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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Almost baiting Israel to launch a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, the representative of the Islamic Republic's "supreme leader" to one of its most secretive military forces stated this week that Iran is now just waiting for the right excuse to destroy the Jewish state.
Seemingly contradicting himself, Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Shirazi, Ayatollah Khameini's liaison to the Qods Force, told reporters that Iran would need just "24 hours" to destroy Israel in what he called a "war of attrition."
The Qods Force is a clandestine wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and answers directly to Khameini. It's primary field of operations is outside Iran's borders.
Shirazi said he believed Israel was foolish enough to try a preemptive strike on Iran, and that Iran would then use its "expertise in fighting wars of attrition" to bury Israel.
Iran fought an extremely bloody eight-year war of attrition against Iraq for the better part of the 1980s. But, of course, Iran does not share a border with Israel, so any war of attrition between the two states would be carried out largely with air and missile forces, where Israel enjoys a significant advantage, both in quality and numbers.
Meanwhile, the Times of Israel cited unnamed Iranian sources as saying the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is accelerating.
"More and more young graduates and people are brought in every day," said one source who works at one of Iran's nuclear facilities. "We have been working non-stop."
The source revealed that Iran would be able to enrich large quantities of uranium to 50 or 60 percent by early next year. Uranium must be enriched to 90 percent to be used in nuclear warheads.
Israeli experts have noted that uranium need only be enriched a very small amount to be used for energy production, so the fact that Iran has already nearly reached 50 percent is all the evidence needed that its nuclear program is military in nature.
It has also been repeatedly pointed out, most recently by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the UN General Assembly, that the early stages of uranium enrichment are the hardest and most time-consuming. For Iran to jump from its current position to possessing weapons-grade uranium requires only a small time investment and the proper equipment.
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'Sanditon' - A Town Built by Digital Immigrants
"Welcome to Sanditon", the highly anticipated sequel to the hit web series "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" launched on the web this week with a new, interactive twist: fans can create their own characters who interact directly with the storyline, thanks to the Theatrics collaborative storytelling platform. More than 100 Personas were created on Sanditon's Theatrics site in the first 24 hours after launch, thanks to the huge and very involved fan base of the Bennet series.
Join the show to create your own Persona and learn more about how the Theatrics platform is helping this team of 21st Century storytellers bring their fans into their story world. The story's home page is here. Pemberley Digital, the company producing both projects, selected Theatrics.com LLC to provide a new component to their newest transmedia experience, complementing story and interaction on popular web platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr.
Key to the Sanditon strategy is the formulation of their Theatrics site's value for audience engagement. The overall storyline calls for residents of the town of Sanditon to " beta test" a new type of online video software called Domino. The Theatrics site is where that "test" is being conducted, allowing fans to create their own characters and interact directly with the storyline in a completely new interactive experience.
Over the next four months the Sanditon content creators will use Theatrics tools to:
- manage the characters created by the fans
- download fan videos to share socially and for compilation edits
- send "Calls to Action" to accounts that have created personas, so they can help drive the story forward
- connect the Theatrics experience to the other social platforms where the story is also unfolding in other forms
If you have questions about how to use Theatrics.com for your project during this beta test period, please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com

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UK Charts: Black Ops 2 holds top spot for a second week
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is still at the top of the UK charts, fending off competition from Hitman: Absolution, Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3 and more. Can the Wii U topple its reign at the top when it launches in the UK this Friday? We'll soon find out.
Treyarch's shooter has sold well, coming in as the fourth biggest UK launch of all time, but still falling short of MW2, MW3 and the original Black Ops' opening sales. VG247 covered the game in full at launch. Check out what we had to say here:
- Black Ops 2 campaign debriefed: time paradox.
- Black Ops 2 Zombies: it's a return bus ride to hell.
- Black Ops 2 multiplayer: future imperfect.
Newcomer Hitman: Absolution debuted at second place, and Stace Harman recently got to grips with Agent 47's latest and delivered his own account of IO Interactive's latest romp.
Meanwhile, fellow newcomer LEGO Lord of the Rings entered the chart at 6th, while PS All-Stars: Battle Royal stumbled in at 38th, Epic Mickey: The Power of Two entered at 34th and the oddly silent Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse launched at 35.
We'll have the full chart as it is posted by scorekeeper UKIE.
Here's the official top ten:
- 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision)
- 2. Hitman Absolution (Square Enix)
- 4. Assassin's Creed 3 (Ubisoft)
- 5. Halo 4 (Microsoft)
- 6. LEGO: The Lord of the Rings (Warner)
- 7. Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
- 8. Skylanders Giants (Activision)
- 9. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
- 10. Dishonored (Bethesda)
- 12. Moshi Monsters: Moshlings Theme Park (Mind Candy)
- 13. uDraw Studio: Instant Artist (THQ)
- 14. Resident Evil 6 (Capcom)
- 15. Football Manager 2013 (Sega)
- 16. New Super Mario Bros 2 (Nintendo)
- 17. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
- 18. Medal of Honor: Warfighter (EA)
- 19. F1 2012 (Codemasters)
- 20. Book of Spells (Sony)


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The Check-In: News from Kona, Record Numbers for New Zealand's 30th
Record numbers for IRONMAN New Zealand, new events announced, a Kona recap and more news from the world of IRONMAN.
Record Numbers Flock to 30th Anniversary IRONMAN New Zealand
IRONMAN New Zealand, the world's original international IRONMAN race, will boast record numbers when it celebrates its 30th anniversary in Taupo. Organizers have closed registration at 2000 entries which reflects an increase of more than 300 athletes for the March 1, 2014 event.
There will be 58 nations represented for the race which include more than 1,000 New Zealanders, while organizers are thrilled with the overall response that includes a record of 487 women.
"It is a fitting celebration of 30 years of IRONMAN New Zealand and of the oldest international IRONMAN race in the world," said Event Director, Janette Blyth.
"Because of its unique place in history, IRONMAN New Zealand has long been on the list of must-do IRONMAN events. More than half the New Zealanders who have entered will be competing in their first IRONMAN and that represents a fantastic growth for triathlon in this country."
IRONMAN Adds Four New Events
In event you missed the announcement during the excitement of the days leading up to the GoPro IRONMAN World Championship, four additional races were added to the IRONMAN family of events for 2014. Two IRONMAN and two IRONMAN 70.3 events were added to the global race schedule that will be welcomed by athletes looking to extend their race season into the Asia-Pacific and European regions.
