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2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek: 5 Reasons to Buy
Lots of American drivers love the high seating position of an SUV, but many of us don't want or need such a large vehicle.
That's why Subaru thinks it's got a just the answer with the all-new 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek.
Boasting the high ride of a crossover and the tidy dimensions of a compact hatchback, the Crosstrek looks like the perfect mix. Here are AutoTrader.com's 5 Reasons to be a Crosstrek convert.
1. "Commanding Height"
The XV Crosstrek is about five inches higher than the Impreza hatchback it's based on, and that makes a big difference. The driver seat is right at thigh level for most folks, so saddling up is as easy as sliding onto a barstool. And once you're buckled in, you'll be seeing eye-to-eye with crossovers and even some cargo vans, giving you that extra feeling of confidence on the road.
2. "Great Fuel Economy"
Standard all-wheel drive usually means big gas bills, but Subaru calls the Crosstrek "the most fuel-efficient AWD crossover in America." If you get the continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT), that means 25 mpg city and an awesome 33 mpg on the highway. A lot of AWD crossovers would do well to get 25 mpg on the highway, so Subaru's definitely got something special here. We're extra-impressed because the company's trademark "boxer" four-cylinder engines have never been known for thier fuel-efficiency, yet the Crosstrek proudly packs a 2.0-liter engine.
3. "Top-Notch Tech"
We used to chastise Subaru for skimping on standard technology, but the company has really changed its ways. Even the base Crosstrek gives you a good-sounding, six-speaker premium stereo with iPod/USB connectivity and Bluetooth streaming audio, all for about $22,000 to start. And if you don't mind paying extra, you can get a 4.3-inch LCD screen with a rearview camera, or even a navigation system with a 6.1-inch touch screen.
4. "Versatility to Spare"
If you're worried that the XV Crosstrek isn't big enough to haul stuff, don't be. There's 22.9 cubic feet of space behind the rear seats -- more than you get in any sedan's trunk. And with the rear seatbacks folded, you've got 51.9 cubic feet, which is close to real crossover territory. In other words, the Crosstrek is plenty handy for most tasks.
5. "Better Off Road"
Most crossover drivers stick to paved roads, but Subaru people are a little different. That's why Subaru gave the XV Crosstrek an impressive 8.7 inches of ground clearance -- same as the Forester crossover, except without the added bulk and weight. So if you want to take the road less traveled, the Crosstrek's got your back. Even if you don't go off-road, the Subaru's all-wheel drive and extra ground clearance work well in areas where it rains or snows a lot.
Because of its economy car roots, the Crosstrek isn't the smoothest, most refined car on the road. Vehicles like the Ford Escape and Kia Sportage feel a little more solid. Still, with its crossover capabilities and compact footprint and impressive fuel economy, the 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek might just get you to reconsider compact SUVs. The 2013 Subaru XV Crosstrek starts at about $23,000. If you're planning to purchase a Crosstrek, assuming good credit and a 3 percent loan over 3 years, that's about $530 per month if you make a 20 percent down payment.


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Kenneth Faried sets physical tone as Nuggets avoid elimination with 107-100 win over Warriors
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DENVER – Kenneth Faried would like to punch a hole in Mark Jackson's theory that he's a dirty player who tried to hurt Stephen Curry.
"We were just playing physical," Faried said after setting the tone in Denver's 107-100 win over Golden State that sent the series back to Oakland for Game 6. "They say we were playing dirty, but we were just playing physical. We were hitting them like they were hitting us.
"They've been hitting me and pushing me and shoving me the whole series," Faried said. "I've been hit in the throat, got my hair pulled a couple of times. And I don't say much. I just keep going. I might say, 'Yo, ref, what about this play or that play?' and they don't really say anything. But, hey, when we do it, we're playing dirty."
Faried put his foot down 48 hours after putting his size-16 sneaker through the wall in the visiting locker room in Oakland, sparking a debate about dirty play. The fiery forward energized the Nuggets, who rediscovered their toughness in time to stave off elimination Tuesday night.
The Nuggets never trailed, piled up points in the paint, slowed down the Warriors' guards, jumpstarted their transition game and got under Andrew Bogut's skin — basically, returning to the brand of basketball that helped them win an NBA franchise-best 57 games before a three-game skid in the playoffs put them on the brink of another early exit.
They jumped out to a 22-point lead before weathering the Warriors' frenetic fourth-quarter rally to cut their series deficit to 3-2 and force Thursday night's Game 6, where Faried and his teammates are sure to face the wrath of Golden State's notoriously crazed crowd.
Jackson accused the Nuggets of trying to hurt Curry, his banged-up sharpshooter who was just 1 for 7 from long-range and finished with a series-low 15 points.
"Some dirty plays early," Jackson said. "It's playoff basketball, that's all right. We own it. But make no mistake about it, we went up 3-1 playing hard, physical, clean basketball — not trying to hurt anybody."
Jackson mentioned Faried setting some "great screens and some great illegal ones, too."
"He did his job. Hey, I played with guys like that. They get paid to do that. Dale Davis, Anthony Davis, Charles Oakley. You get paid to do it. So give them credit," Jackson said. "As an opposing coach, I see it, and I'm trying to protect my guys."
Jackson complained about one screen in particular on Curry being "a shot at his ankle, clearly. That can't be debated." He added, "I got inside information that some people don't like that brand of basketball and they clearly didn't co-sign it. They wanted to let me know they have no parts in what was taking place. Let the best team win. And let everybody with the exception of going down with a freak injury, let everybody leave out of here healthy. That's not good basketball."
"It's basketball," countered Faried. "I try to do the little things my team needs me to do. It's physical. If you can't stand the physicality, you shouldn't be playing."
Asked about accusations he tried to hurt Curry, Faried said: "That's intriguing because I think they were purposefully trying to hurt me every play I went for a rebound — the hits, the grab to the throat."
Curry said there were a few plays that went overboard.
"There were a couple, man. Going through the paint minding my own business and they come out of nowhere trying to throw elbows," he said. "I got a (target) on me, I don't know what it is, just got to keep playing and do your thing."
The Nuggets said they were surprised the Warriors were the ones complaining about physical play.
"I think I've taken the hardest hit in the series, Game 1 or 2, when Bogut leaned in to me on a screen. And I didn't remember what happened the rest of the game," Andre Iguodala said. "I think they kind of brought the physicality to the series. And we stopped being the receivers and we're starting to hit back a little bit. But as far as anybody trying to cheap shot, I don't condone that myself. It's not my game."
