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- 6 Irving Street, Mackay, QLD 4740
- 10-20 km from Palmyra
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Do Re Mi Mackay conduct quality, fun filled, group music lessons for children aged from six months to six years. Tricia Casey has been the director of these classes for nearly 30 years. Tricia is a highly qualified and very experienced teacher who delivers all lessons in her school. These developmental lessons are specifically designed for specific ages. eg Children turning 1 (babies), turning 2 (tiny tots), turning 3 (toddlers), turning 4 (first level) and turning 5 (second level). Each term ... Read more consists of 8 weeks and there are 4 terms per year. Each term costs $120 per child. These developmental classes are based upon the Kodaly music education method and enhance children's development in visual, cognitive, aural, social, emotional and physical attributes. This in turn helps with the children's gross and finer motors skills, memory building skills, waiting for a turn, sharing, social skills, literacy and numeracy shills. Classes are conducted at my purpose built studio at 6 ...
- 733 Stockroute rd, Palmyra, QLD 4751
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Horse riding for all ages and abilities. Horses and safety equipment provided. Fully vaccinated, qualified and insured. Check us out on Facebook Concise Equestrian Centre, Mackay
The Mackay Triathlon Club is a community based non-for-profit organisation that promotes health and fitness in a fun and welcoming atmosphere. We aim to encourage the participation of everyone from juniors and beginners to weekend warriors and elite athletes. The combination of swimming, cycling and running various distances is unique to triathlons and poses a challenge to competitors as well as an exciting sport to watch for spectators. Our club provides: Local events, training and information ... Read more sessions Junior development of the sport – School Series Duathlon Series (2 events) Women's Only Triathlons Our clubs 2 major events – Mackay Triathlon Festival and Corporate Teams Triathlon Enticer – 12 years plus 350m swim, 10km cycle and 2.5km run Sprint – 14 years plus 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run Mini Kids Tri – 7 to 12 years (selected events on calendar) 100m swim, 3km cycle and 500m run *Parents can support children in the swim if needed
Book in 2 or more hours of face painting and glitter tattoo fun for birthday parties and private events by messaging, calling or visiting my website! Read FAQ and check out price listing on my website. Based in Mackay, Queensland - Bakers Creek, Walkerston, The Leap, Habana, and Shoal Point, and areas outside this radius of Mackay, additional travel fees can apply.
Modern Wing Chun Kung Fu. Incorporating traditional wing chun with modern mixed martial art techniques under Grandmaster Rick Spains Lineage
Baker Music Studio provides piano and theory of music lessons. From beginners to advanced, classical to modern.
Face painting for every occasion including birthday parties, corporate functions, fundraisers, festivals, belly bump painting and much much more
International Dance Affair holds classes in Irish, Highland, RAD Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Baton Twirling & Pilates. Our studios are fully air-conditioned for the comfort of all students. Each class is taught by a fully qualified teacher who specializes in the dance genre taken. This will ensure that your child receives the best possible tuition in his/her chosen dance form. Whether you join International Dance Affair for *FUN * FAME or *FITNESS we have a class for you! Phone Sandra ... Read more today for queries or enrolments.
02-03-2015 by SANDRA
My children have danced at IDA for many years now & have made many lifelong friends and they have enjoyed all of the opportunities that IDA gives to the dancers. Being one of the smaller dance studios in Mackay the teachers at IDA are very focused on each individual dancers progress whether it is Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Highland, Irish or Baton Twirling. IDA has a real caring family atmosphere about it and I highly recommend the studio to anyone wanting to dance. We just love it there!
Celebrating 50 Years of fostering Scottish and Irish Dancing in the Mackay Region. Located in Mackay, North Queensland the Munro School of Dance has been providing professional tuition in Highland Dancing and Traditional Irish Step Dancing since 1964. Classes are held for boys and girls from 4 years to Adult for all levels by qualified dance teachers who ensure all students enjoy dancing as well as reaching their full potential. Classes are held at the Masonic Dance Hall, Wood Street offering ... Read more a fully air-conditioned studio with sprung timber floors and tarkett.
Family fun!!
11-03-2014 by Shane Brennan
My daughter loves her Irish dancing. Her Instructors are professional but somehow make the classes fun and are able to bring out the best in each student. I am so impressed that I started Highland dance at age 41 (and I'm a bloke).
- Mackay, QLD
- 10-20 km from Palmyra
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Rugbytots is Australia's first rugby based play program for 2-7 year old boys and girls! We offer DYNAMIC weekly classes where your child is guaranteed to have FUN while developing CORE physical and psychological skills that last a LIFETIME. Contact us now to find out more.
Goofy Booth is the fun photo booth available for your next party or event. We specialise in Wedding, Birthdays, Corporate events and School Graduations and reunions. Our Photo Booth is an enclosed photo booth where your guests can feel safe to relax, make a fool of themselves and make some cool and wacky photos. We can supply a guest book to keep a copy of the photos or give both copies to the guests as you get a digital copy on USB at the end of the night. Contact us to book a photo booth for ... Read more your next event.
PIANO AND VOCAL LESSONS: For 5 years to Adults. Never too old to start! TODDLER CLASSES: There are many things to do with kids – why not make it fun & educational! When young children are consistently engaged by music in an age-appropriate, socially accepting environment, they benefit at many levels: We dance for creative expression, sing, work our proprioception skills, play instruments for fine motor control and explore the world of music and movement combined.
Old School Kungfu Boxing and Fitness is a Martial Arts and fitness school focussing on Wing Chun Kungfu, boxing and fitness for all ages and abilities. Classes include Kids Boxing, Martial Fitness (kids and adults), Family Wing Chun Kungfu, Adults Wing Chun Kungfu, Qi Gong for Health, Traditional Pole Training and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Ground Work. Training days are Monday and Wednesday afternoon/evening and Saturday mornings. Costs are very reasonable - casual memberships are available. Si Fu Robert ... Read more Nolan has studied Wing Chun Kungfu for over a decade and is a firm believer in the art as a means not only of self defence, but also personal growth and improvement of health. He learned boxing from a young age and has competed several times in Mixed Martial Arts and Judo competitions. He is passionate about fitness and loves sharing this passion with his students. For more information or class timetables, please call Si Fu Rob.
Solutions Health & Fitness Club offers fully equipped gym, heated indoor pool, group fitness classes, indoor cycling classes, Fit Kids class, children's swimming lessons, child minding, free parking
Mackay's only table tennis facility featuring ten courts with international standard competition tables. Mackay Table Tennis operates competitions to suit everyone. We have graded and beginner leagues available. Currently Mackay Table Tennis has 8 coaches and is open for regular training sessions on Thursdays from 5pm and Saturdays from 10am, available for social practice or having fun or for improving skill to advance in our local competition or follow a dream of making state, national or international ... Read more representation. Business hours: Tuesday: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Social Fixtures Tuesday: 7:00pm - 10:30pm, Senior Fixtures Thursday: 5:00pm - 7:30pm, Training and General Play Saturday: 10:00am - 12:00pm, Training and General Play
Welcome to Lets Jump Mackay. At Lets Jump Mackay we get the party JUMPING! We are also very well known as a great addition to birthday parties and more! If you are looking for an amazing addition to your adult or kids parties in Mackay, contact us at Lets Jump Mackay. At Lets Jump Mackay we have a great range of jumping castles and water slides for kid's parties, functions and events, a gladiator ring, and even hilarious sumo suits for teens and adults. We also have popcorn machines, fairy floss ... Read more machines and cocktail slushy machines that are ready for you to hire. We have everything you can think of when it comes to party equipment in Mackay here at Lets Jump Mackay.
