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Ashghal, the Public Works Authority in Qatar, has just awarded several infrastructure works worth more than one billion Qatari riyals (Dh1 billion), for which design consultancies and construction companies have to hire hundreds of executives, project managers, civil engineers and technical designers, among several other senior positions.
Other projects including a new planned city called Lusail, Education City, Qatar Foundation headquarters, the rail system and the ongoing New Doha International Airport will also demand a great deal of skilled staff.
But while continuing economic uncertainty in Europe is likely — and in some cases, already helping — to persuade executives from the West to consider making the move to the Middle East, recruitment consultants reveal that perceptions of the region still pose a challenge.
"Perception is reality for people," says Bernhard Ward, country manager at Reed Global, Doha. "Those who know little about the region can only fall back on what they see on their television screens everyday and they assume that the troubles in certain parts of the region have affected every part. That couldn't be further from the truth and we are having to work very hard to change that perception for potential candidates."
Another hurdle comes from people's perception about family lifestyle and comfort in Doha.
Temporary problems:
Currently there is a shortage of schools for children and a well-publicised clampdown on alcohol in Doha, but James Coburn, manager at Talent2, Qatar, points out these problems are either only temporary or are currently being resolved. New hotels with licensed bars and restaurants for socialising are opening their doors every couple of weeks. Ward points out that it's not the man being offered the job who is most uncertain, but his wife, who wouldn't want to take children to a place that is considered unsafe.
To alleviate these concerns, which come mostly from Europeans, Americans and Australians, Reed Global, for example, often brings potential candidates out here fairly early on in the process and takes them for dinner to help them form their own impressions of Doha.
They also make sure people are fully aware of the differences between Doha and Dubai, which is the more globally well-known city and candidates prefer.
"There is no point in painting a colourful picture that isn't in the end reflective of the reality in Doha," says Ward. "It is probably around 10 years behind the UAE in terms of the infrastructure, but is a fantastically family oriented place. However, the average salary in Qatar is pretty much a like for like in comparison with Dubai or Abu Dhabi," says Ward.
"So a senior quantity surveyor earning Dh50,000 per month in the UAE would expect to earn the same here in Qatar. The big difference being the cost of living in Doha is far cheaper than in the UAE, so your money will go a lot further here."
Another resounding issue is the timeframe of the infrastructure projects. In many cases they could last more than five years, which is too long for many candidates, says Coburn.
Financial-based incentives could help attract such qualified people, he suggests, "more precisely, including a bonus scheme in these candidates' employment contracts, that are based on project completion."
However, Ward believes that the mindset of the people coming with an idea of what they want to achieve and how many years they would like to stay is slowly changing.
"The global economic situation has made people feel more grateful for having a well-paying job wherever in the world it is. Convincing people to stay for longer periods is definitely getting easier with many other international markets still witnessing uncertainty," Ward says. Coburn agrees that it has certainly been difficult to hire skilled workers from the West, but this difficulty is slowly easing due to the slowing global economy.
In fact, until three months ago, only 30 to 40 per cent of candidates contacted by Talent2 were willing to consider Qatar as a destination. Now, he says, more than 80 per cent are ready to relocate.
"This is a result of the UK and European economic fears, slow government spending in the US and more locally, recent redundancies in the UAE and Arab uprisings in other Mena countries," says Coburn.
"Notably, due to a buoyant mining market in Queensland, Western and South Australia, the Australian pool of talented infrastructure candidates is currently occupied and remain a difficult target to motivate a move to Qatar unless they are already in the Middle East."
Currently Talent2 is conducting outsource programmes for companies who are making teams redundant here in the UAE. These candidates are highly skilled and have Middle Eastern experience; two of the most critical criteria to employers.
Gulf Recruitment consultant Aaron Bennett has dealt with some senior executives in the region, including the UAE and Egypt, whose projects are either coming to an end or have been laid off, meaning they could be good hires for some of the positions in Qatar.
At the same time he expects a "huge shortfall" of talented people.
"Sometimes it is no good just having people in the market looking for a job. You need the best of the best qualified people for specialised projects," Bennett says.
In fact, many of the projects Reed is recruiting for are specialised, such as the rail system and the new Doha airport.
These projects, Ward points out, require people who have "applied similar principles to creating efficient, cost effective, high tech systems in other countries like Germany, Ireland and Australia."
Doha's infrastructure plans over the next five to 10 years are unsurpassed, leading some to speculate that they are unrealistic, says Coburn, but if Qatar has any chance of meeting them then the most technically astute, efficiently skilled leaders are required.
"Finding and attracting the most talented infrastructure candidates to relocate to the country, as with any emerging global market, will remain difficult; but not impossible," Doha-based Coburn says.
source: Gulf News


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Today is the Feast of Blessed Junipero Serra. Appropriately, Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted today proposes Serra as a model for the priesthood in his Catholic Sun column, excerpt:
So much of what he did each day did not seem "priestly." At the age of 22, already ordained a Franciscan priest, he was awarded the Duns Scotus chair in philosophy at the Lullian University in Palma, Mallorca, and he taught with great distinction there for the following 15 years.
Much later in life, at the age of 55, on another continent and in a totally diverse setting, he was appointed the president of the Spanish mission to Alta California. The title that he most cherished, however, was not "professor" or "president" but "Padre." While thrilled with the opportunity to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Native peoples of what is today the west coast of our country, being "president" required him to perform many administrative tasks that appeared to have little to do with the life and ministry of a priest.
But Fr. Junipero Serra did not derive his sense of self from the duties and functions that made up the larger part of his busy days; he never faced a crisis of identity. He knew that, by God's grace, he was a son of St. Francis of Assisi and a Catholic priest. He would have agreed with what Archbishop Timothy Dolan says about the priesthood: "The priesthood is a call, not a career; a redefinition of self, not just a new ministry; a way of life, not a job; a state of being, not just a function; a permanent, lifelong commitment, not a temporary style of service, an identity, not just a role. We are priests; yes, the doing of the ministry… is important, but it flows from the being; we can act as priests, minister as priests, function as priests, serve as priests, preach as priests, because first and foremost, we are priests!"
'A Stolen Heart'
Junipero Serra was a flashpoint of controversy during his life and long thereafter. In fact, he remains a controversial figure even today. During this lifetime, he was a thorn in the side of the Spanish military because of his intrepid defense of the California Indians against abuse and mistreatment by the soldiers and also some of the officers. In more recent times, he has been accused of conspiring to enslave the native peoples, and even of plotting the genocide of thousands. Such controversy says more about the complexity of the times and the many obstacles to the Gospel that he faced on a daily basis in California than about Padre Serra. Moreover, the accusations against his conduct have never been proven. Rather, they stand in stark contrast to what we know for certain about Fr. Serra and his priestly ministry.
He saw the Indians not as "pagans" but as "gentiles," by which he meant persons who have not yet had the privilege of hearing the Gospel of Christ. In one letter, he describes them in this way, "They came — men, women and children of all ages — with such a display of cleverness in everything they did… a people clever, sociable, and friendly." To the viceroy of Mexico, he wrote with all sincerity of the Native people, "They have stolen my heart away."
With a keen awareness of the possible mistreatment of the Indians by the Spanish military and by others migrating among them, this Franciscan missionary studied the writings of Bishop Bartolome De Las Casas, OP, who earned the title "Protector of the Indians." He also acquainted himself with the Laws of the Indies of the Spanish Crown so that he would be ready to take legal action in defense of the Native people, should it ever be needed. Sad to say, it was! When abuse did occur, without hesitation, in 1773, Fr. Serra made a dramatic appeal to the viceroy, traveling at great personal cost to his health all the way to Mexico City to present his carefully documented "representación." So effectively did he present his case that it resulted in a kind of "bill of rights" for California Indians, the first significant legislation ever to address the question of human rights in California.
Missionary Priest
From the time he left Spain until his death at the Carmel mission near Monterey, Calif., Fr. Serra knew without a doubt that God had called him to serve as a priest in America. He was inspired, without a doubt, by the heroic examples of St. Francis Xavier and St. Francis Solano; but he was answering, above all, the summons of Jesus, his beloved Master and Savior.
John Paul II reminded us that enthusiasm for evangelization is not meant for only a few of our priests. In 1990, he wrote (Redemptoris missio, #67), "all priests must have the mind and heart of missionaries open to the needs of the Church and the world, with concern for those farthest away, and especially for the non-Christian groups." Fr. Serra would have resonated with those words. Like all missionaries who leave behind the familiar and known in order to witness to Christ among people of different cultures and diverse mindsets, he inevitably made some mistakes, but whatever he undertook was done, not for selfish purposes but out of love for Christ and for the people "who had stolen his heart."
