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For more than 20 years, the FHWA has researched and fomented new technologies and best practices for the design and construction of road tunnels. The use of underground space for transportation of goods and people has increased in the last 10 years.
Tunnels represent the most expensive type of transportation structures, where in addition to complicated design, the greatest challenges may be encountered during construction. Since the early 1930's until the latter part of the 1980's the technique of tunneling has not kept pace with the development of other technical fields and the literature on tunneling has also shown signs of declining. Hence to be able to serve as a reliable and credible information source to the field offices of FHWA, the state highway agencies, municipalities as well as the general public.
VISION: Preserve and Enhance United States Tunnel Engineering Expertise
MISSION: To develop, promote and advance road tunnel engineering principles, technology, and maintenance practices in the United States through a national team of road tunnel experts.
- Form a national team of road tunnel experts to serve as a reliable and credible information source to internal (FHWA) and external (all other) customers.
- Develop a web page to include such items as:
- A database of ongoing tunnel projects in the United States.
- List of tunnel-related publications and how they can be obtained
- Enable and promote the continuous development of tunnel knowledge
- Assist AASHTO T-20 Subcommittee on Tunnels to create tunnel specifications, and advance tunnel research.


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Do you consider yourself a "traditionalist" when it comes to exercise, but find yourself more and more intrigued with yoga these days? You are not alone. Originating in India, yoga is a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. According to a 2003 survey, 13.4 million Americans practice yoga and 1.6 million are 55 or older. So, why do yoga? Studies show that yoga reduces stress, increases flexibility and strength, fosters a mind-body connection and improves balance and coordination.
Yoga Styles — If you don't know your "downward facing dog" (a yoga position) from your "vinyasas" (a series of postures), take heart. There are a variety of different yoga styles to suit a variety of ability levels. Hatha yoga is the most widely practiced yoga in the United States and good for beginners. These workouts include basic introductory poses and the movements are slow, gentle and smooth. Lyengar yoga focuses on body alignment and balance, and students hold poses longer than most forms — also a good choice for beginners. Bikram yoga is for those who can take the heat — upwards of 95 to 100º. The warm environment helps loosen tight muscles, promotes sweating and facilitates body cleansing. Vinyasa yoga focuses on sun salutations, the connection of breath and movement and aggressive stretches. Ashtanga yoga is a fast, intense yoga style. Students are constantly moving, but there is some flexibility to work at your own pace.
Yoga Equipment — A yoga mat is a necessity to offer slipresistance and cushioning. Many yoga studios rent mats for a nominal fee. Foam blocks and wedges will help you get into some of the postures with good body alignment. Yoga straps help with stretching and holding poses and are especially useful for less flexible beginners. Bring a towel for perspiration or to roll up and support your neck. Also, wear unrestrictive, appropriate clothing. You will be bending, twisting…and may be upside down.
Yoga Classes — The average yoga class lasts 75 minutes, which includes a period of breathing and warming up and a relaxation period at the end. Classes range from $10 to $20 and some offer a one-time, drop-in rate to try a single class. Always check with your doctor before starting any exercise program.Yoga classes are offered at the Eisenhower Renker Wellness Center and through the Eisenhower Wellness Institute. Visit emc.org/calendar for more information.

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Russians Finally Admit Beer Is Alcohol
The Russian government, which has long called beer a "foodstuff," will now classify the beverage as, you know, alcohol, as part of a campaign against alcoholism and underage drinking. People drinking excessively? In Russia!? Believe it or not! "Many ordinary Russians," The Daily Telegraph tells us, "regard beer as a soft drink. It is not uncommon to see men swigging a can of beer on their way to work." Ah, yes, but what they don't tell you is that those men are professional beer-tasters.


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Do I need a longer knead time? I've seen some references which say not to add the oil up front. Will I get better results if it is added after the 5 minutes of letting the flour absorb the water?
On the next batch, I'll shoot for 65% and see what I have after 5 minutes of kneading.The lower iron pizza pan is being used as the heat diffuser. Otherwise I'd have freakishly high temps for the pan exposed directly to the coals.So far, I'm like the cast iron pizza pan as it seems to heat up quicker both initially and in between pies. One of these times I"ll throw a regular stone back in there while still keeping the lower cast iron pan as the heat diffuser.
I did some reading on a couple of forums about pizza baking on your grill and it appears the vast majority of users perferred a stone over steel. Don
I definitely will try the stone for my next bake, but I'm curious as to what I will see as the difference? Will I have a slower cook time on the bottom of the pizza allowing the top and bottom to cook more evenly?I checked a few threads in the stone/tiles forum and it sounds like some folks are using steel. I didn't find much though describing what to expect for cooking differences compared to stone.On the flip side of this topic, I scored a 13" round piece of 1/4" steel today for FREE!! I made connections with a fellow that works in the machine shop at my company and told him what I was looking for and 10 minutes later he called me to come pick up a beautifully cut piece of steel. He used a computer controlled water jet to cut it so it is perfectly round and smooth. Couldn't believe my luck. He'll get invited over once I fine-tuned my pizzas a bit more!!


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Courtesy of A24 Films
Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of the Academy, consider this sh*t.
The latter phrase is the amusing headline on a new "For your consideration" ad seeking Oscar votes for James Franco as Best Supporting Actor for his work in the ribald drama Spring Breakers.
The ad has quite the arresting image, too: Franco, 35, as his gangsta character Alien from the film, clutching a pair of Oscar statuettes and flanked by a couple of bikini babes.
A rep for Spring Breakers distributor A24 Films tells the Hollywood Reporter: "James Franco has created a character so indelible it deserves recognition. We are excited to be able to support it with a campaign and know the impact of Alien will last far past this awards season."


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According to Kyle Drown, assistant commander of ASP Troop J, state police are partnering with local agencies in a cooperative effort to deter intoxicating driving and other unsafe roadway practices.
"A lot of people (have taken) Friday off so that they can get a head start into the holiday weekend, and there will be a lot of people on the highways," Drown said.
"We are maintaining a high level of visibility and we are trying to deter people from unsafe driving."
Drown said state police operated a sobriety checkpoint at the Pope and Johnson County line on U.S. Highway 64 and State Highway 359 on Thursday night.
According to Drown, the checkpoint led to the arrests of two drivers for DWI-related offenses, as well as seven unrelated criminal arrests.
"It was a productive night, and it had positive results," Drown said.
"We want people to know that we are out there watching and that we are holding sobriety checkpoints and will continue to do so. People will never know where we are, and in that way, we hope to deter people from driving while intoxicated and from other unsafe driving practices."
Russellville Fire Department
Between the hours of 3 and 11 p.m. Thursday, the Russellville Fire Department responded to 7 calls in the Russellville area during the Fourth of July holiday.


