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I can well remember back in fourth grade when I was introduced to the music of Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and musical satirist whose album This Was the Year That Was became very popular about that time. Among the songs it contained was one entitled Send the Marines, which incorrectly suggested that sending the Marines was the American solution to any problem that presented itself on the world stage. This sentiment was echoed by a classmate years later who suggested that the best way to promote world peace was to disband the Marine Corps, based in a similarly incorrect assumption that the USA was involving itself in wars in order to keep the USMC busy. It ignored the history of the Corps and the role it played in World War II, without which the Pacific War would have been much more difficult. At the same time, it provided the genesis of an idea that appears to have been brought to fruition during the last decade or so; that all history begins after 1945 and that everything the USA has done since then has been detrimental to the world. Exceptions can be made to the "post-1945" rule for anything that can be used to make the USA look bad or brand it as "evil" such as slavery. Thus the War Between the States and the Emancipation can be safely ignored.
What the above situation entails is an ideological view of history that ignores facts. It is another member of the "don't confuse me with facts; I know what I know" school of thought. What it also ignores is that when you refuse to recognize or apply true facts then the results of your actions will be other than what you purportedly wanted. Thus, the posture of the present administration in favor of a stable, self-reliant Iraqi state cannot be achieve if it ignores the facts of political life in the region and attempts to apply, instead, the idea that all we need to do is set up a government, write a constitution for it, hold elections, and all the problems will be solved. It hasn't taken long for things to fall apart in epic fashion.
The problem in the "Middle East" is not one of colonialism, or of a US presence; it is a problem of a culture that is stuck in a rut of primitive militaristic tribalism that is largely the fault of the pervasive and virtually mono-cultural Islamic influence. The end result is that the local people are perennially at war with each other. A temporary solution appears when a strongman enters the scene and enough people flock to his banner creating a sufficient mass to allow stability to set in as long as that strongman appears to be a winner, and one who is strong enough to keep rivals at bay. Saddam Hussein was such a person. Removing him may have been desirable because he was a detestable human being, but doing so created a vacuum into which, it appears, the ISIS/ISIL forces are moving. The cure has proven to be worse than the disease, at least in this case.
Meanwhile, the current US foreign policy, being shaped by ideological considerations, rather than the factual background of the region, results in the wrong decisions and the wrong results. Instead of a strong, self-reliant Iraq we have a fragmented, undependable nation in which many of the people refuse to follow the political leadership because it is from the wrong background, tribe, or belief subgroup. It is, in many respects, the fulfilment of Genesis 16:12 which states that the Ishmael's and his descendants "his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."
Now, this does not necessarily mean that modern foreign policy should be governed by a Bible reference, but rather, that we should look at the behavior of the people in question and shape policy to fit it. The times of peace in the region were always imposed upon it by outsiders, such as the European powers, or by insiders who were strong enough to do so. US policy that depended on people who had no concept of nationalism and no tradition of democratic rule, or patriotism toward a national entity is foolish. To expect anything different from the people there is equally foolish, given what happened during the US invasions. In both cases the majority of Iraqi troops gave token resistance, or surrendered outright. Saddam's "mother of all battles" never materialized. Expecting loyalty toward an unpopular democratic government in the face of what appears to be an overwhelming force makes no sense. But then, ignoring facts makes no sense, either.
Rush Limbaugh recently summed up the philosophy underlying present foreign policy as sitting around waiting to see what happens. If instituted, such a policy leads to reactive, rather than pro-active behavior. This may well mean closing the stable door after the horse has run away. Or, more apropos of the current situation, waiting to see if the Iraqi government can prevent genocidal activities by the invaders, and then, when it is too late, blame the events on someone else; perhaps the presidents George Bush for getting us involved in the region.
The 1960's condemnation of US supposed militarism was the product of a misplaced faith in the idea that other nations were somehow more peaceful than we were and if we got out of the way peace would break out everywhere. It was also, in the minds of some, the product of an idea that somehow free market societies require wars to keep themselves going. It was allied with the socialistic ideals that pervaded so much of the 1960's and 1970's political ethos and turned so many away from the success of past generations. Today we see a destabilized world in which the forces of imperialism and barbarism are making a more dangerous environment for all. US detachment is not contributing to peace, but rather to the ability of others to make war. It is a bad situation all around. The resulting world in one in which the only remedy we may have in a few years is to send the Marines… and the Army, Navy and Ari Force as well. All because a few people didn't want to be confused with facts and would rather play golf instead.


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For sports fans, autumn is a time of overlapping seasons. As baseball season rushes toward the playoffs and the football season kicks off, it quickly becomes apparent that hockey season isn't too far behind. With basketball just around the corner and NASCAR still motoring along, it is a difficult time to decide what to watch and who to cheer for. Sometimes it's best to simply drop the remote control, skip them all and settle for the excitement a local high school football or soccer game.
Outdoorsmen and women suffer through a similar dilemma at this time of year, when geese fill the fields and ducks frequent the marshlands. Gun dogs begin pacing to get out in forest or field on the scent of pheasant, ruffed grouse or woodcock, while turkey strut about during a fall season that holds promise of a taste of the wild for Thanksgiving.
Landlocked salmon will soon begin their annual move up the rivers as brook trout begin to sport the magnificent splendors of spawn colors. For the same purposes, lake trout will move into the shoals as brown trout seek deeper pools on the streams.
In the deep woods or the farm fields, the river bottoms or mountaintops, big bucks and black bear will continue to stalk the woodlands. The seasonal transition is apparent on the hillsides, as a multitude of contrasting colors continues to creep across the usual green clad landscape. Heavy frosts will accelerate the process but most enthusiasts are willing wait and see it unfold incrementally.
As apples fall from the trees and mushrooms continue to sprout on the forest floor, the seasonal bounty of forest, field and stream becomes increasingly apparent. At the same time, the decision of which activity to pursue grows increasingly difficult by the day.
It is a time of grand opportunity and great indecision. Each day, the breeze grows cooler and the days get shorter, as wood smoke begins to scent the mountain air and a old, familiar mustiness greets those individuals returning to the woods for an annual, autumn jaunt.
There is a draw that brings us back into the fold of the forest, it is a sportsman's drive. Even dogs can sense it. They yip and pace at the back door with the first appearance of a shotgun. They know it is their time too.
This indescribable draw of the season does not solely affect just sportsmen and women. It beckons to all members of the outdoor community, from hikers to paddlers, bikers to birders and beyond.
Whether a photographer or a leaf peeper, a rock climber or a trail runner, the autumn woods beckon. And we simply must answer the call. For we recognize that autumn will exit before before too long.
Soon, the ski season will overtake the landscape, encapsulating it in cold, drab monotones as winter begins to settle in. Autumn offers a sampling of the best of all seasons, with bluebird days backlighting a snow capped mountain peak backdropped by a colorful landscape that yields a bounty of natural harvests.
Forget about sports, put down the remote and pull yourself out of the chair. Now is the time to get out and enjoy the finest season of the year, the High Holy Days of the Woods and Waters.
Don't gulp the season down all at once. Sip autumn's days slowly and savor them for a time when winter's bitterness is in command of the land. Quench yourself in fall's fullness and experience the season as it ripens, it is truly the sweetest time of the year.
Who is the average American hunter?
According to the most recent National Survey on Hunting and Fishing, conducted in 2006, 87 million US residents aged 16 years and older participated in wildlife related recreational activities. This number represents nearly 38 percent of the entire US population.
A total of 12.5 million people described themselves as hunters, with 86 percent primarily pursuing big game, 38 percent seeking small game and 18 percent hunting migratory birds such as ducks and geese. This figure is down from 13 million hunters in 2001.
The average big game hunter was about 45 years of age and devoted at least 15.5 days to the pursuit of big game and about half of that time to small game.
Hunters come from all economic backgrounds, with annual incomes ranging from below $20,000 to over $100,000. Combined they spend nearly $23 billion dollars annually on their pursuits according to the most recent survey.
The number of non-hunting, wildlife watchers in the country is estimated to be over 71 million people. The annual expenditures from this group is roughly equal to the combined expenditures of both hunters and anglers. The total for all groups combined is $122 billion dollars and sportsmen account for roughly $64 billion of this total.
The vast majority of hunters indicated that they were initiated into hunting before the age of 20, usually by a father or a father figure. Hunters who are initiated by a father or father figure hunt more frequently and are more likely to hunt avidly throughout their lifetime than are hunters who were not initiated in this way.
Motivation for hunting varies with the largest percentage (43 percent) hunting primarily for the sport and/or recreation. Twenty-five percent of hunters hunt primarily for the meat, 21 percent of hunters hunt primarily to be close to nature, and 12 percent of hunters hunt primarily to be with family and friends.
Although only about 7 percent of Americans hunt each year, a large majority of Americans, nearly 73 percent, approve of hunting. We are a nation that retains a pioneer ethic. Despite a steadily decreasing number of outdoor enthusiasts, a majority of US citizens still support our traditional sporting pursuits.
Of the current 12.5 million hunters, 1.3 million are women. Research has revealed that between 1985 and 1990, the percentage of women who went hunting more than doubled, while the percentage of males who went hunting during this same time period declined by 16 percent.
Although rural, white males remain in the majority of all hunters, the increase in the female hunting population have been attributed to the basic changes in attitudes and changing roles of females in general within American society. Women constitute the fastest growing segment of the hunting fraternity.
Joe Hackett is a guide and sportsman residing in Ray Brook. Contact him at email@example.com