IRONMAN Malaysia – Malaysia, September 27, 2014
IRONMAN Mallorca – Spain, September 27, 2014
IRONMAN 70.3 Putrajaya – Malaysia, April 13, 2014
IRONMAN 70.3 Budapest – Hungary, August 23, 2014
Photo of the Week
Mirinda Carfrae on the road to establishing new run and course records while snagging the 2013 GoPro IRONMAN World Championship title. Photo by Nils Nilsen.
IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie: Australian Age Group Championship
It will be an all-Aussie show in the pro race at the 2013 IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie this weekend. Tim Berkel, Joey Lampe, Matty White, Jason Shortis, Paul Ambrose, Casey Munro, Sam Appleton and Josh Amberger are just a few of the contenders making their way to New South Wales for Sunday's race. On the women's side, Lisa Marangon, Mechelle Wu, Kat Baker, Madeleine Oldfield and Pip Taylor should be all vying for the win.
Visit the IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie event page for more information about the course, professional ranking points, prize purse and age group qualifying slots. Join the race day conversation on Facebook and Twitter using #IM703PortMac. Check back on Sunday for our live text coverage, photos and our athlete tracker.
Performance of the Week
It was difficult task to pick a single performance from the countless number of remarkable accomplishments, performed by so many at the GoPro IRONMAN World Championship on Saturday. Harriet Anderson, however, stands out to many as the oldest female competitor to finish in Kona on Saturday. The 78-year-old recorded a 2:13:07 swim, 7:38:28 bike, and 6:43:47 marathon despite crashing her bike at 95 miles. A bruised and battered Anderson managed to complete the race in 16:56:51 with a three minute and nine second cushion to the race cutoff time, to capture her 75-79 age group title.
UPDATE: Camilla Pedersen: "Thank you for all your support"
Camilla Pedersen returned home for the first time since a bike mishap in September placed her in the hospital with serous head trauma. The 2013 IRONMAN European champion has been in rehabilitation at the Hammel Neuro Centre in Denmark, and spent the weekend home before returning to the hospital earlier this week to continue her ongoing treatment.
Tweet of the Week
The day after the race, IRONMAN legend Paul Huddle tweeted: "A post-race #IMKona Haiku: I am an IRONMAN. Anything is possible. I can't walk down stairs." Huddle, we'll expect a book of more of these soon.
Endurance Hour Podcast: Kona Recap
This week's podcast features interviews with GoPro IRONMAN world champions Frederik Van Lierde and Mirinda Carfrae along with the entire pro panel press conference. There's also exclusive Kona moments with IRONMAN legends, Mark Allen, Michellie Jones, Mike Reilly, Natascha Badmann and Dave Orlowski.


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a note on music supervision.
December 26, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Now, I'm not going to rag on Passion Pit for soundtracking a phone, Matt & Kim lending tunes to Bacardi or even The Dodos hyping the girliest beer of all, Miller Chill, though I enjoy the irony of the song being called "Fools".
Apple always has good music on their iPhone ads so Palm Pixie shouldn't have to slum it musically, and if I like listening to bands like these when I'm drunk, then hey, why not forge the connection between the two without me having to put in any work?
But, sometimes, I'm not so cool with it. While browsing through men's "raw denim shirts" with Donald at J. Crew's post-baby-jesus'-birthday-mall-sale that cost, i kid you not, $120, we realized that the oh-so-familiar tunes playing overheard weren't by Bing Crosby, a Miss Mariah original or a jazzy jazz version of Auld Lang Syne - no, they were playing Animal Collective's "My Girls", a song about minimalism and basic necessities. And when a place that views "basic necessities" as sweaters with cable knit and ruffled dresses, I've got a problem with it.
It weirds be the fuck out, but in the end, I'm fine with bad places playing good music, even if it doesn't exactly fit - i.e., my grungy grocery store plays Bat For Lashes, Forever 21 hands-down has the best in-store music of all clothing chains (trust me on this one). But, when the location undermines and hypocritizes the music, I'm not a fan.
Up yours, J. Crew.
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So ignoring the flap and back to the OP question...
I have the same problem. Regular footed, left foot forward (for me) jumps work fine enough, but my goofy foot jumps (right foot forward) are laughably retarded (get over the semiotics please!). It all feels backwards and inside out as i'm trying to launch.
I like Westozzy's recommendation to stomp harder with your back leg.
For practice/exercise during no wind this off season i'm doing standing jumps pushing off more with the left leg (right leg leaves ground first). That should help build up my weak inferior knee/leg muscles. However, the motion of the head/shoulders is also important to the flow... re-imagine where your body goes when jumping regular, and try to visualize the mirror image for goofy.
For me, it seems to be a slight flick of the neck from sideways down the shoulder the moment i push off with my back leg to about 15degrees forward.
One more thing i've noticed myself doing- my back gets stiffer/robotic on a goofy footed jump. That usually has something to do with the direction of my hips.
Long winded, but visualize it and do some basic jumping exercises on land. No need to wait until it counts on the water.
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Three schools spotlighted on 'Impact'
Impact the World is a powerful new original series that shifts the focus from the playing field to the world stage where Big Ten professors and students are making their presence known. Hosted by Dennis Haysbert, tonight's episode explores three inspirational stories of outreach and impact in Africa, featuring Purdue, Indiana and Wisconsin. Here's a list of other upcoming shows.


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Both traceability and labelling are covered by the EU Directives 1829/2003 and 1830/2003.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is the surveying authority. The results to date show that labelling of GMO products only occasionally leads to problems. However, in April 2007, Greenpeace found an unauthorised variety of GM corn in a ship from the US. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority confirmed this analysis. In response to this incident, the corn, meant for feed, was withdrawn from the market and the inspection of incoming ships from the US was sharpened. The corn did not pose any risks for humans or for the environment.


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By Alfred Opp
Glueckstal Colonies Research Association, Redondo Beach, California, 2008, 232 pages, softcover.
In the Preface, Alfred Opp writes: "In this book you will find a collection of stories and memories that represent many aspects of my life. Most are eye-witness accounts - experiences through which I have passed. A few are stories that have been passed down to me from my ancestors, or things that happened to close relatives. I am very thankful for the life I have lived. From my birthplace in a small ethnic German village in Bessarabia near the Black Sea to a new life in western Canada, I have crossed many time zones and have experienced a full life. In my youth, I was fortunate to have parents and grandparents who gave me the necessary walking stick to find my way through life. These stories and memories I have kept in my heart, and now I have them with you. Through the many challenges of life, I have found that my ancestors carved my walking stick well".
