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Its sublime coastline, laced with long sandy stretches, rocky outcrops and charming little coves. Villages and towns range from bustling centres with spotless whitewashed houses, winding alleyways and a buzzing nightlife, to enchanting traditional villages where time seems to have stopped.
With its natural beauty, wide variety of things to do, and excellent local gastronomy, Paros has a little of everything that you would except from a Greek island - and more. The island gained a reputation in the '80s as a quieter, more relaxed alternative to cosmopolitan Mykonos. It is less quiet now, yet it has managed to preserve its identity in a unique way, and still offers a pleasingly varied experience for ever type of visitor, but with an underlying laid-back feel.
ParikiaParikia, the main town and the port of Paros, boasts a charming market with boutiques and tourist shops, and a waterfront crammed with bars and restaurants. It also offers some of the island's most important attractions, namely the monastery of Panagia Ekatontapyliani, dating back to AD 326, the Frankish castle, the ancient cemetery and the archaeological and Byzantine museums.
NaousaThe old port of Naousa is by far one of the island's most Instagrammable spots, lined with restaurants and tavernas that serve Greek and Mediterranean delights. Its paved alleys are dotted with chic boutiques, cool little bars and cafes. If you fancy some time away from the buzz, catch a boat to one of the nearby beaches or visit the winery of Moraitis, an easy stroll from Naousa's centre.
LefkesTucked into the mountains, the village of Lefkes was once the capital of the island, offering a safe refuge when the pirates were roaming the Mediterranean Sea. The village has retained its traditional character, today boasting a handsome fusion of old and new, with its 15th century churches and abandoned adobes popping up among shops, bars and eateries.
PateronisiaOff the southwest tip of Paros, between Paros and Antiparos, lies a cluster of tiny uninhabited islets called Pateronisia. They offer heavenly, crystal clear waters, pristine beaches and an impressive underwater cave that is a popular diving site for experienced divers.
Parikia and Naousa have always competed in popularity and the variety of things to do. However, although over the last few years, Naousa has become the indisputable queen of the island's nightlife, Parikia still offers some excellent bars and restaurants. Despite the tourists that flock its streets during high season, Parikia retains a romantic flair, its labyrinth of alleys dotted with colorful flowers, snaking through a bustling market where you can find anything from high-fashion jewellery and clothes to local products and souvenirs. Naousa, once a sleepy fishing village, underwent a renaissance that turned it into a hip, cosmopolitan destination with excellent shopping, entertainment and dining options.
The seaside settlements of Piso Livadi and Aliki boast charming ports and an array of cafes and tavernas. The picture-perfect village of Prodromos is perhaps the island's most picturesque, with its narrow white-washed alleys brightened up by pots of colorful Geraniums and arched passages covered with bougainvillea.
A visit to Antiparos is almost compulsory, with the chic little island being just a 10min boat ride away from Paros. Ferries leave every 30 minutes during the summer, so the day-trip to Antiparos with its charming cobbled streets and cheerful array of bars, restaurants and shops, is not to be missed.
Paros is also ideal for those who love the outdoors. You can sign up for one of the yoga retreats that are organised every summer, discover the superb networks of hiking trails, or hit the beach for some world-class kite-surfing and windsurfing.
You can reach Paros either by plane, or by ferry from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina. The flight takes about 20 minutes from Athens, while the ferry ride from Piraeus 4hrs 15min and the ferry from Rafina 3hrs 30min. If you cannot find a convenient flight, you can also fly to Mykonos and then catch a 1hr ferry ride to Paros - however make sure to check the times of the connecting ferries first, especially during off season.
Paros is one of the most organized cosmopolitan islands of the Cyclades offering a vast variety of holiday villas to rent either luxurious private villas offering seclusion ideal for couples or luxury villas with a swimming pool for endless moments of fun that can host a large group of friends or families. Holiday villas in Paros are scattered throughout the island: from secluded coves and hilltops to the busy spots of the island.


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|December 11th, 2011, 07:50 PM
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Are the «large holbein» rugs Spanish or Anatolian?
Hi all,
Ethnocentrism is endemic in Rugdom. This being said, one should perhaps not dismiss, a priori, C. Partearroyo Lacabas claim (1) that the well known «large holbein» pattern was as Spanish as paella or the Great Sinking Armada.
Until recently it was assumed that the pattern had an Anatolian origin and was merely copied by Alcaraz weavers. However, C. Partearroyo Lacaba notes that there are significantly more extant «large Holbein rugs» woven with Spanish knots than with symetrical ones and that Spanish rugs show more variants of the basic octagonal motif than their Turkish cousins.
Without interfering in this potential Hispano-Turkish war, one could add that both, motifs and palette of the Spanish «large Holbein» rugs, have a certain originality and do not look like mere copies.
(See FIG 56 in Essay, and FIG 1,2,& 3 below.)
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|December 12th, 2011, 09:04 AM
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Why not?
Even Franses, in the already mentioned article (see the para-Mamluks thread) says that
The oldest surviving Spanish carpets with Turkish designs are attributed to the second or third quarters of the 15th century, but examples must have reached Spain by the 13th or 14th, as many Spanish copies present an earlier version of Turkish designs than any surviving Anatolian rug. (the emphasis is mine).
Could it be that those Spanish copies were the originals and the copies were Turkish instead?
Besides, is there any proof of this kind of design being of Turkish origin?
|December 12th, 2011, 05:12 PM
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Hi Filiberto,
As you may guess, I don't know.
The higher number of Spanish extant "large holbein" is no proof of the original patent held by Al Andalus. So many other reasons may explain this difference, starting with a significant superiority of the productivity of Turkish moths.
However, the theory of an influence of Al Andalus weavers on Anatolian ones does not seem too harebrained, especially if we believe twelfth century arab travelers (like Al-Saqundi, see main essay) who claimed that Spain was a high quality rug producer and a very successful exporter.
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|January 17th, 2012, 12:12 PM
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Hi all,
Yohann has recently drawn my attention to a very interesting paper by M.S. Dimand («Two fifteenth Century hispano-moresque Rugs», published by the MET Art Bulletin). Dimand discusses, next to other Spanish rug types, the large Holbein carpets and joins forces with the partisans of an Anatolian origin of the motif. Unfortunately, he does stop short of sharing any conclusive evidence with us.
(The highlights in following citation are mine).
«...Actually, these Anatolian precursors were admired in Europe well before Holbeins Period as we know from their appearance in Europe in paintings by Italian, Flemish and Spanish masters of the fifteenth century..».
