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|Zitna, 110 00 Prague, Tsjekkia
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|I dag
Located just one block from Wenceslas Square and the national Museum.
Being in the heart of the city centre, there are numerous bars, restaurants, shops , clubs and supermarkets in the vicinity.
The apartment consists of entrance hallway, with doors leading to:
Bathroom, with shower unit, sink unit and W.C. and washing machine.
Large studio room with kitchenette consisting of Fridge, double hotplate, microwave oven, toast machine, kettle, coffee maker, plenty of pots, pans, cutlery etc.
A king size bed, and large wardrobe with built in drawer space are located in the sleeping area of the studio, whilst a sofa bed (suitable for 1 person) , breakfasting table and chairs are in the living the area.
For your convenience, the apartment has free wifi, washing machine, iron and ironing board and drying rack for laundry.
HusreglerThe apartment is NO SMOKING
Standard check in time is after 15:00hrs
Standard check out time is before 10:00hrs.
We will try our best to accommodate clients travel plans where ever possible.
Garbage/Trash to be taken out at end of stay.
Apartment to be left in a clean and tidy state at end of tenancy.
No parties! the apartment is in a building with other long term residents who wont appreciate the noise!
|Månedlig rate for opptil 2 gjester
|Pris for >2 gjester
|79 NOK pr. gjest/natt ekstra
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Sehr netter und informativer Kontakt, saubere Unterkunft und keinerlei Probleme. Wir kommen gern wieder!
Eine kleine gemütliche und saubere Wohnung. Vom Bahnhof waren es 10Minuten zu Fuß und ein Katzensprung zum Wenzelplatz. Andrew hat uns am Anfang einen Überblick von Prag verschafft und uns ein paar Tipps gegeben, wo man am besten Essen kann oder weggehen. Es war ein toller Aufenthalt dort.
Nous avons passé un excellent séjour à Prague, l'appartement est confortable, calme et très central . Merci à Andrew pour sa disponibilité et tous ses précieux conseils!
Das Apartment von Andrew in Prag ist in jeder Beziehung grossartig! Die Lage ganz nahe des Wenzelplatzes ist einmalig, alles ist zu Fuss erreichbar, und trotzdem man mitten im Zentrum lebt, ist die Wohnung total ruhig. Es fehlt an keinem Komfort. Andrew hat wirklich an alles gedacht. Liebevoll ist alles für den Gast bereit gestelltund die Wohnung ist bltzsauber. Sie lässt wirklich keine Wünsche offen. Andrew ist ein perfekter Gastgeber und gibt wertvolle Tips jeglicher Art. Er ist sehr freundlich, lustig und auf die Minute pünktlich. Es ist eine grosse Chance ihn und sein Apartment in Prag kennenzulernen. Sollte mein Weg wieder einmal nach Prag führen, gibt es für mich nur das Apartment von Andrew. Lieber Andrew, wir danken dir ganz herzlich für alles. Liebe Grüsse, Christa
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Adnrew was excellent host. He offered very detailed instuction and help for getting around in Prague. The apartment is excellent and very clean.
Neigbhorhood is very quiet and just a cople of minuts from metro and tram stations.
All previous reviews are correct and the pictures speak truth: we (4 adults) spent 4 nights in this warm and welcoming flat. 2 toilets were convenient, the generous living room invited us to chill after sigtseeing. Flat is clean and well equipped for 4 people. If you are sensitive to street noise, you might want to close the windows at night, or have another beer. We do not fancy blankets and sheets for bedding, continental quilts seem more hygienic, yet there were enough blankets! Communication with our host Andy was easy and fast. His advice to leave the car at Mr.parkit was good (14€ per day), you don't need a car. Safe neighbourhood with tram and metro (5 min. walk) nearby, nice restaurants, cafes and pubs in walking distance. Taxi (AAA) from Old Town ( Burg) to flat was just 8€ ! At every corner you will find convenience stores where you can buy water, coffee, bread...
We can definitely recommend this flat!
Very nice apartment. All you need for some days in a beautiful city. Andy (owner) is very helpful. Reply to mail very fast.
The choice of this apartment was reallly perfect for us. Exactly as nice as in the pictures, a very helpful and nice host plus very good communications with tramway, metro and a shopping centre close. Very nice area with not too many Tourists but still quite Close enough to the old town. In short: very good value for the money. When we go back to Prag some day, there´s no doubt we will try to rent this place again.
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for a very nice stay in your absolutely nice apartment. We felt very welcome. There was everything we needed.
We had a very good stay. in this apartment. It is very confortable and well located in a quiet area. Very easy to reach the city center by public transportation (tram n. 22 and metro at Namesti Miru's stop), some restauranst and small supermarket very nearby.
2 floor apartment, good for 2 coouple or a family. The only note, just few more towels, would have been better, expecially if you stay for many days , but there is the washing machine in case you need
I recommend
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Episode two is the test. If we watch that and still like it, we'll watch episode three and there it goes. Next thing we know, it's episode 28 and the nation has a new singing sensation.
The X Factor NZ just got a bit better with last night's second episode (7.30, TV3) as the search continues for a winner to this alarmingly likeable franchise singing show.
The talent, in this audition phase, was a little more talented, though, of course, every circus needs its clowns.
But, again, signs of real talent - girl group Gap 5, sensitive 17-year-old singer/songwriter Fletcher Mills and Renee Maurice, a 27-year-old from Upper Hutt with a diamond voice.
And then there was the real fun - the judges, who all pumped up their own X factors last night, with the possible exception of Stan Walker, who seemed subdued after his Sunday-night performance.
Mean judge Melanie Blatt swung wilfully between hot and cold.
"You're super annoying," she told one poor hopeful. The crowd booed. Well done, Scary Mel.
Daniel Bedingfield is even more fun. "If anyone doesn't vote yes," he announced after one act, "I shall put a weta in their undies."
Candyfloss-haired Ruby Frost might have the hardest role of the judges, but she's just so nice in her sweet, glass-half-full way she might end up the show's quiet star.
Last night's unquiet star was the 14-year-old who announced he was "the next Stan Walker" before singing I'm Sexy and I Know It.
There was even a resurrected star with former TVNZ newsreader Dougal Stevenson popping up with some hysterical voiceovers. The conquest continues.


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Over the next couple of days we drove up and around the Daintree - to mosman gorge, for a walk around rainforest and a swim in the river - a great way to cool down from the humidity! And to Cape Tribulation - where the rainforest meets the sea... It is a stunning drive up the coast with some breathtaking view points along the way! (Nerd fact: It is the only place in the world where two UNESCO heritage sites meet)
That evening we were in for our first Aussie BBQ!! A friend of Ds brother had recently moved to Port D and invited us over with some other new people he knew from the area. A great night of snags and beer! (Although kangaroo sausages I purchased were not that well received)
Our last day in Port Douglas was the pinnacle - a (rather expensive) trip out to the Great BArrier Reef for snorkelling and diving
It was an amazing experience, with a massive array of coral and fish - the highlight of the day was probably sight two. After catching a glimpse of a shark swimming by in 1 I thought this would be as close as I got - until I jumped in the water at the second sight, only to look down before descending to see 3 large white-tips circling the boat! Descending down past them was eerie to say the least! But once you are down at their level and can see them, it is strangely better... Deirdre's snorkelling group was being led by a marine biologist would proved that something we had been told was not a myth... on being thrown a plastic bottle he began to crunch the bottle underwater - which very quickly attracted sharks and seemingly every big fish to the area! Good times! If it wasnt for 'bottling it' on the trapeze in Koh Tao it may never have happened!
