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Recognize that the Right is a complex movement.
No one organization "controls" the Right. No single funder is "behind" the Right. Some large organizations are important, but many others appear to be more influential than they really are. Recognize that there are multiple networks of organizations and funders with differing and sometimes competing agendas. Find out as much as you can about the groups you see. Incorporate this information in your educational work. It is helpful in organizing to know a great deal about your opponents. Be alert to evidence of the Right's "new racism." The Right has replaced simple racist rhetoric with a more complex, "colorblind" political agenda which actually attacks the rights of people of color. See the website of Political Research Associates for more resources.
Decode the Right's agenda on your issue.
The Right often attempts to pass laws that take rights away from groups or individuals. Under the guise of addressing some compelling societal need, they often frame the issue by appealing to prejudice, myth, irrational belief, inaccurate information, pseudo-science, or sometimes even by using outright lies. Further, right-wing organizers often appropriate the rhetoric of the civil rights and civil liberties movement to portray themselves as victims of discrimination. Actually, they most often are seeking to undermine the existing protection of individual rights, increase their freedom to accumulate profit, and undermine the wall of separation between church and state.
Be careful to respect people's right to hold opinions and religious beliefs that you may find offensive.
Everyone has an absolute right to seek redress of their grievances. This is equally true when those grievances are based on religious beliefs. In an open and democratic society, it is important to listen to the grievances of all members of society and take them seriously, even when we might be vehemently opposed to them. They do not, however, have a right to impose those beliefs on others.
Distinguish between leaders and followers in right-wing organizations.
Leaders are often "professional" right-wingers. They've made a career of promoting a rightist agenda and attacking progressives and progressive issues. Followers, on the other hand, may not be well-informed. They are often mobilized by fears about family and future based on information that, if true, would indeed be frightening. This so-called "education" is often skillful, deceitful, and convincing. These followers may take positions that are more extreme than those of the leaders, but on the other hand, they may not know exactly what they are supporting by attending a certain organization's rally or conference. To critique and expose the leaders of right-wing organizations is the work of a good progressive organizer, writer or activist. In the case of the followers, however, it is important to reserve judgment and listen to their grievances. Do not assume that they are all sophisticated political agents or have access to a variety of information sources.
Rebut, Rebuke, Reaffirm.
It's important to remember that while the tactics of the Right may be obvious to you, they are not necessarily obvious to others, even though they might be part of the political process. The ways in which the Right distorts and misleads the public must be carefully explained. Use a 3-step process. Rebut false and inaccurate claims. Rebuke those who use scapegoating or demagoguery. Reaffirm what a progressive goal or agenda would accomplish for the betterment of society.
Use the opportunity of public forums to present your position.
Approach any public event as a chance to state your case. Come fully prepared to explain why you are right. Although your audience may be unfriendly, remember that you are often an invited guest at such events. Audience members are expecting you to represent your group, even though they may not expect to agree with you. Your task is to convince these listeners, not the representatives of the Right who may be your debating opponents or fellow panelists. Do so using short, clear sentences, not long, abstract paragraphs. Many audience members are your potential supporters, available to join your ranks. Provide them with reasons and ways to do so.
Demand documentation.
Common tactics of the Right include distorting the truth and manipulating facts and figures in order to deceive the public. You can often expose false charges and baseless claims by demanding that their sources be cited. The leadership of an organization can and must be held fully responsible for every spoken or written word that comes from him or her or the organization they represent. If you are thoroughly prepared, you will know the weaknesses of these sources and be able to refute them publicly. At the same time be prepared to document your sources in order to maintain your credibility.
Address the issues, not just the actors.
Try to avoid personalizing the debate or focusing entirely on the presentation by the Right's representative. Take time to clarify what the real issues are, what tactics are being used, why these issues are important to the Right and what the implications of the debate might be.
Criticize the outcomes, not the intent, of the Right's agenda.
If you focus only on exposing the purpose of a particular campaign, you may find yourself locked in a circular argument about who knows better what the Right seeks to accomplish. It may be more productive to look at the implications of the issues at hand


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Erin Ryder is a former news editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care.
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Horse Rescued from Sandbar
March 17, 2010
An anonymous donor picked up the tab to rescue a horse from a sandbar in the middle of the fast-moving Gila River five days after the animal was stranded there when its rider attempted to cross the water, the Arizona Republic reported. Read More
Equine Vet Reports on Haiti Horse Situation
March 11, 2010
Long-term veterinary outreach projects are in the works to aid Haiti's equine population, said Jay Merriam, DVM, of Massachusetts Equine Clinic, in Uxbridge, Mass., who deployed with Humane Society International in the wake of January's Read More
World Equine Vets Head to Eastern Europe
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A meeting for equine veterinarians to be held May 28-29 in Debrecen, Hungary, will serve as a platform to bring education to veterinarians in surrounding countries in Middle and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Serbi Read More
Veterinary Outreach Programs Discussed at AAEP
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Participants in a Feb. 9 conference organized by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) sanctioned aggressive riding, including that which results in hyperflexion of the horse's neck.
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EIA Reported in Belgium
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Animal health authorities have reported a case of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Belgium. The positive horse was found during an investigation into two horses from Romania that recently tested positive for EIA in Great Britain after a stopov Read More
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Seven San Diego police horses will be sold in an online auction after their unit was disbanded in December. Read More
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Animal health authorities have discovered more cases of equine piroplasmosis, including 13 positive horses tested as part of a routine racetrack screening program in New Mexico, and one horse in Texas that was a cohort of a positive trace-out f Read More
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The British Horse Society is urging horse owners not to panic after two horses in Wiltshire, England, tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA), also called "swamp fever."
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Geographic Base File/Dual Independent Map Encoding (GBF/DIME), 1980 (ICPSR 8378)
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Chen to DL; Jurrjens likely to start Saturday
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
BALTIMORE -- As expected, the Orioles placed starter Wei-Yin Chen on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain prior to Tuesday's series opener against the San Diego Padres, and the lefty will be sidelined for a couple of weeks.
"I'm very disappointed right now about my injury," Chen, who has been the Orioles' most consistent starter, said through interpreter Tim Lin. "The only thing I can do is just [let it heal] and come back and help the team."
After exiting Sunday's game with the injury, Chen had an MRI on Monday's off-day to confirm the injury, and he said he is focused on returning as quickly as possible. Oblique strains can be tricky and recovery typically goes longer than the minimum 15 days, making it tough to predict how long Baltimore will be without Chen.
