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When Henry VIII sent his agents to Venice to engage for his court the best wind and viol players Europe had to offer, the stage was set for English music to be transformed. Madrigal, fantasia, pavan, galliard - the music at Queen Elizabeth's court took Italian music to its heart, and blended it with the inherited glories of earlier English music, to produce one of the richest and most evocative repertoires in musical history. Our course will reflect both elements - the Tudor heritage of choral music, and that most English form of the verse-anthem, for example, alongside instrumental music influenced by the Bassano and Lupo dynasties, introduced to the English court by Elizabeth's father.
Each day of the course will be divided between sectional rehearsals and ensembles, both large and small, directed by our specialist tutors. The after-dinner sessions might include informal performances of works covered in the day, as well as exploring early dance and working on large-scale pieces in which all the course members will take part.
The tutors will offer coaching and workshops on all aspects of renaissance ensemble performance. Music will be provided, but you are also invited to bring your own sets of parts and scores if you wish. Please indicate on the application form if there are particular pieces you wish to study.
Our tutors are exceptionally enthusiastic and inspiring. 'The great Philip Thorby' (Early Music Review), a powerhouse of energy and inspiration, will coach the choir and large ensembles. Philip is Director of Musica Antiqua of London and a superb performer on both viol and recorder; he is also an unrivalled singing tutor and director.
David Hatcher studied viola da gamba with Charles Medlam and recorder with Philip Thorby. He has performed and recorded prolifically, and also teaches early dance. David will work with viol players and mixed ensembles.
Emma Murphy is our recorder expert, and will also work with mixed ensembles. Emma, herself a CEM 'graduate', works with the Gabrieli Consort, King's Consort and Ex Cathedra as well as many chamber groups, in particular the trio Da Camera.
Frances Eustace is a distinguished performer and musicologist (as well as being a marathon runner). Her instruments include bassoons, curtals, shawms, recorders, crumhorns, viols, rebecs and violin, viola, bagpipes, and pipe and tabor.
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We welcome applications from competent singers, and from players of renaissance instruments at A=440 including viols, lutes, recorders, renaissance flutes, reeds, cornetts and sackbuts.
Recorder players should be familiar with all sizes (descant to bass), unless offering another instrument or voice as well; renaissance recorders are strongly preferred.
Viol players are encouraged to bring renaissance as well as baroque instruments; please let us know which sizes you can bring. It might be possible to borrow renaissance viols during the course.
All applicants should have a good standard of sight-reading and be able to hold a line confidently on their own. Singers may be encouraged to take solo parts as well as singing in ensembles. Those applying as instrumentalists will also have opportunities to sing if they wish. If you are at all unsure about your standard, please email or phone +44 (0) 1223 847330 to discuss. Non-singing/playing observers are welcome if we have space.
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Members include students who are interested in various professional positions in the electronic media. Members work closely with the state Oklahoma Broadcasting Education Association (OBEA) organization, which includes both comprehensive state universities and all regional institutions. The RSU Student Broadcasting Association is affiliated with the OBEA and is specially focused in preparing the next generation of broadcast professionals. The Hillcat HypeThe Hillcat Hype is a video series informing RSU students about current and upcoming events taking place on campus. The videos are produced by the SBA. We hope this series will help raise awareness of events on campus and increase student involvement. Bi-weekly Meetings Contact Information |


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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals her biggest fashion regrets, including not wearing a bra to the Oscars.
Going without a bra means running the risk of committing a fashion faux pas.
Gwyneth Paltrow confessed her biggest fashion regrets on her website Goop on Friday. The 40-year-old Academy Award winner wasn't so kind to her past fashion choices.
Specifically, Paltrow pointed out her gothic-inspired Alexander McQueen gown that she wore to the 2002 Oscars."I still love the dress but I should have worn a bra," she said. "Also I should have just had simple be achy hair and less makeup."
Paltrow also noted that she wore a silver Calvin Klein dress at the 2000 Oscars "because I wanted to disappear that year."
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Crowley inmates settle riot lawsuit for $600,000
On the eve of a 25-week trial that promised to focus on claims of poor training and worse management, the nation's largest private prison company has reached a settlement with nearly 200 former inmates over a 2004 riot at the Crowley County Correctional Facility in southeastern Colorado. The uprising, which plaintiffs' attorney Bill Trine says was telegraphed in advance and could have been prevented, left many noncombatants terrorized first by the rioters and then by corrections staff retaking the prison. Bill Trine.
Trine announced this morning the $600,000 settlement his 193 clients have reached with Corrections Corporation of America, which operates more than sixty private lockups in sixteen states, including four in Colorado. Depending on their injuries, individual plaintiffs could receive anywhere from $1,200 to $17,000. That's "pennies on the dollar" for a billion-dollar company like CCA, plaintiff Vance Adams noted. Yet the settlement is an unusual one in that CCA was unable to keep it secret; while the company has been sued frequently, it rarely settles a case without insisting on a confidentiality agreement as a condition for payment.
After eight years of litigation involving hundreds of depositions and motions and hundreds of thousands of pages of documents, Trine wasted no time calling a press conference to detail the settlement and denounce what he calls "the evils inherent in the private prison system" -- many of which were on display in abundance before, during and immediately after the Crowley riot. Post-riot, 2004.
As extensively reported in our previous coverage, Crowley was an incendiary device in search of a match in the summer of 2004 -- a poorly supervised operation with skimpy meals, well-documented security flaws and rising tension among Colorado prisoners and new arrivals shipped in from Washington state. During the discovery process, Trine learned that many officers and inmates had expressed concerns about the deteriorating situation, including a frantic staff meeting held on July 20, just hours before the place went off, during which several COs questioned the wisdom or letting all the prisoners on the yard at once when so many were threatening a disturbance that very night.
Despite the numerous warnings, only a skeleton crew was on hand that evening as a disgruntled core of Washington inmates began helping themselves to weight equipment, smashing things and going after reputed snitches. Staff quickly abandoned the place, leaving some of their colleagues behind. "They didn't have enough trained staff to deal with a disturbance, let alone a riot," Trine says.
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Protein phosphatase type 1 (PP1) is encoded by GLC7, an essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The GLC7 phosphatase is required for glucose repression and appears to function antagonistically to the SNF1 protein kinase. Previously, we characterized a mutation, glc7-T152K, that relieves glucose repression but does not interfere with the function of GLC7 in glycogen metabolism. We proposed that the mutant GLC7T152K phosphatase is defective in its interaction with a regulatory subunit that directs participation of PP1 in the glucose repression mechanism. Here, we present evidence that REG1, a protein required for glucose repression, is one such regulatory subunit. We show that REG1 is physically associated with GLC7. REG1 interacts with GLC7 strongly and specifically in the two-hybrid system, and REG1 and GLC7 fusion proteins co-immunoprecipitate from cell extracts. Moreover, overexpression of a REG1 fusion protein suppresses the glc7-T152K mutant defect in glucose repression. This and other genetic evidence indicate that the two proteins function together in regulating glucose repression. These results suggest that REG1 is a regulatory subunit of PP1 that targets its activity to proteins in the glucose repression regulatory pathway.
