text:
Car Forums / Kia / Kia Rio
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
2012 Rio - reviews
Can`t say I`m very surprised, but KMA (USA) unlike Kia Canada, did it to (us) once again. Just like HMA, Hyundai USA did it to us just recently with the 2012 Accent. Why Canada (always) gets more color selections and a host of much more standard option features then comparable U.S. Models is both curious and aggravating. Even in Canada`s ( Base) LX Trim, you get the adjustable center console with storage compartment and a host of other features. True, in place of some of these desirable options, the U.S. gets "standard" A/C included, which in 2012 should be a "given", does it not get hot and humid in Canada during the Summer months? Please! The U.S. does get to choose the "Beige" Cloth Interior Fabric on both the LX and EX Models depending on the Exterior Color choice while Canada unfortunately get only Black Canada get a choice of (3) different Wheel sizes, starting with 15` like the U.S. but also adds both 16`` and 17``. In the U.S. its either 15`` or 17``. To get close to the options that the Canadian LX+ gets, or for that matter, their EX or EX+, in the U.S. once you add the "Convenience Package" to the EX Trim line, your only " a mere $300 away from the top of the line SX Model with a host of upscale features. Guess for us, "South of the Border", the (smart) money is going to be a Base model LX with Automatic Transmission and the extra cost Power Package at $1000 bring you to a MSRP of $16,450, (or) opt for the SX model with all the "bells and whistles" at $18,500, minus the optional "Luxury Package which adds, Leather Interior, Navigation, and a Sun Roof. The EX model at $17,250 makes no sense (to me) as it merely adds for an additional $800 to the Base LX trim, the front seat storage console, cruise control, blue tooth access on the steering wheel, allegedly "Premium" Cloth Interior Fabric, which looks very similar to the Standard LX Interior Fabric and a cloth covered Arm Rest for Front Seat Passengers. Oh, I almost neglected to mention the addition on the EX of the Chrome (painted) surround trim on the radiator grill in front, which in due time will begin to chip and eventually peel due to Sun and Heat exposure. The U.S. also only gets the LED Daytime Running Lights on its SX Model. The other models, LX and EX, get no DRL`s. Guess that DRL Module must be (very) expensive, you think?
raderator Posts: 26Drove the LX (base) auto on a twisty country road. Pretty sweet. Seemed zippier than a Fiesta. Handling was great, ride good and road noise acceptable.
These have standard XM/CD/mp3/USB, yea! However, I was told you CANNOT get the power pack (windows, locks, keyless) with the manual.
BTW, the Rio base model comes with bigger wheels and tires than the base Accent, 15" vs 14". I'd get snow tires for the steel wheels and get some alloy wheel from Tirerack. On clearance, you can get them for nearly what steel wheels would cost.
The base model has no fake chrome on the grille, which looks much better since the grille is the only ugly thing on the car besides the dash, which is at least better looking than the Klingon one on the Fiesta.
My local dealer is discounting Rios an amazing $1300-1600! Surely this won't last.
I'm 6' but fit amazingly well in the back seats with inches to spare overhead. The seats fold fairly flat so you could put a dog back there if he is spry enuf to jump up that high.
I was hoping to get a manual with power pack but alas, I seem doomed to accept the auto. Which ain't that bad cuz the manual shift mode is rather fun and somewhat duplicates the experience. mpg is the same anyway.
My only other real disappointment was no map light in the base model. You could probably pull one out of an old Japanese car in the junkyard tho. No sunglasses holder but there is a space for one since the useless roof handle is missing on the driver's side.
backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,682I took a red LX hatch with Convenience Package out for a test drive today. Was hoping to drive a stick but it appears those don't exist. This one was a beautiful red with a tan interior, which is a combo I really like.
First things I noticed were that the plastic wheel is fat and comfy, and the HVAC controls could be from a $40k car with their chrome and piano black accents and smooth operation. The materials quality of the rest of the interior (except for the wheel and lane changer) looked a notch below those HVAC controls, but not bad for the price point. Would have liked some padding for my left elbow (Kia, call Nissan re the nice padding on the Versa). The driver's seat bottom felt small to me, but seemed comfortable enough on my short drive.
The drive was on suburban roads and highways, all pretty smooth except for cracks and expansion joints. On those, the Rio5 was louder than I'd like. The ride felt firmer than the Accent GS I drove a couple of weeks ago. But the steering also felt a tad firmer. Handling was fine, and the car tracked straight without the need for constant corrections. Power even with the AT was adequate, but I didn't press the car (new engine, test drive of a car I was not going to buy). I reset the FE meter when I got up to speed on the highway, and in a short drive got close to 40 mpg which included a couple of stops at stoplights. Speed was around 60 mph. So the car should be able to hit its 40 mpg EPA highway mark even when new at moderate speeds.
Back seat room was just adequate in my sit-behind-me test (5'9"). It was about as much as in some larger cars such as the Focus, Cruze, and 2012 Impreza. Enough for short to moderate height folks for an hour or two. Headroom was sufficient but nothing to spare. Cargo room was OK but less than in its cousin the Accent. I appreciated the 60/40 fold-down seats with a fairly flat load floor (but with a little step behind the seatbacks) after driving a Focus sedan that cost $2000 more but had a one-piece seatback that tilted up considerably).
Overall it was a fun little car to drive, but for the price ($16.5k) I'd have to go with cousin Accent GS for its standard cruise control with the AT, greater cargo volume, and smoother ride. I also like the dash design of the Accent more, but I'd take those HVAC controls of the Rio5 any day.
Well its been just over 2 weeks since I took delivery of my 2012 Kia Rio5. So far, I`m very pleased with this vehicle. I got mine in Clear White with the Beige Cloth Interior and the optional Power Package. Just as Backy mentioned, MSRP of $16, 545 including the Carpeted Floor Mats. I also agree that I prefer the 2012 Accents dash design over the Kia`s but, I like the HVAC controls and the other Black accented interior trim better on the Kia. Really irritated that the Rio did not include the Cruise Control that the Accent GS gets, but it was not a deal breaker for me. I only get to use it a few times of the year anyway due to the heavy traffic on I 95 and the Florida Turnpike which requires constant braking and passing. Even more aggravating was the fact that not only did Kia not include the Center Console Armrest with Storage, but did not even provide a cloth covered Drivers Seat flip up Armrest on its LX Trim which every Kia Rio has had as standard equipment from 06` thru 011. I hoping Kia will soon provide an aftermarket one like they have available for the Kia Soul for 010 thru 012 Models that did not have them originally. I`ve got lots of compliments on this vehicle so far and most folks are surprised that it was priced at only 16.5 K. I feel like I stated before, for those that are interested in a 2012 Kia Rio5, the most bang for your buck is in the LX Trim with the optional Power Package. I think once Kia has sufficient Inventory available, they should sell quite a few of them. Really surprised that they have already offered 1.9% financing for 36 month loans with excellent FICA Scores on this new Model when there are so few available on the Dealers Lots.
$1,300 to $1,600 off a 2012 Kia Rio5? Unless the Dealers are charging a $1,000 or more for Dealer Fee`s or adding on a lot of Dealer Installed Accessories, or stealing late model trade in`s far below market price, its quite puzzling? There is only $600 margin between Dealers Cost, (Invoice) and the MSRP, not including the Dealer Hold Back which the Dealerships get at years end. Just curious, where are you located? I think before the rubber hits the road, the buyer will soon see those "savings" evaporate. Other Kia Dealerships would be lining up to purchase them at that Discounted Price for resale. The old saying, "If it looks too good to be true, its probably not".
I've only had the vehicle for about three weeks but here are my initial impressions. I truly love driving this car which handles well, has excellent acceleration, but doesn't handle rough road surfaces well. But that's the trade off one gets with the better handling of the SX Sports Suspension. One other benefit of the SX package, the wheels and 17 inch tires look fantastic!
It has 4 wheel disc brakes, traction and electronic stability control, and behind the wheel it almost feels like a luxury car.
The front seats are extremely comfortable, I love the overall sleek look, the LED running lights, the LED lights on the outside mirrors, and the rear LED lights. Can you believe the outside mirrors are heated and fold into the car with the touch of a button?
Storage capacity is only 15 cubic feet with the rear seats up but when they're folded down that expands to almost 50 cu feet.
While driving only the highway, I get about 39 mpg. When driving in the city in stop and go traffic, I'm only getting about 23 mpg. I estimate my combined mileage between 31 and 32 mpg.
Minor complaints: Why doesn't KIA provide an inside the cabin hatch release button or a coin box? The white on black instrumentation is very clear but I prefer the orange on black combination found in the Forte SX. Finally, I'm disappointed that the RIO doesn't have that nifty storage bin that comes with the Forte SX under the rear compartment.
sandman_6472 Coral Springs, FLPosts: 2,626You mean there's no latch to open up the rear hatch from inside the car? If so, that's just plain stupid on Kia's part...who wants to have to use the key every time to open the hatch especially when one is inside the car? :mad: Hopefully that faux pas will be addressed with the 2013 model. Have seen a few hatch's up close and they look pretty nice actually. Waiting to see the sedan as compared to the Accent sedan. Just got out of my kids '08 Accent GLS and it's a great car for what it is. My only real complaint is the engine doesn't get the best in town mileage and the engine can get a bit loud. Just wish the gearing was a bit better also which I think would improve the mpg's and quiet it down a bit. But we're pleased with the car and wouldn't mind it as my d d if I had to...I still prefer my '06 Civic and plan to keep it.
The Sandman :sick: :shades:
2014 Hyundai Tuscon SE/2005 Mazda 3s/2008 Hyundai Accent GLS/2009 Nissan Versa SL hatch
That's correct, for both the RIO and Forte Hatchback models, KIA decided to eliminate the hatch release button inside the cabin. It's not a major flaw but I think it was a stupid decision because you have to exit the vehicle to open the hatch By the way, you don't need the key. As long as the passenger doors are unlocked you can manually open the hatch.
I compared the 2012 RIO to the Accent and I think the RIO looks better and it definitely has more high tech features such as:
A Rear View camera when backing up
LED Running Lights / LED Tail lights / LED turn signals on the side mirrors
Outside Mirrors fold up at the push of a button inside the cabin
Microsoft UVO for radio and bluetooth
The lack of an interior hatch release isn't an issue for me. How are you going to get anything out of the back unless you get out of the car? Who cares. The fact these cars can't stay on a lot for more than a few days means something. There really is no competition next to the Rio.
Drove the Rio hatch EX with convenience package. WOW! what a great car. Could not believe all this car for $16k. Very smooth ride, very quick, 80 mph on highway no problem. I'm 6'1" and had plenty of leg and head room. Sat behind my drivers seat and had adequate leg room but wouldn't want to sit there for hours. Also had adequate head room with an inch or two to spare but did have my hat on. Rear backup camera is great, bluetooth connection to phone with a touch screen! Are you kidding me. Very comfortable seats, wish the left arm rest was a tad higher. Stereo speakers suck, but no biggie. Car handled extremely well and very responsive. When they get my color in I'm buying it. There is no competition to the RIO, not even close. They are going to sell a ton of these.
Just picked up our Rio EX hatch yesterday. Definitely the most car by far for the money. Here in Canada you can get an EX with sunroof and manual transmission, which made it a no-brainer since both of those are musts for me.
Very easy to drive around the city and surprisingly solid on the highway even on a windy day. More road noise at higher speeds than I'd like, but suspect a good bit of that is due to the tires. Rear camera makes backing into a parking spot a snap, since the small, high rear window doesn't give you much to go by. UVO system works great when it understands you properly (yes, I did the training). I was surprised that the system, if it's off, can't be woken up by pressing the talk or off-hook phone buttons on the steering wheel. Want to make a call, turn UVO on first, then the buttons on the steering wheel work. I downloaded the latest UVO software from Kia and updated by USB - very easy.
So far I've noticed the following convenience features that aren't documented in the owner's manual (at least not the one that came with ours):
1. Three-blink turn signal flash for changing lanes - loved this on other, more expensive cars, but figured the Rio didn't have it since the owner's manual instructs you to hold the turn signal lever while you change lanes, then release. Surprise, it does have the "touch it once, get three blinks" feature after all.
2. If you shut the engine off with the headlights on, get out and lock the car with the remote, the lights stay on. Press the "lock" button again, the lights go off. When you come back, unlock the car with the remote and the lights come on again. I wasn't expecting "welcome" and "follow-me-home" lighting on a car this cheap either.
Looking forward to spending more time driving it.
The RIO SX Hatchback is a smaller version of KIA's incredible Forte SX Hatchback.
They're both fantastic vehicles and each has it's own advantages. The Forte has a 19.4 cubic foot storage area with the seats up while the RIO has only 15 cubic feet. The Forte SX has more interior room and very powerful acceleration with the 2.4 liter engine. The RIO's 1.6 Liter GDI engine has very good acceleration for a small engine but it cannot come close to the 2.4 liter version in the Forte. On the plus side, interior room in the RIO is excellent for a small car, plus it's extremely comfortable.
The RIO obviously wins on fuel economy while both cars handle extremely well. I think both of them are lots of fun to drive and each car model is sleek and aerodynamic. The Forte SX has that nifty storage container under the rear compartment and I don't understand why KIA doesn't provide it in the RIO SX.
The RIO has a price advantage over the Forte, although KIA seems to offer better deals on the Forte. I would compare the Forte with the Ford Focus while the RIO should be compared to the Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Accent, and Honda Fit. Both KIAs are better than the competition.
Even though the Accent uses the same engine and transmission, the RIO wins out on looks and more high tech features such as a rear view camera, LED lighting, and outside mirrors that fold with the press of a button. In addition, the outside mirrors are heated on the RIO.
Interesting. The only model available on the Kia website with manual is the LX and the only model available with a sunroof is the fully loaded SX. I don't care about the sunroof because they always become problematic and reduce headroom but I would like a manual transmission. The sales guy did tell me they are going to be offering a Rio with a turbo soon. Hopefully that one comes with a manual. Guess you guys are lucky in Canada.
Wouldn't be surprised! The 2011 Soul I drove recently didn't have it, but the Rio does.
Played with the lights some more tonight since it was the first time taking it out after dark. The car actually uses the "auto" light system to decide whether to activate the welcome or follow-me-home lighting (or "headlamp escort", if that's Kia's term for it). If you leave the headlight switch in "auto", it'll turn on the lights as you unlock the car with the remote, and leave them on for 30 seconds after you lock it - but only if it's dark. During the day, the lights stay off when you lock or unlock. Smart.
Inside, the UVO screen isn't dimmed with the rest of the dashboard lighting, and even in "night" mode I find it a tad bright, but it can be turned off completely. Also, there's a small LED light mounted in the ceiling, behind the sunroof switch, that shines down onto the centre console to provide some ambient light at night to the shifter and storage tray/power point area just in front of it. Another nice, unexpected touch.
On a different note, after a day driving around in a hilly city, I sure wish they'd put the hill holder on the manual transmission instead of only on the automatic.


