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From January through November this year, the beautiful Island of Lombok becomes a massive long track for cycling enthusiasts when the Lombox Audax 2013 gets underway. After the successful 300KM first leg ride, the second agenda of the event is the 400 (2x200) Km ride which will take cyclists from Senggigi Beach across the northern coast of Lombok circling back to Mataram in the west ( capital of West Nusatenggara Province), to take place from 26th to 29th April 2013.
Audax can be described as a non-competitive collective long distance cycling activity with determined time frames and rules. The term audax itself comes from "audacious" in which participants aim to cover as much distance as possible to prove that they are indeed audacious. Under the Audax regulations, cyclists ride in groups. Successful riders are awarded a certificate called a Brevet d'Audax.
Distances of Audax events range from 200Km, 300KM, 400Km, to 600Km and more.
The Audax style involves riding in strict group formation at a steady pace set by a road captain. The group attempts to maintain the pace of 22.5 km/h between stops. The route is pre-planned with designated stopping points. For longer Audax events the group may ride between 16 and 20 hours in a day before stopping at a designated sleeping location. The goal of the Audax is to finish inside the prescribed time limit with all members of the group present. A support vehicle is allowed to follow each group of riders
For the Lombok Audax, the event is divided as follows:
1. For 300 Km : 25th - 27th January
2. For 400 Km : 26th – 29th April
3. 600 Km : 19th – 23rd September
4. 400 Km : 15th - 18th November
Set to be staged in 2 days, the 2nd leg of the Lombok Audax will cover a total distance of 394 KM, with a total climb of 2,731m. There will be 5 stops for the first day namely at: Selengan, Obel-obel, Autere Pearl Culture, Labuhan Haji, and Praya; while the 2nd day stops areat: Loteng Regency Office, Selong Belanak, Jawa Pos Stop, and Pusuk Pass.
Although not yet as popular as its neighbor Bali, Lombok holds equally fascinating wonders with enchanting beaches, transparent aquamarine seas, and the majestic Mount Rinjani. Here, cyclists will not only be presented with challenging tracks, but also spellbinding natural beauty.
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Miami's Program Four: In the Night, Concerto Barocco,Symphony in C
Posted 13 March 2009 - 09:34 AM
It's another dream program ... for me, at least: fist-rate Robbisn (In the Night) and Balanchine (Concerto Barocco, Symphony in C).
Here's a Link to the company's website:
Program IV
Any thoughts about casting? I've been brooding over the 3 couples for In the Night:
-- dreamy and innocent: ____________ ?
-- a little grand, but unpredictable, too: ____________ ?
-- apassionato and just a little bit over the top: ___________ ?
What do you think? (I have a position open for Rolando Sarabia, but don't know whether he will be dancing.)
Posted 13 March 2009 - 01:07 PM
In Repertory in Review: Forty Years of the New York City Ballet, on p. 265, Nancy Reynolds quotes Francisco Moncion, one of the original six dancers, as follows: "Of our part [the third], Jerry definitely said we were having an argument: 'It's one of those on again, off again affairs; they might get together, they come, they go.' The first section is a mood piece. It has birdlike gestures; it floats. The second section is a very elegant polonaise. Jerry has always used lots of lifts, even in the fifties."
While I'm at it, here's a little characterization from him of another ballet on tonight's program, from the same page, in a passage about a Croce interview of Robbins about In the Night in which she asked him whether he had any thought of conveying a continuous dramatic action behind the scenes, which Robbins denied: "If that effect is there, it's there because it's in the music... Think of the second movement of ... Symphony in C. Those girls who come on are certainly coming from somewhere.'"
See how all this looks to you.
Posted 13 March 2009 - 05:02 PM
This is a fascinating point, Jack. In some ballets I really do find myself imaging that the dancing continues once the dancers leave the stage. Or that their dancing began long before they appeared on stage. I will indeed be looking for this in Symphony in C. Thanks.
While I'm at it, here's a little characterization from him of another ballet on tonight's program, from the same page, in a passage about a Croce interview of Robbins about In the Night in which she asked him whether he had any thought of conveying a continuous dramatic action behind the scenes, which Robbins denied: "If that effect is there, it's there because it's in the music... Think of the second movement of ... Symphony in C. Those girls who come on are certainly coming from somewhere.'"
Posted 13 March 2009 - 06:51 PM
because it's in the music... Think of the second movement of ... Symphony in C. Those girls who come on are certainly coming from somewhere.'"
Sometimes a few of those girls may have come off from 1st movement, taken a swig of water, a few deep breaths and lined right up again for 2nd movement!
bart, wish I could write a review, but it is just not in me. I am not able to say in writing what I enjoy and what I do not, but put me in the passenger seat of a car while someone else is driving (hum, or in my classroom) and I can talk one's ear off about how I feel about what we had just experienced!
Posted 13 March 2009 - 07:33 PM
...oh yes, I know...especially there...he,he
(hum, or in my classroom)
Posted 13 March 2009 - 08:04 PM
(A note in the program book tends to perpetuate the myth that one woman corresponds to the first violin, the other to the second; while there is a bit of this in the first movement, as though to get the viewer on track with this piece, whoever originated the idea seems to have fallen asleep by the end of that movement, for the two violins continue to play throughout the second movement, where only the "first" woman dances until very near the end.)
In the Night was very beautifully danced, with special elegance by the second couple, Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerrra, and the music was well played, after a brittle start I thought, by Francisco Renno; but what bothered me years ago still bothers me about this ballet: I can't get what Robbins hears in this music. I don't see much correspondence between what I see and what I hear. There are spectacularly eye-catching moments onstage in places where the music flows on very quietly, for example, a slow sort of aerial somersault by one woman (Tricia Albertson, with Didier Bramaz, in the first couple, IIRC), another (Jeanette Delgado, with Renato Penteado, in the third couple) inverted in a lift with her ankles crossed and one leg quivering.
Symphony in C was led by Mary Carmen Catoya and Penteado, Kronenberg and Guerra, Jeanette Delgado with Alex Wong, and Patricia Delgado with Jeremy Cox. I thought it overall better than the one cast who danced in New York. This was quite a fine evening for performances to savor, even if the Robbins piece didn't completely involve me.
(There's a parallel discussion about Symphony in C's history going on in the Ballets & Choreographers forum: http://ballettalk.in...howtopic=15681)
Edited by Jack Reed, 15 March 2009 - 05:18 AM.
Posted 14 March 2009 - 05:19 AM
I'll try to post his comments on the repertory when I get them, but meanwhile there was some news in the question session which followed:
MCB is planning a 25th Anniversary season "like you cannot believe". They like to have a full-length ballet for Program III, and are hoping to mount John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, to Prokofiev's music.
As for the 24th season, next year, noticing ballroom is "all over TV", they decided it would be a good time for Villella's full-evening The Neighborhood Ballroom. He also hopes to present Theme and Variations [the Balanchine ballet to the long, concluding movement of Tchaikovsky's Third Suite for Orchestra], if certain people recover from injury.
Next year's company looks to be reduced from 57 to 41 dancers, for various reasons including economic conditions, but the company will also extend to the best students in its associated school opportunities "to work with our professional company".
The company's reputation is growing to the point where "we can identify where we go if the fee is big enough", and tours to Chicago (in October) and Vail, Colorado are coming next season.
