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Review & Photos: Aaron Cometbus' Art Show at 1-2-3-4 Go Records, Oakland
The problem with being a jack of all trades is that no one believes you can really do it all. Just like people grow up to accept weird maxims like "more expensive is better," so the pervasive line that artists with varied mediums of output are somehow always "spreading themselves too thin." For some reason, we live in a world that demands the convenience of specialty—excel in your field, it says, and stay there.
Aaron Cometbus is well-known for his writing and his bands, but I've always rued the fact that his distinctive Xerox-style artwork hasn't gotten its deserved due, and long wondered why he's never had an official art show. Tonight, that oversight was remedied as 1-2-3-4-Go Records in Oakland hosted a long-overdue gallery opening of Aaron's work.
Why did it take so long? As owner Steve Stevenson put it, "Aaron said that no one's ever asked him before."
Whatever the reasons for delayed appreciation—and really, I see no reason why Aaron's art won't be in the SFMOMA someday, probably after we're all dead—the modest little curation of flyers, record art and personal archives on display at 1-2-3-4 Go through the end of February is a must-see, covering some classic icons (an original Crimpshrine flyer with the Cometbus #24 Peggy Lee image) and barely-seen innovations (an incredible flyer for a club's last show, with photos of and word-bubble quotes from regulars about its importance).
Much of the art is wonderful, of course. But underlying Aaron's transparency manipulations and intricate patterning is something deeper and more universal. The right of flyering as freedom of speech for the underprivileged is the concern of one beautiful 11×17 diatribe, expertly explaining a dilemma all to familiar to those who've hit the town with a bag of flyers and an Arrow T-50 stapler.
"The people with money have allotted the people with no money only certain spaces where they are allowed to be heard," he writes. "These are called "community" spaces. These spaces total about 30 feet for an entire city's communal needs. Thirty feet for all the lost dogs, lost wallets, charity raffles, punk shows, political rallies, summer sublets, yard sales, runaway children, art, and ideas. The posters pile up and are torn down, competing for the tiny amount of allotted space. How can you cover up a poster for a cute little lost puppy in order to advertise your cultural event?"
Aaron's working methods have always been fascinating, and even after being tipped off, 20 years ago, that he used a Kodak IM-40 for halftones and reversals, no one could ever achieve the same effect on the same machine. Many cumulative hours can be spent staring into his layouts, wondering how the hell he got just the right look. Some tricks are hinted at in the show by revealing different stages of work—the various stages of the art that became Pinhead Gunpowder's Compulsive Disclosure, for example, or the series shown at the top here that resulted in the flyer below—but as he said to me tonight, "It's like magic. You don't want to give away too much of the process."
Unlike a conventional art show, nearly all of the pieces are photocopies and none are for sale. No one explains this better than Aaron, so I'll just quote an excerpt of his artist statement:
My medium—pen, paint and xerox—was probably my mother's fault. She was an artist, working in fiber and textiles. I was inspired by her use of shading and ability to define form with just a few lines, but I was also depressed to see her one-of-a-kind pieces go to rich collectors, never to be seen again. If I hadn't already been drawn to means that were mass-produced, that would have done the trick. Xeroxing or silkscreening became an integral part in my creative process. Without that final step, the work feels incomplete, which is why—with few exceptions—it is copies you see on the walls here rather than the original cut and paste.
And so there you have it. Basic Radio's "Meat Market" played on the sound system, a coffee pot that Aaron brought in himself sat upon the counter, the place filled up beyond capacity and a lot of overdue praise was lovingly heaped on Aaron Cometbus—artist, writer, musician, and a positive cultural instigator who's never been content excelling in just one field. Thank goodness.
The Cometbus Art Show runs through the end of February at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th St., Oakland. Open everyday from noon to 7pm, with an excellent selection of punk and indie vinyl. 510.985.0325.
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Step One To Embracing A Lack Of Scarcity: Recognize What Market You're Really In
from the not-as-hard-as-you-think dept
It's interesting to note that it wasn't horse-drawn carriage makers who became successful automobile companies. No, they ended up going out of business, because they too narrowly defined their markets as being the horse-drawn carriage market, rather than the road-based transportation market, or just the transportation market. Of course, that was something the railroad businesses could have claimed as well -- but they also were too narrowly focused on being in the railroad business (and, some say, were the inspiration behind passing certain anti-automobile laws early on in the automobile's history). The horse-drawn carriage makers, however, very much should have realized they were in the transportation market, and should have been always looking for ways to step up to provide better and better systems for local transportation. People weren't buying horse-drawn carriages because they were horse-drawn carriages, but because they could use them to more easily get somewhere. Thus, when automobiles hit the scene, the smart horse-drawn carriage maker wouldn't have looked at it as a threat, but as an opportunity to provide a better transportation system to his customers. But, that only works if he correctly defined the market.
In the case of the RIAA, contrary to the complaints in that button-maker post, they are not actually "making music." The musicians make the music, and the RIAA hardly represents the musicians. The RIAA is the "recording industry" and they represent the interests of the record labels who, while they may claim are in the music business, appear to believe they're really in the "music selling business" rather than (as they really are) the "music entertainment business." They believe their job is to distribute music, promote it, and get people to buy it. They make money by keeping that system closed and locked down. If they recognized they were really in the "entertaining people with music business" they should only be ecstatic about new technologies and services that make their job easier. In the case of file sharing systems, that was a tremendous new distribution and promotion system all rolled up in one -- and it cost them nothing. What a tremendous resource -- if they were actually in the music entertainment business and wanted to make it easier to promote and distribute music. They could leverage that infinitely available, free resource to promote and distribute music and musicians, and then use that to make money in other ways (concerts, sponsorships, endorsements, appearances, fan clubs, etc., etc., etc.,) But by limiting the definition of what business they were in by what their existing business model said they were selling, they chose to fight it.
The same is very much true of the MPAA, who represents the movie studios, and still seems to think they're in the business of selling movies. That's not true. People don't go out to the movies because it's "a movie." They go out to the movies to be entertained. They're in the entertainment business, and the industry is falling down miserably by making the movie going experience dreadful. They've taken the entertainment part out of the entertainment business as they focus so desperately on holding onto the "movie selling business" and in the process, they're finding it actually tougher to sell movies.
So, when it comes to the button-makers (who didn't realize they were in the clothing accessories business), it really is the same situation. The entertainment industry cartels aren't really fighting "competition." They're simply scared to death of the opportunity that's staring them in the face, because they think they're in a different business than they're actually in.
If you're looking to catch up on the posts in the series, I've listed them out below:
Economics Of Abundance Getting Some Well Deserved Attention
The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics
The Economics Of Abundance Is Not A Moral Issue
A Lack Of Scarcity Has (Almost) Nothing To Do With Piracy
A Lack Of Scarcity Feeds The Long Tail By Increasing The Pie
Why The Lack Of Scarcity In Economics Is Getting More Important Now
History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers
Infinity Is Your Friend In Economics

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From packing your bags to shopping for car rental companies, there's a whole lot to take care of in advance for a work trip. And once the travel commences, there's even more to worry about - balancing daily life and a work schedule in unfamiliar territory can be overwhelming. So try these two simple tips for making your trip more efficient and hassle-free:
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A new tower is among long-awaited plans that include replacing or renovating century-old buildings that have failed government safety evaluations
Providence Health Care CEO Dianne Doyle stands in front of St. Paul's Hospital on a crisp fall day, wearing a cheerful red coat. She's posing for a picture for a new government placard announcing the long-awaited approval of a massive hospital renewal plan that will see the 118-year-old hospital get a complete — and desperately needed — overhaul.
Doyle has waited years for government endorsement, and she's glad to see things have got this far. But while her coat is cozy, what she really wants to be wearing is a hard hat.
