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Posted over 1 year ago by thornet
For the last few years, Joi Ito has been blogging about learning to dive with PADI. It wasn't until I became certified as a diver myself that I really understood how much we can learn from PADI's educational model. Here's a summary of how PADI ... [More] works, including ideas that we could apply to Webmaker. With Webmaker at the moment, we're testing how to empower and train local learning centers to teach the web on an ongoing basis. This is why I'm quite interested in how other certification and learning & engagement models work. PADI's purpose The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) has been around since the late 1960's. It trained over 130,000 diving instructors to issue millions of learning certifications to divers around the world. Many instructors run their own local businesses, who's main service is to rent out gear and run tours for certified divers, or to certify people learning how to dive. Through its certification service, PADI became the diving community's de facto standard-bearer and educational hub. Nearly all diving equipment, training and best practices align with PADI. No doubt, PADI is a moneymaking machine. Every rung of their engagement ladder comes with a hefty price tag. Diving is not an access-for-all sport. For example, part of the PADI training is about learning how to make informed consumer choices about the dive equipment, which they will later sell to you. Nevertheless, I do think there is lots of learn from their economic and engagement model. Blended learning with PADI PADI uses blended learning to certify its divers. They mix a multi-hour online theoretical part (regrettably, it's just memorization) with several in-person skills trainings in the pool and open water. Divers pay a fee ($200-500) to access the learning materials and to work with an instructor. They also send you a physical kit with stickers, pamphlets and a logbook you can use on future dives. Dive instructors teach new divers in very small groups (mine was 1:1 to maximum of 1:3). It's very hands-on and tailored to the learner's pace. Nevertheless, it has a pretty tight script. The instructor has a checklist of things to teach in order to certify the learner, and you work through those quite methodically. The online theory complements the lessons in the water, although for my course they could've cut about 3 hours of video nerding out on dive equipment. There is room for instructor discretion and lots of local adaptation. For example, you are taught to understand local dive practices and conditions, like currents and visibility, which inform how you adapt the PADI international diving standard to your local dives. This gives the instructor some agency and adaptability. Having a point of view PADI makes its point of view very clear. Their best practices are so explicit, and oft-repeated, that as a learner you really internalize their perspective. In the water, you immediately flag any detraction from The PADI Way. Mainly, these mantras are for your own safety: breathe deeply and regularly, always dive with a buddy, etc. But by distilling their best practices so simply and embedding them deeply and regularly in the training, as a learner you become an advocate for these practices as well. Learning with a buddy The buddy system is particularly interesting. It automatically builds in peer learning and also responsibility for yourself and your buddy. You're taught to rely on each other, not the dive instructor. You solve each others problems, and this helps you become empowered in the water. Pathways! Furthermore, PADI makes its learning pathways very explicit and achievable. After doing one of the entry level certification, Open Water Diving, I feel intrigued to take on the next level and trying out some of the specializations, like cave diving and night diving. Throughout the course, you see glimpses of what is possible with further training. You can see more advanced skills and environments becoming unlocked as you gather more experience. The PADI system revolves around tiers of certifications unlocking gear and new kinds of dives, which they do a good job of making visible and appealing. You can teach, too. What's even more impressive is that the combination of the buddy/peer learning model and the clear pathways makes becoming an instructor seem achievable and aspirational—even when you just started learning. As a beginner diver, I already felt excited by the possibility of teaching others to dive. Becoming a PADI instructor seems cool and rewarding. And it feels very accessible within the educational offering: you share skills with your buddy; with time and experience, you can teach more skills and people. Training the trainers Speaking of instructors, PADI trains them in an interesting way as well. Like new divers, instructors are on a gamification path: you earn points for every diver you certify and for doing various activities in the community. With enough points, you qualify for select in-person instructor trainings or various gear promotions. Instructors are trained in the same model that they teach: it's blended, with emphasis on in-person training with a small group of people. You observe a skill, then do it yourself, and then teach it. PADI flies about 100 instructors-to-be to a good dive destination and teaches them in-person for a week or so. Instructors pay for the flights and the training. At some point, you can earn enough points and training as an instructor that you can certify other instructors. This is the pinnacle of the PADI engagement ladder. We're doing something similar with Webmaker: the top of the engagement ladder is a Webmaker Super Mentor. That's someone who trains other mentors. It's meta, and only appeals to a small subset of people, but it's a very impactful group. What's the role of PADI staff? This is a question we often ask ourselves in the Webmaker context. Mainly, PADI staff are administrators. Some will visit local dive centers to conduct quality control or write up new training modules. They are generally responsible for coordinating instructors and modeling PADI practices. Local learning, global community The local diver centers and certified instructors are PADI's distribution model. Divers go to a local shop to buy gear, take tours and trainings. The local shop is a source of economic revenue for the instructors and for PADI. As divers level up within the PADI system, they can access more gear and dive tours from these shops. Stewardship Lastly, PADI imparts its learners with a sense of stewardship of the ocean. It empowers you in a new ecosystem and then teaches you to be an ambassador for it. You feel responsibility and care for the ocean, once you've experienced it in this new way. Importantly, this empowerment relies on experiential learning. You don't feel it just by reading about the ocean. It's qualitatively different to have seen the coral and sea turtles and schools of fish yourself. The theory and practice dives in the pool ready you for the stewardship. But you have to do a full dive, in the full glory of the open water, to really get it. I think this is hugely relevant for Webmaker as well: it's all good to read about the value of the open web. But it's not until you're in the midst of exploring and making in the open web do you realize how important that ecosystem is. Real experience begets responsibility. Giving back PADI encourages several ways for you to give back and put your stewardship to use: pick up litter, do aquatic life surveys, teach others about the waters, etc. They show you that there is a community of divers that you are now a part of. It strikes a good balance between unlocking experiences for you personally and then showing you how you can act upon them to benefit a larger effort. Going clubbing As mentioned, there are many shortcomings to the PADI system. It's always pay-to-play, it's educational materials are closed and ridiculously not remixable, it's not accessible in many parts of the world due to (understandable) environmental limitations. Advocacy for the ocean is a by-product of their offering, not its mission. Still, aspects of their economic and learning model are worth considering for other social enterprises. How can instructors make revenue so they can teach full-time and as a career? How can gear be taught and sold so that divers get quality equipment they know how to use? How can experiential learning be packaged so that you know the value of what you're getting and skills along the way? I'm pretty inspired by having experienced the PADI Open Water Diving certification process. In the coming months, I'd like to test and apply some of these practices to our local learning center model, the Webmaker Clubs. If you have more insights on how to do this, or other models worth looking at, share them here! [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by benoitgirard
