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Simple Family Tree enables you to create and view a family tree. It is able to display ancestors and descendants of any selected individual. It reads and writes files in the Gedcom (GED) format. You can enter notes, events, a second name, and marriage details for each individual.
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Version 1.32
Adds Save As to File menu. (Jan 29, 2011)
Changes Individual's Info Print button to Export button. (10 Dec)
Fixes obscure bug in List routine. (27 Nov)
Reads birth/death dates from My Heritage GED files. (18 Nov)
Fixes a very obscure bug. (19 Oct)
Adds check and fix for bug caused in an old version. (18 Oct)
Adds Multiple Monitor capability (see the Edit menu). (11 Oct)
Fixes bug in Remove Photo routine. (17 Sep)
Adds Individual info print capability. (8 Sep)
Fixes natural and adoptive parent swap routine. (17 Jul)
Improves check for errors in Gedcom file. (Jan 20, 2010)
Fixes bug that might give a "Try again" message. (24 Dec)
Shows middle names(s) in boxes. (11 Dec)
Changes Menu slightly. (10 Dec)
Changes box size when different font (like Small Font) is selected. (7 Dec)
Works with individual's numbers up to 4,294,967,295. It used to only work with numbers up to 2,147,483,647. (18 Nov)
Adds another check for errors. (17 Nov)
Fixes bug that doesn't re-initialize individual's flags when highlighting new individual. (14 Oct)
Version 1.31
Keeps an obscure bug that shows a child offset from its single parent from occuring when entering that child after having
entered a child with a spouse. (4 Sep)
Adds automatic sorting of spouses by year of marriage when you open the Marriage window for an individual and close it with OK. (13 Mar)
Increased size of an array so a larger The Kings of Europe.ged can be viewed. (Feb 20, 2009)
Fixes a bug that didn't allow connecting existing individuals. (17 Nov)
Shows correct age of an individual within his birth-month. (4 Nov)
Fixes problem with pasting info into Individual's Note. (21 Oct)
Doubles the maximum loop iterations (for very big, complicated trees). (19 Oct)
Fixes a small bug. (6 June)
Fixes photo routine to work properly with Unicode characters. (6 May)
Changes photo data file format so individuals with same name can have their own photos. (22 Apr)
Fixes a couple of bugs. (17 Feb)
Adds Font selection to Menu. (13 Feb)
Fixes two bugs. (13 Feb)
Removes requirement for sex info in older data. (13 Feb)
Converted to Unicode and UTF-8 so it works with any language (theoretically). (Feb 12, 2008)
The app created errors in the tree file that made the data unusable. Tried three times and after having dozens of family entered the file crapped out. Not recommended.
I've been using this app for a couple of months and have had no problems with it. I really like the interface, clean and convenient, and you can't beat the size and speed. Currently at v1.21.
Agree with FriedGeek. Thing keeps giving me errors. Real buggy! Avoid!
I also had problems losing data, which was very frustrating. I solved the problem by periodically saving a backup of the file so that if the file got screwed up, I could go back to the last saved version and not lose too much. Overall, I like the application.
Latest Version 1.26 seems to have an installer, and creates a couple of registry entries. Doesn't seem to be too major, but people should be aware...
For true portability, install, copy the exe and DLL to the USB stick, then uninstall - registry entries are only there to facilitate uninstall, according to the author.
Sometimes it doesn't let me link a descendant if I still don't have "married" the person I want to link, so I have to do stuff in the precise order... annoying!
More over, If I create an individual, when I want to link to that individual, sometimes it creates a new entry with the same name...
Real Good App, non bugs, I'm using 1.3.
I want it UNICODE. It's useless for me
This program works great. Since I can't get Family Tree Maker ver16 to work as a standalone on my USB drive this is great for my trips when I visit relatives. I have over 700 people entered into my Family Tree Maker file and this program supports all the entries easily and very fast.
Keep up the good work
There is another freeware portable app - Ahnenblatt
on http://www.ahnenblatt.com/
Very handy and feature-rich
GRAMPS has an portable version also
Downloaded version is 1.31 This version installs ijl15.dll in windows/system32 To run on a USB drive, copy the dll to the program diretory on usb drive.
I tried writing in Arabic and it saved fine. Why is it written to not support unicode?


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Gary Ablett was unable to attend a schedule training session on the Gold Coast today after flights were cancelled due to the volcanic ash cloud. As usual, his critics are using this to question his commitment and get their name in the press. All you have to do is have a look at his performance this year. If the Suns were not getting whipped most weeks, he would be favourite for the Brownlow. He is a star. His star status has been enhanced by his ability to perform with distinction in the bottom team. The wins the Suns have achieved can be attributed the his on and off field leadership.
Without going into detailed statistics, watching the games and his performance during every match this year, he lets his on-field performance do the talking. Gary - Do not listen to your critics. You have confirmed that you are skilled, committed and a true leader. Keep it going.
Who do you believe?
The AFL and the players union still seem to be a long way apart. The players association wants a fixed percentage of revenues to go to players. They have called a meeting for this week to discuss the current state of the negotiations.
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Tijuana Estuary Trail is a 4 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Imperial Beach, California that features beautiful wild flowers and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Our visit was peaceful for the adults and fun for the kids. From the Visitor Center, we walked 1/3 mile south to where one of the trails dead ends at an overlook with two benches. The kids loved bird watching and just watching the water flowing under the bridge. The exhibits at the Visitor Center are fun and informative for kids and adults, and some of them are hands-on too. Recommend!
Very quiet trail. Peaceful.
I love this trail and mountain bike it with my family often. Hiking is easy but I have to bike as a necessity. Great parking at several different trails heads. You're real close to the ocean at all times so the salt air & breeze is always pleasing/ always there. Since it's an Oceanic Estuary, you'll see lots of native birds. Rabbits & squirrels too.
This was a nice flat walk. No shade and little air movement in some areas. It's described as a loop but be aware that it's mister definitely not. It's an out and back trail. Bring lots of water and wear a hat. Nice bird viewing
If you like birds and rabbits you will love this short trail. flowers, cactus, lots to see.
A nice scenic walk. Plenty of birds and rabbits to catch your eye and not a lot of traffic.
a very nice easy hike I live near here and walk my dog here often
Ok trail isn't really a loop ok for a quick outing
really very easy walked the trail and had to walk extra don't feel like a trail nothing to see
I loved it. beautiful wildlife everywhere.
has a small loop off dairy mart road good for kids and anyone looking for a quick walk. looking forward to the 4 mile loop.
Muy bonito lugar me sentí muy feliz de ver tanta flora y fauna creo que mire más animalitos que cuando e hizo al zoológico
Super easy, fun for kids or for running :)
It's a great hike, but the reason for the 3 stars is because it has no views. It's just flat land with navy helicopters flying above you. one can see wildlife like birds, rabbits and it's a decent walk but no views. It's a good place for bird watching and take a good stroll.I sugest you read Afoot and Afield is a book about trails in San Diego.
The breeze from the ocean is great
Antonio R.
Great tranquil trails , the breeze from the ocean makes it a great place!
rob t.
Amazing trail and beautiful scenery! A nice relaxing spot to hike, walk your dog, and see wildlife. It has a great view of the sunset.
This trail is not much of a hike. It's best for walking, jogging, running or even biking. Theres an estuary hence the name. There's an information center that can provide you with information. They are very helpful, nice & can educate you. If your interested in birds or wild flowers this is a great place!
I grew up hiking this one very easy very kid friendly . this is a good year around hike no hills mostly flat land
Tijuana Estuary is part of a complicated State/Federal Park. The trails are as flat as they come, but if you're interested in birding, or wildflowers, this is an excellent place to bring binoculars, camera and a field guide or two. It's also a kid friendly walk. Spring is ideal, and as the summer wears on and autumn arrives different birds and plants become more prominent. The date I entered is arbitrary, as I've been there many times. The visitor center is worth a look as well. Leave a couple bucks in the donation jar, the parks need our help right now.


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So now that the heaviness surrounding my last phone posts is in the seemingly distant past of last week, I am moving on to the upbeat stuff. Like giving you that sweet pink Clarisonic I promised. (I was given three Clarisonics as thank-you gifts within a span of a few weeks and then the woman giving me a facial -- the outrageously amazing Mila Moursi -- said the Clarisonic was probably too harsh for my skin, which is why I was breaking out, so I am not even using the one that I did open, though I love it IN THEORY. But I won't give you this one, as it has my old skin in it. I will give you the new unopened PINK one!)
So, thanks to you all for the entertaining and genius "next miracle beauty product ideas" you posted in response to my search for the next "boob glue", including:From C.P Woodhouse: A Tampon Multi-Tool, for when you need a screwdriver, bottle opener, or nail file and all you have is a tampon. From Chaka: A product that de-clumps your eyelashes.From Your Mom's Bra: An intra-uterine device that turns menstrual blood into champagne.From melodieyoung: Leg Lube! To help get you into super skinny jeans.From babyshoemagee: Febreze for balls!
