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Ah Celebrity Juice, Leigh Francis aka Keith Lemon at his inimitable best.
I sometimes wonder how this programme was pitched to ITV execs? Was it pitched as a post modern humorous, but ironic take on celebrity culture and ingrained misogynistic behaviour in the entertainment industry. Or was it sold as a Quiz show with loads of banter, piss taking, celebs and loads of nicely stacked ladies for the lads.
I suspect it was sold as something close to the former but what we have got is definitely close to the latter. Leigh Francis in his role as Keith Lemon revels in his role as probably the most politically incorrect TV celebrity since the late Benny Hill. Alongside Keith are regulars Holly Willoughby or as she is known on the show Holly Willough-booby (no explanation needed here) and Fearne Cotton seemingly less favoured by Lemon for being less favoured in the ways that appeal to him.
Celebrity Juice has been phenomenally successful for ITV2, bringing in close to 2 million viewers per show. It has however divided wider opinion, while clearly a lot of people love its humour and banter, there are also people who worry about what they see as its over indulgence in lewd school yard humour the sort we last saw with the late Benny Hill.
If the lewd humour offends you, then last night's episode would have left you apoplectic. Fearne Cotton is off having a baby, and drafted in as her replacement was Kelly Brook. Now Kelly Brook is ample in a similar way to Holly Willoughby possibly even more so and the appearance of both of them on the show seemed to send Keith into an overdrive of bawdy behaviour.
Does it matter that Holly and Kelly both seemed "up for it"? Holly in particular I would assume doesn't have to do this show. She co-hosts two of ITV's flagship programme's This Morning and Dancing on Ice, and even managed to get a gig on rival BBC as well as the host of The Voice. So why you might ask does she feel she needs to take part in a programme where she is blindfolded and a prosthetic male organ waved in her face?
She is either operating on a level of irony that we mere mortals can only aspire to or she is pretty much ready to do anything for a laugh.
Personally I enjoy Celebrity Juice but I am not sure I should. It is like having a double cream filled chocolate doughnut from Krispy Kreme, lovely but you somehow know it is not to be encouraged.


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With such a brash title and with such youthful colour and range of expression comes the debut of Muscles. Sophisticated it certainly isn't. Luckily, though, it is quite entertaining and sweetly heartfelt at times, which helps dull the harder musical slaps. Lead single 'Ice Cream' is a prime example, rather relentless and mostly enjoyable, but with the kind of beating heart that could either champion or nullify an artist such as this. It's as if a child has been given the keys to the Millennium Falcon but a pre-pubescent Wookie co-pilot is hogging all the fun. The ride is fast and intense, but lacking a little in finesse and subtlety. "I just wanna dance with my shirt off!" is not quite the compelling sentiment it could be, but there really is no need for it to be anything more.
Muscles, the man himself, is an Australian child incapable of doing anything quietly. He's fawned over by Soulwax and Architecture In Helsinki, he's not frightened of anything, he's ballsy and, yes, relentless, but there is a lovely feeling that he might still flourish. There's the danger that he'll turn into a superstar prick DJ whose tunes will encourage you to buy an iPod, but this shouldn't, shouldn't happen. Compose with discretion, Muscles, let only your very best material appear on your next record and all that banging will have been worth it. People will love the bildungsroman, the story, the evolution, the progression.
But yes, banging. Opening banger 'My Friend Richard' is similarly unrelenting, complete with Kaiser Chiefs howl (never mind, eh?) and demented falsetto vocals, another excellently undemanding listen. Though there are moments (a seven-minute moment on 'Futurekidz') that are slightly slinkier, slightly more interested in the Sebastian Tellier-esque mood than simple smash of dance progression, but ultimately these moments are slightly too far apart from one another for the complete emotional package to be delivered on time. Maybe we're missing the point, though, and the idea is just to be completely righteous at all times and not get too bogged down in the reasons you might not always feel completely righteous. For every furrowed brow theirs about six hundred e-fuelled gurns to tip the balance. Simply dance yourself happy.
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I just made these tasty treats over the weekend. I usually make them around the holidays with decorative holiday sprinkles. I guess I got in the fall baking mood due to the weather I used fall/halloween cookie cutters. I only had black sprinkles. I need to get orange and brown ones as well. This is Martha Stewart's recipe. She recommends making the icing with food coloring. Might be a good idea if I used orange coloring with black sprinkles. I put the leftover dough in the freezer (at least 3 batches left), so I'll try this out next time.
Here's the recipe:
Makes 4 dozen cookies
These cookies should be very pale in color
3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
Royal Icing (see below)
Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in the vanilla.
Sift together the flour and cornstarch. Stir thoroughly into the creamed mixture. Place the dough on a sheet of plastic wrap and form the dough into a flat disk. Wrap the dough and chill it for at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes (I had to bake it at least 25 minutes for some reason). Remove from the baking sheets and cool on racks. Decorate with Royal Icing.
Royal Icing:
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 egg white (use dried egg whites if you're concerned about safety)
3 or 4 drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice
Food coloring
Mix the sugar, egg white, and lemon juice in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. It should have the consistency of heavy cream (add more sugar if necessary). Add desired food coloring.


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making a full auto AK is a peice of cake. i could do it in 30 minutes with a hand drill. type 7 SOT do it all the time. the hole (pun intended) question of select fire centers around that third axis pin, and the hole you have to drill to insert it. it supports a disconnector, reset coil spring, and the shepard's crook which is integral to the spring.
many kits on the market right now have all of the parts, and could be built legally by an SOT as a full auto on any comercial or homebent receiver. some aftermarket manufacturers are making semi only FCG, and carriers, but the original ones work fine on semi.
i am not advocating that anyone violate federal or local law on any account, but do feel a need to note that most gun boards have at least one expert on hand who will do his best to shroud the entire question in mystery.
of course, if i was hunting big game on the african plain, i would find a decent watering hole, set up a machan (elevated blind), and just wait. some defiant lion would surely walk by after awhile and wake me with a challenging roar.
who pays for this and all of the other gun boards on the net, anyway? nothing is free, unless it's bought with tax dollars.


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Holiday in Racines, Ridanna and Jaufental
Hearts will beat a little faster in Racines, the municipality of the three valleys. Culture lovers, sportsmen, families and mellow travellers will find it all on holiday in the Racines, Ridanna/Ridnaun and Jaufental valleys. Thosehungry for movement can let off steam amidst the mountain and glacier landscape or during skiing at the snow-spoiled Ratschings-Jaufen ski area. Meanwhile,families can explore the "BergErlebnisWelt" adventure world in Racines and culture lovers can head over to the Schloss Wolfsthurn castle. As a member of the "Alpine Pearls" network, Racines offers possibilities for gentle mobility with great possibilities for a relaxing, mellow holiday without a car.


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There are dozens of organisations to choose from.
I am an Australian, so I have a preference for the Australian companies. One very good one is World Expeditions www.worldexpeditions.com.au. They have offices throughout the world and have been going for 2-3 decades.
