquarters is being remodelled to incorporate the Cyberclub - customers will be encouraged to arrive early for appointments so they can spend time discovering just what the Internet is.
Peter Falconer, marketing director of Hoskyns, says the club has been set up as a result of a survey among senior managers in its customer companies. "It showed that 80 per cent of them had a very strong interest in the Internet, but few understood much about it," he says.
The Internet has suffered from more than its share of hype, and there has already been a backlash. A recent survey by Sony showed that business people were disappointed with the Internet and believed it had not lived up to expectations. Many people will have nodded wisely when they saw that - proof, they believed, that the Internet was just another fad that they could now safely forget.
They would be wrong. As wrong as the commentators who declared in the the early 1900s that the motor car would never replace the horse. As wrong as the Times in 1909, which said after Louis Bleriot's cross-Channel flight that the aeroplane could never be commercial.
"We are in the Dark Ages of the Internet," says Steve Smith, who runs the London media consultancy Antenna. "But there is a fundamental shift in distribution happening, and some industries are totally unprepared."
The Internet has the potential to replace or partly replace businesses that make their living as intermediaries between suppliers and consumers: shops, travel agents, publishers, estate agents, bank branches. It will be used to replace physical journeys - couriers, airlines, car manufacturers, public transport should watch out. It will replace offices - property companies and urban planners, please note.
It is not fanciful to compare the potential of the Internet with that of the motor car. "There has never been a communication tool like it," Mr Smith says. "It will probably lead to the biggest communications revolution ever." Mr Falconer says: "Any service that provides an agency service will be threatened. The ones that survive will be the ones that use the new technology themselves."
This is the year that business is starting to appreciate that; the year that the suit starts to push the anorak aside. "The Internet is becoming recognised as something to be taken seriously," says Mr Falconer. "I predict that this year we will see some dramatic announcements from organisations about how they are going to exploit it - that is when the real acceleration will take place."
What is this Internet, and how can it possibly be so important? If you have a computer at home, it is probably a stand-alone unit that you use for typing letters or playing games. If you have one at work, it will be connected to a network, which means you can send files or messages to your colleagues. But if your computer is hooked up to the Internet, you are connected to a network consisting of everyone with a similar link - 30 to 60 million people worldwide. Because the Internet is more like a language than an organisation, no one owns it so no one knows the real numbers, but the consultancy Durlacher Multimedia believes that more than 200 million people will be "wired" by 2002.
Its most obvious use is for sending messages, or e-mails. E-mail is not the best way of declaring undying love or of having a good gossip, but it is excellent for confirming a meeting or an order. It is also remarkably cheap - you rarely pay more than the cost of a brief local phone call, even if the message is going round the world. "I realised the power of this tool two years ago," Mr Smith says. "I was sitting with my laptop in a primitive village in India, using it to carry out deals in California and Europe."
But it is not e-mail that is creating the excitement: it is the World Wide Web. This is the part of the Internet that allows "pages" to be sent between computers - they appear in a boxed-off window on the computer screen called a browser. Usually a Web "site" will have a number of pages, each of which contains text, graphics, photographs, even video and sound. Think of it as a constantly updated multimedia noticeboard pinned up all over the world. Anyone with a computer, a telephone line, a modem and a pounds 10 to pounds 15 a month Internet account can look at the noticeboard for no extra cost.
The Web, which was invented in its current form in 1992, has about 100,000 sites and several million pages. Durlacher says it is doubling in size every three months. But most of these pages are of little interest to business - most have been created by students or interest groups covering everything from aardvarks to Zoroastrianism.
Research by Ketchum Worldwide, the US public relations company, last November found that 27 of the world's 50 biggest corporations had a Web site, although most were filled with the dullest information. Web sites are often built by the information technology department as an amusing exercise - the cost is minimal, but so is the commercial benefit. A second route is equally unfocused - what Guy Cranswick, of media group Poppe Tyson, calls the "CEO on the golf course syndrome - he can say: 'Heh, I've got a Web site.' "
The problem is that while it should be easy to make money out of a near- free way of communicating with millions of people, it is not. Only now are managers getting to grips with the complexities. Is the Web an advertising medium? A way to send out information? A "shop" for direct sales? The answer can be all these and more - but only if the company has worked out what it is trying to do. Mr Cranswick, whose organisation "builds" Web sites, says that he is finally seeing some strategic thinking. "In the past you would find a phalanx of IT people and a few cowering marketing people when you went into a meeting," he says. "This year the marketing people are asserting themselves."
Mr Falconer believes this is a necessary shift: "The IT people can take the technology so far, but the people who can make the money out of it are imaginative business entrepreneurs."
