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With two daughters now working in Tasmania it was time for a holiday to see them and tick off some more of those walks we had always planned to do. We set off as usual on the Spirit of Tasmania as we find it so much easier to have our own car for moving around. We took the day sailing for the savings and waved goodbye to the cruise ship passengers at the pier. The sailing was calm and uneventful as we quickly mastered the new layout. After a night at Narawntapu NP near Devonport we slowly drove down the Heritage Highway making stops at Ross, Oatlands and Richmond.
An echidna tried to bury itself next to the gatepost at our daughter's house so it was gently rescued and we enjoyed the serenity of Primrose Sands and the Carlton River while preparing for the Three Capes walk.
I was doing the whole experience while Ray took the bushwalker's option of walking in on the old track . So while I was taking a wander around Port Arthur, a boat cruise and walking in to Surveyors Hut, he and Sara took a trip out to Cape Huay.
The hut provides an amazing view of Cape Raoul, the third cape, and we have previously taken a day walk out to this impressive rock sculpture. I was looking forward to sunset but unfortunately the clouds moved in. The next day was an easy 3-4 hour walk to Munro Hut with the highlight being the views from Arthur peak. Another feature is all the quirky seats provided each with their own little story as told in the track booklet.
Munro provided the best viewing of all with a deck built out to take advantage of the view to Cape Huay. Here I met up with Jessica and Ray as they popped over on a visit and to move some food. I got up early to enjoy sunrise from the helipad.
Ray walked over to join me on the day trip out to Cape Pillar. It was an easy walk in comparison to when we had previously walked on the old track. We enjoyed amazing views of the sheer cliffs and rugged coastline. We had to put up with smoke haze from the fires in western Tasmania but it improved during the day. The climb to the Blade and the spectacle of Tasman Island and jaw-dropping rocky heights along the edge were stupendous. We were one of the few who ventured out to the Chasm on the rough old track.
We headed back to join Jessica at Retakunna Hut where she provided us with an amazing meal and breakfast. Her interesting briefing giving us the history of the Three Capes walk and other pertinent information was greeted with applause. We climbed up and over Mt Fortescue the next morning and the effort of the ascent was lightened by the beauty of the mossy rainforest and the artistry of the trackbuilders as they built all the steps without use of mortar.
The top gave us views back to Cape Pillar. We then descended to a point where we could leave our packs and take the side trip out to Cape Huay to peer straight over the edge at the rockclimbers mecca of the Totempole – though none were present on the day.


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Sacred Heart RC Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
It may be helpful for parents/carers to know that the law (Children Act 1989) requires all school staff to pass on information which gives rise to a concern about a child's welfare, including risk from non-accidental injury, neglect, emotional or sexual abuse.
The staff will seek, in general, to discuss any concerns with the parent/carer and where possible seek their consent to a referral to Children's Social Care. This will only be done where such discussion and agreement-seeking will not place the child at increased risk of significant harm. Schools are encouraged to take the attitude that where there are grounds for concern they should be very cautious, and seek advice from Children's Social Care Services, rather than to risk a child's safety. Occasionally, this duty means that a concern is passed on which is later shown to be unfounded. It is hoped that parents/carers will appreciate how difficult it is for schools to carry out this delicate responsibility, and accept that the Head Teacher acts in good faith and in the best interests of all children.
At Sacred Heart RC Primary School we will work with the children, parents/guardians and the community to ensure the children's safety and security is paramount.
Where staff, parents or visitors needs to raise concerns, these can be made to the following 'Designated Persons' for the safeguarding who will coordinate a response. Our designated persons are; Mr Cooper (Headteacher), Mrs Robertshaw (Deputy Headteacher), Mrs Ward (SENCo) and Mrs Rayer (Governor with Safeguarding Responsibility).
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Everyone worships something. We choose to make God the primary object of our worship. After all, God made us. He is above all. He loves us and redeems us. He is worthy in every way of our whole-hearted worship!
Moreover, when asked what was the greatest of all the 613 commandments in the Old Testament Law, Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37) And that's what we seek to do – to love, honor, worship, and bring glory to God.
We believe that loving God is an outward activity and an inward activity, a communal event and a solo practice. We love God and we are to love God not just on Sunday mornings but throughout the 168 hours of each week. God is always with us. We seek to honor Him continually.
We gather in the sanctuary on Sunday mornings to worship God together as a church family, to publicly express our joy in God our Savior and to encourage and be encouraged by other followers of Jesus as we worship God in song, prayer, studying God's Word, through hearing stories of God's power and through experiencing God's presence, power, and promises in the sacraments of baptism and Communion.
All people are welcome to join us for worship on Sundays at 9:30am and in Spanish at 12:30pm and Portuguese at 6:30pm. (Worship services on holidays are at different times.) Join us for worship just as you are to meet with God and to enjoy being with others seeking Him!
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Good news for anyone who couldn't get to Melbourne during the Comedy Festival this year – one of the best acts in this particular town is coming to a venue near you. Possibly. The Bedroom Philosopher's Songs from the 86 Tram was one of my highlights at this year's MICF (see my gushing review here) and with an album of the show's songs now on record store shelves he's off touring it around Australia.
