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Wabanaki Guides focuses on the legacy of Wabanaki people serving as guides for European and American explorers, cartographers, tourists and artists from the 1600s to the present day. Visitors will be invited along for a simulated canoe ride down a Maine river. The journey will shine a spotlight on ways in which Wabanaki knowledge of land and waterways influenced Maine's early visitors and illustrate how this legacy is linked to the modern-day tribes, tourism and environmental sustainability in Maine.
Visitors will "climb into a canoe with their guide" and begin their journey. Along the way, they will stop at "portages" on the river bank. At each portage, visitors will learn about the various things a guide needs to consider when planning a trip and what one might expect to encounter along the way. The exhibit will focus on the following themes: mapping, tracking, tourism and economics. Stories and historic accounts from various view points will weave throughout the exhibit incorporating the voices of Wabanaki guides both past and present as well as explorers, artists and cartographers such as Henry David Thoreau and Joseph Treat.
Native Americans have lived on Meddybemps Lake at its outlet to the Dennys River for at least 8,600 years. The Passamaquoddy people have named this site N'tolonapemk, which in Passamaquoddy means, "Our Relatives' Place."
This exhibit tells the story of N'tolonapemk through archaeological evidence and the stories and knowledge of the Passamaquoddy people. The scientific methods used by archaeologists, contrasted with traditional Passamaquoddy stories, work together to create a more complete picture and a richer understanding of this important place.
Learn more about N'tolonapemk:
A Visit to Our Ancestors' Place >
N'tolonapemk: An Ancient Native American Village on Meddybemps Lake, Maine >
This exhibit is made possible thanks to support from:
EASTER Foundation/Anne and Fred Osborn III
A collaboration of Maine Indian Education and the Abbe Museum.
The Waponahki Student Art Show brings together a wonderful variety of art created by Passamaquoddy and Penobscot students from early childhood education through high school. Using a wide array of media, these young artists incorporate traditional beliefs and values with the modern, multi-cultural world around them.
Special thanks to K.A. McDonald Custom Picture Framing, Bar Harbor
From the Smithsonian comes an important and enlightening exhibition about the intersection of American Indian and African American people and cultures. IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas explores historical and contemporary stories of peoples and communities whose shared histories are woven into the fabric of American identity, but whose presence has long been invisible to many in the U.S. The exhibition sheds light on the dynamics of race, community, culture and creativity, and addresses the human desire to belong. With compelling text and powerful graphics, the exhibition includes accounts of cultural integration and diffusion as well as the struggle to define and preserve identity. IndiVisible was developed by the National Museum of the American Indian with the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.
Visit IndiVisible on the web >
In 1613, a small group of French Jesuits, sailors and settlers arrived at Mount Desert Island, looking for a place to establish a mission and build trade relations with the Wabanaki. At the urging of Wabanaki leader Asticou, the group chose a spot somewhere around Frenchman Bay to establish their new outpost. Less than three months later, the fledgling settlement was destroyed by English colonists from further south. Echos of these encounters continue to resound today, in Wabanaki communities, in shaping Maine history and identity, and in our understanding of international relations.
The first European residents of Frenchman Bay came and went in a very short time. But this episode is part of a much larger story of Wabanaki-French-English interactions in eastern Maine from 1500 until 1762, when English settlers finally established a permanent settlement on Mount Desert Island. The exhibit brings together current Wabanaki perspectives and historic documents to present multiple perspectives on history, and investigates the debate among historians and archaeologists about where the St. Sauveur Mission was actually located.
St. Sauveur: A Meeting of Nations will also introduce Abbe Museum visitors to the newly-renovated Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring, where we have almost doubled the exhibit space. Hands-on, interactive activities for children and families will accompany the exhibit. The exhibit opens on May 23, 2013 at Sieur de Monts Spring, and will travel to the Abbe Museum in downtown Bar Harbor when the Acadia National Park location closes for the season in the fall.
How did people live in the past?
What can we know about their lives and history from the archaeological record?
This exhibit follows archaeological research conducted by the Abbe Museum starting in 1928, and considers how excavations at various sites have tried to answer these questions. Through a combination of artifacts, images and text, you can explore the questions that were asked and what we have learned during eight decades of archaeological investigations. Layers of Time also features a variety of hands-on, interactive activities for children and families, letting visitors step into the role of the archaeologist to ask and answer intriguing questions.
Click here to visit the online Layers of Time exhibit.
Visit the original Abbe Museum, built as a trailside museum in 1928.The exhibits focus on the archaeology of Maine and are reminiscent of the way the museum would have looked when it originally opened. See how bone and stone tools and pottery were made, explore artifacts from the museum's early collections, and find examples of artifacts from many towns around eastern Maine.
An introductory exhibit gives you a brief history of the Abbe Museum, and is complimented by a giant map of Mount Desert Island and the surrounding area, made by museum founder Robert Abbe. A visitor favorite, four dioramas depict life on Mount Desert Island before the arrival of Europeans.
The Abbe at Sieur de Monts Spring is open daily 10-5 from late May through early October.
