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Within the Ford website you can configure the car you're interested in and then obtain a finance quote online for many of our new cars by clicking here. Alternatively, you can click here to find your nearest Ford Dealer. If you haven't already seen Ford's great current promotions then please click here.
What does APR mean?
APR stands for Annual Percentage Rate. When you borrow money on an agreement regulated by the Consumer Credit Act, lenders are required by law to quote this rate, which calculates the total amount of interest that will be paid over the whole term of the loan while taking into account any additional charges that the borrower has to pay. The APR allows you to compare the cost of finance from different lenders.
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The city of Tifton has big plans to fill the seats at the Tift theatre.
The City Council has taken over the theatre from the Downtown Development Authority after a three to two vote.
Mayor Jamie Cater says there are still details to work out but he sees the great potential of the theatre.
"You know you like to brand your community and this theatre can brand downtown. We could get a lot of people coming here if we put the right act and do the right thing and so, we're looking forward to that," said Cater.
Officials say the theatre has been losing money.
Once they decide on the amount of city money to pump into the facility, they plan to make changes and they hope it will bring revenue and activity to the city.
Annual community events such as showing old movies to Tifton kids will still be held.
The Tift theatre opened in 1937.
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Portland has the unenviable task of cleaning up the fallen chimney of the 2011-12 NBA season and rebuilding their team brick-by-brick over the next three years. A big part of that will be Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey and his ability to select the right players in the lottery section of the draft, a task that — now more than ever — needs to be perfect. Hardwood Paroxysm's Sean Highkin and I discussed the Trail Blazers drafting habits, chances, and strategy over e-mail.
Subject: Blazers Drafting Habits
From: AYoungSabonis.com
Date: Oct 18, 2012
To: Sean Highkin
I've been thinking about the Blazers draft strategy lately and wondering whether it's realistic to see the Blazers under Neil Olshey as more successful than Kevin Pritchard. Prich had an embarrassment of riches, stockpiling and even "stealing" guys like Rudy Fernandez for the change in Paul Allen's couch.
Now we're looking at Olshey coming in a month before the NBA draft and picking two pretty good players – Damian Lillard, who makes the Blazers scouts look great, and Meyers Leonard who, save for Zeller, may be the best pick that also filled a need the Blazers could get.
In recent memory, Olshey has had a good record drafting for the Clippers as well. Eric Bledsoe, Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan… other than Aminu and Thornton, that's pretty good. What do you think of Olshey's first draft as Trail Blazers GM?
Subject: RE: Blazers Drafting Habits
From: Sean Highkin
Date: Oct 18, 2012
To: AYoungSabonis.com
We should probably back up a second and talk about this whole notion that Kevin Pritchard was a draft-day genius during his time in Portland. The Roy and Aldridge trades in 2006 were his masterpiece, and the Oden pick obviously made sense at the time, even if hindsight has made it look like Bowie-over-Jordan. But the only other good pick he made in his five drafts as Blazers GM was Nicolas Batum at No. 25 in 2008. The rest of his drafting track record in Portland is littered with Luke Babbitts, Sergio Rodriguezes, and Armon Johnsons. More than being nostalgic for Pritchard, I wish Rich Cho had been given the chance to conduct a draft before Paul Allen cut him loose too.
I have no complaints about what Olshey did on draft day. Lillard was was the obvious pick at No. 6, and everything I've seen from him since then backs that up. Like you, I kind of thought he'd go with Tyler Zeller at 11. And while I think he's looked better than Leonard at Summer League and during the preseason, I'm pretty high on what Meyers could become eventually, and I can't fault Olshey for drafting a 7-1 guy with his athleticism and mobility.
But what isn't being talked about is that Olshey is setting the Blazers up to be able to do the same sort of asset-stockpiling they did under Pritchard. He very quietly picked up a future second-round picks and two Greek prospects this summer in the sign-and-trade that sent Raymond Felton to the Knicks. He corralled another second-rounder for facilitating the Rockets' trade of Courtney Lee to the Celtics. Like Pritchard's acquisition of Rudy Fernandez, he didn't give up much, if anything, to get these picks and players. And whether or not any of the pan out for the Blazers is irrelevant.—they're just more chips he can use in future trades.
Subject: RE: RE: Blazers Drafting Habits
From: AYoungSabonis.com
Date: Oct 18, 2012
To: Sean Highkin
I have to agree with you about Pritch. Like a lot of us, I felt like the Blazers were actually one of the most infuriating teams to watch come draft day and I felt like a lot of the straight-up draft choices were, as you said, head scratchers. I think the feeling for many Portland fans was that Pritchard was a draft day wizard, but that's certainly not my opinion. In the last two drafts as GM for the Trail Blazers he took Victor Claver (four picks later was Taj Gibson), Dante Cunningham, Patty Mills, and Jerryd Bayliss (although he picked up Nic Batum).
I suppose the thing I'm wondering about Olshey's strategy is twofold. He's obviously going to keep Claver and Freeland stateside, but Claver may end up in the D-League. Typically Portland has had foreign prospects stashed and we never get to see them (Hi Petteri!) here in the northwest. I personally hope this strategy ends. Second, the issue Portland ended up with in the middle part of the decade was a revolving door of wing players that all needed more minutes, or at least wanted them (Hi Rudy! Hi Travis!)
I feel like the Blazers don't need to physically gather prospects and sit them on the bench and leave it to poor Terry Stotts to find minutes and roles for them. I'd rather see the Blazers gather picks and prospects and cash them in for a high pick or one valuable player you know you can put in a set position and give minutes to.
Looking forward, we're looking at Olshey drafting front-line players barring some awful year from Wesley Matthews and/or Nic Batum, right?
Subject: RE: RE: RE: Blazers Drafting Habits
From: Sean Highkin
Date: Oct 21, 2012
To: AYoungSabonis.com
I think that's Olshey's game plan. The more assets you have, the easier it is to get in the mix if an impact player comes available on the trade market. That's not to say they won't be looking to use their picks, though, especially considering how bad they'll be the next couple of years. In order to be a title contender, you need a superstar, and there are two ways to get one: By being the Lakers and magically falling into one via an incredibly lopsided trade, and through the draft. The Blazers aren't going to get the player who propels them to contention by trading assets. If they get their Anthony Davis/Kyrie Irving/Blake Griffin, it will be by being terrible in the near term and contending for the top spot in the draft lottery. The extra assets and picks they accumulate will be used to add proven talent once to augment a Damian Lillard/Shabazz Muhammad core.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday.
