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Dealers will install a spring to prevent the socket holder from separating from the lamp case. The manufacturer has reported that owner notification began July 7, 2003. Owners may contact Mazda at 1-800-222-5500.
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Thursday, April 14, 2005; Page HO06
County Schools Praised
The Howard County public school system was named among the "Best 100 Communities in America for Music Education" after a survey by several national organizations devoted to music and learning.
Howard County was one of three Maryland school districts recognized. Also named were Wicomico and Worcester counties on the Eastern Shore. The list included 101 school districts in 34 states. The complete list and more information about the survey are available at www.amc-music.org.
Teen Volunteers Needed
Thunder Hill Elementary School's PTA needs teenage volunteers to help during the school's annual Mayfest carnival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7 at the school, 9357 Mellonbrook Rd., Columbia.
Volunteers work at least two hours and can earn credit toward their community service hours. Lunch will be provided.
For more information or to volunteer, call Barbara Hudson, Mayfest teen volunteer coordinator, at 410-772-8577.
Drug Talk for Kids, Parents
A workshop on substance abuse prevention for middle school students and their parents will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Savage Branch Library, 9525 Durness Lane, Laurel.
The program will be led by Anne Walker, a substance abuse prevention coordinator for the Howard County Health Department, and will include joint and separate sessions for students and parents.
Topics include talking with children about drugs, the effect of drugs, and legal consequences for parents and children regarding substance abuse.
The free workshop, which includes dinner, is sponsored by the Southeast Horizon Council, an advisory group of people who live and work in the North Laurel and Savage neighborhoods. Reservations are required; call 410-880-5975.
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The Howard County Board of Education will host a coffee and conversation session from 9:30 to 11 a.m. April 23 in the media center at Harper's Choice Middle School, 5450 Beaverkill Rd., Columbia.


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Why Are Mets Fans So Alarmed By the Lack of Power By Beltran and Wright?June 8, 2009
The New York Mets are in a state of flux dealing with showing that they intend to knock the Phillies down from the NL East throne while also having to deal with lengthy absences due to injuries to key players.
With Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes shelved with injuries, the burden of leadership from the core players falls on the shoulders of David Wright and Carlos Beltran.
Wright is showing that he wants to run aggressively, he is currently the team leader with 14 SB's and 8 CS so far. Last season he was not able to run consistently for a variety of reasons, but worked very hard this past winter strengthening his legs.
Jose Reyes and Endy Chavez were the ones running frequently, and Wright was looked to for the power in the third spot even though he walks and doubles frequently and his OBP was close to 450.
In 2006, Wright came in a very close second to Ryan Howard in the Home Run Derby, which even his own brothers were shocked at, but he made everyone stand up and take notice of his power that night in Pittsburgh.
Since then, he has shown himself to be good for 30+ home runs per season, added to about 40 doubles and 100 singles. He currently only has three home runs in 2009, but most likely will end up with close to 25-30 home runs before the season is over as he will most likely play 160 games, barring serious injury of course.
Howard Johnson and Jerry Manuel have both worked with Wright to level his swing to take away some of the upper cut that he had as a result of hitting so many home runs on pitches beneath the strike zone.
Beltran has missed some games recently with stomach virus and knee pain, but has seven home runs and will also probably hit between 25-30 home runs.
Delgado's power is missed, no question, but the Mets are doing a great job of small balling wins with their speed. They have been overaggressive at times, but for the most part, it is getting the job done.
Gary Sheffield has been excellent in the lineup but cannot play every game, so they cannot rely on him for their home run hitting numbers.
The Mets knew that Citi Field would challenge their home run numbers and they seem to be making the adjustments to hit more doubles and triples.
I would not be surprised to see both Beltran and Wright hit inside-the-park home runs at Citi Field by the end of the season.
Home Runs are a big part of the game, no doubt, and can change the game as fast as anything, but as fans, we should enjoy what our players provide in the way of how they approach each at bat and move the runners along the bases.


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An exercise test measures how the heart responds to work. As the body works harder during the test, it requires more oxygen, so the heart must pump more blood. This test can show if the blood supply to the heart is reduced during exercise.
The test is used to guide activity recommendations for people with existing heart disease. It can determine how much exercise the heart and body are able to do. It is also used to diagnose rhythm abnormalities (arrhythmias) and coronary artery disease.
A CPET tests the heart (cardiovascular) and breathing (respiratory) systems at the same time during exercise. It measures lung volumes at rest and throughout exercise, as well as blood pressure and the heart's electrical activity.
The CPET can be done on a treadmill or a stationary bike. Your child or adolescent will wear a facemask attached to a gas-flow sensor that measures the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide used by the body during exercise.
The measurements allow the doctor to see how the heart, lungs and blood vessels work together in response to the stress of exercise.
The treadmill test checks the heart during exercise. It measures blood pressure and the heart's electrical activity while walking uphill on a treadmill that slowly gets faster and steeper.
A stress echocardiogram tests how well the heart muscle is working to pump blood to the body before, during and after exercise. It uses ultrasound imaging and can be done on a treadmill or a bike you ride while lying down (supine bike).
Before the test, your child or teen will have a baseline electrocardiogram (also called an ECG or EKG) and blood pressure reading done while lying down.
During the test, an ECG is done while your child exercises on a treadmill or stationary bike. There is a warm-up period, and then the speed and steepness of the treadmill or the resistance of the bike will slowly increase. The ECG monitors the change in the heart's electrical activity as the test gets harder. This lets the doctor see the effects of increasing stress on your child's heart.
Your child will be asked to keep going until they are unable to continue because of fatigue, shortness of breath or chest pain, or until the doctor or nurse stops the test.
The exercise part of the test generally takes anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes, depending on your child's fitness level. At the end of the test there will be a cool-down period of about 10 minutes, during which the heart rate and blood pressure will be monitored. The total time from setup to the end of recovery is usually about an hour or two.
If you are scheduled for a clinic visit the day of the test, you will receive the results immediately following the test. If you are not scheduled for a clinic visit the day of the test, you will get the results after your child's cardiologist has reviewed the test information. This usually takes about a week.
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The first time I saw my future BFF, we were in 7th grade. The way I remember it, she stood up in our chorus class and challenged another student to fist fight her. While smiling. It was love at first sight.
Lauren was everything I was not -- blonde, fierce, unafraid. She oozed the kind of confidence that women twice her age wish they had. She wasn't cheerleader cool; she was above-it-all cool, like she just walked off the set of Degrassi High.
I don't know why she wanted to beat the shit out of everyone else but me. I can get philosophical about it, but the point is, we became besties the likes of Thelma and Louise. (Or maybe CC Bloom and Hillary Essex. I'm really more of a Hillary.)
She tried to drag me into strangers' cars to smoke weed and get Mountain Dew at the Taco Bell drive-thru and I tried (and most often failed) to say no. We hatched a detailed plan to run away from home and travel across the country on nothing but our wit and imagined grittiness and I backed out when I realized I would have no money for Infusium 23. (I maintained that as someone with naturally straight hair, she could not possibly understand the necessity of my frizzy hair care essentials.)