«....In the McIlhenny Collection in Philadelphia Museum of Art is an important Anatolian rug the closest known prototype of the third variety of Spanish Holbein....»
«..Although the field patterns of the Anatolian rugs, as represented in the paintings, are similar in many ways to those of the Spanish rugs, certain details of the ornament, including the different borders make their Turkish origin a certainty...»
Besides, Dimand mentions a typical border motif of Al Andalus production, called the «scorpion», which is found in many Spanish «Holbein» rugs (FIG.) and also states that «..The Spanish large Holbein rugs all show a field divided into large squares enclosing octagons, with spandrels of the squares filled with either a checkerboard pattern or interlacing....»
Best regards
|January 17th, 2012, 02:28 PM
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Hi Pierre,
In the Middle Ages scholars used the expression "ipse dixit" (he himself said so) to assert un-proved statements based on Aristotle authority.
It has been always easier to rest on somebody else's authority or common, wide-accepted assumptions, than take the trouble to prove one's statements.
Only difference is that today they don't even bother to say "ipse dicebat" (they say so).
|January 17th, 2012, 02:49 PM
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Hi People
The central intellectual event of the Renaissance was that the tradition of testing truth by citing authority (scholasticism) changed to evidence-based tests. Scholasticism still has a powerful (some might say, dominating) influence in Rugdom, as well as in a few other fields.
Steve Price
|January 29th, 2012, 04:52 PM
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Hello to all,
To read the entire Dimand's article follow the link: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/bibliography/?id=12813 and click on PDF, this will lead you to the free version of this article.
All the best,
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A Virginia class submarine being built for the U.S. Navy has been launched by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding.
The USS Minnesota (SSN 783) is more than 90 percent complete, the company said.
"Launch is a significant accomplishment in the life of a submarine," said Jim Hughes, NNS vice president of submarines and fleet support. "It's an opportunity for our incredible shipbuilders to stand back and take pride in their work.
"Thanks to their tremendous efforts and steadfast determination, Minnesota's progress is nearly one year ahead of schedule and has been built using about 600,000 fewer man-hours than the previous boat."
The Minnesota is the 10th submarine of its class. Construction of the submarine began in 2008.
For the launch into the James River in Virginia the Minnesota, a 7,800-ton vessel, was moved from the NNS facility into a floating dry dock using a transfer car system and then submerged.
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Cotton Days 2012 at Washington City (Next to St. George)
The annual Washington City Cotton Days celebration will include a variety of events, including an ice cream social, junior rodeo , golf, fishing, a movie in the park, breakfast and more to celebrate the city's history on May 7th -12th. 2012
May 7-12
May 5, 2012
8:00am Ironman Breakfast & Festival @ Buena Vista & Main St (Map)
Come eat pancakes and cheer on the Ironman participants as they pass on their bikes!
May 7, 2012
6:00pm Cotton Days Kick Off @ Washington City Community Center (Map)
Kick of the Cotton Days Celebration with food, swimming, and entertainment. $1 entry for non-members, non-residents. (Members and Residents FREE)
May 8, 2012
6:00pm Barrel Racing @ Millcreek Ranch (Map)
6:00pm Ice Cream Social @ Veterans Park (Map)
Enjoy hayride tours of historical Washington City, square dancing, and of course Ice Cream
May 9, 2012
5:00pm Jr. Rodeo @ Millcreek Ranch (Map)
Watch our local youth in their very own Jr. Rodeo. Register to participate in the event at the WCCC. Spectator fee $5, $20 for family of 6 Entry Form: cottondays.org/downloads/JrRodeoRegistration2012.pdf
May 10, 2012
6:00pm Youth Fishing Derby @ Razor Ridge Urban Fishery (Map)
Bring your poles and fish, fish, fish! Washington City Royalty will be giving out prizes and awards. FREE!
May 11, 2012
9:00am Golf Tournament @ Green Spring Golf Course (Map)
$125 per person for a 2 day tournament. Price includes green fees, cart, prizes, lunch, and payoff.
7:00pm Dusk 'til Dawn Softball Tournament @ Washington City Ball Fields (Map)
The name says it all, play ball from dusk 'til dawn! Registration cost is $250 per team. Sign up at the Washington City Community Center. Flyer and Registration Form: cottondays.org/downloads/DuskTilDawn_softball_s.pdf
9:00pm Movie in the Park @ Community Center Park (Map)
Join the Washington City Chamber of Commerce as we watch Puss in Boots on the big screen.
May 12, 2012
7:00am Hell Hole 5K/10K @ Virgin River Trail (Map)
Register at www.active.com/10k-race/washington-ut/hell-hole-5k-10k-2012 or in person at the WCCC for our 5K or 10K race download the package here: cottondays.org/downloads/HellHoleRegistration_pkg.pdf
7:00am Lions Club Pancake @ Veterans Park (Map)
Eat breakfast as you watch the parade at Veterans Park. $5 per plate, $20 per family
9:00am Golf Tournament @ Green Spring Golf Course (Map)
$125 per person for a 2 day tournament. Price includes green fees, cart, prizes, lunch, and payoff.
9:00am Parade @ Telegraph Street 300e-100w (Map)
Parade From 300 E on Telegraph Ending on 100 W. Entry Form: cottondays.org/downloads/ParadeEntryForm.pdf
10:00am Cotton Fest @ Veterans Park (Map)
Celebrate the birth of our great city with a day in the park. Food, vendors, live entertainment, and games.
11:00am Tractor Pull @ Vacant Lot (Map)
6:00pm Team Sorting @ Millcreek Ranch (Map)


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Can you get pregnant if you have sex standing up?- Francine*
Yes, you can.
Any time a girl has vaginal sex with a guy, she is at risk for becoming pregnant. It doesn't matter how or where a couple has sex — whether they're standing up, the girl's on top, or they're in a pool or hot tub, or any other way — a girl is at risk for becoming pregnant.
Sperm can swim up against gravity, and they're fast. As soon as sperm make it inside the vagina, they start racing toward the girl's egg. Sometimes if a girl is standing up or on top, it might seem like all of a guy's ejaculate comes out of her vagina. But enough sperm can still get in to make her pregnant. Even if a guy pulls out before he comes, a girl can still get pregnant because it's possible for some sperm to escape into the vagina before a guy ejaculates.
It's also possible to get a sexually transmitted disease (STD) anytime you have sex (vaginal, anal, or oral), in any position. Condoms can help prevent pregnancy and STDs, so use them for any type of sex, in any position.
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Date reviewed: August 2013
*Names have been changed to protect user privacy.