As one adventure ends, another was beginning - we were straight back to Port D and into the car to begin the journey top Sydney!


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Pamela Berger
fine arts department
Ph.D., New York University, 1974
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Fields of Interest
Medieval Art History; the making of historical feature films, (including research for scripting, scriptwriting, art-historical research for production design, story boarding, directing, and post production).
Academic Profile
Professor Berger is a filmmaker who has written, produced, and/or directed three feature films. Sorceress is about a medieval woman who is accused of being a heretic but is actually a healer. It was shot in both English, Sorceress (English Language Version), and French, as Sorceress (French with English Subtitles). Both versions are now available on DVD. The second film, which she wrote, produced and directed, is The Imported Bridegroom. It's a comedy set in Boston in 1900 about a father who tries to find, back in the Old Country, a perfect bridegroom for his Americanized daughter. She takes one look at the boy he brings back and is appalled. This film is also in DVD. The third film, Killian's Chronicle: The Magic Stone, is about an Irish slave who escapes from a Viking ship and is rescued by Native Americans five hundred years before the arrival of Columbus.
Professor Berger teaches Medieval Art, from 300 CE through 1425. Her special interest is Iconography, i.e., the meaning of the image in the context of its time, and most of her research deals with iconographic interpretation.
Sorceress (English Language Version) and Sorceress (French with English Subtitles), 1987, Story, co-scriptwriter, producer.
Pamela Berger, "The Story and Scripting of Sorceress: A Companion Booklet to the DVDs" of Sorceress (English Language Version) and Sorceress (French with English Subtitles)." More information on The Sorceress.
The Imported Bridegroom, 1989 (based on a story by Abraham Cahan), scriptwriter, producer, director.
Killian's Chronicle: The Magic Stone, 1994, scriptwriter, producer, director.
- The Crescent on the Temple, (Leiden: Brill) 2012.
- "Jewish-Muslim Veneration at Pilgrimage Places in the Holy Land," Religion and the Arts, 15, 2011, 1-60.
- "The Temples/Tabernacles in the Dura Synagogue Paintings." Dura Europos, Crossroads of Antiquity. Edited by Lisa R. Brody and Gail L. Hoffman, 2011.
- "Judges 19: A Perverse Version of Hospitality as Illustrated in the Bible Moralisée." New Aradia Review, Vol. 4, 2011. [electronic publication].
- "Mice, Arrows and Tumors: Medieval Plague Iconography North of the Alps, in Piety and the Plague, Franco Mormando, editor, Truman State University Press, 2007.
- "Avarice, Money and Judgment Day," in Sacred/Secular, edited by Nancy Netzer and Virginia Reinberg, McMullen Museum, 2006.
- "The Depiction of Jews in Early Passion Iconography," in Pondering the Passion, edited by Philip A. Cunningham, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2004.
- "Sacred Landscapes: Two Watercolors by George Petrie," Eire/Land, edited by Vera Kreilkamp, 2003.
- "Archaeology, Iconography, and the Recreation of the Past in Iron Age Holy Lands," Religion and the Arts, 6, 4, 2002, 499-506.
- "Crusade and Jihad: The Wars Known as Holy," Religion and the Arts, 5, 4, 2001, 484-484.
- "Sculpted Body Parts from Ancient Healing Sanctuaries," in The Plume and the Palette, edited by Pamela Berger and Jeffery Howe, New York, Peter Lang, Inc. 2001.
- "Grain Miracle" Medieval Folklore, An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs, Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, & John Lindow, editors, ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, California, 2000, 444-446.
- "The Roots of Anti-Semitism in Medieval Visual Imagery: An Overview," Religion and the Arts, Spring, 2000.
- "Images of Animosity, Visions of Vengeance," Religion and the Arts, Volume 3-1 (1999).
- "Modern Propagators of Ancient Legends and Traditions: Mythic Memory or Serendipity?" in Re/Dressing Cathleen: Contemporary Works from Irish Women Artists, 1997, 57-62.
- "The Film Sorceress: A Twentieth-century Recreation of a Medieval Memory," Memory in the Middle Ages, ed. by Nancy Netzer and Virginia Reinberg, 1995.
- "The Star System: A Mediated Form of Censorship in the Creative Process of Filmmaking," Agni, Vol. 31/32.
- "The Historical, the Sacred, the Romantic: Medieval Texts into Irish Watercolor," in Visualizing Ireland, Faber & Faber, 1993.
- The Goddess Obscured, Beacon Press, Boston, 1985.
- "The Bisexual Deity at Les Bolards and Gallo-Roman Springwater Therapies," Révue Archéologique de l'Est, Fall 1984.
- "Many-Shaped Art, Archaeology, and the Tain," Eire-Irland, Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter 1982.
- The Insignia in the Notitia Dignitatum, (Garland, New York, 1981).
- "The Ardagh Chalice, Numerology, and the Stowe Missal," Eire-Ireland, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 1979.
- "Two Insignia from the Notitia Dignitatum," in Inscape, 1978.
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Reserve your spot for this week's end of summer Staff/Faculty Picnic Spectacular!
When: Thursday, August 26 at noon in the Lake Point Grove in Highland Park
In recent years, our quest for good food and fellowship (and a theme for the annual Piece Prize Competition) has taken us to Texas and Italy. This year, we're really shaking things up and (in the footsteps of Bill Carl, Sharon Taylor, Scott Sunquist, and others) we're going to CHINA! Well, at least we'll be eating Chinese food, enjoying Chinese picnic décor (it's the year of the tiger), and participating in China - themed activities in order to determine the awarding of this year's Piece Prize.
Newcomers (or those with poor memories) may be wondering about this "Piece Prize." The prize itself is a piece of former Steeler Carlton Hasselrig's transmission that he deposited on our campus when he took a wild jeep ride up the steps in front of the library in 1994. (It's a long story…) A year later a trophy was created using the piece, and over the past years we have scavenger hunted, relay raced, obstacle coursed, trivial pursuited, croqueted, mini-golfed, bocci balled etc., our way to the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat in hopes of our department claiming the trophy for a year.
Perhaps this will be your department's year to bring home the prize? Sign up today!
To get to the pavilion, turn right out of the Seminary driveway and make a right at the first light. Continue to follow this road and after lots of twists and turns you will find yourself in Highland Park. This pavilion is just across the street from the pond/lake. Watch for the balloons.
Chinese buffet includes:
Egg Rolls
Vegetable Fried Rice
General Tso's Chicken
Mongolian Beef
Garlic Bok Choy
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John D. Murphy Jr.
UTSA names College of Architecture dean
By Christi Fish
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(May 22, 2009)--Following an international search, University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo has named a new dean for the UTSA College of Architecture: John D. Murphy Jr., professor and director of international education of Auburn University's McWhorter School of Building Science.
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The McWhorter School of Building Science at Alabama's Auburn University, established in 1947, is the second oldest construction education program in the United States. Murphy will join UTSA in August 2009.
