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- kaiwen laitin
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Why can't I enjoy freedom? Because I am Chinese.
the chinese goverment cut down the line to the outside .it is a tragic as a chinese because i do not have freedom,how can i get through with others
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Nov 26 2012: thank you,what you said really impress me.but the tibetans is a complicated issue
Lejan .
Nov 25 2012: Hello Kaiwen,
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I am a bit confused by your question and not certain if I understand you right.
If 'the chinese goverment cut down the line to the outside' how did you manage to post your question here on TED to 'get through with others'?
Are you located in China or did you write this from outside?
Maybe you can help to clarify my understanding. Thank you.
Nov 25 2012: i think he/she is traveling or using another method to connect to the world
Nov 25 2012: That could be. Still it would help to know about the given circumstances to answer his/hers question in that context.
I simply don't know how deep Chinese censorship penetrates.
Nov 26 2012: if you are in a democratic country you can not image it.Dec 9 2012: I'm in China right now. The censorship is really obnoxious. The obvious websites, like Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter are all blocked, but sometimes you can't use Google, and CNN pages won't load. I haven't tried any other news pages, but I've been told that it's more or less the same.
I have a VPN now, and I can chat with family and friends back home. Last year I didn't have one, and it was annoying on a level that's really impossible to understand if you're from a country that does not have this kind of censorship.Dec 9 2012: @ Jesse Buell
Even though my country, Germany, isn't blocking websites I think it is not to difficult to imagine how the internet would be, if all major websites of foreign news channels would be blocked. It would be a desaster for me, as the best news I can get even about my own country is the news from abroad.
Any media is biased, that's the way it just is. So to get the best possible view on my nation, I usually look on different sites in the USA, the UK, France, Russia and others, because their view is different to the media in Germany, just by its nature.
So if this would not be possible anymore due to censorship, my view would certainly narrow down to become nothing but blurry and uncertain.
I like to hear independent voices from different sources, so that my view clears up, and my understanding gets more broad in detail and opinions.
That's why censorship is evil, in general, and regardles the name of the country which is doing it!
行健 郭
Dec 8 2012: "cut down the line to the outside"? That's the DPRK's method of censorship. Costly. Ineffective. Easy to cause resent. No, it's not how censorship works in China, if you just take it literally.
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Actually, there's an interesting TED talk which I think best illustrate the condition here in China.
So censorship in China is not that horrible anyway... As is mentioned in the talk, you can always bypass censorship and voice you opinion by using all these wonderful tricks invented by creative Chinese netizens. I should also like to add that it's even easier to get information from the outside, namely, you just grab a decent VPN at a cost of a few bucks a month (There's actually commercial sites specially dedicated to this purpose, both abroad and, most amazingly, in Mainland China. I guess the government figured out that if you're clever enough to consider a VPN, there will virtually be no means to stop you, so why not just let'm make that purchase and make some contributions to GDP?)
Dec 8 2012: 'So censorship in China is not that horrible anyway...'
If internet censorship in China is not 'that horrible' and as easy to bypass as you said, what do you think is the reason for its existence?
To me, censorship in any country, mine included, is one of the worst mechanism of 'mind control' a government can inflict on its citizens. Someone decides what is 'allowed' and what not. Who is this someone? A higher spiritual being knowing the real truth? Whatever these censor think they are, they are not and it is about time, that China and all other censorship countries start to act accordingly.
It might be fun to bypass and to outsmart internet censorship, especially for generations who are 'digitally literate' enough to do so, yet this does not compensate the fact for censorship to exist in the first place. It is like speed limits on the highway. We all drive faster than the signs are telling us, but when the police get's us, we have to pay...
Joy Liu
Dec 8 2012: I am attracted by the title of this topic. It's good to hear Chinese voice in the international Internet community. The criticism to Chinese government maybe overstrong, but it serves as a warning and the sign of dissactisfaction or even resentment among the people in the nation. But freedom is a too broad issue and covers too many areas. Besides, there are still many nations in the world enjoy less freedom than China. You can also say, why can't I enjoy freedom? Because I am a North Korean... As for countries in Mid-East, the freedom can never be ensured since the state is chaotic. When mentioned of the revolution in Egypt, their freedom is even less than Chinese, the decision power is still in the hands of military ditactors.
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Dec 8 2012: I'm sure no two issues are of equal importance, but the systems are both different and both can be criticized, then improved upon. The way in which improvement is implemented after the critique is based entirely on the boundaries which the system of anything is drawn. In the case of dissenters of a government, it seems to be public awareness and/or public demonstration, but the extreme would be an abolishment or take down of the current government. If there was dialogue between the government and the people, then I don't see how such a high level of dissent would arise, but I don't really know the level of dissent, so I will add that this is just someones opinion and it wouldn't affect anyone if it weren't based on some type of reality in the first place, right?
Joy Liu
Dec 9 2012: No, the level of dissent is not that high as you perceived.
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By the way, I've checked out the link you left below about the different ways of Eastern and Western education, it's really very very interesting.
I love the point that it talks about the intelligence and struggle taught to kids in different cultures. Western children are taught to due their success to their own intelligence, while the Asian kids are taught to concern about struggle. I never realize the differences in such light before.
But it doesn't judge a culture as good or bad by these differences, so you can't say eastern education produces students of low creativity just based on this.Dec 4 2012: Many people know it, but most of them have no courage to do it. If they become rich enough they immediately immigrate to the developed countries for freedom or better education or for a better life when they get old. They have no idea how to make that change. What we accept in schools is always getting a high score in exams, and doing what teachers want you to do. They have washed our brains. All of these are just what I feel, personally. I dont know it is right or wrong, but I really want to out of here and see what outside looks like.
Dec 4 2012: Try to read The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu and The Prince Qualities of the Prince by Nicollo Machiavelli. They were very interesting writers that talked about different ways of governing. I was very intrigued by what the Tao te Ching talked about.
Check this out:
It says that Eastern education produces students that have low creativity, but the people who don't have formal education in China can make such fantastic art. Maybe it is the level of seriousness that doesn't allow Eastern Students to be as creatively express themselves as Western Education. Hope this was helpful. =)
Dec 5 2012: you are so perfect!你竟然知道道德经和君主论,中西合并呀!You are a genius!i am so interested about you personality.how can i contact with you?