The Philosopher's potent blend of comedy and music has nice habit of going viral amongst You-Tubists and you can see why from clips like this one for Northcote (So Hungover)…
You enjoy that? Good. I told you so. Now go see him. Gigs and venues are as follows:
- 12: Jive Bar, Adelaide (SA) 8pm
- 13: Hotel New York, Launceston (TAS) 8pm
- 14: Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 3pm all ages and 8pm (TAS)
- 15: Burnie Arts Theatre (TAS) 3pm
- 18: ANU Bar, Canberra (ACT)
- 19: Harpe Hotel, Wollongong (NSW)
- 20: The Factory, Sydney (all ages) (NSW)
- 21: The Northern Star, Newcastle (NSW)
- 22: The Brass Monkey, Cronulla (NSW)
- 25: Indi Bar, Scarborough (WA)
- 26: Prince Of Wales, Bunbury (WA)
- 27: Rocket Room, Northbridge (WA)
- 28: The Troubadour, Brisbane (QLD)
- 29: Old Museum, Brisbane (all ages 12:30pm) (QLD)
- 29: Great Northern, Byron Bay (NSW)
- 1: Karova Lounge, Ballarat (VIC)
- 2: National Hotel, Geelong (VIC)
- 3: The Palais, Hepburn Springs (VIC)
- 4: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (VIC)
- 5: Spanish Club, Melbourne (all ages 12:30pm) (VIC)
- 5: Northcote Social Club, Melbourne (VIC)
Tickets for all shows are between $10 and $20 and are available from gobookem.com. Support comes from a range of players including Pinky Beecroft and the White Russians, Cookie Baker, the Stoics, Agent Fontaine, the New Saxons, the Boat People, Gilroy and the Cold Shoulders, Stereo Flower, Steve Grady, Go Go Sapien and Stonefield. See the Bedroom Philosopher's own website for more details on exactly who is playing where and when…


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Description: Today we will explore all of the tower defense game with you, guys! The next strategic defense game is Dessert Base Defense. Go to this game and find a way to help your base as it is under danger. Similar to all kinds of defending game, you will choose the defensive towers and place them in particular position along the path. Those towers will defend your base while attacking aerial threats. Don't forget to activate mines to collect more incomes. You will be provided 5 different towers (each tower has 2 updates), 5 different maps, 25 different enemies, mines which can be activated, and water tower that can only be placed on the water's surface in Dessert Base Defense. Remember that you are alone in that battlefield, so be wise and use your strategic skills to survive as long as you can. Be smart and brave in this game!
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1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
2 tsps. lemon juice
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose soft-wheat (or regular) flour
1 1/2 tsps. baking soda ( I used half baking soda/baking powder)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 tsps. vanilla
cupcake liners
vegetable cooking spray
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Combine mashed bananas and lemon juice in a small bowl and set aside.
2. Beat butter and sugar at medium speed until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
3. Combine flour, baking soda/powder and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla and banana mixture.
4. Place paper liners in 2 (when I made them I ended up with 36 cakes, so if you have 3 pans you might want to prepare for that many if you have three pans) 12 cup muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray ( i didn't do this….sorta forgot 😉 ); spoon (or scoop) batter into cups, filling 2/3 full.
5. Bake at 350F for 12-15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans and let cool completely.
For the Banana curd:
Makes 2 cups
4 large ripe bananas, peeled
4 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
4 large eggs
1. Mash bananas in a large bowl with a fork until creamy
2. Combine mashed bananas and the remaining ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and coats a spoon. (Do not boil.) Cool completely.
Note: Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.
For the Whipped cream topping:
1 1/2 cups whipping cream, chilled
2 tsps. vanilla
1/4 cup powdered sugar
(To top all of the cupcakes I ended up with I increased all the ingredients by one half, I had a smidge left over)
1. Beat whipping cream at high speed until soft peaks form. Add vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
2. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
Homemade Nilla wafers recipe found here
Putting it all together:
1. Prepare the Banana Cake as directed.
2. Insert the end of a wooden spoon or dowel into the center of each cooled cupcake to create a hole. Fill a zip-top freezer bag with Fresh Banana Curd. Use scissors and snip off about a 1/4 of an inch off one corner of the bag. Insert bag into hole in cupcake. Squeeze gently until curd comes out of the top of the cupcake. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
3. Frost each cupcake with approx. 2 tbsp of the Fresh Whipped Cream, using a piping bag (or another zip-top with the corner cut off) and a round piping tip (or none at all) pipe a swirl of cream onto each cupcake. Top each with a vanilla wafer and slice of banana (if desired) just before serving.
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12:49Slitherine links with Games Workshop® on new licensing agreement
Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and Games Workshop (www.games-workshop.com), two giants in their respective specialist markets, have signed a deal to produce a strategy video game set in the popular Warhammer® 40,000® universe.
"This deal represents yet another testament to our continuous aim to reach new audiences, without losing sight of who we are and what we do best", said JD McNeil, Chairman of the Slitherine Group. "It's all about creating strategy games that are targeted to a particular audience and addressing a very specific need in the market. The Warhammer 40,000 setting is a perfect fit for the style of strategy games that we make and will be very popular with fantasy and science fiction fans alike. Joining forces with Games Workshop will allow us to bring an wonderfully deep and appropriate IP to the Turn Based Strategy genre".
Details of the deal including the content and features of the game have not yet been announced, but development is already underway on multiple platforms, involving the best talents in design and development available to the Slitherine Group.
Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing at Games Workshop said: "Slitherine are clearly established and successful masters of their genre of games, and there are many fans of their work here at GW. It's a pleasure to work with such like minded individuals who share our passion for strategy games of all types".
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StriderVic 15.03.2013 Спам"have signed a deal to produce a strategy video game set in the popular Warhammer® 40,000® universe."
Это про игру с титанами. Я имел ввиду, что ситуация та же самая.
StriderVic 15.03.2013 СпамЛучше бы кому по умелестее лицуху отдали... Опять загубят же, как и "Ультрамаринов".
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First impressions count for everything, so it's important your property looks its best for potential tenants. A well-presented property will attract the best tenants: those who will look after it well and pay the best rent.
Here are our top tips to present your property for rent:
Outside - Does it have 'kerb appeal'?
• Tidy the front and back garden. Ask a gardener to give it a once over, adding new plants if necessary, and ensuring the lawn looks its best.
• Repair cracks, holes or damage in the driveway or walls
• Give the window frames and door a lick of paint if they need it
• Make sure the house number or name is clearly visible
• If your property is furnished, make sure it's clean and placed to make each room look as spacious as possible. Clear out cupboards and wardrobes of non-essential items.
• Make minor repairs - fix leaky taps and cracks in the walls, replace broken or crooked tiles, replace burned-out light bulbs - make sure everything works!
• Clean thoroughly from top to bottom - carpets, floors, windows, fixtures and fittings, etc. A professional cleaning company is the often a good option here.
• A quick coat of new paint can really help freshen up tired rooms and will encourage tenants to keep them in good condition.
A word on Decor
• So far as décor is concerned, we recommend neutral, with good quality furniture and furnishings, suitable for the type of tenant you intend to let to.
We at Lex Allan can advise you on those small changes that make all the difference to finding the right tenant, and achieving the best rental prices.
