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Seon-woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to a nearby florist's where he meets Ji-hee. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is sending him flowers. Seon-woo asks Ji-hee to go on a date and she agrees. He arrives at the rendenvous only to find that Ji-hee is held hostage and, to his horror, killed before his eyes.
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A number of states are considering taxing certain cosmetic surgery procedures, including face-lifts, tummy-tucks and Botox injections. The idea behind the taxes -- dubbed "vanity taxes" or "Botaxes" by some -- is to boost state coffers and raise revenue for government initiatives such as health care for poor children. The proposals have stoked the ire of plastic surgeons and their patients, who have been lobbying hard to keep their procedures tax-free.
New Jersey passed the first cosmetic surgery tax law last summer. Since then, lawmakers in states including Texas, Illinois, Washington, Arkansas, Tennessee and New York have introduced bills or budget proposals to install similar taxes, although none of those states has passed the taxes into law.
- New Jersey's law levies a 6 percent tax on a litany of procedures including hair transplants, chemical peels and liposuction.
- So a tummy tuck, which has an average national price tag of $4,505, now costs an extra $270; a $376 Botox injection now costs nearly $23 more.
- The tax proposals that have been introduced in other states vary, but they typically impose a sales tax ranging from 6 to 7.5 percent on the cost of the procedure.
- New Jersey's law and all of the other state proposals exempt medically necessary procedures or reconstructive work after disfiguring diseases, accidents or birth defects.
The New Jersey law already is spurring a backlash. No one knows for sure how many New Jersey patients are declining surgery or are going out of state for treatment since the law was passed. The tax hasn't generated as much revenue as New Jersey originally hoped. When the tax was signed into law last June it was expected to generate $24 million this fiscal year. The state now thinks the tax will only generate $7 million this year.
Source: Rachel Emma Silverman, "The Nose-Job Tax," Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2005; based upon: "9.2 Million Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Procedures in 2004 -- Up 5% Growth Paces U.S. Economy Despite Reality TV Fad," American Society of Plastic Surgeons, March 16, 2005.
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Dr. Brown served Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital as its first chief of staff from 1997-1999. Since joining Memorial, he has undertaken a variety of other responsibilities, including the position of Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Regional Hospital and membership on many committees. He also practiced privately in child neurology for 35 years. Dr. Brown has published, lectured and taught extensively at state, local and national organizations throughout his career.


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As the FIA WRC Academy came to a close at the 2012 RACC Rally de España, the final victory belonged to local-boy Jose Suárez – a win which also saw his navigator, Candido Carerra, crowned 2012 FIA WRC Academy Co-driver Champion*.
A sterling performance on asphalt saw Sweden's Pontus Tidemand claim second, with the 2012 FIA WRC Academy Cup Champion*, Elfyn Evans, rounding off his impressive season with another podium finish in third.
The first day of competition in Spain encompassed two loops of three gravel stages, interspersed with 15 km of twisting asphalt, and provided some action-packed rallying. As the hills west of Salou witnessed some of the most treacherous conditions of the season, the WRC Academy crews showcased their potential once again – regularly posting times worthy of the top-20.
With his home crowd behind him, it was Suárez who mastered the tricky conditions. Setting a consistent and composed pace, the 21-year-old established a commanding lead of over a minute heading into Saturday's all-asphalt adventure.
But with five out of six stage wins to his name, Tidemand gave the Spaniard a run for his money and had been comfortably in control until a double puncture through the second pass of Terra Alta (SS5) dropped him down to second.
Recovering well despite a shaky start, Evans and new co-driver Sebastian Marshall developed their relationship throughout the day – so much so that they claimed a second fastest time through SS4, followed by a stage win on the next stage, to propel them into the final podium position.
However there was further heartache for Fredrik Åhlin who became lodged on a mud-bank having taken avoiding action to dodge a rock on SS3.
Having to run 400 meters in search of helpful spectators, the youngster – who had been part of a Swedish one-two in the rally's early phase – lost a lot of time, but remained a creditable fourth heading into the final day.
There was also drama for John MacCrone. Having demonstrated his growth as a driver on both surfaces, the treacherous conditions forced the Scot off the road on SS5 – forfeiting his podium position and leaving him no option but to restart under Rally 2 regulations the following day.
The same stage saw similar misfortune befall Timo Van de Marel who had been running in a strong fourth place until he fell foul of the mud-strewn roads.
After an eventful and unfortunate day for Brendan Reeves, the 23-year-old saw his chance of securing second in the championship fall through his grasp as he lost over two minutes with a puncture on SS3.
Further misfortune befell the Australian during the final service 45 minute service when the team discovered broken valve springs on his engine which required him to take Rally 2 penalties in order to return his Ford Fiesta R2 to full health for the final day.
Elsewhere, enjoying his first venture to the world stage, Aron Domżała successfully completed his first day of competition in the WRC to finish the day in eighth place respectively.
With just one day of smooth asphalt stages left to run, the WRC Academy crews tackled two loops of three identical stages north-west of the rally-base in Salou.
Keeping a cool head, Suárez had his lead well protected – even claiming a stage win through SS8 – and brought his Ford Fiesta R2 home to claim his first WRC Academy win and a well deserved second place in the WRC Academy Cup*.
The day's stage victories were shared between MacCrone, Suárez, Tidemand and Evans – all impressing on the sealed-surface tests. But with yesterday's action establishing some big gaps, positions remained largely unchanged.
Hitting a tree at high speed on SS10, Fredrik Åhlin was forced to retire from the event. The Swede was air-lifted to hospital and diagnosed with a broken rib – he was held over night for precautionary checks. Co-driver Morten Erik Abrahamsen was uninjured in the incident.
Tidemand closed his maiden season with his third podium of the year in second, with Evans ending what has been a dominant year for the Welshman on the final step of the podium in third. MacCrone recovered well to claim fourth with Van der Marel fifth, Reeves sixth and Domżała seventh.
Jose Suárez said: "I am very happy with the job we did today – and I am very happy that I could bring Candido [Carerra, co-driver] the Championship.
"Everybody from my region is here to support me, and I am really happy that I could win for them here in Spain."
Pontus Tidemand said: "I'm really happy with the second place as I had good speed on both gravel and Tarmac which is good. It was just the puncture on the first day that cost us the win. But still, I am happy with the pace we were setting.
"When everything has been working well, we've been constantly in the top three all season – that is a real positive to take from this year I think."
Elfyn Evans said: "It has been a difficult rally. A very difficult start as it took a while for me and Seb [Marshall, co-driver] to adjust to the car. We did some short stages in Belgium before coming here, but this was the first true test for us.
Then we had a puncture on SS3 that cost us a bit of time, so we ended the afternoon quite a bit behind yesterday.