text:
A collection of news and information related to Fishing published by Tribune Company sources. (Photo AP)
A collection of news and information related to Fishing published by Tribune Company sources. (Photo AP) « Show less
Top Fishing Articles
Displaying items 12-22
Blue Plate Kitchen: Modern Comfort Food
Stronger Laws Needed To Rebuild FisheriesStory | Dec 20, 2013 | 3:32 PMFor centuries, coastal communities in New England have relied upon a rich connection to the ocean and its bounty. Finfish such as cod and shad have supplied us with food, recreation and livelihoods for generations. At The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, one...
Troubled Waters: Fisheries Need Serious Help
HealthSpring, Cigna Use Both Names To Market Medicare PlansStory | May 30, 2013 | 8:08 AMHealthSpring and Cigna Corp. will use both company names in a new branding campaign to market Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription-drug plans. Cigna Corp. bought HealthSpring of Nashville, Tenn., for $3.8 billion in early 2012 for a larger...
Sandy Hook Father Becomes Reluctant But Compelling Spokesman For Gun Control
Long Hours And Sharp ElbowsStory | Jan 17, 2013 | 11:52 AMFor much of his life, Dannel Malloy has been an avid fan of hockey and rugby. Both rough-and-tumble sports are highly physical and require quick movements, sharp elbows and fast decisions. A rugby player for 22 years, Malloy finally quit when his...
Athletes Who Use Guns Must Use Their Influence In Wake Of Newtown MassacreColumn | Dec 17, 2012 | 5:14 PMSome of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found on the rosters of American professional sports teams. Some of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found enshrined in Cooperstown, Canton and Springfield. They are...
4/18/2013-Ready! Set! Fish!
Tankerhoosen River Close-Up
It's Shad Season, And Chefs Are Adding This Favorite To Menus
At Comstock Covered Bridge, Something New Preserves The Good Old DaysColumn | May 3, 2012 | 3:17 PMCan you ever truly go home again? Can what was once old become new again while remaining the same? I had been dreading going home again — returning to the Old Comstock Bridge — a piece of my past that has always been a gateway to my childhood...

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Results 1 — 10
Sort By:
Antelope Valley Water Bank Intern
CIM Group — Los Angeles, CA
Position Purpose: The Antelope Valley Water Bank Intern is responsible for performing a wide variety of duties directly related to the operations of our private sector water bank in Antelope Valley. O…
Application Deadline: 7/31/2014
Part Time Co-op in Corrugated Packaging
Packaging Corp. of America — Mundelein, IL
The part time Co-op (internship) position at the technical development center of Packaging Corporation of America (www.packagingcorp.com) in Mundelein IL is ideal for local college students with an in…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Package Engineering Co-op: Understanding Corrugated Performance
Packaging Corp. of America — Mundelein, IL
The Co-op (internship) position in the technical development center of Packaging Corporation of America (www.packagingcorp.com) is ideal for college students with an interest in physics, chemistry, pa…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
The Learning and Behavioral Center, LLC — Tarzana, CA
Learning & Behavioral Center, LLC is an organization dedicated to providing Applied Behavior Analytic treatments to children ages 18 months 18 years of age. We are amongst the most experienced organiz…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Science Policy Internship
Research!America — Alexandria, VA
Research Americas Mission: Research America is committed to advancing human health by making biomedical and health research a higher national priority. We advocate for a federal policy climate that he…
Application Deadline: 8/6/2014
Social Science & Policy Research Associate
Complex Commons — New York, NY
Complex Commons is a New York based, ed. policy startup that identifies the best practices throughout the world and collaborates with the most innovative and progressive educators to streamline succes…
Application Deadline: 7/31/2014
Political Science Intern
Stevens Consulting Inc. — Davie, FL
Stevens Consulting, Inc. is a governmental and business consulting firm. Stevens Consulting is currently hiring Canvassers and Field Managers for local and statewide campaigns around the state. Were l…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Illinois State Police, Information Technology, Forensic Science
Illinois State Police — Virtual
The Illinois State Police Internship Program offers the following positions: Criminal Justice, Information Technology, Forensic Science, Administrative of Justice and related areas. The ISP offers 3 S…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Entry Level Computer Science Position
nationalsoftwaremanagement.com — Virtual
National Software Management is looking recent Computer Science graduates, who have some experience in basic levels of development in any programming language.
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Computer Science/ Software Engineering Internship
Markem-Imaje — Keene, NH
Markem-Imaje, a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York based Dover Group, is a trusted world manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions offering a full line of reliable and inn…
Application Deadline: Available Year-round


