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One food experience we did not want to miss was a visit to Les Roulottes – the Papeete Food Night Market. Street food dining has taken on a new flavour so to speak, in many cities including Vancouver. From the days when street food meant only hotdogs, pizza or pretzels, the street cart program at least in Vancouver has encouraged a varied "gourmet" street dining experience with carts at different locations throughout the city (Vancouver Foodie Tours Tastes Curbside Kitchen Food).
Papeete has its Roulottes. These are like the street carts we see in Vancouver but they are located in a large market area near the cruise terminal. There are tables to sit at and enjoy your meal. The vendor who was recommended to us was said to serve "restaurant quality" foods.
On my previous South Pacific Dance Cruise we journeyed from Hawaii to French Polynesia. I flew home from Papeete the day we docked in Tahiti and had no opportunity to see around the island. This time I planned to spend a couple of days in Tahiti before boarding the Ocean Princess to sail in the reverse direction - Tahiti to Honolulu. This would give me time to actually see something of the island of Tahiti.
Since I would be spending Christmas and Boxing day in Tahiti, I chose the stunning Intercontinental Resort in Tahiti as my base for a three night stay. My cabin mate for the cruise was flying into Papeete the day before the cruise. Another friend who is a specialist in tours to Italy, booked a couple of nights in a bed-and-breakfast in Papeete, and we planned to explore the island together.
The first word in French Polynesia is - French. So how did I so badly ignore that very important fact. If I had been planning to travel to France i would have packed my travel adaptors and brushed up on my French but somehow, it escaped me that the electrical outlets in Tahiti would be based on European not North American standards. Naturally none of my plugs fitted so to recharge my laptop battery I had to get an adaptor. The friendly Francophone guest services man came up with one - but when I plugged it in my poor little laptop was buzzing - literally. I hope I am not frying its poor little insides. Anyway next day I bought a better adaptor and the buzzing stopped.
Two years ago I cruised from Honolulu to Tahiti with Dancers at Sea, on the Pacific Princess - South Pacific Dance Cruise. To reverse the cruise that I did in November 2009, I decided to dance in the New Year of 2012, on board the Ocean Princess, this time journeying from Tahiti to Honolulu.
Rather than fly from Vancouver to Tahiti and then Honolulu to Vancouver, I opted for a return ticket to Honolulu where the cruise terminates, an overnight in Honolulu at each end ( so we can attend a dance in Hawaii at the end of our cruise), and a one-way flight from Honolulu to Papeete, to pick up the cruise.
The Air Canada flight to Honolulu was scheduled to leave at a convenient time – 2:30 and get into Honolulu early evening.
For 11 days as 2011 gives way to 2012, I am cruising from Tahiti to Honolulu on the Ocean Princess, with my dance-crazy friends from the Dancers at Sea travel group. My vacation begins with an overnight in Honolulu and a flight to Tahiti where I will stay a few nights at the Intercontinental Resort before the cruise.
This post is the index to the South Pacific Ballroom Dancing New Year Cruise Travelblogue.
Links will become active as the stories are added.
The Islands of French Polynesia
Three Nights in Tahiti
Circle Tour of Tahiti
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The Nutcracker, A Goh Ballet Production Choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Vancouver Opera Orchestra Conducted by Leslie Dala The Centre for Performing Arts Dec 15 to 18, 2011
Vancouver, BC: The Nutcracker has been a Christmas tradition for ballet companies all over the world for many years. I remember way back as a child in Cape Town, being enthralled by the music and the fantastic visions on stage. That was an early event that led to my lifelong love of dance. Vancouver's Goh Ballet has established a tradition of its own with this year's show being the third production of this version of the ballet. It has been a while since I have seen The Nutcracker, but it has lost none of its charm for me. This production sparkled and I loved every minute of it.
Math Out Loud Written and directed by Mackenzie Gray with additional material by Roger Kemp Producers Dale Hartleben and Roger Kemp Choreography Joel Sturrock Music by Mackenzie Gray, Joe Docherty, Sayer Roberts. Frederick Wood Theatre, UBC Dec 14, 2011
Vancouver, BC. Lining the wall alongside the staircase in the house where my kids grew up were prints by M. C. Escher, a Dutch graphic artist whose drawings of infinite staircases, morphing shapes and distorted geometry are instantly recognizable.
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Before going to see La Cage aux Folles at the Vancouver Playhouse, I was invited to dinner at Hawksworth. Although it had been on my "must visit" list for a while, this was my first opportunity to dine here and I was looking forward to it.
We both decided on appetizers and an entree, self-righteously planning on not having dessert. Although that plan did not last much past our first look at the dessert menu.
Blood Brothers Book, Music and Lyrics by Willy Russell, Directed by Bob Frazer and Sara-Jeanne Hosie Musical director Sasha Niechoda Arts Club Theatre Company Granville Island Stage to Dec 31st, 2011
Vancouver, BC: Five years ago I saw a London West End production of Blood Brothers (Blood Brothers - a Heartbreaker). It is one of the shows that has stuck in my memory for its evocative staging ... and the story. Over the years, I have read numerous twin studies which looked at "nature versus nurture" through examining long term outcomes when twins are separated at birth. In Blood Brothers, Russell imagines such a situation where one twin is brought up in poverty and the other in affluence, with fatal consequences for both.
Our first stop, a mere 15 miles and 3 hours sailing away from Papeete, was the island of Moorea.
On my previous visit to Moorea, I drove around parts of the island and visited one of the resorts. The islands of French Polynesia.
This time I signed up in advance for one of the Princess excursions. It was described as a lagoon trip to a beach on a motu (island) with a beach barbecue.
Despite dancing till 11 Pm the previous night and falling asleep easily, I slept very fitfully. I thought I would be exhausted and just pass out, but I guess I was a bit anxious about that nasty cut on my toe and whether it would be affected by the salt water, since I would hopefully be swimming in the beautiful blue waters surrounding the island.
We anchored in Cook's Bay, and passengers were taken ashore in tenders. Our excursion to the lagoon for swimming and a beach barbecue, was a whole day one, and we had only had to assemble at 8:45 so that meant a little less rush in the morning. Margaret had also signed up for this excursion.
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I use dualboot vista and opensuse 10.2 The problem is that the clock keeps adjusting the time by itself on both operating systems. Any suggestion on this?...
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08 Reasons People Choose A Natural Talalay Latex Mattress
There are countless reasons people may choose one mattress over another, though the reasons people choose natural Talalay latex mattress options often center on the health and comfort benefits. Because understanding the advantages can help you decide if a latex bed is best for your needs, we compiled a list of some of the top reasons consumers cite when choosing latex. Take a look at the top eight advantages to learn more.