Klay Thompson said "a couple of them could have been cheap shots. I thought Steph got cheap shot one time, he got a bloody nose. It's not acceptable, but we've got to match that. We can't let it get in our heads, just do what we did in the second half."
Nuggets coach George Karl went back to a big lineup, giving JaVale McGee his first career playoff start, and the big man responded with 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocks to go with Faried's seven points, eight boards and one big block as the Nuggets raced out to a 66-46 halftime lead.
Iguodala had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Ty Lawson had 19 points and 10 assists and Faried had 13 points and 10 boards. Harrison Barnes led Golden State with 23 points and nine rebounds.
The Warriors never got closer than five points after Denver's first-half blitz led by Faried.
Curry, whose 18 3-pointers were the most by any player in NBA history in the first four playoff games of his career, went ice cold, missing his first five 3-pointers before finally hitting with 5:09 left to pull Golden State to 96-91.
Faried responded to Curry's sole 3-pointer with an alley-oop dunk.
Curry and Thompson missed back-to-back 3s that would have made it a two-point game with less than two minutes left, and Wilson Chandler's 3 seconds later at the other end made it 103-95. Chandler finished with 19 points.
"You've got to like the way we finished the game," Curry said, "and we've got to bottle that up for the next game because if have a feeling it's going to be the same kind of atmosphere."
Bogut gave a two-handed shove to Faried's neck after his hard screen on Curry in the first half, drawing a flagrant-1 foul, and Draymond Green was whistled for a flagrant foul for body-checking Faried in the second half.
"Draymond Green, did he play football or basketball at Michigan State," cracked Karl.
Notes: Bogut finished with two points and five rebounds in 18 minutes, his worst showing of the series. ... The Nuggets haven't lost back-to-back games since Feb. 8-9, 2012. ... The Nuggets are 29-1 at home when Faried has a double-double. ... The Nuggets have been down 3-2 nine times before and twice won Game 6, including last year against the Lakers. They've never won a series after trailing 3-2, however. ... Denver's only other wire-to-wire win this year was its regular season finale against Phoenix. ... Nuggets F Danilo Gallinari underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and will later have another procedure to fix his ruptured ACL.
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Consensus Report
Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH (2008)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Respiratory diseases caused by exposures to dangerous materials in the workplace have tremendous implications for worker health and, by extension, the national economy. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that deaths from work-related respiratory diseases and cancers account for about 70% of all occupational disease deaths. NIOSH conducts research in order to detect and reduce work-related hazardous exposures, injuries, and diseases; its Respiratory Diseases Research Program (RDRP) focuses on respiratory diseases. This National Research Council report reviews the RDRP to evaluate the 1) relevance of its work to improvements in occupational safety and health and 2) the impact of research in reducing workplace respiratory illnesses. The assessment reveals that the program has made essential contributions to preventing occupational respiratory disease. The National Research Council has rated the Program a 5 out of 5 for relevance, and a 4 out of 5 for impact. To further increase its effectiveness, the Respiratory Diseases Research Program should continue and expand its current efforts, provide resources for occupational disease surveillance, and include exposure assessment scientists in its activities.
Key Messages
- NIOSH research on improving respirators is another essential means to address the threat of respiratory diseases among workers.
- The committee has assigned a score of 4 in its rating of impact. This reflects the committee's judgment that most subprograms within the RDRP have made major contributions to worker health and safety on the basis of end and well-accepted intermediate outcomes.
- The committee has assigned a score of 5 in its rating of relevance. This reflects the judgment of the committee that the activities related to most of the strategic goals are in the highest-priority subject areas and highly relevant to improvements in workplace protection and that the RDRP is engaged in transfer activities at a significant level.
- The committee supports a range of ongoing RDRP activities that proactively address the incidence of future diseases and emerging diseases. These activities include the development and improvement of methods (e.g., spirometry, radiography, and novel biomarkers) to detect respiratory effects earlier and more accurately, continued research on the molecular mechanisms driving the pathogenesis of workplace-related respiratory diseases, characterization of those agents (or attributes of those agents) responsible for respiratory effects, and evaluations of genetic variability that affects worker susceptibility
- The review by this committee was conducted on the basis of a framework established by a parent committee established by the National Academies. That framework document established a scoring system from 1 to 5 for impact and relevance, with 5 being the highest.


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Marion Bartoli (born October 2, 1984) is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 1. She has won six Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.
Bartoli has defeated two reigning World No.1 players in her career so far. She defeated Justine Henin in the semi-final of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships 1–6, 7–5, 6–1 and she defeated Jelena Janković in the fourth round of the 2009 Australian Open 6–1, 6–4. She has also recorded wins over former World No. 1 Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanović, Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters as well as many top 5 and top 10 players.
Bartoli was born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France. She is of Corsican, Catalan and metropolitan French descent. She started playing tennis at the age of six. Bartoli trained in a small facility as a youngster where there was not much room behind the baseline. Her father, Walter, gave up his career as a doctor to become her full time coach when Bartoli won the 2001 Junior US Open title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.


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North Carolina State University scientists and Extension specialists will share the latest research related to sweet potato production, marketing and more at a field day scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 13.
North Carolina is the nation's leading state when it comes to sweet potato production.
The 2011 North Carolina Sweet Potato Field Day will start with registration from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Burch Farms Inc. in Faison (for a map, see http://tinyurl.com/burchfarms).
Farm owner Jimmy Burch and engineers with TechMark Inc. will discuss technical design and practical aspects related to commercial bulk storage facilities, and two food scientists will discuss the sweet potatoes potential as a healthy food.
The program continues at 3 p.m. at the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton, where university experts will lead field tours related to a variety of topics, including breeding, weed control, insect management and stand establishment.
A 7 p.m. dinner concludes the field day. A map to the research station is online at http://www.ncagr.gov/research/MapHortCropsResearchStationClintonNC.htm.
Event sponsors are North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and its North Carolina Agricultural Research Service and North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service; the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission and the Golden LEAF Foundation.
The full field day program is available online at http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/news-center/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sweetpotato_11_program.pdf.


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Taye Diggs & Eric Dane Bring the Sexy Factor to TBS/TNT Upfront 2014
Taye Diggs, Eric Dane, and Josh Henderson are three good lookin' guys at the TBS/TNT Upfront 2014 held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday (May 14) in New York City.
