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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - (1/11/07) - The Boise State Broncos ran past the New Mexico State Aggies 66-52 in a key early WAC game Thursday night in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The two entered the day in a three-way tie for first place with Louisiana Tech at 2-0. The win propels Boise State into sole possession of first at 3-0 with a big game at Louisiana Tech pending this weekend. The Lady Techsters are idle until they host Boise State Saturday night. Jessica Thompson led the Broncos over New Mexico State tonight with 20 points, her fourth consecutive 20+ point game and sixth of the season.
Boise State ran out to an early 6-0 lead to start the contest an never trailed in the game. The Broncos stretched the lead to 16 midway through the first half as they played one of their best periods of the season. Boise State took a double-figure point advantage for good at 21-10 with nine minutes to go in the opening period as the Aggies struggled to get back into the contest.
The Broncos were on fire shooting 41 percent (12-of-29) from the floor, 55.6 percent (5-of-9) from three-point range, and 72.7 percent (8-of-11) from the foul line in the first half. They pushed the tempo and drove to the basket at will causing havoc for the New Mexico State defenders. As a result, the Aggies found themselves in early foul trouble which plagued them throughout the entire 40 minutes.
Sophomore guard Jessica Thompson led the Broncos with 14 first half points and ended the game with a team high 20. She was pulled midway through the second half once the game was under control with the Broncos up 25.
The second half started like the first ended, as the Broncos continued to run the quick paced game plan. The Aggies managed to cut the 13-point halftime lead to 10, 39-29, two minutes into the period but that was as close as they would ever get. Boise State answered with a 14-3 run in the next five minutes as they took a commanding 53-32 lead with 12:21 remaining.
Boise State slowly stretched it's lead to 25 points with just under seven minutes to play on a Amanda Stewart jumper. The Broncos then pulled most of their starters and gave the younger players some quality minutes to gain needed experience, in addition to resting key players for Saturday's game at league power Louisiana Tech.
The last five minutes were sloppy as the Aggies cut the lead to the final 14-point victory margin.
On the night, Boise State shot 44 percent from the hardwood, 45.5 percent from three-point range, and 70.8 percent from the charity stripe. NMSU struggled with their shooting hitting 36.4 percent from the floor, 6.7 percent (1-of-15) from behind the arc, and 68.8 percent from the foul line. The Broncos won the battle on the boards with 37 rebounds compared to the Aggies' 33. The two combined for 45 turnovers as the teams had trouble protecting the ball at times, especially for the Broncos in the final five minutes.
Jess Thompson was the only Bronco to hit double-figure points with 20. She was followed by Jackie Thompson with eight, Michelle Hessing and Tasha Harris each added seven. Hessing had a team high eight rebounds. New Mexico State was led by three players in double-digit points beginning with Anikia Jawara with 14, Sherell Neal recorded a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds, followed by Tyshae Walton with 11 points.
Boise State played one of the best games of the season as they moved to 3-0 in WAC action for the first time in their six years of league membership. They continue to have the best start in 13 years as they improve to 12-4 overall on the season. Up next is a battle for first place when the Broncos travel to Ruston, Louisiana to face the five-time defending WAC champion Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters at 7:00 p.m. (central) Saturday night in the Thomas Assembly Center.
Newspaper Box Score
Boise State vs New Mexico State
1/11/07 7:05 PM at Las Cruces, NM (Pan American Center)
Thompson, Jessica 6-12 6-6 20; Thompson, Jackie 3-4 2-2 8; Hessing, Michelle
2-8 3-4 7; Harris, Tasha 3-5 0-0 7; Kepilino, Rebecca 2-4 2-5 6; Begay,
Nadia 2-5 0-0 6; Lee, Jackie 1-3 3-4 5; Stewart, Amanda 2-2 0-0 4; Reyes,
Bridgette 1-3 1-1 3; Walker, Ja'Lara 0-2 0-2 0; Galassi, Jenna 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 22-50 17-24 66.
Jawara, Anikia 4-11 6-8 14; Neal, Sherell 4-13 3-5 11; Walton, Tyshae 5-6
1-1 11; Spanich, Hannah 2-6 0-0 5; Russell-Nava, Cecili 2-8 0-0 4; Holt,
Niki 2-3 0-0 4; Henry, Kayla 1-1 0-0 2; Ward, Holli 0-1 1-2 1; Denning,
Carla 0-1 0-0 0; Bribiescas, Monique 0-3 0-0 0; Foster, Jazmyn 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 20-55 11-16 52.
Boise State................... 37 29 - 66
New Mexico State.............. 24 28 - 52
3-point goals--Boise State 5-11 (Begay, Nadia 2-5; Thompson, Jessica 2-4;
Harris, Tasha 1-1; Lee, Jackie 0-1), New Mexico State 1-15 (Spanich, Hannah
1-3; Neal, Sherell 0-1; Russell-Nava, Cecili 0-6; Bribiescas, Monique 0-3;
Foster, Jazmyn 0-2). Fouled out--Boise State-Stewart, Amanda, New Mexico
State-None. Rebounds--Boise State 37 (Hessing, Michelle 8), New Mexico State
33 (Neal, Sherell 13). Assists--Boise State 11 (Harris, Tasha 3), New Mexico
State 10 (Neal, Sherell 3). Total fouls--Boise State 19, New Mexico State
23. Technical fouls--Boise State-None, New Mexico State-None. A-816


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Fair Grounds: Seaneen Girl scratches out of Silverbulletday
Golden Rod Stakes winner Seaneen Girl was scratched Saturday morning from the Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds, but her trainer, Bernie Flint, said nothing is wrong with the filly and that she would be rerouted to the Feb. 23 Rachel Alexandra Stakes.
"I was only going to run her two times at this meet; that was the plan all along," Flint told Fair Grounds publicity staff.
Flint said he disliked the Silverbulletday's mile and 70 yard distance, as well as Seaneen Girl's rail draw Saturday. Flint hopes to make the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Oaks with Seaneen Girl, and presumably meant that Saturday's race was shorter than ideal. Seaneen Girl won the Golden Rod at a distance 40 yards longer than the Silverbulletday, and scored her only other win in a 4 1/2-furlong race.
Post 1 has in fact long been a valuable position in Fair Grounds route races: In the last five years, horses breaking from the rail have won at an 18-percent clip, 3 percent higher than the next most successful two-turn post position.
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The IDNR congratulates the Illinois Greenways and Trails Council for being selected by the National Association of State Park Directors as the winner of the Coalition for Recreational Trails' Achievement Award for outstanding use of federal Recreational Trails Program (RTP) funds. The award will be presented at a reception in Washington D.C. on June 5. The Illinois Greenways and Trails Council is Illinois' official RTP State Trails Advisory Board. Council members include all major statewide trail user organizations, including biking, equestrian, hiking, OHV, snowmobiling, mountain biking, and paddling. Statewide associations representing local agencies that acquire, develop, and manage trails also serve on the Council. The Council helped develop Illinois' RTP priorities, grant project eligibility criteria, and grant project evaluation criteria. The efforts of this statewide coordinating council and grass-roots planning have fostered a problem-solving, results-oriented approach to trails in Illinois. For more information please go to the Greenways and Trails Program
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SAN DIEGO - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner likely will not give a deposition before he goes into "intensive therapy" for behavior counseling, according to a spokesperson at the San Diego City Attorney's Office.
