vendredi 30 décembre 2011

Merimbula Beach

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Merimbula Beach

The crystal clear green waters of Merimbula Beach on the NSW "Saphire Coast".

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jeudi 29 décembre 2011

mercredi 28 décembre 2011

Not all restaurants have this kind of view

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Not all restaurants have this kind of view

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Bubble Pop

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lundi 26 décembre 2011

City dog burying a bone

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City dog burying a bone

Granada, Spain

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dimanche 25 décembre 2011

lance marsellanaise

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samedi 24 décembre 2011

Home school time in Bulal Village

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Home school time in Bulal Village

Nate, Ben, and Evan doing their school work on our front porch in Bulal Village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, in 2002. Don't laugh too hard: all three of these graduate from college in May: one with a Master's degree, one with a Bachelor's, and one with an Associates.

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vendredi 23 décembre 2011

NEVE SUL CAMPANILE

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

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Saint Joseph, Michigan

Saint Joseph, Michigan

Curious kids!

© 2011 Michael Lavander. All rights reserved.
No usage without written permission.

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Number 42 Team Sahlen Mazda RX-8 driven by Wayne Nonnamaker and Memo Gidley

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Rolex Grand-Am Daytona Prototypes and GT at Lime Rock Park May 30th 2011

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mercredi 21 décembre 2011

Jets relished knocking out Giants in ’88

In all of the years leading up to Saturday’s virtual playoffs-or-go-home clash at MetLife Stadium, just one game in the 11 games the Jets and Giants have played in their regular-season series history has had any significant implications other than bragging rights to the city the two share.

The date was Dec. 18, 1988. The game was the regular-season finale for both teams. The place was Giants Stadium. At stake for the Giants was a playoff berth. At stake for the Jets was pride.

The day ended in a 27-21 Jets win, a last-minute comeback victory that kept Bill Parcells’ Giants out of the playoffs.

FIGHTER JETS: With no postseason hopes, Ken O’Brien and the 1988 Jets still managed to knock off Lawrence Taylor’s Giants, denying Big Blue a playoff berth.

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FIGHTER JETS: With no postseason hopes, Ken O’Brien and the 1988 Jets still managed to knock off Lawrence Taylor’s Giants, denying Big Blue a playoff berth.

To set the scene:

* The Giants entered the game (a Jets home game) with a 10-5 record, needing to win to clinch the NFC East title and earn a home playoff game.

* The Jets were 7-7-1, two years removed from making the playoffs the same year the Giants won Super Bowl XXI, and seeking a winning season as consolation for no playoff berth.

“It all began the Monday before the game,’’ former Jets kicker Pat Leahy recalled yesterday. “We were out of the playoff race, but we came in that Monday and the atmosphere around the complex was like we were going to the Super Bowl. Coaches and everyone around were like, ‘We’re going to do everything we can to knock them out of the playoffs.’ ’’

Former Jets center Jim Sweeney had the same memory.

“We knew we couldn’t go to the playoffs, so our attitude was, ‘If we don’t go, they don’t go,’ ’’ Sweeney said.

“It was like a big-brother scenario,’’ he added. “The Giants were always considered the big brother, and rightfully so because they’d been around much longer and they had the hardware. You always want to measure yourself against your big brother. You can play him 10 times and beat him one time, but he remembers that one time and you remember that one time.’’

Rest assured, the Giants remember.

“I want to forget that game,’’ former Giants running back Joe Morris said. “We had control of our own destiny. All we had to do was win and we were in the playoffs.’’

Former Giants receiver, punt returner and fan favorite Phil McConkey still harbors a devastating memory from that game. Despite being one of the most dependable punt returners in the league, he lost a fumble on a punt return that led directly to a Jets touchdown.

“Do you know how many hundreds of times I handled the ball for the Giants? That was the only one I think I lost in my career,’’ McConkey said. “I remember it like it was yesterday. I felt horrible. It was a contributing factor to the loss.’’

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mardi 20 décembre 2011

House Republicans, in turmoil, delay vote on payroll tax cut

 

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) holds a news conference on the payroll tax vote with fellow House Republican freshmen at the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / December 19, 2011)

Reporting from Washington—

Faced with criticism from within their party, House Republicans wrestled Monday night with the next step in their politically risky and increasingly isolated battle against a bipartisan deal to preserve a tax break for working Americans.

After calling lawmakers back to Washington, the Republican-led House first delayed and then canceled an evening vote on a Senate-brokered compromise to extend the payroll tax cut for two months. House Republicans said they remained opposed to a short-term deal but were rethinking strategy on how to achieve their preferred goal: a one-year tax cut paid for with spending cuts and new revenue.

The maneuvering underscored the political rabbit trick House Republicans are trying to pull off. They are nearly alone in Washington in their opposition to the short-term compromise, which passed the Senate with overwhelming Republican support and was intended to give lawmakers more time to negotiate a one-year extension. President Obama endorsed the stopgap measure as the best way to avoid a tax increase when the current one expires Dec. 31.

After passing the bill Saturday, the Senate left town for the holidays and is not scheduled to return until Jan. 23.

