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Events & Festivals
The Carteret Community College Foundation�s International Film Series will show the Denmark film �A Hijacking� on Feb. 21 at Joslyn Hall in the McGee Building at Carteret Community College in Morehead City. Live music begins at 6:45 p.m. and the film begins at 8 p.m. A donation of $5 per person is suggested and pastries of the culture will be provided. Call Tiffany Taylor at 252-222-6056 or visit www.carteret.edu/foundation for the film series� schedule. �A Hijacking� is rated R.
All level of fly casters are invited to a free Fly Casting Clinic with Cape Lookout Fly Fishers from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Morehead City Parks & Recreation Department located at 1600 Fisher Street. There will be several professional fly fishing guides and instructors available for pointers. For more information, call 252-726-5083.
The 2014 Crystal Coast Boat Show on May 17 and 18 at the Downtown Morehead City waterfront, will offer boats, vendors, artists, vintage automobiles and entertainment.
The Crystal Coast Boat Show features both new and used boats as well as showcasing a variety of marine products and services, outdoor gear, fishing tackle, outfitters, brokers, fishing clubs and resource conservation groups. The boat show is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 17 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18. Food and beverages will be available. Live entertainment will be provided during the Boat Show weekend at Jaycee Park. The Carteret Community Sunshine Band will play at 10:30 a.m., Loose Cannons Band at noon, and Six Pack of Gentlemen at 3 p.m. on May 17 and the All Night Long Jazz Band is featured at noon May 18.
The ARTrageous art event will go all weekend on the waterfront in conjunction with the Arts Council of Carteret County and kids activities are planned to coincide.
On May 17 at Katherine Davis Park, the Morehead City Chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America will hold its 41st annual car show featuring vintage vehicles.
Then, on May 18 at Katherine Davis Park, the Morehead City After Hours Rotary Club will host a regional Cornhole Tournament starting at noon. Burgers, hot dogs and cold beer will be available for sale. There will be free entertainment. Prizes will be awarded to the winning teams, including a special prize to the 1st place winner: a Key to the City presented by the Mayor of Morehead City. To register email email@example.com.
Reel in some insider tips and new techniques with the Get Hooked Fishing School at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 8. The school will feature presentations from the pros on many topics and types of fishing, and participants will be able to choose up to four sessions on topics including shallow-water sight casting, fishing near shore structure, offshore bottom fishing, offshore trolling, and more.
In addition, mini-sessions such as flounder gigging and bow fishing and a presentation on surf fishing with artificial bait; plus rigging and knot-tying stations, informal Q&A sessions, and fly-tying demonstrations by Cape Lookout Fly Fishers and Triangle Fly Fishers will be available.
The event also includes lunch, giveaways and drawings for gear.
Advance registration is required and space is limited. The fee is $60 per person; $54 for members. Sign up online, by phone or at the Visitor Services window at the Aquarium. For more information, visit www.ncaquariums.com/pine-knoll-shores or call 252-247-4003.
The Onslow County Parks and Recreation, Brumbaugh, Mu & King, PA, and Jarman Cap Co., will sponsor a Cheerleading Contest March 1 at Jacksonville High School. Check in begins at 9 a.m. Competition begins at 10 a.m. All participants will receive a free t-shirt. Registration is by squad only. The cost is $10 per squad member. There are two sections of competition: Open (Open to level 1 All Star Squads) and Recreation (squad members have participated in the County Youth Cheerleading program during 2013-14) with three age divisions: Minor (9 and under), Midget (12 and under), and Intermediate (16 and under). Admission is free for friends and family. For more information call 910-347-5332 or visit www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
The Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science are sponsoring two free Spring Nature Sessions on �Venomous Snakes and Spiders of North Carolina� on March 2 at Jacksonville High School in the cafeteria. The first session begins at 2:30 p.m. and the second begins at 3:30 p.m. Examine live, non-venomous snakes as well as various types of spiders in a safe, non-threatening environment, and learn the differences between dangerous and harmless species of snakes and spiders. The two, one hour-long programs will feature a short lecture then provide an opportunity for hands-on participation. An adult must accompany children under 12 years of age. For more information, call the Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department at 910-347-5332 or visit: www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
Onslow County Parks and Recreation will hold baseball and softball registration March 8 and 15. Regisrtation sites are Dixon Middle, Trexler Middle, Morton Elementary Schools and Onslow Pines Park. Participants must be 5 before August 1, 2014 and cannot turn 19 on or before April 30. Cost is $30 per participant Proof of Age is required. Call 910-347-5332, or visit: www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department and Tobacco Road Cruisers will sponsor a Car, Bike, Truck and Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at Onslow Pines Park. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and ends at noon; judging begins at noon, and awards start at 3 p.m. Registration costs $20 on Show Day. No-pre-registration. Food, Live Music and Vendors. Proceeds benefit Onslow Animal Services. Call 910-347-5332 or visit: www.onslowcountync.gov/parks for more information.
Onslow Senior Games kick-off event will be April 5 with a 5K (for all ages). Deadline to enter is April 1. Categories include: Literary Arts, Visual Arts, Heritage Arts, Performing Arts and Athletic Events. Those entering must be 50 by Dec. 31. Entry forms are now available at Onslow County Parks and Recreation, Onslow County Senior Services and Jacksonville Recreation and Parks for the 2014 Senior Games. An awards banquet will be held May 17 at 4 p.m. for the Performing Arts category and to recognize the winners of each event. Call 910-347-5332 visit www.onslowcountync.gov/parks.
Montessori Children�s School hosts its 7th annual auction fundraiser at 6 p.m. March 1 at the Swansboro Rotary Civic Center with the Lucky Seven Vegas Style theme. Eleven casino style tables will provide event goers a fun way to test their luck and skill. Hundreds of baskets and auction items will be available to the highest bidder in both silent auctions throughout the night as well as a live auction to end the evening. Professional sporting tickets, vacations, a variety of goods and services and one-of-a-kind items will be up for grabs.
Advance tickets are now on sale for $60 each or $100 for a pair. At the door, tickets will cost $60 each. Cost of the ticket includes admission, complimentary champagne or wine glass, food and desserts provided by local vendors, beer, wine and bottled water, and �funny money� to spend at the casino tables. Tickets can be purchased at the school at 714 Bates Street in Jacksonville by cash or credit card.
For information a, visit auction4mcs.com or call the school at 910-938-3826.
Magician Billy Collins, formerly of Swansboro, will perform Feb. 21 and 22 at the White Oak River Bistro in Swansboro for a night of magic and mentalism beginning at 7 p.m. For more information or reservations call 910-326-1696.
The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America�s Tall Ship and seagoing classroom for future officers in training, is scheduled to moor in Morehead City March 26-30.
From its homeport in New London, Conn., the cutter, at more than 23,500 square feet of sail and six miles of rigging, will sail along the eastern seaboard and transit through Morehead as part of its spring training for Coast Guard and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officer candidates.
At 295 feet in length, the Eagle is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service. Constructed in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, and originally commissioned as the Horst Wessel by the German Navy, the Eagle was taken by the United States as a war reparation following World War II and has served as a classroom at sea to future Coast Guard officers since 1946.
Follow the Cutter Eagles schedule at https:// www.facebook.com/ CoastGuardCutterEagle.
The NC Coastal Federation and Swansboro Parks & Recreation will celebrate oysters, seafood, and the healthy coastal waters they come from with an Oyster Shellebration Feb. 28 and March 1 in downtown Swansboro. Participants can enjoy wine tastings and seafood pairings, oyster roasts, live music, stories from local storyteller Rodney Kemp, marsh cruises, and a documentary by the coastal federation. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 and continue until 5 p.m. March 1. For information, visit www.nccoast.org or call 252-393-8185.
Goose Creek State Park calendar of events for February and March:
Feb. 22: Fire and Longleaf Pines. Come learn about the longleaf pine that once dominated the landscape of the Southeastern United States.
March 1: Forestry and the Private Landowner. Learn the basics of growing, harvest and care for stands of timber. Meet at the park Visitor Center.
March 15: All About Corn Snakes. Multiple corn snakes to view and handle while we learn all about their features, life styles and habitats.
March 22: Arbor Day Hike. Celebrate Arbor Day by joining us on a tree identification hike. Not only will we show you how to identify some of our most popular and amazing species, we will also tell stories of how trees have helped shape the beautiful state of North Carolina. Meet at the Ivey Gut parking lot. Dress appropriately.
All programs begin at 2 p.m. and meet at the visitor center unless stated otherwise.
Civil War Adventure Day for children will be held March 15 at the New Bern Battlefield Park commemorating the Battle of New Bern, which occurred March 14, 1862. The event is for children 6 to 12 years old. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with activities from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Young recruits and their parents will be greeted by re-enactors from the 5th N.C. regiment and Reilly�s Battery of the 10th N.C. The newly �enlisted� recruits can choose to participate in practice drills or Civil War period camp activities and crafts. Children participating in drills will be assigned to a Union or Confederate company, and issued a proper hat and wooden rifle that they will take home. An encampment with expanded living history presentations will also be set up at the battlefield.
Historical Society battlefield guides will provide a walking tour of the battlefield. A commissary lunch of Brunswick stew, hush puppies and sweet tea will be served to each recruit and parent. After lunch, the day�s activities will conclude with a battle re-enactment that includes the children.
