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text: On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Joshua Marsh wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently working on a project that will require fast access to > data stored in a postgreSQL database server. I've been told that a > Beowulf cluster may help increase performance. Since I'm not very > familar with Beowulf clusters, I was hoping that you might have some > advice or information on whether a cluster would increase performance > for a PostgreSQL database. The major tables accessed are around > 150-200 million records. On a stand alone server, it can take several > minutes to perform a simple select query. > > It seems like once we start pricing for servers with 16+ processors > and 64+ GB of RAM, the prices sky rocket. If I can acheive high > performance with a cluster, using 15-20 dual processor machines, that > would be great. This sort of cluster isn't a "beowulf" cluster; rather it is a variant of a high availability cluster. It's Extreme Linux, just not beowulf. The beowulf design (and focus of this list) is "high performance computing" clusters, aka supercomputing clusters. With that said, there may be some resources out there that can help you, and listening in on this list and learning how HPC clusters work will certainly help you with other kinds, as the issues are in many cases similar. The first/best place to look is the September issue of Cluster World Magazine (www.clusterworld.com/issues.html). Its cover focus is on "Database Clusters". My copy is at Duke (and I'm at home:-) so although I'm pretty sure it covers mysql used in a cluster environment I cannot recall if it discusses alternatives such as oracle or postgres. Other CWM issues will also be pertinent, regardless. One major issue associated with any kind of file access is assembling a large, shared file store that avoids the file and communications bottlenecks that are as much an issue in HPC as they are in HA. A series of articles just begun by Jeff Layton deals with SAN's and massive scalable storage in general -- he's only done a couple of articles so far, so if there are still September/October issues around you'd be in great shape. CWM also abounds with ads for large and scalable and blindingly fast storage solutions. We just had an extensive discussion on this very list on storage (I kicked it off as we have a big proposal out that had a very large storage component and I needed to learn -- fast!). The recent list archives should show you the thread. Finally, there are some companies out there that make their bread and butter by assembling custom clusters to accomplish very specific tasks at a cost (as you note) far less than the cost of a big multiprocessor machine even though they make a healthy (and well earned) profit on the deal. Some of them have employees or owners on this list -- if any of them can help you I expect they'll talk to you offline. That's about all the help I personally can offer; I haven't built a large database cluster and only have listened halfheartedly when they were discussed on list in the past (although there have been previous discussions you can also google for in the list archives, I think). The problem is a fairly complex one -- not just various file latency and bandwidth issues (these are likely the "easy part") but the issue of sharing the underlying DB brings up locking. It is one thing to provide lots of nodes read-only access to a DB on a SAN engineered for fast, cached, read-only access; it is another to provide all the nodes with read AND write access, as writing requires a lock, and a lock effectively serializes access. This (and related problems) are serious issues with speeding up databases through parallelism. I vaguely recall that big companies like Oracle have dumped pretty serious money into this kind of thing looking for solutions that scale well. Maybe somebody else on list knows more than I do, though, and maybe they'll tell all of us! rgb > > Thanks for any help you may have! > > -Josh > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Free Manchester Walking Tours are the most comprehensive and entertaining introduction to the city of Manchester (#1 Tour in Manchester, TripAdvisor). They are also a great way to meet new people. These tours tell the story of Manchester.
Free Manchester Walking Tours is an independent tour established by Josh. These tours are run on a tips-only basis. I believe everyone should be able to discover Manchester, no matter what their budget. I receive no financial subsidy or support. I ask that visitors pay what they think it is worth at the end of the tour, relative to their budget.
The only dates the tour will NOT be running: 8th - 18th February 2017
Days: Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Time: 11am.
Length: 3 - 3.5 hours (including coffee break)
Start: Alan Turing Memorial, Sackville Gardens (opposite CHEZ Cafe) postcode M1 3BH.
End: Exchange Square (by the Oyster Pub) postcode M3 1BD.
Be prepared for weather; bring an umbrella.
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In our tours we talk about two different periods of Manchester's history: the industrial era, and the post-industrial 'Mad-chester' era. Through a number of interesting and funny anecdotes, we take in the big attractions (Town Hall, Royal Exchange and Free Trade Hall) as well as the lesser known quirks (Vimto Monument, Underground Manchester and Factory Records).
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- 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 1 pound squid bodies, cleaned, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup kimchi, chopped
- 1/4 cup kimchi juice
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon gochujang (optional)
- 3 cups cooked white rice, at room temperature
- 2 scallions, ends trimmed, white and green parts thinly sliced and reserved separately
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
- 1 sheet nori, thinly sliced
Warm 1 tablespoon canola oil in a large non-stick skillet over high heat. When shimmering, add the squid pieces and use a wooden spoon to spread out in one layer. Cook until browned on the bottom, 15 to 30 seconds. Stir and brown on the other side, another 15 to 30 seconds, and then turn off the heat and transfer the squid to a bowl and set aside.
Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in skillet over medium. Cook kimchi for a minute, and then add kimchi juice, water, gochujang (optional), rice, and white scallion slices. Stir mixture occasionally and cook until all of the liquid has evaporated, about 7 minutes. When done, turn off heat, return the squid pieces, and add the sesame oil and green scallions slices. Stir well and then divide the kimchi fried rice between four large bowls.
Meanwhile, poach the eggs according to Kenji's foolproof method. Set a medium-pot of water over medium heat until it reaches 180°F, approximately at the point where the water starts to quiver but is not simmering. Adjust heat to low or medium-low to maintain the temperature. Crack each egg into a separate bowl. One at a time, transfer an egg to a fine mesh strainer, gently swirl it around until the excess white is removed, and then gently lower the egg into the pot and roll it into the water using the strainer. Once all the eggs are added, use a large slotted spoon to carefully move them around until they form a nice egg shape. After the whites set, about 3 1/2 to 4 minutes, remove eggs with the strainer, and transfer each one to a bowl of fried rice.