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10/13/2007 - Michigan 48, Purdue 21 - 5-2, 3-0 Big Ten.
Is it better if the opening two weeks of the season were a prelude to enormous disappointment or a soul-crushing aberration? After brief consideration the answer is obviously the latter, but the lingering effect of The Horror and the post-apocalyptic Oregon game has, unfortunately, put a damper on what should be a time to celebrate an emphatic win. We finally get what everyone envisioned when they put on their nightcaps August 31st and dreamed sugarplum dreams of the season ahead, and the result? Mostly "aaargh, this reinforces everything I already thought."
Hey, don't ask me, ask the MZone:
This team has had seven chances to look impressive this year. They're 1 for 7 so far. Even in baseball, that's a horrible average. Their best wins before Saturday - Penn State and Notre Dame - had as much to do with their opponents' incompetence than Michigan's superior ability. Games against patsies Northwestern and Eastern Michigan were struggles far longer than they should have been. And let's not forget the first two games as much as we would like to.Well, that's... mostly depressing. And then there's this guy from the open thread:
Wow, this game makes me so pissed about the first two weeks of the season.Well... yeah. There is no Michigan fan out there who saw the game or even just the score and didn't have a momentary what-if spasm about missed field goals and unspent timeouts and the whole Oregon fiasco.
The deranged are still there. Those deranged in the opposite direction -- not cited here, as said lifeforms tend to exist exclusively in the true believer zones of premium message boards -- have erased all memory of the systemic flaws this coaching staff exposed for the nth time and are not thinking about possible pratfalls hence. Both are annoying genres of person to interact with, as they typically resort to sarcasm instead of acknowledge that things are not perfectly bad nor perfectly good, deny that they think things are perfectly bad or good when challenged on their continual optimism or pessimism, and imply that anyone who thinks differently than they do is either an idiot or a greedy child.
But to be in the middle is to be bored, lazy, lackadaisical. Yay we beat Purdue by lots. Boo we fell out of the national championship picture before October for the ninth time in ten years. Yay we beat Penn State. Boo we were crushed by running quarterbacks. Yay we're probably going to play Ohio State for the Big Ten. Boo Tressel will eat our babies. It's hard to get excited either way once the immediate flush of "oh my God we don't suck" passes.
It's nice not to suck. It is. But we've seen this script before. It ends poorly. To get excited is to be vulnerable; caution and forced boredom is the order of the day. I am buying a beret and some urchins to smash upon my tummy. I will watch some reality television and complain about the weather. I may remark on the fact that the urchins these days don't taste as good as urchins used to. No quality in these urchins.
It's a front, but it's a useful one. Otter Lucy is holding the otterball for Otter Charlie Brown; get back to me in November to see whether we rush towards the cliff, hopes aloft, in 2007.
- Shawn Crable takes some great pictures:
- Attn Joe Tiller: escaping with a 27 point loss does not maintain your dignity.
- That said, can we please recover an onside kick? That's four straight we've failed at, which has to be approaching an NCAA record.
- More special teams hijinks: huge returns for Purdue followed by a kick out of bounds and then the failure to even pop the ball up to the 30. It's depressing that Michigan has to kick off like it's a high school team.
- KC Lopata, on the other hand, looks like a completely uninspiring but largely accurate kicker, which I will take.
- Does Carr hate Tiller or something? The starting offense was in for way longer than anyone expected and Michigan actually punched in a couple of late touchdowns to push the score out to a prodigious margin. Every year, the Sporting News quotes some anonymous Big Ten coach who trashes every other program, saving special venom for Carr and Michigan. This is always Tiller -- TSN caveman Tom Dienhart and Tiller are BFFs. Maybe Carr's just tired of it?
- Henne's PC had one interesting comment in it: early on, Purdue was doing a you-check-we-check thing on defense that confused some playcalls. This was probably the cause of the two ineffective Hart runs that led to Michigan's first punt.
- The parabolas that drop directly into the waiting arms of Mario Manningham returned. I missed them so.
- Until Carlos Brown's touchdown explosion, I was convinced we were going to suuuuuck at running back next year. Minor hasn't made a yard the offensive line didn't get for him all year save for his spectacular truck job on a Notre Dame safety; Brown had spent most of his time either fumbling or running directly into the backs of his offensive linemen. Both have been disadvantaged by the mop-up situations they find themselves in, but McGuffie will have a major opportunity, IMO.
- Ciulla saw the field late; is he healthy enough to play? Will he be healthy enough for Illinois? Is the Schilling-Ortmann right side a voluntary decision?


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My girls, Lucy and Alice, love jokes. Knock knock jokes are their favorites, as they are the easiest to understand and tell, and it takes some group effort.
The illustrations are straight up 1970s and I don't know why the book is titled the "World's Worst Knock Knock Jokes" because they really are pretty great.


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House on Gang of 8 bill: Whatever
Senators, powerful outside groups and the White House are working intently to ensure that the Senate produces an immigration bill that could glide through the Republican House.
Wait until it reaches the parallel universe of the House of Representatives.
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In their world, the Congressional Budget Office assessment that the immigration overhaul would slash the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars means squat.
"Smoke and mirrors," Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said. "It's not a rational study."
( Also on POLITICO: Landrieu: 'Obnoxious' prevails in Senate)
If 70 to 80 senators vote for the bipartisan bill — which some in the Senate are aiming for — the House would barely feel pressure to take up the bill. Most conservatives instead would see passing the legislation as an act of mass stupidity.
"I don't know, Mother always told me that if 70 people jump off a cliff, you shouldn't follow them," Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) said. Rep. Raul Labrador, an Idaho Republican respected on immigration issues, mocked fear of a large Senate vote, saying, "Oooh, I'm scared."
Forget Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — boldfaced conservatives who helped craft the Senate's bill. House Republicans say their imprimatur might even hurt the prospects of the bill among rank-and-file Republicans.
( PHOTOS: At a glance: The Senate immigration deal)
"If you looked at my campaign, it's the people that have been here — the career politicians — that have led us to where we are at or failed to prevent" a broken immigration system, said freshman Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), adding that if "100 of them over there" voted for the bill, it "won't help me."
It's easy and, indeed, common to dismiss House members as a bunch of political novices who will fold under the intense pressure of public opinion. Gallup released a poll Wednesday that found 87 percent of Americans support a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants — the heart of the Senate's bill — showing that public opinion leans heavily toward the upper chamber's plan.
