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By Chadner Navarro, Special to CNN • Updated 1st April 2013
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Faultless service, delicious eateries, see-and-be-seen nightlife venues and fabulous decor are traditionally the key ingredients to creating the kind of hotels that attract the international jet set. But these days, a competitive, wildly diluted hospitality landscape requires hoteliers to come up with more unique ways to engage travelers.
A spate of properties are rising to the occasion with eye-catching arts programing -- from extensive collaborations with arts organizations to interior design that relies as much on paintings and sculptures as it does on furniture to set a scene.
Take the James Royal Palm in Miami. This months-old beachside haven has already gained quite the following for its stunning private rooms and Florida Cookery, the bustling on-site restaurant. But with its Cultural Collection initiative, the hotel has partnered with several local and national creative outfits that will stage site-specific projects exclusive to the property.
New York City-based fashion label Public School, for example, designed the staff's uniforms, and Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art worked with the hotel and artist Jorge Pantoja to craft a five-piece collection of paintings displayed in the lobby.
And across the Atlantic, the recently opened Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht is now home to what it says is the largest in-hotel video art collection in the world, transforming the property into more than just a hotel -- it's an art gallery now, too.
So if you'd like a little culture right on your doorstep, check out these hotels with an artful approach to hospitality:
The James Royal Palm, Miami
In addition to the hotel's joint efforts with some of the country's leading arts and culture groups, The
James Royal Palm
in South Beach also provides a great-looking backdrop for renowned interior designer Lauren Rottet's exquisite taste in art.
Titled An Ocean Apart, the collection's paintings (including the aforementioned works by Jorge Pantoja), digital pieces and sculptures were all hand-picked by Rottet herself. Some are from well-known names such as Alex Prager and Gavin Perry, while others are works by recent art-school grads and future industry luminaries -- like 2012 University of Florida alumnus Chad Cunha -- and can be found and admired all over the property.
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Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht
In Dutch design maestro Marcel Wanders,
this canal-side property
has a national treasure working on its decor and visuals, which would have been enough to garner it well-deserved attention. But walls animated with video creations from art-world celebrities like Yael Bartana, Martha Colburn and Cristina Lucas have made the hotel even more popular among Amsterdam's creative community.
Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon
Since it opened back in 1959, the
Four Seasons' sole outpost
on the Iberian Peninsula has been dedicated to supporting local artists and using their works to add Portuguese flair to the hotel's overall design. Now, the property owns no fewer than 500 pieces -- a massive collection on view throughout, from paintings of traditional countryscapes in the lobby to the bronze sculptures of seahorses that decorate the restaurant. To make sense of it all, a digital application is due out this fall to show guests where they can find each piece, who made it and what it's all about
Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris
Raffles' City of Light outpost
has a lot going for it, from the Philippe Starck-designed interiors to a can't-be-beaten address steps away from the Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. Art aficionados will appreciate the on-site bookshop that stocks a wide range of coffee table volumes and catalogs both rare and mainstream, as well as the paintings, photography and installations that show up all over the hotel from international artists like Portuguese sculptor Joana Vasconcelos and English artist Stephen Smith.
If you're in town to experience art away from the hotel, Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris has its very own art concierge who creates a weekly list of art-related events happening all over Paris, from small gallery exhibitions to private consultations with local dealers.
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Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
Hong Kong will be the third destination to play host to Art Basel (after Miami and the title city of Basel), and the
Mandarin Oriental
there is geared to be the official hotel for the event when it kicks off in May. And why not? Works by aspiring stars of the local arts community can be found on its walls, including those of the Clipper Lounge, a chic watering hole that serves as a launch pad for Hong Kong's hopefuls. Last year, 28-year-old Tang Kwok Hin exhibited his work there, and this year, his creations will make an appearance in Art Basel in a group show called Discoveries.
Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
The Faena Group has created an important art district in Buenos Aires in a revitalized dock area.
The Faena Hotel
, housed in a converted grain barn, is blocks away from the Faena Arts Center, which opened in 2011 in a former flour mill. Rotating exhibits at the center feature contemporary art from all over the world. The general admission fee of $20 is waived for hotel guests.
Faena has also started a residency program, where an artist gets to shack up at one of the hotel's stylish rooms and work on his or her craft. In November, it was Franz Ackermann -- known for his colorfully bombastic yet abstract creations. Faena also awards a Prize for the Arts. The 2012 winner was Argentine artist Franco Darío Vico, whose work will be exhibited at the center in July.
