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Dunavarsány is situated to the south of Budapest along Soroksári-Duna. After the Turkish occupation Leopold I. settled Swabians from Thüringen to the historical part of the village. Since then they have formed a closed community with neatly arranged rows of houses. The natural environment of Dunavarsány is extremely rich. Just a few hundred metres from the marsh of Domariba-island you can find wind-blown sand dunes. The Danube-branch is a traditional angling area and the marsh is the habitat of rare species of fauna and flora.
The neighbouring settlement is Délegyháza . More than 200 hectare system of lakes gives the real tourist value of this village. Here you have the opportunity for water-skiing, bathing and angling.
Travelling little southwards it is definitely worth visiting Ráckeve. This little town has been settled since the Bronze Age but it started flourishing in 1440 when the Serbs settled down here. The city centre is very similar to Szentendre which also used to be a Serbian trade town. Among the plenty of sights we must mention the Serbian orthodox church of Our Lady (Nagyboldogasszony church) built in 1487 and the beautiful baroque Savoy Palace built in 1702. You can also visit the thermal bath of the town.
As an optional programme we can recommend a trip to Apajpuszta. Kiskunság National Park is the second largest plain with alkaline soil in the country. On this nature conversation area several traditional Hungarian species of animals can be found: bustard, grey cattle, twisted horn Racka sheep. Spectacular horse-shows evoke the old traditional life of herdsmen and ranchmen. You can enjoy the real Hungarian hospitality spiced with live gypsy music.
Also as an optional programme our guide will show you Szentendre, the town with many steeples on the riverbank. This is an artist village with winding cobbled streets, houses built by wealthy tradesmen on the Main Square and the Danube-bank promenade. You can find several interesting museums and Szentendre Skanzen the Open-air Village Museum which recalls the old times. After seeing these places of interests, the peak of your trip can be a cruise on the River Danube to Budapest.
Visiting the main attractions of our capital Budapest can take a whole day. Budapest is fabulous. Getting around in the city we stumble upon the scenes of history. There were already written notes in AD 106 about the Roman provincial capital called Aquincum in Óbuda. There are several remains from this time even today which can be seen in indoor and outdoor museums. On the Buda side you can admire the magnificent view of Castle District and Buda Castle on Buda Hill. Among the little houses which are architectural monuments you can find Matthias Church and also the Fishermen's Bastion. You have an excellent view from here of the Parliament and the whole Pest side. When we are in Buda we should visit Gellért Hill and the Liberation Monument, too. Budapest consists of two parts, Pest and Buda which are divided by the River Danube.
Budapest has beautiful bridges over the Danube. The most famous one is Chain Bridge, the city's first permanent bridge, which foundation-stone was laid down by Count István Széchenyi in 1842.
The Houses of Parliament started to be built in 1885. The 96 metre high cupola joins two symmetrical parts of the building (these used to be the House of Lords and the House of Commons) which are lying along the Danube-bank The Parliament houses the Hungarian Crown and the Crown Jewels.
Saint Stephen's Basilica is the largest Roman Catholic Church in Budapest. Here you can find the Holy Right Hand, the highly valued relic of the Christian Hungarian State. Andrássy Road starts right from the side of Saint Stephen Basilica. This Avenue attracts many tourists with its shady trees in summer and spectacular illumination in winter. Walking along the road you can admire the impressive buildings of the Opera House and the Ballet Institute. Or you can get on the millenium underground of Budapest which still gives us the atmosphere of old times.
At the end of our trip, we finally get to Heroes' Square. The Millenary Monument flanked by the semicircular colonnades commemorates the 1000 years anniversary of the Hungarian settlement. There are two museums to be seen on both sides of the Square: Art Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts. They provide an opulent view even from outside. Just behind the square you can find City Park, the home of the Municipal Circus, Fun Fair, Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Zoo and Vajdahunyad Castle
We mustn't forget that Budapest is the city of thermal bathes. You should definitely go to one of them!
Other regions:
Lake Balaton
Panderosa Pension is situated in an ideal geographical position so it is very easy to approach Lake Balaton which is the largest freshwater lake of Central Europe. It is 77 km long and 4-14 km wide. There are popular holiday-resorts along both the northern and the southern shore. The biggest one of them is Siófok on the south part. You can cruise the whole Balaton by ships depart from here. The centre of the north part is Balatonfüred. It became a popular bath resort already at the beginning of the 18th century due to its so called 'sour-water' springs. Everybody should walk through at least once in their life on the beautiful, cool Tagore promenade.
Don't miss from your itinerary Tihany Peninsula situated next to Balatonfüred. Its most famous sight is the church and convent of the Benedictine Abbey but the museums in the old atmospheric houses of the village are also worth visiting. The view of Lake Balaton from the hilltop is really magnificent.
On our trip around Lake Balaton we can stop in Herend which is just 11 kms from Veszprém. Here you can find the world-famous Herend Porcelain Manufacture where visitors are presented the process of making porcelain showing every interesting details and steps. In its souvenir shop you can buy smaller and also more valuable gifts .
From our guesthouse you can also easily get to Hortobágy National Park which is situated on the other side of the country. The szik grassland, which can be found just 35 kms from Debrecen, became the greatest plain of Central Europe after Tisza had been controlled. You can find more than 230 protected species of birds on this Nature Conversation Area. The main attractions of Hortobágy are the Hortobágy Tavern, the Nine Hole Bridge, the Peasants' Museum and the Körszín exhibition room (round coach-house)
Eger and its area
Eger's most famous sight is the medieval castle with its underground corridor system which is well-known from Géza Gárdonyi's legendary novel: 'The eclipse of the Crescent Moon'. The little town can be proud of several old buildings and attractions, too. Just to mention the Turkish Minaret, the Mazola wrought iron gate, cathedrals, churches and a synagogue. Next to the open-air swimming-pool of the town, Arnut Pasha's Bath called Turkish bath is waiting for those who would like to cure themselves.
The area is famous for its vineyards and vintage culture. Visiting the wine cellars in Szépasszonyvölgy, you can taste countless number of better and better wines.
Optional programmes and facilities in the guesthouse:
The staff of our pension is trying to do its best to make your stay more enjoyable that's why we offer wide range of optional programmes. We help you to plan your own itinerary but we also organise guided tours by coach for small groups. It would be our pleasure if your holiday was abundant in cultural and entertaining programmes beside relaxation.


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Please note: If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will
automatically be adjusted to the next business day. For example, the November 2014
deadline will be Monday, November 17, as November 15 is a Saturday.
Nearly 60 Doyon Foundation students, alumni and supporters gathered to celebrate the Foundation's fall 2019
scholarship recipients at the annual scholarship award ceremony, which took place August 30 in Fairbanks.
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We are excited to share a short comic, written in Gwich'in and illustrated by our summer
intern, Claire Ketzler! This book follows a Gwich'in story, Shihtthoo Tr'ik,
The Young Brown Bear Woman.
Read the story or view the video.
Want to learn Gwich'in, or other languages of the Doyon region? Sign up for the
Doyon Languages Online course – free and available to all interested language
With no fluent speakers remaining, development of the Holikachuk language-learning course was perhaps
the most challenging – and one of the most important – efforts of Doyon Foundation's Doyon Languages
Online project. Released today, Holikachuk is the fourth course release for Doyon Languages Online,
which is creating introductory online lessons for nine of the 10 endangered Doyon region languages.
The online Holikachuk course, as well as previously released courses in
Denaakk'e and
Benhti Kenaga',
is now available at no charge to all interested language learners.
