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When I was nine-years-old my dad had a lot of work in Washington D.C. and he would occasionally bring the family along on his trips. We would take a robber baron-dated Amtrak from New York to D.C. and stay at the pinnacle of luxury for a nine-year-old known as The Embassy Suites in Bethesda, Maryland. There were few things better in life as a nine-year-old than staying at the Embassy Suites.
When I stayed in the kind of tropical resort known as the Bethesda, Maryland Embassy Suites, there were few things I ever needed in life after that magical experience. I would say that Embassy Suites was a close second to Six Flags in terms of the potential for greatness that the human experience had to offer. Whether I was jumping on a bed covered in starchy sheets, revealing room service chicken tenders from beneath a metal saucer of a heat cover or sprinting laps around the perimeter hallways, I'm pretty sure it was the happiest I ever possible reached as a child. Forget about everything else, if I was nine and staying at an Embassy Suites I don't think life got much better.
Twenty years later and my family's annual roller coaster pilgrimages have been replaced by hunt to visit all 59 national parks in the country. When I realized that traveling to Northern California to see friends, family and Pinnacles National Park had the potential for an Embassy Suites stay, my life had gone full circle.
Pinnacles is located around two hours south of the San Jose airport and on first glance – like an Embassy Suites – it doesn't seem all that special when you get your first glance from the parking lot. You have to really dive beneath the surface and explore both locations to find their truest majesty. Pinnacles looks like a bunch of really cool rock formations jutting out of a chaparral forest. The history behind the place has something to do with being the leftovers of an ancient volcano that moved a few hundred miles into the Central Valley because of the San Andreas Fault that will kill us all someday. But when you first look at the thing, it doesn't look like it's going to be as special as it is. You might be misled by the bland glass exterior of the Embassy Suites, but you really have to step inside to see what you're missing.
There are two roads that lead to Pinnacles, one from the west off the 101 and one from the east that isn't close to anything, except maybe San Jose, California, but I don't think that counts. The roads don't intersect within the park so you need a really trusty Uber driver who will go 60 miles out of his way if you want to do a one-way hike. The highlight on the drive was driving through Gilroy, California, which is the garlic capital of the country. In the same way that diabetics seize up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Gilroy's garlic-scented air can proudly proclaim itself vampire-free. We entered Pinnacles from the east, parked at the Bear Gulch Day Use Area and set out on the 5.3-mile loop along the High Peaks and Condor Gulch Trails.
Pinnacles National Park was one of those trips that was excellent because of the day we saw it. We went on an empty Wednesday in March with 60-degree weather, no crowds, green hills and rare wildlife sightings. We could've gone to the exact same place at the height of the drought and been miserable. Instead, we climbed along staircases carved out of the Pinnacles with nothing but a thin railing separating us from a vertical drop-off hundreds of feet below. We had to duck our heads to squeeze between boulders on the trail. We switchbacked up the rocks and had expansive views of both sides of the park with the snowcapped Sierras in the extreme distance. And that would've been cool enough but then we saw the condors.
We were at around 2700 feet of elevation when we crested another one of the staircase-carved boulders and saw four of the last-remaining California Condors in the world sitting sentry atop the mountain. Listed as extinct in 1987 (there were only 22 alive in the world at the time), the last handful were captured, nurtured and slowly reintroduced back into the wild. Today there are 128 California Condors flying over the state, each of them tagged and tracked like a kid with anxious parents, and we were lucky enough to see four of them. And then we got even more fortunate to see a glimpse into the future. We stumbled upon two soft-soften birdwatchers who were camped out all day to spot the birds. Basically, me in five years. They invited us to use their binoculars to see the birds up close.
These things were huge and vulture-like. They looked like they were wearing giant trench coats and when they flew overhead their nine-foot wing span let you know you were in trouble. California Condors are the largest North American land-birds. They are scavengers without any fur on their faces making them some of the least-attractive creatures in the animal kingdom but also some of the coolest. Their appearance is the last thing on your mind when you see them circling and you're low on water. Seeing Pinnacles National Park was good. Hiking across the park and spotting the four condors was amazing. Seeing Pinnacles, spotting condors and then two nights later traveling up to Northern California for a stay at the Embassy Suites was everything I could ever want in life.
We extended the trip a couple extra days to see family and friends in the area. This involved a day trip to the Marin Headlands over the Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods a little further north. The views were amazing and redwoods spectacular but both of them paled in comparison to coming full-circle in life with our stay at the Embassy Suites.
I was happy to report that nothing has changed since my residency as a nine-year-old connoisseur of the Embassy Suites. You still walk inside and get hit with the overpowering odor of chlorine from the swimming pool and fountains. The depressing koi still call the atrium pools home. The diluted sunlight filters through the greenhouse ceiling. The breakfast buffet is still all-you-can eat with a line of sticky children pushing their way to the hot chocolate machine. You can get the signature Embassy Suites headache from forgetting what actual sunlight feels like. Annoying kids continue sprinting laps around the atrium while the hum of the ice machine keeps you up all night.
If that sounds like a miserable night in a hotel, you'd be sorely mistaken. It was everything I hoped it would be. It was the anti-AirBnB. It was the absolute peak of mediocrity and you can't manufacture that kind of comfort. It was like drinking the perfect glass of milk. Just like their counterpart – the California Condor – there are only hundreds of Embassy Suites left in the world. They were added to the endangered species list only a few years ago but we all have to do our part to nurture them back to the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, nacho cheese plate happy hour and fax machine business center greatness that we all know they can be. And that is what makes the National Park Service the bastion of protection that we are all thankful to have, both as Americans and as Ambassadors to the Embassy Suites and California Condors in the world. It was truly a majestic trip.
Part of what makes Yosemite and Sequoia so beautiful is that you have to drive through Fresno on the way. It turns out the exact opposite holds true for the national parks of Hawaii. Both Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks are less beautiful in context because they are surrounded by the most gorgeous place on Earth. So when you actually drive to the main attractions you're underwhelmed because you've seen and explored nothing but spectacular scenery along the way. After driving two hours to get to the national parks you calculate the obligatory time to show interest in geology until you can get back to the beach.
While my career and job prospects appear to be nonexistent, I take a little bit of solace in the fact that I've poured all my energy, time and money into traveling the world with a girl I somehow tricked into marrying me. By last count I've been to five continents, 20 countries (more if you go by FIFA's count), 27 national parks and 40-something states depending on how much you count drive-throughs. It's possible that Hawaii could be the best trip I've ever taken anywhere, which I hate to admit because so many people have been to Hawaii. There is nothing pretentious about my favorite vacation which sucks because I'm a very pretentious person.