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From AnathemaD: A voice modulator that makes even your yelling voice into a compliant breathy whisper so you get more promotions and raises.
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You guys made it even harder by upvoting like crazy two commenters who didn't even have a suggestion but have had rough years and even emailing me telling me to give the thing to the poor girls. But I knew Corynne would kill me if I changed the rules at that point, sooooo the winner is:
musictheoryjoey who came up with three ideas for products that you guys seem to really want two of and one that I can't believe doesn't exist yet -- hair dye sleeves that go over your straightening or curling irons like a Swiffer pad and temporarily color your hair.
The tube of boob glue sitting on my desk goes to Daniella Sloane Alberts for being the first of you to say "BOOB GLUE OVER HERE PLEASE!!!" You can both email Lori at firstname.lastname@example.com and give her your addresses and she'll send them out as efficiently as only Lori can.
Now speaking of presents: I forgot my good friend's birthday on the 15th of last month and didn't even realize I'd forgotten it until weeks later. It is one thing for me to not be tied to dates and times and another to forget dates and times that are important to other people. Man! I was even writing to her about meaningless shit on her birthday without knowing it was her birthday and, agh, any ideas for what to say and get her that will make up for my screw-up more than welcome. If you have given any great presents lately that might spark ideas, I'd be really grateful and will praise you for remembering the events in YOUR friends' and families' lives.
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AEG Ogden today announced the appointment of Mathew Paine as the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) Human Resources Director.
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Bruins Post Senior Day Victory Over Washington State
Oct. 29, 2006
LOS ANGELES - Playing in her final regular season home match at Drake Stadium, senior defender Bristyn Davis scored the game-winning goal in UCLA's 2-0 victory over Washington State on Sunday afternoon, extending UCLA's winning streak to 10-straight. With the win, the Bruins improve to 16-2 overall and 7-0 in the Pac-10. UCLA can guarantee itself at least a share of the 2006 Pac-10 title with either a win or a tie against Oregon next Friday. With the loss, the Cougars fall to 8-6-3 overall and 3-2-2 in the conference.
Davis, who was honored along with five other Bruin seniors prior to the match, put UCLA on the board in the 24th minute on a right-footed blast from the top right corner of the box. Stacy Lindstrom and Danesha Adams were credited with the assists. It marks Davis' first goal since the NCAA Semifinals against Princeton back in 2004.
The Bruins struck again in the 62nd minute, this time on a penalty kick from freshman Lauren Cheney. After dribbling past two Washington State defenders, Cheney was brought down just inside the top of the box resulting in the penalty kick. It marked her team-leading 14th goal of the season.
UCLA goalkeeper Valerie Henderson picked up her 13th victory of the year, ending the match with one save. Washington State goalkeeper Brynn Bemis had a match-high nine saves.
UCLA is now unbeaten in its last 17 conference matches. The Bruins have a chance to become the first team to win four-straight Pac-10 titles. UCLA ends the regular season with an 11-0 home record, tying the school record for most wins in a season. Sunday's attendance of 2,815 was the third largest home attendance ever for the women's soccer team.
The Bruins round out the regular season next week, traveling to the Pacific Northwest for matches against Oregon (Nov. 3) and Oregon State (Nov. 5).
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5 Alternative Vinegars That Will Brighten Your Pantry
Sometimes it feels like there are only three types of vinegar to work with to add acidity to or build flavor in your dishes—red wine, white wine, or balsamic. But, vinegar enthusiast, rest easy: There are many, many more out there, and they deserve a spot on your shelves. If you more thoroughly poke around the vinegar section, or perhaps find yourself in a non-Western food market, take stock of more than these regular suspects—you'll notice flashes of brilliance in liquid form.
To get the lowdown on weird and wild vinegars to watch out for—and then snap up—we asked Michael Harlan Turkell, author of the forthcoming vinegar-focused cookbook Acid Trip and self-proclaimed "vinegar man", to talk us through five different styles you should be stocking from now on.
Fruit and vegetable vinegars
The vinegar that probably comes to mind when you think fruit is apple cider vinegar. And sometimes it's really good (like this version, made in Montreal), but it's a big world, and vinegars can be made from nearly any fruit, from raspberries and figs to citrus and coconut. "Anywhere there's citrus, there can be vinegar," Michael says. In cooking, these vinegars reinforce a recipe's flavors, he points out; they also make an excellent addition to a cheese plate (in a cruet for dipping), on top of ice cream, or mixed with a fruit salad.
Vegetables aren't left out here, either. Michael says that tomato vinegar can be used for pickling tomatoes or in slaw instead of white vinegar, and it can also be used in place of pickle juice in fried chicken batter. He also makes a hot pepper vinegar, which is lighter and multi-dimensional compared to other vinegar hot sauces on the market. While by all means you can choose to tackle some of these at home like Michael, regional specialty vinegars aren't hard to find if you just do some searching.
Malt vinegar
In its basic form, malt vinegar is a strong, sharp friend to a mess of fries—and because it is so tangy, it's easy to forget that it's made from leftover beer. With the proliferation of craft breweries in America, and in turn, lots of spent grain from brewing, Michael predicts that there will soon be more access to higher-quality malt vinegars (for pub food and beyond) than what you'll see today.
With all the ways to cook with beer, it's not surprising that this byproduct is just as useful in the kitchen. It's an especially good substitute for red wine vinegar, which can often be too acidic in cooking. Here are a few ways to use malt vinegar more regularly:
- Sprinkle on baked potatoes
- Baste burgers
- Marinate red meat, especially gamey meats like rabbit and lamb
- Stir into aiolis and mustards
- Add to a roast that's stewing
- Use in sausage making
Alternative wine vinegars
Do you know what grapes your wine vinegar is made from? If you can't find out what the varietal is from label, Michael says, the vinegar's usually not that great. And while those details aren't always possible to find out, it's a telling thing to look for when you are trying new vinegars. Wines from around the world are, as you can imagine, made into vinegars that reflect those regions—Michael mentions Cava, Vin Santo, and Moscato as particular favorites. Rosé vinegar is often more delicate and fruity than red wine vinegar, a complex substitution for either that or white wine vinegar.
Honey vinegar
Honey vinegar is not only something you should keep on hand to cook with—it's also an excellent addition to your bar cart. It can stand in for white wine vinegar in many recipes, and can also be used in cocktails or something to top off a glass of seltzer water.
"It's the easiest one to make on your own if you can't find it, too," Michael adds. His recipe? Mix honey with water 5:1, put the mixture in a mason jar, cover the top with cheesecloth, and let it all ferment for a month.
Dark rice vinegars
You'll find basic rice vinegars in both Chinese and Japanese cooking, but why not swap it out for something with a bit more complexity? Michael suggests to go beyond the awasezu—the pre-seasoned stuff for sushi that we get here—and experiment with Chinese black vinegar, amber vinegars, and Chinkiang vinegar. A combination of any of these with soy sauce and some chili oil makes a quick sauce for noodles or, as you see above, something a little further afield.
No matter what vinegars you choose to add to your repertoire, Michael left us with some guidance for storage: Don't store your vinegars over the oven, and always keep the good stuff in the fridge.
Vinegars beyond red (or white) wine: Yay or nay? Tell us your favorite in the comments below.


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Governor asks other depts to come to DOE's aid
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called on departments and agencies that have a role in school sports to absorb costs involved, instead of passing them on to the Department of Education, which should be concentrating on educating the territory's future generations.
Some of the expenses borne by DOE in past years when it comes to the sports program are things such as electricity, after-hours use of the Veterans Memorial Stadium, police services and KVZK-TV crew filming football games.
This was one of the many issues pertaining to DOE that the governor mentioned during the July 11 cabinet meeting, where Lolo stressed several times the need for all directors to offer their assistance in any way they can when it comes to the DOE and educating our students.
Among the "educational activities" that DOE is involved with, said the governor is that they have sports at the Veterans Memorial Stadium and they have "been bearing this cost every year."
"... so I've instructed the departments that are involved, to bear with us. Whatever the cost to your department, you bear that cost," the governor told directors. "We have things like charging overtime to the Education [Department] — that will not happen in our administration."
"You're given that responsibility to provide the service, provide it for our people." he said. "Let the DOE do what they are supposed to do... focus on educating our young people and our children."
During the cabinet meeting, the governor said other ASG departments, such as Department of Public Works, could assist DOE by working out an agreement to provide maintenance to public schools.
He said, "Educators spend so much time on how to fix the light bulbs, to fix the toilet — anybody can do that. Let the educators focus on teaching our children. When they do that, the next five to ten years, we'll be getting better students than what we have had so far."
"So we are in the process of developing a system where we can maintain all the supporting services from other agencies and let DOE focus... on education," he added.