The Table of Contents shares these sections for the book: 1) How the East Was Won; 2) Land and Estates; 3) In the Shadow of Time; 4) Spiritual Life; 5) Holidays; 6) Special Childhood Memories; 7) War Costs More than Money; 8) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; 9) The Aftermath of the War; 10) A New Life. Alfred Opp's stories in memories include: summer kitchens, Mischt for fuel, Schwabian burial customs, Easter, Christmas food, tailor-made clothes, and many other stories.
About the Author
Remembering a way of life that was snatched away from his family, surviving the horrors of World War II as a child among strangers, pulling through to achieve a life won by hard work and perseverance - these are the stories Alfred Opp serves up in his second book.
Born west of the Black Sea to descendants of German pioneers, Mr. Opp lovingly recalls the life and culture he enjoyed as a child. Cook stoves were fired by corn stalks, Mischt and wood scraps. Wagon axles were hammered out by blacksmiths who knew how to work an anvil. All work was done without the benefit of labor-saving devices, yet the people lived their lives with dignity and community spirit.
But when the Iron Curtain descended in 1940, the villagers of Teplitz, Bessarabia packed up their household goods and began the Trek back to the Fatherland. They had no idea what awaited them! Housed in a former mental institution, they were indoctrinated in the philosophy of the Reich. Transported to occupied Poland, they were deposited among wary neighbors ready to rise up against the occupiers.
What do civilians do when the front lines of a war push through the center of their town? How does one survive when all community infrastructure disappears? What do children do when their parents are arrested in the middle of post-war turmoil?
Long after the battles had ended, the effects of the war continued to impact the lives of the people. Little by little they had to rebuild their lives and move on. Scars remained that had to be lived with.
This is an epic story of a journey that began halfway around the world from its conclusion. Travel along with storyteller Alfred Opp, and expect some surprises along the way!
The front cover painting of the book is by Sammie Ramsay, a granddaughter of Mr. Opp.
How the East Was Won
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The Shores Holiday Apartments townhouse Units are two storeys. The two bedrooms, bathrooms, separate toilet and covered balcony are upstairs and the kitchen, living/dining area, internal laundry, second toilet and covered patio are located on the ground floor. They are fully self contained and fully air conditioned, with free cable television, free WiFi, DVD players, ipod docking stations and dishwashers.
Apartments are located on the beach in Mackays Northern Beaches, approximately 5 minutes drive from Northern Beaches Central Shopping Centre, Mackay Golf Club, Northern Beaches Bowls Club, and the iconic Eimeo Hotel.
A Hairdresser, Fish and Chip Takeaway Shop, Beauty Day Spa, Chinese Restaurant and Mini Supermarket are a five minute walk from The Shores Holiday Apartments. The local Tavern is a 10 minute walk.
The apartments are nestled within a lush tropical garden fronting onto 6 kms of flat sandy beach - ideal for jogging, fishing or a leisurely walk. Between the apartments and the beach is the large recreational area with outdoor facilities, including a full size flood lit tennis court, volleyball net, 2 swimming pools, a toddlers pool & spa pool, childrens hopscotch pad, and a BBQ shelter complete with 2 electric BBQ's as well as a wood burning BBQ and a beach viewing platform.
The Shores is also an ECO Certified Nature Tourism accommodation provider who looks after the environment as well as their guests.
Seasonal wildlife activities observed from The Shores Holiday Apartments include Whale Watching, Turtle Nesting and Hatching, Goanna Spotting and Migratory Shore Birds. Sorry pets are not allowed.
The office has fax and photocopying facilities, and can book tours as well.
The unique style of accommodation at The Shores satisfies the needs of holidaymakers, business travellers, sporting groups, family reunions, and those looking for temporary accommodation when relocating permanently to Mackay. Units are serviced weekly for stays longer than 7 nights.
Blacks Beach is a beautiful piece of coastline and an ideal spot to relax. The beach is dotted with tropical palms and has awe inspiring views of the Pacific Ocean, at the same time being secluded and quiet. It's also a photographers paradise for brilliant sunrises.The 6 kilometre coast line is flat and makes it very easy to walk, jog, play or just lie on the beach in between swims. The more enthusiastic go kite surfing. Fishing is also a great escape and at Blacks Beach, Bream and Whiting can be caught off the beach.
The Eimeo Hotel set high on a cliff is worth a visit for the spectacular views out to the islands. Just breathtaking.Sunsets are also awesome from the Eimeo Hotel.
The Pioneer Valley marks the gateway to one of Queensland's most spectacular wilderness areas with Eungella National Park, the longest and oldest stretch of subtropical rainforest in Australia. Their are numerous walks to choose from throughout the park. Broken River near Eungella is the ideal place to view the shy platypus or head for fresh water swimming holes at Finch Hatton Gorge. Many animals and plant species found here are unique - they are found literally nowhere else in the world.
Cape Hillshorough National Park offers you the chance to see possums and native birds, kangaroos wallabies and bush turkeys on the beach, and take in some great walks through the 816 hectare national park.
Mackay City offers everything you could want from a bustling regional centre. Check out the Canefire sculpture, creative street art and Art Deco historic buildings. For shopping try the City Centre, Canelands, or Mt Pleasant for a huge variety of shops. The Pioneer River flows past the city's historical buildings and rows of palm trees fringe the wide streets. The River Walk is a must as is the Blue Water Lagoon.
Hay Point & Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals are worth the drive. The viewing platform over the site gives visitors a first hand impression of the mining industry and its impact on our region. An educational experience.
From Blacks Beach you can head north to the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Islands.The Shores Holiday Apartments are located on the beach in Mackays Northern Beaches, just 15 kms north of Mackay's City Centre.
The Shores Holiday Apartments is a great base to explore our region. Nature Reserved.


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Development News
Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc. Awards $50,000 for New UC Lab
Microbiology Lab to be Renovated This Summer
Written By Colleen Bierstine '15, PR Intern
Work has begun on the next Gordon Science Center renovation.
Utica, NY (05/30/2013)- The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties Inc. has granted $50,000 to Utica College for the renovations of the microbiology lab in Gordon Science Center.
These plans for these renovations have been years in the making, said Dr. Lawrence Aaronson, Harold T. Clark Jr. Professor of Microbiology. The objectives for the renovations are twofold. First is student safety; through the years, as the lab has accumulated more equipment, it has become less efficient and more difficult to maneuver. The new design will be much more efficient and ergonomic.