The trio were joined at the event by Ground Floor's Skylar Astin and Briga Heelan, Perception's Eric McCormack, Conan O'Brien and his side kick Andy Richter, Cee Lo Green, On the Menu's Ty Pennington, Deal with It's Howie Mandel, Proof's Joe Morton, Funniest Wins' Marlon Wayans, Major Crimes' Mary McDonnell, Murder in the First's Kathleen Robertson, and Public Morals' Michael Rapaport, Elizabeth Masucci, and Edward Burns.
35+ pictures inside of the stars from the TNT/TBS Upfronts 2014…


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Volume 19 Issue 15 | August 25 - 31, 2006
Downtown Express photo by Joshua Kristal
Tim Timberlake, principal of Chelsea Vocational High School on Sixth Ave.
Chelsea Vocational principal is making things work
By Anindita Dasgupta
Tim Timberlake, Chelsea Vocational High Schools principal, is not a complainer. He is proud of Chelsea Vocational High School, and despite that the building is over 100 years old and has some outdated aspects, he says the school is doing just fine.
Chelsea Vocational High School, at 131 Sixth Ave. on the western edge of Soho, is housed in a five-story building originally built as an elementary school in 1848. Both the building and the school have gone through a lot of changes over the years. The building has been remodeled a number of times, and the school, among other changes, went from co-ed to all boys during the 1940s to 1980s, before returning to co-ed in 1984.
In the last few years, improvements have led to higher graduation rates and lower suspension and absence rates. The school made local newspapers in 2003 when one of its students, 14-year-old Eric Alvarez, tragically died while trying to surf, or ride, on top of a subway car; and then again in 2005 when a rowdy group of students harassed storeowners on Thompson St.
Despite these incidents, the school is in good shape, said Timberlake, citing the fact that 40 percent of last years seniors graduated with Regents diplomas.
All New York City schools have a bad rap, he said. Thats just the mentality.
Timberlake described his students as average New York City kids from all over the city. The majority of the students come from the Lower East Side and Washington Heights.
Originally from the city, Timberlake moved Upstate for personal reasons to teach in Poughkeepsie. He returned with his family a few years later, this time teaching at Martin Luther King Jr. High School on the Upper West Side, where he stayed for eight years. Ten years ago, Timberlake came to Chelsea Vocational, where graduation and attendance rates were sinking and building facilities were crying for renovation. He was brought in as an assistant principal in math and science, but advanced to principal in 2002 when the previous principal, Arnold Levine, resigned.
At the time, the school still used low-voltage DC electricity for its lighting, was heated by coal and lacked adequate science laboratories. Graduation rates hovered around 50 percent and suspension and attendance rates painted a dismal picture for Chelsea Vocationals future.
As principal, Timberlake made some changes. He split the school into small learning communities, where one teacher would be responsible for a set of students. As a result, teachers began tracking their students and calling their homes when they missed class. The change brought a sense of ownership to the teachers, he said.
Timberlake also changed the lunch policy, restricting ninth-graders from leaving campus. He implemented the Gold Card policy, which required students to achieve a number of academic credits to leave campus for lunch. Timberlake also suspended more students in his first few years as principal, proving to students that they had to follow the schools rules or face the consequences. While suspension rates increased at first, Timberlake said this past year they were cut in half.
Pleased with his staff, Timberlake praised their dedication to the school.
There is an atmosphere of trust, he said of his staff. They supported him in his efforts to set higher standards for their students and willingly helped with the changes he envisioned for the school, he said.
Renovations of the building have also restructured the schools facilities with the addition of laboratory space and conference rooms, up-to-date electrical and heating systems and new whiteboards installed in classrooms this past summer.
Even as a principal, Timberlake continues to teach one class a year because he feels its important to stay connected with both the students and the teachers in the school. He teaches 10th-grade geometry and says he loves watching his students learn.
Their energy gives me energy, he said. I just like when kids get it that moment when everything becomes clear.
Timberlake appreciates the chance to work with New York City students.
New York City kids are vibrant, he said. They have a lust for learning. He continued that the most important task for teachers and administrators is to keep their students interested.
We do lose some students, but its the bored ones that we lose. Its our job to find a way to reach them, he said.
Timberlake added that the school tries different approaches to reach students. As a vocational school, the administration encourages students to pursue internships by working with local companies, such as Morgan Stanley, Cisco and Epic Theatre Company.
Teachers also encourage students to learn from their pasts and embrace their creativity by assigning memoir projects and asking students to create lyrics to songs, which often become self-reflective. Teachers often bind classroom collections, creating professional-looking collective anthologies.
In a memoir project, students recorded short childhood memories. These ranged from students recalling first loves (one student wrote about his third-grade girlfriend recalling how she said hi to him once in a while in passing), and favorite toys (Barbie, Streetfighter and Pokemon were popular) to memories of hearing gunshots for the first time at age 15. Students described these milestones in a simplicity only a teenager could achieve. In another collection of student work, students described their personalities in a few words next to self-portraits. The few words next to each picture reflected confidence and determination to succeed. Some described themselves as fun, cool and polite, while others listed immediate goals such as passing this exam. Seemingly summing up the new positive direction of Chelsea Vocational, a few simply said, I respect myself and others.
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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
February 2012
Gases Drawn Into Smog Particles Stay There
SPLAT helps pinpoint pollution particles to improve smog predictions
SPLAT II provides measurements of particles with unprecedented sensitivity and precision to scientists such as Alla Zelenyuk. Enlarge Image
Airborne gases settle in smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to research published February 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The results could explain why pollution computer models underestimate organic aerosols—the major component of smog particles and the least understood component in climate change calculations.
The study, led by University of California, Irvine air chemist Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, combined alpha-pinene, a common ingredient in household cleaners such as Pine Sol and outdoor emissions, with oxides of nitrogen and ozone to mimic smog buildup. Atmospheric chemist Alla Zelenyuk at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory evaluated millions of the artificial smog particles one-by-one using a one-of-a-kind, 900-pound instrument known as SPLAT (a single particle laser ablation time-of-flight mass spectrometer).
SPLAT lives at EMSL, DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at PNNL. The researchers also employed a 26-foot-long "aerosol flow tube" at the AirUCI unit.
