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Hotel in Rome (Rome City Centre) near Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
This hotel is located in Rome (Rome City Centre), close to Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Diocletian Bath, and Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. Also nearby are Roman Forum and Colosseum.
Hotel Features
Hotel Columbia provides a bar/lounge, complimentary wireless Internet access, a rooftop terrace, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Room Amenities
Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning, and climate control.
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- General
A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Rome hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Secretarial services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Total number of rooms - 45
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet point
- Multilingual staff
- Parking nearby
- Parking nearby (surcharge)
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Offsite parking reservations required
- Year Built 1800
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Parking nearby, Parking nearby (surcharge), Offsite parking reservations required
- Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Direct-dial phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- Sewing kit
- Bathroom scale
- Bathroom phone
- Window opens
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Pillow menu
- Dining
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Columbia Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 16 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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- A similar dispersal mechanism has been suggested as responsible for the faunal similarities in mollusks and decapods.
- Limestones of the underlying carbonate ramp sediments are primarily packstones containing numerous foraminiferans but they do not contain decapod fossils.
- It has long been known that the shrimps and lobsters are the most primitive of the decapods and, in fact, have the oldest fossil records.
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Diploma of Children's Services (Early Childhood Education and Care)
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- Course Type
- Accredited Course
- Course Level
- Skills Deepening
- Department
- Children's Services
- Course Location
- Yallourn
- Course Duration
Full Time: 18 monthsPart Time: 3 yearsFlexible - Online learning & Saturday Workshops for students working in an Early Childhood Centre
- Course Cost
- For an individual quotation of fees payable, please visit your nearest campus of GippsTAFE. A tuition fee waiver applies for students eligible to enrol in a government subsidised training place. The Student Services and Amenities fee will apply. Other fees may also apply e.g. materials, excursions. Click Here for further information regarding Fees and Charges.
- Study Modes
- On Campus; Full time; Part Time (Day); Flexible
- Starting Date
Full Time:
- February 2013
- Enquiries
Children's Services Department
Phone: (03) 5127 0269
Fax: 1300 094 661
Email: email@example.com
Post: PO Box 3279, GMC 3841
Course Overview
Enjoy being around children? Then this course will give you the ability to design and implement engaging programs for infants, pre-schoolers and school-age children.Enhance your employment prospects in an Early Childhood Education Centre by enrolling in this course from GippsTAFE.
The course combines face-to-face practical classes with work placement to provide you with the complex skills and knowledge required to develop and evaluate care programs and learning opportunities for children.
Study Children's Services (Early Childhood Education and Care) at GippsTAFE for free*
*Conditions: The Commonwealth Government will cover the costs of tuition fees for students enrolled at GippsTAFE, undertaking a training package qualification in children's services at the Diploma level. Other GippsTAFE fees (student amenities and student materials fees) and any associated costs (eg. Text books stationary etc.) will be charged to, or the responsibility of, the student.
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Career Outcome |
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) | Kindergarten Manager |
Diploma of Children's Services (Early Childhood Education and Care) Diploma of Children's Services (Outside School Hours Care) |
Co-ordinator, Pre-school Assistant |
Certificate IV in Children's Services (Outside School Hours Care) | Outside School Care |
Certificate III in Children's Services |
Childcare Worker |
Qualifications And Recognition
Upon successful completion of this course students will be eligible to receive the Diploma of Children's Services (Early Childhood Education and Care).Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Many GippsTAFE courses offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Click to learn more about RPL and how it can benefit you.Employment Prospects
- Centre Manager (Children's Services)
- Childcare Co-ordinator
- Child Development Worker
- Special Needs Inclusion Worker
- Early Childhood Educator
- Childcare Worker
- Family Day Care Worker
- Nanny
- Integration Aide
- Pre-school Assistant
Entry Requirements
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age or over as at the course commencement date with a general interest in the Children's services profession. Potential students are required to undertake a literacy and numeracy test and interview.How To Apply
Direct to InstituteAssessment
For full time students assessment is based on a combination of written reports, oral presentation, participation in class projects and work place assessment.
Flexible and online students assessment is based on a combination of online learning, on the job assessment, Saturday workshops, Recognition of Prior learning.
Can prospective students enrol in individual units?
Yes.Course Structure
Packaging to gain a national qualification
- Pre-requisites 12
- Compulsory 13
- Electives 5
Total number of units of competency 30
Optional competencies
- elective units at this or higher levels
- compulsory units at higher levels
- units from endorsed standards in any industry at this or higher level
Unit Code | Unit Name |
Prerequisite Units |
CHCCHILD401A | Identify and respond to children and young people at risk of harm |
CHCCN301A | Ensure children's health and safety |
CHCCN302A | Provide care for children |
CHCCN303A | Contribute to provision of nutritionally balanced food in a safe and hygienic manner |
CHCCS400A | Work within a relevant legal and ethical framework |
CHCFC301A | Support the development of children |
CHCIC301D | Interact effectively with children |
CHCPR301A | Provide experiences to support children's plan and learning |
CHCPR303D | Develop understanding of children's interests and developmental needs |
HLTFA301B | Apply first aid |
HLTOHS300A | Contribute to OHS processes |
CHCCN305A | Provide care for babies |
Compulsory Units | |
CHCCN511B | Establish and maintain a safe and health environment for children |
CHCFC502A | Foster physical development in early childhood |
CHCFC503A | Foster social development in early childhood |
CHCFC504A | Support emotional and psychological development in early childhood |
CHCFC505A | Foster cognitive development in early childhood |
CHCFC506A | Foster children's language and communication development |
CHCIC501B | Manage children's services workplace practice to address regulations and quality assurance |
CHCIC510A | Establish and implement plans for developing cooperative behaviour |
CHCIC512A | Plan and implement inclusion of children with additional needs |
CHCPR502E | Organise experiences to facilitate and enhance children's development |
CHCPR509A | Gather, interpret and use information about children |
CHCPR510B | Design, implement and evaluate programs and care routines for children |
CHCRF511A | Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate care for children |
Elective Units |
CHCFC507A | Use music to enhance children's experience and development |
CHCIC511A | Implement and promote inclusive policies and practices in children's services |
CHCFC508A | Foster children's aesthetic and creative development |
CHCPR515A | Develop and implement a program to support sustainable practice |
CHCPR614C | Observe children and interpret observations |


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The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. Fears are that the final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages wiped out, property destroyed, roads washed away and hydropower projects damaged in the mountain state of Uttarakhand. The mountains are bleeding and its people have been left battered, bruised and dead.