"There are no plans to depose the mayor over the weekend," the spokesperson said via email.
City attorney investigators served the mayor with a subpoena last week in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Filner by his former communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson.
The deadline for the deposition is one week from Friday, Aug. 9, but the mayor is to begin behavior therapy on Monday.
Questions to the city attorney's office about whether the deposition would happen while Filner was undergoing therapy were not immediately answered. But City Attorney Jan Goldsmith has previously told Team 10 Investigator Mitch Blacher his office would work with the mayor to get the deposition before the deadline.
If Filner does not complete the deposition for the lawsuit by the deadline, he could be held in contempt of court.
The mayor has said he is innocent of sexual harassment, but he has admitted he has "intimidated" women and announced he will seek help.
In an interview with Univsion television, the mayor said he had a "monster" inside him.
Filner has declined to be interviewed by Team 10 every day for more than a month.
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Lusaka — Zambia's wonder boy, musician Jordan Katembula alias JK has just released his long awaited album.
To JK, the album which features Zimbabwean star Oliver Mtukudzi among other local stars, is his spring board to international stardom but the big question is, will the Helena album match the success that Jordan has rode on from the first album?
In an interview with Post news editor, Joe Kaunda, JK talks about the Helena album, his fears, his successes and strengths.
Spotting dreadlocks as his new trendy look, Jordan feels comfortable about his new album which has enjoyed massive airplay on radio station and confidently brags: "This album is taking me places, I am proud of the work I put into the album, its something that everybody has been waiting for."
Jordan says he was initially quite scared that even as he started working on the album he would ask himself; " is it going to be as good as the last one and so it was this fear that gave me a serious 'homework' to put in my very best."
He describes the response as marvellous as the cassettes that we brought in had all been wiped out while a larger consignment of CD was expected in last Friday.
HELENA album
Helena is JK's second album and has so far been received well by the Zambian public. He describes his second album was a definite masterpiece with 14 tracks.
"Mudala, it's the bomb," he says.
Some of the tracks on this album are Abantu Bambi, Sembe una Niuza, Na Mwansa, We Mwana Wane, Elyoni Elyoni, Nkala Kupembela and Ubusuma Bwenu.
Oliver Mtukudzi may well be referred to as the cherry in Helena album on the track Dzokera and JK admits that his appearance was accidental.
"I was at the Kora awards and he was there too. But this is a man who is down to earth, very humble, so I approached him and asked if I could work with him and even gave him the demo of my song and I was fortunate that he liked the song and was ready to work with me," Jordan says.
Other Zambian artists on the album are MC Wabwino, Nasty D, Joe Chibangu and up coming star Exile.
JK describes Helena as something international and mature.
"My aim was to produce something that could be appreciated everywhere, not just in Zambia. That is why there is Shona so that the Zimbabweans can appreciate it, there is also the title track of the album Helena in Swahili which could be listened to and understood by people in East Africa," he says.
He explains that the album has been fused with some salsa kind of beat with a Latino touch.
"It's basically thinking with an international focus, you know sometimes when things don't move well locally a king is not appreciated in his own land so this may well cater for other people," he said.
"The approach is also to widen the market to sell the album even in other countries."
Limelight and fame
What I really respect about myself is the music. It is the music that has made me into what I am today. From the hard work people started appreciating the music. He says some wise older people advised him to humble himself as he lived with his new found fame.
" Sometimes it's just difficult to humble yourself and to bring yourself down to earth, people start saying you are a skit (show-off) and that you don't want to mingle, its really difficult to handle stardom," he says.
He says at the end of the day it was entirely up to an individual artist to conduct himself or herself in a manner that is proper before the fans, especially that there are no chaperons readily available to guide the artists. "So it is very difficult," he emphasis.
On his love life, Jordan chooses to live his life as the adage goes; Behind every successful man, there's a woman.
He says he is in a serious relationship but chooses to keep his partner's name a secret, " at least for now."
"Well, it was difficult initially for my girlfriend to accept that I have a lot of fans and just many people, especially ladies, young and old, wanting to say hi or to take pictures. She would say, 'this is too much for me' but I started proving to her that this was simply show business. I would take her to all my shows just to prove to her that I was just working," Jordan says.
"Now she knows and understands how people get excited at my shows or sometimes when we meet."
He denies the 'ladies man' tag and maintains: "No, there is no truth in that. I am just a friendly person. And as I said I have a lot of fans and I have to be good to them, take time to say hi, it's all my job."
"I also don't know what people mean even when they say I am playful because I only go out when I am with my friends or my girlfriends. And wherever I go, I don't pick up women but they do come in large number to my shows probably to listen to the many love songs that I sing." Music industry
To Jordan, the music industry has gone through some serious transformation over the recent years and promises a great future. He said what has also helped is that the fans and the public had generally accepted the music being churned out by local artists.
He said what remained now was for the artists to give the fans their values worth of work.
"An example is that they (public) gave me all the support on my first album, so I must not disappoint them on this album," Jordan said.
His best moments of stardom, he recalls, were travelling to the United Kingdom where he held some shows at the Miss Zambia UK pageant.
"I enjoyed being treated like royalty. Staying in a five start hotel, being driven around in serious cars like a Bentley which are owned and driven by seriously big stars. That was one of my best moments," Jordan says.
He says while it was exciting to have been offered this treat, fame has never got to his head.
"My other great experience was meeting the stars at the Kora awards, meeting and having dinner with Gerald Levert, Kelly Price, Koffi Olomide and this is where it dawned on me that my dream is definitely to be like them," he says.
"Reaching a point where, when you release an album people don't go to check what it is all about but just buy it because they trust you as a musician and also being appreciated internationally."
While the music industry may start to look promising in Zambia, the sector still faces several challenges that may need state intervention.
Jordan feels that what has hit the Zambian artists adversely is the lack of equipment and worse still the high tax on imported musical instruments.
"If it can be done, and I know it can be done, that government just give the sector a tax holiday for at least a year, as it was done over the buses, we could see the music industry develop," he says.
"There can even be more investors coming into the country."
He says what was also encouraging was the local artists' commitment to their work.
"We are really working, look at Danny, Louie X, Nasty D, MC Wabwino and many others. There is serious competition. It's making every one work. It is basically like a league, people even know that this is premier and this is another league but it keeps us on our toes," Jordan adds.
Born fifth from a businessman and woman in 1978, at Ndola Central Hospital, Jordan studied in Ndola where he had been based until show biz attracted him to Lusaka.
