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Baby Love
Deborah Pintonelli
Baby Love
Don't forget your lizard boots, I said this every time you threatened to leave me. But you never left. There was nowhere for you to go, and we both knew it.
What is it about an old man that makes him take such crazy risks? The house on the beach, Fort Lauderdale no less, the ten thousand dollar a month for two months output on a lousy two bedroom with cheesy bathrooms that some old broad saving for her daughter's wedding is going to rake in on because I have to entertain someone twenty-five years younger than me, someone who I think looks like a handful of Italian actresses I've been in love with all of my life. But you are not an actress, you are a poor girl from some New York beach town I've never even been to and don't care to visit and I've laid out a lot of time and money on a situation that I thought for sure was only lose-lose because you didn't love me. What makes a man do such a thing?
It could've been your hanging down to the top of your tits hair or the mole on your left cheek near the chin. Or your skin, your skin, your skin. And the baby inside of that skin, that golden belly: whose was it, did you even know? Not mine. At sixty you gotta be kidding. But at night as I listened to you snore ever so lightly in the other bedroom I imagined it was mine, the quality of my sperm besting the quality of mostly everything else about me, i.e. my skinny legs, my medium-sized dick, my lack of enough hair even though I am in no way balding.
It was, as you of course must have noticed since you were always so kind not to ever, ever make any reference to any of it, mostly the lack of excellence in my overall make-up, a problem since my earliest days, that was my main complaint in life, although a man like myself would never admit to the selfishness, the vanity involved in such an assessment. No, better that a person should pretend that what was given to them at birth was enough. So much better. It ups the coolness factor and lends one an air of resigned refinement that is so lacking in everyone and everything these days.
The truth, now that you are gone and I can admit it, is that I have always wanted to be someone like you or to at least possess the same. What does that mean? How can I say it? The words come thick in my mouth like a hundred warm, dull pennies shoved in there for safekeeping. I've wanted something glamorous like you, the you of you spread over me like a healing salve. If the creature in your belly was indeed a part of the two of us, with your beauty overriding my mediocrity, then I would have accomplished something in what has been an otherwise dull and disappointing life.
Your skin taut over the growing baby inside of you. The way you waddled to the water's edge only to plunge in fearlessly just as a wave was about to overtake you. The way I watched, neurotically counting the seconds then minutes it took you to resurface further out than I would have imagined you would go. The shorts with the word "Italia" printed on them in white were left on the beach and it was only you in your black bikini that swam and swam and swam.
There I left you, sunset after sunset, so that I could go into the expensive little house to prepare our refreshments. Day after day we performed the same rituals, extracted the same amount of joy from the not so measly but still somehow paltry, to me anyway, surroundings. It's not that I imagined us in anything more grand, although I certainly could have gone for it, it was that you in your extravagant condition seemed deserving of things that I could not even imagine providing, scouting for, gathering up in a humble basket to offer. And that is by way of saying that spending close to twenty-five thousand dollars of cash from my IRA was not nearly enough.
Why should this be any of your concern? It is not. It was not. Nothing that would distract you from the blessing of what was happening inside of you should ever be your concern. But there is where I begin to sound like my mother. I have to be careful of where and when I start sounding like my mother, mind you, but I am not afraid to admit when it happens, no, I expect it all the same, just as I expect to have to scour the toilet with Comet every other day because maybe where you come from they don't do that or you yourself have never scoured a toilet by your own hand, but where I come from, Ohio to be exact, Cleveland to be even more damn specific, we scour many things in an attempt to cleanse ourselves of the almighty filth that rains down on us from the putrid regions of the country. And I am sorry to say that when I refer to these regions I am probably making an uncouth reference to the very place that you call home.
But you were, I say, or would be if I were mouthing such things to you instead of thinking them while swishing a few fresh ice cubes into my tumbler of gin, not from any such regions really. You were a lovely girl from Calabria with a chocolate-dusted mole on her left cheek and a similar one on her thigh very close to the exorbitantly lush thatch that was to have been the baby's portal. Or would have been had I not altered its fate in such a brutal way.
Your problem with keeping our little nest clean? I can't even begin to imagine what it could be other than your belief that you, not a gorgeous actress or model but only a poor girl from New York with a crooked nose, were too good for such tasks. But I took it to heart, this refusal of yours to help with anything, anything at all. You joined book clubs, you drank a lot of tea, your stomach was never right: in all of these things I fully supported you, that yes, you, a young girl could have all of these inabilities, disabilities, really, and still be worth the trouble.
I email my mother: Send more cash and she emails me back saying, Howard you are out of your mind. We wanted a grandchild, you see, and daily I was almost tasting blood for the want of it, of him, until I met you. Then he was within my grasp, almost mine. While he was still unborn I could hear him calling out to me, letting me know in unsubtle ways that I was not wasting my time and money, that soon he would be mine and the memory of you just a dim, lovely buzz. And now the little chocolate boy is here with me, in the other room.
We met at the Seawatch restaurant thirty minutes North from my old apartment on A1A. It is called Seawatch because you can do that there, watch the sea and you can also eat seafood, particularly the fried sole stuffed with crabmeat. But just as important are the girls they hire to wait tables and hostess. It is a fine bunch, an ever-shifting cast of forlorn and attractive characters who have kept me company for a good fifteen years now. Lola, a Cuban from a good family in Miami was a welcome addition for a while. As was Candace, the British artist visiting some old relative in Boca. Supreme was Molly, the chick from LA who just loved the rugged, boring beauty of South Florida and who liked to do it in the great outdoors.
And then there was you. Serena. Simple, shy Serena with fine bones and an empty stomach. Sit and eat I said many a time when you looked as if you hadn't in days. But you were not that boring after all, were you? You liked to fuck with the lizard boots on and not much else. You had to have espresso every morning and you didn't complain about much in the beginning, did you? And then boom, you were knocked up. And boom, I became all varieties of ridiculous, and the money started going and the exchanges with my mother ever sharper, and I thought that I might just be making the biggest mistake ever.
I named him Javier. Why that name? After Javier Peña, my boss at the Home Depot for ten years. It was Javier who told me that if I didn't move to Florida and chase my dreams that I might as well not call myself a man. What did he know with his hot Mexican wife and beautiful children to go home to every night? A lot. The whole family, other than his wife, went around with shaved heads, sports jerseys and oversized pants all the time; but they were great people. I learned a lot from them. I don't think that I could call Javier up right now and explain my situation to him, but someday I will be able to bring our son back home and show him off.
Right now I have enough on my hands. The rental is up in about four days. I have to get all of our stuff together, dispose of your things, and find a new place to live, somewhere with two bedrooms, of course. I made a big mess in the kitchen when I brought Javier in to clean him up; the umbilical cord had trailed a bit in the sand, which left a bloody, crystallized mess all over the black tile counters and some grains as well on the shitty, stained oatmeal-colored wool carpet in the living room. Why the living room? Well, I had to run over to the shades and shut them fast once I realized that duh, anyone could see right in and watch me working on a brand new baby in my rented oceanfront cottage.
Your body, I saw it float back out, black hair and whitened fingertips trailing all around you like the corona around the Virgin of Guadalupe that the Peñas were always on about. Rays of black, white and silver all around your dead shape blessing everyone near it. Who saw you, though? No one did. I had the hunting knife in the flap of my chinos when I walked to the water where you were sitting, out of breath from your evening swim. You smiled up at me, pearly whites gleaming in their frame of tanned, perfect skin. It was a little rainy, so the bathers had scattered and the beach emptied, as if in perfect concert with my chore.
I have to admit that at that moment you didn't matter any more. As beautiful as you were, the object of my desire was elsewhere, and I had to get to that place to retrieve it, to make it my own. The first cut was the most difficult. After getting you down with the ether and suffocating you I had to work quickly; my first move was crucial and the thought of it almost had me frozen hard in a sickening panic. But no, I prevailed. I sliced heavily into your side just in back of the ribcage until I could feel myself sawing on bone. Then I traced an outline that went up under your breasts and back around to the other row of ribs. I had practiced on a side of beef many times, thinking that if I ever got this lucky that I should be prepared.
On my hands were the best pair of lightweight Steelcore II Cut Resistant Gloves, made of stainless steel fiber wrapped in nylon. They enabled me to handle the knife with ease and also to rip flesh from bone to get at the sac with the child in it. That sac, the womb I guess it is called, is a disgusting piece of work that had me gagging in the sand for a few minutes. There was no time for that, though, so I wiped my mouth on one of the towels I had brought down and then commenced slicing up the soft tissue so that I could reach in and touch our baby. He was slippery, slick, but also cheesy and sticky, all of which reminded me of the gorgonzola-stuffed olive I would be dropping into my drink as soon as I got back inside and cleaned up. I didn't calculate nearly accurately how long that would be, or I would have mixed up a batch beforehand. As it was, once I got inside with Javier and before I got a chance to work on him some more I knocked back a shot straight from the bottle simply to settle my nerves.
So, the trail of bloody sand I left as I struggled with him in his towels, the shades, my nerves, your floating corpse which I thought I could still see but that of course was ridiculous, was the least of it. When baby and I finally sat down with our respective beverages after me checking him as thoroughly as I could for any possible trouble in any of the orifices or limbs, I nestled him in a brand new chenille blanket and cried a little. Yes, I cried. Then I emailed my mother: Need more cash. Not out of my mind this time, have actually hit the jackpot. More later. We still wrote our emails as if they were telegrams, but who the hell cared? She sent a message back that said only Okay, which meant that she had just been or was soon to be pounded by our neighbor down the block and was in what could be called a good mood.
Baby Javi, I called him that because that was my old boss's nickname, is possibly the most beautiful, peaceful child I have ever known. That first night he slept in the Moses basket that I bought for him like he'd been in it his whole life. The next day we got out of there quickly, mainly because after cleaning up almost all night I couldn't stand to be there one more minute. I rode down A1A, saw a For Rent sign on a building not too far from the house, called the number from my cell while still in the car, got the owner on the line, saw the apartment a half hour later and rented it on the spot. It is a charming little dump with a sort-of view of the water, but we will be in a good spot, healthy for a growing child and near to the spirit of the woman who gave birth to him, which I think is a good thing.


