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Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison,U.S.A, 2015(expected)
M.S., Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison,U.S.A, 2011)
B.Tech, Department Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, India, 2009.
At a high level, my current research focuses on problems at the intersection of large-scale data management and machine learning. I am currently investigating the application of relational-style optimizations for feature engineering and machine learning. My previous projects include:
Columbus: We aim to systematize the black art of feature engineering in analytics using data management ideas. We formulate a framework of declarative operations for feature selection and devise a novel optimizer that improves performance at scale.
Bismarck: A unified system to handle several machine learning techniques. We use a popular numerical optimization algorithm and standard RDBMS features to achieve simplicity, efficiency and scalability. We also contributed code to the open-source library MADlib.
Staccato: Integrating the management of uncertain content, specifically Optical Character Recognition (OCR) data, with an RDBMS. We use a probabilistic model and devise a novel approximation framework to trade off between quality and performance.
SystemML: Integrating scalable ensemble learning and cross-validation techniques into SystemML, a declarative system for machine learning that provides an R-like language over Hadoop.
Large-Scale Analytics for the Enterprise from the R Environment. Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab 2013, Madison, Wisconsin.
Brainwash: A Data System for Feature Engineering. CIDR 2013, Asilomar, California.
Probabilistic Management of OCR Data using an RDBMS. VLDB 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
Towards a Unified Architecture for in-RDBMS Analytics. ACM SIGMOD 2012, Scottsdale, Arizona.


text: Roles Scroll >>> 2015-19 PhD Student, Media & Arts Technology, Queen Mary University, London 2013-16 Researcher and visiting lecturer, Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, London 2013-14 Visiting tutor, Interaction Design Arts, LCC, London 2013-14 Research assistant, Malaria research (Baum lab), Imperial College, London 2011-11 Science & Design residency (June-Sep), OIST, Okinawa, Japan 2009-10 Communications manager, Centre of the Cell, Queen Mary University, London 2006-09 Pharmaceutical account manager, Eurocom Healthcare, London 2005-06 Pharmaceutical account executive, Euro RSCG Life, London 2003-04 Research Intern, Protein Chemistry, Roche Pharma, Basel, Switzerland Education 2010-12 MA Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, London 2009-10 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (distinction), LCC, London 2001-05 Bsc Biotechnology (2.1), University College London Publications 2019 Raphael Kim and and Stefan Poslad. 2019. Growable, Invisible, Connected Toys: Twitching Towards Ubiquitous Bacterial Computing. In Proceedings of Halfway to the Future (HTTF 2019), November 19-20, 2019, Nottingham, United Kingdom. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3363384.3363387 Raphael Kim, Roland van Dierendonck, and Stefan Poslad. 2019. Moldy Ghosts and Yeasty Invasions: Glitches in Hybrid Bio-Digital Games. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper LBW1619, 6 pages. DOI: 10.1145/3290607.3312895 Raphael Kim and Stefan Poslad. 2019. The Thing with E.coli: Highlighting Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating Bacteria in IoT and HCI. CHI'19 Workshop Paper. From Workhsop New Directions for the IoT: Automate, Share, Build, and Care. CHI19, Glasgow, UK. Raphael Kim and Stefan Poslad. 2019. Augmentable Experiences in Hybrid Biological Digital Games. Acoustic Space Journal 17, Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits (Eds.), RIXC. Riga, Latvia. ISBN-13: 978-9934843471. 2018 Raphael Kim, Siobhan Thomas, Roland van Dierendonck, Antonios Kaniadakis, and Stefan Poslad. 2018. Microbial integration on player experience of hybrid bio-digital games. In: Cortez P., Magalhães L., Branco P., Portela C., Adão T. (eds). Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment. INTETAIN, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16447-8_15 Raphael Kim, Siobhan Thomas, Roland van Dierendonck, and Stefan Poslad. 2018. A New Mould Rush: Designing for a Slow Bio-Digital Game Driven by Living Micro-organisms. In Proceedings of Foundations of Digital Games Conference. Malmö, Sweden. August 7-10, 2018 (FDG'18). DOI: 10.1145/3235765.3235798. Other (media) 2016 SciArt Magazine Interview: Straight Talk, December issue, 2016 Open Fields 2016 exhibition review article, Realtime Magazine, Issue 135 Bio-Art: Life in Art (Ed. S.C.Shin), Mijinsa Publications, South Korea 2015 Works and Interview feature, Bio-Art: Altered Realities (William Myers), MIT Press Microbial Money feature, Neural Magazine, issue 51 Fungal Indices (article), Future Mirrors, Modelab Designer Feature & Interview, Ooze Magazine London 2014 'Bio-hacking workshops train designers of the future', RCA Press Release (21/11) Article Feature (14/11), De Standaard newspaper, Belgium 2013 Outriders Interviews, BBC radio 5 live (24/7 & 31/12) Biohacking: Festival Cynetart Interview, Arte Creative TV Artists in Laboratories Interview, Resonance FM Down to Earth Feature, France 24 TV Biohacking Feature, Theory & Practice Russia magazine Guest writer on DIY biology, WUWO magazine Designer Genes Interview, Felix newspaper, Imperial College London Meet the Biohackers Feature, I. Science magazine, Imperial College London 2012 Rotifer Farm Feature, Notcot.com Artists in Laboratories Interview, Resonance FM Designing for Micro-Paradise Publication, Salone del Mobile, Milan Gene Hunting Device Interview, We Make Money Not Art Finding Superman MA.Dissertation (Distinction), RCA, London Selected Exhibitions 2019 MouldCraft on exhibit, SynbiTECH Conference, 24-25 June 2019 Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London, UK 2018 Biodesign Here Now, London Design Festival, Open Cell, London, 19-23 September Hypothetically, Lafayette College, 8 Feb-14 Apr 2018, New York, USA 2017 Virtualities and Realities, kim? Gallery, Riga, Latvia PostFuture, 13th Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), 18-21 May 2017, Athens, Greece 2016 Open Fields: Conference & Exhibition, RIXC, Riga, Latvia 2015 Forced Landing: Into the Unknown, Helsinki Design Week, Aalto Media Factory, Helsinki, Finland Freedom, Space Space Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Future of Money, FutureFest, Vinopolis, London 2014 Green Light District, Budafabriek, Kortrijk, Belgium Future Fictions, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium Digital Weekend, London Design Festival, V&A museum, London Revolving Stars & Shaky Grounds, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany Blueprints for the Unknown, DEAF, V2_Institute of unstable media, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2013 Cynetart, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany Stranger than Fiction, SB 6.0 Conference, Imperial College London The Incubator, Freedom Men Art Apartments, Taiwan Demain C'est Aujourd'hui 4, St Etienne Biennale, France 2012 Show RCA 2012, Design Interactions, Test bed 1, London Paradise, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy Work in Progress Show, Design Interactions, RCA, London Workshops & Talks 2017 Bacterial Candy Crush, Open Fields Conference, RIXC, Riga, Latvia Microbial Human Condition, Biolab Week, Workshop at AKI Institute of Art & Design, Enschede, Netherlands Following Invisible Lines: GPS & Speculative Design Workshop with Christopher Wood (lead), Future Cities Catapult, London, UK Reviving Drachma: Creativity & Technology Talks, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece Biohacking & Design. BioFabbing Convergence, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Rainbows and Pots of E.coli: Speculations on Micro-Evolution. Renewable Futures Conference, Economia Festival, Baltan Laboratories, Natlab, Eindhoven, the Netherlands Introduction to Synthetic Biology: Summary, Trends and Applications. Dubai Future Academy, Dubai, UAE Poster presentation of PhD research topic: DIY cyanobacterial pigment synthesis. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain Introduction to Bio-design and Applications for Designers. Interaction Design Arts, LCC, UAL, London. DNA to CMYK: Building Vocabularies for Bio-Artists and Designers, Agents in the Anthropocene. Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2016 Microbial Money: Alternative Narratives for Sustainable Economy, Open Fields, RIXC, Riga, Latvia 2015 Peck As You Go: Alternative Biologial Payment Systems, FSCONS, Gothenburg, Sweden Forced Landing: Into the Unknown, Helsinki Design Week, Finland Biofacturing Workshop, MA Wearable Futures, Ravensbourne, London Biofacturing Futures Public Talk, Ravensbourne, London Future of Money, Tomorrow's Transactions, Consult Hyperion, London 2014 Biohack & Design Workshop, Design Interactions, RCA, London Biohack the Economy Talk, 2nd Bio-Commons meeting, Vienna, Austria Biohack & Design Workshop, Dept of IMI, LCC, London Synthetic Aesthetics Talk, Friday Lates series, V&A, London 2013 Agartecture Workshop, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany DIY Bio Workshop, FAST, University of Dresden, Germany Designing Biology Talk, Across RCA, London Agartecture Workshop, Mini Maker Faire, LCC, London Biohack Talk, UCA research conference, Whitechapel Gallery, London Biohack & Design Workshop, Dept of IMI, LCC, London Biohack & Design Workshop, Design Interactions, RCA, London 2012 Science Uncovered Talk, Natural History Museum, London Living Logic Workshop (participant), Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria Awards & Grants 2015-2019 Full-time Research Scholarship (PhD), EPSRC & Queen Mary University Winner, Future of Money Design Awards 2015, Consult Hyperion 2014 Project Boost Grant, Imperial College Advanced Hackspace (ICAH) & EPSRC

