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The Rapha Cycling Club (RCC) is split into chapters located around the world. Each chapter has a unique identity and when you join the RCC you choose the chapter geographically applicable to you. Most chapters are affiliated to a Clubhouse, which will become your base for events and rides.
North America
Rapha Clubhouse Amsterdam
Wolvenstraat 10, 1016 EP Amsterdam
020 341 5082
Bike hire available
There's another side to cycling in Amsterdam, away from the canals and streets of the city centre. The Amsterdam chapter hosts a variety of events and rides appealing to all levels of rider. The chapter offers everything from training rides for those looking to get stronger, to social rides for those who enjoy more relaxed, comfortable riding. The countryside surrounding the city will give you an idea of why this area has produced so many world class cyclists. The land is famously flat but block headwinds will more than compensate for a lack of any real hills. Roads wind through fields of tulips and plenty of windmills, providing a beautiful contrast to the energy of the city. The chapter runs multiple monthly rides on location to cater for those looking to explore the Benelux area. Ride the roads travelled on the Classics - the historic cobbles of Flanders, the hills of the Amstel Gold and Liege Bastogne Liege - or enjoy the quaint villages around the clubhouse in Amsterdam.
Rapha Clubhouse Berlin
Alte Schönhauser Strasse 5, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
Bike hire available
Point your bike in any direction from the centre of Berlin and you will find yourself in Brandenburg, where you are virtually guaranteed great riding. The mostly flat and windy region surrounds the city, offering forest, lakes, valleys and moors of the Barnim Nature Park to the north, the landmark Devil's Mountain to the west along the Krone cycle route, and open farmland on tree-lined roads beyond Schönefeld airport to the south. There are even a few rolling hills to the east when you venture past the busy Müggelsee and its lido towards Märksiche Schweiz. The Berlin chapter of the Rapha Cycling Club makes the most of the variety of riding available in Brandenburg, weaving out through the galleries, restaurants and shops around the Clubhouse in Mitte on gentle social rides where camaraderie and coffee are the main priorities.
Rapha Clubhouse Boulder
1815 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Bike hire available
Enjoying the outdoors is hard-wired into the residents of Boulder. With more than 300 miles of hiking and biking trails surrounding the city and a climate of sunshine and blue skies, it's a place unique in its harmony of urban and outdoor life. And no matter where you are, you're likely to see cyclists heading out for a spin. To the west towards the iconic Flatirons you'll see local pros rolling up Flagstaff Mountain in the early morning. At mid-day, gravel laps around Boulder Reservoir, just east of town, are a firm favourite. In the evening, a spin along Boulder Creek takes you to quiet Four Mile Canyon where tracks and paths snake through the pines. Perfectly situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder offers residents and visitors instant access to pristine mountain wilderness and vibrant, tasteful places to eat, play, and relax.
Rapha Clubhouse Chicago
1514 N Milwaukee St. Chicago, IL, 60622, email@example.com
Bike hire available
It's hot and humid in the summer, freezing in the winter and the roads aren't great but Chicago is still ranked the best US city for cycling. This is largely due to the tracks and trails that run out of the city along the four points of the compass. There is no prospect of being caught in the city's notorious traffic along the Des Plaines River Trail or along the Chicago Lakefront Trail, spanning 18 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Rides with the Chicago chapter of the RCC take in both these spectacular tree-lined routes as well as heading out along the Illinois Prairie Path or opting for rolling hills around Willow Springs and Palos. Early starts ensure any traffic rides do encounter is kept to a minimum.
Rapha Clubhouse Copenhagen
Kristen Bernikows G7, 1105 København firstname.lastname@example.com
Bike hire available
The main attraction in Copenhagen - the first Bike City in the world - is not a monument, but its cycling culture, which never ceases to amaze visitors. It was only fitting that the city was chosen to be the first Scandinavian chapter of the RCC. Thanks to the city's 390km of dedicated city cycle lanes you're soon out of the urban sprawl. The chapter rides out to the west and North of Zealand on quiet country roads, never straying too far from the sea. The lack of elevation is quickly remarked upon but the ever-present wind will make up for it (we check wind conditions before temperatures). This is especially true on the fast training rides on Amager, which go around the coast of the island away from traffic, with the occasional gravel road thrown in when riders venture inland. The abundance of woodland nearby also gives cyclocross-loving members a muddy training ground. Whatever members choose to do, they will always find comfort in a warming coffee back at the Clubhouse, which can be found in the bustling centre of the old city, with its high-end fashion stores, restaurants and cafes.
Rapha Clubhouse Washington D.C.
3210 Grace Street, Washington D.C., 20007
Bike hire available
A low rise skyline and large urban parks lend D.C. a sense of space uncommon for a city of its size. Riding here often doesn't feel like riding in a city at all. One such slice of open, windy land near the Jefferson Memorial hosts regular lunch rides for the city's many government workers, whilst the city's racers test themselves to the south at Hains Point. The daily hammer session around the protected road there sees groups of up to fifty riders with plenty of chapter members among them. When the heat and humidity really crank up during the summer months, the Clubhouse provides the ideal base from which to escape the city. Located in Georgetown, riders are spoilt for choice of routes out of town. The C&O Canal towpath is only a short spin away, leading up the Potomac River and away into Maryland and Virginia beyond. A classic Virginian ride is the 100-mile loop out to Mount Weather, which provides a stiff challenge and the chance to pry into one of the government's notorious 'undisclosed locations'. Whether rolling through town or heading out of it, ride with us in the District.
Hong Kong
56 Sai Street, Sheung Wan
Bike hire available
For a small city, Hong Kong packs in plenty of challenges for cyclists, and the Hong Kong chapter of the RCC has risen to all of them. The first, however, is getting out of the densely packed streets and into the hills. This is where you will find The Beast, which averages 9% for nearly four kilometers but ramps up to 25% in sections or the shorter and steeper Old Beast, with broken sections of road and amazing switchbacks. If you're in the mood for a real test you can tackle the Circle of Death, which takes in every major climb on the island. The chapter's weekly excursions offer a true test of stamina, as well as the opportunity to drink coffee and the regular night rides have proved extremely popular.
Rapha Clubhouse London
85 Brewer St, London, W1F 9ZN
+44 20 7494 9831
Rapha Clubhouse Spitalfields
61-63 Brushfield Street, London, E1 6AA
+44 20 7426 2000
Bike hire available
London is the oldest of the chapters and also one of the largest. It is also a fluid group, with regular faces joining occasional riders for Wednesday hill sessions and Friday social laps of Regent's Park. Other rides are run regularly across a wide variety of terrain and disciplines, with members involved in everything from track racing to cyclocross and endurance riding, with rides taking in disused railway tracks, bridleways, and anywhere else that you might be able to ride a bike.
Weekend rides head off in all directions at the weekend to explore the home counties. These rides are very much about the journey and the chat and will usually involve lunch or a cake stop before heading back to town.
There are ample opportunities to find riding companions and members will often initiate their own rides according to the community they meet to ride with. The clubhouses are bustling at the socials on the first Wednesday of the month, when the occasional inspiring guest will drop in.
Los Angeles
Rapha Clubhouse Los Angeles
1347, 4th Street, Santa Monica, 90401
424 272 9402
Bike hire available
Los Angeles boasts yearly sunshine and moderate temperatures making it perfect for cycling with coastal views, varied climbing and world-class riding. Members of the LA chapter enjoy cycling throughout Southern California, from San Diego all the way north to Santa Barbara. Perfect roads surround the city and the heaviest of hitters from the Tour of California, Mount Baldy, leads a litany of excellent climbs, including Deer Creek, Yerba Buena and Angeles Crest. Members host weekly rides around their local roads in addition to the programming via the local chapter co-ordinator. A monthly social event, weekly destination rides, local race participation and supported larger fondos are all staples in the greater Los Angeles community within the chapter. With a Clubhouse destined for the west side of town, members will find themselves at the front door to the Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica Mountains.