CDC researchers said 98 percent of all flu samples from the H1N1 strain were resistant to Roche AG's Tamiflu, a pill that can both treat flu and prevent infection. Four patients infected with the resistant strain have died, including two children.
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Image: Neanderthals are the closest hominid relatives of modern humans. The two species co-existed in Europe and western Asia as late as 30,000 years ago. (American Museum of Natural History). (Image from Berkley Lab)
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Draft sequence opens window on human relatives.
The entire genome of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal has been sequenced by a team of scientists in Germany. The group is already extracting DNA from other ancient Neanderthal bones and hopes that the genomes will allow an unprecedented comparison between modern humans and their closest evolutionary relative.
The three-year project, which cost about €5 million (US$6.4 million), was carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Project leader Svante Pääbo will announce the results of the preliminary genomic analysis at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, which starts on 12 February.
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Conditional Formatting
In Google Sheets, as in other spreadsheet programs, you can set the formatting of a cell (text color, background color) based on the data contained within that cell. This is called "conditional formatting," and it's valuable in that it provides visual cues for your users. A red cell, for example, might indicate an impending sue date. The data can include dates, text and numbers.
In our first tutorial on Google Sheets, we looked at extending the software's default conditional formatting options through the use of formulas. That solution is good for a limited range of dates, but it might get cumbersome in spreadsheets that span longer periods, since each possible date requires a unique formula.
But there is a way to simplify the conditional formatting setup by using date ranges rather than individual dates.
As with last week's tutorial, begin by selecting the range of cells to which you wish to apply your conditional formatting. In my case, I want to apply my formatting to an entire column (the "Due Date" column in my example), so I'll click the top of the column to select the entire thing.
Then choose Format > Conditional formatting from the menu.
I'll set up four ranges of dates for my column. The ranges I'm choosing are arbitrary. You can set whatever range you want.
To begin, change the default condition ("Text contains") to "Is between." This will cause two text fields to appear. You will put your ranges inside these boxes. For my first range, I want to set anything due this week to have a red background with white text.
So in the first box, I enter the formula for today:
And in the second box, I'll enter:
That covers all dates from today to seven days from now.
Then change the text and background colors in the dialog.
Click "Save rules" when you're done.
Now I'll repeat this for three more date ranges.
First, click "+Add another rule" for each new date range you want to create.
Then repeat the process you used earlier, making sure that none of your dates overlap. Set colors for each range individually. In my case, I'll use cooler colors for dates that are farther away (greens and blues), hotter colors for dates that are getting closer (reds and yellows).
Click Save rules when you're done.
And here's the result.
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A 62-year-old woman was killed in a fire caused by smoking in bed, according to a fire marshal.
Asheville Fire Marshal Wayne Hamilton said Deborah Bebber was rescued from her burning condominium on Friday. The fire was reported about 11:30 a.m. at 410 Windswept Drive. The building is a four-unit complex at the top of Town Mountain Road.
Hamilton said Bebber died Sunday evening.
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Those pics need thought bubbles…"WTF does that boy think he's doin…" "There goes the neighborhood" "P-R-E-N-U-P…Pre-Nup clap clap Pre-Nup!!!"
I'm surprised she's not "Brady-ing".
One of the more heartwarming stories — for all the hopeless romantics out there — to come out of the Super Bowl was how New York Giants linebacker Greg Jones took to bended knee to propose to his girlfriend immediately after winning the Super Bowl.
Fortunately, the aftermath of the entire romantic scene was captured on video, but perhaps more importantly for the purposes of this post, a photog happened to be nearby to properly document the proposal as well. And if you look closely in the background, Jones' mother is ever-present in the photos, and she does not look happy about what had just transpired in front of her.
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Ouch. If looks could kill, right? Good luck with all that, Fianceé of Greg Jones Lady. May you enjoy many years of awkward, anger-infused interactions with your mother-in-law.
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Those pics need thought bubbles…"WTF does that boy think he's doin…" "There goes the neighborhood" "P-R-E-N-U-P…Pre-Nup clap clap Pre-Nup!!!"
I'm surprised she's not "Brady-ing".
Those are some funny pics. Boy does she look pissed off. He obviously knew his mom didn't approve but did it went with his heart. Good for him. Now that his of a mom has the whole world knowing what a sour puss she is.
She shouldn't have to pretend to like his girlfriend just for the cameras. I applaud her for not being fake!
me too – someone automatically assumed her problem is that the chick is white. Stupid racist assumption
I agree there could be many reason why she has that look. Lets not always have the assumption of race, that is just stupid .
Mother's do know best ! MOST OF THE TIME …
I dont think its a race thing at all I think its a money thing the boy is young and just got his dream to come to he need to learn from Kobe cause she going get half if he mess up and the type of field he in he's bond to mess up I pray for that poor white girl cause she going have a mother in law from hell lol
i am so happy with his mom. maybe she now sees that this isn't a good thing for her son and their family. dump her greg now,you will only lose an engagement ring. don't become another mike strahan montel williams don cornelius and the too many black men that made undeserving white femmes wealthy.


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Fixing Your Resume
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Volunteering and Experience
If you feel that your resume does not contain enough work experience for you to procure the job that you desire, volunteering at a company or place of work relevant to the job you are targeting is recommended. Volunteering is an ideal way to gain experience without having to apply for numerous jobs.
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With your resume sorted—and significant experience under your belt—you're now ready for an interview. As you've probably heard many times before, you can only make a first impression once, so take care that your appearance is appropriate. When choosing an outfit, keep in mind that you must appear in appropriate and professional attire, but do not dress over the top; your attire must display character as well as self-discipline.
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Keep in mind that any company to which you apply will be seeking only the best candidates, and so, if you make it to the interviewing stage, you must be prepared to answer any number of questions. It is best to practice in front of a mirror, or family members, or even a group of friends; this may help you to keep from stammering or coming up short when faced with tough questions.
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Maintaining a positive attitude throughout your interview will increase your chances of obtaining the job that you desire, as companies associate a positive attitude with a productive personality. This is particularly favourable when the hiring manager considers whether or not you will contribute to the development and growth of the company.
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An interview is all about advertising yourself and what you can do for the company. The company is already interested in your skills and experience; otherwise, you would not have made it to the interviewing stage. So now it's up to you to take it to the next level by impressing the interviewer and keeping him or her interested. What skills do you have that can benefit the employer? What sets you aside from every other Plain Jane or John Smith? Prove to the interviewer that you are worth more than the other candidates; prove that you have a characteristic that they don't. If you achieve this, the job is as good as yours.
If you do not reach the interviewing stage, or your application is rejected after you have been interviewed, you shouldn't let it affect your confidence. Learn from your mistakes, and keep striving for a job that you really want.