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When Chantel Waterbury came to pitch me back in August of 2010 for chloe + isabel, she started off the conversation with a simple description--that there were four other companies in her space each doing over a hundred million dollars of revenue and that, in total, they still made up a small percentage of the overall market. She told me a few assumptions about how much each of her merchandizers would sell, and within a couple of minutes I was super psyched about the potential for her business and the scale it could get to.
It should be pretty easy to tell whether or not something has the potential to be big within a short mental exercise. This is what is known as the "back of the napkin" approach. I know... it's a highly technical term so stay with me on this.
It shouldn't take a complex financial model to tell whether or not you could have a big business. Granted, a lot of future predictions depend on user behavior, but if I told you that I was creating a site for hipsters to swap skinny jeans, we should very quickly be able to guess the number of hipsters (some % of the Brooklyn population to start with), make an assumptions for the churn on their jeans, and what kind of fees we could charge them.
I'm surprised about how rarely entrepreneurs seem to do this calculation in their heads and test it for any kind of reasonability. Too often, I get assumptions on taking 1% of what they consider to be their Total Addressable Market (TAM), and they get the TAM wrong anyway. When you're trying to build the next online grocer, all the food sold in the US is not your addressable market, because a lot of it isn't sold direct to customers through supermarkets. No matter how great your Fresh Direct killer is, we're not going to all stop eating out and start bringing our lunches to work.
These kinds of quick reasonability checks is what venture investors do best. We can quickly take just about any model we see and break it down to its dependencies and make quick calcs on the size of the opportunity. Why? It's not because we're smart. It's just because we've done this thousands of times before.
Unfortunately, entrepreneurs don't always have an investor around to use their litmus test abilities. They don't want to "waste" a shot they get with an investor, because they could be a pivot away from something much bigger, but they're around to get pigeonholed into having the investor always think of them as small.
So... what if you could tap an investor to just test reasonability without any fear of this counting as any kind of official pitch? No powerpoints. Just you talking about your idea/prototype/alpha and getting a quick read.
Well, that's what I'm going to be doing this Tuesday night at NYIT. It's called #notapitch and you're welcome to get some quick feedback on your ideas: http://notapitch.eventbrite.com/ The only catch is that you'll have to share in public, but isn't that worth the tradeoff for knowing what I might say after you spend your $200k friends and family money and try to pitch me later.
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Hyatt Coconut Beach Resort
The Garden Isle
This twenty acre site includes over 600 feet of pristine beachfront on Kauai's windward shoreline. This new-build timeshare resort operated by Hyatt includes 326 units in guest wings three and four stories tall that form three large courtyards. Within each courtyard is a different type of swimming pool including the general resort pool, kids pool and adult pool. The sensitive master plan, ample open space and tropical landscaping coupled with the low-rise, contemporary plantation architecture style remind guest of what is best about Hawaii and in particular Kauai's natural beauty and lifestyle.


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In late January representatives of 5 families met in Warren and Evvalee Rushold's home; their sons were about to exhaust their eligibility for special education and all were wondering what was next. The support system beyond school was limited and most individuals went on a long waiting list for services.
It rapidly became apparent that the families would have to build their own solution. Over the next 4 months the group went through the process of forming an Oregon non-profit.
The following are important happenings during this year:
May 29, 1997 – Parents for Alternate Support Solutions (PASS) was incorporated.
Founding Board of Directors:
Warren Rushold – President
Ray Berg – Vice President
Mary Guerra – Treasurer
Marilyn Moen – Director
Barbara Weikum – Director
September – 6-month renewable lease signed with Portland Adventist Medical Center (PAMC) for start-up space on the PAMC campus. Cost to PASS was $1 per month all inclusive.
December two staff hired; activities director and caregiver.
January 19, 1998 the PASS Day Program opens its doors:
Two staff and three clients (listed below)
Significant start-up assistance and advice from the Arc of Multnomah.
January – Evvalee Rushold takes the reins as full time volunteer Program Director.
Warren Rushold continues as volunteer President and CEO.
Major factors in PASS' early success are:
Very low cost space thanks to PAMC,
Volunteer leadership.
Staff begin to setup and equip our first facility.
"Group of the Year" award from the Arc of Multnomah.
A grant from the Multnomah County Commission on Self-directed Supports enables PASS to start facility based Saturday respite care.
The first organization to achieve State certification under Support Services for Adults – the brokerage support system set up as a result of a settled class action lawsuit, "Staley vs. Kitzhaber".
July-December would be our last 6-month lease with PAMC.
We now had a 5-client waiting list of our own!
Passages – a campaign to move and expand begun. Highlights:
Molly-Mink Liston of Gilbert Brothers Commercial Realty assisted PASS in finding a suitable property.
10700 SE Divion St, Portland.
Parent Ron Hurl and others assisted in fundraising including:
Our donor list – $40,000
Collins Foundation $25,000
Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters $20,000
Sisters of Charity $25,000 (program expansion)
Portland Development Commission (PDC) $100,000
Multnomah County $5,000
Berg Construction – 1st floor remodel.
November – services moved to our new location under a lease/purchase agreement.
Our waiting list was cleared and we began accepting more new clients.
PASS is recognized by the IRS as a 501 c (3) tax exempt non-profit.
Passages Continues:
Mortgage on the Division St. property secured through Merchants Bank of Gresham; effective June 30, 2003.
The Multnomah county grant was $75,000.
Thanks to Larry Postlewait (Relationship officer), Larry Baker (Vice-president.)
And Beyond
PASS continues to serve individuals with developmental disabilities at our Division St. facility and on outings into the community. Our current client load is just over 50.


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innovationXchange is DFAT's development innovation hub.
A celebration of Australia delivered in a country or region of strategic significance.
Ensuring Australia continues to build soft power and exercise influence effectively.
To help Australians avoid difficulties overseas, we maintain travel advisories for more than 170 destinations.
The Australian Passport Office and its agents are committed to providing a secure, efficient and responsive passport service for Australia.
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) – made up of the four island states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – has a population of 103,000 people and shares maritime borders with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Guam and Papua New Guinea. The capital, Palikir, is located on the island of Pohnpei.
FSM is an independent country in a Compact of Free Association with the United States. FSM has an American-style constitution that came into effect in 1979 and provides for a government composed of an executive branch, a legislative branch and a judicial branch.
The National Congress is unicameral and consists of 14 members. Four senators, each known as "senators-at-large" (one from each state) serve four-year terms. The remaining 10 members represent single member districts based on population, and serve two-year terms. Both the President and the Vice-President are elected by the Congress from among its four-year members and serve a four-year term. The senator-at-large seats vacated by the President and Vice-President are filled by a representative from their state. An appointed cabinet supports the President and Vice President. Each of the four states has its own constitution, an elected governor and a lieutenant governor.
The President of FSM, currently Mr Peter Christian, is both Head of State and Head of Government. President Christian is from Pohnpei. Mr Yosiwo George is Vice President and is from Kosrae. Both were elected to the Congress in the 3 March 2015 general election, and assumed office on 11 May 2015.
FSM is an independent nation in a Compact of Free Association (Compact) with the US. The Compact provides for FSM's defence, financial assistance and access to US domestic services and labour market, in exchange for the US having exclusive rights to establish and operate military bases in FSM.
The original Compact provided US$1.3 billion in financial assistance from 1986 to 2001. An amended compact, which entered into force in June 2004, provides the equivalent of US$2 billion over the subsequent 20 years. That amount includes contributions to a trust fund that, from 2024, is intended to replace direct financial assistance. From 2007, annual grants from the United States to the FSM government decrease each year, while contributions to the trust fund increase accordingly.
Australia established diplomatic relations with FSM in July 1987 and the Australian Embassy in Pohnpei was opened in November 1989. Australia enjoys a close and friendly relationship with FSM.
Australia's bilateral aid program in FSM focusses on basic education and improving social and economic opportunities for women and girls.
More information on development assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia.
Australia Awards delivered are an important component of the Australian government's overseas aid program. Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships provide opportunities to study at selected education institutions in the Pacific region.
More information on Australia Awards.
The Australian Volunteers program promotes economic growth and poverty reduction in the Indo-Pacific region by assisting host organisations to deliver effective and sustainable development outcomes.
See the Australian Volunteers website for further information.
The DAP supports projects which directly contribute to the welfare and the income-generating capacity of poor or disadvantaged groups, or enhance the long-term productivity and sustainability of the physical environment.
Visit the Australian Embassy in FSM website for further information on the DAP.
FSM's economy is dominated by government services and largely reliant on external grants, with only a modest private sector. FSM's small, remote and dispersed population, narrow range of natural resources, and vulnerability to external shocks present challenges to growth. The fisheries sector is regarded as having the greatest development potential. With an EEZ of 2.7 million square kilometres, FSM bestrides major equatorial tuna migratory paths and the fishing industry has been boosted by the introduction of the Vessel Day Scheme under the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. Fishery licensing fees account for nearly half of domestic budget revenue.
The tourism industry is another area of potential for FSM, particularly diving and eco-tourism. Some 21,000 tourists visit the islands each year. Tourism development is, however, constrained by limited airline links, limited infrastructure, including roads, power and water, and by the country's geographical isolation.
Australian merchandise trade with FSM in 2016-17 totalled $9.5 million (principally specialized machinery and parts; prepared or preserved meat; wheat flour; and animal feed).
September 2016: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, visited Pohnpei, to attend the 47th Pacific Islands Forum.