The cost is $20 for one child and one adult. Each additional child in a family is $5, and each additional adult in the family is $10. Registration is limited to 80 children. For more information or tickets contact the New Bern Historical Society at 252-638-8558 or visit Newbern historical.org.
Swansboro Parks and Recreation hosts �Snow Up the Park� from 6 to 10 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Swansboro Municipal Park. Municipal Park will turn into a winter wonderland with slopes for sledding and a play area with two tons of snow. Enjoy children�s activities, arts and crafts, food and live music. Free snow play area with unlimited sledding for $5 per person. For more information call Swansboro Parks and Recreation at 910-326-2600 or visit Swansboro. recdesk.com.
Community Contra Dance is held every first Friday of the month from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Farmers Market Building. Contra dancing is similar to square dancing but not limited to groups of four couples. Long lines and big circles are common in contras. Concessions are available at the 1st Friday dances. Admission is $7 per person; $5/student; $20 family cap. For more information, call 910-548-0505 or visit kingsfriendmusic. com/contradance .php.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is teaming up with top restaurants to dish up recipes and tips on selecting and preparing fresh, seasonal, local seafood. Succulent Seafood sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on selected Mondays and occasional other days of the week. Guests of the Succulent Seafood sessions will also learn about the life cycles and habitats of featured seafood species from aquarium staff members.
Chefs provide favorite recipes and insights on preparing finfish, shellfish and crustaceans. A taste test of the featured dish tops off each gathering.
The schedule includes:
Feb. 24: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
March 3: Amos Mosquito�s Restaurant & Bar, Atlantic Beach
March 17: Island Grille, Atlantic Beach
Other dates and restaurants may be added later. Succulent Seafood is for ages 12 and older and costs $15 per person, per session. Advance registration is required. Call 252-247-4003 for more information.
Music & Culture
Sit down for lunch and �Love Stories of Carteret County� by famous local storyteller Rodney Kemp from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 at The History Place in Morehead City. Playing on a Valentine�s Day theme, Kemp will tell the most poetic, tragic and interesting stories he has collected over a lifetime. Lunch costs $15 or $12 for members; lecture only costs $8 or $5 for members. For more information contact The History Place at 252-247-7533 or email@example.com.
Enjoy �An American in Paris� concert from 8 to 10 p.m. Feb. 22 at The History Place in Morehead City. Pianist Barbara McKenzie and Parisian flutist Nicolas Duchamp will perform music of Franck, Debussy, and Copland presented by The American Music Festival. For reservations/admission, call 252-728-6152 or visit americanmusicfestival.org. For more information contact The History Place at 252-247-7533 or email@example.com.
Theater & Arts
The 24th annual Art From The Heart art show, an exhibition and sale of original artwork put on by the Arts Council of Carteret County, is showing in Morehead Plaza at 3000 Arendell St. in Morehead City. The show is open to the public for two weeks, and began Valentine�s Day and ends March 1. Admission to the gallery is free.
For more information, visit Artscouncilcarteret.org or call 252-726-9156.

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If you're running around like mad trying to find the perfect valentine for your loved one, it's almost too late.
If you're running around like mad trying to find the perfect valentine for your loved one, it's almost too late.
Thursday is Valentine's Day. How did Valentine's Day come around so fast this year. If the rest of the year flies by as fast, it'll soon be Christmas again. But we can handle that, can't we?
As a matter of fact, I've already decided how I'll spend Valentine's Day this year, and I've already started my Christmas list for December. I haven't finished the list just yet because one of the babies won't be born until May, and since I don't know the name or gender, I can't put their name on the list. Did I mention that it's only the list I started for Christmas? I haven't started buying or deciding on gifts yet. But I have time.
There's been this special man in my life for more than 65 years. A few years ago, we went to a restaurant we had never been to before, to partake of its Valentine's Day special. It was supposed to be a romantic meal for two. It was anything but. The taste left a lot to be desired. So did the bill. I think it must have been double the cost of a regular meal, and it wasn't nearly as tasty. That was the one and only time we ate there. We had gone out of town for this special "treat," but it turned out to be anything but "special." For subsequent Valentine's Day meals we chose local restaurants — and were never disappointed.
But this year, I'll try something else. I plan to make it an all-day special — at home. For breakfast, I'll fix something and make it heart-shaped. I have a heart-shaped little thing-a-ma-jig I can put in the pan and make just about anything heart-shaped. I've already tried it for eggs, and it works wonderfully. And I have this little "press" I can use to press a heart into a slice of bread to give it that romantic look. For lunch and dinner, I'll have to be a bit more innovative. I'll try to cook his special meals, and I'll make him a lemon pie, his very favorite dessert. In the meantime I'll think of something tasty to add to the menu to make it extra special.
I bet I know what you're wondering just about now. What will he give me? Well, I'll tell you what I think would be my best gift from him — his presence. And a nice little "extra" would be a hearty thank you for a wonderful meal. I'll be sure to have a few snacks around because at 94 he says he can't eat much at one time and loves to snack often during the day. I plan to be at his beck and call all day. If he chooses to take a nap, I'll do the same.
But just in case you can't guess, I'll tell you what else I plan to do. I plan to give thanks to God for making it possible for us to have had so many pleasant years together, and for giving us such a large, loving family.
We've had more than our share of good fortune, and for that I am grateful. Many times we forget to thank our God for the good times, but we always seem to ask favors when we need something. Since he always seemed to anticipate our needs, it's even more important that we remember to give thanks. Everyone has hard times in their lives, and we're no exception. God always seemed to send his earthly angels to help us and continues to do that.
What better time than Valentine's Day to give thanks for our many blessings. Among them I find my life-time partner, Victor Michel, to be one of the best blessings I have received in my entire life. So, to him and all the people who have made a difference in our lives, know that I thank God for all you've done. Those were blessings given to us every day of the year, day after day, year in and year out. All of you, and God who sent you to us, have my everlasting gratitude.
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
Irene C. Michel, a native of Terrebonne Parish, is a columnist for The Courier and Daily Comet. She can be reached at 876-3252 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Kentucky Derby Style | Sugar & Charm | J.Crew
I have a fairly distinct (eh, minimal?) style. I'm very particular about what I purchase and wear... although if you looked at my closet it might seem quite boring! Lots of basics. Lots of solids. Lots of oxfords, cardigans, cropped pants and ballet flats.
I'm a self proclaimed J.Crew monster. I know my size, I know what I like - and it always seems like they have it... with some added character pieces to spice things up. So, suuur-prize sur-prise, my entire "dream outfit" is from J.Crew. While I can (and do) spend hours dreaming about my "future" multiple multimillion dollar homes, for some reason I can only dream in beautiful J.Crew basics when it comes to my wardrobe.
As you can see, along with the outfit- the gold rimmed julep glasses with the "H" monogram would be a must... and banana cupcakes.
Here is a link to the feature on Sugar & Charm - it has links to all of the items. Enjoy!
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Finalist #3: David & Im's OneSpace
This is the third of the finalists, but this one is a hometown favorite. Super video with soundtrack.
Name: David and Im
Location: Downtown San Diego, California
Size: 426 Sq/ft Loft (rental)
Original Entry: Click Here
1. Who was your favorite entry and why? (other than your own apt.)
"Ivar's Simple & Pared Down: To live as both the craftsman and curator of your own space, to distill your home to the necessary tools for living (intimacy, memory, and grace); these are reasons we think Ivar's home is unforgettable."
2. Why you should be the champ?
"We believe in the restraints of a good challenge. We believe that the smallest detail can sculpt the overall shape of a space. We work through dialogue and drawing- the careful orchestration of details before the object is actually built. With every experiment, we expect success but embrace failure. We also work through discovery, allowing the organic process of 'making' to lead us to new directions. Our home is never finished; we are continually tuning our methods of living."


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Nelspruit born Pretorius makes Wales squad for Six Nations.
Wales have named South Africa-born forward Andries Pretorius in their 35-man squad for the 2013 Six Nations.
The 27-year-old Cardiff Blues back-row was one of five uncapped players chosen by head coach Rob Howley for the defence of the Grand Slam champions' Six Nations title.
Pretorius, born in Nelspruit, qualifies on residency for Wales and became available for selection last month.
The other uncapped players in the squad were Ospreys wing Eli Walker, Pretorius' fellow Cardiff back-row Josh Navidi and locks James King (Ospreys) and Andrew Coombs (Newport Gwent Dragons).
Cardiff flanker Sam Warburton retained the Wales captaincy.
Wales are currently without several second rows — Alun-Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris and Bradley Davies due to injury.
Meanwhile outside-half Rhys Priestland and prop Aaron Jarvis are also sidelined ahead of the start of Wales's title defence at home to Ireland on February 2.
Former Wales scrum-half Howley was able to recall full-back Lee Byrne, now with French club Clermont Auvergne, who has not featured in a Wales matchday squad since the 2011 World Cup, and Exeter prop Craig Mitchell.
But the most heartening front row news for a Wales squad who lost all of their end-of-year Tests was the return of star prop Adam Jones from injury.
Former Wales captain Ryan Jones was also included, although he is doubtful to play against both Ireland and then France a week later because of a dislocated thumb.
"We have put together a very experienced squad and complemented that by rewarding the in-form players with a call-up," said Howley, who will lead Wales in the Six Nations after head coach Warren Gatland was seconded to the British and Irish Lions for their tour of Australia later this year.
