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Read below as we talk you through the building, or alternatively, explore yourself on our Google tour here
or take our video tour
Even if we do say so ourselves, sitting at the heart of Newcastle University's campus, is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, a building which we also call home… Newcastle University Students' Union. Designed by local architect Robert Burns Dick (of Laing Art Gallery and Spanish City fame) in 1924, the building is of a neo-Jacobean style and only came about after a generous gift by an anonymous donor, who is now believed to have been Sir Cecil Cochrane. The building was opened a year later, on 22nd October 1925 by Rt. Hon. Lord Eustace Percy, and over time became a Grade II listed building.
Fast forward nearly 90 years, and in 2010 the University donated £8 million towards the refurbishment of the Students' Union building. Upon its completion in September 2011, the building went on to win the Education Interior Design category at the National Mixology Design Awards that same year. Fast forward a little more, and let us talk you through the building.
Starting from top to bottom; on Level 2 you will find our 24-hour IT Cluster Suite, which is home to 89 PCs, and a Starbucks coffee shop that remains open until midnight at selected times of the year. Whilst the main area is considered an area for 'social study', Level 2 also has two separate clusters for 'quiet study' (like those seen in Bedson). Along the corridor, you will also find toilets, a vending machine, and key support staff (such as the Admin Office, IT, Marketing, and Commercial)
Level 1, students have access to a lounge (with another vending machine), more PCs to use; and this is also where the entire Activities Department can be located, including Go Volunteer, Career Development Module, Go Play, Give It A Go, Hall Sport, Inclusivity Sport and three of your elected Sabbatical Officers (Editor of The Courier, Activities and Athletic Union). The floor is also home to The Courier and NSR; whilst meetings, presentations and debates can be held in one of the following; Planning Room, Martin Luther King, Kate Adie Room, or History Room, with most having access to Internet and Projector screens.
If you've visited the Students' Union, it's more than likely that you came via Level 0's arched front entrance, and walked up the building's imperial staircase, which has long been a feature, even before the £8 million refurbishment. With glass windows everywhere, you will quickly notice the Union Shop on the right, stocked with everything you could possibly need for University life; whilst the left hand-side of the ground floor is dedicated to student union services such as the Reception, Student Advice Centre, Democracy department, and the 3 remaining Sabbatical Officers (President, Welfare, Education).
Moving down to Floor -1 via the central staircase; students are greeted with the newly refurbished Mens Bar on the right, and the updated retail area on the left. Whilst Greggs had been a mainstay of the Union before, Subway have taken up the mantel of providing wholesome food to those on the go; with their £3 and £5 meal deals going down especially well with students on a daily basis, between 8am and 11:30pm. Dominos and IT Centurion have also been recent additions, whilst Santander Bank and Sploshh Print return.
Finally, heading down to Floor -2; you will arrive at 'Venue'. Previously the basement, 'Venue' has undergone one of the more noticeable transformations, with a 50ft island bar, concert space, meeting rooms, and pool table/dart area. Throwback has taken up residence every Saturday night, and has grown to over 1,000 strong each week; whilst other uses have included performances from The 1975, Example, Machinehead, Cream, Ministry of Sound, George Ezra, Kid Ink and James Bay. As well as club nights and gigs; 'Venue' is also open to an array of hospitality events; whilst clubs and societies are able to book out all, or portions of the area.
NUSU Central has replaced the Bistro just next to the Students' Union and it has all been redeveloped with Newcastle students' interests at its very heart. Just like the IT Cluster on the top floor of the SU, NUSU Central has been designed specifically around social learning, providing 80 extra computers, study space and a food outlet, EAT@Central. NUSU Central will provide additional study space for students throughout the year, 24/7, which will help to ease the strain on study resources around campus, especially in the notoriously busy exam periods.

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Three U.S. Marine Corps helicopters seen flying above Chicago this morning were rehearsing for Marine Week Chicago, a Marine spokeswoman said.
The event, the Marines' first, is meant to honor local Marine veterans and those from the area currently serving, said Marine Captain Kate Vanden Bossche.
"We're also just trying to get some exposure for the Marine Corps in this part of America," she said.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli man was killed and his wife injured in what appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Israeli government ministers branded it a terror attack and some urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull out of peace talks with the Palestinians.
The dead man was named as Sariya Ofer, a retired army officer in his early 60s. Police said he was attacked by unknown assailants outside his house in the Jordan valley in the northern West Bank shortly after midnight.
The man's wife managed to flee, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Local media quoted her as saying the assailants were Arab speakers who had wielded clubs and axes.
No arrests were immediately made and the police said they had not ruled out the possibility that it was a criminal rather than a politically motivated attack.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel from the pro-settler Jewish Home party called on Netanyahu "to immediately cease diplomatic negotiations" with the Palestinians.
Direct Israeli-Palestinian talks resumed in July after three years of stalemate. Since then violence has increased, with three Israelis killed in separate incidents in the occupied territories and eight Palestinians killed by Israeli troops.
A nine-year-old Jewish girl was wounded last week in a West Bank settlement in what police said was a suspected Palestinian militant attack.
Zeev Elkin, the deputy foreign minister from Netanyahu's own Likud party, said the death of Ofer meant Israel should "decide on building and strengthening Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria", using Israel's term for the West Bank.
More than half a million Israelis live in settlements built on territory seized in the 1967 war. Palestinian leaders say the settlements represent the biggest impediment to peace. Israelis say they have a Biblical and historical right to the land.