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The 2019 Morris Thompson Memorial Golf Classic took place under mostly sunny skies in June, raising money for
scholarships and honoring the memory of the late Morris Thompson. The 19th annual event was held June 13 and
14 at Chena Bend Golf Course on Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks. The two-day event included a skills tournament
and reception with Calcutta on Thursday, followed by the golf tournament and banquet on Friday.
Read more.
Doyon Foundation today released the third course in its Doyon Languages Online project,
which is creating introductory online lessons for nine of the 10 endangered Doyon region languages.
The Denaakk'e course joins the previously released
Benhti Kenaga'
and Gwich'in courses.
All three courses are now available at no charge to all interested language learners through the
Doyon Foundation website.
Doyon Foundation released the second course in its Doyon Languages Online project today:
Dinjii Zhuh K'yaa, or Gwich'in, one of the 10 endangered languages of the Doyon region.
The Gwich'in course joins the previously released Benhti Kenaga' course. Both online courses
are now available at no charge to all interested language learners through the Doyon Foundation website. Learn more
or Sign up.
Doyon Foundation officially launched its Doyon Languages Online project today with the release of a language-learning
course for Benhti Kenaga', one of the 10 endangered languages of the Doyon region. The online course is now available
at no charge to all interested language learners. Learn more
or Sign up.
On Friday, June 21, after three years of dedicated efforts, Doyon Foundation will officially launch its Doyon Languages
Online project with the release of the first online language-learning course featuring Benhti Kenaga', one of the
10 endangered languages of the Doyon region. Over the next two weeks, the Foundation will release three additional courses:
Dinjii Zhuh K'yaa (Gwich'in), Denaakk'e (Koyukon) and Holikachuk. All courses will be available at no charge to all
interested language learners.
There are more ways than ever to stay connected with Doyon Foundation! We've recently expanded our online presence to include
Instagram, LinkedIn
and Twitter, as well as Facebook.
We invite you to choose your favorite platforms and follow us to get the latest info on scholarship deadlines, language revitalization news, volunteer opportunities,
grant applications, events and more! Connect with us
Lessons created by the late Isaac Juneby to share the endangered Hän language are getting
new life through a partnership with Doyon Foundation, Transparent Languages and its nonprofit 7000 Languages,
and support of Juneby's family and community. Juneby's lessons are now accessible online,
for free, to all interested learners through the Doyon Languages Online project.
Read more.
Did you know you can help Doyon Foundation earn donations just by shopping with your Fred Meyer Rewards Card?
Over the last year, we received $834.18 in donations from Fred Meyer, thanks to supporters who linked their
Rewards Card to the Foundation. If all of our supporters linked their cards, just think about how much the Foundation
could receive for our scholarship and language revitalization programs!
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Doyon Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to its board of directors: Marie Cleaver and Aaron Roth.
Cleaver and Roth were elected to the Foundation's seven-member board at the annual membership meeting in November.
During officer elections, Lanien Livingston was re-elected as president, Jennifer Fate was elected as vice president,
and LaVerne Huntington was elected as secretary/treasurer.
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We are pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the Our Language grant awards. This year, the Foundation is awarding a total of $50,000 to nine organizations to support community-based language revitalization projects. Read more.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Doyon Foundation scholarships – from scholarship types to eligibility to the application process – is detailed in our new, one-stop scholarship resource handbook!
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Thinking about applying for a competitive scholarship? Learn about the history and eligibility of the Foundation's competitive scholarships!
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Click here here to see and hear the Native words and phrases of the month. Both written and audio translations are provided.
Born in the Athabascan community of Nikolai, Oline Petruska is a Doyon Foundation language champion committed to speaking and writing Dinak'i, the language of Alaska Native people of the upper Kuskokwim River
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Meet Spencer Brown, a Doyon Foundation student pursuing his certificate in industrial electricity at the Alaska Vocational Technical School (AVTEC). "Doyon Foundation is supporting my endeavor toward a career in the electrical field," Spencer says.
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December 9, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of Doyon Foundation! Over the coming year, we will be celebrating our 30 years of providing
educational, career and cultural opportunities to enhance the identity and quality of life for Doyon shareholders.
Join us in commemorating this milestone by sharing a story, photo or video about how the Foundation has touched your life on Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram. Be sure to tag #DF30 so we can see it!
Doyon Foundation held its board of directors election at its annual membership meeting on November 15 in Fairbanks. At that time, the board also voted to increase the number
of board seats from seven to nine.
It's an exciting time here at Doyon Foundation, with our vibrant scholarship program supporting hundreds of students and our
language revitalization program, which has picked up incredible momentum this summer. There are currently two exciting ways to join the
Foundation team: as our new data entry clerk or Doyon Languages Online project manager. We are currently recruiting for
both of these open positions, and invite all interested applicants to review the job descriptions and apply online. Come join us!
If you are passionate about the revitalization of Native languages,
we have an exciting opportunity: our open Doyon Languages Online project manager position.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
With Doyon Languages Online courses now available, we wanted to provide some helpful tips to all you language learners!
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I Help Manage My Chronic Illness With My Diet, but Don't You Dare Call It 'Clean Eating'
This essay was guest-edited by Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle-based writer, speaker and Internet yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, The Stranger, Washington Post, ELLE Magazine, NBC News and more. She has been the editor at large at The Establishment since 2015. Her NYT best-selling first book, So You Want to Talk About Race, was released January 2018. Ijeoma was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, and one of The Root's 100 Most Influential Americans in 2017. To see the other essays in this series, check them out here, here, and here.
The "clean eating" trend is, on its face, about wellness, specifically by way of eating certain foods and avoiding others. But as a "small fat" person who lives with chronic illness and manages my symptoms through my food choices, I don't feel affinity for the "clean eating" trend as it's come to be known. Actually, it makes me want to stick a fork in my eye. I see it as both fat-phobic and ableist, and erasing the experiences of people like me.
Since becoming chronically ill in my early 20s, I've spent the last 22 years making thoughtful choices about my food, in the hopes that what I eat might lessen my pain and fatigue, or help my immune system. In the late '90s when I realized I had fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome (CFIDS), I felt that Western medicine had very little to offer for people with autoimmune disorders like me. As a broke, brown, queer femme who didn't have insurance, the way I saw it was that if eating greens and free-range meat had any chance at all of helping my pain levels, I was down to give it a try.
Like a lot of other people with autoimmune disabilities, I follow some version of an anti-inflammatory "diet" because it means less pain and fatigue. I've been eating this way for a while, long before the label "clean eating" had become a popular trend. But as more and more people identify as chronically ill and look for solutions and accessibility hacks (note: many people now feel more comfortable claiming those identities not as an accident, but thanks to the activism of disabled and chronically ill people), the idea that food can impact our health and wellbeing—once some wild idea only me, other sick friends, and my naturopath talked about—has gone mainstream. But not necessarily for the better.
Today when I Google anti-inflammatory recipes, I'm often in awe of the many chronically ill people who've created recipes that support their bodies—if you can make gluten-free, nut-free, and grain-free cakes taste and look good, you're a genius.
But I'm also likely to get the most hits from slickly designed sites and social media accounts devoted to "eating clean" that are clearly promoting these food choices as a way to a smaller body, though sometimes the information is packaged merely as health advice. As if the only reason to eat this way is to lose weight; as if living in a fat body is something to be ashamed of. I also often wince at language that comes across as deeply ableist. Like "cleansing," for example. In the "clean eating" world, the idea that you must "cleanse" a presumably "dirty" body can be harmful to how we think about our bodies and food. And of course this doesn't even take into consideration anyone who doesn't have access to whole foods they can afford.
