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Hazel Court
Hazel Court didn't exclusively shot horror movies, but she's still remembered for her contribution to some genre classics. Often projecting smoldering sensuality in her roles, Mrs. Court remains a lasting memory for fans of fantasy cinema aged over thirty (of which the old fart writing these lines belongs to). We're far from the so-called modern queens of horror, thankfully, and other anorexic but still silicone-endowed femmes fatales. In short, I'm not feeling guilty in being nostalgic when talking about this Siren.
Born on February 10, 1926, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, Hazel Court is a real redhead, by the way. Since data on her childhood is nowhere to be found, we can only note that she debuted in small repertory theater companies around her area. She knocked on the doors of the famous Ealing Studios, as a bomb raid was taking place, during WWII. Her first film was Champagne Charlie in 1944, as she was 18 years old and her only line of dialogue was "I never drank champagne before", in a tale paying homage to British music hall life of the 1860s.
Our actress would then shoot many light comedies and B police dramas. Her first fantasy film is Ghost Ship in 1952, where she shared the screen with her first husband, Dermot Walsh. In it, we can hear Hazel sing the Popeye cartoon theme song! On a very small budget, the script involves a couple and their newly-acquired haunted yacht.
In 1954, Devil Girl from Mars appeared on big screens, an indescribable sci-fi cult movie. A sexy female Martian invader, wearing tight dominatrix leather, arrives at a Scottish inn, alongside her faithful robot servant (the later looking quite ridiculous, like many of its '50s counterparts). She informs the patrons that planet Mars just went through a cultural revolution and females are now in power. Her objective on Earth is to capture vigorous men to bring back to her home world, in the goal of breeding them with her fellow sisters, thusly creating a new master race. Hazel plays a disillusioned model struggling with this unlikely story. As you can probably guess, it's a far cry from 2001: A Space Odyssey... but there are more laughs here than in Kubrick's head-scratcher.
1957 remains the year that we can assuredly denote that Hazel Court became a true Cult Siren, with the arrival of Curse of Frankenstein in theaters (she could also be named a finalist in the Breathtaking Cleavage Contest). As this was Hammer Studios' first horror hit, we could already find actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in lead roles, as they would become worldwide stars following the success of this production. Of course, the film was a turning point in the horror genre, as more graphical scenes of violence would become more and more popular in years to come (as would the sexual content... did I not mention cleavage?). Now 30, Hazel would begin another phase of her career. Her four year old young daughter, Sally Walsh, also has a role.
Soon after, Hazel joined the cast of the American TV series Dick and the Duchess on CBS, alongside Patrick O'Neal. This move opened the way for numerous television appearances, most memorable being those for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, four roles between 1958 and 1961. One of them showed us Hazel being transformed by her jealous husband (played by Laurence Harvey) into chicken feed. She also guest-starred in many more TV series, such as Thriller, Mannix, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone and The Wild, Wild West.
Hazel's second horror role for Hammer would be The Man Who Could Cheat Death, once more alongside Christopher Lee and a specialist in cold and blaséd aristocratic roles, Anton Diffring. The later plays a sculptor who unusually finds a way to stop the aging process. Not the most memorable film at first, this warrants a second viewing to really delight in the most macabre plot point; sadly, this title is pretty hard to find. There's always been a rumor that a nude scene was shot for the foreign market, which was confirmed by Hazel herself in an interview with Bruce Hallenbeck in 1990, where she talked about showing her breasts when posing for the (lucky) sculptor. In 1961, Hazel could be seen in Dr. Blood's Coffin, relating the adventures of a doctor experimenting with giving life to the dead or such nonsense. Faithful to the genre products of the era, this can be appreciated by any fan of sixties horror.
Next, Hazel would solidify her status as a cult favorite in shooting three projects for prolific American director Roger Corman, all being part of his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. She would co-star with Ray Milland in The Premature Burial, the least known of the trio. A guy is so afraid of being buried alive (???), that... but I presume that you can fill in the blanks. Then came The Raven, an horror comedy starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson. For once, there's no forced humor and the actors have a field day. As a villainous character, Hazel seems to have the time of her life.
The Masque of the Red Death in 1964 is probably her most well-known role and surely her best performance. As Juliana, bride of Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), her sex-appeal is at its peak and her tragic death (a bit on the bloody side) is one of the film's highlight. The could be Corman's best film, as it was often compared to an Ingmar Bergman project! Extraordinary cinematography, unforgettable images, excellent actors... What can one ask for more considering that this project remains one of the most brilliant in the horror genre in the sixties?
Busy year was that 1964, as Hazel wed American director Don Taylor (responsible among many others for Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Damien: Omen II, The Final Countdown and many TV series). They met while shooting an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. From this point forward, Hazel would concentrate on guest-starring on television shows, the last of these appearances being for MacMillan and Wife in 1972. She would devote herself to her family (having had a son with Taylor) and discovering new talents for painting and sculpting. There would be a small cameo for Omen III: The Final Conflict in 1981, where she would end her performing career by serving champagne to some fox hunters, an odd remembrance to her only line in her first movie, Champagne Charlie. To this day, she still lives in California. Hazel can also be seen in a 1997 documentary on Hammer Studios, Ted Newsom's Flesh and Blood.
Even with Don Taylor's death in 1998, Hazel was still recently active on the conventions circuit, charming fans with her great availability and class. I always have the impression that she's too often forgotten in listing the great horror actresses. Her inclusion here is then well deserved.


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World Sport Kite
The 2006 World Sport Kite Championships are back in France, in the beautiful city Berck sur Mer on the English Channel. Organizer Gerard Clement has brought in 16 teams from around the world that have won the right to represent their country. This is the 6th official World Sport Kite Championships, (though the 2 in Malaysia were canceled) running April 10th - April 14th. In Berck, April winds are anything but calm and predictable, usually bordering on wild and crazy, though 2004 was an exception. The 14th was supposed to be a demo day, but because of very high winds on the 13th they had to cancel the ballet portion of the days competition and it was concluded on the 14th.
Rarely during the event did the winds drop below 18mph, usually into the 20s and up. The winners would be decided by who was prepared for the conditions, and who would maintain their composure in the tough conditions.
The competition and festival drew a large crowd, with several hundred thousand coming to watch the top teams battle it out for the number 1 spot in the world.
Team Cutting Edge for the US were the favorites coming in, as they were the defending World Champions from 2005.
From the first day Cutting Edge was looking strong, as was team Tame Bird. It was soon obvious that it was going to be another shootout with the final flight on the last day deciding the winners.
The sky was filled with kites every day of the competition, beautiful hand made works of art, catching the eyes and lenses of literally thousands of camera users.
Team 6th Sense and Team AirZone were also representing the AKA, both teams looking strong with polished routines.
This was the transportation for the 3 USA teams, and all their gear, from Paris to Berck and back again. (just joking)
Berck sur Mer is a beautiful city, with an incredible history, great restaurants, and stunning sunsets. We found the people to be very friendly and helpful.
Many thought that Team Cutting Edge winning in the US was one thing, but winning on their main competitions turf, in France would not be possible. Coming into the final day, they looked like they were in the top two with Tame Bird, it was still anybodies tournament. Both teams flew strong routines, mistake free, leaving it all on the field.