I'm going to have the same favorite place as Barb in accounting who went to Honolulu on her honeymoon 20 years ago, which is such a waste of all the other trips I've taken. I could've saved a boatload of cash from the Australia trip if I knew I could go half the distance without exchanging currency or having to deal with all the spiders that will murder you. Yeah, Thailand was beautiful but they also have plenty of Thai food in Hawaii without the underage prostitutes (this might be a minus for some). Food costs a lot more money in Hawaii but you can choose any country's cuisine and it usually includes American-sized portions.
Every beach I've visited in Hawaii has been the most beautiful beach I've ever seen. I snorkeled with enormous green sea turtles that looked at me and threw me a head nods like we're old buddies. I swam with an aquarium's amount of fish, laid out in the softest sand in front of the most picturesque palm trees and snuck into the bathrooms of the fanciest hotels in the country. And it's all the little things make Hawaii incredible. All the free parking next to these perfect beaches, the fact that – somehow – this is still part of the United States even though you're half an ocean away. The food, people, weather, rainforests, sea turtles, laid back vibe and abundance of banana bread, and I really, really, really enjoy banana bread to the point where my last blood work showed a spike in potassium. And Hawaii is like the capital of banana bread.
Now somewhere along this paradise, the national park service designated a couple stretches to officially join the ranks of the 59 United States National Parks. And they do this because – like all national parks – these two places offer one feature better than anywhere else in the country. Driving up the Jagger Museum of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (even though all of Hawaii are volcanoes) we saw real, bubbling, red hot lava belching out of a crater into a huge undulating sea of magma. That was amazing. You know what else was amazing? Walking out of the hotel in flip flops to the Corona-quality beach while we were handed cold pineapple slices. Nothing against the national park but we didn't have to drive several hours away from the beach for the latter and the rangers were short on pineapple.
Haleakala National Park suffered from the same problem as Hawaii Volcanoes, which is that it's a really strong team in the league's best division. They might be in first place if they played in the Midwest Division, but because they're in the Pacific League they're mired in fourth. We drove the entire Road to Hana to scope out the park's Seven Sacred Pools and hike through a bamboo forest. We switchbacked up 10,000 feet to overlook the island's crater and see the Big Island popping out of the clouds. But national park standards are so overwhelmed by the beauty along the way. They could have said any slice of the Road to Hana was a national park or any coral reef filled with sea turtles and you'd get the same beauty while remaining much closer to the minibar.
It's not just that you're driving past gorgeous viewpoints, it's that you also get to be a part of it along the way. You can hop into hidden pools beneath thunderous waterfalls, you can hike through rainforests and swim with turtles. I tried as hard as possible to care about volcanoes when I was standing on a crater. But I could continue caring about the geology while charging a piña colada to a random room at the Grand Wailea because, technically, that's on a volcano as well.
If Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks were located in Oklahoma, they would be the greatest gems in the national park system. Because they comprised two out of 10 of my favorite days of travel in my life, they were memorable stops on a perfect vacation. They might have been victims of the weather as well. Haleakala will join the ranks of Machu Picchu and Denali as places I traveled very far only to see them on cloudy days. Hawaii Volcanoes required an eight-mile hike to get a closer view of the lava that we opted against. If it had been raining at the shore and the parks saved the trip, maybe it would be another story. I just really liked snorkeling and I feel guilty reporting that to the National Park Service.
Even though this sounds like a critique of the parks themselves, in truth it's nothing but a rave for the state in which they're located. And if I'm focusing on the negative it's only out of my own bitterness that I have to leave. All those previously mentioned lack of job, career and financial prospects are waiting for me back home. Hawaii is a place you can just disappear. You can swim, snorkel and surf every day. You are a world away from news and politics and rather than facing reality, you can stuff your face with mahimahi fish and chips and enough banana bread to induce kidney issues. And I have the national parks and this crazy, stupid adventure of visiting every single one of them to thank for taking me to the most beautiful place I've ever seen. And if that sounds like a roller coaster of emotions it's only due to the sudden drop in blood sugar until my next slice of banana bread.
Three years ago, on the cusp of starting my first grown-up, full-time, real, corporate adult job, we threw a bunch of friends in a car and camped near Big Bear for two nights. It was billed The End of Freedom Camping Party, and has since become an annual tradition whether the other campers know it or not. This year had the even better occasion of an imminent lay-off, and got to mark The Return to Freedom Party. I booked a mid-sized group campground five hours north of L.A. and invited people who will be beneficial to job hunting.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are on the southern end of the Sierra Nevadas, about an hour south of Yosemite. They were founded 126 years ago in order to protect a bunch of really big trees. Basically, a bunch of loggers and prospectors chopped down some of the oldest and largest sequoias in the world to prove to East Coasters that they were real. This is what it took before Instagram. Everyone thought the enormous trunks were a hoax, so the loggers got back on the Oregon Trail, battled dysentery, chopped down a few more barks and lugged them back across the country. The cycle continued until the government asked people to knock it off with the tree chopping and proving that they were real so that I could celebrate my unemployment.
We booked a group campsite near General Grant Grove, home to the world's second-largest tree, and hosted varying degrees of first-timers and seasoned campers to spend the weekend. After going through all the options for food, cooking, activities and attractions, Jen and I reasoned the easiest choice would be if we bought and cooked everything and planned the full weekend for the entire group. The other options with a group of eight people were to assign meals, have everyone fend for themselves, or open up the park to hunting. Seeing as deer traps are forbidden in the national park system, we opted to become the camp parents for all our friends.
There is a huge amount of responsibility that comes with being camp parents. It means that the entire weekend falls on your shoulders. The whole three days of rest and relaxation comes with the looming pressure that any mistake is entirely your fault. Burned the corn on the cobb? That's on you. Three hours of driving for nothing? There's only Camp Dad to blame. Any crankiness, screw-up and disappointment feels like it's your burden that needs to be fixed. Like a defender in soccer, you can have a perfect match, but one giant mistake is your responsibility.