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When you're bored, sometimes all you need is a good phone app to keep you occupied, and SoundBow is one such app. SoundBow is an android app that will essentially transform your mobile into a musical instrument. All you need are your fingers and a dash of creativity, and you'll be on your way to making a song that sounds like it's being played on a stringed instrument.
The SoundBow app, available for free download on Google Play, was developed by Agoston Nagy. To create a sound or song, you just have to use your fingers to draw curves on the screen. Each curve is translated into a sound corresponding to a "string", so different curves and their arrangement on the screen will produce a different melody. As the app's website says, "Each time your ever-looping gesture hits a string, a sound is produced."


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The sectional is finally in and now I need to replace the cocktail table. This table was one of the first pieces of furniture my husband and I purchased back in the 80's. It has seen better days and I am thinking about have it refinished, but it certainly doesn't work in this room with the sectional.
What would you suggest? I like the big rectangular fabric ottomans, but not crazy about having to use trays for food, drinks, etc. I like the idea of a round table, but it cannot jut out beyond the one-arm, arm chair of the sectional. Your thoughts? |
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A large round table would look nice. Bigger than the one you have now. |
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Round or oval, much heavier in appearance, and taller. |
Yes, definitely! Do you think I can find a round table without it jutting past the smaller end of the sectional, which is the left side if looking at the pic. Thanks! |
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Why can't it jut out a bit? I don't understand the limitation. |
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So i'm a newbie here, but I can use (and own) basic tools, including a mitre saw. However, I don't own a kreg jig. What projects could I try as 'starter' projects that don't require a kreg jig and won't fall apart if I don't use one? i'm thinking about trying the $10 shelves, but also interested in some sort of outdoor table, since thats something I NEED anyway.
Projects WITHOUT kreg jig - NEWBIE
All of these projects could be built with traditional joinery, or even dowel tenons. Traditional joinery is more involved, and you'll need to pick up some hand tools you might not have, but it's all doable.
That said, a kreg jig is really nice. There are kits in varying sizes, so they don't have to cost much.
just run screws or glue it and nail it. the kreg jig helps more with the cosmetic appearance more than anything else. if you were really motivated, you could learn how to cut dovetails by hand and then just dovetail all your joints and just glue them together. it only took me a few weeks of practice to get it down but you'd have to invest in a decent set of chisels, learn how to saw straight, get a marking knife and above all: learn how to sharpen! very gratifying though when you finally get it down...
Thanks for this thread! I also do not have a Kreg jig, but do want to try some projects before I make more investments into tools that I may not use often.
Tables are a really great place to start working on projects without a kreg jig. Screwing cleats can attach the top to the frame, and the frame is easily attached to the legs with dowel tenons.
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Toronto named 8th 'Best City' in the world; Vancouver doesn't place
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Your city failed to garner a Top 10 rating in the latest "Best City" listing from Anholt-GfK, while your arch-nemesis Toronto stole No. 8, ratcheting up from its ranking of 13th in 2012.
Toronto was the only Canadian city to place in the Top 10, coming ahead of Vienna and Melbourne but falling to a host of international powerhouses, including L.A., Washington D.C., Rome, New York, Paris, Sydney, and London, which finished first overall.
The Anholt-GfK Brand Index measures cities according to the power and appeal of their brand image, according to six different "dimensions": Presence, Place, Pre-requisites, People, Pulse, and Potential.
"As for Toronto's No. 8 spot, Canadians should feel a mix of pride and resentment," wrote Trevor Melanson of Canadian Business.
"The ranking is the result of interviews with 5,144 people from 10 countries, but Canada wasn't included (while Australia, a notably smaller nation, was). On the other hand, this means Toronto was visible enough to soar into the top 10 without Canadians weighing in."
Toronto was voted the second-friendliest city in the world (behind only Sydney), the fourth-safest, and the fifth-best for culture. The city also recently became the third-largest in North America, according to Statistics Canada's controversial measurements, overtaking Chicago's broad shoulders.
The Anholt-GfK rankings are one in a long and increasing line of similar lists, with the most famous being The Economist's "World's Most Livable Cities" index, which Vancouver recently finished third in.
So, take that, Toronto.
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The X.org developers are working on moving a less prominent component from userspace to kernel space: mode setting controls.
In contrast to the trend of migrating functions from kernel to userspace, some X.org developers are working on moving mode setting controls into the kernel. This approach will lead to improved, flicker-free boot behavior among other things. The mode settings code is responsible for changing to and returning from suspend state and for the change to and from the graphical interface on the virtual terminal. These changes will benefit most from migrating the code. The ugly switch between different resolution modes will disappear, avoiding driver-specific freezes at the same time.
The drawback with the new mode settings is that they are currently only available for Intel's GMA 915 graphics chipset – the manufacturer took an active role in development. However, work is in progress on kernel space drivers for ATI Radeon chips.
More drivers may be added before the new feature makes the kernel. The developers have not yet introduced the mode settings code to the mainline kernel, and do not anticipate doing so before the end of the Linux 2.6.26 merge window. The next kernel 2.6.27 seems a more reasonable target. Interested users can still grab a sneak preview of the new feature; the next generation of Fedora Core 9 will include the Intel kernel space driver.
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Invertebrate Invaders Share Common Characteristics
Successful invasive species may share certain characteristics, which could help scientists predict and control non-native species that are introduced to an environment.
That was the initial finding of research conducted by Alexander Y. Karatayev, director of Buffalo State's Great Lakes Center, and Lyubov E. Burlakova, a research scientist with the center, and other scientists who collaborated to develop a preliminary profile of organisms most likely to succeed as freshwater, macroinvertebrate invasive species.
Karatayev and Burlakova worked with Sergey E. Mastitsky, recently of the center; Dianna K. Padilla, professor with the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University; and Sergej Olenin, professor with the Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipeda University in Lithuania, to investigate whether freshwater, macroinvertebrate invaders were a random or selected group. The resulting paper, "Invaders are Not a Random Selection of Species," was published in 2009 in Biological Invasions.
"The study grew out of a workshop we held in Ireland," explained Karatayev. "We decided to see if we could make any generalizations about invasive species, with the hope that eventually it will be possible to predict and control potential problems."