"We started today with another puncture on the first stage [SS7], but since then things went a lot smoother. We secured two fastest times and a second fastest time so it was good for us to see that our partnership is starting to really gel together.
"A podium isn't a bad way to finish the season. Jose [Suárez] and Pontus [Tidemand] have driven really well this weekend, so I am glad for them and now just looking forward to next year."
John MacCrone said: "It's been good and it's been bad. We set some good times, but I wasn't very happy to have gone off yesterday – I think we probably threw away a strong result with that one which is a bit of a shame.
"I think we showed better pace on gravel than we have on previous events – also the pacenotes were a lot better on gravel which is good. We set a couple of fastest stage times on the Tarmac too, so I'm happy with that."
Timo van der Marel said: "Yesterday was just like Portugal and on the long stage [SS5] we got stuck in the mud. It was actually no big deal, but then three or four cars later another competitor crashed into us and we slid off the road and couldn't go any further.
"Today has been quite good actually. The stages were a lot more fun that I had expected them to be from the recce – especially the long stage, which was really nice to drive.
"When Fredrik crashed on SS10 it was really shocking and actually quite scary, so I wasn't really fully concentrated for the last two stages. But we are hearing that he is OK and back to his usual self now so that's good.
"All in all, it's not been a bad rally for us. We made no damage to the car and now just have to wait and see what next year brings."
Brendan Reeves said: "This certainly wasn't our event. We had a puncture yesterday and then the valve springs went on us so we decided to fix it and take the penalty rather than run the risk of blowing the engine today. That meant that we were in no-mans land today.
"We finished fourth in the championship – which is one better than last year – but we really came here to get second. It is really disappointing. Our times were much better in the dry this afternoon, but even then our pace wasn't quite able to match the guys at the front.
"But that is just the way it is something and we will hopefully be on to brighter and better things next year."
Aron Domżała said: "Being a part of the WRC Academy has been a very nice experience for me. The stages were amazing – I just loved the whole challenge!
"OK, this is the most interesting and probably the most difficult rally I have ever competed in, but on the second day I felt that my pace was getting a little bit better.
"We had a lot of luck and didn't have a single problem with the car – it has been a really amazing weekend."
Candido Carerra, 2012 FIA WRC Academy Co-driver Champion (*), said: "I am very happy – the co-driver's championship was very important to me. Jose [Suárez, driver] has done a very good job through the whole season.
He has just been improving all the time and getting better and better with every rally.
"To win here in front of my people is an amazing feeling. There are a lot of good co-drivers from here – Luis Moya for example – maybe one day I can be as good as him too!"
(*) Subject to official confirmation of the results by the FIA.
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A man leaves Mexico City for the remote countryside where he intends to end his life. There he finds lodgings with an old Indian widow, Ascen, in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of this wild, breathtaking natural landscape, the old woman`s infinite humanity reawakens his dulled senses and desires. Inspired by the visionary cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, Carlos Reygadas` extraordinary debut feature - stunningly shot in panoramic cinemascope - is an enigmatic and mesmerising meditation on the themes of death and rebirth, human strengths and frailty, and love and faith.
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Victoria And David Beckham Fighting Over Tom Cruise?
David Beckham was not told to "dump" Tom Cruise as a friend by his wife Victoria nor is the couple fighting over the actor, despite a new tabloid report. Gossip Cop can exclusively correct this claim. We're told it's "not true."
According to OK! magazine, the soccer stud and actor's "bromance" is "stirring up trouble" for the former Spice Girl. A so-called "source" tells the tabloid Victoria "can't stand" Cruise and his adherence to Scientology. "It's become a big issue," claims the magazine's supposed "source," adding, "There have been multiple fights. She's always been concerned about the way Tom pushes his beliefs on them."
The tabloid alleges Cruise told the Beckhams that their son Romeo's reported epilepsy doesn't require medical treatment, and instead can be treated by Scientology. "That really upset Victoria, and she worries about Tom's influence over David," claims the magazine's source, adding, "David understands Tom overstepped regarding Romeo, but he believes it's in the past. He likes Tom and wishes Victoria would move on."
This is all very dramatic and wrong. A mutual friend of Gossip Cop and the Beckhams exclusively tells us the tabloid's tale is "not true." Sadly, we're not entirely surprised. Last month, Gossip Cop busted OK! for wrongly reporting Victoria and David Beckham were angling for their own reality show. And shortly before that, we corrected the magazine for falsely claiming the couple was splitting up.


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Circle Share
You learn a great deal about 7 year olds at "circle share".
The "juicy" learning commences after first recess, when the eager blabber mouths file in and hurry to the carpet to form a circle. This in and of itself, takes time.
Since math needs to start in only 15 minutes, I remind them that they need to "share only one thing, in a couple of sentences, not a lengthy paragraph connected together by 20 "and then and then and then..."
It sometimes takes bribery to get them settled and quiet, ready to begin. I want to bribe them by saying, "If we can't get in our circle and quiet down, we won't get to have math today."
Instead I say, "Ok. If we can't get quiet and ready to share, we won't have recess this afternoon."
I don't want to say it. It's not what I learned in the credential program. And I hate when every other damn teacher on the public school planet says it.
I want math, reading and various other essential subjects of academia to be what they hunger for rather than music, art and recess and yet, I spew the words to get instant results. I get instant results because so much of the arts and physical eduction have been removed from our public schools, and the children are literally starving for it. Unfortunately, the recess bribe works.
We are ready to begin our circle share:
(We pass around this purple bean bag and whomever is holding it, gets to speak while the rest of us get to listen)
"Well, yesterday I saw Nick at the mall (outbreak of giggles by the 1st graders) and I got new shoes and then my mom said we could go to Dave's BBQ and after that we went to my tia's house and then..."
"Ok. We need to pass the bean bag."
"Last night, I was watching the news and I heard Noah's name on the news. (class bursts out giggling and Noah, our student, blushes and hides his head between his knees) It was a movie called Noah's Boat." (Class is overcome with laughter. Katie starts to blurt out the correct name and I remind her it's not her turn, hoping she forgets the sermon by the time the bean bag reaches her.)
"My therapist told me it's not ok for my step mom to be mean to me."
"What's a therapist?"
"Yesterday, my sister played Spin the Bottle." ( Ms. Fern seems to be the only one present familiar with this game. No one in the circle bats an eye.)
"Janelle took cuts in the line after recess."
"No, I didn't!"
"My mom is taking me to get new shoes after school today but if we can't find any shoes, then I get two shirts and if we can't find anything we get to go have ice cream."
"We're taking Flopsie to the doctor to have her baby-maker taken out after school today."
