“Yes sir, do not worry one bit. My auto-rickshaw is the safest in all Colombo.” Who could argue with a claim like that I thought to myself as I climbed into the back of the smiling man’s three-wheeled death trap. As he started the rattling engine, smoke poured out of the back as the metal shell I was now enclosed in shook to life.

As he took off down the crowded street, weaving in and out of traffic without the use of an indicator or without even as much as a glance over his shoulder, I looked into the rear-vision mirror at the man who was still donning the same smiling expression. Holding on with one hand while trying to keep my long legs and knee caps in the confines of the rickshaw and out of harms way, I hollered for the man to slow down. The only response I…

It looks like the fillers have begun.  Seventh Son is a pretty good story with lots of action but it’s equates to just more of the same.  I will admit, I like the way this film’s story was told better than some of the other season fillers but the fact remains, it is what it is.  I keep wondering what the near future will hold for the movie industry.  What hasn’t Hollywood filmed about.  What’s new on the horizon?  There are always biographies, true life events, super heroes and fantasies/sci fiction but how will the story change?  They’ve already run out of new looks for aliens and new horror situations.  They brought back most of the action heroes so much that they’re bordering on silly.  The period pieces are becoming stale, making my point about Seventh Son.

Some of the characters that make up this film are the evil queen…

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Archivists at the Library of Congress are hard at work cataloging the papers of Rosa Parks, received on loan recently after a legal battle kept them under lock and key for the past decade.

Among the collection are a receipt for a voting booth’s poll tax, postcards from Martin Luther King Jr., a datebook with the names of volunteer carpool drivers who would help blacks get to work during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and thousands of other historic documents.

Meg McAleer, a senior archives specialist working on Rosa Parks’ papers, spoke with NPR’s Audie Cornish about the documents. Excerpts are below — but to get Parks’ full recipe for feather-light pancakes, you’ll have to listen to the audio above.

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Rosa Parks, shown here in a photo from 1950, is famous as a “quiet seamstress” who refused to give up her bus seat — but…

I had made solo travel to more interesting places a few times before, but this is the first time I made myself a wanderer on the whole trip. Let myself go without fear of getting lost and discover every small details on the way. What a pity that I didn’t take many photos of this, but I couldn’t deny that it gave me a sense of pride, made me braver and more confident in decision making 🙂

The far away Krakus Mount. This is my first destination on solo wandering in Krakow. I made it to refresh myself and clarify some tangled thoughts in my mind. Nature always helps. On the top of the hill ! What a peaceful view to see! 🙂 Way to the hill Discovered a colorful stair on the way back. A beautiful non-touristy church on the other side of Vistula river. A domestic fat cat.

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I couldn’t fall asleep last night. As I lay there staring at the celling, I tried to piece together what must be wrong with me. I’m a total loser with no friends. I am not invited to any parties, and the only person who likes to hang out with me during free time is the school nurse. I kept wondering how I was going to force myself to go to school the next day. How was I going to walk in the door? I kept wondering, how I was going to face the pain for another day?

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I’m learning to use my own program :), hoping that it will help me to learn the fretboard faster, and will improve my listening skills. It is amazing, how much useful stuff can be learnt even from a simple thing.

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Begin Again, for me, is a delightful change of pace.  It’s a sweet and happy story with loads of entertainment.  I really liked this movie about a business executive, Dan (Mark Ruffalo) in the music industry who is down on his luck, causing him to make bad choices and unproductive decisions while trying to maintain his image and job.   Along comes a new song writer and singer, Gretta (Keira Knightley) who is also new to New York City.  Dan hears Gretta singing one of her songs on stage and offers her a chance to record her own album.  After some thought, Gretta decides to take Dan up on his offer.  The story is full of little twist and turns that would be considered spoilers if I revealed them, so I’ll leave them out.  Gretta’s boyfriend, Dave Kohl (Adam Levine) is soaring through the music scene, singing songs she…

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This is probably something you learned in elementary school: Rivers almost never flow in a straight line. Instead, they twist and turn along serpentine paths.

But why exactly is that so?

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