Before meeting, each scientist researched about 20 invasive species and brought information about specific characteristics such as reproduction, life cycle, and resistance to pollutants to the workshop. In "Invaders are not a random selection of species," the team showed that successful freshwater invasive species are likely to be mollusks or crustaceans that are tolerant of at least some pollution. Additionally, Karatayev said, "They are not fussy eaters."
For example, the zebra mussel, a well-known invasive species in the Great Lakes, is a filter-feeding mollusk; essentially, it strains its food out of the water. Macroinvertebrates with such feeding habits are far more likely to be successful invaders than macroinvertebrates that are predators.
To draw their conclusions, the researchers compared 119 invasive species to all native macroinvertebrate freshwater species in North American and Europe. Of the native species, about 35 percent can live only in water that is excellent or very good quality; they do not tolerate organic pollution. However, all the successful invaders tolerate at least some organic pollution—pollution that lowers the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.
Karatayev pointed out that many invasive species cannot survive their initial contact with a new environment. On the simplest level, for example, very few saltwater organisms can survive in fresh water. Those that survive must be able to establish a viable population—a population that can perpetuate itself, meaning that the invaders must be able to eat and reproduce.
One of the strongest arguments against the notion that invasive species are random is that the research demonstrated a significant difference between the make-up of native species and the make-up of successful invasive species. In North America, only 6.5 percent of native invertebrates are crustaceans; however, 38 percent of successful invasive species are crustaceans.
"Certain processes seem to be very similar in North America and Europe," said Karatayev. "It's certainly possible that these patterns are common all around the world."


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Remember: in your whole life, once you have taken birth, only death is certain and everything else is uncertain. Uncertainty is the very core of life. Insecurity is its very spirit.
But we are always hankering for a structure.
Relationship is a structure, and love is unstructured. So love relates, certainly, but never becomes a relationship. Love is a moment-to-moment process. Remember it. Love is a state of your being, not a relationship. There are loving people and there are unloving people. Unloving people pretend to be loving through the relationship. Loving people need not have any relationship - love is enough.
Be a loving person rather than in a love relationship - because relationships happen one day and disappear another day. They are flowers; in the morning they bloom, by the evening they are gone.
You be a loving person, Mantra.
But people find it very difficult to be a loving person, so they create a relationship - and befool that way that "Now I am a loving person because I am in a relationship." And the relationship may be just one of monopoly, possessiveness, exclusiveness.
Relationship may be just out of fear, may not have anything to do with love. Relationship may be just a kind of security - financial or something else. The relationship is needed only because love is not there. Relationship is a substitute.
Become alert! Relationship destroys love, destroys the very possibility of its birth. One thing.
Second thing. You say:
"How to know when it is appropriate to end a love relationship?"
As far as I know, Mantra is still alone. As far as I know, it will be very difficult for her to move in love - that's what my feeling is about her. Whenever I have looked into her eyes, I have found a very stony heart. In fact, the relationship has not even started and she is asking how to end it. Clever mind. Wants to have everything clear. Even before it has started, you want to be certain how to end it.
Fear of going into love is such that one wants to be perfectly alert and capable so that if things are too much and one needs to get out, one knows when and how to know when it is time to get out. And Mantra has not yet entered into love and she is asking how to end it! She wants to know every possibility beforehand. She wants to go into it prepared - and nobody can go prepared into a love relationship.
Nobody can go prepared. When you are too much prepared, that very preparedness prevents. Love has to happen! When it happens it is almost from the unknown. It comes.surrounds you.drives you crazy.into unknown directions.into unknown dimensions. It takes you away. It is always a surprise. You cannot plan for it. The more you plan for it, the less is the possibility of its happening.


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The Damien Hirt Silver Turtle was created in commemoration of Damien Hirst's 'Cornucopia' exhibition at Musée Océanographique de Monaco in April 2010. This turtle goes for about $10,000, easily making it the most expensive thing in the museums gift shop.


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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Moeng, Motsoka William URN etd-05252005-112350 Document Title The impact of eco-tourism on land-use patterns: The case of Dinokeng eco-tourism pilot project in Gauteng Province Degree M Inst Agrar (Rural Development Planning) Department Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof C L Machethe Committee Chair Keywords
- environmental impact analysis Gauteng
- tourism environmental aspects Gauteng
- eco-tourism Gauteng South Africa
- land use surveys Gauteng
Date 2004-07-24 Availability unrestricted Abstract The objective of this study is to look into the changes in land-use patterns on the mostly private land properties brought about by the envisaged Dinokeng Pilot Project on State-owned land properties since it was introduced in 1995. This is a critical parameter for the success of otherwise of the implementation of the broader project on the mostly private properties earmarked for inclusion in the project surrounding the pilot site.The method employed entailed analyzing progress indicators to gauge whether adequate progress was made between 1995 and 2001 in implementing the project. Indicators used were the finalization of the project process by DACEL, large scale sales and consolidation of affected properties and applications to the Metsweding District Municipality for change of land use by the present landowners.
Several procedures were employed to determine whether there was adequate progress or not. The initial programme of Dinokeng Project Concept was studied and envisaged progress was compared with the implementation phase the project was in as at December 2001. The records of the Metsweding District Municipality were studied to find out the types and number of land use change applications by private landowners. The deeds records were also sampled to detect any large scale property sales and consolidations that can be ascribed to the envisaged project. The response of DACEL to criticism by affected landowners was also studied. A literature review of similar projects was undertaken to understand the methods employed to achieve desired results.
The study found that there is lack of adequate progress on the finalization of the precise site for the project and agreements with present landowners on the tenure issue and other administrative matters that are a prerequisite for the proclamation of the project. Proclamation is necessary to restrict the land use activities within and around the proposed project site so as to make all affected stakeholders to be committed to the implementation of the project.
The failure by the project to achieve the desired results of being in whole or partially up and running within five years of its inception is ascribed to the initial adopted strategy of depending on complementary changes in land use patterns in the privately owned land properties to consolidate the properties into a contiguous ecological area large enough to accommodate the Big Five. This shows that although the political developmental framework has changed, certain old order strategies and procedures are still as effective as ever.
It is recommended that the project area be subdivided into phases without any regard to land ownership. The core area should consist of land properties ecologically suitable and forming a large enough area to contain the proposed Big Five. The total project area should be proclaimed with provision being made for a phased implementation approach with definite timetables and concrete deliverables. This will separate the totally unwilling landowners from the others who want to be part of the project on condition that that their minimal interests and requirements are met.
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Some links for light reading (16/10/07)
- The Structured Web – A Primer
- Accessibility Is About Minimizing Requirements
- Usability Tools Podcast: Are There Users Who Always Search?
- Why Blog Post Frequency Does Not Matter Anymore
- Social Networking? Bah! They're just web sites.
