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First impressions count and design could make or break your project
Beautiful design can drive user adoption of open source software
Nowadays we see beautiful design everywhere in our daily life. The digital world is no exception. Many of the websites we visit and the desktop and mobile apps that we use started to be so beautifully designed, that user perceptions on design started to change. As a result, everybody is becoming more design savvy. Users who didn't care about contrast, button color or responsiveness in the past now critique companies whenever they make a user interface or experience update.
Do you remember the user reaction after several Digg re-designs? Why don't you use GIMP over Photoshop even though as an average user you won't need most the extras Photoshop has? There are hundreds of other examples where you will see design and user experience having a great impact on product adoption rates and continuity.
Open source software always has the advantage of offering a free alternative to mainstream solutions, but it doesn't guarantee user adoption.
Your end user – whether an individual or a business – will care about two main points:
1. Does the product do what it is supposed to do to make our life/business efficient/productive/easy/connected/fun etc.?
2. Does it feel right to use it?
Everything else comes afterwards. Even if there is a free open source alternative, people will often pay for the premium product if the open source one fails in either of the above points.
If you're developing open source software, hopefully it addresses the first point because that's why you're building it in the first place. But if your product fails the second step, users will not hesitate to go to Google and search for "X alternatives". First impressions count. And even if your software or app solves a problem, if the design or user experience falls short, then you probably won't be able to fix the bad impression you had from this user ever again. Worst of all the user will likely tell their network , and voila, you instantly created the worst viral marketing campaign ever.
With today's design-aware user base, every piece of software needs to have the best possible look and feel from day one. If it doesn't, it is one step closer to disappearing into the darkness because someone else will come along with a better-designed product that does the same job in no time. Open source software has a bigger responsibility making sure the product is well designed since users may already be skeptical about it. Don't give your users another reason to be skeptical with a creepy '90s interface!
I'll dive into web side of the business since it is where my expertise is, but most of the points are applicable to mobile and desktop software. As an open source product developer, I know the challenges most people like me face in terms of design. You are an excellent programmer and you have friends with the same skill set. You see a need for a new/different solution in the market and dive into building it right away. Design becomes something that you will figure out on the way. Well, that is just wrong, my friend. You need a design vision for the product; you need to be able to show the world how it will look and feel like when it is finished, you need solid proof that you are the right team with the right vision for the problem.
That is why we didn't hesitate to include a designer co-founder on the Countly team. We are building a developer tool, but having the best design and user experience in the market helps us grow exponentially. This allows us to work with big corporations because they can see how serious we are about what we do, our vision and our capability just by a single glimpse of the well-designed product demo. Don't hesitate for a single moment to include a design person in your team if you have the chance.
There's a vast amount of free design resources/tools available for us. Even if you are a team of all technical people, you have access to incredible resources like Bootstrap, Font-Awesome, Google Fonts, JQuery, D3.js, Backbone, AngularJS and tons of other resources that practically open the doors for non-designers to be able to build beautiful software (assuming you learned a thing or two about common design practices from all the websites you visit). Make use of these resources, make people's lives easier and most important of all: Build the future, but do it with a style.
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Hi Onur,
I wonder if you have any insights from the enterprise software industry. Everybody knows enterprise software is usually hard/complicated to use and the interface is ugly and cluttered. I'm wondering if this has started to change (following the consumer market) and if there are some nice examples of enterprise software re-design.
I just wanted to point out while Gimp is the traditional er, scape goat in this kind of debate (haha scape *goat*, if you get it), actually the Gimp vs. Photoshop debate isn't really all that relevant and hasn't been at least for the past couple of years. Gimp has a UX team lead by Peter Sikking (of http://mmiworks.net/ ) and they have been making steady progress in improving the UI. Honestly it's pretty darn good now.
A better modern-day example might be - oh, I don't know - XChat vs Colloquy or something.
I know it's a bit off of the point you were trying to make, but I couldn't not say something - sorry :(
GIMP has made some great improvements over the year. I agree. I still find myself using Photoshop quite a bit, however, because I find the results tend to be better for me on many projects. Sometimes the work I do comes out a little more pixelated in GIMP than in Photoshop. I don't know why this is.
If I could figure out how layers work in GIMP, I'm totally switching. It's just not intuitive for me.
The usual problem we face is users who have never heard of layers before (i.e. they go from Paint to GIMP), have no concept of them altogether and thus can't handle them.
Users of other applications that have layer support and thus know about layers are rare, and so their problems are never addressed.
They are much better in the latest builds - happy to do a YouTube demo, gimme a little bit... :)
Design is still the weakest point in several open source projects. Happily that has been changing recently but there's still much work to do.
Community to can face more problems; and paid consumers cannot.
However if people paid for something, they have inner desire to make their payment worthy more. Make something useful, so much weight their money is. For me, money just a bunch of number, so I'm confident to say this.
Contacdictary to pre-release in-house paid/self-sustain testing, open-source's tend to rely more on user testing.
The reason behind is probably dramatically different fund distribution, people seldom care how real-money/value is produced or why there is money, they just feel money flowing aside.
Lets' face it, never open-source easier getting larger amount money flowing as easy as closed-source. Open means options and oppotunities on user side, also heavier competation thats too fatal for many.
Everywhere within the society taught people not so dark they are, while they are chaining and forming cages to force user in.
You cannot deny and shall not think about it, or you are scared to think about it, and rarely one go ready to untie the tie - we are social animals after all.
eXo Platform ( http://www.exoplatform.com ) is probably one of the most beautiful Open Source software.
This awesomeness was introduce with the version 4.0 . It had a clear impact on the downloads and installs.


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Hello batophobia.
It's been awhile, has it not? A couple years since we last enjoyed the other's acquaintance. I believe I was standing on a narrow, grated catwalk some 450 feet off the ground, the only thing separating me from doing a Peter Pan off the Cross Generating Station tower was an iron bar painted yellow with a yellow sign dangling off it saying CAUTION.
It was a good thing we were wearing earplugs, that way nobody could hear me scream.
But that was then. This is now.
It's been two years since my feet have left terra firma.
I don't like heights. I suffer from batophobia, the fear of heights, or tall things.
Anything height related bothers me – tall things, deep things (just heights in reverse), tall things in the distance, giants (that's called Fee-Fi-phobia). The list is endless.
My fear of heights is well documented.
Medical journals call batophobia an intense, persistent, irrational and unwarranted fear of heights or being close to high buildings. I take great umbrage with this definition. There is nothing intense, irrational or unwarranted about my fear of heights.
Still, at my age I feel it's time to confront my fear head on, to scoff at the tiny voice in the back of my mind screaming bloody murder whenever it sees a tall thing or I am up high in the sky.
It's time – while there is nothing wrong with being more than a little cautious about heights – to no longer be afraid.
So I agreed to go up in a helicopter.
I will take a real, live helicopter ride from Moncks Corner to downtown Charleston. If I'm lucky I'll get to go this week. Or maybe next week. Or next month.
There's no rush.
Nothing is set in stone yet as apparently riding in a helicopter is a little more involved than strapping into the seat and donning the Top Gun shades, which reminds me I have to purchase a pair for my ride.