As I write this my city Delhi is drowning. It started raining early this morning and within a few hours the city has come to a standstill. The television is showing scenes of traffic snarled up for hours, roads waterlogged and people and vehicles sunk deep in water and muck. The meteorological department records that some 60 mm of rain has fallen in just about 6 hours; 90 mm in 24 hours; and with this the city has made up for its deficit of rainfall this season. In other words, in just about 24 hours Delhi and its surrounding areas got half as much rain as they would in the entire month of September. Delhi, like all growing cities of India, is mindless about drainage. Storm water drains are either clogged or do not exist. Our lakes and ponds have been eaten away by real estate. Land is what the city values, not water. So when it rains more than it should the city drowns.
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A scion of Hollywood royalty, it was inevitable that Steven R. McQueen would follow in his grandfather Steve McQueen's footsteps as an actor. As the grandson of a Hollywood legend, the young McQueen w...
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Vampire Diaries | 2014 2008 - 2014 | Actor | Jeremy Gilbert | 20147 |
CSI: Miami | 2011 2001 - 2011 | Actor | Keith Walsh | 20117 |
Threshold | 2005 2004 - 2005 | Actor | Jordan Peters | 20057 |
Everwood | 2005 2001 - 2005 | Actor | Kyle | 20057 |
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He was born Terrence Steven McQueen II on July 13, 1988 in Los Angeles. The newest member of a family of entertainers, McQueen was the son of Chad McQueen and Stacy Toten who were both actors, while his stepfather Luc Robitaille was a professional hockey player and NHL Hall of Famer. His paternal grandfather was legendary Hollywood tough guy Steve McQueen, who became the epitome of Sixties cool with his roles in the Western classic "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), the adventure film "The Great Escape" (1963), and the crime drama "Bullitt" (1968). Not surprisingly, the young McQueen inherited his family's acting genes and began his entertainment career early on. Using the stage name Steven R. McQueen (the 'R' referred to his stepfather's last name), he made his onscreen acting debut on "Threshold" (CBS, 2005), a short-lived sci-fi drama about a team of extra-terrestrial experts.
With very little screen credits to his name, McQueen landed a recurring role on "Everwood," which centered on a small town in Colorado and the goings-on of its eclectic residents. The series starred Treat Williams as a Manhattan neurosurgeon who moves to quaint Everwood with his teen son Ephram (Gregory Smith) and pre-teen daughter (Vivien Cardone). McQueen began his recurring appearance during the show's fourth season as Kyle, a piano student of Ephram's with hopes of attending Juilliard, the famed performing arts school. McQueen's aspiring pianist was also a closeted gay teen who needed a friend to give him the courage to come out. McQueen took on a much lighter role in the 2008 Disney Channel film "Minutemen," about a trio of high school best friends who invent a time machine.
Following a handful of minor television appearances, McQueen was cast as troubled teen Jeremy Gilbert on "The Vampire Diaries." The supernatural drama - based on the young adult book series by L. J. Smith - focused on a love triangle involving a young woman named Elena (Nina Dobrev) and a pair of vampire brothers (Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder). McQueen's character was introduced during the show's pilot episode as Elena's younger brother, whose addiction to drugs and rebellious behavior was a result of their parents' untimely death. McQueen's role increased as the show progressed, including a revelation that he was actually Elena's cousin who was accidentally shot and eventually brought back to life with the power to communicate with the dead. "The Vampire Diaries'" soapy plot lines and fantastical love stories attracted a large audience, which turned its handsome young cast into breakout stars. Fan favorite McQueen parlayed his success on the show to take on bigger projects, including his feature film debut in Alexandre Aja's reboot of the horror franchise "Piranha 3D" (2010).
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Justice Harry Blackmun knew the majority decision he wrote in Roe v. Wade would define him more than any other act in his long career. On the occasion of his death last week, it's fitting that he be remembered for a decision that willfully distorted the Constitution as it wrote into law seven justices' preferences with respect to abortion.
Whatever their opinions on abortion, relatively few legal scholars are willing to defend the court's reasoning in Roe, which found a woman's purported right to abortion to be a matter of "privacy," guaranteed by the Constitution.
But even so gifted a judicial artist as Blackmun found it difficult to find such a right in the text of the Constitution. So he suggested it may be located, perhaps, in the 14th Amendment. He also found some support for it in the "penumbras and emanations" of the Bill of Rights.
And the fact that "psychological harm" may befall a mother who lacks the right to terminate her pregnancy was also a key part of Blackmun's argument, which sounded not so much like a judicial pronouncement as an emotional argument over the merits of abortion.
Blackmun's constitution was largely a constitution of the left, for whom victories in traditional political arenas have proved hard to win. It's a constitution designed not to restrain government, but to guarantee a self-expressive individualism at odds with the conditions of self-government.
We should grant Blackmun his wish and not remember him only for Roe v. Wade, for he wrote or joined in many other bad decisions that have undermined vital constitutional principles. His decisions over nearly a quarter century can be seen as votes of confidence not so much in individual rights as in the federal Leviathan, exercising power through Congress, or preferably, the federal courts.
After Roe, writing mostly in dissenting opinions, Blackmun supported forcing states to pay for abortions and extending "privacy" protections to homosexual conduct. He voted in 1978 to uphold racial quotas, making the paradoxical claim that equality can be attained only by treating people "differently." And in 1985, he argued for removing virtually all restraints on Congress's power under the Commerce Clause, even when exercised in ways that undercut the ability of states to act in areas obviously under their jurisdiction.