DOE director Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau told Samoa News earlier this month that DOE received a $1.6 million increase in its new school budget from the Governor's Office with a specific request to restore the sports program.
At least $200,000 is being restored for the sports program, but Vaitinasa added a precaution that sports and all other extracurricular activities are secondary to DOE's primary mission, which is academic achievement.
Some lawmakers plan to question DOE officials during the not-yet-scheduled hearings for the fiscal year 2014 budget, on the issue of funding for sports programs.
Also during the cabinet meeting, the governor suggested that directors and other senior ASG officials, who have teaching backgrounds, should assist as well by being substitute teachers at schools where they have been designated to help clean.
"If you can serve as a role model in the classroom or as a substitute teacher" that will greatly assist in the administration's goal to improve student performance, he said.
Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga added that there are about eight or so staffers at the Governor's Office with backgrounds or credentials in teaching, who could be substitute teachers. Lemanu said he was been instructed by the governor for these staffers "to brush up on their teaching skills" in order to help out with classroom teaching.


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Opened December 15, 1915 with two adjoining 750-seat auditoria, the Duplex Theater was one of the country's first twin theaters and pre-dates the multiplex craze by nearly five decades.
It closed in 1922, but its place in exhibition history remains.
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The book I cited in my previous comment also has a nice photo of Fuller Claflin (scroll up a bit in the Google Books scan.) You can also read the earlier parts of his biographical sketch, which covers the history of his family in North America. The Claflins were an interesting lot.
Thanks Joe,always like your stuff you get on.
While doing research on the Duplex Theater in Detroit, I came across this item mentioned in the Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record of Jan 22, 1916, and the same ad in Moving Picture World Feb 12, 1916:
"C. Howard Crane, architect, Dime Bank building, will ask for bids on a new theater for the Boulevard Theater company at 1537 Gratiot avenue, to cost $50,000."
I wonder if this is the Cary Duplex Joe mentioned? Subsequent research has provided no further info on that address or theater in Detroit. Perhaps the design was commissioned and therefore in Crane's records, but never completed? The Mar 19, 1918 edition of The Moving Picture World mentions that Fuller Clafin had charge of the Duplex, and was trying to spin the bad news of the theater only using both auditoriums on weekends. If he had charge of the theater as opposed to H.M Payne (who was touted as a theater operator of high quality) by 1918, and the Duplex closed in 1922, perhaps the financial situation of the Boulevard Theater Co. was too shaky to complete the Crane design on Gratiot. Clafin might have invested too heavily on his own and was forced to take over the daily operations.
These are all just guesses of course, but the pieces seem to fit.
I've rechecked the Crane project list in Ms. DiChiera's thesis, and it looks like the Cary Duplex proposal dated from either 1912 or 1913. As project #96, it comes after the Comique Theatre (project #94,) opened in 1912, and before the Liberty Theatre (project #115,) which opened in 1913. Given the period, it wouldn't have been the proposed theater on Gratiot Avenue announced in 1916.
Possibly the Cary Duplex project was an earlier proposal for a twin-auditorium theater that didn't get built. The Duplex Theatre of 1915 was probably the project noted in this item from the September 5, 1914, issue of The Music Trade Review:
:"The Grand Boulevard Theater Co. which will build a picture theater on Grand boulevard, Detroit, has been incorporated for $100,000. The principal stockholders are Fuller Claflin, E. Henry Griffin, and Daniel H. Kerney."I don't think that the Boulevard Theatre Company which was planning the 1916 project on Gratiot Avenue was the same outfit as the Grand Boulevard Theatre Company that built the Duplex. The Boulevard Theatre Company, which was headed by J. C. Ritter, operated the Boulevard Theatre, as well as the Rialto.
Nice work, Joe. I was thinking about checking the project #'s to see if they were in date order but somehow it slipped my mind amongst a pile of papers on my desk. With the bit from the Music Trade Review it seems that Claflin would have reason to take over in 1918 if the ship was indeed sinking and the $100K matches the advertisement for investors as well as the description in the Feb 12, 1916 Moving Picture World article.
In most cases when a theater building's owners took over operation of the business, it was because they were unable to find any reliable operators willing to lease the house from them, so that probably was the case with the Duplex. A tremendous number of theaters were built in Detroit during the 1910s, so the city probably had too many seats for several years, despite its rapid population growth.
This must have been true for the Duplex, which had to compete not only with other neighborhood theaters such as the Norwood, opened the same year, but with the Regent, a larger and more palatial house that opened nearby on Woodward Avenue in 1916.
Many years ago the custodian of Metropolitan Methodist Church, near the Duplex, praised its arrangement to me. According to him it showed the same movie in both auditoriums but staggered the starting time. He liked that if you arrived in the middle of a movie, you didn't have to wait around a long time to see its beginning.
I believe my grandfather, James C Ritter. My mother and his daughter was Eleanor Ritter Bradford.
This opened on December 15th, 1915. Grand opening ad from the Sunday before in photo section.
Here is a great article on this very strange theater.
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Five Mini Michigan Getaways
Whether you're looking for a mini escape with friends, a romantic date night or a family outing, Michigan has plenty of mini-getaways for every occasion!
Get Active!
Sometimes, there is nothing more beautiful than looking out your window and see a fresh, glistening snowfall. If you enjoy winter sports, head to your nearest ski area and hit the slopes! For a romantic date night, a fun outing with friends or a family-friendly activity, try ice skating at Campus Martius Park in the heart of downtown Detroit or in Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids!
Dinner and Drinks
With new restaurants opening all over the state, heading out for dinner and drinks is always a great option! Michigan has a large selection of unique restaurants, award-winning craft breweries and wineries that are sure to wow you. Whether it's the tried and true Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, the ever-pleasing Short's Brewing Company in Bellaire or these seven buzzworthy spots to grab a bite in Detroit, you won't have a hard time choosing a spot to spend a few hours catching up!
Head to a Sporting Event
Is there anything like the energy of a sporting event? Cheer on your favorite Michigan sports teams in one America's best sports cities! Wrap up in your Red Wings gear to watch the team work hard or support the Detroit Pistons with games throughout the entire month of February. You can also head to either Ann Arbor or East Lansing and catch a great hockey or basketball game from the Spartans and Wolverines.
Wine Weekend Getaway
Michigan wine trails are a must-visit destination for every season! Grab a group of friends or plan a romantic getaway along your favorite wine trail. Michigan wine trails include Traverse City's Leelanau Peninsula and the narrower Old Mission Peninsula,Southwest Michigan's Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail and Southeast Michigan's Thumb's Up Wine Trail. These noteworthy trails offer award-winning wines, unique wineries and enchanting bed-and-breakfasts along the trails. The best part? The winter season brings less crowds to these wine regions so you and your loved ones can enjoy a quiet weekend amidst Northern Michigan winter beauty!
Take a Shopping Trip!
With great outlet malls all over the state, grab a group of friends and shop til' you drop! Whether you stay overnight or make it a long day-trip, a visit to an outlet mall is always a fun mini getaway. Michigan outlet malls include Tanger Outlets in Howell Michigan, Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Preferred Outlets at Traverse City, Birch Run Premium Outlets and more!


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If you buy into these conspiracy theories, I apologize to you.
If you believe 19 young men did not steer two planes into the World Trade Towers on 9/11, forgive me for laughing. My mother told me not to laugh at other peoples beliefs. Sorry, Mom.
Conspiracies are a growth industry. We should have a company - Conspiracies R Us. It could sell conspiracies, distribute them. Maybe find sponsors for them.
Anyway, they are flying thick as mosquitoes in springtime these days. Conspiracies are. People are pumping out movies, tv shows, books, articles. They have claimed for years that Dianas death was a _______. Fill in the blank The conspiracy theories range from kidnapping to gun shots. Some believe she is held captive. With Elvis, I believe.
Conspiracy guys still convince each other there were 45 unaccounted for shooters in Dallas when JFK died. Including a dozen crouched behind the grassy knoll.
Conspiracy guys still believe FDR arranged for Pearl Harbor. Knew about it beforehand. Planned it. Whatever.
And now conspiracy guys assure us there were explosive charges planted in the World Trade Towers. These went off after the planes crashed. It is those charges that brought down the towers.
Popular Mechanics magazines experts have looked at all such theories and pronounced them bunk. But, hey, they could be in on the conspiracy. Bought off by the CIA.
I can just imagine the guys delivering the huge explosive charges by elevator. Got a delivery of gelignite for youse guys. Im supposed to plant it by those windows over there.
The conspiracy boys also tell us a plane did not, did not plow into the Pentagon. Look - its a bird. No, its a plane! No ... its a missile! Thats what they tell us. A missile. A plane could not do such damage. And a couple of witnesses claim that what they saw almost looked like a missile. Right.
Simple question: So what happened to the folks on the plane that day? They were talking to relatives on cell phones. Did they just vanish? I know, I know. Kidnapped. Safely stowed away with Diana. And Elvis.