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13th October 2000 Archive
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Dotcoms told to swallow advice of sex industry
Keep it cheap and easy
Dotcom start-ups should copy the porn industry if they want to be successful. That's the advice of sex industry entrepreneurs, who reckon they are way ahead when it comes to using the Web for business. Sex sites were the first to recognise the opportunities of the Net and the sector also went through the e-learning curve …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 07:18
Urbanfetch and don't carry
More than 100 job losses
New York-based Urbanfetch is to shut its consumer delivery service in the city and ditch its London office. The dotcom, which delivered online orders of goods such as books, food and electrical items within the hour, will now only run its corporate delivery service Urbanfetch Express. It is not known how many of the 400 New …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 07:18
Blame Europe: now it's 3dfx's turn
Soft markets
3dfx, the leading graphics card maker, says its earnings and sales for the quarter ended 31 October will be "substantially" lower than expected. It attributes the shortfall to "overall softness in the European retail and system integrator channels". The company says that its planned expansion into the OEEM market will shield it …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 08:38
Stan-the-man offers tax free betting
And Ziggy doesn't just play guitar
Stanley Leisure has opened two new tax-free sports betting sites. Stanleybet.co.uk is hosted in the UK and was launched in tandem with stanleybet.com, its offshore operation based in Malta. Both sites offer customers 'tax-free' betting on a range of sports although the outfit specialises in association football. It reckons it …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 09:36
Ericsson signs $1bn Compaq Alpha dev. deal
OK, it's for switches, but it's still a big thing for Alpha
Switches don't usually light The Register's candle, but we were intrigued when we learned the Compaq has won a major contract to supply Swedish comms company Ericsson with Alpha processors. Ericsson plans to use the chips in its next-generation AXE wireless and wired phone switch. Both companies will co-operate on the …
Channel 13 Oct 2000, 10:16
Taiwan's DRAM makers signal shift to 16Mb
Margins higher than 64Mb parts
Taiwan Dramurai UMC has ramped up production of 16Mb DRAM chips to capitalise upon the parts' higher profit margins as 16Mb parts become almost as expensive as 64Mb chips. According to Taiwanese business paper the Commercial Times, 16Mb chips are only fractionally cheaper than 64Mb parts. The current price for 64Mb DRAM is …
Channel 13 Oct 2000, 10:34
Europe gives LLU the thumbs up
And a one fingered salute to incumbent telcos
Europe is another step closer to forcing incumbent telcos to unbundle their local loops by January 2001 after the European Parliament's industry committee yesterday gave its seal of approval to the draft legislation. The legislation now goes before the whole parliament in Strasbourg in a fortnight, before seeking final approval …
Data Networking 13 Oct 2000, 10:36
Code Book code setters reveal crypto cock-up
Interview Single DES/triple DES switcheroo
Following the news that the final cipher of Simon Singh's Code Book challenge had been broken, The Register caught up with him and Paul Leyland, who between them set the ten ciphers in the challenge. A team of researchers in Sweden cracked all the ciphers and claimed the £10,000 prize. It took a year and month between …
Software 13 Oct 2000, 10:59
French Echelon report says Europe should lock out US snoops
And it wants better encryption, all made in Europe...
The report of the French National Assembly's enquiry into the Echelon surveillance system, published yesterday, points up dangers to privacy and mission creep whereby a 'security' system is being used to spy on European businesses and technological developments. And somewhat ominously, it recommends that the European Union …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 11:07
Win Physicus software and save the world
Competition It's all about the appliance of science
Reg merchandising has teamed up with Tivola Publishing, the publisher of multimedia CD-ROMs, to give away five copies of their Physicus. According to the blurb, a meteorite has hit the planet, causing it to stop rotating around its own axis. Things look pretty bad for humanity unless you can get the world rotating again. …
Site News 13 Oct 2000, 11:20
LCD price crash pushes manufacturers into PDAs and phones
Think small
LCD manufacturers in Japan are trying to offset the financial damage done by falling PC and notebook screen prices by moving into production of LCD screens for PDAs and mobile phones. With the mobile phone market set to exceed 410 million units this year, it is a market the companies cannot ignore. Sharp, Japan's largest LCD …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 11:29
Blackmailed football star named on Web
Not that it will do you any good
The football star currently involved in an intriguing sex-blackmail court case has been named on the Net. He is one of the most famous British footballers, he is friends with Paul Gascoigne and the case is being heard in Newcastle crown court. However, the star, who claims he was stalked and blackmailed by a woman with tapes of …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 11:31
3Com Audrey Net appliance to debut Tuesday
Net access cookin' in your kitchen
3Com's first Internet appliance, Audrey, will finally be launched next week after a month's delay, according to company sources sited by CNet. The etch-a-sketch style Web pad was announced earlier this year, and described by former 3Com CEO Eric Benhamou as the device that would out-Palm Palm. Audrey was due to arrive early …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 11:44
Get some of the Fuhrer's hair online
Goering, goering, gone
A German Web site specialising in Nazi memorabilia has put some of Hitler's barnet* up for auction - at £700 a hair! The woman the runs the minimalist site Carinhall.com, Pamela Korner, is rather pleased with her acquisition. Unfortunately, we had to use online translation software to find out what the hell was going on (it's …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 11:59
Half Gateway's profits come from software and services
Posts Q3 income of $152.6m
PC manufacturer Gateway matched analyst's estimates by reporting net income of $152.6 million for the third quarter, up from $113.1 million a year earlier. Net sales grew from $2.5 billion to $2.2 billion a year ago. Sales and software made up 50 per cent of the company's profits, five per cent higher than expected. "We are …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 12:00
Music biz to define digital music ID system
We'll know what you're downloading
The Recording Industry Association of America is developing a system to identify and track the transmission of digital music files, the trade organisation said yesterday. Essentially, the RIAA's plan is to embed identifiction codes into digital music files. The codes would contain details about the song, who owns the copyright …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 12:38
BT Openworld on show next week
Forget the glitz and glamour - here's the nitty gritty
BT is holding a two-day love-in at a trendy London location next week to show off its broadband content and technology. Those invited to turn up will be able to muse over the future of the technology and the impact it will have on our lives. Called "Citizens of the Openworld", it's been described as a cross industry platform …
Data Networking 13 Oct 2000, 13:15
Callnet bought by E-Tel
ISP ASP combo creation
British ISP, Callnet plc, has been bought by E-Tel Ventures plc, Reg can reveal. The deal was closed last night although financial details have not been disclosed. No one at Callnet or UK-based E-Tel was available for comment by press time although it's understood that E-Tel is looking to merge Callnet's ISP with its own ASP …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 14:03
More banks put down payment on Net
Barclays, Nomura, Alliance & Leicester - do they never learn?