The monthly income from a rental property may be the main motivation behind becoming a landlord, but it's important to plan for the costs you may incur when letting your property, including:
It's wise to plan in advance and perhaps keep an emergency fund separately, just in case.
The purpose of a letting agent is to alleviate stress for the landlord and to ensure that their property remains a profitable investment, whether the landlord has just one property or a substantial portfolio.A good letting agent will provide the following services
Landlords tend to seek reassurance from agents, particularly if they are inexperienced and require advice on the legal pitfalls and latest legislation. Agents can ensure all paperwork is provided for notices, and for court action for possession if necessary. In these circumstances, to ensure the landlord is fully compliant and to ease any potential worries, it would be beneficial to use a letting agent.
As a rule of thumb, you are responsible for exterior and interior maintenance. You are also responsible for buildings and contents insurance and any other outgoings. The tenant has a responsibility to show a duty of care to the property and contents and is accountable for any council tax, gas, water and electric accounts
You should notify your Building Society or Bank if you have a mortgage on your property, that you wish to let. It is usually one of the conditions of your mortgage that you apply for permission to let the property.
If you currently have a residential mortgage, your mortgage lender may apply a wide range of parameters before providing consent. In many cases the following will apply: • You may be charged a higher rate of interest • You may have to pay an administration charge • You may need to show references and tenancies before being granted permission • Your managing agent may need to be an approved member of a recognised body, such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Lenders may also set the length of time the property can be let for, and permission will usually only be given if the mortgage account has been managed to the lender's satisfaction
If the property is leasehold you may need the head Leaseholder's or Freeholder's permission to create a Tenancy. We advise Landlords check with the Freeholder that there are no restrictions or conditions which prevent you from letting the property and that the Tenants must adhere to during the Tenancy period.
Landlords are responsible for ensuring that buildings and contents (if applicable) are adequately insured. A standard household policy will not be sufficient and we would advise that you contact your Insurers prior to letting to obtain the relevant consent(s). Details of specialist Landlord insurers are available upon request.
Our lettings experts will carry out a full evaluation of your property, its decorative condition and how it compares to other properties as well as considering local market conditions before advising you on its potential monthly rental value. We will advise on how to maximise your rent so that you are able to make the most of your property, as we know that such a valuable asset needs to work for you
It really depends on what and where your property is as to whether you should let it furnished or unfurnished as the market will determine the 'preferred' option. Before you make a decision it is worth speaking to us about demand levels for each type of tenancy in your area and working out which option is best for you
It is impossible to guarantee that your tenants will look after your home in the way that you would because everyone has different standards, but at Lex Allan we pride ourselves on selecting quality tenants for our landlord's properties. Convinced of the benefits, we focus a great deal of effort on analysing the prospective tenants for each property to let and find that our landlords benefit from far fewer tenant generated problems.


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"…it is important to recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality… The visible reality we see in the Sacraments is their outward expression, the form they take, and the way in which they are administered and received. The invisible reality we cannot "see" is God's grace, his gracious initiative in redeeming us through the death and Resurrection of his Son. His initiative is called grace because it is the free and loving gift by which he offers people a share in his life, and shows us his favor and will for our salvation. Our response to the grace of God's initiative is itself a grace or gift from God by which we can imitate Christ in our daily lives." (USCCA, p.168)
The Sacraments of Christian Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, lay the very foundations of every Christian life. "The sharing of the divine nature given to men through the grace of Christ bears a certain likeness to the origin, development, and nourishing of natural life. The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life." (CCC #1212)
The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two Sacraments of Healing: the sacraments of Reconciliation and the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. (CCC #1421)
The Sacraments of Service: Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation, it is through service to others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build up the people of God. (CCC #1534)
To listen to the audio player, left-click on the "arrow" directly to the right of the talk you wish to listen to. To download the mp3, left-click on the link; then follow the prompts.
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No matter what it is you do, treat yourself each week to something. It doesn't have to be big or extravagant, just treat yourself.
For instance, if you lost a couple pounds that week then treat yourself to a smoothie. If you had a really good work week, treat yourself to a walk in the park/Beach. If your child did really well in school, treat them to ice cream, if you completed all your exercise routines, treat yourself with a virtual high five.
Whatever it is treat you because you need positive energy as much as the next person.


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The TT Dog Walk Challenge will take place on Sunday 6th May this year. The first participant and their dog will start at the Grandstand at 7.30am and each mile will take approx. 20 minutes.
To guarantee your mile the upfront entrance fee of £25 and registration form MUST be submitted no later than midday on Thursday, 29th March 2018. Sponsorship per participant is optional.
For further information please contact Mike Fenrir at the ManxSPCA on 851672 or email email@example.com.


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In July 2014, the Black and Pink Chicago chapter sent a letter to our 100+ Illinois members housed in solitary confinement requesting testimony about their experiences in isolation. We planned to share their testimony at an event with our "free world" penpals to develop our collective understanding about the conditions in, and impact of, solitary confinement. We received 37 responses, mostly from people in IDOC, as well as a few from people in Marion federal prison. After transcribing their responses and sharing it with our penpals we feel our members' testimony needs to be shared with a broader audience. Thus we have started this blog series to amplify the voices of LGBTQ people in solitary.
Confidentiality is important to us. In our original letter requesting testimony we asked respondents to write whether or not they wanted their names and facilities shared. We stated that we planned to share testimony at a public event and may even post it to our website or facebook pages. Additionally, we wrote "As a matter of safety we will not print anyone's name/facility without your explicit permission." Any names and facilities mentioned herein are included with the explicit permission of our members.
