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Best Time to Travel to Everest Base Camp
The Everest Base Camp, the protection zone built for protecting the core area of Qomolangma with altitude of 5,200 meters, is one of the must-sees for any of trip to Tibet. Weather in the mountains is notoriously difficult to predict. However, it is not as gloomy and cold as you imagine, and the temperature generally features the big temperature gap, cold at night while warm during daytime. It is almost sunny and even warm in the summer time, about 12°C (22°F) colder than in Lhasa.
Best Time to Visit - Apr, May, Sept, Oct, Nov.
(Or we can say in spring and autumn)
From April to May, even mid-June, it is really the greatest time to visit Everest because it is not as cold as in winter and also you will be able to see the peak very clear. Besides, for most of the mountaineers, April and May are also the best time for them to climb the Everest.
Then from September to November, after the monsoon passes and before the harsh winter moves in, there is a small window of opportunity available to view the best state of the Mt. Everest. In this season, there will also be much more climbers than in spring, during April to May.
Visiting and camping Everest Base Camp during these two ideal periods, you will have the most opportunities to see the Mount Everest clearly with panorama view. Besides, for most of the mountaineers, they are also the best time for them to climb the Everest.
Our clients enjoyed a great time at Everest Base Camp in October.
Monthly Temprature for Best Travel Season:
Apr: Max 10°C; Min -5°C
May: Max 15°C; Min 0°C
Jun: Max 17°C; Min 5°C
Sep: Max 19°C; Min 5°C
Oct: Max 12°C; Min 4°C
Nov: Max 10°C; Min -10°C
Wind speed: 14 km/h
Precipitation/month: 15 mm (0.6")
Sunshine hours/day: 7
What to Wear and Bring for Traveling EBC at Best Season:
1. Down Jacket, Lightweight long underwear top, Short-sleeved shirts, Waterproof breathable jacket & pants, Running Shoes/Hiking Boots, Socks, Gloves, Hats, etc;
2. Camera, Sunglasses, Sun-screen, Sleeping bag.
Our Everest Base Camp Join-in Small Group Tour
Winter Time to Travel to Everest Base Camp
(From December to March)
Its winter generally starting from December to March will be bit colder but you can see the Mount Everest really clear and great. Actually, the days can be quite beautiful and warm if the sun is out. There will be bit of snow during the month of January, February and December. It is also important to make sure that you can stay warm and dry in just about any conditions. It is really unpredictable. The temperature could be as high as 20°C and as low as -15°C. Why visit Mt.Everest in winter.
Beautiful Sunrise of Everest in Winter Photoed by Ben, one of our clients
Monthly Temprature for Winter Season:
Dec: Max 4°C; Min -15°C
Jan: Max 4°C; Min -17°C
Feb: Max 4°C; Min -15°C
Mar: Max 7°C; Min -12°C
Wind speed: 40 km/h
Precipitation/month: 5 mm (0.2")
Sunshine hours/day: 7
What to Wear and Bring for Visiting EBC in Winter Season:
1. Down Jacket, Lightweight windproof fleece, Long johns, Fleece lined tracksuit bottoms or down trousers, Running Shoes/Hiking boots, Socks, Gloves, Hats, etc;
2. Camera, Sunglasses, Sun-screen, Sleeping bag.
Rainy Season of Everest Base Camp
(From Mid-June to August)
From mid-June to August, it is summer and also the monsoon season there when it receives lots of rainfall. During the monsoon season, the Mt. Everest might be covered by mist and disppoint you if you are eager to see its real appearance. However, it is very cool in this season to travel Tibet and you can enjoy good weather in other parts of Tibet. So summer is actually the best time to visit Tibet though it is not the best time to visit the world's highest peak.
Everest is easily covered by mist and cloud in rainy season.
Monthly Temprature for Rainy Season:
Jun: Max 17°C; Min 5°C
Jul: Max 16°C; Min 8°C
Aug: Max 16°C; Min 6°C
Wind speed: 16 km/h
Precipitation/month: 190 mm (7.5")
Sunshine hours/day: 5
Best Time to Trek from Tingri to Everest Base Camp
(From Mid-September to May)
If you are interested in a trek from Tingri to Everest Base Camp, the best time extends from mid-September to May. From early September when the monsoonal rains decrease. By end of September through to December the weather is usually stable with mild to warm days, cold nights. February, March, April, May, October, November, December are favorable to do Everest base camp trek.
Best Time to Climb the Mount Everest
(April to May; Septmber to November)
Many experienced mountaineers choose to climb the Mt. Everest from the north side as it is more challenging than the south side. Tibet EBC is located at an altitude of 5,200 metres (17,056 ft) and is used when climbing via the northeast ridge. The North Base Camp has vehicle access (at least in the summer months) through a 100km road branching to the South from the Friendship Highway near Shegar. Climbers typically rest at base camp for several days for acclimatization to reduce the risks and severity of altitude sickness. In fact, the "tourists Base Camp" is located about half-way between Rongbuk Monastery and the actual climbers Base Camp at the foot of Rongbuk glacier.
A guide map showing the hiking route of Mount Everest in Tibet side.
The best time for mountaineers to climb the Mt.Everest is from April to May and from September to November, which are also the most ideal periods to visit the Mount Everest Base Camp.
Best Time to Visit Nepal Everest Base Camp
The Mount Everest is located at the border between Nepal and Tibet. Its northern part is located in Tingri County in southwestern Tibet. There are two Everest base camps on opposite sides of Mount Everest, namely South Everest Base Camp in Nepal and North Everest Base Camp in Tibet. The best place to view the Mt. Everest is at the EBC in Tibet. At the Everest Base Camp in Tibet, travelers can see the magnificent northern face of this highest peak on the earth.
Overall, Kathmandu with agreeable weather is perfect for travel in all seasons. For trekkers, the best season to do trekking in Everest Region is around from Oct to Nov.
Montly Weather and Wind Speed Graphs of Everest Base Camp
A climate picture to help you decide when to visit Everest Base Camp
Travel Permit for Visiting Everest Base Camp of Tibet
Since 2010, a visit to the North Base Camp in Tibet requires a permit called Alien's travel permit from the Chinese government, on top of the Tibet entry permit required to visit Tibet itself. At this time such permits must be arranged via Tibet travel agencies as part of a package tour that includes hiring a vehicle, a driver and a guide. Tibet Vista can help you arrange it perfectly, so what you should do is to pack up your bags, contact our travel expert and come to Tibet at the best time.
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Student Voice
As a Rights Respecting School, it is really important to us that the children in our school have a chance to be heard and listened to.
Article 12 of the CRC: "We have the right to have a say in all matters affecting us, and to have our views taken seriously."
Child of Hope Assembly
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Bex and Moses from our chosen charity 'Child of Hope'. We were able to present them with the cheque of money that we raised as a school from our Spelling Bee and our recent non-school uniform day.
We are pleased to announce we raised a fantastic £758.56! Well done to everybody for raising this incredible amount of money for a wonderful cause - you are helping to make a difference in other people's lives. As a Right's Respecting School we recognise how important it is to help others less fortunate that than us and this is something close to our hearts.
Meet Our Student Voice for 2017 - 2018...
Two children have been voted from each class in Years 1-6 to make up our Student Voice. It is a really important job in our school. We meet regularly as a group, to discuss the views of the children, and after each meeting the class representatives report back to their classes to discuss any issues raised.
This means every child in our school has the opportunity to have their say and to be heard through the Student Voice. Our Student Voice also lead the Rights Respecting group in our school to make sure that all of our children know their rights and can enjoy them in our fantastic school!
To find out what we have been discussing please read our minutes by clicking on the documents at the bottom of this page.
