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Viet Nam News
By Hà Nguyễn
After an international marketing guru's advice that Việt Nam should sell itself as a food destination, there has been increased focus on the culinary delights produced in the country.
The CNN television channel has released a list of six must-try dishes in the country: phở (noodle soup), bún bò Nam Bộ (southern vermicelli with beef), xôi (sticky rice), gỏi cuốn (vegetables, shrimp and pork meat wrapped up in rice paper), bánh xèo (rice pancake folded in half and filled with shrimp, meat and green bean sprouts) and bún chả (vermicelli and grilled chopped meat).
The choice of these six dishes chosen is not a surprise, but it is noteworthy that all these gourmet creations are part of daily food in the country, available throughout the year, and even throughout the day.
Renowned writer Nguyễn Tuân has written that enjoying phở is almost a religious rite because it is intrinsic to the daily life of locals, especially Hanoians.
Trần Văn Trí, 78, a Hanoian, said that for around 50 years, a bowl of phở has been his breakfast, come rain or shine.
Ray Wester, an Australian lecturer at the National Economics University, said phở is the most tasty soup in the world that adds to his enjoyment of working in Việt Nam.
Traditional cuisine expert Phạm Ánh Tuyết said phở is so highly appreciated because it is a great combination of broth which is made by boiling cow bones for 6-7 hours and spices like cinnamon, anise, cardamom and white rice noodles.
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"No one can hold his or her appetite on seeing a bowl of rice noodle soup covered with thin beef pieces, green onions, and Láng basil. The dish gets even more delicious when a few drops of lemon juice, chili and peppers are added to it," Tuyết said.
The bún bò Nam Bộ is an aromatic gift from the southern part of the country. Unlike the flat rice noodles used in phở, the bún (vermicelli ) is round.
Food expert Lê Kim Chi said this southern dish is a mix of bún, stir-fried beef, vegetable salad of green bean sprouts, cucumber pieces and basil topped with fried groundnut, fried onions, and sweet and sour vinegar or lemon juice drops.
"The dish is ideal for summer because it not only has a great flavour, but also helps cool down heat inside your body," Chi said, adding that you need not to go to the south to enjoy this dish. It is available in Hà Nội.
Xôi, another popular dish, is made with glutinous rice that is cooked wither by itself, or with corn, black beans or peanuts.
Nguyễn Thị Sang, a resident of Hà Nội's Hai Bà Trưng District, said she buys xôi as breakfast very often, choosing xôi lạc (sticky rice with groundnuts) for her grandparents, xôi đỗ xanh (with green beans) for her husband, xôi bắp (young corn) for her son and xôi ruốc (salted shredded meat) for her daughter.
Sometimes, they enjoy xôi gấc (momordica cochinchinensis) fruit or xôi thịt kho tàu (Chinese braised pork).
"Each portion of xôi can be as low as VNĐ5,000, suitable for a crowed family like ours. It helps us feel full through the morning, not to mention healthy," said Sang.
The dish is available in all parts of the country, and many cities now boast xôi chains, even.
Gỏi cuốn (vegetables, shrimp and pork wrapped in rice paper) is a dish that is very popular among locals and foreigners.
The dish is also from the south, originally. Dipping the roll in sweet and sour sauce and chili, makes it a tasty snack or food that is full of different flavours and textures, said food expert Chi.
She said however, that the dish should not be eaten to fill oneself.
The bánh xèo ((rice pancake folded in half and filled with shrimp, meat and green bean sprouts) is well known in all the three regions.
Ray said his Australian friends were delighted with the bánh xèo they had when visiting Việt Nam.
" I still remember a shop selling bánh xèo in Huế, witnessing the cooks quickly putting the rice powder and its dumpling into a cooking pan over a medium fire and waiting until it turned yellow and well cooked," recalled Ray.
Having it with fresh salad, cucumber, fresh banana and sour carambola wrapped in rice paper, is really enjoyable, he said, adding that "although it's a fast food, I can never have enough of bánh xèo".
The final dish in the top six is bún chả (vermicelli and grilled meat) of Hà Nội. The dish enjoyed an extra dose of fame when former US President Barrack Obama had it when he visited Việt Nam last year.
Many eateries in the capital city serve this dish, but one of the tastiest versions can be found at the Quán Ăn Ngon Restaurant chain in Hà Nội, said overseas Vietnamese-American businessman Dương Quang Nghị.
He said the cookers use young fresh and flat bamboo sticks to grill pork on wood charcoal, which gives the dish a special flavour.
"I like the way a waiter gets the grilled chả out of the bamboo sticks and puts it in a bowl with a mixture of carrot and kohlrabi pieces in sweet and sour sauce," Nghị said.
"For a long time, I have preferred having bún chả for lunch whenever I come here on business trips," he said.
In fact, the Quán Ăn Ngon chain is a place where all the six dishes can be enjoyed in their original tastes. — VNS
Quán Ăn Ngon restaurants in Hà Nội:
- 18 Phan Bội Châu Street, Hoàn Kiếm District
- 25T2 Trung Hòa Nhân Chính, Cầu Giấy District
- 34 Phan Đình Phùng, Ba Đình District
- B2R6 Vimcom Royal City, 72A Nguyễn Trãi, Thanh Xuân District
Hotline: 0903246963


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Integrate bending and motion sensors into a hockey stick in order to provide almost real-time feedback on performance. The basic idea is to collect all the important parameters that characterize the manipulation of a hockey stick during a normal game. The data is crunched and sent wirelessly to a mobile device to be further analysed. The mobile device contains a model the motion patterns applied in different types of actions during a hockey game. It also contains different profiles of "good players".
One possible application is to compare the motion pattern of a user with the patterns of "good players", and to provide to the user a path to improvement. Other applications can be performance monitoring over time, with fatigue, etc.
Data from the mobile device can also be socialized, i.e. shared on social media with other users.
The Quantified Self is a movement to incorporate technology into data acquisition on aspects of a person's daily life in terms of inputs (e.g. food consumed, quality of surrounding air), states (e.g. mood, arousal, blood oxygen levels), and performance (mental and physical). Such self-monitoring and self-sensing, which combines wearable sensors (EEG, ECG, video, etc.) and wearable computing, is also known as lifelogging. Other names for using self-tracking data to improve daily functioning are "self-tracking", "auto-analytics", "body hacking" and "self-quantifying".
David needed an accurate and fast bending sensor to be applied on a hockey stick. At the beginning of the project, the team thought to apply the joint transducer to this application.
In September of that same year the same team made a presentation at the Canadian Space Agency and discovered a need for a very precise bending sensor (see meeting notes). Thus, the Tape sensor was born. A four optical fiber-based bending sensor was presented to Pr. Zhu at SENSORICA lab in Montreal, on April 2013 (see photo album of this demo). From this project, the Low-cost tape sensor was born. It became evident that this type of sensor was suitable for the hockey stick project.
A few designs of the low cost tape sensor were proposed and one prototype was successfully tested in June 2013 (see more). Around the same date, Rodrigo started to redesign the low-cost tape sensor in order to adapt it to mass production.
In June 2013 we were approached by a Montreal-based company who has already integrated motion sensors into a hockey stick and were looking for a low-cost and reliable bending sensor (see meeting notes - please keep this doc confidential for the moment, the company wants to remain under the radar). We are exploring ways to collaborate and have agreed to formalize our collaboration starting in September 2013.
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Shadow of War, the sequel to 2014's surprisingly-brilliant Shadow of Mordor, is a dense, brutal, and well-produced adventure that fans and newcomers will love. Between hunting down and murdering orcs, building your very-own army, and enjoying a new story in the Lord of the Rings universe, there's a lot to enjoy with this open-world action adventure.
The story picks up after the event of the first game (don't worry if you haven't played it, there's a quick catch-up montage to fill you in), where Talion, still fused with elf lord Celebrimbor, crafts his own ring of power.
After it falls into the wrong hands, Talion gets a glimpse of a grim future and sets out to foil Sauron's maniacal plans by taking out his armies and working his way into Mordor. It's an epic and somewhat familiar story to what we've seen in the Lord of the Rings lore before, but there are some enjoyable cameos from notable characters from the LotR world too.
While there's an incredible amount of main objectives and side-quests to do in Middle-earth, the majority of your time will be spent going toe-to-toe with orcs, using Shadow of War's Batman Arkham-inspired combat system to block, counter, and cut enemies down to size. The combat is incredibly satisfying, making the protagonist Talion look like a unrelenting badass, but is still challenging enough thanks to the game throwing a mix of tougher enemies and orcs with certain immunities into the mix.
This is where Shadow of War really stands tall, as each orc platoon has its own captain, with his own personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Most missions require you to hunt down orc captains in order to weaken Sauron's army to complete a quest. Finding a lower-rank orc to interrogate for information on his captain, harks back to the eavesdropping process of early Assassin's Creed games. Working out who the orc captain is, where he is, and how to kill him, is a fun and surprisingly dynamic process that doesn't wear out its welcome throughout Shadow of War's duration.
If however you don't manage to kill the captain or are killed yourself, this is where Shadow of War's much-talked about Nemesis system comes into play. Orc captains will remember you from your past fight, making snarky comments about your failure to finish the job, and how they've been promoted since the last time you met. Little details such as name changes, new armour, added strengths, and even missing limbs add a whole element of immersion to who you're actually fighting.
Then there's the Siege missions, which task you with defending or storming an enemy stronghold. This is where you put your army and skills to the test against tougher and more unpredictable enemies and beasts. It's a culmination of the best bits of the Shadow games, and gives reminders of the big battle sequences from the Lord of the Rings games old (The Two Towers and Return of the King, particularly).
Of course, loot is important too, and throughout your campaign, you'll upgrade your weapons and armour from notable orcs you've killed, along with upgrading and evolving your elven powers, such as improving your speed or Elven Rage, which sees you go full bezerk for a limited period of time.
Graphically, Shadow of War holds up fantastically, showing a breathtakingly vibrant world, but it's real gems are in the production value and attention to details of the orcs you encounter. Every orc captain genuinely feels like a well-rounded character, with their own backstories and motivations, until you chop their heads off, of course.
Shadow of War is big, bold, and brutal in its design and execution, making one of the most well-rounded experiences of 2017. While there were a few hiccups due to its scale, it's nothing that will detract you from enjoying the brilliant adventure Monolith Productions have crafted.