In the profiler you'll now find a new tab called 'CallGraph'. This will construct a call graph from the sample data. This is the same information that you can extract from the tree view and the timeline but just formatted so that it can be scanned ... [More] better. Keep in mind that this is only a call graph of what occurred between sample points and not a fully instrumented Call Graph dump. This has a lower collection overhead but missing anything that occurs between sample points. You'll still want to use the Tree view to get aggregate costs. You can interact with the view using your mouse or with the W/A/S/D equivalent keys of your keyboard layout. Profiler CallGraph Big thanks to Victor Porof for writing the initial widget. This visualization will be coming to the devtools profiler shortly. [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by michal berman
I have often been asked to share some common situations new team leads face and that come up in my coaching practice. Here are a few that I hope to be instructive but not definitely not comprehensive. (It's an excerpt from my talk at 'Software Team ... [More] Meet up'. There are many wonderful and much longer guides to being an effective first-time manager; my favourite book on the topic is 'First Break All the Rules". In my humble opinion, the primary purpose of your role as manager is to keep your people engaged, productive and growing. Here are the ways I think that can be done effectively: Effective 1:1's Ensure your folks are challenged, engaged and highly productive It's an opportunity for mutual feedback Creates deeper and clearer mutual understanding of motivation No surprises at formal checkpoints (performance reviews) It's investing time for them and you Keep regular and consistent meeting times and agenda - it's an important indicator of your commitment to them Agenda - powerful questions: 1 Version: • How do you think you are doing? • How do I think you are doing?* • How will you know? what information do you need? then what/what's next? • How is the team doing? 2 Version: • What was the highlight of your week? • What could have gone better? • Is there anything blocking you, or that you need from me? • How am I doing? • How are you doing? • Is there anything else I haven't asked about that I should have For more depth behind this model check out Fred Kaufman's "Conscious Business" model for Communication: Listening, Ask Questions, Validating, Summarize, Express, Negotiate, Commit(ments) Setting stretch goals to achieve your organizations Objectives & Key Results A good number is 3-5 goals at any one time. Structure your direct reports' goals so that they support your goals, which in turn support your company's goals. The best goals are a balance of personal development/learning and outcome-based goals that line up to your team's Vision and Organizations' Vision/Goals. These goals must be within your and your staff's control. It's a collaborative process where you provide the context and you want to give them lots of room to define how they plan to accomplish them. Goals are best when they are specific, reasonable and have a timeline associated with them. Examples of personal development goals you might pick are: improve my Python coding skills so that I get faster and better and the number of bugs in my code are significantly reduced, find 5 creative ways to acquire customers that result in x more customers over y period of time etc. Most successful folks focus on breaking down large goals into mini-goals or milestones both because it's easier to manage and because it feels good to see your progress over time. There are a great many resources around goal setting • Chapter 2 of Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager • http://topachievement.com/smart.html • https://www.gv.com/lib/how-google-sets-goals-objectives-and-key-results-okrs How to course correct poor performers When people are experiencing a performance struggle e.g. they are not meeting your expectations or missing clear goals/deadlines, here's what I recommend: Step 1: • 1:1 verbal discussion (you and the employee) about issue, and • use this guide: Put them at ease Ask permission to give feedback Choose a suitable moment Provide feedback in private Be specific and observable • Stick to observable facts • Avoid judgment, opinions and comments • Avoid absolutes (e.g., never, always, constantly) Explain the impact •Describe specifically how the behavior promotes or hinders desired results Work together on next steps • Confirm - you may not have the whole story •Understand– simple confusion is common •Help -involve other person in identifying options If issue issues persists please continue to Step 2 Step 2) Involve HR and/or create a Performance Improvement Plan By this point the person is no longer surprised by the issue. In my experience people generally choose to either try and improve or acknowledge this isn't a good fit for them and negotiate a departure. Step 3) A performance plan sets clear expectations of items needing resolving/repairing and the ultimatum clear-- with a hard date set. For example: 30 days to do X and Y, if not met, then termination. Signature or some other form of clear accountability on part of employee Step 4) Success — a new skills is built and level of achievement is possible or negotiate their termination - transition to leaving e.g. will they have time to wrap up, do you want them to go, what will fair compensation be (consider how you would want to be treated in the same situation). Know that many folks in this same situation have turned things around and are now highly successful as a result of this practice. Sometimes the sting of direct feedback is what we need to find focus and performance. Delegating to continuously build your next team leads The main principle behind this approach requires that you allow for failure. It will feel incredibly difficult to let go - to feel the sting of watching someone on your team potentially fail. It's probably among the hardest things to do. This is a four step approach: Phase 1: requires that you offer support and guidance Phase 2: tactical instruction, describing the how and why Phase 3: support and guidance, encouraging and championing their success thus far and course correcting Phase 4: let them go - celebrate success A word or few, on adding new team members 1 - hold a 1:1 meeting and cover the following: a - share the vision of the team, b- relevant history of your team in the context of your organization c- discuss a preliminary set of SMART goals for the person e.g., get up to speed on, focus on, etc. d- set frequency for check-ins on progress and time to get to know each other e.g., weekly or bi-weekly and time of day 2 - Have a fun (whatever fun means for you) team type session to welcome them. in that session you can share with each other this: a - strengths and what that means to each person e.g., i'm an activator and in this job that = ... b - learning e.g., I can contribute this great stuff/skills/experience to team and would really like to learn x, y, or z (you could also add dislikes e.g., i hate filing but will do it in a pinch) c - logistics/style e.g., never call me before 10am cause i'm a late riser; I like direct and timely feedback Please ask me to provide more insights for you in whatever situation you may find yourself. email me :) [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by Benjamin Kerensa
