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Located 3,500+ feet up at Wintergreen, this 3 BR/3 BA condo has just been renovated with new floors, newly painted, new appliances, new granite kitchen counters, and two flat screen TVs.
If adventure is what you want, Wintergreen has the best in Virginia. If it is relaxation, there's plenty of that too.
In the winter, the skiing, snowboarding, and tubing are great family activities at the best ski resort in the Southeast.
In the summer, the cooler weather (typically 10-15 degrees) is great for swimming in the outdoor pools, the lake, hiking to views or waterfalls both on the mountain and nearby.
In the fall, the foliage is nearly as colorful as Vermont, and not as far to go! It's also a great time to hike. I'll email you a guide to the condo/area that has suggested hikes (both easy and hard) and other activities.
Year round, there is history all around -- Charlottesville in one direction, and the Shenandoah Valley in the other. Five minutes by foot to the spa, which boasts a great indoor pool (outdoor too in the summer), a fitness center, and full spa menu. Two minutes by car to mountaintop golf, and 20 minutes to 27 holes in the Valley (45 holes in all). The tennis is sublime -- three indoor courts two minutes away year round, and a multitude of hardtru courts in the cool mountain summer air.
There's an adventure center for kids, restaurants on the mountain, and down in the valley. The area has excellent wineries and three craft beer breweries/restaurants.
The condo has two decks overlooking the valley -- perfect for relaxing. There are two master bedrooms with king beds -- one large one downstairs with a flat screen TV and fireplace. Firewood is free, plentiful, and supplied by the condo association.
The main level features a living room/dining room with fireplace and large flat screen TV. There is a master suite with a king bed, and a bedroom with two twin beds (separate bathroom).
All three bathrooms have shower/tubs.
The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, with plenty of utensils, plates, bowls, pots/pans.
We provide a guest-of-member pass for resort activities, which allows you entry into many activities (some with fee) not available to all rental guests.
We have a WiFi hi-speed internet connection in the condo, so you can use your laptop inside or on the deck to keep up with e-mail and the office.
We live in Alexandria, VA and love Wintergreen so much we own two condos there. With our children in college, we do not need two condos as often, so we are putting the guest condo up for rent.
Glen Bolger purchased this condo in 2005
There is so much to do at Wintergreen and in the greater area. It's a fun place for families, both to be active or to relax.
When you look out the windows with miles and miles of views of mountains, you will instantly decompress.
The property was very nice, well equipped, clean and the views breathtaking.
The owners had detailed directions for everything and dealings with them were easy, practical and pleasant.
Instructions were written in good humor...and we were never charged for it!
Very nice place, excellent owners.
Hope to be back soon.
We visited the week before Christmas: grandparents, parents and two 12/13 boys. We parked one car near the slopes and the grandparents would drive their car to bring the 4 skiers home for a break or lunch. There was plenty of firewood and fortunately we had 2 young boys who gladly brought wood to the condo. Overall, the condo was fine for a ski trip. Kitchen was well equipped. The long dining table was a plus.
Great location and stunning views. Renters were very helpful and accommodating. Would definitely rent again!
Condo is spacious, well equipped, and very comfortable. Glen is great to work with and provides great local info and suggestions.
We had a wonderful time staying at this lodging. The view is spectacular. The lift was close enough to return for a short break from skiing. The house was very comfortable. We hope to stay here again some time.
Condo was awesome - better than expected! Views are incredible and we had everything we needed. Even our 5-year-old's favorite moment was watching the sunrise over the mountains - unbelievable!
The bedrooms were great - large enough with plenty of closet space and dressers. Also worked out nicely to have our kids in the bdrm. with the twin beds while we stayed in the master bdrm. next door and my parents in the downstairs master. Two master baths and a third full bath for our two kids was nice!
Kitchen was fully equipped - loved the stainless appliances, new counters and flooring and new decks! The dining room table was perfect for meals and board games and we enjoyed using both fireplaces. The den/dining area was very open and cozy (esp. for watching Superbowl LI)! Also convenient that we did not have to pack linens and towels. The guest passes to the Wintergreen Spa were nice as well.
The shuttle bus was easy and came by every 10-15 mins. right to our parking lot down to the mtn. village/ski area.
Owner was very accommodating and responsive and property was very well maintained and equipped.
Checkin and checkout was simple and really convenient. We will definitely recommend and rent again!
Close to skiing -- can walk to the expert slopes. Snow tubing is also very popular. Golf is two minutes away. The lake is 20 minutes down the mountain. Hiking abounds -- trail info provided via email. Highly recommended wine tours of Afton Mountain and Veritas wineries. The three stop Beer Trail is also popular.
The spa/fitness center with indoor and outdoor (summer only) pool is a short five minute walk away.
The condo features stunning views of the Rockfish Valley, and temps are usually 10-15 degrees cooler than the valley below.
It's an hour to historic Charlottesville, Crabtree Falls is to the south, Humpback Rocks is to the north, and the historic Shenandoah Valley is to the west.
Drive the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway or hike the nearby Appalachian Trail.