Jordan started embracing music with his peers as early as the age of eight whilst in his fourth grade at school.
"I was always singing (at home, school), always, but I chose to keep it to myself-may be because at the time I was not confident enough to sing to an audience. I enjoyed it."
Jordan stepped onto the show bizz gush in 1997 when he first recorded his demo at The Savoy Hotel in Ndola with a band known as The Ukwa Band.
After huge applauses and credits, Jordan decided to trek to Lusaka for greener pastures where he met one of Zambia's renowned rap artists MC Wabwino at the Heritage Studio. It was at this point that JK was showcased when he featured on MC Wabwino's popular album Yamene Yamene.
"In 1999, I felt it was time to move on and create music and this prompted me to team up with a very good friend, Kelvin Mwesa and together formed a group called New Age and I became the lead vocalist. Initially, our intentions as New Age was to produce a gospel album but then we conscripted our sound engineer and producer Sebastian Mutale and decided to change the whole gospel concept to something more secular instead. We released two albums; our well renowned debut Biyoyo and Chikokoshi, which did very well too," Jordan says.
JK's voice also features on Shatel's debut album Chikondi on the hit song Naitopela that has dominated music charts in the country.
In December 2001, JK released a self titled album that shot him to stardom. The album was released under the Mondo Music Corporation label.
This album totally flipped the Zambian music industry and was one of the highest selling albums in a very long time.
The hit album has a melodious mix of 12 great hits.
The tracks are sung in Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga and Lozi languages. The topics of the album range from love to AIDS including praises to the Lord. Songs on the album are Nkafikilisha, Balekuze-mbeleka, Ka Gelo, Kasilimu, Lesa Eka and Bana Malama, just to mention a few.
Jordan became a household name upon release of his debut self - titled album.
From his debut album JK secured a Kora Award nomination in 2002, for best Male artist alongside Oliver Mtukudzi and South Africa's Mandoza. Last December, JK was nominated for yet another award, the Ngoma award which he managed to scoop.
The sky is the limit for Jordan Katembula. Not only does he have the talent but he is also a serious hard working young man.
"God gave me this talent and the least I can do for him is to utilise it in the best way possible. That is why in each of my albums I have dedicated a song to my Lord. I feel blessed and I truly appreciate all the support I have received from the Zambian people both at home and abroad. God Bless," says Jordan.


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First of its kind! SXSW announces Title Sequence Design competition
Following the success of last year's SXSW Film/AIGA Austin Film Poster Award, SXSW 2010 will expand the annual Film Design Awards to include the inaugural Excellence in Title Design Award. This brand new initiative, the first of its kind, aims to discover the very best in contemporary title sequence design, and continue our tradition of celebrating unique creative vision in all aspects of filmmaking.
Eligibility is open internationally to all title sequences that exist in a film completed in 2009/2010. The deadline to submit is December 11. Entries will be judged by an esteemed panel of experts from the worlds of title design, digital film production and online hosting and distribution.


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Marie writes: Behold a truly rare sight. London in 1924 in color. "The Open Road" was shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Friese-Greene and who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William (a noted cinematographer) had been experimenting with. The travelogues were taken between 1924 and 1926 on a motor journey between Land's End and John O'Groats. You can find more footage from The Open Road at The British Film Institute's YouTube channel for the film. You can also explore their Archives collection over here.
Marie writes: The unseen forces have spoken! The universe has filled a void obviously needing to be filled: there is now a font made entirely of cats. Called Neko Font (Japanese for "cat font") it's a web app that transforms text into a font comprised of cat pictures. All you need to do is write something in the text box, press "enter" on your keyboard and Neko Font instantly transforms the letters into kitties! Thanks go to intrepid club member Sandy Kahn for alerting the Ebert Club to this important advancement in typography. To learn more, read the article "There is now a font made entirely of cats" and to test it out yourself, go here: Neko Font. Meanwhile, behold what mankind can achieve when it has nothing better to do....
Alex Kazhinsky of Lincolnwood is this year's Grand Prize winner in the annual Outguess Ebert contest — and tells me, "It's a big thrill to win your contest after playing it for so many years!"
Marie writes: The late John Alton is widely regarded as being one of greatest film noir cinematographers to have ever worked in Film. He perfected many of the stylized camera and lighting techniques of the genre, including radical camera angles, wide-angle lenses, deep focus compositions, the baroque use of low-level cameras and a sharp depth of field. His groundbreaking work with director Anthony Mann on films such "TMen" and "Raw Deal" and "He Walked by Night" is considered a benchmark in the genre, with "The Big Combo" directed by Joseph H. Lewis, considered his masterpiece. John Alton also gained fame as the author of the seminal work on cinematography: "Painting with Light".
The Big Combo (1955) [click to enlarge]
Marie writes: Behold a living jewel; a dragonfly covered in dew as seen through the macro-lens of French photographer David Chambon. And who has shot a stunning series of photos featuring insects covered in tiny water droplets. To view others in addition to these, visit here.
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Marie writes: It's no secret that most Corporations are evil - or at the very least, suck big time. And while I have no actual proof, I'm fairly certain there is a special level of Dante's Hell reserved just for them. (Map of Dante's Hell.)That being the case, when my younger brother Paul wrote me about a cool project sponsored by Volkswagen, I was understandably wary and ready to denounce it sight-unseen as self-serving Corporate shyte. As luck would have it however, I was blessed at birth with curiosity and which got the better of me and why I took a look. For what I found was nothing less than extraordinary....
Marie writes: I've never seen this done before - and what an original idea! Gwen Murphy is an artist who breathes new life into old shoes, transforming them from fashion accessories into intriguing works of art. Thanks go to club member Cheryl Knott for telling me about this. (Click to enlarge.)
It was like an episode from "The Twilight Zone." The Academy Award for best picture went to a silent film in black and white. The unstoppable "The Artist," which had nothing going for it but boundless joy, defeated big-budgeted competitors loaded with expensive stars because … well, because it was so darned much fun. Its victory will send Hollywood back to its think-tanks.
It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that this year's Academy Awards will amount to a shootout between "Hugo," with 11 nominations, and "The Artist," with 10. Fittingly, they are two movies inspired by love of movie history, the first about the inventor of the cinema, the second about the transition from silent films to talkies.
The Academy Award winners for the past thirty years have followed consistent molds, primarily in the categories of Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Picture. It is a very simple set of templates that I will explain with excessive evidence. This is not to say that the Academy Awards are a conspiracy run by some secret society, although that idea would be quite fun. Rather, at the very least, there is a subtext to American culture that plays out in the ideas and ideals in American cinema, and it plays out consistently. At the very least, I'm illustrating some unwritten ideals in American culture. Whether or not they are healthy or corrupt, they are there in us. So, "Best Picture" is not a great movie; rather, it is a great movie that fulfills the mold.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Complete list of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:
Two movies about the love of movies lead the field in the 2012 Academy award derby. Both look back at formative years for the art form. Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," about a young boy who makes a friend of the inventor of the cinema, led the field with 11 nominations. And Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist," set when Hollywood was making the transition from silent pictures to the talkies, placed second with ten.