The clearest commercial use for the World Wide Web is as a retail outlet. Take the Innovations catalogue, now available on the Internet. You can browse through it on your computer screen, looking at full-colour pictures of the product, then fill in your credit card details. It will arrive by post just as though you had applied by post or phone. What is the advantage over the phone? There may be none now (we are in the Dark Ages, remember) but soon you will be able to see a video of the product in action, and perhaps a magazine review of it.
Sainsbury, Tesco, WH Smith and Virgin Records all offer an online sales service: volumes so far are tiny, but they will inevitably take off, both as more people log on to the Internet and as fears about security diminish. A year ago, only the foolhardy would commit their credit card number to the Net. Now it is safe enough, if you use one of the encryption systems available. But it will be a while before use increases.
How far online shopping takes off depends on a number of commercial and social factors. It is possible, however, to draw a picture of a world in which physical shopping is a leisure activity - mundane soap powders and cans of dog food will be delivered by the supermarket, which will have received its orders across the Internet. The supermarket itself will disappear, to be replaced by a vast warehouse on an industrial estate. Or maybe it won't - but the fact that this is already technically possible is concentrating the minds of retailers.
Financial services are moving rapidly Netwards. Both Midland Bank's First Direct and Barclays have announced plans for "home banking" by computer, giving impetus to a trend pioneered by the Bank of Scotland. You will be able to check your account and move money around, wherever you are in the world.
Other international companies are
discovering different reasons for building a Web site. Take Benetton which "opened" its Internet site last week. With 370 pages, it is one of the most elaborate commercial Internet launches there have yet been.
The site is, as you would expect from Benetton, a combination of the practical and the desire to shock. An elaborate "virtual gallery" has been created for viewing advertising campaigns. You can send an electronic postcard, featuring an advertisement, to anyone who has an Internet connection. The love-and-hate mail page is pure Benetton - it happily publishes one letter that ends graphically: "Fuck you."
The company is known for its unorthodox approach to marketing and, according to Marina Galanti, the head of international media relations who masterminded the site, the Internet fits perfectly. "We try to communicate with people, not to them," she says. "We want people to react to our ads, and the Internet falls in with this kind of anarchic communication."
But the practical value of the site is the one that will ring bells with more conventional companies. "We get hundreds of student requests for information," Ms Galanti says. Instead of receiving an expensive brochure, they will simply be directed to the Web site.
She hopes to use it to keep journalists informed, too. Press notices will be posted there, along with a mass of background information, financial data and photographs. "It makes a great deal of sense for Benetton," says Mr Smith, whose company created the site. "They have a dozen press officers who spend 75 per cent of their time answering requests for information."
It is the Internet's potential as a distributor of information that excites Mr Smith most. "Right now it's not a distribution tool, but it will be soon," he says. "That's the day we're planning for."
The World Wide Web is the cheapest publishing medium ever invented - people publish their own poems, stories and photographs on the Internet. The problem is getting anyone to look at them - one Web site among 100,000 is a very small needle in a haystack. That is why an Internet presence must be signposted elsewhere.
Companies such as Benetton publish their Web addresses on their print and television advertisements (all Web addresses start http://); others pay Web index pages to provide Internet users with a link direct to their site.
If the Internet can be used to send out brochures, why not other documents? Why not legal agreements, product details or film scripts? No reason at all, which is why courier companies and fax suppliers should be feeling nervous. Mr Smith suggests that one day the Net could even be used by music publishers to distribute the latest pop tracks.
Encryption systems can protect these documents from prying cyber eyes. But there is another technology, the "firewall", which can screen a complete section of the Internet from the public.
This leads to one of the business buzzwords of the year - the Intranet. An Intranet uses Internet technology at a company level. If it is operating within one building, it will not use the public network at all - but when it connects sites around the world, the data can travel on a private section of the Internet. As memos, phone numbers, company regulations, even house newspapers can all be carried on an Intranet, there are those who believe it will become a huge business in its own right.
Why are we still in the Dark Ages? Because the amount of information that can be sent on the Internet is limited by the capacity of the phone network, known as the bandwidth. An ordinary telephone line is adequate for text and can handle photographs, albeit slowly. But video and sound often cause indigestion.
Bandwidth is limiting the Internet's acceptance - "It's too slow," is the principal complaint of first-time users. But not for long. ISDN lines, which are up to eight times faster than an ordinary line, are becoming common in business, and in a few years' time many of us will have a fibreoptic link.