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It's in the mid 70's as you sit on you back porch and enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets you can remember. Just as you look over and see your kids playing at the back of the property a cool spring breeze kicks up and blows the smell of the pork ribs being smoked in your face.
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Bat generally had the better of ball in the opening series of matches in the Wairarapa Cricket Association's The Rock Twenty20 competition.
A1 Homes Kuranui Old Boys, Turkey Red Greytown and Red Star all got their campaigns away to a winning start and picked up the maximum four points.
Kuranui Old Boys managed 124 against Rathkeale College, largely thanks to a knock of 44 by Tony Russo. John Ryan was the pick of the students' bowlers with 3-26.
In reply, Rathkeale College made 118-8 with Harry Clinton-Baker reaching 43 and Zac Caldwell 33. Reece Lett took 3-13 bowling for Kuranui Old Boys.
Wairarapa senior rep Tim Lucas was in good form for Greytown when they batted first against Marist Old Boys, scoring 63. Also contributing well were Harry Greenwood (38) and Blake Lyford (30).
Marist Old Boys were 126-6 in their innings, Greg Dennes-Wilson making 43 and Robbie Speers 55. Greenwood completed a solid all-round performance for Greytown by taking 2-20.
Red Star and Wairarapa College had a closely-contested match with Red Star, winning by just seven runs. They made 154-6, of which John Wells provided a valuable 40, while Wairarapa College reached 147-5; Tim Griffith top scoring with 69 and Rob Crump making 38.
The draw for Twenty20 competition matches tomorrow night sees Lansdowne playing Kuranui Old Boys at Queen Elizabeth Park Oval, Rathkeale up against Marist Old Boys at Rathkeale and Greytown at home to Wairarapa College.
All games start at 5.15pm and umpires are Mark Elliott (Park Oval), Jamie Sprowson and David Lee (Rathkeale) and Johan Fourie (Greytown).
Umpire's Cup and open grade matches will continue on Saturday and the draw there is:
Senior (noon start): Lansdowne v Red Star at Park Sports 2 (B. Campbell and J. Fourie); Greytown v Rathkeale at Greytown (M. Elliott and H. Qualtrough); Wairarapa College v Marist Old Boys at Wairarapa College (C. Cogdale and D. Lee), Kuranui Old Boys - bye.
Open grade (1pm start): Rathkeale 2 v Marist Old Boys 2 at Rathkeale artificial, Greytown 2 v Wairarapa College Colts at Carterton artificial, Lansdowne 3 v Wairarapa College 2 at Park Sports 1, Lansdowne 2 - bye.


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Congratulations to all the Feb. 22, 2014 Powerball winners! Check your tickets now. You could be one of the lucky lottery winners. The Powerball winning numbers are 2, 3, 13, 14, 54, and the red Powerball number is 4.
Saturday's drawing produced 450,710 Powerball winners, but unfortunately no one was lucky enough to match all six Powerball winning numbers and take home the $40 million jackpot check. The good news is the jackpot rolled over and is now worth a whopping $50 million for the next drawing.
Congrats to the Powerball Lottery Winners!
Surprisingly, there were no $2 million Power Play winners in the Feb. 22 drawing either. Fortunately, there was one (1) Match 5 + 0 Powerball winner that managed to win $1 million from the New York Lottery. The $1 million Powerball winner matched five out of six Powerball winning numbers, but not the red Powerball number for the second-tier prize. Had the New York Powerball winner spent an extra dollar on the Power Play option, their prize would have instantly doubled from $1 million to $2 million. Better luck next time!
Additionally, there were seventeen (17) Match 4 + 1 winners for $10,000 each in the Feb. 22 drawing. Five (5) of those Powerball winners purchased the Power Play option which instantly increased their prize to $50,000. Each winner matched four out of five Powerball winning numbers, AND the red Powerball number for the third-tier prize.
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8/5 Heat Buster 5K
Left work to drive to Hamilton Township, NJ for my last summer race, the Heat Buster 5K. I wanted to redeem myself from last Saturday's disastrous 5M race, and just to run as I've been sick since (only one day since then). Really wanted to end on a PR. Thought I could, since the temperature had dropped from the 90s to 71; felt cool and breezy at the start despite 68% humidity. Someone close to me really upset me today, and that proved to be the fire I needed to get me through the rough spots of this race that benefitted the YMCA.
Since my MP3 player decided to die last night, I picked one up on the way to the race. I had dusted off and brought my old sports Discman to this headphones-friendly race, only to discover it didn't work. I spent a half hour trying to open the stupid MP3 thick plastic package; ended up slicing it with a window keypunch tool
. Forced to listen to FM radio (but certainly better than my own horrid breathing patterns). At packet pickup, where I received the hugest size medium, brightest orange t-shirt I've ever seen (think construction worker orange!), I was very distraught to discover that I was assigned bib #13. OH NO! Cursed I am, CURSED. Wore new shorts - shorty bike shorts that ended up being like bunhuggers during the race
. Weird feeling, but surprisingly comfortable.
It felt almost like I was wearing nothing ....
Horn went off at 7pm. This course followed much of the 5M course I ran on New Year's Day where I received my first PR this year. Smooth sliding along, wide strides and huffing and puffing, pretty much downhill for the first mile. Hit mile 1 in 9:16, my fastest mile EVER. Smiled. Mile 2 was rolling small up and downs. During some of the up portions I thought of my friend and turned my anger into resolve. Hit the mile marker in 9:28. Smiled bigger. Jockeyed positions during mile 3 with Old Man Yellow, where I began cursing my friend a lot to get me up the hill (hey, what goes down during mile 1 must go up during mile 3 in an out-and-back). Hit the mile marker just behind him in 9:31. Smiled very big. Poured it on to pass him in the final .1 which I completed in 0:49.
Crossed the finish line with 29:04, beating my PR by 50 seconds, with a pace of 9:23. 111 of 132 runners, 4th in my age group. This is HUGE for me, because I hate 5Ks and rarely want to put in the effort to do one well. But that anger I felt turned out to be a blessing. Made me think of Metallica: Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire! I shook Old Man Yellow's hand and thanked him for the competition that made me work harder to hang on. He smiled and said the same. I then won a prize! A picnic backpack, where in the mesh part on the top you can store your snacks, and then store your drinks in the insulated bottom. w00t! Then I went for a free dinner courtesy of a coupon in the goodie bag.
Washed it down with a well-deserved chocolate milkshake.