In the Supreme Court's 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision, Blackmun restated his support for abortion rights. He lamented the fact that his inevitable retirement could shift the balance on the court and result in a majority favoring a "stunted conception of individual liberty." This was Blackmun's way of dismissing a view of abortion — and the decades of legislative practice — that takes the Constitution's words seriously.
But Blackmun's worries were premature. No such majority has coalesced around his understanding of a "stunted" conception of freedom. But his concern exposes the problem with Blackmun's constitution: it's an empty vessel, whose repletion depends on the whims of individual justices.
Mainstream legal analysts and journalists have eulogized Blackmun as a justice who tried to keep an increasingly conservative court in the noble center, or as a justice who became, toward the end of his career, one of a diminishing number of voices for "civil rights." Harry Blackmun was neither, for he misunderstood where the "center" was, and denied the most important of civil rights — the right to self-government.
There is every reason to believe the decisions Blackmun made were in keeping with his own deeply held views as to what the Constitution should require. But we must question his judgment.
In the end, Blackmun's career on the high court should teach a valuable lesson. The Supreme Court is too important to the American constitutional order.
So much of vital political and moral significance ought not depend on the few judges who constitute the third branch of government. Alas, it does. The third branch is now of first — and excessive — importance. At the very least, Blackmun's death should remind Americans of the need to support presidential candidates whose Supreme Court appointees are likely to give the Constitution the respect it deserves.


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EVANSDALE, Iowa - The family of two girls missing from Evansdale hope investigators can continue to focus on finding the cousins and not worry too much about some family members' past.
"There is history in our family, but it is not one we are scared of. It is one we have dealt with in the past and we've come past it as a family," Misty Morrissey said Wednesday. Misty's daughter Lyric Cook-Morrissey and niece Elizabeth Collins, 8, have been missing since July 13. Misty said the family's past has nothing to do "with the disappearance of our children." "Look into it all you want. Scrutinize it all you want and then let's get back to what the real focus is which is our girls. Because ultimately no matter how far you look into us we are completely open. It's not going to lead anywhere," she said. The day before Daniel Morrissey's daughter disappeared, the court set a September date for him in connection with drug charges that allege police found items used to make meth in his home in December. Morrissey also has a pending domestic assault charge stemming from an August incident where he allegedly assaulted Misty Morrissey. One of his alleged accomplices in the drug case had a pretrial conference the day of the disappearance, and another co-defendant was scheduled to plea the following Monday. Misty Cook pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute meth in 2003. She is charged under her maiden of Cook. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Capt. Rick Abben said both families are cooperating with the investigation. Wylma Cook, the girls' grandmother, said officials "interrogated" Dan Morrissey, Lyric's father, Tuesday. "They screamed and yelled at him" and accused him of killing the kids, Cook said. "And he didn't. That is their way of going about things." Cook said Dan was at his mother's house with his and Misty's 16-year-old son Friday when the girls disappeared. "Misty called him. He called his mom off work. She went to the house, picked him up and came straight out," Cook said. Dan Morrissey declined requests for interviews Wednesday. Still searching Cook said officials also took a computer from her home and searched her attic Wednesday. Abben would not confirm the search or seizure, but said no search warrants had been issued. Tammy Brousseau, the missing girls' aunt, said she thinks if someone wanted retaliation they would have targeted Dan. "The children weren't exposed to those people. They were pretty much, for the most part, kept away from there and Misty would kick Dan out when she suspected (drug) usage," Brousseau said. Cook also expressed some frustration with the Evansdale Police Department's continued focus on the Meyers Lake, from the first hours through the end of day six. "They insisted they were at the lake. In my heart I knew they weren't," Cook said. Abben said the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Federal Bureau of Investigation were both notified Friday night and arrived Saturday. Though Abben could offer little new information about the progress of the search during the daily press briefing he did say the water at Meyers Lake was receding slower than originally anticipated. "Now the engineers ... are saying hopefully by Friday it will be drained," he said. "We've got a pump assisting it and so it's going just as quick as we can get it done." He said officials have been manning the overflow tube to ensure no evidence flows through. He could not answer why crews were checking the drain on the northwest corner of the lake earlier in the day. Law enforcement also requested that all residential and commercial trash in the city of Evansdale was set aside in the Black Hawk County landfill, according to Black Hawk Waste Disposal. Crews searched through the piles earlier this week. Next steps Abben didn't have any answers when asked about where the investigation would go if nothing is found in the lake. The only thing he did say was that law enforcement officials will continue to work the case. "We are not scaling back. They have assured me that we are not going to do that," Abben said. "It is too early to do that. As long as the tips keep coming in law enforcement will be here with boots on the ground to go investigate those." He also said he is not giving up hope. "I have three kids of my own and you don't want to give up hope," he said. "I know the parents are not giving up hope." Brousseau said she hasn't given up either, but it gets harder every day. "It's awful to climb into your bed and you are comfy and you are warm. I have my two little girls home, safe. But, those two little girls are my little girls as well," she said, choking up. "You feel like you have no right to be there. You just wish you could change places with them and let them be here." It's only when she talks about Elizabeth's love of hockey and helping her learn to ride a bike, and Lyric's passion for gymnastics and photography that she can start to smile. "They are just happy-go-lucky girls," Brousseau said, hugging Kaley Bertch, her daughter and one of Lyric's best friends. Karinsa Billington, an Evansdale mother, has visited the lake every day since Sunday. Tuesday she left two roses and a note for the girls that read "Sweet Lyric and Elizabeth we will never give up." Sometimes she brings her 12- and 9-year-old daughters with her. "I'm not shielding them from this. The only thing I am shielding them from is the lake, just because I don't want them to see anything if they do find something," she said. Instead, she is using this as a teaching moment for her family. She's reiterated the rules about traveling in pairs, being aware of their surroundings and stranger danger. She added that the girls' disappearance has also caused her to become a little more cautious about how she parents. "I hug them a lot. I'm becoming that overprotective mom. But, they understand," she said. Most Popular |
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Super heroes unite at Ag Expo
Nicole Heslip | Michigan Ag Council
July 16, 2013, 11:59AM
Could you imagine being covered with "cool packs," not being able to talk, and walking around with more than 25 pounds of fabric in 90 degree weather for hours at a time? That honorable feat is carried out by two of the best dressed "Heroes" every year during the Michigan Ag Expo. Click here for more info about Michigan's largest outdoor farm show!