Two announcements here. Barclays and Japanese bank Nomura are spending £30 million on a joint shopping portal in time for Christmas. And the Alliance & Leicester is launching a new small business service which it will run almost entirely over the Internet. The Barclays/Nomura venture sees Barclays put in £20 million to Nomura's …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 14:20
Dell recalls fire hazard notebook batteries
Wants 27,000 of the Sanyo components returned
Dell today recalled up to 27,000 notebook batteries that are suspected of being a fire risk. The voluntary recall affects models sold in the Americas from June 22 to September 15, and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa between June 22 and October 4. The batteries, which have the potential to short-circuit, overheat and …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 14:26
Get Carter more boring than En Carta
Stallone you slag you're a dead man
It had to happen. Spurred on by the success of British gangster flicks and inspired no doubt by Madonna's recent conversion to anglophilia, Hollywood has sunk to new lows with its remake of classic film Get Carter. A moment of casting madness put Sly Stallone in the title role, originally played by Michael Caine. Stallone, who …
Bootnotes 13 Oct 2000, 14:29
UK rail staff to get kitted out with WinCE Pocket PC timetables
Is this the end to useless rail folk? (Don't be stupid)
Computer services group Sema has signed a £24 million deal with ATOC (Association of Train Operating Companies) to supply handhelds to rail staff in the UK. The idea is that all staff will have access to the latest timetable information, thus making your average commuter's journey that little bit less frustrating. Hopefully the …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 14:47
UK brains deliver 8-fold increase in data processing speeds
From the boffins who crammed 10.8TB of data on a PC card
The clever people responsible for the super-high-capacity solid-state storage breakthroughs, from Keele University, have discovered that the same technology will actually speed up processing time by a factor of eight. Researchers at the University discovered a "three-dimensional" memory system which they reckon can cram 10.8TB …
Business 13 Oct 2000, 15:24
Scotland joins dotcom revolt
Jocks away
Scotland is the seventh most wired country for business, according to the latest findings from Scottish Enterprise. What makes this figure particularly outstanding is that less than a quarter of Scottish businesses have their own Web sites. And of those, just 7 per cent of businesses sell goods and services online. Despite …
Music and Media 13 Oct 2000, 15:38
HWRoundup Fine tune your i815 chipset
High res top marks for ATI Radeon 32MB SDR version
Anandtech has taken a look at the ATI Radeon 32MB SDR Version. Major conclusions? It is still not quite up there at lower resolutions, but when more performance is demanded, it comes through with flying colours. Excuse the pun, and check it out here. Overclockers in Oz want to let the world know that they have PCR file for …
Hardware Roundup 13 Oct 2000, 16:34
Printer ink will make you high
Well woad you believe it?
Printing with warpaint [The letter that sparked the controversy, well, the small debate] They seem to be brushing over the fact that woad is a hallucinogenic and you are no longer allowed use it as a body paint. The reason the early Celts used it was it turned them into raving lunatics before a battle. Not particularly hard …
Letters 13 Oct 2000, 16:37
Canadians – dem not like the rest of us I tell you
Novel approach to domain name disputes? Or lunacy?
Canada torches all .ca domain names - owners must reapply Don't forget that Canada is about the only country which has all the makings of a civil war (Quebec versus the rest of Canada) but instead of going to war people just shout at the politicians & write letters to newspapers. Canadians in general put up with rules provided …
Letters 13 Oct 2000, 16:44
Other stuff
Letters Not much of it though
BT to offer free local calls BT's new pre-pay/mock unmetered scheme is OFF PEAK? AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! How did you type through the tears of laughter? It's only going to appeal to pre-pubescent girls who want to yack about Britney Spears' latest surgery, not adolescent boys who want to download the "Britney sucks off two guys" …
Letters 13 Oct 2000, 16:45
A licence to print money?
The Internet is no different to Auntie
People watching the BBC on their PC, whether via a PC card or by streaming it from the BBC's web site, should pay for a TV licence. But only if they're in the UK. This led to discussions on why the Brits pay for a TV licence anyway, how TV detector vans work and can you avoid them with an LCD monitor, and the 1949 Wireless …
Letters 13 Oct 2000, 17:34
Readers' Letters The main topics
Focussed letter writing this week
Okay you lucky devils, here is your weekly fix of fellow reader scriblings. A licence to print money? The Internet is no different to Auntie Printer ink will make you high Well woad you believe it? Canadians - dem not like the rest of us I tell you Novel approach to domain name disputes? Or lunacy? Other stuff Not much …
Letters 13 Oct 2000, 17:35
Open sourced StarOffice 6 vapes download site
Updated What a surprise. So Sun servers must stink after all, right?
Sun open sourced StarOffice 6 on Friday 13th, in circumstances that cynical-minded individuals might suspect as having been pre-engineered by the marketing department. "At about 5.45am PST," says www.openoffice.org, "our Web server was brought down by a veritable tsunami of hits." If you want StarOffice 6, or you want to …
Software 13 Oct 2000, 17:54
Whistler public beta slips again – but say hello to Build 2281
The good, the bad and the UAE
Build number 2276 of Whistler - the next consumer Windows - leaked into the usual nefarious channels on Monday. But sources close to Microsoft have been filling us in on the 2281 build, which has only just been issued to Redmond's extra special birthday friends. With Paul Thurrotts'WinInfo site reporting that the public beta has …
Software 13 Oct 2000, 22:30


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What are the chances of Hamilton Bennett being this upcoming season's Josh Edgin when it comes to making the jump through AA & AAA? Here's a 24 year old lefty that, like Edgin, has done a great job the previous 2 seasons in Savannah & PSL. Last season, although he had trouble vs right handed hitters (.270, 3.78 ERA Vs RHBs), if his 2nd half isn't any indication (1-2, 1.53 ERA), he could be someone to keep an eye on come Spring Training.
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The numbers for Hamilton Bennett do look good, especially when viewed through the RH/LH splits line, and he could expect a promotion to Double-A to start the year. However, just because he is doing so well at the low level does not guarantee he will be the Mets next LOOGY.
As it is, the 2013 team barring any spectacular performances out of Spring Training will feature Edgin as the defacto LOOGY out of the pen, with Carson and Laffey the primary challengers. Tim Byrdak is still signed for the Mets, but dependi...
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Posted by Stephen Wells, ALDF's Executive Director on February 24th, 2011Today's daily action for National Justice for Animals Week is: sign petitions and speak out to lawmakers.
You can help fight animal abuse and honor animal victims from your own desk. Join the hundreds of thousands across the nation who have already taken action online to support critical ALDF campaigns, which are strategically designed to have the maximum impact for animals. A better world for animals is a click away!
- If you haven't yet joined the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have signed the Animal Bill of Rights—take action now! Let Congress and all of our elected officials know that the law should protect the basic needs of all animals—and should provide justice for those who are abused and exploited.