There were definite signs of trouble ahead, but at 14 I didn't know it wasn't normal for a girl my age to throw back a bottle of gin and still be conscious. A pattern emerged where she got out of control and I tried to be the voice of reason or cover her tracks. Sometimes she appreciated it -- like when I cleaned up her vomit after she passed out so her father wouldn't beat the crap out of her -- at other times she resented it, like when I told her she was acting like an idiot. (In later years, this would be replaced with the more refined, "You're being self-destructive," which wasn't welcome either.)
Lauren wanted a partner in crime, yet she encouraged me to do better things, like do good in school. Or maybe that was her polite way of telling me I was a wimp. Either way, I was often left out of her most exciting exploits, which I took personally, so I strived to be as carefree and wild as she was. I wanted her to be in awe of me the way that I was in awe of her, but I just wasn't a badass in the sex, drugs, and rock n roll department.
As we got older, everyone flocked to her; and if they didn't, they were just jealous. She was young, sharp, naturally beautiful, raising a pack of kids on a shoestring, and making it all look easy. The neighborhood kids were in and out of her house from morning to night because she always had something for them to eat and plenty of patience for noise. She's the only person I know who could make driving a minivan simultaneously edgy and maternal.
When I started grad school, something changed. I noticed it in small ways. She was distant. She was short with me sometimes, even mean. She was drinking. A lot. She was taking Vicodin, first for pain and then for fun, and way more than I knew.
Like when we were younger, she kept the worst parts hidden from me. The heavier her drinking got, the angrier she was about anyone confronting her about it. Mostly, I tried to ignore it or laugh about it. She was like a superhero to me, and superheroes might have weaknesses, but they never lose.
A message she wrote to me on my garage wall that I discovered later.
She called me one night (which was unusual in itself, since evenings were busy with kids and spouses) and spilled her guts.
"I think I might need help," she said, "I'm drinking too much. And, I started taking some pills."
I was relieved that she admitted she needed to cut back. I said something like, "Good. Just take it one step at a time. I'll help you with whatever you need."
And she said, "Well. There's more."
She launched into a long story full of people whose names I didn't know. I zoned out for a minute until: "…and she said, 'If you like Vicodin, you'll like this even more.' That's how I started taking methadone."
My stomach lurched. I didn't like where this conversation was headed.
"Wait. You were taking methadone? Why?"
"Because I ran out of Vicodin. But that's not why I called you. I have to tell you this now before I back out. Most of the time I was taking methadone but, you know, someone offered me some heroin and, I didn't know…"
Heroin. All I heard after that was the wooshing in my ears. A few months before, I had a vivid nightmare about a high school friend who overdosed on heroin in our early 20s. In the dream, she was trying to get my attention but I was walking in circles. When I called Lauren and told her about it in the morning, she sounded a lot more unnerved than I'd expected. Now I knew why.
I'm not the type who can keep her emotions hidden, but I managed to keep my tone as even and non-judgmental as possible, as if I wasn't fazed at all. "Nope, I'm totally cool. This is just another phone call from a good friend talking about her recently acquired heroin habit!"
I recognized the edge in her voice too; she was struggling as much as I was to keep it light.
"I'm telling you this because I made a mistake but I'm done with it. You know, no big deal. It was just a thing," she said.
Just a thing. She promised there was no reason to worry about it. So I tried not to, even though I knew better, even though that went against my anxious nature. I wanted to believe her. I was loyal. If she said she was done with it, that's all I needed to know.
Except she wasn't done with it. Not even close. Since I was busy with school and teaching and kids, I missed (or ignored) the glaring signs that things had taken a sharp turn for worse. Subconsciously I must have known what was happening, but I chalked up the growing time between calls and visits to my stressful schedule.
I had a harder time explaining away why, despite having two jobs, she was so broke that she didn't have a phone or money for groceries. Why she lost 20 pounds in such a short period of time. Why her stories about the landlord evicting her for no reason weren't adding up, why she had so many brand new "friends" who were giving her rides to unnamed places.
It was obvious to everyone but me. For awhile, I lost track of her. Every once in a blue moon I got a phone call when she tried to get clean. When she called, I listened, but I didn't know how to talk her through it. Everything I said felt like the wrong thing.
After one of those calls, as I sat sobbing on my couch, I texted her: "Please get help. You are my sister. I can't imagine my life without you." There was an impenetrable fog surrounding her, like heroin was a parasite that had taken her soul and formed a barrier to keep people from getting to her. I imagined reaching through and snatching her back, leaving a puff of smoke behind that would slowly dissipate and die.
Then she had a breakthrough. She accessed extended treatment. She was clean for over a month before she even called me. I knew the road was going to be long, but she was back to normal. She looked healthy. She laughed again. I felt like a missing piece had been put back into place.
Unfortunately, it didn't last. I saw the itch creeping back in on her, a little twitch here and there.
She started speaking, in glorified terms, about the good times she had when she was using, exposing herself to people and places that were major triggers. I was frantic. What if she started using again? What if (once again) I didn't know about it for months until it consumed her, and I got used to her being around again just for the wound to be ripped wide open? Wasn't I supposed to do something to stop this?
I resorted to my reasonable voice. "You should tell your counselor about these feelings. That's what they're there for." Lame. I knew I was supposed to be strong for her, but what did that even mean? I was never as strong as her, and now she was weak, and I was even weaker.
I could tell we were both getting aggravated with each other, but we had never experienced a direct conflict in our friendship before and this was a bad time to start. Years of pent-up animosity were about to reach a fever pitch and neither of us were in a position to take a step back and count to ten.
I wasn't surprised when she revived a relationship with someone she had been using with, but I was infuriated. She responded to my reasonable voice ("Do you really think this is a good idea? What would your counselor say?") with her disarming, assuring voice: "I can't believe you think I would use. I'm way past that. I want to help him. He needs help too."
We were dancing around each other with polite words but it was clear. I was directly interfering with her plans. And she was not having it. When she stayed out all night, I made a decision that I knew would probably end our friendship but might put an end to the madness. At that moment I was willing to make that sacrifice if it meant intervention.
Since I didn't know the name of the social worker who was handling her recovery, I told her teenage daughter, who was aware of the addiction, that Lauren was out with someone she used to do drugs with and that she should tell the caseworker.
The fallout was brutal but pathetic. Our goodbye after 20 years of friendship consisted of a couple of angry voicemails and a flurry of cruel insults hurled at each other through text messages. For the past few years, I held on to the dim hope that she would magically recover, that the real Lauren would break out of her addiction and we would put it behind us and go back to making crafts for the kids and having long conversations about the energy of the universe and what makes us human.
The reality is harsh --my best friend, my soul sister, my hero, is gone, has been gone for years and I didn't know because I refused to face it.
The grief lingers. It strikes in the moments just as I start to forget the gaping empty space she left behind. Something as simple as a run-in with her favorite coffee creamer at the grocery store can set off a domino effect of mourning that will haunt my entire day.
My summers are empty and lonely without her dragging me off to the beach, without the sound of our pack of kids running in and out of the house, without our all-day-long phone calls. My most frustrating parenting moments are even more unbearable without her eternally positive perspective, which often stood between me and melodramatic despair. (Which begs the question I ask myself often -- how could she see the good in everyone and everything except herself?)
A few years ago I pictured our kids being friends forever, that she would always be my shoulder to lean on at family functions, that we would someday celebrate the birth of each other's grandchildren. Now I don't know if I will ever see her again. I don't know if I even want to.
