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Hollywood in Oregon
Oregon has come into its own as a place to make movies.
The iconic projects have come thick and fast, especially in the last 25 years or so. The last 15 years of the century saw "The Goonies," "Stand By Me," "Drugstore Cowboy," "Point Break," "Free Willy" (twice), "Mr. Holland's Opus," "The Postman," "Ricochet River" and "Men of Honor" filmed here — along with dozens of others. And the 21st century so far has brought us "Pay It Forward," "Elephant, " "The Ring" (twice), "Fahrenheit 9/11," "Into the Wild," "Twilight," "Coraline" and more than 100 more — including such unforgettable classics as "Kindergarten Cop" and "Jackass: The Movie."
And of course, we can't forget the burgeoning television business, highlighted currently by "Grimm" and "Portlandia."
But Oregon's relationship with the movie business goes back much farther — to a time when parts of the state were wilder than much of Alaska is today.
I've cherry-picked 15 of the most influential of these early Oregon movies, and I'm going to start presenting them (in order from oldest to newest) this week. It will take three columns to do that.
These are, in my opinion (and the opinion of folks responding to a question I posted last week on the Offbeat Oregon History Facebook page) the most important movies, but there are more — lots more. For a definitive list, look up http://oregonfilm.org, or plan a visit to the Oregon Film Museum in Astoria.
"The Fisherman's Bride" (1908)
Selig Polyscope Film Co. Filmed in Astoria. Cast and crew information unavailable.
The Fisherman's Bride was, as far as I've been able to learn, the first movie filmed in Oregon; it was shot in and around Astoria. It's a classic love triangle, with two young fellows — a good boy and a bad boy — battling over a lovely bachelorette. The girl chooses the good boy and they set a wedding date. But the bad boy plots his revenge by arranging to have the good boy kidnapped and shanghaied on a deepwater sailing ship just before their wedding. This plan is, of course, foiled, and our hero gets to the church on time.
The interesting thing about this flick, other than its status as the state's first, is that it was not a period piece. While it was being shot, guys like our hero really were being shanghaied out of Astoria with some regularity. Melodramatic though the whole thing sounds today, something like it may very well have happened in real life during the time the film crew was there shooting this movie.
"The General" (1926)
United Artists. Shot in various places including Cottage Grove. Starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack.
This was one of the most important movies of the silent era, and a real study in contrasts. It crushed Buster Keaton's independence as a filmmaker, but it cemented his reputation as a comedic genius. It was widely regarded as a failure, yet its revenue margin was about 50 percent in the black — which is saying something, because it was phenomenally expensive to make. It culminated in the most expensive scene of the silent era — in which a burning bridge collapses under the weight of a full working steam locomotive, sending the whole works crashing into the Row River just southeast of Cottage Grove.
It's that scene the "The General" is most remembered for in Oregon.
The story takes place during the Civil War. Johnnie Gray, a Southern railroad engineer, has his beloved engine, The General, stolen by some Union spies — with his girlfriend aboard. Johnnie gives chase in another locomotive, steals back both train and girl, and tries to make it back to the Mason-Dixon line while the Yankees give chase. Along the way, of course, there's plenty of Buster's trademark style of physical and expressive comedy.
The filming of "The General's" culminating scene brought locals out from miles around to watch, and about 500 Oregon National Guard soldiers were hired as extras. The event is commemorated with a mural on the side of the Cottage Grove Hotel today.
The wrecked locomotive was left in the river after the film was made, and became a popular visitors' attraction for Cottage Grove; it was salvaged for scrap iron during World War II, but there are still a few train parts in the riverbed today.
"Rachel and the Stranger" (1948)
RKO Pictures. Shot in Springfield-Eugene area. Starring Loretta Young, William Holden, Robert Mitchum.
This fascinating film deals with some Old West topics that few movies want to touch — the experience of women, for one thing, and the indentured-servitude system of temporary enslavement.
In the story, a widower moves west in the late 1700s with his young son; deciding they need a woman around the house, he buys the contract of an indentured servant named Rachel. He marries Rachel so that people won't think he's living in sin with her, but he shows no romantic interest until a handsome stranger comes to the area and begins to woo her. There is, of course, an Indian attack along the way as well.
"Rachel and the Stranger" was shot in the Springfield-Eugene area — at a stockade that the crew built along the McKenzie River, several scenic settings along the Mohawk, and at a rustic-farmhouse set built near Fox Hollow Road outside Eugene, among other spots.
"Bend of the River" (1952)
Universal. Shot in Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood. Starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson.
"Bend of the River" is the first of two Westerns shot in Oregon featuring possibly the most universally beloved movie actor of all time: Jimmy "George Bailey" Stewart. It's also adapted from a historical novel by the late Bill Gulick — a historian who, despite his unfortunate decision to hang his hat over the border in Walla Walla, ranks among the very best popular scholars of Oregon history.
In this movie, set just after the Civil War, two gunfighters with checkered pasts are seeking a new start in a Westward-bound wagon train. When the wagons arrive in Oregon, they learn that a gold rush has broken out, and the man they bought their winter supplies from plans to renege on the deal, meaning the settlers will starve. The two men seize the food, fight off the supplier's goon squads and head for the settlement. On the way, one succumbs to the temptation to steal the food, and the other — Jimmy Stewart's character — has to fight him to save the settlement.
Portions of this movie were filmed on the Columbia and Sandy rivers, and there are gorgeous scenes showcasing Mount Hood, Rooster Rock and Crown Point. Some of the scenes were also filmed above the timberline on Mount Hood, and a pair of working sternwheelers were in the movie as well. In fact, the last steamboat race on the Columbia River took place in a promotion for this movie, when the sternwheelers Henderson and Portland charged up the river from Portland to Rooster Rock. (Both of these sternwheelers were designed as towboats, so neither was built for speed; however, their skippers gave it their best. The Henderson won, but blew a gasket in the process.)
Next time, we'll continue this survey of iconic pictures filmed in Oregon with the other Oregon-based Jimmy Stewart movie, "Shenandoah."
(Sources: Internet Movie Database, imdb.com; columbiariverimages.com; Oregon Governor's Office of Film and Television at oregonfilm.org; Blankenship, Megan. "On the Set in Eugene," The Artifact, July 2009)
Finn J.D. John is the author of "Wicked Portland," a book about the dark side of Oregon's metropolis in the 1890s. He produces a daily podcast at ofor.us/p . To contact him or suggest a topic: email@example.com or 541-357-2222.


