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A rather dreamy place worth a visit is the former rehabilitation centre Beelitz Heilstätten near Berlin in Germany. It is a vast area of varied buildings being constructed in the early 20th century with a quite modern concept for healing and recovery.
After WW II it was seized by the Soviet Red Army which left Germany and this area in 1994. Nobody felt responsible for the place afterwards or had an idea for further use so nature took over control quite easily.
Some years ago the place was changed into some kind of openair museum, and a long freestanding bridge was built for viewing the amazing ruins from the very height which requires however the payment of an entrance fee.
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To mark the publication of her first monograph, Suellen Rocca will discuss the work she made in mid-to-late 1960s Chicago while a member of the Hairy Who. The group's four self-published "comic books" are pioneering examples of contemporary artists' books, and their eye-popping work has inspired generations of artists in Chicago and beyond. While Rocca's art shares the group's ecstatic approach to representation, it uniquely addresses, in her words, "the cultural icons of beauty and romance expressed by the media that promised happiness to young women of that generation." Joining her in conversation is Dan Nadel, founder of the Brooklyn-based publisher PictureBox, who has written extensively on Rocca and the Hairy Who.
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Atlas at Last
by Annabelle Foster | Posted April 23, 2011
The John Galt Line has finally pulled out of the station, and is barreling across the country picking up hitchhikers who may be wondering what all the fuss is about. After a spectacular pre-release advertising campaign that included multiple premieres in major cities and pre-purchased ticket sales that encouraged nearly 300 screen owners to give the film a chance, Atlas Shrugged Part 1 opened on April 15 (Tax Day) as the third-grossing film of the weekend (looking only at screen averages, not total sales).
"Mixed" is an understatement when describing the reviews. Professional critics on RottenTomatoes give it a 6% approval rating, perhaps the lowest rating I have ever seen for a film. Meanwhile, audiences gave it an unbelievable 85%.
In fact, the film doesn't deserve either rating. It belongs somewhere in the low middle.
It is not as good as the 85% would indicate; audiences who saw it on opening weekend are rabid fans, bent on a mission to have everyone in America see the film and learn Ayn Rand's philosophy: free markets, free thinking, and self-reliance.
But it doesn't deserve the godawful 6% usually reserved for low-budget slasher flicks, either. It is not as bad as its low budget and relatively unknown cast of actors and producers would cause one to expect. It is respectable.
The cinematic quality is quite good, especially the outdoor scenes of Colorado and the special effects used to create the train and the bridge. The acting isn't bad, but it isn't great. Often I was painfully aware of Taylor Schilling being painfully aware of where Dagny should place her arm, or how Dagny should turn her head; I never felt that she embodied Dagny. Similarly, the background cast at the Reardens' anniversary party appeared to be made up of friends and family of the cast and crew (someone needed to teach them how NOT to mug for the camera).
For fans of Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged Part 1, the brightest compliment for this film is that it stays true to first third of the book. (Parts 2 and 3 are expected to follow.) For fans of filmmaking, however, the biggest problem is that it stays true to the book. The film is dialogue heavy, with very little action.
I'm not a Hollywood film reviewer; but I'm a watcher and a reader. I know that books and films are two different genres, and their stories have to be presented in two different ways. Books are primarily cerebral; films are primarily visual. Books can focus on philosophy and conversation; films must focus on action. Books can take days or weeks to read; films must tell their story in a couple of hours. When adapting a book to film, streamlining is essential. Unfortunately, the words in this film are so dense that the ideas become lost.
Atlas Shrugged Part 1 contains some great quotations, but it is not a film that will convince anyone but the Rand faithful of the supremacy of the free market. It makes the same mistake that most libertarians do when espousing philosophy: it assumes that everyone already sees the problems in the way libertarians do. It does not sufficiently engage the non-business person in seeing the long-term effects for everyone when government intervenes in the market. I can hear my middle-class neighbors and colleagues saying "So what?" when Rearden (Grant Bowler) is forced to sell all but one of his businesses. "How is that going to hurt me?" they might wonder.
Even the conflict between Dagny's pure free-market economics and her brother James's (Matthew Marsden) collusion with government is insufficiently portrayed; Dagny seems to be simply getting around the stockholders when she takes over the John Galt Line. Moreover, she and Rearden can hardly be seen as icons of virtue when they violate a freely made and morally binding contract (his marriage vows) by jumping into bed together. Even more damning is Ellis Wyatt's decision to burn his oil fields rather than let anyone else enjoy the fruits of his labor. My middle-class neighbors would howl with outrage at this decision. In short, I don't see how this film will convince anyone that returning to free-market principles will improve our economy and our way of life. It seems like everyone in the film is cutting moral corners somewhere.
"Not bad" is faint praise for a movie that has been 50 years in the waiting. Unfortunately, business pressures caused it to be rushed through with only five weeks in the writing, and another five weeks in the filming. Business is often an exercise in compromise, and this film's production is a classic example. I think, however, that if The Fountainhead's Howard Roark had been the architect of this film, it would have been burned along with Ellis Wyatt's oil fields. It's good, but not good enough.
Editor's Note: Review of "Atlas Shrugged Part 1" (2011), directed by Paul Johannson. The Strike Productions, 2011, 97 minutes.
Annabelle Foster spent her early years traveling the Southern Pacific Railroad with her family. She loves books, trains, and automobiles.
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This is not one part of a trilogy like the Godfather or The Lord of the Ring. These movies stand individually with a beginning, middle and end, (i.e., at least two major reversals). It is instead one long act with almost no character development and little attention to detail.
The movie is set in 2016 when gas at the pump is $32 a gallon and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is inexplicably $4000. The oil and gas companies that help make up the Dow alone would be worth $4000, not to mention the steel companies, which with the shortages that are supposed to exist, would be at all time highs. The screenwriter just figured that if important people are going on strike the stock price of large corporations would be falling. In real terms, yes, but not nominally.
A had a difficult time swallowing that a CEO of a banking company is one of the unappreciated drivers of the economy that we're all supposed to be thankful to. The screenwriter should have realized right away the character of Midas needed to be cut. The novel was written when the dollar was still backed by gold and banks were not leveraged as they are now.
The way that Atlas Shrugged could have been made into one feature film would have been to tell the story from John Galt's point of view. If I were adapting the novel I would have cut it down to the scenes that John Galt is a part of.
I can say two good things about the movie. First, the settings are stellar, especially given the low budget. I especially like Dagny's apartment. Second, the actor who play's Francisco gives a convincing performance. All I'll say about the ending is that it will leave you laughing. I don't think that's what the writer had in mind.
Sun, 2011-05-08 14:01
"Moreover, she and Rearden can hardly be seen as icons of virtue when they violate a freely made and morally binding contract (his marriage vows) by jumping into bed together."
Like Foster, I picked up on that issue as well, but Objectivist theory does provide the explanation. Terming marriage and family law as a contract is a corruption of the concept "contract". In fact it is an improper intrusion by the state into the moral lives of its citizens.
Even though the movie does not address the affair in that way (I have not read the book), most Libertarians and Objectivists probably saw the it in the spirit it was intended. But to outsiders it may well have come across as Foster described.