But the truth is most House Republicans don't care. They view the Senate — and their colleagues, including Republicans — with intense distrust. They have been jammed by the Senate time and time again. Recently, they were forced to pass the Senate's fiscal cliff deal, which raised taxes on the rich. Gerrymandering means the political realities of 2012 haven't caught up with House members. The Senate is operating in a different political environment, where bipartisan agreements are viewed favorably. In the House, the idea of a two-party solution to a problem as thorny as immigration is met with scoffs in many quarters.
( Also on POLITICO: Ted Cruz unhappy with Gang of Eight 'bragging')
"Remember what M. Stanton Evans said about that," McClintock said, referring to the conservative writer. "He said there are two parties, there's the evil party and stupid party. There's always that corollary that when they get together with a bipartisan solution, it ends up being something evil and stupid."
The size of the bill — and the fact that it tackles a tangle of issues together — reminds Republicans of President Barack Obama's health care law.
"We don't do big things very well around here," Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly said.
Conversations throughout the House Republican Conference — with the people that elect Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — lay bare a reality diametrically different from the conventional wisdom that's led people to believe that the Senate bill could pass muster in the House.


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California's drought appears to be reducing the spread of a disease that threatens to wipe out huge swaths of oak trees in the state, a newspaper reported.
Preliminary results of surveys taken between April and June show between 2 and 10 percent of California bay laurel trees in 17 western counties tested positive for sudden oak death. Bay trees are major hosts for the pathogen and spread it to oak trees.
The infection rate for bay laurels is between 20 and 80 percent when rainfall is plentiful, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday.
Sudden oak death has killed hundreds of thousands of oak trees in California. Scientists say the drop in the infection rate gives them a chance to go on the offensive and target the host bay trees.
Seven trees were taken down recently in one area.
"The approach is to basically inflict a strike on the pathogen so that it will exist in fewer places and, as a result, its outbreaks will be smaller," said Matteo Garbelotto, who heads the Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory at UC Berkeley. "When we take down these trees, we are taking away the place where the disease finds shelter during these harsh times. We can't get rid of the pathogen, but maybe we can go from having 70 percent of the oaks being killed to maybe less than 5 percent of the oaks being killed. That's really, really significant."
The surveys were conducted in counties between Fort Bragg and San Luis Obispo by volunteers. Researchers at Garbelotto's lab analyze the results.


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As for where to sail, the Caribbean is an ideal Spring Break playground: a week there will remind you what blue skies, warm breezes, and sandy beaches are all about. Select a cruise of the Eastern Caribbean to get acquainted with this region's diverse islands, some made of low-lying coral and some of volcanic slopes covered with lush green jungle.
To visit the Riveria Maya along Mexico's Caribbean coast, choose a Western Caribbean itinerary. You can get just as much beach time as you would in the Eastern Caribbean, and can also venture inland to explore remnants of ancient Mayan communities. Some Western Caribbean cruises venture south to Belize and the world-class diving spot of Roatan, just off the coast of Honduras.
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Early morning worship in the Chapel is led by a variety of acoustic instruments and vocalists. This service offers a setting that makes a large church feel small and closely knit with a traditional format of prayers, songs and preaching. Featured hymns are sung by a soloist or small vocal ensemble, usually accompanied by a piano. The Chapel seats about 120 people, making this service the most intimate. The church nursery is also available at this time in the Children's Wing for kids age three and under.
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Before Harvard Represented Hong Kong and played No. 1 singles in the team to participate in Jr. Davis Cup World Finals by BNP Paribas … Represented Hong Kong at World Junior Tennis Tournament in Kuching in 2009 … Two singles titles in ITF World Junior Tournaments … Five doubles titles in ITF World Junior Tournaments … Doubles quarterfinalist in Australian Open Junior Championships in 2013 … ITF junior ranking of No. 82 … ATF ranking of No. 1606 … Ranked first in Hong Kong junior tennis U18 in 2012 … Ranked fourth in Hong Kong national men's singles in 2012 … Team captain in 2012-13 as well as vice-captain in 2010-11 and 2011-12 … HK Schools Sports Federation Bauhinia Bowl Award - Outstanding Tennis Athlete 2010-11 & 2011-12 … Hong Kong Sports Institute Outstanding Junior Athlete Award winner in second quarter 2011 … Outstanding Performance in China National 7th All City Games 2011 (Silver Medal) by HKSAR 7th All City Games Committee … A.S. Watsons Group Student Sports Award 2011-12 ... Six titles for the school in Inter-School Competitions Division 1 … Represented Hong Kong and won Silver medal in 7th China National All City Games in 2011 … Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in music performance of Violin … Associate of Trinity College of London in music performance of Violin (with Distinction) … Sport Ambassador of the 4th Hong Kong Games … Also enjoys violin, music, and golf.


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NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey kick off a quest for an innovative and affordable space-based system to extend the Landsat data record for decades to come with a public forum and call for ideas Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The Sustainable Land Imaging Architecture Study Industry and Partner Day will take place from 1-4:30 p.m. EDT in the NASA Headquarters Webb Auditorium, 300 E St. SW, Washington. Following this public forum, NASA will release a request for information to formally seek new ideas on the design of such a system.
In April the Obama Administration directed NASA to conduct the study as part of its initiative to create for the first time a long-term, sustainable spaceborne system to provide Landsat-quality global observations for at least the next 20 years. The Sustainable Land Imaging Program, announced in the President's proposed fiscal year 2014 budget, directs NASA to lead the overall system architecture study with participation from USGS.
Representatives of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NASA and the USGS will present details of the study process and planning timeline during the public forum.
"We are looking for system design solutions that spur innovation and increase efficiencies, making use of aerospace expertise from across the government and commercial aerospace sector," said David Jarrett, study lead in the Earth Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. "We will evaluate a range of solutions, including large and small dedicated spacecraft, formation flying, hosted payloads, and international and private sector collaborations."
"Landsat data are used by a broad range of specialists to assess some of the world's most critical issues — the food, water, forests, and other natural resources needed for a growing world population." said Matt Larsen, USGS Associate Director for Climate and Land Use Change. "We are happy to participate in the NASA study to help develop and refine the long-term future of this program, while at the same time recognizing that it is vital that we maintain our Landsat observational capabilities over the short-term to ensure that no data gap occurs."
The objective of the Sustainable Land Imaging study is to design space-based systems that can provide continuous Landsat-quality data for at least 20 years and be sustained in a tight federal budget environment. The system is planned to continue the 41-year-old Landsat data record, which was assembled with a series of single satellites implemented one at a time.