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Robert Solow, winner of a 1987 Nobel economics prize, says the U.S. financial system has become too unwieldy to avoid the demise of financial institutions considered "too big to fail.\"
The 88-year-old professor emeritus at MIT says the size, complexity and interconnectedness of the U.S. and global financial networks make it harder than ever to judge potential threats to the system. Even the best risk-prevention practices probably won't stop large banks or other institutions from failing again in the future and damaging the broader economy.
Solow offered his diagnosis in a New Republic review of lectures delivered in 2012 by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, his former student. The speeches have been compiled in a new book called "The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis."
Solow believes Bernanke, after a shaky start, has largely taken the correct action to restore the U.S. economy since the financial panic of 2008. In doing so, he said, Bernanke has demonstrated that the central bank needs to take a broader view when tending to the nation\'s economic health.
"The lesson he teaches is that the Fed can no longer focus so near-exclusively on monetary policy," Solow writes. "It, and the other regulatory agencies, have to pay more effective attention to that [unofficial] third mandate, the preservation of financial stability." (The Fed\'s second mandate is to promote full employment)
The unanswered question is how. The Dodd-Frank reforms aimed to prevent \"too big to fail,\" but even its supporters admit the law falls short. What\'s more, the Fed and other regulators did not spot the trouble brewing in 2007-2008 and failed to use the tools that they already had to head off the crisis, Solow noted.
Even had regulators shown greater foresight, Solow acknowledged, their suggested remedies would have faced opposition from investors, business and lawmakers.
Case in point was the reluctance of the Fed to try to squelch a bubble in Internet stocks in the late 1990s. Then-Chairman Alan Greenspan did warn of "irrational exuberance" in 1996 at the dawn of the bubble in a speech that briefly caused a global sell-off in stocks. Investors and some politicians did not react kindly and Greenspan grew more cautious in his public statements.
"If we raised rates and gave as a reason that we wanted to rein in the stock market, it would have provoked a political firestorm," Greenspan said in his memoirs. "We'd have been accused of hurting the little investor, sabotaging people's retirements."
Solow emphatically agrees.
"If the Greenspan Fed had somehow quickly ended the boom in dot-com stocks, it would have been savagely beaten up by those who were profiting from the boom for having strangled the blue-sky industry of the future in its cradle," he wrote. "It is hard to imagine a definitive defense to the charge; the danger you have forestalled is nowhere to be seen."
Ditto for the Fed if the central bank tried to deploy its seldom used tool of requiring financial institutions to keep more money in reserve as a means to limit speculative or irresponsible lending.
"One can imagine the flow of pious outrage for those who were looking to make a killing," Solow wrote. "This is a tough question, and no chairman of the Fed would want to muse about it in public."
Absent a better approach, "we have probably not seen the last occasion when a financial institution that is too big to fail is about to fail," Solow said.
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It's that time of year, movie premieres have begun to roll out in Southern California, and the People Crew started things off with a bang. Riders, media, brand representatives and anyone looking for a good time flooded the Oakley Headquarters to see People's new movie "Cheers". The film itself was fast paced and high energy… if you blinked you might have missed a banger. Jeremy Jones got the opener and the stuff that that guy still has in his bag of tricks is unbelievable. Same goes for JP Walker. Seth Huot may have rolled out his strongest part ever with a healthy mix of pow and urban shots. The POV footage from Bryan Fox and Shaun McKay will make your head spin, or at least make you think your head it spinning. As for the ender, Joe Sexton definitely deserved it. Throughout a standard part you tend to hear one or two "ohhhs" and "ahhhs" from the crowd, but in Sexton's case, almost every shot was worthy. It will probably go down as one of the all time great jib parts. According to SNOWBOARDER's editor Pat Bridges, "if you are allergic to kink rails stock up on antihistamine".


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Angry Birds is not only a breakthrough iOS game, and one of the first new franchises to become a household name in years, it's also just turned three. That's three as in third birthday AND three as in 3.0. To celebrate, Rovio has once again updated their $0.99 wonder with new characters, new levels, and new challenges.
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The 30 new levels include 15 party levels and 15 Bad Piggies inspired levels. The update also includes iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5 widescreen support.
Since the launch, Rovio has added Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Space, Bad Piggies, and most recently, Angry Birds Star Wars.
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Health Minister Fred Horne has ordered an investigation into alleged mistreatment at two Brooks seniors' care homes — including elderly residents left lying in vomit, suffering untreated injuries, and served shoddy food at the facilities — after the Wildrose raised several cases in the legislature Wednesday.
In the latest criticism the Redford government has faced on seniors issues, Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith called the province to account in question period for cases of seniors bruised from rough handling, left sitting in soaked diapers and fed poor quality meals, including "half a hotdog and a brown banana."
Wildrose MLA Kerry Towle raised concerns about an elderly woman whose head bashed through drywall at a privately operated Brooks care home after she fell in the night and was unable to reach her call bell for help.
"This is elder abuse. Why are there no consequences?" Smith told the legislature.
"They've reported it, it's been ignored, and now the minister needs to step up and do something about it."
The homes in question are for-profit seniors residences operated by AgeCare in Brooks, about 190 kilometres southeast of Calgary.
Horne said he called for the inspections of the two facilities immediately after learning of the allegations Wednesday, and insisted the cases appear to be isolated incidents.
"We take all allegations of seniors abuse seriously. We will take these concerns equally seriously," the health minister said in the legislature.
He said seniors facilities are regularly inspected, regardless of whether they're operated privately or run by the province.
"We do not believe these are widespread incidents across our province. One incident is too many and we'll continue to take aggressive action," Horne said.
AgeCare chief operating officer Ali Shivji said in an interview that he couldn't respond yet to specific allegations as he just learned of the claims on Wednesday. However, the agency has several routes, internal and external, for complaints to be followed up on and it makes changes where needed to improve care, he said.