"It's one of those things that's tough to handicap the severity of it," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "There's three grades, and I think his was in the middle.
"It's so hard to test it. Testing it might make it not heal as proper as it should. ... I don't know. I'm thinking best case scenario. As I said before, if you look at the history of these things, it gives you the idea that it is a little later than sooner. We'll take whatever comes our way."
In Chen's place, reliever Alex Burnett was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk for the third time this season, and the team added infielder Yamaico Navarro, replacing reliever Mike Belfiore, who was optioned on Monday.
The team will need a starter for Saturday in Chen's place, and Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette -- who has stockpiled starting pitching since coming to Baltimore -- said Monday that he felt confident with the organization's internal options.
Triple-A Norfolk's scheduled starter Saturday was Jair Jurrjens, and it's changed to TBA. Jurrjens is expected to be added to the roster and make his debut for Baltimore that day.
"Jurrjens has pitched well at Triple-A. He's throwing his pitches for strikes, and he's pretty solid," Duquette said of the right-hander, who has a 3.14 ERA in eight starts. "He's ironed out his delivery."
O's prospect Gausman won't be promoted now
BALTIMORE -- At this point, Orioles No. 2 prospect Kevin Gausman is not being considered for any kind of promotion. O's executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the 22-year-old right-hander is not in the Orioles' immediate plans.
"Gausman is doing fine," Duquette said of last year's first-round Draft pick, who has a 3.35 ERA in seven Double-A starts. "I'm going to tell you he's not a candidate for us to recall him. He's doing fine at Double-A, and he's getting used to professional baseball."
The Orioles have just three starters on their active roster right now with the injuries to Wei-Yin Chen (right oblique strain) and Miguel Gonzalez (blister), causing a roster shuffle and furthering concern over an inconsistent rotation. But the team remains hopeful that Gonzalez will miss just one turn, and Jair Jurrjens is expected to be added to the roster to start Saturday.
Gausman -- who will likely be in Baltimore before the end of the season -- is scheduled to pitch for Double-A Bowie on Thursday, and he doesn't necessarily have to pitch at Triple-A before coming to the Majors.
"What did we do with Manny Machado last year? Where did he go?" Duquette said. "Double-A is the real proving ground, if they do well there. I like to see players do well at Double-A and get a foundation so that when they do come to the big leagues, they can succeed. So the proving ground is Double-A.
"He's doing fine where he is. He's doing fine. He's getting his feet on the ground and learning about the routine of pro baseball."
Gausman has allowed 20 runs (15 earned) on 40 hits over 40 1/3 innings, striking out 39 and walking just four.
O's optimistic that Gonzalez will return next week
BALTIMORE -- Orioles righty Miguel Gonzalez will throw a side session on Wednesday, and the team is still optimistic that he will be eligible to come off the disabled list and make a start early next week.
Gonzalez played catch during Tuesday's batting practice with a protective splint on the blister on his right thumb, and he responded well. The main issue has been throwing his breaking ball, which he did on Tuesday. Assuming he gets through Wednesday without issue, Gonzalez would make a rehab start at the end of the week.
"It could be 2-5 [innings]. ... We don't want to push it too much," manager Buck Showalter said. "You see the date, but until that gets all the way healed, last thing we are going to do is have him come back too quick, and all of a sudden he's back to square one with the problem. And I've told you before, it's because it's a different type of blister. It's down to the rawness. Take your skin, cut it off and then try to pitch with it."
The Orioles -- who have a pair of off-days this week -- need a fifth starter again next Tuesday against the Yankees, and that is the target date for Gonzalez, although Showalter also mentioned Monday as a possibility.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Home on leave at the start of the nice motorcycling riding weather in south eastern Australia, Rallies and GP's to attend, and time between the events to play, what could be better. Picking up Just Dan on his new Tiger 800 road, on my Guzzi Mille GT, that had been owned by Just Dan until four months before. We both live in Hobart, the capital city of the island state of Tasmania, so it was off to the ferry to get to the "north island". Stopped for coffee at Campbelltown. No images of the ferry or crossing as it started to rain, but we hid out in a mates shed before going to the ferry. Dan shot off to the Gippsland lakes to catch up with friends, as I caught up with family in Melbourne, then it was up to the Victorian Guzzi club Rally, the Spaghetti rally, north of whitfield. Usual rally stuff, tall tails and true around a camp fire. Spaghetti the traditional way, out of my Mille GT side cover. Not to be outdone, out of a helmet, minus lining Dan consumed his spaghetti the conventional way, having no side covers to pull off. Mille as kitchen table.


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That video was so gross. I like most of you hate "she who must not be named" and I agree that he could do alot better. So I guess it's official now that they are actually a couple, no matter how much they deny it.
I think we should gather a possee of Klutzer's and claw her eyes out (since Kellan seems to like kitty cats). I just found the whole thing disturbing. Him singing this Little Light of Mine and the meowing was just bizarre.
I still love Kellan no matter what but I'm starting to wonder about his mental health. Hopefully this is just a short fling and he will come to his senses and dump her.
Did anyone check out the link to his movie The Forgotten Ones? Oh another tidbit for you, he has another movie coming out straight to DVD on June 9 called Ghosts of Goldfield.