The most recent addition to the long-running series, Landsat 8, launched in February 2013, is performing well. However, Landsat 7, launched in 1999 and now operating with limited redundancy and a waning fuel supply, could fail or run out of fuel in the next few years. Both satellites were developed and launched by NASA. The spacecraft are now operated by the USGS, which is responsible for generating, archiving, and distributing a range of standard products based on the space-borne measurements.
The Landsat program provides continuous global, moderate-resolution measurements of land and coastal regions, providing mankind's longest record of our planet from space. Landsat data provide a consistent and reliable foundation for research on land use change, forest health and carbon inventories, and changes to our environment, climate, and natural resources.
The free and open availability of Landsat data enables the measurements to be used routinely by decision makers both inside and outside the government, for a wide range of natural resource issues including water resource management, wildfire response, agricultural productivity, rangeland management, and the effects of climate change.
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Honolulu Confidential
Oahu is an enchanting mix. Here, some of the best the island offers
Some thousand years ago, seafaring Polynesians followed the stars across the Pacific to a collection of remote islands now known as Hawaii. Tropical sun warmed the water, and trade winds cooled the land. It was nature's perfect design, and so they called it home.
Their ancient kings ruled from Oahu. Its immense waves were the stuff of enchantment well before the Beach Boys sang of Waimea Bay in Surfin' USA. In fact, on Hawaii's most-visited and third largest island, many residents are vacationers who sent home for their belongings after experiencing the plumeria-scented beach life and inclusive spirit of aloha.
Settlers through the centuries have changed Oahu's face. That multicultural history influences everything from food to shopping to design. "Our diverse backgrounds certainly play a large part here," says Maura Fujihira, owner of the Honolulu home store Fishcake. "History may influence design to a degree, but nature is what inspires it."
Honolulu, Hawaii's capital and design center, epitomizes beach chic--as seen in past and present renditions of television's Hawaii Five-O. But the finest view of the city is from the seat of an outrigger canoe. A sprawling skyscraper silhouette against a tropical blue sky and 1.5 miles of soft Waikiki Beach sand has made Oahu an international tourism sensation.
Waikiki's contribution to the city's vibe is unmistakable. Even downtown, high rollers go about their business in casual wear. The notable "Aloha" shirts (called Hawaiian shirts when they hit the mainland) riff on themes of the good life--the hula, indigenous flowers, surfing, tikis, and pineapples. The laid-back island way has endured through waves of immigration, from early traders and sailors to missionaries who clothed natives and banned the hula, the soul of Hawaii expressed in rhythmic motion. Plantation owners brought workers from China, Japan, Portugal, Russia, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to work the pineapple and sugar cane crops after the native population dwindled from disease that outsiders brought with them.
That multiethnic legacy remains. Honolulu's Chinatown is the best place to find traditional Hawaiian leis. And the Honolulu Academy of Arts, which has one of the world's finest collections of Asian art, also coordinates tours of Shangri La, built in the 1930s by heiress Doris Duke. The only child of tobacco and electric energy tycoon James Buchanan Duke, she wanted Shangri La to be not only her home but the repository of her growing cache of art and artifacts of the Islamic world. It's now a public museum housing Duke's collection of some 3,500 objects.
A drive through Honolulu reveals no distinct Hawaiian architecture. "It somewhat depends on the historic time period," says architect Frank Haines. Protestant missionaries built the "Westminster Abbey of the Pacific," Kawaiahao Church. Hawaiian monarchs who visited Europe built Euro-inspired styles, such as the Italianate Aliiolani Hale, now the Hawaii SupremeCourt building. Its Italian-sculpted bronze statue of King Kamehameha faces Italian Renaissance-style Iolani Palace.
True Hawaiian architecture is in the details--from the stately homes of Kahala Avenue to the North Shore beach cottages. Neutral colors and local materials don't compete with nature. Indoor-outdoor living spaces, landscaping, and plantings play integral parts in design. Water serves as a visual element. American Institute of Architects' Honolulu chapter highlights examples on its "Exploring Downtown" walking tour.
Oahu's most compelling attraction embodies a sequence of events. King Kalakaua gave Pearl Harbor to the United States in 1875. The U.S. Navy's farthest west port was bombed by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941, triggering America's direct involvement in World War II. Today the starkly elegant U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, designed by architect Alfred Preis, floats above the wreckage with the names of the 1,177 dead carved into its white marble.
"The most interesting thing about the memorial is how unobtrusive it is. It's very subtle and it blends--you don't notice it every day," says Tim Schmitt, a U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class stationed in Pearl Harbor. "I think that subtlety actually contributes to its impact."
Oahu has a more urban edge than the other islands, which pays off in its shopping scene, from the luxury boutiques on 2100 Kalakaua Avenue where shoppers browse everything from rare Tahitian pearls and designers like Gucci and Chanel to the island-funk hawkers on Waikiki Beach selling shell leis and grass skirts. In the North Shore's Haleiwa, local handcraft and art boutiques bump against the world's best surf shops.
A proper road trip to the North Shore begins by stocking up on hot, doughnut-like malasadas from Leonard's Bakery in Honolulu. On the island's westernmost tip, nature's high design sings among 850 acres in Kaena Point State Park, with tide pools for shell hunting and natural stone arches offering views of the Makua coastline, where early-morning dolphin sightings are common.
The historic surf town of Haleiwa lies east along the coastal Kamehameha Highway. Past the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, the graceful Japanese architecture of Kaneohe's Buddhist Byodo-In Temple, a scale replica built entirely without nails, stands at the foot of the Koolau Mountains. Its temple grounds are a beautifully landscaped paradise with wild peacocks and koi. Nearby Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens is a visual wonder--man's manicuring hand against nature's breathtaking steepled cliffs. So Oahu.
Oahu embraces its native culture. From the ancient storytelling of the hula or visits to sacred temples called heiau (like Puu O Mahuka, a huge rectangle of rocks twice as big as a football field), the spirit of aloha endures. Even traditional food such as poke (raw seafood salad) and plate lunch (meat with scoops of macaroni salad and rice) are resurging. Gourmet cuisine offers an equally eclectic dining pleasure, an experience promoted by local chefs.
"Hawaii Regional Cuisine was created to unite farmers and chefs and utilize more local ingredients," says chef Roy Yamaguchi of Roy's restaurants. Yamaguchi is Hawaii's first recipient of the James Beard Award. "The beginnings are close to how California cuisine evolved: local, fresh ingredients from the community," he says.
