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A wedding feast fit for a King
The majestic royal hall, with direct access to the park, is the ideal location to host the most opulent of wedding feasts. Laid out on a long imperial table or with several round tables, the hall can host up to 240 people, who will be received as though they were at a royal party.
Before the feast it is possible to provide the guests with a rich aperitif on the terrace with a view of the lake, where they can also linger between one course and the next.
Designer cuisine
The kitchen offers a very wide choice of menus created for you by the famous Chef Ettore Bocchia, distinguished with the prestigious Michelin star as well as the inventor of molecular cuisine.
It is possible to request a theme menu or personalised menu, which can satisfy all tastes, even the most demanding palates.
Master pastry cooks will delight the guests at the feast with sumptuous wedding cakes, which have also been prepared according to the taste and preferences of the Bride and Groom.
On request, menus are available for children or specially considered for those with particular dietary needs.
The wine cellar
The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni offers a very wide selection of renowned wines from Italy, France and many other quality AOC wines of fine origin. The Serbelloni wine cellar has been tailored to satisfy all needs and accompany best each menu in harmony, from the starter, to the main course, to the dessert.
"A thousand and one nights" style stay
The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni offers the Bride, Groom and their guests the possibility of spending some wonderful days, before, during and after the wedding, as guests at the villa. During their stay, the guests can enjoy all the comforts which the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni provides: from the tennis courts to the Spa, from the restaurants to the swimming pools, from the motorboat with private mooring to the walks in the immense and lush park which surrounds the villa, apart from, obviously, the possibility of spending the night in one of the luxury rooms at one of the oldest and most elegant hotels in the Lake Como area as well as the only 5-star luxury in Bellagio.
As a wedding present, the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni offers the Bride and Groom their first night together as man and wife.
The Hotel staff will be at the disposal of the Bride, Groom and guests at all times, so that they can spend each moment of their stay in Bellagio in the most delightful and serene manner and arrive at the grand event rested and in good form.
Among the services available are a hairdresser and beautician for the Bride, and for the Groom, the opportunity to enjoy a relaxing antistress massage in expert hands. Other than, obviously, the possibility of access to the spa services and treatments at the hotel.
Other services
Other than those already mentioned, the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni offers, on request, other added services for your convenience. Among these, a large car park, which can hold up to 100 vehicles, and a taxi service from the airport.


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Raghav Kher has started companies around online marketplaces (Imandi.com); IT automation (Rendition Networks); and movie rentals (India's Seventymm).
Now, the Seattle area entrepreneur, inspired by a trip to Oregon's wine and beer country a few years ago, is going after his true passion: Beer.
Kher has partnered with former Rendition Networks engineer Rick Lamareaux to build a new social networking and daily deal site called LetsPour, which is attempting to transform the way consumers find new craft beers and wines.
Kher says he loves nothing better than a glass of chilled beer on a sunny afternoon. But he actually came up with the idea after asking friends for suggestions on beers and wines, keeping a list in his pocket of their top picks.
"The list started growing longer and longer and I quickly realized that some of these products were not easily available — so I thought why not build a site where users can recommend beers and wine they love, ask questions, post comments and finally buy their favorite beverages? Hence, LetsPour was created and is now the social commerce site for craft beer and wine," he says.
The idea is that a beer lover in Cleveland could find a hot deal on exotic malty beverages from Oregon or Washington. Kher notes that most of the beers sell out in less than 30 minutes.
While the craft beer business may not seem that large, Kher points out that it draws about $10 billion annually and is growing 15 percent year-over-year.
For whatever reason, we've come across a number of beer-oriented sites recently, including Oregon's TapLister.
Kher, who also helped get online language learning site LiveMocha off the ground, likes to think big. And he's certainly attempting to do that with LetsPour, which today announced that it has more than 100,000 members and unveiled a new smartphone app (initially for Android with iOS expected later this month) at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado.
"We expect to build a large business within this segment," he says.

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I love you Tesla, but.........
I love you Tesla, but.........
There is tremendous passion. It's just expressed differently.
PPPhD - I'm sorry, I'll have to check your pulse. Every single person who has ridden in my car - dozens, probably hundreds - is awed. I appreciate your contrarianism but you are in a serious minority. Not just of forum fanatics but of the general population.
We don't get you wrong, but unfortunately I think you have it wrong. They are revolutionizing cars, drop 'electric'.
Purpose? Check.
Performance? Check.
Picturesque? Check.
Passion? I think you know where this is going...
Check the BMW passion when it became a car company many years ago... Just look at their first car, no more words needed.
Among Tesla owners there is endless passion.
I think it is the lack of noise.
All that rumbling, growling can delude some in to thinking that it is cool.
For those who miss this, you can attach a cardboard so that it bangs against the spokes of the premium wheels.
It worked when I was a kid when it was on spokes of a bicycle.. hmmm ;-D
Noise does not equal passion.
Perhaps, to those that simply like noise, or rough shifting of gears, you won't find them in a Tesla.
The problem with BMWs is they lack flarbble.
The Audio lacks greemec.
And of course, the Mercedes has absolutely no tradlick what so ever.
Now, if you care to define what you mean by passion, I bet we can have a great discussion.
Doh! Audio = Audi
Misspelling Audi is the least of your verbal crimes!
Perhaps it is the outrageous commercials for the ICE vehicles. They certainly strive to evoke passion, but let's look at where that is coming from. The automobile dealers and ICE manufacturers must think that this artificially induced pseudo-passion is necessary in order to sell their product. After all, they often seem like cookie-cutter imitations of the next guy's offering. On the other hand, Tesla, with its unique, prize-winning, performance packed, smooth, quiet, high-tech appointments doesn't have this sort of blatant, in-your-face, mind-numbing, epinephrine injecting, truth-bending, snake-oil commercialism, because... it doesn't need it. That is why the sales model for Tesla is so radically different, because the natural, realistic, passion for the Model S far outweighs anything that the ICE people have attempted to create.
I like the stealthy Tesla, and don't need the extra noise to feel the passion.
However, some people just need the sound to feel like they are actually moving. Hence, Mustangs have a tube to pipe intake manifold noise into the cabin, while VW and BMW play prerecorded engine noises through speakers. I guess if Tesla drivers want to go old school, they just have to yell "Vroom Vroom" as they step on the accelerator.
Nothing like silence and Power together. Noise is so old school and is a turn off these days.
Did your friend only let you drive it in a parking lot. Please punch it on the freeway and then let us know what you think!
Don S Loved the comment! My feelings exactly.
Noise does not = passion <- best comment ever!
Typewriters also make a lot of noise when you use it. Somehow I don't miss that noise on my MacBook Pro...
How about this. I own a BMW and a Telsa Model S. Here's how I feel about each:
BMW: ugggh
Passionate enough?
Lots of passion, but comparatively fewer people know about it yet. Believe me, all current Model S owners are going to be looking at Tesla FIRST the next time they need to buy a car/truck/vehicle.
As stated above, noise does not equal passion. Noise also doesn't equal performance. Noise just equals noise.
When I get together with fellow Tesla owners, there is passion AND performance in abundance. Also positive noise in abundance about our vehicles
I know my wife and I wouldn't trade our Teslas (yes, 2) for any other car on the road or coming down the pike. 4 years with a Roadster and 8+ months with a Model S and we're not going back!
Noise is overrated. All it really does is annoy people. Some people just need that noise to replace their (cliché alert) "lack" of penis size sometimes :)
Your kids could be in college a long, long time.
@icohen +1
Awesome comment.You perfectly identified the complete lack of substance in poncho's statement, and your silly analogies drove it home in a classy way. IIt's like when a woman says she didn't feel "chemistry" with a guy... All she's really saying is that she doesn't possess the vocabulary to properly express herself, and that she neither understands her own emotions OR chemistry.
There are thing Tesla has not lived up to, remember the revolutionary service, a new way blah blah blah, still had to go pick up the car was charged for delivery, and then to have the dealer (tesla) charge a $12 subagent fee? really i could have gotten that from any other car company. there is a slight rattle in the dash and the tire management system seems to have a glitch, nothing out of the ordinary.
with that said.
The car is incredible picked our up 2 weeks ago, the only thing anyone can say that is not praise is the charging requirements the point very few will ever drive more than 274 miles a day does not seem logical to them and it will never make sense to some.
To put this in perspective I have a Super gas Olds Cutlas 8.50 sec 165mph in the 1/4 miles 1000hp 955ftlbs torque, I have mufflers and exhaust and it is still plenty loud, the Model S is the most exciting car I have driven. my race car will do wheelies. just saying.
How many GPM does the Olds use? Less an an Abrams?


