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In 2008 things started to get wired a little differently. Tectonic boss Pinch's Underwater Dancehall album had opened the floodgates for this intelligent and gripping, spacious dubstep music to exist as a more rounded form of musical expression at the end of 2007 and 2562's Aerial album re-applied that same weighty undercarriage sub bass to a completely different swing. At the same time Skull Disco was long on its percussive stride and people like Zomby, Rustie and Joker were making high profile inroads into multi colour synthesized glide. The axis of experimentation around then was less of a curve and more an ink speckled sheet of graph paper, as producers drew on all manner of influences; reapplying their personal music grounding to this new style of dance music that ferociously implored the change.
One of the imprints that was at the core of that kind of unwavering stream of dancefloor influence, was Punch Drunk. The label was coined and is still operated by Tom Ford, a Bristol resident whose productions like 'Roll With The Punches' and 'Clunk Clip Every Trip' as Peverelist, marked him out as a unique music maker who possessed this weird ability to streamline the rhythm and pulse of even the loopiest of his ideas. Punch Drunk releases from people like RSD, Forsaken and Gemmy (and later Guido and Hyetal & Shortstuff) were each a gateway 12" to another facet of dubstep production and all [still] exist as a unique take on the craft. After they'd caused enough of a stir on the club landscape of Bristol – which in reality (as well as in my sepia tinged romanticism) can often be cavernous, gritty and tucked just meters out of the way of the footfall of the city's streets – Punch Drunk housed them and then gifted them to a wider audience.
Ford worked at Rooted Records, Bristol's main squeeze when it came to buying vinyl over the counter from specialised minds like his, up until its closure last year and he undoubtedly used that position to chat and discuss music with a network of producers. Sometimes a little at odds with the music that adorned the new releases wall at the masthead of the old shop, when in conversation he'd back off but at the same time work you like a sponge; feeding these subtle recommendations with an approving nod whilst consistently asking you 'what's good?' I remember one time he sold me No One Leaves, a DJ Signify and Sixtoo collaborative double 7", that I don't think he quite got why I was so excited about. I doubt he ever sought it out himself after that transaction but still… he was incredibly polite about my purchase.
His own album Jarvik Mindstate, a 9 track work that was released in 2009, prompted this response from me when I was contributing to Resident Advisor: "the most amazing thing about Peverelist's music is that he makes it work; elements that on paper would clash horribly combine to form the kind of overtly stylish and smooth productions you could only attribute to an avid experimentalist" – and since then he's continued to think outside of the box. Punch Drunk's 20th release was a dubby shot of abstract noise from Ekoplekz, an artist who went on to release a full length LP, Intrusive Incidentalz Vol. 1, on the label and a guy whose work you'd be hard pressed to find being played on any kind of dancefloor.
"The goalposts need moving," he tells me today – a sentiment that the current (outsider perceived) groundswell of housier textures in Bristol seems to be mirroring. "I'm not scared to push in new directions with releases, if it's confusing, hopefully it'll all make sense in retrospect. I realise the Ekoplekz LP was a no holds barred bombshell, we really wanted to push that to the limits, but hopefully that shockwave can open doors for more left leaning Bristol artists in to what has become a very conservative global scene considering the obtuseness of where we started."
It does feel like it's propped the door open a bit for that bittier, gritty work from people like the Young Echo guys who are re-wiring that whole dubstep tempo thing with a bit of sheet noise…
Yeah, The Young Echo crew are definitely some of the most exciting prospects in the city, they've got no interest in affiliation to a scene or toeing the line and that's refreshing.
I know that musically your interests have always run way deeper than 'dubstep' if you know what I mean? You worked in Rooted and you continue to stock the more discerning kind of electronic titles on the Punch Drunk site so I guess your taste is always a little bit on show but like with the Ekoplekz project and stuff, it seemed like you were pushing the weird stuff more outwardly. Since Rooted closed and Chris opened Idle Hands have you been looking elsewhere for inspiration? Like without that constant influx of new records…
Most of my inspiration comes from chatting through ideas with people. Music nerd, ale fuelled pub talk. Most people in Bristol aren't scene focused, they are music focused which allows a lot of flexibility.
Does Bristol feel different without Rooted at all? It's not quieter or anything, but I guess it'd be
interesting more on a personal level. Like has it changed your life brutally not having that base?
Things change and that's life. Idle Hands has done really well to pick up the baton and Bristol would be a sorry place without them. People were sad to see Rooted go but I think it was a bigger personal loss to me after putting a decade of hard work in. My own online store has been running for a year and doing well though, so I still get to keep in touch with new music.