On top of being camp parents, we also had to deal with Camp Aunt and Uncle on our trip to apply some pressure as well. While we had to be the killjoys in the name of logistics, they got to load up their car with cornhole, a hammock, gadgets, devices, solar powered phone chargers, a football and booze so that they got to be the fun ones. And then when the other campers got hungry and tired after all the fun games, it was our responsibility again. And Camp Aunt and Uncle got to be like, "Not our problem, we were just kicking back," while we're stirring chili with one hand and yanking out splinters with the other while keeping temper tantrums at bay.
Being Camp Parents also means learning and embracing a tremendous amount of patience that doesn't exist on solo trips. When you're backpacking alone, you can do exactly what you want at any time of day. But being camp dad means you have to be perfectly fine with being ready to leave and then having someone say, "I have to go to the bathroom." Then when that person gets back, someone else says, "Y'know what? I have to go to the bathroom too." And so on, until everyone in the group has individually gone to the bathroom. By this point, you really have to go as well, but you need to hold it in the name of a fictional schedule on which you triangulated coordinates with your Garmin watch.
Day two was a two-mile drive down a dirt road to Redwood Mountain Grove. We made it a mile or so up the Sugar Bowl Trail, which was one of the best finds in the park. The trees in this part of Kings Canyon didn't have the same reverence as their larger brethren, but the hidden turn-off and dirt road kept the tour buses away. If I've learned anything from this aimless goal of seeing every national park it's that I'll sacrifice beauty in the name of avoiding crowds. One foot of a giant sequoia is worth ten selfie sticks.
Any fantasies I had of being on the trail by eight to complete the six-mile loop before lunch were altered in the name of being the stupid, happy-go-lucky camp dad. One person has to stop at a tree to take a picture, and then everyone wants the same picture, and then, yeah, I kind of want the picture too. So eight pictures on eight cameras later, it was time to turn around because I wanted to show everyone Kings Canyon.
What I thought was a 30 minute drive to a beautiful and lush meadow stretched into a 90-minute winding slog through the barren and drought-stricken Sierras. With everyone ready for lunch, a more lenient camp dad would've stopped at the idyllic Hume Lake. Families were playing in the water, there was a well-stocked store and tables that overlooked the reflecting water on a warm mountain day. Instead I gunned it past the beautiful water because we had a schedule that needed adhering. I watched the temperature climb into the triple-digits as we descended the inferno of Kings Canyon and heard stomachs rumble as it ticked into the afternoon.
And as much as it looked like it was going to be a disaster, the best part about being camp dad is the stuff that doesn't get planned. The meadow was too far away and the trails were too hot to hike, so we made our way into the river that runs through Kings Canyon and that was the afternoon. That was it. No plans, itinerary, schedule, maps. It was throw everyone in the water, and it was absolutely perfect. Obviously I'll take all the credit for how well it went even though I never would've just sat in a river for two hours if it were a solo trip. And the best part was that it tuckered everyone out so that, being the camp parents, we could get some sleep that night.
We loaded back into cars and climbed three thousand feet of elevation back to the campground. We then tore each other to shreds and undid any feelings of goodwill by playing a round of a game called Avalon. This mafia-type exercise in lying and accusations generates all the nice feelings of a witch hunt, while also allowing you to destroy all your friendships. We declared a truce in a two-mile evening walk to the General Grant tree. A family of deer pranced along our route to pose for a couple of pictures before camp mom knocked some chili out of the park. Everyone passed out because I dragged them up and down some mountains in order to snap some pictures.
Our way out of the park took us along all the touristy sites through Sequoia National Park, which are great for a first visit and should be avoided thereafter. The General Sherman tree (largest in the world), Giant Forest and Moro Rock were swarmed with crowds who were shuttled along the excellent and free bus system the park set up. It's a little surprising to find that one of the best public transportation systems I've ever seen is in Sequoia National Park. Everyone held their lunch together as we drove down the switchbacks from 7,000 feet of elevation down to the 108-degree foothills that are going to go up in flames any minute now. Four hours later, we were back in Los Angeles doing everything we could to remember the idyllic river from the previous day.
As terrified as I am about being an actual camp dad to real-life, tiny human beings at some point in the future, it's nice to know that all I have to do is constantly worry about an army of people having a good time while dealing with any issue, injury, problem or surprise that's going to spring up at any second. There is little reward, satisfaction and payoff that comes with the job. And compared to the freedom that comes with grabbing a backpack and heading off on a giant trail on your own schedule, it's a completely different trip. So enjoy that leisurely bathroom break, refill the water bottle a few more times, sleep in a little late, and snap as many extra pictures as you want. But if I hear one more word of complaint, I am turning this car right around. Thanks for a great trip, everyone, and get off my lawn.
Telling people about our road trip across West Texas and New Mexico earned the most, "Why are you going there?" responses of all our adventures. This isn't the kind of place you go by choice. You're usually stuck traveling through West Texas on your way to someplace better. Or you're stationed in the military. Or you got on the mob's bad side. No one really chooses to spend a long weekend in the Chihuahuan Desert. But that just meant we'd have more space to ourselves!
Sure enough, there was really nothing there except for three very dry national parks, a bunch of suicidal rabbits and a Prada (I'll get to all that later). I also might have insisted we do this trip instead of spending four days at a condo on Lake Tahoe. On top of that, the first day was the kind of disaster that made me rethink this whole see every national park life plan in the first place.
El Paso is closer to the California border than it is to Austin, Texas, but that didn't stop me from having that be the jumping off point for a romantic vacation that started with a supply run to Walmart. They didn't have the gas canister our camping stove required, so we found the city's largest outdoors store, which was also out of stock on the fuel we needed. Our nature adventure took us into an El Paso Target to buy a new camping stove with fuel included before we peeled out into the desert three hours behind schedule where we got pulled over by our first border patrol officer. So far we were off to a roaring start.
The drug-sniffing dog cleared the rear tires of the rental and the officer was satisfied with our answer when he asked, "Are you American citizens?" This didn't seem the time to discuss Jen's Canadian heritage, so we continued east into Texas backcountry. A few hours later and with the sun starting to set, we got to our first national park, Guadalupe Mountains, which would be great if you're assembling a fossil record of West Texas, and a major disappointment if you could've been at Tahoe. It's home to the largest peak in Texas and a post office from the 1800s that is now a pile of rocks. The first-come camp site was full, so we drove another hour to an RV park in Carlsbad, New Mexico, a town that made El Paso look like Vail.
