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2. Brunch at the Cliff House
You've already read about this. After our first night's sleep in the city we always head out next morning to the to the Pacific Ocean to have brunch at the Cliff House, the former centrepiece of what used to be a great seaside amusement park and elaborate public baths (though little else of it remains now). There are two restaurants there with the most fabulous views of famous Seal Rock (I think the name speaks for itself), and miles of golden but windswept beach stretching south and past the western edge of Golden Gate Park. You may have to wait for a table but, when you do, get a seat by the big picture windows (you will be directed to one anyway) and enjoy. The Crab Eggs Benedict is to die for!
3. Painted Ladies
You will possibly already be familiar with the famous scene of the six colourful Victorian houses with the modern cityscape behind them. The "Painted Ladies" (I don't think I could afford one even after a triple rollover on the UK lottery!) are positioned on the southern edge of Alamo Square in the Lower Haight neighbourhood, which has the added advantage of being a perfect spot for a picnic (and dog watching!).
4. Golden Gate Park
One of the largest urban parks in the world, you could spend several days exploring the Park, but here are a couple of highlights:
a. Japanese Tea Garden
Glorious setting with beautiful trees, winding footpaths, curved bridges, still pools with enormous carp swimming in them and a massive bronze Buddha – you could almost be in Japan. Enjoy a range of oriental teas and snacks whilst giving your feet a well earned rest.
b. California Academy of Sciences
Planetarium, rainforest, aquarium and other displays in one stunning building. Opposite is the highly acclaimed de Young Museum.
Plenty of other attractions such as Stow Lake, the Buffalo Paddock, Dutch Windmill and the Conservatory of Flowers, and facilities to enable you to undertake every possible physical activity and sport.
5. Beach Blanket Babylon
This musical revue, performed in Club Fugazi (pictured), is the longest running in the world, another of our must do activities on every trip to SF – we never miss. Uniquely San Franciscan, it follows Snow White (who hails from SF of course!) on her travels round the world to find the man of her dreams – she has to do this because most of the men in her native city are gay!). She meets dozens of familiar and, to a non-US resident, perhaps some less familiar, characters and…..well, I won't spoil it for you. It is an hour and a half of sheer fun, fast-paced, absolutely hilarious, lots of extravagant costumes and you can have a bottle or two at your seat to supplement the mood!
6. Chinatown
The oldest, and one of the largest Chinese communities in the States, it is virtually a city within a city, a vibrant, densely packed 24 blocks crammed with gift shops, market stalls (you need a strong stomach to look too closely at some of the produce!), restaurants and even a fortune cookie making factory. And you cannot go to SF without having at least one meal there. We would recommend the R & G Lounge and the Great Eastern.
7. Golden Gate Bridge
If I needed any proof that these selections were not necessarily in order of favouritism it is the fact that I have left this to number seven. You must drive it, bike it or walk it of course. After you have done so, there is a scenic spot that the tour buses use to take their photos looking back at the bridge or across to the city. But the stellar views of the bridge with the city and Alcatraz in the background come from crossing the main road (it is signposted from the aforementioned car park) onto the Marin Headlands. There are several wonderful spots there, the best being just before you return to the main road. You can't miss it.
8. Palace of Fine Arts
Built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, designed to showcase the remarkable recovery of the city since the great earthquake and fire nine years earlier, this remains one of the most beautiful and tranquil locations, especially at dusk when swans, geese and ducks glide serenely on the lagoon whilst young children run after balls on the perimeter.
9. Ferry Building Marketplace
Ferry embarcation point for Oakland and Alameda, the building also houses a superb collection of upscale eateries and produce stalls, all providing the freshest ingredients. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday the front – and, on the latter, the rear too – plays host to the wonderful Farmers' Market, one of the best in the U.S.A. You may even have your lunch prepared by one of the city's top chefs as they advertise their creations here too.
10. Haight-Ashbury
Unreconstituted and fully paid up member of the Woodstock Nation that I am I could not complete my list without recommending that you take a look at the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood. The centre of flower power in 1966-67 it still retains some of that independent, colourful streak and there's some interesting shops and cafes along the main drag. The architecture of the area, principally Victorian, is very attractive too and you are only a few minutes walk from Golden Gate Park.