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the last mixtape i'll do from atlanta. aw, it's bittersweet. i'm packing my things and moving to austin, tx next week. after all these years, claire and i will be geographically reunited (and it feels so gooood). wish me luck!
i figured i would get a little nostalgic with this playlist; ya know, a collection of the songs that remind me of atlanta, tracks from my favorite local bands...that kind of thing. so i dedicate this week's list to my hometown, and all of the peeps who've given me stories to tell. i love it, but i gotta hang up my peaches for longhorns. sorry for the myspace links...some of these bandz are defunct (or, de-funked?).
"12th street" by the judies - before warren had to go to jail, he was heading up one of my favorite local acts. god knows i wrote about them enough. i also have fond memories of the crazy, scrawny kid who wore ladies' shirts on stage, and how he could probably charm me out of my pants if i were a little dumber than i was.
"marie" by boulevard - a local radio dj dragged me to smith's one night to see this band he loved. he told me we couldn't hang out if i didn't abide. i'm glad i refrained from being snarky (especially because this guy provided hours of entertainment for claire and i), because vice & daring was very easily one of my most favorite albums. and, i still listen to it.
"precious" by depeche mode - the only time i drove out to gwinnett, it was to see the legendary kings of new wave with someone very special.
"on the sly" by metric - thanks to fat asian baby, i was afforded the luxury of meeting a great bunch of folks with amazing musical taste. they were inspiring. a very proper dude mixed me a CD that had some metric on it, and it changed my life!
"say anything (else)" by cartel - i know, i know. how could i have been so attached to all the pop punk hype behind these guys, and all others in that genre? you're only as young as your taste, right? then i'm perpetually 17.
"fracture" by rantings of eva - can't shout out to my favorite local bands without mentioning this one, especially given my honorary roadie status. (my exponential crush on that irish kid in the band aside.)
"i summon you" by spoon - considering how many times i listened to this while walking to brunch, or a show, or the video store...i'll always be reminded of the two weeks between fall and winter where the weather is actually supafly.
"since k got over me" by the clientele - i'd have at least fifty bucks if someone paid me a dollar for every sunday morning i spent in my shitty apartment on the plush purple couch with a cup of coffee and strange geometry. bliss!
"gigantic" by the pixies - i can't hear this classic without thinking of a bike messenger, and a shit ton of people practically falling over each other to get closer to the pixies at the last music midtown that wasn't full of polo-wearing frat kids.
"atliens" by outkast - it was tradition to throw the radio to this song when riding dirty into atlanta from my alma mater in south georgia. the trick was to synch passing the old national highway exit right as the lyrics began.
"mother" by danzig - as many times as i watched my heart sing this at metalsome, i can't leave it off. it also doubles as a reminder of the cry tough metal bash claire and i threw back in 2007.
hell, i might as well throw "zombie" by the cranberries in there, too - as it was the theme to the inception of the zombie pub crawl that had me shuffling down north highland making grawr noises at young children in an effort to make them shit their pants. also, i will treasure all the times i spent on the set of the walking dead as a walker. i met some really cool zombie enthusiasts from that.
yes, that's me.

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Being a human in 2016 means that—in addition to being constantly bombarded with Kardashian-related news and hearing the word "millennial" 12 times a day—there's a good chance you spend most of your day staring at a screen. For many of us (including many Allure editors, but more on that in a minute), that results in some seemingly unavoidable combination of eye strain, eye fatigue, eye dryness, headaches, and sleep issues—all of which we tell ourselves are at least in part due to our constant screen exposure. So when we heard about a line of cool, Instagram-worthy glasses that comes equipped with protective lenses to shield against the light emitted by computers and smartphones, we pretty much (politely) fought over who would get to try them out.
I enlisted four fellow editors to help me try out EyeBuyDirect's Digital Protection lenses, which have filters that block ultraviolet light, blue light, and glare from computer screens and mobile devices. After testing them for about a week, I checked in with my coworkers for their reactions. But first you should know this: All of these testers look at some sort of screen for at least eight hours a day, and often much more than that. We all try to do things to reduce strain: turn down the brightness, practice the 20/20/20 rule (every 20 minutes, look at a distance 20 feet away for 20 seconds). But every tester reported noticing a major difference after incorporating these lenses into her routine.
"I noticed immediately that I didn't get tension headaches anymore," says associate digital editor Renee Jacques. "Usually after about two hours of staring at my computer screen, I have to look away and hold my head in my hands to relieve my headache. That doesn't happen with the glasses."
Assistant producer Sonaiya Kelley reported similar effects: "Wearing [the glasses] definitely made my eyes less sore toward the end of the day, and if I looked at the screen without them on after a long period of having worn them, it was almost like looking at the sun."
I'm usually very prone to headaches, migraines, severe dryness, and noticeable eye fatigue. But wearing the screen-protective glasses made me more conscious of doing other things to take care of my eyes than I might normally be (for example, looking away from my screen every so often). I also noticed less dryness—I probably reached for my eye drops half as often as I normally might throughout the day. I still got minor headaches, but they seemed much less intense than usual. And no migraines. (!)
