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I wonder if she's on the list. I DO NOT want to start a rumor, this is MERELY AN OBSERVATION.
He used her has an example for a thread here and he used her as an example for a different thread on Matty's forums.
Just starting to wonder....
I wonder if she's on the list. I DO NOT want to start a rumor, this is MERELY AN OBSERVATION.
He used her has an example for a thread here and he used her as an example for a different thread on Matty's forums.
Just starting to wonder....
Uncle Montork has returned from Trolla!
I think we should not try to read that much into everything he says.
But, in any event, I rather take it that she is NOT on the cards. In the context where she has been mentioned it rather looks like a "insert name of character that is less likely to make it into the line here". That's how I took it. It's up to interpretation really. Would be so cool if they released Sweet Bee soon.
Sweet Bee is code for Catra.
"My favorite Harry Potter movie is Troll."
Her name has been trademarked some weeks ago...
I'll take a Sweet Bee!
To be honest, she's not that far a stretch as far as guesses go. She's got kind of a perfect mixture of obscure and important, which has been what MOTUC is like lately. She's a POP character which is now in the line. Her parts are easily shared with other/future figures (She has Catra's body with Double Trouble's gauntlets and boots), and she's a love/crush interest of He-Man. She's economical and interesting are far as choices go.
I would love for Sweet Bee to bee the next pop figure after She-Ra!
And I think it would bee sweet for her to come before Buzz-Off as well!
But in all honesty, I really don't care who comes next because I want them ALL and am confident that this line is gonna last untill we do get them all!
No comment.
I think he's onto those of us who have been all up in their trademarks business and he's just throwing that name out there because it was on the latest list of them.
I love Sweet Bee. She's one of my favorite characters, and if the first version of Catra is based on the original figure then they share the same torso and it would be an easy item to re-use. Bring on Sweet Bee! I hope we don't have to wait until 2016 for her figure.
Maybe because they have the rights on her now and they can "mention" her name as much as they want to!
Or it's a hint of things to come!
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By the Power... and For the Honor of GRAYSKULL!!!
HE-MAN and SHE-RA Rules!!!
"Frustration is only felt when one realizes there is an option!"
- Ancient One (BeastMaster: The Series; Fifth Element)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!
- Clarke's Third Law
Honestly, I don't know if can trust anything Toyguru says, these days.
But anyway, here's my feeling about Sweet Bee...
As far as POP figures go, many fans are waiting for Catra, and I think she should be the one coming next !
Sweet Bee, in all sincerity, is problably the POP character that I find the most insipid of the whole POP line...
But while we hear Sweet Bee, we still didn't see the shadow of a Snakeman or of a Galatic Protector !
Don't get me wrong, here : I think Sweet Bee deserves a figure, and deserve to be released. But CERTAINLY NOT NOW !
Fans have requested and voted for figures like Sorceress, Spikor, Marlena, Man-E-Faces, Ram Man, or any other member of the Horde... we still didn"t hear anything about those !
So I truly hope that we'll get these characters before Sweet Bee. That's my personal feeling, but I wanted to express it.
But fans also preached that we need some strong characters, and we're getting Whiplash, She-Ra, and Count Marzo, and a rumored Orko. They can't do all the popular guys right away. I really like the selection and randomness of it all, something I couldn't say a year ago. I really love this line and how it's shaping up.
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Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
Well, as a matter of fact, we DON'T get all the popular guys right away !
What with Gygor, Optikk, not to mention the non-MOTU character Mo-Larr, we cannot say Mattel releases too many favorite characters (even though I really like Optikk, for instance).
So anyway, I don't feel it's the appropriate time for Sweet Bee. At least not before we got any Galactic Protector or Snakeman.
The argument "we don't release the popular characters right away to keep the fans' interest (and wallet) active" is a piece of BS, and I don't understand how people cannot see that.
What will happen is that some popular characters might NEVER be released in MOTUC just because other less relevant ones were released in the first place !
Fans who really like MOTU will keep buying figures even after the popular characters were released, anyway.
Now, Mattel's/Matty's/Digital River's scarcity marketing and repeated blunders got me really worried that this line could end way sooner than what we hoped (and no matter if the line is "planned" until 2016). Too little figures for a growing number of fans, with the added customer service and quality control issues, can only result in fans dropping the line, sooner or later.
And I really pray that, IF the line ends soon, we'll have been able to get all the popular figures we wanted. Because let's face it : the last line (200x) was killed before the fans were able to get some of their favorite characters. And that line was ALSO disrupted because of Mattel's incompetent and disrespectful marketing !
I could see Mattel releasing Sweet Bee fairly early amongst the list of POP characters - she is highly popular with fans (not to mention He-Man! )
However, I hope Mattel release Catra and Shadow Weaver first!
Bring her on! I love the more obscure/less popular characters!! Still waiting to hear if they will do a MOTUC Strobo!!
Mattel... Please bring back 200x styled stactions!!
Just to point out, we got Beastman before Skeletor. So to get Sweet Bee before Catra really wouldn't suprise me. It is a way to pass time between the hard hitters so to say. Personally I would totally buy a Sweet Bee!
The worst thing that happens to you can be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
They've said that Catra will be a Horde member, so I wouldn't bet against her having the bat on her chest.
I am going to be so happy if Sweet Bee comes out sooner than later. She was the example I used way back when it was announced that the Bonus figures would only be variants of a-list characters. It made me think that she might not come for a very long time.
When I saw the trademark, I was excited!!
She's an awesome choice because the 4H's version will shut up everyone who thinks these characters won't work in motuc.
I also don't see the logic of saying she isn't an appropriate choice now. ALL characters are appropriate choices: this is a new line, and allllllll the characters belong.
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Mini Comic Tri-Klops, Toy costume Catra, Enchantress, Kayo, Joya, Lt. Andra, Storm, Twiggets, Melaktha, Spirit, Kothos, Master Sebrian, Scrollos, 200X Sorceress, King Miro. Filmation: Adora, Marzo, Leech, Entrapta, Glimmer, Bow, Catra w/ Cat Form, Mermista, Moss Man, Kobra Khan, Whiplash, Multi-Bot
Yes, all the characters belong. I hate NINJOR, but I'm not going to bellyache if he comes before the Sorceress. The point is that they are ALL supposed to be coming. After this year, there are six years of figures planned-- 72 figures without counting bonuses, large items, and exclusives.
But, I do understand the frustration of wanting those key characters. I want Prince Adam to go with Adora, yet I have Webstor and two ZodaCKs as of yet.
Etherian Rebel JOSH for the MOTUC (see my avatar)!
Ill pass.....
"We are the tools of our own imagination, constructing temples and cathedrals in which our most outlandish dreams become truth." - Samael
On the one side, i can understand those guys who are sick of characters they don´t have any association to them, on the other side, they are lot of people who want them really bad.
Mattel is walking on a thin line ... they try to suit everybody ... if they release all the big buddys first, the interest for the whole line could end abrupt after them.
If they release to much "obscure" characters in a row ... it could happen the same. Isn´t that easy, is it ?
Äääähh .... what was the topic of this thread ? sorry
Out of all the POP characters, Sweetbee is the one I want the least. But as I love POP, that still means I want her more than a lot of MOTU characters, so I'd still totally get Sweetbee, but only one, not several like I would with my favourite characters.