"I'd be very disappointed if we didn't have a shovel in the ground in three years," Doyle said. "I'd be extremely disappointed if construction wasn't visible."
The hospital has been praying for a $610-million renewal to modernize a facility that is, in parts, more than a century old. The concept plan outlines the demolition of the old Comox building and construction of a new 228,000-square-foot tower to hold 86 outpatient clinics. It would bring buildings up to code and create new patient and research spaces, with completion by 2020. The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation will contribute approximately $50 million, with the rest coming from government.
The province has committed $2.3 billion to health-care capital investments over the next three years. So, like a patient on a transplant waiting list, St. Paul's is anxiously waiting for its number to be called.
St. Paul's was founded in 1894 and some century-old buildings, such as the Comox and Burrard facilities, are still in use. According to the government's own safety evaluations, they shouldn't be: a 2003/04 facility index found the Burrard, Comox and MacDonald buildings at "extreme" risk in the event of an earthquake. The Comox building, with its crumbling clay tile walls, was deemed "unsuitable for occupancy."
A hospital report last year echoed those findings, listing elevators, wiring and generators in "deplorable" condition, "at risk for cataclysmic failure." The hospital's structure, said Doyle, a former St. Paul's nurse, is essentially on life support.
The hospital's capacity is another challenge. Outpatient clinic volumes have grown33 per cent in the past five years; the number of day surgeries have risen 24 per cent. The pressure will intensify as the population of the downtown core grows.
The hospital's predicament hasn't escaped the notice of the government, which has provided triage funding, including recent stopgap emergency grants of $18 million for elevator upgrades and three new generators.
But the government threw the hospital a real lifeline in June, when Premier Christy Clark publicly confirmed the St. Paul's redevelopment.
"Finalizing the concept plan is a critical milestone that will lay a strong foundation for a redeveloped hospital that ensures patients and families continue to receive that world-class health care for years," Clark said at the time.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health said the exact dollar commitment could only come after the concept plan and business case with firm estimates were approved by the Treasury Board, likely by 2014.
The official sanction came as a relief to Doyle.
"It's something that we had been asking for. It signals a real commitment and willingness," she said of the premier's pledge. "It officiates the work that we are doing."
The wheels are finally starting to turn. The final plans are due to be submitted to the Treasury Board in the next year or so. A new project board consisting of members of government, health authorities and Providence officials was established and first met in October.
"We're advancing the work, but there will be a lot of work to be done," said Bonnie Maples, corporate director of strategic renewal and capital assets.
Maples explained the renovation will be an extraordinarily complex logistical exercise — like a master chess game crossed with a multi-player video game — because construction must be done without closing the hospital or compromising the care of patients there. Plus, hospital units will have to be continually moved to allow for renovations, then relocations to the new tower.
"It's very difficult to do that, especially when we are full."
The attention The Province's series has brought to St. Paul's over the past year has been a factor in securing broader support for the renewal, Doyle said.
"The series has been phenomenal. It's created quite a buzz," she said. "It was another piece of adding synergy. The knowledge of what we are doing helped gain that support."
It's also helped hospital officials like her gain perspective, she added. Executives can get lost in budget numbers, fundraising targets and technical calculations. But, in the end, Doyle stressed, working in health care is about people, and the series brought that home.
"What struck me so much were the actual stories," she said. "It's a very big, complex organization and you can get caught up but, when it comes right down to it, behind all the numbers there are individuals who have been profoundly impacted by their care."
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From Laurence Freeman OSB, "Advent Message: Week 1"
Stay Awake. This is the teaching of Jesus in the gospel for the first Sunday of Advent – the preparation time for Christmas.
I have been traveling in S America and Asia in the past few weeks and have seen the various effects of the global financial crisis.
In retrospect it's obvious that we slept-walked into the crisis, allowing the oscillation between greed and fear that controls the market place to induce a dangerous dream state.
The bubble burst. Reality dawned. And the awakening has been hard; and, as always in financial matters, hardest for those who have least and are the most vulnerable. In personal life also we frequently lurch from sleep-walking to rude awakening. Is there a way that we can stay awake? Can we avoid the extremes that cause so much suffering and confusion? Often when we are at our most inflamed and hyper-active we are in the deepest sleep.
Meditation – morning and evening – is the best antidote known to humanity to keep us awake, clear-minded about the illusions that lure us and the fears that control us. And to keep us attuned to the beauty and freshness of reality as each day invites us to be more awake, more real.
We know when we are awake because we maintain the same calm spirit of attention between all changing activities and sensations.
If your meditation has become lazy or more irregular of late, think of this training time of Advent as an opportunity to restart and renew the practice.
A good lectio practice would be to memorize these words from the Gospel and allow them to clear the mind at stressful times of the day, morning, noon or night: "Stay awake, then for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight or in the morning. And what I say to you I say to all: stay awake (Mark 13: 34)."
After Meditation, "Thirst," by Mary Oliver in THIRST (Boston: Beacon, 2006), p. 69.
Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have. I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord,
I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the
hour and the bell; grant me, in your
mercy, a little more time. Love for the
earth and love for you are having such a
long conversation in my heart. Who
knows what will finally happen or
where I will be sent, yet already I have
given a great many things away, expect-
ing to be told to pack nothing, except the
prayer which, with this thirst, I am
slowly learning.


text: Ethanol Gains Against Gas on Lower Supply, Higher Demand February 25, 2013 06:41 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ethanol gained against gasoline on speculation that lower imports and higher demand will drain stockpiles of the fuel alternative. The spread narrowed 2.65 cents to 69.01 cents a gallon. Imports were down 83 percent to 21,000 barrels a day in the week ended Feb. 15 from the 2012 high in October, according to the Energy Information Administration, while inventories are lower than year-ago levels. "Relative to the discount to gasoline, there's no reason blenders shouldn't be using as much as they possibly can," said Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst at Futures International LLC in Chicago. "We're importing less. That's another reason we should see a drawdown in stocks." Denatured ethanol for March delivery rose 0.8 cent, or 0.3 percent, to settle at $2.371 a gallon on the Chicago Board of Trade. Futures have advanced 8.3 percent this year. Gasoline for March delivery decreased 1.85 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $3.0611 a gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract covers reformulated gasoline, which is made to be blended with ethanol before delivery to filling stations. Reilly said better returns have given companies an incentive to raise ethanol production. Production Up Output rose a third consecutive week in the period ended Feb. 15, the Energy Department's statistical arm said in a Feb. 21 report. Production is down 17 percent from the record 963,000 barrels a day in December 2011 as companies slashed operations because of higher corn prices caused by the worst drought since the 1930s. Corn for March delivery advanced 3.25 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $6.935 a bushel in Chicago. One bushel makes at least 2.75 gallons of ethanol. The corn crush spread, representing gains or losses from turning a bushel of corn into ethanol, was minus 15 cents, unchanged from Feb. 22. The amount doesn't include revenue from the sale of dried distillers' grains, a byproduct of ethanol production, which can be fed to livestock. Joseph Glauber, the Agriculture Department's chief economist, said Feb. 21 that corn to be used for ethanol in the 2013-2014 growing season will be below 5 billion bushels for a second year. RINs Reserves U.S. oil refiners may draw from a reserve of Renewable Identification Numbers that they've banked in previous years to help meet federal requirements, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a report today. RINs help the government track whether refiners are meeting biofuel mandates. The value of RINs for corn-based ethanol fell 4.4 percent to 43 cents on Feb. 22. They've surged from 7.1 cents on Jan. 7, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Advanced RINs, which include biodiesel and sugarcane-based Brazilian grade ethanol, were unchanged at 59.5 cents, the highest price this year. Ethanol-blended gasoline made up about 90 percent of the total gasoline pool, up from 89 percent the previous week, EIA said. Higher domestic consumption will be needed to help lift prices and fill a void that may be created from lower export demand after the European Union this month imposed a five-year tariff on U.S. supply to curb competition for German, British and EU makers of the fuel, Reilly said. Ethanol Exports Exports of the fuel in November, the most recent month for which data is available, totaled 965,000 barrels, the smallest amount since November 2010, EIA data show. Spot prices in Sao Paulo were $2.43 a gallon last week, the highest since April 13 and about 2.5 percent more expensive than today's futures price. In cash market trading, ethanol was unchanged in New York at $2.48 a gallon, in Chicago at $2.37 and in the U.S. Gulf at $2.42, data compiled by Bloomberg show. On the West Coast, the most expensive hub in the nation, prices gained 1 cent to $2.53 a gallon. Chicago's discount to New York was unchanged at 11 cents, wider than the 8.6-cent average of the past year. The West Coast's premium to the Gulf expanded to 11 cents from 10. It's averaged 9.8 cents since Feb. 27, 2012. --Editors: Charlotte Porter, Richard Stubbe To contact the reporter on this story: Mario Parker in Chicago at firstname.lastname@example.com Back to news


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you posted about not buying old or used gear but this might be the correct way to get the equipment you need AND the instructions you need.