We live in a time of growing knowledge of, and outrage about, solitary confinement. We hope this blog series expands our collective understanding about the horrors of solitary confinement and its particular impact on queer and trans people. More importantly, we hope it becomes another tool to help us end solitary confinement for all people, to move us away from a culture built on punishment and isolation and towards a culture based on restoration and community.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YARN-378?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13602516#comment-13602516 ] Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli commented on YARN-378: ---------------------------------------------- Bikas, as of today, env is also part of the API, see the env vars in the public class ApplicationConstants. The correct way to avoid env vars if at all is to pass in another named file/resource before container launch, so that AMs/Containers can load them for initial settings. We need that anyways, so let's continue to put it in env for now (and not introduce multiple ways of access), and fix it (if need be) separately. > ApplicationMaster retry times should be set by Client > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Key: YARN-378 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/YARN-378 > Project: Hadoop YARN > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: client, resourcemanager > Environment: suse > Reporter: xieguiming > Assignee: Zhijie Shen > Labels: usability > Attachments: YARN-378_1.patch, YARN-378_2.patch, YARN-378_3.patch, YARN-378_4.patch, YARN-378_5.patch, YARN-378_6.patch, YARN-378_6.patch, YARN-378_7.patch > > > We should support that different client or user have different ApplicationMaster retry times. It also say that "yarn.resourcemanager.am.max-retries" should be set by client. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has applied before the Constitutional Court for a joinder to a petition in a matter in which two Lusaka based lawyers asked the Constitutional Court to render its interpretation on whether the amended Constitution allows political parties to sponsor candidates for the election or nomination of councillors ahead of the August 11th general elections.
In an application filed before the Constitutional Court, YALI president Andrew Ntewewe has argued that should the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) proceed with its advertised decision to accept nominations from candidates to local government elections, the Commission would be in breach of the Constitution of Zambia, as amended.
Mr Ntewewe has submitted that according to Article 60 of the Constitution, political parties now have a limited right to sponsor candidates for nomination or elections to State Office, and councillors and Mayors as they are not State Officers.
Both YALI and the two Lusaka – based lawyers who initiated the petition have told the Constitutional Court that they were not challenging the right of persons to belong to any political party of their choice but the right of parties to sponsor candidates for elections as councillors. Earlier, two lawyers asked the Constitutional Court to render its interpretation on whether the amended Constitution allows political parties to sponsor candidates for the election or nomination of councillors ahead of the August 11th General Elections.
Lawyers Noel Siamoondo and Kelly Kapianga, who sued the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) as a first Respondent and the Attorney General as Second Respondent, argued that Article 60 and 153 of the amended Constitution has limited the right for political parties to sponsor candidates for election to State Office.
The lawyers who also sued in their capacity as citizens of Zambia under Article 2 of the Constitution of Zambia are seeking a declaration that persons who intend to contest as councillors could not be sponsored by political parties and that local authorities as established by the Constitution are autonomous and therefore, political parties could not sponsor councillors as that would comprise and/or interfere with the performance of their duties.
The lawyers also argued that the office of councillor as provided in the amended Constitution was not a State Office and other provisions in the amended Constitution support the notion that the Constitution had created a new structure of local government which made Councils free from partisan political influence in the delivery of services to the people.


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North Station Cinema I
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This was a single screen gay porn cinema that was located away from the city center, north of Scollay Square. I have it listed as operating in the mid-1970's (1977 edition of the Bob Damron Address Book).
It was operated by the same management as the South Station Cinema, another gay porn cinema located to the south of the city center and shared the same ads in newspapers.
Any further information on the current status and history of this theatre would be appreciated.
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Thanks Ron for your information on this theatre.
To clarify, the Shawmut Inn opened in 1994, but the building is much older, probably dating back to the late 19th century.
This whole 'Bulfinch Triangle' district was quite run-down and isolated for many years, being surrounded on one side by the huge and ugly Government Center Garage and on two others by elevated train tracks and the elevated Central Artery (I-93). The garage is unfortunately still standing, but the elevated rails and highways were torn down last year.
I never attended this or any other adult theatre, but after taking a walk there this morning, I have a vague memory that two other North Station Cinema screens had an entrance halfway around the block on Portland Street. Eventually I'll try to verify this from old newspapers or phone books.
I confess to having seen a couple porn films in the North Station Cinema, circa 1977. At that time I believe they had an entrance on Portland street, where there was a single screen, and another on Friend street where there were two screens. (Or the other way around, I can't recall.) At this time it showed straight films only, but I believe it changed over to a gay genre a couple years later.
On reflection,I seem to remember that they had a single screen on Friend Street and two on Portland. I'm not sure, but I think after a time the single screen closed. It's possible that the one on Friend showed gay films; I only remember that the two on Portland were straight when I was there.
The North Station on Friend Street was showing gay porn early in the '70s, as I witnessed "Bijou" when it was playing there, 1973, with a very vocal accompaniment by Sylvia Sydney, one of Boston's reigning drag queens. Boston After Dark gave it a very good review, considering.
An economical porn buff could always wait a week for whatever played there at the one screen to appear that following week at the South Station duplex.
There was a theater under the elevated, directly across from the Boston Gardens – was this the aforementioned possible duplex No. Station? I saw a lot of questionable R or very small 'x' rated movies there, like "Birds of Peru" – an unfortunate film for a doomed Jean Seburg – and "DeSade" with Keir Dullea, post his fame with "2001", but no too long after that, say 1968 or '69. It nonetheless felt like a 'raincoat' crowd attended. And it was just the one screen at these times.
The theater under the elevated on Causeway Street was E.M. Loew's West End Cinema. It was originally built as the Lancaster Theatre, and ended its life as the West End Pussycat. It was torn down in 1990.
In the early 1980s, I attended a straight xxx film at a little cinema on either Friend St. or Portland St. It was on the east side of the street, a few doors down from Causeway St. You went in and turned right to face the screen. I think it was a single-screen operation. It was in an existing building.
With reference to the cinema visit mentioned above, I just looked in my travel log, where I sometimes entered movie and theatre visits, and found that I attended "Cinema 3 near North Station" on Tuesday, December 2, 1980. This implies that there was a "Cinema 1 and 2" nearby.
I confess to being a bit of a porn hound when I lived in Boston. North Station Cinema ran straight double features in the early 80's. Mostly New York-produced flicks, as I recall.
1974 photo added courtesy of the Dirty Old Boston Facebook page. Films on the marquee were released in 1969 & `70, though neither were pornography films. So it appears North Station Cinema 1 was also trying to be a revival house.
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SiKanda – SOLIDARIDAD INTERNACIONAL KANDA A.C.- is an independent, nongovernmental, nonprofit and non-denominational organization founded in 2009 in Oaxaca, Mexico.