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In order to make sense of of the benefits, it is helpful to understand exactly what a natural Talalay latex mattress is. Latex is a product derived from the rubber tree as a milky liquid. Natural latex confers owners considerably more benefits than man-made, as it comes from a plant-based, renewable source rather then a synthetic blend. In order to be made into a mattress, the liquid latex must, at a minimum, undergo whipping and vulcanization, or heating (Dunlop process). The Talalay process is the most advanced method of latex foam manufacturing, which involves frothing the latex liquid with a few non-harmful chemicals, pouring into vacuum-pressurized molds, flash-freezing, heating, then several stages of washing, drying and curing. This results in a highly-resilient, customizable, and durable product that offers ideal support and pressure relief.
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When compared with options including memory foam, innersprings, and synthetic latex, their are several reasons consumers might prefer a natural Talalay latex mattress. Here are the top eight factors that influence people's buying decision.
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Only the finest natural ingredients should be used to make a natural Talalay latex mattress. The latex, water, fats, and handful of additives required to create the end product can all be non-toxic. Many people like the idea of sleeping on a product that is close to nature, versus synthetic and chemical-laden products. This is also one of the few mattress types that do not require layers of padding, foam, fluff or filler to offer comfort – a bed can be constructed of purely natural latex layers with a simple fabric cover.
2) Environmental Friendliness
As consumers become increasingly aware of their impact on the environment and issues like resource-dependency and global warming, products that use renewable and eco-friendly ingredients gain prominence. Natural latex comes from the hevea brasiliensis tree, commonly known as the rubber tree. The sap is typically gathered using a method similar to that used to harvest syrup, that is tapping the tree as it lives and grows. The trees have an average lifespan of 25 years, after which they can be used for furniture goods as the dedicated plantations constantly turnover and replant. Since minimal additives are used during processing, this means that manufacturing impact is low in terms of air and water pollution. Quality manufacturers eschew the use of solvents or chemicals that damage the ozone, and the forests that have been planted actually improve air quality. Latex material is also biodegradable and recyclable after it's long lifespan as a mattress.
3) Safer Than Other Beds
A finished natural Talalay latex mattress does not contain the bevy of toxic and polluting chemicals found in polyurethane foam products (used in traditional memory foam and innerspring beds). They can also be manufactured without the harsh fire retardant chemicals of other beds, which significantly reduces owners' chemical exposure. Natural latex mattresses made without adhesives eliminate VOCs, potentially hazardous chemicals responsible for the off-gassing odors noticeable with other products. Chemicals in common mattress types have been linked with organ damage, carcinogenic effects, and even neurological concerns like fatigue, memory impairment and hyperactivity.
4) Durability and Longevity
The durability of quality latex foam is unparalleled in the mattress industry. Talalay latex is considered 4 times as durable as Dunlop latex, and when compared to foams that have been traditionally used in the bedding industry, it ranks 20 times higher according to leading manufacturer Latex International. Consumers like this because it means they enjoy comfortable sleep for years and must replace their mattresses less often.
5) Resilient Feel
The unique buoyancy of Talalay latex is an inherent property that is not found in any other material. Unlike memory foam which heats and contours to the sleeper, or polyurethane foams which simply compress, latex both yields and supports the sleeper. Compared to springs, the buoyancy of latex is much more gentle and does not cause painful pressure points. The instant springback of latex is considered superior to memory foam and fiber fill by those who dislike the slow-response time and may have difficulty moving around in bed.
6) Customizability
Another reason people often choose a natural Talalay latex mattress is the ability to customize their bed. Many retailers offer a range of firmness and layering options, even allowing each side to be customized to suit the needs of individual partners. And, with unglued models, owners can swap out individual layers to change the feel or extend the life of the mattress.
7) Cool Sleep
One of the biggest trends in the mattress market remains cooling materials like gel and fabrics, all designed to keep sleepers from overheating. Natural Talalay latex mattresses were cool before it was cool, however, as the cell structure and makeup proves naturally breathable. Many people concerned about heat with memory foam beds opt instead for latex, as it confers many of the benefits like reduced pressure and motion transfer without sleeping hot.
8) Allergy Friendly
Rounding out our list, the other popular advantage with a natural Talalay latex mattress involves allergies, both material and environmental. The ingredients and washing process of natural Talalay foam remove latex proteins linked to allergies (no cases of allergic reactions have ever been reported to a latex mattress). Additionally, those with chemical sensitivities aggravated by polyurethane foams and other mattress additives don't have to worry. Household allergens like dust mites and mold are also limited on latex. Dust mites and their feces are one of the most common allergies, yet traditional innerspring mattresses are breeding grounds for them. People naturally shed skin throughout the day, and on average perspire approximately 1 pint of moisture while sleeping. The combination of these two body wastes provides food for dust mites as well as moisture for mold and mildew growth. Unlike any other mattress composition, natural Talalay latex has been proven to be antibacterial, mold and mildew resistant.
Where to find a natural Talalay latex mattress?
It has been traditionally difficult to find an inexpensive natural Talalay latex mattress, especially in local showrooms. Growing health and green movements have contributed to the rising popularity of natural latex mattresses, and improvements in sourcing and manufacturing have reduced pricing to be competitive with other mid-range mattresses. Unless you are lucky enough to have a local manufacturer of natural Talalay latex, the internet is likely your best resource for affordable quality options.
In our previous article comparing natural latex mattresses, we found Astrabeds.com to offer the best value on 100% natural Talalay latex beds with certified organic cotton covers and Oeko-Tex 100 certification, two factors important to preserving the natural benefits. Their collection starts at $1199, with occasional sales and coupon deals offering further savings.
If these benefits sound like a good fit for you, we suggest researching latex and learning about the product type, as understanding the features and differences proves important to getting a satisfactory bed (there are plenty of free online guides and resources on our site and others). We hope this coverage of the potential benefits and advantages of a natural Talalay latex mattress offers you insight in your research process!


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I also think in general, the show just tries to pack to much into each episode, so that when the season ends, so many story arcs feel unresolved, or resolved in a very unsatisfying way.
But it was still enjoyable enough this season. Hopefully with 12 episodes and the advantage of hindsight, next season will be a little tighter.