If you take into account that nearly any new kite will run you $1000+ and there is a plethora of very well taken care of used kites for $500-600 out there, you've got more than enough left over to spend on lessons. Trust me when I say that your 2 year old used kite will be in far better shape after a month with some well spent remaining money on initial guidance, than a brand new kite and nothing left over to make those big mistakes on your instructor's kites.
My initial learning kite is actually in pretty good shape despite being from 2008, and once I was confident that most of my crashing days were over, I picked up some gently used F-one bandits at $1200 for and entire 7-9-12 quiver.
My final two cents: you've got a trainer so use it till you're bored, then take at least four hours of lessons, hunt the classifieds for a used kite and bring one of your kitesurfing friends to inspect it over for any problems, get stoked from day one instead of frustrated, hurt or angry that some "asshole" deflated your kite instead of launching you. When I showed up at Alameda the first day, they could smell my newness and was instantly quizzed on some general knowledge from my lessons, then they launched me and I had the time of my life even just body dragging about in the bay.


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AXS beams New Orleans Jazzfest live
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Colorado-based AXS TV (pronounced "Axis") will present the New Orleans Jazzfest live during the weekend of May 3, a first for the network and part of a new partnership with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.
The network will broadcast some segments live throughout the 7-day festival, April 26 thru May 5, including live segments in its nightly program "AXSLive." Then continuous live festival, concert and event coverage is planned from Friday through Sunday.
Originally conceived by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Denver's Philip Garvin (owner of Colorado Studios and Mobile TV Group), the reformed AXS launched in July 2012 owned by HDNet, Cuban, Philip Garvin, Ryan Seacrest, the Anschutz Entertainment Group and Creative Artists Agency. It is an entertainment channel devoted mostly to concerts and red carpet events.
Among the 2013 Jazzfest headliners: Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band, Billy Joel, Frank Ocean, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Cliff, Gypsy Kings and Ben Harper.


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by Pete Mazzaccaro
Barbara Kaplan, of Antiques Gallery at 8523 Germantown Ave, said business is worse today than it has been in the 26 years she and owner Gerry Schultz have been in business in Chestnut Hill. But it's not the economy that's to blame, according to Kaplan. It's the new kiosk system at Chestnut Hill's seven community lots.
"I have never in my life had business worse than I have now," Kaplan told the Local. "My business is down 50 percent. People come in and complain to me about the parking. Not only do they not know how to work the kiosks, they're not comfortable. They're afraid they'll get a ticket."
Worse than the kiosks, though, is the way they're enforced. The Philadelphia Parking Authority has patrolled the lots since May of this year, issuing anyone who overstays their paid-for time a $26 ticket.
"They don't stop – it's unbelievable," Kaplan said of the Parking Authority meter readers who patrol the lots. "There's two and three. They walk all over the place. When they get a ticket, people come in here and they say, "I'm not coming to Chestnut Hill anymore."
Kaplan is not alone. Visitors have complained to shop owners and to the foundation. Several have written angry letters that have been published by the Local (including one this week, see page 4). Many other business owners have also complained. They've told the Local that they have petitioned the Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, the local nonprofit that manages the lots, to ease the relentless efforts of the Parking Authority.
Among them are Hill Company owner Linda Moran, Mica owner Chip Roman, and Marty Smith and her daughter Gail Coyle, who own Martha Smith's Gifts, a gift and card shop at 184 E. Evergreen Ave., all of whom have spoken to the Local. Some feel a meeting in November to slow ticketing made a little bit of a difference, but there's still a lot of room for improvement, they say.
"It is getting better," Roman told the Local, "But come here after 6 p.m., and this lot is empty."
"I think people are getting used to it," Moran said. "It's not bad as it was in October, but the ticket's are steep. It's not even $15, it's $26. They can go anywhere and get free parking. We are not CC. We are, what, three blocks from Montgomery County? It's about making it easy."
Making parking easy was the idea behind Chestnut Hill's public lots to begin with. Faced with the advent of the shopping center, Hill business people pooled their property to provide shopper parking in the community. The idea for those lots was promoted by Lloyd Wells, the former Chestnut Hill Business Association president and Chestnut Hill Community Association founder, more than 50 years ago.
What Wells did was get the businesses to lease their property to a newly established Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation, which in turn took responsibility for maintaining the lots.
While the lots have always been a boon to Avenue businesses, they've never been easy to manage and run. For decades, the system was funded by merchants who bought rolls of stickers that were good for 30 minutes of parking in each of the lots.
The sticker system, which many enjoyed, had merchants grumbling for years as rising costs forced the parking foundation to raise the rates of the sticker rolls. Those costs prompted the foundation to move to voluntary assessments. Those assessments were issued to every business based on past sticker usage. But those assessments did not work when many businesses did not participate.
In April, when the kiosks were installed, parking foundation president John Ingersoll said more than 25 percent of businesses weren't participating, and an even greater percentage of the revenue the parking foundation needed was not coming in. The kiosks were installed and, for the first time, the burden of paying for parking fell squarely on the shoppers.
To make things more stressful, according to critics of the kiosk system, the Philadelphia Parking Authority was contracted to police the lots. Once shoppers started getting tickets, tempers flared. Shop owners were left in the unenviable position of defending or explaining $26 dollar fines to their best customers.
"No one likes it – none of our customers like it," said Gail Coyle, of Martha Smith's Gifts. "It is really not helping our business. If people can go to a mall and shop for free and have one stop shopping, why would they come here?"
Chestnut Hill Parking Foundation vice president Paul Roller, who owns two restaurants on Germantown Ave., Roller's Expresso and Roller's Flying Fish, said he can appreciate the hardship felt by other shop owners, but ultimately, the parking lots are not free.
"There's got to be a way to pay for parking," Roller said. "The parking foundation is a not for profit business, but it's still a business. We have expenses that have to be met."
Roller said he believes business in Chestnut Hill is down to begin with and that the economy and competition is the real reason for declining business, not the parking lots.
"I certainly don't discount what [kiosk critics] are saying, but Chestnut Hill is a tough market," he said. "I think there are other things we should look at."
And more important, Roller said, the kiosks have taken care of what even kiosk critics agree was an issue before: There was not enough parking for customers in the lots under the old system.
"We're on track to hit the revenue we expected, meaning people are using the kiosks and parking in the lots," he said, "And we have turnover, which we needed. It shows us that the price is right. People are getting the parking they need.
Roller said that while the Parking Authority has been aggressive, it has also been responsive. A meeting held in November to address aggressive ticketing apparently resulted in improvements,
"They've been great," Roller said of the PPA, "Without the PPA, we'd have chaos in the lots. We can't have no enforcement. There has to be structure. And when we asked them to reduce the number of trips through the lots, they agreed."