21c Museum Hotel, Bentonville, Arkansas
While the rest of the hotels featured on this list hail from some of the biggest cities on the globe,
makes the cut for its third outpost, a 2-month-old operation tucked away in Bentonville, Arkansas. 21c has made headlines for delivering properties that nurture the contemporary arts scene in Louisville and Cincinnati. The Bentonville offshoot is equipped with 12,000 square feet of exhibition and event space that will see a rotation of solo and group shows. Eight site-specific installations (from sculpture to wallpaper) from emerging artists like Alexandre Arrechea and Rob Wynne are currently on display.
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It's not often one hears an intelligence agency talk shop, at least not in front of several thousand people at a public technology conference.
So the National Security Agency's choice to permit Computer Scientist Nathanael Burton to keynote the OpenStack Summit in Portland was a bit of a surprise.
Much of the specifics of Burton's presentation such as computational use cases, installation size, number of users and other juicy details had to be redacted, Burton explained. But he did describe the need for OpenStack, the path to implementation and the benefits the NSA gleaned from the project.
Burton explained that computer scientists within the NSA had to go through a rigorous and time-consuming process of planning projects, specifying their hardware needs and getting requisite approvals. Developers were frustrated. "The problem we were trying to solve was that it took too much time from idea to capability to develop and deploy in our development," Burton said.
Burton, along with another Agency scientist learned about OpenStack several years ago and saw it as a possible solution.
The two worked in secret, stealing a server rack and installing Diablo to start testing. Like many similarly situated developers, they found themselves heading a shadow-IT operation. The only difference was that theirs was inside one of the most secretive and security-obsessed organizations in the entire world.
Lucky for Burton (left), a 10-year Agency veteran, his rogue project turned into a success. Agency members started using OpenStack for internal tests. "We really started to get an idea of what it could do," Burton said. "Users no longer had to submit a lab request to get things done, they could do it on their own."
So he brought his project out of the shadows, showed the usage and benefits and lobbied to put OpenStack into production. He co-located with the Agency's big data clusters, opened it to mission-related workloads and let users come find it.
And they found it. Within six months and with no internal promotion, Burton had attracted hundreds of internal users. So he started improving it. He upgraded to Folsom from Diablo. He added OpenStack automation with Puppet and Kickstart, giving him the power to provision on bare metal in 20 minutes. He hardened the system by going nuts with SSL. He set up a system to automatically provision new users and do internal usage tracking using the Agency's PKI-based identity management scheme.
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"It was a complete paradigm shift to the entire IT community," Burton said. "We broke lots of things, but using OpenStack gave us better flexibility, better agility and better scalability."
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Insiders: Circuit City's In-Home TV Calibration Is A Total Scam
According to a Circuit City employee, their in-home tv calibration service is a complete ripoff. Basically they give the employees glasses like you might get at a 3D movie and they're then supposed adjust the balance and contrast and brightness with the remote control. When he complained to his manager, his boss said to just, "make believe you're changing some settings. When you're done, tell them how much better their TV looks. Besides, once you perform the calibration, they can't get a refund." Will we soon see Circuit City in-home calibration kits being hawked in the back pages of Boy's Life? Full letter, inside…
I've worked for Circuit City's Firedog for the last 11 months. Since the day I started performing in-home installations I knew that the company was not truly concerned with the service their customer received, but only with the money the customer has in his/her wallet. The point: Purchasing a TV calibration from Circuit City Firedog is a complete waste of money.
I knew a lot about installation and repair when I started Firedog, but one of the things I had never done was calibrate a TV. When I checked my appointments for the day and saw that I had to go perform a calibration, I approached one of the managers and said "How do we perform calibrations? Do we have a calibration unit or something?" The manager replied "Come over here and I'll show you." So I followed him to the TV department and he handed me an old Circuit City Advantage TV Care Kit. (These are the pamphlets/packets we USED TO hand out to customers when they purchase an extended warranty.) He pulls out a DVD and "calibration glasses" which were nothing more than those cardboard 3-D glasses you get at the movie theater except there's blue film for both eyes instead of red for one and blue for the other. He says "Put this DVD in their DVD player and follow the instructions." At this point I was bothered by the fact that I had to go to someone's house to perform a task that I'm not even trained to do. Unlike these "bonus-driven" managers, I actually have a conscience. I told the manager that I didn't feel comfortable going to do the job and that he should reschedule it to another installer. His response was "It's not hard, just goto their house, pop in the DVD, look at the test patterns with the glasses, and make believe you're changing some settings. When you're done, tell them how much better their TV looks. Besides, once you perform the calibration, they can't get a refund."