That has left the House and its cast of hard-charging conservatives looking for leverage and accusing the Senate of passing along bad policy. At a closed-door meeting late Monday, the Republican troops rallied around references to the film "Braveheart" as they dug in for a prolonged battle.

"Our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month short-term fix where we have to come back and do this again. We're here. We're willing to work," said House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

Boehner had declared Monday morning that he expected the House to vote down the Senate deal and then vote to initiate new negotiations.

But as the day wore on, lawmakers appeared increasingly hesitant to be seen voting against the compromise. Late Monday night, leaders instead crafted a bill that would allow lawmakers to vote in favor of something — a measure disagreeing with the Senate deal and initiating a conference committee.

The pressure to pass the deal was mounting from Democrats and Republicans. Several Republican senators questioned the House GOP's strategy.

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) called the House rejection of the Senate bill "irresponsible and wrong." Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) said the Senate compromise was "best for the country." Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) said there was no reason to hold up the short-term extension. "What is playing out in Washington, D.C., this week is about political leverage, not about what's good for the American people," he said.

Their complaints were echoed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and the White House. Neither indicated any willingness — or political motivation — to revive talks.

Middle-class tax cuts are popular with voters and economists, and Democrats think the issue favors them. They presented the Senate deal as the last ship sailing and geared up to blame Republicans for the looming tax hike, which would increase taxes an average of $1,000 annually for workers.

"If Republicans vote down the bipartisan compromise negotiated by Republican and Democratic leaders, and passed by 89 senators including 39 Republicans, their intransigence will mean that in 10 days, 160 million middle-class Americans will see a tax increase," Reid said Monday.

This could not have been where Boehner aimed to land when he urged the Senate last week to pass its own bill and let Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) lead the talks. The move was a shift for Boehner, who had engaged with Reid and the president directly in last summer's talks over raising the debt ceiling and cutting spending.

But the brokered agreements Boehner has brought to the House have encountered increasing opposition from his rank and file, particularly conservatives who show scant allegiance to the speaker and no patience for Washington deal-making. Boehner lost 101 of 242 Republican votes in a November vote on a spending bill, a surprise blow and an indication of his limited control.

Now Boehner has come under criticism for failing, or being unable, to push his troops to support the compromise.

The White House tried to cast Boehner as reversing himself in an effort to cater to conservatives. "So he was for it before he was against it," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday.

Boehner denied that account and said he raised concerns about settling for a short-term deal before it was done.

The president has delayed his Hawaiian vacation, and Carney suggested that Obama would stay in Washington if the impasse persisted.

While Democrats hammered Republicans for potentially allowing a tax increase, Republicans argued that they were the lone defenders of good policy and work ethic in Washington — and their criticism included their Republican colleagues.

Also Monday, a national payroll consortium warned that companies might find applying the stopgap measure unworkable because of technical difficulties, a prospect the GOP seized on to make its case for the broader one-year extension.

Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) said he was "very troubled" by the Senate Republicans agreeing to the deal.

"I will freely admit I do not understand why my Republican colleagues in the Senate went along with this," said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), who said he was fired up for the fight.

"Maybe this is the beauty of being a freshman. You don't know what you're up against when it comes to old Washington and their expectations," he said. "I'm sorry we're going to be the skunk at the garden party with a bunch of people who want to go home for Christmas."

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Times staff writer Peter Nicholas in Honolulu contributed to this report.

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lundi 19 décembre 2011

HoliFestival

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SB4C 2011 (16) Carol Singing

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SB4C 2011 (16) Carol Singing

Carol Singing from "The Traders' Choir" in the High Street of East Grinstead on Sunday 18th December 2011 for "Twas The Sunday Before Christmas"
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dimanche 18 décembre 2011

Termite Nest

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Termite Nest

Photographed in the railway museum at Adelaide River, south of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Tori Amos, Koninklijk Theater Carr, Amsterdam, 17 October 2011

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Tori Amos, Koninklijk Theater Carr, Amsterdam, 17 October 2011

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jeudi 15 décembre 2011

HDR Mil-8

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HDR Mil-8

Playing with photometric. Taken with Samsung NX10

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Seven Seas Lagoon

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Seven Seas Lagoon

A 30 second exposure of the Electrical Water Pageant barges turning into position on Seven Seas Lagoon.

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mercredi 14 décembre 2011

mardi 13 décembre 2011

Careful on the last step

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Careful on the last step

A few remains of the Pier Pavillion, Llandudno

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The joy of reading!

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The joy of reading!

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lundi 12 décembre 2011

The Gift from New Zealand

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The Gift from New Zealand

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dimanche 11 décembre 2011

Jo - 1 Murray River

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2011-11-23 11-26 Las Vegas 122 Freemont Street

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samedi 10 décembre 2011

Quiberon - White Waves

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jeudi 8 décembre 2011

Moorage at White Rock Pier 2

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Invierno en Castilla

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Hospital de Sant Pau - Barcelona

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Hospital de Sant Pau - Barcelona

O que : O Hospital um complexo construdo entre 1901 e 1930, projetado pelo catalo modernista arquitecto Llus Domnech i Montaner . Juntamente com Palau de la Msica Catalana, um Patrimonio Mundial da UNESCO. Era um hospital em pleno funcionamento at junho de 2009, actualmente a passar por restaurao para ser usado como museu e centro cultural.