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Our first Featured Quilt in the Week of Shapes is a quilt featuring both triangles and hexagons aptly named Hexagons by Kati Spencer. Kati has only been quilting for two years. This first image of the quilt is actually the back of the quilt. Can you believe she made this back out of the leftover triangles from the 6.5″ hexagons that were cut for the front? Read on as she tells us a bit more about designing and creating this 58″ x 70″ beauty.
Question: What was your inspiration for this quilt?
Kati: When I started this quilt, I simply wanted to learn a new skill. I saw a video tutorial on machine-piecing hexagons and decided I had to try it. After cutting out all the hexagons, I was left with stacks of small triangles. While working on the front, I was designing the back in my head. I wanted to use the triangle scraps, emphasizing that shape while echoing the hexagons from the front. Rather than beginning with solid plan, I simply started sewing triangles together and the resulting design eventually took shape. My inspiration for this quilt came from all the great projects that were popping up on blogs and flickr made from hexagons, triangles or a combination of the two.
Question: What is your favorite part of this quilt?
Kati: I have lots of favorite things about this quilt. I love the colors. Orange and blue is my favorite color combo. I love the uneven sides of the quilt, even though they were a pain to bind. I also love the back more than the front. I love that the design on the back can look like a 3-D cube depending on your perspective. That wasn't intentional at all. My husband noticed it once the whole quilt was completed.
Question: What did you learn making this quilt?
Kati: I really enjoyed making this quilt. I love trying new techniques. I learned, especially with this quilt, that new techniques don't need to be intimidating or scary. I learned it's worth it to try new things. Machine-piecing hexagons wasn't nearly as difficult as I imagined. I also realized that very frequently I like the backs of my quilts more than the front. I love designing both sides. It gives me the chance to use more of my ideas. I think the back of the quilt provides the perfect opportunity to experiment with something new and different.
Kati blogs at fromthebluechair.com and loves to be inspired by her fellow guild members at the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild. You can also find her on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/katisquilts/.

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Knick Jimenez's Shadow Rods XL27 redefines the breed
This roadster resting on '32 'rails is the highboy version and was built at Cotati Speed Shop in Santa Rosa, California, by Zane Cullen and his crew. This one uses the Shadow Rod XL27 body in its passenger form with a handmade hood and a lowered '32 grille shell housing a Walker radiator.
The owner of this industrial-themed beauty is Knick Jimenez, a young entrepreneur from Northern California who has some cutting-edge and delightfully irreverent ideas about what makes a cool car. His stable includes a satin black '65 Riviera and a Ferrari Scuderia with World War II P40 Warhawk shark teeth graphics wrapping the nose and the roadster. That paintjob on the Ferrari really met with disapproval from the purists. Can't help but think Knick counted that as a resounding success.
Knick's roadster is the latest from Cotati Speed Shop's recent line of understated high-quality cars that build on the theme of traditional influence with contemporary details. The industrial look stems from an absence of chrome and paint accents. The Teutonic gray and black color scheme reflects an all-business attitude. The CSS signature Deuce chassis supports the Shadow Rods body and cradles a Chevrolet Performance HO Deluxe 350. This motor is a sturdy four-bolt main version that makes 330 hp at 5,000 rpm. More than enough to shove the roadster down the road at speeds considerably in excess of any posted limits. A GM 700-R4 mates the ponies to the Ford 9-inch rearend. Although the engine and trans are basically stock, the flexplate is a B&M and there are a number of performance accessories, such as the Aeromotive fuel pump and delivery system, ARP fasteners, an MSD electronic distributor and coils, Taylor wires and plug boot heat protectors, and a K&N filter element that have been enlisted for performance and enhanced reliability. Spent gases are expelled by Chevrolet Performance valves into hi-temp coated GM 2-1/2-inch cast-iron exhaust manifolds and finally to Flowmaster HPII mufflers. The loser's view of the exhaust system shows a nifty pair of perforated tips hand fabbed at CSS.
The underpinnings are comprised of time-proven components, such as a Durant monoleaf over the dropped axle, Bilstein aircraft shocks in the front and coilovers out back. Wilwood stoppers at all corners are concealed by Buick-style finned aluminum covers that rest within the Coker steelies and radial Excelsior 5.00×16 in front and 7.50×16 in back. The Flaming River Vega-style steering is handled by a Juliano's '40 Ford column and wheel.
The flat surfaces in the aircraft-style cockpit are handmade ribbed panels adorned only with paint. The seat, upholstered by Plante Interior in Santa Rosa, California, is covered in distressed Italian leather in a rich color called Hershey Milk Chocolate. Cabin comfort is adjusted as the climate requires with a Vintage Air underdash unit. The top, made by Rod Tops in Ellsworth, Michigan, which includes the side curtain package, really works with the Vintage Air system. A fully developed layer of Dynamat helps keep temperature adjustments intact.
The Jimenez roadster made its public debut at the 2011 SEMA Show. Usually a fenderless hot rod roadster doesn't communicate an image of understated elegance like this car does. Originally Knick was thinking a rougher look would be right for the car but, as the work progressed, the car began to scream for a fully finished approach. For instance, the Greening Auto Company lights ride on a CSS-made headlight bar and likewise custom brackets at the rear. Clay Cook Enterprises made the truly one-of-a-kind valve covers and air cleaner housing. They are distinctive at the very least and continue the theme of the one-off gauges by Classic Instruments.
Knick and the team at Cotati Speed Shop have come up with a car that is so understated that it seizes the limelight wherever it appears. It seems to be a car that you just can't mess with. Take a look at this car and some of Knick's other efforts at his website, www.egarage.com. Might as well scope out www.cotatispeedshop.com while you're at it. It's just cars, cars, cars everywhere you look.


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Jon M. Chu's first foray into big blockbuster action movies have gotten pushed back nearly a year, but that's not stopping him from jumping at an opportunity to helm another big franchise that gained millions of fans with a classic animated series.
Deadline reports that Chu is now in talks to direct a brand new, live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe. Geeks will remember that this actually isn't the first time that He-Man and his pals were brought to the big screen. Gary Goddard directed a movie back in 1987 with Dolph Lundgren as the hero and Frank Langella playing Skeletor, and is largely known for being the butt of jokes and being partially responsible for the death of the toyline in the late 80s. Alex Litvak and Mike Finch wrote the script for the movie, which was initially titled Grayskull (but they have since reverted back to Masters of the Universe).
Chu is best known for his work in the dance genre, making movies like Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, but Paramount decided to throw him a new opportunity last year when they hired him to direct G.I. Joe: Retaliation. While the film was originally going to be released on June 29th of this year, the studio decided to pull the movie from the schedule at the last minute, citing that they wanted to convert the movie into 3D (it was also revealed that they will now be shooting additional scenes for the film so that they can revive Channing Tatum's character, Duke). The G.I. Joe sequel will now be released on March 29, 2013.


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Newly crowned Oscar director and co-producer Don Mischer is already showing he's listening to the people. And the people want Betty White. They just haven't started shouting yet.
Like any good leader, Mischer seems more than willing to find a place for Betty White in the show. He said as much in an interview with the LATimes.com.