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Crispian Balmer and Angus MacSwan)


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The official blog by Daniele Bergamini aka danbergam. Also found on Instagram, Facebook, Zazzle, YouTube. ***Please, buy on Amazon my poetry book, "Chants for Love"!
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Of life and its ages (or "back to blogging", or "it's always been about words")
Well, hello, and welcome.
If you check the date of the last post in this blog, you'll see that we go back to September 25th, 2012.
No less than five years ago.
How much can happen, in the life of a human being, in the space of five long years?
Ah, as we all know, it takes a moment, actually, to radically and definitely change someone's life.
Just a fleeting, yet well defined moment, a moment you could identify on a specific position on a dial of the impassible march of two hands (if the clock is analogic, of course) and say "they were there and there and there, those clock hands, when that life-changing moment happened".
Imagine, then, the potential enclosed in whole five years!
I don't know whether I'm made the way I am for it's just my nature, or whether my passion for prehistory, and the consequential habit to reason about it in terms of ages (the age of dinosaurs, the age of man, and such), might have influenced it... but, when I look back at my life, I definitely seem to find... ages.
5 years ago... for me, that age used to be definitely marked by my activity on YouTube... and by origami.
I remember I opened the blog because YouTube had started to change their algorithm, and to just post good videos wasn't enough...
The CEO aspect, that became (and still is) so crucial...
But, back in those days, my passion for origami, whose tutorials had rendered me quite popular in YouTube, had started fading... and that's how, at some point, the publishing of tutorials ended... okay, let's that it ended in a hiatus...
And the same happened to my blogs, because it was focused on that... and only that.
I tried to make a series of humouristic videos about origami, but... it didn't work much.
And after that?
For example, I wrote a novel... a 1400-1600 monster novel about a mermaid.
I need to review it, edit it and publish it!
Well, online-wise, in 2015, I landed in Instagram for to advertise a series of apparel I designed, on Zazzle.
Yes, another phase.
In Zazzle search "danbergam" and you'll see.
And in Instagram, please, do the same!
Well, in Instagram I ended up finding a beautiful community of wordsmiths, writers and poet(esse)s... and there I rediscovered my passion for writing.
And I discovered to be a poet! Ah!
And I discovered to be able to inspire and to save lives, with my words!!!
Can you believe it? Well, it's awesomely true.
Then, recently, Instagram changed its algorithm... you know how it ends, right? ^_^;;
One phase after the other.
Should I say that writing is just another phase?
No, if we look closely... was it even only for my long emails and messages I've always been sending, in my online life.
I'm made to communicate, I think, and writing is a beautiful tool, for that!
Oh, I so love, to communicate!
Oh, you should know this!
This Summer!
I published my first ever book! "Chants for Love", a collection of love poetry!
Oh, my goodness, I've been dreaming to publish for decades!
And thanks to the feedback of many on Instagram, I finally found the courage!
Oh, you so should get this book! ;-)
Oh, these five years!
Many friends I found.
Much love I gave and received.
So much, I understood of me.
And I might have saved some lives... but for sure, I was helped a lot, in my personal journey.
Back to here and now, and to the quaking change of algorithm on Instagram.
Even thanks to the suggestions of a few dear friends of mine (all befriended on Instagram)... here I am, back at blogging.
Because I love to dig within and find words.
Because I love to share them.
Because here, hopefully, there won't be an algorithm penalizing me by hiding my posts to my followers. (Notice that very hopeful, yet shaded of prudence, "hopefully".)
Because I won't be here writing for myself, in first place, as I always do.
Trust me, I won't lack words!
It's not just a phase disjointed from others.
Perhaps I have words, flowing in my veins with blood.
And, well, isn't that of DNA a language? Look at yourself in the mirror, and see which wonders does, with just four letters!
Are you in, ready for the ride?! I hope so.
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Welcome back, I'm so glad you're here again. You know? I wish I could tell stories ... You have the gift to write, to communicate. My Facebook is now clear of bad words, bad thoughts, and it was thanks to you. You helped me a lot with your advice! Thank you! ^_^ReplyDeleteReplies
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My friend, this makes me so smile... I'm glad for that time I was able to help you, really really.
Hmm, are you sure you can't tell stories?
I mean, you clearly know how to express yourself, and very well.
Plus, you are a graphic artist, and this, as you always show, requires imagination.
Hmm... capability to write... imagination... hey! What if you actually were able to write stories?!
I'll tell you a trick.
Start imagining a story.
And start to say it out loud, as if you were recounting it to a child, or to a friend.
After each line, write down somewhere (phone, computer or paper) that line.
That's how you tell a story!
See, more or less everyone is able to tell something which witnessed while it was happening.
To write a story is not much different, aside from the fact it requires some more thinking, if it's fictional, to so decide how events go.
Imagine you're talking, that's the secret!
Hope this helps!
I will put into practice what you say... :-) Thank you again!Delete
You're welcome! ^_^Delete
And thanks to you, because by replying to you I got an idea for another post! ;-)


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The Kennet and Avon Canal in England.
Wandering across some of England's most beautiful countryside the Kennet and Avon canal links England's Canals via the River Thames at Reading with the Bristol Channel.
