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Mayday did work as advertised. After pressing the call button, I was connected with an Amazon customer service rep named Tara within a few seconds. Tara was super polite and helpful, and she showed me how she can doodle on my screen just like NFL announcers do when they're drawing over an instant replay. I asked Tara some basics like how to check if my apps were up to date and how to find content stored on my device. I couldn't stump her, and she walked me through everything, drawing on my screen and showing me what she was about to do before doing it.
Of course, the irony here is that tablets are supposed to be intuitive, user friendly, and simple. You shouldn't need a helper on your screen to tell you how everything works if the device was designed properly in the first place. But hey, technology is scary for a lot of people! And it's pretty cool that Amazon has invested so heavily in customer service that it has real humans waiting to help you out 24/7 at the push of a button. That's much better than running down to the Apple Store and waiting forever for a Genius to help you.
The Kindle Fire HDX is a great tablet if all you want to do is consume content from Amazon, but it's still pretty weak beyond that. Without the Google services you find on other Android tablets, you're stuck with Amazon's apps for email, calendar, and Web browsing. Those apps are satisfactory, but not nearly as robust as what you can get from Google. For example, the Amazon email app can sync with your Gmail account, but search and other functions are still pretty limited.
The tablet's hardware is still top notch though. The HDX's 7-inch screen is sharper than the relatively weak display on Apple's iPad Mini, so videos, games, and text look much better. From the front, the HDX looks nearly identical to last year's version, but Amazon has changed up the design on the back, giving the tablet an angular design that fits comfortably in your hands. The power and volume buttons have also been moved to the back, which I found pretty cumbersome to use. Even after a week of using the HDX, I still found myself accidentally pressing the power button instead of one of the volume buttons and vice versa. It's a poor design choice. Battery life was pretty good at about six or seven hours per charge, but still much less than the 10 or so hours you get with the iPad Mini.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 camera, takes solid, rather than ground-breaking, photos – it's a match for most rival phones, but nothing more. But the camera app's features, which we'll cover in a moment, are a little more interesting.
First, however, image quality, and in less than ideal lighting the Samsung Galaxy S4 camera, like many smartphones before it, is far from an ideal option. It struggles to stay focussed and the results often lack detail.
Samsung's claim of zero shutter lag is a bold one and one that, in practice, is just a little wide of the mark. While it is one of the faster smartphone snappers currently doing the rounds, there are still times when we felt it was holding out on us, pausing for just a fraction before capturing the scene.
Conversely, burst mode can be a bit quick on the draw, with the S4 camera appearing more eager to rattle off a selection of 20 mediocre, or in fact completely useless, shots instead of taking the time to focus and get the correct exposure.
Despite these slight gripes, on the whole the Samsung Galaxy S4 camera is a strong performer with detailed colours and contrast in good light. Some shots are a little dull and underexposed at times, but they can be edited direct from camera app, with a number of customisable shooting settings so you can tweak to get the best picture possible. As is usually the case with smartphone snappers, the S4 camera's zoom function is best avoided.
There's a 2-megapixel camera on the front, up from a 1.9-megapixel one on the S3. It's not as good as the main camera, obviously, but it's one of the stronger on the market for making video calls or taking shameless selfies.
In a similar vein, the S4 is not just adept at stills photography, it also shoots 1080p Full HD video from both its rear and forward facing cameras. With strong colour management and impressive image stabilisation, videos shot with the S4 are strong and unlike some handsets encourage continued use.
These standard photographic features are not where the Samsung Galaxy S4 camera shines, however. For that you need to dig a little deeper into the camera modes and utilise a selection of software options that really help give the S4 an edge.
Again another of the Samsung Galaxy S4's most publicised features is not one of its best, or most original for that matter. A feature that has appeared on recent LG handsets, Dual Shot allows for a picture to be taken with both cameras simultaneously, creating a picture-in-picture result.
You may struggle to find reasons to use it, but in testing it works well and as expected, with a number of framing options allowing for a considerable amount of customisation.
A feature that is sure to appeal more to the teenage market than older audiences, the Dual Shot mode is perfect for creating more personalised postcards and is sure to be seen popping up at gigs, sporting events and as a holiday must.
A brilliant addition to the handset and one of our favourite Samsung Galaxy S4 features, the camera's Eraser mode allows you to remove unwanted 'photobombers' and aimless walkers from what would have been good photos.
The Eraser mode captures a five frame burst and automatically highlights any moving content, providing you with the option of deleting it, or keeping it within the shot. This feature wowed us, repeatedly removing unwanted passers-by and leaving us with seamless shots untarnished by thoughtless wanderers.
It's just a shame you have to activate it manually as that requires foresight few have.
Not quite as successful is the Drama mode. Supposedly able to capture multiple images of a moving subject while retaining a single image of a static background, in use this proved quite problematic and far from that one-off moment capturer we would hope for. It often flashes up error messages around subjects not moving enough or moving too much, and struggles to fully focus on moving targets, repeatedly leaving little more than blurred blobs dotted across an image.
Getting back on the right track, Sound & Shot is a simple yet appealing addition to the Samsung Galaxy S4's already generous collection of camera features and shooting modes.
A great idea for sporting events, gigs, interactive postcards, and those wanting to capture the true essence of a moment, Sound & Shot abilities allow a still image to be paired with a nine second audio clip.
Although this feature capitalises on the S4's strong base photographic capabilities and sound quality of captured clips is strong, sharp and clear, , it cannot be used in conjunction with Dual Shot, a combination that would have been sure to further enhance the overall experience.
The Nexus 10 is a collaboration between Google and Samsung. The tablet was announced in November of 2012. After months and months of trial and error we finally managed to grab a Nexus 10 and now here is our full review. In this review we will determine if the Nexus 10 is indeed one of the best Android tablets on the Market or not.
The Nexus 10 is Google's first 10″ tablet and it's a stunner! As we get further into the review I will talk about both the hardware and the software of the Nexus 10. During this review we will take a look at the following points of the tablet:
- Hardware and design
- Interface
- Performance
- Camera
- Battery life
- Conclusion
Hardware and design
The Nexus 10 uses plastic as its main build component and the build quality of the tablet is just superb. The Nexus 10 has the most practical 10 inch tablet design ever. Samsung and Google has designed it in a way that a person can easily hold it in one hand and operate it from the other. The weight of the tablet is also evenly distributed. On the back, Samsung uses a rubberized material which makes the Nexus 10 much comfortable to hold and gives the tablet a smooth feel, plus adds a lot of grip. The front of the tablet is covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 2 and underneath it a stunning 10.1 is Super PLS display with a resolution of 2560×1600, giving it a pixel density of 300 PPI. Making the Nexus 10 the highest resolution tablet on the market, even higher than Apple's iPad with Retina Display (264 PPI).
