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Scientist blames Pfizer for illness
A former Pfizer Inc. scientist who claims to have been infected by an unknown virus at the company's Groton laboratories will have her civil lawsuit heard in U.S. District Court in Hartford.
Becky McClain of Deep River, a molecular biologist who filed her suit nearly three years ago in New London Superior Court, confirmed last week that the jury trial is scheduled to commence in March on allegations that Pfizer violated whistleblower laws and exposed her to a hazardous workplace. McClain, who also charges that Pfizer violated her freedom of speech by terminating her after she pressed workplace complaints, is a former member of the company's safety committee.
McClain's attorney, Bruce E. Newman of Bristol, originally had filed suit on 11 counts, but eight of the complaints have been dismissed. Newman said in a phone interview that he considers the case to be precedent-setting because there are few government standards regulating the bioengineering field.
Pfizer denies all of the suit's most substantive charges. The company "does not retaliate against employees who raise health and safety concerns," according to Pfizer's response to the suit. The response also denies that McClain was wrongfully discharged.
"We have thoroughly investigated Ms. McClain's claims and our investigation concluded that her workplace was safe and that she was not infected by any virologic materials while she was employed by Pfizer," company spokeswoman Liz Power said in an e-mail.
"Pfizer is committed to protecting the health and safety of our colleagues and the communities in which we operate," Power said.
McClain, who worked at Pfizer for nearly a decade before being terminated in 2005, was employed in Groton's embryonic stem cells program when she said she became ill after being subjected to repeated noxious fumes coming from the hood of a device at Lab B313. She said her supervisor also became ill, but later conspired to cover up the incident, warning her that she "would lose her job if she made too big an issue out of lab safety," according to the suit.
McClain said she asked for a transfer out of Lab B313 because of ongoing health concerns. Later, she developed chronic fatigue symptoms, according to the suit, and discovered that a co-worker had been working next to her with a "dangerous lentivirus material and embryonic stem cells on an open lab bench without biological containment."
McClain later went on medical leave, according to the suit, but "continued to raise safety concerns which were never addressed," including filing five complaints about Pfizer's lab with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. She received a termination notice during her medical leave, the suit said, despite the fact that "Pfizer had promised McClain that she would not be retaliated against in any way for raising health and safety concerns."
OSHA never moved forward on her complaints, McClain said in a separate interview, largely because federal worker-safety laws have not kept pace with the rising hazards in U.S. laboratories.
"McClain was penalized in terms of her performance appraisals at Pfizer and ultimately terminated as a result of exercising her free-speech rights," according to the suit.
The lawsuit, which seeks more than $75,000 in damages, said McClain had counted on Pfizer to maintain a safe work environment. Instead, her continued exposure to genetically engineered viruses, according to the documents, has resulted in the 51-year-old scientist developing a condition that leads to periodic paralysis, joint pain and fatigue.
"During these attacks, it is difficult for her to speak and she has no voluntary muscle control," the suit stated. "The attacks themselves are accompanied by a severe chest pain and spinal pain."
The suit said the condition is believed to be permanent, and there is no known cure.
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- In a distress termination, or a termination initiated by PBGC, our communication with you begins when we take over your plan as trustee. Initially we will provide you with general information about the pension insurance program and our guarantees. We will be able to provide more specific information about your benefits after we have had an opportunity to review the plan's records, assets, benefit liabilities, and your participation in the plan.
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19 Years Ago: Patsy Cline Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Nineteen years ago today (Aug. 3, 1999) was a bittersweet day for the friends and family of Patsy Cline. It was on that date that the singer was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in honor of her many career achievements.
Cline died tragically on March 5, 1963, when she was only 30 years old, when a small plane she was a passenger in crashed en route to her home in Nashville. She was a true pioneer in country music, becoming the first female country artist to headline her own shows and among the first to perform at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. Cline released three studio albums and more than 30 singles, six of which landed in the Top 10, before her untimely death; her classic hit "Crazy," written by Willie Nelson, was named the No. 1 jukebox hit of all time in 1997, with her No. 1 hit "I Fall to Pieces" landing at No. 17 on the list as well.
Though her life was cut short, Cline's extraordinary musical legacy has continued to live on: A movie about her life, Sweet Dreams: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline, starring Jessica Lange as Cline, was released in 1985. Although a commercial success, many said that parts of the movie -- including the claim that Cline's husband, Charlie Dick, was abusive and the type of airplane that she was flying in -- were inaccurate. Nonetheless, Lange was nominated for at the Academy Awards for her portrayal of Cline.
More than 30 records of Cline's music have been released since her death, including Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits, which has sold more than 10 million copies since its release in 1967. A hologram of Cline, which will perform concerts, is in the works, and a museum dedicated to Cline now exists in Music City.
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SUN: Seattle soars past Connecticut even without Bird
UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The Seattle Storm have struggled early in the WNBA season without stars Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson.
Seattle found a way to get past that on Sunday.
Camille Little had 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Seattle beat the Connecticut Sun 78-66.
Tina Thompson had 17 points for the Storm (2-3) while Tanisha Wright added 13 points and five rebounds.
Allison Hightower had 17 points and five rebounds for Connecticut (2-5). Tina Charles added 15 points and six rebounds and Kara Lawson scored 11 points.
Jackson chose to remain home in Australia this season to rehabilitate a hamstring injury. Bird had surgery for a cyst on her knee on May 9. Both will miss the entire season.
Bird and Jackson have been the cornerstones for Seattle and led it to two WNBA championships.
"Our mindset is to fight through everything," Little said. "You can make excuses if you want, but nobody cares if Sue and Lauren aren't playing. Nobody cares what may-or-may not be going on with our team. We have to believe in ourselves and fight through everything, and tonight we showed that."
Seattle was tied with Connecticut for ninth in field goal shooting (39.1) entering the game.
The Storm shot 51.4 percent against the Sun.
"It started with our defense," Little said. "We were intense, more so than we have been in the last couple of games. We were aggressive, and it sparked our offense."
Connecticut was also short-handed. Reserve guards Renee Montgomery (high left ankle sprain) and Tan White (broken right finger) missed the game. The Sun's struggles on Sunday had little to do with a lack of players.
"We came out flat," Charles said. "In the second half we came out flat. Coach (Anne Donovan) gave us a great motivational speech coming out in the beginning and after halftime, but we came out flat. Things weren't going our way. It's just really frustrating."
Seattle led by three points midway through the third quarter, then pulled away with a 10-0 run. Thompson began the run by making the second of two throws. Shekinna Stricklen, Wright and Thompson followed with 3-pointers to give the Storm a 52-39 lead with 4:14 to play.
Stricklen, chosen second by Seattle in the 2012 draft, gave her team a lift by scoring 11 of her 16 points in the first half.
The Storm led for most of the game and ended the first half with an 8-0 run. Tameka Johnson started it with a pull-up jumper, and Little had a layup.
Lawson had a pull-up jumper for the Sun. Little missed a long 3-pointer before the shot clock expired on the Storm's next possession. She got the offensive rebound, however, leading to Thompson's 3-pointer.
Wright ended the half with a driving layup as the Storm took a 40-33 lead into halftime.
"We felt like we could be a team like this," Seattle coach Brian Agler said, "but now it's just a matter of being consistent and staying this way."


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29th November 2017
San Francisco's Brigit Carlson shares tips for Instagram success from the unlikeliest of places.
When you're going through the security line at the airport this holiday season and you get pulled aside because your pant cuffs set the full body scanner off – as usual – you're probably not thinking, "wait, lemme 'gram this first". But don't worry, Bob Burns is.
Bob is a social media hero who gets paid to make dad jokes all day, and who brought the devoted 812,000 followers of the TSA Instagram such gems as "#piecanfly" and "#TSAgoodcatch". The man who brought a sense of humor ("This weapon will not only help you defend yourself against Orcs, but it also allows you to butter two slices of toast at the same time!") to one of America's least favorite agencies, claims that his secret to success is "weapons and dogs". The success of the TSA's Instagram account, however, stems from more than just its wealth of close-up schnoz shots of furry bomb detectors and their finds. What the brand has done is find the social media sweet spot of clever, informative and engaging.