text:
McKinney guides Vikings to first place
Wed. September 18, 2013 at 10:39 p.m. | By Matt Connolly
Spartanburg's Myers McKinney, center, finished first in a cross country meet on Wednesday at Duncan Park. (Photo by ALEX HICKS firstname.lastname@example.com)
Spartanburg's Myers McKinney was feeling a little under the weather the past couple of days, but you would have no idea by watching him run Wednesday evening at Duncan Park.
McKinney ran his fastest time at his home course by more than 30 seconds and helped the Vikings win first place in the boys portion of the cross country meet.
Crew Kosiorek of Boiling Springs finished second, while Connor Kinzie of Byrnes was third.
McKinney finished with a time of 16:53, 23 seconds faster than Kosiorek.
"I felt really good," McKinney said. "I was feeling a little iffy the last couple of days, and today I felt great."
McKinney said his knowledge of the course helped him to churn out an impressive time.
"I know the course really well. I know where I need to push hard," he said. "There were a couple of other guys that went out fast with me that were pace setters for me. I'm used to this pace, and I was able to keep pushing."
Spartanburg and Byrnes both finished with 62 points but Spartanburg won because its No. 6 runner finished higher.
Gaffney was third with 70, while Boiling Springs and Dorman rounded out the top five. Spartanburg Day School finished sixth and Chesnee was eighth.
Spartanburg coach Jack Todd was proud of the performance by McKinney, as well as his entire team.
"The boys ran great," Todd said. "Myers McKinney is the consummate competitor. He runs with a lot of heart, just like all of our runners."
Emma Jennings of Byrnes won the individual title for the girls, while Dorman won the team title.
Jennings finished with a time of 20:08, holding off Amelia Martin of Gaffney by 7 seconds. Jennings' teammate, Tori Davies, finished third at 20:32.
Jennings, who won the state title as a freshman in 2011, is hoping to match that performance this year after finishing fourth as a sophomore last season.
After battling some injuries in her career thus far, Jennings feels like she is fully healthy and ready to have a great year.
"Coming off of last season's knee pain I was just glad that I was able to do as well as I did today," she said. "(Last year) was a catch-up season. It wasn't my best season at all."
Following Dorman was Spartanburg in second, while Boiling Springs was third. Byrnes and Spartanburg Day School rounded out the top five with Gaffney finishing seventh.
Dorman assistant coach Jessica Collins led the Cavaliers' girls team as head coach Jerry Kimbrell was unable to attend the meet.
Collins was proud of the way her girls competed.
"I'm very pleased with their performance and Coach Kimbrell will be as well," she said. "Our goal was for our girls to stay together as a team and push each other. I was very proud of the way they did that today."


text:
Coordinated Care Boosts Cardiac Arrest Survival: Study
Brain damage was also reduced, researchers find
MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- A regional system of improved care for cardiac arrest patients in Japan reduced the risk of death and the number of survivors who suffered brain damage, a new study finds.
An advanced post-cardiac arrest care system implemented in the Aizu region in 2009 included emergency medical services taking patients directly to hospitals specializing in advanced care or from an outlying hospital to a specialty hospital after a patient's heartbeat was restored.
Researchers compared data on patients who suffered cardiac arrest before and after the regional system was established and found that survival to discharge increased from 2.3 percent to 4.2 percent.
One month after cardiac arrest, favorable neurologic results were seen in 51 percent of survivors after the new system was introduced, compared with 19 percent before.
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when an abnormal heart rhythm causes the heart to stop beating.
The study was published July 30 in the journal Circulation.
"Although there were concerns that the proportion of survivors with severe neurologic disability would increase, this did not occur," lead author Dr. Takashi Tagami, an assistant professor at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, said in a journal news release.
The advanced care system in the study includes therapeutic hypothermia (cooling of the body), appropriate fluids, cardiovascular medications, respiratory management and procedures such as percutaneous coronary intervention to open blocked arteries.
The American Heart Association refers to this group of treatments as the "fifth link" in what it called the Chain of Survival for sudden cardiac arrest.
"These findings suggest that the 'fifth link' is associated with an increase in survival rate as well as improvement of quality of life among survivors," Tagami said.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about sudden cardiac arrest.
Source: SOURCE: Circulation, news release, July 30, 2012
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
Choose one of our special categories to view or subscribe
- Aging
- Allergies
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Bone Health
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Health
- Children's Health
- Colds, Flu, and Infectious Diseases
- Dental Health
- Diabetes
- Diet and Healthy Eating
- Digestive Health
- Drugs and Supplements
- Emotional and Mental Health
- Fitness and Exercise
- Geriatric Care
- Incontinence
- Men's Health
- Menopause
- Neurologic Health
- Pregnancy
- Sexual Health
- Skin Problems
- Sleep Disorders
- Stroke
- Vaccinations
- Weight Management
- Women's Health


text:
Bad Teacher – The STiXXclusive Review
Bad Teacher, Bad Movie. Okay, not entirely, but I was disappointed. It seems like I can never win with comedies this year. Hangover 2 was less than Hangover by a large margin, and now this? I don't know what it is, but I hope some real comedies step up and actually knock it out with the laughs. Bad Teacher had its moments, but on a consistent basis throughout the movie, it under-performed. TO THE DETAILS!!
Cameron Diaz's character is supposed to portray the ultimate anti-teacher. With her "IDGAF (I Don't Give A F*ck)" mentality, her drug abuse, and her lust for a hot guy with money (insert 'Gold-digger' song here), there's a lot to love about her. She's like Sue Sylvester from Glee, except what Sue would look like 10 years younger, longer hair, and if Glee was an R-Rated show, we would hear just as much cursing that Diaz portrayed in the movie; just a brief observation.
Justin Timberlake plays a hippy/cornball/nerd who's also a substitute teacher. I'm pretty sure if Jake Gyllenhal had been given this role, Diaz wouldn't have flirted with him so much, because he'd be the anti-thirst. It would just be Pro-"run-for-your-life." The writing for Timberlake's character was annoying. They just made him to look like a little bitch. Not sure if that's what they were going for, but still…it blew.
This wasn't like 'School of Rock' where the students played an intricate role in the movie. They had their minimized lines, and the focus was just surrounding Diaz's character….fair enough, but at the same time, the corny, cheesy lines that were used in dialogue were….cliché and honestly? One token Asian kid and 2 black kids? I thought we were diversified in America? Nope? Oh.
The funnier moments came between Justin Segal & Diaz, when Segal's character, Russell, constantly displays his thirst towards Elizabeth. And obviously we've seen the funniest moment in the movie in the trailer like a billion times, when Segal and the black kid are arguing over LeBron James. It was funny once…after that? Not so much.
I give the movie 2 black fists out of 5, for lack of witty humour, and too many cheesy lines. It seems like you throw in some swear words, sexual innuendo, and other adulterated wordplay, that all of a sudden, it's considered comedy…..right. That's….a cool story bro, but I'm not buying it. Rent it on iTunes or Rogers on Demand, OR…skip it entirely. Those are my options, that's my opinion,
THAT'S MY WORD & IT STiXX


text:
Safari Books Online is a digital library providing on-demand subscription access to thousands of learning resources.
In video a transition is simply a way to get from point A (the end of one clip) to point B (the beginning of the next clip). If you've edited your program properly, a simple cut is most often the best choice to use for a transition.
During the concert segments of our program, we can use cuts between synced camera angles. To move from the concert into an interview segment, a dissolve is more appropriate. The use of an animated transition is often reserved to indicate a change in time or space (and softens the abruptness of a cut).
Although these two standards will work in most cases, there are a variety of transitions you can use in a program to solve problems. For example, a Bloom transition tightens up abrupt cuts in an interview when no b-roll footage is available. You can use a more dramatic animated wipe to transition between two distinct segments in a longer video. Audio transitions are equally important. Some of these include fade-in, fade-out, and crossfade (dissolve) to smooth rough audio edits. The best rule of thumb is less is more. Most of your transitions should be cuts and dissolves.


text:
Sources: Bears could bring back Alfonso Boone
Story | Oct 8, 2010 | 4:32 PM
Alfonso Boone pressures Rams QB Marc Bulger in 2006. (Tribune file photo) By Brad Biggs Three days after the Bears signed veteran defensive end Charles Grant, multiple league sources indicate the Bears could be considering another new addition. The Bears


text:
In agriculture, agribusiness is the business of agricultural production. It includes agrichemicals, breeding, crop production (farming and contract farming), distribution, farm machinery, processing, and seed supply, as well as marketing and retail sales.
Within the agriculture industry, "agribusiness" is used simply as a portmanteau of agriculture and business, referring to the range of activities and disciplines encompassed by modern food production. There are academic degrees in and departments of agribusiness, agribusiness trade associations, agribusiness publications, and so forth, worldwide. In this context the term is only descriptive, and is synonymous in the broadest sense with food industry. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for example, operates a section devoted to Agribusiness Development[1] which seeks to promote food industry growth in developing nations.
In the context of agribusiness management in academia, each individual element of agriculture production and distribution may be described as agribusinesses. However, the term "agribusiness" most often emphasizes the "interdependence" of these various sectors within the production chain.[2]
Among critics of large-scale, industrialized, vertically integrated food production, the term agribusiness is used negatively, synonymous with corporate farming. As such, it is often contrasted with smaller family-owned farms.
Examples of agribusinesses include seed and agrichemical producers like Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Monsanto, and Syngenta; AB Agri (part of Associated British Foods) animal feeds, biofuels, and micro-ingredients, ADM, grain transport and processing; John Deere, farm machinery producer; Ocean Spray, farmer's cooperative; and Purina Farms, agritourism farm.
As concern over global warming intensifies, biofuels derived from crops are gaining increased public and scientific attention. This is driven by factors such as oil price spikes, the need for increased energy security, concern over greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and support from government subsidies. In Europe and in the US, increased research and production of biofuels has been mandated by law.[3]
Studies and reports[edit]
Studies of agribusiness often come from the academic fields of agricultural economics and management studies, sometimes called agribusiness management.[2] To promote more development of food economies, many government agencies support the research and publication of economic studies and reports exploring agribusiness and agribusiness practices. Some of these studies are on foods produced for export and are derived from agencies focused on food exports. These agencies include the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Austrade, and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE). The Federation of International Trade Associations publishes studies and reports by FAS and AAFC, as well as other non-governmental organizations on its website.[4]
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ "AGS: Agribusiness development". Fao.org. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ a b Ng, Desmond; Siebert, John W. (2009). "Toward Better Defining the Field of Agribusiness Management". International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 12 (4).
- ^ "Backpedaling on Biofuels". Wild.org. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ "fita.org". fita.org. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
Further reading[edit]
- John Wilkinson. "The Globalization of Agribusiness and Developing World Food Systems". Monthly Review.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agribusiness.
- Agribusiness at the University of British Columbia
- "Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction" - video by Democracy Now!
- Cornell Food and Brand Lab