Another simple question: If our enemies used a missile, why bother to try to convince us it was a plane? Why kidnap the plane and the passengers? Why not just shoot a missile?
One conspiracy theory that will never die is that George Bush and Dick Cheney knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance. One popular theory is that they planned the attacks.
Yup. President and Osama were pen pals. Mapped out the entire attack.
That makes sense when you drop in the jigsaw piece known as the Iraq War. After all, Bush planned it to avenge his fathers hesitation. Cheney planned it to benefit Halliburton. Or Mobil. Or whoever. Halliburton? Thats the company that he used to work for. It slips him millions under the table every year.
So do the big oil companies. The ones that conspired to raise our gasoline prices to over $3 a gallon. They have that power, you know. Even though 90 percent of oil is in the hands of governments, not oil companies.
If they conspired to raise prices so much, why are prices falling now? Shhhh ... its just for show. To distract us.
Another simple question: Of all these conspiracy theories floated over the years, which ones have proven true? Right.
Of course, there is that one that Monica decided exactly when to launch the missiles into that aspirin factory. Now that one sounds right to me. How about to you?
Of course, you can hardly believe anything I write. Im part of the conspiracy. Or havent you heard?
From Tom ... as in Morgan.
For more columns and for Toms radio shows (and to write to Tom): tomasinmorgan.com.


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How to Tweeze Eyebrows Without Pain
Your eyebrows are the frame to your eyes and face. Creating the most pleasing shape and eradicating stray hairs can help this frame to look its best. Tweezing the brows can be an inexpensive and quick way to keep your brows in the right shape, but there is one drawback to tweezing the brows: the pain that can accompany pulling those small hairs out of the follicle. Certain tips help you to minimize pain while creating beautiful brows.
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Step 1
Take an over-the-counter pain reducer, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, about one hour before tweezing to help minimize pain.
Step 2
Take a shower or place a hot towel over the face for at least five minutes before tweezing. The hot temperatures help to open up the hair follicles, making eyebrow hairs easier to remove. Dry the eyebrows before tweezing, however, as moistened hair can be more difficult to grab.
Step 3
Grasp the skin around the eyebrow and pull it taut to help you best identify the hair you wish to tweeze as well as minimize slipping when you do tweeze.
Step 4
Tweeze the hair, pulling in the direction of hair growth. Following the hair pattern helps prevent ingrown hairs and reduces pain, according to the website Beauty and Personal Grooming. You should pull the hair as quickly as possible to minimize trauma to the area.
Step 5
Pat the area you just tweezed several times with your index fingers to immediately minimize the sting that occurs after tweezing.
Step 6
Ice the area you just tweezed to close the follicle, minimize swelling and reduce pain. Wrap the ice in a towel to avoid touching the skin directly. You also can apply cool tea bags to the area after tweezing to soothe the affected area. Be sure to disinfect your tweezers after every use by soaking them in alcohol to help prevent introducing bacteria into an open hair follicle.


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LeapFrog will launch a new wearable gadget that wants to address the lack of physical activity among children.
The smartwatch-type device, called the LeapBand, motivates children to exercise in a playful way by encouraging them to walk like a crab or spin like a helicopter. For every task fulfilled, the child receives points
"LeapBand is a great way to get kids up and active and help them develop a strong foundation for healthy lifestyles," said Jody Sherman LeVos, director of LeapFrog's learning team.
"One of the best parts of the LeapBand experience is that kids will have so much fun playing they may not realise all of the physical exercise they are experiencing and the healthy habits they are learning."
The playful tasks include virtual pets designed to keep children active. The gadget, to be launched in the UK in August, monitors the child's movements and assesses his or her overall level of physical activity.
"We understand that helping a child reach their full potential not only includes helping them learn numbers and letters, but encouraging them to establish healthy habits and get the exercise they need every day through play," LeVos said.
Wearable technology has become the new trend in consumer electronics with world-leading companies such as Google or Facebook introducing their own devices. While Google's Google Glass has not yet been fully released to the market, some companies, including Virgin Atlantic have already tested the gadgets in novel applications to improve customer service.
Facebook recently acquired virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR and Samsung rolled out a whole set of new smartwatches in a single day earlier this month. Apple is expected to follow suit soon with its own highly anticipated smartwatch.


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Good morning!
Last week we started talking about the ideas we have of different countries (stereotypes) and we saw that more often than not they are overgeneralisations that do not correspond to reality. You worked in groups and thought about the stereotypes we have of the British, the Americans, the Germans and the Spanish. Then we worked with a text called "What every visitor to England should know".
After that, we learnt the different uses of the -ing form of the verb and we practised with several exercises:
During the break we had a small tea party and I told you about the typical English Cream Tea. Here you have a picture of a scone which, remember, you fill with butter, marmalade and whipped cream... delicious!!
On Thursday you watched an awesome video with Leah and you talked about the incredible creatures living in the ocean. Here I post the video, in case you want to watch it again:
You can go to the original website to watch it with subtitles.
In my hour we learnt some idioms of comparison, e.g. as deaf as a post. Hope you remember some of them next week!!
In Avanzado 1 A María del Mar did her presentation about her year in the USA (thanks!), and at some point she talked about Halloween and Halloween candy. That reminded me of a video I watched last Christmas: there's a famous TV presenter in the States at the moment called Jimmy Kimmel and he always asks people to do something strange or funny, record it and send it to the programme.
During Halloween, he asked parents to tell their kids they had eaten all the Halloween candy and video-tape their reactions. Here you have the results! (the recordings start at second 38):
He did something similar during Christmas: this time he asked parents to give their kids a terrible present... some of the children are absolutely hilarious!!
Talking about oral presentations, last week I forgot to post a video I had in mind. Ana Belén Muñoz, from Avanzado 1 A, talked about New Zealand and she mentioned the dance that All Blacks do before every match (Haka War Dance). Here you have it in case you've never watched it. It also includes some information about the dance and the translation of what they shout!
Amazing! I feel bad for the opponents though!


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A few weeks ago, I posted about finding these cute Disney Princess Headbands over on my Facebook Page! As I expected a lot of you LOVED these headbands and wanted to know where to find them! You can purchase these headbands over on Etsy – HERE. She can either make them as headbands as shown or into hair clips! They really are so cute!
The headbands are packaged great and mine arrived in the mail in a timely manner. The headband itself is wonderfully made! All of the edges are heat sealed so there will be no fraying. My daughter, who is 4, absolutely loves wearing hers and she normally doesn't like headbands! The color of the ribbon will vary but it will coordinate with the princess! We ended up with a purple polka dotted base ribbon on our Ariel headband and we couldn't have been more thrilled – Addie's favorite color is purple!
Because I really like this product and I know you all will too, I got together with Daniella (store owner) and we put together a little giveaway for 1 lucky winner!
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- Share this giveaway on your facebook page and leave a comment below
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Congrats to the winner comment #30 Heidi for winning the Disney Princess Headband!


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Sat Oct 04, 2008
OK Time To Move On
Everyone hates my logging in procedure here, even me, with PMachine. So, after the ticker clicked over 600,000 hits, I'm taking everybody's advice for once in my life and shifting ALL new posts over to Blogger. Despite all my barking about the iDiocy of popular products lines, in the last year or so I've got myself an iPod, and iPhone, and an iMac... I may as well sink completely into the morass of mass-consumption mediocrity and do it the simple way. The new name is:
As I'm paying $6 a month for THIS site, I expect it'll be here for a long time yet for those who wish to browse the most excellent archives. I might even put them together into a PDF for downloading at some stage. (Why do I say these things?!) If I could find a way to send over the old posts to Blogger, I would, but, hey it's nearly dinner time and I've hardly left my room all day as it is...
OK - so GO HERE from now on. Redirect your links, update your RSS feeds, do whatever you feel necessary to stay in contact. Email is the same.
Again, from now on it'll be happening here...
Also, there'll be a period, no doubt a long period, where I tweak all the colours and fonts and images, as well as my ideas and opinions, until they fit.
It's been a ride. See you all there.
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Aussie Pioneering Spirit
Creepy was rather pissed off at the atheletic young lad who recently walked through the security sensors to kill, main or feed to a large crocodile $50,000 worth of native lizards, goannas and turtles in a town called Alice Springs...
I have to take umbrage this - for some reason Creepy has turned into a master Aussie baiter!
What a truly pioneering Aussie spirit this young Australian boy evinces. Excellent work, Holmes! Let's rid this damned country of all these strange animals, either by eating them (the original aboriginals munched through most of the mega-fauna in their first 40,000 years in Australia - roast giant wombat tucker! You bewdy!) or by following that great tradition that united the humble swagman and elitist farmer alike in Australia's noble past (that included getting rid of most the original aboriginals):
If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't, chop it down.
