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Once I Had a Wooden Church...
Trip Start
Jun 08, 2010
Trip End
Aug 26, 2010
My first attempted visit of the day failed. The church was supposedly in Humenn�. I chose to stop by because the town was between my hotel and a cluster of churches around Snina. Humenn� turned out to be a mid-sized city, and there were no signs directing visitors to the church. I drove down a couple of streets that looked promising, but gave up without trying too hard. The church was part of an open-air museum, so I didn't want to spend too much time looking in case it wasn't open on Monday.
With an inauspicious start to my day, I drove on to a church east of Snina in the village of Kaln� Roztoka. I had much better luck there. As I was pulling up, I saw a group of five people walking up the hill to the church. I figured if I was quick, I would be able to join them and not have to track down the key-holder myself, so I hustled out of my car.
The group turned out to be composed of a friendly couple from Long Island, some Slovakian cousins they were visiting, and the church key-holder. I've seen other tourists at the village churches, but these were the first Americans I'd seen outside of Bratislava. Since the wife was fluent in Slovakian (as were the cousins of course), I got a little better explanation of the church than usual, although I have to confess I spent more time talking to the couple than I did looking at the interior. I did learn that you aren't supposed to go into the sacristy. Oops.
After saying our goodbyes, not entirely convinced I wouldn't bump into them again as there were a limited number of wooden churches in the area to visit, I set off towards Šmigovec. The church at Šmigovec was extremely modest and looked as if it may have been neglected. Although my book on churches had a glowing description of the interior, the amount cobwebs around the windows and even the door made me skeptical of the current state of the decorations. There wasn't a sign with the address of the key-holder either, so I didn't attempt to get inside.
I found a similar situation just down the road at Hrabov� Roztoka. This church was much larger than Šmigovec, though. Also, I could see through the windows Hrabov� Roztoka was in relatively good condition and definitely had the typical iconostatsis. What it didn't have was a house number for the key-holder. My book did have contact info for all of the churches, but I decided unless the number was posted on the door, I wouldn't bother anyone, so I drove on to the next church.
My next stop was Rusk� Bystr�. That church was one of the eight mentioned in the UNESCO World Heritage listing for the churches, so I was pretty sure it would be open for tourists. The key-holder address was in fact listed, although it was on a poster with the church history set by the street rather than on the church itself, so I almost missed it because I didn't care to read the poster as I already a good explanation in my book.
I drove back into the village to find the correct house because the church was on the top of a hill (as they usually were) and bit farther down the road from the village hall than I wanted to walk today. The house with the key-holder was across from the village hall. When I stopped in front of the hall, a woman asked me something in Slovakian (presumably if she could help me), and I pointed at a picture of the church in my book. In response, she pointed across the street to the key-holder's house.
I girl who looked to be around 11 was sitting in the yard of the key-holder's house. I said to her "church", then "Kirche", and then I finally tried "crkva", which I remembered was church in Croatian. She understood the last and shouted to someone in the house, who said something back. There was a lot of talking, and I waited by the gate for a few minutes assuming since no one had shooed me away or shaken their head, the key-holder would be forthcoming.
I was correct. It took a while, which I found to usually be the case as they generally had to search for the key, and they generally tended to be older women who didn't move so fast anymore. Since my car was by the village hall, I gave the woman a ride up to the church so she could open it for me. She waited patiently, if silently, while I took photographs (not allowed in some of the churches). When I was done, I ended-up giving her 5 euros for the church. The usual amount of a wooden church visit, whether "suggested" donation or just plain ticket price was around 2 euros, but I had shortsightedly allowed myself to run out of euro coins. This church didn't sell tickets, so there wasn't an automatic expectation that I would want change. It didn't seem polite to try asking for any, even if I had spoken Slovakian, so I just resolved to buy something cheap at the next store I passed in order to get coins for the rest of the churches.
At this point, it was almost 2pm, so I decided to focus on the UNESCO listed churches and drove north to the area around Svidn�k, which had an even larger cluster of churches, two of them on the UNESCO list. The drive ended-up taking longer than I had expected, and I pulled up to the church at Bodružal well over an hour after leaving Rusk� Bystr�.
I had trouble parking because a van with a camper attached was filling most of what little space there was. I noticed the plates were from the Netherlands, and I said "Hello" to the woman I met at the top of the stairs leading up to the church. Her, her husband, and their dog were on a two-and-a-half-week trip to Slovakia. It was their first time pulling a camper and they were going much slower than usual. Bodružal was only the second wood church they had visited. Novices.
Because they'd arrived at the other church the same time as the cleaning crew and gotten in that way, they didn't know about the key-holders. There was a sign posted on this church gate with a house number and even a price (always a good sign that they are ready to deal with tourists). I told the Dutch woman that if I could find the house number, I'd be back with a key. With that proclamation, I confidently got back in my car and set-off in search of house 13.
Thirteen was not a lucky number, and it took me much longer to find the house than I'd expected. The village was setup in an "H"-shape, rather than just a straight-line along one road, and I didn't find 13 until I'd tried the fourth leg of the "H". I stopped in front of the house, but this time there was no one in the yard. I wasn't sure what to do. The village houses usually have a fence and a gate, but no bell, and this house was no exception. I didn't know the proper etiquette for visiting the house of a stranger in Slovakia, and I definitely didn't want to go through the gate uninvited.