text:
AwardHonorable Mention
Cleveland School of Science and Medicine at John Hay
TeacherMary Simpson
Selected Research
"Sleep Apnea and Treatment Equipment," Jenish Patel
Selected Art
Captain Breathe Right, Edward Holecko and Cassandra Jerman
Selected Language"Every Night," Rachel Noall
We were challenged with the task of finding math in research, art, and English. Our teacher told us there was math in everything, but at first we doubted her. Now by finding the math in a research project, a sculpture, and a short story, we realize that she was right.
-Alex Deuley, Stephanie Dueley, Kate Kupiec
We were charged with the task of finding the math in research, art, and literature. It seemed easy at first, but they all presented some challenges. For the research paper, we had to come up with a different graph than the one that was given to us. For the artwork, we were unable to take real measurements of the sculpture; and the literature only presented itself as words and not in math. These were some of the obstacles that we had to overcome.
In the research paper, some of the math unmasked itself, but it was a little difficult to present this math in a new and original way.We had to research each PAP (Positive Air Pressure) machine distributor. We viewed the table of criteria needed to be met by these distributors, and made three pie charts and a stacked bar graph based on that information. These charts help to further break down the research.
In the artwork, there seemed to be some math there, but finding a way to express this math onto graphs and in equations was difficult. We basically took the volume, area, and the perimeter of both the artists' sculpture and a picture of an actual PAP machine. We used the comparisons to make a graph, and we found some very interesting results.
The literature seemed to be a little more difficult, because the last thing you think about when you read something is math.We broke down every line, found how many words were in that line, and also how many characters it contained.We then found the mean, median, mode, and range for each column. These results gave us a nice pattern.
We all achieved our goal in finding the math in these various subjects. It was difficult, but it was a great learning experience. It taught us that there truly is math in everything.
Captain Breathe Right
I was challenged with the task of finding math in artwork. At first I did not think that it would be too difficult, but I was wrong. When I first viewed the sculpture and read the artists statement, I immediately researched what a real PAP machine would look like. Once I found the picture, I thought about what math I could do to compare the two. I recognized two major components in the pictures: the head and the PAP mask. I decided to measure an average male's human head and to compare it to the mannequin and the sculpture head. I then measured the picture of the actual PAP machine and the sculpture. I found the volume, area, and perimeter of both. I then compared the two using ratios.
According to the data, both the mannequin and the sculpture heads are small compared to the human head. The artists' sculpture is slightly bigger than the mannequin used to model the machine. I realized that when it comes to the volume, the machine in the sculpture is a lot smaller than the real machine. When considering both machines, the sculpture's area was a little less than that of the real machine. The same goes for the perimeters of the machines. In conclusion, math was found in the sculpture. It just took a little searching to find it.
"Every Night"
The task was to find math in a work of language art. Because the literature is mostly words and has no shapes, it requires the most creativity to locate the math.
Since there were not many numbers in the text for me to analyze and to find an equation, I had to further analyze the literature. So, I looked at actual words and began to decipher whether or not they could be used mathematically.
I found math in the literature by using actual calculations. I recognized that for the most part, each line was closely related in the number of words. This drove me to the idea of finding the mean, median, mode, and range in the selection. I found this data by first organizing the components by category using a table. Then for each category I used the derived method of finding the answer.
In conclusion, those were the math techniques that I used to help find math in literature. With these examples I was able to show that there is math in literature, and that it could be found in the most simplest of forms.
Math Terms Found:
Problem — In mathematical terms a problem uses an algebraic and/or numeric method as the main technique to get a solution to equations. FOUND IN: paragraph 1, line 2.
Three times — The word three (3) is a number. The word times relates to multiplication. When both of these words are combined, one can say a multiple of three times. FOUND IN: paragraph 1, line 8.
Is — The word "is" codes for something being equal (=). In this particular story, "every night" is being compared to being "the last." Thus, according to this statement the two things being compared (night and the one before) will be of equal amount or value.
Sleep Apnea Treatment Equipment
A data table was explained in the research portion of the "Sleep Apnea and Treatment Equipment" project that I observed.What the presentation (by Jenish Patel) explained was that there were 12 criteria that each PAP (Positive Air Pressure) machine distributors had to take under consideration. I chose to show this data using charts. On the first page of charts, I decided to create pie charts to show the portions of each criteria made by each PAP machine distributor. The pie charts only show what criteria are contained in each PAP machine distributor company, that is, the pie charts that show individually the number of services each company offers. You can see that Home Care Services offer more services, 9 out of the 12 available (75% of the services), while Outpatient Pharmacy offers only 5 out of 12 (approximately 41.7%) and Online Distributor offer even less: 4 out of 12 (about 33.3%). I also wanted to express the services offered by the three different companies as direct comparisons. For this, on the second page, the chart I chose was a stacked bar graph; here you can easily see the number of offerings each company has and, by the color-coded key, the services that are the same or different in the three companies.
Sleep Apnea Treatment Equipment


text:
This weekend marked the two-year anniversary of a deadly day of tornadoes that streaked across Alabama, claiming lives and property and changing the landscape of many communities.
Across the state as the weekend approach, some of the cities and towns that suffered horribly under the wrath of the tornadoes found different ways to remember and move forward.
Tuscaloosa unveiled an exhibit that includes the memories and thoughts of those who survived the tornado.
Hackleburg, the small northwest Alabama town that was nearly wiped off the map, celebrated recovery with the reopening of the Wrangler distribution center. Hackleburg was hammered by a powerful EF-5 tornado.
Before the tornado, 150 people worked at Wrangler, which was the centerpiece of employment in the town. The reopened facility comes back with 160 employees and expects to eventually reach 250.
Not far away in Cullman, recovery has been a steady and exciting time for this community. Throughout the county, which suffered through three powerful tornadoes on April 27, the last two years have produced major expansions at industries, the rebuilding of businesses destroyed in the storm, and the arrival of new members of retail community.
In just a few months, Cullman will host Rock the South, a two-day music festival that arose from a post-tornado concert to celebrate recovery.
By late fall, expect to see a groundbreaking for the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame and work moving forward on a new interchange at Interstate 65 and County Road 222, which will feed to the hall of fame and open up additional land for businesses.
Reflecting on the two years that have passed since the tornadoes claimed two lives and destroyed millions of dollars of property in Cullman County, local leaders remain amazed at the tremendous progress that has occurred. The unity of public servants and citizens during the cleanup after the tornado became a foundation for a refreshed approach to community and progress.
Cullman is maintaining and building upon one of the most robust economic settings in the state. The outlook continues to grow brighter for the community, a point that goes back to the unity that was formed two years ago. That spirit of cooperation should be retained well into the future.


text:
Travis Illig is a .NET developer who enjoys the art of solving problems with technology. He is currently a senior developer with Fiserv working on next-generation online banking products.
You can also get here by going to travisillig.com.
Follow @tillig
Get Typemock!
Learn More
Enterprise/Commercial License
Personal License
A few months back I was working on my blog and did some database maintenance to help slim down the size of things with respect to referral logs based on some logic posted by Phil Haack. Just a couple of days ago, I wanted to see how things were looking in there and noticed the database was starting to get a little big again.
The problem with doing database maintenance, at least for me, is that I don't have a dedicated SQL instance and I don't have administrative rights, so I can't, for example, run a database backup to truncate the transaction logs, and if I mess things up I'm at the mercy of the operator on duty to eventually get to my help desk request and restore me. I also have to have them open up their firewall on a per-IP-address basis so I can connect with SQL Management Studio, and then I'm still sort of stuck because I can only connect from home - the firewall at work blocks that port, so I can't fix anything on the fly during the day. Normally this isn't a big issue, and the folks at my host are really good and pretty responsive, but it does limit my abilities.
What this all boils down to is that I need an administrative interface to do this sort of maintenance that's part of the application. So that's what I wrote.
Download the zip file, then drop the enclosed ASPX page in your Subtext "Admin" folder. It's an administration page so you do have to be logged in as an admin to use it. It doesn't add any navigation links to the admin site, so you do need to manually enter the URL to the page to get to it, but once you do, this page allows you to:
And, of course, since all the code is right in the ASPX markup, you can adjust it as you see fit.
I have only tested this against Subtext 1.9.5b, since that's the version I'm running on. (I can't upgrade to Subtext 2.0 yet due to the medium trust problems.) And, of course, standard disclaimers apply: Use at your own risk, YMMV, I'm not responsible for if this truncates every table in your database and kicks your mom, etc.
[Download SubtextDatabaseMaintenance195.zip]
posted on Friday, December 05, 2008 9:39 AM |
Filed Under [


text:
My friend, Zombie Apocalypse Survival for Minecraft 1.2.5. Here you have to be strong, you must be brave, and more importantly, you should be able to survive. With the survival skills you have, you will be able to survive in zombie land. I suggest you to not be careless, and you should be quiet, that way, you will be able to master the situation. And survival to the next, will be better!
Download Zombie Apocalypse Survival Map – for Minecraft 1.2.5
How to Install Zombie Apocalypse Survival Map Download – for Minecraft 1.2.5
1. Download the map and extract it on your desktop
2. Rename it as "world1? in which this will eventually replace your "world 1? slot in your minecraft saves (you can choose any number including one)
3. Go to "start"
4. Then "run"
5. Type there "%appdata%"
6. Roaming files
7. Then go to ".minecraft" folder
8. Go to "saves"
9. Copy and paste your map here
10.Run the game
Zombie Apocalypse Survival Map Download – for Minecraft 1.2.5 Main Features
- Zombies
- Custom sound
- NPCs and missions
- Form factions for survival
- New blocks & premaded cities
- Scary, cold background [theme]
- Craft and arm yourself with different guns