The worst part is thinking of her out there, somewhere, and wondering if she's OK. I wonder if she ever misses me, too.


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BELFAST — Northern Ireland's Protestant community was deeply divided Friday over a decision to cancel or reroute marches through Roman Catholic areas, and some leading Protestants called for their political parties to walk out of peace talks in protest.
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A few days ago, Justin Bieber made an appearance on Japan's most popular weekly music show, where he performed his new single, "What Do You Mean?" Japanese Beliebers went crazy, but fans of idol group AKB48, who also were guests on the show, are now none too pleased. Minami Takahashi, a veteran of Japan's biggest selling girl group of all time, tweeted a photo of a backstage kiss she received from Justin, and her fans are venting their frustrations online. Some of the reactions of the most diehard fans are just plain scary.
AKB48, with its over 140 members of girls in their early teens to mid-twenties, is so popular in Japan that they have become a social phenomenon. Named after the Akihabara district in Tokyo, which is popular for electronics, animation, and otaku culture, the group boasts some of the most passionate fans in the world. So when these fans saw a photo of one of their idols getting kissed by Justin Bieber backstage at Music Station, they let their feelings be known.
Some were not so upset at Minami's tweet. "What a lovely photo!" wrote one fan. "Miami looks so cute," wrote another. But reactions like these were the exception. Japanese idols are marketed to be innocent and pure, which many fans take way too seriously. One fan responded with "Justin, keep your hands off Minami!" And, as expected, some jealous fans were upset at Minami for her "immoral" behavior. "And to think I trusted her..." wrote a dejected follower. The diehards were livid, expressing their anger towards Minami. "Shave your head and make a public apology tomorrow!" demanded an upset fan. "Keep your white man fetish under control!"
But of course, AKB48 fans were more forgiving to their favorite girl than to the real culprit, Justin Bieber himself. "I hate JB! You going to die!"
Fortunately for 24-year-old Minami, she has announced her "graduation" from the group, which means she won't have to deal with angry strangers telling her to shave her head anymore just for getting a kiss on the cheek.
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Ancient woods have been around for many centuries – long enough to develop as ecosystems that are rich, complex, and irreplaceable.
Any of the UK's woodland habitats, with the exception of plantations, could be ancient woodland - woodland that has existed since 1600AD in England and Wales and 1750AD in Scotland. We use these dates to determine the ancient status of a woodland as maps from this period can be relied upon to confirm the presence of woodland with reasonable accuracy. Artificial planting was also uncommon before these points in time.
Ancient woods are our richest land-based habitat for wildlife. They are home to more threatened species than any other, and some may even be remnants of the original wildwood that covered the UK after the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. Yet today, ancient woodland covers only around 2% of the UK's land area.
Because they have matured and slowly changed over such long timescales, ancient woods have unique and special features. Their soils remain relatively undisturbed by human activities, keeping layers laid down over centuries of falling leaves and providing a home for hidden communities of fungi, invertebrates and dormant seeds. A closely-knit network of plants and animals, some of which are rare and vulnerable, also depend on the stable conditions ancient woodland provides. These much treasured woodlands are also living history books, with features such as medieval boundary banks, charcoal hearths, and old coppice stools - clues that tell us how woodland was used and relied upon in centuries past.
Ancient woods are the perfect destination to take in those quintessential woodland sights, sounds and smells. Visit for spectacular displays of spring flowers, such as carpets of bluebells and bursts of wood anemones and celandines, and for the many types of fungi which provide an extra splash of colour in autumn. Wild garlic, dog's mercury, yellow pimpernel, and certain grasses and sedges can also hint at a wood's ancient past.
There are two types of ancient woodland
Ancient Semi-Natural Woods are woods that have developed naturally. They may have existed since woodland first colonised the British Isles after the last glaciation, but in many cases they have grown up on land that was previously cleared, but many hundreds of years ago. Most ancient woods are not untouched by man – they may have been managed for timber and other products over centuries – but they have always had woodland cover.
Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites are ancient woods that were felled and planted with non-native trees, often conifers. Large areas of ancient woodland were replanted during the last century as part of the drive for the UK to become self-sufficient in timber after the world wars. The effects of felling, drainage and replanting, along with dense shade cast by closely planted conifers, threatens the survival of the fragile ancient woodland ecosystem. Careful, sensitive restoration can see the return of native species and the recovery of ancient woodland wildlife.
Woods planted or growing up today will not become ancient woods as we know them in 400 years' time because the soils on which they have developed have been modified by modern agriculture or industry, and the fragmentation of natural habitats in today's landscape hampers species' natural movements and interactions. Many species characteristic of ancient woodland are slow to disperse and do not colonise new areas easily.
Our remaining ancient woodland is therefore irreplaceable.
If we lose what little ancient woodland we have left, it will be gone forever. We need to ensure no more ancient woodland is lost. We also need to protect vulnerable ancient woodland wildlife by creating new woodland and other habitats around the remaining fragments of ancient woodland to shield them from the effects of neighbouring land use. And we need to create more spaces for wildlife in the wider landscape to link our remaining fragments of ancient woodland together.
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Remember when I wrote an angry rant about how some men think it's appropriate to use online dating sites as platforms to debate feminism? Well, it happened again.
I recently saw a blog post where someone had taken screen shots of a very racist exchange on OkCupid, and I decided to respond and do the same. Below is the entire exchange, from start to finish.
It seems like this guy messaged me because he wanted to debate abortion rights, but it quickly shifted into a conversation about feminism, the difference between "good women" and "cunts," and under what circumstances women "owe" men sex.
At first you can see that my responses are snarky. As this conversation progressed, however, I realized that this was an interesting opportunity to interview someone who was very obviously a misogynist. At certain points I was worried that he might catch on to what I was doing and get frustrated that I wasn't fighting back, but luckily he didn't seem to. At a certain point, I had had enough and ended the conversation with a "Smile! You're on candid feminist camera!"
It was interesting to see how he was sensitive to accusations of being "pro-rape" and also (sortof) went back on his original statements when I pushed him to consider them more closely.
I'm curious to see what you think of this exchange.
Fair warning: Bad grammar, foul language and very foul ideas ahead.
A final note: I suppose I could have taken the time to Photoshop his OkC username out and blur his picture …. but there are 21 screenshots and that would be a lot of work. Also, he called me a cunt, so I didn't.
Here I asked him to differentiate between women and "cunts."


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Now that former Rep. Bill Young has been interred, expect a flurry of political jockeying to replace him. Young's son, brother, and wife, former Mayor Rick Baker, Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos, and former County Commissioner Neil Brickfield are among Republicans who have been mentioned as possible candidates to succeed him. Former CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink is the leading Democrat mentioned. She is joined by talk of county commissioner and former state Senator Charlie Justice, and state Representative Janet Long as potential candidates, among others (Justice said on Friday he would not run).
Lost in most of the chatter is attorney Jessica Ehrlich, who was the 2012 Democratic nominee and has continued to campaign for the job even before Young's retirement announcement and subsequent death.
Yet despite posting the strongest challenge to Young in twenty years, she hasn't won any bonus points with establishment Democrats who care more about winning than rewarding Ehrlich for not just being a political opportunist.
