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Barrio Gotico, or El Gotic, is otherwise known as the 'Gothic Quarter' of Spain's second city, Barcelona. As the name suggests, Barrio Gotico boasts numerous fascinating gothic style buildings and landmarks and this is definitely one of the main draws to the area. Your self catering apartment in this part of Barcelona could not be any more ideally situated to allow you to enjoy the numerous attractions that are on offer in this fascinating and historic city.
The majority of visitors spending their holidays in Barrio Gotico are drawn by its magnificent architecture. They may wish to enjoy an organised sightseeing trip, where they can view such fascinating structures as the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia and Portal de l'Angel. The nearby medieval Jewish quarter is also well worth a visit. Of course, all the many tourist attractions of Barcelona, including its many galleries, museums and shopping malls and boutiques are also very close by.
Travellers spending their holidays in Barrio Gotico will find that there are a wealth of historical landmarks within the district and its close vicinity. Of particular interest are the remains of the Roman walls in Tapineria and Sots-Tinent Navarro. The remains of the temple of Augustas are another popular draw for tourists with an interest in all things historical. In complete contrast, Barcelona also boasts seven beaches, along its almost 3 miles of coastline, ideal for bathing and water sporting activities. There are also numerous parks and areas of open space to be found within the city, ideal for relaxing or enjoying sporting activities in the warm Spanish sunshine.
No doubt the weather is going to play a big part in you decision to book an apartment in Barrio Gotico. With this in mind, rest assured that there is a warm Mediterranean climate prevalent in this area. This means that summer temperatures average a very pleasant 28 degrees Celsius and winter temperatures come out at around 13 degrees. The average rainfall in this part of Spain tends to be around 16 inches per year.
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Coffee Stain Studios' FPS/Tower Defense game Sanctum 2 is set for launch on 15 May for PC, XBLA & PSN.
Pre-order the game on Steam to recieve:
- Super Sanctum TD, a completely new game from Coffee Stain Studios (normally $3.99, you get it for free!)
- Britech Skin Pack, new awesome skins for each of the four playable characters!
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Confirmation hearings are about to start up for the various Trump nominees. It's sure to be a hell of a shitshow, especially with the likes of Jeff Sessions.
For the last eight years, the Republicans and the Tea Party have done an excellent job of blocking everything from basic legislation all the way up to a Supreme Court nomination. Various staffers who worked for the Democrats in Congress took notes as this was happening, and have now released a guide on how we can use similar tactics.
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Andreas Pereira says the success of Adnan Januzaj this season helps motivate him to try harder.
Manchester United's first team may be having a bad season, but things have not been much better for their youth team.
They were knocked out of the UEFA Youth League at the Group Stage and were also dumped out of the FA Youth Cup in the fifth round by Huddersfield Town.
But one player who has been a shining light all season has been Belgian youngster Andreas Pereira.
The 18-year-old midfielder arrived at United in 2012 from PSV Eindhoven and is described as a player who is 'very comfortable in possession' and 'an excellent set-piece taker'.
This season he has made his way into Warren Joyce's under-21 team and is surely hoping to follow in the footsteps of his good friend and team-mate Adnan Januzaj.
Like Januzaj the Belgian has split national allegiances (Pereira is also eligible to play for Brazil) and is hotly tipped to make a name for himself in the game.
And when speaking to Inside United magazine recently he admitted that the progression of Januzaj is something that spurs him on.
"It's a motivation to see him doing well and doing everything right because you know what you have to do. Adnan took his chance and did extremely well and now he's regularly with the first team. We always go out together socially, with Charni [Ekangamene] as well."
Whether Pereira can actually follow in his team-mates footsteps remains to be seen - but the fact Januzaj is inspiring the other young players at the club can only be a good thing for the future of Manchester United - especially as current times seem so depressing.


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Last week, the maker of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap warned that price inflation would be higher than previously expected.
Commodity costs are now expected to account for between 14pc and 16pc of revenues this year, against previous expectations of 11pc to 13pc. This means management are now seeking an extra €300m (£270m) of cost savings this year, bringing the total target to €1.3bn.
However, it looks like higher prices will have to be passed on to the consumer, which could crimp volumes. In the first quarter, volumes rose by 2.5pc and prices by 1.8pc.
Rising prices are expected to be a bigger hit for Unilever than peers such as Nestlé and Danone because Unilever uses more vegetable oil in its spread business and more chemicals in its skin and laundry products.
However, things weren't all negative. Turnover in the first quarter of the year rose 7pc to €10.9bn, with growth in the all-important emerging market sector up 9.9pc. Emerging economies are expected to make up about 56pc of revenues this year, more than making up for weak Western markets. Sales in Western Europe fell 2.7pc in the first three months of the year.
There was also good news on the dividend, with the first-quarter payment increased by 8.2pc to 19.96p. It will be paid on June 15 and the current yield is 4pc.
Unilever shares are currently trading near the top of their recent trading range – and all-time high of £19.95, hit in December. It is true that the market is pricing in the commodity costs higher than peers as the shares trade on a current-year earnings multiple of 13.8 times, compared with 16.4 for Nestlé and 16.3 for Danone.
However, investors be cautious until we see what the second quarter brings in terms of delivering on cost-cutting and the ability to increase prices without hitting volumes. The shares, which are up 30pc since they were recommended on November 25 2008 at £15.30, are now a hold.


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WHERE TO FIND IT: Newcity Network (newcity.com)
CRITIQUE: Web sites for local newspapers long have been a great way to bring a community together online and generate classified revenue. But there is a market to which local papers -- often thinking too locally -- should reach out: ex-patriates. The online world, having no local borders, allows them to tap a whole new segment.
Take, for example, this Cyber Critique staffer who grew up in the Motor City. Detroit is the home of many great landmarks: Tiger Stadium (oops, too late); the Wonder Bread factory (oops, too late); the original Ford plant (oops, too late). Well, it used to be the home of many great landmarks. When we left, it was home to one of the most depressed and depressing shells of a former downtown this nation has to offer.
But metrotimes.com, the site for Metro Times, the mainstay of Detroit's free alternative weekly papers, chose an ideal media buy in running a great banner across a network of similar papers from other cities. The ad does two things: It appeals to the ex-pat with its "Got out of Detroit?" message. Home, in the truest "Born to Run" sense, is the place we fled. Then it invites former residents to catch up on events in their onetime stomping grounds.
Who among us isn't a sucker for stories about back home? In this case, the truth is that there are a lot of positive things going on in Detroit these days and now we know where to go to read about them. Because of this banner, we wound up at the alternative paper, not The Detroit News or Detroit Free Press. That's because the newspaper's online arm is acting locally while realizing there's a much larger world out there to reach.
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Soup with six green vegetables
When entertaining in Paris, we often served a consommé-like soup. This green vegetable option is ideal to kick off an evening of feasting. Be sure to not overcook the green vegetables, as the delight of the soup is its fresh green colours.
Soup with six green vegetables
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large leeks, well washed and sliced
- 300 g silverbeet, sliced (stalk ends discarded)
- 2 cups frozen peas, thawed
- 1 L well-flavoured chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 sticks celery, thinly sliced
- 2 bulbs fennel, finely diced
- 1/2 head of broccoli, cut into tiny florets
- 6 tbsp fresh herbs (parsley, mint, chives), chopped, for garnish
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced, for garnish
- Heat a heavy-bottomed saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of the oil with the leeks, and sauté over a gentle heat until soft and tender. Add silverbeet with 1½ cups of the peas and cook for a further minute, stirring gently, before adding stock. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and drain, taking care to catch all the liquid in a bowl. Purée the vegetables in a blender or pass them through a mouli, then return the purée to the pan. Add in all the reserved liquid.
- Heat the remaining olive oil in a frying pan and add the prepared celery, fennel and broccoli. Stir-fry together until the vegetables start to soften but still have a slight crunch. Tip these stir-fried vegetables into the puréed soup with the remaining peas and heat gently together. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- To serve, ladle into heated soup bowls and garnish with a little pile of fresh herbs and a few spring onion slices in the centre of each serving.