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If we're judging sexiness by box office receipts (which we are, right?), then werewolves are certainly not the hotties that vampires are. Aliens are doing OK, though! As long as they're evil and we're shooting them, anyway.
1) Battle: Los Angeles — $36M
Bad reviews be damned, this documentary about the crazy time last summer when Michelle Rodriguez totally had to like fight these aliens, and that's why she was in such a hurry and speeding, officer, because of the aliens and the battle and stuff, performed higher than expected. It won't be the big hit of the season, leave that to movies opening a little bit later in the spring, but it ought to at least hold its own. Which is good! I have a strange loyalty to this movie, if only because that first trailer with the creepy sad music was so good. And because, of course, the aliens were totally on her tail and she needed to get away from them, but also, uh, to them to fight them, so hence the speed, and damn, maybe saying she was training for a new Fast and the Furious movie would have been a way better story. Or, um, she has to get back to the island?
2) Rango — $23M
All the kids went to see this one this weekend, while their dads stared bitterly at the hordes of younger, single, unattached guys who fart-sauntered into Battle: Los Angeles without a farty care in the world. What a bitter, mean old rock this place is sometimes. One minute you're 22 and the only thing you have to do on a Saturday is get stoned, go see a movie, go home and eat a whole pizza and then spend the rest of the night chasing the muff around at some party, and the next you're lost in the woods of your 30s and there's apple juice and graham crackers and stickiness and noise and screaming and diapers and Rango, some movie about who knows the fuck what, it's another animated movie with no boobs or explosions, that's all that matters, and there you are staring and wishing. But then, of course, after the hour and a half, you go home and there's all of that stuff that you've built, and hell Rango wasn't half bad, that Johnny Depp, man, he can do anything, and this is probably better than the onanistic tugs of mysterious younger loneliness, better probably to actually finally live in the future than spend all your time staring down into its maw, wondering. And if you have to wait to see Battle: Los Angeles some day months from now when everyone's off somewhere (and you won't even get to finish it, probably), then that's OK, you hear it's not that good anyway.
3) Red Riding Hood — $14M
The better to not see you with? While this relatively inexpensive ($40 million) movie could have done worse, I suppose, it should have done better. What with its cute boys and supernatural sexual allegory and whatnot. Isn't that what everyone's craving these days? Flush-cheeked metaphors for fucking set to Gothic-sounding wail rock? I guess they are with Twilight, a story they know and love, and not with Red Riding Hood, a story they assuredly know but probably associate with the tinker-tonk of childhood and not with strange new feelings and the dreamy boy in the back of the class who doesn't say much and supposedly moved here from a whole 'nother state. Y'know? Like maybe sexually turgidizing a children's story like this wasn't actually the sexiest thing to do? What's next? Some about three twinks and an older predator coming to pork them called Three Little Pigs? Ha, I mean, no, in no way would that ever be what's next, unless it was put out by TLA and cost like fourteen bucks to make, but you get my drift maybe. Jack and Jill: two teens find themselves tumbling (read: fucking) down a hill in repressive 19th century Iowa hill country. While pursued by... evil milk. So maybe the sex allegory can't be grafted on as easily to everything, but still. It just doesn't work people! Sorry.
5) Mars Needs Moms — $6.8M
A rare miss in the animated movie genre, this one a supposedly $150 million affair that would need some sort of Hindu miracle to make back its budget. (I imagine Hindu miracles to be big and grand and colorful? No? Hindu readers, am I wrong?) I guess no one cares enough about this critical problem facing Mars. They have dads, and kids, and uncles, and aunts, and cousins and grampas. They just don't have enough moms. Well, do they have any moms? I mean, how strong is the "needs" here? Are there a few moms who are just way too tired doing all the mom stuff for everyone and they're like "We need help!!" or are there just literally no moms at all? And if so, where'd they all go? Did they go over to Venus to have a cocktail and listen to Sarah McLachlan and, y'know, go native? What's going on with these moms and Mars and all the little alien bastards they left behind? Maybe all these questions speak to why this movie didn't do so well. We're willing to suspend our disbelief pretty far for the ol' movies, but Mars having a mom shortage? It just doesn't add up. The whole thing stinks.
7) Beastly — $5M
Hahaha. OMG. My friend and I went to see this last night, because whatever, and holy shit is this a terrible movie. Just, like, insanely poorly made. Many, many made for TV movies appear to have had higher production budgets and certainly better casting directors than this feature film that was released in actual movie theaters. The script, as it turns out, was accidentally written by a sad monkey that just broke up with its boyfriend, the chicken scratch it scrawled on some paper with a crayon somehow floating its way to a studio executive who said "I like it. Roll camerae!" It's hard to even get into what makes it so awful, but let's at least say that Alex Pettyfer? The boy is pretty, we'll give him that, but that's about all he is. Good gravy is he not a good actor. Just really not in any way what we would define as a "good actor." Vanessa Hudgens is a greeting card that's come to life, and Lisa Gay Hamilton, Neil Patrick Harris, and a mortified-looking Peter Krause hopefully all got the summer houses of their dreams off this turkey, otherwise they should put stones in their pockets and walk into the water, because damn. I guess in retrospect it's sort of fun bad? Sort of? Like maybe you could get stoned and open a bottle of white wine and watch this and have a funny time? But not for $13 in the waning few hours of your weekend. Then it just feels cruel, especially when you know you could be seeing Red Riding Hood next door, it only started ten minutes later, and even though that movie probably sucks too, it probably sucks in a different way that's more forgivable. Instead it's Beastly, and then you're home, and then it's yet another shitty Monday, and you're writing about Beastly, and outside the cars go by, like they have for years. Sigh. Stupid Beastly.


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Supplemental tryouts will be held on the 28th and 30th of January. Here is the schedule -
U9 -U11 Girls from 5:30 - 7pm
U9 - U11 Boys from 5:30 - 7pm
U12 - U14 Girls from 7 - 8:30pm
U12 - U14 Boys from 7 - 8:30pm
All tryouts will take place at Earl O'Neal Park. For more information on our academy and select tryouts, please visit our website, www.rysa.net. If you have specific questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Academy Director (U9 - U12), Keion Yearwood at email@example.com or our Select Director (U13 - U19), Dusty Fouser at email@example.com. We are looking forward to a great tryout. We hope to see you here!


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More than field an advantage at Miller
Counsell catches ball off retractable roof in sixth inning
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
In what may have been a first for this season at Miller Park, a batted ball struck the roof and was caught for an out.
The bizarre play came with one out in the sixth inning when Philadelphia's Jayson Werth skied a fly ball that appeared to be headed to Milwaukee's Ryan Braun in left field. Shortstop J.J. Hardy went back on the ball, and suddenly, it changed direction.
An alert Hardy pointed toward third baseman Craig Counsell, who reacted quickly to make a diving catch on the dirt infield in the area of shortstop.
Had the ball dropped in fair territory, it would have been a hit.
All the players involved said they had never seen a ball strike the roof.
"I've never seen that. I've never seen that in BP. I've never seen that in a game," Hardy said. "I was going back, and I figured Braun was going to be underneath it, so I gave up on it. I saw it hit the thing and I started yelling at Counsell, because his head was down. I pointed at the ball. [At] the last minute, he spotted it. It was a great play."
Counsell was as shocked as anyone that the ball went toward him.
"That's a first," Counsell said. "I kind of put my head down and went to third base, because that's where I would want to be in case something would happen. Then I heard J.J. yelling and I looked up, and the ball was coming my way. I looked in the right spot, right when I heard J.J. yelling. It's like, 'The sky is falling.'"
To the recollection of Miller Park employees, it's the first time the retractable roof factored into a play, at least this season, and perhaps in the history of the park.
The roof rules at Miller Park read: "If caught by a fielder, a batter is out, and runners advance at their own risk."
Werth's ball actually struck a buckle used to support a cable. The buckle dangled from the roof.
If the ball had struck the roof in foul territory, the ball would have been ruled a dead ball. But Werth's fly ball was fair.
"We didn't know what the rule was, either," Braun said. "I didn't know if it was a dead ball, a double, or what. I was underneath it, and all of a sudden, I saw it take a crazy bounce. That was a phenomenal play by Counsell, a great reaction play."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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With the Kernels – Day Four
Kernels Pitching Coach Pedro Borbon resigned yesterday.
Well, that was a weird day.
As feared, the Cedar Rapids game with Clinton was rained out. An early drizzle became light showers and was so persistent by late morning that the Kernels front office decided to cancel the game. It was cancelled instead of postponed because the two teams don't face one another again in the first half, and with so many postponed games already on the horizon for makeup dates an opportunity simply wasn't available.
Then came word that Kernels pitching coach Pedro Borbon, Jr. had submitted his resignation.
According to this morning's Cedar Rapids Gazette, Borbon resigned for the ubiquitous "personal reasons." Dan Ricabal, who was slated to be the pitching coach later this year for the summer league Tempe Angels, will report to Cedar Rapids.
With time to kill, I recorded more interviews for the next podcast. And then I was interviewed by Kernels broadcaster John Rodgers, who plans to use the recording for their pre-game show on Thursday (weather willing).
On the way out, I made sure to do my part in the Kernels gift shop. Since I'd last been there in 2003, they've added a Cedar Rapids baseball hall-of-fame inside the gift shop. What an incredible display of memorabilia. Jerseys, uniforms, bats, scorecards from a hundred years ago. Back in the early 1900s, the locals were known as the Cedar Rapids Bunnies. Well, there was an actual Bunnies uniform, complete with the wascaly wabbit logo. A newspaper clipping from the era reported a game between the Bunnies and the Infants. (Supply your own punch line.) They did a great job of collecting memorabilia.
With two hours to kill, I went over to see the new IMAX Science Station. The IMAX was showing that highly praised educational documentary, Spiderman 3. They were already 30 minutes into the film, and I wasn't going to stay for the end, so they just let me in for free. All of three people were in the theater.
Everyone associated with the Kernels operation — management, staff, players, coaches, host parents — was warm, open and supportive. Even the team hotel let me stay over a couple hours to shower before checking out. I wish I could have stayed a few more days. Great people, a great ballpark, and a great town.