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A slickly mounted and entertaining family adventure, the French-financed, Indian-shot, English-language "Hanuman" combines seriocomic human drama with plenty of animal action, repping a solid feature debut for wildlife documentarian Fred Fougea. Somewhat reminiscent of Disney's "True Life Adventures" of yore, pic is somewhat out of step with current U.S. kidpic trends , but should do well as a rental item in addition to theatrical play in select territories. Son of a famous late archaeologist, Scotsman Tom (Robert Cavanah) travels to the mountains of southern India to impede further desecration and looting of ancient temple artifacts — and to win back the local sweetheart, Anja (Tabu), he hasn't seen since boyhood. She's now a schoolteacher and due to be married shortly — to a rich politician (Javed Jaffrey) who's secretly aligned with the thieving excavators. Tactless Tom quickly runs afoul of that lot, as well as the Frenchwoman (Nathalie Auffret) heading the current archaeological team. He gains a couple of improbable allies, however, one being the hermit monk (Khalid Thiabji) who guards the temples, the other Hanou, an outcast from a red-faced monkey tribe whom Tom saves from poachers. After much intrigue — a bit complicated for viewers under 8 or so — all the monkeys unite in foiling the bad guys, saving Anja from her arranged wedlock and chasing down her unscrupulous, and now exposed, fiance. While this habitat/antiquity-preserving collusion between man and beast may at first stretch credulity, Fougea's deft orchestration of two trained and 50 wild monkeys — who make antic, appealing camera subjects — nicely suspends disbelief, while his brisk pacing makes the somewhat formulaic script go down easily. Cavanah's engaging hero tops a capable human cast; fine location lensing and a big orchestral score lend notable gloss to a strong package.Hanuman
A Gaumont Buena Vista Intl. release (in France) and presentation in co-production with Boreales and Visual Eyes. (International sales: Gaumont, Paris.) Produced by Patrice Ledoux, Fred Fougea. Executive producer, Barthelemy Fougea. Co-executive producers, Anne-Marie Ader, K. Kaarthikeyan. Directed by Fred Fougea. Screenplay, Fougea, Michel Fessler. Camera (color), Bernard Luric; editors, Yann Deder, Frederique Lebel; music, Laurent Ferlet; production designer, Thotta Tharani; sound (Dolby Digital), Michel Mellier, Frederic Attal, Sylvain Lasseur, Francois Groult, Bruno Tarriere; second unit director, Jerome-Cecil Auffret; second unit camera, Philipppe Bottiglione; associate producer, Nathalie Auffret. Reviewed at Mill Valley Film Festival, Oct. 11, 1999. Running time: 87 MIN.
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Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to exclude as a small business, for purposes of meeting federal agency contracting goals with small businesses, any small business (or subsidiary thereof) that is publicly traded, or any business (or subsidiary thereof) with more than 50% non-U.S. citizen ownership. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to notify the head of each federal department or agency regarding this Act and its amendments, and the department or agency head to then notify its contractors.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish a report regarding federal prime contracts awarded to businesses identified as small businesses for purposes of achieving small business contracting goals; and (2) establish procedures to ensure that the Central Contractor Registration database provides an adequate warning regarding criminal penalties for misrepresenting the status of a small business or person in order to obtain federal contracts.
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Off the subject a bit but I thought, I should ask this question since it's been lingering on my mind for some time now. Maybe guys around here can answer in detail.
I have a remote site getting connected to my server farm. It's our branch office. I have a router in the middle with no fire wall and the addresses on both sides of the interface are private, say 10.10.10.0/24 on my side and 10.20.20.0/24 on the other.
The only thing the branch users access on this side of the router is AD authentication, Exchange (SMTP) and some file shares.
What should be my minimal extended ACL? Currently, it' all through and through and I feel that's highly insecure.
Any advise??
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What a beautiful pup, looks like she has a blast playing in the snow!:D
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text: What You Should Know About Bankruptcy (from Someone Who's Been There)Katherine McDonald11/13/13 2:00pmFiled to: moneypersonal financedebtbankruptcycreditcredit cardsrepublished722EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkAt 24, I was in a good place both financially and personally. I had a full time job, my dream apartment, and enough disposable income to keep myself entertained. Sure, I had a little credit card debt–who didn't?—and my car payment was a tad high, but I wasn't worried. I made enough money to keep things running smoothly.AdvertisementThis post orginally appeared on Girls Just Wanna Have Funds. And then one morning, a stomachache I mistook for indigestion signaled the start of a mystery illness that would drastically change my life. Without going into too much detail, my illness kept me from working and thus, I was unable to pay my bills. My parents were able to scrape enough together for my car payment, but rent and other bills were just too much for them to shoulder.I ended up broke, living with my parents and in constant, mind-numbing pain—all of which caused me to spiral into a depression. When faced with bankruptcy, I felt as if I'd been handed a death sentence. I had worked hard to build my credit. I never missed payments, always paid well above the minimum amount due and had even bought and paid off a car without a cosigner. For a 24 year old, my credit was gorgeous.And then it wasn't.AdvertisementI hit my lowest point at my lawyer's office, as we sat on opposite sides of his desk going through the paperwork. As I looked at my financial history splayed out in front of me, it dawned on me that it was all for nothing. All my hard work had been worthless. Unable to contain my emotions any longer, I burst into tears. For a moment, my lawyer looked a bit stunned. 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- 46 people were arrested for watching a video of protests in Egypt and Tunisia
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- Critics call the charges politically motivated
- Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980
Sentencing has been delayed for six Zimbabweans convicted of conspiracy to commit public violence after they were caught watching footage of Arab Spring protests.
They face six to 10 years in prison or a $2,000 fine.
Their attorney argued for lighter sentences Tuesday, but there was no word yet on when the judge would return with a decision.
The Zimbabweans were among 46 people arrested on February 19, 2011, during an academic meeting in which a video was shown about events in Tunisia and Egypt.
Some said they were dismayed at the verdict.
"I am very disappointed that they were found guilty," defense lawyer Alec Muchadehama said shortly after hearing the verdict Monday.
Rights activist Munyaradzi Gwisai said the verdict was "not surprising."
"We are not deterred," Gwisai said. "We are not intimidated."
Police released 40 of the attendees, but charged the rest with treason or attempt to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means. Those charges were altered to conspiracy to commit public violence.
The government has said the six were plotting an Egyptian-style uprising in the southern African country. Critics have called the charges politically motivated.
The defendants were allegedly watching video footage of protests that led to the ouster of Presidents Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 87, has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980. He has been accused of rigging elections and instituting repressive laws to tighten his grip on power.
The arrests may be an indication that authorities are worried the winds of change sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East may inspire Zimbabweans to rise up, too.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change, MDC, which is in a troubled unity government with Mugabe's ZANU-PF, has called the arrests "an abuse of state machinery by ZANU-PF to suppress the people's views."