Rapha Clubhouse Mallorca
Plaça del Rosari 1, 07001 firstname.lastname@example.com
+34 971724812
Bike hire available
With its near-guaranteed sunshine and almost perfect mountain roads, the reasons for Mallorca's popularity with cyclists are self-evident. But there is even more to riding on the island than the tree-lined switchbacks of the Tramuntana mountain range and the gloriously challenging Sa Calobra ascent, where you will find the biggest concentration of cyclists and any number of professional teams in the pre-season. Explore a little further and you will find a network of watchtowers dating back to the 1500s when the island was under threat from pirates. Monasteries also feature heavily across Mallorca, their locations atop steep ascents making them a popular destination for riders. The Mallorca chapter of the Rapha Cycling Club runs regular rides across the island while also taking in gravel riding and cyclocross events. If you thought you knew cycling in Mallorca, you'll discover a whole new side to it with the RCC.
Rapha Clubhouse Manchester
5 St Ann's Alley, Manchester, M2 firstname.lastname@example.com
+44 (0)161 834 6748
Bike hire available
The home of British cycling will clearly have a lot to offer cyclists, not least the National Cycling Centre and its velodrome. The Manchester chapter of the RCC is no different, and is involved in the spectrum of cycling disciplines. Join us for some cyclocross action or gentle rides through some of the best and most varied terrain in the world, from rolling hills and quaint villages, to coastal cliffs and rugged mountain climbs. The annual Cappuccino 180 is one of the chapter's lengthier but better-known rides that covers a 180km loop from the Clubhouse and back. Each winter a training weekend in the Wet and windy Lake District north of Manchester, ensures members are prepped and ready for another year with the chapter in the Rain City.
Rapha Melbourne
32 Guildford Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000
03 9600 2651
Bike hire available
Melbourne is highly touted as the world's most liveable city. It's also arguably the most rideable. Members of the Melbourne chapter of the RCC are spoilt for choice, with no two rides ever the same. Endless roads snake through the rolling hills to the north of the city, leading you towards the famous Kinglake climb. The Dandenong mountain range to the east is a lush wilderness filled with tall eucalyptus trees and the "wild west" - a flat windswept plain full of gravel roads. Each provide a different challenge for a longer weekend ride. The chapter has grown out of Tuesday and Thursday weekly rides, which members now lead. Both are a must-do ride for those new to Melbourne. With members well-known in the community for their love of riding and racing you'll often see them creating their own rides and sharing their favourite roads with other members. The monthly excursion rides are popular, with only the most adventurous routes taken. Regional Victoria offers a multitude of gravel roads which the Melbourne chapter frequent.
Camaraderie is paramount at the Munich chapter of the RCC, with relaxed rides always involving a big dose of hospitality, with members who are very happy to show international travellers around. The routes the chapter are best known for are mainly to the south of Munich, with rolling terrain and the odd climb through dense forests, the Alps provide the perfect background for almost every ride. There are also many lakes and on more than one occasion jumping in one of them has been seriously considered. The style of the Munich chapter is more about exploring and relaxed social riding, not about competition. Rides will end up with coffee, cold beers in the many beer gardens or even returning back to a member's home for a barbecue.
New York
Rapha Clubhouse New York
159 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
+1 212 804 5050
Bike hire available
Cycling in New York has become thought of as congested and manic. The New York chapter of the RCC knows otherwise, however - the story less told is one of the rolling hills north of the city near Piermont and the steep climbs and cider apple trees in Orchards. Secretly, the surrounding countryside is brilliant for riding, just a few miles from one of the most exciting cities on earth. To get there, rides start early, setting off from the Clubhouse at 159 Prince Street in Soho before the city properly wakes up. New York has a time-tested and deep connection to cycling, and when you ride here, gliding through the traffic, you become part of an undercurrent. Weekly rides run from the Clubhouse out of the city and a packed diary of events is held.
Rapha Clubhouse Osaka
1F. 2-6-21 Sonezakishinchi Kita-ku Osaka 530-0002
Bike hire available
To ride around Osaka is to experience the most beautiful scenery in Japan and the most challenging cycling. The chapter has a wide range of ages and abilities and rides are organised for everyone. There are the weird and wonderful IKEA hot laps which have become an Osaka tradition, rides around the monumental Osaka Castle or excursions to Mount Rokko. The pace is usually relaxed, although don't be surprised if it picks up when the ride reaches the hills or on a mad dash along the traffic-free canals and the river that flows near Rapha Osaka. If you follow the river for 50km you will find yourself at Kyoto-Arashiyama amid temples and shrines. The best bit about riding is eating, and after a long ride the chapter often heads for a ramen in one of the places favoured by locals. Or the chapter will head back to the Clubhouse, where the atmosphere is like stepping into someone's home. The Osaka chapter is about the experience, the ride, and making friends who turn into family.
The Portland chapter of the RCC is spoilt for choice when it comes to rides, and as you make your way towards Mount Hood along the Columbia River, or through the plains to the forested coastline, you'll know exactly why the city has become renowned for cycling. The chapter will often meet for coffee in the Pearl District before heading over the mountain where a ride could last anywhere from two to 10 hours without ever repeating a single turn. The Rock Creek loop is just one of the chapter's classic local routes which takes you up a popular climb to Skyline Boulevard. The super adventurous will travel to the Columbia River Gorge just 30 miles east of portland, where you'll be greeted with massive waterfalls, rolling roads, and lush, evergreen forests. Weekly rides often stick closer to the city before returning for coffee or occasionally a craft beer from one of the many breweries in the area.
San Francisco
Rapha Clubhouse San Francisco
2198 Filbert (x. Fillmore) San Francisco, CA 94123
+1 415 896 4671
Bike hire available
Everyone knows the Golden Gate Bridge but only after cycling in San Francisco does it become apparent that this is a gate in more than name. For this crossing opens the door to mile upon mile of secluded riding, along forest roads and dirt tracks. The call of this wilderness could be the reason why the San Francisco chapter of the RCC is more about exploring and riding together than competition and Strava segments. The most popular ride is the Stammtisch Ride that ends at the Biergarten, with a focus more on high fives than KOMs. San Francisco was the first US chapter and the emphasis is on experiences, stories, camaraderie and chasing sunrises and sunsets. It is about the wow factor of the ride but it's also about the dirt, because being at the birthplace of mountain biking, riding the occasional dirt trail on either your road bike or gravel bike is inevitable.
Rapha Clubhouse Seattle
301 E.Pine Seattle, WA email@example.com
+1 206-420-1810
Bike hire available
For the bike-bound explorer, Seattle is a geographical, cultural, and culinary paradise. It may be the largest metropolis of the Pacific Northwest, but with the Olympic Mountains to the west, the Cascade range to the east, and the majestic volcano, Mount Rainier, to the south, Seattleites enjoy some of the most scenic and challenging riding in the US. The neighborhoods that surround the city are shaped by the Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean that defines the western side of the state, which in turn shapes the roads, trails, and bike paths that trace the water's edge. Riding in Seattle is varied to say the least, with the possibility of beginning a ride by the sea and ending on a mountain pass. The city is also known as a mecca for craft coffee, beer, and cuisine, and is home to many acclaimed chefs and award-winning watering holes. Combine this with a cyclocross scene to rival Portland, and miles upon miles of bike lanes and protected paths, and Seattle rightfully ranks as a top destination for any discerning cyclist.