The anecdotal evidence of these great-sounding benefits—combined with the fact that the styles of the frames are really freakin' good ("I've gotten a ton of compliments around the office," said social media manager Dana Burke)—was enough to convince every tester to keep wearing them on a daily basis. But then I talked to some eye-health experts who shed a little more light on the concept.
All of these seemingly great, life-changing benefits my coworkers and I had noticed? Bullshit, said doctor number one. When I asked Joshua Dunaief, a professor of ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, if all of these benefits were the result of a placebo effect, he didn't hesitate: "Yes." Womp womp. "There really aren't any proven benefits to blocking the blue light from computer screens. Not in terms of comfort or in terms of safety," he said. According to Dunaief, there hasn't been much research on the effects of blue light on immediate or long-term eye health, and none that he's found convincing enough to consider this type of eyewear worth recommending. If you're dealing with eye strain related to staring at screens, he recommends the standard ways of coping: take regular breaks, dim the screen as much as possible, enlarge the font, and so on.
Expert number two wasn't so quick to write off the effects of the glasses, though. Christopher E. Starr, an associate professor of ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College at Cornell University, agrees that it's an area that needs much more research, but he also thinks there's likely some merit to the idea of blocking blue light. "Blue light can be detrimental to eye health and also to our sleep/wake cycle," he says. And when I asked him if all of us were victims of a placebo effect, he disagreed. "Some of it may be in your head, but it's probably not all placebo. I do think there's some strong data that blue light can at least in some part contribute to computer vision fatigue and computer eye strain," he says. Starr also points out another way the light-filtering glasses may be helpful: "The glare coming off your computer may also contribute to eye strain. So if the glasses can cut down on that glare, they may also help to lead to more comfort."
The takeaway: Blue-light-filtering glasses may not solve everything—in fact, blocking out blue light completely during the day might make you feel sleepier or less focused because it may lead to melatonin production, says Starr. But if you're someone who stares at a computer screen all day and is concerned about long-term eye health, these glasses may be helpful. If nothing else, the act of wearing protective lenses, dimming your computer screen, or using Apple's new "night mode" setting that restricts blue light means you're being proactive about your eye health, and perhaps a little more conscious of the ways you can mitigate strain. Plus, they're cute. So until glasses go out of style, I'm going to keep wearing my translucent round frames, thank you very much.
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This has been a bleak winter for snow,especially after last year's 700 inches of snow – almost double the annual average. We've been hurting and had something like 120″ all season. Water levels are at 34% of average from what the meteorologists are saying.
Despite the lack of snow, I've been up a few times and went to my first back country split boarding class. It was pretty amazing and really fun. We hiked part of the Pacific Crest Trail and made our way from Old Highway 40 – Donner Pass Road to the top of Mt. Judah, hiking along the ridge to the backside of one of Sugarbowl's 4 peaks. This shot is of our last few hundred feet climbing up to the backside of Mt. Judah.
Really a fun time, extremely well organized tour with a great guide through Alpine Skills International. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.


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Previously at the ICA - Films
11 Nov 2016 – 7 Dec 2016
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One of the most influential figures in the worlds of photography and independent filmmaking, Robert Frank has never been easily approachable. For over six decades he has held steadfast to a singular vision and earned widespread acclaim, without forsaking his outsider status. Frank's photos, films and texts are imbued with a profoundly poetic, deeply introspective sensibility. Most celebrated for his seminal photo book The Americans and the landmark independent film Pull My Daisy (1959), Frank has spent his career ignoring aesthetic and cultural boundaries.
Frank's multi-layered life and work are largely inseparable, but he has never been ready to let someone tell his story until Don't Blink, directed by his long-time film and video editor Laura Israel. Their years of collaboration have resulted in a rare working relationship built on intuition and mutual trust. Don't Blink follows Frank from his early family life in Switzerland to his reluctance to embrace celebrity status in New York to his eventual quest for solitude in a remote corner of Nova Scotia, Canada. A series of personal tragedies pushed Frank to painfully explore complex feelings about family and friends, memory and loss, acceptance of change, and loneliness. Don't Blink offers audiences revelatory insight into the intricacies of his photos, films and personal history while artfully revealing Robert Frank's complex life story to a soundtrack that includes Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, White Stripes, Patti Smith and more.
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At its CES 2017 event, Xiaomi announced the most recent Mi TV 4 and Mi Router HD, aside from reporting a fresh out of the box new White shading variation of the Mi MIX phone. Both the Xiaomi CES 2017 gadgets will be accessible not long from now in China.
At the Xiaomi CES 2017 keynote, Hugo Barra – Global VP at Xiaomi – focused on that the Mi TV 4 is the organization's most slender TV to date. Barra included that the new Xiaomi Mi TV 4 is likewise the primary TV in its lineup to fuse the Dolby Atmos sound innovation for silver screen review involvement. Xiaomi Mi TV 4 dons a frameless plan, measures 4.9mm at its most slender point,and is guaranteed to be 37 percent more slender than the Mi MIX and 30 percent more slender than the iPhone 7. The new Xiaomi 4K TV comes in 49, 55, and 65-inch variations, and the organization is focusing on that the TV is measured, permitting clients to swap out motherboard and different internals when they need to overhaul.