- Communities have good reason to be concerned about the whereabouts of animal abusers. In story after heartbreaking story, abusers repeat their violent crimes against helpless animals, and often go on to victimize people as well. Keep your animals and your families safe. Visit ExposeAnimalAbusers.org to contact your local legislators in a single click and ask for an animal abuser registry where you live.
- Currently, most states have no mandatory requirements keeping those who are convicted of animal abuse crimes away from animals following their convictions. ALDF's model "First Strike and You're Out" law will help in the fight against animal neglect and cruelty by keeping offenders away from potential new animal victims and will also help reduce the huge economic toll which repeat offenders impose on their communities. Contact your state legislators today and ask them to support a "First Strike and You're Out" law for those who are convicted of animal neglect or cruelty.
Please save our innocent animals.
All animals should have the right to be treated with kindness, respect,and love. And that goes for domestic pets, farmed animals, animals in testing labs, and animals on Fur Farms. These are Gods creatures and we need to protect them. We are their caregivers, but sadly, we have turned a blind-eye to their suffering. It all comes down to greed!! Please make the compassionate choice to help end their suffering by creating laws to protect them!
Every animal on this planet has the right to live a peaceful life just as ourselves, and no animal should have to endure anything less than a peaceful life. We need to put a stop to all of the abuse...be it in the farming industry, in the labs, out in the open...such as Alaska, and the middle of our country...Animals should be able to roam without the threat of being killed for sport or otherwise. It sickens me everytime I hear a story of the mis-treatment of animals. Most people abusers start with animals so we need to be more aware and nip it in the bud before anymore of Gods special creatures are harmed any further. Ans all abusers should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If I was in charge of sentencing, I would do to the abuser what he did to the victim.
why is the only answer to unsolved animal issues torture or killing them or hurting them in some way. We as humans are commissioned by God to take care of these animals and yet abuse goes on. this has to stop
We have such rich diversity of animal life on this planet. Every animal has a role to play in the world ecosystem. It is OUR responsibility, being the most highly evolved of all animals to, preserve this diversity for ourselves and the future generations. It is one thing to have dinosaurs driven to extinction because of climatic changes before we arrived on the scene. But it is quite another to be the one single SPECIES to be responsible for driving, not just one or two, but so many creatures to extinction! Please, we need to stop, right now, before it is too late for these animals and for ourselves. What kind of legacy are we leaving for our future generation?
I am totally and utterly astounded, dumfounded and disgusted and any other words that describes the ATROCIOUS and HORRENDOUS treatment to another living creature that mind you has done absolutely nothing wrong to deserve this!! I am soooo ashamed to be associated and part of a human race that is this evil. I have found more and more latley that I have more respect for animals than I do for humans. Humans are destroying everything that is good in this world; the environment, other humans and especially animals. How can you look into the eyes of these living, breathing, feeling creatures and inflict so much harm and pain? Animals feel pain just like we do. They look up to US humans for help not to be tortured by us. My heart breaks knowing that this type of treatment is being inflicted upon them, it's almost like it's being done to me. These wonderful creatures have every right to be here as much as we do. They should be treated with kindness and respect, like how we want to be treated. We need them to survive! We are their voices, we need to stand up for them and do what is right for them. Humans need to show compassion, put their selfishness and greediness aside and put an end to animal cruelty!


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Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2013 by maggie122398
Made this one yesterday, It was a big hit at work and at home.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2013 by AnneViolaP.S.
This is my go to recipe when I need a good dessert for a potluck. Everyone loves it! I often times use other flavors of pie filling. I have made these with Peach and Blueberry as well as the cherry! :)
Reviewed on Jan. 01, 2013 by tchr90
Made this for Christmas and nobody liked it! I thought it was okay, but nothing special enough to make again. This is not going in my recipe book needless to say.
Reviewed on Nov. 26, 2012 by SaraBellaBean
My husband isn't wild about cherry pie filling but he's crazy for these bars. I am making these for the 2nd time in 3 days, they were THAT delicious! This makes a generous amount, perfect for sharing with a neighbor and still having some to enjoy. Thanks for this wonderful go to recipe, it's a keeper!
Reviewed on Nov. 21, 2012 by RhondaLou
This was so easy to make and it was DELICIOUS!! All the cherry loving people in my family loved it.
Reviewed on Jul. 08, 2012 by greenplants
it was a very deliciooous recipe alot better than i thought it would be
Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2012 by knjsaunders
Made this for our family Easter celebration. It was a big hit. The cherry and almond flavor is great together and the pastry/bread surrounding it is perfect. I think you could change the filling up with apple or blueberry pie filling. Will experiment with it!
Reviewed on Oct. 02, 2011 by chriskemo
I had this at a party I went to and it was wonderful. I came home and made it and it was just as good the second time!
Reviewed on Apr. 05, 2011 by Amy the Midwife
I increased the almond extract to 1/2 tsp for the cake since I like the flavor. Glad I did.I didn't use the glaze. The cake is MORE than sweet enough without it.
I increased the almond extract to 1/2 tsp for the cake since I like the flavor. Glad I did.
I didn't use the glaze. The cake is MORE than sweet enough without it.
Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2011 by mwilson101
Terrific!!! Tasted delicious and served beautifully. I had alot of valentines after serving this.
Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2011 by nursern06
SOOOO GOOD! An instant hit with the family!
Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2010 by Aunt Ang
I have made this numerous times and have received many compliments on the end result. I have never added the icing, though, and you won't miss it!
Reviewed on Oct. 30, 2010 by FACSteacher
WOW! These were amazingly tasty!! The almond flavor is subtle but appropriate. I halved the recipe and it is just enough for a small gathering of friends! Not just for Christmas either.
Reviewed on Jun. 29, 2010 by luvrotties
I have made these numerous times and are always a hit! I make them for our Christmas gathering. Pretty for Christmas. Easy and yummy! The recipe makes a big batch so it's great for our large family gatherings.
Reviewed on Apr. 21, 2010 by markarrie
Made this easy dessert for Easter dinner...everyone commented on how yummy it was. It would be a perfect addition to a brunch buffet, also.
Reviewed on Nov. 23, 2009 by fiehlerw
This is a wonderful recipe. I've made it for several years and it's a favorite. For a little variety, I often use 1 can of cherry and one can of blueberry.
Reviewed on Sep. 26, 2009 by Danielle B.