Mugabe has called for new elections, but his political rival and leader of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, has threatened to boycott the poll if a referendum on a new constitution is not held. In an interview with CNN, Tsvangirai called Monday's judgment "very, very unfortunate. One thing I would say is it's totally uncalled for."
Asked whether an Arab Spring-type movement is needed in Zimbabwe, he said, "Now we are on another path of negotiation and setting up a transitional government and having elections -- there's no need for it."


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PERTH, Australia (AP) — France provided new satellite data Sunday showing possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet as searchers combing a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean tried without success to locate a pallet that could be a key clue in solving one of the world's great aviation mysteries.
The new information given to Malaysia's government and forwarded to searchers in Australia shows "potential objects" in the same part of the ocean where satellite images previously released by Australia and China showed objects that could be debris from the plane, Malaysia's Ministry of Transport said in a statement without providing further details.
Flight 370 went missing over the Gulf of Thailand on March 8 with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, setting off a multinational search effort that has turned up nothing conclusive so far on what happened to the jet.
Sunday's search was frustrating because "there was cloud down to the surface and at times we were completely enclosed by cloud," Royal Australian Air Force flight Lt. Russell Adams told reporters at the military base where the planes take off and land on their missions.
Nothing of interest to searchers was found, he said, adding that the search is worth it because "we might do 10 sorties and find nothing, but on that 11th flight when you find something and you know that you're actually contributing to some answers for somebody."
Details on the French data were not immediately released. The statement from Malaysia called the information "new satellite images," while a statement from France's Foreign Ministry said "radar echoes taken by a satellite" had located floating debris but made no mention of imagery.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is leading the search in waters off Australia, declined to offer details about the information from France. The authority did not respond to multiple requests by The Associated Press for access to the data.
"Any satellite images or other new information that comes to AMSA is being considered in developing the search plans," AMSA said.
But a Malaysian official involved in the search mission said the data located objects about 930 kilometers (575 miles) north of the spots where the objects in the images released by Australia and China were located.
One of the objects located was estimated to be about the same size as an object captured Tuesday by the Chinese satellite that appeared to be 22 meters (72 feet) by 13 meters (43 feet), said the official, who declined to be identified because he isn't authorized to speak to the media. But it was not possible to determine precise dimensions from the French data, the official said.
Information about the new data emerged as authorities coordinating the search, which is being conducted about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, sent planes and a ship to try to "re-find" a wooden pallet that appeared to be surrounded by straps of varying lengths and colors. It was spotted Saturday by spotters in a search plane, but no images were captured of it and a military PC Orion military plane dispatched to locate the pallet could not find it.
"So, we've gone back to that area again today to try and re-find it," said Mike Barton, chief of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's rescue coordination center. An Australian navy ship was also involved in the search.
Wooden pallets are commonly used in shipping, but can also be used in cargo containers carried on planes.
AMSA said the aircraft that spotted the pallet was unable to take photos of it.
"We went to some of the expert airlines and the use of wooden pallets is quite common in the industry," Barton said. "They're usually packed into another container, which is loaded in the belly of the aircraft. ... It's a possible lead, but we will need to be very certain that this is a pallet because pallets are used in the shipping industry as well."
Sam Cardwell, a spokesman for AMSA, said the maritime agency had requested a cargo manifest from Malaysia Airlines, but he was unsure whether it had been received as of Sunday night.
Malaysia Airlines asked The Associated Press to submit questions via email for comment on whether Flight 370 had wooden pallets aboard when it disappeared, but did not immediately respond to the email.
When Brazilian searchers in 2009 were looking for debris from Air France Flight 447 after it mysteriously plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, the first thing they found was a wooden pallet. The military first reported that the pallet came from the Air France flight, but then said six hours later that the plane had not been carrying any wooden pallets.
The southern Indian Ocean is thought to be a potential area to find the jet because Malaysian authorities have said pings sent by the Boeing 777-200 for several hours after it disappeared indicated that the plane ended up in one of two huge arcs: a northern corridor stretching from Malaysia to Central Asia, or a southern corridor that stretches toward Antarctica.
Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanation for what happened to the jet, but have said the evidence so far suggests it was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next.
Authorities are considering the possibilities of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots or anyone else on board.
McDonald reported from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Associated Press writers Todd Pitman and Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Kristen Gelineau in Sydney and Elaine Ganley in Paris contributed to this report.


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2010-07-04, 02:01 | Link #61 |
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Location: Folsom, CA, USA
Age: 30
zomg so many characters introduced, is what I was thinking for most of first ep, but since not much was happening that's all I needed to think.
My question for the episode is, what was she gonna do to that meteor with her sword? |
2010-07-04, 02:03 | Link #62 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I had no hopes for this show, but the high sugar level was amazingly enjoyable. It was like wandering through a beautiful candy-floss forest.
Nice first episode. They paced things well enough that all the character introductions worked, and I could keep the characters separate in my mind. I got flashes of ARIA and K-On and Little Snow Fairy Sugar, to name only a few. Moeee. The voices were just serviceable, but Koyama Kimiko (Carina) can really do her thing, and I always like to see Kadowaki Mai (Minette) getting work. And I thought Okamoto Nobuhiko's voice worked again (Layfon in Regios, Makoto in Yumeiro Patissiere, Usui in Kaichou wa Maid-sama)
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2010-07-04, 05:54 | Link #68 |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Near Bosscha Observatory
Just watched first episode this morning and I'm very hyped. Sure there isn't much in the way of plot but that it's fine for me. The character design is lovely and the character interaction is fun to watch (my favorite so far is the twins They are hilarious).
Man, it's a been a while since I watch a visual novel adaption that is this fun to watch. Most of the times they have at least some parts that kinda boring to watch. Looks like my anime instinct is correct when i decide this series to be on primary on my watch list Things I don't like.... that will be the main character's expression, With his continual blush and earrings... well, he just look not so manly to me. Well, on the other hand he does seem more interesting that most eroge protagonist so far.
2010-07-04, 09:48 | Link #70 | |
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Its like if Sengoku Rance was made into anime, and people would speculate what kind of platonic relationship hes in with every female character he mets..
2010-07-04, 10:34 | Link #72 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Plus, Tears to Tiara and Utawaremono had both of their main characters in a harem setting. Looking at Windmill's/Getchu's pages, I get the impression that the game tries to be cute more than anything else. I don't know; it doesn't seem obvious to me, since the things you said apply to all harems. |
2010-07-04, 11:32 | Link #73 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
Not that it matters, in this fantasy world, but 16+16=32? There are times and places in the history of the world where most women got married at 15. And the beautiful young woman in my avatar is 30 (Endou Aya).