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Just another night at the Gorbals. It's weird and fun and a little rough around the edges, but definitely from the heart. Prices are on the low side, portions small. But everything has real flavor.
I'd gone with friends for dinner. But as we approached 5th and Spring streets -- blocks before, really -- we saw hundreds and hundreds of people walking. Walking! Downtown! At night! Music pumped from the entrance to an aristocratic-looking building. Parking attendants waving fluorescent wands herded cars into parking lots, while a trio of food trucks dispensed tacos and pork belly sandwiches to a hungry throng and workers at a sidewalk table gave out free canvas bags touting the 2010 census.
Sure, it was the regular Downtown Art Walk, but who knew even that could bring out crowds like this?
We hadn't been able to get a reservation because the Gorbals takes them only for parties of six or more, so we decided to take the four empty spaces at the communal table. The restaurant had been mostly full other times I'd gone and gotten busier as the night wore on. If you arrive at 6, say, I imagine you can get a spot, but you might be eating all by your lonesome.
But know this before you go: The Gorbals is a peculiar, very personal restaurant from a chef with a point of view. He's Ilan Hall, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York and the pastry program at the school's Napa Valley campus who has worked for Tom Colicchio at Craft and for Mario Batali at his Spanish tapas place, Casa Mono, both in New York.
His own way
He's best known, though, as the kid who won the second season of "Top Chef." But Hall seems to be a very different breed from more recent winners. Here's a cook who builds dishes from the flavor up. These are not intellectual exercises. Some of his food may challenge the limits of diners' palates, and it probably won't impress those looking for another notch in their foodie belt, but the Gorbals is fresh and fun.
Choosing that name -- for the neighborhood in Glasgow where Hall's Scottish and Israeli parents, both of Eastern European descent, grew up -- may not have been Hall's smartest move. But at least there's some honest feeling behind it.
And though it's often referred to as a Scottish-Jewish restaurant, the Gorbals is much more than that. Call it global immigrant cuisine. I'm only guessing here, but it's probably the kind of food he'd cook for friends in a garage band. Other than the small-plates concept, it doesn't have much to do with the current trends in restaurant cooking.
Hall strikes me as a guy cooking the food that he likes. And what he likes is pretty eclectic. He's got offal. He's got plenty of bacon in his dishes too, but nowhere near Animal quantities (and when he does use bacon, it makes sense, as in his fluffy matzo balls wrapped in bacon; the combination is fantastic, though in no way kosher). And if Hall ever went head to head with renegade French chef Ludo Lefebvre, he probably wouldn't score many points for polish or technique, but he just might win for overall satisfaction. His food isn't pretty, but it certainly has flavor.
"Here you are, darling," says our server, setting down a dish that combines languorous charred octopus tentacles with sautéed chicken gizzards. It's unconventional, funky -- and tasty with a squirt of lemon. There's his version of the Momofuku pork belly bun too, this one on slightly sweet dinner rolls that mimic the texture and taste of Chinese bao, with rich braised oxtail inside. And I love the split marrow bone served with a pile of sautéed oyster mushrooms, fresh walnuts and a splash of vinegar.
Butternut squash latkes instead of the traditional potato -- two to an order, served steaming, with enough chestnut cream to slather on two dozen of the tasty pancakes. His vegetable dishes, in fact, all tend to be unusual. You won't see any Beverly Hills chopped salad here. Offerings are more along the lines of braised purple cabbage with caraway seeds and walnuts or a salad of Persian cucumbers with rice wine vinegar and sesame.
And that offal? The dishes are just as out of the ordinary. One night there's tripe, cut the size and shape of French fries and fried to a deep crunch, served with an aioli for dipping. It's surprising and good, enjoyed by even the offal-intimidated at the table. Another of Hall's signature items is GLT, basically a BLT with fried chicken skin, or gribenes (that's the G), substituted for the bacon. Mmm, crisp chicken skin. On skinny slices of rye bread, it looks like something your grandmother would put together for lunch.
Yes, the menu sometimes includes haggis, that much-maligned, heady mix of various organ meats and oatmeal cooked in a sheep or calf's stomach. Here, it's homemade and appears as a delicious stuffing in slices of chicken Balmoral, which is served with clapshot. Say what? It's a homey mash of potatoes and turnips, perfect for the rainy weather.
Budget design
As we taste our way through half a dozen dishes, candles flicker in my peripheral vision. The Gorbals space is makeshift and rude, put together obviously with very little money. A white door is grubby. Waiters dash in and out of a flap of black curtain. Customers at the bar sit on upended wooden crates. Beverly Hills it isn't. In fact, I doubt you'll see a designer logo in the place. This is hand-knit muffler, hoodie and leather jacket territory.
With no presence on the street except for a white flag emblazoned with the name, the restaurant feels something like an old-time speak-easy. In the Alexandria Hotel lobby, black-and-white photos of former star-studded banquets try to give the place a thin scrim of glamour. In actuality, it looks a little sad sack, the once famous Palm Court at one end of the lobby locked, a leasing office in the hallway where the down and out sometimes wander. And with no valet parking out front, you'll have to hoof it from one of two parking garages on the block.
The wine list is quite minimal at the moment, about 20 wines by the glass or bottle, starting at $9 and $28, respectively, and including Chalone Pinot Noir, Goodnight Pinot Grigio or Chamisal Stainless Chardonnay. The beer selection is fairly standard: Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada and the like, which I suspect is more due to lack of funds than policy. However, if you enjoy Scotch, Hall's got a sweet little list of single malts, including a 16-year-old Lagavulin or a 14-year-old Clynelish, both $10.
For sweets, go with the sticky toffee pudding, which is more cake than pudding, served with espresso ice cream and a touch of Maldon salt.
But don't expect the mime troupe every night. They were members of the Wandering Marionettes who perform upstairs in the hotel on the weekends drumming up business. Never mind. There's plenty of entertainment and soul at this new downtown spot, even without them. And 5-inch Balenciaga heels not required.
The Gorbals
LOCATIONInside the Alexandria Hotel, 501 S. Spring St., downtown Los Angeles; (213) 488-3408; www.thegorbalsla.com.
PRICESavory small plates, $7 to $15; sweets, $7. Corkage, $15.
DETAILSOpen for lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday and for dinner 6 p.m. to midnight Monday to Wednesday and 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday to Saturday. Full bar. Parking in lots just to the south on the same block. Sunday brunch is served 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality. ****: Outstanding on every level. ***: Excellent. **: Very good. *: Good. No star: Poor to satisfactory.