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hi gang ,
am gonna build a software to facilitate file transfer across dial up wan connections.
assume i have no dialup connection in access!
i know that winsock ease the case by letting me write my program using socket as if both my server and client are loacated in a lan , so with just using some socket programming i can build up the system.
first if i am wrong correct me !
then am faced with security freaks which i guess i might use pptp
in middle.
so what are challenges in this case .
plus if anyone has captured ppp packets before NCP comes up ,please give me clue in this case .
ppp establishment in order :
1- LCP (framing around layer3 datagram)
2- authentication (...)
3- NCP (negociating layer3 parameters between server and client).
before step 3 no one can capture using winpcap enabled application ...
so please anyone gimmi e clue..
tanxc in advance


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Nino Schurter has taken the win in Round # 4 of the XCO World Cup in Vallnord, Andorra and extends his overall lead with 820 pts. "This was a huge step in order to win the overall World Cup again this year," Nino said just after putting in a breathtaking performance in the final lap in the high altitude of the Pyrenées. The race was held at 2000m above sea level, a tough task for the endurance athletes.
Even though Nino is again on a winning streak this year, this victory was not taken for granted- Nino was losing air in his front tire in the beginning of the race and had to catch up to the leading group. Luckily he did not loose too much time and was able to continue the race in 11th position. Only in the very last lap was he able to take over Ondrej Cinq, the under 23 World Champion. With Florian Vogel in 7th and Marcel in 41st, SCOTT-Swisspower also took the win in the team ranking now leading with 64 pts.
From the second lap, Cinq was racing at an incredibly high pace on his full suspelsion 29er. But the high pace of the chasers melted the gap down to 18 seconds with half a lap to go. Then it was time for Nino to step up his game. He smelled the blood and took major risks during the long fast descent where he flatted on the first lap. Nino changed the race in one of the last downhill sections, literally flying down the rooty singletrack on his 27.5" hardtail. With a mind blowing acceleration in the next uphill he took the lead- and would not give it back, winning with a 6 sec gap over Cinq and French racer Stéphane Tempier.
In a very intense battle with the top three all finishing within 11 seconds of each other, Nino did not let go of his leading position to win his 3rd World Cup of this year- and the 10th of his career. He showed to be a real champion by winning even things didn't work perfectly for him. Vallnord was more proof that he is the best XCO athlete at the moment.
"This one really cames as a surprise. After the flat I wanted to finish in top five for the World Cup overall. Last lap I felt comfortable to go for second. And when I saw Cink not far ahead of us I got the wings and took a lot of risk on the downhills. It payed off perfectly to this sweet victory," the totally exhausted winner said at the finish.
7th place finisher Florian Vogel was happy with his result: "It's good to be back racing in the front row again. I'm only a little bit away from the podium and I'm moving in the right direction from now on."
Nino extended his lead in the overall World Cup ranking, because none of his main competitors made it in the top five at Vallnord. At 820 points with two races remaining, Schurter leads round one winner Daniel McConnell by 280 points, with Julien Absalon another 30 points back, tied with Cink.
SCOTT Swisspower is not only the most successful team in the XCO, but also mixes up the new Cross Country Eliminator races. Marcel Wildhaber finished 5th while Swedish Jenny Riessved came in 3rd in the finals.


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Deadline to nominate employers for Freedom Award nears
By WES WOLFE | The Free Press, Kinston, N.C. | Published: January 11, 2013
KINSTON, N.C. — For members of the National Guard and military reserves, employer support is crucial.
For businesses, organizations and institutions that go the next level, there's the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor given by the federal government for "outstanding support" of employees serving in the Guard or reserves.
North Carolina organizations brought home the award eight times since 2000. Deadline for a servicemember or one of their family members to nominate an employer for 2013 is Jan. 21.
"I think our employers recognize the value of hiring and having in their company servicemembers, because of all of the different attributes they bring," said Darrell Johnson, program support technician for N.C. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. "And I believe there's just a lot of patriotic employers in North Carolina. We're very fortunate to have them, and even more fortunate that we can work with them and identify the great things they do, and get them presented the award."
Johnson said he'd received about 65 nominations so far, and expects close to 100 as supporters of the ESGR get the word out.
State Employees' Credit Union won the award in 2011, and ECU and Food Lion were honored in 2010.
"SECU has always considered it a privilege to serve those members who protect and defend our freedom," said Leigh Brady, SECU senior vice president of education services, in an email. "Our 'people helping people' philosophy is exhibited on a daily basis with our members — we serve N.C. National Guard soldiers and their immediate family members — with our support of our employee-reservists, through the SECU Foundation's various military focused projects, and through our participation in programs designed to help find jobs for veterans."
Mary Schulken, executive director of communication, public affairs and marketing at ECU, said the award was "a big deal" for the university.
"Because of where we are, in Eastern North Carolina, with really four major military installations within very close reach, we have a long-standing relationship with serving military in our staff and faculty," Schulken said. "Our faculty and staff make a real positive difference in educational programs and research, and in clinical services for the military.
"This award really was recognition of that, and more important, it made us really proud of the positive climate of support that exists across the university toward people who serve."
If you're a servicemember, or family of a servicemember, here's how you nominate an employer.
The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is a U.S. Defense Department agency whose staff and volunteers work to increase business support for servicemembers in the National Guard and reserves, and seek to assist in employment opportunities for servicemembers, veterans and their families.
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The new pandas' Cute Face ability is so appropriate!
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They frequently show up as second or third combatants in pet battles in the Vale (there's a pack of rapidly-respawning civets near the Seat of Knowledge area that are good to check), even if you phased out the ones on the lake and waterways. The best quality I've seen so far is uncommon, but I continue to pick on those poor civets hoping to see better. They also work as /love targets for the new Squirrels achievement, so you can help your friends with that if they need it :)
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Unemployment in Yorkshire and Humber fell by 8,000 in the three months to December.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that a total of 240,000 people were unemployed in the region between October and December. The region's unemployment rate was 8.6% and it saw a fall of 3.2% during the period.
Employment Minister Esther McVey said: "With employment continuing to increase, it's clear that the Government's long-term plan to build a stronger, more secure economy is helping businesses create jobs and get people into work.
"Record numbers of women are in work and youth unemployment continues to fall, which means more people have the security of a regular wage and can plan for their future."
Unemployment nationally has continued to fall and a record number of women are in work, new figures revealed.
The jobless total was 2.34 million in the final quarter of last year, down by 125,000, giving a rate of 7.2%.
The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance dipped to 1.22 million in January, down by 27,000 - the 15th consecutive monthly fall.
More women are in work than at any time since records began in 1971, at just over 14 million.
But 1.4 million people are in part-time jobs because they cannot find full-time work, a fall of 29,000 over the latest quarter but 46,000 higher than a year ago.
Youth and long-term unemployment have both fallen, but there has been little change in the number of people classed as economically inactive, which has remained just under nine million.
The total includes people on long-term sick leave, students, those looking after a sick relative or those who have given up looking for a job.
Employment now stands at more than 30 million, a rate of 72.1%, which is 0.6% higher than a year ago.