Dress as a Celebrity Day
Friday 7th April
Wow what a fantastic day we had seeing everybody dressed up as different celebrities. Thank you to everybody for making such a wonderful effort and for donating money to our charities as chosen by our Student Voice - Marie Curie and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Each class teacher had a tough decision to make in choosing a winner for best costume. Here are some of the winners below;
'Kate Middleton' 'Taylor Swift' 'Donald Trump'
'Katy Perry' 'Will.i.am'
Red Nose Day 2017
Thank you to everybody who came along and bought a 'Red Nose' from school and helped raise money for Comic Relief. We had a special Comic Relief assembly on Friday 24th March in which we all put on our noses and posed for a whole school photo!!
We raised a fantastic £225 so thank you!!
Student Voice: 2016/17
The pupils have spoken and the Student Voice has voted; we will be suporting four more charities this year: Julia's House, Cancer Research UK, Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Marie Curie. We have now asked our classes to come up with some unique and fun fund-raising ideas, so watch this space!
CHILDREN IN NEED: Friday 18th November 2016
Thank you so much for all the donations towards Children in Need this year.
We raised a fantastic £436.42.
We absolutely loved seeing the efforts you went to with your 'spotacular' creations. Here are the fancy dress winners (and Mr Spence!)
MacMillan Cake Sale 2016
The members of the Student Voice voted to support MacMillan with a cake sale in school on Friday 30th September. We cannot thank you enough for the wonderful display of cakes and donations, which helped us to raise £247!
Well done to the Student Voice for all their help on the day!
Student Voice: 2015-16
The children of the school shared the charities that they would like to support with the Student Voice and the charities we have chosen to support this term are: Cancer Research UK and Julia's House. Thank you to Harriet and Joe, who have explained why these charities do such a great job.
Julia's House:
Julia's House is the only children's hospice charity in Dorset. It helps children with life-limiting illnesses from newborn to the age of 18. Julia's House was opened in March 2006 and has grown to have 70 nurses and carers. Julia's House is caring for around 100 children. They rely on public funding and fund-raising for over 95% of the money it needs to run the service. (By Harriet T-M)
Cancer Research:
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research charity whose aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. It tries to find more information about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. They fund scientists, doctors and nurses in part of their effort to beat cancer sooner.
Cancer Research UK's work is almost completely funded by the public, whether it's events or community fund-raising. Over 40, 000 people have become volunteers! (By Joe)
**Thank you so much**
The Student Voice have voted to support Children in Need, this Friday - Please read the Parentmail letter from Harry for details... We raised an incredible £469.29 to give to Children in Need. The children all looked fantastic dressed as super heroes!
At our first meeting the Student Voice decided that as a Rights Respecting School, we could not ignore the crisis in Syria and that we wanted to help. Therefore, we have voted for our Autumn term fundraising proceeds to go to UNICEF to support their work in the Syrian crisis. The Student Voice also really wanted to support Mrs Bellows, who is running the Bournemouth marathon on behalf of the children's ward at Poole Hospital.
Thank you so much to all the parents and carers who made a contribution towards our nominated charities, by supporting our non-uniform day last Friday... we will publish the total amount raised once the pennies have been counted!
We raised an incredible £408.15! Thank you so much for all the generous contributions. The money has been split and the cheques sent off to both charities: The children's ward at Poole Hospital and UNICEF to support the crisis in Syria.

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Off to The Land Of Maru and Hana. What have we here? This big thing is a cat bed, believe it or not. Mugumogu says "I bought this cat bed for Hana, because she is sensitive to cold. I forecast that Maru did not like this. Because he does not like warm beds." OK, fair enough.
Well, The Circle may not like warm beds, but those are Maru 'Tocks.
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[Mwah ha ha.]
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It's all an elaborate, all-in-on-it impractical joke — in high def. Knock-knock, you're it.
In the second period of Game 5 of Rangers-Capitals on Friday — Rangers up, 1-0 — the Blueshirts' Brian Boyle was whistled for an obvious penalty. From in front of the Capitals' goal, and with play headed the other way, he swung his stick against the back of Mike Ribeiro's legs.
"Boyle slashed Ribeiro and I think he got called for it!" Sam Rosen, the Rangers' MSG TV voice hollered when play was stopped. "Ribeiro decked Boyle, but they caught the retaliation!"
Analyst Joe Micheletti took it from there: "Ribeiro's crosscheck was missed. Boyle was down on the ice, and Ribeiro was frustrated that he couldn't get the puck in. There's a push, and then a slash. That's the one the referee catches."
The Capitals, a man up, quickly scored. Deep into the third period, the 1-1 score was still being explained as the result of a "retaliation penalty" on Boyle, an implication that the refs blew it. The Rangers, in a huge game, had been robbed by at least one of two half-blind or incompetent refs.
When the Caps won in overtime — on a goal by Ribeiro — one could be left to conclude the Rangers had been thoroughly victimized by Ribeiro's missed or ignored crosscheck on Boyle.
Fine. Except for one, little thing: If, as Micheletti stated, the refs missed Ribeiro's crosscheck, they weren't alone. Nothing of the sort happened. Ribeiro didn't commit an infraction of any kind, nothing even close. Ribeiro and Boyle were in view during their entire, shared shift. I replayed it five times.
What Rosen and Micheletti so plainly saw — and complained about — never happened, except, perhaps in the dutiful minds of those employed by a network that has placed candor, not to mention viewers, in the freezer since Jimmy Dolan dumped Marv Albert for frank appraisals of bad Knicks teams.
The next night, this hoax was handed off to ABC/ESPN. In the second quarter of Knicks-Pacers Game 3, Jeff Van Gundy riffed about refs miscalling fouls. He said he'd like the number of fouls allowed per NBA player increase from six to seven.
After all, Van Gundy concluded, "fans pay to see the best players."
We've heard such before. In other words, the soulful axiom, "No one is bigger than the game," should no longer apply. Why not simply cease calling fouls on the best players?
Yet, if fans pay to see the best, why does cheering from the home crowd rise — er, I mean, "go vertical" — when the stars of visiting teams get into foul trouble?
Based on Van Gundy's theory, let's give Peyton Manning five downs, Derek Jeter four strikes, Novak Djokovic three serves and allow Tiger Woods to play outside the rules? … What's that? The last one already happened?
4 balls — or only 3?
What the heck? In the bottom of the fifth in Kansas City on Saturday, runner on first, two out, Yankees up, 3-2, did Lorenzo Cain walk on a 2-2 pitch? You tell me:
First pitch from Andy Pettitte: Called strike by ump Mike Wegner. Second pitch: Fouled off. Third: Fouled off. Fourth: Ball one, 1-2 count. At that point, Ken Singleton, on YES, said it was a 2-2 count. YES's graphic had it 1-2.
Fifth pitch: Ball two; Singleton calls it a full count; YES changes its graphic from 2-2 to 3-2. Sixth pitch: Foul. Seventh, a ball. If the count was 3-2, why didn't the man on first run on the pitch? Cain thought he took a 2-2 pitch; he stayed at home — until he was told he'd taken ball four.
David Cone said Cain lost track, but it seemed that he hadn't. Based on the pitches shown, the count was 3-2. Pettitte and catcher Chris Stewart appeared confused, too. Seven pitches, three of them balls. Still, Cain was on first with a walk.
* Although the Mets lost big to Pittsburgh on Friday and Saturday, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and the SNY/WPIX truck had strong games.
In Friday's ninth inning, one out, none on, pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin, pre-programmed toward indiscriminate immodesty, hit a home run to make it 7-2.
Even before an isolated tape showed Valdespin posing, then flipping away his bat as if he had just conquered Mesopotamia, Darling was on his case. Neither team, he said, could be pleased with such a me-first demonstration, especially given the score.
On Saturday, with Valdespin pinch hitting, the Mets down, 10-1, Cohen essentially provided a "look-for-it," mentioning Valdespin's conduct the night before. Second pitch, Valdespin was nailed with a pitch to his middle. Dugout shots — manager Terry Collins seen in a close-up — provided evidence that no one appeared surprised, or in the Mets' case, upset.