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2010-07-04, 11:54 | Link #74 |
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Age: 34
You're definitely reading too much into things simply because it's an eroge. This is first and foremost a comedy, and all of the "harem" aspects of this show are definitely being played up for laughs (especially things like his mother ). There is no "harem end" in the game; all of the main romance paths are separate and played rather cleanly, though the romance, like everything else, is sugary-sweet and over-the-top. It's what they'd call a "moege". I guess if you want another reference, think maybe Nanatsuiro Drops (though this is a comedy, and that one was a bit more serious).
2010-07-04, 14:15 | Link #75 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
God this sucked. Comedy animes have to try very hard to make their jokes appealing to someone who actually has a brain, and this anime didn't try at all. Stupid obvious harem, dry as desert jokes, plot thinner than the paper it was written on.
2010-07-04, 17:12 | Link #77 |
Dikke Vinger
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Groningen, Groningen
It started off with various muscles in my face twitching. It only got worse. This show does indeed seem to do strange things to my expression...
In spite of the silent rages I endured I still feel like watching the next episode though. What's up with that? |
2010-07-05, 01:02 | Link #80 |
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I read eroge habitually and I can tell you that the script in these things are worse than most anime you could find. A stupid obvious harem is exactly what the intended audience wants. As outsiders, we have to merely accept that about 50,000-100,000 very very strange people in Japan watch this show. It is not a show intended for anyone outside of those handful of people. And even as a production from a bunch of malnutritioned staff and poverty-striken key animators, the pacing of episode 01 was actually pretty good. So for an eroge adaptation, it is already superior. You have to see it all in perspective. It's not the next Studio 4c or Ghibli.
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Tips To Wrap Tomato In Bacon
If you are wondering how to make a simple and luscious starter for your dinner party, you should think about combining tomato and bacon together. Fresh or sun-dried tomatoes can be combined with fatty bacon, flavored bacon and other ingredients to make a perfect delightful finger food or appetizer. We tried out several luscious combinations and they've all be quite successful. To help you out, we've listed several tips for wrapping tomato with bacon that you can use as well.
How to wrap tomatoes with bacon
1. Choosing Tomatoes
Tomatoes can be found all through the year in a variety of shapes and sizes. The fresh tangy taste of tomatoes combines particularly well with bacon and you can choose any variety that you like. We recommend vine-ripened tomatoes which are ripened on the plant resulting in a much sweeter taste to the fruit. Organic tomatoes are the best and you can always find a large variety at your local health food store. Apart from variety, you can always pick colors like red, yellow, purple, green, orange, and even black tomatoes for your dish. Depending on the variety you choose, the tomatoes will also have taste differences like sweet, sour, smoky and tart. If you cannot find fresh tomatoes, canned whole tomatoes are also available for use. However, they can be bland and soft.
2 Choosing Bacon
There are several different varieties of bacon that can be used to wrap the tomatoes. The most commonly used bacon is streaky bacon. However you can also use turkey bacon, pancetta, Irish bacon or Canadian bacon in this dish. To add an extra kick, you can use flavored and smoked Virginia Bacon like Maplewood bacon, applewood bacon, honey mustard bacon etc. Peppered bacon seems to combine particularly well with tomatoes. For a more exotic flavor, you can use gourmet versions of bacon like smoked jowl, double-smoked boczek, Chinese bacon and pancetta.
3. Preparing and Serving the Bacon Wrapped Tomatoes
If you are using cherry tomatoes, you can leave them whole or wrap them with a slice of mozzarella before wrapping with cheese. However, larger tomatoes can be cored, seasoned with bacon salt and stuffed with whole eggs, finely ground meat, prepared meat balls, vegetables, couscous or a range of other ingredients. The stuffed tomato is then wrapped with bacon and then baked. You can also panfry and sauté, grill or deep fry the tomatoes and serve them with sauces.
- You can choose large tomatoes if you are planning to serve a single tomato as an appetizer. If you want to make small finger-food sized bites, choose cherry tomatoes which smaller in size
Tomatoes wrapped with bacon are a simple and easy dish to prepare. However, there can be many variations of the basic dish. If you have a particular recipe you are proud of, do write in to us. We will be more than happy to share it with our readers.
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Sixties Mod fashion necklace scream from the retro 60's British fashion scene, also made popular here in America. Lightweight balls of white with hot pink swirls with plastic laquering and smaller alternating hot pink and white beads. Hangs 12" long, 24" when unclasped, and is in excellent condition.
Pretty pin to wear with your ensemble. Oval gold tone stamped metal brooch with center of copper and red roses. Center resembles the color of goofus glass. No makers name. Measures 1 3/4" x 2". Excellent condition.
Stunning vintage Coro flower pin i sa beautiful enamel red with center red rhinestone and gold tone accents. This is a large pin measuring 3" x 2 1/8". Excellent like new condition with no chips or scratches. Signed Coro.
Large pretty crystal rhinestone pin spells out the word GOLF. THe pin is signed with what appers to say Highway HGE. Silvertone color setting and measures 1" tall by 2 3/8" long. All stones are bright and sparkling, and pinback works well. Very nice overall condition.
This vintage 1970's unworn like new condition signed BSK goldtone textured 3" long, closed rosebud flower pin has many tiny glass pale orange cabachons clustered in the flower head and the leaves & stem have realistic detail. BSK jewelry always incorporates quality with style and is a great addition to a jewelry collection.
Vintage Brooch from Sarah Coventry pre 1965. This pin was called Bittersweet and featured the exciting fashion color to flatter your whites in the summer and your brown shades in fall and winter. The new slender look in pins so smart, so chic, combined with the ever popular leaf design that knows no age or season barrier.The pin has three bittersweet-orange teardrop cabochon beads set in gold tone. Signed Sarah Cov. Measures 3 1/2" and is in like new condition.
An exceptionally nice gold leaf scarf clip by Jeri-Lou. Shiny gold tone with a marquis accent stone. Measures 2 7/8" long and is marked Jeri-Lou. Excellent condition!
Nice retro chic pin for your summer or spring wardrobe. Lime green enamel petals with a center green rhinestone accent. Gold tone Pin measures 2 1/4" and is in excellent condition. Notice the flowers petals are heart shaped.. A very pretty pin in excellent condition. No makers mark.
A very pretty Christmas pin for your holiday ensemble. Goldtone Christmas tree inside a gold ring which is suspended by a pretty gold bow. Tree is decorated with a multitude of colored rhinestones. Hangs 2" long. Excellent condition.
Pretty and delicate double strand of milky clam broth colored glass beads with an awesome little fastner set with rhinestones. Necklace measures 18 1/2" long when opened. Strung on regular string, but is such a dainty vintage necklace.