This is a delicious recipe! It's kind of a cobbler/Danish hybrid and turns out great with other fruit fillings as well.
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the left side according to snoop dogg Snoop says the crip side is the left side.
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The left side.
The Bloods often "wear" their colors by sticking a red bandanna in their right back pocket. Therefore, the Crips (who are a rival gang) would consider the sporting of a blue "flag" on the opposite side of the Bloods to be the "Crip Side." A term popularized by Snoop Dogg in his song "Drop It Like It's Hot." "I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside
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Yes the left side is the crip side.It is also the Cobra,Folks Incorporated,G.D,and Young Guns side.These gangs are known as the "Folk" sect.They all dress to the left side,pitchforks up and use the 6 point star.Colors are blacc,blue,and green.The other most popular sect is known as the "People".They dress to the right side.This sect includes slobs vickie lousLatin Kings,etc.Glad to have straightened that out for the ignorant person jay who obviously knows jack shit about gangs.look at his definition of crip side. I woke up one morning and since I am a crip after my shower I hand to put rubberbands on my left wrist,a blue bandana around my left ankle,turn my fitted hat so the brim was over my left ear,and last but not least:hang a blue flag out my baccside,but only on the left side, yeah thats the crip side.
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John Woo is making a sequel to Hard Boiled, one of the truly quintessential heroic-bloodshed movies. It's called Stranglehold, Chow-Yun Fat will star as Inspector Tequila, and it's coming out this summer.
That is, it's coming out this summer for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It is a game.
Since the original announcement was made in 2005, I may be a trifle late to the party but why I have not heard of this before?
Okay it's the Unreal 3 engine with Havok physics, and it's Midway which is never a good omen, plus bits of the trailers look like re-runs of scenes from Hard Boiled, but still the implications of this are massive and exciting. It's not so much whether it's a good game, it's whether a director can successfully translate his visual flair and imagination to an interactive medium—and the fact that a name director is prepared to try in the first place. And if there's anyone who'll say, "Why does it have to be that way? Why can't we do it like this?" it's John Woo.
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Lesbian bars are moving away from sticky floors and $2 PBRs, as evidenced by the success of The Dalloway, the high-end SoHo bar and restaurant that welcomes men and women, straight and gay.
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BRA OKs Apartment Tower Near TD Garden
The new 38-story building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with a nearby retail element.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has given the go-ahead for a developer to construct a new 38-story apartment and retail tower near the TD Garden.
The board voted unanimously on Feb. 14 to approve the AvalonBay Communities Inc. project—Nashua Street Residences—which features 503 residential units ranging from studio to three-bedroom apartments and a two-story "retail arcade" that connects to TD Garden and North Station.
In 2006, the developer received BRA approval to construct a building with 363 units—a mix of condominiums and apartments. But economic conditions had put the project on hold until recently. The latest proposal was filed in November.
Proponents of the project said at the Feb. 14 BRA meeting that they had met with several neighborhood groups to review the plans and that they had listened when residents suggested they change some of the smaller units to three-bedroom units, giving families more housing options in the area.
The project also features 219 parking spaces.
Construction on the new Nashua Street Residences building is expected to begin later this year.
The company has two other residential buildings in Boston. Avalon at Prudential Center, 770 Boylston St., features studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rent starting at $2,275 per month, according to the company website. Avalon Exeter, 77 Exeter St., in the Back Bay area, is nearing completion and expected to open this fall. The building features 187 apartment units ranging from studio to three bedrooms.
Plenty O'Toole
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Just what we need, more overpriced, cheaply-built, cookie-cutter housing units in a conjested, over-crowded, underemployed city. Boston has become NYC with an inferiority complex.
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Wow, they want to build a building in a city. What a novel concept.
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This will be a steel constructed building as it's a tall slim tower design and a rehab'ed brick & concrete older building so it won't be cheap.
The Rutherford Landing project on the other hand is an all wood design which is cheaper to build. But, with the amount of excavating they did to make room for parking offsets the cost of wood Vs steel argument in my book.
True, the interior finishes could be cheap in either project. But, with a rent around 2k I don't think they will skimp that much for either.
Look at it this way, we'll have something nice to look out on to across the river with the TD Garden Vs the old rundown building thats there now. It would have been nice to have more parking there. I'm sure being a waterfront building limited them here on what they could do. They do have a major T stop so the need of a car is less.
As for Rutherford Landing when you do the numbers for the area around the project the density level is not excessive (inline with the rest of C-Town).
Plenty O'Toole
11:56 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Actually Dan, it will be a 38-story monstrosity, another tower detracting from the skyline instead of enhancing it. There was actually a time when the effects of such buildings on the existing skyline aesthetic were taken into consideration but that was before bank bailouts, union-vote-buying-via-stimulus-funding and, of course, prior to the BRA.
Whats wrong with the space being converted to office usage? Oh, that's right, the cost of doing business in beantown has quadroopled in the last 15 years and city, state and federal entities have become the largest employers in the downtown area as private corporations flee the city (and state) in droves.


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Can anyone provide some feedback on the BB Z10 cases?
I was toying with the flip cover one the other day and it seemed cheap/bulky to me. Was hoping it was more like the ipad's smart cover.
How about the sleeves or the transformer cases? Anyone try them?
I'm looking for something thin, yet protective, that doesn't hide the LED indicator. I guess the sleeve is the play? - 02-06-2013, 09:20 AM #3
I purchased the Flip Case and I also have the black Tough case from Case-Mate.
I like the flip case. It kinda got annoying for me with the flip cover. For me it kinda got in the way when I was using the phone.
I like the Tough case from Case-Mate. Great protection but adds very little bulk to the phone.Hello, my name is Diego and I'm a BlackBerryAholic
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I have the outerbox defender nd its bulky but good, I can do all the swipes with it and it's good protection for my job (military)
- 02-06-2013, 09:57 AM #7I've developed a new group chat app. I call it "Put your dam phone down and talk to people face to face!!!"
I'm definitely going with the OtterBox Defender when I get my Z10 on Friday. Every phone I"ve had has been in Defenders and they have saved me countless times. What I'd really like to know is how you got the Defender as their website said orders are delayed until the 9th.