"There's no Met who's going to object to that," said Cohen. "They all expected it."
Rutgers gets failing grade for research
It turns out Eddie Jordan, proudly announced as Rutgers' new coach and holder of a degree from the university, didn't actually graduate. Rutgers shot-callers seemed to be the only ones who had no idea Jordan's predecessor, Mike Rice, acted like a raving, raging lunatic before the university purchased his presence.
Funny thing, though, throughout academia, Rutgers is nationally known for research.
* Sure, NFL Network was eager to publicize the fact that Chargers tight end Antonio Gates was angry to be selected so low — dissed at 73rd — in NFLN's "Top 100 Players of 2013." That Gates took such offseason space-filler seriously became a Tom Sawyer fence-painting ploy. Hey, AG, imagine how I felt; I wasn't selected, at all!
* Three times Friday on YES, Ken Singleton and David Cone noted the Yankees had drawn a big crowd in Kansas City. Road attendance is often a topic on Yankees telecasts. Odd, though, how new Yankee Stadium attendance — or serious lack of it — is seen but not spoken.
* Once again yesterday, had the tens of thousands of dollars spent on pink equipment instead been donated to breast cancer research … A pink ribbon attached to every jersey wouldn't have done it, it has to be a PR stunt instead of a cure initiative?
* Nothing makes network golf-casters more uncomfortable than having to note that a person of immediate interest — Sergio Garcia, in Saturday's case — publicly stated that Tiger Woods ain't such a nice guy.
* With Howie Rose away calling hockey, the Mets scored fewer runs than the Islanders scored goals.
* Reader Adam Monges notes the Rockies last week called up a reliever named Josh Outman. He then had to take me by the hand before I got it — a reliever named Outman! … Robinson Cano's indifferent base-running would have been enough to drive Billy Martin to drink.


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Barbeque Tips
Safety TipsWith the recent outbreaks of E.Coli and Salmonella poisoning, it is extremely important that we all practice safe food handling methods. Whether you are a weekend warrior feeding a few of your buddies, the great BBQ chef asked to feed 700 at the Sunflower, MS HOEDOWN, or the Great Barbeque Chef Extraordinaire catering to 1500 at the Beer Drinkers of America National Convention, you must practice food safety. That means YOU!
These are some basic rules that should keep your meat and other foods safe.
- Keep frozen foods frozen
- Thaw in the refrigerator or
- Thaw under cold running water
- Raw meat should be kept covered at a temperature of 45° or less.
- Meat should be kept in its original package or in a clean covered pan prior to being cooked.
- Do not cross contaminate meats with other meats or other foods. (i.e.: pork with chicken or beef with veggies)
Cross contamination pertains to prep areas as well as knives and other utensils. (i.e.: wash the counter and the knife after you quarter your chicken and before you chop your onions.) Prep non meat items before you prep meat items.
Food temperature is extremely important. It took us a long time to realize how important a food thermometer really is. The best style of thermometer for checking internal temps is inserted into the meat, touching no bone, temperature read, and thermometer removed. It is important to wipe (alcohol swab) the stem of the thermometer clean after each use, if not, you run the risk of cross contamination.
Meat should be cooked until it has an internal temperature of 140°+.
- Pork (shoulder, butt, ham) 180°+
- Pork (ribs, loin, chops, tenderloin) 160°
- Beef (brisket) 180°
- Beef (tenderloin, rib-roast) (rare) 130°
- Beef (med-rare) 135°-140°
- Beef (medium) 150°-155°
- NOTE: Ground Beef should be cooked at least medium (155°) or more.Ground beef is the primary culprit for carrying the E. Coli bacteria.
- Turkey (whole) 180°
- Turkey (breast) 165°
- Chicken 165°
Please follow these Health Department guidelines to ensure the safety of your family and friends!
Wood & Smoke TipsSome folks prefer burning wood and wood coals and not using charcoal at all. This is a great method of smoking and firing up your cooker, sort of a purist way, but it is time consuming and a little labor intensive. Basically you burn the hardwood in a barrel with a grate in the bottom. This is similar to a very large charcoal chimney or firebox. As the hot embers drop to the bottom of the barrel they are scooped up and shoveled into the cooker. Pellets made of hardwood sawdust is a new and very effective way to fuel your cooker.
The most popular method of providing smoke to your cooker is using a combination of charcoal and wood. How much wood should I use? Well, the ratio of charcoal to wood can range anywhere from 50% charcoal up to 98% charcoal. It is personal preference on how much wood you want to burn. We will typically burn 15%-20% hickory with our charcoal. An 80:20 ratio of charcoal to hickory.
Why use wood at all? Wood generates smoke and the smoke is what really gives the meat that true barbeque flavor. The more wood that you burn, the more smoke, the more smoke flavor in your barbeque.
You should be able to visually see a smoke ring in your meat when it is done. The smoke ring turns the meat closest to the outside a real pretty pink color. The smoke ring will normally be 2 to 4 inches or more deep into the meat. If you don't burn any wood you'll get no smoke ring.
For those of you using a gas grill, purchase a Wood Chip Smoker Box (see Go Shopping). Fill the box with wood chips and place the box directly on the lava rocks or grease shield, below the meat grate. The chips will ignite and produce the smoke you need to flavor the meat.
NOTE: A raw piece of meat will take the smoke much better than a piece that is close to being done. We recommend that you go heavy with the smoke in the early stages of the cooking process and continue moderate to light smoke throughout the remainder of the cook time.
Please call HOG WILD & A Moveable Feast Catering Companies at (901) 522-9453
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Small, individual bread with a crusty outside and fluffy inside.
This was your original brown bag bread.
Getting sent to buy a quart of this was the most amazing thing ever. You went into the bakery empty handed and came out with a piping hot brown bag filled with hot bread just ready to be devoured. I know my mom sometimes made us buy extra because we just needed to eat hot hops in the car on the way home.
They disappeared as easily as they came in.
Making them at home is pretty easy too. And great if your family is small and a quart is way too much to have.
This was an easy mix and wait, as the usual bread recipe does.
But unlike the fry bake that we made a couple weeks back, this was not going to be fried. Instead after the first raise we needed to separate them into balls to raise again.
And once they have doubled in size, pop them in the oven for about 20 minutes.
And dive in...
I love hops with cheese.
Hot and piping, and the cheese starts to melt. Yummy. Just grab a glass of milk and enjoy!!
Perfect late night snack.
Easy Trinidad Hops Bread
Prep Time: ~ 2 hours
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Keywords: bake appetizer bread sandwich Caribbean
Ingredients (Makes 6)
- 2 cups flour
- 2 1/4 tsp of sugar
- 2 1/4 tsp margarine
- 1 1/4 tsp of instant yeast (as close to 3 grams as possible)
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup water
Mix dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, yeast, butter)
Add water in segments until incorporated.
Leave to yield to twice its size.
