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Demi Lovato has caused some concern amongst her fans by taking a long Twitter break following some erratic tweeting about highly personal subjects. Now, the site BlindGossip reports that Lovato has once again sought treatment for emotional and substance abuse problems.
According to their sources, Lovato has entered the rehab facility Passages in Malibu. Word is that "close friends" of Lovato (who should probably reevaluate her policy on close friends) have told the site that she's in treatment for addiction to alcohol and various drugs, including cocaine, following an intervention from her family and management team.
They say she's seeking inpatient treatment for "several weeks," and will later enter an outpatient program.
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I have loved Kirath Ghundoo's pleasing geometrics since I saw her stand at 100% Design the year before last (check out her other designs here). Now she has a new set of her wallpaper designs called the 13 Collection, featuring three fresh patterns.
They are named Jewel, Sombre and Ash (in that order from left to right in the image below) and Kirath says she was inspired by Arabian architecture, dark nights and nature to create them.
Roll size is 52cm x 10m and costs £140 per roll. It's not cheap – but quite apart from being many pieces of art at once on your wall, the new range adheres to Kirath's Mix n Match mode d'emploi.
Because the rolls don't feature repeats and don't match already, but are designed to work side by side nonetheless, you avoid wasting any of the paper as nothing is designed to line up. Clever and sustainable.
I'd quite like to wear them.
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made in Japan? made in Germany? made in China?? Minox and Olympus models
Am I right in being sceptical about manufacturers´labeling as "made in japan", "made in Germany" when all the parts are from China... check my article, compare the images and judge for yourself:
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The Olympus EXWP series are an extremely old design, hence the relative shortcomings against more modern offerings, if the more recent Minox offering is indeed as close as you think, it may well be a licensed copy. I suppose that it is even possible that Olympus sold excess spares to Minox for manufacture in Germany, they were busy raising capital a while back.
For a design that has been around for over 10 years (it last won awards back in Feb 2003 and Amazon Us claim a first listing back in 2001 I believe) I would have assumed that the original batches were Japanese made. Most Olympus items for domestic use are made in China these days and clearly so labelled, it might be quite interesting to find out when Olympus last manufactured a batch of EXWPs? The EXPS I range that runs in parallel with the EXWP as the Olympus range specifically marketed for nature use has for some time been labelled as Made in China or has no marking of origin. As for sample variation the 8x version occasionally had CA issues, an approach to Olympus would get a swap for a pair that were perfect. They were a nice mid range binocular in their day and are still very useable - unlike the 8x22 version which was just plain horrible imho from day one. Anyway we seem to have enough trouble in Europe these days understanding the origins of our basic food, so we stand no chance at all with our binoculars. Last edited by iveljay : Thursday 4th April 2013 at 11:23. |
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Having checked further reference models of Olympus binoculars it appears that all those checked are labelled as manufactured in China other than two old examples of EXWP that were made in Japan. It seems highly likely that your Olympus binoculars were manufactured before Olympus consumer manufacturing was transferred to China. I cannot comment on Minox manufacturing, and I have never seen the relevant Minox disassembled so I cannot comment either on similarities of construction.
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maybe the olympus was old stock, but I´d rather guess that different companies order from the same big chinese manufacturer and put a slightly different plastic shell around with their logo on it...
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Many do - but judging from the facts Minox may have Olympus did not with the model you own. If you had picked just about anyother Olympus binocular you would have probably been correct, especially the newer models.
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Die Antwoord at the Ogden Theatre, 8/6/12
Die Antwoord last night at the Ogden Theatre. Slide show: Die Antwoord in Denver
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Die Antwoord's draw is a bit beyond the realm of rational comprehension, the fact that a South African rap crew can sell out a venue the size of the Ogden without much of the crowd actually knowing the words to the group's songs. Casually strolling out in matching orange sweat suits emblazoned with their logo, Ninja (aka Watkin Tudor Jones) and Yo-Landi Vi$$er (aka Anri Du Toit), the two MCs who have carved a niche for themselves unlike any other group in the world, absolutely blew the pants off the Ogden last night, as the Zef-style crew ripped through most of the tracks off $0$ and Ten$Ion.
Ninja of Die Antwoord last night at the Ogden Theatre. Slide show: Die Antwoord in Denver
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Blending English slang with bits and pieces of Afrikaans into each song, Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for "The Answer") has developed a formula unlike any other group in the world. Claiming "Zef style," a term that applies to social class more so than anything else, Ninja and Vi$$er proudly wear the status, along with shiny gold chains and wildly badass '80s haircuts -- Ninja himself rocks a semi-mullet-reaching-rat-tail, while Vi$$er's buzzed scalp is halo'd by a waterfall of flowing blond locks.
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As Ninja rapped through "Wat Kyk Jy," Vi$$er reappeared on stage sans the orange sweats in some booty shorts and a disco-ball-esque jacket to perform "Rich Bitch." Once Ninja and Visser started really laying on the lyrics, people just kind of stared in awe. When a heavy beat would drop on cuts like "Never Le Nkemise" and "Hey Sexy," the sold-out crowd would proceed to grind awkwardly on each other -- but that didn't last. The energy was high, but it plateaued at that awkward "is it appropriate to dance to this music like I dance to other music?" moment.
Yo-Landi Vi$$er of Die Antwoord at the Ogden Theatre last night. Slide show: Die Antwoord in Denver
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The first two tiers of people, all of whom were packed shoulder-to-shoulder, swayed and jumped along with tracks. Those gathered toward the back and in balcony mainly stared on intently, slack-jawed at the squeaking chirps emanating from Vi$$er's petite frame. Truth be told, it looked as though she was singing over the vocals, but that's also due in part to the fact that it's unbelievable that any person could speak at such high pitch, much less sing. The lack of uniformity of her vocals on all the tracks, however, suggests that she was, in fact, singing.
Yo-Landi Vi$$er of Die Antwoord last night at the Ogden Theatre. Slide show: Die Antwoord in Denver
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When the opening lines of "Enter the Ninja" rang out, you could feel the intensity rise. The act's debut single, "Enter the Ninja" is the song that introduced Die Antwoord to the world. The song's main refrain is built around a hook sung by an innocent Visser intoning the lines, "I am your butterfly/I need your protection/Be my samurai." When DJ Hi-Tek broke into this during encore, the place erupted. It was particularly entertaining watching grown men mouth the lyrics to the female part of the song, especially when that part is raised to such a high pitch.