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I would like to add some lighting in my small master bedroom and have a couple of ideas. 1)Use plug in wall sconces on either side of the bed or on either side of the mirror above the dresser. Has anyone used those? Or 2)use buffet lamps on my dresser. I currently have one lamp on a bedside table, and one lamp on my dresser |
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I recently put 2 small buffet lamps on my bedroom dresser and am very pleased with them. I used small bulbs so they are not very bright but they give a very nice glow to the room. Do you have the buffet lamps already? If so, just try it. If not and you buy them and don't like them on your dresser could you use them somewhere else? Or return them. |
I have had plug-in sconces beside the bed -- but they took the place of lights on the nightstands. I liked them, got them at Pottery Barn. The plug-in sconces that look best, IMHO, are those that have a metal channel/extension that takes the electrical cord down the wall some distance from the light fixture itself. That keeps the look of the sconce from being too compromised by the kinky cord angling to the outlet. We have a vintage retro lamp on DH's chest of drawers. It helps light up a corner of the room that is otherwise dark (unless the closet is open and that light is on). I like the look. I think your buffet lights could do the same thing. |
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I have the plug-in sconces in my oh so small master bedroom. I lucked out because my drapes can hide the wires. And, my husband attached a cord so that I don't have to stretch to turn it on/off. I bought these a few years ago at IKEA, very cheap. I also had (expensive) ones from RH which came with the metal channel to hide the cord. I do like not having a lamp on my end tables. There is a lamp on the long dresser, but I'm trying to convince my husband that I *need* a chandelier hung! |
Thank you all. If I get the sconces, I will definitely get the ones with a channel to hide the cord. The outlet is behind the bed, so that should work. I haven't purchased buffet lamps as still looking for something to fall in love with. When I reach the point that I'm ready for the plunge I'll look more earnestly. Thanks again for the opinions. paintergirl, I'd love a chandelier too...maybe in my next life! |
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The beginning of January saw the introduction and first commercial sale of consumer IBOC receivers in the United States. This day brought forth mixed feelings across the radio industry. The IBOC supporters see it as another step forward in the transition to a terrestrial digital system. The IBOC opponents view it as another blow to the stake already being forced into the heart of radio. While I don't see a decisive mark for or against broadcasters with the January events, I am seeing a raised consumer awareness that includes some unfortunate misconceptions.
Having consumer receivers available removes the chicken-or-the-egg debate for acceptance of the service. While there are only a handful of stations transmitting IBOC signals, it is possible to hear them now. Granted, the receivers are not available everywhere yet, but it has to start somewhere. If we draw a parallel from the proliferation of RBDS to a potential acceptance of IBOC, we're already one step ahead with IBOC. I don't recall the same fuss being made about RBDS that I am seeing with IBOC over the past weeks.
National news magazines, local and national newspapers and news websites all carried something about the introduction of the IBOC receivers. Most of the stories I read all had the same theme, mainly dwelling on the press release points issued by Ibiquity. The promise of reduced interference, less noise, enhanced services (data) and clearer sound are bound to attract the interest of consumers. Unfortunately, consumers don't understand the technology, so the anticipated drastic improvement may be a disappointment if it is not actually experienced.
I read several consumer reviews of the event, but an article in Time magazine seems to carry the common theme. An article in the Jan. 12 issue repeats the IBOC dogma that the reporter was fed. I'm sure that she had no idea what some of the statements meant. The point that really made me shake my head was the use of the term "high definition radio." The IBOC technology developed by Ibiquity has been branded HD Radio, which is a trademarked name. I have never heard Ibiquity refer to the technology as high-definition radio. I doubt many broadcasters would call it that anyway. Considering that the technology is based on a low bit-rate transmission scheme with a perceptual audio encoder algorithm, it's technically crippled from the start. The HDC audio encoder sounds exponentially better than the previously used algorithm, but there are limitations.
The Time article made a few statements that stand to hinder the acceptance of IBOC. The first concerned the overall quality. The reporter stated that she expected the digital signal to sound richer than the analog signal. This misconception is not new to IBOC, but it is common to the expectation of "digital." Consumers have been trained that anything digital is better than anything analog without the necessary qualifiers. In the reporter's view, the digital signal sounds harsh and crackly while the analog had less static. I have been told that the reporter did not know the difference between studio noise in the source and transmission noise, but it doesn't matter. Her perception is her reality. She thinks that analog sounds better than digital.
The reporter did notice that the quality difference between AM analog to AM IBOC was more distinct than the quality difference between FM analog and FM IBOC. Broadcasters have known this all along. Consumers are just starting to learn it.
Another claim that was made is that the FCC adopted IBOC as the U.S. standard. We know that this is not yet the case. This is a lesser point, but further proves to me that the consumer media does not fully understand what is being developed and blindly believes whatever information is fed to them.
The Consumer Electronics Show ended on Jan. 11. The news stories I read ran in the first few weeks of the month. By the end of January, the news had almost completely disappeared. IBOC had its flash of consumer spotlight. Time will tell if any of it sticks or if it was all just a puff of smoke.
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More than five dozen photographs by Father Don Doll are being installed in Seattle University's Vachon Gallery by Miles Schlagel. "A Call to Vision" is the renown photographer's perspective on the world and opens on February 13 running through March 2nd. Father Doll is a professor at Creighton University and will have an artist's talk and reception the evening of February 13 in Bannan Auditorium. The large images on the floor measure 5-feet by 8-feet. For more information, visit: www.seattleu.edu
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Morrissey Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates
Morrissey announced the postponement of his tour in October to take care of his ailing mother.
His fansite, True to You, has posted the rescheduled dates. The rearranged tour will begin in 2013 and the first show will take place in New York.
Morrissey Tour Dates:
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Jan 09: Greenvale, Long Island, NY – Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Jan 11: Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Academy of Music
Jan 12: Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues Atlantic City
Jan 16: North Bethesda, MD – Strathmore
Jan 18: Reading, PA – Sovereign Performing Arts Center
Jan 19: Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
Jan 21: Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Hall
Jan 22: Columbus, OH – LC Indoor Pavilion
Jan 24: Flint, MI – The Whiting
Jan 25: Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theater
Jan 26: Chicago, IL – Chicago Theater
Jan 28: Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
Jan 29: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Jan 31: Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Feb 02: Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Feb 05: Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
Feb 06: Lincoln, NE – Rococo Theatre
Feb 09: Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Feb 10: Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre
Feb 12: El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
Feb 13: Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
Feb 15: Pharr, TX – Pharr Events Center
Feb 16: Beaumont, TX – Jefferson Theater
Feb 18: Dallas, TX – Palladium
Feb 21: Denver, CO – Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
Feb 22: Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall
Feb 24: San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall
Mar 01: Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Mar 02: Sparks, NV – John Ascuaga's Nugget – Rose Ballroom
Mar 04: Davis, CA – Robert Mondavi Center at UC Davis
Mar 06: Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Mar 08: Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
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It took a nongolfing British rock star to put Tucson on the world map. In 1969 Paul McCartney and his bandmates released "Get Back," a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The song's first verse featured these unforgettable if enigmatic lyrics: "Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona/for some California grass." But these days golfers are heading to Tucson's grass, from California and beyond. For one thing, this city of half a million people in the Sonoran Desert, located just sixty miles from the Mexican border, offers a smaller, quieter alternative to the burgeoning Phoenix-Scottsdale area two hours north. For another, it's blessed with views of jagged mountains in every direction and with abundant sunshine—by most accounts, nearly three hundred fair days a year. Tucson's collection of boulder- and cactus-studded courses includes several current or former PGA Tour stops, including the Gallery Golf Club, home of the World Golf Championships–Accenture Match Play. Although Tucson will never equal Phoenix and Scottsdale for sheer quantity of courses (not to mention resorts, spas and restaurants), the city more than holds its own as one of the country's finest warm-weather golf destinations.