"We have a group of players who know how to win big matches and have experienced success. We are adding to that players who have stood out and performed well for the regions this season."
Since completing the Grand Slam, Wales have suffered a slump that has seen them lose seven straight Tests.
Their final match of this season's Six Nations sees them at home to England, a match with extra significance as both countries have been drawn in the same pool for the 2015 World Cup in England.
Backs: Lee Byrne (Clermont Auvergne/FRA), Liam Williams (Scarlets), Luke Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues), Eli Walker (Ospreys), George North (Scarlets), Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), James Hook (Perpignan/FRA), Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Mike Phillips (Bayonne/FRA), Tavis Knoyle (Scarlets), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues).
Forwards: Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues), Craig Mitchell (Exeter/ENG), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Paul James (Bath/ENG), Gethin Jenkins (Toulon/FRA), Ryan Bevington (Ospreys), Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Matthew Rees (Scarlets), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Lou Reed (Blues), Ian Evans (Ospreys), James King (Ospreys), Andrew Coombs (Newport Gwent Dragons), Josh Turnbull (Scarlets), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Aaron Shingler (Scarlets), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt) Toby Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons), Andries Pretorius (Cardiff Blues)
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Feb 23: v Italy, Rome (1330GMT)
Mar 09: v Scotland, Murrayfield (1430GMT) – Tickets are still remaining for the Scotland vs Wales game
Mar 16: v England, Cardiff (1700GMT)
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Pittsburgh's first-ever clean air dash and festival provides fun for all ages
The inaugural Clean Air Dash and Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19, in South Side Riverfront Park, beginning at 9 a.m.
This first-time event will celebrate Pittsburgh's progress in reducing air pollution and challenge everyone to continue their hard work for clean, healthy air and for improvements in the region's overall environmental health.
"We're excited by the high levels of community and business support the Clean Air Dash and Festival event has received," said Rachel Filippini, executive director of the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), which is hosting this event with support of the Breathe Project and dozens of area companies and organizations. "People recognize that air quality is still a priority issue in Pittsburgh and want to be part of the solution."
The Clean Air Dash is a USA Track & Field-certified 5K on a flat and fast course suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Runners will enjoy a scenic race through one of the city's most-loved greenways the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in South Side Riverfront Park. Attendees can also participate in a free one-mile fun run/walk led by the Allegheny County Health Department's new director, Dr. Karen Hacker.
In addition to the 5K and one-mile events, a free community festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring the Venture Outdoors climbing wall, yoga demos, music, food, and plenty of other family-friendly activities ranging from pumpkin painting to a Pittsburgh Passion obstacle course. Free bike valet service will be provided by Friends of the Riverfront and Bike Pittsburgh.
Making its debut at the festival will be Carnegie Mellon University's Community Health: Air Pollution in Pittsburgh (CHAPP) mobile laboratory, which aims to make air pollution science more engaging and accessible. The mobile laboratory, housed in a van, allows people to interact directly with air pollution experts, learn about how air quality data is collected, and participate in crowd-sourced data gathering with rapid interpretation. CHAPP is operated by Albert Presto, assistant research professor of mechanical engineering at the Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies at Carnegie Mellon.
"The Clean Air Dash and Festival is an ideal venue for the mobile laboratory," Dr. Presto said. "The runners will be able to see air pollutant levels in real-time at the venue of the race. This will provide a great setting for teaching these athletes about air pollution in their communities."
Group Against Smog and Pollution's Athletes United for Healthy Air campaign, which benefits from funds raised by the Clean Air Dash and Festival, aims to educate athletes about our regional air quality issues, ways they can minimize their exposure to air pollution, and how to become champions for cleaner air.
"Pittsburgh often receives well-deserved recognition as one of America's most livable cities," said Marily Nixon, Breathe Project coordinator. "But we won't be a truly livable city until we improve our air quality. The Clean Air Dash and Festival is a recognition of this problem and an emblem of hope for our cleaner, healthier future."
Registration and a full list of sponsors, activities and exhibitors are available at http://www.gasp-pgh.org.


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Fitnesschicks needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
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Hi, Our names are Sarah and Laura and we both own FitnessChicks Ltd. We currently run classes for women only in church halls, fitness centres. Our company is based in Edinburgh, and our main focus is girly, fun fitness for women of all sizes, ages and race. We are moving in to a fitness studio at the beginning of the year which we want to be a friendly studio for women only. Our main colors we use are pink, black and cream/white. We already have a website http://www.fitnesschicks.co.uk but feel this is not the righ site for us. We love the website http://www.iamsuperchick.com and feel this is a good representation of what we will be doing. The classes we will be doing are fitness based but with a dance twist eg belly dance fitnes - pole dancing fitness, BIG bums, legs and tums. Our focus is being women friendly so women don't feel intimidated when they exercise with us. We are starting a fitness clothing line and hoping to move on to do personal training online so people can access our site from all over the world. We will also be moving into childrens fitness for girls next tear so again we want to keep the site friendly and fun. Our main aim is to get women who don't usually exercise TO exercise and LOVE it at the same time.
Women of all ages, sizes, race, class. Our dance studio will open up close to students (18 - 25) so again we want to be attractive to them. We will be doing classes for over 50's as well as little kids - so our audience is really for all females.
Our logo which can be found on the website is a heart which represents all women of different shapes and sizes and our slogo is "getting rid of the wobbly bits"
1. To attract females to come to the fitness classes offered by FitnessChicks
2. To want to use the site to shop for FitnessChick clothing
3.We will be offering online personal training so a user friendly site for women to use.
5. We would like the site to be classy and fun at the same time - we know the fitness side is serious but our main focus is to make fitness fun for women.
We would like you to be as creative as possible using the pink, black and cream/ white colours. We are open to ideas but want this site to be as female friendly as possible.
HOMEPAGE Our name and logo, a lin to our shop wth some sort of advertising of piece of clothing. workshop etc. We really like iamsuperchick.com's homepage so something along those lines, CONTACT US PAGE, ONLINE TRAINING PAGE (again
http://www.fitnesschicks.co.uk - this site is so plain for us - there is no design, no flare and although i think it ids great for info, i feel that is all it does and it offers nothing more to the customer.
http://www.iamsuperchick.com - love it all, its fun, fresh and funky
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Subject: [ecasound] ecasound 2.0.1 released
From: Kai Vehmanen (email@example.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 01:47:34 EEST
This release sums up the bug fixes and minor improvements since the
2.0.0 release. CVS-tree is tagged with 'v2_0_1'.
05062001 (v2.0.1) -** stable release **-
- added: ecasoundrc - default-to-internal-buffering; select
the default between -z:intbuf and -z:nointbuf
- added: alternative C ECI implementation providing reentrant
access to the library; the new routines have a '_r'
postfix and are located in libecasoundc [ajeanneau]
- changed: completely rewritten mp3 header parsing; should
fix most of the compatibility problems
- fixed: disk buffers weren't properly flushed in -z:db mode
when changing or setting processing position
- fixed: bugs in assigning LADSPA plugin audio ports to
ecasound chain channels
- fixed: configure script failed if arts was installed
without the devel files (arts-devel)
- fixed: bug in the MIDI-server code caused core dumps in
certain situations
- fixed: bug in querying -klg parameter status
- fixed: eiam - giving certain invalid arguments to 'cop-add'
and 'ctrl-add' crashed ecasound
- fixed: bug in closing .raw files [smassy]
- fixed: eiam - cop-inxed-select renamed to cop-index-select
- fixed: bugs in loop device channel handling
- fixed: changing internal sample rate caused problems to
the noise gate effect (-enm)
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"Great looking car fully prepared ready to drive away, This Adam has key features including Body colour door handles, LED daytime running lights, Electronic climate control air conditioning, Load compartment cover, Front centre dome lamp, Side airbags part exchange very welcome."
Mark Prince, Project G M
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|Body Glass
|Intermittent front and rear wash/wipe
|Tinted glass including windscreen
|Rear Demister
|Electric front windows + one touch + anti-pinch
|ESP with Hill Assist
|Driver Aids
|Cruise control + speed limiter
|Driver Information
|On board computer
|Driving Mirrors
|Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
|Steering wheel mounted audio controls
|Auxiliary input socket
|Exterior Body Features
|Body colour front spoiler
|Body colour bumpers
|Interior Features
|Load compartment cover
|2 rear cupholders in centre console
|Tilt/telescopic steering column
|Compartment in glovebox
|2 cargo hooks
|12v power outlet - front
|Black roof liner
|Driver/front passenger assist handle
|Interior Lights
|Front centre dome lamp
|Illuminated load area
|Folding key
|Electric tailgate lock with touchpad
|Remote central locking
The specification listed for this vehicle was standard when purchased new. The actual specification may vary, for confirmation, please contact our sales department.
Ten Second Review
Even in its least powerful 1.2i 16v petrol form, the ADAM punts Vauxhall straight into the style-led city car sector. It's striking to look at, both inside and out and includes some features yet to be seen in this segment. The big question will be whether urban hipsters will get past this most blue-collar of badges.