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Some exciting news having to do with Luckystylespotter. They did a little feature on me where I got to pick my favorite looks from the site and answer some questions about my style inspiration, so go check it out here. Thanks again, Luckystylespotter!
oh! and if you already have an account with LSS, or if you're going to sign up for one, go check out the Sally Hansen nailpolish contest I'm in:
I'm kinda lacking in the votes, haha but it's cool. If you'd like to rate my entry you can do that here!
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Nate is BACK!
Month: June 2012
Nothing much added, just setup one of the demo games to compile and run on iOS. Audio and Input are still on the todo list, gotta understand the inner workings of both before i move on. Obligatory screen (sorry the old one's are gone…)
When i said ALL the native stuff was working on iOS i was of course wrong. Turns out the IKVM MonoTouch port was missing some essential capabilities, namely, calling into Java from native code. This is needed for Box2D callbacks and things like determining the position of a direct ByteBuffer in the OpenGL wrapper code, among other things.
When Michael started porting IKVM to MonoTouch he ran into a couple of issues, among which one was the way IKVM handles reflection (which in turn is also used when calling Java from native code). IKVM actually performs code generation to speed up reflection, much like Java tools like ASM allow one to do. On iOS this is a no-go, since you can't make memory executable and hence can't JIT compile things. Michael went ahead and kinda operated on an open heart, ripping out the code generation reflection backend and replacing it with the slower, standard reflection that just looks things up like crazy all the time.
This works pretty well, safe for some performance loss. Except that a crucial part was missing: the JNI methods native code can call to invoke a method on a Java object went nowhere. It took me a while to figure this out, as i had to navigate the code of IKVM manually. Eventually i found the culprit: MemberWrapper#invokeJni was not implemented for the MonoTouch port. I changed it to use the slow reflection mechanism and things started working as expected. I issued a pull request for the simple fix which you can find here.
Moral of the story: our dependency on native code can turn up surprising issues on iOS at times.