On the front of the Nexus 10 you will find a 1.9 Megapixel front facing camera which is capable of shooting up to 720p HD video and 2 stereo speakers which produce some outstanding results. On the top of the tablet, there is a Power/Lock button and a Volume Rocker. On the left side of the device you will find a MicroUSB port for charging/syncing and a 3.5mm headphone jack. On the right side of the device you will find a MicroHDMI port. And a Magnetic Pogo pin charger is located on the bottom of the Nexus 10.
The dimensions of the Nexus 10 are 263.9 x 177.6 x 8.9 mm and it weighs 603g. The tablet is available in two storage configurations, 16GB and 32GB. The storage can't be expanded by using a MicroSD card and there is no 3G/4G connectivity.
The Nexus 10 runs on the latest and greatest from Google, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Android 4.2 brought a lot of new features, like Multiple user support, Gesture Typing, Notification Settings, Daydream and the amazing Photo Sphere Camera. The stock Android experience really shines on the Nexus 10 as the OS is completely optimized for its high resolution display, so everything looks crisp and clear.
Google did some alterations to it's Tablet UI in Android 4.2 and made it unified with it's 7″ Tablet UI and the Phone UI. The traditional navigation bar is at the bottom but the notification center which used to be in the bottom as well has been shifted upwards, like in the Phone UI. I think this was a really nice move by Google as new users can easily adapt to the Tablet UI now.
The Nexus 10 packs a dual-core (Cortex-A15) Samsung Exynos 5250 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, Quad-Core Mali-T604 GPU and 2GB of RAM. At first, I thought the device would lack on performance due to the tablet only having a dual-core CPU but I was wrong. The Nexus 10 proves that Android really doesn't need more than 2 cores. I was really pleased with the overall performance of the device.
Multitasking is just excellent on this tablet. I opened 12-15 apps (including 2 memory intensive games) but I got no lag whatsoever. Transitioning between opened apps was really fast and smooth. The gaming experience was really amazing on this super high-res tablet too. Thanks to Project Butter, the UI was fast and responsive. The only problem I had was the launcher redraw issue. Whenever I used to close an app and go back to my home screen the launcher used to redraw, this was very annoying. This issue might get resolved by a software update in the future.
I also ran some benchmarks on the Nexus 10. Below are the results:
Antutu = 13639
Quadrant = 4555
Cf-Bench = (17382, 6637, 10935)
The Nexus 10 features a 5 Megapixel camera sensor which is capable of shooting 1080p video at 30FPS. The camera isn't all that great and I have seen much better camera sensors on tablets. Actually, I was a bit disappointed. The Nexus 10 can capture acceptable images in good lighting conditions or with flash but in low light conditions it's just terrible, a lot of noise in the image. Same goes with video recording as well, the sound quality was good though. Below are some images taken with the Nexus 10:
Battery life
The Nexus 10 packs a huge 9000 mAh Lithium polymer battery and it certainly needs the huge battery to power the stunning high-res display. The battery life is really impressive on the Nexus 10, I easily managed to get 7-8 hours of video playback and the standby time on this tablet is just magnificent, even with WiFi turned on the whole time.
Yes, The Nexus 10 is indeed one of the best Android tablets in the market right now. The Nexus 10 features a stunning super high resolution display with an impressive battery life. The tablet packs a lot of raw power and gives an outstanding gaming experience as well. Camera and the lack of expandable storage are the only cons of the Nexus 10. Also, the device will be among the first ones to receive the latest Android updates and at such a low price, it's a steal!


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This is where design and technology teachers get together on TES. This group covers all the key areas of D&T including food technology, textiles, graphics and electronics. It's a great source of lesson ideas and inspiration.
I have never known a laser printer use sublimation inks its normally an inkjet printer for sublimation and lasers normally use special transfer paper............... but i may be wrong. If i am i will post another comment when i have made a few enquiries for you.
we use Laser Image Transfer from Techsoft in textiles and it's a specofic printer, the result are ok but i do love my ricoh dye sub printer.
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do a huge range of papers some of which appear to be designed for laser printers, however I would check for specific printer lists as they can run at different temperatures and so are not suitable for all printers
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mrichards73I am looking to invest in some kit for laser sublimation printing. The department currently has an A3 laser epson replacement ink cartridge from InkJetSuperStore.com on a loan deal where all the inks are included with the price. Can any laser printer be used for sublimation printing? All the info I could find states that the ink is just regular ink, only the fusers have been modified - and I am not sure if this is just sales speak to get you to buy the extra kit. Does anybody currently use a regular laser for sublimation and does it work well?
That is a good investment. But before plunging in to that kind of business, do a bit of a research if your money is worth the risk. I have heard good things about such business but take cautions before anything else. And go for Epson printer products
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This Sunday is World Industrial Design Day, a day when the ID Community brings awareness of this profession's value. Though I left The College for Creative Studies with my tail between my legs, ID's blending of business/entrepreneurship, art and science still charms me. So let's examine two ignition keys that owe their existence to the craft known as industrial design.
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Logan • A few months removed from being one of five returning starters on the offensive line, Kevin Whimpey is feeling a bit self-conscious about his age in position meetings.
With a bunch of young faces now playing bigger roles in the trenches, Whimpey has quickly assumed elder statesman status as the only returning starter. But in his third year, he said, he feels ready to embrace it.
Utah State football key spring dates
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Cornerback » Rashard Stewart and Daniel Gray are at the top of the depth chart for now.
Offensive line » Replacing four starters, there's a lot of playing time at stake.
Running back » It's a four-way battle for reps, with Kelvin Lee and Kennedy Williams bringing the most expeirence.
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"I feel kind of old, but it's been kind of fun because I'm in a new role," he said. "Every year, you do the same thing, but your maturity grows. I kind of know the ropes, and I can teach the younger guys."
Coming off a 9-5 season neatly capped with a Poinsettia Bowl win, the Aggies find themselves working to replace more than a few key parts. Most of the offensive line is gone, most of the secondary gone, and there are some leadership vacancies still to be assumed. But heading into his second season, coach Matt Wells likes the talent he has, likes how his players and coaches are working, and he sees good things on the horizon as the Aggies start spring camp Tuesday.
This USU team might not have the same strengths as last year's team, Wells said, but he's comfortable with that.