Continue reading.
Bishop Olmsted will be proposing other models of priesthood in his column throughout this Year for Priests.
Pics - The top picture is a statue of Junipero Serra in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The bottom pic is Mission Basilica of San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo where Serra is buried.


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Should the Department of Defense take command of the response to the BP oil spill?
Some federal lawmakers and local officials are continuing to push such a move to help overcome what they see as a tangled and ineffective spill cleanup command-and-control structure.
At a Senate hearing on Friday, Sen. Ben Nelson (D) of Florida expressed frustration with the state of the Gulf response task force, saying that in one 90-minute period last week, officials gave him three different estimates of the number of ships deployed off the Florida coast to block drifting oil patches.
IN PICTURES: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
"The finest command-and-control capability in the world is the United States military," said Sen. Bill Nelson (D) of Florida on Friday at a Senate hearing on the effects of the oil spill. "You have got to have somebody with a clear chain of command in charge."
Local Gulf leaders at the hearing, held by a Senate Homeland Security Committee ad hoc panel, agreed that something needs to be done to streamline the response team's decision-making process.
At the front lines of the spill fight, the information flow is haphazard and promised resources don't always show up, they said.
"I still don't know who's in charge," said Plaquemines [Louisiana] Parish President Billy Nungesser at the Friday hearing.
Right now it takes as long as five days to get a question to the National Incident Commander, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Mr. Nungesser. President Obama should appoint someone with "the authority and guts to make decisions," he added.
Calls for the military to take charge of the spill fight have reverberated through the halls of Washington almost from the moment the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and burned on April 20.
The Pentagon itself is not wild about the idea. The Defense Department to this point has rejected the notion that things would run more smoothly if it played bigger role in the Gulf.
In general, defense officials make three points in this regard:
The military is already in charge. The Coast Guard is one of the armed forces of the US, they note, and should be held in the same high regard as the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Mr. Allen, the National Incident Commander, must work with BP to marshal resources and get things done, and any such bifurcated effort is likely to produce some dissatisfied customers, officials note.
The Guard and Reserve are heavily involved in the Gulf. Hundreds of reservists and state National Guard troops are laying booms, flying helicopters, and otherwise contributing front-line manpower to the fight against the spreading oil. Two C-130s from an Ohio reserve unit have been converted to allow them to spray dispersant on oil-slicked waters, for instance. The Louisiana state Guard this week finished sandbagging eight breaches on Pelican Island in Plaquemines Parish, and installed six miles of a shoreline protection system near Venice, Louisiana.
BP knows more about oil than the Navy does. The military has lots of equipment, but it is oriented toward combat, not clean-ups. The US Army and Navy have little in the way of specialized knowledge that would add anything to the fight to stop the spill, said the nation's top officer on May 31.
"We've looked at that continuously since the leak started, whether or not we would have submersibles that could go do this," said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "And the fact is the best technology in the world with respect to that exists in the oil industry."
Proponents of a larger military role say it is not just the Pentagon's material resources, but its attitude, that's needed. What's lacking in the Gulf now is a hierarchy that takes orders and executes them and processes information quickly and efficiently.
"Whether the Coast Guard should stand down for the Navy and the Army, I don't know . . . but the command structure is broken," said Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) of Louisiana on Friday.
IN PICTURES: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
- President Obama: Government is in charge of oil disaster response
- Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Once again, US military gets the call
- Obama moves to take political control of BP Gulf oil spill
Editor's note: The photo caption on an earlier version of this story got Sen. Bill Nelson's first name wrong.


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EXPLAINER: Here's What Google And Oracle Are Fighting Over (ORCL, GOOG)
After the excitement of Larry Page and Larry Ellison testifying earlier this week, the Google-Oracle trial has turned into a highly technical discussion about Java.
So what the heck is really going on?
Here's our brief explainer.
Q: What is Java and why do these companies care?
A: Java is a programming language and platform created by Sun Microsystems back in the 1990s. It was originally designed for running apps on portable low-powered devices -- like phones -- but evolved to serve a bunch of other uses. The big promise of Java was "write once, run anywhere," although it didn't exactly work out that way for reasons too complicated to get into here.
Oracle owns Java through its 2009 acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Google uses some pieces of Java, and some spin-off technologies based on Java, in Android, the smartphone platform that's basically taking over the world.
Oracle thinks Google should have paid a license to use those pieces. Google disagrees.
The most interesting parts of the testimony so far have been on this issue -- like emails suggesting Google considered licensing Java from Sun before Oracle bought it.
Q: There's been a lot of headlines about 'APIs.' What the heck are they?
A: An API is an application programming interface. Every common platform has them. They're basically a recipe for programmers writing a piece of software to get the platform to do something, like draw a certain type of object on the screen. An API basically says "do this, and this should happen."
Without APIs, a computer platform would be useless.
Q: So why wouldn't Oracle want Google to use those APIs?
A. Java also includes class libraries, which are specific manifestations of those APIs. So they're basically the way that the Java platform actually accomplishes the task that the programmer has requested.
Class libraries are copyrightable, like any other software code.
Google did not ship any of the Sun Java class libraries in Android -- it created its own from an open-source spinoff of Java called Harmony.
But Google did ship some of the Java APIs in Android. As Neil McAlister explains in InfoWorld, Google claims that APIs aren't copyrightable.
But Oracle disagrees.
The line between APIs and class libraries is a little vague, and this is where a lot of the testimony has been focused.
That's because even though it's POSSIBLE to write your own unique implementation of the same APIs, in practice it's very difficult. So applications usually end up depending on some of the specifics of the way the APIs were implemented.
Q: How many Java APIs did Google use?
Q. That's it?
A. Google also admits that it copied some lines of code from Sun Java into files used by Android. All of those lines of code were later removed.
Most of them were for test files, but approximately 9 lines of code did actually make it into a shipping version of Android. Google lawyer Robert Van Nest admitted it was a mistake, and should never have happened.
Android has more than 15,000 lines of source code, total.
And there are two patents that Oracle says Google infringes. Several other patent claims have already been thrown out.
Q. So that seems like a lot of fighting over a very small thing.
A. That's why the judge originally laughed Oracle's $6.1 billion damages claim out of court. If any damages are awarded in this case, they'll probably be much smaller. In the tens of millions of dollars, most likely.
Q. So what's this really about?
A. The original creator of Java, James Gosling, weighed in on this when the suit was first filed in 2010, saying this is mostly about "ego, money, and power."
That still seems about right to us.
SEE ALSO: Here's The Damning Evidence Oracle Dug Up On Google For Its $1 Billion Lawsuit
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It's a letter, the last one in this string of initials: LGBTQ. It can mean "questioning," to describe people who are unsure of or exploring their sexual identity or sexual orientation. It can also mean "queer."
That's not a word I say easily. To my ears, queer sounds like a taunt, a slur hurled by an ignorant and hateful speaker.
I was born in the 1950s, and raised in conservative Spokane. If I heard "queer" back then, it was likely in a whisper, and it signified nothing positive.
"People are reclaiming that word, a large community of people. We're really seeing that with youth," said Kathryn Lynn Morgen, a 26-year-old who lives in Langley.
On Whidbey Island, the "Q" word will soon be cause for celebration. Morgen is organizing Whidbey's first-ever Queer Pride Parade, scheduled for 2 p.m. Aug. 10 in downtown Langley.
Morgen, who is development and communications manager for the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, said the parade's aim is to honor differences and get beyond labels.
"To me, queer is an umbrella giving shade from the heat of 'this way' and 'that way,' " Morgen said in a press release announcing the parade.
The parade team includes her husband, Michael Morgen, and Bonnie Stinson, described on the event website as a poet, baker and "queer feminist."
Morgen grew up on the East Coast, and after high school in Rhode Island moved to Seattle with her mother and her mother's partner — "my two moms," she said. Her other mother had family on Whidbey, and she had visited the island since childhood.
In Seattle, Morgen said, she was part of a community of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual people. "I saw them expressing their identities with the word queer. I associate myself with the word in a positive way," she said. "It's really recognizing that everybody is a little weird."
She hopes the Queer Pride Parade will "increase awareness of the great, colorful spectrum of possibilities that define what it is to be human."