When asked about the all important host position for the show, Mischer made it clear he recognized the Facebook love and grassroots swell that propelled White to host "Saturday Night Live."
"I'm sure we'll get a big push for Betty White," he said. "I can feel it coming."
Mischer made it clear he was open to the idea "in some capacity." But didn't seem to be sold on the White as host idea.
"I don't know if she'd want to host the whole show," he said.
Mischer also made clear that the show will stay in February, despite reports that the program would move to January. It's already too late for that move.
"If you want to make that kind of change you have to plan for that a year and a half in advance," he said. "I understand why the academy might want to consider it. But it's not going to change anything this year."
The extra month will give a chance Betty White to get in fighting shape after a Christmas lull. So bring on the campaign. White made the best "SNL" show in years, and she'd bring a vibrancy (and considerable audience) to the Oscars.


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Silver lining: Delay in hitting debt limit
By jumping off the fiscal cliff next week, Congress could buy itself more time before having to tackle the next budget showdown: the debt limit.
It's a perverse outcome of a political failure that would result in more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts next year.
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But it's a possibility that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner raised in a letter to Congress this week warning that the United States will hit the debt ceiling Dec. 31, requiring him to take "extraordinary measures" to avoid a government default for a couple of months.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama sets last-ditch meeting with Hill leaders)
A plunge off the fiscal cliff "would have the effect of adding some additional time to the duration of the extraordinary measures," Geithner wrote in the letter.
Here's why: Mandatory spending cuts set to kick in Jan. 1 combined with the revenue that results from across-the-board tax increases would slow the nation's descent into default. The delayed tax filing season that would happen if there isn't a fiscal cliff deal would also give the government some breathing room, because refunds won't be processed early in the year.
Memories of the epic 2011 fight to raise the debt ceiling linger on Capitol Hill, and President Barack Obama and other Democrats badly want to avoid a sequel.
( Also on POLITICO: Fiscal cliff action shifts to Senate)
"I would hope [the debt limit] would be taken off the table as an issue of partisan divide, where it is used as leverage," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Thursday.
But no one — from liberal Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio to arch-conservative GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma — sees a delayed debt ceiling fight as anything close to a silver lining in a fiscal cliff debacle.
"Already, you have consumer confidence down right now. There's a concern about tax increases. There's a concern about government spending cuts," Kucinich told POLITICO. "If any of this happens, the economy is going to slow down even more than it has."
( Also on POLITICO: Longer the cliff dive, harder the hit)
Coburn dismissed Geithner's letter — and his comment on a delayed default — as "all for the press."
"I don't think it's significant," he said.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said a postponed debt ceiling fight might not seem like much of a win if the broader economy is in a free-fall. The Congressional Budget Office is predicting a recession next year if the fiscal cliff isn't averted or reversed in the early part of the year.
( PHOTOS: Fiscal cliff's key players)
"I can see [Geithner's] calculation, but it's a painful calculation when an economy is in recovery, and you reduce the investments in America that could create jobs," Durbin told POLITICO. "It postpones the debt ceiling but at a considerable cost."
A cliff dive is not expected to provide much of a delay in hitting the debt limit and certainly not enough of one to greatly change the politics surrounding which party will blink first in the face of default.
Of course, Congress has proved each day counts when it comes to budget negotiations.
The extraordinary measures Geithner will take to keep the U.S. under the nearly $16.4 trillion debt ceiling are expected to net about $200 billion — enough money to avoid a default for about two months.


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In the real world, we have many faces, roles or identities that we present in different contexts: mother, daughter, wife, boss, employee, shopper, citizen, participant, attendee, bystander, volunteer, coffee drinker, etc. They are all "public" to some extent, but we have some measure of control over which face, role or identity we present in any given context.
With radical transparency, all of our identities and behaviours become flattened and observable by others — and we lose control. We need a robust system for preserving our ability to maintain multiple and separate identities in the emerging real and virtual world of ubiquitous surveillance. This is a challenge, but our fundamental freedoms depend on getting the identity question right.
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Sorry Taylor Lautner fans—it appears the "Twilight" hunk won't have to do those pushups.
Lautner and an RV dealership reached a legal settlement in which the actor alleged that the company didn't send a $300,000 coach in time for a film shoot, The Associated Press reported.
Robert Barta, Lautner's attorney, said that the dealership, McMahon RV of Irvine, Calif., will reimburse $40,000 to the star, who will give the money to children's charity Lollipop Theater Network.
The dispute comes from a lawsuit filed by Lautner, who said the dealership missed a deadline to furnish a 2006 Affinity Country Coach to be used in the film "Abduction."
The company's owner, Brent McMahon, had challenged the actor to a push-up contest to resolve the matter.
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The storms that hit northern Illinois and northern Indiana this week spawned two confirmed tornadoes, the National Weather Service has determined.
The more powerful of the two tornadoes hit 2-1/2 miles southwest of Shabbona, about 80 miles west of Chicago, at 4:32 p.m. on Wednesday, and reached an estimated maximum wind speed of 95 mph, according to a weather service bulletin. The tornado, which had a path about 100 yards wide, travelled for about 2-1/4 miles before dissipating about 3 miles southeast of Shabbona.
"The maximum damage occurred over an approximately one-mile-long segment of the path, where the tornado snapped numerous utility poles and about 80 percent of the large hardwood trees," the weather service said in the statement.
Along with the tornado, the storms in the Shabbona area dropped large hail in a swath nearly a mile wide that smashed and shredded crops in the area.
Near Manteno, in Kankakee County, a tornado that touched down for about two minutes was only 50 yards wide and travelled for 1/4-mile, according to the weather service.
That tornado touched down at a farmstead south of County Line Road and North 1500W in Kankakee County, collapsing a horse barn and killing a horse, according to the Weather Service. The tornado touched down about 7:50 p.m. and ended at 7:51 p.m.
In both areas, and throughout much of Kendall, DeKalb and Lee counties, weather service surveyors found damage from normal, or straight-line, winds, not tornadoes, according to the weather service.
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One of the things we did was sunprinting a really big piece of fabric. I want to make a cover for my duvet with different prints on both sides. In total this piece is 12 yards. On the internet I found some pictures of the Monstera Deliciosa leave of which I made a line drawing. This was enlarged to 25", 30" and 35". The next step was to copy these enlarged prints to the thin foam they sell at the kids craft department at JoAnn's to be used as templates. The fabric was wetted and we used 3 different Setacolor transparent paints on them (pernod green, emerald and cobalt blue). The big pieces of fabric were carried out to the drive way, the templates placed on them with pebbles on top of them to prevent them from blowing away and some rice was sprinkled on top as well. The other piece was crunched a bit and salt was sprinkled.
The pictures here show the different steps. Because of the size of fabric it is not possible to do this on your own. I love how it turned out.
This week we had 2 rainy days which called for some experimenting. Opposite to sunprinting we did rainprinting. On presoaked fabric some Procion dyepowder was sprinkled and the fabric was left outside in the rain. The fabric turned out nice, but not interesting enough to use this technique more often. At least not with only one color of dye powder, multiple colors might be interested.