And what about production wise…? Since the Hessle plate there hasn't been anything of yours I've heard bar a couple of remixes. Are you sitting on stuff? What's coming up for early 2012?
I haven't done much production in 2011. I had a busy year with Punch Drunk and setting up Livity Sound and my online store. I had the Hessle 12″ and a track on their compilation, and a few remixes for Honest Jon's Shaangan Electro project, Vessel and Emptyset. I've never been that prolific but quality over quantity, eh? I'll have a Pev 12″ for Livity Sound out in the next few months. Hopefully I'll manage more than one this year…
The mix you've made us is quite… techno focused. And similarly you said in an interview with RA that "I really like techno… but I'm almost too scared to say that." Was it then, a conscious decision to go down that route with this mix? Like, is it time now…?
I guess it is more unwittingly techno focused, although I'm not sure what a techno fan would think of that. It's definitely more Pev focused which is what I want to concentrate on this year. I set up the label Livity Sound, working with Kowton and Asusu, to try to more specifically define that, a more dedicated Pev based sound. Because I am a producer myself with a strong ideas of my own I think I need to represent that more, alongside pushing the Bristol scene as a whole which I love doing.
Regarding DJing, I usually try to mix it up, especially if I'm playing for 2 hours. Experience has taught me that too much Pev sound is too earnest for most people on a Friday night out (that's an understatement). I've been playing more older bits recently as well as fresh beats, dubstep, some garage, a bit of techno, all sorts… It's inevitable that I'll move towards a live show this year to showcase my music, something I have resisted for a long time. I've spent the last year trying and failing to work on a format but I'll get there in 2012. Generally crowds are much more accepting of less conventional sounds if they are presented in a live format, something I am begrudgingly accepting. All I ever wanted to do was play records. It's all new challenges though which is good.
With the techno thing, I was very cautious about being put into a box back then. I definitely didn't feel like I was a techno artist, even if my music has some of the sonic signatures from that scene. I am more relaxed about it now though, especially as I'm further from the dubstep scene than I could ever have imagined at the time.
With that in mind and looking at Punch Drunk as a kind of reliably 'Bristol' barometer, regardless of style, what's next for the label?
We've got a 12″ from another super talented young South West producer called Tessela due in February, which I am excited about. I think he'll really make his mark this year. Fingers crossed we'll also have a spectacular new album project from another Punch Drunk artist ready for the first half of 2012 too, as well as a flurry of new 12″s…
It's full steam ahead with the Livity Sound label too alongside a new Livity Sound live show featuring Kowton, Asusu and myself. We have our debut show in Bristol in February."
Traditionally we ask mixers for some words of wisdom… got any you'd like to share?
Get yourself down to Idle Hands Record Shop and treat yourself to some new music. Its life affirming!
DOWNLOAD: Peverelist – Sonic Router Mix #114
Szare – Triplicate [Horizontal Ground]
Asusu – Too Much Time Has Passed [Livity Sound]
Levon Vincent – Revs/cost [Novel Sound]
Bass Clef – Electricity Comes From Other Planets
Funkineven – Beat Crash [Apron]
Kowton – Jam001
Alex Coulton – Bounce
Kowton & Pev – Raw Code
Kowton – End Point
Pev – Salt Water
Asusu – Sister [Livity Sound]
Pev – Erosion(s)
Pev – Livity
Zhou – Noboru [Punch Drunk]
Peverelist plays at Pinch's FABRICLIVE 61 launch party in Room Two at fabric on Friday 13th January.
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I have 2 colonies right now that are what I call Hyper Hygenic. They pull maybe 70% of the brood. I considered requeening but am hesitant to destroy their drone pool.
That being said, I will say that my nastiest bees handle the beetles best.
Also, I am small cell totally treatment free [except for screened bottoms] and no winter losses ever [3 winters now], except if you consider one that still has good population but no queen a loss. I did drop a frame of larva and eggs a couple of weeks back and there are now 2 queen cells with the bottoms cut out but no eggs yet.
Good friend that is large cell treatment free [except for essential oils] has 20-25% winter losses. Our genetics are from the same sources. But you might also check out my post #21 here: http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...f-honey/page2&
with regard to my migratory efforts.
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"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale, 1776
I've been treatment free for over 10 years now. I know the way I do it doesn't count, but it sure keeps the package producers in business.
and sugar producers!