Wed, 2011-04-27 20:49
Rodney C.
I am the "visitor" who left the message above, and I'm afraid I need to elaborate more on my opinions, even though the points I made above are, I believe, quite true.
When it comes to personal relationships, esp. sexual relationships, Objectivist and Libertarian thinkers have not made much more progress than society at large, in my opinion. Relationships can be one of the more complex endeavors human beings pursue. Defining a "contract" as anything someone signs without a gun being held to his head is a woefully inadequate concept of "contract". State marriage and family law (and its administration) is NOT a contract in the moral definition of that term. People have needs and spouses defraud each other regularly in many ways.
I offer the reader who is troubled by the "adultery" of our heroes the following exercise: Imagine how you might have portrayed the matter - 1) Would you have left personal relationships out of the movie completely? 2) Would you have portrayed the Rearden's relationship as splendid, or at least acceptible?, 3) Would you have portrayed the Rearden relationship as it was, and showed Hank just living with it? (what a hero!), or 4) Would you have made the movie into a "Perry Mason" like flick along the lines of "Henry Rearden looses ass in divorce from frigid moocher", to be shown on LMN (the lousy man network)?
I understand that outsiders will interpret the way the affair was handled in the story the way that they will interpret it, and condemn Objectivism roundly. But members of the Objectivist-Libertarian family must remember that there is much more to the issue than simply Rearden cheating on his louse wife. And again, in my opinion, Objectivist and libertarian thinkers have barely touched on the ethics and politics of sexual relationships between men and women. Almost no one is ready for the truth in this matter - especially not most females as they see little reason to want change.
Thu, 2011-04-28 20:50
J Eyon
i agree with 95% of your review - you make some very good points - except for the list of things that you say wouldn't connect with your middle-class neighbors - i suggest polling them after they've seen the movie - eg - even tho the motivation for Wyatt's pryo protest isn't revealed until later in the story - i suspect that enuf hints are there for open-minded middle-class people to be affected positively
during the movie - i kept wondering why the development felt so skimpy - other movies on business tactics - eg - EXECUTIVE SUITE - or political maneuvering - eg ADVISE AND CONSENT - seemed to detail the processes more fully - and keep me deeply involved
yet this film's story and dialog seemed only to skim the surface of the essential plot of PART 1 - Dagny Taggart's struggles to keep her company alive - this focus might have avoided wasted screen seconds - such as those devoted to Reardon's divestitures
one thing the movie deperately needed was more than 2 hours - after seeing this - i wish the tv mini series idea had worked out
Mon, 2011-04-25 15:47
Jim Henshaw
"Moreover, she and Rearden can hardly be seen as icons of virtue when they violate a freely made and morally binding contract (his marriage vows) by jumping into bed together."
I'm guessing you haven't read Rand's "The Virtue of Selfishness" very carefully, or perhaps at all. Rearden's wife does not value Rearden, she treats him disdainfully and contemptuously, while Dagny "gets" Rearden. Rearden's wife shows who deserves to be with him in the scene where she trades the Rearden Metal bracelet (which is a proxy for Rearden himself) for Dagny's pricy-looking necklace. Staying with his wife under those conditions is an immoral sacrifice under Objectivist standards. Being with Dagny is the correct moral act for Rearden under Objectivism.
Yes, most of the general public won't get that, but it's not like Ayn Rand would have compromised or sugar-coated her work to try to be popular with the public, since that would have been an immoral and evil sacrifice according to her philosophy.
Re this: "Even more damning is Ellis Wyatt's decision to burn his oil fields rather than let anyone else enjoy the fruits of his labor."
Wyatt is removing the improvements he has made to the oil fields, leaving the oil fields in the undeveloped condition he found it in, as the sign says. It's his stuff -- he can do what he wants with it -- why should he turn it over to a bunch of looters, who were clearly on the verge of stealing it from him, just as they looted Rearden's companies and left him with just one?
If someone is pointing a gun at you and demanding your wallet, would it be morally "damning" to toss the wallet into a fire rather than let the thief "enjoy the fruits of your labor"?
Sun, 2011-04-24 16:39
I am very much a libertarian free marketer, but much of Atlas Shrugged book and movie made me mad. Ayn Rand's market concepts are excellent but she is self-deluding on a personal level.
As for Wyatt's torching his oil field: The oil came from the earth. He had no right to destroy it. He was right to destroy his equipment, and even bury the oil. To be completely moral he should have restored the mountain, trees, squirrels and all. Right? Then let the others see if they can create what he did.
I took the family to the movie. When Dagny and Rearden were "doing it" I leaned over to my daughter and said, "That's wrong. He should divorce his wife first."
Sun, 2011-06-26 21:30
As they say on Amazon, this review was helpful. Thanks for specifying the problems, Annabelle. The biggest seems to be that the libertarian message never gets fully articulated. How sad! In any case, I'm eager to see the movie.
Sun, 2011-04-24 11:52
Courtney Allen
During the anniversary party scene, there was a scene near the bar and prominently displayed was a bottle of Templeton Rye! I am sure that the producers of the movie knew that this liquour was made during the depression against the will of the government and continues to be distilled to this day. The present entrepreneurs maintained the quality and now ration the sales largely in the Midwest. I wonder how many of these subtle products I missed. Loved the movie and its timelyness.
Sat, 2011-04-23 16:56
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A missionary's purpose is to "invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end" (Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service [2004], 1). If you desire to fulfill this purpose, what can you do to prepare?
Gospel Knowledge and Testimony
Your most important preparation will be spiritual. Find out how you can prepare to help others receive the restored gospel and come unto Christ. [More]
Personal Worthiness
To teach others the gospel, you must have the Holy Spirit with you (see D&C 42:14). To have the Spirit, you must be worthy. Learn what standards are required for full-time service to the Lord, and enjoy the blessings of being worthy to serve. [More]
Work and Self-Reliance
The work of bringing souls to Christ requires "all your heart, might, mind and strength" (D&C 4:2). Missionaries need to know how to work hard, set goals, and plan as they seek to serve the Lord. Find out what you can do now to prepare for the missionary lifestyle. [More]
Physical and Emotional Health
To be an effective servant, missionaries need to be able to endure the physical rigors of mission life and learn how the Lord can help them overcome disappointments and challenges. Find out more about how to become physically and emotionally prepared to serve. [More]
Financial Preparation
A mission is a financial sacrifice made primarily by the missionary and his or her family. Learn how you can meet all financial obligations for a mission and the blessings that come from sacrificing for the Lord. [More]
Getting Started
To begin the process of receiving a mission call, talk to your bishop or branch president. He can then give you access to the online Missionary Recommendation System, which will tell you all of the information you will need to submit to Church headquarters. You will work with your bishop or branch president to complete the forms. (For information on the missionary recommendation process, see the Frequently Asked Questions.)
Some things may require some time, such as dental work, medical exams, and immunizations, so get started at least a few months before your eligibility date.
General Resources
- Scriptures
- Preach My Gospel
- Missionary Handbook
- The District, a series of videos about real missionary life
- Frequently Asked Questions about preparing for missionary service
- President Thomas S. Monson, "Preparation Brings Blessings," Liahona and Ensign, May 2010, 64–67
- Elder M. Russell Ballard, "How to Prepare to Be a Good Missionary," Liahona, Mar. 2007, 10–15; and New Era, Mar. 2007, 6–11
- An interview with David L. Beck, Young Men general president, on missionary preparation for young men