"We're making strides where we need to, and we have a good grasp of our personnel and how we're going to replace those groups with heavier losses," he said. "One thing I've learned coaching is that no situation is ever going to be the same. Every year is different. But what won't change is that players make plays."
In contrast to last season, many of the most important roles on the team are going to be up for grabs. With 22 seniors gone from the winningest class in school history, only nine returning starters on offense and defense will be available for spring ball. Among those still working their way back from injury is quarterback Chuckie Keeton and running back Joe Hill.
That opens things up for a variety of new faces, particular players who came on at the end of last season. Utah State fans will get a chance to familiarize themselves with cornerbacks like Rashard Stewart and Daniel Gray, or linemen such as Bill Vavau and Jake Simonich who got limited snaps last year. Other position battles — nose tackle, inside linebacker and running back, to name a few — should introduce some new talent.
That doesn't mean the Aggies don't return some of their best as well. Utah State has seven all-Mountain West players who are healthy this spring: Zach Vigil, B.J. Larsen, Kyler Fackrell, Brian Suite, Nick Diaz and Jojo Natson.
Vigil said being a returning starter hasn't set him at ease. Even the all-conference players are looking for ways to follow up their 2013 year with an even better season. Being a leader on the team also means making sure the younger players are doing what they need to do. So far, so good.
"When you get thrown into this program, you gotta work hard or you won't fit in," Vigil said. "They're working the right way. Time will tell whether we can play … together."
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France's highest court has ruled that married lesbians are allowed to adopt their partner's child born through in vitro fertilization or other medically assisted reproduction.
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At least two Dane County judges have granted adoptions by same-sex couples, thereby recognizing their marriages.
Coahuila First Mexican State to Legalize Gay Marriage
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On Monday, September 1, Coahuila became the first Mexican state to approve gay marriage through its legislature.
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A Texas judge has denied two gay men the right to have their names placed on the birth certificates of their newborn twins, because the couple is married.
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A teenage father from Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested Wednesday and charged with neglect in connection to the death of a 4-month-old boy, who was supposed to be adopted by a lesbian couple.
Utah AG Intervenes To Halt Adoptions By Same-Sex Couples
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The Utah Attorney General is asking a state appeals court to block two adoptions recently approved for same-sex couples.
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Testimony has ended in a trial over Michigan's ban on gay marriage after a Canadian economist made unflattering remarks about homosexuals.
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The Idaho Supreme Court says gay and lesbian couples have the same right to adopt children as anyone else under state law.
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Portugal's limited adoption rights for same-sex couples are in doubt after Parliament voted for a referendum on the divisive issue.
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This chapter focuses on the renewable technologies that are closest to market and for which assessments of current and future costs are thus more readily available. These include biomass, wind, concentrating solar power, solar photovoltaics, and geothermal (hydrothermal), but exclude traditional hydropower, because the potential for future extraction of this resource is limited, as noted in Chapter 2. The chapter also excludes hydrokinetics and enhanced geothermal technologies, which are still in the early stages of technological development. The costs presented here come from the wealth of data obtained from projects built in the recent past.
Predicting the economics of future renewable generation involves predicting the cost of generation from alternative sources and the value of electricity delivered to the marketplace. The competitive value would be the wholesale price of electricity for grid scale resources and something close to the retail price of electricity for distributed renewable resources.1 These prices define the value of adding renewables to the mix. The ability to predict electricity price is key to making predictions about future market penetration of renewable sources of electricity.
The value of generation from renewables will vary geographically and by time of day, because the marginal generator,2 which sets the electricity price, varies with location and over the course of the day with fluctuations in total electricity demand and available supply. Construction of more transmission facilities will increase the value of renewables by reducing transmission constraints between regions with abundant renewable resources and those with abundant load (Vajjhala et al., 2008).
In his analysis of the value of electricity produced by solar PV installations on household and business rooftops, Severin Borenstein (2008b) points out that, although the value to a consumer of not having to purchase electricity may be the retail price of the purchases avoided, the avoided cost to society from installing PV on one's rooftop is less than the full retail price, which includes payments for recovery of past costs, including the California Energy crisis, and sunk costs of past high-priced electricity contracts.
To meet electricity demand at lowest cost, system operators tend to dispatch electricity generators in the order of their variable cost of generation, which includes fuel and operating and maintenance costs. The marginal generator is the last generator, and therefore typically the highest-cost generator, that is dispatched to meet electricity demand at any point in time.


text: Comment February 19, 2007 Issue Too Many Chiefs Presidents' Day and the glorification of Presidents in our society By Hendrik Hertzberg Table of Contents Credit TOM BACHTELL According to some of the calendars and appointment books floating around this office, Monday, February 19th, is Presidents' Day. Others say it's President's Day. Still others opt for Presidents Day. Which is it? The bouncing apostrophe bespeaks a certain uncertainty. President's Day suggests that only one holder of the nation's supreme magistracy is being commemorated—presumably the first. Presidents' Day hints at more than one, most likely the Sage of Mount Vernon plus Abraham Lincoln, generally agreed to be the greatest of them all. And Presidents Day, apostropheless, implies a promiscuous celebration of all forty-two—Jefferson but also Pierce, F.D.R. but also Buchanan, Truman but also Harding. To say nothing of the incumbent, of whom, perhaps, the less said the better. So which is it? Trick question. The answer, strictly speaking, is none of the above. Ever since 1968, when, in one of the last gasps of Great Society reformism, holidays were rejiggered to create more three-day weekends, federal law has decreed the third Monday in February to be Washington's Birthday. And Presidents'/'s/s Day? According to Prologue, the magazine of the National Archives, it was a local department-store promotion that went national when retailers discovered that, mysteriously, generic Presidents clear more inventory than particular ones, even the Father of His Country. Now everybody thinks it's official, but it's not. (Note to Fox News: could be a War on Washington's Birthday angle here, similar to the War on Christmas. Over to you, Bill.) Just to add to the Presidential con-fusion, Washington's Birthday is not Washington's birthday. George Washington was born either on February 11, 1731 (according to the old-style Julian