One thing the account does really well is promote TSA "wins". While everyone loves to focus on the story of the time their friend's cousin got through security with a hunting knife strapped to their leg, the account works to show what they do catch, both with individual photos and tallies of, say, the number of guns, boot knives and batarangs found each week. Not only does the account feature interesting items TSA agents have caught going through security, but it also provides readers with friendly reminders on how to, for example, properly travel with a weapon. Case in point: "Andy Warhol's throwing knives were discovered in a carry-on bag at the Denver International Airport (DEN). Throwing knives are only permitted in checked bags".
The account also pulls from the TSA Twitter to answer consumer questions. Amidst the confusion over the ever-tightening regulations imposed on post-9/11 airport security, the TSA created @AskTSA, a thread dedicated to answering the ever-pressing question of "Can it fly?". In response to a question about a flying feline, Bob replied: "The airlines regulate what counts as a carry-on, but you can bring your cat through the TSA checkpoint. Just don't pack her in your bag. We found a Chihuahua in a checked bag once, and it was not happy. Visit bit.ly/tsacats to learn more about traveling with pets". For Thanksgiving one year, he tweeted the now annual: "Your pie can fly. Pies are allowed to be carried on to your flight. Happy Thanksgiving! #ThanksgivingTravel #PieCanFly".
The biggest marker of the account's success on this front is that, because they take the time to respond individually to posts, people engage! The account gets elaborately staged pictures, ridiculous captions and outrageous hypotheticals in response. A recent example of this was a picture of someone in a T-Rex costume, captioned "Can me go, too??? @AskTSA Can we bring our dinosaur on a plane? He doesn't bite. Much". The reply was a very on point: "Jurassic'n me what? Your dinosaur would have to be placed in the cargo hold because well, he's a dinosaur… But also because he wouldn't be able to raise his arms in the body scanner."
In this effort to engage its audience, the account also profiles some of the TSA's friendliest employees – the sniffer dogs. The dogs are introduced on the account every few weeks with pictures of them on the job and just being dogs. The account also sheds light on their naming system, a subtle and lasting way that the TSA honors the victim of the 9/11 attacks: "This is Bbucca, an explosive detection canine working at the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA) checkpoint. Do you know why certain TSA canines' names are spelled using the first letter of the name twice? That's an indicator that the dog was named after a 9/11 victim. Bbucca was named in honor of Fire Marshall Ronald Paul Bucca who was killed in the South Tower of the World Trade Center."
The blog has cultivated a unique voice that allows them to put a human face on something that, for many, is a nerve-wracking and confusing part of travel. It uses a quirky dose of pop culture: "Satan's fidget spinner was discovered in a carry-on bag at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV). While normal #FidgetSpinners are permitted, this one is a weapon" and a goofy approach to get its point across about safety and about what the TSA actually does all day. Its success lies in its ability to reach people with information, engage them, make them laugh, and, at the end of the day, it stays true to its weird, weird self.
Brigit Carlson is a senior account executive with Grayling's San Francisco team.
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Will Kunkel, Executive Vice President for Creative and Content in Grayling New York, on the final of our #7for17 trends, Live and Uncut'Timing is everything' has been a favorite line to many but...Read More
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Danica Ross, Grayling San Francisco US Executive Vice President, on how brands can guide themselves through the 'the new space race' – part of our #7for17 trends series.In an era where brands...Read More
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I know it has been a long hiatus since my last posting. The guilt never fails to creep up on me whenever I think of this blog. But I have a beyond good and valid reason for my disappearance! Believe me...
B and I are in hopeful and cheery anticpation of a little new addition to our family in May! We are taking our first baby steps into parenthood, and boy...though the little one has not quite joined us in the real world yet, B and I have gone through a series of ups and downs in the past 4.5 months. But we believe that this new year will be a better year, filled with God's goodness and mercy.
|present from elder sis to baby
these were bought before we knew baby's gender
we were going for the muji look!
Undoubtedly, my daily activities and movements have been dictated by this little being. I was down with wretched retching for the first few months which left me so sick and tired. There was nothing much that I could do except read and sleep. The sight of food turned me off most of the time, which needless to say, made it completely impossible to continue with this food blog. It was so bad that I stopped purchasing my staple food magazines. Am I ever so glad that I have since parted with those times of outflowing, and back with my voracious appetite.
So why didn't I come back to my blog sooner?
Hmm... The burgeoning tummy has made it much tougher than expected. I've tried photographing some cookies that I baked for Christmas, but nearly passed out with exhaustion from moving tables, props, etc. Aah...I know it sounds like such an exaggeration, and I don't deny that...
The truth is that it is a whole mix of inertia, festive distractions and a change in focus for me. Somehow, motherhood is looming all over my mind now, and I can't seem to escape it. B has been urging me to come back to photography and blogging, and I have hesitated in agreeing to give it a shot. So, please be patient with me as I slowly gather myself together. I hope I haven't lost it yet.. (that's every artiste's greatest fear.. hahahah!)
Alright, I hereby promise that I will do a post on the cookies that I baked for Christmas! In the meantime, allow me to have my Mozart break with baby. I love feeling the kicks in my tummy.... one of the greater joys in pregnancy..
|these i bought after knowing the baby's gender
no prizes for making the right guess!


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The Queensberry Hotel4
Russell Street, Bath, BA1 2QF
Price FromView Rooms
- Very Good
- 86 guest reviews
"Parking should be free not £12.50 a day Breakfast should be in the price and not £35.00 a day (and not very nice very greasy)..."
"The parking is very limited but it was an easy walk to the town center and other place. Lovely old building and a very nice breakfast...."
"Fantastic hotel, fantastic room, fantastic location. Staff are very friendly and helpfull. Only suggestion for improvement is tea and coffe..."
"The Queensberry was perfectly located for a weekend in Bath just a few minutes stroll from the centre with its beautiful shops, restaurants..."
"A very friendly small hotel, well placed for exploring Bath. Valet parking is a great service...."
About the hotel
The Queensberry hotel is Bath's quintessentially boutique hotel featuring four luxurious town houses built by John Wood in 1772 still boasting many of the original Georgian features. Situated just a few minutes' walk from Bath's wealth of exclusive boutiques, world famous museums and architectural landmarks, The Queensberry offers the ideal base from which to explore and enjoy all Bath has to offer. All rooms are individually designed and decorated, each with their own unique character.
Free tea and coffee is served in the hotel's drawing room between 08:00 and 20:00 daily, room service is available 24 hours. In less than 2 miles, you'll be able to reach the Bath spa railway which would also give convenience for your travel. Welcoming, interesting bedrooms and cosy reception rooms give The Queensberry Hotel a feeling of casual luxury. Valet parking is available to all hotel guests at a surcharge, the hotel also offers free WiFi in all areas.
Summer is the perfect time to visit The Queensberry, enjoy a cool glass of Pimms in our private gardens before having a relaxing dinner in The Olive Tree. The Olive Tree Restaurant at The Queensberry, under the lead of acclaimed Chef Chris Cleghorn, is very popular locally and we do strongly recommend that residents make reservations at the time of their booking to guarantee a table.
Please note that a 5% discretionary service charge will be applied to the room rate on your final bill.
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- 24 Hour Reception, Babysitting services, Cots available, Telephone In Each Room, 24 Hour Room Service, Limited room service for hot food, Concierge, Laundry/Valet Service, Wake Up Call Available, Porter, Ground floor bedrooms
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- Wi-Fi Available, Meeting Facilities, Wi-Fi Available In Public Areas, Wi-Fi Available In Rooms
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- Restaurant, Bar
- In Room Entertainment
- Video/DVD Player, TV, Radio
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- Car Parking Available Offsite, Valet Parking
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- Up to 12 years old
- The price shown is based on the occupancy and dates you have searched for. Prices and availability are subject to change based on the arrival date, number of nights and occupancy searched for. All prices are inclusive of all local taxes.
- Pets are not allowed
Customer Reviews
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94% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
Parking and bad breakfast
Parking should be free not £12.50 a day
Breakfast should be in the price and not £35.00 a day (and not very nice very greasy)...