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text: Chicagoland Dealers Care Donates $8,000 to 16 Local Charitable Organizations February 21, 2013 10:00 AM The 2013 Chicago Auto Show served as a backdrop for a Chicagoland Dealers Care check presentation held on the last day of the public show on February 18. The Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) donated $8,000 to 16 local charitable organizations, nominated by Chicagoland dealerships, as a part of the Chicagoland Dealers Care program. In December 2012, the Chicagoland Dealers Care program hosted a public-facing Facebook contest. The month-long contest enlisted the public's vote for the charitable organization, brought forth for consideration by local dealerships, they deemed most worthy of financial support. While three of the 19 charities were eligible for the grand prize donations - consisting of $3,500, $2,500 and $2,000 - 16 charitable organizations weren't granted the extra financial aid. In an effort to provide support and awareness to the remaining 16 charities, the CATA elected to donate $500 to each with an official presentation held at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. "The 2013 Chicago Auto Show was a perfect backdrop for the Chicagoland Dealers Care check presentation to 16 local charitable organizations," said Chicago Automobile Trade Association Board of Director Ray Scarpelli. "Chicagoland new-car dealers are an integral part of our community and deeply involved in charitable causes, and the presentation at the Chicago Auto Show allowed us to recognize and applaud their efforts on a grander scale." The 16 beneficiaries, nominated by local Chicagoland dealerships, include: Turning Pointe Autism Foundation (Dan Wolf Automotive Group) DuPage PADS (Continental Motors of Naperville) Restoration Ministries (Oak Lawn Toyota) American Cancer Society/Making Strides against Breast Cancer (Phillips Chevrolet of Frankfort) A Safe Place (Autohaus on Edens) Hyundai Hope on Wheels (Webb Hyundai) Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation (Schaumburg Toyota) American Cancer Society/Making Strides against Breast Cancer (Webb Chevrolet Oak Lawn) The ComPadres (Bredemann Lexus) American Cancer Society/Making Strides against Breast Cancer (Bill Jacobs Plainfield) Diveheart (Bill Kay Chevrolet) MorningStar Mission Ministries (Bill Jacobs Joliet) St. Cyril and Methodius School (Jack Phelan Chevrolet) Children's Oncology Services, Inc. (Fox Valley Volkswagen) School of St. Mary (Classic Toyota) American Cancer Society/Making Strides against Breast Cancer (Advantage Chevrolet) The Chicagoland Dealers Care program was designed to provide year-round support to local nonprofit organizations and amplify the efforts already put forth by Chicagoland dealers. For more information on Chicagoland Dealers Care, please visit www.chicagolanddealerscare.com. For more information about the Chicago Auto Show, visit www.chicagoautoshow.com. Back to News


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In his bestselling book The world without us, Alan Weisman considered what would happen if humankind suddenly vanished. What would a planet without us be like? How would the Earth heal if relieved of humanity's constant pressures? Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to his vision of a restored healthy planet.
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In Not Fade Away, we take a look at the legacy of some of the greatest albums of the past few decades – some iconic, some lesser known – as they celebrate significant anniversaries. Here, we take a look at David Bowie's 1973 classic "Aladdin Sane," which turns 40 this month. Today (April 16), a special 40th anniversary edition is being released.
"It's almost like the treading-water album," David Bowie said in 1993 of his 1973 classic, Aladdin Sane. It's a surprising admission from an artist who seems to have a vision for every project he is a part of. If he was, in fact, treading water in the months following his breakthrough album, 1972's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, never has treading water sounded so good.
The album's producer, Ken Scott, who also produced Ziggy, recalls the recording of the album very differently than Bowie. "My remembrance is of David being as professional and committed as he had been for the previous two albums," Scott told Radio.com. "I'd have to say that, at least for me, Pin Ups was the treading-water album." (Scott also produced 1971's Hunky Dory and 1973's covers album, Pin Ups.)
Indeed, Aladdin Sane featured one of Bowie's biggest rock radio hits, "The Jean Genie." Somewhat ironically, that song was an ode to former Stooges frontman Iggy Pop, a huge influence on Bowie, but someone who was never able to get much play on rock radio. A night out with Iggy was reportedly the inspiration behind another rocker, "Panic In Detroit," featuring a Bo Diddley-ish beat. The album also featured fan favorites "Watch That Man," "Drive-In Saturday" and "Cracked Actor." The latter song, expressing a cynicism for Hollywood stars ("You sold me illusions for a sack full of cheques") is a theme he returned to on his recent album, The Next Day; on "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," he sings of "satyrs and their child wives" (ouch).
For the most part, Bowie worked on Aladdin Sane with the same people that he used on Ziggy: guitarist Mick Ronson, bassist Trevor Bolder and drummer Mick Woodmansey. "Other than the fact that there was a different pianist there was no real difference [between recording Ziggy and Aladdin Sane]," Scott said. That different pianist was Mike Garson. On Ziggy, Bowie and Ronson played the keyboards, but Garson brought a more advanced level of keyboards to the music.
Bowie and the Spiders maintained their Stones-y swagger (and in fact, covered the Stones' "Let's Spend The Night Together" on Aladdin Sane), but Garson brought a bit more of a free jazz sound. Most notably on the title track, "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)," which features one of the wildest piano solos on a rock album. Scott recalls being "completely blown away by the final take. It was just so different, so unexpected, but it worked perfectly."
Read the rest of this article at Radio.com
— Brian Ives, Radio.com


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Spurs fans shouldn't examine Thursday night's NBA draft without remembering the role the team's first-round pick played as the trade deadline approached in March.
Then, Stephen Jackson returned to the Spurs in a trade few thought possible, because the final two seasons of Richard Jefferson's contract — at $21.2 million — made him one of the league's most overpaid players.
That deal never would have happened had not the Spurs agreed to send their first-round pick to Golden State.
Ask yourself: Will the Spurs win more games next season with Jackson than they might have with Jefferson and Festus Ezeli, the 6-foot-11 center the Warriors chose with the final pick of the first round they got in the Jackson-for-Jefferson deal?
The Spurs have learned to live without high picks since 1997, when they won the lottery and got Tim Duncan. Since then, they haven't owned a pick higher than 20. A year ago, they sent George Hill to the Pacers to get Kawhi Leonard, the No. 15 pick, and as close to a lottery pick as they've had since Duncan.
Don't doubt there were players the Spurs thought worth trading up for Thursday night. Understand they didn't have a young player with Hill's potential they were willing to move. As a result, they waited for the penultimate pick of the night's process to select 6-foot-3 Missouri guard Marcus Denmon, the first player drafted so deep by the Spurs who wasn't already under contract to a foreign team.
Except for the pre-draft shuffling the Rockets orchestrated to accumulate three of the first 18 picks, Thursday night's process was devoid of intrigue. Only three first-rounders had to change hats after posing with David Stern, none of them lottery picks.
Houston's wheeling and dealing gave rise to buzz the Rockets were going after Dwight Howard, and they have lots of summertime left to talk to the Magic. Houston hasn't been to the playoffs since 2009, which was Yao Ming's final healthy season. Now it has three more rookies. That's a major rebuild, and it's hard to see how the Rockets can put together a package attractive enough to get Howard away from Orlando.
There's no guarantee they'll even be able to get No. 16 pick Royce White on the team charter without a sports psychologist.
By drafting Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers, the Hornets have given their fans reason to forget what might have been had Chris Paul not forced his way out of the Big Easy. Davis is going to be one of the league's best big men by his third season and will be a top five shot-blocker immediately. Rivers may never be an All-Star but likely will be a rotation player as a rookie.