Day One
Take a morning flight into Tucson International Airport, which is served by most major carriers, then exit as quickly as possible, because those runways are the scenic highlight of the city's south side. A thirty- to forty-five-minute drive north puts you in the foothills of the Catalinas, on the edge of Coronado National Forest. Among the area's many worthy lodging options (including the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, and the Lodge at Ventana Canyon), it's hard to beat the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa for its central location, southwestern Mission Revival architecture and access to the private La Paloma Country Club.
Drop your bags, freshen up and head out to the club. One of the desert's toughest tracks, La Paloma is an early Jack Nicklaus design; it was built in 1985, at a time when the Golden Bear's layouts were beautiful yet brutal. La Paloma's three nines have been softened slightly over the years to enhance playability, but they are no less striking for the changes. Play the Ridge and Canyon nines if you can—they hold a slight edge over the third nine, the Hill—and marvel at their steep-lipped bunkers, aggressive mounding and fairways framed by untamed desert. Given the many forced carries over ravines, plan on losing a few balls, and exercise caution if you choose to go poking around in the cacti—the prickly native flora can pierce the skin of the unwary like fishhooks. The course hits its stride on the Canyon's 514-yard risk-reward par-five second, where the fairway slithers to the right amid stands of saguaros. Another highlight is the 445-yard par-four seventh, which plays to a green banked into a hillside.
With whatever daylight remains, head back to the Westin for a massage or some pool time—you can indulge the kid in you on a 177-foot waterslide. Afterward, wrap up the day at the hotel's Janos restaurant, one of Tucson's top-rated dining spots, which is named for owner and chef Janos Wilder, winner of a prestigious James Beard Award. The menu changes seasonally, but expect to find savory Southwestern accents in dishes such as pecan-encrusted slow-roasted chicken with chipotle molasses sweet potatoes, as well as roasted figs, foraged morels and serrano ham drizzled with prickly pear syrup.
Day Two
It's a sightseeing day, with some great golf thrown in for good measure. Make a short drive downtown to Blue Willow Restaurant for breakfast. The specialty at this local landmark—tortillas with scrambled eggs, chicken, green chiles, tomatoes, cheddar, salsa and sour cream—is one of the best deals in all of Tucson.
That will provide plenty of fuel for a few hours of touring the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, a slight misnomer for what is actually a botanical garden and cageless zoo. Located a half-hour west of downtown, this was one of the nation's first nontraditional zoos, a place where all of the species are native to the region and the animals roam in "open" enclosures that simulate their natural environments. If you're looking for an up-close encounter with mountain lions, diamondback rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, there's no better place. And if you aren't fond of the fauna, it's still worth the visit for the education on desert plant life—for example, jumping cholla cacti don't actually jump. For another dose of Tucson culture, backtrack to the city's downtown for lunch at El Charro Café, where legend has it the nation's first chimichanga was served. The restaurant, in its current location since 1968, dates back to 1922, and the founding family still owns and runs it. Go easy on the cerveza and tequila: You'll need all your wits for your afternoon round at the Gallery.


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Health education specialists help individuals and communities live, work and play in healthier ways.
Kayla Duke, KINES 240 SP 13, created this video to help answer the question "What is health education & promotion?"
According to the Society for Public Health Education (2013) the Affordable Care Act brings many new employment opportunities for health education specialists, http://www.sophe.org/Sophe/PDF/ACA-Opportunities-and-Challenges-for-Health-Educators-FINAL.pdf This is an exciting time for our profession and the changing focus on prevention.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook indicates positive employment opportunities for health education specialists.
Health education and promotion is concerned with enabling the development of life-skills, self-concept, and social skills and environmental intervention through a broad range of political, legislative, fiscal and administrative means. We work to create supportive environments because they will have the greatest impact in producing lasting positive health behavior change.
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The OCZ RevoDrive X2 is the fastest single SSD product you can install in your system. It is almost inconceivable that it's also one of the easiest RAID products to install as well. Anyone looking to keep their case clutter down and still have the performance benefits of RAID will really like the X2, as will anyone with a small form factor system that is simply incapable of holding four SSDs and the cabling required to attach them to the system. Equally as impressive is the RevoDrive X2's ability to run off PCIe so you don't have to saturate the Intel ICH SATA ports, leaving your SATA ports available for large drives for long term storage or movies, music or whatever your large files consist of.
Just like the original RevoDrive, you can go into the Silicon Image BIOS and tune the array to best fit your needs; high IOPS or faster sequential transfer speeds. OCZ has shipping the card in a well-rounded state so users looking for drop-in performance will be very satisfied with the results right out of the box. Experienced users looking for a new way to tweak more performance out of their system can experiment with the options available and gain even more of a boost.
The only down side is the X2 comes with a price premium, but over time we do look for the price to go down as all computer parts do. Our 240GB RevoDrive X2 is available at Newegg now for 679.00 USD. At the time of writing four 60GB Vertex 2 drives would cost you around 536 USD at Newegg, but then you need to either use an additional controller, the Intel ICH which would easily be saturated by just three drives and then have to worry about cluttering your system up with all of the cables required to get the RAID array up and running. I think most users would opt for the X2 and leave the case clutter to someone else. This option also aids in airflow to the other components that enthusiasts will more than likely have overclocked, so the benefits are more than just what shows up on the benchmarks and specifications lists.
One area that we will have to look for over time is how the RevoDrive X2 performs after long term use. There is still not a way to run TRIM in RAID, but the SandForce controllers are very resilient to 'SSD fragmentation'.
I wouldn't hesitate to use the OCZ RevoDrive X2 in my own system and our sample X2 is going to quickly disappear from the inventory list since I am starting my SR2 build this week. With all of the SSD drives we have on hand I will be using the RevoDrive X2 for my OS.


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Leggy minxes Ronnie and Roxy turn up the day cousin Phil weds evil Stella — and decide to rejoin the family after meeting the rest of the clan.
An insider said: Ronnie and Roxy are set to cause mayhem this summer. They havent been cast yet but weve got big plans for them over the coming months.