text:
Jacobs Inn Plus Hotel is basic and comfortable, with star rating 2. If you love having an abundance of options when it comes to taking a room, this is an ideal place for you. Recommended additions to your trip are Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin Castle and The O2. Custom House, O'Connell Street and O'Connel Bridge can be reached following a short walk from here. Teach an Chustaim Building is located in the surroundings of this accommodation. Nearby International Financial Services Centre is often visited by business delegates.
Jacobs Inn Plus Hotel offers guests complimentary breakfast. A terrace, a smoking area and a rooftop terrace are located here as well. In particular, guests can benefit from a luggage storage, a doctor on call and a concierge service. The accommodation has wheelchair-accessible rooms. Choose from one of the 243 rooms. Transportation services available here include a paid airport shuttle bus as well as a paid area shuttle bus. Paid parking can offer some convenience if you travel to the hotel by car.
You are not allowed to smoke in Jacobs Inn Plus Hotel. Many services are part of the rooms here, such as a wake-up service and a housekeeping service. This hotel has internet facilities, such as wireless high-speed Internet access (complimentary). In addition to many facilities, there are rooms here with a city view.
Show reviews
|From 15:00 Check-out: Until 11:00
|Wired Internet at additional cost in all rooms and general areas (lobby/reception etc.)
|Paid parking, Parking Nearby
|Airport shuttle:
|Airport Transportation (surcharge), Paid Area Shuttle Service
|General facilities:
|Extra common areas:
|Note: It is the responsibility of the hotel chain and/or the individual property to ensure the accuracy of the photos displayed. We are not responsible for any inaccuracies in the photos.
Please provide this reference number to our customer service center representative on request, so we can help you better


text:
IRC::Mode::Single - A single IRC mode change
my $mode = IRC::Mode::Single->new( '+', 'o', 'avenj' ); my $flag = $mode->flag; my $mode = $mode->char; my $arg = $mode->param;
A simple ARRAY-type object representing a single mode change.
Can be used to turn "mode_to_array" in IRC::Toolkit::Modes mode ARRAYs into objects:
for my $mset (@$mode_array) { my $this_mode = IRC::Mode::Single->new( @$mset ); . . . }
Also see IRC::Mode::Set
Constructs a new mode change; expects at least a flag and mode.
Produces a mode string (with params attached) for this single mode change.
The mode character.
The '-' or '+' flag for this mode change.
The parameter attached to the mode, if any.
Jon Portnoy <email@example.com>


text:
AT 477 - Psych Aspects Spts Medicine
Presents the psychological impact of musculoskeletal injury and related factors involved in the rehabilitation process. Includes the sociocultural, mental, emotional, and physical behaviors of patients involved in injury rehabilitation. Parallel: AT 373.
College: Applied Science and Technology
Hours: 3
Permission: Y
Prerequisite: AT 373
Co-requisite: none


text:
I read a while back that the Horseshoe Sports Bar & Grill in Collinsville was going to reopen under new management. Do you know if this has changed? -- Pamela B. Martin
After three years of being put out to pasture, the once-popular Horseshoe is still on track to open with a whole new look, according to John Eichenlaub of the BarberMurphy Group in Shiloh.
The trouble is that the place was "an absolute mess," so the new owners are now off to the races to completely remodel it, he said. When Eichenlaub visited last month, the old ceiling and floor were gone along with the dry wall and the brick grill and hood where people once grilled their own steaks.
Plans even were to knock down the wall near the kitchen so that could be redone as well. Eichenlaub doesn't know when they might sound the starting call, but it's obviously going to be a bit of a trot to the finish yet.
Can you tell me what the summer and winter solstices are? I've never understood their significance. Also, am I right in saying that days shorten by a minute after the summer solstice and just the opposite after the winter solstice? --D.G., of Belleville
If the Earth's axis -- the imaginary line that runs through the poles -- were straight up and down in relation to the sun, we would have a most boring year as we revolved around Ol' Sol.
Days would always be the same length. The sun would rise to the same point in the sky every day. Seasons would never change.
But as you've probably noticed, that's not the way it is. Because the Earth's axis is tilted, we in the metro-east have varying amounts of daylight as the sun climbs a bit higher in the sky for six month before it starts to sink a bit each day for the rest of the year. Then, the cycle starts over again.
Our summer solstice -- the day when summer starts -- occurs at the moment when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. In other words, it's the instant when that imaginary line going through the North Pole is tilted a little more than 23 degrees toward the sun. This year, that will happen at 5:51:03 a.m. June 21.
After that, days will start to grow shorter as the sun rises ever lower in the sky until 5:02:28 p.m. Dec. 21 when the North Pole axis is pointed 23 degrees away from the sun. Of course at that time, the South Pole will be at its maximum tilt toward the sun so those in the Southern Hemisphere will enjoy the start of summer. And, if you lived on the equator -- say, Quito, Ecuador -- your days would always be about 12 hours long.
The word "solstice" comes from the Latin "solstitium" -- literally meaning "sun stops." In other words, it won't go any higher or lower. By contrast, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes (spring and fall) occur when day and night are approximately the same length.
As for your question about the length of days, that can be a good estimation -- but don't set your alarm clock by it. Around the solstices, sunset times barely move. This year, for example, the sunset time remains at 8:30 from June 25 to July 1 while sunrise comes three minutes later. Around the equinoxes, sunsets can change by two minutes per day.
For years, there's a guy who appears in a commercial on various TV channels. It's a religious message; however, there's no suggestion of a denomination or specific church. He's a soft-spoken, casually dressed man in his mid-40s with a goatee. Basically the message is "Jesus is real and he loves you." Are you familiar with this? I'm puzzled! -- G.K., of Glen Carbon
Don't be confused: The man who tries to win converts through his soothing manner rather than fire and brimstone is none other than Jeff C. Perry, the founding pastor of St. Louis Family Church in Chesterfield, Mo.
He says he dreamed about starting a church in 1977 while living in the Chesterfield area. Then in June 1988 after graduating from Bible school and serving as a missionary, he and wife Patsy held Family Church's first service with 128 people.
The church grew dramatically, moving from place to place as it met first on Friday nights before adding Sunday morning services. Then, in the spring of 1993, Perry moved his flock into its own church -- only to see it flooded that summer. But a year later, the church was ready again to add hundreds of new congregants -- including St. Louis Rams Super Bowl champion quarterback Kurt Warner, whose birthday video you can find at www.pastorjeffcperry.com.
Just to make sure that Perry is the man you're asking about, check out the church at www.slfc.org.
Today's trivia
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry was thought to be the first millionaire black actor. What stage name did he use?
Answer to Sunday's trivia: Most people probably have never heard of it, but in the United States most of the rare earth element scandium is used to strengthen aluminum-alloy baseball bats and other sports equipment, according to the Minerals Yearbook published by the U.S. Geological Survey. No. 21 on the periodic table, scandium is used also in semiconductors and specialty lighting.
Send your questions to Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, 120 S. Illinois St., P.O. Box 427, Belleville, IL 62222-0427 or email@example.com or call 618-239-2465.


text:
- Argentina beats Dutch in shootout to reach World Cup final
- Tanard Jackson suspended indefinitely by NFL — again
- FAA investigating fireworks drone flights
- Pentagon: We'll give Obama a drone strike with al-Baghdadi's name on it
- Marine in Mexican custody to get day in court after 101 days
- Senate OKs San Antonio mayor as housing secretary
- NFL star likely fooled by Marine impostor who accepted first-class plane ticket
- Sen. Ted Cruz tweets Obama directions from fundraisers to border towns
- Israel hits key Hamas targets in Gaza offensive
- Ten-year sentence for New Orleans' Nagin on graft charges
Baker earns USTA men's wild card for French Open
Story Topics
Follow Us On
Follow @washtimes
Question of the Day
Are Americans more free today than they were a decade ago?
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Brian Baker of Nashville, Tenn., has earned a wild card into the French Open from the U.S. Tennis Association.
The USTA awarded the main-draw berth Monday, Baker's 27th birthday, based on results at clay-court Challenger events in Sarasota, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. He won the title at Savannah and reached the second round in Sarasota.
Baker reached the second round of the 2005 U.S. Open, but then was off the tour for years because of a series of operations, including reconstructive elbow surgery in 2008. He's now ranked 214th.
Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., whose career has stalled after a surprising run to the 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinals, is leading the standings for the USTA's French Open women's wild card with one event left.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
HANSON: The hypocrisy of pro-amnesty elites
Liberals condemn open-borders resisters while insulated from the risks and dangers
- GOP: Lerner warned IRS employees to hide information from Congress
- White House plans for bowling alley upgrades abruptly cancelled
- ISTOOK: Flying illegals home would be 99.5 percent cheaper than Obamas plan
- Obama requests $3.7 billion to fight surge of illegals
- Power grab: EPA wants to garnish wages of polluters
- Costco to re-stock Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' after public outry
- Obama bests Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in pool match
- CARSON: Health savings accounts far better than Obamacare
- Colorado man offers Obama a toke of marijuana a Rocky Mountain 'high'
- Court orders Chicago to pay NRA's legal fees
Photo Galleries
Obama's biggest White House 'fails'
24 Photos
Celebrities turned politicians
9 Photos
Athletes turned actors
14 Photos
20 gadgets that changed the world
20 Photos
Fighting in Iraq
7 Photos
World Cup's sexiest WAGs
12 Photos
U.S.-Ghana World Cup opener
20 Photos