Nice Hotel
The parking is very limited but it was an easy walk to the town center and other place.
Lovely old building and a very nice breakfast....
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Our main weekly practice session where you can shoot at a range of distances in an informal and friendly environment. Use these sessions to tune your bow, practice your form or shoot a round as long as there is time which you should check with the Field Captain before starting to shoot.
If you are shooting a round, remember that normal Archery GB rules apply so you must have the correct amount of 'sighters' before scoring. That means that you can't shoot a dozen practice arrows and then score a round to submit to the Records Officer. Again, the Field Captain can help you here.
You must help set up the field and pack away again. Arriving after shooting has started and leaving before shooting ends is not fair on your club mates. If you know that you cannot stay for the whole session, make the Field Captain aware of this.
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By Douwe Miedema and David Sheppard
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street's multibillion-dollar commodity trading operations came under the political spotlight on Tuesday as a powerful U.S. Senate committee questioned whether commercial banks should control oil pipelines, power plants and metals warehouses.
The Senate Banking Committee hearing comes as Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase - which generated an estimated $4 billion in commodity revenues last year - face growing pressure from a number of investigations into their operations, and as the Federal Reserve reviews Wall Street's right to operate in raw material markets.
Big aluminum buyers represented by MillerCoors, the second largest brewer in the U.S., told the packed hearing that the banks' control of metal warehouses that are part of the London Metal Exchange network drove up their costs by as much as $3 billion last year by distorting supplies.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, which bought LME warehouses in 2010, "have created a bottleneck which limits the supply of aluminum," Tim Weiner, global risk manager for the brewer, the combined U.S. operations of Molson Coors and SABMiller , told the U.S. Senate banking committee.
The banks were not present at the hearing, but as it got underway Goldman Sachs issued its first public rebuttal of mounting criticism of its metals warehousing unit, denying that Metro International Trade Services has deliberately caused aluminum shortages and inflated prices.
The threat to Wall Street's physical commodity trading divisions has escalated abruptly across multiple fronts, putting an uncomfortable spotlight on a lucrative side of their business that has thus far fallen largely outside of regulators' sights.
Lawmakers also took the opportunity to criticize the Federal Reserve for allowing banks to expand their commodity activities, and once again questioned the wisdom of scrapping the Glass-Steagall law that separated corporate and investment banking, a decision that helped open the door to commodity dealing.
"We've have created a tangle and it takes time to undo that," said Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a Democrat. She said her recently introduced "21st century Glass Steagall" bill would help to "disentangle what has become a mess that is both hard to regulate and is creating additional risk."
Sherrod Brown, Democrat for Ohio, said after the hearing the Senate Banking Committee will ask the banks and the Fed to give testimony at another hearing in September.
Last Friday, the Fed raised the stakes dramatically, issuing a surprise statement to say it was reviewing a landmark 2003 ruling that first allowed commercial banks to trade physical commodities such as gasoline barges and coffee beans. Until then, the Fed had been thought to be only debating whether or not certain banks could own assets, not trade the raw materials.
At issue is not whether banks should be allowed to trade derivatives like corn futures or oil options, but whether they should be allowed to invest in infrastructure such as tankers and warehouses that can be integrated with their trading operations - and more broadly whether they should be allowed to continue holding title to the underlying physical commodities.
The Senate hearing will increase pressure on the banks commodities businesses at a time of growing frustration in Washington over the failure to complete reforms meant to prevent "Too Big to Fail" banks from endangering the wider economy.
Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) also launched the opening salvo of a possible enquiry into the lucrative but controversial business of metals warehousing, which has become a potent political lightning rod.
Over the following years, a glut of aluminum and other metals piled up in these storage sheds, forcing companies to wait as long as 18 months to take delivery of physical supplies, MillerCoors' Weiner said at the hearing.
JPMorgan is also reportedly close to a more than $400 million settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as the bank tries to put to rest allegations that its traders manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.
The bank's alleged activity in those markets was linked to its control over real power plants and energy supplies, a fact likely to sharpen questions over the rules for ownership.
The hearing was the first to address the oversight of banks in physical commodity markets since a Reuters report last year revealed that Goldman and Morgan Stanley were still awaiting a Fed decision on whether they can still own physical assets after becoming bank holding companies in 2008.
Commercial banks are prohibited from owning trading assets, but the two former investment banks argued that their commodity activities are permitted under a "grandfathering" clause in a 1997 law that effectively scrapped much of the Glass-Steagall act separating the commercial and investment banks.
The Fed has until a mid-September deadline to make that decision, and has never commented on the issue - a lack of disclosure that has fueled criticism over its transparency.
"We've talked about a lack of transparency on both the regulators and the institutions, we don't even know what the regulators seem to be doing," said Brown.
Separately, JPMorgan - which as a commercial bank has never been allowed to own assets - is believed to have reconfigured its Henry Bath metal warehousing business in order seek qualification as a "merchant banking" investment with the Fed, sources have said.
It is unclear whether that effort, which would require the warehouses to be managed at arm's length from the bank and divested within 10 years, was successful. JPMorgan has also floated a possible sale of Henry Bath, sources have said. The bank has declined to comment on the status of the unit.
Randall D. Guynn, a partner and head of the Financial Institutions Group at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, says the Fed's original 2003 decision to allow Citigroup Inc to trade physical commodities should not be lightly dismissed.
"Both Congress and the Federal Reserve have previously found that the public benefits of these activities outweigh their potential adverse effects," he said.


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Pondering the divine: Ridley Scott proves he is still evolving
Ridley Scott's Prometheus is a magnificent science fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers. It's in the classic tradition of golden age sci-fi, echoing Scott's Alien, but creating a world of its own. I'm a pushover for material like this; it's a seamless blend of story, special effects, and pitch-perfect casting, filmed in sane, effective 3-D that doesn't distract.
A scene at the outset shows a world with apparently only one animal being, a pale humanoid who stalks a high ridge surrounded by spectacular scenery. This person eats something that causes painful vomiting and quick body decay. The vomit is followed into flowing water, where it seems to morph into living cellular structures. Where is this place? Is it Earth? Who is the being, and why alone and naked? Is the scene a visualization of the theory that life first arrived on Earth from outer space?
Cut to a human spaceship in the year 2093, qualifying Prometheus for a flash-forward spanning more years than the opening of 2001. The trillion-dollar ship Prometheus is en route to a distant world that seems pointed to in prehistoric cave paintings. There's reason to believe human life may have originated there. It's an Earth-sized moon orbiting a giant planet, and at first it seems a disappointment: no growing things, unbreathable atmosphere. But the crew notices straight lines on the surface, and as we all know, Nature makes no straight lines.
The lines lead to a vast dome or pyramid, and the film will mostly take place inside the dome and the Prometheus. But let's put the plot on hold and introduce two of the crew members: Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) wears a cross around her neck and believes life ultimately had a divine origin. Her boyfriend, Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green), accuses her, a scientist, of dismissing centuries of Darwinism. What they find in the pyramid leaves the question open. Alien humanoids, found in suspended animation, incredibly have DNA that is a perfect match for our own. So they could somehow have brought life to Earth– but why? And from this moon where they slumber inside their pyramid, or from another planet around a distant star? Why did they stop here? What are they waiting for? Full Review


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Crosstex Energy, L.P. (NASDAQ: XTEX) (the Partnership) and Crosstex
Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) (the Corporation) announced today that Barry
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Google's Summer of Code 2011
Django will be once again applying to be a sponsoring organization for the 2011 Google Summer of Code. (Read Google's page for more information on how the program works.)
The period for mentoring organizations to register is February 28 - March 11. Google will be announcing the accepted organizations on March 18.
If you're interested in mentoring -- supervising a student in work on Django-related activities -- add your name and email here:
- Your Name (Your Email)
Student application period opens March 28 and ends on April 8.
If you'd like to get started on your proposal early, we'll be looking for a few things.
- You'll need to have a concrete task in mind (some ideas are below) along with a solid idea of what will constitute "success" (you tell us).
- If your proposal is a single large feature, you'll need to present a detailed design specification. This proposal should be posted to django-developers, where it can be refined until it is accepted by the developer community.