Second, the new lab will have space dedicated to student research. Some students will be able to research while other students can be engaged in silent study or work on different projects. The new equipment will also offer more safety features.
Now that the spring semester and commencement are over, construction on the project has begun.


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We're inching through the tiny town of San Pedro in Cariano when we spot a small archway down a narrow side street and decide that it's the perfect backdrop for some photography. Finding picturesque locations near the town of Verona in northern Italy is not hard, but finding enough room to stop and actually take a picture is proving something of a challenge. This little archway seems off the beaten path and it's a bank holiday in Italy so the local shops are closed. Only a tiny nearby Trattoria is open and the staff in there is preoccupied setting up for the evening crowd.
Because we're essentially trespassing on someone's property in order to get the shots we want, we do our best not to draw too much attention to ourselves. But even maneuvering the S5 around as carefully and as quietly as possible, we get noticed. A shaven head pops out the door of the Trattoria and strides towards us with purpose. He tries to communicate with us in broken German (he sees our Ingolstadt number plates) and then flips over to broken English when he notices our blank stares. He's not gesticulating at us to get the hell off his property, though. He's smiling and pointing. I think he wants to get in and try the S5 on for size.
Naturally, he revs the engine hard and the neighboring alleyways echo with the haunting sound of the S5's howling, soulful V8. If San Pedro didn't know the S5 was in town before, it does now. He's constant use of the words 'bella' and the way his middle finger, fore finger and thumb were held together and swirled around as if conducting an imaginary orchestra gave us another indication he was impressed. Finally, he gets out proclaimed it to be the best thing since the coming of Jesus (we're guessing based on his animated conversation with another waiter) before insisting we come in for a coffee, maybe a grappa. We try to decline the invitation, but his pleasantly bright and breezy demeanor quickly disappears. He is visibly offended (frighteningly so, to be honest) so we park the bella S5 and talk with our hands through two astonishingly powerful espressos. By the time we get back in the car to attack the mountain roads above the village, we're so wired we can almost through time.
It's a good job we're so thoroughly caffeinated because otherwise our interest in the S5 would have waned much sooner. As out Italian friend pointed out, it is a very beautiful car, curvy and sensuous in an old-school muscle-car kind of way. The front is typical Audi, with its big cheesy grille and a pleasingly symmetry in the way the headlamps and air intakes complement each other, but the line of LED running lights and the detailed arrangement within headlamp cluster help to define the A5 as a new Audi by giving it an interesting and modern 'face'. In profile, the A5 pure elegance, with its coke-bottle lines, exquisite stance, flowing glasshouse and perfectly honed surface treatment, while the rear is extremely familiar to anyone who's seen the backside of a 3-Series Coupe, only here it's slightly more appealing because of its tidier lines and surfacing. The only real fault I can find with the A5 is its mirrors. They look like they were yanked off the side of a Ford F-250 pickup truck and while they're undoubtedly effective they're totally at odds with the lithe beauty of the rest of the car. The designer, Walter d'Silva, says the A5 is the most beautiful car he's ever designed. We tend to agree.
When you finish soaking up the looks, you throw open the door to find the new A4 family dashboard, similar to that of an A6 but executed with more visual appeal and flair. The basic ergonomics can't be faulted (I defy anyone not to find their ideal driving position in there) and the MMI on-screen menu system is a little less frustrating than before, but otherwise it's all pretty familiar and predictable despite its newness. The only real surprise is the amount space that's in there - I fully expected to be crowbarred into place but the A5 proved remarkable roomy for front seat passengers and surprisingly adequate for those in the rear, provided they're not in there too long.
On the move, the A5 feels very, very different to the outgoing A4, riding with more maturity and cornering with a LOT more finesse. Front end grip is much stronger than the nose-heavy, understeering Audis of yore while stability and poise through the bends also impress. The A4's (and S4's) propensity to loll around on its suspension is gone, too, supplanted by a surefooted-ness and calm competence that no other Audi, bar the legendary RS4, could even dream about. This is thanks to its completely new double-wishbone front suspension arrangement and the placement of the front wheels much further forward for better weight distribution. The steering rack has also been relocated to a point just ahead of the front axle for better responsiveness and feedback while the new trapezoidal-link rear suspension also plays its part in making the A5 and S5 ride and handle with such unflappable competence.
Sadly, despite all Audi's engineering whizz-bangery, the A5 is still a soulless car to pilot. It's a marvelous machine, don't get me wrong, but it's not as involving as you'd expect from a sports coupes. The steering is quick but rather numb in terms of weight and feedback. You hear the tyres loose grip before you feel them (and that's in the dry - in the wet you're relying on the ESP to tell you when you've reached the limits) and you have to read the car's body movements to interpret what it's up to and likely to do next. It's very controllable and forgiving if you mis-read what little information it's giving you and make an unwanted input, but that's not what you want in a sexy coupe like the A5. You want to feel part of the action rather than being another fawning admirer.
Most disappointing of all was the S5, no more engaging than the lesser models just faster and marginally better looking thanks to tasty wheels and a meaty body kit (an S-Line pack achieves the same look, incidentally). We drove it hard in the hills above Verona and while there was no denying its poise or the addictive wail of its glorious V8, it lacked real driver involvement and was actually quite tricky to drive smoothly because of its springy clutch and notchy 6-speed manual 'box. The 245hp, 500Nm 3.0-litre V6 TDi Quattro is a much better bet, 20 grand cheaper and almost as fast everywhere except the long straight bits where the V8 can use its 354hp and 440Nm to full effect. Even then, though, the 3.0 TDi isn't far behind (it can reach 100km/h from a standstill in just 5.9 seconds, only 0.8 slower than the S5) and with a slicker 'box and better clutch, it could just about match the S5 over most of the tight, winding roads we tested both cars on. Oh, and don't forget it's almost twice as economical, needing just 7.2 liters per 100km compared to the S5's staggering 12.4-litre thirst. If you can't quite match the S5 pace at least you know you'll pass it later as it pulls in for fuel.
It's best to think of the S5 as a GT car, then - swift, comfortable, quick and refined, while the diesel is an even better grand tourer and arguably more exploitable in the tight stuff, too. The 3.2-litre petrol isn't as quite swift or frugal as the diesel but otherwise feels very similar to the diesel (both sounds great, too) while the rest of the engine range wasn't available to us to test at launch. At the end of our day, we longed to return to our little Trattoria to tell our new friend that while the A5 and S5 might look gorgeous and be a cultured and refined machine, it's not really the kind of car to stir the soul to such an extent you give complete strangers industrial-strength coffee to celebrate. It's a great car, the A5, as long as you're happy to sit back and go where the car wants you to go. If you crave scruff-of-the-neck, you might want to look elsewhere.