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I said at the beginning that this was my personal "best of" collection. There are, however, plenty of other places and experiences that we enjoy greatly in the city. I haven't mentioned the tourist honeypot that is Fishermen's Wharf not because I don't like its carefree, festival atmosphere, its one of a kind gift shops, seafood restaurants and hilarious sea lion colony, just that there are places I'd rather spend my time.
And then there's Alcatraz – no (first) visit is complete without a trip to the island just a mile and a half offshore. Admittedly, there are thousands of tourists streaming back and forth across the bay from dawn to dusk, but there is no doubt that it is an awesome and moving experience. Even better if you do the Alcatraz by Night tour when you are on the island at sunset, very atmospheric and quite scary.
Coit Tower, with its views and delightful steps leading up to it on all sides is another favourite, provided I have trained sufficiently for the climb! The panoramic scene from Twin Peaks is worth being run over by tour buses for too. And how could I forget the awesome, 8.4 mile long Bay Bridge which is currently getting a makeover following the part that was destroyed in the 1989 earthquake.


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8:30am Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News By Press reporter
A TASK force has been created to spruce up the windows of empty shops in a North Yorkshire town centre.
Members of Thirsk Town Council have unanimously voted to unite with Thirsk and District Business Association in an attempt to get a variety of displays, including artwork by schoolchildren, featured in about ten empty premises.
A month after a similar scheme, Shopjackets, was launched in Ripon to improve the look of the city centre, former solicitor David Tucker told a Thirsk Town Council meeting he had received widespread support for the initiative.
The task force will ask the landlords of Market Place premises previously occupied by Age UK, Johnsons Cleaners, a camera shop, Go Mobile, Julian Graves, a jewellers and the former tourist information centre for permission to install the displays.
They will also approach the landlords of a former gift shop and the Mind, Body & Soul premises in Finkle Street, Chambers in Kirkgate and empty premises in Millgate.
Mr Tucker said: "It really ought to be a nationwide principle that local authorities cooperate with shop owners to enhance the retail area appearance. We can now go to managing agents with our detailed scheme, telling them we have lots of support and lots of work behind it, and say 'deny us if you dare'."
Coun Andrew Robinson told the meeting he did not believe many landlords would allow displays in their windows as their priority was to let the properties.
But councillors Janet Watson and Derek Adamson said the displays would be more attractive than windows covered with brown paper or flyposters and could even be used to promote upcoming events in the town.
Traders said they were optimistic the scheme, combined with the takeover of hardware store Woollons & Harwood and the opening of The Pantry farm shop and deli, in Millgate, and Three Tuns Antiques and Curio shop, off the Market Square, would provide fresh impetus to the town's retail economy.
Clare Keel, of Bagby, who will be joined by Rosie Page, the daughter of James Herriot author Alf Wight at the opening of The Pantry in the large former Millgate Antiques premises on Saturday, said she was confident Thirsk traders could attract good business from its surrounding area.
The move follows the Windows Of Opportunity project in York, which saw empty windows in Coney Street and Goodramgate put forward for artists to transform into digital works of art back in 2009.

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by John Perrotto
4:50 p.m. PDT Tuesday
–Free agent Jason Giambi met with the Rays on Tuesday and is a candidate to fill their DH slot.
–The Brewers are expected to move to the head of the class in the Brian Fuentes sweepstakes now that free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez has agreed to terms on a three-year, $37 million contract with the Mets. Fuentes, a free agent, would fill the closer's role with the Brewers, but the Angels are also expected to pursue him now that they have lost Rodriguez.
–The Rockies are making a strong pitch to sign left-handed reliever Alan Embree as a free agent and are also in the bidding for free-agent lefty reliever Joe Beimel, along with the Reds, Tigers, Mets, and Cardinals.
–The Marlins are trying to trade for Rangers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and sign right-hander Paul Byrd as a free agent. The Rangers, though, don't seem inclined to deal Salty after trading catcher Gerald Laird to the Tigers on Monday and definitely will not meet the asking price of pitcher Chris Volstad.
–The Dodgers are considering not tendering a contract to closer Takashi Saito by Friday's deadline, which would make him a free agent.
–The Diamondbacks are getting plenty of offers for catcher Miguel Montero, with the Red Sox showing serious interest; they are also trying to re-sign reserve first baseman Tony Clark.
2:58 p.m. PDT Tuesday
–The Indians have signed off on Kerry Wood's medical report and will likely announce the signing of the free-agent right-hander either today or Wednesday.