Punch down dough, and form into balls
Place on greased baking sheet, and cover with damp towel and allow to rise to twice its size
Bake in oven set at 400 degree for 20 minutes
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What follows is a film analysis written for a "writing in film" course from
…it also served as a modest tribute to my father who had passed one year previous at the time of this paper's submission. Heavy spoilers follow. Florida International University
No matter what the medium, the best type of art is the one that becomes fresher when re-experienced. Perhaps "fresher" is not the appropriate word to use. After all, the painting does not change its landscape, the words on the printed page do not alter (unless edited), nor do the sequence of events in a film change. It is not the art that has changed, but its perception. It's a transformative experience for it serves, if the viewer is honest, to realize how much they have changed; especially if the film in question failed to make an impression in the first place. Such is the case with Sam Penkinpah's The Wild Bunch. My late father lived and breathed the western genre, and this film was his seminal favorite. As a child I never understood why. Unlike other films of the genre, all the characters were unlikeable to me and lacked the excitement and clear righteous lines of more accessible fare like The Searchers, The Mark of Zorro or The Lone Ranger on television. My young eyes could not comprehend what so plainly resonated to my then near middle-aged progenitor. What was played out in celluloid was not merely a morality tale with western trappings, but instead an internal conflict that resonates within the soul of every maturing man. What must my father have thought when he watched "Pike Bishop", "Dutch Engstrom", and "Deke Thornton" as they went on their adventure looking for their particular brand of redemption and validation? I do not know, for I never thought to ask. However, as I watch with eyes as mature now as his were then, I can only speculate. The film is exactly as it was when I saw it with him, but what was once boring now brims with tense electricity. What seemed incomprehensible is now understood with a comprehension that only life experience can impart. The appreciation of this work does not stem from its cinematography, its daring and at the time innovative use of camera angles, motion and technique, or even from its plot. The appreciation stems from the film's ability to transcend not only the genre that it was made, but also its ability to achieve a timelessness by touching upon universally cultural questions on the male psyche and the effects of his marginalization once he realizes that time leaves him adrift in favor of a younger generation and an uncertain future for which he may have no place. It is a film that deconstructs more than a genre. It deconstructs the male psyche and its preoccupation with its virility and relevance.
In The Wild Bunch, a bunch of outlaws seek to score on last heist while pursued by a band seeking to apprehend them. As plots go, it seems as simplistic as any other western, but by no means does that imply that this film is simplistic. Instead, it is an allegory for the plight of the aging as the world they once new transforms around them, threatening to leave them as nothing but dust. It is about the eternal struggle between the old who have survived, if not tamed, the world and the youth that threatens to marginalize them to obscurity. It is very much a post-modernist film in both approach and method. This film was released in the turbulent year of 1969. The country was in the midst of a highly contested, undeclared and unpopular war that caused a polarization between youth and authority. The way of conservatism was losing ground against the growing liberalism, the civil rights movement and, most emasculating of all, feminism. It is it any wonder, then, that The Wild Bunch resonates the way it does? It is a product of its time, while at the same time rising above it. The subject is the confidently resolute hero, and this film is for him an indictment, love letter, and farewell.
The strength in the film comes from Pekinpah's ability to meld the conflicting viewpoints in a way that is both jarring yet dramatic. His use of scoring is especially profound in this regard. Jerry Fielding's music is a discordant mix of the old western orchestrations and late '60s crime drama pop. It's a score that acknowledges to both while paying homage to neither but when called for, it builds up a slow crescendo of tension that explodes when the gun fires and the blood is let. Pekinpah eschews western romanticism for harsh reality, using quick cuts and slow motion filming techniques to emulate the responses that might occur for the viewer if he or she were actually there, presaging the MTV style of filmmaking by decades. In moments as dire as those, time incongruously seems to slow down and move fast all at once. There is no lyricism in the gun fights, no heroic moments. There is only bloody finality, and it is neither sanitized nor glorified.
Technique, ultimately, must serve the master of character. William Holden's "Pike Bishop" and Robert Ryan's "Deke Thorton" represent the "old" west; a time when men were men who, despite their illegal pursuits lived by their own code. The irony of this film is that each of these men are now at odds, with Thorton working as a bounty hunter hired by the railroad to capture the gang dead. Upon further scrutiny, the irony is sublimely rich. In this film, both the railroad and the motorcar represent the ushering of the new age that eventually eradicates Pike and Deke's way of life. But by the same token, they are also symbols of the modernist industrialization that the post-modern counterculture rebelled against. Another irony is found in the fact that this film's eponymous bunch isn't so wild. Its membership is made up of grizzled, seasoned veterans and eagerly bloodthirsty youths. What is fascinating is the scene that plays out at the films beginning. As the bunch rides, the camera pans to a bunch of children who drop a couple of scorpions in a den of red ants, callously laughing as the ants overwhelm and devour the two scorpions. These scorpions clearly represent Pike and Deke, two greater mature creatures overwhelmed by the passionate, mindless frenzy of a mob to which they share the most cursory of relation, the children a future indifferent to their plight. As the kids burn the insects, it would not be a stretch to say that the flames are evocative of the power of time to eradicate all that is. Perhaps this scene inspired the only memorable line "Time is the fire in which we burn, Captain." From Star Trek: Generations (1994); coincidentally another film involving the themes of man's mortality in the face of the next generation, if you will excuse the pun.
Like William Shatner's James T. Kirk acknowledging that there is a new captain of the
, so does Pike acknowledge that his time is slowly coming to a close: "We gotta start thinking beyond our guns. Those days are going fast." William Holden anchors this film with a weight and a gravitas that may have not have been wholly created out of the blue. Holden was once a highly sought after matinee idol; a star. As with all things, his looks, and his bankability, faded with time. This adds an authenticity to not only the role but the proceedings as well. One need only look at the scene where Pike rides over a hill after an embarrassing first attempt at saddling to note the brilliance of his performance. He is slumped and hurt, but resolute in his convictions despite the lack of faith by his younger compatriots. However, he is a man of his own warped convictions and a man who is no longer motivated by the passions of youth. While the younger outlaws cavort with Mexican chiquitas, he hangs out in a sauna with his closer in age companion Dutch (Ernest Borgnine). This is understandable given that other than a desire for profit, Pike has very little in common with Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Lyle Gorch (Warren Oats) or revolutionary wannabe Angel (Jaime Sánchez). In fact, the film seems to be an indictment against youth, or perhaps it is a reflection of the establishment's attitude towards the youth of the day. The film is replete with images of children in the hundreds, their numbers a hovering reminder that Pike's way of life is running out on him. Young Crazy Lee (Bo Hopkins) can easily be an analogue for Charles Manson, who orchestrated the murders of Sharon Tate and others at the time of this film's release. The soldiers on the train are young with feminized faces, inexperienced and incompetent. The young Gorch brothers' ignorance is highlighted by their not knowing the meaning of "in tandem." The pair are also are content to leave old Freddie Sykes (Edmond O'Brien) behind, to which Pike disgustedly responds "We're not getting' rid of anybody. We're gonna stick together just like it used to be. When you side with a man you stay with him. You don't do that you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished! All of us!" In Angel's village, a wise man makes the observation that "we all dream of being a child again. Even the worst of us. Maybe especially the worst of us." It gets at the heart of the existential conflict of man wanting to return to the state that is ultimately destroying him. It's a marriage of conditions that seem to be doomed to divorce if not for the character of Angel. He is the most marginalized and disrespected of the bunch. However, for all of his passionate reactionism, he is respectful to Pike and everything he represents. Angel wants vengeance on his woman for running off with the revolutionary Mapache, and no man could blame him for such emasculation, but at Pike's order he temporarily abstains from the quest. Enterprise
I must digress for a moment to call attention to the role of women in this film. None of Pekinpah's female characters are strong women, nor do they have much prominence. In this film, they are objects of lust that bring men to ruin; especially to Pike. His wound-induced limp is the result of an affair with a married woman. It is further telling that, just before his final stand at Mapache's village, Pike spends his last night with a whore and her child. They not only represent the life that Pike could have had if he had settled down, but also that by engaging in a passionate role he is no longer suited for he rejects all that he was, which brings about his doom. The female of any prominence is Angel's woman who is portrayed as a cuckolding whore and pays the ultimate price for her effrontery. Angel's ruination is assured when the woman's mother exposes his aiding the Mexican rebels.
For all his youth, Angel's loyalty is solid. Even when he is ultimately betrayed by Dutch and, by extension, the rest of the bunch, he holds his silence. Unfortunately, Angel pays with his life by adhering to the ideals of the previous generation.
Betrayal is also an important theme that runs through this film. In a man's world, a man's word is his bond. Despite his assertions of living by a code, Pike betrays Deke by leaving him to the authorities. As previously stated, Dutch betrays Angel; a man who saved his life earlier in the film's train robbing sequence. The old men have become the animals they decry against. Deke Thorton's bounty hunters are also without scruples, robbing from the dead and wondering why that is such a problem. Yet despite Pike's betrayal, Deke still longs to ride with him again. Circumstances may have put them at odds, but they are still united by a way of life.
