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The Treehouse, an award-winning hospitality function venue created as part of a high-profile advertising campaign for Yellow Pages, is for sale along with large adjoining landholdings near Warkworth.
Built 10 metres up a giant redwood tree beside State Highway One in 2008, the Treehouse hospitality venue sits on 6.2 hectares of land.
Builders and suppliers on the 120-day project were sourced through the Yellow Pages trade directory and featured on weekly televised updates.
The property is being sold in conjunction with three neighbouring landholdings of 12.3ha, 5.9ha, and 3.47ha.
The venue was initially established to operate for one month, but its backers, Yellow Pages, extended the business's life-span by turning the four metre bulb-like room into a private function venue for corporate events, weddings and social occasions for up to 35 people. During that period the venue was booked out for dinners for months in advance.
The structure went on to win several architectural awards from the New Zealand Institute of Architects, the New Zealand Institute of Design, and the New Zealand Institute of Building. The redwood tree around which the structure is built is 40 metres high, with a trunk diameter of 1.7m.
The Treehouse business and parcels of land are being sold by Nicolas Ching - Bayleys Central Auckland commercial sales person, and colleague Hooi Hing through a tender process closing on December 6.
"A new resource consent has been granted allowing the Treehouse to evolve from a private function venue to become a licensed restaurant available for public use," Ching says.
He says the land could be bought either as one combined offering, or individual units, allowing the Treehouse to be bought for its commercial aspects, and the adjoining land to be purchased as lifestyle block residential sections, or for additional business activities.
The land and Treehouse are owned by forestry businessman Ken Holmes. Shortly after the initial publicity burst for Yellow Pages, the company handed over the structure to Holmes who subcontracted management of the function venue to a food and beverage operator.
Hooi Hing said the venue had been dormant for the past year while Holmes focused on his core forestry business. "As the only function venue and food and beverage outlet of its kind in New Zealand, and with the vast Auckland target market just 45 minutes away via a main highway, the business could be reinvigorated under new ownership or management."
Support infrastructure for the venue's food and beverage operation includes a full commercial kitchen with four burner hob and stove, a fridge/freezer, and dishwasher
The neighbouring 12.36-hectare block has an elevated building platform overlooking mature trees and grassed hillsides. The adjacent 3.47-hectare block contains a 200sq m four-bedroom house surrounded by redwood and pine trees, while the 5.9-hectare block contains a 134sq m three-bedroom dwelling.
Venue and land
Property: Treehouse hospitality venue
With: Three large land blocks
Located: Near Warkworth by SH1
Features: Unique in New Zealand
Potential: Has Resource Consent for restaurant


text: I believe Mark was saying that you do have to be able to accept defeat and get your satisfaction in small doses. The OP has an issue with Pro's in the Qual, this is just the way it is. I have been blessed to have my first two dogs be some what competitive. Competition is tough. Not everyone gets a ribbon or even to play until the end. Once you win though you realize how watered down that feeling would be if things were made less competitive. Also there is the Owner/handler Qual. Im not a big fan of them but hay they are part of the sport. So Like Mark said either go to the Truck and cry or Cowboy up. Things are tough at the top level of dog games. The rewards are even greater. At least to me. off my soap box now.

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Marvin, I agree , definately a 365 day activity. when I first move to my new house the next-door neighbor called to tell me my house was on fire. when I said I was grilling (it was about 15 degrees out) they though I was cracked! Tom D
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Grilling is definitely a 365-day/year activity!! Ask my neighbors, who are convinced that I'm totally nuts (Blizzard? What blizzard?)
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I used to use a similar recipe for chicken thighs on the grill: 1/3 soy sauce (Shoyu) and 2/3 Coke.
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Of course not. I use the same method as Terry except I have some slip on sandals that live in my back hallway. They seem to overcome the snow problem. I even shovel a little path to the grill and in front of it if needs be. It's only cold for that minute that you run out in a t shirt and flip the steak or whatever. I don't usually stand around and watch it cook but rather use a flip and run method
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I grilled at 6 deg. F last winter. Never too cold. It's a matter of your grille overcoming the cold air around it. And I can tell you this, I have the worlds crapiest junko rebuilt grill and it throws more than enough heat. I got a new grill for xmas but it's sitting in a box. Go for it. The only problem I've encountered is when you run in from the grill to stir the sides on the stove- you track snow. SO I use slippers, leave them at the door and slide em back on when you have to run back to the grill.
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Boy do I ever miss grilling! Nick - is it cold enough to prevent even you from torching the grill up?
I'd like to move this to the recipe thread later on GregO
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Easy Steak Tips
The first thing you need is the right cut of meat. After a lot of experimenting (top round, bottom round, flank, blade, those precut tips) I determined that Sirloin Strip Steaks around 3/4" thick are the best way to go. These are not all that expensive; I get mine at BJ's, the Value Pack (5 lb or more) is $2.99-$3.29 per pound, which is not that much more than good burger meat.
Strip steaks are not that wide ~3", so I cross cut the grain about 1", so I end up with little steaks that are around 3/4" X 1" X 3". After cutting, leave all the steaks on the cutting board.
Dry-Rub the steaks with Onion Powder (not salt), Garlic Powder (not salt), & ground ginger. If you are not used to using ground ginger, be warned that it is very strong & easy to over-do, so about 1 Table spoon for 5lb.
Now place the meat into a sealed marinating container, Zip-Lock bags, or Vacuum seal bags. For the Teriyaki sauce, I use a combination of 1/3 Kikkoman & 2/3 Maui-Mountain Hawaiian. The Kikkoman alone is way too salty. Another, more healthy way I have done the sauce is 1/2 Kikkoman & 1/2 Applesauce or Duck sauce. You want something to cut the saltiness of the Kikkoman & at the same time, you want something sugary that will caramelize on the meat while cooking. Next, let the meat marinate for at least one full day; I prefer 2-3 days in the refrigerator. I also believe that the vacuum seal bags help the meat marinate better; sucking out the air gets the sauce into the meat.
Finally the cooking. I chef friend of mine (J&W not CIA) once told me that the biggest mistake people make when grilling meat is that they don't cook it hot enough or fast enough. Preheat your grill to around 400-450, on my LP grill I preheat for around 12-15 minutes on high with the lid closed, or until the gauge gets 2/3 up. Cook the meat quickly, 7-8 minutes is all you should need. Take one of the larger pieces off the grill & cut it open; it should be pink & warm in the middle
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Ah, it has been a long time since posting here. Good thing nobody cares.
I had to forsake the DVORAK bit again, since I started a job, and it just wouldn't do to sit down at a QWERTY keyboard and type really slowly. So, as the message below suggests, I am actually employed now, at an Edmonton company called YottaYotta. We make storage system. Big Storage. I think I pass a couple terabytes of disk on the way to my desk, internal test systems. Heh.
So now, I am a 'Hardware Designer' which in practice means I get to write VHDL and think Big Thoughts about Big Storage.
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Posted March 6, 2007; 10:09 p.m.
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman will lead a conversation about topics on the University's agenda during the next Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday, March 12.
The meeting begins at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 10, and is open to all members of the University community. Tilghman will begin with general comments and then will take questions from the audience.
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I just scored two sets of Battle Packs at Target. One set is for myself but the other set is for whoever needs it. I'd like to offer the set to somebody who doesn't have a Target anywhere near them first. The Battle Packs were $6.00 each and it'd cost about $5.00 to ship them in the US so the total would be $29.00. If you want them just post in here and we'll work it all out. If nobody ends up wanting them I'll just take them back to the store for somebody else to find.
A word to the wise. If you are looking at Target for these BPs make sure to look on the pegs with all the 3 3/4" figures. That's where I found these. Some were even behind figures on the pegs. The packaging is the exact same size as the carded figures but the packages weight a lot more. It looks like they are shipped 12 BPs per case (just like the 3 3/4" figs) because they had exactly three sets there (another collector bought the other set when I was there).


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Ambassador Ton Nu Thi Ninh, vice chair of the foreign affairs committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly, will deliver a lecture on "Building a Strong Vietnam-U.S. Relationship: Unlikely Partners?" at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in 1 Robertson Hall.
An influential member of Vietnam's lawmaking body, Ninh has sought to develop and enhance her country's relations with North America and Western Europe. She travels frequently to the United States and Europe, interacts with senior government and business officials both at home and abroad, and at times represents Vietnam at international conferences to discuss issues of global importance with world leaders. Also a seasoned diplomat, Ninh previously served as Vietnam's ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and as head of mission to the European Union in Brussels.
