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Hope in humanity
Oh my goodness. I can't remember when I last had goose bumps and swimming eyes like this.
I don't often share links on my posts but I have a tiny personal link in something globally important and this has a connection and line directly to my heart.
You see a few years ago I was having dinner with family friends. I was sitting next to one of their three incredible daughters, Megan, who was twelve at the time and a budding singer/songwriter.
Throughout most of the meal, she and I were talking about music. She asked me how people go about writing songs and I told her how I wrote songs with my friend Carl Thiel for my TV series.
And even before the meal was over, and because she is one amazing kid, and I am a 14 year old trapped in an older dude's body, we decided, there and then, to write a song together about kindness and compassion.
We got right to it. We excused ourselves and went to the piano in the living room and she came up with a wonderful melody.
After discussing ideas around the meaning of the song, I went home and wrote the lyrics. She made a rough recording and we all enjoyed the result. I tried to share the song with some producers but to no avail however...the seeds were sewn for her song, Hand In Hand. When Megan was thirteen and in 7th grade she was given a school project to do anything she was passionate about.
And that's when she, and her mom Carolyn, remembered the song we had written the year before.
Megan created her project (pictured here) and presented it at school, coupled with the original recording of the song she wrote, sang, played and produced herself, on Garage Band, with her own harmonies.
Fast forward to the present.
Megan is fifteen and this is what's happening with the song right now, in Megan's mother's own words:
'The idea for Project Empathy was borne out of a conversation in January with a friend who teaches in China and was experiencing the threat of the coronavirus firsthand.
In an attempt to comfort his students who, like him, were quarantined in their apartments, he sent out a message of empathy and encouragement to his kids that was obviously well received.
A few days later, I remembered a song my daughter had written in middle school that she used for a project to show how music could be used as therapy to help children in difficult situations.
I sent the song across to him in China, offering it as a tool for when he next connected with his students.
He came back with a request that it be presented in video format so that subtitles could run across the screen simultaneously so the kids could understand the intent of the song.
I elicited the help of two creative friends in Austin and Project Empathy was borne.
We started small by recording my daughter's voice and coming up with an idea of how to film her, but deep down I knew it could be so much more.
I knew that if we involved more children on our end it would give them an opportunity to grow their empathy muscles, which would in turn make the project mutually beneficial to both parties.
I asked the middle school choir director if she would be interested in creating harmonies and performing alongside my daughter, she agreed.
I asked the principal at the elementary school if the children might be interested in drawing pictures or writing letters expressing empathy to be included in the project, she said yes.
I asked neighbors if their children would be willing to be extras in the filming portion of the project, and they gave their consent.
Soon, this joint effort to creatively express our empathy through music and art became a connection point for our small community.
So, this is what we present to you. A labor of love from a small community in Austin, Texas, to be shared with children quarantined the world over because of the coronavirus.
Empathy is knowing that we can't change your situation, but we can offer to enter in to it with you – even from a distance – to say we see you, we feel with you, and we hope our music makes you feel like we are sitting right there with you, hand in hand, waiting for this storm to pass.' - Carolyn Grant
Please listen to the song and join me in sharing the talents of an amazing child, her wonderful family, and an incredibly compassionate community.
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Weekly Roundup: Apr 27-May 3
April 26, 2018 longfellowcarly
Photo by Troy Davison, 2018
Check out this week's upcoming events in Greater Longfellow and Minneapolis!
The 41st annual Get in Gear Events will take place on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, 2018. Please be aware that this will affect surrounding neighborhoods in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Pick Your Distance Fun Run will be held at 6:00 PM Friday night; the course is run in Minneapolis only. We anticipate road closure for one hour only, from approximately 5:50 PM until 6:50 PM and only from under the Ford Bridge to 42nd Street to the turn-around and back. That section of road will be closed to traffic for less than an hour but the intersection of 46th and Godfrey will not be closed.
On Saturday, the 41st annual Get in Gear 10K Run and Half Marathon will begin at 9:00 AM and the Get in Gear 5K Run/Walk will begin at 9:20 AM. Participants will be running and/or walking by homes until approximately noon in both Minneapolis & St. Paul when the roads are scheduled to reopen again to traffic. This will necessitate closing the road in front of your home for the duration of these races.
We are very excited about this year's events and hope that you can plan on joining us by coming out and cheering on the runners and walkers. If you would like to assist us, we could use your volunteer help with a number of activities on Friday and/or Saturday. If you are interested in volunteering, please call the Get in Gear Office at 651-528-8284 by Wednesday, April 25. We would love to have your assistance. Any volunteer will also receive a Get in Gear t-shirt for their contribution.
If you would like more information, please call the Get in Gear office at 651-528-8284 or visit our website at www.getingearevents.com for more information and maps.
Where do policy and business intersect in the fight against climate change? Registration is open for Minnesota Climate Forum: Conversations with industry and policy leaders, a day of experts discussing climate change responses and opportunities from public and private sectors. This event is sponsored by the U of MN Center for Bioethics. Anyone interested in the intersection of public and private efforts to address climate change is invited. Registration includes sliding scale pricing for Public, UMN faculty and staff, and UMN students. The date is Friday, April 27 from 10am – 4:30 pm in Mayo Memorial Auditorium on the East Bank of the UMN campus.
Advanced Registration: $15/public & UMN faculty & staff; $5/UMN student
Day of Registration: $25/public & UMN faculty & staff; $10 UMN student
Click here to learn more and to register.
Minneapolis 2040 is a draft Comprehensive Plan that shapes how the city will grow and change. The draft covers topics such as housing, job access, the design of new buildings, and how we use our streets. Minneapolis is growing, and will continue to grow. Done right, population growth can help our city become a healthy, sustainable, and thriving place for everyone.
Over the past two years, the people of Minneapolis have told us a lot about their vision and hopes for the future of our city. A main theme we heard is that as the city grows, everyone must benefit from that growth. Historically, not everyone has. This draft plan is one opportunity to undo barriers and overcome inequities created by a history of policies in our city that have prevented equitable access to housing, jobs, and investments.
The draft plan reflects the result of two years of engagement with the people of Minneapolis, including over 50 meetings and conversations with thousands of residents, business owners and others. Your input directly helped us establish priorities and inform the content of the draft plan. We now invite you to provide feedback on the completed draft plan.
We want to hear from you! Engage in Person at Community Meetings in May:
Please attend one of the interactive open houses listed below. Each event will feature the same family-friendly activities created by local artists, as well as free food from local businesses. Throughout the event, you can view and comment on draft policies and maps that are intended to achieve the plan goals. You will also have the opportunity to sit down with city planners and fellow attendees for in-depth discussions on specific action steps listed in the draft plan.
10:00am‐12:30pm
Northeast Recreation Center, 1530 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
5:30pm‐8:00pm
MLK Recreation Center, 4055 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