There is some paperwork to complete first. And a waiver to sign. We'll get to the waiver in a minute.
The first question I was asked, "How much do you weigh?"
Apparently there is a limit.
I remember wanting to bungie jump once – not bungie jump as in jump off a bridge with nothing keeping me from smacking the ground than a pair of cheap luggage cables – but this bungie contraption they had hooked up to the cruise ship.
They harnessed you in and then "SNAP!" they send you up into the sky. Once again, the only thing keeping me from going into low altitude earth orbit were cheap luggage cables.
They also asked me how much I weighed, and apparently I weighed too much.
This is one of those good things to know before I ride in a helicopter. I'm a big guy.
I don't want to be 500 feet off the ground and the red warning light comes on and the pilot looks at the co-pilot and says, "We're too heavy, we're going to crash!"
And the co-pilot looks at me and says, "Throw the fat guy out!"
I don't want that.
I do want one thing, though.
I have something to ask of you before I go climb onboard a helicopter. Please. Talk me out of it.
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LEWISTOWN - Two local churches are bringing musician and writer Gabriel Allred for two special worship events in June.
A Night of Worship with Allred will be held at 7 p.m. June 3 at the Grace Covenant Church, 205 Washington Ave., Lewistown, and 7 p.m. June 4 at the Abundant Life Ministry Center, William Penn Highway between Mexico and Thompsontown.
Allred is the worship director at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas, Texas. With more than 16 years of worship leading experience, Allred's passion is to simply host the presence of the Lord, according to a press release about Allred. His innovative acoustic guitar playing, soaring voice and prophetic edge are the tools the Lord has given him to lead in worship, the release states.
He has written numerous contemporary Christian worship songs including, "We Are Yours," "He Is," "Son Of God" and "Deeper Places," the release states.
Last year, when Grace Covenant hosted the Christ for the Nations tour, more than 400 people attended, said Ernie Solt, one of the local organizers.
Allred, who trains the Christ for the Nations teams, has a worship style that "pulls you right along with him," Solt said.
While worship of the Lord is the main goal of the evening, Solt said they also hope to make it a night of outreach by asking people to bring canned goods for local food pantries the Hand of Grace in Mifflin County and the Abundant Harvest Food Bank in Juniata County.
"We're going through thousands of pounds of food every month," Solt said of Hand of Grace, the food ministry of Grace Covenant.
In May, volunteers packed 540 boxes of food for local families, Solt said.
"Our purpose is to fulfill Matthew 22: 37-39, where we are charged to love God with all our being - expressed through our worship, and to love others as we love ourselves - expressed by providing food for the poor," Solt said.
The local concerts are free, and a free will offering will be taken. For more information about Allred, visit www.gabrielallred.com.


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"We are very excited to welcome Pink to the Oscar stage for the first time," producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement on Friday. "We are thrilled to have her join us for a highly anticipated moment on the broadcast."
The "Just Give Me a Reason" singer, who Tweeted "#holycow" when she shared the big news, isn't the only big name singing at the Oscars for the first time – Bette Midler, who's been nominated for an Oscar twice and served as a presenter, will also be performing.
Will they duet on "Wind Beneath My Wings" while Pink performs her trademark aerial acrobatics high above the A-list crowd? Producers aren't saying but we hope so!
Ellen DeGeneres is hosting the Oscars, which air on ABC on March 2, and presenters include Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway and Daniel-Day Lewis.
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"He was fantastic – not a single problem," director Randall Cole tells PEOPLE. "He was a total professional and knew his lines. There was no diva behavior at all." Nor was there any hint of turmoil between Stahl and his wife Rose, who visited the set along with their then-infant daughter, Marlo. But court documents filed earlier this year tell a different story.
In February, Rose filed a petition calling for child support from her husband. Those papers also state that she would have their daughter 100 percent of the time and Stahl would have eight hours of supervised visitation per week. He was also required to take a drug test within 24 hours of each visitation.
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Detectives have been searching for Stahl since the actor's wife, Rose, reported him missing to the Los Angeles Police Department Monday morning.
"We are tracking down a few leads and using internal sources with information we have to see if we can quickly locate him," L.A.P.D. Detective Carmine S. Sasso, who is handling the case, tells PEOPLE.
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And what of reports that substance abuse issues are involved in Stahl's disappearance?
"In general, [this case] is similar to a lot of our adult missing persons cases," says Det. Sasso. "Of the 14,000 missing persons cases I've handled over the past four years, there's a very good percentage of those involving drug issues and a separation from families. The vast majority of them have been successfully solved. Hopefully this one will be too."
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Stahl, a Texas native who began acting at age 4 and got his big break in Mel Gibson's 1993 drama The Man Without a Face, has acknowledged past struggles with drugs and alcohol.
When another onetime child star, actor Brad Renfro, died from a heroin overdose at age 25 in 2008, Stahl said he had seen warning signs when the pair costarred in 2001's Bully.
"There was a lot of recreational drinking and things like that going on during the shoot," Stahl told The San Francisco Chronicle in 2008. "For someone like me, who has been through drugs and drinking, it was pretty easy to spot that Brad had problems."
Stahl also admitted that he had struggled as a child star.
"It warps your ability to find a certain identity," he said. "You are in a strange limbo. You are working in an adult world but being very young, you are not a part of it. You can't be included in it really. Then you go home and because you're with your friends not all that often, you're not fully a part of that, either."
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McConaughey, who reportedly based the character of Wooderson on his own older brother, was so taken with the character's life philosophy that he named his production company after it: JKL Productions, as in, "Just keep livin', man… L-I-V-I-N."
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#6. "Dinner Time"
If you've never heard of it before, Garry's Mod is a game/mod program on Steam that lets you create and play pretty much whatever you want. Gamers, being what they are, decided to use it almost exclusively to make ridiculous videos. And the world is a better place for it.
The one above is called "Dinner Time," and it is the epitome of stupid. In a good way. At 27 seconds, it's exactly as long as it needs to be, which is rare for any comedy video -- most of them try to stretch a 10-second joke into a five-minute bag of coffin nails. But Dr. Face knew that this needed to be exactly 24 seconds' worth of nonsense punctuated by a three-second closer that borders on surrealism. It's perfect, and I've watched it way more times than a healthy person should ever admit. So I won't put a number on it. It's securely in the double digits, though. For now.
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Say what you want about Reddit, but there is no site in the world better at finding totally innocent things like a Christmas ad and turning it into something horrifying and wrong. That page I linked spells it out in no uncertain terms -- "This advert is 1000x better if you imagine they're all looking at your penis" -- but if you honestly watched that TK Maxx ad and didn't come to that conclusion on your own, I don't ever want to know you, because we come from different galaxies. And you know how racist I am against aliens.
And maybe it says something dark and terrible about my sense of humor, but when they get to that baby, I absolutely lose it every time. The way it gazes down in awestruck amazement and then looks back up like it had just seen God himself. You can almost hear him say, "For me? I ... I am not worthy of such a glorious boner." Yes, I know every person in that commercial looks that way, but seeing the baby do it is just so ... dark.