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isaiah1992 wrote:I sent in a snapshot of the page that says I accepted admission as well as the form I filled out saying I accepted. Berkeley doesn't really have a form so it was kind of difficult but I've heard SEO is pretty lenient on what you can submit as proof
I read the bolded as "snapchat".
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Easiest Ways To Cut Costs Each Month
We recently stumbled across this story on an unbelievable family (the Fatzingers) that has lots of kids, lives debt free, and can still afford college and retirement. Oh, and they live on a single income that is quite nice but certainly not outrageous. Talk about #goals! While we are duly impressed by this family's commitment and budgeting skills, we admit our struggle with consistency prevents us from ever being exactly like them. Still, in reading the article we were reminded of all the easiest places to cut costs each month. Paying attention to these tweaks can take those financial plans from out of reach to completely manageable within a short period of time.
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Verlaine, the head of the Captains' Council of Freeport, is no fool—when he hires personal guards, he gets the best muscle money can buy. And for the captain of those guards, he chose the toughest, smartest fighter in the crew: Reikert Lloyd.
Unlike most thugs-for-hire, Lloyd came from the right side of the tracks. For decades, his family made candles and shipboard lanterns out of a large shop in the Old City. Lloyd, the third-youngest of four children, didn't stand to get his hands on the family business; at the same time he resented his older siblings, he found the idea of being cooped up in a shop all day stifling. At school—one of the finest in Freeport—he was a sullen and distracted student. For kicks he took up with the sons of other merchants for all-night carousing sessions. After a few benders, his parents threatened to cut him off. He took them up on their offer and headed to sea.


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Considering how often we think about it, watch it and (if we're lucky) do it, sex (or 'the s-word', if that makes you more comfortable) still has the inexplicable power to catapult even the most confident among us into the throes of adolescent idiocy and angst. Consider, for example, the horror that comes with realizing that the female sleeping next to you might have fallen desperately in love with you mid-coitus. Terrible, right? Or the despair of waking up to find your overnight guest gone without a trace, leaving you alone with the fear that you might never see the Potential Love of Your Life again. Even worse, because emotions are involved.
Since the naked rumba doesn't come with an owner's manual, few of us know how to navigate the morning, weeks and months that follow it, especially if we're at all interested in seeing our partner in crime again. Even if you're the self-proclaimed Czar of the One Night Stand, if you've ever agonized about how to treat your hookup post-hook-up, then you know exactly what I mean. It's damn confusing no matter how many notches you have on your belt.
I feel your pain, dearest reader, which is why I've consulted my trusty panel of experts in order to lay down some truth for you in this blogspace. With any luck, it'll help you navigate your next sexperience like a pro; in fact, think of it like your very own roadmap back to the dugout after hitting an all-star home run. (Guys respond well to sports metaphors, right?) So, if you're the proud owner of a morning-after glow, congrats. Now it's time to figure out what the hell to do next.
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If you never want to see her again…
Well, this one is easy: you're pretty much free as fudge to do whatever the heck you want. In the interest of human decency, though, do try to remember that whoever you just diddled would very much appreciate some acknowledgment that a fun time was had by all (… unless the night was less than stellar, in which case you can feel free to ride off into the dusty sunset without so much as a backwards glance. I think we'd all rather forget about our more underwhelming transgressions). A simple "thanks for a fun night" will suffice, but, as I said, you're under no obligation to say anything at all.
I'm sure that 'do nothing' seems like a nice, simple option, but before you decide that ignorance is bliss, take note of the few caveats that accompany this path. One: unless you're absolutely, positively sure that you never, ever want to see the girl again, pretending like nothing happened will only come back to bite you in the ass, as you will have alienated her in a way that will not make it easy for you to get back into her pants. Two: leaving without so much as a 'gracias for the freak fest' makes you look like a big jerk. When a friend treats you to dinner, you don't slap him in the face, do you? I'll bet you don't. Thusly, when a woman treats you to her… treats, the polite thing to do would be to demonstrate gratitude like a normal human being. It's just, you know, common decency.
If you want to hook up with her again…
As discussed approximately one paragraph ago, if you have any inkling that you'll want to see this girl again, then you should make some sort of contact within 24 hours of getting it on with her, if not by text (maybe you're too cheap to pay for unlimited texting), then by email or (and really, I can't believe I'm condoning this) Facebook message. The point is to ensure that the door to her happy place stays open for you, which means acknowledging that she is a person with whom you want to communicate rather than a two-dollar hooker. (JSYK, most women, even those who have sex with randos like it IS their job, dread feeling like pro-ho's. Speaking to them afterwards makes them feel less trampy, which also makes them more likely to want to do you again.) Basically, unless you're in the business of paying for your jollies, the road to repeat hookups is paved with open communication.
If you want to date her…
Luckily, a girl sleeping with you is a pretty sure sign that she's at least moderately into you, which can take some of the guess work out of the frustrating quest to find someone who's willing to date you. If you've hooked up with a lady you'd like to one day call yours, start by taking her out to breakfast (or lunch, or dinner… some of us are early risers, some of us aren't) and see where things go from there. Many girls think that sleeping with a guy will make him lose interest immediately, so she probably won't be expecting any dates out of the deal. Low expectations = your time to shine. And even if you ultimately decide that the two of you aren't compatible, you'll still be the guy who had enough class to stay past dawn, which can only help your reputation with future paramours.
If you've decided you're in love…
When the unexpected happens – that is, when you experience sudden, woman-strength emotions after sex – you might be tempted to throw away the rule book and propose on the spot. This is understandable, because you're not a woman and you haven't learned to ignore most (or all) of your hormonal urges. To put it plainly, women know that post-hanky-panky love pangs are usually nothing more than chemical reactions meant to induce procreation, so we've learned – painfully – to ignore the instincts that tell us to fall head-over-heels for every boy we bone. Of course, some sex partners are actually worthy of our undying love and devotion, but we remain cautious, because sudden-onset-love-syndrome is an all-too-common by-product of otherwise meaningless sex.
(Honestly, if I do nothing more with these posts than make you respect the all-consuming power of the ovaries, then I will have done my job.)
My point: perhaps you're one of those rare male animals for whom sex and love are hopelessly interrelated. This is good, because it probably means that you take sex a little more seriously than the average Joe, but it can also cloud your judgment and make you act like a nutbag towards every girl who drops her panties for you. If you've got that lovin' feeling after bedding down with someone you just met, then please. Take a step back before you suggest moving in together. Start with breakfast, or lunch, or dinner, or coffee, or whatever, and rest assured that if you're really meant to be with this one-night-stand for all of eternity, you will be.
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Argo: really, surprisingly good. Good enough that I have to stop and take a hard look at my longstanding hatred of Ben Affleck. The fact that this is likely not going to win an Academy Award just goes to show you that the Oscars generally aren't worth paying attention to anymore.
For some perverse reason I was also kinda interested in seeing the Kevin James movie. Glad to hear there might be some substance in it around the unavoidable fat jokes.
Making matters even worse the guy the US/CIA overthrew, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was neither militaristic or theocratic but rather academic and progressive. A quick summary from wikipedia:
So Iran likely wouldn't be a theocratic state today if America didn't go in there and mess things up because they were going to cut into their oil profits.
I want to hear more about Here Comes the Boom/Won't Back Down. Please tell me that's the intermission this week, or even better it's The Big Picture (I hate Schlocktober).
Peanuts, I'm not surprised about. Not that it should happen, I mean, they're still intensely marketable, and clean and safe for young audiences.
Someone wanna make some more Calvin and Hobbes, though (that's not Bill Waterston)? I WILL be the first on the picket line.
You know what, I am with you on this.
I was not going to go see it but now Bob has convinced me of its quality.
I'm assuming this isn't a remake of the 2004 Hungarian movie by the same name, in which a man dressed as french fries gets murdered in a diner by some guy.
I saw Bryan Cranston in there!
I think I'd like to see this movie, if only to learn more about that history... Though I DO remember the hostage situation, and I remember it ending with Reagan basically saying "I don't negotiate with terrorists" or something like that and them being let go... Maybe that didn't happen and I was just lied to by whoever told me that story.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute. I HEARD The Peanuts were going to get a new movie and it would be CG, but now you're telling me that they're being made by the guys who made The Lorax?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-*goes on to infinity*
So what was that about the makers of The Lorax?