Hollywood nostalgia may be warmly embraced Tuesday morning when the 2012 Academy awards nominations are announced. Films involving the invention of the cinema, the transition from Silent to Talkies and the legend of Marilyn Monroe are among those certain to be nominated.
Marie writes: remember "The Heretics Gate" by artist Doug Foster? Well he's been at it again, this time as part of an exhibit held by The Lazarides Gallery - which returned to the subterranean depths of The Old Vic Tunnels beneath Waterloo Station in London, to present a spectacular group show called The Minotaur. It ran October 11th - 25th, 2011 and depending upon your choice (price of admission) dining was included from top Michelin-star chefs.Each artist provided their own interpretation of the classical myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and as with The Heretics Gate before it, Cimera, Doug Foster's new and equally as memorizing piece made it possible to project whatever comes to mind onto it, as images of body forms and beast-like faces take shape and rise from the bowels of earth. (click image to enlarge.) Photo by S.Butterfly.
Marie writes: Gone fishing...aka: in the past 48 hrs, Movable Type was down so I couldn't work, my friend Siri came over with belated birthday presents, and I built a custom mesh screen for my kitchen window in advance of expected hot weather. So this week's Newsletter is a bit lighter than usual.
Marie writes: Ever since he was a boy, photographer John Hallmén has been fascinated by insects. And he's become well-known for photographing the creatures he finds in the Nackareservatet nature reserve not far from his home in Stockholm, Sweden. Hallmén uses various methods to capture his subjects and the results are remarkable. Bugs can be creepy, to be sure, but they can also be astonishingly beautiful...
Blue Damsel Fly [click to enlarge photos]
Behold a most wondrous find...."The Shop that time Forgot" Elizabeth and Hugh. Every inch of space is crammed with shelving. Some of the items still in their original wrappers from the 1920s. Many goods are still marked with pre-decimal prices."There's a shop in a small village in rural Scotland which still sells boxes of goods marked with pre-decimal prices which may well have been placed there 80 years ago. This treasure trove of a hardware store sells new products too. But its shelves, exterior haven't changed for years; its contents forgotten, dust-covered and unusual, branded with the names of companies long since out of business. Photographer Chris Frears has immortalized this shop further on film..." - Matilda Battersby. To read the full story, visit the Guardian. And visit here to see more photos of the shop and a stunning shot of Morton Castle on the homepage for Photographer Chris Fears.
Marie writes: what do you get a man with a massive book collection who has artwork by Edward Lear and huge canvases by Gillian Ayres? What would a man with a Pulitzer and a Webby now renowned for the verbosity of his tweeting, like for his birthday? Much pondering went into answering that. Until suddenly a light-bulb went on above my head! (Click image.)Of course! It's so obvious - turn the Grand Poobah into a super hero! Super Critic: battling the forces of bad movies and championing the little guy, while tweeting where no critic has gone before! In the process, we'll get to see him wearing a red cape and blue tights. Perfect.Note: the artwork was done by Dave Fox of INTOON Productions. He makes personalized comic book covers and animation cels. Diane Kremmer, a long time friend and fellow artist, works and lives with Dave on Pender Island (one of the Gulf Islands off the coast of BC near Washington State.) I spent last weekend with them and took advantage of Dave's cartooning skills. I mention this because he did all the work. I just sat there and drank his wine. :-)


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Desert People and Cultures
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During the past century, investigators have been solving one of the great mysteries of the North American continent: Who built the spectacular, prehistoric* cliff dwellings and other ancient structures scattered throughout the American Southwest? We also take a look at some of the people who helped make desert history, movies, music and the trails of the Southwest and its deserts.
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The Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and the Hanson Bay holiday accommodation is a 90 minute (140 kilometre) drive from Penneshaw and a 60 minute (100 kilometre) drive from Kingscote.
The Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is off the South Coast Road and lies between Kelly Hill Caves and the Flinders Chase National Park in the south western corner of Kangaroo Island.
We suggest the best route to Hanson Bay Cabins is via The South Coast Road. The turn off to Hanson Bay is on the left hand side, approx 4.5 KM west of Kelly Hill Caves. Please note Hanson Bay Road is an unsealed (dirt) road approximately 3.5km long.
We suggest the best route to Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and Farmhouse Hostel is also via The South Coast Road (See map).
Getting To Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Do not turn down the dirt road pointing to Hanson Bay (this will take you to the cabins), the Sanctuary is approximately a further 3km along the main road on the left hand side. Look for the orange flag and Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary sign. Follow the dirt driveway and stop in at the visitor centre to pay admission fees.
We suggest that you obtain a Kangaroo Island visitor information booklet, which includes a Kangaroo Island Map, from any Accredited Visitor Information Centre. This will assist you in planning for an enjoyable holiday on Kangaroo Island.


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Hybrid Battery Thefts On The Rise In New York
February 24th, 2015 | by Steve Hanley
Hybrid battery thefts have become an issue in one part of New York City, as 14 batteries have been stolen
February 24th, 2015 | by Steve Hanley
Hybrid battery thefts have become an issue in one part of New York City, as 14 batteries have been stolen
August 25th, 2014 | by Steve Hanley
Clarkson University research team claims to have created super capacitors from cost-effective hemp that feature high energy density and fast charging times
August 20th, 2014 | by Andrew Meggison
As EVs grow in popularity, a type of EV charging etiquette has formed with terms such as "ICE'd" and "Musked" entering the lexicon
June 27th, 2014 | by Steve Hanley
Will there be enough batteries for every electric car and hybrid in the year 2020? And who will produce them
June 20th, 2014 | by Andrew Meggison
Bipartisan legislation backed by California Governor Jerry Brown has been introduced to possibly make California the home of the first Tesla Gigafactory
April 18th, 2014 | by Andrew Meggison
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has plans to build a massive battery "Gigafactory" someplace in the United States. The Gigafactory would
April 10th, 2013 | by Nicholas Brown
Fisker Automotive made claims of $140 million against A123 Systems (now called B456 Systems. They moved onto the next letter in the alphabet and used the three numbers after 123) because of the rejection of its supply agreement and alleged breach of warranty obligations. The claims were $91.2 million for damages caused by rejection of its supply agreement, and $48.7 million for a breach of warranty obligations. But most of these claims were rejected
February 21st, 2013 | by Jo Borrás
Details of McLaren's new P1 hybrid hypercar are leaking steadily ahead of the car's Geneva launch – but this latest
February 5th, 2013 | by Susanna Schick
Well, the Skyrich is in that special battery home in the sky now, ready to become fertilizer (for real) thanks to the lack of any battery management system (BMS). I ran this battery on my 2009 Yamaha R1 since May 2011, (first reported here) putting about 12,500 miles of mostly city riding on it. So while Skyrich advertises that the battery lasts 2,000 cycles, as opposed to the 3-500 lead acid batteries can take, I only found it to last about 2.5 times as long as the lead acid my bike came with. I didn't count the cycles, I counted the years. The stock battery lasted 1 year. The Skyrich was starting to get weak this winter, but I didn't do the research until after it died. It turns out that with liIon batteries, when it's cold you actually heat it up by turning the key and letting it power the lights for a minute. I did find that although it wouldn't crank on the first try in the cold, it would eventually crank. Unlike lead acid, lithium batteries get stronger as you use them, they "warm up"
February 5th, 2013 | by Nicholas Brown
Are power outages frequent in your area? Especially long ones? If so, a backup generator makes sense, and a new "Plug-Out Kit" for the Toyota Prius hybrid turns this fuel sipper into a backup generator
February 3rd, 2013 | by Jo Borrás
Ford, Mercedes, and Nissan aren't the only big players teaming up to gain an edge … hybrid technology leaders Toyota
January 3rd, 2013 | by Christopher DeMorro
As any mechanic will tell you, tools aren't cheap. If you're the gotta-have-the-best-of-everything kinda person, you could spend $20,000 or more on a toolbox, and JUST the toolbox. So this story regarding some Chevrolet dealerships ceasing Volt sales over just $5,100 in specialized tools is a bit of a head-scratcher
December 28th, 2012 | by Nicholas Brown
The first step to solving a problem is diagnosing it, and in this case, a huge step was taken for electric vehicles. Researchers at Ohio State University discovered that in lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ions accumulate inside a sheet of copper known as the current collector. Lithium-ions should not permanently accumulate on the current collector like this, as they are necessary for battery function, therefore this decreases battery performance, as there will be less lithium-ions available
November 6th, 2012 | by Christopher DeMorro
The bankruptcy of American battery maker A123 Systems was another blow to President Obama's green energy loan program. Yet as the consolidation of the battery industry continues, crucial questions are arising about the deals made between battery makers and electric car companies. While A123 wants to void a contract it made with Fisker Automotive, Fisker says that would disrupt the deployment of its plug-in hybrid Karma.