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Visit the Tangalooma Island Resort
Set just off the coast of Brisbane, Moreton Island is a haven of wildlife and paradise island scenes. Here, the beauty is in the natural attractions, from the sparkling waters of the beaches to the picturesque scenery inland.
Tangalooma Island Resort is one of the most popular hotspots on Moreton Island thanks to its world-famous dolphin feeding extravaganza that takes place every morning. Here, the unspoiled splendor of the beach combined with the incredible array of facilities and nearby attractions makes the resort the ideal place to stay on the island.
The Facilities of Tangalooma Resort
Shops and Services
Like most resorts, the Tangalooma Island Resort is home to a smattering of shops that are open daily. There's everything from convenience stores to souvenir stores and a massage and beauty parlour, so you can make the most of the relaxing surroundings.
Restaurants and Bars
Likewise, there are plenty of food options in the resort, whether you're looking for international fare or dishes that are a little closer to home. From laidback, casual foodie joints to more upmarket offerings, there's something for everyone, as well as a range of takeaway options so you can enjoy the surroundings while you eat.
As well as hot buffet breakfasts and sunset dining experiences, there is a newly constructed bar that boasts pool tables and regular live music shows.
Tours and Activities
The activity opportunities around Tangalooma Island Resort are second to none, with everything from adventurous pursuits to more laidback experiences. From the resort you can experience everything Moreton Island has to offer with the help of the on-site team and the selection of tours available to guests.
Try your hand at kayaking around the famous Tangalooma Wrecks to explore the history of the island and the majestic marine life that surrounds it, or grab a beach bike to ride up and down the beach to explore the coast from a different perspective.
In the evening, you can head down to the resort centre to join in with the fun and games; take part in the Tangalooma quiz night, try out monster bingo, or sing your heart out at karaoke.
And for something a little more relaxing, take out a boat to do a spot of fishing or take to the waters and explore the serene underwater world via snorkeling or scuba diving.
Moreton Island really is a place of incredible beauty, and the Tangalooma Resort and its array of facilities makes it the perfect place to base yourself while exploring.
Check out the Moreton Island Tour.


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Fire crews from Eastbourne were called to Seaford in the early hours of this morning (28 April).
Along with crews from Seaford, Newhaven and Lewes, they tackled a blaze in a commercial servicing garage in Stayne Road.
The fire, which was on the second floor mezzanine level of the two storey building, took an hour to put out.
A fire investigation is due to be carried out this morning.


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followed that with a keeper sized Flounder. We moved to another dock and Ashley got in on the action when she had a good hookup with a feisty Redfish, which she landed expertly. Marcus had really strong bite up between some pilings and sure enough, the big fish was having none of coming to the boat, instead, it found its way back into the pilings and broke itself off. OUCH! I felt sure we'd left a fish back at the original dock and so we circled back and within minutes Marcus had another strong hookup. But it too was a wiley fish and stayed up in the pilings and it too broke it self off.
fished a short stretch again and, BOOM! Big Fish On! I had just commented that this was the same spot that Patrick had caught his "Tournament Redfish" last year and now Marcus had one on! He played the big fish from the oyster bank out to the boat and back to the oyster bank and then from port to starboard across the stern and soon landed a big 26 1/2" Tournament Redfish of his own! Later he followed that up with a nice feisty Redfish. We continued on around to fish Tiger Island where the anglers had some good bites but it took Patrick to put the final touch on the trip when he caught a nice Seatrout. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.,


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Chair Project Sneak-Peek
For my favorite Sag Harbor weekenders…. Three of six, these snapshots don't them justice.
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VOLUNTEERS Update for Sunday
Urban Community Outreach will host its drop-in center this Sunday. At First Congregational Church 241 Cedar Ave. Volunteers should report at/after 9:00am to help with food prep.
Volunteers scheduled to help with serving meals and clean-up should report to the same location above.
The drop-in center begins lunch service at 1:30pm and remains open until 4:30pm.
All volunteers serving meals must be at the center at 1PM to attend mandatory Volunteer Orientation session.
Thank you guests and volunteers for your continued support.
If you have any questions, please contact Julie at (562)225-6416.
We are a community who firmly believes in helping those in need and the less fortunate. Come join us.
The Drop In Center is a community based center for homeless people, and those in need in downtown Long Beach.
It is the Urban Community Outreach's vision to provide food, support services, and help toward self-sufficiency for homeless individuals and families in our community.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to our latest supporters:
|Anne Herzog
|Karin Miller
|Mona Panitz
|Laverne Pitzer
|Foundations, Government & Corporations
|SAMHSA (Awarded 9-1-16 in second year renewable up to 3 years)
|The Ahmanson Foundation
|Rudolph J. and Daphne A. Munzer Foundation
Performance Team
John W. Porter Trust
|UCC Church
The Neighborhood Church
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
|Employees Community Fund of Boeing
|Cal Heights United Methodist Church
|TJX Foundation
|Temple Israel
|First Congregational Church Social Justice
|Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation
|L A County Supervisor, Janice Hahn
|Unitarian Universalist Church
|Roy Crummer Foundation


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Essex Homes is proud to bring its energy-efficient building technology & top-rated homes to Sage Creek! The beautiful Summerville Plan offers a long list of fabulous features including smooth ceilings, cased windows, stained cabinets, granite in kitchen & baths, comfort height vanities, Samsung SS appliances, expandable smart devices, Honeywell programmable thermostat & Schlage front door lock that can be controlled from anywhere, Low-E Pella windows, upgraded insulation, advanced air & moisture sealing, 14 SEER HVAC, tankless water heater, radiant barrier sheathing, water-saving faucets, Co2 detectors, 30 year architectural shingles, gutters,100 sf patio, insulated carriage style garage door w/ auto opener, floodlights, & so much more!The award-winning Essex Homes local warranty team, 10 yr structural warranty insured by Quality Builders Warranty, termite bond.100% financing! NOW OFFERING $5000 BUYER INCENTIVE CLOSE BY 12/31
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Students in the Television stream engage in the whole range of studio and field work for television news and news related programming. They acquire knowledge and skills in news preparation and presentation; anchoring, interviewing and reporting on camera; and researching and scripting documentaries. They also gain practical experience in camera work, non-linear digital editing, visual and audio mixing, and the creation of special effects and graphics.
Broadcast media students are introduced to the specific requirements of writing for the spoken word and for visuals. They undergo voice training under expert guidance.
Students are quickly initiated into all aspects of studio and field production. They handle various roles in the production cycle to give them thorough familiarity with the whole assembly line and process of news programming. Among the regular programmes students produce are the composite morning show of various segments, news bulletins, current affairs productions and docu-features. They produce news packages and capsules and integrate them with the studio based shows. Students are divided into groups and work under the close supervision of expert television journalists from India and abroad. Trainers in the TV stream include veteran producers and senior journalists from reputed international brands in the profession like the BBC.
The course will feature the core values of good television journalism, from accuracy, balance and objectivity to freshness, variety and audience interest. Students will be instructed and gain practice in techniques for reporting – going live and doing two-ways, as well as package making. The course will feature such essentials skills as writing for television, story telling with pictures and basic interviewing as well as using archives and graphics to enhance their report. At each stage of the course there will be practical exercises to test and help understand television reporting techniques and students will make a final special report. There will be sessions on newsgathering
and on the implications for television journalists of 'citizen journalism' and 'user generated content' to prepare students for the rapidly developing world of 'digital' journalism.
The digital television facility can handle production and postproduction of the whole gamut of TV news and features, and longer format programmes. The facility includes two multi camera studio floors with non-heating lighting grids and teleprompters; production control rooms with control panels which can handle multiple video and audio sources online and offline; online graphic and special effects generators, ten digital video edit suites with Avid Media composers; and the digital P2 field cameras with memory cards.
Students in this stream are exposed to emerging trends in the electronic media, to digital convergence, and to different types of satellite telecasting. In addition, they are introduced to techniques of measuring audiences and ratings systems. The other aspects they learn include audio and video streaming; making use of the Internet and digital resources as a tool for research and reporting; understanding the impact of the Internet and the New Media on broadcast journalism; and professional community-building and community-sharing.