The Zef-style, which gets several mentions in various tracks, is no joke. The rap-duo-plus-DJ is not at it for the shock value of things; Die Antwoord has taken a unique lifestyle that can perhaps be compared to this country's Juggalo culture, except people perhaps don't respect Juggalos as much as they appear to with Die Antwoord.
And though the beats are simple, the flows are relatively complex, and the ability to fuse Afrikaans and English lyrics to create lyrics that actually make sense is beyond respectable, it's inspiring beyond understanding. Die Antwoord is "The Answer," per the translation, and perhaps the answer to long standing question of "what's next?"
Personal Bias: I'd be lying if I said "Enter the Ninja" didn't turn me on to Die Antwoord.
Random detail: A surprisingly large amount of people were wearing Die Antwoord shirts to the show.
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I usually find myself in an optimistic mood on New Year's Day, and this year is no exception. But I think there's good reason to be hopeful about 2013 in Canada. The Idle No More movement has inspired the majority in Canada who are opposed to the Harper government; it has led to a global outpouring of solidarity; and, perhaps most importantly, it has brought to light the founding, core injustices of this settler-colonial country.
Creative and courageous activism has proved infectious, and Idle No More has forced its way in to the mainstream, provoking a widespread conversation long overdue about the situation facing the Indigenous Peoples of this land.
The establishment media and the Harper government did their best to ignore it. As I noted three weeks ago, the CBC's flagship news broadcast turned a blind eye during the early days. But what's exciting and hopeful is that the sheer energy of the movement, aided by the use of social media, overcame the mainstream media's initial silence. This, for me, was reminiscent of what happened around Occupy Wall Street and even, to some extent, Tahrir Square in early 2011.
With social media -- and a lot of persistence -- movements can now compel the big media outlets to cover their issues. Social media did not and can not, by any means, actually make those movements begin, but it did help to multiply their impacts once they got going.
Love it or hate it, social media has become a crucial part of the modern agora -- it's a key place where the issues of the day are debated. (In fact, hating it is not really an option for public figures anymore; you kind of have to get in on the conversation.)
With respect to Idle No More, Harper's government in Ottawa, true to form, has maintained a cold, cold silence. Faced with the hunger strike by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, their response has been to dispatch the embarrassing Senator Brazeau to 'try to visit' (after publicly criticizing the hunger strike), and to send an insulting, disrespectful letter from the notoriously inept Aboriginal Affairs Minister, John Duncan.
Harper and the PMO have kept almost completely silent on the movement even as protests have gone global, maintaining a strict 'message discipline' and acting as if nothing out of the ordinary was taking place.
Of special interest is the clumsy and seemingly tone deaf use of Twitter by the Prime Minister's Office. Twitter -- with its open, public conversations, and its users' tendencies to use humour, wit and creativity -- goes against everything about the way the Harper government likes to communicate. It's not a natural fit for a prime minister like Harper, whose idea of 'dialogue' is that he uses a megaphone while wearing soundproof earplugs.
So it is that, as a leader starved herself and as round dances swept the malls and squares of the country, Harper tweeted some bland government announcements, along with lighter material like a photo of Laureen holding a panda in China, an unoriginal Mayan Apocalypse joke and an exchange with one "Homer J. Simpson" about bacon. In fact, with over 700 official tweets from @PMHarper on record, good ol' Homer was the first "person" Harper had ever responded to. While thousands of Canadians tweeted at @PMHarper to meet with Chief Spence, Harper chose to ignore them in favour of a joking retort about bacon to a fictional cartoon character.
Now, I concede that this may not be so much tone deaf as calculated provocation. After all, Harper and his government communicate with unrelenting cynicism. Every utterance, every sports or military related announcement, every press release and every tightly controlled media conference or photo-op aims only to convey a specific message to a specific targeted voter.
The whole premise of Harper's government really appears to be that people are, and will remain, uninformed. And that, even if they are informed, they will fail to act, or at least they will only act on their fears. If you are not a targeted voter, Harper does not care, and he hopes and assumes you don't care too much, either.
In this relentless, hyper-partisan approach, there is almost not even a rhetorical nod to the idea of governing for all Canadians. And when caught in a lie -- like with the F-35 fiasco -- Harper and company just double-down, smear the messenger, admit no wrongdoing and invent euphemisms, talking of "resetting" the process but never conceding an inch to reality.
I really think this deeply cynical approach can be disrupted by a big enough social movement. And #IdleNoMore is not going to go away quietly.
Social media, coupled with the expansion of media democracy, is absolutely crucial to our social movements. Sooner or later, the power of the people aided by the creative use of social media we have available will defeat or overwhelm the dishonest, one-way communications strategy of this government. Here's hoping it happens sooner -- like in 2013.
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The second annual Playmaker Forum, sponsored by AAPG's education department and the Division of Professional Affairs, returns this month on Jan. 23 at the Norris Conference Center in Houston.
The one-day "Playmaker 2.0" will feature 16 speakers who are world-class oil finders and industry heavy hitters who will offer their insight and experiences to help empower and inspire budding geologists to emulate their success in the business.
The forum of experts and experienced playmakers will:
The forum builds on last year's highly successful event, which organizer, moderator and past DPA president Charles Sternbach described as a "gusher" for its high turnout, engaging lecture material and bustling networking opportunities.
"Many traveled far and wide to hear some of the best oil finders in our business talk about prospecting skills, the art of exploration, prospecting work flows, successful plays and emerging plays," he said.
Sternbach, an AAPG Honorary member, said the idea for the forum grew out of the well-attended and popular "Discovery Thinking" forums put on at annual meetings and international conferences by DPA.
"I wanted to expand the conversation from discoveries to prospects," he said. "Discovery Thinking is about discoveries, and Playmaker is about prospecting. The concept is that discoveries are the prospects that work."
Like last year's forum, Playmaker 2.0 will focus on elements – commercial and scientific/technical – needed to successfully proceed from first sight to discovery.
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Specific plays that will be used for the topics include the Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville shales, plus emerging plays in Canada and Mexico.
This year's keynote luncheon speaker will be past AAPG president Scott Tinker, director of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, who will talk about shale plays, his vision for transforming U.S. energy reserves and what's ahead for future oil finders.
Other headliners include Jim Bob Moffett and Bud Brigham, who will share lessons from their illustrious careers.