calendar, still in use at the time), or on February 22, 1732 (according to the Gregorian calendar, adopted in 1752 throughout the British Empire). Under no circumstances, therefore, can Washington's birthday fall on Washington's Birthday, a.k.a. Presidents Day, which, being the third Monday of the month, can occur only between the 15th and the 21st. Lincoln's birthday, February 12th, doesn't make it through the Presidents Day window, either. Nor do the natal days of our other two February Presidents, William Henry Harrison (born on the 6th) and Ronald Reagan (the 9th). A fine mess! Here is the question thus raised: at this chastening juncture in our repub-lic's history, wouldn't everyone welcome a moratorium on Presidential glorifi-cation? Isn't the United States a little too President-ridden, much as post-medieval Spain was a little too priest-ridden? Our capital city groans under the weight of obelisks, equestrian statues, and grandiose temples fit for the gods but devoted to the winners of Presidential elections. "Presidential historians" populate the greenrooms of our cable-news networks. Presidential suites sit atop Vegas hotels. Presidential libraries gobble up ever-growing swathes of urban and, as the unhappy faculty of Southern Methodist University recently learned, campus real estate. Time to throttle down. A good place to start, after securing the retailers' and calendar-makers' agreement to call Washington's Birthday by its true name (if not its true date), would be with the most sacred object our society mass-produces: money. At the moment, of the seven denominations of banknotes in general circulation, no fewer than five have Presidents on them, ranging chronologically from Washington (who would have frowned on the honor, as smacking of monarchy) to Grant (who would have appreciated the irony, given that he was habitually broke and presided over an Administration rife with finan-cial scandals). The two others are the ten-spot (Alexander Hamilton, who might have been President if he hadn't been a duellist) and the hundred (Benjamin Franklin). On the coins, it's pretty much Presidents all the way, except for Susan B. Anthony and Saca-gawea, who are on dollar coins that barely circulate and are obvious affirm-ative-action benchwarmers, destined for the hook once a female President or two comes along, or even sooner. Beginning this year, the Mint plans to roll out new circulating dollar coins, four different ones a year, for as many years as it takes. Who will be on them? Why, Presidents, of course—all of them, in the order they served, scoundrels and heroes alike. Someday, like a bad penny, a George W. Bush dollar will turn up. Heads you lose. As it happens, a federal district court has ordered the Treasury to redesign our paper money to make it friendlier to blind people. Why not take the opportunity to go further than changing sizes or adding texture? Franklin shows the way. Yes, he was a politician, but he was equally or more famous as a scientist, a diplomat, a newspaperman, an aphorist, a satirist, and a boulevardier. Let's keep Washington on the single, and then let's start printing bills with pictures of the other sorts of people that make us proud to be Americans. With rotating portraits, we can have a musicians' fin (Foster, Gershwin, Ellington), a scribblers' sawbuck (Twain, Melville, Dickinson), a performing-arts twenty (Caruso, Keaton, Balanchine), a secular saints' fifty (Douglass, Jane Addams, King), and a scientists' C-note (Franklin, Edison, Einstein). As a three-fer (President, saint, writer), Lincoln could have the two-dollar note all to himself. A three-spot could be introduced, with Whitman ("What you give me I cheerfully accept,/A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as I rendezvous with my poems"). As with Presidents, a decent interval would be required. The Dylan fiver will have to be deferred until another decade of the sixties rolls around. One can dream. Meanwhile, if you think you're sick of Presidents, wait till you see the parade of Presidents-in-waiting. Wait? You don't have to wait. Decision 2008 is already upon us, full-bore. A generation or two ago, political scientists used to complain that American campaigns dragged on for eight or nine months, in contrast to the three to six weeks that is normal elsewhere. Those were the days. As of last week, ten Republicans and nine Democrats, all of them plausible enough to claim a place in televised debates, have either filed formal exploratory committees or declared their candidacies outright, and another half-dozen or so are on the verge. The first such debate is ten weeks from now—even though the first primary is nearly a year away, the conventions don't convene for a year and a half, and the election itself is twenty-one long months down the road. Unsurprisingly, as the Washington Post reported last week, 2008 is fated to be "the nation's first billion-dollar presidential campaign." No doubt "the issues" will get a full airing, but, more than ever, it's going to be all about the Benjamins, and not just who gets his picture on them. 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Plaza Romania invited Bryan Berg to celebrate the kick-off of its new renovations by constructing a model of their shopping center and two iconic Bucharest buildings, the Romanian Athenaeum and Palace of Parliament, entirely out of playing cards, from May 5th to 11th at the mall. These cardstacks will contain 1,200 decks—almost 65,000 freestanding cards!—and mark Berg's first-ever project in Romania and Eastern Europe. As always, the multiple Guinness World Record holder will use no tape and no glue in his structures. Plaza Romania will host a knockdown event on May 24th to prove no tricks were involved in his house of cards. Children and parents are invited to join Berg at 6pm daily through May 11th for complimentary kids' stacking workshops.


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The chore of how to get clear of back a skin condition applies to everyone from a teenage sportsperson to the woman who wants to wear a tank pinnacle, and everyone in-between. Back acne or "bacne" as a number of public submit to it, is acne that develops on your back and shoulders. It can live crimson, engorged, sore, and most of all awkward. I've complete a few explore resting on the subject and come up and about with 9 suggestions on how to get free of back bad skin. From what I have understand writing this form of acne can be alive a bit harder to treat than facial a skin condition, as a result I anticipate one before additional of these suggestions works meant for you.
Take A Trip To The Beach
This is a enjoyable and effortless method to get free of back a skin condition. If you exist by an ocean before are on break seal by attempt soaking wet in the saltwater for 10-15 minutes followed by sun drying for another 10-15 minutes. The mixture of salt hose down the sun will assist to arid not in the skin and acne. Make convinced not to sit in the sun extensive an adequate amount of to burn as this may end up and about exasperating the back spots more. If using this method replicate quite a lot of times a day intended for a few time in a row and you should perceive improvements.
Exfoliate The Affected Area
When formative how to get free of back bad skin, exfoliation is a enormous process to remain by the top of the list. You can exfoliate by by a loofa, rinse cloth, dab, otherwise smooth a back scrubbing brush. Exfoliation helps by removing the excess departed skin cells consequently they don't clog your pores (as described in How to Get Rid of Acne ) as glowing as aiding medicated products to penetrate deeper into the exaggerated areas. Just make convinced not to clean in addition firm as this will annoy the skin, causing it to live redder and maybe sore than normal.
Some harvest come with exfoliating beads previously in them except you can without difficulty construct a homemade exfoliate by incorporation a half beaker of sea salt with 1-1/2 cups of sugar and subsequently addition it to the juice of 1 grapefruit. Rub this into the area containing the back bad skin. You will wish for to wash this inedible even if behind you are finished.