–If the surprising event the Cubs try to trade ace Carlos Zambrano, they will need his permission as he has a full no-trade clause in his contract through 2012.
2:44 p.m. PDT Tuesday
–There is a growing sense around the Bellagio that the Red Sox will land the top hitter on the free-agent market, first baseman Mark Teixeira. It's unclear if they will agree to terms befor the winter meetings end Thursday.
–The Athletics and free agent first baseman/designated hitter Jason Giambi aren't as close on a contract as originally reported.
–Davey Johnson is expected to be announced on Wednesday as Team USA manager for next March's World Baseball Classic. The former Mets, Reds, Orioles and Dodgers manager also guided the United States in the Olympics last summer. Former Astros and Angels manager Terry Collins is expected to manage China in the WBC.
11:20 a.m. PDT Tuesday
–A crazy rumor making the rounds at the Bellagio in Las Vegas is that the Cubs would entertain the idea of possibly trading right-hander Carlos Zambrano in a blockbuster if, as expected, they acquire Padres ace Jake Peavy.
–The trade in which the Orioles will send catcher Ramon Hernandez to the Reds for utility man Ryan Freel is expected to be announced today.
–The Braves have talked to the White Sox about right fielder Jermaine Dye, which would make it easier for them to trade outfielder Jeff Francouer to the Royals.
–The Rockies have interest in Mets set-up reliever Aaron Heilman but will not include reliever Huston Street in a deal.
9:51 a.m. PDT Tuesday
–The Cubs seem ready to finish a trade for Padres ace Jake Peavy with either the Orioles or Phillies serving as the third team. If the deal goes down with the Orioles involved, the Cubs would send center fielder Felix Pie to Baltimore, the Orioles would ship pitcher Garrett Olson to Chicago, and the Padres would likely wind up with pitchers Sean Marshall and Kevin Hart, shortstop Ronny Cedeno, and third-base prospect Josh Vitters from the Cubs. The Phillies have also got involved in the talks and could make it a four-team deal because they would like to land Mark DeRosa from the Cubs to fill in for second baseman Chase Utley early in the season while he recovers from hip surgery, then shift the former Penn quarterback to left field to take the place of free agent Pat Burrell. The Padres also like Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ and catching prospect Lou Marson. The Phillies' backup plan for left field would be to try to sign free agent Raul Ibanez.
–Free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez happened to be on the same elevator as I came down to the press room from my room this morning at the Bellagio but I couldn't get him to spill the beans on his plans. However, reports are circulating that he has agreed in principle to a three-year, $37 million contract with the Mets. We shall see if something is announced today.
–While the Indians quickly bowed out of the Rodriguez's sweepstakes, they are continuing to search for a closer and now have their sights set on free agent Kerry Wood. The Tigers also have targeted Wood if they are unable to trade for Mariners closer J.J. Putz.
–If the Braves are unsuccessful in their pursuit of free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett, they are considering trading for the Royals' Zack Greinke, with outfielder Jeff Francouer being the primary bait. The Braves also have interest in Pirates left-hander Paul Maholm.
–Jason Giambi appears headed back to the Athletics as a free agent, and an announcement could come at the meetings as the first baseman/designated hitter lives in Las Vegas.
–Free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal may regret turning down a four-year, $35 million offer from the Athletics last week, as it seems no other team is willing to go that high on him. If Furcal's price drops, the Dodgers could re-enter the picture and re-sign him, although the Blue Jays and Indians have also expressed interest in recent days.
–The Cardinals are pursuing free-agent left-hander Randy Wolf.
–The Rays have at least some interest in signing free agent Garret Anderson to be their designated hitter.
-The Red Sox have joined the Blue Jays in the pursuit of free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano.
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No Street, no Heilman, Rox. As far as Zamby, Omar - get on it.
Any truth to the rumors of the Mets pursuing Hoffman for the 8th inning role?
There is no way. NEVER. the Royals trade Grienke for Franceur. Er. Atleast I hope
Furcal for the Jays would be pretty nice. They have had a huge hole there forever....
What role is Baltimore playing in that deal. The way you worded it makes it seem as if Olsen would be kept by Chicago. In that case the Baltimore is not at all involved in the Peavy situation.