#4. Little Kid Has a Death Metal Dream
A couple of years ago, a video of a little kid went viral. He was trying to say something about dreams and being able to do anything you set your mind to ... or something ... it's hard to tell what the fuck he's rambling about. It came out as 22 seconds of aimlessly stumbling over words in rapid, machine-gun fashion. No pattern, no rhythm. Just nervously stammering sounds like hitting the jackpot on a nickel slot machine that paid out in first grade spelling homework.
The video I embedded is a "remix" of the original, overdubbed with heavy metal guitar. And it fits fucking perfectly. I couldn't imagine how long it took that person to compose a piece that so seamlessly intertwined the kid's vocal meltdown with crunching death metal riffs while still maintaining a workable beat. But regardless of the amount of work it took, it was worth it. After seeing it, I'm not sure I could imagine a world where this never existed.


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Published 6:57 AM EST Feb 19, 2013
A two-day music festival is being put together as part of Kentucky's giant annual craft market next month in Lexington.
The Kentucky Arts Council says it has lined up more than 30 musicians and musical acts to perform during Kentucky Crafted: The Market on March 2-3 at the Lexington Convention Center.
The annual fine arts and crafts market features thousands of handcrafted items made by Kentucky artists.


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Retired veteran gets retirement check almost one-year later
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - We introduced you to Arthur Warner in April, a military veteran who retired from the VA in May 2012. Almost a year later he was still waiting on his retirement benefits, but that's no longer the case.
The Johnson City man says our story got his case moving in Washington D.C.
In the last three weeks you could say Arthur Warner has had his fair share of good news. But the best news came through the mail in May. "On the first I got my regular retirement check," said Warner.
The 20-year U.S. military veteran, who retired May 31st 2012 from Mountain Home VA Medical Center, had been waiting almost a year for that check.
We first told you about his story April 12th and he says within a matter of days money was deposited into his bank account for all the missed months by the Office of Personnel Management, which handles retirement benefits for federal employees.
"After you all ran your special, I got a call from OPM and the specialist up there informed me that she had been assigned to work on my file and she couldn't go home that day until it was complete," added Warner.
While Warner now has peace of mind, he says he still has one question when it comes to what took so long, "No one has told me why."
The answer to that question isn't so simple. We learned retirees usually receive their first interim payment in five to seven days once records are received. But OPM processed a record number of retirement claims in February and March 2013: about 15,000 each month.
For Warner he says he's ready to move on and officially retire, "I'm going to call it case closed."
Warner had some advice for other veterans, he says to be patient and save money in case your benefits are delayed.
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I do the growing, my wife does the cooking. You don't want to eat what I cook unless you're a fan of Tater Tots.
I've always experimented with landscaping, using different trees, shrubs and flowers. My wife's and my duties always have been mutually exclusive.
That is, until I embraced edible landscaping.
The new planting bed in the backyard is filled with broccoli and onions. Peppers, eggplants and ochre have been interplanted to fill in as broccoli is harvested.
The main feature is a sculpturesque dead tree to support cherry tomatoes. There are numerous opportunities to use the ornamental value of vegetables and herbs and then eat them.
Rosemary, blueberries
Rosemary has been a longtime favorite in the landscape, and for good reason. It is an easy-to-grow evergreen shrub that handles some drought and prefers full sun. New cultivars offer a variety of growth habits.
Blueberry shrubs provide an array of cultivars featuring different sizes, most displaying ruby fall color. They flower in early spring and set plump blueberries by late spring. You'll have to be diligent to harvest them before the birds. Newer cultivars are self-pollinating, but many sources recommend having a couple of varieties in the yard to ensure adequate pollination.
Many citrus enthusiasts have a variety of orange, grapefruit and lemon trees. However, cold winters can damage certain varieties. We're growing a Meyer lemon in a container this year so that we can place it in full sun and bring it inside during cold snaps.
Keep in mind, citrus greening is a serious disease that is threatening the citrus industry. Citrus plants are quarantined inside the Lowcountry to slow the spread. It's OK to grow in your backyard, you're just not supposed to transport it out of your county.
Peppers, eggplants
Peppers are some of the easiest crops to grow. There are numerous bell peppers of all shapes and sizes that add variety and interest. It doesn't take many hot pepper plants to satisfy the household needs. Many peppers start off green and slowly turn colors depending on the variety. Tri-color peppers can be used in the garden and flowerboxes that have purple, red and yellow peppers on the same plant.
Eggplants have great ornamental value, producing large oblong fruit that is commonly dark purple, although some varieties produce elongated white eggplants.
Foliage crops
Swiss chard is an upright shiny leaf with a vivid red or yellow stem, providing a great accent in form and color.
Some beets have wrinkled foliage and red stems, while others have burgundy leaves.
Collards can be used as a nice blue-gray foundation planting.
Rhubarb has large, bold foliage and red stems.
Carrots, thyme, fennel and parsley all provide fine-textured foliage that is somewhat fernlike.
Fennel and parsley also are great butterfly foods for caterpillars. Lemon grass is an easy-to-grow clumping grass that gets 4 or 5 feet tall.
Climbers, cascades
Indeterminate tomatoes grow like a vine and can be used alongside an arbor, climbing over the top with hanging fruit.
Cherry tomatoes are the easiest to grow, and red or orange tomatoes develop in clusters.
Peas can replace tomatoes in the winter and provide attractive flowers and sweet pods. For seasonal variety, pole beans can substitute tomatoes on the arbor.
Prostrate rosemary and strawberries can be grown in planters and cascade over the sides, providing unique form and texture.
Farm tour
The staff at MUSC does a wonderful job of incorporating edible plants into the beds all around campus in addition to featuring a large urban garden and herbal medicinal garden.
Also, Lowcountry Local First is sponsoring a Farm Tour on Saturday that offers an inside look at local farms. This is a great opportunity to learn what's available locally and what you could be growing in your own backyard.
Go to http://lowcountrylocalfirst.org and click the events page for more information.
Tony Bertauski is a horticulture instructor at Trident Technical College. To give feedback, e-mail him at tony. email@example.com.


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To give somebody an evil look, or a look of disgust.
Used frequently in Newcatle upon Tyne and surrounding areas.
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Landgasthof Ruedihus, KanderstegBuilt as a private home in 1753, this country inn with its eight welcoming rooms and two Junior suites exudes a stylish, rustic atmosphere. The historic lounge is quite unique – here, guests are served specialities made exclusively from Swiss ingredients.
Attractions in the area
- Lake Oeschinen, Kandersteg
- Blausee, Kandersteg/Blausee
- Historic hiking trail across the Gemmi with bathing in Leukerbad
- Museum of Local History Kandersteg
- Roman road across the Lötschen Pass
- Niesen, Lake Thun
- Tropical Greenhouse Frutigen
Hotel Ofenhorn, BinnThe spirit of the Belle Époque is very much in evidence in the rooms, hallways and dining room of the traditional Hotel Ofenhorn – these still feature the original furniture and decorations from the time the hotel was established.
Attractions in the area
- Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld
- Binntal Landscape Park
- Nature Reserve Centre Villa Cassel – Aletsch Forest
- Mineral excursions with native seekers
Boutique Hotel Monte Rosa, ZermattThis is more than a hotel – here, visitors are transported back to the earliest days of mountain tourism and the hotel still breathes the charm of those pioneering years. Past guests include Edward Whymper, the first man to climb the Matterhorn.
