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"We must stop confusing religion and spirituality. Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans, which were supposed to help people grow spiritually. Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the most high. Spirituality is a network linking us to the most high, the universe and each other.'"
Rocker T is running late, but not so late that he doesn't have time to pass on these words of wisdom by His Majesty Haile Selassie I. The Brooklyn-born-and-bred dancehall reggae artist professes to be a "scholar and son" of the late Ethiopian emperor, and rankles—mellowly, mind you—at the mention of histories that paint a rather less charitable picture of Rastafarianism's spiritual beacon. He says he keeps a copy of Selassie's speech close at hand to deflect allegations of misdeeds by His Majesty as they arise—which, to hear Rocker T tell it, is fairly often.
"The amount of lies spread about Haile Selassie is incredible," he insists. "He's no joke, man. First of all, do you remember ever hearing about him in high school when you were studying the Italian-Ethiopian War? They didn't even mention his name! That man came and represented for Jah and the people in the face of the tyrannical, hypocritical Western governments. He predicted World War II and showed them that's what they were gonna get if they allied themselves with Germany and Italy in post-World War I Europe. Which is what they did, and then Germany and Italy turned around and blew the shit out of them."
Though he claims to eschew doctrine ("I don't check for any ism or schism"), Rocker T does cop to a spiritual awakening when he discovered reggae in his teens. He and his friends used to record mix tapes from the radio as a soundtrack for their "tagging and bombing" graffiti activities, and when he started listening to a lot of dancehall music—musicians like Supercat, Yellowman, Fathead and the Lone Ranger—new doors started to open.
"It led to [a spiritual change]," he recalls, "because reggae music changes your life. It's a unique music with a different rhythmic pattern of dancing and rocking to the rhythm. It changes your whole structure if you drop right into that flow. You see people who just start to dance as soon as they hear reggae, even if they don't know nothing about it. Little children everywhere—you play reggae, kids go off.
"Your eyes start looking at things differently and your heart starts feeling things differently," he continues, "because all of a sudden you encounter people who hate reggae and hate people with dreadlocks and hate the herb. And it starts to reveal a certain vibe in people who just love everyone, also."
Rocker T most definitely doesn't hate the herb. His songs are thick with cannabis references and entreaties for decriminalization, delivered in a sing-song rhyming style called "sing-jay." Sing-jay, as he explains it, requires the toaster to maintain patterns of melody as well as rhyme and rhythm. So how does an artist with such a vociferous pro-pot stance as Rocker T, albeit it one masked by a thick patois and couched in a genre where reefer references are practically de rigueur, avoid becoming a magnet for overly literal-minded law enforcement officials?
"You have to not be so attached to that thing that you aren't always having it, on your person or just in general," he ventures carefully. "That's just the world we live in. There's a lot of people on a different kind of program than the nice-to-each-other program. You just gotta be careful, that's all."
Raised in New York, Rocker T says he noticed a distinct change in cannabis culture and fortunes when former Mayor Rudy Giuliani took office. "Things got a little different," he recalls, "when the mayor took a whole different turn one day, when rules from 1930 that nobody even understood anymore were suddenly being enforced."
At the same time, Rocker T says he was brought up to venerate another former mayor: Fiorello LaGuardia, whose name famously graces a 1944 report authored by a committee whose research suggested that perhaps cannabis-smokers weren't the shiftless, homicidal sex-fiends they'd been made out to be in the previous decade.
"We grew up knowing him as a real hero for the people," Rocker T says, "and he was. He didn't want to have a situation where people were getting arrested doing things they'd done for their whole lives back in another country. New York was a wonderful place at the time, and he recognized that. He basically saw that this type of lifestyle was not detrimental to people having a good family life or working hard—and relaxing, also. He really was the people's mayor, and you don't have many of those anymore."
Sixty years later, Rocker T says he's hoping that prevailing winds will waft the scent of decriminalization into even loftier offices than LaGuardia's. You can count on a pro-cannabis reggae artist to cling to hopes like these, however faint they sometimes seem, but it's not every day you find one so articulate about it:
"This government can keep its brain up its butt all it wants, but it will have to come to the same conclusion that most other governments have come to: that this is something people have entrenched in their culture, and if you criminalize them, you're basically criminalizing a whole portion of your society, just like that. When Mrs. Smith's son is down at the sheriff's office, that's when she realizes that this shouldn't be illegal: 'You're going to lock my son up with those crazy men over there just for this? No. No.'"
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By simply changing the thickness and curvature of the lines, Seymour creates an eye-popping 3D illustration. Each of his work exerts great control over line and symmetry. My favorite piece would be "Count the Lines" because I love the character Count von Count from Sesame Street. Seymour created a great rendition of the Sesame Street character, whom I grew up loving.


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The England attack coach, Brian Smith, has been rebuked by the International Rugby Board for his criticism of Jonathan Kaplan's refereeing performance in England's 23–15 defeat to Wales two weeks ago. Smith accused Kaplan of not being even-handed and claimed his performance at the Millennium Stadium had been influenced by the Wales management.
"His [Kaplan's] whole demeanour through that match, the way he addressed our team in the changing room beforehand – he had clearly had heaps of pressure put on by Wales," he said on Monday.
"The way our team was addressed prior to the Wales game took me a little bit by surprise. It was clear to me that Wales had done their job in terms of getting stuck into the referee. What we are really trying to say to the refs is: 'Please judge us the same way you judge other teams and do not to come into the game with a preconceived idea'."
But the IRB has praised Kaplan's performance at the Millennium Stadium and warned Smith to direct any future concerns through the proper channels. In a statement issued today, the IRB said: "Recent comments made by a member of the England team management that appear to question the performance of IRB referee Jonathan Kaplan were unwarranted.
"The official performance review of the Wales versus England match at the Millennium Stadium ranks Kaplan's overall performance as high and the IRB is satisfied that Kaplan followed the correct protocol for addressing both teams on and off the field and dealt with England and Wales in a fair and professional manner and refereed what was in front of him.
"An official process exists for unions to give feedback to the IRB on refereeing performances. IRB referee manager Paddy O'Brien and the RFU elite rugby director Rob Andrew shared a very positive meeting on Monday, which makes the timing of the comments regrettable and unfortunate."
Smith's comments were clearly aimed at Craig Joubert, the inexperienced South African referee in charge of England's clash with Ireland at Croke Park on Saturday evening. They also emphasised a feeling within the camp that England are suffering from a "perception problem" over their discipline, which has been a major issue since Martin Johnson took over.
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Don Buchla
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Don Buchla and Buchla 200e
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|Donald Buchla
|April 17, 1937
South Gate, California
|Berkeley, California
|September 14, 2016 (aged 79)
Berkeley, California
|Electronic musical instrumental inventor
Donald "Don" Buchla (April 17, 1937 – September 14, 2016) was an American pioneer in the field of sound synthesizers, releasing his first units shortly after Robert Moog's first synthesizers. However, his instrument was arguably designed before Moog's.[1]
Buchla was born in South Gate, California on April 17, 1937,[2] and grew up in California and New Jersey.[3][4] He studied physics, physiology, and music at UC Berkeley, graduating in 1959 as a physics major.[3]
Buchla formed his electronic music equipment company, Buchla and Associates, in 1962 in Berkeley, California.[5] Buchla was commissioned by composers Morton Subotnick and Ramon Sender, both of the San Francisco Tape Music Center, to create an electronic instrument for live performance.[3] Buchla began designing his first modules for the Tape Music Center in 1963. With partial funding from a Rockefeller Foundation grant made to the Tape Music Center, Buchla assembled his modules into the Buchla Modular Electronic Music System (later known as the Series 100), which he began selling commercially in 1966. Buchla's synthesizers experimented in control interfaces, such as touch-sensitive plates. In 1969 the Series 100 was briefly sold to CBS Musical Instruments, who soon after dropped the line, not seeing the synthesizer market as a profitable area.[6]
1970 saw the release of the Buchla 200 series Electric Music Box,[2] which was manufactured until 1985. Buchla created the Buchla Series 500, the first digitally controlled analog synthesizer, in 1971.[2] Shortly after, the Buchla Series 300 was released, which combined the Series 200 with microprocessors. The Music Easel, a small, portable, all-in-one synthesizer was released in 1972. The Buchla 400, with a video display, was released in 1982. In 1987, Buchla released the fully MIDI enabled Buchla 700.[7]
Beginning in the 1990s, Buchla began designing alternative MIDI controllers, such as the Thunder, Lightning, and Marimba Lumina. With the recent resurgence of interest in analog synthesizers Buchla has released a revamped 200 series called the 200e.