Tiki torches light a view of Maunalua Bay at Yamaguchi's flagship restaurant on Kalanianaole Highway. Contemporary design flows with the waves outside as distinctly Hawaiian dishes cross the table. Goat cheese-encrusted salmon. Cilantro grilled tiger shrimp. Braised beef short ribs.
An enchanting mix. One that might just inspire a vacationing visitor to send for her things and stay awhile. Aloha!
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Kalakaua Avenue
The North Shore is a popular shopping area, from local handcraft and art boutiques to some of the world's best surf shops.
The starkly elegant U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, designed by architect Alfred Preis, floats above the sunken wreckage of the ship.
A sculpture of Duke Kahanamoku, a young Olympic swimmer in the early 1900s, who revived the ancient sport of surfing.
Fishcake, a Honolulu home store, is located in the Kakaako District.
Downtown's Ala Moana Center is one of the world's largest open-air shopping malls (2.1 million square feet of retail space). But the heart of Hawaiian design beats strongest in local boutiques and galleries such as those in the Kakaako District, including Pacific Home, Fishcake, SoHa Living, and Anne Namba Designs. Namba's classic kimonos are sold in high-end retail chains like Saks Fifth Avenue.
Maura Fujihara, owner of Fishcake
Pacific Home, a shop in the Kakaako District
SoHa in the Kakaako District
Koa wood items from Martin & MacArthur.
The warriors of ancient Hawaii, known as koa, carved fighting instruments and honed canoes from strong indigenous hardwood--also known as koa--with swirling grains and rich colors. Koa wood remains sacred and is popular for furniture and suitcase-friendly boxes and bowls. Michael Tam, CEO of koa retailer Martin & MacArthur, warns against pieces carved with flowers and leaf designs that claim antique lineage. "Monarchs and plantation owners lived in an island paradise full of tropical flowers," he says. "These motifs were never intended for furniture design."
A koa wood table.
Leonard's Bakery in Honolulu, known for hot, donut-like malasadas.
Treats from Leonard's Bakery.
Chef Roy Yamaguchi of Roy's restaurants, Hawaii's first recipient of the James Beard Award.
Light, luscious Hawaiian cuisine
Town Restaurant
A breezeway in The Royal Hawaiian hotel.
You know you've checked into paradise when you're greeted by a phalanx of pink-attired hotel staff members serving freshly squeezed fruit juice, an oshibori towel, and fragrant flower leis. Welcome to Hawaii. More specifically, welcome to The Royal Hawaiian.
Originally opened in 1927, the resort known as the "Pink Palace of the Pacific" reopened in early 2009 after closing for a seven-month-long first-class face-lift spearheaded by WCIT Architecture and interior design firms Philpotts & Associates and Henriksen Design Associates.
Retaining the hotel's historic integrity while maximizing its modern luxuries, today's Royal Hawaiian is truly a mix of past and present. The historic (and highly recognizable) pink facade still warmly welcomes guests. Rooms and suites (528 in total) remain charming-yet-updated reminders of the hotel's past. Orchid-lined corridors lead to generous gardens punctuated with palm trees and lush flowers. Private cabanas and sunset-pink deck umbrellas beckon from around the Royal Beach Tower pool.
"The Royal Hawaiian's rich historic context laid the basis for our design," says architect Robert K. Iopa. "We recaptured spaces that were previously renovated and converted them back to the functions they once served--interior spaces that provide shady respites and cool breezeways that make the most of the Royal Coconut Grove and Waikiki Beach."
Welcome to paradise! See more from The Royal Hawaiian.
A suite in the historic wing of The Royal Hawaiian hotel.
The Royal Hawaiian's Porte Cochere Driveway.
The Royal Hawaiian, circa 1927
Abhsa Spa at The Royal Hawaiian.
View of Diamond Head.
A chair in the historic wing suite of The Royal Hawaiian.
Coconut Lanai
The Royal Hawaiian's King Kamehameha Suite
Hawaiian Quilts Native Hawaiian women blended the ancient art of kapa moe-- bedcovers made from a cloth derived from the inner bark of trees--with quilting skills brought by missionaries to create the distinctive Hawaiian island quilts.
Hawaiian quilts are generally two solid colors--one for the background and one for the appliqué that's usually an organic, nature-inspired design. Women tended to create quilts based on personal experiences or dreams, and each quilt is given a name.
The last queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, stitched a crazy quilt of scraps during her imprisonment in Iolani Palace. It reads: "Imprisoned at Iolani Palace . We began the quilt here . "
Island Dining
Celebrities love dining in Oahu as much as the cameras love shooting there. Popular restaurants, many of which are located at Waikiki hotels, offer bountiful island cuisine and attract A-list stars. Kristin Davis, Ben Affleck, and Morgan Freeman are among the guests of the beachfront Orchids restaurant at the Halekulani.
Sandra Bullock, Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore have dined at the Kahala Hotel & Resort's Hoku's, while Janet Jackson and Will Smith enjoy its Seaside Grill.
At Outrigger Reef Hotel on the Beach, Cameron Diaz feasts at Ocean House, an open-air, beachfront restaurant boasting a spectacular view of the sunset and Diamond Head. Comedic actor Rob Schneider has dined at Shore Bird.
The Royal Hawaiian's Mai Tai Bar has served Hollywood royalty. Elizabeth Taylor has been spotted there, as has funny-woman Ellen DeGeneres, for whom a cocktail is named.
Lucky patrons at Duke's Waikiki at the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach have been treated to surprise performances by legend Jimmy Buffett.
A shop vignette.
Pretty little keepsakes
A snapshot from paradise
Exotic blooms.
Design Hawaiian style
Surf's up!
Catching a wave.
Surfboards, a form of folk art
Hawaiian sunset
Getting Around Honolulu
1. U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.
National Park Service, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu. Free admission; $5 for museum audio tours (808/422-3300; nps.gov/valr).
2. AIA Downtown Honolulu Architectural Walking Tours.
Saturdays 9-11:30 a.m., $10. Advance reservations required. Tours begin at AIA Honolulu office, historic Stangenwald
Building, 119 Merchant
St., Suite 402 (808/545-4242; aiahonolulu.org).
3. Diamond Head State Monument.
Off Diamond Head Road between Makapuu Ave. & 18th Ave. in Honolulu. Visitors can hike to stunning panoramic coastal views that include the Waianae Mountains and sometimes catch a glimpse of humpback whales. Its 140 acres feature some of Oahu's favorite attractions, including the Waikiki Aquarium. Admission charged (hawaiistateparks.org).
4. Leonard's Bakery.
933 Kapahulu Ave., Honolulu. Home of the malasada. Malasadas trucks also roam the island (808/737-5591; leonardshawaii.com).
