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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
This is an impressive steep ride up beside a rock face with an amazing view of Palm Springs down in the valley. There are 87 kms of hiking trails at the top of the tramway in Mount San Jacinto State Park, or you can just take a short 20-minute walk around the edge of the mountain to take in the views. It is refreshingly cool up top. There are many other activities available on their web site, listed below.
Hours of operation: every half hour from 10:00 Mon-Fri; 08:00 weekends and holidays. Last car up is 20:00 with the last car down at 21:45. Note: "The Tramway is currently closed for Annual Maintenance. Please check back for reopening date". This is as of 19-Sep-06.
Tram Prices: adults $21.95, children $14.95, seniors (60+) $19.95, children under 3 years old are free but require a boarding pass.
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Take the Tram to the Top!
A fun, vintage thing to do. It's the quickest and easiest way to get to an entirely different climate. The Swiss tram cars are amazing with a revolving floor so everyone gets a view.
At the top there is an amazing Lodge. Definitely worth visiting. There is also a museum that is very old school, nicely kitch. I loved seeing it. The view of Palm Springs and the valley is inspiring.
Behind the lodge are paths and trails. There is an information center in the lodge for things to do, trails to take up at the top of the mountain.
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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Ride the world's largest rotating tram car from the Mexican Sonoran Desert floor to an Alpine wilderness 8,516 feet high. The tram makes 2 full rotations during the ride giving viewers a 360 degree view of the valley floor and rocky mountain terrain. Trams hold up to 80 people but I would suggest going early to avoid the crowds. We were on the second tram up and had less than 10 on board. A definite "must see"!
Admission: $20.80 - adults
Trams run at least every 30 minutes starting at 10 a.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m. on weekends and holidays.
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Tramway Car
Here is the interior of the tram. The ascent is 2 1/2 miles passing through 5 unique life zones. We were fortunate to be able to walk around since it wasn't crowded yet. They also sway a little in the wind, so if you get queazy with heights this may not be for you.
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PS Aerial Tramway - At the Peak
There is usually a 40 degree difference in temperatures from the valley station to the peak at Mt. San Jacinto State Park. There was at least an inch of snow on the ground when we arrived.
The mountain station on top features viewpoints, a restaurant, cocktail lounge, gift shop, natural history museum and theatre showing a film on the history of the Tramway.
There are also numeous hiking tails and campgrounds.
There is a dine and ride package offering dinner at the mountain station for $28.00 per person. Wish I had known about this for Thanksgiving.
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Beautiful Views
For the best views of the Coachella Valley, take the Aerial Tramway to the top of the mountain. This is a great way to spend the day. The ride up is pretty fun, the tramcar has a rotating floor, and you can see in all directions, without moving. If you like to hike, there are numerous trails that you can enjoy. If you are not the hiking type, you can just enjoy the views and the fresh air and grab lunch at the restaurant. If you go during the winter, make sure to bring warm clothes and closed toe shoes with you, as you most likely be in the snow.
Chairlift up Mt. St. Jacinto -We will go next time
When we were in Palm Springs in March 2007, we stared out at this chairlift every day -- our bedroom window faced Mt. St. Jacinto. During our week in PSm we never made it. I have read that the price is $22 (little less in the evening), and the website talks about the world's largest rotating tram ride -- Whoo hooo!
But I haven't found out anything about the trails at the top yet. We are going to PS again in March 2008 and this time we will spend a day up there, so I have to find out before then.
act like your going skiing....
Well in our case there really was no way we could go skiing. In the Valley where Palm Springs was it was just hot. Ok temperatures are about 30 degrees fahrenheit lower on top of Mount San Jacinto but it still was very nice. The tram besides going up also revolves 360 degrees so everyone has a great view.
After a short look around at the mountain station, because there really wasn't that much to do. We went out for a Hike. But i tell more about that in another tip.
Tickets for the tram are $ 21,95 for adults.
Cars depart at least every half hour with the first car up Monday-Friday at 10am; first car up weekends and holiday periods at 8am. Last car up is 9 p.m. with the last car down at 10:30 p.m.
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Fun in the clouds!
Here we are! My family went up on a HOT june afternoon to take a tram ride. A great idea since it is about 30 degrees F cooler up there and on a day where the temperature reached 112f, that was perfect!
The tram is fast and the view is amazing. On a clear day you can see very very very far!
Within the Mount San Jacinto Park one can have loads of fun Hiking, Camping, there are guided Nature walks, in the winter there are tons of activities and the tram is handicap Accessible!
Cars depart at least every half hour from 10 a.m., Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. weekends and holiday periods. Last car up is 8 p.m. with the last car down at 9:45 p.m
There is a restaurant once you reach the top, but a picnic with your own food is more exciting!
Tickets are about $22.00 for adults.
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Skiing and Hiking
When one thinks of Palm Springs, hiking and cross country skiing rarely cross the mind. However, atop the aerial tramway lies the Mount San Jacinto State Park. They have over 54 miles of hiking trails, and in the winter the Adventur Center rents Cross Country skis and snow shoes.
If you go in the winter dress warm, or in layers and be prepared for snow.
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Check Annual Maintenance
Despite emailing the aerial tramway company, 1 month before we travelled, we got no reply (and no interest). Imagine our delight to arrive from the UK to find the tramway was closed for its annual maintenance.