text: The summer is all over Europe and this means its the season of big jams and big walls. The Molotow and Friends project were invited to attend the infamous Rendez Jam in Bratislava, Slovakia and came with four members from four different nations. Kacao77 from Berlin, Germany, Tloks from Los Angeles, California, Take 2 from Melbourne, Australia and Soten from Copenhagen, Denmark. The jam was a classic hiphop jam, set in the ghetto area of Batislava called Rendez and featured besides 2 big graffiti walls also breakdance, skateboarding, basketball and and very nice atmosphere. The Molotow and Friends team got together and did a Monkey Island wall in dedication to the Rendez area which is also called the Monkey Island by the locals! A big thanks to everyone that helped make it a great weekend in Bratislava and a special thanks to the Rendez Jam Team, Lars from Copenhagen and the Rooftop! See the photos of the Teamwork right over here


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Bitcoin has got a sudden increase from Christine Lagarde, subsequent to head of the International Monetary Fund in-depth the global benefits of cryptocurrency. Ms Lagarde wrote in a blog-post which crypto currencies such as bitcoin could enable quickly and cheap trades, as the inherent blockchain technology could produce fiscal markets much safer. The expense of our planet's most valuable cryptocurrency returned over $8, 000 following publication of Ms. Lagarde remarks, even though it is unclear in the event the proceeds are directly conducive to this information. As a couple technology which emerged out of the dot com age have changed our own lives, the crypto resources that survive might possess a big influence on the way in which people save, invest and pay our debts, Ms Lagarde wrote at the blog-post.
Ms Lagarde said opinions she did at the Bank of England last year which predicted to get an evenhanded approach to regulation, with all the anticipation harnessing the benefits though simultaneously diluting the dangers. Earlier crypto assets may alter financial activity in a meaningful and durable manner, they must find the confidence and support of clients and governments, Ms Lagarde wrote. An essential preliminary measure will likely probably be to achieve a consensus inside the worldwide regulatory group to the job crypto assets must playwith. Because crypto resources know no boundaries, international cooperation will probably be very important.
Last month, Ms Lagarde expressed her concern regarding crypto currencies in a different blogpost titled: Tackling the Dark Side of the crypto world. Indoors, she also explained the potential peril which comes together side the guarantee, thanks to the decentralized and semi anonymous temperament of these tech. Such reverses include the funding of terrorism along with fresh methods of income laundering, along with easing purchasing drugs and weapons on the web. Cryptocurrency markets can be notoriously difficult to predict and analysis is usually suspended in speculation, yet experts believe that the price could have been the consequence of the handful of celebrities.
I personally believe the increase was a result of a large institutional investor," Olga Feldmeier, CEO of block-chain startup Smart Valor, " told The Independent the other day. You'll find so many associations , hedge funds and massive investors awaiting the right to measure in. Bitcoin has managed to sustain unprecedented gains, and with all the fee steadying around $8, 000 lately. That may possibly have been assisted by valuable information inside the crypto currency field, including an Islam scholar declaring that the digital advantage halal underneath Sharia Law. The opinions from Ms Lagarde is very likely to contribute into a optimistic opinion and can possess activated the marketplace latest uptick.
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Sherpa Report from the Waseca Triathlon: the Making of a NEW TRIATHLETE!
>> Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Sunday was the Waseca Triathlon. It capped a stretch of 3 races in 60 hours. I raced the Rice Street Mile on Thursday night, and then the Run for Blood 5K on Saturday morning. I did NOT race Waseca - I was just there to cheer. My wife Pharmie was going to race Waseca for the first time, her brother Matt was there to race it for the 2nd time, and Matt's girlfriend Angela was there to race HER FIRST TRIATHLON EVER!!!
Henry was all about the cowbell once we got to the race site:
Pharmie and Henry.
Matt, (nervous) Angela, Pharmie, and Henry pre-race!
Grandma Connie (my Mom) and Henry getting ready to cheer!
Matt and Angela hitting the water.
Matt starting in the first wave of sprinters.
Angela (green) and Pharmie (leaning back to the right) starting their wave.
Angela's FIRST TRIATHLON START!!
Photobomb by the dude in red.
Pharmie running into T1.
Angela out of the water!...
... and shooting me a little smirk.
Matt storming in to T2!
Sweet calf and tricep shot. Matt's got lumps in all the right places...
... if you know what I mean...
Pharmie with a smile!
Angela's shouting "HOW DO PEOPLE RUN IN BIKE SHOES?!?!?"
Ha! She was rockin' it!
Henry and Grandma Connie in the background!
Pharmie looked determined and was FLYING when she entered the park,
and when she flashed me a smile, I KNEW she was having a good race!
A smile and wave to Grandma Monica and Henry!
Angela pointing to Matt and saying "I DON'T KNOW HOW I LET YOU TALK ME INTO THIS!!"
Heading to her first triathlon finish!
Matt said he had finished in 1:34:XX, and Pharmie said, "Oh, me too!" with a smirk. They had to go check the results to see if sister could beat brother! It's hard to believe, but it was actually the first triathlon that they raced together, and they have such different strengths and weaknesses. Well, as it turns out, Matt had beat his sister (my wife) by 2 places - 31 seconds.
But looking at the results, we saw they had ALL placed in their age groups!!! Sure, it wasn't a huge race (150 people), but they still all placed! Matt was 3rd out of 10 Clydesdales, Pharmie was 2nd out of 9 in her age group, and Angela was 2nd out of 5 in her age group IN HER FIRST TRIATHLON!!! Congrats you guys!!
Matt celebrated by doing this in transition while packing up:
Poor, poor Angela.
Click here to read my Examiner article about this race, along with more photos, and click here to read my wife's race report!