I wanted to quickly post a simple ask to Mozillians to please share this indiegogo campaign being ran by Mozillian Rockstar Vineel Pindy A Mozilla event at Collab House who has been a contributor for many years. Vineel is raising money for Collab ... [More] House, a Collaborative Community Space in India which has been used for many Mozilla India events and other open source projects. By sharing the link to this campaign or contributing some money to the campaign, you will not only support the Mozilla India community but will further Mozilla's Mission by enabling communities around the globe that help support our mission. Lets make this campaign a success and support our fellow Mozillians! If every Mozillian shared this or contributed $5 I bet we could have this funded before the deadline! [Less]
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Image by MAX CAPACITY After much second-guessing, I've published a big piece on Medium today about my belief that Net(worked) Art still lives as a movement, making the continued existence of cooperative, creative practices of [and by] the web more ... [More] essential than ever. This post was based on the visionary work of the crazy web/trans/media folk I've been able to dream and build with lately around the world, especially the #ARTOFWEB community who helped bring together the Mozilla Festival's first-ever Art and Culture track to the shores of London this year, and taught me so much in the process. It's a 10 minute read in 6 chapters, the perfect amount of time for a coffee. It opened up some pretty interesting debates as it made the rounds this morning, so I'd love to hear your thoughts (and criticisms!). While this is an area I'm passionate about, I am cognizant that I, like everyone in my "post-post net-art"generation, have much more to learn. And in the end, that's a part of the fun. "As the hardwares and softwares of computers give us new capabilities… we have to learn to feel with them. If we can't feel with them, they are only dumb metal claws. Therefore, the vistas of digital art are only as wide as our potential to grasp those possibilities with full human expressiveness." — Jim Andrews, "Why I Am A Net Artist", 2011 [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by Mike Kaply
One of the most common questions I get asked is what to do with the result that the CCK2 Wizard produces. This post will address that question. After you've completed your customizations using the CCK2 Wizard, you have two choices: create an ... [More] extension or use AutoConfig. Let's start with AutoConfig (which is what I recommend.) AutoConfig is the tried and true method of customizing Firefox that's been around forever. You can read an old post about it here. I'm also working on an AutoConfig eBook that I hope to have out soon. With AutoConfig, things are quite simple (at least on Windows and Linux). The output of the CCK2 Wizard is a zip file that can be unzipped in the same directory where the Firefox executable is located. It puts all the necessary files in the right places and you can immediately start Firefox and see your customizations. Things are not so good on Mac starting with Firefox 34. AutoConfig is broke right now due to the new Apple signing requirements. We're investigating the best way to fix that. Your other option with the CCK2 is to generate an extension. This produces an XPI file which can simply be installed in Firefox the same way any other extensions is installed - by dragging and dropping it onto the browser. If you want to deploy the extension you've created, I've documented a number of the different ways you can integrate an extension into Firefox. Each of these methods has positives and negatives - it's up to you to decide what to do for your situation. Some people might wonder why I don't just have the CCK2 generate a new installer. In my experience, there are so many different ways that people deploy applications that it would not be worth it. In the past, I have documented how to bundle your changes with the Windows installer if you are so inclined. Hopefully this gets most folks started with the CCK2. Please let me know if I've missed something. [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by Yunier J
Llegó el 2015, un año que pretende ser bueno para todos y en especial para Mozilla. En este nuevo ciclo, tendremos cosas nuevas relacionadas con el sistema operativo de Mozilla para celulares inteligentes y nuevas versiones de tu navegador favorito ... [More] , que ya llega a sus 11 años. Entre las características principales que deben arribar este lustro, se encuentra la arquitectura multiproceso, la cual añadirá estabilidad y seguridad a Firefox. Hello, la funcionalidad que permite realizar videollamadas desde Firefox, ha recibido mejoras y ahora muestra un nuevo modelo de conversaciones basado en habitaciones. Como puedes ver en la imagen, cuando inicias una conversación puedes darle un nombre y se mantiene en la memoria. Cada vez que quieras hablar con la misma persona, podrán seguir usando el mismo enlace. Firefox Hello con habitaciones para continuar Firefox Share te permitirá compartir lo que desees en la Web rápida y fácilmente en tus redes sociales favoritas sin dejar el sitio que estás visitando. Para añadir esta funcionalidad en Firefox, debes visitar la página de Activación y dar clic en la red social que desees. También tienes la posibilidad de mover el botón Compartir ubicado en la personalización de Firefox al menú o la barra de herramientas, aunque, al activar algún servicio este debe mostrarse solo. En Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) se incluyó soporte para el códec H.264 (MP4) en el navegador y ahora se utilizarán las APIs nativas del sistema. Para mejorar la autenticación en conexiones encriptadas se implementaron las Claves Públicas HTTP Fijas (Public Key Pinning). Con este sistema, los sitios Web pueden indicar cuáles son las autoridades certificadoras que aseguran que el certificado es válido. esto significa que una pequeña lista de autoridades certificadoras aceptables están incluidas en Firefox de forma predeterminada. La lista completa de llaves públicas fijas la puedes encontrar en la Wiki de Mozilla. Además, los sitios deben alertar a los usuarios que soportan Public Key Pinning Extension. El lector PDF incluido en Firefox se actualizó a la versión 1.0.907 y ahora podrás gozar de una mejor estabilidad y nuevas características al abrir un documento. También se ha mejorado el manejo de los cambios en estilos dinámicos para incrementar la capacidad de respuesta. Firefox Marketplace, el lugar donde se encuentran alojadas las Aplicaciones Web Abiertas te la posibilidad de filtrar las aplicaciones para sistemas de escritorios (Linux, Windows, Mac) y sepas cuáles puedes instalar. Cuando accedas al Marketplace debes escoger Apps de escritorio, para instalarlas debes dar clic en Gratis o Instalar y aceptar la instalación. Para ejecutar una Web App, debes buscarla en el menú de tu sistema (igual que las demás aplicaciones). Desde el Marketplace también podrás abrir la aplicación accediendo a tu sección Aplicaciones y dar un simple clic en Abrir. Mientras tanto, los desarrolladores podrán filtrar los estilos CSS y utilizar WebSocket en Workers. Para Android tenemos: Mejoras en el servicio de geolocalización de Mozilla compartiendo tu WiFi y señal celular. Para activar esta característica, debes ir a los Ajustes y en la sección Mozilla, activa la opción de contribución bajo las opciones de Datos. Bing ahora usa HTTPS para mejorar la seguridad al realizar búsquedas. Se añadió un diálogo de búsqueda a las páginas de errores de red. Uso del Administrador de descargas de Android para hacer un seguimiento de los archivos descargados. Añadido los lenguajes Breton (br) y Esperanto (eo). Otras novedades: Reducción de la memoria al escalar imágenes. Añadido el soporte para la API de CSS Font Loading. Vista: Los nodos que coinciden con el selector bajo el ratón, ahora son resaltados. Soporte para inspeccionar ::before y ::after de los pseudo elementos. Implementada la API de sincronización (Timing API) de recursos. Cambiada la semántica de "let" en Java Script para que coincida con la especificación ES6. Otras mejoras de seguridad y rendimiento. Si deseas conocer más, puedes leer las notas de lanzamiento (en inglés). Puedes obtener esta versión desde nuestra zona de Descargas en español e inglés para Linux, Mac, Windows y Android. Recuerda que para navegar a través de servidores proxy debes modificar la preferencia network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1 a true desde about:config. [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by sole