What a way to end summer racing season. 1 triathlon, 10 running races, a 5K and a 10K PR all while starting a huge marathon ramp up with a little tri training thrown in for good measure. A little olympic tri for fun on Sunday, then 3 weeks off until my crazy fall racing schedule starts. I can't wait to see what fall will bring.
8/8 Wilkes Barre Triathlon
olympic distance: 1.5K swim / 40K bike / 11K run
A little pick-up race for fun. Not very prepared, but managed to exceed my expectations. Figured I'd do 4 hours, later revised to 4:30 when I heard about and saw the course. Thought the swim was a half mile until 2 weeks before when I did the K calculation
to discover it was .93 miles. Thought it was a 10K run, then discovered it was an 11K run, a week before. Discovered on race day that, as per the run coordinator, it was actually a 7.2M run. But I get ahead of myself ....
After The Behemoth in May I took a break from tri training. Since it was my primary focus for nearly 4 months, I ran for fun in June and did a sprint tri for fun where I rocked, and then in July started minimal half ironman training and began serious marathon training. Two weeks ago I biked 37 miles, figured good enough. For the last few weeks I've done a mile swim 2-3 times a week, figured I'd be OK. Drove up to Wilkes-Barre with TriBob on Saturday and attended prerace meeting. BAD IDEA, as I got really worked up, scared, and nervous. As we drove over to the T1 area to rack our bikes, I was uncharacteristically quiet. Very scared.
Woke up the next morning and I was a complete wreck. I'd managed about 1.5 hours of sleep, and kept having recurring nightmares that the seaweed in the lake was reaching up to pull me under the water. I have a paralyzing fear of lakes, and know since I'm in for IMLP I have to get over this irrational fear. Met TriBob in the lobby and was quiet. Drove over to the race finish area. Somebody had forgotten his chip, so I was temporarily distracted enough to talk. We went and set up T2, and then took a bus to the swim/T1 area. I could barely breathe, eyes wide open, staring at the very long swim on the lake when we got there. I was so freaked out I was sick to my stomach, and mad because I knew I was making myself sick over a stupid fear.
The whole time before the race I was sick. Lost breakfast and coffee an hour before. I was in the first swim wave, and knew it would be bad as I was shaking uncontrollably whilst standing on the beach. Horn goes off, I ran in the water and try to freestyle. I stick my face in the murky water and see seaweed floating up towards me. Panic attack! Could not stick my face back in the water. So I managed to backstroke and sidestroke the ENTIRE .93 of a mile swim, while sick. Finally my misery was over and I ran up the beach to T1, where I got my wetsuit off in 30 seconds and took a minute to sit and catch my breath. I couldn't get my helmet on to save my life, but couldn't touch my bike without it snapped. A USAT official couldn't help me, but walked me through where I needed to move my fingers to snap the helmet on.
Off onto the bike.
THE HILLS! THE FREAKIN' HILLS! The first few miles were WHEEEE! downhill and then came some of the biggest hills I've seen since NYC. Made it up the first set, which shredded my legs. And I was still sick to my stomach, because I was breathing so hard from the climb and due to nervousness remaining from the swim. I walked up two others, dismayed but it allowed me to eat what I could and hydrate. I got knocked off my bike by a fellow rider who was passing me, unannounced and too close. I went right into a little roadside ditch. He didn't stop, but 3 other athletes did to see if I was OK. A little scared, a little bloody in the elbow, but I just climbed right back on. I hit the water station at mile 15, and was like w00ty w00t! Smooth sailing from here. On a couple bumpy downhills I lost both of my ClifShots and half my energy bites
. The bulk of the big hills were gone, so I gutted it out up a few more including the one leading to the dismount area. Really, whoever planned this course which many competitors said was difficult is a sadist beyond reproach. A little disappointed with the bike. Wanted 8 minutes less, but with the hills I truthfully hadn't trained for, I figure it's a wash. Overall pace great considering I walked a mile; my marathon legs definitely helped here.
T2 pretty quick. Downed 12oz of Gatorade, threw on the shoes, and was off. First mile down, mile 2 flat, then a big hill and a steady climb for the next 2 miles. Rolling hills for the rest. Ran the first two, and then walked up - SURPRISE!- more hills when I needed to while my times held pretty well. By mile 5 I was feeling great, and I crossed the finish line well within my goal with a huge smile on my face. An EMT grabbed me because I was bleeding and bandaged my elbow. I dove at the food table and grabbed a juicebox
(but no Lunchables were there!)
and a blue popsicle. Looked all over for my ride who I thought had ditched me, but who was instead putting in some extra miles on the bike. I kept screaming
I didn't come in last! I didn't come in last!
Collected gear, threw it in the car, and then had the best shower of my life (even if the water was freezing). I then discovered that I was a big winner, despite beating only 6 participants, having won 2nd Athena and some hardware to match!
Grabbed some deliciously decadent fast food on the way out of town, and then in great co-pilot style I slept nearly the whole way home
Stats: 3:56:07. HUGE considering my lack of preparation. Struggled at points, but never doubted I wouldn't finish strong. I shall try to break my fear of lakes in my next two tris, because the thought of doing a 2.4M backstroke in IMLP is daunting. But doing so well on the bike, less than 14 minutes behind my role model, makes me wonder how well I could do with actual training. I also managed to overtake people on both the bike, which I expected, and the run, which I didn't.
swim: 45:58 (272/281)
bike: 1:42:59 @ 14.6mph (277/281)
run: 1:19:23 @ 11:02 pace (10:36, 10:26, 11:40, 11:29, 11:03, 11:27, 12:46 [1.2]) (254/281
Now 3 luxurious weeks off until crazy fall racing season begins!
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I'm exhausted reading that Tri report!!! Congrats on the PR and overcoming the nerves in the tri!
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Awesome pr, and i'm amazed by anyone who tri's
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2 races in 1 week...that's impressive! Congrats on the PR!
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Killer Reports Elkid!!!
Great job on both races.
Now give your body a chance to recover some before you fall?? season starts.
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Summer is here! We look forward to beautiful weather for both the Fell Race evening and Sheldon Day itself. Both events are hard work but enjoyable too and one way of sharing and showing what a wonderful village Sheldon is, but importantly they provide crucial income to help maintain our lovely Church, our Village Hall and the Playing Field.
If you can spare a couple of hours to help put up the bunting ready for the Fell Race you will be most welcome. The organisation for the Fell Race is well in hand – Phil will be contacting helpers and hopefully we shall have a large crowd of supporters for what is always a very enjoyable evening. The runners need your support so we hope as many of us as possible will cheer them on.