"As soon as a complaint is filed, we go through the process to make sure we've corrected it, learned from it, and dealt with it," Shivji said, adding AgeCare will co-operate with the province on its inspections.
"We are ultimately committed to ensuring the quality of life of our residents is the best possible quality of life there is."
Some of the issues raised by the Wildrose on Wednesday involve concerns from more than a year ago, and the situations have been remedied since then, Shivji said.
AgeCare facilities are appropriately staffed, he added.
But the official Opposition insisted cases at the Brooks facilities demonstrate another failure of the Redford government to ensure proper care for seniors and oversight of the rules.
The province has been hammered previously over serving pre-cooked frozen dinners to seniors in care and its once-a-week baths for elderly residents in provincial homes — with the government then changing policy on these issues.
Towle said some of the families whose loved ones live in the Brooks homes have tried raising concerns through proper channels under the province's protection-of-persons-in-care legislation and have been unsuccessful having their cases addressed.
She said similar cases of poor treatment would be unacceptable in daycares and schools, and the province should demand the same treatment for its seniors.
The Wildrose is calling on the government to tighten and enforce existing rules, and put in place an independent seniors advocate with the authority to investigate complaints.
In question period Wednesday, Smith described the case of a woman who found her father on the floor in his own vomit, weak, dehydrated and suffering infections and bedsores.
Hilda Bunney, the senior who fell and hit her head, suffered a steam burn from lying on the water heating, Towle told the legislature.
Sent to the hospital in Calgary by ambulance the next day, she'd suffered a fractured vertebrae and two hematomas.
Bunney's daughter, Cheryl Hyland, attended the legislature Wednesday to try to force action for better care.
"Clearly this government's strategy is not working for our seniors. This government is more interested in saving a dime than ensuring seniors receive a level of care they pay for," Hyland told reporters earlier Wednesday in a news conference called by Wildrose.
Darlene DesChamps alleged the Brooks home where her father was a resident had inadequate staff that led to poor care.
"I have personally witnessed verbal abuse of these residents. I have smelled the sour conditions they're in due to lack of proper hygiene, I have watched as call bells have gone ignored," she said.
"These are the conditions our loved ones live in, this government condones, and we as families are expected to accept."
She said the Redford government is responsible for keeping licensed facilities in line under provincial rules. "As families, we cry as our loved ones' remaining days are anything but dignified."
An Alberta Health accommodation inspector and a health standards compliance officer have been dispatched to inspect the two facilities under the province's Supportive Living Accommodation Standards and Continuing Care Health Standards regulations.
Horne met with the families in an unscheduled meeting later Wednesday that left the group satisfied their message got across. "I believe him that he's going to take this seriously," DesChamps said after the meeting.
With files from Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald.


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Another solid outing for Bumgarner
More Splash Hits spent the afternoon watching Giants pitching prospect Madison Bumgarner toss another solid outing in the Fresno Grizzlies' 4-2 win over the Portland Beavers in Portland.
Also Sunday, we learned something new about Bumgarner: He's got opposite-field power.
Bumgarner (1-1) gave up one run on four hits and three walks in five innings of work, earning the victory. He struck out three. Bumgarner also hit an opposite-field home run to right field off the Beavers' Josh Geer in the third inning.
Bumgarner was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the top of the sixth after throwing 99 pitches.
The first two batters to single off Bumgarner on Sunday were erased when the left-hander picked them both off first base — Luis Durango in the first and Craig Stansberry in the second.
The third hit Bumgarner allowed was debatable. In the third, Sean Kazmar hit a chopper over the bag at third. Fresno's Brad Boyer made a nice play to field the ball, but his throw was low and first basemen Brett Pill could corral the ball. It was ruled a hit. I might have scored it otherwise, but no one asked.
The lone run came in the fifth, when Chris Stewart drew a leadoff walk, was sacrificed to second and scored on Durango's single to center.
Bumgarner had some difficulty locating his off-speed pitches, leading to some deep counts. Also, the Beaver hitters did a good job of fouling off two-strike pitches to prolong some at-bats and make Bumgarner work harder. Still, his fastball was consistently in the low 90s all afternoon, topping out several times at 93 mph on the stadium radar.
The Grizzlies belted three home runs: Bumgarner, Pill and Mike McBryde.
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Manufacturers recall fire-risk projectors
Old kit no longer safe
Panasonic, JVC and Sharp have asked Japanese punters to return 16,500-odd LCD projectors in case the machines catch fire.
Apparently, one did, and to prevent anyone being caught in a future projector pyrotechnics, the three companies today told owners to unplug the machines and contact them for a replacement.
How many will actually be returned is anyone's guess. While the three companies said they'd together sold 16,599 of the potentially incendiary projectors, the devices were all manufactured in the early 1990s. The last batch left the factory in 1992, so it's a good bet the many of them have long since been replaced and either binned or left to gather dust.
The machines were all made by Sharp, which sold the lion's share of them. Panasonic and JVC both offered the projectors under their own brands.
Sharp blamed the fire risk on the degradation of electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard. Their insulation is no longer up to the job, it said, which can lead to an electrical discharge and the risk of the projector's internal catching fire.
Affected Sharp models are the XV-101T, PG-1000T, PG-X1000 and XV-T1V. To that list, add JVC's VX-100T1 and Panasonic's TH-100CV1. It's not known how many of these projectors were sold over here, but a number turn up on local lists of bulb spares, suggesting the projectors were offered by UK buyers.
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It is well accepted that autoantibodies specific directed against neuronal proteins, such as acetylcholine receptors and voltage-gated calcium channels, can cause peripheral neurological diseases. Despite the presence of an effective blood brain barrier that is thought to prevent access of antibodies to the central nervous system (CNS), there is also growing circumstantial evidence that antibodies can cause central nervous system disorders. For instance, Rasmussen's encephalitis and some other epilepsies, and stiff person syndrome, are associated with antibodies to glutamate receptors or glutamic acid decarboxylase respectively, and these conditions may respond to immunotherapies.