In any other western, Deke and Pike would be adversaries who would ultimately face each other in a shoot out. In this film, however, they run a parallel course. Yet Deke is allied with the railroad, the vehicle of the future. In a very real sense, Deke is the ultimate survivor. One whose passions to not rule him, yet sees the necessity in going along with the tide of time. Despite his lapses, Pike finds redemption is standing for one of his own until his death. Deke, by not accompanying the bodies of the bunch back, places him back to outlaw status. He doesn't much care. Pike's death is a redemptive moment for Deke, one of absolution. He may have abandoned Deke, but by setting an example through death, Pike has balanced the scales by helping the other find himself.
Pekinpah presents these conflicts only to show at the end they do not matter. Young or old, we all must meet the same fate. The train robbing sequence forms a bond between the Wild Bunch that is further solidified when they take the famous "last walk" to save Angel. The accord is unfortunately short lived, for they go out in a blaze of glory. At the film's conclusion, while trying to convince Deke to ride with his bunch, Sykes offers this bit of advice: "Y'wanna come along? It ain't what it used t'be, but it'll do." Such is the cyclical nature of life. The more things change, the more they say the same.
I miss my father. Like the characters of this film, the world he knew is gone. The Cold War is a distant memory, as are the Duke, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen and all cinematic bastions of male virility and manly fortitude. Yet what difference is there between
and Iraq/Afghanistan? The challenges my father's time faced are not so different than the ones facing society now. My father's world may be gone, as my own will be one day, but hopefully they will still resonate for generations to come with the understanding that young or old, we're not all that different. With a reminder as powerful as The Wild Bunch, that reminder is all but assured. Vietnam


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Army of Apostles was back again at the Midwest Catholic Apologetics Conference this year to interview some of the movers and shakers in the Catholic world.
This episode Lisa Campbell interviews one of the most humble and dynamic preachers today, Fr. Ben Luedtke. Lisa and Father explore several vital areas of the Catholic Faith, our love for Christ, the Eucharist, Confession, the priesthood, prayer, faith and a host of other topics. This podcast is really a must listen for anyone who is struggling spiritually. You'll be inspired.


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Ardagh Bluffs
The Ardagh Bluffs are named after, Rev. Samuel B. Ardagh, who lived in this area in the mid 1800's. The park is a true escape back to nature. It is an expansive area, 527 acres and is located
in the south west part of Barrie. Ardagh Bluffs Park is city owned. Because of its immense size, once you are in it you can forget that you are still within the city limits. It is that huge!
Numerous Trails
There are numerous walking and hiking paths, about 17 km in total. Most of the park is Environmentally Protected or EP for short and has some unique plant species, environmentally protected plants could become hurt or killed if dogs were allowed to run loose so it is advised not to allow your dog off leash. Also, no motorized vehicles are allowed within the park limits.
Living within the park is a resident deer population as well as the numerous unique plant species. It is the head waters of the Bear Creek cold water fisheries. In the north end of the park you can see up into Springwater Township which is a rural community to the north of Barrie with numerous parks and protected lands as well.
Trail Signage
In 2007, the City of Barrie implemented a trail marking system which includes maps that show the four main trials systems in colour code. Numerous secondary and tertiary trails are identified by triangles and circles. These markers are easy to follow and are set out for safety.


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Academic Spotlight
Computer Science Majors Find Ready Employment Is Part Of The Program
Story posted April 19, 2011
"I'm hearing from people practically daily asking, 'Do you have any people who are graduating and are looking for jobs?' " says Bowdoin Professor of Computer Science Eric Chown. "I have to tell them, sorry."
At last count, Chown says, all of Bowdoin's graduating computer science majors had jobs lined up after college. And not your basic entry-level variety. Some are at major internet companies, where average starting salaries can waver around $70k.
"I wish I had started somewhere even close to that," laughs Chown. "But it's not like Bowdoin is just teaching people vocational skills," he says. "We teach students to think and reason. It's just that, when you add computer science to the package, those skills are highly valuable in today's world."
Mobile applications development is one of the hottest fields in computing these days. According to an April 15, 2011, report in The Wall Street Journal, online job listings with the keyword "iPhone" has nearly tripled, with "Android" job listings more than quadrupling.
"If you look at the numbers of people with mobile smart phones, they are increasing at an unbelievable rate," observes computer science major Ben Johnson '11. "It's not just smart phones, it's tablets ... Mobile applications aren't going away anytime soon."
Johnson should know. He put Bowdoin on the apps map two years ago when he saw his fledgling iPhone application project go viral on campus. Johnson developed a downloadable application that shows daily menus at all Bowdoin dining halls. He was stunned by the response, he says. Read about the dining application.]
"To see all the downloads coming in and know that pretty much everyone on campus with an iPhone was using it was phenomenal," says Johnson. "People came up to me and told me to keep doing this. Bowdoin is a phenomenal place to explore these varied interests and skill sets, a great place to figure things out. At a larger school I would have been lost, a fish in an ocean instead of a small pond."
The field was just inventing itself when Johnson started. He taught himself how to program for iPhone applications with the support of a Gibbons Summer Research fellowship.
"I had two computer science classes under my belt, which gave me a basis for how to understand computer language, in this case, Objective-C," he says. "I'm not a phenomenal mathematician, it was more about understanding how languages work. Ultimately, all computer languages are similar in their creation and syntax."
Building on that success, Johnson teamed up with his first-year roomie, Nathan Merritt ' 11, to develop their own mobile applications company, creating iPhone and android apps for local businesses.
On running a business while keeping up a full load of academics and co-curricular activities, Johnson says: "My sleeping has suffered and my general sanity, but it's like any other commitment. Everybody at Bowdoin does a lot of things. I'm just a little more tied to my phone than most people."
When the pair showcased their applications at an informal meetup of Boston developers last fall, they were besieged by job interview offers. Within three weeks, both had jobs lined up after Bowdoin—Johnson at Raizlabs, a small, mobile development powerhouse in Cambridge, Mass., and Merritt as an android apps developer with TripAdvisor in Boston.
"Nathan wanted to jump on TripAdvisor because they are dealing with massive data sets that tell people how to travel in the most efficient ways. He's great with data like that," observes Johnson. "I took Raizlab's offer because it's a close-knit team and I can learn more of the management side of things. Ultimately, down the road we may get back together."
In the past two years, majors in computer science have more than doubled. There are 15 majors in the class of 2013. Although the department is fairly intimate, with just four faculty members, their range of expertise is wide and is tied into many cutting-edge trends.
A Computer and Network Security course taught by Assistant Professor Daniela Oliveira lets students perform and analyze real security attacks in a controlled environment. Associate Professor Laura Toma's research on massive data sets is in the forefront of GIS applications: Students have helped her develop open source software that is greatly increasing the amount of data computers can handle.
Department Chair Stephen Majercik is using swarm intelligence—a computational model that takes its inspiration from social insects—to develop a computer program capable of generating musical counterpoint and responses to a live, improvising musician.
"We've worked hard the past couple of years to attract new students," observes Chown. "We had new curriculum approved to expand course offerings and allow more entry points for students, to make it more friendly."
Danielle McAvoy '13 is a case in point. She didn't intend to be a computer science major. In fact, she only took a computer class to appease her mother.
"She's a programmer and her one requirement for helping pay for schooling was that I take CS101," said McAvoy. "I took it and fell in love."
That love just translated into a two-and-half year grant to work intensively on robotics research with Prof. Chown. McAvoy is one of five Bowdoin students selected as a Clare Boothe Luce Program research scholar, a coveted grant that supports multi-year research for women in science, mathematics and engineering. She will be working on new cognitive and spatial modeling research
in the context of RoboCup, Bowdoin's world championship-winning robotics team.