"Dr. Murphy brings new dimensions to our College of Architecture and a rich experience in building sciences that will complement and extend our strengths in design," said John Frederick, UTSA provost and vice president for academic affairs. "I am delighted to welcome someone with his talents and energy to the university as we continue to evolve into a national research university."
"We chose Murphy, in part, because of his appreciation for the distinctions among the current programs in architecture, interior design, construction science and management as well as his integrated vision of those programs," added Betty Merchant, dean of the UTSA College of Education and Human Development and chair of the search committee. "It was clear to the selection committee that under his leadership, the College of Architecture would evolve into a national model of best practice with respect to the integration of disciplines that have historically been treated separately."
Murphy has nearly 20 years of teaching experience and began his career in 1990 at Texas A&M University, where he served as a teaching assistant and lecturer. In 1992, he moved to Colorado State University, conducted significant research in architecture and was published in a variety of construction science and building publications including the Journal of Construction Education, the Journal of Applied Fire Science, Building Research Journal, the American Institute of Constructors Journal, Indoor Air Review and the Journal of Industrial Technology.
In 2000, he joined Auburn University, where he served as the head of the McWhorter School of Building Science and was later named its director of international education. While there, Murphy grew the McWhorter School's international programs from less than half a dozen students annually to 35-40 students per year. His career also includes 10 years of industry experience in Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
"I am excited about the future of the College of Architecture at UTSA," said Murphy. "Already staffed with impressive faculty and staff, I look forward to leading efforts that will continue to grow the college and increase our sphere of positive influence in the city of San Antonio, the region and the United States. The university is poised to continue its positive trajectory of educational excellence and community engagement, and the College of Architecture will continue to play a major role in that success."
Murphy received his doctoral degree in architecture with an emphasis in construction science and management, his master's degree in construction management and his bachelor's degree in building construction from Texas A&M University in 1993, 1983 and 1982, respectively. His areas of emphasis include estimating and project management.
The new dean replaces Robert Baron, who has served as interim dean of the College of Architecture since 2007. A 36-year veteran of academia, Baron specializes in the study of great buildings, urban complexes and architectural traditions. Additionally, he teaches a graduate course in architectural theory each fall and a three-week Italian urban culture course for the Honors College in Italy each summer.
The UTSA College of Architecture is the second-largest architecture school in Texas and, according to the May 2009 edition of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine, is first in the nation in granting degrees to Hispanic architecture students. A young, progressive and dynamic college, the college enjoys a strong relationship with the community and the profession.
The College of Architecture offers a fully accredited master of architecture program, a master of science in architecture program, graduate certificates in historic preservation and urban and regional planning, and three undergraduate degrees: a bachelor of science in architecture, a bachelor of science in construction science and management, and a CIDA-accredited bachelor of science in interior design.


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The YLC will meet in the Renaissance Room on the third floor of the Janssen Building. Lunch provided. Brian Card from Midwestern Securities will be the lunch sponsor and speaker. Committee member Abby Clark has arranged for a representative of Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum to be the NFP for this meeting.
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Research suggests B vitamins may help lower homocysteine levels, possibly offsetting further decline in people with mild thinking (cognitive) impairment and preventing progression to more serious forms of dementia.
The brain loses some of its mass with age, even in otherwise healthy people. This progressive "brain atrophy" is more pronounced in people with mild cognitive impairment that doesn't interfere with normal functioning, but is characterized by some problems related to memory, thinking, language, and judgment. Brain atrophy is much accelerated in people with advanced dementia, like that seen in Alzheimer's disease.
Higher blood levels of homocysteine, a toxic byproduct of an amino acid, is one risk factor for brain atrophy and Alzheimer's disease. B vitamins are needed to break down homocysteine, so it's been suggested that if they help lower homocysteine levels, they might also be able to slow the rate of brain atrophy.
The study, which was published in the journal, PLoS ONE, involved 168 people over 70 years old with mild cognitive impairment. The participants were given 0.8 mg folic acid, 0.5 mg vitamin B12, and 20 mg vitamin B6 or placebo every day for 24 months. At the beginning of the study and after two years, MRIs of their brains assessed changes in brain mass.
Blood levels of homocysteine dropped by 23% in the people taking B vitamins, and the rate of brain atrophy per year was almost 30% lower in the B-vitamin group than in the placebo group at the end of the study.
"It is tempting to suggest that this finding is consistent with the view that raised homocysteine is a direct cause of atrophy," the authors commented. "However, it does not exclude that homocysteine is only a marker for low-normal levels of the vitamins, which are themselves the causal factors."
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Christopher Sardelli
An 18-year-old Rock Hill man died early Wednesday morning only hours after his car collided with a logging truck along S.C. 5.
Kenneth Steele Jr. died from injuries he received during the crash on the two-lane road Tuesday afternoon, said Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Karla Deese.
See Friday's edition of The Lancaster News for more information about the crash.
The S.C. Forestry Commission has issued a burning ban for 14 Palmetto State counties, including Lancaster.
State forester Gene Kodama issued the ban Tuesday, which prohibits all outdoor burning in unincorporated areas.
The counties included in the burning ban are Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter and Williamsburg.
Christopher Sardelli
As the county's new courthouse becomes the latest addition to the county's long list of properties, Lancaster County Council recently asked what else is on that list.
Several months ago, council asked county staff to create a thorough county property listing, with details on each building and parcel of land the county owns. Deputy County Administrator Jeff Naftal presented a first draft of that listing at council's June 27 meeting.
Reece Murphy
The S.C. Legislature has elected Lancaster businessman Hugh Mobley to the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees.
Mobley, owner of Mobley Drugs in Lancaster and a 1978 graduate of USC's School of Pharmacy, will fill the 6th Judicial Circuit seat vacated by S.C. Sen. Greg Gregory, R-16, following his election in April.
Jesef Williams
Those who know Wade Chittam well are making sure that his contributions to the University of South Carolina Lancaster will never be forgotten.
The retired science professor now has a scholarship named in his honor.
The Wade Chittam Science Scholarship, which was endowed last month, will be awarded each semester to an established USCL student majoring in one of the sciences.
The student has to have a grade-point average of at least 3.0.
Christopher Sardelli
Police are still investigating a report from a woman who said someone broke into her home while she was sleeping last month.
Lancaster police officers responded to the 2500 block of Pardue Street on June 26 only minutes after a 29-year-old Lancaster woman reported someone stole items from her home while she and her children slept, according to a police department incident report.
Officers arrived at the home a little after 3 a.m. and spoke with the woman, who said she went to sleep about 11 p.m.
Christopher Sardelli
Two Lancaster men were arrested in a strange case relating to a stolen car that was never actually stolen.
On June 23, a Ruth Street resident called Lancaster police officers to report someone had stolen her car the night before.
The woman told officers she parked her brown and gold 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis on the road near her home about 9 p.m. June 22, but noticed it was gone the next morning.
Christopher Sardelli
A driver was flown to a Charlotte hospital minutes after being involved in a crash with a logging truck along S.C. 5 Tuesday afternoon.
S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Billy Elder said a 1993 Honda collided with an empty logging truck along the two-lane road at about 2:10 p.m. The crash happened on the Lancaster County side of the road, about two miles before the York County line.
