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KDE Harmattan Sprint Makes Advances in the Mobile Space
Over the last couple of years the KDE Mobile project has been evolving as it targeted many embedded platforms. Currently, the focus is on the shiny Nokia gadgets (N9 and N950) running the platform called Harmattan. Eleven talented developers met in person at a recent KDE Sprint, giving a boost to porting KDE Applications onto this platform, creating new working relationships, and discussing various issues around the KDE Mobile project for handsets.
The sprint was held at the Physics Institute of the Humboldt University in Berlin between the 18th and the 20th of November (almost on the anniversary of the first KDE Mobile Sprint, what a celebration!)
The Goals
We began collecting the main vision and critical points in advance of the sprint. There were many things to discuss and hacking dependency tasks.
Short introductions got people familiar with what others were working on. Despite having individual applications to port, we agreed that there was a need to establish an optimal and simplified development workflow for KDE Mobile Application developers. Therefore, we started focusing on establishing the common infrastructure.
We discussed the potential development environments available—the Harmattan Platform SDK (Scratchbox) and MADDE (Maemo Application Development and Debugging Environment). It was important to discuss this thoroughly, because it is important to reduce set up time for our developers.
Set up was a hot topic—how to organize development dependencies such as kdelibs, kde-runtime, libkdeedu and others. We decided to use the Community Repository on the MeeGo Community Open Build Service. We agreed to continue this way with an additional point...a a fallback option is needed for publishing KDE packages if the Community OBS is not functioning.
We talked about the available technologies for the UI—Harmattan and Plasma. For now, the Harmattan components will provide a more native look and feel. The next topic was the packaging workflow of the development cycle. App stores such as the Nokia OVI Store accept only applications, no libraries or plugins. After a thorough discussion of the available approaches, we grabbed the idea of getting our dependencies into the same package. We also discussed testing and debugging applications on target devices efficiently after development, and tighter integration of the KDE Software Collection (especially notifications and Plasma components) with the Harmattan platform.
Getting tasks done
The participants had a good amount of discussion and hacking during the event. Importantly, we achieved our goal of creating a Knowledge Base wiki page. The sprint formed a good foundation for a KDE Android sprint in the first half of the next year. Stay tuned!
When it came time to turn to individual projects:
Social event with the KDE e.V. 2011 attendees
Sprints are not just about getting technical things done, but also about having some off-topic fun. Luckily, the KDE e.V. 2011 sprint was happening simultaneously with ours. So we had the opportunity to gather everyone for a pleasant meal at a nice cafe in Kreuzberg. Immense tastiness and good German beer helped us have an excellent evening there. The KDE folks of the two sprints made it a memorable social meeting.
On Saturday evening after working hard during the day, a few of us went out for a bit of socializing at "B-Lage" where the beer was cheap and good. The place was awesome for listening to the music and chatting about non-technical issues.
It is nice to hear that KDE
It is nice to hear that KDE is targeting mobile phones. It is really a shame that Meego was cancelled and that the N950 is not available for normal human beings who are not developers (The N9 unfortunately is touchscreen only)
By Mark at Thu, 2011/12/01 - 12:04pm
Through Plasma Active, mobile
Through Plasma Active, mobile phones will eventually be on the table of targets.
By Anonymous at Thu, 2011/12/01 - 1:02pm
About keyboard
You can use bluetooth or usb keyboard with N9. While more complicated, it is also easier to replace than phone's own keyboard. :)
By Anonymous at Mon, 2011/12/05 - 5:09am
N9 and Harmattan is a dead-end. Why not focus on devices that actually have a future ahead of them? N9 will be sold for a while, and then it will disappear, along with any software that has been ported to it.
Instead of focusing on a declining platform, why not focus on platforms with upward trajectory?
By Anonymous at Fri, 2011/12/09 - 8:48am
We are aware that harmattan is not the best place for us to be, but Nokia and the Harmattan community has been very welcoming and has facilitated our work.
I'd really like to see work on other platforms, but without devices and a proper free and open platform, it's a really hard thing to do.
By Aleix Pol at Mon, 2012/01/09 - 3:42pm


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Army modernisation slow, navy & air force push ahead
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- Yogi said...
A multitude of factors, both internal and external are the cause. But first and foremost is firm belief of Indian establishment that conventional land wars are out.
- 18 March 2012 at 17:33
- Unknown said...
- 18 March 2012 at 17:51
Dear Ajay Sir,
The Army must have aleast one type of highly reliable, accurate and rapid GUN/Howitzer-- similar to Bofors FH77. Leave every thing behind and get the guns in abundant numbers. We did field trials, but till now not able to even pick one, or develop one at OFB. How sorry it seems that world's second largest army, with hostile borders with almost all neighbors-- do not have Guns. Even its rifles are bad.
- 19 March 2012 at 10:24
Miss Muffet Theory Holds good here... remember the OFB official taking bribe even from imi... during kargil war we had imported... munitions from whom all huh... army top brass and babus & politicians... was waiting for the spider... to come along... to scare Miss Muffet (the public)... sacre the public and eat tier money... Army's top brass is indulging in this non upgradation &... non indigenisation... so as to profit... on the nations whey & Curds... when ever the spider presents... itself... by the way... whey & curds equals to... blood & money...
- 19 March 2012 at 15:29
How much is this situation due to the fact that 'A Suitable Boy' is not at the helm? Will things ease once someone more conducive is brought into the seat?
- 19 March 2012 at 15:38
Why do not they procure the requisite numbers of CAESAR 155/52 guns till the indigenization is really in the vogue.
- 20 March 2012 at 02:13
Thank you for that picture of the An-32s ... shows why it is the work horse ... they are filling its belly up even as the engines keep running ... speaks volumes of the turn around time and uptime of this wonderful beast!
Indranil Roy
- 20 March 2012 at 02:48
With so many corrupt people at the helm, what else do you expect?
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For the third year in a row, leading minds from the major browsers got together at SXSW Interactive to spar with one another over issues like Web standards and openness. As in years past, Mozilla's Brendan Eich, Microsoft's Chris Wilson, Opera's Charles McCathieNevile, and moderator Arun Ranganathan (also from Mozilla) were present, and this year they were joined by Google's Darin Fisher.
As always, Apple was absent from the panel. Wilson told me that Apple is active in the standards discussion, but the company's famously closed corporate policy prevents Apple reps from participating in panels like this (almost every laptop I saw in the room was a Mac, so apparently the policy hasn't hurt them much). In any case, Safari's WebKit was represented by Chrome (Fisher), which is also built on WebKit.
I've got some of the best snippets of the conversation below, but not everything that was said. If you know of a more complete transcript, please feel free to paste it into the comments. With that, on to the discussion! Ranganathan kicks it off by breaking in the new guy: What does Google have to gain from the browser game?
Fisher: When I first joined Google, our work involved trying to make Firefox more successful. Around 2006 we began to look at other opportunities; we saw opportunities to make the Web faster, make browsers faster, and change the way people think about things (like with sandbox rendering engines). We knew from the start we wanted to create an open-source browser, and we didn't want to create a new rendering engine, so we had Gecko and WebKit to choose from. We knew Gecko, but we were interested in WebKitit was surprisingly fast and the code base was just a lot simpler. And it was seeing adoption on mobile devices. Sure enough, we were excited by what we saw, and it all came together very nicely.