North Commons Recreation Center, 1801 N James Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Dayton YMCA at Gaviidae Common, 651 Nicollet Mall #300, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Powderhorn Recreation Center, 3400 S 15th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Can't attend one of the meetings?
The complete draft plan is available at minneapolis2040.com, with opportunities for comment throughout the site. Learn more about ways to comment online here.
Follow us on Twitter @Mpls2040
Download the Meeting-in-a-Box tool kit (available for download mid-May) to host your own engagement meetings and report back
NOTICE: LCC May's Community Connections Committee Meeting has been canceled.
Check out this week's movies at the Trylon Cinema and Riverview Theater!
The public comment period on the Neighborhoods 2020 Roadmap is open today, February 28th through Monday, April 30th. Comments can be submitted to NCR@minneapolismn.gov. The Roadmap offers for your consideration, three different approaches to neighborhood funding, programming and support services. We also want your creative ideas about how we can improve upon our system of neighborhoods and the services NCR provides to the community. There will be many ways to engage and give input into Neighborhoods 2020. You can sign up for regular updates on our web-site. http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/2020.
http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/WCMSP-205790
South Minneapolis Book Club: We meet monthly and have a pretty open format. We're always looking for new members, so if you want to add us to this list, this is our Facebook group.
Hurt Seljukiv- The Ukrainian Village Band @ Urban Forage
3016 E Lake St. • 7pm
Yes! They will return! Come to polka, stay for the folk/punk fusion. Dancing is allowed, even encouraged. We'll be sure to have the black currant cider on tap again. AND a pierogi food truck will be out front. Don't miss it!
Minneapolis Home Tour April 28 & 29: #15 Open House, Built 1923, in Longfellow
4425 46th Ave. S.
It's right in our Longfellow neighborhood on 46th Ave! This house is a typical Longfellow bungalow, complete with all the gorgeous woodwork. Bungalow owners that have been thinking about updating their kitchen, but don't want to lose all the bungalow charm should stop by. We were able to create a kitchen that fits in seamlessly with the rest of the house, and that has an open flow to the living room and dining room.
http://www.msphometour.com/homes/4425-46th-ave-s
https://www.facebook.com/Rachel-Guerrero-Interior-Design-167120503369881/
Stop by and see for yourself!
Family Story Time for Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers @ East Lake Library
2727 E Lake St. 10:15-10:45am
Baby Story Time for Toddlers @ East Lake Library
2727 E Lake St. 11:15-12:15pm
Jack Klatt w/ Actual Wolf (solo) at The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge
3010 Minnehaha Ave • Doors 8:30pm :• Music 9pm
21+ • $10 Advance • $13 Day of Show
A night of Americana country with Jack Klatt and his full band with Actual Wolf (solo set)
Jack Klatt Part balladeer and part bluesman, Jack is a dedicated songwriter and finger-style guitarist based in Minneapolis, MN. His unique sound defies genre with influences that pull from a wide range of American music. From Rhythm and Blues and early Rock N' Roll, to country and folk music, Jack brings his unique voice to all of his songs. In the words of Americana Roots UK "Jack doesn't rely on other writers for his diversity, he can write in pretty much any musical style of his choosing."
Actual Wolf (solo set)
THE LEGEND OF THE ACTUAL WOLF: There are outlaws, and there are outlaws. Some practice the pose and cultivate the image, though seldom dirty their soft, bourgeois hands with anything actually outside the law. When they do, it is often despicable, irresponsible or just plain mundane. The Actual Wolf (aka Eric Pollard), however, is a real outlaw and has pled guilty to it. Between the bust and before the trial AW recorded a pair of EPs, each showing 'another side of the Wolf'. It is one of the most obvious statements of existence: everything takes time, and the truly good, well crafted things in life take more than the rest. If the world has had to wait a while for another full-length release from Actual Wolf, it is only due to craft and cure.
Idle Empress, Half Gringa, & Humbird @ Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge
3010 Minnehaha Ave • Doors 7:30pm • Music 8pm
21+ • $7 Cover
Humbird (1st) After traversing 5 continents and 20 countries with only a guitar and a backpack, Humbird returns home to sing songs from the edge of the world. Combining a wintry longing with the warmth of a familiar folktale, Humbird stretches traditional genres of folk and Americana to embrace the unexpected. This music invites a refreshing dissonance into the house, it leaves breadcrumbs along the path and reflects light back at the stars.
Half Gringa (2nd) is the songwriting project of Izzy Olive, an emotional scab-picker, her work explores the confluence of Latinx and Midwestern identity. Her first LP, Gruñona, reveals a palimpsest of wounds upon scars. Contemplative and choleric, all manner of memorials to the past are revealed—mountains, dive bars, orchards, trains, expressways, tiny kitchens, Chicago, Caracas, and outer space. Half Gringa's debut coaxes confession after confession out of Olive's insistent guitar and undaunted vocals. Simultaneously boastful, scathing, forgiving, and hopeful, Gruñona confronts the human ache of wanting and curse of taking. It recognizes that an identity is a journey that names you.
Idle Empress (3rd)
Winery tour and tasting @ Urban Forage Winery and Cider House
3016 E Lake St • 2pm • Must be 21+
Take a tour of the basement winery and production facility at Urban Forage with co-owner and winemaker, Jeff. Pay for this one up front, but it's worth it. Take a tour of the basement winery and production facility at Urban Forage with co-owner and winemaker, Jeff. Taste a sampling of our offerings on tap, as well as samples of ciders and wines in production. Stay afterward in the taproom for an informal question and answer session.
Conversation Circles for Adults @ East Lake Library
2727 E Lake St. • 4-5:30pm
K-12 Homework Help @ East Lake Library
2727 E Lake St. • 3:30-7:30pm
Make Homes Happen Campaign Kick-Off @ The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge
3010 Minnehaha Ave • 4:30pm
Join the Make Homes Happen coalition for a community-wide event to discuss our campaign for housing stability by building more affordable homes, preserving existing homes, and protecting tenants' right. We will be sharing our vision for a dedicated source of funding from the City to help meet critical affordable housing needs in Minneapolis. We're excited to see what we can achieve by working together in 2018! Everyone is invited to this family-friendly event! Interpretation services, children's activities, food, and a cash bar will be available. Thanks to our generous sponsors, Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota and Family Housing Fund, for their support of this event!
*** Únase a la coalición Make Homes Happen en nuestro evento comunitario para discutir nuestro campaña para la estabilidad de la vivienda mediante la construcción de viviendas más asequibles, la preservación de las viviendas existentes, y proteger los derechos de los inquilinos. Compartiremos nuestra visión de una fuente dedicada de financiación del Ciudad para ayudar a satisfacer las necesidades críticas de viviendas asequibles en Minneapolis. Estamos emocionados de ver lo que puede lograr trabajando juntos en 2018. Quienes: Miembros comunitarios, defensores de la viviedna, organizadores comunitarios, y cualquier persona a la cual le interese la necesitad de vivienda en la comunidad – todos estan invitados a este evento para toda la familia! Tendremos disponible lo siguiente: Interprete Actividades para niños Comida Bar donde se paga solo con efectivo ¡Gracias a nuestros generosos patrocinadores, la fundación Blue Cross Blue Shield de Minnesota, Family Housing Fund, por su apoyo en este evento!
Jerry Oliver + Friends 4/23 @ Punk Bowling at Memory Lanes
2520 26th Ave S • 9pm • Free Show • 21+
Jerry Oliver – an alternative, americana, experimental, folk, indie, jam, rock, songwriter artist from Nashville https://soundcloud.com/jerry-oliver/sets/the-birdwatcher-experiment-1 https://www.jerryoliver.com/the-tunes
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman @ Trylon Cinema
2820 E 33rd St 7pm
Gardner is spellbinding as Pandora Reynolds, who wanders through life without a true love — until a mysterious yacht captain arrives at a Spanish seaport called Esperanza.
Tuesday, May 1
Small Group Computer Help for Adults @ East Lake Library
2727 E Lake St. 9:30-11am
Childcare Group Story Time for Babies, Preschoolers, & toddlers @ East Lake Library
Satsang at The Cabooze with Sam Ravenna @ The Cabooze
913 Cedar Ave S • Doors 8:30pm • Show 9:30pm
18+ • $10 Advance / $15 Door