Vauxhall has built some stylish cars in the past. The trouble is, they've only been stylish to a small percentage of the car buying population. A Vauxhall with widespread chic appeal? I'm struggling to think of one. Some of the company's niche models have undoubtedly worked and worked well, but with its ADAM city car, Vauxhall is looking to grab the attention of fashionista buyers who might otherwise choose a MINI, a Fiat 500 or a Citroen DS3. Yes, you did read that correctly. It's called an ADAM. We can't even blame Vauxhall for that odd name. It's an Opel thing. Vauxhall's sister brand in Germany flexed the corporate muscles a bit and insisted the car would be named after Adam Opel, the company's founder. It's now got me wondering if it'll start at trend for Biblical car names. Lotus Ezekiel anyone? Let's check this car out in entry-level 1.2i 16v petrol guise.
Driving Experience
Talk to anyone who really knows about cars and they'll tell you how good the latest generation Corsa is. Trouble is, the man in the street still associates the Corsa with the mediocre old vehicles that replaced the Nova and weren't particularly great. The ADAM rides on a cut down version of the Corsa's chassis and that can only be good news. It's been extensively re-engineered to suit the demands of the shorter wheelbase. It's ostensibly quite a simple set-up but Vauxhall has invested years of know how into it. Up front are a set of MacPherson struts while the rear end utilises a torsion beam set-up. Ease of use on urban roads is enhanced by a CITY mode, which increases the electronic power steering system's assistance at lower speeds.
Design and Build
This is a car that's going to sell largely on whether the styling chimes with new car buyers and Vauxhall certainly can't be accused of going at it half-cocked. There's a lot going on, the design work attributed to Brit, Mark Adams' team in Europe. The ADAM incorporates a 'floating' roof which is visually disconnected from the body, which works particularly well with two-tone colour schemes. It looks like no other Vauxhall but still incorporates a bunch of existing styling cues, such as the Astra's wing-shaped chrome grille bar and the blade shape in the lower doors. Like MINI, Vauxhall is looking to appeal to the customer's sense of individuality in the sheer amount of colour combinations and materials. Wheels range from 16 inches in size for entry-level cars and there are 17 and 18-inch options further up the range, with a lowered sports chassis part of the deal. Unlike many cars which offer striking exterior designs but an interior that betrays a sudden curtailment of development budget, the cabin of the ADAM is, if anything, even bolder than the exterior. There's extensive use of body-coloured trim inserts, not only on the dashboard but also reaching along the centre console and onto the steering wheel aimed at giving the interior a real riotous personality. A seven-inch touch screen interface is the big point of interest from a technological perspective. It's both iPhone and Android compatible, and can access internet-downloaded apps in the same manner as the latest Renault Clio and Peugeot 208. Where specified, the navigation and infotainment controls are all marshalled by the touch screen. There's even a choice of headlining, including an LED-lit starlight roof trim.
Market and Model
Prices for the 1.2-litre ADAM start at just over £11,000, so there's a saving of around £300 over the lesser-powered of the two 1.4-litre petrol models. Whichever engine you choose, the ADAM is offered with three trim levels, JAM (fashionable/colourful), GLAM (elegant/sophisticated) and SLAM (racy/sporty). The latest generation ESP system is standard on all models and it also includes a Hill Start Assist function. The wonderful star-effect roof and a heated steering wheel are options that differentiate the Vauxhall from the run of the mill city car contenders and these surprise and delight features are key in a market that's not always led fully by upfront pricing.
Cost of Ownership
Expect 53.3mpg on the combined cycle and 124g/km of CO2 from a 1.2-litre ADAM, figures that improve to 56.5mpg and 118g/km if you specify the extra cost ecoFLEX package. As well as low rolling resistance tyres, this includes a start/stop system that cuts the engine when you don't need it, stuck in traffic or waiting at the lights. All enough to make a difference of around 5% to your figures, stats you can hopefully replicate on a day-to-day basis thanks to an 'Eco Drive Assistant' - basically a section of the trip computer that monitors energy consumption and indicates when to shift up.
Intermittent front and rear wash/wipe, ABS, PAS, On board computer, Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Body colour door handles, Adaptive brake lights...
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Subway, Genesee Avenue, San Diego, CA, United States
Location: Subway, Genesee Avenue, San Diego, CA, United States
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Symptoms: Nausea
Details: Meatball sub,
Reported By: Iwaspoisoned.com User
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Number of reports: 2
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Recent Reports
Nov 17 8:02pm
Subway, 561 Greenland Rd, Sheffield S9 5HZ, UK
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Nov 16 10:20am
Subway Restaurants, Akron Road, Wooster, OH, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
I had a Veggie delight sandwich, with Jalapeños, spinach, black olives, red Onion and pickles, on white Italian bread, I do eat there occasionally and I've never had this problem before, and my boyfriend got a completely different Sandwich than me and had the same issue, severe diarrhea within an hour Read More
Nov 15 8:05pm
Subway, 6th Street, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
my girl ordered from this place through ubereats. I got myself a 12" inch Tuna with Bacon while She got a veg sub. two hours later I run to the washroom with (excuse my words) watery diarrhea. While on the toliet I'm shivering and puking up Tuna chunks. My girls guts were not feeling good to but she was able to keep it in. This is the second time at this place its happened. First time we thought it was us, second though no way. Please check the sauces or meat and veg. We will not order from there again until I know health inspection came in Read More
Nov 6 10:22am
Subway, 6691 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Oct 28 9:09pm
Subway Restaurants, Linda Vista Road, San Diego, CA, USA
Symptoms: Fever Diarrhea Nausea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Oct 21 12:26pm
Subway Restaurants, Ferry Terminal Viaduct, Staten Island, NY, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Oct 14 12:09pm
Subway, 27 Street, Vernon, BC, Canada
Symptoms: Fever Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Oct 8 8:39am
Subway, High Street North, London E6 1JB, UK
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea
Report Type: Food Poisoning
I ordered a foot long Chicken tikka Sub at 8 in the morning for lunch. When the guy was making my Sub i saw him lift up the box of Chicken tikka and the ones next to it and read a white sticker which was the date from my assumption. For a second i thoight I shouldnt buy it but i shrugged it off. The next day in the evening I had a really high fever and started getting runny diarrhoea which has now progressed onto abdominal pain nausea and diarrhoea. Doctors have said its likely to be bacterial and ive had something contaminated. Ive eaten everything the same as everyone in my family and friends except for the sub. Read More
Oct 7 1:48pm
Subway Restaurants, Stoneybrook West Parkway, Winter Garden, FL, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Fever Nausea Vomiting
Report Type: Food Poisoning
Yesterday afternoon I got a Turkey Sub double meat double Cheese footlong. My wife got a 6 inch of the same sub. Roughly 5 hours or so later I became extremely sick. I still am not able to hold food down but my wife also got sick. Im not sure what to do but I know for a fact subway gave me food poisoning Read More
Oct 6 6:35pm
Subway, Plaza Drive, Eustis, FL, USA
Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea
Report Type: Food Poisoning


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Spa & Sport Resort in the Dolomites
Variety is the spice of life
Mountain walks in summer and skiing thrills in winter, gentle spring sunshine and pristine autumn air – whatever the season, Val Gardena is ideal for healthy exercise in a magnificent natural setting.
At the Spa & Sport Resort ADLER you are spoilt for choice; the most difficult thing is deciding between a nice hike, a mountain bike ride on one of the panoramic trails and revitalising nordic walking amidst picturesque scenery. In winter, too, you have to decide between breath-taking skiing and snowboarding thrills, romantic snowshoe walks, tobogganing pleasures and many other guided outdoor activities.
Hotel Adler is an excellent base for wonderful walks in Val Gardena and Alpe di Siusi as well as for Dolomiti Superski, the world's biggest ski area interconnect. The hotel has a full programme of guided outdoor activities to enable you to experience the magic of the seasons throughout the year.
- Pre-Christmas Ski & Wellness Special6.12 - 20.12 | 3 nightsfrom € 495,- per person
- FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena "Deluxe"13.12 - 16.12 | 3 nightsfrom € 853,- per person
- FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena "Action"13.12 - 16.12 | 3 nightsfrom € 648,- per person
- Ski & Sun Special17.3 - 7.4 | 3 nightsfrom € 609,- per person
- Spring is in the air... Trekking Special16.5 - 15.6 | 3 nightsfrom € 426,- per person
- Autumn Walking Special8.9 - 2.11 | 3 nightsfrom € 426,- per person
Three lifts nearby
From the hotel, it is just a few minutes' walk to
- the Seceda cable car (via the escalator from the hotel)
- the gondola to Alpe di Siusi
- the Rasciesa funicular
These facilities give you direct access from Ortisei to the large network of mountain paths, the traditional mountain huts and a unique panorama.
Hiking in the Dolomites
Sport Hotel Adler
Adler Dolomiti Wanderhotel Südtirol is a central base for countless walks and the outdoor experience at the heart of the Dolomites, in Val Gardena and on Alpe di Siusi. There are lifts and cable cars close to the hotel for the fast track to the heights and a dense network of trails and paths leading to the finest spots in the area.
The Dolomites are rightly famous as a top choice for walking and other outdoor activities and a perfect place to recharge the batteries.
Full walking programme
From spring to autumn, you can take advantage of the varied ADLER outdoor programme, with two guided walks available daily. Our local guides will take you from our walkers' hotel to the mountains of the Dolomites, show you the finest beauty spots in South Tyrol and take you to the best mountain refuges for some well-deserved refreshments.