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- How VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Works
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- turns 25
- Why you should be bad at something
Date: 16 October 2007
Author: Russ Weakley
Category: Links for light reading, News


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Paris Nightlife
Paris nightlife belongs to graffiti-artist-turned-club-impresario André and a close circle of friends known simply as "la clique." The founders of the perennially chic and hard-to-access Le Baron are the same people behind Le Montana, which in 2009 was arguably the hottest ticket in town. During fashion week, this boîte is packed to its vaulted ceilings with models and boldfaced actors taking turns playing DJ, and even when the collections are over, the door policy is draconian, so mere mortals shouldn't even try. Instead, consider the former lesbian cabaret Chez Moune. The Art Deco interior remains intact, and despite the club's newfound heterosexuality, the ambience is très Pigalle—you'll take to the disco/electro dance floor alongside the occasional transvestite. Another successful resurrection is Chez Régine, an institution whose heyday harks back to the 1970s. The mirrored walls remain, the decor is updated '30s cabaret, and it's slightly bigger and therefore easier to get into than Le Montana. For late-night eaters, Chez Régine has requisitioned the Reginette pizza parlor next door (although no one goes for the food). La Fidélité, however, a restaurant and bar in the unlikely tenth arrondissement, serves decent brasserie fare in an exceptional turn-of-the-century setting. It's considered a must among the see-and-be-seen set, which makes for entertaining people-watching.
Le Montana open Mondays through Saturdays 7 pm to dawn.
Chez Moune open Wednesdays through Saturdays 11 pm to dawn.
Chez Régine open Tuesdays through Saturdays 11 pm until dawn.
La Fidélité open Mondays through Saturdays 12 to 3 pm and 8 pm to midnight.
6 Rue Coquillière
France 75001
Tel: 33 1 40 13 77 00
Metro: Châtelet-Les Halles
During the day, Au Pied de Cochon looks like a tourist trap—a typical Belle Époque brasserie with a multilingual menu of standard fare. Late at night, however, it's a different story. It's one of the few 24-hour restaurants in Paris and the spacious red-leather banquettes are transformed by a new, if pleasantly rowdy, crowd: postprandial clubbers and high-haired night owls. Those with a 2 am appetite should try the soupe aux oignons with cheesy bread, or the famous baba au rhum.
Open daily 24 hours.
11 Quai François Mauriac
France 75013
Tel: 33 1 53 60 17 30
Metro: Quai de la Gare
Housed in a restored bateau-feu—a boat used to patrol waters after dark—tethered to the Left Bank of the Seine near the Bibliothèque Nationale, the Batofar is also a lighthouse for the electronica scene in Paris, with well-known international DJs regularly appearing on the monthly roster (expect to hear anything from indie-rock to funk, too), as well as live music. The groovy crowd clambers in year-round, as the boat's surprisingly commodious, with three bars and 1,000 square feet of dance space. When the fourth terrace bar opens in summer, the scene moves down to the quai, filling up the new (landlocked) "canteen." The perfect place to watch the sunrise is at one of the after-parties (held two Sundays a month; not regular, so check with venue).
Closed Mondays.
47 Rue du Faubourg St. Denis
France 75010
Tel: 33 1 47 70 30 89
Metro: Château d'Eau
Not long ago, this corner bar and café on gentrifying Rue Faubourg St. Denis felt like an outtake from a Jean-Paul Belmondo film, with dingy red chandeliers, blue leatherette-chairs, smoked-mirror walls, and a 1950s chrome bar occupied by mime students and garment district workers. When new (read "young") owners took over in 2007, they were smart and didn't touch the gloriously faded decor but updated the drink menu to include cocktails. By day, media and film types hold lively meetings at corner tables; on Friday and Saturday nights, leather-jacketed DJs play scratchy rock and an artfully scruffy hipster crowd packs the banquettes. There's no door policy, but with few tables, it can be hard to find a seat.
Open Mondays through Saturdays 8 am to 11 pm, Sunday 8 am to 10 pm.
16 Rue des Bernardins
France 75005
Tel: 33 1 44 07 12 47
Metro: Maubert-Mutualité
Inconspicuous on the outsidelook for the stuffed raccoon in the windowthis latter-day speakeasy and cabinet of curiosities is the brainchild of the trio behind the highly successful Experimental Cocktail Club. The decor is British-eclectic but the crowd is truly Parisian; the dance floor is worthy of the name; and the door policy is not nearly as extreme as at some of its rivals. Whiskey lovers, take note: The vaulted cellar is home to the only Nikka Bar this side of Tokyo (from $15 per glass).
Open Mondays through Thursdays 6 pm to 2 am, Fridays and Saturdays 6 pm to 4 am.
37 Rue St. Sauveur
France 75002
Tel: 33 1 45 08 88 09
Metro: Étienne Marcel or Réaumur Sébastopol
Those who seek shall find: Only a gold plaque on an unobtrusive facade off the bustling pedestrian Rue Montorgueil will confirm that you've arrived at the Experimental Cocktail Club. As the name suggests, this is one of the best places in Paris for cocktails, both classic and signature. House favorites include the Experience #1, an elixir of elder flower, basil, lemongrass, vodka, and lemon, and the rum-based Old Cuban, a mixture of mint, lime, ginger, Champagne, and bitters (from $14.50). The ambience is Roaring Twenties with a swing vibe, and the good-looking clientele really dresses for the occasion. Expect a crowd around 2 am, when other bars in the area close. In November 2009, a Left Bank outpost called Le Prescription Cocktail Club opened at 23 Rue Mazarine in the sixth.
Open Mondays through Saturdays 7 pm to 2 am (until 4 am on Fridays, Saturdays, and sometimes Thursdays).
Queen is still the mother ship of gay nightlife in Paris, a giant dance palace on the Champs Elysées that feels like you've walked straight into a disco ball. During the week it's a mixed crowd, but the weekend gay-themed parties are legendary (102 Ave. des Champs-Elysées; 33-1-53-89-08-90; www.queen.fr). When Queen's owners wanted to expand in 2005, they chose Le Mix Club, a nightclub at the border of Montparnasse that once belonged to French icon and songster Johnny Halliday; international DJs playing a mix of electronica and techno are imported for the Sunday "tea dances" (24 Rue de L'Arrivée; 33-1-56-80-37-37; www.mixclub.fr). Renovated and reopened Les Bains Douches is regaining its reputation for fun with weekly dinner-dances on its flashing dance floor (7 Rue du Bourg L'Abbé; 33-1-53-01-40-60; www.lesbains.info). In the Bastille neighborhood, La Scène, with its old-fashioned rock stage and theatrical atmosphere, has both live music and "clubbing" nights, including a popular gay Sunday night fete (2 bis Rue des Taillandiers; 33-1-48-06-50-70; www.la-scene.com). And Open Café is a fine place to start your evening with a cocktail or beer, and to find out where the rest of the night might leadyou'll see the throngs of well-coiffed gentlemen crowding its terraces from several blocks away (17 Rue des Archives; www.opencafe.fr).