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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
12 comments:
- Mike H said...
Great story... the Elias one. Your story, not so fun!! That sucks HORRIBLY!!! Heal thy stings, my good sir!
- 8/28/2014
- Mestiere said...
I'm sorry that you got stung, Karswell. Had you been allergic you could have died. I'm glad in didn't happen to your son.
Drones don't sting. In worker bees the stinger is a modified ovipositor (egg laying organ) so femaleness and being able to sting go together. But, of course, it was a premonitory dream and since he was in danger from his co-workers the dream could be seen as accurate. Unfortunately, Charlie never figured it out.
- 8/28/2014
- Keir said...
Get well soon!!
- 8/28/2014
- Brian Barnes said...
If only you were a nazi scientist, Karswell, things would have gone differently ...
- 8/28/2014
- Turok1952 said...
Get the swelling down and you will be fine!
Gas the little monsters. They really are a hoot flying off in flames!
- 8/28/2014
- JMR777 said...
Get well Soon Karsell. Sorry to hear about the bee attack.
- 8/28/2014
- Mr. Cavin said...
"And--where would a fella like me have half a chance with miss Carol?"
Don't worry Charley. Having just half a chance with Miss Carol is nearly the same thing as having a one hundred percent sure thing with just half of her. The other half will be a bee is all. Seriously great story, I definitely love the sort of complex ending, even if I feel kind of like the story kind of rushed to get there before the readers could. I love the Windsor McCay panel at the bottom of four. Looks like Charley go into the rarebit just before bedtime yet again.
- 8/28/2014
- Dale said...
Same thing happened to me as a kid. Very nasty to say the least. Those Yellowjackets are a fierce mob. In my case,it was 20 to 30 stings. Best wishes to you Karswell,for a speedy recovery!
- 8/28/2014
- Grant said...
Anyone who likes this kind of story should see the OUTER LIMITS episode "ZZZZZ." I won't give it away, but it's nearly the only very tongue-in-cheek episode.
- 8/28/2014
- Grant said...
I think almost anyone who reads this story expects Carol to be a literal Queen Bee, who's somehow become human-looking (that's the idea of the Outer Limits story I mentioned - which isn't a spoiler, since you find that out at the start). So the ending surprised me.
The question is, is there ever really so much rivalry among beekeepers that it ends in murder?! (It happens in this story and the movie THE DEADLY BEES, so who knows.)
- 8/29/2014
- Karswell said...
Thanks everyone-- a new post coming up here shortly
- 8/31/2014
- Grant said...
There are many "human queen bee" stories (including a whole lot of non-SF ones where she's only FIGURATIVELY a "queen bee"), but in this one the woman might be pretty innocent of actually killing anyone. She knows she's getting these male employees worked up over her, and she probably knows how her favoring one of them will affect the others, but is she actually setting up the murder at the end? It isn't too clear to me.
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On Monday, I was a featured musical guest on Boston Neighborhood Network's show It's All About Arts. The footage from the show is now up on YouTube, so check it out! I performed three songs (Grow Up, Snow Globe, and Monstre), and had a fun interview with the hosts Glenn & Val. I'm featured in the second half, starting around 27:50.
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Some of the most popular TV series in the 2013-2014 TV season were "The Big Bang Theory," "NCIS" and "The Walking Dead." "The Big Bang Theory" was the most popular, with a season average of 23.1 million viewers per broadcast.
"NCIS" was a close second with 22.4 million average viewers per episode. "The Walking Dead" had a solid 18.3 million viewers but was the number one show among adults 18 to 49 with 12.2 million viewers in this age category.
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Come Celebrate "Indigo Sun" The African Unity boatride.
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INDIGO SUN ~ African Unity Party Cruise
Sailing Sunday, August 18th 2013
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Indigo Sun hopes to gain further support for African entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. Here is a chance for all to stand together and connect with each other for various reasons but one aim of a "Renewed Global African Movement" a vast platform full of creativity, talent and uplifting power.
To start the evening we celebrate the gathering with complimentary food to lift the spirit. All food will be made available from local chefs, restaurants and caterers from the African Diaspora promoting their menus:
~ Khufu Egyptian jerk
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As the night ensues, DJ's fill the air with sounds on both level from musical journeys influenced by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and an healthy dose of Hip Hop:
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Also included a live performance from upcoming artists reflecting the hearts and minds of the African diaspora:
~ Negros Americanos
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Venturing up to the sundeck, expect drums and African dancing plays against a New York sunset.
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Here are a couple of pictures from my book launch party at Barnes and Noble last Friday!
I feel so loved and blessed by the people who came out to support me. It was great to see old friends, new friends and total strangers who stopped by and either chatted or bought a book.
We had a little contest, and I wanted to share some of the comments:
This was the contest:
If you could pick one sense that you would NOT want enhanced, which one would it be?
(I drew random names out for the winners.)
The overwhelming winner of the five senses was, can you guess?
Here are some of the comments:
I am already sensitive to smell and for it to get stronger would be unpleasant!
I would not want to smell anything more than we already do. Example: Poop
Smell…cause I have a cat and dog who stink!
Because it's connected straight to the brain (memory) and if someone stank I would remember then like that forever.
In this world, especially as a mom, I would vomit all day!
I don't need to be able to smell myself even more after working out.
I wouldn't want smell to be enhanced because some smells are very, very, very bad.
Because my wife is pregnant and farts a lot! (This guy is in a LOT of trouble)
Can you imagine all that awful cologne at an even higher volume of toxic levels?
Farts are smelly enough without enhancing smell to smell them better with.
I think it would be so annyoning to feel EVERYTHING all the time.
Because more stuff would hurt.
Because I would have to feel gross or sticky things and even be more grossed out about it.
I like my food the way it is!
"Kids screaming" need I say more?
Because it would hurt my ears.
Too many things to filter out. Dare Devil has to sleep in a sensory deprivation tank.
5th graders already make enough random noise. Really!
There was one for sight, but she put down why she would like having a better sense of sight:
Because I could see far away places. I could see the planets and exotic places. I could spy on my children!
So let's hear it people!
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The first level of Children's Hospital Colorado has a full range of amenities and services for both you and your child. This floor serves as the main entrance to our hospital, filled with light and color specifically designed to encourage the healing process for our patients and their families.
When you and your child first enter Children's Colorado, you'll be welcomed into the stunning four-story Boettcher Atrium. It is a brightly colored, open space that serves as the hub of the hospital. Many of the healing elements you'll find in the atrium, from unique artwork, color, light, and nature (including 3 fish tanks!), will greet you throughout the building.
Areas of Interest on Level 1: MRI Ambient Experience
Within the glass, wood and whiteboard walls of the Seacrest Studios at Children's Colorado, we provide a first-hand experience where patients and families leave the rigors of the hospital behind. The studio gives kids the chance to be kids – to sing, to dance, to explore, but most of all, to have fun. While doing so, they might even have a chance to meet some of their heroes.
Upon entering our hospital, you can head to the Welcome Desk (to the right of the main entrance) where you'll receive a visitor badge for you and your child. The Welcome Desk attendees will direct you to a Check-In station where we register patients for radiology, surgery, sleep study, EEG, the procedure center and all of our inpatient admissions.
Our Radiology Department is located on the first floor, past the Procedure Center, beyond the glass elevators. When you enter the hospital, visit the welcome desk and they will instruct you on how to check in for your child's radiology appointment.
Upon entering the hospital, the Procedure Center is located on the left side of the Boettcher Atrium, just past the glass elevators. The Procedure Center serves as a "mini operating room" for procedures that do not require the use of major surgical set-up and equipment. If your child has an appointment at the Procedure Center, proceed to the welcome desk (to the right of the hospital's main entrance), get a visitor's badge, and they will provide instructions for checking in.
Level one also houses the colorful Fresh Market Place dining area, which is located just to the left of the main entrance of the hospital. Because research shows that healthy food choices help kids heal faster, we offer many kid-friendly options like pasta with fresh ingredients, sushi, a colorful salad bar and custom-made omelets in the mornings. Just outside of the Fresh Market Place cafeteria is our Espresso and Gelato Bar, which serves specialty coffee drinks and gelato.
The Creative Play Center is located on the first floor, just off the west end of the Fresh Market Place. Staffed by a supervisor and trained volunteers, the Center offers a free and safe play area for patients' brothers and sisters. This is a great place to let siblings relax and have fun while you and your child are meeting with the care team. The Creative Play Center is available on a first-come, first-served basis for children up to 9 years old.
Whether you need a few moments of quiet or if you'd like to pray, meditate, reflect or seek spiritual shelter, the interfaith chapel is open at all times, day and night. The chapel is located on the first floor off the east side of the Boettcher Atrium. Walk past the glass elevators and turn right just past the gift shop. The chapel will be on your right at the end of the hallway.
The Emergency Department at Children's Hospital Colorado is the only Level 1 Pediatric Emergency Center in the Rocky Mountain region. Our team of pediatric emergency doctors provide care for all types of emergencies -- from the simplest to the most complex. Click here to learn more.
The Volunteer Office is located on the first floor, just off the Boettcher Atrium. Walk past the Gift Shop and turn right, and the office will be located on your left. The office is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Stop by to find out how you can get involved, or learn more on our volunteer webpage.
Our financial counseling office is located on the first floor of the main hospital just to the east of patient check-in desks, past the main entrance of the hospital. Financial counseling is a part of our patient financial services program.
The Children's Hospital Colorado gift shop is located just off the Boettcher Atrium, past the glass elevators on the east side of the first floor. Our gift shop offers toys, candy, toiletries, flowers and much more.
The Family Health Library is located on the first floor of the hospital, off Boettcher Atrium, just past the gift shop beyond the glass elevators. The library has information on illnesses, wellness and parenting, in-depth research on medical conditions, general fiction and audio books. Staff librarians are available to help you find exactly what you need.
Our Blood Donor Center is located on the first floor of the Administrative Pavilion. When you receive your visitor badge at the main desk, a volunteer will show you where to go. For your convenience, Children's Colorado offers a Creative Play Center as a free and safe play area for the children of blood donors while you are here. Free valet parking is also available to all blood donors at the hospital's main entrance.
Just south of the Emergency Department entrance is the Garden of Hope, a sacred space displaying messages of hope, healing, peace and love. An illuminated Wall of Hope surrounds the west portion of the garden where visitors are welcome to sit and reflect. The Garden also has a labyrinth and a shaded area with tables and chairs.
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My one nephew is heavily into the simulator and one of his latest passions seems to be the American Truck Simulator game. It's an amazing simulator in which you get the step into the shoes of a professional truck driver. It's not really something I am into, but like a young boy, he loves every thing to do with large trucks, trains and other vehicles. And of course, being the modders and programmer that I am, he has come to me to ask for some help with some American Truck Simulator mods. And of course, being the great uncle that I am, I did offer to help him out.
Of course, when he first told me about it, I had no idea what it even was. Actually, I still wonder how HE found out about it. I guess I'll have to ask him about it – but then again, who knows. He's a kid. He has plenty of time to do searches and watch youtube videos. I wish I had that sort of time. But that's the great thing about being a kid. You have plenty of time to check things out.
Anyway, as I started looking into it, I actually realized it looks pretty nice. The graphics are impressive and it seems like you can mod just about everything. Of course, I'll really have to look into ATS mods more closely but right now it looks like you can mod nearly every aspect of the game – the trucks, the trailers, the maps, the interiors, the cars on the roads next to you, buses, etc. It's actually pretty impressive. The roads are a really interesting aspect as it looks like they have some really great highways with some amazing scenery. I wonder if they have any highways near us. That would actually be really cool if my nephew could drive a rig up and down the roads where we live. But I doubt they'd have our local roads since we're not near any major highways or big city.
I told him I would help, so right now he's trying to figure out what he wants to mod. At the very least, he wants me to mod the side of the truck to say his name – or his nickname, etc. I do have some skill with Photoshop so if I can get a template, it should be easy to modify it. As far as the other items, like the routes and even adding things like trains, I don't know. I'll have to look at the specs and find out whether there is scripting involved and if so, what language they are using. But right now, I don't know enough about it.
Until then, we'll work on the items we can – the skins, the maps, the truck and the trailer. That should be enough for now. But it should be a great project. Once I get all the details and we start building some ATS mods, it will be a lot of fun.


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The ongoing controversy about the effort by Steve Jobs to build a new residence on the site of the historic Jackling Estate will take another turn on April 28th when the Town COWncil reconsiders the issue of demolition permit.
As we reported when the San Mateo Superior Court and the Appellate Court ruled against the Town and Steve Jobs with regard to the EIR for the demolition of the Jackling House, the issue for us is not so much whether the house should be demolished or saved but why the Town couldn't do it right. Go here and here to see our 2 prior articles.
Hope Sullivan had recommended against the demolition, but both the Planning Commission and the Council approved the demolition permit. Maybe because they were not properly advised, the COWncil failed to adopt an EIR resolution with supportable findings. Although we weren't surprised since we have pointed to the Town's arbitrariness again and again, it is troubling when a Judge finds that our COWncil acted arbitrarily and capriciously and that they abused their discretion. Now the COWncil has an opportunity to do it right this time.
The new Planning Director makes no recommendation this time but the staff report gives a careful outline of the process. An EIR Addendum has been prepared making changes to the Final EIR to evaluate demolition of the existing Residence and construction of the new home; the Project objectives in light of the renewed application and plans for the new residence; and a new, more comprehensive restoration alternative; as well as assessing all of the alternatives in light of the comparative cost data of building the new home.
Staff advises COWncil to focus its deliberations on whether there are any viable alternatives that would avoid the significant impact, accomplish most of the Project objectives and be feasible to implement from an economic, legal and technological standpoint. Second, if there are no such alternatives and the COWncil wishes to approve the demolition permit, the COWncil should consider whether the Project has specific benefits that outweigh its significant unavoidable impact on the environment, thereby justifying adoption of a statement of overriding considerations.
Opponents of the demolition have asked that the matter be continued to give them more time to study the Addendum. We strongly suggest that COWncil give the opposition full opportunity to make its case and carefully consider if more information or analysis is needed. The decision is ultimately COWncil's to make but the last go-round had a substantial cost to all of us in staff and attorney time even if Steve Jobs paid the over $400,000 attorney fee awarded to the Plaintiffs, Uphold Our Heritage. This time, hopefully the COWncil will proceed with care and thoughtful consideration.