Ninh's lecture will address a wide range of crucial issues in Vietnamese-U.S. relations, including trade conflict, human rights, educational exchange and cooperation in fighting terrorism. It is sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies .
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Taiwan, Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) T'ai-wan or (Pinyin) Taiwan, Portuguese Formosa, island, located about 100 miles (161 km) off the southeast coast of the China mainland. It is approximately 245 miles (394 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles across at its widest point. The largest city, Taipei, is the seat of the government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist China). In addition to the main island, the ROC government has jurisdiction over 22 islands in the Taiwan group and 64 islands to the west in the Pescadores archipelago.
Taiwan is bounded to the north by the East China Sea, which separates it from the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, and mainland Japan; to the east by the Pacific Ocean; to the south by the Bashi Channel, which separates it from the Philippines; and to the west by the Taiwan (Formosa) Strait, which separates it from the China mainland.
From the mid-1660s to 1895, Taiwan was administered by the imperial Chinese government, after which (until 1945) the island was ruled by the Japanese as a colony. In 1945 Taiwan reverted to China, and in 1949 it became the last territory controlled by the Nationalist government. The government of the ROC continued to claim jurisdiction over the Chinese mainland, whereas the government of the People's Republic of China on the mainland claimed jurisdiction over Taiwan; both governments remained in agreement that the island is a sheng (province) of China. Taipei was the provincial capital until 1967, when the capital was moved to Chung-hsing Hsin-ts'un.
The land
Taiwan is part of the great island system rimming the western Pacific Ocean. The island of Taiwan is formed by a fault block trending north-northeast to south-southwest and tilted toward the west. The more gently rising western face of the block borders the shallow Taiwan Strait, under which the continental shelf connects the island to the Chinese mainland. The terraced tablelands and alluvial plains along the western face of the block provide the principal areas of dense population and the major cities. The steeply sloping eastern face of the block marks the edge of the continental shelf and the beginning of the Pacific Ocean. Aside from one major rift valley, the east coast provides little room for human settlement.
The coastline on the west is simple and straight, bordered with low sand dunes and lagoons. Deepwater ports are situated at Chi-lung (Keelung), at the northern tip of the island, and at Kao-hsiung, on the southwestern coast.
The crest of the Chung-yang Shan-mo (Central Range) lies east of and parallel to the island's axis. Scores of peaks rise to about 10,000 feet, the highest being Yü Shan (13,113 feet [3,997 metres]) in the south-central part of the island. Around the mountainous area are numerous independent hills with an average height of 5,000 feet.
Drainage and soils
The rivers, nearly all of which rise in the Chung-yang Shan-mo, are short and subject to extreme seasonal variations in flow. Lacking steady currents, most rivers are unreliable for irrigation or hydroelectric power generation. Late-summer typhoons, however, bring torrential rains that are liable to cause floods, especially in the plains, necessitating an extensive system of dikes. The principal rivers are the Tan-shui Ho in the northwest, the Cho-shui Hsi, in the west, and the Kao-p'ing Hsi in the south. Alluvial soil on the plains and in the valleys covers about one-fourth of the island and is its chief resource. The upland soils, subject to drastic erosion, are leached, acid, and infertile.
Taiwan straddles the tropical and subtropical zones and has warm summers and mild winters. The climate is moderated by the warm waters of the Kuroshio (Japan Current). The summer is long, lasting from April until November (200 days or more). In cold months the mean monthly temperature is about 59 °F (about 15 °C). Beginning with April, the mean monthly temperature is above 68 °F (20 °C). The highest mean monthly temperature, 86 °F (30 °C), is reached from June to September. Lowland Taiwan is frost-free while the central mountains are covered with snow in winter.
Mean annual precipitation is 102 inches (2,580 millimetres), although in some years the precipitation in summer alone may exceed 200 inches in some parts of the islands. The upland area receives more rain than the lowlands, and the east receives more than the west. In addition, rainfall is heavier in the north, where winters are drizzly, than in the south, where winters are sunny. Most typhoons and, therefore, most precipitation are concentrated in the months of July, August, and September.
Plant and animal life
There are green plants on the plains all the year round, and more than half of Taiwan is covered by forests. As the climate varies with elevation, so does the natural vegetation. Stands of mixed bamboo, palm, and tropical evergreen grow in the lowlands; subtropical evergreen forests, including camphor laurel, are found from 2,000 to 6,000 feet; broad-leaved evergreen forests of the temperate zone are represented by cedars, cypress, junipers, rhododendrons, maples, and cryptomeria (Japanese cedar) from 6,000 to 8,000 feet; and coniferous forests are found above 7,500 feet.
Animal life, similar to that of the southern Chinese mainland, includes deer, wild boars, bears, monkeys, goats, wildcats, and panthers. Birds include pheasant, geese, flycatchers, kingfishers, larks, and many other species. Fish abound in the coastal areas.
Settlement patterns
The population density of Taiwan has always been highest on the western coastal plains and basins and lowest in the central and eastern mountains. Chinese settlement of Taiwan historically proceeded from south to north along the western coast. Before the introduction of modern transportation, the most convenient access to the interior was along river valleys, and it was up these that the immigrant population expanded.
Urbanization was the dominant settlement pattern of the 20th century. There has been a noticeable migration from rural areas to towns, especially since mid-century, when the urban population increased from less than half to more than three-fourths of the total population. Three major urban areas have developed: Taipei and its port of Chi-lung in the north and the two port cities of Kao-hsiun in the south and Tʾai-chung in the west.
The people
Ethnolinguistic groups
The original inhabitants of Taiwan were Malayo-Polynesian aborigines. Taiwan's indigenous peoples have historically been referred to in terms of their language groups, the largest of which are the Ami, Atayal, and Paiwan. Chinese immigrants largely displaced or assimilated the plains aborigines and carried on a protracted conflict with the mountain aborigines, who were subdued only by the Japanese. The aborigines, nearly all of whom now live in the foothills and highlands, constitute about 2 percent of the population. Although several aboriginal dialects and many tribal customs have been retained, the people have increasingly become assimilated, linguistically and culturally, into modern Taiwanese society. Nonetheless, many indigenous groups increased their political activity in the early 21st century, with 14 gaining official recognition as of 2008.
The great majority of the population—those now called Taiwanese—are descendants of the original immigrants from the Chinese provinces of Fukien and Kwangtung. The Hokkien from southern Fukien constitute the largest of the immigrant groups; their dialect of Chinese is often called the Taiwanese dialect. The Hakka, originally from northern Kwangtung, also have a distinct dialect.
The most recent addition to Taiwan's population are the predominantly Mandarin-speaking Nationalist adherents, who came to Taiwan from all parts of China in the late 1940s. These "mainlanders" still compose about 15 percent of the population. Because of their prominence in the Nationalist government, Mandarin has become the principal language of Taiwan.
Numerous religions have been introduced into Taiwan from many parts of the world. The Chinese brought their religions, principally Buddhism and Taoism. In 1622 the Dutch introduced Protestant Christianity; two years later the Spanish brought Roman Catholicism to the island. In addition, Confucianism has immensely influenced the Chinese people of Taiwan in ethics, morality, and academic thinking. Religion, however, is not a divisive factor on Taiwan. The Chinese tend to be eclectic about religion, many practicing a little of several kinds.
The principal religions in Taiwan, in addition to the forms of worship of the aborigines, are Taoism and Buddhism. Christians constitute a small but significant percentage of the population; about three-fifths are Protestant and the rest Roman Catholic. There are also a large number of Muslims, most of whom live in the larger cities.
The population of Taiwan tripled in the first half of the 20th century. From mid-century, however, the rate of growth steadily declined from about 4 percent to less than 2 percent per year. Modern health measures had lowered the death rate, and Nationalist land reform temporarily raised the birthrate by expanding rural opportunities. In response to growing urban opportunities, however, families soon began concentrating more resources on fewer children. In addition, the government actively promoted family planning and birth control.
Family structure
The family has long been the most important organizing unit in traditional Taiwanese society. Based on the Confucian precepts of filial piety and ancestor worship, the patrilineal extended family performs many of the savings, investment, and production functions of Western corporations and provides many of the social services assumed by Western governments. The family owns property, pools its resources, and diversifies the occupations of its members, thus maximizing the returns and spreading the risks across the multiple branches and generations.