Ranganathan: You cooperate with Apple?
Fisher: We do work with Apple and we're slowly but surely working our way into being involved in the WebKit community.
Ranganathan: The interesting thing about this discussion is, there's no longer a single majority browser. Where do we go from here? How do we cooperate and compete? One such area is standards. Chris, I see huge Silverlight presence at SXSW, and some of the features in Silverlight look very similar to what we can do in HTML 5. Yet you're the chair of the HTML working groupwhat's your skin in this game?
Wilson: I was promised a softball question!
Ranganathan: That IS a softball!
Wilson: The answer for methis isn't the corporate answerI'm not on the Silverlight team, I don't work with Silverlight. I'm trying to drive the open-source standards forward. It's always easier to build a single-implementation platform that fulfills a bunch of scenarios, but it's not easy to adopt a platform that can be adopted in thousands of different places.
Ranganathan: Charles, Opera has definite skin in this game because you participate in lots of working groups and operate on lots of mobile devices. How do you respond to Chris?
McCathyNevile: I agree with him. If you want to get your technology out into the big wide world, you're going to have to work everywhere. We can all make a browser and none of them have a stranglehold over the market. And we want standards that make it possible to do everything that Flash does, and everything that Silverlight does.
Eich: I said this two years ago when I was more worried about Silverlight than I am now [Burn!]. There is a problem making these standards. To technically specify things so you have interoperation instead of working from a common code base is much harder. While it's difficult, it's critically important. With the plurality of engines, you won't be able to target a specific one. There'll be IE7, IE8, WebKit in several forms, FF3, FF3.5, that's not a stable landscape. We need to continue to participate in standards bodies to make the Web better, and make it perform better.
Ranganathan: How are standards made?
McCathyNevile: Like sausage, you don't want to know!
Ranganathan: Chris, there's been some discussion about the way the actual HTML 5 specs are licensed. The discussion is whether we should make the spec open-source. You're a closed-source company, how does that sit with you?
Wilson: I would distinguish between open-source licenses. Do-whatever-you-want-with-this license, or do-whatever-you-want-but-give-back license. With the stuff we're doing with IE, like Web slices and Accelerators, we're making it clear with the licenses that everyone can use it to build with. With HTML, some of the scenarios that people were already doing were against the license if you squint at it the right way. So something had to change.
McCathyNevile: We all have some open source codes and some closed-source codes .But if you don't develop specs in the open, that's really stupid. You shouldn't, if you want to do good work. The license doesn't matter. People ignore the license. They take the spec, they copy it, or they change it just a bit. Forking is not an issue that a license would solve.
Later, Eich basically summed up the Mozilla position thusly: "With a plurality of browsers, we're in kind of a prisoner's dilemma. If we all participate [with open standards/specs, etc], we all win. If one defects, we all lose."
Ranganathan: If there is a war, it's about JavaScript. It's the defacto language of the web. JavaScript performance and how standards are built is an area of contention. The IE8 engine is supposed to improve that a bit. And now everyone's got high-performance JavaScript engines. Brendan, you basically ushered JavaScript along, and now we're really seeing the JavaScript performance wars. Tell us about that.
Eich: My game plan is very simple: Get everyone to get along and make material improvements. It needs to evolve and move forward. The biggest problem for us is trying to write the spec and get a better spec for us. People ask "Why don't you just share WebKit?" We'd be like the Happy Browser Brady Bunch! But that's not a good idea. [sorry, couldn't get a lot of this]
Ranganathan: What can developers really expect from Microsoft?
Wilson: We're taking JavaScript very seriously. As far as performance with IE8, we've focused not just on JavaScript performance, but we focus more on holistic performance and what it means to navigate from site to site. The real-world performance is more important to nail right now. We absolutely need to move JavaScript as a language forward. I've always said that, though Brendan and I have disagreed in the past about how much and how soon.
Ranganathan: Darin, are the tests that V8 are running fair in regards to JavaScript performance?
Fisher: I'm not an expert on JS, but it helps to have benchmarks and these are valuable tools and we need more of them. They serve as a means to talk about performance. It's great for Web developers when they can count of JS being faster.
All of the panelists agreed that JavaScript performance has to get faster and be worked on to improve the Web as a platform.
Ranganathan: Chris, you guys do your own thing with clickjacking-prevention and other things. Why do you guys do your own thing and not care? This is a softball question...
Wilson: This is a softball question?! When you look at security in general, one of the primary attributes of security is you need to respond very quickly or you're leaving all of your users out to dry. It's not Web developerss who are going to suffer, it's your users. My wife's computer got hacked earlier this year...
Ranganathan: What browser was she using?
Wilson: ...and when that happened the real problem was that I wasn't paying close enough attention to her computer, and she wasn't paying attention to that autoupdate box. With clickjacking, we saw that it was a spreading problem and we saw that we couldn't wait for another product cycle to come up with a solution. If we can come up with a shared solution later? Great, we'll implement it and it'll be interoperable across all the browsers. [Continues on with talk about cross-domain request objects, but couldn't get it all]
Ranganathan: Darin, can you share Chrome's security thinking?
Fisher: There's Web security, and there's protecting users. For us we thought "Well, we can sandbox these processes and let the browser act as a proxy to audit things." It's a very nice second set of coverage in case there's a flaw in WebKit or in the rendering engine.
Ranganathan then opened the floor to some interesting audience questions:
Q: It's great that HTML 5 is coming with offline access and vector drawing, but we had all this in Java applets years ago. Why have they failed, and why has it taken so long for browsers to catch up?
Eich: I have the scars from that. Everything was in the applet model, you had to buy into this all-or-nothing model, not like HTML or JavaScript or CSS.
Wilson: There are a lot of factors. The applications change...it's the same reason why everyone wasn't working on AJAX a few years ago.
Q: Web developers, for good or evil, are always trying to hijack our browser processes. Is this something that can be solved at the browser level?
Wilson: It's an escalating battle and one that we continually work on. Every time we find a new technical exploit or social exploit, we have to find a solution for that.
Fisher: So in order to give users full control over their browser, sometimes you have to deny certain things to developers, and that's a tough line to draw. One thing we built into Chrome is that the user can ALWAYS close the tab, no matter what.
Eich: Sometimes there's just something broken, and if that's the case, contact the site. And if it's a bad site that's abusing you, avoid it!
Q: I'm curious about your commitments to bringing desktop-class performance to mobile browsers.
McCathyNevile: The full desktop experience is probably not exactly what you want, because you don't have a desktop in your hand. You want an experience in a way that developers build an application and it works; that's what we're aiming for, because we don't want you to have to build bigger desktop apps and smaller desktop apps. The iPhone came and cracked open a lot of this.
Fisher: It's interesting what the iPhone did, and it's clear that Android is thinking the same way. There's a big difference between Chrome for desktop and Android for mobile.
