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Captain Scott's only Grandson - Falcon Scott visits Antarctica, January 2012
Captain Robert Falcon Scott's only grandson, Falcon Scott, is helping to conserve his grandfather's most famous Antarctic base this Antarctic summer season as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust's team of conservation specialists. Falcon took time out to answer a few questions about his experiences and the achievements of his famous grandfather.
How does it feel to be visiting Antarctica on the centenary of your grandfather's expedition?
It is really amazing to be here in the Ross Sea area of Antarctica where my Grandfather set up the bases for his two expeditions to explore the coast and interior of Antarctica. It's especially good to be here at the 100th anniversary of his successful attainment of the South Pole for Britain.
Part of your work in Antarctica is helping to conserve the expedition Hut for the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand). What were your impressions on first entering the Hut, and how did it feel to be in the place they lived and worked?
The work to conserve the Terra Nova Expedition Hut at Cape Evans is in full swing. There are currently seven Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand) staff living at the site in a camp, and working on the building. This year, the work is concentrated on the interior of the hut - the furniture, bunks and shelves etc. As a late arrival to the camp, after spending Christmas with my family, the guys were already on site working but had very kindly re-assembled the interior of the hut in an orderly state for me to see on arrival.
When I first went into the Hut, I found it to be a very moving experience. On entering the main interior room, the wardroom table stretched ahead of me, with the chairs on each side standing empty, but in the same position as in the famous photograph of the midwinter dinner and my Grandfathers birthday dinner. It felt like there was still a presence of my Grandfather and the men sitting round the table, like his spirit was there. Around the corner to the left is the area where my Grandfather had his den, a partition wall on two sides enclosing his bunk, some shelves, and the desk where he planned the southern journey to the Pole. Wilson and Evans slept opposite, a few feet away. I spent an hour on my own in the Hut, just soaking up the atmosphere, it was magical, and personally a very emotional experience.
Given your background as a carpenter, what kinds of practical things will you be doing to help out?
My work in helping the team this year involves lining the latrines hut against the ingress of storm driven ice and snow (which can get through tiny holes and gaps in the building), using canvas and bitumen felt, and replacing the original felt lining using photography to re-position every detail authentically including the orientation of every nail. I will also be helping to preserve some of the sea ice sledges and working on furniture items in the hut.
Can you get a sense of how it must have felt like for Scott and his men exploring this vast unknown territory?
When the Terra Nova arrived through the storm swept seas of the Southern Ocean, through the pack ice, and finally penetrated the seasonal continental ice sheet to reach a point suitable for access to the Ice Shelf and the interior, they were 2,500 miles from the nearest human habitation, with no contact to the outside world - no radios, or satellites, no helicopters, or planes to drop extra supplies. Their survival for a full year, including the extreme weather of an Antarctic winter rested on the stores they had planned for, and loaded on to the ship. In addition, they had all the equipment for the most ambitious and comprehensive scientific programme ever undertaken by an expedition ship.
The tragic fate of the polar party told in your grandfather's last diary remains one of most famous stories of the last century. What did it mean to you when you were growing up?
As a child I didn't hear very much about my famous Grandfather. I remember my mother reading to me the Ladybird book about the expedition, and my sister had told me that he was famous when I was about three years old. But my Father was not really very interested and very much pursued his life as a painter, naturalist, and conservationist.
Your father Peter Scott was a conservationist, heeding to his father's advice to be interested in natural history, rather than games. How important do you feel natural history and sciences were to Scott?
I think my Grandfather was influenced by his friend Edward Wilson who was a distinguished zoologist, and having worked on the development of torpedoes in the Navy, was well into research and science. He became more and more interested in natural history as time went on.
Your grandfather's expedition brought back over 40,000 scientific specimens from Antarctica, which now reside in the Natural History Museum's collections. Do you do you feel this scientific legacy might have been overshadowed by the story of their deaths?
I am sure there have been periods when the very considerable scientific achievements of my Grandfather's expeditions have been forgotten and writers have concentrated too much on the polar journey and the deaths of the five men on the return. This, of course, is significantly due to the recovery of his diary in the following spring by the search party, and to the exceptional writing ability of my Grandfather with the contents of that diary. The fact is, they were unlucky; they had warm weather at the outset, making the conditions difficult for the ponies, exceptionally cold weather on the ice shelf on their return (a one in 40 year cold period), unexpected evaporation of fuel supplies caused by faulty seals at the supply depots, and a diet that did not replace lost calories fast enough. These things all put together sealed their fate.
Finally, Robert Falcon Scott's image has been through many manifestations throughout the last century. How would you like him to be remembered?
I would like him to be remembered as masterminding one of the greatest expeditions to have left European shores, and to have added significantly to the culture of expanding the knowledge of mankind, and for his example of thinking through a wide programme of study and his determination and endurance in the face of adversity to carry on the work to the highest standards. And for this to be inspirational to future generations.
Watch a video about Falcon Scott's visit to the Terra Nova Expedition Hut at Cape Evans


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Converse are ubiquitous, adorable, and can be found on ladies from birth to 99! They come in all kinds of colors, but the most beloved are white and black, and the high top Converse has its place in our hearts forever as well.
Dressed up, they are a statement of irony or independence or comfort before fashion. Dressed down, they are the perfect touch to almost anything — skirts, dresses, skinny jeans, or shorts.
So if you're wondering how to wear your Converse, the answer is: any way you like.
Without socks or with tights, at night or during the day, on the beach or at a club, Converse are a unifying shoe: everyone loves them. Worn on fashionistas like Rihanna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chloe Sevigny and Kate Moss, they show up in magazines from Elle to US Weekly.
Converse has a beautiful American story, and I can't say it better than they do themselves on their website:
Converse sneakers showed up in rock clubs, on the streets, on rappers, on icons, on rebels and originals. It became the sneaker of choice for individuals. From All Star to Jack Purcell to CONS, Converse doesn't confine itself to one style or definition. Be who you want to be in Converse sneakers or clothes. An artist, rebel, rapper, thinker, gamer, skater, smoke jumper, freelance dentist, whatever. If you're wearing Converse, you know who you are.
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Kate Bosworth wears white Converse with a maxi skirt and it is adorable ease.
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Mix a boho look in a long colorful dress and bag with Converse, and you have a match made in heaven.
This gorgeously simple look is essentially summer: easy, sexy, confident. Converse, no socks, a straight lined dress, big messy bun and glasses. Add jean jacket for extra awesome.
Another twist for Converse and shorts—add tights, these with a cute print.
Sexy casual: white tee, tight jeans and Converse.
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Handmade Converse in all kinds of amazing styles are perfect for an ultimate personal touch—these from Zoe Hand Painted Shoes are adorable.
Skinny jeans, a cute top and bag and Converse from Elle Magazine, straight to our fashion hearts. Casual Perfection.
A flouncy layered skirt in a delicate color and Converse… love.
Rihanna, the essence of sexy casual in scruffed up jean shorts and Converse.
Here's the perfect example of taking the Converse+Shorts combo and making it a little dressier and more feminine.
Angela wears a pleated knee length skirt with high top Converse and a casual tee, looks cool & sexy.
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Ubisoft plots THQ bid
Ubisoft is one of the front-runners in the bid to buy THQ's assets, MCV understands.
We have been told that the French firm is keen to take over the publisher's brands and studios once THQ works through its current financial problems.
On Wednesday night THQ filed for bankruptcy as it handed over its tangible assets - including its studios and US operation - to an investment firm hoping to sell the business on.
No studios or offices are closing, but THQ is now very publicly on the market.
This 'stalking horse bid' process with an investor effectively writes off the company's debts but keeps its business as a going concern to make it ideal for acquisition.
Ubisoft had previously expressed interests in the firm's assets.
Now sources tell us it is already in lengthy discussions with the firm (and presumably its new owners at Clearlake investments) to forge a deal.
Price, however, is the obvious clincher - nose-tappers say that Ubisoft is after a bargain buy, and is prepared to hold-out until THQ is forced to sell off specific assets, as happened to now-defunct Midway when it went into bankruptcy four years ago.
