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South London is generally defined as any part of Greater London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide will only cover the outer South London boroughs, and 'exclude' the inner South London boroughs namely; Richmond upon Thames, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham & Greenwich.
Croydon links here. For other places with the same name, see Croydon (disambiguation).
Most areas of present South London were once towns and villages in the counties of Surrey, Kent & Middlesex outside London, which were assimilated by London as it expanded rapidly in the 19th & 20th centuries. Surrey and Kent are still used as part of the official postal addresses for some areas of south London.
Most of outer South London is residential suburbia, and generally of little tourist interest. The main towns of outer south London are Kingston-upon-Thames, Wimbledon, Sutton, Croydon, Bromley & Bexleyheath. Each of these towns are major commercial centres with major transport interchanges, entertainment & shopping centres.
Kingston-upon-Thames would have to be considered the most interesting of the aforementioned towns for visitors. It is a former market town within the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. It is where many Saxon kings were crowned before the invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066. It has a pleasant riverside location with views across the river to nearby Hampton Court Palace & Park, which is a tourist destination anyone visiting London, should really try & see.
South London consists of the following London boroughs:
Bromley is a borough of London, situated in the south east of Greater London. Much of the borough was historically in the county of Kent, as is reflected by the presence of Kent County Cricket Club's second XI and Tewnty20 teams in Beckenham, and the fact that the postal county of Kent is sometimes still used for traditional reasons for much of the borough (though postal counties are no longer required in UK postal addresses). Beckenham and Crystal Palace Park use to host confusingly the London CCC, which has the famous WG Grace before it was disbanded. The London Borough of Bromley was created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 and officially incoporated into Greater London. HG Wells grew up in a house along the High St, which until recently had a sci-fi mural in tribute to him. Charles Darwin also lived further out, at Down House, which is in the greenbelt to the southern edge of the Borough. Here one can find Biggin Hill Airport a small private airfield, used mainly for civil aviation, an International Air Fair in June and also featured in the Da Vinci Code.
[31] Known to some as the "Dallas of the South" due to the density of shiny glass and steel high rise office block, mostly owned by the Home Office government department. Wellesley Road runs north/south through Croydon and adds to the rather drab appearance but the pedestrianised shopping precinct west of here provides some relief. A new major re-generation plan has been announced, called Croydon Vision 2020, which includes the new shopping centre and Croydon Gateway site (which includes a arena, park, offices and bars).
Croydon has a cross-section of British history: Among its famous residents were author Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, model Kate Moss, journalist Emile Zola, dubstep pioneer Benga, and punk rocker Captain Sensible of The Damned.
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By tube or London Overground
The London Underground system does not cover South London as extensively as North London. The Northern Line (Black) terminates at Morden. The District Line (Green) terminates at Wimbledon.
Opened in Summer 2010, the London Overground now links West Croydon and Crystal Palace stations to East London, primarily at Whitechapel station, and North London at Dalston Junction station.
By train
South London is served by several train services from Central London stations. Check the London Transport maps for the correct station as the layout of the lines is rather confused in places.
As a rough guide, services run:
By car
The M25 sits on the southern edge of the borough. Junction 4 (Bromley/Orpington) quickly connects with the A21, though for Chislehurst and areas it may be quicker to use Junction 3. The A21 is the main London to Hastings road and it runs through the borough before heading south to Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.
By train
The borough has 27 railway stations which cover much of the area and are served by three Central London stations; London Victoria, London Blackfriars and London Bridge (and, by extension, Cannon Street, Waterloo East and Charing Cross). The main transport hub in the borough is Bromley South, with regular fast trains to London Victoria and a network of buses that stop outside the station and go to all parts of the borough. Orpington is the major station for the east of the borough.
By air
Biggin Hill Airport is a former RAF airfield from which the Battle of Britain was coordinated and serves private jets. While the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport. However, there is still a surprisingly large number of business flights.
By Underground
Croydon is not served by the Underground network. However, the old East London Line has been integrated into the new London Overground network, linking West Croydon Station to Dalston Junction via New Cross, Docklands, and Whitechapel. This service, which started in June 2010, uses new rolling stock with longitudinal seating layouts similar to those used on Underground trains, allowing for more standing room. It is operated by Transport for London as part of the London Overground scheme.
By tram
Tramlink, opened in 2000, is the first modern tram system to operate in London. Trams at the moment have destinations at Beckenham, Wimbledon, Elmers End and New Addington with all lines traveling through Croydon, on the Croydon Loop. It can also be used to reach the Underground in Wimbledon. Tramlink also has planned extensions to the M25 motorway (Park & Ride system), Sutton, Bromley, Lewisham with a planned extension to Crystal Palace. All these plans have been shelved by the current Major of London.
By train
East Croydon station, is the second busiest station in London, and the main station for Croydon. Fast trains run into the centre of London terminating at Victoria or London Bridge stations in about 15-20 minutes.
There are direct service connections to London Gatwick & London Luton airports. Journey times from East Croydon to London Gatwick airport range from 15 to 36 minutes, with an average of 13 services per hour during the day. The journey time from East Croydon to London Luton airport is approximately 66 minutes, with an average of 4 services per hour during the day. The train service for London Luton airport also stops at London St Pancras (average journey time approximately 40 minutes), providing interconnections for Eurostar services to Lille, Paris & Brussels; as well as national services to the north of England & Scotland. There are no direct train services to London Heathrow airport. Typical fastest journey time would be approximately 90 minutes, and involve at least two changes.
All services from London Victoria that head to the South Coast stop here. Journey times from East Croydon to Brighton range from 36 to 60 minutes, with an average of 9 services per hour during the day.
Services are provided by Southern and First Capital Connect.
West Croydon station—which features in the famous story "Casting the Runes" by ghost story master M.R. James—is an interchange station for train, tram and bus. Trains run into the centre of London terminating at Victoria or London Bridge stations in about 20-40 minutes. Services leaving London generally terminate at Sutton but some continue to Guildford, Dorking and Epsom Downs.
By bus
Croydon is well served by the London bus network, with a major bus station at West Croydon and a new one opening on the eastern side of Croydon next to the Croydon clocktower and Park Place shopping centre soon. Bus services in the centre of Croydon include, but are not limited to:
Get around
Transport for London (TFL) manages bus services in Bromley and these are operated by Selkent and Metrobus.
Croydon is mostly pedestrian friendly, North End the main shopping parade was closed for traffic over 10 years ago and most places can be easily reached on foot.
By taxi
There is a large taxi stand, served by black cabs outside the main entrance to East Croydon Station.
By bus
Buses leave at West Croydon station, with most buses leaving Croydon stopping at the bus station next to West Croydon station. The other bus station is opposite East Croydon station on George street, although not all buses going past it stop.
Because it was heavily bombed in WW2, Croydon features a patchwork of old and new architecture.
Most of London's sporting venues are within easy reach of Croydon, via public transport.
It is possible to also still see speedway and dog-racing at Wimbledon stadium, which is in the Borough of Merton.
Each of the towns and villages in the borough has its own distinct high street but Bromley High St remains the main shopping centre and runs the length of the town. The northern section is mainly comprised of a cinema, specialist shops and restaurants. As the high street gets to the Market Square, there are a number of pubs. The central section of the High Street, between Market Square and Elmfield Rd, is pedestrianised.