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Nicole Heslip | Michigan Ag Council
July 13, 2012, 2:00PM
What do alpacas, stock dogs, large equipment and Sesquicentennial swirl have in common? They will all be featured as part of next week's 33rd Annual Michigan Ag Expo! Thousands of farmers and non-farmers alike will be heading to Michigan State University's campus July 17-19 to peruse the rows and visit with several of the 200 exhibitors on display. As the largest outdoor farm show in the state, this year there are several new education sessions and demonstrations on a variety of topics. Click here for a preview of what's in store!
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McDonald's fell the most in nine months after posting second-quarter profit and revenue that trailed analysts' estimates and saying economic weakness would hurt results for the remainder of the year.
McDonald's slid 2.7 percent to $97.53 at 11:37 a.m. in New York after falling 3.2 percent for the biggest intraday drop since Oct. 19. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based company's shares had gained 14 percent this year through July 19, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Restaurants Index rose 17 percent.
Chief Executive Officer Donald Thompson has been trying to attract consumers with less expensive fare, such as Dollar Menu foods in the U.S. and combo meals in Europe. Sales at global stores open at least 13 months rose 1 percent in the quarter, matching the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Consensus Metrix.
"There are folks for whom it's an economic decision to go to McDonald's, and they're not going," Bryan Elliott, an Atlanta-based analyst at Raymond James Financial Inc., said in an interview. "We need to see a meaningful rise in purchasing power" among McDonald's customers, he said.
July same-store sales are projected to be unchanged from last year, Thompson said Monday in a statement. "Based on recent sales trends, our results for the remainder of the year are expected to remain challenged," he said.
Net income rose 3.7 percent to $1.4 billion, or $1.38 a share, from $1.35 billion, or $1.32, a year earlier, the company said. Foreign currency exchange-rate fluctuations reduced profit by 2 cents a share in the quarter. Analysts estimated $1.40 a share, the average of 27 projections compiled by Bloomberg.
"Several currencies weakened against the U.S. dollar during the quarter," Chief Financial Officer Peter Bensen said during a conference call today. Currency translation will negatively affect 2013 profit by 7 cents to 9 cents a share, he said.
The U.S. Dollar Index, which IntercontinentalExchange Inc. uses to monitor the greenback against the currencies of six U.S. trade partners, gained 3.6 percent this year through July 19.
Revenue rose 2.4 percent to $7.08 billion in the quarter, trailing analysts' average estimate of $7.09 billion.
Same-store sales rose 1 percent in the U.S., lagging behind estimates for a 1.5 percent gain, according to Consensus Metrix, a researcher owned by Wayne, N.J.-based Kaul Advisory Group.
McDonald's has faced a U.S. consumer environment where unemployment has been stuck above 7.5 percent for 54 straight months. Competitors also are introducing new items - Burger King Worldwide has smoothies and soft-serve ice cream, while Yum Brands' Taco Bell is testing a $1 menu.
During the past month, McDonald's has increased advertising for its value items to drive more customers into restaurants, Peter Saleh, a New York-based analyst at Telsey Advisory Group, said Monday in an interview. The consumer environment is volatile in the U.S., he said.
"There's no good footing," Saleh said.
Comparable-store sales declined 0.1 percent in Europe and 0.3 percent in the company's Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa region, during the quarter. Analysts estimated drops of 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. Same-store sales are an indicator of a company's growth because they include only older restaurants.
In Europe, McDonald's is facing a cash-strapped consumer. The Big Mac seller this year has been promoting less expensive items, such as combo meals and 1 euro burgers, in Germany and France, the company's two biggest European markets. The fast- food chain gets about one-third of its revenue from countries in its Europe segment.
McDonald's has about 34,500 stores globally, of which 19 percent are owned by the company.
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The first reviews of the all-new 2012 BMW M5 have been full of praise (click here for an overview). Yet, some enthusiasts continue to pine for one thing – a manual transmission option. As reported before (and confirmed by an earlier set of spyshots), BMW will again offer a manual transmission for the new M5, likely for the US market only.
This new photo of the interior of a manual M5 unveils some subtle differences in the center console. The shifter itself seems to be fairly short and resembles the stick of the BMW 1 series M Coupe. The buttons placed next to the shifter for DSC, damper control, and other changeable settings are bigger and more rounded compared to the DCT version. It also seems that … CONTINUED
It's been several months since we last discussed the topic of an all wheel drive M5. The last update we posted was news from Autocar claiming that an AWD version of the M5 had been approved.
Speaking at the new M5′s press launch in Spain, the F10 M5′s project leader, Max Ahme, touched on this subject. Although he did not confirm the approval of a AWD M5 already, he did let on about its very real possibility.
As M cars' power figures continue to climb generation after generation and proper traction becomes an issue, Ahme admits that AWD transmissions may be the solution to effectively put down all the power to the ground.
Ahme admits that BMW is "thinking about it… If you are increasing power more and more, … CONTINUED
Here is the first sighting of a production F10 M5 in Singapore Gray, looking great with a Sakhir Orange interior. Despite all the different colors of F10 M5 prototypes we spied, this is the first look ever at the 2012 M5 in Singapore Grey. Singapore Gray is among the standard factory F10 M5 colors, the full list which are listed below.
Alpine White
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Monte Carlo Blue
Singapore Gray
Space Gray
BMW Individual exterior color options include:
Brilliant White Metallic
Frozen Gray … CONTINUED
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Heaven Bound: indeed, what an appropriate choice of words to title pianist Vincent Lyn's project. The album is a wonderful collection of jazz, bossa nova, samba, Afro-Cuban rhythms and delicate classical interpretations. The fourteen-piece repertoire is an even blend of melody-rich originals and well-chosen, uncommon jazz standards. The music is engaging, sophisticated and highly pleasurable from start to finish, with no fillers, as every tune is a keeper and deserving of airplay consideration.