Palm Springs is well past its 'best before date', and is a dead loss. Take a tour around the houses where people used to live before they died when they got to about 90. We wrer the only 2 on the tour bus!
Count the number of businesses that are closing down.
Try to get the local tourist office to make contact with you..no chance!
Palm Springs Aerial Tram
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, is the largest rotating aerial tramway in the world. Rising 8500 feet above the desert floor, the Palm Springs Tramway offers access to hiking and camping trips in this famous San Jacinto state park wilderness.
I hate heights but this was worth it. The ride is incredible. Its only 10 minutes each way. Words cant express the view. As it passes the 4 towers on the way up, it sways and it can be scary. The ride down is smoother.
At the top, there is a lodge on the mountain, with restrooms, restaurants, full bar, and souvenir shops. This is also where the hiking trails begin. During winter you can cross-country ski, and snowshoe.
Avoid long lines by ordering tickets online.
Aerial tramway
The aerial tramway is a spectacular ride. The tram climbs nearly 6,000 feet in a matter of minutes, above sheer cliffs and to the cooler temps above the desert valley floor. The tramway is an engineering marvel, requiring helicopters to erect the supporting towers. During the ride, the tram rotates, offering a full view of the cliffs (if you want to see them. If you're afraid of heights, you may not), the valley and the approaching Mount San Jacinto.
At the station, there's the usual gift shop and restaurants, one of which boasts fine dining. Numerous trails lead around the area and the round valley trail will take you to the summit of San Jacinto. This is a popular place in the summertime when tempatures at the top are about 30 degrees cooler than the sizzling desert floor.
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- Hiking and Walking
Beautiful way to see the area
I was amazed at how different the scenery was at the top of the ride. It was as if we had entered a completely different palce. There were trees and greenery and even some snow which all looked out of place when looking down that at the brown desert below.
This tram ride itself is an experience! The tram rotates so that you are able to get an incredible view of the entire valley.
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PS Aerial Tramway - Desert View
View of the mountains and desert floor below. Incredible contrasts. Definitely bring warm clothes since the temps could vary up to 40 degrees.
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Feb 09
// Maurice Tan
Homeworld 3 It's not a widely-known fact, but PR people for Relic studios constantly have to remind the press not to ask about a potential new Homeworld game, and instead concentrate on whatever Warhammer 40K-related thing they're working on at present. Even nine years on, that's how well-regarded the games are. And with few exceptions, they've yet to be equaled. I would absolutely love to see the lessons Relic has learned from Dawn of War and Company of Heroes and even Space Marine applied to a game set in the Age of S'jet. Volition Space Shooter I think we've all reconciled ourselves with the fact that a new Freespace title by Volition is just not going to happen. THQ is not in any position to fund a risky niche title for the foreseeable future, and then there is the whole IP ownership thing. Funding and the right environment, not lack of interest, has always been a key obstacle for such a game, and there's no reason why fans of PC space combat sims wouldn't jump on it given the opportunity. I'm sure Mad Catz would also be happy to release a few branded joysticks to match. A Volition Space Shooter doesn't even have to a full-fledged title. Smaller and mid-sized games thrive on the digital distribution platforms, and once you have a successful title it becomes a lot easier to make another one. After all, if publishers love anything, it's a franchise with as many sequels you can get away with. As for the IP rights issue for Freespace, I don't think we are that attached to that universe. As long as it's by Volition, plays mostly the same, and we get to shoot at giant capital ships in space, we'll play it. Robot Entertainment RTS When Ensemble Studios closed, it shattered into a few studios. Two of them which shall not be named were later acquired by Zynga for their respective Words with Friends and We Farm. A third, Windstorm Studios, made Atomic City Adventures. So that leaves Robot Entertainment, with their Orcs Must Die! and Hero Academy success stories, as the only remnant of Ensemble worth mentioning. Because it's clear that they still have a lot of talent when it comes to different approaches to strategy, it's about time they returned to their RTS roots. The past two games have made different types of audiences familiar with the studio name, something that will help immensely in spreading the word required for a successful crowdfunding endeavor. And who would argue against even a bite-sized or mid-priced strategy game from some of the people who gave us Age of Empires and Age of Mythology? 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Jul 15
// Jordan Devore
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Jul 15
// Conrad Zimmerman
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Jul 14
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Apr 28
// Nick Chester
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Mar 17
// Ashley Davis
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Dec 04
// Nick Chester
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Nov 03
// Hamza CTZ Aziz
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Oct 15
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Oct 13
// Brad Nicholson
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Oct 01
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Sep 29
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Aug 20
// Ben Perlee
