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Ars Technica has a great write up by Lee Hutchinson on our Orange Box demo and training unit.
As the comments are quick to point out – at the expense of the rest of the piece – the hardware isn't the compelling story here. While you can buy your own, you can almost certainly hand build an equivalent-or-better set up for less money1, but Ars recognises this:
Of course, that's exactly the point: the Orange Box is that taste of heroin that the dealer gives away for free to get you on board. And man, is it attractive. However, as Canonical told me about a dozen times, the company is not making them to sell—it's making them to use as revenue driving opportunities and to quickly and effectively demo Canonical's vision of the cloud.
The Orange Box is about showing off MAAS & Juju, and – usually – OpenStack.
To see what Ars think of those, you should read the article.
I definitely echo Lee's closing statement:
I wish my closet had an Orange Box in it. That thing is hella cool.
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I had this page up on the Ormolu blog last week as part of sneak week. Kaitlin has 2 new collections that will be revealed any day now. Let's take a closer peek at the Bungalow line:
The colors are really fun and fresh in this line...pink, purple, green, yellow, red, and blue (a rainbow of color!) and there is a family/home theme, but like most Ormolu products, they are pretty versatile for whatever you are scrapping;)
There are some new products as well...fabric strips and labels in all different sizes that can be cut apart and journaled on...or whatever you wish...here I plopped my title right on top of one of the larger ones.
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We get it: Google Fiber is amazing. Netflix says it's the most consistently fast ISP in America. Analysts from BTIG Research visited Kansas City last month and were "blown away," by the service, according to Business Insider — which makes me think of a couple of guys in suits plugging in their laptops and getting blasted across a hotel room — and tech startups are banding together and buying houses on the fiber build-out roadmap to circumvent Google's current "residents only" policy (although according to the Google spokeswoman I talked to, this will soon change). The lure of symmetrical gigabit Internet, affordably priced and consistently delivered, is a strong one. Shangri-La is real, and it's wearing a Chiefs jersey.
If Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is to be believed, Shangri-La may also be coming to a town near you. Yesterday, at the New York Times Dealbook Conference, Schmidt told the audience that the Kansas City rollout was "not an experiment," and that Google is "trying to decide now" where next to expand the service. That got lots of people talking about how far Google may be willing to take its fiber bet, speculating that a nationwide rollout of gigabit Internet by the search giant might only be a matter of time.
That's not going to happen.
Google is going to keep its future plans very close to the vest as the Kansas City "non-experiment" pans out, but analysts with Goldman Sachs last week released their own report on the estimated cost of Google carrying its next-gen broadband to every home in America. That number: $140 billion. Google currently holds $46 billion in cash, about $100 billion shy of the necessary amount, which only makes clearer the truly monumental scope of such an undertaking. What's more, Google only spends about 10% of its reserves each year on capital expenditures. If you take this into account, the math is simple. Google can't afford to become an ISP. When I asked a Google spokeswoman if the company had plans to expand even beyond Kansas City in the foreseeable future, her response was telling: "We are very committed to our users in Kansas City."
This is upsetting for a great many reasons. Although the speed of Google fiber is like Spanish Fly for many of today's data-hungry users and businesses, it is Google's overall approach to the business of broadband delivery that's so refreshing. The prices are reasonable — $70 a month for up to one Gbps — yes, about 1,000 times faster than basic DSL service — or 5Mpbs for free and guaranteed for 7 years, as long as you pay the $300 installation fee. Add another $50 and you get all that speed plus about 200 channels of uncompressed HD television. TV comes with a 2TB DVR that records 8 programs simultaneously, 1 TB of Google Drive cloud storage, and a Nexus 7 to use as a remote control. No data caps.
And the best part is that when Google tells you it is coming to set up your service, it will actually show up, no nebulous and Kafka-esque time slots, no being forced to take a whole day off of work only to wait in vain for the installation van that never comes. It's almost as if Google is trying to embarrass the cable and phone companies that the rest of us have to put up with. "It doesn't have to be this way," whispers Sergey Brin in his vaguely Russian accent.
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If you are one of the lucky few Kansas City natives to have already signed up for Google Fiber, I don't begrudge you one megabit; your ancestors had to deal with the Dust Bowl, you deserve a little extra bandwidth. But at its heart, Google's attempt at being its own ISP is much more about forcing the entrenched service providers — the Verizon's and Time Warner's and AT&T's of this world — to step up their games than it is about making this particular business a raving financial success. When I asked the Google spokeswoman what the ultimate goal of all this was, she replied that Google wants "to make the web better and faster for all users." The implication is that they don't necessarily want to do it all by themselves.
The way I see it, Google must feel like we are still living in the age of the 56k dialup modem. According to the research group LRG, 90% of households in the US that have a computer at home now have a broadband Internet connection. That's a staggering figure, a number that would have seemed unfathomable just 5 years ago. The problem, however, is that even with all our broadband connections, we still only rank 15th in the world according to Akamai's fast broadband list. Think of all the innovation that has come about as a direct result of that broadband connectedness: The web as we know it has been completely revolutionized by Internet speed. Youtube, Netflix, Dropbox, Instagram, the list is endless. All this with speeds in 2012 in the US averaging around 6 Mbps. Keep up this line of thought and you realize the inherent value to Google in moving us all to the web's next chapter; remember, Google is first and foremost an advertising agency masquerading as a tech company. Every major innovation it has introduced in the software and hardware realm — from Gmail to Android to Chrome — has been in service of expanding and refining its ability to advertise to you. And who knows, who has the slightest inkling how profoundly affordable gigabit Internet could change the way we all use the web. No, Google doesn't really want to own the pipes you use to get online — it could care less who owns them — Google just wants new ways to sell you stuff. That whole process starts with the ISP's, and if those dinosaurs are unwilling or unable to move fast enough — hey — maybe Google will show them how it's done.
