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French architecture firm Hamonic+Masson & Associés has unveiled an intriguing residential tower concept located in the coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus. Named the Limassol Tower, the structure seeks to capture the beauty of the surrounding context by overlooking the breathtaking Mediterranean horizon. Most notably, however, the architects have introduced a unique proposal for an expressive structure and new type of residential design. Influenced by flower petals, each unit features a round, corolla-shaped platform containing a swimming pool or planted greenery.
The Limassol Tower design strategy creates a condition akin to independent islands. The "petals" or swimming pool balconies are simultaneously in direct connection with the interiors of the apartments, creating a unique and luxurious interior space. The system of corollas extends to the ground floor in the shape of brise soleil and paving, creating connections between the dwellings and the outdoor spaces. The landscaping surrounding the tower serves as an extension of the project's distinctive, sculptural aesthetic.
The total transparency of the building's façade ensures unobstructed sea views. A sliding door is the only element that separates the living space and balcony in each unit, serving to invite the outdoors within. Given the undoubtedly high cost of constructing such a building, the project faces an uphill battle move beyond the conce...
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Panoramic View of Toledo
Panoramic view of the medieval center of the city of Toledo, Spain. It features the Tejo river, the Cathedral and Alcázar of Toledo.
Windmills of La Mancha
Consuegra is a village in Castilla - La Mancha, Spain, where a group of traditional windmills can be found in perfect condition. Such ancient windmills are described by Cervantes in his book "Don Quixote".
The Sagrada Família
The Sagrada Familia is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. It is located in Barcelona, Spain.
Monfrague National Park
The Monfrague National Park is a beautiful place ideal for observing birds from central Spain. It is located in the region of Estremadura, Spain.
The Hanging Houses of Cuenca
The Hanging Houses of Cuenca, Spain, are located in the historic center of city, which was built on the edges of a cliff, creating a beautiful blend between buildings and nature.
Houses of Jerez
Typical houses in the Paquera square located in city of Jerez de la Fronteira, Andalusia, Spain.
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Town Hall of Valladolid, Spain. It is located in the Main Square (Plaza Mayor) of the city.
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The Alcazar of Toledo is a fortification build on top of the hill dating back to the 3rd century. Today it houses public departments and museums.
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Spanish windmill, like those described in Cervantes's Don Quixote book. It is located in the community of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain.
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The Cathedral de El Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain, is a gotic building from the XIII century. It is the main monument of the city.
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KITTERY, Maine — A professional genealogist from Utah has helped find the rightful heirs to a 1800s gold ring found buried in the sands of a local beach in what he is calling an "almost unheard of" turn of events.
The descendants live as far away as Virginia and North Carolina, but in a striking coincidence, they happen to be in New Hampshire this week for a family member's funeral.
Danny Hall, "The Gentleman Genealogist" from Salt Lake City, Utah, heard the "unique" story of the engraved ring, as told in recent stories in the Portsmouth Herald.
"I've never seen anything close to this before," said Hall, who specializes in solving family mysteries and reuniting relatives. "This is almost unheard of."
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Exercise 101: Lateral Raise Using Free Weights
Name of Exercise—Free weight lateral raise
Type of Exercise—Single-joint
Muscles Used—Shoulder
Starting Position
- Stand or sit up with your back straight and arms fully extended at your sides.
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing the sides of your thighs.
Upward Movement
- Raise your arms upward, keeping your palms facing the ground, until both arms are parallel to the floor.
- Pause for a moment before lowering.
Downward Movement
- Slowly lower the weights until your arms are by your sides again.
Trainer Tip
Do not lean back while performing the movement and remember to initiate the movement from your shoulders not your hands.
Repetitions, Sets, and Weight
The number of repetitions (reps) and sets you should do depends on your strength goals. In general, muscle strength works to increase basic function of the muscle and is the typical workout choice. Muscle endurance is important to people who participate in endurance activities such as running or biking, and muscle power is beneficial for athletes who need to use sudden quick movements (eg, sprinting, basketball, football). Beginners should begin with a basic routine and gradually move toward a strength, endurance, or power routine.
Beginner: 1 set of 8-10 reps
Muscle Strength: 1 to 3 sets of 5-8 reps
Muscle Endurance: 1 to 3 sets of 15-20 reps
Muscle Power: 1 to 3 sets of 3-5 reps
Use a weight that is heavy enough to perform the desired number of reps and sets for your skill level using good form. Once you are able to perform more reps and sets than is outlined in your category, try to increase the weight you lift by 5%-10%. Your strength goals may change as you progress.
Baechle TR, Earle RW. Essentials of Strength and Conditioning. 2nd Edition. Human Kinetics; 2000.
News and Publications. American College of Sports Medicine website. Available at: http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Brochures2&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8144. Accessed January 17, 2008.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Christopher Leone is a Professor of Psychology and has been awarded one of UNF's Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of North Florida, Professor Leone was an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota. He received both his masters and doctoral degree from the University of Georgia. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut. Since becoming a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Florida in 1986, Professor Leone has been the recipient of several awards and was runner up for UNF's Distinguished Professor Award.
As a faculty member at UNF, Professor Leone has made it a priority to provide whenever possible individualized instruction to students. In this regard, he has utilized unique learning opportunities at UNF (honors theses, supervised research) and mentored thirty five undergraduate Honors Theses in psychology. He has taught numerous undergraduate lecture, laboratory, and special topic courses including undergraduate seminars on the Psychology of Prejudice, Attitudes and Persuasion, and the Psychology of Self-Monitoring. Since coming to UNF, Professor Leone has also mentored thirty Masters Theses in psychology and has taught both lecture and research methods courses at the graduate level. Professor Leone was the recipient of UNF's first Mentor of the Year Award and of the Southeastern Psychological Association's Mentor of the Year Award.
Professor Leone's research has been focused on the theoretical as well as applied aspects of two phenomena: the processes of self-persuasion and the role of individual differences in close relationships. He has over one-hundred and fifty chapters in scholarly books, articles in peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at professional conferences. He has been invited to give several symposium presentations at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Psychological Association and the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists. He has been on different occasions the program chair and the site coordinator for the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists. Professor Leone's research has been funded through several federal and university grants. He has been a previous recipient of UNF's Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award.
Professor Leone has served his profession and the university in a variety of capacities. He was an Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality from 1994 through 2007. Prior to his appointment as an Associate Editor, he has been a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Personality from 1987 through 1993 and for Child Development from 1985 through 1989. Since receiving his doctoral degree, he has served as a reviewer for sixteen different journals in psychology including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He has served on numerous university, college and department committees including the university Tenure and Promotion Committee and the Institutional Review Board. Professor Leone has been a previous recipient of UNF's Outstanding Faculty Service Award.