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Picture the scene. It's Saturday night and Bestival, the festival season's final fling, is in full, fancy-dress, face-painted, cider-swilling swing. As Doves finish their majestic set and the sun sets over the leafy Isle of Wight country park, Rob da Bank, Bestival's founding father, appears on stage for a brief crowd-rousing DJ set. The opening beats of Faithless' "Insomnia" kick in and... six ballet dancers from the English National Ballet leap and pirouette out on to the main stage. A festival-induced hallucination? Strangely not: this weekend, the troupe's finest classical stars will be bringing ballet to the masses in the fields, dancing to floor-fillers from Basement Jaxx to Michael Jackson, inspired by this year's outer space theme.
The bold union of classical and futuristic has been cooked up by Rob da Bank and Jenna Lee, an athletic young soloist at English National Ballet (ENB). In May last year, the company performed at Bestival's inner-city sibling, Bandstand, an indoor mini-festival at London's Billingsgate Market. Warming up the audience before Mark Ronson's headline set, six dancers performed to an indie mix of Franz Ferdinand and Radiohead, dressed in slinky black leotards, fishnets and punky pink hairpieces. Their offering went down so well, Rob da Bank invited them to Bestival. "People were roaring afterwards. We're never normally on the stage to hear the audience reaction", recalls Lee. "Men were coming up to our boys afterwards, saying, 'I want to learn how to lift a woman like that, that is so cool' ".
The ballet-pop crossover is a growing trend, and it's one that has set traditional balletomanes quivering in their red velvet seats. Michael Clark, ballet's original bad boy, has been doing it for years, dancing to live music from The Fall back in the Eighties. Last week, he celebrated a quarter century of "iconoclassicism" at the Edinburgh International Festival with his new ballet, Come, Been and Gone, set to music by David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop and performed by dancers in leather jackets (Bowie's "Heroes"), dresses covered in syringes (The Velvet Underground's "Heroin"), and pointe shoes (Bowie's "The Jean Genie").
When Wayne McGregor became Resident Choreographer at the Royal Ballet in 2006, he set out his stall with an opening number, Chroma, danced to songs by the White Stripes while the St Petersburg-based choreographer Boris Eifman has shocked and amused audiences in almost equal measure with his interjection of Russian thrash-metal interludes into Tchaikovsky's swooping Onegin score.
It doesn't stop there. Martha Wainwright has just followed up her performance in Will Tuckett's Seven Deadly Sins at the Royal Opera House with a collaboration with Christopher Wheeldon's Morphoses company. The new ballet, Tears of Saint Lawrence, with music by Wainwright and choreography by Wheeldon and Edwaard Liang, had its world premiere in New York's Central Park last month. And the Ballet Boyz have been known to play out their shows with a blast of the Arctic Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor".
Pop has been infiltrating austere theatres for a while now, but it's been largely one-way traffic. While the programmers at Covent Garden and Sadler's Wells have slipped the odd contemporary number in among the comforting and familiar on an otherwise classic triple-bill, bringing ballet to gigs and festivals is an altogether trickier proposition. Putting thoroughbred dancers, used to sprung floors and non-slip surfaces, on a stage built for rock stars – strewn with roadies' nails and cables and slick with rainwater – is fraught with danger.
"It's much more nerve-wracking", says Lee, who has never been to a festival before. "At Bestival we'll be able to see the faces in the crowd and they'll be dancing too. It won't be a typical ballet audience at all." Unlike their well-behaved, seat-bound auditorium counterparts, if they're not keen on what they're seeing, festival-goers are likely to vote with their feet. Not to mention the odd boo or flung pint glass. Nothing daunted, Sadler's Wells performed Act II of Swan Lake on the lake stage at this year's Latitude festival and Ballet Black and the Royal Opera House also brought new work to Suffolk.
Bestival, though, will be the first time a ballet has been set to dance music. The six-strong cast will perform to tracks more often heard in clubs than at the Coliseum, in an upbeat mix which moves from epic (Faithless) to electro (Daft Punk) via a little Jacko and the theme tune from The Thunderbirds. In short, precisely the kind of quirky, fun tunes the notoriously hedonistic Bestival crowd will appreciate.
In keeping with the space theme of this year's festival, which will see the fields overrun by little green men, silver-clad cyber babes and Star Wars characters, the dancers have put together a futuristic take on the usual tights-and-tutu look. The girls will wear white-hooped mini-dresses and silver caps, and the boys will be bare-chested, in white cargo shorts with flashing green sunglasses. Both will start the set in extraordinary headpieces – towering long, white wigs, studded with coloured LEDs for the girls and Daft Punk-style robot masks for the boys.
Their Bestival appearance is a culture clash in more ways than one. The piece is built around a "ballet vocabulary": the ballerinas are on pointe, there are lifts, leaps and pirouettes, and the Thunderbirds section owes more than a little to Le Corsaire, albeit executed at a heightened pace to keep step with the increased bpm. Lee has also brought in Richard Essien, a B-boy she spotted performing in a club dance battle, who has added his own flavour to the piece with some pop and lock, breakdancing and robotic dancing. "It's been quite difficult, making it merge", admits Lee. "I'm not going to make Richard do ballet. And we're so drilled and trained, everything always has to be exactly the same as the girl in front. With B-boys, there are lots of improvised moves. To go on stage and not know what I'm doing next would be terrifying for me."
Aged 26 and in her eighth year at ENB, Lee has become the company's go-to girl for their more unusual projects, as well as dancing some of the most demanding classical roles in the repertoire. This month alone, she will dance in Ballets Russes on tour in Barcelona, and at Bestival, before taking up the powerful role of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis ("the one who makes all the men who stray into the forest dance until they die") in the company's autumn tour of Giselle. She has also choreographed Ballet Rocks, a short ballet to music by Bloc Party with costumes by the fashion designer Giles Deacon for Sky Arts, and last year's A Beautiful Game, based on memorable moments in football history with England strips for costumes and routines riffing around on-and-off pitch antics from Maradona's "hand of God" to Gazza in the dentist's chair. The company also performed with Take That at 2007's Concert for Diana, in a Busby Berkeley showgirl routine, in stockings, lacy leotards and swimming caps.
The Bestival piece is a labour of love, rehearsed at night after long days in the studio practising pliés and fouettés. "For any dancer doing these outside projects, it gets your mind going", says Lee. "We're used to doing set pieces, so it wakes everything up again."