There was a large dog in the yard, but for some reason it was ignoring me. I decided if I could get it to start barking, the owner might look out. I walked closer to the fence and made some small bit of noise, and the dog ran over to the fence and began to bark. Part A of my plan had worked. Part B was stand-around and wait.
After a few minutes, an elderly woman did indeed come out. I said "crkva" and made the Slovkian sign for a key (pretending to hold a key and turn it in a lock). She said something to me, which of course I didn't understand. I said "Sorry", and she said it again, adding some pointing and waving. I said "Sorry" again, which resulted in more pointing, and she started to walk to the opposite side of her yard.
I hadn't gotten a head-shake, so even though she was walking away from me, I was still optimistic. I noticed there was a gate opening to the street behind her house as well and drove around to it. When I got there, she talked to a woman sitting on the porch of another building, which looked more like a cafe than a house, and I gathered from that the second woman would bring the key if I waited at the church. After repeating my limited Slovakian to the original woman, basically "Thanks" and "Good Day", as well as some slight bowing, a reflex from traveling in Japan and meeting helpful people I couldn't properly communicate with there, I headed back to the church for more waiting.
I was slightly surprised to see the Dutch couple still there, as it had taken me at least ten minutes, and probably longer, to find the key-holder. We chatted for a little, after I warned them I wasn't entirely sure someone would show-up, but after maybe another five minutes, I spotted someone walking up the road with a key.
The church was definitely worth the wait. While it had the typical iconostasis I'd seen in other Orthodox wooden churches, it also had a mural on one of the side-walls. The key-holder gave us a tour in Slovakian, none of which either I or the Dutch understood, so I'm not entirely sure of the meaning behind what the mural depicted. There was a section of the Crucifixion, which was obvious. The part that got my attention was a clever bit with a small baby on one side of a scale out-weighing a hundred people on the other side of the scale. The other people had been chained together and demons seemed to be quickly adding more in an attempt to shift the balance. My interpretation was that the baby was the Baby Jesus and the other people were sinning mortals. It's too bad we weren't allowed photos.
Actually, that's not 100% true. After the tour, the Dutch woman asked me if photos were allowed. I'd seen a "no photos" sign by the entrance, so I didn't think they were, but I "translated" the question anyway (saying "photos" and pantomiming taking a picture), as it couldn't hurt to ask. The key-holder did a lot of talking and gesturing, after which she got the Dutch couple to stand one on either side of the pulpit and took a picture of them with their camera. She then repeated the process for me, so I do have two pictures of the inside, although not of the mural.
By this time it was 4pm, and I hopped back in my car and hurried on to the last UNESCO-listed church in the region at the village of Ladomirov�. That was the easiest church of the day to get into, and the one most setup for tourists. There was a person waiting at the gate to take my money and show me inside. When I was inside, they asked if I spoke English or German and played a recording for me with an English explanation.
It confirmed a lot of what I'd guessed from visiting the other churches and added some information that made me say "Ohh... now I get it". First of all, the iconostatsis in these Greek Catholic wooden churches always had the same form. There were four figures along the bottom: St. Nicholas, Mary with Child, Jesus, and the patron saint of the church or parish. The next row showed scenes from the New Testament, with the Last Supper in the center panel. Above that row was one with individual icons for the tweleve apostles and Jesus. The top row had Old Testament prophets. I also learned the churches were made without metal nails because nails were used to crucify Jesus. A final bit of history was that even at the time of my visit the liturgy in the area churches was given in Old Church Slavonic. (Remember that from my Nitra entry?)
Fans of the Da Vinci Code would also have appreciated this church. The Last Supper depicted on the Ladomirov� iconostatsis had Jesus plus thirteen other guests. The recording said no one knew why. One theory was the 13th was the owner of the home, which one bible verse mentions. Another was the person was Matthias, an early disciple of Jesus who didn't make it as one of the first twelve apostles, but later replaced Judas. I'm sure Dan Brown could have come up with a much more interesting theory...
Towards the end of my visit, I found out one of the reasons it had been so easy to get into the church was because villagers had already begun gathering for evening mass. The priest came in and started organizing things while I was listening to the tape, so I made a quick exit after the recording was finished. I figured if mass was starting at that chuch, it might not be a good time to visit any more, plus I didn't really want to go knocking on any doors after 5pm, so I decide to call it a day.
On the way back to my hotel, as often happens, I was distracted by a bright shiny object. In this case, the object was a Soviet tank running over a Nazi tank, and a road sign labeled "Death Valley". I decided to take a detour and see what that was about.
The area was along the path of a fierce, weeks-long contest between primarily German and Soviet forces as the Soviets attempted to advance into German-held Slovakia during WWII, known as the Battle of the Dukla Pass. The casualties numbered in the tens of thousands as the Soviets attempted to take advantage of the Slovak National Uprising during 1944 to enter Czechoslovakia.
I made only a brief visit because I was running low on gas and it was dusk. Although the battle began in Poland, the road forked at one point, and the branch I chose ended at a hiking trail so I didn't make it to the border. In addition to a few memorials beside the road, there was a smattering of old tanks and artillery. Several of them were overlooking the street in threatening positions.