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American Thinker | Bruce Walker | May 12, 2009
Sherman was right: War is Hell. The current war against the Judeo-Christian world waged by al-Qaida and other radical Moslems is no different. War is Hell and Hell is full of torments. Our role, as children of a Loving God, is to make that Hell and those torments as quick, as slight, and as limited as possible. But it is not our power to end pain, to make peace, or to stop torture.
We cannot stop a Holocaust without inflicting pain. We cannot end the Gulag without hurting people. We cannot free slaves without the horror of civil war. We can be silent, passive, and helpless in the face of evil, and, perhaps, survive. But we cannot stop evil without fighting evil, and that battle cannot be conducted without hurting people.
There have been many hypothetical questions raised about the conduct of great democratic leaders in wars against past evils. Was Truman a "war criminal' for dropping two fission bombs on Japanese cities? Did Churchill authorize severe methods to extract information from German soldiers? All of this rather misses the point.
Churchill authorized the fire-bombing of Dresden, which resulted in the burning to death of many tens of thousands of innocent German women, children, and old people. Truman authorized the slow starvation of Japan by submarine blockade. The victims of these actions were more innocent than al-Qaida operatives, the pain they endured was much greater than water boarding, and the number who suffered was incomparably greater than the handful interrogated by American intelligence forces.
Who, in war, is not a war criminal? George McGovern dropped heavy bomb loads on innocent Europeans. Jimmy Carter by duty was perfectly prepared, if the order had come, to incinerate many millions of innocent Soviet citizens as a naval officer on nuclear submarines. Clinton ordered the bombing of Serbia, which tormented many innocent Serbs, and Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan, who will use bullets and bombs and Predators to inflict much more pain on our enemies than they ever endued in American military custody.
In the struggle between good and evil in this life, evil will use violence to force good men to use violence as well. The critical questions are not whether this violence constitutes something which decent, sane men would consider as "torture." It does. War itself is torture. Men in combat suffer in ways which make water boarding look like a roller coaster ride in a theme park. War maims, burns, starves, cripples, traumatizes, humiliates, and destroys.
We pretend that there are rules in war, but that is all we do "pretend." Decent, sane people, forced into war, can only make their own rules. These rules are fairly straightforward and easy to understand.
Inflict the pain on the guilty as much as possible and on the innocent as little as possible. America does this better than any nation in the history of the world. Desert Storm in 1991 was the first example of "smart weapons," the much-maligned "gold-plating" of American weaponry. Since then our forces have used such precision in combat that even when our own troops lives are in jeopardy, we have tools and technologies which allow us to almost surgically take out the bad guys. This, of course, is just what our interrogation was intended to do.
Nazis, Soviets, or Japanese imperialists did not treat gently those who held vital war information or those who might fight them when they interrogated. Instead they used savage violence with a broad brush. They slaughtered the general population of villages until information was provided. They, and radical Moslem enemies as well, do not care about who is innocent, who is a combatant, or who has crucial information.
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MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – The One and Only Local10 News' latest Make a Difference project took two years to complete.
In 2012, The One and Only Local 10 News Reporter Glenna Milberg worked on a story about the desolated land listed as Gratigny Plateau Park.
In the forgotten Pinewood neighborhood, three undeveloped properties near Northwest 8th Avenue and 117th Street were part of the Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreations inventory. Records showed the former property owners deeded the land asking that it be turned into a public park.
Milberg learned that lack of funding and resources prevented the development.
Despite regular maintenance, the lots were magnets for parked cars, garbage and dangerous pieces of broken glass.
"We're following the course with the money we've been given to spend," said Miami-Dade County Parks Director Jack Kardys in 2012. "If we find money through impact fees or something, we will certainly invest in parks like this."
Kardys spoke with Local10 News after an event at Fairchild Tropical Gardens, one of the county's crown jewels of a park that is largely sustained through engaged, private donors and volunteers.
Local10 News spearheaded that same spirit by harnessing resources to develop Gratigny Plateau Park with direction from the community.
"Bravo! That's nice," said resident Michelle Chenet. "I'd like to see playground, swings and slides."
The public-private partnership included dozens of South Florida companies and volunteers. Miami-Dade County officials worked with the donors to overcome obstacles. The One and Only Local 10 News Special Projects Producer Mayte Padron coordinated the effort with Miller Construction.
The vision of a flower-shaped path bloomed August 6. After two years of hard work, Chenet and other residents were able to explore the park when it opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
"The children are happy. The residents are ecstatic ... It's going to be wonderful for this community for generations to come," Padron said.
The One and Only Local 10 News President Bert Medina, who grew up in Miami-Dade, was at the ribbon cutting ceremony. Medina encouraged the Local 10 News team to contribute to the Make a Difference park project.
The project gave Local 10 News "a great opportunity to give back to our community ... This is a fantastic thing to do," Medina said. "When you see the kids in the park, when you see the families come out here, it has made the last two years all real worth it."
SPECIAL SECTION: Complete coverage of Gratigny Plateau Park


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Radio Listening Software
Radio Listening Software:
There are a number of Radio devices, in particular those TV tuner devices which also contain a radio receiver/tuner, for which V4L directly supports. The following list of software applications allow one to control a radio tuner.
Radio Applications
Gnomeradio and kradio, the most fully featured applications, are not yet available in all distributions and need to be compiled first. Some of the older applications are mature and readily available, but no longer actively developed.
- fftv [1]
- fmtools
- gkrellm-radio -- minimalistic gkrellm plugin to control radio tuners
- gnomeradio -- for Gnome, capable of recording
- GNU Radio -- the GNU software radio, testing phase; cf. wiki
- gradio -- in Debian, but not currently active
- ivtv-radio [2] -- part of the ivtv-utils package
- KRadio for KDE
- MPlayer -- media player for Linux. See link for radio usage information
- radio -- a n-curses-based radio application (part of the xawtv package)
- radioshark -- application to control the griffin radioshark
- XDRadio --- XDialog wrapper for radio listening
- xfce4-radio-plugin -- plugin for the Xfce panel
- xmms-fmradio -- plugin for XMMS, last version autumn 2004, Debian and Red Hat packages
Also See
- For devices capable of receiving RDS information, see the associated userspace applications.
- dvbradio (part of the v4 xawtv package) as an example of a specific application for listening to radio streams embedded within dvb transport streams
User experiences
If you're a user, post your installation and user experiences here!
Clearly a more sophisticated application. There's only a debian package for i386, so I'll need to build from the tarball. Since I'm mainly interested in remote recording, I'll try fmtools and radio first.
I tried gradio on Debian amd64, as it's available; it's very basic. If you don't have the card on /dev/radio, start with
gradio -d /dev/radio2
No recording capability, stable gui, minimal functionality -- tuner and volume. I had to hand-edit the .gradiorc configuration file to get station presets; I may have missed some way of doing this through the gui.