As the canal's name suggest it's partially a river navigation since it uses the River Kennet between Reading and Newbury and the River Avon between Bath and Bristol. The purely "canal" part of the waterway is 57 miles in length out of a total distance of 100.25 miles. The River Kennet was turned into a river navigation for goods traffic in 1723 creating a route to the River Thames and had wharves at Newbury, Aldermaston and Reading.
The river was used for transporting various goods to London and into the Midlands including timber, malt, flour and cheese and the returning barges carried bulk goods such as coal and iron. The barges used on the navigation were considerably larger than standard canal narrow boats and a feature of the whole Kennet and Avon Canal are the large locks. Similarly the River Avon had been turned into a river navigation from Bristol as far as Bath and the two rivers were connected in 1810 when Engineer John Rennie created a 57 mile long artificial cut i.e. the 100.25 mile long Kennet and Avon Canal came into being. The canal never did carry as much commercial traffic as was envisaged and was subsequently hurt financially by loss of traffic because of the opening of the Great Western Railway which follows the route of the canal for some distance. Eventually the GWR purchased the Kennet and Avon Canal but did not maintain it properly and navigation became quite difficult in some places - regular boat movements eventually ended during the 1930s.
The canal remained open however and still provided a navigable through route until 1951 when it was finally closed. There has always been great interest in English Canals and fortunately in 1962
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was formed with a view to getting the canal fully restored and navigable and with the help of volunteers and of British Waterways the canal was once again navigable in 1990.
Our topics about the Kennet and Avon Canal are split over several pages following the Canal from West to East:
Kennet and Avon Canal from the start at Reading to Garston Turf-sided Lock
Starting off on the Canal as it leaves The River Thames at Reading and walking as far as the rare Garston turfsided lock.
The Kennet and Avon Canal from Sulhamstead via Aldermaston to Newbury
From Garston via Sulhamstead, Monkey Marsh turf-sided lock and Newbury into Aldermaston: bridges, features and photos.
The Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Hungerford
Along The Kennet and Avon Canal heading west from Newbury to Hungerford in England - Canal Locks and Swingbridges.
Kennet and Avon Canal Dun Aqueduct via Little Bedwyn walking to Crofton Locks
From Dun Aqueduct and then towpath walking beside the canal via Little Bedwyn to Crofton Locks and Pumping Station.
Kennet and Avon Canal walking from Bruce Tunnel to Devizes
The Kennet and Avon Canal's route from Bruce Tunnel passing through quiet countryside to reach Devizes in Wiltshire.
Kennet and Avon Canal through Caen Hill Lock Flight and Seend Lock Flight
Traversing the huge Caen Hill Lock Flight and then Seend Locks heading on the towpath to Hilperton - with pictures.
Kennet and Avon Canal via Bradford-on-Avon, Avoncliffe Aqueduct, Bathampton
Visiting Bradford-on-Avon and then via Avoncliff Aqueduct, Dundas Aqueduct and Claverton Pump Station to Bathampton.
Kennet and Avon Canal going from The Roman City of Bath to Keynsham
Into the Roman City of Bath, various things to look at in Bath and then following the canal on to Keynsham - with photos.
The end of The Kennet and Avon Canal at Entrance Lock in Bristol
From Hanham Lock into Bristol City via Bristol Mud Docks and reaching the end of the Canal at Brunels Entrance Lock.
Clifton Suspension Bridge, walking to Pill and visiting Portishead Point Lighthouse
Walking from Bristol and looking at Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge, then to Pill Harbour and onto Avonmouth Bridge.
River navigations were around much earlier than canals and are quite interesting to wander along - we have topics about some of them on our other websites - as well as several more canals.
The beautiful Oxford Canal in England
The Oxford Canal is one of England's oldest canals and beautiful to walk alongside.
The Grand Union Canal
Following alongside the entire canal from Birmingham to London and also including it's Canal Arms and Sections
Features of the Stratford-on-Avon Canal in England
This canal in the English Midlands is yet another beautiful waterway to wander along.
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ATLANTA – With his chair leaning against the back wall in the road manager's office, Bobby Valentine discussed the forecast last night at The Ted. First, Valentine spoke about the rain outside, which was delaying Opening Day, and, second, his lineup . . . his new-look lineup.
Well, at least the lineup he planned to use on Opening Day. Against Braves' lefty Tom Glavine, Valentine put Robin Ventura third followed by Mike Piazza.
"With Glavine starting, maybe we can get him out of a little rhythm before he throws to Mike," Valentine said when going through his reasoning. "Then you have the other left-hander spaced out so it doesn't make it real easy with Glavine or their bullpen."
Right fielder Darryl Hamilton, the other lefty hitter, was in the seventh spot in the order. The lineup began with Benny Agbayani and Edgardo Alfonzo then came Ventura, Piazza, Todd Zeile, Jay Payton, Hamilton, Rey Ordonez and Al Leiter.
"It seems like a couple of [Glavine's] Cy Young-type seasons when he gets in a groove, he stays in it," Valentine said.
Hearing Valentine talk about lineups is like listening to a scientist. He has a lot of theories of how they work. He looks at stacks and stacks of statistics.
Part of the reason, Valentine batted Ventura third yesterday was because last season when teams would put in lefty relievers to face Ventura late in games, the lefties would stay in with the back of the order coming up. With Piazza behind Ventura, this likely will change.
"They look good together," Valentine said. "He [Ventura's] swinging well. Mike's swinging well. We might be able to score more runs, that would be good. Scoring more runs is always a good thing for your team."