SATSANG: Satsang is a power trio creating a unique blend of soul, folk-rock and hip-hop, Satsang delivers lyrics that come from and are rooted in change, growth, awareness, and imperfection. The live show is everything that the band name suggests: a gathering of people to assimilate and share their truths. The rhythms put forth by the band keep everyone on their feet, and the lyrics leave them craving active and positive change.
SAM RAVENNA: On his debut self titled album, Sam Ravenna establishes himself as a chef in a soul kitchen. Blending ingredients of electro funk, hip-hop and classic and modern soul, Ravenna pulls together an all star band consisting of players from some of the best touring acts in the country. Members of Turkuaz, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Pretty Lights live band and more lend their hand to Sam Ravenna's songs, complimenting his intricate arrangements and uncompromising electric sound. The Berklee College of Music graduate has spent the bigger part of the last decade as a side man for many artists including Cas Haley, Tubby love, and Peter Joseph Burtt & The Kingtide. He is a seasoned touring musician, and has produced a handful of records for artist around Lake Tahoe and national touring acts.
Willie Murphy – Free Music Wednesdays – (1st WED) @ The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge
3010 Minnehaha Ave • Doors 6pm • Music 8pm
21+ • Bent Paddle Brewing Happy Hour 6-8pm ($1 OFF) • FREE
Willie Murphy has been writing, performing, recording and producing Blues/R&B music for over 30 years. His 1969 collaboration with folk/blues legend "Spider" John Koerner, "Running, Jumping, Standing Still," is still acclaimed as an all-time folk/blues classic. Throughout the 70s and into the 80s, Willie and the Bees defined live R&B/soul music. The band was famous for their unique blending of blues, R&B, jazz, funk, reggae and rock into an electric and eclectic sound that still defies categorization to this day. #FreeMusicWednesdays
Tape Freaks Presents: May's Mystery Movie @ Trylon Cinema
2820 E 33rd St • 7pm
Do you like surprises, b-movies, and free stuff? Then this is the event for you! Each month Tape Freaks picks a movie and shares it with an audience who won't know what they're in for until the title hits the screen! At the screenings you'll also get a chance to grab some free swag, and will have first crack at limited edition art made for the event. More info and clues @ http://tapefreaks.blogspot.com/
***Tickets are available online until 2 hours before show time, tickets (and refreshments) purchased at the door must be paid for in cash. http://www.trylon.org/films/category/tape-freaks/ ***
Wednesday Night Jukebox Bingo at Memory Lanes
2520 26th Ave S • 10:30pm • 21+ • FREE
Join us every Wednesday night in the bar at Memory Lanes in Minneapolis for Jukebox Bingo! Our game is a fun cross between music trivia and bingo, and best of all it's FREE to play and win! There's CASH JACKPOTS and other great prizes up for grabs every week!
Trivia! Parkway Pizza Longfellow!
Come play TRIVIA every Thursday at 7:30pm! Win Prizes! Happy Hour! The Best Pizza Ever!
Teen LGBTQ+ Club @ East Lake Library, 2727 E Lake St. • 3:30-4:30pm
Twin Cities Got Talent at The Cabooze
913 Cedar Ave S • 10pm
Trivia night! @ Urban Forage
Trivia hosted by Jeff and Luke! Test your knowledge of cider, the literature of JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling, scientific plant names and Minnesota music! Fun? Yes. Weird? Maybe. Best thing to do on a Thursday night? Most definitely! Topic of the week can be found here.
One-Shot Comics May: My Favorite Thing is Monsters @ Moon Palace Books
3032 Minnehaha Ave • 7pm
For May One-Shot Comics will be reading the hugely popular graphic novel by Emil Ferris, MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS (more info below). As always, you can pick up a copy of the book for 20% off at Moon Palace Books. Thanks for supporting comics & your local independent bookstore!
ABOUT THE BOOK (from the publisher): In this debut, which takes the form of a fictional graphic diary, a 10-year-old girl tries to solve a murder. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen's investigation takes us back to Anka's life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Full-color illustrations throughout.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Emil Ferris grew up Chicago during the turbulent 1960s, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from The School of the Art Institute.
Roe Family Singers Album Release Party at The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge
3010 Minnehaha Ave • Doors 7pm • Music 7:30pm
21+ • $7 Advance • $10 Day of Show
The Roe Family Singers A mix of original music and contemporary takes on old-time, traditional, and gospel tunes into one roiling & rollicking river of fresh yet familiar American music. Every performance raises a ruckus. Dustin Arbuckle & The Haymakers Call it roots or Americana but the music made by Kansas-based band Haymakers is the intersection of blues, folk, bluegrass, country and more. A Haymakers show is like a high-speed joyride down the highways of American music. Don't miss them when they come to town!
Best When Sung From The Gutter – Premiere @ Trylon Cinema
(HD, 45m) Actor, musician and slam poet, Toussaint Morrison enters his residence to friends and roommates preparing a house party. Jilted from a continuous cold spell of unproductive writing sessions and working as a paraprofessional in special education for Pre-K students, Morrison exhales his day's lamentations to camera, others and himself. All the while amidst preparing for an adventurous evening steering run-ins with ex-significant others, police, and physical fights, Toussaint continuously volleys the question, "What the hell am I doing here?" in a myriad of prose and poetic phrasings with hopes to hear himself, or the universe, shout back some form of answer.
The first-ever Motion Picture Ballad is captured by the veteran director of photography Ryan S. Johnson, and directed by independent filmmaker Jon D. Steinhorst. The team of 3 have created a truly unique film, merging the stylistic bodies of documentary and narrative through a shared microphone of spoken word and hip-hop.
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The Chile Travel Specialists are a specialist tour operator who have been creating luxury travel itineraries to Chile for over a decade. This web site is a comprehensive resource of Chile travel and honeymoon information, featuring practical, impartial advice on cities, hotels, activities and much more.
On your behalf, we've travelled extensively within the regions ourselves, enabling us to offer first hand experience and local knowledge. Your holiday to Chile with us will therefore be much more than 'packaged', it will be everything you want to experience of this wonderful destination.
At approximately 2 million square kilometres the country of Chile is actually one of the smallest of the countries of South America but, due to it being ten times as long as it is wide, it covers a hugely diverse range of climates and conditions. It is this range that has allowed it to become one of South America's strongest economies, with a very rich mining industry, as well as one of Latin America's top destinations for those looking to explore.
The mysterious Polynesian Islands of the central Pacific are about as remote a place as is possible to get to on the planet. A few days wandering through the towering "moai" statues and exploring the extinct volcanoes is something that only a handful will ever do.
If you are overwhelmed by it all, then please book in for a private presentation!
Based in our offices in Ampthill, 45 mins north of London, we can walk you through every aspect of your Chile travel holiday using maps, brochures, photos and footage that we have personally taken while traveling around this stunning country.
We always find that clients and honeymooners have a thousand and one questions that spring up during the course of this hour or so and, by getting to know you better it will also allow us to really tailor the travel and Chile holiday to exactly what will suit you.
We pride ourselves on getting back to all of the inquiries we receive within 24 hours and so it could not be easier to get the ball rolling.
Due to our long standing relationship with many of the travel lodges in Chile, we are in the privileged position of being able to match or beat any like for like itinerary.
On top of this, we have no reason to send you to one place over another, other than your happiness! Having personally travelled to and tested everywhere that we sell in Chile (and quite a few that we don't!), we stand by our recommendations. One thing that you can count on us for is an objective opinion!
Based on our longstanding relationship with travel suppliers in Chile over the years we can, in many cases, offer you the best rooms and hidden extras that are not offered through other Chile companies.


