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Plan your Hangzhou tour? If you would like to pamper yourself in a green and beautiful environment with singing birds and murmuring springs, come to Hupao Spring. "Hupao Spring" literally means Tiger Running Spring, Tiger Digging Spring, or simply named Tiger Spring. The legend has it that here lived an eminent monk named Xing Kong during Tang Dynasty. In 819 when he decided to leave this place due to lack of water, the immortal told him in his dream that two tigers would be sent to him and take spring to him. Next morning, to his pleasant surprise, He saw two tigers digging the earth and soon the spring gushed forth, hence the name Tiger Spring.
Hupao Spring is located at the foot of Daci Hill around 5km in the southwest of Hangzhou. You have several public transport choices going from downtown Hangzhou to Hupao Spring: by taxi, by bike or by private car or van. Public buses to Hupao Spring – K4, K504, Tourism Bus (Y5) No.5 for 2 or 3 Yuan.
It is advisable to combine Liuhe Pagoda and Hupao Spring into a half day Hangzhou trip since the two attractions are on the same travel route in Hangzhou. If you have a taste for Hangzhou Zoo or if you travel with your kids, Hangzhou Zoo will be on your travel agenda, which is just next to Hupao Spring. Liuhe Pagoda, Hupao Spring and Hangzhou Zoo are very often put together for one day Hangzhou tour.
Hupao Spring is reputed as the Third Best Spring in China due to its unique fountain. Longjing Tea made of the water from Hupao Spring is regarded as the "two wonders" in Hangzhou. Of course, Hupao Spring was not taken here by the two tigers. Hupao Spring gushes forth due to the underground water seeping from quartz sandstone.
Hupao spring tastes pure, sweet and cold, an ideal drink for good health. What arouse people's interest is the fact that the spring water rises three millimeters above a bowl edge without overflowing, a scientific phenomenon due to the high surface tension of the spring water.
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Two hours are neended for visiting Hupao Spring. It is a half hour' walk from its main entrance by the road to the hillside Hupao Spring and other attractions.
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Late Premier Zhou Enlai escorted foreigners visiting Hupao Spring in 1950s. All were amazed by the surface tension of Hupao Spring.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa During a search of the apartment of a 21-year-old Iowa City man accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was showing her apartment last week, officers found handcuffs, a knife, women's bras, underwear and nylons, and an empty package of Viagra, according to court documents released Thursday.
Search warrant returns for Peng Tang's apartment at 923 E. College St. #8 show investigators collected DNA samples from Tang along with clothing, a broken bra strap found by his trash can, a heart-shaped box of condoms and a lock-picking book with tools.
The applications for the search warrants reveal more details about the alleged assault on March 29. According to the court records, the woman who said she was sexually assaulted placed an advertisement to sublet her apartment on www.zhan.renren.com, a website used by Chinese nationals.
A man who she had never met responded and made arrangements to visit the apartment at 8 p.m. The woman told officers that she met the man at the front door and led him to her apartment, where he asked to see her bedroom, according to the warrants.
After entering the bedroom, the suspect later identified as Tang grabbed her hands and tried to them up behind her back, according to the warrants. He then put a towel in the woman's mouth, according to police, made her to turn off her cellphone and forced her to have sex with him and perform other sexual acts, the documents show.
During the acts, Tang is accused of taking pictures and telling the woman, "You have better follow my requirements because I have a knife," according to the search warrants.
Tang also is accused of forcing the woman to pose for nude photographs and threatening to post the pictures online if she went to the police, according to the warrants. Tang is accused of telling the woman, "Don't do stupid things," and, "Today, you cooperated well and we were happy."
Near the end of the assault, the woman told Tang, according to police, that she had people waiting for her at the University of Iowa's main library. Tang then walked the woman to the library and left her there, according to the report.
He texted her later with the threat that he would post the pictures online if she went to the police, investigators reported.
The woman went to the UI Hospitals and Clinics and contacted police on March 30. The suspect called the victim with a blocked number, and the woman told officers she believed he would respond to a text message from her, according to the warrants.
Working with officers, the woman sent text messages to Tang asking to meet him at her apartment in the afternoon, according to the warrant.
"When the suspect showed up for the meeting, the victim could see the suspect and identified him as her assailant," according to police. "Officers then moved in and took the suspect into custody."
Tang told investigators that he was at the complex to see a friend. He was carrying a backpack and told officers it contained a computer, a cellphone and a "fruit knife," according to the warrant.
According to the search warrant return for the backpack, officers found condoms, a passport and a folding knife, among other things.
During a police interview, Tang admitted to having sex with the woman, carrying handcuffs and a knife and placing his hand over the woman's nose and mouth to keep her from screaming.
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A nearby galaxy has been revealed to be an exceptionally late bloomer by the Hubble Space Telescope - forming its first stars billions of years after its peers. The galaxy's sluggish growth rate suggests it was born as a wispy gas cloud in a barren region of space, shortly after the big bang.
Most galaxies formed more than 10 billion years ago. Those born in more recent times tend to be fashioned from "recycled" gas, enriched in heavy elements by previous generations of stars.
Now new observations reveal that a small galaxy, first seen in 1970, is forging stars from gas that is virtually unchanged since the big bang. The rare find resembles observations of the universe's first galaxies, which lie about 13 billion light years away. But this "baby" galaxy, called I Zwicky 18, is remarkably nearby at 45 million light years.
"I'm excited to have a lab right next door to study galaxy formation," says Trinh Thuan, an astronomer at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, US, who co-authored a paper on the research.
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The galaxy's proximity allowed Hubble's eagle-eyed Advanced Camera for Surveys to resolve a few thousand of its estimated 20,000 stars. The stars' colour and brightness suggest that none are more than 500 million years old.