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Print showing a phrenological consulting room for servants, England, 1805-1830
This satirical print shows servants who are looking for work having the lumps and bumps of their skulls examined to determine what their character and abilities are in a practice known as phrenology. The inscription at the bottom expresses the desire for a day when phrenological tests will replace the need for references. The books of two prominent phrenologists, Franz Gall (1758-1828), the founder of phrenology, and Johann Spurzheim (1776-1832), sit on the shelves with phrenological heads, which were used for consultations. Although practitioners of phrenology took the subject seriously many others, including the majority of the medical profession, saw the practice as quackery. Certainly, the artist thought so, exaggerating the lumps and bumps of the skulls that phrenologists looked and felt for.
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As the flood waters from Hurricane Sandy quickly rose around Jay DiVone's home in Brick, he made sure to secure his boat in the backyard. Then it hit him.
"I think, 'Holy cow, the Vette's in the garage. What the hell am I thinking about?'" DiVone recalled.
DiVone's Vette was a lovingly, meticulously restored fathom green 1969 Corvette. By the time he got to the garage, 7 or 8 inches of water had creeped in. He raised the car up on jack stands, but it wasn't enough — the garage took on 27 inches of water throughout the storm.
The car was totaled.
The one-year anniversary of Sandy has many retelling tales of destruction and tragedy. Here's one you probably haven't heard: The storm was the single-worst disaster in the history of the classic car industry.
A combination of salt water (highly corrosive to car parts) and location (there are more classic cars in this region than any other) had American Collectors Insurance paying out "many millions" in claims.
The Cherry Hill-based company isn't running from the memory. In fact, it's documenting those stories in the second season of the American Collectors Insurance online TV series called "American Detours," which premiered this month to coincide with the anniversary of the storm.
American Collectors Insurance launched the Web TV series last spring as a marketing tool, after it was pitched to them by their ad agency, Mint Advertising.
"We wanted to position ourselves in a unique way. We have been in business for a long time, but marketing is changing," said Laura Packard, vice president of sales and marketing. "And we didn't just want to do the same old print advertising that we've done forever.
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"Instead, we wanted to create something that not only would speak to potential customers, but would speak to current customers," she said.
The first season of the show, hosted by well-known car nut Jeff Glucker and actress and Syfy channel TV personality Jael De Pardo, was built around the pair traveling to a different part of the country and exploring the region in the various vintage vehicles owned by American Collectors Insurance policy holders.
The second season of the series would have included more of the same — if it hadn't been for the extreme devastation Hurricane Sandy inflicted on the Garden State.
"Sandy was the largest single event to affect the classic car hobby — bigger than Katrina, bigger than any other storm, just because of the concentration of collector cars in the region," Packard said.
Because of it, the company has dedicated two full episodes to the storm's impact on collectors and their cars.
"There's a strong resolve and a lot of fortitude among collectors," she said. "Their spirit was not broken."
DiVone is a case in point.
It took him five years to find his '69 Corvette and four or five more to restore it. He has photos of his children teetering on stools to peer into its depths. So he decided he wasn't going to just let it go.
American Collectors Insurance gave him the opportunity to buy back the remains of his totaled car after his insurance claim was paid. Over the course of six months, he brought the car back to life. And in the two episodes of "American Detours" dedicated to Hurricane Sandy, the hosts cruise down the Shore in DiVone's fully functional, immaculately re-restored Corvette.
"The car almost becomes a part of the family because it's got so much history," DiVone said.


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Oh I am so not well. I have a migraine and I didn't sleep last night thinking about all the signs that led up to tomorrows two year anniversary. What was cheater doing? Sleeping. Oh I don't worry I kicked him, threw his sheets off him and made him get up with the kids. I also told him how I've realized some thing about marriage... When you get married, you trust someone with your life. You should NEVER trust anyone with your life.
It's bad enough when your parents treat you like crap.. You have no control over that. It's another thing when you choose the person that ends up treating you like crap.
Last night was the first time I ever felt like doing something to the mistress. Like posting her nude pictures on the Internet. I thought about doing a whole blog with her name as the title. Wouldn't that be oh so nice for her, her family and friends to see someday. Or an employer when they search for her....
It's lucky for her that I have a conscious and I know right from wrong. It's a good thing alright....
I'm so flipping mad today... I can't even stand it.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Tomorrow-Two Years Since D-Day
Oh I am so not well. I have a migraine and I didn't sleep last night thinking about all the signs that led up to tomorrows two year anniversary. What was cheater doing? Sleeping. Oh I don't worry I kicked him, threw his sheets off him and made him get up with the kids. I also told him how I've realized some thing about marriage... When you get married, you trust someone with your life. You should NEVER trust anyone with your life.
9 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2012 at 11:34 AM
You could always post her on cheaters.com... have thought of doing that to the whore too... that way when someone googles her it comes up! Haven't done it myself though... sucks being a 'good' person!!! UGH!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2012 at 4:07 PM
I inadvertently posted the AP's name on SI. Now when people google the facebook page or name, up that link pops. Oops.ReplyDelete
Hi I.R. Why should YOU be the only one going through the meat-grinder as a result of THEIR poor decision-making? She deserves some 'negative consequences' for her part in this debacle... Why should she (they, actually) be entitled to anonymity when you have to suffer so publicly? Retribution isn't a dirty word; it's a way to balance the scales, to even things out. Having a conscience can be a liability sometimes, when something is so richly deserved by some jackass. DO IT!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 5:37 AM
what is SI?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Surviving Infidelity.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2012 at 3:46 AM
I want you to print the pictures of her out, and mail them to her anonymously. You won't get to see her face, but you'll know. She will be horrified.ReplyDelete
I just found out a month ago. I still want to punch her in the face. Him too. Him twice.
- Infidelity RageSeptember 8, 2012 at 4:03 AM
You know, I would do all of these, but first, I don't want to see her naked with my husband again, and I believe in karma and fear something will happen to me. Yeah, I know, how could I feel that way.... I just don't want to face another nightmare and especially one that is my fault this time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:08 PM
I wrote a letter via email, did a bit of that kind of thing. Had flying monkeys come after me via Facebook (where husband hooked up with cheating bitch in the first place). Then she slapped me with a restraining order...me! we settled privately. horrendous, and way triggering, but it got it on paper that my husband & I were one team, against her... that was satisfying. No contact allowed, all around. legal consequences. What a cheap, tawdry skank--in a fancy profession, so she's all worried about her reputation. hah... if only they knew, they would run in droves.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I posted many of my husbands cheat partners on www.cheaterville.com One actually had her mother call me and ask to take it down. She said she'd get a lawyer and sue me. LOL Bring it on bitch. It's only defamation if it's not true. Besides that, how can you make a whores reputation any worse? My D-day was March 27, 2011. My husband is a recovering sex addict. We've been married for twenty years. He never told me and I thought we had the perfect marriage. My posts on cheaterville have gotten over a million hits. I highly recommend it. I post under the name Blindsided. We are still together but I am struggling like anyone else would be. I also sent each one of them cards from www.IamMadatYouCards.com They have a great card that has a picture of a delolition sight of a home. Inside it says that they won the "Homewrecker of the year award". I also sent it to their parents and spouses. This IS the Karma they get.ReplyDelete


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The Jamboree proper lasts from July 26 to August 4 and includes numerous activities for Scouts and opportunities to meet Scouts from other parts of the United States and other countries.
There are also two arena shows attended by all of the approximately 40,000 Scouts participating in the Jamboree.
Following the Jamboree, most of the Utah National Parks Council contingent, a total of 15 troops, will embark on a six day tour of sites in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio important in the history of the United States and in the history of their faith.
All of these Scouts are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The council also offers tours that include more national historic sites for Scouts who are not Latter-day Saints.
This Jamboree, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, is the last of eight to be held at Fort A. P. Hill.
The next Jamboree, in 2013, will be held at a new 50,000 acre high adventure property acquired by the Boy Scouts of America in the New River Gorge of West Virginia.


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Where did you go to school?
What did you study?
When did you graduate?
Your education? Kind of a huge deal. Think about how it shaped you. Talk about the moment you figured out your REAL area of study, for example, or some of the biggest lessons you learned, inside or outside class.


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Memorial Day, a special day filled with love and prayer remembering those who have touched our lives and filled our hearts with everlasting memories. Our nation's flags at half-staff. The stars and stripes mark the graves of fallen soldiers. Prayers are offered; America stops to remember those who fought and died for freedom. That is what Memorial Day is supposed to be for all Americans, a time to reflect on the past, remembering those who helped guarantee our freedoms. It's a day set aside to remember the accomplishments of men and women of valor and courage.
These brave men and women who answered their country's call came from all walks of life. They came from factories, offices, college and farms. Some were young and just beginning life, while others were busy raising families. Each had one thing in common; they were proud of their country. They demonstrated this pride by serving the nation. They asked not for reward or glory. They asked only to serve their nation. These proud men and women were to face, fear and danger, defending the flag and freedom for their fellow citizens. They have paid the price for our freedoms and to see our flag continue to wave freely. The price of freedom for these heroes was their lives.
Our task, those who have served the nation and returned to their loved ones, friends and neighbors, is to ensure that Americans everywhere remember these men and women, and honor their service and sacrifice. All of us and today's veterans will never forget our loved ones in uniform who paid so much so others could be free. That's what Memorial Day is to veterans. It is a day to remember those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while fulfilling the greatest obligation of their citizenship.
After Memorial Day that is when summer begins for me and time to cook outside. However, this year we're awfully slow doing much of it. Either we have been too busy, or it has been raining to really enjoy cooking outside. Here is a scrumptious way with potatoes while you're grilling the meat.
4 potatoes
1/4 cup fresh chives,
chopped and divided
1 cup Italian salad
1 onion, sliced
4 sprigs fresh sage
salt and pepper to taste
Cut each potato into 6 wedges. Lay 3 wedges together on a double square of aluminum foil; sprinkle with one tablespoon of chives and 2 tablespoons salad dressing. Place a slice of onion and a sprig of sage on remaining 3 wedges. Fit potato back together and sprinkle with an additional 2 to 3 tablespoons salad dressing. Wrap tightly. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender. Discard sage; add salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4.
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The July 27 event is also described as a fundraiser, but without the permit, alcohol cannot be served or consumed in public.
Robert Rynearson, the director of FreePB.org, and his attorney, Corey Briggs, appealed a decision by police to the Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee.
Police Chief William Lansdowne told the committee his department denied the group's permit because allowing people to bring their own alcohol would result in minors mixing with adults who are drinking.
"They can have their event if they have a beer garden," said Lansdowne, who explained that other organizations have a fenced-off area where adults can legally drink in public, but those under 21 years of age are not admitted.
Another police official said only beer or wine can be consumed in a beer garden and not other types of liquor.
Rynearson said he didn't want a beer garden because people should not feel like they can only "consume an adult refreshment in a cage." He also said he felt families should feel together and not have to separate to drink alcohol.
Briggs said it was unfair for the city to deny the permit with the idea the group had no successful track record of similar events. Officials have to grant permits before organizations can have a successful track record, said Briggs.
Four people, including three who live in Pacific Beach, spoke against the event and said they supported the police department's viewpoint.
District 6 City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf made the motion to deny the appeal, and it was seconded by District 9 City Councilwoman Marti Emerald. Also voting to deny the appeal were councilmembers David Alvarez and Frank Kersey.
"I, personally, think a beer garden is a good idea," said Zapf.
Emerald agreed.
"Keep the kids away from the alcohol. Have a beer garden," said Emerald to Rynearson and Briggs as the meeting concluded.