5. Pacific Home.
Find Hawaiian-style fine furnishings at 420 Ward Ave. in Honolulu (808/596-9338; pacific-home.com).
6. Anne Namba Designs.
324 Kamani St., Honolulu (808/589-1135).
7. Fishcake.
307C Kamani St., Honolulu (808/593-1231).
8. Place.
Atelier of local artist and interior designer Mary Philpotts, whose family has shaped Oahu's art and design tradition. 40 S. School St., Honolulu (808/275-3075; placehawaii.com).
9. Polynesian Cultural Center.
Eight miniature island villages, hands-on activities, performers, and events, as well as a canoe pageant and night luau (reservations required). Admission charged; 55-370 Kamehameha Hwy., Laie (800/367-7060; polynesia.com).
10. Byodo-In Temple.
47-200 Kahekili Hwy., Kaneohe. Admission charged (808/239-9844; byodo-in.com).
11. Honolulu Academy of Arts.
Hawaii's largest fine-arts museum. Admission charged; 900 S. Beretania St., Honolulu (808/532-8700; honoluluacademy.org).
12. Kawaiahao Church.
957 Punchbowl St., Honolulu (808/522-1333; kawaiahao.org).
13. Aliiolani Hale.
Originally constructed as the official royal palace in 1874, it now houses Hawaii's State Supreme Court; 17 S. King St., Honolulu (808/539-4994).
14. Honolulu Design Center.
Three floors of home furniture, lighting, and accessories, plus a restaurant and wine bar. 1250 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu. Free and open to the public (808/956-1250; honoluludesigncenter.com).
15. Roy's Restaurant.
6600 Kalanianaole Hwy., Honolulu (808/396-7697).
16. Ono Hawaiian Foods.
726 Kapahulu Ave., Honolulu. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain ate here (808/737-2275).
17. Helena's Hawaiian Food.
The James Beard Foundation called this fun hole-in-the-wall a regional classic; 1240 N. School St., Honolulu (808/845-8044).
18. Tanioka's Seafoods & Catering.
Get your plate lunch and poke (raw fish salad) here. 94-903 Farrington Hwy., Waipahu (808/671-3779; taniokas.com).


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Hi everyone, just a little note to let you know I am still here!
It was Jills birthday over at the Purple Peacock blog so I decided to send her this birthday gift. I made a little Christmas ornament from a Prairie Schooler pattern (booklet number 133) and I sent her this Little House Needleworks Pattern - The Travelling Stitcher. The pattern included the threads, it is one of my favourite designers and Jill's too.
The tutorial for the fringing of the pillow can be found on my blog here just scroll down and you will see a Father Christmas Prairie Schooler ornament where I show the instructions.
I just managed to find enough fabric and threads to make Jill this small gift. There are more close up photo's below.
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DETROIT, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Alex Steen's goal off a feed from Barrett Jackman 52 seconds into overtime Wednesday helped St. Louis snap a five-game skid, 4-3 over Detroit.
The winning play came when Jackman took the puck behind the Detroit net and banked a pass off the skate of Red Wings netminder Jimmy Howard.
The puck bounded over to Steen, who corralled the bouncing disk and shoveled it past Howard for the game-winner.
Chris Stewart recorded a goal and a helper while Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrik Berglund also found the net as the Blues won for the first time in February.
Jake Allen earned the victory with 15 saves.
Tomas Tatar, Pavel Datsyuk, Drew Miller scored while Howard made 21 saves as Detroit saw its three-game winning streak snapped.


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WILKES-BARRE - The parents of a newly minted doctor from West Pittston who died last year shortly after graduation from medical school have filed a lawsuit against Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Twp., where the woman sought treatment days before her death.
Dr. Jennifer Sidari, 26, had an "easily diagnosable, treatable and entirely correctable" blood clot condition when she arrived at the hospital in May complaining of a 10-day spell with headaches, the lawsuit claims.
Dr. Sidari eventually suffered a "horrific and painful death" from massive cerebral hemorrhaging, a stroke and irreversible brain damage because of negligent treatment, the medical malpractice suit said.
Doctors failed to "be properly suspicious of" and detect the blood clot that "should have been obvious," according to the lawsuit filed on behalf of Peter and Patricia Sidari by attorney Matt Casey from the Philadelphia law firm Ross Feller Casey.
The team of doctors and other staff treating Dr. Sidari provided her pain medications and conducted various tests, but did not order a head imaging study, like a CT scan, to check for a life-threatening condition or have her see a neurologist until more than 40 hours after she arrived at the hospital, the suit says.
By that time, it was too late, the lawyers say.
"This is a terrible tragedy that befell one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's brightest stars," Mr. Casey said in a phone call Wednesday. "It shouldn't have happened. We intend to fully get to the bottom of why it happened."
The suit names the hospital, Geisinger Health System, and Geisinger Health System Foundation as defendants.
Matt Van Stone, a Geisinger spokesman, said Wednesday the hospital had yet to be served with a copy of the suit and wasn't in position to comment without reviewing the allegations.
Dr. Sidari graduated in the inaugural class of the Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton on May 11, 2013. Soon after, she started experiencing nagging headaches and unexplained bruising, the suit said.
Dr. Sidari visited the Plains Twp. hospital on May 26, was admitted and never came home. As her condition rapidly deteriorated on May 28, she was transferred to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where she was about to begin her residency in pediatrics at the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. Instead, that's where she died at 4:37 a.m. on May 29 when she was removed from life support.
The first time doctors administered anti-clotting medicine to Dr. Sidari was about nine hours before she died after she already began experience severe neurological defects, the suit said.
Dr. Sidari's death was "wholly preventable" and she "would be alive and well today, fulfilling her dream of becoming a pediatrician" if doctors employed "the most basic and fundamental principles in medicine," the suit said.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages to include Dr. Sidari's total estimated future earnings.
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Demo 09: A Smarter Internet
This morning's Demo 09 sessions started with presentation on "a smarter Internet," with most of the tools focusing on delivering information to you either better or faster. I need to leave Demo a little early this year, due to travel schedules, but did have a chance to see the products at the exposition hall, and found a number of these quite interesting.
Ensembli tries to help you find information on the topics you are interested in. You pick a topic you want to follow and then typically some specific keywords to narrow it down, and the system collects RSS feeds from across the Internet and sorts the results based on your interests. I can see where the concept would be interesting to a student tyring to organize thoughts for a paper, or someone new to a topic, though my initial impression was that most of the results weren't particularly deep or broad.