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Herstatt Bank went bust in 1974. I was at primary school so I don't remember. It's a famous bank bust because it gave its name to time zone risk usually referred to as Herstatt risk.
The problem was that Herstatt received irrevocable payments of Deutsch Marks in the German time zone against a delivery of US Dollars in
The German failure triggered losses around the world.
Well what comes around goes around. It appears that KfW – a German government owned lender – transferred Euro 300 million to Lehman on the day of its bankruptcy.
It was very kind of the German taxpayer to contribute so much for the benefit of Lehman creditors! Far more than the US taxpayer did...
34 years is a long time for pay-back. But pay-back came.
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Friday rained out
Friday's game between the Buffalo Bisons and the Toledo Mud Hens at Coca-Cola Field has been postponed due to rain.
The teams will make up the game as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, July 18 (Game 1: 5:35 p.m.). Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. The teams will play two, seven-inning games that day.
The Bisons Family Camp Out scheduled for Friday night has been postponed until Friday, August 14 (7:35 p.m. game). For more information on the Camp Out, fans can call (716) 846-2018.
Fans holding tickets to Friday's game can exchange them for a comparable ticket to any future 2009 Bisons games (excluding special events). All ticket exchanges must be made at the Coca-Cola Field box office. Please note that these exchanges do not have to be made on Friday, July 17. Fans with tickets can exchange them throughout the remainder of the 2009 season.
For more information regarding the exchange policy, fans can contact the Bisons at THE-HERD (843-4373).


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Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation.
Videos showed people shattering glass doors at stores and hauling out everything from mattresses and mobile phones to prams and beer.
The death toll from the chaotic outbursts climbed to five as officers rallied outside negotiating sessions, citizens huddled inside their homes and businesses, and federal troops deployed to trouble spots.
The trouble spread to at least 19 of Argentina's 23 provinces, and most commerce shut down in many cities just ahead of the December holidays, when Argentina's simmering social conflicts have a history of exploding in the summer heat.
President Cristina Fernandez's cabinet chief, Jorge Capitanich, described the crimes as premeditated acts by groups that wanted to generate chaos and anxiety on the eve of Tuesday's 30th anniversary of Argentina's return to democracy.
"In some ways, this amounts to the crime of treason," Mr Capitanich told reporters. He said the national government was in continual contact with Argentina's provincial leaders and that any salary dispute must be resolved through negotiation, not extortion.
The government has sent federal police, border patrol officers and other security forces to hot spots where people have armed themselves in fear of mobs. Prosecutors were put on alert to build criminal cases against looters, and justice minister Julio Alak warned that people co-ordinating violence through social networks would be charged.
Looting first broke out in Cordoba province last week, damaging hundreds of businesses and leaving two dead and more than 100 people injured before the governor and police reached a deal that effectively doubled police salaries to 12,000 pesos (about £1,170) a month.
The national government initially blamed the phenomenon on Cordoba's governor, a political rival of Ms Fernandez. But by yesterday, it was clear that even close presidential allies were struggling as police earning base salaries of less than 6,000 pesos (£585) a month staged copycat strikes across Argentina.
A third victim died when his supermarket was set on fire as he defended it from a mob in Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires province, where Fernandez loyalist governor Daniel Scioli appealed for calm. The fourth and fifth victims were young men who were inside stores being looted in Entre Rios and Jujuy provinces.
Mr Scioli's leadership was tested again yesterday after a dozen more stores were looted in Mar del Plata and hundreds of police gathered in a central square, rejecting his offer to raise entry-level salaries to what he called a "fair and reasonable" 8,570 pesos (£835) a month. Those officers were holding out for 12,500 as a base salary. Most others returned to work, the provincial government said.
With consumer prices rising at more than 25% a year, other public employees are watching closely.
Rio Negro's governor settled his province's 21-hour police strike by raising base salaries to 8,500 pesos, only to see health workers walk off the job demanding their own raises. Their union said many public hospitals around the country are seeing similar demands.
Tuesday marks 30 years since the swearing in of president Raul Alfonsin ended Argentina's 1976-83 dictatorship. A huge stage has been constructed in front of the government palace and all political parties invited to celebrate the anniversary together.
But the late president's son, legislator Ricardo Alfonsin, said they should probably postpone the show, "given what's happening in the country".
"I wonder if it wouldn't be healthier to take advantage of this formal act of memory and have the government and all political sectors commit together to defend the democracy and its institutions and work without speculations to ensure domestic peace," he said.


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text: Adriana Michelle, Vlogger with AMB Magazine and the former "Miss La Latina Los Angeles," recently purchased a Grip Dat and gave us a great review. To our surprise she posted a selfie with celebrity chef, Giada De Laurentiis. Adriana says "As a gadget geek myself, I am obsessed with Grip Dat! I take it everywhere with me." And that's what she did. She interviewed Chef De Laurentiis at the famous Gilroy Garlic Festival in California. In the stellar review Adriana wrote on Grip Dat she states, "I ran into Food Network celebrity chef, Giada De Laurentiis, at an event where I was vlogging with my phone and Grip Dat. I took a selfie with her and afterward, she looked at my Grip Dat and said, 'Wow! That is so cool!'" See the interview at AMB Magazine.