That's what I said! I took a glance at the poster and immediately wrote it off. Looks like I might have to reconsider.
Good to hear this was good, I was looking forward to this!
And you forgot to mention that it has Bryan 'Heisenberg' Cranston in it? You do know how fanatical Breaking Bad fans are getting these days, don't you.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe Winston Churchill his merry band of Brits were involved as well.
Still I suppose America has the bigger reputation for pulling shit like this during the Cold Wa--oh wait, we still do this kind of thing.
DAMN IT XCOM AD MOVE THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY! *click*
they're making a peanuts movie? and its entirely made of cgi? ew....right in the childhood..
This reminded me of an episode of Hollywood Treasures. In one ep, the garage of Chambers' next door neighbor is sorted through. Among the memorabilia were portable makeup kits used by the CIA. They were the highest selling pieces at that auction, which included costumes and masks from Planet of the Apes, and probably just doubled in value after this movie.
Huh, well that's pretty cool that they focussed so tightly on the inspired-by-real-events serious spy drama side of it rather than indulging in self-referance.
Also, those two credits stingers are depressing and confusing respectively.
Still hoping a late Looper review, however I don't think that is going to happen now. I thought it was awesome personally either way!
Either way, this movie would probably have gone over my head but I am quite intrigued now, will have to check it out
First problem, 20 seconds in: the coup was a British job ("Operation Boot"), the direct result of Iran's decision to seize and nationalize the oil resources --- which it had previously sold to Britain, in exchange for development assistance and a cut of the profits. At one point Britain even mobilized to invade Iran "if necessary" to secure a key refinery.
While it's long been held in certain circles that the whole thing was just America's ball game, the reality is that the CIA assisted in the coup by British invitation.
Second problem, 50 seconds in: neither Korea nor Vietnam began as declared wars. Both were "police actions", each beginning with a Communist North invading an at-least-theoretically democratic South, resulting in UN resolutions authorizing force. Congress never passed a resolution for war in Korea, and did not pass one in Vietnam until the Tonkin Gulf Incident of 1964. It's now known that President Lyndon B. Johnson lied about the Tonkin Gulf Incident (an alleged naval attack on US destroyers, which didn't actually happen) to escalate the Vietnam conflict.
By contrast, the Iraq War was authorized by Congressional Resolution 114, on March 3, 2003, prior to the invasion. It's also notable to point out, before the inevitable yelling, that UN Chief Inspector Hans Blix reported to the UN Security Council in both January and March of 2003 that Iraq had not accounted for 1000 metric tonnes of chemical weapons, nor of "tens of thousands" of chemical-delivery warheads for artillery and missiles. These figures came from Iraq's own records of its stockpiles.
Full disclosure of historical events is a wonderful thing...
And now, back to your regularly-scheduled movie review.
All of that said, the review itself sounds really good, and I definitely plan on seeing this flick. Thanks, Bob!
this one honestly wasn't on my radar at all and sounds pretty good.
Oh yeah, me too. Lucky for us, Watterson is a recluse who is very adamant about Calvin and Hobbes stuff not popping up.
With any luck we can find a way to protect it once he dies.
...I wonder if he'd be willing to pull a Willy Wonka and bestow the complete rights to the characters to some plucky young fan who would treat them right :P
Just got back from seeing it and I thought it was excellent, if your a fan of historical dramas this one is a must see in my opinion.
I have to say, Ben Affleck has really been making some awesome movies lately and I really hope he gets recognized for his directing skills because he definitely has a talent for making intense dramas.
I think as he gets older his acting ability is starting to really shine, perhaps that plays more to his older, more mature look but he definitely is starting to set himself above his peers.
I saw Argo last night. I'm also old enough to remember the Iranian Hostage Crisis rather vividly. The movie is every bit as good as Bob claims, but let me add, the period work is stellar. It doesn't just capture the visceral look of the era, it captures the mood, the zeitgeist if you will.
Also, the visual style of the cinematography was stunning. It was as if a modern filmmaker decided to make a movie with equipment and processes from 1979. It doesn't look like it was made then. It's clearly a polished work with modern technique, and some essential CGI to recreate images one couldn't get today. But it evokes the styles, color palettes, film stocks, lenses, etc., that were popular at the time.
See this. It is amazing.
I just came back from seeing this. I thought it was pretty good.
Consider that a recommendation. :)
Don't be daft chief, anyone who would actually benefit from the knowledge will be going into the cinema(if they go at all) with 48 straight hours of "LIEBERAL HOLLYWUD ELITES DENIGRATIN 'MURICA!" rabble-rousing ringing in their ears courtesy of Right Wing Reality.
thanks for the complete lack of "spoiler warning" there, you dick.
i saw the advert for this and thought 'wow, i'm genuinely interested to see that', and DIDN'T look it up online to see if it was true, because i DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
ten seconds into your fucking video: oh, ok, everyone makes it out fine. well, that's that movie all wrapped up, fuck all point me spending £10 to go and see it now is there?
are you aware of toy story 3? do you realize that the best moment of that film was when the main characters DIDN'T die? because you were sat there thinking 'wow, this really is it, all that sadness, hopelessness, everything, it was spot on. they can't make it out.', and then, when suddenly they did make it, you were euphoric.
the thrill of a movie like Argo is that the odds are almost impossibly stacked against them, they are almost certain to die. you watch it hoping they can get out, or find someway to make their loss count for something.
thanks for completely fucking ruining that.
i want to take this on from just frustration a little to something that might be useful;
spoiler warning, that's all you had to say, once, spoiler warning. I'm pissed because i now in all likelihood won't even watch this movie. there's no point, yes there could be good scenes, good performances etc. what's the point? i know how it ends.
Okay, Bob, you know that thing at the end when you wrote "AN MMA Fighter"? That's technically incorrect, as it should be "A MMA Fighter." You didn't do that though. Thank. You.
I really hate when spelling conventions get in the way of phonetics. You would say it "An em-em-ay fighter", and I feel it should be spelled as such. I don't care if it's a consonant, it's pronounced "em".
...I literally am just commenting because of that. Thanks, and please don't change it.
You're amazingly angry for no good reason. If you go see the movie, which you still should because it's an amazingly good movie, they proclaim within about ten seconds of showing the title that it's "BASED ON A TRUE STORY". So your anger is completely unjustified.
Seriously, go see it. I actually enjoyed it better knowing how it would end.
No shit, I didn't need to go to the movie for that, it said so in the trailer.
And it was based on a true story. So? So all movies based on a true story have a happy ending? Ridiculous.
I'm pissed because the thrill of a story involving people escaping from a entirely hostile country full of people who unequivocally want to kill them lies in the fact they are very unlikely to survive. Knowing they survive sucks the enjoyment out of it as much as knowing Bruce Willis was dead would have ruined the sixth sense.
Chances are you enjoyed it better knowing how it would end because (I'm guessing, I don't know you from Adam) it relieved you from the need to be worried for any of the characters. You weren't missing subtle nuances whilst you looked over their shoulders for the people who might get them.
I'm also pissed because now the film has been effectively ruined I'm not going to spend my money going to see it. That means I'll wait for it to come out on the internet, then probably forget about that as well by the time there is a decent copy to watch, and so will have missed the movie entirely. I'm not a big enough Affleck fan to chase his movies down, either they grab me and pull me into the cinema, or they pass me by.
he forgot the invasion of the dom rep (operation power pack) -> civil war
(btw as i said bloody dictator, do you know who salvador allende was? Operation FUBELT, anybody? another of these democratically elected guys which were in the way of the u.s.a they thought a bloody dictator like pinochet would be much nicer, i mean, omore usefull. forget about the 30.000 victims of torture, the 3000 desapparecidos... what good is for good ol U.S is good for everybody, rite?
and the president with the nobel proze for peace, which mastered the "Killing, aerm, assasinationg of SUSPECTS without trial or conviction" (well, the right for a fair trial is only for white americans..it seems.)and using of torture.. well its so fucked up, its almost satirical if it weren´t so sad..
well if i´d search i´d find more. but im angry enough and my english gets worse
Look, I know that I'm late to the party, but I just want to point out that my country has every right to be upset about our role in a serious crisis like this being severely downplayed. I appreciate Affleck's post-production fix, but don't be so callous.