Spot Treat With Medicated Products / Lotions
I be on familiar terms with, it is straightforward to respond to how to get purge of back bad skin with, "medicated products." However there are a few convinced ingredients that these acne products should enclose. Benzoyl peroxide is one ingredient you can seem meant for. For use on top of the back goal a product that contains at slightest 10% for best outcome. Another beneficial stabilizer is salicyclic acid, give the impression of being intended for impressive that contains by slightest 2%. These products can exist second-hand surrounded by on a daily basis corpse washes otherwise as mark treatments on the exaggerated neighborhood. Just exist wary rider you have receptive skin as also lofty of a potency of also might cause a number of irritation. It is greatest to strive them on a small neighborhood earlier than diving correct in.
Do not employ benzoyl lighten condition enchanting accutane. Accutane kills oil glands underneath the skin and the combination can source overly dried up skin. You can locate extra concerning Acne Antibiotics here.
Try Some Zinc On Your Bacne
In adding up to the products planned higher than, struggle soap containing zinc to get purge of back spots. From the explore I have complete I establish more than a few mentions of people civilizing or else getting liberate of their acne by by this method. Try it by coupling with exfoliation and the medicated products above meant for best results.
Wear Loose Breathable Clothes & Bras
When influential How to Get Rid of Back Acne Fast, one put you may appear is your clothing. If you are suffering beginning back bad skin the finest fixation you can perform is wear breathable clothing that will absorb several cadaver sweat. Yarn is one of the greatest options in cloth to convene these needs. Make certain that your shirts aren't overly taut as this can additional annoy flipside a skin condition. This goes the similar meant for bras; build certain that they healthy other than are not overly tight.
You can want to appear on varying clothing detergents. This may help get purge of back bad skin that is forced and red. Your skin and acne may react in your own way to all, thus endeavor a few and distinguish what works most excellent meant for your bacne.
Avoid Backpacks
During time of a back spots breakout you shouldn't wear a backpack. This suggestion ties in with the discussion in relation to stretched clothing above. The backpack will get on your nerves the acne along with making it impractical intended for your skin to breathe even as you are exhausting it. If you need to use a bag all through this time construct it an over the shoulder, otherwise improved thus far, a handheld. This may live an inconvenience meant for a few time but will aid you heal quicker in the extended run.
Sweat It Out
For you personally, keep fit, can subsist how to get free of back spots. Exercise can lend a hand your acne by maintenance your pores unlock and apparent for the reason that of sweat. Also, work out can lend a hand with your back bad skin by reliving stress and lowering your hormone levels. Lowering hormones will aid you get clear of back a skin condition, as they frequently occupy yourself a role in the development. Since mentioned above, build certain to wear wobbly breathable clothing, particularly when exercising and forever shower as rapidly as you are done.
Drink Supplementary Water
Increased irrigate intake can lend a hand get free of back spots by flushing the toxins absent on or after beneath the skin supplementary regularly. It is optional to drink next to slightest 8 glasses of water a day, as a result that is a first-rate put to establish. Water helps hydrate and disinfect your body which will profit your skin and "bacne."
If every Else Fails - See A Dermatologist
This might appear approximating a no brainer except it had to live whispered. Sometimes specialized checkup action is the only means to get reverse a skin condition beneath be in charge of. They will have the ability to assess your own state and depending on the severity can prescribe pills. Click here to read supplementary in relation to Antibiotics for Acne.
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Acne is one of the most frequent skin evils faced by in cooperation genders. Mostly, women fall kill meant for this skin crisis and the main basis designed for this is their responsive skin. Nowadays, it is fairly not easy intended for working women to locate absent point in time cooking food on home. Therefore, they prefer to have a bite outer surface by the side of a restaurant before a burger shop.
This is the thing in fact creating problems. Fatty acids and Trans fats in the fast foodstuff accumulate lubricate in the skin, this lubricate starts to seep not in on or after the facial skin. The skin pores get stopped up by this lubricate causing acne problem. Pimples and blackheads begin to form. The number of these pimples sometime add to to tens causing cruel irritation on top of facial skin. Inside regulate to reduce the irritation, citizens explode not in these pimples and acne scars are twisted. It is central to appreciate this mechanism stipulation you want to treat and heal the acne scars.
There are two fundamental methods for those who necessitate to know How to Get Rid of Pimples Fast . These two methods include
Synthetic crop and laser treatment
Natural remedies
Both of these treatments are rather efficient. The major distinction flanked by them is with the time which is compulsory to heal the acne. Laser treatments treat spots within a few record but have gigantic elevation personal property. Contrary to this, ordinary remedies have rejection elevation personal property except they are a bit sluggish to demonstrate fallout. It is forever advised to choose ordinary methods of treating acne.
Honey masks
Honey is one of the obviously taking place substances that are rich in food. Take a tablespoon before two of honey and mix it with lemon juice. Lemon juice acts as a accepted bleaching agent. It will get rid of the black acne on your skin and will alleviate the pimples. The pimples will begin to diminish in the size and will vanish in a day or else two. Do not rinse mug next to slightest 40 record before the application of the mask. You may relate the honey mask two times a day rider need fast outcome. Acne will be alive treated quickly other than the innovative tint of your skin will want a quantity of supplementary occasion to restore.
Toothpaste treatment
It might sound odd except it is accurate that toothpaste is one of the best solutions for acne. It contains numerous ingredients that have a extremely helpful outcome on top of the human skin. The major meaning of the paste is to eliminate lubricate beginning the facial skin and make it arid. Acne does not come into sight on top of dried out skins. Within this way, you will eliminate the cause of acne using toothpaste. However, every one the toothpastes are not high-quality next to acne treatment. Purchase the one having the highest quantity of fluorides in it.
Eat extra vegetables and avoid rapid foodstuff. Consume energy that comes from protein slightly than fats. Unsaturated fats perform not hurt the skin and human fitness excluding soaked fats perform. Therefore, you must make sure the dietetic worth of some diet previous to consuming it.
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James Cameron: Leader of a revolution, or egotistical director?
By the time this article comes out, this would already be old news. However this is a topic that I wish to discuss because of my strong feelings towards the subject, but also because this topic will inevitably be brought up anytime a similar incident occurs. It's a long one.