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mardi 6 décembre 2011

A Movie Guide to the Bowls

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Ricardo Montalban in 'Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan.'.

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Jason Bateman and Kevin Spacey in 'Horrible Bosses.'

Lucas Black in 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'

Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig in 'Bridesmaids'

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops

Bill Cosby and Raynor Scheine in 'Ghost Dad'

Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson

Tom Hanks in 'The Money Pit.'

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Drag Me to Hell

(New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs. Wyoming, Dec. 17 in Albuquerque, N.M.) A horror show of a bowl opener featuring two nondescript teams. Viewers are left wishing they could be dragged to Hades instead.

Hot Tub Time Machine

(Champs Sports Bowl: Florida State vs. Notre Dame, Dec. 29 in Orlando, Fla.) An outrageous comedy in which we're transported back to a time when these two programs actually mattered.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

(Little Caesars Bowl: Purdue vs. Western Michigan, Dec. 27 in Detroit) In the movie, a troubled teen contemplates the unthinkable. Spending the holiday at an obscure bowl in Detroit may have the same effect.

Contagion

(TicketCity Bowl: Houston vs. Penn State, Jan. 2 in Dallas) What would otherwise be a pleasant afternoon of college football is overshadowed by a spreading infection (in this case, the ugliest scandal in college-sports history).

A Serious Man

(Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State vs. Arizona State, Dec. 22) A dramedy about an admirable protagonist (think BSU) who tries to do everything the right way—but still ends up getting continually punished. In this case, finishing No. 8 in the AP poll and having to play here.

Horrible Bosses

(Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Illinois vs. UCLA, Dec. 31 in San Francisco) The rare matchup of two schools that have both dumped their coaches.

The Money Pit

(Pinstripe Bowl: Iowa State vs. Rutgers, Dec. 30 in Bronx, N.Y.) The Scarlet Knights plunge millions in university subsidies into their program but wind up stuck in the ultimate December fixer-upper.

The Social Network

(Cotton Bowl: Arkansas vs. Kansas State, Jan. 6 in Dallas) Bill Snyder, a genius lacking somewhat in charisma, manages to build a powerhouse out of nothing.

On the Waterfront

(Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Wisconsin, Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif.) If only Oregon had hit that last-second field goal against Southern California, and Wisconsin hadn't suffered those two agonizingly close losses. The Ducks and Badgers coulda been contenders!

The Tourist

(Holiday Bowl: California vs. Texas, Dec. 28 in San Diego) Just because there are two big names on the marquee (think Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp) doesn't mean it'll be the least bit entertaining.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(Insight Bowl: Iowa vs. Oklahoma, Dec. 30 in Tempe, Ariz.) With the national-title race, the Fiesta Bowl and state supremacy all off his mind, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops takes his high-flying and deadly passing offense to the desert to let loose against his alma mater.

The Losers

(Outback Bowl: Georgia vs. Michigan State, Jan. 2 in Tampa, Fla.) In the movie, the members of a once-revered black-ops team are betrayed and left for dead. The Spartans suffered the same fate by losing the Big Ten title game and getting booted from the BCS.

Ghost Dad

(Gator Bowl: Florida vs. Ohio State, Jan. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla.) The specter of former Florida coach (and incoming Ohio State coach) Urban Meyer hovers over both of these once-mighty programs. Too bad he's not coaching either of them.

Bridesmaids

(Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford, Jan. 2 in Glendale, Ariz.) The fourth-ranked Cowboys take on the third-ranked Cardinal in the best game outside of you-know-where.

Cruel Intentions

(Sugar Bowl: Michigan vs. Virginia Tech, Jan. 3 in New Orleans) Two privileged, opportunistic programs that probably don't deserve what they have battle it out while leaving broken hearts in their wake.

A Perfect Getaway

(Hawaii Bowl: Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi, Dec. 24 in Honolulu) A bowl trip to Hawaii sounds like the ideal honeymoon surprise! But something has gone terribly wrong: This C-list matchup.

Ordinary People

(Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. West Virginia, Jan. 4 in Miami Gardens, Fla.) A pair of three-loss teams ranked outside the top 10 prove you don't have to be special to reach a BCS game.

Fast Five

(BBVA Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Southern Methodist, Jan. 7 in Birmingham, Ala.) The latest installment in a bowl the critics can't stand. And yet they still keep making more.

Waiting for Superman

(GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois, Jan. 8 in Mobile, Ala.) While we wait to watch indestructible LSU the following night, the Red Wolves and Huskies will attempt to tide us over.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

(BCS: Alabama vs. LSU, Jan. 9 in New Orleans) After a plodding, boring, dud of an original comes the irresistible sequel. The superior intellect of Nick Saban goes up against the swaggering Les Miles in an explosive rematch.

—Rachel Bachman and Adam Thompson contributed to this article.
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