Third place was again a major battle between Air-Rex from Japan, and Watnu from Germany. Last year, Watnu flew a brilliant precision routine on the final day passing Air-Rex for 3rd place. For 2006, they were again neck and neck. One of the most exciting moments of the competition was as the field crew for Air-Rex was carrying their kites onto the field for their final ballet, one of their kites got stepped on and broke the leading edge. The team was already tense, as they knew they had to fly this routine with no mistakes. One of the pilots ran to their equipment bag and managed to repair the kite, get back to his handles, recompose himself and get his kite in the air in the required time limit. Air-Rex flew a beautiful routine, claiming the third place spot.
At the awards banquet, the room was abuzz, lots of excitement in the air.
Then the count down. Third place, from Japan, Team Air-Rex. Second place, from France, Team Tame Bird, and first place, from the USA, Team Cutting Edge. As the top 3 positions were announced, the lights were dimmed, the National Anthem from the teams home country was played amidst the cheering and camera flashes. It was an incredible moment, very powerful, and will stay with us for a life time.

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The US desperately needs labor law reform - but not the "Employee Rights Act" labor law for the 0.01% supported by Rick Berman and Newt Gingrich.
When Blacks' protests about unjust policing are met with condemnation, is that on par with "The Hunger Games"?
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When you are a student of history, you recognize the connection between the shooting of Renisha McBride and the shootings on E. 7 mile at the barbershop and everywhere else in the city. When you are a student of history, you recognize that the same system of oppression creates both the Theodore Paul Wafer and George Zimmerman's of the world who cower in fear of Black people and aim first before asking questions and that this same system of oppression also creates the massacre of Blacks by Blacks in the urban communities.
At the United Nations this month, Brazil, China, Venezuela and other nations denounced U.S. drone wars as illegal.
In the countries where the drones strike, popular and elite opinion condemns the entire program as criminal. This is the view of Pakistan's courts, Yemen's National Dialogue, Yemen's Human Rights Ministry and large numbers of well-known figures in Yemen. Popular movements in both Pakistan and Yemen continue to protest against the killing.
The Geneva-based human rights group Alkarama agrees: "Whether they hit civilians and/or alleged al-Qaeda combatants and associates, the U.S. targeted killings policy in Yemen constitutes a blatant violation of international human rights law."
In what will come as a surprise to almost no one, 2012 was another record year for the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Breaking records every year for the greenhouse gases that cause climate change make it less likely than we humans can slow or reverse the effects of human caused climate change and keep global warming within the 2 degree Celsius target, set at a Copenhagen summit in 2009. WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud, speaking at a press conference ahead of next weeks UN conference to work on emissions cuts said: "The increase in CO2 is mostly due to human activities. The actions we take now or don't take now will have consequences for a very, very long period. Even if we were able to stop today - we know it's not possible - the ocean would continue to warm and to expand and the sea level would continue to rise for hundreds of years."
First of all, as a veteran, I want to thank you wholeheartedly for your service, for putting yourself in harm's way without questioning your orders; for taking on the responsibility of protecting and helping your own comrades in situations that most citizens never experience. I offer prayers for you and your families – actually sleep in your memory – every night.
This same week in which we celebrate our 2013 Vetarans' Day, I will turn seventy years old. It's a long way from Vietnam, where I first learned the intimate and global facts of war. It's a long way from the time I first heard the constantly-repeated platitude that military sacrifices are what "keep us free," what "guarantees our freedoms." Of course, back in the sixties, Nam Vets did not experience the grateful welcomes home that some of you have experienced. I was decorated enough times to have made a difference in an Air Force career should I have stayed active. But unfortunately, my "war" experiences only gave me a hunger for the truths behind the death and destruction we had witnessed.
On November 7, in Paris I walked right into a large student protest in support of undocumented students and their families. Hundreds of high school students were marching up a major street when I ran over to join them. They chanted, "We are all children of immigrants! 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation!" "What do we want? Papers! For who? Everyone! When? Now!"
A couple of undocumented students, Leonarda Dibrani and Khatchik Kachatryan, were recently expelled from school and deported with their families over their immigration status. In response, over the last several weeks thousands of students have shut down and walked out of dozens of schools in solidarity with undocumented students. They're demanding an end to expulsions and deportations, and for the Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, to resign. I'm visiting family here for a month, and had been hoping to document one of these protests since it's a big issue in the local news. Fortunately, I bumped right into one of the protests, but sadly I had no battery left to take pics or video!
Despite its universal presence in the human heart, cognitive dissonance is generally considered an uncomfortable state; when a person holds views that sit uneasily with one another, and the person is forced to confront this fact, it can cause disturbance: if you believe that Americans are smarter or better educated than other people, for example, and then learn from a trusted source that we perform below average on most tests, then until you can find a way to persuade yourself that your more deeply held belief is still actually (if not apparently) true (perhaps you assure yourself that we are more creative or independent-minded, for example, and that the tests penalize this), or until you abandon that belief, you might feel frustrated and unhappy.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The October 22 killing here of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a hail of bullets from sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus has resulted in daily peaceful marches, prayer vigils and speaking events honoring Lopez and calling for justice, as thousands in the northern California community continue to mourn and express outrage.
The killing has also this week led to a federal civil rights lawsuit being filed on behalf of the Lopez family. "There is a practice of using deadly force and covering it up by investigations that are superficial," attorney Arnoldo Casillas said at a November 4 press conference in San Francisco, according to the daily Press Democrat. Casillas, who filed the suit, contends that the killing was unconstitutional because it violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits police authority.
A report cam over the AP wire last night that, if this were any other country in the world, would have been the top news story for days: "Multiple shots were fired inside a northern New Jersey mall shortly before closing time Monday night," read the opening line of the report and Americans, having been through this drill before, found a cable TV talking head or pieced together facts from the ever reliable twitter and were able to learn, in short order, that a man, described by eyewitnesses as wearing body amour, black leather pants and a motorcycle helmet, was seen walking by Talbots in the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus shooting his riffle into the air. A huge local and state police presence responded the mall went into lockdown and the incident ended when the gunman apparently took his own life in a Footlocker store. No other deaths or injuries were reported. In our post Columbine, post Sandy Hook world, we are so anesthetized to situations such as these that most people barely missed a beat before clicking back to Monday night football, the food network or whatever other implements of temporary distraction you have selected to dull your brain from the pain of the cruel world you inhabit, but enough about me- we are here to talk about Guns in capitol A America!
The New York Times printed a long article about a small city in East Germany, Eisenhüttenstadt (Iron Mill City), which was founded around a new iron and steel strip mill in 1950 and originally called Stalinstadt. As with my own avenue in Berlin, Stalinallee, now Karl Marx Allee, the name was finally changed in 1961. I had visited Eisenhüttenstadt a number of times, and had read more than a few articles in the New York Times about life in the one-time German Democratic Republic, or GDR, so, when I started to read the article, I expected to get angry, bitter, sad - or all three.
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Full Cast of Sealed With A Kiss Actors/Actresses
This list contains actors like Barry Corbin and John Stamos.
If you want to answer the questions, "Who starred in the movie Sealed with a Kiss?" and "What is the full cast list of Sealed with a Kiss?" then this page has got you covered.