Valentine also said future lineups could have Alfonzo batting fifth and Zeile hitting second. He brought up stats that show how, on average, the second-place hitter receives one more at-bat every five games.
Valentine thinks the Mets' troubles against left-handed pitching was due to the predominance of right-handed hitting in their lineup. This, of course, goes against conventional thinking that righties hit lefties better.
But Valentine thinks that last year allowed guys to get into a rhythm against his club last season.
"I think without a doubt," Valentine said.
Yesterday was the first of 19 meetings between the Braves and the Mets. Because this is the case throughout baseball, Valentine thinks mixing up lineups might be more important than ever.
"Maybe this year, this will be even more prevalent in baseball because of the division play, than you've every seen before," Valentine said.
Valentine doesn't look at the lineup as one-through-nine. For example, he doesn't believe in the classic leadoff guy.
In fact, he thinks that base stealers belong at the bottom of the order, unless you have someone like Rickey Henderson.
Valentine's point is a valid one. Why would you want someone getting thrown out at second with Alfonzo, Ventura and Piazza coming up.
Instead Valentine favors a guy who can hit doubles, like Agbayani. This is part of the reason a guy like Jason Tyner was traded to Tampa last year. Tyner is a singles hitter and so he had to be very successful at stealing second to put himself in scoring position.
Valentine also isn't as interested in the order as he is in how guys are lined up together.
"I like to see groupings that work together and work together against bullpens and against certain type of pitchers," Valentine said.
So Valentine will switch things up. Timo Perez is a guy who will lead off some games, but his on-base percentage will be something to watch. If it is low, he could wind up batting seventh.
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|Cophylogeny and Biogeography of the Fungal Parasite Cyttaria and Its Host Nothofagus, Southern Beech
Peterson, Kristin R.; Pfister, Donald H.; Bell, Charles D.
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|Peterson, Kristin R., Donald H. Pfister and Charles D. Bell. 2010. Cophylogeny and biogeography of the fungal parasite Cyttaria and its host Nothofagus, Southern Beech. Mycologia 102(6): 1417-1425.
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|The obligate, biotrophic association among species of the fungal genus Cyttaria and their hosts in the plant genus Nothofagus often is cited as a classic example of cophylogeny and is one of the few cases in which the biogeography of a fungus is commonly mentioned or included in biogeographic analyses. In this study molecular and morphological data are used to examine hypotheses regarding the cophylogeny and biogeography of the 12 species of Cyttaria and their hosts, the 11 species of Nothofagus subgenera Lophozonia and Nothofagus. Our results indicate highly significant overall cophylogenetic structure, despite the fact that the associations between species of Cyttaria and Nothofagus usually do not correspond in a simple one to one relationship. Two major lineages of Cyttaria are confined to a single Nothofagus subgenus, a specificity that might account for a minimum of two codivergences. We hypothesize other major codivergences. Numerous extinction also are assumed, as are an independent parasite divergence followed by host switching to account for C. berteroi. Considering the historical association of Cyttaria and Nothofagus, our hypothesis may support the vicariance hypothesis for the trans-Antarctic distribution between Australasian and South American species of Cyttaria species hosted by subgenus Lophozonia. It also supports the hypothesis of transoceanic long distance dispersal to account for the relatively recent relationship between Australian and New Zealand Cyttaria species, which we estimate to have occurred 44.6–28.5 mya. Thus the history of these organisms is not only a reflection of the breakup of Gondwana but also of other events that have contributed to the distributions of many other southern hemisphere plants and fungi.
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Mauricio Pochettino punched the air emphatically in Moscow on Tuesday evening as Tottenham scored their winner against CSKA.
It was not so much the goal, securing a vital 3 Champions League points after the opening game defeat to Monaco, which would have brought the Argentine coach so much joy but a vindication of his managerial acumen.
So many players have progressed at White Hart Lane under Pochettino's tutelage and the coach would have been extremely satisfied to witness the two players he has kept faith in the most linking up to score the only goal of the game at CSKA's brand new stadium.
Spurs were ready to sell Erik Lamela at the start of last season but having persisted with the winger, he emerged as an integral member of the squad that finished third.
It was the 24 year old's pass that released Son Heung-min to squeeze home on Tuesday night, Igor Akinfeev failing to stop the ball rolling across the line despite his touch.
Lamela was excellent against CSKA, having 80 touches and making 50 accurate passes in the final third to show just how involved he was in achieving a crucial win on a night Spurs were missing five regular first team players.
His display will aid his claim to win his domestic first-team spot back having started just 3 of Spurs' 6 Premier League games so far.
Superb form
It will be the identity of the player he assisted that will make that challenge harder however, with Heung-min continuing a superb burst of goal-scoring form that started on his return to the starting XI against Stoke and has ran through September to bring him 5 goals in as many games.
With Harry Kane eyeing up at least a month's absence with ligament damage and his deputy Vincent Janssen still adjusting to a new league, Son's purple patch has arrived at an important time.
It has also arrived at a surprising time with Heung-min's future, just like Lamela's was a year before, having been in doubt over the summer.
Spurs were reportedly ready to sell the Korean back in May with Pochettino's ire sparked by a listless performance in the season-ending 5-1 defeat to Newcastle in which the winger was substituted at half-time.
Son did finish his first season with 2 goals in his last 4 games though it helped to distort a disappointing return on the £22 million fee it took to sign him from Bayer Leverkusen a year previous, as the Korean netted just 6 times in his first 37 games.