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The last summer of the death warriors / Francisco X Stork.
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Two young men — one dying of cancer, one planning a murder — explore the true meanings of death and life in the tense and passionate new novel from the author of MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD.When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony's Home, he knows his time there will be short: If his plans succeed, he'll soon be arrested for the murder of his sister's killer. But then he's assigned to help D.Q., whose brain cancer has slowed neither his spirit nor his mouth. D.Q. tells Pancho all about his "Death Warrior's Manifesto," which will help him to live out his last days fully—ideally, he says, with the love of the beautiful Marisol. As Pancho tracks down his sister's murderer, he finds himself falling under the influence of D.Q. and Marisol, who is everything D.Q. said she would be...
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Arizona's Proposition 106: "Propped" Up by Anonymous Donors
Helena, MT--Campaign disclosure laws have some mighty big holes in them, evidenced recently during an examination of the money raised around Arizona's recent ballot initiative to reject federal mandates on health insurance in the Institute's latest report, "'Propped' Up by Anonymous Donors: Arizona Proposition 106 Wins at the Polls." Proponents and opponents formed committees to support and oppose the initiative. These committees took the vast majority of their contributions from nonprofit corporations that do not have to publicly disclose donors. Therefore, the original source of the committees' funds, pro and con, cannot be known.
"While these groups are certainly within their rights to take contributions and play in the political arena, their actions show a disregard for the public's right to know who is involved in the political process," said Edwin Bender, executive director of the National Institute on Money in State Politics. "We hope these people who are involved would have the civic courage to stand up and take responsibility for their actions."
Proponents of this successful ballot measure outraised opponents 307:1. The proposition passed with 55% of the vote. Of interest, 87 percent ($1.7 million) of the $2 million raised by the proponent committee, Arizonans for Health Care Freedom, came from US Health Freedom Coalition, a nonprofit corporation that shares the same address and chairperson with the ballot measure committee.
The nonprofit, nonpartisan National Institute on Money in State Politics collects and analyzes campaign contribution information on state-level candidates, political party committees, and ballot committees. Its free, searchable database of contributions, as well as the full text of the report is available online at FollowTheMoney.org.
See the full report: Propped Up by Anonymous Donors: Arizona Proposition 106 Wins at the Polls


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Release Date: December 19, 2003
On DVD/VOD: May 18, 2004
1h 20m | Comedy, Drama
Adopted by his grandmother Madame Souza, Champion is a lonely little boy whose only friends are his loyal puppy Bruno and his tricycle. As an adult, Champion enters the world-famous cycling race, the Tour de France. In the midst of his race, Champion is kidnapped by two mysterious men in black and when he does not cross the finish line, Madame Souza and her faithful dog Bruno set out to rescue him.
Their quest takes them across the ocean to the giant megalopolis of Belleville where they encounter the renowned "Triplets of Belleville," three eccentric female music-hall stars from the '30s.
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Promoting Products
One of the things I'm learning from reading articles online and talking to people is promoting products when it comes to affiliate sites. Certainly you can promote the affiliate signup form and you should promote that too but relying on other people to sell the products for you and earn you money is basically a waste of time because many people don't bother. They become distracted or discouraged early on or they really weren't that interested in the first place. Many people will sign up for a site just to see what it's about and then decide they don't have time for it or don't want to be bothered and leave never to be heard from again. Unfortunately, many people will get to websites and decide it looks like too much work for them and leave for that reason. There are people out there always scouting the internet for that next big thing, the one that's going to make them rich and it just doesn't work that way. You don't sign up for a site and make five figures the next month. It's unrealistic. There are sites out there that tout you can make that kind of money but you can't. They only say that so more people will sign up and pay for whatever program, ebook, etc. they are selling. This is designed to line their pockets not help someone who really needs to build an online income due to varying reasons.
And there are alot of reasons. People are getting laid off every day and those lucky enough to find a job often have to take one for much lower pay than they can realistically afford yet need the money so have to make many sacrifices often sacrificing their needs. They are often forced to get two jobs leaving their children to fend for themselves. Often both parents have to work grueling jobs that underpay. Overworked and underpaid is a motto that exists in many american households and all over the world today. Inflation is going up yet pay is not rising to meet the demands.
This leaves alot of people looking to make an extra income that will be a little easier than their current jobs.
I'll be the first to point out that working from home, from your computer is not easy work, it can be time consuming and seem as if you are not getting anywhere. It takes alot of work to build an online income. It can years to have an income that will afford you to quit your job but when you can it's really nice.
Personally, I recommend trying to build several income streams. It can be difficult to do this while still working for your current boss and believe me you don't want him/her to get wind of your newfound freedom because if you do he/she will quickly start looking for your replacement. Why? You ask. The reason is simple. He/she doesn't want people who will aspire to a higher cause/higher class of living. He wants someone who is content to be underpaid, overworked and often treated unfairly. This is a sad predicament but there are alot of people out there workign for bosses who don't even treat them nicely or fairly because they think they can get away with it and they are getting away with it because people can't afford to give up a job that actually pays them. And they know how easy can be to go to another boss who will be just as bad if not worse. This is the cold hard truth when it comes to american business. Businesses push their managers to push the employees harder and harder to make more money and line their already filled, greedy pockets.
Which brings me back to me original concept. To make it you must stay with it for several years before you see an actual profit. Hopefully, you will see income after only a few months but it won't be alot. It will only be enough to maybe pay a utility bill or two but look at it this way, something is better than nothing and if you stay with it eventually you can make a sizable income from whatever venture you choose.
My recommendation is to find things you can start with for free and work on a shoestring budget. It is not advantageous to spend alot of money starting out especially if you don't have alot to spend.


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The Chicago Cocktail Summit returns Fall 2018
Yeah, we're switching things up a bit. See you this fall!
Be sure to join our mailing list for all the updates and date announcements.
Be sure to join our mailing list for all the updates and date announcements.
It's time to raise a glass to Chicago's vibrant cocktail community—from behind-the-bar pros to home enthusiasts. The Cocktail Summit reflects the spirit of collaboration, respect, and enjoyment that infuses the city's bar scene.
The 2016 event was a hit and we doubled our size in 2017. We'll be back this fall for our third year of showcasing leaders from the local and national beverage industry. Guests will soak up knowledge on a variety of topics including in-depth classic cocktail history and tips on running a successful beverage program.