And observations with another orbiting telescope revealed the galaxy's gas contains just 2% of the Sun's abundance of heavy elements, or metals - the most pristine galactic gas seen since the big bang. Star-forming regions in the Milky Way contain 100 to 200 more of these elements than the baby galaxy.
"What's surprising is the age of the stars in the galaxy - 500 million years is basically yesterday," says John Huchra, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, who had previously studied the galaxy. "The conundrum is why the metallicity is so poor."
The reason suspected by Huchra and Thuan is that the galaxy was long starved of galactic food, dragging out its gestation period. The universe's first galaxies collapsed from clouds of hydrogen and helium and grew by drawing in surrounding gas and merging with nearby galaxies. But I Zwicky 18, which is about 100 times more narrow than the Milky Way, probably started out as a small gas cloud in a relatively empty region of space.
"It grew very very slowly until, after nearly 14 billion years, it had enough density to form stars," Thuan told New Scientist.
Thuan has searched for other star-forming dwarf galaxies but has found only a handful that contain 5% or less of the Sun's metallicity. None are as close as I Zwicky 18, which means they cannot be studied as accurately.
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By Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards
Well-worn stories of dinosaurs like the United States and India battling it out in the United Nations climate change negotiations in Doha continue to crowd out other, more positive stories that need to be told. Rather than retelling the story of sticking points between the rich countries of the global North and those of the developing South, it's crucial to see where something new is breaking through.
The greenest shoots we saw at COP18 were from a group of developing countries scarcely mentioned in the media's fascination with conflict and acrimony between the different Parties and blocs.
This is a "revolt of the middle" by neither the poorest nor the richest but a group of developing countries willing to step out from the Group of 77 and China bloc's shadow and offer real ambition.
Six countries - Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Perú, Guatemala and Panamá - with the support of the Dominican Republic announced the creation of a new negotiating bloc, the Association of Independent Latin American and Caribbean states (AILAC).
Boldly, the AILAC countries have decided to stop waiting for emissions reductions or financial support from wealthy countries like the U.S., and launch an ambitious case for low-carbon development at home and abroad.
What's really new here is that these countries seek to break down the North-South firewall that has stalemated the climate negotiations for the past two decades. As Mónica Araya, a Costa Rican negotiator, told El País the negotiations are "always told as a battle of North versus South, rich against poor, but each time this explains less and less of what's happening."
She told the leading Spanish daily that the new group shows that "there is an alliance of countries that want all nations to take on binding obligations, and that the negotiations process is adapting to a changing world."
José Alberto Garibaldi, who advises several Latin American countries' delegations and has been participating in the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change for more than a decade, mentioned in Doha how this group, along with other Latin American countries, has been acting informally to mobilize others with similar views in other regions. Now, they are formally present.
While not a new collaboration, Garibaldi notes, "The group allows (them) to give a fresh view of the fundamental challenges the Convention sought to address, and the need to face them through increased collective action by all."
AILAC arises from a diverse and fractured region on international climate policy. Brazil, a pivotal actor at the talks, for years attempted unsuccessfully to lead the region, but then found stronger allies in the other large emerging economies China, India and South Africa (creating the BASIC bloc). BASIC played a central role in the reorientation of the whole process and the drafting of the Copenhagen Accord in 2009.
The radical Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA in Spanish) bloc made up of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Cuba is pushing for developed countries to pay their "climate debt" and commit to steep emission cuts. Since Copenhagen in 2009, ALBA has played a role of resistance, at times blocking the negotiations, but also forcefully reminding rich nations of their obligations under the Convention and the importance of procedural inclusion following the U.N.'s difficult rules.
In 2012, some of the ALBA countries have participated in meetings in the newly formed Like-Minded Developing Countries bloc (LMDC) alongside China, India and Saudi Arabia. The LMDC bloc has spoken firmly on respect for the core principle in these negotiations of "common but differentiated responsibilities"—in this case that the developed countries need to act first, because they have done the most to create the problem of climate change.
Another bloc, the Central American Integration System (SICA in Spanish), is made up of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá and the Dominican Republic. SICA has pushed for greater recognition as one of the most vulnerable regions to the impacts of climate change, focusing on the capitalization of the new Green Climate Fund.
A number of Caribbean states also participate in the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), which represents 44 island and coastal countries around the world. AOSIS has loudly called for a 1.5 degree Celsius limit on global warming, which they argue may be the only way to avert the loss of their nations to rising sea levels.
That's not all. A number of countries in the region also participate in the Coalition of Rainforest Nations, which pushes for schemes to reimburse developing nations for protecting standing forests. Another is called the Group of Highly Vulnerable Countries, which fought hard at COP17 to be included in National Adaptation Programs of Action alongside the least developed countries.
Finally, there are some countries like Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay who participate solely in the Group of 77 and China, the powerful developing country bloc consisting of 131 countries around the world, which for years was the region's only collective voice in the talks.
But of these splintering groups, AILAC is the most recent, most ambitious and most likely to break something loose in the North-South standoff. The six AILAC countries have participated actively in an informal discussion group called the Cartagena Dialogue for Progressive Action, alongside others on both sides of the North-South divide, including Australia, Ethiopia, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.
The group is not an official negotiating bloc, but instead serves as an informal space to hold discussions on how to increase support and consensus at the climate talks. AILAC nations were encouraged by the fruits of early leadership by the Cartagena Dialogue to step forward as a group and have their voices heard more clearly on the negotiating floor and in its reporting outlets.
One might wonder why yet another negotiating group is needed. Paula Caballero, lead negotiator for Colombia at COP18 in Doha, commented that setting up AILAC was a natural progression given that the countries involved already share positions on most of the key issues such as the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action—the main vehicle for a post-2020 global climate change agreement. The decision also helps the group have a more powerful and visible presence.