Morgen said Grethe Cammermeyer has accepted an invitation to be the parade's grand marshal. The retired Army Reserve colonel, who lives on Whidbey Island with her spouse Diane Divelbess, was a longtime champion of allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly in the military.
"We feel amazingly blessed to have her," Morgen said.
Tom Blossom, 76, is president of the Everett-Snohomish Chapter of PFLAG, Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. He has been uncomfortable with the word queer. "I had a hard time saying it. Kids shamed me into it," the Monroe area man said. "It's been reclaimed," he added.
Through PFLAG, Blossom has been involved with GLOBE, a group for young people in Snohomish County who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning.
Blossom, who is not gay and has three straight daughters, came to PFLAG through his church, Everett's United Church of Christ. In the 1990s, he said, "we became aware of the fact that no mainline Christian church accepted LGBT folks into full participation in the whole county," he said. "I headed up a task force to publicly declare that we were a welcoming church to all."
When a former leader of the local PFLAG group quit 16 years ago, Blossom took on the task. "It was too important to let it die," he said. The PFLAG group meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Everett church, 2624 Rockefeller Ave.
Blossom and I aren't the only ones uneasy with the "Q" word. The subject was addressed in a recent Washington Post blog called "Civilities." In his Post blog, the author of "Steven Petrow's Complete Gay &Lesbian Manners" turned to the Oregon State University's Pride Center website to define "queer."
The OSU Pride Center defines it like this: "Originally pejorative for gay, it is now being reclaimed by some gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered persons as a self-affirming umbrella term. Caution: still extremely offensive when used as an epithet, especially among older Queers."
I'll keep erring on the side of caution. Blossom offers an alternative. "Unique — there's a word for you," he said.
Morgen, the Queer Pride Parade organizer, simply wants to celebrate, rather than fear, differences.
"It's really a heart thing," she said.
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Punto Alto – Ras Maska
Italian restaurant with a panoramic view
Location:Ras Maska, North Lebanon
Price:Between 17$ and 25$
Review by Souad
Punto Alto is an Italian restaurant on a cliff overlooking the sea. The view is really exceptional, but you should make a reservation in advance to be on one of the few lucky tables overlooking the sea.
This restaurant attracts a lot of Tripolitans, especially through its chicken platters: chicken mushroom, chicken with cheese, chicken mango… Their platters are huge and really yummy. However, the service is lousy, we have waited half an hour to get our order taken and another half an hour to get the food on the table. Another weird problem: flies! I've been there more than once and every time there are flies all over the place.
I always hesitate before going to Punto Alto, but from time to time, I miss its chicken mushroom and great view…Write a Review
Appetizers, salads, pizza, pasta, risotto, chicken and veal platters, steak, seafood
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Good to know
Has an exceptional view.
If you're coming from Beirut, you will see it on the right after the Ras Maska sign, you should take the narrow exit after the sign.
3 Reviews
Oct 1, 2011 at 20:53The food is good!BUT...There is a lot of flies! Our last 2 visits prove that!The service was too slow, too.
Sep 7, 2012 at 20:23Awesome atmospere, awesome food, awesome service, polite, kind and tasty and just the best restaurant in lebanon. Five stars
Apr 6, 2014 at 14:19An elegant comfortable and tasteful restaurant with an amazing view and location. Most importantly, his dishes are mouth watering with a unique variety and satisfying portions, in addition to quality service and generosity.
Call them
Phone Number: 06 410 135
Website: http://www.puntoalto.net/
This restaurant makes delivery.
Opening hours
03 383 580
Get there
If you're coming from Beirut, you will see it on the right after the Ras Maska sign, you should take the narrow exit after the sign.
See Also
The Original Car Wash Cafe - Jdeideh(5 votes)
Get your car cleaned and your stomach filled
Eat - Downtown(6 votes)
Italian restaurant near Nejmeh square
Basma - Ashrafieh(3 votes)
Innovative Lebanese in a renovated old house
Amarres - Zaitounay Bay(6 votes)
A French Bistro by Couqley's Owner
Le Petit Phoenicien - Tyre(1 votes)
Seafood Restaurant on the Port of Tyre
Sofrit Hana - Antelias(3 votes)
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Disappointed with my experience! Heard good things about the food and never got the opportunity to experience it. The way my husband and I felt sitting there patiently and watching several get seated that came after us was disturbing. Almost felt as if it was a racist thing. We were the only blacks. But oh well! Many other restaurants to try next time we hit up Tucson.
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My husband and I are fairly regular customers at Don's Bayou because we love the good food and pleasant chats with the owners, Don and Teresa. They're such nice people and make us feel welcome as soon as we come in the door. Lately we've been going in on weekend mornings before noon when they serve large mugs of rich coffee (freshly brewed by the cup) and beignets (kind of like a doughnut: a square of fried dough eaten hot and sprinkled with powdered sugar). I know they're adding freshly-cut fruit to their weekend morning menu, too. We haven't tried it yet but intend to do so. The weather has been so beautiful, so we've been enjoying this weekend treat on the patio overlooking the garden area and the Catalinas.
None of their food, much of it deep-fried, is particularly good for the waistline, to which we can personally attest because we can't resist! One of our favorite entree items is the shrimp po'boy. It's plenty spicy with either remoulade or shrimp cocktail sauce , and oh so good! We also love the really thinly sliced, vinegary cabbage coleslaw. The food tends to be expensive, but really fresh seafood IS expensive, even on the coast. The fresh crayfish boil is wonderful and wonderfully messy. It's not always available, so we "liked" Don's on Facebook so we'll be alerted when the high quality crayfish have shipped in. There's a beer on tap that we really like called Andy-Gator. It has a higher alcohol content than normal, and is what we were looking for in a good brew to go with our spicy meals.The only thing we didn't care for were the fries, but who needs them?
This place deserves to be supported by happy, well-fed customers!
The smallest frog legs i have seen they had to be the front legs
I had the gumbo and my friend had the etouffee. Both were tasteless. The Gumbo was thin, watery, it seemed they had forgotten the roux. Spices were absent...The etouffee was also not a winner. The hurricanes were quite weak and the overall impression was depressing. Not recommended for New Orleans food.


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If you're like me, your wine experience is limited to the three wise men: Carlo Rossi, Robert Mondavi and — of course — Charles "Three-Buck-Chuck" Shaw.
I'm a beer girl.
But, Liebherr's HWS 1800 wine compartment is just freakin' cool.
Plus, inasmuch as I love craft beer, I can understand the desire to collect and mature fine wine. You know, the really good stuff.
And if you've got it, why wouldn't you flaunt it? Don't banish it to the basement or under your counter — display it at eye level!
The fully integrated design allows this stainless steel unit to sit flush with cabinets. And the recessed "pocket" handle and lack of exterior branding won't interrupt the look of your existing kitchen.
Now, it's just a little guy, measuring 18-by-24 inches, which is the same exact dimensions as a built-in coffee system or steam oven.
But that compact footprint wants for nothing.
Wine flavor is like the Princess and the Pea; it's affected by the tiniest environmental factors. Light, temperature, humidity, vibration, position and air quality all stand to compromise the flavor of maturing wine. But Liebherr counters each threat with strategic technology and design:
- Tinted glazed doors block UV rays.
- Precise controls keep temperature where you set it (generally 55 degrees), even if that means heating the cabinet
- Fifty percent to 80 percent relative humidity prevents cork shrinkage.
- Untreated wood shelving emits no odor.
- LED lighting creates no heat (plus it's energy-efficient and long-lasting).
- A charcoal filter perfects air quality by eliminating dust, dirt and odors.
- Compressor design minimizes vibration, which can stir up fine sediment, and noise
I don't think they're missing anything, are they?
p.s. Liebherr is pretty much the greenest refrigeration, not only in its products but its manufacturing process as well.


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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Box icon theme
This was an extremely hard work. Every icon is being retouched pixel by pixel so you c an get a nice interface and you'll be comfortable with your desktop. I'd like to dedicate this theme to my "mentor" and inspiration icon guy, Jakub "Jimmac" Steiner, and of course, Dan Rabitt, the creator of Elementary, both obligatory references in the interface design scene. Oh, and to all the Lubuntu crew, specially the one who usually saves my life designing with me, Alexander Andjelkovich, another member of the Lubuntu Artwork Team.