Rapha Clubhouse Seoul
534-6 Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06028
+82 2 515 2758
Bike hire available
The riding in Seoul can be challenging, especially in winter and members of the Seoul chapter of the RCC are a tough bunch, regularly heading off on deep winter rides along the river. The Han River is what divides the city into the North and South regions, and a 200km flat bicycle path loops around the city. It is a riding experience in itself but also serves as a setting-off point, connecting you to many of the city climbs including Namsan and Jeongneung, or the road less travelled into rural Seoul. The chapter is a true community and many members have started their cycling journey with the chapter. But be warned: Visit and ride with the chapter and you may just become one of the local caffeine-addicted cycling collectors.
A global financial centre with a wonderful tropical climate, the island country of Singapore is a beautifully structured concrete jungle offering a lot in terms of its culture and heritage. The weekly rides held by the Singapore chapter of the RCC are a great opportunity for members to explore the hidden paths on this beautiful island, such as in Sentosa that date back to before the Second World War. Those looking for a respite from the urban jungle can seek refuge on the Kranji ride through the countryside. Singapore is a place where rides start as early as 5.00am to beat the morning traffic and take members across the island on fast and furious bunch rides. On the way back, you can ride along the Marina Bay Sands while watching the sunrise. Rides often end with a good cup of coffee at a local 'kopitiam' - a traditional term for coffee shop, where locals go to have breakfast to start their day.
From the Surry Hills it's only a short jaunt to the punchy hills and beaches of the eastern suburbs, including Bondi Beach and Lapa. There are picturesque national parks to the North and South where you can ride through the bush, spot wildlife, and enjoy the spectacular Hawkesbury River. The Sydney chapter is one of the RCC's largest, with a range of riding preferences ranging from the more social through to something for the serious "hitter." This chapter is also a serious contender for the most pre and post-ride brews consumed. Rides during the week range from fast to social with a bit of cyclocross thrown in for good measure. With a continuous presence in the local scene you will likely see the stripes of the RCC flying around the Heffron cycle track most race nights.
Rapha Clubhouse Taipei
No.228, Yanji St., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106
The cycling experience in Taiwan is comparable to most of the riding that you can get in Europe and the area close to Taipei has been called the "Alps of Asia." To ride with the Taipei chapter of the RCC is to climb - around glorious switchbacks where you will catch glimpses of the sprawling city on one turn and then feel as if you are in a completely different world as you go around another. To go up you must also come down, and if there's one thing the chapter does as well as climbing, it's descending. This is a fast chapter and when not flying down the back of mountains, members can be found racing; with a strong presence in the local race scene. Recovery rides finish with gua bao (pork belly buns) and bubble tea. Brew stops consist of coffee, tea and Taiwanese Iced Mile tea. This is when members sit back, relax and talk bikes.
Rapha Clubhouse Tokyo
Common Garden Harajyuku Kitasando 3-1-6, Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0051
+81 036 434 5571
Bike hire available
With countless people and cars, you might imagine Tokyo to be a noisy city. However, the Tokyo chapter of the RCC knows it is far from that, with the quietness of the parks with beautiful green gardens opposite business districts giving riders a sense of calm as they ride around discovering little alleyways and hidden punchy climbs. There are rides of two types; for training, Imperial Palace laps are ideal. Alternatively you can get some distance in on the long bike lane that runs adjacent to the Arakawa river or tackle one of the many climbs just outside the urban centre, where you'd have no idea you were so close to such a bustling metropolis. On a longer day in the saddle, riders can make their way to the mountainous Nagano Prefecture, then take a bullet train back to Tokyo to finish off the day at the Clubhouse. You can also explore the many faces of this city and its diverse culture. An old Taiyaki store is a complete contrast to the modern cafes in The Bay or the Old Town. These are the reasons to ride here.
Members who don't have a city chapter nearby can join RCCITL. This offers all the benefits of the regular chapters, including access to the club's digital platforms, and allows members the freedom to roam across the globe and enjoy rides with any chapter. The chapter is a fully recognised part of the club and members are invited to all Summits and excursions. This chapter allows the coverage of the RCC to stretch to all corners of the globe.


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A unique generation of children chosen to become the Founding Fathers of America must bring about one nation under God. Liz's task is to help Patrick Henry become the Voice of the Revolution, which sets the entire war in motion. Max must protect George Washington, so the Patriots won't lose the Sword of the Revolution. Nigel makes sure Benjamin Franklin's efforts succeed and Al must gather intelligence with out the knowledge of the King of England. The Marquis de Lafayette leads the powerful ally of France. The Patriots and anyone who helps them chance death in order to fight for liberty. Recommended for ages 8 to 12 years.
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- Release Date: August 1, 2017
- Pages: 512
- Language: English
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- Recommended Age Range: 10 through 12 years
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Thor Motor Coach has added the value driven 33.2 and 33.3 floorplans to the Palazzo line-up of diesel motorhomes. The new 33.2 is targeted to satisfy the first time diesel pusher buyer or the seasoned veteran looking for luxury in a smaller space, while the 33.3 bunk house model provides exceptional sleeping capacity for the family with bunk beds.
HOLMDEL, N.J. — Just as the RV season shifts into high gear, the Central New Jersey RV Show offers RV enthusiasts all the latest innovations and great bargains on all types of recreational vehicles. Located at Exit 116 on the Garden State Parkway, the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel is the perfect venue to view an incredible selection of motor homes, fifth wheels, travel trailers, expandables and toy hauler RVs.
"This show has always been our favorite place to check out the latest features and technologies you find in today's amazing RVs," says Mark Heatherly, an RV-owner who found the perfect model for his family last year at the show. "We bring the whole family, plus our friends, since we love to see all the cool changes made every year."
With interest rates remaining low, buyers have been taking advantage of incredible prices on the newest RVs, models with more innovations than ever. The RV industry has ramped up production of these bargains, and the selection at the show is enormous. From lightweight travel trailers and expandables built for today's fuel-efficient vehicles to quadruple-slide, diesel pusher motorhomes, the perfect model RV awaits any prospective RVer.
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This page leads to information on financial aid and employment opportunities administered by the Department of Computer Science. For general, University-wide financial aid information, see http://www.luc.edu/finaid. (Of particular interest may be the "Your Guide..." brochures; an item of particular interest in the undergraduate brochure is the SMART Grant program that can provide Pell Grant recipients majoring in areas such as computer science with an additional $4,000 federal grant in the third and fourth years of undergraduate study.)
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January 11, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Oblate Sisters of Jesus the Priest is the religious community who staff Holy Name Cathedral. They are a remarkable group of women whose primary mission is to pray for priests and vocations to the priesthood.
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Deep Sea Changes
Featuring Madeline Hildebrandt
On View January 8 – January 25, 2018.
Deep Sea Changes is an installation depicting an undersea environment made from a variety of plastics gathered from my everyday life. Plastics are being used to represent this environment because of deep environmental concerns for the current and future state of the oceans that are being continually polluted by plastic and other debris on a daily basis. The accumulation of plastic debris in the ocean is so severe that it permeates every aspect of marine life. Deep Sea Changes provokes concern for the wasteful materialism that runs rampant in our capitalist society.
On View at the S'eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, Building B, B136, Abbotsford Campus, UFV.
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La Patum de Berga Fiesta
Oriol Llauradó. Agència Catalana de Turisme
La Patum de Berga Fiesta
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- Where: Berga
- More information : http://www.lapatum.cat/
World Heritage, a certification granted by UNESCO.
The fiesta of La Patum de Berga in Catalonia has been declared Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The fiesta coincides with Corpus Christi and includes a whole series of theatrical representations, characters and figures that fill the town of Berga every spring. It is a religious commemoration that dates back to the Middle Ages, which has managed to preserve both its religious and profane roots.