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Publication of a collection of Pāli texts and translations covering the main topics found in the Dhamma.
Publication of a collection of Pāli texts and translations covering the main topics found in the Dhamma.
A publication of the finest guide to Pāli syntax, which was written by Prof. Wijesekera, on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website.
Read More: Syntax of the Cases in the Pali Nikayas Published
Publication of a text, translation and major commentary on the central prosody used in the Pali tradition.
Read More: Publication of the Pāli Prosody Vuttodaya on Ancient Buddhist Texts
Publication on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website of EW Burlingame's translation of over 200 Buddhist Parables from the Pāli tradition.
Read More: Buddhist Parables published on Ancient Buddhist Texts
A short introduction to ola-leaf writing and an example which is published on Ancient Buddhist Texts.
Publication on Ancient Buddhist Texts of a short new guide to Pali Grammar.
A new text, translation and grammatical analysis of three of the main discourses from the Pali Canon.
Read More: A Grammatical Analysis of Three Discourses
A recording of the chanting we make at the International Buddhist College together with a chanting book.
A guide showing how to divide Pali words into syllables, with an extended example.
Read More: A Guide to the Parsing of Pali
Website featuring recordings in English and Pali of various texts drawn mainly from the Pali Canon by various people.
Read More: Audio Tipitaka
Launch of a new website of image files of the Pāḷi pages from the Sri Lankan Buddha Jayanti Tipitaka Granthamālā.
Read More: New Website: Sri Lankan Pali Texts
This is the short advice taught by the Buddhas who do not teach the full Disciplinary Code (Pātimokkha), which as a rule of thumb it is nevertheless hard to beat.
Read More: The Buddhas' Disciplinary Advice
A translation of the first eight of the explanations in the Niruttidīpanī by Ledi Sayadaw, which deal with the sound-system and pronunciation in Pāḷi.
Read More: Light on Pāḷi Pronunciation by Ledi Sayadaw
I have now recorded readings of the examples included in my Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon book, which illustrate primarily the metres in the various stages of their development, as well as such things as sarabhatti vowels.
Read More: Samples for the Metres in the Pali Canon
Over the past few weeks I have been working on my Ancient Buddhist Texts website at getting more texts read in in their original languages and updating their presentation.
Read More: New Readings and a New Media Player
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Zealous fans eager to get a peek at Daniel Radcliffe's pecker from their front-row seats when Equus hits Broadway later this month will be sorely disappointed; Broadhurst Theater designer John Napier engineered a solution to protect Harry Potter's, um, wand from view.
In the infamous Equus, Daniel Radcliffe strips nude for a full frontal. After concern that stage-level seats would pose a distraction for Radcliffe--he is Harry Potter, after all--theater bosses raised the stage-level seats by two meters, thereby creating a makeshift natural barrier.
The gallery features some of the promo shots from Equus. No full frontal here, although Daniel Radcliffe is shirtless.
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Daniel Radcliffe's Wand Remains Unseen in Equus
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Hammersmith Apollo, London W6
Back in the daisy age of hip hop, three was a magic number. Fast forward 20 long years, and a more unholy trinity has emerged. As the number three and the letter P snake across the backdrop and merge together, Portishead's first London gig in 11 years begins just like their imminent album, Third: with a sample of a Brazilian man invoking the Threefold Law.
The charmed combination of album credits and Google reveal he is Claudio Campos, a Capoeira master who teaches in Bristol. But he crackles out of the gloom like a dire warning from an old film score, the kind so beloved of Portishead when they first emerged back in 1994.
In English, the Threefold Law goes something like this: 'Heed and beware the Rule of Three: three times thy acts return to thee'. It's an old Wiccan precept about reaping what you sow, underscored tonight by the incipient menace of 'Silence', the first track off the new album. Well, it's called 'Silence' on the album tracklisting. On the set list, the song goes by its old name, 'Wicca'.
Several bars go by in a rumble of live and machine-made drums before Beth Gibbons's singular voice finally cuts in, more wracked than ever before. It's been a decade since Portishead's last, live album was released. Apart from a handful of gigs in Bristol at the end of 2007, when Portishead also curated the left-field musical pow-wow All Tomorrow's Parties, Gibbons herself has been quiet since the last notes of her solo album Out of Season faded out four years ago. After so long in the wilderness, the news she brings is not good. 'Tempted in our minds,' Gibbons begins desolately, hanging off the microphone, 'tormented inside/ Lie wounded and afraid/ Inside my head...'
The third coming of Portishead does not make for easy listening. It is harsh by design, informed by doom metal, drone rock and weird old haunted equipment, like Adrian Utley's ancient keyboard, which looks like something out of The Golden Compass. As the album prelude suggests, the new stuff is riven through with a sense of foreboding that our collective chickens might just be coming home to roost.
Just to hammer the point home, the first single from Third is 'Machine Gun', a startling eruption of metal machine music that feeds off Kraftwerk, hardcore techno and industrial punk. Gibbons intones words like 'poison', 'guilt' and 'sacrifice'. It couldn't be further from the sultry pianos and temptresses of 'Glory Box', the anthem from Portishead's debut, Dummy. Fans of Portishead Mk I might not agree, but 'Machine Gun' is simply the most thrilling thing they play tonight. If only it had been louder.
Dummy was a triumph of bastardised hip hop and a peculiarly English soul music that justly became ubiquitous on its release 14 years ago. It was, at heart, a cutting edge record, but its crepuscular beauty quickly rearranged the molecules of the mainstream, sold 2 million copies and won the Mercury Music Prize. It became a cosy noose around the necks of the West Country threesome of Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley.
So they tried to wriggle out of it. Dummy's successor, Portishead, stuck faithfully to the hissy breakbeat atmospherics they shared with DJ Shadow and their fellow West Country hip hop heads, Massive Attack and Tricky, but toned down the romance.
Third has found new wells from which to draw. Both Barrow and Utley have talked at some length about the impact bands like cowled ambient metallers Sunn O))) and mantric drone-mongers Om have had on their aesthetics. Tonight, 'Threads' channels Sunn O))) magisterially while Gibbons leaks the kind of curdled dread last heard on early Black Sabbath records. Her sentiments are anything but metallic, however. 'I'm always so unsure,' she anguishes. At other times, her surprisingly elastic voice mimics the Theremin handled deftly by keyboard player John Baggott. Famously unavailable to journalists, Gibbons apologises sweetly for her band's technical hitches, and ends the set with a walkabout in the photographer's pit, shaking hands with the front row.
The band's flight from hip hop can't be overstated, given Barrow's b-boy background. In interviews, he has described feeling physically repelled by scratching, because it had become a cliche so far removed from the electrifying experiments of early hip hop. He's still rather good at it, though. Barrow has brought his decks along tonight, for use on older songs. 'Numb' is laced with skilful helium scratches, while 'Over' is even better, Barrow's rubbery hands playing the decks off against Utley's pregnant guitar line. The rest of the time, Barrow mostly plays synth drum pads alongside the group's fantastic live drummer, Clive Deamer. The six-strong lineup is completed by guitarist/bassist Jim Barr.
Getting the sound right tonight proves difficult - the band leave the stage for a while after 'Mysterons' so Barrow and his technicians can sort out a nest of errant wires. They return with 'The Rip' which starts off as the kind of folk song that Goldfrapp (two more veterans of the Bristol Sound) have been toying with of late. It soon comes round to Kraftwerk, with two motorik drummers and Utley's retro-futurist keyboards tootling away. It is undeniably lovely, testament to Third's light-in-shade.
The old songs come out largely unscathed by Barrow's drive to innovate. 'Glory Box' remains resplendent, interrupted by an exhilarating excursion where Utley's guitar turns mean and the breakbeats grow fangs. 'Wandering Star' sees the three on stage alone, with Barrow playing bass and Gibbons sat hunched over, singing through a curtain of blonde hair into the floor. The crowd at the bar can't quite drown out the enchanted hush. 'Sour Times' sounds just like you remember it, only with more drums. It is a treat to hear these songs again. But Portishead's point is this: these are no longer merely sour times. They are far darker than that. We would do well to heed them, and repay their efforts threefold.
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Have Beth Gibbons and the boys come good with the new material?
Alice Whittaker
21, student
They were amazing. I really liked the visuals although maybe that was because I could hardly see the stage. It's weird that Beth Gibbons is so little with such a small speaking voice but when she sings it just powers out.
Owen Raven
28, banker
The music was great but I found her depressing. She was just dreary. But then, I've only listened to them a couple of times before. It didn't bother me when they had to go off for the technical problems. It was an excuse to go to the bar.
Vass Demetriou
28, cinema worker
Her voice was great and so was the musicianship. I've been a fan since the beginning but this was my first time seeing them. There will always be other songs you'd like to hear but they did enough for me. I can't wait to hear the album.
Glen Westall
21, student
I was too young to be a fan when they were going first time round but I got into them afterwards. The new songs sounded great live - really heavy. The music is very eerie but makes you want to sway around. It's like soundtrack music.
Justine Boles
31, data manager
It brought back loads of memories. 'Sour Times' is unbelievable but it's good to see they're not just concentrating on the old stuff. I think the new songs are going to be growers.
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Tigerdirect Canada: 50 Deals, Up To 50% Off!
I saw this little banner at the foot of the page when I was browsing Tigerdirect Canada, and I think there are a few good deals worth mentioning here. They are offering 50 different deals, with up to 50% off!
I don't know how long this sale will last, it doesn't tell me on the Tigerdirect landing page. So if there is something here that you are interested in, I would buy sooner rather than later.
Some items of interest in the sale:
- Polaroid I1036 Digital Camera - only $62.97! This 10MP Polaroid digital camera is half price... seems like a great deal!
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- Flip Ultra HD Pocket Digital Camcorder - only $134.97! These little pocket video cameras are very handy.
- Smartparts 12" SP1200 Digital Picture Frame - only $74.97! Big picture frame! Great price.
Remember, with Tigerdirect Canada, you get free shipping on a $100 spend.