If successful in the overall acquisition, though, Ubisoft would take over five studios and gain the rights to brands such as Saints Row, Company of Heroes, Darksiders, Homefront, Red Faction. Plus it would pick up the deals for games based on WWE and some Warhammer properties - WWE specifically would offer an expansion opportunity for Ubi, finally giving it a decent stake in the sports genre.
It'd be up to the French firm which of those it keeps going alongside the likes of Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Far Cry, its various Tom Clancy games and many other titles.
But CEO Yves Guillemot and his exec team have made no secret of their plans to become the market's No.1 publisher. Beefing up its business with some ready-built brands and teams - especially on the eve of a new console cycle - would help it achieve that. It has also got a fast growing interest in online games and apps, and arguably can use the talent for that pipeline.
The firm has already had a very successful Christmas season already - with a personal best of three games in the UK top five recently anda big spread of best-selling boxed games releases.


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Retention is such an overused word in the fitness industry. Health club operators consider everything from shakes to treadmills to a software program as the answer to improving retention. These items can help, but retention is more than the reliance on things. It is deeper. It is the reliance on programs and your people to make members want to be in your club and excited to return each day. To accomplish this requires creating a culture that breeds a desire for people to stay with us.
Somewhere along the way, I think health club operators missed the point. We did not target enough people in our original membership recruitment efforts. We neglected to put together a plan that would attract the unfit. Instead, we decided that fitness was something to offer only to the fit.
Undoubtedly, health clubs will always be around in one shape or form because some people will always have the desire to use our services. However, that segment of the population has an increasing selection of places to meet their needs—not just other clubs, but also other ways to achieve the results they desire.
Our success at attracting these fit people hinders our progress in bringing unfit people into our clubs. For the most part, health clubs are not the kind of place where unfit people want to be, perhaps partly because the fit member population does not welcome the not-yet-fit new member. This new member is not trained in the methods of the fit. They stand in the wrong place in classes, they do not know how to use machines, and they look awkward.
Fortunately, we can fix this. One way to do so is to redesign the new member integration process so that your staff can help new clients find and try out the programs and services that best meet their needs. We should set up initial interviews to find out what new members really want to achieve and then continue to have these conversations with them as they mature.
It has been said that people know why they should exercise, but they don't know how to do it. That's why this is a great place for us to be. We can be the guides that help them determine their needs and desires and help them fulfill those.
Perhaps one of the most important steps is to set up safe places to educate new members about the health club culture. That might include having guidelines that help them learn about the culture, the expected ways of behaving and the best way to use various equipment. We must appoint culture influencers in our clubs who ensure that new members are not intimidated but instead feel like they belong.
The traditional health club model involves selling the member personal training as soon as they join. In a few models, that process works, but members often are subtly trained to avoid asking staff questions for fear the staff will try to sell them something. Perhaps the solution is to hire a new type of employee, a coach who helps new members get started—and does so for free.
Although you may think this suggestion will cost you revenue, it earns you much more. Offering this service makes new members comfortable asking for help, and it brings them into the family more quickly. The added benefit is that personal trainers now will spend their time training members who are ready to train rather than spending time trying to sell training to those who are not ready.
Our industry is one of the few industries with businesses that take a fee for a service and then require that the customer do all the work. We need to be more to more people, and that means changing our perspective about who we are and what we do.
With this new perspective and with new processes, we can have success. You will need to lead the charge yourself and hire or recruit a new breed of employees who are willing and passionate about the change. In many ways, you will need to launch a new business inside of your existing one. You will need to work long and hard and hold all to the new standards. You will need to be the hero, the charismatic leader.
You can be the key to the changes needed in our industry if you will just take the chance and get started today.
Thomas Kulp is the chief motivational officer at Universal Athletic Club in Lancaster, PA, and CEO of Fitness Club Consultants. He also is president of Mid-Atlantic Club Management Association. He can be reached at 717-799-5155.


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I've been trying to fix my Mom's computer for 2 weeks. It's a Compaq 32 bit with Vista preinstalled. 4 Calls and 14 emails later, I have it finished finally. It's not just a problem with an update, it's a problem with the recovery discs as well. I paid for 1 set, they sent me a free set after that, never acknowledging there was a blue screen of death. I guess I just wasn't asking the right questions, though I explained to them time and again that I had an installation stuck at the blue first time installation screen for hours, numerous times.
Both sets of discs arrived between the 2nd and the 9th. I also downloaded their disc fix. No luck. Now I have XP Pro on it and its fine. There is NOT a problem with the 32 bit, unless it's a compatibility issue with 32 bit and Vista. They've known this for a long, long time. Years. Mom's computer is 2 to 3 years old, I bought an HP 64 bit with Vista loaded on it last year. All I can say at this point is Thanks Microsoft, and Thanks HP. For nothing!!!
Oh and let's not leave out customer support, but of course they are trained to first try to sell you things you don't need. Second try to give you generic garbage as a solution to your problems. Third say it's a hardware issue. Fourth accuse me of NOT buying disks, then trying to sell me more. Guess it's time to learn Linux. That's real sad considering all computers come preloaded with all that garbage.
My Mom couldn't learn it and why should she? Good luck Windows 7 users! By the way is it just me or did I read this right… "Forum posts complaining about the problem mostly coming from XP users but there are a few from Windows 7 customers too." Add Compaq and Vista, and recovery disks to that list. Goodbye Vista, hello Microsoft's next fumble! I think I will go fill out my customer support survey now and take Mom back her computer.
I purchased this computer on July 4, 2011 at Walmart and basically it just what I need to do my school work in the semester. It has wireless capability which I can go to any Wireless hotspot and search the Internet and Submit my work. I have Dial up and Home And probably will never have Broadband in my area. It only has 2 GB of memory which I will expand to 4 GB in the fall and a 250 GB hard drive and AMD Vision Dual Core Processor. On Broadband it is fast and even on dial up it is pretty fast. Just say no to the Norton's Anti-Virus Software and you won't have a problem.
I would like to comment on your laptops, this is my second one. I bought one two years ago and I loved it, but having kids and well liquid messes, it shot the hard drive and the mother board. So I bought another one, because of your quality and support. I always recommend your product to others and they have been very happy also. Your tech and support team are wonderful and very understanding with someone who is not computer savvy.. they take their time and walk you through every step. I can not say enough about your computers or your support team, thank you for providing a good quality product. I will continue to use and recommend your company and services.
I had some keys fall off my 7 month old Compaq laptop keyboard. Went through the warranty reporting India merry-go-round, paid $19.95 to ship my laptop in for warranty service. About a week later I got a call from a rude Compaq employee to tell me that the damage was caused by abuse and not covered under warranty and that I needed to pay over $335 to have them repair the keyboard. Laptop only cost about $400. What a great deal, what a joke.
I buy a lot of laptops for my business every year and Compaq/HP has just convinced me to buy Dell from now on. They will never get another nickel from me or my company and I will tell this story to all my friends and acquaintances. No more Compaq/HP laptops, printers, printer refills, no more anything. There is plenty of competition to pick from where you are not treated like a criminal for trying to get warranty service.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -- This is a two-part review of the Compaq Presario 8000. Hardware: This computer was the Wal-Mart $498 special, so I didn't expect it to be a powerhouse. I just needed a computer for my daughter's college work. I have been a computer support tech and programmer for many years and usually build my own, but I went against that rule in the name of simplicity. That was a mistake.
As soon as I got the computer installed I realized that something wasn't quite right. Windows XP took over five minutes to boot and another five minutes to get to the point where I could actually click on an icon. For a 1.8 GHZ Machine, that seemed pretty slow. I did some (slow) research and discovered that the 128 MB of RAM that Compaq puts in these machines standard is not really enough to run XP well. So I went out and bought another 128 MB of RAM the next week. As I said, I knew it was a basic machine when I bought it, so I didn't complain much.
About five months later my wife was going to check her email and it wouldn't boot. The fans came on but I got no video and it never attempted to access any of the drives. I opened it up and reseated everything, but it refused to do anything. "Good thing its under warranty", I thought. Wrong.