It's not just the dancers who can be revitalised by these hybrid experiments. A festival-goer might have his or her first taste of ballet, while ballet lovers are introduced to new music. Whether performed for the plush stalls or a muddy field, there's plenty of room for both.
Bestival, 11-13 September ( www.bestival.net ); English National Ballet's 'Giselle' tours 23 Sept–23 Jan ( www.ballet.org.uk )
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Here it is, the end of April and it snowed today down here in the northern plains of Colorado. So what better way to stay warm than to crack open a nice imperial stout. but this was no ordinary imperial, this was a Stone Brewing Company brew. I sampled their Spring 2008 release of their Imperial Russian Stout (IRS). Stone is known for their "big beers". My previous encounter with Stone was with their Arrogant Bastard ale and that was quite an experience. So at least I knew what I was getting into this time around. I chilled this beer ever so slightly as I wanted to drink this beer around 55 degrees F. It had been in the fridge about 1/2 hour and it seemed a bit colder than I wanted it, so I let it breathe a bit before sampling.
Appearance: The beer is a dark as night with no light shining through it. It poured with a dark tan head and grew to just over 1 finger high. While the head didn't last long, it did last long enough to show that it was capable of showing well. I've seen several stouts with similar heads. The only beer I've seen pour darker was the Oskar Blues Ten Fidy. The Stone IRS is a powerful brew on paper. It's measured at 10.8% ABV and an IBU of 90+. Strong and bitter by label but was it?
Aroma: I could smell the rich dark malts and a hint of black licorice. The other thing you could sense is the alcohol. It's definitely has a big part of the aroma. Stone put in a generous amount of Warrior hops into this brew yet that hop smell was hidden well. While I couldn't see through this beer I could detect the slightest bit of carbonation coming up from the bottom of the glass.
Taste: The first sip of this brew told me that this beer was still a bit too cold yet. I swirled the beer around in my mouth to warm it up slightly then swallowed. There is a huge amount of flavor here. You can taste the dark roasted malts. It reminded me of chocolate, coffee, licorice. The beer is mildly bitter but the sweetness of the malts balance it well. As in most stouts, the brew coats the tongue a bit. This is one of the reasons why when sampling a wide range of beers in a single evening, you want to sample the darkest beers last.
Comparing this beer to other imperial stouts, I felt that this beer was better balanced and less "intense" than a brew like Old Rasputin. This beer starts out strong but grows on you as you go along. The warming effect of this high alcohol brew doesn't really hit you until half way through your first 12oz glass. After the first glass I was feeling good but not overpowered. Still, I feel if you're going to be drinking an imperial stout, it's best to go with one glass as two glasses may put you over the limit.
This beer got better the more I drank it. As it warmed the malts and aromas really started coming out. I didn't know at first if I was going to enjoy this beer but by the end of the tasting I was sold on this. This is one damn good Russian Imperial Stout. The beer rating sites concur with me. BeerAdvocate gave this a top A grade, while Ratebeer put this in the 100th percentile (highest) and a 4.24/5 rating. Worthy praise and I can see why.
Overall: I was really undecided how to rate this beer. I think it's best to finish your beer before passing judgment. If the beer gets better as you go, you should tend to wait to grade it. My initial rating was about a 3.7/5 but I think this deserves better. I'm going to give this a solid 4.0 out of 5 and call it one of the better beers I've had. Now granted, if this would have been a much warmer day, then I'd probably not go anywhere near this beer. But since it was snowing earlier in the day, I qualifies as a decent Springtime in the Rockies beer.
Now compared to it's brother, Arrogant Bastard, I much preferred the Stone IRS. It was better balanced and I didn't have to struggle with this despite the high ABV and high IBU. Kudos to Stone for making a truly wonderful Stout. I'll look to buy this again and perhaps age it a while and see how it tastes after a year.
Food Pairing Recommendation: I drank this brew while eating a delicious raspberry chocolate ice cream. Simply wonderful!
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IMG Bolivia Gear List
This equipment list is meant to help you compile your personal gear for a mountaineering expedition. Most items are required. Please consider each item carefully and be sure you understand the function of each piece of equipment before you substitute or delete items. Keep in mind that this list has been carefully compiled by Eric Simonson, the expedition organizer. Don't cut corners on the quality of your gear.
Climbing Gear | |
[ ] | Ice Axe: A 60 cm length is probably the most useful length. Bring a light weight axe with a pick that will stick easily in hard glacier ice. Attach a light weight wrist leash that is usable for climbing steeper terrain. |
[ ] | 12 point Crampons: These must be sharp and must fit your boot perfectly. |
[ ] | Climbing Harness: Make sure the buckle is easy for you to thread in cold conditions! Gear loops will be useful for this trip as well as adjustable leg loops. |
[ ] | Climbing Helmet: Required. Be sure you can comfortably fit a warm hat underneath. |
[ ] | Hardware: Bring 3 locking and 4 lightweight regular carabiners. It is helpful if at least one of the locking carabiners has a "key gate", like the Petzl Attache. Bring one handled ascender, and one Petzl Tibloc for ascending the fixed rope. You will need rigging material two sewn 48" nylon slings and 20' of 7 mm perlon should be sufficient. Also include one small 5 mm prussik loop (about 4 feet of cord tied with a double fisherman's knot) for a rappel backup. For rappelling the Black Diamond ATC Guide is good since it can handle ropes from 7.7mm to 11mm. A Figure 8 is an old standby and works on a variety of ropes and also icy ropes. While it twists the ropes more, it is quite foolproof. You might consider both, in case you drop one of them and lose it. |
[ ] | Trekking Poles: Poles come in handy for balance and easing impact to your knees. Get collapsible poles that can attach to your backpack and fit into your duffel. |
Backpack & Sleeping Bag | |
[ ] | Climbing Backpack: Medium size internal frame pack (60 liter capacity). Look for a pack which is comfortable to carry, very durable, as light as is reasonable and one which has a minimum number of bells and whistles. |
[ ] | You may choose to bring a smaller "daypack" for your airline travel carry on. |
[ ] | Sleeping Bag: Bring a sleeping bag comfortable to 0°F. Down is lighter and much more compressible. Be sure to bring a compression stuff sack. |