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sprayed over cheesecloth which was placed on top of black Kona. I love the result. This piece will probably turn into a wholecloth quilt, but I also bleached a 2,5 yard piece of black Kona to make a jacket.
The following 3 pictures are of works in progress. First picture is of a piece of fabric placed on shaving cream. This is for a swap of our dyeing group. At the moment this fabric is in the washer. I will post pictures when it is done.
The last 2 pictures show several pieces of fabric around rusted metal. We wrapped the fabric around these pieces and sprayed them with vinegar. This is how they look like the next day. I added some more vinegar today. Hopefully they are ready tomorrow.


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It doesn't look like the Bamas are anywhere near the three other teams (who seem to be hanging around each other for some reason). I wonder if that means they are dead last or way ahead.
In any case they better be team 3 in the final or I'm gonna blow a vessel and have an aneurysm.
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Cafe Rawda – Manara
A Magical Place in the Heart of Beirut
Food:International, Lebanese
Price:Between 13$ and 25$
Review by Souad
When you enter this restaurant, you are amazed that a place like this got away from Beirut's crazy development. This restaurant has got it all: the garden, the sea, the children's playground, the neighboring planes that will take your breath away. The beauty of this place lies within its simplicity: plastic chairs and tables under trees or by the sea side, no flashy design, the real basic in a charming environment.
You can meet in cafe Rawda elegant Beirutee ladies having their arguileh, families with their children, couples sitting in a quiet corner and if you're lucky you will discover a table of intellectuals during their reinvention of the world.
The food is good especially the traditional plates and the service is basic.
Cafe Rawda is by far my favorite refuge in Beirut city. It is clear that the owners could never have found a better name for this restaurant.Write a Review
Saj, Lebanese mezze and grills in addition to some standard international plates like fajita and cordon bleu
Suitable for vegetarians.
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Has a garden, a terrace and an exceptional view. Recommended for large groups and families.
Manara, behind the amusement park, next to the sea.
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Aug 11, 2013 at 21:21The GOOD: + Food is good. + Views of the sea from tables. The BAD: - Pretty run down, could use an update. - Manager and staff were absolutely cold and unfriendly. shocked that these guys were Arabs who are notoriously hospitable. Felt like a funeral home.
Feb 14, 2012 at 13:14Basic and Simple is the best way to describe there. Go with friends.. enjoy a warm sunny day by the sea. Don't go expecting much because you will not recieve it. Average food and drinks. Only reason to go there is to enjoy the sea and the fresh air. Service is very very poor and the food is the last thing I'd go there for.
Jun 25, 2014 at 14:21The best place to chill in Beirut. One of the most green locations by the sea. You may enjoy both at the same time. Very friendly and relaxed environment. Food is good with basic menu.
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Manara, behind the amusement park, next to the sea.
See Also
Assaha - Haret Hreyk(6 votes)
Impressive Lebanese Huge House with Excellent Cuisine
Diwan El Hassoun - Chabtine(27 votes)
Fine traditional Lebanese food
Spot - Antelias(5 votes)
Casual place with a green terrace
Shater Hassan Palace - Ras Maska(9 votes)
Delicious Lebanese restaurant in an exceptional setting
Bay Rock Café - Rawche(22 votes)
Café and restaurant above Beirut's most famous rock
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crazybirdman wrote:Made a vehicle & Minifigure for Commissioner Gordon. The most heinous oversight on the LEGO Company's part for not being included in the Batman line. Twice.
I'd suggest taking a look at this particular rule:
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Distinguished Alumnus Award
The true measure of a university's greatness can be found in the achievements of its alumni and alumnae. The University of Massachusetts Boston has developed leaders in many fields of endeavor. A vast number of the University's alumni and alumnae have gained unique distinction through success in their professions, service to the University, and contribution to their communities. The University and the Office of Athletics, Recreation, Special Projects and Programs established the Distinguished Alumnus Award program in 2007 to honor outstanding former students and to celebrate their achievements.
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The purpose of the Distinguished Alumnus program is to recognize the University's alumni and alumnae who have made significant contributions to society, and whose accomplishments, affiliations, and careers have honored the legacy of excellence at the University.
The Distinguished Alumnus Award does more than honor its recipients. It also further illustrates the great value of the academic programs and student involvement at the University of Massachusetts Boston and increases the pride all former students, staff and faculty have for the University. The award program recognizes those men and women who demonstrate the power of the Beacons experience to the people of Massachusetts, the nation, and the world.
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Coldwell Banker DuFour Realty in Chico raised $500 for the Rock Solid Teens Program created by Azad"s Martial Arts in Chico.
Guests to the office"s holiday social were asked to donate to the program. The Dec. 12 event also raised awareness of the youth program that works closely with Fair View High School to build confidence and academic achievement. The money will help purchase uniforms, transportation and other needs.
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Yes, and then again, no. It is one central, crucial concept in Christianity that I find abhorrent, anti-hominid, and an abomination unto MY lord, DNA-nature-reason. In words attributed to a supernormal spiritual advisor, the late Aleister Crowley wrote, "The word of sin is restriction." In his case, he may have had Victorian morality in mind, but he made a point. The Superman envisioned by Nietzsche (one of Crowley's gnostic saints, after all) is perhaps nothing but a rehashing of Taoism's Superior Man (Crowley was a Taoist as well) "worships" reason and fact over superstition and myth. But both men excoriated Christian morality. Once one accepts dogma as truth, one capitulates to antiquated, presentist impositions of restriction -- strictures. But the problem with "sin" does not end there.
Sin is the child of guilt. I write on learning that Matthew Warren, son of Rick, has died of his own hand. The Warren camp is closing ranks, telling the press that his son, Matthew, died of mental illness. The word tossed around is "depression," in itself ridiculous because depressed people don't ordinarily commit suicide, while seriously, chronically depressed people are hard to distinguish from bipolar syndrome, and a minimum of six months is required before any clinical psychiatrist worth her salt pronounces the specific character of the mental illness. The Warrens have told us nothing. Frankly, I should imagine that poor Matthew simply caved under the heavy burden of so much guilt. He could never measure up to Rick. That was a monumental task. Herculean. Sisyphian. But the Matthew we are not being told about probably saw the gargantuan hypocrisy of Rick Warren and could no longer tolerate it.
"Sin" presumes dogmatic wrong. It makes no room soever for individual drives and essential orientations. One is automatically a sinner for eating pork or shellfish; one must rest on the seventh day as God did and go to church; one must not go in public without a burka. The list is endless and, as Yogi might say, it never ceases. Mosheh's code, the Decalogue, is allowed on courthouse grounds because it is not a statement of Judeo-Christian morality but an illustration of the basis of almost all Western law, the principles on which our own American law was founded. And it is, indeed! All of our law, with codified exceptions, is based on much of the Top Ten shalt not's. People revile Crowley partly because of his personal habits and behavior, but also partially because they misunderstand his message. He was full aware that his "Holy Guardian Angel" was in reality his moral compass, his subconscious mind: he had no right not to become a heroin-addicted debauchee. This was his "True Will" (i.e. his personal essence, the "spirit" understood by Sir Richard Burton when he wrote, "He noblest lives and dies who keeps his self-made laws").