They have some very reputable people working for them, one of many being Peter Hillary!
They have litteraly dozens of treks and mountaineering expeditions (up to circa 7500m) throughout the year, especially in the Himalaya.
They charge slightly more than others, but you get great service and are very well looked after. To compare, I am doing Mera and Island Peak in october with them and its costing £2000. You can get the same trip for anywhere between £1500 and £2500, depending on where you look.
They also have a very good policy that supports the local area. they dont stay in huts - its all tents, they dont burn wood (deforresting and all) and they take all food in with them to ensure hygene is maintained and quality is assured.
Take a look at them and let me know what you think.


text: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 More Health Care Professionals Recommending Physical Activity In 2010, about 1 in 3 adults who had seen a physician or other health care professional in the past year had been advised to begin to exercise or continue with their physical activity program, says a February 8 National Center for Health Statistics data brief. Furthermore, the percentage of adults who had been advised to exercise increased from 22.6% in 2000 to 32.4% in 2010. Younger people were told to exercise more often than older adults in 2010. However, adults aged 18-24 had the smallest increase over the decade 2000-2010 in the percentage receiving a recommendation to exercise (from 10.4% in 2000 to 16.1% in 2010), while adults aged 85 and over had the largest percentage point increase (from 15.3% in 2000 to 28.9% in 2010). In addition, Hispanic adults had the largest percentage point increase over the decade 2000-2010 in receiving a recommendation to exercise. Receiving advice to exercise varied with having selected chronic health conditions. Between 2000 and 2010, receipt of advice from a physician to exercise or engage in physical activity increased for adults with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Adults with diabetes were more likely than those with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, or cancer to have been advised to exercise. In 2010, more than one-half of adults with diabetes were advised to exercise, compared with just over one-third of adults with cancer. Adults who were obese were about twice as likely as healthy weight adults to have been advised by a physician or other health care professional to exercise. The percentage of adults who had been advised to exercise increased in each body mass index category (underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese) between 2000 and 2010, although the percentage point increase was largest for adults who were obese.


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CT State Parks and Forests Main Page
Park Location
PenwoodState Park560 Simsbury Road Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 242-1158
Park Contact Information
Mailing Address ONLY:
57 Gun Mill Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
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This park offers:
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The interior road, to the Picnic Area, is open for vehicles from Memorial Day through the end of October.
The park is open from 8 am to sunset.
The road to the shelter picnic area is open for vehicles from Memorial Day through the end of October.
Alternate parking for pedestrian use is available adjacent to the main gate.
Pets on a leash are permitted in picnic areas and on hiking trails.
(860) 424-3200
(860) 424-4070
This property was acquired and/or developed with the assistance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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Penwood State ParkBloomfield
Penwood State Park offers almost 800 acres of four-season fun just a short drive from the Capital City.
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An extensive trail system is maintained in cooperation with the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, which provides volunteer assistance. For information on volunteering for trail activities throughout the state contact the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, 16 Meriden Road, Rockfall, CT 06481; Telephone: (860) 346-2372.
Bathrooms, Picnic Shelter, Picnic TablesPicnic Shelter Rental Information
{View from Penwood State Park} Penwood State Park, Bloomfield
The Geology of Penwood State Park
From I-91 North or South: Take Exit 35B which is the Bloomfield Route 218 exit. This road is also known as Cottage Grove Road. Follow Cottage Grove Road heading west until you reach Route 185. Follow Route 185 heading for Simsbury. At the top of the hill, the entrance to Penwood will be on your right.
From I-84 East or West: Take the Route 44 Exit. Follow Route 44 heading west until the junction of Routes 10 and 202 in the town of Avon. Follow Route 10 north until you reach Route 185 in Simsbury. Follow Route 185 heading for Bloomfield. At the top of the hill, Penwood is on your left.
There is no admission fee for Penwood State Park.
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A long wooded ridge dominates the sunset-side of the Connecticut River Valley in the vicinity of Hartford. Crested atop the northerly portion of the Talcott Mountain Range lies a sizable portion of the public domain, Penwood State Park. With this gift in 1944 to the citizens of Connecticut of nearly 800 acres, Curtis H. Veeder wished only that his beloved hilltop, "be kept in a natural state so that those who love nature may enjoy this property as I have enjoyed it."
Veeder was an industrialist, inventor and outdoorsman. Early maps of Penwood evidence Veeder's engineering skill and demand for precise accuracy. Surveying, often after dark, he used a complex theodolite instrument and a flashlight to establish a true meridian line from the exact position of a star.
Ardent hikers, Veeder and his wife, Louise, built many trails from which to more intimately observe the wildlife, woodland phenomena and scenic vistas surrounding the mountain. Appropriately, a section of Connecticut's Blue Blazed Trail system, the Metacomet, now traverses much of Penwood.
In April, as the snow recedes, colorful wildflowers carpet gravelly pockets of soil. The trillium is common as are dutchman's breeches, hepatica, bloodroot, and trailing arbutus. Occasionally the hiker may glimpse the flight of a pileated woodpecker, turkey vulture or bald eagle.
Honoring the donor's request, ground-fires, horses and camping are excluded from the activities at Penwood.
Other Nearby State Recreation Areas Include:
American Legion and Peoples State Forests, Pleasant Valley Location: Route 44 east from Winsted to Route 318 east to Pleasant Valley; or Route 44 west from New Hartford to Route 181 north to Pleasant ValleyActivities: Camping, Cross-Country Skiing, Hiking, Hunting, Picnicking, Snowmobiling, Stream Fishing
Stratton Brook State Park, SimsburyLocation: 2 miles west of Simsbury on Route 309Activities: Biking, Fishing, Hiking, Picnicking, Swimming
Talcott Mountain State Park, SimsburyLocation: The Tower Trail parking area is located on Route 185, west of Route 178 and east of Route 10Activities: Hiking, Picnicking, Observation Tower (seasonal), Vista
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This is the first time in OU history that two football student-athletes and three student-athletes in one sports cycle have received this prestigious NCAA scholarship.
Ikard, McLaurin and Millard were part of a class of student-athletes from OU's 21 varsity sports who combined to register a 3.06 cumulative GPA during the fall 2013 semester, the highest mark ever recorded by the Sooners. The trio of Ikard, McLaurin and Millard also participated in OU's study abroad trip to Ireland in 2013.
Ikard was one of three OU student-athletes who graduated with a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA in 2013. He majored in multidisciplinary studies with a biological sciences theme and has indicated a desire to pursue a medical degree following the conclusion of his professional playing career. Ikard was selected as the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year in 2013 and previously was awarded an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship as a 2013 National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award winner.
The Oklahoma City native was also the first OU football student-athlete to be named a three-time Capital One Academic All-American and was the 2013 Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year for football. A First-Team All-American selection by Walter Camp, CBS Sports and the American Football Coaches Association, the highly-decorated offensive lineman also became Oklahoma's inaugural winner of the Wuerffel Trophy for his academic and athletic achievement and was a two-time team captain.