For those that don't know, James Cameron did an interview with Vanity Fair, in which he voiced some strong opinions about Piranha 3D. It goes without saying that he doesn't like the film, but his reasons for it are a little bit peculiar. His main complaint is that this is 3D done wrong (as opposed to his Conan complex, in which he was fired as director of Piranhas 2, and now 20 years later he can get his revenge on the whole Piranha series). By that I don't mean 3D graphics that have been done poorly, but rather 3D being used in the wrong type of movie. To him he sees this movie as nothing more than a cash-cow with its main feature being 3D. This upsets James because if anyone were to look at how he talks about 3D, one could easily argue that James sees 3D as his child, which for the purpose of this analogy is an 18 year old daughter, who is being used (in James/the father's eyes) like a 15 dollar whore, raking in customers because of its appeal, and only leaving both the customer and the daughter (and from there the father) with a sense of guilt and shame. Now, perhaps this argument could be true, if it weren't for two things. First, James failed to realize that the movie (and every component about it) was not trying to take itself seriously. Now maybe that would still upset James, but it goes without saying that the movie wasn't using 3D as a cash-in, but rather a part of the comedy seen in the movie, the joke being that 3D isn't actually that spectacular and is rather kind of pointless. The second reason however is actually more disturbing, as while the first showed that James Cameron doesn't have a sense of analytical humour, the second reason shows that James Cameron is just as evil as the people he claims to hate. Try as he may, he cannot defend his statement on how "this film is a cash-cow because it's in 3D" when he himself is rereleasing Avatar in theatres, with an extra 30 minutes of 3D images of Pandora (brief aside here, this hypocrisy is only more disturbing when considering that we have established that 3D is James Cameron's 18 year old daughter, especially with the whole cash-cow thing…..just think about that one for a second).
Statement aside, the release of this film just shows how egotistical James has gotten. Avatar was an okay film, but it certainly wasn't good enough to warrant a re-release with extra scenes, especially if all these extra scenes do is show off the 3D rather than add to the story, which would real help this film. Yes, this film has a clichéd story, but not because it's simply "Dances with Wolves except it's with Smurfs", that doesn't make the film clichéd….well it sort of does, but that wasn't the most clichéd part of that story. The clichéd part is that since this is a James Cameron film, we already know right off the bat who's going to live, who's going to die, who's going to be good, who's going to be evil, and who's going to act evil at first but then switch to good.
Sorry, I got off track there, but it had to be said. There was another part of the interview I wanted to talk about, and that was James' comment towards the end, in which he describes 3D as the renaissance of film-making, and how every film this year released in 3D has been amazing. This shows us two things about Mr. Cameron, that a) the only 3D movie he's seen is Avatar (which even then wasn't terrific) and b) that Mr. Cameron doesn't understand what a renaissance in film-making means. A renaissance implies that the idea in question is good enough that it's expected in all movies, but also good enough to change the way one can truly see a movie (not physically, but emotionally). Adding voice to movies could be considered one, as this gave each of the characters a little bit more humanity and character, as through their voice not only do we have a sense of familiarity as someone we've heard before, but the tone of the voice as well as how one pronounces words shows what type of person the character is. Color in movies could also be considered a renaissance, if a small one, as the color adds both a little bit of familiarity of things we've seen, but also because different colors can evoke different emotions, which shows us what type of tone the movie (or each scene for that matter) is trying to go for. The advancement in both special make-up effects and CGI could be even considered a renaissance, as this allowed us too truly see what type of image or creature the director wanted to create, which in turn shows us how the director's mind works in these regards. But what of 3D? Does it hold any unique attribute that truly adds to the whole experience of watching movies? One could argue that depth is a feature, and while it's true this could be used to make us see movies differently, I have yet to actually see a movie that uses 3D effectively (even Avatar's 3D graphics weren't that impressive). Perhaps one day someone can find the winning formula for making 3D movies, but this still doesn't bypass the one problem we have with 3D, and that's immersion. We can judge how much we enjoy a movie both by its quality as a movie when compared to other movies and also through how immersed we feel when watching the movie. Those movies where we feel like a true part of it can evoke some of the most awe inspiring and meaningful moments we have when looking back at film as a medium for art. If at any point this immersion breaks, then we as the audience member will no longer feel like we have experienced something new (in terms of how meaningful it was) and our general experience with the movie is not going to be that good. When you consider some of the pains one feels when watching 3D (headaches, eye-strain, uncomfortable glasses) then that person may take off those glasses for a second just to orient themselves, and when they catch a glimpse of what the 3D effect really looks like to the human eye, they see how fake and unnecessary it really is.
So, what's the conclusion I'm trying to get at? Simple, while I have enjoyed most of James Cameron's films, I still see his interview as a way to simply protect his beloved film-effect, and that his remarks later on was a simple attempt to try to boast the ability and necessity of something that even Cameron himself has yet to truly understand. Maybe a few years from now when 3D has the potential to actually make something of itself then James may indeed seem like the leader of a new wave of film-making, but until then we can see him for what he truly is- a child whose trying to seem tough by saying "Oh yeah? Well, my way of film-making is ten times as strong as your way of film-making!"


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Tango (for Violin & Piano). By Carlos Gardel. Arranged by Diego Collatti. For Violin, Piano. World Music. 32 + pages. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE035013). ISBN 979-0-008-08336-5. In response to the enthusiasm that met Tango Violin Duets, Universal Edition published these arrangements for violin and piano. The timbre of the violin is exceptionally well suited to evoking the musical riches of Argentina's past, as well as giving new life to Gardel's tango music. Some of his most well- known pieces are featured in this volume, such as Melodia de arraval, Mi Buenos Aires querido, Volver, Por Una Cabeza and El dia que me quieras. Diego Collatti's arrangements retain all the captivating, magnetic charms we associate with the Tango. Suitable for intermediate to advanced violinists.
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Pepper and Salsa by Marcel Peeters. For Concert Band. Original Works Light Music Repertoire. Original Pieces. Grade 4. Score. Duration 3 minutes, 24 seconds. Published by Molenaar Edition (ML.012821050-S). A splendid three part suite in which Marcel Peeters, once more, demonstrates his skill and mastery. The first part "Blue Valsetto" is a fine swinging jazz waltz introduced by a trumpet solo; the second part "Blue Lamento" is a most lyrical low blues also introduced by a trumpet solo; the third part "Blue Train" is a fine swinging piece of big band music in a true Duke Ellington style.
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Tango Time (Flute). Arranged by Myriam Mees. De Haske Play-Along Book. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 28 pages. De Haske Publications #1053928400. Published by De Haske Publications (HL.44006330). ISBN 9043123153. Play Along. 9x12 inches. These exciting book/CD packs contain nine tanguitos (little tangos) and three milongas. Titles include: Buenos Aires en la vida • Cafetin de Buenos Aires • Meditacio • Tango Apasianado • and many more. The CD contains complete performances as well as play-along tracks, all performed with a real South American feel.