Does this Peavy deal look to anyone else like the Cubs' "F*** Everything, We're Doing Five Blades!" moment? I mean, they were the best team in the NL last year. Reaction? Let's get an ace for now by giving up our top prospect, maybe our next two best guys under 26 (well, Soto's 26 in January, but still), and a young guy who could be our fifth starter right now. Look, I'm not saying they shouldn't do it, I guess; flags fly forever and all that. But I'll say what I said when they signed Soriano, Lilly, and Aram, and then louder when they got Harden, and even louder now: They better win now, because in three years they are F***ED.
it doesn't bother me anymore, that sort of trade, honestly. look: you don't know who's going to break out, who's going to break down or slump. vitters isn't a star right now, but he has a good chance. maybe the cubs have someone else who will pick it up, or draft someone who does. maybe they just don't get that future star third basemen for a while. the thing is, most teams don't envy trading to get young. that means the farm organization is in bad shape, and the major league club too, and the whole outfit needs a shot in the arm. if the cubs invest money in the draft and in scouting, which they have and i think they will continue to do, then i think they'll end up fine.
Remember, the Cubs are for sale. If any deal they make now ends up screwing them 3 years down the road, that's not Sammy Zell's problem. Sammy's problem is getting the price tag as high as possible - I don't know whether a pennant does that, but it sure couldn't hurt.
Be honest, John - how drunk was the person who mentioned the Zambrano trade?
Red Sox being favored to land Teixeira right now...most excellent.


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A new report conducted by UNICEF and the Government of Kenya finds that thousands of girls in coastal tourist areas are being exploited in the sex-for-cash industry. Here is one girl's story.
MOMBASA, Kenya, 20 December 2006 – "If my father knew that I do this, he would kill me," says Annie (not her real name). "But he does not provide enough for me and my daughter, so I have to do this to make some extra cash."
Annie is from a lower middle-class family in Mtwapa, a coastal township near Mombasa. Kenya. She lives with her parents, who put food on the table and pay rent and other bills. As far as the family is concerned, Annie is an obedient child who is never out of the home beyond the 8 p.m. curfew set by her father.
But what they do not know is that Annie goes out almost daily in search of men. "Most of the men are Kenyans," she says, adding that they pay her from $3 to $8 for sex.
Occasionally she has had sex with tourists, who pay up to three times more. "But it is not easy to get tourists. I can't go to the beaches to hunt for tourists because police are always on patrol and they would arrest me," she notes.
Influenced by peers
Annie is barely fifteen. Her daughter is 11 months old.
Her troubles began when she got pregnant while in Standard Eight. "My parents started treating me like an outcast," Annie recalls. "If I asked for anything, they would ask me to find the man who gave me the baby to buy whatever I needed. They always reminded me that I had let them down in school."
Like many other teenagers in Mtwapa, Annie was introduced to sex-for-cash by her peers. "They told me I could earn money easily by simply having sex with men," she says.
'I will forget about this life'
But Annie is aware that what she is doing is dangerous. "This is not a good life," she admits. "Sometimes the men treat me badly. Sometimes they refuse to pay me and chase me away. Sometimes they do terrible things to me which I can't even describe.
"The most horrible ones are the bouncers, who demand that I have sex with them before they allow me into the club where I could meet the tourists," she adds.
"My father has said I should go back to school next year and repeat Standard Eight. Once I go back to school, I will forget about this life," Annie says hopefully.
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I believe $1.80 and lower as a relatively safe buy zone and over $1.97 as a good exit price.
In my article, "Time to Turn Dial From Sirius to Pandora" last week I suggested investors should rotate out of Sirius and into Pandora (P), and as of the time of writing proved correct. Pandora moved up in price by over 10% and Sirius down 10%. Hopefully the article provided food for thought to those with an interest in either company.
Pandora may not draw the excitement and buzz Friday's Facebook IPO created, but maybe it should. Pandora appears ready to ramp up its monetization of mobile and desktop services.
Facebook on the other hand is playing catch-up in mobile while at the same time losing General Motors (GM) as an advertiser. Keep in mind GM is not leaving Facebook, but is simply cutting the direct ad budget for Facebook.
GM will continue to enjoy (on Facebook's dime) having multitude of pages displaying products. If Facebook is able to monetize the pages with ads from others, something I believe they will do, it will still not make up for the GM revenue loss. If others determine free pages are enough exposure (especially in relation to the cost of ads) the massively lofty projected price to earnings multiple of 65+ may soon appear absurd. Lesson here, the safe investor money will avoid Facebook and not believe the hype. For Pandora, given the share price increase of over 10% in a week, I would scale back and hold out for a price pullback into the $9 range. While I love the service and buy into the long-term prospects of Pandora, the company still needs to put up a couple of solid quarters to maintain it on my buy list.Select the service that is right for you!