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Vimeo ArtPrize: A Crowdsourcing Experiment
"The files are rendering." Although there's no hard proof, it seems there is an unwritten law in digital media that the closer one is to the deadline, the longer it will take to render the files.
Anyone familiar with the process is nodding in agreement, but for the rest of us, in a nutshell, rendering is the process of converting graphic files into a digital form, so they can be displayed as video. And Bill Bergen knows the pressure of last minute rendering.
Bergen is a 2005 Kendall graduate with a BFA in Digital Media. He is also an Emmy-nominated motion designer, animator and editor at Vimeo, an on-line community of filmmakers. (He described Vimeo as "You Tube, but without all the cat videos.") Of course he was joking: Vimeo is a positive and passionate community full of artists, animators, and directors submitting highest quality videos online. Bergen was back in Grand Rapids from New York for "Vimeo Off-Line," a crowd-sourced documentary about Grand Rapids' ArtPrize.
"Yeah, it was a crazy idea, but my bosses at Vimeo were cool with it," Bergen said. Bergen sent an e-mail to a few friends and associates, calling for footage (video, motion graphics, etc.) of ArtPrize. He set a deadline—which was ignored by a few filmmakers. He did include the footage he received at 2:00 pm on October 2, the day of the screening, but was unable to use the material sent at 8:50 pm—two hours after the event.
In return for their participation, filmmakers were invited to a private big-screen showing of the documentary at The ArtPrize Hub at 41 Sheldon. The screening was to begin at 7:00 pm, but started around 7:20 because—you guessed it—after two days of madly editing approximately 56 submissions, Bergen was waiting for the files to finish rendering.
I sat in the audience with Digital Media Professor Bill Fischer and Assistant Professor Kasey McCargar, who had made the project a class assignment. As the lights went down, we had no idea whose footage would be in the final cut, but later Kasey told me that 14 of her students were included.
Fisher also said, "This idea—a 'crowd sourced documentary' is very new and innovative. Though not the first one, there are not many. Vimeo is a uniquely positioned platform for this type of media production because it is built on high-quality, user generated content. This kind of innovation reflects one of the core principles of the Digital Media industry and the program at Kendall: innovation!"
Monday morning, both Bills met, and a bleary-eyed Bergen spoke at Digital Media Career Day. He told students that applying for his job at Vimeo was done on a whim. His cover letter simply read, "Hi! I love Vimeo. Here's my reel. Love, Bill." Eight months later, he was working in the Big Apple. Bergen's career advice: "There is something out there for you if you are motivated. Gain experience, but never settle for a job you don't love."
It's clear Bergen loves his job, rendering and all.
See the final cut here: http://www.vimeo.com/30189461
~ Pamela Patton
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General Information
Established in 2005, this hotel comprises a total of 232 rooms, of which 2 are suites, spread over 4 floors. Guests are welcomed in the foyer with 24-hour reception desk, lifts, a currency exchange counter, a cloakroom, and safes. Guests may also pay a visit to the café, the bar, or the air-conditioned restaurant with highchairs available for children, which serves a range of culinary specialities. It is furthermore possible to make use of one of the conference rooms or the public Internet connection and W-LAN access point, and room and laundry services complete the offerings. Guests arriving by car may use the hotel car park.
Hotel Location
Location: opposite the new Croke Park stadium. 2 Km. from Dublin city centre and close to Dublin's shopping, theatres, cinemas and entertainment.
Hotel Room
The comfortable rooms all come with an en suite bathroom with hairdryer, a minibar, a hire safe, and carpeted flooring. All of the rooms include a separate lounge and feature a double or king-size bed. A direct dial telephone, an Internet connection, a hi-fi system, a radio, satellite/ cable TV, underfloor heating, and individually adjustable air conditioning are also provided in all accommodation units as standard.
Hotel Lobby
The lobby is medium in size with comfortable seati
The Croke Park Hotel Exterior
This hotel is a very modern purpose bulit buliding.
The Croke Park Hotel Area
This hotel enjoys a perfect location in Dublin. Bars, restaurants, and links to the public transport network are to be found nearby. Guests will reach a nightclub, some shops, Connolly railway station, and a bus station in 10 minutes on foot. Heuston station is 3.5 km away, and Dublin's financial district and the East Point Business Park are located nearby.
Hotel Restaurant
The Sideline Bar and lounge areas are designed with comfort and ease in mind. Sit back, relax and enjoy a range of fresh, inspiring foods and refreshments, or continue working with the easy-access electrical points.
In The Sideline Bistro you will find a contemporary menu of modern European cuisine using quality fresh, seasonal ingredients. Enjoy professional yet informal service in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Serving coffees and teas, Il Barista Coffee Bar offers a fabulous range of freshly baked pastries and muffins, straight from the oven.
The Croke Park Hotel Amenities
- wifi wifi-free
- local_bar bar
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- card_travel luggage room
- people meeting room
- fitness_center fitness center
- live_tv television
- room_service Room Service
- local_cafe tea/coffee making facilities
- restaurant_menu restaurant
- local_cafe tea/coffee making facilitiesbell boy service
- local_laundry_service laundry
- local_library library/reading room
The Croke Park Hotel Taxes & Fees
Dublin, 13,5% of the net price of accommodation


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Frat Porn is the way to go when you want to see some hot and very horny fun played out by amateur porn models who are, actually, not porn models at all. They turn their hands to the subject matter in the name of making money to put themselves through college and Fraternity X is the place to find these students of sex.
In this movie, you get a classic frat boy dick work out with a group of five horny guys aged around 23 who all seem to have perfect cocks and bodies. Where do they find these cute and yet rough guys from? They are from the USA, I know that as they are from and filmed in an Arizona state university. Their room is what you would expect a frat dorm to be: messy, untidy and yet it's also a porn set. The guys in this movie are watching some gay porn and they are a bit drunk. They are already stroking their dicks in anticipation of what's to come and what they are watching, and it won't be long before you are stroking yours too.
Smooth bodies, muscles showing and a bit ripped, the guys are a mix of street-wise and pretty. One of them is moaning about gay porn when the others decide that he doesn't need to be watching it, he needs to be in it. He's thrown on the floor, his sweat pants come off and there's his beautiful, round ass waiting for his mates to deal with. That doesn't take long to get going and what follows is a hardcore horny fuck scene with perfect and athletic college boys. They are doing all the things I wish I'd been able to do in college but my dorm was nothing like this. Oh, if I could go back there now and taste and feel those hard and juicy boy-dicks and watch them right there on the floor fucking like little rabbits. Ah well, this movie is the next best thing.
As usual with Fraternity X you have HD movies, exclusives and good viewing options. But, more importantly, you get hot amateur hardcore with guys who are laid back and totally into what they are doing. Hardcore, frat boy sex at its best.


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Injectable Fillers
Do you desire full, luscious lips, or daring, raised eyebrows? With a variety of injectable fillers to choose from, achieving your desired appearance is an appointment away!
Microdermabrasion is one of those cosmetic procedures that most people have heard of, but don't really know much about. Even if your skin-obsessed friend swears by it, or you've seen it listed on spa menus, the procedure is still one of those best discussed with a dermatologist.
Microneedling, also known as skin needling, is a procedure using a device covered with tiny, shallow needles to essentially poke holes in the skin surface," she says. "Those holes are actually therapeutic, since they cause a 'micro injury' that prompts skin to stimulate collagen production, filling in fine lines, plumping the skin and contributing to a younger look.
PDO Threads
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Commexis Cast Daily – Mar. 12, 2018: A.I. Chatbot Use is Down, But Not Out
Today's Commexis Cast discusses the latest eMarketer report on a survey of 500 marketers, only 7% of which say they're currently using AI Chatbots for the brands. The survey was performed by Freedman International and ClickZ, and in addition to the 7%, the report says, "another 27% reported that they're looking into using chatbots, most respondents said their company was either not ready or didn't have the budget to develop them." According to a report by Conductor in December of 2017, 34% of marketing executives felt that artificial intelligence was their least prepared for marketing trend.
Many brands are discontinuing all or some of their chatbot use, such as Facebook. The social media company stop using many AI chatbots when the failure rate was at 70%, meaning only 30% of inquiries could be handled by the bot without human intervention. In addition, the bots also began creating their own language. While linguistics were probably enthused, I doubt Facebook was.
Matt and Phillip discuss why exactly brands feel so unsure about chatbots, and offer specific ways you can think about chatbots for your digital transformation.
Today's cast: Phillip Brooks (Commexis Lead Strategist) and Matthew McGrorty (Commexis Videographer/Podcaster).
Join the Commexis team as we add context to these stories for the busy CMO. All the news you need to know–from our inbox to yours.
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Office Building
Location: Zurich
Client: UBS Fund Management AG
Service provided: Planning and Design
Project Size: 5'500 m2
Realisation: 2017 – 2018
The existing building is a former Pirelli tire warehouse, which has been taken over and expanded by the current owner.
The new concept provides an office / studio structure for future tenants. This is the origin of the current project name "Creative Hub". The existing offices are almost completely rebuilt. Double floors, suspended ceilings and partition walls are completely removed.
Due to its history, the building standard is aimed at a noble steel construction with an industrial warehouse character. The material concept is recreated. New development zones, plumbing rooms, climbing and elevating zones and an escape staircase to the Flurstrasse will be installed. The façade will remain largely intact, with only small adjustments such as new textile sun blinds. The tenant extension is currently not integrated and is carried out separately. The building has 5 upper floors with attached technical center and 2 lower floors with car-Garage places.