"Being able to study individual particles gives us so much detail about how pollution evolves," said Zelenyuk. "Incorporating what we found about these particles into computer models will help in modeling pollution and climate as well."
Read the entire release from the University of California, Irvine here.
Funding: US Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division and the National Science Foundation
User Facility: EMSL
Research Team: Véronique Perraud, Emily A. Bruns, Michael J. Ezell, Stanley N. Johnson, Yong Yu, Wayne L. Chang, Donald Dabdub, and Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, University of California, Irvine; James F. Pankow, Portland State University; Dan Imre, Imre Consulting; and M. Lizabeth Alexander and Alla Zelenyuk, PNNL.
Reference: Perraud V, EA Bruns, MJ Ezell, SN Johnson, Y Yu, ML Alexander, A Zelenyuk, D Imre, WL Chang, D Dabdub, JF Pankow, and BJ Finlayson-Pitts. 2012. "Nonequilibrium Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Growth." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 109(8):2836-2841. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1119909109.


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Penn State looks to fight off campus crow invasion
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It's time again for a showdown between the Nittany Lions and the...crows?
Penn State officials say a massive murder of crows has taken up residence in the campus' trees, harassing students and staff and leaving droppings all over sidewalks.
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Finally I doubt that Kabuto is using his own chakra to support the Zombies as he said there were "No Drawbacks" to the jutsu. Having to support multiple high level bloodlimit using ninja with one person's chakra seems like a pretty big drawback to me. What seems more likely is that he's using his chakra to exert control over their minds, which isn't mandatory for the jutsu to function in the event of his death. A good plot twist would be that suppressing their minds too much would be just as bad as not suppressing it enough in some way.
|2010-12-26, 14:36
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Well, how many jutsu do we even know that deal with the soul ?
- Edo Tensei
- Minato's Death God thing
- Orochimaru's body-snatching + soul-transfer
- Pein's ripping the soul during that interrogation thing with the King of Hell eating it
- maybe Itachi's sealing of the soul via Totsuka sword
.. all done by kage-level people
|2010-12-26, 14:39
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You guys are making the situation way more serious than it is.
Kakashi's division is not in trouble yet.
In 521, Chuukichi was fetching the bosses for their division battle. Chiyo is for Sakura, so her teammates are for Kakashi's division (Hanzou for Kakashi, Kimimaro for Juugo most likely since he'll join the fray due to Suigetsu's obsession for Zabuza's sword)
Which means Kakashi and Sakura at the very least will remain unscratched by those swordsmen.
You know how those shonen go anyways. Kabuto was the first one to power up (as soon as Kakashi said he knew what to do, Kabuto used more zombies) so he cannot win this battle. Kakashi still has more than 10000 red shirts to use anyways.
Oh, and Kabuto intends to not dehumanize Itachi and Nagato even though Zabuza and Haku were still struggling with a stronger bind.
After Kabuto's arrogance last chapter (no drawback at all, becoming more famous than Madara) and the fact we know Naruto won't even bother with Kabuto before he fights Sasuke (and Sasuke won't either since it's unlikely he'll fight Kabuto before Naruto), I guess one of those two zombies will kill him.
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Kakashi's division is made of Mid and Short range ninjas, plus Kankuro's Ambush Party (Kankuro, Omoi, Sai, Ittan).
To me, despite the 7 swordsmen plus Haku, Gari and Pakura, Kakashi and Kankuro's group gather enough power to face the battle, besides they have the plot at their side.
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I would sooooo love for Itachi to kill Kabuto .. it makes sense, since Itachi is quite likely his strongest zombie atm (remember, not a single Hokage can be ressed and neither is Jiraiya (so far) .. pretty much the only other candidate is Pein, but he only has his frail Nagato body so far which Kakuzu lunges around .. also, Itachi's two big weaknesses were the illness and the detiorating MS .. regen, presumably, solves those) + his force of will should be sufficient to pull something like that off
besides, killing Kabuto would sorta finish the job of finishing off Orochimaru for good too
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Also why is Nagato's body frail? Sasori had his whole real body even thou he was a puppet core when he died, and both Nagato and Itachi have their eyes even thou they were taken. This would be a good chance to see what rinnengan would function like with one body instead of 6.
Lastly why would Kabuto fight with anyone? We know he's after the sage's secrets, but that wouldn't give him a reason to fight with Naruto or Sasuke. So far his only real goal seems to be to backstab Madara and take the knowledge/resources he accumulated.
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I may have said this before but Kabutomaru's is the best thing happening in this story so far. I really hope he has a good reason for sticking to Madara like he is. It's already amazing that Kabuto was able to figure out Madara was alive when most of akatsuki and the other Sanin didn't know. I could see him going after Sasuke's eyes, but I can't see Kabuto trying to participate in a straight up fight. If he tries to take out Sasuke without securing all the secrets (that apparently only the Rinnengan can read) he still has to deal with Madara. Why he doesn't just have zombie Pein read it for him is a bit of a question, but war makes delays understandable.
On a bit of a side note I've watched some old naruto eppisodes and even the ones at the beginning of shippuden before sage mode, and Naruto's progress post timeskip gets really random! First he's focused on more in depth kagebushin and rasengan evolution, and they even compare his battle intelegence to shikamaru and Kakashi(kakuzu fight). Then they change how rasengan AND rasenshiruken work and give him sage mode limiting 9 tails and bushins. Now they are trying to make use of the 9 tails chakra and a new rasengan bullet/bomb while cutting Bushins, Sage mode, AND Kyuubi mode(time limit). Its cool that he's getting 1 shot powerhouse moves, but his stamina was his strong point and the part that made the battles interesting.
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There is absolutely nothing to Kabuto.
He is just there to give secondary characters some panel appearance. But since there are too many, Kishi can't give them any development. Kankurou is just as we knew he would be after the Kage summit and Sai and Omoi are just as undeveloped as they were. And I am not talking about the Shin's fiasco)
And as if there weren't already too many zombies, Kishi add to add 6 more. Of course, it doesn't really matter, since, as it was shown the last 5 chapters, the zombies barely ever attack the important characters (those we knew of before the war) and are just there to show off one or two jutsus against the redshirts. (it will only be zombie attacks redshirt => Focused on secondary character destroys or stops zombie in one or two moves => next zombie)
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I wonder if Nagato can still summon Gedo Mazo and kill Kabuto's zombies that way?