McLaurin, who currently has a 3.77 GPA as a health and exercise science major, earned Academic All-Big 12 distinction three times during her career. Like Ikard, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-America first team last fall and was the Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year for volleyball. She was also named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Second Team and All-Big 12 First Team in 2013. On the court, McLaurin led Oklahoma with 3.78 kills per set and led the Big 12 in scoring percentage with a .423. She also holds the OU record for block assists with 529. During her senior season, the Sooners finished third in the Big 12 Conference with a 24-8 record and a fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Millard concluded his OU career with a 3.72 GPA in psychology. He served as a two-year team captain for the Sooners, sharing the team's Don Key Award with Ikard as a senior. Named by the conference coaches as an All-Big 12 First Team selection as a junior and senior, he was also a two-time Capital One All-District selection and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team pick. The senior co-captain finished his career against Texas Tech on Oct. 26, 2013, after suffering an ACL injury. Millard rushed for 531 yards on 95 attempts, scoring six touchdowns. He had 68 receptions for 678 yards and seven touchdowns.
First granted in 1964, this grant of $7,500 is given to a maximum of 174 student-athletes over the course of each academic year. Twenty-nine men and twenty-nine women each fall, winter and spring are awarded this post-graduate scholarship.
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Jay Glazer from Fox Sports reports here that Brett Favre met with Mike McCarthy last night for so long that McCarthy had to cancel his 8:15pm press conference. (I was tuned in to the press conference starting at about 8pm last night and was able to hear the reporters in the room. What initially sounded like regular conversation, I soon realized, was reporters practicing the asking of their particular questions – out loud. Brother Steve, you never told me you people do this. You journalists are odd, talking to yourselves like that). Anyway, Favre met with McCarthy and it apparently was amicable, but they still can't see eye to eye.
Favre apparently noted on several occasions that he's worried about messing up team chemistry (something that on its face may seem altruistic, but it could also be further evidence that he may be trying to wiggle out of this to play for the Vikes. "You know, I've been feeling bad about all this and just don't want to disrupt the team any further. I guess I should just play for the Vikings then"). Among other things, Favre apparently now is in line with Rodgers being the starting QB.
I just can't help but think something else is going on. It seemed McCarthy's tactic last night may have still been to steer Favre away and Favre's tactic may have still been to figure out a way to play for the Vikings. He apparently reiterated his desire to play within the division. When Favre first said this to Greta a few weeks ago, he even added "for obvious reasons". What are those "obvious reasons"? To stick it to TT, the team, and all of Packer Nation? I just don't get why he'd insist on playing within the division when it seems like such a jackass stance for someone who has been the face of the Packers for nearly 15 years (he wasn't the face his first two years, Holmgren was). I guess what I struggle with most is that in Favre's mind, there appear to be just 2 options: 1) starting for the Packers or 2) playing for the Vikings. It just doesn't make sense – if he really loves this team and organization etc, you'd think he would rule out playing for Minnesota (unless again, he's so ticked off about something we don't know about, which I continue to believe is what happened).


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LETTER: Utica Observer Dispatch omitted Holy Cross
After the unfortunate announcement about the closing of Rome Catholic High, the May 3 edition of the Observer Dispatch in Utica named one school as the area's only option for Rome Catholic students to continue their Catholic education. I would like parents to know that there is another excellent option that they would do well to at least look into. Holy Cross Academy in Oneida is a private Catholic school for grades 7-12. Holy Cross has been recognized four times as one of the top 50 Catholic High Schools in the United States with special recognition for Catholic Identity and Civic Education. Its graduates have been accepted at colleges all over the country. Tuition is kept very reasonable, with $3,300 for the first child with no more than $4,950 per year per family, even with multiple children.
My daughter graduated from Holy Cross last year and I can truly say I am impressed with the kind of school that it is. I have experienced first-hand how dedicated teachers and parents are like family uniting in the goal of educating their children faithfully in the Catholic tradition, loyal to the Magisterium of the Church. Busing is available from the Rome City School District to Holy Cross as well as from the surrounding areas. Holy Cross is located at 4020 Barrington Road in Oneida Castle, just off Route 365, one block north of 365A. In fact there is a visitation day scheduled for prospective students being held on Tuesday, May 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., which you may contact the school to register for at 363-1669. Their website is www.holycrossacademy.com. I believe Holy Cross to be the kind of school parents would be pleased with and I urge them to check it out as not just an option, but as THE option!


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However they fare in the current state-budget season, Massachusetts' public universities must look for ways to build their individual reputations, increase alumni giving, and appeal to students outside their host communities. The recent decision by the chancellor and trustees of University of Massachusetts Lowell to move all its sports programs to the more competitive Division 1 will raise the university's profile in a positive way. The fact that the university does not have varsity football — which requires by far the largest expenditures — will make the transition easier.
UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan has chosen a reasonable sample of schools to measure the River Hawks against: Among them are the state universities of Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. He isn't looking toward the national powerhouses, such as Texas or Ohio State, that pour more than $100 million a year into their programs.
The average annual price tag for the sports at Meehan's peer schools is about $22 million, according to federal data. Reaching parity would still require a significant investment for a UMass Lowell athletic program that spent $7.4 million last year playing most of its sports in Division 2, but UMass Lowell is well positioned to take the leap. Since Meehan, the former US representative, became chancellor in 2007, the endowment, enrollment, and research spending are all up significantly, and the university is attracting students with higher academic qualifications.
The university has already amassed the sports infrastructure it will need to compete at a higher level, having taken over the 6,500-seat Tsongas Center, where the university's hockey team, which already competes in Division 1, plays. Elevating the rest of the varsity teams to Division 1 and joining the America East Conference will likely add to the school's burgeoning profile, improving school spirit and media attention while also stimulating more alumni giving.
On many campuses, sports expenditures are viewed with skepticism by faculty members, who see resources being drawn away from academics. But the move at UMass Lowell seems to have the faculty's support, and the athletic department, as well, seems to have its priorities straight: The graduation rates for athletes is already significantly higher than for the general student body. If UMass Lowell can move up to Division 1 without driving academics down, the River Hawks will soar to heights worthy of the school's growing reputation.
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Half of adults want Blue Peter to be reinstated to its original format and screened on terrestrial television, a study has found.
The once-popular kids' classic was moved to digital channel CBBC with a repeat of an episode on June 13 - failing to record a single viewer.
At the height of its popularity the show was regularly getting eight million viewers while it was on in the late afternoon on BBC1.
But half of the 1,000 people surveyed by OnePoll.com want to see the original format of the show bought back onto terrestrial TV, with BBC1 the most popular choice.
A third of people even said the news of the slump in viewers saddened them, saying Blue Peter was a part of their childhood.