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Ajay got on to a micro-blogging site and posted about the same. "Wrapped up #Actionjackson shoot and now vacation with family in Dubai for a much needed break," posted Devgn.CHECK OUT - Revealed: Sonakshi Sinha's chic look in ACTION JACKSON!
The actor will now be heading to Dubai for a vacation with wife Kajol and kids Nysa and Yug, before he gets back to promoting the film and releasing its first trailer.
Directed by Prabhudheva, ACTION JACKSON is slated to release on December 5, 2014.
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Shubanghi Consultancy is looking for Any Graduate candidates only.Company Name: Shubanghi ConsultancyCompany Description: Shubanghi Consultancy is a leading player in the Manufacturing, insurance and all IT industry for staffing solutions. Our forte lies in providing skilled professional services to clients to help them enhance their existing services by providing quality value propositions.
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TGIF! I found this lovely stuff from Richard Weston at net-a-porter. I love this great stuff. xo Rose.
Professor Richard Weston is not only an eminent academic, he is also "fashion's most unexpected new design star", according to British Vogue. Manipulating and exaggerating images of minerals, fossils and rocks, his collection of truly original pieces will transform even the simplest of looks.


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IIT-JEE 2011: Errors reported in Question Paper
IIT-JEE 2011 Errors
The question paper for this year's joint entrance examination of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT-JEE) held on Sunday had different errors, training centres across the region complained. There were ten versions of the paper from 0 to 9 with each student getting the version that corresponded to the last digit of his/her registration number. Faculty members also reported errors in some versions.
An error was reported in the first paper of today's IIT JEE. Mr. Ajay Antony of TIME observes this in Question No:- 54, Question Paper Code – 0. In Mathematics, / Matrices and Determinants the question reads " Let M& N be two 3 x 3 skew symmetric matrices ….".but a skew symmetric matrix of odd order is singular.so inverse does not exist. The question was incomplete and couldn't be answered
He said the same question appeared in all the versions but the question numbers in all versions were jumbled. He also found the chemistry section in Paper 2 difficult compared to Paper 1. Mathematics and Physics sections were moderately difficult, he said.
According to faculty members of other coaching centres, four questions in Paper I 55, 65 and 69 of version 5 and 63 of version 4 were wrong. While questions 55 and 65 had inconsistent data, question 69 had two answers with values three and nine. The questions were from matrix, differential equations and arithmetic progression sections of Mathematics respectively.
In the morning session , students felt that Mathematics was a bit tough while Chemistry was easier. In the afternoon session Chemistry section in Paper 2 was difficult compared to Paper 1. Mathematics and Physics sections were only moderately difficult.


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GCSP Associate Fellow Professor Alexandre Vautravers examined the potential Intelligence Service Act, up for a referendum vote in Switzerland on 25 September.
Prof Vautravers told Sputnik that the law is more precise and surgical than a similar French law, as it only applies in four cases: terrorism, prohibited activities of foreign intelligence services, trafficking of weapons, or cyber attacks. The act would build on the Swiss Federal Internal Security Measures Act (LMSI).


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This afternoon we visited Vimy Ridge – the memorial, the tunnels, the trenches, the information centre and the cemeteries. Beyond doubt, this is one of the highlights of this tour and it makes us all very proud to be Canadian. It may sound biased, and it likely is, but in my view at least, this is the best memorial on the Western Front.
The successful attack at Vimy Ridge undertaken by the Canadian Corps on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917 is considered by most historians to be a defining moment in Canadian history. Attacking together for the first time, four Canadian divisions produced the first unequivocal Allied success of the war. That helped Canada emerge from under the shadow of Great Britain, and earned her a seat at the peace conference when the war ended. It also earned Canadian troops a reputation as a formidable fighting force – some say the best-attacking troops on the Western Front.
But the victory was at a terrible cost. The heavily-fortified seven-kilometre ridge had already led to over 100,000 French casualties in two years of war. Assaulting over what amounted to an open graveyard would cost the Canadian Corp more than 10,000 killed and wounded in just 4 days. Hill 145, the highest and most important feature of Vimy Ridge, is where the Vimy Monument now stands. It was captured by a frontal bayonet charge against German machine gun positions at the height of the battle that one Canadian general later described as the "birth of a nation."
Today Vimy Ridge is owned by the Canadian Government and maintained by Parks Canada. The Vimy Ridge Memorial itself is a stunning piece of architecture, and it dominates the landscape for miles around. Carved from a single stone, it was officially opened in 1936. A little known fact is that just four years later, in 1940 when France was overrun by the German army, reports in the Allied press said that the memorial had been destroyed. To prove these reports were false Adolf Hitler made a point of visiting Vimy Ridge, and posting an armed guard on the memorial site to prevent it from being damaged.
Standing by the memorial itself one immediately understands its strategic importance. You can see for miles here across the plains of the Douai Valley. The ground around the site has been left largely undisturbed, and there are trenches and shellholes clearly visible in the grass. In one location the trenches have been restored and fortified with concrete "sandbags", and you can walk along them. From the fire steps there you can easily see the German trenches which are not more than 20 yards away. What was once no-man's land is now grassed-covered and grazed by sheep, but the site still contains restricted areas with live munitions almost 100 years after the battle.
One of the most interesting parts of our visit was when we descended into the Grange Tunnel beneath Vimy Ridge. This is a network of underground passages around which there are guided tours hosted by Canadian university students. These had a two-fold purpose. They were used as underground protection for Canadian soldiers as they moved to the frontline. They were also used for the placing of huge underground mines beneath the German trenches. We are told that over 10 miles of tunnels were dug here with the deepest being dug to 100 feet. The tunnels became an underground city complete with kitchens, bedrooms, electricity and fresh air pumps.
On the slopes below Vimy Ridge are two Canadian War Cemeteries that we visited next. The largest one, Canadian Cemetery No. 2, contains the graves of nearly 3,000 soldiers many of whom died storming Vimy Ridge. Most of the graves are for soldiers who could not be identified. Nearby is the Givency Road Canadian Cemetery. Here one finds headstones placed very close together. We learned later that much of this cemetery is really a mass grave that was placed in a shell-hole, and that the closeness of the headstones indicates that only unidentified body parts had been found for the soldiers listed on the headstones.
In the evening we walked the main square of Arras near the Hotel d'Ville. Our feature meal was an excellent sampling of the local cuisine at a restaurant on the square called Couleur Cafe. Our hotel in Arras tonight, the Hotel de l'Univers, is a former Jesuit monastery built in the 17th century, and our room overlooks the court yard. Looking down I almost expect D'Artagnan, Athos, and the other musketeers to ride in.
Tomorrow we'll be touring the Somme Battlefields. Looking forward to that too.
The pictures which follow are from our Vimy Ridge collection. They can also be viewed separately from the Photo Gallery menu above. Click on any image for a full description.