- We'll want to know a bit about you -- links to previous work are great, if any. If you're proposing something ambitious, you'll need to convince us that you're up to the task.
- You'll also need to provide us with a schedule, including a detailed work breakdown and major milestones so your mentor can know if and when to nag you :)
Note that none of the ideas below are good enough to be submissions in their own right (so don't copy and paste)! We'll want to know not just what you want to do but how you plan to pull it off.
Don't feel limited to the ideas below -- if you've got a cool project you want to work on, we'll probably be able to find you a mentor. We plan on approving as many projects as we possibly can.
Note: we're looking for projects that add value to Django itself - not application/CMS projects that use Django.
You should also note that as far as proposals go, we don't make a distinction between a GSoC project and any other proposal for a new feature. When you contribute code, you will be expected to adhere to the same contribution guidelines as any other code contributor. This means you will be expected to provide extensive tests and documentation for any feature you add, you will be expected to participate in discussion on django-developers when your topic of interest is raised. If you're not already familiar with Django's contribution guidelines, now would be a good time to read them.
The django-gsoc Google Group has been setup to facilitate communication between students and mentors in the GSoC efforts. This list should only be used for GSoC administrative matters. Any discussions on the specifics of a given proposal should be directed to django-developers.
Here are some suggestions for projects students may want to propose (lazyweb: please add to this list!). This isn't by any means the be-all and end-all of ideas; please feel free to submit proposals for things not on this list. However, if you're going to propose something that isn't on this list, you might want to check on django-developers to see if there is any interest before you start drafting a full proposal.
When developing your proposal, try to scope ideas/proposals to the 4-month timeline -- simply proposing to fix a ticket or two will probably result in your proposal being rejected in favor of a more ambitious one. The GSoC does not cover activities other than coding, so certain ideas ("Write a more detailed tutorial" or "Create demonstration screencasts" or "Add a pony?") are not suitable for inclusion here.
On the other side, though, be sure to be concrete in your proposal. We'll want to know what your goals are, and how you plan to accomplish them.
In no particular order:
Template compilation
- Complexity: High
A common criticism of Django's template language is that it is too slow. One reason for this is that the rendering process is handled at a very high level, interpreting a tree of tree nodes that have been generated by parsing the template source file.
Other Python-based template languages gain significant speedups by compiling templates directly to Python bytecode. A Django template compiler would allow for similar templating speedups.
Issues to consider:
- How does Django's template variable scoping rules map to a compilation scheme?
- Django Template tags are able to modify the context as the template is rendered. How does this affect the compilation process?
- How should we handle the upgrade path when compiled templates are added to trunk?
See also:
- One proposal to implement template compilation
- The [source:django/trunk/django/template django.template code module]
- Other template languages, like Jinja2 and Cheetah
Enhanced auth.user
- Complexity: High
One of the most common class of questions on django-users surrounds issues of customizing Django's User model. For example:
- How can I use an email address as a username?
- I want to use Twitter/OAuth/Facebook to login - why can't I leave the username field empty?
- How can I make the username field N characters longer/shorter?
- How can I allow [insert random character] in usernames?
- How can I have a single "name" field instead of "first_name"/"last_name"?
At present, there is no easy answer to these questions. Use of Django User model is not mandatory, but it is a dependency for a lot of Django applications. It is possible to do some of these customizations using some tricks or by manually modifying the contrib.auth source code, but these are not good solutions for novice users.
Ticket #3011 describes one approach that has been rejected - the idea of a 'pluggable' User model.
Note: This isn't a problem with an existing worked solution. A successful proposal on this project will require extensive discussion on django-developers.
Issues to consider:
- How can we represent the generic idea of a User without reducing the user table to little more than an identifying primary key?
- How can we differentiate the ideas of identity, permission and authentication?
- How can we manage the dependencies that exist in contrib.admin (and other parts of Django core and Django.contrib) that rely on the internals of auth.User as currently implemented?
- How can we roll out a new/modified User model without requiring almost every Django application on the planet to undergo a complex database modification?
See also:
- #3011, and any discussion on django-developers that references it.
- Discussions on django-users when users have asked the "how do I" questions
- The [source:django/trunk/django/template django.contrib.auth code module]
Improved error reporting
- Complexity: Medium
The error messages raised by Django can sometimes be confusing or misleading. This is sometimes due to Django wrapping and re-raising errors when it shouldn't. Sometimes it's due to Django not displaying error information effectively. Sometimes it's simply a matter of not catching the right errors.
This should be fixed. Error messages are just as important to the development process as good documentation. This project would address the error reporting issues in Django to ensure that the errors reported by a Django project are as good as they can be.
Issues to consider:
- Import errors discovered during application loading during can be masked under certain circumstances.
- Errors in template tags and filters rarely produce helpful error messages.
- Errors in ModelForm and ModelAdmin can raise errors that don't indicate the real problem
See also:
- The Better Error Messages proposal page
- Ticket #3349
Improve annotation and aggregation
- Complexity: Medium
The 2009 Summer of Code added the annotate() and aggregate() calls to Django's query arsenal. While these tools work well for simple arithmetic aggregates, they don't work well for date and string based queries. There are also use cases where you may want to annotate data onto a model that *isn't* an aggregate (for example, annotating the sum of two other aggregates).
This project would continue where the 2009 GSoC aggregation project left off. This would be an excellent project for anyone wishing to gain an intimate understanding of Django's Query infrastructure.
Issues to consider:
- String concatenation and manipulation (e.g., annotate a model with the uppercase version of the first 5 characters of someone's name)
- Grouping of results by date (e.g., show me a count of articles, grouped by day)
- Allowing non-null defaults in aggregation (e.g., when a model has no related objects, use 0 not NULL)
- Aggregates involving generic relations
See also:
- Trac's list of ORM aggregation tickets
- The [source:django/trunk/django/db/query.py Django's QuerySet implementation]
Multiple timezone support for datetime representation
- Complexity: Medium
Currently The
TIME_ZONE Django setting allows PostgreSQL-backed installations to run project/application on timezones different from each other and from the system timezone of the server.
Also, the information of DateTime fields is retrieved from the database as naïve Python
datetime instances and when the DB backend is PostgreSQL the data sent and retrieved to/from the DB is corrected by the
TIME_ZONE value.
But if you need to have:
- date+time data to be entered in different locations using the local time
- such data be displayed in the local time at different locations different from the location where it was originally entered.
then more granularity is needed so different instances of date+time inside one application can be handled in a way that takes in account its timezone.
An additional possibility would to create an additional presentation layer, where an user location/timezone preference can influence and personalize the display of date+time's (see the Django template filter idea in one of the thread linked below.)
Other advantages of a solution to this problem could be: Isolation from daylight saving time political policy changes and isolation from changes on time zones should the hosting of a production application be moved form one geographical location to another.
Issues to consider:
- Compatibility with all the DB backend officially supported by Django
- Backwards compatibility: Existing installations shouldn't be affected at all regarding the storage/interpretation of
DateTimemodel fields values
See also:
- Tickets #2626, #10587 and possibly #1480 and #2447
- A django-dev thread
- Another django-dev thread
- A blog post describing how this was implemented for Ruby on Rails 2.1
- timestamp PostgreSQL data type documentation
- Django
TIME_ZONEsetting documentation: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#time-zone
Customizable serialization
- Complexity: Minor
Django's current serializer implementation imposes some restrictions that limit the usefulness of the serializers outside of fixture loading. The basic serialization format, for example, can't be changed.
The aim of this project would be to deliver a fully customizable serialization framework. Ideally, this would be a class-based structure that allows users to define their own serialization format (including different output structure, including non-model fields, etc). The end goal is that you should be able to output any object (or list of objects), in any format, to any depth, with any additional information that might be relevant in a serialization context.
In short, anywhere we have made an arbitrary design decision with Django's existing serializers, that decision should be customizable as an end user.
When developing your proposal, the proof of concept is that you should be able to define Django's existing serialization formats using your new serialization format.