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Posted by Editoress on 05/5/08
Welland UCI Race Postponed
Courtesy CCA
The Ontario professional road cycling scene will have to wait another year to see the return of UCI racing to the province. After the announcement of the 2008 National Calendar, the entire Canadian cycling community was thrilled to see the return of professional UCI racing to Ontario for August 3rd, 2008.
Unfortunately, the organizing committee faced struggles with funding and could not move forward this year. With respect to all parties involved, we would rather postpone the 2008 edition of the Welland Race. The teams need to know what's going on now and we cannot give them a guarantee at the moment. We would rather keep on working, and hope for a better turn of events next year said Willy Coyle, head of the organizing committee.
It appears that the refusal of their funding application by the Government of Ontario was the final nail in the coffins for this year's edition. We got denied our funding application by the provincial government, because we were not in competition with another city to host this event. We all know that the only events in pro cycling where you have to bid, are the Pro Tour or the World Championship events. These events are not realistic for our market, nor with our mission to develop young professional cyclists from Ontario, while making the America Tour is. We will work hard with the provincial government over the years to come, to ensure that professional cycling will be eligible for provincial government funding like other provinces in Canada. We were really counting on some support from the Government of Ontario, especially to start this event. Unfortunately, if the policy doesn't change, it will take a long time before we see the return of UCI racing to Ontario added Mr. Coyle.
This means that the only UCI road event in Canada will remain the Tour de Beauce in Québec from June 10-15.
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Is your WinXP box running slow? I'll give you some information on speeding it up, without upgrading your hardware.
First things first. Disable any unneeded services:
Go to Start>>Run, and type in 'services.msc'.
This will open the Windows Services Manager.
Now, some services may be stopped, and set to manual...this doesn't give you too much reason to disable it, unless you notice a difference.
There are many service you can disable, the most prominent being the Indexing Service. This service indexes your harddrive, constantly, keeping a database of all the files on your harddrive. Now unless you are always searching for things, then this is a performance hog.
Alerter - enables Administrative alerts.....garbage
Automatic Updates - are you that lazy?
Error Reporting Service - asks you if you want to send a report to MS...garbage
Fast User Switching Compatibility - unless you are always switching users, you don't need this...you could actually log off.
Fax - does anyone use this?
Help and Support - use this if you need Windows help...otherwise, just use Google.
Human Interface Device Access - support for keyboard hot buttons, and other such crap
IMAPI CD Burning COM Service - why use XP's embedded burning when you can use Nero?
Indexing Service - explained above, garbage. Search will run a bit slower...who cares. Use Google Desktop Search for texts, only runs when PC is idle
Machine Debug Manager - supports the debuggers in MS Visual Studio apps, disable if you don't use Visual Studio.
Messenger - this is not Windows Messenger, this is for "net send" on the command line...trash.
Net Logon - If you aren't on a domain, trash this.
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing - Has anyone *ever* used NetMeeting? This may affect Remote Desktop as well, I'm not positive.
Network Connections - This will make managing the network/dialup difficult for you, but it is a good security measure to disable it on a large network.
Performance Logs And Alerts - More event logging that is unneeded by 99% of the planet.
Portable Media Serial Number Service - do you use files with Digital Rights Management? If not, get rid of this. But if you ever have problems burning music, or copying it elsewhere, enable it.
Remote Desktop Help Sessing Manager - Unless you use Remote Assistance, you don't need this.
Remote Registry - why would you want people on another PC editing your registry
Removable Storage - if you don't use USB disks and the like, then get rid of this.
Secondary Logon - This will not allow you to run executables as another user (Run as...), but you should be an admin already, right?
Shell Hardware Detection - Used for AutoPlay options...unneeded, quit being so damned lazy!
Smart Card - if you don't have one, you don't need this
System Event Notification - why so much damn logging on a Windows box!
System Restore Service - I guess this depends on how much you screw up the PC. disable this last in case you stop a service you shouldn't have, you can roll back.
Task Scheduler - Do you use the Task Scheduler...no?!
Telnet - allows others to logon remotely and run code...why?!
Themes - This will get rid of many of Window's bells and whistles that make it look pretty....your RAM is at risk!
Uninterruptable Power Supply - if you don't have a UPS, then toss this.
Windows Firewall/ICS - If you have a better one (ZoneAlarm, Tiny, Portzilla, etc), then disable this.
Windows Image Acquisition - to get images from digital cameras and scanners.
Windows Time - syncs your system time with a server...but you should always change time via BIOS anyways.
Wireless Zero Configuration - for Wi-Fi access, unneeded if you don't have a wireless network
Go here for a description for every Windows service - http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/services.htmla
*whew*, that is a long list. alright, that takes care of just about everything.
a few more, changing the views of many things will help. Less complicated views will allow more RAM for programs. Folder views don't have to be in a web view, nor does Active Desktop need to be enabled.
Go to Start>>Run, and type 'msconfig'. Click the startup tab, and disable things you don't need. If you don't know what it is, I'd recommend you find out, or leave it alone.
**** - Spyware, adware, and viruses can be dentrimental to your system's performance, scan weekly.
Use software such as Ad-Aware regularly. Spybot S&D is a definite complement to Ad-Aware, and allows the immunization of the system.
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/ - This is a free online virus scanner, this is arguably the best one out there.
**** - Defragment your drives, once a month....more often if you are a download-freak.
**** - Don't use a desktop background....just keep a color, any will do.
**** - Alternatives to some MS applications can also boost your performance. You can use a low profile browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, if you really want to tweak all performance out of Windows. Using Wordpad in place of Word can make things run quicker when it comes to word processing. This goes the same for smaller media players in place of Windows Media Player.
Now, this is a relatively comprehensive list. If you have any additions, feel free to post them, PM me to add them, or even just bitch and complain about it...who knows.
Now, when it comes right down to it, you don't even need sound enabled (another service)...that's disabled by default on Windows Server 2k3.
Where is TuneUp Utilities 2004 mentioned in your advice?author="AxessTerminated"
Also, any type of tweaking utility could help, providing you know what you are doing.
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"A segmentation and classification algorithm for online detection of internal disorders in citrus using X-ray radiographs", Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol. 112, pp. 205-214, 2016.
"Online Tomato Inspection Using X-Ray Radiographies and 3- Dimensional Shape Models", Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol. 44, pp. 37-42, 2015.
"Neural network Hilbert transform based filtered backprojection for fast inline X-ray inspection", Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 29, issue 3, 2018. Download paper (3.4 MB)
"Multisensor X-ray inspection of internal defects in horticultural products", Postharvest Biology and Technology, vol. 128, pp. 33–43, June, 2017.
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SEX TRAFFICKING / San Francisco Is A Major Center For International Crime Networks That Smuggle And Enslave / FIRST OF A FOUR PART SPECIAL REPORT
Many of San Francisco's Asian massage parlors -- long an established part of the city's sexually permissive culture -- have degenerated into something much more sinister: international sex slave shops.
Once limited to infamous locales such as Bombay and Bangkok, sex trafficking is now an $8 billion international business, with San Francisco among its largest commercial centers.