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Manhattan Places
TripWhat's travel guide to Gotham; our list of the best things to see, including Yankee Stadium Tours, Times Square and Empire State Building.
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Yankee Stadium Tours880 River AveHome of the New York Yankees baseball team [6]. The old Yankee Stadium, "The House That Ruth Built", is no longer in use, and is now replaced by the new Yankee Stadium next door. The Stadium has strict security policies, and as such backpacks and camcorders are not allowed inside (only bags under 14" permitted). Monument Park pays homage to the great, Yankee legends of baseball, and is located behind center field. Monument park officially closes 45 minutes before game time, but is oftentimes closed sooner if the crowds are large enough. If visiting Monument park is a priority, best bet is to arrive close to when the gates open. It is served by the B, D & 4 at 161st Street-Yankee Stadium and the Metro-North Station at 153rd Street-Yankee Stadium. You can also take a stadium tour for $20.High Bridge food nearby
Times SquareTimes Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Times Square – iconified as "The Crossroads of the World", "The Center of the Universe", and the "The Great White Way" - is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.Midtown eat nearby
Empire State Building350 5th Ave$23 adults, $20 seniors (62+), $17 children (6-12), free for military in full uniform/children under 5 (tickets to 102nd floor observatory are $17 extra and only sold at ticket office; express line tickets also sold). A legend from the moment it was finished in 1931, the Empire State Building was easily the tallest building not just in New York, but the entire world for many years before being overtaken by another New York landmark - the twin towers of the World Trade Center. With the destruction of those two buildings, the Empire State Building was once again the tallest building in the city, but that lasted less than eleven years. Even as the second-tallest building, though, it remains iconic, and one of the city's biggest tourist attractions. Expect long lines, and a lot of them - you'll have to wait in line to pass through a security checkpoint, wait in line to get tickets, wait in line for the elevators, and then make your way through the crowd on the outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor. One way to deal with the lines is to buy an express line ticket, which will bring you to the front of any line, but it will more than double the cost of your ticket. Another option is to visit very early in the day or late in the evening, when the lines will be considerably shorter. Despite the long lines and inevitable tourist kitsch, the views are excellent and the experience of being outdoors on top of New York City is a great one. Note that hawkers outside the building may try to tell you there is a very long line inside and that they can get you tickets to cut the line for some exorbitant price; before believing them, go inside and check the actual wait time which is clearly written on the electronic boards.Garment District restaurants nearby
Rockefeller Center30 Rockefeller PlzThe Christmas Tree, the Skating Rink, NBC studios, the shops and hubbub - you can't miss it. The Christmas Tree and the Skating Rink are naturally not year round, but in the summer, the complex is a hub for touristy operations. Within the striking Art Deco buildings of the complex are several dining establishments overlooking the area and many stores. Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Ave (between 50th and 51st Sts), ☎ +1 212 307-7171. Daily 11:30AM–6PM. See the Rockettes, another show, or just tour the famous Art Deco masterpiece.Top of the Rock Observation Deck, W 50th St (between 5th and 6th Aves), ☎ +1 212 698-2000, e-mail: email@example.com. Daily 8:30AM-midnight, last elevator at 11PM. $25 adults, $23 seniors, $16 children. On the 70th floor of the GE Building (better known by some as "30 Rock") is this narrow observation deck, built to resemble the deck of a cruise ship. The deck affords uninterrupted views over Central Park to the north and across Midtown to the south.Midtown food nearby
- Tu-Sa 9AM-5PM, closed Federal holidays. $3 adults, children under 16 free, guided tours available. A designated National Historic Site, Roosevelt lived at this site from his birth in 1858 until the age of 14 years. The building is not the original - that was demolished in 1916 - but a reconstruction erected by admirers only three years later in 1919 after Roosevelt's death, and subsequently furnished with many of the original fittings and memorabilia of the 26th US President by Roosevelt's wife and sisters.Chelsea eat nearby
- On this site on April 30, 1789, George Washington stood on a balcony overlooking Wall Street and was inaugurated as the first president of the United States. The old building on the site had been used as New York's city hall and had hosted some of the first congregations of the colonies in the lead-up to the American Revolution, such as the Stamp Act Congress. After the revolution the building, now Federal Hall, briefly housed Congress, the Supreme Court, and Executive Branch offices before the national capital moved to Philadelphia. The current building dates to 1842 and was used first as a Customs House, then later the US Sub-Treasury (millions of dollars of gold and silver were kept in the basement vaults). Today the building is maintained by the National Park Service as a museum dedicated to the history of the site. Guided tours of the building are available, or you can just walk in and look up at the rotunda and view some of the artifacts, such as the bible Washington used in his inauguration ceremony.Financial District restaurants nearby
Grand Central Terminal42nd StWalk in and see the main concourse, a cavernous room often filled with people and elegantly detailed, with arched windows, a lovely clock, and an astronomical ceiling.Midtown food nearby
Music Hall of Williamsburg66 N 6th StDoor times usually at 8PM.. Hosts larger indie rock concerts for the 18+ crowd. 600-person capacity.eat nearby
Museum of the Moving Image3601 35th AveTu-Th 10:30AM-5PM, F 10:30AM-8PM, Sa-Su 10:30AM-7PM. $12 adults, $9 seniors/college students, $6 children 3-18, free children under 3.Astoria-Long Island City restaurants nearby
Rubin Museum Of Art150 W 17th StMo 11AM – 5PM, Tu: Closed, We: 11AM – 7PM, Th: 11AM – 5PM, Fr: 11AM – 10PM, Sa and Su: 11AM – 6PM. Adults - $10, Seniors, Students - $5, Children (12 and younger) - free, Free for all Fr 6 – 10PM. Art of the Himalayas.Chelsea food nearby
Sephora1500 BroadwayDaily 10AM-Midnight. One-stop shopping for all your cosmetic needs.Garment District
Nintendo World Store10 Rockefeller PlazaA two story specialty store that sells a wide variety of Nintendo merchandise, including videogames, t-shirts, and plushies of your favorite Nintendo characters. The most popular aspect of the store is their Pokecenter which has a wall dedicated to Pokemon videogames, DVDs, action figures and plush dolls. The plush dolls and action figures that are on sale change every week or so, so you need to be quick to find and buy your favorite pokemon's plush counterpart. The store has a large section devoted to Wiis and 3DS/DS's that are opened for customers to play and preview videogames before they purchase them. The store also sometimes holds tournaments and video viewings to promote upcoming releases of games.Midtown
Lincoln Square 13 Cinema1998 BroadwayFirst showings begin around noon, last showings begin around 11PM. $12-$16. A multiplex two blocks from Lincoln Center, showing major, first-run films on 13 screens. It also contains an IMAX cinema showing mainstream feature films.Upper West Side food nearby
- Sa-M,W-Th 10:30AM-5:30PM, F 10:30AM-8PM, closed Tu. $20 adults, $16 seniors, $12 students, free for children under 16. Free admission for all on Fridays 4PM-8PM. One of the greatest and most popular collections of modern art, on a par with the Tate Modern in London or Paris's Centre Georges Pompidou. Exceedingly popular so be warned: queues for tickets start early and stretch long. To avoid the crowds, turn up at the door at least a half hour before opening, then take the elevator to the top floor and work your way down. The building is as much a draw as the outstanding collection; possessing arguably the best collection of modern masterpieces world-wide, MoMA houses important art works from Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Salvador Dalí, Paul Cézanne, Frida Kahlo, Piet Mondrian, and works by leading American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and Chuck Close. MoMA also holds renowned art photography and design collections.Midtown eat nearby
B&H420 9th Av.Perhaps the best camera and photography equipment store in New York, this is the place to go for any of the cameras and camera accessories you might want. The selection is good and the staff is knowledgeable and willing to discuss things with you. It is owned and heavily staffed by Hasidic Jews, so it is closed on Friday nights, Saturdays, and all Jewish holidays except for Hanukkah. B&H provides its holiday closing schedule here.Chelsea
Madison Square Garden4 Pennsylvania PlazaBox office: M-F 9AM-6PM, Sa 10AM-6PM; if event takes place outside regular hours, box office opens at least 1 hour before event start until 1 hour after event start. One of the world's most famous and busiest arenas, Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Rangers [1] NHL team, the New York Knicks [2] NBA team, the New York Liberty [3] WNBA team, and the St. John's Red Storm [4] college men's basketball team, as well as numerous concerts and entertainment events. In addition to most St. John's home games, the Garden also hosts three major college men's basketball events each year. At the start of the season, the Garden hosts the semifinals and finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off [5], a prestigious early-season event operated by the country's main college sports body, the NCAA. After the regular season, the Garden then hosts the Big East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament [6] in early March, which determines the conference's automatic representative in the wildly popular NCAA tournament. Finally, in late March, the Garden hosts the semifinals and finals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) [7], a tournament that the NCAA operates as something of a consolation prize for teams that do not make the NCAA tournament.Chelsea food nearby
Bloomingdale's1000 3rd AveAn enormous department store that is frequented by the glamorous and the masses alike. A must-visit for any serious shopper.Midtown
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center22-25 Jackson Ave1 Contemporary Art Center (MoMA PS1), 22-25 Jackson Ave, ☎ +1 718 784-2084. Th-M noon-6PM. Suggested admission $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Supported by the Museum of Modern Art, this innovative (and cheap) contemporary art museum is in a former public school building. The conversion left most of the original features of the school - the large ex-classrooms are perfect for installations - and the bathrooms are a blast from the past. P.S.1 is a few blocks south on Jackson Avenue from the Citibank tower; the entrance is a concrete slab (how fitting) which occludes view of the school itself. P.S.1 also has a nice cafe and outdoor seats where every able-bodied New Yorker can enjoy a smoke.Sunny Side restaurants nearby
- Open seasonally; W-Th guided tours take place at 10AM and 1PM, F ferries leave every hour 10AM-3PM, Sa-Su ferries leave every hour 10AM-5PM, from Brooklyn ferries leave every 20 minutes. Free. Governors Island has a long military history, home to headquarters and military posts of the United States Army from 1794 until 1966, then a complex for the U.S. Coast Guard before becoming a historic district open to tours.Financial District food nearby
- Visitor Center: Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM except Federal holidays; Memorial: Daily 9AM-5PM except Federal holidays. Free. For most of the 18th century, Africans in New York City were buried in a graveyard outside the city. The graveyard was eventually forgotten and was rediscovered in 1991. This museum and memorial site commemorate the estimated 15,000 Africans that were interred on the site of the memorial. Note that the museum is located inside of a Federal building so airport-style security should be expected.Financial District eat nearby
Whitney Museum of American Art945 Madison AveW-Th,Sa-Su 11AM-6PM, F 1PM-9PM, closed M-Tu. $18 adults (26-61), $12 seniors (62+)/students/young adults (19-25), free for children 18 and under. Pay what you wish on F 6PM-9PM. Founded in 1931, the Whitney Museum is known for displaying contemporary American art even more up-to-date than the Museum of Modern Art. It is most famous for its long-standing tradition of hosting a biennial art show that displays many lesser-known artists new to the American art scene.Central Park restaurants nearby
- Pay-what-you-wish (suggested admission $16 adults, $12 seniors/students, $9 children); special exhibitions cost extra. Holding a remarkably large collection, each of the 5 floors of this massive building has expansive and well-designed exhibits devoted to astronomy, biology, geology, anthropology, climatology, and paleontology. You will want to allow a full day if you hope to see the entirety of the museum. Some of the highlights are the Rose Center for Earth and Space on the northeast corner of the building, which contains a seven-story glass cube holding the Hayden Planetarium, a huge sphere suspended above the exhibit halls below and holding a "cosmic pathway" exhibit; the numerous habitat diorama halls on the first, second and third floors, with recreations of African, Asian, North American, and ocean plants and animals, including a full-size model of a Blue Whale suspended above the Ocean Life Hall; a Hall of Minerals and Gems, which contains many rare and beautiful specimens, including the largest star sapphire in the world and a chunk of a massive meteorite; extensive anthropology halls on the first, second, and third floors, with exhibits devoted to people of Asia, Africa, Central America, the Pacific, and Native Americans; and the natural history halls on the fourth floor, with one of the largest collections of dinosaur skeletons in the world.Central Park food nearby
Discovery Times SquareNew York Times Bldg226 W 44th StDiscovery Times Square Exposition is an exhibition hall that caters to traveling exhibitions that are deemed "too large, too expensive, too nondisciplinary or too commercial" for local museums. Discovery TSX has been home to Harry Potter: The Exhibition, CSI: The Experience, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, King Tut NYC: Return of the King, and Pompeii the Exhibit.Chelsea eat nearby
- M,Th-Sa 11AM-6PM, Tu-W 11AM-7:30PM, closed Su. Free. The main branch of the New York Public Library (officially the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building), this is the grand structure flanked by lions on both sides of the entrance. Inside you'll see impressive architecture, long hallways, and beautifully designed reading rooms.Garment District restaurants nearby
High Line ParkBuilt on a defunct railway that runs 30 feet above Manhattan between 10th and 11th Avenues, from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street.Chelsea food nearby
Jersey Boys@Venetian2 hours and 10 minutes with a pause.Midtown eat nearby
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Resting along Ireland's stunning Wild Atlantic Way, this detached cottage can be found along a quiet coastal road on the outskirts of Miltown Malbay in County Clare. Situated just over a mile from the beach at White Strand, this traditional cottage is a superb base for discovering all that the West Coast has to offer. Set over two floors with a variety of rooms on each floor, the ground floor features a fitted kitchen and dining area where you can enjoy family meals together while you discuss the day's adventures. Also on this level are three of the four bedrooms and a shower room, which may be of benefit to less mobile guests. On the first floor are a double bedroom with an en-suite and a sitting area with fantastic views out towards the Atlantic Ocean, and a warming open fire, perfect for chilly autumn evenings. Access to the lawned garden is via sliding doors from the dining area, a great spot to sit and relax with a cool drink as you plan the following day's activities. Miltown Malbay is a thriving town, famous for the Willie Clancy Festival, a superb week of music, dance and 'craic'! The town is also home to a selection of shops and a range of traditional pubs, most of which showcase live Irish music on a regular basis. Discover the majestic Cliffs of Moher, one of Ireland's most popular attractions, or venture along the coast and catch a glimpse of the Burren, a vast and wild limestone landscape which will provide many fantastic photo opportunities. For beach fans, head to the seaside village of Lahinch, home to a Blue Flag beach, surfing and golf, plus the whole region is cradled by sandy beaches, rugged seascapes, and lush rolling countryside. This cottage is a wonderful place to enjoy your Irish holiday at any time of the year.
Ground floor
- Kitchen with dining area (seats 6)
- Utility
- Two twin bedrooms
- One single bedroom
- Shower room with shower, basin & WC
First floor
- One double bedroom with en-suite bath, shower over, basin & WC
- Sitting room (seats 6) with dining area (seats 4) & open fire
- Oil central heating with open fire
- Electric oven & hob
- Microwave
- Fridge
- Washing machine
- TV with Free-to-air channels
- Selection of books & games
- Fuel, power & starter pack for fire included
- Bed linen & towels included
- Cot on request
- One well-behaved pet welcome
- No smoking
- Off road parking for 3 cars
- Lawned garden plus front patio with furniture
- Shop & pub 2.5 miles
- Beach 1.5 miles
About the location
Spanish Point 2 miles; Lahinch 8 miles; Kilkee 21 miles.
Driving times:
- Galway Airport - 62 miles; 1 hr 27 mins
- Rosslare ferry - 168 miles; 3 hrs 50 mins
- Nearest shop; 2.5 miles
- Nearest pub; 2.5 miles
- Nearest town; Kilkee, 21 miles
On the doorstep:
- Spanish Point Beach - Fantastic beach for surfing swimming and sunbathing
- Aillwee Caves - Ireland's premier showcave, travel underground and see stunning caves
- The Burren Bird of Prey Centre - Home to birds from all around the world, watch amazing flying displays
- Burren National Park - National Park with rocky terrain and fantastic flora and fauna
Day trip:
- The Aran Islands - Take a trip to the Aran Islands, home of the famous jumper
- Lough Mask - Limestone lough, renowned for great trout fishing