...And the bean bag continues around the circle where honest, and sometimes, excruciatingly detailed accounts are shared, one kid at a time. And one teacher, listening, learning, holding back the bursts of laughter that seem to be building in her throat and biting her tongue until it requires medical attention.
You know, kids are no different than adults. They want to be heard.
And as with adults, it's extremely hard for them to listen to each other without thinking, planning, conspiring what they are going to say.
Lesson to self: Listening is more important than speaking.
My Last Day
As you might suspect, there's been MANY days I thought the 7-week stretch would never end; many days (and nights) I feared the whining (and wine-ing) would never end.
However, yesterday, came out of nowhere and hit me like a bolt from the blue.
And though my head has been throbbing as a result of rising before humans actually should and from listening to a constant, daily barrage of "Ms. Fern....Ms. Fern....Ms. Fern..."
It won't come as a huge, teary-eyed surprise that, as I hugged each one good-bye when the dismissal bell rang, that's exactly what I did...
I cried.
I'm so spent from this highly respected, grossly underpaid profession called elementary school teacher, that I really have no more details floating around in what's left of my brain.
So, I think I'll just leave it at that.


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June 27, 1973 was the first day of summer vacation for 13-year-old Daniel Westley and his friends. After a long school year, the boys were eager to head outdoors to blow off some steam and have a bit of fun in New Westminster. But while their intentions were good, the fateful outcome of the events that afternoon were not what any of them expected.
Daniel's friends, all slightly older than him, had successfully managed to jump aboard a moving freight train in the Port Mann yard.
"I had a bad feeling in my gut, but the moment took over. Sometimes when you're young you know better than to do something, but you just go ahead and do it anyway," recalls Daniel. "I was holding on, running next to the train as it went faster and faster. I hit a spot where the train tracks meet and stumbled, which threw me right under it, landing with my back right on the middle of the track and I knew instantly this was no place to be, so I kicked to get away, but the train ran over my legs, and it hurt, until it didn't hurt anymore."
Three men who were working close by saw what happened and rushed over. One said he was a veteran and knew what to do. They stayed and helped Daniel until the ambulance arrived to take him to Royal Columbian Hospital.
"It was the first time I had ever tried anything like that," he says.
On the same day, near Williams Lake, 15-year-old Rick Hansen had his spinal cord severed in an accident, and he also wound up at the hospital. The two boys became fast friends while they spent months in rehabilitation and physiotherapy. "They encouraged us to race our wheelchairs down the halls of the hospital," says Daniel. "It was important for us to get moving."
Six months after the accident in the train yard, Daniel returned to school, eventually landing at North Delta Secondary. While there, his path once again crossed that of Rick's when Hansen came out to his school to give a motivational talk to the students. In addition to his address to the kids, Rick had an idea to recruit Daniel to play wheelchair sports.
Daniel agreed to give it a try and has never looked back.
"In addition to Rick and I, there were a number of great athletes playing, including Terry Fox for a while," he says. "We used to train together by racing our chairs up Burnaby Mountain via the Gaglardi Highway and then practise basketball at Simon Fraser University. It was a great time and I really got into shape. Sport is a really good thing. It gives you focus, and the training makes you feel so good. It is priceless. You see success when you work your plan and it can really keep you motivated."
Daniel got a taste of travel while on that basketball squad as they competed in the Pacific Northwest Conference against teams from Seattle, Spokane, Edmonton and other communities.
"Stan Strong was our manager and he was the true backbone of the team," says Daniel. "He was one of the first quadriplegics with his level of injury to even survive, and he went on to be a real inspiration."
Daniel was on his way to becoming one of Canada's greatest athletes, which was ironic as he never would have envisioned such a thing while being raised in North Surrey alongside his two brothers and two sisters.
"In those days, I played tag and some tether ball, but that was it," he says. "I was not into sports at all. It was great to learn to play basketball, but it was a challenge too. If you can imagine, you are in a wheelchair, with no seat belts, trying to do something athletic and they don't really go together all that well. If you did turn too quickly, the chair would just fold up and spit you out right on to the floor. While trying to learn the game, I was also dealing with a lot more than just trying to make a basket."
Daniel got his start in basketball but his attention soon turned to racing wheelchairs.
"Playing basketball raised my fitness level and it was a natural fit to start racing," he says. "Basketball is primarily a winter and cold weather sport and racing became a natural complement for summer and when the weather is better. When I started racing, most of the competitions were on the track, but it quickly became embraced by the road racing series already in place for able-bodied runners."
Daniel moved back to New Westminster, the city of his birth, in 1986.
"I really wanted that hometown connection," he says. "It takes a whole community to raise a child, a whole country to create a champion. The locals loved me and I loved them."
In 1988, Daniel competed in his first Paralympics in Seoul, Korea, representing his country for the first time.
"It was definitely a big trip," he says. "And very exciting to parade into this massive outdoor stadium for the opening ceremonies. I entered every race there was for us: The 100 metres, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, 5,000, 10,000 metres and the marathon. I probably would have thought otherwise if I had known there were preliminaries, quarter-finals, and semifinals just to get to the finals. Despite the crazy schedule, I wound up winning two gold, in the 100 and the 800, three silver medals and two [bronzes]. Winning the 100 made me the so-called fastest man in the world!"
Daniel also competed at the summer games in Barcelona in 1992 and then turned his attention to sit skiing. Like Clara Hughes, he became a star in both Summer and Winter Games, competing in the winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994, Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake City in 2002.
"In Lillehammer, I was an also-ran, but in Nagano, I picked up gold in the Super G and a bronze in the Downhill. In my final games, at Salt Lake City, I won gold in the Slalom, silver in the Super G and bronze in the Downhill."
In addition to competing in the Paralympics, Daniel has raced in marathons and road races all over the world, though primarily in Canada and the United States. He even won the London Marathon one year.
"A lot of factors go into winning a race," he says. "You have to pick a good line, you need a lot of luck with your equipment, and there are often team tactics to consider. I did not have a team when I went down to those races, but I was often competing against guys who understood the tactics of team racing."
Clearly, he became a gifted athlete, but Daniel credits more than his fitness level.
"I've been practising meditation since 1980 to help with the training," he says. "An athlete needs to be able to relax and focus on the task at hand. You have to separate yourself from the distractions and stay in the moment. I found it very helpful. When you compete at an international level, the competition is fierce even for wheelchair users. Most disabled sports are built on innovation. [Athletes] are forced to not only reinvent themselves, but also look at reinventing their equipment, be it a glove, a push technique, even the wheelchair. I've built innovation into every aspect over the years and that has really given me an edge in my competitions. You have to make it what you want, if you want results. Over the years, the equipment has improved and evolved into the rigid frame chairs that are popular today. We were the pioneers."