Waxhaw will hold its Independence Day parade, party and fireworks Monday, July 4. The parade starts at 10 a.m. in downtown Waxhaw. There will be a family-friendly music festival at 5 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. at Jackson Station beside CVS. Visit www.waxhaw.com or call (704) 843-3195 for details.
Although disappointed, several local officials say they understand Lancaster County Council's decision Monday to approve a bare-bones budget for the next fiscal year.
But those same officials are keeping hope alive that their various projects and agencies will receive the funding they need.
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HEARTS II follows Sora, Donald, and Goofy on their continuing quest. Sora is
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for their missing king.
It has been a year since the events of KINGDOM HEARTS.
Sora and friends are joined by a vibrant new cast of characters, including
the king himself! Together, they will encounter countless dangers
in worlds both familiar and brand-new. It seems the Heartless, or at
least some form of them, still exist. A new villain also awaits, hidden
by a mask. Is it someone familiar or a new opponent to be confronted?
This mystery and others will be solved as the story unfolds in a
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KINGDOM HEARTS has sold over 4 million units worldwide
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Eric Watson jokes that he'd like to tow New Zealand into the Mediterranean so that he can pop across from London at weekends.
In the next breath he rejects that idea as one that would ruin what he so loves about the place.
"A bit like putting Waiheke off the coast of Sardinia."
As joint owner of the Warriors and one of New Zealand's most visible, globe-trotting millionaires, Watson has been embraced by many. But as a co-owner of Hanover Finance, which shut up shop leaving mum-and-dad investors penniless, he has angered others. Watson had already moved to the UK before Hanover froze its funds, and he rode out much of the controversy there, far away from the angry investors.
But the 53-year-old returned to Auckland last month to visit his sick elderly mother and has spent the summer here with his Swedish partner Lisa Henrekson, their two sons, Lucas, 7, and Leon, 3, and Watson's 18-year-old son Sam. Based at his Karaka home, Watson has watched his young sons swim, play cricket, fish in the Hauraki Gulf and "watch the Warriors".
"They love it here, running around, they really do," he said. "It's very motivating to bring them back here. In London you just don't get the same opportunities."
The family will stay until next month - Lucas has a tutor to make sure he keeps up with schoolwork. The Warriors play the Roosters at Eden Park on March 16, and Watson plans to be there.
Fellow Hanover co-founder Mark Hotchin and his family still live in self-imposed exile in Australia, but Watson intends to spend more time in New Zealand, alternating between his home in London's West End where he has lived for 11 years.
Watson dismissed suggestions he had stayed in London to avoid hostile Kiwis with long memories.
"I'm involved in a lot of companies and you take the good with the bad. I was an investor in that company and it didn't work out that well. It's going through its due process."
Watson said he hadn't encountered any hostility. "I get comments about the Warriors consistently. Trust me, New Zealanders aren't backwards in coming forward."
This week, Watson and Sam battled it out at harness racing at trainer Graeme Rogerson's Dormello Stud outside Hamilton. Sam has gradually beaten his father in golf, skiing and fishing, so Watson challenged him to a trotting race.
Emailing the "awesome photo" to the Herald on Sunday to prove his win, Watson said, "That's my son in my dust." For now, anyway, he added.
But the summer hasn't all been play. Watson is on the lookout for investments, particularly in farming. Encouraged by a project in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has converted 1215ha of corn farm into Kiwi-style dairy farms using New Zealand grass seed, technology and semen, Watson said he would buy farming land if the right opportunity came up.
He was also looking at breeding alpacas. And he would continue to breed horses, encouraged by seeing Ruud Awakening, bred at Watson's Westbury Stud in Karaka, win at Ellerslie Racecourse this week.


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I got it...try it R Ryan's way...that'll do it!!
seems like Coughlin is the type to cut off his nose to spite his face.
The guy needs to cut the crap. Get back to basics and play the best players. None of this homer ****, none of this favoritism, veteran bull****. Just pure coaching and the best will play. Whatever happened to this philosophy?
can't believe any fan would turn there back on Coughlin. Coughlin is one of the MOST respected coaches in the NFL, this coach has turned around this franchise winning 2 superbowls and many winning seasons. What does Coughlin have to do to get the respect? Im sick of looking at posts hoping for Bill Cowher to be our new coach. Just because Diehl is our starting tackle, we should fire Coughlin? Listen, If Reese would pick up a 1st or 2nd round tackle Diehl would be on the bench, dont you see William Beatty starting!?!?! Well I rest my case. Mara needs to give Reese the damn boot....Boothe sucks, Baas is the worst and Diehl is the scapegoat.
Wow. Just wow. Patriots probably should have fired Belichick after 4th and 2 also, right?
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Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by CATCH17, Jan 22, 2013.
Anyone else getting crappy download speed on YouTube with their wifi?
Know of any fixes?
It's probably Youtube. I have problems on my desktop all the time. Youtube can be a real pain in the butt.
I would definitely like to know Youtube's construction. I will watch some videos and they download lightning fast, others will pause for reasons unknown. Segmentation and certain infrastructure segments are having issues? While that seems feasible, my overall experiences (as an infrastructure admin) it seems kind of odd to me. It's all well too often and overall much to selective.
Some routers don't get a long with iPhones. My AT&T modem doesn't work the best with iPhone for some reason. It's a known "bug". Other modems/routers work perfectly.
Do other sites work at full speed? If so then it's just youtube.
Well.. I haven't tried watching Vids on other sites so im not sure.
I'll try that when I get home.
I would check against other high traffic web sites. Also download speedtest.net app on your phone to test network speed.
I did last night.
I got 32 ping, 5.22 Mbps Download, and 0.49 Mbps Upload
That's not great, but you should still be able to stream any youtube video instantly.
Never had trouble with youtube speed whether it be on my computer, Iphone or Samsung.
However anytime I try to load a video from the yahoo site...it seems to take forever and really lags.
The thing is it's not a consistent issue. Most of the time it's fine but when it starts doing this it does it for a few days or so. Really annoying.
Is this wifi connection at home?
Do you have cable internet?
When it does it for a few days or so does the rest of your internet go slow?
I ask this because recently I had trouble with my internet at home. Cable ISP. And since I use wifi at home for my phone and the wife uses it for Ipad we were having trouble.
Ever few days or so and it would last a day and a half at most at a time...our internet would go down.
Called the cable company and the guy came out and put a new wire from the pole to the house for the modem. It seems the line was just old and needed replaced. Have not had any trouble since.
Yes & Yes.
The internet doesn't go down for my PC or Xbox. But the Wifi for youtube just downloads very slow.


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UTSA hosts Academic Advising Conference Sept. 26
By Carly Peden
Student Assistant, Colleges' Freshman Advising Center
(June 23, 2008)--UTSA will host the second annual Academic Advising Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 26 in the University Center at the 1604 Campus. The conference is open to academic advisers from all Texas universities and community colleges, and faculty and staff members who participate in the advising process.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The conference will consist of a variety of workshops on topics related to the role advisers play in the lives of students. The conference committee is accepting proposals for workshops with this year's theme, "Advising: Changes on the Horizon." To submit a proposal to be a workshop presenter, contact Diana Howard at (210) 458-4106.
Early registration is $60 per person through Sept. 10. Late registration is $70 and runs Sept. 11-26. Registration includes breakfast, lunch and a snack. For planning purposes, guests are encouraged to register early.