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Not Just for Kids
November 27- December 4, 2002
Thanks, Neighbors
Profiles in Giving
Do You Know?
We all know that the worlds oceans are very big and that they contain many different kinds of fish and other creatures. Do you know how many different kinds of fish live in the ocean?
What? You dont know? Well, neither do I, and neither does anyone else, including the scientists.
Even the ichthyologists thats what we call the scientists who study fish disagree on the number. But they all agree that there are at least 24,000 different species, with new species discovered all the time. As much as 97 percent of all life on earth lives in the oceans.
Its a Big Ocean
Its hard for us to even imagine how large the ocean is. Look at a globe and make note of how much of the world is covered by water. You see that the ocean covers most of the surface. Now, consider that fish live in all of the ocean, from its very deepest (seven miles down) up to the surface. Water conditions temperature, pressure, currents are different at every level, so each kind of fish lives at the level that suits it best. To learn about every species, scientists would have to catch a fish from every part of the ocean. Thats hard to do!
Chesapeake Bay
Finally, look at the globe again and find our Chesapeake Bay. Notice how small it is in comparison to the rest of the ocean. However, many different kinds of fish live in the Bay, and we know them very well. Maryland Department of Natural Resources has identified more than 100 different fish species from our Bay and more are discovered all of the time (See Bay Weekly, Nov. 21 Vol. X, No. 47, Who Knows Whats Out There?).
Down By The Bay
by Dick Wilson
How many fish in the Bay? Mrs. Maggie Pike can answer that question as well as anyone can.
An art teacher at Windy Hill Elementary School, Mrs. Pike is known for the imaginative, skillful displays she constructs with her students. Last years was a rainforest exhibit.
This years display celebrated the schools Fall Festival. The exhibit Down By The Bay filled an entire classroom with realistic examples of creatures that live in and on our Chesapeake Bay. All 700 Windy Hill students joined with Mrs. Pike in forming sea creatures from papier-mache, a mixture of plaster, recycled paper and plastic.
The students worked with Mrs. Pike to make three-dimensional reproductions of not only the common fish in the Bay, such as rockfish and flounder, but also many other sea and shore creatures, including sharks, rays, clams, snails, crabs, shrimp, jellyfish (floating above the seabed), sea horses, starfish, horseshoe crabs, turtles, snakes, barnacles and eels. Ducks and seagulls swam on the surface and also soared aloft into the sky. To complete the scene, the Drum Point Lighthouse towered in the distance, two boaters crabbed from a rowboat and two fishermen sat on a pier. What a wonderful way to show the life in and around our part of the ocean.
Kids Stuff
Thursday, November 28
Happy Thanksgiving
Gather with your friends and family to give thanks and enjoy one anothers company.
Friday, November 29
Christmas on the Square
Begin celebrating Christmas in classic small-town style at the Leonardtown square. Join in the festivities with sleigh rides, a parade, Santa Claus, Christmas carols, the Festival of Trees and a live nativity scene. 5-9pm @ town square, Leonardtown, in St. Marys county:
Calvert Festival of Trees
The 14th annual Calvert Festival of Trees features the Hospice Memorial Tree and lush Poinsettia Tree, Santas Secret Shop for kids and meals with Santa. 7-9pm today, 9am-9pm Sa; 10am-6pm Su @ Patuxent High, Lusby. $4 w/age discounts: 410/535-0892.
Saturday, November 30
Santa at Harbour Center
Visit with Santa and friends, get a free horse-drawn carriage ride and create crafts. Noon-3pm @ Annapolis Harbour Center: 410/266-5857.
Sunday, December 1
Christmas Parade
Enjoy wonderful floats, school bands and of course, Santa Claus, in the 29th annual Calvert Christmas Parade. Come out early to grab the best viewing spot along the main drag. 2pm (Rain date Dec. 8) @ Fox Run Shopping Center, Prince Frederick: 410/535-0026.
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The saga over Keystone XL is an excellent example of why rich world economies are in general slow growing at .
President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday, in a move that infuriated conservatives but will bolster his legacy on environmental issues ahead of next month's climate change summit in Paris.
No, not because the pipeline will now not be built, not because of those climate negotiations and no, not because conservatives are unhappy about this.
The pipeline was to bring Canadian tar sands oil down to the refineries on the Gulf Coast. Very simply, refineries further north just aren't set up to process such heavy crude. The ones on the Gulf are. So, instead of changing all the refineries, build the pipeline to get the oil to where it can be efficiently processed. And that's really it.
Given current crude prices those tar sands are shutting down some production and the whole plan is just less important than it was. And while the plan did indeed have a positive current net present value (and thus was something that made us all generally richer) it wasn't either as earth shattering as the proposers suggested nor as earth shattering as the environmental protestors insisted. And in something the size of the US economy something like an oil pipeline or not is always going to be a marginal decision.
The decision whether to build it or not is obviously highly interesting for those directly involved and for the rest of us very much a "Meh" question. Except for this:
Mr Obama's announcement follows a seven-year review process
It's worth noting that it is only phase IV of the project that has been cancelled. The other three phases are up and running. And they each took between one and two years to build.
That is, we now have a system whereby it can take 7 years to get a decision on whether one can build something which takes two years maximum to build. And that is why modern economies have a slower growth rate than they perhaps should have. Not because people aren't allowed to do things like build oil pipelines, but because the entire economy is being strangled by red tape.
Perhaps we should have environmental regulation of the type that stops such building. Perhaps we shouldn't: the existence or not of such regulation isn't the problem at hand. What is the problem is that whatever the decision is it needs to be made quickly. So that either the project can be built or, if rejected, then everyone can stop their efforts at filling out paperwork and go off and do something more interesting.
We obviously do have our view of which way this decision should have gone. But that isn't our point today. Rather, if we're going to have a system of regulation over who may do what then it has to be an efficient system of deciding who may do what, how and when. Even to whom. Otherwise the entire economy will descend into a welter of form filling that would make C. Northcote Parkinson proud and the rest of us poorer than we need be.
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And shortly after website ads arrived, so did the malware. Ad-ware, also called "malvertising", was born.
There are a few different ways website ads can cause problems:
- virus code in the ad itself - so clicking on the ad downloads or executes the malware
- malicious code that executes based on a mouse action - such as clicking on a flash animation or even just moving your mouse over an ad (called a "drive-by download")
- a link in the ad brings you to a different page that can have malware, asks for personal information or exploits your browser to grab information from another tab (kind of like phishing)
You may ask... why would someone allow a virus in an ad on their site? That's a great question. The issue is that most sites don't have a direct relationship with the people creating the ads. The way it typically works is that sites sell space on their pages to ad brokers, who resell that space either to someone wanting to place an ad, or even to other ad brokers. And often the ads rotate. It becomes pretty easy for crooks to insert malware into these ad spaces without detection.
This led to the creation of ad blockers. These are programs that work in your browser to block content from the 3rd party ad brokers. There was a big controversy about this in 2015. On one hand, websites that offer free content need to have a way to monetize. On the other hand, web and banner ads are annoying, collect our information, and can contain malware. Some businesses block ads on corporate systems as a way to cut down on malware... and it works.
To fight back, some sites block people who block ads!
And that's where things get interesting.
Let's look at Forbes.com for example. Many websites simply show their ads along with each page. If the ads are blocked, then those parts of the pages just don't load, or show a broken image icon. But when you go to the Forbes website, you first see a welcome page that counts down until you can click to the main page. While that is happening, the page loads hundreds of those 3rd party ad sites.
And earlier this year, the Forbes site was serving malware through ads!
So there's the bind... allow sites to display their ads, including those full sites that only display if ads are allowed; or open the enterprise to malware!
But shouldn't the responsibility for this malware be with the website that displays the ads? Shouldn't they test to make sure there isn't executable code in those ads? I think so.
I also understand that sites display content that is worth something and they deserve to be compensated.
There are some compromises. Some sites ask you to register to see additional content. You are "paying" by providing information about yourself that they can sell. Some sites charge nominal subscription fees (some sites charge high subscription fees!).
There is perhaps some middle ground with Google Contributor. With this consumer service you pay a nominal monthly fee. Then google distributes that to sites based upon your usage patterns.
What are your thoughts? Is there a middle ground? Should consumers have to pay for content? Do we need to be bombarded with ads? And who should be responsible when sites serve up malware or malicious links?