The economy
During the 20th century Taiwan's economy has been transformed from agricultural to industrial, and the island's postwar economic development has been one of the most spectacular of any developing country. In constant prices, gross national product increased more than 10 times between the mid-1950s and mid-1980s. The major reason was vigorous export promotion in an expanding global economy. Per capita product and personal income quintupled, while a relatively equal distribution of income became more equitable. The major reasons were the initially broad distribution of ownership of land and capital and the high returns to labour, first in agriculture and later in the export industries. The obligation to increase and repay family resources has motivated the individual Chinese and has produced much of the rapid growth of Taiwan's economy. This growth has proceeded in three phases. The first (c. 1905–55) was the modernization of agriculture and the development of other primary or extractive industries. The second (c. 1935–85) was the development of modern secondary manufacturing industries. The third (since 1965) began the modernization of service industries.
Although more than 50 kinds of minerals have been found in Taiwan, total mineral resources are modest. In the north, copper, gold, iron, sulfur, and pyrite exist in only token amounts. In the east, limestone, marble, and dolomite are abundant, although their exploitation contributes little to the economy. Coal reserves are rapidly becoming exhausted. Petroleum and natural gas exist in small quantities on shore, but the continental shelf may contain extensive reserves, particularly of natural gas. Forests are most abundant in the high mountains, but their inaccessability makes exploitation uneconomical.
Until the mid-20th century Taiwan's best assets were its fertile soils, tropical climate, and large agricultural labour force. Agriculture provided the logical starting point for economic development after World War II. Since about 1970, however, rising agricultural costs have made agricultural exports uncompetitive, and Taiwan has had to rely increasingly on food imports.
One-quarter of Taiwan's total area is arable, and all available land is fully cultivated, including sloping areas, dry riverbeds, and reclaimed tidal lands. The single most important crop is rice, with which more than one-half of the total cultivated area and most of the irrigated portion is planted. More than two-thirds of the paddy fields are double-cropped. The Japanese introduced improved strains of rice, chemical fertilizers, and modern irrigation methods, and the Nationalists continued to modernize rice production. Rice yields per acre have therefore increased dramatically, although this has created an oversupply.
Sugarcane, tea, and fresh bananas, once principal exports, are still important domestically. Other fruits, such as pineapples, litchis, longans, oranges, grapes, and strawberries, abound. Most vegetables—including mushrooms and asparagus, which are canned for export—are produced in the central and southern regions.
Forestry and fisheries
With many mountains, Taiwan has abundant timber. Inaccessibility, low quality, and high costs limit production, however, and have made it necessary to import lumber. In addition, overcutting and inadequate reforestation measures have caused erosion and destructive floods.
With the exception of eels and snails, which are high-value exports, fishery production is mostly for domestic consumption. The warm currents off the east coast provide good deep-sea fishing grounds, especially for tuna.
Mining and quarrying
Petroleum has replaced coal as the major energy source. Domestic natural gas also is produced. The quarrying of marble and dolomite is increasing as rail connections are improved. Salt is produced by solar evaporation along the southwestern coast.
Northern Taiwan once produced some coal, but its poor reserves are now exhausted. Heavy rainfall and high mountains hold great hydroelectric potential, but most economical sites have been exploited, and hydropower provides a declining proportion of the energy supply. In the 1960s and '70s the principal growth in energy sources came from thermal electric power generation using imported petroleum. Rising oil costs and national defense needs, however, accelerated the development of nuclear electric power. By the 1980s three nuclear plants accounted for one-third of Taiwan's installed capacity and about one-half of actual generation.
In the 1950s and '60s Taiwan's comparative trade advantage lay in its abundant cheap labour supply. Consequently, labour-intensive light industry predominated, producing such nondurable consumer goods as foodstuffs and textiles, at first largely for domestic consumption but after 1960 increasingly for export. By the 1960s and '70s investment had shifted to more capital-intensive heavy industries turning out consumer durables (appliances, vehicles), producer nondurables (steel, petrochemicals), and producer durables (machinery, ships). Some capital-intensive industries, particularly those run by state firms, have proved unprofitable, but the government maintains them to supply the private sector and to bolster national defense. In the 1970s labour became scarce and wages increased, making Taiwan's labour-intensive exports less competitive. Consequently, both government and private business accelerated efforts to develop skill-intensive high-technology industries such as those producing specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, sophisticated electronics, and information-processing systems.
Because of Taiwan's limited resources and intermediate technology, its manufactures long depended heavily on imported materials, equipment, and technology (particularly from Japan and the United States). Moreover, because of the limited domestic market, Taiwan's manufactures also depended heavily on exports (particularly to the United States). Thus until the mid-1980s Taiwan balanced a chronic trade deficit with Japan against a chronic trade surplus with the United States. In the 1980s Taiwan attempted to diversify its trade with Europe and the Third World.
By the late 20th century manufactured goods accounted for more than 95 percent of all exports, led by electronic products and appliances, articles of clothing, footwear, textile yarns and fabrics, toys and sporting goods, and metal products. Imports were highly diversified, consisting of a variety of consumer goods and raw materials, including petroleum and petroleum products, electronic products, nonelectrical machinery, and chemicals.
Since the mid-1970s there has been an accelerating shift from traditional personal services (small shops and restaurants) to modern personal services (department stores and hotels) and modern commercial services (finance and communications). Commerce and services became internationalized as Taiwan handled a larger proportion of its own trade, imported foreign services such as fast food, and exported services such as construction management and computer programming. Nevertheless, most private businesses remained family firms, most of them small. The cultural importance of the family has made Taiwan's economy lean and flexible, but it also has inhibited an increase in the scale and modernization of accounting, finance, advertising, and trade.
Management of the economy
Since 1945 the state has played a dominant economic role, although a private sector also has functioned. Since about 1975 private business increasingly charted its own course, often ahead of government initiatives and often in collaboration with foreign firms. Economic development has since acquired much momentum of its own. The government continues, however, to run key industries (electricity, steel, petroleum), construct basic infrastructure (railways, highways, waterways), oversee the financial system (both government and private banks), and initiate the development of new sectors by facilitating the transfer of technology and by disseminating market information.
Taxes in Taiwan include income, legacy, commodity, stamp, stock, farm, land, increment on land value, and business taxes. They are levied according to a progressive rate; people with small incomes pay little tax.
The Chinese Federation of Labour (CFL) is a nationwide organization of industrial and craft unions. Other national labour organizations include those for seamen, railway workers, and postal workers. There are local unions in all factories, transportation and public utility units, and occupational and vocational groups.
The primary internal transport links are the well-developed highway and railway networks, although domestic air travel is also important. The principal roads consist of a highway running around the perimeter of the island; three east–west highways crossing the island in the northern, middle, and southern regions; and a north–south expressway connecting the major west coast cities. Passenger-bus transportation is provided between large cities and small towns throughout the island. Few people own cars, but many have motorcycles. The railway system of Taiwan consists of a trunk line that roughly parallels the north–south expressway and a smaller line along the east side of the island that extends to the southeastern port of T'ai-tung; the construction of a line in the south will complete the encirclement of the island. The major domestic air routes are between Taipei and the larger cities.
External transport links are by sea and air. The international seaports are Chi-lung, Kao-hsiung, T'ai-chung, Su-ao, and Hua-lien. Chi-lung, Kao-hsiung, and T'ai-chung have good facilities for anchoring large ships; Hua-lien has facilities that are somewhat more limited. The Chiang Kai-shek Airport at T'ao-yüan is the facility for international air travel in northern Taiwan. The southern part of the island is served by the international airport at Kao-hsiung.
Administration and social conditions
For centuries Taiwan has been ruled by outsiders—Imperial Chinese bureaucrats, colonial Japanese administrators, and, most recently, Nationalist Party (Kuomintang; KMT) refugees from the Chinese mainland. In 1949, with the success of the communist rebellion in mainland China, the KMT retreated to Taiwan and set up office. For most of the post-World War II period (1945–90), the Nationalist government's claim to rule Taiwan was predicated on its claim to rule all of China, and so-called temporary emergency measures in effect led to the creation of an authoritarian regime in Taiwan based on martial law. By the 1990s, however, the Nationalist party-state had largely shifted its focus to Taiwan, restaffing its leadership with Taiwanese and submitting itself to election, and the government began initiating liberalization measures. Some groups on Taiwan agitated for independence, but such calls were met with considerable opposition from the government of the People's Republic of China.
Constitutional structure
Formally, the KMT applied to postwar Taiwan the constitution they had drawn up in 1947 for all of China. This eclectic document includes elements from traditional China (personnel and investigative councils), from Western parliamentarism (a cabinet and premier approved by the legislative body), and from Western presidentialism (a president elected by a National Assembly). The 1947 constitution permits democracy, guarantees civil liberties, and promotes political participation and cultural development.