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- This week is National Pet Week and Be Kind to Animals Week
- Americans will spend more than $55 billion on pets in 2013, an industry group says
- Industry group: Almost 83 million U.S. homes had pets in 2012
- Gallup: 70% of Americans call themselves "dog people"
It's National Pet Week and Be Kind to Animals Week -- yes, our fuzzy overlords are so powerful, they now get simultaneous celebratory weeks.
Whether fluffy or smooth, scaly or wet, here are some facts about our animal friends, by the numbers.
55.53 billion - The estimated number of dollars to be spent on pets in the United States in 2013.
82.5 million - The number of U.S. households with pets in 2012.
63.2 - The percentage of pet owners surveyed in 2011 who considered their pets members of the family.
70 - The percentage of Americans who considered themselves "dog people," according to a 2006 Gallup Poll.
20 - The percentage who told Gallup they liked cats better.
70 million - The number of pet dogs in the United States in 2012.
74.1 million - The number of pet cats in the United States in 2012.
Less than 1% - The estimated percentage of dogs and cats in the United States that are covered by pet insurance.
14 - The average number of dollars spent annually on veterinary care for pet birds.
75 - The maximum number of years a parrot is likely to live. Types of parrots include macaws, cockatoos and lovebirds.
56 - The percentage of dogs in the United States that sleep in bed with their owners. For cats, it's 63%.
Almost 12 - The number of inches a regular-sized aquarium goldfish can grow after being returned to the wild.
25 - The number of years microchips will last when implanted in pets. The chips can help recover lost pets.
5-7 million - The number of pets entering U.S. shelters every year. About half are strays and half are surrendered by their owners.
12.4 million - The record-setting number of "unique viewers" who watched Animal Planet's ninth annual "Puppy Bowl," on February 3, 2013.
2-4 million - The number of puppies born each year in U.S. "puppy mills," as of 2012.
8 - The average number of years a pet snake lives.
7 - The number of states that don't regulate or restrict potentially dangerous captive wildlife as pets, including big cats, large reptiles or bears.
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House and Senate ag committee conferees face four options, including extending current farm law, as they work toward a farm bill reconciliation.
They can reach a consensus with the White House, which has threatened to veto both the House and Senate versions of a 2007 farm bill.
They can accept a veto, modify their bill and try again.
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If none of those options pan out, Congress may have to extend current law beyond March 15, "with or without modifications," said John Maguire, National Cotton Council senior vice president for Washington operations.
Maguire, speaking at the opening session of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Nashville, said the Bush administration's reasons for vetoing bills currently up for conference review include budget concerns and a tax off-set of $7.5 billion.
The administration also claims current proposals do not provide adequate reform, especially for adjusted gross income limits.
Timing may be a critical factor, Maguire said. "Conferees have set an early February target for a conference report. With these complex bills, that's ambitious."
Farmers with winter wheat and spring planted crops need to know what to expect as soon as possible, Maguire said.
He said the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 was "universally praised by farmers," many of whom would prefer to extend that law with some modifications. "But the law was criticized from the first day it was signed," Maguire said. "And cotton was singled out as needing major reform."
He said criticism included unfounded claims that the U.S. cotton program was responsible for the demise of the West African cotton industry. "It was wrongly criticized as too expensive and as a stimulus to overproduction and persistently low prices."
He cited other claims, including the high cost of the cotton program and for being "out of balance with other commodity programs. He said critics claimed the cotton program built excessive stocks and potential forfeitures as well as a failure "to adjust to new market realities."
Brazil's cotton case also resulted in adverse decisions for the U.S. cotton industry. And the DOHA round calls for more expeditious and more ambitious results from (the U.S. cotton program).
Maguire said budget concerns pose a serious obstacle for maintaining the current level of cotton support. "The budget baseline for commodities is 42 percent below 2002," he said. "Budget resolutions included contingency funds but no real dollars."
And fewer dollars have to support more programs, including specialty crops, an energy title, and a permanent disaster program. "With renewable fuels programs driving commodity prices, there is less concern about traditional farm programs."
Maguire recapped the long process that Congress and USDA has taken to craft a farm bill. It started back in 2005 with USDA hearings across the farm belt. House and Senate hearings followed.
Maguire said the administration offered its own proposal, including a $200,000 adjusted gross income limit for payments.
The industry's response included a proposal to maintain key components of the current program, including a market loan, direct payments and the target price.
"We addressed criticism by promoting inclusion of industry's 14-point plan to enhance market orientation and competitiveness and to improve flow to market and assist domestic manufacturers."
Maguire said maintaining the status quo on payment limits "was not an option. We need a reasonable alternative to more draconian proposals."
The House passed a bill July 27, with 19 Republicans in support. The Senate suffered through many delays and multiple plans before passing a bill last fall, 79 to 14.