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My wife and I are big fans of the This Old House show. We live in the Boston area and have used the Trethewey Bros service. We also have enjoyed seeing the team at work on some of their local projects. So it was with some dismay that we noticed an article, apparently from the September issue of the magazine, on the CNN.com website (Living section, Nov 7, 2007).
The piece, entitled "Critter in your house? What to do", by Josh Garskof, has advice on household emergencies. Sensible advice, it seemed, until we read the section entitled "The House is Haunted". Huh?!?
Now I know it was just Halloween, and I like a good joke as much as the next person, but please don't imply to your readers that ghosts, goblins, poltergeists, leprechauns or unicorns exist. They do not. Implying that you believe they do, makes the magazine, and the This Old House team, look ridiculous.
According to Harris organization polling, roughly 40% of Americans believe in ghosts, 68% believe in angels and 21% believe in reincarnation. While tolerance for other points of view is supposedly a virtue, I would submit that irrationality and belief without evidence are not admirable qualities. If you don't recommend taking a sick child to a witch doctor, why do you recommend that homeowners hold exorcisms? Such things have no place in your otherwise rational and practical magazine.
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Click here for more information about the 2014 Building Future Faculty Program is available at along with the application form. Applications are due by November 10, 2013. For more information, contact Marcia Gumpertz (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Medical Doctors Try to Uncover the Biological Mysteries of the Jersey Shore Cast
MTV is having all their top moneymakers examined. Kate Gosselin hates the dancing stars in her galaxy. Corey Feldman is banned from Corey Haim's funeral. Martha Stewart can't get laid. Monday's gossip got up an hour late.
- The cast of Jersey Shore all have to get full physicals today before filming for the second season starts. It probably has something to do with securing insurance for the irascible clan of guidos. Oh, we can only imagine what sort of goodies the doctor is going to find when checking out these juiced, promiscuous, skin-damaged, pickled-liver specimens. The good news is that Angelina "Trash Bags" seems to not have gotten the call from the hospital, so she may not be welcome in Miami. Meanwhile, the show gets chance to outrage real Italians after it already pissed off countless Italian-Americans. MTV Italy purchased the rights to air the most important sociological experiment of our time in the country that the guidos' ancestors came from. That is the American dream in action. [TMZ, Popcrunch]
- Kate Gosselin is apparently being mean and ignoring all the other celebrity hoofers cha-chaing for a shot at career rejuvenation on Dancing with the Stars. This doesn't seem like that much of a problem. If I was a has-been, also-ran, or never-was I think the last thing I would want to do is sit around listening to Kate Gosselin bitch about itchy sequins and how the paso doble hurts her corns. [P6]
- It looks like Corey Feldman can't get invited anywhere these days, including to his friend Corey Haim's funeral in Toronto tomorrow. Though he says he has been spending lots of time with the family, Feldman will not be at the service. "Due to their strong religious beliefs and need for privacy, the family has decided to make Corey's funeral on Tuesday a small private affair," he said in a statement. Hating child stars is a religion now? We always thought it was more of a lifestyle choice. [E! Online]
- Martha Stewart is lousy with men. At least that is what the book The Best of Friends: Martha and Me, written by her ex-best friend Mariana Pasternak, says about the domestic diva and convicted felon. Pasternak, who testified against Stewart at her insider trading trial, says that Martha had a relationship with a wealthy man who she stalked around the Hamptons. She was trying to convince him to leave his fiance for her. It didn't work. Oh, poor Martha, always trying to make a souffle when a simple pudding would do. As for Ms. Pasternak, she testified against Stewart and is cashing in with a tell-all? With friends like these...[P6]
- David Beckham, the only football player Americans know, tore his Achilles tendon in a game in Italy yesterday. This means he probably won't be able to play in the upcoming World Cup—which is like the World Series and the Olympics combined, except American won't watch it. Luckily for us, his ability to pose in his undies or shill for other products will not be impeded. [People]
- David Schwimmer, 43, who used to sit around a coffee shop making whiney jokes on a sit-com, is engaged to a 24-year-old photographer he met on the set of Run, Fatboy, Run. This is officially the only good thing that came out of making that movie. [EW]
- Michael Phelps went to a Jay-Z concert in Atlantic City and he didn't do drugs, he barely drank, and didn't take any girls home. What a disappointment! [Gatecrasher]
- Gossip dowager Cindy Adams says that she knew that Avatar wouldn't win Best Picture and Meryl Streep wouldn't win Best Actress before the Oscars even occurred. She claims it is because she has insider Hollywood info. We think it's just because she has a subscription to Entertainment Weekly like the rest of us. [Cindy Adams]


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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that design and construction issues contributed to the July 21st collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Wilderness Park. The Mayor also announced that a new inspection program for pedestrian bridges in the City is now in place.
"This unfortunate incident prompted us to take a closer look at all our pedestrian bridges and how we monitor their safety," Beutler said. "We made this a priority. The new program will assure residents and visitors that they can safely use these bridges."
About 20 youths and counselors from the Wilderness Nature Camp were on the bridge when it dipped 12 to 15 feet in the middle, but only minor injuries were reported. Initial engineering investigations by Speece Lewis Engineers, Inc. indicate that the structure was not properly designed for the load limit stipulated in the design code.
While the youth and counselors were on the bridge, the walkway hand rail buckled and moved sideways several inches. The movement of the hand rail resulted in a loss of structural support, which caused a transfer of additional weight through the support cables into the support towers at each end of the bridge. The support towers were attached to wooden abutments, and Speece Lewis determined they were inadequately designed and constructed. The increased load on the support towers caused the wooden abutments to fail. Once the support towers were free to move, they rotated toward the creek under the weight of the collapsing walkway.
The bridge is about a half mile north of Saltillo Road and was built in 2003. The City took ownership of the bridge only after construction was complete and it was approved by the design engineer.
The Parks and Recreation Department plans to remove the bridge in the next few weeks. The replacement of the bridge is under consideration.
Immediately after the collapse, Mayor Beutler directed the City Public Works and Utilities Department to visually inspect the remaining 11 trail bridges in Wilderness Park. Most of those bridges are over smaller tributaries. The collapsed bridge and one in the middle of the park were blocked off. On July 23rd, a 65-foot bridge over a tributary between Densmore Park and Salt Creek was closed due to bank erosion. The three bridges remain closed.
Lincoln Parks and Recreation has compiled a list of all pedestrian bridges along trails and walkways and on public golf courses. Of the 98 bridges, nine are over streets or highways and are inspected every other year by the City Public Works and Utilities Department and the Nebraska Department of Roads.
The City will conduct a visual inspection of the remaining 89 bridges by quadrants on a four-year cycle. The 68 bridges that are more than 20 feet in length will be inspected by certified bridge inspectors on a six-year cycle.
Inspections will be conducted in the late fall and winter when crews can best see the bridges and surrounding area. The first round of inspections will begin this year.
The cost of the program is being determined. Funds will be included in the Parks and Recreation operating budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. In future years, the funding source will be Parks and Recreation maintenance funds which come from cell tower fees. An additional amount will be added every year to remedy any issues found during the inspections.


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I see that many of you liked the tutorial I drew on my version of a Skelanimal. So today, I will be filling a request that many have made, for a lesson on "how to draw Kit", step by step. Kit the cat is her name, and watching scary movies is her game. I like Kit's look because she is one of the Skelanimals that you can actually tell what type of animal she is supposed to be. There are a few different animals that are a part of the Skelanimals series, and some of them are pretty unrecognizable. Like all cats she is also very frightened of water. Now the interesting thing about Kit, is how she became a Skelanimal in the first place. Here is what happened word for word according to the official website; "Kit had a head bigger than her body. The laughs she endured rang all through the lobby. Looking at the pool she would see her reflection wishful thinking for her water friend connection. She slipped and fell as she looked nearer. No more laughter and jokes would she hearrr…." Well that is the whole story on Kit the cat, now you can draw Kit, step by step and have fun doing so. One more tutorial on the way guys so stay tuned in to see what I've got. Peace people and enjoy your drawing day.
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Oh love, where art thou?
Contributing writer Dain Ray confronts the dilemma faced by people living with HIV: "When do we tell the people we like or the people who likes us that we are HIV positive?"
By Dain Ray
It is never easy to find love. But it was never this hard now that I am HIV positive.
I do not have issues with myself. I have long accepted that I host the virus.
My family and friends do not have issues about it, too. They are all who should matter.
Or so I thought.
Every time I meet new people, and begin to trust a few of them, I disclose myself as a person living with HIV (PLHIV). Disclosing my status was not as hard as I thought. It is actually a relief because I am able to share my story. There is a feeling of triumph every time I see their surprised faces not believing at first that I am actually positive.