The new Xiaomi Mi TV 4 will come packaged with the organization's Mi TV Bar, which coordinates 10 speakers, 2 remote back satellite speakers, and a subwoofer. At the CES 2017 occasion, Xiaomi additionally presented Mi Port, which is a solitary link that will interface the Mi TV Bar to the show and will convey all signs to and from the show for a clearer look. Xiaomi hasn't declared valuing points of interest for the Mi TV 4, however Barra guaranteed it to be "well under" $2,000 (generally Rs. 1,35,000). The Xiaomi Mi TV 4 will dispatch in China in the not so distant future. Xiaomi likewise affirmed there will be another model without Dolby Atmos home theater that will be evaluated under $1,500 (generally Rs. 102,000)
Aside from plan, Xiaomi has included its AI (Artificial Intelligence) based suggestions UI called PatchWall to the Mi TV 4. Strikingly, the PatchWall is a UI layer on top of the Android OS and it depends on profound learning AI innovation. The new Xiaomi innovation will make content suggestions utilizing vast measure of meta information about films and TV appears close by cross-referencing client's own substance history for a custom-made ordeal.
Xiaomi at its CES 2017 occasion likewise reported the Mi Router HD, which will dispatch later in Q1 in China in 2 variants – 1TB evaluated under $200 (generally Rs. 13,500) and 8TB under $500 (generally Rs. 34,000). It accompanies four PCB exhibit radio wires and backings up to 2600Mbps exchange speeds. The Xiaomi Mi Router HD is a 4×4 multi-client MIMO switch with implicit reconnaissance class hard drive of up to 8TB. The Mi Router HD consequently moves down all gadgets, and can likewise naturally synchronize the information with Dropbox
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Pregnancy is indeed the most beautiful time of a woman's life. A time filled with the hope and joy of expectation. Even to those of us who aren't too fond of little babies, having one can be quite an emotionally charged experience. Put bluntly, it is nature doing its duty, pumping an expectant mother with the 'love' hormone. Though meant to allow the young woman to be able to take the changes that her body is undergoing and live with them, these hormones often play havoc with her psyche. In some individuals there is a severe feeling of self-pity (maybe due to the simple reason that you cannot see your feet anymore or your favourite jeans will not zip over your belly anymore), or even because of imaginary problems like 'my spouse doesn't love me anymore.' These kinds of situations can be pretty uncomfortable to handle in the absence of an understanding family and spouse.
With such a low self-esteem, you cannot possibly feel confident and bouncy or chirpy, but the travails are best taken in the stride. The attitude has to be long term – this too shall pass. And pass it does, within a few months. Scientists say, the woman is at her most beautiful when she is carrying her child. Her body is gearing up to make her a mother and however difficult or painful the process may be; nature has a way of making everybody sail through it. The hormones do their bit while the other chemicals pump up the volume of love bytes. An emotionally charged woman will make the most fussy mother and that is what Mother Nature and Father Time have conspired to do – make a woman focus so strongly on her baby that it ensures that life will propagate itself well and the new step towards life, a new baby, will be well looked after.
During the first trimester, chemical gushing around the body bring about a lot of physical changes that manifest themselves in different ways, tenderness and enlargement of breasts, morning sickness, dizziness, taste preferences, backache and many others. Any one woman may face all, some or none of these symptoms. Nothing can be pre decided. Not even your food. At that point of time, you might start finding your favourite cheese or chicken abhorable.
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Welcome to the Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills (GLMV) area of Lake County, Illinois. Residents and visitors alike will find these vibrant villages among the best to live, work, shop, enjoy recreation and raise a family, with excellent public services, award-winning schools, great cultural activities and other fine amenities available year-round.
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Our Chamber serves its members and the community through numerous business advocacy programs, educational opportunities, marketing, networking, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities. Chamber members have the opportunity to connect, learn and grow their business. GLMV sponsored events showcase members and the area, with many opportunities to meet people and learn about the various businesses and organizations. Programs and events include Ribbon Cuttings/Grand Opening Events, After Hours Mixers, Block Party, Business Expos, Golf Outing, Luncheons, Annual Installation & Awards Dinner, along with Educational Seminars, Member Discounts, Hot Deals and other activities. Chamber events are held all year long throughout the GLMV area at conveniently located member businesses. The Chamber also partners with the villages who offer their own community events.
Make sure to take advantage of all our bustling business community has to offer everyone. Area shopping ranges from large national chains and Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills to small shops and boutiques found along the quaint Libertyville and Mundelein downtown business districts. You'll find whatever goods or services you need located right here in the GLMV!
The GLMV is your gateway to plenty of dining opportunities for all! The unique array of restaurants features a variety of cuisine including American, Asian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, seafood and more. You'll easily find restaurants in the GLMV that tempt all kinds of tastes!
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We encourage you to refer to this Community Guide often to locate many wonderful area businesses, products, services and resources. When you shop and support local, you help support the entire community and strengthen our local economy.
The Chamber looks forward to continued growth in our four communities and business sectors, and we are here to assist you. We will see you around town!
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Serco employees hit perfect 10!