If you are looking for even more action, you should join one of our rafting or climbing groups! The ADLER outdoor programme offers everything the sporting heart desires.
Adler Hiking Packages Hiking Map
Walking & Outdoor inclusive programme
- Two daily guided walks differing in focus and degree of difficulty
- Alpine walks to the most photographed mountain formations of the Dolomites like the Marmolada, Tre Cime, Cinque Torri and Catinaccio
- Via ferrata climbs
- Geological walks to discover the prehistory of the Dolomites
- Wild-flower walks to the mountain meadows
- Morning walks in the awakening world of nature, with a hearty breakfast as a reward
- Walk of discovery to the water mills in Bulla above Ortisei – an open-air museum in its own right – and a visit to Europe's highest rose garden
- Sunset walks in the red evening glow of the Dolomites
- Nordic walking in picturesque surroundings
- Daily guided mountainbike tours
Other outdoor activities, like rafting, paragliding and climbing organised on request.
ADLER inclusive service
- Two daily walking tours differing in focus and degree of difficulty
- Free hire of backpacks, poles and trekking maps
- Tasty hiking snack on your return
- Sport cocktail wiTh Thaddäus and Pauli
- Photps of the walks to download
- Hiking gymnastics and more fitness offers
- Kneipp
- ADLER trekking app for navigating through the beautiful walks in the Dolomites plus useful information about the length and duration of the walks, suggestions, attractions, events and lifts
- NEW for our guests: Our Dolomiti Unesco World Heritage commitment - unlimited use of all public transport in Val Gardena and South Tyrol with the Mobilcard
- Val Gardena Card, the mobility card for unlimited use of all lifts in the valley (extra charge)
- Individual route advice
Mountaineering & Climbing in the Dolomites
The Dolomites are a climber's paradise
The walls of the Dolomites are often considered the epitome of mountaineering and are a must in the life of every climber.
The list of top climbers includes many of the most famous mountaineers: Grohmann, Vinatzer, Luis Trenker, a native of Val Gardena, Reinhold Messner made climbing history in the "Pale Mountains".
In the late 19th century, the Dolomites were discovered by mountaineers. Today the beautiful peaks of the Dolomites and the many climbing routes for all levels of availability attract thousands of climbers every year.Catores Alpine School
Together with our partner, the Catores Alpine School, we offer via ferrata climbs and rock climbing for our more darig guests in addition to daily trekking excursions. We can arrange individual tours and climbing courses for beginners and advanced climbers.
For those who love to explore their limits, we recommend a visit to the Col de Flam Adventure Park, which is just a few minutes' walk from the hotel.
The Val Gardena Tourist Association has accepted the Hotel ADLER as an "Alpine-Friendly Facility".
Alpine Friendly Hotel
The Val Gardena Tourist Association has accepted the Hotel ADLER as "Alpine-Friendly structure" thanks to the following requirements:
- Lunch package on request (sandwiches, fruit, drinks, energy bars, granola ...)
- Early breakfast
- Information space with books on the subject of the Alps (Alpine literature, guidebooks, maps)
- Promotion of programs of one or more climbing schools through posters and leaflets
- Welcome cocktail in the presence of a mountain guide
Mountain Bike in Val Gardena
Nowhere in the whole of the Alps is there scenery to compare with that of the Dolomites. Apart from the sporting challenge, the Dolomites offer mountain bikers a unique experience in terms of natural scenery, not to mention the cosy mountain lodges and gourmet pleasures for renewed energies en route and well deserved relaxation afterwards.
1,000 km network and 30 tours with The Sellaronda as the highlight
A mountain biking holiday in Val Gardena/Alpe di Siusi means thirty attractive and well signposted trails for all ability levels at altitudes between 700 and 2,450 metres and a 1,000 kilometre long mountain biking network in one of the world's most beautiful mountain settings. The world-famous Sellaronda circuit is now available for mountain biking in summer.
At the Adler Dolomiti Spa & Sport Resort, you can make free use of our mountain bikes and electric cycles. And you can join Verena, our mountain biking guide, on one of her unforgettable daily tours or receive useful tips for your own mountain bike excursion.
MTB Programme & Service
- Daily guided mountain bike tours on panoramic trails
- Sellaronda MTB tour and Gardena MTB Tour
- Bike lessons in the new bike park
- Free hire of the hotel's mountain bikes and e-bikes (top quality!)
- MTB service and repair
- MTB storage
- ADLER app with MTB trip suggestions
- MTB tour map
- Organisation for private MTB trips (extra charge)
- Val Gardena Card (extra charge)
Golf in the mountains
Get away from the daily grind - get out on the golf course
Even golfers get their money's worth in Val Gardena - there are 7 top golf courses nearby.
Golf Club St. Vigil / Alpe di Siusi (11 km & 20 min by car from Hotel ADLER): The new 18-hole course atn the foot of the Schlern mountain is popular for its demanding physical and technical challenges.
www.golfstvigilseis.it Tel. +39 0471 708 708
The Hotel ADLER is partner hotel of the golf club and our guests get a 20% reduction on all green fees. Other golf courses in the Dolomites and surroundings:
Golf Club Alta Badia (28 km) - Tel. +39 0471 836 655
Golf Club Carezza (53 km) - Tel. +39 0471 612 200
Golf Club Monte San Pietro (62 km) - Tel. +39 0471 615 122
Golf Club Val Pusteria (67 km) - Tel. +39 0474 412 192
Golf Club Lana (75 km) - Tel. +39 0473 564 696
Golf Club Passiria / Merano (94 km) - Tel. +39 0473 641 488
Active Holidays Summer
- 2 daily guided hikes - a main hike and an easy-going leisure hike - with our guides Thaddäus and Pauli
- packed lunch for the tours without possibility to rest in a hut
- 2 lift-tickets pro person for the lifts at Ortisei
- backpacks, telescopic poles and maps provided free of charge
- a hearty snack on your return
- photo service by download
- 2 daily guided hikes - a main hike and an easy-going leisure hike - with our guides Thaddäus and Pauli
- packed lunch for the tours without possibility to have a rest in the hut
- map
- backpacks, telescopic poles and maps provided free of charge
- a hearty snack on your return
- photo service by download
- 1 wine tasting
MTB Deals
Dolomiti Superski
Unforgettable skiing thrills in South Tyrol
Glittering powder snow, crystal clear alpine air, breath-taking mountain scenery, thrilling downhill runs in radiant winter sunshine … and in the midst of it all ADLER DOLOMITI, your central base for unforgettable skiing and snowboarding at the heart of Dolomiti Superski, the snow sports paradise.
The statistics for this, the world's biggest interconnected ski area speak for themselves:
450 modern lifts and cable cars and over 1,200 kilometres of perfectly groomed trails with guaranteed snow cover!
An escalator leads direct from the ADLER ski room to the Seceda cable car, and it is just a few minutes' walk to the new funicular for the ride on the comfortable gondola to Alpe di Siusi. The Val Gardena Ronda Express provides fast access to the legendary Sella Ronda ski circuit. That makes skiing and boarding in Val Gardena/Alpe di Siusi a very special winter sport experience.
Let your dreams of a winter holiday in the Dolomites come true with the ADLER outdoor programme.
Ski Packages in the Dolomites
ADLER Winter Outdoor programme
- Nonstop skiing thrills at Dolomiti Superski, the world's biggest interconnected ski area, with 450 modern lifts and cable cars and over 1,200 kilometres of perfectly groomed trails
- Daily ski-guiding and ski-safaris, from leisurely to ambitious, with our experienced ski guides Thaddäus adn Alexander. Programme highlights: Sella Ronda, skiing on the Marmolada glacier, skiing the deep and much else besides.
- ADLER's back-country skiing taster trip: After an introduction to the theory, you can lay your first trail through the virgin snow under the watchful eye of our ski guides.
- Guided winter walks and snow shoe excursions through the untouched winter wonderland of Val Gardena
- High-level cross-country skiing with panoramic views on the training trails used by the world's nordic elite on Alpe di Siusi, Monte Pana near S. Cristina, and in Vallunga near Selva Gardena
- cross-country ski station at ADLER Mountain Lodge
- Guided nordic walking in pristine winter air
- Evening torchlight walk in the idyllic Anna Valley with a warming glass of mulled wine by the bonfire
- Tobogganing fun at Resciesa and Alpe di Siusi
- Romantic sleigh rides in the enchanted winter setting of Alpe di Siusi
- A good time for one and all in over fifty fine mountain chalets with typical South Tyrolean fare
ADLER Ski support package
- Ski pass sales at the hotel
- Ski school service at the hotel with the Ski & Snowboardschool Ortisei
- Ski rental
- Ski maintenance
- NEW: free use of all public busses with the Val Gardena Mobilcard
Cross-country skiing in the Dolomites
Alpe di Siusi: heaven on earth for x-c skiers
Alpe di Siusi is the perfect place for cross-country skiers: Europe's biggest alp boasts a network of eighty kilometres of perfectly groomed trails for all ability levels.
It is worth discovering Alpe di Siusi on cross-country skis for the beauty of the scenery alone: a unique natural spectacle with almost endless wide-open spaces in a blanket of winter white set against the magnificent backcloth of the Dolomites (UNESCO World Heritage site).
For classic or skating, beginners and experts, Alpe di Siusi in South Tyrol has the right trail for all comers. And for Adler's guests, the Adler Mountain Lodge by the side of the trail is an ideal base for hiring and storing the gear.