Verdict: Beautiful, fast, composed, refined and exquisitely made, the A5 only lacks for one thing: Driver involvement. The S5 is faster but no more engaging.


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Carlisle Companies Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday said it will pay $265 million to acquire the Thermax–Raydex business, a supplier of hook-up, data and coaxial wire and cable for mission-critical applications for commercial aerospace, defense and industrial customers.
With annual sales of about $112 million, the Thermax-Raydex business, which is a unit of Belden, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., designs, manufactures and sells customized wire and cable for transmission of data and power on aircraft and defense platforms, as well as in high-end industrial equipment. The business will operate as part of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies.
"We are excited about the acquisition of Thermax-Raydex, as the company adds capabilities and technology to strengthen our interconnect products business in very attractive aerospace and industrial sectors. Thermax-Raydex expands our product, technology and service ranges to our customers. This acquisition is consistent with our focus on higher margin, highly engineered products and is an excellent fit with Carlisle," said David A. Roberts, Carlisle chairman, president and CEO.
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The group that authored the measure to require condoms in adult film shoots in Los Angeles County, approved by county voters Tuesday, is now seeking to take its effort statewide.
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The foundation was the force behind Measure B, which passed with 56 percent of county voter support Tuesday.
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Intel chums up with Huawei for Oriental style flexible 4G push
Eastern fancy for time-duplexing not so inscrutable
Intel will set up an interoperability testing site in China, with local firm Huawei, to ensure its TD-LTE kit will work properly even if no-one seems very interested in using it.
The two companies will work together on the testing site to be focused on ensuring compatibility with the Time Division Duplex variant of the LTE standard. TDD LTE will be deployed in China for 4G telephony, and US operation Clearwire will be switching to the standard next year. It also has spectrum allocations in India, the UK and elsewhere despite overwhelming (and unfathomable) industry preference for FDD technologies.
This deal is primarily intended to get Intel chips into Chinese phones, in the radio stack if not the central processor, but is also indicative of Intel's continuing move away from the WiMAX standard it backed so heavily, and at such cost.
Intel's spending on WiMAX was justified by its patent holdings in the technology; if WiMAX had triumphed the return would have been considerable, but that battle is over and last week the chip giant spent $75m on the patent portfolio of Aware Inc to shore up its interest in LTE.
Huawei is providing TD-LTE infrastructure to India's Bharti Airtel amongst others, so compatibility with the emerging standard is worth having even if western operators remain largely wedded to the FDD version of the standard.
Frequency Division Duplexing uses separate, and equally-sized, frequency bands for sending and receiving signals. That works well for voice where the traffic is roughly equal, but for data services an asynchronous rate becomes more sensible and can be delivered using TDD which uses a single channel swapped between sending and receiving as required.
It might seem an obvious improvement - dynamically-adjusted asynchronous speeds in less-ridged blocks of spectrum at the cost of some latency (~20ms as opposed to the 12ms possible with FDD) - but the telecommunications industry is firmly locked into the idea of separate channels for sending and receiving. The UK mega-auction, still planned for later this year, will see huge amounts of radio spectrum sold off, most of it paired into FDD blocks which, given the nature of most data services, end up nearly half empty.
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY – A group of nine Auburn University students, their professor and an alumna spent a week earlier this month in the mountains of Bolivia, developing and implementing irrigation systems to make life better for the residents of Quesimpuco.
The remote village lies in a rugged and rocky area and receives very little rain during the South American winter. To help improve crop production, the Auburn team designed two projects: a gravity-fed irrigation system and a hydroponics demonstration unit. Both are aimed at managing the limited amount of water that is available while providing enough to meet demand.
"Our students are introducing the science and technology in a way that meshes with what the local people are already doing," said Steve Duke, team leader and professor of chemical engineering. "We have tried to listen to the needs and requests of the people of the village and engineer solutions to their challenges."
One of those challenges is irrigating the crops that struggle to grow on the terraced, rocky sides of the mountains. Over multiple visits to the village, Auburn students have been creating a system that will employ a storage tank to collects water from a nearby waterfall. The water will then be distributed to the crops at the appropriate flow rate.
"The people here do not live on a money market system," said civil engineering major Travis Bugg. "They grow everything they eat. We're trying to help them increase their yield because the threat of starvation here is real."
Other Auburn team members built a small-scale hydroponics system that recycles water across crop roots growing in gravel beds. The team worked with local high school students and others from the village and showed them another way to water crops and keep them thriving.
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Whatever lack of enthusiasm or even dread the Milwaukee Bucks might be feeling about their rapidly approaching postseason public flogging is entirely understandable. Assuming the Bucks do eventually nail down the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference bracket, their reward will be worse than a lump of coal or a Miss Congeniality award.
They'll get to face the Miami Heat in a best-of-seven series, requiring them to endure four spankings as the NBA's defending champions rev up for their title defense.
So yeah, we get it. It's not much to look forward to. But the way the Bucks have gone about their business lately, you'd think Milwaukee would rather not participate in the playoffs at all. There are several teams headed for the lottery, but playing smarter and harder than Milwaukee lately, that look as if they'd appreciate the opportunity more and give a better showing than the Bucks. Orlando, for one, bad as its record is. Minnesota, for another.
Losers in seven of their past 10 games heading into Saturday's home clash with Toronto and just 4-10 since a moderately encouraging 2-1 West Coast trip a month ago, the Bucks have been busy fulfilling all the concerns about them when the year began. And squandering what was a legit chance to move up to No. 7 by catching Boston.
The dynamic backcourt of Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis is undersized and defensively challenged. On too many nights, there's a your-turn, my-turn pattern to their offensive probes, and a disjointed or absent playmaking that has Milwaukee's frontcourt players all too happy to come off the bench if it spares them some standing around with that starting duo.
Short-timers abound, in contract terms, and the resultant lack of cohesiveness and long-term vision predictably has followed. Jennings is headed to restricted free agency and has handled it poorly, pouting in or after games, through actions or words, more like an immature rookie than a fourth-year floor leader. Ellis can opt out of his deal and, at times in the past month, has played as if on a salary drive.
Samuel Dalembert, acquired to stem some bleeding up front, was needed less once Larry Sanders finally got traction this season. So first coach Scott Skiles and then replacement Jim Boylan warehoused Dalembert – over there on the bench next to drydocked Drew Gooden.