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For May our employee pet profile will look at Ozzie, the most handsome and healthy white German Shepherd!
Ozzie lives with Sarah in customer care at Only Natural pet Store. For those of you who have spoken to Sarah, you know she is amazingly knowledgeable about natural diets for dogs. Lucky Ozzie has been benefiting from Sarah's care his whole life!
Employee First Name : Sarah
Pet's Name : Ozzie
Breed : White German Shepherd
Oz's favorite food: Primal Pet Foods Raw Dog Food – duck
Favorite Treat: BonesGalore Lamb Puffs
Favorite Toy: Planet Dog Orbee-Tuff Ball
When our two dogs, Frith* and Tasha, were 12 years old, my husband decided he wanted another puppy. I had my doubts, as I thought they might feel annoyed by a new addition. What actually took place was just the opposite. Both dogs welcomed the new puppy and they become a very close-knit family. I think having Ozzie around helped keep our older dogs active and engaged.
We were living on two acres in the foothills of Boulder County at the time. All three dogs would run together, making a huge circle around the property, and when Ozzie couldn't keep up with the big dogs, he would grab Frith's tail as they swung around the garden fence, Ozzie banking out to the side as he hung on. I could hardly believe that Frith would put up with it! Once Oz grew, he could outrun both older dogs with ease, of course.
My favorite story about Ozzie, though – When Tasha turned 14, and then 15, her eyesight began to dim. She still played squeaky ball every day in our yard. But when the squeaky would roll into the shade, she would not be able to track its location. That's when Ozzie would show her where it went by jumping on the toy with his front paws. He and Tasha had a very special relationship based on adoration and leadership.
Frith passed away at age 15, and six months later, Tasha made the transition at age 16. It was a very sad time for all of us. Ozzie and I would often lie on Tasha's blanket together, sharing our sadness. He's a wonderful, very sensitive dog who we feel privileged to have in our lives.
Ozzie is now eight, almost 9 years old. Very active and robust, he is on an all-raw diet. He gets a rotation of duck, venison, chicken and beef from Primal, Stella & Chewey's, Nature's Variety and Raw Advantage. The supplements he gets each day: Only Natural Pet Super Daily Greens, Only Natural Pet Get Up & Go, Only Natural Pet Lubri-Herb Herbal Formula, In Clover OptaGest Digestive Aid, Halo VitaGlo Xtra-C Vitamin C Powder, and Ultra Oil Skin & Coat Supplement with Hempseed Oil.
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DIDIER DROGBA is relishing the chance to have another crack at the Champions League after sealing a return to Europe with Galatasaray.
The former Chelsea striker last night agreed to join the Turkish giants from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua on an 18-month deal.
His representatives revealed on Twitter that the Ivory Coast international would join up with his new side following the African Nations Cup and Gala confirmed the deal on their official website.
Drogba memorably converted the winning penalty in the final shootout against Bayern Munich to win the Champions League for Chelsea for the first time last season. It turned out to be his last kick for the London club.
Explaining the reasons behind his move to Turkey, Drogba said through his representatives on Twitter: "The opportunity to play for this great club was an offer that I could not turn down. I am looking forward to playing in the Champions League again, against the best clubs in Europe."
An emotional reunion with Chelsea is not possible, though, after the holders crashed out of the competition in the group stage.
Drogba's capture is the second marquee signing within a week for Gala, coming hot on the heels of the arrival last week of Holland midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan.
Drogba's move to Turkey brings to an end a six-month stint in China.
The 34-year-old joined Shanghai last June, penning a two-and-a-half year deal reportedly worth £200,000 a week, but was repeatedly linked with a move back to Europe in recent months.
Last month Drogba returned to train with Chelsea during the Chinese off-season in preparation for the African Nations Cup.
FIFA rejected a special request from the striker for him to join a club on loan outside the January transfer window.
Despite his protests to the contrary, reports persisted that Drogba's move to China had not worked out and he has now left the Far East to return to Europe.
Gala are five points clear at the top of the Super Lig standings and are through to the last 16 of the Champions League, where they face Schalke.


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Bears All-Pro linebacker Brian Urlacher opened the new year with an MCL sprain, though his reaction was so terrifying teammates fell to their knees in prayer. From DeKalb's Daily Chronicle:
[W]hen Urlacher screamed in pain and crumpled to the turf in the fourth quarter of the Bears' 17-13 win against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, his teammates on the field knew that something was seriously wrong.
"I just took a knee and started praying," Bears safety Major Wright said.
The video looks more painful from a "men are not supposed to be able to do the splits" perspective at first glance, though you can see his left knee buckle from one angle. After all that, it turns out he might be back for the Pro Bowl. [Fox]


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The name Black Panther, conjuring up speed and power allied to velvety sleekness, has been a winner for Mapex over the past decade. Now Mapex has given the entire range an overhaul with 14 brand new models. You can read every Black Panther snare drum review here.
Each drum has either single-ended shield-design cast lugs, or elegantly sculpted twin-point mounted tube lugs. The patented 'Sonic Saver' hoops lie between flanged and die-cast hoops. Recalling the classic Slingerland 'Stick Saver' concept, the top lip of each pressed stainless steel hoop bends over and in, not out as on standard hoops.
Read more: Toontrack Drums of Destruction EZX
The handsome throw-off is a smoothly operating pull-away lever with adjustable strainers at both ends. Micro lock knobs click silently as you turn them for sensitive adjustment of the stainless steel wires. There are several new bearing edge profiles, and capping it all a new die-cast, chrome-plated Black Panther badge.
You can watch a video overview of the new range with Craig Blundell and Steve White below. Scroll down for the full review.
Black Panther Stinger
The smallest of the collection at 10"x5 1/2", the Stinger has just 12 single-ended lugs and comes with a tom-style mounting bracket for suspension from a stand. The highly polished chrome shell is 1mm steel and the whole drum is surprisingly heavy.
The strainer and butt end on all the new Panthers have 45-degree clamps for stringing the snares, making sure the wires are pulled tight against the bottom head.
Hands on
Stinger is quite a clever title for this little drum. The combination of small size and steel shell means you can expect piercing rim shots which loosen the ear wax. It can slice your head off at high tunings, but it works all the way from medium slack to as high as you want.
Although there's quite a marked depth-to-diameter ratio, the drum doesn't have that much body. Rim shots can sound more like a slap, a biting click - and the drum's obviously suited to all post-jungle/drum'n'bass beats, not to mention street samba-like crush rolls.
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Teams of bird watchers hoping to spot a rare cerulean warbler or northern goshawk will fan out across central Pennsylvania on May 3-4 for Shaver's Creek Environmental Center's annual Birding Cup. The same weekend, Shaver's Creek will also host a festival promoting native Pennsylvania plants.
Birding Cup
At least 100 people on more than 20 teams will compete in this year's 16th annual Birding Cup, which awards prizes for the most bird species spotted in a 24-hour period. Last year's winning team identified 136 species. The competition lasts from 7 p.m. May 3 until 7 p.m. May 4. Competitors will stay up long after dark searching for owls, cuckoos and other night songsters, and will be back on the prowl well before dawn, said Joshua Potter, Shaver's Creek marketing information coordinator.
The annual competition is a fundraiser for the environmental center. This year's fundraising goal is $12,000, and will go toward creation of a bird- and visitor-friendly "aerie garden" at the center.
Competitors from up and down the East Coast will compete for several awards including the Birding Cup, which recognizes the team that identifies the most species anywhere in Huntingdon, Centre and adjoining counties. Teams will also compete for the Birding Boot, for the team that spots the most species while traveling without using motorized vehicles; the County Cup, for the team that finds the most species in just one county; and the Potter Mug, for the best novice team.
More information on the Birding Cup is available here.
Native Plant Festival
The same weekend, Shaver's Creek will host the third annual Central Pennsylvania Native Plant Festival and Sale, where visitors can enjoy programs about plants, gardening and birds of prey, and purchase native plants and local food from vendors. A portion of the proceeds go to Shaver's Creek.
Holding the Plant Festival and Birding Cup on the same weekend is "a nice way to highlight the interrelationships between migrating birds and native plant species," Potter said.
Featured talks and walks include creating a butterfly habitat, managing native and non-native plants, and the connection between native plant gardening and birds. State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham will share tips for gardening with her favorite native plants at 12:30 p.m.
The plant festival is free and open to the public, and runs from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. May 4.
More information on the Native Plant Festival is available here.