Evri has been around for a while, collecting related information about the things you read online; for instance, washingtonpost.com now includes links to related stories from the paper and elsewhere on the web in a module created by the company. What's new here is that you can now go to the evri site and set up "collections" - a way to constantly follow a topic or person online. You can then annotate and share the collection. The company calls thing "applying social media to the semantic web." It seems simple, but useful. In addition, the company is launching a new toolbar that adds the Evri related links to anything you're reading online. Again, it doesn't quite have all the information I'm looking for, but it does have a lot, and it's a very cool idea.
Purewire Trust is an web site for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of people and websites online. You can go to the site and type in an person (typically an email address), place (website address), or thing (such as a download), and immediate get information about that person, place or thing. These include a reputation score, user ratings, and information about web sites; and similar information about people (if the address is included in various social networks, etc.) I can see where this could be useful.
Qubes showed GagaPost , a sytem that makes it easier to collaborate with others in the creation of web posts. Multiple people can work together on a web post that then can appear on multiple blogs; and you can place in-line remarks on this blogs as well. There's a client for PCs and certain mobile devices. It looks nice, although a bit unfinished.
XMarks is the latest iteration of the popular Foxmarks bookmarking add-on. The company says it has 3 million activity users of the tool, which keeps a web-based backup of your bookmarks and syncs them among different machines and browsers. The add-on is being renamed Xmarks; and the company is now launching a "wisdom of crowds" application based around the bookmarks its users have made. On the Xmarks.com web site, if you enter the name of a site, it will show you the information the company has o it, including how popular it is and user reviews; along with similar sites. The toolbar will also now let you see the same information when you are looking at lists of sites on pages like Google. It's a very interesting idea.
Gazaro creates what it calls a "personalized sales flyer" for you, based on the product categories, brands, and stores you most care about. It scans various web sites, and lets you see the deals on the web for particular products, with features such as historical price trending and a "deal score" which tells you how good a deal a particular offer is, based on other sites and the previous prices. It looks pretty good, but at the moment is limited to consumer electronics and sites it can easily scrape.
Primal Fusion, like Ensembli, aims to help you pull together information that is scattered across multiple web sites. You select a topic and it gathers information using sources like Wikipedia, Yahoo web search, etc. What makes this special is that it will easily create a website or document with the results, and can give it to you as an RSS feed. It's still in alpha testing, but the concept is interesting.
Kutano lets users add their comments or join a conversation about an web page. For instance, you could go to an Amazon page about a book, and join a forum to discuss it, unmoderated by the original web site. I like the idea of "democratizing" Internet content, but I worry that a product like this can't work without a critical mass, which is hard to get.
All in all, a lot of tools, but I'm not quite sure how many content aggregation sites I really need. The concepts in Evri, Primal Fusion, and Xmarks resonated most with me.


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An important and timely book on Drug Policy Reform from a team of opinion-makers and world leaders, assembled by Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson is a hugely successful international entrepreneur, adventurer and icon, and is founder of the Virgin Group. His autobiography, Losing My Virginity, and his books on business, Screw It, Let's Do It, Business Stripped Bare, Screw Business as Usual and Like a Virgin are all international bestsellers. He is also the author of Reach for the Skies. He lives on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands and is married to Joan and has two grown-up children - Holly and Sam.


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Kungliga Magasinet. I missed out on issue 3 and 4, so it will be interesting to see how the magazine has developed (go here for my comments on the magazine's first issue). In the latest issue you can read about the Nobel party, King Carl XVI Gustaf's father Prince Gustaf Adolf, Queen Silvia's visit to Finland, the Portuguese pretender Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill's engagement, Prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar and much, much more!
I have also bought the latest issue of the Swedish ice hockey magazine Pro Hockey, which first of all deals with the National Hockey League. Oh, how annoying isn't the current NHL conflict!
In addition I have several books waiting to be read on my Kindle device, including several Rizzoli & Isles crime novels by Tess Gerritsen. Maybe I will get a book or two for Christmas as well? If not, I have 3 book gift cards ready to be used after Christmas. At my work we arrange a wine lottery at lunch every Friday. The person who wins the first draw gets one red wine and one white wine, while the third and last bottle of red wine goes to the winner of the second draw. But if you don't want any wine for whatever reason, you can get a book gift card instead. So, on the last two Fridays I have won 3 gift cards. Oh, there are so many books I would love to read, including the new Queen Sonja biography and Anders Heger's biography about Thorbjørn Egner.
I wish all my blog readers a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!
22 December 2012
Christmas reading list
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Merry Christmas to you and yours, Dag, and thank you for the interesting blog. Let's hope for peace on Earth and the return of the NHL in 2013!ReplyDelete
I have to add a comment to yours Gary. I think we'll have peace on Earth before any return of the NHL. They might as well call the whole thing off. All it is is billionaires fighting millionaires. Thank the Lord for the semi pro hockey leagues. Happy New Year!
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Milwaukee police use a BearCat and another armored vehicle to blockade a stolen SUV during a six-hour standoff. The two people inside the truck were taken into custody without injuries.
SWAT team from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System, a group of suburban Chicago law enforcement agencies, use a BearCat as a shield during a standoff.
Police officer at the Kennedy Space Center in a BearCat.
Seattle Police respond to the shooting of officers. Photo: Kevin P. Casey/AP
Oregon police hunt for a gunman who shot and wounded a officer, then fled into a wooded area in late January. Photo: Rick Bowmer/AP
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — For the first time, lawyers for accused theater shooter James Holmes say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora movie theater last summer.
But Holmes' lawyers say he was "in the throes of a psychotic episode" at the time.
The admission came in a motion filed Tuesday but made public Wednesday. His lawyers were trying to argue that Holmes should be unrestrained during his upcoming trial.
"Holmes suffers from a severe mental illness and was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he committed the acts that resulted in the tragic loss of life and injuries," Holmes' lawyers wrote.
Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other offenses — a plea that stops just short of a confession. But this week's motion is the first time Holmes' attorneys have explicitly said he committed the shootings, The Denver Post reported (http://bit.ly/1dkEkSV).
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Judge Carlos Samour rejected the motion for Holmes to be unrestrained during his trial, saying it was "not appropriate." Instead, Holmes is to be tethered to the floor.
"The Court chose the least restrictive form of restraint available and the one that could be hidden from the jury's view," Samour wrote.
In a separate filing, Holmes' lawyers blasted the judge for meeting outside of the defense's presence with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's department about courtroom security around Holmes.
Samour responded that it is within his powers to arrange for courtroom security.
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