Sheldon Day should be better than ever this year – we hear there will be a magician with a rabbit, face painting, the brass band and this year the vintage Austin Car Club is coming to swell the ranks of tractors and engines. All the usual sideshows and attractions will also be here. We have so much going on this year that any help you can give will be very welcome – please let Andrew know. One other plea – please sell as many raffle tickets as you can – we have some great prizes. Tickets are available from Angie who is organising it this year; you could win that helicopter flight!
We must send our belated, but very best wishes to Adrienne and Noel who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 5th; congratulations to you both!
We also send our very best wishes to John L-C who has been in hospital. We wish you a speedy recovery John and are thinking of you.
We expect everyone knows that Pauline, our milk lady, has now departed these shores to live in Southern Ireland. Will life be the same here without her breezy way, her milk float and her determined efforts to deliver our milk in sometimes atrocious weather? Good Luck Pauline and welcome to Charlene, our new milk girl.
The weather for the Whitsun Cream Teas was not the best – more cloud and showers than sunny intervals. But a cheerful welcome met those who came and the total raised of £160 was a credit to the hard work of the organisers and helpers. Well done to all. The next Cream Tea is on Bank Holiday Sunday 24th August.
William and Alec have been taking part in the Buxton Music Festival and did very well. William gained first place in the piano trio competition and Alec gained a first in the under 11's brass section playing the trumpet. Congratulations to them both – a great achievement from two talented boys.
A note of caution now as we have a warning from Ashford folk. A woman has been going round many local villages claiming to be collecting money for 'Help the Heroes'. The money is definitely not going to this worthy charity.
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By luck we eventually resuscitated our machines. But we still had no idea why they had so many problems, other than our incautious decision to revamp the network on the eve of a major deadline. Recently I have come to believe that the fundamental cause was one that hardly anyone would have named, even those few years ago: our software was proprietary. In other words, the manufacturers -- Apple, in the main, but also Xanté, which made the printer -- controlled the underlying instructions that made their products work, and kept them secret. Much as no technician could repair a computer if the case were sealed shut, neither we nor our consultant could lift the lid of the software and peer inside to see why our network was down.
This is rapidly changing. Pushed by the growth of the Internet and a new operating system known as Linux, many software companies are considering whether to allow unrestricted access to the underlying instructions -- the "source code," in the jargon -- of their programs. For the computer industry this is a turnabout. Until as recently as last year software companies almost invariably viewed source code as their single most valuable asset. Yet throughout Silicon Valley executives are discussing whether they will be forced, for the sake of corporate survival, to give away something they have always thought worth millions of dollars.
The notion is especially startling for operating systems. An operating system is the software that runs the hardware on a computer. When users of, say, Microsoft Word click on the PRINT button or type sentences, the program does not print the document or put letters on the monitor. Instead it passes the instructions to the operating system, which shuttles data from the hard drive to the printer or translates the keystrokes into onscreen characters. The two most familiar operating systems are Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, the Macintosh operating system. Microsoft and Apple are famed for their differences, but in one respect they are exactly the same: they have both used control of the source code to their operating systems as a competitive weapon. Indeed, Microsoft's competitors widely attribute its dominance to its lock on Windows. Nonetheless, Apple has already given programmers a small glimpse of its source code, and Microsoft has announced that it might do the same.
Opening source code is more than the latest news release in the software industry. It is the center of a small but increasingly influential movement -- one that aspires to transform the world. Enthusiasts dismiss the grudging moves by Apple and Microsoft as too little too late, and confidently anticipate that Linux will topple Bill Gates's empire. Many believe that its widespread adoption will greatly increase human freedom. Still others hope that Linux will reduce the gap between rich and poor nations.
No one can say whether any of this will come to pass, although the information age is sweeping society so rapidly and unpredictably that not even the unlikeliest outcomes can be dismissed. But it is clear that living with Linux, which I have been doing for a while now, is not at all like spending time with Windows or Mac OS. Whereas Windows and Mac OS are intended in part to shield users from their machines, Linux forces people to grapple with their relationship to technology -- an experience that was for me both salutary and disquieting.
I'M writing this article with software called XEmacs. The program (its name derives, circuitously, from an abbreviation for "Editor Macros") is unlike any other word processor I've ever encountered. In addition to cutting and pasting text, XEmacs can run other programs; send electronic mail; browse the World Wide Web; retrieve, edit, and send files across the Internet; and keep track of appointments. It's like a digital Swiss army knife. Many hackers (a term used by computer cognoscenti to refer not to teenage vandals but to expert programmers and network administrators) open XEmacs when they come to work, use it through the day for every kind of task, and close it when they go home. Macintosh and Windows adaptations of XEmacs exist, but the program is used mainly on other operating systems, especially Linux. XEmacs is a descendant of Emacs, most of which was written in the mid-1970s by Richard Stallman, a gifted hacker who has spent most of the past two decades working as a volunteer in the halls of the Laboratory for Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When Stallman began coding, proprietary software hardly existed. Computer makers like IBM and Digital threw in the programs needed to operate their expensive machines -- the profits to be made were on hardware. In those long-ago days programmers freely passed their code around for colleagues to use, critique, and improve. Stallman thought of this as eminently sensible.
To many hackers, the rise of the commercial software industry came as an unpleasant surprise. Companies sell software in the form of zeros and ones on computer disks. Like a translated poem that
In 1984, Stallman founded the GNU Project, which worked out of donated offices at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. Its intent was to create a powerful and sophisticated operating system that was wholly free of proprietary restrictions -- the source code could be copied and changed at will. To ensure that the software could never be kept secret, Stallman invented the GNU General Public License, which copyrighted the source code and released it to the world on the sole condition that any modifications would be covered by the same license -- that is, could be freely copied and changed. This special form of copyright, Stallman said, should be called "copyleft."
GNU intended to duplicate the look and feel of Unix, which was then the most common operating system on big computer networks and the Internet. Invented in 1969 at Bell Labs (the precursor of Lucent Technologies), Unix has mutated into a dozen different proprietary versions, which today are available from IBM, Compaq, Sun Microsystems, and other companies. Stallman called his version GNU, for "GNU's Not Unix," an acronym that includes itself -- the sort of trick hackers love.
The goal was almost ludicrously ambitious. The heart of an operating system is its "kernel," the switchboardlike software that shuttles zeros and ones among the keyboard, the mouse, the monitor, the hard drive, and the microprocessors. But the kernel does not run the computer by itself: it works in concert with hundreds of supplementary programs, including drivers, utilities, programming tools, and window managers. To create a complete operating system the GNU Project would have to write not only the kernel but also the surrounding software -- hundreds of megabytes of code. It was like a group of friends deciding to build their own space shuttle in a basement.