Persuaded to stay
Spurs rejected a £25 million bid from Wolfsburg as Heung-min was away at the Olympics and following an open discussion with his coach who had a sharp change of heart, the winger was persuaded to stay.
"Last season was tough for him and we have to make the decision, in or out," said Pochettino, "we took the decision for him to stay with us and I'm very pleased now. He had the opportunity to play and show he can help us. We're very pleased for him."
Perseverance and patience
The perseverance and patience shown while Son was out in Brazil as the season started has been justified by a player that has added clinical finishing to a natural game of strength and energy in recent weeks.
Heung-min skipped his country's World Cup 2018 qualifier against Syria in the build-up to the Stoke game to focus on his Spurs career and the winger was rewarded with his first start of the season, which he marked with 2 ruthless finishes cutting in from the wing.
Two similar goals were scored against Middlesbrough, the second an excellent curling finish from the left-flank as he persisted with the ball despite seemingly heading into a blind alley surrounded by defenders and it is that single-minded work-ethic that is now handsomely paying off.
That his first came from the right side, taking a lay-off from Janssen to beat a ruck of red shirts to curl home with a driving run and his left foot showed how unerringly comfortable he is with both feet, giving Pochettino the welcome option of fielding him on either flank.
Far more settled
Pochettino said after the game at the Riverside that the 24 year old is far more settled in England and, as he competes with Christian Eriksen, Moussa Sissoko, Lamela and Georges N'Koudou, who looked impressive in a late cameo against CSKA, for a spot either side of Dele Alli in attacking midfield, he is like a new signing at White Hart Lane.
It also gives further credence to a manager known best for his man-management skills, with Heung-min joining Lamela and Kyle Walker in lauding the Argentine over the past year.
"It is true I went to see the gaffer because I wanted to ask him to play more – I am a footballer and every player wants to play games. He was very honest with me, very truthful, and I am very grateful to him", said the winger. "This is very special, but the season has only just started and we have to keep this up as a team and I need to keep this form personally."
Tough test awaits
Manchester City are welcomed to north London on Sunday in what will be the toughest test yet of the credentials of Pep Guardiola's buccaneering team, and with Heung-min leading the way, taking more shots (4.7), creating more chances (3.3) and registering more dribbles (4.7) per game than anybody else in the Spurs squad, in Kane's absence, City will have to heed warning of Spurs' man in form.
The Korean has already equalled last season's domestic goal tally but thanks to his manager's faith and his own desire to turn around his failing fortunes, one suspects there are many more to come.
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- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
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2017 BMW 7 Series Laser Lights Reviews - BMW Group has a long tradition of creating the future of motoring. We believe that the best way to predict the future is to create it. With the BMW 7 series was created the luxury of tomorrow today. Thanks to the innovative innovation, benchmarking of comfort and contemporary design as well as the impressive and very efficient dynamics. "The new BMW 7 series represents our contemporary luxury outlet. We consider that the technical innovation and the high quality of all the details so essential as the language of form and emotional well-being atmosphere of the interior. During the design process, we work with the idea of ' technology '-feeling of the poem of the perfect interaction between the progressive technology and their translation into design. "
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If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Dot by Patricia Intriago
Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? by Bradford
Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb
The Crown on Your Head by Nancy Tillman
Little Dog Lost by Monica Carnesi
Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
Sea of Dreams by Dennis Nolan
Me--Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich
Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker
What Do You Want? by Lars Klinting
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant
The Gum-chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes
Clever Cat by Peter Collington
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson
The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor
10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle
The End by David LaRochelle
Wagons Ho! by Hallowell
Who Has This Tail? by Laura Hulbert
More categories to come!
ALA (American Library Association) List for young, high-level readers who are not ready for young adult content.
The Bridesmaid by Hailey Abbott
Backwater by Joan Bauer
The Warriors by Joseph Bruchac
All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Cappo
Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris
A Murder for Her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner
Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs
The Boxer by Kathleen Karr
Dunk by David Lubar
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
The Rose Queen by M.E. Rabb
All's Fair in Love, War, and High School by Janette Rallison
An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries by Nina Schindler (translator, Rob Barrett)
Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon
Ninjas, Piranhas, and Galileo by Greg Leitich Smith
Fruits Basket: Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Sister to the Wolf by Maxine Trottier
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Runaways 1: Pride & Joy by Brian K. Vaughan
Memory Boy by Will Weaver
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Links We Like
The following are links to a selected list of organizations or individuals that have collaborated with Pequot Library's Children's Department to present exciting and educational programs for children and families. Also included are links from our Green Initiative programs which are specifically related to environmental, conservation, organic, and sustainability issues. The posting of information is not an endorsement by the Library.
Program Links:
Center for Contemporary Printmaking Leaders of an Art Show Printmaking Workshop for kids
The Children's Museum Home of the STARLAB, a portable traveling planetarium
Chuck E. Costa A 2009 Summer Reading Song-Writing Workshop
College and More, Inc. College prep and application advice from Dr. Gay Stebbins Pepper, Ed.D.
Connecticut Humanities Council A resource for exploring great literature and Connecticut's cultural life
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo Connecticut's only zoo and home of the Zoomobile!