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Australia A go 4-0 up over England Lions
England Lions finally offered more than a yelp, but an Aaron Finch-inspired Australia A remained on course for a clean sweep in their five-match one-day cricket series with a 45-run win on Monday.
Australia made it four from four as they scored 8-285 after winning the toss at the SCG and restricted the tourists to 9-240.
Captain Finch (109 off 117 balls) and Adam Voges (81 off 105) added 177 at almost a run-a-ball in the decisive partnership of the match.
"We had to get the score ticking over and get a competitive score on the board, but we knew how important it was to keep some wickets in hand for the end," Finch told AAP.
The margin was by far the closest of the series after Australia A won the first three games by seven wickets, 122 runs and 113 runs.
It might have been even closer had England's top scorer Gary Ballance (73 off 95) not been forced to retire hurt.
Ballance was taken to hospital after he top-edged a delivery from paceman Alister McDermott (3-35 off nine overs) into his jaw.
"It's never good when you see something like that, it was a pretty sickening blow," Finch said.
England needed 86 off the last 9.5 overs at the time and Rikki Clarke (20) and Toby Roland-Jones (24) kept their side in with a sniff until they ran out of batters.
Impressive young NSW quick Gurinder Sandhu (3-36 off eight) dealt the Lions a couple of blows inside the first ten overs.
He dismissed Alex Hales (three) and Lions captain James Taylor (13).
Ballance put on 56 with opener Varun Chopra (41), 47 with Ben Foakes (20) and 36 with James Vince (18).
"Our bowlers did a good job we took regular wickets which was obviously key," Voges said.
"It just stifled their momentum a little bit and it proved to be enough at the end of the day."
England didn't help their cause by bowling a staggering 19 wides in conditions that were initially favourable to their quicks.
Roland-Jones (3-58) was the chief culprit, sending down an extra nine deliveries.
"It was definitely a below par performance with the ball," said Taylor.
"We were definitely in the game with the bat, and then lost too many wickets at crucial stages."
The Australians lost 4-25 after the big partnership between Finch and Voges.
Tim Paine (32) and Cameron Boyce (17) added some late lustre to the batting with a stand of 44 off 26 balls.
The series concludes with a day-night match at the SCG on Friday.
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Endangered Species Trade Update
Elephants, rhinos, sharks, tigers, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, snakes, monkeys, various birds and plants all made an appearance on the agenda of the triennial conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
At the meeting, held this year in Bangkok from March 4th-14th, governments of 178 member states agreed to add 343 species of plants and animals to CITES' appendices I and II. There they joined 33,000 species (5,000 animals and 28,000 plants) that already crowded it. All of these species are in danger of extinction. Listing by CITES ensures that trade in them is either banned or strictly monitored.
At least that is the theory. But the abiding impression left by a CITES meeting is that no one knows how best to protect beleaguered wildlife. CITES has failed to curtail, let alone prevent, illegal trade—especially in species for which demand and market price are extremely high, and they climb ever higher, the closer to extinction a species becomes.
Demand is growing fast in some of the world's most dynamic economies, notably China, where parts of many endangered species are used in traditional medicine. As Chinese spending power grows, time is running out for CITES to stem the flow that is endangering, for example, elephants, rhinos and tigers—all traded for their body parts and mainly sold to markets in China, Vietnam and Thailand.
Elephant herd photo via Shutterstock.
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Temis the Vorta, Oct 10, 2011.
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Pilot order for Bryan Fuller's High Moon!
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It's kind of like a space opera!
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But how do you know that's the sole or even primary motive, at least as far as the creative types are concerned?
Somebody offers me a chance to remake Logan's Run or Fantastic Voyage, I am so there. Not to mention Frankenstein or The Creature from the Black Lagoon or any number of fun old properties that could benefit from a modern facelift. How do you know that the prospect of reinventing, say, Quatermass or Doc Savage isn't enough to get some people's creative juices flowing . . . .
(Says the guy who once wrote the bible for a new version of TOM SWIFT.)
True confession: I can't watch an old movie on TCM without thinking about how I would remake it!
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I know it's a fundamental difference between remakes and mythic traditions. I did not claim it was the only motive behind all remakes, but oral traditions were part of a shared narrative that did not involve ligitous corporations enforcing their legal right to profit from repeated iterations of the same product, and acting that because they both retold the same story they're basically the same kind of thing just isn't being accurate.
You want to say there's good remakes/reboots? I'd agree with you. I loved Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica. But I'm not going to say that Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica is basically the same kind of thing as Virgil's Aeneid.
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But how do you explain the constant remakes of, say, Dracula or The Three Musketeers or Robin Hood or King Arthur or Snow White. Those have nothing to do with intellectual property or trademarks or "litigious corporations." They're all public domain, but writers and directors and filmmakers keep wanting to reinvent them, over and over again . . . maybe just because somebody woke up one night and thought, "You know, I really, really want to do a radical new version of Moby-Dick!"
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Syfy Orders Project From M. Night Shyamalan and Marti Noxon
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True confession: I can't watch any movie without thinking how I would remake it.
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I'm talking about needless recycling when creativity is better. Forbidden Planet would not have been improved by calling it Tempest Planet featuring Doctor Prospero.
I may be misremembering this, but I believe Asimov said in his book that Shakespeare's histories were taken almost word-for-word from a certain set of history books, modified only to fit iambic pentameter. Also: Well said.
Great news. I hope the same is true for Defender.
I'm often inspired by watching a movie or reading a book. But I'm inspired to do my own variant on the idea, not rewrite what's already been done.
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And come to think of it, Shakespeare also more or less quoted Thomas North's Plutarch translation in Antony and Cleopatra. But is quotation from high-falutin' literary sources the same kind of thing as remakes and reboots in Hollywood? The Marlowe line Shakespeare quoted was from a very, very popular poem, so popular it brought a public response from Sir Walter Ralegh.
Going off on a quotation tangent, one of Marlowe's biographers noted that Marlowe quoted from geography books, an unpublished military manual and in The Massacre in Paris what seemed to be some sort of secret government report. He didn't ask why a government provocateur would be reading such things. But it seems to me that he wouldn't. Thus, Marlowe was privy to them by virtue of other government intelligence work. As in, he was given access to a military manuscript about fortifications because it was thought at some point he might be spying on enemy fortifications.
(Marlowe is particularly interesting to people who like mysteries. It's about as certain as such things can be that he wasn't murdered in a brawl over a bar bill, even if Shakespeare alluded to this official verdict in his play.)
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Those are mostly re-adaptations. I don't think anyone is going to assume JMS's upcoming Vlad Dracula series referred to here is a remake of Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, or in any sense legally related to such.
This said?
The same level of name recognition, the value of a property as property, continues to be important. I remember when I was a kid there'd be cheap knockoff cartoons based on whatever subject the latest Disney film was covering (Pocahontas, Hercules, etc.), and then there's recent franchise films like Snow White & the Huntsman, which slot in rather nicely around the summer's array of blockbuster novel/comic adaptations.
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looking forward to any space opera or space-set tv series (preferably without ships blowing up).
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Sounds interesting... for a two-hour movie.
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I like the idea of Proof - its not the same old thing - but unless they plan to take the action "inside the afterlife" somehow, they're going to run out of story fast.
Which wouldn't need to be supernatural. They could take it from the perspective that the afterlife is part of the natural cosmos, akin to a parallel dimension, or some other science based explanation.
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First off, what makes you think that ancient bards had no commercial motives? As with writers today, telling stories was how they made a living. Whether they got food and lodging could depend on whether the townspeople enjoyed their stories. Whether they got support from a wealthy patron could depend on pleasing that patron's tastes. Hell, Shakespeare often had to write plays based on what the queen or king demanded; he had to falsify history and make Macbeth into a bad guy because the monarch at the time was descended from Banquo or somebody and telling the truth would've been lese majeste. So it's naive to think that writers in the past were any more free from financial obligations and the need to satisfy their backers than writers today. I'm sure that countless bards and playwrights over the millennia have had to retell the favorite local legends and find ways to put their own twist on it. And that twist, that novel approach to a familiar idea, was where the creativity came into play.
And second, as Greg and I -- who are both professional writers, by the way, and are thus pretty qualified to know -- have already said, it's ludicrous to think that having financial obligations somehow eradicates any trace of legitimate creative motivations. That's a utopian fantasy that has nothing to do with the actual work of writing. It's always about trying to balance both creative considerations and practical necessities. Creativity has to happen in the same real world everyone lives in. That doesn't make it any less creative.
But it is. The details and context change, but it will always, always be valid to create a new variation of an existing work.
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I think less of Shakespeare and Macbeth because of the pandering. And I don't think it is unreasonable for others to do so too. What I find unreasonable is indignation at having the temerity to think so.
Vergil's Aeneid changed and added to Roman mythology in the pursuit of "patriotic" themes. I think his feelings about the value of this kind of creativity was pretty concisely and vividly expressed: On his deathbed he asked that the poem be burned. He was a professional writer whose work has been remembered for two thousand years, so I think his opinion is worth considering, don't you?
Using the same names and plots isn't any less creative? How is it less creative to use some of the very same dialogue? As opposed to, the owners of the rights to a property have paid for the one, but not the other? And, what is that to nonprofessionals who don't have a living at stake?
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Perhaps one of the most annoying traits in arguments is to straw man someone else's position. In this case, you ask a question that has no relevance to anything I said contains an assumption that is nowhere present.
I was pointing out that a critical difference between remakes and ancient works of literature that repeat existing stories is that in the latter case are dealing with corporations exploiting its intellectual property over which they have legal ownership.
There is nothing in that paragraph as stated, or in my earlier statements, to suggest that folk sagas had no monetary value, but that they have a precisely different value for being retellings of shared folk tales (like heroic strong men doing impossible feats), the genesis of the world and its landmarks (from creation myths to specific histories of given areas) and legends that may have begun with a historical basis but have become considerably embroidered.
But it is a lot easier to attack an argument that wasn't made.
The rationale for retelling these stories are basically different. The reasoning behind Shakespeare's MacBeth and Virgil's Aeneid do have concrete, political purposes - both are extolling purported ancestors to the present ruler, and the latter in particular is a heroic narrative of proto-Romans with their future enmity with Carthage given the colour of a doomed love affair as opposed to the more prosaic opposition of power that histories record. Virgil far preferred the Georgics and wanted the Aeneid burned, but - understandably - Augustus liked it too damn much.
On the other hand Apollonius of Rhodes wrote his Argonautica basically because he was a nerd's nerd, a resident of Alexandria in the Hellenistic era when its library was justly prodigious, and his work is written in an imitation of the Homeric style. The Greek tragedies were obstensibly staged for religious reasons - that in the retelling of many myths they contained things people may believe in is often an important consideration (a more recent, Christian, and English language example would be the Mystery Plays of Medieval England).
And all these legends and popular stories were revisited diligently in Europe in the nineteenth century, with the rise of nationalism (and thus the need for nationalist epics). Hence Lonnrot's edition of the Finnish oral epic Kalevala, for example.
There are innumerable reasons these stories were retold. For their folk value, for their political value, for their popularity (and thus yeah, an eye for profit - Shakespeare being the obvious example here of a guy who worked for his living), for their religious importance, a fondness the tellers had for the topic, any mixed and matched combination of the above. Not all motives are somehow noble but what they are is different.
Hollywood studios may have the rights to a Spider-Man film and want to maintain those rights. Or a comic company like Marvel may want its own line of franchise films. The anonymously written Fautsbuch, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust were not all written for the same label.
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Yes, that's exactly it. There are innumerable reasons why stories are retold. Which is exactly why it doesn't make sense to single out just one of those reasons and say it's invalid. Retelling stories is a fundamental, universal part of creativity. It always has been and always will be. It is not unoriginal or creatively bankrupt. It's just part of the process by which stories are kept alive and dynamic. Even if there is a mercenary or commercial motive to remaking intellectual property, that won't matter to the people decades or centuries from now who are still enjoying the myths and legends we set in motion today. The stories that will be remembered into the far future will be those that get retold and reinvented for new generations and new audiences, regardless of the reason why it was done. It's the retelling that turns a mere story into a myth, into an archetype.