October 3rd, 2012 | by Andrew Meggison
Volta Industries provides free electric vehicle (EV) charging stations thanks to support from local business. It's a new business model that could reshape the way the EV charging industry works
August 29th, 2012 | by Susanna Schick
The closing keynote at the Silicon Valley EV Symposium was Ray Lane, managing partner at VC Firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, and Fisker board member. Ray began with his involvement with the Electrification Coalition and discussed everything from the state of clean tech investing to politics to how much he loves his Fisker
August 24th, 2012 | by Susanna Schick
On day one of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's EV Symposium, the future of sustainable transportation looks like.... car sharing. That's right. I went to an EV conference, and the panels I attended- "Bringing EV Charging to Multifamily Buildings" and "Emerging Business Models for Transportation and Mobility" both spoke favorably of car sharing
July 26th, 2012 | by Christopher DeMorro
It's no secret that this summer has been a scorcher, with long-standing records falling left and right as the sun sears much of the continental U.S. Drought, devastated crops, water bans, and even death are just a few victims of this summer's crazy high heat. And the heat isn't just affecting people; Nissan Leaf owners are reporting a dramatic drop in battery range, mostly in the always-sizzling Southwest...and I think I know what the problem is


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The three medical institutions that make up Saint Veronica Medical Centre in Buea, graduated 272 nurses recently.
The St Francis Higher Institute of Nursing and Midwifery that runs a Higher National Diplomat under the auspices of the University of Buea, sent out 19 Medical Laboratory Technicians, 83 from Nursing Sciences with Higher National Diploma Certificates and 47 Students with Bachelors of Nursing Science Degree.
The St Francis School of Nursing and Midwifery on its part graduated 29 Nursing Assistants for its 7th batch and six State Registered Nurses specialized in Reproductive Health. The school is among the eight institutions chosen by the Ministry of Public Health for the training of State Registered Midwives in Cameroon. Lastly, the St Francis School of Health Sciences supervised by the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training graduated 78 Nurses, two Geriatric Nurses, six Medical Secretaries and two Medical Sales Representatives.
The Administrator of St Veronica Medical Centre, Mrs. Francisca Biaka, in her welcome address applauded the graduates for their efforts. She told the outgoing nurses to be good ambassadors of the Centre and urged them to exercise their medical abilities with confidence. " You are now armed with one of the most important tools needed to forge your path ahead. It is not the diploma itself that counts. It's about what you have learned along the way and what you do with the education you have gotten in your journey to graduation today. The future is in your hands," she advised.
The overall best graduating nurse, Ambe Nicoline Bi, had a Grade Point Average of 3.63. Talking to CT, she traced her academic course. "It was a hard race to run but I have finished it today. Four years is the time frame for me to have earned this degree. It started with a HND Programme that runs for three years. The final exam was organized by the Ministry of Higher Education in which I came fourth nationwide. The last year is this programme supervised by the University of Buea which has earned me a Bachelor Degree in Nursing." As of the moment Ambe Nicoline Bi, plans to take a Masters programme in Public Health.
The graduating nurses took the Florence Nightingale Oath and were then pronounced fully fledged nurses by the South West Coordinator of Nurses Association, Mofor Moses. The event ended with the award of prizes to all outstanding nurses in all the disciplines.


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Commune: Designed in California
Our friends at Commune have one purpose: to blur the lines between era, genre, and styles to create a design that is unique to California. This book features pristine and beautiful large format photographs of the work that they have done in hotels, private residences, and businesses. Browse and be inspired.Quantity
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Tilleke Schwarz's self-published second book, New Potatoes, contains her hand-embroidered artwork from 2007 – 2012. It is filled with contemporary art, beautiful designs, and profound artistic statement, in both English and Dutch. Read more about Tilleke's design process and intricate works on our Journal.Quantity
Adam Silverman Ceramics
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Online Marketing Trend Forecast. Part 1: Banner Ads
Over the next few weeks, we'll be looking ahead at online marketing trends we predict to become big in 2013. These trends all play a part in a business' digital strategy.
First up, the noble banner ad. Oh, what a tough time he has been having. Lousy click-through rates and design that typically don't translate well from desktop to mobile make banner ads easy to hate.
Advertising industry experts predict that marketers will be devoting less and less of their budgets on banner ads, but even they admit that the format isn't going away for good anytime soon.Brands and publishers have put on their innovative thinking caps in an effort to breathe life into our old pal the banner ad, rather than just write them off completely.
ESPN.com debuted an interactive banner ad that prompts visitors to vote on which of two teams will win an upcoming college football game. The ESPN ad then changes color depending on which team is leading in the polls.
IKEA launched a promotion last April that squeezed all 2,800 of the store's products into a tiny 300X250 pixel banner ad and let users scroll over and zoom in on different items.
More recently, high end brands like Gucci have experimented with banner ads that could be pinned directly to Pinterest.