Amazingly, the GNU Project did it -- or, rather, has almost done it. By the early 1990s hackers around the world were using GNU software, including "gawk," a programming language, and "groff," a document-formatting and printing system. But the project had not created a working kernel, partly because Stallman had decided not to pattern the GNU operating system on the Unix kernel but to build upon a stripped-down, ultraflexible kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Utah. Unfortunately, producing a kernel that was not only small but also adaptable enough to do many things turned out to be exceedingly difficult. The GNU kernel is still under development; the latest release, version 0.2, appeared in June of 1997.
In 1991 Linus Torvalds decided to write his own kernel. Torvalds, then an undergraduate at the University of Helsinki, had just bought a personal computer: a 386 with four megabytes of memory. Like many hackers, he disliked MS-DOS -- "MS-DOG," as GNU Web pages sometimes call it. But his computer was not powerful enough to run Unix. Scrambling together code from his instructors and merging it with his own work, he fashioned something like a Unix kernel. Because the GNU Project had put together the necessary subsidiary programs, he calibrated his kernel to work with them. The preliminary results appeared on the Internet in the fall of 1991. "Just a hobby," Torvalds explained in an accompanying note. "Won't be big and professional like GNU."
A few hackers downloaded his kernel, fiddled with it, and passed on the improvements, which Torvalds incorporated into the next version, which was downloaded by more hackers, who added still more improvements. The informal online collaboration snowballed Andy Hardy-style, until it included hundreds of computer jocks on five continents, all volunteering their time, all chipping in bug fixes and test results and new chunks of code. Torvalds had backed into creating a full open-source operating system similar to the one that Stallman had envisioned, incorporating all the available GNU software except the kernel. He called the system Freax, but a friend thought the name was silly and to Torvalds's embarrassment rechristened it Linux (Linn-uks, after "Linus"). Version 1.0 was officially released in March of 1994. It was copylefted under the GNU General Public License.
Today Linux has millions of users, the kernel has reached version 2.2, and Torvalds has become the most famous computer programmer on earth. When I went to hear him speak in Anaheim, in 1997, the audience of hackers reacted to his appearance on the dais with mystical fervor: "This is better than the Beatles coming to Shea Stadium," one told me. According to a study issued last March by the International Data Corporation, a market-research firm in Framingham, Massachusetts, that specializes in information technology, the use of Linux will grow by at least 25 percent a year for at least the next five years; Torvalds's not "big and professional" project, the study says, will be breathing down the neck of Microsoft Windows by 2003.
A simple cost comparison suggests the plausibility of this scenario. The basic version of Windows NT, Microsoft's operating system for computer networks, has a list price of $319 per user and requires a Pentium chip. A small start-up company -- not to mention libraries, schools, and other nonprofits -- must pay thousands of dollars to equip its workers. Linux, which is equally powerful, may be downloaded gratis, no matter how many people use it, and can run on older, 486-chip personal computers -- boxes that used-computer stores sell for a hundred dollars.
Linux may have its greatest impact on poor countries, which can use free software on cheap machines to create computer systems just as good as or better than the systems in rich countries. The executive director of Linux International, a nonprofit group devoted to promoting the operating system, is Jon Hall, a manager at Compaq, which has provided Linux on powerful high-end machines since 1995 and which recently announced a new line of Linux-loaded machines for small businesses. In his view, Linux has already broken the rich nations' monopoly on access to computing -- an economic mainstay of the information age.
Because open-source software doesn't have to be registered and can be shot across the Net at will, precise information on its use in poor nations is impossible to obtain. Nonetheless, glimpses of its spread suggest that Hall may be right. Third World hackers have made major contributions to Linux -- the first important computer-industry development in which they have been able to participate. Though Chad, Niger, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, and the Central African Republic have few Internet hubs, every one of those runs on Linux, according to a survey conducted in April using data from the European Internet Protocol Network (one of the three regional registries of Internet addresses). Last October the Mexican government announced plans to put more than a million Linux computers in its schools. And so on. "The next Albert Einstein of computer science might come from Korea, or China, or Venezuela, or even Helsinki, Finland," Jon Hall has written, "and the world cannot afford to miss the opportunity of finding them."
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- Morgan Barnes
- Sydney Nsw
- Australia
Law Enforcement Officer, government agency
This conversation is closed.
Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?
After yesterdays tragic shooting in Newtown CT and the worst year ever for firearm related deaths and mass killings , has the time for the US Government to tell the Gun Lobby it is over and repeal or amend "the right of the people to bear arms".
Should it be repealed on the grounds that when originally written it was for a smaller population to defend the "State" and meant for Muskets and flintlocks not semi automatics and military hardware, which makes it no longer viable on account of relevance to this day and age.
That Militia should be held to Law Enforcement agencies, Military and government controlled Para military agencies, with a show need, clause for people such as certain Primary producers etc.
Is it time to tell the NRA and the Gun Lobby there will be no more "collateral" damage no matter how much you donate to the "Party"
What would be the best way for the government to enforce such a law???
And please no Guns do not kill people, people kill people debates it was people who invented firearms in the first place.
The time has come to realise it is mainly our children who pay the ultimate price for lack of diligence in monitoring a problem that has been there for far too many years.
Closing Statement from Morgan Barnes
Firstly I would like to say I did not flag or delete anyone's comments I am perfectly capable of speaking for myelf however I did get frustrated and had some comments deleted myself.
As I write this President Obama has signed 23 executive orders inline with Colleen's post from yesterday from New York.
I have to admit I am a little disappointed that we could not of just discussed the issue in a more calm, critical and logical manner and be able to offer solutions as well as recognised the underling causes, as this is a forum for open ideas and thinking, Then again we are dealing with human nature.
To those of you from the International community thank you for your imput and allowing people to see the different views helds in different parts of the world on this subject.
I will not deny that the Constitution and The Bill Of Rights are the backbone of America, but remember it was written by man not given by god and man can take it away or amend it, if he really wants too.
I am a believer that in the 21st Century we should use it to advance humankind to address the problems of the world and improve it for all. It won't be easy but we have to start somewhere or we risk implementing our own destruction.
I hope that this be a positive start and and an even more positive step in which the US can show the way.
Once again I thank you all for your contributions
"In a progressive country change in constant : change is inevitable "Benjamen Disraeli
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Dec 31 2012: I see many sides to this discussion. Some want assault weapons banned and for others all weapons. Some of us say that our mental health institutions need to be changed and perhaps given more funding. Others point to video games and violent movies as the culprit. Some even have gone as far as wanting armed guards in all of our schools.
