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Posted on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 10:59:33 AM EST
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Sunday Morning Open Thread | 47 comments (47 topical)

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Thanks to whoever recommended (5.00 / 1) (#26)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:27:50 PM EST

the puzzle toy for my new dog. I got her a hard plastic ball-within-ball toy and she rolls that thing around for an hour at a time. Has not been able to chew through the plastic either. It really has saved us this weekend when she has her spay stitches and can't run around outside.

She is learning house manners pretty well. I've been home with the pack just about the whole weekend. My old dog would appreciate her not stepping on his tail so much, but all in all I think we will be ok.

: nycstray.. (none / 0) (#28)
by squeaky on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:33:36 PM EST

I believe

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So Krugman's column on Paul Ryan (none / 0) (#1)
by Cream City on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 11:57:32 AM EST

that was the subject of a post here this week finally ran today in the major paper in Ryan's state. But, explaining the delay, it ran next to a rebuttal by Ryan.

Now, does Krugman get a rebuttal in turn? Well, no, don't look for it in Ryan fan club land.

: Cream, get ready for another (none / 0) (#2)
by KeysDan on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:11:17 PM EST

rebuttal if they run Frank Rich's opinion piece in today's NYT. Rich speaks of Ryan as being relentlessly promoted by the right as the "intellectual golden boy of the GOP.." Moreover, Rich notes that the radicalism of Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" not only revives the failed Bush proposal of partially privatizing social security but tops him by replacing Medicare with a voucher system that, like his tax cuts, would benefit the superrich while raising taxes and medical costs for everyone else. Gee, Ryan is under siege for his good Republican ideas.

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Who wants to play (none / 0) (#3)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:26:44 PM EST

where in the world is andgarden?

No prizes, but there is a decent looking photo (not of me).

Puerto Rico? (none / 0) (#4)
by squeaky on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:28:34 PM EST

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Is that water beyond the lake? I'm (none / 0) (#5)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:38:12 PM EST

stumped.

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Costa Rica? (none / 0) (#6)
by KeysDan on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:39:33 PM EST

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Upstate New York. (none / 0) (#7)
by vml68 on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:39:58 PM EST

n/t

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You're all way off (none / 0) (#8)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:41:33 PM EST

And it's not a lake ;-)

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If I could identify the flowering trees (none / 0) (#9)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:46:38 PM EST

in the the foreground on the right, . . . Plus poplars

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I think it should be familiar to you (none / 0) (#10)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:48:53 PM EST

but then again, not quite. . .

Second and third guesses are welcome.

I may have to drop hints.

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Way to green for CA. My first guess: Delphi. (none / 0) (#11)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:52:34 PM EST

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Warmer (none / 0) (#13)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:54:58 PM EST

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Just an eensy-teensy landmark would help! (none / 0) (#15)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:57:44 PM EST

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East Texas? (none / 0) (#19)
by MO Blue on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:10:34 PM EST

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If "Delphi" is "warmer" (none / 0) (#25)
by Peter G on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:26:20 PM EST

then we are looking for a location in Greece or Italy or thereabouts, not in California, folks!

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My last, best, and final: on the bus, classical (none / 0) (#33)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:45:12 PM EST

antiquities, going north in Greece en route from Olympia to Saloniki.

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Very last, best and final: Todi, Umbria, Italy. (none / 0) (#34)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:50:16 PM EST

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: I second that. It reminds me alot (none / 0) (#42)
by tigercourse on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:12:54 PM EST

of a view from Cortona.

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CA (none / 0) (#12)
by squeaky on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:53:41 PM EST

South of LA.....

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Brown, brown, and more brown. (none / 0) (#14)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 12:55:30 PM EST

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Oh Well (none / 0) (#16)
by squeaky on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:07:11 PM EST

I am a NYer, and never have been south of LA... lol...

Southern Italy?

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Hey, different question (none / 0) (#20)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:13:10 PM EST

Came upmwhile watching a movie last night. how do you pronounce Adirondacks? which syllable gets accented?

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Major accent on the third syllable (none / 0) (#23)
by Peter G on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:21:47 PM EST

and a lesser accent on the first: AD-ih-RON-dacks. Ask any Oneida.

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: That's what I always thought (none / 0) (#29)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:38:01 PM EST

Was watching 'Winged Migration' last night with some friends and the dogs (dogs were really fascinated- no joke!) and the narrator said Ad-IRON-dacks. Probably something to do with his being French, but it made us doubt that we had been saying it right. It does seem like a logical way to say it.
Fascinating film, btw. Loved that up close bird in flight footage. Then I made the mistake of watching the 'making of' featurette and saw how staged a lotmof it was. Still beautiful, but not as wild as I had thought. I guess there is no other way tonget that footage though. Un-imprinted birds would never let a vehicle or camera that close.

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Could those be eucalyptus trees (none / 0) (#18)
by KeysDan on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:09:13 PM EST

on the right?

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Berkeley (none / 0) (#21)
by KeysDan on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:14:23 PM EST

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: Brown (none / 0) (#22)
by squeaky on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:19:42 PM EST

I have been there, It is only green in Jan Feb...

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I was goinng to say near Tahoe (none / 0) (#17)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:08:35 PM EST

But that is not a lake, huh? How about near Hearst Castle?

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The suspense is killing me! (5.00 / 1) (#24)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:22:56 PM EST

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: I know! I think it is too green for (5.00 / 1) (#27)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:31:15 PM EST

hearst Castle too.
I need instant feedback on my quizzes.

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Italy? (none / 0) (#30)
by byteb on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:38:38 PM EST

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Northern Italy... (none / 0) (#31)
by byteb on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:40:18 PM EST

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Best answer yet (none / 0) (#32)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:43:43 PM EST

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Lovely, wherever it is! (5.00 / 1) (#35)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:53:30 PM EST

Enjoy!

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Although I am not coming up with the (none / 0) (#36)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:57:22 PM EST

answer, I have been having fun using the geo function on the website where the photo is posted. Really interesting.

BTW, how do you pronounce "Himalayas"?

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Ha! I've always said (none / 0) (#38)
by ruffian on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:03:33 PM EST

'himaLAYas, but I've heard HimALyas from people who are in general more knowledgeable than myself! I probably will never say it aloud again for fear of ridicule.

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: Depends on your country of origin.... (none / 0) (#40)
by vml68 on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:07:59 PM EST

himaLAYas....if you are an american
HimALyas....if you are south asian

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Give it up, andgarden. I gotta go to a (5.00 / 1) (#37)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 01:58:58 PM EST

chamber music concert.

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Compignano (5.00 / 1) (#41)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:10:15 PM EST

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So is that Trasimeno in the distance? (none / 0) (#43)
by tigercourse on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:16:25 PM EST

It's a beautiful area. Best trip of my life was in Umbria.

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: I stand corrected, (none / 0) (#45)
by andgarden on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:25:23 PM EST

it's probably Massaciuccoli lake..

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Well no wonder: (none / 0) (#44)
by oculus on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:23:32 PM EST

flicker search

Terrific. Have a wonderful time. Will you visit Perugia? Lucca? Arrezo?

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Croatia (none / 0) (#39)
by vml68 on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:04:10 PM EST

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Does look like northern Italy (none / 0) (#46)
by Cream City on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 02:42:19 PM EST

with the lovely Lombardy poplars. Could be low point in the Appennines, and near water . . . perhaps near Fano? Although could be across the Adriatic, if the other side is as lovely as well.

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If not Ground Zero, where? (none / 0) (#47)
by nycstray on Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 05:05:15 PM EST

Far from ground zero, opponents fight new mosques

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