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The Education Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's education faculty.
Submissions from 2014
Choosing to be Involved, Alan Burkard
Supervisors' Experiences of Providing Difficult Feedback in Cross-Ethnic/Racial Supervision, Alan Burkard, Sarah Knox, Robyn D. Clarke, David Lyle Phelps, and Arpana G. Inman
Dissertation Experiences of Doctoral Graduates from Professional Psychology Programs, Alan Burkard, Sarah Knox, Shauna Elizabeth Fuller, Clara E. Hill, and Lewis Z. Schlosser
The Intersection of Identity, Beliefs, and Politics in Conceptualizing 'Teacher Identity', Sharon Chubbuck
Liberation-focused Community Outreach: A Qualitative Exploration of Peer Group Supervision during Disaster Response, Rachael D. Goodman, Angela M. Calderon, and Kevin A. Tate
Home-Based Parent-Child Therapy in Low-Income African American, Caucasian, and Latino Families: A Comparative Examination of Treatment Outcomes, Brittany L. Gresl, Robert Fox, and Alicia Fleischmann
Exploring the Dreams of Hospice Workers, Shirley A. Hess, Sarah Knox, Clara E. Hill, Tara Byers, and Patricia Spangler
Can Boundary Crossings in Clinical Supervision be Beneficial?, JoEllen M. Kozlowski, Nathan Pruitt, Theresa A. DeWalt, and Sarah Knox
How Do Private Sector Schools Serve the Public Good by Fostering Inclusive Service Delivery Models?, Martin Scanlan and Karen Tichy
Parenting in Mexico: Relationships Based on Love and Obedience, Pedro R. Solís-Cámara, Michael P. Fung, and Robert A. Fox
Exploring the Relationship between K-8 Prospective Teachers' Algebraic Thinking Proficiency and the Questions They Pose during Diagnostic Algebraic Thinking Interviews, Leigh A. Van den Kieboom, Marta T. Magiera, and John C. Moyer
Building Bridges: Using the Office Consultation Project to Connect Students to Theory and Practice, Korine Steinke Wawrzynski and Jody Jessup-Anger
Submissions from 2013
Assessing and Treating Latinos: Overview of Mental Health Research, Lisa Edwards, Shannon Corkery, and Andrea J. Romero
Promoting Hope Among Youth: Theory, Research, and Practice, Lisa Edwards and Jessica B. McClintock
A Long-Term Leisure Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disability in Residential Care Settings: Research to Practice, Robert Fox, Michael P. Fung, and Amie M. Burke
Higher Education Working Together to Help Catholic Schools: The Greater Milwaukee Catholic Education Consortium, Bill Henk and Jennifer S Maney
Measuring the Reader Self-Perceptions of Adolescents: Introducing the RSPS2, Bill Henk, Barbara A. Marinak, and Steven A. Melnick
Aspiring to Become a Therapist: Personal Strengths and Challenges, Influences, Motivations, and Expectations of Future Psychotherapists, Clara E. Hill, Andrea Lystrup, Katherine Kline, Nioud M. Gebru, Jennifer Birchler, Geoffrey Palmer, Jennifer Robinson, Miji Um, Shauna Griffin, Elisabeth Lipsky, Sarah Knox, and Kristen Pinto-Coelho
Students' Peer Interactions Within a Cohort and in Host Countries During a Short-Term Study Abroad, Jody Jessup-Anger and Aileen Aragones
The Price of Human Capital: The Illusion of Equal Educational Opportunity, Harvey Kantor and Robert Lowe
Training and Supervision in Psychotherapy, Sarah Knox
International Advisees' Perspectives on the Advising Relationship in Counseling Psychology Doctoral Programs, Sarah Knox, Justin T. Sokol, Arpana G. Inman, Lewis Z. Schlosser, Johanna Nilsson, and Yu-Wei Wang
Editorial [in Counseling Psychology Quarterly], Sarah Knox and Ladislav Timulak
Educationalizing the Welfare State and Privatizing Education: The Evolution of Social Policy Since the New Deal, Robert Lowe
Public Understanding of Local Lead Contamination, Jill McNew-Birren
Beyond Theoretical Orientations: The Emergence of a Unified Scientific Framework in Professional Psychology, Timothy Melchert
Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas: Resilience Research and Theory, Andrea J. Romero, Lisa M. Edwards, Sheri Bauman, and Marissa K. Ritter
Conceptualizing Group Dynamics From Our Clients' Perspective: Development of the Conceptualization of Group Dynamics Inventory, Kevin A. Tate PhD, Edil Torres Rivera, William L. Conwill, M. David Miller, and Ana Puig
Finding Purpose in Pain: Using Logotherapy as a Method for Addressing Survivor Guilt in First-Generation College Students, Kevin A. Tate PhD, Cyrus William III, and Dia Harden
Examining the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Involved in Pre-service Teachers' Reflections, Leigh A. Van den Kieboom
Submissions from 2012
Implementation Challenges and Training Needs for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs in Wisconsin High Schools, Alan Burkard, Mark Gillen, Michael J. Martinez, and Sarah L. Skytte
Subsidizing Religious Participation through Groups: A Model of the "Megachurch" Strategy for Growth, Joseph Daniels
Toward the Prevention of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Latina Youth, Lisa Edwards and Lucia J. Stubbs
Behavior Problems in Young Children from Low-Income Families: The Development of a New Screening Tool, Robert Fox
Varying Treatment Intensity in a Home-Based Parent and Child Therapy Program for Families Living in Poverty: A Randomized Clinic Trial, Robert Fox and Jennifer Carrasco
Evaluation of a University-Community Partnership to Provide Home-Based, Mental Health Services for Children from Families Living in Poverty, Robert Fox, Ryan Mattek, and Brittany L. Gresl
Examining How Residential College Environments Inspire the Life of the Mind, Jody Jessup-Anger
Examining How Residential Colleges Inspire the Life of the Mind, Jody Jessup-Anger
Social Justice Begins at Home: The Challenges and Successes of a Social Justice Living-Learning Community, Jody Jessup-Anger, Renee Piquette Dowdy, and Mary Janz
Exploring Living-Learning Communities as a Venue for Men's Identity Construction., Jody Jessup-Anger, Brianne N. Johnson, and Matthew R. Wawrzynski
Corrective Relational Experiences: Client Perspectives, Sarah Knox, Shirley A. Hess, Clara E. Hill, Alan Burkard, and Rachel E. Crook-Lyon
Corrective Relational Experiences in Psychotherapy, Sarah Knox, Shirley Hess, Clara E. Hill, Alan Burkard, and Rachel E. Crook-Lyon
Corrective Relational Experiences in Supervision, Nicholas Ladany, Arpana G. Inman, Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, Rachel E. Crook-Lyon, Barbara J. Thompson, Alan Burkard, Shirley Hess, Elizabeth Nutt Williams, and Margaret Urban Walker
Inadvertent Exemplars: Life History Portraits of Two Socially Just Principals, Martin Scanlan
The Role of an Epistemology of Inclusivity on the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Case Study, Martin Scanlan
¡Vamos! How School Leaders Promote Equity and Excellence for Bilingual Students, Martin Scanlan and Francesca A. Lopez