For a taste of lesbian history in motion, visit Le Rive Gauche in Saint Germain: It is reputed to be the former hangout of Gertrude Stein and Natalie Barney, though it's doubtful they saw it lined with mirrors, '70s-style (1 Rue Sabot; 33-1-40-20-43-23; www.lerivegauche.com; women-centric Fridays and Saturdays). In the Marais, lesbian hipsters line the illuminated bar of 3Wthe name stands for "women with women"until the wee hours (8 Rue des Ecouffes; 33-1-48-87-39-26). Accordions, horns, rockabilly, and more are in the mix at Le Tango, which holds Friday and Saturday night balls that start with "couple-dancing"—you'll see a French version of ballroom dancing called "le rock" that's more like swing—and end in merry mayhem (13 Rue au Maire, Third Arr.; 33-1-42-72-17-78; www.boite-a-frissons.fr).
The Ritz
15 Place Vendôme
France 75001
Tel: 33 1 43 16 33 65
Metro: Madeleine or Opéra
The library-paneled and pouffy-chaired Hemingway is tucked away at the back of the Ritz and widely considered the best place to get a cocktail in Paris. Its top barman, Colin Field, is a world-class perfecter of ambrosias such as the Picasso Martini (the vermouth comes frozen in a cube) and the French 75 (Champagne, gin, sugar, and lemon juice). Field manages his cocktails and his fashionable clientele, from supermodels to lesser divinities, with equal finesse, and occasional introductions. Across the hall, the gentleman's club–inspired Ritz Bar hops on Thursday nights starting at 10 pm, when beautiful and exotic species alight on red velvet sofas before migrating to the dance floor downstairs. If you find the venue has been privatized for the evening, you can always join Field at the Hemingway.
Hemingway Bar open daily 10:30 am to 2 am.
8 Rue de Navarin
France 75009
Tel: 33 1 48 78 31 80
Metro: Saint-Georges or Pigalle
Tucked on a quiet street close to Pigalle, just off the bobo-chic Rue des Martyrs, this hotel bar (and the hotel itself) takes the red-light district as its theme—but seen through a minimalist eye. For denizens of its Prouvé- and Perriand-outfitted bar-restaurant, the intimate terrace is perhaps a little too close for comfort to the courtyard rooms—which are available by the hour, though the residents are more likely honeymooning yuppies than ladies of the night. The crowd, however, is lured by the clever mix of cocktails (especially the tart caipirinhas; avoid the sticky-sweet "amour") and see-and-be-seen atmosphere. P.S. The hotel itself was included on Condé Nast Traveler's 2007 Hot List of new and noteworthy hotels.
41 Quai Victor Hugo
France 94500
Tel: 33 1 49 83 03 02
Metro: RER A to Champigny St-Maur
Les guinguettes, dance hall-restaurants along the Marne, have been in existence since the 18th century, immortalized by Renoir in his paintings of frothy maidens lolling on riverbanks. These days, from March to December, a genuine mix of curious Parisians and suburban dance-hounds come to La Guinguette de L'Île du Martin-Pêcheur, situated in the southeastern suburb of Champigny, to partake of the moules frites served at the red-checked tables. Then they hit the dance floor as live bands belt out a mixture of foxtrots and rumbas. You can reach La Guinguette on the RER train to Champigny or by car.
43 Rue de Seine
France 75006
Tel: 33 1 43 26 68 15
Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Près
La Palette, located down a main artery of galleries in Saint Germain, is living proof that cafés are still at the heart of la vie parisienne. The walls are tiled and crammed with paintings, but it's the giant mosaic (installed in the '30s) in the main room that is most fun, featuring several of the extant and crankily efficient waiters. With a decent selection of wines by the glass and filling snacks—buttery pieces of pain Poilâne with dried ham or Gruyère—you can shore up indoors in winter under the amber-smoked ceilings. In summer, the crowd expands onto the terrace: the perfect spot to people-watch.
Open Mondays through Saturdays 9 am to 2 am.
78 Rue de Vieille du Temple
France 75003
Tel: 33 1 42 72 69 93
Metro: Saint-Sébastien-Froissart
At the epicenter of the "new" Marais (the northern end, where the galleries are), this bar and café has nothing specific to recommend itneither decor, nor drink list, nor menu. Even so, this is the social ground zero for hooked-in bobo scene makers. The decoratively clad crowd of media and art types, architects and artistsbasically anyone who looks good in skinny jeansspills out of La Perle's doors six nights a week. For the neighbors' benefit, posted signs urge revelers to keep the decibel level down, but no one pays them any mind. There's more elbow room at brunch, or for an aperitif before the night owls emerge, but for the full spectacle (the opera of clinking glasses and howls of "mais non!"), head here around midnight on the weekends.
Open Mondays through Fridays 6 pm to 2 am, Saturdays and Sundays 8 am to 2 am.
4 Place St.-Germain-des-Prés
France 75006
Tel: 33 1 53 63 60 60
Metro: St.-Germain-des-Prés
If André owns the late-night scene, the Costes empire has pretty much locked down the city's hip eatery scene, like it or not (and there are vocal partisans on each side). As its name suggests, this Costes venue is less about the "world food" menu with the usual signature favorites than about rubbing elbows with chic Parisian society and showbiz icons such as habituée Catherine Deneuve. A revolving inventory of contemporary works by local artists punctuates the luminous ecru and chocolate decor by Christian Liaigre, and because La Société has replaced the legendary Le Bilboquet, expectations are high that there will be a return to live jazz. In the meantime, a new outside terrace should give the neighboring Les Deux Magots a run for the money.
Open daily 8 am to 2 am.
25 Avenue Montaigne
France 75008
Tel: 33 1 53 67 66 00
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alma-Marceau
When Patrick Jouin (protégé of design diva Phillipe Starck) introduced a bar carved in glass to look like ice in the cleverly renovated Plaza Athénée, it began drawing in a megawatt crowd of local politicos and media types. The bar, like the hotel, also plays home-away-from-home to the international fashion pack, creating pouty mayhem during the défilés. They love it as much for its strategic location just off the Champs-Élysées as for its inventive cocktails, such as the Rose Royale, a lip-staining pure fruit twist on the Kir, made of Champagne and fresh raspberry purée.
Open nightly 6 pm to 2 am.