Other x-c ski areas
In Val Gardena there are other, smaller cross-country skiing areas at Monte Pana near S. Christina and Vallunga in the Puez Odle Nature Park (Selva).
Snowshoeing in the Dolomites
For those who prefer a more gentle approach to the world in white or simply like to get some exercise in a peaceful setting, the Adler's unique snowshoe walks through virgin scenery are no less thrilling.
All you hear is the quiet crunch of the freshly fallen powder snow underfoot – snow that no-one has disturbed, on paths that no-one has used.
Verena will take you snowshoeing through snowy forests and across snowfields glittering in the sun to enchanting snow-covered alps – and the magic of nature at rest in winter.
Snowshoeing in South Tyrol and winter walking in the Dolomites provide the purest experience of nature. Enjoy the peace and beauty of the winter world of the Dolomites.
Ski Holidays Winter
- 3 day in half board
- 2-days Dolomiti Superskipass
- Entry to the races in Val Gardena - Sector A: FIS Ski World Cup Entry on 14th December men's Super-G and on 15th December men's downhill
- Suprise gift
- 3 day in half board
- 2-days Dolomiti Superskipass
- Entry to the races in Val Gardena: FIS Ski World Cup Entry to the Central tribune and the SasLOUNGE FEEL FREE, on 14th December men's Super-G and on 15th December men's downhill
- Suprise gift


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Well said. And its hardly the first time they do that either now is it.
Samsung has - for the longest time now - been trying to dominate every nook and cranny of the mobile phone industry. From copying the basic phone form factor spearheaded by Nokia, over the BlackBerry format from RIM (BlackJack? are you friggin serious??) up until the iOS-based devices ever since they were sourced for components for the iPhone.
If Samsung is such a large company, why do they need to copy all these formats, why is it so hard for them to leapfrog the competition to the next big thing, just like Apple, RIM and Nokia did before?
Samsung is - effectively - the Microsoft of the Mobile phone industry. And just like Microsoft, they didn't invent anything really substantial either. Did they invent the GSM standard? No. Did they invent any of the popular mobile phone form factors? No. Did they invent feature phones? No. Did they invent smartphones? No. All they ever did was invent a couple of industry standards other vendors settled on using. Do we applaud Microsoft for inventing MAPI? Or the .doc format? All those ever seemed to have done is protecting a monopoly anyway.


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Coastal Cooking with John Shields "Clambake" Clambake Master Ned Lightner of coastal Maine takes viewers through the real deal: how to shop for, prep for and cook for a clambake. Other recipes include Bar Harbor Lobster Bisque, Cannon Beach Marionberry Cobbler. Kitchen Goddess Andrea reveals how to use imaginative beach goods for inventive food presentation. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Go Nuts!" Joanne goes "nuts" and makes for us her five-spice, ginger, and cayenne packed Asian Toasted Nuts. Then she encourages her student Geoff to do the same making stir-fried chicken, pine-nut lettuce wraps, and cardamom-scented rice with toasted almonds. Recipes: Asian Toasted Nuts, Stir-Fried Chicken and Mushroom Lettuce Wraps, and Cardamom-Scented Rice with Toasted Almonds. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "North England's Lake District and Durham" Rick hikes through the green mountain playground of the Cumbrian Lake District. He tours a slate mine and conquers stony summits. He also meets local residents, their dogs and sheep; plays cricket, hikes Hadrian's Wall; and is dazzled by Durham's Norman cathedral.G


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Some 1.3 million Americans are set to lose their unemployment benefits Saturday, escalating a battle between proponents of smaller government and advocates for the jobless who say the move will hurt the overall economy.
Federal emergency benefits will end when funds run out for a program created during the recession to supplement the benefits that states provide. The cutoff will initially affect 1.3 million people, but 1.9 million more will lose benefits by mid-2014 when their 26 weeks of state paychecks run out, according to the National Employment Law Project.
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This gas cylinder, now empty, once contained nitrous oxide or 'laughing gas'. In the late 1860s, nitrous oxide replaced chloroform as the preferred anaesthetic in dentistry. In England in 1868, George Barth and J Coxeter, of Coxeter & Son, a surgical and medical supplier, developed a way to turn nitrous oxide from gas to liquid so it could be stored easily in cylinders and sold commercially. Two years later, Coxeter & Son began selling cylinders of nitrous oxide for 3 d per gallon in exchange for empty cylinders.
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Nitrogen oxide. A colourless, odourless gas that is used as an anaesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.
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A cylinder in which pressurized gas is stored
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An agent that causes insensitivity to pain. Applied to either the whole body (general anaesthetic) or a particular area or region (local anaesthetic).
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prime Chicago parcel that was the site of an ill-fated project to build North America's tallest residential building may again have a chance to be developed, albeit on a smaller scale and by a different owner.
An Irish government bank is selling off a bad loan made to Ireland's Shelbourne Development Group, the developers of the Chicago Spire, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
The loan, whose balance is $92.8 million, comes with the right to develop the 2.18-acre site on the bank of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, the source said. The site, which is in one of Chicago's most expensive neighborhoods, could support a $1 billion project, the source said.
The Chicago Spire, which was envisioned to have 150 stories, was designed by celebrity architect Santiago Calatrava. But Shelbourne saw the project run into financial trouble during the credit crisis and defaulted on the loan in 2010.
Anglo Irish Bank Corp, which financed the deal, was left with the bad loan, which was secured by the real estate. The Irish bank was nationalized in 2009 after collapsing, and Ireland's National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the bad bank set up to handle soured property loans made by the nation's banks, is selling the loan, the source said.
A spokesman for NAMA could not be reached for comment.
The property, whose official address is 400 North Lake Shore Drive, offers unobstructed views of Lake Michigan. So far, much of the foundation and perimeter walls have been completed, but little else.
It is unlikely that a new buyer would resurrect the same project, the source said. But the site permits development for 1,200 condominiums or apartments. The site could support two or three buildings for 2.3 million square feet.
First-round bids are due in April. Likely buyers of the loan, which would entitle the owner to the site, would include investment funds, off-shore investors, real estate investment trusts or a combination of investors and developers, the source said.
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc is marketing the loan.
This could mark the third attempt in less than a decade to build a residential building at the site.
Christopher Carley, chief executive of Chicago condominium developer the Fordham Co, originally proposed the tower, then known as the Fordham Tower, in 2005 but failed to obtain the needed financing.
In 2006 Garrett Kelleher, executive chairman of Shelbourne, and owner of the St. Patrick's Athletic FC football team took over the project, obtaining $69.5 million development and construction financing from Anglo Irish. Penalties and added interest have increased the face value of the loan.
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Just as we started to hope Santa's sack would be brimming with iPad 3s this Christmas, our dreams have been dashed by a DigiTimes source. It confirms that Apple did plan to release the Retina Display armed iPad 3 towards the end of 2011, but owing to poor display supplies from LG and Samsung, the orders have been cancelled.
There's no mention of the legal battles over patents as a factor. Another issue is lighting the 9.7in 2,048 x 1,536px screen while keeping the iPad colourful, thin and strong – the single edge light bar currently used won't cut it.
Back to the drawing board for a more realistic 2012 release it would seem. We'll just have to hope the iPhone 5 is exciting enough to keep us going when it is released in September.
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John N. Stern Gallery
Encompassing 13th-century illuminated manuscripts, William Hogarth's witty "moral progresses," the Pre-Raphaelites of the Victorian Age, Henry Moore's undulating forms, and Bridget Riley's Op Art abstractions, this exhibition showcases more than seven centuries of British art from the AMAM collection. With attention to their social and cultural context, more than 100 objects in varied media chart the rise of a national school, the birth of photography, the emergence of modernism, and the country's rich traditions of history painting, satire, portraiture, and landscape. Artists such as Vanessa Bell, William Blake, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henry Fuseli, Richard Hamilton, William Morris, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and J.M.W. Turner elucidate what Nicholas Pevsner famously defined in 1955 as the "Englishness" of English art. Far from parochial, however, the powerfully imaginative works on display also attest to Britain's significant artistic influence beyond its own borders.
This exhibition was organized by Colette Crossman, AMAM Curator of Academic Programs, with
Elizabeth Koehn (OC '09).
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Frederick Sandys (English, 1829 – 1904)
Red Rose and White, 1867
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The NFU (National Farmers Union), Eblex (English Beef and Lamb Executive), and Red Tractor Assurance are among the farming bodies launching a marketing blitz encouraging British consumers to buy quality assured, traceable British beef in a bid to capitalize on the furor over horsemeat-contaminated supermarket food.
Eblex, Bpex (British Pork Executive), and Red Tractor will run a joint campaign comprising half-page ads in papers including The Sun, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and The Guardian.
The ads will highlight the provenance of fresh beef, lamb, pork, and bacon and carry the copy, "Quality Assured. Now more than ever, it's important to know that the meat that you're buying comes from a trusted source."
The NFU is also running its own campaign this weekend in ten nationals, with ads stating it is "Leading the way in high standards" and telling UK consumers to "Buy British."
Tomorrow's ads may well be followed by subsequent marketing pushes. A spokesman for Eblex told Marketing that the body was monitoring developments concerning horse-contaminated meat and would react accordingly.