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What's this obsession with corporations? In the olden days, bards sought the patronage of the rich and powerful to help them survive in an economically precarious profession. They stil do so today, but instead of King Etherlrod, they're kissing up to Walt Disney and heirs.
I don't really see the distinction, unless it's that they used to have to please the tastes of King Ethelrod, whereas today Walt Disney's offspring aren't as worried about their own tastes than the tastes of the general paying public. So for all of us who aren't kings or corporate behemoths, the situation has improved.
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Apollonius' choice to do a Homeric imitation was harshly questioned in his own lifetime. It's more highly regarded now. It was at least a different set of myths. The poets who actually rewrote Homer, such as Quintus Smyrnaeus (The Fall of Troy,) are pretty much forgotten, save by eccentrics like the late Lin Carter. Those guys are like the Hollywood screenwriters doing remakes and reboots, not the Apolloniuses and Vergils and Ovids. The epyllia never make into the literature books.
Named authors telling folk tales or dramatizing folklore isn't the same as a Hollywood screenwriter getting more mileage out of a property. Modern print stories are not the kernels of folklore and legend. We know this for a fact. No one actually rewrites Oliver Twist or Dracula or The Three Musketeers or Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan or The Phantom of the Opera, just to mention some of the most iconic figures. There are continuations and surreptitious filler stories, imitations and parodies and pastiches, but none have joined the supposed corpus of myth and folklore posited above. Most people can enjoy such things to some degree or other, but nobody confuses them with the originals nor do they put them on the same level creatively. They are not wholly devoid of originality, creativity, to be sure. They just have less.
That has nothing to do with the validity of the motives of the writers. That issue is a red herring, distracting from the fairly obvious observation that this kind of copying is less original, aka "creative." What print work does get rewritten, that is, remade or rebooted, over and over again? Comic books. I do not think we can honestly make an argument that is a sign of creativity or legends in the making.
Now, as to why Hollywood keeps remaking Dracula or The Three Musketeers or whatever has nothing to do with any desire to comment on legend or any such folderol. It's name recognition. The people who actually create the remakes and reboots have creative impulses of course. They are necessarily less original. The play with the tropes may be cunning and diverse. It may be highly entertaining. There may be a kind of miniaturist's delight in reproducing in small the original, or a decorator's pleasure in exuberant, even roccoco elaboration. (Usually, not, but sometimes.) But at the best of times, there is a different kind of enjoyment than that felt when appreciating an original work. Partly of course, remakes and reboots survive because the audiences don't have enough residual familiarity, or any perhaps.
But the sad fact is that the more original it truly is, the greater the shock to people who actually wanted a highly derivative continuation. It's not irrational to feel conned, taken in by a bait-and-switch when you go by a well-known name but get something else.
PS The words "unoriginal" and "creatively bankrupt" were not harmed in the making of this post.
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Don't go dissin' comic books!
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" Address: The Waiting Room, Staward Station Cottage Langley-on-Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland. NE47 5NR "
Looking for a place to stay close to Newcastle, but also close to Hadrian's Wall, I came across The Waiting Room by accident as I surfed accommodation on the internet. It immediately attracted me; a unique Victorian waiting room, refurbished by the owners, Deb and Steve Humble, and available for holiday rental. Initially I was a bit concerned by the proximity to the road and to the owner's house, but when I arrived all of these worries disappeared. I think we saw two vehicles pass by on the road during our entire stay, and the cottage is situated with its back to the house so that although you have the security of helpful neighbours near at hand, you also have complete privacy as the main house is not in view from either cottage or garden. We had one of the best stays in years with a very warm welcome and a beautiful little wooden cottage that was full of character.
The Waiting Room is a long wooden, one-storey building with small but perfectly formed rooms and lots of original features. Over 160 years old, this is very much a cottage in the middle of nowhere, all you can hear is the call of various wild birds, the cluck of chickens and the beautiful Northumbria hills stretching out for miles. Inside, the cottage is scrupulously clean and very comfortable, the beautifully laid out garden outside complementing the character-filled interior perfectly. This cottage is so quirky that it even has a little red post box in the wall of the adjoining station house - the postman coming into the garden to empty it twice a day!
The cottage sits just outside the Old Station House, with its back to the big house and its south facing windows looking out to open countryside. It is divided into four main parts; all low ceilinged original rooms refurbished and modernised with lovely double glazed wooden windows.
~~The Ticket Office~~
This is a small, square room which has been turned into the bedroom. The focal point of this room must be the original ticket hatch, which creates a large oblong hole in the wooden wall to the room next door. This hatch is still working and the wooden door can be lowered via the sash cords to close it and provide some privacy. Cream painted wooden slats and the real wood floor give the room a modest Quaker feel, and an oval cream mirror with a small hand-made wooden shelf add just the right touch of practicality and simplicity. There are two large windows to this room, and these, together with the ticket hatch and the glass windows in the door, make it extremely light and spacious, with red rugs and lively curtain fabric giving it a touch of jollity and warmth.
Most of the room is taken up by the King sized bed, with many decorative pillows and throw to compliment the high quality bed linen. This bed is extremely comfortable and solid, and provided an excellent nights sleep. To each side of the bed is are small wooden tables with matching side lights. There is a cd player / radio on one side with an alarm clock.
One large wardrobe is the only storage that can be fitted in, but this seems adequate for two people. A wicker basket on top of the wardrobe contains extra bedding and the room is equipped with a hairdryer.
~~The Post Room~~
On the other side of the wall, with the ticket hatch looking out onto it, is another square room which was originally used for storing packages and post. This room, like the rest of the house has cream painted wooden walls. A very large window looks out onto the station platform and the moors beyond. Furniture in this room is once again simple and minimalist, tasteful and modern decorations such as glass mobiles adding the touch of interest.
This room contains a large sofa which can be made into a sofa bed if necessary. We used the sofa bed for two nights when our teenaged son joined us, and it was extremely comfortable and of good, heavy quality which made a perfect night's sleep.
A chest of drawers, a small table and a coffee table combine with a full length mirror to give the impression of space and light. Several small side lamps give it a very cosy feel during the evenings.
~~The Gentlemen's Waiting Room~~
To appease Victorian sense of decency, men and women had separate waiting rooms. The men's waiting room is now the main living room, and is open plan to the post room, divided by a wooden half wall, again painted cream.
This room has been turned into a very cosy living room, with the small fireplace and wood burning stove as the focal point. When we arrived the fire had been made up and was ready to light, and we soon had it flickering nicely and pumping out lots of heat. A huge supply of logs and coal is ready in the shed outside the back door, and our host, Steve offered to provide lessons if we had trouble lighting the fire.
A very comfortable sofa and armchair sit around the fire, facing a large TV and dvd player. Once again a very large window looks out onto the garden, and a large rug, dresser and subtle lighting make this a very comfortable place to relax in the evenings, either watching the dvd's that come supplied, playing the board games that are provided, or reading through the enormous amount of local information that is stored in a large box. One of the nicest aspects of the stay is the large collection of books on Hadrian's Wall, on the old railway and the wildlife surrounding the cottage. We were delighted to find several old photos of the Waiting Room in its heyday.
~~The Ladies Waiting Room~~
This is the last room in the long line of room, and has been turned into a kitchen. The beautiful pine floorboards extend through the whole house into this space, and a smaller window with a glass paned door to the outside courtyard create another light and airy space.
The kitchen is fully equipped with a full range of cooking equipment, toaster, fridge freezer, oven, microwave, but no dishwasher. A solid wooden table and 3 chairs sit by the window, looking out onto the garden. I particularly enjoyed sitting at this table and reading in the mornings with a cup of coffee. I looked out onto the old stone road bridge in the garden, watched the dogs, cats and chickens roam around the grass, and kept a sharp lookout for the red squirrels that sometimes visited.
The only new part of the cottage is the extension that leads off the kitchen. This small extension holds a utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer, and a small bathroom with an electric shower over the bath, a large bath with shower head attachment, toilet and sink. Everything in this bathroom was gleaming and looked brand new. The electric shower was gentle but adequate, and there was plenty of hot water on demand for a bath. Towels were large, fluffy and matching and there was no sign that other people had been staying in the cottage just the week before; like the rest of the cottage, the bathroom was so clean it could have been installed the day before. A blow heater and a heated towel rail kept the room warm and cosy, while large windows and an expel air created ventilation.
Although the fittings are modern, this room too is full of character with a very large old mirror dominating the room and a large window giving plenty of natural light.
~~The Garden~~
Looking out onto the garden from the windows for the first time is a surprising experience. You clearly walk out pf your front door onto a large station platform, and can see the trough where the metal rails used to run. Up to the right this trough passes under an old stone bridge, just next to the cottage. You really still do feel as if you are still at a rural station.
The garden is home to the owners free range chickens, together with a beautiful cockerel. When we stayed their five dogs and cat stayed pretty much in their kennels, but we did occasionally have the chance to say hello.
To the left of the cottage is a small fenced-off area which is a private area for guests (fenced off so that guests can keep their own pets away from the others, and so that resident pets stay away from guests). This area has a selection of garden furniture and the owners provide disposable barbeques in summer.
Every inch of the garden shows the same care that the house displays; the terracotta pots and garden decorations are beautifully maintained, even in October when many people let their gardens go a bit, I could see that the pots had been freshly planted. Little touches like a row of matching tubs with small identical conifers lining the old steps up the railway bank, combine with garden lighting to make the garden a beautiful place.
~~What Makes the Waiting Room Special~~
It is the small touches of care that make guests feel so welcome here, together with superbly clean surroundings and an obvious respect for the environment.
I have never stayed in such a scrupulously clean cottage before. There was no hidden dust or crumbs behind any bed leg or cupboard, and the many small decorative items on the wall and floor were completely dust free - a difficult job when you are talking about natural materials such as wicker and pine cones. Even the twisted metal spoon and fork mobile in the kitchen was completely grease and dust free, which must have taken some doing!
The cottage provides everything the guest is likely to want, from picnic blankets, to dvd's, to cleaning products, to the welcome pack of home-made cake, milk and fresh eggs. There were many information leaflets, including an A-Z of detailed information about the cottage, and at all times the message was, please ask if you need anything at all.
Water from the cottage comes from a private spring and is exceptionally soft. Steve pointed out the shed outside the kitchen door which holds recycling bins together with extra logs and coal for the fire, and gentle reminders to save electricity by turning off devices when not needed, combine with the environmentally friendly cleaning products to let us know that Deb and Steve care about their environment.
One big plus for us in late October was the excellent heating. Not only did we have the wood burning stove, but each room had a very efficient electric convection heater which warmed the place up in no time. The bathroom has a heated towel rail, plus a blow heater on the wall.
~~Negative Points~~
I had to think long and hard to find a negative point about this cottage. The only minor niggle I had was the lack of information regarding the internet. Although disconnection from the outside world was a very big plus for me (stopped me checking my work emails) it was not so good for my teenage son who feels as if he has lost a limb if he is not connected virtually to his friends.
We could see that a Wi-Fi connection was available from our phones and laptop - but there was no information either way in the information booklet about passwords or permissions. I would have liked a sentence which just told me that Wi-Fi was not available - I could then have pre-warned my son.
The Waiting Room is a little of the beaten tourist track and feels very isolated. We went on several long and beautiful walks around the cottage and did not see another person for the entire time.
The forts of Hadrian's Wall are all about 10 - 15 minutes drive away, and Newcastle can be reached in around 40 minutes.
An excellent local pub is a mile down the road and serves very good food, whilst the nearest supermarket is 4 miles away in Haydon Bridge and is open until 10pm every day of the week. Hexham is the nearest big town and is 8 miles away.
~~What We Paid~~
We paid £300 for a week in October half term. To my amazement, this price was reduced by £50 when we explained that we would be arriving a couple of days late and would have to leave a day early. I fully expected to pay the full amount, so was delighted at this offer.
The Waiting Room has its own webpage, which I found by Googling 'Waiting Room Hadrian's Wall'. It is located about 30 minutes drive from Newcastle, along the A686
The Waiting Room
Staward Station
Telephone 01434 683030