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Dyson Rousen
Dyson Rousen
Born blind, Dyson wasn't naturally destined to be a musician – until he heard his grandfather play the ukulele when he was 8 years old.
Fascinated, he asked his grandfather to teach him. The latter did and with practice, Dyson improved. The more he played, the better he became. Then, an uncle who saw his potential taught him to play the keyboard when he turned 14. Again, Dyson practiced diligently – with donated instruments as his family was poor.
Soon, Dyson showed that it was the skills of the player that matter, as he won two well-regarded music competitions in his hometown of Pohnpei.
Now 15, Dyson continues to develop his talents and is excited to be able to perform at this international event.


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Yeah, this is Texas, but....
A anonymous commenter asked me to write about why I like living in Texas. I've talked about this before, but it's always fun to hit on it, at least for me. Fear not, soon-to-be-grad-student! Austin is a hell of a city, not the least because I posted about the Whip-In's new blog and the owner offered to buy me a beer in the comments. It's that sort of town. Big and yet small.
Austin and the Hill Country generally are not like The Rest of Texas, and Texas is pretty different from the rest of the South in a lot of ways. Ways that I won't go into here, because my Texas pride would make it sound like all other Southerners are toothless inbred hillbillies, and that's really not true. I'd be lying and I don't like to lie.
Texas is a big state, which people from the outside know, but don't really know. When I met my boyfriend's dad and stepmom, who were down in Beaumont visiting his sister, they asked how far away it was to El Paso, where I was born. I said, "Oh get on I-10 and drive about 850 miles." That much space means that there isn't one Texas culture by any stretch of the imagination.
Austin is a city where almost no one is actually from here, much like Denver. That means that the veneer of Bohemia always lingers in the air--most people here have escaped something, remade themselves somehow, and being vaguely ashamed of the podunk place you escaped is practically required. If you don't have podunk origins to make fun of while out with friends, make some up. The town motto has been "Keep Austin Weird" as of late in retaliation towards the rapid development that has plagued the city since the dot com boom and has strangely not tanked along with the dot com bust. I think that people here are a bit paranoid about the surge of yuppies who want to call South Congress "SoCo". They have been trying to rid that neighborhood of 60 year olds in Birkenstocks and rednecks who shoot cats from their front porch for nearly as long as I've lived here and they have only succeeded in getting rid of a porn theater.
We have kept the best parts of Texan culture and tried to discard the rest. Here you do say "ma'am" and "sir", which kills my boyfriend's parents. Hell, I'll just list some positive aspects of Texas/Southern culture:
- The word "y'all" and the phrase "fixin' ta". All other Americans suffer from the lack of these phrases and struggle to address groups of people or express the idea that something will happen in the indeterminate but decidedly near future.
- Texans are better looking than everyone else. It's a proven, indisputable fact. Austin betters most of the state, 'cause we drink wheatgrass here, too.
- We eat good. We have BBQ, Tex-Mex, and even really fantastic Vietnamese food here. My friends from New Jersey didn't know what queso was when they moved here, but they are thoroughly in love with it, though they still insist on calling it, "a bowl of hot cheese".
- For all that everyone else makes fun of Texas and the South for our supposed lack of cultural contributions, just imagine what kind of crap you'd be listening to right this minute if Southerners hadn't courteously invented jazz, country, and rock and roll.
- Cowboy boots and cowboy hats. However, you have to live here a set amount of time before you can pull it off.
- Texan-speak is a weird mix of bluntness, fanciful metaphor, and mannerly obfuscation. Yes, we are both blunt and obscure at different times for different reasons. For instance, I knew some people who named their dog Puta, but would not actually call her by her name. It's a pain in the ass, but we think it's charming.
- Texans pride themselves on having a rowdy sense of humor. I'm a prime example.
But we in Austin don't refer to the rest of Texas as The Rest of Texas for no reason. You'll be relieved, grad-student-to-be, to hear what we reject.
- The scary beauty culture isn't part of Austin. The whole culture of big hair, tons of make-up, architectural underwear, cheerleading, and beauty pagents has been rejected by the women of Austin. However, if you like to wear big hair and make-up, we respect that, too. Especially if you have flair.
- Austin voted for Kerry.
- Austin prides itself on its diverse population and we even embrace a lot of more urbane cultural things, though awkwardly. We have an art museum, for instance, even if nothing can compete with Willie Nelson shows.
- We encourage you to be as eccentric as you wish.
- The city has a vibrant downtown that is easy to find, and is not spread out like Houston or confusing like Dallas/Ft. Worth.
- Even though we like country-western, the music scene here is so diverse that it's hard to describe. Suffice it to say, the musicians here are really creative, able to combine "Texas" with other styles to various degrees and usually with a lot of success.
- We don't do "family values", though this is a great city for kids. The average age is really young and we're goshdarn slutty. Or, as the lifestyle magazines would put it, we have a good dating scene. I think some people who read my blog think that I am exagerrating the amount of cruising, hitting on, dating, breaking up, and general dating drama that I see. I'm actually downplaying it.
Austin probably has the best music scene in the country and we have a burgeoning film geek scene that is a sight to behold. Don't be afraid of being bored or being set upon by wild-eyed rednecks here. My friends and I stand in my backyard drinking beer over the grill and saying, "Yep" alright, but we aren't rednecks.


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Well, we are finally starting to leave another painful Chicago winter behind us as spring begins to unfold. And with arrival of spring comes heavy rains. Even though the rain is great for your garden, it's definitely not something you want in your basement. So today, we would like to share some tips on how to prevent basement flooding during the rainy season.
Check Your Sump Pump
First, and most important, make sure your sump pump is in good, working condition. To check your sump pump, the first thing you want to do is check your discharge line outside of your home. If you don't see any water coming out, this may be cause for concern. Next, in your basement, open your sump pit where your pump is located. Most sump pumps have pill switches on them which can be used for testing purposes. Check to make sure there is water in the pit and lift up the switch. If nothing happens, this is probably a sign that your pump has gone bad. But just to be sure, check your breaker panel to be sure that the circuits haven't been tripped. If all looks well, then it's time to call a plumber, because you need a new sump pump.
Be Sure Your Sewer Line Is Clear
Another important step that should be taken is to make sure your sewer isn't blocked. If heavy rains come, and your sewer has blockage in it, it could back up to your sump pump. Depend on the age of your sump pump and the amount of water it has to pump, it could cause the pump to burn out. This then would result in sewage backing up and flooding your basement.
There are a few simple steps you can take to check to see if there is a block in your sewer line. The first thing you can do is flush your toilet. Take note of the original water level. If the water does not refill to the original water level, it may be an indication of a block in your sewer line. You can also check the drains of your home. If water is not draining, or it is coming back up, this is an indicator of a clogged sewer pipe. Finally, if you hear gurgling sounds from other drains as water drains, or if bubbles come up, you may have a clogged sewer pipe.
Take Care Of Your Gutters
Last, make sure you are taking care of your gutters. Be sure that they are not filled with leaves from last fall and that the down spout discharges the water at least six feet from your home's foundation. Water continually running against your foundation can cause cracks to the foundation, as well as basement flooding.
Now, we haven't covered every tip for preventing basement flooding, but these were a few of the most important precautions that should be taken. Don't shrug off the importance of preparing your home for the spring. If you do, it could come back to bite you in the end.