Agreed. While I thought the movie was very entertaining, but they pretty much portrayed the Canadian involvement as "please save us America!" In reality, it was a Canadian initiative and Ken Taylor did way more than just offer the Americans shelter. Hell, Jimmy Carter himself even said that 90% of the contributions to the plan were Canadian. Ken Taylor was easily the biggest hero in the events.
I thought the movie was quite good as well, but that was just a problem I had with it. Especially the bit where they actually say: "Oh, just say the Canadians did it." I mean, I'm not the kind of guy who hates a movie if it's historically innacurate, but that's just irritating.
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Saturday was the first ever Red Hot Pink Chicks Half Marathon (RHPC Half). This was organized as a combination fun run/race for several of us that have become running friends on FastRunningBlog.com. The evil genius behind the run was Marion McLellan - who I paced through her first marathon in June.
The rules for the run were that you had to wear red or pink (only one person failed to follow the rules), bring a treat to share, and bring a prize to swap (something on the red or hot or pink or chick theme).
We met at a park near the Riverwoods Shopping Center on Saturday morning at 6 a.m. Marion and Josse had set up the course and Michelle Lowry and her 9 year old son were acting as official timekeepers. After a quick overview from Josse, we shuttled over to the starting line in the mouth of Provo Canyon.
For the first 5.5 miles we ran up the canyon past Bridal Veil Falls and then turned around just short of Vivian Park. Lots of pink on the trails that day! Pinked two runners at mile 1 and another runner at mile 2 - and then did not pass anyone else in the group the rest of the race.
As I approached the turnaround, it was nice to see other runners heading back. I tried to high five everyone and encourage them on. Saw that Smooth/Suzanna was the next runner in front of me and knew I would not pass her since her slow pace is faster than my race pace.
After the turnaround I started to work on speed on the downhill portion. My speed was not where I wanted it to be - but considering I had been pretty sick for the past 6 days, I was just happy to be running and pushing myself. I never saw Marion or Leslie Peterson who were going to sweep the course, so figured they must have decided to not run the entire half marathon.
After coming out of the canyon, we followed the Provo River Trail over to Riverwoods Shopping Center and then swung over to run around the park and finish. As soon as each pink runner came in sight the other runners started cheering us in. I did not PR (I knew I would not in advance because of health issues and the course being uphill for a while) but was able to challenge myself and was pleased with my training results.
Once I finished we took a group picture with everyone except the 3 runners still out on the course. It was a great day and lots of fun. I can't wait until next year!
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Your eyes meet as you enter a fluorescent-light-filled room. Palms start to sweat as the stranger behind the desk smiles and asks: "Why do you want to work for our company?"
That's just one of the Top 15 questions used by US employers to screen job candidates, according to Jobtrak.com, an employment Web site in Los Angeles.
But what, exactly, are they driving at? Basically, the same few details, expressed in different ways, says Ken Sproul, a Toronto-based career counselor and psychology professor who has helped thousands of job seekers over the past two decades. Mr. Sproul, who runs a career Web site (www.asktheinterviewcoach.com), tackled Jobtrak's 15 questions:
Tell me about yourself.
Interviewers form a fairly firm judgment about you within seconds. A good beginning puts the interviewer on your side and she is more likely to be forgiving if you encounter difficulties later. A bad first impression usually sticks. The key is to go to the interview with five or six selling points you want to emphasize about your experience, training, and personality strengths. Keep going until the interviewer wants to stop. It's not your interview; don't try to control it. Pause after each selling point and then continue if appropriate. Don't squander this question by simply reprising your resume.
Why do you want to work for us?
Discuss what you can bring to the success and prosperity of the organization, not about what you personally want from the association.
What do you know about us?
Your answer to this question reveals just how much you really want this job. There's no excuse for not researching the company using company reports, library services, or the Internet.
What unique qualities or abilities would you bring to the job?
You need to find an opportunity at the interview to sell your personality strengths, and this question fits the bill. Your personality strengths are comprised of your self-management abilities (e.g. self-starting, punctual), and your people-relating skills (cooperative, outgoing).
What are your major strengths and weaknesses?
This is a stock question that many applicants are actually prepared to answer. Unfortunately, they are often too glib, smug, or cute, and they turn off the interviewer. Try being real.
Think of a real weakness. Then apply what I call the the SIR strategy: specify, illustrate, and relate. For example, specify by saying, "Well, I've always been a bit nervous speaking in front of groups." Then illustrate: "Last summer, I joined Toastmasters and it was amazing. We prepare and deliver speeches to fellow members. I feel much better about this now." Finally, relate: "I don't suppose there will be too many opportunities for public speaking in this job but it's something I want to be more confident about."
How long do you plan to stay at our company? Where do you see yourself in five years?
The truth is people change jobs and you really don't know how long you will stay with the company. However, you may have a moral obligation to assure the interviewer that you are aware of the cost of recruiting and that you plan to provide value for their investment. On the "where do you see yourself" question, steer clear of job titles or positions. Focus on where you want to be in terms of skills and competencies - leadership skills, administrative skills, technical skills.
Tell me about a time that you failed at something, and what you did afterwards.
This question is a variation of the 'weakness' question. The important thing here is to accept responsibility for your part in the failure. If it was a personality conflict, focus only on your contribution to the failure and what you learned as a result about interpersonal effectiveness.
Describe a time when you worked on a team project. What was your relative position on the team? Were you satisfied with your contribution? How could it have been better?
You may never be asked this question, but it points to the importance of recalling concrete work/learning situations. You want to be thinking about a project that reveals a job competency or personal strength relevant to the position you are applying for. The "How could it have been better?" question is an invitation to show that you are self aware regarding your career-related strengths and weaknesses.
Why did you choose your school and course of study?
Just don't say because your friends were going there. You may well be pursuing a career that is not directly related to your program of study. Indeed, regardless of your program of study, much of higher education is about helping students develop better analytical skills, communication skills, and a broader appreciation of human society. You can't go wrong by identifying these aspects of your education. Banks often hire graduates in sociology or psychology over business students in recognition of this.
Think back to a situation in which there was a conflict you had to resolve. Tell me how you resolved that conflict.
The interviewer wants to anticipate how you will handle conflict on the job with fellow workers, clients, and authority figures. Remember, focus on your own contribution to both the conflict and its resolution.
Tell me about a project that you had either at work or school. Describe how you managed it and what was the outcome.
Think about situations like this prior to the interview and then tailor your response so you emphasize skills and strengths most relevant to the position you are applying for. You want the interviewer to think of you when he thinks about the position.
What do you do in your spare time?
This is not an idle chit-chat question. If your job is sedentary and your hobbies are chess, the Internet, and watching movies, the interviewer is gathering an impression of your health and perhaps your energy level. Identify hobbies that reveal you to be a well-rounded person. But don't make it up. An acquaintance of mine once fibbed that he was a golfer. He was baffled when the interviewer asked him his handicap.
What salary are you expecting?
Ideally you know the going rate for the position. One way to deftly deal with this question is to throw it back at the interviewer by saying: "I imagine you have a range in mind; perhaps you can tell me what that is." It's quite fair for you to do this and the interviewer will respect you for it.
What other types of jobs or companies are you considering?
Keep it simple here. There's no reason why you should be considering other jobs or companies at this particular moment. Emphasize how much you want to make a contribution to the company.
Have you any questions for us?
Always have questions. Common ones involve asking about how the position became available, what sort of training is involved, inquiring after something you've read about the company to show off your company knowledge, when a hiring decision will be made. Many applicants fail to show interest in positions they would dearly love to obtain. At the end of the interview make your interest clear.
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The Mall at Steamtown will go on the auction block at a sheriff's sale June 10.
The asking price for the foreclosed downtown shopping center will be $43.7 million, according to a list released Monday by the Lackawanna County sheriff's office.
The sale begins at 10 a.m. in the first-floor jury lounge at the Lackawanna County Courthouse, said Robert Moore, a deputy sheriff. Although the mall is the first item on the list, the auction will follow bidding for other properties held over from earlier sales, the deputy said.
Mall principal Al Boscov continues to put together financing to try to make the acquisition, said Scott Esterbrook, a Philadelphia lawyer who represents the department store magnate in the foreclosure.