The central government also includes five constitutionally mandated councils (yüans): Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Examination, and Control. The Legislative Yuan, the membership structure of which parallels that of the National Assembly, enacts legislation. The Executive Yuan, the cabinet, is headed by a premier, who is appointed by the president but is nominally answerable to the Legislative Yuan. The Judicial Yuan oversees the court system. The Examination Yuan fulfills the functions of a civil service commission, and the Control Yuan oversees government administration.
The constitution also provides for provincial and local administrative institutions. The island of Taiwan and the cities of Taipei and Kao-hsiung have provincial status. At the local level are 16 counties (hsien) and five municipalities (shih), which, according to the constitution, are self-governing. In reality, however, they have had little autonomy from the national government.
Power structure
In practice, for most of the period since 1949, Taiwan has been ruled by a dictator who led three sectors: an external and internal security apparatus, a quasi-Leninist party, and a technocratic government. The dictator's position as "paramount leader" was the most important, tying together institutional sectors through personal networks. The security sector was the ultimate foundation of the regime, reinforced by a large military budget. The KMT was the arena for promoting personnel and deciding policy. For more than four decades the National Assembly consisted mostly of the same representatives that had been elected on the mainland in 1948, supplemented by minority additions periodically elected by Taiwan. The KMT held regular elections for representatives to the community, local, and provincial offices, but these posts had little power. The government managed the economy with a success that became an example among developing countries and which facilitated Taiwanese acceptance of Nationalist rule.
Beginning in 1986, responding to opposition and public demands, the KMT began allowing increased liberalization of government. The KMT abolished martial law in 1987 and legalized the formation of opposition political parties; opposition candidates, notably those of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), began winning seats in the legislature. In 1991 the KMT rescinded the emergency provisions and forced all original mainland national representatives to retire. A National Security Council was created. With the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2000 and 2001, respectively, the DPP became the first party to oust the KMT from the government. In 2008, however, both the presidency and control of the legislature (with more than a two-thirds majority) returned to the KMT.
Armed forces
The military and security forces have had considerable power, particularly during the decades of martial law. The armed forces include the air force, army, navy, combined service force, military police, and garrison force.
Both the Chinese government and the Chinese family have long believed in investing heavily in education, in the postwar period increasingly for girls as well as for boys. In the past, educational opportunities usually were open only to the elite. The Japanese during the early 20th century, when they ruled the island, began to extend primary education to ordinary Taiwanese in an effort to train loyal citizens and literate workers. Taiwan now has one of the best-educated populations in Asia, second only to that of Japan. The preferred educational route is through liberal arts, looking to a career in government, or through professional training at a prestigious university. As postwar economic development gathered momentum, however, both government and families have also recognized the value of commercial and technical education.
Education is compulsory for nine years (six years of primary school and three years of middle school); secondary education includes senior high schools and vocational schools. There are also preschool education and social education, including adult education and special education. There are over 100 institutions of higher education, more than two-thirds of them private. Among the major public ones are the National Taiwan University (founded 1928) at Taipei, National Cheng Kung University (1931) at T'ai-nan, National Chung Hsing University (1961) at T'ai-chung, and National Sun Yat-sen University (1980) at Kao-hsiung.
Health and welfare
Modern health practices were instituted early in the 20th century by the Japanese and were further developed by the Nationalist government. The Japanese largely eliminated tropical diseases—which until then had been a principal barrier to development in Taiwan—by installing water- and sewage-treatment plants and by training and equipping medical personnel. Taiwan now has a well-developed hospital system and medical profession. Life expectancy and infant-mortality rates are about the same as in most Western countries.
The overall economic growth and the Chinese custom of families caring for their elderly and unemployed members have kept government welfare spending low, but, because the birth rate is decreasing as the number of elderly is increasing, concern has been growing about the Chinese family's ability to provide social security in the future. The government has thus been instituting social insurance programs covering an increasing percentage of the population.
The rapid growth of Taiwan's large urban centres has resulted in housing shortages, which generally have been met by private developers. The government has built some apartments that have then been sold to the public by means of long-term, low-interest loans. In addition, the government has provided free housing for the poor.


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Kid Konnection offers school-age child care summer programming
When school is out for the summer, what will the children do for supervision?
One option for families in the Pequot Lakes School District is to enroll your child or children in the Kid Konnection summer program. Through Kid Konnection your child can continue to connect with school friends during the summer months in a safe, adult-supervised setting.
Kid Konnection is open all summer. A separate summer enrollment is required to sign a child up for the summer program even if you have been participating in Kid Konnection during the school year. The first full day of summer child care will be Tuesday, May 28.
Who can attend Kid Konnection? Children who are enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade may be signed up for the school-age child care program. Kid Konnection is in operation at Eagle View Elementary School in Breezy Point.
What will the summer program be like? Kid Konnection offers a daily schedule of activities with school-age peers. The day includes large motor play time, crafts, science-based activities, a curriculum session to keep up with school skills, board games and quiet play time, use of computers, snacks and a weekly field trip.
Field trips are a regular feature of the summer program. Places to be visited include the Children's Museum in Grand Rapids, area train exhibits, local water parks, local beaches/park areas, the summer reading program at the Pequot Lakes Library, bowling, the shooting range at Mills Fleet Farm, This Old Farm, the Duluth Zoo and the Headwater Science Center at Itasca State Park.
Why should our family choose Kid Konnection for our school-age child care? The children will be able to be with school friends in a safe facility supervised by caring adults. Children will be able to go to other summer programs offered at Eagle View. Kid Konnection staff will walk children to activities in the Eagle View building and pick them up if that is considered appropriate.
When is Kid Konnection in operation? The child care services are open Monday through Friday. The summer session begins Tuesday, May 28, and continues through Friday, Aug. 30. The program is closed on the following holidays: May 27, July 4 and Sept. 2.
Drop-in child care will be offered to already enrolled children, if there is space available on the day when drop-in care is needed. Please call to inquire before dropping off your child. Call 218-562-6109.
Where does the Kid Konnection program take place? The school-age child care will be using the Eagle View cafeteria, the gym, the computer lab, the science room, the Kid Konnection classroom and the playground. There is lots of room for children to move from one activity to another during the day.
How much does it cost to use Kid Konnection? The program fees are posted on the school district website. Go to www.pequotlakes.k12.mn.us and select "Kid Konnection." Once you are on the Kid Konnection page you will find the enrollment form, the contract form, the two-week commitment form and the family handbook. You select the number of days and the number of hours of child care service that you need. Family discounts for a second child are offered.
Quality care, fun activities, time to play with friends under the supervision of caring adults make the summer Kid Konnection program a wonderful option for your child this summer. It is an economical option for parents to consider.
(Julie Despot is Pequot Lakes Community Education director.)


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About Assisted Reproduction
Most assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are used to treat infertility. Others are used when there are no fertility problems. Embryo screening or pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, for example, is used in order to prevent the births of children with specific genetic characteristics.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) refers to assisted reproduction procedures in which sperm and eggs are joined outside a woman's body. Women undergoing IVF are given hormonal drugs to promote the development of multiple eggs, which are retrieved with a minor surgical procedure. The eggs are mixed with sperm; one or more of those that fertilize are then transferred to the woman's uterus.
IVF has been in use since 1978 and has resulted in almost four million births worldwide. A number of IVF-related techniques have been introduced since then. Some of these, such as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and commercial gestational surrogacy, raise significant ethical and policy concerns. In the United States alone, the assisted reproduction business is estimated to create over $3 billion in revenues a year.
Research on the risks associated with ART is notoriously inadequate. There have been few follow-up studies either on women who have used ARTs or their children. The United States is also known for having few laws governing assisted reproduction and little oversight of ART facilities.


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We will be starting at Bert Carlsons in Fall City on Friday. Saturday and Sunday we will be at Greenleafs. Good luck!
We will be starting at Bert Carlsons in Fall City on Friday. Saturday and Sunday we will be at Greenleafs. Good luck!
Marion Carey
AFC Fargo's Echo "Echo"
AFC The Blueprint "Webster"
FC AFC Marshwind's Black Magik "Kate"
Whitewater High Five "Radar"
Not sure how well this shows up but, so much for calling it a "Spring Trial". It's dumping the white stuff. Makes time for another cup of coffee..
Guess it's better than flooding, for now.
Now it's starting to stick...
Went to the trial and a snowball fight broke out.... this isn't looking good. Should warm up soon but....water still has to go somewhere
The first series of the Open started in a blanket of white stuff. First bird down is the short retired on the right thrown right to left from a depression up onto the top of a mound. Second down is the long retired in the middle thrown right to left from a brush pile. The flyer is on the left shot right to left in an open field. The line is above the field on top of a dike. The two retired marks are tight so that it's hard to know which gunner the dogs are looking at and also hard to prevent them from swinging to the flyer as the birds go down. If the dog blows by the short retired and picks up the long one, they aren't sure which bird they picked up. So far lots of hunting and some good work.