"It does not show," they say.
"Because it really does not," I will reply to them.
The same thing I do with people whom I like or I have a crush on. I find a way where I can divert the conversation into me disclosing my status. When I have accepted myself as a positive person, I have decided that I will tell the person I like, the person who likes me, or the person I date, that I am HIV positive. He should know first before anything happens to us. By "anything", I mean sexual or emotional attractions.
I believe that that is when the dilemma for PLHIV comes in. When do we tell the people we like or the people who likes us that we are HIV positive?
I have discussed this with my lesbian friend and she views this as a challenge to my would-be relationships regardless of the period of disclosure. She said that if the status is disclosed in the "getting-to-know" or dating stage, it would not be hard for me to detach from the other guy if he chooses to stay away. But the challenge there is how to maintain the friendship which was formed, or how to fight for the attraction despite the stigma against HIV. If the disclosure is during the relationship, the trust issue becomes the argument. My partner may think that I did not trust him at the start, or that I did not care if he gets the virus from me.
I believed my lesbian friend and if ever I will have a relationship, I will not let it reach the second scenario.
That is why I always disclose from the very start.
At first, I thought I can get along with it. I was able to handle the first time I was instantly placed in the "friend zone". That moment when the guy says: "Friendship is all that I can offer."
But this "friend zone" thing has become a series in my love life. The last time that this happened to me, I began doubting myself, the time, or the place.
Am I really not worthy?
Is it me or is it them?
Is this the wrong time?
Am I in the wrong city?
I am not the type of person who can manage to grow old alone, or pass time without having a partner. I cannot imagine myself continuing fighting the challenges of life without a partner, a confidant. I admit that everytime I see my gay friends and their boyfriends hug, cuddle, and giggle, I feel the envy – the longing…
One thing that I am thankful for is that I have not blamed myself for getting HIV. I have not regretted that I am positive. Although being a PLHIV has its own challenges, I can say that I am prepared to face them.
But apparently, I have not fully conditioned myself for one thing, i.e. being consistently put in the friend zone.
I have not lost hope, though.
I know there are still many open-minded gay guys around.
There are still those who will like me despite my positive status.
I am not closing my options.
Literary Pieces
Posteng Bato
Elmo Ellezo writes about the apathy of those who have more in life, even if – by choosing to lend a hand – they can help effect changes in other people's lives.
Ni Elmo Ellezo
May mga taong umangat lang sa buhay,
parang naging katulad ng bahay na bato ang puso.
Kasing tigas at wala ng pakiramdam sa iba.
Parang bato,
posteng bato na naghihiwalay sa kanilang sa sarili
sa reyalidad ng malawak na mundo.
Bingi sa mga ingay sa labas.
Binulag ng mga bakod at posteng bato,
ayaw tumanaw sa kabilang bahagi ng mundo.
Gwardyado, akala moy kaaway ang mundo,
Ayaw makibahagi oh umambag sa mga walang laman ang kaldero
Ayaw makipagkapwa tao.
Naka-kandado pati ang kanilang mga puso.
Tanging paraan na silay mamulat ay delubyo.
Kapag tinumbahan na ng mga posteng bato.
Kapag binaha na katulad ng mga nakatira sa estero.
Kapag nagutom, namatayan na katulad ng mga ordinaryong tao.
Anong klaseng mundo ang nililikha nitong mga posteng bato.
Mga kaaway ang mahihirap at walang tiwala sa kapwa tao.
Makasariling pag uugali at walang pakialam sa mundo.
Sana maibalik ang aking pagkabata.
Walang mga poste at bakod na naghihiwalay sa sinasabi kong kapwa.
Kung saan ang daigdig ay pinagsasaluhan ng lahat.
May pagkakaugnay ugnay, tiwala at pakikipag kapwa.
Munti kong panalangin ay mawasak ang mga posteng bato.
Mga posteng batong isinasara ng bakal at mga kandado.
Mga posteng batong nagpapamanhid sa kalagayan ng dumadaing na mundo.
Ang posteng batong naglilikha ng taong bato ang puso.
Being LGBTQ+ means nothing
Being unaware of and deviant from what that community is intentionally fighting for clearly does not make us a part of it. We have to realize that our identity does not really matter as much as what we actually say, do or stand for.
We've heard it all before — a woman who still espouses misogyny, Filipinos who can be insulting towards their own skin color, a devout Christian who has little knowledge about the Bible and the history of Christianity, a gay person who is against the rights of other LGBTQ+ folks. These seemingly self-contradictories show that our identity is nothing but superficiality.
Our identity does not hold the substance of what we're all about.
Having a certain identity does not follow that we know all there is to understand about it.
More importantly, it does not immediately give us the authority or credibility to speak on behalf of a larger group we supposedly belong to. Otherwise, we only cause much harm and misinformation.
What does a community mean? Fumbling through the dictionary, we would find similar definitions that basically sum up as "a group of people sharing a commonality of interests, attitudes, characteristics, values, goals – even history – and living in a particular location or within a greater area". Applying this to the so-called LGBTQ+ community, since LGBTQ+ persons obviously do not live in the same quarters or have exactly the same lived experiences (hence the need for the acronym with a plus sign), we need to take only the spirit of the word — that is, a community is a social state of more than skin-deep commonality.
People who label themselves as LGBTQ's do not see the whole picture if they go against equality and the principle that human rights must be bestowed to all regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, physical appearance and so forth. Such people who proclaim they are "part of the LGBTQ+ community but…" are merely disruptive tumors. They are not part of the community but only a part of the problem, which is compounded by ignorance, indifference, hate and discrimination.
So before we open our mouths and ascribe to some sort of community or identity, let's be truly certain first that we know what it's all about. Being unaware of and deviant from what that community is intentionally fighting for clearly does not make us a part of it. We have to realize that our identity does not really matter as much as what we actually say, do or stand for.
Literary Pieces
Babae. Lesbiyana.
"Babae po ako. Ngunit babae rin ang gusto ko. Pang-lalake man ang kilos at anyo. Sa babae pa rin naman ako nagbabanyo."
Pilit kong iniisip
Kung inisip ko at pinilit
Kung nagbago ba ang ihip
Ng hangin noong ako'y isang paslit
Ang paghanga sa kapwa babae
Ang kilos, lakad at pananalita
Na animo'y lalake
Na nagsimula noong ako'y bata
Tinanong ako kung ako ba'y humanga
Sa mga guwapo at pogi
At ang sagot ko'y oo nga
Pagtangi ay sa babae lagi
Ni minsa'y hindi kinilig
Kahit na noong panahong
Maliit pa ang mga bisig
Suot ay bestida at hindi lontang maong
Matagal na proseso
Matagal na nilihim
Hindi umasenso
Dahil sa sariling paninimdim
Hanggang ako'y namulat
At seryosong nagkagusto
At sinimulang isulat
Nilahad, ipinusta pati pamato
Wala naman kasing nagturo
Naramdaman na lang
Tapos para akong tuliro
Noong ako'y pitong taong gulang
Kaibigan ko siya
Sa ikalawang baitang
Kapag kasama'y masaya
Kapag naka-akbay ay lutang
Marami nang napusuan
Panahon na ang lumipas
Gusto'y babae pa rin naman
Sa pagkatorpe'y walang kupas
Madalas sakin ay tinatanong
Kahit hanggang opisina
Siguro sila'y hilong talilong
Kung Ma'am o Sir ang itatawag twina
Babae po ako
Ngunit babae rin ang gusto ko
Pang-lalake man ang kilos at anyo
Sa babae pa rin naman ako nagbabanyo
Lesbiyana kung ako'y tawagin
Tomboy sa kanto namin
Ate sa kapatid ko
Tita sa mga pamangkin ko
Eto ang aking SOGIE
Lesbiyana – Sexual Orientation
Babae – Gender Identity
Butch/masculine – Gender Expression
Hindi napipilit ang puso
Kusang tumitibok sa ritmo
Hindi ito parang damit na nakiki-uso
Hindi sinisino kahit amo
Masarap sanang maging malaya magmahal
Malaya sa mga matang mapanghusga
Malimit pang nasasabihan ng hangal
Madalas pang tumanggap ng pang-aalipusta
Pantay-pantay na karapatan
Dinggin sana ang aming hiling
Hindi espesyal ang aming panawagan
Sugat ng diskriminasyo'y laging nasasaling
Lungkot ay aking ramdam
Kapag hindi niyo maintidihan
Sana hindi niyo maranasan
Ang araw-araw naming pinagdadaanan
Kapag maganda o guwapo sa paningin
Sayang ang palaging sinasabi sa amin
Pero bakit sayang ang sasabihin?