Croydon is one of the top 20 retail destinations in the United Kingdom, it has two large and a smaller shopping centers. All the major chain stores can be found in Croydon, along with most department stores (including the only Allders left in the UK).
Kingston has the most extensive range of shops in the southeast of England outside central London, and is very popular, especially at weekends. Virtually all major chains have branches, as well as several independent shops and boutiques.
Visitors are often surprised by the variety, quality and affordability of Croydon's restaurants. Whilst the pedestrianised centre is overflowing with bland chains and fried chicken, The High St and South End Rd (south of the flyover) has an excellent selection of independent places, which is (sadly) becoming a victim of its own success, and itself is beginning to be taken over by the chains.[36]
The area of Kingston of New Malden has a sizeable Korean population and there are a large number of restaurants along the High St. Korean barbecue, such as galbi or samgyeopsal is available in numerous places. Another option is bibimbap, a mixture of various vegetables, rice and chilli paste.
Borough-wide, Bromley's town centre drinking establishments are generally the sort of generic chain fayre you would find anywhere. However, away from the centres, there are good pubs, many in the traditional vein.
There are a large variety of pubs and bars from cheaper chain pubs such as Wetherspoons to the trendy riverside bars. The main club is Oceana which is always very popular and attracts a great number of people from surrounding areas.
There is a wide range of accommodation for visitors to the London Borough of Croydon. The Tourist Information Centre promotes establishments which are members of the National Quality Assurance Standards Scheme. Each establishment is inspected annually by trained assessors from the AA, RAC or English Tourism Council (ETC). Members of the Quality Assurance Scheme are graded according to quality, facilities and level of service. The grading is denoted by stars (H) or diamonds (¨). Any establishment which has no grading is not part of the Scheme, therefore quality cannot be assured. The AA, RAC and English Tourism Council (ETC) have joint grading schemes for hotels, guest accommodation and self catering. Hotels are graded from one to five stars. These indicate the quality, facilities and level of service. The more stars the higher the quality, level of service and range of facilities offered. Guest Accommodation=== Guest accommodation includes guest houses, bed & breakfasts and some hotels. They are graded from one to five diamonds. All establishments must meet minimum standards for facilities and services. More diamonds are awarded for higher standards of quality and customer care.
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Rocky Mountain, Colo.
Just outside the park, the YMCA of the Rockies leases two- to five-bedroom cabins, some near Estes Park, others close to Winter Park. All are equipped with cooking supplies, and you can bring the whole family: Even dogs are welcome. ymcarockies.org, five-bedroom cabin $329 per night, pets $10 per night.
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South of Yosemite Valley, in the Sierra National Forest, Four Seasons Vacation Rentals leases quiet getaways. Choose from studios to three- or four-bedroom spreads with TVs and pool tables, or even stay in a multistory tree house. yosemitelodging.com, three-bedroom houses from $241 per night.
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- 8 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (about 2 1/2 pounds)
- 1 1/2 pounds assorted wild mushrooms (such as oyster, crimini, and stemmed shiitake), sliced
- 1 1/2 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 2/3 cup pitted Kalamata olives
- 3 plum tomatoes, seeded, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped shallot
- 1 tablespoon drained capers
- 2 tablespoon (1/4 stick) chilled butter
- 1 cup teardrop tomatoes (red and yellow)
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- Caper berries, halved (optional)
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 200°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Working in 2 batches, add chicken to skillet. Cook until brown and just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to ovenproof plate and place in oven to keep warm. Discard oil from skillet.
Add 3 tablespoons oil to same skillet over high heat. Add mushrooms; sauté until wilted and beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Add broth; boil until almost all liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes. Add olives, plum tomatoes, garlic, shallot, and capers. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until liquid is reduced by half, about 7 minutes. Add butter; stir until melted. Mix in teardrop tomatoes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, has voted to approve legislation that improves how the EPA will go about its ongoing study of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and groundwater. The EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act (H.R. 2850), introduced by science, space and technology committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, would add to the usefulness of the EPA's ongoing multi-year study by requiring that it also include an objective risk assessment.
"Hydraulic fracturing has been studied over and over again - and in New York, we know how studies can stall job creation," Collins said. "The moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New York state has been in place for five years now, as a result of the continual delay by the DEC on the environmental impact of this process. Now, the EPA is trying to do a similar study using unsound science that will only further delay a practice that many states currently allow and are greatly benefiting from."
"While I feel this issue has been over-studied, this legislation that the Committee unanimously passed today will at least help ensure the EPA provides decision makers with the right data and information," he added.
"This legislation will increase transparency and accuracy in how the EPA reports on the study of hydraulic fracturing," Collins continued. "This bill will help provide decision makers with the data and information they need in order to feel comfortable with moving forward with hydraulic fracturing, which many studies have shown to be a safe and effective way to tap into our nation's natural resources."
Smith said, "Requiring the EPA to provide context to any identified risks will maximize the study's utility to both scientists and decision-makers. And it will limit the possibility that findings will be misinterpreted or misused. This basic principle has been emphasized repeatedly in committee hearings and correspondence over the last two years. And its inclusion will enhance not only the credibility of the EPA's work on hydraulic fracturing, but also our ability to ensure continued safe and responsible production of America's vast oil and gas resources."
The bill, which has been endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was approved by voice vote.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Six Lipscomb indoor track and field records fell on the first day of competition at the Hoosier Hills Invite, with four individual marks set by a talented group of freshmen.
Freshman Matthew Deery continued his assault on the Lipscomb indoor 60m hurdles record. The Phillipsburg, N.J. native lowered the mark to 8.54s on his way to an 11th-place finish.
Sophomore Tucker Peabody posted the fastest mark in the preliminaries of the 60m and 200m dash. He was the only runner to clock a time under seven seconds in the 60m, finishing in 6.98s. He placed highest in the 200m dash by seven-hundredths of a second with a 21.59s clip.
In the men's 400m, freshman Colin Dempster lowered his school-best indoor mark to 49.01s. He was one-hundredth of a second behind the top finisher.
Sophomore Dani Walker put together a school-record run in the mile run, placing third with a 5:03.33s run. Freshman Kendra Lobley was hot on her heels, coming in fourth at 5:03.39s.
In the women's 400m dash, freshman Brenna Thompson set a school-record with a sixth-place, 58.10s run. Among marks scored prior to competition on Friday, that would place her fourth in the conference.
In the 800m run, sophomore Katie Bunker finished fourth with a 2:18.01s mark, while freshman Megan McClain won her heat by turning in a personal-best 2:20.00s run that placed her 10th.
Freshman April Terry broke the school record in the shot put. Her first throw of the meet flew 11.74m (38' 6.25"), placing her second in the meet. She also earned an eighth-place finish in the weight throw with a 13.38m (43' 10.75") toss after fouling on her first two attempts.
Three relay teams earned third-place marks on day one. The men's 4x400m team of Peabody, Dempster and juniors Bobby Bassett and Ryan Whitley set the school indoor mark at 3:21.30s on their way to a third-place finish.
The women's distance medley team of Maggie Lawrence, Valerie Winkler, Catherine Beals and Louisa Van Batavia was third in the relay with a 12:33.84s mark. The women's 4x400m team of Bunker, Thompson, Walker and junior Sara Stephens was third with a 3:56.29s run.
