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Drinking Beer in Belgium
Belgium is heaven for beer explorers. Beer is Belgium's claim to fame (in beer lovers' eyes), much as wine is to France. With more than 100 breweries (and almost ten times that a few generations ago) in a country of 10 million, you can see why. And the brewers produce more than 50 definitive styles, in more than ten times as many brands, including more famous specialty beers than any other nation.
Belgian gastronomy, unlike its history or sociology, is legendary among European countries, perhaps ranking a close second behind French haute cuisine. Featuring dishes made with beer or matched to beers, cuisine à la bière is a Belgian specialty not to be missed. Definitely seek it out.
Belgian secular brews
Like the beers they produce, many Belgian breweries are antiquated. The century-old brewhouses are like working museums. Some brewers even refuse to brush away the cobwebs, claiming that they don't want to disturb the spiders and the very essence of the brewery.
Having much in common with French wine regions, Belgium has its own beer regions. What you're likely to find locally depends greatly on where in Belgium you happen to be. If you're big on sour Red Ales, head west into Flanders; if Oud Bruin is your thing, aim for Oudenaarde. Lambic beers can be found southwest of Brussels, and fans of Witbier should experience it at its source in Hoegaarden (east of Brussels).
Trappist beers and Abbeys
Six legitimate Trappist breweries — meaning that the beer is actually brewed in a brewery within a Trappist monastery and/or brewed by Trappist monks — exist in Belgium. Only beers brewed at one of these six locations can be legally marketed as Trappist beer. (There is a seventh Trappist brewery in Europe — Konigshoeven — but it's located across Belgium's border in The Netherlands.)
However, several secular breweries brew beers that are similar to Trappist beers, or they brew beers under license of monasteries that have no brewing facilities. These beers are limited to marketing their brews as Abby, Abbey, Abbaye, Abdij, or similar spellings. Don't be fooled by names like St. Feullien (note that the pronunciation of the first syllable is fool).
Belgian beer shrines, festivals, and museums
Belgians are acutely aware that beer is a huge part of their national heritage, and they don't miss many opportunities to celebrate that fact. Hence, the beer trekker can always find something to visit or experience in Belgium.
Beer shrines in Belgium
Though the Belgians are much more nonchalant about their incredible beer experiences, beer geeks consider tours of certain Belgian breweries, cities, or regions nothing less than pilgrimages to beer shrines. Here's a glance at some possibilities:
Abbey Road: Trappist Ale fans should prearrange a visit to some of the six beer-producing Trappist abbeys in Belgium.
Lambic Lane: Lovers of Lambic beer will want to take a spin on the Bruegel route, south and west of Brussels.
Cafes: All the larger cities (and many of the quainter towns) have at least one outstanding beer bar or cafe (cafes in Belgium are as widespread as pubs in England).
Belgian beer festivals
Just like other countries with dynamic brewing industries, Belgium makes a point of celebrating beer in big and sometimes ostentatious ways.
Poperinge Hopfeesten (Poperinge), every third September: This festival features a folkloric procession of townspeople, a hop-picking contest, and a lot of beer drinking.
Zythos Bier Fest (Leuven), April: This festival, which moved to its new location of Leuven in 2011, is the closest thing to a national beer festival that Belgium has.
Adriaan Brouwer Bierfeesten (Oudenaarde), June: This beer festival is an annual commemorative festival held yearly in honor of the famous painter (Adriaan Brouwer) born there in 1605.
Belgian beer museums
Belgium also has its share of museums that are dedicated to beer and brewing.
Het Brouwershuis or La Maison des Brasseurs (Brussels): Though not a brewery, this palatial museum (headquarters of the Knights of the Mashing Fork and translated as Brewer's Guildhouse and Confederation of Belgian Brewers Museum) is one of the biggest beer shrines in all of Europe.
De Geuzen Van Oud Beersel (Beersel): Brewing artifacts in this small museum form an extension of the brewery tour.
Brugse Brouwerij Mouterijmuseum (Bruges): This site shows the history of brewing in the city of Bruges. The museum is located in a basement brewery, De Halve Maan.
Musée Bruxelloise de la Gueuze (Brussels): This living museum-brewery of the Cantillon brewery, with displays of brewing history, holds public brewing sessions twice yearly.


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I just gave a demo on healthful and elegant Italian cuisine at the JCC Manhattan during their Fitness for EveryBODY Fair. One of the ingredients I presented was barley, a grain with many beneficial properties. Unlike wheat, it contains a high amount of soluble fibers (betaglucans), which have a positive effect on cholesterol and provide an immediate sense of satiety, which will be appreciated by those of you who are trying to keep their weight in check. It also contains many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and has been shown to help liver and kidney function. What's not to like? This way of cooking barley, with the same technique that Italians apply to rice in risottos, is typical of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the North-East, and I learned it during my year in Trieste.
- 3 or 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 a large onion, finely chopped
- 1½ cups pearl barley
- ½ cup dry white wine (optional)
- 6 cups hot vegetable stock or as needed
- 1 cup total diced vegetables (you can use 3 or 4 of your favorites, such as carrots, peppers, asparagus, zucchini, green peas, corn…)
- about ¼ cup freshly grated Parmigiano or Grana cheese (optional, for a dairy version)
- salt and pepper
Heat 2 or 3 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil in a heavy-bottomed or non-stick pot over medium heat.
Add the onion, and sauté until translucent, adding a tablespoon of water if it starts sticking to the bottom.
Add any of the vegetables that require a longer cooking time, such as carrots, peppers or potatoes, and cook stirring for 4 minutes.
Add the barley, and cook for 2 minutes on higher heat, stirring .
Add the wine, and allow it to evaporate.
Season with salt and pepper, and begin adding the hot stock ione or two ladlefuls at a time, stirring frequently, and adding more stock as soon as the liquid is absorbed.
After about 10-15 minutes add the diced zucchini and/or asparagus (or any quick-cooking vegetables) and keep cooking, stirring and adding hot stock, until al dente, about 30-35 minutes.
It should be creamy and not too thick: add enough liquid.
When cooked, remove from the heat, season with more salt and pepper, and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of your best extra-virgin olive oil.
If you are eating dairy, add about 1 to 2 tablespoons of freshly grated parmigiano or grand cheese, and serve immediately.
(At the JCC I made this dish with onions and fennel, added at the start, and an exotic touch of saffron)

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ATLANTA — Another NCAA tournament title game has come and gone, and yet again the championship trophy is headed to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The scary part? It could be back in the same state again next spring.
Kentucky's incoming recruiting class is easily the best in the nation, and arguably the greatest class ever assembled. The Wildcats will likely be preseason No. 1 in every college basketball poll. So a year after Louisville followed Kentucky by winning the title, Kentucky will be the favorite to win it again. Much like the BCS National Championship trophy, which has resided in the state of Alabama for four years running, the NCAA men's basketball trophy might become a fixture of the Bluegrass State.