DESTRUCTOID: Now, this event is the multiplayer event, which you said was the first part of the game that had been developed and worked on. Can you describe how the multiplayer came about with Brütal Legend?Tim Schafer, President and CEO of Double Fine Productions: I always imagined it as a multiplayer game right from the beginning, which is that it's all about being a kind of leader of a rocker army, and Eddie is this guy who, in the single-player campaign, builds an army. You get to see the creation story for each element of the army, the headbangers, the razor girls, the thunderhogs, and each unit he adds to his army. In multiplayer, you have them all at your disposal. And the idea is that you are building this stage, and, in Brütal Legend, we kinda equate rock shows with wars, and bands with armies. So you are building a band, you are building an army. So you build these headbangers, you recruit them to your army; they come stage diving off the stage. You go out there, you find these fan geysers -- which are naturally occurring fans bubbling out of the ground -- and you win them over to your army by playing an awesome guitar solo in the game, and then you build them a merch booth, because fans need merchandise. And they stay loyal to your army and they fly back to your stage and that's basically the only resource you have to worry about. They fly back to your stage automatically, and they help you put on bigger and bigger shows. You can make either a bigger stage or you can recruit more warriors to your troops, so that's kind of a strategic decision you make when you play the game. So that's the flow of the game. Capture resource points, get fans, build warriors, send them out on the battle field, capture more resource points, eventually get a big enough army that you can just attack your enemy's stage and burn it down.Tonight we are playing just 1v1, but I know that this goes as high as 4v4. Describe that experience.That's a cooperative experience with your friends. You get on team chat, and you hopefully agree amongst yourselves that "Okay, I'll take care of maybe the resource building, you take care of harassing enemy troops." Or maybe you all do everything at the same time. It's really up to the players to decide how to split up the duties. You can play the game that way, just as an action game, just you and your ax, doing the combos, you can do your rockslide and you can do your rock kick and you can do pyrotechnics and play as an ax-wielding brawler. Or you can play more strategically. You can change the weather by playing the right solo at the right time, which changes the tide of battle. Or flying around over the battlefield, you get this bird's-eye view of your troops or your enemy's troops. You can scout out and see, "Oh, they're building a lot of infantry," and if you're an advanced player, you'll think, "I've got my metalbeast, which is really strong against infantry, so I'll build some more of them," and there's these counters in the game. Really, it's for all levels of play, where if you are into the action, you can be in that, or if you want to go deeper, you can go deeper.I've noticed there's only three different character factions. Could we see any more factions down the line with downloadable content?I can't say...but sure, I think right now, the three are so different and they provide such a different experience that there's a lot of things to explore with it. For instance, there's the Ironheade, Eddie Riggs' army, and it's Ironheade with an extra "e" on the end, 'cause they are extra metal, and they are more of what you'd think of a classic rock, kinda something you'd see on an album cover, just like rocker girls and the headbangers and guys on choppers and stuff. They have a lot of fire attacks, and they're really fast. Then you have the Drowning Doom, which is more of a black metal. They listen to black metal, they look undead, they're really creepy, they have a guy who barfs rats, and their specialty is playing debuffs and buffs. They can play really depressing music with an organ. They are willing to use keyboards, which sets them apart from Ironheade. They depress everyone on the battlefield with their music and that makes them fight better and makes their enemies fight worse. And then the Tainted Coil is the demonic army, and they are run by Doviculus, who is voiced by Tim Curry. They are all about the hierarchy, so they have Battle Nuns and War Fathers, and Over Blessers who are like this structured, organized army. They all have their own minions, and you can talk to a Battle Nun, wherever she is on the battlefield, and she can spawn minions right there. If you are at an enemy base, you can spawn a bunch of minions, so it's a very powerful technique. But they are more complicated, so there's strengths and weaknesses with each faction. I think there's a lot of stuff for people to be exploring for a long time in our multiplayer.So the multiplayer looks like it's going to be a strong component of Brütal Legend. It's getting close to the completion of the game, and it has gone through some hurdles that most games don't go through. What is it like for you knowing that this game is almost done?It's exciting. I mean, you work on a game for a long time, it kind of becomes your life, it feels like your job is not games, but Brütal Legend. I'm so excited for people other than us to actually be able to see the game. We've been looking at it, we've been playing it, and we think it's really fun, in the office, right? But you never know. We're like, "Oh, I can't wait to show it to people," and showing it tonight, to anybody, is really terrifying. The fact that people are still hanging around, playing it, and having fun is a good sign.So now that we are entering this exit phase of sending Brütal Legend out to the presses, when are we going to learn about the next Double Fine's next product? Can you offer some hints?[laughs] It might be a while before we can talk about that. I mean, it could be a lot of different things. There are a lot of stories in the Brütal Legend universe I'd like to tell. There are also new ideas I'd like to do. You're just going to have to wait for that, but there's a lot of stuff with Brütal Legend still to come that we'll be talking about.Very cool, it sounds like good things are to come. Within the last month, some very cool releases and re-releases have come out. The Monkey Island franchise, which you helped create, has all of a sudden become a really big deal. What's your response to this game being remade and reborn and having a whole new generation play it? It's really interesting. I mean, it's great. I have a lot of warm feelings about Monkey Island; when I hear the music, I get instantly happy, and I remember it being 1990, back when you were three years old. I was sharing an office with Steve Purcell and Peter Chan and Dave Grossman, and Ron Gilbert was down the hall, and we were making this game together. I was much younger, and it was before you could go online and read a bunch of nasty forum comments. [laughs] It was you and a bunch of friends making a game to entertain yourselves. It was really a fun time. When I play the game, especially when I play it in the classic mode, all those kind of feelings come back to me. It's really a fun experience for me to play. It will be interesting to see how people react to it. Things change, and people want different experiences. Part of the thing with games in the past is that they are either