[ ] | Sleeping Pads: one RidgeRest and/or Thermarest pad. A stuff sack helps prevent punctures. |
Camp Accessories | |
[ ] | Utensils: Bring an insulated mug with a lid, a decent sized bowl, spoon, pocket knife and lighter. It is nice to have a small stuff sack to keep them clean. |
[ ] | Headlamp: With several sets of extra batteries. Many climbers like to also bring a "back up". |
[ ] | Water Bottles: 2 water bottles with foam insulation shells. Bring a Pee bottle too. |
[ ] | Water Treatment: Iodine tablets (Potable Aqua or similar) or iodine crystals (Polar Pure). |
[ ] | Camera: With spare batteries, and memory cards. Bring a thumbdrive for photo swapping. |
[ ] | Pocket Knife. |
Footwear | |
[ ] | Double Climbing Boots with expedition liners. Make sure your crampons can be adjusted to fit them! Consider overboots if you are unsure whether your boots are warm enough. |
[ ] | Gaiters. |
[ ] | Camp Shoes (Like a Croc or sandal that can be worn with warm socks). |
[ ] | Comfortable hiking shoes/boots for the approach to the camps (rocky trail) |
[ ] | Socks: Four sets of climbing socks. |
Clothing | |
[ ] | Insulated Parka: Heavyweight insulated expedition parka with hood. |
[ ] | Shell Jacket: Lightweight waterproof-breathable construction with a hood. |
[ ] | Shell Pants: Lightweight waterproof-breathable shell pants or bibs with full-length leg zippers. ALSO very useful are synthetic insulation full-zip pants, for example, Mountain Hardwear Compressor Pants - for evenings and cold summit days. |
[ ] | Mid Layers: Fleece or Soft Shell layering pieces that work well with the rest of your clothing. A Soft Shell jacket and an expedition weight longjohn top will work well. |
[ ] | Climbing Pants: Look for construction that provides freedom of movement and/or stretch materials. Fabric should be a breathable synthetic that preferably holds up to abrasion. I'd recommend a Schoeller fabric climbing pant for general use that can be worn over longjohns. |
[ ] | Base Layers: 2 synthetic tops and 1 bottom. Zip neck tops are the way to go. |
Outerwear Accessories | |
[ ] | Mittens: Fleece mittens with an over mitten. Nothing competes with a mitten for warmth when the going get tough. |
[ ] | Ski Gloves: A warm insulated glove with leather palm will be worn a lot of the time. |
[ ] | Light Gloves: Polypropylene or fleece. Leather palms handle the fixed line better. |
[ ] | Leather gloves or good abrasion resistant climbing glove for the rock sections. |
[ ] | Stocking Hat: Wool or fleece stocking hat with ear protection. |
[ ] | Neck Gaiter and/or a Buff (highly recommended). |
[ ] | Baseball hat and Bandana. |
Personal Accessories | |
[ ] | Eyewear: Bring good sunglasses with side protection. For contact lens wearers, ski goggles with light color lenses (for use at night) might be useful in windy conditions. The ski goggles are essential for all climbers in really stormy conditions and can serve as an emergency back up for broken or lost sunglasses. |
[ ] | Vision correction: Bring extra prescription eyeglasses or contact lenses if you wear them. You favorite lens solutions may not be available in Bolivia, bring enough for the duration. |
[ ] | Wrist Watch: With alarm and night light. An altimeter watch is useful. |
[ ] | Basic First Aid: Hand sanitizer, moleskin or Compede, athletic tape, aspirin (some climbers take a baby aspirin every day up high) and/or ibuprofen / acetaminophen, Imodium, Band-Aids, antacid, ear plugs, and two rolls of toilet paper in quart Ziploc bags, small towel, soap/shampoo. |
[ ] | Required Prescription Medications:
[ ] | Cold medicine: (Sudafed, etc), Chloroseptic or Tessalon Perles throat lozenges. |
[ ] | Skin Care: Sunblock lotion (at least #30 protection factor have at least one smaller tube, 1 oz, that can fit in your pocket) and lip salve. Put your lip protection on a string and hang it from your neck. That way you'll use it. It also works great for your nose. |
[ ] | Personal Snack Food: The food is great on the trek but you might enjoy a few snacks (not more than 5 pounds) from home and some drink mixes if you like these to add to your water bottle. |
[ ] | Books / music. Plan on doing some trading! |
[ ] | Hand and Foot warmers (a few, if you are prone to cold issues) |
Travel Items | |
[ ] | Duffel Bags: We normally pack all our equipment in two large duffel bags. Make sure they are well labeled with indelible ink as well as a travel tag. The duffels go on the trek/climb with you and will be carried by porters. Expect for them to get wet and muddy, so rugged, waterproof duffels are good. Bags with wheels are nice for the airport, but the porters don't like to carry them, so don't bring wheeled bags (or at least not two of them). You will also store some travel clothes at the hotel in La Paz while trekking, so a small additional bag with a lock might be handy. You'll want padlocks, but for flying out of the USA, it might be better to use plastic zip ties which can be cut by TSA staff if necessary (bring extra zip ties). Tip: Bring 5 large plastic garbage bags to pack gear inside duffels to protect gear from rain. |
[ ] | Travel Wallet: Some type of secure travel wallet is a must. Remember a pen for travel documents. |
[ ] | Passport (valid for at least 6 months after the trip ends with sufficient extra pages for visa stamps and in same name as airline ticket (or with endorsement-for women who changed name w/ marriage). It is easy to get your Bolivia visa on arrival in La Paz at the airport�bring a passport photo and $135. Make sure you have a couple photocopies of your passport and a couple of extra passport photographs, and carry these in a separate location. You'll be glad you did if you ever lose a passport. |
[ ] | Casual Clothes: Light hiking pants and / or hiking shorts for warm weather down low NOT cotton. You'll want a shirt or two with a collar to wear on flights and for restaurants. A sweatshirt or light jacket might be nice in the evening. Tip: Keep your travel clothing modest, please do not wear short shorts and skimpy tops, the locals take offense. |
[ ] | Bathing Suit: Some of the hotels may have pools. |


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Getting source code, and a quick overview
The easiest way is to download archives of NSS releases from Mozilla's download server. Find the directory that contains the highest version number. Because NSS depends on the base library NSPR, you should download the archive that combines both NSS and NSPR.
If you are a software developer and intend to contribute enhancements to NSS, you should obtain the latest development snapshot of NSS using mercurial/hg (a distributed source control management tool). In order to get started, anonymous read-only access is sufficient. Create a new directory on your computer that you will use as your local work area, and run the following commands.
hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nspr hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss
After the above commands complete, you should have two local directories, named nspr and nss, next to each other.