At this point I straight out refused to do that, and my manager threatened my job. I was told that if I didn't goto the customer's house and perform a service that I did not know how to perform, that I would be terminated. For fear of losing my job, I went to the customer's home to calibrate his TV. I put in the disc and skipped to the calibration "test patterns". While the patterns were displayed I looked through the glorified 3-D glasses I was given, and made small adjustments to the brightness, tint, sharpness, etc. By the time I was done, I noticed that the levels I ended up with were no different from the levels that were set from the factory. After I was done, the TV looked no better than when I had started, but in following my managers instructions I told the customer how much of a difference I saw in the TV. I left the house after about 10 minutes, and had a horrible feeling in my stomach.
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�Spring forward, fall back/tell me where the hoochies at,� sang Clay Aiken on his 2004 hit �This Is The Night,� a song inspired by Aiken�s missed audition for �Rambo: The Musical.�
Aiken reportedly missed that audition because he forgot to realign his clock with daylight-saving time. While depriving the world of the chance to witness Aiken don military garb and sing �I�m No Tourist� and �He�d Do It for Me,� many people still believe daylight savings time serves a purpose.
According to www.usuallyaccurate.com, daylight-saving time was invented by a guy in New Zealand who wanted more daylight for his work involving telescopes. As time went on, governments around the world implemented the practice under the auspices of saving energy and making the attendance of after-work activities tied to retail more palatable to the masses.
Retailers have embraced the daylight-saving system with open arms, while animal rights groups continually call foul. Citing the annual admittance of thousands of roosters to psychiatric wards immediately following daylight-saving time, animal caregivers believe the idea is outmoded.
�Those roosters are used to people milling around shortly after their sunrise crowing is finished,� said Dr. Drew Thompson of the Nick Searcy School of Veterinary Medicine in Cullowhee. �They think people can�t hear them, so they crow louder and louder until their vocal cords shut down. One guy brought in a bantam rooster last year that strained so hard he laid four eggs and a cup of coffee.�
While most of the United States will be moving their clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on March 10, Lenoir County leaders have decided to bow out of this year�s observance.
�We�ve done it for years, and all it does is make people cranky and late for a few weeks every March,� said Chris Blizzard, chairman of the Kinston/Lenoir County Department of Buying and Selling. �If I don�t get my full eight hours of sleep every night, I�m just not The Blizz.�
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�We weren�t able to totally abolish daylight-saving, but we put a good dent in it,� Blizzard said. �To pacify the one politically correct priapism on the board, Lenoir County will be observing daylight saving on a rotating schedule of one day per week.�
According to a Dept. of B.S. press release, the first four dates all Lenoir County businesses and government institutions will observe daylight-saving are March 11 (Monday), March 19 (Tuesday), March 27 (Wednesday), and April 4 (Thursday).
�This sounds like a fantastic idea,� said no one representing Lenoir County Schools. �We don�t think altering the sleep time of our students, staff and parents by one hour will have any negative effects on our day-to-day operations. We�re sure we won�t see a spike in the number of parents who decide to home-school their children.�
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Those who do not use any type of smartphone are encouraged to join their local Boy or Girl Scout troop and learn how to tell time by scratching a rock with a stick and holding it up to the sun.
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Denver Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe left Saturday night's game against the Seattle Seahawks in an ambulance after getting injured at the 9:13 mark of the first quarter.
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They eventually brought a backboard onto the field and tied Wolfe down before placing him into an ambulance and taking him from the field of play. The Broncos announced that Wolfe was being evaluated for a cervical spine injury but did have movement in all of his extremities.
A player leaving in an ambulance is never something you want to see on a football field. We will update his condition when more information is provided.
UPDATE 12:30 a.m. ET: According to Mike Klis of the Denver Post, all tests performed so far on Wolfe have come back negative and the team is hopeful he will be released in time to return to Denver with the team tonight.