La Patum de Berga has been held annually for centuries during Corpus Christi, and includes street entertainment and shows with different figures typical of these fiestas (giants, "big-heads", eagles, guitas (dragons), plens (devils)). Fire and dance play a central role. The fiesta really gets underway on the Thursday of Corpus Christi, with the Ceremonial Patum. The salto de plens is the apotheosis of the fiesta. It represents an infernal orgy where fire devils jump to the rhythm of music. The following day is the Children's Patum.
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Here\'s something that I had been planning to do for sometime now. I have my blog on wordpress and have Statpress plugin installed. The plugin does give me a good idea of the visits to my site. Now, I have to keep logging in every now and then to check the stats. Also since I did not want to spend some more amount 🙂 so I do not have the shell access to the server, too bad 🙁
But I want to monitor the stats of my site. So I was looking for options and to see if I could get it from my desktop and mail that to myself :). This would be pretty neat to do.
Problem: I cannot access the page without logging in.
Ah, problems is what makes Linux worth using. I know for quite sometime now that curl can be used with cookies and to submit forms and can really do a lot of things but had never tried it. So I spent the night searching for some docs and examples of curl and finally managed to do what I had to do 🙂
1) From the shell script get the web-page of the statpress
2) mail the web page.
3) Put it in cron.
How to do it:
First use curl with cookies and post data to get to the page. This might take some time depending on your requirement. But here\'s what I needed:
curl -v -b ~/cookies.txt -c ~/cookies.txt -d \'username=raj&password=raj\' \"http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/admin.php?page=statpresscn/statpresscn.php\" > /tmp/ak.html
Here, the -b and -c, options sets the cookies that will be used intially and the update cookie file. and then -d is used to submit the form with the parameters that you require: username and password. For the security of my website, I have changed the data above, but you can get the parameter name by runnig the curl command once on your site. You will see the login page with the name and id of the boxes for username and password.
And then finally we have the URL to fetch with the redirection to desired file.
So to put it all together. Here\'s the script to put in the /etc/cron.hourly directory:
curl -b ~/cookies.txt -c ~/cookies.txt -d \'username=raj&password=raj\' \"http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/admin.php?page=statpresscn/statpresscn.php\" > /tmp/ak.html
cat /tmp/ak.html |mailx -s \"Stats for my site at `date`\" email@example.com
BTW, after you have got the page for the first time and you have the cookie, you don\'t need to use the username and password, if your server supports cookies. Just remove the -c and -d part and run curl to get your page.
Hope you find it useful. I found that the same approach can be used to do a lot of other stuff also. Let me see how that would go.
Update (Jan 29) :Just a couple of days after posting this, I found that Linux Joural posted a video on using curl to loging to website\'s :). Its definately with more details but Video, check it out here.


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Responding to Rep.-elect Andy Harris' (R-MD) hypocritical demand for government-sponsored health coverage last month, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) circulated a letter among his colleagues calling on Harris and other members of Congress who want to repeal President Obama's health care law to forgo their own government health care plans. At least four GOP congressmen have already announced they will turn down their congressional benefits, and a recent poll found that a majority Americans "think incoming Congressmen who campaigned against the health care bill should put their money where their mouth is and decline government provided health care now that they're in office." In an interview with the New York Times published yesterday, Rep.-elect Joe Walsh (R-IL) has said he too will forgo government health coverage:
And get this: he's turned down the usual congressional health care, pension and retirement packages.
"I don't think congressmen should get pensions or cushy health care plans," he said. His wife is not exhilarated with the latter decision; she has a pre-existing medical condition and is now forced to hunt for a plan.
Walsh's decision to forgo government coverage is noteworthy because it is extremely unusual. Of the eighty-plus incoming Republican congressmen, all of whom ran campaigns railing against the Affordable Care Act, and the hundreds of incumbent GOP lawmakers, ThinkProgress has been able to identify only five who are willing to put their money where their mouth is and turn down government health care for themselves. This translates to just 2 percent of the 242 GOP House members of the 112th Congress. Moreover, those who have turned down their congressional health plans are either covered by other government programs, such as veterans benefits, or are wealthy, like Walsh, and can afford to pay for their own coverage.
Walsh's wife, however, may have a hard time finding coverage no matter what she's willing to pay due to her preexisting condition. If only Congress has passed some sort of law barring insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions…


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Students across our city are struggling. Fully 62 percent of students at Queens schools get a free or reduced-price lunch.
Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership. Education research shows that we have to start early, sometimes even before children are born. The Nurse Family Partnership provides critical in-home prenatal care for Medicaid-eligible first-time mothers, and continues parental support for up to two years after a child is born.
Children helped by this program score higher on reading and math achievement tests, have many fewer behavioral and intellectual problems at age 6, and have better language development and fewer delays. It makes kids from struggling families better able to handle school.
Make every city public school a community center before and after school. In addition to after-school programs, schools could include a health clinic and offer resources to parents and adults in the evenings, like tax advisory services and financial literacy courses. The school can and should be the anchor in the community for as many of our waking hours as possible.
Offer middle-school students extra help by expanding Computers for Youth. We know that middle school is a vulnerable time for kids. That is why I believe we need to extend the Computers for Youth program to every public middle school where at least 75 percent of the students receive free lunch.
Computers for Youth provides refurbished computers, pre-loaded with educational software, to 6th graders and teaches these students and their families how to use the computers. In today's day and age, no child, regardless of their family's income, should live without a computer and Internet access at home.
Hire more school counselors. We know that only one out of five city public high school graduates eventually gets any kind of college degree, and that counselors are particularly important for college success.
Best practices advise that counselors have caseloads no larger than 100. But in city public schools the average is 259 students to one counselor, and many counselors are struggling to care for more than 400 students each.
Last year, I proposed that we hire more school counselors to reduce the current unmanageable ratio from 259 students to 100 students per counselor. This will help produce more college graduates in our city and maintain New York's economic viability and competitiveness in the future.
Offer free CUNY tuition to the top 10 percent of graduates of every city public high school. The offer of free tuition would help motivate students and elevate CUNY, a city treasure, to a competitive prize. It would also be a life-saver for many working families who are struggling to send their kids to college.
These initiatives would go a long way toward raising the educational attainment of our city's population, which is the key to our economic success in a global economy. They can easily be paid for by closing some of the city's corporate tax loopholes. Let's build support for them as New York moves forward.
John C. Liu is New York City Comptroller.


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Struggling to find the best buy-to-let mortgage in Harpenden? speak to one of our buy to let mortgage advisers today
The term 'buy to let' generally refers to either the practice of buying a property to be let for profit or to the type of mortgages used to purchase a property for such letting. Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
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Many countries, both in the western world and in the developing nations, have seen a surge in the growth of the buy to let property market in Harpenden the last 2 decades and this has fuelled a growth in amateur landlords looking for quality mortgage advice, this is why mortgage brokers in Harpenden who specialise in Buy-to-let are so important and the but to let mortgage providers who are keen to encourage and profit from them in turn. In addition, this growth has generated a lot of commerce in other related sectors such as buy to let insurance.
Harpenden Buy to let mortgages have been available in the UK since the mid-nineties and they are specifically designed for investors to borrow money to purchase property in the private rental sector. The amount that a prospective but to let investor can borrow is generally determined by the rental valuation of the property. The annual income for a rented property has to cover a certain percentage of the mortgage repayments, the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) states that landlords should seek to be able to obtain gross rent returns equivalent to between 130 per cent and 150 per cent of the rental property's mortgage repayments, this takes into account the surplus rent to cover costs of property maintenance and slack periods when the property may be vacant of tenants.
Harpenden Buy To Let Mortgages.