Ano bang nasayang sa amin?
Isa po akong babae
Mahigit apat na pung taong gulang na
Mukha lang pong lalake
Isa pong lesbiyana
Salvation our God is extending
"With a SOGIE Law enforced, the sensibilities of some (they cannot claim to represent the majority) will be offended as has happened in legislation on women's rights. But the tradeoff will be LGBTQ+ individuals participating more meaningfully in national development. The Philippines would foster a culture of nonviolence, and I think God would be smiling down on us."
By Koko Alviar
The SOGIE Equality Bill is not against religious freedom. If anything, it will help us recapture the diversity of beliefs in our country.
I am Vaughn Alviar, from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, a liberational Church that has interpreted Scripture in light of facts and God's commissioning for charity and liberation. The Church coopted me some time in 2015 to help the Supreme Council of Bishops articulate a statement that wanted to affirm LGBTIQ+ individuals, "Our Common Humanity, Our Shared Dignity." It was approved in February 7, 2017.
Incidentally, I am a homosexual cisgender male son of a heterosexual cisgender male priest. I say these belatedly because they have never negatively affected my craft as a writer and my practice as a good Christian, although I will not deny knowledge of my SOGIE has affected the perception of what I am capable of doing.
I am more than my SOGIE; in fact we in the LGBTQ+ community are all more than our SOGIE. Unfortunately, people have seen the physical manifestations of it and felt they could see right through us, judge and discriminate us. My classmates from Day Care in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, to university in Baguio City had always criticized my being effeminate and emotional, my not being manly. Despite all these, I had the will power to prove my value in my communities and circles. I can't say the same for many others, whose chances were impaired by abuses far worse than I've experienced and who didn't belong to families that earned well enough to send them to good schools or who disowned them – sometimes because of the faith they profess.
Being LGBTQ+ is a choice, we are told. But, given all the disadvantages laid out before us (per the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, LGBTQ+ people experience more poverty, hunger, joblessness and depression than our heterosexual, cisgender counterparts), what would we benefit from choosing to be minoritized? Having to prove we are good, capable and beneficial workers, or hiding how we express ourselves to conform with straight environments, these are definitely burdens. Our siblings in the faith have claimed that the law sees us equally, but our lived experiences and jurisprudence claim we are not. Thus, vulnerable sectors need the State to help us claim equity, aid us in reminding everyone that we are human too, and enable us to fight back when our rights are abused.
It has also been claimed that a law protecting LGBTQ+ persons against discrimination would negate Christians' freedom of religion. It is a preposterous claim that insults the very spirit of "freedom of religion": that individuals will not be force-fed belief systems; and that we are all free to hold beliefs – or not – and to conduct ourselves accordingly, except when we harm others. If anything, many people, driven by their "Christian" beliefs, harmed LGBTIQ+ individuals without provocation.
While they lift from the Bible, the holy book cannot be seen as a definitive guide to what must be social convention. It has, in fact, been used to stall important laws to end slavery, and to uphold the rights of persons with disability and women.
For example:
"I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent." (Timothy 2:11)
"Whosoever … hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookback, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken … He shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries." (Leviticus 21:17-23)
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ." (Ephesians 6:5)
With verses inapplicable in our time, how do we know for sure that verses chastising LGBTIQ+ individuals should still apply? In the laws enacted for women, children, senior citizens, persons with disability, among others, the justification was unequal treatment on the ground, in real life, despite the Constitutional guarantee of equality that our other siblings cite. The drawback was sensibilities getting hurt; the reward has been greater empowerment and participation in society for those sectors. We need our guarantee, too.
Another case in point: If two people are equally passionate about Bible-based beliefs, do we have objective criteria to judge which person is more righteous?
Here is an example: A cisgender man has been a top employee for years. He is the breadwinner for his family, encouraged by 1 Timothy 5:8: "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." One day, he comes out as homosexual and discloses he has a boyfriend. The heterosexual cisgender owner, who comes from a conservative background, fires the person, because of Romans 1:26-27: "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another."
Who's to say that the business owner holds the right understanding of faith? What if the homosexual man goes to church more often? Doesn't that make him better? The law must declare that productivity trumps sexual orientation.
One thing I've observed among people of faith who decide not to support the SOGIE Bill is self-righteousness – a confidence that they are to be seen as authoritative, the voice of a majority. In doing so, they downplay other peoples' faith, among these that which LGBTQ+ individuals have forged from their lived experiences of discrimination and resilience.
While some traditions will scoff at the justness of the ordained going to protests, the Aglipayan faith believes it is a legitimate expression of Christian witness. We believe that the best way to fulfill our duty to establish heaven on earth is the full realization of human rights for all – and LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. Thus, the crusade for equality on the basis of SOGIE falls within our fight for equity, along with our advocacy for peace talks, economic equity, genuine land reform and more.
Another Christian community is the Metropolitan Community Church, which has a presence in the Philippines. It casts more importance on love, genuine relationships and nondiscrimination than on punishment and fear. Many of their members are victims of SOGIE-based discrimination even in their own Christian homes, or are people living with HIV who have the added burden of stigma. One member told me that her family attends a Church that has a ministry helping LGBTQ+ individuals possessed by the devil – she worships with her family in the morning, is occasionally prayed for; she worships at MCC in the afternoon, is welcomed fully as a gender-nonconforming woman. There has to be a policy to guard LGBTQ+ lives against torturous conversion rituals if and when they occur. The SOGIE Bill has that.
The above instances illustrate that a single religion on its own has variations and pluralities. But, if regardless of this, lawmakers side with the more conservative Christian belief that tends to put LGBTQ+ lives in the way of harm and indignity, what compels the State other than to reward the conservatives and, thus, violate the Church-State separation?
As faithful Christians, too, we stand on the passage of the SOGIE Law because we believe God wants us to exist in a community of love, and because it will permeate our lives beyond Church. "We love the sinner not the sin," some anti-SOGIE Christians say, in an attempt to deem the law irrelevant. If we do love the sinner, however, shouldn't we recognize the person of that sinner who has the secular, universal right to a job, education and healthcare, among others. None of these are about "the homosexual act."
It is a shame that some religious have led crusades based on falsehoods: from alleging we do not need the SOGIE Equality Bill because the law already pronounces equality; to criticizing our advocacy as an issue of restrooms and third spaces only; to misleading people that the SOGIE Equality Bill will allow same-sex marriage; to stretching religious freedom – weaponizing it to homogenize the nation when the measure actually protects diversity.
The "definition of terms" in the proposed bills says that bad behavior – discrimination, stigma, hate crime and marginalization – will warrant punishment. Some religious are worried that LGBTIQ+ individuals will be empowered to file cases of discrimination simply because we "felt discriminated." But suing should be within our rights as citizens, and with wisdom the courts should be able to decide which ones are nuisance and which ones bear sense.
In IFI, the statement has affirmed and validated the faithfulness of LGBTQ+ members, some of whom serve as ordained ministers. Through it, the faithful have been oriented on SOGIE and SOGIE-based discrimination; began to openly discuss sexuality, mental health and sexual harassment; and revisited the situation of women as part of the greater gender minority in a patriarchal society. We are now more equipped to counsel LGBTQ+ individuals and people living with HIV. The Church became more inclusive.
At the end of "Our Common Humanity, Our Shared Dignity," the SCB stated a hope that our small act could spark bigger changes leading to greater inclusion for outcasts. The more accepting parents, you will note, express worry for their LGBTQ+ children based not on the worldview of conservative Churches but on the question: "How will you be in this world that is harsh on LGBTQ+ individuals?"
While some LGBTQ+ people are born to parents who are unequipped and would abandon their children, some are born to parents who are ready to understand and nurture them, and would worry that the world at large is not hospitable. Let's lessen the legitimate fears by enacting a safeguard.
While the SOGIE Bill languishes, men could be raping homosexual and bisexual women to "convert them," gay guys could be looking for their next boxing match or Miss Gay (for visibility and extra income), brilliant transgender individuals could be flying out to find career advancement elsewhere.
With the SOGIE Law enforced, the sensibilities of some (they cannot claim to represent the majority) will be offended as has happened in legislation on women's rights, but the tradeoff will be LGBTQ+ individuals participating more meaningfully in national development. With the SOGIE Law, there will be no special LGBT bonuses or leaves, just jobs and schools and communities that value us as humans, and that hone and harness our skills as citizens.
The Philippines would foster a culture of nonviolence, and I think God would be smiling down on us.
On social media, there's a viral post saying SOGIE means "Satanic Organization of Godless people who are Inspired of Evil", which is so grammatically wrong. To me, it means "Salvation Our God Is Extending" – and I should enjoy a Constitutional guarantee to claim you can't tell me I'm wrong. That is freedom of religion for you.