Garibaldi clarifies that AILAC is not designed as a reaction to one group or the other, but rather an effort to create something new: "Their coming together might help stress opportunities, and not only constraints in facing these challenges, while helping to build bridges to achieve further ambition, within a dynamic view of the existing principles of the convention."
The AILAC countries were tired of waiting for the ambitious emissions reductions that scientists say are needed. They are going ahead with ambitious actions, with or without financial support of wealthy countries. However Costa Rica's Minister of the Environment, René Castro, made clear in his "high level" speech at COP18 that funding from the developed countries could catalyze the transition to a greener path.
"We need to find a solution to the current silence on climate finance. Many developing countries are engaging in NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) and adaptation projects, and are deeply worried about the lack of fund-predictability post-2012 when the fast start finance period ends. ... (We need) clarity on how the commitment will be translated into a clear, credible trajectory that will build trust in the developing world."
Mónica Araya described to us how the group's "objective is to build bridges to be constructive, propositive and open to dialogue" in what are often polarized and unproductive negotiations. "The point is not to tell others they are wrong. Our objective is to move the 2015 negotiations forward," she says. The timing for this kind of leadership is ripe.
The greenest shoots in the vast granite hallways of the Qatar National Convention Center were from this group of middle-income developing countries that do not neatly fit in the story of North versus South. For example, the Dominican Republic, ranked 90th in the world with a GDP per capita of just $5,500 a year, made an unconditional pledge last week to reduce its emissions by 25 percent below 2010 levels by 2020. That such a poor nation is willing to make a commitment that far exceeds that of the United States (with income at $48,000 per person) should jolt the United States into action.
Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University. Guy Edwards, who is based in Ecuador, is a research fellow at Brown University's Center for Environmental Studies and works with the Latin American Platform on Climate and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network. A longer version of this blog first appeared on The Brookings Institution's website.


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The office staff are unfriendly and it's clear after the first time you bring a concern to them that resolving your problem is not a priority.They also use ConService which is aptly named,for your portion of the water usage and trash,… Full Review ▶
I lived in these apartments for one year. The ladies in the office were usually rude, they did not allow my dog (half pit/half lab) even though she was sweet as can be. When I moved into the apartment, it had… Full Review ▶
Me and my boyfriend having been living in Suntree Apartments for about 2 years now and I have nothing but the best things to say about it. The apartment is spacious and cozy, it has amazing landscaping and large trees that… Full Review ▶
Living here has been an exercise in futility. When I first moved here, this was perhaps one of the nicest apartment communities in this price range here on the Westside. However, in the last 6 months, the quality here has seriously… Full Review ▶
I moved into Suntree in November of 2010. The apartments was so clean and well maintained. The office staff is very professional and handled all my questions and maint request in a timely manner. The landscape is so plush and green… Full Review ▶
I thought I was moving into a great place unfortantly this was not the case. Suntree Apartments is not a good place to live there are cops almost around all the time and very loud and noisy I live in a… Full Review ▶
The property recently went to bank ownership and a new management company was brought in. All the staff except one maintenace guy have been let go or quit. The landscape company and pest control companies were fired, so there are weeds… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for about 4 years.Have never had any problems with the staff.For the first few years at the Suntree,the water was turned off it seemed every month or every other month.Everyone is friendly and greets me everyday.The lights… Full Review ▶
I'm not sure how old these apartments are (80s?), but they are showing their age. Some units get upgraded as tenants move out, but everyone I know is living with old appliances and fixtures. Carpet may have been replaced, but mine… Full Review ▶
I have been here going on 8 years and have 2 children. I have never had any problems with the staff they are very friendly and greet you right when you walk in. When ever i need a repair they are… Full Review ▶
The lights above the carports have been out for months!!!! The lights in the complex go out all the time and you are lucky if they replace at all, usually it takes at least 3 months which makes it unsafe and… Full Review ▶
I lived here for a year. All in all the apartment complex is nice. The staff is friendly. Maintenance issues were okay. But when I moved out they nickel and dimed my security deposit for every little thing wrong like the… Full Review ▶
Both pools closed on July 4th while they take a nice holiday themselves..... I have had work requests in for over a year so good luck in getting things fixed. They closed our laundryroom, you cannot use the wonderful clubhouse they… Full Review ▶
I have lived in this complex for 4 1/2 years. I am not sure about the last comment, but compelled to to make my own. The staff in the office are great. I have not seen any rodents, a dead bird… Full Review ▶
If you are new to the area and are looking for an apartment, I would not recommend Suntree. First of all, it is an low income area with a relatively high crime rate. My daughter signed a lease on the apt… Full Review ▶
I've lived here for about a year with my fiance. I feel that the staff is genuinely concerned with the residents. it does take alittle while to get things fixed but it gets done. it is a safe place to live.… Full Review ▶
i really liked this place, and if it weren't for my husband's military relocation, we would probably still live here. this place was little older, but it was taken care, and it was a place to call home. i lived here… Full Review ▶
My wife and I have lived here four about 2 yrs now. When we first moved in here the apts where pretty bad, for an example, drug trafficing, alot was going on. Eventually it slowly died down, but of course apts… Full Review ▶
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Lousy and unhelpful staff, the buildings are in need of rehab, the water is always out, and the parking situation is pure anarchy. Full Review ▶
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Android is a feature rich operating system for smartphones and most mobile manufacturers use it as a primary OS for their devices. Unlike Windows Mobile OS, it has millions of apps that can be downloaded from Google Play. Google Play is an online market for Android apps from where you can download free apps and buy premium apps too. Until now, users needed a Android based smartphone or had to download Android OS ISO to run any Android apps. But this is not a necessity anymore because a freeware Windows application, WindowsAndroid, is able to run complete Android OS on Windows without any type of dependencies.