Now retired as a competitor, Daniel's focus has shifted to working for Medichair where he helps people of all ages, even some veterans, adjust to their disabilities and get on with life.
Recently, he was honoured to be part of the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Paralympics in his hometown. He was one of the people who carried the torch inside BC Place Stadium as part of the final countdown.
"I was part of the Games dating back to the bidding process, helping to present our vision to the International Olympic Committee. It was quite an honour to carry the torch in front of all those people, the energy was electric."
Daniel also enjoys giving presentations at schools and community groups, getting students and teachers playing against one another in wheelchairs and sharing his story.
"They see each other in a better light from a chair and how we are all on the same level," he says. "The public's perception of a person in a wheelchair has grown. What looks like a pretty serious setback for someone can be an opportunity for growth. Hopefully, we can all see that a disability doesn't prevent a person from achieving something. It's not about what you can't do, but about what you can do."
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text: Hey guys a couple weeks ago there was a thread about boulderscping and RockH20Farm requested some pics of a job I'm working on. This of course isn't everything but quite a bit and I'll add some more photos as I go. A new thing I do with my "super jobs" is make a photo book during the process for both me a the homeowner. iphoto is great. Anyways heres a link w/ the pics. Enjoy oh a about 30 triaxle loads of boulders and the same in soil were brought in. http://gallery.mac.com/ahvaugha#100052&view=mosaic&sel=0&bgcolor=white


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Lusaka, United Kingdom (PressExposure) February 21, 2012 -- Major Initiative launched by BongoHive Zambia Puts African Innovation on the Map, Literally.
Non-Profit Crowdsourcing Tech Entrepreneur Centres at
Lusaka: 20th Feb 2012:
BongoHive are creating a dynamic, user-generated, on-line map which is revealing just how many tech business incubation hubs have been set up around the continent.
"In just a few days we have already learned about 15 tech hubs in 13 different countries across Africa", says Lukonga Lindunda, Co-Founder of BongoHive, "More reports are coming in every day. If we can get the message out there, with the help of Africa's technology journalists, we expect to reach a total of 25 centres within this week and our goal is to map 50 hubs before the end of the month".
By clicking on the red dots on the map of Africa, visitors to the website can discover more information about individual technology hubs that have already been mapped.
By filling in a simple form visitors to the website can inform BongoHive of a new tech hub to add to the map. As Lukonga says "Put your technology hub on the map by clicking on 'Submit a Report' and let us have the website and contact details of any centres missing from the map".
Visit the AfricaHubs website to see the mapping here: https://africahubs.crowdmap.com/
This is a very positive story about Africa that directly contrasts the negative stereo-typing of Africa as a continent dominated by poverty, corruption and hopelessness. The technology sector is booming in Africa and we want to support entrepreneurs and get the story out.
Why did BongoHive set up the Africa Hubs map on-line?
"This initiative came from an idea developed in collaboration with Tony Roberts (better known as @phat_controller on Twitter).
"We strongly suspect that there are many other places in Africa where innovators come together in the way that we do at BongoHive and we wanted to use this innovative method to reach out to them and share learning and experience with them.
"There are a few centres like the iHub in Nairobi that have earned well-deserved acclaim, but we also suspect that there are many more out there that are unheard of and do not yet enjoy the same level of public awareness and support. We want to help them raise their profile. We want to know more about their successes and challenges. We want to collaborate with them as peers.
"We know from personal experience how mutually beneficial networking has been for tech innovators at the local level here in Lusaka. Now we want to reap the same benefits by networking at the pan-African level with tech entrepreneurs, business start-up centres and hackerspaces", says Lukonga.
Why the mapping initiative specifically?
"We think that crowd-mapping is the perfect way to make visible the wealth of entrepreneurial talent springing up all across Africa.
"No one has done it before. We wanted to see if it could be done."
"We thought that we would use crowdsourcing to uncover the full extent of technological entrepreneurship that exists across the continent. What better method to discover and share this information openly than by using the internet; using social-networking to build an on-line network of technology hubs. It has been an exciting process"
We want to put out the appeal to people everywhere to let us know what tech hubs exist so that we can put them on the map, literally.
Notes to Editors:
BongoHive is Lusaka's Technology and Innovation Hub, a place where tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs meet to share, learn and innovate.
Lukonga Lindunda and Bart Cornille were instrumental in setting up the centre in Longacres, central Lusaka as a place for tech geeks to incubate ideas and create synergies.
BongHive was set up in 2011 and is becoming well known as a place where .........
Why was BongoHive Zambia set up?
"Our experience was that Zambia was not short of technology enthusiasts with great ideas but that it lacked a space for them to network with like-minded entrepreneurs who were facing similar challenges and triumphs. That's why we created BongoHive" says Lukonga.
"Synergies are created when like-minded people work together and bounce ideas off each other. Governments create business parks, business leaders form chambers of commerce, universities create think tanks and we formed this technology hub" says Lukonga.
BongoHive Zambia
CDC Building, Opposite Chinese Embassy, Haile Selasie Avenue, Longacres, Lusaka, Zambia
Web: [http://www.bongohive.com]
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bongohive
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BongoHive
Media Contact: Lukonga Lindunda
Mobile: +260 955 769936
Skype: lukonga.lindunda
Twitter: @lukonga
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The only solution on this issue I found it's compress using SONY AVC mode. In that case these vertical lines doesn't appear at all (the same resolution, fps settings). But how to save video in uncompressed mode without this issue? What can be a reason of this issue?
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O2 Media has appointed Kelly Wearmouth in the new role of head of content partnerships.
The announcement follows the recent appointment of Tom Hosking as head of O2 More last month.
The former Microsoft Advertising head of MSN Sales will work closely with the Global Telefónica Partnership team and the Telefónica Marketing Group and report to Gary Cole, commercial director at O2 Media.
Wearmouth, who is credited for overseeing the successful launch of the UK's number one men's lifestyle channel, MSN Him, will be responsible for the development of 02's content partnerships in a bid to generate long-term revenue growth.
O2 Media commercial director Gary Cole said: 'Kelly has an impressive track record working for Microsoft Advertising and Unilever. I am looking forward to incorporating her fresh insight and expertise into O2 Media and using all of her skills to take our content strategy to the next level.'
Wearmouth said: 'I am excited about having the opportunity to apply myself to O2 Media and drive our content offering in the UK as well as globally. O2 Media is on the forefront of mobile marketing and I am excited about joining such a vibrant and dynamic team.'
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The countdown to 1,000 begins
Speaking of being a bit slack, my movie reviews (such as they are) have been a bit thin on the ground of late, but I did put one up yesterday, so why not check it out by clicking da linkz, innit? See the comments on that latest one, and you'll see how big my backlog is, too, so I'm hoping to get my shit together. Also awaiting my eyes are Constantine and Black Book.