In answer to a question about different theatres, Villella said theatres differ in ease of relating with the audience, and their different stage sizes mean they differ in how "we relate to each other. We have to walk it, block it, expand or contract" the ballets a little. He held up one hand, representing four dancers, with his fingers close together and then opened them a little.
Will there be live music? "That costs $600,000; if you have $600,000, you can have anything you want."
Posted 14 March 2009 - 06:14 AM
1 August: Rep TBA
3 August: Up Close: Edward Villella with Miami City Ballet
This program is described as:
Hosted by festival director Damian Woetzel, this evening will feature full performances and excerpts of Villella's roles in works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, including The Prodigal Son, Rubies, Tarantella, Afternoon of a Faun, Dances at a Gathering and more.
Posted 14 March 2009 - 07:35 AM
Anyhow, nothing says that everyone ought to write a full "review." Often, a few simple thoughts and reactions are the most helpful of all.
Jack: Thanks for starting off for us. You always give me things to look for when Fort L comes before West PB. I'm looking forward to seeing Seay, who has been underutilized recently. Her Dryad Queen made me realize I had missed her. And -- great news about Rolando Sarabia. I just wish he were performing more often, and in more kinds of roles.
Kronenberg and Guerra in the second section of In the Night sounds perfect. And what about Albertson and Didier Bramaz in part one? An unexpected pairing. Bramaz grows and grows and has become one of the most useful, if undersung, members of the company. Maybe he is what Albertson, who always seemed to lack an appropriate partner, needs.
I'll make sure to make all of Villella's talks when MCB comes here in two weeks. You often pick up interesting information in the difference between what he says at one performance and the next. He is especially garrulous and delightful on Saturday nights.
I'm actually looking forward to Cranko's Romeo and Juliet. I prefer it to the Macmillan. And it's better trying to put on another ballet like Don Q -- "after Petipa" set by "anonymous." Can't wait for Jeanette Delgado and .... (who for Romeo?) Any chance of their bringing in Marcia Haydee to set and coach it? I hope, I hope, I hope.
Posted 14 March 2009 - 08:13 PM
Next season, Program I will consist of Paul Taylor's Company B and Balanchine's Allegro Brillante,Tchaikovsky pas de deux, and Symphony in Three Movements; Program II, Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15,Valse Fantaisie "in the earlier version, which I think is better", Twyla Tharp's The Golden Section, and concluding with Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Program III will consist of Villella's The Neighborhood Ballroom, "which I will readdress"; and Program IV will consist of Dances at a Gathering and Balanchine's ballet to Gershwin's music, "Who Cares?"
We have casually thought about going back to New York. There is an invitation on the table. They have to raise monies, and we have to raise monies.
When we can afford an orchestra, we treat each venue equally.
Has there been any help from Obama's recovery plan? We've applied to the National Council for the Arts [the NEA?] for grants to extend dancers' contracts. We've shortened them four weeks, they're subsidizing the company.
It's late, but maybe I can offer some highlights of today's performances:
This afternoon I moved up to row Q from row U last night; could this have accounted for the increased vitality of the whole Barocco? It's so much a corps ballet, and most of the corps was new compared to Friday night.
The second pas de deux of In the Night was Mary Carmen Catoya with Jeremy Cox; not such a beautifully integrated pair as Kronenberg and Guerra last night, with Cox bringing it the somewhat stiff, "correct" persona of his Death figure in La Valse, but Catoya compensating with her easy assurance in showing clearly everything required without etching; her role just comes exactly into existence.
Deanna Seay's first movement of Symphony in C was richly superb, and Rolando Sarabia was everything she needed and more, although with a slight wild edge of his own sometimes; Jennifer Kronenberg's second movement (with Guerra) looked sometimes like a work in progress, which is not a bad thing, especially with someone of her demonstrated dance intelligence, and some of her downstage solo passages were an achieved delight.
This evening I thought Seay's lead in Barocco was immense; she was our true guide to the world of this marvelous ballet.
Catoya opened Symphony in C more expansivey than her possibly tense rendition in New York, and she was well acompanied by Renato Penteado, with his large clarity and finesse. Then came a very fine debut in the second movement by Patricia Delgado, again ably partnered by Rolando Sarabia; among other virtues of a realization that was all of a piece, Delgado managed not to make the "kissing her knee" bit look like a stunt, and the audience took it straight, as it was offered, in contrast to the inappropriate laugh Kronenberg's audience, an inferior one generally I felt, gave her at this point in the afternoon.
Posted 14 March 2009 - 08:13 PM
Posted 14 March 2009 - 08:37 PM
Posted 15 March 2009 - 05:15 AM
Neither of us mentioned In the Night, which for me was a reprise by Friday night's cast.
Oh, and I may have given the impression (in Post #6) that I like the 1932 Menuhin recording of the Bach because it's fast. No, no! It's because it makes the architecture of the music so clear! Yes, even though the sound is not quite so clear as it can be today. Companies which use recordings might consider this one -- They can now adjust the tempos without affecting the pitch, I understand, speaking of today's technology.
Posted 15 March 2009 - 05:23 PM
An interesting program indeed, although I cannot say I actually got In The Night. A bit too quirky for my taste. The dancing for the most part was good however, I had difficulty with bad line of the lower leg in two of the ladies. With pointe shoes, this stiffness is difficult to accept. Sometimes it could be faulty technique but often it is not enough time or knowledge with coaching. Not being very familiar with the dancers, I cannot say which was the case, but none the less, it was bothersome. R. Sarabia was a beautiful partner, filling the stage with his very expressive back and lightness. While he floated, others seemed to just exist in the space.
While Barocco was lovely, the corps was a bit rough and the soloists were lacking in expressivity. Not a moving performance for me.
Symphony in C was a magnificent display for the talented and well schooled men of Miami City Ballet. Overall the corps was fine, but not particularly moving. They did their jobs. The female soloists were fine, Kronenburg, in 2nd movement being the stand out. A big flub in 3rd movement by T. Albertson. From the mezzanine it was a little jarring. Again, I had difficulty with the lack of strength and expressivity in her/the back. I did enjoyed A. Wong in the 3rd movement. His lightness and movement quality reminded me of Bill Martin-Viscount in the same role years ago (not at NYCB). Unfortunately Wong and Albertson were not a good pairing. Their very different schooling and movement quality is visible. Where 3rd movement is generally smooth and light, they seemed to fight each other through the entire movement. 4th movement was enjoyable.
Perhaps it was the theatre, but when sitting in the mezzanine it was difficult to hear the music in all three ballets. Barocco and Symphony in C were recordings but In the Night was a piano solo by Francisco Renno'. Having sat in different areas in this theatre, the mezzanine is my least favorite for this reason.
It was great to meet Jack Reed and cubanmiamiboy! I wish there had been more time. Looking forward to next season.
Posted 15 March 2009 - 06:12 PM
I agree with your perception on the uneven quality of the Albertson/Wong duo on S in C 3th Mov. Yesterday his ballerina was Jeanette Delgado...quite a wiser choice. Albertson seems to fade away more and more each time...what a shame. Kronemberg was good in the 2nd Mov., but I liked Patricia better on it. I also missed Catoya on First Mov., even Seay being lovely too. Oh well...just a matter of tuning up my little knowledge on this ballet...(today was my third time ever, and I'm still getting to "know it" more and more, see...? ). Yes, Sarabita is still the old school charming guy, even being Wong now the jumper of the troupe. V., I wish you could have seen S. back in 1999/2000 when he had recently joined Alonso's Company. (sigh). I really miss the greatest turner I've ever seen in my entire life.