"Kanda" means "Movement" in Mixtec, an indigenous language spoken in Mexico.
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I sent a request out to the twitterverse to help me plan dinner. I just needed a protein. I was having chef's-block. My dear friend Olga Nunes (soon to be featured in the celebrities section of this site) threw "Lamb" back at me. I had never cooked lamb. I didn't really even know if I liked lamb! But I took the challenge.
Since I was flying blind on this one, I went to Epicurious and found a recipe that didn't only look good but was over the top with flavor and a bit eccentric: Spice-Coated Rack of Lamb with Arugula, Avocado, and Blood Orange Salad. WOW!
There used to be a restaurant at the summit of Highway 17, the main artery between Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley. The restaurant changes hands about once a year. No one wants to stop at the summit, they're almost home! Anyway, one of the restaurants had a huge sign that said, "BEST RACK OF LAMB IN THE WORLD!" It made me laugh. I never stopped, it's gone now. I'll never know, but if it was this recipe, it may have just well have been the best in the world. This dish was AMAZING. Apparently I do like lamb.
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I've been taught that life is made to be conquered on both of its battlefields, the inner self and the outside world.
As we all know, in every conquest some collateral damage might occur; there is indeed a price to pay. Therefore, we cannot undergo such a thorough engagement unless we have the courage, confidence and strength to do it. we must confidently fix our goals, to chase them deliberately. Some goals might be easy, others might be hard.
Romans used to say that the eagle does not catch flies (in Latin: aquila non capit muscas). In other words, the eagle has not time or will to waste his energy on trifling matters. He deliberately dedicates his attention to what really deserves it.
In fact, anybody can choose whichever pray they want, but there is no taste in easy victories. The greatness of achievements is not to be measured quantitatively; it's the quality that counts the most.
The higher the quality is, the harder the conquest is. The harder the conquest is, the higher the risk is. The higher the risk is, the more vulnerable we are!
The more vulnerable we are, the more we are about to lose. Consequently, we would be putting at stake what we cherish the most in life.
Here I am questioning myself: is it fair that family, friends and lovers be the victims of this collateral damage? I would prefer paying the price with time, energy and money; but I'm not willing to give up on them. They give meaning to my life…
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Concert streaming can transform our relationships with orchestras - and our new guide shows you how
The November issue of Gramophone - out now - contains a special six-page focus on concert, opera and event streaming. It's our second such supplement, and reading it – and for that matter comparing this year's with last year's – reveals what an extraordinary area of growth this sector is seeing. For a start, just to include all the organisations engaged in it, let alone do them justice, required an extra couple of pages.
The variety of these organisations is impressive and welcome. There are, of course, the enterprises whose very remit lies in this area - sites like Medici TV, which webcast a wide variety of content and programmes (from operas, to concerts, masterclasses and even our own Awards) - and feel in many ways like arts channels, to adopt old-school broadcasting terminology. Turning to organisations of much older vintage, however - the orchestras and opera houses - it might easily have been left to the familiar grandees such as New York's Metropolitan Opera or the Berlin Philharmonic to bring their might and resources to bear on making live performances as widely available as possible, whether through cinema broadcasts or online. But for all the riches they offer, perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of all this is the chance to become very well acquainted with the work of ensembles and organisations with whom – without such technology – such familiarity simply wouldn't be possible. Contemporary opera company Tête-à-Tête, for example – boasting videos of an extraordinary 400 productions and counting – or the equally forward-looking Manchester-based ensemble Psappha. Or masterclasses from the Juilliard or Jacobs schools of music. And orchestras like the Bergen Philharmonic or Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra who, though familiar from recordings, now allow us to take a virtual seat in their stalls, to develop a genuine sense of association with and understanding of their repertoire, their approach and their players. To become, if you choose, part of the community that defines a regular audience.
Straight after sending the November issue – with its digital streaming feature – to press, I headed to Gothenburg to see from the inside what this all means to one such organization, and one that has grasped the possibilities with imagination and commitment. I've always been fascinated by the different relationship arts organisations have to their locality in what we might call – without meaning to be remotely disparaging - 'second cities'. The CBSO in Birmingham, RLPO in Liverpool, the Hallé in Manchester, and, here, the GSO and Sweden's second biggest city. For all the prestige attached to a capital's cultural crown jewels, there sometimes seems a more personal sense of pride and affection between a second city and their – and it often feels more powerfully their – orchestras. I suspect the complacency of capitals plays a part. Perhaps too it's the size – when you're a slightly smaller city but with a world-class ensemble in your midst, you're just more aware of (and proud of) it. And perhaps, in a smaller city, such ensembles can better weave themselves into the fabric of a town's identity. Key sponsors are often the region's leading employers – in Gothenburg's case, Volvo. Perhaps, as we so often see, away from the capital such organisations feel more free to take greater risks with repertoire and artists.
But whatever it is, taking a seat among the 1200 in Gothenburg's beautiful Canadian maple auditorium, I did feel as if I were joining a community. Everyone rose to their feet after Yuja Wang's thrillingly musical Rachmaninov Concerto No 4, and then again when new Chief Conductor Santtu-Mattias Rouvali concluded an impressively dramatic reading of Shostakovich's Symphony No 12. Both standing ovations were hard won, I hasten to add, but that's still fairly rare in my experience. Does that often happen here, I ask? Yes, I'm told. It felt a bit like, to take each half respectively, a family welcoming an honoured guest, and then one supporting their home hero. And while the GSO are of course renowned - many recordings under the likes of Neeme Järvi are rightly acclaimed - there's an insight into an ensemble which only seeing them in their home can really bring, and it's this that their webcasts can uniquely transmit to the wider world. As with the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall, the Gothenburgers have taken the technology seriously. Camera angles are well thought out and thoughtfully employed (zeroing in on a principal for their solos but also allowing for the serendipity of wider shots), all masterminded from a dedicated control room. Sound comes exclusively via a 'Decca tree' – a simple stereo set-up of three mics – hanging above the conductor, an effective way of simply capturing his sonic intentions, and something else that perhaps distinguishes webcasts from recordings and their more forensic mic placements. What the conductor hears is, very much, what the viewer gets (or potentially better – those pioneering Decca engineers knew a thing or two).