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Time/site: Noon, Georgia Dome
TV: Fox/11
Line: 49ers by 4
Falcons QB Matt Ryan
All right, Matty Ice. If you're really one of the best quarterbacks in the league, this is the time to prove it. San Francisco's front seven is even more physical than Seattle's. But if Atlanta's protection holds up, gaps can be found in the secondary. It's incumbent on Ryan to take advantage of those opportunities. The challenge will be even greater if the 49ers' outstanding inside linebackers, Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman, put the clamps on Tony Gonzalez.
49ers QB Colin Kaepernick vs. Falcons defense
Atlanta has to come up with a better plan than Green Bay, right? The Packers were undisciplined and unprepared for Kaepernick's unique blend of arm strength and speed; he torched them for 444 yards of offense. The Falcons will study that film closely. The problem is, slowing Kaepernick is easier said than executed. Atlanta did not fare well against similar dual threat Cam Newton this season. In two games, Carolina's Newton passed for 501 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He also rushed for 202 yards and two scores. You can be sure the 49ers have studied THAT film.
Atlanta's Michael Turner averaged 7.0 yards per carry vs. Seattle – almost double his season mark of 3.6. Fresh legs might have had something to do with it; Turner's 222 regular-season carries represented his lowest total in a full season as a Falcon. The question is whether he can do it again to keep San Francisco's defense honest.
San Francisco: PROBABLE — LB Aldon Smith (shoulder), DL Justin Smith (elbow/triceps)
Impact: Aldon Smith was limited all week. He hasn't had a sack since Week 14, but Pro Football Focus credited him with five QB hurries vs. Green Bay. Justin Smith was more asset than liability vs. the Packers and should feel more comfortable after practicing fully all week.
Atlanta: QUESTIONABLE — DE John Abraham (knee), DT Jonathan Babineaux (shoulder)
Impact: Both will play, but the effectiveness of Abraham in particular is a key question. Atlanta's best pass rusher started against Seattle but couldn't finish, participating in only 15 of 68 snaps. Will he be able to chase down the speedy Kaepernick outside the pocket?
49ers 30, Falcons 20
Sometimes a game boils down to one simple factor: One team being better than the other. The 49ers are a better team than the Falcons. They have the better defense, the better offensive line and the better coach. Their quarterback isn't as accomplished as the Falcons', but Kaepernick has proved capable of making big plays when the 49ers need them. Of course, the better team doesn't always win, especially in the any-given-Sunday world of the NFL. The Michael Crabtree situation could be a distraction. Plus, as home underdogs, the Falcons surely feel slighted and can use that as motivational ammo. I just don't think it will be enough.
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Roundabouts remove the two most hazardous types of collisions; the head-on and the T-bone.
In every new installation of a roundabout, accidents have been markedly reduced and since any crashes that occur are glancing blows, the number of injuries and amount of property damage is lessened. Maryland has built hundreds of roundabouts and has reported "There has never been a fatal accident at an intersection that has been replaced by a roundabout."
Various safety institutes document between 70 to 80 percent fewer injury crashes with roundabouts. Roundabout installation is listed as one of the Federal Highway Administration's "Top Nine" lifesaving strategies.
Additionally, roundabouts can safely and effectively handle traffic in volumes over three times the heaviest volume of any traffic we have here in Russellville with better less congestion than regular intersections.
So, why isn't everyone building roundabouts? A national study indicates that attitudes before construction of roundabouts are 68 percent against. However, as soon as they are completed, this reverses to 73 percent of citizens in favor. Roundabouts can cost less than regular intersections due to use of less pavement and lower life-cycle costs.
Delay is reduced because traffic never stops. Business owners have found that slower speeds and safer travel enhances business along their corridors. Some "blighted" communities have actually experienced economic revitalization following installation.
In a case study from Golden, Colo., the crash rate on a road that carries roughly the same traffic as Russellville's Arkansas Avenue, was reduced by 3,000 percent while the slower speeds but faster travel time through the corridor resulted in a 60 percent sales tax revenue increase!
Observing the operation of a roundabout in Conway, Ark., is remarkable in its lack of sound and fury as cars, trucks, semis, cars with trailers, buses, bicycles and pedestrians enter and exit with very little excitement or concern.
Since roundabouts improve safety by over 70 percent and carry traffic without congestion, it would follow that it is sound public policy to replace ordinary intersections with roundabouts to improve public safety and quality of life.