Lyn is an interesting professional, whose love for music does not really define the person behind it. Lyn is a martial arts expert�a Kung-Fu star and teacher with his own academy�a kickboxing champion, model and Hong Kong film star, with nineteen movies to his credit. But music has always been one of his first loves. and to that end Lyn honed his skills through studies at the renowned Boston Conservatory of Music, Yale University Music School and Manhattan School of Music.
CHUCK LOEB (@ChuckLoeb)� �PLAIN �N� SIMPLE� (Smooth jazz guitarist, in a straight-ahead,
"I'm trying to bring forth what most cats did back in the day, coming out right at you swinging, nice and hard, not a lot of hard melodies or weird time signatures," Wolf says. "I like to play really hard, fast and kind of flashy. I like to take it to a whole other level."
CHARLIE APICELLA & IRON CITY (FB)� �THE BUSINESS� (Guitar/organ ensemble, groovin� straight-ahead to originals and jazz tunes).
AllAboutJazz.com (Greg Simmons): "In places it seems as much indebted to rock 'n' roll as to jazz, with Korzin pumping out solid grooves�playing with the same economy as Apicella, sticking with keeping time, but almost never throwing in so much as an accent roll. It's that restraint�the precedence of the group over the individuals�that makes The Business a good record. This is simple, toe-tapping, head-nodding music�mostly blues and R&B-based. It's not flashy or especially innovative, but it is fun, and that seems more to the point."
RICK BRAUN (FB, @RickBraun9, YouTube) � �SINGS WITH STRINGS� (Smooth jazz trumpeter takes a shot at singing standards, not bad)
Allmusic.com (William Ruhlmann): There is a long tradition of jazz trumpeters putting aside their horns and singing into the microphone, dating back to Louis Armstrong and including Chet Baker, and Rick Braun belatedly joins this confraternity on Sings with Strings. " Braun certainly doesn't embarrass himself as a singer. He has a light, breathy tenor that marks him as a sort of little brother to Mel Tormé, and he is sufficiently assured to try a few note substitutions and time variation..." The album is not the revelation that Chet Baker Sings was, and it does not suggest that Braun should hock his horns. But it is a more than respectable side project.
DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO � �WONDERFUL!� (@DeepBlueOrgan3o, FB) (Organ/guitar trio, swinging the tunes of Stevie Wonder).
The Jazz Word: "the disc is a toe tapping, swinging affair with nine interpretations of classic Wonder material, featuring the soulful renderings of guitarist Bobby Broom, organist Chris Foreman and drummer Greg Rockingham.Wonder's reputation as a master craftsman of melody and harmony has been secured for some time and jazz musicians recording his music is nothing new. What makes this recording stand out is the convincing and seemingly natural way the trio presents familiar pop tunes in a straight-ahead manner. The groovy swing heard on "If You Really Love Me" and "As" and the crawling ballad tempo of "My Cheri Amour" bring freshness to the material, enhanced by the band's signature, greasy allure. The dirty funk treatment given to the Wonder-penned hit for Rufus "Tell Me Something Good" is worth the price of admission."
ORRIN EVANS � �FREEDOM� (@PosiTone) (Pianist, in a straight-ahead session, with a sax on 2 tracks, doing mostly originals)
AllAboutJazz.com (Dan Bilawsky): "The music itself, despite a title that might indicate otherwise, is actually Evans most conventional output in quite some time. The spiky intensity of The Captain Black Big Band and the left-leaning, in-and-out esthetic of Tarbaby's work is nowhere to be found on this date. While Evans still injects his own personality into these pieces, his mission here is to honor others. Swing is a central element on a large number of the tracks, but it isn't all that Evans has to offer. Dewy balladry built with glacial grace (Evans' "Dita"), a rhythmically engaging workout on Shirley Scott's "Oasis," and an album-closing, solo piano take on Herbie Hancock's "Just Enough" all exhibit different sides of the indefatigable Orrin Evans."
SIR ROLAND HANNA � �COLORS FROM A GIANT�S KIT� (Previously unreleased solo piano collection of mostly originals).
JazzTimes.com (David Whiteis): "These selections were recorded during the 1990s and as late as 2002 by IPO�s Bill Sorin, before his label came into being. They showcase pianist Sir Roland Hanna, the label�s first artist, at the height of his powers. Hanna�s playing resonates with an authoritative, almost regal forcefulness yet it�s also graceful. Despite his deft technique, he never sacrifices meaning for display, and there�s a sense of joy and discovery at every turn�life-affirming melodic and harmonic richness, deep emotion without bathos." "Hanna brings to bear the full arsenal of his technical and imaginative gifts, yet his playing is infused with an emotional immediacy that cuts to the core of blues expression. A balance of strength and soul this effective was remarkably rare, and makes Hanna�s absence�he died in 2002�all the more unfortunate."
RANDY JOHNSTON � �PEOPLE MUSIC� (Random Acts Records FB) (Guitar/organ trio, doing originals and jazz tunes, with Randy singing on 2 tracks).
NICK RUFFINI � �PRESSIN� ON� (FB, @Nick_Ruffini, YouTube) (Drummer-led session, with guitarist Johnny DeFrancesco, again, an organ oriented sound�edgy).
RICHARD UNDERHILL (@richardunderhill, FB, YouTube) � �KENSINGTON SUITE� (Saxophonist, leading a variety of ensembles, doing all originals, on the edgy side, with 4 tracks featuring�you guessed it�the organ).
JazzReviews.com (Samira Blackwell): "The unexpected, elastic sparkle of brilliance shimmers through every song - an endless tingle that dances down your spine and begs repeated listening over and again. Kensington Suite makes such contribution and Richard�s artistry positively equals the transcendent peaks made by Parker, Coltrane, Henderson and Brecker. This is jazz at its finest and being a veritable collector, I make no apologies for these comments."