Voices of Early Career Counseling Psychologists in Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology, Nathan Grant Smith, Briana K. Keller, Debra Mollen, Meredith L. Bledsoe, Larisa Buhin, Lisa Edwards, Jacob J. Levy, Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, and Oksana Yakushko
Social Justice and Career Development, Kevin A. Tate and Lee Covington Rush
Growing Immigration and Multiculturalism in Europe: Teachers' Emotions and the Prospects of Social Justice Education, Michalinos Zembylas and Sharon Chubbuck
Submissions from 2011
Data Collection, Alan Burkard, Sarah Knox, and Clara E. Hill
Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Nonviolence in Urban School Contexts, Sharon Chubbuck and Michalinos Zembylas
Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Consensual Qualitative Research Studies, Clara E. Hill, Sarah Knox, and Shirley Hess
Enhancing Undergraduate Education: Examining Faculty Experiences During Their First Year in a Residential College and Exploring the Implications for Student Affairs Professionals, Jody Jessup-Anger, Matthew R. Wawrzynski, and Christina W. Yao
The Price of Human Capital: Educational Reform and the Illusion of Equal Opportunity, Harvey Kantor and Robert Lowe
Clients' Perspectives on Therapy Termination, Sarah Knox, Noah Adrians, Eric Everson, Shirley Hess, Clara E. Hill, and Rachel E. Crook-Lyon
Ethical Considerations in Consensual Qualitative Research, Sarah Knox, Alan Burkard, and Clara E. Hill
Positive and problematic dissertation experiences: The faculty perspective, Sarah Knox, Alan Burkard, Julie K. Janecek, Nathan Pruitt, Shauna Elizabeth Fuller, and Clara E. Hill
Supervisor Self-disclosure: Supervisees' Experiences and Perspectives, Sarah Knox, Lisa Edwards, Shirley A. Hess, and Clara E. Hill
Writing the Manuscript, Sarah Knox, Lewis Z. Schlosser, and Clara E. Hill
Selecting ELL Textbooks: A Content Analysis of Language-Teaching Models, Jeffrey LaBelle
Selecting Middle School ELL Textbooks: Issues of Ethnicity and Learning Strategies, Jeffrey LaBelle and Victoria Shaw
The Relationship Among Measures of Written Expression Using Curriculum-Based Measurement and the Arizona Instrument to Measure Skills (AIMS) at the Middle School Level, Francesca Lopez and Sandra S. Thompson
Diane Ravitch Revised?, Robert Lowe
Foundations of Professional Psychology: The End of Theoretical Orientations and the Emergence of the Biopsychosocial Approach, Timothy Melchert
Examining the Content of Mental Health Intake Assessments From a Biopsychosocial Perspective, Lari Meyer and Timothy Melchert
Organizational Learning in Schools Pursuing Social Justice: Fostering Educational Entrepreneurship and Boundary Spanning, Martin Scanlan
Review of Organizing Schools for Improvement, Martin Scanlan
Content Analysis of Acculturation Research in Counseling and Counseling Psychology: A 22-Year Review, Eunju Yoon, Kimberly Langrehr, and Lee Za Ong
Submissions from 2010
Peer Review of Program Assessment Efforts: One Strategy: Multiple Gains, Margaret Bloom
Forgiveness Education: Urban Youth's Perceptions and Collective Narratives, Sharon Chubbuck
Imperatives for Social Justice in Teacher Education: Realization in Theory and Practice, Sharon Chubbuck
Individual and Structural Orientations in Socially Just Teaching: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Collaborative Effort, Sharon Chubbuck
EMG Analysis of Concurrent Activation Potentiation, William Ebben, Erich Petushek, McKenzie Fauth, and Luke Garceau
Female Traditional Principals and Co-Principals: Experiences of Role Conflict and Job Satisfaction, Ellen Eckman and Sheryl Talcott Kelber
The Use of Dreams in Modern Psychotherapy, Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox
Clara E. Hill: A Rebel with Several Causes, Sarah Knox
Selecting ELL Textbooks: A Content Analysis of Ethnicity Depicted in Illustrations and Writing, Jeffrey LaBelle
Selecting ELL Textbooks: A Content Analysis of L2 Learning Strategies, Jeffrey LaBelle
Home-Based Therapy for Young Children in Low-Income Families: A Student Training Program, Ryan Mattek, Elizabeth T. Jorgenson, and Robert Fox
Influences on Women Counseling Psychology Associate Professors' Decisions Regarding Pursuit of Full Professorship, Nathan Pruitt, Adanna Jinaki Johnson, Lynn A. Catlin, and Sarah Knox
Slogging and Stumbling Toward Social Justice in a Private Elementary School: The Complicated Case of St. Malachy, Martin Scanlan
Improving Bilingual Service Delivery in Catholic Schools through Two-Way Immersion, Martin Scanlan and Gareth Zehrbach
From Expectations to Experiences: Using a Structural Typology to Understand First-Year Student Outcomes in Academically Based Living-Learning Communities, Matthew R. Wawrzynski and Jody Jessup-Anger
Submissions from 2009
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Supervisees' Experiences of LGB-Affirmative and Nonaffirmative Supervision, Alan Burkard, Sarah Knox, Shirley A. Hess, and Jill Schultz
Closing the Achievement Gap: A Social Justice Imperative for School Counseling, Alan Burkard, Michael J. Martinez, and Casey A. Holtz
Validity and Reliability of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Working Alliance Self-Efficacy Scales, Alan Burkard, Nathan Pruitt, Barbara R. Medler, and Ann M. Stark-Booth
The Co-principalship: an Alternative to the Traditional Principalship, Ellen Eckman and Sheryl Talcott Kelber
Treatment Outcomes for Toddlers with Behaviour Problems from Families in Poverty, Robert Fox and Casey A. Holtz
A Community-Based Accommodation Program for Adults with Autism and Mental Retardation, Robert Fox, Casey A. Holtz, and Amie M. Moist
Processing the Therapeutic Relationship, Clara E. Hill and Sarah Knox
Behavior Problems in Toddlers With and Without Developmental Delays: Comparison of Treatment Outcomes, Casey A. Holtz, Jennifer M. Carrasco, Ryan Mattek, and Robert Fox
Toddlers with Developmental Delays and Challenging Behaviors, Kathryn M. Keller and Robert Fox
Qualitative Research Interviews, Sarah Knox and Alan Burkard
Clients' Experiences Giving Gifts to Therapists, Sarah Knox, Robert Dubois, Jacquelyn Smith, Shirley A. Hess, and Clara E. Hill
Developmental Considerations and Acculturation of Children: Measures and Issues, Francesca Lopez
A Brief Version of the Family Background Questionnaire, Timothy Melchert and Augustine Kalemeera
Leadership dynamics promoting systemic reform for inclusive service delivery, Martin Scanlan
Moral, Legal, and Functional Dimensions of Inclusive Service Delivery in Catholic Schools, Martin Scanlan
Reducing Educational Barriers in Catholic Schools for Latino Students, Martin Scanlan


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Back to One Day cricket today with another good round, there was one or two surprising results including an epic 10th wicket partnership in a division one game. Academy players will be available after next weeks matches too.