Although some of the business owners said they felt the November meeting was productive, they'd still like to see improvements.
The Hill Company's Moran said the kiosk system was particularly difficult for older customers who had to park, walk to the kiosk and then back to their car before going into a store. Also, without people around to explain the kiosks, she said, a lot of people were easily confused.
Jim Lilly, owner of Metropolitan Bakery, who said his business has actually been up since the kiosks went into effect, said he would like to see a system where quick trips of 15 minutes or less could be made without paying.
"The biggest complaint my customers have is if they want to run a quick errand, they have to deal with the kiosks," he said. "I'd like to see [the parking foundation] do what other towns do, Collingswood and Haddonfield. They have 15 minutes grace for people who want to run in and out. And they don't have to plug the kiosks to buy a loaf of bread."
Roller said the parking foundation is aware of those issues and was particularly interested in finding a way to help people who needed it in the lots.
To make things easier on customers, Roller said shop owners should really try to help out. He noted that owners of Top of the Hill Market are out with quarters in their pockets at the lot in front of their shop. He also said that the parking foundation offers tokens, but few of them were purchased.
"If someone gets a ticket, ask yourself how much that customer is worth," he said. "Is it worth paying their ticker?"
For some, though, Roller's advice will not likely be enough.
"I think they should get rid of the damn kiosks in the lots," Kaplan said when asked how she would change the system. "Let each business take care of their own. Stop these droves of people from giving tickets. They're like barracudas. We're not in Center City. You don't need to do this to us."


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Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS revamp due 11 December?
'G92' replacement for old 'G80' part
Nvidia will release its next 'G92'-based graphics chip, the GeForce 8800 GTS 512, on 11 December, it has been claimed. As its name suggests, the new part extends the existing 8800 GTS line up with a model that connects to 512MB of memory.
Today's 8800 GTS family comprises 320MB and 640MB models - the latter is said to be scheduled to be replaced by the 512. Both older GPUs contain 96 of Nvidia's Stream unified-shader pixel processors, but the new version will have 128 on board, according to a report on Chinese-language site HKEPC.
The story claims the new part has a core clock speed of 650MHz, the highest of any current GeForce 8-series GPU, including the 8800 Ultra. However, it connects to memory across a 256-bit, which is narrower than today's GTS' 320-bit bus but one that matches the recently released 8800 GT - reviewed here.
The GTS 512's GDDR 3 memory is said to be clocked to 1.96GHz.
The report's sources say the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 will appear on boards in the $299-349 price band - almost twice the price of AMD's recently released ATI Radeon HD 3800 series boards.
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• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT graphics chip


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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Etihad Airways says it plans to acquire a 49 percent stake in Serbia's JAT Airways in a wide-ranging deal that will bring a new name and expanded routes for the struggling Belgrade-based carrier.
The pact is the latest partnership for fast-growing Etihad, which is locked in competition with other Gulf carriers, the Dubai-based Emirates and Qatar Airways.
Under the initial $80 million deal announced on Thursday, JAT will be renamed Air Serbia and it will expand its routes in Europe and the Middle East.
Last year, the head of the Association of European Airlines urged for partnerships between JAT and other airlines from the former Yugoslavia to remain competitive.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad already has investments in European carriers airberlin and Ireland's Aer Lingus.


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Ever wondered what to wear on those cloudy and chilly Summer days? Living Upstate NY, means you need to figure out pretty quickly what to wear on a cold Summer day. Although our Summer is pretty much one month, the month of July, the rest of the Summer, it rains six days a week. But this doesn't stop us from enjoying our Summer and playing around with our wardrobe. On those days, I tend to wear all black (or all white) and I incorporate one colorful item. In this outfit, I decided to wear my new Alexander Wang gladiator sandals that my Mom bought for me as a gift (after hearing a lot about them, she decided to get rid of me by buying them and she snagged them for almost half the price as it was the last pair left!).
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Despite more than a decade as a professional, this weekend is novel for likeable Aussie star Luke Bell.
Luke Bell will defend his IRONMAN Australian crown at Port Macquarie – a new experience for the 35-year-old. Despite six podiums in IRONMAN races and 14 wins over the 70.3 distance, it took until last year for Bell to make his long-awaited breakthrough with victory at IRONMAN Australia.
He followed this with a brilliant win at IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant in Canada in his best year in the sport. Bell returns to Port Macquarie this weekend to defend his title.
"It is always nice to return as defending champion and I will give it everything that I am able to, like all the other competitors, but with a limited training build-up it will be more about ticking off achievable goals on race day rather than focusing on times or positions," says Bell. "Sometimes you need to be realistic and you always want to cross the finish line with positive emotions that say you will always enjoy the ride and want to return."
A knee injury has sidelined him for much of the year and forced a rethink of expectations and race plans.
"Now that the year has altered due to injury, the initial thoughts are negative and what to do now. Looking at things the year will now be very similar to last year (not all bad really), so I will head back to the North American Championships," Bell said.
However he is likely to bypass the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships at Mont-Tremblant in favour of a better build-up for Kona. First and foremost he is not looking past this Sunday at Port Macquarie.
"My preparation has been a roller coaster, to say the least. The training has been influenced by how the knee is travelling—some days are great where other days I have needed to rest it."
Bell has been in the sport long enough to know that you take the bad with the good.
"As they say 'some days you win…some days you lose.' It just so happens last year I won. I have always appreciated and enjoyed the victories when you get them as you must never take them for granted."


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When looking for help for themselves or a loved one with a prescription drug problem, people are often unsure which detox program is best. Choosing the right program could mean the difference between success and failure in overcoming prescription drug addiction. Different types of drug detox programs are available and each one has its advantages and drawbacks.
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Peripatetic Scotland-based blogger Chris Paton has posted on his Scottish GENES blog that Google have added the Glasgow Herald to their News Archive collection. There are 36,297 issues from 20 Jan 1806 to 17 Feb 1990. The bar chart indicates gaps, and there are the usual problems with computer interpretation of the text.
Search from www.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search with Glasgow as the source.
It's a challenge to keep up with new digitized newspapers appearing on Google News Archive Search. I've yet to find a site where Google posts information on newly added papers. If you know of a source please leave a comment.
Chris also mention that Google has the Glasgow Advertiser from 1789-1801 on the site.
And a note that Chris' peregrinations will take him to Toronto next June for a Scottish Family History Workshop. The Call for Speakers is open until Monday 1 November.
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Google News Archive Search adds Glasgow Herald, 1806-1990
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Hi, John,
Here's a direct link to the Glasgow Herald archives.
We all would like to know where Google is hiding their list of news archives. :-(
I have some titles listed on my Online Historical Newspapers Site, but not many, yet.
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All missing lines after removing the mask can be easily fixed with a Copic Multi pen. I like my 0.05 mm one the most.
I wanted the card to be a bit darker – enchanted I guess loved the purple Maja papers with it. Too sad I am almost out of this lovely paper.
Garden Fairy Tilda – soon
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UCCE on UCS B-Series Network Configuration
The following sections provide instructions on performing the network configuration needed to deploy Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) on UCS B-Series servers.
Design Considerations for High Availability
The High Availability (HA) deployment provides redundancy from a component failure in the Unified Computing System (UCS) architecture.
For deploying Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) on UCS B Series servers, it is mandatory that a HA design be used. Please follow the best practices and guidelines described in the Cisco white paper Design Consideration for High Availability and Scalability in Blade Server Environment for guidelines on implementing HA. Pay particular attention to the following information in this white paper:
- The guidelines described in the section "Server I/O High Availability Architecture" with redundant infrastructure and paths.