text:
Posts tagged 'heretic'
Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon. – Song of Songs 4:11
Popular Christianity places an emphasis on believers having a Personal Relationship with Jesus. As a Christian, I proudly proclaimed that I did not follow a religion, but that I had a relationship – a personal one-on-one with the Messiah. Looking back, I have no idea how to Biblically justify the idea of a personal relationship. I am pretty certain it is nothing more than modern Christian pop culture. And on a more practical level, I don't think Jesus wants a relationship with any of us anyway. As a Christian, I talked to Jesus for years, but never heard a word back from him. That is in no way a relationship, despite all the effort I put into it.
As unsupported as I think this idea of a personal relationship is, there are times when Christians seem to think that a mere relationship is not enough. If it were not so grotesque, I think many Christians would want to change the cliché from personal relationship to intimate relationship. The relationship between the Christian and the Christ becomes so close that Jesus becomes a surrogate lover to the faithful Christian. To be a disciple and even a slave to Jesus means, to some of the most devoted, that the relationship with the Savior Jesus must be the closest relationship that the Christian is to hold. As a proud heterosexual male, this gooey GodTalk gave me the hives.
Continue Reading July 12, 2007 at 12:57 pm HeIsSailing 49 comments
God's Wrath Dealt on the Apostate Christian
This weekend my wife and I finally finished moving into our new house. As with any hectic real-estate transaction, this one had its share of tense moments and close calls. Purchasing a new house is always a risky venture. Despite it all, I was surprised at how smoothly our purchase went, and how easily we could have lost everything.
As a Christian, I would have been praying vigorously for God's guiding hand. Before the purchase began, I would have brought my desire to purchase a new house to the foot of the alter. I would have asked God if moving was indeed in his Will – then I would have waited for an answer.
Continue Reading July 7, 2007 at 10:14 am HeIsSailing 17 comments
A Nostalgic Trip Down Pentecostal Lane
This filmclip is from the Academy Award winning documentary Marjoe, a film in which evangelist Marjoe Gortner exposed himself as a charlatan. This type of ultra Pentecostalism is the crap that I was raised with during the late 60s- early 70s Jesus Movement. From the looks of it, it was filmed at about 1970 – about the time my mother used to frequent these types of services and bring me along to experience the power of the Holy Spirit. Watch at your own risk – this 10 minute clip includes hyper-emotional preaching, anointed handkerchiefs, speaking in tongues, pleas for seed-faith offerings, and people slain in the spirit. This is truly a pagan freakshow, and I witnessed it all as a youngster.
Continue Reading July 6, 2007 at 9:47 am HeIsSailing 20 comments
God's Secret Handshake
Salvation, as preached from Christian Pulpits seems very simple to the faithful. Most Christians insist that there is but one Name by which we all must be saved. Pastors generally have it down pat – and it makes sense if you follow the logic of Christian Evangelists and not think too hard about it. The laity trusts the authority of the Church. But if we put away our Four Spiritual Laws pamphlets and Chick Tracts and see what the Bible actually says about Salvation, it gets hairy. It is no wonder theologians have struggled with these issues for centuries.
Here are a few passages that come off the top of my head. Mind you, there are plenty more:
- John 3:16 says if we believe in him (the only begotten Son) we will have eternal life. Simple enough.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 says we are saved by God's grace and not by works. Cool.
Continue Reading July 3, 2007 at 5:55 pm HeIsSailing 46 comments
A Confession – I Want to Believe
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil – John 3:19 (KJV)
A confession – I want to believe.
I was a Christian for most of my life of 43 years. I fell away for one simple reason: I finally found the claims of Christianity to be unbelievable. I no longer believe in presupposing that the Bible is inerrant and divinely inspired so that I can wrap my worldview around it. I do not trust the Christian Church, run by mortal and fallible men just like me, to know my path to eternal salvation. Like the noble Bereans, I had to investigate the Scriptures for myself, and read them without the filter of Church Creeds to interpret them. And the Scriptures, while more fascinating than any Creed could make them, do not in any way hold as an infallible belief system.
But I want to believe...
Continue Reading June 15, 2007 at 2:24 pm HeIsSailing 56 comments
Apostasy – it's not just for Christians anymore
Reader salahudin has replied to my Harmonization by Omission article with some fascinating perspectives on apostasy. Apparently, there is a small but growing movement among Muslims who seriously question their own faith. As an apostate Muslim from Pakistan, salahudin shares the perspectives of a skeptical freethinker that is a real eye-opener for me. Salahudin is a member and contributor of the blogsite towelianism, which is much like our own agnosticatheism site, but geared toward Islam. Check them out here:
Note how similar the objections to Islam are to the objections to Christianity. Also note how dissimilar it is…
Continue Reading May 30, 2007 at 9:00 am HeIsSailing 13 comments


text:
[RUSSIAN REVOLUTION] FOSTER, William Z.
The Russian Revolution
Chicago: Trade Union Educational League, 1921. Second Edition. An interesting association, dating from not long after the CP - Socialist Party split in 1919. Given Maurer's mainstream Socialist sympathies, and the CPUSA's antipathy for the Socialists, it is hard to imagine such that such a "fraternal greeting" would have been freely offered even a few years later. Small octavo (20cm). Original buff pictorial wrappers, printed in black; 155pp. This copy inscribed by Foster, "with fraternal greetings," to the prominent Socialist and two-time Vice Presidential candidate James H. Maurer. Mild external toning and wear; Very Good.
Price: $150.00