I can't think of a lot of scenic places with "Bad" in the name. Islamabad isn't near the top of my list, and Carlsbad was populated with a highway of chain hotels serving the Caverns (to the South) and alien-seeking conspiracy theorists in Roswell (to the North). We expected the worst from the RV park, but it turned out to be a great find and the trip took a turn for the better. Like every camping trip, Jen soon picked up the gossip of every female camper drama from the ladies' room, and then we downed a pan-fried Walmart steak deep in the heart of a Roswell, New Mexico K.O.A.
Carlsbad Caverns elbowed its way into the top ten places I've ever seen. It was a huge relief that the trip was justified the minute we descended the thousand-foot-deep cave (roughly the height of the Empire State Building, or 12,000 Empire State Building souvenirs). The first thing you hear is a soundtrack of a few thousand bats reminding us that the elevator was out of service, along with an additional thousand children shouting, "Stalagmites," and "Stalactites." We get it. You know which one is which. Our exhaustion scurrying to the bottom of the cave, taking a tour and hiking out was relieved by judging whether other people would be able to make it out.
There isn't much to check out between Carlsbad and Big Bend – McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, and a lot more nothing – but we stopped in Marfa, Texas, which is sort of like a Texas Ojai. It's an artist outpost in the middle of nowhere part of the middle of nowhere where Matthew McConnonaughey and a few other celebs call their second home. It has 20+ art galleries and the kind of stores where you can drop a few hundred bucks on astrologically-embroidered denim jackets while you pregame for Burning Man and get your photo taken at the Marfa Prada (not a real Prada – art is tough to explain). It was a perfectly fine place to eat a falafel for lunch.
We didn't know what to expect in Big Bend National Park. We knew it's where the Rio Grande curves to the north and there's a border crossing where you can take a boat and ride a donkey to a Mexican village. We drove out of the desert up into some mountains where we saw trees for the first time in four days. We dropped into a grove where our campsite was surrounded by a forest and mountains being hit by the sunset. We were also instantly befriended by the camp host, who raised her glass of wine and said things have been great with her since she had gallbladder surgery.
An astronomy professor from U.T. hosted a stargazing session that night with two high-powered telescopes. We got a good look at Jupiter's moons and the Milky Way ripped across the Texas sky. But the best part was his love for astronomy was only matched by his disdain for astrology. He'd show some green neutron gas around a cluster of young star formations, but when someone asked him to point out Gemini, he shrugged them off with a, "That's not really my thing," to which another person asked, "What about Sagittarius?"
The next day we hiked three trails and around nine miles, the best was Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande. It's a 1,500-foot rock face dropping straight into the water. If anyone descends that cliff from the Mexican border and crosses the river, they deserve to stay. Immigration debate over. Although it was nice to visit a national park that wasn't overrun by Germans for once. This was the first national park trip that didn't have a slew of Berliners telling me they haven't met any Americans in the national parks yet.
Our final morning we woke up at 3am Central Time. All the road kill we saw during the day was explained by hundreds, maybe thousands of jackrabbits lining the highway in the middle of the night. These bastards did everything possible to try and get hit. They darted into the road, jumped back in, darted in front again, and hopped away. If I were Elmer Fudd, I'd drop the gun and just do 80 through Big Bend. I'm proud to say that no rabbits were harmed in the making of this trip, but any time I saw road kill after that, I was like, "They were asking for it."
Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns were two of the best parks we've seen so far. You can skip Guadalupe and just eat rabbit stew instead. As much as we were warned of gun-totin' Jew haters who want to make America great again, everyone we met couldn't have been nicer. It seemed like an annual pilgrimage for people from Austin and we could've spent a week in the park with ease. Sure, one family's picnic basket was emblazoned in red, white and blue with, "Faith, family, freedom," which are three things I'm not big on (too much anxiety with freedom), but they wished us a great day when we saw them later on a hike, and thanked us when part of their picnic blew away (the dishes were gunning for freedom).
My biggest moment of being a total idiot was walking into a donut shop in Van Horn, Texas at 7am after dodging rabbits. Jen and I combined were less than a third shorter and smaller than the next person in there. I was going on zero sleep and video game driving when I asked for four donut holes. "Four?" She yelled at me. "It's a dozen for a dollar." My palm-to-forehead morning only continued when I asked if they had soy milk for my coffee. "No," she stared at me.
And I only share that super-embarrassing story because I hope I could fulfill their stereotype of pompous city boys walking into their Texas donut shop and ordering four donut holes and asking about soy milk. And I hope I made their day because it's the least I could offer in return after such a great trip to Texas.
Flew into Portland where my friend picked me up. Drove over to the coast, then took the 101 and the 1 back to L.A. It was cloudy.
Northern part of the coast was covered in fog, best parts are the rocky coasts, massive cliffs and lighthouses, if you're into that kind of thing. Screw lighthouses if you're not. Newport was a neat town with amazing fish and the Rogue Brewery. Then it started to clear up a little bit before Oregon Dunes National Rec Area, giant sand dunes where they filmed Star Wars (the, uh, sand dune parts). The southern part of the coast was clear and desolate. Giant rocks jutting out of the ocean, and then hippies at the California border. Redwood National Park had some nice trails and big trees. They're like trees, but taller. This trip is good for you.
This trip was back in November. About a six hour drive from Los Angeles. I-15 towards Vegas, route 127, then 178 into the park. Stopped by Badwater Salt Flats, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Then around Artists Palatte (purty rocks) and up to Dante's View, which looks down on the whole valley. Camped one night in Furnace Creek then hiked around the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, saw some charcoal kilns and headed back to L.A.


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Roger Lloyd-Pack, the British actor who played somewhat dim roadsweeper Trigger in classic BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 69 from pancreatic cancer. His agent confirmed that Lloyd-Pack passed away on Wednesday night.
His co-star, Sir David Jason described Lloyd-pack as ""a very quiet, kind and unassuming actor who was a pleasure to work with".
"Although he played the simple soul of Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, he was a very intelligent man and a very fine actor capable of many roles.
"I shall remember him with fondness and for all the good times we had together."
Born in Islington, north London in 1944, he became a versatile actor who was effective in both comedy and drama. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making his stage debut in Northampton. His breakthrough came in 1981 when he was cast as Colin "Trigger" Ball in the sitcom.
Talking about his role, he previously said: 'It's extraordinary to me as an actor to find oneself in a sitcom that's been successful and goes on being successful. I can't go anywhere without anyone going on about it."