It's a perfect 10 for some of Scotland's supported employees thanks to Serco Facilities Management providing jobs for 10 people from the service. Nine of these supported employees were previously Project Search students - Project Search is a one year course run for people with a learning disability who are working towards finding a job - which plays a huge part in preparing people for, and helping them find work.
Serco took over the contract for facilities management in Wishaw General Hospital in 2001, providing services including catering to patients, staff and visitors; domestic services; portering services; linen services; maintenance and switchboard. It is also one of four partners including North Lanarkshire Council, NHS Lanarkshire and New College Lanarkshire, involved in Project Search at Wishaw General Hospital and has been active in providing placements for students since Project Search started in Wishaw in 2010.
"The students who have gained employment have done so through the normal recruitment channels," explains Linda Watson, acting manager with Serco. They have gone on to become valuable members of the team which is due to the experience they gain in working in the different departments as well as the input from the job coaches who work hard to prepare them for all aspects of working life."
Des Murray, assistant chief executive, Enterprise & Housing Resources with North Lanarkshire Council adds: "Project Search is a fantastic course that equips people with the skills they need for employment. I'm delighted with the support Serco has given in providing opportunities for people with a disability to find work.
"Partnership working is key to the success of finding jobs for young people and we all share the same will to improve their confidence. I wish all the recruits every success for the future.
"Having a job changes lives - that's what employees tell us."
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"Working for Serco has provided me with financial security which has now allowed me to buy my own home."
Fellow worker Christopher Davis from Motherwell says: "Project Search has helped me meet new people. Working for Serco has given me confidence in working and communicating with others and the finances to enjoy social activities with family and friends, including travelling abroad to watch my favourite football team."
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No matter how tough you think you are, how experienced hunkering down in unfriendly places, or how blasé you may be about danger, there is one thing that still gets your motor running…the thought of being "short time" and the prospect of soon going home.
We in the Baghdad bureau of CBS News are hardly immune to the giddiness of counting down the final days in country. The food tastes better, your mattress no longer sags, and you even think you're starting to understand some Arabic. You're ready.
Hugs and double, sometimes triple cheek kisses for the locals, handshakes with your mates and you're bound for the airport.
Usually a gloomy, cavernous hulk, on getaway day Saddam International, now Baghdad International (BIAP) is full of multi-national travelers happily anticipating their escape to destinations full of laughter and reunions. And a lot fewer guns.
It's 8 a.m. and my flight to Amman leaves at 11. Best to always be a little early since these flights are often overbooked. No problem today, as we sail past immigration and settle onto generations-old dusty sofas in the departure lounge. They were never more comfortable.
We're checked in, ticketed and ready to fly. Even the surly folks behind the airline counters seem reasonably friendly today.
When no boarding announcement comes by 10:30, you're sure it's just a BIAP snafu.
You get up, start to wander a bit, get slightly restless. Flights have been delayed before, Right? No problem…back to the sofa.
11:30 and it's time to get some answers. No one in an "official" capacity knows what's happened, so we call Amman to learn the flight coming in, our freedom bird, has been cancelled. This is not good, not good at all.
The word spreads and you've never seen a faster evaporation of good cheer in a room.
Now these Baghdad-Amman flights are called "3-M" for the misfits, mercenaries, and missionaries who ply their trade in Iraq and travel the route.
And now the 3-Mers are angry and demanding answers. I mean, no one fools with departure day.
Finally an airport contact finds me and says the flight's been delayed not cancelled and we'll leave at 2:30. Okay, acceptable, "you're sure, 2:30?", "yeah, Larry, 2:30, tell everyone." I do and the growling somewhat subsides. The 3-Mers are back in their cages.
At 1:45 I quietly head to the gate, cleverly plotting to be first in line and assuring me a seat. A few fellow passengers have the same idea and rush the gate. I find myself badly beaten, but in a still well-positioned eighth place.
2:30, nothing. 3:00, no movement. 4:00, the 3-Mers are very unhappy. 5:00, maybe the plane has left Amman. 5:28 the plane is in the air. 6:13 chaos.
Our orderly line has been overrun by masses of Iraqi women on one side, equally aggressive Iraqi men on the other. Local officials herd the western passengers against a wall. The Iraqis storm forward. Shouts and curses but we remain pinned to that wall. It's pitch black outside and the mood inside matches.
Finally, watching the Iraqi passengers board buses and head to our plane, we're allowed to come unstuck from the wall and hit the last of six security checks we've gone through today. Then onto the bus and we head across a dark tarmac.
Despite all the security searches, luggage is left outside the plane not to be loaded until claimed by its owner. Today it seems everyone is traveling with black suitcases and without light, hundreds of people are stumbling around finding their black bag.
I'm afraid if I stumble I'll wind up on the conveyer belt.
Then it's over. The bags have been properly identified. We board and my eighth place finish now gets me a middle seat in the last row. Who's complaining, it's a seat, we're going home. I'm happy until my seatmate grabs my pen out of my hand as I complete an immigration form and offers me a cigarette in exchange. I want to do something very bad but I look around and see so many happy 3-Mers, I decide to fill out the form upon arrival. After all, it's departure day.