Dec 5 2012: You can contact me through ted.com, through my profile page. I am just applying all my knowledge to your situation. I am just a curious and learning person, and you are as capable of gaining this knowledge as I am, but you just have to go out and search for more knowledge. =)Dec 5 2012: I am also interested in political and economy, and I have read Tao Te Ching, It is a great book, but I think the idea is not suitable for China now, We have much more to do to deal with the most serious contradiction between government and us ordinary people. Our society now is cold and most of us are busy in earning money and only take care of themselves. 5 boys died in a rubbish bin because of the cold weather, a girl was hit by a car and nobody helps. Finally she died. So many we are suffering now. Government only pays attention to GDP.
Dec 7 2012: People need to step out of their comfort zones. I'm sure getting your first job interview was uncomfortable, but it must have felt rewarding afterwards. People should be the example they want to see in the world. Don't blame other people that others aren't doing any good in the world. Take responsibility of your own life and take action. If you see someone who needs help, help them. If you are working for a job you don't like or need, then find a new job.
The Tao Te Ching reminds me of a very free society, butt The Qualities of the Prince is about a very oppressive society. I think that seeing the two in contrast will reveal more about your own personal ideals of a better government.
Don't wait for your government. Your government should wait for its people. Don't pity the situations of the world. Take action.Dec 9 2012: Thanks for your reply. Reading more books would help me to out of bad mood. And by the way, you come from USA, and could you tell me how to learn English well? My major is English Trade, and I could not speak it like your pronunciation and intonation, and it is difficult and boring to remember the words. How to learn it?Dec 5 2012: 你说的非常对。sakura Barack你很了解中国,你应该就是我同胞,我怎么能跟你联系上呢
Dec 5 2012: I come from Guangzhou. Here is where we can contact with~~Dec 3 2012: You have free will or the power to control your own actions. If you see injustice, then find other people who agree with you and go forth and make change to your government. Have you read about the recent Egyptian Revolution? You can gather people who think like you and change your environment. Exercise your agency. Life is too short to feel unhappy. I am American, but I heard that the Chinese government restricts people from searching for certain information and words like 'freedom'?
Dec 3 2012: if they do what you said, gathering people and change our environment, they will be put into the prison next day.
Dec 3 2012: The American saying goes, you can easily squash one ant, but if all the ants gathered united, they could overcome most obstacles. Have you ever read or heard of Martin Luther King Jr? China has Tiananmen Square Massacre, but the problem is that the single incident ended horribly and no one would want to rise up again. I think that people need to find more outside help or possibly find more secretive modes of spreading information to people interested in revolting. If you get thrown into jail, that will happen. People will be punished or killed for their actions, but the people need to be knowingly walking into danger and accept that fact. The more attention from the media or others who want to unite, then there is a higher chance to make change. It didn't take one day to build the Great Wall of China, and changing an oppressive government is surely not an exception.
Dec 5 2012: 你要干什么?Dec 3 2012: This is just a stupid topic.if you are not free,how can you start this stupid conversation on TED? shame on you.Before you judge your country,first love it, then can we find a solution together.Dec 1 2012: I really hate your country.Why...why...? Becase China attacked Vietnam. Chinese are so greedy. I really hate it.
Dec 1 2012: i know you feeling,there was a unhappy time between the two country。but history is only the past,we will lookfoward,isn't?
zh wust
Dec 2 2012: 你好,作为国人,我理解你的感受,我也同样痛恨某些网络的不自由,但你知道你在这种英文网站上发帖子意味着什么吗?只能是外国友人越来越讨厌我们国家,甚至于讨厌中国人,同样你会只能受到国人的批评。主席有句话说的好:人民内部矛盾要自己解决,不要总是想诉求于其他力量。欧美人与我们思维不一样,同样的抱怨,譬如你生气说"我要杀了你",国人一笑而过,欧美着很严肃,很有可能报警。同样你说一些讽刺政府的话,国人会支持你,跟你一起吐糟,而欧美人士会认为我国政府独裁,专横,野蛮……希望你不要这么无知了。
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Dec 3 2012: 是的,在我提出问题之后,遭到啦大量国人一致的批评,什么家丑不可外扬啊,但是外国人更多提出的是一种批判性的想法。很多人也提出他们国家的各种问题。但是我想说的是真正热爱国家并不是成天歌功颂德,而是在于提出他的问题,关注他的未来 记得这样一句话吗? This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected
zh wust
Dec 4 2012: 我不知道你逛着种英文网站发这种帖子的目的是什么,学英语?探讨人类自由?如果是前者你可以换个话题,那样更有利于进步学习,如果是后者,我建议你去新浪腾讯之类的网站去讨论,那样会更有意思。这么做方便快捷,何必在非母语的网站上讨论着我们母语都不一定有讨论出结果的事情呢?
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Tom HU
Nov 29 2012: I am a Chinese, I love my country, but as I think, you feel it's a tragic because you are a Chinese? So why don't you move out of China. I know you don't like the Communist Party, but is this the reason you hate your own country? I only feel naive after I read your question. You have confused the concepts between country and government. I don't like the current Chinese government neither, but I still hold my faith that China will become better and better, not create hates. By the way, I think we can access many foreign websites, the truth is not so serious as you said. It's indeed a pity that we don't have the same extent of freedom as these Americans have, and we can do nothing to change this. But it's not a problem for me to keep love my country. Because I got birth in China, I grow up in China.
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Dec 1 2012: 不同的人想法不可能一样,我尊重你的观点,你可能误解了我的想法,我只是想跟更多人交换对自由的看法。Nov 29 2012: I can not understand your viewpoint...in other words ,i can't agree with you to some extent as a chinese person...
Nov 29 2012: what do you want to say?facebook is not allowed in the china don/t you know?we can have some further conversation.Nov 27 2012: Yes,Vietnam has been changed.It make life of people more better :)Nov 26 2012: sorry,i'm not chinese
i'm living in Vietnam :)
but i had read news about your countries,where the young have not had freedom to connect to the world
Nov 27 2012: i heared that vietnam 's democracy had made great process in recent years,isn't it/Nov 26 2012: every one is constrained in their own nation, most of people who talk about freedom who rarely know about freedom, in the other word, what you mean is right may not be correct in other place or in others' mind? what you think is wrong may not be wrong in the others' mind, how can you leave your idea on others, this topic is really stupid to me.