Some buy to let mortgage lenders in Harpenden will lend you a maximum sum based on a multiple of your salary (usually a multiple of three) plus a percentage of the forecast rental income on the property. So if your annual salary is said 30,000 Franks and the forecast rental income is 10,000 Franks they will lend you 95,000 Franks. Other mortgages, in addition to factoring in your salary, will include any existing loan commitments you have, and then apply what is known as the 'deduction rule'. This rule relates to the annual mortgage payments worked out at a pre-set level of interest.
Buy to let mortgage interest rates are generally fairly close to residential mortgage rates but will generally be slightly higher and typically charge higher fees. This is due to the fact that buy to let loans are considered by the financial sector to represent a greater risk than residential owner-occupier mortgages, and they generally are.
The Situation in the UK About Buy To Lets
The buy to let market literally 'exploded' in the Harpenden around the beginning of the millennium with rising property prices and the increasing availability of buy to let funding fueling a surge in would-be investors trying to cash in on the trend of the market. One reason for their popularity is the tax advantages that are available to the UK buy to let investors. Rental income is treated just like a salary by the Inland Revenue, and is therefore often taxed at 22% or even 40%. However, landlords are allowed to deduct costs from the taxable portion of their rental income, and these costs can include the interest of the buy to let mortgage repayments as well as maintenance costs on the property. These tax incentives made the buy to let market very attractive for both professional investors and amateurs looking to make the most out of their savings.
Would-Be Buy-to-let Investors
The market peaked around 2007 and now the market is saturated in many areas across the country with too many properties available to tenants. While buy to let is generally not a good idea for people who do not possess some extra budget there are a lot of remortgage deals which will fund a deposit for a home. If you are worried about losing money during void periods many companies will provide insurance which can deliver as much as six months mortgage payments in the event of a property in Harpenden remaining unoccupied.
You may still be lucky, and find a hotspot but you need to do your homework and the figures correctly. Buy to let trends differ from town to town and literally from street to street. Good advice for potential investors is to visit the local letting agents who should be able to tell you who is renting what at the moment so you can define your target audience. It could be students, young professionals or families, for example. Look for areas that do have a shortage of properties and for indicators that people will move there, such as new business developments.
Buy to let mortgage deals are still rife and the rates are almost as competitive as with conventional deals. The mantra with your buy-to-let must be 'don't expect to get rich quickly'. You need to look long-term: an absolute minimum of five years – but probably nearer to ten years.
How do you really start a buy to let propertyinvestment business in today's market? Let me give you the ten things I think you needto consider.
Hi there, my name's Tony Law from your Your First Four Houses.
My channel'sall about helping you get to investment property number four as quickly and as painlessly aspossible.
Let me give you these ten things, I feel, you need to have at the forefrontof your mind in order to be successful in this property investing world of ours.
Thevery first one is to, you need to understand your financial goals.
Let me give you a specificway you should do this.
You basically need to understand how much money you're spendingevery single month.
Download three months worth of bank statements,work out what you're actually spending every single month, and that is the target thatyou need to hit, essentially, to be financially free.
The sooner you hit that target, thesooner you can basically give up the day job, essentially, and focus far, far more of yourenergy on building your property portfolio.
When you know what that number actually is.
Now I run a paperless office, largely, but when you know what that number is I needyou to do something vert manual for me.
I need you to go and draw up one of these, it'seffectively the kind of thing that you'd see if you were trying to raise finance for aparticular project.
At the top of it, you're going to have thattarget, that number that you've just worked out.
Running up the side, you're going tohave integers at about, say, 500 pounds, little marks going up the side.
Whenever you do adeal that puts money in your pocket you need to colour that in.
It may sound primitivebut it's incredibly powerful.
I've recommended this to a lot of people that use it and theyfind it really, really helps them keep focused.
Moving on quickly to point number two, youneed to work out how much time you can give to this.
Really, if you're working full-time,that doesn't mean that you haven't got time to do this.
You've got your lunch times, you'vegot your evenings, and you've usually got your weekends.
How much time can you give to this? The moretime you can give, the better and faster results you're going to achieve.
Next number three,I need you to start building your education.
Now, there's a number of ways that you cando this.
You can look at podcasts, you can get books, webinars, you can employ a coach,mentor, you can look at some courses.
The sooner that you can build your knowledge,the sooner you're going to better achieve bigger and better deals.
One of the specificthings I'd like you to consider if maybe this is an area of weakness for you, is to maybeget some training on negotiation because this is a real key thing that will really helpyou when you're speaking to agents or when you're speaking specifically to seller.
Pleaselook into that.
Number four, the sooner that you can focuson picking your strategy, the sooner you're going to be successful.
Now, I like peopleto focus on maybe one or two core strategies.
Rather than having more of a shotgun approach,it's better to be more laser focused.
See if you can work out which one or two corestrategies would work really well for you and start focusing on those.
Number five,research the different areas and work out where you should be actually buying.
Now,I did a video recently on this that basically gives you a really detailed explanation onhow to work out supply and demand in any area within about 60 seconds.
You need to lookat other things.
In the area that you're actually looking at,what's the situation with regards to perhaps new employment? What about transport links?Are they being improved, specifically? What about population? Is there an increase ordecline that you've noticed? All of these things can really dictate the better areasto actually invest.
Point number six, go and see a mortgage broker.
You need to find outwhat kind of mortgages you can get.
Again, I did another video here on how to actuallyimprove your credit rating.
I would strongly suggest that you watch that.
That will giveyou some real key tips to improve your credit rating, which is going to mean you'll getbetter access to better mortgages at lower rates.
Number seven, you need to learn how to findgreat deals.
Now, I know that this is a massive topic and we can go into this in a lot moredetail.
Essentially, you do need to understand how to find better deals.
You need to learn,very specifically, what makes a good deal for you.
Honestly, this is a real key thing.
You may have no funds at all but if you can find and negotiate really good deals, honestly,you'll never have problem raising the funds.
I'll invest with you if you can find reallygood deals.
In essence, there's lots of people around you that will be delighted to put moneyinto the deals if you can find them.
Next, start building connexions.
When I say that,I'm talking about connexions with agents.
I'm talking about connexions with deal sources.
I'm talking about connexions with people who can help you fund your next deal.
The sooner you start building genuine, sincere,honest, full-on relationships, friendships with people, honestly, the sooner you're goingto actually be successful in this property world of ours.
Number nine is simply exitstrategy.
So many people I talk to have no clear exit strategy.
They don't really understandtheir exit strategy at all.
I always encourage people to consider two exit strategies.
Iwould love you to do the same.
Even before you buy that very first property, just consider,are you holding this for the long term? Is this a flip that you want to churn to getthe money out very, very quickly? If things don't work out, is there a second way outfor you? Number ten, this is the big one.
This is whereso many people stumble and that is, you have to take action.
Now I know that seems bleedinglyobvious but so many people, they build their knowledge, they learn, learn, learn, but theystop at the action taking point.
Frankly, I don't really understand this if I'm beingtruthful with you.
I think it's largely down to fear quite often.
Quite often, perhaps,having somebody behind you that's maybe got their hand in the small of your back and justpushing you forwards or just giving you a bit of a shove to actually take that actionmight be really beneficial for you.
Let me ask you a question.
How many properties haveyou actually been out to see this week or this month? If they answer is none, then you're not takingany action, I would respectfully suggest.
You need to take that action.
I really hopethat you found that helpful.
I just want people to be successful in this property world ofours and to get to that magical place where the income that's coming in surpasses themoney that's going out.
If this sort of stuff really helps you, I am absolutely over themoon.
My name is Tony Law from Your First Four Houses.
I really hope you found thisone helpful.
I look forward to seeing you in the next video.
Before I go, please ifyou can take a moment to subscribe to my YouTube channel, if you haven't already done so.
Thatwould be absolutely brilliant.
If Facebook's more of your kind of thing, please like myFacebook page.
Thanks ever so much.