'Members of LGBTQIA community should be afforded the same protection that others enjoy'
An open letter to Bro. Eddie Villanueva, now a politician, who continues to claim he supports equality but is fighting against the protection of LGBTQIA people from discrimination.
Sir, I am Posit Bo, a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ and PLHIV community in the Philippines. I was once a follower of your faith; I am still a believer of the Almighty God but no longer of your faith.
This letter is made as rebuttal of your privilege speech against the SOGIE Equality Bill. This is not intended to convince you and your group to vote for the proposed law; but rather, a letter that aims to see a future where there can be mutual respect.
You raised two constitutionally supported arguments against the SOGIE Equality Bill, to wit: (a) it imperils academic freedom, and (b) it endangers freedom of speech and religion.
You cited Article XIV, Section 5, par (2), of the 1987 Constitution, which states that: "Academic freedom shall be enjoyed in all institutions of higher learning." This provision's meaning can be viewed from two perspectives, namely: (a) Freedom of a Faculty member, and (b) Freedom of an academic institution of higher learning.
Certainly, faculty members have the freedom to discuss subjects with the responsibility not to discuss matters not related to the subject matter and with respect to the opinions of others. In the same manner, the academic institutions per se are given the freedom to decide what is the best manner to attain its aims and objectives.
You seem to fear that religious academic institutions being compelled to accept LGBTQIA+ students or employees, against the institution's dogma on gender.
Under Section 5(c) of Senate Bill 159, it has two portions, to wit: (a) it declares discriminatory when educational or training institution refuses admission by reason of SOGIE, and (b) the right of educational and training institutions in determining qualifications for admission shall be duly upheld.
It is clear under the second portion of the aforementioned provision that religious institution's right to determine qualification for admission shall be duly upheld. Compulsion to admit against dogma on gender by religious institutions cannot be feared when in the Bill itself it is protected, not to mention, in our very own Constitution as you cited, Sir.
The bill cannot obviously be made to circumvent the Constitutional guarantees as it echoes the very essence of this Constitution that is – Equality. Moreover, I would like to believe that in proposing this law, the case of Ateneo de Manila v. Capulong, was taken into consideration, wherein the Court beautifully fleshed out the concept of academic freedom. The Court held that: "Academic institutions are free to determine for itself on academic grounds who may teach, what may be taught, how it shall be taught, and who may be admitted to study." The Court further held in Isabelo Jr. v. Perpetual Help College of Rizal that: a school of higher learning has the discretion to admit or not to admit students. The Court further stated that: Admission is not a right but merely a privilege.
No, Sir. Religious academic institutions cannot be compelled to admit LGBTQIA+ students or employees. As these juridical entities are protected under our Constitution based on the very law you cited. But the likes of KJ T. Lorenzana and the students of Bulacan State University are not protected against discrimination based on SOGIE in a secular educational institution; no, they are not protected for this particular kind of discrimination, not even by the Constitution. While sectarian institutions enjoy protection under our Constitution, what about the protection of the LGBTQIA+ students and employees who have been and still are being discriminated in secular educational institutions.
The LGBTQIA+ community, more than the letters, consists of individuals, of humans who should be afforded an equivalent amount of reasonable protection that you enjoy in professing your religious beliefs, protection against any form of discrimination without engendering violation of constitutional guarantees.
There are three principal parts of the Constitutional provision for Religious freedom under Article III, Section 5 of the 1987 Constitution.
First, the NON-ESTABLISHMENT Clause: No law shall be made respecting the establishment, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
The SOGIE Equality Bill does not establish LGBTQIA+ community as a religion, neither does SOGIE Awareness prohibit the free exercise of any religion, including yours. Hence, the proposed law does not violate the non-establishment clause.
Second, the FREE EXERCISE Clause: The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.
The SOGIE Equality Bill is in fact adherent to religious sensitivities that despite of it being both a secular and social legislation, the proponents had the basic human decency to hear sectarian opinion on issues of a marginalized community on account of being exposed to daily discrimination of all forms.
There are two aspects of religious freedom, which are as follows: (a) Freedom to believe; and (b) freedom to act on one's belief. The freedom to believe is absolute but the freedom to act on one's belief is not absolute. The freedom to act may be regulated if its actualization clashes with accepted norms of social behavior and established order of decency.
Therefore, you can absolutely believe that being an LGBTQIA+ is a sin in view of your religion as a part of your freedom. But to act upon it by spreading or imposing such belief upon nonbelievers or believers of a different sect may be regulated.
Status quo dictates that freedom to exercise can be regulated; unfortunately, even if it could be regulated, Christians have continuously condemned this community. Our community has been continuously ridiculed for no reason, discriminated for being diverse, and hated for merely loving; we, suffer all these, based on your religious beliefs. While we suffer, you continuously enjoy being guarded by your religious freedom.
This is the saddest part of our reality: Family and friends who exercises christian faith act upon their religious belief on gender through: sharing hate messages; treating us indifferently; laughing at our struggles; and being considered as an abomination. While you are guarded by your religious freedom, why does it have to be at our expense? When you speak of equality it must be uttered in fairness to everyone and not at the expense of others.
The SOGIE Equality Bill does not force upon people to become a member of the LGBTQIA+ community neither does it influence people to change dogma on gender; but this merely seeks to spread awareness and understanding of an existing community, which should neither be treated differently but your fair equal.
Lastly, Sir, finally now that you are elected, as a member of the House of Representatives of the 18th Congress, I would like to congratulate you. You are indeed an inspiration to the LGBTQIA+ community, just like you did, no matter how long and how many failed attempts there may be, we will never say it's over 'til it is done.
In James Imbong etc. v. Hon. Paquito Ochoa, Jr. et al., the court held that: the state cannot meddle in the internal affairs of the church. On the other hand, the church cannot impose its beliefs and convictions on the state and the rest of the citizenry. It cannot demand that the nation follow its beliefs, even if it sincerely believes that they are good for the country.
Sir, there would be no confusion even if you both act for both the state and the church by simply applying the time-honored State policy under Article II Section 6 of the 1987 Constitution, that the separation of church and state shall be inviolable. Inside your church, you are your peoples Pastor. You don't preach to them matters of legislation; but instead your bible. While in the House of Representatives, you are to act as a legislator not as a Pastor. Sir, in your privilege speech you interjected a biblical passage. I would like to humbly remind you that you now belong in a Secular institution. Inside the very 'august chamber' to where you belong, are muslims; agnostic; and heck may be even atheist congress(wo)man, who are being alienated by your interjection. Sir, you do not merely answer to your representation but to the entire secular electorate.
I could not still imagine a day where we can live harmoniously even in diversity, when there's no willingness to reach a compromise, taking into consideration: fairness and respect for everyone regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, color or religion. Religious freedom is a fundamental right under our constitution, it will forever be guarded and no legislation can circumvent this constitutional guarantee. You have exemplified in your privilege speech, that in the exercise of your religious freedom, there can be three options: (a) purvey discrimination based on scriptures; (b) exhaust available laws without state intervention in protecting a minority and marginalized group; and (c) when there is no law available, blame it on our SOGIE.
It was once said that we cannot normalize the culture of LGBTQIA+ despite its historical precedent being a cultural norm pre-colonial year of the Philippines; therefore, this being the case, incidents of discrimination by reason of SOGIE in the workplace and educational institutions may rise in the absence of any law that prohibits it. This is the very reason why an anti-discrimination policy should be enacted not by reason of entitlement but by reason of being exposed in an everyday struggle to surpass all forms of SOGIE-related discrimination.
Tulungan ang bawat isa na magmulat at mas mamulat pa
Pastor Carleen Nomorosa: "Tulungan natin ang bawat isa na magmulat at mas mamulat pa. Huwag tayong mapako sa mga sarili lamang nating pagdurusa, magsama-sama tayo at magtulungan. Huwag din tayong malunod sa mga pribilehiyong tinatamasa dahil marami padin ang hindi ligtas."
By Carleen Nomorosa
Program Coordinator, National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Isa sa mahal ko sa buhay, na-rape. Ng paulit-ulit.
Sabi ng isang ahensya ng gobyerno noon sa amin nung nagpapatulong kami: Mabuti nga at nakauwi pa ng buhay ang nanay mo."
Wala pa akong sampung taong gulang noon, seven years old pa lang ako, panganay. Probinsyana. Walang alam sa siyudad. Litong-lito ako bakit ganoon.
Kaya umuwi na kami, at sinubukang hilumin ang lahat ng pait na pinagdanan, hindi lamang ng aking ina, kundi ng buong pamilya.