Who the candidates will be, and when the election will be held remains unclear. Florida law is vague about the date of a special election to replace a member of the House of Representatives. Unlike replacing a member of the U.S. Senate, vacancies in the House of Representatives cannot be appointed. So there will be an election, we just don't know when the governor will set it.
While the rest of the political intelligentsia chatter about a Baker versus Sink race, or all the "what ifs?" concerning Young's various family members, one person not so frequently mentioned whom I think may very well run, is former Governor Charlie "Too Tan" Crist. Sound crazy? Perhaps, but in politics, anything is possible.
When he's not pitching his skills as a trial lawyer to take your slip and fall accident or parking lot fender-bender case to court, Crist is said to be forming a campaign team for another run for governor. I haven't ever bought the notion that Crist would run for governor again — and have speculated it's been an act all along that he would, in order for Crist to maintain a high profile and build up his fundraising base so he can run against Bill Young. That's what I expected to happen. Now that young has died, Crist can run in a much easier open seat and land himself a job as Congressman for the next twenty years if he wants it.
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OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Typically, racing at Aqueduct moves to the winterized inner track the Wednesday following Thanksgiving. However, with the holiday being so early on the calendar this year coupled with the trouble experienced last year on the inner track when 21 horses were euthanized, racing is scheduled to remain on the main track for the next two weeks.
Naturally, Mother Nature had a storm brewing for Tuesday, expected to bring a wintry mix to the metropolitan area, but nothing that is expected to hamper Wednesday's nine-race program at the Big A.
Verbosity might appreciate staying on the main track, as it was here last April 14 when he won a first-level New York-bred allowance race by two lengths. He is winless in four tries over the inner track.
Verbosity seeks his second straight victory in Wednesday's featured second-level allowance race for New York-breds at six furlongs. The race carries an optional claiming tag of $25,000 for which three of the eight starters are entered.
Verbosity, owned in part by the 99-year-old Hall of Famer John Nerud and trained by Mike Hushion, came off a near-six-month layoff to win a $30,000 claimer on Oct. 26 at Belmont by a neck at odds of 15-1. The two horses that finished immediately behind Verbosity, Head Heart Hoof and Bomber Boy, have come back to win, albeit in the claiming or starter ranks.
In that race, Verbosity took advantage of a hotly contested pace to rally from six lengths back and get up at the wire.
There does appear to ample speed in this field again and Hushion figures to have Junior Alvarado employ similar late-running tactics from the outside post position.
"It looks like that's the way we'll go," Hushion said. "I like the outside post position for him. From out there he can let it play out in front of him."
Verbosity, a 4-year-old gelded son of Greeley's Galaxy, has worked back three times since his victory including a three-furlong blowout in 37.23 seconds Monday over the Belmont training track.
Readytodefer, drawn one slot inside of Verbosity, has two wins and three seconds from his last five starts and has run second in two starts over wet surfaces, in case those conditions prevail on Wednesday.
Readytodefer, trained by Bruce Levine, does lose leading rider Ramon Dominguez, but picks up more-than-capable apprentice Jose Ortiz.
Dominguez ends up on Stonecoldsteamer for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. Stonecoldsteamer was a front-running winner of a first-level allowance two back at Belmont, but was fourth in his first time in this condition on Nov. 4.
Dutrow adds blinkers to Stonecoldsteamer's equipment, a move that was successful for the Dutrow-trained Jeter on Sunday.
Speaking of Jeter, by virtue of his win on Sunday, he is now ineligible for the conditions of Wednesday's seventh race and thus will be scratched.


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At 70 minutes she is lying in bed wearing a robe. An uncredited actor (wearing a mask) playing the young version of Donald Pleasance's character opens her robe and we see several close ups as he rubs her left breast. A few more close ups after she apparently dies.
stripper, shower, & sex
At about 6 minutes she lures Mitch Gaylord onto a boat to seduce him, brief view of one breast as they make out. They are interrupted, about 1 second clear view of breasts as she dresses. At about 25 minutes, Daniel Greene watches a tape of the earlier make-out session, a few frames of one breast. A minute later Mitch is dreaming of sex with her, brief side view of breasts as she is atop him. At 43 minutes we see her from a medium distance dancing in the stripper bar, then about 5 seconds of close, clear view of her breasts. At 51 minutes she undresses to shower, side of breasts as she takes off her top. She leans out of the shower to lure Mitch in and we briefly see one breast. He joins her in the shower (wearing his jeans), and we see her bare rear and side view of breasts as they embrace. Then afterwards she's sitting on the bed beside him, clear view of bare breasts.
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A girl comes on to Gaylord so that they can be filmed making love (unbeknownst to him). They get to the point where she peels his shorts down when he hears the cameraman and yanks them back up. The shot is from far away and hard to see. From the looks of it, Gaylord has an unusually short butt-crack (I think longer ones are sexier)


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WASHINGTON The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has withdrawn a list of merchant categories, including payday lenders, debt consolidation firms, pornography businesses and others, that it said warranted heightened attention by banks processing their transactions.
In a letter to financial institutions, the agency said the list, which was first published three years ago, had been misinterpreted, resulting in banks' severing ties with legitimate businesses.
"The lists of examples of merchant categories have led to misunderstandings regarding the FDIC's supervisory approach to institutions' relationships with [third-party payment processors], resulting in the misperception that the listed examples of merchant categories were prohibited or discouraged," the FDIC wrote. "In fact, it is the FDIC's policy that insured institutions that properly manage customer relationships are neither prohibited nor discouraged from providing services to customers operating in compliance with applicable federal and state law."
The move is another dramatic turn in the battle over efforts by state and federal authorities to cut off certain business' access to the payment system.
The Justice Department has sent subpoenas to more than 50 banks and payment processing firms as part of "Operation Choke Point," its program to aimed at preventing fraudulent merchants from using the payment system. The FDIC has separately encouraged banks to scrutinize account relationships with third-party payment processors.
In a bulletin issued in 2011, the FDIC described potential risks banks could face by facilitating payment transactions with certain merchants, including a list of categories that included payday lenders and others. The list was later used by the Justice Department in subpoenas to banks.
Industry critics and Republican lawmakers have accused the FDIC of creating a "hit list" of targeted firms, saying it has harmed legitimate businesses. At a hearing two weeks ago, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., grilled an FDIC official over the list.
"You've put out this list and it says, 'Don't do business,'" McHenry said. "That's what the banks have heard."
Richard Osterman, the agency's acting general, acknowledged that the list had been "misinterpreted" by financial institutions.
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My name is Rio and I am a Chanel addict. (Hi, Rio.)
I love all makeup really, but I have a particular soft spot for nail polish of every stripe and red lipstick. And guess who makes the best: Chanel. Their lipsticks and nail polishes have it all for me: great formulas, beautiful packaging, nuanced shades and really fun names. I'm hooked.
For my first big beauty purchase, I bought Chanel Hydrabase in Barcelona Red, a deep blood red, when I was 14. I never actually wore it anywhere, but I danced around plenty in front of my bathroom mirror with it on. It resonated with me, not as a cliché for womanhood but as an expression of solidifying individuality.
Now, my collection has expanded a bit, but I still feel like the nuances of red can express my state of mind.