While mostly seen on the small screen, Lloyd-Pack also appeared in films such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
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Hometown: Ephraim, WI
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Favorite Door County Activity: Hiking Eagle Trail at Peninsula State Park
Favorite Wilson's Ice Cream Flavor: "Blue Moon. Wait, we don't have Blue Moon? Then I guess Rainbow Sherbet."
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In a world in which media images of crime and deviance proliferate, where every facet of offending is reflected in a vast hall of mirrors ", Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Imagemakes sense of the increasingly blurred line between the real and the virtual. Images of crime and crime control have become almost as 'real' as crime and criminal justice itself. The meaning of both crime and crime control now resides, not solely in the essential " and essentially false " factuality of crime rates or arrest records, but also in the contested processes of symbolic display, cultural interpretation, and representational negotiation. It is essential, then, that criminologists are closely attuned to the various ways in which crime is imagined, constructed and framed within modern society. Framing Crimeresponds to this demand with a collection of papers aimed at helping the reader to understand the ways in which the contemporary story of crime " is constructed and promulgated through the image. It also provides the relevant analytical and research tools to unearth the hidden social and ideological concerns that frequently underpin images of crime, violence and transgression. Framing Crimewill be of interest to students and academics in the fields of criminology, crime and the media, and sociology.


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In recent years with the rise of the conscience of health among our civilization new diets have constantly appeared in popular media and the scientific community. Many have omce and gone like the wind, but some which have lasted have proved that they are proven and effectual. Among those few is the caveman diet, also known as "The Paleo Diet" it has been tested time and time again by health researches and diet organizations but has been proven to be a all around healthy diet. Here are a few facts about this diet.
The Gastroenterologist Walter L. Voegtlin was the first to suggest that a caveman like diet would be beneficial for humans in the modern era. The paleo diet was based on what our ancesters ate during the Palaeolithic era in which they ate only raw meat and wild plants. He also noticed our modern diets had created many digestive problems which were previously never present. He concluded this had occurred due to the prominence of agriculture which had largely altered our diet. In the following years since 1975, many other researchers and health practitioners came out to advocate for this diet. Many other links were found between the declines of the paleo diet, the rise of a more agriculture based foods and rise of more serious diseases. Before that the majority of diseases were contracted from something extern but after agriculture it was more intern. It was what we ate, since humans were used to meat, wild plants and not wheat & corn. This was a major problem for our digestive systems which were used to the other stuff, now we started eating things that we were never meant. This created many new diseases and changed our whole lifestyle. Since then the paleo diet has returned but not in a grand fashion, medical surveys have shown that it's one the least practiced diets in the world. There might be one simple reason for this. Many diets are made for a certain illness such as low carb for obesity and ketogenic for epilepsy; hence they are always going to be more practiced since ill people have more reason to change their diets than regular people, which the caveman diet would significantly help. The caveman diet is simple. It consists of these things of fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi and many more. Just think of anything you can hunt or gather by yourself that is edible that should be pretty much "paleo"


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Although Dan Pagis (pah-GEE) is internationally known as a poet, he has written a children's book in Hebrew, ha-Beitzah she-hithapsah (1973; the egg that tried to disguise itself). As a professor of medieval Hebrew literature at Hebrew University, he has published important studies on the aesthetics of medieval poetry, including expositions of Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, Ibn Gabirol, and the other great poets of the eleventh and twelfth centuries who celebrated the colors and images of worldly existence in elegant, formal verse. Pagis's own poems, more understated and conversational than the medieval texts he studied, have been translated into Afrikaans, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Swedish, Vietnamese, and Yiddish.


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I went out with this guy I met online for the first time last Saturday. We had talked everyday for 2 weeks before meeting. The date was amazing-we had good/funny conversations, it wasn't awkward, and we spent hours together. I could definitely tell he liked me.
We live an hour away from each other and he had come into town for our date. We texted for a few days after that and I said I could come to where he lives next time. (He did hint at that) But ever since I said that he hasn't texted or called me again. I haven't heard from him in 3 days. What happened? Should I try to talk to him?
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Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention
Editors: Sharma, Sanjay K., Sanghi, Rashmi (Eds.)
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Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention explores the most up-to-date studies in the field of water pollution. More specifically, this book examines the causes and effects of this threatening phenomenon and identifies the preventive measures that can be taken to contain, and even to defeat, water pollution worldwide.
The papers gathered in this volume pinpoint the need to implement greener water treatments to prevent water pollution from impacting ecosystems, human well-being and economies any further. They also successfully outline the processes that have been studied, optimized and developed so far to sustain our environment.
Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention will represent a valuable resource to academic researchers, students, institutions, environmentalists, and anyone interested in environmental policies aimed at safeguarding both the quality and the quantity of water.
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Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay K. Sharma is a very well known author and Editor of many books, research journals and hundreds of articles from last twenty years. His recently published books are 'Green Corrosion Chemistry and Engineering' (From Wiley-VCH, Germany), 'Green Chemistry for Environmental Sustainability' ,'Handbook on Applications of Ultrasound: Sonochemistry and Sustainability' (both from CRC Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Florida, Boca Raton, USA) and 'Handbook of Applied Biopolymer Technology: Synthesis, Degradation and Applications'(From Royal Society of Chemistry, UK). He has also been appointed as Series Editor by Springer's UK for their prestigious book Series 'Green Chemistry for Sustainability'. His work in the field of Green Corrosion Inhibitors is very well recognized and praised by international research community. Other than this he is known as a person who is dedicated to educate people about environmental awareness, especially for Rain Water Harvesting. Dr. Sharma has 13 Books of Chemistry from National-International Publishers and over 48 research papers of National and International repute to his credit. Dr. Sharma is also serving as Editor-in-Chief for four international research journals 'RASAYAN Journal of Chemistry', 'International Journal of Chemical, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Research' , 'International Journal of Water Treatment & Green Chemistry' and 'Water: Research & Development'. He is also a reviewer for many other international journals including the prestigious Green Chemistry Letters & Reviews. Presently he is working as Professor of Chemistry at Jaipur Engineering College & Research Centre, JECRC Foundation, Jaipur (Rajasthan) India, where he is teaching Engineering Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Courses to B. Tech. Students, Spectroscopy courses to PG students and pursuing his research interests. He is a member of American Chemical Society (USA), International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS, Canada) and Green Chemistry Network (Royal Society of Chemists, UK) and is also life member of various international professional societies including International Society of Analytical Scientists, Indian Council of Chemists, International Congress of Chemistry and Environment, Indian Chemical Society, etc.