As the conference committee hammers out a compromise, Maguire said, they have to look at several areas of disagreement.
"First they have to establish a budget baseline and reconcile the House versus the Senate revenue packages. They also have to consider savings through adjustments in timing of payments and allocations between programs."
Other decisions include:
• Payment limitations — how much reform?
• Revenue plan options.
• Permanent disaster program.
• Specialty crop funding.
• Livestock country of origin labeling and packer ownership.
Maguire said cotton faces several challenges through 2008 and beyond. Chief among those is the economy. Elections and resulting changes in leadership positions will affect agriculture. China and India's effect on world commodity markets will also affect U.S. cotton. Other challenges include the value of the dollar, rising input costs, renewable fuels competition for acres and the resulting effect on infrastructure and rural economies, resolution of the Brazil cotton case, progress of DOHA, and Canada's challenge to all U.S. programs.
Maguire said informal discussion have begun with full conference hearing still "a few weeks away."
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Well, it was bound to happen eventually. I had a pretty good run until this past weekend when everything completely fell apart for me. I went a measly 2 for 7 bringing my total for the season down to 39 out of 57, or 68%. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.
This week has some monsters in it, and while it won't completely clarify anything in any conference, it will certainly help decide who is for real and who isn't.
No. 6 LSU at No. 4 Auburn
First up is the battle of the two last unbeatens in the SEC. While the SEC East looks like a pee-wee league, the West currently boasts five of the six Top 25 teams in the SEC. Yes, you read that right, folks. Five of the six teams in the SEC West are in the Top 25. But only one can win the division, and anyone with half a brain or outside of Tuscaloosa would have their money on one of these two teams. The line on the game is that Auburn is beginning to rally behind Heisman hopeful Cam Newton, while LSU has somehow limped into an unbeaten season. But that storyline ignores the fact that Auburn itself required overtime to beat a struggling Clemson, barely scraped by Kentucky and didn't do no hotter against Miss St. than anyone else who's played them this year. So, what will it be, then? Will The Gambler finally play a bad hand, or was LSU's offensive woes a thing of yesteryear? Either way, one of these teams will be undefeated and in the Top Two after this game. I'm betting on the Tigers.
LSU 14 Auburn 35
No. 13 Wisconsin at No. 15 Iowa
Well, Wisconsin certainly got America's attention again after trouncing the No. 1 team in the country, Ohio State. While both teams have one loss, Iowa is undefeated in the Big Ten with future contests against both Michigan State and Ohio State, which means that if the Hawkeyes can find a way to scoot passed Wisky the conference championship will likely be decided in Kinnick Stadium the very next weekend when Iowa hosts the Spartans. Unfortunately for the Hawkeyes, I think Michigan showed they can be beaten by a disciplined team who punches them in the mouth. The Badgers are nothing if not disciplined. Expect this one to be slow grinding Big ten football at its best.
Wisconsin 24 Iowa 21
No. 16 Nebraska at No. 14 Oklahoma State
This game would have been a bigger deal if Nebraska hadn't gone and sucked it up against Texas. As it is, the Cowboys are still looking for someone to call them out as the posers that they are and maybe a pissed off Cornhuskers squad are just the bunch of crazy people to do it. Plus, a victory on Saturday would keep Nebraska's Big 12 title hopes alive. I think revenge wins the day.
Nebraska 35 Oklahoma State 28
No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 11 Missouri
I dunno what to say about this game. I ain't convinced either of these team deserve their current ranking, but the up side of the game is that afterwards one of them will be ranked lower. I hope it's Oklahoma because I'm fairly certain Missouri is gonna suffer a beat down at someone else's hands later in the season, so it would be more convenient to just get the Sooners' ridiculous NC game hopes dashed as quickly as possible. In all honesty, no one wants to see Oklahoma lose to Oregon or an SEC team, just like no one wants to see Ohio State do the same. It's just sad. Like watching Rocky fighting Tommy Gunn at the end of Rocky 5, only if Rocky didn't end up winning and just laid helpless and bleeding from the temples on the wet cobblestones. Go Wildcats!
Oklahoma 21 Missouri 24
Air Force at No. 5 TCU
Maybe I shouldn't include this game since no one is actually going to watch it, but the pollsters had the audacity to rank Air Force ahead of my precious Wolverines a few weeks back, and I'm still ticked about it, so I'm putting it in ink that I hope Air Force gets their booties kicked by some Horny Frogs.
Air Force 28 TCU 45
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Fox News' Sean Hannity followed up two days of attacks on Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) by trying to link the Muslim congressman to Louis Farrakhan, the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam. The attack was just the latest in Hannity's long history of anti-Muslim attacks on Ellison.
On the February 28 edition of Hannity, host Sean Hannity tried to link Ellison to Farrakhan:
Hannity's allegations follow a long line of smears that he and his peers at Fox News have leveled at Ellison and the Islamic faith. The attacks began as far back as 2006, when Hannity attacked Ellison's intention to take the oath of office on a Quran. Hannity suggested that using the Muslim holy book for a swearing-in was comparable to using "Hitler's Mein Kampf, which is the Nazi bible."
Hannity has hosted Pamela Geller, head of the anti-Muslim group Stop the Islamization of America on air to smear Islam. Geller's group has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "hate group." Hannity was also a vocal defender of evangelist Franklin Graham after Graham said that Muslims are "enslaved" by their religion. And Hannity has mocked Islam's holy figure, referring to him as the "so-called Prophet Muhammad."