Forest Flying is a unique ecotourism experience situated next to the Finch Hatton Gorge section of Eungella National Park west of Mackay and the Whitsunday Islands. Glide up to 25 metres high on a flying fox through the rainforest where you are in control of your speed. Each tour takes about an hour to an hour and a half to complete and includes practice session, bush walk with "tucker talk", rainforest platform and the main cables of 230 metres and 110 metres. This activity is suitable for children ... Read more from 5 years up to 100 years. Weight restrictions apply. Younger children (up to age 7 years) travel in tandem. The experience is designed to give participants the opportunity to observe the rainforest from a new angle. It is a controlled, slow, ride although there are places where speed can be increased (for the adrenaline junkie). Wear red to attract the Ulysses butterfly - also great for photos. Cameras, hats and glasses need to be attached (we'll help you with this). Wear closed in shoes. ...
Singing Lessons: B.MusEd (Hons) Voice, ANATS Recent vocal coach for Mackay Musical Comedy Players theatre shows. Active studio based in Glenella All Styles: Classical, Music Theatre and Popular Contemporary (CCM) styles Skill Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Suitability: Ages 8 years and up Pricing: Contact Sharon Do you like to sing? Then why not take the next step to unleash your true potential!! Are you a beginner, a casual singer, a competitive performer, an exam student, ... Read more wanting to audition for a show or are you currently a gigging performer who needs a little or a lot of technique tweaking? It doesn't matter where you fit in, I can most certainly help you! I love to help all singers make their voices work well for them. A smooth and efficient working voice will allow you to sing anything! Lessons offered are with a fun, motivated, experienced teacher that has been teaching voice for over 20 years, and who is constantly upskilling and performing. Professional ...
Maggie Moo Music is a great fun and interactive regular music session for 0 to 5 year old children and their parents, grandparents or carers too, where the children sing, dance, play, learn and have fun while doing it. Music is an essential part of every child's development and the 100+ original Moo Music songs used at the sessions are positive, uplifting, fun and educational. The interactive sessions will help your child gain confidence and develop memory, language and coordination skills in an ... Read more exciting, enjoyable and multi-sensory way. It's a great way to make new friends - both for the children and the adults too!
Are you planning a kid's slumber party or other special event in the Mackay region? Let Magical Nights make your next party one to remember with our amazing themed bell tent and outdoor cinema hire. Our team are dedicated to providing outstanding customer service and offering great value packages. Our focus is to make slumber parties and other occasions as stress free as possible for the host and a magical experience for all guests. It couldn't be easier! We deliver your chosen package and ... Read more create a beautiful outdoor retreat for your guests, all without you having to lift a finger. Best of all, our kid's backyard parties allows you to keep the noise and mess outside and not in the house like your usual slumber party. There are no hidden costs all setup/pack up fees are included in the pricing and if you live within 25 km of the Northern Beaches Mackay delivery is also included. Our speciality is themed slumber parties for girls and boys of all ages (and even the grownups) ...
About I.T.F style Taekwon-Do (Martial Art) Accepting new students any time throughout the year 4-6 years old - Little Dragons 7 years to adult - Regular Class Company Overview Taekwon-Do is not a sport and it's more than just self-defense; It is a way of life!We are affiliated to the International Taekwon-Do Federation, the founding organization of Taekwon-Do and your registration with us, is a lifetime registration with ITF Taekwon-Do Alligator Creek. It is our aim to promote the true art and ... Read more values of Taekwon-Do, as originally taught by the late founder of Taekwon-Do itself, Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi. Instructor Mission Statement: It is my aim to provide all students in my Dojang with the training that they require to achieve their goals through the philosophy and training behind Taekwon-Do, with an emphasis on the Tenets; Courtesy ~ Integrity ~ Perseverance ~ Self-Control ~ Indomitable Spirit And the Student Oath; I shall observe the tenets of Taekwon-Do I shall respect the ...
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced Suitability: Ages 7 years and up Quality guitar tuition for all ages by an experienced, qualified, professional private music tutor. Learn guitar for fun, AMEB exams, or university entrance, all in the comfort of an air conditioned home studio. Available Monday to Saturday. Current MTAQ professional member and blue card holder. All styles taught, electric and acoustic. Phone or SMS 0448086461.
Welcome to Teddy Parties – the home of mobile bear-stuffing parties! Teddy Parties is available for birthday parties, Christenings, special occasions, fairs and fundraising events. Teddy Parties is a popular and unique birthday party concept where every guest goes home happy because they are taking home a new furry friend that they have just made! Teddy Parties Mobile Bear Building parties come complete with Teddy stuffing machine.
- Cnr Juliet & Bridge Rd or Penn St, South Mackay, QLD 4740
- 10-20 km from Palmyra
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Ready Steady Go Kids is a multi-sport and exercise program for children aged 2.5 - 7yrs. Our program (designed by paediatric physiotherapist and occupational therapist) aims to enhance children's gross and fine motor skills, encourage participation in sport and prepare them for the early school years. We teach 10 different sports, 5 a term, which helps develop a broad range of skills. Our class sizes are limited and all classes are held indoors! Our program also incorporates 'school readiness ... Read more skills' such as counting, colours, team work, sportsmanship, builds social skills and develops listening skills and concentration. We run classes on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday mornings and Wednesday afternoons at Mackay Basketball Multi Sports Stadium and on Saturday mornings at Mercy College School Hall.
Blue Card / Public Liability insured / Early Childhood Education Background We offer professional service with quality products and artists that make your special occasions run smoothly. - Face Painting - Body Painting - Glitter Tattoos - Cosmetic Bling - Private Sittings - Prenatal Belly Painting All the information you should need about services, prices and applications for booking is on our website, however if you still have some questions please do not hesitate to contact ... Read more us. Face Painting Mackay, any event big or small for Adults and Children
28-10-2015 by Marc
I highly recommend Amy there were gems, glitter, fake blood the designs painted were amazing, what you see on the website is what you get. Good quality, highly professional and we will be rebooking next year.
Introduce your little ones to martial arts in a safe, disciplined fun environment. At Little Ninjas and Samurais Mackay we believe that fun is the essential element in encouraging children to partake in sporting activities, especially in the early years. Between us we have over 20 years experience in martial arts from several different disciplines and passionately believe in the benefits of introducing children to martial arts at a young age; we run regular kids' classes at PCYC Mackay.
If you are after something special to make your Party go WOW! Then you have come to the right place. Bounce Now Entertainment Mackay have a HUGE selection of the latest themed Party Castles, Giant Games and Amusements from all over the world! Jumping Castle Hire for your event has never been easier. We offer the highest quality rental equipment, with fast friendly service at reasonable rates. From the smallest yard party to the largest festival we can provide everything you need to give your guests ... Read more an amazing experience and make you look like an event planning Superhero. We hire Bouncy castles, Water slides, Giant games, Mini golf and Sumo wrestling for all ages, toddlers to teens. For our Adults we have the Bouncy Boxing, Bungee Run, Velcro Sticky Wall, Foam Dance Pit and Bullzeye the Maddest, Mechanical, Bucking Bull for hire in Mackay. Mix it up with a Frozen Cocktail machine, Popcorn cart, Snow Cones or Fairy Floss and you're in for the party event of the year! Located on the ...