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New Moon Diet Tips from Ashley Greene
The New Moon star Ashley Greene betrayed the secrets of her slim figure while screening for the second Saga movie.
To look great on the red carpet she doesn't need to steer clear of the daily meals. Then what's her diet?
She tells Us Weekly:
"It was really easy. We were working 12 hours a day, so it didn't leave too much time to eat."
But nevertheless she had a "really healthy stuff" along with:
"We had a personal trainer and then we also had fight training," she said. "It was a good four hours a day of training."
But that's not the only she does to keep her toned-up shape:
"I do Pilates early in the morning. It wakes you up, and it's kind of refreshing. And that is basically it. Sometimes cardio. I am not a big weight person because when I do weights I build muscle mass."
Not a mystery in fact but it works wonderful for Ashley. What do you think of it?
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Supermarket companies can be problematic in many ways when they become too big and powerful – see Tescopoly campaign, for example.
On the other hand, credit is due when they "do the right thing", as exemplified by Tesco's "Perfectly imperfect" apples – see product labels below – which they sell as part of their apparent commitment to reduce food waste, and at a very reasonable price.
Classic case of: "what's not to like?"


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Story and Photos by ITN European Reporter Herve' Rebollo
Salut à toi American rider,
Have you ever attended one of the most important European HOG rally: the European bike week in Faakersee?
It took place this year from Tuesday 04 September 2018 to Sunday 09 September. Continue reading THE 2018 EUROPEAN BIKEWEEK


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She Called me
Two cell phones, and minimum 3 scouts.
Have One phone on stage with Volume all the way up, and the other phone somewhere behind the crowd call one and then hang up after the person on stage with the phone picks up. This skit is best done while something is going on, to make it seem like an actual moment rather than a skit.
While two scouts are on stage for what ever reason, the cell phone rings. SP-scout on stage with phone SS-Supporting scout on stage. The SP on stage picks up. SP: Hello, Hey hows it going SS: What are you doing SP: (to SS) hold on, (continue talking on the phone) Yeah , its ok i can talk. SS- Looks at SP weirdly SP: yeah im in a good mood....What?!, you left me....for....*someone well known in the troop*(recommended: a young scout).... Oh my?!.....and *an adult known in the troop*....oh my gosh!!.....even *a female adult in the troop* SP hangs up.... looks very sad SS looks at him and ask SS: Whats wrong? SP: She left me......A MESSAGE!!!!....FOR...*all the names mentioned* ( while saying this making him sound very angry.) SS:whats the Message? SP: That *all the names* and *troop name* are the greatest troop in the world *weird Silence* SS: what does that have to do with anything?! SP: i dunno ask your mom SS: why is my mom calling you... SP: because this is your phone SS:Oh...wait why do you have my phone SP:Hey look *points to the opposite side of the area* SS-looks SP-Runs off stage
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An HTML5 Slideshow w/ Canvas & jQuery
Martin Angelov
You've probably heard a lot about the new HTML5 canvas element. As the name implies, this is a special element that allows us to create and modify graphics. In addition, we can also use it like any other element on the page – apply jQuery animations on it, listen for events and integrate it deeply into our layouts.
All uses of canvas you've come so far are probably limited to games and other proof of concept demos. Today, however, we are doing something practical – we are making a progressively enhanced slideshow with a fancy transitioning effect, which is perfectly functional in older browsers as well.
Update: Per popular demand, you can now download an auto-advancing version of this slideshow. Read more in this short tutorial.
The Idea
With JavaScript, we are going to apply a special filter to every image in the slideshow. We will create a new version of the images, with higher contrast and more vivid colors, and store it in a canvas elements.
When the user chooses to proceed to another slide, the canvas is shown with a fadeIn animation, creating a smooth lighting effect.
The HTML
The first step in creating the slideshow, is laying down the HTML markup of the page.
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>An HTML5 Slideshow w/ Canvas & jQuery | Tutorialzine Demo</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />

First we have the HTML5 doctype, followed by the head section of the document. After the title tag and the stylesheet we move on with the body.
You can see that the markup for the slideshow is really simple. The main containing div, #slideshow, holds an unordered list and the previous and next arrows. The unordered list holds the slides, with each defined as a
LI element. As shown in the illustration above, this is where the canvas elements with the modified versions of the images are inserted.
Lastly we include jQuery and our script.js, to which we are going to get back to in the last step of this tutorial.
The CSS
All the styles for the slideshow reside in styles.css. I've used the #slideshow id of the main containment element as a namespace, so you can easily append these styles to your stylesheet without worrying about conflicts.
#slideshow{ background-color:#F5F5F5; border:1px solid #FFFFFF; height:340px; margin:150px auto 0; position:relative; width:640px; -moz-box-shadow:0 0 22px #111; -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 22px #111; box-shadow:0 0 22px #111; } #slideshow ul{ height:320px; left:10px; list-style:none outside none; overflow:hidden; position:absolute; top:10px; width:620px; } #slideshow li{ position:absolute; display:none; z-index:10; } #slideshow li:first-child{ display:block; z-index:1000; } #slideshow .slideActive{ z-index:1000; } #slideshow canvas{ display:none; position:absolute; z-index:100; } #slideshow .arrow{ height:86px; width:60px; position:absolute; background:url('img/arrows.png') no-repeat; top:50%; margin-top:-43px; cursor:pointer; z-index:5000; } #slideshow .previous{ background-position:left top;left:0;} #slideshow .previous:hover{ background-position:left bottom;} #slideshow .next{ background-position:right top;right:0;} #slideshow .next:hover{ background-position:right bottom;}
We can split our visitors, which will interact with the slideshow, in three main groups:
- People with JavaScript switched off. These users will only see the first slide, and will be unable to switch to a different one;
- People with JavaScript switched on, but with no support for canvas. For visitors from this group, the slides will change instantaneously, without transitioning effects;
To account for the first two groups, a number of rules are applied to the stylesheet. With the help of the first-child selector, only the first slide is shown by default. Also a number of overflow:hidden rules are applied in a number of places just in case.
The JavaScript
Moving on to the last part of the tutorial – the JavaScript and jQuery code. As we already explained the basic principles behind the effect, lets move straight to the execution.
script.js – Part 1
$(window).load(function(){ // We are listening to the window.load event, so we can be sure // that the images in the slideshow are loaded properly. // Testing wether the current browser supports the canvas element: var supportCanvas = 'getContext' in document.createElement('canvas'); // The canvas manipulations of the images are CPU intensive, // this is why we are using setTimeout to make them asynchronous // and improve the responsiveness of the page. var slides = $('#slideshow li'), current = 0, slideshow = {width:0,height:0}; setTimeout(function(){ if(supportCanvas){ $('#slideshow img').each(function(){ if(!slideshow.width){ // Saving the dimensions of the first image: slideshow.width = this.width; slideshow.height = this.height; } // Rendering the modified versions of the images: createCanvasOverlay(this); }); } $('#slideshow .arrow').click(function(){ var li = slides.eq(current), canvas = li.find('canvas'), nextIndex = 0; // Depending on whether this is the next or previous // arrow, calculate the index of the next slide accordingly. if($(this).hasClass('next')){ nextIndex = current >= slides.length-1 ? 0 : current+1; } else { nextIndex = current <= 0 ? slides.length-1 : current-1; } var next = slides.eq(nextIndex); if(supportCanvas){ // This browser supports canvas, fade it into view: canvas.fadeIn(function(){ // Show the next slide below the current one: next.show(); current = nextIndex; // Fade the current slide out of view: li.fadeOut(function(){ li.removeClass('slideActive'); canvas.hide(); next.addClass('slideActive'); }); }); } else { // This browser does not support canvas. // Use the plain version of the slideshow. current=nextIndex; next.addClass('slideActive').show(); li.removeClass('slideActive').hide(); } }); },100);
document.createElement(), you can create any DOM element that you like. So to test whether the browser really supports canvas (and doesn't just create a generic element), we use the
in operator to check for the
getContext() method, which is an integral part of the standard. The result of this check is used throughout the code to account for users with browsers that do not yet support canvas.
Notice that the calls to the createCanvasOverlay function (which we will discuss in the second part of the code) are enclosed in a setTimeout statement. This is done because the function is processor intensive and might cause the browser window to stall. setTimeout breaks out of the main execution path and runs the code asynchronously, maximizing the responsiveness of the page.
script.js – Part 2
// This function takes an image and renders // a version of it similar to the Overlay blending // mode in Photoshop. function createCanvasOverlay(image){ var canvas = document.createElement('canvas'), canvasContext = canvas.getContext("2d"); // Make it the same size as the image canvas.width = slideshow.width; canvas.height = slideshow.height; // Drawing the default version of the image on the canvas: canvasContext.drawImage(image,0,0); // Taking the image data and storing it in the imageData array: var imageData = canvasContext.getImageData(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height), data = imageData.data; // Loop through all the pixels in the imageData array, and modify // the red, green, and blue color values. for(var i = 0,z=data.length;i<z;i++){ // The values for red, green and blue are consecutive elements // in the imageData array. We modify the three of them at once: data[i] = ((data[i] < 128) ? (2*data[i]*data[i] / 255) : (255 - 2 * (255 - data[i]) * (255 - data[i]) / 255)); data[++i] = ((data[i] < 128) ? (2*data[i]*data[i] / 255) : (255 - 2 * (255 - data[i]) * (255 - data[i]) / 255)); data[++i] = ((data[i] < 128) ? (2*data[i]*data[i] / 255) : (255 - 2 * (255 - data[i]) * (255 - data[i]) / 255)); // After the RGB channels comes the alpha value, which we leave the same. ++i; } // Putting the modified imageData back on the canvas. canvasContext.putImageData(imageData,0,0,0,0,imageData.width,imageData.height); // Inserting the canvas in the DOM, before the image: image.parentNode.insertBefore(canvas,image); } });
This is where the magic happens. The canvas element is basically one big piece of paper on which you can draw with JavaScript. The code above creates a blank canvas element and imports the image, which was passed as a parameter, with the
drawImage() method. After this, we use the
getImageData() method to export the contents of all the pixels of the canvas into the imageData array.
What is more, for each pixel of the image we have four entries in the array – one for the red, green and blue colors, and the alpha channel (the transparency). These are all numbers from 0 to 255. The main for loop has to go through all the pixels and apply a special filter equation that lightens the lighter colors and darkens the dark ones. It is the same effect that you get by using the overlay blending mode in photoshop.
The main for loop has to do an incredible amount of work – for a 600×400 pixel image it does 240 000 iterations! This means that your code must be as optimal as possible. This is why, in the loop, I copied the formula three times instead of calling a function. By removing the function calls the loop became nearly three times faster.
Be aware that the rendering time will grow proportionally, if you decide to include more slides, or use larger images.
With this our HTML5 Canvas Slideshow is complete!
Final words
The canvas element opens a whole new way of building rich internet applications. For those of you who are curious, on a relatively new PC, it takes Firefox 1.2 seconds to generate all four canvas images, while Chrome is faster at 0.67s. Considering the amount of work that is done, this is a really impressive achievement.