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The creator of Devolution has posted a video showing his app running a Gamecube game on a Wii U in Wii Mode...
tueidj, the creator of the loader designed to run GameCube games on Wii mode, called Devolution, has posted a video supposedly showing/teasing a GC game running on a Wii U in Wii Mode.
Unfortunately, he shows no proof of it actually being used on the Wii U. Also, in the video, he couldn't get past the "Press Start" screen.DevolUtion?
Yo dawg, we put backwards compatibility in your backwards compatibility so you could run gamecube games over HDMI.
But, pretty interesting nonetheless.
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The Feelfree Scupper Stoppers feature an innovative flip top cap that allows you to drain water out of the kayak without removing the entire scupper stopper. The Feelfree Scupper Stoppers are made from synthetic rubber to withstand the elements and last.
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Mine fit just fine. it does take a little bit to press them in the drain holes but it works perfectly. they are made to stay in very tight because once you get them in... you dont have to take them out. open the lid and the water flows right on out. i took a rubber mallet and hammered them in.
As stated previously, works great in the seat and rear cargo drain holes of my Moken 10 Lite (used a rubber mallet to pound them in), but did not fit in the footwell area due to shape. I'm using the ACK small scupper stoppers there.
I had got the for my feel free sit on top tandem kayak and they are poorly designed and don't stay shut I would recommend just getting the small yellow plugs these are junk
I ordered these and the ACK small scuppr stoppers, based on the other reviews. These do not work at all in my Moken 10 Angler. I'm glad I had the others as back-ups.


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HP: For circuits, swap silicon for molecules
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Researchers from the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computing giant have created devices called crossbar latches that can be used to perform calculations in microprocessors, the same function silicon transistors now have.
The difference is that crossbar latches--which consist of a grid of microscopic wires linked by molecules at their intersections--are far smaller and, potentially, far cheaper to make because they are produced using processes more akin to inkjet printing rather than the ornate etching processes required for today's chips. Both factors give chipmakers an opportunity to dodge some of the technical difficulties and painful costs awaiting them in coming decade.
HP has already shown how crossbar latches can be used in memory.
"This is the final piece of the puzzle for building a molecular computer," said Phil Kuekes, senior computer architect and primary inventor at HP's Quantum Science Research (QSR) unit.
Adoption of crossbars across the industry could also lead to royalties for HP, which may try to license it, added Stan Williams, director of the QSR. HP is so confident of its technology that is aiming to get elements of crossbar technology incorporated into 32-nanometer chips, which will hit commercially in 2011 or 2012. The company will try to get its technology ensconced in industry road maps guiding equipment makers and semiconductor designers.
"There is a recognition that there is going to have to be innovation," Williams said. "We'd like to introduce some aspect of it into that (32-nanometer) node."
HP, however, isn't trying to find a way out of the conflicts many semiconductor designers face. Researchers from the South Korea, Japan and the United States--including IBM and Intel--will next week publish papers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference detailing ideas for new types of chips and transistors.
"The single biggest advantage we have is that we can do it now," Kuekes said. "We think we can make complex devices sooner."
Although experts and pundits have declared the imminent death of Moore's Law for three decades, the end appears to be in sight. The principle, which states that chipmakers can double the number of transistors on a silicon chip every two years, has enabled the industry to shrink the size and cost of things like computers and cell phones while improving their performance.
Unfortunately, traditional silicon transistors can't be shrunk in size much longer. Circa 2021, there won't be enough atoms inside
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- "Shrinking the electrical junctions in a chip also generally increases performance, but the switches in the experimental crossbar latches only flip at about a tenth of a second."
As compared to the state switching speed of a modern transistor which is..?
To the common lay person 10 times a second seems fast. You should probably finish that paragraph by including the comparison you seem to have started then abandoned.
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June 23, 2013 - July 5, 2013
It became obvious when we had entered New Brunswick because most of the street signs were also written in English. Campbellton, New Brunswick is situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-a-la-Croix, Quebec. We found a perfect spot to camp, located on the top of a hill, overlooking both coasts. Eastern Canada has no shortage of great spots to camp.
I contacted a guy, named Ryan, on couchsurfing.org and he welcomed us to stay with him in a small suburb of Moncton, New Brunswick. The Petitcodic River separates Riverview, New Brunswick from Moncton. In the late 1960's, a controversial rock-and-earth fill causeway was build between Moncton and Riverview to prevent agricultural flooding and to carry a crossing between the two communities. Before the construction of this causeway, the river had one of the largest tidal bores, which ranged 1-2 meters in height and moved at 5-3 km per hour. Ryan's backyard had a beautiful view of this chocolate coloured river.
The day after arriving in Riverview, Rocky and I made a coffee run in the morning while Ryan was at work meetings. About 300 meters from us returning to the house, the motorcycle lost all power and Rocky had to push it the rest of the way. After spending some time problem solving through the electrical, Rocky noticed that the exhaust had melted some wires. We were lucky to have been such a short distance away with a nice large garage to do the repairs.
Ryan is a charming character with an abundant storage of information. As the CEO/owner of Chatham Biotec and Mega Chaga, his background is in innovative forestry products. He lives with his dog Mocha, a pretty Shepard/Boxer mix. The four of us took a ride down to Caladonia Gorge, a protected natural area. We hiked through the forest until we reached a creek. The water squeezed and crashed down through a narrow slot, it's wake churning into a deep cold pool.
Ryan told us we'd be swimming at Crooked Creek, so I came prepared with my bathing suit. Although, I didn't come prepared to jump off a cliff into the water. I'm such a chicken. It took me quite a few minutes to mentally prepare for my pathetic attempt of a jump. But, I did it, and after I did, I realized that in order to get out of the cold water, I was going to have to climb up the cliff I had just jumped off of. Ryan made fun of me. He said that I was hugging the cliff all the way up, holding on for dear life. I'm such a coward.