In addition, we have recently described a form of limbic encephalitis (memory loss, disorientation, seizures, behavioral changes) that is frequently not paraneoplastic and appears to be humorally-mediated. In preliminary studies of patients with this condition, we have shown that it is (a) strongly associated with antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKCs) particularly the Kv1.2 subtype that is expressed in the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus; (b) responsive to immunotherapies such as plasma exchange, indicating a humoral immune basis, and (c) sometimes follows a presumed viral infection consistent with a postinfectious autoimmune etiology. We need to induce animal models of this condition, both to investigate how the antibodies affect CNS function and, more generally, to establish approaches to demonstrate a role for autoantibodies in other CNS conditions. Although, we do not know how and where the VGKC antibodies gain access to the CNS, and how they affect CNS functions, we hypothesise that the hippocampus, which strongly expresses the Kv1.2 subtype of VGKC, is a major target of the antibodies.
We will, therefore, test the in vivo and in vitro effects of a neurotoxin that inhibits the function of VGKCs and passively transfer serum or IgG from the patients to mice, using both intracerebral and peripheral routes, with and without substances that we will show can alter the permeability of the blood brain barrier. In addition, we will actively immunize against VGKCs using viral vectors to express the protein with NFκB-inducing kinase, to induce expression of NFκB, or additional cytokines, to stimulate immunity and reproduce some features of natural infections. We will investigate the functional effects on the mice using classical and novel animal behavior paradigms as well as in vitro testing of hippocampal function, and correlate the results with immunological and histological studies on the mouse brain tissue and serological studies on the human and mouse sera. In this way, we will establish the most effective passive and active models of an antibody-mediated CNS disorder.
The models can then, in the future, be used to (a) establish the role of antibodies in other diseases, and (b) study the effects of antibodies to other putative neuronal autoantigens. These studies should lead to better definition of antibody-mediated disorders that are relatively easy to treat effectively, with improved diagnosis and treatment of patients with disabling CNS disorders.
Jarius S., Hoffmann L., Clover L., Vincent A., and Voltz R. CSF findings in patients with voltage-gated potassium channel antibody associated limbic encephalitis J Neurol Sci. 2008 May 15;268(1-2):74-7.
Majoie H.J., de Baets M., Renier W., Lang B., and Vincent A. Antibodies to voltage-gated potassium and calcium channels in epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2006 Oct;71(2-3):135-41.
Jarius S., Hoffmann L., Clover L., Vincent A., and Voltz R. CSF findings in patients with voltage-gated potassium channel antibody associated limbic encephalitis J Neurol Sci. 2008 May 15;268(1-2):74-7.
Majoie H.J., de Baets M., Renier W., Lang B., and Vincent A. Antibodies to voltage-gated potassium and calcium channels in epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2006 Oct;71(2-3):135-41.
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For millennia life was fairly simple for the Lake Babine Nation's members, who lived peaceably along the shores of Babine Lake and the river of the same name, living mainly on wild salmon they caught with highly technological weirs.
Over the ensuing two centuries, according to the aboriginal nation's website, various indignities and injuries have included the banning of the potlatch ceremonies, the destruction of their fishing weirs—which nearly starved them one winter—and the taking of their land.
Flash forward 200 years and add to the list Donald Trump and his obsession with genitalia. Cleverly combining beauty queen Jenna Talackova's first name with the beginning of her last, he came up with "Jennatal," or genital.
"Jennatal—those are the first letters of her name," he said on 20/20 on April 6, adding that it made him wonder if there were another motive behind Talackova's participation in Miss Universe Canada. It was his answer to re-qualified Miss Universe Canada entrant Jenna Talackova, a 23-year-old Babine Nation member who became a woman at age 19.
Gloria Allred, the prominent Los Angeles attorney who Talackova hired to fight her disqualification, was on hand to refute.
"With all due respect to Mr. Trump, he really needs to stop being focused on genitals, his or anyone else's," said Allred. "This world does not revolve around his penis or anyone else's genitalia."
Talackova has gone from finalist in the Miss Universe Canada competition to international sensation as the story of her disqualification for not being a "natural born female" has gone viral. Devastated at being disqualified in late March, Talackova hired Allred, and they announced possible legal action on April 3. Trump, who owns the Miss Universe pageant, reluctantly rescinded the rule requiring that contestants be born female.
It's a far cry from the initial rejection of Lake Babine's now most famous member, the would-be contestant who used to have one.
As Allred put it, "Whether a person is a woman is not simply defined by her genitalia."
Jenna Talackova, 23, always knew she was female, she told Barbara Walters on 20/20 on Friday night.
"I felt like I was in the wrong body," she said of her early life, when she was named Walter.
Through her early teen years she looked and dressed like a girl and began hormone treatments. Her gender reassignment surgery took place when she was 19. Now she is a stunning 23-year-old lithe blonde.
Talackova's mother appeared by her side on the 20/20 segment, which aired on April 6.
"I wanted a daughter," she said on the show. "But when I had Jenna, the last child, I said, Well that's ok, I guess I have four sons."
However she, the family and the community at large have supported Talackova through the years.
A cousin of Talackova's, John Bertacco, is a band councilor in the Lake Babine Nation in Burns Lake and told the Vancouver Sun that the community knew about what was happening. Talackova's family lives in east Vancouver, according to the Vancouver Sun.
The recent events have unfolded in stark contrast to the life followed by the Babine Nation peoples through history and into today.
"The fish weirs belonged to the clans and it was the responsibility of the chiefs to allocate individual sites," the First Nation's website says. "The chiefs did not practice ownership over the resources but a stewardship to take care of their members."