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BOSTON, MA —Emerson College announced today that Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer of the hit television series Friends Kevin Bright will be the Senior Executive Director and Founding Director for its new Los Angeles Center, currently under construction on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and slated to open in January 2014. Bright will step down from the Emerson Board of Trustees, of which he has been a member of since 2003.
"Launching this ambitious endeavor in Los Angeles will be no small task," said Emerson President Lee Pelton. "Success will take creativity, collaboration, countless conversations with leaders in the community, the industry, and the academy. It will also take boundless energy. In Kevin, we've found all of those qualities, and I am very much looking forward to working with him and his team on this new endeavor," Pelton said.
"Emerson is already influential and well-known in Los Angeles," Kevin Bright said. "The College's ability to make positive contributions to the industry, to the Hollywood community, and to the city of L.A. will now be limited only by our imaginations. I greatly look forward to helping turn these dreams into reality," he said.
Bright's appointment marks the first step toward building a Los Angeles Center executive team that will work with the Emerson community, especially the Boston-based faculty, to create dynamic new programs that will take full advantage of the many opportunities that Emerson's expanded presence in L.A. will provide. The team will include the current L.A. Program Executive Director Jim Lane, a Founding Academic Dean, a Director of L.A. Graduate and Professional Studies, and several other key professionals. The search for the Founding Academic Dean will be the College's priority in the weeks and months ahead.
In his new role, Bright will seek to form partnerships with industry leaders to develop programmatic ideas and mentorship opportunities. He will also engage Emerson's academic leadership in cultivating the L.A.-based courses that have already been proposed and help develop new ideas based on his knowledge of the entertainment industry. He will work in partnership with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations to energize Emerson's influential and vibrant alumni network, which includes more than 3,500 individuals in Southern California, to benefit the Center, current students, and one another. Finally, Bright will play a critical role in producing the Center's 2014 opening.
Emerson's new Los Angeles Center will significantly expand the College's current program of professional internships at television and film studios, music companies, media outlets, marketing agencies, and related enterprises. The internship program, now in its 27th year, enrolls 100-110 students, mostly seniors, per semester. More than 4,300 students have participated in the L.A. Program, gaining knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue their chosen crafts before launching their post-graduate lives and careers.
The Los Angeles Center will enhance and expand the internship program by creating a permanent home for Emerson College in Los Angeles—building on the College's commitment to teaching excellence, innovation, interdisciplinary, and project-based, experiential learning. Emerson will be able to expand its programmatic offerings substantially. For example, new programs will be created to attract graduate students, mid-career professionals, and industry executives from around the world.
Bright graduated from Emerson College in 1976 and received an honorary degree in 2011. He has served on Emerson's Board of Trustees and on the L.A. Advisory Group. In 2006, he was named executive artist-in-residence; in this role, he has taught a variety of courses on television production.
In addition to his teaching, Bright has been a faculty advisor to the EVVY Awards for the last eight years. Modeled after professional shows such as the Emmy Awards and Academy Awards, the EVVYs have become the largest student-produced, multi-camera, live event in the nation. The EVVY Awards recently gained national recognition when it was honored at the 2013 College Television Awards. It has also received a first place award at the National Association of College Broadcasters awards and two Telly Awards. The 32nd Annual EVVY Awards will take place on Friday, May 10 in the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston and are already sold out.
At Emerson, Kevin created and led a highly successful program that introduced Boston public school students to television and film production, fields that they would most likely never have considered without his involvement. He taught them the fundamentals of television production, from operating audio and video equipment to writing, producing, and directing. The goal of the program was to begin to build a pipeline through which a more diverse student population would begin to consider careers in television and film production. Many of the students came from economically disadvantaged families that did not cameras.
Bright has been a generous benefactor to Emerson, including establishing the Bright Family Screening Room in the College's Paramount Center. Bright also volunteers at Perkins School for the Blind, where he has developed a method of teaching film production to students who are visually impaired.
Early in his career, he produced the Cable ACE Award-winning series The History of White People in America, as well as HBO specials starring Robin Williams, Harry Shearer, and Paul Shaffer. In 1989, he received his first Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series as supervising producer on Fox's In Living Color. In 1992, Bright won a Cable ACE Award for Best Comedy Series as executive producer of Dream On.
Bright is one of the original executive producers behind the hit NBC series Friends (1994–2004), for which, in addition to his work as producer, he directed more than 50 episodes, including the season finale each year. Friends received the 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series as well as winning the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Series for 10 consecutive years.
About Emerson in College Los Angeles
Emerson College, the world's premier center for the study and practice of communication and the arts, was the first East Coast college to establish a residential study and internship program in Los Angeles in the 1980s. While Emerson has had a strong presence in Los Angeles, its permanent Hollywood facility, to be completed in Spring 2014, represents a significant commitment to the city and the entertainment industry. More than 4,300 Emerson students have already participated in internships at renowned film studios, media outlets, marketing agencies and related enterprises in L.A., which is also home to more than 3,500 successful Emerson alumni.
Construction began on the LEED-certified facility, located at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gordon Street, in December 2011 and is being designed by internationally renowned architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects. For more information on Emerson College in Los Angeles, visit www.emerson.edu.
About Emerson College
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city's Theatre District, Emerson is the only four-year private college in the United States devoted to teaching communication and the arts in a liberal arts context. The College has 3,660 undergraduates and 829 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 60 student organizations and performance groups, 14 NCAA teams, student publications, honor societies, television stations including the Emerson Channel, and WERS-FM, the nation's highest rated student-run radio station. Emerson is internationally known for its study and internship programs in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., the Netherlands, China, and the Czech Republic. For more information, visit www.emerson.edu.