San Francisco's liberal attitude toward sex, the city's history of arresting prostitutes instead of pimps, and its large immigrant population have made it one of the top American cities for international sex traffickers to do business undetected, according to Donna Hughes, a national expert on sex trafficking at the University of Rhode Island.
"It makes me sick to my stomach," said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. "Girls are being forced to come to this country, their families back home are threatened, and they are being raped repeatedly, over and over."
Because sex trafficking is so far underground, the number of victims in the United States and worldwide is not known, and the statistics vary wildly.
The most often cited numbers come from the U.S. State Department, which estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked for forced labor and sex worldwide each year -- and that 80 percent are women and girls. Most trafficked females, the department says, are exploited in commercial sex outlets.
Relying on research from the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department estimates there are 14,500 to 17,500 human trafficking victims brought into the United States each year -- but does not quantify how many of those are sex victims. Some advocacy groups place the number of U.S. victims much higher, while others criticize the government for overstating the problem.
"The number will always be an estimate, because trafficking victims don't stand in line and raise their hands to be counted, but it's the best estimate we have," said Ambassador John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. The CIA won't divulge its research methods, but based its figures on 1,500 sources, including law enforcement data, government data, academic research, international reports and newspaper stories.
Women trafficked for the sex industry are predominantly from Southeast Asia, the former Soviet Union and South America -- lured to the United States by promises of lucrative jobs as models or hostesses, only to be sold to brothels, strip clubs and outcall services and extorted into working off thousands of dollars in surprise travel debts to their new "owners."
Federal investigators say that even those who come to the United States with the idea of working as high-society call girls cannot imagine the captivity and the degrading workload they face.
"Human trafficking is a multibillion-dollar business. In terms of profits, it's on a path to overtake drug and arms trafficking," said Barry Tang, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement attache with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in South Korea. "There's a highly organized logistical network between Korea and the United States with recruiters, brokers, intermediaries, taxi drivers and madams."
The United States is among the top three destination countries for sex traffickers, along with Japan and Australia. Once in the United States, traffickers most often set up shop in California, New York, Texas and Las Vegas.
It's an underground world, but in more than 100 interviews with federal agents, experts and sex trafficking victims in California and South Korea, a picture emerges about how international traffickers buy and sell women between Asia and the West Coast.
Overseas, the trafficker is usually a woman. She recruits from clubs, bars, colleges, pool halls and restaurants, said Deputy Special Agent Mark F. Wollman, who oversees San Francisco for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Recruiters fill the want ads in papers and the Internet, targeting vulnerable young women with fake job offers for waitresses, models and hostesses in America.
Traffickers fly the women to Canada or Mexico, and walk or drive them into California. In Canada, they slip through Indian reservations off-limits to the U.S. Border Patrol, often at night, and sometimes along snow-packed trails.
In Mexico, the traffickers lead the women over the same treacherous desert paths worn down by migrants heading to "El Norte" for work. More women come through airport customs in San Francisco and Los Angeles, using fake passports and student or tourist visas made for them by their traffickers.
It's relatively easy for traffickers to evade authorities at the checkpoints -- land, air or sea -- because women still don't realize at that point that they are being tricked.
"It's not like the movies where you open a trunk and you interview them and they tell you everything," said Lauren Mack, special-agent-in-charge with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego. "They aren't going to tell you they're victimized because they aren't -- yet."
Once in California, the women are taken most often to Los Angeles or San Francisco, where they are hidden inside homes, massage parlors, apartments and basements, only to learn that the job offer was just a ploy. Typically they are locked inside their place of business, forced to have sex with as many as a dozen men a day. Sometimes victims are forced to live in the brothel, too, where five or six "co-workers" are crammed into one room.
Their "owners" confiscate their travel documents until the women pay off exorbitant sums. Often captors will ensure the women never pay off their debts, by tacking on fees for food, clothing or rent. Some fine the women for displeasing customers, being late to work, fighting or a host of other possible transgressions.
Yuki, 25, who fears for her safety and only gave her first name to The Chronicle during an interview in Seoul, said she was trafficked from South Korea to a karaoke bar in Inglewood (Los Angeles County), where she was assured that she would simply be serving drinks to men. Once there, she was ordered to sell $3,000 worth of drinks each month. When she failed, she was sent to the "touching room," a private suite where men could have their way with her for $400.
Sex slaves who work in massage parlors and bars are often locked in their place of business by double security doors, monitored by surveillance cameras and only let outside under the guard of crooked taxi drivers who ferry them to their next sex appointment.
Women report being beaten, raped and starved by their keepers. Kim, who also withheld her last name, told The Chronicle in an interview in South Korea that she was forced to pay $4,400 for plastic surgery to open her eyes and make her nose thinner and pointier, "like Marilyn Monroe."
Both women eventually escaped their captors and now live as shut-ins in Seoul, spending their time on the phone or the Internet or watching TV, too afraid to go outside and cross paths with someone from the network that trafficked them.
They are scared because sex trafficking rings are often run by criminal organizations that aren't afraid to use violence to protect the billions they generate.
Although it's not known how much money the San Francisco market generates for sex traffickers, federal agents confiscated $2 million in cash from 10 Asian massage parlors during a San Francisco raid in summer 2005.
Local police say the bust didn't make a dent in the illegal sex trade.
"The number of Asian massage parlors has doubled in San Francisco in the last two years," said Capt. Tim Hettrich of the San Francisco police vice unit. "Profits are huge. I have nine people working on this. I need three times that many to keep up."
There are at least 90 massage parlors in San Francisco where sex is for sale, according to the online sex Web site myredbook.com. The site has been around since 1997 and has more than 55,000 reviews of Northern California sex workers. It is used by johns, yet is also a main monitoring tool for law enforcement. On average, there are about eight women working in a massage parlor, police say. That would mean more than 700 Asian sex masseuses working in San Francisco, based on 90 illicit parlors listed on sex Web sites and on police interviews.
But the scope of sex trafficking in San Francisco is much larger -- women are also forced to work as escorts, outcall girls, erotic dancers and street prostitutes. Women are also placed in "AAMPs" -- Asian apartment massage parlors -- which are little more than apartments rented by traffickers who staff them with one or two sex workers. Business is done by word of mouth, and only customers approved by the owner are allowed in.
Police in Livermore, Concord, San Mateo and Santa Clara have all found residential Asian brothels in their neighborhoods in 2004 and 2005.
"There are thousands of trafficked women in San Francisco," said Norma Hotaling, who advocates for victims as director of the Standing Against Global Exploitation Project in San Francisco.
She can watch men come and go at all hours of the day to a massage parlor across the street from her office.
"In looking at the city, I've never seen it like this before in terms of the number of massage parlors. No one is going after the johns."
The city may even be unwittingly contributing to the problem. Thirty-seven of the erotic massage parlors on My Redbook's list have massage permits issued to them through the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
When asked about the city giving permits to illegal massage parlors, Johnson Ojo, principal environmental health inspector for San Francisco, said part of the problem has to do with a big backlog that was created when jurisdiction over massage parlors was moved from the Police Department to the Department of Public Health in 2004.