better than you remembered, or they are worse. I hope people remember Monkey as even better than they remembered, because maybe they were so young when they played it the first time, they didn't get half the jokes. You always try to write it like a Warner Bros. cartoon, where there is a juvenile version of the joke, and where there's a more sophisticated version for people who want that, so hopefully people who played it as kids will play it as adults and get a deeper level of understanding. That's what I hope. I hope it's not like Catch-22, where you read that in college, and it blows your mind. Then you read it as an adult, and you're like, "I think this was better when I read it in college." [laughs]So were you involved in any way, shape or form with the re-released Monkey Island?I only heard about it through rumors. I mean, Ron and Dave knew about it, but they are really tight-lipped professional dudes [laughs], so they wouldn't tell me anything, but I could tell something was going on, because a lot of people were rumbling about it.Do you think you'll ever go back to a point-and-click at all?The way I work is, I just have an idea, and do it. So if I ever had an idea for a point-and-click game, I would do it. I play a lot of console games, and they kind of inspire me. I would say playing Super Mario 64 is what made me change from thinking about PC games to thinking about making a console game. That's where Psychonauts came from. It started this long process that eventually became Psychonauts. Playing Ocarina of Time and Mario 64 made me realize there was different ways to explore a world. There's a much more accessible way to run through it, instead of just clicking on it. There's nothing wrong with clicking on it; it's a different experience. We had a lot of fun making The Host Master and Conquest of Humor, which is a silly little Flash game that our web guy Clint made, and you're playing that and you're like, "Well, it's kinda fun to make this kind of game." Basically, I'm optimistic about the future, because it seems now the industry can support games of all sizes, so we can make a small adventure game. They don't have to be five-year projects. Double Fine itself is maturing to the point where it can hopefully make a big game and a little game at the same time.I actually have some questions from community members on our site, and one of our community members, Naim Master, asked if you had ever thought about making a 2D-style game, or a quick and easier downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network? Could that be something in the future of Double Fine?Definitely. I feel I am open to making whatever idea comes into my head, and I feel very fortunate and lucky to be able to say that, cause everyone would like to be able to say that. Hopefully, through this team we've built up through Double Fine, there's a lot of talented people there, we're able to do more than one thing at one time. And we do little 2D games, like Tasha's Game [a side-scrolling platformer on the Double Fine site]. I don't know if you've played that, but it comes off like a web game based on a comic. Clint had made it all by himself with some art from Tasha, and music from Raz, and Bird, but if you play it, it actually has a really fun mechanic. Basically, we are doing it; that's all I'm saying.You mentioned the creative process, and we have some community members, DaedHead8 and Krow, who really wanted to know: You are known for making very unique, very special, very...not necessarily outlandish, but very different types of games and types of characters and tropes and images, especially with Psychonauts, and with Brütal Legend...What's a trope?A trope? [laughs] Uh, it's like an overarching theme within a work.Nice.Sorry, I'm an English major, it's terrible.Wow, man, you tropes. What a bunch of tropes.[laughs] But I want to ask you, what do you do to get creative? How do you get your creative juices flowing? First, I like to eat a bunch of tropes. That really inspires me.[laughs]I always believe there's like a goose in your head, and the goose either lays golden eggs, or it doesn't. When you live off creative ideas, it's kinda scary, because at the beginning of every day, it's like a blank page. You won't get paid, and you won't pay your mortgage if you don't have an idea. Which is kind of terrifying if you think about it. Everybody is capable of being really creative; it's just a matter of not being afraid to follow up on those ideas. I learned that while working on Monkey Island with Ron [Gilbert]. I think the only reason we wrote funny dialogue is that we thought it was temporary dialogue. We were just joking around. I was like, "Look behind you, a three-headed monkey!" I assumed Ron would tell me the real line and we would replace it. When Ron came up to our office -- it was shared with programmers, and he laughed at the line -- and I was like, "I don't really know what to say there" and he was like, "That's it! We're gonna say that line!" I was like, "You can't be serious. A three-headed monkey? There's no such thing as a three-headed monkey, Ron. Don't you ever watch the Discovery Channel?" [laughs] In fact, maybe it was Dave or Ron, but one of them said, "We should actually make art of a three-headed monkey to come out behind you." And I was like "No, you guys! That's too ridiculous!" And then we did it, and it was one of my favorite things about the game. That's when I learned that there's this internal sensor you have in your brain that kills your own creative ideas because you are afraid other people will laugh at you. And you are afraid someone will come by and say to you, "That's WRONG!" So you censor yourself. And there's a lot of that stuff in Psychonauts, the censors that go around with ideas, these self-censors who destroy your own ideas. Also there's that big fat critic in Gloria's level who is like the idea of having an internal critic that's too large, that is too critical, that keeps you from doing the things you need to do. It's a psychological thing that people have to deal with. Doing that experience with Monkey Island is what taught me that, "No, actually, you're right. The stupid ideas that you have are often the best you have," and who cares what anyone else thinks about them? Everyone else is wrong, and those people are really stupid, so who cares what they think? So take those dumb ideas and run with them. There are no consequences for putting that stuff out there. That's what I would encourage people to do, run with their stupid ideas more.It's really a testament that you are running with those ideas, because it was your name that was chanted on cable television for, like, five minutes by one of the most popular comedians in the nation, Jack Black, going "Tim