Creative Kids Arts Studio has been established as a safe and FUN environment for children to learn about art, explore their creativity and develop their skills. Children get the opportunity to explore a wide range of art styles and techniques;Including Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Weaving, Fabric Arts, and getting to know about famous artists works and their lives. Our focus is on YOUR child to follow their interests ,grow their skills, problem and be stretched creatively, while meeting new ... Read more friends and having fun. Classes to suit ages from 5 Award winning & Qualified teacher with 25 years teaching experience with Ed Qld and now a practicing artist . Classes run throughout the school term. Each class is $20 and includes a shared afternoon tea. Small materials levy per term Family discounts are offered. Check out our facebook page for more : Creative Kids Arts - Creative workshops & Classes Review: Shane is a fabulous artist and works so very well with the young ...
For over 35 years FAD Cheer & Dance studios have steadily earned a reputation as being one of the most respected dance schools in the country. FAD teaching staff are highly dedicated and caring professionals committed to helping students realise their full potential. FAD is your studio for Jazz, Hip Hop & Cheerleading classes.
West United is a foundation club of soccer in Mackay, it is a very successful club that prides itself on being a family originated. We offer a great prices year after year with a high value of service coaching our players. For inquiries you can contact the club via email or phone.
Specialist cheerleading and hip hop school training competitive cheerleaders and hip hop dancers year round ages 4 yrs and over. We also run casual classes for skill development for both cheerleading and hip hop all year round. Qualified coaches work with students of all ages and abilities - no experience necessary! Our competitive teams compete at regional, national and international level and we have teams from 5yrs right up to adult. Cheerleading is a fantastic sport that incorporates ... Read more many different skills so there is always something new to learn and improve on and being a team sport - plenty of new friends to make. Come and meet our crew and I'm sure you will fall in love with the sport as much as we all have...
11-11-2014 by Courtney Nicholas
I have been apart of adrenalin for 6 years and it was the best decision I ever made! This club is my second family and I don't know what I would do without them. Cheerleading is a great sport to get into as it combines a whole heap of different skills, dancing and teaches you the true meaning of teamwork. It's keeps you fit and healthy and it's just all round a lot of fun. Nothing like your stereotypical football cheerleaders you see in the movies. This is the real deal! <3
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Joining Adrenalin is one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had. From being in skills classes to multiple competitive teams I have developed as a person and an athlete. Cheer leading keeps me fit and is a fun and physically challenging sport which I devote majority of my time to. I wouldn't go to any other club, it's like a family and I love the people and the atmosphere.
Magpies is the home of Centro Restaurant, Hub Café, Keno and Magpies Sportsbar, Skys Function Venue and Mackay's most modern gaming room open until 2am
The Family Table focusses on "bringing people together" through food and providing an environment for spending some quality time together. We do this by providing a variety of events including: - Cooking classes: adults, children/teens and families - Team building - Dinner parties and How To Host A Murder Events - Catering for parties and events - Birthday parties: adults, children and teens
" Living the Dream" Horse riding for all ages and abilities. Quality coaching and professional service. Jody Burrows has been an equestrian coach for over 26 years in riding schools, pony clubs and riding for the disabled both in Australia and England. Her focus is on good safe horsemanship and encouraging love for horses while having fun. After school lessons, Saturdays and school holidays. Lessons available on your horse or mine.
We Provide Entertainment- Roving Characters, Fire Shows, Burlesque/ Cabaret ,Living Statues, Aerial Performances. Wedding, Private, Community,Team Building and Corporate Circus Classes Tiny Tots, Juniors, Children, Adults and Specialised Classes Circus Workshops- High and Primary Schools, DayCare Centres Face and Body Painting- Parties, and Events
Pat Wright Swim School offers water education and learn to swim lessons to all ages 4 months+ as well as squad training for recreational and competitive swimming.


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* Vintage Rose TOM-class 4 of 6
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Teacher: Barb Miller & Karen Bryant
Vintage Rose is the stunning new foundation paper pieced Technique of the Month quilt designed by Judy Niemeyer.
You have your choice of the wall size: 74" x 74", or queen: 96" x 96". You will use precut fabric pieces, by using
fast and easy cutting techniques, stacking techniques, strip piecing techniques, floating points, and curved piecing
just to name a few. If you can sew on a printed solid line, you can make this quilt. Then - won't your quilting friends
be oohing and aahing over your quilt!! This TOM pattern can be purchased only at a Judy Niemeyer Certified Shop
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Groundspeak Hamsters Find New Homes
Two retired Groundspeak hamsters found 'forever homes.' The toy hamsters were retired after playing a starring role in a Geocaching.com video. The segment aired in a continuous loop while the website received a major update in early May. The "Geocaching.com Hamster Power" video played on an old joke – that Geocaching.com is actually powered by hamsters. (It's not.)
Thank you to the more than 100 geocachers who offered to care for the hamsters in their retirement years. Ultimately, a geocaching family from Germany and a geocaching couple from America will receive the hamsters.
CacheZwerge is a team made up of 10-year-old Kai-Luka and 12-year-old Catharina.
They wrote, "We would be so glad to offer little Hammy a forever home. He was a hard working hamster for geocaching and now deserves a real good place to enjoy the sunny side of geocaching. We will show him all fantastic places in the Black Forest. Take him out to exciting adventures, visiting caves and climbing. Go kayaking with him and we will always carry him if he does not want to walk. Or he can get a special ride with our husky."
The other hamster up for adoption won't be traveling as far. It'll find a home in Indiana, USA. Miss.Betsy and her fiance Mr.Charles have been geocaching since their first date, "We've camped, hiked, canoed and swam and now
we're looking for a special pet to share in our adventures!"
Miss.Betsy says no other pet would do, she's allergic to animals. "His polyester-based fur wouldn't require me to medicate myself, we could find some nice hiking gear for him (Or perhaps I could sew him some!) , He would have a forever home in Greenwood, Indiana. He could weekend with us wherever we decide to camp, and he could have a beautiful, two-story, to-scale townhome located in scenic my bedroom! There are many lock-in-locks in which he can nest, and if he feels the need for roomier digs, he can inhabit one of many ammo cans."
Both CacheZwerge and Miss.Betsy will be receiving their Groundspeak pets soon, with care packages including Travel Bugs so that the hamsters will be trackable. You can watch the video below that made the hamsters famous. Stay tuned to the Latitude 47 blog. You never know when another hamster will come up for adoption!


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INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis congregation on Sunday mourned the deaths of their youth pastor, his pregnant wife and another member who were killed when a church bus overturned with just a mile to go in a return trip from a Michigan summer camp.
Saturday's accident devastated members of Colonial Hills Baptist Church, who had been anticipating a joyful homecoming with the 37 people who were aboard the bus. Youth pastor Chad Phelps, his pregnant piano-teacher wife, Courtney Phelps, and chaperone Tonya Weindorf were killed, said deacon Jeff Leffew.
Dozens of people were injured in the crash, which happened near Interstate 465. On Sunday, six teenagers remained hospitalized, including one who was in critical condition.
Dennis Maurer, a 68-year-old congregation member who was driving the church-owned bus, told authorities that its brakes failed before it struck a raised concrete median and flipped on its side, Indianapolis police said.
The Phelpses, who were in their mid-20s, were expecting their second child, Leffew said. Chad Phelps was the son of the church's senior pastor and became its youth pastor late last year, he said.
"We're going to have a long road, but God is good," Leffew said at a Sunday news conference.
The couple's nearly 2-year-old child, Chase, was injured in the crash. He was treated and released from a hospital Saturday, IU Health spokeswoman Sally Winter said.
The bus had nearly completed its 365-mile journey from Camp CoBeAc, near Prudenville, Mich., when it overturned about a mile from the church, where parents were waiting to pick up their children who had just spent a week praying, zip-lining and playing basketball.
Weindorf, the 51-year-old chaperone who was killed, had five children, Leffew said.