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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Senate Republicans crying foul after Gov. Pat Quinn used a rare procedural maneuver to try to aid the confirmation of two appointees announced several efforts Thursday to close what they described as a constitutional loophole.
State Sen. Tim Bivins' amendment would prevent an extension of the 60 session days of consideration the Senate has by law to confirm appointments made by the governor. Senate Republicans are also sponsoring a modification of the Senate rules, and have asked Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to issue an opinion on the current law.
"This flies in the face of the constitution and its intent," Bivins, of Dixon, said of Quinn's actions. He noted that under the constitution, "the potential exists to make all appointments in this manner."
Quinn faced opposition from the chamber's black and Latino caucuses over budget cuts and other issues in the reappointment of Julie Hamos as the director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and in appointing Manny Flores as the head of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
The governor's withdrawing the names of Hamos and Flores from consideration by the Senate and then moving to re-nominate them allows the time clock on the appointment process to restart, giving supporters of the an extra 60 days to secure votes in their favor.
Hamos, a former state lawmaker from Evanston and director of the agency since 2010, oversaw an overhaul of Medicaid that included $2.7 billion in cuts. Black and Latino caucus members had asked Quinn to replace Hamos, arguing that the cuts came down hardest on the neediest of their constituents. Republicans, at the same time, have criticized her for moving too slowly to implement Medicaid reforms.
Flores, a Chicago Democrat and former city alderman, has had repeated political clashes with state Sen. Willie Delgado, a ranking member of the Senate appointments committee.
The chamber's deadline to act on the Hamos and Flores appointments was the end of this week. Senate Democrats supportive of the appointments acknowledged that neither Hamos nor Flores would have likely been confirmed had the vote been held.
Quinn said Thursday he used the procedure to give Senate President John Cullerton extra time.
"We were happy to give it to him," Quinn said at an unrelated event in Chicago.
Cullerton's spokeswoman, Rikeesha Phelon, said the governor and the Senate president spoke about using the maneuver, which she called "very rare and somewhat unprecedented."
Phelon said Cullerton "does personally support both nominees" and noted he "really does think that Hamos was doing an able job and thinks she deserves more time for consideration."
Republican senators also pointed to past examples of times the governor has used the maneuver, including when Flores was appointed chair and commissioner of the Illinois Commerce Commission in January 2010. Close to the 60 day deadline, Quinn withdrew his appointment and instead appointed Flores to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Somebody has to be called on the carpet for it," State Sen. Darin LaHood of Dunlap said.
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Genetic use restriction technology (GURT), colloquially known as terminator technology or suicide seeds, is the name given to proposed methods for restricting the use of genetically modified plants by causing second generation seeds to be sterile. The technology was developed under a cooperative research and development agreement between the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and Delta and Pine Land company in the 1990s, but it is not yet commercially available.[1]
The technology was discussed during the 8th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Curitiba, Brazil, March 20–31, 2006.
There are conceptually two types of GURT:[2][3]
- Variety-level Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (V-GURTs): This type of GURT produces sterile seeds, so the seed from this crop could not be used as seeds, but only for sale as food or fodder.[1] This would not have an immediate impact on the large number of primarily western farmers who use hybrid seeds, as they do not produce their own planting seeds, and instead buy specialized hybrid seeds from seed production companies. However, currently around 80 percent of farmers in both Brazil and Pakistan grow crops based on saved seeds from previous harvests.[4] Consequentially, resistance to the introduction of GURT technology into developing countries is strong.[4] The technology is restricted at the plant variety level, hence the term V-GURT. Manufacturers of genetically enhanced crops would use this technology to protect their products from unauthorised use.
- T-GURT: A second type of GURT modifies a crop in such a way that the genetic enhancement engineered into the crop does not function until the crop plant is treated with a chemical that is sold by the biotechnology company.[1] Farmers can save seeds for use each year. However, they do not get to use the enhanced trait in the crop unless they purchase the activator compound. The technology is restricted at the trait level, hence the term T-GURT.
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Terminator seeds were initially developed as a concept by the United States Department of Agriculture and multinational seed companies. As of 2006, they had not been commercialized anywhere in the world due to opposition from farmers, indigenous peoples, NGOs, and some governments. In 2000, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity recommended a de facto moratorium on field-testing and commercial sale of terminator seeds; the moratorium was re-affirmed and the language strengthened in March 2006, at the COP8 meeting of the UNCBD.[5] India and Brazil have passed national laws to prohibit the technology.[4]
Potential uses
Where effective intellectual monopoly, specifically biological patents, doesn't exist or is not enforced, GURTs could be an alternative to stimulate plant developing activities by biotech firms.[1]
Non-viable seeds produced on V-GURT plants may reduce the propagation of volunteer plants. Volunteer plants can become an economic problem for larger-scale mechanized farming systems that incorporate crop rotation.[1]
Under warm, wet harvest conditions non V-GURT grain can sprout, which lowers the quality of grain produced. It is likely that this problem would not occur with the use of V-GURT grain varieties.[1]
Use of V-GURT technology could prevent escape of transgenes into wild relatives and prevent any impact on biodiversity. Crops modified to produce non-food products could be armed with GURT technology to prevent accidental transmission of these traits into crops destined for foods.[1]
See also
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Convention on biological diversity
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Genetic pollution
- Hybrid seed
- Genetically modified organism
- Seed saving
- Transgenic maize
- Digital rights management
- ^ a b c d e f g www.worldseed.org, International Seed Federation. "Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (Bangalore, June 2003)" (PDF). (Position Paper Supporting V-GURT development)
- ^ Patrick Heffer. Biotechnology: a modern tool for food production improvement in Seed Policy and Programmes for the Central and Eastern European Countries, Commonwealth of Independent States and Other Countries in Transition. FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 168. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
- ^ Jefferson RA et al. Genetic Use Restriction Technologies: Technical Assessment of the Set of New Technologies which Sterilize or Reduce the Agronomic Value of Second Generation Seed, as Exemplified by U.S. Patent No. 5,723,765, and WO 94/03619. Expert paper, prepared for the Secretariat on 30 April 1999
- ^ a b c Haider Rizvi, "BIODIVERSITY: Don't Sell "Suicide Seeds", Activists Warn", Inter Press Service News Agency, March 21, 2006
- ^ "Moratorium". Ban Terminator. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
External links
- Scientific explanation of Terminator Technology
- USPTO Patent Number 5,723,765 - method for producing a seed incapable of germination, (claim no. 10)
- Sterile Seeds audio broadcast on Kootenay Co-op Radio's Deconstructing Dinner program
- Ban Terminator Organization
- Detailed timeline of history of Terminator Technology[dead link]
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Eco-matters website, providing resources from Progressio, Chair of the UK Working Group on Terminator Technology[dead link]


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A Fresh Take on Tradition: Neon Holiday
When decorating for the holidays, why not break through the traditional color scheme and opt for something a little more vibrant!? Adding a bit of neon color to your decor can really liven things up in a very modern way!
- Danielle Thompson was inspired by neon colors in her design of holiday wrapping and decor. This little vignette embraces bright touches through and through!
- Etsy seller SketchInk sells these adorable geometric holiday ornaments adorned in bright neon colors. They'll liven up any tree!
- Inspired by the Holiday 2007 issue of Blueprint magazine, Yvonne over at modern.girl put up her own pink tree. Love the juxtaposition with the artwork!
- Jonathan Adler's Utopia Man/Woman Menorah looks stunning with a pop of color in the candle. The simple addition of electric blue adds so much to this modern Hanukkah decoration!
- Anthology's just-released Holiday edition has a gorgeous and inspirational page all about infusing neon colors into holiday decor with simple and easy to fine items like gaffer's tape and gouache paint.
- Electric teal anyone!? I've always been tempted to get a white tree, but never pulled the trigger. InspirationForHome makes me want to a bit more...
- Israeli studio Armadillo created these Hanukkah menorah and candlesticks using the same techniques that are used in making laboratory vessels. They're filled with water and oil to create variation in the color. Via DesignDiffusion.
- Coastal Living embraces neon colors in this setting with three skinny trees in different hues! They're especially vibrant on the white backdrop!
- HeartfeltYarnWreaths offer so many options, but this bright turquoise and red is our favorite bright decor item! Modernize the traditional palette with brights!
- Decorate a traditional tree, but with neon ornaments and accents for a lesser departure from the norm, like this one found on Alkemie. The look is still high-impact, but using a traditionally green tree!