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Wishing everyone Happy Easter! For the next fifty days!
Catholic woman discerning a religious vocation
One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the LORD'S house all the days of my life, To gaze on the LORD'S beauty, to visit his temple. (Ps 27:4)
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Suffolk ends 2012 with $155.5M deficit
Suffolk County ended 2012 with a deficit of $155.5 million, far deeper in the hole than when County Executive Steve Bellone took office.
However, Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said the county this year has borrowed $37 million to fund a correction officers arbitration award that was on the books last year, and will sell a $19.25-million parcel in Yaphank. That will make for an "adjusted" 2012 deficit of $99.2 million, when combined with the $59.6-million gap left over from 2011, Sawicki said.
It is the first time in more than two decades that Suffolk has had two consecutive deficits. The county ran deficits from 1989 to 1992, hitting a high of $99.3 million in 1991.
Deputy County Executive Jon Schneider noted that Bellone, who took office in January 2012, inherited a $60-million budget gap from 2011.
"What we inherited was a $60-million deficit and a budget that had more holes than Swiss cheese," Schneider said.
He noted the administration has cut 700 jobs and created a new traffic bureau to increase revenues, and a police contract settlement saved $40 million in retroactive raises.
"We've done a lot of things to get the budget in balance, but there is a major structural issue to deal with, and we still have a lot of work to do," Schneider said.
But Presiding Officer William Lindsay (D-Holbrook) called the 2012 results "very disappointing."
"We've made all these changes -- laid off people, sold assets -- and it doesn't seem to help," Lindsay said.
Legis. John M. Kennedy Jr. (R-Nesconset), minority leader, urged lawmakers to back his resolution to cut spending by 15 percent. Bellone aides have said such a step would shut down government.
"It's time for us to get serious," Kennedy said. "Almost a half-year has come and gone, and it seems like behavior has not changed."
In the 2013 operating budget, Bellone and the Suffolk Legislature had projected a $63.2-million deficit at the end of 2012.
Nassau Comptroller George Maragos has not yet released his county's year-end numbers.
The largest part of the deficit is a $15-million shortfall in property tax collections. Sales taxes came in $9 million below budget estimates.
Sawicki labeled the land sale and correction officers arbitration award as "material timing differences" that affected deficit numbers under accounting rules. He said Suffolk already has issued five-year bond anticipation notes to fund the mandated pay increases for correction officers. Sale of Yaphank land to Brookhaven Rail Terminal has been delayed by a lawsuit brought by local civic leaders, he said.
The comptroller's year-end numbers are a compilation of all costs and expenses connected with the 2012 budget. The accounting firm of Ernst and Young will audit the numbers and produce an official county financial statement by mid-June.
The comptroller's preliminary numbers will be included in the county's bond prospectus for $62 million in borrowing for capital projects in June. County officials also will appear next week before Wall Street rating agencies, which have expressed growing concerns about county finances. Sawicki predicted that deliberations on the 2014 budget will be "very tough," and said Bellone and lawmakers must close the hole by next year. "Everyone has to come together to make difficult decisions in the past, and I'm sure they will do it again," Sawicki said.


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A bouncing spring mobile in the shape of a brightly coloured Dog.
This animal measures approx 22cm in length, the spring extends from approx 35-90cm and has a convenient hanging ring at the top.
Ideal for bedrooms or nurseries, the easy movement and bright colours keep the attention.
This springy mobile is to be hung from a child's bedroom ceiling and gently bounced by an adult for distraction at nappy change time etc.
Please note that these are not toys, and are intended for visual stimulation / distraction, so must be hung out of reach.
Colour shades may differ slightly from those pictured.
All UK orders will be sent by First Class post or Special Delivery as required.
Overseas orders will be shipped by Airmail post or Tracked Priority courier.
All orders are protected by the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days of receiving the item(s).
All return requests must be received by us within this 14 day period, you are responsible for ensuring that the items are returned to us in the same condition that they were received.
Unless goods are faulty return postage costs are payable by the buyer.
If goods are received faulty, damaged or broken then we will do one of the following:-
1. Refund your order in full once the damaged goods have been returned to us, or
2. Send out a replacement item, request that the goods are returned to us and upon receipt a refund of the return postage will be made


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Yakuza Restoration announced
Sega has made its "surprise" Yakuza series announcement, and to absolutely nobody's surprise, it is a new Yakuza game. Amazing!
Siliconera reports the new game is called Yakuza Ishin, which translates as Yakuza Restoration. More details are expected in Famitsu this week, but for the moment all that is known is that it stars a character called Ryoma Sakamoto.
The subtitle and promotional artwork below suggest it may be set during the Meiji Restoration of the 1800's, although Wiki informs me the Kenmu Restoration of the 1300's is also a (less likely) candidate.
As for platforms, Yakuza has always been a PlayStation exclusive (up until the recent Wii U re-releases, which haven't gone down very well); but whether we'll see a PS4 release this time around is a matter for speculation.


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Workers in the oil and gas extraction industries are seven times more likely to die on the job than the average American worker, according to a recent government report.
Workers in the oil and gas extraction industries are seven times more likely to die on the job than the average American worker, according to a recent government report.
The most deadly activity involved transportation to and from the oilfield, and that was mainly through helicopters, the report said.
The study was compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from 2003 to 2010.
In that period, there were 128 deaths related to onshore and offshore oilfields. The fatality rate for oilfield jobs was 27.1 per 100,000 workers while the fatality rate for all other jobs was about three in 100,000 workers.
"Despite a 63 percent decrease in the number of active offshore drilling rigs during 2003–2010, the number of annual fatalities during offshore operations remained stable, resulting in a statistically significant increase in the number of fatalities per rig rate," the study found.
All but one fatality during this period occurred in Gulf of Mexico operations, and all the deaths were of men.
The 2010 flaming explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the 11 lives lost has been the most publicized deadly accident the industry has seen, but transportation to and from the oilfield accounted for a majority of the fatalities.
Three out of four fatalities — 49 total — involved helicopters that are the primary vehicle used to transport workers to and from offshore rigs.
About 12 percent of the transportation fatalities involved a watercraft.
There were 17 helicopter crashes during the period studied. Mechanical failure accounted for five crashes, and bad weather accounted for three crashes.
In five of the crashes, the helicopter's occupants were said to have survived impact but drowned, the report states.
The report notes the Federal Aviation Administration has partnered with the oil and gas industry to more accurately monitor weather and flight paths. Since, 2009 when these reforms were implemented in the Gulf, there have been no-weather related fatal crashes during oil and gas operations through the end of 2012.
"It is safer. I know what these (pilots) have to train thorough now," said Joe Wheeler, manager of the South Lafourche Airport in Galliano.
Wheeler said he can see how the thousands of helicopter flights through the sky at 150 mph could result in more deaths than stationary work on a platform but added he wouldn't hesitate getting on a helicopter.
In 2011, the Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference reported more than 2.2 million passengers carried offshore. The conference statistics come from 14 participating operators and are not said to be all inclusive.
Terrebonne and Lafourche see tens of thousands of flights bound for offshore oil rigs leave their airspace each year. Dozens of helicopters carrying riggers, engineers, contractors and other workers lift off from area airports each day.
Of the South Lafourche Airport's 20,000 operations each year, Wheeler estimated 70 percent are servicing the oilfield.
Of the 88,000 operations each year at the Houma-Terrebonne Airport, about 72 percent are for offshore service, airport Executive Director David Slayter said.
Helicopter companies also have a large footprint on Terrebonne's tax roll. PHI, a Lafayette-based chopper company, is the parish's second-largest taxpayer with $2.6 million in property taxes last year on its fleet of offshore service helicopters based in the parish.