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Broncos coach John Fox has returned to Denver, more than three weeks after undergoing heart valve replacement surgery. And while there's still no timetable for his return to the sidelines, he could return to the stadium before he resumes his usual coaching role.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there's a "legitimate possibility" that Fox will spend at least one game coaching from the booth.
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Romney would end Obama immigration policy
DENVER – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would end an Obama administration policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work, though anyone already granted a reprieve from possible deportation wouldn't see that permission revoked.
Romney's campaign on Wednesday sought to clarify his position on the issue.
Obama announced in June that he would prevent deportation for some people brought to the United States illegally as children. Romney told The Denver Post on Monday that he would not deport those who received permission to stay under the new Obama policy.
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Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez committed five turnovers, lost to the Titans to end the Jets' playoff chances, lost his starting job.
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A Jets fan with the Twitter account name @BraveGrancru took to the internet to say the following:
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There were other assorted threats of violence, and one particularly heartfelt note that he couldn't enjoy the company of his girlfriend (you know, in the Biblical sense) because of the frustrating play of the Jets.
According to Mike Garafolo of USA Today, @BraveGrancru said in a series of direct messages that he was surprised his tweets got so much attention.
"I do not want to harm Sanchez or do intend to," he told Garafolo in one direct message. "I'm just a Die hard Jets fan that was mad & got carried away."
He told Garafolo he'd delete the tweets, but they're still there this morning.
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text: On Friday 10 April 2009 23:15:54 David Mathog wrote: > Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote: > > As a very, > > very, general rule, you might put no more than 8TB in a raid5, and no > > more than 16TB in a raid6, including what's used for parity, and > > assuming magnetic, enterprise/raid drives. YMMV, Test all new drives, > > keep good backups, etc... > > Thankfully I don't have to do this myself, not having data anywhere near > that size to cope with, but it seems to me that backing up a nearly full > 16TB RAID is likely to be a painful, expensive, exercise. > > Going with tape first... > > The fastest tape drives that I know of are Ultrium 4's at 120 MB/s. In > theory that could copy 1GB every 8.3 seconds, 1TB every 8300 seconds ( > AKA 138 minutes, or a bit over 2 hours), and for that 16 TB data set, > something over 32 hours. Except that there is no tape with that > capacity, Max listed is still 800 GB, so it would take 20 tapes. And > really obtaining a sustained 120MB/s from the RAID to the tape is likely > extremely challenging. In any case, it looks like this calls for a tape > robot of some sort, with many drives in it. Not cheap. On the plus > side, transporting a box of 20 tape cartridges to "far away" is not > particularly difficult, and they are fairly impervious to abuse during > shipment. > > The other obvious option is to replicate the RAID. Now if the duplicate > RAID is on site, connected by a 1000baseT network, one could obtain a > very similar transfer rate - and a full backup would take just as long > as for the single tape drive (neglecting rewind and cartridge change > times). This at the expense of still losing all the data in some sort > of sitewide disaster. I can imagine, and suspect somebody has this > already, implementing, a specialized disk->disk connect, such that one > would plug Raid A into Raid B, and all N disks in A could copy > themselves in parallel onto all N disks in B at full speed. Assuming > 1TB disks and a sustained 75Mb/sec read from A and write to B, the whole > copy would be done in about 222 minutes. Not exactly the blink of an > eye, but a heck of a lot better than 32 hours. Placing the backup RAID > physically offsite would improve the odds of the data surviving, but > reduce the bandwidth available, and moving the copied RAID physically > offsite after each backup is a recipe for short disk lives. > > Since all of the obvious options are so slow, I expect most sites are > doing incremental backups. Which is fine, until the day comes when one > has to restore the entire data array from two year's worth of > incremental backups. Or maybe folks carry the tape incremental backups > to the offsite backup RAID and apply them there? > > Is there an easier/faster/cheaper way to do all of this? I had a client where we setup 2 servers in 2 different physical locations with good interconnect between them(1Gbit/s). So both servers had identical hardware setup (RAID5 with 8x 1TB disks, 1 Hot spare and 2 NICs, one dedicated for backup and one for system usage). What I did, was to setup a DRBD device between both machines so when there is a power outage in the first location or a disaster they had another server 20km away that was serving their data(this includes a MySQL, PostgreSQL and files). This setup is used both as backup(DR) and failover. Regards Marian Marinov Head of System Operations at Siteground.com


text: This photo was taken at Kripidoma in Chalkida, Evia Island right outside 'The House of Statues' and close to 'The Red House'. The first is the house of Dimitris Mallios built is 1891 and is an historical monument which has 11 statues that decorate it and numerous wall paintings which are preserved by the Greek Archaeological Society. It is said that during a particular renovation 11 human skeletons were found under the floors. The later is also owned by the same person as the first and was built in 1884 right on top of a Muslim house of worship and sits on a rock which has 3 sides towards the sea. During the second world war the German army used this house as a base of operations. Later it was donated to the city and is used today as a cultural meeting place where often are held various exhibitions of works of art such as paintings, photography, sculptures and handmade jewelry.