Ang lupit ng lipunang ito, sa mga mahihirap at walang kakayanan.
Sana tulungan nyo ang mga katulad namin, para lumaban at makapag patuloy sa paglaban.
Tulungan natin ang mga magulang nila Eileen at Allan, hindi lang para panatilihin ang sentensya ni Antonio Sanchez.
Kundi imulat din ang henerasyong ito sa kalagayan ng bayan. Huwag nating hayaang gawin tayong manhid sa lahat ng pagpatay sa mga dukha at maralita. Huwag nating hayaang magdiwang ang mga panginoong maylupa na nagpapahirap sa magsasaka. Huwag nating hayaan na manatiling kontrakwal ang mga ordinaryong manggagawa. Huwag nating hayaang may inaaping sektor dahil minorya sila. Huwag nating hayaang marami ang nagkakasakit ngunit hindi makapag pa-ospital.
Tulungan natin ang bawat isa na magmulat at mas mamulat pa. Huwag tayong mapako sa mga sarili lamang nating pagdurusa, magsama-sama tayo at magtulungan. Huwag din tayong malunod sa mga pribilehiyong tinatamasa dahil marami padin ang hindi ligtas.
Wala na tayong ibang aatrasan, kundi ang paglaban. Sana bukas wala ng rape. Wala ng papatayin. Wala ng gutom. Magtulungan tayo.
Ang pananampalatayang napapako na lamang sa pag-pikit, pagluhod o pagtaas ng kamay sa pananalangin ay hindi makakabangon sa ikatlong araw. Walang resureksyon and ganitong pananampalataya.


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EFR32BG1P232F256IM32 Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) and Bluetooth 5 EFR32BG1 Series 1 SoC
The EFR32BG1P232F256IM32 Bluetooth low energy chip includes a 40 MHz ARM Cortex-M4 microcontoller and provides a 10.5 dBm maximum power output. With a receive sensitivity of -92.5 (1 Mbps 2 GFSK) dBm the EFR32BG1P232F256IM32 supports a full DSP instruction set and floating point unit to speed computation. Built with low-power Gecko Technology, which includes innovative low energy techniques, fast wake-up times and energy saving modes. This device includes 256 kB of flash, 32 kB of RAM, and is available in a QFN32 package. Software and SDKs for EFR32BG1P232F256IM32 include support for Bluetooth low energy (LE), Bluetooth 5, and Bluetooth mesh networking. The device also includes support for proprietary wireless protocol development.
MCU Core: ARM Cortex-M4
Core Frequency (MHz): 40
TX Power (dBm): 10.5
Flash (kB): 256
RAM (kB): 32
BT 5 - 2M PHY: No
Package Type: QFN32
BT 5 - LE Long Range: No
BT 5 - Advertising Extensions: Yes
Bluetooth Mesh: No
2.4 GHz Capable: Yes
Sub-GHz Capable: No
Receive Sensitivity: -92.5 (1 Mbps 2 GFSK)
AES-128: Yes
AES-256: Yes
ECC: Yes
SHA-1: Yes
SHA-2: Yes
RSA-2048: No
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Giants are Real and they Need our Help
World Elephant Day was this week, on the 12th of August. This commemorative day is a fairly new one, only being established in 2012, and that's probably why you didn't know about it. However, it's a day that weRead moreARTICLES, Attractions, Community News, Enviro articles, Enviro Events, Enviro News, ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, Green living, Hands on for green action, Hands on for positive action, Our Communities, Touched by Wild


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Horsted Place is a great venue for a country house wedding in the East Sussex countryside. From the ceremony itself, to fine dining for your guests, your wedding can be as grand or as private as you'd like. Horsted Place have three areas licensed for marriage ceremonies: the Library can seat up to 50 guests while the larger elegant Terrace Room with French doors on to the formal gardens is the perfect setting for gatherings of up to one hundred. Ceremonies can also take place on the lawn with guests seated in front of the Victorian style summerhouse where the register is signed. There are also some great opportunities for wedding photography and it remains one of the best venues in Sussex for the Sussex Wedding Photographer Horsted Place
Horsted Place changes with the seasons, making the perfect backdrop for your wedding at any time of the year. In the winter, holly and ivy surround our roaring log fires, and in the summer, our glorious gardens, landscaped by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, are alive with colourful and fragrant plants and flowers. Spring brings snowdrops, daffodils and carpets of bluebells, and in the autumn our trees glow with the changing colours of the season.
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text: Not doing anything in the beginning of April? Want to see James Glickenhaus' Pininfarina-designed Ferrari P4/5? Feel like going to Bahrain? Now's your chance to scratch all those itches at once. Glickenhaus is heading to the U.A.E. for the 2008 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on April 4th-6th. It's an event we're told will "play host to a mouth-watering array of machinery celebrating Ferrari's sixty years as a constructor of Formula One and sports racing cars." And oh yes, he's bringing his P4/5.


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Karin's Linguine with White Clam Sauce
Leftovers are one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving. From turkey sandwiches to turkey soup, I'm happy finding ways to enjoy the bounty of the bird. But once the last of the remnants of the feast are gone, I'm in the mood for something totally different. I turn from the turkey casseroles of the previous days to one of my favorite dishes, Linguine with White Clam Sauce.
When sauce is reduced, stir in minced clams and salt to taste and heat through, being careful not to boil. Serve immediately over the pasta. Top each serving with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Note: The sauce can be made ahead. Prepare to the point of adding the clams, cover and refrigerate. Refrigerate drained clams in a separate airtight container until ready to use. Heat sauce to a simmer, then stir in clams. Let clams simmer for 2 minutes, and serve immediately.


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Ranks fifth in Harvard history with 99 blocked shots.
Ranks eighth in Harvard history with 107 games played.
Two-time recipient of Harvard's Best Defensive Player award (2010-11, 2011-12).
2009-10 recipient of Harvard's Most Improved Player award.
Has recorded three double-doubles.
Career Highs
Points: 16 at Seattle University (1/22/11)
FG made: 6, twice
FG attempts: 13, twice
3FG made: 3 at NDSU (11/9/12)
3FG attempts: 7 at NDSU (11/9/12)
FT made: 4, 4 times
FT attempts: 7, twice
Rebounds: 12 at Seattle University (1/22/11)
Assists: 7 at Penn (2/15/13)
Steals: 4 vs. UMass (1/2/11)
Blocks: 5 at Cornell (1/29/11)
2012-13 (Senior)
Team captain ... Matched her career-high with five assists and scored nine points at North Dakota State (Nov. 9) ... Dished out four assists with four points and two blocks at North Dakota (Nov. 11) ... Registered six points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals at Holy Cross (Nov. 20) ... Tallied nine points, seven boards and two assists at Michigan (Nov. 23) ... Scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting with four blocks at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 24) ... Netted eight points and grabbed six boards at Hofstra (Dec. 1) ... Contributed four points, five boards, three assists and three blocks against Providence (Dec. 4) ... Registered 12 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks at BU (Dec. 10) ... Pulled down seven rebounds against No. 14/13 Oklahoma State (Dec. 28) ... Grabbed seven boards, including five offensive, and blocked two shots vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 12) ... Tallied eight points, seven rebounds and four assists against Cornell (Feb. 10) ... Dished out a career-high seven assists and scored six points at Penn (Feb. 15) ... Pulled down eight rebounds to go with four assists and three steals at Princeton (Feb. 16) ... Turned in eight points and a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Yale (Feb. 23) ... Registered 11 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks against Penn (March 2) ... Pulled down nine rebounds at Columbia (March 8) ... Recorded five points, three rebounds, three assists and three blocks at Cornell (March 9) ... Dished out three assists at Hartford (March 21).
2011-12 (Junior)
Ranked sixth in the Ivy League in rebounding (6.3), sixth in blocked shots (0.8) and 14th in assists (2.2) ... Scored six points with two three-pointers at Iowa (Nov. 12) ... Pulled down seven rebounds and recorded two steals in 32 minutes at Providence (Nov. 18) ... Tallied seven points, eight rebounds, one assist and two steals versus Rhode Island (Nov. 22) ... Recorded a season-high nine points with six rebounds and three assists versus Holy Cross (Nov. 27) ... Grabbed 10 rebounds with seven points and two assists against Boston University (Nov. 30) ... Notched 10 rebounds, seven points and three assists against Alcorn State (Dec. 9) ... Registered seven points, sever rebounds and a career-best five assists against St. John's (Dec. 22) ... Netted eight points and grabbed five rebounds at Hartford (Dec. 29) ... Registered four points, six rebounds, two assists and two blocks at TCU (Jan. 7) ... Scored nine points and registered two steals at Dartmouth (Jan. 14) ... Notched nine poings and four boards against North Dakota (Jan. 17) ... Pulled down 11 rebounds, blocked four shots and scored eight points against Yale (Jan. 27) ... Recorded her second career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Brown (Jan. 29) ... Matched her career-high with five assists and added four rebounds at Yale (Feb. 18) ... Pulled down 10 boards with two assists and two steals at Penn (Feb. 25) ... Tallied a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Cornell (March 3) ... Matched her career-high with five assists, grabbed seven boards and notched three steals vs. Dartmouth (March 6) ... Dished out five assists and recorded three steals at Hofstra (March 15) ... Grabbed nine rebounds and dished out four assists in just 25 minutes at Temple (March 17).
