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The Royal Ballet is to perform in Northern Ireland for the first time in twelve years from 30-31 March 2013.
The Company will perform in Derry with the Ulster Orchestra in a gala performance as part of the UK City of Culture 2013 celebrations.
Royal Ballet dancers Yuhui Choe, Dromore-born Melissa Hamilton, Ryoichi Hirano and Dawid Trzensimiech will appear in selected highlights from the Company's repertory conducted by Londonderry born Paul Murphy. In addition to the pas de deux from Acts II and III of Swan Lake the dancers will perform Frederick Ashton's Meditation from Thaïs to music from Massenet's opera of the same name and the pas de deux from the Second Movement of Kenneth Macmillan's Concerto.
Highlights of the celebrations include the London Symphony Orchestra, who will perform works by film composer John Williams including his scores for Star Wars and Schindler's List; and the first time the Turner Prize will be held outside England.
Find out more information about the City of Culture 2013 celebrations.


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After Sunday's final
card, thoroughbred action moves to Aqueduct Racetrack beginning Friday,
November 2, with opening day offering the simulcast of Day 1 of the
Breeders' Cup from Santa Anita Park.
The 5-2 morning-line
favorite in the seven-furlong Bold Ruler is Mike Repole's popular
veteran Caixa Eletronica, who gets some class relief after competing in
three straight Grade 1 events.
Most recently second to
The Lumber Guy in the Vosburgh on September 29 – for which he earned a
lifetime best 107 Beyer Speed Figure – the 7-year-old son of Arromanches
will be seeking his fourth win of 2012 to
go along with victories in the Grade 2 True North Handicap at Belmont,
the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic and the Rise Jim overnight stakes at
ran a very credible race last time out in the Vosburgh," said Whit
Beckman, assistant to trainer Todd Pletcher. "He's one of those horses
who is so versatile, no matter
what distance, he seems to show up every time."
Javier Castellano will ride Caixa Eletronica from post position 8.
Returning as well from
the Vosburgh is Howard Queen's Little Drama, who finished fourth, beaten
3 ½ lengths, after prompting the early pace. The 4-year-old gelding,
brother of champion sprinter Big Drama, has
one victory in five starts this year, taking an optional claimer at the
Bold Ruler distance this past summer at
Rajiv Maragh will ride Little Drama, the second choice at 7-2 on the morning line, from the outside in post position 10.
Spring to the Sky, a
3-year-old Langfuhr colt, faces older stakes horses for the first time
as he makes a return to the main track. Victorious on turf in the
six-furlong Groovy overnight stakes on September 13,
Spring to the Sky was a front-running maiden winner over a muddy
Belmont track last year and his connections are hoping a good
performance Saturday will open more options for the sophomore.
"If he runs big on the
dirt, there are more opportunities," said Bruce Brown, who trains Spring
to the Sky for Anthony McCarthy. "Or, he can go to grass full-time."
With Irad Ortiz, Jr., in the irons, Spring to the Sky will leave from post position 2 at 30-1 on the morning line.
Rounding out the field,
from the rail out, are Buffum, Isn't He Perfect, Associate, Zero Rate
Policy, Private Tale, Gallant Fields, and Golddigger's Boy.
The Turnback the Alarm
drew a field of eight fillies and mares, with Hall of Famer Bill Mott's
Arena Elvira the 5-2 morning-line favorite under high weight of 120
pounds as she seeks to defend her title in the
1 1/16-mile race.
The 5-year-old mare will be making her first start since a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Sixty Sails Handicap in April at
Hawthorne. Her only other outing of 2012 was a head
victory in the Wayward Lass in
March at Tampa Bay Downs. Last year, the dark bay daughter of
Ghostzapper won six of eight starts, including the Grade 2 Falls City
Handicap at Churchill Downs and a pair of overnight stakes
at Saratoga Race Course in addition to the Turnback the Alarm, run at 1
1/8 miles at Aqueduct.
Jose Lezcano rides Arena Elvira from post position 6.
Afleeting Lady has won half of her eight starts at 1 1/16 miles, most recently taking the Lady's Secret on September 3 at
Park. Trained by Dale Romans for Michael
Lauffer and William Cubbedge, the Afleet Alex mare has been competing in
the Midwest and will return to
Belmont for the first time since a fourth-place finish in a one-mile maiden event in May, 2010.
Joel Rosario will ride Afleeting Lady, the 3-1 second choice on the morning line, from post position 8.
Trainer Todd Pletcher
will have two representatives in the Turnback the Alarm with Maristar
and R Gypsy Gold, both coming out of Grade 1 races. In her first start
for Pletcher, Maristar was fourth in the Beldame
Invitational on September 29 at Belmont, while R Gypsy Gold was sixth behind winner Love and Pride in the Personal Ensign Handicap on August 26 at
"Maristar didn't run a
bad race last time out; she was just a little overmatched," said
Pletcher assistant Whit Beckman of the 5-year-old
Giant's Causeway mare. "Like Maristar,
the [Personal Ensign] was probably just a little bit out of [R Gypsy
Gold's] league. She's doing really, really well right now, and 1 1/16
miles should suit her just fine."
Maristar, 10-1 on the
morning line, drew post position 4 under John Velazquez while R Gypsy
Gold drew post position 2 at 4-1 on the morning line. Javier Castellano
will ride.
Hall of Fame trainer
Allen Jerkens skipped a start on New York Showcase Day for Go Unbridled
to await the Turnback the Alarm, in which she was third last year. A 6
½-length winner of the Saratoga Dew in August
– Jerkens' second stakes win at the Spa this year
– Go Unbridled most recently was third behind Royal Delta and It's Tricky in the Beldame.