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He becomes Villa manager Paul Lambert's first signing of the summer, with the move announced prior to Senderos' departure to the World Cup with Switzerland on Friday.
Senderos, who has won 52 caps, made more than 100 appearances for Arsenal and joined Fulham in 2010 following loan spells with AC Milan and Everton.
He moved to Valencia on loan from Fulham in January this year.
"I am really delighted to be joining Aston Villa, a great club with such a big history, and for me this is a great step in my career," Senderos told Villa's official website.
"There will be a lot of competition for places with Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Nathan Baker and Jores Okore also very capable Premier League defenders, so it will be up to me to fight for and to earn my place in the team.
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Car Hire UK, Europe & Worldwide (Rating: 0) , Votes:Is the comparison search engine for luxury and budget car hire. If you need a hire car for business trips or holiday rentals, one search with us will go and compare prices of up to 50 car hire companies in seconds.http://www.carrentals.co.uk
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Holiday Group Timeshare Sales (Rating: 5) , Votes:Live up-to-date listing of discounted timeshares at major resorts worldwide. Popular resorts include Fairfield, Marriott, Bluegreen and Sheraton. RCI resort points available for additional flexibility.http://www.holidaygroup.com/
Long Beach New York Real Estate (Rating: 4) , Votes:Long Beach New York real estate specializing in condos, homes and luxury rentals. Search our MLS listings plus get the latest up dates on mortgages and short sales and foreclosures. Long Beach NY realhttp://www.longbeachnewyorkcondos.com
Florida Villas (Rating: 3) , Votes:This website offers villas for rent in Florida including Orlando and gulf coast villas. Check out the blog for interesting articles about Florida travel.http://www.directvillasflorida.com
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I'm a relatively new Ubuntu server user, so I'm learning as I go. I have an issue with a software package I'm installing (QGIS) which has several dependencies one of them being
gdal library. Regardless of the installation manager I use (apt, synaptic or aptitude), this package installs gdal version 1.7.3 which is quite outdated (current stable is 1.9.1). I wouldn't have an issue with this if I hadn't already built/compiled the last version of gdal myself (I chose to do so, so I could include some uncommon raster format support).
If I type
dpkg --list, I can see both libraries existing one beside the other but I don't even want the old one. After some tinkering I used synaptic and manually disabled gdal dependency during installation and then my compiled version of gdal 1.9.1 kicked in. Why wouldn't QGIS use the last version from the start?