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The project is to rehabilitate 18.5 miles of roadway and four bridges on I-40 between Atkins and Plumerville. A cable median barrier will also be installed. It's part of a project to install 500 miles of cable barrier by 2016.
Construction is scheduled to begin in two to four weeks, weather permitting. The project should be complete by the end of this year.
This Interstate 40 job is one of 38 interstate rehabilitation projects that will improve 455 miles of Arkansas' interstates over the coming years.


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A seriously damaged wall inside a building of the elementary school in Krabosavodskoe. The cracking extends through the wall in some places.
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October 4, 1994 Shikotan, Kuril Islands Russia earthquake and tsunami
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in the southern Kurils and on northern Hokkaido on Tuesday, October 5, 1994, (October 4 at 13:23 GMT). It was a sudden event, without any short- term precursors or foreshocks. The earthquake epicenter was located 80 km east southeast of Shikotan Island. At Kuzhno-Kurilsk, Kunsashir Island, tsunami heights ranged from 2.5-3.0 m. In the older part of town (fronted by a gentle beach) all houses were damaged by the wave that penetrated 200-500 m inland.
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Talks on Moldova's Transdniester region to resume in Lviv
|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
|Publication Date
|18 February 2013
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February 18, 2013
By RFE/RL
Transdniester leader Yevgeny Shevchuk has set back hopes for consistent progress by announcing he will not attend the Lviv meeting.
KYIV – Diplomats are gathering in the Ukrainian city of Lviv for the next round of talks on Moldova's frozen conflict with its separatist Transdniester region.
The talks on February 19, under the aegis of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), are being held in the so-called 5+2 format. It consists of Russia, Ukraine, the United States, the European Union, and the OSCE, as well as Moldova and Transdniester.
Ukraine, which holds the rotating OSCE chairmanship, has made progress on Transdniester a priority.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara made his first trip as OSCE chairman in office to Moldova in January.
Kozhara told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that he was confident that the will exists both in Moldova and in Transdniester to move forward toward a settlement.
"Ukraine is one of the guarantors and mediators in the discussions of the Transdniester conflict. I believe Ukraine has all the necessary opportunities to continue this mission. The border between Ukraine and Moldova is nearly 1,000 kilometers long. ," Kozhara said.
"During my visit to Moldova in January 2013, I saw that politicians in Chisinau and Tiraspol are interested in making progress and working toward settling the Transdniester conflict."
Transdniester Setback
However, the focus of the talks in Lviv will be on social and economic issues rather than more sensitive political issues such as Transdniester's status. Furthermore, Transdniester leader Yevgeny Shevchuk set back hopes for consistent progress when he announced on February 12 that he would not attend the Lviv meeting.
Shevchuk said he was only prepared to discuss a political settlement and Transdniester's status after all social, economic, and humanitarian questions had been resolved. Moldova argues that Tiraspol has taken this position in order to secure agreements and conditions that will bolster its independence claims.
Jennifer Brush, the head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova who will be representing the pan-European rights body at the talks in Lviv, told RFE/RL's Moldova Service that she was disappointed with Shevchuk's announcement.
"I read the announcement very carefully, and I still am disappointed that Mr. Shevchuk, all the same, could not find his way to go to Lviv," Brush said. "Of course, all the members of the 5+2 [process] should believe that such a meeting would lead the two leaders to come to an agreement on freedom of movement."
Prospects for progress in Lviv risk being further hampered by a developing political crisis in Moldova. On February 13, Prime Minister Vlad Filat announced that his Liberal Democratic Party was withdrawing from the ruling Alliance for European Integration coalition.
Pro-Russian Transdniester declared independence from mainly Romanian-speaking Moldova in 1990 and fought a war with Moldova in 1992. Transdniester's independence has not been recognized by any state.
Russia maintains about 1,200 troops in the separatist region, despite Moldova's repeated request that they be withdrawn.
With reporting by RFE/RL's Ukrainian and Moldovan services
Link to original story on RFE/RL website


text: This course examines women's culture(s) as portrayed in their tales and related traditional form of expression. Traditions treated will include selections from several communities in the ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse "Arab World" (e.g., Berber, Aramaic, Nubian, etc.). The contents are grouped into 6 segments: I. Introduction: A general survey of "the Arab World," its societies, and cultures. II. A Brief history of women's status in Arab communities: the role of Islam and other religious systems. III. Kinship systems and the female's role(s). IV. Economic systems and the working female as "bread winner". V. Tales as cognitive descriptions of life and living under specific conditions: self concept, self-esteem, social roles (chiftainess/matriarch, servant; mother, wife, sister, daughter, cousin, etc.). The stereotyped female: male and female views. VI. European/Western theories and Arab stories: the literary and the oral traditional. Main textbook: H. El-Shamy. Tales Arab Women Tell: And the Behavioral Patterns they Portray. Collected, translated, edited, and interpreted by Hasan M. El-Shamy. Indiana University Press, 1999. Other works will be assigned. Requirements: One Term paper, and 2-3 reports.


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Web Link this is the website for your FREE sub, just don't go to downtown Pleasanton!
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FREE sub sandwich in downtown Pleasanton?? NO -
Original post made by Victoria, another community, on Feb 25, 2009
Web Link this is the website for your FREE sub, just don't go to downtown Pleasanton!
a resident of Foothill Place
on Feb 25, 2009 at 1:29 pm
a resident of Downtown
on Feb 25, 2009 at 1:50 pm
For the head's up. I have a coupon too. Wonder if Dublin is redeeming them.
Pleasanton Weekly staff reporter
on Feb 25, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Emily West is a registered user.
I'm eating my free sub from the downtown location right now. The coupon posted isn't the same one you print from home. The woman behind me in line also got was able to user her coupon. So maybe try again?
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 26, 2009 at 9:38 am
I believe the owner of this store is the same one my daughter used to work at. They had a jar by the cash register that customers would add money to when they received good service. The workers for the day were not allowed to split or receive any of that money and were not allowed to label it a "tip" jar. The owner considered the money his and called it a "good will" jar. He also reminded the employees that there was a camera on the jar and register and that anyone would be fired for stealing if they took that money.
It was a terrible place to work, but a good learning experience for her.
She will not eat a Quizno sandwich.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 26, 2009 at 12:09 pm
McDonald's in Pleasanton is *not* honoring the "3 Dollar Mini Meal" either. I suppose they are willing to trade off customers for their lack of participation. In the end...it will surely help me!
a resident of Del Prado
on Feb 27, 2009 at 4:59 am
First Obama'a Welfare plan now you want free food. What are you a bunch of hobo's.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 27, 2009 at 4:25 pm
And who said there's no such thing as a free lunch...
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Apr 13, 2009 at 10:55 am
Quiznos does have a restaurant feedback section on their homepage:
Web Link
You may want to voice your comments/concerns/experiences there.


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The revamp includes a Perfect With section, featuring a selection of wines with suggested food matches for seafood, spicy food, savouries and red and white meat.
The main wine section has new header boards for New World red, Old World red, New World white, Old World white and rosé. All wines have a shelf-edge flavour ranking from one to nine for whites and A to E for reds.
There are separate Specially Selected bays for both white and red wine, featuring mid-priced French wines and a map showing the main French wine regions overhead. These are in addition to a Something Special fine wine section.
Gondola ends include a Party Drinks fixture – featuring RTDs and canned pre-mix spirits – and a bay for Light Style
Drinks including Lambrini, Concorde, Eisberg and Country Manor.
Wine development manager Arabella Woodrow MW told OLN the chain was trialling a fine wine section as part of the new look to see how it worked before deciding whether or not to roll it out nationally.
Sainsbury's and Tesco have both expanded their fine wine offers this year.