"Computer science is different than all the math and science you are forced to take growing up," says McAvoy. "It's problem solving. When you're programming something and you're sitting there frustrated, hitting a wall, and all the sudden you get it and it works, it's the best feeling in the world. Like Sodokuu. Programming is a bigger scale version of that."
Data processing and analysis is driving research in an increasingly broad spectrum of disciplines, notes Chown: "If you look around campus and see the research [Assistant Professor of Sociology] Dhiraj Murthy is doing on Twitter ... or at Mary Lou Zeeman's new research in climate mathematics, you'll find a strong component of computer science. If you are going to do significant scientific modeling or data analysis these days, you really need to have the support of a programmer. [Read stories about Murthy's research and Mary Lou Zeeman's initiatives.]
"The great thing about Bowdoin," adds Chown, "is that students get to work one-on-one with their professors on very high level research, which often translates to honors projects."
The research sometimes goes both ways.
Chown has been tapping Ben Johnson's experiences learning how to program for the iPhone to help him develop a new course on mobile computing to be offered in the fall.
"The field is still in its infancy," says Chown, "so the tools aren't nearly as developed as they would be if I were teaching Java I. But I have no doubts that apps are the future of computer science."
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General Information
Central Services is a Special Fund program that reports directly to the Finance Division manager, and functions within the Department of Support Services. It is staffed with one supervisor and six front-line staff. The shop operates from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. This program's duty is to provide centralized administration and monthly accounting of four key services to County departments and associated agencies. This program does not provide its services to the general public.
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Mail Services, which provides pickup and delivery for U.S. mail, interoffice mail, parcels, State shuttle and non-mail items such as office and inventoried supplies; Printing, including simple typesetting, offset printing, centralized production high speed printing and various bindery services; Office Supplies, which provides departments with a centralized vehicle for ordering office supplies and paper products; and Photocopy Services which provides satellite convenience copiers and associated supplies. Note: graphics design service was moved from Central Services to Support Services Administration in October 1999.


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These days everyone seems to be addicted to social networking websites like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Youtube etc., spending more hours on these social platforms than probably watching TV or reading newspapers. In order to stay in touch with family and friends, people are not only sharing more than enough information online but also have provided a rich market for today's marketing professionals to promote a plethora of products and services to an already screened set of target market.
This has given birth to Social Media Marketing which, according to Wikipedia is engagement with online communities to generate exposure, opportunity and sales. The number one advantage of this is generating exposure for businesses, followed by increasing traffic and building new business partnerships. Forrester Research predicts that SMM will grow from $455 million dollars to more than $3 billion by 2014. Due to its low cost-high & impact nature, many small scale businesses are integrating Social Media Marketing campaigns into their marketing mix. According to a recent study, more than 84% of small businesses (2 to 100 employees) reported better exposure using this medium with 81% saying that SMM generated more business for them.
A few benefits of Social Media Marketing Campaign are:
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You can generate more talk about your brand online with a successful Social Media marketing campaign. When your message works with your users, they will spread your message more effectively than tradition methods.
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Hitting a front page of major social video, news and bookmark sites will send you huge amounts traffic almost instantly. This doesn't mean the traffic will equate to conversions, but it should generate momentum in the right direction.
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A comprehensive SMM strategy may provide a partial or full replacement of traditional advertising and marketing at a fraction of the cost.
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SMM campaigns bring you large amounts of back-links that benefit your ranking in search engines.
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No one says you have to approach and embrace SMM full on. SMM campaigns can be run along side traditional marketing and advertising.
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Would you rather buy from a faceless company or from a company that people recommend? We know that influencers play an important role in the buying process and you can reach these people with SMM.
Sidestepping ad blindness
Traditional online advertising methods, such as, banner ads are seeing drops in the level of effectiveness. As ad blindness increases, social media marketing has the potential to send visitors to your website without traditional advertising methods.
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In community service, youth provide service to benefit others. In service-learning youth ORGANIZE service to create meaningful change.
Community Service
Community service is volunteer action to meet the needs of others and better the community as a whole. In schools, community service typically involves canned food drives, coat drives, penny collections, holiday cards for residents of nursing homes, and Thanksgiving and Christmas drives to benefit the needy. These projects are intended to develop the habits and skills of volunteerism and are often capped off with a party to celebrate success.
For many youth, "community service" also means court-ordered service, a form of sentencing for misbehavior or breaking the law.
Service-learning expands on community service by enabling students to explore and examine the needs of others before providing service. The object is to ensure that the service is meaningful and will meet the needs of those being served.
Service-learning also integrates student service into the academic curriculum and emphasizes both service and learning. Structured time is provided for thoughtful planning of the student actions and guided reflection on the service experience.
For example, in service-learning, a canned food drive becomes much more than a competition to collect the most cans. Students can:
- Interview staff of the local food bank to find out what foods are needed most.
- Study hunger and homelessness by reading books, such as The Can-Do Thanksgiving, or by examining local data on hunger in the community that has been compiled by nonprofits or government agencies.
- Learn about nutrition and help others gather ingredients for nutritious meals for a family of four.
- Educate their peers about good nutrition and healthy eating.
- Use math skills to graph the results of the food drive by type of food and number of meals.
- Give a presentation on the food drive and hunger in the local community to the school board and other organizations, to help effect change.


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text: Oliver Mayer is associate dean of strategic initiatives and an associate professor of dramatic writing with tenure at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. He is the author of more than 30 plays, including his newest Yerma in the Desert, opening this November at the Greenway Court Theatre, and Members Only, the sequel to his ground-breaking play Blade to the Heat, receiving its world premiere at LATC in March 2018. Other plays include Blood Match, inspired by the play Bodas de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca, Fortune is a Woman, The Wallowa Project, Dias y Flores, Dark Matters, Conjunto, Young Valiant, Joy of the Desolate, The Sinner from Toledo, Laws of Sympathy and Ragged Time. Mayer has also written the libretto for the opera America Tropical – composed by David Conte, and the book for Blue House with music and lyrics by Perla Batalla and David Batteau. Along with several published play collections, Mayer wrote the children's books Big Dog On Campus Learns to be a Trojan, and its follow-up Big Dog On Campus Goes to the Library (Figueroa Press). On campus, he has received several university honors including the 2015 Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a Mellon Mentoring Award for mentoring undergraduates. He is also Resident Faculty Master at USC's Parkside International Residential College.


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What is CEATAL?
Since 2009, the Business Technical Advisory Committee on Labor Matters (CEATAL) is a permanent consultative body of the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) of the Organization of American States (OAS) which promotes the effective participation of business organizations in the labor field. CEATAL gives technical advice on the planning and execution of programs that are important for entrepreneurs, or involve their participation in economic and social development activities at national and international level.
CEATAL is comprised of one representative from the business organizations of each OAS member. As per the regulations and during the meeting of the IACML, CEATAL elects an Executive Committee from amongst its members. The members of the Executive Committee for the 2015 – 2017 mandate are as follows:
|Daniel Funes de Rioja, UIA (Argentina)
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Alberto Echavarría, ANDI (Colombia)
Substitute: Ronnie Goldberg (USA)
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Brian Burkett, CEC (Canada)
Sylvia Lorena Teixeira de Souza (Brazil)
|María Paz Anzorreguy (IOE)
The coordination of CEATAL's participation within the framework of the IACML is undertaken by the International Organization of Employers (IOE) directly with the OAS. When a representative of the employers' organization is invited to a meeting within this framework, his participation is on behalf of CEATAL and of the employers' organizations of the region.