Of course, even such valiant attempts to remake this great southern land in the image of our caring and ever loving motherland, Old Blighty herself as bringing a few harmless rabbits and the like are deemed vandalous and illegal by the bloody Greenies.
Those commo, poofto, lesbo, wacko hippy, tree-hugging Greenies! Wish we could shoot them too! But crikey, you can't kill anything to make a living these days!
Still, we have a great country under our feet. A huge country with vast tracts of ... iron-ore, copper, bauxite, uranium. FYI, this knowledge is often brought to us by naked geologists, those who work part-time at the topless bars in Kalgoorlie and hence need an all-over tan (I kid you not - the ex-husband of one of my previous girlfriends [not the public-bench girl] can vouch for this!)...
So of late, with China booming and calling out for raw-materials lead to metamorphisize into the alchemical gold of manufacturing profits, using coolie labor of course, Australia has a new mantra. Australia, that enormous empty island, that open-cut mine with a sea-view:
If it can be turned into toxic products in China, dig it up and sell it!
A sun-burnt country, a land of sweeping plain-faced red-necked wives on the patio looking out over the cane-fields at the bio-fuel crops...
What's a few ancient lizards, I ask? Been on the planet long e-bloody-nuff I reckon, couldn't be smart enough to evole into something else, fuck, em! Good onya lad, you're a bloody legend in my book! Give the boy a gun next, I say; set him on the bloody Asian and Muslim immigrants in the big smoke, in bloody poofter central, Sydney!
That'll sort the sheep from the New Zealanders!
(Sigh. Wonder how many people will think I'm serious about this?)
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Shagging In Public
Here's a meme that should score some hits...
It was confession time this morning. A friend of mine who is no longer famous admitted to having shagged by the Singapore River late last night, near the multi-colored bridge not far from Gallery Hotel. I pressed her for details (natch! I'm always thinking of you guys!) Not just oral; full sex. With a friend, she modified, not some random guy. She seemed to think herself quite the outrageous tart...
"I once had a shag on a public bench in a park, surrounded by squawking swans," I casually countered, placing a coffee sachet in the new (2nd hand) Philips Senseo. I was in my late 30s at the time, hardly the over-hormonized youth, but still capable of outrageous acts...*
Her chin dropped. "Oh my god, really?"
E@L you wild action-adventure hero! I didn't mention that it was nighttime and I was petrified and drunk at the time and that the swans were more likely ducks or geese (I couldn't tell in the dark) that had been trying to sleep until our shenanigans disturbed them.
I had to drag the two of us into a park in order to gain some privacy, as afforded by the nocturnal conditions, for my partner (the sexual aggressor in the situation) seemed intent that it would be neither here nor there if we should do it outside the nightclub on the footpath, in the lights of the traffic streaming down Main St. Maybe she thought the pulsing lights meant we were still on a disco-floor, one of her other preferences for deeply intimate contact.
I decided that 'there', at the side of a billabong, in a nearby park, under some coolibah trees possibly, rather than 'here' on the street would be the safest bet for not getting arrested for public indecency and interfering with protected wildlife. I found a bench just out of the street-light, and a few ducks, geese and/or swans scampered away from us. In the fevered breathing and fretful searching among disheveled clothing (it is freaking cold in country Australia at night, this was not a nekkid thing) we managed somehow expose the appropriate regions of engorged flesh sufficiently to unite them briefly for some awkward but cathartic grunting...
Another safe bet would be to find a condom, but in the struggle to achieve our physical unification, one of the aggrieved bloody swans took it! (Not really, but wouldn't it be funny if...?)
I press the blue light on the coffee machine and a shot of espresso moistens the bottom of my cup. I seem to recall that the bench-top conflagration didn't last quite as long as it took me to prepare this nice coffee.
I seem to recall also that the lady in question sort of came to her senses (omni animale sunt embarrassed post public coitus) at this point, and horrified at what had happened (again) started off at an exceedingly brisk pace in search of her hotel, in which direction she knew not, with E@L following up the rear shouting directions and apologies for allowing himself to be raped by her (again)...
I retire to my room, feeling a mixture of smugness and shame, and commence this blog.
So where, gentil reader, have you "done it?"
* (I'm not counting the semi-public performances of horrific indecency perpetrated by Bruce and the myriad others who write under the E@L pseudonym that have occurred behind the velvet drapes of certain clubs in Wanchai (HK), not to mention Manila, Phuket, Hanoi, Kiaoshung, Beijing, etc...)
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Thu Oct 02, 2008
Whatever Happened To Harry?
Still I haven't heard anything further in the press about Harry Nicolaides detainment in Bangkok on that charge of lèse majesté ... I blogged about it nearly a month ago. Coincidentally today, just as I was drafting this comment I found a nice review of the Thai use of this "crime" on an Australian blog called New Mandala. It seems even the King is not such a big fan of the lèse majesté law, but it is a convenient method of stifling dissent, or just shutting up trouble makers failing any other seditious acts or words (or thoughts). How Nicolaide's offense comes under that rubric is beyond comprehension.
Here's his mother talking on the radio on YouTube: many of the comments to the video are satirical (at least I hope they are!).
As a further aside, it seems that Nicolaide's book Verisimilitude was privately published in a run of 50 copies of which only seven were sold. The international writers organization PEN has taken up the case. How the Thai police managed to pick themselves up one of those copies AND find the offending bit (3 lines with no names mentioned) about Thai princes who shag around a bit is another mystery... Someone dobbed him in, of course (or was it a publicity stunt as some commentators on this blog have suggested?).
And of course, now that the case is in the media, the "fictional" accusations just gain more credibility in reality. According to what his mother says, he was told about the alleged royal person's alleged misbehaiour by a Thai person, and he wrote it down. That his book was banned and that there was an arrest warrant for him was not communicated to him by the book's distributors.
It's about time Harry was released from the hell of "Bangkok Hilton". He has suffered more than enough for what in a normal society wouldn't even raise an eyebrow... (Except maybe in Singapore, or Myanmar or Stalinist Russia.) This is a ridiculous over-reaction!
Free Harry Nicolaides!
How do you start a Facebook campaign?
p.s. on a style note, one reviewer allegedly said the book was the worst thing he had ever read...
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The Best Policy
From The True Chronicles of Bruce.
Nong had small teeth, short teeth. Memorably short. Very little distance from the biting edge to the gums. What had she worn them down chewing on, Bruce wondered?
Still, he admitted to himself, she was very pretty. With sparkling dark eyes, long wavy hair worn loose, smooth dark skin and soft high cheekbones above a captivating set of dimples*, she carried her still excellently proportioned Thai body with an erotically charged casual ease. But she was not so young anymore. On closer inspection, her muscle tone was more mellowed than the other girls, her tummy a few centimetres too loose now after several pregnancies. She no longer had the saleable hard-body of her youth. She admitted to being 32. She admitted to having only couple of long-term boyfriends from overseas. But she was not available to the customers like Bruce on a daily basis any more: she was now the mama-san of this small beer-bar at the far north end of Pattaya beach.
In this capacity she stood in for Louis, the French manager of the bar, who only came in for one or two beers around 10pm to check on the nights meagre takings. Nong sorted the girls out, made sure they were healthy and ready to work, made sure they were fed, encouraged, prettified; she checked their lists of fines and credits for Louis to later tabulate against what they still owed him for rent and for personal cash loans; she made sure they called out "Hello, welcome!" to all the potential customers passing on the way from the Dusit Resort to the nearby stand to grab a tuk-tuk or taxi along Beach Rd to Walking Street...
The beer-bar Nong was running was one of a pair in the open space at the bottom floor of a Japanese club (Susie). The provenance of this old place was uncertain as was the choice of the three elaborate Roman style columns** which bore the weight across the front of the building. They could not have been selected by owners of the Japanese club, surely not. One hoped that they pre-dated the refitting of the place as bars and were in keeping with its original use. Maybe a small hotel was once here? A bank?
Each beer-bar had its drinking area at the opposite end of the space to the other. They were run as separate businesses, managed by different people and the girls had a fierce but not quite serious rivalry. The bars were mirror images of each other, architecturally reflected at the central pillar and the door at the back of the bars which led to Club Susie. Around that door of dark-glass were lighted signs in green, red and pink curly Japanese script***, presumably inviting entry and promising all sorts of Nipponese thrills in the discreet "karaoke" rooms upstairs. Several shelves of ambiguously Japanese trinkets, like Hello Kitty dolls, flanked the door. Buddhist prayer flags and winds chimes danced in the slight on-shore breeze of evening out by the front of the bar, under red and green striped eaves. Both of the drinking bars were decorated with large yellow and black diamond tiles. There were chrome-framed mirrors behind the glass shelves which held bottles of Galliano, Midori , Vermouth, Cointreau, Cognac, Johnny Walker (Red and Black) whiskey, and of course Tequila, the bar-hostess's standard short drink. Several show-bottles of twisted glass sported colored fluid that tempted no-one, not the most desperare hard-case. The mirrors reflected harshly back into the customer area all the bright fluorescent tubes and the red colored snake-lights, as well as the mirrors of the equally garish opposite bar. It was not a visually quiet place.