"I thought she might
have taken third against the boys in the Empire Classic," said Jerkens
of Go Unbridled, who carries the colors of Howard T. Whitbred. "She's
doing fine heading into this race."
Junior Alvarado will be aboard the 8-1 choice on the morning line from post position 3.
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An efficient mesh of a 90's John Grisham-esque thriller procedural with flashes of a 70's/80's vigilante movie, Chris McQuarrie's adaptation of Lee Child's "One Shot" proves a surprise. Strangely marketed on its few action beats, the film itself is more of a moody pulp thriller – a confident and well-paced crowd pleaser that showcases some welcome smarts. There's a cocky, but not arrogant, attitude here which knows how to have fun and can reign it in when appropriate.
Much of the issues people will have with this is the baggage they bring with them. In the books a key trait of the Reacher character is his physicality – he's a 6'5″ blond muscle giant. Tom Cruise, even with all his dedication, does NOT resemble that look in any way. As someone who hasn't read the novels, it's not an issue for me as I don't have a picture of Reacher in my head. The result of which is I went with the character, one that has far more of a distinct personality than Cruise's other onscreen action persona Ethan Hunt.
In fact the film goes out of its way to separate itself from other action films of the ilk. Aside from some cell phone usage, the events shown could have easily taken place in the 80's or 90's. Reacher is an ex-military cop, a man who lives entirely off the grid and in the present. He seems to have only one outfit and no agenda, just riding into town and taking care of business the old fashioned way. There's a classic western sensibility on offer, but without that genre's often languid pacing or overly broad sensibility.
The film starts off with an excellent 8-10 minute opening – a sniper opens fire on a public square, picking off five seemingly random people. The subsequent police investigation picks up the wrong guy, a guy who asks for Reacher's help. These scenes are done without dialogue of any kind, and the result delivers both palpable tension and a feeling that McQuarrie is steering this ship with a sense of cool confidence.
We don't lose that feeling as his signature snappy dialogue comes into play. The story is familiar, resembling many a familiar cheap airport novel, but it is filled with moments that make proceedings feel fresh. From a sequence exploring the backstories of the victims and then viewing them again from a different perspective, to the moments of action which all have a raw and practical sensibility.
These include a really impressive car chase that's much more about timing and skilled driving than it is about incidental damage and flashy cars. Same with the fights which are considerably more believable and enjoyable than anything in the likes of "The Raid" because they are not overly choreographed and over indulgent violent ballets. Reacher's fighting is all about efficiency and incapacity – quick, devastating blows to the soft bits.
Performances are solid across the board, Cruise bringing his usual committed work and seemingly relishing getting to play a bit of a prick here. At times his delivery of the dark witticisms are a bit out of his range, but most of the time they give him back a welcome edge. Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and David Oyelowo lend solid support with Robert Duvall in particular having a fun side role as a gun shop owner.
The villains of the piece are a surprise. On the one hand is young Aussie hunk Jai Courtney as the enforcer Charlie. Courtney has definite presence and a distinct look which gives his character an edge. He has little dialogue, but in his few scenes he shows good promise. Then there's the pure fun of seeing veteran German filmmaker Werner Herzog as an evil and relatively anonymous villain. Herzog spends most of his time talking about the fingers he chewed off to survive in a Siberian gulag, and has great fun milking the value out of each and every word he has to say.
Judged in terms of plausibility you're going to find so many holes you won't know where to begin. It's all preposterous, character motivations here are often very hazy. For all its dramatic beats and action tone, there's also a surprising amount of humor as well from retorts with bite, to a near slapstick fight in a bathtub.
Even the hokier moments though are pulled off with polish, be it Caleb Deschanel efficiently composed photography to Stephen M. Rickert's slick but restrained editing. Often exciting even if far-fetched, it's a fun ride with a real economical sensibility. The film's just the right length, scenes and characters never overstaying their welcome. Well-constructed and easily entertaining, it lays the groundwork for hopefully more Reacher stories hitting the big screen.


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For four decades, the Licia Albanese–Puccini Foundation has been awarding money to deserving young singers via its annual voice competition; past top prizewinners include many artists who have gone on to considerable renown in the opera world. On October 26 at the Rose Theater, the Foundation will hold its Fortieth Anniversary Gala concert, presenting its top winners for 2014.
On April 28, I attended the competition finals. "You had to kiss a lot of frogs to get a few princes," murmured one of the judges to the Foundation's administrative/artistic director, Stephen DeMaio, on the way out. It was true: the competition began shakily, with several singers turning up whom I felt should have been granted no money at all. But as the day wore on, things picked up considerably, and there were some dazzling talents on display.
The top prize of $12,500 was justly awarded to tenor Benjamin Bliss, twenty-eight, who sang "Una furtive lagrima" in a lovely, caressing tone. It was a magical performance that was absorbing without becoming lachrymose. The two first prize winners were also completely deserving of the $10,000 award granted to each of them: Rebecca Pedersen, only twenty-two, and a winner in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, sang Le Cid's "Pleurez mes yeux" with a big, beautiful sound — she needs only to dig in a bit more emotionally, because she has everything else — and Ryan Speedo Green, twenty-eight, offered a completely satisfying, magnificently finished performance of "Solche hergelaufne Laffen" from Die Entfuhrüng aus dem Serail. He seems ready to perform this role on any stage, anywhere.
Baritone Alexey Lavrov, twenty-eight, took second prize ($7,000) with Edgar's "Questop amor vergogna mia." His voice has a solid core and he's a highly expressive artist. This was one of the most complete performances of the entire day, and I wouldn't have complained even slightly had he won the top prize.