Ariki Pau shell (Abalone) palladium pendant and chain. brand new in the original box and packaging with phamplet. Pendant measures 5/8" x 7/8". Chain is 18". Ariki is the world's most successful designer/manufacturer of Paua shell jewelry. It is also the largest jewelry manufacturer in New Zealand. The name Ariki is from the Maori language and means "The Chief" or "The Best" - a promise that Ariki jewellery is of the highest quality, in terms of both materials and workmanship...
ice Vintage copper Renoir necklace in a bold modernist curved link design. Very good to excellent vintage condition. The necklace measures 3/4" wide and 19" long including the 4" extender chain and hook clasp; Signed "©Renoir" (1954-1964).
Pretty Vintage copper set includes a solid copper necklace with detailed flower links and matching clip back earrings, I can see no name on any of the pieces, unless I am overlooking it somewhere. Flower links are about 1 1/8"each, and necklace is 16" long. Earring backs are niice and tight. A pretty vintage set of copper crafted jewelry in great condition.
A wonderful large copper pin with a great modernist style. Nice substantial size and measures 2 1/4" x 2 1/4". Made by and marked Renoir. Great condition.
Very cute lightweight copper earrings with screw on backs. No makers name but they are in excellent condition. Measures a total of 1 3/8" long.
This scaredy cat is made by Russ and is the perfect little accessory for Halloween. Typical black cat with arched back and an intimidating hissing facial expression. Measures 2" tall Made of detailed molded plastic. I have 4 available,and all are excellent. Price is per pin.
This is a wonderful set of pins for the Christmas seasom. The card has a total of 5 pins which tells the Christmas story. One is "The shepherds" (a shepherd and his sheep), The "gifts of the Magi" (A king on the camel), "The star of Bethlehem", "The holy family" and a pin of the "Infant Jesus". Each pin on the card has a corresponding part of the Christmas Story with it. Pins have the tie tack backings, so could be worn on hats or anything. Never has been used. Made of gold tone metal...
A stunning pair of vintage clip earrings by Hobe'. Teardrop or pear shape, set with white moonstone color rhinestones and smaller dark blue aurora rhinestones. Measures 1 3/8" long and are perfect, with all stones intact. Stones are prong set in a goldtone setting. Clips have clear soft rollers on the clips for comfotable wear. These are just gorgeous, and are signed Hobe'.


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Photos: Odom's baby face, Brown's wedding band
February 3rd, 2011, 8:10 pm by KEVIN DING, OCREGISTER.COMLamar Odom and Shannon Brown might not be the Lakers' leading men, but they have their own star power.
Both did autograph signings Wednesday at Los Angeles T-Mobile stores as part of the build-up to the All-Star Game.
Odom was in East Los Angeles -- with his new reality TV crew in tow, although wife Khloe Kardashian did not accompany him -- and some fans were there at 6:30 a.m. for the 4 p.m. appearance.
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Update: Amitabh Bachchan was at the Kaun Banega Crorepati press conference today, the actor expressed his anger and disgust at the increasing crime rate in the city and particularly about the rape incident that took place on Thursday
Amitabh Bachchan didn't hesitate from commenting on the crime against women in the city at the KBC press conference. The actor said, "It's sad…Mumbai was considered a safe city for women but yesterday's incident is a kala dhabba on our city. Law should first catch the culprits and then take stern action against them."
Earlier report: From filmmakers to actors to musicians, they have all come together to protest the lack of safety that women in Mumbai face today…
A 23-year-old female photojournalist working for a magazine was gang-raped by five men last evening. The journalist had gone to Shakti Mills Compound near Famous Studios to take photographs for a feature focussing on the chawls and mills of Mumbai. The girl was accompanied by a male colleague. While walking in the compound, the duo was told by a group of five men that they would require prior permission to take pictures, for which they were taken to a deserted area where the man was first tied up and the girl was raped over and over again.
The incident has left everyone shocked and angry. And celebrities are expressing their feelings about it too. Here's how Bollywood reacted:
Karan Johar: helpless to say the least…words like "devastated".."disgusted" mean nothing at a timelike this!!!! #gangerape in my city…I feel ashamed
Pooja Bhatt: Mortified to hear about the gang rape in Mumbai yesterday which occurred in broad daylight. This is not the city I grew up in. Ashamed!
Kunal Khemu: Never thought that gang rape and mumbai could be mentioned in the same sentence. Feel sad and angered. Mumbai was once a safe city
Kunal Kohli: #MumbaiGangRape while we express our anger,shock & disgust let us remember that #nirbhaya's rapists havent been sentenced as yet
Vivek Oberoi: Appalled,angry and disgusted to hear about the photojournalist girl who got gangraped in Mumbai. Death penalty for rapists!
Alia Bhatt: It's the uneducated uncouth section of our society who know nothing about being civilized!! That being a very large section
Payal Rohatgi : A woman gives birth to life.All who disrespect women 4get that A Woman has given birth to them.Such heinous crime they need to be punished.
Soha Ali Khan: I remember saying in the not so distant past, mumbai is the safest city for a single working girl to be. I am sickened and outraged.
Bipasha Basu: More shock and more remorse!What about more justice and justice which would scare and stop these filthy animals who live in human skin!
Riteish Deshmukh: Shamed and Angered
Lara Dutta Bhupathi: An activist has to die for a law to be passed! How many more women need to b raped in order for swifter and apt punishment to be meted out??
Yaami Gautam: Disgusted to hear about growing number of rape cases.How do they get this audacity despite so many protests ?Capital punishment is the word
Vishal Dadlani: So angry. How did we let India come to this? A country that treats it's women so badly that NO woman has escaped some degree of molestation.
Anupam Kher: There is NO fear of Law. Rape cases go on for years. Nobody is Hanged for Rape. Politicians are interested in Power. NOT Welfare of People.
Farhan Akhtar: Dear CM, Home min state, Police Comm & sluggish judiciary… Wish u all were everyday women so you'd truly realise the fear they must feel
Preity Zinta: Nothing feels more DISGUISTING than reading of ANOTHER RAPE in the newspapers. Hope the lawmakers realise that they have failed this Country
Boman Irani: The innocent yet wise conversation with mom comes to a screeching halt with the news of the Mumbai Gang rape. Shame!
Celina Jaitly: Devastated to hear of gangrape of r dear journalist in Mumbai,SEVERE action HAS tobe taken to make RAPE punishmnt EXTREME to instill FEAR
Nargis Fakhri: I know it's my big day 2 day but I'm disgusted at the news reports of another gang rape here in Mumbai. This is becoming a sickness! Wtf!