Support: My wife called me at work the next day and told me that there are no local service centers for Compaq anymore. The deal is that they send you an empty box and you send them your computer. They "fix" it (which means it is sent somewhere to be refurbished and resold) and they "send it back" (which means you get a different computer). She was concerned about sending our hard drive since all of our accounting and banking information and passwords were stored on it. I agreed.
I called Compaq support and they told me that I had to send the hard drive even though I offered to purchase an identical drive and send it in. When I explained that I could not afford to lose the data I was told to back up the drive to another drive and send in the original. When I expressed concern about sending my personal data to some repair center in (where?), I was told I should format the drive. I asked him how he wanted me to back it up without pulling it out (which would void the warranty according to him), he actually told me to "find a friend who will let you install the drive in his computer and just do a drive copy. It really isn't that hard. Really."
I told him that I had no friends that were trusting enough to allow me to take their computer apart so he then told me that I should make a backup to CD. I pointed out that the computer STILL wouldn't boot up, so that still didn't solve the problem. How could I burn it to the CD drive if it wouldn't even boot?
The next ingenious suggestion was that I should remove the drive and take it so some shop in the area and have them back it up to CD. I pointed out that I had been told that if I removed the drive (just took it out of the PC), it would void the warranty. The tech said that it was OK to pull it to make a backup. Go figure. I asked him if I took it somewhere and they did make a successful backup, wouldn't that prove that the hard drive was good?
I told him that whether I made a backup or not, I was not going to be able to run any of my applications when I got the new machine back without reinstalling them all and copying thousands of files over. I thought that this was pointless when I knew that the problem was not the hard drive. Besides, why would I trust the underpaid tech down the street any more than I trust the underpaid contractors they used to "repair" their computers? He told me that if the ORIGINAL drive was not in the computer, they would not service it. When I pointed out that I could have upgraded the hard drive. Would that void the warranty? I was told it would.
After three days our case was forwarded to someone named **(Extension ** at Site 79. He refused to give his last name). He was a "case resolution manager" for Compaq. We got an email telling us that he would call us, which he did several days later. Since I run several web sites and all of my maintenance software was on the hard drive that they insisted they needed. I couldnt afford to have my computer down for two or three weeks.
I started looking around for a replacement Compaq motherboard on the Internet and made a very interesting discovery. The Compaq Presario (maybe others?) uses a generic design motherboard. In the past, name-brand computers required factory-supplied parts. However I took the bad motherboard out of the Presario and took it to a local computer shop. They had a motherboard in stock that fit it perfectly.
The only differences were that the backplane did not line up with the factory backplane and the power switch plug required an adapter to fit the plug in the Compaq chassis. The backplane was no problem because the new motherboard came with one and I just popped the old one out and replaced it. The adapter was also a very easy swap. This self-fix cost me $90 for the motherboard and $90 for the processor (they were both bad, it turns out). So now my $498 deal was a $678 deal.
Two days after I replaced the motherboard and chip ** from Compaq called me to resolve my complaint. I explained the situation and he wasted no time telling me that since I did not return the unit as required by the warranty rules (i.e. with the ORIGINAL hard drive), there was nothing that they could do. I asked them if they could reimburse my expenses, replace the bad motherboard, or do anything at all and they said that there was nothing they could do to resolve the problem.
In fact, I specifically asked him "Are you telling me that there is nothing that can be done to resolve this problem?" He said "There is nothing". His justification was that I didnt do it their way, so they didnt have to honor the warranty. Thanks for nothing Compaq. My advice for anyone who is looking for a computer is: "Steer clear of the Compaq".
If you already have one and have discovered how useless their support is, or you are like me and refuse to send your bank account information on a hard drive that is just going to be sold off to a refurbishing company (and then maybe found by a dumpster diver in India), my advice is to get a motherboard from a computer store and chalk this one up to experience. The motherboard I purchased is a very common Asus A7V8X-MX. They run about $90. I know for a fact that they work in this machine because I wrote this review using it. And it is even much faster than the original motherboard even though I got the identical processor for it.
I now have a new motherboard with a three year full replacement warranty from Asus that doesnt require me to send in a hard drive with it to get service.
I am a 20 year old college student who purchased a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop in May of 2004, and after only a little more than 2 years it has completely stopped working. When I took the computer to Circuit City to be diagnosed, they informed me that it had a faulty motherboard, which resulted in the computer no longer turning on. When I asked what would cause this kind of problem after only 2 years, the man told me that it is not a common problem and it is a defect in the computer, nothing something I did to it at all.
This made me even more infuriated knowing that my computer is not working due to something Compaq did when manufacturing the computer. The man from Circuit City informed me that it would be quite costly to fix this problem, and may be wise to buy a new computer for a similar price. As a result, I called Compaq because just the thought of having to spend that much money on another computer made me sick. After waiting on hold forever, I was finally transferred to a woman who had a very thick accent in which I could hardly understand.
Eventually I had to just get the case number and have someone else call back because I couldn't understand what she was saying anymore. At the next call, the woman became very snippy and irritated with the call. Even after telling her numerous times that the computer would not even turn on she still proceeded to try to get us to pay $45 to try to fix it over the phone. Eventually she told us that it would cost at least $650 to replace the motherboard and possibly more depending on what else they would find.
I realize that my warranty is up because it was only for one year, but still this seems outrageous because it was something they did in the first place. For all I know this computer could have slowly started to die during the period my computer was covered, but just fully stopped working now. This is completely ridiculous, for all I know this Compaq could be manufacturing computers that only last for a couple years, in order to make more money. I am a college student who does not have extra money to buy another computer because Compaq is careless when manufacturing their computers, and ultimately I get screwed because of it.
Compaq needs to acknowledge their mistakes and fix them. Its not like I'm asking them to fix a 3 or 4 year old computer, this is a 2 year old computer that should still be in perfect working condition. I have no idea where to go from here or who to contact, I feel like Compaq has left me high and dry. I have no idea what I am going to do for a computer for school this semester and feel its all because Compaq will not take responsibility for their actions. Please help a poor college student take on Compaq and make them take responsibility for their mistakes!
Our laptop motherboard has failed, as identified by a tech person who looked at it. We had it less than two years, and have found it surprisingly similar to the same problem in other HP laptops that were recalled, supported by our research and feedback from the tech person. The case officer offered to replace for more than half of the original cost of the laptop, which we find insulting. Very disappointed with the equipment and with the company response.
In fall of 2004 I ordered a Compaq Presario desktop computer online. I waited two weeks for the company to build my computer. When it arrived, it wouldn't boot up. I called tech support and spent hours talking to them. Their ultimate suggestion was that I wait two weeks for an appointment with an in-home technician. I asked if I could receive credit time on my warranty and virus software updates and was told "no", but that I could pay for the technician myself and receive faster service. I demanded a new tower.
After two hours on the phone with customer service, Compaq agreed to send me a new computer, but they wanted me to pay more for it because, "that sale is over, ma'am." Finally, I got someone to agree to send a new computer at the same price.
Two weeks after that, my new computer arrived. It booted up! But it never worked nearly as well as the Micron I'd purchased 6 years earlier had worked, despite the fact that the Presario was supposed to be a much more powerful machine. Worn down, I just dealt with it. I had to replace the modem almost immediately. I emailed Compaq about the modem and never received a response. And so I chugged on for over a year until the computer crashed and prompted me to use my recovery disks. The recovery disks didn't work.
To my local computer repair shop I went. There, I was informed that I'd really gotten ripped off. The version of Windows XP on the computer wasn't the correct, more expensive, version that I'd paid for. The motherboard was junk. The fan that cools the processor hadn't been screwed down properly. A screw had snapped off during installation. The fan was never cooling the entire processor chip.
A few hundred dollars later, I have a computer that works better than it did when it came from the factory. I'm reading a lot of similar complaints about Compaq and HP... computers that just don't work at all and support that is most unhelpful and certainly not apologetic. I'm hoping that adding my 3 cents will save at least one person from the grief I've had. As for me, I plan to purchase next computer from my small local shop. Because customers can complain personally, because small local shops have a reputation to uphold in the community, and because they actually UNDERSTAND the products they sell, I feel it is the safest way to go.