Q: Microsoft, how are you going to push the IE8 roll out to corporate customers who are still stuck with IE6, so companies don't have to continue to pour money into R&D to make sure we support an old IE6 browser?
Wilson: We can't really push anything out to users who don't want it. If they want to stagnate and not update, there's not much we can do about that. But IE8 is good and we expect adoption to go smoothly, and if you look at the IE6 market share, it has continually declined. For most of those corps the best thing we can do for them is not ship another update. I'm not saying that's a good thing, that's just the reality: we can't really force them out of it, we have to encourage them out of it.
One questioner got up to talk about font licenses and browsers' varied enforcements of them, which causes headaches for Web developers. You've heard this discussion about licenses, enforcement, and DRM before, and the browsers broke along predictable lines: Eich said it's not Microsoft's JOB to enforce font licenses for the rights holders. Wilson took the opposite and equally valid view of "yes, but..."there's no practical way to protect the licenses except on the browser level. To which the questioner responded with "yes, but the protections aren't working anyway!" It was an interesting discussion, and Wilson and Ranganathan both said afterward that they'd be blogging about the subject.
I'll link to those posts and to any other good ones I find (for instance, ZDNet's is here), or you can stick them below in the comments.


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Imagine you future in a couple of years. Where do you see yourself? What kind of job do you have? Are you happy in this job? As a college student it is inevitable that you will have to seriously start thinking about your future; it's right around the corner! Most likely you are at UWGB to earn a degree that will prepare you for a career. But do you know about the many different career options that are offered? Or maybe you are undecided on a major. Have you looked at the list of majors offered at Green Bay and other schools? Sometimes it is difficult to know where to start, and when looking through so much information, it can be terribly confusing. Luckily, there are several tools and websites available that can offer assistance in you search.
If you are undeclared on your major, chances are you may be feeling overwhelmed when you even think about choosing. It's not uncommon, and there are many sites on the web that offer "major assessments." One website I came across was mymajor.com. This site allows you to create an account using your email address, and then take a quiz to determine some possible major options. The program asks for you to rate the classes you took in high school and also asks you a few work related questions. The system then calculates your answers and formulates a list of five majors that fit your preferences. I was interested to see the accuracy of the MyMajor program, so I decided to take the quiz for myself. I had been seriously considering a degree in Communication, so I was definitely expecting a list of five writing or speaking-oriented majors— English, journalism, public relations, etc. This was far from true, because I was presented with 1. Chemical Engineer, 2. Metallurgical and Material Science, 3. Mechanical Engineer, 4. Aerospace Engineer and 5. Biological Engineer. How could that be? Confused, I took the quiz again, this time really putting extra thought into my responses. And wouldn't you know it, 4 out of 5 recommended majors were exactly the same (Foreign Language/Literature replaced Biological Engineer). I took several other quizzes and they were all different with some common reoccurring themes. I have to admit that these quizzes have opened my eyes to new possible majors, and I have decided to explore different options before I make a final decision about my major. I concluded that online quizzes are a good starting point, but they are not always what you would expect. It's important to take quizzes that are made by a reputable university or college prep site. This will help you avoid quizzes with no real logic to them. Take a few quizzes, but don't freak out if the recommendations aren't what you expected. Just keep an open mind and you may be surprised what you learn about yourself.
If you have decided on a major, or even if you haven't, and are looking to build or explore career options, then wiscareers.wisc.edu is a great tool to use. Create a username and password login to access thousands of career profiles including a general overview of the job description, salary, and educational path for each occupation. It also includes "Hot Occupations," which are jobs expected to see job openings increase by at least 27% in the next 10 years. This is a great way to get a sense of what a job is all about and to compare different options. The descriptions are quite honest and include a section of both pros and cons about the occupation. If you aren't sure where to start you occupation search, Wiscareers also offers several career, skill, and values assessments, and uses your responses to generate suggested occupations. You can then browse through the recommendations and also find out what Wisconsin colleges offer degree programs required for each occupation. Wiscareers can then link you to any college, university, or tech school in the United States.
Assessment tools on the internet are numerous, and sometimes pretty confusing. If you take a few and aren't sure how to begin applying the responses, it's always a good idea to make an appointment with a Career Services professional. They can give you additional advice and steer you in the right direction when it comes to choosing a major and career planning. Office hours can be found on the Career Services website, by calling (920) 465-2163, or by stopping by SS 1600. We are always happy to help!


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A couple hundred art-lovers who were young and had money to spend snapped up some pretty good deals at Le Jeune Salon, an exhibition and sale benefiting the Denver Art Museum.
Four dozen artists, including Lorenzo Chavez, Ron Hicks, Emilio Lobato, Mark Sink and Michelle Torrez, contributed works for this event held at Gallery 1261 in Denver and chaired by Anne L.B. Hanson and Sarah Hunt. Nothing was priced above $5,000 and most everything came in at $1,000 or less.
"We did $100,000 in sales, which is a staggering success, considering the price range," marveled Natalie Rekstad-Lynn, founder and curator of Salon d'Arts. Salon d'Arts presented Le Jeune Salon in cooperation with the Denver Art Museum Young Associates.
For patron-level guests, festivities began with a champagne reception and panel discussion featuring Le Jeune Salon's guest curators: Ann Scarlett Daley of the DAM; Clyfford Still Museum Director Dean Sobel; and Rekstad-Lynn. GE Johnson Construction sponsored this portion of the evening.
The guests in this group included Horst Bergmann; Linda Petrie Bunch and Jim Bunch; Gregg and Terre Marshall; Art and Kristine Zeile; John Fox; Alysa and Ron Levine; Greg and Staci Collins; Lois Paul and Barry Sharcot; and Kristy Frankum.
CH2MHill's chief executive, Ralph Peterson, and his wife, Betty, were Atelier sponsors with Clark Construction Group and FirstBank; Galerie Sponsors included Susan Noble, Coldwell Banker, The Devonshire Group; Hilb Rogal & Hobbs; The Madison Group and Dr. N. Jerry Schultz. FMI Corp. and Tennison Group/TG Staffing were Palette Sponsors.
Among those on the host committee were Kathy Coors, John DellaSalle, Tonya Frank, Nancy Koontz, Chris Meza, Kathleen Perry, Marcie Prokupek, KC Veio and Kimberly Leversledge.
Pictures taken at LeJeune Salon are posted at denverpost.com/SeenGallery.
Denver Post Society Editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stunning, fortified Carcassonne
Justifies its presence on UNESCO's World Heritage list... and then some. With a full double ring of ramparts and no fewer than 53 towers, it's an awe-inspiring place to come, look up and look down. The ville basse, the expanse of town down the hill from the medieval fortifications is equally worth exploring... and better still it can all be done on foot. Add wine, river cruising and glorious countryside, and Carcassonne should definitely be on your list.
Carcassonne's drawbridges and cobbled streets make it a hugely rewarding place to wander with no fixed agenda, and likewise its shoulder-to-shoulder boutiques serve up a diverting range of souvenirs for those engaging in a spot of window-browsing. The quality can differ, although there are some great antique shops on Rue Trivalle (close to the city gate at La Porte Narbonnaise). La Ferme (corner of rue Chartran and rue de Verdun) is a top-notch food emporium with a selection of some 6,000 local gourmet products. There's also a notable open-air market on Place Carnot three times a week.