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So far Madara looks pathetic, since his Zetsu army didnt do shit yet, it's all about Kabuto vs the whole world right now. I hope the zetsu-army will kick asses too, otherwise Madara will look like a loser again. I mean Madara wanted to fight this war alone and didn't count with Kabuto when he planned all this, so either he is an idiot who completely underestimates the enemy or we didn't see the real strength of the zetsus yet, or his plan with the Zetsus was just a diversion and he plans to strike on the headquaters with black-zetsu, Sasuke and himself using the rinnegan.
I think there's no chance that Kakashi will use the Kamui since he is the general of a large army so he can't just put himself into a coma again, without the commander there would be chaos. Also such a focused jutsu cannot be used on such a large number of enemies, that is a jutsu that's good against one super strong guy and not against a huge army of regenerating zombies and zetsu-clones (i guess zetsu clones can regenerate and suck chakra too, since they did it at the kage meeting too).
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Kabuto is going to end up frying his own brain trying to control all these zombies.
Trying to kill two birds with one stone by just adding the Seven Swordsmen into this arc (and telling their story in 2 panels) just because he knows he has to tie up that loose end before he ends Naruto and he just wants to finish it is a terrible idea. They need their own arc. One that isn't in the midst of all this craziness with the world at stake.
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Although in Tibet there is no single text directly referred to as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, this English work is the primary source for Western understandings of Tibetan Buddhist conceptions of death. These understandings have been highly influenced by Western spiritualist movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, resulting in efforts to adapt and synthesize various frameworks of "other" religious traditions, particularly those from Asian societies that are viewed as esoteric or mystical, including tantric or Tibetan Buddhism. This has resulted in creative forms of appropriation, reinterpretation, and misrepresentation of Tibetan views and rituals surrounding death, which often neglect the historical and religious realities of the tradition itself. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a prime example of such a process. Despite the lack of a truly existing "book of the dead," numerous translations, commentaries, and comparative studies on this "book" continue to be produced by both scholars and adherents of the tradition, making it a focal point for the dissemination and transference of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
The set of Tibetan block prints that was the basis for the original publication of the Tibetan Book of the Dead in 1927 by Walter Y. Evans-Wentz (1878–1968) consisted of portions of the collection known in Tibetan as The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediate State or Bardo Thödol (Bar do thos grol chen mo). This work is said to have been authored by Padmasambhava in the 8th century
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In Part 1, we discussed the reasons why it was so shocking that "Ex Machina" won the visual effects Academy Award.
After much thought, we believe that the visual effects industry may have entered into a new era of its storied history. The first chapter of the digital era, launched with 1989's "The Abyss" and its never-before-seen visual effects of the pseudopod, has ended, and a new chapter of visual effects history, the "post-digital" era, may have already begun. The high expectations of stellar-quality visual effects because of digital effects' democratization and easier accessibility have exploded; a greater-than-ever diversity of films that can harness the power of visual effects is now a reality. If true, this destroys previous assumptions about the predictability of Visual Effects Oscar winners; the "post-digital" era cannot support the same criteria of The Predictinator, which provided accurate predictions of Best Visual Effects Oscar winners from 1989-2014, the digital era.
In 2015, after the 1.0 version of The Predictinator incorrectly predicted "Guardians of the Galaxy" instead of "Interstellar", we made a slight tweak to the algorithm. We managed to plug the hole in our formula by giving negative points to comic book movies, as we believe Academy voters think films that are based on comic books are less worthy of award. Ultimately, the formula remained accurate through to 1989 (and even strengthened many historical races). In last year's article, my wife and I pondered a fundamental question, to determine if a larger change is occurring with how the Academy votes for visual effects winners, one that would ultimately break our formula:
• Has there been a slow change in how visual effects films are perceived by the Academy, causing members to vote differently?
We discussed this at length, and I'd like to expand upon a couple of our original ideas, as well as add new thoughts.
Last year, after examining the changes that have been emerging over the last seven years, I wrote this about digital characters: "Audiences now expect Gollum-quality digital characters in their films, and the Academy may no longer reward a film solely for hitting this quality standard." I now realize that I was probably too specific with this sentiment, limiting the idea to only digital characters. Academy voters and audiences not only expect stellar synthetic characters and creatures, but expect world-class, quality visual effects in every film--not limited solely to synthetic characters, and not solely from big-budget blockbusters like "Titanic", "Lord of the Rings" or "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. Expect smaller, more intimate, less spectacle-based films like "Hugo" and "Ex Machina" winning visual effects Oscars in the future, if this is indeed the case.
We may have also underestimated the impact of the visual effects moving from three nominees to five. Films that would might not have made it past the bake-off with only three slots are now sliding in with five nominees, and sometimes winning the Oscar. Arguably, "Ex Machina" and "Hugo" would not have made it past the bake-off if our category still only was given three nomination slots. (As a reminder, the nominees are decided upon at a bake-off of films, and are chosen by the visual effects branch of the Academy.)
In fact, the expansion of the Visual Effects Academy Award from three to five nominees in 2010 represents an indication of the industry's maturation, potentially marking the start of the post-digital era. No longer is the craft of visual effects a second-class citizen; this change was long overdue and richly deserved.
In addition, three years ago, I wrote about the correlation of Visual Effects nominees and Best Picture nominees. With up to ten Best Picture nominees and the bump to five Visual Effects nominees, we foresee more films traditionally ignored in the visual effects race winning Oscars.
Furthermore, we see a trend of Academy voters actively shunning giant, franchise movies. Without the aid of some kind of visual effects breakthrough, we foresee reboots, sequels, Marvel comic book movies, and Star Wars movies not winning Academy Awards as often as they used to. Just look at the last eight visual effects Oscar winners for proof: "Ex Machina", "Interstellar", "Gravity", "Life of Pi", "Hugo", "Inception", "Avatar", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Golden Compass".
The first chapter of the digital age of filmmaking might be over, and a new post-digital chapter may have begun. Needless to say, The VFX Predictinator operates within a series of assumptions and quantifiable data to support those assumptions that may no longer be valid in the post-digital era.
In 1989, "The Abyss" marked the dawn of the digital era of Hollywood visual effects: computer graphics and digital compositing supplanted physical models, traditional matte paintings, and optical compositing and ultimately expanded the filmmaking possibilities. The digital era heralded storytelling of a different kind (a liquid metal Terminator, ultra-realistic dinosaurs, bullet time), and audiences have reaped the benefits for over two decades. The ubiquity of digital filmmaking and the maturation of the visual effects community has turned visual effects into a commodity, a value that is no longer exclusive to a certain type of film.