So, what's in the news? Well, of course there is a lot of talk about the UK's return to nuclear power over the coming years. Man, I don't know... Nuclear power? I mean, have we not learned anything from the past? Okay, let's say for a minute that nuclear has had bad press. Let's look on the bright side. Apparently it's clean and it's therefore better for the environment than coal and oil.
But it has a half-life of 10,000 years. I mean, you can't just bury this shit under the Irish Sea once you're done with it and forget about it. And yes, that apparently was the plan mentioned by an unnamed governmental minister just a couple of days ago. Then last night, on Newsnight some other dude was saying that he's sure there are communities across the UK that would only be too glad to have a nuclear dumping ground and all the jobs that would entail. Um, really? Cos I can't see people lining up for that business opportunity.
This, in my humble opinion, of course, is a fucking global disaster waiting to happen. What's next? "Oh I know, let's take all this old nuclear waste material and dump it on an uninhabited island somewhere. That's fine." Yeah, and with all the ocean liners that seem to constantly crash causing massive oil spills, imagine the severity of a similar situation with a liner full of nuclear waste... Not good.
Still, most people, who probably know more about it than I do, seem concerned more about the costs of the nuclear programme than about the dangers, so what do I know...?
Also in the news is talk of abolishing the blasphemy law. What's particularly interesting about this is that the Church of England is in favour of its abolition, while the government is keen to keep the law in place (what's that about separation of Church and state again...?)
Personally, I'm all for the abolition of the blasphemy law, of course. I blaspheme from time to time. I take the Lord's name in vain. I don't necessarily think it's big or clever, but as an atheist I see it as my God-given right (ha ha!). And I certainly don't see that anyone should be punished in law for blasphemy, especially writers, artists and broadcasters, people in the public eye who are the most likely to find themselves at the end of such legislation.
Something funny is that if I blaspheme in English, the missus is mildly tutty at me, but if I do it in Italian she virtually blows a fuse. It's bizarre. Also weird is that they have this exclamation in Italian: "Cazzo di Buddha!" This means, "Buddha's cock!" This is deemed perfectly okay, but if I replace Buddha with "Dio" (God) or "Cristo" (Christ), that's highly frowned upon. So it's okay for Italians to be rude about other people's deities but not their own!
Religion is funny. Well, it would be if it weren't for the fact that it's the cause of so much of the trouble in the world... Have a great weekend, y'all.
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This Reuters article, published at CNBC, cites major economists who argue that the recession is far from over. I agree. Why?
Mortgage delinquencies continue to rise.
Commercial real-estate is going under, fast.
Residential and commercial construction are down significantly from 2007.
States, cities and counties are going to have to make more cuts because sales taxes, income taxes, and corporate taxes continue to be down significantly from last year and even further down from 2007. Cuts will raise unemployment.
Retail sales figures from XMas show fewer sales than last year, although sales were for higher profits so retailers may be more profitable than last year. Go into a retail store and look at their inventory. Most stores are very bare.
Temporary sales people hired for the holidays will be let go.
The WSJ reported 1/6/2010 page C1 that "the nonmanufacturing sector comprises 88% of the economy."
The US has outsourced manufacturing.
The FIRE economy is still in distress.
How can the recession be over? What is going to drive economic "recovery"?
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Any clothing that is not distributed to the student body will be donated to local clothing closets.
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Antron Brown and his Matco Tools team led by crew chiefs Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald dominated Top Fuel competition the past two years but 2016 produced a record-shattering season and their third world championship in five years.
The 41-year-old won a career-best seven NHRA Wally trophies and tied his career mark for No. 1 qualifying positions with seven last year.
His vibrant personality, perseverance, intelligence, athleticism and religious convictions helped plot the course to getting a job driving in the ultimate category of Top Fuel in 2008. And just four years later, the New Jersey native was crowned the 2012 NHRA Top Fuel dragster world champion.
Achieving that championship enabled Brown to become the first African-American to win a major U.S. auto racing championship.
Antron Brown starts 2017 as the driver with the most dominant team over the past years with the Matco Tools/U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster with crew chiefs Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald along with team manager/car chief Brad Mason.
Brown and his Matco team have won the past two NHRA Top Fuel world championships and three over the past five Mello Yello Drag Racing Series seasons.
The combination has recorded the most wins in Top Fuel over the past eight years by compiling 43 wins. Brown ranks fourth in all-time Top Fuel wins with 45.
Brown set personal bests for event titles (seven), final rounds (11) and elimination round wins (55). He also set career bests for elapsed time with at 3.679 seconds. In 2015, he became the first drag racer to complete a run in under 3.70 seconds.
His 45 titles ranks fourth all-time in Top Fuel, and 61 overall titles (16 in Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the eighth most among NHRA's four professional categories.
And 2017 will only be his 10th in Top Fuel and 21st competing in an NHRA pro category.
Brown dreamed of driving one of the world's most iconic racecars, but never truly believed that one day he would let alone win two world championships.
His vibrant personality, perseverance, intelligence, athleticism and deeply held religious convictions helped plot the course to getting a job driving in NHRA drag racing's ultimate category of Top Fuel in 2008. And just four years later, the New Jersey native was crowned the 2012 NHRA Top Fuel Dragster world champion along with his Matco Tools teammates at DSR.
Achieving that championship milestone enabled Brown to become the first African-American to win a major U.S. auto racing season championship. That accomplishment, coupled with his commitment to helping young Americans, earned him two prestigious honors in 2013.
In January 2012, he was selected to NBC's 2013 edition of "TheGrio's 100" list that features African-American industry, sports and community leaders. He was featured on a segment of the NBC's Today show to help celebrate Black History Month. Eight months later, he was at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City along with Terry Bradshaw, James Worthy, Dave Winfield, Nick Faldo, Shawn Johnson and other renowned athletes at the 28th annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to benefit The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis.
"I never sat back and thought about it, but if I can be an inspiration for kids out there – not just African-Americans, just Americans period – and give them somebody they can look up to that's positive who actually never settled in life for things that people told them they may not ever achieve then it makes this accomplishment even more special.
"Even some of my own family members told me that I could never be a professional racer. I even doubted myself that I would someday be a Top Fuel or Funny Car racer, because it just seemed to be so far out of reach."
Brown lives in Pittsboro, Ind., with his wife, Billie Jo, and their three children. He is active in various community activities including church, NHRA Jr. Drag Racing, Boy Scouts and other youth-related programs.