Free-thinkers and atheists have muchin common with all three men. Facing reality, the atheist has no bogey man to prick him with a fork, nor supernormal "lord" to reign him in when he errs, and when he fails, the atheist has no God to apologize to, certainly not to "His" "representatives on earth," The Priesthood, purveyors of poppycock and champions of confidence games played by wolves in sheeps' clothing preying on the sheep. These cowards sell imaginary "remission" and "God's" forgiveness, thriving on human weakness and guilt. The Priesthood is a cabal of confidence men who sell myth and superstition as if it were truth, then de-shekel the suckers to build McMansions with air conditioned dog houses. (Now that the televangelist scandals appear to be abating, the lifestyles of the rich and famous megachurchmen are going to be the next wave.)
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I never cease to be amazed at the numbers of intellectuals who buy into theism. I am obviously not an intellectual and theism makes absolutely no sense to me. When I think of how fast modern technology has advanced in the past hundred years which I have observed first hand through my grandparents who were alive through my 30's and my parents through my 40's. And it continues to advance at an ever increasing rate during which an all knowing, all seeing invisible hand of a god plays no part, how can intellectuals continue to play the game? Are they faking it for the sake of the institution and, if so, this does not give them an overwhelming sense of dishonesty? Will they continue along this path as technology begins to leave them behind or will they suddenly admit in mass that it is and always has been the biggest farce? I am afraid it will not be the latter which is my hope as I would very much like to witness this in my lifetime.
Well, this is the most troubling of all conundra: why perfectly intelligent people seem to have a blind spot when it comes to the old boy in the sky. I asked my brother why he believed and he said he doubted but that religion keeps the masses from engaging in antisocial behavior, so he promotes it. I pointed out to deaf ears that we would be good without God, but he still points to the lowest common denominator and says, "They won't." I could point out how many times I have seen criminal defendants show up in court with prominent if crude crosses around their necks -- the kind brought to them by do-gooder evangelical types -- only to have the judge pronounce a stiff sentence all the same. (The old lawyer story might be appropriate. A young murderer was sentenced to life in prison. He had "Only God can judge me" tattooed to his arm, but he wore a crucifix when he appeared before the bench. He protested, meekly, "But, Judge, I can't do that much time." The old jurist responded: "Do as much as you can, son.").
I suspect that a variety of factors are involved in "intelligent belief." Churches are social gathering places where business is conducted. My moderately religious mom suggested I go to church to make contacts and pick up new clients. She said, "Why, just last Sunday I was talking to Judge Oliphant, and who should walk up but Delavanti. You know Delavanti don't you, Delavanti of Strum, Fisher, and Delavanti. He interrupted our conversation and led the judge away to discuss something with him." I pointed out that it most likely was an ex parte confab, Delavanti asking the federal judge to rule a certain way. Then I said she proved my point, that such people are hypocrites since, as Abraham Maslow pointed out, they go to church with ulterior motives, not a desire to get right with God. Kind of makes a mockery of why the churchgoers bother to go in the first place. I knew another lawyer who circumambulated his Church of Christ meetings prior to the beginning of services, passing out his cards and trying to influence witnesses into testifying this way or that. I experienced his antics when clients contesting a will told me that he was telling witnesses to go to probate court and testify to this and that.
Doesn't the O.T. say something about not bearing false witness? How 'bout subornation of perjury? (Telling someone else to bear false witness.) Because most people do not believe you can be good without God, they go to church and profess belief in order to assure like-minded people that they are moral and upright. Then they go out and fuck over business competitors and others the following week. Martin Scorsese made a movie about low-level mafiosi in Manhattan years ago called Mean Streets. If he thought up the advertising campaign and the one-sheet (glassed-in theatre display) slogan, then he is a very bad Catholic at a minimum. It said: "Go to Church on Sunday...Go to Hell on Monday." Not to forget he made the gnostic movie, The Last Temptation of Christ. I must suspect he is at least an agnostic.
Is Christianity the Worst Catastrophe To Befall Mankind?
If christians outnumber muslims, yes.
Sin was placed here because God wanted a fallen man. What good is a savior without a sinner. God deals with absolutes and we do not we see in park and know in part. But when that which is perfect has come that which is part will be done away with.
Romans 5:18-20 (Weymouth's)
It follows then just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which to the whole race, so also is the result of a single degree of righteousness is a life giving acquittal which extends to the whole race. (19) for as thought the disobedience of one individual the mass of mankind were constituted as sinners, so also though the obedience of one, the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous. Now law was brought in later on so that the transgression might increase, but sin increased, grace is overflowed.
1 Corinthians 15:22-24
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Benoni, you clicked on the wring link and here you are are telling atheists you know a god's intentions.
Are you intending to save us from ourselves?
He WAS just doing what all christian apologists do, Tom - flap their yap. Thankfully, he's been kicked off of A|N. Sadly, his posts persist.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, the Copernican revolution makes the whole scheme of Christian redemption unbelievable.
Dr. Clark, if I ask how A made B unbelievable, will you tell me to read Emerson?
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DETROIT >> There are certain cardinal sins in baseball.
Like if you swing in a 3-0 count, with a pitcher who's clearly laboring, you'd better do something productive with it.
Or if you walk batters in the ninth inning, as the closer, you better get yourself out of it.
A third could be: Don't get yourself in a jam in the home half of the final inning, then allow a game-winning hit.
The Tigers won in dramatic fashion for the second straight game, beating the Royals, 2-1, on Ian Kinsler's two-out single in the 10th inning, after Kansas City tied it an inning earlier.
"It's always a good feeling to pick the team up like that late in the game. Honestly, all I could think about was the way Max (Scherzer) threw the ball," said Kinsler, who also picked up closer Joe Nathan after a blown save in the ninth. "Any time you win a game, guys can move on to the next day a lot easier. Joe still did his job, keeping us in the game, giving us an opportunity to win it. He expects more out of himself, we know that."
According to Elias Sports Bureau research, it was the first time the Tigers had started the season with back-to-back wins in their final at-bat since their first two games in existence, in 1901. It was the first time for any MLB team since the Twins in 2004.
Alex Gonzalez provided the game-winner in Monday's victory.
Billy Butler hadn't failed in that 3-0 count many times in his career in that situation, but his first-inning double play helped Scherzer settle down, and the reigning Cy Young winner used the reprieve to get in a groove.
Scherzer went on to strike out seven in eight shutout innings of work.
He gave up a leadoff double to Salvador Perez in the eighth, but struck out two before Ausmus visited him on the mound. The manager left him in with 107 pitches, and Scherzer responded by getting Alcides Escobar to fly out, heading to the dugout with a double fist-pump.
It wasn't enough to get him the win, though, as Butler drew a one-out walk in the ninth, contributing to Nathan blowing his first save as a Tigers closer.
Nathan had gone 36-for-36 in save chances against the Tigers in his career, but blew his first chance to save a game for them, loading the bases with a single and a pair of walks, and allowing the tying run on Alex Gordon's sacrifice fly.
"Room for improvement, for sure," Nathan said. "Like I said, these are much easier to take when you walk away with a 'W.'"
The Tigers were 20-26 in one-run games in the 2013 regular season, and won just two 1-0 contests before the start of the playoffs.