Spending a few days at Ryan's was a lot of fun, but we needed to get back on the road to maintain some sort of schedule. We were on our way to discover Nova Scotia. Rocky's friend Kathy, who he had lived with in Taiwan, now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband Ryan. The both of them live with a few roommates in North Halifax, a great area named The Hydrostone. The moment we arrived, Kathy greeted us outside and embraced me with a big hug.
As I began unpacking the motorcycle, Rocky noticed a hissing sound coming from the front tire. It had a strange hole on the wheel wall where the air was escaping but after removing the tire, no hole was found on the inner tube. The tire was placed back on and seemed OK but we weren't comfortable keeping it. We had planned on getting a new rear tire because ours was low on thread but we then decided that a new front tire was also necessary. Although the front tire was fairly new, it was the same tire used when we were in our accident. Rocky and I agreed that there was a good possibility that the tire was unsafe and should be replaced.
We had planned to spend the long weekend with Kathy and Ryan. Ryan is in a band called Three Sheet and was booked to perform at a few venues throughout Nova Scotia. Ryan also owns a motorcycle and had the weather been better, the four of us would have gone on a great little camping road trip. Instead, Ryan went by van with his band members because the weather called for heavy rain all weekend. Rocky and I couldn't do much but wait for the sky to clear up. After relaxing all weekend, we finally decided to take our chances against Mother Nature and our faulty tire. We took a short road trip to Peggy's Cove and it was well worth it. The rain had stopped for a short moment and the scenery was incredible. It was definitely one of the prettiest coasts I have ever seen.
The following day remained somewhat dry as well. Rocky and I rode to the motorcycle shop to pick up our tires because they had finally arrived. Without any other choice, I placed each arm through a tire and held on tight as I sat on the back of the bike. We rode from the shop for just under one minute before lights began flashing behind us. We were being pulled over by an undercover cop. He asked us where we were going and said that carrying the tires wasn't the safest idea, we could get charged. He then asked for the tires, said that he would place them in his car and he would follow us to where we were going. Amazing! I laughed the entire ride. Especially at the thought of the paranoia Rocky must have felt from a cop following behind him for 20 minutes. Once we arrived at Kathy's home, we enjoyed a good chuckle with him. We exchanged info and he told us to call him if we had any troubles. In case you are reading our blog, Mr. Detective/Constable Upshaw, we did not inhale. ;)
Rocky and I spent a while changing both tires. With the bike ready, we were excited to get back on the road. It had almost been a full week spent with Kathy, Ryan, their roommates Andrea and Adrienne and the household dog, Jetson. The night before we planned to leave, Jordie Lane, an amazing musician from Australia, came to stay at the house with his beautiful girlfriend Clare. Although it was nice to relax and spend time in such an interesting household, we said our goodbyes and got back on the road the following morning. It was too bad that we didn't stick around to watch Jordie on stage. He is extremely talented.
Our next destination was Cape Breton Island. Although it is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, it is artificially connected by a rock-fill Canso Causeway. We rode until we found a place to camp in a field near an industrial section of Port Hawkesbury. Just as I was setting up the tent, I began to realize that we were in the center of millions of Mosquitos. I tried to hurry but it was futile, I felt as though I was getting eaten alive. I was happy once we were in the tent, but I still spent a long time killing the mosquitos that snuck there way in. I don't like to kill anything but I felt no guilt as hundreds of them pressed against the mesh to watch the bloody massacre.
Located in Cape Breton, the Cabot Trail is considered one of the world's most scenic drives. It truly was gorgeous. After riding for most of the day Rocky pulled over for a bathroom break. A gravel driveway led us to an outhouse but to our surprise, it also led us to a beautiful place named Neil's Harbour. A small river found its way into a larger body of water. A few meters away was a sandbank that separated the freshwater from the ocean. We set up our tent in the small, designated picnic area along side of the Harbour and listened to the ocean waves crash against the opposite shore. I didn't imagine it could get any better until some of the locals lit up some fireworks visible from where we camped. When the fireworks were over, the black sky was filled with billions of stars. It was a perfect place to admire.
We packed everything up the next morning and headed towards Sydney, Nova Scotia. We camped in a large field and planned on taking The MV Blue Puttees Ferry to Newfoundland the following afternoon. Everyone kept saying how amazing Newfoundland is, but I get really seasick and was not looking forward to the long Ferry ride.
We left the province of Québec and crossed into New Brunswick on June 23rd. Entering the town of Campbellton, we rode around and found a spot to camp next to a radio tower, atop a hile overlooking the town.
We awoke the next morning, packed up and headed for the city of Moncton.
We had contacted a guy on couch-surfing, named Ryan, and he agreed to host us in the town of Riverside, a suburb of Moncton.
Ryan took us to a great spot off the beaten path, called Crooked Creek.
The three of us took turns jumping into the river from the rocks on the bank. The water was cold.
Ryan's best friend was Mocha, his pet dog.
Ryan, Mocha & Paula
On June 27th, we said goodbye to Ryan and headed for Halifax, Nova Scotia. My friend, Kathy, whom I had met ten years earlier while living and working in Taiwan, was now living with her fiencé, Ryan, in Halifax. They had invited us to come and stay with them as we passed through the area.
Paula and I endured a long stretch of rainy whether when we arrived in Halifax. We had ordered and were waiting for two new tires to arrive, so we hadn't planned on doing much travel anyway. Ryan is a musician in a band called Three Sheet. They had several gigs on the Canada Day long weekend. Kathy decided to tag along with them.