As of yesterday I am in the evangelism team at Mozilla, also known as tech evan / dev rel / what have you. Essentially, spread the word about all the amazing stuff in Mozilla products and also help people build awesome stuff on the Web. There's lots ... [More] of things we want to do, and I'm excited! I also have to go to the Web Components meetup, so I'll leave you with Potch's own announcement, as he's moving to that team too: Today I get to announce that I'm now a Developer <optgroup>Relations/Evangelist/Friend/Advocate/Hack</optgroup> for Mozilla! Yay! — potch (@potch) January 12, 2015 [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by Gregory Szorc
The bzexport Mercurial extension - an extension that enables you to easily create new Bugzilla bugs and upload patches to Bugzilla for review - just received some major updates. First, we now have automated test coverage of bzexport! This is built on ... [More] top of the version control test harness I previously blogged about. As part of the tests, we start Docker containers that run the same code that's running on bugzilla.mozilla.org, so interactions with Bugzilla are properly tested. This is much, much better than mocking HTTP requests and responses because if Bugzilla changes, our tests will detect it. Yay continuous integration. Second, bzexport now uses Bugzilla' REST API instead of the legacy bzAPI endpoint for all but 1 HTTP request. This should make BMO maintainers very happy. Third and finally, bzexport now uses shared code for obtaining Bugzilla credentials. The behavior is documented, of course. Behavior is not backwards compatible. If you were using some old configuration values, you will now see warnings when running bzexport. These warnings are actionable, so I shouldn't need to describe them here. Please obtain the new code by pulling the version-control-tools repository. Or, if you have a Firefox clone, run mach mercurial-setup. If you find any regressions, file a bug in the Developers Services :: Mercurial: bzexport component and have it depend on bug 1033394. Thanks go out to Steve Fink, Ed Morley, and Ted Mielczarek for looking at the code. [Less]
Posted over 1 year ago by nore...@blogger.com (Armen Zambrano G.)
Hello all,I'm looking for a name for the tool that I will be working on this quarter.This quarter I will be working on creating a prototype of a command-line tool that can be used by sheriffs and others to automate retrigger-based bisection. This ... [More] could be used to help bisect new intermittent oranges, and to backfill jobs that have been skipped due to coalescing. Integration with Treeherder or other service will be done later.I'm proposing "TriggerCI" since it shows what it does regardless of what you use it for.If this works for you, please let me know.If you have another suggestion please let me know. I'm interested on fun and creative names since that part of my brain is dysfunctional :PThis work by Zambrano Gasparnian, Armen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. [Less]


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Outback Qld priest commends "brave and courageous" Pope
An outback Queensland priest says it'll take some time for local parishioners to digest the news of the Pope's resignation.
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Benedict the 16th has become the first pope in almost 600 years to step down.
The 85 year-old says he's too old to continue as the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Longreach Catholic parish priest Matthew Molone says it's a "brave and courageous" move.
"We will have the next days and weeks to come to terms with that and the church will enter into a new era with a new person, and they'll build on what has been happening and will continue to happen," he says.
North Queensland Bishop Michael Putney says the announcement also came as a complete shock for him.
"We've got no precedence, we don't know how to do it," he says.
"We'll all be thinking well where will he go, what will he do, will we ever see him again, what role will he play.
"It's unchartered waters and that's the extraordinary courage of the man, to launch out on these unchartered waters."
Rockhampton Bishop Brian Heenan says he didn't believe his ears at first.
"I thought I was hearing things when I turned the radio on," he says.
"Totally surprised because it hasn't happened for a long long time.
"But I was delighted because I just feel Pope Benedict has done all he can... and I respect the fact that at 85 years of age and with failing health, he's made a very wise and courageous decision."
The German-born pontiff was elected in 2005.
The Vatican says his successor will be elected by a conclave of cardinals before Easter Sunday, March 31.
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Experts in the emerging field of iPSC banking urge action on several fronts to ensure that iPSCs realize their full potential for improved drug screening, disease modeling, and medical treatments. Using the October 3 issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell as a platform, these experts focused on practical, organizational issues, citing the importance of 1) sharing and distributing cell lines, 2) instituting quality control procedures, and 3) ensuring immune matching between iPSC donors and recipients.
Taken together, these actions could hasten progress toward a common goal: making large panels of patient-specific iPSC lines broadly accessible to the stem cell community. Such panels would be most useful, explained the experts, if they reflected the diversity of the human population and included samples from patients with a wide range of diseases.
In one editorial ("iPSC Crowdsourcing: A Model for Obtaining Large Panels of Stem Cell Lines for Screening"), Dr. Mahendra Rao, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the NIH, explained that making iPSC lines and developing the requisite controls and tests is time consuming, expensive, and generally beyond the expertise of any single laboratory. "Fulfilling the expectations for iPSCs and their use will only be possible if we develop a new cost-effective way to share and distribute cell lines. Crowd sourcing is one solution," Dr. Rao said.
In another editorial ("Banking Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Lessons Learned from Embryonic Stem Cells?"), a team of experts said that quality control could be enhanced in iPSC resource centers if such centers applied the knowledge of existing, well-established human embryonic stem cell banks and their experience in standardization.
This team was led by Glyn Stacey, Ph.D., of the U.K.'s National Institute for Biological Standards and Control. According to Dr. Stacey, "Not all laboratories will have the same level of expertise in cell culture or familiarity with vital quality control procedures. These will be essential to avoid the circulation of iPSC lines that have become contaminated or switched with other cell lines."
Finally, an editorial explained that the ability to preselect the donor genotype of iPSC lines would enhance immune matching in cell therapy. In this editorial ("Towards The Development of a Global Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Library"), the authors maintained that deriving iPSC lines on an individual basis would be impractical for large-scale efforts, and that iPSC banks instead should rely on lines from a small pool of individuals.
This group of authors was led by Ian Wilmut, FRS, FRSE, chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. According to Dr. Wilmut, "Calculations suggest that cells from approximately 150 selected people would provide a useful immunological match for the majority of people," explained Dr. Wilmut.