I've developed a new group chat app. I call it "Put your dam phone down and talk to people face to face!!!" - 02-06-2013, 10:15 AM #13
Case Reviews?
I rather like my flip case. A first the cover got in the way and was annoying but i've found a way to use it to avoid that annoyance now.
I got the flip case in white to pair up with my black z10. I like the case and how it feels. The cover is a smooth suede-like feel (not sure what the actual material is) and the back is a nice smooth, solid plastic. My only gripe about the case is that it doesn't have that "snap" to it when you cover it, but when you push the spine of the cover into the side of the phone then it covers the phone quite nicely. Maybe that's the point? In any case, I am satisfied with it... but I can see the white getting marked up over time. It was the only case they had left at my Best Buy Mobile store! I guess I could have gone somewhere else, but who wants to do that? Just let me play with my phone!!
- 02-06-2013, 10:34 AM Thread Author #15
The Transformer looks ok but I worry about it's wear over time. Will it start to pop off the BB too easily? I worry about it becoming loose over time and then dropping it and having the actual phone take the full impact on one of the corners.
Anyone have the normal sleeve without belt clip? - 02-08-2013, 12:26 PM #16
I ordered the Otterbox for the Z10. Put it on and was pleased with the fit, size, weight. Tried a few bezel gestures from the bottom with my fat stubby fingers and it was frustrating. Apps that fill the screen were a nuisance to swipe up. It is back in the box and will be shipped back. Too bad, everything else was great.
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After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces "The Don's View" – an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don's View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families. Players will also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of Made Men, hiring crew, handing out orders, and promoting their best men up the ranks.
Set in a stunning open-world environment, The Godfather II expands on the popular gameplay mechanics of the first game and doubles down on the series' signature BlackHand control scheme, which now features even more visceral hand-to-hand brutality at your fingertips, introducing a new combo system, pressure tactics and executions. In The Godfather II, players will fight alongside their hand-picked crew, who have their own skills and expertise. Each family member specializes in a specific field such as demolitions, arson, engineering, first-aid and more. As The Don you control the family, sending some of your men on missions while heading off into action with others. The combination of strategic organized crime gameplay and brutal BlackHand action sets The Godfather II apart from other open-world games.
Family ties
Although EA's original Godfather game was a decent open-world shooter, it never came close to capturing the cerebral aspects of the movie. In the Francis Ford Coppola-directed classic, Vito Corleone spends a lot of time considering his family's position and planning their next move. However, in the 2006 interactive tie-in, you were just charging about in a sharp suit taking down wiseguys. It was organised crime, without much of the organised bit.
Happily, this time round, you're not just a grunt with a gun. While Michael Corleone is being investigated by a Senate commission, you've been put in charge of business; planning every raid, recruiting gang members and ensuring that the family gets to dominate the cities of Miami, New York and Havana. On the way, you'll get to take part in key elements of the Godfather II movie, handling the likes of Frank Pentangeli, Senator Pat Geary and Michael's tragically wayward brother, Fredo, as Cuba opens up to the Mafia money machine.
Making a racket
The strategic element of the game is handled through the Don's View, a map screen showing you where all the key rackets, such as drugs, prostitution, diamond-smuggling and gun-running are going down. Your aim is to take them all over, by moving your guys in and taking your enemies out. Once you own all of one type of racket, you have a crime ring and - like capturing all the same-coloured properties on a Monopoly board - this brings advantages. For example, if you capture all the drug operations on the map, double your income and grab all the neighbourhood chop shops, you're awarded with an armoured car, which is great for raiding the compounds owned by other families.
Whether you're attacking some other family's restauraunt or raiding a warehouse, the action set-pieces are a blast.
You can join one of these raids any time you like, and get stuck into some good, old fashioned gunplay. Whether you're attacking some other family's restaurant or raiding a warehouse, the action set-pieces are a blast, pitching you against huge crews of enemy thugs. Using cover and figuring out the best way into a location are key elements, as is recruiting the right bunch of family soldiers to accompany you. Throughout the game, you meet characters who can be recruited into the family and each has their own specialities, such as demolition, arson and emergency medical treatment, and these can be improved as your guys pick up experience points.
Pals, planning and pressure
During an action sequence, your family soldiers can easily be ordered around, allowing you to, say, get your demolition guy to take out the front door, while you sneak through a side window. Planning and enacting these battles is enthralling stuff, especially when you finally capture the racket's key boss character. You then get to intimidate (or beat the daylights out of) this poor chap until he hands the operation over to you. An onscreen gauge shows how scared he is - push him too far, though, and he may fight back, or just keel over and die, which isn't much use.
Get close enough to a mortally injured enemy and you can take them out with a brutal finishing move.
Elsewhere, you get to take part in major story missions which are filled with recognizable characters from the movie and great voice acting. The vehicles are great to drive, eschewing any sense of heavy realism for accessible, knockabout thrills. The weapons are also spot-on - there are six classes to choose from, taking in the classics, from shotguns to sniper rifles, all of which can be upgraded through three levels. Get close enough to a mortally-injured enemy and you can take them out with a brutal finishing move - do this while playing online and you can even use voice comms to badmouth your opponent before delivering the blood-curdling coup de grace.
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Downsides? Well, the game doesn't have the enormous ambient depth of GTA IV - you don't get the same sense of a huge population going about its business in the background. Also, your character's personal journey isn't as meaty and complex as Niko Bellic's. All round, it's less of an epic endeavour, despite the sense that you're controlling the destiny of this mythic crime family.
Nevertheless, this is a top-drawer movie conversion, one which EA's Redwood Shores studio has clearly slung its heart and soul into. It reeks of genuine knowledge of and affection for the movie, and you'll soon become engrossed in the powerplay between the warring families. The multiplayer options are great fun, especially as they link in with the single-player, allowing you to transfer money and experience points between the two modes. If you're a fan of the movie or just appreciate solidly-conceived shooters, the Corleone family is ready to adopt you, and you really shouldn't turn them down.
GAME's Verdict
- Some great action set-pieces.
- Captures the intrigue of the movie.
- Interesting interplay between single and multiplayer.
- Not quite as well-rounded as GTA.
- Visuals are acceptable rather than astonishing.
- It helps to watch the movie a few times.