F**kin Schafer!" What was that like for you?That was unreal. I mean [both laugh], 'cause on those shows, you don't have developers at all; they have an actor come out and pretend to be the guy from Grand Theft Auto accept an award. They won't be an actual developer. I think in some ways it came from Jack, because Jack was one of the creative forces behind those awards, and he's a real gamer. You know, he played Mass Effect twice. That's a scary thing working on this game, is I'm working with his voice. I know he's gonna play it, and he's going to find every line of dialogue, and there's, like, 30,000 lines of dialogue. So I have to make sure he's going to like it. Anyway, he's a real gamer, and he knows what he's talking about when he talks games, and I think that was his choice to elevate a gamer to that level. It was kind of a joke, but it was also kind of great, in a way, for all developers. We'll never be as glamorous as the Oscars. I don't think any award show for games will ever be as glamorous. I think the most glamorous we'll get is the Director's Guild Award, because game developers -- until we have a Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in our games -- are craftsmen. So it was really a lucky thing that I got to be on TV. And, it's a tribute to Jack, but with our generation, a lot more people are game-savvy these days. It used to be voice talent. They would come in, they would work on the game, they didn't know what they were saying. Nowadays, people know what they are talking about, games are more prevalent, and it's a different age.Well, thank you so much, Tim Schafer, this has been a incredible interview, and I really appreciate you being so candid.Was I too candid?No, no! [laughs]Did I say anything I'm going to regret?Well, would you like to say anything las--Would you like to say anything you'll regret? [laughs]Well, sure! Would you like to? [both laugh] What would, like, people, when they sit down to Brütal Legend, come Rocktober, if you could sum up in three, or five, or ten words -- what is the feeling you would like people to have?I want people who love heavy metal to actually feel like someone who loves heavy metal made a game just for them. But I also want people who hate heavy metal to be drawn in by the humor or action of the game, then come out of it liking heavy metal just a little bit more. It's something that's true [to me], and I really do love it. And I hope it really does expose people to a lot of great bands they haven't heard about before.Awesome. Well, thank you very much.Thank you!
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Tarek Elhaik's talk sheds doubt about the proliferation of medial acts deployed under the banner of the "Social." It is in fact still unclear how social media and art practices have emerged as the dominant creative horizons for resisting neo-liberal forms of mediation. Building on his ethnography of curatorial laboratories in Mexico City, Elhaik proposes the concept of the "Incurable-Image" as a point of departure for thinking and working through the malaise of contemporary curatorial and moving-image culture, offering another use of Deleuze's Notes on Societies of Control.
Tarek Elhaik is a media anthropologist, film curator, and Assistant Professor of Media and Culture at San Francisco State University. His work is informed by archival research on Mexican and Latin American avant-garde film and experimental media arts and the ethnography of curatorial laboratories in Mexico City. He has curated several experimental film programs from Latin America and the Arab world at the Pacific Film Archive, Ruhrtriennale, San Francisco Cinematheque, Tangiers Cinematheque, Rice University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. His writings have appeared in books and journals including Framework, Revista de Antropologia Social, and Critical Arts. He is currently completing a manuscript titled The Incurable-Image: Repetition & Curation on a Tri-Continental Scene.
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Olive oil is considered by many to be one of the healthiest of the plant-based fats, and has gained notoriety in recent years for its link to lower cholesterol levels and reduced risk of heart disease.
Unfortunately, many popular brands of olive oil sold in stores today are not actually olive oil, but a blend of lower-quality vegetable oils that may include less than 20 percent actual olive oil per volume.
Among the list of oils that brands are "cutting" their olive oil with are genetically modified (GM) canola, soy, cottonseed and corn oils. There are currently no genetically modified olives in production, so customers wishing to avoid GM ingredients often look to olive oil as a healthy alternative.
Surprisingly, as much as half of all the olive oil sold commercially in the United States fails to pass the strict testing standards used to qualify it as authentic. In addition to genetically modified vegetable oils, some companies also add flavoring chemicals and dyes to give the illusion of real olive oil.
As odd as it may sound, the promotion of fake olive oil may also have links to the Mob.
"Olive oil piracy is one of the Italian Mafia's most lucrative enterprises, to the extent that it appears that most olive oil on the market is either greatly diluted or completely forged by a massive shadow industry that involves major names such as Bertolli," says investigative journalist Pauli Poisuo about the olive oil conspiracy.
Author Tom Mueller makes the case in Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil that the fraudsters are busier and richer now than ever before.
Bertolli and its supermarket rivals have also corrupted the meaning of extra virginity, a controlled definition of high-quality oil since 1960.'Gentle', 'smooth' and 'not peppery on the throat' are the sort of words Bertolli and its rivals used in ads promoting their generic extra virgin oil. But true extra virgin oil is peppery – it bites the back of the throat so fiercely it can make you cough. The flavors are vivid. 'Peppery' is an official, positive attribute of 'extra virgin' whereas smoothness will reliably indicate a low-quality oil."
So Bertolli and other brands came to need low-quality genetically modified vegetable oils in order to hoodwink the public into paying a premium for what they assume is natural and high quality oil.
Tests conducted by researchers at the Australian Oils Research Laboratory and the University of California, Davis also found that many major olive oil brands do not pass International Olive Council (IOC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authenticity tests for olive oil. The failing brands in their study included Bertolli, Carapelli , Filippo Berio, Mazzola and Pompeian.