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"It's basketball heaven in Kentucky," said Richard Pitino, Louisville coach Rick Pitino's son and former assistant. "Those are probably two of the most rabid fan bases in the country. They want to go to Final Fours and win championships. They really don't settle for less."
Already, Calipari has signed Julius Randle, the top-ranked power forward in the nation, Andrew Harrison (the No. 1 point guard recruit), Aaron Harrison (No. 1 shooting guard), James Young (the No. 2 shooting guard), Dakari Johnson (the No. 1 center), and Marcus Lee (the No. 5 power forward). Each of the six signees is a five-star recruit.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: How Louisville hero celebrated the title
And the Wildcats could still grab Andrew Wiggins, the top overall prospect in the class of 2013. He's narrowed down his choices to Kentucky, Florida State, Kansas and North Carolina. He'll have to decide if he wants to play alongside more stars than the Miami Heat have – some of last year's heralded freshman will return next season as well – or carve his own path.
"They had the No. 1 recruiting class last year, and those were very talented players, but I think the crop coming in has a different level of players," said Evan Daniels, a recruiting expert for FOX/Scout.com. "These are elite-level prospects. These are guys, especially the Harrison twins and Julius Randle, who are going to have a major, major impact. They're positioned pretty nicely."
Calipari pieces together national championship contenders by plugging elite players into a system that emphasizes unselfish play while promising exposure and a springboard to the NBA. In 2012, a record six Kentucky players (including three freshmen) were drafted months after winning a national championship. The title, Calipari's first, seemed to validate the one-and-done system and its ability to produce a championship-caliber team. Big-name players could team up for seven months, form a team and then advance to the next level together; the 2011-12 Kentucky team showed that. Anthony Davis became a household name and eventually the No. 1 pick in the draft.
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The 2012-13 Louisville team was nearly the exact opposite. Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan were top-50 recruits, but the rest weren't. Luke Hancock, the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player, transferred from George Mason, a mid-major, and came off the bench all season. The unpredictable Russ Smith garnered some interest from schools like Rutgers and Baylor before ultimately signing with Louisville, but even after leading Louisville in scoring (18.7 points per game) and to a title, he's projected to be a second-round pick in the coming draft if he declares, according to DraftExpress.com.
But with the exception of 6-11 center Gorgui Dieng, there wasn't much NBA talent on this roster. Dieng is the only Louisville player projected to be a first-round pick.
"Kentucky was built around the one-and-done player, but with a mix of experience," Daniels said. "You look at Louisville, and I think they were built on experienced guys and developing players. Across the board, those are guys who really improved over the course of their careers. They were led by a guy in Peyton Siva, who has really come a long way since his freshman year.
"It's very different how these two teams were built. Obviously, there's multiple ways to have success."
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Neither Smith nor Siva was a finalist for any of the national player of the year awards. Any household names? Just Kevin Ware, the backup guard who suffered a horrific leg injury on national television during Louisville's Elite Eight game against Duke, and that was because of the injury, the spotlight and the way he served as the Cardinals' inspiration.
Pitino said this Louisville squad was "one of the most together, toughest, hard-nosed teams" he's ever coached. It was a veteran group, lacking NBA-ready stars – unlike Kentucky of last year and next year.
"This is really what a team is," Siva said. "This is really what college basketball is about, a group of guys who are like family. With Kevin Ware going down like that, everybody rallying around him, it showed how much we love each other."
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Thursday, November 29th, 2012
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- "Revealing the origins and environments of Mg II absorbers with the SDSS and 3D-HST"
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Britt Lundgren, Astronomy Department
- Abstract: Foreground absorption features in the spectra of distant quasars provide largely unbiased probes of the baryon content of galaxies and the intergalactic medium to high redshift. Absorption features from singly-ionized magnesium (Mg II) are particularly prolific in optical spectra within the range 0.3 < z < 2.0, and are expected to trace a wide range of galaxy environments and halo-disk processes, though detecting the individual host galaxies of these absorbers presents an observational challenge. The extraction of ~100,000 quasar absorption line systems from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey -I/II and -III has begun to revolutionize our understanding of the host galaxies and environments of Mg II absorbers. I will present highlights from my work examining the statistical properties of Mg II host galaxies from stacking and clustering measurements using the largest absorption line data set ever compiled. I will also present new direct observations of Mg II host galaxies at z > 1 from the 3D-HST Survey. These analyses reveal compelling links between high equivalent width Mg II absorbers and large-scale star formation-driven outflows, which I will discuss in the context of other recent findings from the literature.
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Comedy, One-Man SHYLOCK, RAMONA QUIMBY and More Set for JCCSF, Feb-April 2013
Several theatrical performances will be presented in 2013 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF). The roster includes comedy, special events for kids, and a powerful one-man performance: Guy Masterson in Shylock.
Sat Feb. 2, 11 am & 2 pm
ERTH's Dinosaur Petting Zoo
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Life-like puppets, from cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing tyrannosaurs, come to life in an eye-popping performance. This interactive event allows audiences to travel back to prehistoric times with ERTH performers and even feed, water and care for these marvelous creatures, the meganuera, dwarf allosaur and leallynasaura! Tkts: $14 - $18
Thurs, Feb. 7, 8 pm
SF Sketchfest presents
Jeff Garlin'S COMBO PLATTER
With special guests Rob Corddry and Jenny Slate
Jeff Garlin's talent encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and stand-up comedy. Garlin executive produces and co-stars as Larry David's loyal manager Jeff Greene on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. In Combo Platter, Jeff and his immensely talented guests present a hilarious night of improvisational stories and monologues. Tkts: $25 & $30
Sun, Feb. 10, 11 am
SF Sketchfest presents
Don't Let The Comedians Do Story Time!
Mo Willems' Picture Books become Sketch Comedy
A Comedy Show For Kids of All Ages!