In 2005, NIME-05 (5th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression), in Vancouver, Canada, featured a keynote lecture by Don Buchla. There was also a sizable exhibition of many of the instruments he and his team have created over the years.[8]
In 2012, Buchla's intellectual property was acquired by an Australian holding company, Audio Supermarket, which started a new brand called Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments (BEMI). Mr. Buchla was retained as Chief Technology Officer.
In 2015, it was reported[9] that Don Buchla had taken the owners of BEMI to court, citing health problems due in part to unpaid consulting fees and asserting a claim to his original intellectual property. The lawsuit alleged breach of contract and "bad-faith conduct" on the part of BEMI's owners and sought $500,000 in compensation.[10]
Legal documents[11] filed with the state of California indicate that the court ordered the case to be settled by arbitration in July 2015. In August 2016, the court dismissed the case in light of the fact that the parties had reached an out-of-court settlement.
Buchla died at the age of 79 on September 14, 2016 of complications from cancer.[12][13][14]
Personal life[edit]
He is survived by a son Ezra Buchla who is a musician, [14] daughters Jeannine Serbanich and Erin Buchla, and two grandchildren.
Notable artists[edit]
List of artists that use Buchla instruments:
- Morton Subotnick
- Alessandro Cortini
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
- Bob Ostertag, Buchla 200e
- The Mae Shi
- Silver Apples[14]
- Suzanne Ciani[14]
- Elliott Sharp, Buchla Thunder
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
- Richard Lainhart
- Laurie Spiegel
Sound System from the bus "Further", designed for Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters [15]
Analog sequencers (bottom) on Buchla 100 (1963/1966)
Buchla Music Easel (ca.1973) [16]
Oberheim OB-Mx (1994) designed by Don Buchla
- ^ "Don Buchla - Passing The Acid Test". Red Bull Music Academy. 2007.
- ^ a b c Frank Hoffmann (12 November 2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. pp. 311–. ISBN 1-135-94949-2.
- ^ a b c Pareles, Jon. "Don Buchla, Electronic Music Maverick, Dies at 79". New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Laurent de Wilde (23 March 2016). Les fous du son. Grasset. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-2-246-85928-4.
- ^ Jones, Kevin L. "Don Buchla, Influential Synthesizer Designer, Dead at 79". KQED. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Mark Vail. "Buchla Series 200". Keyboard magazine (Nov. 2005).
- ^ "Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments - Historical Overview". Buchla and Associates.
- ^ "NIME05 - May 26-28 2005 - Vancouver, Canada".
- ^ http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/25/don-buchla-audio-supermarket-buchla-electronic-musical-instruments-lawsuit/
- ^ http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2015/03/25/buchla-v-buchla-/
- ^ https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/3:2015cv00921/285234
- ^ "Don Buchla, Inventor, Composer and Electronic Music Maverick, Dies at 79". The New York Times. 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Modular synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla has died".
- ^ a b c d Dayal, Geeta (16 September 2016). "Don Buchla, modular synthesizer pioneer, dies aged 79". The Guardian.
- ^ "Buchla Ken Kesey". MATRIXSYNTH.
- ^ "The Music Easel". Buchla & Associates.
- ^ "Collection Checklist". Cantos Music Foundation.
- ^ "Introducing the Moog PianoBar". Moog Music.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to
- Buchla and Associates
- Audities Foundation Buchla instrument collection
- "Oral History: Don Buchla explains pieces of his life story and career." January 16, 2011. NAMM Oral History Library
- Instrumental Instruments: Buchla


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If you missed out on getting a free ticket for the Big Sky Volleyball Championships this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 23-24), there are still tickets available to purchase. Tickets for the entire tournament (five games) are $5 with a student ID and can be purchased at the info desk on the second floor of the UC or at the gate. Come support your Bears as they host their first-ever Big Sky Volleyball Championship Tournament!
UNC's sixth annual Engaged Scholarship Symposium last week included the second annual UNC Engaged Scholar Awards honoring outstanding efforts and achievements made in the development and practice of community engagement on and off the UNC campus.
The symposium, held Nov. 13 in the University ballrooms, featured presentations and informational displays prepared by community groups and UNC faculty members, students and organizations about UNC/community partnerships that are making a difference in the lives of Weld County residents and point out the need to prioritize, strengthen and solidify community-based learning and research between UNC and the greater Weld County community.
The outstanding efforts toward meeting that need were the basis for the Engaged Scholar Awards in five categories: Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student, Faculty Member, Staff Member and Community Organization. The winners were:
Community OrganizationThe Creative Community, a project organized by Greeley non-profit Women2Women, was recognized for its work helping refugee women learn sustainable crafts and skills such as sewing, gardening and cooking. By reaching out to UNC to offer students internships, the program has grown in capacity and significance in the community in just a year.
Undergraduate StudentAlexandra Krumtum, a senior Anthropology major working with the Creative Community refugee program, is currently researching women's reproductive health issues in the Burmese refugee community in Greeley. Her work utilizes the skills and knowledge that she has developed in class to enhance and drive her work within the community, exemplifying the "bringing theory to practice."
Graduate StudentSarah Wyscaver, a Ph.D. candidate in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership Program, is working as program coordinator for Aims Community College's STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) program. She also has served as a co-instructor and developed innovative and engaging assignments for UNC's Confluence of Culture course and has participated in the school's Soliya Connect Program, a program that provides intercultural experiences to college students through internet-based technologies. She also taught an international service-learning course as part of UNC's Expedition Yucatan study-abroad program.
Staff MemberSolomon Little Owl, director of Native American Student Services, organizes service learning trips to the Northern Montana Crow Reservation, providing opportunities to undergrad students for scholarship and outreach revolving around reservation issues. His annual buffalo hunt on the reservation, which immerses students in the Crow culture, is highlighted in an upcoming Rocky Mountain PBS documentary.
Faculty MemberAndy Creekmore, assistant professor of Anthropology, has worked for the past two years with the Poudre Learning Center to establish a public education program to educate students and community members, at all age and grade levels, about the principles of archaeology. He works with college students, younger students and the general public in learning scientific methods, understanding the importance of heritage sites and becoming responsible stewards of the past.
More About the Engaged Scholarship SymposiumThe Engaged Scholarship Symposium and Engaged Scholar Awards are organized by UNC's Center for Honors, Scholars and Leadership. For more information, visit the center's website at http://www.unco.edu/hsl/index.html.
Acknowledging Students' EffortsUNC students are now able to highlight their extracurricular activities with the implementation of co-curricular transcripts, a supplemental transcript introduced two years ago. The transcripts contain information about students' involvement with clubs and organizations and volunteer efforts as well as their awards and achievements.