Red is bloody and primal and indelibly linked to our hearts. Gabrielle Chanel once said that we are all red inside, so we might as well show a bit of that on the outside. Red makeup makes the metaphorical connection between the physical reality of our red insides and our freer emotions. There is no logic in red lips--just pure impulse.
Chanel has been making lipsticks and nail polishes since the 1920s. At the beginning, Gabrielle Chanel offered three lipstick shades to her customers: one blue red, one true red, and one orange red. Her favorite was famously the blue red, which did a great job of disguising her yellow smoker's teeth. One lipstick cost about a month's salary and was cased in ivory. Luckily, it was refillable.
Red nail polish was also always a signature of the brand. Vintage shades like Pirate have been around since our grandmothers' day, and the modern nail polish industry owes a tremendous debt to the Rouge Noir that started the trend of vampy deep red lips and nails in fall 1994.
Below are some of my favorite Chanel reds, and I think they will look great on you. In fact, I think you should try them today. The real nuances of the colors can only be experienced by touching a bottle, brushing it on the nail, watching it dry and then admiring it in different lighting. Rather than matching a red nail polish or lipstick to your coloring, try matching it to your state of mind.
Coromandel is a sultry, exotic red orange named after Chanel's Chinese lacquered screens in her apartment at 31 rue Cambon. It is chock full of pigments and shimmer, which makes it quite glittery in the bottle, but only adds dimension on the nail.
Fire is a pure, luminous red orange that has been around for years. It is slightly more translucent at application, which makes it glow in a way reminiscent of flame. Fire has technically just been discontinued, so you'd have to move fast to try this one in stores! My local Sephora said they'd have it until the end of the summer.
Dragon is a thick, pigmented red that runs only slightly orange of true red, with a rich, cream finish. This one is remarkable for its heft and pigmentation. The end result is quite expensive-looking, as only really luxury brands manage to get such a deep and intense final color.
Pirate is a luminous, almost translucent bluish red that adds an ethereal quality to the final look. This one is also a vintage shade, having been part of Chanel's color catalog for many years. Pirate is good for a long-lasting manicure, since the relatively undercharged formula sticks well to the nail.
Lotus Rouge is a deep rich bluish red with heavy pigmentation. It's like Dragon in its thick application and intense final look, but on the blue side of the spectrum. This is a deep, blood-like red.
Rouge Noir is the ultimate Chanel red. Launched on the runway for the fall 1994 fashion show, this vampy, dark garnet
shade put a middle finger up to the "natural" trend of the '90s. It was inspired by the deep red-black leather lining of a Chanel handbag. The legend goes that this lining was the color of Gabrielle Chanel's uniform at the orphanage where she grew up. Rouge Noir is unlike any other nail polish on the market because it manages to combine depth and intensity with the most pure luminosity you can imagine. The best way to describe it is the inside of a black cherry, deep and juicy. This shade is not, and never will be, dupable.
Accessoire is a dark red brown oxblood. It is about as dark as Rouge Noir, but instead of luminosity, it has a velvety leather feel. It is a very chic alternative to a classic red.
Rouge Fatal is a melancholy brick red. It's almost exactly the color of the Cartier box, which makes it look doubly luxurious. Rouge Fatal brings a note of sobriety to the reds.
Cinéma is a light, casual demi-tone red. It just came out in the LE ROUGE CHANEL collection this May with a series of coordinating lipsticks (Rouge Cocos and Rouge Coco Shines). Cinéma is summery and looks good with jeans.
La Fascinante is the Rouge Fatal of lipsticks. It is moody, serious, and deep. It has a slightly brickish color, which adds an element of classicism and sophistication. La Fascinante is a Rouge Allure Velvet, the matte range of Rouge Allure.
Palpitante is a bright raspberry red. It is an amazingly adaptable color to different skin tones. On light skin, it looks like a softer, more delicate red. On deeper skin tones, it looks like a rich bright pink. Really fun to try this one on lots of people to see how it changes.
Passion is the true red. The perfect red.
Incandescente is a hot tomato. This is the sexy Latin orange red perfect for summer parties. I wear mine with emerald green shimmery nail polish.
Rebel is also an orange red, but in a different, glossier texture. Rebel is one of the Rouge Coco Shines, which is Chanel's shine lipstick line. It feels like a glossy balm and is a great texture for summer.
Montecarlo is also a Shine, but a more shimmery, bluish one. This one goes on so sheer that you can apply it without a mirror.
These are not all of the red lipsticks and nail polishes available at your local Chanel counter, but they are some of my favorites and the ones that my friends steal the most frequently. I highly advise you to try them out, look at them under sunlight, and see if any of them speak to you.
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I used to collect these! They are very colorful, fun, and interesting. They are also expensive and rare in some cases, and being able to protect your cards is always good to learn about. Otherwise, they could get damaged and that could ruin your investments because damage makes cards worth little to no money. Not to mention, after being damaged they may not be playable.
A great way to store your Pokemon cards is to get a binder with card protectors that you can then put your cards into. They can be put in various orders, such as by rarity, type, or any other way you can think of. You can find binders that feature Pokemon characters and you can also get the pages in 100 packs for relatively cheap[1].
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There are also a lot of great tins and boxes that you can buy to store your cards in once they are put into sleeves, or even just loose ones.[3] Some even come loaded with cards, so you can find a set that has a great design and also cards that you're going to want to add to your collection.
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How to care for dinnerware
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Whats the LAST tape you got?
I just scored a nearly complete set of Urusei Yatsura tapes! Vol. 1-18 of the tv series, 3 of the movies, and 3 of the ovas. To the best of my knowledge i am only missing 2 vol. of the tv series, 3 movies, and 3 ovas. These tapes were released by AnimEgo from 1992-2000. I've never even seen more than 4 vol. for sale at one time, and the ovas are exceedingly hard to locate. The dvds have been out of print for almost 20 years and go for hundreds of dollars, so getting to watch this legitimately is amazing.
Some of the other tapes I've gotten recently are:
1. Urotsukidoji: The Perfect Collection, vol. 1-5 box set, subbed
2.The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors, vol. 1-7, subbed
3.Don't Leave Me Alone Daisy, vol. 1-6 box set, subbed
4.Eat-Man 98, vol. 1-6 box set, subbed
5. Record of Lodoss War, vol. 1-6 box set, subbed
6. El-Hazard: The Wanderers vol. 2-7 subbed box set and vol. 1&4 dubbed
7.Fishing Yugi: The Mysterious Play, vol. 9-16 box set, subbed
I've been selling my video game collection and turning it into anime vhs tapes. It's killing me not being able to upload any of these, as there is hardly any anime in the database. I've acquired about 250 tapes since the site stopped accepting submissions that are not in the database, and about 160 of these are anime.
Sweet, I scored today (err, yesterday);
Radioactive Dreams
Waking Life
I had a huge score last week. Found someone in the Netherlands who had an old abandoned rental shop he was clearing. Got about 275 movies mostly 90's action flicks from distributors i am collecting.
Movies like:
Techno-Fear, Steel frontier, executive command, terminator woman, cyborg 3 and fatal bond.
It was a good day :)
A Honeymooners VHS (The classic TV Show. Actually they're the so-called Lost Episodes of the show), the British VHS of Moonbeam's Beanstalk, and the Japanese VHS of the 1989 anthology film Freakshow.