6 Avenue Marceau
France 75008
Tel: 33 1 47 20 04 01
Metro: Alma-Marceau
Just when you think this ex-bordello in the heart of the Eighth Arrondissement has had its day, it becomes popular again. There's something about the tiny space still kitted out in the louche accoutrements of its former existence (red velvet, black ceilings, fringe) that makes people want to let their hair down; the peep-show vitrines hidden away behind the stage are now empty, but the hard-dancing clientele put on their own show to the live rock and occasional electronica. The crowd is a cross-section of label-obsessives and models (and their inevitable chasers). Mick Jagger even celebrated his birthday here when he was in town.
6 Rue de l'Amiral Coligny
France 75001
Tel: 33 1 42 92 00 24
Metro: LouvreRivoli
The Fumoir's bar may have been imported from Chicago, but the velvet curtains, lacquered walls, long windows, and easy arrangement of leather club chairs feel distinctly Parisian, as does the view onto the Louvre, with a peephole glimpse of the Seine. The well-coiffed crowd know that in the late-afternoon glow it's still the best place to have a coffee (watch out for the addictively delicious ginger biscuits), and with service until 2 am, it also works for a late-night drink or easy evening snack (food until 11:30). Beware of happy hour, when the men from the Bourse, or stock market, jam up the bar.
60 Rue des Lombards
France 75001
Tel: 33 1 40 26 46 60 (Sunset)
Tel: 33 1 40 26 21 25 (Sunside)
Metro: Châtelet-Les Halles
Paris is one of the few places in the world where people under 20 still proudly declare themselves "jazzophile" and where jazz clubs are plentiful, well-attended, and even fun. The Sunset/Sunside is certainly the most atmospheric—crepuscular and, yes, still smoky—with two clubs in one. The Sunset, started in 1983 in the vaulted cave under the original restaurant near Les Halles, showcases electronic jazz in its warren of rooms. The Sunside, replacing the former eatery, now hosts traditional acoustic jazz musicians. Their (slightly mystic) slogan is "Jazz on all floors for all jazz," and they mean it: The performers are a mix of local favorites and international headliners. There are shows at both venues on the weekends, but weekday performances tend to be held only at Sunside.
41 Rue de Montmartre
France 75002
Tel: 33 1 45 08 46 72
Metro: Châtelet-Les Halles
This open-late (until 6 am) restaurant with a covered terrace off the trendy Rue Montorgueil is decorated to look like a catch-all brocante, with all manner of found signs and oddities nailed to the walls. During the wee hours, it's sometimes hard to elbow your way past the bar, where locals line up three deep.
Open Sundays and Mondays 7 pm to 6 am, Tuesdays through Saturdays noon to 3 pm and 6 pm to 6 am.
3 Rue de Ponthieu
France 75008
Tel: 33 1 53 76 39 55
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt
A hotel bar that feels more like a courtesan's sitting room, Mathis is a hidden spot where celebrities and well-heeled locals like to rub elbows, or even knees. Discreetly reached through the (less impressive) Hotel Mathis Elysées Matignon, Mathis has two sides: a bar and restaurant to the left at the entrance, and late-night spot to the right. Familiar faces such as famous French actors Isabelle Adjani or Lambert Wilson gravitate to the formerperhaps for its soft banquettes, the gold-dipped mirrors, or the very flattering light of crystal sconces. In the latter, which is done up with red velvet settees and dark walls, the crowd gently grooves to softly pulsating music.
Closed Sundays.
82 Boulevard de Clichy
France 75018
Tel: 33 1 53 09 82 82
Metro: Blanche
Before Las Vegas, and even Ziegfeld, there was a time when a visit to Paris meant catching a "show"—where else could frothy underwear look like so much fun? For authentic kitsch, the spectacle at Montmartre's Moulin Rouge, in continuous business since 1889, is still worth the visit. This place genuinely recalls the raucous amusements of the 19th century, though the signature windmill is now outlined in red neon. Sixty "Doriss" girls and countless sequins are featured in Féerie, the new all-dancing show of high-class cheese, which includes a crowd-pleasing cancan. The audience is international, with a hearty dose of French provincials. Avoid the (mediocre) dinner performance and come for the late show at 11 pm; the $120 cover comes with a half bottle of Champagne or two drinks.
23 Rue de Ponthieu
France 75008
Tel: 33 1 42 25 57 14
Metro: Saint-Philippe-du-Roule
On Rue de Ponthieu, a main after-dark drag lined with velvet ropes and doormen, nightclubs rarely last from one ready-to-wear collection to the next. Neo, however, has hit upon a winning formula of simple white leather sofas, an eager-to-please mix of 1970s to 1990s dance hits, and a way with models and visiting U.S. celebrities. (We spotted Bruce Willis there in 2007.) There's no cover charge, but dress to impress and don't waste your time during fashion week, when it takes a professional pass to march in the door.
109 Rue Oberkampf
France 75011
Tel: 33 1 43 57 57 40
Metro: Parmentier
One of Paris's most appealing nightspots, this live music venue hosts crowded dance parties and books international rock and pop groups and up-and-coming local acts. Affiliated with (and located behind) venerable Café Charbonthe grande dame of scruffy Bastille cafésNouveau Casino has a Tron-like decor that highlights its acoustics, which are surprisingly sophisticated for a small club. Check to see if you recognize any of the names on the roster: Some of the groups, like the Brooklyn-based Fiery Furnaces, are better known outside of France.
142 Rue Montmartre
France 75002
Metro: Bourse
Paris Social Club's entrance on a corner of Rue Montmartre (one of the second arrondissement's bar-and-restaurant blocks) is unannouncedbut that's because this club is in all ways underground. Down the shabby steps, you'll find what is, for the moment at least, one of Paris's best DJ scenes. The space is dark and scrappy, but patrons come for the revolving door of disc jockeys competing for the best set list. The music is wildly variablefrom rap to electro-trance to punk and backbut the crowd is consistently serious about the music, and grooving to it.
Pont Alexandre III
Port de Champs Elysées
France 75008
Metro: Concorde or Champs Elysées Clemenceau
Arriving at Showcase is nine tenths of the pleasure. As its nickname—Sous le Pont Alexandre III—tidily notes, the club is under this 19th-century bridge. To enter, you make your way down a curving balustrade to the quai and join the queue at the velvet rope, lit by the watery glow of the Seine. Housed in a cavernous former boat hangar owned by the city and left unoccupied for decades, Showcase opened its 10,000-plus square feet to an exclusive public at the end of 2006. The size sounds (and is) overwhelming, though it also means—by some acoustic miracle—that different music can be played in the same space: say, a lesbian punk-croon band on one side of the dividing bar and funk on the other. The crowd splits by age—from well-mussed businessmen to go-go minettes—and by music preference.


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Record-setting tall buildings must possess enough lateral stiffness to withstand the powerful winds at thousands of feet in altitude and to ride out earthquakes as well.