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Fashion can give us some strange offerings every now and again. Sometimes we're all for them, but when things like clear and thong jeans happen (and lest we forget mannequin foot sandals), we start to question whether the designers are having a laugh at our expense or if we need to start getting more adventurous with our dressing.
Moschino's sheer overlay dress is one of these things.
If you've ever had the slightest inclination to wear your dry cleaning bag, this one's for you. You can get it at Browns for just $935, plus $20 shipping. Moschino has always been a bit tongue-in-cheek, so we get where they were going here, but spending almost a grand for clear dress "overlay" seems a bit steep, especially since we'd have to figure out what to wear underneath too.
If you're a fan of the concept, but are feeling slightly less brave, not to worry. Moschino also offers a 'lite' version of the dress available at Saks Fifth Avenue for only $865. This LBD is sure to turn heads, that's for sure.
While we commend Moschino for continuing to push fashion boundaries, we can't say we're sold on this. Get Rihanna in it, then we'll talk.


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In the south of the Haute-Garonne, the Pyrenees chain stands out majestically as a perfect playground for thrill-seekers.
From the viewing table on the plateau of the Superbagnères resort, the 360° view which presents itself to visitors will leave more than one speechless ! Up there, you're almost rubbing shoulders with Paragliding and gliding enthusiasts flying over Bagnères-de-Luchon. In Saint-Béat, it's rafting and canyoning that counts, as people hurry to enjoy the white water and experience the cool freshness…
In the Pyrenees, vigorous activities aren't in short supply and rambling figures on the list. A multitude of paths and itineraries await walkers in this well-preserved, beautiful natural environment. And in the towns and villages, people live in symbiosis with this environment, maintaining, from time immemorial, cultural traditions and typical mountain crafts.
Around Bagnères-de-Luchon — Luchon or the Queen of the Pyrenees to friends — several peaks rise to over 3 000 metres : Gourgs Blancs (3 129 m), Perdiguerre (3 222 m), Maupas (3 109 m), l'Aneto (3 404 m) and les Posets (3 369 m) on the Spanish side. The little town possesses a number of retro buildings and typical old streets around the old market hall (1), plus the allée d'Étigny where each year the floats parade during the very popular Flower Festival and where the spa establishment which made its reputation is to be found. The thermal baths include a « vaporarium », a real cave-cum-natural sauna, at a constant temperature of 45°C.
Then, from the height of 630 m above sea level of this charming little place, you only have to take the ski lift, summer as in winter, to reach the mountain resort of Superbagnères at 1 860 m above sea level. Standing high above, overlooking Luchon, the winter sports resort has existed since 1913, and is one of the oldest in the Pyrenees. From 1 450 to 2 260 m above sea level, it has an exceptional area open for skiing, as much for beginners as for experienced skiers, for alpine skiing , cross--country skiing, snow surfing and other new snow sports.
At the bottom of the Larboust valley, after going through the village of Oô, Les granges d'Astau, 1 139 m above sea level, are the starting point for many rambles of varying difficulty. One of them leads to the Oô lake, a favourite walking destination in the Pyrenees, accessible via the GR10, after 1hr 15 mins walking and 392 m height difference. The path then continues towards the Espingo and Le Saussat lakes, and still higher, that of Le Portillon. Then via the Pique valley, after many zigzags, the most experienced walkers will reach Port de Vénasque (Bénasque in Spanish), on the frontier with Spain. To get here, a historic path linked to human and animal transhumance leads up from the Hospice de France or the Hospital de Bénasque. To fully appreciate this path, you can borrow (free) a digital guide which covers various themes (culture, heritage, history, fauna and flora) and consult an information screen at the Tourist Office. From there, you can get to the Monts Maudits massif with la Maladeta and l'Aneto peaks (highest summit in the Pyrenees at 3 404 m).
(1) Luchon market takes place every morning with a larger number of traders on Wednesday and Saturday mornings; the market hall is open every morning.
At the foot of the Pyrenees, in the hills of the Comminges, the village of Aspet is the starting point for walks or excursions leading up to the col de Larrieu (towards Arbas), the col de Portet d'Aspet (towards the Ariège), the col des Ares (towards Les Frontignes and the Garonne valley) and the col de Menté (towards Spain). From its summit 1 912 m above sea level, le Cagire dominates the landscape crossed by footpaths going through places and landscapes to take your breath away (the Planque, Coume and Ouarnède waterfalls…). Here, with about 150 kilometres of waymarked footpaths, the rambler will be in seventh heaven and MBK enthusiasts will enjoy the 500 kilometres of circuits organised by the Espace VTT Pyrenees Comminges. Higher up, almost at the entrance to the Val d'Aran, the road over the col de Menté guides you to the resort of Le Mourtis (1 420-1 860 m). Very popular thanks to its ski runs through a magnificent pine forest and its 30 kilometres of cross-country skiing trails, Le Mourtis has something for everyone, winter and summer. Whether you're a rambler or a free rider, on skis, on a snowboard, snowshoes or an Airboard, three sunny mountainsides overlooked by the massif of la Maladeta let you be as daring as you like !
A major destination for caving, the « Trombe » network plunges to a depth of 1 500 metres. The « Henne Morte », chasm, beneath the Coume Ouarnède massif, part of the Arbas massif, is the most impressive formation in a system of galleries and cavities carved out by the water and extending over 100 kilometres. Access to the caving network is possible, for beginners, with a state-qualified monitor to accompany and guide them.
The water of the Oô lake— from the gascon iu or èu, « high mountain lake » — passes through an 11,7 kilometre long underground gallery. After passing through pressure pipelines, it drives the turbines of the EDF hydroelectric power station which came into service in 1921(visits possible ; contact the Luchon Tourist Office). One of the attractions of this 42 hectare lake is its 275 metre high waterfall.
Between Vénasque in Aragon and Luchon in France, history has written itself through human and animal transhumance over the same track. On this historic path is the Arboretum of Jouéou which holds a vast collection of deciduous and coniferous trees. A scientific laboratory, for more than ten years it has played host to researchers and students from the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse. In 2002 it was dedicated to Professor Henri Gaussen(1891-1981), internationally renowned geographer and biogeographer who was also one of the most famous botanists of the 20th C.
Open from 10 - 18.00 including week-ends, closed on Mondays.
« Once in love with the untamed, wild peaks leaping up towards the sky, and with their black rocks surrounded by eternal whiteness or solitary lakes, you love them all your life »