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India yet captivates many attentions from all over the world and the reason behind it is the variety of activities it offers; mainly the adventurous one in the deep valleys of the great Himalayas. Right from spiritual tour for the adventurous one, Leh Ladakh brings every fascinated chill-axing moment for you for a tremendously lovely traveling experience.Let us explore some of them:Wildlife explorationLadakh is a unique wildlife destination, with many rare and exotic animals and birds seen in this high Himalayan plateau. The alpine climate and rugged mountains are home to many different species of flora and fauna, which you can find during your tours to Ladakh. The Ladakh region is a very perfect habitat for many wild species including wide species of birds and animals including yaks, Nyan, Urial, Bharat, Ibex, Chiru and Snow Leopard the most attractive species in Ladakh. The variety of birds found in this zone is Tibetan snow cocks, griffon vultures, and lammergeyers or bearded vultures, which have a 3 m-long wingspan. Many migratory birds are seen in Ladakh including the graceful Black-necked Crane, which can be seen flying in distinctive V-shaped formation across the clear Himalayan sky.Trekking in Leh LadakhLadakh is set amidst the two glorious mountains the Great Himalayas and the Karakoram that brings great trekking opportunities in the ladakh region and the Zanskar region. Ladakh is really an ecstasy for the trekkers and the adventure lovers and by offering the moderate to tough trekking at various ranges of regions the trekking experience is just amazing. Some of the most popular trek routes in Ladakh are Spituk to Markha Valley, Lamayuru Gompa to Chilling and Likir to Temisgam, Stok Kangri trek, Nubra Valley Trek, Trans Zanskar trek, Rupshu Valley trek and much more.Mountain biking expeditionsLadakh offers many unspoiled areas for a real exploration in the form of mountain biking. The journey from Manali to Leh, 475 km is one of the ultimate challenges for the mountain bikers. The route crosses four high passes with an accumulated altitude of 29,000 feet-the equivalent of cycling to the summit of Mt. Everest from sea level. From June to the first week of October is the ideal time for mountain biking. The most popular mountain biking routes are Leh, Thiksey, Hemis, Hyamnya, Chumathang, Karzok, Tsokar and Debring.Zanskar River RaftingLadakh has three major rivers, where you can undertake river rafting sports. The Indus in Leh region, Shayok in Nubra and Zanskar River in Zanskar are the range of rafting options available on these rivers. Zanskar River Expeditions trip begins with a flight over the Himalayas into the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. The most difficult but exciting option for river rafting is on the Zanskar along its spectacular course through the gorge in the Zanskar Mountains, between Padum and Nimo. This is suitable only for well organized white-water expedition, prepared for several days of river running and camping in absolute wilderness.
For more detail visit-http://www.himalayaadventuretours.co.uk/trekking.html


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Autism Conference to Feature Author, Advocate Eustacia Cutler
Eustacia Cutler, award-winning author and mother of animal behavioral scientist and autism advocate Temple Grandin, will speak at "Lighting the Way," an annual, two-day conference on autism spectrum disorders. The conference will be held at Gilbert Science Center June 9-10.
Six Students Named Christopherson Scholars
Six Augustana students who exemplify scholarship and campus/community service have been awarded Fred C. and J. Marie Christopherson Scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Dr. Murray Haar Named Interim VP for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College
Dr. Murray Haar has been named interim vice president for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. Dr. Haar succeeds Dr. Mark Braun, who was recently named Provost and Dean of the College for Gustavus Adolphus College.
In The News: 'Augustana Celebrates 150 Years'
On Saturday, alumni, students, faculty and staff and community members honored 15 decades of history at The Spark, the gala event to celebrate Augustana at 150. The event featured historic photo galleries, an awards ceremony, the premiere of 'Skol! Augustana at 150,' a documentary film, live music and dancing.
Five Honored With Spirit of Augustana Awards
Before a crowd of more than 1,200 people, Augustana College honored five area individuals for their efforts to advance humanitarianism, ministry, innovation, leadership and creativity last night at The Spark, the gala event to celebrate the College's 150th anniversary.
Augustana PRSSA Honored for Social Media Campaign
The Augustana Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) took home a Student Classics Award at the annual Minnesota Public Relations Society of America (MPRSA) Classics Awards Ceremony. The win came in the New Media/Technology category for the group's social media campaign.
Editorial: 'Augie is Key Part of City'
In an editorial, the Argus Leader, the state's largest newspaper, calls Augustana a "dominant part of Sioux Falls' makeup" and calls the College's reputation "integral to the city's high quality of living and ... one of Sioux Falls' key selling points."
Greenfest to Feature Panel Discussion on Environmentalism
Greenfest, an event organized by Augie Green, will feature lawn games on the Campus Green, bike rides, an environmentally-friendly meal in Morrison Commons and a panel discussion on "How Then Shall We Live: A Well-Rounded Approach to Environmental Living."
Five Days, Eight Augustana Events
Music, poetry, a book sale, a film premiere, numerical strategy and a gala event – it's an exciting week at Augustana College! Join the campus community at the following events this week.
In The News: Schmidt Shares Experiences from Rwanda
Monique Schmidt, class of 1998, emphasized the power of service at the Augustana Thought Leader Forum on Friday, April 8. Her presentation, "Reciprocal Transformations: A Discovery of Soul Through Service from Augustana to Africa," discussed her experiences in Kigali, Rwanda.