"Albert is still working on a lot of details relating to the foreclosure sale," Esterbrook said. "He is trying to raise the capital to pull it off.
Efforts to reach Boscov were unsuccessful.
The mall entered foreclosure March 7 after defaulting last July on a principal balance payment of $37.1 million from a $41 million mortgage the property's owners secured in 2003.
The foreclosure was filed by an entity with the same address as LNR Partners, a Miami Beach real estate company that managed the mall's loan account for the mortgage holder.
The Lackawanna Avenue retail complex has continued operations since the foreclosure under its current owner, Steamtown Mall Partners.
It has lost three tenants since the foreclosure began, though.
Steamtown Pub and Grill, the mall's only full-service restaurant, closed at the end of March, along with Cinnabon/Carvel near center court, and As Seen on TV, a second-floor specialty retailer.
At the time of the foreclosure filing, Boscov said occupancy was about 65 percent.
Boscov continues to negotiate with LNR on a potential repurchase price, Esterbrook said.
Primary creditors in foreclosures, such as banks, frequently establish a baseline bid to prevent others from acquiring a property for an unacceptably low price.
The outcome for secondary creditors, such as the city, remains murky.
Scranton Mall Partners has at least $3.6 million in outstanding federal loans through the city.
Creditors collect payment in order of priority, said Mark Conway, a Dunmore lawyer who specializes in real estate, corporate, commercial and bankruptcy matters.
By virtue of holding mortgages on city loans to the mall, Scranton would automatically be in line as a subordinate creditor, he said.
"There's really not a claim to be filed (by the city)," Conway said. "If you have a mortgage or a lien, you're in line."
However, if the primary creditor does not collect full payment from the sale's proceeds, subordinate liens would be wiped out, Conway said.
"The first mortgage holder takes a hit and junior lien holders really take a hit," Conway said. "If the city's only source of repayment and only collateral is the mall property, they're going to end up with zero, because the first mortgage lien is well in excess of what's owed" in total to all creditors.
After the auction, Steamtown Mall Partners will no longer hold an ownership stake in the property, Boscov said in March.
He is expected to form another partnership to attempt to retake control of the mall, but it has not been established yet, Esterbrook said.
"That process usually only takes a day to form an entity," he said.


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What to do with a hefty windfall
It's everyone's favorite fantasy: a nice, huge windfall.
Maybe that scratch-off lottery ticket pays off big, or that dusty vase in the attic turns out to be a collector's item, or that stock you've been hoarding turns out to be worth a bundle.
Suddenly you're sitting on a nice mid-five-figure gift that you weren't expecting, and that's after taxes.
Now what?
Facing this envious dilemma, you might want some savvy guidance. With that objective, Bankrate.com asked several financial experts for their advice for managing a hefty windfall.
The 3-pocket approach
Karen Altfest, executive vice president of L.J. Altfest & Co., a financial planning firm in New York, says to concentrate on three strategies.
"What you're going to do is think of it as pockets," she says. "You've got three pockets, divide the money in thirds. Take the first pocket and use it to pay down anything that you think should be paid down: your child's education, your debt, your mortgage. Get rid of something and make your life a little easier.
"Then, save for something in your future — your next car, your vacation, your old age. Third is that you're a good person. Do something nice for yourself now. A vacation or something special you've always wanted," Altfest says.
Add to your emergency fund
Sandy Shore, counseling supervisor of Novadebt, a nonprofit, credit counseling agency in Freehold, N.J., says start or supplement your emergency fund.
But how do you determine how much to save?
"You have to look at your individual situation," Shore says. "Is there another income? If one of you became unemployed, how much of a hole would that leave? How secure is your job? If you're one step away from being unemployed, I would say look at how long you think it would take you to get a job.
"Six months is a pretty good ballpark for most people," she says.
Add up your monthly bills and obligations (including taxes), and subtract any unemployment you'd receive. Then bank at least that amount. And if you already have some saved, use the windfall to take that savings to your goal amount.
Save and slash debt simultaneously
Dave Jones, president of the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies in Fairfax, Va., recommends socking away at least $10,000 into a savings account if you have debts but no savings. Then spend the rest to eliminate or pay down your debts, concentrating on your highest interest rate obligations first.
If you have savings and no debt, you could consider low-risk investments, such as a money market fund or other "balanced low-risk fund," Jones says.
Almost as important is what to avoid: "impulsive spending on inane perishables," he says.
Take it step by step
Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, author of "Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom," says the best solution is to tackle the problem in a series of steps.
"Get professional financial help. Find a qualified adviser to help you set a budget and do long-term financial planning," Khalfani-Cox says.
"And give yourself time. Resist the urge to do something — anything — immediately. Don't feel like you have to do anything at all with the money right away," she says.
If you decide to invest, plan beforehand. "Be strategic about making any big moves," Khalfani-Cox says. "Don't just give in and start buying stocks, bonds or mutual funds without a plan."
Create a plan to deal with money requests, she says. It takes away the guilt when you want or need to say "no."
"The idea is to create a buffer between you and all the friends and family who will ask for money," she says. "Consider using an intermediary — either an individual or an institution — to handle the requests."
Assess your weaknesses
Gail Cunningham, spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling in Silver Spring, Md., advises people to approach a windfall by first looking at areas where you are financially weakest. Then, use your windfall to strengthen your position.
Behind on the mortgage? "The best use might be to catch up," she says. "This will eliminate late fees, which only add to the balance."
Paying only the minimums on credit cards? "A good use could be to put the money toward the debt with the highest balance," she says.
Or, pay off a small bill. "This feeling of accomplishment often encourages a person to keep knocking off bills," Cunningham says.
If you're financially stable but without savings, you're "really on a slippery slope," she says. Using your windfall to start or augment your savings account could create a safety net for emergencies.
If you're stable financially, consider splitting the money between one of the above and a personal reward. "Treating yourself to a reward for responsibly handling your money can be an incentive to continuing this behavior," Cunningham says.
Save it!
Larry Winget, author of "The Idiot Factor: The 10 Ways We Sabotage Our Life, Money, and Business," says "Don't buy anything."
"It's an opportunity, a real opportunity to fix everything you haven't been doing right," he says.
First, pay off your high-interest rate credit card. Then, stash your windfall away. Consumers should create a savings equal to at least three months' worth of household expenses. Put the rest away for retirement. "That would be the top three things that I would say to do," Winget says.
"But whatever you do, don't buy something that's going to immediately depreciate when you write the check: cars, clothes, food, vacation," he says.
Credit cards and home repairs
Ron Phipps, president of the National Association of Realtors, says consumers should pay down their credit card debt.
"Simplify your ongoing financial responsibilities. Make life easier. Reduce your overhead," he says.
After that, look after your No. 1 investment. Focus on needed home repairs or equity-generating improvements, he says. Or, reduce an ongoing expense like your monthly utility bill by installing energy-efficient appliances.
After that, "I'd probably say if it were truly a windfall, I'd find something I'd like to do that I'd enjoy: an arbor, a garden or a spa/whirlpool," he says.
If your house and your credit card accounts are in good shape, consider buying a rental property. "The goal would be to take that money and leverage it," Phipps says.
What if your financial picture is rosy?
If your finances are healthy and this is truly extra money, then remember the 80/20 rule. "Save 80 percent, spend 20 percent," says Wayne Bogosian, co-author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans." "Follow the 80/20 rule and you won't have any regrets."
How do you spend it? "Any way you want," he says. Buy things that last or do some philanthropic giving, he says.
For the savings? Aim to max out IRA and 401(k) contributions for you and your spouse over the coming years, he says.
"If your income is outside the Roth IRA limits, open a nondeductible IRA and immediately convert it to a Roth IRA," he says. Your objective over the next eight to 10 years should be to deposit all or most of your 80 percent into a Roth IRA and then into a 401(k).
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For more information about debt and savings, check out these stories at Bankrate.com.


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Drilling rigs are utilitarian structures. There is little reason for them to look good other than for the general public. Rigs can be tolerated as long as they are not actively trying to make the seascape less beautiful. They serve an important purpose that cannot be easily deflected to something else. Unless people want to stop using oil then oil stations are tolerable.