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Optical Biopsies of Lung Tissue Expected to Improve Accuracy of Bronchoscopy Procedures, Reducing the Need to Repeat Invasive, Expensive Diagnostic Tests for Lung Cancer
Optical Biopsies of Lung Tissue Expected to Improve Accuracy of Bronchoscopy Procedures, Reducing the Need to Repeat Invasive, Expensive Diagnostic Tests for Lung Cancer
PARIS--(Marketwire - Mar 21, 2013) - Mauna Kea Technologies (NYSE Euronext: MKEA), leader in the optical biopsy market and developer of Cellvizio®, the fastest way to see cancer, announced today that it has launched a registry study to determine the impact of Cellvizio optical biopsies on the diagnosis of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the world. Previous studies have shown that Cellvizio's real-time, cellular-level views of distal lung tissue extend the reach and improve the diagnostic accuracy of bronchoscopy procedures, reducing the need to repeat invasive, expensive diagnostic tests.
The registry will include 200 patients enrolled at up to ten leading U.S. lung centers.
"Data from the recently-published National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) suggest that lung cancer screening with low-dose CT chest scans in long-term smokers leads to early detection and improved survival. However, the very high false positive rate associated with CT scans often results in additional diagnostic procedures to evaluate a lesion," said Sandhya Khurana, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, and Critical Care at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Dr. Khurana is one of the Principal Investigators of the Cellvizio U.S. lung registry. "Our goal is to accurately diagnose these lesions by using the least invasive, lowest risk and highest-yield tests."
According to the NLST, a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 96.4 percent of CT scans generated false positives for lung cancer. Based on a recent analysis of the data, 24 out of every 100 patients screened will have lesions and only one of the 24 will eventually be diagnosed with lung cancer. Getting to a final diagnosis can be quite taxing on patients because of the limitations of traditional bronchoscopes and tissue biopsy techniques. Recent studies have found that 31% of lung lesion biopsies need to be repeatedi due to radiologists and pathologists requesting additional information.
"Cellvizio offers a potential new way for pulmonologists to achieve accurate real-time characterization of tissue as benign or malignant, particularly in areas of the lung not directly accessible to the bronchoscope," Dr. Khurana said. "Using a navigational bronchoscopy system to guide physicians to the suspicious lesions could further enhance diagnostic accuracy of optical biopsies and decrease the need for additional invasive diagnostic procedures. We are excited to be a part of this important trial."
Dr. Khurana and Dr. Michael Nead, study co-investigator, enrolled the first Cellvizio lung registry patient at URMC earlier this month.
The U.S. lung registry study is a prospective observational study which will aim to refine the criteria to differentiate healthy versus diseased tissue in patients with discrete lung lesions. Once these criteria have been refined, the diagnostic parameters and the reproducibility of optical biopsies will be assessed. Investigators will also use the registry to characterize acute lung rejection in patients with transplanted lungs. The Food and Drug Administration-cleared AlveoFlex™ probe is 1.4 mm in diameter and works with a standard bronchoscope.
Participating centers include the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL; the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine/University of Chicago Medical Center; University of Michigan Medical School/University of Michigan Medical Center; and Ohio State College of Medicine/Wexner Medical Center.
"Since receiving its CE mark and FDA clearance for probes used in digestive and pulmonary tracts in 2005, the company has focused its efforts on developing a strong foothold in the endoscopy market. The U.S. lung registry, our first, large multi-center study in pulmonology, will provide key performance data on the value of Cellvizio to separate out benign nodules from malignant nodules," said Sacha Loiseau, PhD, Founder and CEO of Mauna Kea Technologies.
To learn more, please visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01793246.
About Lung Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 228,190 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013 and that 159,480 men and women will die of the disease, making it the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.
About Mauna Kea Technologies
Mauna Kea Technologies is a global medical device company dedicated to the advent of optical biopsy. The company researches, develops and markets innovative tools to visualize and detect cellular abnormalities during endoscopic procedures. Its flagship product, Cellvizio®, a probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) system, provides physicians and researchers high-resolution cellular views of tissue inside the body. Large, international, multicenter clinical trials have demonstrated Cellvizio's ability to help physicians more accurately detect early forms of disease and make treatment decisions immediately. Designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs within a hospital, Cellvizio can be used with almost any endoscope. Cellvizio has 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European CE-Mark for use in the GI tract, biliary and pancreatic ducts and lungs.
For more information on Mauna Kea Technologies, visit www.maunakeatech.com
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It's hardly a speck on a map but Hazyview in South Africa is very familiar to local and international visitors. That's because Hazyview is the gateway town to the celebrated Kruger National Park. This is safari country where exclusive resorts stand alongside luxury lodges, backpacker digs and tented camps for the world to enjoy the 19000km² of diverse game in the park.
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Top 8 reasons to visit Hazyview
1. A visit to the Kruger National Park is a must. The vast network of roads and bountiful game will ensure a thrilling game drive. Some examples of the various animals counted several years ago were 40000 buffalo, 2000 leopard and 160000 impala antelope, an indication of the size of this park, able to comfortably house these thriving populations.
2. Enjoy an interactive session with an African elephant at the Elephant Sanctuary outside Hazyview. The sanctuary offers elephant rides. Early risers can brush down the elephants or walk hand-in-trunk with these majestic beasts.
3. Test yourself on the treetop challenge at Skyway Trails. This is an obstacle course up in the trees where you are required to cross a series of beams, rope bridges and rope mesh, and to end with a 50m zipline back to base.
4. Relax and unwind at the Summerfields Rose Retreat & Spa after an exciting day out in the bush. Look out for their specials that include Swedish and aromatherapy massages.
5. Share a quiet moment high in the sky on a dawn journey over the Kruger National Park in a hot air balloon. Experience the magnificent African sun as it climbs over mist-filled, natural vegetation.
6. The Kruger Park Lodge Golf Club has only 9 holes but it's a beautiful Gary Player-designed parklands course created around natural features and with animals roaming the fairways.
7. With stores spanning 2 levels, the Lowveld Mall is going to be the last chance to purchase conveniences on the way in to the Kruger National Park. This bright, airy centre has a few outdoor restaurants and several take-away eateries.
8. The two rivers on either end of Hazyview, the Sabie and the North Sand River, are part of a large catchment area and home to many species of fish. Hire a fishing rod to catch-and-release yellowfish, churchill and bulldog, to name a few species.
The Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport in Mbombela (Nelspruit) is a 45km drive from Hazyview. International flights arrive via Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Car rental agencies are located at the airport and Mbombela, otherwise order a vehicle online. Shuttle operators and metered taxis offer transport between White River and other towns.
Did you know?
You may have read the book or seen the movie of Jock of the Bushveld, the true life adventures of an author's brave and loyal dog who once chased off a lion. Jock was born in the scenic Pretoriuskop camp, a few kilometres from the Kruger National Park's Numbi gate.
Hazyview is considered a malaria-free zone, however, it's always best to avoid infection by taking the necessary precautions before visiting.
Often situated in exotic and outdoor locations, Bungalows offer a rustic, yet romantic form of accommodation for guests looking to get away from it all. Usually self-catering, guests can expect to find a fully functional kitchen, basic cooking and cleaning supplies and general bathroom amenities. There is often a place for some outdoor braaing, and to simply sit and take in the surrounding scenery. Bungalows are ideal for couples, small - medium groups of friends and families.