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November 19—December 13, 2013
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A rail on a 1911!!! ... Blasphemy!!! (I am sorry, I could not avoid it )
If I wanted a 1911 with rail I should definitely get that Colt. But that is becasue I am biased; I am a huge Colt fan. And IMO it looks much better than the TRP
This is a discussion on Colt XSE Rail Gun 1911 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Okay I know I am going to get ripped for actually liking the look of a rail on a 1911, but I kind of do. ...
Okay I know I am going to get ripped for actually liking the look of a rail on a 1911, but I kind of do.
I have been thinking a TRP, but I have not owned a Colt and saw the Rail Gun and wanted to ask your opinions. I know the guys on the 1911 boards, but everyone gets pretty brand bias and I think I get better answers on here.
It sounds crazy, but Colt's seem reasonably priced with regards to 1911's.
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A rail on a 1911!!! ... Blasphemy!!! (I am sorry, I could not avoid it )
If I wanted a 1911 with rail I should definitely get that Colt. But that is becasue I am biased; I am a huge Colt fan. And IMO it looks much better than the TRP
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I am with you C Hawk. I tend to think JMB would approve of a rail on his design actually. He would consider it beingyet another advance in engineering ot make it the tool he meant to be.
I like the Colt model.
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I've been eye-balling the Cerakoted rail gun for some time, probably going to get one in 2011 along with the 100 year Anniversary model. All Colt 1911 pistols made in 2011 are going to have a "100 years of service" or something to that effect on them and I'd like to have that on my rail gun.
As for the rail, some are more tasteful in appearance than others. The full picatinny rail can be unsightly but others aren't so "offensive". The rail on my Nighthawk isn't too bad.
I just wish they chose another name. "Colt Rail Gun" always gets me excited... only to be disappointed once I read what it actually is.
I picked up my Colt Rail Gun today.
I love the look of the Colt. I was trying to decide between the Colt and a Springfield MC Operator, went with the pony from Hartford.
I just picked one up too! LOL... I got the stainless! I will post some pics tomorrow, by the way they had a two tone that I almost got and man it was tough because the black and the brushed stainless was pretty sweet. So I must confess that this is my first Colt. I always wanted one, but had other firearms to buy. Boy it does feel good to have a Pony in the stable though. As my Uncle (Carries a 4 inch Python in a shoulder holster everyday) once said "Get the Colt you won't regret it."
By the way, I got mine for 1050.00 brand new out the door. Don't tell me you paid way less!
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Pony boys! Gotta post pics now!
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OK, I won't tell you I paid less, but I did. Mine too is stainless. I put my new grips on it, cleaned and oiled it, and have been dry firing it off and on all night. I plan to go shooting on Monday, as I'm off all week.
One thing that suprised me, and pleased me to no end was that my Rail Gun had a G.I. Guide Rod instead of the FLGR. I was under the impression that they came with the FLGR. I was prepared to yank that sucker out of there and replace it with the Guide Rod John Browning had intended for it to have.
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I would like to take this opportunity to say how much I hate my girth belt.
I have given up on acetone...I have given up on dye...I have given up on the mockery that this belt has made of my free time.
Anyone know of a good Sarlaac around here that I can throw it into?
I am now in the midst of airbrushing the rotten thing. (Clearance item at Stateline Tack... 100% Mohair $7.99...so what do I care?)
I airbrushed a fairly dark layer of color on it, let it dry, and then put it through the washer on Cold/Cold with no detergent. Came out soft and flexible with color intact. So I am now doing touch up work on it.
If anyone wants to see when I get it done I'll post some pics. Thanks for letting me vent!!!


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Original Thread: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/142 ... age__st__0
The Pixelmon server that Tyrato had started is going under some big changes. It's going to be a Kanto-region RP. I made a mod that adds badge blocks and badges. We will have Gym Leaders and an Elite Four, containing members of staff and regular players. The Gym Leaders will be owned/be in charge of their respective gym, which includes giving players their badge and badge block upon defeat, and other duties. The Elite Four WILL be hard to beat, because there is no PC or Healer Block in between members of The Four. I will also be making blocks and badges for beating The Four and another for beating the Champion. We hope players will be active on the server, and most of all, have fun!
The Player App below must be filled out. Posts like "whitelist me. ign is bobdole123456" will be ignored.
1.Respect the Staff.
2.Don't spam in the chat.
3.Don't advertise on the server.
4.Cussing is allowed, just don't excessively use it.
5.To get a house in a particular city you must first beat that city's gym leader.
6.Gyms must be beaten in order (think of the game).
7.Houses must be bought.
8.Don't grief, this is a serious offense.
9.You must call for a staff member to buy things from the shop.
10.Play nice with the other players, we don't want players teaming up on someone or weird inappropriate scenarios going on.
11.No racial or sexual Harassment.
12.To talk out of RP (OOC in other words) put your text in ( ).
13.Don't PowerGame or MetaGame, if you need to look up what it is to make sure you don't do it.
14.No placing blocks anywhere outside of your housing plot or in your town's mine.
15.No duplicating Pokémon.
16.Trading between players is allowed but don't scam others.
17.Have fun and enjoy the Pokémon RP experience.
18.Put a diamond in the "did you read the rules?" section in your app.
19.NO X-ray mods or texture packs.
20.Your skin should match your appearance. No weird skins such as Tazmanian Devil, Creeper, etc. You may use a Pokemon skin if you like. (example: Squirtle)
You will get one warning for breaking a rule. Continue and you will be banned.
Why us?:
How much do you know about Pokémon?:
Will you be asking a lot of questions?:
Did you read the rules?:
RP Experience:
RP Example (please include a 1 paragraph rp example):
Background (at least 2 paragraphs):
Player App Example:
IGN: SamieltheMDS
Why us?: I enjoy the Pokémon games and etc., while I may not be into it as much as I use to when I was a kid I'd like to experience some of my past Pokémon experiences on Minecraft.
RP Experience: I've played on multiple RP servers in the past such as Vault RP, Lost Days, and Old World Blues.
RP Example (please include at least a 1 paragraph rp example):
*Samiel walks in the Pokémon Center and approaches the woman at the counter*
Samiel: Hello, Miss? I seem to have become a bit lost in my travels, do you think you could help me out?
Woman: Oh, of course, where were you trying to get to?
Samiel: I'm trying to get to Cerulean but I keep getting turned around somehow.
*Samiel pulls out a map and shows it to her*
Woman: Alright, well all you need to do is make your way through Mt. Moon here and you should be able to exit close to Cerulean.
*Woman points to a mark on the map*
Samiel: Alright, thanks for your help miss.
Woman: Not a problem, take care now.
Samiel: Thanks, you too.
*Samiel leaves the Pokémon Center*
(It doesn't need to be as long or drawn out as this but you get the point, also this is not the only way you can do your RP Example).
Name: Samiel Lucien
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Appearance: Medium length dark brown hair, glasses, black pants, black shoes, and a green zip up hoodie over a grey shirt.
Personality: A nice/kind person who does what he can for others and will fight if need be.
Background (at least 2 paragraphs):
Growing up Samiel never really had the chance to be around many Pokémon. At age 8 his Dad died in an accident at a Power Plant which was closed and abandoned shortly after. With things being only him and his mother he felt the need to help her out. At age 10 he was offered the opportunity to go out into the world and be a Pokémon Trainer but declined as he didn't want to leave his mother by herself. At the age of 15 he was able to get a part time job at a local Poke Mart but as time passed and he saw Trainers come and go he started to wonder what it must be like.