Review by: Keith 'Two-Face' Stuart
Version Tested: Xbox 360
Review Published: 08.04.09Published: 08/04/2009
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I shot up to the Lake District last week and spent three enjoyable days near Windermere shooting three hotels for 'Lake District Country Hotels'. 'Impact', who own the hotels have decided on a revamp to the website and required a selection of new hotel photography that they can add to their exiting stock. The three places were in such a beautiful area, situated on the banks of Lake Windermere, and these cosy old hotels with their vast rooms and roaring fires are an excellent base from which to explore the surrounding countryside. We shot bedrooms, bars, restaurants, food and gardens and the whole job was made easier by the lovely staff up there. Next time I go though, I'd love to get the chance to see some of the area… too busy doing the job to see much else! As I have said before, hotel photography is my favourite of all the disciplines I cover… It is so varied and there's just no time to get bored… here are some of the images….
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Within the Colorado Governors collections are approximately 10 cubic feet of material and 7 rolls of microfilm relating to the Territorial Governors of Colorado from 1861-1876. The record series in the collection include: the Executive Record; correspondence; extraditions and requisitions; Territorial Secretary papers; speeches and messages; reports; photographs; and reference material. While relatively few records exist for these governors, the Executive Record and the records of the Secretary provide excellent documentation of their terms. These documents record the official acts of the Territorial Governor as well as the Secretary, who was closely associated with the Governor and often acted for him in his absence. The records also include important correspondence with federal and other territorial officers. The organization of the Territory, the campaign for statehood, and law and order in the Territory are important subject areas covered in the above records. There is also considerable documentation concerning Colorado Volunteer military engagements during the Civil War and with the Indians who lived in the region. Most subjects are also documented in other records especially in a compilation of photocopied documents pertaining to the legal events leading up to statehood. These include minutes concerning the Jefferson Territory (1839), correspondence regarding the need for a territorial government (1859), accounts of the Constitutional Convention Proceedings (1864-1865), and the proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant declaring the admission of the State of Colorado into the Union (1876). Speeches and messages to the legislature also document these important events.
Reports by various territorial officers are also an important part of the collection. The Territorial Treasurer, Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Adjutant General and other officers created periodic or annual reports which they sent to the Governor. Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs also exist from 1854-1871. The Penitentiary, established in 1868, is documented through reports and minutes of the Board of Managers of the Penitentiary (1874). Extraditions and requisitions, as well as pardons, may be found in the Executive Record and in separate volumes. Finally, photographs exist of each Territorial Governor, although this collection is very small.
May contain executive orders; proclamations; appointments; legislative messages; pardons; extraditions and requests; and honorary citations (1861-1876).
Journals, official correspondence, and administrative material in microfilm format (1861-1875).
Incoming and outgoing. Letterpress books exist for John Evans (1863-1865), Samuel H. Elbert (1873-1874) and John Routt (1875-1879).
Reports to the Governor from territorial officers (1866-1879), Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports (1854-1871) and report of the Penitentiary concerning its fiscal situation, number of convicts, status of convicts, inventory, and statistics on prison population (1874).
Documentation concerning the surrendering of alleged criminals to a different jurisdiction for trial. May include name of criminal, crime committed, date and where authorities believe they were located, and pardons.
Addresses and messages given by the Governor to the Territorial Legislative Assembly (1861-1879).
At least one photograph exists for each of the Territorial Governors. An additional photograph may exist of their painted portraits.
Included is a draft of a masters thesis never completed by Frank Coley concerning the Sand Creek Massacre (c.1950s), "The Silver Mines of Colorado," by Orvando J. Hallister (1867), "Colorado: Official Information", pamphlet by the Board of Immigration (1872), and a compilation of photocopied records documenting the advent of statehood (1839-1876).
In order to obtain access to the Territorial Governor papers please contact the Colorado State Archives. We will be happy to provide you with additional information concerning this collection or others, and the fees that are associated with doing research here.
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Collect Confederate War Bonds; You'll Find Them Great Conversation Pieces
Assuredly, many folks have encountered Confederate money. They've seen genuine bills mounted in a battlefield museum, possibly. Perhaps as kids they played with reproduction Confederate dollars purchased from a toy store. Not many, though, have ever seen a Confederate bond, or even know what one is.
Confederate war bonds were used to raise funds for vitally needed food and supplies for Rebel soldiers during the conflict. They constituted a means for the Confederate government to raise money by getting its citizens and others to lend to it. A person would lend money to the southern government and in return receive a bond, which was a inscribed with a written guarantee to pay back the bond purchaser–with interest–beginning on a certain date in the future.
As you can guess, the majority the people who lent good money in support of the Rebel cause never got a dime in return. And so the lenders tucked those Confederate war bonds away in a chest of drawers or in a box in the attic, never bothering to attempt to redeem the attached coupons, which were now rendered completely valueless by the CSA's failure to survive.
Nowadays, the bonds that survived these many decades are prized by collectors. And, you can turn around and sell Confederate bonds (and other paper collectibles) in the online auction market for a pretty decent return.
If you've ever held a Confederate bond certificate, you will have an idea of why people are looking for them. Not least of all, they are very decorative. They're physically pretty large–very much more impressive than a Confederate dollar bill, for instance–and extensively decorated. They look wonderful displayed on a wall. In addition, they draw attention as a small segment of our history. Most people could not afford to acquire honest-to-goodness Civil War firearm today, but Confederate bond certificates are within the reach of virtually every War Between the States devotee.
The Confederate government had printed a fairly large number of bond issues during the course of the conflict. For every issue, various "denominations" (referring to the bond's face value) were sold. These all had a variety of differing decorations, and sometimes even different pape colors, to distinguish them one from the other.
At a time during which even a common loan document could be an exercise in ornateness, CSA bonds abounded in flourishes, including such scenes as fields and cities, mythological figures, and, of course, generals and other heroes of the South.
If you also acquire and frame one of these bonds and put it on display, maybe in a study or office, you will enjoy gazing at it and admiring its arresting, antique appearance. If you're like me,, you will undoubtedly start trying to feel what it might have been like to be alive in that monumental era and during those particular tumultuous years.
Many Confederate bond issues were actually sold abroad, especially within Britain, not to the desperately impoverished denizens of the South. My "Stonewall" bond came from a hoard uncovered in England in modern times. Such finds come to light every now and then, driving prices down in the collectibles market, however, the dip is usually not long lasting. Lately I have read that Stonewall Jackson bonds are becoming hard to come across, so I'm very grateful that I was able to get one when I did.