Mo Willems' work in children's books, animation, television, theater, and bubble gum card painting has garnered him 3 Caldecott Honors, 2 Geisel Medals, 6 Emmy Awards, 2 Geisel Honors and multiple bubble gum cards. He is best know for his characters Knuffle Bunny, The Pigeon, and Elephant and Piggie. For this unique show for young kids and families, Mo will be joined by an all-star troupe of his comedy friends who will act out his most famous stories! Special guest performers include Michael Ian Black, Rachel Dratch, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Laraine Newman, Patton Oswalt, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph and David Wain. Also, kids will be able to participate in a live drawing demo with Mo and meet him after the show. Tkts: $15- $18
Fri, March 8, 8 pm
Robert Friedman presents SHYLOCK starring Guy Masterson
Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, has always been a controversial character. In this powerful yet humorous solo performance by award-winning Welsh actor Guy Masterson, Shylock is explained by his friend Tubal via a series of clever impersonations, ranging from Pontius Pilate to Dracula to Hitler. This tour de force performance, a celebration of the beauty of language, offers a deeper understanding of the history of anti-Semitism. Tkts: $32 - $45
Mon, March 18, 7 pm
Magic Theatre's Virgin Play Reading Series
Pen/Man/Ship by Christina Anderson
In 1896, two Black American business partners, father and son, board a ship for Africa. In tow is the son's most recent companion, a Black southern woman, eager to cut her American ties. An unexpected detour resurrects family secrets and reveals true intentions. Suggested for mature audiences only. FREE. Registration required. Call 415/292-1233 or visit www.jccsf.org/arts
Sun March 24, 11 am & 2 pm
Two Bean's Production of Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby
Ramona's life is a mess! Her older sister Beezus is a pain, her Aunt Bea might marry a dork and her Dad just lost his job. If that isn't enough, Ramona thinks her teacher hates her. Life is no picnic, but with the help of her loving and patient family and friends, Ramona faces her challenges head-on. This rollicking play is suited for kids age five and up. Tkts: $15 - $20
Mon April 1, 7 pm
Word for Word Off the Page Series
Directed by Aaron Davidman, former artistic director of The Jewish Theatre San Francisco Bay Area favorite Word for Word stages a reading of one of Nathan Englander's most charged stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. Inspired by Raymond Carver's masterpiece, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, the story is a provocative portrait of two marriages in which the Holocaust is played out as a devastating parlor game. Tkts: $10 - $15
Performances take place in Kanbar Hall, JCCSF, 3200 California St. at Presidio. Box Office: 415/292-1233 or www.jccsf.org/arts.
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The rack stores, a division of Nordstrom Inc., sell shoes, apparel and accesories at 30 to 70 percent off from regular prices found at Nordstrom stores.
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I'd slap the shi-- er, I mean, what a perfect little angel! He couldn't possibly do anything wrong...right!?
I'd backhand the little bastard.
I wonder if the kid has Reactive Attachment Disorder.I ask because an adopted member of my family as RAD that sounds exactly like something he would have done.
Put the kid up for adoption. He doesnt like it at my place, he can try others. Id be done with him.It wouldnt get that far if I had kids, 'cuz they'd be smart about not calling the cops on something so trivial as doing chores.The thing Im furious about is that the cops went through with the whole damn thing...
I would have had my ass handed to me once the cops left >.>I mean I remember the days when my mom use to tell me to go cut my own switch from the tree in the back yard. What ever happened to those good old days?
I'm not so sure it's completely impossible, if done the right way. Mr. Oniya and I always treated the little Oni as a little person, not some strange creature that was outside of the rules of polite society. We never talked down to her (no 'ickle widdle sweetums'), and if she asks a question, we try to answer in a way that she can understand (although explaining the catheter ad took some fast thinking!) I still cringe when my roommate uses baby talk to her cat. >_>
I agree with Oniya, sometimes the best thing you can do for a friend is tell them they're wrong.
I can't disagree. The problem is that the kid when comparing him/herself to his/her peers may not see it that way. As much as everyone is supposed to raise their own kids by themselves, the village will play its part whether it wants to or not. Another translation/interpretation of Hillary Clinton's favorite African proverb is actually that "it's the village that raises the child".
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The Standard Model of particle physics has been one of the most successful theories of all time, culminating in the recent discovery of the Higgs boson. However, it has missing pieces: it accounts for neither the dark matter which dominates the universe's matter content, nor the baryon asymmetry which explains the observed abundance of visible matter. I work on building and understanding models of dark matter and/or baryogenesis, focusing on theories with implications at and below the electroweak scale for a wide range of different high-energy, low-energy, and astrophysical experiments. I am also interested in models where the dynamics of dark matter and baryogenesis are related to one another, such as models of asymmetric dark matter, baryogenesis via interactions with dark matter, and baryogenesis through neutrino oscillations with connections to sterile neutrino dark matter.
In the coming years, it is also important to consider how to maximize the sensitivity of current and planned experiments to physics beyond the Standard Model. This includes looking for physics that is challenging to see at the LHC, either because of large Standard Model backgrounds, or because the experiments are not optimally configured for such signatures. Examples I've worked on and am continuing to study include using properties of jets to enhance sensitivity to hadronic resonances, both in the strongly boosted and resolved regimes, as well as electroweak production of new particles decaying to tau leptons, jets, or invisible states. Thorough surveys of such examples of new physics are important to ensure that collider experiments maximally probe models of physics around the electroweak scale, and determining gaps in LHC coverage provides motivation for a cleaner collider environment, such as a linear collider.


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Even Tiger Woods' caddie was hurt by the golf star's infidelities.
Steve Williams, who has toted the superstar's clubs for 11 years, told a New Zealand TV program that he had no idea his boss was tomcatting around behind his wife's back. He's not happy about it.
"Of course I'm mad at him, why would you not be? I'm close with his wife and he's got two loverly children," Williams, a Wellington native, told TV3's "60 Minutes" program yesterday. "It's been the most difficult time of my life, no two ways about it, because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it. I knew nothing."
If he had known about Woods' affairs, "the whistle would have been blown," he said. Still, he'd "never think of walking away."
Williams said he had not talked to Woods about the sex scandal that jeopardized the sports legend's marriage and public image. The golfer took an "indefinite break" from the sport in December to get treatment at the Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services in Mississippi.
Woods dropped out of sight in the aftermath of a wee-hours car crash outside his mansion near Orlando on Thanksgiving night. In the weeks that followed, a parade of women came forward to say they had affairs with the married father of two. Two weeks ago, Woods made a carefully orchestrated live appearance in which he apologized for his womanizing and said he'd been getting treatment for an unspecified problem.
"I do plan to return to golf one day," he said in the Feb. 19 appearance. "I just don't know when that day will be."
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Nokia's Lumia 925 has popped up on the Vietnamese site Thegioididong.com for pre-order, with an expected delivery around the end of August. The phone will fetch 11,900,00 dong (about $568) and comes with a free set of Coloud Boom headphones. In addition, the first 1000 people to pre-order the Lumia 925 will receive a free DC-16 backup USB charger.
The Lumia 925 is the Nokia Windows Phone 8 device that became the flagship for T-Mobile in the United States and has been making its way around the world to places like Canada, Australia, India and the Philippines.
It sports a 4.5-inch screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 16GB storage, 8.7 mega-pixel camera, and 2000 mAh battery, all beautifully framed in an aluminum chassis.
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World building
(crossposted to my general discussion blog)
One of the peeves I keep as a pet is the frustration of world building. Over and over I see capitals and cities and such placed in locations that make no sense beyond "Isn't this a neat spot." Or worse, because it's in the center. So I'm going to scratch the surface of world-building. Today: population centers.