More impressive than Brown's third world championship and 61 NHRA event titles (45 in Top Fuel and 16 in Pro Stock Motorcycle) are commitments to God, family and helping to motivate high school and college students through about 30 speaking engagements around the country for sponsors Matco Tools and the U.S. Army.
Brown grew up at dragstrips when he tagged along with his father, Albert, and uncle, Andre, who were – and continue to be – avid NHRA Sportsman racers. They followed the lead of late grandfather, Albert Brown, who began drag racing in the 1960s and passed the passion to Brown's father and uncle.
In 2013, Brown passed the sport to his oldest son, Anson, and daughter, Arianna, by introducing them to NHRA Jr. Drag Racing, which is for youngsters as young as 8 driving one-half scale dragsters.
Anson, who turned 12 in July 2014, became the first fourth-generation Brown to compete in drag racing when he began driving an NHRA Jr. Dragster. He proved to be a fast learner by winning six race titles as a rookie in 2013. Arianna, who turned 15 in November, gave it a try and is the first Brown woman to compete in drag racing. Youngest son Adler competed will compete for the second year.
Brown first operated a motorcycle at age 4 shortly after learning how to ride a bicycle with training wheels. When he was 12, he began competing on 80-cc bikes in motocross.
His first competitive action on the dragstrip came during his senior year of high school aboard a Suzuki GSXR 1100 that Brown routinely guided to quarter-mile runs in 9.20 seconds at nearly 160 mph.
His passion for motorcycles never has waned.
While in his college dorm, he fielded a phone call from star NFL cornerback Troy Vincent, who asked if Brown was capable of riding a Pro Stock Motorcycle. Vincent, who was married to one of Brown's cousins, started Team 23 Racing a year later and Brown's dream or racing professionally became a reality. Another member of the team was famed NHRA rider Dave Schultz, who mentored the animated rookie. In 10 seasons on his Suzuki, Brown amassed 16 PSM victories in 33 final rounds, 11 No. 1 qualifying awards, and twice finished second in the points standings (2001 and 2006).
After a decade as one of the premier riders in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category, Brown signed with David Powers Motorsports to drive the Matco Tools dragster in 2008.
Brown made a seamless transition to the Top Fuel class, earning the pole in his first career Top Fuel race at the 2008 Winternationals at Pomona with a blast of 4.495 seconds when racing was at a distance 1,320 feet. He won in just his fourth Top Fuel start by edging three-time series champion Larry Dixon in the final round at Houston Raceway Park becoming the first driver in NHRA history to win races in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle categories.
In 2009, Brown drove for three different Top Fuel team owners, including Mike Ashley who sold his operation to DSR late in the season. That was a pivotal year for Brown because it was his first with crew chiefs Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald, the 1984 NHRA Funny Car champion.
That year, Brown won seven No. 1 qualifying positions and six event titles after advancing to the championship round 10 times.
Brown, who had ridden a Pro Stock Motorcycle for DSR from July of 2002 through the completion of the 2007 NHRA season, was back in the DSR stable driving for the organization's newest Top Fuel team.
Brown speaks to at least 30 groups of high school and technical students around the country representing sponsors Matco Tools and the U.S. Army. At NHRA events, he speaks to hundreds of students as part of NHRA's U.S. Army YES (Youth Education Services) program. His talks stress the importance of setting goals and working to achieve them.
Brown excelled in football, basketball and track and field at Northern Burlington County Regional High School in Columbus, N.J.
He earned an Associate of Arts degree in business administration from Mercer Junior College.
While at Mercer, he competed on indoor and outdoor track circuits in multiple events including the long jump and 100-meter dash. He was quick enough in the 100 to receive an invitation to the 1998 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Brown was offered an athletic scholarship by Long Island University in 1997 but opted instead to pursue his professional drag racing dream.
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Veteran Scottish politician Margo MacDonald, who suffered from Parkinson's disease and had been campaigning in recent years to legalise assisted suicide, has died peacefully at home.
Ms MacDonald, 70, represented the Scottish National Party at both Westminster and Holyrood, before latterly serving as an Independent MSP.
Her husband, former SNP deputy leader Jim Sillars, who was at her bedside when she died, said: "She supported and inspired generations of idealists and campaigners who, like her, wanted Scotland to take its place in the world.
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Among the many tributes, Holyrood Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick said: "To be known and recognised by a first name is reserved to very few. But everyone knew Margo. She had a rare skill in being able to translate political speak into language we could all understand."
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It's official, Subway has permanently ended its relationship with former spokesman Jared Fogle.
We no longer have a relationship with Jared and have no further comment.
— SUBWAY® (@SUBWAY) August 18, 2015
And for that matter, his wife is also ending their relationship.
#JaredFogle's wife Katie released a statement saying she is filing for divorce. http://t.co/7DUH937bak @WISH_TV pic.twitter.com/5dqYftEW4z
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The announcement was made shortly after it was announced that Fogle would be entering a plea bargain for charges of distributing and receiving child pornography of 12 minors as well as travelling to engage in illicit sexual contact with 2 minors. It is mentioned in the plea bargain that not all victims have been identified.
159,634 text messages were analyzed in the #JaredFogle case, leading to 14 victims. Investigation by the numbers: http://t.co/2rccOFAPj2
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The plea agreement calls for $100,000 to be paid to each minor for counseling and 5-12 years in prison. Fogle will seek treatment for sexual disorders and be put on the sex offender registry as well. However, many people do not consider this to be adequate punishment.
5 to 12 yrs is not enough for ANYONE who violates children! Seems they had enough to not do plea. He needs the max of 30yrs! #JaredFogle
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Adequate Icebreaking Resources
An Executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 charges the U.S. Coast Guard with breaking ice on U. S. waterways to meet the needs of commerce. Shipping during the Great Lakes ice season (early December through late April, even early May on occasion) is critical to keeping America's and Canada's economic engines humming. Customers on both sides of the border must minimize stockpiling costs, so vessels continue to operate even as the ice reaches a thickness of three or four feet. Cargo movement during the ice season can top 20 million tons, or 15 percent of the annual total.
To facilitate commerce during the ice season, the U.S. Coast Guard has nine vessels with icebreaking capabilities. However, six of these vessels were built in the 1970s and are now nearing the end of their serviceable lives. The Coast Guard acknowledged that these vessels were in need of extensive repair and modernization and began a program of service life extension in 2014. As of summer 2016, one of the six 140-foot-long icebreaking tugs has completed the much-needed upgrading and work on another is nearing completion, but it will take another four years before the process is complete.
Two of the other vessels charged with icebreaking are actually buoy tenders whose hulls were strengthened, but their capabilities have proven to be limited.