Gul Panag : Sad validation of the fact, that NO city in India is safe for women.It is after all the same prevention/enforcement mechanism in use all ove
Ritesh Sidhwani: Gang rape in lower parel. Looking at what we have come to its time we start punishing these perverts publicly.. . Stone them castrate them jail them for life. We need to create a stronger deterrent or this will not stop
Chetan Bhagat: Until we discuss why rape happens (which we do less of) along with how terrible it is (of course it is), it's difficult to solve the problem
Farah Khan: Obviously tweeting our outrage has Made NO difference whatsover!!
Madhur Bhandarkar: Stunned and saddened to hear about the horrific gangrape in our city. This is NOT the Mumbai we know it to be. A moment of absolute shame.
Sandhya Mridul: So now what do we do take candles & crowds & walk the streets & sign petitions again in protest and plead for our safety.. WHAT?!
Sophie Choudry: We are a nation that's becoming bankrupt on every front: financially, emotionally, mentally. Feel helpless & ashamed.
Amrita Rao: There is no "fear of Punishment" encouraged by our Judiciary system. Justice is delayed or denied …what happened to Nirbhaya convicts????
Sonam Kapoor: Im appalled! Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai, over 20 detained
Sunidhi Chauhan: No! India is not safe anymore! I thought wrong!
Shreya Ghoshal: Disgusted disgusted disgusted. A gangrape in daylight in our so called 'safe' city Mumbai..
Ehsaan Noorani: appalled at the news of the gang rape today ………. what is with this country.


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Google has released the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS for smartphones and tablets. The much awaited source code is available to the public following the promise made by the Android developers that the ICS source code will be released under Apache Software License (ASLv2).
Google announced Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' for smartphones and tablets during an event in Hong Kong for the release of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone which will be available in November in Asia, Europe and the US. The latest Android version offers a slew of features which brings an engaging and intuitive user experience.
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has revealed that the latest Android 4.0 OS codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich is tipped for October or November release.
The first official pictures of Android Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 version have been leaked after a long hiatus. Ice Cream Sandwich OS update has undergone mostly changes in UI, namely blue-themed. Nexus Prime will be getting the first smartphone update.


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3. Introducing djatokaWe decided to try and address these issues and engaged in the development of the aDORe djatoka (with silent "d") dynamic image server. These are djatoka's representative characteristics:
3.1. JPEG 2000 as the Service FormatThe JPEG 2000 image format has attracted considerable attention among others due to its open specification, and its rich feature set defined in a multi-part ISO standard [6,8,9]. Features of interest in the context of this article are:
For each of the incoming HTTP GET requests, the resolver parses off the image identifier and the service parameters, and passes them on to the djatoka API (Step 2 in Figure 2). There, the image identifier is resolved to the file path of the corresponding JPEG 2000 image. Then the Kakadu library is called (Step 3 in Figure 2). The Kakadu library requests the file handle for the provided JPEG 2000 image file path (Step 4 in Figure 2), and subsequently returns the requested Region at the specified resolution level and rotation degree as an uncompressed PNM (portable anymap) file to the djatoka API (Step 5 in Figure 2). The djatoka API then transforms the PNM file to the requested image format (default JPEG) and performs any additional transformations (e.g., watermarking) that might have been specified. The resulting image is then returned to the resolver (Step 6 in Figure 2) and from there on to the client. The multiple images resulting from the HTTP GET requests for individual 256x256 tiles are seamlessly joined in the user interface using CSS and JavaScript. The process described so far assumes the existence of a JPEG 2000 image managed by the djatoka environment, i.e., the HTTP GET request carries an image identifier that the djatoka API can resolve to a file handle. However, djatoka also supports providing the URI of any web-accessible image as the image identifier. In this case, the djatoka API will obtain the image by dereferencing the URI and dynamically converting it to a JPEG 2000 file that is stored locally. In the djatoka environment, the image URI will then be associated with the image's file path, which allows the image's URI to be used in the HTTP GET for a requested Region. It is up to the djatoka implementation to decide on the lifetime of the local copy of these Web accessible images. 3.3. URIs for ReuseWhen it comes to the reuse suggested by Andy Powell, off-the-shelf tools typically don't go beyond offering the ability to embed an entire image in a remote page, either as a stand-alone image or as an embedded object (e.g., an applet). However, a trend is emerging to support URI-addressability of a specified Region. For example, both Luna Imaging's Media Manager and the Harvard University Library Image Delivery Service support identification and Region Extraction by means of home grown HTTP URI syntaxes (see [15] for Harvard's syntax). As we show below, djatoka continues this trend and offers URIs for a wide variety of image disseminations. Considering the widespread use of high-resolution images, the availability of a standardized syntax to request Regions or other services pertaining to JPEG 2000 images from an image server would be rather helpful. Since the URIs used for Region Extraction or to get metadata clearly serve the purpose of (dynamically) requesting services pertaining to an identified resource (the entire JPEG 2000 image), we felt that NISO Z39-88.2004 "The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services" [7] provides a standardized foundation that could be leveraged in this realm. Below, we give details about the basic JPEG 2000 OpenURL Application that we defined for this purpose.