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UK Game Charts: October 7-14
FIFA 07 still holding on to the top slot for a third week, Scarface: The World Is Yours debuts at number two.
There were many surprises in the UK charts this week--that FIFA 07 was at number one for a third week running wasn't one of them. The EA Sports game was able to beat the opposition, and despite a sales dip of 52 percent, was still ahead on the field of the UK All-formats chart.
Scarface: The World Is Yours shoved its way in to the number two spot, making it the highest new entry in this week's charts. Consequently, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy moved back down again to number three. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 took two steps back to five, and Cars swerved to a rest also down two spots at eight.
Last week saw few new entrants, but there is a healthy round of debuts this week. There was one other new entry in the top 10--Championship Manager 2007 at number nine--and three others in the top 40. Open Season came in at 17 and Microsoft Flight Simulator at 19. Garfield 2 managed to just claw into the charts at number 40.
A few titles stayed exactly where they were, including Just Cause at four, Project Gotham Racing 3 at 10, and The Da Vinci Code at 36.
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training is on the move again, heading up one place from last week to seven. The good doctor has plenty to be smiling about, on his 19th week in the UK charts. It was one of only two titles moving upward this week, the other being the irrepressibly successful Sims 2.
Next week will see, among others, the release of highly anticipated titles including Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, The Sims 2: Pets, Football Manager 2007, and Battlefield 2142.
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Romney's supporters are almost certainly wrong when they assert that Romney "already paid taxes on his ordinary income" and that now he's just risking his "capital."
This is because Mitt Romney has almost certainly taken advantage of one of the most outrageous tax loopholes in our entire tax code: The "carried interest" tax exemption.
This loophole allows money managers to structure the performance fees they are paid as "capital gains" instead of as ordinary income.
The loophole therefore allows money managers to avoid paying ordinary income taxes on their performance fees and then make much bigger bets than they would be able to make if they actually had to pay taxes on their earnings. When the money managers use very sophisticated tax shelters, it also allows them to defer paying taxes for years (if not decades)--and then only pay low long-term capital gains rates instead of ordinary income rates.
Although we don't know for certain that that's what Mitt Romney has done (because he won't release his tax returns), it seems highly likely that this is what he has done. And, in fact, the obvious unfairness of this tax loophole seems like one big reason he won't release his returns.
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FIG Official - Women's Team Final.
The first medal event of the 43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, featuring the eight best women's teams in the world, bedazzled spectators at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. US Team garnering a total of 179.411 and outscoring former World Champions Russia by more than four points. Enjoy the clip !
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I congratulate the US team but please, acknowledge that they won because they are extra powerful, not at all artistic. And they are very consistent and handle pressure very well. They are exciting to watch in vault. The rest is not nice to watch, at least to me, unless you are cheering for them. I also congratulate Wieber for her all around gold. But all girls who do gymnastics at this level should be admired. |
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This vid is made up of clips from Team finals and it looks like the same coverage as the Universal Sports feed. In that feed, they showed 10 of 12 USA routines - the two missed were Douglas and Vega on bars. (Vega's beam is on their site labeled as bars, but it's beam.) |
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[23 September 2010] BRUSSELS – On the eve of an emergency FAO-meeting devoted to instability in agricultural markets, the UN Special Rapporteur publishes a study analyzing the impact of speculation on food price volatility.
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The study shows that a significant portion of the increases in price and volatility of essential food commodities can only be explained by the emergence of a speculative bubble. In particular, there is a reason to believe that a significant role is played by the entry into markets for derivatives based on food commodities of large, powerful institutional investors such as hedge funds, pension funds and investment banks, all of which are generally unconcerned with agricultural market fundamentals.


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Representatives of the Little Shell Indian Tribe asked the Hill County Commission on Monday to sign a resolution supporting the tribe's effort to get federal recognition that might also mean the acquisition of land for a small reservation in Hill County. The commissioners said Monday they need to review the resolution.
The commissioners agreed that if the Little Shell are federally recognized, the county may have no say over whether land is taken off the county tax rolls and given to the now-landless tribe, but they said their policy is to oppose the loss of any taxable property.