TOM WOPAT (@tomwopat, FB, YouTube) � �CONSIDER IT SWUNG� (Former �Dukes of Hazzard� star, singing a collection of old and new standards and originals. Well done).
JazzTimes.com (Christopher Loudon): Now, another five years having passed (since 2006 Harold Arlen tribute Dissertation On the State of Bliss), Wopat is back with Consider It Swung, a far more wide-ranging album. New York Times music critic Stephen Holden, whose knowledge of jazz and cabaret singers is likely unequalled, has aptly compared Wopat to the later-career Sinatra. His gravelly baritone is singularly engaging and, like Sinatra, he has an actor�s ability to fully embrace a lyric, digging to the roots of each song�s story. "...Wopat is equally, if not more, appealing when he ventures beyond the Great American Songbook. Bobbie Gentry�s delta mini-drama �Ode to Billie Joe� is particularly well suited to his story-weaving skills, as are Joni Mitchell�s wistful �2 Grey Rooms� and �You�d Rather Have the Blues,� Dave Frishberg�s delightfully cynical portrait of a perpetual pessimist. His bluesy retelling of Delbert McClinton�s �Maybe Someday Baby� is a first-rate scorcher that swings with Joe Williams gutsiness, his hazy reading of �Deacon Blues� is earthier than the Steely Dan original and there�s plenty of soulful swagger in his �A Natural Man.�


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So I've gotten back into Ubers. And know what I've realized? IT RAINS TOO DAMN MUCH. How am to be expected to be able to function in this kind of weather? It saps my morale like Sawsbucks does Spore. Every so often you get some sunshine, but guess what? It starts raining again! I know your Parasect and Kabutops really like this weather, but it is threatening the LIFE of my poor Charizard. And lots not even MENTION of what its doing to Solarbeam usage. So, with this in mind, I did some investigating. And I think I found the source of the problem. THIS MOTHERFUCKER. I have not a single doubt left in my mind that it is this thing that is causing all this damn rain. Some research on Marriland's Pokedex told me that it's called "Kyogre." When I went around asking about Kyogre, I got responses like, "it can't be stopped" and "it can 2HKO a Blissey with a Special attack!" WHAT UTTER HOGWASH. Only the mighty Porygon-z is capable of such a feat (what's psyshock/strike?) Despite the rumors, I know this beast had to be stopped. My basement was starting to flood and, like any body of water, I've got fucking Magikarp down there already. Something has to be done. But what can be done. HOW CAN SOMEONE POSSIBLY BEAT THIS MONSTER? (this thread is for discussing both conventional and unconventional ways of beating arguably the best Pokemon in the game, I just like being dramatic :rolleyes:) AND DON'T SAY SCARF PALKIA
The first Pokemon that immediately comes to mind when it comes to answering "What counters Kyogre" is Gastrodon. He walls every set relying on a STAB move and Thunder to hell and back thanks to his unique immunities. Ice Beam is, at worst, a 3HKO unless Kyogre has Calm Mind. However, Gastrodon is by no means capable of dealing heavy amounts of damage, he is really only good at walling Kyogre. Due to this he has to rely on Toxic Stalling to bring Kyogre down. Naturally, a Kyogre set that can evade status, such as a Sub CM or Chestorest set with Ice Beam, can win unless Gastrodon has Clear Smog or Mirror Coat. There's an even bigger problem to using Gastrodon however: This is really his only major niche. He cannot do much else for a team other than counter Kyogre and check few other prominent rain threats (Kabutops, Manaphy, and Support Dialga come to mind). Even though Gastrodon does its job incredibly well, the fact that he is incapable of doing much else beyond this makes him less feasible for most teams.
Latias. end of thread. Seriously though, Latias takes a large dump on Kyogre. The thing has insane special bulk even without investment, and with max special attack it hits harder than Kyurem-W. It can beat Kyogre in whichever way it damn well pleases tbh. An offensive set with Grass Knot or Thunder can deal masses of damage to any Kyogre whilst tanking any hit, and shrugging off even rain boosted surfs. A full defensive Latias can even stand up to the flat out ridiculous water gem lure Kyogre, taking max 60% or so (I can't calc right now) from +1 water gem spout in rain. F*cking crazy.From there Latias can roost, roar, light screen, whatever it wants. CM Latias can even set up on offensive Kyogre, though struggles to break through any defensive set. In general though, Latias can handle basically ANYTHING Kyogre throws at it with the right set. However, it should be noted that Kyogre can beat Latias if it has the right set. For example, Sp.Def Kyogre beats CM Latias, Water gem lure beats offensive Latias, etc. Doesn't change though that Latias is hands down the best Kyogre counter in the game.
I doubt that you can call the offensive Pivot set a hard counter. Look what Kyogre can do on the switch with it's Beam Code: 252+ SpA Kyogre Ice Beam vs. 48 HP / 0 SpD Soul Dew Latias: 136-160 (43.45 - 51.11%) -- 98.44% chance to 2HKO after Stealth Rock (assuming Scarfed) 252+ SpA Choice Specs Kyogre Ice Beam vs. 48 HP / 0 SpD Soul Dew Latias: 204-240 (65.17 - 76.67%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252+ SpA Kyogre Water Spout vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Ferrothorn in rain: 145-171 (41.19 - 48.57%) -- guaranteed 3HKO 252+ SpA Choice Specs Kyogre Water Spout vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Ferrothorn in rain: 218-257 (61.93 - 73.01%) -- guaranteed 2HKO As you can see, offensive Latias deals with the specs set better, since it can live any hit and hit back hard, but Ferrothorn deals with the Scarf set much better, as it can either outstall it with leech seed + protect or deal massive damage with Power Whip. So basically, the only real hard, consistent counter to all Kyogres (that does other than just be a Kyogre counter) is Specially defensive Latias with Light Screen and Roost. Other than this poke, you will honestly not be switching into Kyogre more than 2 times, as it will probably break your so called "counter". Of course, checks will be situational differing from set to set which of your pokemon can check it (or maybe even counter like Ferrothorn vs scarf set). Dialga can also switch into most attacks from it, but the Specs set will wear it down quite fast, and Dialga has no reliable recovery moves.