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The team at Air Evac Lifeteam Lewisburg base recently hosted a ribbon cutting and open house in celebration of its 15th anniversary serving area residents, hospitals and EMS agencies. The base, located at 1879 Franklin Pike in Lewisburg, opened in May 1999. Renee Crotzer, program director for the Lewisburg Air Evac base, said she is proud to serve the residents of Marshall County and surrounding communities.
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ST. JOHNSBURY A woman and her boyfriend are facing charges they forced the womans 12-year-old son to smoke marijuana at their Groton home.
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To The Editor: The audacity of Eva Ritchey to now cry crocodile tears because of starving people who cannot afford to buy rice or other food staples. Reference her May 8 T-N letter.
It is indeed Ritchey and her ilk who have caused this tragic debacle of a world food crisis when we are now attempting to obtain both fuel and cornbread from corn fields. This process is a net consumer of energy, not a net producer of energy.
While the Chinese are literally preparing to pump our oil out from under us, we watch helplessly as both fuel and food prices skyrocket.
The Democrats have stymied at every turn our efforts to defend against the piracy that defines OPEC today.
They have stonewalled our urgent need to develop energy resources, both abundant and available, we must have if we are to continue as a civilized society.
Human activity as a significant factor in global warming is a hoax. Purporting to grow the nations energy needs in the cornfield is a hoax. And the more than tragic results of the far lefts effort to make us believe this are now coming home to roost.
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"Welcome to the Zion Archive. You have selected Historical File #12-1: The Second Renaissance." So begins the short film of the same name by Mahiro Maeda [Flash: 1 2 - QuickTime: 1 2] -- a devastating yet beautiful work of animation. Originally produced to explain the backstory behind the Matrix trilogy, Maeda's project ended up telling a story far darker and more affecting than any blockbuster. Using a blend of faux documentary footage and visual metaphor, his serene Instructor relates in biblical tones the saga of Man and Machine, how age-old cruelty and hatred birthed a horrifying, apocalyptic struggle that consumed the world. Packed with striking imagery and historical allusions galore, this dark allegory easily transcends the films it was made for. But while "The Second Renaissance" is arguably the best work to come from the Matrix franchise, it's hardly alone -- it's just one of the projects made for The Animatrix, a collection of nine superb anime films in a wide variety of styles designed to explore the universe and broaden its scope beyond the usual sci-fi action of the movies. Click inside for a guide to these films with links to where they can be watched online, along with a look at The Matrix Comics, a free series of comics, art, and short fiction created for the same purpose by some of the best talent in the business. [more inside]
Meet the Beat-Alls
Ten years ago today, Cartoon Network aired a very special episode of The Powerpuff Girls. Though nominally a harmless kids series about three adorable kindergarten superheroes, creator Craig McCracken attracted an unexpectedly diverse audience (50% male, 25% adult) by sneaking in a surprising amount of violence and adult in-jokes -- and on that last point, this particular episode was king. Broadcast on the 37th anniversary of their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, "Meet the Beat-Alls" was an extended and sophisticated metaphor for the rise and fall of The Beatles, cramming more than forty song references and dozens of visual jokes into only ten minutes of animated allegory. Catch the original episode here or read the transcript, but for the full effect, watch this remarkable YouTube mash-up that splices the referenced song clips directly into the audio track and plasters the screen with helpful annotations. Want more PPG goodness? You can start with the special "Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!" (part 2), a sly, hyperkinetic celebration of the show's tenth anniversary directed by McCracken himself that features every character (and totally subverts an important one). But as far as weirdness goes, it's hard to top Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi, a long-running fan-made webcomic which stars the trio alongside Dexter, Samurai Jack, Invader Zim, and tons of other network icons in an unusually dark manga adventure. Oh, and don't forget your plate of beans.
Single Link Saturday Night Dance Party: The neon-dripped hallucinatory candy-pop world ofBrite Futures' - Sideways Pony Tail [more inside]
The Wonderful World of Babel
Unlike many cinematic exports, the Disney canon of films distinguishes itself with an impressive dedication to dubbing. Through an in-house service called Disney Character Voices International, not just dialogue but songs, too, are skillfully re-recorded, echoing the voice acting, rhythm, and rhyme scheme of the original work to an uncanny degree (while still leaving plenty of room for lyrical reinvention). The breadth of the effort is surprising, as well -- everything from Arabic to Icelandic to Zulu gets its own dub, and their latest project, The Princess and the Frog, debuted in more than forty tongues. Luckily for polyglots everywhere, the exhaustiveness of Disney's translations is thoroughly documented online in multilanguage mixes and one-line comparisons, linguistic kaleidoscopes that cast new light on old standards. Highlights: "One Jump Ahead," "Prince Ali," and "A Whole New World" (Aladdin) - "Circle of Life," "Hakuna Matata," and "Luau!" (The Lion King) - "Under the Sea" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (The Little Mermaid) - "Belle" and "Be Our Guest" (Beauty and the Beast) - "Just Around the Riverbend" (Pocahontas) - "One Song" and "Heigh-Ho" (Snow White) - "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (Cinderella) - Medley (Pinocchio) - "When She Loved Me" (Toy Story 2) - Intro (Monsters, Inc.)
Where did that great song from Long-Haired Hare come from, anyway? [more inside]
Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing
Spheremetrical (Here With You) — from the Last Heist EP by Impactist, a directing duo with a diverse background in film production, design, animation, music, and the fine arts.
I'm In The Middle of Your Picture
Adam Calfee makes beautiful, haunting animations, including videos for
Ill Bill - My Uncle
Ill Bill - War Is My Destiny
Radiohead - All I Need (not quite completed, but a more fully-realized minute long sample here)
and the short piece Moonboy.
Ill Bill - My Uncle
Ill Bill - War Is My Destiny
Radiohead - All I Need (not quite completed, but a more fully-realized minute long sample here)
and the short piece Moonboy.
You don't have to have a point, to have a point.
Once upon a time in the town of Point, everything - all the buildings, trees, and even the people were pointed. Except for one little round-headed kid named Oblio. "I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.'" – Harry Nilsson" [more inside]
Vocaloid Storytime
The Vocaloids,1 anime-like characters created for the singing synthasizer program by the Yamaha Corporation, have been capturing the imaginations of Japanese fans for more than a year. They've inspired and starred in a large body of fan-produced songs and animated videos,2 ranging from macabre to sorrowful to dramatic to humorous. [Massive MLYTP] [more inside]
Story From North America
Story From North America. A boy learns to appreciate life in all its forms via song.
I 've Told you,sit relax
Animata is an open source real-time animation software, designed to create animations, interactive background projections for concerts, theatre and dance performances.