At this stage the Internet will merge with the other visions of the "information superhighway". Your computer will be a videophone, an interactive television, a fount of all the printed matter, photographs and films ever created. Teleworking will be a practicality for the masses; distance will have been abolished, and the knock-on effects for offices, city centres, the entire national infrastructure will be immense.
Governments should be worrying. Meanwhile, it makes sense for business people to pop into a cyberclub to see what the future is all about.
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I am a big fan of IMDb. I always come here for reference to see movie ratings and reviews. But I never had an account--at least not until today. I just came back from watching "Where Do We Go Now?" and I am completely blown away. I signed up just to write a review and to tell who ever reads this to go and watch this movie. I laughed. I cried. I connected with the characters. I loved the music, the mood and the message of the movie. I will not reveal anything about the storyline so as not to spoil it for you. But trust me on this, you will certainly not regret it. Nadine Labaki has succeeded in orchestrating a masterpiece of a movie. At last, a Lebanese attempt that makes it worthwhile.
Lebanese cinematic talent has not been given much room to grow. In a
country where art is the least concern, cinema has found it especially
hard to take off. However, a stream of Lebanese movies has been finding
its way to our theaters. Some like Nadine Labaki's previous movie,
Caramel, were a huge hit with viewers. Others were not as lucky. But
the fact remains that the Lebanese audience is hungry for movies that
describe its society, its problems, its worries and woes.
And then comes Nadine Labaki's new movie: Where Do We Go Now, with its Lebanese title: W Halla2 La wein (also in French: Et Maintenant, On Va Ou?) The premise of the movie is quite simple and for many Lebanese, worry-inducing for fear of overuse of clichés. The overall basis of the plot is the coexistence of Lebanese Muslims and Christians in one community, sometimes peacefully and other times not. Many, like yours truly, felt the issue was overdone. Maybe not in cinema but in everyday life. Most of us are sick of being bombarded with commentary about the struggles that face our very diverse community. But this is not the case in Where Do We Go Now.
An unnamed village during the later part of the 20th century has its only connection with the outside world in the form of a very rudimentary bridge, around which land-mines had been planted and never removed. Even TV reception is very poor to the village and the movie begins with a few youngsters searching for a broadcast signal to set up a TV night for the town-folks. This village is also a religiously divided community where the Church and the Mosque are only a house apart. And more often than not, the people live together happily. But as it is, and despite barely having any access to news from the outside world, the men of this village start to confront each other in violent ways. Little things that would pass unnoticed cause them to explode, signaling the anger they've been bottling in. And it is then that the few women of the village start to devise plots to keep the men busy, entertained and get their minds off being violent. These plans will vary from fake miracles to putting hashish in cakes. But these women will go to every measure possible and break every limit imposed on them by society to keep their town together. And it is for these women, representing a vast majority of our Lebanese mothers, that this movie is so aptly dedicated.
Nadine Labaki, director of the movie and starring as Amal, is astonishing as always. You, really, cannot see her eyes on screen and not be mesmerized. She's simply entrancing, even when she doesn't speak. Then how about when she delivers a tour de force performance as one of those women, who happens to be in love with a man from the town's other religion. But to be perfectly honest, the accolades one ought to give Labaki are not for her acting but for her directing. Never have I imagined a Lebanese movie can turn out this good and she makes it seem effortless. Her camera shots, her focus on details, her keen eye all of this combine to give you a cinematic experience that will entrance you. This movie, like Caramel, features mostly unknown faces and all of them deliver as well. It is hard to believe and yet in retrospect so evident that such acting can come out of common people that we all meet on the street.
Where Do We Go Now is a movie of such epic proportions that these "unknown" actors and actresses (mostly actresses) deliver performances that are so subtly nuanced, so exquisitely flavored and so astonishingly well-done that they would put the best actresses and actors of Hollywood to shame. Yes, I have said it. The score of the movie is chilling and haunting and wonderfully executed by Nadine's husband Khaled Mouzanar. The movie also features a few highly intelligent songs, written by Tania Saleh. And let's talk about the script. What an ingenious way to tackle the subject at hand. Not only did Nadine Labaki not fall to any cliché known to us as a Lebanese community, but she managed to introduce them in a subtle comical way that would make us laugh at ourselves for uttering or doing them in the first place.
The script is so strong it will turn you bipolar. Yes, lithium is advised to be taken at the door while going in. Why? Never have I laughed so hysterically one moment and just wanted to cry the other. And then after being utterly devastated, it brings you back to laughter. The movie plays with you like a ping pong ball. And you cannot but love every moment of it.