Found a British VHS of the 1987 horror comedy High School Spirits, starring a young Neil Labute
I just scored the Frankenstein anime from Vestron for $8 shipped in very good/ like new condition. It's from 1984, and is the oldest anime vhs I've heard of.
Found the Canadian VHS of the 1991 WIP flick Hotel Oklahoma (AKA: Caged Fear)
I just got a complete set of Walt Disney Gold Classic Edition tapes (1-7 first set only) for $25. Snagged a buch of cartoons at auction yesterday too;lots of Johnny Quest, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Animaniacs, Aladdin's Arabian Adventures, Flintstones, Jetsons, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Its going to be saturday morning for the next couple of months.
Stickin' Around, Volume 3.
On a whim yesterday morning, I typed in " cartoon vhs lot" on ebay. I found a lot of tapes for $10 with poor pictures. I looked through them, and in the junk are both Aladdin: King of Thieves and Aladdin: Return of Jafar, the 2005 re-release versions in slipcovers. Not sure what they are worth, there's nothing to compare them with.
Probably not much different than the original printings. At least in my opinion.
@ JSpartan1989: I wouldn't be so sure about that. Those later release (2004-2006) Disney tapes are worth more than you might think. Just depends on what it is. I recently sold a copy of Mulan II (2005) for $15. I know thats not much compared what some other tapes go for, but for a 2005 release, that's pretty good. The 90s Disney tapes are completely worhless and are pretty much unsellable individually.
Fair point. Pity about the 90s Disney tapes not being worth anything. In a way.
Bought the MCA Universal VHS releases of Mr. Write and Monolith.
And while not VHS, I also found the British DVD of Double Impact and the German DVD of Misery. Both are said to preserve the 1981 Columbia Pictures logo while a lot of domestic home video prints of those two films remove it.
I scored a lot of 46 erotic anime tapes for $47 shipped. This is a killer find as these tapes are worth $8-$15 each. It included 3 complete box sets. Some of the titles include the following:
1. Twin Angels, Volumes 1-4, complete
2. Count Down, 2 volumes
3. La Blue Girl, 6 volme box set
4. End of Summer, 2 volumes
5. Weather Report Girl, 2 volumes
6. Venus 5, 2 volumes
7. Imma Youjo, 5 volume box set
8. Cool Devices, 5 volume box set
... and a lot of other titles. Probably my best find to date.
Got the Starmaker VHS of East of Eden. The 1981 miniseries.
I found a person on craigslist out of state, several hundred miles away, selling 84 anime VHS tapes for $100. I asked if they would sell them to me on ebay and ship, and they agreed. I got a lot of rare tapes and 5 or 6 complete sets. Some of the tapes I got were:
1.The Guyver: Out of Control (not on DVD)
2. Dracula, Vestron, (not on DVD)
3. The Guyver OVA vol. 1-6, original U.S. Renditions print
4. Mad Bull vol. 1-4
5. Crying Freeman vol. 1-5
6. Urotsukidoji III vol. 1-4
7. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
8. Appleseed, original U.S. Renditions print
9. Light Years, Starmaker
10. Guy: Double Target
11. Samurai Shodown
12. Battle Angel
13. Robot Carnival
14. Windaria
I now have all three Vestron anime; Dracula, Frankenstein, and Call of the Wild.
I got these tapes a couple days ago:
1. Titanic Widescreen
2. The Pacifier
3. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Newfound Friends
4. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Great Honey Pot Robbery
5. Woodstock '99
6. The Mask (Edited for Families version)
7. VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
8. Fist of the North Star '86
9. The Brave Little Toaster
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
11. Sullivan's Travels
12. The Sixth Sense (For your consideration)
13. The Emperor's New Groove (For your consideration, ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIES OF ALL TIME! I got so lucky stumbling upon this!!! Boom bam baby!)
14. Birth of a Nation
15. The Fisher King
16. Korn with Life of Agony: Korn Flakes
17. Offspring Live Voltage
18. Schindler's List Promotional screening cassette
19. Arsenic and Old Lace (CBS/Fox '83 Fox Box cut into the hard clamshell)
20. Little White Lies (hard cut box, from Astral Video)
21. Winnie the Pooh: Sing a Song with Tigger
1. Moon 442. Red Handed (1987)3. Thrilled to Death4. Subspecies 3 (Demo Tape)5. Sting: Bring On the Night
Also bought the Key Video release of King Creole.
Ebay was running a 20% off everything cupon yesterday, so I bought a lot of anime hard clamshells. I got the following:
1. Armitage vol. 2,3,4, Pioneer
2. Kimagure Orange Road OVA vol. 2,3,4,5, AnimEigo
3. New Cutey Honey vol. 1,2, A.D. Vision
4. Bubblegum Crisis ep. 1, A.D. Vision
5. Burn Up! , A.D.Vision
6. Kishin Corps vol. 1, Pioneer
7. Kekko Kamen vol. 1, A.D. Vision
8. Cowboy Bebop vol 1,2, AnimeVillage.com
9. Several Dragon Ball Z movies, soft clamshelclamshells, Funimation
Over half of thses included the liner notes, which is awesome. Anime in hard clamshells are considerably harder to find than anime in slipcovers, and are generally more valuable, ranging from $8-20 for most titles. Only a handfull of companies used these, including Pioneer, U.S. Renditions, AnimEigo, Viz, AnimeVillage.com (aka Bandai), A.D. Vision, SoftCel, and the ever elusive prints from Dark Image. Dark image only released 4 hard clamshells, Guyver: Out of Control, 2 volumes of Devilman, and Kabuto.
I just picked up another lot of hentai from the same seller as the above tapes, including 5 more hard clamshells. I got the following:
1. Angel ot Darkness, SoftCel
2. Dragon Knight, A.D. Vision
3. Dragon Knight: Another Knight on the Town, A.D. Vision
4. Twin Dolls II, SoftCel
5. Magical Twilight, SoftCel
6. Can Can Bunny Extra, SoftCel
7. Demon Beast 1&2, Anime 18
8. Lady Blue 2, Anime 18
9. New Angel 5 (very very rare), SoftCel
10. Tales of Misbehavior, Kitty
Bought the Prism VHS of Snapdragon and Key Video VHS of 2 Charlie Chaplin movies.
I hit a flea market and some thrift stores out of town today, found some cool tapes, mostly stuff I'm going to sell. You can't go wrong at $.25-$.35. I found the following:
1. Demon Beast Invasion Vol. 1-5, Anime 18, slipcover
2.Video Trivia Vol. 3: Movies and Television, Best Film and Video Corp., clamshell
3.The Legend of Valentino, Prism Video, clamshell
4. The Maverick Queen, NTA Home Ent./ Republic Pictures, clamshell
5. Guiding Image: David and Goliath, Magnum Ent., clamshell
6. Guiding Image: Moses, Magnum Ent., clamshell
7. High Road to China, Warner HV, clamshell
8. The Killing Fields, Warner HV, clamshell
9. Riding Bean, AnimEigo, clamshell
10. Grey: Digital Taget, Viz, Orion, slipcover
11. Moby Dick (animated), MGM/UA, clamshell
12. Salaam Bombay(open but still in plastic), Virgin, slip
13. Your Ticket is No Longer Valid (open but still in plastic), Vestron, slip
14. Queenie (sealed), Starmaker, slip
15. Mesmerised, Vestron, slip
16. Robert Klein on Broadway, Vestron, slip
17. Kid Video: Pink Sphinx,Dic/ Golden Book video, slip
18. James Bond Jr. Episode 7, MGM/UA, Slip
19. 14 assorted volumes of Babylon 5, Columbia House/ Warner HV, clamshell
... and a bunch more. I am particularly pleased about finding the original subbtitiled clamshell version of Riding Bean. It was one of the first 8 tapes or so that AnimEigo put out in 1990, and it is very rare. It doesn't have the liner notes and is an ex-rental, but still a great find. All in all, a killer haul, and I left a considerable abount of mid to late 80s tapes. Maybe I should go back sometime when I have the money.