"We are catching up and inspecting each one," he said. "But prostitution is a police matter -- we are looking for health and safety violations. If we find anything suggesting trafficking, we talk to police."
When told by The Chronicle of the scores of erotic massage parlors with city permits, Newsom said, "We aren't doing our job. We should take these Internet lists and go down them one by one."
In July, Newsom waited with city inspectors one afternoon outside Sophia's Spa, an alleged brothel in an alley between an ultra-modern cocktail lounge and a sex shop on Geary Street.
A decoy, an Asian police officer in jeans and a T-shirt, stood in view of the security camera over Sophia's front door and pressed the buzzer. The metal security door opened.
He duct-taped the lock so Newsom, the inspectors, police, a social worker and a reporter could get in.
It was a rude awakening for the half-dozen men inside, one of whom was in the middle of a sex act with a masseuse on the lobby couch.
While sex between adults on the lobby couch indicates that Sophia's is not a holistic massage establishment, it's not a crime unless the police see money change hands.
Inspectors cited Sophia's for using the premises as a living quarters, for inadequate ventilation, for improperly attired employees and for using a bed instead of a massage table in one room -- enough to land the owner in a permit revocation hearing before an administrative judge.
Although Sophia's has a massage parlor license from the Department of Public Health, the establishment is emblematic of a booming Asian sex-trafficking business that operates with near impunity in the city, Newsom said.
It thrives because it's so hard to prosecute -- the same women who are needed on the stand to help win cases are the ones who are being threatened into silence by their captors, said Heidi Rummel, a former federal prosecutor with the sex trafficking unit in Los Angeles.
"We have to explain the woman's mind-set -- that she's often unsophisticated, comes from a country with a corrupt government and would believe her captors' lies that if she flees she could get arrested by police," she said. "Juries have a hard time. They wonder: If the door was open, why didn't she just run?"
Sex traffickers who get caught are rarely convicted of sex trafficking -- and they know it. It's a frustrating cat-and-mouse game for federal investigators and prosecutors, who spend a year or more keeping a sex slavery network under surveillance, and then none of the women held in captivity is willing to testify.
Local police face the same problems.
"Our undercover officers arrest women for prostitution weekly in the massage parlors," said Hettrich of the San Francisco vice unit. "We let her know if she cooperates with us, she won't go to jail. But she is more afraid of her traffickers than us."
Women are scared for good reason. Those who have become witnesses have been burned with acid, have disappeared, or have had their homes ransacked and their families harmed or threatened in their home countries, said Dong Shim Kim, head counselor at Du Re Bang (My Sister's Place), a shelter for sex trafficking victims in South Korea.
Newsom admits that city inspectors alone can't shut the illicit massage parlors down, but he says City Hall is starting to regulate an underground industry that it's never inspected before.
Newsom put together a team of health and safety inspectors in summer 2005, shortly after California's largest sex-trafficking bust -- Operation Gilded Cage -- made it clear that a lot of the sex in the massage parlors was not consensual.
City officials were taken aback that all 100 masseuses removed from the 10 parlors in San Francisco were Korean, just like the 45 others arrested statewide on charges of running an international sex trafficking ring. The federal case is pending.
Since the federal raid, just one of the alleged sex parlors targeted in Gilded Cage has been shut down by the city. Golden Dragon Spa was ordered to surrender its massage permit on Aug. 31, after a city administrative judge deemed the business a nuisance and house of prostitution. Two others targeted in the federal raid closed when their buildings were sold.
The city attorney's office has prosecuted several other massage parlors, but the punishments have been "sorely disappointing," said Julian Potter, Newsom's public policy chief.
A handful of problem massage parlors have been fined $2,500 and threatened with 60- and 90-day permit suspensions if more violations are discovered.
Coming Sunday
In a three-part series, The Chronicle will tell the story of You Mi Kim, a debt-ridden college student from South Korea who reveals how she was trafficked into sexual slavery in California.
Providing a rare glimpse into a shadowy world, "Diary of a Sex Slave" chronicles You Mi's harrowing journey from South Korea to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
This year, the U.S. government granted You Mi a special visa for trafficking victims, given only to those who can prove they were enslaved by "force, fraud or coercion." Now she hopes that by talking, she will help people understand that some Asian masseuses are the property of international traffickers.
Global sex trafficking is making inroads into the Bay Area
"Diary of a Sex Slave," Part 1: Fooled by traffickers in South Korea
"Diary of a Sex Slave," Part 2: Trapped in Los Angeles
"Diary of a Sex Slave," Part 3: Trying to break free in San Francisco


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There's a lot going on here at VO, mostly working on new designs that I can't write about yet. But I thought you might be interested in the following updates.
The Campeur racks are finally in production. We changed the mounting hardware from flat struts to rods (similar to those used on Nitto touring racks). This change was based on your feedback. Unfortunately getting this hardware made caused major delays, but you guys convinced me that it was a better mounting system. I'll try to arrange a special sea shipment as soon as production is finished. These are all hand welded so it takes some time to make them.
Our fancy Grand Cru chainguards are also in production The second version, which works with a front derailleur, is now being prototyped. If the initial prototype works as well as we hope we may have them by late fall; if design changes are required it'll obviously take longer.
I think we've been pretty good about keeping stuff in stock this spring, after the low inventory disaster of winter. But now we are starting to run out of a few thing. We have two containers on the way and everything should be back in stock in a few weeks.
Here is one of the Campeur frames we're in the process of building up.


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The "Odyssey" of Mughal India
The "Hamzana" is considered the most significant oral epic of the Indo-Islamic world. The story narrates the fantastic exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad. Now a remarkable English translation by a Pakistani-Canadian author was published. Richard Marcus introduces the book
The Adventures of Amir Hamza, or the Hamzanama, is considered one of the great works of classical Urdu literature. The English translation I read was recently done by Pakistani-born Canadian writer Musharraf Ali Farooqi, who used the text first compiled by Ghalib Lakhnavi in 1855 and then expanded upon in 1871 by Abdullah Bilgrami as his source.
Although this version was written in the language of the Mughal Empire, the Muslim Empire that ruled over an area that stretched from what's now present-day Pakistan to as far south as Calcutta, the story predates the empire by a few hundred years. For while the Mughal empire was at its zenith of cultural enlightenment and achievement from the mid 15th century to the mid 17th century, it is claimed that versions of The Adventures Of Amir Hamza have been told since as early as the seventh century CE.
A living tale
In his notes on the history of the text included with the translation, Farooqi tells how it's been thought that the story was originally composed in honour of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle Hamza Bin Abdul Muttalib who died in defence of the city of Mecca. However, another tradition claims that it's based on the exploits of an early ninth century Persian adventurer named Hamza Bin Abdullah.