2010-11 (Sophomore)
Played in 22 games, starting 12 this season ... Averaged 3.7 points per game ... Her 4.5 rebounds per game average was second best on the team and ranked her 19th in the Ivy League ... Scored four points, collected two steals and blocked a shot in win over Maine (Nov. 13) ... Led the Crimson with six rebounds at Navy (Nov. 20) ... Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against BU (Nov. 23) ... Pulled down five rebounds and handed out three assists in win vs. Hartford (Dec. 3) ... Tied a career high in rebounds, grabbing nine in first collegiate start against UNH (Dec. 10) ... Recorded four points, six rebounds, two assists and four steals in win over UMass (Jan. 2) ... Grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to go along with six points, one block and one steal ... Recorded eight points, six rebounds, two assists and a steal in win over NJIT (Jan. 9) ... Led the Crimson with a double-double against Seattle, putting up 16 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and handing out five assists ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll Jan. 24 ... Scored 12 points, blocked a career-high five shots and grabbbed four rebounds in win at Cornell (Jan. 29) ... Contributed nine points and five rebounds in win over Princeton (Feb. 4) ... Scored nine points, grabbed seven boards and dished out four assists against Penn (Feb. 10).
2009-10 (Freshman)
Played in 27 games for the Crimson … Averaged 14.3 minutes, 3.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game … Grabbed three rebounds, handed out two assists and blocked a shot in win over Boston College ... Scored first collegiate points and pulled down three rebounds in win over Maine ...Grabbed six boards at Sacred Heart … Blocked one shot and pulled down two rebounds in 12 minutes at New Hampshire ... Had a then-career-high five points on a 2-for-2 effort from the field in win over New Orleans ... Pulled down five rebounds and collected a steal in win over Holy Cross ... Pulled down six rebounds in 15 minutes in win over NJIT ... Recorded three steals and six rebounds in 22 minutes at Florida State ... Scored a career-high nine points on 4-for-4 shooting against Yale ... Pulled down a then- career-high seven rebounds in win over Brown ... Recorded a career-high three blocks and scored six points in win over Brown ... Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds and blocked two shots in win over Yale ... Scored a career-high 11 points and recorded four blocked shots in win over Dartmouth.
Before Harvard
Earned four varsity letters in basketball and track and field and two in volleyball ... A two-year captain of the basketball team and one-year captain for track ... Named first-team All-State 1A by the Chicago Sun Times in 2008 and 2009 ... Earned 1A/2A first-team honors from IBCA in 2009 and second-team in 2007 and 2008 ... A three-time first-team all-conference selection ... Named to the Register Mail All-Area team three times and selected as player of the year twice ... Made the Peoria Journal Star All-Area team and the Burlington Hawk Eye All-Area team from 2007-2009 ... Scored 1,000 career points ... Qualified for state meet in three events in final three seasons ... A four-time selection to the Peoria Journal Star Honor Roll Meet ... Earned all-tournament honors five times in volleyball and was named to Burlington Hawk Eye All-Area team in 2007 ... High School won two regional titles, three Lincoln Trail Conference championships and one LTC tournament championship ... Holds five school records in track and field ... State and Peoria Journal Star Honor Roll Meet champion in the high jump ... Finalist for Burlington Hawk Eye Female Athlete of the Year ... Valedictorian ... Received Academic Excellence Award four times ... High Honor Roll all four years ... National Honor Society ... Student Body President and member of Student Council ... Co-chair of student spirit committee and chair of marquee committee ... Founder of Showcase Night ... Member of the concert, marching and pep band ... Part of the Lincoln Trail Conference Honor Band and St. Ambrose Honor Band ... Founding member and co-chair of VOICES (student government reform group) ... Member of Youth Group, Youth Coalition, 4-H, Illini Girl State, DAR Good Citizen and WYSE, Art, Science, Math and Spanish Clubs.
Valedictorian ... Received Academic Excellence Award four times ... High Honor Roll all four years ... National Honor Society ... Student Body President and member of the Student Council ... Co-chair of student spirit committee and chair of marquee committee ... Founder of Showcase Night ... Member of the concert, marching and pep band ... Part of the Lincoln Trail Conference Honor Band and St. Ambrose Honor Band ... Founding member and co-chair of VOICES (student government reform group) ... Member of Youth Group, Youth Coalition, 4-H, Illini Girl State, DAR Good Citizen and WYSE, Art, Science, Math and Spanish Clubs.


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It's been a busy off-season for Alex Rodriguez. The Yankee and current squeeze, Cameron Diaz have been spotted all over New York City in recent months touring available properties. Just last week, The Postreported that the duo checked out a $18.95 million swanky townhouse at 400 West Street in the Village.
Apparently, A-Rod's housing search has finally come to an end. The slugger is said to be vacating his bachelor pad at 15 Central Park West and buying a five-bedroom, full-floor penthouse at The Rushmore at 80 Riverside Boulevard. The Wall Street Journalreports that "the sale price was between $5.5 and $6 million for the unit... but a contract had not yet been drafted." The penthouse features sweeping views of the Hudson River and the Extell developed building includes amenities such as a high-end gym and a Kidville children's playroom.
The timing of A-Rod's purchase couldn't be better--position players were due to report to spring training this past weekend.


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DENVER -- The Memphis Grizzlies had a bumpy ride into Denver early Monday. They had a hard landing Monday night and still managed to keep themselves in the thick of the postseason hunt.
Zach Randolph had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Mike Conley added 19 points and the Grizzlies kept pace in the playoff race with a 94-92 win over the Denver Nuggets.
The Grizzlies moved into a three-way tie with Dallas and Phoenix for seventh in the Western Conference. Memphis plays both teams once more - at the Suns on April 14 and home against the Mavericks in the regular-season finale two days later.
The rest of the schedule includes road games at Minnesota and San Antonio, and a home game with Miami, which is battling for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
"We've got to keep playing," Randolph said. "Each game is an important game for us, so we've got to come out with a sense of urgency."
Courtney Lee scored 19 points for Memphis, which stopped a two-game skid after an adventurous flight from Portland into Denver early Monday morning. The Grizzlies' landing into Denver International Airport was rough thanks to high winds in the area.
"Oh my gosh," Randolph said. "Oh man."
The Grizzlies also handled the turbulence created by the Nuggets. Randolph said the Grizzlies have to be ready for teams with nothing on the line, especially with every game important in their playoff push.
"A lot of teams is just free-styling, ain't going postseason so they don't care so they're playing freely," he said. "We're playing for something so we've got to come out from the beginning."
The Nuggets nearly hurt Memphis' playoff chances, coming from seven down in the fourth to make it a last-possession game.
Denver rallied to get within 88-86 on Timofey Mozgov's free throw and the teams traded buckets before Conley banked in a 3-pointer to make it 93-88 with 36 seconds left.
"Mike Conley hit a big shot," Memphis coach David Joerger said. "I thought we did a good job of executing in getting the shots we wanted down the stretch."
After Randy Foye hit a layup for the Nuggets, Randolph missed a pair of free throws with 8.2 seconds remaining. Denver got the rebound, called a timeout and set up a play for the 7-foot-1 Mozgov at the 3-point line. He missed but then dunked the rebound to get the Nuggets within 93-92.
"We know that I can make 3s," Mozgov said. "We tried. I just missed it. It wasn't good."
The miss wasn't as costly as Mozgov's decision to dunk his rebound instead of pass it out to a teammate for another attempt to tie the game.
"What surprised me is he didn't kick it back out when he got the dunk," Randolph said.
Lee was fouled with 0.7 seconds left, hit the first free throw and deliberately missed the second to end the game. Nuggets coach Brian Shaw didn't think Lee's missed free throw hit the rim and pleaded with the refs to look at the replay. The officials told him it wasn't a reviewable play.
"In a situation where it's a deadball and there's three referees and there's no live action going on, just looking at the free throw, I don't understand why that can't be seen," Shaw said.