Attractions in the area
Grand Hôtel Bella Tola, St-LucBuilt on the foundation walls of a Roman villa in 1859, this establishment breathes history at every turn. The 32 rooms and lounges with their antique furniture and valuable carpets transport guests to bygone days while the new spa gently brings them back to the present with a promise of a rosy future.
Attractions in the area
- Excursion to the Zinal Glacier
- Illgraben and Bhutan Bridge, Chandolin
- The Planet Path, St-Luc
- Château de Villa, Sierre
- Valais Wine and Vine Museum, Sierre
- Pfyn-Finges Nature Park
Hotel Bella Lui, Crans-MontanaLocated on a sunny mountain plateau, the Bella Lui opened its doors in 1930 and is regarded as a unique example of modern architecture. Clear forms, warm colours and a host of details from this period mark the simple construction. The sun loungers and silver cutlery from that time provide an almost historical experience as does a visit to the 1930 room.
Attractions in the area
- Boating on an underground lake, St.Léonard
- Colombire Alpine Museum, Crans-Montana
- Sion Old Town
- "Suonen hike" – along the irrigation channels of Bisse du Tsittoret
- Plaine Morte – one of the largest glacial plateaus in the Alps
Grand Hôtel & Kurhaus, ArollaThe Hotel Kurhaus is set in the middle of a beautiful stone pine forest and an extensive park. The building itself, which dates back to 1896, exudes the comfort and sense of stability that one would expect from a mountain hotel.
Attractions in the area
- Staumauer Grande Dixence
- Excursion to the Val d'Hérens
- Arolla Glacier Trail
- Pyramid of Euseigne
- Fondation Giannada, Martigny
Hotel du Pillon - Relais du Silence, Les DiableretsFreshly renovated, this hotel is more splendid than ever, while maintaining its historic charm and cosy atmosphere, not least thanks to the fine, antique-filled interiors. Built in 1860 for British visitors seeking adventure among the glaciers, the hotel offers spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and of Glacier 3000.
Attractions in the area
- Musée des Ormonts, by the Vers l'Eglise rail stop
- Les Diablerets Mountain Film Festival – held annually in August
- Glacier 3000 with restaurant designed by Mario Botta
Hôtel Masson, Montreux-VeytauxThe oldest hotel in Montreux with its panoramic views is situated in the alten Simplonstrasse and is only a few minutes from the city centre and the famous Chillon Castle. Its historic charm is derived from 200 years of hospitality and past guests include aristocrats, historians, artists and writers.
Attractions in the area
- Cruise on Lake Neuchâtel
- Chillon Castle, Montreux
- Alimentarium - Museum of Nutrition, Vevey
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Technology Transfer Network - Air Toxics Web Site
Hazard Summary
Benzene is found in the air from emissions from burning coal and oil, gasoline service stations, and motor vehicle exhaust. Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure of humans to benzene may cause drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, as well as eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation, and, at high levels, unconsciousness. Chronic (long-term) inhalation exposure has caused various disorders in the blood, including reduced numbers of red blood cells and aplastic anemia, in occupational settings.
Reproductive effects have been reported for women exposed by inhalation to high levels, and adverse effects on the developing fetus have been observed in animal tests. Increased incidence of leukemia (cancer of the tissues that form white blood cells) have been observed in humans occupationally exposed to benzene. EPA has classified benzene as known human carcinogen for all routes of exposure.
Please Note: The main sources of information for this fact sheet are the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR's) Toxicological Profile for Benzene and EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), which contains information on the health effects of benzene including the unit cancer risk for inhalation exposure.
- Benzene is used as a constituent in motor fuels; as a solvent for fats, waxes, resins, oils, inks, paints, plastics, and rubber; in the extraction of oils from seeds and nuts; and in photogravure printing. It is also used as a chemical intermediate. Benzene is also used in the manufacture of detergents, explosives, pharmaceuticals, and dyestuffs. (1,2,6)
Sources and Potential Exposure
- Individuals employed in industries that manufacture or use benzene may be exposed to the highest levels of benzene. (1)
- Benzene is found in emissions from burning coal and oil, motor vehicle exhaust, and evaporation from gasoline service stations and in industrial solvents. These sources contribute to elevated levels of benzene in the ambient air, which may subsequently be breathed by the public. (1)
- Tobacco smoke contains benzene and accounts for nearly half the national exposure to benzene. (1)
- Individuals may also be exposed to benzene by consuming contaminated water. (1)
Assessing Personal Exposure
- Measurement of benzene in an individual's breath or blood or the measurement of breakdown products in the urine (phenol) can estimate personal exposure. However, the tests must be done shortly after exposure and are not helpful for measuring low levels of benzene. (1)
Health Hazard InformationAcute Effects:
- Coexposure to benzene with ethanol (e.g., alcoholic beverages) can increase benzene toxicity in humans. (1)
- Neurological symptoms of inhalation exposure to benzene include drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, and unconsciousness in humans. Ingestion of large amounts of benzene may result in vomiting, dizziness, and convulsions in humans. (1)
- Exposure to liquid and vapor may irritate the skin, eyes, and upper respiratory tract in humans. Redness and blisters may result from dermal exposure to benzene. (1,2)
- Animal studies show neurologic, immunologic, and hematologic effects from inhalation and oral exposure to benzene. (1)
- Tests involving acute exposure of rats, mice, rabbits, and guinea pigs have demonstrated benzene to have low acute toxicity from inhalation, moderate acute toxicity from ingestion, and low or moderate acute toxicity from dermal exposure. (3)
- The reference concentration for benzene is 0.03 mg/m3 based on hematological effects in humans. The RfC is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a continuous inhalation exposure to the human population (including sensitive groups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk deleterious noncancer effects over a lifetime. (4)
- Chronic inhalation of certain levels of benzene causes disorders in the blood in humans. Benzene specifically affects bone marrow (the tissues that produce blood cells). Aplastic anemia (a risk factor for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia), excessive bleeding, and damage to the immune system (by changes in blood levels of antibodies and loss of white blood cells) may develop.(1)
- In animals, chronic inhalation and oral exposure to benzene produces the same effects as seen in humans. (1)
- Benzene causes both structural and numerical chromosomal aberrations in humans.(1)
- EPA has established an oral Reference Dose (RfD) for benzene of 0.004 milligrams per kilogram per day (mg/kg/d) based on hematological effects in humans. The RfD is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a daily oral exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without appreciable risk of deleterious noncancer effects during a lifetime. It is not a direct estimator of risk, but rather a reference point to gauge the potential for effects. At exposures increasingly greater than the RfD, the potential for adverse health effects increases. Lifetime exposure above the RfD does not imply that an adverse health effect would necessarily occur.(4)
- EPA has established a Reference Concentration (RfC) of 0.03 milligrams per cubic meter (0.03 mg/m3) for benzene based on hematological effects in humans. The RfC is an inhalation exposure concentration at or below which adverse health effects are not likely to occur. It is not a direct estimator of risk, but rather a reference point to gauge the potential for effects. At lifetime exposures increasingly greater than the reference exposure level, the potential for adverse health effects increases. (4)
- There is some evidence from human epidemiological studies of reproductive and developmental toxicity of benzene, however the data do not provide conclusive evidence of a link between exposure and effect (4). Animal studies have provided limited evidence that exposure to benzene may affect reproductive organs, however these effects were only observed at exposure levels over the maximum tolerated dose (4).