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK -- I purchased a Presario this computer in may 2003. For 6 months it worked great, then crashed - giving a message which said, basically, that the hard drive had been wiped out. I called Compaq/HP, which was just a sign of the trouble to come - it took forever to reach someone, who just said to send it back, and they would send a box for it and pick it up. Almost a week later the box arrived, just left at my door - no one even bothered to knock - it would have taken only 2 minutes to pack it and then it could have been taken immediately. It took another week for someone to come pick it up.
After 2 weeks I called them again - the SAME person told me ALL these things - 1) They hadn't received the computer yet; 2) They received it but hadn't fixed it yet; 3) They had fixed it but not returned it; 4) They had fixed and returned it.
I was completely unable to get this person to understand that these were 4 different conditions - English was not his best subject. Nor was I able to find out which was the truth, or talk to someone else. Finally he said the computer was being sent back to me that day and I would have it in 3-4 days. The very next day a complete stranger walked up to my house. A box addressed to my address had been left at her door several days ago - YES, my computer, just dropped off at a stranger's house, BEFORE I had even talked to Compaq about where it was! Inside the box was a brief note that they had reloaded everything and couldn't find anything wrong with it.
I had copied and sent to them the entire message I had received about why the hard drive was deleted - all of the numbers and computers that don't make sense to an only moderately computer literate almost 60 year old - but not a word from Compaq about that. The laptop has never worked "great' again. For example, Outlook simply will not send email. Contacting Compaq is useless. I have only spoken to ONE person who spoke English well, and she was the person I ordered the restore and update disks from. I have better results talking to my couch than to the tech people. I will NEVER NEVER NEVER buy another Compaq or HP product.


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Nov. 9, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The New England Football Conference recently announced its 2007 All-Division Teams and MIT was rewarded with five player accolades. Junior guard James Oleinik paced the Engineers' contingent by earning Boyd Division First Team honors as well as plaudits for Offensive Lineman of the Year.
Oleinik served as the cornerstone for MIT's offensive front, which finished sixth in the 16-team conference in rushing yards per game and fifth in sacks against. On Oct. 20, Oleinik fueled a dominating effort by the MIT line as the Engineers controlled the time of possession for nearly 42 minutes and rushed for an Institute-record 477 yards.
Junior defensive lineman David Nackoul and senior defensive back David Kalk also earned spots on the Boyd Division First Team. Kalk, who has been among the league leaders in tackles every season donning the Cardinal and Gray, led the Engineers this year with three interceptions and two blocked kicks. Nackoul has been praised for his technical skill along the defensive front, while his outstanding play also resulted in a First Team selection on the Academic All-District squad. That honor moves Nackoul to the national ballot and could lead to a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team.
MIT secured additional honors as senior linebacker Samuel Jasinski and sophomore running back DeRon Brown were named to the Boyd Division Second Team. Jasinski was the third-leading tackler on the team and filled the stat sheet in a number of categories throughout the season. Brown led the Engineers in rushing with 664 yards and finished the campaign with 951 all-purpose yards. Brown topped 100 yards rushing in a game twice, including a career-high 144 yards in MIT's win over Salve Regina.
In addition to Nackoul's first-team honor, Oleinik and Thomas Franklin were selected to the Academic All-District Second Team. Qualifiers are selected to the teams by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).


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You may have seen the images in mags and online, but now is your chance to check out The Wet Plate Project in person. Foursquare along with accomplished snowboard photographer Ian Ruhter set out last season to shoot snowboarding in an entirely new way, through one of the oldest photo processes ever developed: Wet Plate Photography. Working with the Foursquare Team, Ruhter took this process a step further by capturing them in mid-air on wet plates, becoming the only person in history to suspend motion with this process using artificial light.
This first ever, unique approach to snowboard and action photography is kicking off a North American Tour on Saturday, December 17th at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, CA. The collection will showcase quality prints of the wet plate photographs featuring Foursquare's Andreas Wiig, Pat Moore, Alek Oestreng, Peter Line and Cameron Pierce, as well as footage of the process that made it all possible.
"Being able to produce something like this that is one-of-a-kind and real means everything in the world as an artist," explains Ruhter. "I was determined to do what was deemed impossible by my colleagues." With his extensive history in snowboarding, Ruhter framed it perfectly when he identified that Wet Plate is the ideal platform to "defy all the rules, the same way that snowboarding started."
The Wet Plate Project will then travel to the following cities across North America and into a shop near you. Please stay tuned to http://foursquareouterwear.com/blog for more details as they arise.
Cleveland, OH
Denver, CO
Seattle, WA
Whistler, BC
Montreal, QC
Burlington, VT
With a focus on timeless design and pure snowboard functionality, Foursquare continues this process through The Wet Plate Project. For more information on The Wet Plate Project and to view the series of 5 Wet Plate Project videos, go to http://foursquareouterwear.com/wetplateproject/.


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Britney Spears Does Damage Control
Britney Spears draws out hordes of paparazzi with another shopping trip in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Brit Brit smiled and blew kisses at the crowd, doing a bit of damage control before her exclusive
tell-all interview un-sanitized breakdown is published in the forthcoming issue of OK! magazine.
Miss Spears was, of course, accompanied on her shopping trip by her new blonde assistant.
UPDATE: More pictures added of Britney and her blonde assistant eating a late lunch at Cravings restaurant on the Sunset strip.
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They're not a motley crew, they're God's children.
That's the attitude that the government is taking into the Senate, where the numbers change from Tuesday.
The Abbott government will need six votes from the eight-member crossbench, Labor or the Australian Greens on top of its 33 members to get legislation through the Senate.
Government Senate Leader Eric Abetz, whose role will be to secure the six extra votes, said he wouldn't describe them as a motley crew.
"They're all God's children as far as I'm concerned, but we will be working with them on the issues, case-by-case," Senator Abetz said.
While the government is confident of passing the carbon tax repeal bills relatively soon after the new Senate sits from July 7, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has put at least one of the new senators offside.
Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie, from Tasmania, would axe the carbon tax but is concerned Mr Abbott has not replied to her other concerns.
"I don't think Tony Abbott is a very good leader," she said.
"I've already sent 12 official letters to the PM over the last nine months. I haven't had one response and I find that very disrespectful."
Greens leader Christine Milne, who now heads a team of 10 senators, said her party was experienced at working with others to get outcomes and would focus on retaining the emissions trading scheme.
New Greens Senator Janet Rice supports her party's opposition to the reintroduction of fuel tax indexation, which will be debated by the new Senate.
But if the government agrees to put the revenue raised towards public transport "it would be something we could support", she said.
Dealing with the Senate was a key agenda item for Prime Minister Tony Abbott as he chaired cabinet in Canberra on Tuesday.
Also weighing on ministers' minds was the latest Newspoll, which put Labor 10 points ahead of the coalition in two-party terms and delivered Mr Abbott a 62 per cent voter dissatisfaction rating.
"It hasn't been easy. There's been lots of political ups and downs but nevertheless those fundamentals that we made a commitment to the public on we are delivering," Mr Abbott told the meeting.
The government will step up its lobbying of the crossbench to get around Labor and the Greens' opposition to the reintroduction of fuel tax indexation, the Medicare co-payment, higher education deregulation and a raft of pension and welfare measures.
Mr Abbott said the carbon tax would be abolished "in the next week or so".
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Mr Abbott's main failing had been not building a consensus around his agenda.
"Tony Abbott has a Downton Abbey style of consensus - he summons Australians like a servant class to agree with his consensus," Mr Shorten told reporters in Canberra.
He said the "far right" had spread doubt about the science of climate change and Labor would need to "refight" the case for action.


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The last few years have been a struggle for the Pilgrim basketball team. The Pats haven't had a winning season since 2004-05, and a strong Division II landscape has limited them to a 6-30 league record the past two seasons.