Then there's also the way that some "clean eating" proponents talk about food in a very binary way. For example, if you look at sites dedicated to a specific diet that some folks use to manage gut issues, the lists of foods you should eat or avoid are often categorized on a binary of "good" versus "bad." While this style of eating was initially created to reduce symptoms of chronic illnesses, not to lose weight, people in online support groups often talk about their food choices with the same shame-filled "I cheated" language of traditional diet culture.
I strongly believe that traditional diet culture often upholds racist, classist, ableist, misogynist, cis-heteronormative ideals of what our bodies should look like and how they should function. And as many of these "clean eating" diets take on the features of mainstream traditional diet culture and of the biases inherent in it, it makes sense that they, too, perpetuate an ethos of celebrating skinny, white, straight, cis, and able-bodied bodies as the norm and the goal, promising that if you just eat right, you'll be skinny and have no symptoms.
I get wanting to have less pain and more energy. But I don't want to be saved from my body, and, like many sick and disabled people, I'm focused less on an idea of waiting for a cure and more on wanting to live well in the body I have.
So, no, mainstream "clean eating" culture is not for me. But I'm going to keep eating as fresh and local as I can, because it supports environmental and worker justice and helps my body feel good. And I'm also going to enjoy every single bite of that doughnut when I feel like it, without worrying about my weight. I feel extremely blessed because I've been surrounded by a community of radical fat queer friends for most of my adult life. They have shown me that there's no one right way to have a body or be gorgeous. So, I'm going to enjoy this body that has carried me so far and to which I owe so much. Which includes giving myself a life full of joy and pleasure, not shame. Because the radical, complicated pleasure of loving my disabled, small-fat body is the best gift I can give to myself. And "eating clean" has nothing to do with it.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a queer disabled nonbinary Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma femme writer, performer and educator. The Lambda Award winning author of Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home and four other books, her new book of essays, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, is out this fall. Her work has been widely published, with recent features in PBS Newshour, TruthOut and Bitch magazine. She is a lead artist with the disability justice performance incubator Sins Invalid and is one of The Body Is Not An Apology's 2017 Queer and Non-Binary People of Color Using Art and Media to Get Free.


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Imagine being treated to a private music performance by one of the best artists Mzansi has to offer.
All in the name of previewing her latest music, Afro-jazz artist Judith Sephuma invited a handful of people to a private performance where she revealed her newest jazz album, called Power of Dreams (2019).
After a two-year hiatus, Sephuma, outfitted in a red net dress which showed off her summer-ready body and reflected a new self-confidence that she rediscovered during her sabbatical, performed a few songs off her latest album release, including a cover of Gladys Knight's Motown classic, Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye).
She opened up to her guests and revealed what each song means to her.
This is Sephuma's eighth studio album, after My Worship (2017).
Sephuma said she had the pleasure of working with some of the greats in the music industry, such as Joel Powell, Clarence "TLee" Hill, Grammy-nominated guitarist Mark Strowbridge and guitarist Tomi Martin, who has worked with Toni Braxton and Michael Jackson, TLC and Madonna. The album was recorded at Orange Peel Studios in Atlanta.
"My sabbatical had a really good impact on this album because, firstly, I stopped being afraid. I think for a long time I was afraid to live a certain way, to say certain things and really speak my mind. Getting out of that space meant loving myself and appreciating myself enough to produce authentic music that reflects me," said Sephuma.
Before the break, Sephuma said she felt suffocated by the lack of growth or excitement in her career.
"When you reach that point, you become miserable for the rest of your life and I didn't want to be that kind of a person. The sabbatical gave me the space to appreciate myself as a woman, just appreciating this thing called a woman," she said.
To Sephuma, the new album is a continuation of the great work that she has put out already, a continuation of the longing to perform extensively while also opening herself up to life and more music.
"And it's exciting because a new album always brings something different and the opportunity to always meet someone new," she said.
The album launch at the Market Theatre in Joburg was graced by other local celebs such as saxophonist and vocalist Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, singer Wanda Baloyi, who is now known as Queen Choco and actress Rami Chuene.
It was hosted by the lovely Kgomotso Moeketsi.
The nine-track album includes titles such as Maropeng, which celebrates our intricate history, A Man Like You, which celebrates love and has a samba orientation, and a feel-good song Dance, which has been remixed.
Sephuma wrote all the songs on the album. "The power of writing your own songs is you own the narrative and you own your throne."
The album is anticipated to drop in stores on May 10.


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Students who haven't painted much architecture sometimes get lost in all the details buildings present - the mullions in the windows, the bricks in the walls, the bundles of powerlines arcing overhead. I like to think of buildings as just blocks of color. This allows me to take a broad, painterly approach, and I can always add in as much detail as I wish toward the end.
This is how I painted "Spirit Room,"an old bar in Jerome, Arizona. This is a building of the flatiron variety, which can present some complex perspective issues, especially in a town like Jerome, which sits perched on a 30-degree mountainside. After using the method I describe above, I felt I hadn't observed some of the angles accurately enough, so the next day I made some minor adjustments in perspective. Also, I added the little window below street level on the bottom right; without it, the viewer would have a hard time understanding what was going on there.
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Why would anyone continue to use IE?
Except for the odd website that is still too outdated to be standards compliant, the World Wide Web works great on Firefox. And, it's safer.
You know all those Popups that keep bothering you on almost every website on the net? It's irritating to have to close them all the time, isn't it? And what about all the spyware - programs like search toolbars - that seem to get installed on your computer without you ever doing anything? Have you made a habit of reformatting your harddisk every few months just to deal with it?
Well, with Firefox, you do not need to worry about that. Popups are disabled on Firefox. But for some reason if you want them to work on a particular website, it's a matter of a couple of clicks to get them to work, and if you want, you can make them work only for that website.
Firefox is more secure. So no more crazy toolbars being installed on your PC without your permission.
I only ever use IE for the company intranet site, which is hardwired to IE.
So I was quite stunned to see that IE still has more than 92% of the market share. It would make sense if alternate browsers were large and heavy to download, and difficult to install.
But Firefox is just a 4.5 MB download! On dialup, that means around 30 minutes to download it - assuming you were doing some surfing on IE in the meanwhile - and a two minute install.
With broadband, it takes all of 5 minutes to download and install Firefox on your PC.
My stats show that almost 75% of people who read this blog are using IE. That's 3 out of 4 people who are using the wrong browser! Why?
Get Firefox today.
Even its preview release is a lot more secure than IE. And a lot more usable. You will like what you see.
Warning: Usage of Firefox for extended periods of time causes an aversion to the IE browser. You might never be able to use a PC without Firefox, again.
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1. I like IE simply because it is tightly coupled with my OS and other MS softwares. I am not totally pro Microsoft but whether you like it or not, it is the MS age. A few quirks that it has is a small price to pay for all the desktop softwares it has provided with standardized user interfaces.
2. For some reason, I have never really liked Netscape and its products.. Maybe its a mental block, its been there for last 5 years or so. In fact since the time we started with B2B portal development and we spent hours for cross browser programming. Netscape refused to work even for the simplest of things. Of course it has come a long way since then. But yes, I am glad that as a standard, now our clients when they come to us, say that they need a portal which is IE compliant :-)
I'm not asking you to uninstall IE from your PC. I'm asking you to try Firefox for your browsing needs.