- Adverse effects on the fetus, including low birth weight, delayed bone formation, and bone marrow damage, have been observed where pregnant animals were exposed to benzene by inhalation.(4)
- Increased incidence of leukemia (cancer of the tissues that form white blood cells) has been observed in humans occupationally exposed to benzene. (1,4)
- EPA has classified benzene as a Group A, known human carcinogen. (4)
- EPA uses mathematical models, based on human and animal studies,to estimate the probability of a person developing cancer from breathing air containing a specified concentration of a chemical. EPA calculated a range of 2.2 x 10-6 to 7.8 x 10-6 as the increase in the lifetime risk of an individual who is continuously exposed to 1 µg/m3 of benzene in the air over their lifetime.
- EPA estimates that, if an individual were to continuously breathe the air containing benzene at an average of 0.13 to 0.45 µg/m3 (1.3x10-4 to 4.5x-4mg/m3) over his or her entire lifetime, that person would theoretically have no more than a one-in-a-million increased chance of developing cancer as a direct result of continuously breathing air containing this chemical. Similarly, EPA estimates that continuously breathing air containing 1.3 to 4.5 µg/m3 (1.3x10-3 to 4.5x10-3 mg/m3) would result in not greater than a one-in-a-hundred thousand increased chance of developing cancer, and air containing 13 to 45 µg/m3 (1.3 x 10-2 to 4.5 x 10-2 mg/m3) would result in not greater than a one-in-ten thousand increased chance of developing cancer. For a detailed discussion of confidence in the potency estimates, please see IRIS.(4)
- EPA has calculated an oral cancer slope factor ranging from 1.5 x 10-2 to 5.5 x 10-2(mg/kg/d)-1 that is an extrapolation from inhalation dose-response data.(4)
Physical Properties
Conversion Factors (only for the gaseous form):
To convert concentrations in air (at 25°C) from ppm to mg/m3: mg/m3 = (ppm) × (molecular weight of the compound)/(24.45). For benzene: 1 ppm = 3.19 mg/m3. To convert concentrations in air from µg/m3 to mg/m3: mg/m3 = (µg/m3) × (1 mg/1,000 µg).
Health Data from Inhalation Exposure
ACGIH TLV--American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists' threshold limit value expressed as a time-weighted average; the concentration of a substance to which most workers can be exposed without adverse effects.
AIHA ERPG--American Industrial Hygiene Association's emergency response planning guidelines. ERPG 1 is the maximum airborne concentration below which it is believed nearly all individuals could be exposed up to one hour without experiencing other than mild transient adverse health effects or perceiving a clearly defined objectionable odor; ERPG 2 is the maximum airborne concentration below which it is believed nearly all individuals could be exposed up to one hour without experiencing or developing irreversible or other serious health effects that could impair their abilities to take protective action. The American Industrial Hygiene Association's detection and recognition odor thresholds for benzene are 61 ppm and 97 ppm, respectively.
LC50 (Lethal Concentration50)--A calculated concentration of a chemical in air to which exposure for a specific length of time is expected to cause death in 50% of a defined experimental animal population.
NIOSH REL--National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit; NIOSH-recommended exposure limit for an 8- or 10-h time-weighted-average exposure and/or ceiling.
NIOSH STEL--NIOSH's short term exposure limit; NIOSH recommended exposure limit for a 15-minute period.
OSHA PEL--Occupational Safety and Health Administration's permissible exposure limit expressed as a time-weighted average; the concentration of a substance to which most workers can be exposed without adverse effect averaged over a normal 8-h workday or a 40-h workweek.
OSHA STEL--Occupational Safety and Health Administration's short-term exposure limit.
The health and regulatory values cited in this graph were obtained in April 2009.
aHealth numbers are toxicological numbers from animal testing or risk assessment values developed by EPA.
bRegulatory numbers are values that have been incorporated in Government regulations, while advisory numbers are nonregulatory values provided by the Government or other groups as advice. OSHA numbers are regulatory, whereas NIOSH, ACGIH, and AIHA numbers are advisory.
c The BMCL (statistical lower confidence limit on the concentration at the benchmark concentration, which is the concentration producing a specified change in a response rate that is considered a critical effect) was used as the point of departure for the RfC derivation. The BMCL for benzene is for hematological effects (reduction in absolute lymphocyte count) in humans (4).
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Toxicological Profile for Benzene. U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA. 2007.
- M. Sittig. Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens. 2nd ed. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ. 1985.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS, online database). National Toxicology Information Program, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. 1993.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) on Benzene. National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC. 2009.
- California Environmental Protection Agency(CalEPA). Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines: Part III. Technical Support Document for the Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels. SRP Draft. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Berkeley, CA. 1999.
- The Merck Index.An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 11th ed. Ed. S. Budavari. Merck and Co. Inc., Rahway, NJ. 1989.
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 1999 TLVs and BEIs. Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents. Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinnati, OH. 1999.
- 8. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Toxic and Hazardous Substances. Code of Federal Regulations. 29 CFR 1910.1000. 1998.
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cincinnati, OH. 1997.
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Nice studio close to the sea
Size38 m²
Floor No.0
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
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Located at 50m from Poblenou metro station and close to bus station.
10 min walking to the beach and 15 min by metro to Barcelona Center City
Air conditioning and heating device.
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Maria Teresa and Xavier are wonderful hosts. Nice and clean apartment, a minute from metro station Poblenou. 10 minutes from the great beach and close to La Rambla Poblenou. There is a free public parking few steps from the apartment. We will come again for sure.
Maria and Xavier are amazing hosts. The apartment is very clean and comfortable. It is ideally situated next to the metro station and a supermarket is just a few steps away. The apartment is very neatly furnished and has all the comforts you need for your stay in this lovely city of Barcelona with its hospitable and generous people like Maria and Xavier. Thanks you very much.
Both were great and very nice people. The location was very convenient and the apartment is clean.
Maria was very friendly . The Apartment got everything we needed , very clean and the location was very convenient for us as its very close to the Metro and not very far from the center . Only one night we had problems with the Stove not working but other than that everything was Flawless.
We had a wonderful time in Barcelona! Teresa was so nice right from the first commuication via Wimdu to our arrival in Barcelona when she had many tips and until our last day when we could leave our luggage in her own home as our flight back was only in the afternoon and the apartment already booked again. The apartment had everything we needed, from comfortable beds to a nice bathroom and enough space (we stayed as two persons). We liked the convenient proximity to Lidl and the Rambla de Poblenou where we had dinner nearly every evening. And of course you can easily walk to the beach and easily get to the city center via Metro just round the corner. À la prochaine!
We really really loved this appartment from Maria and Xavier! It is super in location, Equipment and coziness. If we travel again to Barcelona we definitely book again this appartment. We also will recommend it to everyone!