Incidentally…on the flight Larry Doyle took going to Iraq he spent fours hours on the tarmac in the states while a water leak was repaired and then experienced a six-hour delay going from London to Amman, arriving just in time for the flight to Baghdad.


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Awesome and overwhelming Java
OMG the last week I have seen and experienced so many awesome things!! I am sorry, but this blog will probably seem like a book haha…. Even though I tried to make it less… Hope you will still be happy to read it!
Sunday the 24th of June I flew to Yogyakarta, Java in the early early morning. The flight was good. When I arrived at Yogya I ended up taking the local bus to my hostel. That was really exciting. I was so proud haha and it only cost me €0.25. Still I had to walk for 15 minutes to my hostel from the busstation. With my bags… Not really my thing. Since I knew Andrea was also in Yogya, and her hotel was on the way to my hostel, I decided to have a little pause at her hotel haha. So together we had a great breakfast and after that I went to my hostel. I did not book anything yet, but the score on booking.com was 9.6, it was cheap and it looked great as well. Fortunately for me there was still space available in the dorm. The hostel was beautiful, clean, comfortable and it felt like home right away. Even though I was exhausted at that moment, Andrea and I went to the Sultans palace at 11 AM to watch a traditional dance. The Javanese dancing differed not that much from the Balinese dancing, though they were wearing different clothes. In the afternoon we just relaxed at the pool. Later a Dutch friend of Andrea joined us, a great girl called Perla. At night we went for dinner with the three of us at such a cute place where you were able to eat in the garden.
On Monday Andrea and I decided to go tube caving!! The tour operator promised us more then we literally got in the end, but still it was a nice experience. To go into the tubes we had to climb down a little bit. The tourguide asked us to jump down into the water from the rocks. I thought it was a joke, but apparently he really meant it! So… even though it was so scary and my legs were literally shaking, I jumped down from a couple of meters high haha. Then we got into the tubes and the tourguides led us through the caves with a lot of bats inside. We also had some time to swim. It was a very relaxing noon. In the afternoon Andrea and I went to a travel agency to make our plans for the next days. My schedule turned out to be quiet busy, with a lot of lack of sleeping, but it was totally worth it for sure. That night I met some really nice people at the hostel, who turned out to be my travel mates for a couple of days.
On Tuesday I had to wake up at 5:30. The owner of Andrea's hotel would take us for his weekly walk through Yogya. Thanks to him I was able to actually see something of the city despite my busy schedule. We walked for 1.5 hour, following the river and a lot of poor neighborhoods. It was nice to see though. After 1.5 hour we ended up at a five star hotel, where we had the best breakfast ever: buffet. Such a nice reward after our long walk haha. When we got back to our hotel, I joined a girl to a school she "works" at. It is a Dutch school for Indonesian children with one Dutch parent. So they only speak Dutch all the time. It was really nice to see the school and hear the children speaking Dutch all the time. So cute!! When I got back at the hostel around noon I was really tired. Somehow I ended up talking to Ari for two hours, a staff member. I joined him sitting behind the reception desk and when a couple came inside to ask something they actually thought I was working there. It was really funny since I could actually answer their questions haha. So…. If my life does not work out as planned I can always work at a touroperator at Bali. When Sanne and Maria, my roommates, came back, Ari took us to the center for some coffee and early dinner. We laughed so much! However, Sanne and I went to bed early because….
At Wednesday we had to wake up at 3:30. We were planning to go to the two famous temples Borobudur and Prambanan. I really wanted to go there badly already, they were on my bucketlist. First we went to a view point, to see the sun rise behind Borobudur. It was not that spectacular because it was cloudy, and just when we went down again the sun came through the clouds. So we kind of missed it. After that we went to Borobudur, the world's largest Buddhist temple. It was so beautiful! Unfortunately there were a lot of Indonesian children who asked to make a picture with us (white people omg!) every second…. So they actually thought we were way more interesting than the temple itself. It kind of ruined my experience of the temple. However the temple really was a beauty. After this temple we went to Prambanan, the biggest Hindu temple in Indonesia, characterized by its tall and pointed architecture. We were there at the hottest time of the day unfortunately, so we didn't feel like going around a lot. When we got back into our hostel, Sanne and I moved to a big family room. We both had to extend (since we were both leaving the next morning to the east of Java) and did not book yet for the last night. The dorm was full, so they offered us for a cheap cheap price an awesome room. We felt like we were in heaven for one night!! That night we went for a goodbye dinner with all of our new and old friends. In the restaurant I found carpaccio (my favourite!) on the menu, never saw it before in the seven weeks, so I had to try it. And it was delicious!!
On Thursday Sanne, Gernot (our German friend) and I left at 8AM for our three days trip. We would go to two volcanos in two days. The volcanos were also both on my bucketlist, so I was happy that I managed to do both!! So the trip to a city near the first volcano, Bromo, took us a 14 hrs drive in total. However, the minivan was comfortable and the time flew by. That night we stayed in a hotel, a really small room. Sanne and I shared a room since it would spare us some money. So, this day was not that interesting haha.