The Tigers got on the board in the fourth, when Kinsler led off the inning with a solo home run — his first hit as a Tiger — into the Royals bullpen in left-center field.
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Shogo Bomb/Pineapple Details Here!
Can anyone give me the specs on this deck please - Length,Width,Wheelbase?
nm I found it.
Here's what I've come across:
1) Spray rails and non sprayed; without wheelwells
33-1/4" measured along the bottom surface, nose to tail
9-3/8" at the widest point
15-13/16" wheelbase
2) Version with wheelwells:
33-3/8" l.
9-5/8" w.
16-3/8" wb.
3) Another version with wheelwells:
9-1/2" w.
16-1/4" wb.
Thanks guys. Nelson that's caused a bit of confusion I thought they were going to be the same with or without wheelwells.
Set up: OG Tracker SixTrack Hangers on Dart baseplates, Tracker bushes, Khiro 1/2" risers and mega thin shock pad. BDS Mini Dub Ultrathane, Rockin Rons Steels, unknown rails
Hey gang ;
That's a great board !!! It performs incredible ! Yes , for those who seen me I usually have the flatnose Bulldog model under my feet,but the pineapple Shogo its like the little surfy brother to the Wes's model !
The 10x32 Bulldog = 8'7 lightning bolt
the Shogo bomb pineapple = a double fin Ben Aipa
Get it ?!?!?
yea but we shouldn't hack up the wheel wells with a nail file....
I changed my set up to Candy Red Webb Smiths and Mini Dub Black Deaths...Looks much nicer and turns much better.
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The Suez Canal opening made this trip much shorter and the coffee, now carried in modern steel vessels, stayed dry, green and retained its acidity. A process simulating conditions of the original voyage was created and called monsooning, which exposes the best varieties of dry processed cherry (unwashed) beans to moisture-laden monsoon winds during the southwest monsoon months. The beans, frequently hand-turned to ensure even exposure, absorb moisture in the 12-16 week process, swell to nearly twice their size, develop color ranging form gold to light brown, and acquire a unique flavor.
Monsooned coffee is only made on the Malabar Coast of India. India coffees are noted for their blue color, cleanness, and fine liquoring qualities. Monsooned Malabar AA, premium in the monsooned category, is made from especially large Arabica beans.
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Our mandate is to collect and display anything to do with the history of Marmora, Ontario. Enjoy our content and feel free to contribute your stories and memories.
Visit us upstairs at the Memorial Building on Forsyth street. Tuesday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM & Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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They are borrowed from a sketch by Susanna Moodie called "The First Mine in Ontario at Marmora"
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This week we are elated to have the director of the new film The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Desiree Akhavan. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a young gay teenager in the early '90's forced to attend a conversion therapy camp. Desiree's choice of film to discuss this week is Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Desiree shares her special connection to the film and how it reminds her of her father. She is also critical of the movie, in particular the scene where Frankenstein's monster "ravages" Madeline Kahn. April and her explore how certain jokes have not aged well. Desiree discusses directing her current film; working with Chloë Grace Moretz, not making Christianity the butt of a joke, and trying to make her version of a "John Hughes film." She also bemoans the fact that American studios are totally unwilling to take any creative risks and how she had to move to London to get her TV show made.
You can see The Miseducation of Cameron Post in theaters now.
And if you haven't seen it yet, go watch on Young Frankenstein
With April Wolfe with Desiree Akhavan
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Produced by Casey O'Brien and Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.
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Comedy legend Carl Reiner has been doing comedy since World War II. He's the creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Carl also co-wrote and directed one of Steve Martin's most successful shows, The Jerk. And as expected, his best friend is no one other than Mel Brooks. Get this: they watch Wheel of Fortune when they hang out.
Carl is also a prolific writer with nearly 20 book titles to his name. Still writing at the age of 95, he recently released a memoir, Too Busy to Die, about his journey to who he is today.
Carl invited Jesse to his home to talk about his time in the army and his memoir.
You can find Carl Reiner's memoir on Random Content.
And you can check out Carl's screen credits on IMDb.
Click here to listen to Carl Reiner's interview on YouTube!
Kate and Laura Mulleavy are fashion designers who grew up in Northern California and graduated from UC Berkeley. Kate and Laura blew up after they designed just ten pieces in their parent's kitchen. They made the cover of Women's Wear Daily, and they got a face to face meeting with Anna Wintour.
In 2005 they founded Rodarte, their clothing brand. Acclaim has followed since. Kate and Laura won the CFDA award for womenswear designers of the year. And they even helped design costumes for the movie Black Swan.
Now, Kate and Laura have directed their first-ever movie, Woodshock, starring Kirsten Dunst.
The sisters join Jesse to talk about directing a movie and running a fashion company.
You can keep up with Kate and Laura's fashion company on their website.
Click here to listen to Kate and Laura Mulleavy's interview!
In this week's Outshot, Jesse talks about how Dead Prez created the most urgent sound hip-hop ever produced.
Click here to listen to Jesse's Outshot on Dead Prez's hit song, "Hip-Hop"/!
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Andrew Noz joins us to provide some recommendations from the world of hip hop. First, he talks to us about Chance the Rapper's self-proclaimed lyrical challenge, as evidenced in Juice, a track off his latest mixtape, Acid Rap. And what if Lil Wayne stayed off the beaten pop music path? It might sound like Young Thug's weirded-out track, Picacho.
Andrew Noz is the columnist for Pitchfork's Hall of Game, and also blogs and Tumblr-s regularly at Cocaine Blunts and Tumblin 'Erb.
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It's hard to imagine what American comedy would look like without Mel Brooks. With a sharp eye for parody, a seemingly infinite supply of gags, and enough destruction of the fourth wall to make a postmodern novelist blush, his work has set the tone for countless comedy TV shows and films. It's hard to imagine SNL's relentless TV parodies without Your Show Of Shows (which Brooks wrote for alongside Sid Caesar back in the 50s), The Simpsons without his filmography full of sly pop-culture references, or the careers of Airplane! creators Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker without Brooks' shameless love of (self-admittedly) awful jokes.
A new PBS American Masters documentary, Mel Brooks: Make A Noise, explores the life and career of the EGOT winner and man behind The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, and so much more. Brooks talks to us about fighting in World War II (where he managed to even make a few Germans laugh), the genius of Gene Wilder, and that time Sid Caesar dangled Brooks out the window of a Chicago hotel room.
PBS's American Masters documentary Mel Brooks: Make A Noise premieres Monday, May 20. Check with your public television station for local listings. A box set from Shout! Factory with over ten hours of rare and exclusive footage was also released late last year.
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The Source Family fit the conventional image of a typical hippie cult in a lot of ways – assuming, of course, that there is such a thing as a typical hippie cult. You could point to the commune, the long hair, the Jesus-y robes...not to mention occasional hits of what they called "sacred herb". Dig deeper, though, and it becomes clear that there was plenty that separated the Source Family from stereotypes.