And you hear (and see of course) these various organisations either online or through an app. Various models of subscription exist across the sector – the Met Opera charges $149.99 a year, or $14.99 a month – swap the dollar sign to euros, and that's the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall price too. GSO Play is a bit different – you can watch concerts online for free for 30 days (though a premium option of 99SEK (about £10) gives you access for 90 days, on and offline). Which is, it might be said, pretty generous. So what's the aim? Outreach – both in terms of reaching new classical listeners, but also encouraging committed classical listeners to become more familiar with the ensemble. As the GSO puts it: 'we aim to reach a broader and more diverse audience throughout the world.'
If the opportunities offered by this new area feel unprecedented, some of the issues it raises are probably not. Back in 1931, Rachmaninov, in the pages of Gramophone, bemoaned the impact broadcasting could have on recording. 'It is so seldom that I am sincerely satisfied with my performance, so often that I feel it could have been better. And when making records it is actually possible to achieve something approaching artistic perfection…Can the radio artist, who has no opportunity to hear how his performance comes through, ever know a similar satisfaction in his work? Myself, I dislike radio music and listen to it very seldom.' The great composer-pianist was, it seems, uncomfortable with the idea that a one-off performance would be captured, conveyed and perhaps then retained for posterity.
Nearly a century later, I'm aware from conversations I've had with conductors that the proliferation of live recordings led to a process of adjustment too. But it's refreshing to contrast Rachmaninov's views of broadcasting with the attitude of Gothenburg's dynamic new young maestro to live streaming. Santtu-Matias Rouvali is keenly aware of, and keen to grasp, the role that young artists – like him, like Yuja Wang – can play as advocates to their generation, and sees technology as part of that. The GSO Play set up was, he told me, a part of what he considers the 'great circumstances' that made his new post such a compelling one. But when I ask whether the streaming dimension, the fact that every note is – audibly and visually - captured, conveyed and preserved, affects the way he thinks about the concert experience at all, he looks somewhat bemused by the question. 'No, I don't care, I don't think about that at all. Not at all.' Aged 32, he's among the first of a generation for whom this is simply the norm. Simply a part of what they do. We, the audiences - wherever we might be - are the richer for it.


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* Italy/German spread at tightest in a week at 231 bps
* Threat of German government collapse recedes
* Safe haven German bond yields higher 2 bps
* Trade war threat still hangs over market
* French 30-year yield hits 18 month low
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LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - German borrowing costs rose and Italian spreads tightened as concerns over a possible collapse of the German government subsided, but the moves were muted as the threat of a full-blown trade war hung over the market.
German conservatives settled a row over migration late on Monday that had threatened to topple Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition after talks with her interior minister led him to drop a threat to resign.
The news encouraged investors to shed safe haven German Bunds and instead buy Italian government debt, reducing the closely-watched spread between the 10-year bond yields of the two countries by 4 basis points to its narrowest in over a week.
"If politics is going to be less of a threat during the summer holiday season, you can make the case for being invested in peripheral markets because of the higher returns," said DZ Bank analyst Andy Cossor.
Even after Tuesday's tightening, Italy's 10-year government bond is yielding 231 bps more than its German counterpart.
But Cossor warned that other risks remain, particularly when Italy's new anti-establishment government, which has high spending plans, begins discussions with the European Union over next year's budget.
In addition, the possibility of a full trade conflict between the United States and Germany is keeping major government bond yields pinned near recent lows.
President Donald Trump made a veiled threat to the World Trade Organization on Monday hours after the EU threatened retaliation to U.S. tariffs on European cars and car parts.
Even though the 10-year German yield rose 2 bps to 0.32 percent on Tuesday, it is still not far from a five-week low of 0.284 percent on Monday and around half May's high of 0.65 percent.
Other major euro zone bond yields were flat to a touch higher although Italy was the outlier, with two-, five- and 10-year yields down 2-3 bps.
Long-dated euro zone government bonds have been in demand after a Reuters report that the ECB is considering buying more longer-term debt from next year.
On Tuesday, French 30-year bond yields dropped to an 18-month low of 1.50 percent. Other long-dated bond yields were higher on the day but also not far from recent lows.
"The value in the very long-end of the French curve, relative to Germany, is only just beginning to be realised by investors," Mizuho's head of rates strategy Peter Chatwell said in a note.
Elsewhere, investors gave the cold shoulder to $125 billion of U.S. Treasury bills for sale on Monday with bidding for some issues at its lowest in nearly a decade.
Reporting by Abhinav Ramnarayan; editing by David Stamp


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I spent Friday and Saturday (Aug 14 & 15) shooting the short film, Diminished Chords. I put my heart and soul into my one line of dialogue ("I got the part!"), creating a strong objective based around the epitome of high school motivation: a crush on a boy.
I also "sang a solo" in the school musical, although it had been decided before I ever came to rehearsal and showcased my singing talents that it would be dubbed over...to use on my reel or not? My lip syncing skills are a fine addition to any project, I must say.


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Searching for the path towards a healthier you? It isn't exhausting to search out. The journey begins with some easy tweaks to your way of life. The correct diet, train, and stress-reduction plan all play a giant role. Usually, the context in which an individual lives is of great significance for each his health status and quality of their life. It's more and more acknowledged that health is maintained and improved not only via the development and software of health science, but also by way of the efforts and intelligent way of life choices of the individual and society. In accordance with the World Health Group, the primary determinants of health embody the social and economic environment, the physical atmosphere, and the individual's individual traits and behaviors.
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I signed up for a 2 week trial after which signed up for a 12 months on a month to month foundation. Try to preserve a steady weight by exercising and consuming a balanced eating regimen. Eating whole grains with plenty of vegetables and avoiding junk meals additionally helps to maintain a steady weight. One hour of walk or half an hour of aerobics on a regular basis helps to maintain the metabolism up and the burden steady. Apart from utilizing smaller plates and bowels, dietitian Jade Campbell means that lean protein parts should not be larger than a deck of cards, carbohydrates the size of a tennis ball and fat the scale of a cube – and do not forget that half your plate must be stuffed with salads or greens!
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Our RV is a 29 foot travel trailer called a Puma from Palomino. Its model number is the 29 FKSS.