That could all change this year, though, as Pilgrim will compete in Division III, where wins should be more frequent than in D-II. The Pats also didn't graduate a single player off last year's team, giving them reason to hope for a much-improved season.
With head coach Mike Batalon now in his second year at the helm, everything is progressing nicely.
"I think the kids are improving," Batalon said. "They know what to expect from me. And they're used to the system."
The move down in divisions was a welcome change for the Pats, and not only because they'll be on a more level playing field. They'll also re-kindle their rivalries with Toll Gate and Warwick Vets, both of whom moved down to D-III before the 2010-11 season.
With all three teams back in the same division now for the first time in three years, they'll each play twice during the course of the year. Pilgrim will end its regular season with back-to-back games against Toll Gate and Vets.
"We're excited about it, because we have our rivalries back, with Toll Gate and Warwick Vets," Batalon said. "We have a little bit of a new lease on life. I think we'll be much more competitive."
Early in the preseason, Batalon has already seen a lot to like from his team, which has nine players who saw significant varsity action last year.
While the perimeter play should be able to hold its own, the Pats are going to rely a lot on their post players.
Junior Ryan Morris is back for his third year with the varsity team, and he's coming off an all-division season despite playing hurt most of the year. He's poised for another solid campaign.
"He did play hurt with a bad shoulder, and this year that's improved," Batalon said. "He looks more confident, more athletic and he's going to have a big year."
Joining him down low is senior Dan Colabella, who emerged late last season as an offensive threat in the paint.
After a solid volleyball season last spring, Colabella should be an integral piece on the basketball court, too.
"Danny is one of the hardest working kids," Batalon said. "He doesn't make a lot of mistakes on the floor. Offensively he's improved also."
Providing some depth for the big men is junior Brendan Rix, who was the first man off the bench last season.
In the backcourt, senior Luis Pimental returns to handle the starting point guard duties.
Behind him will likely be senior Seth Lawson. Lawson played his sophomore year but then didn't play last year. He's back now, giving the Pats another quality ball handler.
"He can shoot it a little bit and he's a good ball handler," Batalon said. "He's probably going to be our back-up point guard."
On the wing, Pilgrim's second-leading scorer from last year, senior Cole Furney is back in the fold. He should provide a valuable offensive presence.
"Cole Furney, he can score," Batalon said. "He was our second-leading scorer last year. He can score in a lot of different ways."
Senior Charles Johnson also returns, and he is one of the team's top shooters from the perimeter.
Pilgrim will also get contributions from senior Matt Christy and junior Letrelle Johnson.
"Everyone's attitude is good," Batalon said. "The kids have been working hard. And since this is my second year, there's also familiarity with everyone."
Division III is split into four sub-divisions, and each sub-division has four teams. Pilgrim is joined by Toll Gate, Vets and Juanita Sanchez in D-III-Central, making the games it plays against its city rivals all the more important.
And if the Pats can win those, they'll likely put themselves in position for a much-needed bounce back year. They think they have the pieces to get it done.
"Ten out of the 16 teams make the playoffs," Batalon said. "Our goal is definitely to make the playoffs."
All three Warwick publics in D3...?? Hopefully, there will be some big wins against Aldrich, Gorton, and Robertson School..


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Twitter Moves into Music, and More
Twitter launches new music discovery app for ios devices. Gold plunges into bear market territory. New WSJ/NBC poll shows most women see workplace bias. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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World's Best Skate and BMX Pros Converge on Venice Beach to Launch
Sony's New POV Action Cam With a Triples Competition on ASA's Massive 195-Foot-Long Ramp
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (September 22, 2012) – Thousands of fans took to the iconic Venice Beach boardwalk today to watch 18 of the world's best BMX and skateboarding pros compete in the Sony Big Air Triples — a collaboration between ASA Entertainment and Sony Electronics designed to launch Sony's new point-of-view video camera – the Action Cam.
James Foster (BMX) and Trey Wood (Skate) each secured first place, taking out the competition by throwing down the most mind blowing three consecutive tricks in quick succession, displaying skill and style on the 195-foot-long Big Air Triples course: a massive 26' high roll-in ramp with two 25' wide jumps and a course-ending 14' high quarter pipe. Wood took the skate contest based on his overall consistency, trick variety and amplitude. The highlight was the finger flip to sack tap that he just learned this morning. Foster topped the BMX competition by landing a flip-whip to barspin, barspin to truckdriver.
"ASA's format is definitely unique and pushes the riders to a whole different level, especially when the world's top guys compete head-to-head and have to pull their hardest tricks," said first place BMX rider, James Foster. "Having Sony's new Action Cam support us was awesome. The angles and footage from these cameras are amazing. It's so great they put the event on."
Zack Warden (BMX) and Tom Schaar (Skate) each took fan favorite in the Sony POV Action Cam Competition – where fans judged the athlete videos filmed with Action Cams – while Morgan Wade (BMX) and Adam Taylor (Skate) took the judged POV filming competition.
The BMX contest ended with James Foster in first, Vince Byron in second, and Austin Coleman and Zack Warden tied for third. Trey Wood, Tom Schaar and Andy Macdonald placed top three in skate.
"I really like this contest format. Plus, it was so fun skating this ramp with all my friends," said Trey Wood, who took first in the skate contest. "It's awesome that Sony supports the event and the Wi-Fi capabilities on the Action Cam are really cool."
In addition to the Triples and Sony POV Action Cam contests, fans experienced meet and greets with pros and test-drove the new Action Cam in Sony's Extreme Zone. The ultra-compact, wearable camera displays Sony's industry-leading image quality, optimal for action sports filming in premium full HD 1080p. Weighing in at approximately three ounces, with battery and built-in Wi-Fi®, the new Action Cam (HDR-AS15) is the perfect shooting solution for tricks on the ramp and anywhere else the action happens. The camera ships with adhesive mounts and a ruggedized waterproof case featuring a universal tripod mount, built to handle extreme environments – waterproof down to 197 feet with shock resistance, plus dirt and dust resistant seals.
ASA Entertainment will produce a one-hour television show about the Sony Big Air Triples that will premiere on Fox Sports Net on Friday, Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. The participating pros will serve as narrators of the docu-drama style show, telling the behind the scenes stories of the event in their own words, and providing viewers unique insight into their personalities and access to their tricks through the Sony Action Cam.
For more information, please visit www.bigairtriples.com or www.ASAentertainment.com


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Tori DeScenza, Ohio State, sophomore, goalie
Made 16 saves in a 13-12 overtime loss to Northwestern last season at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. DeScenza finished fifth in the nation in save percentage (.494) and 15th in goals-against average (.9.21). She was picked to the American Lacrosse Conference All-Tournament team after making 10 stops vs. Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals and 15 against Florid in the semifinals while holding the Gators to a season-low five goals. DeScenza made double-digit saves on six occasions, including against the Wildcats.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg held off a late Franklin & Marshall rally and knocked off the Diplomats 38-31 in their season finale Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium in a Centennial Conference match-up.
With the win, Gettysburg (7-3, 6-3 CC) posts its best record since the 1994 team finished 8-2. The team also finished undefeated at home (5-0) for the fifth time under Head Coach Barry Streeter and for the second time in seven years.
It was the 98th all-time meeting between Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall, one of the team's oldest rivals. The Bullets now lead the series by the slimmest of margins, 46-45-7.
Senior tailback Ted Delia rushed for a season-high 153 yards, including a 44-yard dash that set up the Bullets inside the 10 and led to a crucial late-game field goal. He also ran for a touchdown and tied the single-season school record for TD runs (15) while finishing ninth in school history in rushing yards (1,908).
Senior quarterback Kody Smith rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown for the Bullets, which never trailed after leading 14-0 in the first quarter and 21-14 at the half. Smith also passed for 141 yards and a TD while breaking Frank Gagliardi's '59-year school record for touchdowns responsible for with 25 (13 passing, 12 rushing).
Junior quarterback E.J. Schneider passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Diplomats (7-3, 6-3 CC), who outgained the Bullets 440-376.