For registration assistance, contact Sylvia Mansour at (210) 458-4025.
For more information, visit the Academic Advising Conference Web site or contact Sara Grafton or Dainon Deviney at (210) 458-5170.


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I dearly wish three male US representatives and two female representatives have "a phenomenally on two days" and skate their heart out! I really want to see 3 slots for both men's and ladys'.
But that's just it! The fact that I have to pray for an "on day" indicates the state of single skating in the US.
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Still I think Jeremy, when he's on (or even just slightly off) can easily beat Verner and Amodio. I think it would be more challenging to beat the 3 Japanese men and Chan. But I think if he shows his magic, he could definitely give all four of them a run for his money. So I think the worse he could do honestly is 7th, which would make it tough to keep 3 spots. But the odds are more in his favor to finish 6th or even on the podium.
Mroz also lost the tiebreaker to Amodio, but like him and Jeremy, also had a silver and bronze in GP, so I can't say he did that bad either. I think if he's clean, he can manage a 7th place finish at Worlds.
Rippon was pretty terrible at Skate America, but I can't write him off either to do his part. He did well at Worlds last year, so maybe he'll peak there if he makes the team.
So I say the odds are more like 50/50 depending on who we send.
I think you're being a bit pessimistic. Despite not having any U.S. men make the GPF, the alternatives were all made out of U.S. Men. In addition a U.S. man medeled in all the GP events. NHK (Abbott - Silver); Skate Canada (Rippon- bronze) COC (Mroz -Silver) COR (Abbott - Bronze) Skate America (Mahbanoozadeh - Bronze) Trophee Eric Bompard (Mroz - Bronze).But that's just it! The fact that I have to pray for an "on day" indicates the state of single skating in the US.
Japan is the only other country whose skaters managed the same feat. Of course Japan one ups with having three skaters make the GPF Final. Oh yeah, and let's not forget that Richard Dornbush won the GPF Final in the juniors level.
Point is, is that the GP actually showed how deep the U.S. men's field is. Canada's is not far behind, but even Reynolds with all his quads could not break through. I think whatever three men will send, will be fighting for top 10 spots.
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Good to see the detailed analysis like yours. After reading it, I must agree that I am a bit too pessimistic.
The women weren't too bad either with two making the final and two ending up as alternates. Cup of China was the only event where a U.S. woman did not medal ( Nagasu would've if she didn't do that invalid 2A combo). But then two women medaled at TEB (Flatt and Czisny) so as far as number of medals, the women are even with the men at six. Again only Japan did better by having three woman make the final.
However whether the 2 us women can get two spots is more uncertain with Yuna coming back and Mao starting to get back into peak form again.
Go USA!
Mrs.P - Doesn't the magic number for Worlds change to 18 if there are 3 skaters. 13 is fine for two skaters but if 3 are entered, the 3 must total 18 as I understand it. So the Team selected by the USFS must be carefully chosen among the Men. However, the US Nats' results will select the team, I suppose.
I would love to see Armin do another comp before Nats just to see if his GP was just a one time thing. If it wasn't I would replace Adam for Armin who has more appeal to the audience. Jeremy, Brandon, and Armin - 3 different styles would suit me as the Nats' results.
No, you are thinking of the "if one of your skaters finished below 18, they have to skate the qualifying round" rule. If there are three skaters and two finish 2+11 and the third 20th, there will be three skaters next year, but the one with the lowest world standing when the world team is chosen will have to skate the qualifying round. If the three skaters are 2, 11, and 15, then three skaters and all are automatically in
As for Jeremy's odds of beating Amodio, Verner, Joubert, I think a lot will depend on Europeans. For example, if Tomas comes into worlds as European Champion, he may be given a PCS boost and I could definitely see him beating Jeremy if he skates well, the same goes for Joubert and maybe even Amodio if one of them wins. On the other hand, if say Joubert or Verner is 3rd at Euros or OTP, then Jeremy's odds of beating them at Worlds are better, especially if he comes in as US champion.
But I mean in 2009, Joubert and Verner both made mistakes at Worlds and still finished well ahead of Jeremy, 3rd and 4th versus 11th, and that was the season Jeremy won the GPF and US nationals and Tomas was 6th at Europeans. I always feel like the judges want a European up in the standings at Worlds, and this season the top Europeans appear to be Verner, Amodio, and Joubert. I wouldn't count them out.
I'm definitely not counting Verner, Amodio and Joubert out, but I don't think we've seen the best of Jeremy either. You have to cosider that in 2009 Jeremy totally bombed to 11th, not that politics kept him down. Again it's one of those headcase things-- Jeremy definitely needs to prove he is among the best --but he has the tools to do it.
I would also say you shouldn't count whoever is USA 2 or 3. I think any combination of Bradley, Rippon, Armin, Mroz and even Dornbush could totally show up and shine. The men didn't need Lysacek last year to win three spots and I hope they will prove they don't need him to get 3 spots for 2012.
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So I would say best case (unlikely) scenario would be 3rd or 4th, worst case would be a self destruction and 9th or 10th. The most likely scenario though factoring in his own inconsistency and lower scoring potential vs Chan, all 3 Japanese, and possibly still Joubert, is him coming somewhere from 5th to 8th, probably around 6th or 7th.
That is already right on the bubble of average for 13. The 2nd U.S man is naturally likely to do worse than him though so keeping 3 spots for next year seems unlikely.
Abbott is not consistent; Rippon had a wonky GP; Mroz was consistent but one mistake and he is a goner. Bradley will entertain the audience (and the judges). The Newbies:; Mahmahboozadeh, Miner, Messing, Faris, Aaron, Dornbush. (Will any of them push someone off the podium)
How can anyone predict with this slippery sport? Better to just list your "hopes". Same for the Ladies
The Ladies: Alissa (has she found consistency?); Nagasu (not since the original Carmen has she done well); Flatt (fully recovered?); Wagner (good but eratic); Zhang (can she speed it up); Gilles (can she do 2 w/o errors?); Zawadski (Will she shake up the podium?).
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Frank Hannigan is the Director of the Family Ministries Office.
Marilyn and I celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary in August. We received many supportive comments from family and friends both in person and on Facebook. It was very nice.
But the big story is not 37 years, but 50 years! On September 23, the Family Ministries Office will be hosting the annual Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass at Holy Name Cathedral! This year we will be inviting over 400 Jubilarian couples who have signed up through their parish and would like to attend this year's Mass and celebration.
Think of all these couples have experienced since they said, "I do" back in 1962. Many have children, grandchildren, and even great grandchildren. Then have undoubtedly experienced the wonderful pleasures of marriage as well as the inevitable difficulties that are a part of marriage. But through it all their love for one another and faith in God and each other have brought them to this special day.
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Fennel-crusted pork chops with a warm citrus-and-fennel salad is a terrific antidote to a dreary winter day. Serve with crusty whole-grain bread or brown rice.
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Wood is the surname of a wizarding[1] family. It is unknown if they are pure-blood, or have both Muggle and magical heritage.
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- Oliver Wood — a Gryffindor student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s; later became a reserve player for Puddlemere United
- Mr Wood — Oliver's father
- Mrs Wood — Oliver's mother
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- It's unknown if Robert Wood is related to this family.