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By Jamey Aebersold. For any C, Eb, Bb, bass instrument or voice. Play-Along series with accompaniment CD.. Finally, an authentic collection of Salsa/Latin favorites.. Intermediate, advanced. Book with CD. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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Por Una Cabeza. (Beabeitung fur Streichquartett). By Carlos Gardel. For String quartet, Double bass ad lib.. Der musikalische Salon Vol. 51. Classical. Score and Parts. 6 pages (part); 5 x 1 pages (score). Published by Verlag Dohr (VD.E.D.27551). ISBN M-2020-1551-3. Classical. 29.7 x 21 cm inches.
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Un Dia de Noviembre (for solo marimba). By Leo Brouwer (1939-). Arranged by Jason Baker. Marimba solo. For low E marimba (1 player). Concert Percussion Solos. Originally written for solo guitar, Un Dia de Noviembre is a marimba transcription of a very popular piece by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. By way of natural chord voicings and intuitive playing patterns, Jason Baker has done a masterful job of capturing th. Medium. Score. 8 pages. Duration 5'00". Published by Tapspace Publications (TA.TSPCS-09). Originally written for solo guitar, Un Dia de Noviembre is a marimba transcription of a very popular piece by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. It's performed with four mallets on a 4.5 (low E) octave marimba. This piece has a lyrical and simplistic beauty which will require a mature sense of musical phrasing from the performer. The accompaniment alternates between the right and left hands throughout and occasionally requires one-handed rolls from each hand at different points. By way of natural chord voicings and intuitive playing patterns, Jason Baker has done a masterful job of capturing the heart of the original work through the marimba's expressive range.
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Études Simples - Volume 4: Nos. 16-20. (Guitar Solo). By Leo Brouwer (1939-). Editions Durand. 10 pages. Editions Durand #ME0849500. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50562604).
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Oblivion fur grosses Orchester by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). Edited by Eduardo Marturet. Rental Material / Score. Duration 3`15. Published by Edition 49 (E4.E49-90393-10). ISBN M-2043-0862-0.
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Looking at your site on IE shows more issues, also in other areas. One solution would be to modify your content div container (which also fixes some other IE issues your blog has):
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Some interesting choices here; let's call it a random but good mix of pools and beaches. I definitely give Hansen Dam a big thumbs up, but my list would look a little different. Oh and if you want to see true kid crazyness, go to the L.A. Swim Stadium kids' pool on the weekend. It's quite a show!
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2693 Motor Ave (S. of Pico and W. of Avenue of the Stars)
Los Angeles, CA 90064
SUMMER 2013 SWIM SCHEDULE (until 9/1, check website above for updates!)
Opening Day – June 15
Saturday …………………………. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 16 – June 22
Monday – Friday ……………… 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday …………. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
June 23 – August 18
Monday – Friday ……………. 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday (Lap Swim) 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday ………….. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
August 19 – September 1
Monday – Friday ……………… 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday …………. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Labor Day, Sept 2 ………….. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pool subject to opening late on Saturdays due to Swim Meets.
COST: $2.50 / $2.00 with LA library card
$55 pass for 30 admissions
It has been an eternity since I posted a proper review of an LA pool on this blog and I intend to rectify that situation right now (and celebrate the beginning of summer) by telling you a little bit about the Cheviot Hills Pool, one of my neighborhood swim spots.
This pool is perfectly decent if you are looking for a place to cool off and have fun in the summer. It is not really made for lap swimming, although they do have an hour dedicated to it from 5 to 6 pm every weekday. The pool is an antique: it is built in a style common to many LA public pools such as Glassell Park and Echo Deep, with a deeper middle area (where the diving board is) and two "wings" that grow gradually more shallow. This pool has an odd length of forty meters, while its depth at each end is too shallow for flip turns or anything of that sort. So if you do end up doing laps here, they are going to be pretty low-key. Note also that Cheviot Hills Pool has a very high gutter around its perimeter that seems to have been repaired many times, and it is tough to hold on to the edge or hoist oneself out of the pool in the deep area as a result.
Nevertheless this pool does have its charms – it is never very busy there and Ric and I spent a fun and successful day doing suicides instead of laps as our exercise one time. It has a big deck that you can lay out on and some benches in a little shady space on the north side of the pool. The changing area is very basic and feels semi-outdoor though it is covered: it is essentially a broad hallway, where there are two long benches and a series of changing stalls (an attendant will store your stuff in exchange for a safety pin). This vestibule then segues into a second hall of shower stalls. These showers are push-button but because they are so old-school they stay on for a long time and get really warm, which is nice. Perhaps what's best of all is that this pool is part of a huge park and recreational center where there is LOTS to do, including a 3-par golf course, tennis courts, softball fields – even an archery range and a petanque court! So you can definitely make a sporting day of it at Cheviot Hills.
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Sunset Tower Hotel pool via @laceystudio
"Although summer is synonymous with pool season here in Los Angeles, unless you're fortunate enough to have one in your own back yard, it's not always easy to find a swimming pool that will happily host us for an afternoon. Most hotel pools are for guest use only, but we've done the recon and found the best ones that welcome locals for daytime use. Whether you're looking to lounge peacefully in the sun with a book, or splash around with friends over drinks and party tunes, here's a guide to accessing eight of L.A.'s best hotel pools where you don't have to be an overnight guest to take a dip."
Some nice suggestions here if you are looking for a luxe LA aquatic experience!
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(via Daily Express: Real-life mermaid with a £10,000 tail she uses to swim with sharks)
All I can say is, of course this girl and her tail are from LA!! It may also be worth noting that, contrary to the headline, she is not actually a 'real life' mermaid - I'd say she is more like a Hollywood fantasy. Well, at least she is promoting ocean conservation!
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It's been awhile since I last posted a pool review, and despite the fact that it's mid-winter, all this beautiful Southland weather has me feeling both guilty and inspired. I've therefore decided to split the difference, and post a link to Curbed LA's map from last summer, wherein local swim spots are ranked by their difficulty to access, and, in turn, by the relative factor of douche or awesomeness displayed at each.
There's something for everyone here, including a few places previously mentioned on this blog, as well as a number of pools I'm keen to explore further and report back to y'all on in upcoming installments, so stay tuned. Airbnb in Alhambra, anyone??