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Engraved on rim with the feathers of the Prince of Wales and the motto "Ich Dien" for George Augustus (later King George II), as Prince of Wales.
Marked on underside of rim: maker's mark for Lewin Dedeke [Scheffler 478]; "A" [in block letters]; Hanover guild mark (prancing horse, with "12" below, within oval)
1722 or 1723, George Augustus (b. 1683 - d. 1760), Elector of Hanover, later George II, King of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) (original commission) [see note 1]; by inheritance to his grandson, George III (b. 1738 - d. 1820), King of Great Britain and Elector and King of Hanover [see note 2]; by inheritance to his son, George IV (b. 1762 - d. 1830), King of Great Britain and Hanover; by inheritance to his brother, William IV (b. 1765 - d. 1837), King of Great Britain and Hanover; 1837, by inheritance to his nephew, Ernst Augustus I (b. 1837- d. 1851), King of Hanover [see note 3]; by inheritance to his son, George V (b. 1819 - d. 1878), King of Hanover; by inheritance, through the Princes of Hanover, to Ernst Augustus V (b. 1954), Prince of Hanover. 2004, private foundation, United States; 2006, given from this private foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006) NOTES: [1] This is one of 24 plates from the set at the MFA (accession nos. 2006.763-2006.786) commissioned by George Augustus as part of the so-called "English Service" (referred to as "Service F" in the 1747 inventory of the Hanoverian silver vaults). [2] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King. [3] Because by Salic law a woman could not inherit the throne of Hanover, upon the succession of Queen Victoria of England in 1837, the crown passed to the oldest surviving son of George III.
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German (Celle), 1722 or 1723
- Marked by Lewin Dedeke, German (Celle) 1660–1733


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It was a strong year for local tennis as one individual player went undefeated at No. 1, one team went unbeaten during the regular season and another won its fourth straight Big 3 title. Here is an up-close look at the individual tennis talent in greater Fall River.
It was a strong year for local tennis as one individual player went undefeated at No. 1, one team went unbeaten during the regular season and another won its fourth straight Big 3 title. Here is an up-close look at the individual tennis talent in greater Fall River.
Girls' Singles
SONIA RODRIGUES (Case): The Cardinals' No. 1 singles player, Rodrigues compiled a record of 13-5 this season and guided here team to a berth in the Division 3 South tournament, where Rodrigues picked up her team's lone point in a 4-1 loss to Dover Sherborne. The Cards' No. 1 player for the last three seasons, Rodrigues was also a South Coast Conference all-star.
KATIE VASCONCELOS (Bishop Stang): Just a freshman, Vasconcelos finished with a 15-4 record, including the postseason, and made it to the quarterfinals of the MIAA state individual tennis tournament. Calm under pressure, Vasconcelos was also selected as an Eastern Athletic Conference all-star.
JESSIE LORD (Durfee): Durfee's No. 1 player the last two years, Lord finished with a 14-8 mark and guided the Hilltoppers to their fourth straight Big 3 championship. The Most Valuable Player of the team, Lord has also been a Big 3 all-star the last three seasons.
KATIE REGO (Westport): Rego, a junior, was the Wildcats' top player and went 11-8 this season, leading the Cats to a postseason berth in the Division 3 South Sectional tournament. "She's the type who played better against better competition. Her best matches always seemed to be against the tougher opponent."
Girls' Doubles
KENDRA FORD/JESS WILDING (Somerset Berkley): The Blue Raider duo compiled a 9-2 mark together as the Somerset Berkley top doubles team. "They beat everyone but the Vineyard," said SB coach Peter Holt of Ford, a senior, and Wilding, a sophomore. "They are both very aggressive players."
Boys' Singles
CONRAD CALCAGNO (Bishop Connolly): Arguably the top player in the area, Calcagno went undefeated during the regular season for the Cougars. "He was the team captain, team MVP," said Bishop Connolly coach Gary Howayeck. "He's an exceptional kid and probably one of the best tennis players in Bristol County."
NICK ROSA (Westport): Rosa was the No. 1 singles player on a team that went undefeated during the regular season and earned the top seed in the Division 3 South Sectional tournament. Rosa finished with a 14-5 mark playing against the area's top players and led Westport to a 21-1 overall mark, including the playoffs. three of his losses came at the hands of Bishop Connolly's Conrad Calcagno, arguably the top player in the area.
AARON MAKHIJANI (Somerset Berkley): Playing one of the toughest schedules in the area, Makhijani beat eight of 10 opponents at No. 1 singles during the regular season and led SB with a 15-6 overall record. "Aaron had a terrific season, giving us a solid number one, who led our team in victories," said SB coach Doug Chapman. "He is a four-year varsity player who improved each year and has his best season this spring."
Boys' Doubles
GRIFFIN BUSHELL/NICK KENYON (Case): The Cardinals' duo compiled a 13-1 record at No. 1 doubles after playing last year together at No. 2. "I was a little concerned about them making the jump to number one this year, but I was proved wrong," said Case coach Dave Rainone. The pair, both juniors, has played together for three years and both were named South Coast Conference all-stars this season.
RICH HARTNETT (Westport): Hartnett split his double duties with both Scott Raudonaitas and Lyle Rosa, but he was the one constant in that No. 1 doubles slot for the Wildcats, finishing with a record of 17-1, including the tournament. Dominant at the net, Hartnett helped lead Westport to an undefeated regular season and an overall record of 21-1.
Honorable Mention: Patrick Pacheco (Durfee); Scott Raudonaitas (Westport), Lyle Rosa (Westport), Chris Hartnett (Westport). Zach Pavao (Somerset Berkley), Cam Iwanicki (Somerset Berkley); Aaron Schuster (Somerset Berkley), Arleo LaRocque (Somerset Berkley), Raheel Mir (Somerset Berkley). Lia Thornton (Tiverton); Courtney Bailey (Durfee), Megan Rockett (Durfee); Emma Downes (Bishop Stang), Emma Mills (Bishop Stang).