text:
Complex Event Recognition
Recognition of Complex Events in Open-Source Web-Scale
Videos: A Bottom up approach
Recognition of complex events in unconstrained Internet videos is
a challenging research problem. In this symposium proposal, we
present a systematic decomposition of complex events into hierarchical
components and make an in-depth analysis of how existing research are
being used to cater to various levels of this hierarchy. We also
identify three key stages where we make novel contributions which are
necessary to not only improve the over-all recognition performance, but
also develop richer understanding of these events. At the lowest level,
our contributions include (a) compact covariance descriptors of appearance
and motion features used in sparse coding framework to recognize realistic
actions and gestures, and (b) a Lie-algebra based representation of dominant
camera motion present in video shots which can be used as a complementary
feature for video analysis. In the next level, we propose an (c) efficient
maximum likelihood estimate based representation from low-level features
computed from videos which demonstrates state of the art performance in
large scale visual concept detection, and finally, we propose to (d) model
temporal interactions between concepts detected in video shots through two
new discriminative feature spaces derived from Linear dynamical systems which
eventually boosts event recognition performance. In all cases, we conduct
thorough experiments to demonstrate promising performance gains over some of
the prominent approaches.
This work is accepted for publication in ACM Multimedia 2013 for presentation
in Doctoral Symposium, held in Barcelona, Spain. A preprint is available here. This document is a concise
version of my PhD dissertation which is available here.
High-Level Event Recognition in Unconstrained Videos
Abstract:The goal of high-level event recognition is to automatically
detect complex high-level events in a given video sequence. This is a
difficult task especially when videos are captured under unconstrained
conditions by non-professionals. Such videos depicting complex events, have
limited quality control and therefore may include severe camera motion, poor
lighting, heavy background clutter and occlusion. However, due to the fast
growing popularity of such videos, especially on the Web, solutions to this
problem are in high demands and have attracted great interest from
researchers. In this paper, we review current technologies for complex event
recognition in unconstrained videos. While the existing solutions vary, we
identify common key modules and provide detailed descriptions along with
some insights for each of them, including extraction and representation of
low-level features across different modalities, classification strategies,
fusion techniques, etc. Publicly available benchmark datasets, performance
metrics, and related research forums are also described. Finally, we discuss
promising directions for future research.
This work is accepted for publication in International Journal on Multimedia
Information Retrieval, 2012, and a preprint is available here.
Covariance of Motion and Appearance Features for Human Action and
Gesture Recognition
Abstract:In this paper, we introduce a novel descriptor for employing
covariance of motion and appearance features for human action and gesture
recognition. In our approach, we compute kinematic features from optical
flow and first and second-order derivatives of intensities to represent
motion and appearance respectively. These features are then used to
construct covariance matrices which capture joint statistics of both
low-level motion and appearance features extracted from a video. Using an
over-complete dictionary of the covariance based descriptors built from
labeled training samples, we formulate low-level event recognition as a
sparse linear approximation problem. Within this, we pose the sparse
decomposition of a covariance matrix, which also conforms to the space of
semi-positive definite matrices, as a determinant maximization problem. Also
since covariance matrices lie on non-linear Riemannian manifolds, we compare
our former approach with a sparse linear approximation alternative that is
suitable for equivalent vector spaces of covariance matrices. This is done
by searching for the best projection of the query data on a dictionary using
an Orthogonal Matching pursuit algorithm. We show the applicability of our
video descriptor in two different application domains - namely human action
recognition and one shot learning of human gestures. Our experiments provide
promising insights in large scale video analysis.
This work is under review in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and
Machine Intelligence.
Cinematographic Shot Classification and its Application to Complex
Event Recognition
Abstract:In this paper, we propose a discriminative representation
of a video shot based on its camera motion and demonstrate how the
representation can be used for high level multimedia tasks like complex
event recognition. In our technique, we assume that a homography exists
between subsequent pairs of frames in a given video shot. Using purely
image-based methods, we compute homography parameters that serve as coarse
indicators of the camera motion. Next, using Lie algebra, we map the
homography matrices to an intermediate vector space that preserves the
intrinsic geometric structure of the transformation. Multiple time series are
then constructed from these mappings. Features computed on these time series
are used for discriminative classification of video shots. In addition, we
provide an in-depth analysis of different features computed from time-series
and their impact on the classification of different shots. Our empirical
evaluations on eight cinematographic shot classes show that our technique
performs better than approaches that are based on image-based estimation of
camera trajectories. Finally we show an application of our shot
representation for detection of complex events in consumer videos.
This work is under review in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
A probabilistic representation for efficient large scale visual
recognition tasks
Abstract: In this paper, we present an efficient alternative to the
traditional vocabulary based on bag-of-visual words (BoV) used for visual
classification tasks. Our representation is both conceptually and
computationally superior to the bag-of-visual words: (1) We iteratively
generate a Maximum Likelihood estimate of an image given a set of
characteristic features in contrast to the BoV methods where an image is
represented as a histogram of visual words,(2) We randomly sample a set of
characteristic features instead of employing computation intensive
clustering algorithms used during the vocabulary generation step of BoV
methods. Our comparable performance to the state-of-the-art, on experiments
over a challenging scene categorization dataset and two equally challenging
human action datasets, demonstrates the universal applicability of our method.
The camera ready version is here.
The code and data used in the experiments discussed in the paper would be
uploaded shortly.
Columbia-UCF TRECVID2010 Multimedia Event Detection: Combining
Multiple Modalities, Contextual Concepts, and Temporal Matching
TRECVID Multimedia Event Detection offers an interesting but very challenging
task in detecting high-level complex events(batting baseball run, making cake,
assembling shelter) in user-generated videos. In this
paper, we will present an overview and comparative analysis of our results,
which achieved top performance among all 45 submissions in TRECVID 2010.
Our aim is to answer the following questions. What kind of feature is more
effective for multimedia event detection? Are features from different feature
modalities (e.g., audio and visual) complementary for event detection? Can we
benefit from generic concept detection of background scenes, human actions,
and audio concepts? Are sequence matching and event-specific object detectors
Our findings indicate that spatial-temporal feature is very effective for
event detection, and it's also very complementary to other features such as
static SIFT and audio features. As a result, our baseline run combining these
three features already achieves very impressive results, with a mean minimal
normalized cost (MNC) of 0.586. Incorporating the generic concept detectors
using a graph diffusion algorithm provides marginal gains (mean MNC 0.579).
Sequence matching with Earth Mover's Distance (EMD) further improves the
results (mean MNC 0.565). The event-specific detector ("batter"), however,
didn't prove useful from our current re-ranking tests. We conclude that it is
important to combine strong complementary features from multiple modalities
for multimedia event detection, and cross-frame matching is helpful in coping
with temporal order variation. Leveraging contextual concept detectors and
foreground activities remains a very attractive direction requiring further
This is a joint effort between Columbia University and UCF which culminated
into the best performance in the
Multimedia Event Detection
2010 challenge. A notebook paper is available
Photo and Video Aesthetics
Towards a Comprehensive Computational Model for
Aesthetic Assessment of Videos
In this paper we propose a novel aesthetic model emphasizing psycho-
visual statistics extracted from multiple levels in contrast to earlier
approaches that rely only on descriptors suited for image recognition or
based on photographic principles. At the lowest level, we determine
dark-channel, sharpness and eye-sensitivity statistics over rectangular
cells within a frame. At the next level, we extract Sentibank features
(1,200 pre-trained visual classifiers) on a given frame, that invoke
specific sentiments such as "colorful clouds", "smiling face" etc. and
collect the classifier responses as frame-level statistics. At the topmost
level, we extract trajectories from video shots. Using viewer's fixation
priors, the trajectories are labeled as foreground, and background/camera
on which statistics are computed. Additionally, spatio-temporal local binary
patterns are computed that capture texture variations in a given shot.
Classifiers are trained on individual feature representations independently.
On thorough evaluation of 9 different types of features, we select the best
features from each level - dark channel, affect and camera motion statistics.
Next, corresponding classifier scores are integrated in a sophisticated
low-rank fusion framework to improve the final prediction scores. Our
approach demonstrates strong correlation with human prediction on 1,000
broadcast quality videos released by NHK as an aesthetic evaluation dataset.
This paper
is published in ACM Multimedia 2013 International Conference as a grand
challenge submission in Barcelona.
A Holistic Approach to Aesthetic Enhancement of Photographs
This article presents an interactive application that enables users to
improve the visual aesthetics of their digital photographs using several
novel spatial recompositing techniques. This work differs from earlier
efforts in two important aspects: (1) it focuses on both photo quality
assessment and improvement in an integrated fashion, (2) it enables the user
to make informed decisions about improving the composition of a photograph.
The tool facilitates interactive selection of one or more than one
foreground objects present in a given composition, and the system presents
recommendations for where it can be relocated in a manner that optimizes a
learned aesthetic metric while obeying semantic constraints. For photographic
compositions that lack a distinct foreground object, the tool provides the
user with crop or expansion recommendations that improve the aesthetic appeal
by equalizing the distribution of visual weights between semantically
different regions. The recomposition techniques presented in the article
emphasize learning support vector regression models that capture visual
aesthetics from user data and seek to optimize this metric iteratively to
increase the image appeal. The tool demonstrates promising aesthetic
assessment and enhancement results on variety of images and provides
insightful directions towards future research.
This journal article
is an extension to the paper published in ACM Multimedia 2010 International
Conference in Florence.
A Coherent Framework for Photo-Quality Assessment and Enhancement based
on Visual Aesthetics
We present an interactive application that enables users to improve the
visual aesthetics of their digital photographs using spatial recomposition.
Unlike earlier work that focuses either on photo quality assessment or
interactive tools for photo editing, we enable the user to make informed
decisions about improving the composition of a photograph and to implement
them in a coherent framework. Specifically, the user can interactively select
a foreground object and the system will present recommendations for where it
can be moved in a manner that optimizes a learned aesthetic metric while
obeying semantic constraints. For photographic compositions that lack a
distinct foreground object, our tool provides the user with cropping or
expanding recommendations that improve its aesthetic quality. We learn a
support vector regression model for capturing image aesthetics from user
data and seek to optimize this metric during recomposition. Rather than
prescribing a fully-automated solution, we allow user-guided object
segmentation and inpainting to ensure that the final photograph matches the
user's criteria. Our approach achieves 86% accuracy in predicting the
attractiveness of unrated images, when compared to their respective human
rankings. Additionally, 73% of the images recomposited using our tool are
ranked more attractive than their original counterparts by human raters.
This work is accepted
in ACM Multimedia International Conference
(ACMMM 2010) as a 10 page paper
(17% acceptance rate), held in Firenze, Italy. Here is an accompanying
A subset of the images from the dataset mentioned in the paper is available
here. We received some objects from Flickr
users for making there images publicly available for experiments, hence the
full dataset was brought down. The code provided in the archive is unsupported.
Image Registration
Moving Object Detection and Tracking in Forward Looking Infra-Red
Aerial imagery
This chapter discusses the challenges of automating surveillance and
reconnaissance tasks for infra-red visual data obtained from aerial platforms.
These problems have gained significant importance over the years, especially
with the advent of lightweight and reliable imaging devices. Detection and
tracking of objects of interest has traditionally been an area of interest in
the computer vision literature. These tasks are rendered especially challenging
in aerial sequences of infra red modality. The chapter gives an overview of
these problems, and the associated limitations of some of the conventional
techniques typically employed for these applications. We begin with a study
of various image registration techniques that are required to eliminate motion
induced by the motion of the aerial sensor. Next, we present a technique for
detecting moving objects from the ego-motion compensated input sequence.
Finally, we describe a methodology for tracking already detected objects using
their motion history. We substantiate our claims with results on a wide range
of aerial video sequences.
This work is
published as a chapter in Springer book
Machine Vision beyond Visible Spectrum .
A Case for Grid based Video on Demand System
The Video on Demand (VoD) services incorporate streaming of video over network
and allow its subscribers to select videos and play them in near real time
playback quality including interactive functions like Fast Forward, Rewind,
Random seek, etc. VoD systems put a huge amount of overhead on the processing
capabilities of the video server and need an equally huge amount of storage.
These systems also demand a highly optimized network backbone for data transfer.
Though lot of research have been carried out in the area of VoD distribution and
network optimization, the problems mentioned above have received only cursory
attention. Recently, research in the high community has led to the development
of Grid Computing technologies for precisely the problems stated above. In this
paper, we propose and develop the idea of integrating VoD servers with Grid
computing and describe the system as Grid based Video on Demand (GDVoD) system.
Prototype of GDVoD system has been developed and experiments have been carried
out. The experiments highlight the fact that GDVoD system has low overhead in
terms of computation without compromising the quality of the streamed video.
The paper was
submitted in HPDC 2006.
Nova: An Approach to On-Demand Virtual Execution Environments for
This paper attempts to reduce the overheads of dynamically creating and
destroying the virtual environments for secure job execution. It broaches a grid
architecture which we call Nova, consisting of extremely minuscule, pre-created
virtual machines whose configurations could be altered with respect to the
application executed within it. The benefits of the architecture are supported
by experimental claims.
This work was accepted as a
short paper in CCGrid 2006.
Scalable and Distributed Mechanisms for Integrated Scheduling and
Replication in Data Grids
Data Grids seek to harness geographically distributed resources for
large-scale data-intensive problems. Such problems involve loosely coupled jobs
and large data sets distributed remotely. Data Grids have found applications in
scientific research fields of high-energy physics, life sciences etc. as well as
in the enterprises. The issues that need to be considered in the Data Grid
research area include resource management for computation and data. Computation
management comprises scheduling of jobs, scalability, and response time; while
data management includes replication and movement of data at selected sites. As
jobs are data intensive, data management issues often become integral to the
problems of scheduling and effective resource management in the Data Grids.
Integration of data replication and scheduling strategies is important. Such an
integrating solution is either non-existent or work in a centralized manner
which is not scalable. The paper deals with the problem of integrating the
scheduling and replication strategies in a distributed manner. As part of the
solution, we have proposed a Distributed Replication and Scheduling Strategy
(DistReSS) which aims at an iterative improvement of the performance based on
coupling between scheduling and replication, which is achieved in a distributed
and hierarchical fashion. Results suggest that, in the context of our
experiments, DistReSS performs comparable to the centralized approach when the
parameters are tuned properly.
Work accepted as a poster in CCGrid


text:
Lee Jordan – Middle Tennessee Web Developer Web Development, Photography, Media Production, Social Media Collaboration and Marketing
Discover more photos on my flickr stream
Communities Black Country » Walsall
Today mega Hoar Frost touched most if not all trees in Walsall. So I headed down to the Arboretum with Ian Egner to capture the scenes with our cameras. We bumped into the Four Seasons Garden people while we were there too. Lovely scenes, if rather slippy underfoot!
Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
[...] in brief 7 Dec 10 CommonPeople Ice cold Pelsall Lee Jordan Hoar frost Hatherton Lake Features in brief 6 Dec 10 Lee Jordan Music Monday: Narcoleptic Dancers E&S The Bell, Walsall [...]
Lee has been involved with the web for over 10 years, working on a wide range of web projects and coming from a media background, a digital native with huge ideas of how each project can benefit from an online presence. Learn more about him and his work on the about page.