This cast list of who was in Sealed with a Kiss includes both lead and minor roles. (10 items)
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Born: 1931
Date Born: 1931
Birthplace: North Dakota, Kulm, United States of America, United States, with Territories, LaMoure County
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.65
Films: Ocean's Eleven, Terror in the Aisles, Captain Newman, M.D., Young Billy Young, Orson Welles' Magic Show + 51 more
Parents: Leo H. Brown, Frederica Brown
Children: Lea Nikki Bacharach
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Born: 1971
Date Born: 1971
Birthplace: New Mexico, United States of America, Bernalillo County, United States, with Territories, Southwestern United States + 2 more
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.73
Films: Shag, Scarlett, What Love Sees, The Way She Moves, Desert Bloom + 38 more
Parents: Judy Gish, Robert Gish
Children: Cash Alexander Allen, Enzo Edward Allen
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Born: 1940
Date Born: 1940
Birthplace: Texas, Dawson County, Lamesa, Contiguous United States, United States of America + 2 more
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.8
Films: The Journeyman, Urban Cowboy, Who's Harry Crumb?, Nothing in Common, The Ratings Game + 64 more
Parents: Alma Corbin, Kilmer Blaine Corbin Sr.
Children: Jim Barry Corbin, Bernard Corbin, Christopher Corbin, Shannon Ross
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Born: 1962
Date Born: 1962
Birthplace: Alameda County, Northern California, California, Contiguous United States, San Francisco Bay Area + 5 more
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.7
Films: The Resurrected, Legacy, Noah, Au Pair, It Takes Two + 4 more
Parents: William Ryan Sibbett IV, Gaines Sibbett
Children: Ruby Fink, Violet Fink, Kai Fink
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Born: 1963
Date Born: 1963
Birthplace: Cypress, California, Contiguous United States, United States of America, Orange County + 2 more
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.82
Films: My Best Friend's Wife, The Two Mr. Kissels, The Reagans, Party Monster, Private Parts + 19 more
Parents: William 'Bill' John Stamos, Loretta Phillips
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By Lance Dixon
The proposed site for the first public boarding school in South Florida has been moved about 22 miles north from the outskirts of a Kendall park to Miami Gardens.
The SEED School of Miami will be housed on the campus of Florida Memorial University after initial plans placed it in a space on the outskirts of Indian Hammocks Park. The school would take in groups of sixth-graders and house and educate them in a 24-hour school system Monday through Friday. The students would return home on the weekends and then return to the campus on Sunday afternoon, when the cycle begins again.
The school — which has two other locations, one in Washington, D.C., that opened in 1998 and another in Baltimore that opened in 2008 — aims to reach out to troubled or under-performing students in mainly urban areas. The school's president, Fran Allegra, said that FMU provided a unique opportunity as a historically black university to appeal to children in a city that has a majority-black population.
"I think that Miami Gardens is the right place for SEED to be, the mission of SEED speaks to the mission of Miami Gardens," Allegra said. "We were trying to create a community, and we were invited to join an existing community."
The SEED (Schools for Educational Evolution and Development) Foundation began as an idea between founders Rajiv Vinnakota and Eric Adler, who essentially wanted to create a school for the students who needed boarding school resources but could not afford to attend one.
Bringing the school to South Florida has been a years-long process involving the support of Tia Díaz-Balart the wife of U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Miami, and other backers. The program initially encountered problems with recruiting applicants and finding funding. The school was recently given $1.4 million from the state's budget at the end of the legislative session.
Allegra said that money was not the motivation for the move to FMU and that the university is the home for SEED for the foreseeable future.
"An opportunity like this arose and an opportunity to be a part of this great campus and this great community, so we jumped at it," Allegra said.
FMU president Roslyn Clark Artis said the partnership was "huge" for the school and a "perfect synergy."
"It is a very logical marriage between Florida Memorial University and SEED Miami," Artis said.
The 60 students were chosen through a lottery process and will be housed in Building 1 on the school's campus. The students will primarily operate out of it, while still having a chance to interact with the students on campus in a controlled setting.
"There will be recreation space that will be cordoned off, so they'll have some time outside to enjoy our campus," Artis said.
The head of the school, Kara Locke, said that safety will be a priority and that Building 1 will act as the main hub for the kids.
"Classes will all, for the most part, be in Building 1 so that our students can be can be sixth-graders and do so in a way that doesn't interfere with the college students' learning," Locke said.
She said she looks forward to developing opportunities for FMU education students to work with SEED.
"The school of education is interested in ways that their students can come do some observation hours and perhaps some internship experience at SEED since we're right there on campus," Locke said.
Students and parents will begin orientation in early July, and classes are set to begin in August. The 60 sixth-grade students will be the initial class, with plans to add more students and additional grades until a class of 400 graduate in 2021.
"SEED is not just about college prep — it's about getting kids to attend and finish college," Allegra said.
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Hobart - Tasmania's capital, second in age only to Sydney, is an appealing place worth visiting for a couple of days. Hobart's main features are its wonderful harbour and the colonial cottages that line the narrow lanes of Battery Point. Hobart's harbour is the city's focal point, attracting yachts from all over the world. Down by the waterfront, picturesque Salamanca Place offers galleries, pubs, cafes, and an excellent market on Saturdays. Hobart, the most southerly Australian state capital, is closer to the Antarctic coast than it is to Perth in Western Australia, and has long been regarded by navigators, whalers, and explorers as the gateway to the south.
Cradle Mountain and Lake St. Clair National Park - The national park and World Heritage area, that includes both Cradle Mountain and Lake St. Clair, is one of the most spectacular regions in Australia and, after Hobart and Port Arthur, the most visited place in Tasmania. The 1,545m mountain dominates the north part of the island, and the long, deep lake is to its south. Between them lie more steep slopes, button grass plains, majestic alpine forests, dozens of lakes filled with trout, and several rivers. Mount Ossa, in the center of the park, is Tasmania's highest point at 1,617m. The Overland Track links Cradle Mountain with Lake St. Clair, and is the best known of Australia's walking trails. Another option in the area is a visit to the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, a high alpine area with spectacular granite walls, small lakes, and old-growth forest.
Queenstown - This area is worth a visit, but not for normal reasons. Its infamous "lunar landscape" is chilling evidence of the devastation that single-minded commercial exploitation can wreak in such a sensitive environment. Approaching the town from Strahan, visitors are confronted by the hideously ugly Mount Lyell Copper Mine. Queenstown has been a mining centre since 1883, when gold was discovered at Mount Lyell, and it looks like a typical mining town, with its wide streets, two-storey hotels and identical, pokey tin-roofed weatherboard houses. Underground tours of the Mount Lyell Mine run daily at 10am, 1pm and 7pm. Next door to the mine is the Parks and Wildlife Service office, the base for the Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, and the place to pick up the department's rafting and bushwalking guidelines. While in town, visitors could also check out the old photographic displays in the Galley Museum, housed in the old Imperial Hotel. There is a chair lift just outside town on the Lyell Highway, to help visitors get an even better view of those frightening hills.
Tasmania Beaches - The island is circled with excellent beaches, from the still waters and white sands of Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet National Park on the east coast, to the treacherous windswept swell of the west coast near Strahan.