The group was just as unique as their leader, a man who called himself Father Yod. He was a former Marine, stuntman, jujitsu expert who founded the Source Family alongside a highly successful vegetarian restaurant. Out of the back of that restaurant, the family sold recordings of their regular jam sessions, which became the stuff of psychedelic rock legend. Perhaps most unlike your average cult leader, Father Yod was not particularly attached to any particular ideology – not even his own. In direct violation of his own commandments, Yod married thirteen wives, a move which both alienated a number of family members and caught the LAPD's attention. This caused the Source Family to flee to Hawaii, which ultimately resulted in the group's demise.
We're delving further into LA's most famous hippie cult with the help of Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille, the directors of a new documentary called The Source Family. They discuss the group's run-ins with celebrities (and law enforcement), why Father Yod once told his followers to cut their hair and get jobs, and whether or not they would have joined the group, if given the chance.
The Source Family is in limited nationwide theatrical release. For information about screenings at a theater near you, check out the film's website.
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This week, find out why Jesse's been spending a lot of time with Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson, a home-tome that gracefully runs the housekeeping gamut from sections titled "Administering Insurance Policies" to "Privacy, Sex, and the Constitution".
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Woodbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,975 at the 2010 census. The town center is also designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP). Woodbury was founded in 1673.
The center of Woodbury is distinctive because, unlike many New England towns, it is not nucleated. In Woodbury, the older buildings are arrayed in linear fashion along both sides of a road that stretches for over a mile. The public buildings in the National Register Historic District include the First Congregational Church (1818), the Old Town Hall (1846), the United Methodist Church, the St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1785), and the North Congregational Church (1816).
The most notable of the public buildings is the Masonic Temple (1839). It is a modest, clapboard, Greek Revival temple, notable less for its architecture than for its dramatic location, situated atop a high cliff accessed by a long flight of steps (there is a modern road at the rear). It is visible from a distance and is especially dramatic at night, when it is illuminated by spotlights. The Woodbury Temple echoes the many temples of the Greek world that were perched at the edge of high places from which they could be seen from miles around and from far out at sea.
Originally, the many historic houses on the street were residential. In the late twentieth century they were occupied by a series of antique shops.
Woodbury is one of the two towns in Litchfield County, along with Bethlehem, served by the area code 203/area code 475 overlay.
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"Allerseelen" and Mrs. Dalloway/
When Peter walks near Regent's Park Tube station in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, an old woman sings an ancient song about love that has prevailed even after her lover's death (81). She is oblivious to everyone around her, singing "without direction, vigour, beginning or end" (80). The narrator explains that, in the song, the woman sings about the continuity of life, and she reflects on the time when her lover had been with her in the month of May. Peter compares her voice to a "rusty pump," but Rezia, who is also walking in the area and hears the woman's song, feels for her and empathizes with her song, feeling that she herself will be able to go on with her days (81, 82).
The song that the old woman sings is Strauss' "Allerseelen," or "All's Soul's Day." The song is originally in German, which probably inspired the "ee um fah um so" sounds that Woolf provides in the narrative (80, 81, 82). The song is composed of three stanzas, all ending with the line "Wie einst im Mai," which translates to "like once in May." One particular version, sung by Kathleen Battle, allows the reader to understand why the song is relevant to this section of the novel. The song starts out slow and whimsical, but reaches a pivotal point of desperation and determination when Battle sings, "Wie einst im Mai." This line is rife with nostalgia, a perfect mesh with Peter's longing for the days when he and Clarissa were in love. It also fits with Rezia wishing for a return to the days when Septimus was not shell-shocked. As the song moves along, however, Battle's voice becomes more joyous and reflective, and her "Wie einst im Mai" lines grow softer than the first one. This is lost on Peter; of course, the old woman's song might not have sounded as crisp as Battle's. Nevertheless, it seems to have had a different effect on Rezia, who finds hope in the amateur rendition of "Allerseelen."
Works Cited
Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. New York: Harcourt, 1925.


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Wednesday, December 2
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
The Physick House (map)
Theme: INSISTENCE
The only rule to Write Nite is, we write (and it's night!). Whether you're a seasoned scribbler, a dabbler, a novice, or anything in between, we want you here. Write Nite is a community space designed to tap into the creative energy of the group and focus on the actual practice of writing. We'll start with a loose theme and explore that theme individually and collectively, maximizing our time to create, discuss, and share. If there's something you're working on, bring it in. If you're suffering from writer's block or just curious about putting pen to paper, come join us. You'll never leave a Write Nite empty handed.
Where: The Head & The Hand Press Writers' Workshop @ Physick House: 321 S. 4th St. (ring bell around the corner on Cypress St.) in the Cincinnati Room, 2nd floor.


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Adopt a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated hummingbirds spend their summers throughout the eastern United States. In autumn, they migrate to the wintering grounds in Central America. Some ruby-throated hummingbirds have been known to winter in southern Florida. They prefer habitats where there are a lot of flowers, such as fields, parks, backyards and open clearings in forests. Today, the use of pesticides and habitat lose pose a great threat to the future survival of the hummingbird. Hummingbirds are very small and weigh less than a quarter of an ounce. They move quickly by rapidly beating their wings and are the only birds that are able to fly backwards and hover in one spot. Ruby-throated hummingbirds call with a mouse-like squeak and the beat of the wings makes a humming sound, hence the name, hummingbird. Help NWF in its efforts to protect and recover the wild places that sustain wildlife. Adopt a ruby-throated hummingbird today!


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Our goal is to equip our students with the best defensive driving
techniques possible. We hire instructors who have had personal
experience in observing the consequences of placing a drivers license in
the hands of an over-confident, under-experienced teenager. While we
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course, we do control the time in our program and parents can rest
assured we do not take lightly the task of using that time wisely!
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The HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence recognize excellence in the implementation of and value from health information technology
CHICAGO (September 15, 2010) – Since 1994, the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence have recognized management, functionality, technology and value – the pillars of health IT success. The six winners of the 2010 HIMSS Davies Awards deliver quality care to the patients and populations they serve through the use of information technology – specifically the electronic health record. As healthcare leaders, these 2010 winners of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence appear below in the four award categories: organizational, ambulatory, community health organization and public health. Continue reading: National HIMSS Davies Awards Recognize EHR Value, Improved Care


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Hampton Court Palace
See King Henry VIII's enormous Tudor Kitchens, the world-famous maze and original 17th century tennis courts at Hampton Court Palace
London Pass Benefits: Skip the Line Access to Hampton Court Palace Normally £23.70 - Included with London Pass
Hampton Court Palace is the former home of the flamboyant King Henry VIII. He extended and developed this grand palace after acquiring it in the 1520s and its many royal occupants have furnished the palace with decadent tapestries and paintings throughout the centuries. Set in 60 acres of formal gardens, including the famous maze and Great Vine, this palace is well worth a visit.
Please check our Closures & Notices page for changes to opening hours this month
- The Great Vine vineyard that was planted in 1769 (submitted to Guinness World Book 2005).
- The Maze, apparently the most famous maze in the world, according to Ernest Law.
- Enormous Tudor kitchen built to feed the entire court.
- Hampton Court Gardens span over 60 acres of lush greenery, parkland and plantations.
- Henry VIII's crown sits on display in the Royal Pew as a model of the original.