At one point I thought I was seeing things when the gun of one of the tanks appeared to be pointing in a different direction when I drove out of the valley than it had on my way in. I have photographic evidence, though, that it wasn't my imagination and the turret had in fact been rotated after I passed. Was it the ghosts of old soldiers or the family with small children playing near the tank?


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Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist: Explorer of Light, Mary Ellen Mark Thursday – November 19, 1998 7 pm – Canon U.S.A., Inc. presents an evening with Explorer of Light – Mary Ellen Mark. Illustrated presentation in Umble Center – Goshen College Theater 8:30 pm – Reception in Goshen College Art Gallery Friday – November 20, … Keep reading »
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Goshen College's Alumni Board is pleased to announce the 1998 Culture for Service Award recipients. They are Lester T. Hershey '36, Fort Ashby, W.Va.; Marjorie Schertz Liechty '53, Goshen; and Elsie Eash Sutter '41, Goshen. This is the ninth year the board has recognized alumni whose lives embody the GC motto. The awards are given … Keep reading »
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Efficiency, baby, efficiency: NRDC report touts better cars as solution to oil woes
From Green Right Now Reports
Consumers looking for relief from high gasoline prices are finding solutions in the US car market, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
US car buyers can choose from among 57 models of energy-efficient cars and trucks in showrooms today. That's more than double the 27 efficient models that were available in the spring of 2009.
Federal standards adopted in 2009 require that the US car and truck fleet attain an average 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. That change and consumer demands have spurred production of more efficient vehicles in every model category, doubling or nearly doubling the number of fuel efficient subcompact/compact, midsize and crossover models, according to the report, Relieving Pain at the Pump.
The changes from 2009 to 2012:
- Subcompacts/compacts getting more than 30 mpg grew from 5 to 15 models.
- Midsize vehicles getting more than 25 mpg increased from 6 to 10 models.
- Crossovers, which get more than 20 mpg, grew from 16 in the marketplace to 32; largely replacing heavy, lower-mileage SUVs.
Models like Ford's Fiesta, Focus and Fusion; GM's Sonic and Malibu; Honda's Fit, Civic and CR-V; Nissan's Versa, Sentra and Altima; Toyota's Yaris and Prius; Volkswagen's Golf and Jetta have all raised the bar on fuel efficiency.
Car shoppers can now select fuel efficient cars "across the board," said Alan Baum of Baum Associates, which helped with analysis for the report. "The consumer doesn't have to make a compromise. They can pick the vehicle they want and then find the one that has the best fuel economy."
Automakers have transformed the market by building cars and trucks that are lighter, more aerodynamic, use more efficient injection systems and transmissions and include new technology like variable valve lifts.
More improvements are in the pipeline, according to the report, because a second set of fuel efficiency standards that aims to boost the US car fleet average to 54.5 mpg by 2025 could be approved this summer.
Vehicles meeting the new, proposed 2025 standards would use about half as much gasoline as the average car on the road today.
The NRDC report, authored by Luke Tonachel, senior vehicles analyst, broke down the economics for individuals this way:
"Consumers will make fewer trips to the pump and save money. Technologies to improve fuel efficiency will cost drivers about $2,000, but ultimately they will save more than $6,400 in fuel bills, resulting in a net savings of up to $4,400 over the life of the vehicle."
The report also cited EPA and National Transportation Safety Administration calculations that the standards would cut US oil consumption by 1.7 million barrels per day by 2030, or about the amount that the US imported from Saudi Arabia and Iraq in 2011.
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After three federal circuits had already refused to defer to the NLRB's decision in D.R. Horton, it is not surprising that the Fifth Circuit yesterday overruled the NLRB's critical holding: that precluding class arbitrations is a violation of federal labor law. D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd., __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 6231617 (5th Cir. Dec. 4, 2013).
D.R. Horton builds homes in many states. Starting in 2006, its employees had to sign a Mutual Arbitration Agreement. The MAA called for binding arbitration of disputes and provided that "the arbitrator [would] not have the authority to consolidate the claims of other employees" or "the authority to fashion a proceeding as a class or collective action." In 2008, a class of superintendents tried to bring a class arbitration related to allegations that the builder violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. Horton insisted that the employees could only arbitrate on an individual basis. In response, the lead plaintiff filed an unfair labor practice charge.
In 2012, the NLRB found that the MAA violated labor law by requiring employees to waive their right to joint, class or collective employment actions. On a petition for review, the Fifth Circuit reversed that decision. Because the NLRB is entitled to deference in its interpretation of the labor laws, the Fifth Circuit largely accepted the Board's analysis that requiring employees to refrain from collective and class actions violates Sections 7 and 8(a)(1) of the NLRA, because it impedes employees ability to enage in concerted activity, i.e. class claims. (Not without some digs, though. Like this one: "no court decision prior to [this one] had held that the Section 7 right…prohibited class action waivers.") However, the court found the NLRB had not given sufficient weight to the FAA in its analysis and "[c]aselaw under the FAA points us in a different direction than the course taken by the Board."