UPDATE: Since the publishing of this article, Pompeian has reached out to inform us that they are the first olive oil company to receive USDA Quality Monitoring Verification for two of its products: Extra Virgin and Extra Virgin Organic. Look for the USDA "Quality Monitored" seal.
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I have been dealing with my husband for 15 yrs approximately, he has Schizophrenia/Bi-Poplar and he is also clinically depressed. I know just about everything there is to know about this disease, I don't know if your trying to get a forum together or surveys maybe even one of those trials that people do. If so you can rest assured that I am the perfect person to take this on. Your link is disabled, if you would like to get in contact with me my email would be best, I will do whatever I can to help. My name is Nicol and my emails are: firstname.lastname@example.com and my other: email@example.com I would love to hear from you.
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I was doing a research on this and found MKUltra (wikipedia) a project that has a link with this technology. I think they has harassment training. As a victim, they can read your thoughts, see your dreams, change your behaviour, etc. They can destroy you.
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Hi, I have been diagnosed with Schizo-affective disorder, I have been under mental health care all of my life. every once in a while I experience internal full body shocks, it's like being electrocuted. there is no consistency that I have noticed. it just happens whenever it wants to. I have spoke to my psychiatrist about it on many occasions, but they either don't understand what I am saying, or do not know what it is. I am fine with it happening, as mentioned before, I have dealt with this my entire life. I am just curious as to why my body does this. I can usually reset my brain by taking 1 extra Effexor 150mg to equal 300mg.View Thread
I was reading through the postings and saw your post. I hope you found out some answers and got a support system for yourself. I have a son who finally was diagnose with schizophrenia and we are working together to be supportive and help him out as he needs.. You will be in our thoughts and know there are others who care.
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You state: her thyroid medication has been altered, etc
Which tells me she has an under lying thyroid condition.
EVERY symptom you are describing can me related to thyroid imbalance. Call her doctor, tell them she is having severe mental health issues and your concerned her labs are off, ask for them to be drawn asap.
Years ago women ended up in institutions due to out of whack thyroid conditions...because the connection between thryoid and mental health issues was not that clear.
If she is not taking her med because she is worried they are messed with it can be a contributing factor to her decline.View Thread
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People with schizophrenia tend to restrain themselves from social activities and have difficulty in building or maintaining relationships, neglect their self-care (e.g. clothing, hygiene, appearance), have excessive preoccupation with spiritual or religious activities, misuse drugs and alcohol, replay or rehearse conversations in loud voice (i.e. talking to themselves), and smoke (although many non-schizophrenic people also smoke). They also find it hard to cope with minor problems or difficult situations and are unable to engage in purposeful activities.
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Schizophrenia also affects feelings and moods. Early signs include inability to feel enjoyment from doing activities, feeling indifference to important matters, hypersensitivity to insults or criticism, sudden anger, little enthusiasm, depression, severe anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and frequent mood changing.
Early signs of schizophrenia also include cognitive problems such as ruminating thoughts (thoughts that go round and round the head), poverty of speech (speaking very little), thought blocking, lack of insight, strange use of language structure, difficulty in expressing thoughts verbally, nonsensical logic, or disintegrated thought, action, and behavior.
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Delusions are most frequently connected with paranoia and can manifest in many forms. People suffering from schizophrenia might think that their food might be poisoned or that the people around them are conspiring to harass them. A religious person may have the delusion that she/he is a god or a prophet. Meanwhile, hallucinations include visual and auditory hallucinations.
It is very important for you to know how to identify early schizophrenia symptoms . The earlier schizophrenia is detected, the higher the chance for cure. Visit our website to find out more about this mental disorder.View Thread
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Although Start8 from Stardock has received a minor update, to version 1.02, the list of modifications contains fixes for several important annoyances. A new option also made its way onto the list.
Beginning with this revision, Start8 (reviewed here) allows you to open locations in Windows Explorer by typing the path in the start menu.
Repairs address issues like the display of an empty search screen when backspacing in an empty search box or the failure of modern UI icons to scale with higher DPI. On the same note, DPI setting lower than 100% should no longer cause the start menu to appear too large.
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How to would I add a 'reopen ticket' or 'close incident' link in resolution email
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In short, we are not allowing end users to access the servicedesk portal. Upon incident resolution, it creates a task for the affected user to verify the resolution. How would I be able to simulate the verification web page in the resolution email. Providing links that will either reopen the ticket or close the ticket?
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College Softball: FGCU splits doubleheader in up-and-down day
The Florida Gulf Coast University softball team split a double-header on Wednesday at the FGCU Softball Complex.
The Eagles took the first game with a 3-2 win over Virginia Tech. However, a dark cloud was cast over the day as Florida State shut out FGCU, 5-0, in the second game of the day.
FGCU had a home run from Kelsey Carpenter in the first inning of Game 1 to take a 1-0 lead, and Hannah Horwath followed up with a solo home run of her own in the next inning.
Virginia Tech answered with runs in the fourth and fifth inning, but a Chelsea Zgrabik double in the seventh brought Carpenter in for the winning run.
The Eagles didn't fare as well in Game 2, where the Seminoles' Lacey Waldrop pitched a complete game and allowed just two hits.