Had a fantastic time in Teresa's appartment - in the heart of Poblenou, yet on a quiet side street, so we could leave the windows open at night ;)
The place itself is great - spacious, confortable and with a very helping host. Oh, and with AC, which is not always a given in Barcelona!
The apartment is a great location and pretty close to Poblenou metro by a 3 minutes walk. The hosts are really nice and make sure the apartment are clean and comfortable for us to staying. I would recommend this apartment if you want to stay in a quiet and safe place. Thank you! We really enjoyed our stay!
Maria Teresa and Xavier were a perfect hosts! Very nice and concerned about our comfort and a good stay. Always ready to help us.
I really enjoyed staying at this apartment. The place was perfect for two people. We cooked our meals, the kitchen was well provided. Place was clean, beds were comfortable. We could even use a hairdryer and an iron. Very convinient neighbourhood with many shops around. Close to the metro station and the beach. Perfect place to enjoy Barcelona!
We had 5 days in Barcelona. It was a wonderful time and the apartment was perfect. The location is only a few meters from the next metro line and a 10 minute walk to the beach.
Thanks a lot to Teresa and Xavier!
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Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in 2010, almost all of which were HD ready
Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in 2010, almost all of which were HD ready
Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in 2010, almost all of which were HD ready.
Viewers currently watch just over 4 hours a day, up by approximately 18 minutes over ten years.
There were nearly 1 million internet-enabled TV sales during 2010, and 125,000 sales of TVs with 3D capabilities.
Almost half (46 per cent) of households now have a digital video recorder (DVR).
The UK TV industry collectively generated revenue of 11.8 billion in 2010, a 6.6 per cent increase on 2009, driven by both a recovery in advertising revenue and continued increases in subscription revenues.
TV viewing remains high in Scotland, at an average of 4.5 viewing hours per day, compared to a UK average of 4 hours.
Ninety seven per cent of TV homes have digital TV up 6 per cent on last year.
Watching TV over the internet has increased in Scotland by 7 percentage points to 35 per cent.
Six in ten homes in Scotland have an HD Ready TV set, and over half of these say they have access to HDTV channels.
Some 62 per cent say that TV is their main source of local news ten per cent higher than the UK average.
Public Service Broadcasting spend on national and regional TV programming for viewers in Scotland rose by 1 per cent to reach 52m in 2010.
TV viewing in the UK is highest in Scotland and Wales (averaging 4.5 hours per day).
Satellite TV remains the most widely used digital TV platform (51 per cent), with take-up significantly higher than the UK average of 40 per cent.
Expenditure on television output per head of the population in Wales is down 13 per cent from 9.46 in 2009 to 8.27 in 2010.
From 2005 to 2010, there was an 11 per cent reduction in the combined share of the main PSB channels in Wales (falling to 53 per cent in 2010).
Fifty four per cent say that TV is their main source of local news, compared to 52 per cent in the UK.
Some 90 per cent of TV homes have digital TV on their main set (compared to 96 per cent overall in the UK).
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of Northern Ireland TV homes pay for television an increase of 11 percentage points on last year and above the UK average of 57 per cent.
BBC NI and UTVs combined spend on TV programmes in 2010 was 24m, down from 26m in 2009.
More than half (57 per cent) of people in Northern Ireland said television was their main source of local news, slightly higher than the UK average (52 per cent).
Some 32 per cent of homes in Northern Ireland say they have access to HDTV channels level with the UK average.
Take -up of digital television services in homes in England now stands at 96 per cent, an increase of four percentage points since last year.
TV viewers in England watch an average of between 3.7 and 4.5 hours of television each day.


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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
I think this book is most often taught in high school courses, which is admirable, since its subtlety and grace is probably lost on most teenagers. Perhaps some of it is even lost on me. But at any rate, I'm tempted to ask if it isn't wasted on high schoolers, or even on college kids, since I think it is often taught there as well.
I don't wonder why educators have come to see The Awakening as a valuable text for this age-range. There are very considerable advantages which make it appealing—it's short, it's written very well and very evenly, and it's quite compelling, even suspenseful when you get involved with the characters. It also feels a good twenty, maybe thirty years newer than its 1899 publication date, a temporal jump which is much more substantial than from say, 1869 or 1879 to 1899. And the themes commonly invoked when teaching or interpreting the novel are accessible, very coherent, and make for rich discussion.
So I suppose in almost every important way it's an ideal novel for teaching these age groups. But I also found it to be more than ideal, as it has depths which are difficult to bring out in a classroom, or for that matter, a blog post.
What I mean to say is that Chopin's novel does things which need to be read rather than described. Part of it is the way interiority and exteriority shift into one another or stand in conflict with one another, or the way one or the other become blocked to the reader or to a character. And by interiority and exteriority, I mean both physical and mental/emotional spaces and surfaces inhabited by the character and rendered for the reader.
Chopin is masterful at suddenly shutting the reader out to a character's consciousness but simultaneously offering a telling but inconsequential physical gesture or word that reveals more than access to the character's thoughts or emotions. Sure, there are melodramatic moments of blocky overdetermination as well, but they are awfully well-balanced by the subtlety of these minute flickers between the character's interiority and exteriority.
The physical side of this interior/exterior dialectic is less prone to fluctuating and a little bit more straight-up symbolic. Four contests of wills take place between Edna and her husband Léonce, and all are predicated on and are acted out by conflicts of access to or control of exteriors and/or interiors. The first is when Léonce comes back late after he grumpily took off to play billiards at his club and now finds his son has a fever. He reprimands Edna, who bursts out of the room onto the porch to cry, but is driven back in by mosquitoes. The second instance also begins when Léonce returns home late, this time to find Edna asleep outside in a hammock. She wants to remain out and sleep there, he will not have this and smokes a lung-collapsing number of cigars waiting for her to come inside. She eventually concedes, but this struggle, compounded with the previous encounter provokes more and more vigorous acts of resistance from Edna over the rest of the novel.
The third contest occurs when Edna refuses to leave New Orleans to attend her sister's wedding in Kentucky, an absence which would coincide with her husband's business trip to New York. Edna refuses to give up the small amount of control and freedom she has claimed—particularly her ability to walk about the town at leisure and to paint or draw indoors. Her husband settles the matter by dropping in on the sister's wedding himself on his way to NY. The last significant contest of wills takes place when Edna decides to vacate the large family house in New Orleans and repair to a small, apparently shabby house nearby. She informs her husband, who's still in New York, of her intention and throws a lavish dinner party at his expense. Léonce, fearful that a vacant house will start a rumor that his finances have dwindled, immediately acts from New York to order repairs made to the house which are carried on in a very public and ostentatious manner. Edna accepts this action and remains in her "pigeon house."
In all these confrontations, we see power relations as part of life, as part of basic spatial experience. It's done tremendously well—not just because it's done subtly, but because it's done convincingly. Chopin's characters try to control spaces or try to leave or enter spaces for compelling reasons, and Chopin makes clear the reasons they can or cannot fulfill their desires.
In short, The Awakening is a novel that frustrates the kind of criticism which argues that a truly great novel transcends bald identity themes and issues, the kind of thinking that says great literature is ethereally pure, genderless. The Awakening doesn't shy away from polemical readings; rather, it demonstrates how polemicized issues like gender are intrinsically part of our most basic relations in life, but also intrinsically part of the most basic relations of character and setting.