Fox News' Islam problem is not confined to Hannity. The network has frequently attacked or attempted to marginalize the Muslim community.
Hannity's latest attacks on Ellison are no exception. Ellison appeared on Hannity's show earlier in the week and exposed Hannity's penchant for misleading his viewers. Forty-eight hours later, Hannity is responding by again resorting to ad hominem attacks.
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There have been lots of good controllers, lots of really great ones, but there really hasn't been one that has been absolutely perfect, one where everything about it, the ergonomics, the buttons, the sticks, the pad, etc. was as good as it possibly could have been. So, The Escapist, I ask you, what piece of an existing controller do you think should be included in this wonderful perfect fantasy controller, and why?
I'll start by nominating the sliding, analog two-stage triggers from the Gamecube controller. They were the one thing the Gamecube did that truly stood out as great, and are hands down the best triggers I have ever used on a controller. They had a long, but not too long pull that allowed you to really control the amount of pressure you applied, they had great feel and feedback, and the fact that you would pull, and then click them, allowed them to perform two functions with one trigger.
I'm going to nominate the shoulder triggers of the PS2 controller. They just seemed to work and had the most buttons.
The perfect controller already exists. It's the 360 controller.
like the Gamecube, analog and digital button that can be pushed halfway down or clicked, also 2 of each trigger button like non nintendo consoles, but really, I like thw wii's split controller in each hand, just not the motion controlls, so basicly an x-box/gamecube hybrid, cut in half with a wire, or wireless. the split wii controller allowed me to sit in more comfortable positions, laying down with my arms spread or on eather side of me for non motion games like SSBB.
Even with that d-pad?
what about its d-pad?
On that note, the perfect controller already exists. The Nintendo 64 controller ... see what I did there?
OT: I quite like the Wii controller. Maybe make them the tiniest bit bigger (only a tiny bit) so that your hands don't get all cramped, but apart from that they are fairly good I mainly like not having to be hunched over a controller, it lets you just lie back and relax while you play.
D-Pad of Ps2...
And the Triggers of Xbox 360....
Xbox 360 controller with PS2 D-pad and Dreamcast VMU. Though its not actually a memory card...I dunno, I just like the idea of a controller that relays extra info. I guess the new WiiU controller will be doing the same thing.
360 controller + SNES/NES D-pad. That's pretty much it.
Got to agree with you on that it just feels so comfortable in your hands and the trigger buttons are amazing though admittedly I play a lot of first and third person shooters so maybe I'm a bit biased as they are good for them.
The control pad is only there for people who are too stubborn to use the joystick. It's meant to punish them until they learn their lesson.
And menu navigation, and weapon/item/ability/etc. selection, and pretty much every other secondary function that you don't always need to perform but use enough that accessing a menu would make everything clunky and horrible.
It's fine for everything except inputting shoryukens, and for that we have the stick.
Take the xbox 360 controller, add the Dualshock 3 D-pad, and make it connect with BLUETOOTH instead of whatever crappy proprietary signal microsoft uses, and it's pretty much the perfect controller.
An xbox 360 controller with the D-pad of a Nes/Snes the L1 and L2 buttons of a playstation and a included battery charger
You're all wrong, it's the Middle and Right handles of the N64 Controller.
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I already have two PS3 controllers with the extended trigger attachments, why would I need to create a new one? My hands have been moulded over the years to the playstation style controller, it's what I do. I guess have the trigger attachments being an actual part of a standard controller would be nice, but that's just nitpicking. 360 controllers are ok, but they feel too cheap and slightly too big. I do actually have quite large hands, but I like getting my hands really around a controller, which is much easier on a small PS3 one.
I'm going to be controversial (but sincere), and say it should have the grips/handles/whatever you want to call them from the Virtual Boy. Sooooooo comfy.
as game informer once pointed out when designing THEIR perfect controller, and based on the sales of the 360-style controller for PC, i think it's safe to assume this is correct
I think the playstation controller is the most perfect controller.
Its fits so snugly in your hand, all the buttons are easily available.
I could bludgeon someone to death with the X-Box controller, its so bulky and the buttons are a mess.
As an avid PC gamer, I'm going to step in and say this is because the 360 pad is the only one that works reliably without any kind of configuration/intervention on your part with modern games, which are designed to work with it already and use the correctly labeled buttons in options menus and tooltips and things like that instead of vague number assignments that may or may not make logical sense.
Pure speculation here, but what if you put buttons on the back of your controller where your pinky, ring, and middle finger comfortably rest?
I rather liked the Dual Shock controller, so much that I use it for my PC.
I actually like holding the Wii controller + nunchuck. If they'd creaty a new version of those with "hardcore" gaming in mind, that would be perfect.
Like someone else said, nintendo d-pad on the xbox 360 controller. Although the 360 controller alone is perfect as it stands now anyway.
I also like the idea of having a combination of convex and concave face buttons, like the SNES, but not the actual buttons from that controller, which were kinda small.
/thread, pretty much. WAY easier said than done, and I think a lot could be done to make that mock-up look more attractive, but... yeah. The 360 controller fits the hand well, but needs a much better D-pad, and its shoulder buttons aren't very comfortable and are actually prone to breaking.