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October 23, 2013(BRONX, NY)An investigational drug that disrupts tumor blood vessels shows promise against a rare type of pancreatic cancer, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found. Their results were presented October 20 during a poster session at an international cancer conference.
The drug Zybrestat selectively targets and collapses tumor blood vessels, depriving the tumor of oxygen and making its cells die. In experiments involving a mouse model of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, Einstein scientists found that infusing mice with Zybrestat three times per week for four weeks resulted in significant antitumor activity compared with control mice given a placebo.
The findings were presented in Boston at the American Association for Cancer Research-National Cancer Institute-European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics. Presenting for Einstein was ZiQiang Yuan, M.D., research assistant professor of surgery at Einstein. The senior author is Steven K. Libutti, M.D., professor of genetics at Einstein and professor and vice chair of surgery at Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 45,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013 and more than 38,000 will die of the disease. Exocrine pancreatic cancer, the more common and usually fatal type
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IRASBURG – Fire flattened a storage shed and destroyed irreplaceable memories at the Gary and Bonnie Poginy home yesterday.
The fire at Stagecoach Road property broke out at around noon. Jamie Royer, who lives at the home, arrived just as the fire broke out. He said the whole thing was gone in five minutes. The shed previously held the family's horses, but it more recent years the Royers used it for storage. Snowmobiles and family mementos belonging to deceased family members were some of the items lost the in fire.
The family did have insurance on the shed that members built together.
DERBY – Assistant town clerk Maryanne Tetreault's hours were cut earlier this year, reportedly because work was slow, and now she is behind on her duties.
Meanwhile, assistant town clerk Nancy Gosselin and Faye Morin, who was brought in by outgoing clerk Nicole Daigle to learn the office duties, are both clocking overtime.
Gosselin said Monday that she and Morin have had to work a few extra hours because the office is so busy right now with tax season. Gosselin also put in some overtime because of the recent primary.
Wheeler– Celon George, 78, of Newport Center, VT died while working at the Lake Road Cemetery in Newport Center, VT on September 6, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at the Lake Road Cemetery in Newport Center, VT with the Rev. Laurence Wall officiating. The family request's no flowers. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.
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NEWPORT CITY - With the exception of a few sniffles, not a sound could be heard in Gardner Park Saturday morning as Betty Barrett told the heartbreaking story of how her son, Michael "Guido" Narducci, lost his life to suicide.
With her second husband behind her, holding her for support, she recalled the abuse her now ex-husband gave her and family "relentless." She explained how her ex-husband referred to Michael as a loser. After their divorce, Barrett's ex-husband even lied to their children about her, she said.
VERMONT – The Vermont Department of Health (DOH) says that Vermonters are at risk for serious illness from mosquito bites.
Two people in Vermont are infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and several independent sources say that one, an 86-year-old man, has died from the disease. Another hospitalized patient is thought to have West Nile Virus. Both diseases are contracted from mosquito bites.
This is the first time EEE was been found in humans in Vermont.
IRASBURG, VT - Scott Bowen, 34, of Irasburg, lost his life Friday in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Tree River Campground and VT RT 58 in Irasburg.
According to the Vermont State Police, Bowen was operating a Suzuki Motorcycle sometime before 6 AM, headed east towards Irasburg. At the same time, Randy Machia, 49, of Eden, was operating a 2011 Ford F350 truck and was exiting the campground.
ORLEANS–To say Tyrah Urie is off to a good start this season would be like saying that the sun is a relatively warm place to be.
Well, much like the sun, Urie is on fire.
After scoring twice in the season opener at Lyndon, she doubled her output on Saturday, banging home four more goals in a 4-1 win over Richford, bringing her season total to six, leaving her an average of a hat-trick per game in the young season.
"Sometimes when the skill isn't good and everyone's effort stay's up, you can win some soccer games," said coach Brad Urie.
ORLEANS–Folks in attendance at the Lake Region-People's Academy boy's soccer game on Friday came away with a sense of how well this year's Rangers can play, as they more than held their own against a traditionally very good Wolves team in a 2-0 loss.
"I think we played with a lot of heart, a lot of desire, and we created some chances," said coach Tom Evans.
In fact one could argue that for several stretches of play, Lake Region was the better team.
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Transitional periods provide life's greatest lessons. For practically all of 2012, much of my time has been spent in the air and/or highway attending weddings of childhood and college friends. And through it all, via random conversations with people I've known for years and some I haven't seen or heard from since, suddenly life made a tad bit more sense.
Last Sunday driving back from Virginia Beach following being a groomsman in my seventh wedding this year, my iPhone was on shuffle. Before moving forward though, let me be clear. I wasn't a groomsman in all seven. The breakdown goes like this: an usher in one, a guest in one, a groomsman in four and a best man in one. It's gotten to the point where I've begun to treat dress rehearsals like Allen Iverson took to practice.
Nevertheless, during the trek home, Nas and Amy Winehouse's "Cherry Wine" slid into rotation. Since Life Is Good first became available, the duet instantly became the staple record from what can eventually prove to be one of rap's best "late career" albums. It wasn't until this specific trip, however, when the song's greater meaning and true purpose came full circle. Weddings, and moreso receptions, provide platforms when the most asked question for anyone not yet married is, "So when's your big day?"