Population centers developed because there was a reason to be there. The most common reason for this is trade. This is why just about every major city in the world in the 19th century or earlier was a port – either river or ocean.
I cannot tell you how often I see, and get annoyed by, rivers without cities and cities in the middle of nowhere with a river a couple days travel away.
Now there's an interesting case on rivers that's worth also noting, and that's the 'portage' cities. Rivers have hazard zones – rapids and falls. If the water both above and below that hazard is navigable for any length by what's considered 'typical' river transport then a village or perhaps a city will develop there. Provided, that is, the break is only a mile or two in length. Because distance matters.
We're back to trade. Let's go back to our ports. Now you're going to draw a path from one to another that are not on the same coast or river. There are two rules.
1) The course is the easiest path.
2) Each segment should be one day's travel. At that segment end make an evaluation as to what's there.
One of the really annoying traits I see in fantasy maps (and to be honest think it's a flaw in science fiction as well) is that roads are straight. They shouldn't be, not between villages and towns and cities. They follow the easiest path – the one with the fewest and gentlest climbs, the one that has the best landmarks to avoid getting lost.
Will other, faster paths develop? Yes, but later. They'll be put in for both trade and war, often because getting from point A to point E can be done in 3 days instead of 5 if a straight line is followed (and yes it means some of the older points whither). But as a rule they're not going to get used by traders. Because traders don't want to be caught outside.
So unless we're on flat plains the road wiggles and curves such that the distance traveled is anywhere from half to 3/4 the straight-line crow's-flight distance. And distance…
Distance is how far the traders can get in one day. Somewhere near that point an enterprising person will put a station – an inn, a feed store, a place for last minute "crap I forgot" items. Food suppliers will gradually gather round because there's a market. Likewise suppliers of goods for those food suppliers.
Sometimes the land just won't support all those people. Or they can't be protected from the dangers – both natural and man-made. Sometimes it's just too far from the major city.
But we've got enough now to start drawing our maps. So let's play a little.
Draw a wobbly line down one side of a sheet of paper. I'm going to recommend using hex or graph paper unless you just like calipers or a ruler but for our first run any paper will do. This wobbly line is the coast.
Pick eight spots on the wobbly line and mark them. These are harbors – natural places for boats to come to shore and be a bit protected from the full force of the ocean.
Draw two 'rivers' from somewhere on the non-coast side of the paper to a harbor – each to a different non-adjacent. On one river put a mark about 1/3 of the way up. On another make one about 2/3 of the way up. These are riverports, and we're going to give each a reason to exist.
At the city closest to the coast we're going to give one river a second tributary. Run it to just short of the non-coast side, and for this exercise make sure it's toward one of the other rivers but doesn't close more than 2/3 the distance.
A second river is going to be a 'portage' port. To reflect this, make a mark about an inch long that is roughly perpendicular to the river and which runs through the city mark. This is an escarpment mark so make it plainly different (shading, color, pattern, whatever works for you.
If you later do other cities on rivers there are other reasons to exist did other cities give them a reason as well. In addition to escarpment and crossroad there's crossing point. If you do this make a mark upriver (and down if you want) that's at least an inch long that reminds you it is /hard/ to cross the river there. Why is it hard? You can play with it later, but it might be speed or width or rough terrain or a bit of a canyon or, well, that's for you and your story later. But we're not doing that for now.
Now we can build several roads here. There's the coastal road, the one that's a bit inland of the coast but roughly parallels it. There is a road that parallels each river from seaport to riverport. This exists because while barging downriver is easy, sailing upriver is difficult and often either skipped or uses a tow. And there's a road that will connect riverports.
Let's make that last. We're going to assume for giggles that it takes a day for a trade train to move an inch overland – in a perfect world. We're going to make that world imperfect.
Let's start with the port that's at a river junction. Estimate the point upstream that is closest to the other riverport and make a mark. This is the ideal stopping point, whether wide spot or village to be determined later. There might be terrain reasons not to use it, however.
Now here's where we enter a little randomness. Take two dice, each different colors. One is 'distance' and the other is 'accuracy'. You're going to build your road alternating from each end.
For distance it's high-low. One inch or 3/4 inch. This applies whether following the tributory or cutting across the land.
For accuracy it depends on whether we're following the tributory or not. If following the river, you will stop once your segment crosses the 'closest approach' point (don't turn there, go through it) OR if you roll doubles with the distance/accuracy dice. For cross country you go straight unless you roll a 1 or a 6. If you do that move your end-point for that segment 1/4 inch toward the coast or inland respectively.
If you're using graph or hex paper add one more wiggle – your line must go from center to center. 45 degree diagonals are acceptable, 'jumping' from center here to center that's one over and two up is not. Of course if you're doing this you can 'explain' the short by wiggling the line a bit more so it's always a full inch.
Now as I said you're going to alternate from each side of this route. And as a result unless you're terribly lucky you're going to find the ends don't meet. No problem, keep going. You're going to end up with a 'split' route as the two routes join twice.
The merge points WILL develop small communities. There will be a reason for two routes – lake, dense forest, rougher hills, etc. And since they grew organically they'll make sense.
Congratulations, you have a road. You have places for inns and communities. And most important it is NOT a straight line.
Now, there are a lot more roads and reasons and I'll be covering those in a bit. I'm also going to help 'organically' grow nations – though they're going to tend to be more fantasy than sf. But we've got a first road technique for world building and the primary reason cities and villages exist, and I'm getting tired of hearing the sound of my own typing.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG Director of Athletics Kim Record announced Friday that she has removed the interim tag and named Chad Pearson head coach of the track and cross country programs on a full-time basis. Pearson has been the interim head coach since July and has been on the UNCG staff for the last two years.
"I am pleased to remove the 'interim' tag from Chad Pearson's title," Record said. "He has done a good job this past season providing stability and consistency to our program. He is committed to making our student-athletes better, not only on the track and on the course, but also in the classroom. The future is bright for our cross country and track programs under Chad's guidance."
This past year, Pearson helped the Spartans win the Southern Conference cross country individual title with Paul Chelimo claiming his third straight victory. The Spartans as a team placed fourth in the SoCon Championships while both Chelimo and Paul Katam advanced to the NCAA Championships in cross country after strong showings at the NCAA Regionals. On the women's side, the team placed third at the league championship race with three top-10 finishes in Shaina Sumney, Chelsea Sumney and Lydia Saina.
On the track, Shaina Sumney won her first ever SoCon Championships, claiming the indoor title in the 5,000-meter race with a championship-record time. Additionally, both Sumneys placed second in the SoCon outdoor championships this season.
"I was very excited when given the opportunity to serve as the Interim Head Coach for Cross Country/Track last July and I'm even more excited now that the Interim tag has been removed," Pearson said. "I would like to thank Chancellor Brady, Kim Record and Stacy Kosciak for further providing me with this opportunity to work at such a great university as UNCG. Working with each of these student-athletes over the last year has been a dream come true. I sincerely look forward to continuing to work with this team and am committed to developing the best student-athletes possible."