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Leaner Lasagna
Makes: 6 servings
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/3 cup chopped onion
21/2 cups zucchini, sliced
2 cups sliced fresh portobello mushrooms
1 cup fat-free ricotta
3 tablespoons finely shredded Parmesan
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
6 whole wheat no-boil lasagna noodles
2 cups prepared pasta sauce
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella
1/2 cup chopped, seeded tomato
1. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, zucchini, and mushrooms; heat 5 minutes or until tender, stirring. Remove from heat; set aside. In a small bowl, mix the ricotta, Parmesan, and pepper.
2. To assemble, place 3 lasagna noodles in the bottom of a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Spoon half the ricotta mixture over the noodles. Top with half the veggie mixture, half the pasta sauce, and half the mozzarella. Layer with remaining noodles, ricotta mixture, veggie mixture, and sauce.
3. Bake, uncovered, in a 375-degree oven for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with tomato and remaining mozzarella. Bake 5 minutes more or until heated through. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Cut into 6 pieces.
Nutrition facts per serving (1 piece): 251 calories, 17g protein, 32g carbohydrate, 7g fat (3g saturated), 7g fiber
Healthy Cooking Tips
Take 10
Chopping onions releases their cancer-fighting compounds. Let them sit for 10 minutes after cutting to maximize the health benefits.
Trick Your Taste Buds
Portobellos provide rich flavor, so you won't miss the beef that classic lasagna contains, says Karen Friedman-Kester, a registered dietitian in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Use Your Noodle
"Whole wheat pasta is packed with filling fiber; plus, its heartiness adds texture and flavor," Friedman-Kester says.
Get Sauced
Cooked tomatoes supply more antioxidants than raw. Just be sure to choose a low-sodium pasta sauce.
Try This at Home
Restaurant lasagna could have close to 900 calories and 50 grams of fat, which is nearly an entire day's worth.
Restaurant Diet Shockers
We wish lasagna were the only pasta dish in need of a makeover. Check out the fat and calories in these favorites.
Spaghetti and Meatballs
You'll get the same amount of fat as you would from five 12-ounce chocolate shakes (50 grams).
Fettuccine Alfredo
This classic dish packs 47 grams of saturated fat, or eight scoops of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream.
Baked Ziti
Yikes! The calorie count is about the same as for 23 chicken nuggets (1,050 calories).
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, April 2010.
More slim versions of your favorite recipes:
Lighten Up: A Healthy Pizza Recipe
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Paul Dickov spoke to Rovers Player after the defeat to Leeds United.
"We have seen it (Robinson's disallowed goal) and Theo is quite clearly a yard on side.
"First half was scrappy, we conceded a poor goal and we didn't really play. The one or two times we did get the ball and strung a few passes together we caused them a few problems.
"In the second half although we have lost by three goals we were by far the better team. We played some wonderful stuff and defiantly deserves something from the game. On the flip side of it, if we defend the way we did for the three goals we are going to struggle to win games.
"I know this will make me sound daft but I'm more than pleased with the majority of the performance, I thought we were excellent. The way we moved the ball, second half especially limited Leeds to two shots on target, unfortunately for us they fell to their two best players who I feel they should be playing at a higher level.
"They were clinical we weren't clinical enough in both boxes."
The full interview is available to watch on Rovers Player by CLICKING HERE


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Electric cars
Electric Cars Could Reduce Temperatures in Cities
Written by Peter, on March 23, 2015
Researchers have shown that replacing conventional cars with electric ones could not only cut emissions from cars but it could also lower emissions of carbon dioxide by cutting the use of air conditioning. Read more »
Tiny Electric Car Has Removable Battery
Written by Peter, on September 30, 2013
One of the problems with electric cars is how to charge the battery if you have to park in the street or your destination doesn't have a a suitable charging point. The Itaian manufacturer Estrima has solved the problem in its tiny Birò electric car by making the batterey removable, so that it can be […] Read more »
Car Sharing in Berlin
Written by Peter, on July 13, 2012
The video clip features car2go and DriveNow which have petrol cars, Another company, Flinkster, is experimenting with electric cars (Mini-Es, Toyota Prius Plug-ins, Smart electric drive, Citroën C-Zeros and Peugeot iOns). Multicity (by Citroën) is beginning operation soon with electric C-Zeros. Read more »
Upstage Those Tesla Braggarts
Written by Peter, on April 28, 2012
The Croatian-built Rimac Concept One electric sports car has been exhibited at the Top Marques Monaco motor show. The manufacturers claim that it could do 500 kilometres an hour but they have limited to 300 kilometres an hour for safety reasons. It will do 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in 2.8 seconds and has […] Read more »
Car Bodies That Store Electricity
Written by Peter, on June 16, 2011
Researchers at the Imperial College London are working towards developing car bodies which can act as capacitors. To help cut weight and increase driving distances, engineers are developing car frames and bodies made of carbon fibre-reinforced composite materials that can be half the weight of steel but provide superior strength and rigidity. By lacing the […] Read more »
Electric Car Sharing for Paris
Written by Peter, on June 15, 2011
Following the success of Paris' bicycle sharing programme, Velib, the city is to get an electric vehicle sharing programme, Autolib. It is eventually hoped to have 4,000 electric vehicles allowing one-way trips between charging stations all over the city, beginning in December. Production of the first 700 Autolib cars has already started in the Italian […] Read more »
Electric Tesla-beater
Written by Peter, on January 20, 2011
North Carolina-based Li-ion Motors has announced the first all-American made electric car. The company says that the Inizio will have a top speed of up to 170 mph (275 kilometres per hour) and will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (96 kilometres per hour) in 3.4 seconds – beating the Tesla Roadster's 3.7 secounds. In […] Read more »
What Will Make Electric Vehicles Mainstream?
Written by Peter, on December 14, 2010
At the Future of Electric Vehicles USA 2010 conference, experts answer the question: "What still needs to happen before electric vehicles can become the dominant form of transportation?" Read more »
Sucessful UK Electric Car Trial
Written by Peter, on October 13, 2010
Initial results from a year-long, 110-car trial being conducted by the Technology Strategy Board in the West Midlands of the UK have indicated that electric cars are more than meeting drivers' daily range requirements and are cheaper to charge than previously thought. The results from the first six months of the trial in Birminham and […] Read more »
The Electric Car Song
Written by Peter, on September 14, 2010
A musical interlude from They Might Be Giants: Read more »