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Legalese: In most cases, the question is whether the architect has exercised reasonable skill and care
Architects' appointments often require them to comply with industry standards. This is sometimes seized upon to argue that non-compliance with the standard constitutes a breach of contract. Is that necessarily so?
If an architect's appointment requires compliance with an industry standard and that obligation is construed as a strict one, a failure to comply will equate to a breach of contract. This can have serious consequences, because many professional indemnity policies are written on the basis that they only apply to duties to exercise reasonable skill and care. Furthermore, a defence of contributory negligence (where the claimant is also at fault) is not available in respect of a breach of a strict obligation.
But special circumstances or clear language are normally required to impose a strict obligation on a construction professional. In most cases, the question is whether the architect has exercised reasonable skill and care.
In considering that question, the courts will look at relevant standards: 'What matters are the requirements of good practice, and the British Standard is therefore a good place to start… It is always unattractive for a court to ignore the recommendations of a British Standard unless there is a good reason for doing so.' McGlinn v Waltham Contractors Ltd (2007).
Departures from standards can, however, be justified. In the McGlinn case, copings did not project a minimum of 40mm from the face of the walls, as required by BS 5628: Part 3: 1985. The court acknowledged a departure from the standard may be justified, albeit that 'if there was to be a departure from a British Standard recommendation, there would have to be a good reason for it'.
Similarly, in Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd & Anor v ADT Fire and Security Plc (2011), an obligation to 'comply generally with the requirements of British Standard 5306 Part 4' in respect of a fire suppression system was held not to be a strict obligation and not to require the designer to comply with every part of the standard. It meant the standard's recommendations were to apply generally and, if there was a good reason for departing from those, that would not be a breach. The conclusion that this was not a strict obligation and the finding of 75 per cent contributory negligence by the claimant is the subject of an appeal. If the obligation is held to have been strict and the finding of contributory negligence overturned, the outcome will look different.
As with contracts, there can be arguments about the meaning of industry standards. In McGlinn, the claimants alleged the design should have specified three coats of render instead of two. The court rejected the claimant's interpretation of BS 5262 and found that a reasonably competent architect could have concluded that the site was not 'severely exposed' and so two coats sufficed.
Conversely, compliance with a standard does not necessarily equate to discharging one's obligations. In Messer UK Limited v Britvic Soft Drinks Limited (2002), Messer supplied Britvic with CO2 containing benzene, making it unsaleable. Britvic's specification required the product to comply with BS 4105. The Court of Appeal found it did. Nevertheless, the CO2 was found not to be of satisfactory quality.
What can architects do to protect their position?
- Ensure that your duty to provide your services and any specific obligations to comply with standards are expressly stated to be reasonable skill and care obligations.
- If you depart from a standard, document the reasons for it and involve someone suitably experienced in the decision-making process.
- If a claim is threatened, look at the terms of your appointment to establish the nature of your obligations.
- Look for insurance products offering wider cover, ie all civil liability, including breaches of strict obligations.
Peter Stockill MSc FCIArb is a partner at Berrymans Lace Mawer, which operates the RIBA Legal Helpline
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Early '60S Memories (And A Lot Of Louvers) Are Built Into This Hot Rod Model A
"Wow," or maybe some earthier synonym, was the word that popped out of my mouth when I got my first look at this right-out-of-1963 roadster. We found the owner, Pete Scialabba, and headed out to the foothills of Pleasanton, California, to shoot the photos you're looking at. That same weekend, Goodguys chose Pete's '29 for the Billy B Memorial Award. Billy Burnham was a hardcore advocate of traditional hot rodding and drove his own '29 highboy roadster, on '32 'rails with a '32 grille, everywhere.
We'd met Pete before. He's from San Jose, and nearby Pleasanton is his home turf for showing off his numerous Blue Oval cars and trucks. His '46 coupe was featured in the November 2004 issue of R&C.
He was 15 in 1963, when his dad bought him a '30 coupe. There was a lot of land on the family farm, and Pete drove that Model A all over it. That kicked off his passion for old Fords, and he thinks of this '29 roadster-a car that could've been built in 1963-as a return to his roots.
Pete knew exactly where to find the right raw material for his roadster project. His friend Bill Perry at All Ford Parts had been storing it forever. "I made the deal and we went over to where he had kept it for 40 years," Pete said. "I was amazed to see the car apart, with the quarters hanging up on the barn walls. Talk about barn fresh! Not a drop of rust-just 40 years of dust."