But I'll still have to ask you what you mean by "tightly coupled with your PC and other MS software". And where do you use that tight-coupling, anyway?
And what "few" quirks are you talking about? Aren't security holes more than just "quirks"?!
A standardized interface. Now that's a strange one. Try Firefox 1.0 PR, and tell me what is it that you can do in IE, that you need to do differently in Firefox, and is more difficult in Firefox.
Using IE because you want to use the "standardized interface" that MS has, is like wanting to live in a cave all your life, because in an apartment in the city you wouldn't have any place to start a fire to keep you warm!
There are extensions available on the Firefox extensions page (Tools -> Extensions) that give you a lot more functionality within the same browser interface, than you could even imagine. There's the calendar, RSS feed aggregators, blogging extensions, a notepad facility, IEView for IE-only-websites, a plugin for controlling Windows Media Player (and other mp3 software) from within the browser, games, chat tools, download tools, Mouse Gestures, FTP tools, special Privacy extensions, and LOTS more! And if you want to use Microsoft's Windows Update from within Firefox, well there's an extension for that too!
Firefox is NOT Netscape. You might say that about Mozilla, since it uses the same "everything in one package" interface that Netscape Communicator had, but Firefox is lighter, and still a lot more powerful than IE!
When it comes to cross-browser programming, it's Gecko (Firefox and Mozilla's rendering engine) that is more standards compliant.
Customers who want IE compliant browsers need only spend just a little more to get their websites to work on Mozilla. It's this whole "Netscape is dead" hoopla that Microsoft has been throwing at people, that has caused this state of affairs. IE 6, is the last version of the browser, barring security patches and updates (which I suspect, given IE's reputation, must cost Microsoft twice as much as writing a browser from scratch). Microsoft thinks they don't need any more releases. They've taken FUD to the extreme here. They tried to kill Netscape, and when Netscape became Mozilla and went undercover for a few years, they spread their tentacles all over the bloody web! And that too inspite of the fact that almost every browser out there is better than IE!
I'll only say one more thing now. Free your mind. Use Firefox.


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The Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) last week launched an unprecedented comprehensive industrial survey which is to be carried out in cooperation with the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) during the period from 25th October to 24th December.
Mr. Abdul-Ilah Shaiban, Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry and Vice-Chairman of the Technical Committee for the survey, said that the next stage of survey will include field visits to all the targeted 52,721 industrial establishments.
The survey will be conducted by over 600 male and female researchers from the 14th November and who will be in all provinces surveying and gathering all data about major, minor, medium and conventional industrial establishments with their various legal structures and kinds, whether private or public sector; ranging from exploration companies to construction materials of any form that falls under the rubric "industry."
Mr. Shaiban pointed out that the works that have been conducted during the last two years were preparatory office actions, as well as a preliminary experiment for assessing the suitability of surveying forms and analysing the difficulties and variables which took place after the 2004 survey of industrial warehouses was conducted.
Shaiban said that this is the second comprehensive industrial survey for industrial establishments in the republic and that "its importance lies in developing an industrial database, which will serve the planning process and strategic policies for developing the industrial sector."
The Ministry of Trade & Industry is counting on the survey to provide data related to industrial establishments that would help in drawing development policies and courses, as well as providing basic information for various policies and programs, utilizing the data in analyzing projects and achieving positive integration between development plans and their implementation.
The survey will also provide an up-to-date and comprehensive database on the industrial sector, number and type of employees and the production costs, which will allow the government to determine the contribution of the industrial sector to gross domestic product (GDP), its impact on the national income and the horizons of developing it.


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DEXTER Mo. (KFVS) - According to some Heartland first responders, a feature on your smart phone could save your life.
"Medical ID" shows information about your health, especially important if you're ever unresponsive or unable to communicate.
"Everybody never thinks it's going to happen to them until it's done," said Quentin Goode, Stoddard County Ambulance District EMT and Strike Team.
He's referring to needing emergency medical assistance for any reason. That's when the "Medical ID" phone feature comes in handy for first responders.
"You pretty much are going into it blind. So not knowing any of the patient's information, whether their allergic to something to any medication that we'd be giving in route," he said.
Captain Jamie Holcomb, EMD, EMT-B for Stoddard County, described it like a tech-savvy medical bracelet.
"In the event that a person's unresponsive, this can be a vast amount of knowledge into a person's medical history," said Holcomb.
The patient's blood type is one thing both Goode and Holcomb said is important for EMTs to know.
"If he needs blood or plasma or whatever at the hospital, then they'll be able to receive it and have it ready when you arrive with your patient due to long transports out here in the county," said Goode.
If you have an iPhone, the "Medical ID" is found in the "Health" app. Android users need to download a free app called "Medical ID." You can then put in information like your medical conditions, allergies, blood type, and emergency contacts.
"I think that the more people that know that. The better," said Holcomb.
"Personally, I have used this four times now. Two of the which the people have had it filled out, two of which they have not. So you just have to go off what they have in their wallet on scene," said Goode.
The feature also notifies your emergency contacts after calling 911 and shares your location with them.
"Absolutely lifesaving," said Holcomb.
It can also be used when crews respond to natural disaster emergencies.
If you're a bystander of an accident or call 911 for someone you're with, you can open the "Medical ID" and give that information to the dispatcher who can then tell first responders on their way to the scene.
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HOW many of us had been in an unrequited love - had feelings for someone who considers us a friend but we consider them more than that? We see them once a week for a bottle of beer or two, some pizza for dinner, or a few hours of joyride but we wish we are more than friends. However, as playful as fate may be, we end up just friends. The feelings remain one-sided. Unrequited.
This is exactly what Carson, played by Maja Salvador, must have felt in the movie "I'm Drunk, I Love You." Her character is in love with her guy best friend, Dio, played by Paolo Avelino, for seven years. In the movie, Carson goes through a dual struggle of graduating from college and from her feelings for her friend.
Last Saturday, the movie director JP Habac and the producers from Tuko Film Productions Inc, Buchi Boy Entertainment, Artikulo Uno (TBA), together with Paolo Avelino, came to Cinematheque, Davao City to promote their movie.
Given that their movie is considered a "hugot" movie that today's generation will expectedly be interested in, Habac said what this movie sets them apart from other romantic "hugot" movies is that it is the antithesis of the traditional Filipino romantic comedy formula where the boy meets girl and marries her at the end of the movie.
"Yung sa 'I'm Drunk, I Love You' parang offbeat romantic comedy… Yung pelikula nag-span siya for four days lang, four days before graduation. Naging challenge for us kung paano mo ikukwento 'yung rapport and friendship na meron na dapat si Carson at si Dio kasi for four days kailangan mapakita na seven years na 'tong magkaibigan," shared Habac.
He said traditional romantic movies usually based happy endings when the protagonists end up together but for him, it's not always actually the case in real life. "Dapat nakikita mo rin 'yung happiness sa 'yo as an individual," the director said.
"I could relate, not on the character side, but more on the career side (of Dio). I can relate to that in a lot of ways," said Paolo, adding he's a frustrated filmmaker and he currently self-studies to learn more of the technicalities of film making at the back and in front of the camera. Dio, being also a filmmaker college student, is easy to relate to for Paolo.
"I try to create my own content. I shoot the videos. I wanna learn the process of how it is done, how to do it, and how do you remake it para once I start making a film, hindi na ako ang mag a-adjust. Alam ko lang isang bagay: gusto ko buo, kalahatan. May ideya ka at least kung ano ang nasa ibang paligid mo," said Paolo, also mentioning he would want also to do directing.