I was talking to my friend the day before we went to watch Where Do We Go Now, which happened to be the day it won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, and she said: "I'm very cautiously optimistic about this. I'm not letting my expectations overreach because I don't want to be disappointed." Well, I'm pretty sure she agrees with me on this: Where Do We Go Now brings out things in you that you didn't even know you had. It brings out the best in you, as a Lebanese, sitting in that cinema chair for ninety minutes. And you need the best of the best to do that. Nadine Labaki, you deserve more than the few minutes of applause the people in the movie theater gave you. You deserve a full blown standing ovation. You have done the impossible. Again. Lebanese cinema has no excuse but to overreach for excellence now. And this movie deserves an Oscar win. Cheers to our mothers.
I watched this movie at the Toronto Film Festival. We woke up early on
Sunday morning to watch it at 9:00 a.m. and to be greeted by Ms. Labaki
herself. The movie was engaging, the music was wonderful, and the
actors, some of them amateurs, transported us to their village life,
successes, and tribulations in so many ways. The audience had not time
to exchange any opinions, but at the end, we all rose and gave Ms.
Labaki an standing ovation.
I left the theater greatly touched, happy, sad, and alive. I'm not an expert, but as a mother and as a woman, I hope Ms. Labaki's message of love, peace, and tolerance I took from her work can reach and change many. Good luck Ms. Labaki and thank you.
Excellent setup, excellent directing, excellent acting, Excellent movie
..... a few flaws of course ..... but as a whole the movie is well done
and well targeted with an amazing message so eloquently conveyed that
so deeply touches the hearts.
I Read some reviews by people getting offended from the somewhat engaged references to religion, well, they are the main target of the movie... when the time comes, a little openness is whats needed and what might drive us to be more attentive to the better angels of our nature (just what Nadine's circle of women strive so desperately to tell us all through the movie)
Nadine Labaki proves she is a talented director with a lot to say. she breaks many "regional" taboos, like the use of candid language, only to be honest in the messages she wants to deliver and the picture she wants to reflect. In a way, due to lack of film production in the region, society has evolved and changed a lot in the past few decades and now we need someone like Nadine to provide a true mirror and a strong message. Dealing with the question of religion in a country that suffered from civil war is not an easy task, yet it is done in a subtle way that doesn't offend anyone. Delivering messages of the role of woman is also presented delicately and a nice sense of humour, thus ensuring the message is spelled out clearly without any preaching. It is a very positive film, well crafted in all aspects, scenario, shooting and most importantly, depicting the characteristics that makes any society special, yet part of the eternal human quest for a better life. There was a bit of too much melodrama, but in defense of the film - and from first hand experience, this is the way mothers lament and wail when losing a child. It is a very Mediterranean thing; perhaps the Italians and Greek can understand this element best. I avoided reading any reviews before drafting mine in order not to be influenced by any thoughts. In short, it is a well done film that revives hope of cultural life sprouting again from this region and reaching the world. Well done Nadine, looking forward to see your next film.
I watched "where do we go now" on Monday at the Stockholm Film
Festival. The movie left me speechless, it was simply one of the best
movies I have watched in my life. The Lebanese culture, the powerful
women, the beauty of diversity, such a great creativity and the actors
are people you may meet next door. It was really amazing. I am already
a big fan of Nadine Labaki! You have to watch the movie, young, old,
man, woman, coming from anywhere in the world, there is something that
you can identify yourself with regardless of your race, culture or
God bless our mothers and the powerful Lebanese women! Such a beautiful mind you are Nadine! I have never been prouder of being Lebanese!
The storyline on this wonderful small film shot in Lebanon and other
locations, is that the women of this part of the middle east are just
fed up with the senseless death of their sons, brothers and fathers,
due to religious sectarianism. The steps they go to, to end this
insanity are wonderfully funny, and very much to the point of what is
needed to break the cycle of violence.
The script is a gem. The team of writers, including director and co-star Nadine Labaki, is just great. It pulls us from comedy through tenderness and tragedy. The acting troupe is very good, very believable. It seems to be shot on location, sets are real enough to make you believe you are there.
The cinematography is great, really showing the town as it is, and placing you very much in the middle of the scenes. Nice lighting, color balance is warm and soft, giving a very homey look to the locations.
It's all too seldom that we who are not in the middle of a internal civil war such as this get to see a window into the world that is trying to hang on to it's sanity, not yet having fallen over the precipice into full scale chaos.
This is a very wonderful, funny, and poignant window into that world, told by people who are very close to the real situation. It could not have been invented by a California filmmaker.
It falls into the classes of films like "The Debt" and "of Gods and Men", stories of middle eastern conflict that are not set pieces, or play to western stereotypes of what is happening there, though it is much 'lighter' and less of a drama than those. This has much more light hearted nature than those films.
9 stars out of ten, for wonderful original storyline, wonderful unknown cast, good acting, great cinematography, nice weaving of humour and pathos, contemporary story, without being trite, solid editing. Also just a good movie, beyond all the technical nonsense.