Pearson helped the Spartans record a strong showing during his time as an assistant coach, helping UNCG post three Southern Conference individual champions and two All-America honorees. He helped Chelimo win the SoCon Cross Country Championships and a National Runner-Up finish in outdoor track, while Katam also claimed a National Runner-Up finish in outdoor track in the 10,000-meter distance.
Pearson joined the Spartans after spending time as a volunteer assistant coach at Charlotte (2012) and North Carolina State (2010-11). He was also the graduate assistant coach at NC State from 2004-2006, working with both the cross country and track and field programs.
Pearson was a standout at NC State where he was a three-time NCAA All-America honoree in cross country and track and field. He helped the Wolfpack win back-to-back ACC cross country team championships as well as earning Academic All-America honors during his career. Pearson still holds the school record in the outdoor track 10,000-meter distance when he posted a time of 28:37.95 and helped the Wolfpack finish 10th place in the NCAA Cross Country Championships his senior year.
Pearson was a United States Olympic Trials track and field qualifier and was the United States 10,000-meter Road National Champion. Additionally, he was a member of the United States Junior National Cross Country Team.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – UNCG Director of Athletics Kim Record announced Friday that she has removed the interim tag and named Chad Pearson head coach of the track and cross country programs on a full-time basis. Pearson has been the interim head coach since July and has been on the UNCG staff for the last two years.


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Drivers have been thanked for heeding advice to avoid the Forth Road Bridge last weekend - but warned that the same restrictions will be in place this weekend.
Motorists are again urged to avoid the Forth Road Bridge area this coming weekend as essential demolition works are scheduled for October 31 and November 1, 2015.
From 8 pm on Saturday (October 31) the A90 and M90 (M9 Spur) will be closed in both directions through to a latest re-opening time of 6 am on the Monday morning (November 2), to allow for essential demolition works.
The road closure will be in place between Echline Junction, south of the Forth Road Bridge and north of Barnton at the B924 Dalmeny junction on the A90. In addition, the M90 (M9 Spur) will also be closed in both directions between M9 Junction 1A and the A90 Scotstoun Junction at Queensferry. The B800 and B924 will remain open for local access only.
Diversion routes to cross the Forth for A90 traffic travelling south and north will be via the M9 (A904/5 for non-motorway traffic), Kincardine Bridge and the A985 to Rosyth and further afield.
Diversion routes for traffic travelling north from Edinburgh will be via the M8 and M9 to Kincardine Bridge.
Steven Brown, Transport Scotland, Roads and Infrastructure Manager thanked motorists for staying clear of the area last weekend, but urged people not to be complacent: "Our message ahead of this weekend remains the same – please plan ahead and avoid the Forth Road Bridge area.
"During the closure, the FRB will remain open for local access only. The Forth Bridges Operating Company (Amey) are again taking the opportunity to undertake some regular and necessary maintenance work on the FRB. A single lane contraflow will again be in place on the bridge for the duration of the A90 closure."
Public transport options are limited given buses will be impacted by road disruption, however trains will still be running with some trains having additional coaches.
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A sea of bright blue t-shirts filled the neighborhoods near Ross MS, and Esparza, Linton, Martin, Powell, and Villarreal elementary schools as 500 teachers took to the streets for the fourth annual Community Block Walk.
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Construction Careers Academy finished its second year of student-built small homes. They ended the 2014-15 school year with a Parade of Homes that featured three shipping containers turned into homes. Click here to see the video highlights.
Around 105,000 students and 7,200 teachers headed back to the classroom when 117 schools opened their doors on Monday. Joining the District is Herbert G. Boldt Elementary School. Boldt is the 75th elementary school in NISD.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: approved a $1.24 billion budget for 2015-2016, appointed members of the School Boundary Advisory Committee, approved members of the School Health Advisory Council, and approved facilities items and administrative appointments.
Visit Northside ISD's Back to School website to find out the answers to such questions as to what school supplies to get, when bus schedules are announced, or where to register your child for school.
Before 105,000 students arrive for the first day of school on Aug. 24, a brigade of new teachers first have to be schooled. More than 800 new and new-to-Northside ISD teachers went "back-to-school" during New Teacher Academy, an intense three-day professional development designed to share the culture and the expectations of South Texas' largest school district as well as learn about the dozens of resources and curriculum support specialists available to them.
For the seventh consecutive year, Northside ISD can claim a Region 20 Teacher of the Year. The 2016 Region 20 Elementary Teacher of the Year is Teresita Villa, a fourth grade teacher at Kuentz Elementary School.
The Northside Independent School District will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 18, 2015 in the Board room in the Central Office administration building, 5900 Evers Road, San Antonio, TX 78238.
For Jay Sumpter, Principal of the Jay Science and Engineering Academy, leading students down the path of innovation in STEM fields is reward enough. But, in front of several hundred of his peers at the annual Administrator Institute, Sumpter was named the recipient of the 2015 Ed Rawlinson Innovator of the Year award.
For students who have yet to have update their immunizations, University Health System will have its mobile clinic available at Gustafson Stadium, located at Loop 410 and Culebra. The "shots bus" will be there from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24 through Wednesday, Aug. 26. Parents should be aware that by waiting this late, students may miss the first day of school.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: appointed several campus administrators, including new principals for Vale MS and Fernandez ES, and approved various facilities projects.
For families in the midst of back to school shopping- a reminder that the Annual Sales Tax Holiday is scheduled for August 7 through August 9.
The Northside Learning Tree After School Program is seeking outgoing, energetic, and positive role models to fill 85 part-time youth leader positions. Interested applicants should stop by the Learning Tree Job Fair, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., July 30 at the Northside Activity Center, 7001 Culebra.
So You Think You Can Dance is a popular reality television show, but the reality of watching the San Antonio Deaf Dance Company perform is truly show-stopping. The Company's public performance is Friday, July 31 at 7 p.m. in the Marshall High School Auditorium, 8000 Lobo Lane. Admission is free but donations are accepted.
Every weekend during the summer, the Fiesta Noche del Rio show delights audiences at the Arneson River Theatre on the San Antonio River with a showcase of San Antonio culture through music and dance.
Northside ISD has partnered with Methodist Health Care to offer baseline concussion testing to middle and high school athletes. Every year, more than three million sports-related concussions occur, mostly in middle and high school athletes. To that end, NISD athletes have the opportunity to participate in an ImPACT® Baseline Concussion Test on Saturday, July 25 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Methodist Health Care System, 8109 Fredericksburg Road. To register, call (210) 575-0355.
Northside ISD is holding an Auxiliary Job Fair to fill more than 400 positions for bus drivers, food service workers, food service manager trainees, police officers, custodians, and maintenance workers.