Mt Field National Park - This area was declared a national park in 1916, and was one of the first national parks in Australia. The park is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, alpine moorland, dense rainforest, lakes, abundant wildlife and spectacular waterfalls. The major attraction for most people is in the valley close to the park entrance, the magnificent 40m Russell Falls. These are an easy 15-minute walk from the car park. In summer rangers guide nightly walks to the falls, where visitors will see glow worms. There are magnificent walks on the plateau on top of the range, but be prepared for wet or cold weather. In winter there is snow on the park's highest peaks, and a low-key ski resort of club huts and rope tows has grown up around Mt Mawson. There is a campground just inside the park entrance and cabins on the plateau, as well as a hostel and a few hotels near the park. Buses run between Hobart and Mt Field, but they are a little sporadic.
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens - Established in 1818, these gardens are known for English-style plant and tree layouts, including a great conifer collection, a superb Japanese garden, and colorful seasonal blooming plants. The peaceful atmosphere is disturbed somewhat by a nearby busy road. A restaurant provides lunch and teas. To walk here from the city center, partly along a pleasant country lane known as Soldier's Walk, takes around 40 minutes.
Freycinet National Park - Visitors who only has time to visit one place in Tasmania, should make sure it is this park. The Freycinet Peninsula hangs down off the eastern coast of Tasmania. It is a place of craggy pink granite peaks, spectacular white beaches, wetlands, heath lands, coastal dunes, and dry eucalyptus forests. This is the place to come to spot sea eagles, wallabies, seals, pods of dolphins, and humpback and southern right whales during their migration to and from the warmer waters of northern New South Wales from May through August. The township of Coles Bay is the main staging post, and there are many bushwalks in the area.
Moving around
Renting a car is a pretty good idea in Tasmania, particularly if you only have a short time in the state, as public transport can be a bit infrequent. There are heaps of rental firms in Hobart, so you should not have much trouble getting a decent deal. If you are coming over from the mainland, you can bring your own car on the ferry which travels between Melbourne and Devonport in Tasmania's north. Tasmania is one of the few places in the world where hitching is a plausible option. If you want to hitch a lift out of Hobart, catch a bus north to Bridgewater or east to Sorell for starters.
The regional airline Tasair flies to some settlements in Tasmania. Par Avion concentrates on the southwest World Heritage areas of the state and also operates wonderful sightseeing tours. Statewide coach services are provided by Tasmanian Redline Coaches and Tassielink. Associated with Tassielink are Tigerline Coaches, which offers a series of coach tours to major places of interest. Hobart Coaches runs trips around the Hobart area.
National festival and holidays
The Hobart Summer Festival - The New Year arrival of the yachts, competing in the Sydney to Hobart, and Melbourne to Hobart yacht races, is the apex of this festival. It is held each year from 27 December to 9 January. There is lots of waterfront fun, including 'The Taste' food and wine festival, also on offer.
The Royal Hobart Regatta - The largest boating carnival in the southern hemisphere, is held in February each year.
The Falls Festival - Held 30 December to 1 January, this festival offers great Australian and international bands, at beautiful Marion Bay.
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BCS Championship TripJanuary 6th, 2011 at 10:11 am by Hal Scheurich under FOX10 Sports
I wasn't sure if I would make it to work at all Wednesday morning as I drove through a blinding rainstorm crossing Mobile Bay. But I had no choice but to get there, pick up Rob and make a flight to Arizona. I've been looking forward to the trip to the national championship game and had spent the last two days packing to go.
Six and a half hours later and after an expensive, less than filling airline lunch, we made our final approach into Phoenix.
Everything at the airport moved pretty quickly and before long we had our bags and cameras. We boarded the shuttle to get our rental car and ran into one lucky Auburn fan.
Brandon Koonce lives in Alexandria, LA but was born in Mobile. He's a senior at Auburn, majoring in Electrical Engineering. What makes him so lucky is he's one of only 1,000 students that won a lottery drawing for a BCS Championship ticket. He does have to pay the $200 dollar face value for it, but he doesn't mind. (I guess not) Brandon not only won this lottery, but also won a lottery ticket to the SEC Championship. His dad told him he needs to go to Las Vegas while he's out west.
After getting our rental car, Rob and I set out to find our hotel and make sure all of our gear arrived ahead of us. On the drive, Rob informed me that the GPS had no idea where it was going.
We did see some incredible scenery along the way. The rock formations and mountain peaks surrounding the city looked very foreign to a southerner like me, but I found it a pleasant change from the sea of green back home. But I know I'll be ready to get back home to the piney deer woods of south Alabama by the time next week rolls around.
Tomorrow, it's into the city to find some football fans. Something tells me they won't be too hard to find.


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For those of your about to EQ2, we salute you.
GamersInfo has published a review of Everquest 2 that's well-suited to players new to MMO gaming.
" That's the basic nature of the game. You do quests, you group with other people, you wander the countryside and figure out the mysteries of the world. You go see interesting, and exotic new people and creatures and, a lot of times, kill them. As you go up in level, raiding becomes more and more important - large groups of people, usually in guilds, getting together to kill the larger, tougher mobs that drop the really good loot. "
New to EQ2? Read up! The GamersInfo.net review of EverQuest 2.
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How fair is EQ2's Gigglegibber Goblin Gambin' Game?
Ethec comes across a snickering goblin in Everquest 2 who wants to help him gamble his hard-earned coin. Would you go along with it? Neither would... well, yes I would! But first I had my Mage friend Skeezix perform a little bit of mathematical magic on the gamblin' game first.
Not usually being one to consult with the almighty spreadsheet, I couldn't pass up this opportunity to check out this nifty, free meta-game feature. What's it all about? Will it pass muster? How much is the goblin's theoretical total take when the first jackpot winner hits? These answers and more just a click away!
"When it comes to gambling, who couldn't use some plat? Still, like Fred from "Scooby Doo," I had a bad feeling about this. Fighting the halfling urge to peeter away my cobalt fund (I have one of those kitchy jars on top of my microwave - "Armor Fund"), I decided to consult with my good friend (despite being a gnome) Skeezix. He's a sorceror training to be a wizard, and no doubt the Mages at the tower were putting them through the organ grinder known as "descriptive statistics." Which is kind of comical: my own training was simply a matter of being pointed at a fighter dummy and spamming direct heals while a creative invective-hurling high elf drill sargent-type screamed at me to click FASTER!!, spittle flying, the dwarf next to me sobbing. An ugly scene by all accounts..."
I doubt you'll ever see the words "hypergeometric distribution" in a TTH article again, so you won't want to miss this! Everquest 2's gambling game exposed for the... fun that it is at TenTonHammer!
Monitor the sale of your gnome.
Sony Online Entertainment is broadcasting as RSS feed, popular among bloggers and news sites, to publicize "hot" offerings in Station Exchange, which allows players on select servers to buy and sell virtual items and characters for cold, hard, real-life cash.
There's no word yet on whether the model who won the "Quest for Queen Antonia" contest will start blogging her bachelorette exploits, queencam included, that players can view as a Station Access premium option. Actually, I'm not sure that anyone's heard from her; did she take the money and run? Heh.
"We have setup an RSS feed for hot auctions on Station Exchange in the last maintenance release. So now you can monitor hot auctions in your favorite RSS reader."