So if you have read this far, saw those other films, and liked them, you likely will like this better. Again, hard to imagine you will be disappointed in this gem.
Where Do We Go Now by the Lebanese-Canadian director Nadine Labike is
set in a war-torn village in Lebanon. The backdrop of the movie is the
Christian-Muslim conflict plaguing the region at large, and its effect
on the mixed population of the village dwellers. The comedy-drama
focuses on a group of women and their antics to keep the men off each
other's throats. It starts off in an almost utopian setting, with the
view of the village mosque and church at dusk in a single frame,
symbolizing the ideal of peaceful existence between the Christians and
The movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the people's choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Nadine, who also acts in the film, may be accused by some quarters of trivializing the conflict between the Abrahamic faiths with her comic take on religion, complete with a climax reminiscent of a Cheech and Chong flick. However, the tone of the film remains somber throughout, and the viewer is often reminded of the toll of the conflict on both sides of the religious divide, with glimpses of intermittent sectarian strife.
The intelligent dialogue, interspersed with repartee between the female characters is refreshingly entertaining, offering a peek inside the (mostly) segregated Arab society and humanizing a population segment often portrayed as meek and subservient to the other sex.
Nadine's second directorial venture after Caramel continues to court controversy, with an ending which Labaki acknowledges might "raise a lot of polemics. It might upset people who are a bit fanatic or too conservative..." By the end of the film, Nadine is sure to rouse some thought-provoking questions in the viewers mind, fulfilling the obligation to her craft and pushing the envelope. Where Do We Go Now has been chosen as the Lebanon's 2011 entry in the best foreign language film category for the Academy Awards.
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From the very first scene , you feel that is going to be a beautiful
movie. You can't pinpoint exactly the source of beauty , it's all the
factors combined. Scenery , actors, cinematography . there is a feeling
of warmth and strange familiarity fills you up. The same pace of Muslim
and Christian women marching to their common cemetery ( in which their
loved ones are buried after they were killed in a religious raised
conflict ) put you in front of a lovely Lebanese portrait in the first
page of a story about a group
Of villagers, who share everything but religion. The story of the wit and wisdom of this village women who try to maintain the peace the peace in so many desperate ways .The beauty , simplicity and classiness of the those women characters , makes you love them , think , laugh and cry with them. Watching the villagers peaceful moments and love and friendship between the women , makes you wonder, how one day did they kill one another?! Amal, Fatma Yevon , sayda , aida , afaf,.. all happily coexisting Christian and Muslim women , happily coexisting, sharing their lives , so close, they even tease one another of their religious differences .( which makes you wonder , why can't men handle matters in the same manner and that women should really rule the world!).
In the middle of that , we find Rabie , a young Muslim painter who helps amal redecorating her café' and falling in love with her as well, amale feels the same , but each one is stifled by being from a different faith and fear of igniting the war in the village again.
One night , while they were all watching TV in the wilderness, there were news about Muslim and Christian armed conflicts in Lebanon , which faced by a subconscious or may be collective conscious attempt by the women to distract everyone from it, by creating little quarrels ! as they just before decided that what we don't know doesn't hurt us and burned the newspapers coming from town!
The tension between the two teams ( Muslims and Christians) piles up and erupts by the accident of breaking the cross in the very old church and the goats entering the always opened mosque . leaving each one to blame the other. The women decide there is something must be done by any means whatsoever to prevent another potential war in the village , killing more of their sons, brothers and husbands.
They hire Ukrainian dancers who happens to be in town in order to keep them distracted!
Things seem to run as planned , till a fight happens between the two teams again and young nessim is murdered afterwards outside the village ., leaving his mother with two murdered sons to mourn. And here comes one of the most beautiful heart felt scenes I've ever seen on screen , when nessim's mother cries and blame virgin marry for her son's death.
This scene changes the momentum and rocks you , forcing you to think about all the stupidity of the human being and his intolerance . while respecting his mother for hiding the news to save the village from another wave of blood.
You find yourself hopeful again when the rest of the women stop mourning and pursue their plan of keeping those kids ( men) from killing each other. Using hashish and belly dancing!
When all of those attempts didn't seem to work for good, they decide to teach them a lesson , each women wakes up and fakes a sudden conversion to her / husband son! Just to raise a direct question: now you live with the enemy under one roof, what r u going to do?! Should we kill each other?!
Nadine Labky seemingly effortlessly manages too make you live a journey , a beautiful story and tackles a very sensitive issue in a simple yet deep , all with a funny side added. It makes you wanna complete it till the very end.