Everything hinged on salmon, sockeye that the Babine people caught, ate and preserved "in vast quantities" by drying or smoking it. It was run by four matrilineal clans.
Today the Nation is the third-largest aboriginal group in British Columbia, numbering 2,310, many living in five remote communities. Other members live off-reserve in Vancouver and a couple of other towns. Valackova, the Vancouver Sun reported, regularly visits family and attends potlatch and other ceremonies in her family's community. Babine Nation is one of the dozens taking a stand against Enbridge Inc.'s planned Northern Gateway oil pipeline.
The community at Burns Lake is still reeling from a mill explosion earlier this year that killed two people and injured 19 at the Babine Forest Products mill, a tragedy that Bertacco was on hand for, among dozens of others.
None of that came up in the 20/20 interview. But that persevering spirit was evident in her tenacity and Talackova's desire to help others to combat discrimination.
"If it's helping anybody else, my story and my actions, then I feel great about it," she told Walters.


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The Gordon K. Bush Ohio University Airport will provide safe, reliable and efficient facilities and services for the university's aviation related initiatives, the citizens of our community and visitors to our community. We will strive to maintain and develop the airport, in an environmentally sound manner, as a vital part of the local, state and national economy and multi-modal transportation network. The airport will be maintained and operated in compliance with all local, state and federal laws and policies regarding airport and grant administration, and will consider all available funding sources for airport maintenance and development.
Location & Service Areas
The Gordon K. Bush Ohio University Airport (KUNI) serves the general aviation needs of Athens County and portions of several adjoining counties. The Airport is located off U.S. Highway 50 in Lee Township, in the southwest corner of Athens County. Primary surface access is from County Road 71 (Columbia Road). The entrance to the Airport access road is located on Columbia Road about ½ mile from the junction of U.S Highway 50. The Airport is about twelve miles southwest of the City of Athens and about one mile southwest of the Village of Albany.
The Airport service area consists of Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Washington, Vinton, Galia, Jackson, Morgan and Perry Counties. The total population of the service area is estimated to be about 315,000. Ohio University Airport has the longest runway and most sophisticated approaches when compared to other area airports. With over 50 based aircraft and supporting over 54,000 annual aircraft operations, the Ohio University Airport is one of the most important general aviation airports in Southeast Ohio.
The Airport is designated as a general aviation airport in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and is considered to be of national interest in this designated role. The FAA report, "General Aviation Airports: A National Asset," completed in May 2012, identifies the Ohio University Airport as a Regional Airport. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) classifies the Airport as an Advanced Service airport in its airport system plan.
OHIO Training Programs
A major contributor to Ohio University Airport's success has been the Department of Aviation flight training program and the Avionics Engineering Center research and development programs, both under the jurisdiction of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. The University offers Associate degrees in Aviation Technology and Bachelor of Science degrees in Aviation Science. The Avionics Engineering Center specializes in research, development and evaluation of electronic navigational communication and surveillance systems.


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In the Shire, a Hobbit-populated region of Middle Earth, Mr. Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) is setting down — for the sake of his nephew Frodo (Elijah Wood) — a true account of his life's great adventure. Forty years earlier, a tall wizard named Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellan) induced the young Bilbo (Martin Freeman, who handles the role for the body of the film) to join a troop of dwarfs on a quest to reclaim their homeland. A very long time ago they were driven out by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo and the others take off on a great journey and....
Do we really have to outline the plot of Peter Jackson's new film, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"? Unless you're an Imperial soldier who's been hiding in the jungle waiting for the end of World War II, the odds are that you've read J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy or, at the very least, seen Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning film adaptation. You know that the children's book "The Hobbit" was Tolkien's first excursion into the fantasy realm of Middle Earth, and that the author later changed it to make it compatible with "The Lord of the Rings."
Likewise, director Jackson (who, together with his usual team, also wrote the screenplay and produced) has gone back to "The Hobbit" and expanded its brief story to the length of three features ... three very long features. (This first installment clocks in at 2 hours and 50 minutes.)
The filming of "The Lord of the Rings" was financially a hugely risky proposition. Jackson's reputation makes "The Hobbit" a much surer bet, but he still seems addicted to taking risks. This time, he has complicated his otherwise secure project in two ways: first, taking one slim volume and adding enough for a trilogy; second, shooting it in 3-D at 48 frames per second. By itself, 3-D is hardly risky these days, but 48 frames per second? For those of you who have no notion of what that entails or why it's significant, let's at least try to explain:
Since the beginning of the sound era, film has almost always been shot and projected at 24 frames per second — that is, 24 discrete images every second. During exhibition, each frame is flashed twice to avoid flicker. In pre-HDTV American TV technology, the image was recorded at roughly 30 frames per second and "doubled" for similar effect.
Back in the '70s and '80s, visual effects master Douglas Trumbull ("2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Blade Runner") experimented with the physiological responses of viewers shown various higher numbers of discrete images. He found that at up to 60 or 72 images per second, the illusion of reality grew — and, at some frequencies, leapt. Showscan, the system he developed, ran at 60 frames per second; unfortunately it was ahead of its time. In addition, "Brainstorm," designed as Showscan's feature debut, was, to put it mildly, a troubled production, with Natalie Wood, the lead actress, drowning during the shoot.
The recent boom in 3D may be what convinced Jackson that the time was right for digitally shot and projected HFR (High Frame Rate) movies. HFR gives a "realer" look — which may or may not be a good thing.
Here's why: Some people have grumbled that HDTV is a sham, that, whatever its advantages, it makes film look like video. They're wrong: It's not the HD-ness that causes that effect; it's the frame rate. Those sets all have a switchable feature that digitally interpolates new images between the recorded frames. It's an artificial form of HFR; with 60 or 120 discrete images per second, it makes everything look real — way too real.