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I have a hive that has been ravaged by wax moths, hive beetles & mites. It also swarmed a while ago. I have worked hard to eraticate all pests and what I'm left with is a VERY week hive. I'm thinking about combining with a very strong NUC I have. Is it too late in the season? Should I proceed?
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Local Info, Photo Galleries, Botany Sites
Are you seeking a motel or campground to stay overnight? Looking for local
restaurant listings or a different place to eat when you visit the town
of Superior? Browse photo galleries posted by Arboretum visitors? Links
below include local places to dock your RV, pitch a tent beneath starry
skies just seven miles east of the Arboretum -- or view BTA through the
eyes and cameras of our visitors. This page includes helpful local government
links, photo galleries with Arboretum images, and also connections to Arboreta
and botanical gardens around the world.
Looking for a desert adventure? Arboretum annual member Carl Wobser runs half-day and all-day Jeep Wrangler tours ranging from $149 - $279, including lunch and bottled water.; trips follow Forest Service roads to scenic views of Weaver's Needle, Apache Leap, Kings Crown Peak, Picket Post Mountain; stops include the cemetery where Mattie Earp is allegedly buried, the famous 'wagon tracks' grooved into bedrock from ore wagons pulled by mules hauling ore for processing from the Silver King Mine -- and old Pinal City. Read more at oldwestdeserttours.com
or connect on Facebook
Looking for a Campsites? Camping is available seven miles east of BTA at the
scenic Oak Flats Campground of the Tonto
National Forest <http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/tonto>
Seeking local lodging? The Copper Mountain Motel in Superior is just
five minutes drive east of the Arboretum! For room rates call 520-689-2886
Apache Tears can be found in this area -- Superior resident Eileen Bertie posted about these orbs of obsidian on her Apache Tear page at
Want details about hiking Picketpost Mountain or other great trails and hikes around Arizona? Pay a visit to http://www.hikearizona.com
The Arizona Republic has a thorough article by John Stanley about hiking to the summit of Picketpost Mountain. Read John's post http://img.azcentral.com/travel/hiking/trails/picketpost04.html
Highway 60 is an official Arizona Scenic Byway and proceeds up and
through Queen Creek Canyon, just five miles East of the Arboretum's main
gate. Take a virtual tour of the scenic drive with a visit to:
Town of Superior <http://www.superior-arizona.com>.
Town's homepage with local links and direct email hotlinks to the town manager,
Mayor Michael Hing and other town officials
Superior Chamber of Commerce <http://www.superiorazchamber.net>. The Business community's homepage with local links and direct email hotlinks to chamber members and officers. Check out the menu guide which lists local restaurants!
http://www.worldssmallestmuseum.com fun website for Superior's unabashed tourist trap. Good food is right next door at the Buckboard City Cafe
School District <http://www.superior.k12.az.us> visit the local
school's website for schedules, details and links
http://www.azstateparks.com is the Arizona State Parks website, and your portal to hiking, camping and recreation at 28 beautiful state parks at all corners of Arizona. Lost Dutchman State Park near Apache Junction has RV spots just 30 minutes' drive from the Arboretum, and Roper Lake has a fishing lake and natural geothermal-fed hot tub! There are many more reasons to visit the Arizona State Parks website.
Superior Sun Newspaper
<http://copperarea.com/pages/> visit our local weekly paper online at
this site, which also publishes news and announcements from the towns of
Kearny, Winkelman and San Manuel
The Central Arizona Association of Governments (CAAG) has links to information about community development and planning in Gila and Pinal Counties.
Need a nearby hotel after your day at the arboretum?
Gold Canyon Golf Resort is just 25 miles west of BTA and has 83 hillside casitas, many with private Jacuzzi room. Visit the website or call toll free dial 800.624.6445.
The Arizona Golf Resort is 40 minutes west of the Arboretum, or a drive of just 25 minutes east of Sky Harbor Airport. The resort is located at 425 South Power Road in Mesa. For Sumer specials, reservations or any other details check out the resort website
http://azgolfresort.com or else call toll free 800.528.8282
Guests will "sleep in class" and have breakfast in memorable style at the historic Noftsger Hill School Bed & Breakfast about 40 minutes east of the Arboretum in the historic mining community of Globe. To inquire about reservations call toll-free 877.780.2479
Boyce Thompson Arboretum group on photo sharing site Flickr has grown to more than 100 members, and more than 1,000 images posted and shared. Many thanks to Bill Weaver for creating this page back in March of 2010! Well worth a visit, and a place to showcase and share your best BTA photography:
Bill Weaver (see above) shared this link of his favorite bird photography from Arboretum gardens and trails:
Bird watchers agree that some of the most feather-crisp and beautiful bird photography originating from our gardens springs from the lens and artistic eye of Brendon Grice, check out this facebook gallery he dedicated solely to his Arboretum photos:
Arboretum staffer Kim Stone posted a picasa gallery -- with downloadable images which our friends in the media are invited to use, with proper photographer's credit and attribution. To contact Kim about higher-rez images, email email@example.com; view his gallery:
Check out Thom Bell's collection of Arboretum flowers, landscapes and scenery -- updated often, and well worth a visit:
Valley resident Bernie Howe recently launched an impressive gallery with his collection of Arboretum bird closeups -- well worth a visit:
Local resident John Aho captured a terrible beauty with nighttime scenes of The Picket Fire on May 8, 2011; and has also posted images fo the Fire Aftermath. View these, as well as lovely garden scenes -- and even Nighttime Painting-With-Light galleries from a shoot he coached after hours in the gardens May 6.
Dave Oberpriller started the New Year in 2011 by posting a gallery of his unique work on Picasa
Bill Florence participated with our "Night Shoot" during June of 2010, and posted some charismatic shots of the full moon rising with saguaro cacti in the foreground. See these and more at
Ever seen a Coatimundi? The unusual mammals are South-of-the-border cousins of our North American familiar raccoon -- with similar physiology and habits. "Coatis" are more common to Arizona mountain ranges, but occasional sightings have been reported here at BTA over the years. We had a "coati in residence" from October-through-December of 2009; Check out these great images by California Wildlife photographer Christopher Taylor
Yamin Tedja is a freelance semi-pro photographer, specializing in landscapes, nature, weddings and portraits. Sunday, December 20 he was photographing a model's portfolio, and shared this gallery of his work (see more at www.tedjaphoto.com)
David Langdon (one of our annual members and also a volunteer) captured great images during 2009, and shared a sampling on this gallery:
Want to view closeups and landscapes of Arboretum scenery by a wide range of artists? More than a dozen online galleries are linked here -- Arboretum Volunteer photographer Andrew Henry posted this gallery http://www.andrewhenryphotography.com/BTA with scenic images from 2008-2009, and also pictures from events such as our annual Bye-Bye Buzzards day this past fall -- September, 2009. Andrew also posts to online galleries at http://www.flickr.com/photos/36891838@N08
Daryl Faust <http://www.pbase.com/darylf/bta> has a gallery of images well worth a visit. His wife Tina Faust maintains the online galleries at <http://www.pbase.com/tfaust/btarboretum> which include Autumn color and charismatic black-and-white photography. Thanks Daryl and Tina!