Well it's got to involve the mouse for accuracy. Otherwise it's just another POS that requires aim assistance. So in the other hand some sort of combo control stick/multi-button thing would work well.
Yes. Best controller I've ever used is the PS2 one and most logically laid out imo... but it holds a little weirdly, whereas the overall shape of the 360 controller feels more normal. Also PS3 trigger buttons are too easy to slip off, 360 ones are better.
As much as I hate to admit it (as a PS3 fanboy) you're totally right. It's the most ergonomic, easy controller I've ever used. If they replaced the triggers and shoulder buttons with the PS3 ones then I'd buy four of them. I'm already considering getting an Xbox controller knockoff for my PS3, just with PS3 motifs (triangle, Circle, X, Square, etc.).
EDIT!!! EDIT!!! I just remembered!! The perfect controller already exists!
Gaze in awe, fleshy mortals, at the Splitfish controller for PS3!!
This right here is pretty much my idea of the perfect controller.
I used to have this Logitech controller with theses awesome rubber side grips it was the best feeling ps2 controller I had ever held but after returning my third one due to faulty analogue sticks I had to give up on them. If only they didn't keep breaking they would have been my favourite.
Really depends on the game. If its a console game for me (by that I mean an FPS, adventure game, etc.) than I really liked the ps2/ ps3 controller minus the cable. If its a PC game for me (mainly RTS and MOBA) that you can't beat a good mouse and a nice big wireless keyboard.
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1. Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel: Skip The Line
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If you want to really get to know Rome, then book a full day tour and let your guide take you around the city. During this tour, you'll not only see all of the city's most famous sights, you'll also get to skip the hour long lines to both Colosseum and the Vatican Museums.
- Enjoy an 8-hour guided tour around Rome
- Skip the line to many of the city's major sights
- Get a tour of Colosseum and Roman Forum
- Experience the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and more
- Visit the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Capel
- Skip the line access to St. Peter's Basillica after the tour
Experience the Highlights of Rome
Your tour starts on Via dei Fori Imperiali. It's here we begin the tour with a visit to the Colosseum. Once inside this amazing structure, you will able to tread in the same footsteps ad the Gladiators once did.
Next we'll enter Roman Forum where we give you a glimpse of what life was like in Ancient Rome during the times of emperors and tyrants such as Julius Caesar, Augustus, Claudius and Nero.
Then we'll carry on to Capitol Hill, locally known as the Campidoglio. This piazza was designed by Michelangelo and offers a stunning view of Piazza Venezia - the site of the Victor Emmanuele II monument and Mussolini's Palazzo. From here we stroll to Rome's most famous fountain, The Trevi Fountain. Remember to throw a coin, before we head to the Pantheon and then on to the picturesque Piazza Navona.
Around 12:45 PM we will take a break for lunch. Whilst lunch is not included, the guide would be happy to make recommendations about the local restaurants.
We meet again at 2:45 PM at our agent's office which is very near the Vatican Museums.
Next stop is the Vatican Museums. You will see the Belvedere Courtyard, Room of the Muse, the Gallery of Tapestries and of course the magnificent Rooms of Raphael and the stunning Sistine Chapel. We then head to St Peter's piazza where the tour ends. If you want to visit the Basilica, your guide can provide you with skip the line access.
The tour is operated in English.
How do I get my tickets?
Shortly after your booking is complete your e-ticket is sent directly to your email, just print it out and bring it on your tour.
Where does the tour begin?
The tour starts in front on Via Sebastiano Veniero 21. The address will be on your e-ticket. Please be there 30 minutes before the tour starts.
Where does the tour end?
The tour ends at Vatican City.
How long does the tour last?
The tour lasts approx. 8 hours.
Is there a dress code?
Yes, there is a strict dress code at the Vatican. Shoulders and knees must be covered for both women and men. Sandals are considered appropriate.
Are there children's tickets?
Yes, children's tickets are available for children between age 7-17. Children under age 7 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Important information:
- You will skip all official queues, and they can be very long, up to several hours. However, on certain days like bank holidays, weekends and religious holidays there might be some lines. This cannot be avoided, but these lines will be far shorter than the public ones.
- Cancellations can happen at very short notice. In this case, we will contact you and offer you alternative tour dates or get you a full refund.
- Due to security and security checks, we strongly recommend that you do not bring any large bags or packages.
- This tour is conducted as a walking tour, as no vehicles are allowed inside the Vatican, so please wear appropriate footwear.
Adult (18+)
Child (6-17)
Infant (0-5): Free
Hotel pickup and drop-off.
Food and drinks.
Instant confirmation
経過時間: 8 hours
Skip the line-tickets to all attractions.
Art historian tour guide.
Audio headsets.
The tour leaves at 9 A.M.
Piazza Navona 25, Rome 00186, Italy


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My business partner from Massachusetts and I have begun a new genealogy/history company called Pastology. At the FGS conference, we only gave sneak peaks of the online web resource as we haven't officially launched to the public just yet. Now that we are back home, we are working frantically to move that launch date up as quickly as possible. I will fill you in later on some of the features and announce a launch date when that gets closer, but I mention it here to allow for a little explanation. This is the main reason my Journeys Past web site has went the way of the dodo. After 9 years of a fairly stagnant website that only offered snippets of my own family history, I had the opportunity to move my content to Pastology, and have done so. It isn't quite ready for viewing, but will be very soon. However, this blog is NOT changing. It will remain my playground of the past, and will rarely mention Pastology as anything I write for them will probably be relegated to the official web site blog.