"In the Night" was cute, but I'm not crazy about it.
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Buzzine sat down with Nate, Jack and Andrew of Fun. on the release day of Some Nights. Click above and watch the video to see the band answer questions about the making of the band Fun. and the making of Some Nights. Click HERE to read the full interview!
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Congratulations to Greg F. of Grand Rapids, Michigan for choosing the name for the new Fun. t-shirt. The 'Some Guys' t-shirt is available now in The Fueled By Ramen Webstore - click HERE to order it now!
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Jonathan Diener from The Swellers sat down and answered some questions from street teamers and fans. Here is Part 1:
Does anyone in the band have any pre or post show rituals?
We all have our own set of rules and rituals, but I think the most important law we abide by is NO EATING AN HOUR BEFORE WE PLAY. I've had some bad instances with a foot long sub a few years ago… We all make sure to stretch at least 20 minutes before we go on to prevent injury and soreness the next day. A lot of people think they're invincible, but when you're on tour your body acts like an 80 year old man. You smell and you hurt everywhere all the time haha!
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Funeral services for Wanda Louise (Turner) Madden, 88, of Carmi were held at 8 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013 at Cook Funeral Chapel in Carmi. Robby King, Mike Fields and Jim Whetstone officiated.
Robby King sang, "Amazing Love." Recorded music of "I Want to Stroll Over Heaven with You" and "Heaven Was Needing a Hero" was played.
Burial was held at West Union Cemetery in Carmi.
Arrangements were handled by Cook Funeral Chapel of Carmi.
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- SUNY Geneseo's Department of Theatre and Dance will present an evening of diverse, dynamic original works when the Geneseo Dance Ensemble performs "Rising to New Heights" Dec. 6 - 9 in the colleges' Alice Austin Theater in Brodie Hall, featuring works by students, faculty, and guest artists. The Thursday through Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. The Sunday matinee begins at 2 o'clock.
Tickets are $10.00 and available at the Student Association Ticket Office or online.
The concert, artistically directed and produced by Professor of Dance Jonette Lancos, will feature artistic director of the Buffalo-based company LehrerDance, Jon Lehrer, who choreographed Murmur. It is based on the theory of quantum entanglement, which occurs when particles such as protons, electrons, and molecules interact physically and then become separated. Rochester-area professor Shahin Monshipour collaborated with Lancos to create "Persian Dances," to be performed here and at a Persian New Year festival at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester on March 24th.
"Riddims," a work in progress by Mark Broomfield a 1994 Geneseo alumnus and visiting assistant professor of dance, explores the combination of West African movement vocabulary with Jamaican dancehall culture of roots reggae. He also restaged "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (1999). Through a riveting solo dance followed by a powerhouse trio performed to the music of Aretha Franklin, it captures the love, loss, frustration, and anger of dealing with relationships.
Lancos has restaged "Pas de Quatre," a Romantic ballet originally choreographed by Sir Anton Dolin in 1945. She also created "Dances for Remy" (2012). Dedicated to Remy Charlip, dancer and children's author (1929-2012), it uses figure drawings by Erin Fassinger sent by mail to recreate Charlip's concept of Air Mail Dances. The dance composition and kinesiology classes will also perform under her direction. Seniors Emily Andrews, Sydney Axelrod, Rachael Beckman, Josephine Champlin, Katie Keller, and Jessica Maslyn will also present original dance compositions.
Joining Lancos in concert direction is Broomfield along with seniors Dana Besmanoff, Josephine Champlin, and Jessica Maslyn. Kelsey Bendlin will stage manage the show, with student lighting designers mentored by theatre faculty member Johnnie Ferrell. Theatre faculty member Crystal Ferrell has coordinated costumes.
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FOOTBALL - The Bronc football team will play at Natrona county tomorrow night and the Big Horn rams play their regular season opener tomorrow afternoon at home.
The Rams lost their zero week exhibition game at Thermopolis last Friday Head coach Bert Dow says the Rams showed their age in the 21-6 loss.
Several players from Tongue River high school have joined the Rams club this year after their season was called off two weeks ago and Dow says they are slowly getting up to speed with their new teammates and coaches.
BRONC / LADY BRONC TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams split with Natrona county yesterday.
NC beat the Lady Broncs 3-2 while the Broncs finished the day winning 4 of the 5 matches.
The Lady Broncs played strong but fell behind early in their matches and really had to work hard to scratch out two victories Head coach Bob Faurot.
The Lady Bison swim team hosted their Buffalo Pentathlon last Friday, with teams from Newcastle, Worland, Douglas as well as Buffalo at the meet.
A number of individual Bison had great performances.
In the 100 butterfly, Buffalo's Hannah Chapin took second, being beaten by less than a second by Carolyn Kennedy of Worland.
Buffalo's Caley Stafford took fourth and Misty Ballek took fifth.
X-COUNTRY - The Bronc and Lady Bronc cross country runners started their season at the Casper invitational last Friday, the Broncs had four varsity runners and did not qualify for the team race and the Lady Broncs raced JV in the first meet of the season, that will all change this week as Sheridan high school will host the Michelle Ludwig invitational.
Head Coach Art Bauers says their Pre-season went well and both teams are young and the opening race went well.
The Bison sports teams were in action over the weekend, and results were mixed.
The Lady Bison volleyball team was at the Douglas Invite and split their matches, going 2-2. Buffalo beat Cheyenne South in pool play 3-0 before losing to Douglas 1-2. In the tournament, the Lady Bison beat Newcastle and then lost to the eventual tournament champion Torrington.
Jenna Anderson and Kinzi Litzel led in attacking and blocking, and Sam Schroefel served 95% and had 86 assists for the tournament.
The girls will be at the Gillette Invite this Friday and Saturday.
The Buffalo High School Bison athletic teams had another busy weekend with all but the football team in action.
The Bison Golf Team was in the Bighorn Basin for the Powell/Cody Invite. The first round of the tournament was called early due to lightning, so the tournament was an 18-hole event. No Bison golfers finished in the top ten, and the boys team finished seventh out of 10 teams, the girls team finished tied for fourth.
FOOTBALL - The Sheridan Bronc football team beat Cheyenne Central 31-12 Friday night jumping out to a 14-0 halftime lead and building that lead to 31-6 entering the 4th quarter.
Senior running back Jordan Roberts ran for 137 yards and two touchdowns in his first game in a Bronc uniform.
Quarterback Kevin Bakkehaug threw for 162 yards and two scores as the Broncs took the opener Head coach Don Julian.
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Locals show they know Cape Town best with #LoveCapeTown
Leon Jamarie
With a passion for travel, tourism and social media, Cape Town is the quintessential backdrop for Media Developer Leon Jamarie and his cape adventures.
With the City as his canvass Leon paints the town red covering a range of events and activities in the peninsular while staying true to the traditional culture the mother city offers it's children,
Originally from Durban, Leon is still an accidental tourist in the city he now calls home and as such is on the line between resident and local tourist able to provide inside knowledge and flavour to the average mundane travel blog.