5 comments:
- Andrea said...
Mythology is simply defined as stories about a set of principles, beliefs, and religion. Although not traditionally considered a myth, Kate Chopin's bildungsroman novella, The Awakening, shares some similarities to mythological writings. Chopin's piece is the narration of a woman who breaks free of society's ignorant restrictions. The protagonist, Edna Pontellier, listens to her heart instead of the strict Créole community in which she belongs. This results in a major dissension between her and her friends and family. After thoroughly dissecting Chopin's work, many aspects of mythology can be found within the text. Although every facet of mythology is not present within this controversial novella, these stories of oral tradition and The Awakening do overlap in various areas including: the use of symbolism, representation of worldview, and presentation of social structures. The intense incorporation of symbolism integrated throughout the text is extremely relatable to the constant use of metaphors found in mythology. Just as the birds are used to represent Edna's struggle within her community, myths are hardly ever found without some sort of symbol to display societal issues or creation motifs. The representation of a worldview is another aspect which is almost always present within a myth. Gender roles, sexuality, creation motifs, and the roles of gods are just a few other examples of the many different areas that myths aided in explaining. This is like The Awakening because the novella displays the worldview of the oppression of women. The goal of myths are often to preserve the traditions and social norms of ancient cultures. The goal of myths are often to preserve the traditions and social norms of ancient cultures. The non-western belief of matrilinial societies is the goal that the Edna is striving for, although she fails, due to the fact she is one individual attempting to lead a revolution in a tradition based community. Although the social structures of The Awakening may not fit perfectly into a myths paradigm, it is obvious that The Awakening may someday be considered a myth to future generations.
- December 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- David said...
That is a very interesting analysis. I would have never considered The Awakening to relate to mythology, but your comment has a lot of validity to it. Chopin's novella overflows with symbolism, something that mythology is known to have. Your example of the symbolism of birds is very true and plays a big role in Chopin's work. Very interesting insight you have provided here.
- December 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Britnee said...
Although you have a good idea here, I feel like you wouldn't be able to supply enough proof to support your claim. Mythology is about the ancient Greeks, not about feminism and societal restrictions. Your statement is hard to believe until good evidence is provided.
- December 10, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- Andrea said...
The relation between The Awakening and mythology is one that allows speculation, however, it is impossible to deny some of the similarities between the two. Anyone who has read The Awakening knows that symbolism is a major rhetorical strategy utilized by Chopin. Likewise, myths, from all regions not only Greece, are often primarily composed of symbolism and metaphors. Also, a defining characteristic of myths is the representation of social and cosmological structure in a figurative manner. Chopin's The Awakening does a fine job in introducing the up and coming social structure of the world. Although this novella was controversial when first published, readers today are confused about the heavy restrictions placed on woman. It is clear that the worldview and attitudes described are ones from that time period, just like those displayed in myths.
- December 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
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For three weekends last fall, Mountaineer Kart Way (MKW) had a premier opening to allow guests to take a test drive and get an idea of what will be coming this spring to the tracks. Now, the wait is almost over - this Saturday, practice races will occur for Flat Kart drivers along with rental kart practice sessions.
According to MKW's owner Scott Smith, MKW currently has the only asphalt track in West Virginia. The oval track is an eighth of a mile course. It stretches 27 feet wide in the straights with 2 degrees of banking. The 30-foot-wide turns have banking of 5.7 degrees. Each race can have up to six karts at a time, and drivers can make a lap around the track within 12 seconds.
Mountaineer Kart Way has a variety of packages for racing. For $10 participants can race for 12 laps on an eighth of a mile course. The more people in a racing party, the lower the cost. Each participant must be at least 57 inches tall to drive.
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Mountaineer Kart Way owner Scott Smith test drives a Flat Kart, one of the many karts used for kart racing, on the MKW's asphalt track.
Once MKW is open, a MKW Race Series will be conducted at 2 p.m. every Saturday, if weather permits. The race will include go kart racers from throughout the area and surrounding states who will compete on the track.
"This is just the beginning of what we have planned," Smith said. "We won a bid for football stadium lights that we will be using for the track so races can occur at night. We will eventually build a center tower in the middle of the track. Lights will be on top, along with cameras for videos and pictures. Eventually we hope to get our videos on YouTube and our website"
Smith also hopes to open Laser Skirmish by the end of spring. Laser Skirmish is very similar to paintball, with similar rules, just without the bruises. The different laser tag games include: basic tag/elimination, capture the flag, paintball style, protect the president, medic and attack and defend.
The games will take place on a two-acre outdoor arena that includes a wooded area with barriers. It is different from regular indoor laser tag in that the technology enables players to use the equipment in daylight without any interference caused by sunlight or artificial lighting.
Each person will be able to test his or her shooting skills with a range from 200-300 feet. The cost for one session of laser tag is $7 per person. There also is a $25 package that includes an hour and a half session and up to a variety of eight games that are considered to be classic laser tag challenges.
The goal for the $25 package is to play two games of elimination, two games of protect the president, two games of capture the flag and two games of medic. A point will be given to the team that wins each game. After the final score is tallied and the winning team is declared, the players will play a free for all, if time permits.
Participants must be 8 years of age or older to play.
According to Smith, future plans for MKW may include a mud bog available by the end of summer for ATV drivers.
Mountaineer Kart Way and Laser Skirmish WV is located about a mile and a half from the intersection by McDonalds on U.S. 33 east toward Harman across from Isner Creek Road.
Reservations for special events and birthday parties are available with different packages for these events..
Some of the rules are:
n Ride at your own risk.
n No drugs or alcohol permitted on premises.
n Anyone under the influence of alcohol or intoxicants will not be allowed to operate karts.
n No bumping, weaving, cutting off, or horse play allowed.
Additional rules and regulations, as well as a calendar of events and hours of operation, are available at www.mountaineer-kartway.com. For more information, call Mountaineer Kart-Way at 304-591-RACE.
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Jim Martin graduated in 1997 with a degree in elementary education and went on to receive his master's degree and his doctorate degree in educational leadership and policy in 2008 from the University of Utah. He served as principal of Edison Elementary School in Salt Lake City for four years prior to his current role as principal at Mountain View Elementary School. Jim continues to conduct research on how culturally relevant practices are enacted at the school organization and classroom levels. Critical and analytical thinking skills that he learned at Westminster are put into play as he attempts to improve the quality of education for his students. He also created and leads a group of Salt Lake administrators called Leaders for Equity and Social Justice. This dedication to social responsibility and ethical awareness is reminiscent of his time at Westminster, where he fostered a passion for service and social justice.


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11 hours ago, ZachD said:
I am sure Johnny P is all booked up on weekends by now and for some reason some of the guys don't like sleeper houses all though I may push for it this year last year was such a hassle packing everything up for the night loading the trucks having to bring sleds and wheelers. I much rather bring my flasher couple rods and lots of beer. I go fishing enough running and gunning its nice to have a break where you just show up and fish.
Yes, he probably is. I book with him early. I think that he offers guide service in December up until he opens the sleepers up. Might align with your portables.