The third prize winners ($5,000 each) also showed up strongly: mezzo Virginie Verrez, twenty-five, with "Deh, per questo," performed with both elegant Mozartean style and dramatic bite; twenty-eight-year-old tenor Mario Chang, another ready-to-go artist, sang "Che gelida manina" with a warm, glowing sound and exciting dramatic involvement; and twenty-three-year-old soprano Courtney Johnson offered La Wally's "Ebben? ne andrò lontana" in the best performance I've yet heard from her. I did not think, however, that Johnson should have placed above the stunning mezzo Shirin Eskandani, thirty, whose "Non più mesta" was extraordinary; her singing is joyous and she seems incapable of making an unmusical phrase. Eskandani took the $3,000 fourth prize, but again, I would have had no quibbles if she had earned the top award. Twenty-seven-year-old tenor Paul Han took fifth prize ($2,500) with an exquisitely phrased and impassioned "Fantaisie aux divins mensonges" from Lakmé that was full of dramatic surprises along the way.
There were ten additional $1,000 grants and nine $500 Encouragement Awards handed out as well. Among these, baritone Norman Garrett, singing "Vision fugitive," was having an off day and didn't show nearly as well as he usually does; soprano Courtney Mills, thirty-two, sang "Pace, pace," once again demonstrating that she has one of the best instruments of any young singer today, though she often seems to falter a bit in competition, as she did here; and mezzo Ewa Plonka, thirty-one, with a highly musical, dramatically pointed rendition of Konchakovna's Aria from Prince Igor. I would like to hear more of soprano Shelley Jackson, whose "Tu, che di gel" showed off a good grasp of Puccini style and a vocal with a distinctive profile. Soprano Jennifer Cherest, twenty-nine, seriously overcalculated her charm with a too-cute-for-words performance of Norina's aria, "Quel guardo il cavaliere," from Don Pasquale. And twenty-six-year-old baritone Jarrett Ott, who offered Die Tote Stadt's Tanzlied, is very talented, but he tends to stand outside the things he sings; he needs to engage emotionally to a greater degree. (In fairness, he was handicapped by being interrupted by one of the judges.)


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Point of View / TGT stuck to reference cooling for their card. Note that GeForce GTX 570 requires two slots in your system. Thankfully, Nvidia did a great job this time around and managed to get some really good cooling performance. However, since the GTX 570 Beast boasts pretty high clocks, we were afraid it might not be enough. Measurements show that GPU temperatures during intensive operation won't go over 90°C.
The plastic hood covers the entire card and all that's visible is the blower-style fan, which exhausts hot air out the back of the system chassis. Geforce GTX 580 and Geforce GTX 570 feature a new adaptive GPU fan control algorithm that smoothes the ramp up/down of the fan speed under load.
GTX 580/570 is the same size as Geforce GTX 480, measuring 10.5 inches or 26.7 centimeters in length. GTX 570 has two 6-pin power connectors maximum graphics card power 219W (for reference card) compared to GTX 580 which has one 6-pin and 8-pin power connector and maximum graphics card power 244W.
The video engine still have maximum of two display supported, no DisplayPort, (the card also supports DisplayPort if board partners want to use it).
The GTX 570 Beast card has two dual-link DVI ports and one mini-HDMI interface. The mini-HDMI to HDMI converter is included in the card's bundle. Nvidia included an HDMI sound device within the GPU, so there is no need for connecting the card to your motherboard's/soundcard's SPDIF out to get audio and video via HDMI.
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HOUSTON – Houston broke into the win column Sunday night with an impressive, fast paced offensive display. The result was a 3-1 home victory against the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps.
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After two tough matches where the club was often forced to defend through the majority of the game, the Dynamo controlled the pace on Sunday and finally got the ball to bounce their way in front of goal.
Brad Davis played a big role in scoring outbreak, initiating the attack and getting an assist on all three goals. It was his first three assist game in MLS.
In addition to Davis' output the Dynamo got significant contributions from a number of players in each area of the field. One who put in a full nights work was Danny Cruz, who set the tone for the Dynamo attack with his trademark energetic play. Cruz pushed the ball up the field and looked to create for his teammates throughout the night, and notched an assist on Bobby Boswell's goal.
"That's Danny, when have you not seen him like that," said Andre Hainault who received stitches in his forehead as a result of a collision with Camilo, the Vancouver goalscorer. "He'll make sure everyone else has their game up. It's hereditary; when he works like that you have to step it up because you can't let him play like that alone."
That energy was indicative of the pace the team set early in the match. The club pushed the ball up the field at every chance, but looked to be headed toward another night where it was all chances and no goals.
That changed on Cam Weaver's goal in the 37th minute, which opened the match up.
"We created a lot of chances and had a little more composure, and I think we were very active and energetic and breaking pretty quick," said head coach Dominic Kinnear. "After the first goal, the guys gained a lot of confidence and our movement off the ball was better. So it was it a little easier for us."
The second goal on the night came on a beautiful play between Boswell – who also notched an assist on Weaver's goal - and Cruz. The midfielder found the cutting Boswell breaking for the goal in the 42nd minute in what would eventually prove to be the game-winner.
Will Bruin capped the scoring with the first of his young MLS career in the 76th minute.
"It feels great, it's good to finally get three points," Cruz said after the game. "We knew we were at home and we didn't get a good result the first week of the season. So it was good to come out hard and get three points at home tonight."