Dalembert's deal is up once the Bucks head into summer, as is Mike Dunleavy's, as is J.J. Redick's, who probably will test the free-agent market and revive criticism that Milwaukee maybe gave up too soon on the small forward shipped to Orlando in that deal, Tobias Harris.
Ersan Ilyasova only recently has played up to the deal he landed last summer in free agency. Sanders reverted to some bad tossed-from-games-habits in a recent stretch. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute was hurt less and in better shape before he got paid a couple years ago. Whatever bump the Bucks got from parting ways with Skiles appears to have been temporary – they're 20-23 under Boylan – and the defense (104.1 ppg over the past 14) hardly is Miami-ready
Meanwhile, the locker room has been light and largely unaffected by all of the sputtering. During postgame media time Wednesday, after the loss to the nowhere-bound Timberwolves, somebody kept humming the tune of "The Final Countdown," loud enough to be picked up in audio reports. Their third-quarter collapse at New York on Friday kept their magic number for clinching the playoff spot at two.
They'll get it soon enough. But it's too bad the NBA has no surrogate system, in which the disinterested Bucks players could vote someone pluckier and more eager to take their place in the first round. The way they're going, the playoffs will be an opportunity wasted on them.


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There is a lot of controversy surrounding the water powered car, a water-burning hybrid vehicle that supposedly runs on water alone. Believers who claim that this theory that would save gasoline, help the environment, and eliminate reasons for wars over oil have proof that it works. A Japanese company currently has a water powered car and van that is ready to sell. Films of this car driving around the city in Japan can be seen on the Internet. This car can run on any water – even on tea as well as river water, sea water, or rain water. There is an energy generator under the hood that takes hydrogen from the water that is poured into the converter. Hydrogen electrons are then released that power the car. This company claims that one liter of water will keep the car running for a whole hour.
The theory of a water powered car is not new with this Japanese car. In fact, a man from the United States ran a dune buggy on water alone in 1998. His car supposedly got 100 miles per gallon of water, which is about five times the amount that most cars can go from a gallon of gasoline. The man died a few years later, and some claim that he was killed to stop his water powered car invention from taking over the oil business in the world. Others say that he died from natural causes.
Doubters, or those with conservative viewpoints on whether or not a car can actually save money by using water for gasoline, do not usually deny that it can be done. Their problem with the water powered car is usually that the theory of thermodynamics says that energy is actually lost through separating the hydrogen from the oxygen in water. They claim that the same amount of energy is needed to separate the molecules of water as the amount of hydrogen that results from the process so it is not really energy saving at all. These conservative thinkers also point out that the cars that have been proven to run on water alone use the car's electrical system to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen, and that this takes as much energy as the amount produced from the resulting hydrogen. Another factor that they say must be considered is the fact that the experiments that have been successful have been done under carefully controlled laboratory conditions.
If anyone would like to try using water to power their car, there are many converter kits available online that can be purchased for a rather small price. A water converter kit is supposedly safe for the car, and it does not negate the car's warranty since it is completely reversible. Proponents of water powered cars say that water will enable a car's engine to last much longer than if it were powered with gasoline which can clog up the pistons, valves, and other engine parts. Water converter kits can be installed on almost every car, and some companies claim that a car owner can save as much as $2,000 or more per year on energy for their vehicle. Hydrogen gas is too powerful to be kept in tanks, so it appears that there will not be hydrogen gas stations replacing the gasoline stations of today.
There is so much controversy surrounding the theory of water powered cars that a Filipino inventor who was 82 years old was imprisoned for 20 years on charges of fraud when his claim that he could make a car run on water did not occur. Others around the world are working on a way to reduce the use of oil and the use of fossil fuels that scientists say are damaging the environment.


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Much like midi dresses, which stop between your knee and ankle, midi rings are meant to be worn midway between the tip of your finger and your first knuckle.
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|Volume 19, Number 2
|The CPSR Newsletter
|Spring 2001
Into the Bush with Missile Defense
by Chris Gray
President Bush (the junior) has finally come clear with his plans for so-called Strategic Defense, better known as Star Wars. In place of the minimalist Clinton proposal, Bush has signed on to a full system including sea, land, air and space components. Pres. Reagan, the daddy of Star Wars, had his own reasons for the program (See Way Out There Indeed) but the main reason the military-industrial complex supported it was that it furthered the militarization of space. The new Star Wars is the same in this. It serves some minor domestic functions, but nothing like neutralizing the Freeze, which is what Reagan used Star Wars I for. And the contracts, while great for the defense industry, could just as well be for other things. The real reason to try and generate enough fear to politically justify a massive missile defense program in the face of tremendous technical problems is that the powers that be have decided that now is the time to seize the high ground once and for all (See box).
There is no need here to reprise the whole range of arguments against the Star Wars proposals or the militarization in space but something needs to be said about the particular perspective of computer professionals towards military systems of this type. CPSR started in opposition to the old Star Wars. The debate among computer scientists on the issue actually played a major role in encouraging most practitioners to accept the real limits of computerization and not just the theoretical boundaries sketched out by the Church-Turing thesis.
The criticisms raised against the old Star Wars fell into three basic areas:
There isn't reason to go into great detail on these points. Many criticisms of Star Wars are on the net already, including some excellent articles in our own archives. But a few comments are in order.
The work on the limitations of computers in relation to Star Wars specifically and weapons in general is in the bibliography below. In light of it, and more general critiques of science and technology, the faith that the Bush administration and others show in technology is disturbing. They don't care that what they want is deemed impossible now; they assume that eventually anything will be technologically possible. The limitations of ballistic missile defense in general render the whole idea of an ICBM defense nonsensical. It isn't just that it costs the defender 10 to 100 times more to counter a deception by the attacker. The whole idea that any small state or non-governmental organization would choose to deliver weapons of mass destruction by rocket, instead of ship, toy plane, truck, or drug shipment is insane.
The systems effects are multiple and I don't mean the impossibility of predicting the outcomes of complex systems, that is discussed in the technical articles. Rather it is some of the larger effects of ballistic missile defense that are forseeable that we should be concerned with.
If the Star Wars system was really meant as a defensive system only (which is impossible in actual military terms, but let's pretend) then it would be trying to use an impossible technology to solve a horrible problem that was brought into being by technology in the first place. But, since the actual goal of the current plans is just to make the next step in the militarization of space a reality, we have a political goal being met by an impossible technology. And we're paying for it.