Anyway, long story short, stay tuned as I will announce the launch here in case anyone is interested, and one of our serendipitous meetings at the conference was with the Family Search people who are interested in affiliating with us already. So, the future looks bright, but I wanted everyone to be aware of what happened to my old site. Now for some general conference reporting.
The networking and truly useful information gleaned from this year's conference was invaluable. Talking with the seasoned experts and giving support to the fledglings were priceless experiences, and I was reminded again and again what a warm and helpful atmosphere the genealogical set strive to achieve and easily accomplish. I had years of experience within Kentucky and Ohio, but seeing the warmth and support exhibited by representatives of every state, reminded me of why I've been so passionate about this field for so many years! Any question you had, someone was lightning quick to answer it and help you develop your areas of weakness or inexperience. The sessions, as I mentioned, were fantastic! The shopping in the vendor area was also amazing - and I have to give a shout out to Maia's Books of Columbus Ohio. Their booth was across from ours and those ladies were a wealth of information, wisecracks and overall helpful fun! I spent WAY too much money in their booth!BTW, if you see them listed as an exhibitor at a future conference, plan on spending a lot of time and money shopping there. They had the most complete collection of family research books I have ever seen. Unique titles that you usually have to order online as the standard bookstore would never carry them. However, according to their bookmark, they now have a physical store in Columbus, so if you are in the area, you must give them a try!
Despite multiple trips to the general Knoxville area over the years, I had always traveled that direction for the mountains and intentionally ALWAYS by-passed the city thinking they had nothing worthwhile to offer - sorry Knoxville. As a Kentucky Wildcat, both by multiple degrees and ten years as staff, perhaps my blue blood would just not allow me anyways near that orange campus! However, this trip to the FGS Conference changed my mind completely. Granted, Knoxville isn't a huge city, or known nationally as a unique destination, but before I left, I became enchanted and thought the city planners of Lexington should take a closer look at Knoxville's downtown life!
I fell in love with their Market Square. About 20 unique restaurants, with AMAZING food and live music! An authentic Spanish tapas restaurant called Sangrias.....the couch booths and three nationalities of cuisine at Cocoa Moon....the Lobster Macaroni and Cheese (and bakery) at Cafe 4.....my mouth is still watering! Plus, the entrance to the Market Square is made complete with the addition of a sculpture/water garden. The atmosphere here is priceless as everyone just wanders around mingling - families and college groups - beautiful! Oh - and about another street or two over is a wonderful cultural/art district, that we missed, but was hopping and appeared to be very hip! I would have loved to try all of the restaurants, and had time to explore the museums and theatres, but we had to head home and dissect all the lovely treasures we brought home....books, freebies, instructional material.....definitely a trip worth taking! Our next conference should be in Charleston for the NGS, but we will most certainly be back to the FGS when they arrive in Springfield Illinois next year.
So on to the next conference! Lots of work to do before next May, and if you wanted to see some of the highlights of the conference, check out the Facebook page of Afrigeneas. They did a remarkable job of documenting the proceedings - 4 albums worth!
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Gumshoe Fool: Why I'm Going to Buy Steinway
I had an ethical dilemma in writing this article: Should I buy Steinway Musical Instruments (NYS: LVB) stock first, or first write about it?
I decided in the end that the right thing to do would be to tell Fools about it first, especially because of the company's limited market cap ($310 million) as well as the dislocating nature of my prediction. This seems most consistent with Foolishness. Therefore you have a chance to buy it before me.
So unlike most of my articles, I'm hoping you don't listen to me. I'm hoping this article gets ignored, or is downright scorned, so that that way I can buy the stock at today's price (or lower). And as you'll see a bit later on, I'm not the only one who feels this way. So if you're thinking of doing something else other than reading this article, please do so...Game of Thrones is calling!
Before we begin there is something else I should tell you: I rarely make a trade. I take the buy-and-hold school of investing very seriously. The last time I bought a new stock was Dell back in November 2010 (before I was first published in the Fool). Therefore, at least to me, this is a big deal.
So without further ado here's why I plan on buying Steinway.
Activists in the company
The short answer is I think there is a very high likelihood that the company is going to be sold at a substantial premium. But I don't think the market has figured this out yet. No Wall Street analyst covers Steinway due to its limited market cap. I'm hoping no one reads this so it doesn't get priced correctly prior to my buying.
But if you connect the dots, using publically available sources, I think it's blatantly obvious what's really going on here: 9.64% of Steinway is owned by an activist value hedge fund called ValueAct SmallCap Management. The fund is managed by David Lockwood, a former Goldman Sachs managing director who now teaches corporate governance at Stanford's business school. Lockwood got a seat of Steinway's board back in January 2008.
It's difficult to find information on ValueAct and Lockwood. Unlike many activist investors, ValueAct keeps a low profile. When it buys a stock, it doesn't go in Carl Icahn-style and tell everyone how undervalued it is and what changes need to be made.
ValueAct takes advantage of the lack of media attention. According to a rare interview with ValueAct founder Jeffrey Ubben, what they almost always do is persuade management to divest poor-performing divisions from a company. They then use the proceeds to buy back tons of stock at a cheap price.