So, to an extent, building higher means building wider. Robert Sinn of Thornton Tomasetti, the structural engineering consultant on the Kingdom Tower project, says the footprint of the building helps determine how far the structure can extend vertically. "The so-called aspect ratio, slenderness ratio, or height-to-base dimension ratio is a simple way to gauge potential for resistance to overturning forces from lateral wind and seismic loads," he says. In general, he says, the wider the base, the more resilient the building will be. But thanks to modern engineering, remarkable thinness can be safe. The Burj Khalifas aspect ratio is close to 9:1; Kingdom Towers will exceed 10:1.
Most super-tall buildings nowadays use steelconcrete composites to achieve strength while meeting interior spacing demands. The challenge that puts construction firms to the test is getting those heavy materials hundreds of meters into the sky as the building grows, Wood says. The Kingdom Towers innovative solution is to use a second set of concrete pumps at around 600 meters, Sinn says. "Forming the upper-level walls, placing reinforcing and concrete in the upper levels, all under high-wind conditions, will be one of the biggest challenges for the construction of Kingdom Tower," he says.
The Burj Khalifa under construction in 2008.
Kingdom Tower is a further refinement on the idea of tapering a building to the top so it acts less like a sail. "The continually tapering vertical profile for Kingdom Tower has proved to be very beneficial in terms of the performance under wind," Sinn says. In addition, the Saudi towers tapering prevents wind vortices from forming and causing that disconcertingly noticeable swaying. Extensive wind tunnel tests of scaled-tower models and analysis of high-altitude wind-speed data from balloons aided in the design process, Sinn says.
Also like the Burj, the Kingdom Tower has a tripedal shape to provide stability along with plenty of coveted window views. "Having the three-part base with wings or legs, as we did with Burj and will have with Kingdom Tower, allows us to spread out the base of the building," says Adrian Smith, who designed the Burj Khalifa at a previous firm and the Kingdom Tower at the new firm bearing his name. "That does help make the building more stable while maintaining the rather shallow lease spanthe distance from the core to the windowthat you want in a residential building."
A Deep Foundation
You dont necessarily need perfect geology to build an enormous skyscraper. "With Chicago, they built a high-rise city on shifting mud," Wood says. "They didnt have the bedrock of New York, yet they built the worlds tallest building," he says, a reference to the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) that trumped the twin towers of the World Trade Center to become the worlds tallest building in 1973.
But the ground can impose limits. Soil testing in Jiddah showed that the underlying layers are made of weak, porous limestone and sandstone. As a result, the ambition of the Kingdom Tower was scaled back from a mile-high tower to a kilometer-high tower (0.62 miles).
To reach even that height, the Kingdom Tower will require a particularly deep foundation with piles sunk down 105 meters. "Very few towers in the Middle East have foundation elements extending to such depths," Sinn says. A huge slab of concrete called a raft foundation will also undergird the Kingdom Tower. Inevitably, the 900,000-ton behemoth will settle somewhat. But extensive testing and modeling of the piles and raft will ensure that the settling happens evenly, the builders say.
The creation of a skyscrapers foundation has a major tie-in to economics as well. "Traditionally the way a tall building is built, you build a bloody big hole, sink the caissons [piles], build up the columns, and two years after youve started on the site the building starts to appear out of the ground," Wood says. "The problem with that is, you cant start the tower until youve finished the site." To shave several months off that delay and save a bunch of money, many builders now go with what is known as top-down construction. "You start to build the tower vertically, and then while doing that you build your basement by excavating," Wood says.
A Need to Go Higher?
With continuing rapid urbanization, there will be an argument for building up. According to the United Nations, around 200,000 people are moving into cities daily. "Our cities need to get denser and taller," Wood says. And its not just a matter of "up." Wood thinks the cities of the future must become multilevel. Sky bridges could connect towers and provide new living and commercial space while sharing critical services of safety and fire control. "If you look at cities made in the sci-fi realm, they often show multiple connections at height," Wood says.
Skyscrapers are something more than a business proposition; theyre also landmarks. The Kingdom Tower on its own does not necessarily make commercial sense, but it is intended to have a galvanizing effect on a planned local development complex costing $20 billion. "Did the space program make economic sense?" Wood asks. "No, it was driven by a different set of factors, and a mile-high building would be driven by a different set of factors."
We may not need supertall buildings to accommodate all the new city dwellers, and they might not seem like sound investmentsor even practicalon their own. But itd be a bad bet to say humans wont keep building higher. Skyscrapers grow taller and taller thanks to the undeniable motivation to be No. 1. Someone, somewhere who has the means will surely want to continue the game of man-made structural leapfrogging.


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Is anyone else in the Denver area having problems with rose leafhoppers, rose aphids, powdery mildew -- you name it? I have been having awful pest problems with my beautiful roses and am just wondering if anyone else has had some. I have 18 rose bushes, 8 of which are minis and the others shrub roses. They were blooming so beautifully in June and then -- wham. I'm afraid I might lose them. Also pests are affecting a Blue Muffin Viburnum bush.
Since I really don't want to add to the toxic pesticides already in our water, etc., I elected to spray them with the Cornell formula -- Sunspray Ultrafine horticultural (pesticidal) oil, baking soda, and then a fish emulsion/seaweed addition. I sprayed them for the first time about ten days ago, and then again last night, but I'm not sure it's doing any good. The formula is recommended by CSU extension on their web site. Oh, and after I spent two hours spraying them last night, the sprinkler system went on about 2 or 3 in the morning, which I forgot about. So I don't know if it did any good or got all washed off before it had a chance. I called Sunspray and left a message, also asking them when it would be safe to spray again if it got washed off, but don't know when or if they'll return my call. So I guess I just wanted to see if anyone has dealt with similar problems this summer. BTW, I live in Aurora. Marlene |
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I had a burst of rose aphids a few weeks back on the new growth. I mushed them with my fingers, and the trouble seems to have passed (prob. due to lacewings finding them, rather than due to my taking out my aggression). One rose has a problem with spider mites; I've blasted it with dilute diswashing soap a couple of times, which seems to have them under control. Early on I had plenty of rose curculio/weevil on some plants; I've deadheaded all the roses and tossed out the hips to try and keep them from coming back. So I guess I've had a fair number of bugs this year, but nothing out of control. No significant rust, black spot, etc. Knock on wood! Ian |
I've got 40 rose bushes. I have the little black bugs that nip the petals. Nothing more than that. All is well. Oh...and I haven't used ANY pesticides. I do have garter snakes,deer mice, moles,voles, chipmunks and birds by the millions....maybe they are eating all the bugs? |
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Yes! Saw that the other day. SOooo excited!