Issues to consider:
- Serializing nested structures (of arbitrary depth)
- Serializing subsets of model attributes
- Serializing non-database attributes/properties
- Serialized output that doesn't match the current default output format (i.e., a model in JSON doesn't have to be {"pk": XX, "model": "myapp.foo", "fields": {...}} )
- Serialized output format that can change on a per-model basis
- Serialized output format that can change based on where in the output tree the object is located (e.g., output the full User object if it's included from within model X, but only output the username if its included from within model Y)
- In an XML context, control over the tags, namespaces, attributes and nesting structures in the final XML
- In a JSON/YAML context, control over the use of lists, dictionaries etc, as well as the choice of key names for dictionaries.
See also:
- Open serialization tickets
- The [source:django/trunk/django/core/serialization Django's current serializer implementation]
- The many past unsuccessful GSoC proposals regarding serialization improvements.
IPv6 support
- Complexity: Minor
Django doesn't currently provide support for IPv6. This project would update Django to provide support for IPv6 wherever Django currently uses IPv4 addresses.
Issues to consider:
- Can IPv6 support be added to model fields without adding a new field type? Add ipv6=False kwarg to IPAddressField?
- Is there anywhere in the WSGI/FCGI interface where IPv6 issues exist, but are currently unreported
- Can IPv6 support be added to configuration files (e.g., to specify memcache interfaces) in a transparent fashion?
See also:
Best practices updates
- Complexity: Moderate
Over the years, as Django has evolved, the idea of what constitutes "best practice" has also evolved. However, some parts of Django haven't kept up with those best practices. For example, contrib.comments and contrib.databrowse aren't deployable apps in the same sense as contrib.admin. As a result, these apps can't be (easily) deployed multiple times, and they can't use URL namespacing.
In addition, some features of Django's core have grown and evolved, and need refactoring. For example, validation is now performed in several places, but don't operate by hooking into the core 'validate' command. In addition, many aspects of the core validate command should be farmed out to the things that are being validated (e.g., the max/min conditions on a field should be validated by the field, not by a third party validator).
In short, Django has been bad at eating it's own dogfood. The contents of contrib should be audited and updated to make sure it meets current best practices.
Issues to consider:
- What components need to be updated, and why?
- How to do this update while maintaining backwards compatibility?
See also:
Validation functionality revamping
- Complexity: Moderate
This ideas has some overlap with the previous one.
Django currently has a validation framework: A static, monolithic collection of checks implemented in Python code that is automatically executed before the syncdb or runserver commands and whose functionality is available through the validate management command. It is given the chance to inspect the model definitions of installed apps and can flag errors to the developer during the development phase.
But there is the possibility to expand it to increase its usefulness. These are some ideas that have been proposed so far:
- Add the concept of warnings, as opposed to the current hard errors. This would mean a refactoring of the code into a more generic framework so we can defer validation to individual fields or to the database backend, as required. Some scenarios where it would be of help to developers by pointing some non-fatal but potential problems:
- Some database backends have some reserved names for database columns (e.g. Oracle doesn't accept columns named date or number)
- Some fields names chosen by the developer can clash with names of ORM query lookups.
- Provide a mechanism so applications can hook and get their own validation code run at this point. See for example ticket #8579.
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Left: An awesome Atlas moth in the butterflies exhibition, snapped by our butterfly house manager. Why not take your own butterfly pics inside the exhibition or at home and enter our Pinterest competition?
On Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 2 June, the Wildlife Garden is the focus of our free Bat Festival weekend, which also spreads its wings into the Museum's Darwin Centre for extra displays and talks, so make some plans if you're a batty friend.
Tadpoles, yellow rattle, buttercups and the thriving bee tree in our spring-filled Widlife Garden, which also hosts the Bat Festival on the weekend of 1 to 2 June. Below, batty action at last year's festival.
Inside the Museum, there are over 30 wonderful galleries to explore and the chance to book in advance for the ever-popular Dinosaurs, as well as puppet shows, hands-on activities and investigative fun. Browse our What's on for kids section to get the best recommendations.
Left: Fossil corals display in Dinosaur Way. Right: The roaring jaws of the sabre-tooth cat in the Extinction exhibition - look out for our 2for1 ticket vouchers for Extinction in the Museum.
For more grown-up stimulation, there's a choice of two major ticketed exhibitions, Sebastaio Salgado's Genesis and Extinction. Or you could drop in to one or more of the many free talks in our Attenborough Studio scheduled through the week. Starting Sunday 26 and ending on Wednesday 29 May, the talks include live-links to the Isles of Scilly where the Field work with Nature Live team are accompanying Museum scientists performing their research. The Treasures Cadogan Gallery is also a must for anyone who wants to get to the heart of the Museum in one gallery.
Volunteers week, 1 to 7 June, coincides with the half-term holiday break and you can get a look at some of the Indonesian fossil corals volunteers helped to prepare for research in a new display cabinet in Dinosaur Way. Or take the lift up to the Specimen Preparation Area in the Cocoon on 30 May to see our new volunteers actually at work.
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Don Bastian '53 thinks maturity may have given him an edge as GC's student body president. About five years older than his classmates, he was married and had two children when he took office. "As far as being trusted as a leader," he recalls, "I think my extra years worked in my favour."
Bastian went on to pastor congregations in Canada and the U.S. He eventually served as bishop in the Free Methodist Church for 19 years, a role that afforded him many opportunities to observe effective leaders. "I saw that, wherever it is exercised, good leadership takes energy, focus, goodwill, some flexibility, clarity and steadiness of purpose," he says, "sometimes candor and sometimes just ruggedness in staying on course."
Here are five lessons Bastian picked up along the way.
Opposition doesn't preclude good relationships
"Frank VanValin and I ran against one another for the position of Greenville College student body president," he recalls. "At first, students predicted a shoo-in for me, but coming down to the wire I was ahead of him by only three votes. He and I have gone on to be lifetime friends."
Surround yourself with good people
Bastian claims that his greatest asset was his vice president, Don Riggs. "He jokes that I was good at delegating," says Bastian. "I fear he was right, because with a family to provide for, I struggled to keep my head (and theirs) above water. During the year, I often went out singing and preaching on weekends. Don was a saint about it."
Eight years after he graduated, Bastian returned to Greenville to pastor the College church. He again surrounded himself with good people, an asset when the congregation renovated their church's sanctuary and built an education center. "Several members who held the respect of the congregation served on the building committee, including an experienced builder, Howard Krober," he recalls. "The congregation moved forward very supportively without the wrangles that sometimes go along with church building projects."
Due diligence paves the way for success
Filling more than 150 positions each year for individual jobs and committee posts may seem daunting to any administrator, but Bastian hit on a system that generated dependable results. "I began meeting with the nominating committee of four plus myself as early as March. Prayerfully we discussed and decided on persons to be presented as nominees. At the close of each meeting, we would divide up the names among the committee. Before the next meeting all persons would have been approached seeking their willingness to let their names be on ballot. With this detailed preparation, the election in late spring would go very smoothly, and when fall came, the offices would be pretty well filled."
No substitute for integrity
"Leaders who can't gain and hold trust don't last," says Bastian. He observes that effective leaders have a certain energy about them, "whether it's quiet and well governed or robust and commanding. They have a well-developed work ethic. They aren't always brilliant but they are knowledgeable about what they are attempting. They are flexible enough to adjust as circumstances change but not merely elastic in their responses to every new challenge. And they have staying power. They seem to know where they are going and have a knack for attracting a following."
Learn from the best
"Whether in the context of a student body or a local church or a larger Christian assignment, why should any leader go off course when we have the world's best leader ever for an example and a source of renewing energy, Jesus Christ the Lord?" asks Bastian. He cautions, however, that in tough times, Christian leaders have to remember that Christ's leadership also involved the suffering of a cross.
Editor's Note: Bishop Bastian's book The Pastor's First Love: And Other Essays on a High and Holy Calling has been recently published. It is available on Amazon.com or through your local bookseller.
Visit Bishop Bastian's blog, Just Call Me Pastor.
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We asked directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson to reflect on their experience screening their Special Jury Award-winning, SFFS-supported film American Promise at Sundance.