13 panels, what the hell was I thinking?
Speaking of Christian concepts, December is here! We can officially start thinking about Christmas. And presents. So, books! I'll keep posting recommendations until the end of the month.
Have you read the Scott Pilgrim comics? Start here. It's funny and brilliant and the art is really cool.
Woohoo! I like this one a lot! Keep it up!!


Identifying writing, particularly poetry, as a key part of self care was an eye opener this week. This post includes Eat this Fruit and Blank Slate.
She Said is a poem of defiance, not shame. This is about strength and continuing to swim in a tide that you once believed could overwhelm you.
A poem - Forward, which could easily have been entitled A Letter to Depression -about moving forward with both pride and defiance.
Time is certainly flying during the DigiWriMo month so it seemed a fitting topic for today's piece.


Hoopty Rides: Is the Complete New Yorker Spyware?
Is the Complete New Yorker Spyware?
7. Collection of Viewing Information. You acknowledge that you are aware of and consent to the collection of your viewing information during your use of the Software and/or Content. Viewing information may include, without limitation, the time spent viewing specific pages, the order in which pages are viewed, the time of day pages are accessed, IP address and user ID. This viewing information may be linked to personally identifiable information, such as name or address and shared with third parties.
When you buy a piece of software or CD or digital music file, you are entering into an agreement to abide by the laws of a banana republic. Existing law is set aside as you agree to a whole host of other laws by clicking the 'YES' button. Perhaps the dictator is benevolent and the laws are not onerous but, maybe the laws are insidious.
In the case of the Complete New Yorker, you give up your privacy. Perhaps the New Yorker will sell your name to Starbucks if your reading profile suggests an epicure. Or, if you are interested in reading about automobiles, perhaps Buick will soon be pitching you the Lucerne - a Buick for sophisticates. But what if your spying dictator is not benevolent? Who do they sell the Islam reading list to?
Frankly, I don't know what you are agreeing to when you click 'YES' on the license agreement. What are the consequences if you don't comply with the rules? What are the damages? Are you liable for criminal prosecution? If I have a license agreement for Hooptyrides that requires my entertaining internet presence only be read while sitting on the toilet, do I have recourse if the kind reader chooses to read from their cubicle?
Question 1: What if you choose not to have your privacy compromised? What if you do not want to become part of a secondary revenue stream of selling data to third parties? Can you opt out? Doesn't appear so.
But if it is guarded with Macrovision copy protection, how can you?
Question 3: Making a copy requires that you use a special, Macrovision-stripping DVD ripper made for copying movies. Does that mean you have violated the end user license agreement?
An archival back-up would be modified and converted to have the Macrovision removed. Is there any way to make a back-up that is in compliance with the end user license agreement?
Question 4: Can you copy the Complete New Yorker to your hard drive, eliminate the endless disk swapping, protect your original DVDs and enjoy unprecedented speed? Ed Klaris, general counsel and project director for the Complete New Yorker, said that no you can't. Not for legal reasons, he said, but the New Yorker decided it was adequate to be able to read a single disc at a time. Reading issues chronologically is super-practical and is a completely reasonable way to read through a DVD but if you want to read by topic across the whole collection, it is totally preposterous. Search for Chinatown, goblin, Philip Johnson or Stanley Kubrick and you will drive yourself insane with swapping. It's like having a Mac Plus.
If Ed says it is not for legal reasons, I guess you can load it on a hard drive. It seems to conflict with paragraph 2 of the Prohibitions section "...agree not to modify, translate..." but Ed is the dictator.
How do you load it on a hard drive? Two ways.
Create disk images - ISOlator (Mac) and Alcohol 120 (PC) both seem to create DVD images that work correctly while avoiding the Macrovision errors. To use the images, you need to virtually 'mount' the images using Toast (Mac) or Alcohol 120 (PC). When it asks for the appropriate disk, you mount the disk image that is required. I have not tried this, but several Hooptyreaders report good results.
Copy Issues to Local Hard Drive Issues Folder - This is a more elegant solution. Oddly, although the Complete New Yorker is locked up in twenty different ways, it relies on a public domain database called SQLite. There is an Issues table in the database that has the complete list of every issue along with corresponding DVD number. Each issue is assigned a number 1 through 8 plus 9 for the harddrive. If you copy every djvu issue file to the local issues directory and change the issues table so that every issue points to the local hard drive (9), then you can scream through the issues. It is fast like the blazes. So elegant and beautiful. I downloaded a shareware SQL database manager off CNet to make the changes, but individuals smarter than I could do it with the free command line SQLite.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. IT IS VERY EASY TO SCREW IT UP SO IT WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN.
Could the Complete New Yorker have included an install everything to local hard drive option? I don't see why not. And, I would bet, that the New Yorker staff and developers are using it from local drives.
Question 4: What if you want clarification about any of these issues? Their license agreement states you get no support and a call to the New Yorker confirms this. They do not discuss legal issues.
5. No Support. TNY, its retailers, distributors and TNY Parties shall have no obligation under this Agreement to provide support or other services relating to the Software and/or Content.
Question 5: Is the Complete New Yorker spyware? I don't know. Paragraph 7 clearly states that they have the right to spy, but I am not sure if they are actually doing it. I don't understand enough about the technology to determine if a trickle or a flood of data is going back to the New Yorker. Does it leave your computer vulnerable like the infamous rootkit? I don't know.
Question 6: Is the New Yorker in violation of copyright law? There has been a lot written about the New Yorker's position that they are not repurposing the content in a different format. Their position is that a complete page scan on a DVD is exactly the same as the same page in a magazine and is therefore within their rights to recreate without new clearances or additional compensation. But, is it really the same? If the magazine image is exactly the same but is included as bait in a data mining application to collect user information to sell to third parties, is it really the same as a magazine? I don't know.
Question 7: What if it is all too much? What if the lack of support, legal ambiguity, spyware, Macrovision and everything else is just too much? Can you return it? Doesn't seem like it, but I can't find retailer language as to your options if you do not agree to an end user license.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE OR CLICK THE "NO" BUTTON. YOU MAY PROMPTLY RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE RETAILER YOU BOUGHT IT FROM AND THE RETURN POLICY OF THE RETAILER WILL APPLY.
(To get credit for these items, they must be unopened. If the original is damaged or defective, please see details below).
So why the big deal? Because I was so excited about The Complete New Yorker coming out. I love the New Yorker. It is absolutely my favorite magazine. This morning I read an article about butterflies, mosquitos and global warming - a scientific tale artfully told with all the drama of a novel. The New Yorker at its best. When I learned the Complete New Yorker was coming out, I was so thrilled at the prospect of reading the John Seabrook personal history of Seabrook Farms. I remember it from ten years ago as being as good as social history ever is. I didn't get to reading it and I am sending my Complete New Yorker back to Ed Klaris. I got it on the hard drive - which is what I was trying to do - but I can't live with the spyware aspect. It is insulting. I'm done.
UPDATE: Smarter than I, Gustaf posted a detailed How-To on installing all the issues to your harddrive. Thanks, Gustaf!


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They lost each other once… Now they have one more chance.
Every wedding has a happy ending—except for Alice Birmingham. She's never forgiven herself for leaving the love of her life at the altar five years ago. Nate Graham hasn't forgiven her, either. Now they must work together at Starlight Point amusement park, caught between the mistakes they made…and a love that refuses to stay buried in the past.


The starter motor magnetic switch is supplied with power when the ignition switch is turned to the START position while the selector lever is in the P (Park) or N (Neutral) position (CVT Models) or the clutch pedal is depressed (M/T Models).
Regarding Wiring Diagram information, refer to STR-10, "Wiring Diagram" (with Intellignet Key system) or STR-15, "Wiring Diagram" (without Intelligent Key system).
Perform diagnosis under the condition that engine cannot start by the following procedure.
Shift selector lever to "P" (Park) or "N" (Neutral) position (CVT Models) or the clutch pedal is depressed (M/T Models).
Check voltage between starter motor harness connector F28 and ground.
Is the inspection result normal? YES >> "S" circuit is OK. Further inspection is necessary. Refer to STR-20, "Work Flow (With GR8-1200 NI)" or STR-24, "Work Flow (Without GR8-1200 NI)".
Check continuity between starter motor harness connector F28 and the IPDM E/R harness connector E44.
Is the inspection result normal? YES >> Further inspection is necessary. Refer to STR-20, "Work Flow (With GR8-1200 NI)" or STR-24, "Work Flow (Without GR8-1200 NI)".


Tickets for Drum Corps International's spring cinema event, "The Countdown" officially went on sale today, Friday, March 28.
"The Countdown," which will feature the performances of the 2007 Blue Devils, 2007 Bluecoats, 2005 Cadets, 2007 Carolina Crown, 2006 Cavaliers, 2006 Phantom Regiment and other special features, will appear in more than 300 select movie theaters across the United States on Thursday, April 24.
Tickets for this one-night-only event cost $10 and can be purchased through FathomEvents.com.
Don't get left standing in the theater parking lot with your friends on April 24! Order your tickets early.
Visit FathomEvents.com to locate a theater near you and purchase tickets.