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Cape Town Tourism hosted its first twitter chat on Sunday, July 29, and Capetonians proved that they know their beloved city best, when thousands suggested what the iAmbassador travel bloggers should do while in the Mother City. The chat was to welcome the four renowned international travel bloggers Cape Town Tourism are hosting. The bloggers will explore Cape Town and act as digital spokespersons for Cape Town.
Cape Town Tourism tapped into the strength of word of mouth for suggestions for the iAmbassadors by posing various questions related to food and drink, nature and the outdoors, and culture and heritage in Cape Town and the answers streamed in. The chat was used to crowdsource ideas and formulate itineraries for the bloggers. Some of the highlights that were shared will inform their exploration itineraries while in the Mother City.
It is believed that more than 145 000 impressions were made during the chat with use of the hashtag #LoveCapeTown, and, in the past 24 hours, the 1 500 tweets generated 13 521 392 impressions, reaching an audience of 623 041 followers.
Capetonians urged the iAmbassadors to try traditional Cape Malay food, go kayaking between whales, take the Southern Route train and dive with sharks. Other suggestions included local museums, township and cycle tours. Our New7Wonder of Nature also received many mentions with followers urging the bloggers to either hike, bike, run or take the cable car to the peak.
@CapeTown showed support for a "wonderful social media initiative by Cape Town Tourism" by curating the tweets. You can view the full curation here: www.rebelmouse.com/lovecapetown
Take a look at the questions and just some of the answers that were provided during last night's twitter chat:
1. Which typical Cape Town dish should our bloggers not miss while they are here?
@iziko_museums: Fish and chips on a bench at Hout Bay harbour, curry bunnies, a BIG Gatsby, Malva pudding and koeksisters.
@tamarajeanwhite: Samoosas and half moons ... Gotta #LoveCapeTown!
@carbonsmart: If the Mother City herself were a dish, she'd be champagne sundowners on Clifton beach. #LoveCapeTown sunset in winter!
2. Cape Town's weather in winter offers the best of all seasons. Which outdoor places and spaces, make you #LoveCapeTown in winter?
@aiBester: On a clear winter's day, you can walk snake-free from Green Point along footpath above Sea Point all the way to Clifton #LoveCapeTown
@se7en_hoods: Hike to the top of the world: Silvermine, Table Mtn, Lion's Head… and plenty of places to warm up in the city below after. #LoveCapeTown
@jessytravel: #Green Point Urban Park, such BEAUTY!! #LoveCapeTown, you MUST visit PLEASE!!
@TankiEm: The Cape Point Nature Reserve. One of the things I miss when I'm away. #LoveCapeTown
3. What are the best adventure activities to be done in Cape Town?
@MichMac5: Enjoy a 360-degree view of mountain and sea from the tallest cast-iron lighthouse in South Africa at Slangkop, Kommetjie. #LoveCapeTown
@skyegrove: Winter is the time for surfing and adrenalin pursuits such as paragliding, abseiling, helicopter flips and skydiving #LoveCapeTown
@escapetothecape: Shark cage diving and paragliding are my clients' favourite #LoveCapeTown
4. How can the bloggers learn the most about our history as a city and nation during their short stay?
@kilaryalex: Take a walk through the streets of the central city. It's a rich tapestry of the city's history #LoveCapeTown
@iziko_museums: The Sendinggestig Museum, 40 Long Street, housed in an old slave chapel built by the South African Missionary Society. #LoveCapeTown
@carbonsmart: Join #moonlightmass, visit markets, ride train, speak to bloggers, do city walkabout, watch and listen. #LoveCapeTown
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I am reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, and in it he mentions that without compensating for relativity, GPS devices would be out by miles. Why is this? (I am not sure which relativity he means as I am several chapters ahead now and the question just came to me.)
Error margin for position predicted by GPS is $15m$. So GPS system must keep time with accuracy of at least $15m/c$ which is roughly $50ns$.
So $50ns$ error in timekeeping corresponds to $15m$ error in distance prediction.
If we do not apply corrections using GR to GPS then $38\mu s$ error in timekeeping is introduced PER DAY.
You can check it yourself by using following formulas
$T_1 = \frac{T_0}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$ ...clock runs relatively slower if it is moving at high velocity.
$T_2 = \frac{T_0}{\sqrt{1-\frac{2GM}{c^2 R}}}$ ...clock runs relatively faster because of weak gravity.
$T_1$ = 7 microseconds/day
$T_2$ = 45 microseconds/day
$T_2 - T_1$ = 38 microseconds/day
use values given in this very good article.
And for equations refer to hyperphysics.
So Stephen Hawking is right! :-)
You can find out about this in great detail in the excellent summary over here: What the Global Positioning System Tells Us about Relativity?
In a nutshell:
As you see, in this case the two effects are acting in opposite direction but their magnitude is not equal, thus don't cancel each other out.
Now, you find out your position by comparing the time signal from a number of satellites. They are at different distance from you and it then takes different time for the signal to reach you. Thus the signal of "Satellite A says right now it is 22:31:12" will be different from what you'll hear Satellite B at the same moment). From the time difference of the signal and knowing the satellites positions (your GPS knows that) you can triangulate your position on the ground.
If one does not compensate for the different clock speeds, the distance measurement would be wrong and the position estimation could be hundreds or thousands of meters or more off, making the GPS system essentially useless.
There's the article from Ohio State University http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html which explains quite well why the clocks on a GPS satellite are faster by about 38 microseconds every day. The article then claims that not compensation for these 38 microseconds per day would cause a GPS to be off by about 11 km per day, plainly unusable, and claims that this (the fact that we need to compensate for the 38 microseconds to get GPS working) is proof for General Relativity.
The problem is that while the clocks are indeed off by 38 microseconds per day and General Relativity is all fine, we wouldn't actually have to compensate for it. The GPS in your car or your phone doesn't have an atomic clock. It doesn't have any clock precise enough to help with GPS. It doesn't measure how long the signal took to get from satellite A to GPS. It measures the difference between the signal from satellite A and the signal from satellite B (and two more satellites). This works if the clocks are fast: As long as they are all fast by the exact same amounts, we still get the right results.
That is, almost. Satellites don't stand still. So if we rely on a clock that is 38 microseconds fast per day, we do the calculations based on the position of a satellite that is off by 38 microseconds per day. So the error is not (speed of light times 38 microseconds times days), it is (speed of satellite times 38 microseconds times day). This is about 15 cm per day. Well, satellite positions get corrected once a week. I hope nobody thinks we could predict the position of a satellite for long time without any error.
Back to the original assumption, that without compensation the error would be 11km per day: The satellite clocks are multiplied by a factor just shy of 1 so that they go at the correct speed. But that wouldn't work. The effect that produces 38 microseconds per day isn't constant. When the satellite flies over an ocean, gravity is lower. The satellite speed changes all the time because the satellite doesn't fly on a perfect circle around a perfectly round earth made of perfectly homogenous material. If GR created an error of 11km per day uncompensated, then it is quite unconceivable that a simple multiplication of the clock speed would be good enough to reduce this to make GPS usable.