"Tonya was at camp because she has a special-needs child who wanted to go, and she wanted to go and make it a good week, and according to her husband, it was a great week, and that's who Tonya was," said Leffew, who sent four of his own daughter to the camp.
Leffew, of Fishers, said only one of his daughters was on a second bus that pulled into the parking lot, and that he raced to the northern Indianapolis crash site. What he found was surreal - clothing and other items strewn about and windows missing from the bus.
"You're just praying that it's not as bad as it looks," he said Saturday. His daughters escaped with bumps and bruises.
Troy Riggs, Indianapolis' public safety director, called the crash a "great tragedy."
"They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy," Riggs said Saturday.
Duane Lloyd, who witnessed the crash, told WTHR that he saw the crash happen at about 4:15 p.m., which was about the time Chad Phelps tweeted that the group would arrive at the church.
"I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus," Lloyd said. "I could have gone my whole life without seeing that."
He said people approached and tried to help.
"People were literally trying to lift the bus," Lloyd said. "You just try to do what you can do."
Three of the six hospitalized teens, including the one in critical condition, were at IU Health Methodist Hospital, Winter said Sunday. The other three were at the Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Many of the patients had head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.
Leffew thanked rescue workers and good Samaritans who tried to help after the crash, as well as local churches and businesses that have offered their support.
"We are so grateful for that outpouring of love and care," he said Sunday.


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Once again it's time for the annual Circus of Fools or as its commonly known the Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride (PBNR), part of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR). Normally held on Labor Day weekend, but due to the Jay Z concert was pushed back to Saturday, August 25.
There are many mysteries surrounding the PBNR and since they have been historically reticent about talking to anyone, except for the limited information their website. Its time to insert some thoughts of my own since PBNR does not speak for itself.
In July they held a bikini bike wash and sold PBNR blinkies raise funds. The question that needs to be asked is, why? PBNR does not explain why they need this money; permits, security, port-a-potties, body paint?? If your going to raise funds to cover expenses you need to be clear about what your spending it on. Since the organizers have yet to be up front about any of the costs associated one has to ask, how much do they really need and how are they spending it?
The WNBR website states that the rides in this part of the world are normally held around June 9, but for some reason the Philadelphia organizers are focused on Labor Day weekend. I do get it; if you plan the ride you should have control over the date. But I believe that the Philadelphia organizers have a simpler motive. In the early 1970's streaking had a brief moment of popularity, it was a way to rebel against current culture. Holding the ride close to Labor Day ensures that the there are plenty of college students available to inflate the numbers on the ride. For college students this is just one big dare, riding naked through Philadelphia, without risk of arrest or public harassment. If the ride was held in June the number of riders would be smaller as the majority of the college students have gone home for the summer.
The last question that has to be asked is, why no fundraising to benefit Philadelphia residents? Every year organizers provide an overly generous, undocumented, and unverifiable count of the participants; this year they put the count at 2000. Yet the only organization that seems to benefit are the local bars that surround the Piazza at Schmidt's, one in particular is PYT. It's really tragic at the very least the organizers could pass a helmet for donations, $1 per person. Give the money to a local organization that does something to help the residents of Philadelphia under the nebulous goals of the PNBR.
Bottom line; if you want go out and have party with your friends participate in one of the Philly Bike Party's rides. If you want to make change go out and volunteer your time or donate money. The Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride is the equivalent of clicking "like" on Facebook, it may give you a warm fuzzy feeling but in reality you have done nothing to facilitate positive change.


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Your ONE best shot of 2005 - Any image taken underwater in 2005 - can you choose your best?
Your favourite shot of 2006 - The tradition continues, with your favourite underwater photograph of 2006.
Your Favourite Shot of 2007 - The third of the series, for images of 2007.
Is this a male dominated hobby? - While the poll has disappeared over time, a discussion that questions the balance of men and women participating in underwater photography and SCUBA in general.
What dive qualification (is sufficient for UW photography)? - At what point is it appropriate to take a camera underwater? Most posters believe personal attitude and buoyancy control skill are better indicators than a C-card.
Drysuit care - Basic instructions and hints regarding maintenance of a drysuit.
Your Favourite Photographers - From Amsler to Perrine to Wu, contributions range from the famous to obscure. Both underwater and topside photographers accepted.
Optimisation enhancement or manipulation?
Too many megapixels? - When this thread was started in 2003, the 10D and D100 were popular cameras, with only a half-dozen megapixels. With cameras soon to push past the 20MP barrier, when should it stop?
Photo Competition Database - A listing of various underwater and topside international photo and video competitions (could use updating!).
Ultimate photo resource book? - The books of basic photography are sometimes the most useful literature to have; both underwater and standard photography resources are discussed.
Online Photographic Resources
Baiting/feeding sharks: the controversy
Something for your eyes - Jessica Alba holding an Ikelite housing - There's an Ikelite housing in this thread? Also featuring a classic Nikonos setup.
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It's been an interesting, if tiring, few weeks in media criticism and the culture wars. We saw how national media figures immediately jumped to help Planned Parenthood's campaign against the Komen Foundation and how they have been working hard to frame objections to a federal mandate (that critics say seriously harms religious liberty) as a war on women. So when news broke this weekend about some supposedly alarming things that Rick Santorum said, I wasn't sure I could handle another round. I loathe politics and would really like a break from it, particularly on Ash Wednesday. But that's not to be, I guess. So let's look at how well the media have been reporting just one thing said by Rick Santorum. Let's first look at this piece in the Washington Post by Felicia Sonmez, headlined "Five reasons why Santorum's campaign-trail 'misstatements' may help him":
1. Reporters aren't voters.
When it comes to Santorum's recent controversial remarks, Republican primary voters – at least, those showing up to the candidate's recent events – seem to have had a completely different reaction than the news media has.
I just want to thank her for the honesty of showing that members of the news media have a reaction to Santorum and that it's not favorable. In fact, it would probably best be described as "angered" or "appalled" something of that nature. Sonmez highlights some "theology" statements that Santorum made and remarks that "members of the press may still be scratching their heads over the remarks." What were they? Well, what the media describe them as bears almost no resemblance to what they actually were, which might explain the head-scratching.
You can watch the first couple minutes of the video above to see for yourself what Santorum was talking about. He was quite clearly criticizing Obama on his drilling policies. Here's the transcript of the relevant portion:
SANTORUM: The price of fuel right now, they're talking maybe by the summer we're looking at $5 a gallon. Why? Why? Because this president systematically is doing everything he can to raise the price of energy in this country. He's shutting down all sorts of opportunities for us to drill for oil. He's now trying to infuse not science when it comes to the environment, not environmental science when it comes to drilling wells for oil and gas in Pennsylvania and North Dakota and other places that use hydraulic fracking.
He's trying to do again what he tried to do with global warming. Instead of using climate science or global science he uses political science. And political science in this case is suggesting that a technology that has been successfully used to drill hundreds of thousands of wells in this country, hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells, all of a sudden now that's a dangerous technology. Why? Because it could lead to lower energy prices. That's the dangerousness of this technology. It doesn't fit his pattern of trying to drive down consumption, driving to drive up your cost of transportation to accomplish his political science goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
This is what the president's agenda is. It's not about you. It's not about you. It's not about your quality of life. It's not about your jobs. It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology.
I couldn't hear any head scratching at the end, but there was lots of cheering. The crowd seemed to get what Santorum was saying. Now, if you've ever heard anyone criticize some environmentalists, you've probably heard that criticism allege that extreme environmentalism seems like a religion or a false belief system. (If you really want your mind blown, check out this excellent book that takes on both environmentalists and economists, titled "The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America.")