- The diagrams of HA design shown in Figure 2, Figure 4, and Figure 6 in the above white paper. For an additional example of Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects HA, refer to Figure 5 in this document.
For an introduction to UCS architecture, see the Cisco white paper http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10281/solution_overview_c22-522771.pdf.
Design Considerations and Requirements for UCS Fabric Interconnects
Unified CCE requirements for UCS B series Fabric Interconnect implementation:
- Fabric Interconnects must always be deployed in HA pair.
- UCS Fabric Ethernet switching mode must be set to End-Host Mode. Switching Mode is not supported.
- Fabrics pair may not be connected to a split-L2 Data Center switching infrastructure.
- Fabric Failover must not be enabled for VNICs in UCS Manager blade service profiles.
- All devices interconnected to the UCS Fabric Interconnects must meet Cisco Data Center Interoperability Support Matrix requirements.
The Nexus 1000V is not yet supported by Unified CCE on UCS.
UCS B Series Physical Network Connections Design Example
Figure 1 examples the connections between the following UCS Fabric components with redundant configuration for a Unified CCE on UCS B-series deployment:
- Two Cisco MDS multilayer fabric switches (Nexus 5/7 Series and 3rd Party SAN switches also supported as per Interop Matrix)
- Two Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects (6200 Series also supported)
- Two Cisco UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders with minimum 2 10G links each (4 links illustrated) (2200 Series also supported)
- Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet up-links from each Fabric that will be cross-connected to redundant Data Center switches. (See Up-links to Data Center Switches section below for more details).
Figure 1
Unified CCE Network vSwitch Configuration for UCS B Series - Reference Design 1
Figure 2 illustrates the default design for Unified CCE on UCS B Series blades to meet Public and Private network communications requirements. This design requires the M81KR VIC.
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Unified CCE Network vSwitch Configuration for UCS B Series - Reference Design 2
Figure 3 illustrates an alternate design for Unified CCE on UCS B Series blades that uses a single vSwitch and an Active/Active VMNIC design. This design allows for the use of the M71KR and M72KR CNAs in addition to the M81KR, and is thus appropriate in an environment where you may have a mixture if CNA types installed across your blade infrastructure. This design requires vSwitch Port Group NIC Teaming override be used to control the flow of each VLAN through the Fabric Interconnects, rather than through the Active/Standby path control used in Reference Design 1 above. Please refer to VMware documentation and online help for futher information on how to enable Port Group override.
Figure 3
Creating the UCS Profile
Understanding the service profile is key to understanding the blade management in the UCS. The service profile represents a logical view of a single blade server, without needing to know exactly which blade you are talking about. The profile object contains the server personality (identity and network information). The profile can then be associated with a single blade at a time. The following link provides a step by step guide on how to provision service profiles.
Every server that is provisioned in the Cisco UCS is specified by a service profile. A service profile is a software definition of a server and its LAN and SAN network connectivity. In other words, a service profile defines a single server and its storage and networking characteristics. The UCS Manager software is embedded in the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects, which is also where the service profiles are stored. When a service profile is deployed to a server, UCS Manager automatically configures the server, adapters, fabric extenders, and fabric interconnects to match the configuration specified in the service profile. Automating the device configuration reduces the number of manual steps required to configure servers, network interface cards (NICs), host bus adapters (HBAs), and LAN and SAN switches.
This page does not provide a step by step guide on how to use UCS manager. However, it provides the necessary information to configure a service profile for Unified CCE.
Service Profile VLAN Configuration for Unified CCE in UCS Manager
The service profile must have the complete and correct VLANs configured for Unified CCE Public and Private traffic.
The following shows an example of the VLANs needed for a Unified CCE deployment.
- One VLAN is needed for the Public Ethernet traffic
- One VLAN is needed for the Private Ethernet traffic
- One VLAN is needed for the VMkernel & Management traffic
UCS Manager Profile for Reference Design 1
The following figure illustrates the six vNIC design used for Reference Design 1.
Note MAC addresses in UCS Manager for all vNICs, as the vNIC numbers do not map to same number vmnic in vSphere.
Note that in order to provision more than two interfaces per blade, the M81KR Virtual Interface Controller (VIC) must be used. The M71KR and M72KR Converged Network Adapters (CNA) are only capable of provisioning two interfaces and is limited to using Reference Design 2 as shown above.
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UCS Manager Profile for Reference Design 2
The following figure illustrates the two vNIC design used for Reference Design 2.
Figure 5
Note: VLAN for VMkernel & Management is not specifically depicted in this figure.
The service profile must have a vSAN configured for Unified CCE. The following shows an example of the vSAN needed for a UCCE deployment. The vSAN network ID must match the vSAN ID configured on the SAN devices for connectivity.
Figure 6
Configuring Up-link Ports on Data Center Switches for UCS B Series
The following is an example of the port configuration for connection to the UCS Fabric Interconnects. For redundancy there must be at least two TenGigabitEthernet ports configured per UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect cross connected to a Catalyst or Nexus Data Center switch pair. Gigabit Links may be used in certain cases where 10 Gigabit is not available in the Data Center, but a minimum of 4 links is required per Fabric pair, with 8 recommended. This may require additional port licenses on the Fabrics.
Up-links to the UCS B Fabric Interconnects should use Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode, as exampled below.
interface TenGigabitEthernet2/1 description Fabric-Connect-A switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,2,3,4 switchport mode trunk no ip address mls qos trust cos spanning-tree portfast trunk/edge (actual command is IOS dependent)
Note: vPC/VSS and Etherchannel configuration not exampled, please refer to Cisco documentation for configuration best practices (see Cisco reference link below).
Where VLAN trunking is used to up-link to VMware, it is essential that the network configuration be implemented correctly. Testing has shown that improper configuration of VLAN trunking directly and negatively impacts performance of the system.
Sample configuration of virtual switch VLAN tagging (VST Mode)
VMware Infrastructure 3 in a Cisco Network Environment
Troubleshooting network connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) / External Switch Tagging (EST) mode
Connectivity Solutions for the Cisco Unified Computing System
As with all previous Unified CCE deployments, there must be dedicated public and private links between routers following supported models as defined in the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Solution Reference Network Design (SRND).
Configuring the vSphere vSwitch and vmnic Adapters
For deploying Cisco Unified CCE on UCS B Series servers, configure the vSwitches and vmnic adapters as follows:
vSwitch and vmnic Adapter Configuration for Reference Design 1
For Reference Design 1 configurations that use the M81KR VIC, create 3 separate vSwitches with two A/B Fabric aligned pairs of vmnics in Active/Standby to control traffic pathing in alternating fashion for the Public and Private networks as illustrated in Reference Design 1 illustration above.
Assign physical adapters (vmnics) to vSwitches by MAC address to ensure that the correct interfaces created by the UCS profile are being assigned. Make sure that the Public and Private networks use alternate Fabrics (A/B) on their Active vmnic.
Figure 7
vSwitch and vmnic Adapter Configuration for Reference Design 2
In this design, a single vSwitch is used with two vmnics in Active/Active state.
Note: Figure incorrectly depicts Active/Standby.
Figure 8
Unified CCE on UCS C-Series Network Configuration
The following section provides instructions on performing the network configuration needed to deploy Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (Unified CCE) on UCS C-Series servers.
Network Requirements for UCS C Series Servers
The below design is the default and recommended for all Unified CCE deployments on UCS C series servers. Exampled in Figures 10 and 11 are two possible network side implementations of the same vSphere Hypervisor vSwitch design. This design calls for using the VMware NIC Teaming (without load balancing) of vmnic interfaces in an Active/Standby configuration through alternate and redundant hardware paths to the network, thereby preventing any single point of failure from affecting the Visible or Private network communications.