I look forward to seeing you in the next video.
What Is A Corporate Buy To Let?
hi there this is Emma from Martin & Co Estate agents here I've got my midweek buy-to-let deal of the day for you to have a little look at so the one I picked up with you today is a two-bedroom modern apartment on duty around in chelmsford now this one is modern.
Goodier Road is a very good location in Chelmsford you're walking distance to Centre, train station and all the shops that Chelmsford has an offer and the property is in very good condition quite neutral decor which is good and allocated parking as well which is by most especially being this close to the city centre where parking is always a premium and so we know this property is a good-looking property, it takes a lot of boxes on that front just come on the market with property street and it has an asking price of £249995 so price-wise it's pretty competitive with similarities in the area and and if we have a look at rental potential now and potentially you're going to be looking around about the 900 pounds a month mark.
We rented one very similar to this in the area, maybe this individual block for £900 and so that's a pretty good indication of an accurate figure for you.
Now we do a little yield calculation and the £900 rent against our asking price of 249995 and that could potentially generate you an annual return 4.
3 percent so it's a pretty good return also of course that isn't taking into account the service charges or ground rent but of course you know we All in all the figures do seem to stack up if this property is of interest to you better get in touch with the agent who is advertising it, Property Street to book yourself a viewing because properties are flying off the shelves like hot cakes at the moment so you don't be missing out thanks for checking in and I'll speak to you all in a couple days with my next buy to let deal of the day.


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Tiny? No. Loud? Hell, Yes!
Thanks to Sally P, I read the CBR interview with Judd Winick and his comments regarding his revamp of Ice's origin. Sally did such an exquisite job skewering Winick here that I can't add much except for the following:
1. After reflecting on the late Dwayne McDuffie recently, it pisses me off to no end that a guy like him, who respected the work of past writers and actually bothered to understand the characters he was writing, kept getting overruled at every turn, while guys like Winick, who do neither, seem to have unlimited carte blanche to screw up characters and their histories.
2. Here are two reasons why Winick's revised Ice origin story doesn't work:
a.) This.
b.) This.
3. With all the disrespect he showed, Winick might as well have titled his new Ice origin story "Fuck You, Dan Vado!" and made it official.


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Serve static files from a Yesod app.
This is great for developming your application, but also for a dead-simple deployment. Caching headers are automatically taken care of.
If you are running a proxy server (like Apache or Nginx), you may want to have that server do the static serving instead.
In fact, in an ideal setup you'll serve your static files from a separate
domain name to save time on transmitting cookies. In that case, you may wish
to use
urlRenderOverride to redirect requests to this subsite to a
separate domain name.
- newtype Static = Static StaticSettings
- data StaticRoute = StaticRoute [Text] [(Text, Text)]
- static :: FilePath -> IO Static
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static :: FilePath -> IO StaticSource
Default value of
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staticDevel :: FilePath -> IO StaticSource
like static, but checks to see if the file has changed
embed :: FilePath -> Q ExpSource
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Static based on embedding file contents in the executable at
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staticFiles :: FilePath -> Q [Dec]Source
This piece of Template Haskell will find all of the files in the given directory and create Haskell identifiers for them. For example, if you have the files "static/style.css" and "static/js/script.js", it will essentailly create:
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Same as
staticFiles, but takes an explicit list of files to create
identifiers for. The files are given relative to the static folder. For
example, to get the files "staticjsjquery.js" and
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md5-hashes the given lazy bytestring and returns the hash as base64url-encoded string.
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William Allison and John Farley. ISBN 0-7043-3287-6, Quartet Books 179 (reprinted 1986).
I have wanted to read the book that the rather infamous BBC series of the mid eighties was based on. Needless to say the TV show was quite different from the source material. In the show Percy Toplis made the perfect sympathetic anti-hero, in real life he was a hardened criminal prepared to use violence to bach JMk up his charm and a serial adulterer. Nor did the show feature the gang rape of nurses, French women and girls, even nuns or the murder of civilians and officers, military police and mutineers who tried to stop the exceses of the worst offenders. I found this something of a shock. A very different story of the Etales Revolt then the one I watched two decades ago.
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Featured in the latest issue of Playboy is a totally engrossing profile — written by The Loom's Carl Zimmer — on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium and one of the most highly regarded science communicators of our time.
Included here is an excerpt from the beginning of the piece, but trust me: you owe it to yourself to set aside some time and read through the entire profile.
On a hay-mown crest, dozens of people are crouching in the dark. The Earth has turned away from the sun, and the sky has flowed down a color chart, from light gray to orange to bluish-black. A sliver of a waxing moon has appeared briefly and then slipped below the western horizon, leaving the sky to blinking airplanes rising from La Guardia fifty miles to the south, to satellites gliding in low orbit, to Jupiter and its herd of moons and to the great river of the Milky Way beyond.
The crowd that sits in this chilly field in North Salem, New York, is surrounded by a ring of telescopes. There's a Dobsonian, a giant barrel-shaped contraption that's so tall you have to climb a stepladder to look through its eyepiece. Small, squat Newtonian cylinders sit on tripods, rigged to computers that give off a weak lamp-glow from their monitors. A few older men are fussing over the telescopes, but everyone else is huddled on the grass.
"Just get snuggly. There's nothing wrong with that. Get snuggly."
The voice is deep and loud—not loud from shouting, but from some strange acoustic property that gives it a conversational boom. It comes from a man who looms in the dark at the edge of the crowd.
"We still have the remnants of what we typically call the Summer Triangle," he says. "And the Summer Triangle is three stars that are about equally bright. So, one is here—"
"Oh my God," the crowd murmurs.
The looming figure is Neil Tyson, the director of the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. He has just put the crowd into a swoon by switching on a laser and pointing it towards the zenith of the sky. The green beam seems to reach up from the field and touch the star.
"And one is here, and here," he says, sweeping the laser across the sky to mark a stellar triangle. The squatters gasp, swear again, and laugh at themselves. Tyson's laser is creating an optical illusion: he seems to pull the sky down into a dome that floats close overhead, like an astronomical Sistine Chapel.
"Here we have Deneb," he says. "Everyone say Deneb!"
"Good. And down here we have Altair."
"And up here we have Vega."
"One of the telescopes is actually trained on a star that's in the middle of this triangle," Tyson says, moving his laser to a faint dot, called Albireo. "It's right there. It doesn't look very interesting at first, but when you whip out a telescope, what you'll find is that this star is not alone, as a solo star. It has a companion star. Albireo is in fact my favorite star of the night sky. If you look closely, one star is this brilliant, beautiful blue color and the other is gold. And we know from astrophysics what must be true if an object is glowing at one or the other of those colors. Unlike what an artist will tell you, something glowing red-hot is the coolest among all the hots. You get way hotter than red-hot. If you crank the temperature, it becomes white hot. Crank it some more, it then begins to glow blue."
Tyson moves the laser to other regions of the sky, to the feeble North Star, to Cassiopeia, to Sagittarius. As he talks, the people huddling on the ground blast questions at him. Where is Venus? Is that a satellite? Is that a satellite? Is the Chinese calendar based on the lunar cycle? Tyson stops to answer each question. He twirls his laser in a tight circle midway down the handle of the Big Dipper.
"If you look really carefully at it, you should be able to see two stars there," he says. "How good is your vision?"
"Awesome!" a boy says.
"I can see it!" says another.
"Okay, who cannot see two stars inside my little circle here?" Tyson asks.
"Me," says a third.