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Jays Dine On Washington
You know, we didn't realize just how much we missed Greg Zaun until tonight's 7-2 win against the Nationals. Dude calls a good game and can hit, which - all due respect, Sal - the temps who started in his place just couldn't. Zaun went 1 for 3 with two RsBI and a walk, and helped solidify the bottom of the lineup.
And, HALLELUJAH! Vernon Wells goes 3 for 5 (but somehow, doesn't score a run or drive one in).
Doc Halladay looked great, striking out six in seven and two-thirds to win his seventh.
(We're off to the Big Smoke to watch the Jays take on the Nationals, so blogging may be sporadic for the next few days. But seriously, it's going to be a beautiful weekend, so enjoy it. We'll be back on Monday to tell you if we could smell the gasoline stench off Josh Towers from the 200's.)
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I have been having a recurring thought for many years now. Many prehistoric carvings and statues found are of what can only be described as pregnant women. Why the focus on pregnancy? Were pregnant women held in high esteem because getting pregnant and going full term with a surviving infant and mother was uncommon?
Many of the prehistoric peoples seemed to focus on worshipping a fertility goddess. Worship of actual humans and the events surrounding them that eventually turned from physical to spiritual. Could this be where religion stems from?


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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool."
– Richard Feynman
The rice experiment, as popularized by businessman Masaru Emoto, is a good example of how not to design a scientific experiment. I will explain why at the end. First, I will explain how I would design a rice experiment. I am not a scientist, but I try to stay scientifically literate. If anyone has suggestions on how to improve this design, let me know.
To be clear, I am not planning on doing this experiment, as I will explain afterward.
My Hypothetical Rice Experiment:
1: Prepare good words and bad words on opaque adhesive labels. The labels need to be opaque enough so that they cannot be read through the backs of glass jars.
2: For a control, I would prepare labels with no words. I would also prepare labels with neutral words. I would also prepare good, bad, and neutral words in a foreign language that I don't understand. All the labels would be prepared under the same hygienic conditions and cut in identical shapes. This is the heart of the experiment. Let's pause for a moment and ask why this is so important...
A controlled experiment should answer the question, "Compared to what?" If, all other things being equal, some interesting variable changes, what will happen? That's the question. The tricky part is to make all other things be equal.
For a wonderful description of eliminating variables, listen to or read "Cargo Cult Science" by Richard Feynman. Now back to our hypothetical experiment...3: Have all the words recorded separately in a ledger. This will help keep me honest.
4: Sterilize dozens of jars, seals, and lids. This will zero out the bacteria count. Let them dry.
5: Have someone other than me apply the labels to the jars. This is the start of a double-blind.
6: Have that person cover the labels with identical strips of lightly adhesive opaque paper. At the end of the experiments, these covers will be removed. This will double-blind the experiment.
7: Have a third person rearrange the jars before delivering them to me. This will randomize the experiment and complete the double-blind.
8: The ledger from step 2 records what words are used, though I don't know which ones are on which jars. The words should be categorized at the outset: good, bad, neutral, or blank. Words should also be categorized as English or foreign. (The foreign word might well be kept secret from me, just in case.) The word categories have to be established at the outset to prevent fudging afterward.
9: Set the labeled empty jars in a relatively non-hygienic place so they can attain similar levels of light contamination. Totally sterilized jars may preserve rice indefinitely.
10: Cook some rice and put the same amount in each jar. A few ounces on the bottom will do. All we want is to be able to look inside the jar without the labels and their covers blocking the view.
11: Set the jars in an array that I can check every day. The jars would be numbered so I can track the progress of each jar individually.
12: See which jars get moldy first. Keep watching as other succumb. I would set a deadline of maybe 60 days.
13: The reveal. After the 60 days, look at the jars and their corresponding labels. Compare with the ledger and mark each jar as good, bad, or neutral. If the results are:
- 12 good English words and 12 good foreign words = all pristine
- 12 neutral English words, 12 neutral foreign words, and 12 blank = all somewhat moldy
- 12 bad English words and 12 bad foreign words = all very moldy
This, or something close, would be an extremely significant result. But I expect the onset of mold will be random and will not track with any good word or bad word labels in any statistically significant way. Mold will slightly favor one category of words over another, just as a matter of statistical noise. The math for this is well worked out. The more jars I use for each category, the smaller this statistical noise becomes. If I do the experiment with 30 jars for each category, I would get very high resolution, low noise results.
14: Submit for peer review. I would explain the process described above. My test would satisfy the basics of what we want from a well designed experiment: it's double-blinded, randomized, controlled, and uses an OK sample size. Negative results would be expected and not terribly interesting. (Sometimes negative results are groundbreaking, like the Michelson-Morley experiment that set the stage for Einstein's Relativity.) In the rice experiment, a positive result would be extremely surprising. The way this is designed, a positive result would have a rock solid foundation. Just one more step would be needed:
15: See if anyone reproduces the results under similar experimental conditions. If no one can reproduce my results, there's a good chance I falsified my data or was just plain sloppy.
16: If the results are positive, conduct the experiment for the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). If it does show evidence of paranormal activity that can be verified under scientific controls, I will win $1,000,000. And that's a lot of money! I would like to have that prize! But it's been available for decades and no one has won it yet.
How to Backpedal:
Let's say I was invested (monetarily or emotionally) in the results coming out positive—but they came out negative. There are some tricks, fallacies of special pleading, I can play on myself. These might help me to dismiss my own results or fudge them in my favor:
Anomaly hunting: Maybe some seals were red and some were beige. Maybe the red ones were moldier to a slightly higher degree that statistical noise would predict. Maybe the vibrations inherent in color caused the differences in moldiness. Of course, that's not what we were testing, that's a patterns identified after the fact. If you want to test for color, put that in the ledger at the outset. Don't shoehorn a pattern after the fact.