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Features and Benefits
- 1 stereo ADC and 2 stereo DACs with sampling rates from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- Low power: 7 mW record, 6 mW playback, 48 kHz at 1.8 V
- 8 single-ended or 4 differential inputs with PGA
- 2 microphone bias reference voltages with current sense
- 2 stereo digital microphone inputs
- Flexible analog input/output mixers
- 1 stereo differential or 2 stereo single-ended line outputs
- True ground-centered stereo Class-G headphone amplifier, capable of 2 × 50 mW into 16 Ω at 1.8 V, 10% THD
- Filterless stereo Class-D speaker amplifier, capable of 2 × 880 mW into 8 Ω at 3.6 V, 10% THD
- Differential earpiece amplifier capable of driving 32 Ω
- 2 PLLs, supporting input clocks from 8 kHz to 27 MHz
- See data sheet for additional features
Product Details
The ADAU1373 is a low power, stereo audio codec with integrated digital audio processing that supports stereo 48 kHz record and playback. The stereo audio ADCs and DACs support sampling rates from 8 kHz to 48 kHz, as well as a digital volume control.
Eight single-ended or four differential analog inputs with PGAs are provided for adjusting the gain from −12 dB to +18 dB. They can be configured for microphones or line level signals.
Two stereo digital microphone inputs are supported; four digital microphones can be connected in total. In addition, three serial digital audio input/output ports are provided with asynchronous sample rate converters (ASRCs) to support various sampling rates, allowing for flexible system design in mobile phone applications. The inputs can be mixed and selected before the ADC or con-figured to bypass the ADC. Two stereo DACs are included, with a flexible mixing option for routing the signals internally.
The analog output side consists of line outputs, headphone output, speaker output, and receiver output. Two stereo single-ended line level outputs, which can be configured as two differential outputs, are included. The headphone output is stereo true ground centered (eliminating the need for coupling capacitors), with efficient Class-G (rail switching) architecture. The efficient stereo filterless Class-D switching amplifier provides ~1 W of stereo power for speakers. The differential receiver amplifier can be used to connect the separate receiver speaker. Two PLL blocks, which can lock to the inputs from 8 kHz to 27 MHz, are included.
The DSP allows system designers to compensate for the real-world limitations of microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and listening environments, resulting in a dramatic improvement in perceived audio quality through equalization, multiband compression, and limiting algorithms. The SigmaStudio™ graphical development tool, which includes audio processing blocks such as filters, mixers, dynamics processors, and amplifiers for fast development of custom signal flows, is used to program the ADAU1373.
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BELLEVILLE, IL--(Marketwire - Feb 9, 2012) - The ROHO Group, manufacturer of support surface products for medical and consumer applications, will unveil the new ROHO® AGILITY™ Back System at the 2012 International Seating Symposium in Vancouver, Canada.
With the unveiling, The ROHO Group will offer International Seating Symposium attendees a firsthand look at the new ROHO AGILITY Back System. The unveiling will take place on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 10:40 a.m. at The ROHO Group Booths 65 and 66 in the exhibit hall located at the Westin Bayshore.
The unveiling will begin with an introduction by The ROHO Group's President, Tom Borcherding, and followed with a presentation by The ROHO Group's Sr. Director of Training and Education, Darren Hammond, MPT, CWS. Following the presentation, attendees and media will be able to have hands-on experience with the new product.
"The International Seating Symposium is rapidly becoming the premier global conference for professionals around the world with a focus on seating, positioning and mobility, making it the ideal event for the ROHO AGILITY Back System unveiling," The ROHO Group's Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development Pat Chelf said.
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Autodesk Building Design Suites finally available for download
Every day of the past two weeks, two or three times a day, I check the subscription portal to see if Autodesk released the 2014 software. In between, I check the product trial pages. It's amazing how there's such little communication by Autodesk as to the release dates the products. In the past, I did my best to let you know as soon as I knew but, should you really have to depend on social media for information on a product you pay thousands of dollars for. There should be a notification in the software that automatically tells you of any release, patch, update or plugin. Maybe that's why so many people still use AutoCAD. They don't know that anything else exists.
Today is also the day that Autodesk saves about 20 million dollars in producing and shipping you your software now that you're forced to download 15 GB of software. I wonder what happens to those people with slow Internet or that have a data cap. Autodesk should give you a discount for downloading the software.
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We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but it's official: Summer's over. Labor Day marked the end of both the actual season and music festival season. We headed down to Philadelphia for one last hurrah this holiday weekend, capturing the looks of fashionable Made in America attendees.
We saw plenty of Converse, a flower crown or two, and the raddest pair of overalls this side of the Mississippi at the Jay Z-curated event. While Hov didn't perform this year, he proudly watched Beyoncé take the stage, along with acts like Imagine Dragons, Haim, and Miguel—and the diverse lineup definitely made for an eclectically-dressed crowd. Click on through to savor the last bit of summer style!
A backwards baseball cap looks cool and helps beat the heat.
We love everything about this girl's look, from her acid-washed denim top and printed bottom to her retro specs and Daria Morgendorffer-approved lace-up boots.
Matching your sunnies to your skirt? A+!
One tactic for rocking trendy patterned pants is to choose a pair in an abbreviated length.
Yes, that's the Zara skort you've seen everywhere this summer. And yes, that Bulls tee adds a sporty twist we heartily approve of.
Forever advocating overalls—especially when rad accessories are involved.
The return of the flower crown! (Okay, technically the trendy headwear didn't go anywhere, but we haven't seen one in the wild for a few weeks.)
And another! Kudos to this concert-goer for donning a bright pink headpiece with her black-and-white look.
If you can't commit to the full crown, a flower-embellished bun will do. And is that on-trend camo we see?!
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Hey everyone! We had a good week. Probably the biggest news is that Papa John's opened right around the corner so that's awesome. We went and I have to say it is pretty much exactly the same. Pretty cool. Also, they deliver so we're pretty excited about that.
Also, other big news is that my companion's nose was worse than we thought. We went last Monday and the doctor said that he needed an operation so on Wednesday he had to have surgery. So since Thursday we've had to stay in the apartment all day. I was able to arrange divisions with some members saturday so I could leave. It was kind of a bummer but he's doing a lot better. We'll be back to work in no time.
Also I wanted to share with you guys a quote from President Diaz from his last conference-
"The truth is not relative, it's ablsolute. What's true in one eternity is true in the next. Man's knowledge can be large in one moment and small in the next, or visa versa, but the ammount of final truth doesn't increase or diminish by revelations received or discoveries made. For example, Jesus Christ is the Son of God and salvation is based in His atoning sacrifice. Responsible people can only be saved on the condition that they have faith, repent, are baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. These are absolute truths. It applies to every living person since Adam till the last man. There's nothing relative about it. In the same way: Joseph Smith was chosen by the Lord in the restoration of the Gospel in the Latter-days. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Kingdom of the Lord on the Earth and the only place where you can find salvation. Once again, these are absolute, eternal, and final truths." Love it!
That's pretty much it for the week but the mission is going great. I love this Gospel and sharing it with others. I hope everyone has a great week. Love you all


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Ok guys I need help deciding what car to get for a track day drift car
I am building a drift car this year and want your guys input ..
If you had a choice which car would you choose
An Altezza
S body nissan
Engine I will be using is the 2jz gte
I just want input for what body is the best suited for the track
As in which has the best parts available
I really want to do an Altezza 2jz because most drift cars you see majority are s body nissans and I'm kinda thinking that's for a reason ???
I don't know anything about s bodies so any help would be great
Long story short which car would you choose ??
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By Andrew Both
(Reuters) - Adam Scott has certainly taken his game to another level in the majors recently but he is not exactly a new face on the golf scene as he sets his sights on next week's U.S. Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina.
Nine years ago, the Australian was only three shots from the U.S. Open halfway lead on Pinehurst's No. 2 Course before fading over the weekend to finish equal 28th, 11 strokes behind winner Michael Campbell of New Zealand.
"Of course I am a different player (now)," Scott said while preparing for the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort, the third time the year's second major will be staged at the venue.
"I'm a lot older and experienced, and I'm playing well. But I was also playing well when I went in there last time.