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April 7 2014 to April 13 2014
Monday April 7
Divide and Rule
Last week, I told how the Cardinal signs (Libra, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn) bestow courage and initiative while the Fixed signs (Leo, Aquarius, Taurus and Scorpio) imbue their subjects with determination and consistency of purpose. I also mentioned the Mutable signs of Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces and suggested they had, in common, a willingness to adapt and adjust. And of course, we can also divide the twelve signs into four groups of three: the elements of Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Neatly, each sign of a particular element becomes either Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable. I'll explain more tomorrow.
Tuesday April 8
The Fire Brigade
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are the fire signs. They share a natural warmth and excitability. If you think of them as different kinds of flame, then Aries, the 'Cardinal' fire sign is a wild spark, leaping out of nowhere with the potential to alter everything. Leo, the 'fixed' fire sign is perhaps more the fierce glow of a furnace or the hypnotic flicker of a hearth log. And Sagittarius, the 'mutable fire sign' may be seen more as the sudden burst of a firework. Tomorrow I will explain how the Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable principles apply to Earth signs.
Wednesday April 9
Down to Earth
Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo are the Earth signs. They bestow sensible, practical, nurturing qualities. To understand the difference between them it may help to think of all three as different kinds of 'earth'. Capricorn, the 'Cardinal' earth sign is best seen as a rock, boulder, even a mountain. It obliges everything that comes towards it to respectfully make an allowance for it. Taurus, the 'fixed' earth sign is more like fertile soil. It stays largely in one place, slowly and consistently supporting new growth. And Mutable Virgo is more like sand or clay. It shifts and changes shape.
Thursday April 10
On Air
Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are air signs. We can't see air. We can only see what it does. We can say the same about opinions and ideas. These too, are invisible and ethereal. We use abstract methods, like language and numbers, to communicate them. Libra, the 'cardinal' air sign, may be thought of as the breeze that blows a weather vane, allowing sensitive measurements and subtle comparisons. Aquarius, the 'fixed' air sign, is more like refined air atop a high mountain: ideals, ethics and innovations. Gemini, the mutable air sign, is about transactions and solutions. The wind of change!
Friday April 11
Deep Water
The 'water signs' are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Water represents emotion, deep feeling and profound intuitive empathy. The 'fixed' sign of Scorpio might be compared to the water in a lake. We can draw inference here from the old saying, 'Still waters run deep.' Pisces, meanwhile, is perhaps best thought of as a babbling brook, wending and winding its way to the sea by any available route. It is the most 'mutable' (or adaptable sign) of the most fluid element. And the Cardinal sign of Cancer surely symbolises the sea itself. Moods and sensitivities that can seem endless and overwhelming.
Saturday April 12
Your Week Ahead
Welcome to a powerful, historic, potentially life-changing week. It brings a total lunar eclipse plus a rare 'Grand Cross' shape of heavenly bodies between the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. These are considered to imbue the qualities of initiative and leadership. Uranus in Aries now forms a right angle to Jupiter in Cancer which in turn forms a right angle to Mars in Libra which squares the circle once more in an angle to tiny but mighty Pluto in Capricorn. This should be seen by us all as a week where anything positive is possible.
Sunday April 13
Your Week Ahead - Love Focus
Remember, your Love Forecast today doesn't just cover romance. A love forecast may also have something to say about your family life, your closest friendships and even some of your most important working relationships.
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John Brier's writeup of Party Illegal's Jubilee party at the Pinhook for Triangle Beats (http://trianglebeats.com/Review-Illegal-Presents-Jubilee) was a nice start, but didn't even begin to capture the magical vibe that I experienced during the entire party. Here's my own take of the party to fill in the gaps and to provide a comprehensive picture of what it felt like to be one of the lucky souls at the Pinhook when Jubilee rolled into town.
Flyer by Patrick Phelps-McKeown
The night already had an enchanting vibe; there was a full moon and I couldn't stop looking up at the sky. As I was setting up my turntables at the Pinhook, I got to really talk to Breniecia Reuben, aka Luxe Posh, for the first time IRL (she has an epic twitter presence btw). She's really rad, and has several parties going right now that I intend to visit, such as her new Full House parties she throws in Raleigh with her collective of the same name, and the notorious NB4R parties she DJs with Jermainia in Chapel Hill. Laura Friederich, aka Queen Plz, began her set early, at 9:30. Queen Plz is the heart and soul behind Party Illegal, and has been working tirelessly to ensure that this party is safe and comfortable for absolutely everyone who walks through the door, along with Patrick Phelps-McKeown, aka producer and DJ Treee City, and Thomas Kellum, who was working the soundboard like a boss. Thomas Turner also did a great job bringing the L.E.D. backdrop and fog action, as always.
Photo credit: Eric Waters*
Photo credit: Eric Waters
I've been throwing parties with Queen Plz for a few years now, and she is still, hands down, my favorite. She teasingly told me she had a few new tracks up her sleeve, but I had no idea that she had ALL new tracks up her sleeve. She had a sly mastermind smirk on her face during most of her set, like she was perpetually getting ready to drop something mind-blowing. And she did. If you were unable to attend or arrive early enough to hear her set, you can catch her mix here: https://soundcloud.com/queenplz/oxytocin.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
In his write-up, John Brier dismisses her track selection as sexist. What's more sexist, though – Queen Plz subversively playing these tracks or a cis male writer discounting her amazing set for playing a few tracks he has deemed "not appropriate" without even considering her rationale for playing them?
After Queen Plz finished tearing the club up, I hopped on the decks. I can't really write my own review, but I'll just let you know what I experienced during my set. People were starting to stroll in, and I wasn't really getting a good read on the crowd right away. After the first few tracks, people had gotten their drinks and were headed to the dancefloor, so I played a few tried and true house tracks that people always dance to. Then I dropped an old school drum and bass anthem, AK1200's "Drowning", just to test the crowd (and to fulfill my own nostalgic desires, and possibly Jubilee's if she was around to hear it). All of the old school ravers suddenly emerged from the crowd and went into hypnotic raver mode, which made me so happy.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
I went back to a modern dance track, played a little Chicago footwork, and then returned to another old gushy raver anthem, "Inner City Life" by Goldie. I heard my friend Aaron, a party kid in a previous life (and the one sporting the horse head), shout when he heard the opening line being mixed into the previous track. About midway through the song, I looked to my left and there was Jubilee sitting on the stage. Yay!! I dropped a few more old dnb tracks, because hey, why not? My emotions are so strongly tied around some of these old tracks, and to share that with both strangers and friends made me feel a little vulnerable at first. But then I felt so warmly accepted by those who fell into that space with me without abandon that I felt happier than I've felt in a long time, and even HEALED in a way. In fact, I felt so close to the crowd by the time I got off stage that I headed straight to the dancefloor to follow up on that feeling.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
I danced during the entirety of Luxe Posh's set, because it was amazing. Her track selection was on point and had a ton of variety. Also, I am a huge house-head and thoroughly appreciated every single house track she played.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
During her set, Chauncey had entered the crowd with their staple tambourine. I love seeing Chauncey at a dance party, every damn time. I dance with Chauncey and others, and we fed off of each other's energy to the point of near ecstacy. A dance circle had formed, and people were hopping in to be momentarily celebrated by a group of loving strangers for their improvisational dance moves. Luxe Posh successfully kept the energy going up until Jubilee hopped on, and the switchoff felt, to quote Beyoncé, flawless.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
Jubilee DELIVERED. She had a really hard time getting to NC because of the weather and flight cancellations, but she was determined to get here, largely because of the enthusiasm from all of the people in this area who communicate with her on twitter. Thank you, twitterers! She dropped her bass heavy tracks on the four-sub system brought in especially for her by Badman Sound. Now, can we just talk about these speakers for a moment? Holy shit. I am no stranger to those speakers; they are a part of most Party Illegal shows. But on this night, the music Jubilee played took them to the next level. Jubilee's whole vibe and sound already screams Miami, but with the warm bass air wafting off of the speakers into my face, I literally felt like I was there. Also, those speakers were giving me some of that real good sexual healing. I could not stop my grind. In short, my body was quaking. After her set, I wanted a cigarette and I quit smoking nearly 10 years ago. One of my favorite moments of the evening was at the very end of her set, where Queen Plz, Luxe Posh and I were onstage with Jubilee and we were all singing Drunk In Love at the top of our lungs, and so was everyone on the dance floor.
Photo credit: Eric Waters
As people were billowing out of the Pinhook, sweaty and satisfied, and members of the Durty Durham collective were taking down all of the posters on consent hung up during every Party Illegal, we got to talk to Jubilee for a bit. She was super friendly and complimented all of our sets. She shared her experience on throwing parties, social networks, and how annoying it is when people focus on her gender rather than her skills and accomplishments (tying back to this interview: http://www.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=9150&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_012814). She also made my night when told me she walked in and heard "Inner City Life" playing and was stoked. Nostalgic mission accomplished. I presented her with a tropical magic eye poster with a flamingo on it that I found at my grandmother's house and she said she'd add it to her collection, because apparently lots of DJs give her flamingo souvenirs to put up on her wall. Awesome.
Though getting to NC was a nightmare, Jubilee said this party made it completely worth it, and she left happy. Party Illegal, Durty Durham, Queen Plz, Luxe Posh, Uzi, Michael, the Pinhook, Chauncey, and everyone else that showed up to make this party happen: THANK YOU. That was some next level shit.
*for more photos, check out the whole series: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592087564213056.1073741833.373336726088142&type=3
and more of Eric Waters: www.ewatersphoto.com


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George Rausch decided in advance of the Phila. network shutdown to release his unfinished documentary: It's about 13 minutes, and isn't edited tightly at this point, but it's rather interesting. Rausch talked to a few network users, Wireless Philadelphia, and a few other people. These are well-spoken, thoughtful people, and it's well shot. I hope Rausch continues to think about how this all fits together after the Wi-Fi network halts operation in a few days.
Change is in the Airwaves: A Documentary about the Philadelphia Wireless Initiative from George Rausch on Vimeo.