We need to stop kidding ourselves that just one of these ideas will fix the problem as a whole. If we really want to see change, to see less of these shootings, then we will need to apply each one of these measures. Assault weapons should be banned or limited to some extent, there is absolutely no reason to have such a weapon unless your getting ready to fight a war. In the US in 2009 for every 100,000 of us, 10 people died from gun related crimes. In the UK, which does not allow private gun ownership, .25 people died for every 100,000 citizens in 2011 and for Japan, that number is down to .07 deaths for every 100,000 people in 2008. And lets face it, our movies and video games glorify violence, our children are growing up in a world where there told killing people is bad, but then proceed to pay a game where killing people is the goal. As for the armed guard in every school, while this is an extreme measure, having at least one armed guard in some of our more major schools may not be such a bad idea.
Most of us can agree that our Mental Health Institutions need more funding and support, and some new programs should probably be instituted. However the demonizing of the mentally Ill should not be allowed to continue, and while not everyone is doing this certain groups are. It reminds me of the Nazis, using a scapegoat to blame all their problems on. Finally we need to take a good look at our society as a whole, what should be acceptable and what shouldn't be tolerated. We will only see change if we want change, and we will only see progress if more than just one approach is followed.
Dec 31 2012: There is no need to amend the Constitution in order to address these problems.
All the hard stuff has been largely ignored, I know, I am a street fighter advocate for the mentally ill.
Each time these events happen, there is an outburst of public furor over guns and the rest of it is largely ignored, people go back to their old habits, their gross ingestion of violent slop.
Dec 31 2012: Marianne,
I have been working for over 60 years with abused women and children, with offenders who are incarcerated, facilitating empowering workshops for ALL people, mediating with convicted felons, volunteering in shelters, family centers, guest lecturing at the university on the topic of violence and abuse in relationships....bla.....bla....bla.
STOP being sarcastic....STOP blaming and START becoming part of the solution!
Jan 1 2013: Colleen,
The reason that many posters here are bringing up the same issues is not as obscure as you pretend.
It's as if the prohibitionists have taken the 2nd Amendment and equated with the root cause of the shootings in Conneticut. In their minds, they are judge and jury and the posters here are being brought in to help with the sentence. Then like a lynch mob, pose the question to the group "Should we shoot him or just whip him?'
Well, the non-probitionist side is making their case, that "you have the wrong man", and you are letting the real guy get away.
So to continue:
I don't think any of us can remember a time where there hasn't been a bureacracy and a social worker assigned to everyone of our social ills. I hope you did good in your career. It is probably easier to do so in a smaller communtity where there might be more resources.
However, it has also been long known, since as far back as the Peter Grace audit of the Federal Budget to the GAO reports, that a mere smattering of dollars that are appropriated for these problems, end up as measureable services or in the hands of the people or i who need it, with 80-90% being absorbed by the bureacracies themselves.
Some rogue thinkers don't ascribe to the idea that Big Daddy government has all the solutions to all the social problems. The Torah model for taking care of people & famliies who fall out of the economy, is to get them back on their feet in one fell swoop while the policies of the government programs have done little but faciitate the poor languishing in the lower social economic conditions for generations, where they become a breeding ground for violence & crime.
There really was no reason for me to call you a control freak. But how many posters are you currently telling that their input is outside the scope of the subjet?
Jan 1 2013: That is the question asked by Morgan Barnes, but it is not honest to ignore that the question is posed as a reaction to the shootings in Newtown.
After yesterdays tragic shooting in Newtown CT and the worst year ever for firearm related deaths and mass killings , has the time for the US Government to tell the Gun Lobby it is over and repeal or amend "the right of the people to bear arms".
Without actually making the case, Morgan Barnes has found the 2nd Amendment and gun ownership culpable of the shooting event. That is the same as a lynch mob mentality,because Barnes hasn't made the case, he jumps to a conclusion that he has not established.
The prohibitionists are demanding a shallow solution to a complex problem, which seems to be "Do Something that Violates the 2nd Amendment"...
That is a disservice to the people who will be killed in these horrific mass killings of the future.
Jan 1 2013: There is no "lynch mob mentality" here Marianne.
Many folks are respectfully addressing the question:
"Has the time come for the U.S Second Amendment to be repealed or amended?"
Most responders seem to know that there are other issues to be addressed, and getting the assault weapons out of our communities is only one part of the solution.
No one suggests "violating the 2nd amendment"
"A disservice to the people who will be killed in these horrific mass killings of the future"???
Oh my goodness......think about that statement Marianne!!!
Dec 31 2012: Well since no one appears to be even close to it, I'll just offer one that I know to be true, and shouldn't offend your delicate sensibilities. It's fun. Handgun's, rifles, submachineguns, heavymachineguns, assault rifles, explosives, all offer a different experience. Don't know why, not prepared to say, but explosions are REALLY fun. Considering fun and excitement on it's own isn't a big problem with this country, or people in general for that matter, it seems unlikely to me that this isn't a legitimate reason.
For me, mental health is the only issue here. All answers with people are derived from... you guessed it! People.
Jan 2 2013: Of course not, however, not every assault gun carries with it a tag indicating the # of confirmed kills. I can't get behind this kind of thinking, we as a society give these same weapons to 17 year old kids of all backgrounds without worry. Other countries do it as well, without issue. Training is important but there are SEVERAL cases in your local papers across this country that has veterans losing it and killing people with assault rifles while other ones, like me, don't have a problem. Clearly the answer is not so simple, we have a purely reactionary society and it's quite good at overreacting, if this wasn't children it probably wouldn't have had as much attention.
Mental health is the only issue at stake here.
Jan 2 2013: The majority of people would agree that those three are not fun. That's how society works of course, the majority decides whether or not a minority pushes them to.
I completely understand the people that want them removed on principal alone, they don't go to the range, they've never had to use one, they don't want to, they have no interest in them. All those personal choices doesn't change the fact that it is somewhat fun to fire more and more powerful weapons, particularly for young males.
I've heard it echoed over and over here that there is no reason to "need" the weapons in question (I hate that wording by the way, to need weapons, you could say the same thing in varying factors about just about anything else. Instead ask, why do people want them), but people want them for reasons we've discussed or at least introduced here and this one which is wholly ignored, probably because people aren't interested in shooting. Now, is that an invalid reason to own weapons?
Jan 2 2013: Matt,
I don't see people arguing for "removal" of guns "on principal alone". You don't really know what the reasons are, unless you genuinely read and try to understand the comments, which it appears you are not doing.