Ten years prior, I had lived with Kathy in an apartment with many other roommates. Kathy and I quickly became good friends.
On Canada Day, the skies finally cleared up and Paula and I decided to ride out to Peggy's Cove. Peggy's Cove is a small fishing village 45 minutes outside of Halifax.
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse
Peggy's Cove
Paula At Peggy's Cove
Adrienne was one of Kathy's roommates. She was the best friend to Jetson, the household dog. Adrienne planned on traveling to New Zealand and invited us to come stay with her if we made it that far.
We left Halifax on July 3rd and headed north, towards Cape Breton Island. The following day we rode along the world-famous Cabot Trail. The drive was certainly beautiful. We had heard so much about it that our expectations were set very high. It was a stunning ride, but it was a short ride, and Paula and I both agreed that we preferred the ride along Route 132 in Québec much better.
Somewhere Along The Cabot Trail
We decided to head off the main road along the northern tip of Cape Breton Island. It was a nice detour that lead to some great scenery.
Cape Breton Island
Nearing the end of the day, we found a great rest stop on the outskirts of Neil's Harbour. It had a beautiful stream and a fresh-water lake that was separated from the sea by a small strip of beach. We knew we had to camp there for the night, so, we waited until dusk, after the park ranger made his last round, and set up camp.
While waiting for the sun to go down, we took a dip in the lake to wash off. We headed out the next day for North Sydney, Nova Scotia, where we had planned on boarding the ferry to Newfoundland.
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Barrow 'safe place to live'
Last updated at 17:30, Monday, 09 July 2012
DETECTIVE Chief Inspector Bob Qazi is in charge of police in South Cumbria. In the first part of a special two-part feature, he talks to reporter DAVID PICKTHALL about his work
BARROW has been the scene of two alleged attempted murders in the last three months – but the firm message from DCI Bob Qazi is "Barrow is a safe place to live".
Despite those high profile incidents, which made some Evening Mail readers question the safety of the town's streets, DCI Qazi said violent crime has dropped substantially over the past decade.
The 51-year-old, who joined the police as a PC in 1983, said: "In the last three months, we've had two alleged attempted murders, so it has been very busy, and this is only one type of investigation we're carrying out, along with burglaries and other assaults.
"I need to emphasise how busy the detectives are – it's a case of us all being very busy.
"But the reality of the situation is that Barrow is a safe place.
"We have a relatively small CID department which is kept very busy.
"However, crime-wise, Barrow is not a dangerous place to live.
"For both of these alleged attempted murders, we had people arrested very quickly and charged very quickly.
"We pride ourselves in Barrow, and always have done in South Cumbria, on the fact that we have officers with a huge amount of local knowledge which assists us in getting to the bottom of cases and identifying the suspects. We know the criminals in the town."
DCI Qazi is one of six DCIs in Cumbria.
The former Dowdales School pupil started with West Yorkshire police in 1983 and returned to Cumbria in 1989.
He has worked across the county, both in the CID and as a uniform officer, and been in charge of the communications centre, local policing in West Cumbria, the counter terrorism special branch and the force intelligence bureau.
He has worked as a senior detective in the Derek Bird investigation at Seascale in 2010, was a sergeant at the scene of the manslaughter of Barry Green in Barrow Park in 1999, and was involved in the initial stages of the Carol Park Lady in the Lake investigation.
l In the second part of this special feature, in the Evening Mail tomorrow, DCI Qazi talks about how the nature of crime has changed during his career.
First published at 16:07, Monday, 09 July 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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Well,Michelle and Gemma--IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THEN .... ... AND LIVE IN SOME OTHER METROPPOLIS LIKE MANCHESTER,LIVERPOOL OR ROTHERHAM,BRADFORD OR WHEREVER,THEN YOU REALLY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO CROWE ABOUT.
QUOTE "Part of our duty is to ensure that the constabulary maximises the value of its assets as it strives to save £20million from its budget by 2015/16".Does this Qazi guy expect members of the Barrow Public to believe that load of bunkum. Personally I couldn't care less how quickly a criminal is caught & convicted. I am more concerned with PUBLIC SAFETY. I would imagine from reading criminal investigative journals, that around 90% of people murdered either knew or know their assailant. So getting the criminal is the easy bit.Do I feel safe in Barrow in Furness. Yes I do, so long as I stay indoors after eight or nine at night and if I do venture out I most certainly would not be on foot, I'll be in my car with all doors locked.When I was a youngster the Policeman was respected, I doubt that now. Seeing the friendly bobby on the beat MADE YOU FEEL SAFE, why because he wasn't in a motor vehicle with sirens and blue flashing lights allowing all to see for a few blocks. He knew the kids in the block, the old lady who was living by herself and would have a cuppa ready for him.When my father was alive he slept downstairs because my mum was paralysed down one side of her body. It was a barmy summer evening so my father left the quarter light open. A perchance burglar tried to gain entry so Dad hit him over the head with my mum's walking stick. No it wasn't reported because perchance criminals are too hard to nail down, they just become a statistic.Wake up Qazi, get out on the street and talk to people because you and George Osbourne are living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.The would be criminal will be rubbing both his hands together when the FORCE (sarcastic) is reduced.A slogan for Ozzie Cameron & CleggREDUCTION IN COPS
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- This singer just announced she is having a baby girl. You hear her songs like "Stronger" and "Since You Been Gone," on FRESH. Name her.
- As you heard in the Hollywood Hotsheet at 7:08…Harry Styles may still have a thing for his ex-girlfriend…the One Direction singer has held onto a tube of his famous once-girlfriend who is known for writing songs about all of her ex-boyfriends. Who is she?
- BRADLEY COOPER is coming back to Broadway in a revival of "The Elephant Man." What's the name of his Oscar nominated movie that also stars Amy Adams and Christian Bale.