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Sorcery and Art
The Periodical P worthy of being collected opens the doors of mysterious worlds to the reader by going into the depths of "Sorcery and Art".
The Periodical P elaborating meticulously the subjects chosen, deals with the topic of "Sorcery and Art " in its 29. edition. The Editor-in-Chief Celal Uster giving examples of the "Sorcery and Art" in the whole geographies of the world writes the following about the subject in his article:
(…) The origin of the word 'sorcery' which we attribute without even being aware to almost everything deeply affecting us with their beauty and extraordinary aspect in the daily life goes back in fact to the very old eras of the humanity. When the human being faces events related to the nature or humanity which they are unable to deal with take always


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Monday, June 27, 2011
The Art of Effective Stalking*
*No, not that stalking.
I'm afraid I'm talking about all the stalks off all those greens you bought at the market on the weekend. And how we're going to use them.
(Hope I didn't disappoint you)
The time
5 min prep + 5 min cooking
The ingredients
mixed stalks
olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, butter or ghee
fresh garlic, minced or pressed - to taste
sea salt
The process
1. Wash and pat dry your stalks. Use scissors to snip them into 1" (2.5cm) pieces - or so.
2. In a large frying pan, saute your minced garlic in oil - over medium heat. I used 2 cloves of garlic and 1 Tbs olive oil for the amount of stalks above.
3. After a minute or two, add the stalks! My set came from leafy greens I used in salads, plus some parsley stalks from the garden. You could also happily use silverbeet (chard) stalks, broccoli stalks, and so on. As long as it's edible, it works.
4. Saute for another 2 minutes or so, stirring constantly, until the stalks start to darken. We still want them crispy, though, so don't cook them too long. Season with sea salt, to taste.
We ate these as a side dish, and also sprinkled over the top of pasta. Mmmmmm ....
The cost
Well, this is an easy and nutritious way to make use of a part of the vegetable you might otherwise throw out. So the stalks are free (ish). The garlic and oil bring this dish to around ... oh ... $0.50 or so.
Happy stalking!
Amanda xx
PS. Like my serving spoon? It's a gorgeous thrifty find for my country-style servingware. You can find more thrifty goodies here.
8 comments:
- Maria said... [Reply to comment]
It's so true that way too often people discard the stalks (and the leaves!) for no good reason! My favourite is the broccoli stalk which I like even more than the actual florets ;-)
- June 27, 2011 at 3:28 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Me too! When my sister and I were little, we used to divide the broccoli - the stalk for me and the florets for her :)
- June 27, 2011 at 5:34 AM
Very resourceful use of the stalks! Happy Cooking!
-Karriann Graf
- June 27, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Unknown said... [Reply to comment]
Great way to use the whole food :) Looks tasty!
- June 27, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Deana said... [Reply to comment]
Beautiful presentation - the enamelware is fabulous!
- June 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks! I can't resist enamelware ... always trying to increase my little collection ..
- June 28, 2011 at 2:10 AM
- Paula said... [Reply to comment]
Love garlic in my vegetables...great use of it here with the stalks.
- June 28, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Me too ... garlic can make anything into something amazing :)
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2010 World Cup, 2011 Women's World Cup, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, ABC, break duck, English Premier League, ESPN, Ian Darke, Major League Soccer, Martin Tyler, Sky Sports, South Africa
Ian Darke, part of ESPN/ABC's all-British team of play-by-play announcers for its telecasts of the 2010 World Cup, has been signed by ESPN to be the network's lead announcer through the 2014 World Cup.
Darke, who leaves Sky Sports for ESPN, will call English Premier League games, U.S. men's and women's national team matches, marquee Major League Soccer games, the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil and Brasil '14 itself. [September 24]
Comment: First, a personal disclaimer: The author worked for Darke during a couple of 1994 World Cup matches and found him to be a consummate professional and a very nice man: funny, quicker than you or me, beyond well-prepared, so comfortable calling a game he coulda done it from a lounge chair. Darke was the only Englishman working that tournament for ESPN/ABC, and he proved to be a refreshing change of pace from the stable of American announcers the network had lined up. And during the 2010 World Cup, with or without his memorable call of the dramatic U.S.-Algeria game, Darke out-announced (if there is such a word) the network's lead play-by-play man, fellow Englishman Martin Tyler.
Nevertheless, appointing Dark as The Voice of ESPN Soccer for the next four years represents a step back in the development of the game here. No doubt, Darke did a fine job in South Africa, helping ESPN set ratings records, and ESPN (a for-profit operation, last we heard) is understandably sticking with the hot hand. But Darke's assignments include not just English matches and international tournaments but MLS and U.S. men's and women's games. The move will only reinforce the opinion among those who are not soccer's friends that this sport is, and always will be, foreign. For the country's so-called Euro snobs, meanwhile, it bolsters the view that when it comes to announcing soccer, there's the American way, the wrong way, the right way, and the British way.
And in the short term, it accelerates a trend in soccer announcing here that can be described as "Brit Creep." Words and phrases like "fixture" and "cup tie" are worming their way into the vocabulary of Americans calling games and narrating highlights. Players don't have "speed," they have "pace"; even balls have "pace." Players don't "appear" or "play" in games, they "feature." A player doesn't score two goals, he scores a "brace." It's only a matter of time before a struggling MLS club finally scores a goal and some fellow at the mic, American born and bred, works the term "break duck" into his call.
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Last Friday, Apple announced, among other things, iBooks Author.
Essentially, as Microsoft Word is to Documents, iBooks Author is to highly interactive iPad iBooks.
I say iPad iBooks because a book created using the iBooks Author software can only be read on an iPad. And can only be sold via the Apple App Store.
There is a great deal of hubbub and ire over this, and as I look into it more and more, I become convinced that I must be missing something.
Because, really.
As far as I can tell, and as highlighted in the HuffPo article above, the restrictions are applied to "work you create using this software." iBooks Author is a sophisticated piece of software that puts the equivalent of hours and hours of highly skilled programming in the hands of anyone who can understand the "Drag and drop" concept. I'mma bet you a good deal of money that the product you create for FREE, unless you are one of the developers of - no, even if you are one of the developers of iBooks Author is going to look NOTHING like what you can create using the (also FREE) software in the same amount of time. On an iPad, interactivity, easy of use, flow - essentially HOW it leverages the medium - could be argued as essential to the value of the product.
So, what I'm missing, is why is this awful? Also, why is this not simply awesome? Also, if you don't agree with is why wouldn't you just go on your merry way?
And perhaps most importantly, this isn't about content. Well, it is, secondarily. It's about DISTRIBUTION. Remember that thing back in the day that popped up and could only be played in certain software on certain hardware and people were like "no way, I'm against that, I'm not going to participate in that."
Right. iTunes.
Because, really.
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S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar
S.Kasturi Ranga Iyengar
|12 December 1923 (aged 63)
Madras, British India
|lawyer, journalist
|Known for
|journalism, political activism
|K. Srinivasan,
K. Gopalan
S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of The Hindu from 1 April 1905 till his death in December 1923.
Ancestry and family[edit]
His brother, Diwan Bahadur S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar, C. I. E, served as the Inspector General of Registration in the Madras Presidency.[1] Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar who in 1893, wrote Memorandum of Progress of the Madras Presidency during the last forty years of British administration to refute the charges of economic exploitation made by nationalists.[1]
Early life[edit]
Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was born on 15 December 1859 in the village Innambur in Kumbakonam. On completion of his education, he moved to Coimbatore to commence practice as a lawyer.[1] He set up a prosperous vocation and moved to Madras to try his luck there.[1] He was not as successful in Madras as he had been in Coimbatore.[1] Eventually, in 1895, he became a legal correspondent with The Hindu which was run by G. Subramania Iyer.[1] He wrote a well known column in the newspaper The Coimbatore Letters.[1] During this period, he also got ample encouragement from C. Karunakara Menon.[1] The rich and prosperous Kasturi Ranga Iyengar purchased the newspaper for a price of Rs. 75,000 on 1 April 1905.[2] He became the editor of The Hindu and became the powerful voice of people's aspiration.[3]