Regards, Barry
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Ive recently read a number of posts from experienced, commercial beekeepers lamenting the fact that flowering plants no longer seem to produce the same amounts of honey. Yards that were once high yielding that no longer seem productive. How much of these losses could actually be attributed to varroa parasitization?
Guilty as charged. I have tested your theory, and do not believe it is true for me. Our bees still make honey, but not when and where they did in the past. Plants that never provided a flow in the past, have done so recently. Sweet clovers that never failed, have failed. If it was across the board, I would have to agree.
As for mites, the last inspector could not find any , but he did not look REAL hard. We strike drone brood, and see very little DWV or other tell tale signs.
The key to treatment free beekeeping will be a higher value to treatment free honey.
Crazy Roland
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
Treatment Free honey yield VS Treatment honey yield, I would imagine that experiment has been done. Out in the field and on an appropriate scale I think it would be hard to carry out.
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
I have a warehouse full of honey that tests as clean as any "treatment free" honey. I have yet to find a buyer interested in those quantities that is willing to offer me a penny a pound more. So again, where is the incentive? What is the point?
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
i was wondering jim, when you finish pollination and get into the requeening phase, i'm guessing you double or more your number of colonies.
do you just keep increasing, combine them later for pollination, sell bees...?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
Using your hypothetical yes I agree. That gets me back, though, to my basic point which is that if you can have good bees and honey that tests free of residues then what do I gain with the "mythical" title of being treatment free.
Let me be clear. I send lots of samples out to lots of buyers with an accompanying letter telling them what we do and asking that they feel free to test the samples for proof. They appreciate that, they tell me they love my honey and they bid pretty much exactly what they bid to everyone else.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Jim, I agree that for the commercial beekeeper, treatment free honey has no economic value over honey that comes from treated hives. The commercial beek is going to treat responsibly to avoid contaminating his honey and thus destroying his market if detected. My hypothesis is that the economic advantage that accrues to the commercial beekeeper is less cost involved in treatment free bees. No chemicals to buy, no additional equipment, no time and labor spent in treating.
Having kept bees as a hobbiest in the 1970's and '80s, and for the last 8 years, I see no difference in honey production between my Starline hybrids back then, and my B. Weaver or Purvis bees now. In fact, apples to apples (similar pasture, similar colony strength, my bees today seem to have a slight edge on the ones back then. Now the caveat, I do not do any intentional brood breaks. I do let the colonies requeen themselves if something happens to the queen.
My (limited) experience has been that the forage is not as good or widely available today compared to 30 years ago, and that has more impact on honey production than does my use of treatment free bees.
I appreciate the replies from the various commercial folks here. My purpose in the initial question was to see where the commercials were, and to faciltiate sharing of information, either success or failure.
"If all you have is a hammer, the whole world is a nail." - A.H. Maslow
We fill up the equipment we have and just keep making them bigger and bigger. If the bees come back from California as strong as I think they will I am not sure what we will do this year. Keep an eye on the for sale forum.
It seems to me the key to going treatment free, especially for the commercial beekeeper, is not to reinvent the wheel, as it were. That could be very expensive and disastrous. The cheapest and easiest way to go treatment free is to requeen with treatment free queens in your regular requeening schedule, or use treatment free package bees when you replace losses with package bees.
So what bees are treatment free:
Minnesota Hygenic bees - I have tried them, and found them lacking. They did not produce acceptable honey surpluses, nor did they survive.
Russians - did not produce acceptable surpluses.
Purvis bees - I split from these, they survived well, and produced good surpluses. By splitting, I mean when I sought to expand my operation by splits, I did walk-away splits to increase colony numbers. Sometimes I would introduce a new queen to the split.
B. Weaver bees - I split from these also, they survived well, and produced good surpluses.
Feral swarms - I haven't had much luck from these, though I've not caught many.
When I have done my walk away splits, I have found that even third and fourth generation queens and their colonies still exhibit the same traits of honey production and survivability as the original queen.
There are others who advertise "treatment free" bees, but I've not used them. And the only "treatment" I use is a screened bottom board. That's it. Otherwise, I manage my colonies just as I did 30 years ago.
I may be crazy, but I still think some commercial beek is going to try one of these bees sooner or later in one of his yards, to see if it makes economic sense. We all know beekeeping is all about risk, and trying to balance the risk with the anticipated rewards.
Kindest regards,
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Tappan Zee Bridge Needs Bus Rapid Transit: Panel
When the currently under construction Tappan Zee Bridge opens for business in 2018, it should have seven new bus rapid transit lines—and eventually plan to reboot rail service in the Rockland County area.