Is this a joke or something? There are so many ways to deal with Kyogre. You need to either have enough offensive presence and speed such that it cant spam Specs Water Spout, or 1-2 dedicated defensive checks.
Sunny Day Life Orb Charizard with Solar Beam ruins Kyogre switchins. Just saying. Note: Arceus-Grass, Palkia, and Latias with some HP investment check Support and Scarf Kyogre sets. Specs Kyogre is more difficult to handle in terms of switching in but Gastrodon can take it on, since ice beam does only 36-40% on average.
Yeah but if it kills a pokemon for free (can live a hit / outspeed and KO back with Specs water move of choice) then it has done it's job hasn't it? You haven't completely dealt with Kyogre if it is free to kill one of your pokemon. Also lol Sweep ;D
Max hp / max spd.def light screen latias isn't very viable. That is a waste of latias's potential and if you're using it then something has gone wrong in teambuilding. Anyway, Kyogre is the #1 Pokemon in ubers for a reason. Every team generally needs 2 checks to it. Palkia / Latias are both pretty solid switch ins, Palkia can come on anything except thunder and latias can come in on anything except ice beam [OK, Latias can tank an ice beam, but in my experience you usually get frozen or crited before being able to do anything]. You also have to watch out for the occassinal t-wave too. Specially defensive giratina is also a complete stop to kyogre, tanking anything, resting off any status, and can phaze with roar / dragon tail. Ferrothron / Dialga are good too, just watch out for specs water sprout / surf. Most kyogre's are choiced so it's not too difficult to play around them / get a solid resist in most of the time. Hazards are also a key to beating kyogre, as its vulnerable to all of them so it's not too hard to wore down over the course of the match.
Considering no special attacker in the tier can break latias, saying that its unviable is just pure ignorance if not foolish altogether. The only thing that reliably break it are powerful physical attackers which cm variant struggles with as well. Also if you say that kyogre can just freeze/Crit latias then you might as well say gira doesn't counter blaze since it can burn/Crit it.
Just saying, Kyogre actually has the means to beat Latias. If you're willing to take the risk, you can use Blizzard on SpecsOgre, or use an Ice Gem with hail. Specs Blizzard does 74.85% - 88.30% to 164 HP Latias, so with Stealth Rock and some prior damage, that's a dead Latias. This is not to mention that Kyogre doesn't even need to run Blizzard to get past Latias, since Ice Beam freezes 100% of the time anyway =).
I didn't say that Latias itself was unviable. I'm just saying that the Light screen max spd.def set, in particular, is barely viable. It has 1.] Zero Offensive Pressure and 2.] It's very hazard bait. So in most cases it's just going to be a sitting duck. I think that if you're going to use that set, you'd need some big time hazard support so you can at least threaten the oppopsing team with roar + spikes. and yea, ice beam freezes too much.
Yes sir! If I used a cm set I can still break through ferro/forry and stop them from setting up (hint no it won't) and if I wanted to go for offensive pressure then why the hell am I using latias? Latios does a far better job at wallbreaking and just offense in general. Latias is mainly used as a defensive pivot. How is it unviable though? 0 SpA dpulse soul dew still hits dragons pretty well. With your argument though kyogre has no check/counter because it can freeze something why the hell would I need an attack besides ice beam? I can just freeze anything and wait till it dies. Use a non shitty argument please.
I'd like to say that "Kyogre can beat Latias with the right set" doesn't make Latias a bad, or even not the best, Kyogre check/counter in the game. After all, Kyogre is famed for being able to beat pretty much anything in the metagame with the right set, including Ferrothorn, Grassceus, etc. What Latias brings to the table is reliable checking abilities, in that it hits hard with little investment, and has colossal bulk. It's true that a Latias with zero bulk investment can't beat out a Kyogre that predicts well, in the same way that a Palkia or Ferrothorn can't beat a Kyogre that predicts well. That's why Kyogre's so damn scary. But with max HP and a little Sp.Def investment (maybe throw in enough speed to outrun 95s and throw the rest in sp.def), most conventional Kyogre sets will struggle to beat Latias. An interesting Kyogre check that I've been using recently is defensive Arceus Water. When used on a sun team, Kyogre can't lock itself into Thunder, giving it no reliable way of breaking through Waterceus. Waterceus can then Grass Knot for a solid 40%, or Perish Song a set up happy Kyogre. Unfortunately Waterceus falls to Kyogre if used in rain, as Thunder destroys it. Overall though, I'd say it's an interesting alternative to the traditional sun Kyogre checks.
Surprised that no one mentioned the downsides of Latias. It is called Ferrothorn. Yeah, sure you can switch into an attack from Kyogre but whenever you do, Kyogre's best but steps in and gets another hazard or Leech Seed on something. Latias is sure a good way to handle Kyogre itself, but it is impractical. Also don't forget about Kyogre+Genesect. Since everyone switches in the designated Kyogre check on Kyogre at least early game, a double switch into Genesect to catch Latias will build momentum and accumulate more Stealth Rock damage on Latias, so next time Kyogre comes in (I am assuming specsogre), Latias will be hard pressed to maintain its health. All this brings me to my favorite way of checking Kyogre: Palkia and enough offensive presence. Even though Palkia doesn't have a recovery move, it is hardly needed as when you get in on a surf from Kyogre, you flip the momentum over as non-choiced Palkia is almost impossible to wall. With a fast team and offensive presence, Kyogre can almost never get a free switch in and when it does, Palkia steps out. Sure Kyogre, can probably get past Palkia, but if that happens, you still have a lot of fast mons preventing it to destroy stuff all the time.
I agree with almost everything that you said, but I believe that sub CM latias beats Ferrothorn 1v1, so ferrothorn itself is a pretty shaky counter to some of kyogre's checks, like non choiced palkia as you mentioned.