As much as the casts and crews of the movie are proud of the movie's storyline, they are also very pleased with the great songs in the soundtrack, most of which are Original Pinoy Music (OPM) by artists such as Juan Miguel Severo, Kai Honasan, Jimmy Bondoc, Parokya ni Edgar, Cynthia Alexander, 3D (Johnoy Danao, Ebe Dancel, Bullet Dumas), Shirebound and Busking, Out of Body Special, and Ang Bandang Shirley.
Both Maja and Paolo performed covers of songs featured in the movie and the upcoming official soundtrack album. Maja sang her version of Juan Miguel Severo's "Huling Gabi". Paolo, on the other hand, sang Shirebound and Busking's "Lloydy". The recorded duets for "Maniwala Ka Sana" by Parokya Ni Edgar and "Hanggang Dito Na Lang" of Jimmy Bondoc.
Not only will the movie swoon and tug the heartstrings of people who can relate with either Carson or Dio, it will also be an act in support of "tourism films," as said by Paolo, to make sure that Filipinos have a wider range of Filipino movies to choose from and to bring back the golden age of Filipino cinema.
Direk JP also said the movie reflects the experiences of real people.
"Whether you're single or not, 'I'm Drunk, I Love You' is the perfect Valentine's movie. It teaches everyone a lesson or two about loving yourself this Valentine's Day," he said.
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Welcome to Cookhill Parish Council website.
Keep informed on local events, read Agendas and Minutes from the Parish Council Meetings and stay up to date with what's happening in your local area.
Christmas Bin Collection Dates 2019
The big day is rapidly approaching and as usual Wychavon will need to make changes to their waste and recycling collections over the festive period.
You can find the revised Christmas bin collection dates here.
Cookhill Allotments
The allotments are situated off the Ridgeway, Astwood Bank a short distance on the left past the Why Not Public House, when travelling towards Redditch. There are currently 34 plots, owned and run by Cookhill Parish Council with the assistance of Cookhill Allotment Association.
There is currently 1 plot available at the allotment site, if you are interested in taking on this plot, and reside within 5 miles of the Parish of Cookhill, please contact:
The clerk on 07584 687283 or David Claydon, Cookhill Allotment Association on 01527 894317
Cookhill Cricket Club
Cookhill CC will again be running All Stars Cricket for a 3rd year. All Stars Cricket is the England and Wales Cricket Board's entry level participation programme, aimed at providing children aged five to eight with a great first experience in cricket.
Every child that registers will receive a backpack full of goodies including a cricket bat, ball, activity book, personalised shirt and cap.
Fun filled Sessions start on the 18th May and run for 8 weeks so come along and join in the fun at Cookhill Cricket Club by registering here.
For more information please contact Billy Harris at Cookhill Cricket Club on 077515 80069 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also visit the club's website here or visit the Facebook page.
Further information about the National All Stars Programme can also be found on their website.
Internet Connectivity in Wychavon
Wychavon District Council are currently focusing on internet broadband connectivity issues and would like to know where the internet blackspots are in the region.
Please contact the clerk at email@example.com if you would like to report connection problems and she will pass this on to Wychavon.
Public Access Defibrillators in Cookhill
Did you know that there are four public access defibrillators in the Parish?
A recent emergency in Cookhill almost called for the use of the Village Hall defibrillator. Thankfully the ambulance arrived quickly, meaning the defibrillator wasn't needed on this occasion but the knowledge that it was there gave the parishioner peace of mind.
To learn more about the Cookhill defibrillators and their locations here.
There has been an increase in the number of scam callers in the area over the last few months.
One of the scam calls doing the rounds requests access to your computer remotely, claiming that BT will shut down your connection if you do not do this. Another reports that your internet connection will be terminated if you do not click through to another department.
Please remember that if a caller asks to access your computer remotely, or asks for personal information and bank details, you should end the call immediately and use another method to verify the request.
For more information on how to stay safe online, and to report fraud and cyber crime, please visit the Action Fraud website.
Fly-tipping in Cookhill
The Parish Council have been made aware of a number of incidents involving the dumping of waste around the Parish, this illegal dumping is known as 'fly-tipping'.
Fly-tipping is an offence and perpetrators may be liable to prosecution. Please note that leaving scrap of any kind on land that does not belong to you is classed as fly-tipping.
Any waste that cannot be taken away by authorised kerbside collection should be taken to an authorised waste and recycling centre. Details of your local centre can be found here.
If you would like to report an incident of fly-tipping in the Parish please contact the clerk on 07584 687 283.
Cookhill Neighbourhood Watch
If you would like to report any suspicious behaviour in and around Cookhill you can either contact the clerk, on 07584 687 283, or the Neighbourhood Watch representative – details below.
Cookhill Neighbourhood Watch – Contact Cllr Terry Bennett on 07765 447997
You can also find links to other services supplied by Worcestershire County Council and Wychavon District, as well as organisations and groups that help bring you the everyday things we need and enjoy.
- Read the Agenda for the next Parish Council meeting or read the minutes from previous minutes here.
- Want to grow your own veg? Learn how to rent a plot at the Cookhill Allotments here.
- Read the Chairman's updates and other news here.
- Learn more about the Council's policies, standing orders and financial regulations here.
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So, Zoe Ellen Brain brought to my attention earlier today the fact that I have been mentioned, and specifically, by a certain radical feminist blogger, who I will neither link nor name. The first because that entity can be responsible for that entity's own promotion, and second because that entity is of the variety which cravenly hides behind a pseudonym, unlike those of us who expect to be taken seriously by others in a public debate.
I guess this means I've hit the big time! Woo hoo!
In any case, here is the text of my reply, as I have come to expect from entities of that sort a refusal to allow comments from those with which they disagree to pass moderation in an unmolested state. I will refer to that entity only as an entity, without naming and without gendering that entity, because that entity is so disrespectful of me as a human being and as a woman that the entity refuses to acknowledge my womanhood, the fact that I am lesbian, or even to use proper pronouns when referring to me. In retaliation, I remove from that entity any identity whatsoever.
Just so you know, and for the sake of accuracy in reporting, the closest I have ever come to setting a single foot on The Land is when I was leaving Camp Trans this year, I stopped for a moment to inquire of a Fest worker about the possibility of obtaining a Fest program. This took place in the middle of the road, which I will note is within the bounds of a National Forest and not within anyone's private property.
I have also never even walked the line to talk with Fest attendees about anything at all, let alone any subject which they, or you, might find discomforting. So, as you can see, I have never entered the MWMF, sneaking, or otherwise, and I always make a point of waving to Fest workers and attendees as I pass by the gates on my runs into town.
Not that I expect you are interested, but for my own edification, I will note that your depiction of what actually goes on down at Camp Trans, and between Camp Trans and Fest, doesn't quite match up with the reality of my experience. It makes me wonder if you are relying solely on third-party accounts. If you ever want to hear what actually happened at Camp Trans last year, feel free to contact me. The truth is both less, and more, interesting than many accounts have depicted, but no one who was actually there can deny that I was the strongest voice in opposition to actions that might have led to a violent confrontation.
Journalism tip: If you want to be taken seriously as an opponent in a debate, it is usually customary to use actual quotes from your target. The words you attribute to me have neither left my mouth, nor my pen. (Correction: I did actually say the thing attributed to me, or write it, rather. I had forgotten it was over a year ago, and it was actually somewhat out of character for me.)