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Did you know?
San Bushman paintings were often made of blood, gall, egg-white and ochre.
A stunning gallery of South African rock art is permanently open in the Drakensberg mountains and the Cederberg region of the Western Cape, and is the legacy of the San Bushmen, the original inhabitants of southern Africa. Their drawings have long fascinated local and international scholars with their fineness, simplicity of design and bold use of colour, similar to modern poster technique.
The San people, primitive hunter-gatherers when the Europeans arrived, had no tribal system and did not integrate easily. They were hunted, and driven into remote areas such as the Kalahari Desert, the Drakensberg and the Maluti Mountains, where their art survives in caves and under overhangs of rock.
World experts on rock paintings agree that the works of the San Bushmen are the most numerous and strikingly advanced in the world, and South African rock art sites are now protected as a national heritage. To prevent damage to the images, hikers are barred from using remote Drakensberg caves as shelter and must camp outside.
The world was introduced to the strangely spiritual culture of the San, with their grasp of art, music and ritual dance, by author Laurens van der Post, who wrote The Lost World of the Kalahari in 1958.
South Africa's oldest museum, the Iziko SA Museum in Cape Town, opened in 1825, has an exceptional South African rock art display - including whole sections from caves.
The Bushman Cave Museum, an open-air site in the Giant's Castle Reserve in the Drakensberg, has 500 paintings, some of them thought to be thousands of years old. Kamberg, near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal, has Shelter Cave, which can be visited with a guide. Bushman's Kloof in the Cederberg region is also a spectacular rock art gallery, as is the Gifberg mountains in the Western Cape.
Kimberley, in the Northern Cape, boasts the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, a community-based initiative shared between the indigenous San and Khoe people and researchers. It has been carefully integrated around a sacred hill.
The McGregor Museum in Kimberley and the Vryburg Museum on the edge of the Kalahari also have strong exhibits of rock art in South Africa.
Travel tips & Planning info
How to get here
Most rock art sites are accessed by a gentle to moderate walk from your lodge or centre where you're parked.
Best time to visit
South Africa boasts a mild climate all year round. Winters are coldest in the Cape.
How to get around
South Africa's rock art sites are accessible by guided tours, which are generally arranged at your lodge or resort.
Length of stay
Half-week or full week.
What to pack
Hiking shoes and warm clothes, as the sites are in either the Drakensberg or Cederberg mountains.
Where to stay
Accommodation near the rock sites is plentiful and varied, from rustic to luxury.
What to eat
There is a pick of restaurants at or near the various rock art sites or rock art centres.


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Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Review
Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Introduction:
As AMD's largest partner, Sapphire has had the leeway to put together some truly inspiring products in the past leading up to the launch of the R9 series Hawaiian Islands based video cards. Previous year's HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition, the HD 5970 Toxic Edition, and the HD 4870X2 Atomic Edition are prime examples of taking the best that AMD has to offer and making it better. You ask, "aren't the reference versions good enough for gaming?" Sure they are, for the average gamer who is satisfied with the mean average. If you want more, that's when you start looking at the non-reference designs to see what each partner has to offer. In Sapphire's case, it has been at the forefront starting with the HD 3870 Atomic Edition back in January 2008. A card that was equipped with one of if not the first cooling systems with an integrated Vapor-X based contact surface to transfer the thermal load to the fin array. More recently Sapphire has taken steps to further refine the brand with Black Diamond single and double sided chokes coupled with a solid capacitor design to reduce the component operating temperatures upwards of 20 °C.
Last year's HD 7970 6GB Toxic Edition used a massive cooling solution to maintain temperatures well below those of the reference card. To do this Sapphire used a pair of fans pushing though a truly large fin array to keep temperature in check. On the R9 280X Toxic Edition we see the introduction of Sapphire's Tri-X three fan cooling solution that takes up less space vertically and uses a massive 10mm heat pipe to transfer the thermal load away from the core. Another improvement is the addition of dual firmware support for both UEFI-enabled and standard BIOS configurations. Ready to take advantage of the latest AMD and Windows technologies, the Sapphire R9 280X Toxic is, like its predecessors, a factory overclocked video card ready for the demanding enthusiast. Priced at roughly $349, it enjoys a price premium seen on many non-reference designs, especially those that use non-stock components.
If the past performance of Sapphire is any indication of how well this card is built and runs, than the rest of the R9 280X world may be put on notice.
Sapphire R9 280X Toxic Closer Look:
Sapphire packaging takes a step in a bold new direction with gold accents against a black background that no longer prominently features "Ruby", a fixture on the front of Sapphire's packaging for many years. Usually the Toxic and Atomic Editions feature some form of her, but this one features a mechanized soldier ready to go to battle. Both Sapphire specific and AMD standard feature sets are highlighted on the front panel and include the Toxic feature set, HDMI cable, the fact this card is a factory overclocked edition, and that Sapphire's own TriXX overclocking and tuning utility is included. AMD specifics include a 3GB frame buffer, Eyefinity support, and that the R9 280X uses AMD's Graphics Core Next architecture. The back panel looks more closely at what the Toxic Edition offers the end user with an image of the card that matches the color scheme on the package. Opening up the sleeve gets you to the standard no frils inner box that holds the R9 280X Toxic and the accessory bundle.
Inside the package we see that the card is protected from ESD damage as well as transit damage by shipping the card in a foam enclosure that surrounds the card on all four sides. Inside a separate box under the card is the accessory bundle that holds both the documentation and hardware. All told you get the quick installation guide, registration information, driver/software disc, a six-foot HDMI cable, Crossfire Bridge connection, dual 4-pin molex to 6-pin PEG power connections, and a single mini DisplayPort to full size DisplayPort adapter.
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"Who is that?"
It seemed an odd question. Watching "Silver Linings Playbook" at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September, the woman sitting next to me leaned in, whispering her inquiry. I wanted to ask if she ever saw a little movie called "The Hunger Games." Or the last "X-Men" movie. Or the Oscar-nominated "Winter's Bone."
Instead, I just mumbled, "Jennifer Lawrence," hoping that would be the end of it. And it was. But I wondered: How does a literate, festival moviegoer not recognize Lawrence? And as "Silver Linings Playbook" continued to unfold and Lawrence revealed herself as a superb comic actress, blessed with a perfect sense of timing and the ability to hilariously dress down the likes of Robert De Niro, it hit me:
This woman probably has never seen Jennifer Lawrence smile before. That's the thing throwing her.
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Audiences will have the opportunity to watch Lawrence's revelatory work in "Silver Linings Playbook" beginning Friday, when the film opens in limited release before a Thanksgiving weekend blowout expansion. The 22-year-old actress heads this year's lead actress Oscar race by a country mile. Here's an early snapshot of the category's contenders.