The network side implementation does not have to exactly match either of those illustrated below, but it must allow for redundancy and not allow for single points of failure affecting both Visible and Private network communications. There are more possible ways that this could be implemented in a supportable design than can be covered here.
- Ethernet interfaces must be Gigabit speed, and connected to Gigabit Ethernet switches. 10/100 Ethernet is not supported.
- No single point of failure is allowed for visible and private networks.
- Network switch infrastructure cannot use Cisco Stacking technology to combine all switches the UCS C series server is connected to into a single virtual switch.
- Network switches must be configured properly for connection to VMware Hypervisor. Please refer to the below for details on ensuring proper switch configuration to prevent STP delay in failover/fallback scenarios.
Figure 9
Figure 9 illustrates how to configure the vSwitches and vmnic adapters on a C-Series server using the redundant Active/Standby vSwitch NIC Teaming design.
Note: vmnic numbers in figure 9 do not match those illustrated in figures 10 and 11 below.
Note: Illustrations shows 10000 link speed, as this illustration is re-used from UCS B example.
Figure 10
Figure 10 illustrates a sample UCS C-Series server network configuration for UCCE components that require both Public and Private network connections, and how that can work using the Active/Standby design with two network switches.
Figure 11
Figure 11 illustrates a sample UCS C-Series server network configuration for UCCE components that require both Public and Private network connections, and how that can be deployed using the Active/Standby design with three network switches.
Note: The Management VLAN and design is not fully illustrated as we do not have specific requirements for it to be deployed in any specific manner other than separate from the Visible and Private vSwitch & network interfaces. Please refer to VMware for best practices in deploying vSphere VMKernel/management interfaces to network.
Configuring Up-link Ports on Access Switches for UCS C Series
The following are examples of data center access switch up-link port configurations for connecting to UCS C Series servers. You may use VST or EST VLAN tagging modes, but reference VST design is recommended. Ensure that whichever design you choose to use, that you have properly configured the correct corresponding setting between the network switches and the vSphere vSwitches. Please refer to reference Cisco and VMware documentation to help ensure proper design.
Virtual Switch VLAN Tagging Mode Example (VST): (Default Design)
interface GigabitEthernet1/1 description UCS-C-NIC1-PublicA switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,2,3,4 switchport mode trunk switchport nonegotiate no ip address spanning-tree portfast trunk/edge (actual command is IOS dependent)
External Switch VLAN Tagging Mode Example (EST):
interface GigabitEthernet1/1 description UCS-C-NIC1-PublicB switchport switchport access vlan 1 switchport mode access no ip address spanning-tree portfast
It is essential that the network configuration be implemented correctly. Testing has shown that improper configuration of up-link ports can directly and negatively impact performance, operation and fault handling of the system.
Sample configuration of virtual switch VLAN tagging (VST Mode)
Sample Configuration - ESX/ESXi connecting to physical switch via VLAN access mode and External Switch VLAN Tagging (EST Mode)
VMware Infrastructure 3 in a Cisco Network Environment
Troubleshooting network connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) / External Switch Tagging (EST) mode
Connectivity Solutions for the Cisco Unified Computing System
As with all previous Unified CCE deployments, there must be dedicated public and private links between routers following supported models as defined in the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Solution Reference Network Design (SRND).
Configuring the ESXi Host Network for the Virtual Machines
To configure the network for VMs, you create a virtual switch connected to an Ethernet port on the server, and then associate the virtual machine's network adapter to this virtual switch.
To Add a vSwitch
- Login to the ESXi host using VMware Infrastructure Client
- Select the ESXi host
- Click on the Configuration tab
- Click on Hardware/Networking
- Click on Add Networking...
- Select Connection Types: Virtual Machine. Click Next.
- Select "Create a virtual switch" and select an associated VM NIC.
- Enter Port Group Properties/Network label: VM Network n, where n is an integer.(Example: "VM Network 1")
- Click on Finish.
To Associate a VM Network Adapter to Network Connection
- Edit virtual machine settings.
- Select the Network Adapter.
- Select a virtual switch from the Network Connection/network label. (Example: "VM Network 1")
- Click OK.


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Mooney, Thursday October 17th 2013
Carillonneur, Adrian Gebruers plays the Laurel & Hardy theme tune, Dance of the Cuckoos, for RTÉ Radio's Derek Mooney on the Carillon in St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Adrian's father Staf Gebruers, played this tune for Laurel & Hardy when they visited Ireland on Wednesday 9th September 1953. You can more on Mooney Goes Wild, Monday 04th of February at 10PM on RTÉ Radio 1
Four Tips For Feeding Hungry Birds In Cold Weather
This is a tough time for birds. Keen gardeners will know that their natural food source has been depleted, leaving our feathered friends struggling to find food. They need all the help they can get. Click here to read Jim Wilson's tips for feeding hungry birds in cold weather.
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The inaugural 'Indie Cork' film festival kicked off yesterday – it's a festival of independent cinema that runs in Cork until Sunday. And one film to look out for in the festival is Waiting For You – it will be screened tomorrow evening at 5pm in Cork's Camden Palace and it follows a couple as they try to have a baby.
Click here to view a clip from the film: www.vimeo.com/68157199.
It's a very 'honest' account of a lesbian couple's highs and lows as they try to have a baby. Lisa Fingleton and Rena Blake are the couple featured in the film and, indeed, the film-makers – and producer/director Lisa is in the Radio Kerry studios in Tralee today to tell Derek more about it...
In June 2010, Derek Mooney hosted a TV Series called Fame: The Musical, to find the lead parts of Nick and Serena for the stage production Fame. After a marathon series of auditions, Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi were announced as the winners.
Ben Morris and Jessica Cervi
Now, just three years later, Jessica Cervi is starring in a new West End production of The Commitments. Derek went to see the production, and to meet Jessica, and today he tells us how he got on!
Jessica Cervi, who plays the part of Bernie Mcglouchlin in Roddy Doyle's adaptation of The Commitments
Palace Theatre London
Top Billing - Jessica Cervi's name appears first on the list of 'cast' credits for the West End production of The Commitments
Lighting up the West End - The Commitments at the Palace Theatre on Shaftsbury Avenue
The show, which has been more than two years in the making, has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize winning author Roddy Doyle himself and is directed by the award-winning Jamie Lloyd.
The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians and friends into an amazing live act, the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced. The show follows the journey of two members of a frustrated synthesizer band who turn to Jimmy, the local music expert, for help.
Jessica Cervi plays as Bernie, one of "The Commitmentettes" (alongside Stephanie McKeon as Natalie and Sarah O'Connor as Imelda).
The production features soul classics Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, In The Midnight Hour, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Save Me, Mustang Sally, and many more.
Tickets for The Commitments (at the Palace Theatre in London's West End) are available at www.thecommitmentslondon.com. For the moment, they are for sale up until January 26th.
During his time in London, Derek also went to see the new West End production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and the location near Tower Bridge which was home to Bridget Jones in the movie of the same name.
Choco-holics have plenty to feast on at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Wonka memorabilia - you can get everything from key rings to calculators!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane London - a must see!!!
Location for Bridget Jones: The Globe pub in the Borough Market, London Bridge
Borough Market, London Bridge
The location for Bridget Jones
Hallowe'en is just around the corner, and while ghosts and ghouls don't really bother Derek too much, there are a few things that frighten the life out of him. Things like being buried alive - or being conscious during surgery when the operating team think he's out cold!
This actually happens to a small number of people who aren't rendered completely unconsciousness when they are put under anaesthetic.
They are aware of the surgery being performed on them, they experience sensation and pain and they are left – understandably - traumatised by the experience.
Professor Jaideep Pandit from Oxford University Hospitals recently attended the Annual Conference for the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland which was held at the Convention Centre in Dublin.
He's one of the top anaesthetists in Britain and he's gathered together research around what happens if you are still conscious after you close your eyes - and that has been published this month in the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.