(Historical information: NSPR and NSS source code have recently been re-organized into a new directory structure. In past versions, all files were located in a directory hierarchy that started with the "mozilla" prefix. The NSPR base library was located in directory mozilla/nsprpub. The subdirectories dbm, security/dbm, security/coreconf, security/nss were part of the NSS sources.)
The nss directory contains the following important subdirectories:
- nss/coreconf
Contains knowledge for cross platform building. - nss/lib
Contains all the library code that is used to create the runtime libraries used by applications. - nss/cmd
Contains a set of various tool programs that are built using NSS. Several tools are general purpose and can be used to inspect and manipulate the storage files that software using the NSS library creates and modifies. Other tools are only used for testing purposes. However, all these tools are good examples of how to write software that makes use of the NSS library. - nss/test
This directory contains the NSS test suite, which is routinely used to ensure that changes to NSS don't introduce regressions.
It is important to mention the difference between internal NSS code and exported interfaces. Software that would like to use the NSS library must use only the exported interfaces. These can be found by looking at the files with the .def file extension, inside the nss/lib directory hierarchy. Any C function that isn't contained in .def files is strictly for private use within NSS, and applications and test tools are not allowed to call them. For any functions that are listed in the .def files, NSS promises that the binary function interface (ABI) will remain stable.
Building NSS
The build process is driven by Makefiles from console windows. Because of the cross-platform portability requirements, the build might behave differently from what you are used to. In particular, NSS doesn't use configure scripts. You may set environment variables to define which build variation you want.
On a Linux/Unix like system use the bash shell. On a Windows system, you must download the Windows Build package provided by the Mozilla.org project, which will give you a similar command line environment, sufficient for the purposes of building.
Make sure that NSPR and NSS sources are next to each other, below the same parent directory. If you downloaded a recently published nss-with-nspr source archive from the NSS release directory on the FTP server (version 3.15 or later), it will already be organized that way.
In order to start the build process, use "cd nss" and execute "make nss_build_all". By default this will produce a build in debug mode and for a 32-bit architecture. You may set the environment variable BUILD_OPT=1 to get an optimized build, and/or variable USE_64=1 to get a 64-bit build.
Once the build is done, you can find the build output below directory dist/*.OBJ, where * will be a name dynamically derived from your system's architecture. Exported header files for NSS applications can be found in directory "include", library files in directory "lib", and the tools in directory "bin". In order to run the tools, you should set your system environment to use the libraries of your build from the "lib" directory, e.g., using the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
The following page might have additional information of interest.
Running the NSS test suite
This is an important part of development work, in order to ensure your changes don't introduce regressions. When adding new features to NSS, tests for the new feature should be added as well.
You must build NSS prior to running the tests. After the build on your computer has succeeded, before you can run the tests on your computer, it might be necessary to set additional environment variables. The NSS tests will start TCP/IP server tools on your computer, and in order for that to work, the NSS test suite needs to know which hostname can be used by client tools to connect to the server tools. On machines that are configured with a hostname that has been registered in your network's DNS, this should work automatically. In other environments (for example in home networks), you could set the HOST and DOMSUF (for domain suffix) environment variables to tell the NSS suite which hostname to use. As a test, it must be possible to successfully use the command "ping $HOST.$DOMSUF" on your computer (ping reports receiving replies). On many computers the variables HOST=localhost DOMSUF=localdomain works. In case you built NSS in 64 bits, you need to set the USE_64 environment variable to 1 to run the tests. If you get name resolution errors, try to disable IPv6 on the loopback device.
After you have set the required environment variables, use "cd nss/tests" and start the tests using "./all.sh". The tests will take a while to complete; on a slow computer it could take a couple of hours.
Once the test suite has completed, a summary will be printed that shows the number of failures. You can find the test suite results in directory nss/../tests_results (i.e. the results directory ends up next to the nss directory, not within it). Each test suite execution will create a new subdirectory; you should clean them up from time to time. Inside the directory you'll find text file output.log, which contains a detailed report of all tests being executed. In order to learn about the details of test failures, search the file for the uppercase test FAILED.
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"Don't become so zealous in your search for the truth that you invade employees' privacy rights. This can be a tough call, after all, conducting an investigation involves a certain amount of poking around, usually into things that someone doesn't want you to know about. However, if you cross the line from legitimate workplace concerns into private employee property or behaviour, you could be inviting a lawsuit for invasion of privacy.
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2013 Puzzle Design Competition (Part 2)
Capsule Construction - Bill Cutler
The goal is to disassemble and re-assemble the 12 pieces. It is a board-burr, with each piece flat. (I don't know how Bill resisted calling this Cutler's Capsule Construction.)
I was able to get this one apart pretty easily, but had a hell of a time getting it back together! The first six pieces form a sort of cubic cage, and the others slide in from each of the 6 sides. It is a bit tricky getting the cage together, but the real challenge for me was to get the final pieces in. Usually I don't like this type of puzzle, but I got sucked into figuring it out since I felt bad leaving it apart and ended up enjoying it!
Clair de Lune - Yasuhiro Hashimoto
The goal is to remove and replace the moon from the cage. The moon has a slit in it, which is large enough for the dowel on each of the two cage pieces.
Not super-challenging, but fun to figure out the logical series of moves. There are two ways to start, and one will lead to a dead end!
Convergent Evolution: D'Artagnan - Bram Cohen and Wei-Hwa Huang
The goal is to use all four pieces to make two identical shapes. This is essentially a 3D version of Think Fun's Top This. In Wei-Hwa's exchange, he presented this puzzle with a larger set of pieces, such that any group of four could make two identical shapes.
Of course, there is only one distinct way of pairing these four pieces so the challenge is figuring out how to assemble them. Pretty challenging since there are a number of different ways you can orient two shapes relative to one another, but eventually I figured it out. Neat puzzle, but I think the exchange version would be even better!
Cuboctahelix - Bram Cohen and Jason Smith
The goal is to assemble the eight triangular pyramids and six square pyramids into the shape of a cuboctahedron. I had no idea what a cuboctahedron was, but fortunately one was shown in the picture and it is pretty much the only way you could put these pieces together. The challenge is that each of the triangular pyramids has three curved spikes sticking out of it, which need to fit into the square pyramids' corresponding holes. These are at different positions and pointing in different directions, so the location of each pieces matters, as does the order of assembly.