Pattaya Bar, 2001
Business? It was quiet in that sense. Bruce was the lone, early customer. He sat and watched the sunset from his red vinyl stool, trying to drink slowly to avoid a sour Thai stomach which would be the eventual result if he continued his preferred Pattaya diet of Chang beer and chili noodles for too many days at a stretch. He turned and hunched his heavy frame forward stretching the blue Hawaiian shirt Ooh had chosen for him in the market yesterday, and leant over the bar to see what the girls were doing. Noi was writing in her diary, practising English. Ooh had been trying out some new makeup style to go with her denim shirt, one which pinched her small breasts into something approaching a cleavage, but had paused to send a txt message. It failed to go. She had no credit on her phone-card. She complained to Bruce: "I owe seben towsend baht, my phone calls!" Bruce shrugged. He was giving her 500Baht for each day she spent with him already. What more could he do? He would buy her a present on the last day. Or maybe a present for her baby in Bangkok.
Mama-san Nong had been seated on a white plastic chairs at one of the marble dining tables, writing something silently for a while. She pushed back the chair and moved gracefully to behind the bar and placed herself in front of Bruce. She wore a conservative black halter top which left some inches of her slightly flabby belly exposed above her grey pants. She smiled a well practiced genuine smile at him. Those short teeth. "Kha Bruce, can you hep me with write letter my terak in London."
Bruce smiled back and put his beer holder down.
"Of course. What have you written so far?" he asked.
She seemed a little embarrassed at the short letter that had taken her so much time to compose on the table. "My dahling, my terak. I miss you. I love you." She looked up and said, "That is all I heb so far. You must hep me, hokay." She handed the letter across to him.
Bruce dropped his chin to his chest in order to hide his amazement and amusement as he read. After a silent spasm shook his shoulders he looked up, took a deep breath, cocked his head and said, in a mock-serious tone, "And DO you love him?"
Nong's falsely genuine smile disappeared and what seemed to be a real expression came into her face. She pursed her mouth slightly like she was trying to hold back a laugh. Her brilliant eyes flashed at Bruce, sending waves of understanding and communion into his, and her cute dimples rapidly deepened. She was eternally beautiful at this moment, even though her teeth were nearly worn away, even though her tummy was not so taught, even though she was mightily old at 32. She looked at him without guile or pretense. When she spoke to him, he was certain she was being honest. He had never heard a Thai girl speak so truthfully.
"I love his money," she said.
* Bruce was a sucker for dimples.
** I'm picking them as Composite Order.
*** Hiragana script is the curly one.
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Wed Sep 24, 2008
Funny, You Don't Look Japanese
Something always goes wrong, right? Always. In over 10 years of doing my job there has never been one, that's ONE (1), time that a work trip and associated demo or training has ever gone smoothly.
Something always fucks up. The crucial cable is missing. Someone plugs the 110V machines into a 240V outlet, twice in ten minutes (I kid you not - and it wasn't me.) The plane is late. The bus is early. I travel 14 hours but they don't accept male support staff into the OB scanning room, so I travel 14 hours back again.
Last night I arrived in Chennai. I say night, but it was early morning in my brain's GMT. Things went uncommonly smoothly from the moment as I hit the stale, dusty, rotten-carpet stench of the airport's terminal. I got through immigration on a two person queue. My luggage came it out, like third! I was out of the terminal in record time. Trouble brewing, karma-wise.
I walked into the outside air, whoof, turned to the left and slowly went past all the greeters who stood behind a steel-barrier fence, holding A4 pages of various names printed with a dot-matrix quality for me to decipher. No "E@Large c/o LocalCo".
A second lap found my BOSS's name on the clipboard of one white shirted, moustachioed desperado-looking dude. I said to myself - "Is that MY Nagasaki-Hiroshima-san?" Must be a coincidence. Very common Japanese name. The boss isn't coming till tomorrow, he's in Vietnam today.
I did another lap. No E@Large signs still, even at the Non-Exploding Marriott stand. I went back to the Nagasaki-Hiroshima guy.
"Is that the Mr Nagasaki-Hiroshima from LocalCo?"
Heads all around the area start to oscillate laterally. Mumbling breaks out in various shades of Tamil and Hindi and English as the people next to him translate my query into desperado-ese.
"From LocalCo, yes indeed..." he finally admitted, rubbing a finger on a large mole on his cheek.
I shrug my aching shoulders. Another fuck-up. "I'm E@Large from LocalCo. I'm here tonight, I have arrived tonight. He's not coming today, he's coming tomorrow."
A level of light went down in the desperado's eyes and began he to look at the sign he held as some sort of poisoned package. He took it down, and looked at it, showed it to me. The date was 23rd. Tomorrow.
"He's coming tomorrow night, see? Tomorrow. The 23rd."
Desperado was crushed. I said, "It's OK I'm here. Mr E@Large." He pulled out his mobile and started to call somebody. I asked him to come down to the gate where I could get out of the crush of other people looking for *their* fucked up messages and hotel-car bookings. He disappeared back into the crowd of greeters with the phone to his ear and moved to the left. I followed him on my side of the barrier. Then he pushed through a different section of the layers of greeters and handed his phone across to me.
I couldn't understand a word. Maybe there was something about two printouts, grabbed the wrong one...
I said to desperado, "Yes, it's OK you can take me to the Marriott now. Mr Hiroshima-Nagasaki will be here tomorrow..."
He wobbled his head, which I took to mean either nothing, or OK, or damn it.
When I got to the end of the barrier he took the trolley from me and headed off into the murk of the carpark, never looking back. I hobbled as fast as I could, trying not to lose sight of him as we wove through the chattering baggage boys, tooting Ambassodors backing into parks, gesturing old-lady beggars, surprised families asleep in the moon-umbrage of the trees.
He was not happy to be taking me it seemed.
Maybe Japanese tip more than Australians. Certainly more than
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Fri Sep 19, 2008
On A New Drug
I want a new drug
One that wont make me sick
One that wont make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick
I want a new drug
One that wont hurt my head
One that wont make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that wont make me nervous
Wondering what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you
Fuck that Effexor poison, never taking that crap again. I want a drug that won't make the dick shrink or make me piss myself. Plus, I felt 3 MILES thick!
The Neuro Doc this morning put me on a very benign yet hopefully effective treatment based on alpha-lipoic acid (thioctic acid). When I say "based on" I mean "consisting of only".
According to the specs I've picked up in a quick tour around Googletown, it seems to be quite the bee's knees. No side effects, no adverse effects, no overdose possible. As a cynic, that would suggest to me that there are probably NO effects whatsoever, including positive ones and I might as well shove it my arse as rub it over my belly but, hey, I'm paying good money here, let's roll with this... Let's turn up the positive on the attitude-o-meter!
A vitamin-like substance that is naturally occurring in the body, which when boosted by supplements helps repair memory loss and liver damage, may hold off certain types of cancer, and works well against peripheral neuropathy. Essentially it is an antioxidant that also snaffles up radicals attached to other antioxidants and makes them (the antioxidants!) effective again.
It seems to everything except make coffee in the morning and clean up the house.
Fingers and toes crossed that I get some improvement from it. It takes about a month to kick in, so possible progress will be more molassic than meteoric, but at least I'm doing something rather than sitting around whingeing.
Speaking of sitting around, I received a new exercise regimen from the Osteopath, too - he wants me to do these exercises in slow-motion. "Compression" stretching or something he calls it. Only 4-6 reps, but SLLLoooooooowwwWWWly. Mainly leg-strengthening stuff (helps my knees post the meniscal tear of last year) balancing my body back on the exercise ball... very demanding and they should also help prepare me for the ski trip next year (Italy, or Austria again). But only once or twice a week he says.
Tough, but fair. Let's see.
[p.s I accidentally wiped out an old post while loading this one. I am an idiot. Wonder if it was one of the "good" ones?
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Wed Sep 17, 2008
Naomi Says It
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Tue Sep 16, 2008
Capitalism Will Eat Itself
Merrill Lynch: numm, numm, numm. Lehman: nibble, nibble, nibble. Fanny Mae: chomp, chomp, chomp.
Greed greed greed: dig in, dig in, dig in... All you can eat until you disappear down your own profit motive.
(Image the Red Baron, whoever the fuck he is)
And in France a real contender in the next election is The Anti-Capitalism Party. Good on 'em. Drive as many tractors as you want into McDonalds...
Mind you, I've done pretty well riding on the profit motive wave myself, but the downright evil-doings of those who dreamt up the short-term gain pyramid scheme of the Sub-Prime Mortgage disaster have set the world up for the next Great Depression.