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The common college equation that can't be found on science lab wipe boards is something like this: lectures + coffee + cracking books + energy drinks + study groups + pizza + goofing off + more coffee + last-minute cramming + finals ZERO sleep.
Across the country, college and university counseling centers are stressing the importance of a good snooze to students as a way to boost academic performance, as well as mental and social soundness.
Brown University in Rhode Island has its first-year students keeping a daily sleep log so researchers can assess the students' slumber patterns.
The University of California at Davis this year launched a campaign teaching good sleep habits and encouraging students to nap during the day. And students at Truman State University literally will count sheep on campus in a few weeks as part of an annual campaign designed to encourage them to sleep more.
"If you get your full night's sleep, it actually gives a person 10 to 20 percent better retention for information," said Mary Carskadon, Brown University psychology professor. "One way to think about it is that sleep is brain food."
But many teens reported nibbling -- sleeping fewer than seven hours a night when nine to 10 hours a night is ideal. "Just last night I tried to study and ended up falling to sleep in my book," said Chelsea Russell, a theater major at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. "I didn't get anything out of it."
Russell said she is constantly trying to squeeze sleep into her busy school schedule. Too often, she finds herself struggling to stay awake in class. "If you do not sleep, you cannot learn," said Nancy Hamilton, a University of Kansas psychology professor. "Research has shown that if you consistently get a good night's sleep, it can make a big difference between an A grade and an F."
Lack of sleep could be behind more than just bad grades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. CDC researchers recently released a report based on a survey of 12,000 teens that links sleep deprivation to risky behaviors, including drug and alcohol abuse, even violence and thoughts of suicide.
"It's not certain which comes first, the lack of sleep or the risky behavior," Hamilton said. What is certain, she said, is that one amplifies the other. Most worrisome to Carskadon is the connection the CDC research makes to sleep deprivation and teens that admit having had serious suicidal thoughts. Research already has proved that teens lack full frontal lobe development and therefore consistent logic skills, reminded Hamilton. "When a teen is sleep deprived, one of the things affected is judgment," Hamilton said. "When you have kids the age where the judgment part of the brain isn't fully cooked, and they are not getting enough sleep, the chance of them engaging in risky behavior is multiplied.
"Drinking alcohol, using drugs, disrupts sleep," she said. "A lack of sleep makes a person more likely to engage in risky behavior -- wash, rinse, repeat." Adolescence is when a biological shift in the circadian sleep rhythm occurs, said Lela McKnight-Eily, a CDC psychologist and author of the sleep deprivation paper. "That is when teens begin wanting to stay up later and sleep later."
Forcing a change in that biologically driven sleep pattern jacks with the brain development that goes on in young people while they sleep, researchers said. Studies have long called for later-in-the morning school start times, but little has changed, at least in high schools.
Carskadon, who also is director of sleep research for the E.P. Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island, has been outspoken about delaying school start times to coincide with the biological sleep needs of teens. She also said parents need to take a more firm role in enforcing better sleep habits.
"Teenagers need help and guidance and limits," said Carskadon, adding that poor sleep patterns developed in high school are carried to college and continue to affect a student's behavior and academic achievement level. Giovanni Brown, a biochemistry major, said that between UMKC classes, studying and work, "I know I don't get enough sleep. It's hard for me. Class starts at 8 a.m., and my day doesn't even start winding down until 10 p.m. I don't get to bed most nights until midnight."
Carskadon urges her Ivy League students not to cram. "If you cram all night, you may do OK on the exam the next morning, but as soon as you write it down, you don't remember it. You are not learning." Kim Dude, director of the University of Missouri Wellness Resource Center, also discourages trying to make up the sleep on the weekends. More favorable, she said, is to take advantage of strategically placed lounge areas around campus to catch a "catnap" between studying or classes.
Researchers there say a good nap is not a substitute for a good night's sleep. Rachel Sage, a sophomore studying pharmacy at UMKC, said she gets about five hours of sleep but opts for "napping every now and then during the day."
Energy drinks? "They don't really work," said Dan Sunderland. Trust him. He's another UMKC pharmacy major.
"Occasionally, when I've had a particularly hard day, I drink a Monster Energy," 160 mg of caffeine, or four times the caffeine in a can of Coke Classic. "It's good while I'm drinking it, but as soon as I'm done, I crash."
"Yeah, I've seen him just crash right into his book," verified Sage. Marketing major Christina Bumgarner admits to being a coffee addict. "I drink at least two cups a day, but somedays it's five or six cups."
The Truman State "Sheep on the Quad" is just one tactic the school uses to draw student attention to the importance of sleep, said Brenda Higgins, director of the student health and counseling offices on the Kirksville campus.
The bleating animals are supposed get the students' attention and give health and counseling center workers the chance to talk to them. "It's just one of the things we do to get the information out," Higgins said.
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Babá Ken Okulolo is a beloved SF Bay Area-based Nigerian bandleader, vocalist, bassist, teacher and multi-instrumentalist, one of the few popular African musicians of today whose roots extend deep into his country's musical history.
He now leads several distinct African bands and teaches students of all ages. His lively performances, recordings, drum circles, and classes spread an uplifting message and bring the joy of African music to every audience.
Babá Ken was first seen in the U.S. as bassist on King Sunny Ade's world tours. He is known for his work with Nigeria's legendary Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti, highlife master Dr. Victor Olaiya, and the seminal Afro-rock group Monomono.
He has countless Nigerian and American recording dates to his credit, and the Nigerian Journalists' Association five times voted him the country's top bassist. He founded the international super-group Babá Ken & KOTOJA, famed for its bubbling brew of Afrobeat, highlife, juju, and jazz, and which inspired the start-up of Putumayo World Music.
BABÁ KEN's bands are: the exciting Babá Ken & KOTOJA, the all-star WEST AFRICAN HIGHLIFE BAND, the folk group Babá Ken Okulolo & the NIGERIAN BROTHERS, plus the festive Babá Ken & the AFRICAN DRUMMERS.