So the question is: How well does Jackson's HFR cinematography work? Reacting to some early criticisms, he has claimed that at first it looks weird, but after 10 minutes you get used to it and it looks great. Because he was on the defensive, I was skeptical; surprisingly, my reaction tracked very closely to his. The HFR and 3D make the images hyper-real, much closer to video than to film. But, by the time Gandalf shows up, you barely notice it on a conscious level.
I still prefer regular film — both for shooting and projecting — but there are intriguing possibilities here. For one thing, I'm not a big fan of 3-D, and I don't know how responsible that aspect may be for my doubts. Depending on the venue, you can see the film in various combinations of 2-D or 3-D, 24 frames per second or HFR; and IMAX or regular. I look forward to seeing it in 2-D/HFR/regular, if such an combo is available.
In terms of content, Jackson and his collaborators use up most of Tolkien's book in this one episode, so parts 2 and 3 remain a question mark. Even so, they have added quite a lot; after decades of fandom and years of making "The Lord of the Rings," they have absorbed a lot of Middle Earth, so the new material feels idiomatically correct. Unfortunately, it means it also feels too familiar, like a ghost writer's rerun of "The Lord of the Rings." It is generally absorbing, if overlong.
The performances are a huge plus; of the returnees from the trilogy, McKellan has by far the biggest part, and he doesn't disappoint. It's also nice to see Holm, Wood, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving reprising their roles. The 90-year-old Christopher Lee looks frail, but his voice is as magnificent as ever.
And Andy Serkis — whose Gollum, you might want to know in advance, doesn't show up until nearly the third hour — is at least as brilliant as he was in the trilogy. He will presumably show up in upcoming installments, even though all the Gollum material from the children's novel is exhausted here. Here's hoping Jackson and company find worthy ways to use him.
ANDY KLEIN is the film critic for Marquee. He can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).


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To ask the Court to consider your ability to pay due to financial hardship and decide whether to approve a reduced fine with a payment plan or community service, you may schedule an appearance in Court for arraignment without the deposit of bail by contacting the clerk's office.
(Sometimes the officer states there is no fee for correctable "fix-it" violations)
The State of California requires the court to collect a proof of correction processing fee (Fix-it Fee) per Vehicle Code § 40611 (which is statutory) for all correctable violations.
Statutory fees apply even if the infraction itself carries no fine.
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Fines will vary based on violations alleged and/or judge's decisions if a court appearance is made.
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The California legislature enacts minimum and maximum fines for all violations of state law; fines for local laws are enacted by the Board of Supervisors or City Councils. The State of California and the County of San Luis Obispo have also adopted laws which add an assessment to the amount of the fine.
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text: The Wii U controller is the main controller for the Nintendo Wii U console. It's officially called the Wii U GamePad. The controller was unveiled with the Wii U at E3 2011, and features a built-in touchscreen that can provide additional information to players, such as stats, maps, inventory, and more. For players who wish a more classical approach, Nintendo has made the Wii U Pro controller. Wii U controller development Development started on the Wii U hardware in 2008, and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto wanted the controller to have a small screen where players can find additional information about the game. The Wii U controller went through several designs before the team settled on a version with a 6.2 inch touchscreen. Later versions of the touchscreen made it possible for entire games to be streamed to the controller instead of the television. Features The Wii U controller's main feature is a 6.2 inch touchscreen, however, the controller has a lot more hardware. Among the new hardware is a front-facing 1.3 MP camera, a microphone, gyroscope and a set of stereo speakers. With these features, the Wii U controller can function as the main screen for the game, where the gameplay is streamed to the controller instead of the television. This enables players to simply keep on playing, even if the television is used for other purposes. The Wii U controller will also include a small amount of flash memory that's used for games and tablet software. Wii U controller specifications The controller will include a plethora of inputs and sensors that enable a wide variety of gameplay options. Nintendo has stated that while the Wii U ships with only one controller, it is possible to support multiple Wii U controllers at the same time. Players will also be able to use the Nintendo 3DS as a controller for the Wii U. The full specs on the Wii U controller: 6.2″ inch touchscreen, WVGA resolution (854 x 480 pixels), 16:9 aspect ratio Regular button control layout on the side of the controller, with two analog circle pads Microphone Camera Speakers (left and right) Accelerometer Infrared sensor Gyroscope NFC and Bluetooth support Stylus/pen support Headphone jack + volume slider Compatible with 3DS as a controller Uses Wii U sensor bar to track and determine 3D position Nintendo has said it was possible to use two Wii U controllers with the console, however, the current plan is that only one controller will be supported at beginning. The Wii U controller requires a lot of resources and processing power from the console hardware, which means a considerable amount of more power from the system will have to be used to support the extra controller. That's why games who would support two controllers would have to be created for this kind of support from the ground up. Because of this, it's uncertain whether the console will ever support multiple tablet controllers. Wii U controller buttons The tablet controller will include all the buttons that gamers are familiar with, including two circle pads and one D pad. Here is the full breakdown of the Wii U controller buttons: 2 circle pads on each side, one D-pad on left side Center buttons: Home, Select, Start, Power Right side: A/B/X/Y + circle pad Bumpers/triggers: Left/right bumper, Zl/Zr triggers NFC chip The Wii U controller will feature an NFC — Near Field Communications — chip. The Wii U NFC chip is used to communicate with other devices that have an NFC chip. NFC technology is set to boom over the next few years, with chips becoming so cheap to produce that they can be included in almost everything. For more details on this new technology, check out our Wii U NFC article. Wii U controller stylus The Wii U stylus is a small and simple plastic pen which can be used to draw and write on the controller. Nintendo showcased a drawing application for the console where players could draw Nintendo characters and share them online. While the Wii U stylus is included with the controller package, it isn't necessary to use for input on the screen. Players can simply use their fingers for a regular touch interface. Battery The Wii U will have a built-in rechargeable battery which is non-removable. The battery in the controller will be large enough for several hours of continuous use, even when the screen is on at full brightness. The battery will be charged via an included a USB cable that connects to the USB ports at the front of the Wii U console. Wii U apps and software In addition to games, the Wii U controller will also support Wii U apps, such as small downloadable games, like chess and backgammon, which can be played on the controller alone. Non-gaming apps will also be supported on the controller through an app store. Apps like video streaming and productivity apps are entirely possible on the Wii U controller. Wii controllers and accessories The Wii U will be fully backwards compatible and will support Wii controllers and input devices, such as the Wiimote, nunchucks, Wii Classic Controller, and the Wii Balance Board. The controller will support a Wii U Zapper accessory, which will be used for first person shooters and action games. For more on this, check out our Wii U accessories page. Sources http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-57447499-10391702/nintendo-wii-u-will-support-dual-gamepads/ http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/39393/wii-u-specs-explained/ http://www.1up.com/news/nintendo-land-wii-u-revised-controller-hands-on


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About the Author: Siobhan M. Sheils serves in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs."Mobile money" is revolutionizing the way people around the world use money. Today, about 80 percent of the world's population owns a cell phone. Mobile money capitalizes on this pervasive technology, empowering people to make financial transactions via their cell phone. At the nexus of Secretary Clinton's goals for 21st century statecraft and financial inclusion, mobile money offers access to those traditionally outside the realm of economic opportunity.