Read all about Station Exchange RSS feeds in the EverQuest 2 forums.
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Gambling makes its EQ2 Debut
A new gambling meta-game is included free-of-charge with today's EverQuest 2 update; it's sort of a slash between the lotto and a slot machine. I got to see it in action last weekend and it's a lot of fun. Other popular changes include 100% run speed while in stealth mode (balanced by the addition of more "see invisible" mobs in the world) as well as tradeskill and UI enhancements.
" *** Headlines ***
- Try your luck at the Gigglegibber Goblin Gamblin' Game!
- No more run-speed reduction with stealth and invisibility!
- Tell at a glance if you don't have enough power to use a spell or art!
- Imbued item recipes now available for level 50+ crafters!
- Many user interface windows have a new look! "
Read the Everquest 2 Live Update #14 notes here.
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It's an adventure, not an expansion.
MMORPG.com has reviewed the second adventure pack of EverQuest 2, The Splitpaw Saga. Our calls to Anna Nicole Smith were met first with confusion as she thought we were the local Burger King calling her back about her order, to outright hostility. We are confident that had she not ordered the four-dozen whoppers she would have said this:
" Released nearly three months ago, The Splitpaw Saga is Sony Online Entertainment's second adventure pack for EverQuest II. Since that initial launch, several nasty bugs have been sorted – including one particularly nasty bug that would cause an entire 'zone' to crash – to go along with some minor general changes. "
You can read the entire EverQuest 2: Splitpaw Saga Review at MMORPG.
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Because you only get one chance to make a first impresson.
GameSpy has posted a first impressions look at EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames. When asked if he had read the article, Christian Slater looked hard and long at us, pursed his lips and stated:
" SOE has been pretty aggressive when it comes to updating EverQuest II: two adventure packs, a busload of patches, and dozens of gameplay updates and refinements. At this point, a full-on expansion pack almost seems like overkill, but lo and behold, it's Desert of Flames! The first expansion to EverQuest II, from where we're standing, seems like it's jam-packed. It ups the level cap, introduces the first real PvP elements to game, and adds a whole new continent for players to adventure in. EQ veterans will know it well: the Isle of Ro, the desert region that served as a central hub for much of the original game's life. EQII finds a changed place, to be sure, but fans of the first game will find much to stir up the nostalgia. "
You can read the entire EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames First Impressions Article at GameSpy.
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Going to court without a lawyer.
Everquest 2 developer Sony Online Entertainment gives some background on the 3 rival courts vying for control of the "Desert of Flames" expansion city, Maj'Dul. With an estimated 12 quests to complete averaging 45-minutes to one hour a piece to gain membership in one of these courts (one can kill an indeterminate number of mobs opposed to your chosen faction for "coins" to turn in for positive faction, too), let's hope the Courts are more than just a pretty screenshot.
" The courts of Maj'Dul are three separate factions within the city that vie for power over the remnants of the Dervish empire. They have each established an outpost at the docks, and their goal is to attract new arrivals to their competing causes. Asim Jul represents the Court of the Blade, Shahid Baligh represents the Court of the Coin, and Atyaf Nasiha represents the Court of Truth. You are encouraged to converse with these individuals, as collectively the courts are the most powerful political force in these lands. "
More Everquest 2 expansion lore at the official site!
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A flying carpet ride.
GameZone has reviewed EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames. In other news, 99% of SoE customers complained about the changes, but continued to play after reading::
" Now it should be noted that while DoF adds content tailored specifically for upper level players (which anyone who has a lower level toon can access if they have the expansion and a bit of a death wish), the upgrade also affects those without the expansion. "
You can read the entire EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames Review at GameZone.
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It's a Desert of Fun.
GamerGod has reviewed the recent EverQuest 2 expansion, Desert of Flames. We called Richard Pryor to ask if he was still afraid of flames, but his agent told us to:
"On September 13, 2005, all hell broke loose at Sony Online
Entertainment as half a million people logged on to the EQ2 servers.
Having just installed the Desert of Flames expansion released that day,
everyone was salivating at the mouth, ready to dig into the new
content. But alas, first, a patch."
You can read the entire EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames Review at GamerGod.
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With gas prices as high as they are, who wouldn't want a flying carpet?
Stratics shows off some highlights of the new EverQuest 2 expansion area. They might have the fancypants screenshots, but TTH has the lowdown (check out the TTH Desert of Flames coverage while you're at it!). The scoop from Stratics:
On a recent tour of Desert of Flames, I was able to capture some pictures of various locations we visited. I have recently received these images back from the photography studio, and would like to share them with you.
Take a tour of the Desert of Flames with Stratics, Part 1 and Part 2!
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How to Make Your Daily Commute More Fun (24 Photos)
October Jones is an illustrator and spends his daily commute to work doodling funny little pics inspired by the people around him. Here are some of his funny creations.
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November/December 2014 Gift Guide Issue
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This article was written by Jill Henry posted under Feng Shui
Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) literally means wind and water. Water represents the physical, manifest world while wind represents the inner world of energy that interacts with the outer. External Feng Shui is about arranging our environment, our homes, and our businesses to open to the energy (Chi) of Prosperity and Success. Internal Feng Shui is about exploring our inner worlds of mind/body/spirit and opening these worlds to the Chi of Health and Happiness. In many Feng Shui resources, the emphasis is on external Feng Shui only. External Feng Shui techniques are effective, however they are not the whole picture. For example, many businesses use flowing water by the front door in the form of a fountain to influence the energy to enhance career and business success. But if, upon entering the business, the person who greets you is out of balance and projecting negative energy, then the effect is cancelled out. This article explores techniques to develop both internal and external Chi and attract good energy into your life. EXTERNAL FENG SHUI FENG SHUI includes the idea of living in harmony and balance with our environment and dates back over 7,000 years. It is the study of energy (Chi) and how its circulation affects people. The circulation of this invisible energy can be blocked or distorted by our environment, thus creating Shar Chi (or negative energy). You�ve probably gone into a home or business that just doesn�t feel right to you. You can�t put your finger on it, but you know you want to get out of there as soon as you can. That�s Shar Chi. You want your home and business to reflect positive Chi. You want to live and work in places that help you feel balanced and energetic. Basic approaches to developing good Chi in Feng Shui include physically rearranging furniture, colors, and objects in your home or office to promote good energy circulation and using Feng Shui Cures (placement of certain objects like statuary, handing crystals, colors) where physical change is not possible. Arranging your home, office, business for good circulation of Energy. In arranging a room, 9 areas are noted to be of special significance. The center table, also known as a Baqua Map, illustrates the relationship of areas in a room (or home). Imagine dividing your room (home, office) into the following 9 areas, then place objects that reinforce the attributes of each area.