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[Produced by DJ Premier]
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
[Verse 1]
Straight up, shit is real
And any day could be your last in the jungle
Get murdered on a humble, guns'll blast, niggas tumble
The corners is the hot spot, full of mad criminals
Who don't care, guzzling beers, we all stare
At the out-of-towners
(Ay, yo, yo, who that?), they better break North
Before we get the four pounders and take their face off
The streets is filled with undercovers
Homicide chasing brothers
The D's on the roof tryin' to watch us and knock us
And killer coppers even come through in helicopters
I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock
For the fronters, wannabe ill niggas and spot runners
Thinking it can't happen 'til I trap 'em and clap 'em
And leave 'em done, won't even run about gods
I don't believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards
Nas is a rebel of the street corner
Pulling a TEC out the dresser; police got me under pressure
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
[Verse 2]
Yo, they call me Nas, I'm not your legal type of fella
Moët drinking, marijuana smoking street dweller
Who's always on the corner, rolling up blessed
When I dress, it's never nothing less than Guess
Cold be walking with a bop and my hat turned back
Love committing sins and my friends sell crack
This nigga raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue
The school drop-out, never liked the shit from day one
'Cause life ain't shit but stress, fake niggas, and crab stunts
So I guzzle my Hennessy while pulling on mad blunts
The brutalizer, crew de-sizer, accelerator
The type of nigga who be pissing in your elevator
Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game
Used to sport Bally's and Cazals with black frames
Now I'm into fat chains, sex and TECs
Fly new chicks and new kicks, Heines and Beck's
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
Represent, represent
[Verse 3]
No doubt, see my stacks are fat, this is what it's about
Before the BDP conflict with MC Shan
Around the time when Shante dissed the Real Roxanne
I used to wake up every morning, see my crew on the block
Every day's a different plan that had us running from cops
If it wasn't hanging out in front of cocaine spots
We was at the candy factory, breaking the locks
Nowadays, I need the green in a flash just like the next man
Fuck a yard, God, let me see a hundred grand
Could use a gun, son, but fuck being the wanted man
But if I hit rock bottom then I'ma be the Son of Sam
Then call the crew to get live too, with Swoop
Bokeem, my brother Jungle, Big Bo cooks up the blow
Mike'll chop it; Mayo, you count the profit
My shit is on the streets, this way the Jakes'll never stop it
It's your brain on drugs, to all fly bitches and thugs
'Nuff respect to the projects, I'm ghost, one love
Represent y'all, represent
Represent y'all, represent
Represent y'all, represent
Represent y'all, represent
One time for your mothafuckin' mind
This goes out to everybody in New York
That's living the real fucking life and every projects, all over
To my man Big Will, he's still here
The 40 side of Vernon, my man Big L.E.S
Big Cee-Lo from the Don, Shawn Penn, the 40 busters
My crew the shorty busters, the 41st side of Vernon posse
The Goodfellas, my man Cormega, Lakey the Kid
Can't forget Draws, the Hillbillies
My man Slate, Wallethead, Black Jay, Big Oogie
Crazy barrio spot, (Big Dove), we rock shit a lot, PHD
And my man Premo from Gang Starr
'94 real shit y'all (word up Harry O)
Fuck y'all crab-ass niggas though!
[Nas' posse]
Bitch ass niggas! Bitch ass niggas!
Young bitch ass motherfuckers!
Come to Queensbridge, motherfucker!
Yeah, yeah, let's bring it back
That's just a warm up
'Cause I can– on anybody, anybody
"Represent" is an Illmatic track that doesn't get as much hype as the big name cuts like "N.Y. State of Mind", yet Nas is just as deadly here as ever as he represents Queensbridge and describes all the weed-smoking and gun-toting that goes on around it.
Nas had this to XXL about the song:
Nas: That was a serious weight, representing Queensbridge. I was honored to do it, because of what Shan & Marley had already done. I just wanted to grab the flag & hold it up as high as ever. I felt like they had already paved the way, & now they needed an unbeatable solider to hold that flag up high. After the battle with BDP, you can't ignore the doubt that people had in my hood. So it was like, I'm here now, & I got it, & I'ma hold it down to the death.
Whilst Nas' religious beliefs seem hard to pin down, he definitely believes in some kind of god. In a question and answer session, Nas says that God is "the man with the answers."


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Med-Fit Systems Inc., which manufactures Nautilus commercial products, has produced its first Nautilus treadmill in its Independence, VA, plant after bringing production back from China.
The Fallbrook, CA-based company, which purchased the commercial division from Nautilus Inc. in February 2010, bought the 262,000-square-foot facility last August for $2.1 million. Prior to the return of the treadmill line, the Independence facility produced the Nautilus F3 free weight.
"In an era when more and more suppliers to the industry are taking their products and jobs overseas, we are doing just the opposite," Dean Sbragia, CEO of Med-Fit Systems Inc., said in a statement. "After careful analysis, we determined that we could compete favorably on price and exceed quality and innovation criteria by returning it to our own plant."
Med-Fit Systems says the return of the production of the treadmill to the United States has resulted in additional jobs in Grayson County, VA. The company anticipates more job openings there as other product lines are produced in the plant.
"The county and commonwealth of Virginia played a vital role in the acquisition by Med-Fit of the Nautilus commercial plant," Sbragia said. "It is with great pride that we can now provide more jobs for hard-working Virginians by bringing this iconic brand home."


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This book is so exuberantly, hilariously flawed that it requires a drinking game.
Drink every time:
- Christian Grey acts like a stalker with poor impulse control.
- Ana thinks, Oh my.
- A stray Britishism pops up.
- Ana's subconscious [sic] or inner goddess requires slapping.
- There's gratuitous product placement.
- You cringe on behalf of Christian's servant-people.
- Someone name-shouts during orgasm.
Chug when:
- Someone's mouth "forms a perfect O."
- A tampon is pulled.
Finish your drink when:
- "Rectifying the situation" is used to refer to relieving someone of their virginity.
- An actual, full-length legal contract appears in the text.
In a nutshell: Young, bookish Anastasia Steele meets 27-year-old business tycoon Christian Grey. He has a dark past, majorly taut abs, a BDSM playroom in his fabulous penthouse, and a purported fear of intimacy that melts on contact with Ana's magical vagina.
I was going to make a list of flaws, followed by a tally of the merits, but then I kept moving the flaws to the merit column because the flaws are so awesome, just like the pancake makeup in the Twilight movies.
– The writing pulls the neat trick of setting the bar so low that I fist-pumped in triumph every time E.L. James did something right, such as understanding the distinction between "figuratively" and "literally."
– There are SO MANY ERRORS. How can this e-book cost $9.99 when there's well-written erotica available for $0.99?
– Safe sex, yay! James gets kind of Pavlovian with the ripping sound of a condom package, and I salute that.
– Christian Grey, who probably owns a sweatshirt emblazoned "Byronic anti-hero," is cold and distant but blows his game by saying dipshit things like "I'm like a moth to a flame" and "You beguile me." Not to mention, "I want you to meet my mother" right after they Do It for the first time. HAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHA, this book is awesome.
– Despite the busload of flaws, I think the romance works. Ana and Mr. Rochester Grey have very different neuroses, but of the same vector length, which is one of the keys to relationship success. She's judgmental and street stupid, he's emo with a bad temper; they so totally deserve each other! Win!
– The meet-cute portion of the story is a delicious, delicious festival of cringe. Remember how teen magazines used to have reader submissions where people would write in with tales of personal humiliation? Ana is EPIC in her ability to fuck up in front of Christian.
– Ana has two cartoon characters that provide windows into her interior life (because first-person narration isn't enough, what?), which E.L. James refers to as Ana's subconscious [sic] and Ana's inner goddess. Like the Microsoft paperclip that used to pop up in Word, they manifest for no reason and grow more irksome each time. (Ana's inner goddess mimes her feelings by doing a hula dance, hiding behind the sofa, or swooning onto a fainting couch.)
– The British have invaded Seattle! Although purportedly narrated by an American girl, this story is speckled all over with charmingly misplaced Britishisms. It's amateur night at the editing desk. No, who are we kidding, this novel wasn't edited by anyone.
– I don't know what's less believable, that Ana has never masturbated or that she doesn't have a laptop or email account in 2011. See note above re: editing.