The court analyzed the two potential bases for finding an arbitration agreement is invalid under the FAA. First, it looked at whether the savings clause in Section 2 of the FAA (arbitration agreements are enforceable "save upon such grounds as exist at law" for revocation) provides authority to invalidate the MAA based on the NLRA. (Holy acronyms!) The court concluded that the "Board's rule does not fit within the FAA's savings clause" under the same reasoning set forth in Concepcion. In short, "[r]equiring a class mechanism is an actual impediment to arbitration and violates the FAA."
Second, the court looked at whether Congress intended the NRLA to override the FAA. Nothing explicit in the text of the NLRA shows that intent and the court found nothing in the legislative history showing that intent. Therefore, it looked to whether there was an "inherent conflict between the FAA and the NLRA's purpose." The court found no inherent conflict, largely because courts have allowed arbitration of NLRA claims generally, and courts have specifically found that arbitration agreements cannot be voided based on inequality in bargaining power. In its final paragraph on this issue, the court said it is "loath to create a circuit split. Every one of our sister circuits to consider the issue has either suggested or expressly stated that they would not defer to the NLRB's rationale, and held arbitration agreements containing class waviers enforceable."
On a different issue, however, the court upheld the NLRB's decision. It found that the MAA improperly gave the impression that an employee was waiving his or her administrative rights. (The agreement included the employee's waiver of "the right to file a lawsuit or other civil proceeding relating to Employee's employment with [Horton].") Therefore, the court held the Board properly forced the builder to change that language in its MAA.
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Got a beef with your mortgage lender? Is your bank unresponsive when you complain that your escrow account is fouled up and making your monthly payments needlessly high?
Did your loan officer bait-and-switch you into a more costly home loan than you were originally promised? Or worse yet: Did your home loan servicer ignore you when you told him you've had an unexpected drop in income and needed a modification to avoid missing payments?
If any of these situations sound familiar, here's a heads-up about the newest and least-publicized source of federal help: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's home-mortgage-complaint-and- dispute-resolution hotline. Never heard of it? That's not surprising since it only went live Dec. 1 and the CFPB hasn't said much about it, preferring to ease into the potential snake pit of mortgage issues that American consumers have with their lenders rather than get overwhelmed.
The complaint hotline is accessible online at the www.consumerfinance.gov), by toll-free phone between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern (855-411-CFPB) as well as by regular mail and fax.
The bureau was created by last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation and is supposed to look out for your interests in banking, financial products, home loans and all other forms of consumer credit. Its mortgage-complaint service is an extension of the agency's existing hotline for credit card-related disputes and inquiries, which began July 21.
So far, according to the bureau, the card hotline has handled 5,074 complaints. Of this total, it referred 84 percent directly to the credit card issuers – mainly big banks – for resolution. Some complaints came with incomplete information or were referred to other agencies for action. Approximately 74 percent of all the complaints were subsequently reported back from banks as resolved, and 71 percent of total resolutions were not disputed by the consumers who lodged the original complaints. Just under 13 percent of all credit card complainants reported that they were not satisfied with the card issuer's actions.
The credit card complaint service is likely to provide a template for the agency's approach to mortgage problems, which are expected to be more voluminous. When a borrower submits a formal complaint to the bureau, complete with account numbers and other key identifiers, the information will be sent immediately to the lender or mortgage servicer named in the complaint using a secure web portal.
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Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital recently announced that it has received MPRO�s 2014 Governor�s Award of Excellence for outstanding inpatient clinical achievement in the acute care hospital setting.
To receive this honor, Zeeland Community Hospital improved the quality and efficiency of the health care delivery system in four clinical topic areas, including acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care and in eight patient experience of care measures, including overall hospital rating, nurse communication, doctor communication, hospital staff, responsiveness, pain management, medicine communication and hospital cleanliness, quietness and discharge information.
Acute care hospitals were required to meet additional overall criteria, including the submission of a process improvement plan.
The Governor�s Award of Excellence was developed in 2003 with criteria based on the National Quality Strategy, Partnership for Patients and Centers, Medicare & Medicaid Services quality improvement statement of work and the Healthy Michigan 4X4 plan.
For more information: spectrumhealth.org/zeeland.
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"Life has not been the same in Eastleigh since the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) invaded war-torn Somalia to hunt down the al-Shabab terror group in 2011. Since then, explosions halt, at times violently, the buying and selling in this market town."
NAIROBI—Throngs of traders haggle and jostle for goods along busy streets, constantly interrupted by the hooting of matatus, local public transport vehicles, and the shouting of pushcart drivers, known as mkokotenis. This neighborhood is no place for the squeamish. The matatus and the mkokotenis make their way through deep, water-filled potholes, splashing thick, dark liquid onto crowded sidewalks. Like the badly damaged roads, the sewage system in Nairobi's Eastleigh district was built by British colonists in the 1920s to service a few hundred working-class Africans and Indians, but now it must bear the waste of over 100,000 residents. Today raw sewage oozes out of thousands of household pipes that have ruptured after decades of neglect. The dark green sludge mixes with runoff in the streets to form a foul porridge of human excrement.