Our entire philosophy behind the predictability of Oscar voters has changed. With five nominees, the nominated movies frequently represent a greater variety of films. No longer are mind-blowing visual effects relegated to a precious few tentpole films, no longer are digital effects relegated to the few directors (Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, Peter Jackson) who dared swim the dangerous waters of digital technology and turn it into art. Filmmakers like Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Alex Garland have access to the world's talented visual effects artists and technicians, and the landscape of filmmaking is better off because of their access.
I can hear you asking from across the internet: "Yeah yeah yeah, well, are you going to run the numbers?" As you have just read, we're not entirely convinced The VFX Predictinator, in its current state, is still valid. But we'll run the numbers. Stay tuned.
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- Kevin Williams said...
If there was a shift, one could make an argument that it started in 2010, when the number of nominees went from 3 to 5. The winners from 2010 on have not been part of a franchise and have been projects with respected directors.
It also seems like since then, it's gone from an award based on the "most" vfx or the "best" vfx to one that goes to whichever movie has more "prestige" or "credibility". There's a few cases where that standard is arguable (Inception vs Hearafter & vs Ex Machina vs The Revenant).
My guess is Deepwater Horizon wins this year.
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October 19, 2011
Technology: You Solving Any Problems with All Those Toys & Apps? Or into Some Bad Craziness?
E-mailing "just because" is Some Bad Craziness.
What happened to vibes, voices, faces, bodies, winks, hand gestures, touching another's hand or shoulder impulsively, stares, grins, frowns, hand-written notes, human electricity, NOT-typing, non-virtual joking, yelling, swearing, ragging and flirting, totally un-PC confrontation, intimacy and the "God-in-the-room" magic that starts with two breathing humans in one 3-D place? --What About Clients/Paris?
I remember when I first got e-mail, back in the mid-1990s. I would rush home with great anticipation and dial in my 4800-baud modem and I would have four messages from four very good friends. Now I get up in the morning and go to my computer...and the anticipation I once felt has been replaced by dread. --Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point
Are we not Men? --H.G. Wells, and Devo.
Quit hiding and pick up the phone. Meet with people. Man up. Woman up. For starters, e-mail is an overhyped, misused tool. And so are you and I if either of us use it without thinking. I receive about 120-150 non-spam e-mails a day. I write about one third that many, most as replies. Usually short ones. They are often soulless, and easy to misunderstand, even when I try to be precise. Unless I am scheduling when and where to meet someone, I am not sure that I see the point of it anymore.
The e-mails I get back are often worse than the ones I write.
The truth: most U.S. lawyers can't write. When we write, we "talk to ourselves"--like mental patients often do while rocking back and forth to pacify themselves. The mantra here: "I'm special-I'm special-I'm special". And typing it ourselves? It makes the interior babble even worse.
My rule, lately: If I spend more than two hours total a day facing a computer screen, I think of that day as a Failure. My job is to think, brainstorm, plan, organize, write, persuade and solve problems. If I spend more than two hours being my own (and third) administrative assistant--and that includes both productive "thinking" and email-returning "non-thinking" typing--I am just another new Insular Robot Worker-Human.
Forget about being One with the Cosmos; I am barely One with the Zip Code, the Suburb, or the Office Building. Even in my office, with people around, I am an Electronic Island With Cool Toys. Alone. Cut off. Isolated. In reality, and ironically, I am not communicative at all. Ah, good morning fellow dumb-downed robots.
You have a really good idea? About our firm, or solving a problem for a client? If you e-mail me about it, it's very likely that you have become insane. Whether you are down the hall, or 2000 miles away, or even more, you have lost it.
Okay, e-mail me once. Yes, writing helps put your thoughts in order. Sure, get my attention. Then call me. Or meet with me. We can make your idea better while we are talking--and do that quicker. Get the juices flowing.
Maybe I can help. Voices and "bodies in the room" are perhaps 100 times faster and better at defining and solving a problem. At least. Add a third human--you will get more. Humans are damn fine machines when plugged into one another.
But, and I repeat: if you e-mail me about a truly great idea, and expect to develop the idea efficiently in an e-mail discourse, you are truly insane. Get the net.
Back to Gladwell, in the opening quote. As it's been eight years since he wrote the above, and he is even more famous, Gladwell surely gets more than 100 each day. It's a mantra now that communications technologies save time and money, including bucks on brick and mortar rents for business. It's all true, exciting, Yankee innovative-cool and--a word film actor William Hurt uncannily slips into so many of his lines over the years--forever "evolving."
See Me, Feel Me, Call Me. But some of us don't even talk as much to people we see every day at work. We do e-mail. What happened to vibes, voices, faces, bodies, winks, hand gestures, touching another's hand or shoulder impulsively, stares, grins, frowns, hand-written thank you notes, human electricity, NOT-typing, non-virtual joking, yelling, swearing, ragging and flirting, totally un-PC confrontation, intimacy and the "God-in-the-room" magic that starts with two breathing humans in one 3-D place? Or at least on the phone?
The electronic toys we have are supposed to be helping tools--not the main event. Do we appreciate the way e-mail, search engines and social media (yes, including blogging) often degrade and dumb down the complexity of hard problems in this world? Has all this made us smarter and better?
Or are we just lemmings, cattle and sheep--lulled into thinking we must be doing good work if these new tools are so amazing? Is Google--how many impulses, instincts, and synapses does Google really have?--more inspiring and useful than the wonderfully fast and storied brain of that lawyer next door?
Has "tech" permitted a large cross-section of previously functional humans to hide from--and never learn and benefit from--the complexity of life and work?
And from each other?
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Vice President Biden and the American Ireland Fund have led the U.S. reaction to Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney' death.
In a statement, the vice president said:
"I was deeply saddened to learn of Seamus Heaney's death, one of the finest Irish poets to ever live. Heaney taught us that "once in a lifetime, the longed-for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme." We have been lucky, in our lifetimes, to see that tidal wave of justice rise, and to find our hopes reflected in historic moments of opportunity. But most of all, we were lucky to have a poet with the grace of Seamus Heaney, whose simple, honest wisdom could help us better understand ourselves and the world we inhabit. I am sorry that we lost him, but grateful that his words will live on."