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Winter Nationals – Two Weekends, 8 Classes, 12 Races!
We are kicking off the racing season again this year with our two weekend Winter Nationals. Two weekends, 8 racing classes and 12 races plus two nights of practice. We will have open practice from 6-10 PM on Friday Feb 9th & Friday, Feb 16th. …Read More
Winners from Nov 4, 2017 – Southern 100 Race Results
The 10th Annual Southern 100 is in the books…what a great weekend of racing. We say Kyle Bronson take his #40B NeSmith Late Model wire to wire in the 100 lap Southern 100 to win $10,000! We also had dirt track racing legend Ken Schrader …Read More
10th Annual Southern 100 Nov 2nd – 4th, 2017
Join us for 3 great nights of racing action at our 10th Annual Southern 100 Nov 2-4th! Thursday night practice is from 5-9 PM and free to the public, Friday night is practice, qualifying and heat races from 6-11 PM and Saturday night are features …Read More
Race Results from Oct 21, 2017
Another great night of racing at Southern Raceway with action on and off the track. Congratulations to all our race winners: Kevin Mitchell in Pure Stock, Kraig Crossley in Vintage, JC Wilson in NeSmith Street Stock, Joseph Phillips in Modifieds, Johnathon Joiner in Sportsman and …Read More
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bringing 2 U events & happenings in and around Ipoh … & beyond…
With the theme "Prosperity Garden", Ipoh Parade Mall has been decked out completely in red to welcome another auspicious Chinese New Year.
As we usher in the Year of the Fire Monkey, shoppers have the opportunity to get up close and personal with an array of cheeky monkey characters; among them are the Prosperity Monkey, Longevity Monkey, Harmony Monkey, Fortune Monkey and Happy Monkey.
Each of these monkeys is believed to bless a person with good luck, health, wealth, prosperity and a year of abundance.
As with past years, this festive season will see a host of exciting performances lined up to entertain shoppers. Look out for the jaw-dropping China Acrobatic Show, Shaolin Kung Fu Performance, Southern & Northern Acrobatic Lion & Dragon Dance, 24 Seasons Drum and also Rhythmic Latin Dance.
The Chinese New Year Street Fair on the ground floor of the mall is a major attraction this season. Vendors here sell an extensive variety of Chinese New Year goodies, including festive delicacies, gift hampers and even clothes.
Part of the street fair is Jaya Grocer Fair by the newest tenant at the mall, Jaya Grocer. Opened on January 30, shoppers can enjoy promotions on selected items such as Mandarin oranges, gift hampers and festive cookies.
The good news is that shoppers who spend RM128 and above at any outlet within the mall stand a chance to redeem an exclusive Chinese New Year ang pow purse for FREE!
These intricate red ang pow purses come in four different designs: Prosperity, Harmony, Longevity and Fortune. They are available for redemption at the Information Counter from now until February 14. Collect all four designs for an all-round blessing!
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happy CNY!!!
wow they have so many cheeky monkey characters around the mall. the decor looks simple and traditional 🙂
my favourite mall as I stayed near by last time. any changes near the mall now?
There are a lot of different things now at the mall, compared to when you were last here. You must visit again when you are in Ipoh.
Happy CNY in advanced to you!
Great to see there's celebration in Ipoh mall too.
beautiful decoration in Ipoh, the cny is approaching! everything i red red ya haha. happy chinese new year to you in advanced ^^
This definitely looks like a very thrilling event with both the dragon dance and northern lion dance.. The decorations look pretty neat too.. Thank for sharing so we can get an idea what is on the other side..m hehehe
Chinese New Year in Ipoh also so happening. I can't wait for the CNY to come.
Happy Chinese New Year 😀 Wow the CNY atmosphere is so good in Ipoh. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the celebrations in JB and Singapore too.
can feel the strong CNY feeling from Ipoh Parade 🙂 gong xi fatt cai 🙂 cheers, siennylovesdrawing
The mall is full of cute decorations and is great that they have all these traditional activities.
All the malls are filled with CNY decorations! Happy CNY
everywhere and every mall, red themed cny decor.. :).. its tong tong tong chiang time!


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BBC Review
The Cornish maverick keeps it old skool acid, amongst many other things!
Ben Wood 2007
Luke Vibert makes most musicians seem lazy. The good friend and sometime musical sparring partner of the Aphex Twin has recorded 15 albums in a plethora of styles, and under nine different names.
The cheeky title (linking the Cornishman's hometown with the two birthplaces of dance music) is an indication of the playful sense of humour, and retro tendencies, on display here.
Several tracks on the eclectic CDR are reminiscent of earlier Vibert incarnations. At various points he summons up the spirit of '87 ("Argument Fly" and "Chicago, Detroit, Redruth"'s acid house); '93 ("Radio Savalas"' intelligent techno); '95 ("Rotting Flesh Bags"' trip-hop) and even '76-meets-'96 ("Comfycozy"'s cocktail bar Weather Report-goes-drum'n'bass).
There are plenty of ravey touches (speeded-up vocal samples, synth stabs), stacks of electro and a hell of a lot of acid! In fact, your enjoyment of this album may depend on your tolerance for those famous squelchy Roland 808 and 303 sounds.
Much like Charlton FC's seasons under Alan Curbishley, the album starts strongly before tailing off somewhat. "Breakbeat Metal Music" hits the dancefloor with speak and spell samples, funky breakbeats and bustling bass; "God" is queasy, tripped-out coma-hop; and "Rotting Flesh Bags"' wah-wah keys and trippy flute get horizontally funky.
Not every track hits these heights. There's too much downtempo electro for my liking, and acid extravaganza "Argument Fly" seems to go on forever. But if you're an acid house granddad who's not quite ready for the pipe and slippers, this may be just the ticket.


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Nuggets fans, enjoy times like these. The Los Angeles Lakers are terrible. Awful. The doormat of the Western Conference. They had their worst season since moving to California in '13-'14 finishing a lousy 27-55. They were worse the next season going 21-61. They'll finish even worse this year. Last night's 116-105 defeat at the hands of Denver was just one more painful moment in a long stretch of misery for a team usually responsible for everyone else's agony.
Surely, there's nowhere to go but up for the purple and gold. I bet they said that two years ago. They certainly said it after last year's Draft. Nope. They continued to go in the wrong direction. As of today there are just two NBA teams that have failed to reach at least 20 wins. One is the perpetual tank machine masquerading as the Philadelphia 76ers. The other is the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant's farewell tour may have distracted many from LA's sudden ineptness, but not here. Not a chance. Denver fans need to soak in this moment in time because they are the ones that know what it's like to be treated as a second-class citizen to the West royalty. The stigma of a 7-21 playoff record against the Lakers doesn't help.
Recently the Nuggets have been on the upswing. Their Lottery watch has been pushed aside as more people start to think maybe the young guys Denver already has are going to be really good. It's definitely something to consider. They have two star rookies, Jusuf Nurkic looks like the the player FiveThirtyEight called a future all-star, and GM Tim Connelly has had more hits than misses on finding role players who can contribute. Getting a top-3 pick in the Draft is an opportunity that doesn't happen very often for the vast majority of the league. It would have been a phenomenal thing to happen to the Nuggets to jump up in the Lottery. They've been winning as of late and New York seems to have moved past their horrendous stretch (not to mention tank fever spreading around the league). When the Lottery balls finally go into the mini hurricane machine Denver might have just the 9th & 10th-best odds of a top-3 pick. I'm not saying nothing will happen but it kinda looks like nothing will happen.
Regardless of their future, the Nuggets are in a good place right now. They're five games back in the loss column of a playoff spot in a season that saw a bunch of kids take the reigns. And they keep beating the Lakers.
Denver has won their last six games in Staples Center against the Lakers. Not bad for a team that has two separate 10-game losing streaks in LA in their history. They've rarely had similar success even at home. From 1976-1979 and they won six straight in Denver. The game that ended that run was the Lakers' first ever win in the Mile High City. The Nuggets even lost seven straight at McNichols at one point in the mid-80s.
Overall the Nuggets have beaten the Lakers in 12 of their last 14 meetings. Going back to the Chauncey Billups-Allen Iverson trade the Nuggets are 24-18 versus LA in the regular season and playoffs. That doesn't totally soften the blow of losing two playoff series to them and the championship tally being 2-0 in that span, but it's obviously better than getting smoked by the Kobe and Pau squad over and over.
As for the most recent matter, Nuggets play-by-play man Chris Marlowe put it well after last night's game saying eventually the starters and bench will play well in the same game. On Friday it was just the bench who excelled as each reserve got at least 22 minutes of action and even Joffrey Lauvergne had a plus/minus of +11.
Emmanuel Mudiay and D'Angelo Russell may be linked throughout their careers as the top point guards in an extraordinary draft class. Mudiay finishes their first batch of head-to-head matchups 3-0 with averages of 14.3 points, 6.7 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 turnovers to Russell's 11 points, 2.3 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.7 turnovers. Denver's point guard prize is finishing his rookie campaign strong while LA's continues to be rocky albeit with some strong moments.
Only time will tell if this is the new normal and the Nuggets will have the upperhand on the Lakers even as LA finds their way out of purgatory. If things eventually go back to the old normal where the Lakers zip by Denver time and time again while their obnoxious fans disparage everything connected to the Nuggets… well, like I said, enjoy what's happening right now.