"I was on that ride up as a kid. I think I generally played OK there that week (at Pinehurst) and maybe didn't finish the best on Sunday."
Scott was ranked seventh in the world at the time but was largely ignored by the media, something that will not happen at next week's edition when he will return to Pinehurst in all likelihood as the game's top-ranked player.
But never mind his ranking. What makes Scott a favorite for this year's U.S. Open is his recent consistency in the majors.
Since hooking up with swing coach Brad Malone, who is also his brother-in-law, and having reassessed his focus, Scott has become a regular presence on the leaderboard at majors.
Sure, he blew a late four-shot lead to lose the 2012 British Open to South African Ernie Els, but that proved nothing more than a temporary setback.
Scott won his first major at the Masters last year, becoming the first Australian to earn the coveted green jacket, and was also in contention deep into the final round at the 2013 British Open, which was ultimately won by Phil Mickelson.
"It's been a lot of work the last couple of years to play this consistent, to bring my game to the level of where I really wanted in the big events, and to maintain it you've got to continue to have that drive," he said.
"It's been a lot of hours at home constantly trying to improve and trying to be smart about it."
The biggest strength of Scott's game is his driving. Perhaps only Rory McIlroy hits it as long and straight off the tee.
Scott has won plenty of tournaments on courses that favor long hitters, but he has also proved himself capable of winning at venues that do not, such as the recent Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
But whether or not he contends at next week's U.S. Open may depend on his short game around Pinehurst's heavily crowned greens.
Scott may not have the repertoire of shots of short-game genius Mickelson, for example, but he is no slouch either and his long putter should hold him in good stead on the greens.
"It's a demanding golf course," he said of Pinehurst's No. 2 layout. "It's got its own unique challenges. It's a different set of greens than we see at most U.S. Opens."
And it is a very different Adam Scott from the one who shot 74 and 76 in the final two rounds at Pinehurst in 2005.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Frank Pingue)


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As a part of Native American Family Involvement Day, Northeast Middle School hosted a lunch for students and families. Representatives from the Indian Education department at MPS shared both folklore and true stories of native history. The also shared information about the programming that Indian Ed offers. For example, every Friday, the Native Student Group meets for lunch with adults from Indian Ed who tell stories and lead activities that help build relationships.
A special thanks to Alyssa Mitchell from Check & Connect who organizes the Native Student Group and coordinated NAFID. Also, thanks to Carla Korb who provided student art to decorate the media center. And of course, a sincere thank you to the families of our students who were able to join us for lunch!
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Among 1,200-plus mothers followed for more than two decades, those who nursed their babies for at least six months were 48 percent less likely to develop diabetes than mothers who nursed their babies for a shorter duration. All of the women in the study were diabetes-free at enrollment time, and all had at least one child during the 25-year period.
The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, a research journal of the American Medical Association, also found that women who nursed for less than six months were also less likely to develop diabetes than women who did not breastfeed their babies at all, while women who nursed for up to a year had a lower risk than woman who nursed for up to six months, and women who breastfed for more than 12 months had the lowest risk.
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I seem to have been on my shelf for ages and although it's nice and safe, I AM BORED AGAIN!!!
It's no good I will have to go walkabout again LOL!
Hello! Another bird!
She'll be giving me wings next LOL!
So you're the one she was working on, love the hat.
Cheep......! Cheep! Cheep!
WOW! LOL! it talks.
I am pleased to meet you BP. I didn't think anyone was going to speak to me they all seem busy doing their own thing.
Don't worry bird, I've been here for a while now so I'll put you straight on anything you're not sure about. Do you have a name?
I don't think so perhaps someone could give me a name, I would really like one.
She refers to me as Blue Bird but maybe someone could think of something better?
We definitely need to give this some thought, maybe someone else could help too?
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Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
Notice of availability and receipt of application.
This notice advises the public that Continental Homes (Applicant) has applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (Act). The Service proposes to issue a 10-year permit to the Applicant that would authorize the incidental take of Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Preble's) (Zapus hudsonius preblei), federally listed as threatened, and loss and modification of its habitat associated with construction of a residential subdivision in Douglas County, Colorado. Construction of the subdivision has resulted in the loss of approximately 18.79 acres and will result in future loss of up to 2.86 acres of upland field that provides potential foraging and hibernation habitat for Preble's. The permit application includes a combined Environmental Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan), which is available for public review and comment. The Plan fully describes the proposed project and the measures the Applicant will undertake to minimize and mitigate project impacts to Preble's.
The Service requests comments on the Plan for the proposed issuance of an ITP. We provide this notice pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act and National Environmental Policy Act regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). All comments on the Plan and permit application will become part of the administrative record and will be available to the public.
Written comments on the permit application and Plan should be received on or before December 17, 2001.
Comments regarding the permit application or the Plan should be addressed to LeRoy Carlson, Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado Field Office, 755 Parfet Street, Suite 361, Lakewood, Colorado 80215. Comments may be sent by facsimile to (303) 275-2371.Start Further Info
Kathleen Linder, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Colorado Field Office, telephone (303) 275-2370.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
Document Availability
Individuals wishing copies of the Plan and associated documents for review should immediately contact the above office. Documents also will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
Section 9 of the Act and Federal regulation prohibits the "take" of a species listed as endangered or threatened, respectively (take is defined under the Act as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct). However, the Service may issue permits to authorize "incidental take" (defined by the Act as take that is incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity) of listed species under limited circumstances. Regulations governing permits for threatened species are promulgated in 50 CFR 17.32; regulations governing permits for endangered species are promulgated in 50 CFR 17.22.
The proposed action is the issuance of a permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act to allow the incidental take of Preble's during the construction of a residential subdivision at the site. The project has directly affected approximately 18.79 acres and proposes to affect an additional 2.86 acres of potential habitat for Preble's. A Plan has been developed as part of the preferred alternative. The proposed Plan will allow for the incidental take of Preble's by permitting the construction of the residential subdivision in areas that Preble's use as foraging or hibernation habitat. Construction will result in approximately 8.75 acres of permanent habitat loss and approximately 12.9 acres of temporary impact to the habitat associated with localized disturbance.
The Preble's is the only federally listed species that occurs on site and has the potential to be directly affected by the proposed project. The Applicant has agreed to implement the following measures to minimize and mitigate impacts that may result from incidental take of Preble's:
1. Restore 13.76 acres of upland field adjacent to the intermediate terrace along Cherry Creek. Restoration will include fertilizer application, native grass seeding, and native tree and shrub planting.
2. Establish five stormwater detention basins adjacent to the intermediate terraces along Cherry Creek within the 13.76 acres being restored. These basins will include the combination of wetland/upland herbaceous plants and lush grasses with riparian shrubs to create additional mouse habitat. These basins are expected to exhibit seasonal inundation and to function as emergent wetlands with temporary open water during times of high precipitation and runoff.
3. Enhance 46.9 acres of upper, intermediate, and lower terraces adjacent to Cherry Creek. Enhancement will include leafy spurge control through herbicide, mowing, and biological control, as necessary. Areas treated for leafy spurge will receive fertilizer application, native grass seeding, and native tree and shrub planting. The remaining areas will be enhanced by planting native trees and shrubs selected for appropriate moisture regimes, depending on proximity to Cherry Creek.
4. Enhance an additional 15 acres of upland field adjacent to Cherry Creek. The Applicant will use 5 acres as back-up mitigation to meet the 46.9 acres of total enhancement. An additional 10 acres will be enhanced for Douglas County to be held as a Preble's habitat mitigation bank for future county needs. These additional 15 acres will be enhanced as described in subsection 3 above.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act. The Service will evaluate the permit application, the Plan, and comments submitted therein to determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act. If it is determined that those requirements are met, a permit will be issued for the incidental take of Preble's. The final permit decision will be made no sooner than 60 days from the date of this notice.Start Signature
Dated: October 1, 2001.
John A. Blankenship,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
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