– This dubious book has the dubious distinction of having the most true-to-life contractual negotiation I've ever read in my fiction-reading career. The Dom/sub contract appears in its entirety (except Schedule C – Food), including subsequent markup rounds. Ana comments on legal drafts more astutely than most junior attorneys I have known, which just…I don't know. She didn't catch the redlining errors, though, so I'll have to mark that on her next performance review.
– I don't know much about the theory and practice of BDSM, but even I can tell E.L. James doesn't know a damn thing. Some people are rightly offended, but honestly I can't take this fuckwittery seriously enough to be offended. It's like being upset about bad science in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Btw, it's labeled BDSM, but the kink factor is totally mainstream, like the "spicy" Chinese food in the food court at the mall.
In conclusion, this book is optimized for drinking games, preferably in conjunction with a dramatic reading with friends. I mentioned the name-shouting during sex, right? It would only take 5 people to do a full-cast rendition (Christian, Ana, Ana as narrator, Ana's subconscious [sic], and someone to mime Ana's inner goddess).


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This Guest Post is by Bill Lucas of Kishaba Juku of Tallahassee. Bill has been very supportive of me ever since I became a student of Sensei Katsuhiko Shinzato in 2002.
You certainly have been a very prolific writer on your blog and my students and I have been enjoying your posts. I read the post on Float, Sink, Swallow and Spit (September 12, 2006) with interest. I too have heard these terms before in Chinese martial arts, but didn't really delve too deeply to try and find out what they meant. Thanks for relaying the definitions per Harry Cook.
Interestingly enough, we have these concepts in Kishaba Juku, too, although they are not categorized with the same terms. If I get your meanings for each of these: Float equates to rising power as in moving from low block to high block like in Fukyugata Ichi. Sink equates to dropping power or seating the koshi such as we do when we go from high block to low block in Fukyugata Ichi. Swallow sounds like what we refer to as "All blocks suck" or the motion of pulling a blocking or parrying technique back in toward the body. Spit just sounds like what naturally happens after one of the other three. Rising power, dropping power and "blocks suck" are terms that Paris Janos has used over the years that I have trained with him.
When we were in Okinawa, Shinzato Sensei discussed "Floating Koshi" which is a totally different concept from "Float" as described in your post. He described this as a way to press down into your stance, then bounce off the compression in order to change stances or direction quickly by "floating." He demonstrated this by pushing a ball down on the dojo floor, then taking his hand off the compressed ball. This let the ball bounce or float off the floor. We worked on this for a number of hours.
Anyway, keep up the great posts!
Bill Lucas


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How to create a downloadable product in PrestaShop 1.5
Adding downloadable (or digital) products to your PrestaShop 1.5 store can be a big boom to your business. Digital products are anything that can simply be downloaded after purchase. They can be ebooks, images, music files, audio books, etc. These require no shipping and the customer can access them instantly. Follow the instructions below to learn how to add a downloadable product to your PrestaShop 1.5 store.
Creating digital products in PrestaShop 1.5
- Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 admin dashboard.
- Using the top menu bar, hover over the Catalog tab and click on the Products option.
- This leads you to the Products screen. To create your new digital product, click on the green Add New button in the upper right corner.
- When you first enter the Product Edit screen, you will need to take notice of the set of radio buttons at the top. You will want to select the radio button for Virtual Product (screenshot below). This will add a Virtual Products tab on the left hand side and immediately take you there.
- Click on the Does this product have an associated file? and the other fields will appear. Here you upload the file and set its download limitations for the customer using the fields on the page.
Upload a File field or button used to upload the file Filename the name of the file uploaded Number of Allowed Downloads the maximum number of downloads allowed to the customer, set to 0 for unlimited Expiration date the expiration date to download the product (leave blank for unlimited) Number of Days the number of days the file is available. set to 0 for unlimited.
- Once you have entered all your information, click on the green Save button to save the new status. You may now move on to the regular procedures such as pricing your product just as you would with a physical product.
‹Section 5: How to add a Product in PrestaShop 1.5
›Section 7: What happens after adding a new product in PrestaShop 1.5?
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2017-02-22 6:51 am
is it possible to sell a multi-file downloadable product? for example, a set of 3 dvds
also, is it possible to have a subscription type of customer who can view/stream training videos?
much thanks!
2017-02-22 4:16 pm
Hello Ted,
Thanks for the question about multiple file downloads for a particular product. The default functionality doesn't appear to support it, but there are multiple add-ons that you may want to review that solves the issue for you. You can see a solution displayed here.
If you have any further questions or comments, please let us know.
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2014-10-24 1:59 pm
Is it possible to sell digital downloads hosted on AmazonS3 in a way that the URL can't simply be shared? thanks
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2014-10-24 2:59 pm
Hello Dorian,
This process is for products hosted on the same server as the PrestaShop cart. It does not appear that external URLs are allowed in this process, so AmazonS3 would not be allowed.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-09-10 5:10 am
can you also include the procedure how will this link work if we need to download the product after purchasing
2014-04-25 6:12 pm
Anybody know how can I upload 1000 ebooks file?
I usually use upload of products with EXCEL, in Prestashop. So, It's easy to configure 1000 products. But in Excel I don't know how configure the upload of "virtual products".
2014-04-25 6:47 pm
Hello Vik,
Thanks for the question. I think you're asking to upload your description of your products in Excel, correct? If this is the case, the best way to import those into Excel is to make standard text based format of the entries for the product and then use the import options in Excel to create your spreadsheet that would be used to import into PrestaShop. You may also want to consider looking at an add-on for PrestaShop to manage virtual products. Unfortunately, these are not free, but they may provide a solution for you. Here's an example of one: Digitalique - Virtual Products Management.
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2014-03-03 4:01 pm
I discovered the "trick" to it is to disable all stock management options. THEN (and only then) could I forgo a quantity in inventory.
And unfortunately, I tried using "0" at first, since that's a pretty common setting in PrestShop. Didn't work, it just stopped letting them add the item to the cart.
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2014-03-03 11:23 am
To set an unlimited number of downloads for a user, as stated to the right of the field within your Prestashop admin, simply set the number of downloads to 0 which will set it to unlimited.
2014-03-02 2:52 pm
Why do I have to specify a quantity for downloadable products? I am trying to sell a service, and I can offer that service an unlimited number of times. I can't figure out how to put "infinity" in the system... :)
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Hello Scannon2, it appears that you may have followed up with this question here: Virtual Product Downloads (question), but I'm not sure as it's not quite clear in the response. Were these two questions separate or the same thing? And did you find an answer to your problem? Please let us know.
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I would like to request an addition to this posting. I have done all of this and the download starts HOWEVER every time the download gets to 93MB it stops. The customer can not finish downloading the file.
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My Nikon PTP camera was always showing up in KDE's Device Notifier plasma widget since I bought it last August, until recently. Now, it doesn't get picked up by Notifier, but it still shows up in dmesg and it's still accessible in Digikam. This Coolpix S8000 camera has no USB mass storage mode, only PTP. Other devices are showing up in Device Notifier, such as card readers, music players and usb keys. I have the same problem in 3 recent kernels, up to 2.6.37-3 and it's also no different in a newly created test user. I'm running the latest KDE 4.4.5 version from Sid and Device Notifier version 1.0. Any ideas?