The effect of gravitational time dilation can even be measured if you go from the surface of the earth to an orbit around the earth. Therefore, as GPS satellites measure the time it's messages take to reach you and come back, it is important to account for the real time that the signal takes to reach the target.
GPS satellite navigation system doesn't use, doesn't need and doesn't prove Einstein's General Relativity.
The GPS satellites use classical (Newtonian) relativistic principles to work. These are the same relativistic principles that make sense in the everyday world, that most people equate with 'common sense'. GPS calculates positions based on geometric principles. The atomic clocks on the satellites have their rates preset in order to match experimentally observed effects. No General Relativity is used or needed.
The website dedicated by the USA government to the GPS system, www.gps.gov, has a lot of information for those who want to know how GPS works, but does not put forward anything about General Relativity (GR).
The equations used by the GPS system are based on geometry and classical relativity. They dont include compensations for GR effects. The satellite simply sends out a signal at regular intervals with some information. The receiving device does all the required calculations with the signals it receives. You can check out the basics at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System
When the clocks of each satellite were set, the rate of each clock was adjusted according to previously observed effects. Experimental observations over decades, showed how speed and altitude affected the rate of ticking of atomic clocks. It had been experimentally observed that atomic clocks speed up at higher altitudes. It was also observed that the speed of the clock also affects the rate of ticking. Based on these experimental observations, the GPS engineers had to adjust the rate of the atomic clocks based on what had been observed - regardless of what any theory said. The engineers knew how the clocks would be affected in orbit because of experimental observations. Not the theory of general relativity. Supporters of Einsteins GR had to make sure their theory fits these observations. The GPS engineers didnt use GR to work out how much to change the clocks.
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The following articles make the claim that GPS requires General Relativity, but in error. They refer to the initial clock rate presets as being due to GR, when the reality is that these presets had to be done, theory or not, because of experimental observations.
This article is cited in many articles and publications that are supportive of the theory of general relativity, inclucing wikipedia references. Yet, it is just opinion. In it, Richard W. Pogge makes these 2 claims without supporting them in the text. The references cited at the end of this article dont refer to relativity at all - they link to the GPS FAQ at the FAA.
Wandera asks: In an article that claims GPS as a real world example for relativity, why doesnt the author back up such important claims? The firt claim isnt even explained, and isnt backed up at all. The second claim labels the effect G Relativistic, but this is another unsupported opinion.
www.aticourses. com/global_positioning_system.htm
Wandera says: The claim about general relativity isnt true and the article makes no attempt to back up this claim. Its nothing but opinion.
Lorenz created the theory of slowing clocks prior to Einstein, not Einstein in a GR theory. My understanding of GPS is that it is calculated by the one-way time of flight of radiation from satellite-to-receiver. The synchronization of the clocks of the two is essential. But, just because a clock slows down or speeds up does not mean that time is changing, only that the shape of the atom is changing (as Lorenz postulated). The Cesium atoms are being compressed as they move through the ether. So, the equations are pure time-of-flight equations, and the clocks are adjusted and the pre-adjustments (i.e. intentional slowing of the satellite clocks) matches the equations of Lorenz. In response to David van Driessche, GPS does depend on adjustment of clocks and so LET relativity, but it does not depend on GR. GR is an as yet unproven theory. It's most often cited success is that it was used the predict the precession of the planet Mercury. Unfortunately, more recent calculations of Mercury's orbit, using only Newtonian mechanics, shows that there is close to zero precession. Therefore, the precession of Mercury disproves GR, itis not predicted by GR.[i.e. in science, a theory is put aside when it does not predict correctly].
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Running MySQL on a box with 32 gigs of RAM. Swap is 99% full, and there is about 200 MB of RAM free. MySQL is the culprit of course. What happens when both RAM and swap are completely filled? Thanks!
9/10 OOM killer will come by and kill the program with the biggest memory consumption. Else your system will crash.
I'm assuming you are on Linux.
That depends on the OS, but when you actually run out something dies. More specifically, something says to the OS "please give me more memory", and the OS says "no".
(That can be by virtue of just touching some memory that it already got told was allocated, causing the page to copy-on-write, so it isn't as simple as "call the kernel memory allocator")
Technically, the process could handle those failures and recover, but practically it results in a crash.
Linux tries hard to guess what a good candidate to kill is, and I think Windows does the same, before you quite get to that state, though - kill something marginally more cleanly so that memory is freed up.
Since free RAM is wasted RAM, Linux tries to use as much of it as possible. It is possible that there are lots of cached disk pages and other things kept in RAM just because there was space. Run
Open some spare ssh sessions to the host until it's not too late. When system have no free RAM/swap, no new process can be launched.
Seems that some query produce unexpected amount of data stored in the temporary table(s) - in memory. Try to kill oldest thread launched by mysql:
Field TIME shows seconds mysql spent performing query. Those having largest TIME are likely the culprits.
Try deploying a custom agent like New Relic to see what processes are unnecessary and start killing them. That can save your server from crashing


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I'm a computer programmer, and find myself needing to draw icons frequency. Does anyone out there have any good resources for both the tools and how to design icons?
The best icon set I've used has to be the Fugue Icon set by Yusuke Kamiyamane. The set is licensed under the Creative Common Attribution License and royalty-free for a reasonable fee. It's a great deal considering there are 3300+ detailed icons. You also get the PSD files too. I find these icons are especially good for web apps. The down side is they're 16x16.
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Youmans spent five weeks in the hospital recovering and then started exercising — walking half a block at first, then, after he built up his stamina, riding his bicycle. Getting into shape made Youmans feel in control of his health. By October 2011, he completed a triathlon.
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Dr. Lowy's expertise with PMP allowed him to offer Youmans specialized treatments he could not have found at most health systems, Debbie explained. When evaluating Youmans' treatments, Dr. Lowy was particularly careful to balance the quality of the life he would be living against the rewards of surgery.
"It was amazing care," Youmans said. "When I went to the appointments, they were so informative. They asked how I was doing and talked to me like a person, not a number. They gave me that calm feeling-I needed a lot of that. They settled the chaos, the feelings of fear and anxiety. I feel like I'm friends with everyone there."
One of Youmans' greatest assets in his fight against cancer was his positive attitude, Debbie said.
"Matt is such a great example of how important it is to have a good attitude," Debbie said. "So often, your attitude makes all the difference. You should expect to live the best life you can. My hope is to live a long time. Why should my patients hope for anything different?"
Update: After this story and video were produced in October 2011, Matt underwent a second surgery in January 2012. In 2013 he fulfilled another item on his bucket list: playing with the Arizona Diamondbacks' Fantasy Camp during spring training. He continued to share his experiences and raise funds for families stricken with cancer through his foundation, PMP Warrior. Sadly, Matt passed away in November 2015. His family is honored that his story continues to be featured here.
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What is the etymology of the Biblical name "Ishmael"?
Was this name ever used for any of the Biblical characters before Ishmael, the son of Abraham?
Genesis 16:15 tells you the origin of the name: Abraham named him that. Rashi explains he did so with divine inspiration, in which case God likely (IMO) implied the same meaning as he had in verse 11: "because God שמע, heard, your pain".
No Ishmaels prior to Abraham's son are listed in the Bible. (That doesn't mean none existed. Most people aren't mentioned in the Bible.)