As exercised as fans get about the draft, it is rare when a draftee makes an immediate impact. Kevin Durant averaged 20.3 points in his 2007-08 Rookie of the Year season in Seattle, but the SuperSonics won only 20 games. Two years later, Derrick Rose led Chicago in scoring (16.8 points) and assists (6.3), but the Bulls were a .500 team that lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Duncan was the rare exception. Not only was he unanimous Rookie of the Year in 1997-98 but first-team All-NBA after leading the Spurs to a 56-26 record, averaging 21.1 points and 11.9 rebounds.
One season later, he was MVP of the 1999 Finals as the Spurs won their first championship.
Davis isn't Duncan, and the Hornets don't have a player like David Robinson to team with him. If he is good enough to get them into the playoffs next season, that will make him as impactful as Rose was in his first season. That will make the 2012 draft special.


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A Gorgeous and Spacious Apartment right on the Lincoln St.
Size75 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
Recently renovated with a fully equipped kitchen and modern finishing touches, this home is truly a dream.
We are in a quiet and private building right on Lincoln Street, one of the most sought after streets in all of Jerusalem. This unparalleled location is just footsteps away from all of the major hotels, ample shopping and restaurants, as well as the old and new cities of Jerusalem!
-Cable TV
-Wireless Internet
-Full Kitchen
-Linens/Towels Provided
-Cooking Utensils/Dishes Provided
-Kosher Utensils/Dishes Available
-Shabbat Water Urn
-Shabbat Hot Plate
-1st Floor Apartment
-Pack n' Play Available
-Parking available upon request
House rulesNo smoking, no pets.
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Reviews for this host's other properties
We were absolutely satisfied. The location is perfect (walking distance to the city centre and the historic city). The apartment was clean and everything required in a household was provided.
The frist week of november we where in the Harlap. It was the second time, because we like this home. But now it was verry dirty on the floor and the pillows, mattreses where also dirty. In the livingroom and garden stands extra tables and chairs. The neighbour said it was from an arabic party.
We are missing comfortable chairs or extra sofa. We had a nice time in this home, but you take more care for it into the future.
Apartment ideally located 15 minutes walk from the old town, quiet. With children's park, amenities ... convenient for family of 5. Comfortable with 2 bathrooms. Just humidity chamber and the bottom of the bathroom, but is solved by airing. An address to keep! And the reception is very friendly
Appartement idéalement situé à 15 minutes à pied de la vieille ville, au calme. Avec parc pour enfants, commodités...pratique pour famille de 5 personnes. Tout confort avec 2 salles de bain. Juste humidité dans chambre et salle de bain du fond, mais se résout en aérant régulièrement . Une adresse à garder! Et l'accueil est très sympathique
Unlike previous accommodation in Jerusalem. Not very happy about this accomodatie.De accommodation was not ready nop the appointed time, we waited about half an hour. There was a lot of piece, mold in the pans, smelly quilts without cover, 1 pillow without demolition, not enough chairs for 6 people, dirty cutlery, dirty dishes, a lot of clutter around the house. 1 plus it was 10 minutes from the Mamila garage where she walked in as the Jaffa Gate. First was the cleaning, then celebrated holiday. It is described in the ad as "sunny apartment" but there's only noon as sunshine.
In tegenstelling tot de vorige accomodatie in Jeruzalem. Niet erg tevreden over deze accomodatie.De accomodatie was niet klaar nop de afgesproken tijd, we hebben ongeveer een half uur gewacht. Er was veel stuk, schimmel in de pannen, stinkende dekbedden zonder hoes, 1 kussen zonder sloop, te weinig stoelen voor 6 personen, vies bestek, vuile borden, veel rommel om het huis. 1 pluspunt het lag op 10 autominuten van de Mamila parkeergarage vanwaar ze zo de Jaffapoort in liep. Eerst aan de schoonmaak geweest, toen vakantie gevierd. Het wordt omschreven in de advertentie als "zonnig appartement" maar er is alleen 's middags even zon.
Nice big and bright apartment in a quiet area (although of course there are city noises) - and perfectly situated near the old town and restaurants.
Dejlig stor og lys lejlighed i stille område (selvom der selvfølgelig er storbylyde) - og perfekt beliggende tæt ved den gamle bydel og restauranter.
Great hosts with great service. Always available either by personal visit, mail or phone. The apartment was at a perfect location and had everything we needed for our stay to be as pleasant as possible.
Cozy apartment with 25 min. walk to Jaffa gate. Lots of beds, good air conditioning, cozy terrace.
Fin lejlighed med 25 min. gang til Jaffa gate. Masser af sovepladser, god aircondition, hyggelig terrasse.
We have felt ourselves very well. The decor of the apartment is good and plentiful, everything there that you need.
and: the manager Chana Lyss is an angel!
Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt .Die Ausstattung der Wohnung ist gut und reichlich, Alles da was man braucht.
und : die Managerin Chana Lyss ist ein Engel !!
Anat ând Chanat are great but the flat was dirty and and the power socket are not in good shape! Bed sheet was dirty as well.
Great flat close to centrum Sun clean and nice
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The response is common when I tell someone I'm heading to Las Vegas for the International Pizza Expo. "What is the International Pizza Expo???" I'm not surprised this event isn't common knowledge, especially since there's little mention of it in the media (including this very website). Most of us who read Slice are interested in the glorious craft of pizza making, but the truth is it wouldn't exist if it wasn't a gigantic industry. The latest stats tag the American pizza industry's value at $39 billion. Any industry this large has multiple trade shows, but there's only one place where pizza professionals can see all the latest in pizza products / technology. I just returned from it last week.
I attended my first pizza trade show in September 2006, the last time the National Association of Pizzeria Operators (NAPO) held one in Atlantic City. This is the organization behind Pizza Today Magazine, a fantastic trade publication for the pizza industry (full disclosure: I write for the magazine). I was completely satisfied with the experience and it seemed like I wouldn't ever need to go again until I found out about the bigger show in Las Vegas happening a few months later. A few friends joined me for the trip to Sin City visit and my mind was absolutely blown away by the magnitude of the event. Again, I thought my thirst was quenched, yet I keep going back. I've been to about eight pizza trade shows and don't see myself slowing down anytime soon.