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Paul Forman, co-founder of Zygo Corporation, a company that manufactures and distributes high-end optical systems and components for metrology and end-user applications, and a member of OSA for 52 years, died on November 17, 2007 in Stony Creek, CT.
Forman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in 1956. He worked for a short time at Bausch & Lomb before joining the Perkin-Elmer Company in 1957, where he held a number of engineering, program and management positions, including serving as Director of Optical Engineering. At Perkin-Elmer he worked with Carl Zanoni and Sol Laufer on various optical devices, including prisms that were taken to the moon to perform measurement studies. Forman later won NASA's Apollo Achievement Award for the retroreflector array used on the first lunar landing.
His collaboration with Zanoni and Laufer that began at Perkin-Elmer developed into a long-term business relationship when Forman recruited his two colleagues as co-founders of the Zygo Corporation. With funding from Canon, Inc and Wesleyan University, the trio launched Zygo to produce optics "with the highest precision surfaces and angles in the world." The company's first product offering, an interferometer known as Model GH, was introduced in 1972 at an OSA annual meeting. Zygo became the world's leading supplier of iterferometers and remained the leader in the field for a decade.
Forman remained with Zygo until 1993. He went on to serve as Zygo Chairman Emeritus and board member, chairman of the board of Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, and as an independent consultant to and board member of a number of high-tech companies.
In a commencement address delivered to the 2003 University of Rochester Institute of Optics graduating class, Forman talked about lessons learned during the 47 years since his graduation. He offered ten lessons that propelled him to success and that illustrate the integrity and commitment to excellence that characterized his life and his career: "If you believe something can be done and it is worth doing, be persistent and just do it; Aim to be the best and never lower your sights; Teamwork, and employing complementary skills, usually pays dividends; Choose your partners, in business and in life, very carefully; Have a mentor from whom to learn; An enthusiastic, can-do attitude is contagious and drives creativity; Exceed customer expectations; Learn how to use time efficiently; Make integrity your middle name; Communicating well is essential; and Be responsible for your own success."
Paul Forman was named a Fellow of OSA in 1990 and was awarded the Edwin H. Land Medal, given for pioneering entrepreneurial activity that has had a major impact in the science of optics, in 1998. He served on the OSA Board of Directors as chair in 1990-1991 and again as Director at Large from 1997-1999. He was also the recipient of numerous awards and honors from other organizations, including the SPIE Alan Gordon Award, a Westinghouse Science Talent Search Scholarship, the Bausch and Lomb Science Scholarship, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Rochester School of Engineering & Applied Science, the Distinction in Photonics Award from the Laurin Publishing Company, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Precision Engineering.
Forman is survived by his wife, Barbara Marks.
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Colonial Williamsburg Conference Explores Early American Maps and Prints Oct. 16-18
Maps are important tools, scientific and authoritative documents, imparting a perception of control over the environment. Colonial Williamsburg's symposium, "More Than Meets the Eye: Maps and Prints of Early America," focuses on the men who created these objects and the factors that motivated them to create the powerful and influential images. The program takes place Oct. 16 – 18 at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
On Monday, Oct. 17, Margaret Beck Pritchard, Colonial Williamsburg curator of prints, maps and wallpaper, opens the symposium with "More Than Meets the Eye: An Overview."
Other presentations on the same day include:
On Tuesday, Oct. 18 presentations continue with:
Participants have the option to attend "Digging up Dirt on Jamestown: Finds from 17 Years of Archaeological Excavation on America's Birthplace" on Sunday, Oct. 16. Beverly A. Straube, senior archaeological curator and other experts from the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, offers tours of James Fort, the archaeological collections lab and a self-guided tour of the Archaearium. The $65 per person includes transportation, an admission ticket and a box lunch.
Advance registration and payment in full for "More Than Meets the Eye: Maps and Prints of Early America" is required. The registration fee is $295 per person and includes the opening reception and admission to program presentations. Special lodging rates are available for program attendees. For more information, telephone toll-free 1-800-603-0948 or visit www.history.org/conted.
Programs and exhibitions at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is sponsoring the symposium in conjunction with the exhibition, "More Than Meets the Eye: Maps and Prints of Early America," on display at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. The exhibition is made possible by the Nicholas and Eleanor Chabraja Foundation. Mr. and Mrs. Chabraja reside in Lake Forest, Ill.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is the not-for-profit educational and cultural organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation and presentation of the restored 18th-century Revolutionary capital of Virginia. This town-sized living history museum tells the inspirational stories of our journey to become Americans through programs in the Historic Area and through the award-winning Revolutionary City program. Explore The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and discover the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum featuring the best in British and American decorative arts from 1670 – 1830 and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum home to the nation's premier collection of American folk art, comprising more than 5,000 folk art objects made during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Colonial Williamsburg Hotels feature conference spaces and recreation activities from spa and fine dining to world-class golf. Colonial Williamsburg is committed to expanding its thought-provoking programming through education outreach on-site and online. Purchase of Colonial Williamsburg products and services supports the preservation, research and educational programs of the Foundation. Philanthropic support by individuals, corporations, and foundations benefits the educational mission of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
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You've gone to work, but forgotten that crucial presentation, which is sitting on your home computer waiting to have its day in the spotlight, unaware that it will never come. Well, panic not, because with Wyse PocketCloud Remote, you can simply "dial" in to your home computer, from your Android phone or tablet, and send the file as an attachment.
It works with Windows - via Remote Desktop - and on Mac and Linux machines that have a VNC-based server installed. It might sound like mumbo jumbo, but if you've ever needed to get files off a computer, or access one remotely, it can be a lifesaver.
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Of course, the biggest problem with an remote desktop app is that you need the target machine to be turned on. There are some technologically advanced ways of doing this, but it's a lot easier if you leave your machine on. We do this, because our desktop PC acts as a media server in the evenings and is in use as a business computer for most of the day.
What Wyse PocketCloud does is allow you to access any Windows Vista or 7 machine that has the RDP server available. The bad news is, this only applies to Windows 7 Ultimate and some of the business versions of the OS. If you don't have RDP built-in, then there are VNC servers available that work nearly as well.
PocketCloud has been well-designed too. With other RDP apps we've tried it can be a very frustrating process getting the destination computer to do much. The keyboard is good enough, although on a phone, it fills the screen so much, seeing the desktop can be hard work.
Performance is brilliant over Wi-Fi, especially on the same network, but 3G speeds are tolerable and we've certainly had our computer do some pretty advanced stuff while we've been out and about on the road.
We love the custom navigation circle, which you can optionally turn on, because it allows you more accuracy than you'd normally get by stabbing at a touch screen, hoping to hit the right spot. It's much like using a traditional mouse and it's essential for making fine changes to important files, where you don't want to be ham-fisted.
Although this app is free, the limitations are pretty reasonable. You can add only one computer, so additional connections will mean you need to download the original. It's not a big deal for most home users, and business users or IT managers will want the extra security the "pro" version affords.
PocketCloud Remote won't appeal to all, but for those who need an app to control their computer from afar, this is by far the best app we've used.


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Improving Science Education Next Topic In UTD Seminar Series for Life-Long Learner
(Jan. 12, 2005) The University of Texas at Dallas' 2004-2005 Seminar Series for Life-Long Learners will continue on Monday evening, Jan. 24, with a presentation by UTD faculty member Dr. Homer A. Montgomery on "Improving Education in Science Five Minutes at a Time."
Montgomery, a paleontologist, will detail how five-minute classroom sessions, utilizing everyday objects found in the home or a hardware store, can grab students' attention and improve scores on exams. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the School of Management Building, Room 1.118.
Montgomery's lecture is the third in a series of five talks by members of the UTD faculty on subjects in the fields of science and mathematics; the first two were held last fall . The sessions are aimed at classroom teachers and other educators, young adults and parents and grandparents of students, as well as other interested parties. The remaining seminars in the series are:
- Feb. 28, "Scale in the Solar System." Dr. Mary L. Urquhart, a planetary scientist, will describe hands-on activities to aid in understanding scale in the solar system, including the creation of a 1-to-10-billion scale model of the planets and sun using everyday materials.
- April 11, "Science, from Nobel to Neighborhoods." Nobel laureate and visiting UTD professor Dr. Russell Hulse will explain how the experience of winning the Nobel Prize led him to a new focus on bringing the excitement and adventure of science to new generations of students and adults through community-based science education.
Those seminars will begin at 6 p.m. in the Conference Center, Room 1.112. For additional information, please call 972-883-2496.
News Contact: Steve McGregor, UTD, (972) 883-2293, [email protected]
- Updated: February 10, 2014


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Pakistan Sunday stepped up efforts to raise domestic cricket standards by seeking the participation of foreign players and making a percentage of local events mandatory for cricketers.
Players from India and Sri Lanka would be the main targets to join in local events which are marred by an absence of leading home players engaged in international tournaments.
"International cricket encroaches upon our domestic events and in an attempt to make domestic cricket attractive we have decided to invite foreign players into our tournaments," said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf.
Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq last month urged Pakistan to raise the standard of first-class cricket, which produces half-cooked players who struggle at international level.
"Through the central contracts given to the home players they are now bound to play in domestic events and we will make sure they feature in at least 75 percent of these events," said Ashraf.
The PCB chairman warned any player not featuring in the required number of domestic matches would not be eligible for international cricket.
"The fee for playing first-class matches will be raised and the PCB will provide money to the regions to hire cricketers," said Ashraf, who took over in October last year.
The prestigious Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will now be the only first-class tournament participated in by eight private departments and 13 regional teams, Ashraf said.
Previously departments and regions featured in separate tournaments.
The PCB also resisted calls from former greats like Imran Khan and Ramiz Raja, who said the departments should be banned.
"Departments give economic security to the players by employing them and we hope that the steps taken will strengthen our first-class cricket, which is the first step towards getting good results at international level," said Ashraf.
Pakistan flopped in the World Cup held in the Caribbean in March-April this year, bowing out in the first round after defeats from the West Indies and minnows Ireland.
Pakistan seeks foreign help to boost domestic game
Pakistan Sunday stepped up efforts to raise domestic cricket standards by seeking the participation of foreign players and making a percentage of local events mandatory for cricketers.