24 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 02, 2012 8:57 pm
Excellent, thank you. Great job, I like so much, I think that the icon theme represents the minimalist philosophy of Lubuntu distro.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 02, 2012 9:33 pm
Thank you very much. Yep, that was the spirit. I hope everybody understand as well as you did.ReplyDelete
- Pierre GobinAugust 02, 2012 10:02 pm
Awesome !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 03, 2012 6:17 am
i've to admit this, it is very impressived and really beautiful, it so getting much better in the future.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 03, 2012 8:50 am
very nice art work, what about the new theme and compositing effects???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 03, 2012 11:11 am
So.....all apps in lubuntu 12.10 will be a square icons? I'm using firefox, so the icon will be look like a faenza-ish firefox too?ReplyDelete
Nice work. Looks pretty good.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 2:42 am
Nice work!! Although I am really worried about this fashion (inspired by Linux Mint) of using square icons for applications.ReplyDelete
What is wrong with the normal shape? In my case, for example, I decided to use Lubuntu instead of Linux Mint with Cinnamon because I hate those square icons (some designer out there hates circles and thought it is the same for all of us). And now Lubuntu is copying that???
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 3:20 am
I installed the new box icon theme from webupd8 (a .deb file) in order to use it in Lubuntu 12.04, but I found some problems: Applications like Firefox or Audacious have changed some of their buttons (I guess because of the new theme), but the change is not uniform. New icons in these applications are bautiful, but they are mixed with the green buttons for play in Audacious, the red button to stop playing, the green buttons (arrows) in the browser and blue icons for favorites, so it doesn't look beautiful to have those colors mixed.
I hope this can be solved. Thanks
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 9:50 am
I hate iPad, tablet-ish and faenza-ish square icons!!!ReplyDelete
But i like the control and toolbar icons, though, black/grey color, just replace the the green and red or any other color that doesn't fit with blue theme...
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 2:14 pm
The theme is not complete yet, that's why apears a green icon for play on Audacious. Well, this is solved and already updated, but there're a lot of action buttons to replace, it's a slow task.ReplyDelete
I like you don't like some shape or style, that's good, because you can choose another theme that fits you. About making ALL blue, it's a nonsense, it will produce stress making an interface with only one colour. Test it with the ACYL icon theme.
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 5:50 pm
Really like it. And pcman look good to, Thank you from thorReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 04, 2012 10:29 pm
Aren't we seeing a Dark-Paneles version? :D
- AnonymousAugust 06, 2012 1:20 pm
The new icon to start menu is too dark blue, the color should be like it is in 12.04. thorReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 07, 2012 4:32 am
I have tested lubuntu box on Ubuntu 12.04 Unity, here some screenshots:http://imgur.com/a/0NserReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 07, 2012 1:18 pm
The audio icon is being corrected, as well as the action buttons (back, forward, play, stop, etc).ReplyDelete
About the LSC icon it's obvious, it's intended for use on Lubuntu. TEsting in Unity is a little premature for now. It's like having a panel on Unity that, logically, doesn't work on Gnome Shell.
- Marcus MoellerAugust 22, 2012 7:06 pm
Could you please improve the trashcan icon a bit? Right now it can hardly be identified as one.ReplyDelete
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it's wonderful... after several different distro I returned Lubuntu for its speed and performance in old hardware system and it can compete with XP for quick... now this icons are a masterwork.ReplyDelete
- icon_compilerJanuary 08, 2013 4:05 am
Maybe i'm too late but i found no way to contact the author of icons so i will do it this way.ReplyDelete
Considering that Lubuntu tend to be used on older computers, there is no point at using .svg icons. I Know that it is easier to link them that way and be sure that every size will be correct but to achieve speed in rendering you have to use raster images not vector ones.
In other words, convert icons from svg to png from 16x16 to 48x48 to give users speed not slow pcmanfm rendering.
Also, i agree that newer computer will not see the difference but try to use svg icons on computer with 512MB of ram, gnome and slower graphic card.
This are my 2c about this.
- AnonymousJanuary 08, 2013 9:48 am
As I'm a Lubuntu Artwork member, this blog is fine to comment too. We also had this discussion about rendering SVG over PNG formats. You need to have a very very old computer, that can't make use of the new Cairo and GDI/Pixbuf libraries, so the rendering of vector files may be slow. And with old I mean more than 15 years. In older computer, Linux used that libraries and performance were increased on SVG for using icons and themes (yes, the whole environment).ReplyDelete
The results were amazing, Pixbuf and CairoSVG engines rendered at the same speed PNG and SVG sources. I have Lubuntu currently running in a ver old computer (a K6 with 900 mb free) and it works fine. Changing icon theme doesn't speed it up.
And about the linking, well, rasterizing the whole theme should be the easy part (batch process) and linking is easy, GTK uses only filenames, not extensions.
Try GtkPerf (or any other more powerful like Phoronix suite). We already did with Box and results were fine (for GTK 2/3, icon theme, and pixbuf engine). But if you any graphics issue please, report with a GtkPerf report and we'll keep an eye on that. You can comment or anything at http://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-art
Thank you very much :)
I really like the icon theme you created.ReplyDelete
I use them on Linux Mint.
Because of that, I like to have a green version of it.
How would I achieve that?
- AnonymousApril 19, 2013 9:19 am
Thank you very much. For this moment our purpose is to finish the theme before creating some variations. Anyway, a friend of this blog isreating a gray variations for folders, so it's the beggining :)ReplyDelete
I played a bit with the theme and finally made them green. I named them "Mint-Box". :PReplyDelete


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24 (2001–2010)
Jack Bauer: The only reason that you're conscious right now is because I don't want to carry you.
Nina Myers: He is gonna put a bullet in my head before I can say hello, and then he'll turn the gun on himself.
Jack Bauer: We'll make sure he doesn't turn the gun on himself.
Ramon Salazar: [about Jack Bauer] That man has more lives than a cat.
Jack Bauer: [Jack has shot and wounded Nina] You don't have any more useful information, do you?
Nina Myers: [weakly] I do...
Jack Bauer: [notices Nina is inching for her gun] No, you don't.
[fires and kills Nina]
Jack Bauer: [while holding President Logan at gunpoint] A year and a half ago I was warned my life was in danger. I was told the only way to survive was to create the illusion that I was dead. I had the deceive people I cared about. My daughter will never forgive me. Now that I see the depth of your corruption there is no doubt that source of danger was you. David Palmer was a great man and a great president, but he was also my friend. He tried to warn me about you and now he is dead. Other people tried to help me and they are dead. So Mr. Logan, I really have nothing left to lose.
Jack Bauer: I'm federal agent Jack Bauer, and today is the longest day of my life.
Paramedic: Take off your clothes.
[after Mason has been exposed to radiation]
George Mason: Aren't you going to buy me dinner first?
[pointing his gun in the direction of a noise behind him]
Jack Bauer: Don't move.
George Mason: Hey, hey. Service is bad enough on this flight; you don't have to shoot me.
Chloe: I was unfairly harsh to you a few minutes ago, I didn't mean anything.
Spencer Wolf: All right. Apology accepted.
Chloe: It wasn't really an apology, it was more of an observation.
[some of the symptoms of inhaling plutonium]
Paramedic: Well, there's hair loss...
George Mason: I'm already used to that.
Charles Logan: Agent Clark, I want you to arrest these men and get them the hell out of here!
Agent Clark: We have our orders, sir.
Charles Logan: You take!... You take your orders from me!
Agent Clark: Not anymore.
Jack Bauer: [to Joseph Prado, after breaking every finger in his hand] This will help you with the pain.
[knocks him unconscious]
Chloe: [as Jack strangles an FBI officer and a horrified teenage boy looks on] Don't worry... he's really good at this.
Bill Buchanan: Chloe, we don't have time for your personality disorder!
Tony Almeida: Chloe, I'm getting real tired of your personality.
Jack Bauer: I'm gonna need a hacksaw.
Nina Myers: I never meant for this to be personal.
Jack Bauer: It felt pretty personal when you killed my wife.
Jack Bauer: You are gonna tell me what I wanna know, it's just a matter of how much you want it to hurt.
Woman: Don't you have a gun?
Chloe: I work with computers!
Michelle Dessler: I'll go anywhere with you... as long as I don't have to cook.
Tony Almeida: [laughing] Sweetheart, if you promise not to cook I will take you with me anywhere.
[just before shooting Ryan Chappelle]
Jack Bauer: God, forgive me.
[Chloe had to shoot a man in self-defense]
Edgar Stiles: You okay?
Chloe: I'm fine.
Edgar Stiles: Is there anything I can do?
Chloe: I said I'm fine! I am trying not to think about what happened, I'm gonna process it later, okay?
Edgar Stiles: Sure, fine.