FTCH AFTCH Heads Up Tracks in the Taiga MH QA2 WC ***, Can. WCI, JFTR, QFTR - U.S. all-breed Amateur win, placements, Open 3rd, Am-Can Qual Wins (Trek) 1/31/07
Heads Up Dash to the Taiga QA2 WC *** (Dart) 10/29/12
Can. GMH Coppertop Wind in the Taiga MH, WCX **, Can. CD, WCX, QFTR *** (Breeze) 9/5/00 - 9/30/10
Photo of one-year-old Trek by Greg Gersbach
Oh great! I posted the callbacks to the second series from my iPhone, but apparently they didn't post. I'm not going to do it again because now I have the second series callbacks. There were 32 called back from the first series. The land blind had a poison bird on the right toward the end of the blind. The blind went across a ditch past the mound on the left where the short retired bird had been thrown, between two trees, over the lower shoulder of a mound and out behind the brush pile on the left from which the long retired had been thrown. Some dogs wanted to head off toward the marks, others want to head toward the poison bird. Some went right down the middle. The call backs to the third series tomorrow at Greenleaf's are:
2,4,5,6,10,17,18,20,23,24,26,27,28,29,33,35,36,39, 41,42,43,45,46,47
The marshal said there were 25 called back, but I only got 24 numbers so I don't know if I missed one or he did or the count was inaccurate.
The starting dog tomorrow is dog 23.
The dog missing from the callbacks was #19. Apparently, the marshal failed to read that number.
The water blind had a sluice from a gunner sitting on a dike and four pieces of 46 1/2 degree water to negotiate. The line to the blind went right behind the gunner with water both in front of and behind him. It was very difficult to get all the pieces of water enroute. Callbacks to the 4th series (12 dogs):
CONGRATULATIONS to Marilyn Dahlheim and Mozart on their 2nd in the Open.
Mozart is now an FC!!
Way to go !!!
Congratulations, Marilyn and Mozart!!!
MHR Firemark Serendipity ***, MH, CDX, NA, NAJ, NF "Seren"
Firemark Little Hot Tee***, "Tee"
FC AFC Wigeons Carbon Chip, "Chip"
AFC Patton's Moby Nick, "Nick"
Silvertip's Secret Weapon, "Lazer"
Firemark Enjoy the Ryde, "Ryder"
Robber's Duck and Run, "Quick", forever in our hearts
Firemark Orange Crush, "Crush"
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RMU grad named to U.S. women's hockey team for OlympicsJanuary 1, 2014 9:59 PM
Eleven returning Olympians are on the roster for the women's hockey team that will represent the United States at Sochi, including former Robert Morris goaltender Brianne McLaughlin.
The roster was announced Wednesday during the break between periods of the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
McLaughlin will make her second Olympic appearance. She was a member of the 2010 U.S. women's national team that finished second at Vancouver. This will be the fifth time she has competed in a major international event. The goaltender won gold medals in the 2011 and 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championships and a silver in the 2012 competition.
Headlining the U.S. team is Amanda Kessel, the sister of Toronto's Phil Kessel, who was named to the U.S. men's team. She was the top scorer in the NCAA last season with 101 points and led Minnesota to the national championship.
"Today is an important day for our team and we're thrilled to continue our journey toward Sochi," said Katey Stone, who is on leave from her coaching job at Harvard to head Team USA. "We have a good blend of veterans and first-time Olympians and we're excited about what lies ahead."
The U.S. women's team has seven defensemen, 11 forwards and three goaltenders. All 21 appeared in the World Championships, and 18 played for the American team that beat Canada for the gold medal in April in Ottawa.
The Americans and Canadians are the favorites to meet in the gold medal game Feb. 20.
"@riptide66: @BrianneMcL How about a selfie from the #winterclasic #TeamUSA #Pittsburgh @RMU" pic.twitter.com/ody6MO7u4d
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Tony Granato named Olympic assistant
Former Badger will coach USA in Sochi
MADISON - Granato, currently an assistant coach with the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, was a two-time All-American at Wisconsin and sits fourth all-time as a Badger with 220 points in his four-year career (1983-87).
He was also inducted into Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.
Granato spent three seasons as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche (2002-04, 2008-09) during his six years with the organization.
That followed a 13-year NHL career with the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks.
Granato becomes the first Wisconsin alum to serve as a men's hockey coach at an Olympics. Former Badger Mark Johnson.was head coach of the US women's team that won the gold medal in the 2010 games in Vancouver.


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[FONT=Courier New]We hit 83 here in Portland yesterday and we should get more of the same today. We'll be transitioning from Global Warming back to Climate Change tomorrow, tho.[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]We hit 83 here in Portland yesterday and we should get more of the same today. We'll be transitioning from Global Warming back to Climate Change tomorrow, tho.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Courier New]We had two weeks of snow, ice, and freezing temperatures here right before Christmas. I realize this is might not seem like a big deal, but it was 2 weeks straight and it was the worst series of storms in our area in 40 years, so the last few days of 70-80 degree weather is a much welcomed "change of pace".[/FONT]
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Let's see....a quick check of the Davis Vantage Pro 2 and a peek outside reveals currently:
High clouds (cirrus)
Temp: 82ºF
Humidity: 27%
Dew Point 44º
Winds: South @ 4mph
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
*Shameful double post*
But, hey! I'll get over it!
Topped out at 98ºF today!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Anyone watch the Cubs game last night? Everyone in the place was bundled up in coats. It was in the upper 30's I believe at game time, a wee bit warmer away from the lake, we were in the low 40's, but it got down into the 30's overnight.
Today promises to be in the 50's. Tommorow should be better.
2015 RFL Thank You to, TeeEye7 & Slicker, JediTricks, Tycho, El Chuxter, and Darth Jax!!!!
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overcast and 50, not 2 bad since the last 2 days have been nothing but pouring rain. this weekend is going to be sunny and 70's so that's a plus
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Pop in zip code 52242 since I'm at work and find out for yourselves.
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Wonderful Spring day! Topped out at 85ºF with a nice breeze all day (so I'm told since I sleep during the day and work nights). 70's by the weekend!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Weird week. We were near-100 Monday and Tuesday, still in 80s yesterday. Today? Topped out maybe at 70. Might have rain in a few days. Truthfully, while it may be inconvenient, I think someone should look into this change in climate over the globe.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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I know this is sorta procrastinating but let me explain my situation.
As an itinerant teacher (also known as a substitute) I had inhibitions on attending the convention in Indianapolis. However, I knew that I was locked in a long-term position this year that could last anywhere from 2 - 6 months. If it went past April, there was no way I could take a few days off, being a long term sub that would set my pay scale back to square one and it took me many school days to get to the point I am at. It also wouldn't help me in the hiring game.
The position started on December 20 and her return was up in the air. (she wanted to get back soon because this is her third leave in four years).
However, the teacher on maternity leave has postponed her arrival back twice (no doubt because of the amazing job I'm doing ) I just found out recently that she is slated to come back April 21st, a Thursday (that is when a pay period begins for our district).
If that is the case then that would leave me time to attend the convention, even if it was only for 2 or 3 days.
My query is:
a) is it too late to reserve a hotel room (money is no object )
b) I plan on flying, but if anyone out there needs me to split the cost on travel, I will gladly do that. I definitely understand that plans have been made by most of you and they should not be deviated
c) would I need to make any type of reservations for the convention itself not including hotel, car lease, etc.
I really want to go and meet the crew and originally it looked like a negative, but I found out just recently that I could probably go. I just have to get on the ball.
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In turkey hunting stories we hear; we read about a tenacious hunter who matches wits with an old gobbler day after day and in some stories year after year. Heck I've told a few of those myself.
A few years ago during late May hunt I thought I was after the same gobbler for 3 days, with great satisfaction I killed him on the morning of day 3 filling my last tag. Weary from a long spring of sleep deprivation I thought this would be my last hunt of the spring and had planned to go back to work. However, the next day at sunrise a gobbler sounded off from the exact same tree!? But I thought I had killed the last active gobbler. Of course I bought another tag to pursue this new/same gobbler. Killed him the first morning out.
Now this question nags at me-
How does a hunter know if it is actually the same bird they are after from day to day?


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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
Super Bulldog Weekend was a resounding success, and the numbers reflect that.
The annual event, which is centered around the Maroon-White spring football game, a three-game baseball series, and a host of on-campus and off-campus activities, was held last week. And Mississippi State fans turned out in droves.