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The meaty, white-bean stew known as cassoulet is a regional speciality here – try the acclaimed version at Restaurant Comte Roger (14 rue Saint-Louis), where the menu puts a focus on Occitan cooking with a modern twist. There's Michelin-starred dining in the old citadel at La Barbacane (H�tel de la Cit�, Place Auguste Pierre Pont), while close by there's authentic bistro fare to be enjoyed at Restaurant Robert Rodriguez (39 rue Coste Reboulh). And for a caf� that's popular with both locals and tourists, try to snag a table for lunch at Caf� Saillan (31 rue du Docteur Albert Tomey).
Carnaval de Limoux
Taking place in the nearby town of Limoux, this carnival sees costumed dancing each weekend and gives colourful insight into the varied traditions of the Languedoc region. Its long history makes it one of the oldest such carnivals on the planet – it's also one of the longest, lasting three whole months!
Festival de Carcassonne
One of the biggest cultural events in the South of France, the Carcassone Festival runs for six weeks and stages more than 100 separate shows, from opera and classical music to dance and theatre performances. The majority are free.
Bastille Day
14 July
Bastille Day sees towns and villages across France in party mode, but Carcassonne takes the annual celebration to another level with a massive firework celebration that draws some 700,000 visitors to the banks of the Aude River. It takes place at 10.30pm.
Feria de Carcassonne
A late-summer music festival featuring flamenco and salsa bands alongside traditional local Occitan performers – not to mention everything from marching brass bands to contemporary pop singers – the Feria is a celebration of music in all its forms.
La Magie de No�l
The Christmas period sees the old citadel come alive with all manner of festive events, from craft markets and torch processions to costumed medieval performances and illuminations. The month-long programme of events runs through until early January.
Its fairytale Middle Ages skyline makes Carcassonne one of the most visited spots in the whole of France. By consequence, it has no shortage of impressive accommodation options – the H�tel de la Cit� Carcassonne (Place Auguste Pierre Pont) is set within the old medieval citadel and boasts its own gardens, while the 61-room Best Western Le Donjon (2 rue du Comte Roger) is another that's surrounded by the town's ancient ramparts. For a winning spot away from the centre, try the 18-room H�tel du Ch�teau (2 rue Camille Saint-Sa�ns), which has an outdoor pool, or the nearby three-star H�tel Montmorency (11 rue Camille Saint-Sa�ns).


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I hadn't studied my maps the night before, but on returning my key to reception the lady on the desk asked which way I was heading, "South" I answered, she grimaced slightly and warned me of some "mighty big hills", just as you leave the city.
Great I thought and to add to that it was a classic fog bound Pacific Coast morning, so I donned my hi viz gear and got all my blinkies flashing in order not to become road kill courtesy of the hi speed logging trucks.
I soon started to see why the receptionist had grimaced, the hill from Crescent City was a long fog bound climb and only nearing the top did I emerge into the sun and blue sky before plunging back down the other side into the cold pea soup again.
Eventually I got onto the Newton B Drury Scenic Parkway, a nice respite from Highway 101 and my first proper encounter with the mighty Redwood trees. These colossal trees border the road like columns of some vast arboreal temple and I cycled gazing up in awe at this ancient forest.
It's hard to try and capture the size of these ancient trees, but a burnt out stump and an obliging tourist got me the photo that at least gave some idea of scale. I was to find out over the next few days that there were even bigger Redwoods along the route.
The Parkway also gave me the chance to see some wildlife as I cycled along, including two herds of wild Elk and some entertaining Jays with a taste for muesli bars!
The days cycle finished just north of Eureka at a KOA camp site, notoriously expensive this KOA had seen the light and provided Biker\Hiker pitches at a reasonable price, including access to the internet and a hot tub! The site was also home to a new breed of cyclist that were starting to appear on the west coast, but hadn't been prevalent on the Trans Am route.
The Hobo Cyclist, a genre possible unique to the West coast of California, distinguishable by their totally unsuitable bicycle, clothing more akin to hiking, a penchant for fat self rolled cigarettes, made of the local intoxicating cash crop and possibly selling things or busking on route!
The two at the KOA slightly unnerved me with their over enthusiastic greeting and insistence that I join them round the fire to listen to some songs from their badly tuned mandolin. It didn't take long before I made my excuses and headed back to my pitch where fortunately a seemingly sane cyclist had turned up.
Apart from raccoons rifling through the bins I slept well and the next morning headed into the historic town of Eureka. The city, a major player in the historic west coast lumber trade, is the site of hundreds of significant Victorian homes, including the Carson Mansion, situated at the head of its Old Town Historic District. (more info)
It was here I found a great breakfast stop with the usual requirements, WiFi, good coffee, bagels and muffins. Whilst eating breakfast I got into numerous conversations with local cyclists popping in for take out coffees, one simply offered his hand and said "your English", I looked at him rather bemused and somewhat impressed with his psychic skills, "I spotted your Thorn bike", he said. He turned out to be the manager of Eureka's biggest bike shop and had seen numerous Thorns come in for servicing over the years and the majority being ridden by touring Brits.
Leaving Eureka I headed off the 101 onto more rural roads running through areas of large dairy farms reminding me somewhat of home. I think it was the aroma in the air! Following the Eel river I slowly climbed up into the Humboldt Redwoods State Park and entered the Avenue of the Giants.
The highway is renowned for its Coast Redwoods that overshadow the road and surround the area. It is from these towering trees that the Avenue of the Giants takes its name. The narrow road connects several small towns such as Phillipsville, Miranda, Myers Flat, Burlington and Weott. The Avenue was reasonable devoid of traffic and this made for enjoyable cycling, with the sunlight struggling to break through the canopy high above dappling the road with beams of light.
The camp site that night was situated right on the Avenue of the Giants under the Redwoods, the tent pitches laid out between the huge stumps of the old trees mixed with the newer woodland. It seemed I was the only cyclist on the site, but it wasn't long before a Cycle Hobo pulled in on his trusty 1970s Peugeot racer. I had seen the guy earlier in the day riding past me in the opposite direction; it turned out his name was John and he explained he had passed me on a hunt to buy some dinner.
He lent his bike against a Redwood, took off his rucksack and preceded to start eating his food, happier to sit on the dirt than on the picnic table where I was sat. Whilst I prepared my supper on my gas stove, he ate his cold chilli from a tin, taking alternate mouthfuls of donut to go with it. The combination left me somewhat queasy!
The only item he wore that had any semblance to cycling paraphernalia were his SPD shoes, I wondered how the beneficial speed gain from being cleated to your pedals was negated by the woolly jumper, dirty jeans and large rucksack he was wearing! Nonetheless he was a nice guy and eager to hear about other countries, having never left the States he wanted to come up with a plan to travel the world on the cheap.
He eventually rolled his sleeping bag out beside a Redwood stump and climbed in, he didn't even have the luxury of a bed roll and a tent. When I awoke at 6.30 he had gone, he never really said where he was heading, just another cycling hobo riding out the global recession !