(purple) Southeast
(red) South
Fire. Fiery items: candles, incense
(pink) Southwest
(green) East
(white) West
(blue-green) Northeast
(black) North
Water. Flowing water fountains, crystals
(gray) Northwest
Spiritual guidance, travel, and helping
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Christmas Pudding – My Healthy Chef Secret Recipe
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Healthy Christmas Cake
There is nothing more satisfying than baking your own cakes, puddings and biscuits for Christmas. Around this time of year I'm in my kitchen a little bit more than usual baking cakes and cookies and packaging them up as presents for friends and family. This is an extremely delicious and simple Christmas cake to make. It's a part of my great Aunty's recipe file along with other yummy healthy treats. This is a dense and moist fruit cake with a high ratio... Read More
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Detox Protein Smoothie
I LOVE making my Detox Protein Packed Smoothie as a quick breakfast in the mornings. It takes just 1 minute to make and I feel the nourishing ingredients fuelling every cell in my body. My freezer is always full with frozen berries and at times I'll add a chopped frozen banana for extra creaminess. This week I'm off on a 2 week DETOX holiday to Kamalaya - the most awesome health spa in the world, so just getting prepped and ready for the big cleanse ahead !... Read More
Banana Chia Smoothie
He's one of my favourite banana smoothie recipes that I love to make for a healthy breakfast. It contains a nut or a seed milk such as sunflower seed milk or almond milk which I make myself in my vitamix. If you're a little time poor, a spoonful of almond butter blended with water is a good replacement. I add a frozen chopped banana which makes my smoothie yummy and creamy. Blended frozen bananas are a creamy, almost-decadent treat that are the perfect potassium boosting... Read More
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This is such a simple and purely delicious dish that I just had to share it. My superfood muesli with lush summer berries is my favourite breakfast of the moment. It takes just one minute to prepare and what I love about it is that it makes the perfect portable food so you can easily prepare it into a glass jar and take it to work to enjoy at your leisure. I love to vary my base recipe and use a good organic natural yoghurt, coconut kefir or even a silky cashew cream. To this... Read More
Naked Chocolat Chip Cookies
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Cauliflower Fried Rice With Turmeric, Ginger + Tamari Roasted Almonds
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Thank You From The Healthy Chef !
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Healthy Chef Wellness Board
This is my all time favourite Wellness Board. It's a dish I make when I'm entertaining with friends for breakfast or lunch or even dinner. I love the elements and textures in this dish and how the vegetables of the moment capture the essence of the season. At first glance, my Wellness Board may look a little complicated, but if you look closer – it's really not that hard to create. It's important to have all your miss en place ready to go before... Read More
Why I Love My Smoothies + Juices
I am often asked whether I prefer juices or smoothies. Quite simply, I love both! I don't think you need to choose one over the other. They both offer fantastic health benefits and have really helped me through some tough digestive issues over the years. Ultimately they provide a convenient hit of fresh nutrients – the perfect addition to a healthy diet. S M O O T H I E S A smoothie involves blending whole foods, like fruit, vegies, nuts, fluids, protein, into a liquid without... Read More
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My Beauty Boosting Diet
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Reinvent your breakfast and enjoy my purely delicious super-healthy strawberries + cream chia pudding that will keep your body nourished and sustained all morning ! I can't leave the house without a good breakfast to kickstart the day and that means I need to eat a breakfast with a nutritional boost of healthy fats, good carbs and protein and without refined sugar, wheat, gluten or dairy. My power packed recipe will work wonders for your body – it will keep... Read More
Exercise Recovery – what you need to know
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Raw Muesli
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Detox Papaya Smoothie
This delicious smoothie is inspired by Kamalaya, my favourite health & wellness retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand. It's a great start to the day and specifically designed for a healthy digestive system. I can feel the nourishing goodness infuse into my body almost immediately. Feel free to vary the yoghurt or use alternatives such as pumpkin seed milk. Boost the protein and amino acids by adding my Healthy Chef Protein, to help support intestinal function and nourish... Read More
Raw Superfood Salad With Pineapple, Almonds + Turmeric Dressing
I love this salad. I go through phases in the recipes I create and get inspired by fresh seasonal foods, the weather and how my body feels. This salad has been my lunch for the last couple of days and it's delicious, simple to make and keeps really well for a few days in the fridge. It's spring…the season for cleansing and new life. I can feel my body soaking up the goodness and you will too. What's great about it: Green super foods such as kale and spinach... Read More
How To Make The Perfect Trail Mix
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Keep Your Immune System Fighting Fit
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Teresa Talks Healthy Menu Options
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The 2014 Perth Fitness Expo!
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Ribollita – Hearty Vegetable Soup
I love making warm and hearty vegetable style soups this time of year. Most of the time I just get the leftover veggies from the fridge and throw them into a pot to simmer down into a nourishing symphony of flavours that make me feel warm and revitalised. This recipe for Ribollita is from my 80/20 cookbook and what I love is that it lasts for days in the fridge once it's made, so you can enjoy it for lunch or dinner topped with a little pesto or fine grated Grana... Read More
Salted Nut Butter Cookies
Good quality nut butters are delicious ! I often enjoy them straight out of a jar or off a spoon – just pure comfort food that satisfies me for hours. The only ingredient on the back label should be nuts and maybe just a little salt – that's it ! Look for nut butters with no added oils, sugar or stabilisers. I've made these cookies a number of times and they are delicious using peanut, almond or macadamia (my favourite). This is perfect for holiday... Read More
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Polish Chicken Noodle Soup ( ROSÓŁ)
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Orange Blossom Cake
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Paleo Pumpkin Bread
Here is a delicious gluten free bread recipe. What I love about it is that it's really easy to make. Most pumpkin breads use smashed cooked pumpkin, but I decided to have a go at using grated raw pumpkin to save a little time. This creates a lovely texture that's moist on the inside which makes it wonderful to eat with both savory and sweet toppings. I love mine topped with macadamia nut butter and a little honey or as a side to a vegetable based soup topped... Read More
Sugar Free Protein Balls With Vanilla + Coconut
I love making my protein balls and always have a batch in the fridge for when I crave something chocolately and indulgent. I've been asked to design a protein ball recipe for those who are on Sugar Free eating plans. Here is one that is sure to satisfy and delight.! It's pretty simple - only using 3 core ingredients….the rest can be left to your imagination. I've used a little stevia in this recipe to make them sugar free - but hubby loves his... Read More
Kale, Spinach + Feta Pie
This is a delicious meal that I often make for my weekday dinner or as a portable healthy lunch. Preparation is effortless and the final result is beautiful as the fresh subtle flavours of green dance in your mouth. I love to serve mine with a large garden salad made simply of leaves from a variety of lettuce – tossed with the finger-tips ever so lightly and drizzled with French Style dressing just before serving. Enjoy ! What's great about it: Kale is part of the... Read More
Margherita Pizza With Almond + Sunflower Crust
This is a delicious vegetarian classic of roasted tomato sauce, milky Buffalo mozzarella and sun-ripened tomato on a thin, crisp pizza base. I've also added a light spread of pesto to the almond base that gives the pizza a delicious basil aroma and flavour when eating it. What I love about this crust is that it's the perfect use for leftover almond pulp from making your home-made almond mylk. For a crisp base to a pizza crust I always recommend using a pizza stone for... Read More
BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY – Top 10 Natural Immune Boosting Foods + Recipes
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Steamed White Fish In Ginger + Turmeric
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My Goodness Soup
This is a wholesome nourishing soup that I love to make when I need extra goodness for my body. It's very economical and fuss free to make and I always cook up extra to last several meals. I love the simplicity of the ingredients and the light touch of star anise just makes this soup purely magical on the taste buds. What's great about My Goodness Soup. Tuscan kale is part of the cabbage family and this wonderful vegetable is a good source of all three antioxidants:... Read More
The Perfect Paleo Omelette
Here's my quick and easy omelette recipe. I love serving them individually in 20 cm stainless steel or cast iron pans, and they look spectacular served on rustic wooden boards. My organic egg omelettes take around 5 minutes to make and they make a delicious brunch or quick and healthy dinner. I've given you 2 options below – Hubby loves the one with shaved organic ham and I can't get enough of greens so I always opt for my kale and spinach filling.... Read More
Flourless Salted Chocolate Cake
This is the perfect time to bake my favourite chocolate cake ! It's simple to make and the secret to making this purely delicious is to use quality ingredients that taste absolutely amazing ! It's important you use room temperature eggs that whip up creamy and velvety. Take your time – put on some classic French music such as "Putumayo" and enjoy the process of creating your masterpiece. Make the cake the day before you need it – I find that... Read More
Win A Healthy Chef Wellness Pack – see the winners
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This ought to help you cram in a couple more nights of sloshed summer bar-hopping. This weekend, Uber will be shamelessly attempting to buy our affections by making it free to ride UberX with a discount code–as long as your trip begins or ends in Brooklyn, that is.