Cooking Teens "The Place for Teens Who Love to Love to Cook & Eat"
Dan Butterworth Marionettes The puppeteer behind the "Gifts of Joy" performance
Easter Egg Roll at the White House The official White House event that inspired Pequot Library's own Easter Egg Roll
Fairfield Arts Council Dedicated to promoting local arts and artists
Farmer Minor and Daisy A pig who loves to read!
Geoff Kaufman A 2006 Summer Reading Event
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by David Selznick The 2009 One Book, One Town selection
Kahana Hula A 2010 Summer Reading hula-dance program
The Museum of Connecticut History A 2009 Summer Reading "Connecticut Invents" Program
Music for Youth Our popular series of free musical concerts for children
Purple Rock Productions The puppet company behind the "Snow Maiden" Performance
The Sasquanaug Association for Southport Improvement Pequot Library's partner for our Halloween events
Shakespeare on the Sound Performances of William Shakespeare's masterpieces in Rowayton and Greenwich
Siberian Husky Club & Rescue of Southern New England Promotes the Siberian Husky breed and sporting activities for Huskies
Westport Outfitters Owner Eric Johnson has led Family Fly-Fishing Workshops
Green Initiative Links:
Back Yard Beekeepers Association A club for hobbyist beekeepers
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield Learn about natural history and backyard birdfeeding
Fairfield Green Food Guide A source for "fresh, local, sustainable food" founded by Analiese Paik
The Fairfield Organic Teaching Farm A working farm and organic educational center in Fairfield
Green Cleaning Promotes environmentally-friendly products and methods for household cleaning
Nick Mancini "The Soil Guy" helped the Children's Deptartment create a garden for Belle and a compost bin
Wildlife in Crisis, Inc. Rescues injured and orphaned wildlife and seeks to protect threatened ecosystems
Wolf Conservation Center Home of Atka, the Arctic wolf


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Club de Golf Alcanada
This 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. opened in 2003. Situated in the north of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Alcanada is right at the seaside. The 6,499-metre long course blends in naturally with the typically Mallorcan terrain. Most of the holes have a view of the island of Alcanada with its lighthouse that inspires the club's logo. Besides the magnificent sea view the golfer is surrounded by pine forests and olive groves.
Although a new course, Alcanada is already recognised by a large number of golf magazines and guides as one of the best in Spain and Europe. The course is immaculately tended and its greens, improved in 2008, are fast, true and of exceptional quality.
18-hole course
25 range tees (10 covered)
Handicap 33 (men)/35 (women)
Green fees:
01.01.-15.02.2016; 16.11.-31.12.2016
18 holes: € 100/9 holes: € 59
18 holes: € 130/9 holes: € 66
18 holes: € 45/9 holes: € 28
Visitors are welcome at any time
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Morris Plains, New Jersey (PRWEB) November 29, 2012
Art From the Heart is a pop-up exploration of the artist's intrinsic value. Under this unique model, every artist included in the installation shares in revenue. Tagged artists receive an equal share of 50% of the event's net revenue, and all untagged artists share the remaining 50%.
Interdisciplinary artists worldwide may submit up to three artworks for consideration by a global audience through unique vanderbiltrepublic.com gallery spaces. All artworks that manifest as objects are accepted for voting. The top ten are guaranteed inclusion in AFTH2012.
For those that wish to take home a work that speaks to them, admission for two, including open bar, BBQ and the right to "tag" one piece will be $500.00 in advance and $750.00 at the door.
For those who wish to join a community that supports artists, admission for one to the July 28th opening will be $10.00 in advance ($20.00 at the door), open bar included. For open bar + BBQ, admission for one is $25.00 in advance ($40.00 at the door). Only 100 advance tickets exist for each admission tier.
Art From the Heart 2012 will be curated by Jennifer Kahrs and staged at Gowanus Loft. The open call is until June 1 at http://vanderbiltrepublic.com.
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Just like the battle between Nikon and Canon, there is also an endless debate going on when it comes to choosing between Monopod and tripod. If you are someone who is planning to buy a camera stand for yourself, then you must know the differences between both to be able to decide which one is better for you. The following is a detailed comparison between a monopod and a tripod for your reference and help.
A monopod, which is sometimes also known as a unipod is a camera stand with a single pole. The camera can be mounted directly onto this stand and is thus a great choice for shooters-on-the-go. It offers more flexibility as compared to tripods and isn't as bulky as triple-legged stands.
They prove to be great tools for hikers, photowalkers and those who like to shoot sports and dance performances etc. These stands are also increasingly being used by wedding photographers and videographers. They are extremely light, can collapse into a small size and can double up as walking sticks.
Monopods do have a few negatives and one of the main ones is that they need to be carried in hand to click shots and most of them cannot be placed. They are less stable and durable than tripods and are often shaky.
A tripod, as the name suggests is a camera stand which has three legs and offers great support and stabilization for a camera. Unlike a monopod, tripods stand on their own on the ground and don't need to be held in the hand. They are definitely heavier and bulkier than monopods but also more stable and durable.
Tripods offer more uses than monopods and some of these uses include shooting in low light situations, to click consistent shots on the same subject, for long exposures, when maximum sharpness is desired, for specific and precise framing of shots and with tilt shift lenses etc.
But on the downside, tripods are usually more expensive than monopods and can be cumbersome as far as transporting them from one place to another is concerned. They are not ideal for those who are constantly on the move when getting shots and are for those who need stable or long shots.
A photographer must definitely have both a tripod and a monopod because both these stands fulfill different uses for different purposes.