Sometimes people talk about theology in a political sense and no one gets mad. You can see some examples of President Clinton talking about politicians' theology here. Or you can go all the way back to a December 13 press briefing, when President Obama's press secretary said: "Now, what we have seen from Republicans in Congress is the promulgation of this idea that passing a tax cut for middle-class Americans is somehow a favor they would be doing for the President of the United States. Most of my adult life, the Republican theology has been tax cuts for everyone are the highest priority. "
So while crowds who go to political rallies understood what Santorum was saying, and while the media don't react in a crazy fashion when certain people use the term theology, in this case, that didn't happen. They utterly flipped out. On Face the Nation, CBS's Bob Schieffer said:
BOB SCHIEFFER: The Associated Press led its story of your appearance in Columbus, Ohio, by saying, quote, "Rick Santorum questioned Barack Obama's Christian values." That was after you lashed out at the President's proposal on energy of all things when you said this.
RICK SANTORUM (Republican Presidential Candidate/Former Pennsylvania Senator): It's not about you. It's not about you. It's not about your quality of life. It's not about your jobs.
MAN: Right.
RICK SANTORUM: It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology.
(Crowd applauding)
BOB SCHIEFFER: So, Senator, I've got to ask you. What-- what in the world were you talking about, Sir?
Note the "of all things" and "what in the world were you talking about, Sir," drama. Come on.
Others took similar approaches. Here's the Detroit Free Press and here's how the Los Angeles Times led its piece on the issue:
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum denied Sunday that he had questioned President Obama's Christian faith, but said the president held an environmental belief "that elevates the Earth above man."
Santorum was quoted Saturday as telling an audience in Ohio that although he accepted the president's Christianity, he believed Obama adhered to "some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology."
There's really no defense for taking these remarks out of context to make them look like he was going after President Obama's religion. Well, I say there's no defense, but you can watch Howie Kurtz defend it here. Or read Howie Kurtz defending it here.
It's gotten to the point that when a reporter or pundit says that Santorum said something, I don't even react until I find the actual thing he said and read it or watch it myself. It's not like Santorum doesn't give people plenty of religion and values stuff to discuss. There's no need to make up additional instances of it. And there's not really a need to dig back into the past to find religious comments he made as a private citizen and presenting them as if they were uttered yesterday on the campaign trail.
I get that many in the media loathe and despire Santorum with a passion they haven't felt in a few years. Some have told me this themselves. But their job isn't to get people to love or hate Santorum but, simply, to report on what he has actually said, in context, and to tell us how voters respond to it. They don't need to manufacture a story and they would do well to spend more time listening to how his message goes over with voters than telling everyone what they should think about it.
A bad example of this might be Charles Babington's piece for the Associated Press or this piece by Politico. Better examples come from Nate Silver of the New York Times and this campaign trail piece from the Wall Street Journal. On that note, you may also be interested in this conservative column arguing that the media ignore Democratic statements about religion because of a double standard.


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Port Discover's "1st Friday Kids Art-In," on Friday June 5th,
Elizabeth City, NC — In conjunction with First Friday ArtWalk, Port Discover offers, "1st Friday Kids Art-In" to its members, on Friday, June 5th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Parents let your children come to Port Discover to do a fun science activity while you enjoy an evening on the town. This event is available to Port Discover members only; however, memberships can be purchased at the door. Admission is $10 for first child and $5 for each additional child (per family), includes pizza and a drink, for children ages 5 to 12-years-old. Space is very limited for this event so reservations are encouraged.
Port Discover is located at
in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The science center's hours are Tuesday through Friday from 611 East
Main Street 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, and
Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Programs can be arranged at other times for
special groups. To register for this program please call 252-338-6117 or
email firstname.lastname@example.com. Find out more about Port Discover at www.portdiscover.org. Visit us on Facebook!
A hands-on science museum for the kid in all of us, Port Discover is a community-based, non-profit organization, established to enhance the public's understanding and enjoyment of science through engaging programs, activities, and exhibits. Elizabeth City State University along with the Elizabeth City Area Chamber of Commerce initiated the project that has attracted broad community support, including Elizabeth City Morning Rotary, College of the Albemarle, Albemarle Hospital, Museum of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Port Discover is also a member of ASTC and the NC Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative.


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Karaoke isn't showing up in MeGUI
Alright, I have a .ass(Aegisub) Karaoke script and I'm trying to hardsub it with MeGUI. Everything loads perfectly fine in the Avisynth Script creator and then I load the Karaoke script and everything is still ok. I save the script and it automatically brings up the preview. I go to the beginning of the clip to see if the Kara is there, but it isn't. None of the effects are there, the only thing that is, is the English lyrics down at the bottom.
The Kara was not made by me, and the source video is a Dvix.avi file(720p) and the audio is ,mp3(192kbits).
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|2011-12-12, 13:00
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1. It's a C-Plugin, so you have to load it via "LoadCPlugin("C:\blah\AssRender.dll")"
2. then "AssRender("karaoke.ass")
The fonts can go into the same directory as the .ass-file, they don't have to be copied into the Windows font folder.
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The programming language "C" as opposed to "C++". These plug-ins use a different API and are compiled in a different way. Nothing you have to worry about, except that you can't just put them in the AviSynth plug-in folder and always have to load them manually.
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I don't really get what you mean by "automatically starting up like the VSfilter". Note that vsfilter.dll is essentially three programs in one file:
1.) It's a DirectShow filter (indicated by the green arrow showing up in the task bar)
2.) It's an AviSynth plug-in
3.) It's a VirtualDub plug-in
To use it as an AviSynth plug-in you can either copy the vsfilter.dll file to e.g. "C:\program files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins\" OR load it manually via e.g. "LoadPlugin("C:\filters\vsfilter.dll")". Then enter "TextSub("subtitles.ass")" in your script to load a subtitle file. The green arrow in the task bar does NOT appear when using it in this way.
The difference to C-Plugins like assrender.dll is that they will not load automatically when put into the "C:\program files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins\" folder. You alway have to load them via "LoadCPlugin("C:\assrender.dll")".
|2011-12-13, 07:32
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Since Aegisub does not depend on the DShow, Avisynth or VDub interfaces, it can potentially use a VSFilter without those, and that is exactly what Aegisub 2.1.9 will be doing, for two reasons: The first is to make the download smaller (vsfilter.dll from 1 MB down to 140 kb) and the second is to make it simpler for me to build.
My point: From Aegisub 2.1.9 and forward, you will not be able to copy vsfilter.dll from Aegisub and use that for anything else.
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PR firms cash in on ACA rollout woes
It may have been a debacle, but there is one upside to the glitch-plagued rollout of the health care website: It's become a powerful case study for crisis management consultants and their clients of what not to do.
In Chicago, H + A International, a communications firm, delivered its customers a 15-point diagnosis of the administration's handling of the crisis. That led one of its clients to temporarily halt the introduction of a new software product for engineers at a recent trade show of 30,000 people.
Story Continued Below
In San Francisco, Singer Associates, a public relations company, used the Obama crisis to prevail upon major real estate and environmental remediation clients to beta test their online programs before launching them. Sam Singer, the president, said, "A lot more clients are now asking for an extra set of eyes on things before they roll them out.''
( Also on POLITICO: GOP governor 'all in' on ACA)
And in Boston, the CHT group, with clients in industries ranging from health care to electronics, published a guide titled "Obamacare and Health Insurance Exchanges: A PR Makeover'' with tips large and small – from holding more news conferences to creating an infographic explaining the benefits of the new law — for what the White House should have done to tamp down the fallout.