Nov 26 2012: you are a sageNov 26 2012: They does not allow their people use Facebook,Youtube,Twitter and Goggle etc.To replace it,Chinese use Baidu and a plenty of social network,which is created and used by Chinese.
Nov 26 2012: are you a chineseNov 25 2012: Freedom is in the mind my friend, you can get it.
Nov 26 2012: thank youNov 25 2012: After thinking a bit If you are in China and are Chinese. If you are a somewhat average educated person - Your diet and education are much better as are your opportunities. Isn't that the deal that the Chinese government made? As an American I will now keep my mouth shut. Besides my fatness If I am eating food might fall out. I don't mean to be unfair or unkind - but there are so many problems in the world that I can't imagine.
Nov 26 2012: yes,chinese goverment truly make big progess over the decades.but it still have a long way to go.Nov 25 2012: There are always games, misdirection, false advertising, and thought control - Even in the Great Democracies. We are constrained in our lives by individuals and institutuions other than governments. Okay, I greatly prefer freedom;however, institutuions can change over time - If men were truly good rather than evil as Adam Smith told us Constant pressure by the good guys and gals can build a better World. However, don't ignore Maslow People move up the hierachy of needs.
Nov 26 2012: thankyou,i do not understand the worlds Constant pressure by the good guys and gals can build a better World meansNov 25 2012: Neither you nor anybody else in this world is truly free. No one can really say what 'freedom' means, which, kind of, proves my point. There are only different types of serfdom, of which the Chinese seems to be more opressive than others.
Nov 25 2012: So why can't he/she enjoy a less opressive serfdom? Because he/she is Chinese.Nov 26 2012: I do not understand what the world serfdom means in you comment.but i am so happy to see you leave some words on my talk because it is the first time i contact with outside.it really take me a few hours .Nov 25 2012: i know it.i think it make you fell uncomfortable and you do have any objective information about the world
Nov 26 2012: you really konw me.good! may i ask you a personal question?are you a chinese or you have came to china.


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In this video Conversation, Denis Alexander asserts that contemporary Christians are not taking the early chapters of Genesis seriously enough.
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
Augustine had a great deal to say about those chapters in Genesis that are especially controversial within Christianity today.
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The God who created the cosmos is the God who came to us as a child in Bethlehem.
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Many people assume that until Darwin came along, devout Christians everywhere read and understood Genesis in the same way. But Dr. Pak points out that some of the most revered figures in Christian history--Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin--offered insightful but distinctive interpretations of the text that are often overlooked today. First presented at a symposium in Raleigh, NC, Dr. Pak's paper is presented here as a three part series.
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Still, we haven't heard the end of this costly ($90 million) casino fight. Even before results were final, Penn National's mouthpiece group announced it was pursuing litigation to annul approval of a Prince George's casino. "[W]e intend to explore all of our legal avenues," the Penn National group said.
Given the legal roadblocks thrown up to delay construction of a slots facility in Baltimore city, it's safe to predict a Prince George's casino, with slots and table games, could be many years away. That's too bad for Maryland's treasury, which stands to gain hundreds of millions of tax dollars each year.
But it is great news for Penn National's Charles Town, W.Va., full-service casino-hotel. The longer Penn National (and Maryland Live! in Anne Arundel County) can prevent construction of a Washington-area casino, the fatter their bottom lines.
O'Malley clearly was a big winner on Election Day, even though his name wasn't on the ballot this time. The biggest loser might have been Comptroller Peter Franchot, who linked arms with Penn National in ads to kill expanded gambling. One senator dubbed Franchot "the comptroller from West Virginia."
Aligning with an out-of-state gambling company to deny economic development (and tax revenue) to Maryland will be used as ammunition by Franchot's political foes in the next gubernatorial campaign.
Other losers:
— Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who displayed scant get-out-the-vote acumen while backing gay marriage and the casino referendum;
— Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, who was the missing Democratic county executive in ads supporting the referendum questions;
— Del. Pat McDonough of Baltimore County, who was unable to win even his own county for his pet project — defeat of the in-state tuition question.
— Rob Sobhani, whose pie-in-the-sky promises and $6 million personal spending spree netted him just 409,000 votes and a third-place finish for U.S. Senate.
— U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, who coasted to victory despite producing the worst commercials of the campaign — pointless footage of Cardin hauling airline baggage, dredging oysters and playing cards at a senior community. Is that what a senator does to earn his pay?
Barry Rascovar is a political columnist and a communications consultant. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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You ever notice posts that disagree with anything the dolphins do are always busts. You ever notice writers that dont like our moves are always awful writers. You ever notice players we dont resign are really not that good. You ever notice how a post praising what the dolphins do is a very insightful post. You ever notice only the writers that like our moves have a clue. The players we sign are always the best choices.
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Ellerbe spent a good deal of time under ray. he will have a lot of leadership to bring here and good chemistry with reshad. well see how it plots out
This is my problem with the message board . A person states an opinion on a player that is drafted or a free agent and if its not a positive opinion for some reason it has less merit.
He doesnt think the linebackers are upgrades and he thinks its the system more than the player. who hasnt had an opinion like this to a degree. Now I judge ellerbee on his own very limited merits but I dont get all the thumbs down for having an opinion.
Oh and to kill 2 birds with one stone, the noob OP who's come out of nowhere - or one of the Ravens butthurt forums is just more ammunition in my crusade to make Thread Starting an earned privilege based on membership tenure, posts and reps. So as far as bringing that up, thanks for that.
Those other LB's played with Lewis in his prime. This kid was the best LB on the Ravens roster.
I guess more than anything if my actual opinion something is not good then whats wrong with it. I have no bias. If I felt ireland did something good I would say it. Please tell em once where I bashed Tannehill or the pick. In fact so many posters panicked early in season last year when he struggled and I spoke against that but of course Im just always negative. I mean we havent won a superbowl in 4 decades, not been to one in 3 decades, not won a playoff game in a decade and not had a winning season in almost half a decade. So with that being quite true unless I see some amazing stuff going on, shouldnt I be more than skeptical about moves I personally dont agree with.