More Resources:
All you Need to Know about Bird's Eye View in Photography
30 Colorful Shots Of High Speed Bullet Photography
30 Striking Examples of Silhouette Photography


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John Lurie
Once again, John Lurie brings his own genuine and soulful touch to the world. On this occasion, it is through his works on paper and their unique mixture of comedy, rawness, and emotion.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1952, John Lurie moved to New York in 1976. With his brother, Evan, he formed the musical group The Lounge Lizards in 1978.
The Lounge Lizards, embedded in the frenetic downtown no-wave scene, drew their influences from jazz, classical, African, and other ethnic music. In the mid-80's, Lurie scored and starred in the cult classic films "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Down By Law". He has scored countless films, and was nominated for a Grammy for his score on "Get Shorty". In the late 90's, Lurie directed and acted in his own television series, "Fishing With John", which has been described as "JacquesCousteau on LSD".Lurie has been drawing and painting for 30 years.
Illness and the unseemly nature of the music business have caused him to drift from music, and for the last two years he has been able to focus his creative energies on painting. Naive and bittersweet, his drawings bear the mark of an outsider, a quality present throughout his idiosyncratic career. Lurie adds, "I like to draw and paint. It is a river to me. I am not an Indian."


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John Butt leads the award-winning team of singers in the 1720 Cannons version of Esther. It was named by The Times as one of the 'Best Classical Albums of 2012'.
To buy the disc from our partners Outhere Music please click here.
Under the direction of John Butt OBE, the ensemble has become particularly acclaimed for its inquisitive approach, shining new light into some of the best known pieces of the baroque repertoire, winning two Gramophone Awards along the way.
ICMA Nominee
Best Baroque Vocal Album
2013 Awards
'Butt's direction combines spontaneous freshness with a care for expressive phrasing and precise colouring.' Gramophone
'The Dunedin Consort perform as a tight and capable band and Butt once again has proved himself the master of dramatic pacing. Thoroughly recommended.' Early Music Review
Named the 11th 'Greatest Choir' by Gramophone, the Dunedin Consort have established a reputation as the finest single-part period performance choir currently performing.
The Dunedin Consort's highly anticipated new recording of Esther - First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720 is the third recording in its hugely successful Handel series. The Consort has set the bar high for this Handel performance with a Gramophone Award in 2007 for Messiah and a BBC Radio 3 'Building a Library' First Choice accolade for Acis and Galatea.
For Esther, director John Butt has reunited his award-winning team of soloists, Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook and Thomas Hobbs, plus well-known guest soloists Robin Blaze and James Gilchrist.
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Scott Hanselman & Jeffrey Snover Discuss Windows PowerShell
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback - it was precise and helpful.
> 1. Consistency: Powershell was built to be consistent and yet object property names are often not. The process object uses processname but company not companyname, i.e. some properties have name in them and some don't. This happens with many objects and not only that. It seems to me that object properties could be made more consistent.
Absolutely correct. While .NET is substantially more consistent than previous efforts, it still has inconsistencies such as this. This is one of the reasons that PowerShell extends the .NET type system. Look what happens when you ask for the names on Processes:
PS> get-process |Get-Member *Name*
TypeName: System.Diagnostics.Process
Name MemberType Definition
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Name AliasProperty Name = ProcessName
ProcessName Property System.String ProcessName ...
We have produced a property alias which maps Name to ProcessName. This allows us to address the inconsistencies of .NET. As a user, you can take advantage of this feature yourself adding additional properties, methods, etc to objects and object types. It is an incredibly powerful aspect of PowerShell.
> 2. What you think you type? Think again. Powershell was built to simplify management by the use of a set of similarly named objects using a verb-noun pattern. And yet in Powershell many management tasks require using WMI and COM and etc which is a mess and not at all "what you think is what you get". If WMI is needed for everything, then we lose the easy syntax of Powershell.
This is a coverage issue. Cmdlets represent the best user experience but we knew that it would take years before we had complete coverage. We decided to provide access to things like COM, WMI, ADSI, .NET, etc even though they did not provide the level of abstarction we wanted to provide our users. What they do is 1) ensure that you can always do what you need to do and 2) allows you to create the right level of abstractions for others using Scripts.
> 3. COM clean-up: Create a COM object in Powershell such as Internet Explorer or Word. How do you clean it up. The COM reference is not released and setting the variable equal to $NULL does not change anything
Setting it to $NULL deferences it but the object will continue to exist until the garbage collector (GC) disposes it. You can control this yourself but as a general rule, it is best to let the GC handle it.
> 4. Language documentation is not adequate: When do you use square brackets and when round ones in variables? When a comma, etc? Why does where require a script block? Why was the pipeline object named $_ which is difficult to type instead of $$ which would have been easier? Why do I need to specify $_ in a where script block anyway? Can't it be assumed? And many more. There are many language design questions are not answered in the documentation and some language featured are not clearly explained.
Yup. There are a number of books now available on PowerShell that fill this gap. Bruce Payette, the developement lead on the language, as a great book focused on the language coming out this month. It is called PowerShell In Action.
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell/MMC Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: https://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
Scott Hanselman & Jeffrey Snover Discuss Windows PowerShell> How is he doing this {}.RemoteInvoke("string") thing?