Any single person gets the question, like some bizarre rite of passage initiation. My answer is a simple one.
"Whenever it comes."
Marriage is one of those events in life increasing in significance the more a person witnesses it happen to those around them. For most people, at least. Several conversations opened a door. It provided a glimpse into one of society's innermost fears: growing old alone.
"Cherry Wine" massages nerves on so many levels that it's almost surreal. From Salaam Remi's coaxing instrumental, Nas' vulnerable, yet brutally honest lyrics right down to Amy's eerie, unfulfilled prophetic hook. The ode questions destiny as Amy and Nas contemplate and yearn for the simplest of desires. Their plight reminded me specifically of conversations with a female friend and an older couple I'd come across at a wedding reception a few months back.
"I'll be the first man to admit that a fat ass caught my attention, but never made me faithful. A pretty face got me to commit, but never changed me. It was that funny girl with that beautiful personality, million dollar smile and a heart of gold that left me in tears begging for a second chance. I never viewed women the same after her. She left my heart convinced love is more about chemistry than biology." – Nas*
A person's mid-20's is a traffic jam of commitments. Between balancing a career — or still searching for one — and searching for a passion that a person hopes can create their legacy, there's also the search for the passion of another person. In some cases, finding both both. Almost the exact catch 22 Big Sean spoke about asking the simple, yet prophetic, question, "Are you willing to give up what you love for who your love?" Think about it. The answer isn't as night and day as the question.
The lucky people find both. Most find one or the other. Some find neither.
A friend, two years my senior, spoke at length about her career, where she was in life and family. Everything was in order and exactly where she envisioned five years earlier, sans one critical component. Still young, convincing her life was still evolving and coming into itself, she was none too interested in hearing such. She was legitimately concerned. In her words, growing old with no real sense of commitment from someone she was attracted to past a friendship was frightening.
Had this been months earlier, laughing and accusing her of being a prisoner of the moment would have been an initial reaction. She's 28, attractive, focused and, as far as I know, down to earth to the point where she's down for wings, beer and Sunday night football just as much as she is being the most beautiful date a black tie event for work. But times change and perspectives do, too, and while I wasn't in her shoes, I somewhat saw where she was coming from. It's a innate human desire to want to be loved, regardless how much Twitter personas or pop culture can occasionally dictate.
As for the older couple, their take on the topic brought back memories of the old dude who told the story of his near-wife at a cookout awhile back. Small talk began around where I attended school, what I was currently doing and, of course, when my wedding date was. After laughing off the last question, the couple left me with one piece of advice before scurrying off to talk with others and later disappear into the night. You're born alone. You die alone. The least you could do is enjoy the company of someone else while living.
These were two different vantage points preaching the same gospel. Between these dialogues and "Cherry Wine," my take on marriage remains the same as it always has. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn't, then I've been blessed in other areas as to where I'd never call my life a failure if it never happened.
The song's unbridled honesty is soul piercing. Eternally soul piercing. Representing the never-ending quest by those longing for a soulmate lies the beautiful possibility of being a day away from finding him or her. On the same wavelength, the realistic nightmare of never meeting said person is as paralyzing as its more positive counterpart. That's life, though. That's life in a nutshell, really. Either we learn to live with the extremes or die slowly each day trying to reserve a formality bigger than our own selfishness.
It took 26 years, witnessing close friends tie the knot, engaging in completely random but revealing conversations and a song featuring a rapper who has been left for dead more times than not and a singer whose personal demons extinguished a sovereign voice from her generation to step back and look at the world from more than a singular, trained view. All that, plus growing a little bit in the process helped.
Some stress over things beyond their control, like finding their own "cherry wine." Myself, I never have and I probably never will. This doesn't make me any better or worse than any one person. Realizing and believing life will put you, me and the next person in whatever situation destiny or fate has already mapped out for us make days easier. Life isn't perfect. Nor does it rarely go as planned.
But at least, in some sort of way, life is, like Nas said, good.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African police have seized nearly 12,000 counterfeit South Africa football team shirts.
Police spokesman Colonel Vishnu Naidoo said Tuesday that they were worth 3.6 million rands ($493,000) and part of an overall haul of counterfeit clothing worth 3.8 million rand ($520,000) found in a truck at the Swaziland border on Saturday.
Naidoo said the goods had originated from China and would have "dented" South Africa's economy if not detected.
Shirts for the country's national team, known as Bafana Bafana, are becoming increasingly popular in the run-in to the June 11 start of the World Cup in South Africa.
Naidoo said police had informed FIFA and the tournament's local organizing committee.
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RE: kodiak to sitka by boat
Made the same run in the opposite direction in a 60' river tug many years back. It's about 1000 NM from Kodiak to Sitka. Weather is definately the issue. Summer is best, of course - August least stormy. Problem lies in lack of decent forecast beyond 3 days and the chances of getting caught mid-gulf when a storm picks up. We hugged the coast with stops along the way, so the longest run in open seas was Yakutat to Cordova (about 200NM).
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue believes it has the pieces to make a Big Ten title run this season.
The defensive line is big and deep. The secondary is quick and experienced. At quarterback, the Boilermakers have three players with starting experience, and receivers and running backs with enough overall speed to challenge opponents.