Division 1 Results:
Back to One Day cricket today with another good round, there was one or two surprising results including an epic 10th wicket partnership in a division one game. Academy players will be available after next weeks matches too.
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Division 2 Results:
Beau Casson????? wtf???
at this rate I could get relegated from one day div 1. wouldn't that be funny, hey Simon?
yours in cricket
Stephen Pearson
On another note, Beau Casson WOW!!!!!
Gun chase that. None to happy with the bowlers though.
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Mushtaq having a terrible time. Would've chased it successfully if he had conceded 30 less runs...
President of SKAS - Kat is King | Proud member of CVAAS - One of the best | LRPLTAS - Rosco rocks!
The NZTailender Supporting XI:
H Rutherford, T Latham, N Broom, M Bracewell, D Brownlie, BJ Watling, D de Boorder+, M Henry, B Wheeler, H Bennett, A Milne
Go Tigers!
R.I.P. Fardin & Craig
That's right Kyle!!! The rivalry has started.
Great game though. Bailey was really important to our match.
Member of the AAAS
Member of CW Green | Stedingham Jets Grade Cricket Team | Northside Power
Manager of South Australia (WCC)
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Which Country Has Won More Winter Olympic Medals?
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2014 is Winter Olympic year and Sochi, Russia has earned the right to host winter sports biggest showpiece. Which country is the most successful at snow and ice sports and accumulated the most medals? We take a brief look into these questions which throws up a few surprises.
The Winter Olympics have been part of the sporting calendar since 1924 when Chamonix, France hosted the event, every 4 years since then (excluding 1940-1944 due to war) the event has taken place across the globe with countries striving for medals in a number of disciplines.
The medal count is a hotly debated topic; the Nordic countries in Europe have a rich history in medal grabbing, along with proverbial powerhouse's Germany and Russia. Elsewhere around the globe South Korea and Japan in Asia have collected more than their fair share of gold, silver and bronze, of course North America with the USA and Canada increasingly becoming the countries to beat.
Countries that haul away a decent amount of metal although they don't get a lot of snow are few and far between, Great Britain features highly, although do not win a lot of medals they have competed at every winter Olympic games. Interesting fact that confirms the lack of snow hinders performance is that Great Britain has won 780 medals (236 Gold) at the summer Olympics versus 22 medals (9 gold) competing at winter Olympics.
There have only been 12 nations that have competed in all Winter Olympic games since 1924, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, so you would look to a few of those countries to be the highest medal winners in the history of the games.
Our sneaky feeling at the start was from a Nordic nation and indeed Norway have collected more winter Olympic medals than any other nation on the globe, they currently have 303 total medals which comprise of an astonishing 107 gold's from 21 winter Olympic games. The USA currently is in 2nd place with 253 medals with 87 gold, in 3rd place are Austria with 201 total medals including 55 gold.
Notable medal winners are as follows…
1. Norway 303 107 gold's
2. USA 253 87 gold's
3. Austria 201 55 gold's
4. Soviet Union 194 78 gold's
5. Germany 190 70 gold's
7. Canada 125 52 gold's
13. Russia 91 36 gold's
21. Great Britain 22 9 gold's
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A hapax legomenon (/ˈhæpəks lɨˈɡɒmɨnɒn/ also /ˈhæpæks/ or /ˈheɪpæks/;[1][2] pl. hapax legomena; sometimes abbreviated to hapax, pl. hapaxes) is a word that occurs only once within a context, either in the written record of an entire language, in the works of an author, or in a single text. The term is sometimes incorrectly used to describe a word that occurs in just one of an author's works, even though it occurs more than once in that work. Hapax legomenon is a transliteration of Greek ἅπαξ λεγόμενον, meaning "(something) said (only) once".[3]
The related terms dis legomenon, tris legomenon, and tetrakis legomenon respectively (/ˈdɪs/, /ˈtrɪs/, /ˈtɛtrəkɨs/) refer to double, triple, or quadruple occurrences, but are far less commonly used.
Hapax legomena are quite common, as predicted by Zipf's law,[4] which states that the frequency of any word in a work (corpus) is inversely related to its rank in the frequency table. For large corpora, about 40% to 60% of the words (counting by type) are hapax legomena, and another 10% to 15% are dis legomena.[5] Thus, in the Brown Corpus of American English, about half of the 50,000 words are hapax legomena within that corpus.[6]
Note that hapax legomenon refers to a word's appearance in a body of text and to neither its origin nor its prevalence in speech. It thus differs from a nonce word, which may never be recorded, or which may find currency and may be widely recorded, or which may appear several times in the work which coins it, and so on.
Hapax legomena in ancient texts are usually difficult to decipher, since it is easier to infer meaning from multiple contexts than from just one. For example, many of the remaining undeciphered Mayan glyphs are hapax legomena, and Biblical (particularly Hebrew) hapax legomena pose sometimes difficult issues in translation. Hapax legomena also pose challenges in natural language processing.[7]
Some scholars consider Hapax legomena useful in determining the authorship of written works. For example, each of Shakespeare's plays contains a roughly similar percentage of hapax legomena not found elsewhere in his work.
P.N. Harrison, in The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles (1921)[8] made hapax legomena popular among Bible scholars, when he argued that there are considerably more of them in the three Pastoral Epistles than in other Pauline Epistles. He argued that the number of hapax legomena in a putative author's corpus indicates his or her vocabulary and is characteristic of the author as an individual.