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The Hunt (book 2) 2nd edition has now been published!
It took a while, but the 2nd edition of The Hunt has now been published in ebook and print form. The print version is currently available on Createspace, and will be available on Amazon as well in the next day or two. It's also been published in ebook form on Amazon, Smashwords, and Google Play, and it will soon be available from all of the Smashwords premium distribution channels, such as Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iTunes, etc… All the purchase links are the same, except for the Createspace link for the print version, which is new. – https://www.createspace.com/7444150
These 2nd edition re-edits are enhanced versions of the original books. For example, in the 2nd edition of The Hunt, I added well over 19,000 words (about three chapters worth), and the first book, Origins, was greatly expanded as well. I'm publishing the 2nd editions over the top of the first editions, so that anyone who purchased the first edition e-books can simply just re-download them from the account they bought them on, and have the updated version for free.
Work on the 2nd edition of the third book, Exploration, has already begun. I'm having to combine it with two other books that I have to edit for someone else, so getting through it will take a while, but hopefully I can adjust my work load to get all three done sooner rather than later.
This is a labor of love for me, and eventually I'll work my way through the entire series. It's fun revisiting my early work, and bringing it up to date now that the series is finished (probably), and I have full knowledge of what's to come.
Here's the print cover for The Hunt, just in case you're curious. It's basically the same as the ebook cover, only expanded to fit a print book, and it includes the new 2nd edition synopsis on the back, which is vastly superior to the original. The new Origins synopsis is vastly superior as well. People say that writing a book is hard. Well, it is, but encapsulating the contents of that book into just a few paragraphs that will catch a potential reader's attention without giving too much away is even harder. In my opinion, writing a good synopsis is about the hardest part of publishing a book. Anyway, that's it for now. I need to get back to work.