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THE WHITE CLIFFS
BRANCH RAILWAY
The Mount Somers Tramway
Truman Jones
The Mount Somers Tramway - Review
New Zealand Railway Observer
"This is a fascinating book. It focuses on the life of a small industrial railway in inland Mid-Canterbury, but surrounding that theme it is also the story of extracting coal, sand, and crushed and burned lime as well as limestone for building, all of which collectively created most of the Tramway's traffic. The book draws a good picture of community life in and around Mount Somers, and especially the privations of winter in the back country. It sets out the commercial and land occupancy history of the valley, and its surrounding hills and paints intriguing pictures of early entrepreneurs, both successful and less so. Above all it sets out in detail the story of the Mount Somers Tramway, from its founding in 1887 to its last struggling years culminating in closure in 1943.
The first edition of this book was published by the Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society in 1971, and written by I. D. Maffey. This new and much- expanded book has drawn together a vast array of research, reports, photographs and other source material, much of it discovered in the years since 1971. lt also describes in some detail the many spurs, sidings, inclines and short narrow gauge lines which left the "main" line to reach lime quarries, coal mines, sandpits and other sources of traffic.
Backing up the text are 146 photographs, and 31 maps, diagrams, and miscellaneous documents. Five appendices deal respectively with steam locomotives, rolling stock, a chronology of mining, all the tramways' chronology, and a list of the lessees of the Tramway, plus a thorough index. And to cater for all those who want to go - as you should - to see what is left of this small piece of New Zealand's industrial history, there is a short guide to what is left today (mainly in local museums, a trail, and preserved sites).
It is one of the most thorough descriptions, records. and analyses to have yet been published about any part of New Zealand's industrial and transport heritage. A few years ago there was Peter Dyer's Puponga, earlier this year there was Bill Prebble's Denniston's Incline; now we have Maffey's The Mount Somers Tramway. Our slender literature about industrial archaeology in New Zealand has suddenly expanded significantly, and with a new level of quality. This book must surely rank close to some of the classic books written about the Welsh slate industry, and the associated railways, albeit taking into account the longer history and bigger scale of the Welsh examples.
This is a crafted book, well laid out, printed on good paper, and showing no signs of haste in reaching a publisher's deadline. It sets a standard for the future. For the reader, it can be browsed, studied, or simply referred to. All will be bound to create pleasure."
Euan McQueen


It was quite a task to write my life history (in a nutshell), but it did show me quite clearly what my life is about. Of course, I had some idea beforehand, but this task pinpointed it for me.
I can't quite see the connection between my life story, my (textile) process and content, but we have another week, so time to let things simmer again, I suppose.
When I started writing about process and content things got a bit blurred. Content seemed to bleed into process, but I decided not to let that bother me too much. Did others have the same experience?


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Michigan Secretary of State provides election update as the country waits for final result
by: Adam Fisher
Posted: Nov 4, 2020 / 10:14 AM CST / Updated: Nov 4, 2020 / 10:59 AM CST
FILE – In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Michigan's top election official said Tuesday, May, 19, 2020, that absentee ballot applications will be mailed to all 7.7 million registered voters for the August primary and November general election. Benson said the step — announced as the state continues to confront the coronavirus pandemic — ensures no one "has to to choose between their health and their right to vote." (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is holding a press conference this morning to provide an update on the ballot counting process in Michigan.
As of 10:30 this morning, 95% percent of Michigan's votes were counted and Joe Biden hold a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump.
Secretary Benson appeared on CNN this morning and said that the presidential results could be known by the end of today.
"We're on track to have a much more complete picture, if not the vast majority of jurisdictions reporting out by the end of today," she told the news outlet.
Michigan is one of the few remaining states considered too close to call and is what experts say would be a major win for either candidate.
Joe Biden's campaign held a news conference of its own this morning, where staffers announced they felt extremely confident that they were in a place to win the state and it's 16 electoral votes.
Shortly after that announcement, President Trump issued the following tweet:
The president first addressed election results at 2:30 this morning, where he claimed he was winning several states, that experts had deemed too close to call.


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Baldwin de Redvers, 7. Earl of Devon (* 1. Januar 1236; † 1262 vor 13. September in Paris) war ein englischer Adliger im 13. Jahrhundert.

Leben
Er entstammte der Familie Redvers und war der Sohn von Baldwin de Redvers, 6. Earl of Devon und Amicia de Clare, Tochter des Gilbert de Clare, 4. Earl of Gloucester. Er war noch minderjährig, als er 1245 seinen Vater als Earl of Devon und Lord of the Isle of Wight beerbte. Nachdem er die Volljährigkeit erreicht hatte, leistete er am 29. Januar 1257 König Heinrich III. den Lehnseid und erhielt die Kontrolle über die Ländereien seines Vaters.

1257 heiratete er Margarete von Savoyen, die Tochter von Graf Thomas II. von Savoyen und Johanna von Flandern. Baldwins Heirat war 1252 mit Peter von Savoyen, seit 1241 Earl of Richmond (und ab 1263 Graf von Savoyen) abgesprochen worden, wobei Peter die Ehefrau unter den Kusinen der englischen Königin Eleonore, Ehefrau Heinrichs III. und seine eigene Nichte, aussuchen sollte, und er sich für seine Nichte Margarete entschied. Durch diese Ehe erlangte er auch Verwandtschaft mit folgenden einflussreichen Persönlichkeiten:
 Die Brüder Peters:
 Bonifatius von Savoyen, Erzbischof von Canterbury und Primas von England 1241–1270,
 Philipp von Savoyen, Erzbischof von Lyon und Primas von Frankreich 1246–1267,
 Die Nichten Peters:
 Beatrix von Savoyen, 1247–1266 Ehefrau König Manfreds von Sizilien
 Margarete von der Provence, 1234–1270 Ehefrau König Ludwigs des Heiligen von Frankreich
 Eleonore von der Provence, 1236–1272 Ehefrau König Heinrichs III. von England
 Sancha von der Provence, 1243–1261 Ehefrau von Richard von Cornwall, 1257–1272 Römisch-deutscher König
 Beatrix von der Provence, 1246–1267 Ehefrau von Karl von Anjou, 1266 König von Sizilien

Aus seiner Ehe mit Margarete hatte er einen Sohn, John de Redvers, der aber noch im Kleinkindalter starb.

Baldwin de Redvers starb 1262, während er sich im Gefolge des Königs in Paris aufhielt, im Alter von 26 Jahren. Mit seinem Tod erlosch die Familie Redvers im Mannesstamm. Er wurde in der Familiengrabstätte in Breamore Priory in Hampshire bestattet. Das Earldom Devon und die Isle of Wight gingen auf seine Schwester Isabel über. Seine Witwe heiratete 1269 in zweiter Ehe Sir Robert Aguillon († 15. Februar 1286), Gutsherr von Watton in Hertfordshire. Sie starb kurz vor dem 14. Mai 1292.

Literatur
 George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs (Hrsg.): The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Band 4, The St Catherine Press, London 1912, S. 319–322 (archive.org).