Far from the world of government and politics, the botched launch of Healthcare.gov has become an instant classic. It has replaced such notorious bungles as New Coke and the BP oil spill as a real time example in the crisis management world of how not to respond when everything goes wrong. Experts are eagerly cashing in on the administration's missteps, offering critiques in private interactions with clients, as well as publishing blog posts and op-eds on the basic rules of crisis management that were not followed.
"I have to believe there are lots of people in our business who are looking at this and saying, 'Gee, these are the five things they did wrong. Here are the things I would've done differently,' " Marlin Collingwood, the president of CHT, told POLITICO. "This will be taught in a lot of business and marketing courses, and probably just as importantly in a lot of technology courses on how do you launch a new product. You certainly don't do it like this."
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
Among the many post mortems from H+A International: "While admitting they screwed up and apologizing for the problems, they should have ALSO reassured the large number of people who went to the web site seeking insurance. Although this fact was mentioned, that messaging should have been repeated and reinforced whenever possible.''
Roger Halligan, the CEO of H + A International, sent this pointed email to his clients: "I'm sure you're familiar with the Obamacare website problems and how it was evidently launched before it should've been launched. I know we've discussed in the past preparing new product announcements at trade shows. Just a friendly reminder that we should be sure our technology is ready for the market and can be supported if customers want to learn more.''
Liz Wainger of Wainger Group in Rockville, Md., which represents architecture firms, private schools and philanthropies, said the problems that plagued the administration over the last two months can happen in any industry.
( Also on POLITICO: State exchanges hit data snags)
"Where it's been instructive is that this is something people could really see, a tangible example everyone is talking about," she said. "These are points that I've always made to people but now we can say, 'Well you know, we want to be sure we are handling our rollout or our messaging in such a way that we don't have this kind of gap.'" Wainger published several blog posts on her firm's site about the leadership communications failures after the health site went live.
In a series of interviews, public relations and messaging consultants were nearly unanimous in saying the White House failed a cardinal rule of crisis communications: Own up to the problems — and fast.
The troubles with Healthcare.gov started cropping up the first day – but the administration downplayed them as little more than "glitches" and attributed the bugs to an overwhelming number of people trying to access the site. As late as Oct. 9, White House Spokesperson Jay Carney was still calling the problems a result of "the fact that the interest has been even greater than we expected."
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the ACA)
Obama himself reportedly didn't know the extent of the problems until at least one week into the launch. It took the administration nearly two weeks to fully realize that the woes went beyond volume and start adjusting their message. It wasn't until more than three weeks after Oct. 1- an eternity in crisis management, experts said – that Obama conceded during an address in the Rose Garden that there was "No excuse for these problems" and took responsibility for what had happened.
The president did not help himself when his repeated claims of "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it" turned out to be incorrect. The administration tried to push back by saying that those with cancelled policies could sign up for new and better plans. But not until Nov. 7 did Obama issue a mea culpa for the cancelled policies and attempted a quick fix to let people stay on their plans.


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Warner Bros. So Distraught Over Losing Superman Rights, It Personally Sues The Lawyer Who Won
from the getting-a-bit-personal dept
The lawyer who represented the Siegel estate, Marc Toberoff, has been pushing content creators and their estates to understand (and make use of) termination rights for a long time. And it's no surprise that we're now seeing new efforts under way from musicians and others, including comic book artist Jack Kirby. Kirby, not surprisingly, is also represented by Toberoff, who isn't just representing these artists in helping them get back their copyrights, but he's apparently set up his own production studio to help make use of those copyrights once he helps the artists get them back.
Apparently, Warner Bros. (a frequent target of Toberoff) has had enough and has decided to sue Toberoff personally, claiming that... well... basically that he's a jerk and a savvy business person, which I didn't quite realize was illegal. Specifically, they seem to be claiming that Toberoff "manipulated" the creators of Superman, having them hand over a large percentage of the rights to the character if he was able to successfully manage the termination. Part of Warner's complaint is that Siegel and Shuster had apparently signed agreements promising not to exercise their termination rights, but as I'm sure Warner's lawyers know (they must know this, right?), you cannot contractually give up your termination rights, or all entertainment industry companies would require that in their standard contract.
Frankly, reading through the complaint -- which you can read below -- it looks like Warner is attempting to retry the Superman termination rights case that it already lost:


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Pirate Bay's Booty of Email Addresses Plundered
Hackers in Argentina have accessed the e-mail and IP addresses and usernames for more than four million Pirate Bay users. A group of three hackers have claimed responsibility for the hack and posted a video detailing just how they did it.
"The community caused problems to huge companies and corporations which turned into threats between this companies and them," wrote hacker CH Russo. "What we have done, we did not do it with anger, or for commercial value. As always, we saw the change, the moment and decided to take it. The protocol or procedure done to achieve this wasn't anything out of the ordinary."
What will actually be done with those names and e-mail addresses is certainly in question--it would no doubt be of some value to the RIAA and MPAA, copyright organizations that have legally threatened a number of file sharers in the past.
In the meantime, The Pirate Bay is down for maintenance, carrying the following message, "Upgrading some stuff, database is in use for backups, soon back again. Btw, it's nice weather outside I think."
Originally posted to AppScout.Editor's Note: The byline on this story has been changed, due to a previous editing error.


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Sustainability Plan Clinic Offers Grant-funded Services to Area Businesses
The Baldwin Wallace University Sustainability Plan Clinic has received a $20,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation to fund green services for business clients in Cleveland's "urban core." The clinic's specially trained student-faculty consultant teams help business owners throughout the region integrate sustainable practices into their operations. The goal is to boost the so-called "triple bottom line:" people, profit and planet.
"This grant will enable us to offer support to small firms and entrepreneurs in the City of Cleveland who want to foster business development, job creation and growth through sustainable practices," said Lynn Schulte, director of BW's Sustainability Plan Clinic.
Seeking Clients with Green Goals
Schulte said the Sustainability Plan Clinic is currently seeking prospective clients who fit the criteria of the grant funding, in addition to interested businesses outside the city. Clinic projects might involve energy or waste audits, a competitive comparison study or government regulatory research. With student consultants playing key roles in the process, the clinic also fulfills BW's commitment to experiential learning that applies classroom learning in the real world.
Student consultants, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, are chosen based on educational background, passion for sustainable practices and communication skills. A lead consultant, selected from faculty and local organizations dedicated to helping other business owners, offers significant input to help the student consultants and the business owner throughout the process.
The Cleveland Foundation initially funded the Sustainability Plan Clinic in August 2010. Learn more at www.bw.edu/academics/bus/acad/spc/.
Pictured above with Dominion Foundation grant award, left to right: Annie Heidersbach, BW's director of Corporate and Foundation Relations; David Krueger, director of the Institute for Sustainable Business Practices; and Lynn Schulte, director of the Sustainability Plan Clinic.


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- Size: 16 GB
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- Model: MB913LL/A
- Dimensions: 4.00" h x 1.80" w x 2.20" l, 1.00 pounds
- Display size: 2
- 16 GB capacity for 4,000 songs, 14,000 photos, or 16 hours of video
- Up to 24 hours of music playback or 4 hours of video playback when fully charged
- 2-inch LCD with blue-white LED backlight and 320-by-240-pixel resolution
- Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
- Supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; Supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG
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Amazon.com Product Description--Posted September 9, 2008 With eight amazing colors, a new curved design, and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. The Genius Playlist feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a playlist for you. With its built-in accelerometer, iPod nano is made to move. Give it a shake, and it shuffles to a different song in your library. Turn it on its side to flip through your album art in Cover Flow. And tilt, move, and play accelerometer-inspired games (games available separately). Watching movies, TV shows, and video is even more fun on the sharp 2-inch screen. And your photos (up to 14,000 of them) look great in portrait or landscape view. Available in 8 GB and 16 GB models, the 16 GB iPod nano puts up to 4,000 songs or 16 hours of video in your pocket.