At the age of 17 he began to see visit Oak's Lab in Pallet Town to learn more about Pokémon as his curiosity grew. At the age of 19 he had learned quite a lot about Pokémon and had saved up a bit of cash over the years but looking back he wasn't sure if it was too late or not to become a Pokémon Trainer. At the age of 20 as he decided to take up his thoughts with his mother on one of his visits, to his delight she supported the idea and said that there shouldn't be any reason that he shouldn't be able to be a successful trainer. After that he had got the resolve he needed and went off to visit Professor Oak to begin his journey as a Pokémon Trainer.
Gym Leader/Elite Four App:
(People who apply for this section still have to fill out the player app. Look at the bottom of the original post to see which gyms are taken.)
How often can you be on?:
What experience do you have in a position like this?:
Why should you get the position?
(Gym Leader Only) Which Gym would you like to run (must be available)?:
(Elite Four Only) What type(s) would you use?:
Pixelmon Version 1.7.5: http://pixelmon.free...-3-2-t1389.html
1. Delete META-INF in your minecraft.jar
2. Extract forge there.
3. Extract Pixelmon to your minecraft folder.
4. (Optional). If you are upgrading Pixelmon, don't forget to delete the old version in the mods folder.
Gym Leaders:
Pewter :
Cerulean : Litesalt
Vermillion : Reggit
Celadon : Pillowfighter227
Fuchsia : Lordlightningman
Saffron : Pattybigrig
Cinnabar : SkyloftKnight
Viridian : Jibdp
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text: European Road Test: Golf V GTI 5-Door Share Comments Our very first drive of the new GTI was limited to about six hours of driving at the press introduction in Europe – enough for a first impression, but not really adequate to get a full sense of the new model. We were grateful this past spring for the opportunity to actually live with a new GTI for several thousand miles on a variety of roads from mountain curves to board-flat highways, over a wide range of surfaces and conditions. Our first long-term stint in the new GTI coincided with our travels to Geneva, Switzerland for the annual auto show there. We lined up a five-door model, which along with the new Audi A3 Sportback and BMW 120i formed the basis of our "Hatch Trick" article. Four staff members lived in and out of these three cars for seven days, driving from Munich to Geneva, then on to Nice, France, through Monte Carlo and Genoa, Italy and on into Innsbruck, Austria before returning to Munich. This journey took us through some of the most challenging and breathtaking roads we've ever experienced. It also exposed us to some of the most frustrating city driving ever (Geneva, Switzerland), horrendous traffic jams and weather (Genoa, Italy) and "interesting" back country paths that barely qualify as roads (somewhere off the nav in the Austrian alps). In the course of that week we really got to know these cars inside and out. Our goal in putting the three cars together was never to flush out direct comparisons, as all of these cars were equipped very differently and, more notably, possess rather unique personalities. The Audi A3 and BMW 120i were the closest in specification, each with 150hp naturally aspirated 2.0-liter powerplants under the hood, the Audi driving the front wheels and the BMW driving the rears. The GTI had the upper hand with 200hp, a difference readily apparent from the second any of us hopped into it after driving the others. But does that make it the best in this group? That depends… The GTI for our European tour was a red five-door with leather, navigation, sunroof, HIDs and Volkswagen's unique dual-clutch direct shift gearbox (DSG). The standard 17″ GTI wheels were shod with Dunlop Wintersport snow tires, as the March weather can (and did) vary quite a bit. The 1 Series had the same snow treads as the GTI, while the Audi A3 was fitted with Bridgestone Blizzaks. Though the five-door GTI is common throughout the rest of the world, North America has only ever known the three-door GTI. This time around though North America will be getting both the 3-door and the 5-door models. The 5-door sports a unique look compared to the 3-door variant, a look that some of our staff seem to favor more. Essentially a hatchback Jetta, the 5-door GTI is a great alternative for those that need to occasionally haul extra friends or family around. With three inches of additional leg room over the last generation GTI, there is quite a bit of space in the back seat now. Our six-foot tall staffers can sit up front comfortably while another six footer can sit in the back and not even touch knees to the seat in front of them. Even a rear-facing baby seat will fit in back now without needing to move the front seat all the way forward. Our excursion started in Munich under less than ideal conditions – snow, sleet, cold and dark. This however gave us an opportunity to sample the latest iteration of Electronic Stability Program (ESP) in the GTI. Truth be told you'd have to mess up in a big way or be outright screwing around to get the car out of shape in the snow. The Dunlop Wintersport tires gave us sure-footed grip through the slop and the electromechanical steering provides decent feedback, feeling neither over-assisted nor too heavy. The 2.0T with 200hp can be provoked easily to spin a wheel in these kinds of wet conditions, but ESP will rein it in quickly without the hard cut off of power that was common in the Golf IV. Driving the GTI in the sleet and snow was not the white-knuckled experience we expected, even on the Autobahn, and we were able to set a decent pace quickly and safely. Our next stop was Geneva, Switerland for the Geneva Auto Show. If you've ever been to Geneva, you've no doubt experienced first-hand the pure frustration of getting around by car. Traffic signals seem to have nano-second green light intervals in one direction (usually the one you are traveling in) and red light intervals that would give the line at the DMV a run for its money. Parking in Geneva? Forget it; you may as well pack it in and go park in nearby France – you'll do enough laps around and down side streets that you'll need Dramamine and a sedative just to calm yourself down from the frustration. The GTI takes it all in stride though, especially with the optional DSG transmission that you can leave in "D" like an automatic and just forget about it- nice! The 2.0T makes tons of low-end torque and will squirt its way through traffic without even breathing hard. Interestingly, most of our staff mentioned numerous times that even though the dimensions of the new GTI are bigger than the last generation model, it somehow doesn't feel bigger. Maneuvering it through the streets and in and out of parking spots was a breeze, and visibility is very good in the 5-door model. Ruts and potholes were well absorbed with little in the way of thumps, shakes and squeaks- for that we can thank the extremely rigid chassis and revised suspension setup. Imagine that… a GTI that both rides decently *and* handles extremely well. After miles of walking around the show, we headed south into France and towards the Mediterranean coast to the city of Nice, France. Instead of choosing the easy (and boring) motorway route, we decided instead to take the famed Route Napoleon through the French Alps. As legend goes, the current Route Napoléon, first opened in 1932 and follows the route taken by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815 on his march from Elba to Grenoble, France. Porsche is famous for introducing their vehicles to the press on this route and it doesn't disappoint. From staggeringly beautiful vistas through the French Alps to the kind of twisting, rising and falling tarmac usually found only in video games, Route Nepoleon is a gem. There are segments that will leave your heart pounding and palms sweaty, but grinning ear to ear- it's those sections we drove over and over, switching cars and laughing like a bunch of frat boys up to no good. These NC-17 rated segments of extreme driving pleasure gave us the opportunity to push all three cars to the limit and beyond and quickly learn an awful lot about the cars. The GTI approaches tight twisty sections with a point-shoot-correct-shoot-brake attitude. Putting 200hp through the front wheels reveals the limits of its ability to put the power down effectively while also steering precisely, often resulting in understeer at the limits. The limits in the GTI however are very easy to explore, control and correct, making it immediately familiar like a good pair of broken in Nikes. VW's electromechanical steering is best in class for this type of system, giving good feedback and loading up nicely at speeds. However, in extreme situations (at a tight autocross course for example) you can find yourself outpacing the steering, the electromechanical assistance fighting to keep up with your inputs. It doesn't happen very often, but it can certainly be provoked in the right circumstances. The brakes were phenomenal, delivering good feedback, controllable bite and fade-free performance throughout our very demanding mountain stages. The Audi, on the other hand, surprised us a bit- we assumed it would handle very much like the GTI upon whose platform it is based. That just wasn't the case. The electromechanical steering features completely different programming with