Before I get to the good stuff, let me clear out some of the negatives that come with Pizza Expo. The biggest flaw is that Expo is held in Las Vegas. I'm sure there are gems to be appreciated out there, but as far as I'm concerned it's the worst city on Earth. Humans aren't supposed to live in the desert. And I want to yack every time I see the mock-itecture of New York New York, Paris, or the Luxor's beaming pyramid. The truth is pizzeria owners just love Vegas and would rather take a working vacation where it's warm, rather than a city known for great pizza like New York or Chicago.
Once you're inside the convention center, the outside world is inconsequential. It's not hard to focus on pizza because there are product samples everywhere you turn. But beware, because rarely are the samples worth eating. They draw you in as the Sirens lured Odysseus, and the consequences are similar. Vendors hawking cheese often prepare pizzas with enough excessive toppings to mask the flavor of the product they're actually trying to sell. My advice is to go directly to the back area of the show floor where the Italian flour companies are trying to outdo each others pizza Margherita. But even if you do get tangled in the wrong free sample net, it isn't the worst fate imaginable.
As much as I love free pizza, that's far from being the main attraction at Pizza Expo. I'm there to learn as much as I can about the pizza universe and I can't imagine a more perfect scenario than having every major oven manufacturer, cheese maker, flour miller, and pizza box company under one roof. It's a bit overwhelming, so I try to focus on one or two categories on each of the show's three days. I've tried calling these companies to ask questions about their histories and products, but it's much easier to get a straight answer in person. Imagine being able to test all the top tomato products side-by-side while grilling the sales team about their canning process. I can accomplish more in one hour at Pizza Expo than I could ever dream of learning by pestering a company rep over the phone. It's also great to get a look at new products, although most never make it to mass market.
A great extension of the educational value at Pizza Expo is the incredible list of seminars and demonstrations. Pizzeria owners are tapped to share their experience. My favorite sessions are the annual Pizza Crust Boot Camp. I go every year to hear two guys from General Mills talk through a basic dough-making process. They field questions from the audience and it's almost more interesting to hear what problems people who run pizzerias are having. It's like eavesdropping on a private conversation because every pizza maker thinks their way is right and other methods are wrong. This year there was even a handmade dough demonstration by Franco Pepe and Jonathan Goldsmith (from Chicago's Spacca Napoli)—how cool is that!?!
My favorite aspect of the event is that it brings together a few thousand pizza professionals in one place. Pizza makers are often thought of as being overly protective of methods and secret recipes, but all of that seems to melt away at Pizza Expo. It's sort of a Camp David for pizza makers—a place where they can meet as peers rather than competitors. After the show floor closes every evening, there's an open brainstorming session in which attendees can poll each other for advice regarding their business issues. It's pretty great to see that kind of camaraderie in an industry that's so cut-throat. After all, I'm just a pizza lover looking for a glimpse behind the counter in order to better understand what I'm eating.


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The FY 2000 budget provides for $8.7 billion in "emergency" farm spending, a record aid package that comes on top of $6.5 billion in emergency spending in the FY 1999 budget. Many are pointing to these "bailouts" as evidence that America's farm safety net is in tatters-and are calling for repeal of the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act, which ended commodity price support programs. Actually, the only thing in tatters is fiscal discipline. Contrary to critics' claims, the Freedom to Farm Act has not pauperized farmers, whose average household income and net worth exceeds that of other Americans. As for the commodity price supports, they distorted markets, undermined U.S. competitiveness, and hurt the environment-while, like most of our patchwork of farm aid programs, doing little to help those farmers who are truly in need. The White House wants to "revisit" the Freedom to Farm Act, and Congress has agreed to consider changes to the legislation early next year. Before leaders take a giant step backwards, they would do well to recall why we reformed farm aid to begin with.
A Grand Bargain
Let's start with some background. Federal farm aid consists of dozens of direct and indirect benefits, many dating back to the Great Depression-from subsidized crop insurance and marketing assistance loans to the special deals for peanut, sugar, and dairy farmers. While leaving most of this thicket intact, the Freedom to Farm Act ended one of the most costly and perverse entitlements: commodity price support programs. The programs worked as follows: Government set target prices for certain major crops-chiefly wheat, corn, rice, and cotton-and made "deficiency payments" to farmers whenever market prices fell beneath the targets. To limit the cost of the programs, government tried to curtail production, thereby propping up prices. Only officially recognized "acreage bases" were eligible for deficiency payments, and farmers were subject to mandatory "set-asides"-directives to leave land fallow that in effect paid them not to farm. Some farmers reaped large windfalls by "farming the government," as maximizing subsidies came to be known. But these were a privileged minority. In 1995, only one-third of U.S. farmers received a direct farm benefit of any kind. Among those who did receive a benefit, moreover, the biggest checks went to the biggest farms. Farmers with sales of $1,000,000 or more collected benefits averaging $35,716, compared with $4,453 for farmers with sales under $50,000. All told, the 32 percent of beneficiary farms with sales over $100,000 received 59 percent of all farm aid. Everybody else paid the bill for this perverse system-taxpayers through higher government spending, consumers through higher prices, and farmers themselves through lost market opportunities, both at home and abroad. Even the environment suffered, since higher prices encouraged farmers to cultivate more intensively the land government allowed them to plow. The 1996 Freedom to Farm Act offered farmers a deal. Government agreed to abolish supply controls, leaving farmers free to respond to market signals; in exchange, farmers agreed to give up price supports. Most welcomed the deal, especially since Congress sweetened it with $36 billion in special Agricultural Market Transition Act payments. These AMTAs are fixed-dollar benefits, payable whether prices rise or fall, that are scheduled to gradually decline over seven years. At the time, some were skeptical about a grand bargain in which all of the pain was back-ended. Initially, farmers had the best of both worlds: freedom to till their land and free access to the public till. With commodity prices at record highs in 1996 and 1997, it is estimated that farmers collected $11 billion more in benefits than they would have if reform had never been enacted. Then grain prices fell just as AMTA payments began declining. All of a sudden, the deal soured. So we arrive at today's bailouts. While a fraction of this year's $8.7 billion rescue package ($1.2 billion) is earmarked for farmers suffering from floods or drought-what most Americans understand as "emergencies"-the rest comes in the form of extra AMTA payments ($5.5 billion) and miscellaneous subsidies ($2.0 billion) which, like regular farm aid, are to be distributed without regard to income or need.