Leading the U.S. Coast Guard's Great Lakes icebreaking team is the cutter MACKINAW. Launched in 2006, she is the only heavy icebreaker on the U.S. side. She is the second heavy icebreaker to carry that name on the Lakes. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Congress approved construction of a heavy icebreaker to keep cargo moving on the Lakes so America could be the "Arsenal of Democracy." The first MACKINAW was commissioned in 1944 and served the nation well until her retirement in 2006.
Canada too tasks its Coast Guard with icebreaking. The country used to have seven icebreakers stationed on the Lakes, but now keeps only two such vessels in the region and those are also in need of replacement.
The winters of 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 dramatically illustrated the need for more icebreaking resources, both U.S. and Canadian. The winters were near arctic, and millions of tons of cargo were either delayed or outright cancelled. During the winter of 2013/2014 the damage from ice cost U.S.-flag vessel operators $6 million to repair. The following spring more than a few vessels delayed their sailing rather than risk more ice damage.
Ice impacts on employment and business during those two winters were even more significant. The jobs lost totaled 5,800 and the lost economic activity topped $1 billion!
Help is on the way. A provision in the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 authored by Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) authorizes construction of a new icebreaker for the Lakes. In June 2016 Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) included $2 million for design of an icebreaker at least as capable as the current MACKINAW in the Committee Report on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. Representatives Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Senator Gary Peters (R-MI) are also laser-focused on the issue. Much remains to be done, but thanks to a committed Great Lakes delegation, a second heavy icebreaker to supplement the MACKINAW is several steps closer to reality.


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Spring Makeup - All Drugstore!
Even though I'm still wearing my winter coat, the calendar says it's officially Spring, and the calendar does not lie. We made it! It's been a while since I did a complete drugstore look and I knew it was time to do another one when I was in Walgreens last week. Innocently enough, I was there to buy toothpaste and Q-tips but somehow after 20 minutes I looked down at my basket and it was filled with makeup. I don't know how this always happens to me? So this week's video is full of the products from that trip. The lipstick and blush brighten up a basic neutral eye and make this look cheerful and perfect for Spring. Hope you give it a try! xoKL
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If you deal with jewelry, you probably tried to photograph it at some point – and came away with a new appreciation for those glossy images in magazines. How do the pros do it? Three top jewelry photographers share their secrets.
If you deal with jewelry, you probably tried to photograph it at some point – and came away with a new appreciation for those glossy images in magazines. How do the pros do it? Three top jewelry photographers share their secrets.
In my first post on the shifting sands of estate jewelry terminology, experts set us straight on the terms estate, antique and vintage. Two well-known Manhattan jewelry dealers, Peter Schaffer and Janet Mavec, weigh in on the estate debate. Collectible…
A second full moon in one month is rare enough, but a blue moon that falls on New Year's Eve deserves its own ornament. In honor of the blue moon tomorrow, a look at jewelry that celebrates la luna.
For jewelry lovers, few things equal the pleasure of looking at jewelry firsthand – except maybe looking at jewelry and reading about it at the same time. I have yards of bookcase devoted to this topic. Here are some recent favorites.
In case this week's celebration of jewelry for men inspired you to adorn the males of our species, here are a few unique gift ideas – all of which can be purchased without leaving home – for scientists, artists, architecture buffs, fishermen, skiers, handymen and wise old owls.
Some things haven't changed much in Hollywood over the past half century. When you're starting out, you have to use what you've got. That means that if you're young and beautiful, publicists and paparazzi will snap lots of pictures of…
Before Springsteen, before the Rolling Stones, before Hell's Angels, there was… Tyrone Power? That's right, those guys got this look from Hollywood swashbucklers. And long before that, swarthy sailors actually wore it on the high seas.
The trick to maintaining a macho image while wearing jewelry is to keep things simple, fashion-wise. Also helpful: tattoos, tousled hair, three days' beard growth, and a few hours a week pumping iron. Studly celebs Colin Farrel, Ewan McGregor and Gerard Butler demonstrate.
"I'm duding up my shirtfront, putting in the shirt studs, polishing my nails…"
Fred Astaire was steppin' out. Proper accessories were required. Today, Johnny Depp continues his legacy, while other Hollywood style icons follow Cary Grant's lead.
Let's face it, where jewelry is concerned, women get all the fun. Go into most jewelry stores and ask to see the men's lines and you often get a bewildered look. That, or you're pointed to a sad little grouping…


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My college degree is more or less in journalism. Technically, it's in English, but considering I spent an average of 40-60 hours per week (if not more) at the University of Michigan's student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, I learned far more about journalism than I ever did about English literature. Because of my own history, I tend to view bloggers as solo journalists who become experts in whatever fields they write about.
Of course, traditional journalists typically have to follow some pretty heavy guidelines with all of their reporting, while bloggers and social media influencers often have the freedom to make the rules up as they go. Former anchorman Dan Rather has recently made the jump from traditional journalist to social media influencer, which is a trajectory that I wouldn't be surprised to see more journalists following over the coming years.
I recently learned about the Facebook page launched by Dan Rather, and it has become one of my favorite things to read online. The almost 85-year-old has reported most of the world's biggest news stories during his time, and while he has remained active in the media since stepping down from CBS News in 2005, he started his Facebook page because he wanted a more direct line of communication to share his thoughts and observations. Personally, I find that his posts are almost always long, well-written, very well thought-out and worth the time to read. (Also, I have a chuckle every time he mentions wanting to snack on Frito's because those just so happen to be my dad's favorite snack as well but they're not a snack food you see mentioned very often anymore.)
Dan Rather gave an interview to The Daily Beast about his new-found social media success and I thought the article included more than a few tidbits that bloggers can use as they navigate their own paths. The entire article is obviously worth a read, but here are some highlights and what I took away from them:
Blogging Inspiration from Dan Rather
• "If I'm to have any voice at all in this, I'm gonna have to find a new way to do it."
Always find a way to stand out. What can you do that other bloggers/influencers aren't doing?
• "The second thing is how much of a conversation this turns out to be. Among the things we like about it is that it's a conversation—people talk to you—and it's not always complimentary. What's been built here is a community of people who indicated that they have some trust that I will try to talk at least sanely about what's going on."
What can you do to further build a sense of community on your blog our via your social media outlets?
• "I was advised by people with a whole lot more experience than me in this area. They said, "Dan, you've gotta write short. If you write more than two paragraphs, you're gonna lose." The kinds of things I want to do can't be said in under two paragraphs. I just said, What the hell. I want to be myself. I want to do the kind of journalism I was trained to do in the tradition I grew up—the Murrow tradition, the CBS tradition."
You don't have to fit into anyone else's box. Redefine best practices.
• "It did go through my mind that I spent a good deal of my life chasing ratings. I understand very well the pressure that that brings. I'm just not going to go there. It's not going to be a matter of how many views you get. I'm not gonna play that game. I played it as well as I could. I'm just not gonna do that."