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But it's made 100 crore! And you gave it just one star!
Sure enough, Singham Returns, which your humble critic didn't care for, has rapidly climbed to the Rs 100 crore-plus mark, according to its publicists. Before that, it was the execrable Humshakals that breached the barrier. And many such similar ones before these worthies.
In the last couple of years, this little litany has been getting louder. Not in a polite, discursive way. But in an aggressive tone. What do film critics know about what the audience wants? If it is so bad, how does it make so much money? Why are you so sniffy about blockbusters? The moment you give a film one star, we know it is going to bust the box office.
Right, what do I know? I'm just the long-time film critic who sits through everything — the excruciatingly awful ones, the middling ones, the good-but-could-have-been-better ones, and the ones that blow me away, the better to sift grain from chaff. More importantly, I am that person to whom putative crores mean nothing. What has meaning is the film in front of me, and what sense I make of it.
Dear viewers, once and for all, I am here to tell you that the amount of money that a movie makes has nothing to do with its intrinsic worth. The money that it makes only tells me, and should tell you too, if you stop to think about it, just how hard-sold the movie was. And how you, dear viewer, fell for it.
Television spots. Reality show judges and special appearances. Posters. Full-page newspaper ads. An online blitz of "First Looks!" and "Official Trailers!". Interviews. Magazine Q&As. The machine is out in full force, making sure that whenever you turn, on every bit of media that you own and consume, you see a glimpse of the film that you absolutely must see this Friday. What will happen if you don't? You won't have bragging rights. What if your friends see it before you do and talk about it at the Friday night bash? You'll go "uh-huh, uh-huh", curse yourself for not having anything to say. What if, horror, it makes a hundred crores, and you haven't been part of that party? It's called being left out. In the hyper-linked, hyper-connected times we live in, in which you read someone's live tweets about a film even as you watch it — what!, to actually have to watch the damn thing, without someone else telling you what they are thinking about the scene? — you cannot not be a part of that global feeling.
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Cooper's hawks: Outside-the-box hunters in an ever-changing world
By Gary Bogue
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 7:47 am in Cooper's hawk, Hawks, Hunting.
Cooper's hawk by Brian Murphy, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Have you ever seen a Cooper's hawk kill a mourning dove in your backyard?
The hawk usually comes diving out of nowhere to hit the dove with a huge splash of gray feathers. End of hunt.
The Coop either sits there on the ground under your bird feeder, gulping down its mourning meal right under your kitchen window (where it knows you're watching) … or it flies off with its prey to dine on the limb of a nearby tree.
Cooper's hawk by Brian Murphy of Walnut Creek, Calif.
Yesterday afternoon I got home from work just in time to watch a Cooper's hawk employ a clever new hunting technique I'd never seen before.
There's a big female Coop that lives in the area and raises her chicks every spring in a nest in a large eucalyptus tree just down the back hill from my house. All the small birds in the neighborhood know about this deadly lady and are ever on the lookout for her silhouette.
If one little bird spots this hawk and gives a warning peep … POOF! … there's not a single bird left on or near my backyard bird feeders. Know what I mean?
They dive into nearby bushes and huddle on the ground, hidden by their camouflage and lack of movement and frozen in space until the all-clear sounds.
Yesterday, that big lady Cooper's hawk added a new refinement to her considerable hunting techniques: sneakiness.
Both my seed feeders were covered with plump, and I assume tasty white-crowned sparrows, munching away on the fresh supply of seeds I'd just added to the mix.
I spotted a movement on the ground. It was the Cooper's hawk …tip-toeing along the ground — under the bushes — toward the feeder!
Meanwhile, the sparrows on my feeders were keeping their ever-wary eyes on the sky and the nearby trees, always on the lookout for the Coop and any other predators in the area as they fed.
The hawk quietly arrived on the ground just UNDER the feeder … looked up at the birds above her … her powerful wings half-opened in readiness … and suddenly came roaring up from below at the unsuspecting sparrows!
It was all over in a second. Almost in the blink of my eyes, the big hawk was sitting on the cement patio under the bird feeders — a fat sparrow clenched in each hungry foot.
The Urban Wilderness — your backyard — a new and ever-changing world where even the birds are thinking outside the proverbial box these days in order to survive.
Wow. /Gary
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Embattled Anne Arundel County Police Chief James Teare Sr. agreed to retire next month, ending the criminal investigation of his role in the misconduct case against his boss, County Executive John R. Leopold.
The sudden announcement Wednesday by the Maryland State Prosecutor's Office marks the highest-profile departure from government in the wake of the probe into Leopold's use of his police security detail. Within hours, Leopold named an acting chief.


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Bulldoze Battersea Power Station?
4 comments:
- Malcolm Edwards said...
I do take your point and my head tells me that you may well be right......but my sentimental old heart would be broken to see it go!
- 14 November 2010 at 23:20
Yes, we have been here before. And the same big question arises: will the funding be availble. The BPS saga shows the failure of finance development capitalism. Even if BPS was delisted and demolished, redeveloping the site will still be enormously costly.
Have a look at wwww.spectacle.co.uk/spectacleblog/category/battersea-power-station/
I have always thought its listing was balmy.
- 15 November 2010 at 12:59
- London Archaeologist and the Windowless Consultant said...
To knock down BPS would surely just be the culmination and nadir of the lack of balls (if I can permit myself use of a word of questionable gender politics, men not having any monopoly on courage) shown over the past years regarding the site, doubtless as Creighton says, resulting from the hamstrung approach to funding in a building so close to the capital's heart. As for Albion Riverside, it at least has the shape of the organ in question. I personally find it also has the sentiment, while remaining appropriately discreet.
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- Jane said...