You don't have to agree with anything I have to say to get to know me. I invite you to do so.
The conversation went on for awhile, with all of my comments civil and on point, but as is usually the case with the TERFs (that being, for the unitiated, the Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists, see below), they cannot help but resort to the solace of the weak minded and cowardly, and soon begin deleting any response one might make. I am, in fact, amazed at how many of my comments the entity allowed to be seen. Here are some selections from the deletions, starting with my last post just a few minutes ago, a response to what appears to be an inaccurate quote of me:
Once again, I do not believe that I have used the words "not a valid experience on which to meet", and I did Google my name in this instance with the phrase "valid experience" this time. I did say in the comment you linked before:
"Womyn-born-womyn is NOT a valid identity to base an exclusionary policy upon, because it is an identity that is specifically designed to exclude a class of women who are at even greater disadvantage, namely, trans women (and for those who may not understand the distinction, yes, it is two fucking words, not one thank you very much)."
However, what I did say, just this evening, in fact, the which I am wondering if it was relayed to you by a third party, was, and I should probably edit this for clarity, as I dashed it off in a hurry in the middle of installing a new sump pump for my mother, but I'm kind of out of energy, so I will quote it verbatim for you, even though it was said in *my* private space:
"I do not view the trans exclusion policy, or the idea that any woman necessarily needs space away from other women as a valid boundary. I see it as oppression. I protest this oppression with peaceful means, and if you came there, you would see that there is a huge contingent of support for trans women within Fest, by attendees and by workers."
Now, you may excoriate me all you like for disagreeing with your point of view, but please at least do it based on what I actually said, rather than putting words in my mouth.
Hmm…it seems that all my other comments were made from the other machine, so I'll have to try and recover them in the morning. In the meantime, here's some comments I made on Facebook tonight, edited to remove references to more personal topics I was discussing with the person to whom some of this was written:
The vast majority of the propaganda strewn about so carelessly by these TERFs is nearly 100% inaccurate, and exaggerated by several orders of magnitude. Most of the TERFs suffer from a deep-seated, self-imposed, and paranoid victimization complex that makes them see enemies under every skirt.
The TERF dogma rests on one principle–that trans women are not women, but men. It is my view that trans women are women, and that excluding trans women or forcing trans women into a second class status harms all women. Make no mistake they don't view us as a different kind of woman; to them, we, you and I both, are The Enemy.
I am a woman, and I do not accept that another woman has the right to judge whether or not my support for women's rights qualifies as good enough in her book.
I am not outside anything, insofar as womanhood is concerned. The only people that think I am are those who have victimized themselves in their paranoia. I stand by my statement. I am a woman. I was born a girl, of a woman, and like every other girl who has ever lived to become a woman, I became a woman exactly the same way–I learned to become a woman. My childhood was the childhood of a girl, even if no on was aware of that fact, even me.
I do not accept that I ought to slink quietly away from the communion of my sisters merely because my path to womanhood took a different turn or two. No two women are alike, and no two reached womanhood the same way.
What is more, there is a large percentage of the community of our sisters who agree with my stance, and I am thankful every day that they work to end this ignorance and bigotry as and when they can.
Aggression? You seem to have a strange notion of what constitutes aggression. [The Entity] specifically and personally targeted and slandered me, and has adamantly, purposely, and consistently disrespected my womanhood. [The Entity] has absolutely declared, falsely, that I have entered MWMF in an inappropriate manner, when I have come no closer to The Land than drive past it on my way to Camp Trans. All I did was tell the truth. Is Truth now equated with Aggression?
* and an explanation on the subject of TERFs, from a humorus post, "#1 Question to enrage a TERF: 'I'm sorry, I don't want to be rude; what pronouns do you prefer?'":
Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist. These are typically cissexual/cisgender females who consider trans women to be abhorrent, some going so far as to describe us as rapists for merely being women. They subscribe to the anathema of feminism, the idea that biological attributes determine one's destiny, the very same thing that feminism has fought against for so long. Because of this, the suggestion to them that their sex, gender, or preferred pronouns are not self-evident is as abhorrent to them as the fact of our existence.
Many of them believe that there is a mystical, supernatural quality that cissexual/cisgender women alone possess, that those of us who came to our womanhood from a different path can never possess the understanding of this ineffable fairytale magical essence. Many of them even believe that the source of this sacred power is a goddess, the one great mother goddess. As an atheist and a rationalist, I find all of this laughable, even if it is true that I profane and invoke the names of gods and goddesses in all the pantheons at will.
Update, 8 September 2011: After going through what can be recovered from my posts, there doesn't seem to be much more that sheds any light on the discussion, so never mind.
You know you love me…XOXO, Gemma


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- CNX Gas Corp., a unit of Consol Energy CNX, +4.23%, on Friday filed to raise up to $447 million in a secondary offering by selling shareholders. The company acquired all of Consol Energy's rights to coal bed methane associated with 4.5 billion tons of coal reserves owned or controlled by Consol Energy in Northern Appalachia, Central Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and other western basins. The company reported $80.8 million in net income and revenue of $398 million in 2004, up from $52 million in net income and $215 million in 2003. CNX Gas Corp. plans to apply to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CXG." (Corrects type of stock offering.)
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Face value: 5 lats.
Weight: 1.2442 g; diameter: 13.92 mm.
Metal: gold, fineness 9999; quality: proof.
Struck in 2003 by Valcambi SA (Switzerland).
The design of the coin was created by Gunars Cilitis (design based on Rihards Zarins' drawing for the silver 5-lats coin struck in 1929, 1931 and 1932) and the plaster cast was modelled by Ligita Franckevica.
The large coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia is placed in the centre. The numeral 5 topped with the year 2003 are inscribed beneath the central motif. The inscriptions PIECI and LATS, arranged in a semicircle, are placed to the left and right of the central motif, respectively.
The central motif is a Latvian maiden in profile, viewed from the right side. The girl has ears of corn on her shoulder. The inscriptions LATVIJAS and REPUBLIKA, arranged in a semicircle, are placed to the left and right of the central motif, respectively.
One of the most beautiful Latvian folk-song images is the folk-maid, the symbol of virtue and righteousness that seem to cast ever radiant light upon her work and the world around her.
After World War I, when Latvia had
become an independent state with its own national currency, among the authors of
the new lats coins was the graphic artist Rihards Zariņš (1869-1939), manager
of the State Securities Printing House. For the obverse of the 5-lats silver
coin he chose his 1921 design of the large coat of arms of the Republic of
Latvia, which was created on the basis of the draft design of the State coat of
arms, made by the graphic artist Vilhelms Krūmiņš; on the reverse he depicted
a Latvian folk-maid.
The prototype of the Latvian folk-maid
was Zelma Brauere (1900-1977), a proofreader of the State Securities Printing
House, whose youth, beauty and gentle demeanor fascinated the artist. Various
images of Zelma Brauere can be also recognized on the 10-lats and 20-lats bank
notes designed by Rihards Zariņš, as well as on the covers of expensive
telegrams and, somewhat generalized, on the 50-santims coin.
On the reverse of the 5-lats coin,
Rihards Zariņš has portrayed a girl in profile, viewed from the right side.
Scarce means have been used to typify the image: ears of corn on the girl's
shoulder, a rich braid on her back, her collar and head-dress embroidered with
an ornamental design characteristic of Latvian folk costume. The artistic
expression is intensified by the serene beauty of mutual relationship and the
simultaneous lightness and firmness of the silhouette.