This isn't likely to stop the overall shift away from banner ads, but these efforts show there is still room for innovation.
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BY VICKY DeROSA
Allow me to share a secret with you. And this is for men and women alike. It is not what you put on your skin but the method by which you apply it.
Let me say that again, with all due respect to the cosmetic industry, it really does not matter much what you apply but how you apply it to your skin.
In the US $40 billion is spent annually on cosmetics. Around the world $1.5 billion is spent on botox. What do these numbers say to us?
Well, it demonstrates to me how desperate we are to rid ourselves of wrinkles. I know this is surprising to some but you need not spend enormous amounts of money. I'm going to give you a very simple trick that I personally use every day of my life without fail. Are you ready? Now, men I think you should follow this regimen as well as women. Why should you not greet the day with great supple skin as well?
Just follow these basic simple steps:
- Immediately upon waking I rinse my face with cool water, I barely dab at it with a towel and then I immediately add moisturizer.
- I always drink warm water with the juice of one lemon. I happen to think that lemons do great things for the skin (sometimes I use lemons as a tonic for my skin).
- I jump into the shower (well, perhaps I step into it). In the shower I always use an exfoliate on my skin (now listen, it does not have to be an expensive exfoliate; most of the time mine are home made, a little honey and sugar works great).
Please pay careful attention here, this is the most important step I will share with you and this is where you bid adieu to wrinkles. When you are done with your shower, do not towel dry completely and that goes for your whole body; but most especially your face. While your face is still wet apply your moisturizer. Then of course apply lotion to your whole body. Wait a few moments, begin the process of getting dressed, come back and apply more moisturizer to your face. Continue to get dressed, come back and apply more moisturizer to your face. You will do this three or four, maybe even five times. You will apply so much moisturizer that you will than take a white face cloth and dab at your face. Then rub your face very softly to ensure that the moisturizer has set in.


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Former Fort Sill soldier Connell Williams changed his plea to the first-degree murder charge.
Testimony continued Friday in the trial of a former soldier charged with murder in the starvation death of a 10-year-old.
Former Fort Sill soldier Connell Williams pleaded not guilty to the charge of first degree murder.


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PatientPlus articles are written by UK doctors and are based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. They are designed for health professionals to use, so you may find the language more technical than the condition leaflets.
This is defined as an uncontrollable desire to scratch the anus. It is a symptom and NOT a diagnosis.
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- It is present in approximately 5% of the population and is four times more common in men than in women.
- It can occur at any time of life but is more common between 40-60 years of age.
- It is most commonly experienced after a bowel motion or at night. The itch may be worsened by wool, heat, moisture, leaking and stress.
- Take a thorough history to include potential irritant factors such as powders, creams and soaps. There may be problems keeping the area dry.
- Note duration and pattern of itch - whether it occurs mainly at night, eg threadworms, or all family members are affected, eg scabies.
- Dietary factors, eg tomatoes, citrus fruit, spicy foods, coffee, colas, chocolate, tea, and beer, have all been identified as aggravating factors.[1]
- Appearance varies according to severity and chronicity. The anal ring may eventually appear shiny.
- Exclude secondary conditions (see 'Causes', below), topical treatments and systemic medications, eg colchicine or peppermint oil.
- The majority of pruritus ani is idiopathic and is termed primary pruritus ani.
- Secondary causes can include:
- Infections: fungal, parasitic (pinworms or scabies) or viral (condyloma secondary to human papillomavirus).
- Fistulas, haemorrhoids, faecal incontinence.
- Skin disorders such as contact dermatitis, atopy, lichen sclerosus, seborrheic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis.
- Anal carcinoma, Bowen's or extramammary Paget's disease.
- Systemic disease, eg diabetes, lymphoma, renal failure, iron-deficiency anaemia, hyperthyroidism.
- Treat secondary causes.
- Avoidance of irritants (egscented soaps, talcum powder, bubble bath, perfume, etc.) around the anus.and good personal hygiene are the mainstays of treatment of primary pruritus ani.
- Symptomatic treatment may help to alleviate symptoms whilst these measures are put in place.
- Dietary modification may be useful if implicated in causation.
- Excessive moisture around the anus can contribute to the problem, particularly the patient is obese and/or hairy. A hairdryer may be useful for thoroughly drying the area after washing. A cotton tissue placed in the underwear may help to absorb extra moisture throughout the day. Cotton underwear should be used in preference to synthetics.
Referral to a colorectal surgeon or dermatologist should be considered in any patient who has had no relief after 3-4 weeks of conservative measures.
Available therapies[1][2]
- Bland, protective, soothing ointments are first-line treatment (eg bismuth subgallate, zinc oxide).
- A short course of a mildly potent corticosteroid may be used. Long-term use is to be avoided, as it may cause dermatitis and exacerbate the itch.
- There is no evidence that antihistamines will help the underlying condition; however, a short course of a sedative antihistamine such as chlorpheniramine may alleviate symptoms that are disturbing sleep.
- There is some evidence that intractable cases may respond to capsaicin or injection of methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue)[4] with or without local anaesthetic and a steroid, intracutaneously and subcutaneously.
Persistent scratching may lead to dermatitis, excoriation and infection. Depression may follow severe, persistent symptoms.
Unless a cause is found it may become a chronic complaint. Most people respond well to simple measures, but may have periodic relapse.
Further reading & references
- Pruritus ani; DermNet NZ
- Song SG, Kim SH; Pruritus ani. J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 2011 Apr;27(2):54-7. Epub 2011 Apr 30.
- Siddiqi S, Vijay V, Ward M, et al; Pruritus ani. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2008 Sep;90(6):457-63.
- Pruritus ani, Prodigy (August 2008)
- Davis B; Pruritus Ani, Pilonidal Sinus and Hidradenitis Suppurativa, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2012.
- Samalavicius NE, Poskus T, Gupta RK, et al; Long-term results of single intradermal 1 % methylene blue injection for Tech Coloproctol. 2012 Jun 6.
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Great Book Success For Dr. Thaer Elrefai Author of FROM DIVERSITY TO UNITY
Dr. ThaerElrefaiAuthor of "From Diversity to Unity" is still available for interviews and ready for any discussion. Dr. Elrefai is an Ottawa family doctor who has written his story of growing up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, his journey to a humanist vision for world peace and published these stories as a book now available in North America.
"From Diversity to Unity" contains two intertwined stories. First, is the story of how a Palestinian refugee in a camp in Lebanon grew up through many wars, and with hard work, luck and persistence achieved his current position as a family physician in Canada.
The second story is his philosophical journey through the suffering that he endured to a realization of the need for basic human unity. This book is his thoughts on the origins of war, disadvantage, suffering, poverty, and conflicts. The author reminds us that newborns have no religion.