The djatoka URIs for a Region
The OpenURL syntax for URIs to request disseminations from JPEG 2000 images
Table 1: The Entities of the ContextObject and their Descriptors for the JPEG 2000 OpenURL Application The OpenURL ContextObject carries information only about a Referent and a ServiceType (Table 1). The Referent is the JPEG 2000 image, unambiguously described by its identifier. Currently, only two ServiceTypes are defined and identified as follows:
Note that these identifiers are currently in a LANL-owned namespace, but could obviously be defined elsewhere. In addition, a Metadata Format is defined specifying the parameters that can be conveyed in a Region Extraction request. Awaiting community feedback, it is currently registered for Trial Use in the OpenURL Registry with identifier
Table 2: The Metadata Format specifying parameters to request a Region
A concrete HTTP URI OpenURL to request a Region is shown in Table 3. As can be seen, the identifier of the image for which a region is requested is
Table 3: OpenURLs to request a Region and Metadata for an image 3.4. Key Featuresdjatoka is open source Java software that builds upon a rich set of APIs and libraries to provide a service framework for the dynamic dissemination of JPEG 2000 image files (Figure 3). The djatoka API provides:
4. Future Work and Call For CollaborationWe previously mentioned a specific addition to djatoka that is on our wish list, namely the inclusion in the client HTML page of ORE Resource Maps listing the URIs of the displayed Region and all of its tiles. The development of rich open source client interfaces is also high on our list of desired features. Additionally, we would like to explore the use of dynamic watermarking, both visible and invisible, as well as integration with popular repository systems. This article introduces the first release of djatoka, and we understand that adopting communities will want to extend its functionality to meet the requirements of their use cases. We would very much welcome community contributions to help extend djatoka's capabilities, and invite participation in the SourceForge.net djatoka project. We feel that the flexibility offered by both OpenURL and OCLC's OpenURL package provides a solid basis for adding image dissemination services on the basis of the same architectural framework. Another area of work for which we would welcome community feedback is that of the proposed OpenURL Application: are the ServiceTypes and the Metadata Format that we propose a good starting point, and which additional ServiceTypes and Metadata Formats are required to meet a variety of use cases? 5. A Diversion about OpenURLWhen it comes to OpenURL, we also feel the time has come to thoroughly think about the standard itself. The JPEG 2000 OpenURL Application described above is just one example of HTTP URIs that carry another URI as metadata. As reuse of Web resources across applications increases, these kinds of URIs become more common. Take for example, the HTTP URIs used to share a specific blog entry with services such as Connotea, del.icio.us, Facebook, Furl, MySpace, Newsvine, Technorati, etc. All those URIs fulfill the same role but are expressed using a different syntax. There is such an abundance of syntaxes that ShareThis stepped in offering the convenience of a single syntax for a sharing-URI that points at ShareThis, where it gets translated and forwarded to one of the aforementioned environments. The OpenURL Standard provides a powerful framework that can be used to provide a standardized solution to these kinds of common problems. But, no such thing is going to happen. Generally, the NISO standards are hard to find on the Web, and their existence is hardly known outside of the library community. More specifically, the OpenURL Standard is rather unwelcoming because of its highly generic nature, its exotic terminology, and its non-intuitive syntax for the basic Key/Encoded-Value HTTP OpenURLs. The URIs of Table 3 adequately illustrate the complexity. For quite some time, OCLC's Jeff Young has been speaking about the OpenURL Framework in terms of Q6 [21], the six core questions: What, Why, Who, Where, How, and When. The first five questions map directly to core concepts of the OpenURL Standard (Referent, ServiceType, Requester, ReferringEntity, Transport), and the last one is surprisingly missing from it. We believe Q6 is a very promising approach that, if executed properly, could give OpenURL a real chance of adoption beyond the initial target community. We would very much welcome community collaboration around these ideas. 6. ConclusionWith this article, we launch the djatoka image server, an extensible dissemination platform built around the JPEG 2000 format. The current version of the software is available for download from <http://african.lanl.gov/aDORe/projects/djatoka>. We hope that the community will embrace the platform and will engage in extending it to meet the requirements of a variety of use cases. We very much welcome feedback regarding both djatoka, and the JPEG 2000 OpenURL Application that is proposed to try and establish interoperability among JPEG 2000 image servers. AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank the following people for commenting on early drafts of this article: Jeroen Bekaert, Patrick Hochstenbach (University of Ghent), Michael L. Nelson (Old Dominion University), Jeff Young (OCLC Research). The authors thank Adam Farquhar (British Library) and Patrick Hochstenbach (University of Ghent) for their enthusiastic involvement in preparing demonstrations for the first release of djatoka. References[1] Powell, A. (2008, March 17) Hiding The Magna Carta on the Web. eFoundations. <http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2008/03/hiding-magna-ca.html>. [2] Magna Carta. Cotton Augustus ii. 106. Collection of the British Library. [3] Van de Sompel, H., Bekaert, J., Liu, X., Balakireva, & L., Schwander, T. (2005). aDORe. A modular standards-based Digital Object repository. The Computer Journal, 48(5), pp. 514-535. <doi:10.1093/comjnl/bxh114>. [4] Van de Sompel, H., Chute, R., Hochstenbach, P. (In Press). The aDORe Federation Architecture. International Journal on Digital Libraries. Preprint at <arXiv:0803.4511>. [5] Murray, P. (2008, February 28). JPEG2000 to Zoomify Shim Creating JPEG tiles from JPEG2000 images. Disruptive Library Technology Jester. <http://dltj.org/article/introducing-j2ktilerenderer/>. [6] International Organization for Standardization. (2004). ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004: JPEG 2000 image coding system: Core coding system. <http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=37674>. [7] National Information Standardization Organization. (2004). 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Library of Congress Collaborates with Xerox To Test Format for Digitally Preserving, Accessing Treasured Images. News from the Library of Congress. <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-213.html>. [13] Murray, P. (2007, February 26th). JPEG2000 for Digital Preservation. Disruptive Library Technology Jester. <http://dltj.org/article/jpeg2000-for-digital-preservation/>. [14] Mendelsohn, N., Williams, S. (2007). The use of Metadata in URIs. W3C TAG Finding, 2 January 2007. <http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/metaDataInURI-31.html>. [15] Harvard University Library Image Delivery Service. (2007) Linking to JPEG2000 Images in the DRS. <http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/systems/drs/idslinking/>. [16] Lagoze, C., Van de Sompel, H., Johnston, P., Nelson, M., Sanderson, R.;,Warner, S. (eds.) (2008) ORE Specifications and User Guide. <http://www.openarchives.org/ore/toc>. [17] Beckett, D., McBride, B. (eds.) (2004). RDF/XML Syntax Specification (Revised). 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Funny thing, I just used it about an hour ago, before I checked the blog. Talking about coincidence.Gz to 1000, I thought you would celebrate it a little.At least with some cute noxy-pic.wtb noxychu picture of all recent wowhead posters. Including chibis of Lore, Aliena, Mike B, and the wowhead-staff.
Awesome :)I am so pumped about the new trade, I know I will be spending a lot of time leveling it right off the bat.I expect the new areas to be so busy they will be close to unplayable for a day or two (especially with the kill X monsters quests, unless the spawn rate is almost instantaneous)
Most, if not all, of the gear is BoA!
aww was hopping for a celebration at 1000 posts! :P
I hate this archaeology list!
All we need now is the minimum archeology level required to be able to create each artifact.
I wanna look so badly. But no spoilers on this. This is one of the things I'm truly excited about.
I hope that is not the entire list of finds, as 133 items seems much smaller then what the various beta blogs implies the races have for items. I thought we would be seeing something closer to 50-75 items per race admittedly most of them still grey quality but still more items over all.
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Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Vertical drop: | 650 feet |
Base elevation: | 1,850 feet |
Peak elevation: | 2,500 feet |
Skiable acres: | 75 |
Longest run: | 1 mile |
Trails: | 22 |
Note: According to Ski Denton's operators, the ski area will not be open for the 2014-2015 ski season due to financial hardship.
Ski Denton receives a lot of natural snow each winter - usually over 100 inches annually - which helps draw skiers to its remote location in northcentral PA. Commercial skiing at Ski Denton dates back to the 1950's. The area was first operated by Pennsylvania's park service. Today, Ski Denton is still part of Denton Hill State Park but is operated by a concessionaire.