Gen 16:11
And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
So etymologically, the name develops from the Hebrew root "sh-m-a" meaning "hear" and e-l, god's name. Those roots, are then combined (in one of many possible ways) to create a name from word/ideas.


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When I had upgraded everything was ready on the screen om my computer and with my 12.04 ubuntu.
When I restarted my system, the graphics card was not detected. I was forced to start the computer in low graphics mode, and eventually I had a pink deskop with only my maps, and no other programs at all.
What do I do now? I need to recover the pictures on my system so that I can upload them online.
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The 7 Craziest Things Ever Done to Get Laid
It's no secret that most great accomplishments in human history made by men were done in the name of impressing the opposite sex. Men would not become astronauts if it did not afford them the opportunity to tell women at parties that they are astronauts.
Yet, some men still find ways to go above and beyond -- risking life, limb and country in the name of boobies.
#7. Man Breaks Out of (and Back Into) a Nazi POW Camp for Sex
Horace Greasley was a 20-year-old Czechoslovakian hairdresser when Hitler invaded his country and he was forced to enlist in the army. It turns out cutting hair doesn't translate well to fighting Nazis because Horace was immediately taken prisoner on his first mission and sent to a POW camp in Poland.
"They trained us to fight cowlicks, not fascism!"
Most people in this situation would be too distracted by the abject horror of being a Nazi prisoner of war to be on the lookout for the ladies. Most people aren't Horace Greasley.
Greasley met Rosa Rauchbach -- the young daughter of the quarry director of his labor camp -- and they quickly fell for each other. Greasley decided fuck it, if he's going out, he's going out in style: by having kinky prisoner sex. But after almost a full year of salacious boning right under the Nazi's noses, Greasley was transferred to a different camp, and that's where this story goes from merely awesome to balls-out insane.
Via The Telegraph
Yes, that's Greasley staring down Heinrich Himmler. Turns out being the only one around
getting laid on the regular gives you a ton of confidence.
Greasley wasn't going to let a couple of little things like the Nazi army and some shitty World War sequel get in the way of consummating his love. With the help of some buddies, he tunneled under the wire fence of his camp and tasted freedom. He could have easily hoofed it to the nearest neutral country and been done with the damn war, but instead risked everything to satisfy his carnal urges.
The cheeky Czech walked to Rauchbach's camp, sneaked in, had a little sex and sneaked out again. Then he went back to his camp and sneaked back in as if nothing happened. He didn't just do it once, either -- he'd do this exact routine three times a week.
For five years.
Via The Telegraph
"It was that, or jacking it quietly into a sock for five years."
Either he was insanely stealthy or the German guards were absolutely terrible at their jobs. It was like a real-life version of The Great Escape -- if, instead of freedom waiting at the end of the journey, it was another prison ... with a vagina inside. And they never caught him -- the only thing that stopped Greasley from continuing the most dangerous sex regimen in history is the fact that World War II ended and he was set free.
He was "seriously bummed" when he realized that girls outside the prison camp usually required that he use a condom.
He certainly wouldn't be the last guy to let a fence stand between him and his lust ...
#6. Inmate Breaks Out of Prison For a Hookup -- Over and Over Again
According to career criminal Steven Jay Russell, from the second he laid eyes on fellow inmate Phillip Morris, it was "lust at first sight," and boning predictably ensued. After the pair was paroled, Russell was arrested for fraud and sent back to prison, where his thoughts became consumed with escape and resuming his relationship with Morris, who was still free. You know, because how are you going to have sex with a dude if you're in prison?
The answer is trapped somewhere within the moist confines of this Jim Carrey movie.
Russell used a prison phone to impersonate a judge and somehow got his own bail reduced, securing his release. The reunion with his lover would not last -- he was quickly arrested again after his check bounced. Back inside, he signed up for art classes and sneaked out green markers that he used to color his prison clothes so that they'd look like a doctor's uniform, then walked right the hell out. Again. But then he was caught soon after. Again. You see, he was usually easy to find because all police had to do was locate Morris -- and that's where Russell would be.
That still did not prepare the great state of Texas for Russell's last and most convoluted con. Russell began to fake the symptoms of AIDS and used a prison typewriter to forge medical documents stating that he had the disease. He was actually declared terminal by the most trusting parole board in history and was granted his freedom. Russell then repaid that trust by phoning the prison posing as a doctor to tell them he had died. He had finally come up with a scam that would keep the authorities off his tail, and let him live out his years with his lover.
"Listen, guys, we're going to have to ask you very nicely to please not try and escape.
Because we are just ... just awful at our jobs. It's really a problem."
But instead of staying dead like he should have, Russell tried to con some money out of a bank (presumably after realizing that even healthy relationships are dependent on financial stability). The FBI was called in, and they arrested him ... then promptly released him after Russell used a cell phone to impersonate an FBI agent and persuaded the real officers to let him go. Russell was finally, finally caught in 1998 and sentenced to 144 years in jail, where he is allowed no human contact at all.
Via NPR
Have you people learned nothing?! GET HIM AWAY FROM THAT PHONE!!!
#5. Chinese Spy Declared Too Sexy to Arrest
In 1982, FBI Special Agent J.J. Smith recruited a young Chinese woman named Katrina Leung in order to gain information on one of her friends, a PRC activist. Smith was so impressed by Leung that he decided to make her a full-time FBI asset under the impossibly sexy codename "Parlor Maid."
Via democraticunderground.com
Not all FBI agents prefer redheads.
In 1983, they started boning.
Now this would be some awesome spy-on-spy action, if it wasn't for two things: First, both Leung and Smith were married to different people and second, Leung was a double agent; almost immediately after she was acquired by Smith, she turned right around and started feeding classified and unauthorized information back to her Chinese contacts (which she had a lot of, since her supposed job for the FBI was to cultivate Chinese contacts). It took nine years before she was discovered when another agent named Bill Cleveland found a recording of Leung spilling her guts to some Chinese officials.
Instead of going to his bosses, Cleveland confronted Smith, who confirmed that it was Leung's voice and that he would be taking action, whereupon he promptly did nothing. Instead, he sent 19 reports to headquarters, all saying, "No, she's cool." If you're wondering why Cleveland never bothered coming forward with this critically important piece of espionage intel, it's because he was busy coming in other directions. That is, he was also boning agent Leung.
"Yeah, the FBI is pretty much all about getting laid. We're not even doing surveillance right now-
I'm watching the girl's track team practice."
To recap, a Chinese spy was boning two different FBI agents, both of whom knew she was feeding intel back to the Chinese, neither of whom turned her in because they wanted to keep banging her.
It took another 10 years before someone at the FBI who wasn't currently having sex with Leung realized that she was a double agent, by which time the two guys had fucked up the situation so badly that the case against Leung had to be dismissed on the grounds of misconduct.
"You people waste less money chasing monsters and aliens."
If you're wondering how people in their position of responsibility could allow their boners to obscure their obligation to protect national security, you ain't seen nothin' yet ...
#4. JFK Risked National Security in the Name of Boobies
If you know about JFK, you know that he was on something of a mission to put his dick in every prominent woman on the planet. And he wasn't exactly cautious about it.
He's both receiving and, somewhat inconceivably, giving oral sex right now.