The Butterfly Ball (and the Grasshopper's Feast)
In 1975, Roger Glover of Deep Purple staged a rock opera based on William Roscoe's poem "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast". (The book had been reprinted the previous year, with illustrations by popular record sleeve artist Alan Aldridge.) The performance -- which featured such talent as Judi Dench, Vincent Price, Twiggy, and Ronnie James Dio (!) -- and subsequent recording met with enough interest that British animation company Halas & Batchelor had planned a feature-length animated adaptation. While the full animated movie never materialized, a Max Fleischer-influenced three-minute short accompanying the opening song, "Love is All", was broadcast frequently around the world. (Stateside viewers might remember it from such disparate programs as"The Great Space Coaster", "Pinwheel" and, uh, "Night Flight".) [Previously on MeFi: Alan Aldridge.]
You're not like the others. You like the same things I do: Wax paper. Boiled football leather. Dog breath.
Pierre Precieuse
The unusual video for Tais Toi Mon Coeur, by Dionysos, featuring Olivia Ruiz. [more inside]
Pop Art in motion.
Clever! Peppy! Immensely entertaining! The opening sequence of the Dick Cavett Show was a little masterpiece of 60s pop graphics. A similar aesthetic is at work here in this 60s era PSA reminding you to vote. Here's some jazzy 60s animation: a commercial for Beechnut Gum. And lots more typically 60s animation and graphics on display here in this Animation Commercial Collection.
So raise your glass high for tomorrow we die
For the fourth single off their second album, My Chemical Romance shot a World War II mini-movie^ that was turned into the video for The Ghost of You. Fast-forward to MCR's third album and a fan-made animated storybook video that continues the story from The Ghost of You video, incorporating the plot from the concept album Welcome to the Black Parade^, and set to the song Mama. Fans are sometimes pretty awesome.
Roger Mainwood's 1979 animated film of Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn', plus other assorted forward-thinking clips featuring the same music and/or theme
Autobahn, a 12 minute animated film by Roger Mainwood, was commissioned by Kraftwerk's record label in 1979 to be released on one of the first ever laser discs. [more inside]
The Animated Oppa Novy God
18 animators collaborate on a cute little cartoon set to a song by Oppa Novy God, a "festive brass band" from St. Petersburg. (via Bloody Circus of Scary Dolls)
1920s hodge podge.
Let's pay a little visit, shall we, to everyone's favorite lasso twirlin', geetar strummin' stars of the Vaudeville stage, Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboys Then let's head for the South Pacific, for the "Hawaiian" sounds of Witt and Berg. And from the early days of the "talkie", Max Fleischer explains the new-fangled technology for us in the 1929 cartoon, Finding His Voice.
The Model of a Psychopharmacologist
we know a place where no cars go
"Not much chance for survival, if the Neon Bible is right." Presented by Arcade Fire which is a band that hails out of Montreal. Okay. So I'm easily entertained, but you will believe a turkey can roast marshmallows. Requires flash.
hang low
But offstage, a vicious love triangle and Jughead's eating disorder threatened to tear the band apart...
Hailing from wholesome Riverdale, USA, The Archies were a fresh-faced gang of teens who rocketed to the top of the pops. Listen to their first album on ArchieComics.com now! [Via Comics Should Be Good!]
Count on it.
1, 2, 3,4, 5,6,7, 8, 9,10, 11,12! Classic Sesame Street taught us Counting and other important stuff.
MTV for emotaku
Anime Music Videos. Yet another remixing web subculture, they're usually a source of amateurishly produced angst. From the competitive perfectionists, though, come well lipsynched, action packed, meta-mashuped, and occasionally just filthy stuff for cartoon nerds. Besides the usual metal, ballads, and pop rock, there's some Daft Punk, club, and downtempo accompaniment. Or you can just go to hell. Wear headphones and no-one will know.
Un seul de tes regards
Orpheus and Eurydice, the acid-tinged, animated music video version.
Well I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys and my pride
Harry Everett Smith
Harry Everett Smith was a, "20th-century Renaissance man, working as an abstract film-maker, painter, musicologist, anthropologist, theoretician, self-mythologizer and connoisseur of arcana". His Anthology of American Folk Music was hugely influential on American music, while his alchemical, synæsthetic films were to have a similar impact on experimental film and animation. Enjoy his mesmerising and astonishing "Early Abstractions" on Youtube [part 1 or 4], hear Harry lecture, or listen to some tracks from The Anthology.
Animusic! (youtube) Animusic! Neat animation.
Cheesy Poofs
Futures, organic abstraction in motion in this music video directed by Robert Seidel (previously) for Zero 7.
Tale of How
Tale of How, [mpg] a short film by The Blackheart Gang. [with extra mp3 audio]
The Music Animation Machine is a way to visualize complex music - fugues and sonatas and all that. Other tools, such as those mentioned previously here and here, accomplish a similar task in a way, but this is still very, very cool. Watch and download all the videos you can. Bach, Chopin, Scarlatti... if only there were more! Of course, you could buy the DVD.
Visual Harmony
Whitney Music Box [flash] from KrazyDad. You can read about and see examples of John Whitney's work on this extremely ugly website.
You do it to yourself, you do
Excellent music video for an interesting cover version of Radiohead's Just (originally off of The Bends) by British musician Mark Ronson. Song is done in a more 1960's Stax-Volt Records style, using gratuitous horn samples; video is shot on the streets of an English city (I believe London, but am not sure) and features animated graffiti coming to life & dancing to the song, as well as a cameo by the tiled creations of Invader. First link goes to a page about the song, with video download links in wmv & qt at the bottom. Still no answer as to what that guy was saying in the original version of the video, sadly.
Kanye & Pympton
"Heard 'Em Say" is Kanye West's latest video, animated by the legendary Bill Plympton.
Italo Calvino sparks obsessions
Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is so called because it asserts that what makes up a city is not so much its physical structure but the impression it imparts upon its visitors, the way its inhabitants move within, something unseen that hums between the cracks. This, however, has in no way dissuaded people from attempting to give form to his works. One such example is the Hotel Tressants, a building in Menorca, Spain containing 8 rooms named after and inspired by various cities from the novel. Meanwhile, artists offer illustrations1,2,3, installations 1,2,3,4,5, music1,2,3,4,5,6 and dance, hypertexts1,2, computer programs and animations, even View-Master slides, while intellectuals offer readings and commentary1,2, lectures1,2, and critical texts1,2,3 sparked by the man and his writings. It has been dubbed "The Calvino Effect". Do you know of any more?