I had no hint that today was going to bring with it the most nasty, aggressive, encounter with an American on the trip so far.
Cycling into Myers Flat, a one street town on the Avenue of the Giants, I spotted a coffee shop and went in for some breakfast. Apart from another cyclist no one else was in the shop, Bob Marley was booming from the stereo and eventually a slightly dishevelled short arse of a man came in through the front door wearing a mucky apron . I smiled and requested "A coffee and a bagel with peanut butter, please", the man shook his head in disgust and glared at me "what type of bagel" he growled, "Plains fine" I replied, unsure as to what I had done to annoy him so much .
He shoved my luke warm coffee and bagel across the counter and walked back outside, I sat down and started talking to the American cyclist and we were quickly sharing route notes and places to stay as we were heading in opposite directions. The next second the door flew open and Mr Grumpy reappeared and cranked Bob Marley up to full volume, he paced up and down a few times and then exploded into a diatribe extolling his hatred of cyclists and how we rule the road etc etc, also something about "I trained for the Olympics!!", I didn't quite get that bit!
Now I'm a passive sort of guy, but sometimes you have to react! I walked over to the stereo and put an end to Bob and then invaded the coffee shop owners personal space, giving him a face to face opinion of what a foul little sh*t he was and how I was going to rip him a new A hole!! Now it's at moments like these when you have to remember there is one key difference between the US and the UK.... Guns!
The other cyclist was giving me verbal support, but the coffee shop owner was threatening to call the Police and with a fear of deportation or being shot I decided that a quick exit was the safe and wise option. Throwing my coffee over the floor in a pitiful act of defiance I pedalled out of town quickly, shaking with anger.
Luckily just up the road in Miranda a pretty girl in the coffee shop said that she got regular trade from people who have walked out of Myers Flat coffee shop and that the guy was a nutter! So if your passing by Myers Flat, drop in for a coffee, order 20 lattes, wait for him to make them and then remind the owner that you just remembered that he hates cyclists and walk out without paying!
Ironically I had been talking to the other cyclist about how the people of the USA had been amazing; he was very apologetic on behalf of his country and said he would be calling 911 to report the guy for violent behaviour!
Things just seemed to get even weirder from there on in!
I was still in Redwood country on my last day following the Avenue of the Giants, with the Eel rivers dried up bed creating small lakes in the valley below it was another spectacular days ride. I pedalled into Garberville at lunch time, one of the bigger towns I had seen for a while and cycled around to get a feel for the place and to find somewhere for lunch. It seemed a busy and bustling town but I felt slight trepidation, there seemed to be a high hobo \ weirdo count along with various hippy buses and assorted dubious dreadlocked characters.
After lunch I headed out of town with no real desire to hang about and once out on the open road had the first of two police cars slow right down and give me the once over, with a "Your not from around these parts" sort of stare!
My weird encounters were ratified later that day when I turned up at Standish Hickey camp site and met John, a clean cut, middle aged, former disposer of military hardware for the US navy, pedalling north to Washington State to stay with his sister. He advised me to stay on the road, due to the area being a big marijuana growing region; not one to stray into the woods, his advice would definitely be heeded
He had been stopped by the Feds (FBI) that day and had his ID checked, they told him there was some full moon festival about to take place and some big drug deals were going down. This was confirmed by a loan female Canadian cyclist the following day who had witnessed two black SUV's go down a track to a trailer home and an armed uniformed team get out.
I was to met many more interesting cycling hobo folk as I headed south, including the strange macramé man and Mike who looked like a retired heavy weight wrestler.
To get back out onto the coast I had to tackle the notorious hill from Leggett, a beast of a double climb rewarded with great downhills, sea views and a noticeable drop in the number of weirdos! I was now on the Shoreline Highway, part of highway 1, enjoying more fine coastal scenery but staying alert for mad drivers and sections with no shoulder. The route took me on through Fort Bragg and the lovely town of Mendocino.
I spent a night at the Manchester Beach KOA, another KOA that has woken up and provided hiker biker spaces, a pleasant surprise from the showerless state park I was going to stay at.
It wasn't long after setting up camp that a young American couple, staying in one of the camp sites log cabins, wandered over to me and asked if I'd like to join them for a BBQ. A gratefully accepted as the couple seemed really nice and it looked like it would be a step up from boil in the bag rice, which I decided to have for a starter anyway!
Their menu consisted of diy tin foil parcels with beef, pork, potato, onion etc. These were placed on the embers in the fire pit whilst we sat drinking beers and chatting. 45 minutes later they were hooked out and tested, the verdict was that they were a bit underdone. We were already a few beers in and when they suggested I try some local red wine whilst the meat cooked I couldn't refuse, a bottle of tasty "7 Deadly Zins" was uncorked and poured into 3 plastic tumblers.
Whilst consuming this the food was tested again, still not done! More beer came out and the evening slowly degenerated into drunken stupidity, topped off with the lady demonstrating how to warm red wine by clasping the bottle down her buxom cleavage. (don't try this at home!). Eventually the meal was cooked and I enjoyed my parcel of yummy food, unfortunately the hosts decided they were too worse for wear and headed into their cabin, I stumbled back to my tent and quickly fell to sleep.
The next day I headed out of the camp site feeling rather jaded and proceeded to avoid crazy pick up trucks, enjoy great views and look at Russian architecture! There was also a long section of switch backs traversing the cliff with steep drops to the sea, that reminded me of the film The Italian Job.
I arrived at Bodega dunes camp site and was immediately approached by an old couple just across the track from me who had a small RV . "We've got hot dogs, potato chips and soda" announced John, offering his hand by way of a greeting, "My wife Margaret says you look like you've cycled a long way and that we should offer you some supper". So for the second night running I had a meal given to me by complete strangers. I sat chatting with John and Margaret who spend every year at the same camp site in their old RV. Margaret looked like an ill lady and they didn't seem to move far from their pitch, content with watching the comings and goings of the people around them.
I quickly pitched my tent and showered as It was getting dark, but it wasn't long before I had company in the form of a tiny black feral kitten who insisted I feed him. Bread was the only option, but the starving little chap tucked in.
Trying to keep a modicum of personal hygiene whilst on the road is occasionally a challenge, but feeling in need of a manicure I perched on my air bed and in the light of my head torch, in my tiny tent proceeded to cut my nails. All went well until I put my hand down to shuffle along my air bed forgetting I still had my nail scissors in my hand! There was a rush of air and my air bed rapidly deflated and my arse ended up on the floor! It was one of those scenarios whereby there is nothing you can do but laugh.
I fixed the bed with a puncture patch, pumped it up and eventually got to sleep, only to be woken at 4am by the kitten wanting more food! It was one of those nights, needless to say the next day I was a bit jaded.
After leaving Bodega Bay in the pouring rain and feeling like I was the only cyclist on the road, something miraculous occurred as I rode into the small town of Tomales that Sunday morning. The clouds started to clear and the sunshine bought with it cyclists not just one or two but well over a hundred on big $$ racing bikes, small groups, big groups, individuals, this was a cycling Mecca.
Someone explained that now I was in Marin County, the home of mountain biking, cycling was the number one hobby and this was a favourite cycling area, even the cars were courteous!
When I arrived in Point Reyes Station there where even more bikes, but it was my loaded tourer that was getting the attention and I soon had a crowd to entertain with tales from the road!
I was closing in fast on San Francisco and a rondevu with a couple who had read my blog and invited me to stay.
We had arranged to meet at Samuel P Taylor State Park, my last camp site before San Fran. I arrived quite early in the day and set up camp in a circle of Redwood trees, later my lovely hosts, Jon (a Trans Am veteran) and his wife Mary Carol turned up on their cool Bike Friday tandem. It was great to meet them at long last and with the hiker biker site to ourselves we settled in to a nice evening of wine, food and chatter around the fire pit.
It wasn't long after dark when the local raccoons paid us a visit, their eyes shining in the undergrowth from the beam of my head torch. Whilst a few acted as decoys, one managed to unzip my tent, get in and rifle through my handlebar bag, I watched him make a run for it as I returned to my tent!
The next morning I was to find I had had another night time wildlife encounter, nesting birds high up in the Redwoods had used the area as their loo and my tent was now covered in guano!
I was really looking forward to the days ride, Jon and Mary Carol were to lead me part of the way in to San Fran on their tandem and then Jon was to stay with me for the final leg riding his racing bike. Jon's knowledge of San Fran's cycle paths meant a safe, scenic ride and a guided tour, I couldn't have asked for a better way to arrive in my biggest city of the trip.
We stopped for lunch under the Golden Gate Bridge, a finger of fog making all bar the tops of the city skyline and the near end of the bridge invisible. Once up on the bridge the skies cleared and we peddled along in glorious sunshine, stopping to take in the stunning view. Jon's route took us along the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and round to the ferry building in order to get a fast ferry back over to his home in San Rafael. The views from the deck of the ferry were magnificent, the various huge bridges crossing the bay, Alcatraz Island and San Quentin and a panorama of the cities sky line.
Seeing this amazing city laid out in front of me and crossing such a wonderful landmark as the Golden Gate Bridge justified a decision I had fort with over the last few weeks of the trip. San Francisco was going to be the end of my American tour. With 6000 miles on the clock and a feeling of utter contentment with what I had achieved, I new in my heart it was time to go home and Jon and Mary Carol had offered me a place to stay and assistance with the logistics to make that happen.
With three days before my flight I had plenty of time to pack the bike, explore San Rafael and indulge in an amazing massage from Mary Carol who runs her own massage therapy business. My hosts epitomized what I had found right across the USA, the generosity of the people shone through
Although I had only been gone for 5 months, the experiences and adventures I had and the people I met, made it seem like I'd been away for years. As I stared down from the window of the 747 with the sun setting on the vast landscape below me, I couldn't comprehend how anyone could ride a bicycle over such a distance, but I had!
In some ways the cold reality of job hunting and a British winter seemed more daunting than simply turning my bike round and pedalling back across the USA again. But sat here at home in Devon, with my cat on my lap, finishing this Blog, it actually feels nice to be back. I'm sure the novelty will wear off and new adventures will tempt me, but for now I think I can justify resting on my laurels for a little while and hold my head up high and be proud of what I've achieved.
Thanks to all those that have ridden with me, sponsored me, supported me, contacted me, fed me and helped me in any way on my journey, you know who you are!
For now, this is the Midlifecyclist (aka Stuart Woolger) signing off, but keep following the Blog, as there will be more to come.
For those I may have inspired to get on their bikes! Some final thoughts....
"He who will not risk pushing beyond his self imposed limitations, should not complain about the mediocrity of his existence"
"Most people tip-toe through life hoping they make it safely to death."
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark TwainThanks to the following inspirational people \ authors:
Mark Beaumont
Alastair Humphreys
Peter Gostelow
Rob Lilwall
Christopher J. A. Smith
Fred & Barb Seymour
Thanks also to the following site for endless inspirational cycling journals.


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The Most Closed Congress in History
By now, many Americans have seen the headlines that this Congress is on pace to be the least productive in history. What is less well known is that under Republican control, we have also experienced the most closed session of Congress in history—a dubious achievement that has contributed to the historic gridlock and dysfunction that defined Washington in 2013.
Many have speculated on the forces that are driving the current polarization in Washington—from the rise of the Tea Party to the dominating influence of outside groups and a Republican majority in the House whose agenda is at odds with the views of the American people. However, it's the manipulation of the legislative process itself that has enabled each of these forces to take root and grow.
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In particular, the use of "closed rules" has excluded most House members from full participation in the legislative process. Under a closed rule, no amendments are allowed on the House floor. As a result, House Republicans are able to pursue a politically driven agenda without allowing commonsense amendments that could achieve bipartisan compromise.
This approach has also empowered the most extreme members of the House to pursue narrow policy goals at all costs, triggering a government shutdown, debt-limit brinksmanship and partisan stalemates that are seemingly the new norm.
While closing down the legislative process has become more common under the leadership of both parties over the last two decades, the current House GOP has broken all previous records. Over the last 12 months, the House has adopted 44 closed rules, making 2013 the most closed year on record. In fact, the House GOP passed as many closed rules in a single week in October as during the entire last year of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) speakership.
Under this closed regime, Republicans have pursued their agenda with vigor, holding 46 votes to undermine the Affordable Care Act, taking the full faith and credit of the United States hostage and shutting down the government. Meanwhile, important national priorities like creating jobs, fixing our crumbling infrastructure and extending unemployment benefits went unaddressed.
Repeatedly during 2013, GOP leaders only considered bipartisan legislation after exhausting their partisan approach, often after embarrassing failures. Critical legislation to provide relief aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and re-open the government were only considered after more partisan versions had been rejected, and were passed only after a majority of Democrats voted yes.


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The Kurt-Sam Relationship, most commonly known as Hevans or Kum, is the friendship and a brief one-way crush between Kurt Hummel and Sam Evans.