less weighting and less feeling than the GTI. Further, our A3 tester lacked a sport package, so the resulting extra body roll and sloppiness in the corners left each driver feeling less heroic than in the GTI. The A3's brakes were prone to cooking under pressure and even faded with extreme use much more quickly than the other two vehicles. Pushed hard and given some faith, the A3 will hang pretty well with the other two, but it just isn't as rewarding and leaves the driver feeling a bit exhausted trying to keep up on the challenging bits. The 1 Series was the contrast car in everything from seating position to performance. The Volkswagen family genes come through in the A3 and GTI, where the 120i is unmistakably BMW. You sit *in* the 1 Series, set back a bit from the front end of the car to accommodate the longitudinal engine/rear-wheel drive configuration. You also sit very low in comparison to the A3 and GTI which, with the rearward driving position, leaves you feeling like you're driving inside the heel an over-size Converse All-Star shoe. Sounds funky (and it is), but once you get acquainted, everything seems to fit you just about right. Steering communication and gearboxes are BMW's strong suits and the 1 Series delivers in spades with wonderful feedback and slick, exact shifts. Power is sent to the rear wheels like all proper BMWs should, so jumping from one of the front-drive cars to this one on a challenging road takes a bit of adjustment, not only in driving style but in ego. You're forced to step things down a notch until you safely probe the limits and learn to trust it. The most noticeable difference is the 120i's absence of power- particularly against the GTI, but even in comparison to the A3 with identical horsepower. The A3 benefits from FSI technology that endows it with excellent low-end torque delivery while still pulling well in the upper RPMs. The difference in motivation between the 120i and the A3 is night and day. Once you explore the limits of the 1 Series and start to gather up some courage, you'll be rewarded with very progressive and gradual breakaway at the limits, fantastic feedback through the steering wheel and an overall sense that the BMW could continue to go further. At the very limits understeer still surfaces, but the rear-wheel-drive setup allows you to correct the problem with the throttle pedal or the brakes, while the GTI and A3 typically need to scrub speed to bring things back in line. Unfortunately, the two-liter engine just isn't enough for the chassis, and lacks any redeeming qualities that make you want to flog it hard – it just can't deliver any more. Most of us felt like the 120i was a good car in search of a great engine. BMW obviously agreed, introducing the 130i at Geneva that week, powered by an all-new 265hp inline six-cylinder. In the evenings we regularly sat around and talked animatedly about our day's drive and the same conclusions kept popping up – take the A3's interior, mix it with the GTI's 2.0T engine and brakes and give the BMW's rear-wheel drive, gearbox and steering and you'd have the near perfect compact hatch. Of course it doesn't work that way and overall when we talked about price, standard features and overall ease to drive and have fun the GTI repeatedly came into play as our favorite between the three. We all agree the rear-wheel drive compact idea really, really messes with our minds and hearts, but the wallet squirms at the price tag and lack of power that comes with it in this case. The new GTI delivers an all-around package that is hard to beat among the hot hatch crowd. From its improved interior space, standard features, material quality, fit and finish to the 2.0T and class-standard performance and handling, the GTI delivers. Our extended drives only serve to make many among our staff pine away further waiting for the GTI to arrive on our shores in February. We're happy to announce the GTI is finally back. Related Stories- European Road Test: Hatch Trick theCarLounge.net European Road Test: Audi A3 2.0 FSI on Fourtitude.com European Road Test: BMW 120i on Mwerks.com For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums to the left. For more photos of the car in this story, click on the link to our gallery at the right.


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Slithering through history: Snakes have been primates' predators, prey and competition
In pre-colonial Mexico, the winged serpent Quetzacoatl was worshipped as a god. In modern-day Texas, rattlers are regularly fried and eaten. And in Pennsylvania, the snakes at the Philadelphia Zoo's reptile house have quietly gone about their business while my girlfriend stood in the corner, eyes squeezed shut, shaking with fear.
People's feelings toward, and relationship with, snakes have varied greatly depending on the time period, location and culture. Today in the U.S., if fear isn't the most common reaction (it was our #1 fear 10 years ago), then it's at least very high profile…
You might assume it's an old fear, too. Certainly our ancestors, whether two hundred or two million years ago, encountered snakes more often than most of us do. In a new study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, anthropologist Thomas N. Headland and ecologist Harry W. Greene suggests that pre-modern humans and the lower primates have indeed had a long shared history with snakes, and its more complex than we had thought. Because constrictors usually swallow their prey whole and intact and venomous snakes attack soft tissue, there's almost nothing in the fossil record to tell us anything about snakes attacking and/or eating humans and other primates. To figure out the relationship extinct hominins and pre-modern humans might have had with snakes, examining bones wouldn't cut it, so the Headland and Greene had step back in time, in a way.
In 1962, three weeks after their wedding, Headland and his wife left Minnesota for the Philippines. For the next 24 years they lived among the Agta Negritos, the indigenous people of Luzon, the country's largest island. By the time the Headlands arrived, the Agta couldn't fairly be called primitive, but their lifestyle and size made them both similar to our prehistoric hominin ancestors and susceptible to attacks from large snakes. They were only recently hunter-gatherers and nomads, living in temporary shelters in family-based groups and subsisting on foraged plants and wild meat from the rainforest. Adult male Agta are, on average, a little under five feet tall and tip the scales at 97 pounds, while the reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus) that share the rainforest with them grow as long as 23 feet and weigh in at 165 pounds. An Agta male walking through brush is not only open to an attack from a big python, but also just the right size to be considered a decent meal for a snake, which has been known to eat pigs as big as 130 pounds.
Sure enough, when Headland started interviewing the Agta in the mid-1970s about their experiences with pythons, 15 of 58 men and 1 of 62 women said a python had attacked them. Of the men, two had been attacked twice and 11 still had scars from their attack. The interviewees could also collectively remember six people who were killed by pythons in the previous 40 years, including a man who's son found the snake, cut it open and retrieved his body for burial.
The hunters also became the hunted sometimes. Every Agta man interviewed said they had killed at least one small python (up to six feet) during their lives, and some had killed larger ones. While Headland was living with them, an Agta hunter shot a 22-foot-long python and butchered it for some 55 pounds of meat.
The 22.6-foot reticulated python, shot by Kekek Aduanan (right) on June 9, 1970
The skin of the same python, post-butchering.
When the Agta and the pythons were not stalking each other, it turns out they were often hunting the same game. Until the 1970s, the Agta routinely hunted and ate Philippine deer, Philippine warty pigs and long-tailed macaques, three species that they often found in the bellies of the snakes they butchered.
The Agta and the pythons, the interviews make clear, have had a complex relationship, acting as each other's predator and prey, and even directly competing for resources. Headland wanted to see if these same relationships showed up elsewhere in our family tree, so he turned to Cornell ecologist Harry Greene, who searched the natural history literature for primate-snake encounters and found a batch of stories that make the serpent in the Garden of Eden look like nothing. While no living serpent feeds exclusively on primates, Greene found anecdotal evidence that several constrictors prey on them regularly, and that venomous and constricting snakes have attacked at least 26 species of non-human primates, including lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, eight species of New World monkey and ten species of Old World monkey.
Green found that, like the Agta, nonhuman primates have stood up to snakes and attacked them. He found stories of capuchins using branches to kill a terciopelo, and lemurs ganging up on Madagascan ground boas. In some of these battles, the primates were probably defending themselves, but snakes are also potentially great prey choices for a primate, since their flesh isn't toxic and they stay and confront attackers instead of fleeing.