"That's been our stance with the Chippewa Cree Tribe," Hill County Commission chair Kathy Bessette said. The issue has come up when residents of Box Elder have tried to have their homes annexed to the reservation, she said.
"We support your quest," Bessette added.
The Little Shell tribal council has prepared similar resolutions for five counties to help pave the way for federal legislation, tribal chairman John Sinclair said today. The legislation is to be introduced this year by Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., Sinclair said. The resolution before the Hill County Commission was proposed by Rehberg's office, Sinclair said.
"They wanted to be sure they're not stepping on anybody's toes," he said.
Cascade, Hill, Blaine, Fergus and Glacier counties have each signed resolutions supporting federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe, but Rehberg's office wanted to be sure the counties know that if the tribe receives recognition, it could mean a loss of tax base in the county where a reservation is established.
The Cascade County Commission has indicated that it will support the resolution, Sinclair said. The Cascade County Attorney's Office is drafting a resolution based on what the tribe submitted, he said.
The proposal is for 200 acres as a land base where the tribe could have a hospital and other services, vice chair James Parker Shield said today. He said the tribe would hope the land would come from federal land such as U.S. Bureau of Land Management land, so no county would lose funds.
If the Hill County commissioners don't agree to the proposal, it's not likely to harm the effort to get land and recognition, Sinclair said.
"We'll still go on. We'll have the Cascade resolution. We'll hopefully soon have Glacier and Blaine. We'll just have to bypass Hill County, which would be a shame," he said.
Sinclair said the tribe's ideal is to have a base in Cascade County and satellite offices, including trust land, in four other counties. What actually is established would be determined by the legislation.
If Hill County decided not to agree to support the possible loss of taxable property, it might consider writing a resolution that reiterates the county's support for the tribe's effort at recognition.
"The most important item, of course, is to keep our support that we do have among the counties for the federal recognition," Parker Shield said.
The Little Shell are also trying to be recognized through an administrative process of the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Federal Acknowledgment.
"We're going (the legislative) way, one, to speed it up, and. two, if (the Office of Federal Acknowledgment) comes back with a negative result," the tribe has another way to be recognized, Sinclair said.
If the tribe is recognized through Interior, counties would have less control over how a reservation is established than if it's done through legislation sponsored by the state's own congressional delegation, Sinclair said.
He said he hopes to hear back from the Hill County Commission soon and "allay their concerns, hopefully."
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Books can take you on adventures you'd never imagine. So, who are the faces behind the books, and what inspired the books?
Those questions were answered for the more than 800 women at the 2013 Literary Women Festival of Authors Saturday at the Long Beach Convention Center.
"This year we have enlarged the membership so we have more people coming in," said Mary Brennan, press officer for the event. "That's really comforting to know that we can add to our readership, when people keep saying reading is a dying art. "
During the one-day event, readers are introduced to female authors in an informal setting, Brennan said.
"It's very nice to know that more and more people are willing to come and speak face to face and talk about books," she said.
Despite ever-advancing technology, reading is still alive, several authors told the audience.
"I love writing, and listening to authors is one of the best things I can do. It's inspirational," said Monica Meade, a Long Beach resident and retired English teacher. "Reading is not dead. People are still reading, but they are reading using the Kindle now, text messages, and tweeting. "
Although many books are read on computers, there's nothing like the feel of a book, said Meade.
"I don't think reading is dead, because if it were we wouldn't have so many Kindles being sold, and we still have bookstores,"
From imagination, life experiences and dreams, seven authors shared the stories behind their books. Eleanor Brown presented her novel, The Weird Sisters, the story of three adult sisters living through the crossroads of life, inspired by questions she herself wrestled with, she said.
"I started writing it around my 30th birthday and I started panicking, saying, 'Oh, my God, I'm an adult and I'm supposed to have my life together,' and I really didn't," she said. "I wrote the book to try to answer the questions (about adulthood) for myself."
Harriet Williams and Virginia Laddey began the festival in 1982 as a time to celebrate women authors and encourage new writers.
"People talk all the time about how the novel is dead and reading is dying, and (then) you come to an event like this, around people who believe in the power of stories to change our lives, who read for fun, for escapism, for entertainment, for knowledge," Brown said. "As a reader, not just as a writer, that's really inspiring and really touching."
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