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"Been there, done that, but still more than happy to make some noise". If I Plead Irony had a motto it would probably be along those lines. Based in Farnborough these "accomplished band whores" as a local rock hero Paul Townsend (Hundred Reasons) describes them certainly have a lot under their belts to be proud of.
This three piece consisting of Rauf (Bass and Vocals) Lawrence (Drums) and Paul (Guitar) who made up 60% The Fins, 66.6% Ipanema and 75% of the French band Atomic Garden have already made a name for themselves with several records and European and British tours in the aforementioned bands.
"I Plead Irony are probably one of the best bands you haven't heard of. The ability to write a big blustering alternative rock song is undeniable, it's instantaneous and compelling." – Alt Dialogue
With two albums under their belt and a third currently in the works they show no signs of slowing down.
The Solution Is The Problem "It's a formidable and commanding album that channels the infectious punk rock of Billy Talent with the lashings of early/mid 00s post hardcore."- Alt Dialogue
"This Statement Is False is exceptional, easily one of the most breath-taking and rousing releases found in a long time. Such its ravenous power and exhilarating imagination, it would be no surprise if under the term Rock 'n' roll there was a picture of I Plead Irony" – Ringmaster Review
"reminiscent of Hundred Reasons at the height of their semi-alt punk glory" – AltSounds
More angst ridden, raw edged rock with lashings of melody then you can shake your "sign of the horns" or even a stick at!


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You need a clean home.
Not to impress the neighbors, not to appease your mother, not to pound your chest at your home-cleaning prowess.
You need a clean home because a clean home is a healthier home. A clean home will be a safer home because it will contain less of the germs , dust and bacteria that make us sick or exacerbate our allergies.
A clean home also has the power to lower stress and fatigue. The more cluttered our physical space is, the more cluttered our brains become with anxiety. Therefore, a clearer physical space allows for your mental state to be at peace.
If you need a jumpstart to maintain a cleaner home, start with these tips. At the end of the day, so long as you work to avoid dust, germs and bacteria, you're headed in the right direction.
Scientists studied what we track into places via our shoes and found, among other things, E. Coli. That right there convinced you to start telling everyone to take off their shoes when they come in the door, didn't it?
Keeping the shoes outside, or at least close to the door, helps limit what you track in and have to clean away inside the house. It's a simple inconvenience for a cleaner home in return.
We're not messing around here. Keeping the house clean starts with good cleaning habits. Good Housekeeping offers this
comprehensive cleaning schedule
to keep you on track. Here are some of the basics:
When we talk about sleep hygiene, we are talking about how clean you keep your bedroom, your bedding and your mattress. Cleaning your mattress may come as a surprise, but it's an important component to cleaning up your sleep hygiene.
We spend a third of our lives in bed. In that time, we perspire gallons of sweat and shed pounds worth of dead skin cells. Your mattress can feel like a cocoon, but it is also a warm, moist 5-foot x 6.5-foot petri dish/breeding ground for bacteria, dust mites, bed bugs, etc.
Those are compelling reasons why you should replace your mattress every decade. If you're ready to buy a new one already, and it has been over eight years since you did, know that the mattress marketplace has completely changed since the last time you bought one. Check out some reviews and learn about the many, many options out there.
Our pets can't verbally communicate to us when they need a bath, so sometimes it's easy to forget and push it off for longer than we should. Make sure you keep up with your pet's hygiene regularly by bathing them as often as on a weekly basis. This becomes even more critical for pets that spend a lot of time outdoors and bring dirt inside with them.
Don't forget about their products, either. Food and water bowls, toys, clothing accessories, and any other of your pet's products need to be regularly cleaned too. Anything your pet is salivating on will build up with germs and bacteria if you aren't keeping up with the cleaning.
The most important rule is to be consistent in keeping up with your home's hygiene. When life gets busy and hectic it may seem tempting to push cleaning chores off for an extended period of time, but keeping your home clean is important all year long.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans will spend over 90 percent of their lifetimes indoors. We can all agree that means we should work hard to ensure our indoor spaces, especially our homes are as clean as they can be.


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Today I Won.
June 27, 2015
Well, it doesn't involve me not having my breasts amputated, but you can't win 'em all. I mean, really. But I was able to get a last-minute appointment with the plastic surgeon who got this ball rolling. Nice guy. The entire thing was the exact, complete opposite of Wednesday. Today I left smiling. At peace. … More Today I Won.


text: 60's French pop by way of late 90's New York, filtered through kitsch and gimmick. And guess what, those of you expecting the prude in me to rear its soupuss head? I don't mind a bit. They write great songs and they're fun. And it's all done so much so that all distance and spuriousness seems diluted and it has come for les Sans Culottes an immutable lifestyle choice. Sure, the sleazy by birthright, wolf-whistling, pre-women's liberation movement, stereotypical girl-watching French boy is pretty much telegraphed directly, so there's that. But maybe it's a necessary hard pill, as though to omit it would be remiss of their guise and effect.