Dr Rashmi Sanghi is currently working as a Research Consultant at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and guest faculty at the LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. After obtaining her D.Phil degree from Chemistry Department, University of Allahabad, India in 1994 she has been working at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India as a research Scientist. She was a visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA in 1997and worked with Worked with Professor Alan S. Goldman. She is passionate about environmental green chemistry and her major research interests are bioremediation, biopolymers and biosynthesis of nanomaterials using microbes and/ or polysaccharides. Her research mainly focuses on the development of methods that can help in minimizing or eliminating the hazardous substances in the environment. Some of this work related to the green environmental chemistry is nothing but outstanding. She has traveled worldwide for various academic activities and/or professional talks. Her work on design and application of biopolymers in wastewater remediation shows great promise as evident by her patents "A method for preparing auto capped nano particles such as CdS in continuous flow columns" using fungus and "Poly(acryl amide) grafted Cassia grandis-silica hybrid: efficient metal ion adsorbent". She has over 90 international journal publications to her credit. She has published three books on green chemistry: "Green Chemistry: Environment Friendly Alternatives" (2003), "Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development" (2005) and "Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation" (2011). She is a member of many academic societies and reviewer of many international journals.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Green Practices to Save Our Precious "Water Resource"
Pages 1-36
Water Pathways Through the Ages: From Early Aqueducts to Next Generation of Wastewater Treatment Plants
Pages 37-54
The Removal of Illicit Drugs and Metabolites During Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment
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Removal of Dyes and Pigments from Industrial Effluents
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Heavy Metal Removal Through Biosorptive Pathways
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The Nature of Markets in the World Wide Web
Much has been said about the possibility that in the information age, ease of entry and global access will lead to market characteristics with few inefficiencies. While several arguments have been articulated on the nature of markets and electronic commerce, little is known about their characteristics and performance. We have studied the statistics in the number of visitors to sites of the World Wide Web by examining AOL usage logs covering 120,000 sites. We found out that, among all sites as well as for specific categories, the distribution of visitors per site follows a universal power law similar to that found by Pareto for income distributions. This implies that a small number of sites commands the traffic of a large segment of the Web population, a phenomenon reminiscent of winner-take-all markets. We have also developed a dynamic theory of site popularity that takes into account the stochastic nature of user decisions to visit given sites as well as the fact that newer sites are appearing at an ever increasing rate. The model accounts for the observed power law behavior and naturally provides the amplification factor responsible for the increased performance of the top performers.
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You have picked up on a very interesting aspect of the first chapter. As more and more boys congregate because of the sound of the conch, the boys suddenly see something in the distance:
Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along. Ralph saw it first, and watched till the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing.
What is interesting about this quote is that is foreshadows the role that Jack and his "gang" will play in the novel - notice how the group of boys are compared to a "creature" that is almost snake-like as it winds its way towards the other boys. Clearly Golding seems to be suggesting something dark and dangerous about this "creature", and indeed, the leader of it as well.
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Bash & the Pirate Pig! I must admit, the name of the book is what first caught my attention. Maybe it's just because anything that has the word "pirate" in it. What I found is a book that isn't about pirates, but about a normal kid and his very energetic cousin.
Beamer is sent to spend the summer with his cousin Bash. What takes place that summer is one adventure after another. You will find that Bash has a nose for getting into trouble. Not necessarily bad, he just has a knack for causing chaos. (i.e. Amelia Bedelia) He also has a very unique way of introducing his cousin Beamer to Jesus.
This book is a fun book. My kids love it. It's absolutely hilarious. Some folks might be uncomfortable with this book simply because it has some different language. Not bad, just a little blunt. For instance, they call each other "idiot," tell a few gross jokes(i.e. greasy, grimy gopher guts), and kind of argue back and forth. In my opinion, this is not a bad thing, so I have no problem with it. I just understand that there might be some families who would find this uncomfortable.
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Toyota, Please bring this car back
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Vehicle2002 Toyota Celica GT 2dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
ReviewI bought my 2002 new and have 190,000 miles on it. I just returned from a seven week 9400 mile road trip. My guitar, my golf clubs, my clothes with room for a passenger. This is one of those amazing cars like the old Honda Civic Hatchback that do so many things well. On top of that, this design was over the top for a $20K sports car. I hope you all recall the great commercials implying that the car looked like it was going 60 while standing still. Since Toyota sold nearly as many of these as Mitsubishi did of their Eclipse I still don't understand the move to discontinue it. Let's face it, the MR2 may have been a performer but one could never travel in it with more than a carry-on.
Best FeaturesWithout a doubt, the exterior styling was and is still so much more than you could expect for a car in this price range. The competition, (Eclipse, Tiburon) doesn't hold a candle. The Z is as pretty but pricier and no room. My Celica will go to my grandson when I find a nice low miles 2005.
Worst FeaturesI'm 5'-10" so just bring it back without any changes.
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Relax for now, Grover.
now that's a scary image. just another reason I fear for my country.
Consider becoming a monthly donor.
It's easy, and with enough participants
we could eliminate FReepathons.
Yet Sandy Berg(l)er can stuff the crotch of his pants with secret Clinton documents and keep his security clearance, even though those documents are never seen again.
Homeland security thinks I am a potential terrorist because I believe the constitution means what it says and in particular the first, second and tenth amendment.
If my memory serves me correctly, none of the Sept 11 hijackers had a Christian name. The suicide bombers that almost sunk the USS Cole did not have Christian names. The suicide bombers that killed over 200 Marines in Lebanon 30 years ago in Beirut did not have Christian names.
These terrorists were from many different countries. Some spoke different languages. The one thing all had in common was their religion.
If you are a cop you go where the criminals are. You do not go where you think the criminals will not be.
If her name was Sandy, they would have given her socks and underwear!
Lots of public records retention laws broken by the FBI purge, but nobody cares. And the privacy exemption claim is pure hogwash.
This @$$hat is gonna get us killed and he just doesn't care!
Welcome to the Caliphate, USSA district.
Gohmert and other Republicans on the judiciary committee grilled FBI Director Robert Mueller last month, asking if the bureau had gone too far to appease Muslim groups as it rewrote its training program.
Political correctness had nothing to do with it, Mueller insisted during the committee hearing. I can say absolutely and with certainty that political correctness played no role in the efforts that I undertook to make certain that we give the best training to our personnel.