Mozgov tied a career high with 23 points to go with 10 rebounds and Kenneth Faried had 17 points for the Nuggets, who have dropped four in a row.
The teams play again Friday in Memphis.
The Grizzlies jumped out to 16-point lead in the second quarter on Lee's 13 points. But the Nuggets rallied behind Mozgov, who had seven points in the final 3:01 on three dunks and a free throw to cut Memphis' lead to 47-45 at the break.
Randolph took over late in the third quarter to help Memphis build a 75-68 lead heading into the fourth. Randolph scored 11 of his 13 points in the period in the final 4:16 as the Grizzlies expanded a two-point lead to seven.
NOTES: Nuggets F Wilson Chandler missed his fifth straight game with a left groin strain. ... The Grizzlies are 27-11 since Marc Gasol returned from a sprained MCL in his left knee on Jan. 14. ... The Nuggets had just 10 players available for the game.


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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - A four-run third inning proved to be all the support Georgia Southwestern starting pitcher Trent Franzago would need as he shut down Flagler in the Peach Belt Conference series opener on Friday night, 4-1, at Flagler Stadium.
Franzago (4-4) tossed a complete-game gem, holding the Saints to five hits, while walking five and striking out eight.
GSW improves to 17-12 overall and evens its PBC mark at 5-5 with its third-consecutive win. The Hurricanes are 9-4 on the road. Flagler drops to 11-17 and 2-8 in the PBC.
Flagler struck first in the series with a run in the second inning behind an RBI double from Charlie Stewart.
With two outs and runners on second and third for GSW in the third, John Duran delivered what would prove to be the game-winning hit with a two-run single to right-center field. The next batter, Michel Coffey, doubled and Jared Allen walked, setting the stage for Andrew Anderson's two-run single up the middle.
Both teams were held scoreless - with the sides combining for four hits - the rest of the way.
Paschal Poston finished the ballgame 2-for-4 to lead the Hurricanes.
Stewart had two hits for Flagler.
Jonathan Arnold (2-5) takes the loss for the Saints, throwing 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs - none earned - on five hits. He walked five and struck out eight. Tyler McKendree pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and Max Rusch tossed a scoreless ninth with a walk and two strikeouts.
The Hurricanes and Saints conclude their weekend series on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.


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Bill Liedtka's Wicked '51 Ford Hauler
There's nothing more gratifying than driving cross-country, especially while motoring past the endless miles of farmland in America's heartland. At its essence is the nurturing of land as crops are raised and harvested, while the use of classic commercial vehicles brings it all together.
Growing up in Crosswicks, New Jersey, on a farm that spanned generations of his family was the perfect base for a young Bill Liedtka to acquire an appreciation for anything motorized. With his dad launching a new excavation business, his young eyes were bedazzled by an endless flurry of backhoes, bulldozers, excavators, and dump trucks.
Fueling a young mind with an incredible amount of machinery on a daily basis was the spark that first led Bill into scale model building. While never satisfied with building them stock, he amassed a literal junkyard of parts to hop up every creation moving through his hands till literally hundreds had been built.
It didn't take long till he landed his first combustion-powered project in the form of an old '32 Ford pickup from his uncle's farm at age 14. Once hauled home, he dropped it in the center of the shop and began the long process of tearing it down. Problem was, the project spread out across the shop, while his chores and responsibilities were forgotten, resulting in a wakeup call from his dad to clear out the truck and get back to work.
The truck was sold off, but he never forgot the adrenalin rush it gave him and he tried twice more with a '55 Ford Victoria, and later with a '50 Ford coupe, which both met the same fate! Finally, a few years later, he managed to meet the perfect balance of work and play and tore up the local streets with a '64 Impala SS ragtop packed with a dual-quad 327ci V-8.
It wasn't long till he settled down to start a family and continue on with the family excavation business. After the station wagons passed and his sons grew up, much like he did with the same background, he began to focus on getting back to his automotive roots.
While back into the car scene full throttle, Bill purchased and worked on a number of early Fords and Chevys giving each one his unique signature style. While attending an event and showing one of his cars in Pigeon Forge in 2009, he came across a '51 Ford hauler that just left him in awe. Having grown up surrounded by commercial vehicles for most of his life, it was only a matter of time till a vintage pickup would command his full attention.
This one possessed a different vibe, however, between its combination of style, color, and driveline. A chance meeting with its owners Kert and Jean Lancaster of Warner Robins, Georgia, not only led them deep into a discussion regarding its build, but also into its availability for purchase. Bill wasted no time making the deal for the truck and envisioned it with a few personal tweaks that he could later make along the way.
Having a well-seasoned background with building cool vehicles dating back to the early '60s, Kert always wanted to take on a hot rod pickup. He located a pair of derelict, but mostly rust-free '51 Fords for the tidy sum of $300 and hauled their remains to his shop to get the project rolling. In his eyes he wanted to create a memorable truck by combining classic elements along with razor-sharp handling and a twist by using a late-model, fuel-injected Ford V-8.
He got started by first laying out a stout spine for the truck to rise from. Using an original frame, he ground it smooth to give it a clean, fresh look and followed with cutting-edge suspension components. Out back he ditched the stock leaf springs and suspended a Ford 8-inch rear filled with 3.50:1 cogs in place using a Rod & Custom Motorsports triangulated four-link accented by Aldan adjustable coilover shocks.
To make the truck handle like it was on rails, a Rod & Custom Motorsports IFS was grafted in place with tubular upper and lower control arms, 2-inch drop spindles, coil springs and shocks, and a 1-inch sway bar. Steering is handled through a power rack-and-pinion linked to a Flaming River column. To bring plenty of stopping power into the mix, a late-model Mustang master pushes fluid through stainless lines to 11-inch Ford drums out back and SSBC 11-inch discs and calipers up front. Linking it to the pavement, there's plenty of grip as well as classic good looks from a set of 17-inch Coys C5 polished aluminum wheels shod with Fuzion ZRi rubber.
With the rolling chassis completed, Kert looked deep into his bag of tricks to see what type of angry V-8 would bring its gusto to the build. For the ultimate in well-balanced power, a Ford Racing 4.6L V-8 packed with all of Ford's best goods, including a forged steel crank, forged H-beam connecting rods, and forged pistons capped with Mustang Cobra cylinder heads and matching EFI was nailed to the 'rails.
Dumping the spent gasses, a 2½-inch coated steel exhaust complemented by Flowmaster mufflers by Jason Sinor at Total Exhaust of Warner Robins, Georgia, sets the tone. To push the power rearward, a Ford T-45 five-speed trans linked to a custom driveshaft was set in place to complete the driveline.
When it came time to address the body, a decision was made to retain its original good looks. Both Kert and Jean rolled up their sleeves and made the sheetmetal mirror straight through the bodywork stage in preparation for its visit to the spray booth. To give the truck its own unique look, Kert mixed up a custom-blended PPG light sage green and chose to offset it with cream grille and hood accents. The combination's vibe brought the truck to life, giving it just enough glamour to stop you in your tracks.
An oak bed from Hot Rod's Classic Truck Parts completes the exterior to perfection. The job isn't done till the business office gets its threads and for this step Bill Roger at Custom Cover in Macon, Georgia, got the nod to lay out yards of dramatic, vivid red ultra vinyl in a traditional roll and pleat format. A Lecarra '40 Ford-styled steering wheel helps plot the course, while Haneline dials monitor the vitals and cool breezes come thanks to Old Air Products.
Bill made a few changes once taking the keys, including the addition of a Currie 9-inch rear with 3.70:1 gears, a Tremec T-56 Magnum six-speed trans, QA1 coilovers at each corner, a Pros Pick electric tonneau cover, and an Eclipse retractable Sirius radio and GPS. Kert and Jean's passion to build the truck and Bill's devotion as a new owner ensures that he and his lovely wife Pat will put down plenty of miles on their hot rod hauler.
Fueling a young mind with an incredible amount of machinery on a daily basis was the spark that first led Bill into scale model building.


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|Worf is disgusted that the Klingons allow themselves to be captured alive. Yet he allows himself to be captured alive, both here and several times in the future.
When Worf is telling everyone the story about Kahless, he says "Kahless looked into the sea and wept, for the sword is all he had left of his father." But according to Spock in Star Trek VI, Klingons have no tear ducts and cannot cry.
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|I always love it when Klingons sing, and the look on the Romulan's faces when they realise that their prisoners are rediscovering their roots is excellent.
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|Director Dan Curry had a very hands on approach to this episode - he actually threw the spear through the wheel himself, designed the blade for the Gin'tak spear, created some of Worf's Mok'bara martial arts moves, and provided the jungle photographs for the establishing shots of the prison.
|Copyright Graham Kennedy
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