With all the women converted ( pretending) , they all move to bury nessim , and suddenly they realize where should he be buried , which side?. Askin all the same question , where shall we go now?!.
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I've been skimming through the reviews posted about this film, and I
was surprised to see that they are mostly positive reviews. I found
this weird at first, especially since most of the people I discussed
the film with within my circle of friends and colleagues didn't really
like it. But then I thought the contrary, this is normal since
essentially this kind of film is very easily likable.
When I watched the movie I felt a lot of things, it definitely did stir up a lot of emotions in me while watching; there were tears, laughs, enjoyable music, and the acting was not bad. But as the film closed I was left with a blank face... the bad blank face not the good one.
If I were to describe this film in one word, I would say that it is a collage- a pure collage of everything; styles, genres, stories, acting, music. There is everything in it, but I'm not sure if this is necessarily good. I felt at the end that Nadine Labaki had a lot to say and wanted to say them all at the same time. I do not blame her, since making cinema in this part of the world is very difficult, a filmmaker feels that he/she has a lot to say in so few ways.
But the essential problem for me in this film was the topic; the epic Christian-Muslim battle in Lebanese culture. Seriously, is this the biggest problem in Lebanon? Is this even the core of all problems? I seriously doubt that, rather I think it is the thing that the world would like to see about Lebanon; an exotic Kusturica-style village with the 'typical' Lebanese strife. For me the problem that we need to talk about is much bigger than that and goes down to the core of this whole nation's existence and the attitude of it's people. But again opinions differ as always.
And then there is Lysistrata, again another unconfessed adaptation mixed with unconfessed homages to directors, scenes, styles...
There is no doubt that Nadine Labake has surely been one of the pillars of globalizing Lebanese cinema, and that is a very good thing- the world now knows (more or less) that there is a country called Lebanon and it has tiny little filmmakers in it... but is this the Lebanon we live in? Does this struggle, this human emotion captured in "Where Do We Go Now?" echo the struggle we are living in this broken country?
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If you like this sort of thing, it's a good stop while in Washington, GA.
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One of the most interesting things my wife and I have discovered while visiting antebellum houses and plantations throughout the South is that, in my cases, the owners of the properties are often even more interesting. Take the Robert Toombs House at 216 East Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington, Georgia, for example. The house is extraordinary. Built between 1794 and...
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... any Sunday and see, and feel, what I mean. With the pastors words of, "There's a difference between reading about a place, and going to that place," we headed east towards Beaufort, South Carolina.
Beaufort is surrounded by a chain of Sea Islands, marshes and inlets, this is Low Country. You drive in through wooded roads dotted with peach vendors, over bridges that connect the flat, wet green and blue landscape that disappears into the ...
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... following year in favour of the union. The confederate defenders in the area were a Skelton crew. The best soldiers were fighting larger battles and cementing history. Union forces travelled up and down the coast as they pleased flaunting their power.
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- Exiled from Continuity: Morrison's run actually predates Vertigo and was considered part of the main DCU. Pollack's run, though, was technically confined to the Vertigo sub-verse along with its sister titles in the 90s. And the next Doom Patrol, John Arcudi's, was technically part of the main DCU again but still considered Pollack's run in continuity. (Meaning that in the end, the only nominally Exiled from Continuity Doom Patrol run simply... wasn't.)
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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Day Trippin'' started by larryboy, Nov 18, 2012.
Thanks for hanging out with me!!
Ok, I think I'm going to just add to this thread for all of my short trips to the Valley of Death and surrounding areas from now on.
Prepare for another 'Same Old Story', but different.
Ok, I'm ready
Waking up feeling naked
In my clothes, inside a room that's vacant
Lost my nerve, it's unnerving
I know there is something I'm forgetting
I searched the moon, I lost my head,
I even looked under the bed
I punched the walls, I hit the streets
I'm pounding the pavement looking
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
You're not around and I'm a complete disaster
I'm missing you
Remember? Was our first time
I told you I loved you at the train station
Don't forget! Cause it's not over
Im not lost, cuz I'm just missing you
I searched the moon, I lost my head
I even looked under the bed
I punched the walls, I hit the streets
I'm pounding the pavement looking...
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
You're not around and I'm a complete disaster
I'm missing you
Say hey!
Well she's my bud
And she's my soul
I get so lost
Out in the cold
Feels so far
Like this lone star
It gets so hard
When Im missing you
I'm missing you
I'm missing you
You're not around and Im a fuckin' disaster
I'm missing you...
Woo Hoo LeDakar told me you had another ride report in you. Bring it on.
All of my favorite mountain passes are closed, so I just head south, fast and hard. Of course I didn't bring rain gear!!