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Cardamom Crumb Cake
Author Notes: This recipe comes from Baking: From My Home to Yours. —Dorie Greenspan
Makes 8 servings
For the crumbs:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces, at room temperature
For the cake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup strong coffee, cooled
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Getting ready: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan, dust the inside with flour and tap out the excess. Put the pan on a baking sheet.
- To make the crumbs: Put all the ingredients except the butter in a bowl and toss them together with a spatula just to blend. Add the butter and, using your fingers or the spatula, mix everything together until you've got crumbs of different sizes. It's nice to have a few big pieces, so don't overdo it. Set the crumbs aside. (The crumbs can be made up to 3 days ahead, covered and refrigerated.)
- To make the cake: Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and espresso powder in a large bowl. Turn the dry ingredients out onto a sheet of wax paper, and put the sugar and zest in the bowl. Rub them together with your fingers until the sugar is moist and the fragrance of orange strong, then return the dry ingredients to the bowl and whisk to blend.
- Put the remaining ingredients in another bowl and whisk them to blend. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and stir – don't beat – to mix. Stir only until you've got an evenly moistened batter. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and top with a thick, even layer of the crumbs. Pat the crumbs ever so gently into the batter.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the cake has risen (it will crown), the crumbs are golden and a thin knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer to a rack to cool in the pan before serving warm or at room temperature.
- You can unmold the cake if you want to, but you'll lose some of the crumbs when you turn it over. I prefer to cut the cake in the pan, taking care not to nick the surface of the pan with my knife. (This is a good job for a plastic or silicone pie server.)
- Serving: Cut the cake into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.
- Storing: This cake is best served the day it is made. It can be wrapped airtight and frozen for up to 2 months; once it defrosts, it benefits from a quick warm-up in a 350-degree-F oven.
- Playing Around: I often make just the crumbs and use them to top ice cream and desserts like Chocolate Pudding (page 383), Coffee Caramel Pots de Crème (page 389) or Lemon Cup Custard (page 387). Make the crumbs as directed and refrigerate them for 2 hours. Crumble up the mixture, spread the crumbs out on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat and bake in a 350-degree-F oven for about 15 minutes, or until golden and baked through. Let cool. The crumbs can be wrapped airtight and kept at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to 2 months.
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2 out of 3 LGBT Australian young people still experience bullying in 2014 - Gay Star News
Gay men's retail store features gay Jewish Holocaust mannequin to campaign Russia's anti-gay laws - PinkNews
Trans woman releases bathroom-finder app Refuge Restrooms - The Advocate
Labour MP Diane Abbott calls on UK to use "soft power" against homophobia in Africa - PinkNews
Azerbaijan: Suicide of leading LGBT equality advocate sparks first "LGBT news conference" - PinkNews
The 25 most shocking anti-gay stories from Russia so far - PinkNews
Russia makes first arrests of Sochi Olympics under anti-gay law - Gay Star News
Cyprus to hold its first ever Gay Pride this year - Gay Star News
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister: Gay people at Sochi are fine but "do not touch kids" - Gay Star News
UN Secretary General: "We must all raise out voices" against homophobia - The Advocate
Latin American LGBT advocates visit US - Washington Blade
Chobani Yogurt CEO: "We oppose Russia's anti-LGBT law" - Towleroad
Right wing groups boycott Girl Scout cookies over lesbian role models, "very liberal" activities - Towleroad
Russian advocates cited for protest linking Olympics to 1936 Berlin Games - The Advocate
At National Prayer Breakfast, Obama condemns "twisted" antigay religion - The Advocate
Ugandan "scientists" claim gays are "made not born" - The Advocate
Google comes out in support of gays at the Olympics - OUT
Budweiser will not be throwing a party at the Sochi Olympics - Towleroad
Kansas house panel advances bill allowing religion-based discrimination against gay community - Towleroad
Big love: A Mormon lesbian's quest for marriage equality - The Huffington Post
Transgender student from Charlotte, NC nominated for homecoming - Towleroad
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The super gay history of the Olympics - The Huffington Post
6 reasons journalists are freaked out about Sochi - Autostraddle
15 ways "Cadet Kelly" was secretly about being gay - BuzzFeed
Where Piers Morgan went wrong - The Huffington Post
Russian profiles in courage - The Huffington Post
Black Canary is a totally bisexual superhero on "Arrow," kissed a hot lady on TV last night - Autostraddle
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Policy Uncertainty and Long-Run Investment and Output across Countries
I present a model economy where policy uncertainty creates short-term bias in investment and leads to a higher capital price and lower long-run investment and output. I conduct a calibration exercise using a set of industry-level investment data across countries. Between the lowest-income and the highest-income countries, policy uncertainty can account for capital price and investment-level differences by a factor of about 3 and for the output-level difference by a factor of about 2. Copyright Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association
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Working with the Windows 7 Registry
In his recently published book Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed, author Paul McFedries introduces a variety of techniques, workarounds, obscure details, and customization tricks to help you get more out of Windows 7. This sample chapter offers a solid introduction to working with the Windows 7 Registry.