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Earl of Devon
Lord of the Isle of Wight
Baldwin, 07 Earl Of Devon
Engländer
Geboren 1236
Gestorben 1262
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Home Crime 20-year old Nigerian charged for killing his mom in the US
20-year old Nigerian charged for killing his mom in the US
by GistsFanz November 13, 2019
Austin police say a 20-year-old has been arrested and charged in the killing of his mother in a downtown hotel.
Eyitoluwa Olayeye, a Nigerian, has been charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began after Austin 9-1-1 received a call just before 4:45 a.m. on November 6 about a disturbance in a room on the 5th floor at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in the 800 block of Neches Street. ATCEMS responded to a call of someone screaming in the room and later updates said it sounded like a fight in the room and a woman screaming.
Officers arrived at the hotel and had to force entry into the room, where they found 48-year-old Kehinde Olayeye lying face down and unresponsive on the floor and a man, later identified as her son Eyitoluwa, lying on her back with his arm wrapped around her body. According to an arrest affidavit, a bloody pillow was also found in the room.
Austin-Travis County EMS examined the victim and she was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:12 a.m.
Eyitoluwa's aunt told officers she and Kehinde had flown into Austin from Georgia the night before to visit Eyitoluwa. She said she and Kehinde had received a call from Eyitoluwa the afternoon before and that Eyitoluwa was rambling and saying "I pray that God brings us together," says the arrest affidavit.
Eyitoluwa's friends took the phone and told them he had been saying he "had found his purpose in life" and that he apparently "had touched someone inappropriately at the library on campus and had been asked to leave." His friends told them Eyitoluwa was being transported to the hospital by EMS for an evaluation, says the affidavit.
The aunt said she and Kehinde decided to get on a flight at the time and come to Austin, and Kehinde received a call from Dell Seton Medical Center asking if Eyitoluwa's family had a history of mental illness. Eyitoluwa's friends later called to inform them Eyitoluwa had been released from the hospital and that they would be taking him to their apartment. They also told Kehinde that Eyitoluwa was saying he wanted to leave school, according to the affidavit.
The aunt and mother landed in Austin around 11 p.m. and rented a car to pick up Eyitoluwa, the aunt saying he seemed happy according to the affidavit. The three decided to get a hotel downtown and after stopping at Eyitoluwa's apartment for his laptop, drove to the Holiday Inn Express, arriving around 2 a.m. Eyitoluwa got two rooms, one for him and his mother and one for his aunt.
The aunt said Eyitoluwa told them the hospital was trying to hold him because of a mental issue, but he just told them what they wanted to hear so they would let him go. She said she noticed he was really hyped up and told him to get some sleep. She told officers she and Kehinde wanted to take Eyitoluwa back with them to Georgia.
Officers spoke with the security guard who called 911. He said he was making his rounds around 4:30 a.m. when he heard loud voices like arguing coming from the room. He told officers he knocked on the door and asked the guests to keep it down, but the noises got louder.
A witness told officers that around 4:15 a.m. he heard a woman running down the hall banging on doors and screaming, possibly saying "Let me in" and what sounded like someone being dragging past his room.
Eyitoluwa was transported to the Homicide office where officers said they observed wounds on his left elbow and inside of his left bicep, a bruise on the inside of his right bicep and swelling to the right side of his face by his eye.
Eyitoluwa told officers he had attended his 8 a.m. class at the University of Texas at Austin, which let out around 9 a.m. He then went to the Rec Center on campus and played basketball, then walked over to the UT Tower. He said he was there praying, then the next thing he knew he was in an ambulance and didn't know why or how he was in the ambulance, according to the affidavit.
Eyitoluwa told officers he was taken to an unknown hospital where they asked him if he had ever been diagnosed as bipolar or manic. He said he was released and then went to his friends' apartment and was talking about God and his purpose when his mother and aunt arrived and took him to an unknown hotel. The arrest affidavit says Eyitoluwa didn't know the name of the hotel or where it was located.
He said he and his mother were staying in one room and his aunt was in another room, but initially, they were all in the room together. His aunt left and Eyitoluwa told officers no one else ever came in the room. He said in the affidavit he went to the bathroom then laid down in bed on his back. He told officers he remembers his mother standing over him and praying, then the next thing he knew he was in the back of a police car.
In the affidavit, when officers told him his mother had passed, he said that he must have killed her because no one else was in the room but he could not remember anything and said he didn't have a reason to kill his mother.
The Travis County Medical Examiner's office conducted an exam on Kehinde, finding she had deep skull hemorrhaging, hemorrhaging around her neck, cuts to her inner mouth and petechial hemorrhaging. Soft signs of strangulation were also found.
20-year old Nigerian charged for killing his mom in the US Reviewed by GistsFanz on November 13, 2019 Rating: 5
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12 incredible castles you can rent on Airbnb across the US starting as low as $100
The US is home to many castle-like properties, which you can rent on Airbnb.
These European-style castles have turrets, stone walls, stained glass, and modern perks like pools.
Airbnb castles are found across the US, from small studios to giant fortresses that sleep 14 people.
If you dream of spending a night in a castle, there's no need to book a ticket to Europe. Across the US, you'll find castle-like properties for rent on Airbnb, where you can live like a king, queen, or any other member of the court for at least one night.
Some are newly built to resemble regal residences, others come with historic pedigrees. These Airbnb castles feature medieval-inspired architecture such as turrets, stone walls, Gothic arches, and stained-glass windows, while some are decorated with period details ranging from suits of armor to antique canopy beds. And while these Airbnb castles have plenty of old-world flair, they also offer modern conveniences, including hot tubs, pools, and gourmet kitchens.
These are the most enchanting castles on Airbnb, from petite palaces to sprawling fortresses, all of which are sure to make you feel like royalty.
The best Airbnb castles in the US were chosen based on the following criteria:
Castle listings are for the exclusive use of the entire home or stand-alone apartment, per current expert recommendations regarding social distancing.
Airbnb castles have starting rates ranging between $104 to $1,950 per night. Though, expect rates to rise during popular seasons, holidays, and weekends.
Most are top-rated Airbnbs with a review score of at least 4.49. Others have not yet been reviewed but are run by a top-rated host, or have high ratings on other vacation rental sites such as Vrbo.
Many castles on this list are committed to Airbnb's Enhanced Clean program, a five-step cleaning process developed in partnership with health and hospitality experts, while others have high cleanliness ratings.
These Airbnb castles appeal to all types of travelers, from couples to larger families and groups, with outstanding design details and amenities such as fireplaces, pools, and hot tubs.
All are classified as castles under the unique stays section of Airbnb and feature recognizable, castle-style architecture.
All homes are available to book in the coming weeks and months, as of publishing time. For more castles on Airbnb, click here.
Browse all the best castles on Airbnb below, or jump directly to a specific area here:
The best Airbnb castles
FAQ: Airbnb castles
More of the coolest homes on Airbnb
These are the best castles on Airbnb sorted by price from low to high.
Private studio in a historic Alabama castle
Book this castle on Airbnb
Typical starting price: $104
Town: Fairhope, Alabama
Sleeps: 3 guests/1 bedroom
The pint-sized Sheldon Castle lets you have the royal treatment at a far gentler price point. Set inside a registered historic home complete with a stone turret, the studio space has a private entrance that os separate from the main house. It also features vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, and a bay window overlooking peaceful flowering gardens. It's cozy but cute, with a King-sized sleigh bed, antique wood furnishings, and a kitchenette with a microwave and fridge.
If you want to see a full-fledged castle complete with a moat and giant dragon sculpture atop its roof, Mosher Castle is located next door on the same property. Prior to Covid-19, the owners gave Airbnb guests tours of the medieval-style castle, which also houses the atelier of a notable local artist, and they hope to do so again in the future.
The Airbnb is across the street from the Eastern Shore Art Center and just four blocks from quaint downtown Fairhope. Area beaches and the Eastern Shore Bike Trail are also nearby.
Small rustic castle in Texas
Town: Lake Livingston Village, Texas
Sleeps: 5 guests/2 bedrooms
Inspired by the Medieval-Gothic fortresses of Germany, this castle at Lake Livingston Village is definitely more rustic and modest in scale, but still has plenty of Old World ambiance.
Inside the crenelated stone building is a 420-square-foot, wood-beamed loft space decorated with an antique, Gothic-style, King-sized bed, two throne chairs, and tapestries. A neighboring German village-style guesthouse is where the second bedroom, a kitchenette, and bathroom are located. Yes, you read that right, there is no bathroom in the castle itself.
The wooded property features a charcoal grill, wood smoker, fire pit, and outdoor seating, plus access to Lake Livingston, with opportunities for swimming, boating, and fishing. The castle is an easy hour-and-a-half drive north of Houston.
Custom-built castle with mountain views in Georgia
Book this Airbnb castle
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Sleeps: 10 guests/5 bedrooms
Built to resemble a European castle complete with a turret and drawbridge-style access, this 8,000-square-foot custom home brims with lovely period details including stone walls, brick arches, stained-glass windows, and cedar tongue-and-groove ceilings.