It's an argument that all sides can agree upon, drilling rigs usually aren't the prettiest thing to look at. However, they could be a lot worse! The reason drilling rigs look so bad to most is because we are comparing them to the absence of a rig. Given a drilling rig that is offshore over water you would be comparing the view to none other than what the view would be without the rig even being there. Nothing can compare to the beauty of mother nature. No one is arguing that but drilling rigs aren't really that bad looking if you think about it. They are pretty industrial and many people like that sort of look.


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text: So i have a 1.5ghz 12" powerbook G4 that i got to use at school, it was all working ok untill i took it on a school trip to italy a few days ago. I left it on charge and sleeping one day and when i came back to it it was utterly dead, pulled the battery and reset the pmu, nothing, so i let it sit for a day and it booted. but not for long. about 30 secs after the os loaded the keyboard would stop working, so i rebooted it an we where back at square 1. let it sit another day and it worked again, but same deal, keyboard stopped working 30 seconds after boot and it died when i tried to reboot. left it another day, as soon as i powerd it on i jumped into open firmware and ran: reset-nvram then reset-all. this seemed to fix it, was working normally again. we get on the plane back and guess what. same thing. not responsive to the power button at all. when i got home i took it apart intending to replace the pram battery but of corse it is a super capicitor that is soldered to the logicboard. left it a day and now i am still not getting anything. so anyone have any idea how to fix it? it is worth replaceing the super capicitor? (i am pretty good at soldering) thanks max¥¥


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The North Coast Section team tennis tournament begins Tuesday and in the opening round of Division 2, Cardinal Newman will host Branson.
The Cardinals, co-champs of the NBL, and Petaluma, the SCL winner, are the only two Empire teams competing.
The Trojans are in the Division 1 bracket and were handed the No. 15 seed. They will visit No. 2 Dougherty Valley on Tuesday.
Newman, the No. 6 seed, got the home match over No. 3 Branson because it tied with Maria Carrillo for the NBL title. Branson finished behind Tamalpais in the Marin County Athletic League.
The NBL gets one automatic invitation to NCS and that went to the Cardinals because last week they defeated Carrillo in a playoff to determine which school would get the bid. The Pumas did not apply for an NCS invitation.
Petaluma had a 14-1 record in the regular season but Dougherty Valley was a perfect 18-0 and won the Diablo Foothill Athletic League in the process.
"I'm sure Dougherty has an excellent team," Petaluma coach Doug Cox said. "I don't know any more about them other than their record and the fact they won a tough league."
Petaluma is led by Maddie Thomas. She won her second consecutive league singles championship on Nov. 1.
"In the last month, she really stepped up her game," Cox said. "She wanted to prove something in the league singles tournament and she did." During the regular season, Thomas lost twice to Analy's Jade Wight. She beat Wight in the tourney finals.
The second round of the NCS Tournament is Thursday with finals in both divisions scheduled for Saturday.
The NCS singles and doubles tournament will take place starting next Tuesday at Santa Rosa High School.


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Fandom: Six Feet Under
Title: In and Out
Characters: The Charles-Fishers
Description: Anthony has an announcement at dinner that pushes Durrell out of the door.
Word Count: 3898
Rating: T+
A/N: This story takes place in 2012, and David and Keith got married in 2009 (per the series finale). Anthony is 15 and Durrell is 19.
Dinner was almost ready and Anthony was taking his hand at making soufflés for the first time.
"Wow," David said, looking over Anthony's shoulder after appearing back in the kitchen. "These are looking good. Now just run your thumb around the perimeter of each dish." Anthony tentatively stuck his thumb in, unsure of what to do. "Liiiiike this," David said, gingerly making a shallow moat around the edge of the batter. Anthony repeated the motion in the other three, before placing each one in the oven.
"We're going to have to start eating now, if these are going to come out in time for dessert," Anthony said.
David glanced up at the wall clock. "Go get Keith and Rell," he said off-handedly while wiping off the counter. The words barely crossed his lips before he heard them rounding the corner.
"I'm through talking about it," Keith said, as Durrell followed him.
"That's not going to make me magically get some money," Durrell countered.
"Then you're just gonna have to move back into the house," Keith said firmly, and took a seat at the table.
"Gosh, you guys are still fighting about that?" David said, bringing two hot dishes to the table.
Rell crashed in the chair next to Keith.
"Rell is," Keith clarified. "I'm done with it." Durrell had broken the news to Keith the previous evening that even thought he would have this month's rent money for his stay in the carriage house ($200) he wouldn't have the $600 in back rent he already owed. Since David and Keith sometimes rented the carriage house out to UCLA students (for much more) even when Durrell paid on time, his tenancy came at a loss. Also, Keith argued, Durrell's stay in the carriage house was a trial run for the real world, and he wouldn't be able to sweet talk (or yell) his way out of getting evicted. Durrell's counter arguments had mostly been a lot of pleading for more time and declarations that Keith was a pimp.
Keith froze suddenly, and then took a sniff at the air. "What's that smell?"
"Soufflés," Anthony beamed brightly as he brought the rolls to the table. He sat down across from Durrell.
"Not that," Keith said. He leaned forward over the chicken and rice and took a sniff, "There's too much basil in that."
Anthony looked at David with mild panic.
"I thought so too," David said, taking the remaining seat, "but taste it." He scooped out a spoonful and handed to Keith, who tried it. "Good, right?"
Keith nodded. "Really good." He sighed approvingly. "Then let's eat."
"Anthony, can you say grace?" David suggested, and they all bowed their heads…
And waited.
David looked up and found Anthony frozen and staring dead at him. "Something wrong?"
Anthony took a protracted breath. "There's something I need to tell you," he said. David glanced at Keith for a clue to what Anthony was about to say, but Keith just shrugged.
"What could have possibly changed in the last three minutes?" David asked. Anthony still didn't speak and stared down at his empty plate.
"Well?" Keith goaded impatiently, hunger in his eyes.
"David, Keith," he finally started. "I'm gay."
"What?" Durrell blurted.
Keith and David exchanged amused looks.
"That's it," Keith said, shaking out his napkin. "I'm playing lotto next time we go to Benson's." He grabbed one of the bowls from the table and began dumping spinach onto his plate.
"Here we go," David said playfully.
"No seriously. First it was the World Cup win. Then it was the number of intakes you got that week after St. Patrick's Day, remember?"
"Pure luck," David chuckled, taking a convenient sip from his water.
"OK, but this? This is luck too?"
David's voice grew shriller. "You had a 50/50 chance of being right."
"But did I have a 50/50 chance of guessing the name of Claire's dog?"
"OK, that was creepy," David conceded.
"Did anybody hear me?" Anthony interjected.
"We heard you," David said, draping his napkin across his lap. "You're gay." He scooped some rice onto his plate.
"And that inspired you to start talking about Claire's dog?" Durrell replied.
"It's just that Keith guessed that Anthony was going to come out this week while we were eating at Benson's on Sunday." David sighed (some chagrin written on his face) and turned to Anthony. "I didn't even know you were gay."
"So you don't care?" Anthony said, surprisingly relieved.
"You thought we might?" Keith said incredulously.
"Not really," Anthony replied, lifting the basket of rolls. "I just… I don't know what I thought." He paused. "That it might be weird."
David put on hand on Anthony's shoulder. "I think it's… great," he said.
Keith shrugged. "I think he should have had at least one girlfriend first." He shoved a heaping spoonful of rice in his mouth.
David covered his face with both hands. "That is the most crackhead theory I've ever kept hearing from you." He gestured with clasped hands. "Why do you feel like gay men need to date women, like its some kind of rite of passage?"
"It… kinda is," Keith asserted. "Name all the gay men you know that have never had a girlfriend."
"Terry," David announced confidently.
"Yeah, well," Keith muttered, taking a sip from his wine. "And anyway, that's just one."
"Who cares?" David exclaimed. "And what about those poor girls? Do you know what it does to a young woman to find out her boyfriend is gay?" He ran his finger around the rim of his wine glass. "It took Jennifer years to get over it."
"I didn't say he had to get engaged to her. Besides, do you know what it does to a gay man to find out his boyfriend doesn't have girls out of his system?"