Meanwhile, north of the border, Quality Meat Scotland is running an eight-week campaign co-funded by the European Union and aimed at 5.3 million Scottish consumers. The activity will push two messages, "Get Behind the Label", which features two Scottish farming families, and "Great Quality of Taste." Activity will span media including in-store, print, outdoor, and digital.
Peter Kendall, NFU president, said: "British Farmers are very proud of what they produce and are quite rightly furious about this current situation."
"They feel let down by what looks like a criminal element in an isolated part of the food chain, which has certainly not helped in reassuring consumers that the food they are buying is what they say it is," he said.
News of the ad push by farming bodies comes on the same day that Tesco said it would launch a new "farm and factory" website as part of plans to open up its food supply chain to consumers, in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.
This story originally appeared on the website of Marketing, the sister publication of PRWeek at Haymarket Media.


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- Every human society which has endured long enough to leave records has had elaborate customs and institutions which were effective in instilling into the young the sentiments necessary for its perpetuation. Now for the first time in recorded history Western capitalism offers us a spectacle of a system which not only has given up altogether the task of moral education, but actually employs vast resources and the means of persuasion of unprecedented power to destroy the customs, norms and ideals indispensable for its survival; and to implant fundamentally anti-social attitudes which are incompatible with any reasonable social order. It would be miraculous if a social order which permits such massive anti-socialisation could fail to destroy itself.
- So long as authority inspires awe, confusion and absurdity enhance conservative tendencies in society. Firstly, because clear and logical thinking leads to a cumulation of knowledge (of which the progress of the natural sciences provides the best example) and the advance of knowledge sooner or later undermines the traditional order. Confused thinking, on the other hand, leads nowhere in particular and can be indulged indefinitely without producing any impact upon the world.
- The natural sciences did not advance in virtue of the universal appeal of rationality. Their theological, classicist and metaphysical opponents were not converted but displaced. All the ancient universities had to be compelled by outside pressure to make room for science; and most nations began to appreciate it only after succumbing to the weapons produced with its aid. To cut a long story short, scientific method has triumphed throughout the world because it bestowed upon those who practised it power over those who did not. Sorcery lost not because of any waning of its intrinsic appeal to the human mind, but because it failed to match the power created by science. But, though abandoned as a tool for controlling nature, incantations remain more effective for manipulating crowds than logical arguments, so that in the conduct of human affairs sorcery continues to be stronger than science.
- Laughter is a mental mechanism which enables us to face reality without falling into despondency or delusion. As people who have sunk in apathy seldom bother us by rushing into print, delusion (leaving aside deceit) constitutes the chief obstacle to the progress of our understanding of society, and in this context is usually assumes the form of doctrinairism couched in a mystifying jargon. A sense of humour is the most reliable external indicator of the likelihood of immunity from this folly, and of the ability to appraise social situations realistically.
- Sacrifice has always been regarded as the most convincing proof of loyalty; and its most common form involves a foregoing of the use of some organic function, as in the case of celibacy or fasting. Of at least equal significance, however, is a sacrifice of the use of reason - credo quia impossibile - and the more incredible the assertion, the stronger the proof of the devotion manifested by its acceptance. The Catholic theologians are quite explicit about this, and openly say that by affirming what to the human reason appears absurd, a believer proves his love for God. Although they are never so frank about it, the secular sects make similar demands.
- [T]he reason why human understanding has been able to advance in the past, and may do so in the future, is that true insights are cumulative and retain their value regardless of what happens to their discoverers; while fads and stunts may bring an immediate profit to the impresarios, but lead nowhere in the long run, cancel each other out, and are dropped as soon as their promoters are no longer there (or have lost the power) to direct the show. Anyway, let us not despair.


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Top 5 Museums to visit in Barcelona
Barcelona is recognized as a city of great art and culture in Catalonia, Spain, and across Europe. With Gaudí and his modernism, Picasso and his paintings, young people and street art, Spanish and Catalan writers, and many others, artists arrive to Barcelona each year searching for a place to showcase their own art pieces. This is one reason why we have so many great museums in our city.
The Macba " Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art "( Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona ) is located in the old town, in Raval, near Be Hostels. As a public entity, the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) assumes responsibility for disseminating contemporary art, offering a diverse range of visions, and generating critical debates on art and culture, while aspiring to reach increasingly diverse audiences. MACBA is an open institution where citizens can find a space of public representation, and also prioritizes education and innovation in its field. All of the above, in addition to its commitment to heritage preservation and networking with other institutions, place MACBA at the forefront of the art system in Catalonia and confirm Barcelona's position as a world art capital and an international benchmark.
Antoni Tàpies was a painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. The Foundation was created in 1984 by the artist Antoni Tàpies to promote the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. It combines the organisation of temporary exhibitions, symposia, lectures and film seasons with a range of publications to go with the activities and periodic shows of Antoni Tàpies' work. The Fundació owns one of the most complete collections of Tàpies' work, mostly made up of donations by Antoni and Teresa Tàpies.
Antoni Gaudí is one of the outstanding figures of Catalan culture and international architecture. The Gaudí House Museum in Park Güell, which was officially opened on 28 September 1963, was the residence of Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926) from 1906 until late-1925. Today, this private centre is open to the public to give the visitor a more intimate glimpse of the Catalan architect. The house conserves both the memory of Gaudí and many examples of furniture and other objects that he designed. Crucial to forming an idea of how the great Catalan architect worked, these works also illustrate the craft production system in Catalonia during the Art Nouveau period.
F.C. Barcelona is one of the most famous football teams around the world. Barça has more than 200.000 partners around the world and is one of the most followed teams in social networks. Visitors can learn all about Barça's history by visiting their museum, which was remodeled in 2010, changing the experience of visiting the museum into a 2.0 experience that carries you across F.C. Barcelona's history. The 2010 remodel split the museum into three parts: a 3D cinema, audiovisual touch-screens, and information on the history of FC Barcelona. The first part includes a collection of photos, documents and trophies detailing the club's history on an interactive glass wall, allowing visitors to touch the screens and see the information wall. The glass wall, equipped with lazer technology, allows for the exhibition of video, images and music through user-feedback.
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a key reference for understanding the formative years of Pablo Ruiz Picasso. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,800 works that make up the permanent collection. Furthermore, the Museu Picasso, opened in 1963, also reveals his deep relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death. The Museum has undergone successive renovations and expansions, and it's currently starting to develop new programmes, activities and services to become a reference place, envisaged to spread knowledge and to foster the visitor's participation and critical views. The Museum wishes to be a dialogue space, exploring new approaches to Picasso's work and influence and offering new perspectives on the Museum Collection.
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Before & After: A New Angle on the Bedroom
When decorating, have you ever had one of those, "Why didn't I try this years ago" moments? I had one of these moments this week while making my bedroom more happily habitable. With a few minor tweaks, I found myself with a whole new way of looking at my bedroom. See how the dust settled and the paint dried after the jump!
The bedroom has always been a chore for me. It was always a workout to change the sheets and make the bed, since one side of the bed was against a wall. I had little hope for a nightstand since we had only 10" from the side of the bed to the closet door opening. With a set of French doors, a closet door, a bathroom door, and a large corner cabinet, I was positive there was no other option for the bed. Needless to say, I have been hesitant to make any changes.
This week, I was motivated to give the walls a fresh coat of paint. I wanted it to remain creamy, but a little less yellow, a little more white. I chose Mascarpone by Benjamin Moore. As that was drying, I decided to keep up the momentum and paint my bed. Before you cringe, the bed had been previously painted a black and green faux marble, which had worn off on different areas of the posts and needed some TLC.
I knew I wanted a tropical glossy look and after a quick jaunt to the hardware store, I came back with Poolside Blue by Benjamin Moore. A few hours later, I stared at my creamy clean walls and turquoise bed floating in the center of the room. Staring at it from a new angle, I realized that I might have just enough clearance from the French doors and closet doors to position the bed in the center of the room. With a quick spin of the bed, I had a whole new bedroom arrangement. I was even able to fit two nightstands!
Luckily, I found a perfect pair of vintage nightstands and quickly painted them Mascarpone to match the walls. With a few happy accessories, including our giant A & G letters used on the day of our wedding, I was left feeling like I had a whole new bedroom.
What I did learn? Never say never when it comes to decorating, when you get stumped, try shifting things around even if you're "positive" it won't work!
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Genome-wide identification of Arabidopsis coiled-coil proteins and establishment of the ARABI-COIL database
Principal Investigator: Iris Meier, Ohio State University
CoPI: Eric Stahlberg, OSC
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Description: Increasing evidence demonstrates the importance of long coiled-coil proteins for the spatial organization of cellular processes. Although several protein classes with long coiled-coil domains have been studied in animals and yeast, our knowledge about plant long coiled-coil proteins is very limited. The repeat nature of the coiled-coil sequence motif often prevents the simple identification of homologs of animal coiled-coil proteins by generic sequence similarity searches. As a consequence, counterparts of many animal proteins with long coiled-coil domains, like lamins, golgins, or microtubule organization center components, have not been identified yet in plants. Here, all Arabidopsis proteins predicted to contain long stretches of coiled-coil domains were identified by applying the algorithm MultiCoil to a genome-wide screen. A searchable protein database, ARABI-COIL (http://www.coiled-coil.org/arabidopsis), was established that integrates information on number, size, and position of predicted coiled-coil domains with subcellular localization signals, transmembrane domains, and available functional annotations. ARABI-COIL serves as a tool to sort and browse Arabidopsis long coiled-coil proteins to facilitate the identification and selection of candidate proteins of potential interest for specific research areas. Using the database, candidate proteins were identified for Arabidopsis membrane-bound, nuclear, and organellar long coiled-coil proteins.