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My Little Prairie Home > Blog
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
We're Your Parents, Not Your Friends: Avoiding a HUGE Parenting Mistake
So it's completely understandable that we'd want our children's admiration, approval, and just plain friendship. Isn't it?
Well, yes and no. The 'yes' part comes from our basic human need to be wanted and loved. But the 'no' part comes from the fact that parents aren't actually meant to be best buddies with their kids. . .at least not while they're growing up. What they're meant to be is, well, PARENTS.
Although we're called to love and nurture and care for our kids, one of our most important and sacred parental duties is to prepare our children to enter adulthood as equipped as possible.
But that's hard to do when we're chillaxin with them at the mall.
Not that having fun with our kids is a bad thing. . .it most certainly isn't. But they have friends to hang out with. What they need from us is more than that.
Take me, for example. I had a decidedly less than ideal childhood. Abandoned by my birth father before I was a year old, my brother and I were then adopted by our mother's second husband. Unfortunately, he turned out to be a vicious, sadistic, abusive 'parent' whose cruelty decimated the next 12 years of our lives.
By the time we escaped from that situation, dysfunction had well and truly ingrained itself into what was left of our family. My poor mom, who had endured so many years of trauma and terror, had felt for years that she needed to compensate for my step father being a tyrant and therefore had slipped into the gentler role of 'friend.' In fact, if anything, our roles somehow reversed.
As I went through my teens, my mom was struggling to emerge from the years of abuse, and I found myself encouraging and supporting and nurturing her, instead of the other way around. I didn't know at the time that reversing roles was not good for either of us. It was just how we both coped with over a decade of abuse and trauma and it was what it was.
In fact, at the time, I thought our role reversal was swell. I had more responsibility and freedom than any of my friends. I worked long hours through junior and senior high, but got to save and spend my money as I saw fit. I bought my own clothes, bought and maintained my own car, paid for most of my own college education and generally paid my own way from about 14 onward. I thought that was cool and grown up and mature.
But it wasn't.
I needed a parent, not a friend or companion, during those transitional years. But after so much trauma and then several years of a 'buddy' relationship, my mom didn't know how to be a mom. I didn't know how to be her daughter.
And we both paid for that for a very long time.
On the one hand, I was responsible and level-headed and did 'okay' on the surface. But never having been successfully parented by anyone left HUGE gaps in my practical and emotional skill base and even bigger scars on my heart.
It wasn't until the year before my mom unexpectedly (and way too early!) passed away that I think we both finally made our peace with each other and the past. But it was too late, then. My chance to be 'parented' was over twenty years gone.
So I know what damage a person does when he or she circumvents the natural role of parent and child. Whether from circumstance or intention, the damage is real and lasting.
We have only one shot at this parenting thing. It's important to not let the opportunity pass.
Laughing with our kids and enjoying them is so important and so necessary. But they need more than that from us. They need us to help them navigate the complexities of human relationships and loss and challenges and success. They need us to reflect their strengths as well as their weaknesses back to them so they have a realistic understanding of who they are and what they have to offer. They need us to be trustworthy. . .not merely cheerleaders praising every facet of their being, whether it's praiseworthy or not.
They need us to teach them that the trying is more important than the achieving. . .because they won't get that from anywhere else. They need us to anchor them in where their value really lies: not in their looks or talent or abilities or successes. The world will shove that rubbish on them. If we haven't taught them something different, they might buy into that. . .and then where will they be?
They'll need us to teach them to finish what they start, always do their best, and give things a try. Life is going to be full of jobs they don't want to do, mundane tasks that they'll be tempted to slosh through with little effort and scary paths they must walk.
They'll need us to teach them that failing doesn't define them. . .it's whether or not they have the character to get back up and try again that does. And they'll need us to model that actions have consequences, and some of those consequences aren't great. If we shield them from the results of their choices, they'll never learn to make different, better, healthier ones.
And they'll need us to love them. Completely. Unconditionally. And just as they are. The world is going to try to make them find their value in what they achieve or how much money they make or how pretty they are. But those things come and go. The fact that your kids are wonderfully and fearfully and purposefully made won't. They need to know that.
I won't lie. In the short term, it's more fun to be a friend. But over a lifetime, it's more important to be a parent.
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Top Five Old Wives' Tales: Why Women Can't Cut It as Sushi Chefs
There is no legitimate reason why women can't be sushi chefs, but plenty of excuses and old wives' tales abound in the male-dominated world of raw fish. Here, we recount the top reasons given to us by men as to why women and raw fish don't gel:
5. Because women menstruate: In an interview with the WSJ, Yoshikazu Ono, the son of Jiro Ono who runs the three-starred Michelin restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo, says:
"The reason is because women menstruate. To be a professional means to have a steady taste in your food, but because of the menstrual cycle women have an imbalance in their taste, and that's why women can't be sushi chefs."
4. Because women wear makeup and perfume: These interfere with olfactory senses when preparing sushi.
3. Because women can't handle the work: Sushi involves hard labor, including gutting and slicing fish, working long hours and taking the last train home.
2. Because women have smaller hands: That messes up the size of the nigiri (mound of rice upon which the fish is placed).
1. And the number one reason: Because women's hands are too warm, which makes the rice too warm.
Needless to say, all of these reasons are bogus, folks.
View a slideshow of Nadeshico Sushi in Tokyo. It is Japan's first sushi restaurant featuring a cast of female chefs.
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About Us
Born from a passion for catching fish and sharing his love of the outdoors, Captain Scott Valleskey started Angler Sportfishing in 2012. Captain Scott has guided many clients to personal best fish and tasty fish fries. This year, Captain Scott brought Captains Phil Stodola and Andy Zegers "on board" to help get even more happy clients out on the water.
Angler Sportfishing's mission is to get people to enjoy the great outdoors, teach clients the best ways to catch their target fish, and help clients make memories that will last a lifetime.
The Captains
Scott Valleskey
Scott Valleskey has been fishing the waters of Green Bay, Lake Winnebago and Lake Michigan for the past 25 years and would love for you to join him! Captain Scott brings a ton of experience fishing these waters to the table and is more than willing to share the locations and techniques that have made him a successful fisherman. Scott is a NPAA member and an accomplished walleye tournament angler and continues to fish events in the MWC, AIM, NWT, SWC, and the Green Bay Walleye Series.
Phil Stodola
Phil Stodola is a USCG certified Captain and NPAA Member with an obsession with catching trophy fish! Phil caught and released the biggest Musky registered in the Titletown Muskies Inc Chapter in 2016 and 2017, winning him the Ron Myslek Trophy and a free replica mount from Lax Reproductions each year. He loves catching big Walleyes and helping people to their first, or new personal best Muskies! Phil has fished Musky tournaments in Vilas County as well as on the Bay of Green Bay. Phil is excited for the opportunity to share his knowledge of Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and The Fox and Menominee Rivers with you and your group. Phil is enthusiastic and can't wait to share in the experience of your fishing adventure.
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Captain Andy Zegers grew up fishing the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Andy is a multi species guide and avid tournament fisherman fishing some of the best waters across the country. Andy is an accomplished tournament angler. He fishes or has fished in the Cabela's NTC, MWC, as well as the NWT, and Green Bay Walleye series. When Andy is not chasing giant walleye and salmon he enjoys taking kids hunting and helping others enjoy the outdoors.
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Gluten free puri-aloo
This dish is a different spin on peethi-ki-puri but is equally delicious and completely gluten free.
To make buckwheat puri, combine 1 cup of buckwhat flour with 1 tsp salt and 1 Tbsp mango powder. Add enough water and knead lightly until dough forms. Buckwheat doesn't have gluten, so the dough will not have much elasticity. Divide into 10-12 dough balls, roll them flat gently with a little rice or buckwheat flour and deep fry one at a time in 350 degree oil.
Enjoy with your favorite potato (aloo) curry and salted yogurt or raita. And follow it up with a nice long hike to work off all those delicious carbs. Here are some photos from top of windy hill summit this weekend.
Buckwheat tea cake
Somewhere between lunch and dinner, I often find myself craving for a slice of cake and a cup of tea. Mostly I make do with a health bar. Some weekends, when all the chakras are in alignment, a cake is born in my kitchen. This one started out being yet another banana bread variation but the nutty taste of buckwheat overtook the tropical taste of banana. The end product was so moist and nutty that I decided to call it a tea cake, perhaps the best tea cake to come out of my kitchen.


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The Biggest Sins Salespeople Commit
February 17, 2015
Tim Wackel covers some of the biggest errors salespeople commit… and where there are some big opportunities.
This lively discussion will cover:
- The sales sins you must avoid
- Top tips for finding new business today
- What to do when prospects go silent
Big Sales Sin: Salespeople don't know how to follow up. STOP giving up.
Regarding prospects and sales calls:
You don't blow them away by what you say, but you blow them away by what you ASK - Tim Wackel
Tim is the founder and president of The Wackel Group, a training and consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations find, win and keep customers for life. He is a member of the American Society for Training and Development and holds a professional membership in the National Speakers Association. He earned his Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Nebraska and lives in Dallas where he and his wife raised their two children and are now enjoying their empty nest.
Tim Wackel is one of today's most popular sales speakers because he makes information entertaining, memorable and easy to understand. He combines more than 25 years of successful sales leadership with specific client research to deliver high-impact programs that go beyond today's best practices. Tim's keynotes and workshops are insightful, engaging and focused on providing real world success strategies that audiences can (and will!) implement right away.