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2011-12: Saw action in nine tournaments, including all five in the spring campaign ... notched a tied for 29th finish at the NCAA East Regional with rounds of 76, 72 and 74 for a total of 222 ... on the season, had a 76.96 stroke average ... collected a top 20 finish at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate with rounds of 74, 76 and 72 for a 54-hole ledger of 222 ... notched two rounds of even or under par ... closed the season with a 75.43 stroke average in her final two tournaments.
2010-11: Competed in seven tournaments as a sophomore, while posting a 76.81 stroke average ... had a season-best finish at the Tar Heel Invitational as she placed tied for 24th and shot even par ... had three rounds of even or under par for the year ... opened the season with a two-under-par, 70, at the NCAA Fall Preview.
2009-10: Closed out her freshman campaign with a tied for 18th place finish at the NCAA Championship, which was a team best ... notched rounds of 74, 73, 69 and 74 for a total of 290 ... on the season, totaled a 75.00 stroke average to go along with one top five, two top 10 and five top 20 finishes ... turned in a season-best fourth place finish at the Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 70, 73 and 70 for a three-under-par, 213 ... tied for sixth at the Tri Match at Ironwood (74-74=148) ... tied for 16th at the ACC Championship ... her round of 69 at the NCAA Championship marked just the 12th round in the 60s during the NCAAs for a Duke golfer ... counted 86.0 percent of her rounds on the season, which was second best on the Duke squad ... finished 92nd in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
2009 Summer Action: Finished second in the AJGA Championship at the Virginian with rounds of 75, 75, 75 for a total of 225 ... advanced to match play at the Women's Western.
Prep: A 2007 first team Rolex Junior All-America and 2008 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-America … two-time Women's U.S. Open qualifier and three-time Women's U.S. Women's Amateur qualifier (2007, 2006, 2005) … owns three career American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles by winning the 2007 TomatoBank Northern California Classic, 2007 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2007 Mizuno Junior at Chateau Elan in 2007 … since 2004, has recorded 23 top 10 finishes in AJGA events … played in nine AJGA events in 2008, posting a best finish of third at the Horseshoe Bend Junior Classic with rounds of 75-71=146 … participated in the 2008 U.S. Women's Open and missed the cut with rounds of 79, 79 … notched five top 10 finishes in 11 events … played in the 2008 Canon Cup on the East Team … tallied six top five finishes and 10 top 20 finishes in 2007 … notched back-to-back wins at the Rolex Tournament of Champions and the Tomato Bank Northern California Classic … her lowest competitive score is 65, which she shot at the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial … member of 2007 Junior Solheim Cup Team … played in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur before falling in the first round of match play …qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles and missed the cut with rounds of 74, 75 … in 2006, posted five top 10 finishes in 11 tournaments … had her best finish in 2006 at the Bridgestone Golf Junior Classic and the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior … totaled a second place (Nike Golf Junior at Jacksonville), third place (AJGA Andover Open) and third place (Lessing's AJGA Classic) to open the 2005 AJGA campaign … in three AJGA Tournaments in 2004, placed eighth at the Nike Golf Junior at Jacksonville, fifth at the Nike Golf Junior at Lee County and second at the Nike Golf Junior at Louisville … lettered all four years on the boys' golf team at Blacksburg High School … led her team to two state championships as a sophomore and junior … in the state championship, placed second as a sophomore, third as a junior, fourth as a senior and seventh as a freshman, individually … she has had two holes-in-one -- one when she was 11 in a local tournament from 121 yards with a 7-iron and one at the sectional qualifying for the 2006 U.S. Women's Open from 180 yards with a 7-wood.
Personal: Born December 28, 1990 in Blacksburg, Va. … daughter of Bill and Janet Ellenbogen … has one brother, Matt (22) … her father, Bill, played college football at Virginia Tech and graduated in 1973 … her father went on to play in the NFL from 1973 to 1980 with the New York Giants … her grandmother, Wilma, graduated from Duke in 1941 … plays the classical piano ... a three-time ACC Honor Roll selection ... majored in economics.
Ellenbogen By The Numbers
Bryan Collegiate (75-80-72=227, T47, +11)
PING/ASU Invitational (75-71-77=223, T48, +7)
ACC Championship (82-75-77=234, T25, +21)
NCAA Central Reg. (73-75-67=215, T8, -1)
NCAA Championship (74-72-74-81=301, T50, +13)
Cougar Classic (81-77-77=235, T92, +19)**
Landfall Tradition (80-76-81=237, T45, +21)
Northrop Grumman (75-80-83=238, T62, +25)**
Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercoll. (74-76-72=222, T16, +6)
SunTrust Gator Invite (78-75-76=229, T48, +19)
Bryan National Colleg. (77-75-77=229, T43, +13)
ACC Championship (77-80-80=237, T36, +24)
NCAA East Reg. (76-72-74=222, T29, +6)
NCAA Championship (75-79-78-74=306, T91, +18)
NCAA Fall Preview (70-80-77=227, T59, +11)
Mason Rudolph (77-75-82=234, T84, +18)
Tar Heel (73-71-72=216, T24, E)
Landfall Tradition (77-73-80=230, T40, +14)
Allstate Intercollegiate (81-77-74=232, T70, +16)
Bryan National Collegiate (78-77-85=240, T60, +24)
Liz Murphey Collegiate (82-77-75=234, T78, +18)
Mason Rudolph (77-74=151, T76, +7)
Tar Heel Invitational (70-73-70=213, 4, -3)
NCAA Fall Preview (77-76-73=226, T36, +10)
Northrop Grumman Reg. (74-74-76=224, T17, +11)
Arizona Wildcat Invitational (74-79=153, T36, +11)
Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (79-77-75=231, T28, +15)
Bryan National Collegiate (80-79-76=235, T72, +19)
ACC Championship (79-75-73=227, T16, +14)
Tri Match at Ironwood II (74-74=148, T6, +4)
NCAA East Regional (78-73-76=227, T65, +11)
NCAA Championship (74-73-69-74=290, T18, +2)
2008 U.S. Open (79-79=158, MC)
2007 U.S. Open (74-75=149, MC)
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WOONSOCKET – Call it the Lisa Landslide.
Backed by an angry electorate demanding change, State Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt (D-Dist. 49) finished far ahead of the pack in a four-way primary for mayor last night, outdistancing incumbent Mayor Leo T. Fontaine by a margin of better than 3-1.