At the State Department this morning -- and joining live from Colombia, Guatemala, Estonia, and other U.S. Embassies across the globe -- innovators with an interest in branchless banking convened for the second Tech@State to discuss the way forward for mobile money initiatives. The content-rich, thought-provoking day featured panels, case studies, and break-out groups.
Opening the seminar, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero noted that mobile money represents the next step for microfinance, bypassing the need for traditional bricks-and-mortar banking structures. "Innovative thinking and expansive worldviews are goals only achieved when the least among us are given opportunity," said the Under Secretary.
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Margaret Whiting, a pop singer for television, film, cabaret and Broadway whose recordings of such standards as "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" sold millions of copies in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 86.
Whiting died Monday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., said Jordan Strohl, administrator for the retirement home. The cause was not given.
Blessed with a distinctive voice and a warm, insightful singing style, Whiting had a career that stretched over seven decades. She recorded for the first time while she was still in her teens and was still performing as a cabaret artist in her 70s and 80s.
Her duet with Johnny Mercer on "Baby It's Cold Outside" continues to be heard every holiday season. And as recently as 2009, her 1947 recording of "Time After Time" was heard in the film "Julie & Julia."
Whiting was born July 22, 1924, in Detroit. Her father, Richard "Dick" Whiting, was a songwriter. Her mother, Eleanor Youngblood Whiting, managed singers such as Sophie Tucker. Her aunt, Margaret Youngblood, was a vaudeville artist.
Raised in New York City, where her father wrote for musicals, and in Los Angeles, where he was active in films, Whiting was surrounded by entertainment-world icons. Judy Garland was a childhood friend. And on any given night she heard new songs from the likes of Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Harold Arlen.
One of the most important of those show business friends was Mercer, who began partnering with Richard Whiting in the '30s, writing, among other songs, "Hooray for Hollywood" and "Too Marvelous for Words." After starting to sing, with Mercer's encouragement, as a child, Whiting began working with him when she was 7. When her father died in 1938, Mercer — already her mentor — also took on the role of surrogate father.
Whiting often mentioned the advice Mercer had given her when she announced her youthful ambitions to become a singer.
"One night when I was about 7 or 8," she told The Times, "my mother asked him to listen to me perform. When I finished singing, he called me over and said, 'I've got two words of advice for you: Grow up.' Then he said I should try and find a style that was uniquely my own."
It was advice that Whiting took to heart. Barely out of her mid-teens when Mercer and two partners formed Capitol Records in 1942, she became one of the new label's first signings. Her wartime recordings, her performances at USO concerts and her appealing, girl-I-left-behind charm established her as a favorite of young men in the armed forces.
Her first hit song, Mercer and Arlen's "That Old Black Magic," was recorded with the Freddie Slack Orchestra a week after Whiting's 18th birthday. A year later, she recorded her late father's "My Ideal," written in 1930. A string of her hits — "It Might as Well Be Spring," "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "Guilty" among them — followed, resulting in more than a dozen records that sold more than a million copies each.
But what was to become one of Whiting's signature songs, "Moonlight In Vermont," with the Billy Butterfield Orchestra, almost wasn't recorded, because, she said, "I've never been to Vermont." Nonetheless, in Whiting's hands, the song — with its unusual six-bar phrases and lack of rhymes — became a hit and an American songbook classic.
In the late 1940s, her maturing musical skills and expanding interests led Whiting into different stylistic genres. "Far Away Places," "Now Is the Hour" and "A Tree in the Meadow" continued her string of mainstream hits. But she also produced a series of duets with country singer Jimmy Wakely, with "Slippin' Around" crossing over into the wider pop audience.
Her successes — more than 700 songs recorded and a dozen gold records — reflected a natural ability, enhanced by her relationship with Mercer, to find material best suited to her interpretive style.
"I like to dramatize songs — to tell stories," she told the Chicago Tribune in 1985. "I look for a terrific lyric and a wonderful melody, the kind you hear once or twice and your ears go up."
Whiting stayed with Capitol until the mid-1950s, when she and her sister, Barbara, starred in the CBS TV comedy "Those Whiting Girls." Her recordings for Dot (in 1957) and Verve (1960) were largely eclipsed by the arrival of rock 'n' roll. But her last big hit, "The Wheel of Hurt," was released in 1966, after she returned to her old home at Capitol.
Her lifelong dedication to Mercer, who died in 1976, peaked when Whiting became the head of the Johnny Mercer Foundation in 1994. In 1997 she starred in "Dream," a Broadway revue based on Mercer's music.