For a travel trailer, a 29 footer is pretty big. If you are thinking about pulling it with a 1/2 ton pickup, you would be sadly mistaken.
Here is some information and pictures about the travel trailer.
Right now, we will be living in it on weekends. We'll pull it to fun locations near Austin Texas (where we work and live) and it will be our weekend machine. We're paying for whole months and leaving it at the sites so we just have to go to our 'riverfront property' with just the car. We think that will be a nice way to do it.
Today, I personally have trouble seeing how anyone would want to buy any kind of RV without having what is called a 'slide'. This is a movable portion of RV that is extended when the RV is parked and being lived in and un-extended when traveling.
These slides add a tremendous amount of living space. Imaging that a slide is 12 feet long by 3 feet wide, it will add 36 square feet. When you have only 232 square feet (8 x 29) an extra 36 is significant. It also 'opens up' the space so it seems very open and livable.
The unit will put about 800 pounds onto the hitch (1/2 ton) but I wouldn't say a half ton pickup can handle it. You should figure about 7500 pounds when towing.
Inside the unit, we have all the modern conveniences. Microwave, oven, refrigerator, running water and everything!! The difference between a house and an apartment and an RV is size.
The biggest difference is really HOW you think more than anything. You never need be limited by any concept of 'place'. You move your little house to where you want or need to be.
My goal is to figure out HOW to make money (I'm not even close to retirement) without having to be connected to a physical place. Somehow I think the internet will help. I just don't know how.
Well, this is a little about our RV. Send questions and I'll add to this post to include more interesting information.


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You can all stop sobbing into your handkerchiefs, pulling your hair out and wondering what the hell you're going to do with your time, my computer, internet connection and therefore my long rambling blog posts are back! So get some supplies in, I have some epic manicures to show you and you can guarantee that I will go on and on and on and on about them...
But first, just a quick update to let you know I have added a page to the tabs along the top, so that you can keep an eye on my untried challenge. So far in September I have used 15 polishes I'd not tried before, which equals out to one a day! Not bad, but seeing as there are 55 polishes on the list (and I grouped a set of 5 together...) the challenge will be continuing for a wee while yet.
Also, a couple of people have told me that the layout of my blog is odd when viewed in Firefox. I'm trying to resolve it but as I know veeery little about HTML it's taking some time. Please be patient and don't desert me! The handy blogger stats thing tells me that something like 35% of my pageviews have been from people using Firefox (more than any other browser) so I am trying to sort it out. In the meantime, may I suggest Google Chrome...(sorry! That was cheeky of me...)
So, look out for my favourite manicure ever tomorrow, I can't wait to show you!
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Why Simplify My Phone?
The best way to get a simpler phone is to buy a normal stupid phone. However, that could have consequences that you did not think about. First, simplifying the phone does not necessarily mean eliminating all your applications. But, more importantly, we assume that you still want your phone to call and write text messages. Unfortunately, old collapsible phones and non-smart devices tend not to have the quality of call that most of us look for today. Also, some of them have things like writing t9 (prediction text) for their text message. Also, you probably already have a smartphone, so why go and invest in another device, however cheap? Arguments made, we come to simplification.
Stop Notifications:
Okay, we understand, sometimes it's too difficult to cut the thread at once. Or you may want to disable your email, but work makes it impossible or one of many other things. If you still want to take advantage of the simplification, it is easier to disable telephone notifications. You can disable the main notifications (ringtone, SMS volume, etc.) in the Settings menu of your phone (in Sound). For all other applications, go to the application and look at the menus there until you find a silent mode. If you do not receive any notification or message, it means you can look at your phone a lot less and continue with real life.
Get Rid of Data:
Now, for the difficult part: you must go ahead and turn off your WiFi and mobile data. That's easy on most phones. Pull down the top taskbar and press the WiFi button to turn it off. Then go to your configuration menu, press data and then turn off mobile data. This means that your phone has no data connection at all. No Facebook messages, no emails, no Internet access, nothing but calls and SMS.
Sounds a little too scary? Yes, we do not blame you, and there is a less terrifying way to handle it. You may have had to maintain some applications that require Internet access, such as Google Maps or email. In this case, you only want limited access. The easiest way is to download an application called NetGuard and set data restrictions for individual applications. You can deactivate the data of all the applications except the ones you want to keep. You see, that was not so bad, right? As an additional incentive, your phone bill should now be lower and your phone's battery will last much longer.
Disable Your Browser:
In addition to the above, you must also disable your browser, since in some phones the browser cancels its data configuration and still works. That is easy. Go to Settings, press Applications, find your browser and click on it and then on Deactivate. Completed All these Internet-based things can be done in the office or on your home PC, so leave your phone for the basics.
Make Your App Decisions:
Your first step is to decide exactly what your phone should do. A true purist will erase everything except call and messaging functions, but that is not realistic for some people. You may want to keep your camera application, music application and even the map application in case you get lost. There is nothing wrong with keeping some important things, but if it is not really necessary, you should get rid of all these messaging and social networking applications. Ideally, you want to have a home screen on your phone.