Fontaine's collection of 881 votes gave him a distant second-place finish next to Hunt's 2,746 – good enough to keep him alive for a general election showdown against Hunt on Nov. 5. But it was the kind of good that had jaws gaping and heads shaking in disbelief as the results were clocked at Ciro's Tavern.
"I can see the numbers just like anybody else," Fontaine told a subdued crowd of supporters at the restaurant. "People are angry out there."
Fontaine vowed to press on, saying, "We're going to start bringing this back...We've got to change these numbers."
In stark contrast to the downbeat feel at Ciro's, the mood was practically giddy just a couple of blocks away, where Hunt gathered with supporters in a spartan ground-floor office that's usually vacant at One Social Street. As the poll results were being tallied on a wall-mounted placard, a crush of familiar political faces, city employees and Baldelli-Hunt's family members packed the room, chanting "Lisa! Lisa! Lisa!"
Even Baldelli-Hunt seemed surprised by the margin of victory.
"I'm overwhelmed and very appreciative," she said. "The people of Woonsocket have spoken. They're looking for a strong and effective leader and I will be that strong and effective leader."
There were two other challengers on the mayoral ballot last night, Green Party progressive Dave Fisher, who had never sought political office before, and perennial candidate Michael E. Moniz, who was nowhere in sight during the campaign. Fisher, who participated in every debate and threw out ideas that were hard to pigeonhole on the political spectrum, finished with 466 votes. Moniz managed to scrape together 34 from 11 polling places.
Fisher, a blogger and professional chef who has experience as a behind-the-scenes political strategist, did not seem disappointed by his performance.
"I really wasn't running against Leo and Lisa," Fisher said. "I was running against the status quo and the sometimes prehistoric thinking that sometimes goes on in this city."
In a refrain that reverberated throughout the rival political camps, Fisher, too, said he was surprised by the punishment Fontaine endured at the polls. He said it's clear people are looking for change, but he said, "It remains to be seen whether Lisa is going to be that change."
Back at Ciro's, Fontaine's team of council candidates preceded him on the stage, including Council President John Ward, who finished ninth in the 15-way council primary. Like Fontaine, Ward sits on the state-appointed Budget Commission, which both candidates cited as a factor in alienating their supporters.
Seated in May 2012 under a state mandate applicable to communities facing insolvency, the commission raised property taxes over 20 percent on single-family homeowners in July as part of a comprehensive plan to rebuild the city's financial health.
Fontaine acknowledged his membership on the panel, albeit required by state law, has hurt him politically.
"You end up sitting on this board that has to do the impossible," he said. "Unfortunately, every decision you make you ends up upsetting somebody."
Fontaine resurrected a central theme of his campaign so far, which has been to blame the state for bringing the city to its financial knees. He said lawmakers, Baldelli-Hunt included, had helped usher in the bad times by approving budgets that cut aid to Woonsocket by $55 million since 2008, leaving local politicians to work in the trenches to clean up the mess.
The barb was quickly returned by Baldelli-Hunt, who said the mayor of a small city deserves the blame for what goes wrong at the local level, not one lawmaker in a two-chamber legislature acting on fiscal proposals that originate with the governor.
"I am one of 75," she said, referring to the membership of the House. "I am zero of 38 (in the Senate). The mayor is one of one. He's the CEO of this city. You need to be a decisive leader and I don't think he's been that."
Baldelli-Hunt said she thinks Fontaine's historically deep support eroded because "he wasn't listening to the people of Woonsocket."
Baldelli-Hunt, 51, a mother of three, has been a state lawmaker since 2006. She is a former postal worker who served as president of the American Postal Workers Union for four years, and is the niece of former Mayor Charles Baldelli. She and her husband, Ed, a retired Lincoln High School math teacher, have three sons, two of whom attend Woonsocket High School.
Fontaine's loss to Baldelli-Hunt is, without question, his most devastating political blow in a career that dates back two decades.
The 44-year-old mayor served 16 years on the City Council before he was elected mayor for the first time in 2009. For much of that time, he served as council president and was frequently among the top vote-getters in biennial elections. He defeated former Woonsocket policeman Todd Brien, 3,928-2,917 during his first outing for mayor and won a second term in 2011 after running without opposition.
Councilman Chris Beauchamp, one of the top finishers in the council runoff, said he expected Fontaine to poll behind Baldelli-Hunt, but not as far as he did.
"People didn't want to see the same old stuff happening again and it showed in the results." he said. "I thought it was going to be a little closer."
Despite the rout, Baldelli-Hunt said she doesn't take the win for granted and pledged to hit the stump again hard for the general election on Nov. 5.
"I'm going to work just as hard in the next 28 days," she said. "Hopefully I'll have the same results in the November election."
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I did the experiment at a lab affiliated to McGill University during this summer after doing the extraction of polyphenols from cocoa powder at a biochemistry lab at Université du Québec à Montréal. The experiment went pretty good and my hypothesis got confirmed. At 20 micrograms/ml, cocoa extract decreased of around 84% the amount of IFN-gamma and the resuls with IL-2 were also very good.
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Here is a quick cart I made from Left over office chair parts and a little flat stock. the sleds slide into the pass port side rails and the old chair hight adjustment holds the unit in place with lid open or closed.
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Great idea. Very creative.
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Nice work, man! Willing to share the step-by-step procedures on how you created it?
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Pretty simple stuff realy. I just made a set of split rails out of 1" flat stock to fit into the slides on the side of the Passport case. I also used a bender to follow the curve of the case, however, one could have just welded a 90 degree stop if they wanted to. On the back I used the chairs back rest and altered it slitly to create a hook and used the slide to hold the welder in place. (this is a nice feature, as you can adjust for having the case closed or open) After that it was simply adding my casters, torch holder and cable hook.


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I'm planing a seven-day "family trip" to Iceland, and I am trying to make a list of "must see" places, mostly near the ring road; any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
EDIT: here is the list of places I finally put in my planning (locations and descriptions extracted from the wikipedia):
Perlan - 64° 7′ 45″ N, 21° 55′ 9″ W
Perlan (English: The Pearl) is a landmark building in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It is 25.7 metres (84.3 ft) high. It was originally designed by Ingimundur Sveinsson. Perlan is situated on the hill Öskjuhlíð where there had been hot water storage tanks for decades. In 1991 the tanks were updated and a hemispherical structure placed on top. This project was largely done at the behest of Davíð Oddsson, during his time as mayor of Reykjavík.