Dubious Arguments
If rural America were in the grips of another Great Depression, perhaps such untargeted assistance could be justified. But the farm lobby's grim rhetoric to the contrary, this is not the case. While some farmers are facing hard times, the overall ratio of farm debt to assets is now at its lowest level since the 1960s. Net farm income is indeed down from its peak in 1996, but average farm household income, which includes income from nonfarm sources, is up sharply-from 99 percent of the U.S. average in 1995 to 115 percent in 1998. So how is the largesse defended? One argument is that agriculture is uniquely risky, and that farmers lack the means to insure against that risk. Both parts of this argument are dubious. High-tech start-up firms may spend years developing products for which it turns out there is no market. Farmers at least know that someone will eat oatmeal. As for insuring against risk, farmers have many means, most already heavily subsidized: * There is federal crop insurance. The government pays the full premium for catastrophic coverage and part of the premium for supplemental coverage. The farm lobby says the insurance can't substitute for disaster assistance, since the catastrophic coverage is minimal and most farmers don't purchase adequate "buy up" policies. But this is backwards. If you knew that government were going to rebuild your house if it burned down, would you buy fire insurance? In principle, farmers forego any claim to disaster assistance if they decline to participate in the crop insurance program. In practice, this requirement is waived. * There is federal revenue insurance. Crop insurance protects against the disaster of a bad harvest, not the disaster of a too abundant harvest. In order to cover both contingencies, the Freedom to Farm Act introduced revenue insurance. It indemnifies farmers whenever revenue falls beneath a target, whether the shortfall is due to lost production or low prices. * There are federal marketing assistance loans. These loans, which function much like price supports, advance credit to farmers before harvest time. The amount of the loan is determined by the "commodity loan rate"-that is, the value assigned to each bushel of corn or wheat. If market prices turn out to be lower than the loan rates, farmers need only pay back a fraction of the full loan. Even farmers who haven't taken out marketing loans are entitled to collect a "loan deficiency payment"-a cash benefit equivalent to the loan subsidy enjoyed by farmers who have taken them out. * There are private futures contracts. Although few farmers directly participate in futures markets, many do so indirectly through forward contracts with local boards of trade or grain elevators. We also hear that farm aid is crucial because other countries subsidize agriculture even more lavishly than we do. This argument might make sense for an industry where subsidies can help firms secure global economies of scale, like those allegedly enjoyed by an Airbus or Boeing. But this is clearly not the case in farming. Just because other countries introduce massive inefficiencies into their economies is no reason for us to do so too. When all else fails, the farm lobby plays its trump card: Only generous government assistance, we are told, can save the small family farm. There's irony in farmers defending their flinty individualism by demanding more federal cash. But the irony aside, no one has demonstrated why across-the-board subsidies that go largely to agribusiness make small family farms more viable. Even those subsidies that do go to small farms are soon capitalized into the price of the farm-and thus over time into the size of the mortgage the typical small farmer must pay, leaving him no better off than before.
An Enduring Myth
In the end, U.S. farm policy rests on an enduring myth-that most farmers are one bad harvest away from the poorhouse. This may have been true in the days of Ma and Pa Joad, when the typical farmer's income was far beneath the national average and there was no way to insure against disaster. Back then, with one-quarter of Americans living on the farm, it was understandable that government should take a more active role in regulating agriculture. Today, all of that has changed. Just 2 percent of us live on the farm-and farmers, on average, enjoy higher incomes than other Americans. We should be debating how to target aid to the minority of farmers who genuinely need government support, not whether to reinstate a universal entitlement. Resurrecting price supports and supply controls won't save taxpayers money by forestalling future bailouts, as many pretend. And it won't help small family farmers. All it will do is lock in the farm lobby's claim to a large slice of the federal budget, while squandering a scarce resource-the public's trust in leaders who say they are willing to buck powerful constituencies in order to follow through on reasonable entitlement reforms.
FACING FACTS AUTHORS: Neil Howe and Richard Jackson CONCORD COALITION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert Bixby


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Fresh off some one-off dates performing en maske as The Reflektors, Arcade Fire have just announced a proper North American tour taking place throughout the spring and summer of 2014, hitting almost every major arena from coast to coast. It kicks off March 6 in Louisville and continues all the way to the end of August, where they will play in Montreal on the 30th. There's also a gap for a Coachella date, just saying.
Check out the full itinerary below. Tickets for the 2014 tour will go on sale Nov. 22.
The band, who just released their fourth studio album Reflektor, has been playing intimate club dates ahead of the album's release late last month. We caught their warehouse show in Brooklyn, as well as their L.A. release day party on the roof of the Capitol Records building.
Arcade Fire 2014 Tour Dates:
03/06- Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
03/08- Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
03/10- Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
03/12- Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
03/13- Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
03/14- Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
03/16- Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
03/17- Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
03/18- Bridgeport, CT @ Webster Bank Arena
04/09- Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
04/10- Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
04/23- Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
04/26- Kansas City, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
04/27- St. Louis, MO @ Starlight Theatre
04/29- Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
05/01- Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
05/02- Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
07/30- Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
08/08- Seattle, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre
08/11- Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
08/12- Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
08/14- Winnipeg, SK @ MTS Centre
08/17- Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
08/19- Boston, MA @ Comcast Center
08/22- Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
08/23- Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
08/26- Chicago, IL @ United Center
08/30- Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau
See the tour poster at Radio.com


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SoccerTimesfront page
List of Americans Abroad
U.S. women lose to Sweden, must meet powerful Brazil in WWC quarterfinals.
U.S. women secure berth in WWC quarterfinals by blanking Colombia.
With strong second half, U.S. women top Group C by blanking North Korea in WWC opener.
By Robert Wagman
(Sunday, July 10, 2011) -- The United States moved into the Women's World Cup semifinals today, eliminating Brazil 5-4 in a penalty-kicks tiebreaker following a 2-2 draw in what perhaps was the greatest World Cup match ever played by the U.S., men or women.
The Americans played a woman down for almost 50 minutes, yet drew level at 2-2 on striker Abby Wambach's header two minutes into four minutes added on to extra time before about 25,000 in Rudolf Harbig Stadium in Dresden, Germany. This was certainly the most extraordinary meeting between the two women's soccer world powers.
'There is something about the American attitude to find a way to win. Unbelievable," said the U.S.'s Swedish coach. "Right now I'm the happiest person on earth."
There were so many important moments over 124 minutes of play, plus the penalty kicks, Wambach's header was probably even more dramatic than U.S. men's midfielder Landon Donovan's famous last-gasp goal against Algeria that advanced the Americans to the Round of 16 at the men's World Cup last summer in South Africa.