If your interest in Confederate bond certificates perhaps goes beyond merely holding on to and admiring their peculiar beauty and historical legacy, you will discover them to be an excellent entry ticket into what is known as "scripophily." This is the collecting of old financial certificates, which can include bank instruments, stock certificates, railroad bonds and the like.
If you are interested in exploring this subject in more depth, you can find books, as well as lots of information on the Web pertaining to CSA bonds. You should learn a lot about their historical background and then attend coin shows where dealers sometimes have them for sale. If you're just interested in the art aspect, you can buy one or two of the more common examples fairly inexpensively. If you are interested in trading for profit or as a business, naturally you will need to seriously study these bonds, their various issues and how to grade them for condition, and be ready for the give-and-take of haggling with other dealers.
Now, leave it to an enterprising British woman to become the world's authority on making good money–even earning one's living–selling pieces of American paper, not only old money and bonds but even pages torn out from old magazines. You can discover more about this woman's surprising eBay paper selling method here.
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So many married couples seem to struggle to keep passion alive in their relationship. And it's no wonder: There's no shortage of factors that wreak havoc on sex lives ?- from busy schedules to kids to changing, aging bodies. Without physical intimacy, what's left to hold a marriage together? Plenty, one would think: shared history, family, friendship. So just how important is sex and passion to a marriage?
"Work + Kissing = a Happy Marriage"
Dan Cronin
It's hard for me to comment on the notion of aging bodies affecting passion, because I met my wife 11 years ago and age has only made her more beautiful. I, on the other hand, am a different story. I'm looking more and more like Elliot Gould each day. (No offense, Elliot Gould. You're just much older than I am.) So you'd have to ask her. But as for the mundane rhythms of life ?- from the hectic schedules to the screaming babies ?- it all adds up to a situation that seems a bit more like two shift workers trying to keep a business afloat than it does a healthy marriage. Sex is hugely important. Especially when it's part of the deal that you're not allowed to go anywhere else to get it. I used to hate it when I heard people say things like "Marriage is work," but when routine sets in I realize that marriage is work. And it's worth it. But my one little secret? Kissing. Married couples don't kiss like they did when they were dating, and they should really, really try. What better way to save a marriage than a little mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
"Do Whatever It Takes"
Cathi Hanauer & Daniel Jones
Cathi: Virtually every marriage, no matter how steamy at the beginning, goes through sexual dry spells. As long as you have other ways of connecting and having fun together during those dry spells, that's okay. The problem comes when sex and passion drop out of a marriage purely because caring for each other is so low on your list of priorities that you start to treat one another like roommates. Often, making time to have sex can end up being less about the physical act than about taking a moment to reconnect, share a laugh or a moment of affection and remember why you've committed to this person in the first place.
Dan: See, I wonder if this is one of those questions that's different for men and women. Married or not, most men seem to need sex regularly. For women, I believe passion is an essential: a sense of desiring and being desired. But sex with their husbands? I'll bet many could take it or leave it. (By the way, I'm talking about everyone else's sex life here, not my own, which is, of course, perfect.)
What is important for all of us married people is that we air our expectations and needs and work at ways to meet them. Some people schedule dates with their spouse, go to hotels, watch porn, take ballroom dancing lessons, send dirty text messages to each other ?- whatever it takes, as long as you're honest and not overly greedy. Don't be embarrassed about what you need. And don't keep your needs and desires in marriage all to yourself as your resentment festers and divorce looms. In marriage, a little effort to please the other person can go a long way.
"Sex Fizzles Long before Love"
Dr. Sarah Stedman
An ideal marriage would be one that includes a balance between mind, spirit and body. So the question becomes: Which of these components truly anchors a marriage through "better or worse"? It is my belief that sex and passion can be part of any relationship ?- and are therefore pretty easy to attain. Everything else requires a certain depth of intimacy and commitment to the partnership. When the physical component is missing or troubled for whatever reason, it is even more important for the other sustaining elements to be present.
As we grow older, our bodies change ?- but so do our notions about romantic and sexual love. So in their young married years, couples need to recognize the importance of becoming one another's dearest friend, of building interests together and stimulating each other intellectually, because a couple's sex life is likely to fizzle out long before their love for one another. And if that is done successfully, people will realize that life holds few joys more satisfying than the process of growing old with your life partner.
"It's All about Intimacy"
Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW
Sex is very important to a marriage. Just ask the one out of every three spouses who's in a marriage where there's a sexual desire gap. That is, one spouse is desperately unhappy because this person isn't having sex nearly as often as he or she would like, and the other wonders, "What's the big deal? It's just sex." But for the spouse yearning for more touch, it is a big deal. Sex isn't just a physical release, it's about feeling wanted, connected and loved.
When this sort of misunderstanding occurs, intimacy on all levels fades. Couples stop spending time together, snuggling on the couch, engaging in meaningful conversation, laughing at each other's jokes. Friendship is replaced by resentment, hostility and a painful distancing. This puts marriages at risk of infidelity and/or divorce. But the good news is that regardless of the reasons for a sexual meltdown ?- whether it's due to biological, personal or relationship issues ?- excellent help is available. Anyone wanting a more robust and passionate love life can have it
"Sex Keeps Love Alive"
Dr. Ruth
I think sex is the glue that holds a relationship together. If one or both partners is sexually frustrated, that's likely to wreak havoc on the relationship, often in ways that the couple doesn't even realize. They may be snapping at each other over other matters when the real conflict stems from problems in the sexual arena. The more discord there is in a relationship, the less likely it is that the couple is going to want to have sex. This in turn establishes a vicious cycle that causes not only the couple's sex life, but also the relationship, to spiral downward.
Another pitfall of an asexual relationship is that all physical contact can eventually cease. Hugs and kisses aren't a substitute for sex, but such physical contact is also a necessary component of a healthy relationship. If two people are acting like roommates, then after a while their reasons for staying together become increasingly questionable. For these reasons, it's vital for couples of any age to be proactive and to keep the fires of passion burning. If their sexual fires become completely extinguished, slowly but surely their relationship will die out too.