Musical flash frippery
Four happy flash music clips to kick off your day: pla, 9:09, Brazil, and Field Guide to Snapping.
Two peas in a pod.
Every July, peas grow there. {mp3}
Eat Your Peas. {mov}
Eat Your Peas. {mov}
billy harvey dot com
Hey how's it going? Welcome to Billy Harvey dot com. Thanks for stopping by my site...I like to sing & dance & draw. The folks at sofake deliver another intriguing interface. (flash and sound alert) via B.A.'s Weblog
Like music, with balls
Animusic Just saw a video from thes folks as a between shows filler on PBS. Remember Herbie Hancock's robotic music video from the mid-80s? This is classical music but even cooler--no hands used in playing--endorsed by Jon Anderson and Alan Parsons.
Dream FAQ
Videohelper.com sells music and sound effects to film/video producers. Here's their FAQ. It's the most fun FAQ I've ever read when I wasn't even trying to have fun. Though they are a serious business, their entire site is in this style. I want to work there!
Not the real Slim Shady
The Real Hussein Warning: Shockwave
We Didn't Start The Flash Fire
We Didn't Start The Fire in Flash. Hilarious and educational. All together now ... [via LMG]
Kittens + The White Stripes = "Punk Kittens" I know it's not Friday yet, but I thought this was too good to wait.
mysterio sympatico
mysterio sympatico is the latest collaboration between jazz guitarist bill frisell and cartoonist jim woodring, who designed a few covers for frisell's records. in honor of flash friday, whimgrinder is online for your amusement (though sadly without frisell's score). what are some animation/music combos you'd like to see?
www.nevergetoveryou Instant musical classic? With lyrics like: "I stayed up all night - Construction web-site - Just click on our fight - And watch me crying" how could you go wrong? Make sure you check out the trippy animated music video. I guess, like Gorillaz, Simon & Milo are "not real", but it looks like they're huge in Canada.
Mean-spirited flash rock mockumentaries: Behind The Music That Sucks
Love the new Gorillaz video
Love the new Gorillaz video (in Cinema section. Warning: Shockwave intensive). But is it me, or is their music just a bit so-so? And rejecting the Mercury Music Prize was just petulant.
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Book your room at Carmel Charme Resort
Get an overview of this hotelUpscale resort on the beach, with 2 spa tubs
This Jacauna resort is on the beach, 0 mi (0 km) from Barro Preto Beach, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Praia do Presidio and Aquiraz Riviera Golf Course. Aquiraz Beach and Porto das Dunas Beach are also within 20 mi (32 km).
Resort Features
Guests of this beach resort will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as a spa tub and a health club.
Room Amenities
All 35 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Guests will also find balconies, 24-hour room service, and minibars.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Carmel Charme ResortRua Barro Preto, s/n Aquiraz CE 61700-000
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan in the sun loungers (chaise longues) or kick back in the shade with complimentary cabanas and umbrellas. After a day at the beach, enjoy amenities at Carmel Charme Resort like a complimentary children's club, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool.
A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Dining options at the resort include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar, a swim-up bar, and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This luxury resort also offers a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 35
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Theme park shuttle (surcharge)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- 24-hour front desk
- Health club
- Arcade/game room
- Library
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Rooftop terrace
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Beach umbrellas
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Free self parking
- Year Built 2011
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Beach bar
- Indoor tennis court
- Tennis on site
- Swim-up bar
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Indoor tennis court
- Children's club (free)
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Slippers
- Free toiletries
- Rainfall showerhead
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor tennis court and a health club are featured at the resort. 2 spa tubs are on site along with an outdoor pool. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a spa tub and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Kayaking nearby
- Rafting nearby
Spa Services
- Massages
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed (service dogs only)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Only service dogs are allowed
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
Hotel Name
- Carmel Charme
- Carmel Charme Aquiraz
- Carmel Charme Resort
- Carmel Charme Resort Aquiraz
- Carmel Charme Resort Brazil/Aquiraz, Ceara
We should mention
Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Catherine warns you to climb or die
The final Catherine trailer finally shows off the meat of the gameplay – climbing a block tower while trying not to shit your pants in fear.
Catherine releases on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US on July 26. No European launch has been announced.
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Travel Guide Caribbean United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix
© All Rights Reserved BryanG
Saint Croix is the southernmost and largest of the United States Virgin Islands. It's Danish history is reflected in the name of the capital: Christiansted. Although there are some direct flights from the US, it is far less touristy than St. Thomas, it's busy northern neighbour from where you can take a flight or, if you fancy, a ferry to the island of St. Croix.
The Estate Whim Plantation Museum is a striking example of the island's colonial sugarcane history. Unfortunately, today only several acres of the original 150 that made upt the Whim Plantation survive as the museum. Still, alltogether the grounds display the days when sugarcane ruled the island like it did on many other Caribbean islands.
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Although Christiansted hosts four lively Jump Up celebrations per year, none are more famous than the St Croix community's annual Valentine's Day extravaganza of arts, crafts, food, and mythical mocko jumbies dressed in colorful silks and stilts. The calls of outdoor vendors and the sounds of local musicians fill the air during this upbeat Valentine's Day celebration.
Foodies will undoubtedly enjoy this annual one-day April festival at St Croix's only all-inclusive resort, the Divi Carina Bay All Inclusive Beach Resort and Casino. No fewer than 50 of the region's most renowned restaurants serve their finest dishes during this celebration of St Croix's finest culinary talent. French and Italian food is served alongside traditional Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean meals. All festival proceeds go towards the St Croix Foundation.
St Croix continues its reputation as the unofficial culinary capital of the US Virgin Islands with this annual late June tribute to the island's most famous tropical fruit at the St George Village Botanical Garden. Although the festival grew to include other fruits after Hurricane Lenny destroyed the 1999 mango crop, mangoes continue to be this festival's main focus. Visitors can sample several of the more than 80 different mango varieties grown throughout St Croix in the forms of mango butter, beer, wine, and even sushi. The festival also features mango cooking and eating contests.
Fort Frederik Beach and the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts are the main venues of this November jazz festival held in Frederiksted each November. Some of St Croix's finest jazz musicians perform alongside musical legends such as Tito Puente, Jr and Pete Escovedo. Mocko jumbies, food vendors, and arts and crafts accompany these free musical performances.