He is with us today from a studio in Oxford…
Last Monday, Brenda attended the first National Conference of The Rapunzel Foundation in Dublin.
What they do is encourage the public to donate their hair to make wigs, for those that suffer from devastating hair loss. Founded in 2009, the Rapunzel Foundation works in conjunction with a New Zealand wig company and salons around Ireland to dramatically improve the lives of alopecia sufferers.
Brenda chats to Anna Furlong, founder of The Rapunzel Foundation
To date the foundation has helped fifteen girls and women, and aims to help many more.
Last Monday all sides met at the conference and got to tell their stories. Laura Cleary is 16 years old, from New Ross, and she tells Brenda why she donated her hair...
Brenda with 9-year-old Katelyn Keogh from Wexford, who has alopecia
Brenda met also met with Deanna Beatty and Martina Richards, from New Zealand, who are from Freedom Wigs. Brenda asked them what's so special about their wigs...
Brenda with Anna Furlong
Katelyn Keogh is nine years old, from Wexford, and she has alopecia. Brenda asked her was she wearing a wig...
Loraine Kiraqney is a mum of two girls from Carlow. She and her daughter both started losing their hair at the same time.
Brenda at the first National Conference of The Rapunzel Foundation in Dublin
For more info on The Rapunzel Foundation, visit www.rapunzelfoundation.com. And if you want to follow them on Facebook, click here.
Brenda at the first National Conference of The Rapunzel Foundation in Dublin
Presenter: Derek Mooney


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When Eileen Concienne stopped wanting to cook, even though she had loved cooking before, her family thought she might have depression.
As the symptoms got worse, the family looked deeper, and she was eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Her husband, Pat Concienne, became her caregiver, working to keep her happy through the fog of dementia. After a 10-year battle with the disease, she passed away this past April.
Cheryl Larrick tells this story in an essay she wrote about her father and his efforts to please his wife during her illness. The essay resulted in Concienne being awarded the grand prize for his caregiving in a national contest.
Larrick came across the seniorhomes.com 2011 Caregiver Awards and found that the story poured out of her. She typed it up and submitted it in one afternoon.
Her essay tells of a hard-working farmer, strict and a little distant with his five children, who expected his wife to have food on the table when he came in from work. Larrick explains that she was close to her mother, but didn't have a strong relationship with her father.
Then the family learned about her mother's Alzheimer's. Larrick expresses the profound shock and fear. "Our family didn't know what to do... He depended on her so much. This is where I saw a father that I never knew."
Concienne took it upon himself to care for his sick wife. For years he tended to her every need, growing closer to his two daughters as he leaned more and more on them.
Concienne would do anything he could to please his wife. When she stated once that she wanted to go to Hawaii again, Concienne was determined to take her, despite the risks and problems. Other family members went with him to help.
Larrick said that at one point her mother refused to get off the plane, confused about where she was. And in Hawaii was the first time her mother looked Larrick in the face and said, "What's your name?"
At home, Concienne had to change the locks on the house so his wife wouldn't wander outside and get lost. When their mother was particularly confused, the daughters would take her for a drive, telling Concienne to change his clothes while they were away. Sometimes it worked, and their mother would recognize him. Sometimes it didn't work.
She would tell Larrick, "This man is very nice to me, but I'm married and I need to find my family." But they couldn't give her that family. She was home, but no longer knew it.
The daughters tried to convince their father to get help, but he said it was his responsibility to take care of her. But caregiving is exhausting both physically and emotionally, and eventually the family moved their mother to Sun Terrace Assisted Living & Retirement Community.
It was then, said Larrick, she realized how amazing her father is. Concienne was at Sun Terrace every day, staying with his wife all afternoon and evening, until she was asleep. He tended to her every need, feeding her at dinner. He would iron her clothing to look perfect, even though she was bedridden. He would make sure she always looked her best.
Because she couldn't go out much, they held family events and functions at Sun Terrace. And the family isn't small, so they filled the courtyard on nice days.
In December of 2010, Cheryl and her sister decided that their mother should attend Christmas services at her church. They dressed her in nice clothes, and made up her hair and face. "You should have seen the look on my father's face when we wheeled her into church. She was still beautiful, and he still loved her," said Larrick.
That was her last Christmas, surrounded by her family.
Larrick said that her father continues to keep the house looking as his wife would have kept it. He surprised his children with his cooking, making good food and showing a side of himself they never suspected existed.
The grand prize offered by seniorhomes.com was a weekend getaway for the caregiver, but the timing didn't work out for Concienne. The sponsors decided to send him the cash value of the prize instead.
Larrick said the money arrived just as Concienne learned of a tragic death in his family in Texas, and the ready cash made it easier for him to make the trip to the funeral.
"God works in mysterious ways," said Larrick in her essay. "Through this ordeal I became so close to my Dad, which I never dreamed of happening."
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David Inn
David Inn is a small, friendly hostel, in the heart of Florence. Situated between Michelangelo's David and the Duomo, and less than a 15 minute walk from the train station - there is no better location. The hostel is housed in a palazzo of 1400 with a view of the Dome - there's a functioning elevator if you didn't fancy walking up all the stairs.
Recently redecorated and refurbished this bright, the hostel has 3 dormitories (3 mixed and 1 only with ensuite bathroom), on the third floor. There's a kitchen and comfy seating in the reception area where you can make use of the free wifi or library. There are internet points with new computers, webcam and headphone sets which are free of charge. There are 12 lokers free.
All bedding is already set up for you, we have towels for rent with € 1,50 .
The english, french, portughese, speaking staff are happy to chat and give you ideas of things to see, places to go, the best cheap eats and where else to have a good time. There is no curfew or lock out so you can come and go as you please.
Free maps are available on arrival and is possible to make reservation for excursions in a city, around toscany and others city in Italy like Venice, Rome, Naple and Cinque Terre.
We only accept cash - sorry for this inconvenience. If you want to cancel or change your booking, please let us know at least 2 day in advance of your reservation by email, or phone at 0039-335-227448 or 0039-055-213707.
Galleria dell'Accademia 0.1km
Il Duomo 0.3km
Santa Maria Novella Stazione 0.8km
Galleria degli Uffizi 0.8km
Ponte Vecchio 0.9km
Free wifi access
Free internet points (computer, webcam, headphone, microphone)
Linen provided
12 Lokers Free
Tour Operator for Exursions
Machine of Snacks
Machine of Cofee
Book swap and free maps
24 hour reception open
Check Out 10,00 H am
Check In 15,00 H pm
Garage Michelangelo ( in front ) for Parking
If you want to cancel your reservation, please call us 1 days before your arrival
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Bicycle hire
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Common Room
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Reading Light
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
We only accept cash - sorry for this inconvenience. We have a 48hr cancellation policy. Reception is open from 9am to 8pm.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Its easy to find us if you print the map from the pictures section!
From the central train station Firenze Santa Maria Novella.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Beware of the Hostel/Hotel sellers at the train station! You might be approached by people attempting to direct you to a different location. We do not have staff working at the train station. Please procede with caution and be alert as these individuals might be hustlers or thieves.
FURTHER NOTE: In Florence you will see different street numbers. Red numbers are designated for commercial establishments. Please note that Red numbers are arranged exclusively according to other Red numbers and so are Black ones.
We are located less than 15 minutes from the train station and can be easily found walking toward the Duomo Cathedral.
Leave the train station through the left exit where you will see various bus stops.
Cross to the other side of the street (Via degli Avelli) where you will see a fast food restaurant on your left. Continue walking straight.
Walk past Piazza dell'Unità where you will see Hotel Baglioni. Keep on walking down Via Panzani, which will slightly turn left and turn into Via Cerretani.