[walks away]
Chloe: Edgar, I appreciate your concern. I really do. Just when I shot that guy, I thought I'd go all fetal position. But the truth is, I didn't feel anything. At all. I hope I'm not some kind of a psychopath.
Edgar Stiles: Well, he *was* trying to kill you.
Chloe: Yeah, but still!
Edgar Stiles: Maybe it's a delayed reaction kinda thing. Maybe you'll freak out about it in a few days.
Chloe: I hope so.
Eddie: Jack's back.
Jack Bauer: Kim, I want you to point the gun at his chest and pull the trigger now.
Christopher Henderson: [Holds Jack at gunpoint] Hold it Jack! You weren't really going to let me go, were you?
Jack Bauer: No.
[Henderson tries to shoot him, but the gun is empty. He looks at the clip, realizing Jack has outsmarted him. He faintly smiles at Jack]
Christopher Henderson: Good for you.
Jack Bauer: You are responsible for the deaths of David Palmer, Tony Almeida, and Michelle Dessler. They were friends of mine.
Christopher Henderson: That's what happens.
[Jack shoots him twice]
Sherry Palmer: We've had a hard day, but when you look at it in perspective, you'll realize I was acting in your best interest. And I know you're so mad at me.
President Palmer: I'm not mad at you.
Sherry Palmer: Oh, good.
President Palmer: I feel sorry for you.
Sherry Palmer: You feel sorry for me?
President Palmer: You've lost touch of what it is to be a friend... a parent... a wife. After today, I never want to see you again.
Sherry Palmer: David!
President Palmer: Please, Sherry, I've heard it all before. And I don't care what this may do to my candidacy. And it's not because I don't want to be President. I do. I just don't think you're fit to be the first lady.
Sherry Palmer: Do you really think you can just leave me? Don't you think for a second it'll be that easy!
President Palmer: Secret Service will escort you back to Washington when you're ready.
[turns away from her and walks towards the room exit]
Sherry Palmer: [screaming after David, who is ignoring her rantings] David, you don't just walk away from me! David, you can't do this without me! David, I'm talking to you!
[a secret Service Agent stops her from following after David Palmer after he leaves the room]
Sherry Palmer: Get your hands off of me!
Nina Myers: Jack, if you kill me, you won't know who I work for. You think I work for Drazen, but I don't!
Jack Bauer: I trusted you, Nina...
Nina Myers: I was just doing my job.
Jack Bauer: Your job? My wife and daughter almost died today! How many people that trusted you lost their life today because you were doing your job? Walsh, or Jamey? Ellis? How many others?
Nina Myers: How many people died because of you, Jack?
Lynn McGill: We met at that memory management lecture?
Chloe: If you say so.
Jack Bauer: Shut up, stupid!
Jack Bauer: I know you think you're doing the right thing,
[raising his voice]
Jack Bauer: but this is not going to happen.
Kim: Somebody has to do it!
Jack Bauer: Someone will, not you!
Kim: [raising her voice] I'm the best match!
Jack Bauer: [raising his voice even more] You're not a field operative!
Kim: I have weapons training. This is decoy work. Saunders' people won't even come close to me.
Jack Bauer: [shouting] Kim, you don't know what you're talking about. If everything was to go right in this scenario, which not a chance I'm willing to take!
Kim: [shouting] You're not taking it! I am!
Jack Bauer: [grabs Kim and puts her up against the wall] The reason why you've got this job,
Jack Bauer: the reason why I GAVE you this job is so that I could make sure you'd be safe!
Kim: [voice breaking] I took this job because I wanted it, not because you wanted me here. I know that this is hard for you, but this is not your decision. This is my job; better yet, my duty. I'm gonna be safe.
Kim: But I'm doing it.
[realizing that CTU has been compromised, Jack makes a special phone call]
Audrey Heller Raines: Who are calling?
Jack Bauer: The only person I can trust right now.
Tony Almeida: I should be there with you.
Michelle Dessler: [softly] You are...
Tony Almeida: Where the hell do you think you're going, Jack?
Jack Bauer: Tony, I don't have time to explain right now.
[Tony pulls out his gun and points it at Jack]
Tony Almeida: Let's find the time.
Henry Powell: Who are you guys? Police? FBI?
Tony Almeida: Actually, I'm currently unemployed.
[from preview for Season 5]
Jack Bauer: [angry] When I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish that you felt this good again.
Chapelle: Chloe's a pain in the ass!
First Lady Martha Logan: I look like a wedding cake!
Chloe: OK, when the alert level goes down, and the terrorists have been caught, we can have some chamomile tea and I'll tell you all my secrets.
President Palmer: I'm the president Mike. You do not call me by my first name.
Ramon Salazar: What did you learn from Edmunds?
Hector Salazar: He can take a bullet through the hand without saying anything useful.
[at the very start of each show except Season 1 and other Season Premieres]
Jack Bauer: Previously on 24.
Jack Bauer: A few years ago, my wife was killed because of my job. My daughter has never been the same since. This last year... well, you know what I went through to bring you in. What'd I get for it? A pat on the back. In the end, a demotion and a heroin habit. I'm tired of putting my ass on the line for nothing. I'm DONE putting my ass on the line for nothing.
Audrey Heller Raines: Jack, you are not going to do this. You are not going to torture my brother!
Tony Almeida: Michelle?
Michelle Dessler: Yeah?
Tony Almeida: [sobbing] I can't believe I almost lost you.
Jack Bauer: I used to be in the military. Used to do field work for the CIA. I've been to some horrible places. I've seen some pretty terrible things. I don't think I've ever been this scared in my whole life.
James Heller: Spare me your sixth grade Michael Moore logic!
Edgar Stiles: [as he speaks to Marianne Taylor, who is bossing him around] Just because you overheard that conversation between Chloe and me doesn't mean I'm your bitch.
[Jack is taken hostage by Victor Drazen]
Tony Almeida: How did Jack sound?
[on the phone]
George Mason: Alive.
[from Season 5 preview]
Jack Bauer: If you don't tell me what I want to know, then it'll just be a question of how much you want it to hurt.
[to Audrey, who was held by the Chinese for a few months]
Jack Bauer: I know what it's like to feel like it's never going to end.
Michelle Dessler: You scared the hell out of me.
Tony Almeida: [laughing] I know... I'm sorry.
[from Season 5 trailer]
Jack Bauer: [gun aimed at someone off screen] See you in hell.
Michelle Dessler: I can't spend another day without you... I'm ready to leave here, I'm ready to go with you...
Tony Almeida: So, uh, what are we saying here? If we save LA from a nuclear bomb, then you and I can get together for dinner and a movie?
[Chloe has just broken the news to Kim that Chase has a baby]
Chase: How'd she take the news?
Chloe: Gosh, Chase, I think she was kind of pissed!
Michael Amador: You betrayed me, Jack, you were CTU all along.
Jack Bauer: That's right, Amador. You betrayed me, too, I'm just better at it than you.
President Palmer: Mike, I want to thank you for calling CTU in the eleventh hour.
Mike Novick: Of course, Mr. President.
President Palmer: [leans in close] But you should have been with me to the end. That's what I expected of you, that's why I appointed you! I'm relieving you of your post, effective immediately.
Mike Novick: [starts crying] Yes, Mr. President.
Sherry Palmer: Mike's job is to tell you what you want to hear. Mine is to tell you the truth
President Palmer: You're not qualified for that job.
Lynn McGill: But I'm not about to start considering disobeying a direct order from the White House!
Bill Buchanan: That's because you don't have the experience to know any better.
Tony Almeida: She's gone, Jack...
[at the start of each Season Premiere]
Jack Bauer: Events occur in real time.
Navi Araz: [Dina is leaving to get Behrooz] Who was on the phone?
Dina Araz: It was nothing important.
Navi Araz: Liar!
[Navi grabs Dina]
Navi Araz: What did Behrooz do?
Dina Araz: No. What did you do? Did you give the order?
Navi Araz: Behrooz was not committed. It was just a matter of time before he turned against us.
Dina Araz: You order Tariq to kill him-to kill our own son.
[Dina slaps Navi]
Dina Araz: No!
[Dina slaps him again]
Dina Araz: No!
[Dina slaps him again]
Dina Araz: No! You sick...
Navi Araz: [Navi and Dina struggle, until he pins her against the wall]
Navi Araz: Where is Tariq?
Dina Araz: Behrooz killed him!
Navi Araz: That's impossible.
Dina Araz: Because you think he's weak? He's not.