Did you know
- Hampton Court Palace is believed to be haunted by a screaming lady thought to be Catherine Howard, and the grey ghost Dame Sybil Penn is believed to roam the Clock Courts
- The truth behind Charles I's mystery disappearance in the summer of 1647 is still disputed when he fled the posh prison of Hampton Court and left on a boat to the Isle of Wight
- Hampton Court Gardens displays over 200,000 flowering bulbs on display throughout spring
- The Great Hall, England's last and greatest Medieval hall, saw the performance of Shakespeare's company the 'King's Men' in 1603
- Three of the walls that surround the tennis court date back to the 17th century, one of them being Cardinal Wolseley's original
Don't miss
Guided Tours
Enjoy free guided tours of Hampton Court Palace and be taken around this historic landmark by costumed tour guides, bringing the tales of the palace to life. Learn about court scandal and gossip in these interactive guides (audio guides also available upon request).
The Great Vine
Planted in 1769 the vineyard is a longstanding feature of Hampton Court Palace. Its original name is 'Shiva Grossa' which means Black Hamburg. The vine is still cultivated through the Victorian extension method, which involves a glasshouse. The grapes are usually ripe after the August Bank Holiday and are sold during the first three weeks of December – in the past, the grapes were sent to Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria.
The Crown
A replica of the crown that was made for Henry VIII, and was worn at the coronations of each of his children, sits in the Royal Pew on display for visitors. It stands as a symbol of power, monarchy and religious authority. The original was melted down at the Tower of London by decree of Oliver Cromwell in 1649. The replica was built from the detailed descriptions of Henry VIII's servants who itemised the size and position of each 344 rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds and pearls that embellish the crown.
Chapel Royal
The Chapel Royal delivers traditional services throughout the year and is a masterpiece of religious architecture with a rich colourful design in Tudor style. Kings and queens sit in the private pew which looks down the main body of the chapel and it was even here, in 1540, where Archbishop Cranmer handed Henry VIII the letter accusing Catherine Howard of her adulterous behaviour.
Hampton Court Gardens
Hampton Court Gardens are a horticultural feat to be admired. The park covers 750 acres and the formal gardens cover 60 acres. Within the Court Gardens lies the Great Vine, The Privy Garden – a recreation of the 1702 garden for William III, Tiltyard Walls, Home Park – 700 acres of deer park with ponds and wild birds, not to mention the Palace Maze from 1690, made up of half a mile of winding passages between 7ft high yew trees.
Tudor Kitchens
A testament to Tudor dining, Henry VIII's kitchens at Hampton Court are the largest kitchens of their era. Built between 1530 and 1737, the kitchens served up to 600 people twice a day, as well as the royal banquets. Working in the kitchens was hot and dirty – a Spanish visitor in 1554 even called it a 'veritable hell'. The cooks would often lie by the fire in very little clothes and would drink on the job, having access to all the beer supply.
How to get there
- South West train from Wimbledon or Waterloo to Hampton Court.
- Take the tube or overground to Richmond and get the R68 bus to Hampton Court.
- Hampton Court is situated in zone 6 of the London Transport Network so your travel will be included if you opt for The London. Pass with Oyster Travelcard and have sufficient credit for the journey (a top up might be required).
Make the most of your London Pass®
- You can use your London Pass + Travel Oyster Card to travel to Hampton Court Palace. Please note this may use a large amount of your pre-paid credit.
- Show your London Pass to enjoy fast-track entry - a great time saver in the busy summer months
- If you enjoyed Hampton Court Palace why not consider visiting some of the other London palaces such as Kensington Palace and Eltham Palace or the Queen's residence at Windsor Castle, all of which are included with the London Pass®.
- For more things to do in London, visit the London Pass® blog.
London Pass holders also benefit from a 10% discount in all gift shops at Hampton Court Palace and also in the Tiltyard Cafe (restrictions apply).
Please note: the Tennis Court in the gardens is only open to visitors during summer months.
See the full list of attractions included.
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Getting to Hampton Court Palace
Getting to Hampton Court Palace
- Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU
- Closest Underground Station Hampton Court
- Closest Bus Stop Stop L & K: Route 411
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Please check our Closure & Notices page for changings in opening hours and closure dates.
Attractions Nearby
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis MuseumIncluded with pass - Normally £13View attraction
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Nolan Roux scored twice as LOSC Lille Metropole beat AS Monaco 2-0 on Sunday to leapfrog their opponents into second place in Ligue 1.
Roux scored from close range in the 27th minute before finishing off a counterattack in the 72nd.
Lille kept a seventh straight clean sheet in the league to stay two points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain, while Monaco lost a second straight match after a 1-0 defeat at Stade de Reims in the third round of the Coupe de la Ligue on Wednesday last week.
"It's a great result," Lille captain Rio Mavuba said. "After two rounds, we were not even thinking about being placed between Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco."
Also on Sunday, Nantes drew 1-1 at Montpellier Herault to consolidate fourth place and OGC Nice suffered their first home defeat by losing 2-1 to Girondins de Bordeaux.
Monaco playmaker Joao Moutinho created the first chance after five minutes with a drive from the edge of the penalty area that was punched away by Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.
The hosts then capitalized on a corner to open the scoring in the 27th minute when Lille centerback Marko Basa outjumped the Monaco defense to win a header that Roux flicked home.
Lille defender Simon Kjaer nearly put his team in trouble with a weak back-pass in the 36th minute, but Enyeama came off his line to beat Monaco winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco to the ball and clear the danger. Radamel Falcao pounced on the loose ball, but the Monaco striker could only shoot over the bar despite an empty net.
Roux nearly added a second goal on the stroke of halftime, but Monaco goalkeeper Danijel Subasic palmed away the cross-shot from the Lille striker.
Monaco coach Claudio Ranieri added more firepower by replacing Carrasco with forward Emmanuel Riviere in the 46th minute.
"We had a poor first half," Riviere said. "Then we had chances to rally. Unfortunately their 'keeper made great saves."
Riviere collected a through-ball from James Rodriguez to be clean through on goal in the 67th minute, but was denied by Enyeama. The Monaco goalkeeper protected his team's lead by stopping a powerful strike from Falcao in the 71st.
A few seconds later, Salomon Kalou punished Monaco's attempts to push forward by leading a counterattack. Kalou released Mavuba down the left wing and the Lille captain made a low cross for Roux, who tapped in.
Enyeama showed his class in stoppage-time with a double save, first parrying an angled strike from Falcao, before stretching on the ground to prevent Riviere from converting the rebound.
Meanwhile, Serbian striker Filip Djordjevic put Nantes ahead in the 22nd minute with his seventh goal of the season, diverting in a shot from his teammate Issa Cissokho, but Montpellier substitute Djamel Bakar equalized with a low strike into the bottom corner in the 90th minute.
"Although we opened the scoring, Montpellier imposed their game," Nantes coach Michel der Zakarian said. "Our ball retention was poor and they were stronger in duels."
Montpellier ended a three-match losing streak, but slipped to 16th place.
"A draw is still better than nothing, but we can be disappointed tonight because we did everything in the second half to come away with the three points," Montpellier coach Jean Fernandez said.
At the Stade Allianz Riviera, Bordeaux midfielder Gregory Sertic fired into the top corner from long range in the 31st minute and Ludovic Obraniak doubled the lead with another long-range strike in the 59th.