Dubbed the Serenity Castle, the private, rural setting is indeed peaceful, overlooking a picturesque valley with views of Red Top Mountain. It's about a 45-minute drive from metro Atlanta.
In winter, there are two wood-burning fireplaces to keep things cozy. In warmer months, enjoy views of the surrounding woods and creek below from spacious decks. The enormous main bedroom on the upper level has a Queen-sized bed, a private bathroom with a jetted tub, and a balcony. There are two more bedrooms with Queen-sized beds, plus three bedrooms with single beds, making this castle ideal for families or groups.
Chateau-style castle in Oregon
Location: Ashland, Oregon
Set on 27 acres with a vineyard, three ponds, and an arboretum, this impressive chateau, which is inspired by those in Normandy, will make you feel like you're true French royalty.
Guests lay claim to a private stay in one wing of the castle, which is authentically decorated with 17th-century furniture and artwork. Many rooms look onto the formal landscaped garden lined with trees and dotted with bubbling fountains.
Divided into two levels with a living room, dining room, full kitchen on the ground level, and the bedrooms upstairs, the space feels wonderfully private. Outside, a large deck overlooks the gardens and Mount Ashland.
Contemporary turreted castle in Louisiana
A cave-like stone shower with programmable jets, a screening room with big loungers, and a huge outdoor pool are just a few of the perks offered in this contemporary castle, about an hour outside of New Orleans. Among the circular rooms in the home's two turrets are a grand dining room entirely surrounded by windows, and two of its three spacious bedrooms which also feature soaring ceilings.
Decorated with comfortable furnishings, the castle is especially popular with kids, who love the idea of staying in a castle but also want all the modern amenities. The home is also great for large groups, thanks to its open-plan living/dining/kitchen area, outfitted with a huge circular sofa, plus a separate bar and game room with pool table.
Scottish-inspired castle with a private pub in Tennessee
Everything about Williamswood Castle feels, well, castle-like, from the impressive setting on 300 forested acres to the gray-stone façade with turrets and a crenelated roof, plus the grand stone entryway outfitted with a full suit of armor.
Modeled on a medieval Scottish hunting lodge, the lavish, 4,500-square-foot home has everything your inner lord or lady could want: a wood-beamed Great Hall with a fireplace, a private pub with a fully-stocked bar, plus marvelous hand-carved wood furnishings and stained-glass windows throughout.
The showstopper is the main bedroom with a soaring ceiling that features a painted mural of the Sistine Chapel, plus an antique four-poster canopy bed and a sliding bookshelf that reveals a secret staircase.
Lavish castle on an island in South Carolina
Town: Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Rating: no rating, but the host has a highly-rated host
If you're looking for a historic castle that comes with its own outdoor pool and is also close to the beach, this South Carolina island property is just the spot.
Two buildings, one a fortified, Gothic-style structure dating from the 1900s, the other, a new construction, are joined by a central stair tower to form the sprawling Mugdock Castle. Inside, stone walls, wood beams, a wood spiral staircase, arched windows, multiple wood-burning fireplaces, and even a turreted roof terrace with a bar lend to the medieval atmosphere.
Six of the bedrooms, with Queen, double, or bunk beds, are set in the newer building, while the seventh bedroom is tucked into the tower of the original building and features a ladder leading up to a fortified enclosure where guns were once fired to protect the Charleston Harbor from invaders.
Storybook castle with a pool in the Hollywood Hills
Town: Los Angeles, California
Set high in the Hollywood Hills, in the artsy neighborhood of Laurel Canyon, this gated castle is a wonderful example of the 1920s storybook-style architecture that was once found across Los Angeles.
Beautifully restored, the home blends original details including Gothic arched doors and windows, vaulted ceilings, and multiple wood-burning fireplaces with modern amenities like a gourmet kitchen, a his-and-hers steam shower, and a clawfoot tub.
The thoroughly enchanting upstairs main bedroom, located in the turret, features circular walls, stained-glass windows, and a soaring, wood-lined ceiling with a magnificent iron chandelier. There is also a private stone courtyard that gives off serious Romeo and Juliet feels.
The rest of the medieval-style home is equally romantic, and luxurious thanks to an outdoor pool and spa, which is surrounded by palm trees and flowering gardens.
Bavarian-style castle on 20 acres with private pond in Vermont
Location: Irasburg, Vermont
Rating: not yet rated, but has a highly-rated host
Less than a half-hour from the Canadian border, Gregoire Castle is a Bavarian-style confection nestled on 20 scenic acres and surrounded by mountains.
Fit for royalty, the palatial living room features vaulted, beamed ceilings, an iron chandelier, a wood-burning fireplace (one of three in the home), plus a grand piano. A fully stocked wine room lets you host dinners in aristocratic style, while a game room with foosball, a shuffleboard table, and a bar provides plenty of entertainment.
Outside, paths wind through the private, wooded property or you may go angling in the pond, which is stocked with rainbow trout. Or, simply relax on the Bluestone patio around the fire pit, or indulge in a soak in the seven-person hot tub, all with spectacular mountain views.
While it may look ancient, the thoroughly modern castle has central air-conditioning, fiber optic cable, smart TVs, Bluetooth -enabled Bose speakers, and a gourmet kitchen.
It's a fantastic year-round getaway, but especially in winter, as this castle is within driving distance of top Vermont ski resorts including Jay Peak and Stowe.
Chateau castle near wineries in California
Town: San Luis Obispo, California
Surrounded by large lawns, flowering gardens, and hills dotted with local wineries, this chateau recalls the grand castles of the Loire Valley.
The custom home features beautiful details, including hand-painted domed ceilings and murals, and antique furniture imported from Europe. There's tons of space for entertaining, including in the open-plan living/dining room, decorated with a large stone fireplace, or the large gourmet kitchen with a breakfast area.
Bedroom suites are similar in size and quite spacious with King-sized beds, but one that has scenes of France painted on the walls might be the most romantic of the three.
Historic riverfront castle in Minnesota
Town: Marine on Saint Croix, Minnesota
This historic riverfront property, designed by renowned Minnesota architect Edwin Lundie, was constructed entirely from stone quarried on site.
Inside, stone walls, timbered ceilings, and a turreted stairwell lend to the castle-like feel. The living room is particularly grand, with soaring ceilings with massive chandeliers and a huge centerpiece fireplace.
The windowed dining room with a long wood table directly overlooks the river, while the stone patio has a fire pit. Modern amenities include a well-stocked kitchen, rainforest showers, Wi-Fi, and central air-conditioning.
The six-acre property is incredibly private, and the castle offers direct access to the river for swimming. It's close to a state park for hiking and biking and near Stillwater, voted one of America's prettiest towns.
Enormous castle with a Gothic chapel in the Texas Hill Country
Typical starting price: $1,950
Town: Burnet County, Texas
Situated deep in Central Texas' Hill Country and surrounded by a fortress-like wall, the massive Falkenstein Castle looks just like the real thing, with an imposing stone façade, soaring towers, and tall, arched windows. The interiors feature arched doorways, wood floors, and a sweeping wood staircase, which are beautifully decorated with antiques and museum-quality artwork.
There's plenty of space within the castle's 14,000 square feet, which includes an oversized main bedroom suite with a giant indoor hot tub, a game room with a pool table and darts, and even a Gothic-style chapel with a wood-carved altar and wood pews.
Wander the scenic, manicured grounds to admire its statues and koi pond with a waterfall and fountain. While the price is steep if you share with 11 of your friends, that comes out to only $162.50 per person.
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Yes! Search for castles on Airbnb by going to the "More Filters" tab once you've started your search based on location and dates. Then, click on "Castles" under the "Unique Stays" section.
You can add additional filters based on, price, the number of bedrooms or bathrooms, amenities, and more. Once you've found the castle of your dreams, be sure to review the price in full as there may be added fees.
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Cancellation policies on Airbnb are different for every home and set by each host. For a full breakdown of Airbnb's cancellation policies, click here.
Is it safe to stay in an Airbnb home right now?
While staying in a castle fortress may seem as safe as it gets, there's still a pandemic to consider.
Luckily, the CDC also now says it's safe for fully vaccinated individuals to travel domestically in the US. Additionally, experts say that private home rentals on Airbnb are safe, especially when compared to hotels because they eliminate interactions with others, and hosts must follow enhanced cleaning procedures.
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Transport yourself inside a magical story, where one little boy doesn't want to go sleep and prefers to spend his nights watching the sky and its billions of gleaming stars, and where the delightful Fairy of Dreams waits patiently each night, so that she can send sleeping children a silver bell which delivers the most wonderful dreams.
But the little boy who doesn't go to sleep causes the Fairy of Dreams no end of trouble, as each night she is left with a solitary silver bell.
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This a charming book is perfect for very young children, to help them understand the value of sleep and to entertain them while doing so. Reading it as a bedtime story will have a positive effect on your child and make bedtimes a more pleasant experience for them.
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West High held its spot in the latest Class 4A boys basketball poll released on Monday by the Associated Press.
The Trojans remained fourth in the Class 4A poll for the second consecutive week.
North Scott took over as the top ranked team in 4A and is followed by Bettendorf, previously top-ranked Waukee and West High (12-3).
West Branch and Regina are both receiving votes in the Class 2A poll.