It's basically the UBERChopper promotion, but for Girls super-fans and New York Times trend-spotters.
In addition to carting your tipsy butt back to Murray Hill or Red Hook or wherever, Uber has also partnered with several hotspots in Brooklyn to offer deals to riders. You can show your receipt from your trip to the borough and get free stuff, like a jello shot at the Meatball Shop or a free swimming pass at King and Grove. (Only the person who pays gets 'em, though.) Here's a map of all the offers.
There is, however, some fine print. You're limited to two trips, so it's like not you've got a personal chauffeur, and Uber's actually only covering $20 worth of the ride. Don't count on zipping from Greenpoint to the Dairy Queen at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, in other words. You can check potential fares here. There's no surge pricing, but there's a good chance drivers will be scarce as hens' teeth.
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Blood Pressure Lowering May Boost Life Expectancy
Friday December 19, 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blood pressure lowering may lead to gains of more than two years in life expectancy in some patients, according to researchers.
Dr. Howard. D. Sesso, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues used a cardiovascular disease event Markov model to estimate life expectancy benefits of antihypertensive treatment, based on systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduction.
They used prospective data from 57,573 subjects, and defined seven patient states: no cardiovascular disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, revascularization, history of cardiovascular disease, non-cardiovascular disease death, and cardiovascular death.
"Risk functions were developed from gender-specific multivariate Cox proportional hazards models for primary events and age-, smoking-, and diabetes-adjusted models for secondary events," Dr. Sesso and colleagues write in the medical journal Hypertension.
Baseline assumptions included hypothetical pretreatment blood pressures of 160/95 or 150/90 mm Hg; strategies that lowered blood pressure by 20/13 mm Hg (strategy A) or by 13/8 mm Hg (strategy B); and age of 35 years.
Among subjects with an initial blood pressure of 160/95 mm Hg, strategy A produced gains in life expectancy of 2.43 years for hypertension alone and of 2.80 years for hypertension plus diabetes. A gain of 2.43 years was seen for smokers with hypertension and diabetes. Similar gains were observed in individuals with an initial blood pressure of 150/90 mm Hg.
Furthermore, for individuals with an initial blood pressure of 160/95, strategy A provided additional life expectancy gains compared with strategy B.
Sesso's group also found that "initial blood pressure level did not affect the magnitude of life expectancy gains for equivalent blood pressure reductions."
Overall, the findings suggest that lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients, especially those with other cardiovascular disease risk factors such as diabetes or smoking, "has the potential to provide substantial gains in life expectancy."
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In the highly anticipated season finale, the clock ticks toward the final seconds of Jack Bauer's most heroic day. As the world teeters on a terror plot of mass proportions, Jack and the team reunite one last time to avert an imminent international crisis. With little time left and the fate of the free world on the line, Jack is faced with an unthinkable and grave decision. Lives will be lost and the American administration will grapple with the day's most devastating news as the clock stops.
In the penultimate episode, Audrey pursues diplomatic channels to try to prevent a full-scale war. Meanwhile, Jack Bauer leads Kate Morgan and Mark Boudreau on a mission to locate their target before it's too late and the world is changed forever.
With only three episodes remaining, Jack Bauer's harrowing day crescendos as he pursues final leads at all costs. The emotional toll of the day's events escalates when Kate Morgan learns the truth about her husband and Audrey confronts Boudreau about his duplicity. Making matters incredibly worse, the scope of the terror threat widens and the potential devastation reaches new heights.
Jack and Chloe have a plan in place to eliminate the terrorist threat before any more attacks rock London. With no time to spare and lives on the line, Jack and Kate pursue crucial leads in an attempt to gain the upper hand on the incredibly intense circumstances. Meanwhile, key players reveal their true colors.
Jack Bauer and President Heller endure the unthinkable to thwart the terror attacks of mastermind Margot Al-Harazi. Meanwhile, CIA agent Jordan Reed faces a life-or-death struggle and Kate takes drastic measures to track down Margot before it's too late.
Following an intense and deadly shootout, Jack and Kate are in a race against time to save the life of a key player tied to the imminent terror threat. Meanwhile, Jordan Reed is ordered into the field on a perilous mission. Then, after President Heller engages Margot to end her savage attacks, he faces an unthinkable, game-changing decision.
As the smoke clears after the devastating events of the first five hours, tensions between President Heller and Prime Minister Davies boil over, and one of them decides to take matters into his own hands. In the meantime, Jack proposes a plan to locate Margot by using someone unexpected as his unsuspecting bait. Back at the CIA in London, Jordan raises suspicions about Kate's husband.
As Jack deals with unforeseen circumstances, an unlikely duo joins forces to prevent an impending attack in London. Meanwhile, homegrown terrorist Margot Al-Harazi (guest star Michelle Fairley) reveals her demands – revenge for her husband's death in a U.S. airstrike. Also, President Heller (William Devane) orders a lockdown of military airspace, but it may be too late.
With the threat escalating, Jack Bauer heads to the U.S. Embassy as the CIA closes in on him. Elsewhere, Margot asserts her authority with unthinkable force, President Heller faces members of Parliament and Kate Morgan takes matters into her own hands.
As the hunt continues for Jack Bauer, the terror threat is intensifying, much to the chagrin of the CIA and Kate Morgan. Across town, President James Heller prepares to address Parliament in an attempt to heal recent wounds with the British, and to preserve his legacy. Meanwhile, Margot – a homegrown British terrorist seeking to avenge her husband's death – proves she is willing to make any sacrifice for her mission.
London calls Jack Bauer into the fray in the premiere of 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY. Four years ago, Jack was a fugitive from justice. Now an exile, he nevertheless is willing to risk his life and freedom to avert yet another global disaster (Part 2).
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The Victorious gang experiences a spring break gone wrong in the hourlong special titled "Locked Up!"
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5001 Silver Hill Rd.Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm, Thursday 10:00am – 6:00pm Closed for Lunch: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday 2:00pm - 3:00pm Thursday Services: Physical examinations, Disease prevention and treatment, Well-child care, Prec see full details..