As Managing Director[edit]
In July 1905, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar appointed his nephew A. Rangaswami Iyengar as Assistant Editor.[2] Kasturi Ranga Iyengar worked to rescue The Hindu by increasing advertisements and terminating subscriptions to customers who did not pay in advance.[2] The tactic proved successful and Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was able to clear his debts by 1910.[2] Kasturi Ranga Iyengar subscribed to the Reuter's news service and allotted space for weather reports, court cases, trade and commerce as well as sports.[2] In 1905, The Hindu, in its editorial, demanded partial autonomy but not independence for India.[2] It also strongly criticised Annie Besant and her Theosophical Society, including her lavish promotional campaign of J. Krishnamurti as the Maitreya Buddha.[2] However, The Hindu offered its enthusiastic support to her Home Rule Movement and protested her internment at the orders of Lord Pentland.[2] It also strongly condemned the protests and the resultant killings of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.[2]
Kasturi Ranga Iyengar died on 12 December 1923, three days before his 64th birthday.[4][5] He was succeeded as editor by his nephew, S. Rangaswami Iyengar.[4] and as Managing-Director of The Hindu by his eldest son, K. Srinivasan.
Prior to Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's purchase of The Hindu, he was not much interested in entering public life.[6] Kasturi Ranga Iyengar had the courage to buy a struggling newspaper and embark upon a new enterprise he had no experience in.[6] He was also comparatively new to politics when he made a plunge into the political scenario; yet he was extremely successful for a newcomer.[6]
Being the younger brother of an Anglophile, there was always the concern that at some point or the other, he might abandon his anti-British and Indian nationalist attitude.[6] However, this estimation proved to be false.[6] Contemporaries assert that he was just as intelligent and talented as his illustrious brother.[6]
During his tenure as Managing-Director, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar locked horns with V. Krishnaswami Iyer, Annie Besant and Sir Valentine Chirol to whom he gave the rejoinder: "I am not here to learn journalistic etiquette from you," when the former made rude comments on the latter.[7][8] Kasturi Ranga Iyengar also fought with Governors Sir Arthur Lawley and Lord Pentland.[8]
Iyengar exerted as much influence by his fabulous wealth as he did with his writing.[9] Instead of being chastised and compelled to undergo ritual cleansing on his arrival from England, he was instead given a grand welcome with all honours by the Vaishnavite orthodoxy.[9]
Iyengar's descendants now own The Hindu Group through their family's company, Kasturi & Sons. Ltd.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Some Madras Leaders, Pg 43
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Looking back:MAKING NEWS THE FAMILY BUSINESS". The Hindu. 13 September 2003.
- ^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 164.
- ^ a b S. Muthiah (13 September 2003). "Looking bck: A clarion call against the Raj". The Hindu.
- ^ Appiah S. Kuppuswami (1980). The crest jewel of divine Dravidian culture. Sri Venkateswar Book Depot. p. xxvii.
- ^ a b c d e f Some Madras Leaders, Pg 44
- ^ Some Madras Leaders, Pg 45
- ^ a b Some Madras Leaders, Pg 46
- ^ a b Some Madras Leaders, Pg 47
- Some Madras Leaders. Babu Bishambher Nath Bhargava. 1922.
Further reading[edit]
- V. K. Narasimhan (1963). Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
|Preceded by
M. Veeraraghavachariar
| Managing-Director of The Hindu
|Succeeded by
K. Srinivasan
|Preceded by
C. Karunakara Menon
| Editor of The Hindu
|Succeeded by
S. Rangaswami Iyengar
- 1859 births
- 1923 deaths
- Indian male journalists
- The Hindu Group
- Media industry businesspeople
- People from Thanjavur district
- Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu
- 19th-century Indian journalists
- 20th-century Indian journalists
- 19th-century Indian businesspeople
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This Hilarious Bird Really Hates Eating Broccoli And Isn't Afraid To Show It
Do you remember how much you hated eating your veggies as a kid? Well, this little bird feels your childhood pain.
When Eric (who is basically the cutest little bird ever) was given some broccoli, he flew into a hilarious rage. Just like little humans who drop their corn, peas, and carrots from their high chairs in protest, this little guy showed his parents what was up by doing what is essentially the funniest thing of all time.
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Yeah…I don't think his mom and dad will be giving him broccoli again. Better luck next time, folks.
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Andy received a BA in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, but has also worked as a graphic designer, photographer, and video editor.
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A Review of the Green Grocer
Going Green
Review by Joe Meno
|Green Grocer
Set #10185
2,352 elements
Minifigs: 4
(Grocer, man, woman, boy)
Instructions: 3 books
Stickers: None
The Green Grocer set is the third town themed set from LEGO Direct to Customer and it's a fitting neighbor to the previous two sets, the Café Corner and Market Street. What makes the Green Grocer different is that there is an entirely new level of detail inside. Each floor has a prop or furniture that is a great addition to the floor and to a builder's library of models to decorate. It could be said that the Green Grocer is a great set to learn like building like an adult LEGO fan!
The build begins with the set box – it's a big box, and heavy! One very practical touch is that there is an inner box to store the elements – it's an acknowledgement that the set is very complicated with lots of parts. The Green Grocer is a set that has a lot of what is called sand green, but there are some other nice uncommon colors hidden away in the model. There are also a number of new parts that will satisfy discriminating adult builders, including windows and doors. Opening the box and pouring out the contents sets the stage to a rather large build.
|How large? The first floor alone takes up 11 bags of various sizes and one instruction book. Each floor has its own instructions, except for the third floor and roof which are in a combined book. Like the previous sets, the result is that the builder gets to progress through small models that are combined to make a complete model. For me, this made it easy for me to divide building over sessions as opposed to a single long building session, which would take a bit of time. This, however, didn't quite work out like I hoped – I got too interested in building and finished the model very early one morning!
The instructions are clear, so it was no problem seeing what to do. The issue of distinguishing between dark grey and black seems to have been solved, as I had no problem matching part colors. The only problem I had was that one minifig was shown in the instructions was shown with the wrong color of legs – the instructions appear to have dark grey legs but the color is actually sand blue.
Like the Café Corner, building the set is something of an adventure, as there are so many fun surprises and tricks that are used in the model. Since the recommended age for this set is 16+, there are some advanced building techniques used, like:
• Using black skeleton legs and hammers to make railings
There are many more tricks in the set, but I will leave that for other builders to discover. I think this is what made the set so much fun to build – the sense of discovery I got as I built.
There's also a sense of humor – one hidden detail is a mouse with cheese behind a mousehole. Where's the mousetrap? I found out as I continued to build. The mouse is only one of the details in the set that make it outstanding.
The first floor is fully furnished as a grocery, with refrigerated shelves with opening doors and cartons of food. There's also a stairway to the apartment above, and a mailbox set with letters waiting to be picked up. There is a nice assortment of food, including carrots, apples, and bananas. With the large windows on the sides, the detail is easily seen.
Upstairs, there are curtains at the windows, and a fireplace. On the other side, there is a banister for the stairs. Outside the rear of the building there is a fire escape that folds down. The third floor has a grandfather clock and a radiator and another banister. The roof has a rear balcony with seats, and umbrella and a grill. Each floor has at least a few tiles to suggest floor panels or carpeting, with the first floor having the most tiles.
There are four minifigures and a side model for the female minifigure: a baby carriage. The figures are a nice assortment – a grocer, a man, a boy , and a woman. All of these make a good group to make the set come alive. The only challenge here is that the tiles do not allow the minifigs to stay in place – some plates for the minifigs could have been included, this is more of a nitpick than anything else.
So is this worth the price? I would enthusiastically say "Yes!" This is a great set for a budding and experienced builders to learn architectural techniques and detailing. With all the parts, it's also a great set to expand a collection with windows and doors, for example. And finally, it's a great display piece that shows what can be done with the LEGO brick with some time and effort.
So 2008 is a good year to go green!
The good : Part assortment, building techniques, nice finished model
The bad: Not much at all.
The ugly: My credit card:-)
The Green Grocer is now available online at LEGO Shop-At-Home.