"It was a perfect ball," Wambach said, (Reserve midfielder Megan Rapinoe) got an opportunity down the left flank and sent the ball in. It just popped over that defenders' head. I was sitting on that back post. I'm so happy it went in. "Megan Rapinoe just put that ball on my head. Luckily I didn't miss and the rest is history, I guess. We had the momentum going into penalties."
With the U.S. leading 1-0 on a second-minute own goal, the game turned in the 66th minute when Brazilian star Marta broke into the penalty area step ahead of defender Rachel Buehler, who stretched her legs out to tackle Marta as she approached the left post. Buehler was ejected on the foul and ejected with a red card.
U.S. keeper Hope Solo went to her right to knock away Cristiane's subsequent penalty kick, but an American was ruled to have encroached into the box before the kick was taken. Under these most questionable of circumstances, Marta then converted her PK to tie the game at 1-1.
"When Rachel Buehler was sent off, I think we started to play," Sundhage said. "It's funny, in the first half we probably got the goal too early because we played too safe and didn't run as much as we could have. We played too direct. When Buehler was sent off, you could see something happened to the team and it was more than a running game and we explored the width.
The U.S. stepped up its game a player down and both teams had chances before the end of regulation time Then, just four minutes into the 30 extra minutes, Marta scored a brilliant goal, reaching her leg around U.S. midfielder Shannon Boxx to flip the ball into the far right corner of the net for a 2-1 advantage.
The remaining minutes of overtime featured a progressively more exhausted Brazil holding off the shorthanded Americans.
The U.S. came out pressuring from the opening whistle and it resulted in an own goal that gave the U.S. the lead after just 74 seconds. The Americans had a few other chances in the first half, but really couldn't muster much in the final third of the field. Brazil came back strongly after about the 20th minute, but the U.S. dropped back quickly. While not exactly going into a defensive shell, the U.S. focused on getting multiple defenders on Marta, the five-time "World Player of the Year," touched the ball.
Much of the first-half action was in the midfield with neither side getting much of advantage. In the first 45 minutes, Brazil had no shots on the U.S. goal while the Americans were credited with only a single shot.
Brazil used an unorthodox set-up with a sweeper playing behind two defenders, fronted by a pair of defensive midfielders. This gave it maximum protection in the final third, but allowed the U.S. some space in the midfield.
Rather than replace Amy LePeilbet at left back, where she has had difficulty in this competition, U.S. coach Pia Sundhage moved the faster Christie Rampone from right to left in the central defense, to give LePeibet more support.
Buehler, who swapped in the middle with Rampone, ended up marking Marta at one of the two key moments of the match and it looked like a trip home for the U.S. when she was called for fouling Marta leading to the penalty kick, but Wambach's bit of magic saved the Americans.
Rampone's pace was evident in the first half when she raced back, step-by-step with Marta to prevent her from going in alone on Solo.
U.S. Player Ratings
Goalkeeper Hope Solo - 8: In warmups, Solo fell heavily on her bad shoulder and one could tell from her reaction, she has and was playing in pain. Yet, over 124 minutes and then into the penalty kicks, she was sensational.
Defender Amy LePeilbet - 5.5: Certainly her best match of the competition. Made fewer errors and showed a physical presence on the back-line.
Defender Christie Rampone - 7: The best U.S. defender today made stop after stop, often matched against Marta or another of the speedy Brazilian forwards.
Defender Rachel Buehler - 4: Played much better until the moment when Marta got a step on her in the box and she responded by pulling the Brazilian down, giving up the penalty kick and seeing a red card for denying a goal-scoring opportunity.
Defender Ali Krieger - 6.5: Played very well on the right side, often stopping Brazilian attacks, sometimes at the last moment. Put away the decisive penalty kick in the tiebreaker.
Midfielder Shannon Boxx - 7: When the U.S. went down to 10 players, she moved back into the center of defense and essentially played both central defender and central midfield. She was victimized by Marta on Brazil's second goal, but otherwise played exceedingly well.
Midfielder Carli Lloyd - 5: She was good and not so good, at times in equal measure. At times, she was very good, but could have done much more to help the cause, including putting away an equalizer in overtime instead of sending it sailing over the crossbar. Carrying a yellow card, she foolishly stopped a Brazil through ball with her right arm. Had the referee given her a justified yellow, it would have cost the Americans a player.
Midfielder Lauren Cheney - 5.5: Another match of good chances, but poor finishing. She continues to get herself into good positions, but then can't seem to connect on her attempts on goal.
Midfielder Heather O'Reilly - 5.5: She has the pace to make a difference in a match like this one, but was unable to leave much of an impression before she ran out of gas as the match moved into extra time.
Forward Amy Rodriguez - 5: Just not making much of contribution to the U.S. attack. Made a couple of potentially costly giveaways in the first half.
Forward Abby Wambach - 7: With 21 other players on the field, she was the last one standing with her dramatic tying goal in the dying moments. She was a problem for the Brazilian defense all day and the best American field player.
Midfielder Megan Rapinoe (55th minute for Chaney) - 6.5: Played with great energy and purpose from the moment she stepped on the field and her cross to Wambach on the tying goal was a thing of beauty.
Forward Alex Morgan (72nd minute for Rodriguez) - 6: Brought fresh legs into he match which helped greatly in the extra time.
Forward Tobin Heath (108th minute for O'Reilly) - 5.5: Her energy was also a benefit over the final minutes.
SoccerTimes U.S. Player of the Match: Hope Solo.
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2. Bella asks Edward if he has multiple personality disorder because he either seems to be overly friendly or sarcastic moments apart. To what did you attribute Edward's odd behavior?
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"There's a big opportunity in silicon with a new wave of chip design ideas, which is not something we would have predicted a year ago," said Marc Andreessen co-founder and principal of Andreessen Horowitz.
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Uber is coming under fire after admitting to a controversial internal program it developed to poach drivers from car-sharing rival Lyft.
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Uber disclosed the program the same day an article in technology blog The Verge detailed some of the questionable business tactics SLOG employs to win new drivers. Brand ambassadors are given credit cards and cell phones to order rides from Lyft and instructed to ask the driver a series of questions about why they work for Lyft and whether they would consider switching to Uber, according to an email obtained by The Verge.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Bry_Sinclair, Jan 15, 2013.