For some real adventures in anomaly hunting, look at the number juggling people apply to the Egyptian pyramids. You can take a rich batch of numbers and combine them into all sorts of flukes that match physical constants or astronomical distances. James Randi shows how you can do the same anomaly hunting with the Washington Monument in his great book Flim-Flam.
Blame science or Western thinking: This is the common tack of accusing the skeptical mindset of spoiling the results. The experiment above is designed without appealing to any particular cultural heritage. The design is based on me preventing myself from introducing bias. If scientific thinking is such a party-pooper, how has it been so successful in shaping every little bit of technology we use?
Science, skepticism, critical thinking—these have produced plenty of reliable results, like cars and air travel. Telekinesis, for example, has not delivered comparable goods for human transport.
Those YouTube Videos and Why I Will Not Conduct My Own Experiment Design:
The rice experiment, as popularized online, has no controls, no blind (let alone double-blind), and operates on the smallest possible sample size. It is a race to see which rice gets moldy first. If the bad word rice gets moldy first (it's a 50-50 shot) a naïve person might claim confirmation. If the good word rice gets moldy first, a naïve person might think, "I must have done something wrong," or "I got so impatient waiting for mold, maybe my impatience threw it off." Such a person may be less likely to post their results on YouTube.
Now, I have no plans to conduct my hypothetical experiment. It's a lot of work putting together a well-controlled study. And I'm very confident the results would be uninteresting. You might say, "Put your money where your mouth is. Do the experiment!" In a sense I am putting my money where my mouth is. If I'm wrong, I am giving away, for free, a great way to win a cool million from the JREF. Have at it.


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Eight student teams have been shortlisted for the 2011 Isover Architectural Design Competition - pick your favourite and win an iPod touch
The 2011 Isover Architectural Design Competition challenged students at British architecture schools to design a skyscraper in Greenwich South, New York City to the principles of the Isover Multi-Comfort House.
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The Green Canyons Ankur Modi, Suruchi Modi, Chuyu Qui
The Green Ramp Ranjit Shekhar, Venu Madhav Chippa, Avinash Davidson
WINDGATE Ming Wei Wu, Chaoran Zheng, Xuanxuan He
Solar Slice Maria Myrianthous, Masoud Sajjadian, Ali Sehizadeh
Social Tower Experiment Yeuk Hei Wong, Xu Xu, Jianhui Chen
Vertical Sunspace Tower Fahimeh Soltani, Soha Hirbod, Katayoun Khodadadi
Manhattan Sky Podium Shreela Sharan, Willie Yogatama, Samuel Holt
Green Tower Katarina Rozvadska, Blazej Zemleduch, Ali Mohammad Sami Kashkooli
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Green ramp all the way. - Brilliant design with a realistic approach.
i think green ramp is the optimal solution which concerns about declining green spaces around the world due to the urban developments.
I Do believe that Solar Slice is a wise solution toward Passivehouse approaches. It has brilliant concept in terms of sustainability and Context consideration.
Manhattan Sky Podium is brilliant idea... well, the structure seems to be realistic (it can be built) and the idea of having green technology and very functioned building.. nice man
I prefer Vertical Sunspace Tower because I believe this project has applied most of passivhaus strategies in a proper way
I Do believe that Solar Slice is a wise solution toward Passivehouse approaches. It has brilliant concept in terms of sustainability and Context consideration.
I prefer Solar Slice because of its brilliant idea of expanding passive house idea
In my estimation the 'Manhattan Sky Podium' project seems to be the best out of the qualified entries. The iconic appearance of the building does not make it seem out of place. The varying levels in the building are a refreshing change from the conventional high rises in Manhattan. The fact that the aforementioned features as well as the elevated recreation public space are housed in a passive building increases the worth and credibility of this project.
I think that Solar Slice has the newest concern of our todays life that needs a serious attention and yeahh that's Energy plus in this case everything has been designed as well as possible !!!
so I choose Solar Slice as the best one
'Manhattan Sky Podium' project is the best entry without doubt. The unique building design is refreshing and so very workable. The appearance of the building makes it fit without disturbing view of others in the vicinity. The building is a refreshing change with the elevated recreation public spaces, connecting other buildings and giving approach to public facilities makes it merge with surronding buildings. The garden developed on terraces of all adjoining buildings as well makes it stand out from the concrete jungle of Manhattan. It gives a soothing visual effect so different from the conventional high rises in Manhattan.
I think solar slice is a combination of art and engineering which unleashes everyone's soul from roughness and boring affect of structures, and i call it the art of engineering. I say these words as a civil engineer, which understands the problems what i talked about. Consideration of sun light in designing in such a manner was amazing for me too.
Green ramp is not just a green space but what i believe red space -people space- a catalyst for an active public realm- which is most essential component for healthy sustainable cities that thrive on economy and public interactions . Where most architecture is introvert and repelling exchanges from the street, the green ramp engages the street and extends the private to the public.
I do prefer The Green Ramp.
Roof and outside walls of the Ramp can also serve as advertising surface side-by-side, adding to financial viability of the project.
It exploits vertical space in an environmentally friendly way while creating a beautiful city scape and commercial opportunities. Very much in-sync with Jeb Brugmann's idea of a global Citysystem, put forward in his book Welcome to the Urban Revolution.
A very practical design with lots of hours of ponderous thinking which is the hallmark of any good design. It has to be user friendly. This certainly is.