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Ethan Wolf, Peter S. Kim, and Bonnie Berger, "MultiCoil: A Program for Predicting Two- and Three-Stranded Coiled Coils", Protein Science 6:1179-1189. June 1997.


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By SUSANNE CRAIG and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
Published: August 10, 2011
GOLDMAN'S LOSS Goldman Sachs lost money on 15 days in the second quarter, one of the worst trading performances the bank has posted in some time, according to a regulatory filing released on Tuesday.
Goldman also reported that trading revenue rose above $100 million on only four days. In the year-earlier period, Goldman lost money on 10 trading days but had 17 days where revenue rose above $100 million. In the first quarter of 2011 it had just one losing trading day. SUSANNE CRAIG
APOLLO'S GAIN Apollo Global Management, which is run by Leon Black, left, said on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit more than quintupled. Apollo reported $139.6 million in total economic net income for the quarter, compared with $22.9 million a year earlier.
Economic net income is a nonstandard measure, commonly used by publicly traded private equity firms like Apollo, that excludes some charges tied to its initial public offering. On a generally accepted accounting principles basis, the firm lost $51 million, less than the $75.1 million it reported a year earlier.
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EXTENDED OFFER International Paper said on Tuesday that it was extending by a month its $3.3 billion hostile offer for the corrugated packaging maker Temple-Inland.
The tender offer, worth $30.60 in cash, will now expire on Sept. 8. It had been scheduled to expire on Tuesday.
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SARA LEE SALE Sara Lee said on Tuesday that it had agreed to sell its North American private-brand refrigerated dough business to Ralcorp Holdings, another food company, for $545 million.
The sale comes as Sara Lee is preparing to split into two separate food and beverage companies. The sale, said Marcel Smits, the company's chief executive, ''will better enable our North American business to focus on its branded meats and frozen desserts products and establish a platform for a strong and independent future.''


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the oil and gas fracking industry grows in Ohio, farmers' concerns are mounting about the possible effects on public health, the food supply and the land.
Kip Gardner of Creekview Ridge Farm in Carroll County is in the process of becoming organically certified. He says the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing have the potential to contaminate the water and soil, endanger livestock and threaten the food supply. He says nearly all of his neighbors have signed fracking leases, and he's concerned that a process known as "mandatory pooling" will force him into a lease.
"We've been approached, I think, four times now by Chesapeake and BP about signing leases," he said, "and so far they have not offered any terms that we consider adequate to protect what we are doing on the farm."
Mandatory pooling allows the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to authorize access to non-leased land once oil and gas companies have acquired leases for 65 percent of the land in a drilling unit.
Gardner says it's disappointing that private interests can trump his rights as a landowner.
"It feels as if the land is ours until somebody else wants to do something with it," he declared. "And you know it's not even public domain; it's a private company."
Gardner is one of several producers sharing their personal story from the field about how the fracking boom is affecting their land and operations. The profiles are featured in a new online series offered by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association. The stories can be found at policy.oeffa.org/frackingfarmland.
The web pages feature several stories, including a cattle producer from Windsor, Ohio, concerned about contamination from nearby injection well sites, and a poultry producer in Stark County worried about the negative effect of fracking on the connection between successful farming and the health of the soil, water and air.


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In particular, national systems must be ready to connect energy from wind and solar power to the main grid and be integrated across Europe to improve cross-border energy flow.
The structures for funding these changes must be radically updated so that money is available at all stages of the process.
The body that will shoulder the bulk of the work is the newly operational European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).
It will be ENTSO-E's task to help update the grid by developing pan-European network plans and codes, and to deliver a 'ten-year network development plan' that reflects Europe's objectives, such as the development of wind and other renewable sources.
ENTSO-E published a pilot ten-year plan at the end of June; the first official plan will appear in 2012 and be updated every two years.
The pilot states that to modernise the EU network, 35,000 kilometres of new transmission lines will have to be built and 7,000 kilometres of existing line upgraded.
Setting out various scenarios for achieving these goals, the plan indicates that permitting and authorisation processes are the biggest obstacles to building new transmission facilities, while simplified regulatory approval for new lines is also required.
For Justin Wilkes, policy director of trade body the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), the draft plan marks "a useful step" towards a European electricity grid that interconnects national electricity systems, benefits consumers and enables the integration of large amounts of wind energy.
In particular, Wilkes says the pilot plan acknowledges that the 2020 targets mean large grid investments must be made at a quicker pace.
Building a European vision
However, he points out that the draft only reflects the current plans of the transmission system operators (TSOs) and not the renewable targets of the EU.
This means the report currently envisages that just 25.5% of EU electricity demand will come from renewables in 2020 – considerably less than the 34% forecast by the European Commission to meet its overall 20% energy target.
Wilkes says ENTSO-E has promised that when member states' National Renewable Energy Action Plans are taken into account, it will "result in a more realistic plan and a genuinely European vision for grid infrastructure".
Paul Wilczek, regulatory affairs advisor on grids and internal market for EWEA, believes that an "ambitious" ten-year plan by ENTSO-E, in conjunction with the EU roadmap, due to be published next year, setting out steps towards complete decarbonisation of its energy by 2050, will solve many of the problems of creating a fit-for-purpose grid.
For Wilczek this means producing a plan that tackles the most important challenges, including major investment in a new offshore grid, major grid reinforcement on land and, eventually, a long-distance overlay grid for wind and other renewables woven into the existing AC network.
And he adds that because of the numerous challenges in developing transmission infrastructure and integrating electricity markets, not to mention the fact that transmission infrastructure requires several years, if not decades, to be built, a long-term vision on grid connection and transmission assets is urgently needed from ENTSO-E to guide current and future investments.
Common connection codes
A further challenge for the EU electricity grid network is a lack of homogeneity across the 27 member states. ENTSO-E secretary general Konstantin Staschus says harmonisation across the EU will be achieved through network codes.
In Europe, each country currently sets out its own connection specifications for power producers but ENTSO-E, in conjunction with the commission, member states, the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), and through public consultation, will agree pan-EU codes.
"This is particularly urgent for interfacing the rapidly growing number of offshore and onshore wind parks, so that they contribute to secure system operations rather than increasing operational risks," Staschus says.
He explains that unlike in the past, when only TSOs had to abide by network codes, the new codes will be binding for all market participants – a key development for operational security and market integration.
The codes will not come into effect until ACER begins operating but according to Staschus, when they do, they will bring numerous advantages for the European wind industry.
"With regards to wind generation in particular, common standards will facilitate adoption of best practices across Europe and thus the achievement of policy goals with respect to security and quality of supply, economic efficiency and environmental objectives," he says.
He adds that manufacturers and developers of wind turbine generators should also benefit by being able to standardise designs, protection and controls, while wind developers and network operators should benefit from the lower cost of interfacing standardised turbines.
More effective financing
The notion of reducing costs, especially in these economically strained times, is likely to be welcomed. Indeed, the cost of upgrading the EU grid will run to billions of euros, most of which will have to be financed by national TSOs.
The pilot ten-year plan pinpoints seven main geographical investment clusters in Europe, which together carry a price tag in the range of €23 to €28 billion over the next four years alone (see map).
But exactly how such substantial sums of money will materialise remains unclear and is likely to remain so for some time.
The commission is expected to tackle the issue in its new energy infrastructure package, due for release in November 2011.
The package will address energy infrastructure development over the next decade, preparations for a blueprint for an offshore grid in the North Sea and smart grids.
It will also review the guidelines for trans-European networks in energy (TEN-E), the funding framework created by the EU to ensure interconnectivity in the internal energy market, in favour of a more effective financing instrument.
Wilczek wants to see a revised TEN-E instrument that goes beyond the present model's support solely for project feasibility studies. He wants the tool to offer financial support throughout the entire investment cycle to encourage investment in cross-border infrastructure – something he says will be key to achieving a genuinely pan-European grid.
"As long as national regulatory frameworks do not recognise the benefits of developing a truly European grid network, a long-term commitment to infrastructure financing is needed from the EU," he says.
Complex cross-border projects
Marlene Holzner, spokeswoman for EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, agrees that new financing solutions are needed for the investment of more than €200 billion that the EC estimates is needed over the coming decade to update the existing grid and address missing links such as offshore electricity grids in the northern seas.
"Much more work will be necessary for better cost-allocation in the case of complex cross-border projects," Holzner adds, suggesting the latter could be addressed through binding regulatory measures in the commission's infrastructure package.
However, Holzner says "money only comes last" in the package: "The commission first wants to define which infrastructures are of wider European benefit and how we can make sure they built in time for the EU to meet its energy goals".
She adds that EU financial support will be necessary only for certain types of projects, and that it could take various forms, including subsidies, but also risk guarantees or equity.
In short, ENTSO-E, ACER and the commission are clear about what is needed to make the EU grid fit to cope with the challenges of tomorrow. But how this work is to be financed is a question to which nobody yet has a concrete answer.