Harrison's theory has faded in significance due to a number of problems raised by other scholars. For example, in 1896, W.P. Workman found the following numbers of hapax legomena in each Pauline Epistle: Rom. 113, I Cor. 110, II Cor. 99, Gal. 34, Eph. 43 Phil. 41, Col. 38, I Thess. 23, II Thess. 11, Philem. 5, I Tim. 82, II Tim. 53, Titus 33. At first glance, the last three totals (for the Pastoral Epistles) are not out of line with the others.[9] To take account of the varying length of the epistles, Workman also calculated the average number of hapax legomena per page of the Greek text, which ranged from 3.6 to 13, as summarized in the diagram on the right.[9] Although the Pastoral Epistles have more hapax legomena per page, Workman found the differences to be moderate in comparison to the variation among other Epistles. This was reinforced when Workman looked at several plays by Shakespeare, which showed similar variations (from 3.4 to 10.4 per page of Irving's one-volume edition), as summarized in the second diagram on the right.[9]
Apart from author identity, there are several other factors that can explain the number of hapax legomena in a work:
In the particular case of the Pastoral Epistles, all of these variables are quite different from those in the rest of the Pauline corpus, and hapax legomena are no longer widely accepted as strong indicators of authorship (although the authorship of the Pastorals is subject to debate on other grounds).[11]
There are also subjective questions over whether two forms amount to "the same word": dog vs dogs, clue vs clueless, sign vs signature; many other gray cases also arise. The Jewish Encyclopedia points out that, although there are 1,500 hapaxes in the Hebrew Bible, only about 400 are not obviously related to other attested word forms.[12]
It would not be especially difficult for a forger to construct a work with any percentage of hapax legomena desired. However, it seems unlikely that forgers much before the 20th century would have conceived such a ploy, much less thought it worth the effort.
A final difficulty with the use of hapax legomena for authorship determination is that there is considerable variation among works known to be by a single author, and disparate authors often show similar values. In other words, hapax legomena are not a reliable indicator. Authorship studies now usually use a wide range of measures to look for patterns rather than rely upon single measurements.
In the fields of computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP), esp. corpus linguistics and machine-learned NLP, it is common to disregard hapax legomena (and sometimes other infrequent words), as they are likely to have little value for computational techniques. This disregard has the added benefit of significantly reducing the memory use of an application, since, by Zipf's law, many words are hapaxes.[13]
The following are some examples of hapax legomena in languages or corpora.
There are about 1,500 Hapax legomena in the Old Testament; however, due to Hebrew roots, suffixes and prefixes, only 400 are "true" hapax legomena. A full list can be seen at the Jewish Encyclopedia entry for "Hapax Legomena."[19]
Some examples include:
The strength of word building in the structure of the Irish language makes it relatively easy to create words ad hoc. A common wordplay game, played at poetry festivals such as the Galway Arts Festival, is to give short orations or recite short poems using as many hapax legomena as possible.
The 1983 Shriekback album Care includes a track titled "Hapax Legomena" on the UK version.
The avant-garde filmmaker Hollis Frampton made a series of seven films from 1971 to 1972 titled Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia to Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects.[22]
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multispectral sensors). Recent efforts undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) IceBridge project (Kurtz et al., 2012) and the Sea Ice Outlook,3 for example, have demonstrated the ability to deliver observations of sea ice thickness and snow depth within a period of weeks from airborne platforms. This achievement was the result of a coordinated effort backed by dedicated resources (i.e., measurement platform, instruments, personnel, and funding resources).
However, near-real-time access remains problematic for many other types of data, such as ocean temperatures, salinities, and ice draft collected from seafloor moorings. Moreover, ocean currents, the distribution of warm and cold waters, and ocean mixing are controlled, guided, or restricted by seafloor characteristics. About 89 percent of the Arctic Ocean still needs to be surveyed to determine where interpolation or extrapolation may result in unrealistic bathymetric features (e.g., false seamounts) or where important structures (e.g., canyons) have been missed (Jakobsson et al., 2012). In general, prioritizing data acquisition with sufficient temporal and spatial coverage and timely accessibility to observations is critical if they are to play an effective role in seasonal, operational sea ice prediction.
Coupled climate models calculate their own atmospheric and oceanic variables from the basic laws of physics, providing the thermodynamic and dynamic drivers of sea ice evolution. Considering the number of variables and interactions that affect the ice cover, it is a tremendous achievement that the models simulate the observed ice behavior as well as they do. Any errors in the variables, processes, or feedbacks involved in these calculations, however, will be propagated and integrated by the ice over time and result in an unrealistic representation. A key challenge is simulating realistic atmospheric and oceanic conditions, which in turn depend on assumptions about future trends in carbon dioxide emissions, aerosol loading, changing surface characteristics, etc. Related to this challenge is the difficulty in determining which processes in a particular model are responsible for unrealistic aspects of sea ice simulations, especially systematic biases such as those responsible for the large model spread in Figure 1.3.
Key Challenge: Projecting Realistic Forcings and Feedbacks for Decadal Sea Ice Predictions
A key challenge in coupled climate models is the capability to realistically simulate atmospheric and oceanic conditions of relevance to sea ice variability, including the identification of model processes that contribute to unrealistic forcings and feedbacks.
Phenomena such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Arctic Oscillation (AO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the Arctic Dipole are known to affect the ice cover through their influence on ice transport, storm tracks, and heat transport (e.g., Rigor et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2009; Ogi et al., 2010). What drives these


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TIPS Launches Responsible Alcohol Service Training Program Tailored for Stadiums, Arenas, Fairs, and Festivals
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Health Communications, Inc. (HCI) today unveiled TIPS for Concessions 3.0, an alcohol server training and certification program tailored specifically for stadiums, arenas, theaters, concert halls, fairs, amusement parks, festivals, and other concession-type venues.
TIPS for Concessions, Version 3.0, introduces improved ways of addressing alcohol-related service concerns to concessions personnel. In addition to preventing the illegal sale of alcohol, concession employees learn how to handle individuals who have had too much and keep them from harming themselves, the property, and others. Taught by certified TIPS Trainers, TIPS for Concessions 3.0 challenges employees to evaluate and re-evaluate the way they manage their customers.
"Promoting responsible consumption in stadium or other concession environments comes with its own set of challenges and, therefore, requires a specifically designed program to address those unique challenges," remarked Adam Chafetz, President and CEO of HCI (the providers of the TIPS program). "A TIPS-trained venue decreases the likelihood of alcohol-related incidents and, in turn, provides a better fan experience." The new version of TIPS for Concessions includes all new video scenes, improved graphics, and changes to print materials designed to enhance readability and access to specific program information. Employees and volunteers who attend the two-and-a-half-hour classroom session are able to spot underage drinkers and prevent sales to minors, recognize signs of intoxication, effectively intervene to prevent problem situations, and handle refusal situations with greater confidence.
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