And in the last decade, Whiting, still active and buoyant, told Mercer stories and sang his songs for entranced audiences across the country in "I Remember Johnny."
Evaluating her own performances at the time, she told The Times, "I started out as a person who was musical, singing songs the way I was told they should be sung. Now, I am singing as a woman who has been through the ultimate experience of living."
Whiting married four times. Her first husband was Hubbell Robinson, a CBS TV executive. Her second husband, Lou Busch, used the name Joe "Fingers" Carr in his persona as a ragtime pianist, and was the father of Whiting's daughter, Deborah, who survives her. In 1958, Whiting married John Richard Moore, a founder of Panavision. She married her last husband, gay porn star Jack Wrangler in 1994, after years of living together. Wrangler died in 2009.


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European Tour, Portugal Masters, Shane Lowery Wins October 16 2012
Shane Lowry /EuropeanTour Shane Lowry beat England's Ross Fisher by one shot at the Portugal Masters after a thrilling final day in Vilamoura and became another golfer to win his maiden tour event this year, as a professional. His previous victory on Tour earned him nothing because of his amateur status. Shane had a last round of -5 under par, 66 to finish with a winning tournament total of -14 under par, and a cheque for €375,000 in addition to the trophy. Shane said he was over the moon with his win; "I cannot believe this, I can't explain how I feel really. It's a dream come true, I'm over the moon. Everyone was referring to me as the fella who won the Irish Open as an amateur, but now I've won such a prestigious event I don't know what to say. It was like playing in Ireland, it was crazy, it was great. Ross Fisher, of England, had a short putt on the 18th to force a play-of, but the sad effort lipped out, leaving Shane victorious, and Ross one shot back on -13 under par, with a mediocre last round of -1 under par 70. Alone in third place, "Welcome Back Michael Campbell", Michael finished the tournament at -12 under par. The Kiwi was the 2005 US Open Champion, and then suddenly encountered a serious loss of form since he beat Tiger Woods at Pinehurst. Michael even fell outside the Official World Golf Ranking's top 1,300 at one point, and only two seasons ago had made just one cut in his 19 starts. This was Michael's best finish in four years, amazingly the last time he had four rounds in the 60's was nine years ago. Nice to see you in contention again Michael. Kiwi Michael Campbell/European tour


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Anna fought marrying Victor as intently as a plastic surgeon combats signs of aging. "I was a miserable person to get engaged to," she admits now. "I have to believe one of the worst. Ever. I had a million hang-ups about marriage and I loved this guy so much, but was really, really terrified of getting married and what that meant for me as a woman. At the same time, there was this driving force inside of me, this need to marry Victor. So basically, I was a nightmare."
In what Anna describes as a negotiation as intense as a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, the couple "chose to get married, together." On a warm September afternoon, nestled on the grounds of a Tuscan monastery Anna frequented with her family as a child, Victor pulled from his pocket a green garnet ring and wordlessly slipped it on Anna's finger. She said yes—and then she burst into tears. "I didn't stop crying for a week," Anna recalls. "But somehow, we knew we were going to do this thing, and that this was just some weird reaction I was having to the reality of it all. He's an extraordinary gentleman, that Victor. We ended up stronger for it, but I like to disclose this bizarre engagement moment because I think being engaged can often be an emotionally fraught and strange time in people's lives for a lot of reasons, and that's okay."
She continues, "But our proposal was also under a fig tree at a monastery in the middle of the countryside, and that day we had ridden bikes along rolling Tuscan hills and later Victor took a nap and I watched him sleep while I washed his shirt in the monastery sink. I mean, it was one of the most beautiful days of my life, and I had never been so sure I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this person."
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Club Quarters is a club-like hotel in the center of the Loop, Chicago's central business district. A short walk to Symphony Center, the Art Institute, Board of Trade, Willis Tower, Grant Park and the Riverfront, the Theatre District and Magnificent Mile.
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Most services are complimentary including WiFi throughout the hotel, bottled water, coffee, tea, and use of computers and printers. Additional hotel amenities include room service, laundry, fitness room, and 24-hour concierge services.
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Standard guestrooms are equipped with premium bedding, custom duvets, LCD TV, clock radios with iPod docking stations, coffee makers, and workstations with multimedia connectivity and ergonomic chairs, task lighting, cordless direct-dial telephones and data ports. Exercise equipment can be delivered to the room on request.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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This ten story Chicago hotel was built in 1885 and sits on the edge of the theater district, three blocks from the Sears Tower.
Amenities include a fitness center with cardiovascular machines and strength-training equipment. Guests also receive discounted passes to a nearby fitness facility. The hotel offers room service; complimentary use of laundry facilities (detergent must be purchased), and a 24-hour guest services desk.
Computers are available for use in the third-floor business center. Catering services and audiovisual equipment are on hand.
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Elephant and Castle - This casual, authentic English pub is known for its fish and chips, bangers, beans, and mash, as well as its burgers. Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.
Room service at Club Quarters is available. Several area restaurants deliver; their charges are added to room folios and meals are delivered to rooms by hotel staff.
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Besides the on-site fitness room with equipment including a treadmill and elliptical and weight-training machines, guests can use facilities three blocks away at Bally's Total Fitness, where discounted passes are available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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Kawasaki Ninja M 150 R is the latest variant of the Kawasaki Ninja 249 cc machine, tempting for users of motor racing. Motor racing has been a discussion since 2007 is manufactured in Thailand and entered Indonesia in the middle of 2008.
With a compression ratio of 1: 11.6, Kawasaki Ninja M 150 R is simply drain the bag because he drank fuel Pertamax plus class. Still, this is commensurate with his ability, the Ninja has a maximum power 11 000 revolutions per minute (rpm) and maximum torque of 9500 rpm.


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