Well honestly, saying that you can predict a switch goes both ways so that's not really saying much. What if one double switches scarfed palkia into your gene or ferro? What if they predict the ferro and switch to ray? If you talk about prediction you honestly have to assume both sides are able to. Also considering hazards will most likely be up, you can't just constantly spam switches. Overall arguing with predictions doesn't really work if you don't assume both sides can. Again more prediction problems, palkia loses if kyogre opts to thunder/ice beam (depending on the set). Then you can switch to your palkia check/counter on that weakened palkia and since palkia has no healing, it can't do much for the rest of the match.
This is not about prediction lol. If you switch in your Latios vs Kyogre, you cannot predict to get out of it if your opponent has Ferrothorn. Let's say you double into your Ferrothorn killer, but then your Latias didn't have time to roost- and if hasn't done any damage to Kyogre anyway. So against Ferro you are pretty much lost with Latias lol. Unless you pack Forretress+Latias that is, because it is workable as Forretress pressures in your opponents ghost and sets more hazards. The prediction things with Genesect isn't prediction either, people always switch in their Kyogre check to scout early game. Taking advantage of this with Genesect is really easy if your opponents designated Kyogre counter is Latias.


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Ijen | |
Kawah Ijen volcano
Elevation | 2,799 m (9,183 ft) |
Listing | Spesial Ribu |
Location | |
Location | Banyuwangi Regency, Java, Indonesia |
Coordinates | 8°03′29″S 114°14′31″E / 8.058°S 114.242°E |
Geology | |
Type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | June 1999 |
The Ijen volcano complex is a group of stratovolcanoes in the Banyuwangi Regency of East Java, Indonesia. It is inside a larger caldera Ijen, which is about 20 kilometers wide. The Gunung Merapi stratovolcano is the highest point of that complex. The name of this volcano resembles that of a different volcano, Mount Merapi in central Java, also known as Gunung Merapi; there is also a third volcano named Marapi in Sumatra. The name "Merapi" means "mountain of fire" in the Indonesian language.
West of Gunung Merapi is the Ijen volcano, which has a one-kilometer-wide turquoise-colored acid crater lake. The lake is the site of a labor-intensive sulfur mining operation, in which sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand from the crater floor. The work is low-paid and very onerous. Workers earn around $5.50-$8.30 (Rp 50,000 - Rp 75,000) per day and once out of the crater, still need to carry their loads of sulfur chunks about three kilometers to the nearby Pultuding Valley to get paid.[1]
Many other post-caldera cones and craters are located within the caldera or along its rim. The largest concentration of post-caldera cones forms an east/west-trending zone across the southern side of the caldera. The active crater at Kawah Ijen has an equivalent radius of 361 metres (1,184 ft), a surface of 0.41 square kilometres (0.16 sq mi). It is 200 metres (660 ft) deep and has a volume of 36 cubic hectometres (29,000 acre·ft).
The lake is recognised as the largest highly acidic crater lake in the world,[2] and since it is also a source for the river Banyupahit, resulting in highly acidic and metal-polluted water, it has a significant detrimental effect on the downstream river ecosystem.[3] In 2008, explorer George Kourounis took a small rubber boat out onto the acid lake to measure its acidity. The pH of the water in the crater was measured to be 0.5 due to sulfuric acid.[4]
Sulfur mining at Ijen[edit]
An active vent at the edge of the lake is a source of elemental sulfur, and supports a mining operation. Escaping volcanic gasses are channeled through a network of ceramic pipes, resulting in condensation of molten sulfur.[5] The sulfur, which is deep red in color when molten, pours slowly from the ends of these pipes and pools on the ground, turning bright yellow as it cools. The miners break the cooled material into large pieces and carry it away in baskets. Miners must carry loads, which range from 75 kilograms (165 lb) to 90 kilograms (200 lb), up 300 metres (980 ft) to the crater rim, with a gradient of 45 to 60 degrees and then 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) down the mountain for weighing. Most miners make this journey twice a day. A nearby sugar refinery pays the miners by the weight of sulfur transported; as of September 2010, the typical daily earnings were equivalent to approximately $13 US. The miners often use insufficient protection while working around the volcano [6] and complain of numerous respiratory afflictions. There are 200 miners, who extract 14 tons per day or only 20 percent of the continuous daily deposit.[7]
Ijen and its sulfur mining was featured as a topic on the 5th episode of the BBC television documentary Human Planet. In the documentary film War Photographer, journalist James Nachtwey visits Ijen and struggles with noxious fumes while trying to photograph workers. Michael Glawogger film Workingman's Death is about sulfur workers.
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ijen. |
- ^ Indra Harsaputra, Kawah Ijen: Between potential and threat', The Jakarta Post, 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Smithsonian Institute Volcano info page for Kawah Ijen". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Natural Pollution Caused by the Extremely Acidic Crater Lake Kawah Ijen, East Java, Indonesia". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ Measuring the acidity of Kawah Ijen crater lake
- ^ Think your work is hell? Thank your lucky stars you didn't have to mine sulphur for 12 hours in a volcano crater filled with toxic fumes that will probably kill you before you are 30 Daily Mail, 2012-10-16.
- ^ Grunewald, Olivier (2010-12-08). "Kawah Ijen by night". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ^ "Kawah Ijen: Between potential & threat". The Jakarta Post, December 19, 2011.
External links[edit]
Banyuwangi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- "Ijen". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-35%3D.
- Ijen Gallery
- Volcanological Survey of Indonesia
- Official website of Indonesian volcanoes at USGS
- The Adventures Behind Filming Ring of Fire
- Large photogallery from Kawah Ijen
- Sulfur mining in Kawah Ijen (The Big Picture photo gallery at Boston.com)
- "Traditional sulfur mining in Kawah Ijen". Yahoo! News.
- More sulfur mining pictures at Ijen
- Spectacular Neon Blue Lava Pours From Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano At Night (PHOTOS)


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As the sun sets on support for Windows XP nears, Hewlett-Packard and Intel executives say they're looking to new horizons.
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