"We've had 28 of them now, and we've obviously had some big ones before, and this one was right up there with any of them we had in the past," MSU athletics director Scott Stricklin said.
The school announced an attendance of 21,000 at the spring football game, which was lower than in the past due to expansion work that shut down the north and west sides of Davis Wade Stadium.
In the baseball series against Auburn, MSU drew a total of 32,679 fans, including 14,562 for Saturday's finale. That's the second-largest crowd in Dudy Noble Field history, and the second-largest on-campus crowd in NCAA baseball history.
In fact, Saturday's draw means MSU can boast the 10 largest on-campus crowds in NCAA history. The largest was 14,991, against Florida in 1989.
A team spokesman said the only attendance figure MSU uses this season is paid attendance, as opposed to actual attendance. But Dudy Noble was most certainly packed out all weekend, with standing room only on Saturday.
Under fifth-year coach John Cohen, MSU has gone from the league cellar to back-to-back NCAA postseason appearances and an SEC Tournament championship last year. The Bulldogs are currently ranked 16th in the country and tied for third in the Western Division.
"Obviously the more consistently you have success, the more the crowds build," Stricklin said. "Getting to the number we got to this year, probably what happened the last two years played a big role into that."
Last season, MSU ranked sixth in the country in attendance, averaging 6,131 fans per game.
Bowl winnings
MSU lost the Gator Bowl to Northwestern on Jan. 1, but the school was a winner on the financial side.
According to documents obtained by the Journal, the school made $87,164.94 in net revenue over expenses. That included a $2.2 million payout by the bowl, of which MSU took home $1,446,000 after the SEC's share, travel allowances, and tickets absorbed.
"The way our league structures our bowl payments, we make money whether we go to a bowl game or not," Stricklin said, then noted that the revenue made off the Gator Bowl itself goes into the athletic department's general operating budget.
Cost of logos
Logos can be expensive.
In this month's Institutions of Higher Learning board book, an item up for approval was the cost of attorney's fees for MSU to keep its logos current. In all, the university had to dole out $8,658.75 this year for 10 logos used by the school and/or athletic department.
The most expensive, at $2,180, was the MState logo, while the least expensive was the Paw Print ($360).


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- Taken by
- Eric B.
- Explore score
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- Size
- 0.34 Gigapixels
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- 367171
- Date added
- Feb 02, 2008
- Date taken
- Sep 30, 2007
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- Boston
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Detailed image of numerous events going on in Boston. Many hidden jewels buried in this photograph.
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This would have been a great GigaPan photo, if it wasn't spoilt by so many weird added parts. Different angles and intensities of shadow can easily be explained by layers taken at different times of day (or different days entirely). However, you cannot say that the Monarch butterfly is real and was ever there. For a start the shadow is ridiculously wrong, but more than that - you can zoom in to it's wings enough to see the watermark. Last time I checked Monarch butterflies don't have naturally-occuring watermarks on their wings. Same can be said about the 'Jean Luc Picard' person (snapshot 'Works for Captain James T. Kirk) - that has obviously been photoshopped in. For one it looks hand-drawn, and secondly even if it were a real person - from that distance there is no way they would have known you were taking a picture - not just because of the distance, but the fact the camera was pointed away from them so they wouldn't know the lens was wide enough to pick them out. Should have left the photo in it's original state, and not messed with it.
Nice Pan.
While the overall photo is great, I must say there is some photoshopping going on here, for instance the 'girl with the blue binder' has been added after the fact. (shadow intensity is wrong, shadows missing across her clothing, feet not quite touching the ground, bluring around her outline, etc..) Nothing wrong with being creative as long as it is mentioned up front.
the butterfly snapshot is rather cheesy. the shadow of cars and that of light poles and pedestrians are all different directions. I wont even mention the butterflies shadow... good job though... but cheesy.
Dear Eric B. I really like what you've done here. I am trying to do something similar and would love your advice. Can you write me via email@example.com ? Thanks, Will A.
shadows casting off to your right and left... Yeah, okay... Two thumbs down!
Theres allot of photoshoping going on in this one
Don't need to Photoshop the large file. You add Waldo, butterfly, whatever to the individual shots before they are stitched.
Why so much Photoshopping?? Waldo is funny, but once you realize it's Photoshopped, it's not as cool. The pano is cool enough on its own without adding so many things that are clearly fake.
how on earth are you able to use photoshop on these large files? i sure as hell can't :(
Is that eagle real? Or a statue to keep pigeons away? AMc Wisconsin
Ha ha. Photoshopped butterfly.
Well done! this is a nice image. Can i ask what equipment you used?
I found Wally, hahahaha. Nice one.
The Grandiose spectacle,shocking permit of the picture!
This image was taken repeatedly over about a 30-day period with different lighting conditions and different cameras that were then combined. This resulted in some image elements looking less natural then others. However, almost all events happened more or less as shown at some time during the month.
It would have been nicer if those things to explore where real. Many of those people you have added to the pictures are so obvious that they have been cut out of other pictures. Next time try to edit them better. Overall this is a great gigapixl photo.
This is one of best exploration gigapan's I've seen. Looks like multiple gigas with many added elements. I'd love to know how many days of post work the author put into it.
This is a great introduction to gigapan--except that it's so much fun, I can't tear myself away to look at other photos (or go back to work)! Fun & beautiful!
FANTASTIC pano, bookmarked


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Triangle United is proud to share with everyone how our former players have been doing this year at the college level; please look below for some articles regarding some former Triangle United players. If you have any questions or see some players/articles missing , please email John Cirillo.
Please scroll below for articles regarding former Triangle United players
To view all of our former players, please click here
Bjorn Johnsen played for the 91 Triangle United Gold coached by Elmar Bolowich; Bjorn is currently playing in Spain for CLUB DEPORTIVO ÚBEDA VIVA
Bjorn's father is also a coach for Triangle United, currently coaching the u12 Boys White team. We will keep track of Bjorn in his professional career; well done!
Here is a short video on Bjorn and his play while in Spain!
Nov. 7, 2011
Chapel Hill, N.C. -
The NC State men's soccer advanced in the 2011 ACC Tournament on Monday afternoon, downing Virginia Tech 1-0 in Chapel Hill. The Wolfpack will play at No. 3 North Carolina tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals.
The first half saw minimal action towards both nets, as the Pack (7-10-2) held a slight 4-3 edge in shots in the first 45 minutes. Nazmi Albadawi's strike in the 11th minute was the lone shot on goal for either squad. Click here for the full article.
MARS HILL, NC -- Catawba defeated nationally ranked Mars Hill 1-0 in a South Atlantic Conference Tournament quarterfinal Tuesday evening at Meares Stadium. With the win the Indians continue their season and improve to 9-8-2 overall, while the Lions fall to 11-5-1.
Catawba would fend off the Lions and their 11 second-half shots for the remaining 30-plus minutes to hold on to victory. Indian goalkeeper Evan Harvey (Apex, NC/Apex HS) made 11 stops while facing 22 shots to preserve the shutout. Click here for the full article
Oct. 28, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina senior class went out in style Friday night as they helped the No. 3 Tar Heels notch a 2-1 overtime win over rival NC State at Fetzer Field.
Rob Lovejoy and Billy Schuler scrambled for the ball and Lovejoy attempted to hit a shot that rolled across the goal face to a waiting Hedges who tapped home the sitter to give Carolina a 1-0 advantage. Click here for full article
Oct. 22, 2011
Raleigh, N.C. - The NC State men's soccer team fell to visiting Wake Forest Saturday night, 5-2, in the Pack's final home contest of the season. The Demon Deacons (7-6-2, 4-3 ACC) scored the first three goals of the contest, and a pair of goals by the Pack's (6-8-2, 2-4 ACC) Nazmi Albadawi were not enough to answer for NC State. Click here for the full article
GREENEVILLE, TN -- Catawba and Tusculum battled to a tough 0-0 scoreless draw Saturday evening at Pioneer Field. With the tie the Indians add a point to their conference total and move to 7-8-1 overall and 2-4-1 in the SAC as the Pioneers go to 6-7-2 and 5-1-1.
Evan Harvey (Apex, NC/Apex HS) made several big stops down the stretch to keep the shutout, ending up with six stops for the Indians. Tusculum produced 16 shots to Catawba's 10. Click here for full article
The Indians scored first in the 41st minute when Ezra Ntirugelegwa (Durham, NC/C.E. Jordan HS) found space at the top right of the opponent's box and curled in a shot from 19 yards away over Falcon goalkeeper Zach Liles for a 1-0 advantage. Click here for full article
Oct. 20, 2011
NEWTON, MASS. - Kealia Ohai scored her sixth goal of the season and her third game-winning goal of the campaign to lift eighth-ranked North Carolina past 17th-ranked Boston College 1-0 Thursday night before a crowd of 2,000 at the Newton Campus Soccer Center. The win allows the Tar Heels to stay tied atop the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with Duke and Virginia with two matches remaining in the season.