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October 18, 2012
On Sunday, I joined two amazing people, Jenny Price and Lynn Garrett, on the Hidden L.A. River Tour. Yes people, L.A. does indeed have a river, one with real flowing water, real wildlife, and people like Jenny and Lynn, who are really passionate about it. It was an awesome adventure to explore our river with such knowledgeable and enthusiastic people! The morning started bright and early at 9 am at the L.A. River Center and Gardens, where many river-based non-profits have their offices. We quickly figured out the carpool situation, since it was a driving/walking tour of the river, and got a brief introduction that outlined the six rivery stops that were ahead of us. Without much further ado, we piled in our cars and headed to our first stop on the river. We didn't have far to travel. The first stop was only five miles north of our starting point, and as we drove we followed the river's course (though we were travelling against the current). We exited the 5 freeway and passed over the historic Los Feliz bridge (built in 1925), hung a right into a sleepy Atwater Village neighborhood, and parked at the dead end of Dover street. As we alighted from our cars and followed the path to the river, what we saw shocked some of us. Laid out in front of us was our river, and it was so very different from the lifeless, concretized, dangerous place that it is sometimes portrayed as. In fact it was the polar opposite! This is what we saw:
Not your stereotypical viewof the L.A. river As the image shows, this part of the river, a.k.a. the Glendale Narrows, is lush and full of life. It doesn't have a concrete bottom—the water table sits so high, it bubbles up on a regular basis—so there are lots of plants growing and lots of animals living in this valuable urban habitat. It was also a great place to play, in fact the kids on the tour even waded in (this made me smile really big) and were looking at all the wildlife that calls this part of the river home. While we all explored this section of the river, our leaders gave us about half an hour to do this, we saw a lot of bird life including a Great Egret, a Double-crested Cormorant, two Muscovy Ducks, and a few groups of Black-necked Stilts, American Coots, and Mallards. We also spotted some interesting invertebrate life including a few Green Darner dragonflies, 20 or so Pacific Forktail damselflies, a few Fiery Skipper butterflies, and last but not least one kid discovered a one-pincered Red Swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, poking along the river's edge!
Crayfish, aka the one-armed bandit! Red swamp crayfish, a.k.a. crawdads or mudbugs, are an introduced species of freshwater crustacean very common in the ponds and waterways of L.A.. These lobster look-alikes are edible and originally from the South Central United States where they have been harvested for food for many years. Today these creatures are found all over the world from Asia, to Africa, and Europe too. Their spread can be connected to purposeful introductions as a food source, and accidental introductions for a myriad of reasons including disposal of unwanted pets. Here in California few people "fish" for them (though I have seen families doing it in Ferndell Park), and few predators exist to keep their numbers in balance, consequently their populations are numerous. Scientists paying close attention to the impacts of this introduced crustacean have discovered they can negatively impact our local California newt, Taricha torosa, populations. Although poisonous in the adult form—these newts secrete tetrodoxin through their skin, which repels most predators—the egg and larval stages are non-posoinous. This renders these lifestages easy targets for predators such as crayfish and other introduced species like the American Bullfrog. Paired with habitat loss and human alteration, this cute newt is on the decline. And Now Back to the L.A. River Tour: After the excitement of finding the crayfish wore off, we all packed back into our cars and meandered down river to explore five other locations. We jumped from Marsh Park in Frogtown, to the Arroyo Seco confluence under the 110 and 5 freeway interchange, then headed downtown to the famous Grease filming location under the 6th street bridge. We briefly stopped for a cactus and mole filled lunch in Boyle Heights, and then continued exploring the most industrialized part of the river at the Maywood Riverfront park. Last but not least we concluded our tour at the Dominguez Gap Wetlands in Long Beach, a man-made wetland that helps to clean the river's waters before it recharges our groundwater. Phew! I wouldn't want to give too much of this amazing tour away, you really have to experience it for yourself. I know I'll be taking many of my friends and colleagues down to the river, especially to the Glendale Narrows area. Check out Hidden L.A. to find out when the next L.A. River Tour is scheduled!
Maywood Riverfront Park a la Instagram! One of the most heavily industrialized stretches of our river.
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How Do You Spell Success?
Uh, pretty much not like this:
And what do you call someone who makes slippers out of plaited ribbons?
So in conclusion: Kids, stay in school. Otherwise you, too, may be forced to write lame jokes on the internet someday.
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Viretta Park, recommended by the Olmsted Brothers. It is located in the Denny Blaine neighborhood at 151 Lake Washington Blvd E, 98112. It is 1.8 acres.
Seattle's Olmsted Parks
John Charles Olmsted of the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects firm developed a park and boulevard system for the City of Seattle between 1903 and 1912. In addition to the system plan, Olmsted and other landscape architects from the Olmsted Brothers firm also developed plans for individual landscapes, including the University of Washington campus, Volunteer Park, the Washington Park Arboretum, Hiawatha Park, and others.
The system plan and these individual plans share a number of Olmstedian characteristics:
- Parks and boulevards located on hilltops or along shorelines take advantage of views, incorporated as "borrowed landscapes" into the designs.
- In more formally designed parks, "rooms" consisted of sweeping lawns bordered by planting beds that featured multiple layers, from ground covers to mid-height shrubs to taller trees.
- Olmsted encouraged the preservation and use of native vegetation.
- Many parks incorporated playgrounds for Seattle's younger citizens.
- Paths and drives often follow curvilinear lines through the landscapes.
- Formal sections of boulevards are flanked by rows of trees, informal sections that travel through woodland parks incorporate the existing vegetation along the street borders.
Alki Beach Park Ballard Playground Beacon Hill Playground Beer Sheva Park Boren Park Cal Anderson Park Cascade Playground Cheasty Boulevard Cheasty GS: Cheasty Blvd City Hall Park Colman Park Cowen Park Dearborn Park Denny Blaine Park Denny Park Discovery Park Fairview Park Frink Park Garfield Playfield Gasworks Park Genesee Park Gilman Playground Golden Gardens Green Lake Park Greenwood Triangle Hamilton Viewpoint Park Hiawatha Playfield Howell Park Hunter Boulevard Interbay Athletic Field Interlaken Park Jefferson Park Kerry Park Kinnear Park Lakeview Park Lake Washington Boulevard Leschi Park Licton Spring Park Lincoln Park Longfellow Creek GS: North Madison Park Madrona Park Magnolia Boulevard Magnolia Greenbelt Magnolia Park Marshall Park McGraw Square Miller Playfield Montlake Boulevard Mount Baker Boulevard Mount Baker Park Myrtle Edwards Park Observatory Courts Pioneer Square Pritchard Island Beach Puget Boulevard Commons Queen Anne Boulevard Rainier Playfield Ravenna Boulevard Ravenna Park Roanoke Park Rogers Playground Salmon Bay Park Schmitz Boulevard Schmitz Park Seward Park South Park Playground Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park Union Station Square University Playground Viretta Park Volunteer Park Washington Park Arboretum Woodland Park