The two first meet in this episode when Sam is introduced to the New Directions. Upon seeing Sam, Kurt believes he is gay because of the fact that Kurt thinks Sam dyes his hair blonde. When the Glee Club is given the assignment of performing duets, Kurt immediately chooses Sam as his duet partner. Sam agrees, but Finn tries to get Sam to back out of doing a duet with Kurt, saying that Sam will be tormented in school if he goes through with it. Sam makes a comment saying that Kurt sent him an email of him singing songs and Sam told Finn that Kurt was an amazing singer, referring to him as Faith Hill. Despite this, Finn continues to try and get Sam to change his mind, but Sam told Finn that he doesn't go back on his word. Later, Finn goes to Kurt and tells him that he will not make Sam's high school life easy if he were to sing with him, and this upsets Kurt. Finn also states that Kurt doesn't know the meaning of the word "No." Later, Kurt goes to his father explaining the situation, to which his father tells him that Kurt does tend to be pushy, further upsetting Kurt. After thinking about it, Kurt goes to talk with Sam, ignoring the fact that Sam was taking a shower in the locker room at the time. Kurt explains to Sam that he would like to back out of the duet, needing to find someone who can match up to him, but he says this in a friendly way so Sam is not upset. When Kurt announces to the New Directions that he once had a partner, remained anonymous, Sam gives him an apologetic look; and Kurt goes on to perform Le Jazz Hot by himself, and Sam gives him a standing ovation (along with the other members). But when it comes to Sam's turn, Kurt looks a bit unsettled by Sam and Quinn's performance of Lucky. (Duets)
People are starting to notice just how badly Kurt is being bullied by Dave Karofsky and Rachel rounds up the girls in Glee Club with football playing boyfriends to go and confront Karofsky about it. In the locker room, Mike and Artie demand that Karofsky lay off Kurt. Karofsky then pushes Mike down, causing him to crash into Artie. It is at this time that Sam jumps in and gets into a fight with Karofsky. It escalates to the point where Coach Beiste has to come in to break it up, furiously demanding to know what happened. Later, Kurt thanks those who went to help him with the Karofsky situation, especially thanking Sam who received a black eye during the fight. (Furt)
Rachel and Finn watch Sam's motel, to see if Quinn is cheating on him with Sam. Instead, they see Kurt leaving the motel and touching Sam on the arm comfortingly. Rachel confronts Kurt after seeing Sam wearing Kurt's 'Earth Day' jacket and asks him why he would cheat on Blaine, his boyfriend. Kurt shrugs this off, disbelieving that Rachel would even think that he would do such a thing Rachel and Finn did not know that Kurt was only being friendly by donating clothes to Sam and his family in their time of need. When Rachel and Finn go to visit Sam at the motel, Sam reveals that Kurt found out about his situation after his nighttime job as a pizza boy had him delivering a pizza to Dalton Academy, implying that Kurt, if not the first, is one of the people Sam trusted with his secret and has been helping him behind the scenes, showing that there has been a friendship between the two boys for quite some time. They share a warm hug during Don't Stop. (Rumours)
When Sam arrives back at McKinley, Kurt greets him with the rest of the New Directions. But when Sam begins to sing Red Solo Cup, Kurt is not quite as enthusiastic. He seems to think that the song is weird, as he is seen mouthing to Blaine, "What is wrong with you?" due to the fact that he is singing along. Later on, Sam is showing the New Directions Boys "sex moves." Kurt is enjoying these immensely. When Blaine says that he will not do these moves because he is not, "for sale," Kurt's face dropped. He was disappointed, but during Sectionals, he does Sam's body roll in ABC when he sings the line, "Sit down girl! I think I looove you!" (Hold on to Sixteen)
Kurt gets wide-eyed and immediately turns around and starts walking in the other direction, looking back at some point. (Saturday Night Glee-ver)
During I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), Kurt is seen motivating Sam to join the choir dancing on the floor as he was going down himself. Also, during Rachel's and Santana's duet of So Emotional, Sam was seen leaning towards Kurt to read his text messages that he seemed to be preoccupied with during the entire performance. (Dance with Somebody)
When Rachel tells the Glee Club about the Anti-Prom that she, Kurt, and Blaine thought of, Sam looks excited about this idea, even fist-pumping in the air. However, in the end, he attends prom with Mercedes.
When Kurt showed what he spied on during Vocal Adrenaline's rehearsal to the rest of the club in the locker room, Kurt and Sam are sitting beside each other. Sam also asks him why it is shot in black and white, to which Kurt replies that it's a reference to "The Artist." Later, Sam and Kurt are hanging with Artie, Brittany, and Mercedes in the hallways and Sam is doing his impression of Christopher Walken, which receives laughter from all four. (Prom-asaurus)
Sam is seen smiling at Kurt during his song I'll Remember, and as the seniors and juniors perform their final songs in the choir room together, both Sam and Kurt participate and sing with the group. (Goodbye)
At the celebration party at Breadstix for Blaine and Sam winning McKinley Senior Class President and Vice-President, Blaine opens up about how his relationship with Kurt has suffered slightly due to Kurt being in New York - which makes him feel alone, and that he doesn't feel like his heart is at McKinley, since he moved there for him in the first place. Sam then says that he likes both him and Kurt as friends, and admits that Kurt was the first openly gay person that he had ever met. However, there was a slight communication barrier as they had different interests and never had a strong connection, versus how he feels so connected towards Blaine; and assures him that even though Kurt is gone, Blaine still has a great friend in him. (Makeover)
When Blaine is packing his stuff up in his locker to move to Dalton, Sam comes up to him and tells him that the only reason he is doing so is because he's punishing himself for cheating on Kurt. Sam then asks what happened, and Blaine explains the situation, thinking at first they weren't meant to be, but when it was done he knew that they were. Sam says that he needs to tell Kurt this. He also adds that cheating on Kurt wasn't cool, but that transferring to Dalton isn't the solution. (Dynamic Duets)
In Artie's dream, Sam is one of the bullies that is picking on Kurt and harassing him up against the lockers in McKinley (Kurt was held back a year due to the bullying and homeschooling). Later, they both sing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Sam in Lima and Kurt in New York. (Glee, Actually)
After helping Blaine recruit help for his proposal to Kurt, Sam participates in the performance of All You Need Is Love, and he and Kurt share a warm hug. He is shown celebrating when Kurt and Blaine get engaged. (Love, Love, Love)
Sam and Blaine seek last minute adivce from Kurt, Rachel, and Santana regarding their futures after McKinley and head out to New York to see them. When they arrive at their place, Kurt and Sam are the first to greet and hug each other. In addition to school advice, Kurt shares some historical sites that the two should see which Sam is impressed with. Later in the week, Sam and Blaine give the flatmates a piano as a thank you gift for letting them stay. When Sam refuses bread to lose weight, Kurt is concerned and suggests finding a new modeling agency. Sam refuses, saying that the House of Bichette is the best agency in town. However, Kurt - with his Vogue.com experience - is surprised by the name, appearing to not even recognize it. The group sings Just the Way You Are as a last ditch attempt to try to change his mind - in which the two share a quick duet together. (Movin' Out)
When Blaine and Sam move to New York, Kurt lets Sam stay at the apartment for what he believed to be a few weeks. However after months, Kurt gets more impatient with Sam, especially when it comes to the lack of privacy he has with Blaine. Later, the two of them are back at the apartment sharing their own news - Blaine is going to move out and that Sam's new living arrangement just isn't right - and Kurt gets excited over the two of them sharing their own place. They also help Mercedes move into her New York pad, and they both are at the Bushwick apartment for Monday dinner. ('New New York)