Once he had the car, he was ready to start putting it together, but collecting the big pieces from Bill Perry was just the beginning of the job. "I made several trips to Pomona and to other swap meets looking for the nostalgic parts I needed to build a time-correct car." Once he had gathered the rest of the parts, Pete took the sheetmetal to Bruce Weidemann, who had done the work on his '46 coupe's body.
While Weidemann was working on the body, Pete was putting together the 300-horse Chevy small-block that would power the roadster, and the '60sstyle chassis that would carry it.
It was 10 months before Pete had the '29 ready for paint. Pat lash (who worked with Pete on previous cars) shot the dodge Indy Red, and Gene Worth followed with low-key Tommy the Greek-style pinstriping on virtually every corner of the car. The judges at this year's San Francisco Rod, Custom, and Motorcycle Show approved, and picked the roadster for the Tommy the Greek Excellence in Pinstriping Award.
Since he finished it, Pete's been driving the Model A all over.His destination may be different each time, but every trip in his '63-flavored '29 roadster is a return to his roots. Somewhere, Billy B is smiling.
Rod & Custom Feature Car
Pete Scialabba
San Jose, California
'29 Ford Model A Roadster
Pete pulled the Chevy 350 engine out of a wooden crate, but dressed it up to look like the small-blocks he'd seen in hot rods during his formative years in the early '60s. In this case, that meant polished and painted Offenhauser valve covers, plus a polished Offy 3×2 manifold. SO-CAl Speed Shop scoop air cleaners top the '58 Impala Rochester carbs. Pete uses a stock '40 Ford column shifter with the TH200- 4R automatic, built at Ken Kolby Transmissions and modified with a TCI Automotive converter and B&M trans cooler. Sanderson headers are modern but don't look out of place.
Model A guys figured out fast that a '32 frame was the smart swap if you drove your car harder than they did in the Roaring '20s. Squeak Bell built the 'rails, bobbed in the rear, and pinched and stepped it to fit the Model A roadster body. Frontend parts are easy to see on a highboy: Super Bell drilled axle, SO-CAl hairpins, mono springs, '40 Ford spindles, Buick aluminum drums with Hollywood Hot Rods aluminum backing plate covers, and loads of chrome. There's more chrome in the rear, on the shocks, buggy springs, ladder bars, and housing for the dutchman rearend with 3.70 gears and Posi-traction. Rear brakes are '57 Ford drums.
Wheels & Tires
It's traditional rubber and rims with 15-inch reverse steelies front and back, and the 5.60 and 8.20 Firestones for the big 'n' little look. The pie-cut bias-ply whitewalls are perfect for a period rod, especially with 15×5 and 15×7 wheels painted to match the body. The '42 Ford caps have some body color on the logo. Gene Worth 'striped the caps and the rims to really set them off.
Body & Paint
When building an early '60s body, why not start with one that hasn't been touched since the early '60s? Pete sent the disassembled and untouched body to Bruce Weidemann's body shop, where it was rebuilt and straightened. Bruce and Pat lash chopped the windshield and angled it to improve the profile. Sid Chavers custom built the Bop Top cover to fit with the modified windshield. Pete added original King Bee headlights and original '46 Ford taillights, and a custom stainless steel rear nerf bar. Pat shot the '97 dodge Indy Red paint. The firewall was painted white to balance the tires, interior, and top. Bob Monroe punched louvers into the '32 grille shell, rear lower plate, fan shroud, heater box, custom rear bellypan, and, in case you didn't notice, the decklid. Gene Worth added Tommy the Greek-style 'stripes to every louver, then kept going, 'striping the body panels, framehorns, rims and caps, grille shell, headlight housings, fan shroud, firewall, dash, inside door panels, steering column, heater box, and rear axlehousing.
The '40 Ford dash was fit to the Model A cockpit, and stock '40 Ford gauges were restored and finished with black faces. The leCarra '40 Ford steering wheel with column shifter completes the look. Byron Robeck from Finish line upholstery in Santa Clara, California, built the seats and did some old-time tuck 'n' roll stitching to the twotone vinyl, keeping the rolls wide and flat like they would've been. The Kenwood stereo system features a six-Cd player, hidden out of sight. The original Southwind heater box was modified by Ken Puccio to house a speaker.