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Facing a shrinking budget, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has outlined moves — including the closure of 259 offices, facilities and labsunder the USDA umbrella — to save some $150 million annually.
Some of the closings have been announced previously.
The shuttering of the USDA offices, made under a plan titled "A Blueprint for Stronger Service," was unveiled in Hawaii during a Jan. 9 speech that Vilsack delivered at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 93rd annual meeting. He told the assembly that since 2010, Congress has reduced USDA discretionary spending by nearly 12 percent, or more than $3 billion.
For the USDA plan, see http://usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=blueprint_for_stronger_service.html.
A map showing where USDA offices will be closed can be seen at http://usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=impacted_offices.html.
As a result, "some agencies were reduced more than others. Agencies facing steep cuts, specifically in their salaries and expense line item that fund personnel, included the Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Research Service and the Food and Nutrition Service."
To read Vilsack's prepared AFBF remarks, see http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDAOC-2517ea.
In a blog post (see http://blogs.usda.gov/2012/01/09/a-blueprint-for-stronger-service/), Vilsack pointed to measures already taken in some USDA offices including hiring controls and early separation programs. "These efforts, when coupled with regular retirement, meant nearly 7,000 employees have retired from USDA over the past 15 months."
Further, "A Blueprint for Stronger Service" lists 133 recommendations that affirm processes already in place, as well as 27 initial improvements, and others aimed at longer-term improvements. The initial recommendations include the following:
• Consolidate more than 700 cell phone plans into about 10.
• Standardize civil rights training and purchases of cyber security products.
• Ensure more efficient and effective service to our employees by moving toward more centralized civil rights, human resource, procurement, and property management functions, creating millions of dollars in efficiencies without sacrificing the quality of our work."
Meeting needs of customers
Vilsack told the AFBF that shedding 7,000 USDA employees "allowed us the flexibility to eliminate positions or restructure positions to be more relevant to the needs of our customers. Many of the positions we will fill will be at pay rates less than before. Given the reduced resources, our other choice of further reductions in force or furloughs would be very disruptive to the services that matter to you and those in rural America."
While Vilsack said the workforce reductions were necessary, he acknowledged they come at a time "when more work was being demanded of our staff. For example, new programs called for by the 2008 farm bill. FSA, with a reduced workforce had to institute new disaster programs like SURE and the Livestock Forage and Indemnity programs. At the same time, Rural Development and FSA were beginning to implement the new Energy Title programs. Workloads were also increased in the area of nutrition assistance as a result of the recession and expanded need to help struggling families manage."
Vilsack addressed the closing of 131 FSA offices specifically. "First, in making the decision to close an office, FSA relied on the 2008 farm bill criteria for determining what offices would be considered. Of the 131 offices on the list, 35 currently have no employees — the balance of the offices have either one or two employees and are within 20 miles of another FSA office. The work of these offices will be assigned to the adjoining county office, and personnel given the opportunity to transfer as well."
The FSA office closings process will begin immediately with an aim to finish by July. Law requires that the closing of such offices — each within 20 miles of an FSA office that will remain open — must begin with a public hearing "in each county impacted by this decision. Those hearings will take place within 90 days."
As for other agencies — including Food and Nutrition Services, NRCS and APHIS — office closings should take place by the end of the fiscal year in September.
"I know that some may be inconvenienced by this choice, but services will not be interrupted," said Vilsack.
During a Jan. 10 press conference, Vilsack said the office closings must be put into "the proper context. … In order to deal with (the $3 billion in cuts), we had to take a look at specifically Congress' direction in terms of our salaries and expense item — the item that funds personnel and operating expenses of all the mission areas with the exception of the Forest Service. … That resulted in having to make some serious decisions."
Two paths could have been taken, said Vilsack. One option was to create "a comprehensive approach — looking at efficiencies, travel, conferences, supply purchases, personnel and retirement opportunities, process improvement and our physical footprint around the world." The second option was to do "what is normally done, which is to furlough or reduce the number of USDA employees by laying off the most recently hired."
The first option was chosen because lay-offs would have caused "a massive disruption in service to the people we care about."
Program budgets also slashed
Vilsack also pointed out that not only has the USDA's operating budget been slashed but so have program budgets. "We reduced … the amount of money being paid to crop insurance companies and saved $4 billion towards deficit reduction. We've also seen conservation (program) reductions in terms of how much Congress has allocated. We anticipate further program cuts as Congress debates and discusses the farm bill."
He insisted that despite the closings and consolidation "all the work being at USDA will continue to be done. It will just be transferred to a different location."
Reports that food safety inspections would suffer due to the USDA cuts are incorrect, said Vilsack. Office closings in the food safety area "are about administrative personnel, not inspectors. We did not deal with inspectors at all. They will still be in every single plant … and (the closings) will have no impact whatsoever on our responsibility to ensure the safety of the food supply."
Asked about the possibility of more agriculture cuts from the White House side, Vilsack refused to "preempt" Obama administration 2013 budget requests because "I don't know if decisions have been finalized." However, if deeper cuts are coming, the USDA plan takes that "into consideration … and gives us the flexibility, we believe, to respond to what may occur."
Queried on the reluctance of lawmakers to allow USDA office closings in the past, Vilsack said the current effort is different. "In this particular circumstance … we need to get our financial house in order. That requires tough choices and calls."
He does not "anticipate a significant amount of pushback" to the planned closures "once folks are shown the numbers. … It's a little different context than in the past (due to a) year-plus of talk about the need to get our fiscal house in order."
That anticipation may prove faulty, though, as complaints have begun about the lack of input on the plan from the agricultural sector.
However, the National Farmers Union put much of the blame for the closings on Congress. "It should come as no surprise that FSA and other USDA service and research facilities are closing because of the continued emphasis on spending reduction," said Chandler Goule, NFU Vice President of Government Relations in a statement. "A 'cut first, ask questions later' attitude in Congress toward investing in agriculture and rural America is now showing its true cost to farmers, ranchers and rural citizens with these closures. Agriculture cannot be continually asked to do more than its fair share to resolve our nation's deficit problems — our leaders must look elsewhere to find solutions."
Goule said the USDA has "made great strides toward streamlining and economizing the department's operations. Since 2010, Congress has cut USDA's discretionary spending levels by about 12 percent, and USDA has done its best to prevent those reductions from affecting the quality of service that farmers and ranchers have come to expect. With the latest spending reductions, it was not possible to avoid painful cuts that will harm farmers and ranchers across the country."


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Range DescriptionThis species is patchily distributed in the high Andes in northern Colombia and western Venezuela. According to present forest distribution, the largest populations of M. bricenii should be located in the following Venezuelan national parks: El Tama National Park, between Tchira and Apure states; Pramos del Batalln National Park between Mrida and Tchira states; Sierra Nevada National Park between Barinas and Mrida states; Sierra de la Culata National Park in Mrida and Trujillo states; Guaramacal National Park also known as "General Cruz Carrillo" in the state of Trujillo, with a small portion located in the state of Portuguesa (Utrera 1999); and Dinira National Park located in Sierra de Barbacoas, in watersheds of Tocuyo river between Lara, Portuguesa and Trujillo states. Dinira and Guaramacal are probably the eastern most location of the species within Venezuela. Some populations might be expected outside protected areas in the hinterlands between Sierra Nevada and Pramos del Batallon national parks, an area known as Pueblos del Sur de Mrida, and between Guaramacal and Sierra Nevada national parks, known as Ramal de Calderas. In Colombia it is found in Tama national park in Norte de Santander state and possibly in Cocuy national park between Boyaca, Arauca and Casanare states. The southern distribution limit is unknown.