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H.Amdt.1348 to H.R.3816104th Congress (1995-1996)
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|Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (Offered 07/24/1996)
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Earth Day for some, is a joyous occasion. It is a mixed bag for me!!! Anyways Happy Earth Day!
On global warming Juliet Ellperin has been busy in the Washington Post again on this topic. See the Friday Post for more or go on line to Washingtonpost.com, or small and locally the Washington Post will be in newsstores tommorow or Sunday. I should say most News Stores, not all.
Ellperins latest for those who have the paper is on A-20. the first section of Friday's very busy news day. Most Americans, including this one, believe in global warming and think the US government should do more to stop it. Or we should. Do not wait a minute for this admionistration!
It is a top ten issue on "people who know lists". It is number 1 on mine. I have 4 children, and the "baby boomers" are not as healthy as thought (also in today's Post), and education and job welfare is an issue of real concern to me. Sobering to say the least.
I am not a prophet of gloom but I have a lot of reasons to be fearful today, and that is new to my life. How about yours?


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ABBOTSBURY, England -- The sea sent up a mist against the Church of St. Nicholas, as it has done for over 500 years. The elements take their toll here: The stone is pocked, and the noses and other protruding parts of the occasional saint or angel are worn away by time's persistent touch.
Inside the church the Dolmetsch Ensemble prepared the final concert of the annual Abbotsbury Music Festival. The last audience of the year began to compose itself in the pews and loft, where the bell ropes hung. They were country people, some of them, and city people trying to look countrified, all got up in corduroy.
Class is still strongly felt in England, but there are no longer peasants with rough red hands that declare their station to the world. Were there, they would not live in the houses that line Abbotsbury's single street, lovely dwellings of milk-white stone topped with luxuriant thatch that lies across the dormers like the folds of a blanket. These houses cost up to $275,000, and that is only for a lease of between 52 and 110 years. There are about 140 houses in the town, and all but about 10 are leased.