This gives them an incentive not to tell everyone how great they think a company really is. As Warren Buffett touched upon in Berkshire Hathaway's latest annual letter, if a company is planning (secretly or openly) on buying back stock, it wants the shares to stay down in price. That allows management to buy back more shares per dollar, which in the long run leads to a higher share price.
And when ValueAct does this divest-and-buy-back move, the result is a highly concentrated industry pure play that can then be easily sold to an acquirer. Yes, that's how ValueAct exits a position. It sells the whole company to a buyer for a sizable control premium after improving operations and usually buying back stock.
And Lockwood has done a tremendous job of this. Just in the last year, Lockwood got BigBand Networks sold to ARRIS Group (NAS: ARRS) , Immucor sold to TPG Capital, and S1 Corp sold to ACI Worldwide (NAS: ACIW) .
Lockwood now has only two open positions: Steinway and Energy Solutions.
According to Barron's, the average company ValueAct, Icahn Capital, Trian Fund, and Pershing Square had filed an SEC 13D on went up 144% in 2010. While it's hard to find performance numbers for the small-cap fund, we know from looking at documents released from the state of New Jersey that ValueAct's large-cap fund delivered returns of 17.66% annualized from December 2000 through June 2011.
Lockwood first started buying Steinway back in August 2007 at $33 and ValueAct's average cost basis is $26.76. The shares now trade at around $25; so you can get in at a better price than it did.
A bloodless coup d'etat
Some of you may be saying: "Chris, if Mr. Lockwood has been on the board since 2008, and if he's been secretly planning on selling the company, why hasn't he gotten the company sold yet?"
That's not ValueAct's style. As the company founder put it to OpalesqueTV, "I don't need the quick hit." It sticks around as long as it takes to get top dollar for the company. And Lockwood is just one board member. The activists in the company haven't been in position to call the shots -- until now.
You see, up until recently, Steinway was a controlled company. The (now former) CEO and chairman, Dana Messina and Kyle Kirkland, held 80% of the voting power.
But then, in a stunning move, ValueAct and another activist investor, Samick Musical Instruments, bought the supervoting shares from Messina and Kirkland at a gigantic premium to market -- $56 a share! With the sale of the supervoting shares, they converted to normal voting shares. So now every shareholder gets one vote, giving the activists around 43% of the voting power (10% for ValueAct and 33% for Samick).
But what is perhaps more important is that the deal led to the resignation of three board members. They probably saw the writing on the wall. Three new directors were then put on. One of the three people put on was Michael Sweeney, a private equity veteran. Stay with me here...
A bit later on, the company announced that it was selling the company's lackluster band instrument division. (Hmmm...selling off bad divisions, where have we heard this before?) The prospective buyers of the band division are none other than Messina and Kirkland.
So, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, Messina and Kirkland had to resign from their CEO and chairman positions. And guess who replaced them as chairman and CEO -- Michael Sweeney, one of the people put on the board as part of ValueAct and Samick's deal with Messina and Kirkland!
So my read is that the activists now have de facto control of the company. And it appears they're more or less executing ValueAct's proven game plan (e.g. divesting off the bad band division). Steinway is also looking into selling Steinway Hall in Manhattan, perhaps in a hotel conversion. Steinway Hall could be worth a ton of money -- as much as $300 million (the entire stock price) based on comparables -- although it only owns the building and not the actual land.
They haven't yet said what they'll do with the proceeds of any asset sale, but if I were a betting man I'd say they will first pay off the debt (due to restrictive covenants) and then do the whole buyback thing I wrote about earlier. After that, I think they'll work on operations before trying to sell the whole company.
Why would anyone want to acquire Steinway?
So if the secret game plan is to sell the whole company, it might be good to know why someone might want to buy Steinway. After all, if no acquisition ever occurs, you don't want to be stuck with a turkey.
For one, Steinway is a virtual monopoly. As I've written previously, 97% of the world's major piano concerts are performed on a $130,000+ Steinway concert grand. The company's major competitor, according to its own 10K, is its own used product. (The DeBeers diamond monopoly had a similar "competitor.")
As a result, the company has pricing power: A Steinway grand piano sells for around $80,000+ brand new. They raise the price about 5% virtually every year and never discount.
The reason why Steinway buyers won't simply trade down to, say, a cheaper Yamaha is because of how a Steinway is built: by hand, over the course of a full year in New York City or Hamburg, Germany. That's what gives the Steinway its mojo. It's a very expensive way to do things, but it allows them to charge six digits on some models.
The other advantage to doing things by hand is that you can fire people. You can't fire machines. This allows Steinway to match revenues with costs during downturns. The result is that Steinway has generated positive free cash flow for as long as it's been publicly traded.
And finally, the company has accumulated some valuable real estate. While it's only listed on the balance sheet for $3.4 million, the 10-acre factory in New York City was estimated by the company at $200 million in 2005. That's roughly $450 per square foot, which seems reasonable for waterfront Queens real estate.
Similarly, Steinway Hall in Manhattan is only carried on the books at $26 million, but its value in 2005 was estimated at $100 million and, as mentioned earlier, the company is actively trying to sell it.
Taking this into account, the company is trading below liquidation value (essentially add an additional $270 million to the stated book value). And it generates consistent free cash flow, including $16 million in 2011 and $32 million in 2010. This could be attractive to many buyers, including Samick Musical Instruments, which already owns 33% of the company.