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War games on Syria's doorstep: British Army embarks on largest military drill since 2001
THE British Army is sending 1,600 troops to Jordan to take part in the largest military exercise in more than a decade.
Soldiers taking part in the last large-scale drill in Oman in 2001
Exercise Shamal Storm will test the UK's readiness to launch another invasion on the scale of the 2003 Iraq War.
Hundreds of military vehicles are being shipped to the desert state along with logistics, medical, intelligence and bomb disposal experts.
Despite the proximity to the war in both Syria and Iraq, defence sources insisted it was not directly linked to the campaign against Islamic State (ISIS).
A source said: "This isn't a counter-ISIS exercise. If anything, this is much more about us being prepared to join the US in Ukraine than it is in Syria.
"This is not the sort of kind of force you expect to roll into Aleppo to take on a bunch of jihadists."
Russia launches global war gamesMon, August 3, 2015
RUSSIA has kicked off the first annual International Army Games as part of a continued campaign showing off their military might. The Army Games started on Saturday for a two-week contest between 17 countries in an Olympic-style competition. More than 2,000 foreign troops are expected to take part in the Games, including those from China, India, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Pakistan, Serbia and Venezuela.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials also dismissed suggestions that it was being carried out to send a signal to Russia.
An Army spokesman said: "The annual exercise in Jordan presents the British Army with a challenging environment in which to assure its combat readiness to deploy and support an armoured force of up to 30,000 troops anywhere in the world.
"The exercise will test key evolving concepts such as the air deployment of a very high readiness field hospital and the latest explosives ordnance disposal and search capabilities, all of which will enable us to be more agile in deterring threats to the UK and its interests."
Tanks on drill in Oman - two years before the Iraq invasion
Over 22,500 British personnel, 6,500 vehicles and 21 naval vessels were deployed in 2001
More than 11,000 Omani forces also took part
The last military exercise on a similar sale to Shamal Storm was Exercise Saif Sereea II in Oman in 2001.
Over 22,500 British personnel, 6,500 vehicles, 21 naval vessels, 49 fixed-wing aircraft and 44 helicopters were deployed in that operation, with more than 11,000 Omani forces also taking part.


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In 1946 Ambrose returned to UCL as an Assistant Lecturer and began a most fruitful collaboration with Harold Davenport on the Geometry of Numbers. In 1949 he went to the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow and teamed up with Dvoretsky to produce their famous result on absolute and unconditional convergence. Leaving a Readership at UCL, in 1954 Ambrose went to Birmingham as Mason Professor of Pure Mathematics. In collaboration with Geoffrey Shephard and James Taylor during that period his interest in convex geometry and Hausdorff Measure Theory widened. In particular, with Geoffrey Shephard, he produced sharp bounds for the volume of a difference body, a problem which had been open for 30 years.
A Junior Berwick Prize followed in 1957 and when Davenport moved to Cambridge in 1958, Ambrose returned to UCL as Astor Professor of Pure Mathematics. He was deemed to be too young to be the sole Head of Department and so for the next 28 years he was Joint Head, firstly with W.R. Dean and later with Keith Stewartson. Throughout this period he was the Principal Editor of Mathematika a journal that Harold Davenport had founded with the purpose of fast publication of results. In 1959 he was elected to the Royal Society and in 1961 spent a year in Canada where, in particular, working with Maurice Sion he developed an interest in analytic sets and put the final touches to his influential book Packing and Covering.
During the 1960s, Ambrose concentrated mainly on Hausdorff Measure Theory. This culminated in a wonderful example (with Roy Davies) of a compact metric space of infinite Hausdorff measure which has no subsets of finite positive measure. His book Hausdorff Measures is a standard text. From 1970-2, following the untimely death of Sir Edward Collingwood, he took over the Presidency of the LMS and in 1977 received the Society's highest honour, the De Morgan Medal. He was also Vice-President from 1958-59 and 1972-74.
During the 1970s his interests switched back to convex sets with spectacular success. This second period produced the famous work on the measure of the directions of line segments on the boundary of a convex body and a 12-dimensional counterexample to the Busemann-Petty problem. Retiring in 1986, he continued to work mainly on analytic sets, in the context of functional analysis, with John Jayne and Isaac Namioka.
Ambrose was a passionate supporter of the LMS and attended every London Meeting until his health began to fail. He was also passionate about research. I recall being summoned to his home to discuss research while he lay in bed recovering from pneumonia. His wide interests and depth of thought meant that most visitors to the UCL Mathematics Department ended up collaborating on a joint project with him.
He was married in 1952 to Joan North, a writer of children's books, who died in 1999. They had two daughters, Jane and Petra. Ambrose was also very proud of the achieve-ments of his nephew L.C.G. (Chris) Rogers.
David Larman University College London


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Liza Kuhn is a graduate of the MFA Interior Design Program at Parsons School of Design and of the BA Architecture Program at Princeton University. She has served as adjunct faculty at Parsons since 2018, where she has taught courses on architectural history and theory, professional practice in interior design, interior design representation, and space planning for interiors. Publications include a writing in the first issue of Interior Educators, and recent design press includes features in Domino, Guest of a Guest and Cosmo. Liza founded her design studio in 2015 (www.lizakuhninteriors.com), whose work focuses in the residential and boutique hospitality sectors, with project scopes ranging from interior architecture, through the design and decorating phases.
MFA Interior Design (Parsons The New School for Design)
BA Architecture (Princeton University)
"The Front Door: Interfacing Interior and Exterior Domains"
Interior Educators, Edges: Issue 1, September 2017
Link: https://interioreducators.co.uk/journal/edges/the-front-door-interfacing-interior-and-exterior-domains
Basic Interior Space Planning (Summer 2019)
Interior Design Basic Core
Prof Practices: Interior Des
Studio Lab: Research/Writing


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Officials of PM Hospitality Strategies, Inc. (PMHS) today announced the opening of the 168-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Washington, D.C.-Navy Yard. Located at 1265 First Street SE, in the heart of our nation's capital, the hotel is well positioned near iconic monuments, national parks and one block from the metro station where access to Capitol Hill, The White House and the National Mall areas are readily available.
"In addition to our five, recently announced management agreements throughout Pennsylvania, the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Washington, D.C.-Navy Yard keeps us on pace to have one of our most active years in our history," said Joseph Bojanowski, president of PMHS. "Washington, D.C., which receives approximately $1.9 billion from tourists on lodging annually, also happens to be our headquarter location, making this a particularly gratifying addition to our growing portfolio of third-party management contracts with reputable owners of well recognized and respected hotel flags."
The hotel features the Top of the Yard rooftop lounge, overlooking the cityscape, the Anacostia Riverfront and Nationals Park. It boasts amenity rich, spacious one-room studio suites and guest rooms featuring a workstation, a Hampton bed® and a 48-inch flat-screen TV. Each new Hampton includes the brand's new "The Perfect Mix Lobby," designed as a room extension with various seating and lighting options.
Complimentary breakfast is offered daily, as well as an alternative On the Run® Breakfast Bag Monday through Friday and a 24-hour convenience store. The hotel also offers a free fitness and business center, as well as 2,000 sq. ft. of meeting space for business and social events.
PMHS is an award-winning, independent hotel management company, operating full-service and select-service hotels in the Hilton, Starwood, Marriott, and Choice families of brands. The company's expertise covers all aspect of hotel operations, including development, technical consulting, marketing, accounting, pre-opening services and on-going management. PMHS currently manages over 35 hotel and development projects, comprised of more than 5,800 rooms, throughout the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., PMHS has participated in the development and acquisition/renovation of dozens of hotels with a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion. PMHS is an approved management company for all leading hotel brands.
Logos, product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.