Joe: This has certainly been a roller-coaster ride for us. We were accepted into our dream festival and left Park CIty, Utah with an amazing outcome. We were honored with a special Jury Prize for achievement in documentary filmmaking and we received amazing reviews from the critics. Yet, there is a cloud of worry looming over my head and I cannot pinpoint why. It is not the 12 inches of snow outside my Brooklyn doorstep nor the cough I acquired from our nightly Sundance celebrating. My concern is that our Sundance storybook beginning was just that - a beginning. What happens next?
Michèle: I guess the concern (or fear) is that this will not continue. And since returning to Brooklyn we clearly have not been recipients of the same attention and adulation. We are back to life as parents , soccer practice and PTA meetings. That's not a bad thing, because the Sundance pace was unsustainable. I have Joe's same concerns. I want my work, 13 years worth of it, to be seen and respected by our peers. I want to be assured that we will make a difference in how the subject of academic achievement of Black boys is handled. But we can't guarantee anything. So, we work, we wait and we worry.
Idris: That sentiment is pretty typical in this family. My parents have invested so much time and effort into the making of this film but they can't even relish this moment. Well, me, I'm gonna relax and enjoy the moment before I need to get into my mid-term groove. My parents' dedication to this project has been inspiring to me and I'm proud of them but if someone dropped a shitload of money in their pockets right now, they would still be nervous about tomorrow.
Joe: I'm not sure things are that simple. We have high expectations and we need to manage them. The reality is that acceptance to a festival is just the first step toward the realization of our goals for the film, behavior change. We are coming to terms that every festival, every newspaper review, every community screening will be a struggle. I guess this realization is the painful truth of film campaigns, results always require lots of hard work and uncertainty.
Michèle: But we had plans and we were prepared for post-Sundance journey. Over the next two years we will take American Promise on the road, hosting community screenings nationwide and partnering with organizations whose mission includes supporting Black males' academic, social and emotional growth. We are also completing a book, American Promise, scheduled for an October 2013 release (Random House) for parents and other stakeholders aimed at helping to close the academic achievement gap. We are also supporting an effort to raise $100,000 for Big Brothers Big Sister's Mentoring Brothers In Action Initiative and enlist 100 new mentors (of any background) for Black males, who have the hardest time finding mentors. So, if you are reading this blog and you want to reduce Joe's anxiety level, send $10.00 to Big Brother's and Big Sisters by text, text BIG1 to 80100.
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Four men have been arrested by detectives investigating travel to Syria in support of alleged terrorist activity.
A 33-year-old man was arrested at Gatwick airport at 4.17pm yesterday as he attempted to take a flight out of UK, a statement from the Metropolitan Police (MPS) said.
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Jubayer Chowdhury, 24, was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command at Heathrow Airport in November after arriving on a flight from Bahrain and is now facing charges in connection with the alleged plot.
Shajul Islam, 26, a trainee NHS doctor, who studied at St Bartholomew's and a University of London Hospital, is also accused of being part of an extremist group which held John Cantlie, who worked for various newspapers including The Sunday Times, and Jeroen Oerlemans for around a week in the war-torn state.
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We have just learned that Ken and Betty Dales, the owners of Fontaine Sport and Cycle in Peterborough, Ontario (1968-1984), passed away as a result of a automobile accident on Christmas Eve. For a large contingent of the Peterborough area cycling community in the 1970's (including myself), Fontaine Sport and Cycle was where we got our start.
Personally, my first racing bike came from Fontaine (where I was allowed to pay for it in weekly installments). Mike Gorman (father of Charlie and Brendan, national Junior team members) worked at Fontaine for years, and other top riders such as Don Hodgson, Dave Pearce and Simon Ciceri all got their starts through Fontaine Sport and Cycle, and the Dales.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 30th from 7 - 9 pm at the Nisbett Funeral Home and Chapel, 600 Monaghan Road S., Peterborough (705) 745-3211. Funeral service will be held in the Nisbett Chapel on Thursday, December 31st at 11 am, with interment to follow at Rosemount Memorial Gardens. In memory of Ken & Betty, donations to Our Space Community Centre would be appreciated.
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History of Koh Samui According to the evidence found on Samui Island, historians believe that it was first inhabited by man at most 1,200 years ago. In 1940s, the island was still isolated from the outside world. Those wishing to travel to Samui had to travel from Surat Thani for approximately 6 hours. As in-land transportation was not well established, it took several hours for people to walk through the lush jungles to the beach. It was only in the early 1970's that Koh Samui became a dream destination discovered by backpackers. With the development of infrastructure, an increasing number of travelers were attracted to the island. Samui's concrete ring road was finished in 1973 by the order of the government. Passing beautiful beaches around the island and connecting sub-district areas, the road facilitated tourism. The Tourism Authority of Thailand explored the island in 1980 and realizing the high tourism potential of Samui, a plan to develop and promote tourism on the island was implemented. As a result, it has become and will continue to be a popular tourist destination in Thailand. Koh Samui is located in the Gulf of Thailand, approximately 84 kilometers east of Surat Thani Province, or approximately 700 kilometers south of Bangkok. Known as the Coconut Island, Koh Samui is one of the most famous and popular attractions of Thailand. With an area of 247 square kilometers, Koh Samui is the third largest island of Thailand after Phuket and Koh Chang (of Trat Province). The topography of the island is that of a plain with a mountain range in the middle and 7 important streams. In addition, there is a 50-kilometer paved road that encircles the island. Moreover, the area of the island stretches to a group of 48 surrounding islets. Despite the fast pace of development, Koh Samui has been able to maintain its charm its classical image of a tropical beach resort fringed by coconut trees. Travelers to the island can enjoy a mixed blessing of vibrant day and nightlife along side with tranquility which can easily be found across different parts of Koh Samui as the archipelago is a peaceful home for fishermen and a natural den for seagulls and other rare birds. Hat Chaweng and Hat Lamai are Koh Samuis most beautiful and most popular beaches. Both have a huge selection of accommodations suitable for every budget. Please note that room rates increase during the high season, from December to July, when Samui sparkles. The nightlife of each beach is different: Hat Chaweng is better for couples, women and families, while single men are drawn to the beer bar culture of Hat Lamai. These resorts, as well as Na Thon (Samui's main town), have communications, exchange and car/motorcycle hire facilities. Other beaches include Hat Choeng Mon, Hat Mae Nam in the north and Hat Na Thon, the island's major seafront settlement where shops, restaurants and tour agencies are concentrated. Apart from its many lovely beaches and tranquil bays, Koh Samui is also noted for its high quality coconuts that grow densely everywhere. The best time to visit Koh Samui is from February to April when the sea is calm. The Southern dialect and the standard Thai language are spoken while English is widely understood in tourist areas. Getting to Koh Samui By air Bangkok Airways flies from Bangkok to Koh Samui 13 times daily. The flight takes about one hour and 10 minutes. It also offers daily flights between Phuket and Samui. For more information, call its Bangkok office, 0 2229 3456, 0 2229 3434, Samui office, 0 7742 2512 - 9 or Samui Airport Office 0 7724 5601-8. By bus Air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal for Surat Thani several times daily. The trip takes about 11 hours. For further information, call 0 2435 1199, 0 2435 1200 (air-con), 0 2434 5557 - 8 (non-air-con). By car From Bangkok, take Highway 4 (Buddha Monthon Road) through Phetchaburi and Chumphon Provinces and then drive on to Highways 41 and 401 to Surat Thani Province. From Surat Thani, visitors can take their cars to Koh Samui through a vehicle ferry at Donsak Pier. The trip takes 1.30 hours. By rail Several trains leave Bangkok's Hualamphong Station for Surat Thani daily. The trip takes about 12 hours. Train / bus / ferry combination tickets are also available. For more information, call Hualamphong Railway Station, 0 2223 7010, 0 2223 7020. From Surat Thani to Koh Samui 1.Express boat 1.1 An express ferry boat of Songserm Travel departs from Tha Thong Pier in Surat Thani at 8.00 a.m. and arrives at Na Thon Pier in Samui at 10.30 a.m. every day. For the return trip, the boat leaves Na Thon Pier at 2.00 p.m. and reaches Tha Thong at 4.30 p.m. 1.2 Express boats of Seatran Express operate three times a day between Ban Don and Koh Samui. Departure times are 7.00 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. The trip takes two hours. 