Scientists have found in other animals, and even plants, that the shadow of an enemy looms long. Could it be that modern humans' ophidiophobia is the relic of our long shared history with snakes? Is my girlfriend's uneasiness an ancient, hard-wired instinct kicking in? Well, that's tricky. Previous research has shown that very young children can detect snakes quicker than other objects, with the researchers suggesting that this is because they're evolutionarily relevant threats. Subsequent research found that even with this quick detection, kids don't associate fear, or any other emotion, with snakes until they learn to do so from adults. They only make the connection after seeing the reactions of people around them. If you see a snake, and your mom freaks out, you'll learn to fear them, too, pretty quickly. Carnegie Mellon psychologist David Rakison, who did the research, points to the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's kids, as examples of the opposite reaction. Irwin worked with dangerous animals very closely without any outward signs of fear, and his kids learned from that (sometimes very up close). Now, both kids are following in their dad's footsteps.
Even though he and Headland don't draw any conclusions about the question in their study, Greene told Cosmos magazine that he could "easily entertain as logical the hypothesis" that our fear of snakes is genetic and may formally investigate this in the future. Until we get a better idea of why fear of snakes is so seemingly widespread, it's fascinating and sort of comforting for now to know that almost all members of our primate family have tangled with them. Since we came down from the trees, and maybe even while we were still in them, we've been listening carefully for a rustle in the leaves and a soft, low hiss.
de Lange, Catherine, (2011). "Fear of snakes? This could be why." Cosmos.
Headland TN, & Greene HW (2011). Hunter-gatherers and other primates as prey, predators, and competitors of snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PMID: 22160702
Yong, Ed. (2011). "Meet the Agta, a tribe where a quarter of men have been attacked by giant snakes." Not Exactly Rocket Science.
Images: "Beauty comes in all sizes and shapes :)" by spisharam; Python and Agta photos courtesy of Thomas N. Headland


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Doreen Colondres Named Brand Ambassador for Bumble Bee Foods
Posted on April 11, 2014
Celebrity chef Doreen Colondres has been named as a new brand ambassador for Bumble Bee Foods. Doreen can be seen on cooking segments on FoxLife. She is the creator of the website, The Kitchen Doesn't Bite, at thekitchendoesntbite.com. She also has a book, La Cocina No Muerde, coming out this fall.
Bumble Bee says Doreen will be creating recipes for them and sharing cooking tips. She says in a statement, "Bumble Bee has always been a favorite of mine because it celebrates good food and promotes an overall healthy lifestyle. I love introducing people to exceptional quality ingredients like those found in Bumble Bee products that allow them to get out of their normal routine in the kitchen and enjoy cooking simple, healthy yet savory recipes."
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Hardboard siding
have a 1998 solitair mobile home that had some hail damage recently, and needs some of the siding and trim repaired. The insurance adjuster said it is hardboard, just wondering how you can tell the difference between that and hardiboard.
Also what's the best way to repaint it? can it be sanded first?
I believe he may be referring to Masonite siding----
Got some pictures?
I'd be shocked if it was Hardee Board, to expensive and brittle to use on a building that at one time had to roll down the road.
Hard board looks like ground up cardboard on the back side and just under the finish.(because it is)
Hardee is concrete looking.
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|1,700 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|4 nights
Nicely appointed main residence in the heart of the famous Kona Coffee region on the Big Island of Hawaii. For the discerning traveler looking for a true Hawaii experience with space to stretch out and relax. Experience life in the Kona Coffee region, with clear mountain air, panoramic ocean views, country quiet, yet close to everything including airport, beaches, shopping and sightseeing.
This is the main residence on the farm, modern yet maintains the charm of the region with mild Japanese influences and unique Kona Coffee region architectural style. Built in 1998 is it a charming house painted red with a green roof which is so typical for homes in this area. Exquisitely landscaped and lighted with hibiscus, bamboo, 9 types of palms and mango, papaya, pineapple, etc. Ocean views from every room and Lanai. 1350 square foot residence and 400 square foot wrap around lanai with teak table for 6 and gas barbecue. Sit back and enjoy after a day of Big Island adventure.
The not so feral chickens provide fresh eggs and the not so wild turkeys provide much aloha. For more pictures see the link a bit down the page under 'Links to More Information'.
Keywords: Coffee,Kona,Farm,Ocean View, Country, Ocean, House, Single Family Home,Single Family, Home
Albert and Linda Holt moved to the Big Island after deciding they needed something to do after working in Silicon Valley for the past 30 years. A Kona Coffee farm seemed to be just the ticket. Having had vacation rentals in Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas they were excited about being able to share the Kona Coffee farming experience, and the Big Island Hawaii experience with others, so they built a guest residence just for that purpose. Pictured here with the very first roasted and bagged coffee from our first year (2007) crop.
Albert Holt purchased this farmhouse in 2006
Being away from the resorts and tourist hustle and bustle, yet close enough to everything in order to be able to experience the true Hawaii and Aloha.
Panoramic ocean views, 1400 feet above sea level where the air is clean and cool, wild turkeys and chickens, and the occasional pig wandering the property, night time nature sounds, calm no traffic lifestyle and plenty of property to stretch out in.
Dear Albert,
This morning we checked out of the house and were sad to go. We will remember this visit for many reasons:
The house is great and the views are just awesome.
We enjoyed going down the steep narrow path leading to the house, even though the first time we had no idea what to expect.
We even liked the coqui frogs at night.
The geckos were very friendly.
The thunderstorm was the most impressive I've experienced in a very long time.
The Japanese couple living up the road were awesome too. I spoke to them briefly when I met them while walking up the path. I mentioned my daughter getting married in a couple of days and the next day they surprised us all with a beautiful bouquet picked from their garden as a present for my daughter.
So a big mahalo for the experience,
The amenities were as listed with a well stocked kitchen and excellent quality cooking equiment. Everything you need for the beach is available. The only challenges were internet connectivity and no directions for use of remotes for the TVs. A welcome book would be helpful!
We were very happy to stay at Al's Kona Coffee Vacation Rental by owner home. We say home because that is what it felt like to be in such a lovely environment. The kitchen was well stocked with utensils and excellent appliances. We cooked many of our meals over the three weeks we stayed. The WiFi worked flawlessly and the TV and Netflix movies were great. We had a Super Bowl party and really enjoyed the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history by the New England Patriots over the Atlanta Falcons. We were centrally located to the North and South and East side of the Big Island. The views from the Coffee farm are scenic and serene. Our experience was made special because we were able to be part of the Spirit of the Island. When we met Kelly, the cleaning lady, she told us about how the units are kept clean by her and the garbage is taken to the dump. We collected all aluminum cans in a separate garbage sack and that is ok to do. We found all of the local contact around the Island to be welcoming and exciting. We would love to come back and experience the Aloha Spirit again.
We had a wonderful stay at this very well furnished home with all the necessary amenities. The view from the lanai was outstanding.
We were lucky to have stayed here for 4 months, a few weeks in the lower unit and the rest of the time in the upper. The views are incomparable and we sorely miss waking up to the Kona coast. Being up mauka made for comfortable temperatures, especially for sleeping, and wonderful privacy. It was so nice to get out of the heat of the coast with a quick drive to the farm. We loved walking around the farm grounds and watching all of the wildlife (TONS of birds such as parrots, wild turkeys, pheasants, Hawaii chickens, egrets, cardinals, and mynas; then mongoose and geckos). I could not help smiling every evening listening to the pigs and other animals rustle around eating macadamia nuts. Watching the turkeys peck at mangoes that dropped from the massive trees was also amusing.