Manhattan Sky Podium is only the one to stand out and win as it is the "BEST"
I support Solar Slices as I believe that in The Passive House concept , buildings can be designed in accordance with their natural environments so that conventional heating and cooling systems are not needed, this system fundamentally altered the relationship between buildings, their surroundings and their inhabitants. In principle, this design also support solar power which is one of the most cost-effective alternative energies of the future.
The Green Canyons shows brilliant idea of highly utilizing the space in such a spectacular building art. I really like the green designing component that creates the "green" in multiple layers.
The Green Canyons of course!
Excellent idea of linking the city at height and utilizing the spaces between the existing skyscrapers.....
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After making it, I wasn't sure what to call this pie. I thought about calling it Clean Out the Fridge Pie but that name didn't sound very appealing, even though that is how this pie came to be. I had chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache, leftover from other baking I had to do this week, that I wanted to use up. I had also over purchased banana's...yet again. So what to do? Make a Nilla wafer crust and throw everything in and call it a Too Many Bananas, Leftover Chocolate Mousse and Ganache Pie...hmmm a bit of a mouthful! Although this pie was born out of a necessity to use up some leftovers, I'll be making this pie again, even if I don't have leftovers to use up. So I guess, Banana Chocolate Mousse Pie it is!
Banana Chocolate Mousse Pie
For the pie:
1 nilla cookie crust, cooled (recipe below)
1/2 cup chocolate ganche (recipe below)
chocolate mousse (recipe below)
2 medium bananas, thinly sliced
whipped cream, for garnish, (optional)
Vanilla Wafer Crumb Crust
3 cups vanilla wafer cookies
1 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
Preheat oven to 350F.
In the food processor, pulse vanilla wafer cookies until reduced to crumbs. Add in the sugar and melted butter and pulse to combine. Mixture should resemble wet sand.
Pour into a 9-inch pie plate (or 9-inch square baking dish) and gently spread into an even layer over the bottom and sides. Press crumbs in firmly to create a tight crust.
Bake for 10 minutes, or until crust just begins to turn golden brown around the edges.
Cool completely before using.
Makes 1 pie crust.
Chocolate Ganache3 ounces chocolate, finely chopped (if you're using chocolate chips, this is 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a microwave-proof bowl, heat all ingredients at full power for 30 seconds. Stir and heat again at full power for 10 seconds. Remove from microwave. The chocolate will still have some unmelted pieces, stir chocolate until completely melted. If it doesn't melt completely place it back in the microwave for another 10 seconds. Take care not to overheat the chocolate. The chocolate it will seize up and become very stiff if overheated. If this happens add a bit more cream and heat for in 10 second increments, stirring in between, until the chocolate is smooth.
Chocolate Mousse1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups cold, heavy cream, plus an additional 1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup granulated white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
In a medium saucepan, combine the confectioners' sugar and 1/2 cup heavy cream. Stir over low heat.
Add the semisweet chocolate chips, stirring frequently as they melt and the mixture becomes well blended.
Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla and set this mixture aside.
In a separate, large bowl, beat the remaining 1 1/2 cup heavy cream on medium speed and gradually add the granulated sugar. When all the sugar has been incorporated, beat the mixture on high speed until stiff peaks form.
Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture, taking care not to overmix.
Whipped cream for garnish
2/3 cup whipping cream, cold
2 tablespoons sugar
In a chilled bowl, whip cold cream with a hand mixer. When it's slightly thickened slowly add in the sugar and continue whipping until the cream holds peaks. Place whipped cream in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe border around the edge of the pie.
Assembling the pie:
Make the pie crust, while it is cooling make the ganache. Pour the ganache, while still warm, into the pie crust. Using an off-set spatula, spread the ganache evenly on the bottom of the pie crust. Make the chocolate mousse. Slice the bananas layer them into the crust. Top with the chocolate mousse and pipe around a whipped cream border, if desired. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or overnight before slicing.
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Amid reports that potential losses in the US housing crisis could near $1 trillion, Congress, the White House, and even the leading presidential candidates are converging on a strategy to create a federal safety net for hundreds of thousands of families facing the loss of their homes.
At the heart of the emerging consensus is a bigger role for the Federal Housing Administration in helping borrowers refinance loans they cannot afford to pay.
The issue is no longer if but how the Depression-era agency, eclipsed by new financial instruments in the boom years of the housing market, should ramp up fast enough to deal with the millions of homeowners facing foreclosure.
Just weeks ago, key players in the housing issue were settling in for sustained combat over whether government or the market should sort out the crisis. But lawmakers are hearing from voters that government inactivity is no longer an option.
"This is an issue that strikes to the heart of America because of the love Americans have for their homes and the very special place homes hold in our culture," says Allen Sinai, chief global economist at Decision Economic, Inc., who has been advising Democrats on the housing policy. "It's a major reason why we're seeing very encouraging cooperation on this issue."
After gridlocking on a housing fix on Feb. 28, the Senate last week passed a bipartisan housing rescue package on an 84-to-12 vote. The plan includes $4 billion to help communities purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed properties and $13 billion in tax breaks for builders and new home buyers.
Also last week, the White House announced its own plans to beef up FHA involvement in the housing crisis.
But the most ambitious effort is unfolding in the House Committee on Financial Services, where Chairman Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts is working up a comprehensive housing plan that aims to help 1.5 million families stay in their homes. The proposed bill, which is expected to be taken up in committee next week, gives the FHA authority to guarantee up to $300 billion in refinanced loans, if the lenders agree to reduce the outstanding principal on those loans.