Dr. Elrefai had already five Radio interview and scheduled for more. Here are some of the stations that interviewed Dr. Elrefai:
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Mon Jan 28 8:35-8:45AM Talk of Connecticut Brad Davis 860.286.3082 Live Regionally Syndicated in Hartford & Throughout CT www.talkofconnecticut.com
Tues Jan 29 6:35-6:40PM The Drive Home Ernie Brown 877.876.2520 Live Nationally Syndicated to 275 Stations 541.664.4833 America's Radio News Network www.americasradionewsnetwork.com
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Born without the ability to sing, a young emperor penguin (Elijah Wood) expresses himself and hopes to attract a mate through his amazing dancing talent.
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Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 2) [2012] FCA 142 (28 February 2012)
Watson Pharma Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB [2012] FCA 200 (9 March 2012)
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 3) [2012] FCA 265 (23 March 2012)
AstraZenenca's cholesterol drug CRESTOR will remain without generic competition in the Australian market for the foreseeable future, following a series of interlocutory decisions in which injunction were granted against three rival pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Back in March we wrote about a number of ongoing cases between original manufacturer AstraZeneca AB, and generic pharmaceutical companies Apotex Pty Ltd, Watson Pharma Pty Ltd and Ascent Pharma Pty Ltd, over cholesterol drug rosuvastatin, marketed in Australian by AstraZeneca as CRESTOR. (See Preliminary Injunction for CRESTOR—Not All 'Tablets' are Equal and Generics Unsuccessful in CRESTOR Injunction Challenges.)
In a series of three interlocutory decisions reported in our earlier articles, Federal Court judges Rares, Emmett and Jagot determined that all of the relevant factors supported the grant of injunctions barring the sale of generic versions of rosuvastatin pending a full hearing on the validity and infringement of three AstraZeneca patents:
- the '051 patent', or 'dosage patent' (no. 2000023051), which relates to the treatment of hypercholesterolemia using a daily oral dosage of 5-10 mg of rosuvastatin;
- the '842 patent' or 'composition patent' (no. 2000051842), which relates to a formulation (e.g. a tablet) in which rosuvastatin is present in combination with a specified inorganic salt (which serves to stabilise the active ingredient); and
- the '165 patent', or 'generic patent' (no. 2002214165), relating to the use of rosuvastatin for treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
However, Apotex's last-ditch effort has been dismissed, maintaining the status quo and excluding generic competition to CRESTOR pending a final determination on the issues of infringement and validity of the patents.


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George Lucas explains the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney as a move that will best extend the life of the Star Wars films. StarWars YouTube
In an unexpected move from a veteran upstart, George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) for $4.05 billion on Tuesday. Lucas took to the Star Wars YouTube page to explain his decision in a three-minute video clip.
In the video, Lucas and Lucasfilm cochairman Kathleen Kennedy try to explain why this deal will "preserve" the Star Wars franchise and not kill it like many of the comments on the page predict. One ominous comment—"I've got a bad feeling about this"—has 2,993 likes, the most of any comment on the page.
Lucas said in the clip that he has been "talking about retiring for several years now," and he wanted to "go into a new stage of life where I'm not in the film business anymore." Selling to Disney "puts the company within a larger entity that could protect it," Lucas said, and he is "doing this so the films will have a longer life." He even says that when Star Wars was first released, "everyone said this was a movie Disney should've done," so the partnership was a natural fit.
His popularity with die-hard Star Wars fans has waned in recent years—according to the Associated Press, fans accuse Lucas of becoming a "commercial sell-out"—but Lucas has been an upstart to the utmost degree.
Lucas founded Lucasfilm in 1971 while still in his 20s, and his decades-long disruption of the movie business began soon after. From record-breaking movie releases—American Graffiti, the Star Wars trilogy, the Indiana Jones trilogy—to Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic division powering the visual effects of movies like E.T. and Jurassic Park to LucasArts bringing movies into the videogame world and even to selling Pixar technology to Steve Jobs, Lucas had his hands in many of the major technological advancements in Hollywood in the last 40 years.
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Great Loop / Great Circle boat trip
Any boaters out there? I've been researching the Great Loop and doing some segments over the last 3 years. It's a 6000 +/- mile boat trip around the eastern US!
It all started by renting a canal boat for a week on the Erie Canal....then learning about this Loop trip through the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers to the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida and up the ICW back to New York.
There is a Great Loop association (AGLCA) and members at all stages of the trip.
Quite an interesting challenge!
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Years ago, I sailed the ICW from Richmond, VA, to northern Florida with a crazy Dutchman who had already taken his a fifty-three foot sailboat from Lake Ontario, through the Chesapeake, to Richmond by himself. Except for the 36 hours in open sea in a following Force 11 wind, it was a great trip. They don't call it Cape Fear for nothing.
The Intracoastal Waterway is probably the very best way to see that part of the continent, and the Loop would be simply fantastic. I'm working on rectifying that I was switched at birth and am really entitled to a large fortune, then I'll get right on it.
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Hey, one guy already did it on a jet ski!
There are all sizes of boats, sailboats & motor boats, the favorites seem to be more liveaboard sized though.....some use marina's a lot, but I'm more of a gunkholer!
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I don't know about the Great Loop, but if you (or of you other oven builders) ever decide to do what's called the Golden Triangle around here (from Lake Ontario, up the Rideau canal to Ottawa, down the Ottawa River to Montreal, then back to Lake Ontario via the St. Lawrence, you can drop in on me in two places - at home in Ottawa or on my island in Big Rideau Lake, where I'll be building the next oven (not building this year though!).
The Rideau canal system is a gem and was declared a World Heritage Site last year.
Rideau Canal - Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, Ontario, Canada
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...and I can recommend the Bermuda Triangle for those with a bit more zeal for adventure.
All these trips sound so great. Living on the West Coast of N. America, especially in the NW makes water adventures a bit more dangerous. I've made a couple of trips from San Diego to Southern Baja in search of big tuna, and gone deep sea fishing all over the world. You take your life into your hands every time you venture out off the coast of Washington State. Storms come out of nowhere and trying to get back to port against an outgoing tide and onshore winds is virtually impossible. The Columbia River Bar is where the Coast Guard trains their sailors for rough water boat handling. Thanks, I'll just stay away from that.
Someday though, I'll do the trip up the inside passage from Puget Sound to Alaska. Quite a bit safer and many cool things to see along the way.
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Sarah, the Rideau is on the list of waterways to explore.....when it's liquid!
That waterway and the Severn Trent are considered to be two of the best trips along the way.
I'll definately want to catch up with you down the road.
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Here's a website for dreamers like me....
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We haven't got any large waterways around here, but this thread reminds me of something we would like to do sometime in our lives - probably only after the kids have left home though...
Theres an old pilgrim route that goes through the black forrest (in Germany) the Jura (Switzerland), um, through France and the Pyrenees and ends up somewhere in Spain... Santiago de Castillia or something (?) - well obviously we'll still have to work on our route a bit, but I think it woud be so fascinating to walk through half of Europe following age-old paths on foot and carrying all you need in a backpack.
We did five days of the route through the Jura a couple of years ago, and ever since I've dreamt of doing the whole thing.