The American Ireland Fund released this statement:
"Across the family of The Ireland Funds, there is great sadness at the news of the passing of Seamus Heaney. We had the privilege of recognizing Seamus with our Literary Award in 1973. He helped us select the subsequent honoree every year since. On the 40th anniversary of the Award in 2012, and in the presence of his good friend and admirer, President Bill Clinton, we presented Seamus with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Over those four decades he made himself available at both major and intimate events to promote any number of Irish cultural causes. He was a force in the world of philanthropy as well as poetry. So many established and emerging Irish writers and artists are indebted to Seamus for his encouragement and example."
From Hollywood to Irish government, reaction to the sudden death of Heaney has flooded in from around the world.
Heaney, one of the world's most famous poets, died on Friday (August 30), after a short illness. He passed away at the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, at the age of 74, his family said.
Born in Toomebridge, but raised in Bellaghy, in County Derry, he was best known for his poems such as "Digging", "Picking Blackberries" and "When all the others were away at Mass". His works include the 1966 debut "Death of a Naturalist", "The Spirit Level", "District and Circle" and an acclaimed translation of the old English epic poem "Beowulf".
Liam Neeson, the Hollywood star and native of County Antrim, spoke to the BBC on Friday. He said, "With Seamus Heaney's passing, Ireland, and Northern Ireland especially, has lost a part of its artistic soul…He crafted, through his poetry, who we are as a species and the living soil that we toiled in. By doing so, he defined our place in the universe. May he rest in peace."
The Irish leader Prime Minister Enda Kenny said, "For us, Seamus Heaney was the keeper of language, our codes, our essence as a people.
"He belongs with Joyce, Yeats, Shaw and Beckett in the pantheon of our greatest literary exponents."
Bishop of Derry, Doctor Edward Daly, was friends with Seamus Heaney. He said,"Seamus had a very full life. He was a very generous and gentle person and a wonderful poet. He has left a huge legacy behind him.
"He has left so much for us all to treasure and enjoy. His legacy will live on for centuries."
He added, "He wore his huge wisdom very lightly and he gave so generously of his time. He was kind and he had a very gentle wit."
Former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume, also a close friend of Heaney, said, "His poetry expressed a special love of people, place and diversity of life.
"That profound regard for humanity has made his poetry a special channel for repudiating violence, injustice and prejudice, and urging us all to the better side of our human nature."
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said, "Seamus was undoubtedly one of the greatest literary voices the island of Ireland has ever produced and a great ambassador for Northern Ireland.
"It is some consolation that his spirit will live on through his legacy of work and that future generations will continue to be inspired by his distinctive poetic voice."
Irish President Michael D Higgins said: "Generations of Irish people will have been familiar with Seamus' poems.
"Scholars all over the world will have gained from the depth of the critical essays, and so many rights organizations will want to thank him for all the solidarity he gave to the struggles within the republic of conscience."
Irish Arts Minister Ireland's Jimmy Deenihan said, "He was just a very humble, modest man. He was very accessible.
"Anywhere I have ever travelled in the world and you mention poetry and literature and the name of Seamus Heaney comes up immediately."
Belfast's Lyric Theatre tweeted, "The Lyric Theatre is deeply saddened that Seamus Heaney, our long-term friend and supporter, has passed away."
Damien Smith, head of literature and drama at the Northern Ireland Arts Council said: "Those closest to him also include vast numbers of people from right across the globe who read his poetry from his first book when it appeared in the mid-60s.
"He will be remembered in artistic terms as among the very great poets."


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San Gil is a city with a population of 50,000 in the Santander region in Colombia. It is known as Colombia's adventure sport capital.
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Tour companies generally offer similar activities and are clustered around the entrance of park El Gallineral. If you plan to go rafting or kayaking on rapids of class 3 and over, check that the guides are certified by the International Rafting Federation (IRF).
San Gil is the pioneering place for rafting in Colombia :
There are lots of places around San Gil to go for a swim :
Other activities are caving, parapente, paintballing, kayaking, hydrospeed and rapelling.
There are numerous trekking opportunities in the countryside surrounding San Gil. The following itinerary goes through 3 colonial towns before going down in the Chicamocha canyon and up on the other side. Doing the whole trek in 2 days is possible if you leave San Gil really early on the first morning but it will probably be more enjoyable do it in 3 days and take your time checking out the towns in details. You can also do only parts as there are buses going back to San Gil in every town except Jordan. You don't need to carry food and camping equipment as there are restaurants and hotels in every town. Carry a lot of water and be careful of the midday heat.
Cabrera - Barichara
Get a local bus from San Gil to Cabrera (4,000 COP), it will drop you on the main plaza of the town. Here check out the church. At the upper left corner of the plaza, take the steepest street up (Calle 7) and turn left at the top. Follow the path along the stations of the cross (14 of them). From the top keep on going straight, the path is fairly flat and you'll soon see Barichara in the distance. When you get close to town, you'll encounter the local swimming pool on your right handside (1,500 COP) right before a football pitch. Look out for iguanas taking the sun up on the tree branches. A bit further there is a stone bridge that you have to cross. After a final small climb you're in the town of Barichara.
Walking time: 2,5h
Barichara - Guane
From the main square take any Calle going up the hill until you reach Carrera 10. Turn left towards the ridge. A stone marks the start of the trail, it is an old paved path that was restored 180 years ago by a German Geo Van Leguerke. The path crosses the paved road twice, just cross it. Refreshments are (sometimes) sold at the farm at midway.
walking time: 2h
Guane - Villanueva
To exit Guane, take Calle 6 from the main plaza towards the hill and soon you'll be back on the camino real. At some point there are farms on both sides of the path and right after you get to a crossing with a bigger road, taking that road to the right would bring you back to Barichara, you need to go straight (on the good road) and keep going uphill (the track is not exactly but a bit to the right). Keep on going up through the fields and tobacco farms. Soon after passing a finca named La Ceiba on the left hand-side, you get to a fork with a cross in the middle and a basketball court on the left, take a right there. Less than 5 minutes after, you encounter a needle head turn, take a left towards the house with a white flag. This is a mirador with great views of the canyon and all the ascent you've accomplished. Keep on going up. At some stage there will be two farms on the right and what looks like a road going uphill, do not turn and keep going straight, the road goes down a bit towards bare land for 5 minutes and after that is the final part of the climb. Once you reach the hilltop, you can see the next valley with Villanueva on the left but hidden by a hill. On your right is the road used by cars to reach town but it does a lot of turn. The shorter option is to take a left and look for the path going directly to town. You have to follow the barbwire, it will start dropping towards the valley and what looks more like a ditch will turn in a footpath. After a while you'll exit a field through a door and reach jeep track, take left towards the red and white antenna. From there it's straight to town. You can stay at Hotel Victoria on the main plaza just next to the police station for 10,000 COP per person.
walking time: 3h
Villanueva - Jordan
The way from Villanueva down to Jordan takes approximately 5 hours. It is best to leave after noon so that you go down the canyon (900m) in the late afternoon. Leave Villanueva in north-east direction. You will encounter many crossing. Best thing is to ask locals when they pass by.