Title: Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed
Author: Paul McFedries
Chapter 12: "Tweaking the Windows 7 Registry"
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Cozy Central Studio Apartment
Size27 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
Accommodation summary
Address | Vlkova, 130 00 Prague, Czech Republic |
Property type | Apartment |
Property ID | 58F5GVMD |
Acceptance rate | < 50% |
Response time | More than a week |
Calendar updated | Today |
The apartment is composed of a small entrance, large room with wardrobe, double bed, TV LCD 23 inch satellite, kitchenette with all the appliances for cooking and a table. The private Bathroom with window completed with WC, box shower and washbasin. There is also a Safe with code and Wirelesses internet in apartment.
The apartment is very illuminate, cured in style and furnishing. High standards of cleaning and comfort. The palace is found in a quite street but rich of restaurants, bars, supermarkets, shops, automatic tickets machine, bus stop and ticket offices for public transportation and a lot other.
Apartment recently renovated located inside an historical neoclassical palace with lift/elevator. Great location to move in all part of the city. Central location to see everything by foot. VACLAVSKE NAMESTI and NAMESTI REPUBLIKY are very close.
The TRAM is only at 100 meters with 24 hours lines, Metro to short distance and Public transports very quick (5-10 minutes).
Pleasant accommodation in a central location. All furnished and completed with all comfort.
House rules
-Reception is not open 24 hours. Each guest has own keys so he can enter and exit 24h.-No smoking in all building. We have a court side where is possible to smoke.
-Beginning and final cleanings included. Linen changes or extra cleaning on request.
-We can arrange for late arrivals private pick-up service from airport to our building with our driver that can give you also keys of your apartment - Service to be booked in advance.
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Check-in after | 2 PM |
Check-in before | On arrangement |
Check-out before | 11 AM |
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Reviews of this property
In August 2014 my wife and I spent 6 nights in the small appartment in Vlkova Residence.
The location was perfect as we could just walk to the Old Town within 15 minutes!
The appartment was cozy, very clean and comfortable.
Small kichennet was equipped with all items you might need.
The host Simone is really nice and polite. He prepared for us a written information how to get to the main points in the city, where to eat, what to see, etc. The small basket - free welcome pack - with bars and waffers was so sweet.
We can confidently recommend this appartment for nice stay in Prague.
The stay at the Central Studio Apartment Oikes in Prague was impressive. We stay for three nights and we felt really comfortable. The appartment (we got a bigger one that the one we were supposed to get) was clean, comfortable, and included all the necessary comodities to live (and cook). The room was shiny and the bathroom luxurious. The only "but" was that the wi-fi did not work in all the rooms, you had to get close to the entrance of the appartment to access the internet. I can only recommend the place and as I will be probably coming back to Prague again, I know where I'll stay. Low price, high quality.
We had a nice time Prague: Friendly host, good information. Nice location and clean and spacious appartment.
We have enjoyed our stay in the apartment very much. The service was very good. There was a pleasant welcome when we arrived. The room was bigger en nicer than we expected. The location of the apartment is perfect. In about 10-15 minutes you're in the city centre, so that was very nice. And there is a tram station en metro station nearby so you can travel where ever you like. We definitely would come back to this place.
We had a great time in Prague and the appartment was above expectations. We got the bigger appartment with the rooftopterras with great view! It was very clean and Simone was there at our arrival to give us the key and information. He is very friendy and polite. There was also a nice espressomachine with coffee for us! So we could drink a nice espresso in the morning! Very good spot, with a minimarket on the opposite site of the street. A lot of nice bars in this district and not so far from the centre. Also a tramstop within 100 meters.
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Quite a fuss on the stockhouse board as ATW, having hit new highs and gone into production where they are supposed to be cash-flow positive.
So, the private placement comes out and its 22% under yesterday's close and offers a half-warrant at yesterday's closing price.
Seems pretty unfair to the earlier holders.
Now, here's the part that rich. The buyer of this unfair bargain is Sprott Asset Management (a pretty successful group of hard-nosed deal makers). Some of the posters on the message board see this as a silver lining as having Sprott accept a gift like this is a win-win situation because SAM "gives us much needed publicity".
Yet another example of how having stockholder friendly management is moving higher and higher in my evaluation of Jr mining stocks. From now on I'm going back at least 2 years on any stock I consider buying and look at what kind of financing they had done and when and why and for how big a discount.
I think I'm getting to the point where I can predict this kind of thing. Whenever a company hits a significant milestone and achieves a 52 week high and has plans for growth that requires capital look for the private placement. This kind of management is not patient enough to grow the company through its own cash-flow. They want grow a big empire as fast as they can so that can "take something off the top".
Here's my list of companies that are on my own confirmed stock holder friendly list (in the order they come to mind):
- Gold Resource Corp (GORO.OB) - management owns 1/3 of the company, the strategy is clearly to make money without diluting the company and the company targets 1/3 of all cash flow to dividends.
- Capstone Mining (CS.TO) - has done stock buybacks in the past to support the price when inordinately driven down. Did the whole Silverstone Resources strategy to unlock extra value for their shareholders.
- Impact Silver (IPT.TO) - is small, making a profit and resisting the temptation to dilute or get into debt to fund growth.
- Troy Resources (TRY.TO) - has a history of paying dividends and maintains a good balance sheet and is growing / obtaining new mining resources organically.
Here's my list of companies that are on my tentatively stock holder friendly list:
- Castle Gold (CSG.V) - profitable, not in debt, growing on cash flow and has a committee established to determine explore selling the company.