Nemesis 2 and 3.
I'm looking at these tapes right now as I speak. They were 4 I got this week:
1. A Star Is Born (California Video Dist. 1985)
2. It's A Wonderful Life (Republic Entertainment Inc. 2000)
3. The Buttercream Gang (Feature Films For Families 1996?)
4. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (MCA Videocassette Inc./MCA Home Video 1984)
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Welcome aboard.
Snagged a slipcover variant of Disney's Treasure Planet yesterday. It is one catalog number up sequentialy from the regular version. Also got the original uncut subbed version of Rei Rei from A.D. Vision (the later versions are from SoftCel).
That is so cool, mrbassman! I hope to see your Treasure Planet soon.
Hpe it is okay for me to post pictures to this thread. If not just let me know. It may not even show up, I've never tried it before.
I'm sure it's fine.
That is beautiful. It needs to be in the db once the new website is here. I also have slipcover variants of Atlantis and The Princess Diaries.
The first Atlantis or the sequel? Nevermind, I just found one. I didn't know they released a slipcover variant of the original Atlantis. I wonder if they did this with any others?
Found another VHS copy of National Treasure (rare late Disney release) I think that makes 3 in the past year. Also a lot of sealed stuff, documentaries, some TROMA, lots of DVDs, and Jane Fonda:
I could use a copy of National Treasure for my 2005 collection...
Just got 15 of the 30 volumes of Masion Ikkoku, 7/8 of the Irresponsible Captian Tylor OVAs, and 7/16 volumes of Kimagure Orange road. Also got vol. 1-13 (complete) of City Hunter and all off the movies/OVAs. Also got F3 parts 1,2,and 3. And Visionary part 2 by U-Jin.
Bad Lieutenant - NC-17 cut
Tol'able David - 1921 silent - Kino Video
The Alamo - Original longer roadshow cut. Not on DVD - 70mm film is said to have deteriorated to the point it will never be restored.
Found a VHS yestreday at Goodwill which featured a recording of Crook and Chase on TNN circa 1998 and the 1998 CMAs.


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2016 Travel Review
As we do our 2016 travel review we can't help but realize that is was a year of unprecedented travel for us. We set foot in 14 different countries, most of them for the first time. Our visits ranged from the United States to Central America and a wide cross section of Europe. We spent two weeks in Russia (something we never really expected to do) and just days in some places like Poland and Estonia.
Every year we do a recap of our travels and every year we have trouble thinking of things we didn't like. Either we're really easy to please or we do such a good job of picking the companies we travel with that nothing noteworthy actually goes wrong. This year we had excellent experiences with UnCruise Adventures, Viking River and Viking Ocean Cruises and Go Ahead Tours. In each case they had a variety of factors that made them so appealing but the one none of them skimped on was having truly top-notch talent who make it their mission to ensure that their guests have a happy, memorable experience. The only thing that annoys us is that none of those charming people ever consent to come home with us. So far..
Here's where we went and our brief pluses and minuses for each place. As always we welcome your comments.
Panama City, Panama
What we liked:
- The Biodiversity Museum has fascinating exhibits, is architecturally stunning and situated along the water – it's all around wonderful.
- Old Town – Casco Viejo – in Panama City is a UNESCO site, full of history, has an open air market with locally made crafts and some tasty restaurants
- They use the U.S. dollar for currency so it's easy for Americans
- The climate in January was lovely (but avoid it in May when it's apparently a fairly miserable swamp)
- It's interesting to go to the Miraflores locks and see ships come through the canal and check out the museum.
- The honest, helpful, English speaking driver we stumbled upon who made our trip easier and more pleasant. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com
What we didn't like:
- The rip-off prices for the quality at the restaurant at the Miraflores Lock
- Forget trying to use the red double-decker sightseeing bus – the people are never in the booth to sell tickets and it doesn't seem to keep to any schedule. Keeping to a schedule is not a strength in Panama City over all.
- Don't bother signing up for a snorkeling day trip from the city. There's probably good snorkeling but you need to go farther afield to find it.
What we liked:
- Photographing the Northern Lights (even though I couldn't see them with my naked eyes)
- Going to several excellent restaurants in Reykjavik
- The surprising amount of daylight available after expecting near total darkness
- A helicopter ride over the city to a volcanic summit
- That Uber is now readily available in the city
What we didn't like:
- Shaking uncontrollably in bed for the whole night after standing out in a very cold, windy field taking those pictures of the Northern Lights
- How crowded and expensive the restaurants have become with the overwhelming number of tourists now visiting Iceland
- IcelandAir still has incredibly uncomfortable seats and woefully inadequate food and entertainment options
What we liked:
- Swimming with manatees at the Plantation at Crystal River
- The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg with extra credit for their good cafe.
- Seaplane ride from Naples to Key West was exciting, had beautiful views and was a major timesaver.
- Dry Tortugas National Park was a fun outing with interesting history and a tropical island feel.
- Old timey Weeki Watchee State Park and its cheesy underwater mermaid show
What we didn't like:
- Having to get up so early to snorkel with the manatees. Don't they have some who sleep in?
- Brunette getting stuck in her wetsuit and nearly having to be cut out of it. (Actually Blonde got a kick out of this.)
- Disappointing snorkeling at Dry Tortugas (may have been snorkeler error or time of year)
UnCruise Legacy of Discovery Cruise
What we liked:
- Very pleasantly surprised by the high-quality cuisine and choices on the ship.
- Kenne the "Heritage Guide" who acted out the parts of historical characters, served as a guide and generally made sure every day was special for the guests.
- Learning history about Lewis and Clark was interesting and made us realize that we didn't pay much attention in school when we originally were supposed to have learned this stuff.
- Free massages turned us into happy noodles
- Interesting guest speakers
What we didn't like:
- The tiny windows in our room that meant to enjoy the scenery we had to leave the room.
- The record-breakingly hot weather and the ship lounge's air conditioning not really being able to deal with it so it was freezing. Poor us – we had to put sweaters on!
What we liked:
- Our guides (special shout out to Sasha) on the Viking Torgil Waterways of the Tsars river cruise were smart, humorous and unfailingly helpful.
- Our verandah that we could sit on and watch the scenery going by.
- Learning Russian history from Russians was fascinating – the parts about how they view Gorbachev negatively and why were particularly interesting.
- Free wi-fi
What we didn't like:
- Blonde didn't like the Russian wines but Brunette liked the house white which was a Chardonnay.