"Okay, therefore you cannot be drafted into the Roman army," says Tyson. "That was their eye test. So this pair of stars is called Mizar and Alcor. Mizar is the brighter of the two. Alcor is the dimmer of the two. This is a very loosely bound double-star system. If you take out a telescope and point it on Mizar, that's a double star. Then if you take the telescope and point it on the brighter of the two stars that is the bright of these two stars, that's a double star. So what you have here," Tyson says, "is a double-double-double star system. All in mutual, harmonious orbit around their common center of gravity. Such is the lay-out of this cosmic ballet that we call the universe."
For most of the people huddling on the ground, tonight is the first time they've spent such an extended period looking up at the sky. For three hours, Tyson keeps his audience staring so hard at the heavens he cramps their necks. He speaks of galaxies and the delusions of astrology, how to calculate latitude, the fate of the universe. It is not a lecture. He delivers something more akin to a solo concert. Although he is a card-carrying astrophysicist with a long list of scientific papers in publications like Astrophysical Journal, Tyson has turned himself into a rock-star scientist. He plays to sold-out houses. He appears on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, on the New York Times bestseller list, on Twitter (@neiltyson, with 242,400 followers as I write this). He is now shooting a remake of Carl Sagan's classic Cosmos series, which will air on Fox in 2013.
Tyson spreads himself so wide for two reasons. One is that there's so much in the sky to talk about. The other reason is down here on earth. For all the spectacular advances American science has made over the past century—not just in astrophysics but in biology, engineering, and other disciplines—the best days of American science may be behind us. And as American science declines, so does America. So here, in the dark, under the stars, Tyson is going to try to save the future, one neck cramp at a time.
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Why were people buying Pontiac Firebirds in 1986? According to this vintage dealer promo from the Pontiac "newsroom" it was—among a variety of other reasons—because people were looking to make a statement that was "just as characteristic as the car itself".
From detailing the incomparable character of the third generation F-body to explaining the reasons 25-44 year olds were known to purchase Firebirds (Fuel Economy?), this duo highlighted all of the strengths of the Pontiac while explaining in amazing detail exactly why the Mustang and Celica GT couldn't "cut the mustard".
Obviously these two Pontiac stooges believe the Firebird is the clear cut winner, but given the choice between these three "sporty" mid 80s two doors which one would you choose?
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When the screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski was a child, he once drew some disturbing pictures in art class — so disturbing the teacher called his parents in for a talk.
"I think the school was really worried by what it said about my home life," said a laughing Guzikowski, who in fact had a fairly typical suburban upbringing in Brockton, Mass. "The teacher was really surprised to see my parents were normal, even jolly, people."
That moment captures the dual influences that Guzikowski funneled into his first produced script, "Prisoners," a dramatic thriller that arrives in theaters Sept. 20 and pairs the idyll of childhood with chilling notions of desperation and violence.
The movie begins with a simple premise: Two young Pennsylvania girls are kidnapped from outside their loving small-town homes over Thanksgiving weekend, including the daughter of contractor Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman). When the local detective (Jake Gyllenhaal) runs into obstacles solving the case, Keller kidnaps and tortures the man he believes did it (Paul Dano), touching off a twisty tale of revenge and ethics, justice and certainty.
Directed by the French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve ("Incendies") as a delicate balance between genre picture and character piece, "Prisoners" examines big themes such as the justification for violence — and, in Keller taking matters into his own hands, something less expected.
"I was deeply attracted by the idea that there's a tension between individuals and trust in our institutions," Villeneuve said. "I thought it was a very contemporary subject, particularly in America, where there's a very strong idea of individualism."
A foreign-language Oscar nominee for the 2010 family-secrets drama "Incendies," Villeneuve was inundated with scripts after the release of his hard-hitting movie, set in Canada and the Middle East.
He was torn, he said, over whether to make an experimental film or a mainstream Hollywood one. So he opted for both.
The filmmaker first shot the José Saramago adaptation "Enemy," an elliptical movie about identity that also starred Gyllenhaal. Then he persuaded the actor to tackle the cop role in "Prisoners," a beloved script in Hollywood circles that had trouble getting off the ground. (Both movies will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.)
Despite its mainstream mystery elements, "Prisoners" focuses on a favorite Villeneuve theme: how the past influences our future. And despite the film's genre packaging, the director said he's long wanted to make a movie that goes well beyond its ostensible subject.
"Spielberg said that 'E.T.' was really about the divorce of his parents," Villeneuve said. "I love that idea. You can make a thriller that's really about something else."
For his part, Guzikowski said he was motivated by certain aspects of his childhood — for all its pleasantness, his mom did have a stack of horror novels near her bed that he said put some macabre notions into his head, and he would often hear urban legends about haunted houses from older boys in his neighborhood. He wanted a script, he said, that followed in the footsteps of reveal-heavy modern classics such as "The Sixth Sense" and "Primal Fear" but also raised questions about what ordinary people could or should do in times of duress.
"It's 'what happens when you take away something somebody loves and then give them a very narrow path to get it back?'" Guzikowski said.
One thing that was neither on his nor Villeneuve's mind was the high-profile child-snatching cases epitomized by the recent Ariel Castro trial in Ohio and the Hannah Anderson case in San Diego. But filmgoers may find the comparisons inevitable, and the pair say they do understand the parallels. "The sad thing about doing a movie like 'Prisoners' is that it's timeless," Villeneuve said.
Hollywood actually began developing "Prisoners" more than four years ago, when the script by the unknown Guzikowski began landing on executive desks. Numerous cast iterations preceded this one, with Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg all attached to play starring roles at various points.
The movie that was ultimately crafted by the filmmakers ("Prisoners" was financed and produced by "The Blind Side" backer Alcon Entertainment and is being released by Warner Bros.) showcases big-name actors in new or newish guises. Gyllenhaal's complex lone-wolf detective deepens aspects first on display in his beat-cop role in "End of Watch." And Jackman, for all his intensity, is far more interior than his recent larger-than-life parts as Wolverine and Jean Valjean.
But in some ways it's the thematic aspects that stand out most.
"I see this story as not just being about children who are kidnapped," Villeneuve said. "It's about the idea of imprisonment. Everybody is a prisoner — to their captor, to their past, to their ego. It's about how in some ways we all feel imprisoned."


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I always have fun trying out new drawing and coloring styles, and because of this you guys will benefit from my hard work because I will show you some really cool tutorials that will definitely have people talking. With this lesson I will show you "how to draw an angel cross", step by step. This is a tattoo design that I have always wanted to tackle but I never got around to it because of all the work that I have been doing lately. The angel idea was actually conjured up by someone that wanted a tattoo of a cross, but he also wanted the cross to resemble an angel. After struggling with the concept I finally came up with something that was not only very cool, but very beautiful as well. This is a great tattoo design of an angel that is posing in a cross like style. Her arms and legs are almost the same position as a crucifix, and her face is void because of the fact that she is in this pose. I love how the wings and body sketch came out and I look forward to drawing like this real soon. The only problem I'm running into is concept ideas. I want to better my skills with drawing hands and feet in a comic book form instead of always drawing my figures in an anime form or style. The only way to get better is to actively practice everyday, so that is what I'll do. With each design or creation I will submit them as tutorials so you guys can learn with me. For now have fun drawing an angel cross, and remember to comment and rate to let me know what you think of the new drawing style. Peace out and enjoy!
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Dr. Ming Wang comes to La Vergne, Wednesday, June 21st at 7pm to introduce the Kamra Inlay to Tennessee. This is a lower cost -- non invasive -- inlay which is done on a single eye in as little as 15 minutes. Kamra Inlay will aid in restoring near vision and getting rid of the dependency of reading glasses or contact lenses.
The inlay is placed in the cornea of the eye and is smaller than a contact lens. With the inlay only placed in one eye, it allows you to improve your near vision while still keeping your distance vision in both eyes.
All attendees save $1200 on elective procedures. Places are very limited.