David leveled a telling look at Keith. "Can't imagine what that feels like," he muttered.
Durrell looked over at Anthony who was polishing off his first helping of spinach. "So we're just full-on eating without saying grace?" he asked with some indignation.
David raised his eyebrows. "And you care now, Mr. I Might Be Agnostic?"
"Whatever," Durrell said and poured himself a glass of wine, since underage drinking was pretty much a family tradition at this point, and, after the boys spent Spring Break in Manhattan with Claire, getting them to stop drinking had become a losing battle.
It had been about a month since a "quick pickup from the nursing home right down the street" had somehow snowballed into a contentious midnight intake meeting between rival in-laws (illegally conducted by Durrell), a re-embalming (started by David) and a midnight security situation (handled by Keith) that all culminated in Anthony being late for school the next day and the neighbors giving them all vicious stares for about a week. The following evening, Keith had made an announcement: no one would do any work after dinner… ever. They'd all—groggily and grumpily—agreed.
The decree had lasted about 48 hours.
David had tried, but his neat freak compulsions and heavy work load had gotten the best of him; his interns were as flaky as ever and… people kept dying. So tonight, all four guys were in the funeral home lobby, surrounded by boxes, and… working.
"So Anthony," David began as they checked the inventory of the latest delivery of supplies. "Do you have a boyfriend, somebody you're looking at?"
Anthony squirmed some. "No. I mean, a few guys at my school are out, but—"
"Really?" David interrupted. "How many?"
Anthony shrugged. "Ten-ish"
David looked wistfully at Keith. "Wow, tenth grade has really changed since 1985."
"Which is a good thing," Keith insisted.
"Oh, I totally agree," David replied.
"Dad," Anthony said, staring apprehensively at David. "You wouldn't care if I did have a boyfriend?"
David's face faded from amused to perplexed. He stared off into the distance, his eyes squinted, with his head tilted and his mouth agape. He deferred to his husband. "Keith?"
Keith paused, equally hesitant. He diverted his gaze as he answered. "Give yourself some time before you… you know, get in a relationship." He went back to counting.
Durrell looked back and forth between David and Keith, his face hopelessly betraying the confusion he felt. He landed on Keith.
"You were practically buying me condoms when I was 15."
"Your point?" Keith said casually, flipping through invoices.
"So why can't Anthony have a boyfriend?"
"Because dating as a gay teen and dating as a straight teen are totally different. We just need to… ease him into it." He sighed. "Dammit, you made me lose count."
Durrell was even more confused. "Ease him into it? So straight teens can fend for themselves, but gay ones get eased in?"
David jumped in. "What Keith's trying to say is that the world at large doesn't prepare gay teens for dating. And Keith and I gave you boys the 'straight talk' because we thought you were straight."
"You thought they were straight," Keith corrected under his breath.
"I am straight," Durrell said.
"The point is," David continued. "Before he gets a boyfriend, we should probably, you know," he paused, twirling his hand as if to conjure the words up. "Well you know… Gosh, how did this get so awkward?"
All three looked at Anthony who was absently stacking boxes of cavity fluid onto a hand truck. He looked back at the six eyes fixed on him.
"What?" he asked.
The phone rang in the office and David rose to answer it. After a moment, he called for Keith, who left to join him.
Anthony suddenly lit up and jogged over to Durrell. "Is Stacey still staying in the carriage house with you?" David didn't want anyone—particularly girls—to move in with Durrell, and so Durrell had enlisted Anthony's help as an accomplice when his girlfriend, Stacey, had turned an overnight visit into a two-week stay.
Durrell snapped back at him. "Stacey was never staying with me in the carriage house."
Anthony jumped back, startled. "Damn, my mistake," he said.
"And are you really gay?" Durrell asked in an annoyed and loud whisper.
Anthony was visibly shaken by the question, his eyes dropped, his posture shrunk. "Yeah," he finally answered. Durrell chastened some, turned back to counting bottles of Derma-Pro.
The two worked in a tense silence for several minutes, and they could hear their parents having a hushed discussion down the hall. "Why would I fake being gay?" Anthony finally asked.
Keith came back at that moment. "Durrell, which cemetery did the Nyguen family say they wanted?"
"Peachtree Gardens," he answered.
"That's what we heard too," Keith said. "Anthony, go get David's phone from upstairs."
Anthony went off to get it.
"And you," he said pointing to Durrell, "Start packing."
David and Anthony were getting back from church and Keith was sitting at the kitchen table, recently returned from handling something that came up at work. More importantly, however, it was sweltering outside and nobody particularly felt like making lunch.
"Why don't we just go out?" Anthony suggested.
Keith and David looked at each other, wordlessly agreeing with the idea.
"Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles?" Keith suggested. David shrugged his approval and rose to leave when suddenly he looked at the back door.
"Anthony, go see if your brother wants to come," he said.
On cue, Durrell appeared—exploded really—through the backdoor and dropped his keys on the kitchen table.
"You going to Roscoe's with us?" David asked.
"I'm moving," Durrell replied and grabbed a soda out of the refrigerator. The other three exchanged confused looks.
"Are you kidding?" Anthony said, clearly hoping he was.
"No, I'm not kidding," Durrell replied mockingly, and crashed through the back door from whence he'd come.
"Jesus Christ," Keith said, exasperated, and rose to follow behind him.
David stopped hm. "Wait, let me," he said, then bolted for the door.
When he got outside, he saw a pickup truck that he didn't recognize loaded up with a good bit of Durrell's things as Durrell mercilessly tried to load it down with even more.
"What going on?" David asked, jogging to where Durrell was.
"I'm moving to Las Vegas," Durrell said in between grunts as he shuffled items around.
"Vegas?" David replied. Which sounded about as sane as moving to the moon. "Las Vegas? Really?"
"I can't stay here," Durrell said. There was anger around the edges of his words.
David's bewilderment was palpable. "What's in Las Vegas?"
"Stacey," he sighed. "She got offered a job at a casino out there. She asked me if I wanted to go and I'm going."
"I thought you dumped her last week?"
"It's complicated," he answered briskly. He jumped off the bed of the truck and started marching back towards the carriage house. David stopped him and grabbed his arm. The two stared at each a moment, Durrell breathless and agitated and David growing more frustrated.
"So to prove a point to Keith you're going to move to Vegas with a girl that, according to you, is a 'white, crazy-ass bitch'?"
"Keith is throwing me out!" he screamed.
"He's not throwing you out; he just wants you back in the house."
"He doesn't want me back into the house. He wants me out of the carriage house."
"Because you haven't paid the rent in three months."
"Who the hell cares? God, it's like I'm dealing with a hard-ass landlord and not my own father." David didn't have a reply to that, and Durrell looked at his imprisoned arm with simmering ire. David let go. Durrell disappeared behind the door of the carriage house. David stood a moment, paralyzed by confusion, and then went after him, catching up with him upstairs.
"You know, Durrell," he began, as he watched his son dump random items into a large trash can. "You make more money than most 19-year-olds, and you're not even embalming bodies anymore."
"Because it's illegal. If they find out I'm embalming bodies with no license I'm getting kicked out of school."
"I get that. But $1500 a month is not a bad gig for picking up an occasional body and handing out programs once or twice a week at funerals. Be honest with me: where is your money going?"
Durrell just shook his head, so uneasy he couldn't speak.
"You gotta give me something," David insisted.
Durrell took a deep breath. "Stacey," air quotes "has my money, because her life if falling apart. Her mom's a drunk, her little sister is acting out, and Stacey's been paying the bills and going to school, but now she lost her job because she kept missing days dealing with her mom's crap. She needed some money and I gave it to her."
David paused for a minute before responding.
"She came over the other night?" he asked.
"Yeah," Durrell answered.
"Did you explain that to Keith?"
"He wouldn't care," Durrell muttered. David watched as he busily crammed clothes into a tote bag.
"So, what? You're dropping out of mortuary school?" David asked.
"People die in Vegas. I'll figure something out."
David shook his head. "Look. Don't make this a situation, OK Durrell? You don't even have a plan."
"Whatever," Durrell mumbled.