Hallgrímskirkja - 64° 8′ 31″ N, 21° 55′ 39″ W
Hallgrímskirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatlkrimsˌcʰɪrca], church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland after Longwave radio mast Hellissandur, the radio masts of US Navy at Grindavík, Eiðar longwave transmitter and Smáratorg tower. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614 to 1674), author of the Passion Hymns.
The Sun Voyager - 64° 8′ 51.35″ N, 21° 55′ 20.32″ W
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Landakotskirkja - 64° 8′ 51″ N, 21° 56′ 56″ W
Landakotskirkja ("Landakot's Church"), formally named Basilika Krists konungs ("The Basilica of Christ the King"), is the cathedral of the Catholic Church in Iceland. It is often referred to as Kristskirkja ("Christ's Church"). Landakotskirkja is located in the western part of Reykjavík, on the Landakot property. It has a distinctively flat top, as opposed to the standard spire. Its architect is Guðjón Samúelsson, who also built the famous Hallgrímskirkja and the Akureyrarkirkja in Akureyri.
Hraunfossar - 64° 42′ 7″ N, 20° 58′ 41″ W
Hraunfossar (Borgarfjörður, western Iceland) is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name hraun comes from the Icelandic word for lava. The Hraunfossar are situated near Húsafell and Reykholt and lava-tube cave Víðgelmir is close by.
Barnafossar - 64° 42′ 7″ N, 20° 58′ 41″ W
Barnafoss is also known as Bjarnafoss, which was its previous name. Barnafoss is near Hraunfossar which burst out of Hallmundarhraun which is a great lava plain. Barnafoss is a waterfall in Western Iceland, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Reykjavík. Barnafoss is on the river Hvita in Borgarfjordur. Hraunfossar flows out of a lava field into Hvita near Barnafoss, creating a stunning scenery.
Snaefellsnes - 64° 51′ 29″ N, 23° 6′ 54″ W
The Snæfellsnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstn̥aiːfɛlsˌnɛːs]) is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland.
It has been named Iceland in Miniature, because many national sights can be found in the area,[citation needed] including the Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest mountain on the peninsula and has a glacier at its peak. (Jökull" means "glacier" in Icelandic). The volcano can be seen on clear days from Reykjavík, a distance of about 120 km. The mountain is also known as the setting of the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by the French author Jules Verne. The area surrounding Snæfellsjökull has been designated one of the four National Parks by the government of Iceland.
Ólafsfjörður - 66° 4′ 0″ N, 18° 39′ 0″ W
Ólafsfjörður is a town in the northeast of Iceland located at the mouth of the fjord Eyjafjörður.
The town is connected to Eyjafjordur via the 3.5 km one-lane Múli tunnel (the Múlagöng). Fishing is the main industry in the town and several fishing trawlers make their home in the town's harbor.
The municipality of Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður has merged to form a municipality called Fjallabyggð, which literally means Mountain Settlement.
Godafoss - 65° 40′ 48″ N, 17° 32′ 24″ W
The Goðafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods or waterfall of the goði) is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. It is located in the Mývatn district of North-Central Iceland at the beginning of the Sprengisandur highland road. The water of the river Skjálfandafljót falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters.
Selfoss - 65°47′54″N, 16°22′57″W
Selfoss is a waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland which drops over some waterfalls about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea.
Aldeyjarfoss - 65° 21′ 57.6″ N, 17° 20′ 52.8″ W
The Aldeyjarfoss waterfall is situated in the north of Iceland at the northern part of the Sprengisandur Highland Road which means it is to be found within the Highlands of Iceland.
One of the most interesting features of the waterfall is the contrast between the black basalt columns and the white waters of the fall. In this, it is similar to the much smaller Icelandic waterfall Svartifoss in Skaftafell.
The river Skjálfandafljót drops here from a height of 20 m. The basalt belongs to a lava field called Frambruni or Suðurárhraun, hraun being the Icelandic designation for lava.
Dettifoss - 65°49′18.91″N 16°23′17.41″W
Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
Mývatn - 65°36′N 17°00′W
Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding wetlands have an exceptionally rich fauna of waterbirds, especially ducks. The lake was created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years ago, and the surrounding landscape is dominated by volcanic landforms, including lava pillars and rootless vents (pseudocraters). The effluent river Laxá is known for its rich fishing for Brown Trout and Atlantic Salmon.
Húsavík - 66°03′N 17°19′W
Húsavík is a town in Norðurþing municipality on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay with 2,237 inhabitants. The most famous landmark of the town is the wooden church Húsavíkurkirkja, built in 1907. Húsavík is served by Húsavík Airport.
Jökulsárlón - 64°04′13″N 16°12′42″W
Jökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the borders of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of Breiðamerkurjökull, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the Icelandic glaciers. The lake now stands 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) away from the ocean's edge and covers an area of about 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). It recently became the deepest lake in Iceland at over 248 metres (814 ft) depth as glacial retreat extended its boundaries. The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s. It is considered as one of the natural wonders of Iceland.
Svartifoss - 64° 1′ 22.8″ N, 16° 58′ 30″ W
Svartifoss (Black Fall) is a waterfall in Skaftafell National Park in Iceland, and is one of the most popular sights in the park. It is surrounded by dark lava columns, which gave rise to its name. Other well-known columnar jointing formations are seen at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, Devil's Tower in Wyoming, USA and on the island of Staffa in Scotland.
The base of this waterfall is noteworthy for its sharp rocks. New hexagonal column sections break off faster than the falling water wears down the edges.
These basalt columns have provided inspiration for Icelandic architects, most visibly in the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík, and also the National Theatre.
Vík í Mýrdal - 63°25′N 19°00′W
The village of Vík (or Vík í Mýrdal in full) is the southernmost village in Iceland, located on the main ring road around the island, around 180 km (110 mi) by road southeast of Reykjavík.
Skógafoss - 63°31′47″N 19°30′50″W
Skógafoss (pronounced [ˈskou.aˌfɔs]) is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from Skógar), the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.