At 2,000 feet on hwy 155 I'm pretty sure I can't make it over the 6,000 foot summit today, I give up sooner rather than later for once.

I went back down to Woody and took the turn for Bakersfield, rewarding road with country I hadn't seen before, too bad I'm soaking wet and miserable.

Took 178 towards Lake Isabella, it's on the verge of freezing in the canyon too...slower traffic use turnouts!, I let everybody around me. It's not a road to mess around with, go down at speed in a right hander and you could easily throw yourself 1,000 feet into the river. Stopped at Nelda's for lunch and a warm up.

My original plan was to make it to the Saline Valley hot springs tonight, but I'm still wet and don't feel like riding in the dark. New plan, get a bunch of firewood in Trona and find a cabin before dark!!
Gotta know where you're going!! Score!!

I was very surprised to find no mouse sign, none, not even one turd. That's very strange, I wonder why? I'm sitting in the remains of daylight reading a book and something starts chattering at me, just having a tantrum!! Gave me a start, but I knew what it was as soon as I saw his bulging eyes...a Miner's Cat!! Also known as the Ringtailed Cat, I tried to get a picture, but he was too fast...fast enough to eat all of the mice in the cabin, thanks little buddy!!

I went ahead and slept in the open on one of the bunks since there weren't any mice. Miner's Cats are very reclusive and rare to see, so I didn't expect to see him back during my stay.
Long 16 hour day, goodnight.
Nice night of warmth from the woodstove.

I have plans for Saturday night at Panamint Springs Resort, something special, very special. So, what am I gonna do all day long? I know there is a gold mine around here somewhere, let's take a look.

Uh oh, right in the direction I need to go is a family of burro, Jack's can be extremely protective...even violent, I have no desire to get stomped to death by a burro and soon retreat.

While high on the ridge I had spotted this hopper with a road going to it.