"You're acting out to prove a point and not even realizing that there are bigger fish to fry right now," David replied. "The interns are making the entire funeral home fall on me. Keith is going through hell trying to get his business off the ground and Anthony is really going through a lot personally. He's being really brave right now and it would be great if he had the support of his brother."
"Brave? Support?" He snatched up a ginormous garbage bag and brushed past David out of the door. David chased down behind him back to the dumpster.
"Durrell, it's not that big of a deal; just move back into the house," David insisted.
"I'M NOT MOVING BACK INTO THE HOUSE!" Durrell yelled. David jumped back, stunned by Durrell's level of anger. Durrell was almost shaking. "It's not what I want."
David threw his hands up.
"I don't know what you want," David said. "Do whatever the hell you want, but you can't just come and go as you please and fight with Keith all day long." David shook his head. "You know what, I'm done. You're grown. Maybe you should go. I have Anthony to worry about." With that, he started towards the house.
"Yeah, go back in to your beloved Anthony and his fucking soufflés," Durrell screamed. "You always loved him more than me anyway."
David spun around. "That's a lie and you know it."
"Really?" Durrell screamed. "Because if this were Anthony, do you think you would let Keith kick him out?
"What is that supposed to mean?" David said, clearly wounded.
Durrell shook his head, "He's your favorite. I mean you practically say it. 'Anthony is mine and Durrell is yours.' And it's always been, like, the big joke. Except that you fight for Anthony until the death, but all Keith does is fight with me. I know I didn't make it easy for you and Keith coming up and Anthony is more like you anyway. But, I thought, you know, maybe with me helping out, going into the family business, maybe you and me were finally—" He stopped.
"Finally what?" David asked.
"I thought maybe you would stop seeing me as the screw-up that Keith can handle," Durrell said.
"I don't see you that way, Durrell" David insisted.
"It doesn't even matter anymore," Durrell answered.
"Why not?"
"Because Keith's throwing me out, you're mad because I can't do more for the business and Anthony just came out, so…" With that he lifted a box.
"Wait, what does Anthony coming out have to do with this?" David asked.
"Everything. I could see the look in your eyes the other night. He's one of you all now. For real." He shook his head then turned away. "Don't even worry about it." He leaned into the tailgate, forcing it closed against the bulging cargo. He carried one last box to the cab of the truck, and lifted it into the driver's seat. Then, he looked at the overloaded truck and then back at David. When he did, David had a … distant look on his face. "What?" he asked defensively.
David just shook his head pensively. "I was just thinking about your Uncle Nate." Durrell knew that, even years later, the topic was still a tender spot for David, and the mention of Nate's name stopped Durrell in his tracks. "You probably don't remember, but… you and him had a lot in common. If he were still here, I think he would have been able to… I dunno. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I was always more like Mom. A momma's boy. So even when my dad was absent or confusing or intimidating, I had Mom. And Claire was always Dad's favorite. But Nate … he didn't belong anywhere. Well, that's how he felt anyway. And as soon as he graduated, he disappeared and carved out a completely different life for himself. When he would come home for the holidays, it was like an alien had landed, with his haircuts and girlfriends and co-ops. And then, as quickly as he'd come, he was gone again. But when Dad died, he came back to us. For four years he was back with us. And he found out that there really was a place for him here all along. I mean not physically—he could have lived anywhere. But we needed him in our lives just as much as he needed us. And when he died, I think we all felt the regret of not having had him longer. I don't know if that means anything to you. But, if you want to go to Vegas because you think there is something for you there, go. I won't stop you. But if you're going because you think there's nothing for you here, you're wrong. Very wrong. And I don't want you or any of us to find that out after it's too late."
The two men kind of stared at each other a while. A sober calm came over Durrell's face, replacing the anxiety that had been there just moments before. He put his head into his hands, collecting himself, as David watched with baited breath.
Durrell looked at the truck and then back at the house. "So what am I supposed to do?"
"First, you go and talk to Keith. We'll go talk to Keith."
"And my stuff?" Durrell asked.
"We'll worry about that later," David said.
With that, Durrell walked towards the house.
David paused a moment, and cast a glance up to the sky before following the young man inside.
David was in bed re-reading the same passage over and over again. Memorizing his lines was … not going well.
Just then Keith walked in.
"How's it coming?" he asked, as he took off his watch.
"I don't know," David began. "So far, the only line I remember is 'I couldn't make myself any plainer if I'se a Quaker on his day off.' And that sounds… vaguely like… whatever the religious equivalent of racist is."
"Religiously intolerant?" Keith offered, continuing to disrobe.
"Well, regardless, I thought being a part of local theatre would help me relax and do something for myself, but now it's turning into just one more thing to get stressed out about."
"So why don't you just go back to the Gay Chorus," Keith asked. "You didn't have to memorize any lines there."
"Yeah, but that's the thing—it was too… gay," David said. "I wanted to do something where it was just about the art and not… sociopolitical revolution."
Keith cocked his head, incredulous. "And I guess Terry's divorce had nothing to do with it."
"What a nightmare! Everyone started taking sides and then half the chorus stopped speaking to the other half." He reflected back on the memory. "It really got nasty at the end."
Keith crawled into bed. "Mind if I turn out the lights?" he asked.
"Nah," David said, closing his script. "I'm done with this for tonight."
"Then… good night," Keith said. The men shared a quick peck, and then it was lights out.
But David didn't go to sleep. "Keith," he said.
There was a long, pregnant pause before Keith responded.
"I know," he said.
"It couldn't have been easy for you," David continued, "to go back on what you said. But, I think… maybe he just needed that extra bit of mercy to know that, at the end of the day, we're all on the same team."
David could feel Keith tense up on the bed.
"Sure," he muttered.
"Are you still mad?"
"I was never mad," Keith replied. "But he still owes us $600."
"I know," David replied. He moved over in bed, right behind Keith.
"I'm proud of you. I'm proud of us."
Keith turned over. "Yeah?"
"Yeah," David nodded. The two men shared a tender kiss before Keith wrapped his arm around David, who snuggled in closer. It was in moments like this one when he felt safe, warm and loved.
"Good night, Keith" David sighed.
But there was no answer. Keith was already sound asleep.


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Six graduating women will share an unrestricted cash award of $56,500, an unexpected gift from the now-defunct Santa Barbara City Club whose members sought to reward top female graduates at UC Santa Barbara for a "job well done."
The City Club Prize, among the top cash awards for graduating seniors in the nation, is divided annually among the highest academically achieving women majoring in a social science.
A computer prints out the names of the women with the top six grade point averages, and checks are written to the lucky winners, who are then notified by mail.
The prizes generally come as a complete surprise to the recipients, and can be spent any way the graduates wish.
The six winners are: Jade Maria Walsh Shipman (Oakview), history and sociology, $11,500; Sarah Elizabeth Turner (Ojai), business economics, $11,000; Elisabeth Anne Skillen (Morton Grove, IL), business economics, $10,000; Alena Donovan (home address not available), Women's Studies, $9,000; Stephanie Marie Muntzel (Ventura), business economics and mathematics, $8,000); and Sara Roberta Strand (Salinas), black studies and history, $7,000.
The Santa Barbara City Club was established in the 1920s by a group of women who wanted to become involved in the political process.
The club disbanded in 1978, sold its property and bequeathed the income to UCSB with the stipulation that interest on the investment must be used to
"reward the achievements of women who best exemplify the ideals of the club."


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Thursday, August 10, 2017
The Color of August....
6 comments:
Such a "happy" post!!! Most all of our garden veggies have dried up...hot southern summer....but we've already cleaned most of the beds out and ready to plant again for fall. We should have tomatoes and squash well into December!ReplyDelete
I love this post because I love yellow! I think that's a great idea....you could do a monthly series: Colors of the Month! The artist in me would love that!ReplyDelete
Who can deny what those great pictures claim?! I agree. Color of the month will be fun to watch.ReplyDelete
Lovely photos! Funny thing, I have synthesia and I always see August in a light orange, so almost yellow!ReplyDelete
Yes it is! That's when the sunflowers and Black-eyed Susans bloom which to me are the prettiest flowers there are.ReplyDelete
I've never thought of the color of the month but I agree, August is definitely yellow! One of my favorite colors, flowers and veggies. The dish looks delicious...........Enjoy!ReplyDelete