text:
Lands End Trail Overview
See a complete Photo Tour of the Lands End Trail -- beginning at the Sutro Baths and leading to Eagles' Point at the east end of the Coastal Trail segment.
The Lands End trail is an easy to moderate hike -- depending on how far you walk. If you do the three-mile round trip from Point Lobos to Eagles' Point, you can meander past the Sutro Baths, the Legion of Honor, and along cliffs with beautiful views of the Marin Headlands and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Getting to the Lands End Trail
See a Street Map of Outer Richmond with marker for the Lands End Trail.
Note these parking changes through 2008 -- due to construction on Merrie Way:
The parking lot on Merrie Way is closed through late 2008 for improvements to the Merrie Way parking area and Coastal Trail.
To access the Lands End Trail, you can park on Point Lobos Avenue (near the Cliff House) and walk down by the Sutro Baths and follow detour trail markers to link with the Coastal Trail.
Or . . .
Turn right on 48th (which becomes El Camino del Mar) and park in the lot adjacent to the USS San Francisco Memorial and Fort Miley. This lot and trail entrance are designated "Accessible."
Public Transit to Lands End
By public transit: Take the #18 or #38 bus to Geary and 48th. The #1 California bus will get you to Geary and 33rd where you can transfer to the #18 or #38 . . . or walk the extra distance.
The Lands End Trail - Bypassing Sutro Baths
Take the trail access from the parking lot on El Camino del Mar if you want to bypass the the Sutro Baths. You have two options from this parking lot:
- Descend the stairs next to the USS San Francisco memorial (the northwest side of the lot) to connect with the Coastal Trail below
- Use the Accessible trail head at the northeast side of the lot to walk along the El Camino del Mar Trail which parallels the Coastal Trail
The Lands End Trail - Including Sutro Baths
To include the Sutro Baths in your hike, start the trail just below Louis' restaurant on Point Lobos.
Follow the trail down the hill and note posted detour signs. (If you descend to the baths below the main trail, there is no through-way to the Coastal Trail from below. You'll have to return to the main path to continue on the Coastal Trail.
Lands End Trail & El Camino Del Mar Loop
The Coastal Trail and El Camino del Mar parallel each other on the way to the Legion of Honor. If you choose not to double back, you can begin on the Coastal Trail, then loop back on El Camino del Mar when you reach Eagles' Point. Or, you can begin on El Camino del Mar and descend stairs near the Legion of Honor which will take you down to the Coastal Trail.
Legion of Honor
About a half mile into the hike, you'll see a trail up to the Legion of Honor. You can choose to ascend here to visit the Legion of Honor, or continue on the Coastal Trail.
See a Profile of the Legion of Honor as well as Legion of Honor photos
Mile Rock Beach & Lands End Point
Also near the half mile mark, you will see a stairway leading down to Mile Rock Beach -- and optional detour from the Coastal Trail. You'll have to ascend again (100 or so stairs) if you decide to experience the rocky sanctuary. But it's worth a trip down to see the labyrinth and the tumultuous tides of the ocean.
Coastal Trail to Eagles' Point
Continue on the main trail to Painted Rock. At this point, you'll see a warning sign to keep out of the area off the main trail (due to cliff dangers). Follow the marked hikers' trail and stairs up the hill.
Along the way, you'll navigate some landscaped stairways as well as a few hills. The views along the Coastal Trail, all the way from the trail head to Eagles' Point are stunning and picture-worthy.
At the end of the line, you'll come upon Eagles' Point -- just before you exit this section of the Coastal Trail (on 32nd in the Richmond). It's natural turn around point. Or, you can walk back along El Camino del Mar. El Camino del Mar is a road and at the Legion of Honor, you can pick up the El Camino del Mar Trail.
If You Return on El Camino Del Mar . . .
. . . You'll turn right as you exit the Coastal Trail on 32nd. The golf course will be on both sides of the road as you walk up the hill on a dirt walking shoulder, toward the Legion of Honor.
From the Legion of Honor, you can continue back on the El Camino del Mar Trail (at the far west end of the parking area below the Legion) -- or you can take a spur trail down to the Coastal Trail, and back to the starting point parking area.
Other Lands End Options
- Hike the hill from the Camino del Mar parking area, up to Fort Miley and Battery Chester. There are signs from the parking lot, leading to Fort Miley.
- Cross Point Lobos and visit Sutro Heights Park -- one of Adolph Sutro's terraformed parks, now showing just a few remnants of Sutro's regal structures and statues.
- Check out the Camera Obscura at the Cliff House. (You can descend stairs on either side of the Cliff House, and you'll see the <i>Giant Camera</i> kiosk. There's a small charge to go in and view the camera ($3 in 2008). Well worth it if you haven't seen one of these devices previously.
Dining at Lands End
Before or after your hike, you can grab a meal at Louis' which overlooks the Sutro Baths. Louis' is a family-owned establishment with standard American fare like omelettes and burgers.
For a more elegant option, check out the Cliff House with its Zinc Bar, Bistro and Sutros dining areas.
For a longer hike, begin at Ocean Beach, hike up to the Cliff House and catch the trail from the Sutro Baths.
If you visit the Legion of Honor as part of your tour, the museum has an excellent cafe with sandwiches, soups, salads and light dining fare, including espresso drinks.
Dogs Are Permitted
Leashed dogs are permitted on the trails. Bring a scoop and bags to keep the trails clean. For areas where you can run your dog off-leash, see our list of San Francisco Dog Parks.
Map of the Lands End Area
See a Map of Outer Richmond Attractions
Download a map from National Park Service.


text:
Margaret Altemus, M.D.
Margaret Altemus, MD is director of the Payne Whitney Women's Program, which provides evaluations and treatment for women with reproductive-related psychiatric conditions.
The Program has expertise in management of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and post-partum, treatment of premenstrual mood disorders, menopause-related psychiatric conditions, and psychiatric conditions associated with hormonal disorders. Dr. Altemus also has experise in medication treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder and panic disorder.
Dr. Altemus is currently conducting research in premenstrual syndrome, the regulation of stress responses, stress and immune function, and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum.
Dr. Altemus completed her psychiatry residency training at Yale University in 1987. She was then a research fellow first at Yale, then at the NIMH Intrumural Program. While at NIMH she received training in neuroendocrinology and directed the inpatient Eating Disorders Unit and the adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Unit. Dr. Altemus came to the Weill Medical College Department of Psychiatry in 1996. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Rockefeller University.
To schedule an appointment:
Call - (646) 962-2820 or
Email - email@example.com
Office hours are:
Monday | Tuesday | Friday - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm


text:
Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation
The creation of the Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation marks an important milestone in the Greenwood Genetic Center's connection with the community. As the outreach arm of the Center, all funds raised by the Foundation go toward the work of the Greenwood Genetic Center. The Foundation stands on two overriding principles: people affected by these conditions feel the greatest passion for this mission; and, one of the instincts wired into our humanity is the desire to give back. Simply put, philanthropy is in our DNA.
Families and professionals have a long history of supporting the Center's work by creating support groups and sharing knowledge. But the frontline work, by necessity, must be performed by the doctors and researchers. Through the Foundation, families and supporters finally get a chance to drive the treatment and research of genetic disorders and birth defects. Donors and volunteers become partners in the search for a cure, treatment or preventive measure. Even if we can't reverse a particular family's condition, we can still give back to help the next generation. For those families who will need us in the future, the time is now.
Our services include:
- Diagnostic Services
- Treatment
- Research
- Education
Find out more about these service areas and where help is needed most.
To make a tax-deductible contribution to the Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation, contact
Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation
113 Gregor Mendel Circle
Greenwood, SC 29646
(864) 941-8138
3rd Annual RACE THE HELIX
The 3rd Annual Race the Helix to benefit the GGC Foundation was held on Saturday, October 5th, 2013. We had another great turnout raising $3540.80 for the Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation. Next year's race is scheduled for October 4, 2014.
Like the Race the Helix Facebook page for updates!


text:
Skip to main content
Simplifying the Business while providing passengers with personalized choice of products and services
Why closing gaps in the Tokyo Convention will be a deterrent to unruly passenger behavior.
The trusted source to prepare and document dangerous shipments in compliance with international regulations.
Improve baggage performance. From quick wins to strategical options, custom solutions for airlines, airports and ground handlers.
We're adding new IATA training centers, partner locations and distance learning options to bring our training closer to you.
Join airlines' CFOs in Abu Dhabi 17-18 Sept to discuss latest trends in Revenue Accounting, Treasury, Fraud Protection & Risk Management
In his State of the Industry address, Tony Tyler shared his reflections on the 100th anniversary of civil aviation
Gain a comprehensive understanding of the ISAGO Program to prepare your operations for a successful audit.
Review the ISAGO Standards and Recommended Practices as per the Ground Operations Standards manual. Leave this workshop with operational tools and skills to use in your organization. Learn the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO), including standards, practices, and audit methods.
Available as: Classroom & In-Company course
Duration: 3 days (24 hours)
Recommended level: Professional and Management
Prerequisites: Participants should have experience in the industry and have basic knowledge of audit processes.
Upon completing this course you will have the skills to:
Download outline and schedule
This workshop provides a Certificate of Participation.
About IATA Classroom Training
We train more than 10,000 aviation professionals annually through our global network of IATA Training Centers, Regional Training Partners, and in private in-company sessions. Our 200+ classroom courses are developed using IATA's unique industry insight and delivered by IATA Instructors, experts in their fields. More
Further training
Graduates of this course can apply for the Harvard ManageMentor (HMM) distance learning program at a special graduate price.
Improve your language skills through our joint programs with Rosetta Stone®, Berlitz® and other specialized language programs. More
This course is recommended for:
Request in-company training
Send us an email or contact the salesperson in your region by phone or fax.
Register for a scheduled course
Select a session from the below list to get started. Register early and save up to 20%! The discount will be made automatically at time of payment.
Geneva Training Center information
Please note that prices DO NOT include the 6% Chinese VAT. The VAT must be paid additionally if applicable to your registration.
US residents attending classes at the Miami Training Center receive a 30% discount.
To claim the discount: Enter MIA-LOCAL in the promotional code field during registration. The discount will be deducted automatically from the course price.
The discount for residents will be combined with any other offers, including the
early bird discount.
Miami Training Center information
Further training
© International Air Transport Association (IATA) 2014. All rights reserved.