2. Ferry Boats of Seatran Seatran Ferry, which can accommodate 60 cars and 400 passengers, operates several trips per day between Don Sak (Surat Thani) and Koh Samui, from 5.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The trip takes about 1.30 hours. 3. Night ferry A slow night ferry leaves Ban Don Pier nightly at 11 p.m. and reaches Na Thon Pier at Samui around 5 a.m. (6 hours). For the return trip, the boat leaves Na Thon Pier at 9.00 p.m. and arrives at Ban Don Pier at 4.00 a.m. (7 hours). Getting around Koh Samui Samui is an explorer's dream to discover something new. Offering a wealth of diversity of landscape, vistas, flora and fauna, and yet small enough to seek adventure in its many out-of-the-way places, Samui is best seen by taking songthaews (red local bus) which operate around the island. The fare starts at 20 baht, depending on the distance of the destination. By Taxi Taxi Meters are available for getting around Koh Samui. The taxi fare is shown on the meter with a surcharge of 90 Baht to the driver. Note: if you have any problem with taxi services on Ko Samui, please report to Public Bus Passenger Protection Center, Suratthani Provincial land Transportation Office, Koh Samui branch. or Call 1584 By a rented Jeep Rented Jeep, 4WD, is available from many family-owned agencies and some well known large companies. The vehicle will serve as the basic means of transportation taking visitors around many hillside natural and man-made attractions which are easily accessible from the ring road. Some of these vehicles come with insurance, but the coverage is limited. Always ask for details first. The minimum price is from 800 baht. By Motorcycle A more flexible way to get around the island, rented motorcycle costs approximately 200 baht / day. Beware, as roads other than the main roads on Koh Samui are quite rough in some parts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting to nearby Islands from Samui 1. Koh Pha-ngan 1.1 Na Thon Pier (Koh Samui) -- Thong Sala Pier (Koh Pha-ngan) Songserm Travel Co. operates ferry boats and express boats between Na Thon Pier on Koh Samui and Thong Sala Pier on Koh Pha-ngan, four times a day. The trip takes about 45 minutes for express boats, and one hour for ordinary ferry boats. 1.2 Bo Phut (Koh Samui) -- Hat Rin (Koh Pha-ngan) There is a ferry boat leaving Bo Phut for Ko Pha-ngan twice daily at 9.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. The return trips depart Hat Rin on Koh Pha-ngan at 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. 2. Ang Thong Islands Visitors can hire a boat on Koh Samui to Ang Thong. The charge depends on the boat size and number of passengers. The trip takes 1.30 hours. It is also possible to join a full-day excursion organized by tour operators in Koh Samui. 3. Koh Tao Boat services for Koh Tao are available at Na Thon Pier of Koh Samui.
From Bangkok, take Highway 4 (Buddha Monthon Road) through Phetchaburi and Chumphon Provinces and then drive on to Highways 41 and 401 to Surat Thani Province. From Surat Thani, visitors can take their cars to Koh Samui through a vehicle ferry at Donsak Pier. The trip takes 1.30 hours.
By bus Air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal for Surat Thani several times daily. The trip takes about 11 hours. For further information, call 0 2435 1199, 0 2435 1200 (air-con), 0 2434 5557 - 8 (non-air-con).
By air Bangkok Airways flies from Bangkok to Koh Samui 13 times daily. The flight takes about one hour and 10 minutes. It also offers daily flights between Phuket and Samui. For more information, call its Bangkok office, 0 2229 3456, 0 2229 3434, Samui office, 0 7742 2512 - 9 or Samui Airport Office 0 7724 5601-8.


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On March 28th, 2014, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performed works by Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington.
"By spotlighting music from both artists' enormous oeuvres in a single program, the orchestra shed light on the similarities of jazz giants often perceived as contrasting figures.
…Mingus' music surely builds on Ellington's precedents (as does almost everything in jazz), vigorously developing its harmonic, rhythmic and tonal vocabularies. The centerpiece here was Ron Westray's arrangement of four pieces from Mingus' "Tijuana Moods" album, the orchestra riding the twists and turns of this tremendously ornate music with considerable technical elan. Marsalis' whirring, high-register trumpet flurries on "Dizzy Moods," Elliot Mason's lusty trombone exhortations in "Los Mariachis" and Victor Goines' muscular tenor saxophone solo in "Ysabel's Table Dance" stood out.
But, ultimately, it was the riot of sound that the ensemble produced, while somehow making sure that the motifs of individual orchestral sections rang out, that represented the greatest feat of this performance. That the band also looked at Mingus' introspective side, in a warmly whispered version of his "Self-Portrait in Three Colors," deepened one's appreciation for the composer's range and the performers' sensitivity to it."


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Hello friends and neighbors. It is good to see you here.
Hello friends and neighbors. It is good to see you here.
For a few of our locally owned restaurants, the lunch crowd is their �bread and butter.� A couple of these are now expanding the menu to offer a dinner meal on certain days.
Angie�s Restaurant on U.S. 17 South began last week offering a dinner meal on Thursday from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The menu is slated to be good country cooking on Thursday and seafood and steak on Friday and Saturday. I�m a lunch regular but I can also eat good cooking later in the day. I�ll get to visit with a whole new crowd.
Renee�s Courthouse Caffe downtown serves dinner on the first and second Friday of the month. Joe loves the ambiance of the dinner meal when the lunchtime clamor is over. The food is custom cooked and good too. The Courthouse Caffe also offers dinner on special occasions, Valentine�s Day, Easter, Mother�s Day, and Thanksgiving.
That�s not sporting
I don�t know a lot about sports. I�m just a mother who required her three children to play at least one sport and join one club in high school to teach them to play as a team, to be coachable, how to win and more importantly, how to lose. I hoped it would also give them a sense of belonging and keep them from dropping out of school. So, it was only fitting then that I attend their games and cheer them on, win or lose. Sometimes I would read a book or nod off when my children were not playing but I was there. After all those years, I found that I enjoyed attending the games and have continued with my friends to attend the games to cheer on others� children.
I usually attend the Southwest Onslow athletic events because that is where my family attended school but have been known to drop in on other games when it is slated to be a good match. My friends and I join the other Southwest fans for road trips to the away games developing a reputation, along with Phil Shepard, of finding the best away places to eat.
My loyalty is only torn when we play my alma mater Lejeune or when Southwest gets so far ahead of the other team. My friends fuss at me because I then root for the other team that the little fellows will get a touchdown to take home with them. To Southwest Coach Phil Padgett�s credit, he puts in his second or third string to ensure that the opposing team scores at least one touchdown. It gives everyone on both teams a chance to play and protects those young fragile developing egos. Which brings me to the Jan. 17 girls� basketball game between Southwest and Northside high schools.
The Southwest girls� basketball team has only two returning players. The rest of the girls have never played basketball. That�s OK, the girls are learning and coming along. That�s what high school sports are about, to teach children how to play sports and fair play. So, there were no expectations that Southwest would defeat Northside; I was just hoping the girls would hold their own. The team did hold its own in the beginning of the game but with each period, the scores got further apart. Even with the score 60 to 26, the Northside coach kept his first string players in until the last two minutes of the game. The final score was 74 to 26. I don�t know the Northside coach�s motives. He may have left his best players in to improve their stats. I know that coaching is easy from the stands. But from where I was sitting, it looked like unsportsmanlike conduct.
Insult to injury
On Jan. 19, I was watching the NFL NFC playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers. It was the fourth quarter when the Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a short pass to receiver Jermaine Kearse. San Francisco linebacker NaVorro Bowman jumped to intercept the pass. He got it and had possession of the ball but apparently Kearse was pushed against Bowman and when Bowman fell, his knee turned backwards under Kearse�s body. What a devastating injury. It was difficult to look at it; I can�t imagine his pain. In the melee that followed, the Seahawks players took the ball from Bowman as he writhed on the ground. The replay showed Bowman securely with the ball but the referees said that the Seahawks recovered the fumble. Hogwash. Talk about adding insult to injury; Bowman gave up his leg for that interception. From a layman�s perception, it should have been called an interception. That the Seahawks fumbled again on the next play does not vindicate the referees. That play could have forever changed the outcome of the game. It forever changed Bowman. I like to win as much as the next person but I want to win fair and square. That was not fair and square.