- Semafo (SMF.TO) - seems to be growing well without a lot of dilution.
- CGA Mining (CGA.TO) - has an extremely high percentage of institutional investors who won't put up with mindless empire building.
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Emergency repairs are needed to Tecumseh's second-largest water well.
In his report to the Tecumseh City Council Monday, city manager Kevin Welch said the initial cost estimate is $6,400, but could be up to $16,000. The well stopped pumping Nov. 17, and because it was an emergency, Welch said, the repairs were approved without the need for the council's action.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"Remedy" explores the many ways humankind attempts to ameliorate society's modern ailments (mental, physical, and beyond) through art. Working across media, the contributing artists engage with the tools, institutions, and methods of healing, as well as the role artists and art can play in the process of personal and collective healing.
On view: October 4, 2016 – January 14, 2017
Join us for special programs throughout the run of the exhibition. For more information, please click here.
Exhibiting artists include:*
Damali Abrams
Pamella Allen
Dianne Aronian
Paul Clay
Matthew Cox
Richard Falco
Peter Konsterlie
Annie Lopez
Christophyer Payne
Carol Pfeffer
Eric Rhein
Laura Splan
Samantha Yergo
This exhibition is made possible, in part, with support from Westchester Medical Center
Event Location and Ticket Information
31 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains, NY 10601
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Times: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ticket pricing:
Free event
Presenter: ArtsWestchester
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SYDNEY -- An air search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was suspended for a day due to stormy weather Tuesday as the painstakingly slow sonar scanning of the targeted patch of seabed continued.
Up to 10 planes were to scour the ocean surface for debris on Tuesday over an area covering 19,000 square miles centered 1,000 miles northwest of the Australian west coast city of Perth, the search coordination center said in a statement.
But the center later said the planes would be grounded in Perth due to poor weather related to a tropical cyclone developing off the Australian coast to the north.
"It has been determined that the current weather conditions are resulting in heavy seas and poor visibility, and would make any air search activities ineffective and potentially hazardous," the center said in a statement.
Ten ships would continue the search on Tuesday.
A robotic submarine was on Tuesday finishing its ninth 16-hour mission scanning the silt-covered seafloor since the search for wreckage shifted beneath the waves on April 14.
The center said the U.S. Navy's Bluefin 21 had so far covered about two-thirds of the 120-square-mile seabed search zone, creating a three-dimensional sonar map of any debris. Nothing of interest had been found.
The 2.8-mile deep search area is a circle 12 miles wide where searchers calculated a suspected black box beacon heard on April 8 is probably located. The Boeing 777's beacons were only designed to transmit signals for 30 days after a crash and their batteries are now assumed dead.
The search coordination center said the sonar scan of the seafloor in that area was expected to be completed sometime this week.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said that even if no debris was recovered, the scope of the search may be broadened or other assets may be used.
Radar and satellite data show the jet carrying 239 passengers and crew veered far off course on March 8 for unknown reasons during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Analysis indicates it would have run out of fuel in the remote section of ocean where the search has been focused. Not one piece of debris has been recovered since the massive multinational hunt began.
There have been numerous leads, but all have turned out to be false. The most promising development came when four underwater signals were detected April 5 and 8. The sounds were consistent with pings that would have been emanating from the plane's flight data and cockpit recorders' beacons before their batteries died.


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Beans are one of the oldest foods known to man. They were one of the earliest food crops cultivated in the Americas. Common beans were domesticated about 7,000 years ago in both Peruvian Andes and in southern Mexico.
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No. 20 Men's GW Squash Falls to No. 18 Wesleyan, 6-3, in Finale
Colonials Conclude Season with National Ranking of No. 20
Feb. 16, 2014
BOSTON, Mass. - The No. 20 George Washington men's squash team concluded the 2013-14 season with a 6-3 loss to No. 18 Wesleyan in the 19th/20th Place match at the College Squash Association (CSA) Team Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Northeastern University's Squashbusters Center.
GW concludes the 2013-14 season with a national ranking of No. 20 in the CSA.
Sophomores James Reiss and Reid Breck each picked up their second respective wins of the weekend against the Cardinals. Reiss prevailed in four sets (11-8, 11-5, 13-15, 11-5) over Michael Delalio at No. 3 while Breck easily swept his opponent Daniel Sneed at No. 4, 11-1, 11-5, 11-9.
Freshman Josh Marks rallied from a 2-1 deficit to knock of Raheem Logan at No. 5, 8-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8 for the Colonials third win.
Select individuals will compete in the CSA Individual Nationals, February 28-March 2 at Princeton University. The official draw will be released later this month.


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Easton CTR-80
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Length |
22.25" (collapsed) to 55.12" (extended) |
Manufacturer's Description
Easton's CTR-80 is the ultimate lightweight performance trekking pole, featuring durable construction with three-tier adjustability and Easton Mountain Product's new Vi-Brake™ vibration dampening grip
The Vi-Brake™ grip with anti-vibration technology was designed from the ground up to reduce shock energy transferred to hikers' hands. The key to Vi-Brake is the 360-degree all-axis dampening gel within an ergonomic molded grip to isolate the grip from shock and pole vibration. This is unlike other models on the market that only have single-axis linear spring shocks that move in one direction.