Libertarians and right-wingers will say it was because there was too much regulation and legislation. I say, the world and the people know better.
Government is the only power, gives the only voice that people have against rampant corporate greed. Regulations and control, check and balances, are the way to rein in the saurian stupidity of the self-interested corporations. (Not counting the Bush Corporation/Government of course.)
John Raulston Saul said this, I'm saying this, Paul Krugman says this.*
Peanuts Strip in ST today says:
(Only an egoist like myself would put my name in their company, but, you know, it's my blog.)
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Mon Sep 15, 2008
Hot Or Not?
Ooh, yeah baby, nice glands! Big and juicy and so hhhaaawwwtttt!
My cervical lymphatic chain is charged up and firing after what must have been merely a strep throat. The colour lines within the dark and swollen lymph nodes demonstrate the small arteries which are more prominent than you would expect to see in non-inflamed lymph nodes.
Treatment: pain relief... and avoid spreading it to others. So no swimming in the public pool and no oral sex in the typing pool. At least not on the giving side. It'll have to be 68s for a while...
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What the LinkedIn IPO and Lithium Stocks Have in Common
Lithium Exploration and LinkedIn both had the same parabolic blow-off chart before the crash. Of course, neither one earns money.
I haven't done any OPM since 1997. Although it clearly can have intoxicating effects leading to irrational actions, OPM is not a narcotic, it is "Other People's Money." Playing with OPM can lead to the obvious heads, "I win big with a management fee and 20% of the gains," tails "It's not my money" syndrome. But that is not what I am driving at. Once you commit to OPM, as soon as you achieve any reasonable amount of money under management, let's say $20 million, you can no longer play in the most exciting, riskiest, most dangerous, and most potentially profitable on a percentage basis area of the market, which is pink sheets and OTC stocks. Thus, you don't pay attention.
Let me present a couple of charts to give you an idea of what's going on there over the past few months. The first is the chart of Lithium Exploration (LEXG). LEXG popped up after it put out a press release on February 1, 2011 stating that it was getting into the lithium exploration business. Lithium will be critical for the development electric vehicles, so as such the news was mildly positive. The market reacted as shown below.
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As has been said many times in Minyanville, the reaction to news is more important than the news itself. This was pretty impressive reaction. By the time the parabolic move started, let's say April 21, a number of traders wouldn't chase LEXG, but they were looking for the next "Sympathetic Play"; in other words, another start-up mining company getting into the lithium business. They had to wait until Lithium Corp (LTUM) came out with a press release (just look at the chart below and guess which day).
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Sympathy plays typically condense the action into a much shorter time frame because the "smarter" late money understands that it is just a quick trade and bails earlier. At this point many of you may be asking why a Minyanville author is aware of these "pump and dump" situations that would never be mentioned on CNBC or any other "respectable" financial news organizations including Minyanville.
When I went out on my own in 1998, without any OPM, I could and did trade anything I wanted. In 1998-1999 there was CNBC and a bunch of chat rooms on the IRC network. CNBC did their best to tout stocks through their "double your money picks" at 10:40 a.m. each day. After CNBC, the IRC chatrooms had their own gurus, the most famous one "Cheetah." Trading these picks was easy as long as you followed the critical rules: You can't own this crap after 10 minutes. Overnight was suicide.
After the 2000 collapse, 90% of the day traders in these rooms disappeared and ended up getting "real jobs." The chat room business has evolved since 2000. The primary reason is Twitter. All the old big IRC chatrooms still exist, but the action has moved to smaller private rooms where the leader charges a monthly fee, but the players have bigger bucks to move a stock. In 1999, almost everybody had dial-up Internet connections. Screening software for quick movers was non-existent. Now, every daytrader has high speed and has software to pick up unusual moves. A chat room starts to move a stock? LEXG, never heard of it. Check the news. Lithium, I get it. Worth a day trade. Self-fulfilling prophesy? Easily.
This new generation of day traders never knew the capital destruction of 2000-2001, but they really know how to trade stocks today, and they have the money to do it. The LEXG maximum trading dollars was over $200 million on the peak day. Below in the first day LinkedIn (LNKD) chart. Just a classier company than LEXG, both with the same parabolic blow off chart before the crash. Of course, neither one earns money. LEXG was daily, LNKD is a five-minute chart.
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I have no problem with LNKD's business model. In fact, I've had a personal profile with them for seven to eight years. I haven't used it, or been approached to be a governor of a Federal Reserve branch, but I can see how it is a reasonable business model. But, at this valuation, it's back to 1999. Is LNKD tradable? Obviously. Should you own this at night? I doubt it. It's a Yogi Berra moment; Déjà vu all over again...
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Lucky Strikes...Again: (Feats and Foibles of Engineers)
Lucky Strikes...Again: (Feats and Foibles of Engineers)
Jan 1993, Wiley-IEEE Press
294 pages
Out of stock
Description""Lucky's book...makes me laugh again and again...""
--Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television, Inc.
Bob Lucky, author of the widely acclaimed ""Reflections"" column in Spectrum magazine, provides a humorous, nostalgic collection of ten years worth of his own reflections on typical situations engineers encounter during their careers. Spiced with 20% new anecdotes and personal experiences, LUCKY STRIKES...AGAIN takes good-natured gibes at corporate bureaucrats while offering some not-so-subtle advice on ways to circumvent the bureaucracy and gives the bureaucrats some hints on when to look the other way.
Part 1 About Engineers.
The Joy of Engineering.
The Image Gap.
The High-Tech Appeal.
Celebrities as Engineers.
Layers of Ability.
Engineers: Dearth or Glut?
The Best and the Brightest.
Engineers: Born or Made?
The Curriculum Dilemma.
Giving Away the Store.
Part 2 So What If Engineers Can't Talk or Write?
The Gong Show.
The Banquet Speech.
Sliding By.
Not Ready for Prime Time.
Credentials: Who Needs Them?
A Way with Words.
The Papermill.
Part 3 The Fickleness of Technology.
Rampant Technology.
The Incredible Shrinking Transistor.
What's Real Anymore?
An Engineer in the Land of Lilliput.
Goodbye, Heathkit.
The Electronic Hobbyist.
The Paper Airplane.
A (Very Modern) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Coping with Complexity.
Software Productivity.
What's Bugging Us?
Plugging In.
The Wisdom of the Net.
The Gigabit Network: Who Needs It?
Part 4 Playing the Corporate Game.
The Bean Counters.
Corporate Communication.
Management Power.
Toward Dynamic Demos.
The Fashionable Thing.
Leapfrog a Generation!
Proprietary Information.
Tahiti or O'Hare?
Committees and Canines.
That Dreaded NIH Syndrome.
Finger Pointing.
Part 5 Looking at Life.
The Geniuses Among Us.
Diminishing Dinosaurs.
The Dreaded Test.
The Footsteps of Giants.
Faking It.
The Frenzied Life.
What's Going On?
The Information Age.
Part 6 Fantasies of the Future.
Coding Is Dead.
Computer Aid.
The Information Filter.
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Forget the films, music-scores and awards, this year's Golden Globes was all about one thing (well, as far as we here at Expose Fashion are concerned anyway!), the dresses. From Taylor Swift to our very own and very lovely Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey's Lady Mary), the stars came out in force for the 71st annual ceremony to show off their fashion credentials, and boy did they succeed. Not only was the fashion simply divine darling but we here in good old England have cause to be just a little bit proud as the red carpet was absolutely rocked by the British actresses in attendance (not that we'd ever be biased in such important matters). So, here at Expose, we attentively watched the proceedings in order to bring all you fashion-lovers the top five outfits from the night and aren't there some stunners…
Emma Watson – Dior
Never one to play it safe when it comes to fashion, or for that matter look anything less than pristine, Watson once again showed the fashion world how it's done in this elegant yet daring Christion Dior backless red gown, paired with silk cropped trousers and matching Rover Vivier navy pumps. What an outfit, what a girl.
Taylor Swift – Carolina Herrera
Yet another lady in red, Taylor Swift opted for a sophisticated and chic look with this strapless Herrera dress. Combining her stunning dress with beautiful soft curls and a touch of red lipstick Swift was without a doubt the queen of the red carpet this year.
Michelle Dockery – Oscar de la Renta
We've loved both Dockery and la Renta for rather a long time now so when the two came together in this absolute triumph of a look, we very almost cried tears of pure joy (we held back of course, we're grown-ups silly!). This off-white sequined dress complimented Dockery's pale skin giving her a gorgeous glow and the mullet-hem allowed her to show off just a little bit of leg. Fab!
Dame Helen Mirren – Jenny Packham
British fashion royalty, Helen Mirren rarely puts a foot out of place when it comes to the red carpet and this year's Globes was no exception. In a mint floor-length gown covered in glittery floral-designs and cinched at the waist to flatter her incredible figure the Dame didn't look a day over fifty in this exceptional outfit. We, on the other hand, can only pray we look this good at sixty-eight!