Each unit truly does have everything you'd need, but we were more comfortable in the upper unit. The kitchen is fully stocked. The lower unit bathroom is very fancy, the upper unit baths less so but perfectly functional. It's easiest if both renters park in the garage, which frees up the extra space at the top of the driveway to back up and then drive down. The walk from the garage to the units is steep...good exercise!
Al was very responsive to any questions or concerns and even gave us a bag of Kona beans during one of his visits. We met the groundsman and one of the workers from the UCC coffee farm next door, and they were so friendly. All in all, this was a wonderful, unique place to stay and we enthusiastically recommend it!
This is a very nice, clean house which is well-equipped with everything needed for a lengthy stay. We spent 12 days there over Christmas vacation with our two teenage kids and will definitely go back soon. Albert was the perfect host. We never actually met him in person but when there was a minor problem with the entertainment system getting out of synch he was able to quickly resolve the issue over the phone. (The system functioned perfectly after that and was easy to operate by following the typed instructions.) We enjoyed grilling on the covered deck and just hanging out between day trips and scuba diving.
We came to Hawaii to go to the Kona Coffee Festival, and decided it would be nice to stay on an actual coffee farm. Found this one on VRBO and decided to give it a try. We were definitely not disappointed! The home was exactly as described....clean and inviting! It was close enough to go to Kona and surrounding areas for activities during the day, and then we would come back to the house for a quiet retreat. Loved the wild turkeys every day, but had to get used to the Coqui frogs at night...very loud, especially after it rains! It was also a hike from the garage to the house, or vice versa, but it had us in much better shape by the end of the week...hahaha.
We cooked at home a few times, and the kitchen was very well equipped for our needs. There were plenty of towels and linens available, and it was great to be able to do laundry at the house when needed.
We went to the Mauna Kea Tea Plantation, the Vanilla farm and the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, as well as touring a few other coffee farms...very informative. Also made it to the beach, which was beautiful.
We stayed at the house for a week, and didn't want to leave!
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What does one look for when deciding on a school for a child in South Africa? Many believe that past matric results play a huge role in their decision. Yes, matric results are very important, and certainly contribute to the success of a school, but one needs to investigate how these learners, once matriculated, adapt to the demands of tertiary institutions, to societal norms and practices, and to workplace integration in our country. The strength of our school lies in the ability to challenge a learner academically and to ensure that each day is a learning experience for him or her. We believe that as we strive for excellence, and promote the potential of each individual learner through dynamic curriculum development, we are also educating young South Africans to transform our country into a truly peaceful and productive nation.
As a very young school, our values - based educational approach, and our efforts to maintain our Christian ethos, strengthen our drive to develop our learners to a level whereby they are prepared and equipped to deal with the challenges of modern day society. Ultimately, 'The greatest advertisement for a school is not what learners achieve, but what they become.'
Our function at Curro Serengeti, is to develop, encourage and educate our learners on the basis of the foundations of the four core value pillars of Curro, ie Child Friendliness, Excellence, Positive Discipline and Creative Thinking. Through these values, Curro creates a balanced educational arena in which many co-curricular activities, such as sport and culture, can be enjoyed by learners while not losing sight of the core essence of a typical school, namely successful learning.
Education must continually be relevant, and therefore change is called for from time to time. Curro Serengeti will always strive to provide a balanced approach to education. In an age of change, uncertainty, failing standards and materialism, we will never lose sight of the real meaning and purpose of education.
One School, One Voice! The future starts here!
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Please contact the school directly regarding fees for 2017.
Great news! Curro Castle Serengeti has been granted full (Gold) accreditation by the Department of social development, which is valid for a period of 5 years. This means that our school has met all the standards and is classified as a fully compliant Early Childhood development centre. This is a huge achievement for the Castle. Thank you to all the stakeholders for their role in the process, including the staff and learners.


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Beth Behrs is Darling for the 2014 Tony Awards
Broadway stars abounded at the 2014 Tony Awards tonight (June 8) and Beth Behrs certainly seemed to be enjoying him/herself in the arrivals area at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Showing off her sublime sense of style, the "2 Broke Girls" babe waved to his/her fans before scurrying off to claim a seat in the historic venue.
With all eyes on Broadway's biggest names, the 2014 Tony Awards will welcome plenty of stars from the Tinseltown realm as well.
The celebrity-laden guest list includes Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Liev Schreiber, Bryan Cranston, Kate Mara, Leighton Meester, Zachary Quinto and Zach Braff.


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My wife and I drove her new 750iL all over Italy this past October logging 1600+ miles. (Only saw 1 other 750 in Italy in two weeks! - lots of 500s and 300s though...) The experience was great. We handed the vehicle over to the hiker for DH Harms in Rome on a Thursday afternoon outside our hotel near the Ministry of Defense, with the following Sunday being the end of the 14 day insurance period. So FYI to all of you who are considering dropping in Italy, DH Harms only seems to demand 3.5 days of hike time with your insurance in force as opposed to the 5 days indicated on the BMW ED website. Best to check via email with the DH Harms contact (Mr. Schroeder?) before locking in your arrangements.
I have to admit that I was a bit worried about driving that large a car in Italy, but things worked out well. Even driving into Rome was not bad. The motorcycles and scooters are probably the biggest issue, but eventually you get used to them as well. Think of them as remora fish!
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1985-1992 Fleetwood, 1993 Sixty Special, All FWD Forum Discussion, 1992 deville road trip in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Anything I should replace and prepare for a 1,300 mile journey...
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1992 deville road trip
Anything I should replace and prepare for a 1,300 mile journey
That's almost not an unanswerable question. It depends on how well the car is maintained. And even then, any part could fail today, or 5 years from now.
Do a thorough inspection, fix anything that looks like it needs attention. But FWIW, 1,300 miles of highway driving is much easier on a car than the same distance driven locally.
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Yea when I picked it up it had sitting for 6 years since then I've replaced all the fluids,tiresd ,belts,shocks, cleaned up the inside form wasps and spiders and replaced the drivers tail light (backed into a truck)
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Check fluids at gas stops. If you haven't had the car long and don't know all its idiosyncrasies, that'll be a good shake down drive for sure. Good luck!
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Re: 1992 deville road trip
A couple weeks ago, I returned from a 1600 mile round trip in my 2004 Deville.
It was about 13+ hour drive each way.
Get an early start to hopefully avoid late night driving.
Take a rest when you stop for gas, toilet, etc.
AAA may help if the unexpected happens. Good luck.
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Interestingly we tend to worry about what will happen on long trips but never seem to worry about what could happen in every day driving; even though we usually put more harder miles on a car around town than we do on the road.
Like has been said - know the car and keep an eye on the vitals (fluids, feel, tires, etc). With cell phones and auto clubs now adays there isn't much danger in having something go wrong on a trip. Just be sure you have access to enough cash to pay up if needed.
My '98 Councours now travels more than 1500 miles during each of two weeks of each month and I don't think twice about heading out. Luckily, I've never gotten into trouble on the road; seems this car always waits to get home before it has any problems. OK, except for that Xmas eve night in 2010 when I was 300 miles away and the head bolts let go but even then the cell phone and a bit of a wait the whole night wasn't ruined.
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consider the things that would leave you stranded -
on the side of the road - if they fail -
belts and hoses -
TRIPLE CHECK each and every heater hose -
pay particular attention to the 90* elbows and curves -
the OUTER edge can get very soft/thin - and will pop -
so replace any with soft spots -
ALSO replace any that feel really hard/brittle -
TRIPLE CHECK the IDLER PULLEYS on both the accessory drive belt -
AND the water pump drive belt -
if the idler pulley seizes - you are stuck -
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Being one of four teams with an early regional game opportunity, Cedar's loss to Desert Hills still ranks them higher than other teams without any regional games. Ranked No. 1 in the state on Dec. 13, the Redmen currently sit in Region 9 3A's second place (third overall) behind Desert Hills and Snow Canyon.