text: Breakfast, as we know, is the most important meal of the day. A healthy breakfast can be the start to a productive day, a balanced diet and an overall healthy lifestyle. We all try to be a little healthier early in the morning — some of us may even eat a piece of fruit to start off the day. However, healthy can get a bit boring. Sometimes it's good to be bad, even before noon. Sometimes we need to swap the whole wheat toast and egg whites for something a little sinful but 10 times as tasty. And if you ever feel the need to break out of that new health kick you just kicked off and start your day with a little indulgence, look no further than Ace Biscuit and Barbecue. Ace may not be kind to your waistline, but it is oh so good to your stomach. As the name implies, Ace specializes in two things — biscuits and 'cue, combining the duo to make a killer all-day-breakfast menu. Starting early in the morning — 8 a.m., to be exact — Ace serves up the heartiest of breakfast meals, most between two halves of a biscuit. Their food combinations take traditional savory breakfast fare to a new level of indulgence — combinations like mouth-watering fried chicken, sausage gravy and house-smoked pimento cheese, or slow cooked and tender beef brisket topped with caramelized onions, cheddar cheese and a fried egg can start the day with just the right amount of juicy, fatty goodness. From the moment you arrive at Ace, it's easy to see where all this down-home cooking comes from. Ace is a quintessential barbecue joint in every sense of the phrase — from the painted white brick exterior, to the chalkboard chock-full of daily specials and savory meat combinations, to the plethora of pig decorations on every available surface. And if the humble and charming homestyle decor didn't sell the restaurant, the smell from the open kitchen certainly will — the smoky smell of cooked meat, something only a true 'cue restaurant can produce, makes the stomach start growling long before your food arrives. Ace also doesn't limit itself to early morning eats. Open until 3 p.m. every day of the week, the barbecue joint also rocks a satisfying lunch menu. Serving all the traditional Southern fare, like pulled pork, ribs, mac and cheese and collard greens — not to mention the sinfully juicy burger topped with their famous pimento — the lunch offerings prove this breakfast joint also has the chops to contend with any barbecue smoker in Charlottesville. However, in all barbecue restaurants, the secret is in the sauce, and Ace's sauces delivers on all fronts. Ace sports five homemade varieties of barbecue sauce, from traditional sweet red sauce and Carolina-style vinegar-based to a more daring mustard-based concoction. The shop even has their own homebrewed hot sauce, providing the perfect amount of spicy kick to your morning routine. Ace's array of sauces provide even more variety to their already expansive menu and ensure that each visit will offer a new set of flavors to enjoy. I can't recommend an Ace biscuit enough — there really is no better way to start the day than with fried chicken and gravy or a slab of ribs. Whether you go for a savory brunch, an early morning kickstart or just to spend time with staff that makes you feel truly at home, Ace Biscuit and Barbecue is the place to be. Even as a relatively new kid on the block, I've got a feeling that Ace will be serving up delicious homestyle cooking for a long time.


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On 18th September I shall be taking part in the London Duathlon. As many of you will know, I am not a runner! So, it's been a bit of a struggle, but with a few weeks to go I am optimistic that I should be able to complete the course. In so doing I am hoping to increase awareness of von Hippel Landau disease and raise some money for VHL Uk/Ireland.
Michael, a close family friend, was diagnosed with VHL at 13 years of age. This is a rare genetic disease in which multiple tumours grow in certain parts of the body. It was Michael's brain that was mainly effected and he underwent many neurosurgical operations over the next 13 years until he died recently at the age of 26. Michael lived his life as fully as he possibly could, passing his exams and going to university to study Architecture. Michael loved life and inspired those who knew him with his courage, determination and his sense of humour.
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On Saturday (that is to say, July 15th), Josiah, Liz, and I went for an attempt on the Matthes Crest traverse from south to north. It was a total mess; in my book, it falls just barely short of an epic, but it certainly crosses the line over into being a total cluster. We got in a decent ways over our heads, made a mess of basically the whole route, and had a really long day. Remarkably, almost the entire day was still fun. Here is, more or less, how it happened.( --- More (3483 words) --- )


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For 3 Ams players, winning is different
KENNEWICK -- The Tri-City Americans have helped revive the careers of several of the Western Hockey League's brightest stars -- most recently Colton Yellow Horn, Mitch Fadden, Jason Reese and Carter Ashton.
All came from teams swirling the bottom of the proverbial WHL drain at the time, and all four proved worthy of the price Tri-City general manager Bob Tory paid.
"We believe in second chances," Tory said. "It's not an exact science, but we have a lot of good things going for us. New players are welcomed in the dressing room. There is no pecking order -- it is a family environment. Everyone is treated with respect and dignity. It's a different environment when you play on a team struggling to win."
Goalie Ty Rimmer, left wing Nate MacMaster and defenseman Derek Ryckman know that feeling all too well.
Rimmer came in a trade from Prince George, a team that made the playoffs by the skin of its teeth last year after finishing the regular season 33-35-2-2.
MacMaster started last season in Moose Jaw before being traded to Calgary after 22 games. The Hitmen won just 20 games last season, and had the worst record in the league at 20-47-3-2.
Ryckman played his entire career in Lethbridge before a trade brought him to the Americans. The Hurricanes were a a woeful 23-36-5-8 last season and missed the playoffs.
To get a fresh start with the Americans has been a blessing. You can see it in their eyes.
"This team is different in the sense we come to the rink expecting to win," MacMaster said. "That is the attitude you need to win. In Calgary, there were times we would drop four or five in a row. It was hard to stay positive. When you are 18 or 19 (years old), you aren't happy just to be in the league any more. You want more."
He's gotten that and paid for his keep with four goals and an assist while playing a key role on the checking line.
"I saw a trade coming and when I found out it was Tri-City, I was excited," MacMaster said. "(Calgary GM) Kelly Kisio told me I was going from worst to first. They have a great tradition here. I love the group of guys here. They have treated me awesome since the first day I got here."
After three-plus years in Lethbridge, Ryckman was a bit nervous for a change, but after he arrived the butterflies flew away.
"I'm excited to be here," he said. "It's more fun when you win -- there is a different attitude around the rink. This team knows how to have fun, but knows when it's time to be serious."
The trade has helped Ryckman be able to play to his strength as a stay-at-home defenseman.
"In Lethbridge I was depended on a lot on the PK and the power play, and in all situations," he said. "Here I get to concentrate on the defensive part of my game. It's a lot of fun to play here. The crowd is energetic and loud, and the guys are great."
Rimmer struggled in PG last year to the tune of a 17-20-0-2 record with a 3.29 goals against average and an .899 save percentage. This season, he is 8-3-0-0 with a 1.65 GAA and a .947 save percentage (tops in the WHL).
"We have a great team here," Rimmer said. "The 20 guys and our staff are responsible for our record. It's a lot of fun to win, and a lot of hard work. I feel blessed with the opportunity to play here."
Rimmer tried to be diplomatic in regards to PG, but finally opened up.
"I'm having a great time here," he said. "I love coming to the rink everyday. It's a treat to play with these guys. I believe our defensive corps is second to none in the league. They give me a chance to play more aggressive."
And that's not all.
"I love playing in front of the home crowd," he added. "There were a lot green shirts (empty seats) in Prince George."
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