The next day, Friday, we had to wake up at 3AM to go to Bromo. First we went by jeep to a viewpoint again, to see the sunrise. It was very crowded, but we passed the gates and found a little spot where it was less crowded. The sunrise and view were beautiful! After this the jeep brought us to the beginning of Bromo itself. We had to walk twenty minutes before we were totally up. It was awesome though! The volcano lies with two other vulcanos in a vast plain called the "Sea of sand', which is 8 by 10 kilometers! The volcano last exploded in 2004 and is still active. After we had our time at the volcano, it was only 8 AM, we went back to the hotel to clean ourselves and then continue to the next mountain. This ride took us a couple of hours in total, so we arrived around 5 PM. We were all so tired! Sanne and I went to bed at 8PM (yes mam, really haha) because….
The next morning we woke up at 1:30AM! The minivan brought us to Mountain Ijen. This is for real the prettiest thing I have ever seen!!! Ijen is a volcano, which has a one kilometer wide turquoise-colored acid crater lake inside it… First we had to walk all the way up for 1.5 hour. This was really heavy since we didn't have breakfast yet and a big lack of sleep. When we were finally up, we had to go down again, into the crater to hunt the blue fire! There were many people (or lights haha, you could only see the little lights) and many guides. But still it was sometimes a little scary and we had to be really careful. A couple of months ago somebody died there, but he was going down without a guide… Anyway everything went well and when we got down we saw the blue fire! The blue fire is ignited sulphuric gas, which emerges from cracks at temperatures up to 600 degrees Celsius! The flames can be up to 5 meters high, some of the gas condenses to liquid and is still ignited. Even though we had a gasmasker, it was no fun standing in the gas sometimes (because of the wind). However, it was so awesome!! So when we went a little more down from the flames, Gernot and I ended up at the lake. We could also touch it, but it was so unbelievable warm. I put my hand in and we made a picture, but afterwards my hand pretty hurted for while haha. It was so dark, we had no idea how big the lake was. So around 5AM (!) Gernot and I decided to climb up again, before the sun actually rose up. When we were almost there (though I thought we were just halfway), we decided to just sit there on one of the rocks and enjoy the sunrise. It was so awesome, because first we didn't see anything but the lights. Then a little part of the lake, but we thought it was a small lake. Then the sun rose and it turned out to be so big, blue and beautiful! After we sat there for a while and Sanne joined us again, we went up and decided to go up higher and walk around the volcano. It was pretty cool, because up high there were a lot of plants all of the sudden. After a 20 minutes walk, we found this perfect spot where we could sit at the edge of the volcano (with the lake beneath us), without being really unsafe. So we just sat there for 20 minutes, listening to the quietness of the nature around us, no sounds, only little birds singing there morning songs. And of course… throwing down some rocks and twigs. When we decided to walk back, we noticed that we really late. We had 40min left and it would take us at least one hour to get totally down. However, even though it started to rain, we kind of ran down the whole edge of the volcano and the whole mountain- heavy though. We ended up being only 15 minutes "too late". After we came down the minivan brought us to the harbor in the east, which was only one hour away, from where the boat to Bali went. Even though my original flight was from Jakarta, this is the reason I decided to go to Bali again. It was so close and would safe me a lot of time. So with our whole travelgroup we took the ferry to Bali, which cost only €0.47. So cheap! Then we all split up, I decided to go to Lovina beach. I didn't go there yet and I just wanted to chill and do… NOTHING AT ALL (haha Rona). So I decided to spoil myself and book this great, huge room in a guest house with swimmingpool. For Bali standards it was expensive, but for Dutch standards it was totally fine of course. So the last days I literally just tanned and swam a lot in the pool. The first day I was back I actually slept all day, I didn't feel well. Probably also because of the sulfur…. Oh and even though all my clothes are washed, they still smell to sulfur…..
At this moment I am waiting on the airport of Bali to go to Singapore. I am so excited to go there and mostly…. SHOP! Who would figure that haha (normally I don't like shopping). I will fly with KLM now, I am so happy! I ended up buying this whole new retourticket since it was cheaper than buying a new one to Jakarta and one back to Bali. Yes I am going back Bali again!! Since I felt so comfortable being in Ubud, I have been really busy trying to arrange an internship at GL the last weeks. And it worked out!! From next Monday I will be staying there for two more months! I will get a bed and food in exchange for a lot of help. I am so happy!!!
Finally, the last weeks I came to this conclusion: I am not a backpacker, but more a backsettler type of person. With my bag on my back, I like to settle at one place for a longer time haha. So that's what I am going to do! So that was the latest update! Thank you for reading, I am sorry it took a little long. I will keep you posted!
Love, Lisa
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3 juni 2015 15:23 | Door: Hans
Leuk om je te zien genieten. Je blijft dus langer weg?