$ dmesg
[ 2325.403102] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 9
[ 2330.936556] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
[ 2331.053302] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04b0, idProduct=021f
[ 2331.053306] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2331.053309] usb 1-1: Product: NIKON DSC COOLPIX S8000-PTP
[ 2331.053311] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: NIKON
[ 2331.053313] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 31104660
$ gphoto2 --auto-detect
Model Port
USB PTP Class Camera usb:001,010
$ lsusb -s 001:010
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 04b0:021f Nikon Corp.
$ lshal
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b0_21f_31104660'
info.linux.driver = 'usb' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1d6b_2_0000_00_02_1' (string)
info.product = 'NIKON DSC COOLPIX S8000-PTP' (string)
info.subsystem = 'usb_device' (string)
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RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
19.03.2011, 21:24
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This seems to be affecting all cameras in PTP mode. I have another camera, a Sony DSC-P7, that has both PTP and USB mass storage modes. In USB mass storage mode, it's detected by Device Notifier, but in PTP mode, it's not, while it's still detected by the sub-system and gphoto2 and accessible from digikam.
[24815.664028] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
[24815.853249] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=004e
[24815.853258] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[24815.853263] usb 2-2: Product: Sony PTP
[24815.853268] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Sony
$ gphoto2 --auto-detect
Model Port
Sony DSC-F707V (PTP mode) usb:002,006
$ lsusb -s 002:006
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 054c:004e Sony Corp. DSC-xxx (ptp)
Does anyone have a camera that's picked up by Device Notifier in PTP mode? I read that in KDE 4.6, which I'm not yet using, Hal is deprecated in favor of udev. I wonder if that could be the cause of this issue in KDE 4.4.5-8. I haven't seen anyone else post a similar issue, it seems to be quite new.
Post subject:
RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
20.03.2011, 08:11
Joined: 2010-09-11
Posts: 101
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Not sure if this is your problem but after a recent update devices are no longer automatically mounted. If you go into system settings -advanced - removable devices you can enable auto mounting again.
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RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
20.03.2011, 08:47
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Posts: 164
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same here canon g11. since .38
Don't mention the war!
Meine Meinung steht fest! Bitte verwirren Sie mich nicht mit Tatsachen!
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RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
20.03.2011, 18:20
Joined: 2010-10-01
Posts: 288
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I've played with the Removable Device settings and also with the Device Notifier settings, but they don't appear to have any effect on this issue, PTP cameras still aren't picked up by Notifier. I also installed the kamera package, which allows the files on PTP cameras to be accessed in KDE apps such as Dolphin and Konqueror by typing camera:/, besides accessing them in programs like Digikam as I had been doing. But these cameras still don't show up in Device Notifier any more, which was my previous way of accessing them. Not a big practical issue, but still a significant change of behavior of the notifier.
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RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
22.10.2011, 18:37
Joined: 2010-10-01
Posts: 288
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At some point in recent months, Device Notifier starting picking up this Nikon PTP camera again, however it does not seem to do it 100% reliably, e.g. sometimes you have to turn the camera off and back on. Also, when you have two simultaneous user logins, it picks up the camera on whichever login is active when the camera is first plugged in, but then it never picks it up on the other login for that session. Anybody know a workaround for that? In any case, the camera is always picked up by the command "gphoto2 --auto-detect" and is also always available to all users in all camera applications and by opening the URL "camera:/" in KDE, so this is a pretty minor usability issue. For example, the command "gwenview_importer camera:/" always works, Device Notifier just makes that easier to do.
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RE: PTP Camera no longer shows up in Device Notifier
23.10.2011, 16:13
Joined: 2010-10-01
Posts: 288
Status: Offline
The problem of Device Notifier only picking up the camera in one active login only exists with the PTP camera, not with another USB mass storage camera, which gets picked up simultaneously in both user sessions.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Antonya Sanders—Promoting nanoscience integration through outreach
Promoting nanoscience integration through outreach
Although raised in Los Alamos, Antonya Sanders knows what it is like to be a foreigner.
The daughter of a Czech immigrant, Sanders lived in England and traveled the world to find ways to help others, including aiding Bosnian refugees. She lived on the Pacific island of Kiribati, where she was a Peace Corps' volunteer and teacher for three years, living in a thatch hut on the beach with no electricity, no running water and a constant rat problem.
She had opportunities at home to make a difference, too.
Addressing the needs of a diverse workforce
Los Alamos is very diverse, with thousands of international employees and on-site collaborators at the Lab. During college, Sanders worked in human resources and in the Lab's postdoc office, and she wanted to help foreigners scale cultural obstacles, so she launched the Lab's Student Association.
Inspired by her parents, both teachers, Sanders studied special education; but she soon realized there were ways besides teaching that would allow her to help the less fortunate. She interned at the United Nations, focused on social progress in the developing world, and obtained a master's degree from the prestigious international business school, Thunderbird, in 2004.
It's a small world: aiding global health and education
Now married with two children, Sanders leads communication and outreach for the Lab's Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), a user facility that attracts researchers from around the world.
CINT supports nanoscale science with the development of nanomaterials, but the center's science and technology also aids development of early warning methods to detect and stop cancer and even global biothreats.
Helping others reach their goals
A willing listener, Sanders likes to facilitate communications for newcomers and veterans alike to help them reach their goals.Still dedicated to service, she volunteers for Rotary International and also wants to help develop education for girls and women—just a few reasons why she was selected as one of this year's Women Who Inspire at the Lab.


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RehabMediaWorks needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Rehab Media Works
Rehab Media Works (RMW) provides interactive media solutions that help improve physical therapy patient's recovery time. RMW is a medical media company. RMW aims to make the world a better place be enabling people to get the most out of the physical rehabilitation so they can get back to their normal lives.
The logo should be clean and crisp. The RMW logo should be recognizable across many different media types. Web, Letterhead, Business Cards, Print Material, Video, Mobile Applications (iPhone/Android). There should look good in full color and 2-color versions. It should express the professionalism associated with a medical provider at the same time expressing cutting edge freshness of a media/technology company.
Medical Professionals in the Physical Therapy space and patients currently undergoing physical therapy treatment. Secondarily, people interested in physical fitness. People interested in getting started and improving thier fitness routine beyond just the basics.
When viewing the logo customers should think of:
Logo should look good in full color and 2-color versions.
Icon or Typographic logos are acceptable.
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Monday 7th July 2014
The official video for Ferreck Dawn & Redondo's summer smash "Love Too Deep" just landed!!
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UNESCO and Varkey GEMS Foundation launch principals' training programme that will impact 10 million children
UNESCO and the Varkey GEMS Foundation, a not-for-profit education organization, today announced an ambitious training programme for school principals, the "10,000 Principals Leadership Programme," which will be implemented in Kenya, Ghana and India.
The announcement was made by President Bill Clinton at the yearly meeting in New York of the Clinton Global Initiative attended by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.
"This partnership is an excellent example of the new platforms for cooperation the world needs today to achieve education for all. Tackling complex, global challenges requires innovative and far-reaching partnerships between the public and private spheres. We all have a stake in making quality education available to everyone," said the Director-General. "All evidence shows that supporting the professional development of school principals and leaders is a key to success in any reform aimed at improving the quality of education and transforming the school culture."
School Principals in many developing countries receive little, if any, leadership and development training. This initiative foresees the training of 10,000 schools principals in the three countries targeted over four years. The multiplier effect is designed to benefit thousands of teachers and up to 10 million children.