That's the recommendation by the bridge's Mass Transit Task Force (MTTF), which was formed by New York Governor Cuomo in 2012 after key county politicians threatened to withhold support for the bridge if transit wasn't included.
The MTTF's recommendations are broken down into three sections: short-, medium-, and long-term. When the bridge opens, the MTTF wants it to have seven BRT lines. Three would run east/west, and four north/south. The lines are designed to connect to shopping centers and regional destinations like the Westchester Medical Center, and the local airport; they'll also link to Metro-North in Westchester County. One bus line would extend into the Bronx to connect with the 1 train.
"What's being proposed is better bus service," said Veronica Vanterpool, a member of the MTTF and the head of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. "It's a win, it's positive news, it's going to transform the transportation in that corridor."
But it lacks one defining feature that many think is the 'gold standard' of BRT lines: a lane reserved solely for buses throughout the service area. "We could have liked to have seen a dedicated bus lane throughout the corridor," said Vanterpool, "but right now it's just on the bridge." So while buses would have priority over the 3.1 mile-long Tappan Zee, they would have to merge back into traffic on either side.
Here's what else the MTTF plan doesn't have: any guarantee that transit recommendations will be put into place. "We have no authority as a task force," said Vanterpool. "Now it's up to discretion of governor and the Thruway Authority to decide if they want to implement them or fulfill them—and how." Not to mention how to pay for them.
Longer-term recommendations include starting passenger service on what is now a freight line in Rockland County, and building rail across the bridge itself.
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Nevada Pony Express Trail
I am pulling together books, Maps, and GPS data for a trip across Nevada following the Pony Express Trail. I plan on doing it in stages, starting in Dayton and heading east.
Anyone interested and/or have data or knowledge?
that would be awesome.. :)
would love to join.. i was on way from NY to cali and came accross pony express quite a few times..
there were "historic markers" on US 50 about pony express trails and some arrows pointing the trail of pony express..
This was some where on US 50 between Ely, NV and Reno.
keep us update on your plans..
will let you know if i find any information on it..
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Topic: Tapa: Pacific Style - Papua New Guinean tapa
Is part of topic Tapa: Pacific Style
Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, with over 800 languages and at least as many cultural groups. But only a few of these groups make tapa cloth.
Papua New Guineans make tapa cloth from various types of trees, such as breadfruit, fig, paper mulberry, and other mangrove trees. They might add decorations such as seeds, feathers, or shell money, particularly for ceremonial occasions during which tapa has customarily been worn.
This collection narrative is based on the Tapa: Pacific Style exhibition on display at Te Papa, level 4 (September 2009 - September 2010).


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By JOE PASSOV, Golf Magazine Senior Editor
It's been four long years since a new course opened in golf-crazy Arizona. As it turns out, good things are worth waiting for. Sewailo Golf Club was built as an amenity for the Casino del Sol Resort in Tucson. In the Native American language of Yaqui, "sewailo" translates to "flower world," and this Ty Butler-Notah Begay co-design lives up to that name.
If you're looking for a cactus-lined, target-style track, you won't find it here; instead, you'll play through a kaleidoscope of year-round floral displays. White and pink roses, yellow brittlebush and purple sage from a stunning palette, while cottonwood, pine and willow trees (which are important in Pascua Yaqui tribal ceremonies) dot the course.
Still, pretty colors won't entirely ease the menace of the seven elegant yet daunting lakes and interlocking streams that dominate the layout, influencing play on half the holes. All that water makes its presence felt, most memorably on a trio of handsome but stern tests: the 145-yard par-3 third, the 620-yard, double-dogleg par-5 10th and the 390-yard par-4 18th.
Happily, it's not all punishment. Sewailo sets itself apart from its sandy competitors in town with roomy fairways and bentgrass greens, as well as a casino and mountain backdrop. Slated for a mid-December opening, Sewailo is sure to seduce parched desert-dwellers eager for a touch of the tropics.
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JOHOR BARU - A loud scream from a Singaporean woman stopped a habitual offender from stealing her car at a petrol station in Jalan Pandan, Malaysia.
The 32-year-old woman was filling petrol when the 31-year-old suspect approached her on Saturday at around 3pm.
Johor Baru (South) OCPD Asst Comm Sulaiman Salleh said the suspect threatened to harm the woman if she did not hand over the car keys.
"Fearing the worst, the woman throw the keys away and gave a loud scream, which alerted several people, including the petrol station workers.