Before World War II, the 5-lats coin
became popular in a short time, and, like the statue that tops the Freedom
Monument, obtained a symbolic meaning. People gave 5-lats silver coins to their
children as gifts; they stored and kept them "for a rainy day" -
as if they had some apprehension, some foreboding.
At the time of World War II,
occupations followed one another; the Latvian state lost its independence and
national currency. The 5-lats silver coin had a destiny unlike, perhaps, any
other coin of the world - it became a symbol of Latvian freedom and sovereignty,
a ray of hope, secretly stored by almost every family who lived in the occupied
Latvia, was deported to Siberia, or went into exile, scattered over the whole
The coin survived in another form as
well. Transformed into a brooch, it became a mute confirmation of the Latvian
identity and the belief of Latvians in regaining their independence. It was a
quiet, but obvious defiance to the occupant rule, which acquired a special
meaning in late 1980s, the beginning of the national awakening movement.
The Bank of Latvia has issued the gold
coin to commemorate the tenth anniversary of restoration of the Latvian national
currency, preserving the 5-lats silver coin's historic symbols of wealth and
freedom of the people.


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I actually thought my husband had DVR'd the wrong channel last night, because the opening sequence looked like a low budget Animal Planet show, featuring the oh-so-rare white tail deer, standing whistfully in the snow. Isn't that JoJo's job?
Anyway, looks like we're jumping straight into the first Hometown with Chase in Highlands Ranch, CO!
Chase was born and raised here, and as you can see by his house (yes, it seems Chase owns his own gigantic mansion at age 27), his life is basically perfect. The only way to keep him interesting was to play up his parents' divorce, asking that tired question, "Can kids with divorced parents ever be fully committed to a relationship?"
As they sit on a faux-fur blanket on a small mountain boulder, overlooking a beautiful expanse of trees and snow, Chase tells JoJo that she'll be meeting his dad separately from his mom. She thinks this is a sign that he's opening up, when in reality he was just giving her the itinerary for the day.
DIRECT QUOTE from JoJo to the camera: "I hope more than anything Chase continues to drop those balls, so he can ultimately give me his heart."
Yep, I'd say it's usually good for a guy to drop his balls before he drops his heart. Especially if JoJo wants to stay out of jail.
Do you think she meant "drop those bombs"? I mean, explaining the dynamics of a divorced family isn't really a big bomb to drop, though. So who knows. She probably meant exactly what she said.
Wait, back to Chase's giant house…not his parents'. How does he own that, again? Do I know the wrong 27-year-olds? Because I don't know anyone that age who can afford his (or her) own mansion.
I will say I found it odd that his staircase didn't have any railings, despite the 3-4 foot drop on the side with no wall. Either this is a rent-a-home, or Chase never drinks alcohol before going upstairs to bed– in which case, he and JoJo are definitely not compatible.
Chase's dad shows up to meet JoJo, and Chase dives in with this awkward question: "So, dad, uh, you seem so happy in your second marriage. I've never asked you this before, but uh, why didn't it work out with my mom?"
I felt like I was watching a scene from UnReal, right after producers successfully convinced a contestant to say something crazy. Chase obviously did not want to ask his father that question, but his producer must be really, really good at manipulation. [If you don't watch UnReal, you should start. It's a critically acclaimed, scripted drama (i.e. not a reality show) about what happens behind-the-scenes on The Bachelor. You can watch it for free on mylifetime.com. Do it.]
Chase's dad handled the whole thing remarkably well, and explained that he worked too much away from home, blah blah blah, and he never wants Chase to make the same mistakes in life.
JoJo tells Chase's dad that "you have a really great son." I'm going to need a little bit more romance and excitement, even when you're faking it, JoJo.
Dad leaves, and Chase then takes JoJo to meet his mom, stepdad, sister, etc. They seem like a normal family, which is unfortunate from an entertainment perspective.
You can visibly see Chase's feelings for JoJo grow throughout the night as he sees her interact with everybody. It's actually quite sweet. I think JoJo's feelings grow, too. Could Chase take Luke's spot as her #2?
Chase's mom ticks off a list of reasons she approves of JoJo when talking to Chase at the end of the night. In exact order, this is what she said:
- She's darling
- Loves dogs
- Eats fish
- Is fond of you (Chase)
- Smart
Note: You can win mothers over if you dress cute, play with their dog, and compliment their dinner. How smart you are and how much you like their son will take a backseat to those three things.
Chase and JoJo say goodbye in the driveway, and I feel an affinity for Chase for the first time this season. I never disliked him, but he's always seemed so blasé to me. It's sweet to see him genuinely freak out a little bit in his head as he watches her SUV drive away. He actually likes her, but he knows she's probably going to choose Jordan Rodgers. Ruh roh.
Speaking of Jordan, his Hometown is next! In Chico, California.
We quickly learn that JoJo has never seen a deer. In fact, she thinks all deer are reindeer, hence why she exclaimed, "They're flying!!" as a herd ran behind her while she was giving her opening spiel to the camera, in what appears to be the Serengeti.
Also, kudos to the producer who found the herd of deer and scared them in the exact direction of the camera. That was very brave. I hope you get some bonus cash for that move.
JoJo looks adorbs in white jeans and a flimsy jacket that matches Jordan's flimsy jacket. Twinsies!
Jordan is even more effeminate than usual as he shows her around his old high school, "where it all
peaked started for me." I thought his wrists would literally break at one point with the amount he was throwing his hands around. I think he might've even done a little excited prance when the high school billboard lit up with his and JoJo's names on it. Reel it in, Jordan.
JoJo straddles Jordan when they get to the library, trying to give him the typical hook-up-in-the-stacks fantasy moment, but he gets too embarrassed. It's like he reverted to a 17-year-old boy when he was in his school, just giggling when she tried to touch him in any capacity. JoJo doesn't care, because she already knows she's going to choose him.
After seeing pictures of the Rodgers brothers all over the gym teacher's office, they head to the bleachers, where JoJo asks Jordan about his estrangement from his famous brother, Aaron, once again. He responds with, "He won't be [at the house tonight], but it doesn't need to be a topic when you meet my family."
As if that'll stop JoJo from asking the eldest brother, Luke, about Aaron the second she gets him alone.
Jordan and JoJo arrive at his parents' house, and I notice two things right away: 1) The most colorful flower arrangement I've ever seen on the kitchen counter, 2) His brother Luke's girlfriend's hair. She parts it right above her ear on one side, and swoops it all over to the other side. Interesting choice. I'd also bet a fair amount of money that she did/does pageants.
Jordan's mom is a hippy MILF who says to her son, "this could be your destiny!" She sounds like radio personality Delilah and leans on Jordan's chest like she's his girlfriend, but somehow it's sweet, not weird. Her nickname for Jordan is "spicey and nicey" because he can have a 'tude, but he's also a sweet cuddle bug. I think my husband might start calling me that now.
No matter how much JoJo tries, the family won't be dramatic about their famous missing family member. They're classy folks. But it also makes for a pretty boring Hometown.
I spot a fountain in their backyard and literally bet my husband money that they'll make out next to it. I still can't believe it didn't happen. Good thing betting your husband money doesn't have any real consequences. What's mine is yours, right sweetie?
At the end of the night, JoJo tells Jordan she's still worried that he isn't ready to commit to someone forever. He tells the camera that he just needs to the chance to prove it. Based on how things are going, I'm pretty sure he'll get that chance.
Next up, my favorite Hometown: Robby, in Jacksonville, Florida!