Speaking at the announcement of the initiative, the founder of the Varkey GEMS Foundation and Chairman of GEMS Education, Sunny Varkey, said "I believe the private sector can work with intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and Governments, powerfully, to provide more education to those less fortunate. The fact that 67 million children around the world have no access to education is intolerable. For us to confront, collectively, some of the world's biggest challenges such as poverty, conflict, prejudice and intolerance we need to lift the standards of education worldwide."
Under the terms of the initiative, the Varkey GEMS Foundation, in close cooperation wiith UNESCO, will provide leadership and professional development courses to improve the skills and knowledge of the school principals. The training will help prepare school leaders to provide pedagogical support and assume a guidance and counselling role for teachers, learners, and parents while handling financial, managerial and administrative issues. All of these roles require skills, knowledge and attitudes conducive to create and maintain successful learning environments and outcomes.
The project will include the compilation of baseline information on the status and the needs of principals in the three target countries. By partnering with UNESCO, the Varkey GEMS Foundation will work through UNESCO's field offices and networks of national authorities and Teacher Training Institutions to contextualize the training programme to be delivered in the three countries.
During the first year, an initial group of trainers of trainers will be trained to ensure consistent delivery, as well as building capacity in the required methodology. The 50-60 trainers will be further supported to train 500 principals in Ghana, Kenya and India respectively. During the subsequent three years, the 500 trained principals, working in teams of ten, will in turn be responsible for training all the beneficiaries. At all stages, support will be provided for the scalability of the programme, through the establishment of quality assurance processes, underpinned by training resources.
The initiative reinforces an agreement signed earlier this year between UNESCO and GEMS Education to strengthen and promote the advancement of girls in mathematics, science and technology through the training of teachers and school leaders, initially in Lesotho and Kenya. These projects are part of UNESCO's Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's Education launched in May 2011.
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Tapping into the women's gold
When crushed and processed, the nuts of the shea tree yield a vegetable fat known as shea butter. Generations of women in northern Ghana have passed on to their daughters the technique of manually harvesting and processing shea nuts into butter. Shea butter is used as cooking oil for traditional dishes and as a panacea for skin and inflammatory ailments. Hence, Ghanaian culture regards the shea nut tree as a sacred resource that can neither be Individually owned nor cut down. The tree is an integral part of the local ecosystem, providing a natural barrier to encroaching desertification from the Sahel basin.
Shea butter production also plays a unique economic role. The activity is reserved for women and is exclusively under their control, allowing them to generate an income. Eighty percent of Africa's shea exports are currently sold as raw nuts to large industrial processors. Producing and exporting processed shea butter adds value to the product, increasing the incomes of women and households in some of the most impoverished regions of West Africa. For this reason, the shea tree is described as "women's gold".
Through a three-year programme started in January 2008 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Africa 2000 Network, with financial support from the Japanese Government, several women have received skills to enable them process shea nuts into butter, soap and other finished products for local consumption and export.
- Shea butter production is reserved for and controlled by women, allowing them to generate income
- The project is implemented jointly by the UNDP and Africa 2000 Network, with financial support from the Japanese Government.
- Several women have received skills to enable them process shea nuts into butter, soap and other finished products for local consumption and export.
UNDP and Africa 2000 Network adopted a comprehensive approach working with people's knowledge, language and culture.Capitalising on shea butter's global popularity, UNDP and Japan have teamed up to bolster female entrepreneurs in Ghana and strengthen the African country's economy by increasing production of the nut-based fat. Working with the Sangnarigu Women's Shea Butter Group, the Project facilitated the creation of synergies among various shea butter production groups who now benefit from other initiatives. Leaders of Sagnarigu Women Shea Butter Group visited Japan and recently India to share their experiences and learn how to market their products.
The project has been successful because the women identified their own needs and made evidence of a strong cohesion. They have nominated leaders and are trying to improve the situation in their communities. The association and the exposure has helped them to better communicate and has significantly broadened their perspectives.
Adamu is a 65-year old woman from Sagnarigu Dungu, a community in Ghana's Northern Region. She has been working with the Sangnarigu Women's Shea Butter Group for 12 years. After getting married, she began producing shea butter on her own. "I used to make about GHC 6.OO (US$3.00) a month but now, I earn approximately GHC 50.00 (US$25.00) a month", she said. During emergencies, she goes to sell some shea butter at the local market. This has drastically reduced her borrowing and improved savings.
For many years, Amina faced countless challenges not knowing how to fend for herself and her four children before she joined the Sangnarigu Women Shea butter Group.A year after joining the center, Amina now earns GHC 80 (US$40) a month. She noted noted, "the increase in my income has had numerous positive impacts on my health, the education levels of my children and improved my marriage. I can now afford to buy school uniforms, bags and shoes for my children." An increase in nutrition levels has translated into a reduction in the number of visits to the hospital for both Amina and her family. Through the support of UNDP and partners, shea butter production has significantly contributed to improved living standards of local women and their households.


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An Enlightening Exploration
Documentary filmmaker and conservationist Celine Cousteau spoke to students as part of lecture series on women in science organized by Bradley's Women's Studies Program.
By Frank Radosevich II
April 2, 2013
As a documentary filmmaker and conservationist, Celine Cousteau has swum off the coast of Antarctica and traipsed through the jungles of the Amazon. But few realize her career as a storyteller also includes editing video clips on a computer or spending hours planning out a five-second shot.
The daughter of Jean-Michel Cousteau and granddaughter of Jacques Yves Cousteau, the legendary ocean explorers and filmmakers, Cousteau came to Bradley to show students life behind and in front of the camera.
"There is always more than one part to the story," said Cousteau, who has worked as field producer, on-camera presenter and photographer for numerous documentaries and television shows. "It's a great field but I want to show more of the other side."
She spoke on campus as part of the Women in Science lecture series, a series of talks, organized by Bradley's Women's Studies Program, that examine the continued barriers female scientists face while recognizing the success of those who have overcome them. Cousteau, however, does not consider herself a scientist.
Rather, she said, her mission is to serve as an interpreter between scientists and the general public, helping translate and explain scientific research in a clear and meaningful way.
"What scientists and researchers are doing in their field right now is completely relevant," she said. "My job is to help explain what they're doing and why it's important."
That was a message that resonated with Jade Metzler, a junior biology major. She said more people are needed to bridge the gap between scientist and the public.
"She's definitely a trailblazer. I grew up watching her grandfather's documentaries so I think it's nice to show that women can do this," Metzler said. "Women can be explorers. It doesn't have to be a man, we can do the exact same things."
During her talk, Cousteau gave students a glimpse into working on documentary films and urged them to apply what they study to daily life. With a degree in psychology and a master's in intercultural relations, Cousteau said her career path wasn't geared toward ocean exploration. She said students should remain open when it comes to weighing their career options.
"It's important for students to see that having one degree does not put them in a category," she said. "They can take their knowledge and apply it to other areas and work across disciplines."
One student still weighing his options was senior Sam Shafer, a television arts major and biology minor, who talked with Cousteau about the challenges and benefits of filming on location. He said he was inspired by Cousteau's aim to tell old stories in new ways that change how people think and act.
"She shoots to tell the story that isn't being told," Shafer said. "She's trying to make it more relatable, taking it to their homes."