7 juni 2015 20:48 | Door: Henny
Hello daughter. What a beautiful pictures you made again and what a great story. Our jealousy is just growing .... it is time for you to come home. Haha. Big kisses end hugs, mom


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Flute Concerto, K.314 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) :-)
The keys aren't ordinarily listed in the page title. To be absolutely sure, you can either a) check the 'General Information' section near the bottom of the page- it may have a key listing, or b) check the score itself. KGill talk email 19:37, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Rileymorgan797, can I ask why you removed the content from that page? If you want to replace the file with a new version just go to and then follow the link "upload new version". Or do you want the page to be deleted completely? Regards, Hobbypianist 17:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Very Mozartean :) You should probably tag it as "Classical" instead of "Modern." Great job! ClassicalComposers 23:26, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
My own compositions are fail... ClassicalComposers 17:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)


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I've been feeling kind of blah this past week. It all started one early morning when I woke up tortured with thoughts about the rest of my life. The fact is, I'm not at a job that relates to anything I went to school for.
I'm not even sure if I want a job in the field I went to school for.
I'm 22 years old living in suburbia and every time I just want to go to a hole in the wall bar in a cooler location, I have to drive a half hour. My commute to work is long and I constantly think about how the large amount of money I spend on gas could be spent on the numerous endocrinologist appointments, diabetes supplies and student loans that seem to suck all the extra money I have out of me.
It's not that I'm poor or struggling to survive. But I think everyone would say they could use a bit more money. Some more cushioning. A nice, padded bank account. I could save a lot more if I didn't live so far from work. And I'd be a lot happier, emotionally, if I lived closer to D.C./Arlington and further from suburbia/almost the sticks Virginia.
I've spent my entire life living closer to a city than I do now. And quite honestly, the chain restaurants, which are pretty much my only option where I live, are stifling. And the creepy guys who hang out at Jackson's are unnecessary. C'mon! You're 50 years old hitting on a 22 year old…
Anyway, I need culture. I need diversity. I need dive bars. I need kitschy. I need pizza at 3 in the morning. I need the Metro to not be a 20 minute drive away from my house. And I need to never have to drive through Tyson's Corner during rush hour again!
Mostly I just need to be closer to work. I think that will alleviate this stress that has been hanging over my head all week long.
As far as the job thing… not so easy. But, I've got one for now and that's all that matters.
So, in case you are stressed out, angry, tired, sad or whatever other emotion you want to insert into this sentence, here are some inspirational pictures. A little pick me up. They at least picked me up:


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i have a question for you all if you could have any super powers or gadgets what would it be and what would you do with it? mine would be sans powers (if you know who he is then good for you) and also the ability to take up any hobbies and learn everything about it with ease and i would have some fun but also help people with that power because "with great power comes great responsibility".
Nothing, really. Except perhaps the ability to see what would have become of my life if I'd made different decisions at crucial stages.
Apart from that - the ability to neutralise racist, sexist and homophobic prejudice in the human race. And greed. And aggression.
The only way to neutralise racist, sexist and homophobic prejudice in the human race is to take away its only power. The only power it has, the only chance of it's survival is if people either agree with it or fight against it. Either way it doesn't matter. They're simply two sides of the same coin. Just because the majority of the population feed it, it doesn't make it right or the right way to ensure it cannot survive. There is absolutely no aggression outside of ourselves. It simply doesn't exist.
Yeah... but we're talking about a gadget or special power. So that would be it for me. I suppose, either way, it's hypotheticals, though.
Only if you think it is, hypothetical that is. You have inside of you, and not even inside of you, you are the greatest power on this earth, therefore, you already have at your command, the greatest power on earth. Have fun.
I'd like the power to freeze things, freeze situations and people or become invisible so I could observe people to my hearts content. I would do it for fun. I just love observing human beings.


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All of us have our personal reasons to be thankful for our NHS — whether NHS doctors saved the life of a loved one, or an NHS nurse took care of our elderly parents and grandparents, or an NHS midwife welcomed our children into the world.
It is one of our country's very proudest achievements and the envy of the world. But today it is facing one of the greatest threats since its foundation.
Our health service has been going backwards under this government. Two-thirds of nurses say patients are now missing out on care because there just aren't enough nurses on the wards.
Patients have been stuck outside hospitals in ambulances because their A&E is full. Seriously ill people are waiting for treatment lying on trolleys in corridors for hours.
None of this happened by accident. It happened as a direct result of choices this government has made — a government that has opened the door to a creeping privatisation of our NHS.
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Our health service desperately needs a better plan — one that puts the right values back at its heart: care, compassion and co-operation; not competition, fragmentation and privatisation.
Labour is the only party whose plans are both fully funded and based on the principle that those with the broadest shoulders should bear the greatest burden. If Labour wins this election, we will start getting these extra resources into the NHS immediately:
- We will bring a Mansion Tax and tobacco levy into effect in the very first year — enabling us to train and hire thousands more doctors, nurses, care-workers and midwives;
- We will immediately halt the cos and chaos of privatisation in our National Health Service;
- We will cap the profits private companies can make from care;
- We will repeal the Tories' Health and Social Care Act within the first 100 days of a Labour government.
By saving resources on privatisation and competition, and hiring more nurses, more doctors, and more care workers, we will end the scandal of patients having to wait hours to be seen in A&E, days for a GP appointment and weeks for vital test results.
Labour's commitment to the NHS is part of who we are. Let's save our NHS: let's elect a Labour government.