This had the hallmarks of a puzzle I would probably have to give up on, a lot of pieces and a number of permutations to try, but I ended up figuring this one out! The pieces slide together in a nice satisfying way, which may be what kept me engaged. Also, I didn't have to try a ton of different assemblies before figuring it out. Neat puzzle!
Dancing Shoes - Goh Pit Khiam
The goal of this puzzle is to pack the five pieces into the tray. It is very nicely constructed, though I think the tray should be a bit shorter to prevent you from being able to wiggle pieces into position the wrong way.
It won the Puzzler's Award (selected by IPP attendees), and for good reason! It has a neat solution that isn't super-hard to discover, most people will figure this one out in 5-10 minutes, I would imagine.
Dispersed GC Lock - Namick Salakhov
The goal is to move all of the switches to the down position so the slider can be removed. This is another binary puzzle (like Binary Bud), but the mechanism worked quite a bit better!
The mechanism was based around a spring-loaded key that you needed to depress in order to move a piece. This worked fairly well, but required some hand strength to hold in position while the move was made. Not bad and a unique mechanism, but I think I prefer some of the other binary puzzles out there.
Drop Slider Designer - Lucie Pauwels
This puzzle had two goals: slide the pieces around so all the balls drop in the hole, then figure out how to get the balls to come out the small hole in the side. It came with a number of challenge cards that specified different piece configurations to start,sorted by difficulty.
The sliding puzzle part was pretty trivial for the first 20 or so balls (on the challenge I tried), but the last few were a real pain! A good variation on your standard sliding block puzzle, but I think some of the trivial balls could be removed to reduce the repetitiveness. The puzzle at the end to remove the balls was actually pretty tricky!
Eight Wrestlers - Yoshiyuki Kotani
The goal is to arrange the eight wrestlers such that each notch is matched with another notch. It is nicely cut out of neon pink lucite that seemed to glow on its own.
This was a puzzle I found myself going back to a few times: I quickly saw the trick, but wasn't able to quite get it to work. Pretty tricky but fun to play with!
Elevator Puzzle - Sam Cornwell
The goal is to remove the square panel out of the tube. It has one pin on each of its four sides, which connect to mazes on each of the four inner sides of the tube. Because of the way the pins are arranged, the elevator can flip upside down on either axis if positioned properly.
I didn't like this one as much as Books/TV, since the hole felt a bit narrow to manipulate the puzzle and see what was going on. I didn't end up spending much time on this one.
Elle - Frederic Boucher
This is a classic interlocking puzzle: disassemble and reassemble. It consists of two sets of three identical pieces, which is nice.
There were a few interesting moves in there, but not too difficult to disassemble: reassembly is the real challenge if you don't know how it came apart!
Ok, that's all for today! Tomorrow, Part 3!
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It's interesting to regard Namick Salakhov's "Dispersed GC Lock" as an extension of "Spinout". But where Spinout had 2 choices at any time (a forward move or backward move), Dispersed GC Lock offered 3 choices, one of which would lead to a dead-end. Hence there are more opportunities to make a mistake, and a greater difficulty re-establishing the correct sequence after making a mistake and backtracking to the last "good" decision point. (A piece got locked in an illegal position on the wrong side of the key, rendering the puzzle inoperable until it was repaired.)
Sadly, the "Elevator Puzzle" rapidly accumulated a lot of vicious-looking scratches and gouges. Either the metal pins were too sharp or the composite wood was too delicate. But it was a satisfying puzzle, exactly the right degree of challenge for a competition.- AnonymousOctober 24, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I came across the Trapezoid Symmetry Puzzle of Yasuhiro Hashimoto 2013. I cannot read Japanese but one word
'Pazuhiro' has to be translated to 'Puzzle' .On my instruction
sheet of the TSP it was mentioned that 2 pieces could form
3 symm shapes. This must be 4 ! I am Willem van der Poel
email@example.com . Pleaste transmit this to Yasuhiro Hashimoto. Kind regards.


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While BART managers are trying to bring the Bay Area's rail system into the future, state officials are trying to bring a new train system into existence. High-speed rail is supposed to whisk passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just two and a half hours. It's a controversial project, though, and over the past few months it's gotten even more controversial. KALW's transportation reporter Julie Caine has more.
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HOLLY KERNAN: Julie, we know the price tag for high-speed rail has now gone up to an estimated $100 billion. What is happening?
JULIE CAINE: Right, it's three times more than the original price tag voters approved back in 2008. Last week legislative analyst Farra Bracht released a pretty scathing report. She said the sources of funding in the draft are "highly speculative." Basically, what's happening is materials cost a lot more than they did a few years ago and the engineering plans have really changed. Basically it's in response to having to choose between building the tracks through communities and farmland, or bypassing them and building this extensive system of bridges and viaducts.
The other thing that's going on is the timeline has changed. It's now expected to be done in 2034, which is 14 years later than they originally expected. Not everyone thinks that new timeline is correct. This project has received a lot of criticism from Sacramento over the past year. Daniel Krause is the executive director of Californians for High Speed Rail, who's a supporter of the project, and he talked with KPCC public radio in Los Angles about the effects of all that criticism.
DANIEL KRAUSE: We're concerned that the skeptics up in the state legislature have essentially browbeaten them into being so conservative that they're blowing the number up to a much higher level than we were anticipating.
KERNAN: So Julie, the price tag for this thing keeps going up – it's estimated at maybe $100 billion at this point. How much does the state have for it?
CAINE: Well, right now the state has $6 billion. And that's a combination of money from the feds and from the state. The money from the feds has some stings attached, which means that the construction has to be in the Central Valley, and it has to start next year. And it only is 130 miles of track that doesn't connect to any major metropolitan areas. So, a lot of people call that the "train to nowhere."
KERNAN: So even if it is this "train to nowhere"– let's say it got built. I still don't understand how you're going to go from $6 billion that you may have in hand to a $100 billion project.
CAINE: Well, that's right. That's the $92.5 billion question! The thing about the federal money is that the state really wants to spend it, because it's being offered. So they are saying that they should go ahead and build that track in the Central Valley anyway, that Amtrak could use it to improve service. But the problem is the money from the state also has strings attached, that that has to be for high-speed rail, and high-speed rail isn't going to run on that 130 miles of track. And so it might actually be illegal to start construction in the Central Valley. It's a catch-22.