Your argument... "somewhat fun to fire more and more powerful weapons", feels kind of frightening and not a very good argument.
Jan 2 2013: I agree Matt..."not every assault gun carries with it a tag indicating the # of confirmed kills."
How is that related to the topic question?
You say..."we as a society give these same weapons to 17 year old kids of all backgrounds without worry."
What 17 year old kids are you refering to?
I agree that some people "overreact".
Is that what you are doing because you think guns are "fun", as you stated in a previous comment?
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As an ex-Londoner, my mental image of "urban beach" is a small patch of scraggly cigarette-butt-speckled sand surrounded by promotional drink stands and forbidding bouncers. It's not appealing. The experience at Baker Beach could not be more different.
There are so many reasons to love Baker Beach. Just a short drive from the city, along a quasi-mountain road that ducks and dives through the Presidio, lies this stunner of an urban beach. Despite your proximity to downtown San Francisco, the high cliffs and the Presidio behind you create the illusion that you're in a secluded cove halfway down the Big Sur. But then, as you cast your eyes about you, you suddenly appreciate the outstanding landmark in the distance - looming high above you is the Golden Gate Bridge. This has to be one of the best views of the city.
It's a great place for people-watching: hipsters doing photo shoots, families playing in the sand, old couples taking in the ions from the crashing waves, and (if you're at the northern end of the beach) nudists letting it all hang out.
I have heard reports that it can get crowded, but every time I have visited there has been plenty of space and the atmosphere has been tranquil. So I highly recommend bringing your friends, a picnic basket, some cold beer, a rug, and a dog, and settling down for a day of watching the waves roll in.


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Daniele Torcellini (born Fano, Italy 1978) is a docent of Contemporary Methodologies and Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna, a docent of Chromatology at the Academy of Fine Arts Genova, and a Ph.D. student in Contemporary Art History from the University of Siena, where he is conducting research on the history and technology of reproduction of colors in works of art.
Since 2006, Torcellini has been a collaborator with the International Centre for Documentation on Mosaic at the City of Ravenna's Museum of Art (MAR) His principle themes of research are those of visual perception of colors, particularly regarding the history, conservation and reproduction of art. He has presented his research findings at seminars and conferences and has published numerous opinions and articles in national and international locations. Among his publications is the book The Perception of Colors in the Practice of Restoration.
Professional Associations
- "Group of Colors" (www.gruppodelcolore.it)
- AIC (International Colour Association (www.aic-colour.org)
- CREATE, Colour Research for European Advanced Technology Employment (www.create.uwe.ac.uk).
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Fremont Main Library Fremont
The Herald Family Rebuilding Center will be held a seminar of "Parenting Class Series(Mandarin)" in the following days (Saturday only, 3:30pm-5pm), the content will be covered:
3/23 – Early Childhood Development (0-5 years old)
6/15 – Positive Discipline
9/7 – School Aged Children Development (6-12 years old), physical and mental development.
12/7 – Homework/Chores & Responsibility
*Saturday 3:30 – 5:00pm
All classes are conducted in Mandarin Chinese.
Speaker Introduction:
Ms Zhou Hong is currently the director of Herald Family Rebuilding Center, she holds instructor credential in California. She has many years of teaching emotional management and parent-child relationship experience. Ms Zhou and the HFRC team members will be the speakers of the lecture series.
For more information: (510) 745-1421
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Chinese Community Computer Lab San Francisco
Top city and community advocates will gather to launch the Chinese Community Computer Lab and Training Program. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is mandating Meaningful Use, a set of standards involving the use of electronic health records to improve health outcomes, increased efficiency, and additional research data for healthcare systems. Meaningful Use is to be achieved through 3 stages over 5 years. The purpose and benefits of Meaningful Use include 1) Complete and accurate information, 2) Better access to information, and 3) Patient Empowerment.
Many of our community members are without basic computer and Internet skills. The Chinese Hospital Health System is at the forefront in working towards this national healthcare improvement goal by preparing and equipping our community with basic computer and Internet skills to access their personal health records. For community members who are literate with using computers and Internet, we will show them how to access their personal health records. This program aims to minimize the digital divide through linguistically appropriate and hands-on training.
For more information: http://www.cchrchealth.org/content/free-computer-training
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104 Montgomery Street San Francisco
The Walt Disney Family Museum will present the Water to 「Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong」Art Exhibition from 8/15 -2/3/2014. This exhibition will focus on the life of a famous Chinese American artist, Tyrus Wong, who is a gifted painter, muralist, kite maker, lithographer, Hollywood sketch artist, calligrapher, ceramicist, and Disney Legend.
For more information: www.waltdisney.org/wong
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Do you like to watching circus performances? If so, then you won't want to miss the Circus Arts Festival this weekend at Alameda! Come and enjoy a variety of performances, workshops, demonstrations… The event also featuring "Art in Motion, A Circus Arts Show" at the Kofman Theatre on 10/5 at 7:30pm. it's going to be a full day of fun so don't miss it!
For more information: (510) 337-7022, www.berkeleyjuggling.org
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矽谷亞洲藝術中心 Santa Clara
For more information: (408) 248-2698
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cohn-Stone Studio Richmond
Halloween is right around the corner! To celebrate, it's going to be fun to make one glass pumpkin patch. Join the award-wining garden and workshop in Richmond this weekend, collectors and shoppers will view thousands of unique glass pumpkins, gourds, squash, fruits and flowers, don't miss out!
For more information: www.cohnstone.com
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
UC Botanical Garden Berkeley
If you likes crafts, food, talks, Docent Tours, Corn Husk dolls and food tastings then come to Family Day Festival this Sunday in Berkeley!
For more information: (510) 643-2755, www.berkeley.edu
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Gamble Garden Palo Alto
Don't miss the Gamble Garden Community this Sunday in Palo Alto! It's going to be a fall day filled with fun children's activities, a gorgeous plant sale, horticultural resources, displays, garden demonstrations, food, entertainment, and of course…digging for worms!. Free admission.
For more information: (650) 329-1356 ext 201, www.gamblegarden.org
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Asian Art Museum (亞洲藝術博物館) San Francisco
Celebrate Filipino American History and culture at Asian Art Museum this weekend! The event is featuring art displays, music, dance, stories and other cultural performances. It's going to be a great event to experience the Filipino cultural and traditions.
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soooooooooo nice!
Now this looks like what I need!
Sorry but this is just too much. A literal waste of both space and energy.
I agree with TopTurtle. Grinding pepper should not require electricity, rare earth metal batteries, etc. Sheesh.
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