Jason Sampson also uses the Pbase server for his galleries at <http://pbase.com/jgsampso/boycethompson> well worth a visit if you want more of an idea of what's to see around our trails and gardens. Thanks Jason!
Jessica Green's gallery <http://www.jessicagreen.com/gallery/bta> has dozens of beautiful images of the Arboretum taken during various seasons in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Jessica is an Arizona State Parks volunteer who generously photographs events here at BTA. Thanks Jessica!
EJ Peiker's November 27, 2005 gallery <http://www.ejphoto.com/boyce_thompson_arboretum_page.htm> includes beautiful Autumn landscapes showing Chinese Pistachio trees at peak color in Queen Creek Canyon. And check out EJ's breathtaking bird photography at ejphoto.com
Steve Davidson posted some new images from Summer/Fall 2005 on his galleries at <http://www.pbase.com/azleader/boyce_arboretum> which also showcase dozens of landscapes, colorful macros and more. Thanks Steve!
Preview fall foliage around the Arboretum and also Oak Creek Canyon at Bonnie Perry's gallery at http://www.pbase.com/glassgarden/arizona_autumn
Spring and Summer, 2006, bird closeups by Randy and Susan Forrest can be seen at http://www.forrest-creative.com/birds/index-bta.htm!
Arboretum scenes and galleries including a cute page of July, 2006 "egg, tadpole, toad" pictures by our own Groundskeeper Tammy Knight can be found at http://www.pbase.com/silverking27. Tammy offers a singular "insider's view" of the collections, trails and seasonal color here. Thanks, Tammy!
Kathy McClure of Queen Creek has lovely portraits of autumn leaves, a trailside redbud in full bloom, and other images posted at http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/thumbpage.aspx?e=3273086 . The artist was featured in our Visitor Center Arts gallery with a one-woman exhibit in February, 2005.
These November, 2004 closeups of birds around BTA were taken by Mesa resident John Emerson. <http://www.pbase.com/jemerson/root>; thanks for sharing this link to your work, John!
Duncan Kunz has been a BTA member for years, and has images posted at <http://members7.clubphoto.com/duncan467853/owner-99e4-1.phtml> thanks Duncan!
Another generous photographer is Mesa resident Dave Souers, visit his galleries
of cacti macros at <http://members.tripod.com/coltas/macro3.html>
Mesa Art League President Cynthia Rider has several fun galleries on her website, including Pinal Mountain Autumn Color from October 2005. Cynthia was our visitor center gallery guest artist in November, 2004, and posted THIS GALLERY from her opening reception, as well as images from her PLEIN AIR DAY painting Autumnal hues during our Fall Color Festival Nov. 27-28, 2004. Want to see more? Check out her drive to the top of the PINAL MOUNTAINS in October, 2004 to see Fall Color around Signal Peak.
Gayla Chandler's page juxtaposes Sierpinski Tetrahedrons with plants and various geometry and color around the Arboretum. For details, check out: http://www.public.asu.edu/~starlite/sierpinskiboycethompson.html
Botany, Arboretum and Botanical Garden Websites
Arboretum staff are often asked where to buy plants we don't stock -- visit the two links below for 38 Arizona wholesale nurseries and wholesale growers:
and the Xeric Collections
Our staff is often asked about plants available for landscaping -- in particular Australian landscape plants. These first two links below should be helpful for Australian landscape plants (the first link) and also landscape plants in general.
More Links:
http://www.gardenvisit.com/m/garden-finder-indexs/America.htm has thorough links to other botanical gardens around the United States, as well as photos and specific information about each.
www.arizonensis.org/sonoran has a wealth of information about Sonoran Desert ecology and many photographs of desert plants and wildlife.
Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society is a wonderful resource to learn about native desert plants and cacti that are cultivated and exotic. Last year the Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society hosted the 2005 annual conference in Scottsdale, and there were field trips, classes and presentations about all things Cacti. Society meetings are held at the Desert Botanical Garden's Dorrance Hall at 1201 North Galvin Parkway in Phoenix. For more detail call 480.481.8129. To learn more about the Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society contact Leo Martin by phone at 602.852.9714 or by EMAIL
Legume Program
The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences sponsors the Desert Legume Program to promote research and awareness of these plants which provide a huge array of food, fiber and medicine. The new website was launched in June, 2005, so please pay a visit to learn more about this program!
Desert Plants Magazine
Desert Plants is a unique botanical journal published by The University of Arizona for Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. The journal is devoted to encouraging the appreciation of indigenous and adapted arid land plants. Desert Plants publishes a variety of manuscripts intended for amateur and professional desert plant enthusiasts.
Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden in Yuma has been designed by University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and situated near the city Public Health Department Building and the juvenile court services. The goal is to showcase types of plants that will perform well in the desert southwest; future plans include a children's garden, healing and sensory garden (for physically challenged citizens) a native plants garden, desert adapted garden, tropical garden, and cultivated plants garden.
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Based in Ithaca, New York, was founded by Col. Thompson in 1924 on the premise that basic plant research leads to tangible benefits for people. BTI researchers study how to improve crops by increasing yield or nutritional content, or decreasing the need for fertilizers and pesticides. Other research relates to plant-made vaccines, and human immune system. Read more via the website above.
Desert Botanical Gardens
Phoenix residents are fortunate to have the Desert Botanical Garden so nearby; one of the most educational and inspiring gardens in the world, this collection is traversed by wheelchair-accessible trails and has detailed records on all plants in the collection, a trove of horticultural and botanical information. Visit online to learn about seasonal events, education and botany.
Tohono Chul Park is located in north Tucson, with extensive cacti and succulent collections, guided tours and other special events -- several gift shops and a delightful tea room with sandwiches and light fare.
Tucson Botanical Garden is located closer to downtown Tucson and the University of Arizona campus.
Arboretum of the University of Arizona
In the 1800's cactus and creosote surrounded Tucson, Arizona. When the University of Arizona was established as the state's land-grant institute, ornamental trees, shrubs, and cacti were planted to beautify the grounds (and cut down on the dust!) Today's campus holds over 500 individual species.
Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff Arizona
Founded in 1981,the Arboretum is dedicated to helping visitors understand the plants and plant communities of the Colorado Plateau. Located at 7,150 feet in elevation, The Arboretum encompasses 200 acres of ponderosa pine forest just west of Flagstaff, Arizona. Within this expanse, you can experience a variety of educational adventures. Listen to the babbling brook and learn about our unique population of Little Colorado spinedace, a threatened native fish. Sample plants from one of the largest herb gardens in the Southwest.
Gilbert Water Ranch and Riparian Preserve is about 45 minutes west of the Arboretum, and offers outdoor recreation and excellent trails to enjoy migratory and resident birds. Education programs about bats, insects, plants and astronomy are open to the public.
American Public Gardens Association
Check out the newly redesigned American Public Gardens Association web site, publicgardens.org -- a true showcase of member organizations and gardens!
Arizona Butterfly Association
Hackberry Emperors, Monarchs, Cloudless Sulphurs and more butterflies may be seen at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. To learn more about the colorful butterflies of Arizona visit the SEABA website. This relaxed group of fun-loving butterfly enthusiasts has members of all levels of knowledge and experience, the organization is a non-profit one which promotes non-consumptive recreational enjoyment and study of butterflies. Meetings are held at Tucson Botanical Gardens. For details visit the website www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html or call 520-742-0071.