"The FHA is the only agency in the federal government that can go into crisis mode and quickly help hundreds and thousands of people," says committee spokesman Steven Adamske.
On the campaign trail, Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, launched his own housing plan following in the footsteps of Democratic candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. Until recently, Senator McCain had rejected a larger role for the federal government in the housing crisis.
But all competing plans require an FHA that is up to the task of dealing with a crisis that industry experts say is uncharted territory. Bush administration officials say that they have been pushing for FHA modernization for two years and that Congress has yet to act.
"For more than seven months now, the president has been calling on Congress on a weekly basis to move modernization legislation in a form he could sign," says Tony Fratto, White House deputy press secretary.
In a surprise move last week, the Bush administration announced that it is taking administrative steps to expand FHA authority to refinance up to 500,000 homeowners facing foreclosure. Over the next several months, the FHA plans to implement administrative upgrades to help cope with the crisis.
Created in 1934 to stabilize a struggling mortgage market, the FHA has lost out in recent years to new subprime lenders, especially in high-cost housing markets such as California, Nevada, and Florida. The median income of all FHA home buyers in fiscal year 2007 was $50,760 and the median mortgage amount was $127,680, according to the FHA.
Congress increased FHA loan limits temporarily to $729,000 in its most recent stimulus plan, but the measure expires at the end of the year.
FHA officials want Congress to make those higher loan limits permanent.
"If they had passed FHA modernization, then we probably wouldn't have had all the problems we've had," says Brian Montgomery, commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration.
"The FHA can't improve itself without congressional approval," says David Kittle, chairman-elect of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), who testified on the FHA role in the housing crisis before the Senate last week.
Just over a year ago, the FHA's market share was about 3 percent of new, single-family mortgages. But since July 2007, MBA's Kittle estimates that FHA's market share is closer to 9 percent "and climbing fast."
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) of Connecticut, who chairs the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, is now working on a consensus for a broader housing bill to coordinate with Representative Frank's efforts in the House. The plan anticipates the FHA's guaranteeing up to $400 billion in refinanced loans.
"There is a tolerance level for what the Senate will do. I got as close as I could get," said Senator Dodd, after the Senate passed its bill on Thursday.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R) of Alabama, the top Republican on the panel, has not signed on to the new plan. He said Congress should "proceed with caution so as not to make or exacerbate the mistakes that have brought us to this point."
[Editor's note: The original version misspelled David Kittle's name.]


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MPA managers from across EU Overseas entities and other countries in the Caribbean region have attended a workshop held in St. Martin on the topic of building marine ecosystem resilience through the use of MPA networks. The event has been hailed a great success with stakeholders using the platform to share best practices and where they also discussed a regional approach to support actions on the ground.
Eighteen marine enviromental managers of the French, Dutch and U.K Overseas Territories and collaborators from other islands and intermational organizations gathered in St. Martin, French West Indies, to exchange information on their MPA strengths and weakenesses and the challenges they face to address climate change.
The 2-day workshop was funded by the French Aid Agency (AFD) and convened by the IUCN EU Overseas Program in collaboration with the UNEP-CEP SPAW Regional Activity Center (based in Guadeloupe, FWI) and with support of the Caribbean MPA management Network and Forum (CaMPAM). All participants agreed that improving management effectiveness to support environmental resilience; and assisting policy makers at the island level for better integrated planning and fostering of regional activities will help all islands' societies to develop sustainable and effective adaptation strategies and better cope with the consequences of climate change (higher water temperature, sea levels and acidification).
The Workshop in particular focussed on the following key questions:
• Which are the management practices that have each of the MPAs represented that consider and address large spatial and time scale threats to coastal environments, including those generated by global climate changes and those generated by local human uses?
• Which are the best practices that each MPA can share with the other MPAs in the EU territories and other neighbor islands of the Caribbean to address regionally the local and global threats? (joint projects, networking, policy development)
• What are the multi-island initiatives that each of the 3 country-led organizations (from the Netherlands, France and UK) are currently implementing that can be applied in, emulated by or coordinated with other islands (EU or non EU countries)?
Despite the common challenges for all small islands, specific challenges were apparent and most of them related to the different management status of MPAs and the socioeconomic context. In all cases, increasing coastal development is the common and most evident issue, with fisheries management another major concern for most MPAs.
Ms. Carole Martinez (coordinator of the IUCN EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories Programme) introduced the workshop and stressed the importance of identifying the needs both at the MPA level, the national and the regional levels in order to develop common actions to better assist MPA managers, practitioners and decision makers. She also mentioned the importance to raise awareness on the key role of coastal and marine ecosystems for climate change adpatation.
During the discussions the MPA Managers emphasized the need of using roving teams to conduct biophysical monitoring in all islands, the importance of exchanging information, and the involvement of local stakeholders to improve MPA management. They also pointed out the importance of effective management and planning of marine and coastal ecosystems ( e.g. maximising the usefulness of MPAs, so that they are better prepared to face climate change).
Dr. Owen Day (director of the Caribsave C-FISH program) and Dr. Georgina Bustamante (CaMPAM coordinator) emphasized the need to engage local fishermen in MPA management so as to to reduce parrotfish fishing and ideally grant fishing exclusive rights to local fishers. They also said that such activities should take place in combination with no-take areas in order to restore the island's coral reef health and fisheries (which have been deteriorated over decades because of overfishing), as a preparatory action to increase resilience.
Ms. Helen Souan, director of SPAW-RAC, expressed the commitment of the SPAW program Regional Activity Center of the UNEP-CEP to partner with IUCN in developing a program in support of facing climate change for all the islands.