First in JFK's line of dangerous liaisons was Inga Arvad. Long before he was president, Kennedy started boning her when he was 24 and still in the Navy -- but she had long been under suspicion of being a Nazi spy. Arvad was the "companion" to Hitler himself for the 1936 Olympics. JFK not only knew he was getting the Third Reich leader's old date, but he also knew that Arvad was under FBI surveillance and that she was strongly suspected of trying to get Navy secrets out of him. Thankfully, the Navy wised up to Kennedy's shenanigans and busted him down to a desk job before he could spill anything valuable ... information-wise.
Via Wikipedia Commons
We'd compromise national security to hit that.
Kennedy's sexcapades didn't exactly end when he became president -- and they didn't get any safer for national security. The man was known to have skinny dipping sessions with his favorite interns in the White House pool -- while the Secret Service stood guard outside.
But the Secret Service's entourage duties didn't end there. They were tasked with escorting hookers to JFK's pimp pads, and they worried about the security risks, with good reason. In 1961, Kennedy also had an affair with suspected communist spy Ellen Rometsch, who was working as a prostitute in the U.S. and supposedly reported to the East German embassy. When Kennedy found out about this, he didn't exactly spring into action. His brother Robert, though, took this information slightly more seriously, and deported the alleged commie snitch two months later.
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Someone should let Frankenstein's Monster know somebody's been sleeping with his wife.
Oh, and Kennedy shared a girlfriend with Mafia don Sam Giancana, whom the CIA had contracted to do something about that Castro guy. So our question: Was Kennedy drawn to dangerous women, both foreign and domestic? Or is it just that if you bang enough women, statistically some of them will in fact be communists, Nazis and mobsters?
Kennedy -- trying to remember just how many women he boned in the Lincoln bedroom.
Was it four digits, or only three?
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6 Fictional Places You Won't Believe Actually Exist (Part 2)
We've written once before about make-believe fantasylands we thought existed solely in the minds of comic book writers and dead English professors, but that actually turned out to be real. Well, it looks like most of those "wondrously imaginative" settings were all just real places that the creators thought were neat, and subsequently, that most "wondrously imaginative" storytellers were just boring old tourists this whole time. Here are six more places you thought were fictional, when in fact you could totally roll up to them on a moped and take some obnoxious pictures in front of ...
#6. The Ewok Village from Return of the Jedi
The Fictional Setting:
Located in the Happy Grove section of the Forest Moon of Endor, Chief Chirpa's Bright Tree Village is the enormous toy commercial from the original Star Wars trilogy that gave us our first dark hint of Lucas' future works.
The Real Thing:
Via ABC News
"We're adults! Wheeeee!"
The general suckage of Ewoks aside, if we were to tell you that the Ewok tree village exists, right now, in Costa Rica, your only questions would be "What's the soonest flight to Costa Rica?" and "Oh God, where is my credit card? Where is it?! I swear to Christ I will burn this house down if only to better sift through the ashes!"
Finca Bellavista is an actual sky-high tree community of about two dozen luxurious tree houses joined by walkways and zip lines. It is, if anything, way cooler than its fictional counterpart, if only because you don't have to tolerate those precocious teddy bear bastards all up in your grill. As far as Ewok villages go, this is more Holiday Inn than "warlike tribal society," but still, we can't imagine you'd be the first to run down those catwalks in your birthday suit, hurling spears at the other terrified tourists ...
Via Fincabellavista.net
"OK, C-3PO, now that they believe you're their god, demand a blood sacrifice in our honor."
The people who run Finca Bellavista would not only be understanding of your pop-culture-addled, inappropriate and possibly dangerous behavior -- they'd encourage it. This isn't one of those stuffy "don't run by the pool" hotels. They actually let you travel from tree house to tree house by zip-lining about like some sort of fat, drunken, shaved Ewok.
"If you fall, aim for the large pile of past tourists."
#5. The Hallelujah Mountains from Avatar
The Fictional Setting:
Those huge, floating mountains in Avatar made up the single most striking visual of the film (except for maybe that awkward tail-bang between the two giant blue leopard people).
The Real Thing:
Via Absolut-china.com
These trees. NO, wait. We see the mountains now. It's the mountains.
As it turns out, Avatar, the single highest-grossing film of all time, could just as easily have been shot using a camcorder and retitled Stuff James Cameron Saw While on Vacation to China. If you want to visit Pandora and climb the Hallelujah Mountains yourself, just grab your passport and fly over to China's Anhui Province. Even Cameron admits the inspiration: "All we had to do was simply recreate Huangshan Mountain in outer space."
Via Wikimedia Commons
"The blue people were a computer-generated representation of what I think the Chinese look like."
And if you get bored of the Mountains That Should Not Be, you can moped on over to China's Hunan Province and take a gander at Wulingyuan, which is actually more Pandora than Pandora, in parts:
Via Topchinatravel.com
Holy crap, you can just hear the cross-species sex scene echoing through the canyons.
We can only assume there are giant native birds on top of things for you to joyride about, thus showing the primitive natives that white people are way better at being their race than they are.
Via Qualityjunkyard.com
"Thank you for teaching us that simply by existing, we are wrong."
While Cameron claims to have gotten his idea from Huangshan Mountain, the Zhangjiajie government is so convinced that their mountains were the actual inspiration for Avatar that they officially changed the name of their majestic "South Sky Pillar" to "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain."
Via Daily Mail
It's about one mile north of the Ferris Bueller's Day Off river.
Right, because clearly an awe-inspiring name like "South Sky Pillar" just won't stand the test of time. It makes much more sense to retitle one of the most stunning landscapes on Earth some awkward string of Engrish that references an already stale 3-D action movie.
#4. Sea Labs
The Fictional Setting:
We've seen sea labs in countless movies and television shows over the years -- research facilities impossibly constructed that stretch to or sometimes dwell completely at the bottom of the ocean, because apparently everything has more science in it when you're underwater.
There's almost too many to list: That ridiculous shark corral from Deep Blue Sea, the facility from The Abyss, DeepStar Six, uh ... SeaQuest? That works, right? (Honestly, we were way too taken with Jonathan Brandis' dreamy smile to notice what type of lab was housing it at the time.)
The Real Thing:
Water aliens, explosions, mutant sharks and Brandis aside, the idea of an undersea research station is actually pretty feasible. Behold, the Aquarius Reef Base:
"This is just where we keep the beer. The real lab is over by the underwater football stadium."
That's right: There is a genuine, fully-functional sea lab beneath the ocean right now, just waiting for someone to go too far in the name of science and be hoisted by the petard of their own hubris.
Via Babelniche
That's the petard there, on the lower left.
The Aquarius Reef Base is owned by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and is located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It is maintained by the University of North Carolina Wilmington, whose students no doubt take this responsibility very seriously and in no way use the reflecting pool as a giant gravity bong.
Via Msnbc
"Dude, blow bubbles at the fish and get them all fucked up."
Now regularly used by NASA to train astronauts, the Aquarius remains a glorious testament to human ingenuity and a permanent reminder that the best research is always done while totally isolated in an ominous-looking facility immersed in a crushingly lethal environment.
Murder-Sharks optional (but heartily recommended).


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JSONP Support
Are there any plans to support jsonp in Ext.Direct for cross domain communication?