The reason this date is my favorite is because JoJo is absolutely hammered in the first five minutes of meeting his family.
But let me back up. First, Robby takes JoJo on a horse drawn carriage ride through some old town near his house. Have we ever seen this many horses in a single season of The Bachelor(ette)? I feel like we get 1-2 of them per episode.
They pull up at a cute little bar overlooking a river, and we see shots of fins swimming in the water. We all know how I feel about sharks. You may claim these fins were dolphins, but that's not what I'm choosing to believe.
JoJo asks Robby if he's ready to commit his life to her, even though he just ended a 4 year relationship yesterday. Didn't we already watch this episode??
He keeps saying "it's in the past," and she keeps saying, "not that far in the past…"
I'm bored with this subject already. Like, obviously he broke up with his girlfriend to go on the show. That's a no brainer. But I think there's a good chance that they would've broken up whether or not he was cast on reality T.V., so does it really matter all that much? Every breakup needs a final push to instigate the ending, and this push just happened to be The Bachelorette.
Robby also mentions that his ex slapped him across the face when he broke up with her, and they haven't spoken since. Sounds to me like there were more than a few problems in their relationship. Plus, photos surfaced a few weeks ago of said ex making out with Chad the Villain (yes, The Chad from this season) on Instagram, so me thinks the ex isn't above whoring herself out for fame, either. She and Robby may not have been right for each other, but they certainly have that in common.
I stop being annoyed with Robby's Hometown the second he and JoJo arrive at his house, because it's very clear that his mom is already drunk. Finally. Solid entertainment.
Apparently wearing a button down shirt totally open except for the one button at the bottom is a trend in Florida..? I was distracted by that look on Robby all day (at least he had on an undershirt), but all 80 of Robby's male siblings were wearing the same thing at the house. Why? Why the one button on the bottom? WHY?
Robby excitedly tells his inebriated mother that he and JoJo had their own fireworks show on one of the dates. "There were ashes falling in our eyes and everything!" That sounds horrible, honestly.
JoJo follows Mom's cue and gets drunk, too. The two of them then sit down together, and JoJo asks about Robby's ex-girlfriend (again). Mom said it's fine because Robby won't look back if he decides to marry JoJo. This pleases drunk JoJo, so she tells Mom that she's falling in love with her son, even though she hasn't even told Robby that. She hasn't told Robby that because she doesn't mean it. It's 1000% just the wine talking, as seen by her half-closed eyes and every-so-slightly slurred words.
Mom then sits down with Robby to tell him that his ex-girlfriend's roommate leaked to the press that he broke up with Hope to go on the show. It's her right to warn her son that these things are being said about him in the tabloids.
Robby immediately runs to JoJo to brag to her that his face is in magazines, but the public accusations by his ex gf's roommate now makes JoJo nervous about his intentions all over again. They have the same conversation that they had earlier in the day and also last episode regarding his questionable ability to move on, so I blatantly stop listening.
JoJo keeps asking Robby why Hope's roommate would say that, which is a dumb question. A) Girls stand up for their best friends, even if it's not entirely warranted. Does it matter that he didn't cheat, or that they broke up before he was technically cast? No! Her BFF was sad and hurt, so this girl was going to run to her side. B) She wanted to feel important by giving some dirt on a pseudo-famous person.
JoJo is tired and drunk, so she face plants into Robby's face because she wants to stop talking. He walks her to her car in the driveway, sharing a tiny clear umbrella in the rain, and she does exactly what I do when I've had too much to drink: Bury my head in my husband's chest and say things I don't mean. She puts her forehead in his armpit, and starts saying things about how much she likes him. Realistically, she's just putting off the moment she has to heave herself into the SUV, because that sounds like a lot of work when you're drunk and tired.
Final Hometown: Luke in Burnet, Texas.
JoJo goes full-on cowgirl with her outfit of choice for this date. White jean shorts that barely cover her perfect butt, a sleeveless jean button up, and cowboy boots. Luke wears a picnic table shirt. It's all so very country!
He rents a huge pickup truck (not fooling anyone, Luke) and drives JoJo to a family picnic, where 50 people are waiting to meet her. Luke gives a speech to everyone, saying that they're all family because they've been such good friends to him, then he and JoJo make out while everyone claps. It was pretty much a baby gender reveal party, except JoJo was the baby gender.
Things to know:
- Luke's dad wears a white cowboy hat
- His parents have been married for 38 years
- Grandpa called Luke out for his inability to cook
- There are no concerns from JoJo, Luke, or Luke's family, so it's the least eventful Hometown in all of Hometowns.
Luke was smart to do the family introductions during the daytime, and take JoJo on their one-on-one time at night. He takes her horseback riding (SHOCKER) to a stack of hay bales covered with blankets and pillows, where JoJo surprisingly looks uncomfortable when he shares his feelings for her. I thought he was the hands down #2 guy, but it almost looks as if a switch went off for JoJo.
Might as well stop watching this season, because now Jordan has absolutely no competition.
Luke leads her to a low budget candlelit path that "leads" about 15 feet to a heart made from rose petals. I think they were supposed to stand in the heart to make out, but instead they stood right outside of the heart. That was frustrating. STEP IN IT, you guys!!
The Rose Ceremony takes place in an airport, supposedly because the top 3 guys and JoJo will immediately head to their next location. I highly doubt that. Nonetheless, it's a pretty cool setup, with a red carpet in the hangar, set next to a very pretty, strategically angled airplane.
All the guys greet each other warmly as they walk in one by one, except Jordan, who comes in last and doesn't make eye contact with anyone. I'm pretty skeptical at this point in my Bachelor-watching, so I wonder if that's just because his producer said "Don't say hi. This is supposed to be serious," while the other guys were told to shake hands and hug. You never know…
JoJo loves her royal blue. This time, she chooses to saran wrap herself in blue matte sequins for a mermaid effect. She looks perfect, per usual. I barely even notice her boobs anymore because I'm just as familiar with them as I am with her nose. They're still impressive, but have definitely lost the novelty.
Right as she begins the Rose Ceremony, Luke pulls her aside to talk. He wants to tell her he's in love with her because he regrets not saying it in his Hometown.
The only person JoJo has had a positive reaction to when he says the word "love" is Jordan. She smiled and got giddy when he said it. Quite a stark difference from her reaction to Luke, which is to send him back inside, then start bawling her eyes out on the tarmac, screaming that she doesn't know what to do.
Does this mean she was planning on sending Luke home? And now she's not sure she should? I don't think so. I think Robby was pretty dunzo after his Hometown Date, no matter what Luke did. But who knows? Perhaps my Bachelor spidey senses have been off this whole time.
[Update 7/19, 1:09 p.m.: Apparently JoJo actually told the camera she was definitely planning on sending Luke home, and now she's confused. I must've missed that little confession.]
That is the absolute WORST!! This was a boring episode, anyway! At least end it with some sort of closure, and allow us to look forward to a much better episode next week! Don't drag it on! Ugh. Whatever. Robby's probably going home.
Next week, we get TWO episodes! Normally, I'd complain because 4 hours of this show in one week is just too much, but next Tuesday is Men Tell All! I can handle that. Will Chad bring Evan a maroon v-neck tee as a peace offering? Will Robby confront Chad about making out with his ex-girlfriend on Instagram? Will the Bachelor Superfan come out of the closet? Will Chris Harrison give Alex a glass of milk??
Can't wait to find out. See you next Monday for Fantasy Suite Dates, then Tuesday for the good stuff!