What we do know for certain is that the style of work in question was known as a dastan, a type of oral adventure story. Over the years various episodes and adventures have been added as new people have taken up the tale. Interestingly enough even when the story was first written down, the manuscripts still served as a reference point from which story tellers would draw their inspiration.
A new language for a new empire
While Ghalib Lakhnavi attributes his inspiration to a version originally composed during the reign of Mahud of Ghazna, who ruled an area comprised of modern Afghanistan, Iran, and Northern India from 971-1030 CE, the story itself probably only came to India with the establishment of the Mogul Empire. For it was in the 1600's that Urdu became the official language of the Empire, uniting the three dominant cultures of the region in one script. For although the vocabulary is Persian, the script used is Arabic, and the grammatical structure is Hindu.
Due to the nature of dastans, where each dastan-gos (dastan narrator) amends the story by either elaborating on existing stories or incorporating new adventures into the narrative, the story of Amir Hamza continued to evolve as long as there were dastan-gos.
Unlike most other oral traditions this one survived into the twentieth century, with the last of the dastan-gos Mir Baqi Ali dying in 1928. This means that there is no such thing as a definitive text when you're talking about The Adventures of Amir Hamza, although the version translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi can be considered one of the latest and stands a good chance of incorporating the majority of the story.
Urdu flamboyance
Unlike adaptations that have been done of other classic epics (Ashok Banker's Ramayana for instance) what Farooqi offers us is a direct translation from the Urdu into English with no concessions to modernity. Therefore your experience reading the text comes as close as possible to being the same as if it were still in the original Urdu. All the flamboyance and extravagance of language that coloured the original narrative remains, and although accustoming yourself to it might take a while, you'll eventually find yourself enjoying the exclamatory flourishes and elaborate sentences.
The Adventures of Amir Hamza begins before the central character is born, describing events that occur that will help shape his destiny. We also learn valuable information as to the various factions within the kingdom and how even before his conception there are those who are destined to be his enemies. Of course once he's born the action really picks up. At the age of five he's already having adventures that would put grown men to shame.
As Hamza ages his exploits continue to grow and his reputation expands as he fulfils the destiny foretold before he was born of rescuing the Emperor's throne and crown from the clutches of a notorious outlaw while still a teenager.
Amar, a teacher of humility
One of my favourite characters in the story isn't Hamza, but one of his boon companions, Amar bil Fatah. Amar is a great thief and trickster who delights in the discomfort of others. As an infant he contrived to steal the milk from the breasts of the wet nurse who was caring for him, Hamza, and another baby so that he grew plump while the other two stayed small. At first his trickery is indiscriminate and mean-spirited so that only through the friendship of Hamza is he saved from being exiled or cast aside. While he never loses his taste for stealing and trickery, as an adult he puts his talents to good use to take revenge upon those who would discredit or harm his dearest friend and patron, Hamza.
Not only does Amar provide comic relief from the seriousness of other events, he is also, like other trickster characters throughout history, a teacher of humility. He takes especial delight in deflating those, even his closest friends, who have let pride puff them up beyond their worth. He is a constant reminder to all the characters and the reader of what happens to you when you think too highly of yourself.
The Adventures of Amir Hamza is not only interesting to read because of its subject matter, it's a lot of fun. It contains all the adventure and excitement of some of the best of sword and sorcery stories while supplying an introduction to the legends and mythical heroes of a culture few know little or anything about. Musharraf Ali Farooqi's translation does an excellent job of recreating the sounds of the Urdu text thus allowing it to retain much of its original flavour.
Against the backdrop of global conflict, the war on terror and the threat of militant Islamism, the Hamzana – a tale that has evolved over centuries and empires and that so congenially blends different epochs and cultures – is a splendid reminder of the variety and mutability of Islamic culture.
Richard Marcus
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The Adventures of Amir Hamza, By Ghalib Lakhnavi and Abdullah Bilgrami. Translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi. Foreword by Hamid Dabashi. 948 pp. The Modern Library. $45.
Richard Marcus has published over 1300 articles. He currently edits Epic India Magazine, an online arts and culture magazine focusing on South East Asia in general and India specifically, is a contributing editor at the pop culture site Blogcritics.org and the mind behind the iconoclastic site Leap In The Dark. His work has appeared in such diverse places as the German edition of Rolling Stone Magazine and The Bangladesh Star.
Literature in Pakistan
Change and Stagnation Occur Simultaneously
In Pakistan, it is impossible to make a living out of writing – those who wish to publish a book must pay for it themselves. Yet the country's literature reflects that Pakistan is a society in transition. Claudia Kramatschek gives an overview
From Lemberg to Pakistan
The Yiddish Jokes of Mohammad Asad
Leopold Weiss, the grandson of a rabbi, later also known as Muhammad Asad, became ideologically involved in the founding of the new state of Pakistan. Weiss also translated the Koran into English. A portrait by Joseph Hanimann
Saadat Hassan Manto's "Mottled Dawn"
Stories about the Partition of India and Pakistan
While the independence of India and Pakistan had been celebrated with a national holiday, there is not one memorial in either country for the victims. Only writer and journalist Saadat Hassan Manto has set them a literary memorial in the form of short stories. By Gerhard Klas


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Palace Archway
Having grown up and spent most of my life in Southern California, I have developed a fondness for the ocean. With my passion for photography growing immensely over the last four years, I was determined to walk away with a single photo that captured the beauty of my home in Orange County. This hidden little cove has shaped some of my fondest memories; I've led my closest friends through the little sea cave, I've laid a blanket next to rocks while enjoying sound of the tide, and I've swam out to the arch rock and cliff jumped into the ocean (with one such excursion leaving a scar on my foot). I had to create a unique photo here. After returning many more times with this cave composition in mind, the lighting and tide conditions finally lined up and I walked away with this permanent memory (2015).
Attempting to find a fresh scene rather the usual sunset on my college campus, I decided to head to the local Will Rogers State Beach. Even though my camera and I always end up getting soaked and my tripod full of sand, seascapes are gradually becoming my favorite subject to photograph. There's nothing that makes me feel more connected to a scene than standing in the powerful ocean tides, feeling the spray of crashing waves, and absorbing the warm sunlight. This shot was especially fun and challenging for me to photograph because it was high tide and there were no interesting rocks or sea stacks at this beach that I could use as a subject. Instead, I had to experiment with long exposures and work with only water motion to create a compelling image. After carefully observing the patterns of the tide, I eventually captured this heart-shaped pattern in the waves which I thought made for some nice symmetry with sky and completed the photo. I processed the photo by cooling the temperature of the ocean and warming the temperature of the exploding red sky. I emphasized the contrasts of both color and shape in the composition, and was reminded of a human heart. The powerful Los Angeles coast pumped deep red clouds and cool blue water around me as I stood in awe of nature's beauty.
Love + Death
Emerging from a thick blanket of fog that engulfed the perimeter of Death Valley National Park, a couple of birds soared above the peaceful layers of mountains below. Though the sky created an aura of mystery and blindness, both the birds and mountains found comfort and symmetry in their surroundings on this Valentine's Day.