A Musical Genius
Say you're listening to a song you really like and want to hear other
tracks that go great with it. The Genius Playlist feature finds the
songs in your music library that go great together and makes a Genius
Playlist for you. It's like having your own highly intelligent,
personal DJ.
Find Your Music Faster
It's even easier
to find the song you want to hear. Now you can view your album art in
Cover Flow. Or just press and hold the Center button to browse by album
or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add
it to your on-the-go playlist.
Rock and Roll Over
Tilt or turn iPod nano on its side, and you'll listen, watch, and play
in new ways. You can flip through your album art with Cover Flow. Or,
vertically speaking, see more albums and artists on the screen at one
Shake Your Groove Thing
Sometimes, we could
all use a little unpredictability. And now you can shake to change your
music. Just give iPod nano a shake, and it shuffles to a different song
in your music library. You'll always be surprised by what you'll hear.
Let the Games Begin
Now you can get in on games made especially for iPod nano and the
accelerometer. They respond to the way you move, so they're immersive,
addictive, and a blast. The iPod nano comes with Maze, which lets you
work your way through vast mazes by tilting and moving. You can find
even more games on the iTunes Store.
Even Your Photos Rock
Pull hundreds of photos from your pocket and share them wherever you
go. Hold iPod nano upright and see your photos in portrait view. Turn
the player on its side to see them in landscape. Your photos look
beautiful in their proper aspect ratio on the vibrant,
320-by-240-resolution display.
The World's Biggest Small Screen
Watching movies, TV shows, and videos is big fun on iPod nano. And the
high-resolution picture looks crisp and vivid on the 2-inch widescreen
display. So you can always have a little video with you.
Reduced Environmental Impact
The iPod nano embodies Apple's continuing environmental progress. It is
designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:
|With a new curved design and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. Click to enlarge.
|Up to 4,000 songs, 16 hours of video, or 14,000 photos in your pocket. Click to enlarge.
|Just under a quarter-inch deep. Click to enlarge.
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|Enjoy album art in Cover Flow, games, videos, and photos in landscape mode. (Green nano shown here.)
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Small Cool 2010: Louise's Cocoon
Who Lives Here: Louise + 2 shih tzus
Location: Upper West Side — NYC
Size: 345 square feet
What is your favorite element of your Small & Cool home? My canopy bed. It's the perfect high-low piece. It was handmade in New Hampshire of super-thick iron, so it's incredibly heavy. I'm sure it was very expensive — but I found it on Craigslist for $200. I dressed it up with sheer tie-top curtains I found on Overstock.com for $6 a panel. Then I bought the best latex mattress, organic sheets and Thai Silk pillows to dress it up! It's my sanctuary, my cocoon.
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What was one of the biggest challenges you faced in furnishing your Small Cool home? When I moved back to NYC, I was downsizing from an 1,800 square foot 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Miami that was filled with incredible furniture, some of which I inherited cool mid-century lamps and bar, antique chairs that I reupholstered and lots of mirrors. My challenge was to create a home with the same chic feel in 345 square feet by choosing the right pieces to ship up here. I took inventory and measurements of every piece of furniture. I drew a floorplan of this apartment and then drew individual pieces of furniture "to scale" then cut them out. That allowed me to move the pieces around to see what fit and where. I chose what I wanted to ship, and put the rest in storage! My bed is the only piece I purchased here!
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This post comes from Marjorie Taylor, the proprietor of The Cook's Atelier. She cooks and writes about food from her tiny home in Burgundy, France. See more of her writing on her blog, www.thecooksatelier.com.
It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. Given our current economic situation, wouldn't it be great if that silver lining came in the form of people taking the time to get reconnected with their food and maybe even spend a little more time learning how to cook?
I am not talking about simply warming up something from your freezer section, I mean really getting back to the pleasure of cooking real food for yourself and your family. Real food doesn't have to be difficult or overly time consuming. We just need to put good food back on our priority list. With our over-committed schedules, it's easy to fall back on processed meals and fast food, but if you take the time to make real food a priority, you will be reintroduced to one of life's simple pleasures. Making a meal helps you to slow down and be mindful of what you eat and it is a ritual you can enjoy as you pursue your sustainable life.
Over the last few decades Americans' have reduced their budget for groceries and have been led to believe that food should be cheap. That's the first hurdle that you must get over when you start to make real food a priority. Processed and industrial food is cheap, but you get nothing for your money and in the long run you will pay a very high price indeed. If you choose to make real food and fresh ingredients a priority, you will notice the benefits right away in your health, and at the same time you will be doing your part to support your local community and the health of the planet. In my mind, it really is all connected.
Over the last several decades, with the growth of our industrial food system, many people have lost the understanding of what real food is. Real food is not very glamorous. It's not overly packaged or screaming from the shelf about how good it is for you. It doesn't come wrapped in plastic or have a little cartoon adorning the box. And it is probably not going to be listed in the weekly coupon section of your newspaper. Real fruit and vegetables don't come pre-sliced or cut into the shape of baby anything. Real lettuce has to be washed and dried before you make your salad, and if you are lucky, it will actually have dirt on it from a local farm. It's not homogenized and produced in an unnatural environment or made in some lab. Real food doesn't come in a jar or plastic pouch, or claim to be reduced fat, cholesterol free or whatever the current trend is. Real food is the same food that our parents and grandparents enjoyed, simply prepared and in season.
You certainly don't have to be a gourmet cook. In my mind, the best meals are those based on fresh ingredients that are in season and that are simply prepared. It's more about a shift in the way that you think about food. When making the shift, the little things really do count. For example, instead of purchasing commercial salad dressing or mayonnaise made with ingredients you can't even pronounce, make your own. Both are very simple and can be made quickly with the a few staples from your pantry.
Let's take this opportunity to get back to growing, cooking and sharing real food at the table and redirect our priorities for a much more rewarding life.
Aioli with fresh garden herbs
2 small cloves of garlic
pinch of sea salt
1 egg yolk
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 lemon, for juicing
herbs from the garden, such as chives, basil, parsley, chopped
In a marble mortar with a wooden pestle, pound the garlic and salt to a smooth, liquid paste. Add the egg yolk and stir briskly with the pestle until they lighten in color. Begin to add the olive oil in a tiny trickle, to the side of the mortar so that the oil flows gradually into the yolk mixture, while stirring constantly with the pestle. As the mixture begins to thicken, the flow of oil can be increased to a thick thread. If the mixture gets too thick, add a drop or two of water. Add the juice of the lemon and the herbs.
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Hi all,
I'm leaving for Tanzania in a few weeks, and I think I'll try and get a climb of Mt. Meru in. I'm not interested in a guide service, and I have plenty of backpacking experience in the US, elevation up to 14.5k'. We're a group of 3 fit 30-somethings. Some questions:
1. Can we rent sleeping bags and a tent, or would we be better off bringing our own (which would be a hassle to cart around for the rest of our trip)?
2. Can we plan on getting a spot in the huts, or do they need to be reserved way in advance?
3. Water. I'm planning to bring a steri-pen or a filter, but are there water sources available?
4. Toileting. In my backpacking experience, I've always just found a protected spot a little ways off the trail and dug a hole. Is this possible, or are the huts the place that one should "take care of business"?