As you reach Piazza San Giovanni, the square where the Duomo is located, keep on the left side of the square. Upon reaching the square Via Ricasoli will be the 3rd street on the left (after Borgo San Lorenzo and Via Martelli).
Walk down Via Ricasoli for two blocks. We are located at number 31 BLACK just before the intersection of Via Ricasoli and Via Degli Alfani.
Ring the second buzzer pull-bell from the top, inscribed David Pull. Take the lift and come up to third floor. If you get lost call us !!
From Campo di Marte Station: take a train
From Florence Vespucci Airport:
Theres a shuttle bus going from the airport to the main train station Santa Maria Novella. From there follow directions as above.
From Pisa Galilei Airport:
A train leaves from the airport to Pisa Centrale; from there you can take the train to Florence Santa Maria Novella. From there follow directions as above.
Located Near
Best location right in the hearth of Florence at few steps from the
Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, all major art sites and state museums
at few minute walk: Uffizi Gallery Accademia Gallery (Michelangelo's
David), Santa Maria Novella Station, Medici's Chapels, San Lorenzo
Church and food market, Archaelogical Museum, Innocenti's Hospital, San
Marco Church, S.S. Annunziata Church and Pitti Palace.
Lots of Caffè, restaurants all within few minute walk, major shopping streets at few minute walk


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March 31, 2009
Box Score (Game One)
Box Score (Game Two)
Courtesy of Clark Sports Information
WORCESTER, Mass. – Clark University split a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) softball doubleheader against MIT on Tuesday afternoon. The Cougars edged the Engineers in the opener, 4-3, but fell 7-6 in the nightcap.
MIT jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Junior Lily Keung laid down a bunt single, advanced to second on the throw, and moved to third on sophomore Jessica Oleinik's groundout. Freshman Bensey Schnip then singled to centerfield to score Keung and put the Engineers up by one run.
Freshman pitcher Jessica Iacobucci kept the Cougars off the board until the fourth inning, when they responded with four runs on six hits to take a 4-1 lead. Juniors Melissa Traft and Darcy Kurashige-Elliott opened the frame with back-to-back singles. Freshman Stefanie Kettenacker followed with an RBI hit and Clark capitalized on an Engineer error for a 2-1 lead. Junior Chelsea Proulx then poked one to right field, while Heather Richards' infield single put runners on first and second. Junior third baseman Joanna Clark knocked in both runners with a hit to centerfield for the three-run margin.
Sophomore Jenny Li and Iacobucci got RBI hits to pull MIT within 4-3 in the sixth.
But Clark pitcher Sarah Carter, who came on in relief in the sixth, allowed just one hit in the seventh to earn her first save of the season.
Kettenacker and Richards had two hits each in the win. Freshman Meg Lennon (1-0) earned her first victory of the season in relief. Keung went 2-for-3 with a run scored to lead MIT.
In the second game, the Engineers took advantage of three Clark errors and got run-producing hits from Oleinik and Kerri Dixon to go up 5-0.
The Cougars chipped away with a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings for a 5-4 deficit. With two down, Kurashige-Elliott launched a two-run homerun to trail 5-2 in the third. It was her first round tripper of the season. Then Blake's RBI double and a run-producing hit by Maureen Coakley made it a one-run game in the fifth.
MIT tacked on two insurance runs in the fifth, but Clark would not go away quietly. The Cougars tallied single runs in the fifth and sixth to trail by one (7-6). After Lennon retired the side in order in the top of the seventh, Clark left two runners on base in the bottom of the frame to take the loss.
Elliott led Clark's 11-hit attack with three hits and two RBI. Traft added two hits and drove in a run. Carter (6-5) suffered the loss in the circle. She allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits while walking three.
Iacobucci fanned seven batters and walked just one in the win. Schnip paced MIT with a 2-for-4, two RBI performance.
Both teams will be back in action on Friday. Clark will travel to Springfield College for a conference doubleheader at 3:30 p.m., while MIT will play at Smith College for a 3:30 p.m. tilt.


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We also have their official YB / FoxSports nav bar at the top of our homepage.
Don't worry, the site isn't sold, That will not happen. We just became affiliates with them. The exposure that SA as a whole will get will increase greatly.
We're very excited about this opportunity and wanted to share it with everyone!
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary have this definiton
IN cause
In refusing (= Because she refused) to work abroad, she missed an excellent job opportunity.
The government banned tobacco advertising and, in doing so (= because of this), contributed greatly to the nation's health.
And Macmillan English Dictionary have this:
in doing something
used for saying that as a result of doing one thing, you also do something else:
In trying to solve one problem, I created another.
Is it true that the supervisor remained obdurate is because he refuse to accept the accuses? It seems to me the reverse is more reasonable -perhaps he's a person who is always obdurate , and the refusal is just a manifestation of his obdurateness...


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USA Football Victory Over Japan "Revenge for Pearl Harbor"
karmacide wrote:
You can call it a troll if you want, but I'm completely serious. Almost every post in this thread makes me want to slam my head into a brick wall. For some reason I had to say something. I'm just going to stay out of this one now.
What...? Where did you get the implication I was calling you a troll? I was just stating the internet is a domain for trolls, faggotry, and other shit.
Nonetheless, I'll reply with seriousness. If something was a considered an offensive joke, it being a joke does not make it any less offensive.
In loving memory of Cryska.
Didn't USA drop a big bomb on japan some time ago ( well 2 or was it 3 ?? ) that killed 130,000 people ...
Wow sad really. Bunch of ignorant people.
Idiots bring the world closer together
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Funny that 'Muricans still want revenge for Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor Death Toll: About 2,400 (54 were civilians)
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Death Toll: 240,000 (Almost entirely civilians)
Kill me, please.
Well, both sides did things that are horrible in that war. One side used their citizens turned soldiers as guided missiles in a plane while the other one just answered by bombing two cities. I'm glad that its in the past and most the people discussing this probably don't even have any association with either event. I don't even know who said this comment, but i imagine they will be punished by NBC if it was on their network. All countries get a little tense during these games but i wish that all we had to worry about every day was who is going to win a game instead of when are my loved ones going to be taken away from me. Be glad to have what you have and stop bitching about stuff that happened longer than probably anyone on these forms have been alive. I don't have anything personal against japan i love them for giving me anime to watch, but I'm also proud to be an American because not all of us live for revenge but believe in standing up for ourselves.
Um, there's a thin line between a joke and being just plain offensive.
Everything is for Pearl Harbor. The US already dropped two A-bombs on Japan and a lot of these dumb hyper-patriotic Americans still forget that and continue hating Japanese people. So ignorant.
-Casualties in the war (won)
-Casualties at Pearl Harbor (a few thousand?)
-Casualties in the war (lost)
-Casualties at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (a few hundred thousand?)
Not looking at anything else (Japan still gets the short end of the stick for most of it), this is already more than enough 'revenge.' You don't see people in Texas shooting Mexicans because of the Alamo. These battles weren't even fought by the people who are being stupid pricks today. They aren't taking revenge on anything, they're just being ridiculously dumb. They have nowhere else to channel their idiocy.
le angst
i say they are losers for not growing up and just live with our differences and work together........ i mean come on! we have hated one and another for too fucking long!
Did you know 616 means devil while 666 really means Nero caesar
Did you know 616 means devil while 666 really means Nero caesar
Whoever said that is an insensitive idiot. We're at peace, there's no vengeance to get, and even if there was, a game isn't a triumph over the bombing... -_- Honestly, we bombed them right back and did far more damage, and the war ended a LOOOOOONG time ago...
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear~
yeah.. despite some of the dim-witted analogies made here, it's disheartening that an olympic victory could be misconstrued as revenge.
the fullmetal pharmacist!
Suicidalducky wrote:
With every country....you will always have idiots..and they're pretty loud =[.
well said... the loudest people are the idiots a lot of times
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