It is time for families to start updating their immunizations in order to be prepared to return to school for the 2015-16 school year. Some students may not have the requisite number of shots and not know it due to the state increasing the number of shots required at various grade levels.
Just as the school year winds down, a heavy summer season of construction on renovation projects at existing schools, new roofs at many schools, as well as construction of hundreds more classrooms gears up.
It might be summer but school zones are in effect through the beginning of August. All Northside ISD campuses are used for either summer school programs or as drop off/pick up sites for students.
The Rising Stars Theatre Camp is presenting Suessical, Jr. in a free public performance on Tuesday, June 30 at 2 p.m. in the Jay High School auditorium, 7611 Marbach Road.
Since 1991, the NISD Board of Trustees signs a Code of Ethics annually, reaffirming their commitment to adhere to educational and ethical standards. According to Superintendent Brian Woods, NISD is probably one of very few Districts where the Board and Superintendent (on behalf of the staff) sign a code of ethics.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: named NISD's newest high school after a United States Supreme Court Justice, signed a Code of Ethics reaffirming their commitment to adhere to ethical and educational standards, and appointed several campus administrators including a new principal for Marshall HS.
Dr. Jenny Ostos, a teacher at Jay Science and Engineering Academy (JSEA), is a recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine 100 Inspiring Women in STEM award.
Students from five NISD middle schools are exhibiting art work they created this summer at the "Young Picasso" Summer Cultural Fine Arts Summer Camp. Their art exhibit will be held on Thursday, June 25 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Holmes High School. It is free and open to the public.


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Rihanna attended Monday's 2014 CDFA Awards in New York wearing full-length bedazzled pantyhose ... er, body-hose?
No, wait. Let's try that again.
Rihanna attended Monday's 2014 CDFA Awards in New York wearing a sparkling, diaphanous gown that left little to the imagination and even less room for Spanx.
The "Diamonds" songstress (coincidence?) and well-known fashion risk-taker hit the event, held at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, to accept the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Style Icon Award, according to All the Rage.
The award was presented to her by Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, whom she dubbed her "text buddy" on Twitter.
RiRi's gown was custom-made by designer Adam Selman and was accompanied by a blush-colored fur stole and coordinated bedazzled headscarf (that really did look like glittering pantyhose). The singer's matching gloves and headscarf were embellished with more than 216,000 Swarovski crystals. Even so, the sparkly ensemble totally showed her breasts and butt.
The 26-year-old Grammy-winner is no stranger to body-baring looks, and when asked by E! News whether she was planning to wear the translucent confection after the show, the songstress quipped back about the nipple-revealing look:
"Why? Yes I am,' she said. "Do my ... bother you? They're covered in Swarovski crystals!"
Not surprisingly, the event was sponsored by the famous crystal dealer.
However, the songstress did opt for a more demure look following the awards after all, stepping out in a white gown and blazer.
"We definitely wanted to make it a little bit scandalous," Selman told Style.com. "The dress is just fishnet and crystals and a couple of fingers crossed. But fashion is about beauty, and the [female] body is part of that."
"It's so naked," her stylist Mel Ottenberg told the site. "I don't know if it's shocking — I'm with her all the time, so my shock gauge is off, but I told her that I thought she was ready for this dress a while ago, and that I wasn't. I'm the prude, and I'm just catching up."
"So many people didn't sleep last night," he added of the work that went into prepping the gown. "I would say at least eight people worked nonstop from 8 p.m. last night to 3 p.m. today putting on the finishing touches."
"Rihanna has become the rare celebrity who does not follow fashion-she affects it," read a tweet from Vogue's official Twitter account, which was retweeted by the singer.
The fashion codex enlisted the Barbadan beauty for its March cover story and called the feature "The Rihanna Effect."
The singer is also at the center of Scout Willis' "Free the Nipple" campaign on social media following Instagram's removal of photos showing Rihanna baring her breasts on a magazine cover.
But back to the awards: Other daring looks at the show included "SNL" alum Chris Kattan's revival of his leather-shorts-wearing character Mango, who will be featured in designer Alexander Wang's film by the same name, according to Just Jared.
On the covered upside of the spectrum, the Row's twin designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen wore similar long, black frocks as they accepted the award for accessories of the year.
Fashion darling Lupita Nyong'o, who was recently cast in the upcoming "Star Wars: Episode VII," wore a colorful pants ensemble by Suno. "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively went for 1960s glam with a golden minidress by Michael Kors, whom she accompanied to the show, and retro headband and earrings.
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It's hard to picture Francis Schwartz as controversial.
He's just so nice and unassuming.
Dressed in a blue sweater and baggy slacks, surrounded by an assortment of colorful baubles, hanging baskets, abstract sculptures and painted masks, the soft-spoken composer looks like a comfortable retiree in a lived-in condominium, surrounded by a wealth of reading material and a breathtaking view of downtown Sarasota.
Even when the telephone company calls to tell him his service has been disrupted by a snipped wire, Schwartz, 70, is pleasant.
"No point in getting worked up," he says as he sets down the phone. "My cell still works."
Where's the radical composer with the Juilliard training who incited public outrage when he locked audiences in a stuffy theater and burned human hair and rancid meat during a 1968 performance about the suffering of Jews in a Nazi concentration camp?
Where's the guy who went hunting for mushrooms with avant-garde composer John Cage, in Puerto Rico?
"Actually," Schwartz says. "It's been a good year for me. In many ways, I'm better than ever. Some people say 70 is some sort of milestone — like you hit it and that's it. You're at the end of your line."
He's in his kitchen, brewing espresso, a habit he refuses to give up, despite having had open-heart surgery a few years ago.
"If you don't mind," Schwartz says over the gurgle of the pot. "I'm going to have a heavy-duty dose of this stuff."
Two minutes later, he steps out the kitchen, balancing a tiny coffee cup on a dainty saucer. He sits at a glass table overlooking the staggered rooflines of Spanish architecture in Burns Square and sips from the cup, smiling as the drink slides down his throat.
"For me, 70 is the new 30," Schwartz continues. "Sure I can't run and jump and play tennis like I used to, but I think of myself as a young man. I don't feel old at all –– whatever old is supposed to be. I'm still hungry for new experiences."
Lucky for Schwartz, who retired 11 years ago as dean of humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, new opportunities keep cropping up all over the world.
In this year alone, the composer's work was performed by musicians in China, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., Indiana, Missouri, and Florida — just to name a few.
Collaborations and world premieres are planned next year with the Orchestre de Flute Français, in Paris, the Salvador Dalí Museum, in St. Petersburg, Fuzión Dance Artists, the Birmingham Art Museum, in Alabama, and the New York-based chamber ensemble Sybarite 5.