Navi Araz: Nothing, nothing will stand in the way of what needs to be done-not him, not you. Where is he now?
Dina Araz: Why? What are you going to do?
Dina Araz: You're hurting me!
Navi Araz: I will do more than that. Now you listen to me, woman. You will do exactly as you told him. You will pick him up in a half an hour.
James Heller: I am the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America. You will listen to me!
Navi Araz: [Navi hangs up the phone] The override has taken control of the nuclear power plants.
Dina Araz: What about Behrooz? What about our son?
Navi Araz: [pause, sighs] We have to be strong now, we'll mourn him when this is over.
Dina Araz: [Navi exits. Dina's cell phone rings] Hello?
Behrooz Araz: Mom?
Dina Araz: Behrooz? Are you all right?
Behrooz Araz: Tariq tried to kill me. He was going to shoot me. I had to defend myself.
Dina Araz: What did you do?
Behrooz Araz: I killed him. You can't let Father know.
Dina Araz: Why not?
Behrooz Araz: Because Father's the one who told Tariq to do it. He wants me dead because I messed up with Debbie.
Dina Araz: Behrooz, that's not possible. Your father would never want to hurt you.
Behrooz Araz: It's true. Mom, I don't know what to do. You have to help me.
Dina Araz: Where are you now?
Behrooz Araz: I'm near the Metrolink station on Lassen in Chatsworth
Dina Araz: Are you using Tariq's car?
Behrooz Araz: Yes.
Dina Araz: Hide it. I'll pick you up there in a half hour.
Behrooz Araz: Hurry.
Ryan Chappelle: [terrified, knowing he is about to die] My legs are shaking...
Jack Bauer: [hesitates for a moment] I've got you.
[getting ready to transport Victor]
Jack Bauer: [goes to over to Victor] Get up.
[doesn't budge]
Jack Bauer: [explodes] Get up!
[Syed Ali has said he's willing to die]
Jack Bauer: The only way you're going to die is if I kill you. Your bomb's not going off.
[Chase gives a warning to Nina regarding lying to Jack]
Chase: If he realizes that you're toying with him, he will kill you.
Nina Myers: Is that so?
Jack Bauer: He shouldn't have been playing with A-dults.
George Mason: So what are you gonna do tomorrow? If the bomb doesn't go off. Thought about it?
Jack Bauer: Do you really think you can do this?
George Mason: Yes.
Jack Bauer: You are absolutely sure you can do this?
George Mason: Jack, I'm supposed to do this.
Kate Warner: So the plane has some kind of automatic pilot or something?
Agent Tom Baker: Actually no, it will have to be flown out to a very precise location.
Kate Warner: So the pilot...? Oh my god, who's it going to be?
Agent Tom Baker: Jack Bauer
President Palmer: Let's skip the sound bytes and cut straight to the chase.
Jack Bauer: There are things in this world which are out of our control. Sometimes we like to blame ourselves for them so we can try to make sense out of them.
Jack Bauer: Honey, I've got to start focusing on what I'm doing up here, I'm running out of time, okay? So uh... I-I'm gonna have to say good-bye. I love you more than anything in the world and I'll always be with you, okay? Remember that.
Kim: Oh. I'm proud of you, and I love you.
Jack Bauer: I love you too sweetheart... Bye.
Jack Bauer: I like working with you, Chase; you're a nice kid. But don't you ever come into my office and talk to me like that again, do you understand me?
[Jack hits a button on his watch. Meanwhile, back at CTU, Gael's Palm Pilot starts to beep]
Gael Ortega: He's in.
Ryan Chappelle: What are you talking about? Who's in?
Tony Almeida: Jack.
Ryan Chappelle: What?
Tony Almeida: Gael and I have been working with Jack. We've been trying to get him back undercover with the Salazars. That signal mean he's back in.
Ryan Chappelle: I don't understand.
Tony Almeida: Look, I'll explain everything. Right now we've gotta call the president.
Jack Bauer: You don't have any more information, do you, Nina?
Nina Myers: Yes I do.
Jack Bauer: No, you don't.
[shoots her]
President Palmer: Jack, you saved my life. I trust you as much as I trust anybody.
Jack Bauer: George, as crazy as this may sound, you're going to have to trust me.
Nina Myers: I only get the pardon if I stop the bomb. Why wouldn't I do everything I can.
Jack Bauer: Because you're worse than a traitor, Nina. You don't even have a cause, you don't believe in anything. But you would sell anyone and everything out to the highest bidder. So
[throws table]
Jack Bauer: [shouts] stop wasting my time. Gimme a name!
Sherry Palmer: You finish the speech?
President Palmer: Taking a break. The guys got tired of me yelling at them.
[his last lines]
George Mason: It's time.
Christopher Henderson: I'm doing this to protect the integrity of the government.
Jack Bauer: The government has no integrity!
[Chappelle catches Tony taking a briefcase out of a cabinet]
Tony Almeida: They're suicide capsules. For the people at the hotel. It's going to get pretty bad down there.
Ryan Chappelle: That's against every regulation in the book.
Tony Almeida: Yeah.
Ryan Chappelle: Do it.
President Palmer: [Explaining to President Logan, whom he is advising, why he authorized a covert operation that could be construed as an act of war; Logan disagrees] We didn't bring this crisis on ourselves, but we'll be the ones to settle it. This is a dirty business and we have to get our hands dirty to clean it up!
[at the main start of each show]
Jack Bauer: The following takes place between...
Renee Walker: I know how to get that Bracelet off...
Michelle Dessler: Look, you worked on CTU for two years. Everything you say I will consider seriously.
Tony Almeida: Don't worry. I'm gonna tell you what I think whether you want to hear it or not, all right?
Jack Bauer: [Repeated line to an individual after they tried to help him] You did great.
Jack Bauer: [Repeated line when asked to make a promise] I give you my word.
Edgar Stiles: You're the best analyst we've got.
Chloe: I know.
Kate Warner: [while being tortured by Sayed Ali for information] How can I tell you what I don't know?
Bill Buchanan: We're in an active code, Chole. We don't have time for your personality disorder.
[after Jack Bauer's team attacks the Chinese Consulate]
President Palmer: It was a covert operation, not dissimilar to those carried out by countries on a routine basis around the world.
Charles Logan: Don't give me a social studies lesson, David. We marched onto Chinese soil, we kidnapped one of their nationals, and in the process the Chinese consul was killed.
Bill Buchanan: I want you tell me exactly what you've been doing here and for how long.
Jack Bauer: Understand this, Bill. I don't work for you any more.
Jack Bauer: Tell me where the bomb is or I will kill your son.
Jack Bauer: Oh, my God, what did you do? What have you done?
Jack Bauer: What have you done?
Audrey Heller Raines: Not... another... word!
Jack Bauer: [Jack is about to execute Chappelle] Ryan, is there anyone you'd like to talk to?
Ryan Chappelle: To say goodbye?
Jack Bauer: To say whatever you have to.
Ryan Chappelle: I have a brother I haven't talked to in years... I don't have that many friends, only the people I work with. So, no... there's no-one.
Chase: Let me be upfront with you, Jack. I look up to you, and I'd even take a bullet for you. Instead, I'm holding a mirror right in front of your face. I know what they did to you when you were undercover with the Salazars. If something goes wrong, I'm always there when you need me.
Jack Bauer: Mind your own business Chase.
Chase: Today is NOT the day to prove that everything is okay and this will be a rough day. Get your head straight man, and do what you got to do.
Ramon Salazar: I'm concerned about you, Jack. The things you did to get me here. You'll never be the same.
Jack Bauer: How long have you been playing me?
Stephen Saunders: So, Michael... tell me how it went down in Mexico.
[Amador slowly looks at Saunders]
Stephen Saunders: You didn't think I would find out?
Michael Amador: I didn't think you needed to know... as long as you got what you wanted.
Stephen Saunders: You were stupid enough to believe that Jack Bauer had turned against CTU, and now you've got every intelligence agency in the country after you.
Michael Amador: Bauer's story checked out.
Stephen Saunders: Don't presume to tell me about Jack Bauer. What you did in Mexico, it was stupid, it was greedy, and it may have cost me my advantage.
Michael Amador: Alvers and I still expect to be paid.
[Amador connects with the bank via laptop]
Stephen Saunders: The authorization code is 7QV78.
Michael Amador: [Amador enters the code to reveal 10 million dollars in the account] This is only half!
Stephen Saunders: I'll release the balance after I have confirmation on the hotel.
Michael Amador: The deal was we get paid in full!