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Absolutely. I can't think of any other games that had my heart pounding as much during PvP.
I played EvE for a couple years, off and on. Loved it. But now that Galactic Starfighter has been released for SWTOR I don't miss it so much. It satisfies my space combat craving but it's no where near as involved as EvE.
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Getting jazzed for Cockroach Bowl 2014. Doing some scouting and watching game film.
Please don't let it be like this...
Ok, I looked at the sales statistics and the 75% to 25% thing looked suspiciously like only four people had bought a shirt. The 4-1-1 on this event mysteriously says something about only six will get rings. So, I'm wondering if the first six vict .... uhhh ... people to buy the shirt will get something special? I bought one. Guess what? The sales statistics now say 80% to 20%, meaning I was the fifth buyer and mine is the sixth shirt. Now we wait! BTW, I'm rooting for those Atennasee Atoms! Riley's virility should ensure that there are plenty of qualified players for many years to come.
I just hope it isn't like this: Careful, this video clip gave me a bad dream or two.
Roach bowl? I see what you did there...
oh boy!!
jthebird1977 wrote:Getting jazzed for Cockroach Bowl 2014. Doing some scouting and watching game film.
Ha ha, I watched Joe's Apartment last night in preparation too :-P
Totally Rooting for the Antennasee Atoms!!!!
sellbuyer92 wrote:Totally Rooting for the Antennasee Atoms!!!!
I already skipped to the end. However, I won't spoil it for you.
I have to say, I've never seen a more exciting game.
made me lose my appetite
Not going to lie... I instantly thought Bowl of Cockroaches (Bungled Original Communicator. I'm a little disappointed. 😔
Bowl of roaches - I think kickoff should be at 4:20 frankly
Thought maybe there would be a link to a Bag of Crap somewhere in this video, but I don't think that is going to happen.
The sound is really very soothing; if I didn't know it was roaches I could fall asleep to it.
I even thought that they might read out a link to a Bag of Crap instead of having the link displayed in the video. This would prevent people from scrolling through the video to find the link.
It was a good game regardless of the lack of a winner but I wanna see the Antennasee Atoms win a game...I'm thinking a rematch?
sellbuyer92 wrote:It was a good game regardless of the lack of a winner...I'm thinking a rematch?
It was super close!
No half time!
Pest Welker took a shot at 28:29, I'm sure glad he was able to walk again after that.
joshaw wrote:Pest Welker took a shot at 28:29, I'm sure glad he was able to walk again after that.
Colin Kaeckeroach took it up the middle in the late 3rd quarter but got distracted, obviously.
sellbuyer92 wrote:Colin Kaeckeroach took it up the middle in the late 3rd quarter but got distracted, obviously.
Mike WallHisssssssssss got hit so hard, I think he may have lost a s.
The Larvatican Scramble doesn't fool the Atoms one bit.
I feel a bit ripped off though because this was definitely Previously Recorded. I was hoping for some live action.
The media is going to have a heyday with this one! Where are the refs in this chaos?!
It was fine, but the coaching staff kinda bugged me (ba-da-bum).
I tried to watch it, but the site seemed a little buggy.
Verocious vermin! Where were the overtime periods?! This B owl O f C ockroaches was rigged!
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An up-to-date overview of free software and its makers
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The Krita graphics program celebrates its 10th birthday and a successful jump to KOffice 2.0, while the Mistelix DVD creator gets ready to grow up.
The world of free software is fast and furious, and a project celebrating its 10th birthday is considered part of the establishment. This year, Krita [1] (Figure 1) joins that illustrious group of programs reaching double figures.
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Krita is a pixel-based graphics program with a feature set that many free applications in the field lack. One of the application's unique selling points is its handling of color spaces. Krita uses the legacy RGB color model, the CMYK model preferred by professional printers (Figure 2), Y'CbCr, which is used for color encoding of digital videos, and L*a*b*.
Serious amateur photographers will also appreciate that Krita can read digital images directly from cameras in raw format and convert the original material to other image formats. Python and Ruby interfaces support the automation of recurring tasks. The DCOP interface handles communications in the KDE3 desktop; as of Krita 2.0, the D-Bus equivalent in KDE4 takes over this task. If you are still missing a function, despite Krita's huge feature set, you can easily write your own plugin thanks to the modular program design.
Krita took quite a while to develop. After a wild and woolly adolescence, the first fully usable version of the program was released in 2005. That release became a full member of the KOffice family [2]. Krita also made the jump to KOffice version 2.0 and will be included with future versions of KDE4, unlike other KOffice family members that are still working hard to keep up.
The most important applications in KOffice are still alive and kicking, including KWord, KSpread, and KPresenter, which handle the classic tasks of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentations, respectively. The other applications are Karbon, another (vector-based) graphics program, and KPlato, the project management tool.
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Some Krita functions are available in other KOffice components thanks to improved cooperation between the family members. In the future, these programs will be able to use Krita color models and channels of up to 32 bits.
Improved integration of individual KOffice programs removed the need to maintain the chart creation tool KChart. This functionality is now available to KOffice users in the form of a plugin.
KOffice 2.1 will be the first release in the Version 2 series meant for end users. The developers do not recommend KOffice 2.0 for daily use because some KOffice programs lack the functionality present in version 1.6: The developers simply didn't have enough time to rewrite everything before the KDE4 release date, although they do intend to catch up before KOffice 2.1 is released.
Kivio is another chart creator. In contrast to KChart, which uses numeric input, Kivio lets the user draw charts freehand. Because the project lacks a maintainer, it is uncertain whether Kivio will make the move to KOffice 2.0.
If you are interested in contributing to the development of Krita, you can check out the to-do list in the source code package. If you want to contribute, but do not have programming skills, the developers would appreciate donations of Wacom Intuos drawing tablets to help them implement support for the new devices. Of course, any kind of financial support that would let the developers buy new hardware is welcome, too.
Homemade video DVDs are still the medium of choice for true geeks who want to demonstrate both their vacation snapshots and their technical prowess. Showing a trek through an exotic country on the couch in front of the TV impresses your audience and is much more cosy than crowding around a laptop screen.
Mistelix [3], a Gnome program, creates slideshows from a collection of images and produces a video DVD at the click of a button (Figure 3). It includes the free Ogg Theora codec, although many DVD players do not play this video format. In addition, a DVD wouldn't be complete without a menu and a sound track; a click of the button adds both via the Mistelix interface. If you prefer not to add live commentary while viewing, you can add subtitles to the video.
Besides creating DVDs of still images, Mistelix can integrate existing videos. Again, you can combine the material to suit your own needs and then select what you want to play via the DVD menu. The current version 0.2 only supports the MPEG format for original video material; Mistelix does not have a function for auto-converting other formats as of this writing.
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