For a man who often describes his music as unsettling and challenging to program, Schwartz already has an impressive list of high-profile projects on the horizon.
"Let's put it this way," he says. "I'm fortunate to have wonderful performers who promote my work."
These performers include pianist Joel Sachs, director of the New Juilliard Ensemble and co-director of the New York-based experimental music troupe Continuum; and Sarasota Orchestra principal tubist Jay Hunsberger, who performed Schwartz's "The Grey Road" in August at the composer's 25th anniversary retrospective, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Inspired by the post-apocalyptic novel, "The Road," by Cormac McCarthy and the works of artists Francis Bacon, Max Neumann and Anselm Kiefer, Schwartz's eerie solo tuba piece is proof that the composer hasn't softened in his retirement and an example of how far musicians are willing to go to perform Schwartz's work.
"There are many musicians who don't feel comfortable with the histrionics," Schwartz says, referring to the scripted noises and unusual facial expressions he writes into many of his pieces. "But there are many musicians who discover they have these hidden talents or incredible acting abilities by playing my music."
He rises from the table and walks over to a melancholy painting hanging over one of his many bookshelves. It's an original work by Neumann, a birthday present from his wife, Marta.
"He does some very powerful, tortured works," Schwartz says of the German artist. "I really like him."
Schwartz could just as easily be talking about himself, if not for the fact that the composer's repertoire is as hilarious as it is weighty.
Take for example 2006's "Concerto for Solo Conductor," in which Roberto-Juan Gonzalez, director of the North Bay Philharmonic, in Napa Valley, Calif., stood in front of a musician-less orchestra and passionately conducted a six-minute piece devoid of sound.
Or the irreverent, "Fashionable Music," in which both Gonzalez and Schwartz donned robes adorned with small objects and using drumsticks, tapped rhythms off their own bodies.
"Mozart was probably the most divine of all the composers," Schwartz says. "And he was a practical joker who wrote some pretty scandalous songs –- the kind of pieces you're allowed to laugh with –– which is what being a human being is all about. If we were always so serious, we'd be like living prunes."
Schwartz's Top 5 Inspirations
"I don't believe in an uptight atmosphere. There are many ways to have great artistic experiences that don't require the audience to sit quietly in place afraid to crinkle their bon-bon wrappers."
John Cage
"When he saw what I was doing, it was really so nice. He said, 'Continue with your wonderful music. Stay as far away from negative people as you can.' That was an inspiration for me, because by then he was quite famous."
Puerto Rico
"In the music world, we attracted people from everywhere. I was wonderfully surprised by the access I had to culture in a place like San Juan."
Electronic sounds
"For someone born in 1940, I didn't always hear these sounds. But you get used to them. Gosh, computers, cell phones, the sound of air conditioning … they're a part of my soundscape."
Audience participation
"I'm gregarious. I want interaction. I think that's what's so wonderful about being human. We can actually dialogue. It breaks down the artificial distance between the players and the played-to."
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Everyone's favorite Viper tuner Hennessey has reached out, left its shell, and made a few new friends. One of those new friends is the Corvette ZR1, and the results are spectacular.
With the usual round of tuner tweaks, Hennessey has cranked the ZR1 from a crazy full-bore hypercar to a "We're going to hell in four dimensions" doom rocket. With a basic intake, pulley, tune and exhaust, the ZR1's output screams up to 705 HP and 717 LB-ft of torque in a completely streetable, reliable package.
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On Friday night in London, more than 10,000 athletes from 204 counties will stride into a gleaming new stadium to mark the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics: 16 days of competition in 26 sports that will bring down world records and settle smoldering rivalries.
The U.S. men's basketball team will try to live up to comparisons to the original 1992 Dream Team.
Americans Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will race head-to-head six times for the title of world's best swimmer.
In gymnastics, Japan will try to finally overtake China for the men's crown, and the American women will try to hold off the Chinese.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will try to remain the fastest man in the world, while women sprinters Allyson Felix of the United States and Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica will battle for that title on the women's side.
Roger Federer of Switzerland and Andy Murray of Britain will try to reprise their showdown in the finals at Wimbledon.
The list goes on.
It is no wonder that the Summer Games are considered by many to be the ultimate sporting event, a place where the world's best athletes compete against each other, where fans root for their own countries and celebrate the accomplishments of others.
But Olympic officials also aspire to use athletics to make larger points about equality and building a more democratic world. This year is no exception.
For the first time, all participating countries include women on their national teams. With the addition of women's boxing, female athletes will compete in all the same sports as men. The American and Russian teams are majority female, also firsts.
The Games are also being touted as the most "social" ever, with most athletes posting their thoughts to Twitter and Facebook, and all events streaming live online.
The Olympics have gone high-tech in another sense: catching cheaters. Anti-doping officials have partnered with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on a $30 million state-of-the-art laboratory staffed by 150 scientists who will collect and analyze more than 6,000 samples of blood and urine around the clock during the Games.
Looming over the event is the specter of terrorism, not an idle threat in London. In July 2005, a day after the city was awarded the 2012 Games, Islamic suicide bombers attacked the subway and bus system, killing dozens of people. Officials say they know of no specific plot against the Olympics, but have spent nearly $1 billion on a massive but intricate security network that includes a helicopter carrier on the Thames River, Royal Air Force jets ready to scramble at a moment's notice, anti-aircraft missiles on the roofs of public housing projects, and thousands of police, soldiers and private guards.
The goal is to make things so uneventful outside of the Olympic venues that the world can concentrate on the achievements inside of them, not only by the likes of Phelps and Bolt and Federer and Felix, but also by people like Bahya Mansour al-Hamad, a doe-eyed rifle shooter from the oil-rich Arab nation of Qatar.
Al-Hamad, 20, has won several international competitions, including the 2011 Arab Games. But until this year, the Olympics seemed out of reach: her country had never included women on its national team.
On Friday, al-Hamad will carry her country's flag into London's Olympic Stadium -- a symbol if there ever was one of the Olympic ideal.


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In a celebration of summertime and sustainability, we have put a special rainbow twist on a selection of our most popular Beekeeper Ring styles. Swapping diamonds for our ethical sapphires in a selection of colourways, the unique nature of these stones makes every Beekeeper Sapphire Ring a One of a Kind.
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All it takes is one Cheley summer to impact your life in new and wonderful ways. Over 60 trips and adventures that delight, inspire and challenge are available every week. Stand on the summit of a snow-capped peak. Hike to a pristine lake deep in the backcountry. Cozy up to a newborn colt or saddle a horse and ride the wilderness trails. Experience an epic trek through Rocky Mountain National Park or fish for rainbow trout in a cascading and scenic river. Play an awesome game of soccer on an aspen-lined field. Create a special gift for a favorite someone in the craft shop. Cheley offers extraordinary outdoor Colorado youth camp programs and if you are looking for outdoor Colorado sporting camps, Cheley would be an excellent choice.