KERNAN: And that's what the California Legislative Analyst's Office seems to be saying in this new report. Let's hear from Farrah Bracht of the California Legislative Analyst's Office.
FARRAH BRACHT: It appears doubtful that there will be any additional federal support anytime soon. This makes it increasingly likely that the ICS is all that will ever be built. The High Speed Rail Authority has not demonstrated that the benefits of this independent segment have independent operational utility that exceeds the cost of this segment.
KERNAN: So Julie, what is in the future for California's high-speed rail? Will this get built? What's happening?
CAINE: I don't think anybody really knows the answer to that question. Congress just zeroed out federal funding for high-speed rail for the next year, so doesn't look like there's more money coming from the feds. This business plan really has Jerry Brown's support behind it. It's in a public comment period right now until December 31, and then it goes back to the legislature in January. So, if people want to leave comments, they can do that on the California High Speed Rail Authority website, otherwise we just have to wait and see what happens in January.
…High Speed Rail Gets a New Plan and a New Price Tag in California
The California High Speed Rail Authority released a new business plan yesterday outlining a multi-phase strategy for bringing bullet trains to the state. The total pricetag? $98.5 billion. That's almost three times the original estimate made in 2008 when voters approved a $9 billion bond measure in support of the project that ultimately would link San Francisco with Los Angeles.
In a state already infamous for snarled traffic, and where the population is projected to increase from 38 million to 60 million people by the middle of the century, improving transportation infrastructure and moving all those people around is a real concern.
"We don't have many choices," said Thomas Umberg, Chairman of the HS Rail Authority. "We can do nothing and bury our heads in the sand. We can build more freeways and airports. Or we can do something visionary that transforms California's transportation infrastructure."
Part of that vision comes in the plan's "phased implementation," in which High Speed Rail is developed, constructed, and funded in segments. "If we have to pause, we'll pause," said Umberg.
There is currently approximately $6 billion in funding from the federal government and from bonds approved by California voters in Proposition 1A to pay for the first phase—130 miles of track to be laid between Fresno and Bakersfield—the heart of California's Central Valley. The federal money comes with deadlines and strings attached: if the federal funds aren't used by 2017, the state loses the money, said HS Rail spokesperson, Rachel Wall. In order to meet that deadline, construction on the rail lines in the Central Valley are slated to begin in October 2012. In addition, the federal funds mandate that construction begin in the Central Valley, far from major metropolitan population centers.
After that, where the additional $92.5 billion in projected costs will come from remains unclear. The second phase of the project, which would link the new Central Valley track to existing transportation systems in either Northern or Southern California, is projected to cost around $31 billion.
"We don't have funding yet for the second segment," said Mike Rossi, a High Speed Rail Authority board member appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2011. "But we have three years before we have to worry about that."
Although the plan relies on public funding, it is designed to operate without public subsidies. Private investment is also integral to the plan, said Rachel Wall, spokesperson for the HS Rail Authority. "When there's a revenue stream in sight, when there are trains on the tracks and tickets being sold, then the private sector will come in."
Elizabeth Alexis, co-founder of Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design (CAARD), a critic of the project, says that without funding sources identified and secured, the burden would most likely be on the state of California.
"You'd like to say a realistic price tag makes the project more realistic," she said. "But what it means is that the legislators have a really tough decision to make. Now there's no excuse for not knowing what they're signing up for. Before you could maybe pretend that you didn't have this big liability for the state. The headline shouldn't be why is the price tag so high, but why was it so low in the first place?"
Some of the cost increases come from the extension of the timeline for completion from 2020 to 2033, and by using an estimated 3% annual inflation rate to calculate costs over time.
Daniel Krause, executive director of Californians for High Speed Rail, a supporter of the project, says some of those cost projections are too high because both the timeline and inflation rate are too conservative.
"We think it's a little out of whack," he said. His organization believes that 2025 is a more realistic completion date, a change which he calculates would bring the price for high speed rail down by approximately $25 billion.
Political reaction to the new plan was mixed. Governor Jerry Brown and Senator Nancy Pelosi issued statements of support. State Senate Republican leader, Bob Dutton called the new plan a "boondoggle," and Republican State Senator Doug LaMalfa announced he would introduce legislation to put High Speed Rail back on the California ballot.
"This is a hard project that's going to take political courage and vision," said HS Rail Authority Chairman Thomas Umberg. "Government is not tooled to have a succession of leaders with courage and vision. This is going to be a challenge for the state of California, but I think we're up to the challenge."
The plan is open to a 60-day comment period before it is finalized and goes to the California legislature in January 2012.


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Sao Paulo Overview
Over 20 million people running the rat race, outrageous prices, constant pollution and a traffic driving you to madness... Some might say Sao Paulo is not the sexiest city in the World. And still, you will find here one of the most vibrant Art Scene, a cuisine to please the toughest Frenchman, the coolest bars and clubs to shake your booty and the constant kindness of Paulistas who will do their best to please you and help you out.
Sao Paulo is the 6th largest city in the World. Merely by virtue of this fact, one can imagine the variety in culture; the profusion of ethnicities; the plethora of restaurants, cafes and bars and the bustling nature of the streets. Sao Paulo doesn't disappoint, but you will have to give it a chance and know where to go.
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Those who wish to delve a little deeper, however, will find underground theatres, pop-up cinemas, underground bars and nightclubs that, though hidden from plain view, are highlights of South America's partying scene. People from the city, you understand, work hard but let loose when given the chance.
Indeed, it's a city that rewards a little patience (of which the locals seem to have unending amounts, despite their complaints about crime, pollution and overcrowding) since the best of what's on offer is mostly found through word of mouth.
Highly recommended is a visit to the Sampa neighbourhood, which houses the greatest concentration of international cuisine and culture; it's the melting pot for the city's vast array of cultural influences and should not be missed.
It may be large and difficult, but you can't afford to miss Sao Paulo from your Brazilian itinerary. It gets mixed reports from travellers that tend to be at either extreme, but there's little doubt that you should give it a try and find out for yourself.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Spike Jonze Skating
Spike came to the show @ the Staples Center and kicked it with us for Kanye's birthday. But before he came out, he shot this skate clip for Crailtap
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- Schoolin4TheGoodLife said...
that was so awesome when he went through the middle of those newly weds...so ruthless...is there anything he cant do lol
- June 9, 2008 at 5:47 PM
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