Numerous Bullets made their final appearance in Musselman Stadium a memorable one. In addition to Delia and Smith's performances, cornerback D.J. Thompson returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown, receiver Kyle Davis hauled in a 71-yard touchdown pass, linebacker Larry DelViscio made 12 tackles, defensive end Joe Ventresca forced a fumble on a sack, and safety Drew Olsen made a touchdown-saving tackle on F&M's final play from scrimmage, leading to a field goal.
The senior class finished their careers with a 22-18 record, including winning seasons in each of their final three campaigns.
"They have been totally committed, they visualized what we were trying to accomplish, and they really developed well as leaders," said Streeter, on his senior class of 16. "I'm proud of the seniors, proud of the whole football group. We finished the season well."
Thompson's big play – his first collegiate interception – gave the Bullets their largest lead (35-14) with three seconds left in the third quarter. Schneider was flushed out of the pocket, and he fired a pass down the right sideline just before stepping out of bounds. Thompson stepped in front of the ball and followed his blockers to the F&M-30 before cutting up the middle of the field. A final block from junior cornerback Hugo Nolasco at the 10 allowed Thompson to strut into the end zone untouched, marking longest interception return by a Bullet since Brian Barr had an 86-yarder against Widener in 1982.
F&M rallied with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to make it a one-possession game (35-28) when Schneider connected with Frank Strumolo on a 12-yard touchdown pass with 7:22 remaining.
But Gettysburg would respond with a 55-yard drive that led to a 31-yard field goal by freshman Robby Fay with 3:21 left. Franklin & Marshall would answer with a 23-yard field goal by Chris DeStefano with 50 seconds to go, but freshman Kevin McCarthy fell on the DeStefano's on-side kick attempt and the Bullets were able to run out the final 48 seconds.
Tim Muller caught seven passes for 114 yards and a touchdown for the Diplomats while Strumolo made eight catches for 98 yards and a touchdown to go with 29 yards rushing and a TD.
DelViscio led all players in tackles and finished his career fourth in school history with 324 stops. Freshman linebacker Kodie McNamara and junior linebacker Cody DiAmore added 10 tackles apiece for the Bullets. Brian Velasco and C.T. Marsh led F&M with 10 tackles apiece.
Fay finished 5-for-5 on extra points and tied the single-season school record with 47 PATs made while nailing his final 35.
Smith was intercepted on the game's opening drive, but the Bullet defense stopped F&M on fourth-and-2 at the Gettysburg-20, taking over on downs. The Orange & Blue then marched 80 yards on 10 plays, with Delia capping the march with a 2-yard touchdown run with 5:34 left in the opening quarter.
After forcing a three-and-out, the Bullets scored on their next possession, as a 6-yard touchdown run by McCarthy punctuated a 67-yard drive and made it 14-0 with 1:21 on the first-quarter clock.
The Diplomats pulled even with a pair of touchdowns early in the second quarter. Schneider found Muller on a 15-yard touchdown pass with 13:46 left in the half before another interception gave F&M the ball at the Bullet-38. Three plays later, Stremulo ran it in from three yards out to make it a 14-14 game with 11:40 showing.
Sandwiched between two F&M punts over the rest of the quarter was a 15-play, 66-yard Gettysburg scoring drive, highlighted by a 3-yard touchdown run by Smith with 2:22 left in the half.
The Dips opened the second half with the ball, but on their 10th play Ventresca knocked the ball loose with his strip-sack, which was recovered by senior defensive tackle Robert Swierkowski at the Gettysburg-36. Two plays later, Smith found a wide-open Davis on the left sideline. Davis caught the ball in stride at the F&M-40 and waltzed the rest of the way untouched as the Bullets went ahead 28-14 with 8:22 left in the third quarter.
The two sides exchanged punts before Thompson's pick-six. But F&M climbed back into it, first scoring when Paul McGann received a pass the 1-yard line before picking up his own fumble in the end zone to make it 35-21 with 11:56 left. The Diplomats then forced Gettysburg to punt before Schneider's touchdown pass to Strumolo cut it to seven.
On the ensuing possession, the Bullets drove all the way to the F&M-5, and on a third-and-goal Smith ran in for a touchdown. But the play was brought back on a holding penalty, and Gettysburg would settle for Fay's field goal after chewing up four minutes off the clock.
Franklin & Marshall would then drive 72 yards on 12 plays, but were unable to find the end zone thanks to Olsen's open-field hit on Jordan Zackery on third-and-goal from the 6.
Smith summed up the sentiments of many of his fellow seniors.
"It's been an amazing road. I've been playing football for 17 years and it's crazy that it's coming to an end. But it's been an awesome four years, and I couldn't ask for a better place to be. I've had a blast."
Delia echoed similar thoughts.
"My Gettysburg experience has been amazing. I love the school with everything I have. The guys I'm going to graduate with have been really tight ever since I got here. Everything's just been great – I wish I could come back for four more years."
Notes: The Bullets finished the season first in school history in rushing touchdowns (37), third in scoring (375 points), sixth in total offense (4,393 yards), sixth in rushing (2,670 yards), and 10th in passing (1,723 yards)…Gettysburg's 29 sacks were the most in team history since the 1994 team had 33… Gettysburg scored on all four of its red-zone chances, giving the team 19 straight successful trips inside the red zone to end the season…The Bullets finished the year a Centennial Conference-best 91.3 percent (42-for-46) inside the red zone… Smith finished second in single-season school history in total offense (2,449 yards)…He also ended his career second all-time at Gettysburg in touchdown passes (34), third in completions (271), third in passing yards (3,742), fourth in total offense (4,808 yards), and fourth in touchdowns responsible for (49)…Delia also finished eighth in school history in career rushing touchdowns (25)…DelViscio finished third all-time at Gettysburg in solo tackles (214) and third in tackles for loss (33.5)…Ventresca tied for fifth in school history in career tackles for loss (32.5) and tied for sixth in sacks (18.0)…Senior Mark Covington finished ninth all-time at Gettysburg in career tackles for loss (30.5)…Fay also set a school record for extra points attempted (50).


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El Portal is a small community along the Merced River which is mostly notable for providing good lodging options for visitors to Yosemite National Park. Being outside of the National Park, El Portal is not subject to strict Park limitations on development, so a number of large motels have been constructed.
Yosemite Valley is a 20 minute drive from El Portal along a relatively flat road, which makes El Portal convenient while providing cheaper lodging than the Park itself. Visitors looking for even cheaper lodging could drive further to Mariposa. Those looking to save a might drive as far as Merced, but this would be considered quite a distance for visiting Yosemite.
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From Mariposa, Merced, and other points west, take State Route 140 east. El Portal is about 30 miles east of Mariposa.
From Yosemite, take State Route 140 west from Yosemite Valley. El Portal begins immediately after leave the Park.
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YART bus system connects El Portal to Merced, Mariposa, and Yosemite.
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The nearest Amtrak station is in Merced where you can catch a YART bus to El Portal.
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El Portal is in the narrow Merced River canyon.
See the famous California Poppies in late Spring. They surround the mountain walls up and down the Merced River Canyon.
From April through August, wildflowers bloom in Yosemite National Park, providing for a five-month spring of wildflower blooming.
One of the best wildflower trails in California is the Hite Cove Trail, leading from Savage's Trading Post on State Route 140 five miles beside the south fork of the Merced River to the remains of a gold mine and town.
Fifty to sixty varieties of wildflowers grow along the trail. As the trail climbs and descends, the emerald hillside is decorated with blazing splashes of orange California poppies, magenta Owl's Clover, and cadmium yellow Goldfields.
Such displays are found all along the trail, though the best are found beneath the shade of foothill oaks where colorful communities of Indian pinks, baby-blue eyes and globe lilies live. The observant will find monkey flowers, shooting stars, fiesta flowers and waterfall buttercups in seeps and little creeks that flow to the Merced River.
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Spring white-water rafting offers Class II through Class IV, depending on the snow melt and part of the season.
Hike Hites Cove, starting at Savage's Trading Post in the open (non-fire) season.