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China. Hungary. Italy. Touring the world as a baritone with Chanticleer, one of the world's foremost choirs, has been exciting–and exhausting–for Ball State graduate Jace Wittig.
"My life just became one big choir tour in a way," he says, laughing. "In a great way."
"When you're on the road almost half the year, you lose all sense of time. You wake up and do what you have to do. It's been wonderful."
Wittig graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in vocal performance. He sang in his native Indianapolis with Cantabile and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for two years before joining the San Francisco-based Chanticleer.
These days, he's serving the choir as interim music director, running rehearsals, planning the music for future performances, and putting together programs for the 12-man group called "America's favorite choral ensemble" by The New Yorker.
"I love it. It's wonderful," he says. "It's also an enormous challenge. There is a huge legacy to continue. It's a bit of a daunting task, but from a creative standpoint, it's a wonderful task."
Expectations are high, he says. Started in 1978, Chanticleer caters to a discerning audience who listens intently for interesting new arrangements of its repertoire, which covers genres from Renaissance to jazz.
His duties as music director don't leave him time to sing or travel with the group, but the break from touring gives Wittig a chance to explore San Francisco in ways he couldn't when he was shuttling around the globe or trekking from state to state. (He's been to 48.)
Having seen the world, he wouldn't change his roots and still appreciates the amenities of small towns and Midwestern living.
"Ball State was small enough that I always felt I had enough time with faculty and on stage, but large enough that there was a good talent pool and competition," he reflects. "My voice teacher, Dr. Craig Priebe, had a huge influence on me. He was my life coach and motivated me to seek new opportunities."
Priebe, an associate professor of voice, helped Wittig polish his audition pieces for Chanticleer. Wittig suggests that music students push themselves and take advantage of ensembles and other opportunities.
"Actively seek out opportunities to perform and to challenge yourself," he says. "You can always do more than you think you can. The broader musical experience you have, the better when entering the professional world. There's always going to be someone who can play the piano well, play the cello, or sing well. What makes you stand out is your ability to master a broad range of styles."
"Ball State was small enough that I always felt I had enough time with faculty and on stage, but large enough that there was a good talent pool and competition."
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Dec. 13, 2012.
It was like Longboat Key's "Black Friday," but it fell on a Thursday.
A crowd gathered around 7:30 a.m., a half-hour before doors opened.
But this crowd was seeking BOGOs instead of Blu Ray players — and their first glimpse of the new Longboat Key Publix.
The crowd burst into applause the moment the double doors opened.
From behind them stepped Longboat Key Publix store Manager Andy Lappin, surrounded by store associates.
"Are you ready to see the new store?" he asked, drawing cheers from the crowd.
First, he brought a bit of bad news.
Vicki Workman, aka "Miss Vicki," a longtime Publix associate who is so beloved on the Key that one of the Harbour Links swans is named after her, was sick and wouldn't be cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony, as planned.
In her place, Publix administrative coordinator Tina Nohmer, a 28-year store associate, cut the ribbon.
With a snip of Nohmer's scissors, the new Publix was open for business.
Joan Sinder was the first customer in the door.
The first item she placed in her cart was sliced bread. As she checked out the orange juice selections, she told the Longboat Observer that she arrived about 7:30 a.m. for the opening.
"It was nice," she said of being the first customer to walk through the doors. "I think everybody has been waiting for this."
Jimmy Seaton Sr., as he walked to enter the new store, said, "Well, I've got a social life again."
His son, Jimmy Seaton Jr., owner of Longboat Limousine/Suncoast Sedans said: "This store has eclipsed the Colony as the topic of conversation in our cars."
. . .
For the past eight months, a trip to Publix has required Longboaters to get in their cars and drive further than usual.
They've braved the drive over the John Ringling Bridge to a Sarasota Publix or navigated the Bradenton Beach roundabout en route to the Holmes Beach Publix.
"You don't know how much you're going to miss it until it's gone," said Elaine Brereton on Thursday.
But residents had waited even longer than eight months for the opening.
Rumors about the Avenue of the Flowers shopping center had been swirling since September 2008, when the Lakeland-based Publix purchased the shopping center for $14 million from Dead River Properties.
Publix brought plans for its Longboat Key store to town staff in 2009 but withdrew them and spent two years revising them before resubmitting plans in July 2011 to rebuild Publix, along with a new CVS, bringing the supermarket chain's newest prototype to the Key.
The Longboat Key Town Commission had concerns, particularly about the parking lot, but Publix officials emphasized the urgency of the ticking time clock: To meet its ultimate goal of re-opening its Longboat Key store before Christmas, it would need to obtain its building permit by mid-March.
The commission approved plans on first reading and public hearing Jan. 9, at the end of a four-hour, 45-minute meeting, and in a second hearing Feb. 6.
Publix closed its 31-year-old store April 7, 2012 — the day before Easter — and began demolition almost immediately.
In the end, the store opened 12 days before Christmas.
Customers seemed to agree that it was all worth the wait.
Many described the store as "awesome" to the Longboat Observer, as they made their way through the enhanced bakery, wine, cheese and produce selections and got their first looks at the hot bar, Pacific wok station and salad bar with more than 20 items.
As he made his way toward the delicatessen section, Commissioner Jack Duncan smiled.
"I never thought I'd get goosebumps going into a grocery store," he said.
Asked if the new store made the long hearings leading up to the new store worthwhile, Duncan laughed. His wife, Debbie, compared it to childbirth.
"I think that the mind starts to forget the bad," the commissioner said.
Day One: June 5, 1980
At least one shopper on opening day of the new Publix remembered what it was like back when a drive to the mainland for groceries was part of Longboat life.
Bunny Herman, who waited outside Thursday morning for the doors of the new Publix to open with plans to buy orange juice and sushi, lived on Longboat Key back in 1980, when Publix first opened.
"It was priceless," said Herman, who doesn't remember if she shopped at the store on its first day 32 years ago.
But the opening of the island's first supermarket, along with an Eckerd drugstore, was a battle that many believed would cost the island sorely in the late 1970s.
At the time, some residents worried that the stores would jam traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive. They told commissioners that the stores' presence could draw shoppers from the mainland and require the town to add to its police and fire departments.
During negotiations between the town and Arvida Corp. to put a Publix at the planned Bay Isles shopping center, commissioners worried that the store was too big, leading the late Arvida CEO John Siegel to quip: "Well, if that's what you think, then tell me what aisle we should leave out to make it smaller."
The project received approval in 1979 and broke ground that year, as well.
When the store opened June 5, 1980, it advertised several special features, including a kosher deli, takeout sandwich and salad service, cut flowers and plants, wedding/party cakes, bagels and French and Danish pastries.
Arvida and town officials came together for an opening day ceremony. And, then, with a snip of a ribbon, the island's only supermarket was open for business.
$14 million — The amount Publix paid to purchase the Avenue of the Flowers shopping center in September 2008
49,533 — The square footage of the new store
249 — The number of days Longboat Key was without a Publix
200 — The approximate number of employees who will staff the new Publix
15 — The number of months until Publix opens its in-store pharmacy
14 — The number of hours each day (7 a.m. to 9 p.m.) that the store will be open
10 — The number of checkout lanes in the new Publix, two of which are express lanes
2 — The number of other Publix stores nationwide built with a prototype similar to that of the Longboat Key store. (The other two are in Naples and Atlanta.)
"This store is such an important part of daily life on Longboat Key. It's a mile from my house and you don't know how nice it feels to have it back and better than ever."
— Barbara Kucharski
"It means so much to have Publix back up and running. It looks amazing."
— Susan Brunning
"This store is fantastic. I can't get over it. I've never been in a Publix like this. Publix went all out for us."
— Gus Carriero
"I visit the Key every season and planned my trip around when the store re-opened. I'm not disappointed. It looks fantastic."
— Urve Percival
"It's great. They have a lot of samples of food we can try. The aisles are very wide in this store and there's no more bumping into somebody. We are enjoying the experience."
— Roslyn Schindler
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by marksound, Jul 7, 2013.
But of course.
Dream Cast from my youth
Superman - Dean Cain
Batman - Michael Keaton
The Flash - John Wesley Shipp
Hal Jordan/Green Lantern - Scott Bakula
My cast drawn from current stars:
Superman - Henry Cavill
Batman - Michael Fassbender
Wonder Woman - Alexandra Daddario
Green Lantern/John Stewart - Idris Elba
The Flash - Chris Pine
Those versions fit together. I've thought that for a while now.
The new 52 Justice League of America.
Hawkman... Dylan McDermot.
Steve Trevor... Joel Gretch
Star Girl... (young) Taylor Momsen.
Catwoman... Jennifer Love Hewitt
Martian Manhunter... Neal McDonough.
Vibe... Diego Bonita (it took me an hour to find a latin actor i liked and knew who was under 30. The MTV series Deiego had a principle role in "Underemployed" had some really nice curves to the story telling once you waded throguh all it's drekk. He's still too old to play Vibe, but I have never in my life seen an episode of Icarly or any of the new wave of Disney/Nickleodeon crap with shild stars since the new milennium.)
Green Lantern (Simon Bazz) Marlon Wayans (show me a list of attractive Arab American actors, Lebanese apparently, and I'll pick one, but I saw The Heat yesterday and Marlon showed some decent range.)
Green Arrow... Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Katanna... Linda Park
I agree. Too metro.
Your Wonder Woman is a 12 year old.
(okay, 27 isn't that bad, but she's still significantly younger than the boys she would be playing against even if you made the character immortal where Diana is actually 2000 years old, it only helps "a little" because the actress could pass for 15 from the pictures I'm looking at.)
I thought Green Lantern was gay nowadays?
Cavill is 30 and Pine is 32, so not significantly older than a 27-year-old actress at all. Fassbender and Elba are a little older at 36 and 40 respectively, but not so much so that it would be problematic.
That would be Alan Scott from Earth 2.
There are a lot of Green lanterns.
Literally thousands of them.
I wonder what Mogo's sex life looks like?
Alan Scott, the "original" Green Lantern from the 1940s, who lives on "Earth 2" (the editors of DC Comics created a mirror universe to explain how Superman of the 1980s did and also did not fight in WWII.) since the relaunch of the New 52 ( 2 years ago when all continuity was scrubbed. Fresh slate.), has had a deep admiration for other men's penises... Although his boyfriend died in the first issue and that was literally days ago in the comic where time moves a fuck load slower.
The bit in brackets which you quoted was me apologising for over-reacting.
She looks like she still gets carded going into clubs.
(Dum-de-dum, dum.)
Oh! It's Kate from White Collar, never mind.
80s? Earth 2 was created in the 60s!
Maybe you're too attuned to seeing mid-20s actresses playing high school girls. Real teenagers don't look like that. Or at least most of them don't. The ones who do can cause a lot of trouble.
You really don't read all the way to the end where I admit that you're right, do you?
Alexandra Daddario recently played a teenager three years ago in the first Percy Jackson movie.
Well, after you acknowledged that she's older than you thought you were still saying she looks young and that she still gets carded, so that's that's what I was referring to in my last reply, a reply which was meant in good humor by the way, lest there be any doubt.
If the refererence to her part in White Collar was a retraction that she looks that young then I initially missed that. I thought you were channeling an imaginary bouncer carding her at a club who finally recognizes her. Your posting style can lead to crossed wires occasionally.
She played a believable love interest to the incredibly adult and sophisticated Matt Boomer on White Collar FIVE YEARS AGO.
Green Lantern - Johnny Galecki
Flash - Jim Parsons
Wonder Woman - Kaley Cuoco
Batman - Simon Helberg
Aquaman - Kunal Nayyar
Superman - Brian Thomas Smith
George Reeves, Adam West, Lynda Carter...
Separate names with a comma.