Seljalandsfoss - 63°36′57″N, 19°59′34″W
Seljalandsfoss is one of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland. It is very picturesque and therefore its photo can be found in many books and calendars. It was a waypoint during the first leg of The Amazing Race 6.
Geysir - 64° 18′ 39.11″ N, 20° 18′ 13.79″ W
Geysir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈceːisɪr̥]), sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans.[citation needed] The English word geyser (a spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill, which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres south.
Eruptions at Geysir can hurl boiling water up to 70 metres in the air. However, eruptions may be infrequent, and have in the past stopped altogether for years at a time.
Gullfoss - 64°19′34″N 20°07′16″W
Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
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I've just been to Iceland. I would recommend the following:
Seljalandsfoss waterfall you can walk behind
Geysir - Strokkur erupts regularly
Detifoss (where the opening of Prometheus was filmed) and nearby Selfoss
Vatnajökull National Park - Skaftafell area for walks near glaciers
Jökulsárlón - iceberg lagoon & beach
Krafla area - steaming vents, lava flows, geothermal power station, tectonic plate boundary
Mývatn area - nice lake, craters, lava formations, Mývatn Nature Baths for bathing in hot pools
Þingvellir - ancient parliament site & tectonic plate boundary area
Vík í Mýrdal - black beach
Þingvellir, Geysir, & Gulfoss are the 'Golden Circle' near Reykjavík. Detifoss/Selfoss is not too far off the ring road. I think the eastern side has better views but that is only accesible by gravel road which is not really an issue. All the others I have mentioned are just off / next to the ring road. The map already mentioned is useful.
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Don't miss the wee church on the hill above Vik.
"Reality is an illusion caused by lack of alcohol."
Alternatively, "Life begins at the far end of your comfort zone."
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Many thanks for the information!
As I prepare the list of places I plan to visit, I will update my first post with the location and some information of each spot, as a reference for further follows.
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I'm planning an Iceland Air stopover in Iceland on my route from Seattle to London in October. I need to decide how many days to spend in the stopover, principally for photographic purposes. October, of course, is not June! Does anyone have knowledge or experience of what the climate and photographic conditions would be that late in the year, or recommendations? The map and guide cited above would seem quite useful.
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I visited Iceland on a photographic workshop in 2006, it is a spectacular area to visit. I will give you our 10-day itinerary as it shows what can be packed in. We covered most aspects of the Island, but we needed one of their special four-wheel drive coaches to do it all. High clearance is needed to get across the rivers if you go through the Central Highlands. Apart from the Central Highlands we found most of the roads were OK. On finishing the workshop we spent 3 nights at Grundarfjordur exploring the Snæfellnses peninsula on our own. This is a wonderful area, which can be explored easily by car and foot, and it offers most of what Iceland has to offer but in a very small area. We found accommodation good in most place and reasonably priced and I would avoid camping.
I hope this is helpful have a good trip.
Day 1 From the airport along the coast to Krisuvik, which is a hot spring area, and we then went on to the Nesjavellir geothermal area.
Day 2 We visited Thingvellir World Heritage Area Park, which has extensive tectonic fissures, calm deep water, waterfalls and lava formations. From Thingvellir we crossed Lyngdalsheidi to the Geysir geothermal area and Gullfoss waterfall. The geysir Strokkur (Piston) erupts 4-5 times per hour. From Gullfoss we continued east to Hrauneyjar, We stayed at Highland center Hrauneyjar, I think the choice is this or camping but it is worth it.
Day 3 We traveled from Hrauneyjar to Landmannalaugar where we spent the full day in Landmannalaugar. The range of colours here offers some spectacular photography. The yellow, brown and red ryholitc formations are fascinating; these are bright yellow sulphur deposits on black lava surrounded by red clay and ultra green moss. This was the best days photography.
Day 4 We drove across Sprengisandur to Laugarfell and on to Godafoss. Sprengisandur is a vast grey desert in between two major icecaps. Further north we drove on the banks of the river Sjalfandafljot with its spectacular waterfalls Hrafnabjargafoss. We also stopped at Aldeyjafoss and Godafoss falls.
Day 5 We went to the fishing village of Husavik at Skjalfandi Bay. Enroute we drove past vegetated lava and went on a whale watching tour out of the fishing village of Husavik with its colourful houses and lively fishing harbour not forgetting its interesting museum.
Day 6 We then traveled east over Tjornes peninsula where we stopped at Asbyrgi canyon, Hljodaklettar columnar basalt and Dettifoss waterfall in Jokulsargljufur NP. We ended the day at Lake Myvatn
Day 7 We spent a full day in the Myvatn region. Places of interest include Hverfell, Dimmuborgir, Lake Myvatn, Leirhnjukur, and Hverarond.
Day 8 This was a very long day of driving from Myvatn to Egilsstadir and finally to Hofn with a visit to Krafla volcano, then over Oxi pass to enter the glacier valleys of the East Fjords.
Day 9 We drove along the south coast to the Glacier lagoon and further on to Skaftafell NP. Look out for Vatnajokulls white ice capped peaks along with tremendous icefalls and outlet glaciers flowing down to the lowland and carving into the Glacier Lagoon. For bird photography especially puffin and Great Skua Ingolfshofdi is well worth a visit.
Day 10 Drove along the south coast back to Reykjavik with numerous waterfalls, canyons, cliffs, glaciers, sea stacks and volcanoes.
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Kathy; Many thanks for your most detailed, and useful, information. I will be studying it at length in conjunction with the map referred to elsewhere in this thread. However, you don't mention which time of year you were there. I believe the time of year can be a key factor in any itinerary. Many thanks, again. jim
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I was there in July for two weeks. The stand out places were Landmannalaugar and Glacier lagoon but if time is short the Snæfellnses peninsula gives a good flavour of Iceland and it is very accessible by standard car.
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I was there in July for two weeks. The stand out places were Landmannalaugar and Glacier lagoon but if time is short the Snæfellnses peninsula gives a good flavour of Iceland and it is very accessible by standard car.
Kathy: Time will likely be short, as we'll really be on our way to visit our daughter and granddaughter in London. We'll spend at most five days in Iceland, so the Snæfellnses peninsula sounds appropriate. Thanks again. Jim
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I second the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. It's a 3 hour drive from the airport with a great coastline,a mystical volcano
which you can descend to the centre of the earth
and lovely drives and hikes.