Stephen Saunders: The deal changed when you went down to Mexico
Stephen Saunders: Now, after you've hit the hotel, you'll get the rest of your money.
[Saunders gives one vial of the virus to Alvers and leaves]
Alan Milliken: [to Sherry, who is snooping up on something he has covered up] You come into my house? After everything I've done for your family? I've made your children's father the President of the United States!
Sherry Palmer: Wait a minute, whatever you did to help David was *not* for the benefit of my children. Let's get that straight. You're just a small man, Alan, who lords his money over his friends because that's all you have, that's all you are! Why do you think your wife had to go out and find another man?
Alan Milliken: Don't you *talk* to me like this!
Sherry Palmer: Because you're *not* one! Not one woman in her right mind would find you attractive without your wealth, Alan! That's what people want from you.
[Alan gasps, he is having a heart attack while Sherry continues]
Sherry Palmer: That's all Julia wants from you. And I'm supposed to be afraid of you? You think I'm scared of you? You're just a little boy, Alan! A pathetic, scrawny, sickly little boy!
Alan Milliken: [gasping] Julia, my pills. My pills!
Sherry Palmer: [Julia grabs the pills, going to Alan as Sherry grabs her arm] No, don't!
Julia Milliken: What are you doing?
Sherry Palmer: Don't!
Julia Milliken: Sherry?
Sherry Palmer: Don't!
Alan Milliken: Julia! Julia!
Sherry Palmer: This is your way out!
Alan Milliken: [shakes, gasping] Julia! Julia! Julia! Julia! Julia!
Alan Milliken: [falls out of his wheelchair, crawling to the counter, grabbing his pills, trying to take them. He stops shaking, collapses on the floor and dies]
Sherry Palmer: Why don't you just say what's on your mind? You don't want me here.
Lynne Kresge: Mrs. Palmer, I...
Sherry Palmer: No, you don't want me here! So let's just quit playing games?
Lynne Kresge: How dare you speak to me like this? I was appointed by the President of the United States of America because of my qualifications in foreign policy and crisis management, and I don't know what kind of credentials you have that make you think you can lecture me. Fine. You don't want to play games? I don't like you. And I don't like you being here.
Sherry Palmer: Well... *now* we're communicating.
Teddy Hanlin: Hiya, Jack. Haven't seen you since you put my partner away.
Tony Almeida: Remember that time we came into work together about a month ago? Mason made some wisecrack remark, and you came up with this really great BS story, early breakfast meeting with District 3. I was really impressed with how convincing a liar you were.
Chase: You're right Ryan! And after you shoot Jack down, you can personally explain that to the president!
Eddie: Today we're going to turn a government building into a cemetery.
[Nina is holding Jack at gunpoint]
Nina Myers: You didn't think it would end like this didn't you?
Jack Bauer: This isn't over yet.
President Palmer: What are you trying to do? Start a war with the Middle East?
Roger Stanton: No.
President Palmer: Then what?
Roger Stanton: Your defense policy is too passive. You need more resources...
President Palmer: You're trying to hijack my presidency.
Roger Stanton: No, no, no. But, I'd like to give it some balls.
Jack Bauer: Honey I want you to live your life. I want you to be happy. That's all I've ever wanted. I want you to try and grow up to be the kind of person that would've made your mom proud. Okay?
Kim: [sobbing] Oh, God.
Jack Bauer: Promise me that.
Kim: I promise.
Sherry Palmer: Complex problems sometimes have the simplest solutions.
[Chase is trying to convince Chapelle that Jack should lead the strike team on the field after getting a lead on Amador]
Chapelle: I didn't ask for your opinion.
Chase: Well I just gave it to you.
Michael Amador: Can you protect my family?
Jack Bauer: Yes, we can.
Michael Amador: How can you protect my family when you can't even protect yours?
Sherry Palmer: What? What's Funny?
President Palmer: No, nothing really. It's just that, when I wanted you to pull back, just let things be, you were a shark. Now that I've asked you back. I need you to be a shark.
Sherry Palmer: I can still be, whatever you need me to be.
Sherry Palmer: Who are you calling?
Jack Bauer: CTU. I am a sworn federal agent, Mrs. Palmer. You just confessed to a federal crime.
President Palmer: Make no mistake: if we unleash our military power on nations that later prove innocent, it will rank as one of the most despicable sneak attacks in history. Any chance for peace in the Middle East will vanish forever. Even if it'll cost American lives in the future, we must delay this attack until we are certain of our ground.
[to Syed Ali]
Jack Bauer: I know you think what you're doing is right. But it is my job not to let that happen.
[to his son, Behrooz]
Navi Araz: What we accomplish today will change the world. We are fortunate that our family has been chosen to do this.
[Jane Saunders is unwilling to help Jack find her father]
Jack Bauer: You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation.
[Dina has just learned that Behrooz has been taken hostage by Navi]
Dina Araz: If you cannot save my son, then I am happy to see the reactors melt down.
Jack Bauer: [to Erin Driscoll, while on phone] Did you get that?
President Palmer: Now, Jack, if it were anyone else, I would ask you if you were sure. But with you, I already know the answer. God bless you, and good luck.
Gary: You're telling me one of us has to get caught so the other can escape?
Mandy: Yes. It's going to be you.
[shoots him]
Mandy: [after CTU realizes she is still alive] Looks like my neighbors died for nothing.
Jack Bauer: [to his new girlfriend Diane] My name's not Frank. It's Jack Bauer.
Martha Logan: It has been a very long day... we could all use a rest...
Vladimir Bierko: Release the Syntox here and two hundred thousand people will die.
[repeated line]
Jack Bauer: TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS!
[repeated line]
Jack Bauer: You are going to have to trust me.
Jack Bauer: We don't have a lot of time.
Jack Bauer: [at the start of every episode] The following takes place between _ A.M./P.M. and _ A.M./P.M.
Tony Almeida: Some people feel more comfortable in hell.
President Palmer: All right. This is what we're gonna do. We may be short on manpower, but it doesn't have to appear that way. Send all the Eastern Georgia National Guard to Marietta, and tell the media that this is where something's going to happen.
Mike Novick: Uh, what's going to happen, sir?
President Palmer: If this is what the people are going to be watching, let's show them how we're going to respond. I want them to see how we protect our citizens. We will not put up with racism or xenophobia. If this is where it's going to start, this is where it's going to stop.
Osterlind: They're grounding flights from LAX.
Stephen Saunders: Did all the couriers get out with their vials?
Osterlind: New York, Washington, San Francisco made it through; they're on their way. I re-routed Las Vegas; our man is driving there now. But we missed Chicago and Cleveland.
Stephen Saunders: Did you revise the casualty projections?
Osterlind: Of course.
[hands him folder]
Osterlind: Here they are.
Stephen Saunders: Just give me the number.
Osterlind: Two to five million dead within the first 48 hours.
Stephen Saunders: [shrugs] Good enough.
Chapelle: [whilst interrogating Gael] Talk to me, you sonuvabitch!
Chapelle: I'd like nothing more than to hang you as a traitor and watch you jerk until you die.
[Jack Bauer is preparing to execute Ryan Chapelle]
Chapelle: There's no way around this, right Jack? We don't have any outs here.
Jack Bauer: Not that I can see.
[cocks gun]
Chapelle: [as a tear runs down his face] Wait! All right. Let me do this myself. At least give me... the dignity of-of taking m-my own life; that's something you can do.
Jack Bauer: No, Ryan, I can't do that.
Chapelle: Yes, you can! You were right back at CTU to put me under watch. I wasn't going out for a cigarette, I was trying to bolt. But I know this has to happen.
Jack Bauer: I can't take that chance.
Chapelle: I'm giving you my word, Jack. I won't run, I swear. I-I-I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared, but I'm not gonna run. I couldn't live with myself, knowing that I was responsible for the deaths of all those people.
[voice breaking]
Chapelle: You gotta believe me.
Mandy: [once she realizes CTU knows she and Tony are still alive after their supposed deaths] Looks like my neighbors died for nothing.
President Palmer: [asking about Alan Milliken's death] What happened, Sherry?
Sherry Palmer: I went... to the house.
[sees David's look, raises a hand slightly]
Sherry Palmer: to speak to Julia. Alan interrupted us... there was an argument... and... he had a heart attack.
Mandy: [holding a gun to Tony's head] You really have what it takes to shoot him while you're looking him in the eye?
Jack Bauer: Yes.
Mandy: I believe you. So what's to stop me from shooting him?