Imzadi II by Peter David is about his rescue from the camps.
Oh really? I never read that one, the first Imzadi was so awful I never considered it.
That's what I was most concerned about actually, and tried to ease the transitions compared to others I'd seen.
I think Tom hooks up with Selar Yar some how?
The first page is hilarious.
It's Jadzia dying in his arms he's cradling her, screaming and crying, purple klingon snot everywhere totally broken in grief massively and utterly... Then there's this stray throught in the back of his head: "I was a freaking moron to think that what I felt for Deanna Troi was love... So why the hell did I mary her?"
I think I got the audio book out of the library, it was read by JG Hiertziler quite well.
What I remember about the first one was that it was full of girlish purple prose and mary sueness and lots of angst. At one point Troi and Riker have to spend the night naked in a tree or something.. there is some convoluted reason why they are naked. I was always hearing this was the most wonderful Trek book ever. This was back in the days when Troi and her romances was the stuff of shipping wars. It was my first or second ever Trek book and I hadn't yet realized that Trek books write all relationships as though everyone was 15 years old and crying in the bathroom at lunch so I was shocked it was so bad.
I probably have Imzadi II somewhere, I used to buy Treklit in bulk lots on ebay and ended up with several copies of it.
Imzadi I is the best trek book ever because Data was on a snark hunt to whack Deanna Troi to save the timeline.
The first 300 pages was uneccessary girly fluff.
Although I regurgitated some of Dee's psychobabble to my then girlfriend "Your friend doesn't want you to create solutions for their problems, they're not an idiot, they want you listen and sympathisize."
4 months later, she's repeating the same tripe I said to her, forgetting that I was this garbages origin, but she was claiming that it was something she read in a scientific journal or a psychology textbook.
I really let her have it.
And then you noticed her orgasmic expression while eating chocolate ice cream and your nightmare was complete?
I didn't notice she was attractive till First Contact.
Didn't want to bang her till Stargate.
Sexy, sexy Russian accent... And maybe it was also that she wasn't being written as a moron any more?
Yes FC and VOY Troi was a revelation. If she had looked and acted like that the whole time I might have some Troi crush but instead I had to nurse my Ro Laren crush along for the whole TNG era because there was no one else.
Stargate Troi's accent was painful, but I think everything Russian on that show was filtered through some cold war comic book idea of Russia and it was all painful. However the character was kind of interesting despite the nuclear wessels.
I find every thing about Trio (and Sirtis) painful.
But then she's just no Janeway, eh teacake?
They were born on the same year according the Star Trek Exhibit Experience I visited once.
It's possible that they were or could have been switched at birth.
I seem to remember early TNG publicity claiming Marina was in her late 20's at the time. Those liars.
She's a month older than my mum, and would have been 31 or 32 when TNG started filming... But then actresses lie. So add another 6 years.
Josan you didn't like Troi in FC?
Was it Troi and Janeway that were born in the same year or Sirtis and Mulgrew?
The characters, and the actresses. A month apart.
It's probably harder for celebrities to fudge their age now, what with the internet and on-line government public records.
But easier to fudge their looks.
I'd have to rewatch FC to answer that. But I didn't like here at all during the series.
I pretty much didn't like any of them.. though that didn't stop me from enjoying episodes. Picard ascended to a pleasant mehness and that was about it for the regulars.
Oh, they're the most boring cast of all the shows in my view (but Crusher and Trio are the worst). TNG is at the bottom of my list. Hell, I might even rank TAS above TNG.
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Slugger's walk-off jack makes Sox even more dangerous
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But not to be lost in the instant gratification of the moment is the long-term ramifications.
Ramirez had been sidelined by a strained left oblique for 24 games down the stretch. He returned to the lineup for the final six regular-season games. However, not until the Game 2 walk-off blast that sunk the Angels had Ramirez driven the ball with much authority.
With Ramirez back in full swing, the Red Sox suddenly become a far more dangerous team. And there probably won't be many more nights that David Ortiz gets walked four times, as he did Friday night.
"I think when Manny is going good and has full confidence and is swinging the bat good, I think they're going to have to pitch to David," said Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis. "Manny Ramirez is Manny Ramirez. Manny has a longer track record than David Ortiz. He's MVP material almost every year and a guy that is going to be a Hall of Famer."
Boston manager Terry Francona had said repeatedly in recent days that Ramirez having just a few days to refine his swing before the postseason "wasn't perfect."
Nobody could predict exactly when things would click in for the star slugger, but Friday's swing might have provided the answer.
"We saw the way he was swinging the bat," said Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell. "I can't say we knew for sure he was going to do what he did, but we knew his at-bats were good. With his God-given ability, we feel pretty confident with him in that spot. I don't think there's anyone else on our team we'd rather have hitting behind David than him."
After topping 30 homers and 100 RBIs for nine consecutive seasons, Ramirez finished 2007 with 20 homers and 88 RBIs.
In his rare postgame address following Game 2, Ramirez indicated that this has not been the easiest season for him.
"Just my timing all year round hasn't been right," said Ramirez. "But man, like I said, even when I'm not right, I get hits. So you know, I just go to battle and keep preparing the way I'm preparing. ... I'm always working hard and that's it. That's me, man. Even when you don't feel good and you get hits, like I said, you're a bad man."
Pedroia bounces back fine: The Red Sox had a minor scare in the second inning on Friday, when Dustin Pedroia tweaked his left shoulder trying to take a hit away from Kendry Morales. But Pedroia stayed in the game and had no ill effects a day later.
"He's fine," said Francona. "Actually, we expected him to be a little more tender than he was."
Pedroia took bating practice on Saturday.
Dice-K searching for split: Daisuke Matsuzaka held court with the Japanese media on Saturday to reflect on his disappointing start in Game 2.
The most interesting thing the right-hander said was that he didn't have a feel for his splitter, which was so effective in his final regular-season start against the Twins.
"When I was throwing my splitter [Friday night], I was just thinking, 'Please break down,'" Matsuzaka said.
If the Red Sox lose Game 3, Matsuzaka will not hang around for Game 4. Instead, he will fly back to Boston for a potential start in Game 5 at Fenway on Wednesday.
Okajima back in groove: Lefty setup man Hideki Okajima appears to have benefited from the rest the Red Sox game him late in the season. Okajima looked to be in top form during his 1 1/3 perfect innings that included two strikeouts.
"There is some deception there and there's some real good command when he's right," said Francona.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.