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Add remaining raw onion. Stir for another minute or two to combine flavors and remove from heat. Cool slightly and pack away in the fridge overnight. (Always better on the second day!)
*Vegetarian/kosher Ground "Beef"- Morningstar Farms Recipe Crumbles
Growing up, we added hard boiled eggs to our chopped liver, but I have a love/hate relationship with eggs, right now, being a vegetarian, so I did not add them. The one thing I did not do, and I will next time, is to give the mixture a pulse or two in a food processor so it is slightly more "creamy." And, I just might try a shot of sherry, too!
Mindy creates recipes with no specific amounts listed, only approximations. Be creative, have fun and enjoy!
Recipes: Meatless, Vegetarian, Kosher


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Credit Unions
"Banking Blacklists" Cause Consumer Headaches
You've heard of credit reporting agencies but did you know there are companies tracking your banking history and any money mistakes you make? Most banks look at your consumer report before allowing you to open a checking or savings account. If your record is not good, you could end up literally "blacklisted by banks."


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Go from raw data to new insights. Store all data—structured, unstructured, and streaming, from inside and outside your organization. Empower business users to gain deep insights using familiar tools, such as Excel or Office 365, so they can make better decisions, faster.
With every photo upload, tweet, purchase, and GPS movement, data is created. Today, 85% of data is automatically generated by sensors and devices. This is the world of big data, and it can mean big results—if you have the tools to tame it.
Microsoft believes big data should be in the hands of the people closest to your business who are moments away from that next big idea. Our approach is simple—wed the power of 100% Apache Hadoop with your core databases and bring unstructured and structured data to life through rich 3D data visualizations with the tools that your business uses most.
With Microsoft's big data solutions, you have the flexibility to deploy a Hadoop cluster in minutes in the cloud with HDInsight, or deploy on-premises with HDP on Windows from Hortonworks. Either way you are getting the same, core 100% Apache Hadoop solution that was co-developed by Hortonworks and Microsoft. With Polybase, you can then easily query and combine relational and non-relational data—using the same skills you use with SQL Server—to find new insights that are only revealed when disparate data sources are brought together. The final step is to bring that insight to every user in your organization using Excel and Power BI to create beautiful, powerful visualizations that tell stories with data and drive impact.


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Undergraduate Faculty
Dr. Alice Kozen
Associate Professor of Education
- Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone:
- 716.286.7386
- Office Location:
- Academic Complex, 330C
- Office Hours:
- Contact for Appointment
Current Research
I am currently involved in research projects that involve individuals with developmental disabilities included in introduction to special education courses held on campus. I am investigating the perceptions of college students as they interact with the individuals day habilitation programs and ways to enhance career awareness and self-advocacy skills for the young adults with developmental disabilities.
Educational Background
Ph.D. Elementary and Remedial Education; School District Administrator Certificate; Special Education Certificate; Ms.ED. Elementary Education; BS. ED. Elementary Education.
Current Involvement
I have recently presented in a distance learning format on "Inclusion on A University Campus" in Barcelona, Spain as well as a local presentation for colleges and universities regarding on-line learning. I am currently a member of the Board of Directors for Niagara County Head Start. I am a member of Niagara Street School, Niagara Falls City School District School Quality Council and volunteer at "Friends of the Night People" in Buffalo, New York. I belong to Council for Exceptional Children CEC) as well as Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).


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Happy still pretty new year.
Sad old year.
As a Nashville music fan, I was glad to flip the calendar page. The year just passed was rough.
In 2013, we lost five Country Music Hall of Famers: Gordon Stoker of The Jordanaires, Jim Foglesong, George Jones, Cowboy Jack Clement and Ray Price. These men altered the course of the music that altered the course of this town.


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I was born in Manitoba and was raised in various places around Western Canada, Ontario and Europe. I received my B.Sc., with a joint honours in Physics and Applied Math from the University of Waterloo, and continued for doctoral work in Theoretical Particle Physics at the University of Texas in Austin under the supervision of Steven Weinberg. After doing a postdoctoral stint at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, I became a professor at McGill University, ending up being appointed as a James McGill professor there in 2003. I am presently an Associate Member at PI with a joint appointment as a Professor within McMaster University's department of Physics and Astronomy. I was elected a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada in 2008, and awarded the CAP/CRM medal for Theoretical Physics in 2010.
Potential PhD students should submit an application to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University.
Students interested in pursuing an MSc degree can apply either to Perimeter Institute's PSI program or directly to McMaster University
I am an unabashed high-energy particle theorist whose wild oats were sown (long ago) working in string theory, but my research interests have since taken a more phenomenological turn. At present my interests lie at the interface between string theory and lower-energy physics, with a particular emphasis on how the discovery of D-branes (and the realization that we may be trapped on one) may have observable consequences in particle physics and in cosmology. I have also been a tourist in some of those fields which are related to my own, and am interested in most of the neat applications of theoretical physics.
To the extent that there is a theme to my research, it would be the use of effective field theory techniques throughout high-energy physics and other fields. These techniques permit a general understand of the low-energy (or long-wavelength) behaviour of any physical system. They are particularly apt for our present situation in particle physics, where it appears that the energy scale of any unknown physics beyond the Standard Model is high compared to those that are experimentally accessible.


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EcoHouse Group: Putting the 'Eco' in 'EcoHouse'
The EcoHouse Group, which consists of: Stephen (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Jason (Mechanical Engineering), Vincent (Mechanical Engineering) and Gabriel
(Mechanical Engineering), will be working on one of Green Corridors long term projects called "EcoHouse."
"A demonstration project that examines and illustrates environmentally-responsible living. An existing house is being converted so that it utilizes innovative solutions for energy efficiency and environmentally-sustainable living." -Green Corridor
One of our most promising projects for the house is the Window Farm initiative, a project that creates "suspended, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield light-augmented window farms using low-impact or recycled local materials." -Windowfarms.org
These planters were designed by Rebecca Bray and Britta Riley, an artist collective that have "set out to start a window farm craze in NYC. Britta and Rebecca will work with agricultural, architectural and other specialists to create high-profile prototype window farms and means for sharing design ideas to meet varying local situations around the city."
Here's a video on this exciting new project.