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posts on 1/13/2006 8:39:02 AM
I didn't realize how angry you are at the Catholic Church until I was 3/4's through your book and realized how you continually left out the Church's critical roll in formulating the world's view of what God is. You were dismissive of it's contribution and degrading to many of its saints and thinkers and took every opportunity to note the dark side of its history with little balance. Obviously, you are a woman who is agry at the Church's stand on women and your inability to find God through its precepts. I would dare say you doubt the trinity at best. You must be angry at how much time you wasted following its path. But to ignore the followings of a billion people seems to leave quite a big hole in your history lesson. I couldn't finish your book. I realized that your views are too slanted for my taste. I am sure others who have a distain for the Church eat up your every word.
drew hempel
posts on 1/6/2006 3:03:00 PM
Dear Karen Armstrong: You've written a scholarly history of God but no where could I find the etymology of the word "god." Surely you should include the history of God which is actually a word!! God comes from the Indo-European word GOTT meaning Bull as in the fertility rites of Bull-Gods. This also explains why Brahman means Bull and is so close to Abraham. In fact I submit that the history of the WORD GOD reveals more than all the convulated arguments about heaven, etc. It all comes down to behavior ecology and I think it's scandalous that a supposed scholarly work exluded the most obvious direction for the history of god. drew hempel, M.A.
posts on 1/2/2006 3:08:53 PM
The fourfold faith is something Karen armstrong wrote about in her book about The Buddha. It is about the Buddhist way to Nirvana. Karen Armstrong,I don't think , will write a novel. Her field is critiquing religions. She wrote a preface for the series of books on religions for a major publisher who you can find on the web.
posts on 12/29/2005 10:13:02 AM
Iam about to finish K.A's work The Battle for God and I've become her fan. I am doing a piece of work on history of christianity, I would appreciate if miss KA or someone could reccomend the best 10 books on the subject.
posts on 12/29/2005 9:05:11 AM
Words cannot express the gratitude, appreciation, thanks and compassion I feel for Karen Armstrong. Reading "Through the Narrow Gate" and "The Spiral Staircase," I've discovered a kindred spirit whose voice beautifully sums up the way I feel about religious issues and spirituality and who validates my questioning and challenging of my own Catholic "faith." I wish I could give her a big hug, and would love the opportunity to ask her a few direct questions. If there's any way possible for someone to provide another means of contacting her aside from this message board, I would very much appreciate an e-mail or postal address that leads directly to her.
posts on 11/23/2005 8:55:27 PM
I'm working on a graduate project and was hoping I could find out if Karen Armstrong offers any specific definition of 'fundamentalism' or criterion for being a fundamentalist that encompasses the term as used today. David
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posts on 11/2/2005 12:56:45 AM
mS. Armstrong When can we expect a new book?
posts on 10/13/2005 2:31:09 PM
I recommend The Narrow Gate to start. You'll get some background on who Karen Armstrong is, and then follow this with The Spiral Staircase. A History of God is a great one to begin with as well.
Zeke Steiner
posts on 10/12/2005 7:16:28 PM
What is the best book to start off with? Zeke Steiner
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posts on 9/2/2005 12:09:18 PM
Mary: I think we'd all be interested in seeing this document or knowing where to find it. I'm not doubting its validity. The books I've read by Karen Armstrong so far have deepened my interest in the monotheistic religions, and I would welcome any more knowledge that the participants on this board find enlightening.
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An expanded celebration of Black History Month continues at Texas A&M
International University throughout the month of February.
Events and activities scheduled include:
* Monday, February 16, 12 p.m., Panel: "Black Professionals in
Laredo." Featuring Mr. Gathon Robinson, the only black pilot in the
national Border Patrol; Alphe Wells, human resources recruiter at Mercy
Medical Center; TAMIU's Captain Ruben Irizarry-Guzmán, assistant
professor of military science, Leebrian Gaskins, associate director of
Computer and Telecommunication Services and Cassandra Wheeler, benefits
specialist, Office of Human Resources. (Western Hemispheric Trade Center,
* Tuesday, February 17, 7 p.m., Black Film Series: "Miss Evers'
Boys." 1997. Alfre Woodard won a Golden Globe Best Actress Award
for her portrayal of the sympathetic nurse tending to the black men used
as guinea pigs in the government-sponsored syphilis experiment in Alabama.
(Student Center Auditorium).
* Wednesday, February 18, 12 p.m., Reading: "Black Voices."
Students from English class 4338 (Minority Voices) will read pieces from
Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Sonya Sánchez, Nicolás
Guillén, Ntozake Shanga, Sojourner Truth, Dennis Brutus, Derek
Walcott, Leopold Senghor, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Walker, Gwendolyn
Brooks and Okot p'Bitek. (Western Hemispheric Trade Center, 103).
* Thursday, February 19, 12 p.m., Lecture: "African American Incarceration."
Dr. Hamid Kusha, associate professor of criminal justice, will examine
the relationship between Blacks and the penal system. (Western Hemispheric
Trade Center, 103).
* Monday, February 23, 12 p.m., Lecture: "Blacks in Laredo."
Using the MA thesis of the late Jorge González as source, Dr. Stanley
Green, professor of history, will discuss the black presence in Laredo.
(Western Hemispheric Trade Center, 103).
* Tuesday, February 24, 7 p.m., Black Film Series: "A Raisin in
the Sun." 1961. Lorraine Hansberry's landmark drama about the dreams
of a family and the forces of racial prejudice blocking their path. (Student
Center Auditorium).
* Wednesday, February 25, 12 p.m., Lecture: "Code switching among
Blacks and Hispanics." Dr. Roberto Heredia, associate professor of
psychology, will comment on the status and linguistic relevance of Ebonics
and Spanglish. (Western Hemispheric Trade Center, room 103).
* Thursday, February 26, 12 p.m., Musical Presentation: "Jazz in
Laredo." Drs. Michael Yoder, associate professor of geography and
Kevin Lindberg, assistant professor of English, and fellow band-member,
Laredo teacher Rick Cortez, will entertain. (Student Center Food Court).
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Aftermath No. 28: Chicagoby Rob Mixer / Columbus Blue Jackets
Reaching into the memory bank, it's hard to remember an overtime period that had the heartbeat pumping like we saw tonight. From start to finish, it was an absolute roller coaster and every single one of the 15,009 in attendance got their money's worth regardless of the result.
Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards has previously said that the Blackhawks are a club that's not afraid to trade scoring chances because they're confident enough to out-score the opposition, but tonight, it wasn't the case. Columbus did well to limit the effectiveness of Chicago's top players through 65 minutes of regulation and overtime, and unfortunately, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane's only significant impact decided the outcome.
Sergei Bobrovsky was a difference-maker yet again. He made 39 saves before facing a shootout for the third consecutive game, and mixed in was a handful of incredible saves to keep the Blue Jackets in the game. Nationwide Arena gave Bobrovsky two standing ovations in the third period and a roaring cheer in overtime, as he lunged back to take away a sure goal from Dave Bolland.
All in all, the Blue Jackets are still playing the same brand of hockey: aggressive, "on your toes" hockey that disrupts the opposition's rhythm. The Blackhawks looked unnerved at times tonight and a lot of it had to do with how the Blue Jackets feverishly pursued the puck.
Let's break down tonight's entertaining matchup at Nationwide Arena, the final showdown between the Jackets and Blackhawks as division rivals (tear):
1. FRANCHISE RECORD: At some point, you knew all the tight games the Blue Jackets were playing would start to yield some results. Their recent five-game winning streak ended on Tuesday night, but they have picked up points in nine consecutive games -- a new franchise record. The previous best (eight) was set way back in Jan.-Feb. of 2001, the club's inaugural season. This is a pesky bunch and they're never out of a game, and with rock-solid goaltending behind them, their confidence remains intact.
2. THE "D" IN DEFENSE: The Blackhawks have an X-factor, and it's that they can "skill" their way to points when they don't have their best all-around game going. The Blue Jackets' checking effort and commitment in the defensive end tonight was strong, and they limited time and space for Toews/Kane/etc. to operate in the offensive zone. They closed on players, won loose pucks battles, and (aside from a few shifts in the early part of the third period) made a lot of clean exits out of the zone. Kane - with the primary assist on Johnny Oduya's goal - was the only Blackhawks forward to register a point tonight.
3. LIEUTENANT BOBROVSKY? One thing Bobrovsky doesn't have to worry about is his dinner tab anytime soon. The guy has played absolutely unreal of late; in his last 10 appearances, he's sporting a 6-1-3 record with a 1.48 goals-against average and a .950 save percentage. When your goaltender is posting gaudy numbers like that, you're going to win more often than not. His overtime save on Bolland tonight was one of the best stops in about 15 minutes, as he accumulated a portfolio of larceny down the stretch in the third period.


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Quantum physics can predict the behaviour of particles and energy to an extraordinary degree. Quantum Electrodynamics, for example, predicts a value for the electromagnetic fine structure constant which is so accurate that we have not been able to find a difference between the predicted value and the real value despite measuring to 14 decimal points (the measurements are difficult!)
The point of this is that the result of the most precise measurements we have ever made can be predicted using some math, without needing to do the actual measurement.
This is because the universe is mathematical in nature. There is nothing in the universe which we don't have a formula for.
A co-worker retorted "what about the soul?" Treating that like the serious question she intended it to be, even thoughts and so-called "free will" can be predicted using math. Thoughts are determined by processes in the brain involving chemistry and electricity; both of which are well understood and predictable.
We have artificial neural networks which work similar to the brain. While they sometimes do things that we don't immediately understand and which look like thought, we can examine the weights and synapses of the network and break every thought and decision right down to the 1s and 0s that they're made of.
Just because we don't understand how something works, doesn't mean that it's magic. The brain is not magic. Each tiny part of the brain works in very precise and predictable ways, and the thoughts and decisions that we call "free will" emerge from the billions of neural firings that happen every second (13 billion per second! There are 86,000,000,000 neurons in the brain, and they all fire on average about .15 times per second).
Everything that happens in the universe is predictable by math.
Even the universe itself, devoid of all matter and energy, is still a mathematical structure. Why are there exactly three space dimensions? An answer can be found in a theory called "Causal Dynamic Triangulation", which describes how exactly three dimensions of space can arise from a set of mathematical rules involving triangles. The theory is more accepted than the alternative highly-regarded "loop quantum gravity" theory, because it produces exact measurements between points (impossible in LQG), and because it describes space both for Planck-scale measurements (the smallest possible), and for astronomical scales as well.
The fact that everything in the universe is predictable with math, even space itself, allows the possibility that you can create a single equation that predicts absolutely everything that can happen.
And if you run that calculation? You would be able to pick a precise date and time, and tell exactly what the state of the universe is on that time (or at least, you would know the most likely layout – quantum mechanics is very precise but also fuzzy).
This is regardless of so-called "free will". Everything is predictable, including thoughts, if you have enough starting information.
It gets weird now: if everything, including thoughts, can be predicted using a single (probably very complex) formula or algorithm, then how do you know that you are real?
I mean, if everything you do is simply a result of an algorithm following its steps one by one, as physics shows us, then are you anything more than just a bunch of variables in that algorithm?
And if so, then is there a difference between the algorithm running for real in some super-computer somewhere, as people like Elon Musk suggest, or running in potential simply because every mathematical algorithm that can exist must have results whether the algorithm is run or not?
Personally, I'm in the latter camp for a number of reasons:
1. If the universe is running in a super-computer somewhere, is the super computer real or running inside a simulation of its own?
2. The eternal question "why is there something rather than nothing" is solved forever if there really is nothing and everything we see is simply a shared simulation running in potential but not in "reality".
3. It also helps explain another related issue – is there exactly one universe? No, there are infinite universes, for each possible result of this universal algorithm, and every single one of them "exists" is a result, even if they are not "real".
4. What is reality? When he heard the idea that nothing is "real" and that reality is subjective (immaterialism), Samuel Johnson famously kicked a rock hard and shouted "I refute it thus!". However, that's not a refutation – in a universe where you and I share a hallucination, everything in that hallucination is real to us, whether the objects are objectively real or not.
A very welcome bonus to the idea that the universe is mathematical in nature, is the possibility that it leads to personal immortality, through the idea of quantum immortality.