Page views aren't all that manner. Work on creating quality content that you can be proud of and that perhaps people will want to share.
• "People like politics. But they also like uplifting stories that don't just make them feel good, but encourage them to do something decent themselves—uplifting stories about how good-hearted and generous Americans are."
Focus on the positive! There's a reason that those link bait sites that share nothing but happy stories do so well on social media. People want to be happy and they want to be inspired. You can use blogging and social media platforms to truly change the course of someone's day.
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'A very good year' for LI vintners
An exceptionally warm, dry growing season free of late-summer storms produced one of the cleanest and most abundant grape harvests on the North Fork in nearly a decade -- and some exceptional wines, vintners said as they put a cork in the 2013 vintage.
More grapes, and more and better wine, have spillover benefits for Long Island's economy. The wineries produce roughly 500,000 cases of wine a year, with an estimated value of around $100 million, said Steven Bate, executive director of the Long Island Wine Council, an industry group. Even a conservative 15 percent increase, he said, would translate into a $15-million boost.
With nearly all of the year's wines now in barrels or tanks and set for aging, many of Long Island's 60 wine producers said the absence of big storms one year after superstorm Sandy left them the luxury of allowing fruit to ripen to a peak on the vine.
Reds showed record sugar levels with structure and complexity not seen since the banner 2007 harvest, winemakers said. Aromatic whites benefited from relatively cooler nights and a similar peak ripeness.
'Amazing' situation for LIThe combination of ideal conditions will show in reds -- merlots, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon wines -- starting in 2015 and 2016. Some strong whites will start appearing as early as next spring.
They'll also be appearing in greater abundance than in recent years, thanks to greater grape production. One local producer, Bate said, produced 120 tons of grapes this year, compared with a previous average of around 70 tons.
At Wolffer Estate Vineyards in Sagaponack, average yields swelled to 3.4 tons of grapes per acre, up from a 20-year average of 2.8 tons, said vineyard manager Rich Pisacano, who also owns Roanoke Vineyards in Riverhead. More importantly, he said, the grapes showed record sugar levels.
"It's sort of uncharted territory for us to have so much come in at such a phenomenal level of ripeness," said Pisacano. "It's a really epic year and an amazing situation for Long Island."
Increase in touristsThe weather boost helped not just production, but in attracting more visitors to the region, Bate said. Tourists add to the local economy an estimated $90 million to $120 million a year in non-wine spending for local hotels, restaurants and other tourism venues. The industry estimates some 1.3 million people visited its wineries in 2012.
Veterans Day alone, he said, saw a 30 percent increase in visitors. The jump is all the more important because 2013 began with a decided thud for winery owners.
"The year did not start out well because we were still suffering from economic hangover from hurricane Sandy. The first quarter was very bad," said Bate.
But better weather "really allowed us to recover on the tourism and business sides as well," he said. "It was perfect for both grape production and the retail business, and that extends over to the regional economy."
Vineyard owners who have dealt with everything from epic rain to hail at harvest time said this year's weather gave them the luxury to let the grapes linger.
"The good weather made the harvest pleasant and relatively stress-free," said Theresa Dilworth, owner of Comtesse Thérèse, an Aquebogue winery and bistro.
Her cabernet sauvignon and merlot showed record-high sugar levels, she said, measured in brix, a gauge of sugar in solutions. "It was the highest I've ever seen," she said. Brix for merlot came in at 25, while cabernet sauvignon registered 26, she said, adding, "Usually, we struggled to get brix to the low 20s."
There was even some concern that the high sugar levels could disrupt the normal fermentation of the wine, and some local vintners said they considered diluting with water or lower-alcohol wine from previous years to prevent alcohol levels from exceeding 14 percent. Dilworth said her winemaker decided against it. Pisacano said he expects some reds to come in with record 15 percent alcohol levels -- not a problem for Wolffer.
"It doesn't worry us at all," he said. "The wines will still be very Long Island."
Taking their timeLong sunny days and cool nights meant grape growers didn't have to invest as much time or energy into maintaining this year's crop, said Marco Borghese, co-owner of Castello di Borghese Vineyard in Cutchogue. Expensive spraying to limit fungus was kept to a minimum.
"If you have to spend a lot of money to make some decent wine, it might be decent wine but it's not a good year," he said. "This was a very good year."
Vineyard owners said even birds, which can swarm a vineyard and decimate a crop at the peak of harvest, weren't much of a problem this year.
Some attributed it to the widespread use of netting, but others said the weather played a role. Warmer weather meant birds remained north longer, arriving here well after the harvest.
Matthew Berenz, winemaker for Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue, said he expects the white wines to be among his best when they are available starting next year. He said the ability to take his time selecting grapes for picking as they ripened helped produce some of his best riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and chardonnay grapes.
"You were able to take your time and let the fruit hang," he said. "It's nice for the winemaker not to have to rush."
Tastes of a good seasonEric Fry, winemaker at Lenz Winery in Peconic, said the year was so optimal that some grapes appear to have been grown in California, where hot dry days produce wines with alcohol levels exceeding 14 percent. "Everything jumped like crazy, giving us California-style stuff," he said. He likes Long Island-style wines and has been tinkering in the barrel to bring the sugar levels down.
Fry said while all the wines will benefit from the perfect growing season, he expects merlots to be among the best wines from this year's vintage. Merlot has long been a staple red of the Long Island region, just like chardonnay in whites.
"I'm really happy with the merlots," Fry said. "They have a nice ripeness, with soft tannins," he added, referring to the wine's textural dryness.
Dilworth of Comtesse Thérèse said yields were helped by just the right amount of rain in June. "That gave us a lot of green growth," she said.
Miguel Martin, winemaker at Palmer Vineyards in Aquebogue, said he saw yield increases north of 15 percent this year. As a result, his holding tanks were full last month as he led a visitor on a tour of the cellar. "We're extremely happy with the quantity and the quality," he said.


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Hello everone!
I am using Juno inline evaluation in a test.jl file to try out possible optimizations of a module using several git branches. I really like the workflow that Juno allows!
I would like to get the reports of @time or @timev from the inline evaluation but they don't appear, just the results of the evaluations do. I've been using @timed, @elapse and @allocated instead but it would be nice to simply use @timev like in the REPL or IJulia.
Is there any way to get those short reports inlined?Thanks!
Edit: Just needed to open the console, STDOUT results goes there. I couldn't delete the post so... I guess the question of inline STDOUT stands? :sweat_smile:
Lots of people answering their own questions lately ;) Having versions of @time that displays their results inline is an interesting idea – I'll add it under "wishlist" so other people can say if they want it too.


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