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One of the best things about Cheley is our location and ability to offer special Rocky Mountain outdoor programs and activities. We're situated alongside some of the most majestic peaks in the world. Hidden in the high altitudes of the Rocky Mountains are ancient, untouched slabs of granite and rushing mountain streams sourced from glaciers and snowfields. Through the summer camp hiking program, climbs with stunning views and sun-drenched rappels await you. Some activities offer relaxation and a slower pace; others are physically challenging and will challenge most Colorado sporting camps.
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4300 Gibson DR TIPPCITY OH
Industrial development land located in the Wiley Industrial Park. Sites range in size from 0.72 to 3.60 acres. Sites are priced at $50,000.00 per acre. Road frontage ranges from 125' to 625' along Gibson Drive. One site located at the southeast corner of Gibson Drive and Wildcat Road contains 1.44 acres with 250' of frontage on both roadways. The Wiley Industrial Park is located in Bethel Township within Miami County. It is immediately adjacent to the City of Huber Heights and less than 1 mile north of I-70. The park has excellent access to I-70. Additional acerage is available allowing for a total site of 27.92 acres.
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If you're in New York City this Thursday, you can play Chris Hecker's incomplete but already-excellent two-player game Spy Party.
The game pits one player as a spy, who has to walk their avatar through a cocktail party, secretly planting bugs and doing other subtle spy things. The other player is a sniper who views the party from afar and can shoot just one bullet that will kill whoever they target. The game is tense, unusually subtle and amazing. (I love it when I played it earlier this year.)
Hecker is running a six-hour open play test at New York University before giving a talk to the school's Game Center. More info at the link below.
Location: Game Center Open Library, 721 Broadway at Washington Place, New York, NY (Google map of the location)
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The fact why I ask this question is that photographing the midday sun alone gives a dumb photograph.
Only idea that comes to me is to play creatively with the lens Flare.So any-other ideas to add mood to this type of photos?


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Ubuntu 10.10 worked. Needed to use ethernet to download wireless drivers, then all was good.
The keyboard pulls up in in spots where not specifically screwed in. I've re-tightened the screws but it doesn't matter. The result is that some keystrokes are missed. Not a big deal for me. I don't like the touchpad and it's even funnier acting in Windows 7… under both OSes it is slow to respond, doesn't accelerate properly, buttons need an explicit & deliberate push, etc. I've checked the hardware here too with no luck. It's workable but slightly annoying. I got a wireless mouse to avoid the issue.
Battery life is 4-6 hours depending on use, and it looks great with the HD screen and over HDMI. I'm loving the speed for a "netbook" type PC too - boot time and Google Chrome are quick.
Great little PC and for the price (refurbished model) - I can't complain. Would love a backlit keyboard, more solid case, and the battery to stick out the back instead of down.
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Description: In this mini-course you will learn how to to read market structure by applying Wyckoff's cardinal insights regarding the interplay of price, volume and time. Understanding market structure allows you to anticipate coming price action. You will learn to identify and analyze accumulation, distribution, re-accumulation and re-distribution – the key trading ranges that power trends. You will also learn Wyckoff Method trade set-ups based on market structure, how to enter a new or an existing trend, and how to recognize in advance when a trend is likely to end.
The Price Cycle: Accumulation, Mark-Up, Distribution and Mark-Down
Change of Character in an established trend: identifying a change from a trending to a non-trending environment
Change of Character in a trading range: identifying price and volume action signaling the initiation or continuation of a trend
Trading ranges that generate big trends: accumulation and distribution
A key concept in Wyckoff Method analysis of trading ranges: Phases
Phase anatomy: Wyckoff Method events (e.g., climaxes, tests, springs, upthrusts, signs of strength)
Identifying phases in accumulation and distribution
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Distinguishing re-accumulation from distribution and re-distribution from accumulation
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I first made these honey soy chicken wings a few years ago when I was working long hours in San Francisco. I wanted a nice comforting dish that didn't involve standing in front of the stove for too long. And preferably something that could be reheated easily the next day. The result was these chicken wings, which take only 10 minutes of marinating time and 30 minutes in the oven. They are as delicious as they are easy, packed with flavor from the honey, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, and soy sauce. Try them out and let me know what you think!
I want to share a recipe that has always been dependable, through good days and bad. Whenever I get home late from work, and don't feel like doing much on the stove, I would marinate wings in a honey, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil mixture, then stick them in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Really, it can't be easier, and the flavor combination is tried-and-true. Sometimes I would add cayenne for a spicy kick.
True, they're more of an appetizer than a full-on meal, but sometimes what you really need after a day of answering calls and working with spreadsheets is to just plop in front of the TV, drink cheap wine from a Mason jar, and eat chicken wings with your hands. The portions easily double, or triple, or quadruple. You can make these for bigger parties or just a quiet evening at home, with plenty to store in the fridge for the coming week.
Honey Soy Chicken Wings
Serves 4
- 2 pounds chicken wings, tips removed and drumsticks and wings separated
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 scallion, green part only, thinly sliced
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, honey, rice vinegar, sesame oil, cayenne pepper, and salt. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl or deep dish. Add the wings to the mixture and turn to coat. Cover the dish and marinate the wings at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Arrange the wings in a single layer on a baking sheet, reserving the remaining marinade in the bowl. Roast the wings for 25 to 30 minutes, basting with the reserved marinade about halfway through (the 15 minutes of roasting at the end will cook any of the raw juices left in the marinade). Roast until the wings are golden brown and crispy on top. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle sesame seeds and chopped scallions on top.
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How to Create a Fabric Sunflower Scrapbook Accent
Make your scrapbook layout bloom with a luxurious sunflower accent. It may take extra time to make, but the awe-inspiring results are well worth the effort!
Bloom by Kara Ward, as seen in Scrapbooking Ideas for Every Season, page 108.
How to Create a Sunflower Accent
1. Cut canvas flower and stitch center, pulling thread to gather slightly. Ink the edges lightly with brown ink for definition (optional).
2. Cut eight fabric petals, and stitch to center of canvas flower.
3. Punch two paper strips using a border punch with a deep scallop or petal design.
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This warning light is a great way to make your vehicles and equipment highly visible and is the light of choice for state highway departments, cities, contractors and agricultural users. Strobe uses a Fresnel lens for maximum light amplification and a xenon gas bulb that lasts several times longer than traditional incandescent or halogen bulbs. Solid state circuitry contains no relays or moving parts and is dipped in a protective coating to keep out dirt and moisture. Magnetic-mount light includes a 15-ft. coiled cord with 12-volt cigarette lighter adaptor plug. 360 , quad-flash, 12/24-volt strobe provides 75 flashes per minute at 825 candelas. Measures 4-1/2"Hx5-1/2"-dia. Amber color. USA made.
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