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In the days when I lived in England and drove to Germany through France and Belgium, we used to joke that if you blinked while driving quickly, you would miss Belgium. Luxembourg is even smaller than Belgium, so you really do have to watch that you don't blink while driving quickly through it.
The upside is that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has enlightened planning authorities. Thus, avant-garde houses like the one in Remich that I thought would make a suitable backdrop for Kelleners Sport's maverick BMW 1 Series M conversion, are as much the rule as the exception here.
In the old days, the journey to the German-Luxembourg border from Kelleners Sport's former HQ in Dinslaken in Germany's dreary Ruhr industrial region would have been a fair trek. But today it took just 20 minutes. The reason for this is that in 2010, Kelleners Sport came under the same ownership as Mercedes tuner Carlsson, and moved their whole operation—lock stock and barrel—to Merzig.
In the heart of the sunny, wine-growing region of Germany that borders France and Luxembourg, Merzig has some superb driving cross-country roads as well as the customary unrestricted stretches of autobahn. This is the perfect neck of the woods to make and drive fast cars.
BMW's manual-only 1 Series M is a regular pocket rocket out of the box. On paper, its power-to-weight ratio is only slightly down from that of the M3. However, the entry-level M car is lighter overall, and its twin-turbocharged straight-six is more torque rich than the naturally aspirated V8. Its greater mid-range urge means that in the real world away from stopwatches and dragstrips, a skilful 1 Series M driver can embarrass an M3 jockey who is not paying attention to his potential predicament.
The Kelleners Sport conversion ramps the power up to 410 hp and 407 lb-ft of torque. With an extra 70 hp and 75 lb-ft of torque on top of the factory output, the Kelleners Sport KS1-S will effortlessly drive away from an M3 in a straight line. In fact, the tweaked motor has so much mid-range thrust that it also poses a serious threat to junior league supercar pilots whose mounts wear the prancing horses of Modena and Stuttgart. This is a real stealth machine for reasonable money.
In percentage terms, this is a 20 percent increase in power and 22.2 percent increase in torque, a modest increase that is well within the capability of the stock drivetrain to handle. Significantly, this Stage 1 upgrade makes more of a difference to the way the car drives than the numbers would lead you to believe.
Being turbocharged, the stock motor with its single throttle body and plenum induction system does not respond as sharply to a demand for action as the naturally aspirated M3 power unit with its single throttle-per-cylinder setup. And no thanks to stringent drive-by noise regulations in countries like Switzerland and Germany, the ear candy production potential of the factory exhaust is also seriously restricted. Since enthusiasts hold that the way an engine responds and sounds makes up half the character of a sporting car, these are serious problems.
On a quiet stretch of suburban road, I got my first indication of what I was in store for when I was able to extend the car in Second gear. Oh my God!
The changes wrought by the Kelleners Sport conversion on both fronts makes a remarkable difference to the way the car drives and sounds. To wit, they transform it from a fast but clinically efficient driving machine into one that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up every time you use the throttle's full travel.
All of today's electronic management controlled engines are dialed back from their full potential by anything from 20 to 50 percent. This is done partially to retain headroom for future upgrades as well as to safeguard the motor from poor fuel quality and thermal stress in hot climates.
Tuners can take advantage of this built-in headroom, especially in Europe where good quality high-octane fuel between 98 and 100 RON octane is readily available. This allows them to dial in more ignition advance at lower rpm, which noticeably improves pickup.
Knock sensors are very advanced these days, and can instantly dial back the ignition at the threshold of detonation almost to the point where you are unaware it has occurred. Kelleners Sport's electronics wizard makes full use of these attributes as well as turning up the boost slightly.
The final piece of the puzzle is the more efficient free-flow exhaust silencer box whose business end shows four highly polished 83mm diameter end pipes to the world. While the system is only worth a couple of extra horses, it reduces the backpressure that is the bane of forced-induction motors, and endows the exhaust gases with a more serious baritone voice as they make their frantic bid for freedom.
Now, when you blip the throttle at idle, the revs rise and fall as if the engine has one throttle per cylinder and a single-mass flywheel, and your ears pick up a sharp whoop from the exhaust pipes. Around town the engine is unchanged from stock in docility, which means your granny could drive it to the shops without the slightest inkling of the mass mayhem she would unleash if her foot slipped.
On a quiet stretch of suburban road, I got my first indication of what I was in store for when I was able to extend the car in Second gear. Oh my God! I abandoned all thoughts of taking the scenic route to the Luxembourg border and headed straight for the autobahn.
Coming off the slip road, I gave it death in Third gear and was rewarded with a strong and relentless gushing of power and torque that would leave most so-called performance cars floundering in this mini-M car's wake. The twin-turbo straight-six motor now feels as if it's breathing through bigger lungs, which in itself makes a positive difference to the way it attacks the upper part of its working range.
More than that, the instant response gives no indication whatsoever that this motor is turbocharged. If you did not know, you might even believe that there was a 5.0-liter naturally aspirated motor under the bonnet, such is the instant response and strong surge of power and torque on tap. Even coming off the throttle and straight back on brings instant response, with none of the expected hesitation you get from a turbo motor that has just dumped all of its boost.
The stock 1 Series M motor is borderline in feel and soundtrack, and a notch behind its naturally aspirated peers in this respect. The small but significant changes that Kelleners Sport has wrought to its response and character more than make up for what enthusiasts initially perceived as a step backwards. If this is the future of M car motors, then count me in.
A factory fresh 1 Series M looks just fine on its 9x19 and 10x19 wheels shod with 245/35ZR19 and 265/35ZR19 Michelins. They fill the big arches nicely and give the car a pretty intimidating stance. That stance is further improved by the 25mm lower ride height conferred by the height adjustable Kelleners Sport coilover suspension kit whose dampers feature independently adjustable compression and rebound control.
Complementing the uprated suspension is a footwear choice of either 19-inch alloys that reuse the stock rubber, or the 20-inch alloys fitted to this demo car. Sized 9-inches wide in front and 10-inches in the rear, with 245/30ZR20 and 265/30ZR20 tires, these wheels look terrific at first glance, but as I quickly discovered, they also have a dark side.
After a second look, these 20s are actually a shade too big visually, which makes the car look like a caricature of itself. The rubber band tires also negatively affect the ride and handling. A bouncy secondary ride is one thing, but the fact that the car feels like it is over-sprung on bumps taken at speed does not bode well for stability when you're really pressing on. A nightmare situation would be sudden departure from a bumpy corner in the wet because you discovered fresh air under the tires.
Kelleners Sport told me that customer demand led them to offer larger wheels than stock. While I can understand that they want to emphasize that they have a tuned car, this is one instance where engineering and marketing are seriously at odds. To make sure I was pinning the blame on the right party, I asked to try the 19-inchers, and I was not disappointed. Not only did they look better, they also transformed the ride and handling, allowing the uprated suspension to shine.
The ride is only about 10 percent firmer than stock, but the reduced roll and sharpened turn-in make full use of the mechanical grip of the stock Michelin rubber. They extend the driver's confidence window by taking that last bit of slack out of the way the car settles into a bend and exits when you start to accelerate out. They also send clearer messages, making flirting with the limit and beyond a more enjoyable experience. This extra feedback is crucial to using the extra power and torque to the full without overwhelming the chassis. Where the 20s provide more mechanical grip on a perfectly smooth road, they were less transparent in their feedback when approaching the limit.
The electronically controlled M Differential works perfectly with the extra power, and the powerful factory brakes are fine for road use although track day junkies will probably need harder pads or a complete brake upgrade.
Other than the bigger wheels, the only other external change is the neat front spoiler lip that helps to reduce lift over the front axle at speed. In combination with the lower ride height, the car felt hands-off stable at 150 mph, so it obviously works.
Kelleners Sport's trim shop subtly spruced up the cabin with a bespoke black and white leather and Alcantara re-trim. This features subtle anthracite Alcantara inserts between the black and white leather in the seats, white contrasting stitching on the black leather and Alcantara instrument binnacle hood. Alcantara is also used on the door trim inserts and upper and lower sections of the steering wheel, and for the gear lever and handbrake boots. White lacquered dashboard and door pull trims eschew the expected use of carbon fiber or black piano lacquer. Final touches are the Kelleners Sport logos embroidered on the headrests and floor mats.
While I felt that the KS1-S strikes the kind of perfect balance between power and handling that makes a great daily driver, Kelleners said that they have been very conservative with this first step, and that there is more to come.
They already have an engine with a larger intercooler and revised software on the dyno, and are looking at 440 hp and around 420 lb-ft of torque. That ought to be enough to keep the power junkies happy.
Kelleners Sport KS1-S
3.0-liter I6, dohc, 24-valve, twin-turbocharged. Stainless steel exhaust, Kelleners Sport rear silencers with four 83mm tailpipes
Six-speed manual
Kelleners Sport adjustable coilovers, 25mm lowered ride height
Wheels and Tires
9x20 (f), 10x20 (r), Michelin Pilot Sport 245/30 (f), 265/30Z(r)
MS front spoiler lip, MS three-piece electro polished stainless steel grille insert
Perforated leather and Alcantara front and rear seats, dashboard and door panels; Alcantara gear lever and brake handle covers; sport steering wheel with Alcantara accents; aluminum pedals, high-gloss white trim
Peak Power: 410 hp
Peak Torque: 407 lb-ft