After you went down 900m to the canyon you will hit a dirt road. Turn right and it's a 20min walk to Jordan. In Jordan cross the bridge and ask at the house on the other side (there is only one) for accommodation and food (in Feb. 2011 that seemed to be the only option, 15.000 COP for a small dinner and sleeping).
walking time: 5h
Jordan - Los Santos
The last part consists of a 900m difference climb to get out of the canyon. Cross the bridge over the Chicamocha river. The stone path starts just after, you can't miss it. The path goes up continuously but is never too steep and getting to Los Santos should take around 2 hours. Avoid doing this in the midday heat. There´s a house selling refreshments halfway up. Los Santos is a decent size town compared to Jordan. Buses leave from the main square. To get back to San Gil, you first need to take a Piedecuesta bound bus that will drop you at on the San Gil - Bucaramanga road at a place called Los Curros (5,000 COP). Flota Cachira goes there but Transporte Mesa de Los Santos takes a different route to Piedecuesta, check with your driver to be sure. From there flag down a bus to San Gil (12,000 COP). Other option is to go to the nacional park Chicamocha and cross the canyon with the Teleferico. From there you can flag down a bus going back to San Gil.
walking time: 2h
Some of Santander's Famous Regional Foods:
Prices in most San Gil hotels double on long weekends and places are heavily booked. Book in advance for Easter, Christmas and all long weekends.
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Let's face it, we are on the downside of a super cycle and often enough, super cycle down phases are problematic and tumultuous at best.
Next week in Paris, the world of commercial and defense aerospace meets again at the historical Le Bourget Field at the edge of the city of light surrounded by Gallic pomp and circumstance.
Orders back to normal levels
This is a show that will have a rare level of unpredictability. It could be either an interesting or mediocre show; those looking for exceptional numbers are likely to be disappointed. Orders there will be, but it is unlikely to be the superlative numbers that Paris 2011 and Farnborough 2010 had to offer. The order books are full; now it's all about building aircraft.
Only Embraer or ATR might surprise us with significant orders, the new Embraer G2 (second-generation regional jets) might very well be the highlight of the show. The global economy is still not on solid footing and debt level surges might further dampen recovery and create dangerous variables, for the US economic recovery in particular, later this decade.
Airbus versus Boeing
Execution and financing are of paramount importance. Despite the battery hiccup, the 787 is back in the air, earlier than many had suggested at the peak of the crisis, demonstrating that Boeing can do crisis management well and deliver the goods.
Airbus will be all about the A350 aircraft and will likely be able to execute one or two flybys to the delight of the local crowd. The A350 is shaping up to be a remarkable adversary for Boeing, with a foot in both the 787 and 777 markets, and economics to more than rival both Boeing products.
(Read More: Airbus Sets First Flight of New A350 for Friday)
The elephant in the room will obviously be the 777X (a stretched and more fuel-efficient version of the 777) which is expected to be announced at the Dubai Air Show later this year. Ray Conner's first year at the helm of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) has been impressive. He not only tackled a major event with 787, he focused sales efforts while completing much needed reorganization within the BCA leadership and averted an engineer strike. Conner has demonstrated a quiet confidence that bodes well for the future.
Fabrice Brégier's first year at Airbus has been equally strong, but in his case managing success will be his key challenge. He has inherited a massive order book from Tom Enders and, much like Ray Conner, will have to manage the production surge while adding a new US production line in Mobile, Alabama, and possibly another one. Brégier will also need to develop a counter to 777X, against which there appears to be no easy remedy.
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It is with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), often incorrectly referred to in media as "drones", that we must look for significant activity this year.
For commercial UAS in the USA, 2015 will be a bellwether year. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been working under a Sept. 2015 mandate to open up portions of the National Airspace System (NAS) to UAS operations. Incremental and expanding commercial UAS access to the NAS must happen in order for markets to develop.
A nascent commercial UAS industry must find market niches where traditional manned platforms are unable to acquire the imagery and information in a timely manner. Fortunately there is an established market for imagery and information within the U.S.,with estimates of between $4 billion to $6 billion in purchases of commercially-obtained imagery and information from aerial and space-based sensors.
(Read More: Dealing in Drones: The Big Business of Unmanned Flight)
If, as the industry fears, commercial airspace access "slides to the right" there is a probability that U.S. firms will have to play catch-up with international providers. A simple search turns up examples from Japan to Eastern Europe to Australia and beyond of novel and interesting ways that UAVs are contributing to commerce and quality and safety of life.
Unfortunately, reasoned discussions regarding UAV access to airspace are few and far between. Rational concerns over privacy have morphed into irrational fear which often drives debate. Drawing a line between the military and commercial uses of UAVs is turning out to be a difficult public relations effort.
Currently there are many more questions than answers, and reason seems absent from much debate. Commercial UAS will happen, but its U.S. evolution is wholly dependent on the creation of airspace in which to commit commerce. One hopes that those who hold high places will see international developments touted in Paris as motivation to codify and commence.
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"Regarding the speech, it is amazing to hear Steve Jobs talk about some things that were not fully realized until only a handful of years ago. This talks shows us just how incredibly ahead of his time he was. I've listened to the entirety of the recording a few times now and have taken extensive notes, of which I will further elaborate on in future blog postings." This 1983 speech by Jobs is not as visionary as it seems. It's virtually identical to Alan Kay's mind-blowing Dynabook vision... From 1968. Kay even describes multitouch (p. 8) and Siri (p. 6). Not entirely coincidentally, Kay joined Apple in 1984. Look people, Steve Jobs was an incredibly talented individual that left a real imprint on the world - you don't need to make him larger than he was.


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