Saint Croix has a very pleasant and tropical climate with generally warm and humid weather. The seabreeze makes things relatively mild though and water is never far away. Temperatures generally average around 30 °C during the day yearround and 23 °C at night. December to May is the dry season, where July to October is the rainy season, but this generally means some showers at the end of the day instead of days of rain on end. Hurricanes are possible though from August to October.
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (STX) is the main gateway. Destinations include Miami, Atlanta, Saint Thomas, San Juan, Anguilla, Nevis, Dominica, Saint Barths, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Charlotte.
There is a ferry between Christiansted, St. Croix and Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. The ferry departs from the Marine Terminals in Gallows Bay on St. Croix and in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, taking about 75 minutes to travel between the two towns. Check the Virgin Island Fast Ferry website for details about prices and schedules.
The ferry has not been in operation for years.
Ask joschus a question about Saint Croix
I moved to St, Croix, US Virgin Islands nearly 11 years ago from the States and made it my full-time home. We built our home here so I'm aware of construction issues here and travel abroad which familiarizes me with traveling to and from the islands. If you have any questions about St. Croix, ask away!
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46 Reviews
Here's a winner. I am not an egg fan at all, and was looking for ways to get more protein in my diet via eggs. Here it is! LOVE it. Made lots of changes, but the basic recipe is just a winner. You can mess with this big time, as I did, and it is still great. I cut the "good stuff" by using egg beaters, skim milk with no cream, promise spread in place of butter, and only 1 cup cheese. Veg = mushrooms, red pepper, cilantro, a can of green chilies, and one tomato sliced on top. Also added a cup of chopped chicken breast from last night's dinner and some spices. Excellent! Will try different ingredients. This is a keeper. Simple and FAST! Thanks.
Made this recipe as small muffin size quiches for school lunches and Little Miss (DD) loved them. She asked for shredded ham and cheese only! They only needed about 35 mins before they started to brown up so I took them out of the oven and they were perfect inside. Thanks Mumma for a easy recipe.
Unmatched in ease! I made this mid week and it made a beyond easy brown bag lunch for the rest of the week! I used pre cooked venison sausage, crumbled, sauteed onions, zucchini, and red bell pepper. Also added about a half tsp salt, some freshly ground black pepper and a bit of garlic paste with the sauteed veggies. Turned out beautifully browned on the edges and with a great creamy texture. I did only use 1/4 C. flour however, since I did spot more than a few reviews about an overly firm texture when the full amount was used...my only change, and it worked great!
Loved it! I didn't have self rising flour but you can make your own by adding 3/4 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt to the 1/2 cup all purpose (or whole wheat) flour. Very forgiving and flexible base recipe!
I own a lodge that has a simple restaurant and we use this recipe often - it's become a staple of our menu. It's great with just about anything (the cooks have come up with some interesting combinations!). I use it often at home for last minute 'what are we going to have for dinner?' times or when you have unexpected guests and need to whip something up quickly with what is on hand.
I loved the simplicity of this recipe and the appearance, but felt that my quiche turned out a bit too firm and thick in consistency compared to other quiches I have made. I will try adding 1/4 cup self raising flour next time. Thanks for the recipe.
So glad I found this recipe, I love quiche but I hate making pie crusts and here in Nicaragua you can't buy them pre-made. I used chicken, sausage and broccoli for the filling this time, next time I think I will try spinach and bacon. I will be making this a lot. I used the suggested amount of flour and thought it came out just fine. I have company coming for several weeks and I will definitely be serving this a few times while they are here, easy to put together so you don't spend all your time in the kitchen and can socialize with your guests :)
Hmmm. The basic idea is good. I enjoyed making them in a muffin tin, as another reviewer suggested. And I thought the amount of flour was good. But I found them bland. I added corn, red peppers, and green onions; smoked paprika, cajun seasoning, and salt and pepper for flavor... but not enough apparently. Hubby said twice that they were too bland.
If you're hesitant about making this - don't be, just do it! I made this for lunch with a fresh salad and I had rave reviews from my family. I fried some garlic, onions and bacon before adding mushrooms and leftover roasted butternut squash to the egg mixture. The quantities are perfect (I'm always wary when testing a new recipe) and timing is spot on. Next time I'll leave out the butter, I don't think it's necessary with the cheese and cream. This recipe is wonderful, I'm looking forward to making it again.
I made them as mini-quiches using muffin tins, tripling the recipe so I ended up with 36 regular muffin sized mini-quiches to bring to a brunch meeting tomorrow--a third are spinach-mushroom (use fresh, coarsely chopped), a third are spinach-tomato (2/3 can of chopped tomato and fresh coarsely chopped spinach) and a third are ham (store-bought cubed). I paid close attention to making the egg mixture, but everything else was sloppy and turned out just great by eyeballing it. Really super, easy, adjustable recipe--this one's a keeper!


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Loonie May Touch 2-Year High Versus Dollar, Credit Suisse Says
Canada's dollar may gain to the strongest level versus its U.S. counterpart since 2007 amid expectations the Canadian central bank will raise interest rates before the Federal Reserve, according to Credit Suisse Group AG.
"We are raising our forecasts for the Canadian dollar after today's shift to a more hawkish stance by the Bank of Canada," currency strategists including Ray Farris in London and Daniel Katzive in New York wrote in a note to clients. U.S. and Canadian government bonds are "now approaching levels in two-year rate differentials that prevailed during the previous U.S. dollar-Canadian dollar push below parity in late 2007," they wrote.
The loonie, as Canada's currency is nicknamed for the image of the aquatic bird on the C$1 coin, may appreciate within 12 months to 95 Canadian cents to the greenback, a level last seen in November 2007, the Credit Suisse strategists wrote.
The Bank of Canada signaled today it may be first in the Group of Seven to increase borrowing costs, joining other countries such as India and Australia, as economic growth accelerates and stokes inflation.
Canada's dollar strengthened 1.6 percent to 99.87 Canadian cents per U.S. dollar, from C$1.0144 yesterday. Canadian two-year notes yielded 2 percent today, 0.99 percentage point more than U.S. two-year notes, the most since March 2008.


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BALI, Indonesia (September 30, 2013)--Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World this weekend on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where the contest's final round was moved because of protests by Muslim hardliner groups.
Security was tight as the 127 contestants vying for the crown were introduced Saturday wearing evening gowns shimmering in sequins, many of them with plunging necklines and slits up the leg.
The Islamic Defenders Front complained that the pageant showed too much skin and went against Islamic teachings.
The new Miss World, who's 23, was born in the United States, but moved to the Philippines when she was 10.
She has appeared in films and as a television host.