Sorry for the very slow response but I have only just found your beautifully written comment. Thanks.
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With August past and gone, I've been cruising through September trying to squeeze myself back to reality- rekindling old friendships and celebrating new ones. Two more weeks and I'll be off to new adventures, with a whole lotta time on my hands. October, I welcome you with open arms.
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Created by Australian Michael Dawidowicz, the inspiration to start the project came in 2002, when he was working in Tokyo, Japan.
The Melbourne based designer had been looking for an idea for a submission based project that was a little different to what was around at the time.
"I wanted to start some sort of design website and a submission site was something no one else was doing at the time. It just grew and grew and now is a creative platform for designers around the world," he says in an interview in 2006.
Urban Collective invited designers to submit work on a 665 by 290 pixel sized canvas according to a theme Michael chooses each month. The choice is usually influenced by local or global events, and also gives designers something solid work to, says Michael.
"Themes can be decided at the last minute or laid out months in advance, it all depends. Sometimes I will use world events as themes, that is, War, the World Cup, but I try to make it a challenge every month and see what results I get," he says.
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Oct 1, 2009, 2:55 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
Today President Obama signed an executive order that prohibits employees of the federal government from sending text messages while driving a government vehicle, when using a government-issued device in their own vehicle, or when driving on official government business. The government also plans to ban truck drivers from using cell phones while driving, which includes texting and placing voice calls. Cell phone use will be permitted only during emergencies. The ban goes into effect immediately for government workers, but the ban for truck drivers needs to be enacted into law first. The idea is to make roads in the U.S. safer by forcing government and truck drivers to pay attention to the task of driving, rather than using their cell phones.
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March 8, 2005 10:23 AM PST
Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger
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Antivirus companies on Tuesday flagged a variation of an existing threat and a new worm, both targeting MSN Messenger.
Researchers at both Aladdin Knowledge Systems and F-Secure discovered the appearance of Win32.Kelvir.a, a new twist on the previously identified Kelvir threat. Each company also identified a new worm in the wild; Aladdin is calling it Win32.Serflog.a., while F-Secure is calling the same threat Sumom. Aladdin is rating both Win32.Kelvir.a and Win32.Serflog.a as medium-to-high risks.
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The appearance of the new worms underscores the growing popularity of malicious software that relies on instant messaging, or IM, to spread. It follows a similar attack last month by another program meant to use Messenger to spread itself. In early February, researchers at Trend Micro detailed a variant of the Bropia worm that used Messenger. The Bropia.f worm was packaged with a second, more damaging worm that tried to exploit computers with improperly patched software.
While Microsoft spokesmen were quick to point out that the Messenger attacks do not take advantage of any flaw in the software, the company said it recommends that customers exercise "extreme caution" when accepting file transfers from both known and unknown sources on IM.
According to Aladdin, Win32.Kelvir.a spreads via a URL sent in an IM that contains an infected file. After clicking on the link, a person's computer becomes infected by the worm. When the program is executed it attempts to drop multiple copies of itself onto the person's PC. The worm also executes itself with every subsequent startup of the IM software by modifying registry entries, and it forwards itself to all of an individual's IM contacts. The threat presents itself hidden in a message that reads "omg this is funny!", followed by the URL.
Aladdin said that Win32.Serflog.a, or Sumom, presents itself as an attachment in an instant message. The worm attempts to spread by dropping copies of itself into folders typically shared by peer-to-peer software clients. The infected message reads "????omg click this!", followed by an attachment that harbors the worm. The company said Win32.Serflog.a also drops several hidden files into infected machines and attempts to cancel security functions of Messenger, while blocking access to several related Web sites.
In the first six weeks of 2005, 10 instant-messaging worms and their variants spread over America Online, ICQ and MSN networks, according to researchers at Akonix Systems. That's more than three times the number of worms that spread over public IM networks over the same period last year, and Akonix expects the trend to continue to climb.
Shimon Gruper, vice president of technology at Aladdin, said that the Kelvir variant probably poses a greater risk to IM users, because people are far more likely to click on a Web link than they might be to open an attachment. However, because both of the worms are designed to appear as if they've been sent by a known contact, he believes that either could do serious damage.
"Most people still do not expect to get viruses via IM," Gruper said. "They know about viruses sent in e-mail, but they're not as informed about IM threats, which pop up on your desktop and look like they come from someone you already talk to. IM worms are a growing threat because the hackers have tried to exploit almost every opening they can find in e-mail software, and IM is a new way to bypass existing security methods and get into PCs."
The latest round of worms targeting Messenger also bear some signs that the individuals writing the malicious programs have begun to use the threats to communicate with one another, possibly in a manner similar to street gangs' use of graffiti tags to mark their territory. A text file deposited on infected machines by Win32.Serflog.a features a message to "Larissa," the name for the hacker thought to be responsible for a worm known as Assiral.a, which attempted to disable the malicious Bropia worm.
Munir Kotadia of ZDNet Australia contributed to this report from Sydney.
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- Real Issue = MS IE??
- When you click on the link your system is infected. Question is: Where dies the link open in, Mozilla, Netscape or IE? If Microsoft Internet Explorer is the only browser which is affected by this issue, then I would say that the real issue is the browser, Not the messenger.
My experience and from what I hear, Internet explorer is like playing russian roulette.
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- The worm executes through Internet Explorer as far as I know. 2 people on my contact list got it. Through Firefox all it will do is produce a download prompt. You'd then have to execute it yourself. If that would infect your PC I don't know, I didn't try past that point. Internet Explorer obviously just executes it?
Most of my contact list uses Firefox, which might explain why only 2 (out of 60) people only got it?
The article [i]does[/i] state that it didn't exploit a flaw in MSN Messenger itself.
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Top award for tapir expert (IUCN/SSC)
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