Zoey Deschanel – Oscar de la Renta
Although causing some contention (some loved, some hated, we yawned), here at Expose we were completely smitten with Deschanel's metallic two-piece from designer of the night – Oscar de la Renta. Although the detailed embroidery and beading of the outfit could have ended up looking overly cutesy, the kooky star of sitcom New Girl managed to pull off this tricky combo and look ridiculously gorgeous in it. Could she be our new fashion crush of 2014? Only time will tell…
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It's that time of year again! Thanks to Mindy @ Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, Rachel @ Fiktshun, Jaime @ Two Chicks on Books, & Nancy @ Tales of a Ravenous Reader for hosting the TOP TEN OF 2015!
So today's topic is Top Ten Best Book Couples of 2015 (Readers/Bloggers choice of best); So up for Best (insert topic choice here by blogger) I've gone with the couples because I love me a good romance (like every year!). Because who doesn't love some ooey-gooey adorable, swoony-ness! (Couples are from books I've read in 2015 and are in just random order.) Please be warn, some of the quotes might be a tad spoiler-ish…and a lot of kissing.
BEST BOOK COUPLES in 2015
(01) A Darker Shade of Magic: Lila and Kell
He would see her again. He knew he would. Magic bent the world. Pulled it into shape. There were fixed points. Most of the time they were places. But sometimes, rarely, they were people. For someone who never stood still, Lila felt like a pin in Kell's world. One he was sure to snag on.
(02) Uprooted: Agnieszka and Dragon
"Well," I said after a moment, inconsequentially, "I suppose it did work." He stared at me, outrage dawning, and I started laughing, helplessly, almost snorting: I was dizzy with magic and alarm.
"You intolerable lunatic," he snarled at me, and then he caught my face between his hands and kissed me.
(03) Six of Crows: Inej and Kaz
"He needed to tell her…what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he'd begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. He needed to thank her for his new hat."
"I can hear the change in Kaz's breathing when he looks at you."
"You… you can?"
"It catches every time, like he's never seen you before."
(04) Their Fractured Light: Sofia and Gideon
"Gideon," I whisper, unable to speak above a whisper. "This is a bad idea."
"I know." His eyes don't move from my face, scanning my features, lingering on my eyes, my lips. "Just let it be a bad idea a few more moments from now." He lowers his head his lips are soft, brushing mine once-than again, lingering a little longer. pressing a little closer.
(05) When a Scot Ties the Knot: Maddie and Logan
"Thank you for carrying me."
"You weigh less than a bird. It was nothing."
"It was distressingly romantic, is what it was. Would you try to be a bit less dashing? This is meant to be a convenient arrangement."
"As you like, mo chride."
"Logan. That is the stupidest, sweetest thing I've ever heard."
"What can I say. I'm…"
"Squish. Pure Squish."
"I was going to say I'm in love with you, but I suppose it isna much different."
(06) The Rogue Not Taken: Sophie and King
"Just because you call yourself King does not make you my ruler."
"In this, I'm your ruler," he said.
"You're so arrogant. I have half a mind to die just to prove you wrong."
His lips found hers, stealing heartbeat of a kiss before he moved to worship at her throat. "We're not suppose to like each other." Her words came on a sigh.
"Don't worry. We don't."
What a lie that was.
(07) Suddenly One Summer: Victoria and Ford
Hands hovering over the keyboard, he paused and looked over. "I'm going to begin typing now, so you might want to brace yourself for the onslaught of sexiness."
Audrey's head spun. "You puked in the alley? Wow. You must really like him."
"Oh, God. Don't say that." Victoria bent her head over her knees and took slow, deep breaths.
"The vomiting seems to be her way of expressing her feelings toward Ford," Rachel told Audrey.
"Aw. And they say romance is dead."
(08) The Heart of Betrayal: Lia and Rafe
"I suppose if we're going to fall in love all over again, kissing will be part of it."
His lips traveled to my neck. "It was worth it, Lia," he said. "Every mile, every day. I'd do it again. I'd chase you across three continents if that's what it took to be with you."
(09) The Fill-In Boyfriend: Gia and Hayden
"Should we play Twenty Questions?"
"How would that work in this situation?"
"I could try to guess your preferences."
"My preferences in a kiss?"
I nodded, our faces still very close together.
"My preference is simple—you."
"Well, if you're a mess then I'm a natural disaster."
"The cutest natural disaster I've ever seen."
(10) Winter
Cinder & Kai
"She hesitated before asking, "Do you ever think about the future?"
His expression turned wary. "Of course I do."
"And … does it include me?"
His gaze softened in a way that made her pulse skip. Releasing the overhead pipe, he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "That depends on whether I'm thinking about the good future or the bad one."
Cinder shut her eyes and tucked her head under his chin. "As long as one of them does."
Scarlet and Wolf
"I need him as much as he needs me. But that doesn't make it love.
Winter lowered her lashes. "Actually, dear friend, I suspect that is precisely what makes it love."
"It's just like the one Scarlet had." He flipped the gun in his palms, running his thumbs along the barrel. "She shot me in the arm once." This confession was said with as much tenderness as if Scarlet had given him a bouquet of wildflowers rather than a bullet wound.
Cress and Thorne
"You deserve better than some thief who's going to end up in jail again. Everyone knows it. Even I know it. But you seem determined to believe I'm a actually a decent guy who's halfway worthy of you. So, what scares me most" – he twisted a lock of hair between his fingers – "is that someday even you will realize that you can do better."
"Not to worry." He kissed the lock of hair. "I am a criminal mastermind, I have a plan." Clearing his throat, he started to check things off in the air. "First, get a legitimate job – check. Legally buy my ship – in progress. Prove that I'm hero material by helping Cinder save the world – oh, wait, I did that already." He winked. "Oh, and I have to stop stealing things, but that's probably a given. So I figure, by the time you realize how much I don't deserve you… I might kind of deserve you."
Winter and Jacin
"You want me to be fixed, don't you?"
Jacin drew back, as if she'd thrown something at him. "You're not broken."
"I fear tomorrow will be even more difficult for you, Sir Clay. Do try to think of me when you can."
"Try, Princess?" He smirked, meeting her gaze again. "I can't seem to think of much else."
Remember to link me up to your top ten!
Author: Cyn
a bum OT, procrastinator. reader. eater. sleeper. music listen-er. movie go-er. Loves food too much.


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The catkin plugin
The catkin plugin is useful for building ROS parts.
Plugin-specific keywords
- catkin-packages:
(list of strings)
List of catkin packages to build.
- source-space:
The source space containing Catkin packages. By default this is 'src'.
- rosdistro:
The ROS distro required by this system. Defaults to 'indigo'.
- include-roscore:
Whether or not to include roscore with the part. Defaults to true.


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Litamisa 1800
The SISIS Litamisa 1800 is a tractor mounted sweeper and collector for collecting a wide range of surface debris from large areas. Effective sweeping brushes lend itself well to sports field maintenance and amenities. It is suitable for maintenance of golf courses, football, soccer rugby, cricket pitches, lawns and gardens.
Sweepers are essential to clear large areas of debris and materials including leaves, pine needles, litter and thatch as part of ground maintenance and turf care. The SISIS Litamisa is ideal for sweeping requirements, from large sports fields to gardens and extensive lawns.
The SISIS Litamisa has a spiral design brush for improved collection, a hydraulic tip facility for easy emptying and a large capacity hopper. It follows ground contours and is simple to use and maintain.
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SISIS Litamisa 1800 Specification1.8m wide sweeper with high tip facility
Litamisa 1800 Features & Benefits
- Collects wide range of materials incl. leaves, pine needles, grass clippings, thatch, cores, litter.
- Spiral design brush for improved collection.
- Follows ground contours.
- Simple brush adjustment without tools.
- Large capacity hopper.
- Hi-tip facility.
- Useful for occasional use on paths and car parks.
- Standard cat 1, 3-point linkage, PTO drive.
- Tractor power requirement 1800 - 45hp minimum.


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Ross Chamberlain
A fan artist and fan writer who lived in New York City and later moved to Las Vegas. He was a member of the Nycon 3 committee and a member of the Fanoclasts, FiStfa, the Brooklyn Insurgents and the Las Vegrants. He was part of the Corflu 25 committee.
He published Fangle and was a member of APA-F, TAPS APA-V, and FAPA. He helped produce A Canticle for P. Schuyler Miller and contributed rat to many other fanzines..
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 2002 — Artist GoH at Westercon 55
- 2012 — Rotsler Award
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Those lucky enough not to have seen it – and those lucky enough to have – should snatch the chance of another screening of both parts of BC on TV's all-time favourite film and the best American movie ever shot – The Godfather Part I, 1pm & again @ 9.30pm, Part II 5pm AMC BEST FILM OF THE DAY.
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