5. Does a decent map of the mountain exist? Online, all I can find is cartoony schematics.
6. We're planning to just pack our own food as if it's a regular 4-day backpacking trip anywhere else. Any reason not to do this?
7. Related question: Planning to take a Whisperlite International backpacking stove. Will I be able to find white gas/Coleman fuel?
8. Transportation. We fly in to Kili airport - is it difficult to hire a ride to the park gate?
Thanks for any and all advice. I'm sure Kili is an amazing climb, but we have neither the money nor the inclination to rub shoulders with so many people. So Meru seems like a good choice. Cheers!


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When the news broke earlier this month that sales of new vinyl records had increased for the sixth straight year in 2013, it was music to local record store owners' ears.
When the news broke earlier this month that sales of new vinyl records had increased for the sixth straight year in 2013, it was music to local record store owners' ears.
It came as little surprise, though, as central Ohio's record-sellers already had seen the bump in sales for themselves.
Patrick Bailey, owner of Endangered Species: The Last Record Store on Earth in downtown Delaware, said he couldn't give records away to anyone but the hardcore collectors during much of the 1990s and early 2000s. Suddenly, in 2005, he said, record sales "started roaring back."
"We probably sell 300 records a week (now), maybe more," he said. "In 2004, we might sell 100 records a month. And now we're selling, say, 1,200 records a month."
According to Billboard, customers in the U.S. bought 6.1 million new vinyl records in 2013 -- an increase of about 33 percent compared with 2012's 4.55 million in sales.
While vinyl records still represent just a tiny sliver of overall music sales per year, other formats are trending in the opposite direction.
Sales of digital songs dropped to 1.26 billion in 2013 compared with 1.34 billion in 2012, according to Billboard. Sales of CDs have been falling steadily since the rise of digital music files.
Bailey said the vinyl revival began just as MP3 players were starting to fly off the shelves. He said many music fans listening to compressed music files through tiny headphones must have yearned for better sound quality.
"Anybody (who has) only been listening to music through earbuds has been cheating themselves out of music," he said. "If you go to a concert ... in a coffee house to Nationwide Arena, it's not earbuds you're listening to. These are speakers.
"It's coming out and filling your head with sound."
Those seekers of a pure sound kept a floundering vinyl market alive for years.
Kyle Siegrist, owner of Lost Weekend Records in Clintonville, said that by the 1990s, only disc jockeys and the most committed record fans were buying vinyl consistently.
"You had just your audiophiles who swore it sounded better," he said.
A longtime record fiend, Siegrist said he was lucky to launch Lost Weekend in 2003, just as collecting was starting to make a comeback. He said two groups are contributing heavily to the resurgence: youngsters who are just starting collections and adults who parted with their records and are trying to get back into the hobby.
"At least once a week, you get people who say, 'Man, I sold all of my records in the '90s' " looking to start a new collection, he said.
Bailey said some older customers buy as many as 10 records at a time at his store, replacing the records they had tossed out or buying the albums they always wanted but could never find.
While his younger customers may not have as much money, he said it's fun to see college, high school and middle school students flipping through the stacks in his store.
"It's back to a youth-driven thing, and that's very cool," Bailey said. "That's the way it was for years."
Laura Lewis, co-owner of Elizabeth's Records in Clintonville, said record-collecting among kids has "sort of exploded" in the last five years. She said a lot of the younger customers come in with their parents and buy the same albums the parents purchased years ago.
"When they're looking for the used stuff, they're looking for the classics: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin," she said.
Siegrist said some of his customers are parents looking to replenish their collections after their children took all of the old vinyl in the house off to college.
Along with new albums, record labels have been releasing high-quality reissues of classic albums. Bailey said young collectors who might have trouble finding an affordable copy of a Beatles album in playable condition might settle on the reissue as a substitute.
Reissues and new releases also can be paired with download codes, so collectors can take the album with them on their phone or MP3 player.
Collectors who decide to take another look at new records might experience sticker shock. New releases often sell between $20 and $40.
"If (the manufacturers would) lower the price, they would sell dramatically more records," Bailey said.
Siegrist said collectors who stopped buying albums in the early 1990s might be surprised that new records cost five to six times what they cost back then. He said some customers who wander in looking for CDs don't even realize new records are still being produced.
Siegrist said although buying vinyl may seem like a passing trend to some, he thinks the market will stay strong in the area -- even if stores don't continue to see their sales increase by a third every year.
"People kind of make it a destination to go to Columbus record shops," he said.
Bailey, who's planning a celebration of his 331/3 years in the record business in March, said he's confident record-collecting will never completely fall out of fashion.
"People like to collect. They always have," Bailey said. "Go back to Egypt. Cleopatra collected."


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The Georgia Southwestern State University baseball team's open tryout scheduled for Monday (June 11) has been postponed due to last night's heavy rain. The tryout has been rescheduled for Tuesday (June 19) at 2 p.m.
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EA's next addition to the popular The Sims 3 life sim is now available for pre-order at Mac Game Store. Into The Future takes fans through a time portal, giving them the chance to play with a variety of future themed abilities and items, and even alter the fate of their descendants.
Fire up the Time Portal and send your Sims to their most exciting destination yet: a whole new world that exists hundreds of years in the future! While they are there, your Sims can build their Advanced Technology Skill in order to get the most out of future technology. Whether your Sims are cruising around on their hoverboard or jetpack, traveling via monorail or tube elevator, or trying out attractive futuristic hairstyles and clothing, theres a whole new world to experiment with and explore. Create and customize Plumbots with Create A Bot, add them to the household, and program them with a wide variety of trait chips that will alter their behaviors! Jump between present and future worlds at will, and experiment with how your Sims actions in the present can have surprising effects on their own legacy, their descendants, and even the way of life for future Sims!Features:Take Your Sims to the Future! For the first time in The Sims franchise, you can play with life in the future! Enter the Time Portal and take your Sims to a new world that exists hundreds of years in the future where they can explore a whole new way life.Experiment with Future Technology. Witness how new technologies for entertainment, transportation, or the home will reinvent the way your Sims eat, sleep, travel, socialize, work, and have fun. Your Sims can learn how to use this all-new technology in the future and take their Advanced Technology Skill back to the present to get the most out of these objects there!Change Life in the Future. Your Sims present-day actions will lay the groundwork for their future legacy. Your Sims can even meet their future descendants and change their destinies by actions taken in the present! With opportunities to alter the fate of the future, will your Sims strive to create an ultra-utopian society or a world of chaos?Tell New Stories with the All-New Create A Bot. Build and customize a variety of Plumbots and add them to your Sims household! Create unique trait chips that you can then use to program your Plumbots. With the ability to hold up to seven trait chips, these Plumbots are bound to act and behave in surprising ways. What would happen if you combined the Robonanny and Sinister Circuits chips?Buy and Build the Homes of the Future. Futurize your Sims homes with holographic TVs, easels, plants and computers, and zip between floors through tube elevators. Install automatic-sliding doors, peaceful rooftop gardens, and glass floors and walls to give their homes that perfect futuristic touch. The home of the future is whatever you want it to be!Play with a New World Set Hundreds of Years in the Future. Zip across town on the monorail or strap on a jetpack and fly around with friends! Visit all-new venues like the future shopping plaza to browse and purchase the latest gadgets and apparel from a variety of interactive pedestals. Enjoy a delicious synthesized meal served by Plumbots in the outdoor café. Take on futuristic careers by becoming a Plumbot dealer or a renowned astronomer at Stellar Observatory. Or, go way out to explore the vast wasteland who knows, your Sims might find rare relics and perhaps clues as to what happened to the ocean!
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