The only downside I can see so far, is that carrying my pizza oven in a backpack will be rather hard work. ;)
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Frances, that would be quite a treck. It's amazing the number of people who did that journey. We were in Santiago last year and walked some of the trail (no serious hiking though).
The cathedral is amazing and the adjacent building is now a Parador. In the cathedral entrance is a marble pillar that has a handprint in it from all the pilgrims who touched it after completing their journey.
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Other than being giant fashion accessories to complement an evil super-villain's quest for world domination, lasers are also the key element for flash-frying fish fingers and the reason for the saying, "You don't know what you have until it's gone." Uncover what was always hidden underneath with today's Groupon: save up to 65% on 1 or 3 sessions of Ultrasonic laser lipo OR laser hair removal at Make Me Beautiful.
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Laser Fact: It is rumoured that the evil villain in the Lord of the Cylinder series was originally supposed to have a hideout in a candy shop that hosted regular laser-light shows. The plot was changed after the singer, Five Bop, released a song called "Candy shop", and then claimed the rights to every candy store the world over.


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Charles Caldwell died in September of 2003, just before we were able to release his record "Remember Me." We have now put this amazing and highly underrated album on vinyl for the first time. It not only sounds great, it's really good lookin' too. Just head to the Fat Possum store to purchase it now or wait and it will be in stores November 22.
"Hadn't I Been Good To You"
Artists in this story: Charles Caldwell


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"The Pride of China" features new set of exhibits
Phase II of the talk-of-the-town exhibition "The Pride of China: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the Palace Museum" started today (July 23) with a new set of exhibits.
Selected from the Palace Museum, Beijing, 32 world-acclaimed masterpieces of Chinese painting and calligraphy are on display in two phases at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. The first phase of the exhibition ended yesterday (July 22) and was well received by the public. The second phase will run until August 11. In order to not miss this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, visitors are strongly advised to purchase tickets in advance.
Tickets are now available for booking through all URBTIX outlets and on Internet. About 700 door tickets will be made available on a first-come-first-served basis at the Box Office of the Museum of Art and 700 quotas will be reserved for the department's yearly/half-year museum pass holders daily during the exhibition period. During the normal closure of the museum on Thursdays, visits will be arranged for pre-booking school groups and voluntary organisations.
Special measures tailored made for this exhibition will continue in Phase II. These include advance sale of tickets, setting up a special gallery to feature the six-metre long scroll "Copy after Along the River During Qingming Festival" by Qiu Ying of Ming dynasty and regulating the admission by hourly sessions. The museum will exercise measures of crowd control where necessary by setting a time limit to view the long scroll.
There are 16 exhibits featured in phase II of the exhibition. Star exhibits include Wang Xun's "Letter to Boyuan" of the Jin dynasty, Yan Liben's "Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy" of the Tang dynasty, Dong Yuan's "The Xiao and Xiang Rivers" of the Five Dynasties, Zhou Wenju's "A Literary Gathering" of the Five Dynasties, Li Song's "Puppet Play of a Skeleton" and Chen Rong's "Ink Dragon" of the Southern Song dynasty. Other highlights are calligraphy by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song dynasty, and the works of calligraphy by the four masters Su Shui, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang.
Replacing Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", the copy by Qiu Ying of Ming dynasty is the jewel of crown of the phase II exhibition.
The original artistic masterpiece "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by the Northern Song painter Zhang Zeduan offers glimpses of the institutions, economy, culture and customs in the Song capital, Bianjing, the most prosperous metropolis in the world more than a millennium ago. Ever since Zhang Zeduan had produced the scroll, there have been dozens of imitations. Of these, the one by Qiu Ying is considered to be the best. Qiu's painting is largely a replica of the original scroll except for the Jinming Pond which is added. The architecture, gardens, transport vehicles, businesses, figures and costumes, however, are those of the Ming dynasty, especially Suzhou. The most obvious departure is having the disproportionately large stone arch bridge typical of Suzhou in place of the rainbow bridge in the original. It is not only of special significance as an object of art but also a visual record of its time.
The exhibition is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Palace Museum and is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Palace Museum. It is co-sponsored by HSBC and the Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, with Dragonair as the official carrier. It is one of the signature events to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of HKSAR.
To tie in with the exhibition, an international academic lecture series will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from July to August 5. Speakers include more than 20 scholars from overseas, Mainland China and Hong Kong. The lectures will be conducted in English, Putonghua or Cantonese. Admission is free and 150 tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis one hour before each lecture is started. A fully illustrated catalogue and a booklet will be published for sale at the Gift Shop of the Museum of Art.
The exhibition opens from 9am to 10pm daily and is closed on Thursdays for bookings from schools and voluntary organisations. Admission to this exhibition is $30 with half-price concession available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, full-time students and people with disabilities. "Free Admission on Wednesdays" and the department's Weekly Pass are not applicable to this exhibition.
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I have created a repository of OLD dictionaries at: https://bitbucket.org/petermr/dictionary/src/26cad5cdfde9
This includes scientific units of measurement.
This needs tidying; the current structure is
autodict dict ericaunits simple units
where units and ericaunits are the scientific units. We need these and I'll start to hack them along with JumboUnits.java
The dicitionaries include autodict
castep.html castep.xml castepall.xml castepin.xsl castepinput.xml common.xml dict2html.xsl dictcommon.xsl dictionaryScrape.xsl dlpoly.dict.xml gamess.xml mopac.dict.xml uniqdict.py unit2html.xsl unitcommon.xsl upper.owl
These are NOT all in consistent format. There have been various dialects but it gives an idea. They have been scraped from the semantified output files. I will try to simplify and clean during the football matches. This is dict which is mainly handcrafted and NOT directly related to codes
cdkDict.xml cmlDict.xml cmlMeasuredDict.xml crystDict.xml jcampDict.xml macieDict.xml macieDict.xml-current miscProps.xml pubDict.xml substDict.xml
and simple:
castepDict.xml ccmlDict.xml cmlComp.xml cmlDict.xml dcDict.xml dl_polyDict.xml gulpDict.xml jcampDXDict.xml macieDict.xml molproDict.xml mopacDict.xml nmrDict.xml siesta.xml
which overlaps with autodict. As I said they are NOT consistent in style or content. But they give us a good start.


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NFL Draft 2013: 10 things to watch during Thursday's first round
Thursday's first round of the 2013 NFL Draft doesn't quite carry the intrigue of last year's event, especially without the star power of players like Andrew Luck and RG3. That doesn't mean there isn't any intrigue, though. Here are 10 things to keep an eye on.
Who will be Mr. Irrelevant?
As the draft draws to a close Saturday, the fun revs up with the final pick, aka Mr. Irrelevant. As they did last year, the Colts have the honor at pick No. 254. Last year, they went for Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish (Andrew Luck was the Colts' other QB pick - at No. 1 overall). The last pick will be awarded the Lowsman (opposite of Heisman) Trophy.
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