Sam can be seen at Russ's streetlight memorial with Kurt, and then having dinner with him and the others for the Monday night tradition. When Blaine gets the call saying Kurt is in the hospital, Sam and Blaine rush over to the hospital. When looking at Kurt, who is severely bruised, Sam uses some ill-timed humour suggesting that Kurt should wake up, but retreats back when Mercedes speaks up. Sam then changes his attitude, saying that he's going to kill whoever did this to him. At the Bushwick apartment, Sam announces to the group that he and Mercedes are back together. Although everyone is happy for two, the group questions whether they were ever a couple to begin with, and Kurt doing a re-cap of their situation, adding that they never saw a lot of chemistry. Sam quickly debunks that theory with a kiss between him and Mercedes, surprising everyone. Just before dinner, Blaine proposes a toast to Kurt and Sam adding "cheers buddy." Sam is shown watching Kurt's Midwinter Critique performance of I'm Still Here, smiling and cheering along, giving him a standing ovation, and participating in the group hug. (Bash)
In the beginning of the episode, Kurt and Sam, along with Artie and Blaine appear in parody of WWII era STD PSA video. At Serendipity, Kurt, Sam, Artie and Blaine are enjoying some guys bonding time. Sam reveals that he and Mercedes haven't had sex yet, and wants to get tested for STDs to make sure he has a "clean bill of health" for when the time comes. Kurt seems very surprised at Sam's revelation, but is supportive, and gives Sam a name of a free clinic so Sam can get his test. Kurt and the rest of the guys even offer to go to the clinic with Artie and get tested themselves. Later, at the Bushwick apartment, the four guys are hanging out again. When Artie confesses that he has contracted Chlamydia, a STD, both Sam and Kurt are shocked. Kurt and Sam are even more surprised by Artie's admission that he has been sleeping with multiple girls at his school and having unprotected sex. Sam tells Artie that not using a condom is inexcusable while Kurt questions just how many girls Artie has slept with recently. At the Spotlight Diner, Sam is enjoying a date with Mercedes. Sam asks Kurt what the most expensive dessert is that the diner has, as he wants to treat Mercedes. Kurt reminds Sam that they're at a diner, which doesn't serve anything particularly fancy. At the end of the episode, the guys are gathered once again at Serendipity. Although Sam has been tested and cleared of any STDs, Mercedes has told him she needs to wait until she is married to have sex. Sam suggests an all guys "abstinence club" which is rejected by Kurt and the rest of the guys. (Tested)
Sam surprises Kurt by arriving to his performance of Peter Pan with Artie and Rachel (Blaine already present). When he notices them, Sam hysterically waves and blows a good luck kiss towards him. After the show, Sam questions the comfort of his harness, but Kurt reassures him that his skinny jeans have prepared him. They then head over to the diner for Rachel's pet adoption event and perform Take Me Home Tonight.(Old Dog, New Tricks)
- Sang Together (In a Group Number)
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|The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
|Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album
|Artie, Brittany, and Tina
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- Le Jazz Hot by Victoria/Victoria. (Duets)
- Sang Together (In a Group Number)
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|Summer Nights
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- I'll Remember by Madonna. (Goodbye)
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|Glee, Actually
|Blaine, Brittany, Jake, Marley, and Puck
|Mamma Mia
|Guilty Pleasures
|Blaine, Kitty, Rachel, Marley, Santana, and Unique
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|Movin' Out
|Blaine, Rachel, and Santana
|Hold On
|Artie, Blaine, Dani , Elliot , Rachel, Santana, and Tina
|New New York
|Artie, Blaine, and Rachel
|Take Me Home Tonight
|Old Dog, New Tricks
|Artie, Blaine, Maggie, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana
|The Untitled Rachel Berry Project
|Artie, Brittany, Blaine, Mercedes and Rachel
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|What the World Needs Now
|What the World Needs Now
|Artie, Blaine, Mercedes, Rachel, and Will
|I Lived
|Dreams Come True
|Artie, Blaine, Mercedes, Rachel, Roderick, and Will
- A romantic Kurt-Sam storyline was originally planned, but was canceled last minute due to Chord's chemistry with Dianna, which lead to the casting of Blaine Anderson.
- Kurt knew Sam dyed his hair, even before he revealed to Quinn that he did so with lemon juice to look cool.
- Mercedes had romantic feelings for the both of them.
- Kurt gave some of his clothes to Sam when Sam's family was in a time of crisis and living in a motel. This led people to believe that they were having an affair. (Rumours)
- Both of them have been called "lady lips" by Santana.
- They lived together in the Hudson-Hummel household from Hold on to Sixteen to The New Rachel.
- Kurt was the first gay guy that Sam ever met. (Makeover)
- They have both kissed Brittany. (Kurt in Laryngitis; Sam in Blame It on the Alcohol, Swan Song, Glee, Actually and Shooting Star.)
- Blaine has been romantically interested in both of them.
- Kurt sent Sam 60 MP3's of him singing, and Sam thought it was Faith Hill. (Duets)
- In The Untitled Rachel Berry Project, for the pilot that Mary Halloran wrote for Rachel, Kurt's character was called "Surt", which has been a name for the Kurt/Sam pairing.
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The SnowBall Music Festival set to take place at Grand Park in Fraser on March 8-10 has announced the complete lineup of artists who will be performing during the festival.
Headlining artists include: Pretty Lights, Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), Big Gigantic, and Kendrick Lamar.
Other artists that are included in the lineup are: Portugal, The Man; Datsik; Flosstradamus; Rubblebucket; Porter Robinson; and Crizzly W/ Lil Flip.
Early bird and the holiday special tickets are already sold out, leaving general admission tickets, which cost $164 for the three-day event. VIP and "Snowballer" tickets are also available.
Known for bringing big names in the music world to small mountain towns in Colorado, SnowBall took place in Avon the past two years and is now making the move to Winter Park.
Last year the event brought more than 8,000 people to Avon, and this year's SnowBall is expected to bring 8,000 to 10,000 people. Winter Park has not hosted an event of this size since Widespread Panic played a live show at Winter Park Resort in 2006.
The music festival promises to bring a large economic boost to Winter Park, Fraser, and the surrounding communities and businesses are preparing to accommodate to the large crowd with lodging and dining deals.
The towns have been preparing for the festival for some time now by being in contact with the event's organizers as well as officials from Avon, who have been discussing how the previous shows ran.
Scott Ledin, director of Parks and Recreation for the Fraser Valley Metropolitan Recreation District, has been discussing the possibility of allowing local police to set up base in the Grand Park Community Recreation Center during the event.
Officers from the Fraser and Winter Park Police Department have been in contact with law enforcement officials from Avon to discuss the previous year's show and the enforcement issues that arose during the event.
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6 comments:
- Jemm said...
I LOVE that notepad idea! So simple and yet SO practical. I was happy to see your post this morning :)
- November 12, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Jenny said...
I love your new holiday designs! The Christmas card email design was great! It looked really good. Don't worry about sending it out a few times. It is not a big deal.
- November 12, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Joyce said...
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Your spam reminds me of my recent mistake. A farm/nursery is buying my photo postcards, calendars and journals. She gave me some pc for the holiday open house next week. It was bulk stamped didn't give it any thought so I sent out a few with a little note on them. The gal got a phone call from a post office- saying you can't write on bulk mail!!!! It is all learning my friend all learning. LOL...
Enjoy your new journey!! xo
- November 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Kelli said...
I so with you about the business marketing thing. I sell stamps and I love to stamp but I'm not really good at marketing myself. I'm sure you'll get it together soon and be a pro before you know it. Keep us posted about the note pads because I love them. I ordered some like that from a company once and I'm almost out. They are great for sending a quick note to a teacher.
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