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Visiting the Work of Anselm Kiefer and Robert Rauschenberg
- March 12, 2014 2:00 PM
(at 2 pm as part of Spring Break Wonders)
This program for families with young children is led by a docent and includes a gallery project designed by the education department. Both the tour and project focus on select works on view at the Modern. Registration is not required, but a sign-up sheet is provided at the information desk the day of the program. Attendance is limited; admission and supplies are free.


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Doublecross: Snowy speed demons show off
There's nothing quite like cool mountain air, beautiful sunshine, and barreling down a snowy hill strapped to a board or two to get your blood pumping. Just what the competitors were expecting at Wintergreen Resort's first Doublecross racing event.
The Blue Ridge Doublecross is a four-person race in which the contestants battle each other over a special terrain course. Skiers racing skiers alternate with snowboarders racing snowboarders. Had the skiers been racing the snowboarders, it would've been called a Psychocross and probably could have been a little brutal.
Wintergreen, Freestyle, and Red Bull sponsored the event on January 11. Wintergreen staff spent two days building the course and turned out a work of art. Under the Red Bull tent, a DJ blasted out rap, rock, and metal that could be heard all over the mountain. Freestyle staffers were on hand with freebies and prizes.
Two words characterize Doublecross: thrills and chills. In singles events, the excitement comes from skilled performances and breath-taking excitement generated by the narrow course. Wintergreen has two more such events scheduled this season. The Freestyle website has more information.
Whether you're an expert skier or just an admirer of the skill and daring, it's worth the trip up the mountain.
John Sindsey recovers from a major bail.
Chris Jameson leads Jonathan Ball and Anthony Thournhurst past the Red Bull arch.
Scott Osborne beats the wreckage.
Martin Hanley, Clay Guernier, Michael Battle, and George Sandy pump away from the start gate.
Drew Donaldson pulls away from the pack in the first heat.
Michael Battle executes the corner like a pro.
Competitors rest up waiting for the fun to begin.


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Forest Fringe SF: Microfestival of UK Work
Multiple Dates
CounterPULSE and the University of Chichester present: Forest Fringe SF
OCT 24, THU at 8PM Showing of collaborative work; OCT 25-27, FRI-SUN at 8PM Microfestival of UK work
Forest Fringe is an adventurous posse of performance artists hailing from the UK. In partnership with CounterPULSE and University of Chichester, they will take San Francisco for an exciting ride, offering a microfestival full of improbable, experimental and spectacular work made in the UK. They will also team up with local artists to create and share completely new experiments made in 1 week! Expect plane crashes, failed daredevils, miniature manifestos and dreams of a better future.
*Visit the Forest Fringe: Showing of Collaborative Work page to buy tickets.
Located in SOMA in San Francisco, CounterPULSE is a non-profit theater, performance space, community center, and gallery with roots deep in the Bay Area's provocative performance and dance scenes. CounterPULSE produces its own shows, helps support local artists and activists with its programs and can be rented for productions and rehearsals.
Our Box Office opens for will-call and at-the-door purchase 45 minutes before showtime.
In order to purchase these tickets in installments, you'll need an Eventbrite account. Log in or sign up for a free account to continue.