"This startled the suspect and within seconds he found himself being cornered by the public, who then apprehended him and handed him to the police," he said, adding that the suspect, an unemployed man, was not carrying any weapons.
ACP Sulaiman said that initial checks on the suspect's background revealed that he had a history of drug abuse cases, and had committed a snatch theft and a motorcycle theft.
ACP Sulaiman added that the case was being investigated under Section 392 of the Penal Code for robbery.


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When Jeff Hawkins speaks, people in the tech business take heed. After all, Hawkins, founder of Palm Inc., has invented three breakthrough gizmos—GRiDPad, one of the first tablet computers; PalmPilot, the first hit personal digital assistant; and the Treo smartphone. So the tech world was buzzing when Hawkins strode onstage at the D: All Things Digital conference on May 30 in Carlsbad, Calif., to reveal his latest brainstorm: Foleo.
It's an ultracompact computer with a twist. Palm is positioning the sleek clamshell device, which will sell for $499 after a rebate, as an alternative to carrying a larger, conventional laptop. It offers a nearly full-size keyboard, a 10-inch display, and comes with a selection of applications including a word processor and spreadsheet. But Hawkins believes it will be most useful when people also carry smartphones, like Treos or BlackBerrys, and transfer e-mail to Foleo when they're in sit-down mode. "It's a companion to your phone and companion to you," Hawkins says.
Ready or not, here come the 'tweeners. Palm and its Foleo are just the latest evidence that the electronics industry is determined to create a new category of mobile computing devices. Samsung Group, Sony (SNE ), Nokia Corp. (NOK ), HTC, Fujitsu (FJTSY ), and Vulcan Portals have also introduced or previewed products that are smaller than laptops yet larger than smartphones. The idea: offer businesspeople something very small—pocketable, in some cases—that's an alternative to carrying a laptop around town or on a short business trip.
With our pockets and carryall bags already bulging with cell phones and BlackBerrys, do we really need a whole new species of gadget? The electronics industry is betting we do. Laptop computers are more popular than ever, far outpacing the sales growth of desktops, with more than 81 million sold in 2006. The smallest laptops, called subnotebooks, weigh as little as 2 lbs. Smartphone sales are soaring, with more than 71 million sold last year. Meantime, demand is plummeting for PDAs because they can't make phone calls or run many desktop computing applications.
But it's not clear at all which of these gadgets, if any, the 'tweeners will replace. Most of the new machines are still too large to fit into a pocket or not capable enough to replace a notebook PC. The priciest top $2,900—far more than the average subnotebook. And Hawkins' presentation for the Foleo, impressive as it was, left some of the computing cognoscenti scratching their heads: Are people really looking for a companion to their phone? Will hard-core business types choose a computer that runs the Linux open-source operating systems rather than Microsoft's (MSFT ) Windows? "The yet-another-device philosophy doesn't carry, so to speak, and it's sure as hell not the future of mobile computing," sniffed blogger Ryan Block on the popular Engadget technology Web site.
There's no mystery about what's driving the 'tweener phenomenon. The computer industry is looking for new things to sell as the traditional PC market matures, revenue growth slows, and profit margins become even thinner. At the same time, mobile-phone makers want to develop products that fetch higher margins than commodity phones. So they all need new gadgets to get customers excited enough to open up their wallets.
As is often the case with new tech product cycles, the backroom power brokers are Microsoft and Intel (INTC ). They're pushing a new format called Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC). These devices, a subset of the overall 'tweener universe, weigh less than three pounds, have displays smaller than 7 in. across diagonally, and run Windows. Microsoft added features to Windows Vista aimed at improving the small-screen experience. Intel is designing a new processor from the ground up to boost performance while consuming very little power, a must for extending battery life.
Until that chip is available next year, most observers believe UMPCs will attract only the most hard-core gadget fans. "We're still in the evolutionary stage," says Anand Chandrasekher, general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobile Group. "The second-generation ones are much better than the first generation, and the third generation will be much better than the second." Indeed, so far, UMPC sales haven't made a blip on the industry radar screen. "We are talking a fraction of a percent of the total PC market. Noise," says analyst Leslie Fiering of Gartner Inc.
The major hangup is Windows. Devices loaded with Vista are expensive, operate sluggishly, and have short battery lives. That's because the huge operating system is designed to run desktop computers, not small portables. "We have suggested that if they offer something pared down from Vista, that might be a way to go," says Bret Berg, senior product marketing manager for Samsung, which just released its Q1 Ultra UMPC, running Windows Vista. So far the software giant is mum about its plans: "We're looking at adjustments, but I can't comment on it right now," says Greg Amrofell, a product manager for Microsoft's Windows Mobile group.