Scholarships for future farmers
Young people interested in a career in agriculture have until Feb. 1 to apply for a $1,500 America�s Farmers Grown Ag Leaders scholarship sponsored by Monsanto Company. Twelve scholarships totaling $18,000 will be awarded in North Carolina.
Go to FFA.org/scholarships to apply. Each applicant must have three endorsements from farmers. Eligible farmers should go to FFA.org/scholarships or call (877) 267-3332 before Feb. 8 to endorse an applicant. Farmers must have the student�s scholarship application ID. Go to GrowAgLeaders.com for more information.
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Bernice Volkens' COOKING CORNER
January 16, 2009
I just listened to the evening news and again we are looking at more winter weather to be here tomorrow and we haven't completely dug out of the last snow. Thank goodness for a 4-wheel drive pick-up-it can go through some pretty big drifts. One of my New Year resolutions was I'm not going to complain about the weather, especially the cold and snow. After all I have lived my entire life in Iowa and even with the talk of global warming I don't see any noticeable change in the weather between the months of November and March. I'm sure it was just as cold now as it was 100 years ago and those early citizens didn't have the luxuries we have today. Since they had the will to brave the elements and hunker down here in Iowa, I figure my perspective might need to be adjusted. I can damn the wind and snow or find a way to endure the winter and enjoy the days of quiet and being snowed in. Just what is a blizzard? It is a heavy snow storm with very cold temperatures, sustained winds of at least 35 mph, and visibility of less than 0.25 miles. When a mass of polar air and warm air meet, the polar air pushes the warm air up and settles in the atmosphere where the water vapor forms snow clouds. Then winds and low temperatures combine with the snow to create a blizzard. We all know during a blizzard it can be difficult to see or breathe. Blizzards can kill people, cause traffic accidents and bring cities and towns to a halt. The mid-west is often referred to as blizzard country. People in "blizzard country" have experienced the dangers and inconveniences of snowstorms. After a snowstorm there is still the job of removing the snow. Snowplows are sent to work clearing the roads. Sometimes the snow becomes rock-solid making the job nearly impossible but after a few days they make great the roads quite normal. Every year the weather bureau gives people in blizzard country a checklist of things we should do: *Fill bathtubs with water in case pipes freeze. *Make sure windows and doors are tightly closed and anything movable in the yard is tied down or brought inside. BRING IN PETS TOO! *Be sure to stock up on food, especially food that doesn't need to be cooked, refrigerated or frozen. *Have batteries for flashlights and radios. *Unless it is necessary-stay in doors. DID YOU KNOW?—that the number one cause of death during a winter storm is heart attacks while shoveling. Also did you know that it's never too cold to snow? Snow can occur at any time when the temperature is near or below freezing. Did you know that one way to beat the nasty weather is to have a pot of delicious, warming soup on the stove? CHILLY WEATHER CHILI 1 lb. ground beef 2 Tablespoons onion, diced 15 ounce can chili beans in chili sauce 8 ounce can refried beans 8 ounce can tomato sauce 8 ounce jar salsa 1/2 cup water Brown beef and onion together in a large stockpot; drain grease. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium; cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Makes 4 big bowls. "OH—the weather outside is frightful"
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Hope College is part of a three-way tie for second place in the 2013 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Preseason Football Coaches Poll.
The Flying Dutchmen received two of six possible first-place votes and totaled 15 points. Reigning MIAA champion Adrian College topped the poll released this morning with four first-place votes and nine points. Coaches could not vote for their team. Trine (Ind.) University, which garnered one first-place vote, and Albion College, also collected 15 points for a second-place tie with Hope. Olivet College (29), Kalamazoo College (31) and Alma College (33) rounded out the poll. The Flying Dutchmen finished third in the MIAA during the 2012 season.
Coach Dean Kreps' Dutchmen report for pre-season practice on Monday, Aug. 12. The season opener will be Saturday, Sept. 7, at North Park, Ill. The traditional Community Day home opener will be Saturday, Sept. 14 against Millikin, Ill. The Flying Dutchmen kick off league play on Saturday, Oct. 5 at home against Adrian for homecoming at Hope.
MIAA PRESEASON POLL: 1. Adrian (4), 9 pts.; 2 (tie). Hope (2), 15 pts.; 2 (tie). Trine (1), 15 pts.; 2. (tie). Albion, 15 pts.; 5. Olivet, 29 pts.; 6. Kalamazoo, 31 pts.; 7. Alma, 33 pts. First place votes in parenthesis


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Few folks have seen the serious side of perhaps the nation's hottest comedic property, Stephen Colbert.
Rice School of Engineering grad Rakesh Agrawal '97 has. He said Colbert's humor and satiric bombast quickly fall by the wayside when it is time to talk about ways to improve the comedian's highly rated show, The Colbert Report, on Comedy Central.
"Of course, Stephen is always hilarious when he's 'in character.' But he drops that stuff when it comes to ways to enhance his show," Agrawal said of the comedian. In fact, Colbert is often the first one into the production office and the last one to leave.
That same kind of dedication is true of Agrawal, who founded his company, SnapStream Media Inc., in the same building that houses his father's Houston piping factory. Since 2001, it has been a video skunk works where bright and energetic engineers continue to improve their video capture, search and editing system. The technology, Agrawal says, is somewhat like crossing a DVR with a search engine in that it allows users to record video and then search within it for specific content, such as the mention of a name or word.
The young CEO said producers at both Colbert's program and at Jon Stewart's The Daily Show rigorously tested the system at their New York studios while SnapStream technicians stood by to offer advice and support. Each of the shows' producers were sold on the system when they saw they could search closed captioning and data embedded in video of programs, scouring through as many as 15-30 shows at a time, to find the nuggets that allow them to create topical comedy.
"The SnapStream technology replaced hours of laborious sifting through television newscasts that they used to do," said Agrawal. "It meant they could retire their banks and banks of DVRs and TiVos."
Agrawal, who earned bachelor's degrees in computer science and in mechanical engineering at Rice, said his education inside the hedges was perfect for the career he has chosen. "I understand the issues that come up with both software and hardware," he said.
Energetic and excited, he chooses to stand rather than sit at work. "I find it's easier to be standing when you have an idea or think of something. You don't have to get up… you just walk over to talk to your colleagues," he said.
The approach is working, with the SnapStream technology being used by a couple of hundred commercial customers, ranging from government agencies to the U.S. Senate, to state and local governments, universities and hospitals, public relations firms and others, Agrawal said.
Ironically, those types of customers weren't the original intended sales target. SnapStream started out in 2001 selling a product directly to individual consumers, with the idea of turning personal computers into digital video recorders. But in 2007, it started going after commercial accounts when it discovered that individual users were using the technology for business purposes like monitoring media coverage of their organizations.
SnapStream variations of its systems sell from $2,000 for a consumer edition that records two channels to a commercial version that costs up to $60,000, depending on the amount of disk space, number of tuners and other features. The company then charges an annual maintenance fee to its clients. Agrawal stays in touch with those customers and tries to attract new ones by creating "buzz," such as recently announcing his company has developed the "world's largest DVR."
That announcement came just as SnapStream was to attend the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas in April, and helped generate publicity and interest in the firm. At the event, the company hyped its hybrid device that can record 50 channels simultaneously while storing approximately 13 years of traditional television content, all searchable.
Advancing video capture and search isn't all the CEO and father of young children does. Agrawal strives to carve out time for fitness when at home near the Rice campus. That means he watches his diet (he's a longtime vegetarian) and takes a 6:30 a.m. run on the path that surrounds Rice.
"I love Rice," he said. "Running along the hedges continues to inspire me."
SnapStream's blog: http://tvsearcher.snapstream.com/
Rakesh Agrawal's blog: http://rake.sh/