Makes me shake my head in wonder, that our "leaders" can be such PC apparatchik drones.
Disclosing their names would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy that is not outweighed by the publics interest, the agency told the Examiner. A separate request for the purged training documents is still pending.
I can not believe a FOI request once it reaches some Court would be denied. This is NOT a "National Security" issue and the FBI can not possibly argue that simply because the (no doubt) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD or CAIR individuals would not want their names divulged that would suffice to deny the FOI request.
She did not have to perimt them to be near to her. The KGB does not own America, yet but they are moving in as far as they will be permitted to go.
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If you are in a pinch, this primer does work, my only issue is the amount that is needed and the time it lasts. If it's hot out, I probably wouldn't use it if it was really hot out, only because it seemed to melt when I was out and about...
After getting tired of eyeshadow creasing and wearing off after an hour or two I decided to try an eye primer. Not wanting to spend a lot, I picked up the sephora collection eye primer pot. The pot is fairly small but a little bit of the primer goes a long way. I applied a smoky eye and my eyeshadow didn't crease all evening for an event and it didn't smear either. This will be a staple in my makeup bag now because I love how it makes my eyeshadow last longer and give me a cleaner look all day long.
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The Shocking Truth about Childhood Obesity in America and Steps to Take for Childhood Obesity Prevention!
Doctors and school administrators have been warning us for some time but it took the first lady of the United States to make it truly hit home for many parents: our children are becoming overweight. And obese children tend to become obese adults.
Childhood obesity continues to increase in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, the Middle East and some European countries e.g. Italy, Spain, Greece as compared to Scandinavian and other European countries.
Obesity among American children has more than doubled and among adolescents has quadrupled over the last 30 years. Today, children are taking the same medicines to manage high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes as their parents and more than 70% have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. But why?
According to The Obesity Society, the leading organization dedicated to the study of obesity, the two main causes of childhood obesity are lack of physical activity and unhealthy diets. Modern lifestyle changes only exacerbate the causes e.g. more frequent snacking, larger food and beverage portions, easy access to fast food options, and more sedentary activities like TV, social media and computer games versus sports and other outdoor recreation. And parents are seemingly part of the problem as well:
According to the Journal of Maternal & Child Nutrition, a 2013 study revealed that 62% of parents of obese children don't see their children as having unhealthy weight.
The four pillars of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move Campaign" are worthy of the attention of parents of young children: nutrition, physical activity, healthy foods and personal responsibility.
Since children and adolescents spend so much time there, schools can play an important role in addressing childhood obesity, starting with more nutritious meals. One innovative strategy for getting kids to choose healthier school lunchroom options is for the school to hire a professional chef to create healthy, tastier meals. The Chefs Move to Schools program is part of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign. Top notch chefs are partnering with the White House to offer cooking lessons to parents and students, help start organic gardens on school grounds, and participate in adopt-a-school efforts to makeover school lunch menus nationwide. Nearly 1,000 chefs, including notables likes Rachel Ray and Tom Colicchio have joined the "Chefs Move" movement
In summary, here are eight actions that a parent can begin immediately to help their child and/or adolescent avoid a lifetime of obesity:
- Discuss obesity factors with your children and adolescents, as appropriate. Help them understand the impact of good nutrition and physical activity so they take personal responsibility for their healthy behaviors and habits. Reward them for those behaviors.
- Get your children involved in sports and other recreational activities that get/keep their bodies in shape. Limit sedentary activities and non-active habits.
- Be a good role model for your children regarding healthy behaviors. (Hint: You can't send them to school with super-healthy lunches and regularly eat fast food meals for lunch yourself.)
- Engage your child in grocery shopping and preparing healthy meals at home. There are numerous web sites for educating them on nutritional foods and healthy, simple-to-make recipes.
- Purchase and maintain a pantry of healthy snacks that children – and the rest of the family — can help themselves to, as allowed. Monitor snacking and set limits.
- When hosting birthday parties and other childhood activities, provide healthy refreshments and prizes, even if it initially goes against the norm. Alert and get buy-in from other parents to do the same. (Hint: There is power in numbers.)
- Get support from others — grandparents, relatives, friends – in encouraging and reinforcing healthy eating and physical activity. If your child/adolescent is already obese, address the issue directly and ask for assistance in addressing the problem.
- Get involved at your child's school by exploring what, if anything, the school is doing to provide healthy, nutritious meals and address childhood obesity. If the school does not a plan, request starting a parent committee to offer ideas and resources to move the school forward on this issue.
A study published in the January 2014 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine involving more than 7000 children found that, among the children who were overweight in kindergarten, one-third were obese by the time they reached eighth grade. Childhood obesity does not have to be a lead story if we all work at changing it. And, for the sake of our children and future generations, we need to change it soon.
The Obesity Society: http://www.obesity.org
Action for Healthy Kids: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org
LiveFit Kids: http://www.livefitrevolution.org
Sound Body, Sound Mind: http://soundbodysoundmind.org
Super Healthy Kids: http://www.superhealthykids.com
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Encourage Learning This Summer By Having Kids 'Earn Time' to Play with e-Carrot
Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to learn about a cool rewards-based technology platform that not only encourages balance in your child's digital consumption but also gives parents the control to effectively manage how much time their child spends using devices.
Along with a few other mom bloggers, we interacted with the developers of eCarrot, who also happened to be parents and were given a thorough presentation of the app.
As the parent of two boys, I was excited to hear about eCarrot's app and how it gives kids a chance to play with smart devices based on correct responses to math questions. The app also gives parents the control of managing their child's time without power struggles or hassles.
What's most impressive about eCarrot is that eaches children how to be better manage their "screen time". Since the app is geared towards children age 5-12, it helps kids to have an early start on balancing their virtual and real life. A healthy balance of media creates less stress and challenges in the teen years. Without learning the skills to manage their time, some kids are at risk of becoming addicted to their smart devices. Being that kids have more free time over the summer, most kids are spending more hours on their devices.
Since the app works by modifying behavior and rewarding "play time" based on how a child likes to be rewarded. This gives parents the flexibility of using the controls according to their child's motivating factor rather than a general reward. What this means is that if you have a child who prefers to accumulate their reward, you can set up your account to meet this individual need.
The rewards of using eCarrot is not just for the kids. Parents are given the autonomy to give their kids smart devices without feeling guilty.
eCarrot can be an integral part of summer learning for struggling math students. According to the National Summer Learning Association: Most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months. Low-income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact that their middle-class peers make slight gains (Cooper, 1996).