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[INTERVIEW] Kim Tae-hee - Part 2
Kim Tae-hee [Beck Una/10Asia]
Beck Una: In "Grand Prix", the woman who always seeks victory first goes through the hardship of losing the horse she loves in order to discover the joy of spending time with her horse. Ultimately, nothing that is precious comes free. What have you probably lost from the point you started acting to now where you have just started to feel the joy in acting?
Kim Tae-hee: What you've lost is probably ultimately what you've gained. I wouldn't know as much as I do now or be as strong if I had been hurt less and led an easy life. What I have lost is... privacy? (laugh)
Beck: Well it's true that as much as your life has become abundant, it has become tiresome as well.
Kim Tae-hee: I'm not the type that regrets easily. I think I'd take this road again, even if I could go back into my past. Should I call it fate? Always. I like how I've gotten where I am right now. I really don't have moments where I regret wishing I had done something in the past or reminisce that a certain point in my past was great. I'm the type that forgets everything and my memory isn't that great either.
Beck: Then do you instead have a lot of hopes for your future?
Kim Tae-hee: I don't set specific plans but I do dream what I'll need to do to become happier than now in the future.
Beck: Are there moments where you often feel that you are happy while you're acting?
Kim Tae-hee: Not always. I rather feel an ecstasy from when I overcome the difficulties I face from acting. And that moment doesn't come every time, which I think makes it even more special. These days, I feel quite often that acting is a very attractive job. There's so much to gain from watching movies so the fact that I can take part in such work seems to be valuable and I think it's attractive in that it influences a lot of people, that I can provide hope for my fans, and more than anything, can be of help to someone.
Beck: What is the most selfish form of joy you get out of being an actress, outside of giving joy to your fans or being able to sending messages of hope through movies?
Kim Tae-hee: That you can have as much free time as you want if you want it? If you work at a company, you'd have a set number of days you can take off per year. So I think the biggest advantage is that you can make and plan the time you want to spend investing in something outside of work. I guess you could say it's the merit this job has compared to other jobs?
Beck: I guess you're not the style that feels comfortable living according to a set system?
Kim Tae-hee: I don't think I would've been able to be an employee of a company who has to go to work every single day. I would have been tardy everyday. (laugh) And since I'm the type that isn't good at repeating things and becomes very bored and frustrated about such work.
Beck: But when we think of Kim Tae-hee, we rather think of someone who is probably good at pulling off set tasks.
Kim Tae-hee: I was late all the time in school as well. (laugh) It's just that I had held back because despite my true nature, that was the time period during which I charged forward without looking back with the sole goal that I have to go to college.
Beck: So like a racing horse, you're the type that doesn't look around when you're concentrating on one thing.
Kim Tae-hee: Yes! I think I'm talented at that. (laugh) Really going at one thing.
Beck: But it's true that "Grand Prix" is a relatively safe family movie and it doesn't seem as though you're taking on a huge challenge.
Kim Tae-hee: Really? I guess you could think of it that way since I didn't play a particularly complex character or genre but it was a challenge for me in its own way. Up till now, I have been in works where the male actor has larger weight or in a way played roles which are safer and call for less responsibility, but it's different with "Grand Prix". Yang Dong-geun's character was rather allowed to go in and out of the movie but I couldn't -- I was there from start to finish but I didn't have a impactful scene either so the role I played was a challenge in that sense. (laugh) I think I'd be very glad if people would consider me attractive even after seeing such sides to me.
Beck: Are you not curious about doing other genres?
Kim Tae-hee: I quite enjoy watching things that other people consider immature. (laugh) I like immature things, have the sensitivity of a girl, and have a lot of romantic imaginations. And while it may show that I have no sense of reality, I even dream of prince charming riding up to me on his white horse. Like in "Bridget Jone's Diary"! I completely absorb myself into those movies. I think I probably decided to take on drama "My Princess" after watching that. It's supposed to go into shoot starting October and set to show starting around January of next year but it's far from my image or personality so I doubted whether I'd be able to pull off the role. From when I was young, I'd been on the serious side, I'm usually not talkative and am rather tough and like to move my body around. But my character in "My Princess" is brazen, talks a lot and is witty. I do not think however, that I am taking on a new type of role because I want to change. There is that aspect within me to a certain extent so I'm going to try and pull that out as much as I can.
Beck: This may be a stupid question but what do you think acting is about? Why do you want to work so hard at it?
Kim Tae-hee: Acting is... Ah, it's a difficult question. Hmm, to me it's a horse. It's something that is still interesting and something I want to become good at. I have want to try doing various things more recently. Although I have yet to master it.
Beck: Do you think the day will come when you finally 'master' your work?
Kim Tae-hee: This is what Lee Byung-hun told me. That even veteran actress Kim Hye-ja is probably not satisfied with her own acting. So well, I wonder if there is a single actor who considers himself or herself to have mastered it. A certain great actor may be great at pulling off a certain role but not be as good at playing a different role. So no matter how hard you work at it, I don't think you would dare reach a point where you feel that you have mastered acting. What is important for me right now is that I keep studying. At any rate, I'm still going, I haven't come to a stop.
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TODAY.AZ / Business
Tourist attraction Yanardag to be renovated
18 July 2018 [15:15] - TODAY.AZ
By Naila Huseynli
Yanardag or the Burning Mountain, a natural eternal flame burning from ancient times on the hillside in Azerbaijan, will appear in a new look before visitors after the forthcoming reconstruction.
The recently signed presidential order stipulates allocation of 1.2 million manats (about $705,000) to the State Tourism Agency from the Presidential Reserve Fund for the state budget in 2018 in order to bring this State Historical-Cultural Reserve with modern standards and create a modern tourist infrastructure in the territory of this monument.
Land of Fires must see attraction is a perfect place for tourists who want to discover Azerbaijan's ancient history and get warm in these cold evenings.
Earlier, Italian architects Laura Peretti and Sandro Teti have also proposed a project on the creation of the Theater of Fire and the Energy Museum on the territory of the State Historical and Cultural and Natural Reserve "Yanar Dag". The project intends to serve as cultural bridge between Azerbaijan and Italy.
The authors proposed to implement the project using high technologies and modern developments together with Azerbaijani specialists.
The burning mountain of Azerbaijan, is located on the territory of the village of Mohammedi about 30 kilometers away from Baku. The site of the reserve is a hill, at the base of which the flame constantly arises due to the release of natural gas from the earth.
Many think that the surroundings of this spectacular natural phenomenon need to be landscaped, including the creation on this territory of a modern infrastructure for the reception of visitors and tourists.
Yanardag never fail to amaze tourists and locals alike. In 2017, an enormous number of tourists visited the reserve and 54,717 out of 63,574 people were foreign tourists. The place was visited mainly by tourists coming from Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and other countries.
The history of the monument is shrouded in mystery, but a local legend goes that a shepherd once accidentally lit a fire there and the hill has been burning ever since.
For long period, Azerbaijan's population worshiped the fire. The natural fires of Azerbaijan are considered to have played a crucial part in the creation of a mystical faith centered on ceremonial fire cults - Zoroastrianism, which appeared in the region around 2,000 years ago.
URL: http://www.today.az/news/business/172029.html
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0%: Food is meant to taste good. Period.
25%: I think about it, but in the end am easily tempted by juicier, tastier options.
75%: If I have the option to eat sustainably I will, as long as it tastes good too.
100%: I carefully consider the sustainability of my meals. I choose sustainable options even if I prefer the taste of something else.