Fishing (permits available at the El Portal Market) • Park Boundary to Foresta Bridge, 2-trout limit, min. fish 12 inches, open all year • Foresta Bridge to Bagby, 5-trout limit, open last Sat. in April through Nov. 15
Whitewater Rafting • Red Bud to Suspension, 8 mi., Class III and IV (difficult) • Suspension to Split Rock, 8 mi., Class II and III (medium) • Split Rock to Bagby, 12 mi., Class III, IV and V (very difficult)
Whitewater Outfitters • Ahwahnee Whitewater • American River Recreation • ARTA • California Rafting Adventures • Mariah Wilderness Expeditions • Whitewater Voyages
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The larger motels have gift shops in case you forgot to get something while in Yosemite. They also sell the usual stuff that travellers often forget to pack.
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Yosemite View Lodge offers two restaurants and a bar, along with a large convenience store, selling a variety of packaged foods. There is a pizza and pasta place, as well as an American (Steak and Fish) dining room.
Yosemite Cedar Lodge offers two restaurants (but one is closed during the off season), and a bar. The bar is 50's themed.
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There are bars at both Yosemite View Lodge and Cedar Lodge.
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Ridiculously simple design, and only $4.99. Holds iPhone (with or without bumper) on your desk while your dad work, listens to music, or watch videos of the grandkids. Buy a few, perhaps, for home and office–and for the inevitability of leaving one behind at a restaurant table.
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Isla Gorgona
Isla Gorgona [1] is an island in the Pacific Ocean near Colombia.
Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona is an small island 30 kilometres out of the Colombian coast.
It was a prison island, but now it is national park. Some of the prisons are converted into a research centre, accommodation and a restaurant. The rest is overgrown by jungle and can be visited.
Flora and fauna
The island is covered with tropical forest. The island is famous for it's poisonous snakes. Further inhabitants includes monkeys, endemic lizards, pelicans, blue footed boobies, frigate birds and more. The ocean is roamed by sea turtles, whales, whalesharks, whitetip sharks and a lot of other fish species.
From mid-june till novembre is whale season. Male humpback whales can be seen breaching while the females and their offspring come real close to the island at the surface to breath.
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There are three ways to get to Isla Gorgona
There are several ways to get to the island by boat from Buenaventura. Cargo Ships, Dive Boats, and Launches. The Cargo Ships typically leave from the Muelle el Piñal in the afternoon (4pm -6pm) and are headed south towards Saltinga.
There are other cargo ships at the Muelle el Piñal- tell the locals there you want to go to Gorgona and they will take you to whichever ship happens to be leaving that day(if any).
Launches are faster boats that take 4 hours. Boats can be arranged through Aviatur, or you can arrange it yourself.
You can also arrange for a live aboard dive boat to take you to the islands. There are at least three different boats that visit the islands (depending on the season). They are typically weekend trips leaving from Buenaventura at 6pm Fridays, and returning 6am Monday morning, with approxamatly 6-7 dives around the island, visits to the islands sights, and are all inclusive of meals and park entry fees. These trips are about COP$890,000, and can be arranged through the various dive shops in Cali and Buenaventura.
Via Guapi
Guapi is only accessible by air. Aerolíneas Satena has flights from Cali. Contact them in Cali (2)8857709 - (2)885798 or in Guapi (2)8400547 - (2)8400313
Several companies have boats with a maximum capacity of 10 persons. The price is between C$350,000 anc C$400,000 for the 2 hour trip. Here is a list of contacts.
Via El Charco
Taxi de Carga (2)6663042 has flights from Cali.
Contact Dagobert Paredes (in El Charco (2)7470177 - (2)7470091 or in Cali (2)3155605 ) for boats to the island. The capacity is 15 to 20 persons and cost C$500,000 one-way.
If your boat out of the island doesn't show up, you get a free night on the island.
It is not allowed to bring alcohol to the island. Bags are sometimes checked on entrance. Confiscated goods will be returned at your departure. On departure bags are sometimes checked for corals or endangered animal species.
The entrance to the park is COP$ 21.000 and has to be payed in advanced together with the cost of accommodation. Since January 2006, Aviatur has taken over the concession for Isla Gorgona. You can get your entry fee at any Aviatur location (there is one in Buenaventura, as well as locations in Cali (072) 6645050
Get around
Access to the park is restricted. You're only allowed without a guide on the area, called El Poblado between the accommodations and the dive shop. With a (free) guide it is possible to visit the former prison area and the one trail leading to the other side of the island.
There is nothing to buy on the island, so take everything you need with you.
There is only one restaurant. The meals are good, but prepare for lots of seafood and rice. A breakfast cost COP$4,000, lunch and dinner COP$11,500.
Accommodation is in shared 4-person rooms and cost COP$30.000 a night and has to be paid in advanced.
Stay healty
Vaccination against yellow fever, tetanus and hepatitus B is recommended
There are several species of poisonous snakes on the island. Walking to playa Blanca and further is only allowed with guide and rubber boots (You can rent them at restaurant for COP$7000). After 5pm the it's advisable to wear rubber boots as well and use torches.


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This has nothing to do with Florida governor Rick Scott's shadow-ownership of the major drug testing company in Florida.
Republicans are against government intrusion into people's private lives. This is not an intrusion into anyone's private life, either.
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Take one recent example: Apple's rejection of an gaming app based on the war in Syria, created to help educate others about exactly what is occurring there. The game was rejected based on Apple's not allowing apps that "solely target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation or any other real entity".
"This decision is a shame really as it makes it hard to talk about the real world," said designer Tomas Rawlings.
"We had hoped that Apple would be more nuanced in how they applied this rule but we got a bit worried when it had been in submission for around two weeks without a decision - we then figured that because of the controversy of using the gaming medium to cover an ongoing war meant passing the game had become an issue for them."Rawlings insists there is nothing actually offensive in the game and notes that the response from those that got their hands on it has been generally positive. From what I can tell, the game is essentially a quick scenario decision making game told from the Syrian rebels point of view. It incorporates real world news items and events and allows the player to decide how to handle them. There's no deragatory name-calling. No over the top violence. But because they mention a "real government", it's out.
And that's exactly the problem with a less permissible garden like Apple's app store. Sure, in Google's garden (or the wider open internet, for that matter) you will occasionally have to ignore a few weeds, but you get the full spectrum of flowers to enjoy. Apple's garden may have less weeds, but they have less flowers, and the choice over which flowers you see isn't up to you. That's not the system I want to embrace.


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"She'd rather have somebody else do the quote, she'd rather have somebody else take all the press," DeKalb coach Phil Rouse said. "She just wants to win. She loves the sport and she loves her teammates."
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1. Re: How Do I erase the white background?acresofgreen Sep 3, 2011 11:48 PM (in response to SandySynaptik)
Your image does look challenging!
One option:
You can use the magic wand tool to select all the white areas (you have to de-select the "Contiguous" checkbox in the tools options at the top of the window). You may have to do some tweaking regarding the Tolerance level to get all of the white but not the grey. Then you could theoretically delete the selection of the background with the delete key. but I think it would be better to inverse the selection (Select - Inverse) to select the shape and not the white background and then to use the refine edge functionality to further enhance the edges of the shape (if you have Photoshop CS5 the refine edge functionality does a very good job). The Refine Edge dialog in CS5 (I'm not sure about other Photoshop versions) gives you different options for outputting the selected shape, including putting it on a new layer. You can also move your selection to a new layer by clicking CTRL J.
If you end up with a light fringe around your shape (because it was extracted from a light background), here's a tip from Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski:
Add an Inner Glow layer style to the transparent layer containing your extracted shape and use a grey color from the shape as the glow color. Change the blend mode in the layer style dialog to Multiply.
2. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 4, 2011 12:19 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
First the manual way:
1. duplicate the background layer
2. invert the duplicated layer (Ctrl+I)
3. Select>All (ctrl+a)
4. Edit>Copy (ctrl+c)
5. add a new fill layer color black
6. Alt click on the color fill's layer mask in the layers panel
7. Edit>Paste (ctrl+v)
8. Select>Deselect (ctrl+d)
9. click on the layer below in the layers panel to make the rgb channels active.