Alyssa Rich took a corner kick from the right side that went through a traffic jam in the penalty area without being touched. The ball eventually ended up on the foot of freshman defender Caitlin Ball on the left side of the box and she redirected a high cross to the top of the box. UNC's 6-0 Rachel Wood was there to nod the ball on to Ohai who broke free on the right side, craftily staying onside on the play. Ohai took one touch and then buried a shot inside the left side netting from 12 yards out. Click here for full article
Oct. 18, 2011
Raleigh, N.C. - NC State sophomore Nazmi Albadawi has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week.
Albadawi scored two game-winning goals last week as the Wolfpack scored a 1-0 victory over Georgia Southern and a 2-1 win over Virginia Tech in overtime. The Raleigh, N.C., midfielder's winner against the Hokies came seven minutes into overtime, and the tie-breaker against Georgia Southern came in the 71st minute.
Albadawi has scored the Wolfpack's last four goals over the last three matches and leads the team with six goals on the season. Click here for article
Salisbury, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs notched their 10th consecutive victory Tuesday night, defeating Catawba College 2-0 in South Atlantic Conference women's soccer action at Frock Field. Wingate collects its fifth straight shutout, moving to 11-2 overall and 6-0 in the SAC. Catawba falls to 4-9 overall and 3-4 in the SAC.
The Bulldogs finished with 15 shots and 11 on goal. Freshman Ashlyn Hardie (Summerfield, N.C.) notched a save to preserve Wingate's sixth straight shutout. The Bulldogs have not allowed a goal in 563 minutes. Wingate has out-scored its opponents 16-0 in league games this year. Click here for full article
Oct. 16, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Tenth-ranked North Carolina dominated the shots and the corner kicks Sunday afternoon but could not come away with a goal as the Tar Heels and fourth-ranked Wake Forest played to a scoreless tie at Fetzer Field before 2,318 fans. Caitlin Ball and the UNC defense produced its third straight shutout Sunday. Click here for full article
Oct. 14, 2011
Raleigh, N.C. - Sophomore Nazmi Albadawinetted the game-winner in the 7th minute of overtime, as the NC State men's soccer team came away with a 2-1 win over Virginia Tech Friday night.
Albadawi now leads the Pack (6-6-2, 2-3 ACC) with six goals on the season, four coming in the last three games. He scored both of the Pack's game-winners this week. Click here for full article
Oct. 7, 2011
Durham, N.C. - Despite a pair of goals from sophomore Nazmi Albadawi, the NC State men's soccer team gave up four unanswered goals and fell at Duke Friday night, 4-2. Albadawi notched the Pack's (4-6-2, 1-3 ACC) goal in the fourth minute and added a second in the final minute, but Duke's (7-4-1, 3-1 ACC) Andrew Wenger more then answered with three goals and an assist on the night. Click here for the full article
October 4, 2011
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Behind a four goal effort, including two by Joel Purkiss, the Saint Leo men's soccer team (6-3-0) upended the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (5-4-0), 4-2, Tuesday evening from University Soccer Field. The south region win snaps the Lions two game losing streak.
It was the start to the game the Lions had been looking for as Edgar Herrera took advantage of a loose ball inside the box and buried it into the lower right net for the breakthrough goal in the eighth minute. Click here for the full article
Oct. 4, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Rob Lovejoy sent a shot off the left post and into the side netting four minutes into overtime Tuesday night to propel No. 3 North Carolina (9-1-1) past in-state foe UNC Asheville (2-6-2), 2-1. The Tar Heels out shot the Bulldogs 35-5 in the overtime victory as they extended their unbeaten streak to seven straight. Click here for full article
Sept. 30, 2011
Raleigh, N.C. - Freshman forward Zabarle Kollie netted a pair of goals, including the gamewinner in the 87th minute, as the NC State men's soccer team upset #13 Boston College, 2-1, Friday night at Dail Soccer Field. Click here for full article
Wingate, N.C.----As a freshman on the Wingate University women's soccer team, I (Ashyln Hardie) wasn't sure what to expect going into the United Way Day of Caring project on Saturday, August 27. Our assignment for the day: assist a lovely lady named Patsy in cleaning her house, inside and out. We were ready to provide assistance where needed. Click here for full article
Sept. 9, 2011
DURHAM, N.C. - Ranee Premji and Bianca Gray scored goals in the last 11 minutes of the first half to lift top-ranked North Carolina to a 2-0 victory over UNC Greensboro Friday afternoon in the Duke Nike Classic at Koskinen Stadium. The Tar Heels improved to 5-0 on the season with the victory while the Spartans fell to 1-4. For full article click here.
Sept. 6, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Sophomore forward Rob Lovejoy was named to the College Soccer News National Team Of The Week on Tuesday after tallying a pair of goals in wins over Oregon State on Friday and No. 1 Louisville on Sunday. Click here for full article
September 5, 2011
SAINT LEO, Fla. – Edgar Herrera tallied two goals and a assist as the Saint Leo men's soccer team (2-0) upended the Webber International Warriors (0-2), 6-1, Monday night from University Field. Click here for full article
Sept. 4, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The dynamic attacking duo of Rob Lovejoy and Billy Schuler helped propel No. 2 North Carolina to a 2-1 win over No. 1 Louisville Sunday night at Fetzer Field. Lovejoy and Schuler have now tallied in every contest in 2011 for Carolina who will take to the road for the first time on Saturday when it opens ACC play at Virginia Tech. Click here for the full article


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Here it is: the Shruthi-Programmer expanding Shruthis User interface to 32 Knobs, one for each Synthesis Parameter:
First, let me thank Olivier for his kind cooperation and help on this one, he was so gracious including the needed Software in the upcomming Firmware Rev 0.92 and added the needed connecor to the Digital Board Rev 0.7 to make this work. Again, thanks a Zillion times!!
Now to the facts: this Programmer has 32 additional Pots, one for each Synthesis Parameter of the Shruthi-1 (Osc1, Osc2, Mixer, Filter, Env1, Env2, Lfo1, Lfo2). Nothing more, nothing less. It docks to the Output Expander Port on the Rev 0.7 Digital Board. If you have an older Board you can well solder the connecting cables directly to the board.
How does it work: Shruthi's onboard LEDs are driven by 74HC595 Serial in -> Parallel out Shift register, that easily can be cascaded. The Output Expander Port replicates the Power and Clock signals used and provides the Serial "Overflow" of the onboard Shift Register. On the Programmer Logic Board a second 74HC595 is used to demultiplex 5 more bits that simply are pushed thru the onboard register, 3 of them used to drive 4051 analog switches and 2 to be demultiplexed by a 74HC137 for selecting the 4051s.
The 0V…5V Signal is generated by a 10K lin Potentiometer used as a Voltage Divider, fed thru the 4051s to Shruthis CV1 in.
Here are the schematics as .pdf.
Here is a Pic of the Backside:
While this Prototype is in a Beta Stage a few things will have to be optimized:
On the Software side the Code for driving the Programmer is only allowed to use excess computional Power of the ATMega, which is not very much, depending on the Patch you are playing. Sometimes the update Rate gets a bit low for heavy double handed live tweaking but for programming needs its just perfect. Maybe some Optimization here can be done.
On the Hardware side I plan to do a PCB or Kit if there is enough interest, so i need your input to determine
Any suggestion is welcome!
Ah, and more Pics and Videos will be posted here .
excellent! beutyful!
i would love to have one of these! but will it work with the older shruti?
if this is possible i would like to go with the smaller pcb and individual layout.
kit would be perfect!
would it be possible to use just one strip of these for perhaps just the filter-section?
I think I just fainted for a second…
this is gorgeous!
you have my love! :D
just what i need! yay
count me in please, pcbs if you like to offer some…
1 question, could i use this one control surface for several shruthis by switches/buttons? although it might be cooler to have 1 shruthi and 1 programmer as 1 unit.
anyway, great work! and a nice case too, btw
Grrrrr 595!!!! Lol….welldone dudes :)
Thanks guys!
Its built for the Shruthi and since the Shruti has even less computional power i dont think you can make it work, even i you find someone to modify the firmware so the answer is: No.
The Shruthi docked to the left has the standard layout and the standard knobs, see here although they are not that good visible in tne b/w Pics.