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Sheriff Hays talks trust, trends and training.
All in Interviews
Sheriff Hays talks trust, trends and training.
Anchorage Police Chief Dean Hayes on How His Agency and Officers are Engaged with the Community
Troy Pitcock, Kentucky League of Cities Law Enforcement Consultant
Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith discusses safety, values and service to his county.
Independence Police Chief Anthony Lucas discusses the changing of the guard at the northern Kentucky agency.
Jefferson County Sheriff John Aubrey reflects on his 47-year law enforcement career and his commitment to the motto, 'No sheriff stands alone.'
Campbellsburg Police Chief Tony Rucker discusses the challenges of being a one-man department and the importance of partnerships and officer safety.
Warren County Sheriff Jerry "Peanuts" Gaines shares about his agency's youth-outreach programs, collaboration with the numerous public safety entities in the county and meeting the needs of the elderly population.
A profile of Operation UNITE's 14-year history in helping rid eastern Kentucky of its drug epidemic.
Madison County Sheriff Mike Coyle shares about his agency's new Street Crimes Unit, the importance of core values and successes with inter-county teamwork.
Louisville Regional Airport Police Chief Jim Sohan discusses his agency's physical fitness policy, how his agency addresses crime prevention at the airport and how leaders can stay connected to their workforce.
DOCJT Regional Training Director Phil Crumpton discusses revitalizing the Louisville Training Section and expanding DOCJT's regional training capabilities.
Hart County Sheriff Boston Hensley shares about his transition from the Kentucky State Police to a sheriff's office, bringing back the DARE program and new priorities and projects for his agency.
Pikeville Police Chief Phillip Reed discusses ways he keeps his staff motivated, how to maintain trust and respect with the community and advancements in law enforcement technology.
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Author: Bonnie Katz
Amy Mah Sangiolo for Mayor of Newton
Attorney, environmental advocate, veteran Newton City Councilor and life-long Democrat Amy Mah Sangiolo would like your vote. Here's why she deserves it.
Newton TAB talks with Amy About Her Candidacy
Sangiolo: Two decades of City Council leadership An interview in The Newton TAB, by Laura Lovett After the presidential election in 2016 almost everyone in Newton felt unsettled, said mayoral candidate Amy Sangiolo. It was around that time she started thinking about running: Current Mayor Setti Warren had announced he was not seeking a third…
Amy Sangiolo is Listening to Her Constituents on Development
Sangiolo Holds Press Conference About Making Newton More Business-Friendly
On September 6, because she said the recent mayoral forum questions asked very little about how Newton can create a more welcoming environment for businesses, mayoral candidate Amy Mah Sangiolo held a last minute press conference stating her plans on how to help the city become more business friendly. Sangiolo gave three points on exactly…
Amy speaks at the Newton Environmental Mayoral forum
The Environment, Newton's Next Mayor, & You was recently held at Newton Community Farm. The forum brought together all of the mayoral candidates to discuss their positions on environmental issues in Newton. Check out Amy's impassioned comments — that's the leadership Newton needs!
The Candidates Speak: Newton's Mayoral Candidates Forum
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At St Thomas Aquinas we follow The National Curriculum. Through the teaching of Geography we aim to ensure that all pupils:
- develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
- understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time
- are competent in the geographical skills needed to:
- collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
- interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length
Key Stage 1
In Key Stage 1 children will develop their knowledge about the United Kingdom and their own locality. They'll learn how to use maps, atlases and globes as well as learn simple compass directions. The children will also study seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and look at the hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator and the North and South Poles.
Key Stage 2
In Key Stage 2 the children will look to extend their knowledge to beyond their local area and will study Europe as well as North and South America. They will begin to look at similarities and differences of human geography such as types of settlement and land use. They will also study physical geography elements such as climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Children will continue to use maps, atlases and globes and will use the 8 points of the compass in their work. They will start to consider the use of four and six figure grid references and ordinance survey maps.


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Most of the people spend hours within the weight area solely to be pissed off by lack of results each within the gym and on the field. In order to really maximize your off-season soccer program, you want to focus equally on coaching and nutrition.
When you consider food, fuel is also the last item that involves mind. Nevertheless what you set in your mouth has a colossal result on your energy level. Your body is your machine, and therefore the food you eat is that the fuel that runs your machine. What is the correct sort of fuel you would like to produce your body with the nutrients it wants for the expansion, support and recovery of your muscles?
Here are fifteen key biological process notes that you just will observe to be at your best:
1. Eat breakfast daily before 9:00 AM. Your body could be a chamber and will be loaded with fuel to burn throughout the day.
2. Eat at least three meals and snacks per day.
3. Do not go over three or four hours without feeding.
4. Consume post-workout meals among 2 hours of activity.
5. Set up meals ahead. This may enable you to pick healthy snack things and avoid being stuck without food.
6. Target real, whole and unprocessed food things.
7. Ignore processed meats, cooked foods, candied snacks and heat-and-serve food things.
8. Become vegetables, fruits and oats your primary sources of carbohydrates.
9. Prohibit your intake of starches and grains to post-workout meals solely.
10. Drink 1-2 ltr water on daily basis. Studies show performance decreases occur with as very little as 2 % dehydration of weight.
11. Monitor your pre-and post-workout weight, and drink sixteen ounces of water for each pound lost
12. Eat before and now once coaching.
13. Never train on associate empty abdomen. Consume a tiny low snack if you train very first thing within the morning.
14. Dilapidate minimum 3 times before a day coaching session.
15. Avoid sustenance. It offers no biological process worth.
Remember, correct nutrition is that the key part to fast performance gains within the weight area. It should be taken into consideration.


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Letters from the West
Here's what Idaho's city dwellers have to say about their rural neighbors
The juxtaposition between urban and wild Idaho is one of the things that makes living here so special.
So it comes as little surprise that a recent report by the University of Idaho shows widespread support from Treasure Valley residents for our rural neighbors. The report, Social and Community Assessment for Owyhee County, shows that despite the 91 percent growth in Ada County and the 109 percent growth in Canyon County over the past 25 years, residents of Ada, Canyon and Elmore counties still like ranchers and other people whose lives are tied to agriculture.
That survey confirms the findings of a poll by Boise State School of Public Service in October. Treasure Valley residents said agriculture was the Valley's most important economic sector. They expressed great concern over loss of farmland and the decline of family farms, and said they would rather preserve farmland than see affordable housing built.
Perhaps the only people who are surprised by such reports are ranchers themselves, who often feel invaded by people with different values and political views. The U of I survey also shows strong support for hunting, fishing, mountain biking and horseback riding among the 450 respondents, including those from ultra-rural Owyhee County.
But it didn't ask how those rural Idahoans support the policies that urban communities will need to manage the growth that is expected to bring the Treasure Valley population to 1 million people by 2030. It's those rural residents who in the Idaho Legislature have fought efforts to allow cities and counties to institute local-option sales taxes to pay for better mass transit options and other urban services.
Still, the study shows that the collaborative efforts led by Owyhee County's commissioners have paid off. Since 2001, the Owyhee Initiative has brought together ranchers, local officials, conservation groups, the Shoshone Paiute tribe and others to pass federal legislation protecting wilderness, wild rivers and the ranching economy. It created a remarkable dialogue that reached far beyond the participants to build trust, understanding and respect for our common values.
As with the rest of the nation, politics are often quite polarized here. The Owyhee Initiative was born out of the effort by environmental groups to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands as a national monument in 2000.
It came during a continuing legal fight between the ranchers and the Western Watersheds Project, an environmental group that wants to end livestock grazing on public land in the West. But people like The Wilderness Society's Craig Gehrke in Boise and rancher Brenda Richards in Owyhee County now have ties that withstand what could otherwise be crippling differences.
"That this region sustains such a high degree of cohesion amid so much social change is a significant finding in contrast to what many studies in the West have documented in energy 'boom towns' or other rapid-growth contexts," said J.D. Wulfhorst, lead author of the report.
Support for livestock grazing ran close to 90 percent among Owyhee County residents, and nearly 80 percent among residents of Ada, Canyon and Elmore counties.
"Owyhee County leaders and residents should take solace in that many of those neighbors across the region — rural and urban counterparts alike — do perceive the risks and challenges and the benefits of living on and in a working landscape such as the Owyhees," the report said.
The report was jointly funded by the Owyhee County Commission, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and University of Idaho Extension and conducted by the University of Idaho Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. Residents of the four-county area were polled via a random sample of phone numbers, including land and cell phones. The report had a margin of error of 6 percent to 7.5 percent.
It's easy to see how ranchers might doubt that urban residents care about their values, when ranchers see their livelihoods threatened by lawsuits and grazing restrictions to protect water quality and wildlife.
But surveys aren't the only proof. Ranchers saw an outpouring of support after the 280,000-acre Soda Fire in 2015 burned through many ranchers' grazing lands. Residents donated 200 tons of hay, $150,000 in cash donations and 40,000 pounds of grass seed, along with truckloads of food and water for firefighters.
"Everyone came together to help each other out after the fire," said Kelly Aberasturi, chairman of the commission. "That was a good thing to see. People in the entire Treasure Valley wanted to do something to help."
Of course they did. That's what neighbors do.
Rocky Barker: 208-377-6484, @RockyBarker