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Ting, an MVNO that runs on Sprint's network, recently announced that it will pay the early termination fee of anyone who cancels their contract with their existing carrier and switches to Ting. Rather than offer a direct reimbursement or cash, Ting will credit the account of switchers with up to $350 per line, the typical maximum ETF charged by other carriers. The promotion runs from February 1 to February 28. Ting sells new and refurbished smartphones, and accepts select handsets from Sprint. Service plans start as low as $9 per month for 100 voice minutes, 100 messages, and 100MB of data.


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A Brazil nut is an excellent food for skin health. The reason is because Brazil nuts are an excellent source of the mineral selenium. Selenium improves the elasticity of skin, helps to battle skin infections, and is thought to help individuals with acne.
Carrots are a good food for skin because they are a high source of beta-carotene. The body coverts beta-carotene to vitamin A for use within the body. Carrots are also a good source of vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant that mops up free radicals, such as those produced by overexposure to the sun.
Berries such as blueberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, rasberries, cranberries, and strawberries are a good food for skin. Generally, berries help the body manufacture collagen which makes the skin supple and smooth. Berries (especially blueberries) are loaded with antioxidant compounds that are very effective in neutralizing damaging free radicals (that lead to skin cell damage and premature skin aging) generated in the skin by excessive UV exposure or from other sources.
Salmon and other oily fish (sardines, mackerel, fresh tuna ) play an important role in skin health. Salmon contains a high amount of omega-3 fatty acids which the body cannot manufacture on its own. These fatty acids improve the skin by decreasing the occurrence of clogged pores, reducing the body's production of inflammatory agents. These fatty acids are responsible for healthy cell membranes.


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Mountain Buggy has come out on top as New Zealand's favourite buggy brand in the 2016 OHbaby Awards. We are proud that swift won silver for best single buggy.
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Abolish the use of gas chambers in killing our animals
We still have many states that use gas chambers of a way of putting our animals to their death. This is "animal cruelty". This needs to stop. The animals suffer a very long and painful death which is severe and uncalled for while they are leaving this unfair world. Before they die they suffer threw 40 minutes of shear terror, anxiety, fearfulness and excruciating pain. This is totally wrong and against the laws of nature. This law should be directed at the animal shelters that still use this technique of deposing our homeless four legged friends. So please help stop this cruel way of killing our beloved animals all across the United States.


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It wasn't an alligator-print bag that appeared at a baggage claim at O'Hare International Airport, it was an actual alligator.
A new kind of visitor caused a stir Friday after the Department of Aviation said a small alligator was discovered at Baggage Claim 3 in O'Hare Airport Friday morning.
Officials said the alligator was spotted by maintenance workers underneath an escalator at Baggage Claim 3.
Police said the alligator was captured in the terminal, contained in a trash can and turned over to the Chicago Herpetological Society.
No one was injured and the animal did not appear to be harmful, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.
The alligator was 25 inches long and in poor condition due to "improper husbandry and poor diet," according to Jason Hood, president of the Chicago Herpetological Societ.
How the animal got into the airport or where it came from remained unclear Saturday, police said.
It is illegal to own an alligator in Illinois without a permit from the Department of Natural Resources.
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The regular lacrosse season is winding down, but the the summer season is right around the corner. For many, summer is about skill development or simply more opportunities to play lacrosse. For some, though, it's about exposure, about being seen, and about, potentially, being recruited.
Being seen by college coaches is great, but it helps to know what they're looking for. To that end, Alex Weber made "Committed," a 50-minute documentary that follows four recruits at the 2013 Maverik Showtime recruiting event, where 165 players auditioned in front of top college coaches.
"The goal of this film," Weber said, "is to share the honest thoughts and insights of what college coaches are looking for in recruits, how they view the process and what can seal the deal both positively and negatively."
"Committed" was released in February and is available for digital download on Vimeo. It's $9.99 to purchase or $3.99 for a 24-hour rental.
Weber, coach at Harvard Westlake and a former high school All-American in New York and Academic All-American at U Penn, has seen the recruiting process from all angles — prospect, college player and high school coach. As the sport continues to explode in popularity, he realized there are a lot of players and parents who find their heads spinning as they try to figure out which travel teams, tournaments, camps and "showcases" will improve their chances at playing in college.
"Having been a D-I Recruit, and now helping my high school players with recruiting, I have seen how much this sport has grown and progressed," Weber said. "It's at an incredibly popular and competitive level. With this intense competition to achieve [the goal of playing] college lacrosse, you really do have to do everything right, and I realized a lot of players across the country aren't aware of what they need to do."
So Weber went to the source, interviewing coaches representing some of the top programs in the country, including Notre Dame, Cornell, Denver, North Carolina, Michigan, Harvard and UPenn.
"Having the dream of playing college lacrosse, we work so hard to get there, and yet we rarely know the factors that can decide the fate of our dream," Weber said. "That's why I made this film. To remove the mystery around recruiting. To hear from the college coaches, inform the recruits from across America and strengthen the drive and focus of those who want to achieve college lacrosse."