All the largest PC companies—Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ), Dell (DELL ), and Lenovo (LNVGY )—have been sizing up the 'tweener opportunity, yet none has taken the plunge. "At the moment, we have decided there's no balance between weight, screen size, battery life, and price that would give us something that's meaningful to the end user," says Marc Godin, vice-president of product development for Lenovo's portable division.
That leaves mainly smaller PC players and mobile-phone producers to experiment with new shapes and sizes. Nokia is convinced its expertise in designing low-power devices with little screens will win out. For one thing, Nokia portables, such as the E90 Communicator that is expected in the late summer, won't run Windows.
Palm's Hawkins has faced skepticism about the Foleo concept ever since he began talking it up to colleagues five years ago. "People would just say, It's a stupid idea, who's going to buy this?'" he recalls. But Hawkins was so convinced he was right that he made the project's survival a precondition in the 2003 sale of his company, Handspring, to Palm. That paved the way for Hawkins' return to Palm, which he started a decade earlier.
Until a clear leader emerges to define the boundaries between these devices, as Hawkins' PalmPilot did with PDAs, confusion will reign. For now, pity anyone who has to distinguish one mobile device from another. Recently, at San Francisco International Airport, a Transportation Security Administration employee scanning carry-on bags stopped the conveyor and stared intently at an unidentifiable object on her screen. "Is that a laptop?" she asked a traveler. "No, it's a UMPC," he answered. "It's not a laptop?" she asked. "No." She stared for a few seconds more and then, with a look of bewilderment, waved him through.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A Desert Hot Springs man who left pipe bombs near his ex-girlfriend's house plead guilty to explosives charges on Monday morning.
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Six crude bombs were found scattered in Palm Springs neighborhoods but they didn't go off. Authorities say Costa recently had broken up with his girlfriend and one bomb was found near her home.
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Saturday, April 16 -- vs. Buffalo, Grand Valley State, Oklahoma (Belleville, Mich.), 9 a.m./1 p.m.
The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's rowing team hosts its lone home race of the season this Saturday (April 16), welcoming Buffalo, Grand Valley State, Indiana and Oklahoma to Belleville Lake. The Wolverines will race Buffalo and Grand Valley State at 9 a.m. and Oklahoma at 1 p.m.
U-M will race five varsity boats: first varsity eight, second varsity eight, first varsity four, second varsity four and third varsity four. Michigan will also field a first novice eight and a second novice eight. Indiana will also be in the field and will race Buffalo and Oklahoma.
Directions to Belleville Lake
Belleville Lake sits within Van Buren Park in Belleville, Mich. For GPS users, enter in the following address for directions to the park: 50745 South I-94 Service Drive, Belleville, Michigan. Upon reaching the park, follow the road all the way to the boathouse, approximately one mile. The boathouse is on the peninsula at the bottom of the hill. Parking is located at the top of the hill.
Schedule of Events
Grand Valley and Buffalo, 9 a.m.
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9:20 a.m. -- First Novice Eight
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10 a.m. -- First Varsity Four
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10:40 a.m. -- First Varsity Eight
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1 p.m. -- Second Novice Eight
1:20 p.m. -- First Novice Eight
1:40 p.m. -- Second/Third Varsity Four
2 p.m. -- First Varsity Four
2: 20 p.m. -- Second Varsity Eight
2:40 pm. -- First Varsity Eight
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Buffalo -- First meeting
Grand Valley State -- First Meeting
Oklahoma -- First Meeting
*Note: This figure includes dual race results since 2000-01 only
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U-M continued with the 2011 spring season with the Big Ten Double Dual hosted by Michigan State on Saturday (April 9) on Lake Ovid. The Wolverines raced against Minnesota and Wisconsin. U-M picked up a dominating win over Minnesota with wins in every varsity race and had a good showing against No. 10 Wisconsin with a dominating win over the Badgers in the first varsity four. U-M boated five varsity boats, including a first varsity eight, second varsity eight and first varsity four; U-M also raced a second and third varsity four along with a first novice eight, second novice eight and novice four.
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U-M earned a No. 11 preseason ranking from the USRowing Coaches Association on March 16. This week, U-M checks in at No. 14 after the third weekend of racing. The Wolverines are joined in the rankings by fellow Big Ten squads Michigan State (8), