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"I was able to get the ball in the post and I had energy," Yao said. "I was close to the basket. This doesn't happen every night, but that's the way I played."
Shawn Marion had 20 points and 10 boards for his third straight double-double for the Heat, who saw their two-game win streak come to a conclusion. Michael Beasley gave 12 points in defeat.
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Oxite is the new open source blog engine from Microsoft. As PCWorld.com reported Wednesday, Redmond has released "the early version" of a content management platform upon which companies can build blogs or Web sites:
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The Arts Town Hall grew out of a collaboration between Arts Forum SF and the San Francisco Arts Alliance and has continued to build upon efforts by both groups to educate elected and campaigning policymakers about the role and value of the arts in our City. With help and leadership from the Arts Commission and Grants for the Arts, Arts Forum SF and the San Francisco Arts Alliance joined forces to create a signature event that would bring the arts community together in dialogue with people running for office.
Since 2009, there have been 3 Arts Town Halls, each building upon the success of the year's prior. In 2012, over 500 members of the arts community, representing organizations that range vastly in size, location, audience and medium participated in the forum which focused on the highly contested 2012 Supervisorial races. The goal of this event continues to be to educate and build relationships with our policymakers that result in a strong arts vision for San Francisco and strong and inclusive cultural policy. Equally as important, the event strives to build a broad coalition of arts community members and supporters that can come together in force and can impact policy. The members of the San Francisco Arts Alliance have supported this effort since its inception.
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Ian could you plz put "Colt Hater" underneath my name for this forum. I would greatly appreciate it....... I would donate to this Great Site but I do not have a credit card ... my Parents do not trust me with plastic even at 22/23 My parents are my wealth..... I have nada. Zip... i am just a college student fighting a battle w/ books, papers and words. Plz Sincerely HarkDawg -Colt Hater-
:rofl: The main forum is this one. I should have put a smiley face in there for sarcasm. Go to the Feedback forum, bro.
I might be wrong here, but I think that was sarcasm meaning that this thread may have been a bad idea... You could PM Ian, but I don't think he'll field your request.
Go to your user CP, Edit Details, and type in that user your user name. Post once you do that so I can delete the thread
They have those new things that might be able to help you out with this cashflow issue. What are they called again? Oh yeah... "jobs".
I'll be back in a few minutes. Remember, user CP, edit detail, type in your whatever and let me know so I can delete this thread, or would yourather I move it to the Pub.
To echo the most loved Jewish Chinese resident in Patriots Nation(which is really saying something)....uh yeah dude, not to be a dick, but you don't have a checking account?
At first I thought you were talking to me. I was like, of course I have a checking account, that's how my wife spends most of my money.
ATM card issue...... lol I do NOW but I used "savings account" too many times and my whole card became inactive. Just added CA... and card shipped home and not to school. all i use from this bank for is $$$ during semester. Not my real bank.
I'm not quite that retarded, dude, but well effin played! Damn you and your speedy reply, I like my edit so much better, too.


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I want to permanently mount one or two mics to an upright piano for live performances. I'm concerned about getting too much bleed or leakage from a drum set five feet away. I heard that PZM mics are the way to go. Which microphone(s) would result in the least amount of bleed while still maintaining good sound quality and coverage of the instrument?
Sam Kassirer
Reply: Try two PZM-30D microphones on the floor under the piano or just in front of the sound board. You can set the tone of the mic to bright (rising high frequencies) or natural (flat high-frequency response).
If the drummer is behind the piano player's back, gaffer-tape the same mics onto the sound board, dividing the piano in thirds to pick up the bass and treble strings. The piano itself will block the sound of the drums pretty well.
Putting the mics inside the open top gives good isolation but sounds rather tubby.
If possible, make a recording of the piano and drums playing together, with the mics in the various positions described. At the beginning of each recording, announce into a mic where it is placed. Play back the recordings, and listen for the sound quality and the amount of drum leakage of each mic position.
I have two PCC-160 microphones. I am looking for the best way to mike a grand piano and an upright piano with one mic each. Sound leakage is a big issue. How would you mic them?
Reply: Here are some suggestions. For the grand piano, use gaffer tape (not duct tape) to attach the PCC-160 to the underside of the raised lid. Place it about 8 inches to 1 foot horizontally from the hammers over the middle strings, aiming at the hammers. Experiment with the height of the lid. If you get enough isolation with the lid on the full stick, use that. If you need to close the lid, do that (but the sound will be a little more boomy). Aim the hinged side of the lid at the upright piano for isolation.
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The Right Honourable Denis MacShane MP |
Minister of State for Europe | |
In office 3 April 2002 – 5 May 2005 |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Peter Hain |
Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
Member of Parliament for Rotherham |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 May 1994 |
Preceded by | James Boyce |
Majority | 10,462 (27.9%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Denis Matyjaszek 21 May 1948 Glasgow, Scotland |
Political party | Labour (Suspended from the PLP: 2010–present) |
Spouse(s) | Liliana Klaptocz (1983–1986) Nathalie Pham (1987–2003) |
Domestic partner | Carol Barnes (1975–1981) Joan Smith (2003–2010) |
Children | 4 daughters 1 son |
Residence | Clapham and Rotherham |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford University of London |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[1] |
Website | Official website |
Denis MacShane (born 21 May 1948) is a British politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since the 1994 by-election and served as the Minister for Europe from 2002 until 2005, as well as being a current Policy Council member for Labour Friends of Israel.[2]
On 14 October 2010, it was announced that the Parliamentary Labour Party had suspended the whip from MacShane while he is under criminal investigation in respect of his expenses claims.[3][4]
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MacShane was born in Glasgow[5] as Denis Matyjaszek, to an Irish mother, Isobel MacShane, and her Polish husband, Jan Matyjaszek,[6] who had fought in the Second World War and remained in exile after it, taking British nationality in 1950. MacShane was educated at the independent St Benedict's School in Ealing and read history at Merton College, Oxford where he wrote for the Cherwell student newspaper. However, in retaliation for an article attacking the rival publication Isis, MacShane was stripped naked, covered with pink paint and left in a remote location.[7][8]
After graduating from Oxford with a 3rd class degree, he worked for the BBC from 1969 to 1977, including as a newsreader and reporter on Wolverhampton Wanderers for BBC Radio Birmingham. He changed his surname to his mother's maiden name at the request of his employers. He was fired by the BBC after using a fake name to call the radio phone-in programme he worked on at the time. During the call, MacShane accused leading Conservative politician Reginald Maudling of being a crook, with the MP threatening to sue as a result.[7]
MacShane supported the Solidarity trade union in Poland, where he was arrested in 1982 for attending a demonstration and deported. He became an activist for the National Union of Journalists and later its president. He was policy director of the International Metal Workers' Federation from 1980 to 1992, and he completed a PhD in international economics at the University of London in 1990.[9] MacShane founded the European Policy Institute of which he was the director from 1992 to 1994.
MacShane first contested a parliamentary seat at the October 1974 general election, where he failed to win Solihull. In 1984, he was on the shortlist for Labour Party Communications Director, though he failed to get the job. For the 1992 general election, he attempted to secure a nomination for the Coventry South East constituency, then Neath, and finally Rotherham, though all the attempts were unsuccessful.[10] He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1994 Rotherham by-election, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to a succession of ministers in the 1997-2001 Parliament.
After the 2001 general election, he was made a junior minister at the Foreign Office with responsibility for the Balkans and Latin America. He caused some embarrassment to the government in 2002 by describing President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela as a 'ranting, populist demagogue' and compared him to Benito Mussolini during a failed military coup attempt to depose the democratically elected president.[11][12] Afterwards, he had to make clear that, as minister with responsibility for Latin America, the government deplored the coup attempt.[13][14]
In 2002, he became Minister for Europe in the reshuffle caused by the resignation of Estelle Morris.
After the 2005 general election, he was dropped from the government. MacShane's failure to remain in government is believed by some to have been because he was neither overtly a Blairite nor a Brownite, and thus, in his own words, having "no hand to push [him] up the greasy pole". However, his position was considered to be untenable after comments he made to a meeting of Durham Labour Students[15] in which he described Gordon Brown's five economic tests as, "a bit of a giant red herring." When contacted by The Scotsman newspaper about whether or not he made the comments he responded: "Jesus Christ, no. I mean, 'red herring' is not one of my favourite metaphors. If you think any Labour MP saying the Prime Minister's most important policy is a red herring, then they would not survive long in the job."[16] However, he had been recorded on a dictaphone, and the tape was played on both the Today Programme and BBC News 24. MacShane himself wrote in Tribune, "I have no idea why I was removed as a minister, and it does not worry me in the slightest."[17]
MacShane was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 2005. He has continued to write columns for The Guardian since leaving government, as well as appearing on television programmes relating to European affairs both in Britain and in other European countries.
In 2005, he signed on to the Henry Jackson Society principles, advocating a proactive approach to the spread of liberal democracy across the world, including by military intervention. The society also supports "European military modernisation and integration under British leadership". In 2003, he criticised the Muslim community, saying they did not do enough to condemn acts of Islamic terrorism.[18] He was a supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and strongly supported Tony Blair's foreign policy in relation to the Middle East and elsewhere.
He was chair of the inquiry panel of the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism, which reported in September 2006. Other members included Iain Duncan-Smith and Chris Huhne. In March 2009, he became chairman of a think-tank on anti-Semitism, the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.[19] He was an advisory board member of the now defunct Just Journalism,[1] a pro-Israeli media advocacy group [2], which presented itself as a neutral voice monitoring reports about Israel in the UK media. Just Journalism was closely associated with the pro-Israeli Henry Jackson Society (HJS), sharing an office with it. When Just Journalism was forced to close in September 2011, citing lack of funds, Robin Shepherd, international affairs director of HJS and a member of Just Journalism's advisory board, said: "This is a great pity and the cause of Israel in Britain will be the poorer for it".[3]
MacShane was employed as an advisor by United Utilities during 2006 and 2007.[20][21]
MacShane has been called "one of the few British politicians with a deep knowledge of France."[22]
On 17 December 2008, he initiated a debate about Britain's libel laws in Parliament. Specifically, he described how the United Kingdom has become a destination for libel tourists as well as how various jurisdictions in the United States (including the U.S. states of New York and Illinois and the federal government) were ready to pass measures designed to halt, at the minimum, reciprocal enforcement of civil judgments related to libel with the United Kingdom, and quite possibly, to allow countersuit, and the award of treble damages in the United States against any person bringing a libel action in a non-US court against US publications or websites.[23]
An ardent Europhile, on 7 September 2009 MacShane wrote a piece in the Evening Standard claiming that it was time for Britain to abandon sterling and join the euro:[citation needed]
"For more than a decade we have been told that the euro was a terrible idea, while the good old pound sterling would protect the British economy from the wily ways of the Europeans. Now more and more people are asking why the pound is letting us down - and whether treating it as a shibboleth that cannot be questioned makes sense any more. All the old arguments against the euro have fallen away. There is no European super-state emerging with its adoption. There is no dictation of economic policy from Brussels. But in the end, Britons prefer reality to prejudice. The pound no longer walks tall against the euro. The euro is not going to collapse because of wide variations in the economic profile of different regions using it any more than the US dollar fails because its external value and the interest rates set by the Fed do not suit Michigan and California at one and same time."[cite this quote]
In November 2001, an article was published under Khalid Mahmood's name supportive of the war in Afghanistan headlined "The Five Myths Muslims Must Deny". A few days later however, it was revealed that The Observer article had not in fact been written by Mahmood, but by MacShane; Mahmood agreed to put his name to the article after Lord Ahmed of Rotherham refused. Mahmood's actions were condemned by Inayat Bunglawala from the Muslim Council of Britain, who said, "MacShane then found Mahmood–universally regarded as being not exactly the brightest spark in parliament–to be a more willing instrument for his scheme."[24]
MacShane has been accused of repeatedly using false statistics in order to inflate the number of female victims of sex trafficking. In January 2007, he stated, "According to Home Office estimates, 25,000 sex slaves currently work in the massage parlours and brothels of Britain." He repeated the figure in a 2008 debate, attributing it to the Daily Mirror newspaper. It was later claimed that no such figure exists as an estimate, but MacShane's speeches made the figure be used regularly in media coverage of the issue.[25]
He was criticised in The Guardian for implying that the late diagnosis of Gary McKinnon's Asperger's Syndrome was somehow a sham and for likening his case to that of Ernest Saunders's apparent Alzheimer's disease, even though one of the most notable characteristics of Asperger's Syndrome is that it is very often not diagnosed until late into adulthood, as in Mr McKinnon's case. According to the Daily Mail, "Mr McKinnon's mother accused MacShane of 'gutter' tactics. Janis Sharp said: 'It was an absolutely awful, cheap shot. It is a horrendous suggestion. It also shows his ignorance.'"[26]
MacShane, during the expenses scandal of 2009, was accused in The Daily Mail of having been less than honest with his expense claims. It featured a story stating that MacShane had claimed £125,000 over a period of 7 years for his garage, which he used as a constituency office. One fellow Labour MP privately told the journalist that he was 'very surprised' at the scale of Mr MacShane's claims given that he does not have to pay to rent an office.[27]
In total, MacShane was ordered to repay £1,507.73 in wrongfully claimed expenses, with his appeals against the ruling being rejected.[28][29] In addition, MacShane is alleged to have passed twelve invoices from the "European Policy Institute" for "research and translation" expenses to the parliamentary authorities, and claimed for eight laptop computers in three years. A number of newspapers stated that the EPI was "controlled" by MacShane's brother, Edmund Matyjaszek, a claim which MacShane denied: "The EPI was set up 20 years ago by a network of people on the Left working in Europe and the US...Ed is my Brother, but simply administrates it."[30][31][32]
It was reported on 14 October 2010 that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (on instruction from the Standards and Privileges Committee[33]) had referred an expenses-related complaint about MacShane from the British National Party[3] to the Metropolitan Police. The matter referred was his claiming of expenses totalling £125,000 for his constituency office, the office being his garage. The Labour Party suspended MacShane from the parliamentary party pending the outcome.[34][35] In June 2011 The Daily Telegraph highlighted further discrepancies in MacShane's expenses which had been uncovered by former independent candidate Peter Thirlwall. As a result he held an emergency meeting with House of Commons officials and agreed to repay a further £3,051.38.[36]
MacShane had previously written an article for The Guardian in which he played down the expenses scandal, writing, "There will come a moment when moats and manure, bath plugs and tampons will be seen as a wonderful moment of British fiddling, but more on a Dad's Army scale than the real corruption of politics."[37] In 2008, MacShane supported Michael Martin as Speaker, calling for Conservative Douglas Carswell to be disciplined for calling for Martin to resign for failing to reform expenses.[38]
On 25 August 2010, The Guardian reported that MacShane admitted he was the MP involved in an incident with a volunteer with the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: "On 11 May a volunteer had an encounter with an MP who was described as 'very difficult ... disruptive [and] angry' during an induction session. The official report said: 'At the 10 minute mark the volunteer burst into tears and a staff member [from Ipsa] attempted to intervene. When the staff member offered to help, the MP dismissed him as 'condescending', at which point another staff member pulled the volunteer (still in tears) out of the session.' The Daily Mail reported MacShane as saying, "A nice young intern was trying to explain it, but I could have learned Chinese quicker".[39] MacShane apologised for his conduct.[40]
MacShane was publicly criticised by the Association of Political Thought for wrongly accusing London School of Economics professor of political and gender theory Anne Phillips of supporting prostitution and filling the minds of her students with "poisonous drivel". He cited a question from an LSE reading list about the ethical differences between legal waged labour and prostitution as evidence for her supposed support for the latter. MacShane later admitted that he taken the question 'out of context'.[41] Labour MP Fiona Mactaggart subsequently called Professor Phillips' views "frankly nauseating" on the basis of the same evidence.[41][42]
From 1975 to 1981 MacShane had a relationship with broadcaster Carol Barnes.[43][44] Their daughter Clare Barnes died in March 2004 after her parachute failed to open on her 200th skydiving jump in Australia.[45] MacShane married Polish-born Liliana Kłaptoć in 1983, with the relationship lasting only a few years. In 1987, he then married Nathalie Pham, an interpreter of French-Vietnamese origin; they have a son and three daughters. They divorced in 2003.[7][46] His relationship with writer Joan Smith[47][48] ended in 2010 after seven years.[49]
MacShane owns houses in Clapham and Rotherham.[50][51] In his spare time, he enjoys skiing and running.[52]
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House | 3 bedrooms | sleeps 6
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With stunning views over the Caribbean, Cassava is set within its own grounds less than two hundred paces up from Lower Bay, a short meander down to one of The Grenadine's finest swimming beaches. The expansive ocean-facing coral stone terrace, which spans the full width of the house is the main living area, the perfect place to relax with a cool drink and watch the sun set. To the left a carved wooden entrance leads into the dining room and to the right, beyond a deep, cushioned seating area, is the master bedroom with its own private terrace, large dressing room and bathroom. On a lower level two double/twin rooms with en suite shower rooms lead onto their own leafy terraces with sea views. 4,837sq.ft, with its own excellent chef, it can accommodate up to 6 guests. (If required, a smaller house close by can accommodate a further 6 people upon request.) Enjoy a cool drink or lunch at De Reef or Mangos, or the mid-week open air movie at Keegans, all on the beach. Join in the steel pan jump up at The Frangipani on the water front and the Friday night live band at Devil's Table. There are a number of good restaurants and bars on the island. Off season Baj's Bar in Port Elizabeth is always open and welcoming with music and friendly people. Bequia is the perfect island to relax and unwind, swimming, reading, fishing, snorkelling or go spearfishing, walk to the top of Mount Peggy passing purple-orange land crabs, and from the lava rock sculptured summit look down over the islands. Explore the beaches, calm Princess Margaret or the beautiful but wilder Atlantic side of the island, and the turtle sanctuary. Visit the pristine islands of the Tobago Cays, Mayreau on the way. Explore St Vincent where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed at Wallilabou Bay, hike to the Dark View Falls or the Soufriere volcano. Or just take a water taxi around Bequia and see Moonhole from the sea, an extraordinary and magical collection of houses carved and built into the cliffside at the southern tip. Visit Port Elizabeth, the shops and vegetable stalls are charming and the people of Bequia are friendly and at ease with visitors who soon feel at home and usually end up yearning to return to this unique island with its old world charm.
Size | Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | Lower Bay 182 m |
Will consider | Long term lets (over 1 month) |
Access | Car not necessary |
Nearest Amenities | 4.5 km |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Bequia 5.1 km |
Family friendly | Suitable for children over 5 |
Notes | No pets allowed, No smoking at this property |
Features and Facilities
Luxuries | Internet access, DVD player, Staffed property, Sea view |
General | Air conditioning, TV, CD player, Safe, Wi-Fi available |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
Utilities | Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
Rooms | 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 3 En suites, Solarium or roof terrace |
Furniture | Single beds (4), Double beds (1), Cots (1), Dining seats for 12, Lounge seats for 12 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair |
Outdoors | Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ |
Access | Parking |
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The Bequia region
The unspoiled island of Bequia lies 9 miles south of St Vincent in the archipelago of the Grenadines. The old world feel of Bequia and easy friendly manner of the local people is a great draw to this charming island of white sand beaches, good restaurants, lively bars and music during the season which stretches from November until after the sailing regatta during Easter week, after which things quieten down - but still the island exudes its magic.
There are eight islands in the nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The second largest, Bequia is only seven square miles and home to around 5000 people. The others are Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Union Island, Palm Island and Carriacou, all there to explore by ferry or charter for the adventurous.
Famous for its sea-faring tradition, with its natural horseshoe shaped harbour, Bequia has long been known to sailors. Its natural beauty, island charm and open friendly people of mixed descent, Amerindian, Arawak, Carib, African, Scottish, Irish, French make Bequia a perfect place to relax and unwind.
Cassava is situated on Lower Bay, the largest beach on the calm Caribbean side of the island. Widely thought to be the finest swimming beach in the Grenadines, it is safe and current free. The sand is white and the water warm year round. There are three bar restaurants along the beach which serve cold drinks and hot food and a small cafe which sells delicious coconut ice-cream.
The adventurous can hike to some of the further beaches on the Atlantic side (see our website) or climb passing small orange and purple land crabs to the ancient lava rocks at the top of Mount Peggy and look down over the whole island and across far reaching ocean.
Spend a day sailing on a 100ft wooden schooner which was once the island's ferry, exploring the Grenadines or charter a powerboat for the day and explore Mustique (30min), or beautiful Mayreau and snorkel in the clear waters of the natural horseshoe
reef at the Tobago Cays (an hour) (see our website). Or just go fishing, diving, spear fishing or snorkeling off the shores of Bequia - no need to travel afar.
Lower Bay
On Lower Bay there is a tennis court and another at the Gingerbread Hotel where Maranne's Ice Cream Parlour has to be visited.
Visit the Turtle Sanctuary, The Whaling Museum, The Hamilton Fort, The St Vincent Carnival during the first week of July.
During the high season, for those who like music - after dinner the tables move to the side and there is a live band and legendary jump-up on a Friday night at Devil's Table, on a Thursday there is a steel pan band and jump-up in the open air on the waterfront at The Frangipani, music in the street at Penthouse on a Friday and Saturday, and every day of the week there is Baj to welcome you, open year round serving drinks, barbecued food and music. On Sunday afternoons a live band plays at De Reef on Lower Bay.
The island has a hairdresser, massage therapists, reflexologist, a homeopath, chiropractor and an acupuncturist as well as a doctor and a small hospital.
Port Elizabeth has all the necessary shops including an excellent gourmet purveyor Doris Fine Foods and also now an outlet for good wines, Vintages Bequia. There is a vegetable market, stalls, a bookshop and more.
The evidence of Bequia's charm is in meeting visitors who return time and again with a feeling as though they have returned home to this island which has some magic about it, no matter what time of year.
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The house was so beautiful, located just above lower bay. We had a fantastic time, and were very well looked after by Chef and manager Patrick Hepburn. Cassava house was wonderful reprieve after days… More
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A beautiful house, Cassava exceeded all of our expectations. The area in which Cassava is situated ( a 5 minute walk to the beach) allowed us to take full advantage of the natural features of Bequia, … More
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This is a truly lovely house (the photographs online can't really do it justice) just a few steps up from the nicest beach in beautiful Bequia. We have stayed at quite a few places on this island and this is by far, the best of them, built by a very good architect who has worked extensively in Mustique. We had another good family (with 3 children aged 13,10 & 7) trip at Easter – though we didn't do very much, which was probably mostly attributable to being very happy to just chill out. The chef and house manager Patrick and all the staff around the house were excellent and very friendly. It was such a treat to have the shopping and cooking done for us, and Patrick was very happy to fit in with all our requests, including a couple of nights when we had friends over for supper and he cooked for everyone. The owners have done a great job here - Cassava is as lovely inside as it is out; the views out over the bay are stunning, especially of course with a drink in hand at sunset! Lovely.
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In AU's International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS), a conversation has thrived for the past ten years. For an entire decade, the department's TALK program has encouraged intercultural dialogue between American and international students.
College of Arts& Sciences graduate student Laurie Melin coordinates TALK. She believes most students find a far different conversation than the one they expected when joining the program.
"The goal is to help people recognize the impact that culture has on the way they view the world and interact with others," she says. "The program ends up being a lot more about your own culture and cultural background than it does about 'let's learn about X culture.' People expect it to be pretty culture-specific and about other people, and it ends up being culture-general and largely about themselves."
TALK, which previously stood for Taking Action to Learn About Kulture but now simply means "talk," consists of thirty to forty undergraduate and graduate students from the US and abroad each semester. Divided into two groups and led by four facilitators – often past participants – these students meet once a week over eight weeks to explore topics ranging from cultural values to cross-cultural conflict. TALK also features events like an international food night, when a local chef prepares different cultural dishes for the participants to enjoy and socialize over.
The groups themselves represent the depth of diversity at AU, with only about four American students grouped with counterparts from countries ranging from China and Latin America to the Middle East and Africa. A popular program, TALK requires participants to complete an application process – which is highly competitive – in order to maintain the diverse nature of the groups.
ISSS Associate Director Kristina Thompson has been a part of the program since its inception, when she coordinated it as a graduate intern. Now serving as TALK's staff advisor, Thompson recalls how the program has evolved into one that has helped ISSS win honors for intercultural programming like the 2006 Gold Excellence Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
"At the beginning, there was somewhat of an English language focus, but we've moved away from that. We're much more focused on exploring your own culture and understanding how that has an effect on you," she says.
Both Thompson and Melin believe the program is an important resource for international students. It's something that helps them fully participate in and enjoy their time spent in a foreign culture.
"They're studying abroad to study, so the goal is come out with an academic base of knowledge in some area, but you could do that at home if you didn't care to have the cultural aspect of the experience," Melin explains. "By making sure that the cultural aspect of the experience is actually addressed and not just viewed as something that will happen naturally, you can enable people to get more out of the academic experience as well as the personal."
TALK has also impacted the facilitators involved, who are often graduate students in AU's International Training and Education Program (ITEP). In fact, both Melin and Thompson are current and past students respectively.
"[TALK] attracts people who are looking to go into the international communication or international education fields because it gives them a real, practical experience on top of what they're learning in the classroom," Thompson says.
To keep the TALK connection and conversation alive, Thompson and Melin have arranged networking events in Washington DC for past facilitators and participants – many of whom have gone into the fields of international communication and consulting.
While the program addresses the needs of international students and also offers valuable experience for ITEP students, its existence highlights a defining facet of the university.
"AU has a real commitment to helping students build intercultural competence," Thompson says, "and we have found that simply living in a residence hall or sitting in a classroom together doesn't always lead to people having those deeper conversations. Having an opportunity to stay with the same group of people eight weeks in a row, you really get to know them and it gives you a chance to ask questions and hear different perspectives."
In that sense, this ten-year TALK will thrive for years to come as a way to support international students and continue AU's commitment to a truly global education.
To learn more about TALK, click here.
If you're a current or past participant, facilitator, or coordinator, ISSS invites you to attend the TALK Tenth Birthday Party – Tuesday, April 24th from 2-3:00pm in MGC 200.


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Travelwide is the ultralight 4×5 film camera that goes wherever you go. Read more
Travelwide is the ultralight 4×5 film camera that goes wherever you go.
About this project
"Pretty amazing" — Photojojo
"Super cool" — The Phoblographer
"Ultralight 4x5 camera… ultra-friendly price" — The World's Best Ever
"My neck and shoulders already like this camera." — Mortal Muses
It's easy to fall in love with the incredible quality of 4×5 analog film, but no one loves lugging a heavy metal camera. We wanted to create a 4×5 that you could take anywhere in the world, and carry every day at home. The result is Travelwide. It's lighter than a DSLR, and not much larger—yet tough enough to toss in a side bag or cram into an overloaded backpack.
Travelwide 90
We built the Travelwide 90 around the Schneider Angulon 90mm ƒ/6.8 lens (not included), because it's small, cheap, and good. 90mm in 4×5 is nice and wide (28mm equivalent), so it's perfect for travel and street photography. And the the image quality of 4×5 means you can comfortably crop the image to "zoom in."
The Travelwide 90 features a helical focus (focus ring) system which is specifically marked for the Angulon 90mm ƒ/6.8. The large focusing ring is a breeze to use in the field, even with gloves on—and because it's marked, you can practice zone focusing or use an external rangefinder.
A travel camera should be lightweight. Fully loaded with a film holder, lens and accessories, the Travelwide 90 is just 630 grams (1 pound 6 ounces), compared to a Canon 5D Mark II with a tiny 40mm pancake, a combo that weighs in at 1033 grams (2 pounds 4 ounces). It's also remarkably compact—easier to fit in your bag than the Mamiya 7.
The Travelwide 90 is also compatible with several other 90mm lenses in Copal 0 shutters. As a general rule, if the ƒ/stop is ƒ/8 or ƒ/6.8, it should mount—you'll just need to adjust infinity focus using our easy instructions. ƒ/5.6 and ƒ/4.5 lenses are not recommended.
We'll include a simple metal sport finder so you can frame up your shot. If you want more accuracy, you can use our plastic "ground glass" insert, or purchase an accessory viewfinder. But we encourage you to try the sport finder, because it forces you to relax and use the camera as the fun point and shoot camera we designed it to be.
Travelwide 65
We also created the Travelwide 65, for the ultra-wide Schneider Super Angulon 65mm ƒ/8 lens (not included). It's a wonderfully wide view (20mm equivalent), for expansive landscapes. The Travelwide 65 reuses the body of the Travelwide 90, but instead of a helical focus, the focus is fixed at a very nice hyper-focal distance. When stopped down, everything from about 8 meters to infinity should be in focus. Since there's no focusing to deal with, it's even easier to operate.
Travelwide 65 is specifically built for the 65mm ƒ/8, and is not compatible with other lenses.
Both Travelwides feature a very handy low-profile spring back, which allows you to insert and remove a film holder with one hand. This unique back is only 1 millimeter thick, yet holds the film holder very securely. The slight curve at the end even acts as a thumb rest. When you need to use a Polaroid back, large roll film holder or other oversized holder, you can simply unscrew the spring back temporarily and attach the holder with strong elastics (such as heavy rubber bands or ball bungees).
To support bubble levels, viewfinders, rangefinders and flash units, we gave the Travelwide three well-spaced accessory shoes. We also created two utility boreholes through the grips. These holes enable you to attach a strap in a horizontal or vertical configuration, route a cable release, or attach a handle or other mount. We really hope that the Travelwide will become an inexpensive platform for camera hacking and experimentation.
Pinhole? Included!
The Travelwide will ship with a precision, chemically etched pinhole, so you can start shooting even without a lens. 4×5 pinhole photographs can be remarkably sharp, and pinhole has the advantage of unlimited depth of field. Equipped with a pinhole rather than a lens, Travelwide becomes unbelievably lightweight!
The Power of 4×5
Yes, they still make 4×5 film—in fact it's more advanced now than it has ever been. A sheet of 4×5 film can deliver astounding detail, and a tonal range that can't be matched by even the best digital systems out there. The range of exposure you can capture with one shot on negative film would be called "HDR" in the digital world. The highlights seem to go on forever, and the mid tones are creamy and smooth.
The Goal
We're already addicted to shooting with our Travelwides, but now it's time to share them with the world! We had a very specific target price, and every step of the way, we've worked tirelessly to achieve it. Why $99? Because we want to get people excited about large format! We want everyone to give it a try—high school students, curious artists, photojournalists, photographers of all kinds, tinkerers like us... If you've ever considered 4×5 but were scared off by heavy, high-priced, complicated cameras, we made the Travelwide for you!
In order to realize that dream, we need to pay for several very expensive injection molds to be made in the US. All told, we need to raise about $75,000. It sounds like a lot, but we can do it with your help—in fact, the only way we can do it is with your help! Spread the word to all your friends who are into photography, so we can get this camera out there!
Lens Buying Guide
We recommend these sites to help you find a lens for your Travelwide:
- http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/forum.php — You'll need to register for the forum and be a member for 30 days before you can access the For Sale section, but this is a wonderfully helpful and welcoming community.
- http://www.keh.com/— KEH has very conservative ratings, so their "BGN" lenses are often in great shape and fully functional.
- http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=angulon+90+6.8 — Be careful on eBay. Ask the seller questions, and be sure to read their return policy. However, sometimes a truly great deal pops up.
A fair price for a 90mm Angulon ƒ/6.8 is US $150 - 200, depending on condition. A fair price for the Super Angulon 65mm ƒ/8 is US $220 - 300. Things to ask the seller:
- Does the top shutter speed (1/400 or 1/500) work?
- Do the slow speeds work? (It's normal for them to be a bit too slow, but sometimes they stick.)
- Are the elements hazy or beginning to separate?
Risks and challenges
We received quotes from multiple shops in the Midwestern US, and feel confident that $75,000 is a realistic number to cover the tooling and first production run of the Travelwide. However, we've learned that when it comes to manufacturing, one should expect the unexpected. We're not sure what that would be (that's what makes it unexpected!), but we've set aside some emergency money in the event that we go over budget on production.
Our CAD drawings are complete. From the first stages of design, we've paid careful attention to each detail, and how it might impact production. All that remains is to talk with our manufacturing partner to finalize the details of the inserts (metal parts inserted into the plastic) and make any minor tweaks they might request to ease production. Once they're satisfied with the drawings, the lead time for the tooling could be 10-12 weeks or more.
So why have we set our estimated delivery dates to December? We have every expectation that we can ship these cameras well before December, but we'd prefer to be cautious. Even in the unlikely event that we run into a showstopping problem in the design, we'll be able to address it well before December.
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On the Travelwide prototype shown, we mounted a Voigtländer 21mm viewfinder and a Blik rangefinder. 21mm on 35mm corresponds to the vertical FOV of 90mm on 4x5. The Blik rangefinder is very handy for determining focus, and they're relatively cheap and easy to find on eBay.
When you need to use a Polaroid back, large roll film holder or other oversized holder, you can simply unscrew the spring back temporarily and attach the holder with strong elastics, such as heavy rubber bands or ball bungees. It works well!
Fuji makes instant pack film (3.25 × 4.25" images), which is fun and cheap. You'll need a Polaroid 405 holder, or the Fuji PA-145 holder. The color material is FP-100C, and the B&W is FP-3000B. Unfortunately, The Impossible Project was not able to save Polaroid's 45 or pack film machines, so they will probably not be offering a 4×5 material in the near future. However, a man named Bob Crowley is working to bring an improved version of Type 55 to the market, with his New 55 Project.
Yes. We have tested the Super Angulon 90mm ƒ/8 on the Travelwide 90, and it works well. However, you'll need to adjust the focus marker using the enclosed instructions, and the minimum focus distance will increase. We can't test every lens, but any 90mm ƒ/8 will probably work, and based on data we've found, the larger ƒ/6.8 lenses should work too. The Super Angulon 90mm ƒ/5.6 is not recommended.
Because the Travelwide 65 is fixed focus, it's more difficult to adapt to other lenses. You may be able to use a different lens, but it could require shimming, spacers or sanding down the lens board. But hey, this camera is cheap and fun, so give it a try!
No, unfortunately this would increase the cost of the camera by too much. Luckily, film holders can be easily found in the used market, and only cost between $5-15 depending on age and condition. Each holder will take two sheets of film.
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One Travelwide 90 package, with Schneider Angulon 90mm ƒ/6.8 lens. Condition of the lens will be "User" grade, not collector grade. NOT EX+ or Mint, just a good Wanderlust-approved lens you can use to make fantastic images with your Travelwide 90.
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Chicago / New York photo walk! We will hand-deliver a Travelwide 90 or 65 to you in Chicago or New York, and then take you on a photo walk. We'll spend a few hours shooting, then take you out for lunch. You'll get one-on-one tips and techniques, and the opportunity to ask us anything. (This reward is for meetups in Chicago or New York only, and may involve one or both of us depending on availability)
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Pork Chops With Apples and Cream
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Calories | 483 |
Total Fat | 27.0g |
Saturated Fat | 12.0g |
Cholesterol | 110.0mg |
Sodium | 611mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 23g |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 31.0g |
Calcium | -- |
Serves: 4
Yields: 4 main-dish servings
Total Time: 1 hr 25 min
Cook Time: 10 min
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- 4 (about 6 ounces each) pork loin chops, each 3/4 inch thick
- 5 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoon(s) vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup(s) Calvados or applejack brandy
- 1 cup(s) chicken broth
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) dried thyme
- 3 medium Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and each cut into quarters
- 1/2 cup(s) heavy or whipping cream
- Chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
- Pat pork chops dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add pork chops and cook until lightly browned on both sides. Transfer chops to plate as they brown.
- To drippings in skillet, add onion and cook over medium heat 3 minutes, or until tender. Add Calvados and cook until liquid is almost evaporated.
- Return chops to skillet, add broth, thyme, and apples, heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover skillet and simmer 30 to 45 minutes, until chops are tender.
- Transfer chops and apples to warm platter, keep warm. Increase heat under skillet to high, boil, uncovered, 5 minutes, or until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup. Add cream, heat to boiling. Boil 3 minutes.
- To serve, spoon cream sauce over pork chops. Sprinkle with parsley.
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Photo by John Althouse Denise Lewis started her own cleaning business in Holly Ridge called Life Maid Easy after moving to the town in 2003. She also works with Cleaning for a Reason Foundation, a charity that partners with maid services who clean the houses of women battling cancer for free. By CHRISTOPHER THOMAS – Daily News Staff Published: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 17:15 PM. Denise Lewis has long had a heart for the ill. Before the Ft.Lauderdale, Fla. Native started her own business; she worked as a health care provider in nursing homes and for homebound patients. After… read more →
Written By: C. Ryan Barber-Reading Eagle Her friend wanted to go about life as usual. She kept going to work, keeping with her routine to keep her mind off the breast cancer diagnosis. But Julie Welch of Brecknock Township felt she had to do something, anything to be there for her. So Welch made sure her friend, whom she declined to name for privacy purposes, always returned to a tidy house. "It was comforting for me to offer her a nice place to land when she got home from work," Welch said. "It just seemed at the time like a… read more →
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In Iain M. Banks' fictional Culture universe, an Orbital (sometimes also simply called an O or a small ring) is a purpose-built space habitat forming a ring typically around 3 million km (1.9 million miles) in diameter. The rotation of the ring simulates both gravity and a day-night cycle comparable to a planetary body orbiting a star.
Its inhabitants, often numbering many billions,[1][2] live on the inside of the ring, where continent-sized "plates" have been shaped to provide all sorts of natural environments and climates, often with the aim of producing especially spectacular results.
Banks has described Orbitals as looking like "a god's bracelet"[2] hanging in outer space. Orbitals are ribbon-like hoops of a super-strong material (see also unobtainium) reinforced and joined with force fields. Each Orbital possesses a "hub", a station suspended at its rotational centre which houses the Orbital's governing Mind.
An Orbital is similar to a ringworld but is much smaller and does not enclose its primary star within itself, instead orbiting the star in a more conventional manner, making it much more intrinsically stable than a ringworld.[1] Many different civilizations are known to use Orbitals sized according to the preferences of the builders; the Culture's Orbitals are approximately ten million kilometres in circumference, which, together with their rotational speed, creates gravity and day-night cycles to normal Culture standard.[3]:275 To put this another way, with a diameter of 3 million kilometres the orbital completes a full rotation once per standard Culture day to simulate normal Culture gravity via centrifugal force, and as the orbital is itself orbiting a star this in turn gives the day-night cycle.[4] They have widths varying between one thousand and six thousand kilometres, giving them a surface area of between 20 and 120 times that of the Earth (but comprising significantly less mass).[4]
Orbitals are regarded as highly matter-efficient, providing vastly more usable living space for their constituent mass than primitive arrangements like planets.[5] The Culture therefore prefers to leave planets unterraformed, treating them like wilderness areas.[4]
The inside of the hoop can be formed to any type of planetary environment, from desert, through ocean, and jungle to glacier. The structure is usually divided into individual 'plates', similar to continents. Though there need be no directly visible indication for the transition from one plate to another, on some Orbitals the border between neighboring plates is marked by an artificially high string of mountains known as a 'bulkhead range'. These also serve to contain the atmosphere in those areas where the Orbital may not yet be complete, with those gaps in the plate ring being bridged only by forcefields.[3]:331
Some plates mimic natural environments very closely, others are wild exaggerations possible only by advanced matter forming and intricate (but usually hidden) machinery—such as a gigantic river circumnavigating the whole Orbital, which in some regions travels on immense, kilometre-high bridge- or mountain-range-like constructions, and in other regions might act as an immense 'waterslide' for a floating event stadium.
Orbitals spin to mimic the effects of gravity and are sized so that the rate of rotation necessary to produce a comfortable gravity level is approximately equal to one day. In the case of the standard Culture day and gravity, this diameter is around three million kilometres. For such an orbital to reproduce the equivalent to the Earth's gravity (9.8 m/s2 at sea level), whilst maintaining Earth's 24 hour period of rotation, it would need to have a diameter of approximately 3.71 million kilometres. By tilting the axis of the Orbital relative to its orbit around a star a convenient day-night cycle can be experienced by the inhabitants. Since the edges of the Orbital are built as high walls, the rotation prevents the atmosphere from escaping, thus protecting the inhabitants from radiation. The walls are typically hundreds or thousands of kilometres high, made of a 'monocrystal' material.[6]
Responsibility for day-to-day administration of one of the Culture's Orbitals and the management of its complex systems mainly rests with a Mind,[7] which is situated in a structure in space at the centre of the Orbital, known as the Hub. The Mind is generally referred to simply as "Hub" by the inhabitants of the Orbitals, who never tend to be more than a millisecond away from the personalized contact and care it provides (via a contact terminal, usually worn as a piece of jewelry).
As the Hub Mind is extremely advanced, it could simultaneously hold conversations with every one of the billions of citizens a fully settled Orbital has, and constantly controls millions of avatars, (usually) humanoid representatives of itself, throughout the world, though it can also interact in myriad other ways.[3] It will also provide near-instant aid or material comforts, usually via service drones or matter displacement - being a near-omnipresent, omniscient as well as generally all-benevolent presence in the life of an Orbital citizen. As an insurance policy against unscrupulous Hub Minds, and to represent the community to visitors from more traditionally hierarchical societies, each Orbital also elects a body called a General Board from among its human and drone population. As a further check on the power of the Hub Mind, matters of public concern are decided by referendum.
Other civilizations also build Orbitals, although it is not known if all of them are similarly managed.
The culture within the Orbitals is typical for the philosophic-hedonistic slant of all the Culture. They are also prime examples of the Culture's post-scarcity society, for within some physical limits, all material wishes can be fulfilled (or will be fulfilled by the Hub on request).
Orbital culture is thus heavy on enjoyment, arts and crafting, creative endeavours of all kinds, learning, as well as sports and games. The mere building of an Orbital is an adventure itself, in which the Hub Mind involves its inhabitants; beginning with two plates orbiting its future Hub, with more plates added to them at regular intervals. The final joining plates may not be fully formed and 'landscaped' until after a very long time - at least as measured from the viewpoint of a biological member of the Culture.
While the number of people living on an Orbital tends to be in the many billions,[1][2] the sheer size of the habitat, as well as the casual lifestyle of the Culture, ensure that it almost never feels crowded. Citizens can choose to withdraw into large areas of primal (if ultimately manufactured) nature or into their own spacious homesteads, and tend not to live in cities unless they prefer the increased activity and the proximity of friends.
Orbitals also serve as residences for 'Ambassadors' of other societies to the Culture - though as shown in some of the books, the Culture understands this term differently: the alien is fully intended to eventually consider the Culture superior to his own society and become an ambassador for the Culture.
To some extent, living on an Orbital is regarded in the Culture as a staid, provincial sort of existence compared to residing on a spacefaring Ship.[8]
In the multimedia franchise Halo, characters have visited structures from which the series takes its name, and which are similar to an Orbital.[10] Halo's original developer Bungie Studios has mentioned Banks' Culture as an inspiration for Halo.[11]
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Rhythm Angels
The new recording by Rhythm Angels Celeste Krenz and Rebecca Folsom — the subject of a Friday, January 16, CD-release party at the Boulder Theater co-starring Jessi Colter — has a Colorado flavor thanks to tunesmithing help from Liz Barnez and John Magnie. Still, the focus remains on the central twosome, whose qualities cohere nicely. Although Krenz has tended toward vaporousness on recent releases, the blues-loving Folsom toughens her up on the standout track "If I Had a Gun," whose homicidal lyrics increase in effectiveness thanks to the chilling calm of their delivery. The other cuts aren't quite as distinctive, but they're consistently lovely and occasionally a bit sly — especially the Willie Dixon cover "29 Ways." These very different Angels bring out the best in each other.
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Knott's Berry Farm is great for homeschoolers, with many artisans actively working on their crafts, ready to answer questions. There is also great food, great rides, and lots of opportunity to talk about the Old West with the kids.
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