You can check the extraction by putting a color fill layer white below the black color fill layer.
If your satisfied with how it looks you can merge the black color fill layer with a new blank layer below.
You could make this into an action as below or download this free plugin for one click remove white.
after extraction
with white fill layer below
3. Re: How Do I erase the white background?acresofgreen Sep 4, 2011 12:30 AM (in response to MTSTUNER)
Wow, I see that I have been doing this in a convoluted way that doesn't give the best results! Thanks, MSTUNER, I am keeping these instructions for future use!
4. Re: How Do I erase the white background?SandySynaptik Sep 4, 2011 6:48 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
Hey! let me explain what is happening. Then give me the idea to proceed.
1. I duplicated the layer and inversed that. (This made the white background black and other blacks also changed into white).
2. I selected the whole layer (obviously the duplicated one.) and then I went to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color...
Named that layer something and proceeded with OK. then I choose black color and proceeded with OK.
3. By pressing Alt I click on the Layer mask thumbnail, (now the color will is change to white). Now the same thing as duplicated layer is pasted here.
4. Deselected. Click on the duplicated layer.
5. Again make a fill layer below the first fill layer with white color.
Finally it happens that the photo changes to as like the first image I used.
5. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Hudechrome Sep 4, 2011 9:22 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
Let me ask a stupid question:
Why go through all that to wind up at white again?
6. Re: How Do I erase the white background?the_wine_snob Sep 4, 2011 10:34 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
Another way to delete the white would be to use Image Mode>Grayscale, and then just Duplicate the Channel, and Save it as Mask.
Open your original again, and drag that Mask Channel to the Image, then Delete.
This is what you get:
To remove the background from the Background Layer, do not forget to Dbl-click on it, to convert to a "regular" Layer.
Good luck,
7. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 4, 2011 10:42 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
Putting the white fill layer below the top black color fill layer is just a
way of comparing the extraction with the original, you can use any
color, not just white to see what your object looks like on different
backgrounds, mainly your looking for any white fringe left behind.
When you complete all the steps you should be able to turn
off the visibilty of all the layers below the top black color fill layer
and see your object on a transparent background. (click on the eye
icons to the left of each layer in the layers panel to off the visibility for that layer)
with a green color:
If that's what you want, just the object on a transparent layer, you can put
a new blank layer below the object and then merge those two layers.
(merging applies the layer mask and keeps the transparency)
Then you can save the transparent layer to a file format that supports
transparency like psd, tiff or png.
If you want the object more black (less transparent), then you can duplicate
the black color fill layer several times and then merge those layers.
8. Re: How Do I erase the white background?SandySynaptik Sep 4, 2011 9:33 PM (in response to MTSTUNER)
One last request,
Can anyone give me a video tutorial on this??
9. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 5, 2011 12:05 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
See if this helps:
sorry there's no sound
10. Re: How Do I erase the white background?SandySynaptik Sep 5, 2011 6:43 AM (in response to MTSTUNER)
I appreciate your work, very less people are ready to give a video tutorial for an individual.
Thanks for this one...
Don't get you heart small, I have found and another way (it may be possibe that there might be many ways to do the same thing)
and I want to share that with you.
This one is helpful when you have same color of background..
Open the document > Select > Color Range.. > Select the white color (in this case) > Pick eraser tool and move here and there
11. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Andrew_Hart Sep 6, 2011 4:11 AM (in response to MTSTUNER)
Reply to MTSTUNER post #2
What you have listed in steps 1-9 simply does not work on my Win 7x64 PsCS5 (latest version).
Have you left our any steps at all - have you assumed we would automatically do something and left that or those steps out?
What version of Ps are you using for this demonstration? From the appearance of the first included screenshoot it must be CS2 or earlier.
12. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Andrew_Hart Sep 6, 2011 4:07 AM (in response to the_wine_snob)
Bill re your post #6
I can't quite follow your process here. Can you be a little bit more specific, setting out the precise steps please?
13. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 6, 2011 1:17 PM (in response to Andrew_Hart)
Even though i used ps6 for post #2 it should work exactly the same in cs5.
Which step doesn't seem to work in cs5?
In post #9 there is a short video clip using cs5.
14. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Andrew_Hart Sep 7, 2011 3:45 AM (in response to MTSTUNER)
I really can't say which step doesn't work. I simply followed all steps 1 to 9 precisely and it did not produce a transparent background in CS5. Have you actually tried it in CS5? At the conclusion of steps 1 to 9 I tried making each and every layer visible on its own and in combination with each and all of the remaining layers - to no effect. So I can't really say whether it is something I am doing or not doing, or whether your procedure is defective.
Thanks for the response in any event.
PS. The video using CS5 was a little too fast and not helpful without sound.
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15. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 9, 2011 1:42 AM (in response to Andrew_Hart)
I'm sure it works in cs5 as described.
When you got ready to paste the inverted layer into the color fill layer mask
(step 6) did you Alt Click on the layer mask thumbnail in the layers panel?
(the document should turn white on the screen after Alt clicking on the mask)
On this particular image you could just load one of the channels as a selection,
select>inverse, make a new layer and fil the selection with black.
If you want an action that works similar to the old eliminate white filter:
(for the above image, convert to grayscale, duplicate the background layer
and run the whiteoutgray part of the action, then convert your image back to rgb color)
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16. Re: How Do I erase the white background?MTSTUNER Sep 9, 2011 3:29 AM (in response to Andrew_Hart)
For photoshop versions later than photoshop 6 you might try
something like this (for an image like was posted by the original
1. Duplicate the background layer.
2. Load one of the r,g or b channels as a selection
(Ctrl+click on one of the r,b or g channels to load that
channel as a selection.
3. Press the Delete key.
(make sure the RGB channel is active before pressing the
delete key.
4. Select>Deselect.
5. Layer>Matting>Remove White Matte.
17. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Pedro Filho Sep 9, 2011 3:44 AM (in response to SandySynaptik)
I liked this topic...
18. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Andrew_Hart Sep 10, 2011 7:19 PM (in response to MTSTUNER)
MTSTUNER wrote:
I'm sure it works in cs5 as described.
When you got ready to paste the inverted layer into the color fill layer mask
(step 6) did you Alt Click on the layer mask thumbnail in the layers panel?
Yes, of course, as this was one of the instructions in steps 1-9 in your first post (# 2).
If, after step 8 and instead of step 9 (click on the layer below the top layer), you Alt + Click on the eyeball of the top layer (remember, this is in CS5) you get what appears to be removal of the white background. However the ciliasun drawing itself has become desaturated - instead of rich-looking blacks at the centre slowly fading out to lighter greys at the tips of the rays/arms, you now have a noticeably lighter grey centre fading out to even lighter greys at the tips.
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19. Re: How Do I erase the white background?Andrew_Hart Sep 11, 2011 7:00 AM (in response to MTSTUNER)
Re post # 16
Unfortunately, this process does not work on CS5 either, and once again results in a partially desaturated ciliasun drawing, the same result which I outlined in post # 18.
Step 2 may contribute to that result, but on first glance I don't think so. In any event it does not produce the result which I think you intended, namely selection of the white background only. Please correct me if I am mistaken in this assumption.
With a greyscale image such as the ciliasun posted by the OP (an RGB image comprising various shades of grey all the way from white to black) you cannot create a selection of all the white background (i.e. non-grey pixels) by Ctrl + Clicking on any of the channels, whether it be the RGB, R, G, or B. Instead, what you create is a luminosity mask, namely a selection of all the pixels which have a luminance of 50% or greater. Thus you must select at least some grey pixels. Only where you have a truly Black and White image (no shades of grey) will Ctrl + Clicking on one of the channels produce a luminosity mask which selects all of the white pixels only and ignores all the rest.
BTW, the method you have outlined in post # 16 seems to be a very satisfactory and quick way of producing a transparent background in a B+W image comprised of a black foreground and white background. All you have to do is eliminate step 5, return to the Layers Panel and Alt + Click on the top layer's eyeball. This is very useful.


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