Man on the Moon
Havasupai Reservation, 2018
Fairyland Falls
The Calling
Havasupai, 2018
Warm Foothills
Hazy light filters through the clouds and illuminates the green foothills that are so prevalent throughout Orange County this Spring.
El Matador State Beach, 2015. Last week, I was treated to the best sunset I have ever seen. The sky was gray and gloomy the whole day but Jeff Lewis (http://landescapevisuals.com/) predicted that the sky would look quite different soon. We departed from UCLA and made an impromptu trip out to El Matador Beach in Malibu. This is what we saw next. There were obviously no regrets in skipping class for this one. This scene has created a memory of the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen.
Glacier National Park after a raging wildfire.
Eagle's Nest
Foggy beaches, forests, and wildlife. Three of the many things that make the Oregon Coast feel like home. These trees were home to many Golden and Bald Eagles that we spotted on this morning - this guy was just the most photogenic. Taken in 2018 in the company of close friends. Traveling alone sometimes yields the best photographic results for me, but traveling with friends leads to the best stories.
Calm Before the Storm
After a long day of road tripping with my friends, I arrived in Yosemite just in time to see a low sun and fluffy clouds through the sky foreshadowing a colorful sunset. We immediately left our campground to go back into the valley and got there just in time. I jumped in the calm Merced River water barefoot and rolled up my shorts awaiting the sky to light up. Soon enough, it did, and I felt a wave of calmness while creating this photo. The next day, a thick cloud cover rolled in, light rain began to pour, and a large fire was started. Yosemite Valley was closed down and though I was not happy about the fire, I was glad that I made it into the valley during my stay (2014).
Alone But Not Lonely
Where the Moon Goes
I've been too Joshua Tree National Park many times over the last few years but have never created a photo I'm happy with. This was another short camping trip with friends where we hiked new trails and searched for the new blooms of Spring. I found this scene after a long day of hiking right next to our campsite as my friends were preparing the campfire and dinner. The full moon popped out from behind the mountains and compelled me to take out my camera. I felt this scene was a unique representation for the feelings of familiarity and comfort that I often experience while camping with my buddies here.
2016 was the first year I witnessed fall colors in the Sierras (and actually the first year I saw real fall color at all). The feeling of walking through Aspen forests of pure yellow with leaves falling onto my head made me feel like I was in a fantasy movie. After sitting on most of my photos from the trip and not releasing anything, I thought I'd finally post this one after seeing Alex Noriega post a nearly identical composition of this same clump of trees that he shot before me in 2012. Didn't mean to copy, but it is pretty cool to see that I had a similar vision to a photographer who inspires me. His post processing of the scene definitely influenced what you see here. Can't wait to get back up to these mountains and see how everything has changed this winter.
CIty of Sunflowers
Los Angeles, 2017
Through photography, I try to create art that expresses something of myself and my connection with a wild place. While LA is hardly wild, as i wandered through the local mountains and stumbled upon patches of blooming sunflowers, I felt that same connection. Just me, my camera, and the intimate details of nature. During the times when I wasn't alone on the trail, I encountered friendly hikers who appreciated the beauty of the land that we share. I even overheard a conversation of one group about making sure not to trample the flowers and leaving no trace for others to deal with. Not sure where I'll end up by summertime, but this place will always be special.
I am often frustrated that I am living in the middle of a massive city, and though I am proud to call UCLA my home, I find myself dreaming about adventures though unexplored areas of forests, mountains, and waterfalls. I am starting to find, however, that beauty can be found even in large, industrialized cities like Los Angeles if you take the time to look for it. I found this scene on my campus right along the path I take to class everyday. I squeezed though some unnoticed bushes and found myself in a new land of blossoming wildflowers and massive trees. The surrounding foliage shrouded the campus view and revealed only the peak of an elegant UCLA structure complimented by calming sunset light and flowers. For a moment I had escaped the city. For a moment I had found my utopia.


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Fiji showed no mercy to their Pacific Island rivals as they hammered Tonga 45-17 in their Pacific Nations Cup clash.
Picking up where they left off against Italy last week, Fiji ran in six tries in Luatoka.
Four of those went to two players, with Watisoni Votu and Sireli Bobo both scoring twice along with tries from Akapusi Qera and Nemani Nadolo.
Nadolo, the Crusaders star, started again at inside centre and was impressive off the kicking tee, scoring six conversions and a penalty.
Fiji flew out into a 17-0 lead after 14 minutes thanks that penalty and tries from Votu and Nadolo to start the contest at a blinding pace.
Despite Fangatapu Apikotoa added a penalty to put Tonga on the board, Bobo struck again before half-time, the 38-year-old putting Fiji out of sight.
Votu added his second after the interval but the match turned when Viliami Fihaki came off the bench for Tonga to score two tries, both converted by Latiume Fosita. Suddenly the contest wasn't over at 31-17.
But Fiji had too much quality to not secure the result and scored two very late tries through Qera and Bobo's second to seal the win.
The scorers:
For Fiji:
Tries: Votu 2, Nadolo, Bobo 2, Qera
Cons: Nadolo 6
Pen: Nadolo
For Tonga:
Tries: Fihaki 2
Cons: Fosita
Pen: Apikotoa
Fiji: 15 Timoci Nagusa, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Adriu Delai, 12 Nemani Nadolo, 11 Watisoni Votu, 10 Jonetani Ralulu, 9 Nikola Matawalu, 8 Akapusi Qera (capt), 7 Malakai Ravulo, 6 Dom Waqaninburotu, 5 Leone Nakawara, 4 Api Ratuniyarawa, 3 Manasa Saulo, 2 Tuapati Talemaitoga, 1 Campese Ma'afu.
Replacements: 16 Bill Veikoso, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Isei Colati, 19 Api Naikatani, 20 Nemani Nagusa, 21 Nemia Kenatale, 22 Waisea Nayacalevu, 23 Metuisela Talebula.
Tonga: unannounced
Referee: Rohan Hoffman (Australia)
Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Mathieu Raynal (France)
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Avon Nailwear Pro does some pretty decent nail polishes – and this one, Violetta Sparkle has a pretty deep purple base with lots of gold micro sparkle on it. Something about gold and purple just reminds me of chocolate:
The packaging is ok, not really up to much. This speedwear stuff I find does try quite quickly which is cool; it's never as fast as they say but I do find I can move around more when I use this.
I found the colour to be gorgeous but it dried a little unevenly for my liking. A bit streaky.
Also the actual sparkle, once dried, lacked depth. Still a nice polish, just not a hearbreaker…
What do you think of this polish?


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There are small signs of progress in combatting the opioid epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control reports opioid prescribing peaked in 2010 and decreased each year through 2015. Experts say the drop is a sign the culture of over-prescribing is changing. But fewer prescriptions have not resulted in a drop in opioid addiction and death. There are no easy solutions to the opioid epidemic.
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