Fortunately, the board put in place a poison pill to ensure any buyer, including Samick, has to pay a control premium.
Put this all together and I think Steinway is an unusually compelling opportunity. Which is why I plan on breaking my 18 months of trade celibacy.
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So here are Pirelli choices and teams choices of tyres. Yes these are the Pirelli -Mercedes tires and the last race they will be introduced.
Ferrari will keep there upgrades a secret or behind closed doors until free practice as all the photographers will be willing to capture any little picture they can get.


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Electronic dance music superstar Deadmau5′s underwater wedding plans have sunk – his fiancée Kat Von D has called off their engagement.
The celebrity tattoo artist has accused the DJ, real name Joel Zimmerman, of cheating on her in a revealing tweet posted on Wednesday.
She writes, "Cheating on your loved one is the most hurtful thing one could do. I hate to have to admit that this relationship is indeed over … Onwards and upwards."
Now Deadmau5 has come clean about the cause of their break-up, admitting he enjoyed a fling with another woman while the couple was briefly separated last November- but he insists he never tried to hide the short romance from Von D.
In a post on Facebook.com, he writes, "All i am saying on the matter: Kat and I split in November and I moved back home to Toronto (Canada). During this time, while we were broken up, I did have relations with another woman. Following that, Kat and I reconciled and I acknowledged being intimate with another person while we were estranged.
"We did move past those issues and I proposed to Kat in mid- December. At the end of June, it was clear that the relationship was not working and we mutually ended the engagement. I was not, at any point, unfaithful to Kat during our time together. I don't wish to go tit for tat with these kinds of pronouncements and don't expect to comment further, but I do believe that those who have expressed concern deserve a more complete understanding of what transpired."
The couple briefly broke up in November, before Deadmau5 popped the question the following month. The two were planning to tie the knot on August 10 in an "underwater-themed" ceremony in Los Angeles.
Von D was previously engaged to Sandra Bullock's cheating ex-husband Jesse James, but ended the relationship in 2011, six months after he proposed.
Cheating on your loved one is the most hurtful thing one could do. I hate to have to admit, that this relationship is indeed over.
— Kat Von D (@thekatvond) June 26, 2013


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New Mexico Tech Professor Compiles Book on Dalton's Poetry, Sept. 14, 2005
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 14, 2005 – Rafael Lara-Martinez, foreign languages professor at New Mexico Tech, is the compiler and editor of a recently published collection of poetry by the late Salvadoran poet and activist Roque Dalton (1935-1975).
No Pronuncies mi Nombre, Poesia Completa I de Roque Dalton, or Do not Pronounce my Name, Complete Poetry of Roque Dalton, Volume I, by Lara-Martinez, a native of El Salvador, was released this month by La Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos (DPI) of El Salvador's Consejo Nacional para la Cultura (CONCULTURA).
DPI is the largest publisher of poetry, narratives, and other literature emanating from El Salvador and surrounding Central American countries.
Lara-Martinez has several published books to his credit, including his recent anthology of the poetry of fellow Salvadoran Roque Dalton. Dalton, he says, was a founder of a guerilla movement that started around San Salvador, who was tragically killed in 1975 by his own guerilla group, almost at the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War.
"Roque Dalton was an intellectual from the Left, a left-wing revolutionary, and a world traveler," Lara-Martinez says. "Dalton was a poeta maldito who, when he was killed at the age of 40, had written more than 15 books of poetry — most of them revolutionary in a broad sense, but many also filled with love and surrealist poems."
Another of Lara-Martinez's books, Salarrué, o El Mito de Creación de la Sociedad Mestiza Salvadoreña, depicts the calculated genocide of a Salvadoran Indian tribe, which actually took place in the 1930s.
More recently, he has written another book on the genocide that will be published next year in El Salvador: Balsamera bajo la Guerra Fria — El Salvador en 1932 (Historia Intellectual de un Etnocidio).
"Fiction is the only place where those Indians have their say," Lara-Martinez points out. "A lot of the more traditionally written forms of history fail to acknowledge that history is essentially about people, what people believe, and what has happened to those people."
Lara-Martinez's teaching and research interests also encompass Latin America's unique cultural history, literature, and poetry — especially its politically committed poetry.
"Literature and poetry in Latin America are very different in that they are not isolated from political life and public life," explains Lara-Martinez. "You cannot separate art from politics in Latin America; and it's that specific link that I continue to pursue throughout my research."
In recognition of his collective body of work, last year Lara-Martinez was awarded the research university's prestigious New Mexico Tech Distinguished Research Award.
Lara-Martinez teaches Spanish, French, and Latin American and Hispanic studies at New Mexico Tech, and has been instrumental in developing a Hispanic Studies minor at the university through the school's Department of Humanities.


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Saint Julian of Africa
Priest of an African church. During a visit to Italy, he witnessed a pagan celebration of Apollo; Julian objected to the human sacrifice it involved. He was imprisoned for two years, and then martyred with Saint Caesarius.
- tied into a sack and thrown into the sea to drown at Pisco Montano, Terracina, Italy, date unknown
- "Saint Julian of Africa". CatholicSaints.Info. 15 November 2016. Web. 20 May 2019. <>