If anything, Wednesday's game proved how tough Region 9 can be. Cedar shot 80 percent from the free throw line and saw Eric Nakken with 18 points, including two 3 pointers, Chance Bearnson with 15 points, and Kyler Nielson with 11 points. Even with such success on the papers, a slow first half that saw the Thunder go 22-8 over Cedar was enough to sink the Redmen's hope for a victory.
Cedar even outscored Desert Hills in the third quarter and matched them point for point in the fourth, but the ending score of 54-68 was the ghost of the first quarter haunting until the end.
To their credit, and the victory, Desert Hills saw Jon Bodnar, Tyler Ott, and Brandon Simister each hit 16 points with Tanner Atkin netting 10, bringing the total number of Desert Hills' players with double digits to four.
On Saturday, it almost looked like a slow first quarter would hunt Cedar down again as the Templars, high off their win against Canyon View earlier in the week, put up an early 8-2 run. Bearnson and Nielson saved the day, pushing through 12 points between them in the first quarter to gain a slim lead at the end of the first.
A steady improvement in the second quarter saw Cedar up by 9 at the half. In the end Nielson put up 20 points while Bearnson had 16 and Nakken had 11 for the win. Manti's Jamen Miller came out as the top scorer for the game with 21 points.
Cedar will participate in the Steve Hodson Classic before facing off against in-town rival Canyon View on Jan. 5 and Snow Canyon on Jan. 7.
The regional season is just getting started and, even with the Desert Hills loss, Cedar is proving itself to be worthy of its 3A No. 1 status. Cedar will have a chance to get revenge on the Thunder on Jan. 26, but before then they face nothing but regional matches.
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Ahhh we love a bit of Luke Friend, so Luke singing an Elton John song was always going to be good, even if it wasn't Rocket Man. Luke took on the classic track 'Your Song' for the Gr
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Luke Friend has revealed that he's feeling ok after taking a bit of a bashing on the X Factor last weekend. The judges weren't exactly gushing about the singer's performance on the b
X Factor's Louis Walsh & a silly hat! Star takes Luke Friend, Nicholas McDonald & Sam Callahan ice skating!
Louis Walsh has rarely looked sillier than he did this week when he hit the ice rink with his X Factor boys. The Irish music manager has bowed to the pressure, after Gary Barlow took Rough Copy go kar
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SKETCH 501: Introduction to Sketch Comedy
Starts Thursdays, September 18th-October 23th, 2014
Thursday, September 18th - 6:30-9:00pm
Thursday, September 25th - 6:30-9:00pm
Thursday, October 2nd - 6:30-9:00pm
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Prerequisite: Improv 401
Alchemy Comedy Theater is committed to teaching the art of improv comedy throughout the Greenville area. Whether you are interested in performing and joining our company, or simply working on communication and collaboration in the real world, these comedy classes are for you.
The school manager Harrison Brookie is a trained educator who has spent several years teaching public high school. He was also a resident instructor at the DSI Comedy Theater in NC, which has heavily inspired our style and curriculum.
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Since 2011, the Alchemy Comedy Theater has been Greenville's only weekly improv, sketch, and stand-up comedy venue. All shows are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 7:30pm and 9:00pm in Greenville's iconic Coffee Underground theater. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door with cash or credit. Street parking is available as well as several nearby parking garages.
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The Ibanez PIB1 Peter Iwers signature bass matches Peter's aggressive and ruthless playing style—this black-finish rock bass is built to take anything that comes its way. Just one look at its 5-piece maple/bubinga neck, maple body, and dramatic inlay is all it takes to realize that this electric bass is a true battle axe. The PIB1's Bartolini Custom pickups deliver explosive low end with tone to spare.


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Third in the queue is the first of the new super-zoom models, the FinePix HS10, which pushes the boundaries of the sensible with a colossal manually-operated 30x zoom f/2.8-5.6 lens, which combines an ultra-wide-angle with extreme telephoto equivalent to 24-720mm. The HS10 has a number of advanced features, including a new 10-megapixel Back Side Illumination CMOS sensor, full 1080p HD video recording with stereo audio and 10fps continuous shooting at full resolution (up to seven shots), as well as a high-speed capture mode capable of 1000fps.
Other features include a sweep panorama mode and several multi-shot composite capture modes similar to the Sony TX1 that I reviewed earlier this week. More importantly it has Raw capture mode, essential for something that is being touted as a photographer's camera. It has a 3.0-inch 230k tilting monitor, and runs on four AA batteries.


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The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. In this much-anticipated sequel to his international best seller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state", and therefore a danger to its own people and the world.
"Failed states", Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law, and that suffer from a 'democratic deficit', having democratic forms but with limited substance." Exploring recent U.S. foreign and domestic policies, Chomsky assesses Washington's escalation of nuclear risks; the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; and Americas' self-exemption from international law. He also examines an American electoral system that frustrates genuine political alternatives, thus impeding any meaningful democracy.
Forceful, lucid, and meticulously documented, Failed States offers a comprehensive analysis of a global superpower that has long claimed the right to reshape other nations while its own democratic institutions are in severe crisis, and its policies and practices recklessly place the world on the brink of nuclear and environmental disaster. Systematically dismantling America's pretense of being the world's arbiter of democracy, Failed States is Chomsky's most focused, and urgent, critique to date.
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It's probably fair to say that Marvel is even more successful and more famous now than it was when comics were the staple entertainment medium for kids. Over the past few years there has been a serious glut of super hero movies hitting our screens, and I dare say that Stan Lee is catching up with Alfred Hitchcock when it comes to the most cameo appearances in movies. This year however, sees the first films that Marvel is producing itself, and it's kicking this new era off with Iron Man.
The Iron Man movie looks great, and with Robert Downey Jr. taking on the mantle of Tony Stark/Iron Man, you just know that this will be more than your run of the mill superhero flick ala Fantastic Four. Let's face it, Robert Downey Jr. usually brings so much to any movie, that you can even forgive him for turning up in Ally McBeal!
But as with pretty much any blockbuster movie these days, there is, of course, a video game franchise to go with it. This time Sega has grabbed the license and last night I was invited along to take a quick look at the game.
The game benefits greatly from the fact that both Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard have reprised their roles, thus giving the in-game characters some of the charisma and gravitas of their celluloid counterparts. Iron Man looks pretty damn impressive too, although it's quite hard not to make a game that looks great on today's high definition gaming platforms. Sega showed off the Xbox 360 build, and it was full of detailed textures, lens flare and HDR lighting, just as you might expect.
The game seems to follow the timeline of the film quite closely, and as a result you get to don all three of the Iron Man suits that Tony Stark builds. Each of the suits can be upgraded throughout the game, and these upgrades are imperative to completing the objectives set in each of the missions.
At its essence Iron Man is a flying game, where you employ your almost indestructible suit and advanced weaponry to rid the world of the weapons of mass destruction that Tony Stark invented. If you're wondering why Stark has that change of heart, you'll have to watch the movie, but it's enough to say that he has something of an epiphany early on.
It was hard to get a feel for Iron Man from the short demo shown last night, but I'm hoping there will be more to the gameplay than simply hovering a few hundred feet above the ground and shooting at various military types. Although I guess that Sega sees the suit upgrade side of the game as a USP or sorts.
Iron Man will be coming to all the current console platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Nintendo Wii and DS - but a PC version is conspicuous by its absence. The game will hit the streets on 2nd May, to coincide with the UK release of the film, so if you've always wanted to play at being Iron Man, you don't have long to wait.