In PowerShell, you can add methods or properties to any object or object type. You can see how this works by doing the following:
PS> notepad $pshome/types.ps1xml
This is an XML file that gets loaded upon PowerShell startup. You can create your own file and import your extensions using the Update-TypeData cmdlet.
Scott created a file which added the RemoteInvoke() method on the ScriptBlock type so when you include his stuff, every scriptblock now as this method. When you call it, PowerShell dispatches the method to his code which implements the function.
This is one of the most powerful features of PowerShell.
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell/MMC Architect
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Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: https://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
Managing IIS 7 with Windows PowerShell
<Did you noticed that Bill mentioned that we could get greater throughput but that the network was throttled?>
When I did the demo in the keynote we thought we had a problem because after I turned on IIS7 output caching - the CPU stayed at 100%.
Now doing a keynote demo - you can't have any glitches and having things break the day before the event - is a VERY VERY bad thing. So there I am looking at my keynote demo not working before my very eyes.
I ran off and was examining the code looking for flaws. I couldn't find any so I tried to enable caching a few more times and nothing worked. I was starting to feel a little ill when I looked up at the gauges and noticed that they were ALSO BROKEN. Things were getting WORSE.
Instead of showing 400+ Requests per second, the gauges were showing about 3000. Arrrgggg! I started trolling the system to see what was broken when it suddenly dawned on me that maybe the data was correct. At the show, I had an isolated network so what was happening was that the stress machine just zoomed and the servers had REALLY gone from 24 to 3000 RPS - over 100x improvement. Awesome - truly awesome. It is incredible to have an improvement soooo dramatic that you think your instrumenation is broken!
BTW - that is why the demo is different in the keynote address - it wasn't interesting to show CPUs stay at 100%.
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell/MMC Architect
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Jeffrey Snover - More talking about MonadWe'll ship in 2006. I'd put my money on "before Vista" but much of that will be determined by the overhead of the process to get out the door.
Jeffrey Snover - More talking about Monad
Here is a pointer to the Marc van Orsouw's (aka /\/\o\/\/ ) blog. He is the guy I mentioned in the Video. He is doing some very noteworthy stuff with Monad.
Jeffrey Snover - More talking about Monad
However what left me shocked with this video is how much weight did Snover loose I should do some workout myself I think...
Its amazing what a couple hundred hours in the gym will do for you.
Jeffrey Snover - Monad demonstratedtigerfeat wrote:Great stuff, but unless I missed something you didnt talk about managing another machine on the network as opposed to just your own local machine. It would be great to have a demo of that too... The kind of thing I'm thinking of is logging out those people who have forgotten to log out or shutting down certain processes right across a network, or something even more cool that I've not yet thought of but that you will no doubt be able to demonstrate!
At this point, the only way I can demo the remoting stuff is with hand puppets.
It's going to be great but we just don't have the code to show it right now.
We'll be leveraging the WS-Management protocol to do remote management. What that means is that you'll be able to use the same protocol and cmdlets to manage the Pre-OS environment of your servers (once they have a WS-Management compliant MB-Controller [which the HW guys are developing]) and your OS-Present environment.
Jeffrey Snover - Monad explainedmlauzon wrote:Does anyone have a screenshot of Monad in action, seeing as how there are a few people already lucky enough to be beta testing it?!
There will be a demo video posted soon.
Jeffrey Snover - Monad explained>Is there a solution for automation that doesn't require the command line?
Yup. Cmdlets are .NET classes which are hosted by Monad. Monad then surfaces that class as a Command line interface, an API, and eventually a WS-Management Web Service.
We surface the cmdlets as an API for management applications and to support rich GUIs. Both of these need very low latency access.


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Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, is a charming pot pourie of cultures – blending English, French and Chinese with a rich Melanesian base. On the island of Efate, 'Vila' as it is often called, has numerous travel and tour operators for your soft or wild adventure safaris; primitive arts and crafts galleries, kids playgrounds by the sea, string bands performing in open air concerts, markets overfilled with 100% organically grown produce and new age gourmet cuisine cafes serving chilled French wines.
Things to See & Do in Port Vila
It only takes 30 minutes to walk from one end of Port Vila to the other. But a traveller usually makes a day out of it shopping at the array of Duty Free shops, China town, cafes, arts and crafts and waterfront markets. Iririki Island and the War Memorial look out are favoured by photographers.
Capital of Vanuatu – Port Vila
The original intention for the establishment of the Capital was an area called Havannah Harbour on the North West Coast of Efate Island. Due to a lack of water the site was moved to Vila Bay. In 1906, Port Vila was declared the seat of government by the Condominium government. It all started as a wild outpost town. By the 1930s Vila had gained some with around a 1,000 Europeans now living in the town. The French and British social calendar at the time was full of cocktail parties, horseraces, club tennis and general frolic. The expatriate population were living a privileged life, in contrast the NiVanuatu people who had a daily curfew at 9pm. Vila boomed when it was declared a Tax Haven in 1970. This encouraged construction, development and investment especially for Vanuatu travel and tourism which has continued to this day.
Visitors to Vanuatu should remember that Port Vila does not reflect the rest of Vanuatu. Ask any NiVanuatu in the street, the majority will tell you they're from another island. Port Vila is seen by the NiVanuatu people as their Capital City but the cultural and spiritual core of Vanuatu is in each of the islands that make up the archipelago. Vila represents 80% of the economic power of Vanuatu with 20% of the population. The other islands represent 20% of the economic power of Vanuatu with 80% of the population.