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Drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianists Jason Moran and Robert Glasper and saxophonists Donald Harrison, Charles Lloyd, Jimmy Heath and Rudresh Mahanthappa will headline the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, running Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.
But the biggest attraction may be the setting, with the festival for this time abandoning the abysmal Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park and setting up stakes in Millennium Park, near Randolph Drive and Michigan Avenue.
A move of this scope — first announced in January but now further fleshed out by the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) — should have been made years ago, considering long-standing complaints about the terrible acoustics and poor production values at Petrillo.
But defenders of the status quo fought mightily against change that the festival has sorely needed.
Michelle Boone, commissioner of DCASE (which produces the festival), recognized the problem: "We wanted to give some thought to how to inject some new life into an event that has been around for decades," she told me in January.
To revive the festival, she and her colleagues have designed an event that will open Aug. 29 at the Chicago Cultural Center and Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall (returning venues), then continue that evening at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
For the next three days, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, concerts will unfold in the newly named Von Freeman Pavilion at Millennium Park's south promenade and a Jazz and Heritage Pavilion in the park's north promenade; each of these tents will be on either side of the Cloud Gate sculpture.
Evening performances will continue at the Pritzker Pavilion the evenings of Aug. 30 through Sept. 1. And the Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Pavilion will feature student musicians from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 on the rooftop of Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance; bands will be selected from results of the upcoming All City Jazz Band Competition.
Naming one of the festival stages the Von Freeman Pavilion is a fitting tribute to the late Chicago saxophonist. Why not rename the Jazz and Heritage Pavilion — an inelegant title at best — for Louis Armstrong, a far more effective way of pointing to Chicago's deep jazz heritage? Similarly, the ponderously dubbed Chicago Community Trust Young Jazz Lions Pavilion could be renamed for Fred Anderson, the late Chicago jazz saxophonist who trained generations of young jazz lions.
At the very least, though, change finally has come to the city's most archaic, anachronistic music festival.
"I think it's going to feel different," says Jennifer Johnson Washington, program director of the Chicago Jazz Festival, which is programmed along with the nonprofit Jazz Institute of Chicago. "Being in Millennium Park, it's going to feel more intimate."
Locations are still being determined for vendors, a wine garden, a performance venue operated by Chicago Jazz Magazine and possible additional small jazz groups.
See the list above for the current festival lineup Percussionist Hamid Drake is the artist-in-residence. Admission is free.
For more information, visit chicagojazzfestival.us.
Jazz Fest lineup
Thursday, AUG. 29
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.: Randolph Cafe — Corylus, noon; Fat Babies, 1:30 p.m. Claudia Cassidy Theater — Larry Gray Trio, 12:15 p.m.; Harrison Bankhead Sextet, 1:45 p.m. Preston Bradley Hall — Hinda Hoffman Trio, 12:30 p.m.; TBA, 2 p.m.
Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., seventh floor: Hamid Drake's Chicago Trio, 5 p.m.
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: Jack DeJohnette: Special Legends Edition with Muhal Richard Abrams, Larry Gray, Roscoe Mitchell and Henry Threadgill; 6:30 p.m.
Friday, AUG. 30
Von Freeman Pavilion in Millennium Park: Christopher McBride Quartet, 2:20 p.m. Ben Paterson Organ Quartet, 3:30 p.m. Miguel de la Cerna Quartet, 4:40 p.m.
Jazz and Heritage Pavilion in Millennium Park: Mike Smith Quartet, 2 p.m.; Hamid Drake with Michael Zerang, Eigen Aoki and Tsukasa Taiko drummers directed by Tatsu Aoki, 3:30 p.m. "A Tribute to Ken Chaney," 5 p.m.
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: Geof Bradfield's "Melba!" at 6:30 p.m. Excerpt from Wadada Leo Smith's "Ten Freedom Summers," 7:40 p.m. Charles Lloyd Quartet with Bill Frisell, 9 p.m.
Saturday, AUG. 31
Von Freeman Pavilion in Millennium Park: Frank Russell Band, noon. Hamid Drake Quartet with Kidd Jordan, William Parker and Cooper Moore, 1:10 p.m. Ernie Krivda Quartet, 2:20 p.m. Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Jazz and Heritage Pavilion in Millennium Park: Nick Mazzarella Trio, 12:30 p.m. Erin McDougald Quartet, 2 p.m. Chevere de Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: Stafford James String and Percussion Ensemble featuring M'BOOM, 5 p.m. Gregory Porter, 6:10 p.m. Rudresh Mahanthappa's Gamak, 7:25 p.m. Jason Moran's "Fats Waller Dance Party," 8:45 p.m.
Sunday, SEPT. 1
Von Freeman Pavilion in Millennium Park: Fast Citizens, noon. Juli Wood Quintet, 1:10 p.m. Evan Christopher, 2:20 p.m. Atomic, 3:30 p.m.
Jazz and Heritage Pavilion in Millennium Park: The Engines, 12:30 p.m. Fareed Haque and Tony Monaco, 2 p.m. Papo Vazquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours, 3:30 p.m.
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: Jimmy Heath Quartet with Jeb Patton, 5 p.m. Hamid Drake & Bindu: Reggaeology, 6:10 p.m. Robert Glasper Trio, 7:25 p.m. Donald Harrison and the Congo Square Nation with Willie Pickens, 8:45 p.m.
DePaul students hit the road
The jazz students at DePaul University are about to learn some new lessons, for they'll be celebrating the School of Music's 100th anniversary, as well as this year's Woody Herman centennial, with a good old-fashioned grueling bus tour.
On Wednesday night, the band will take the stage of the Jazz Showcase to kick off its "Time Passes On" tour, named for its recent recording with drummer Jeff Hamilton.
He'll be joining the students at the Showcase and on the bus as they roll to play dates from Chicago to New York and back, with alto saxophone titan Phil Woods joining them at the famed Deer Head Inn, in Delaware Water Gap, Pa., on Saturday.
"They're going to see what it's like to play night after night after night, as opposed to preparing simply for one concert," says Bob Lark, professor and director of jazz studies at DePaul.
"Most of these students want to be professional performers. If you want to do that, you should see what it's like to be at the top of your game (under travel duress). The people in the audience are not coming to hear a college band. They're coming to hear great music and icons like Jeff Hamilton and Phil Woods.
"There are no excuses."
Despite the challenges, or perhaps because of them, the students also will have the rare opportunity to sharpen their skills in a way that no classroom, no rehearsal space and no
one-night-only concert can match.
To underwrite the tour, Lark will draw on approximately $21,000 the band has saved up since 1990 from recording royalties, donations and the like. Revenue from this tour and support from the School of Music will make up any additional costs.
And though $21,000 seems like a lot when it has taken 23 years to earn, the expense is minor in relation to the experience the students will receive. Surely an annual tour by the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble would be a welcome development.
"I can't agree more," Lark says. "If the funds were available, I would love to come up with an excuse to play Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. ... There's a wonderful jazz club in Indianapolis (the Jazz Kitchen) and Detroit has a long jazz history."
If this tour proves successful, can a follow-up really be far off?
The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble launches its tour with drummer Jeff Hamilton, plus guest soloists Thomas Matta and Mark Colby, at 8 and 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court; $15-$25; 312-360-0234 or jazzshowcase.com. For details, visit music.depaul.edu/ensembles.
To read more from Howard Reich on jazz, go to chicagotribune.com/reich
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St Kilda 1966 Weg Reprinted Grand Final poster, 510mm x 675mm approx this is a reproduction of the original grand final poster of the day.
This is one poster from the full set for all the winning team posters from that years grand final dating back to 1954.
Collect them all and put them on your wall or maybe frame them up to make an unbelievable collection. All shipping charges will be as per Australia Post Express Rates, posters will be packed in a postal tube no exceptions.