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This is a newish rapper from LA that all the young whippersnappers really like right now. I think the song is just alright, but I do like the idea of getting "a swimming pool full of liquor then you dive in it," as he says in the hook. I know it's only a metaphor for getting really wasted, but I still they wish they would've dramatized this in the video! Well, at least they got a pool in there…
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( Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times / November 6, 2012 )
How cool is this? Only in LA! Happy election day, Angelinos!!
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At the Echo 8/29! jamz.
Poolside - Only Everything
Great new daytime disco tunes, and they're from LA too! How appropriate.
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5931 West 18th St., Los Angeles, CA 90035 (map)
(Just off La Cienega, part of the LA Center for Enriched Studies magnet school campus)
SUMMER LAP SWIM SCHEDULE (until 8/10/12, check website above for updates!)
MON-FRI 8-9pm
SAT-SUN 12-1pm
MON-FRI 7-9pm
YEAR-ROUND / INDOOR / HEATED (81-83 degrees)
25 meters x 25 yards (8 lanes), 3-13 ft. depth, 2 diving boards
COST: $2.50 / $2.00 with LA library card
$55 pass for 30 admissions
Hi All,
Ric here. Sorry for the incredibly long lag in posting: Chiara asked me back in, like, January if I could write the post on the pool at LACES (Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies) over here in the Pico-Robertson area. Winter is long over and we have long been back swimming outdoors (well, technically I have been frequenting the Culver City Plunge since the new year, but Chiara steadfastly refuses to get in the water when it's a "freezing" 75 degrees outside) – nevertheless I figured I'd finally get on it.
When we moved here from Echo Park about a year ago, we were pleasantly surprised to discover a pool so close to our house. Culver City is fairly close as well but it tends to be chaotic at all times (I'm talking 4-8 people per lane regularly). LACES, just a few blocks east of the intersection of La Cienega and 18th, provides a lovely little substitute for the winter months when the sun descends at 4pm. We're academics and thus can occasionally make our way to the pool midday, but most days during the school year we have to swim in the late afternoon or early evening when it's legitimately starting to get cold. Hence our pleasure in finding a relatively low-key pool to visit in the evenings. For some reason Chiara never seems to have made it to LACES with me, but apart from my general melancholy at swimming without the wifey I've always enjoyed my experiences there.
According to its website LACES is a magnet school, which means you're likely even at lap-swim hours to run into a decent number of highschoolers involved in extracurricular or athletic activities. Don't be scared of the little monsters! Locker rooms are standard-issue LAUSD chic, but because it's a school there aren't any lockers for personal use. There is, however, an attendant who will trade you one of those pin-tabs for keeping your bag in a small locked room. Since I'm a control-freak, and since experience has taught me that showing up even 5 minutes after lap-swim begins means competing for lane space, I've always found myself arriving early. Unlike, say, the swim stadium near USC (our favorite pool in the city still by far), where even if you are the only soul on the deck you have to wait for the exact minute, my 15 minutes of down time prior to starting are always entertaining: kids taking swim and diving lessons and, best of all, a girls' synchronized swim team. For what look to be 10-14 year olds they are damn impressive! Equally entertaining is the coach, a 20ish-looking young woman harriedly starting and stopping music, counting strokes and miming very exact hand-and-finger movements. Good times! With almost Germanic zeal and precision this all comes to an end exactly at 7pm.
The pool itself, one of the newest in the city (built in 2004), has 8 lanes and is 25 meters in length. For better and worse, 2 of those lanes are reserved: one for swim lessons and another for a local youth swim team. (I've butted heads, literally and figuratively, with a few of these hellions on occasion.) Which means the remaining 6 lanes can get a bit cozy. I mostly went on Tuesday nights when the crowd wasn't terribly large, though there were a few times when I shared a lane with 3 others. Lanes are marked "Slow", "Medium" and "Fast", but really I can't think of a pool where people really observe those distinctions, and in the case of LACES everyone seemed to be mixed.
LACES provides kick-boards, pull-buoys and even flippers (which make butterfly much more enjoyable!). I find the water a bit too chlorine-y, but that I suppose is to be expected of a pool that caters primarily to hormonal teenagers.
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Graphic of the Day: David Hockney
What says 'Swimming in LA' better than a David Hockney swimming pool painting? (One of these days I will have to write a proper post about these…)
I miss summer!
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#670: Getting Your Hands DirtyFebruary 17, 2012
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I hate to spoil the surprise, but I don't want you coming here on Monday wondering if I've forgotten that I do a webcomic at all.
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Review: Coherence (2013)
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Written and directed by James Ward Byrkit.
Starring Emily Foxler, Hugo Armstrong, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Lauren Maher, Alex Manugian, Lorene Scafaria, and Maury Sterling.
A new Patreon backer at the $50 level opted out of the usual reward of a plug in the "Become a Multiplex Patron" box (above, on the website), asking instead for me to plug the 2013 indie science fiction filmCoherence (with which he is not affiliated). I was happy to oblige, and so "A fan of Coherence" — a.k.a. The Patron, as I'll refer to him from here out — is, for the duration of his patronage, among Multiplex's supporters. (And, yes, I will review just about any movie a $50 backer asks me to.)
What really got my interest in the film (aside from being asked very nicely to see it) was that The Patron compared it to Shane Carruth's Primer, one of the best no-budget sci-fi movies ever made. I can definitely see the comparison: both are decidedly low-budget films with small casts and a science-fictiony premise. I feel like seeing the film fairly blind is probably the best, so I won't summarize the plot beyond the premise of eight friends having a dinner party when a comet passes over and Strange Things Happen, but I don't think I'm quite as enthusiastic as The Patron.
Unfortunately, the "go in as blind as you can" suggestion means I feel like I need to be pretty vague. Some clunky (and largely unnecessary) exposition gets spat out early on, which tried my patience a bit, but it gets fun as the plot gets rolling. And the plot is definitely the star of the film, not the largely forgettable cast of affluent, Southern California white people or the dialogue, which often feels improvised (in that it neither pushes the story forward nor reveals character, as good dialogue ought to).
Despite some genuinely terrifically creepy or suspenseful moments in the film, a handful of contrived plot points hold it back from being much more than a fun genre flick for me, but I found myself wondering what would happen next — almost up to the very end. A late turn in the film got more of an eye-roll from me than the shock that I think it was supposed register. As always, your mileage may vary, but the film's merits make it well worth a viewing, particularly for science fiction fans suffering from blockbuster fatigue.
Here's the trailer! If it piques your interest, please do check it out. It's available for rent from Amazon Instant Video or for purchase from its official website, among other places. (I never recommend reading YouTube comments, but definitely on't read the comments if you want to stay away from spoilers.)
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