It was concluded at the end of the workshop to develop several concrete actions in order to support both MPA managers but as well local and national governments for suitable adaptation strategies.
To read the full report of the workshop click here
To see the presentations given during the event click on the links at the side of this page.
For additional information contact Helene Souan ([email protected]) or Carole Martinez ([email protected])


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Windham woman dies after car catches fire
JAMAICA -- A Windham woman died in a car crash on Monday after her vehicle caught fire.
On Monday afternoon, around 3 p.m., Vermont State Police responded to Route 30 just north of Jamaica Village for a report of a two-vehicle crash. It was snowing, which gave responders reason to believe that the conditions of the road may have been a factor in what happened.
Tressa McKinney, 20, of Windham, was driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla in the southbound lane of Route 30 when she lost control and crossed over the double solid line, colliding with a 1994 GMC Suburban, which had been traveling in the northbound lane.
Following the collision, McKinney's vehicle caught on fire and was engulfed in flames.
Gavin Scotti, 48, of Greenwich, Conn., was driving the Suburban along with a 14-year-old passenger. Scotti and his passenger were transported to Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend. Both were released after being treated for minor injuries. The Suburban had heavy front-end damage.
The Jamaica Fire Department, Winhall Police and Londonderry Fire and Rescue Department responded to the scene.
"This is further reason for people to drive with caution during this weather," said Troop D Commander Capt. Ray Keefe of the Vermont State Police.
The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper James Matthews at the Brattleboro barracks at 802-254-2382.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Explore parallax which causes each of your eyes to produce slightly different images. Then imagine yourself an alien and try to predict which images each of your four eyes see.
Observe robins and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
Are you really in danger when you are taking those hairpin turns and death-defying loops on a roller coaster? Discover how amusement park rides use the laws of physics to simulate danger, while keeping the rides safe.
Explore practical uses of genetic engineering techniques to generate a plant that produces a hepatitis B protein for potential vaccine use. Examine the use of restriction enzymes for cloning and plasmid mapping. View non-Flash version.
Track bald eagle migration. Report your sightings and observations to the bald eagle tracking map.
Run this model of the carbon cycle to see how carbon circulates through the atmosphere, biosphere, oceans and the earth's crust. Explore ways that human input might change global outcomes in the future.
Play an animation that incorporates most types of energy transfers and conversions into a chain reaction. Then rerun the animation and answer questions to test your understanding of how energy can travel and change.
Explore the chemistry and physiology of running by choosing an avatar and running a series of timed races. Set a running goal to successfully complete a full marathon. Then perform an energy calculation to see how many kilocalories were burned during the race.
Learn more about key chemistry-related people and events from prehistoric times to the present. The timeline targets major breakthroughs in the development of chemical science, including the discovery of key elements, as well as the birth and death dates of important contributors chemistry history.
Try to predict what will happen in three different bumper car collisions. For each collision, you'll be shown two possible outcomes.
Manipulate dual shadows and learn why different types of shadows are cast.
You have two minutes to correctly arrange five images showing the positions of the continents during different geologic periods. Can you do it?
Learn about the economics of operating a chemical factory as you try to optimize the process of a simulated Haber-Bosch process ammonia fertilizer plant. Try to maximize profitability by using your knowledge of chemistry to fine-tune the reaction: adjusting temperature and pressure in the reaction chamber, switching the type of catalyst, and adjusting the rate that the product (ammonia) and impurities are removed.
What are convergent boundaries? Examine how collisions of oceanic and continental plates can create volcanoes, island arcs and earthquakes.
Use real demographic data and a simulator to understand the factors that control human population growth, recognize the demographic transition in human history, and gain a sense of how population demographics has a very human impact in all areas of our planet.
Try your hand at designing a roller coaster using physics concepts that are used to create real coasters. When you're done, your coaster will need to pass an inspection for both safety and fun.
Follow the steps in the development of a cancer drug — from initial research on the targeted disease to the drug's use in humans. Learn how drug design targets a disease by exploiting the structure of a protein that causes that disease. View non-Flash version.
Discover neutrino oscillation and try to match real experiments with this simulator. Do electrons oscillate? What happens to the rate of neutrino detection as you move closer and farther from the source?
This simulator will let you explore various diseases: Kold, a caricature of the common cold; Impfluenza, which resembles an influenza outbreak; and Red Death, a fast-spreading epidemic with a high mortality rate. What factors influence the spread of these diseases, and what can we do to counter them?
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Five Below to open 60 stores in 2013 and expand into Texas
Philadelphia — Teen and tween retailer Five Below will open 60 stores this year, including its first-ever locations in Texas.
The retailer said it will open four to five stores in Austin, Texas, and 10 to 12 stores in Dallas by late summer, with the potential for more than 100 stars in the Lone Star Sate stores over time.
"Austin and Dallas are large markets and are a natural next step of our continuing expansion strategy," said Tom Vellios, CEO and co-founder of Five Below. "In addition, Texas' solid economy and family-oriented population are a perfect fit for Five Below's brand-name, trend-right merchandise for teens, pre-teens, and shoppers of all ages, making it a promising new market as we continue to grow."
Five Below's new 600,000-sq.-ft. distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., will support the Austin and Dallas areas, as well as support future expansion in and around the Texas market. The company will move into the new facility in spring 2013.
With the addition of the 60 planned stores for 2013, Five Below will operate approximately 300 locations in 19 states, from New Hampshire to Georgia along the East Coast to Illinois and Missouri in the Midwest. Five Below's plan to open 60 new stores in 2013 will bring the number of locations to approximately 300.
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