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As much as I love to blog and frequent my own blog to see how my latest color-sketch dimensions are really playing out on a piece….I've become quite sick of me!!
To infuse this blog with some entertainment and creativity I've asked 5 artists from varying backgrounds to be interviewed throughout this month. I'm very excited about their work and their agreeing to be put on the spot here.
I'd like you to meet a very talented Artist….Lori Vliegen. I came across Lori's blog (elvie studio) a couple of years ago and I was captivated. She has an incredible way with word art! Lori also draws very cute, fun, imaginative figures, from pots, flowers and adorable little houses to thumb print people.
1. What word best describes your art/style?
2. What advice/quote do you respond best to?
"always follow your heart"
3. How has your work evolved?
My mom taught me to write my name when i was a little girl, and I've been nurturing a true love affair with the alphabet ever since. I've spent so much time studying the letters, though, that i really didn't have any idea how to combine them with some artwork. So, about five years ago, I began taking a few local workshops and some online classes to learn how to draw and watercolor. I still have lots to learn, but I'm having a blast going through the process!
4. What interests do you have other than "art"?
Spending time with my family, eating a really good bar of Belgian dark chocolate, watching "Downton Abbey", using my camera, sewing, baking brownies, decorating our home, riding my bike, and window shopping in my collection of "pottery barn" catalogs.
Above image from blog post: http://elviestudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/inspiration-monday_16.html
5. What is your favorite blog post or piece of art that you'd like to share?
My pottery barn journal. You can see a video peek inside here: http://vimeo.com/50724979
Thank you Lori for taking the time to answer my questions and to share your Beautiful Artwork and calligraphy. Doesn't Lori's work make you want to write big colorful words in your journals too! Or take your favorite quote and display it for all to see!
Please check out the links below which will lead you to more of Lori's work.
website: www.elviestudio.blogspot.com
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elviestudio/
pinterest: http://pinterest.com/lorivliegen/
October 23, 2012
2 comments:
- lori vliegen said...
you are such a sweetheart, eden, for inviting me to share your bloggy space today.....thank you SO much!! i've been inspired by your whimsical little birdies and fabulous drawing skills for a long, long time, and i'm so happy that our cyber-space-paths have crossed!! many choco-hugs to you! xox
- October 23, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Eden said...
Lori, it was my pleasure!! Your art is so inspiring! Thank YOU for sharing :D
- October 23, 2012 at 5:03 PM
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About Me
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- By day...I work in the Healthcare field, where every .. i.. has to be dotted and every ..t.. has to be crossed. This blog is the place where I can let myself go and have some fun. I am on a journey. A journey I started a long time ago, but it has been a bit sidetracked with Navy Wife relocations and raising kids. I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and I have got some time for me. No, I will not be one of those moms walking around the house with Empty Nest Syndrome, I have got way too much to do, to learn, to create. Sure, once the kids are gone I will miss them....but hey, there is always the phone, the email, the texting and the Plane tickets! I love my life and my family and It is fun moving into this new stage. I am into Digital Scrapbooking, photography, journaling, Art Journaling and Drawing. I am a do-it-yourselfer and I am trying to teach myself to draw. I am finding that it takes a lot of patience, lots of practice and a good eraser! And if you're really curious there's a 3 part Interview by Eileen: HERE All the best, Eden


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Nail fungus can be very painful and unsightly. Zetaclear purports that they have produced a product that will get rid of your nail fungus condition and prevent it from returning. We will examine these claims and cover everything from how to use this fungus treatment, it's ingredients, possible results and any side effects as well as customer feedback so you are completely informed to make up your mind.
Zetaclear is an all-natural treatment for fungal infection. The product is said to work under the nail surface going directly to the root of the nail and attacking the problem. The product works in a two-step process using a topical solution with a natural oil spray to combat the fungus and get rid of it for good. Zetaclear claims to kill nail fungus and also get rid of that nasty yellow discoloration that makes you not want to show your feet and hands in public.
The Company:
Founded in 2002 the company quickly became a trusted name in the health and beauty sector. They are a member of the National Products Association and strive every day to bring products to people that are healthy and will improve their lives. The company's mission is "To deliver the highest quality health and beauty products with the best value to our customers."
Zetaclear Benefits and Results
The benefits of this product are two-fold. Not only does it work its way into the bloodstream to battle the bacteria that causes nail fungus but it also gets rid of the discoloration around the nails that is a direct result of the virus. The results are clear and healthy nails that make you want to show your hands and feet off to the world once again. You can go back to wearing flip flops, sandals and all of the high-heels that you have been missing for years according to the reviews of this product.
How To Use
Zetaclear is a two part cure – Oil to apply to the nail itself and a homeopathic spray and here is how you use it for the best results.
The first thing you need to do, especially if you have any medical conditions is to see your doctor to make sure there is no underlying cause for your nail fungus. People with Diabetes, a low immune system or some other health conditions are prone to nail fungus. Once you are cleared here are the steps to using Zetaclear.
First you need to put just a drop of oil onto the center of your nail. Spread the solution gently to cover the whole nail making sure to brush under the nail so that the solution completely covers and gets under the skin. Take a bandage and wrap it around the nail so that the top and edges of the finger or toe nail is covered. This way the nail and fungus or completely covered so the medicine can do its work. Make sure to apply the solution 3 times daily plus after you take a bath or shower. Also remember to file your nails about twice a week making sure to be gentle to remove loose nail debris and dead skin.The second stage is the homeopathic spray application. You spray the solution under your tongue so it can clear the nail fungus from the inside.
Don't expect immediate results because as with any medical treatment it does take time. You are supposed to see results in two weeks as quoted by the website.
The ingredients are all natural making it a safe and natural way to get rid of nail fungus. The ingredients in the nail solution include Tea Tree oil, Almond oil, Jojoba oil, Lemon grass oil, Vitamin E oil, Clove oil, and Undecylenic Acid.
The ingredients in the spray are as follows: Antimonium Cordum 200C, Mancinella 30C, Aresenicum Album 200C, Nitricum Acidum 200C, and other active and inactive ingredients.
Side Effects
Most of the ingredients in Zetaclear are oils. These include tea tree oil and Almond oil. Many people are allergic to nuts and therefore could be allergic to the almonds in the almond oil. Tea tree oil if ingested can cause allergic rashes that can be very severe. Tea tree oil can also cause diarrhea and stomach cramps if taken orally. Of course as with any medicine it should not be used by pregnant or nursing mothers without a doctor's permission first. There are no noted side effects with Zetaclear from consumers that have been reported just the possible side effects of the ingredients that are listed here.
Pros and Cons
The pros and cons seem pretty simple. The pros are that it will help you to clear up the fungus that is eating away at your nails and get rid of the virus that caused it to start with. The homeopathic spray goes directly to the bloodstream and attacks the fungus where it started.
The only cons that can be seen are that it like any other treatment is not 100%. It will not work for everyone and you need to not use it if you are allergic to nuts. There are a few other side effects to the oils and other natural ingredients that you want to check into before using the product also.
The manufacturer offers a 90-day money back guarantee. If at any time in that 90-day period you are not satisfied with the product you can return complete items for a full refund. There are free trial bottles offered at certain times with certain packages.
Scam or Does Zetaclear Work
Customer feedback seems to be good for this one. You would be hard pressed to find a user that is not satisfied with not only the all-natural ingredients of Zetaclear but also the results that they have experienced. There was even a warning posted on one site that when clicked went to a glowing review of the product. What more could you ask for?
After weighing all the pros and cons and looking at the facts the Zetaclear system seems to be just what it says it is – an all-natural product that helps to keep away the virus and bacteria that causes nail fungus.
From the glowing reports and satisfied customers it is safe to say that giving Zetaclear a try is a win-win situation for everyone involved. Do your research and give it a try!


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Getting to know our playground, Fistral Beach
We know that a stay at the Esplanade is like no other, and having the beach on our doorstep is undoubtedly one of the best things about a stay at The Esplanade. We call the world-famous Fistral Beach our playground…
Waking to the waves and sipping morning coffee on your private balcony, whilst watching the surfers bob around eagerly waiting to catch the waves is an experience in it's own. Heading down to breakfast and the different shades of blue on show right the way through the open lounge, to the family-friendly dining room takes your breath away. Buckets and spades readily available to take over the road, down the steps and onto the golden sands for a day full of sandy adventures is a given. We LOVE our playground so we thought we'd share a few fun facts and some of our favourite images of Fistral Beach, in the hope that you'll fall in love with it too…
- Approximately 750 meters, that's 2,460 ft long
- Grid reference SW 797 620
- Home to Newquay's RNLI
Fistral Beach is in Fistral Bay and in Cornish this is "Porth an Vystel", meaning cove of the foul water and in 1813 the "Fistral" was recorded as "Fistal", coming from the Cornish bystel meaning of foul water.
Fistral Beach hosts various international surfing competitions and events during the year, the most famous being Boardmasters, alongside the Zapcats Powerboat Racing, Night Surf and UK Bodysurfing Championships to name a few.
First surfed in 1966, The Cribbar, also known as "Kribow" in Cornish, is a reef just off the Towan Headland. Best known for its creation of annual big waves, The Cribbar is popular with experienced surfers all over the globe and waves faces can be in excess of 30ft! When the conditions are right, you'll see it straight ahead to the left when sitting in our lounge looking out to sea.