Shruthi reads the pots all the time, if you switch them away it reads a random value or whatever you switch the 4051s input to, so unless you disable the Programmer in the System Pages its not a good idea to disconnect it. So i'm sorry, the answer here is: No.
Congrats to fcd72 for this awesome job!
To bring a few more technical points:
@fcd72: have you tried disabling MIDI thru/forwarding of CC (MIDI out mode: "off" or "thru" instead of "full"). This might give you a performance boost.
I have rewritten some code handling the ADC conversions to have them run in the background instead of blocking any non-audio code during them, maybe this will provide a sufficient performance boost. Can't tell until fcd72 sends me a programmer :D
Programmer Logic Board (and the MUTAMP 4474s) is on its way since Thursday – i assume you have enough pots ;-)
And YES!, turning MIDI to off seems to double Performance!!
Since i do a "reverse engenering" of an Edirol controler board i saw an intersting thing. They filtering analog pots and slider with capacitor, and so no need of software filtering wich could be a good option for speed improvment.
@eatyone: this will remove some noise, but I think the main contribution of the noise comes from the ATMega ADC itself!
i'd be interested in the easiest version to build and connect ;)
great work!!!
That's incredible.
I want one. My girlfriend will kill me for abandoning her yet again to spend the weekend soldering stuff, but I'll work something out.
This is where I'm coming from:
Indeed the parts are very standard and should be no problem at all to source. You can easily upgrade Shruthi Digital Boards with a Revision lower than 0.6 with the needed Hardware Expander Port, it a matter of soldering 5 connections (actually the proto is connceted to a 0.5 Board) and you don't have to buy a Blacky Case – inside its exactly the same formfactor as the standard Plexi Case from Mutable Instruments (i hijacked the schematics ;-) ). For now there is no standard Plug/Connector for the Programmer so its up to you what to choose and how Plug and Play this will be. Attention! Quirks Ahoy! You will have to disable the Programmer in the Shruthi System Pages when disconnected or else its reading random Noise from the not existign Pots….
Outstanding work.
As far as boards go, I would much prefer one with PCB mounted pots, that will make the case much easier to build and make the board easier to mount. Plus if anyone wants to hand wire and panel mount the pots, that is already done since pots are on 0.100 spacing anyway so those ppl can just put a header there or solder wires directly the PCB..
On the positive side PCB Mounted Pots are cheaper, on the neagtive side the PCB gets quite large hence expensive. I will have to calculate this, if its nearly equal i'll do the "SmalL" Version with panel mounted Pots.
Here are some more considerations from my side:
How are you planning on dealing with the position update on the pots so the values dont jump between patches? If each pot will update the value on the screen, then a midi control style "catch up" (i.e. pot does not do anything until it physically reaches the right value) may be an easy solution..
Nice work fcd!!!
Wow nice. I'm interested. I usually just buy PCBs. I learn alot from sourcing my own parts, but kits are great, too.
Take care, u've got an AD on Noisepage :)
Nothing happens when patches are switched until you move that specific button. I dont like the "snap" mode as it does not provide instant feedback – everytime i touch a knob like this i tend to think the machine is broken ;-). For now the values are not shown onscreen (but available via MIDI which makes the Shruthi a great controller for CC00-31…), we are discussing that topic in respect of visible feedback when tweaking bothhanded and available machine cycles.
i hope no one construes what i'm about to say as negative, but is the programmer really a kit that people would buy?
the shruthi is a cheap fun synth project. it shines because you can get nice sounds out of it. is there really a market for this in kit form? does a cheap lo fi monosynth really need all it's parameters broken out fully? especially when most are available via cc and more still by nprn.
fcd72, this is not to take away from your work, because it really is impressive. just my thoughts on the kit, if it comes to be.
The kit itself will be cheaper than the Shruthi hence cheaper than most external controller, as far as i can see. You are right, the Shruthi as it is is well accessible and programmable, but trust me – having 1 knob per parameter is a whole different ShruthiVersum™. It's my first 1 Knob/Parameter Synth and before making this work I also didnt get the real magic of that concept. Now that I have one i have a few things to sale…..
To answer you questions; Yes, there are people interested, see above. Yes, it deserves although its cheap it is a marvelous sounding, flexible and easy to understand machine and there are people who prefer hardware over software and do not want to program a patch for a nondedicatet controller because this is as sexy to me as using a VA-Plugin (near negative sexyness factor…unless you programmed it yourself ;-) ).
To put it another way: "Its all about hardware, Dude" ;-)
ok, good luck with it!
To fcd's point, Livid Instruments makes a great MIDI controller with 32 knobs that could be used but it's $500.
For those of us with multiple units, could we use more than one unit with the controller or would we have to wire everything together during construction of new units?
The Programmer is connected with 6 Wires to the Shruthi, so its easy to use a connector to your choice and use the programmer with multiple units (although personally i would Polychain them). Don't forget to disable the Programmer in the System Pages when disconnected.
Hi Ben,
my schedule is havin the Kit ready for early January. As i have absolutely no experience with designing PCBs this might change ;-)
It works with all filter board as it does not touch them, you only have to add the OutputExpander Port, which the new boards with Rev 0.7+ will have, thats a matter of soldering 6 Wires. If you managed to build a Shruthi this should be abolutely no Problem for you.
If you cant wait till the kit is available, you can easiliy build it from the schematics
Hey fcd72,
I have an odd question. I have an SSM2300 that I got when I sourced the CEM3379. I was wondering if if could sub it for one of the 4051D's in your schematic. Here's the datasheet I guess my real question is whether I should even use this chip for anything. It's not a VCA or VCF. Do you think this chip could be useful in anyway that the 4051 wouldn't? Thanks.
The SSM2300 is a super-helpful chip for polysynths – it's a 4051 with a sample and hold on each analog line! You'd better keep it for another use – it's way too overkill for this application. Heck, even a 4051 is overkill for this!
Awesome. Not sure what that means but I'll start on trying to figure that out. *sigh. So I guess that means I'm ordering a couple of playground PCBs. Jesus. I can't stop.
Hey CheeseNoOnions,
wanna swap you SSM with a bunch of 4051s ;-) So you are building ot drom the Schematics? Coooool!
Sweet! Ofcourse. I just need to desolder it with my 300W iron. I'll put the gooey mess in an envelope and get it to you asap.
"First think, then solder else socket" – you soldered a SSM2300 directly to a board ;-) ??
No, I'm not building from schematics, but I have v0.5 boards so I was trying to see if I could figure out how to connect it. When I saw all the 4051s I remembered the datasheet for the SSM2300 said they were interchangeable which disappointed me a little but now I'm all kinds of excited. I have an extra cem3379 and an ssm2300, maybe I can make something on the playground PCB.
I was just kidding. I have it in one of those plastic covers that ICs come in, tucked away in it's own drawer.
Ill take some pics tomorrow, so you can see where it connects. Its quite simple as the pads of the control boards 595 are easily accessible.
Hey Wattsekunde, Start with the Editor + Patch Library and find someone who is willing to program a Web based Shruthi Patch Exchage Center – SPEC . Wouldnt it be cool to have a Program that shares your patches with all the others? As a reward I'd give you a kit for free.
BTW if you like yellow, i can well make the Blacky Case for you in your Favourite Synth color (mine is Blue guess where that comes from….)
Here are the Pics that show how to connect the Programmer to "older" Shruthi Control Boards with a Revision Number lower than 0.6.
Thanks for the pics. Just so I'm clear, the wires you have attached to the IC are only because of the absence of the 0.6+ board additional ports, correct. For my boards (0.5), I'd have to solder the wires like you demonstrate in your pics.
Are you going to offer the enclosure at all?
@ CheeseNoOnions
Yes, logically are all boards the same, the changes were made to achieve a better placement of the parts in regard to lower noise on the digital lines and update the silkscreening. Otherwise they are the same.
What color would you like for the enclosure? ;-)
At the moment it looks like this: The Programmer will be a "small" kit, including PCB, ICs, Sockets, 4 LEDs (as i know you all like blinking lights, the male version auf the basic neuronal pattern that makes women force you to buy diamonds…), 32 PanelMount Pots, Connectors + the needed Wire. So no need to go outside and buy anything to make it work. As far as i can see it will be well under 90€.
Also there will be a Kit with the Blacky Enclosure (this one also availabe seperately) + the Programmer Enclosure. I think there is no demand for a kit of knobs as everybody has its own opinion what the perfect knob will be.
So now i need to know how many people are really interested to determine if i do the PCBs myself or produce factory ones and how much of every Part to order to determine the price.
Everybod sincerely interested raise a Hand!
I'm very very interested.
it's good work
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