You will rarely find crowds at Ski Denton, but you will find a good variety of terrain. Most trails are geared towards beginners and intermediates, but the Avalanche trail, with a 66-degree pitch, is the steepest trail in the area. A gladed trail leading into the Avalanche (and sharing its pitch), The Extreme, is rated a triple black diamond. Less adventuresome skiers and boarders will find plenty of trails within their ability level, including two green trails that wind down the mountain for more than a mile.
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Resort Name: | Ski Denton |
Vertical Drop: | 650 feet |
Base Altitude: | 1,850 feet |
Peak Altitude: | 2,500 feet |
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Skiable Acres: | 75 |
Longest Run: | 1 mile |
Lift Capacity: | 4,200 per hour |
Lifts: | 4 (1 triple, 1 double, 2 poma lifts) |
Night Skiing: | Yes, on 85% of terrain |
Terrain Park: | Yes |
Halfpipe: | (No halfpipe) |
Tubing Park: | Yes |
Address: | Box 367 Coudersport, PA 16915 |
Phone: | (814) 435-2115 |
Latitude: | 41.77176 |
Longitude: | -77.83556 |
Links: | http://www.skidenton.com/ |
Getting to Ski Denton
Humidity: | 72% |
Wind Speed: | 0 mph |
Barometer: | 29.92 in |
Dewpoint: | 46 °F |
Visibility: | 10.00 mi |
Sunrise: | 6:05 a.m. |
Sunset: | 6:30 p.m. |
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Mid-Atlantic Ski Season Gains Momentum
- December 27, 2012 - A shot of cold air and some natural snow has helped launch the 2012-2013 winter season in a big way. Find out the status of Mid-Atlantic ski areas.
Who's Open? A Detailed Look at Mid-Atlantic Ski Areas
- March 17, 2008 - Spring is a mixed blessing: Mid-Atlantic resorts begin to close one by one, but the weather is nice and the rates can't be beat. DCSki provides a detailed look at the current operating status of Mid-Atlantic ski areas.
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Complete Breakdown of Opening Dates
- December 6, 2007 - If you live in the Mid-Atlantic, you'll have your pick of several dozen resorts to ski or snowboard at this weekend. DCSki provides a complete breakdown of opening-day plans for resorts from North Carolina up through northern Pennsylvania. Cold temperatures and natural snow have produced remarkable early-season conditions.
Who's Open? A Detailed Look at Mid-Atlantic Ski Areas
- March 20, 2007 - The season isn't over - far from it. Thanks to a dumping of natural snow this past weekend, many mid-Atlantic ski areas are in prime form as the end of March nears. A few resorts have thrown in the towel, but the majority of mid-Atlantic resorts will remain open through this weekend, with some aiming to stay open until April 1 or later. DCSki provides a complete roundup as of March 20, 2007.


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Now that Kristen Stewart has played a badass like Joan Jett in The Runaways, the doors are opening for the type of role she can snag – and popping a pair of guns in her hands and having her kick all sorts of ass alongside James McAvoy in the sequel to Wanted appears to be one of those potential roles. Director Timur Bekmambetov has apparently expressed interest in bringing in Stewart to fill the void left in the franchise by the absence of Angelina Jolie's character, whom you may remember committed an impressive kind of suicide at the end of the first film.
Oddly enough, Bekmambetov is still trying to bring Jolie back in some form for Wanted 2, although there's some question as to whether or not she wants to do it, or even has any time to give for even a cameo in a flashback. There's also nothing solid about the Stewart version of the sequel, considering how nasty the Twilight people can be about scheduling issues – although they'll have a more difficult time of recasting Bella than they did when ousting Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria in favor of Bryce Dallas Howard. But it's a pretty darn interesting rumor nonetheless.
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text: With its bright colours and vivid design, the Penguin brand is easily recognisable as one of the first iconic paperback. Its presented in a solid oak frame with a thick quality mount. Perfect for literature lovers, its the ideal addition to any room, from an office to a kids bedroom. Virginia Woolfs essay A Room of Ones Own is about a series of lectures at two womens colleges in Cambridge University in October 1928. Penguin paperbacks were the brainchild of Allen Lane. Frustrated at the very limited choice of reading material at a station bookstall, Lane decided that good quality contemporary fiction should be made available at an attractive price, and sold not just in traditional bookshops, but also in railway stations, tobacconists and chain stores. The first Penguin paperbacks appeared in the summer of 1935. They were colour coded (orange for fiction, blue for biography, green for crime and so on) and cost just 6p, the same price as a packet of cigarettes.


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Collette Vacations is rebranding the company as Collette to reflect its standing in the travel industry as a tour operator that takes clients beyond a typical "vacation."
That and other key changes, which will continue to evolve and be released through the coming year, are a byproduct of significant growth in the business, said Dan Sullivan Jr., president & CEO of Collette.
Streamlining the company name is the first step in keeping the company on a growth trajectory, added Kristine Chochrek, vice president of marketing and advertising for Collette.
Collette's logo and tagline have also been revamped.
The logo was redesigned to reflect the past while looking forward, the company said. The company's recognizable green hue and globe remain. The globe is symbolic of former President and CEO Dan Sullivan Sr.'s trip to the 1964 World's Fair, which was a turning point in the company's history 50 years ago.
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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.32 / 5.00 6,088 ViewsThanks for the high rating and kind words. I appreciate it alot seeing this was painful to pull off. Awesome frontpage aswell <3
This is my finished submission for this years glorious event, hope you can get a kick out of it ya'all.
I didn't go for the gore-path with mine tonight, because I just wanted to create an adventurous hyperactive joyride on amphetamines in which I could display my love for this site, which I've been a proud member off since a couple of years.
I lurve you Newgrounds, you led my pathway to glory.
Cheers to you all etc.
Just about the most refreshing thing I've seen.
I created an account for the sole purpose of telling you what I think about this submission.
This was simply the most refreshing flash I've seen in a long time. Not that I have anything against extreme gore, violence, and all that... But this was -- again -- just so refreshing. There's no other word for it.
Your style reminds me of those wacky-trippy 70's cartoons. Awesome.
Carefree, mischievous, good-natured fun. I love it.
Good job. This is officially my favorite Pico submission.
blokhaed was in ther i think that he could have gone in ther lol i love movie (it is the only one that is not gory) lol
Only daily 3rd ??
I thought this was better than the Pico flashback (it was only rated higher because it was longer). This one was fun, cheerful, cute arstyle, and just overall good. Underlooked (so far).
Fuck the flashback seriously ;P
Gotta hate dem anime style and the 3d elements.
But I'm not complaining, I just hate it.
Thanks alot to you though ;D


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