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Nikita Botanical Gardens, Ukraine Cacti Greenhouse at the Nikita Botanical Gardens, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine. A collection of rare plants, with indoor and outdoor exhibition of different cacti and succulents. Website includes a photo gallery of leafy succulents, abnormal cacti and landscapes; the list of collections, and articles of interest. http://www.lapshin.org/nikita
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
Much new to see. Of particular interest are the Living Collections and a good collection of botanical and horticultural links.
I Love Gardens.com
This site maintains a large list of public and private gardens, you may select your favorites, and have a pleasurable ramble. Read the comments of other visitors. Their list is growing every day, so check back often! Currently, 1633 gardens are listed. Find the nearest botanical garden, arboretum, rose garden, water garden, rock garden, herb garden, Japanese garden, zoo or park - or plan your garden visits for your next vacation!
Wildflower Research Center
Come on down and visit the new Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Don't miss the wonderful photo of founder Lady Bird Johnson in a field of bluebonnets.
Cornell Plantations: the Arboretum,
Botanical Garden, and Natural Areas of Cornell University
The Cornell Plantations website provides a self-guided tour through Cornell's gardens and gorges, flora and fauna, geology, architectural treasures, history, and lore.
Tele-Garden at USC
Visit an unusual garden at the University of Southern California being tended by people from all over the world with a web-controlled robot.
University of Washington Medicinal
Herb Garden
Gypsy Combs and Doll's Eyes, Goldenseal and Job's Tears, all are growing in this herb garden. Includes an illustrated partial list of herbs by botanical name and by common name.
Butchart Gardens
Visit the beautiful Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island.
Morgan Arboretum
Located on the western tip of the Island of Montreal is Canada's largest Arboretum. This 245 hectare Enchanted Forest, originally assembled by the Morgan family and turned over to McGill University in 1945, has served not only as a unique educational resource, but has also provided enjoyment to generations of supporters and visitors.


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The mathematics of Sudoku, a puzzle that boasts "No math required!"
Brian Hayes
NP or Not NP, That Is the Question
Computer science has an elaborate hierarchy for classifying problems
according to difficulty, and the question of where Sudoku fits into
this scheme has elicited some controversy and confusion. It is
widely reported that Sudoku belongs in the class NP, a set of
notoriously difficult problems; meanwhile, however, many computer
programs effortlessly solve any order-3 Sudoku puzzle. There is
actually no contradiction in these facts, but there is also not much
help in dispelling the confusion.
Complexity classes such as NP do not measure the difficulty of any
specific problem instance but rather describe the rate at which
difficulty grows as a function of problem size. If we can solve an
order-n Sudoku, how much harder will we have to work to
solve a puzzle of order n + 1? For problems in NP, the
effort needed grows exponentially.
Most discussions of the complexity of Sudoku refer to the work of
Takayuki Yato and Takahiro Seta of the University of Tokyo, whose
analysis relates the task of solving Sudoku to the similar problem
of completing a partially specified Latin square. The latter problem
in turn has been connected with others that are already known to be
in NP. This process of "reduction" from one problem to
another is the standard way of establishing the complexity classes
of computational problems. Yato and Seta employ an unusual form of
reduction that addresses the difficulty of finding an additional
solution after a first solution is already known. In Sudoku, of
course, well-formed puzzles are expected to have only one solution.
Yato and Seta say their result applies nonetheless. I don't quite
follow their reasoning on this point, but the literature of
complexity theory is vast and technical, and the fault is likely my own.
When you lay down your pencil on a completed Sudoku, the thought
that you've just dispatched a problem in the class NP may boost your
psychological wellbeing, but the NP label doesn't say anything about
the relative difficulty of individual Sudoku puzzles. For that, a
different kind of hierarchy is needed.
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filled in makes a puzzle very easy indeed, and having none filled in
leaves the problem under-specified. What is the minimum number of
givens that can ensure a unique solution? For an order-n
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which their roles are interchanged.
Can the n 2 - 1 bound be achieved in practice?
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this range, the correlation between number of givens and difficulty
rating is weak. In one book, I found that the "gentle"
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When was the last time a Giant broke his arm late in a blow-out on a meaningless play when he should have been sitting?
I love a good laugher as much as the next guy but it's not that important to the owner, GM and coach and I'm OK with that.
No one remembers who came in second.
Thanks. I've been looking for people with this point of view. When the Saints were beating the Gmen 42 - 24 or something like that, did they really need to get to 49? Was it that important to score another td in the closing seconds? Is the win against the niners any less of a beatdown because it was "only" 26-3?
I'm hoping the Gmen put a hurtin on the Saints when they visit MetLife, but I'd love it if it's a similar score as the niners and I'd love Coughlinto be asked the question at the post game press conference and reply, "we don't run up the score on our opponents. It's disrespectful". Drew Brees has this nice guy rep, don't know why. Sean Payton, also. They seem petty to me.
NE & the Saints love to destroy teams by as much as they possibly can. Giants coaching staff prefers to get conservative when we're up 10+ in the 3rd & 4th qts. Back in the 91' playoffs I believe, the Houston Oilers were up on the Buffalo Bills 38-3 in the freaking 3rd qt! BTW, their backup QB was playing due to an injury to Jim Kelly And lost in OT 41-38! And we blew a 28-10 lead to Philly 2 yrs ago with 8 freakin mins left that cost us the division title! Oh, Everyone forget the huge lead we had & blew in the 02' playoff game vs SF? Got complacent in both games & blew them! How bout the Vikings scoring like 10 pts in the final 2 min of the game to beat us in a playoff game?
Bottom line is, until that clock hits 2:00 & your up by at least 3 scores, no game is ever truly over!


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3 men survive plane crash near Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The names of the three people who survived a plane crash in Bonneville County have been released. One of them is a prominent member of the National Republican Party.
Damond Watkins, 40, vice president of the Republican National Committee, was one of three men on the plane. Bonneville County Republican Central Committee Chair Doyle Beck said Watkins has extensive spinal injuries.
Watkins is also a vice president at Melaleuca.
Justin Manwaring, 36, and Bradley Hone, 35 were also on the plane. They were not hurt as seriously as Watkins.
Authorities are calling Hone a hero for his ability to safely land the plane in a field.
The plane crashed just before 4 p.m. Thursday at the 1000 block of 35th West.
According to the FAA Registry, the plane was heading back to Idaho Falls from Pocatello and was in Boise earlier in the day.
The three were attending a meeting with the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry.
One of the people who attended the meeting, but got off at Pocatello, was Josh Tolman.
"You have survivor's guilt, kind of," said Tolman, who is chief administrative officer at Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. "You think if they hadn't dropped me off in Pocatello, would things have been differently, you run through a million different scenarios of what yould have done differently, but course, there is nothing you could have done differently.""
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Kingston won't provide firmware updates for recent SSDs
Posted on 16th Mar 2010 at 10:21 by Richard Swinburne with 10 comments
It's not Intel's failing though - who have released a TRIM firmware for its X25-V, and the situation is highly surprisingly given Kingston's "great relationship" with Intel.
Since the drive has already reached End of Life only a few short months after it was launched, that means Kingston has effectively dropped support for it as well. Great customer service there, Kingston.