Nina Myers: So, Ed, how are ya?
Agent Ed Miller: Don't bother, Nina. I'm here because I have to be, not because I'm your friend.
Nina Myers: Well, you're here because they think after I help stop the bomb, Jack will try to kill me. Which, of course, he will. What if you can't stop him? I mean, no offense, but Ed, let's face it: you're no match for Jack. You're just not that ruthless. So he manages to get around you and pull the trigger. What happens then? Because of the pardon, he knows if he kills me, he'll spend the rest of his life in jail.
Agent Ed Miller: Jack, if you have some way to shut her up I'm not thinkin' of...
Nina Myers: Of course, Jack's mind is thinking, "That's not such a bad deal." Small price to pay to avenge his wife's death. But what about his daughter? Is he thinking about her? She's already lost one parent. If he kills me, she'll have no one. Jack knows I'm right. He should just use me to stop the bomb, and then go home to Kim. She needs you, Jack.
Marwan: [to Chort who has Jack Bauer at gunpoint] Kill him.
Martha Logan: [after she learns President Logan wants to give terrorists the route to the Russian President's motorcade] You are the President of the United States! My God! You're talking about murder!
Carl Webb: Before you're done crucifying me, save some nails for your wife.
Jack Bauer: That's the problem with people like you, George. You want results, but you never want to get your hands dirty. I'd start rolling up your sleeves.
Marie: Reza, you really are very sweet.
[to Nina while he has a gun to her head]
Jack Bauer: You are going to tell me everything I want to know or I swear to God I will hurt you before I kill you, and no one will be able to stop me.
Jack Bauer: You inhaled plutonium, George.
George Mason: So.
Jack Bauer: So I'm not the only person who shouldn't be here today.
Chase: Listen, Jack. I'm gonna be honest with you. I look up to you. I'd take a bullet for you if I had to, but right now, I'm gonna hold the mirror up. You were under with Salazar for six months. I know what they did to you, and I know what you did to yourself. You can't make that go away overnight. You think I didn't know?
Jack Bauer: You should mind your own business, Chase.
Chase: All I'm trying to say is that I'm here for you. But today is not the day to try to prove to everybody that you're all better. It's about to hit the fan, you know that and I know that. So do what you gotta do, man. Get your head straight, so we can do our work.
Stephen Saunders: I like to do things in phases. You should know that by now.
Jack Bauer: [to Saunders about putting his daughter in the hotel where the virus had been released] When your daughter is infected, I'm going to make you watch her die.
Jack Bauer: Stephen, you're out of time!
[about Syed Ali]
Jack Bauer: Are you trying to protect this man?
Imam Fulani: No, Agent Bauer, I have no misplaced loyalties. If the man you are looking for has murdered an innocent, he is as guilty in the eyes of Islam as he is in yours.
Jack Bauer: The man that I'm looking for set in motion a plan today to detonate a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles.
Imam Fulani: Are you certain?
Jack Bauer: Yes, we're certain. Our estimates are between one and two million people will die if this bomb goes off. That, sir, is why we need to find him now.
Kalil Hasan: I think someone is anxious that I get to where I'm going.
Omar: What makes you think that?
Kalil Hasan: I just got stopped by two cops who let me go in very little time.
Omar: And?
Kalil Hasan: This is a stolen car.
Omar: Maybe the driver has not reported it yet?
Kalil Hasan: A cop was approaching me with his hand on his gun. He gets a call: suddenly there's no problem.
[Omar grimaces as he realises Kalil is right]
Bill Buchanan: You have no idea who you are dealing with, you little ass kisser!
Jack Bauer: [Repeated line] DAMN IT!
Jack Bauer: [Nararating a repeated line after starting time and ending time have established] Events occur in real time.
Jack Bauer: [repeated line, justifying his actions when they are questioned] it had to be done.
Jack Bauer: [Repeated line, attempting to make a compromise] I give you my word.
[repeated line]
Jack Bauer: LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS!
President Palmer: [repeated line, after knocking on his door, granting them permission to enter the room his working in] come
Jack Bauer: [repeated line to Audrey] I'll be right back.


text:
This all-star card did not make the Top 20 countdown. Can you believe it? My favorite player of all-time. The man who just pulled the railing off from behind him and is now using it as a bat is not in the countdown.
The 1978 Cey all-star card did not make it either.
Who is doing this thing? And what have they done with night owl?
I knew this whole countdown wouldn't make sense. But that is no reason to waste blog material. So on we go.
With this latest grouping of all-stars, I couldn't help but notice the powers in baseball during this period. The Reds, the Yankees, the Dodgers, the A's, the Red Sox. Those were the teams in charge. And because of that, they all have their fair share of all-star cards between 1975-81.
The team tally for this period looks like this:
AL - Red Sox-12, Yankees-10, Royals-9, A's-6, Twins-6, Orioles-4, Angels-3, Rangers-3, Tigers-3, Brewers-2, Indians-1, White Sox-1
NL - Reds-21, Dodgers-18, Phillies-10, Pirates-5, Braves-2, Cardinals-2, Cubs-2, Giants-2, Padres-2, Mets-1
So, expect to see a lot of Reds in the final Top 10.
Here is 10-6:
10. Carl Yastrzemski, 1978
A pose so good that Topps used almost the exact same shot for Yaz's 1979 card. There is something very distinct and regal about this card. It helps that the badge that Topps used for All-Star players in 1978 is almost positioned where a real badge would go on someone's uniform. You can't tell me this wasn't planned.
9. George Foster, 1978
Foster was already a break-out star by the time the 1978 set came out. We all knew about his all-star card in the 1977 set. So, this was a key card to pull from packs in '78. But then Foster went wild that year, hitting 52 home runs. This was long before Cecil Fielder or the late '90s. And long after Mantle and Maris. Fifty-two home runs was CRAZY. So imagine now, pulling a card of this player with his black bat when all that was going on. This was one hot card.
8. Johnny Bench, 1975
I have repeated myself over and over with this card. So I'll just copy-and-paste what I once wrote:
When I held this card in my hands as a 9-year-old, it had me so freaked out that I thought it would vanish, either via a gust of wind or by someone stealing it, or simply through spontaneous combustion. The card was just too cool to be possessed by someone like me.
I can remember where I was when I held the card. I was on a city street, standing in front of a store that had an awning over it. The only reason I would be at that particular site is because I was on my way home from the drug store after buying a pack of cards. So I must have been opening them on the way back and I pulled this card out of a pack. But I no longer own that Bench card that I pulled when I was 9. I must have traded it away. I was probably too freaked out by it.
Now, of course, I can't explain why this card is ranked below the 1976 Johnny Bench given how important this card was to me at the time. Part of my whole difficulty of ranking these all-star cards, I guess.
7. Pete Rose, 1976 Topps
Third straight Reds card. I wouldn't like this at all back during the Big Red Machine's hey day. But I can't help that those teams added extra importance to obtaining cards like this. The close-up shot is something I've been wanting to examine in a blog post for years. It really adds to the weight of a card. I promise I will do that post some day.
6. Bobby Bonds, 1976 Topps
One of the greatest "posed in mid-swing" card photos ever. Certainly the best All-Star version of such a card. Better than the '75 Rod Carew card just because Bonds just looks so absolutely in CONTROL of his swing, while the Carew looks like the bat is going to helicopter him off the ground. I was instantly impressed by Bonds' first real appearance on a card in a Yankee uniform (not that airbrushed thing in 1975). Wow, what a card.
So, there you are. Five more down that I hope I ranked well.
That leaves five left.
See if you can guess which five they are. It shouldn't be too difficult.
Whether they deserve their lofty status, I have no idea.


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The Names of Pope John Paul II
Like any pope, John Paul II was not born as "John Paul." Here are the names, nicknames, aliases, and pseudonyms John Paul II used (or answered to) in his lifetime.
Karol Jozef Wojtyła — The name Pope John Paul II was born, baptized, and grew up with.
Lolek — The nickname young Karol was called as a boy. The English equivalent would be Charlie or Chuck, because his first name is Charles in English.
Wujek — Polish for "uncle." This was a nickname given by students to their professor-priests — especially under Communist occupation — so as not to alert government officials that a Catholic priest was violating the law and teaching outside of school.
Andrzej Jawien, Piotr Jasien, and Stanislaw Andrzej Gruda — Three pseudonyms John Paul II used when he authored a few plays and poems.
John Paul II — The name he took after being elected pope by the College of Cardinals in 1978 after the death of Pope John Paul I, who only reigned for one month.