I was on Namakan yesterday and kept 4 eyes 14" to 15" caught in under 20' of water. Water temp is 60. I was rigging with a half crawler. However, I had friends out using jigs and minnows in 40+ ft and they did well. He said he found a school and using his I Pilot just hovered over the top of them. So it seems the fish are scattered and all methods are working.1 person likes this
I hope this weekend is better than last!! I know there is a lot of ducks around but they have so many places to hide.
If you want to stay away from the crowd I would suggest Beacon Harbor I think after jan 1st they don't allow day passes its only beacon harbor and outdoor authority who have houses there. Then they allow only a limited amount of yearly passes.
Now they don't have all the bells and whistles like a bar and food ect but John and Ann are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Not to mention I personally think it is some of the best.
Now if you needed a bar and food and all that my choices would be Rogers or Westwind
Today was the complete opposite of yesterday. The current coming out of light house gap made a pocket of clear water out in the lake overnight, fished right on the edge of the muddy water in 14 feet of water and went through 3 bags of frozen shiners and caught a bunch on plastics after the minnows were gone. Nothing fantastic for size, only 3 in the slot but nice limits of 14-17 inchers and a ton of smaller fish. Once that muddy water gets blown out or clears up the bite is going to be crazy good!1 person likes this
212 wondering the same thing maybe??
Wow 212 views no response?
I got 4 nice ones last Friday in about 8' to 9' of water in a channel off Wakemup Bay . It was the last hour of daylight. Tried a couple times during the day Saturday and right before dark and struck out.
11 hours ago, BringAnExtension said:
I have been making annual ice fishing trips with friends for about 12 years ago. We have tried LOTW, Mille Lacs, Red and one other lake that happened to be where we could use a free cabin for a weekend. With that one exception for the free cabin, we have also rented sleepers.
We have never made it to Devils Lake, but it is on my personal bucket list just because of the possibility of those monster perch.
Six years ago, we ended up back on Red and no longer consider any other option. Here's why:
- This fishing is good.
- The Petrowske family are wonderful hosts.
- No other resort that we have used has come close to being wonderful hosts. They just didn't put any effort into it.
Now, I don't know how that you translate to your running portables, but I have never been disappointed with our trips to URL.
Hope that helps.
You should definitely try Devils lake I went 3 years ago and had a blast. Not only did we get put on a good perch bite but they put us on an Insane walleye bite the guy said it was about an hour window from when the sun starting setting and boy was he right in that hour I caught walleye after walleye after walleye. As soon as I would start reeling one up another mark would take its place on my graph and I couldn't get my lure down fast enough.
I am sure Johnny P is all booked up on weekends by now and for some reason some of the guys don't like sleeper houses all though I may push for it this year last year was such a hassle packing everything up for the night loading the trucks having to bring sleds and wheelers. I much rather bring my flasher couple rods and lots of beer. I go fishing enough running and gunning its nice to have a break where you just show up and fish.
I usually go to red 3-4 times a year and last year we did go to red for our work trip as well. Just weighing the options.
Has anyone ever rented house from Arties bait on big stone?
I don't know what to say, we crushed em jigging in 30 feet last Friday while getting knocked around in the waves. Anchored up and never moved. Lots of boats on the river already then and not good reports at that point. I was going to go back up for Saturday and if I did I would go straight out to 30 feet again.


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Baseball Posts Walk-Off Win Over Eastern Michigan
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to post a 5-4 walk-off victory over Mid-American Conference West Division leader Eastern Michigan Sunday afternoon at Ball Diamond, claiming the Cardinals' second series victory of the year. The Cardinals scored the game-winning run off a wild pitch on an intentional walk attempt with two outs scoring freshman Brandon Estep (Selma, Ind./Wapahani) from third base.
Ball State entered the bottom of the 10th inning trailing 4-3 when junior Kirby Campbell (Muncie, Ind./Cowan) led off with a single up the middle. After a sacrifice bunt moved him to second, Mitch Widau (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) drew a walk to move the tying run into scoring position.
Estep reached on a fielder's choice as EMU got the lead runner out on the play, leaving runners on first and second with two outs. Sophomore shortstop T.J. Weir (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) tied the game as he lined a run-scoring single down the left field line scoring Widau with the Cardinals' fourth run.
The Eastern Michigan left fielder misplayed the ball allowing Estep and Weir to move into scoring position setting the stage for the dramatic ending. The Eagles called for the intentional walk to load the bases but right-hander Joe Battistelli sailed the first pitch all the way to the backstop and Estep beat the catcher's throw to the plate scoring the game-winning run.
The dramatic ending was made possible by the best start of sophomore right-hander Jacob Brewer's (South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph's) career. Brewer went a career-high 8.0 innings and allowed three runs on just four hits while tossing a career-high 122 pitches in the no decision. Sophomore left-hander Nestor Bautista (New York, N.Y./George Washington) picked up his first career victory in relief, working the final 1.2 innings and allowing one run on one hit.
Ball State (11-26, 6-9 MAC) opened the scoring quickly against EMU right-hander Ryan Lavoie, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first. Junior Wes Winkle (Muncie, Ind./Yorktown) led off the game reaching on an infield single and came home to score as Estep doubled over the left fielder's head for the game's first run.
Weir kept the inning going as he reached on an infield single. First baseman Billy Wellman (Portland, Ind./Jay County) put the Cardinals in front 3-0 as he lined a two-run double off the right field wall to plate both Estep and Weir.
Eastern Michigan (18-21, 9-6 MAC) finally broke through against Brewer in the top of the sixth inning as it took advantage of two walks and a single to load the bases with two outs. Brewer got two strikes on Daniel Russell before he hit a bases clearing triple off the right field wall to tie the game at 3-3.
Eastern Michigan threatened in the top of the ninth as left-hander Devin Wilburn (Selma, Ind./Wapahani) issued two walks putting the potential go-ahead run in scoring position. Bautista came on in relief and induced an inning-ending ground ball double play to keep the game tied in the ninth inning.
Eastern Michigan took its only lead of the afternoon in the top of the 10th inning as Bautista issued a two-out walk to Sam Ott who moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. Lee Longo put the Eagles in front 4-3 with a two-out single setting the stage for the Cardinals' heroics in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Battistelli (2-5) picked up the loss for the Eagles despite working 4.2 solid innings of relief as he allowed two runs on two hits. Lavoie lasted just 5.0 innings in the no decision allowing three runs, all in the first inning, on five hits.
Ball State returns to action Wednesday afternoon as it travels to No. 17 Purdue. First pitch in West Lafayette, Ind., is set for 4 p.m.


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A.J. Marimon not only captured his first state medal May 25-26 at the IHSA?Boys' Track and Field State Finals in Charleston, but made school history in the process.
Marmion became the first sophomore thrower to earn All-State honors in the history of the program. He placed ninth in the discus finals with a throw of 157-04, where he was the only sophomore to compete. In the prelims, Marmion won his heat with a throw of 157-04.
Jordan Starkey placed 13th overall in the 3200-meter run as he crossed the finish line in 9 minutes and 46.76 seconds.
Kyle Reiling took seventh in his heat of the 1600-m run prelims with a time of 4:34.56.
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