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9001 Edmonston Road, Suite 40Monday to Wednesday: 8:00 to 4:30 At this clinic uninsured, under-insured and low-income patients, CCI are offered a sliding fee scale and help in accessing state and federal assistance programs. Services: Well-care for children and adults, Acute and chronic care, including HIV, gynec see full details..
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Originally published Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5:00 AM
Tokyo String Quartet to make last Seattle visit
The Tokyo String Quartet, disbanding after 43 years, makes a final visit to Seattle on April 17, 2013.
Special to The Seattle Times
Tokyo String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle; $34-$38 (206-543-4880 or uwworldseries.org).
After 43 years of touring, recording and teaching, the Tokyo String Quartet is calling it a day. Their current season, a farewell tour of North America, Europe, Asia and elsewhere, will find them performing one last time for Seattle fans on Wednesday at Meany Hall.
The group's older members say increasing complications with U.S. customs (all four musicians travel with Stradivarius instruments on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation) are behind the case for quitting. But there is also a musical reason this internationally beloved and sublime ensemble, formed in 1969 at the Juilliard School — its founding members having earlier attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo — is disbanding.
"We want to go out while we're still at our peak," says Kikuei Ikeda, second violin for the group, which has played more than 100 concerts each year. "Once you begin regressing, it happens very rapidly. We didn't want to face that."
Ikeda, 65, joined the Tokyo String Quartet in 1974 (replacing original second violin Yoshiko Nakura). Violist Kazuhide Isomura, 67, is the sole founding musician left.
After forming at Juilliard, the group's Isomura, Nakura and fellow founders Koichiro Harada (first violin) and Sadao Harada (cello) won international competitions and a recording contract. Albums, awards and Grammy nominations piled up over the years, and critics have long lavished praise — albeit with a mournful tone of late, as those final dates approach.
"I don't know what to expect at that last concert, actually," says Ikeda. "I know I will be quite emotional."
Ikeda says the Tokyo String Quartet, with four Japanese musicians playing Western classical fare, was initially met with confusion in America.
"There were many questions. 'Why are you playing Western music rather than your own music?' I had to tell each person we were taught Western classical music in school. There was a gradual acceptance, but for a few years there was doubt. It was thought we lacked emotional depth. I don't think people define Asian musicians like that anymore."
If, back then, the group's members were pioneers in respect to race and repertoire, it is hardly novel today to see Asian soloists and ensemble players performing Bach, Mozart and Beethoven in concert halls.
"There are so many Asian players now because of the family," says Ikeda. "Parents still have rather strong power over children. It's very important with string instruments to start early. I teach at Yale, and more and more the percentage of Asian music students is increasing."
That trend reversed itself in the Tokyo String Quartet. Koichiro Harada left in 1981, succeeded by Toronto-born Peter Oundjian on first violin, who stayed for 14 years. The admission of the first Western musician had a profound impact on the group, which, for the first time, felt free to express internal disagreements by switching to English. (Another Westerner, Clive Greensmith, principal cello for London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, replaced Sadao Harada in 1999.)
"The language was a big change, but it was more philosophical," Ikeda says. "We expected Peter to be different from us. But what we all found out was that the three remaining Japanese players were all also quite different from one another, and it was OK. We're each different in the way we live. Usually members of a family love each other, but in a quartet you don't necessarily love each other. You have respect, and honor each other's privacy.
" The only base we really have is music."
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Intersil Expands Precision Analog IC Offerings With Micross Components
ORLANDO, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL) announces the expansion of its precision analog die offerings through authorized distributor Micross Components.
"As our bare die and custom packaging partner, Micross will play an instrumental role in growing and supporting the use of Intersil semiconductors in specialty applications," said Tony Ochoa, Marketing Director, Precision Analog Products at Intersil. "Through this valuable partnership, we continue to increase the availability of our precision analog ICs in alternative formats to support broader uses."
Micross' initial focus will be on promoting bare die offerings to manufacturers seeking space-saving options and/or high reliability in critical or harsh-environment applications. Both companies are looking to employ Micross' engineering expertise, along with its testing and packaging capabilities, to support those OEMs requiring custom adaptations to incorporate Intersil's precision components into their designs.
Newly available die products will include Intersil's ultra-precision, low power and/or low noise operational amplifiers; low power instrumentation amplifiers; and low power voltage regulators."We are thrilled by Intersil's desire to increase offerings within this line," expressed Tony Hamby, General Manager of US Distribution for Micross. "Like Intersil, many of the customers we support are leaders in their respective fields. By increasing their access to Intersil's precision products, we'll be enabling design innovations and enhancing product performance across multiple industries." About Micross ComponentsMicross Components is a leading global provider of specialty electronics solutions for defense, space, medical, and demanding industrial applications. Operating as a single source of supply for high-reliability and state-of-the-art electronics, Micross' offerings range from bare die and wafer processing to advanced and custom packaging to component modifications and related interconnect offerings. To learn more, visit www.micross.com. Join the Conversation Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest About Intersil Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog, mixed-signal and power management semiconductors. The company's products address some of the fastest growing markets within the industrial and infrastructure, personal computing and high-end consumer markets. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit our website and career page at www.intersil.com. Intersil and the Intersil logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intersil Corporation. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners. SOURCE Micross Components
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OK, who ordered that? With everything else going on, the last thing we needed was a new economic crisis in a country already racked by political turmoil. True, the direct global spillovers from Turkey, with its Los Angeles-sized economy, won't be large. But we're hearing that dreaded word "contagion"—the kind of contagion that once caused a crisis in Thailand to spread across Asia, more recently caused a crisis in Greece to spread across Europe, and now, everyone worries, might cause Turkey's troubles to spread across the world's emerging markets.
It is, in many ways, a familiar story. But that's part of what makes it so disturbing: Why do we keep having these crises? And here's the thing: The intervals between crises seem to be getting shorter, and the fallout from each crisis seems to be worse than the last. What's going on?
Before I get to Turkey, a brief history of global financial crises.
For a generation after World War II, the world financial system was, by modern standards, remarkably crisis-free—probably because most countries placed restrictions on cross-border capital flows, so that international borrowing and lending were limited. In the late 1970s, however, deregulation and rising banker aggressiveness led to a surge of funds into Latin America, followed by what's known in the trade as a "sudden stop" in 1982—and a crisis that led to a decade of
economic stagnation.
Latin America eventually returned to growth (although Mexico had a nasty relapse in 1994), but, in the 1990s, a bigger version of the same story unfolded in Asia: Huge money inflows followed by a sudden stop and economic implosion. Some of the Asian economies bounced back quickly, but investment never fully recovered, and neither did growth.
Most recently, yet another version of the story has played out within Europe, with a rush of money into Greece, Spain and Portugal, followed by a sudden stop and immense economic pain.
As I said, although the outline of the story remains the same, the effects keep getting worse. Real output fell 4% during Mexico's crisis of 1981-83; it fell 14% in Indonesia from 1997 to 1998; it has fallen more than 23% in Greece.
So is an even worse crisis brewing? The fundamentals are slightly reassuring; Turkey, in particular, has low government debt, and while businesses have borrowed a lot from abroad, the overall financial situation doesn't look that bad. But each previous crisis defied sanguine expectations. And the same


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