- The hard to open and harder to close verandah doors.
- The cost and minor hassle of getting of getting a Russian visa.
Viking Homelands with Viking Ocean
What we liked:
- The Viking Star was a lovely, comfortable ship that never felt crowded and we especially enjoyed the infinity pool.
- Afternoon tea was a very civilized affair.
- Good entertainment that was in bite sized amounts (45 minute shows) that fit our attention spans.
- Shore excursions were well organized and there was a terrific selection to choose from.
- Getting samples of different destinations where we probably wouldn't go for a whole vacation (Estonia and Poland).
- Free laundry on every level – you don't even need to provide the detergent.
- Excellent local guides that brought every destination to life
- Having a verandah was lovely as was the room service for no extra cost
- Free wi-fi
- The restaurant wait staff and housekeeping were truly exemplary
What we didn't like:
- Days we over-scheduled ourselves with too many back to back shore excursions.
- Those damned verandah doors again (but they did give us a good excuse to call handsome young men to help us).
- The Guest Services staff was surprisingly unhelpful unless a manager was asked to intervene.
What we liked:
- The rocky, wooded coastal scenery that was reminiscent of the Costa Brava in Spain.
- Kotor, a World Unesco city, was fascinating and pretty (like us).
- Nice swimming opportunities as long as you're prepared for pebbly beaches.
- Running into Mitt Romney at the baggage claim carousel in Dubrovnik (gave us a story to tell)
What we didn't like:
- Noise in Budva from the open air discos
- Stunningly uninterested wait staff in the restaurants.
- Driving was like a game of wack-a-mole trying to avoid other cars and pedestrians and cops with over eager radar guns.
- Its immense popularity as a low-cost destination for Russian tourists
What we liked:
- Tamara, our Tour Director with Go Ahead Tours was smart, funny, warm and an all around delight.
- Friendly people, a high percentage of whom spoke English
- The Mediterranean climate
- Gorgeous scenery and lots of interesting history
- Good roads made for easy transit and we had a bus driver who made the trips a delight.
- Prices low relative to Western Europe
- Good quality drinking water produces some excellent beers
- The excellent itinerary and mixture of free and scheduled time
What we didn't like:
- The seafood menus with everything seeming to be cooked in its own ink.
- Not being on the euro because it made for more of a challenge to not end up with extra currency
What we liked:
- The Go Ahead Tours extension trip was well-organized and delightful
- Slovenia has some of everything in Europe in a tiny country – beaches, castles, mountains, forests, skiing and city life
- Excellent bargains for travelers.
- You can drink the tap water
- They use the euro
What we didn't like:
- We can't think of anything so are going to be reduced to mentioning a rat we saw swimming in the river! We know this is pathetic.
Disclosure and thanks: We were the well taken care of guests of UnCruise Adventures, Viking River and Viking Ocean Cruises and Go Ahead Tours and deeply appreciate the wide range of travel opportunities they gave us in 2016. As always our opinions are ours – that's why they're on our blog! Happy New Year.


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I love love Mexican food! I especially love me some smothered bean and cheese burritos! That is always my go to Mexican dish at any restaurants. I have been on the hunt for quite some time to find the perfect Pork Chili Verde sauce! Well we can all stop looking now…just in case you were looking!
We had some down time at work the other day and we were deciding on where we wanted to order for lunch. We started talking about Mexican food and got on the talk of who had the best Pork Chili Verde smothered burritos. Well ladies this day changed my life not only did I get to have one for lunch I also got one of the best homemade Pork Chili Verde recipes from my co-worker. Well I put this recipe to the test and I completely fell in love with it.
Now the only thing I left to work on are those amazing thick flour tortilla's that help make the amazing Smothered burrito! For this recipe I did use my own homemade re-fried bean recipe smothered the inside with cheese and sauce and rolled nice and tight and repeated the yumminess with more verde and more cheese!
- 2 lb Pork tenderloin, bite size
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp Minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ½ cup water
- 2 cups water, cold
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 small can diced green chilies
- 2 8 oz cans salsa verde
- 1 can enchilada sauce
- 1 can refried beans
- Lightly brown pork with onion, garlic and olive oil (it's okay if its not completely cooked). Add in 2 cups of water and cook on medium heat. In a small cup add the ½ cup water and cornstarch together, adding to the pork. In your crockpot add; salsa verde, enchilada sauce, refried beans, and chicken broth. Then add in your pork. Mix all together and cook on low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours.
- Pour over bean burritos and cover in cheese.
Trying add these to help make your meal a little more complete:
Homemade refried beans! Trust me these taste so much better then the can.
Let's not forget about the guacamole!! The next best thing at a Mexican restaurant
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If you've ever had a portable computer shut down because the battery went dead, you should know the Air Force shares your problem. And it's trying to solve it, too.
The Air Force last week awarded General Dynamics Corp. a $1.3 million contract to develop 10 prototype tablet computers -- powered by long-lasting liquid fuel cells -- to replace some of the computers used by the service's air traffic controllers. The goal of the project is to reduce reliance on spare batteries and centrally located recharging equipment, thereby enhancing the Air Force's ability to conduct field operations.
"These are for scouts who determine the geography fit for landing tactical aircraft," said Chris Marzilli, senior vice president and deputy general manager for General Dynamics C4 Systems, a unit of the Falls Church company.
Work will be performed in Scottsdale, Ariz., and the tablets will be tested and evaluated by the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The project is part of a larger effort led by SRA International Inc. of Fairfax to develop new information technologies for the military.
The prototype tablets will combine commercial, off-the-shelf computer equipment from Itronix Corp. of Spokane, Wash., and privately developed fuel-cell technology from Medis Technologies Ltd. of New York into "an overall lighter, wearable and more deployable package," Marzilli said.
Medis's liquid fuel-cell technology has worked with small electronics, such as cell phones and digital cameras. By the end of 2004, Medis expects to start distributing a small, disposable power pack that lets users operate their electronic devices while they recharge the primary battery.
General Dynamics began working with Medis in May 2003 to adapt its fuel cells to portable computers for the Defense Department. The company is hoping to achieve 12 hours of continuous operation.
"Computer technology will always advance; the power systems traditionally have not advanced. Finally, there's breakthrough technology," Marzilli said.
The Air Force prototype could have implications for other Defense Department applications that rely on batteries, such as the Joint Tactical Radio System of handheld devices, Marzilli said.
JTRS (pronounced "jitters") is a multibillion-dollar program to build radios that can talk with each other regardless of the communications system they use. General Dynamics is one of several contractors building JTRS radios.
In addition to integrating liquid fuel-cell technology, General Dynamics will experiment with other ways to modify the Itronix tablet PCs for the Air Force.
The company is looking to make the tablets compatible with night-vision goggles, easier to read during daylight hours and bootable in a stealth mode so they can't be detected by hostile forces.
Brad Grimes and Patience Wait are staff writers with Washington Technology. For more details on this and other technology contracts, go to www.washingtontechnology.com.


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Nestled in friendliness and grace — C. C., Laurinburg, NC
You made us feel right at home. — K. & L. K, Durham, NC
You've done an amazing job in the short time you've been here. Welcome! — P. & B. L., Salisbury, NC