So, I grabbed my helmet and the bike to go for a look.

When I got off the bike I heard a most terrifying scream of which I have never heard before in my entire life. It scared the ever living hell out of me!! I gotta quit watching that damn bigfoot show, it sounded like those silly screams and howls they associate with the supposed hairy man. I had brought a super nice pair of mini binoculars with me and soon located the source of the continuing blood curdling screams. It was the Jack and he was pissed off something fierce!!

I had to just ignore him while I looked around, it was very weird to hear his screams echo throughout the canyons. I had talked to a guy many years ago about how to get to the mine here and my earlier ridge route is the only way, but I didn't have anything to do, so I went to see where the zip line went to.

Gulp...don't fall, don't fall!!

Worked all day on my book and near dark I started packing up.

If you're gonna put trash in the burn barrel you should burn your trash so it doesn't blow away, come on people!!

Yup, very rare to even see one.
Goodbye, Osborne Cabin...we're rolling...

I haven't had a good tumble in years now, let's throw ourselves on the ground.

Gas is spraying out of the top of the tank and out of the vent on my little gas can. The rear tire is about 2 feet off the ground, great, just great. Can't even budge the thing an inch from the right side, scared to damage the right side valve cover, but I gotta get this thing back up right now!! I stood on the rear tire and when I stepped off it stayed on the ground, cool, picked it right up after that!!
Had a super nice dinner at PSR and finished up my book waiting for the 9 PM show.

More tomorrow, gotta go!!
Yeah buddy!!! When is but gonna get warmer in dv!!!! Soon and then too soon
I'm not gonna be able to go back until fall, so thank you for another RR!
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Hey larryboy!
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Ringtail cats, Osborne Cabins, screaming Jacks ... who knew?
see you around the campfire,
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Thanks for sharing. Was that your Jeep out in the fresh air? Nice.
So, we had to shutdown the bar and get the tables out of the restaurant.
There is going to be a film about the Escape Trail where they hike the route that they believe in. There is some controversy over the route they took in 1849 and my view is different than the film. Anyways...it's still cool to see places I will never hike to. This guys father was the driving force behind their film, but tragically he was killed on his motorcycle just a few weeks after they took the hike in the film...21 years later the film has been completed.
One of the other founders of the film idea.
William Lewis Manly, American Badass...don't forget Rogers, he matched William step for step in the rescue effort.
They are going to have the film for sale on dvd eventually on amazon.com, tonight was a premier slash critique. I enjoyed it very much, met some imaginary internet friends and had some awesome beer, but I've got a long road in the dark to the hot springs.
It took me four hours in the dark through the South Pass to reach the springs, I can make it in 1.5 hours on a 650..the big bike really slows me down, not a bad thing I suppose.

It's Sunday, gonna trade my Hendrix book for something else at the book exchange and relax for the day.

Last Beer Dan and Kite Bob came in this afternoon, gave them a hand with their tents in the wind and it sure was windy.
It's always tough to leave such a wonderful place. I hardly ate anything that I had brought with me and I gave everything I had left to Georg and Ria, the camp hosts.

Loaded up and down the road I soon reach the North Pass...brrrr.

I bought a hot spring book at the gas station in Big Pine and was flipping through it when an Austrian guy walked up and started talking to me. He's traveling with his gigantic camera, asks me about the bike, asks me what I do for a living and said, "Ya, I thought so...could tell right away.". Sent me down the street to check out this guys hot rod shop.
I wish it was my Willys, still has the split bench in the front...I must find one for my wagon!! Other cool stuff there:

Many 8,000 foot passes today and I'm frozen by the time I get to Bridgeport. Hopped into my favorite warm up spot.

Last fuel at the Nevada border, tried toe warmers taped to my fingers...kind of worked. I swear this is the last time I do this without heated gear of some kind.

Took my dirt shortcut over to Minden and hwy 88.

Made it into South Lake Tahoe for some pizza, it was down to 17 degrees already...the final run over the hill is gonna suck bad.

Another fantastic trip!! The bike did great, I snagged the idle screw with my boot when I fell down and threw off my sync a little bit, need to fix it and shorten it like I had already done to the right side. It's nice to have an 1150 that is as light as a KLR, didn't have to unpack a thing to pick it back up.
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