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Soccer: Not That Complicated
Gus Johnson, a veteran TV broadcaster whose distinctively exuberant style became synonymous with the NCAA men's basketball tournament, left his longtime perch at CBS in 2011 for Fox Sports. He's spent the last 18 months studying for his new assignment covering—of all things—international soccer.
As part of Johnson's new gig, he'll be calling the knockout rounds of the annual Champions League competition for European club teams. Johnson has little previous experience calling soccer. Frankly, we didn't even know he liked soccer. So we thought we'd try to help:
Dear Gus:
Congratulations on becoming the voice of international soccer in the U.S. We're pretty sure you'll enjoy the frequent flier miles! So far, you're saying all the right things. You've bowed down humbly to what is perhaps the most judgmental collection of sports fans on the planet, acknowledging that you are a novice and that you've got a pretty steep learning curve ahead of you as you wrestle with the intricacies of the 5-4-1.
As you cram for your first major soccer broadcast gig Wednesday, calling a match between Real Madrid and Manchester United from the Bernabéu Stadium in Spain (Fox Soccer, 2:45 p.m. ET), we thought we'd try to speed up your soccer indoctrination. Below, we've translated the 16 remaining matchups in the Champions League as if they were college basketball teams.
Good luck! Please let us know what else we can do!
Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich = Syracuse vs. Michigan State
The Gunners (using the nickname will give you street cred) have deep support in their region and a veteran coach in Arsene Wenger who has a distinct philosophy about the right way to play. But Wenger, despite his success, often has to defend himself. Like Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, he probably should have won more—only making one Champions League final appearance. The Gunners produce a ton of talent, and their balletic play makes them the choice of the London intelligentsia, even if their glory is fading.
Bayern Munich is the perennial machine whose players form the heart of the German national side—goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. Bayern has won four European championships and has made the final in two of the last three years. Like Michigan State's Spartans, they are more efficient than pretty. No team wants to face them, and they are seemingly always there.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Borussia Dortmund = Wichita State vs. UNLV
No one west of Kiev grows up dreaming of playing for Shakhtar Donetsk, a team based in a less-than-glamorous outpost in the middle of a big country prone to severe weather.
There are eight Brazilians on the Shakhtar roster, including aging stars Luiz Adriano and Fernandinho. Most of them probably would prefer to play in a different league, on a better team, in a city a little less like Wichita, Kansas. But the champion of the Ukranian League gets a guaranteed spot in the Champions League. Can you say "Missouri Valley Conference?"
At Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park, rowdy fans empty their lungs for a pair of Polish players, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski.
Like UNLV, Dortmund somehow won the tournament in the 90s. Also like the Rebels, they probably won't win it again—but are usually worth the price of admission.
A.C. Milan vs. Barcelona = Florida vs. Indiana
A.C. Milan offers a nouveau riche flash and star power. They have striker Mario Balotelli—the sort of goofball Florida coach Billy Donovan might embrace (think Joakim Noah.) Milan is also near the top of Italy's Serie A, which, like Florida's Southeastern Conference, isn't what it used to be.
Barcelona is the best team in the game, period, which the Hoosiers might be, too. They are the favorite side of basketball purists and their top scorer, 7-footer Cody Zeller, is as tall as Barcelona's shrimpy Lionel Messi is short.
Real Madrid vs. Manchester United = Kansas vs. Duke
Madrid seemingly has it all. The history, the rock-star coach (Jose Mourinho) and striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who, as you might say, has "gettin away from the cops speed." Like Kansas, which has just three Kansans on the roster, Madrid looks for players from elesewhere. Seven of the 11 players who've started at least 12 games are foreign.
Often favored but rarely the ultimate champion anymore, Manchester United is the frontrunner everyone loves to hate. Sir Alex Ferguson, the Scottish taskmaster, has been manager since 1986, six years after Mike Krzyzewski started at Duke. Somehow, the best players in the English Premier League—Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie—always end up wearing the Manchester kit.
Galatasaray vs. Schalke = Oklahoma State vs. Gonzaga
Galatasaray has an owner who made his bones in the energy business. He's the Turkish version of OSU booster T. Boone Pickens. Unal Aysal has spent big money on Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, who'd been playing in China, and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands.
Schalke, like Gonzaga, is the ultimate likeable upstart party-crasher. The team made the Champions League semifinals in 2011. It mixes a collection of second-tier stars from the Netherlands (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay), Greece (Kyriakos Papadopoulos) and even the U.S./Germany (Jermaine Jones).
Celtic vs. Juventus = Marquette vs. Michigan
Celtic is the sentimental underdog that likely isn't going anywhere in the tournament. They're desperate to leave the Scottish League in a Marquette-style breakaway from the Big East. Celtic probably shouldn't be alive at this point, but it's hard not to like a team nicknamed "The Hoops" whose leading scorer is Gary Hooper.
Juventus was an Italian powerhouse. Then it got caught in a match-fixing scandal and vanished from view. Now Juventus is leading Serie A and playing some of the world's best soccer. Sound familiar, Michigan?
Valencia vs. Paris Saint-Germain = North Carolina State vs. Oregon
Valencia is Spain's third team, just as the Wolfpack is the third wheel of the Tar Heel state behind Duke and North Carolina. Valencia has drawn with both Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, but has also been shut out by both. Paris Saint-Germain, like Galatasaray, has a sugar daddy: Qatar's royal family bought the team in 2011. The family is to liquefied natural gas what Nike 's Phil Knight is to sneakers and Oregon. PSG picked up Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic over the summer. Last month it grabbed David Beckham.
Porto vs. Malaga = Arizona vs. Miami
Porto is one of those Champions League mainstays, not unlike an Arizona team that has made six Sweet 16s since 2001. Porto won the championship in 2004 and has been in the last 16 seven times since 2004. Malaga, based in a city on Spain's southern coast, has come out of nowhere to invade the top tier.
The club won a group that included Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and Anderlecht, which is sort of like beating up on the Atlantic Coast Conference in a down year. Like Miami's top player, DePaul transfer Shane Larkin, Malaga's leading scorer Isco transferred in 2011 from Valencia.
A Short Biography of Gus Johnson
During more than two decades in front of the microphone, sportscaster Gus Johnson has developed a reputation as one of the most animated play-by-play announcers in the business. Perhaps you've heard the 45-year-old, former CBS Sports ham screeching at the end of games in the NCAA men's basketball tournament or proclaiming "Rise and fire!" during jump shots, or describing fast players as having "gettin' away from the cops speed." (Give his call for UCLA-Gonzaga a listen on YouTube.)
Johnson has little experience with soccer, but he's now going to try to adapt his style to the world's most popular sport on one of its biggest stages—the knockout rounds of Europe's Champions League. His first gig: Wednesday's duel between Real Madrid and Manchester United. "Those first 10 minutes, the most important thing is to get my rhythm," Johnson said Monday from Madrid. "Once I get my rhythm then it's going to be fun." Warren Barton, the former England international who will be sharing the booth, said Johnson has been studying up, but should just be himself. "Cristiano Ronaldo has said if he does score he'll be very subdued," Barton said. "I can't see Gus being like that."


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South African Airways has been awarded as 'The Best Airline in Africa' by US-based magazine Global Traveller.
(PRWEB UK) 8 January 2013
South African Airways has been awarded as 'The Best Airline in Africa' by US-based magazine Global Traveller. As reported by Bizcommunity, the South African flag carrier received its latest title during an official awards ceremony marking the end of the current year of consideration for airline rankings.
The award has been regarded as a token of diplomatic success for the African travel and tourism industry, as prominent officials hailing from federal as well as private backgrounds of national tourism and aviation were present at the ceremony. South African Airways also won the award for providing the "Best White Wine International Business Class".
Information available with the official website of South African Airways shows that the airline is currently operating a majority of Airbus aircraft in its fleet, which include A330 and A319 models along with multiple variants of the A340. In-flight entertainment systems provide films and electronic games while personal television viewing is also available on certain business class flights. The in-flight menu has been set with selected cuisines under the guidance of celebrity chefs hired under the airline's panel, led by Chef Reuben Riffel and Chef Benny Masekwameng. South African Airways is also granted an honorary placement within the South African Chef's Association, garnering support for optimal potential in providing customer services.
The TravelhouseUK news section reports that this will be the third certified accomplishment for the flag carrier of South Africa this year. Only this September, South African Airways was awarded the Best Airline under the annual travel awards ceremony organized by the South Africa Tour Operators Association (SATOA). It also claimed being the Leading Airline of Africa, as well as having the Best Customer Service in Africa under the Skytrax awards. Based in the UK, Skytrax has high prominence for evaluating international air carriers operating flights to London.
The Global Traveler Magazine evaluates international air carriers while focusing on business class and first class categories. The rankings are obtained from the reviews and voting cast by its reader base which consists of luxury and business travellers. Along with airlines, the magazine also brings forward the best airports and hotels serving the air travelling community.
South African Airways will also be shifting its flights in London Heathrow Airport from its current Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 by 2014. Terminal 2 is currently under construction, and will accommodate each airline stage by stage. The new terminal will be exclusively allocated to the airlines enlisted in the Star Alliance Network for smooth management of passengers catching connecting flights in the world's busiest airport. South African Airways has been a member of the commercial aviation alliance since 2006.
TravelhouseUK facilitates major air routes operated under South African Airways. The agency has a specified focus for air routes connecting Africa and the United Kingdom. Seats available with South African Airways flights to Lilongwe, Mauritius, Maputo and Bulawayo count among bargain deals which can be booked with agents available online round the clock.
Victor Hunt, the Operations manager at TravelhouseUK, congratulated South African Airways for exceeding expectations of its passengers. "Voting and professional judgement spell the limelight over the efforts dedicated by airlines for service improvements" he said. "As for South African Airways, these awards will encourage the airline administration by showing that their effort does bear fruit in terms of reputational factors."


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The Department of Campus Ministry invites the Barry community to take part in a Communal Penance Service
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Location: Cor Jesu Chapel
Come seek God's mercy and forgiveness in common. Prepare for the celebrations of the Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Saturday Vigil) by coming together before God and recognizing our need for mercy and forgiveness. We will pray together and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) individually within the Penance Service. Prepare to rejoice in the resurrection of Christ and our own!
For more information, please contact the Department of Campus Ministry at firstname.lastname@example.com and/or 305-899-3650 or visit our offices behind Cor Jesu Chapel.