This would be very helpful feature.
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You could use CORS. This is supported now in all the major browsers.
The only problem are IE 8 and 9 that supports CORS with a different object. I wonder if Ext Js handles this case.
Sure this is not a solution if you still have to support IE6 and IE7.


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I guess this is sorta like "Who Are You Most Tired of Seeing?" yet updated polling and stuff.
Who do I think is most overrated, you my ask? Hmmm... Hard choice. I, personally, am stuck between Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton. Can either of them actually sing or act? And I mean well enough to become a celebrity sing and act. Both are only famous due to their genetics and both have been in racy photos. Yes. Miley has. ((Link to... New Scandalous Miley Cyrus Pictures? | Backseat Cuddler Just underwear, it's not exactly X-rated...))
Now onto them separately -
Miley: Disney seems to be picking a LOT of wrong stars nowadays ((cough... Vanessa Hudgens... cough)). 1st of, like most Disney Stars, she can't really act. Luckily, 90% of their viewers are below 13 and can't tell good acting from crummy acting. She recently tried the 'punk-pop' look. It does NOT work on her. Her singing? Wouldn't be surprised if she's the next to make an Ashlee Simpson lip-syncing 'boo-boo' nation wide. She's fake. You don't even want to know how much makeup she wears. I saw a picture of her without makeup in a magazine and I cringed - almost more then looking at her usual overly made-up face. I know some people like her, (my brother and my friends brother are attracted to her for reasons unknown), but she seems too fake for me.
Need I mention, in a recent teen magazine, she said "I hate being a virgin" and mentioned how she finds it odd that she's trying to be sexy when she hasn't had sex yet. Miley (Destiny Hope) Cyrus also showed this magazine an application to a private school in Nevada that teaching girls how to lose their virginity in 3 easy steps.
Ratings? Acting: 2/10, Singing 3/10 - if it's even her, and 'Beauty Rating' 4/10. Overall, 3/10. And don't say I'm just jealous, because I've starred in a school musical - in which I played lead role - for my singing and acting talents. Not to mention, my BF thinks I'm attractive, and so do countless other guys ((sadly...))
Paris Hilton: Ultimate 'Parisite'. Her father owns some hotels and suddenly she's Hollywood's biggest wh'ore, for lack of a better word. Sex tapes, racy photos, not to mention a supposed online video in which she refers to African Americans as the N word, and says that "Public school is for poor people."
I don't even see why anyone would really like her at all.
Ratings? Acting: 1/10 ((note she ALWAYS plays a wh'ore)), Singing: 3/10 ((being generous here. Her singing is like a virus)), Beauty Rating: 5/10 ((note the wonky eye. O.o Literally...)) Overall: 3/10 as well. ^^
As you can see, I did not just say I hated them or thought they were overrated. I said why. Actually, I never said I hated them; I don't personally know them. However, I can say that I think they are overrated and people should definitely consider the facts before letting either one of them be their role model.
Other Top Choices: Vanessa Hudgens, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Richie, Lindsey Lohan, and Britney Spears ((Tho I own her new CD...))
Miley, definitely. If it wasn't for her father she would NEVER be famous. Her singing is pathetic, and while I like her acting, it's not the greatest. I had no idea she was interested in that...I mean good gosh, learning how to lose your virginity? WTF? Yeah, I'm a teenage girl around her age and I am interested in sex...but not that much. What happens is going to happen as long as it happens with protection and it's not with TONs of different guys, but I can't get over how bad trying to learn the best ways to lose your virginity is.
But haha...those pics made me LMAO! As hard as she tries, I don't think she looks cute or sexy at all. I won't hold it against her that she looks a little rough without makeup...I've never met anyone who doesn't as a teenage girl. But by those pics it seems like she thinks she is just some sexy goddess...and she's not.
And, yeah, I'm not jealous at all. I'm not conceited, but I think I look better than her.
As do I... At least I should hope so. But yes, she does try and act sexy (note the 'sexy' pout) but it doesn't work. I still don't think I looked like that without makeup. Only makeup I wear is eyeliner and lip-gloss. I don't even own foundation. I never really broke out much. Even at that age.
Then some people think those pics are normal... O.o They're like, "It's natural for 15 year old girls to 'sex it up' and take those kinds of pictures" I don't think so. I as hell never did that. Plus, she posted them on her myspace. How stupid. -.-
Vanessa Anne-Hudgens really annoys me.
I mean.. she was is High School Musical...'Nuff said.
But she is soo cliche.You know , teen star loved by everyone goes bad.Its very boring. And I don't think she can really sing.Or act.Not in High School Musical anyway.
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The only thing I liked about Vanessa Hudgens was that she wore nice clothes that I want to pixel. That's it. She's a d'mned Mary Sue.
Miley Cyrus is just yet another no talent Disney/Nickelodeon poptart. I've seen that show, and the quality is dire.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
And her singing is beyond dire. It's... well... pathetic.
She got drunk just awhile ago at a nightclub. SHE'S 15! ((Even if she does only look 12 or 13...)) That's too young to be at night clubs and drinking... I swear, Disney is not doing so well with casting 'Good Girls' that are role models to the kids who watch... Miley and Vanessa are NOT good role models at all...
I am sick of seeing Miley Cyrus.
I keep on telling everyone that she is going to end up as Britney Spears or Paris Hilton and they're all like, "No. She's not going to end out that way."
I am pretty sure that she is going to end out that way.
They all get famous and then that's when it starts to happen.
Also, who would have three names?
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Destiny Hope Cyrus.
It's crazy.
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I can sin better than that, though I can't project well sue to the fact that I only just entered choir and have little practice. As for looks, my main problem is pimples, which is due to my hormone inbalance. I look decent without make-up, I suppose, though most guys see me as the nice, "invisible" girl, except that I actuallypluck my brows, compare dos some other "invisible" stereotypes.
And the sex thing is just sick. I'm prefectly happy as a virgin, actually, and plan on staying that way a long time. I don't want some guy who wants me for my body, though I'm not the type to attract those kind of guys (I go to school almost exactly as I wake up, except that I brush my teeth, comb my hair, change, and wash my face. I wear men's clothes for comfort).
Miley is a bad rolemodel for young teens, and there are a lot of genuinly good people out there who should have a chance to shine.
But, as always, the cheaters climb their way to the top, and the honest, talented people are forgotten. Such has always been how things work, sadly.
You have read my mind.
Almost EVERY girl I know is obssessed with Miley's show and music, and I'm being brutally honest, she isn't HORRIBLE, but I just don't understand the reason why she's so amazing in so many people's eyes.
And that's exactly what I tell all my friends, that she might just turn up like Britney or Paris, you know, doing the whole partying and doing some bad stuff kinda thing, but no one believes me.
And when I told them about the Miley pictures, they were all, 'Oh, it's not that bad. It's just a picture. No big deal.'
Yah, but you don't see EVERYONE coming out with pictures like that.
Geez. >.<
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A movie made after 1990. The only thing I can remember is that this is the story of a couple who, at some point of the story, buy an object at a flea market or so. Then they break out, get back together and go to the flea market again. In my memory it might be raining the second time, but I am not sure of that. Until recently I thought it was "the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" so there must be some similitude.
I know this is very vague but I really have nothing else.