If you're looking for a tool to help your child use technology responsibly while also helping them learn math, checkout eCarrot! The app is available for FREE on the Android platform on Google Play.
Give yourself peace of mind and give your child a head start in math and digital literacy.
Disclosure: I received compensation thanks to The Mommy Factor blogger referral . Views expressed are always 100% my own.
Mom, Can You Live Without Words?
I hate to admit this but I used to talk more than I listened. Ok, I still struggle with this issue but I've gotten much better. Most of what I've said that's gotten me in trouble has been innocent in nature but has come across as malicious or mean. I'm reminded of the 30 Rock episode when Liz Lemon goes to her high school reunion and assumes everyone will still be mean to her just to find out she was the "mean" girl.
Here's some of the things that has gotten me in trouble:
1. I once said something inappropriate to a priest. I won't go into detail, but let's just say that God has stamped my forehead with "Do Not Return". Before you judge me, I am Catholic and I thought I had to correct him about something.
2. I complimented my husband's co-worker about his lovely daughter (she was his wife). This was misconstrued as me being catty or a "hater". Seriously, why would I envy her for marry an older man? Check with me when you're 50 and he's 70 and we'll see who's really a hater.
3. I asked a woman about her due date just to find out she wasn't pregnant.
I've tried to blame these and other "foot in the mouth" incidents on everything from "mommy brain" to wine. The truth is I was probably half paying attention to the situation or what the person was saying to me. I also used to be so uncomfortable with silence that I felt compelled to fill the void with talking.
I am much better now and I make sure that I give people my full attention but most importantly, I've learned to appreciate silence. I've learned to value communication by speaking less and being an active listener. I'm teaching my sons the importance of listening more and speaking less and I continue to do my best to be an example.
Do you have an experience to share about talking too much? Enter the Shut Your Mouth video contest for a chance to win $1,000.
Also check out the movie A Thousand Words with Eddie Murphy and Kerry Washington, which opens in theatres, March 9th. I plan to see the movie because I think I can relate to learning how to stop talking to truly communicate.
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The full Eagles team had its first practice at training camp on Thursday, and there is news-aplenty from camp. A rundown of some of the news:
-Football means injuries, unfortunately. TE Brent Celek suffered a mild knee sprain, but told reporters that he should be okay. Other tight end news: There's "mutual interest" between Jeremy Shockey and the Eagles, but seems to be a holding pattern beyond that.
-Safety O.J. Atogwe experienced his first practice with the team. He's confident that he'll get the Birds' defense down quickly:
I don't believe I'm far behind. I learn defenses quick. I've played in the league a long time [this is his eighth season]. Concepts remain the same. Now it's just assimilating the terminology and doing things the way the coaches want me to do it. For every player, that takes practice.
I work hard for this. Everything that I get I work towards and feel like I earn.I am not going to say I was surprised but I was definitely happy because it is one step closer to achieving my long-term goals in this league and being the best in the league.
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It seems Nigerian footballers have a thing for beauty queens or maybe its the other way around.Super Eagles Footballer, Emmanuel Emenike yesterday, proposed to his boo, former most beautiful girl in Nigeria in 2014, Iheoma Nnadi at a London restaurant.
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There is no doubt that both the handsets comes with some amazing and admiring features and specification for the users across the globe.
Samsung Galaxy is a big family and has wide range of smartphones in it. Out of which Samsung Galaxy Y which is also known as the Samsung Galaxy young is one among the latest addition to the family. With a dimension of 58 x 104 x 11.5 mm and stunning design the handset looks amazing. Well, there is also another addition to the Galaxy family known as Samsung Galaxy W.
There is no doubt that both the handsets comes with some amazing and admiring features and specification for the users across the globe. Samsung Galaxy Y come with an elegant screen of 3 inches which is also enhanced with 262, 000 color and TFT Full-Touch facility. But in the case of the display size of Samsung Galaxy W, it is 3.7 inches display with all other touch enhancing technologies and facilities such as multi touch and Accelerometer sensor.
Samsung Galaxy Y runs on the android platform. To be more specific the mobile runs on 2.3.5 android version known as Gingerbread. Well, both Samsung Galaxy Y and W share similarity in the OS as Samsung Galaxy W also runs with Android Gingerbread version.
Regarding the camera facility, it is 2.0 mega pixel in Samsung Galaxy Y which is not so impressive at this point of time where people prefer camera with higher resolution and clarity. But; Samsung Galaxy W will obviously impress you with its camera which is of 5 mega pixel. The 5 mega pixel will offer you better clarity images as well as videos. Both Samsung Galaxy Y and W support external cards up to 32 GB, thus you may not be worried about the storage capacity at all.
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"We have found that the English version of Google.com has spread lots of pornographic, lewd and vulgar content, which is in serious violation of Chinese laws and regulations," Qin Gang, foreign ministry spokesman, reportedly said at a briefing. Authorities have "summoned representatives of Google.com in China and urged them to remove the content immediately."
Qin reportedly would not answer questions about whether the Chinese government, which operates the largest Internet content filtering system in the world, was responsible for blocking access to Google's China-based google.cn Web site and e-mail service on Thursday.
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The word Anasazi is Navajo for 'Ancient Ones' or 'Ancient Enemy' and is used to describe the Ancient or Ancestral Pueblo peoples who once inhabited the Four Corners of the southwestern United States (southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southern Colorado).
The Anasazi culture emerged perhaps as early as 1500 BC, apparently disappearing around 1300 AD. The only trace of the people remains in architecture (particulary their distinctive cliff dwellings), basketry, art, and other implements. Historians remain divided over what caused the so-called 'Anasazi collapse' or what happened to the people. Most modern Pueblo people (such as the Kerseans, Hopi, and Tanoans) assert the ancient Pueblo migrated to the southwest to find more favourable rainfall and dependable streams. They then merged into the various Pueblo peoples whose descendents still live in Arizona and New Mexico.


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A glassy, translucent stone, Carnelian is an orange-colored variety of Chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz family. Its color varies from pale pinkish-orange to a deep rusty brown, though it is most known for its brilliant orange and red-orange crystals. Its name comes from a Latin word meaning flesh. This ring sets a fine Carnelian in sterling silver with 18k yellow gold embellishments. Continue readingAdd to cart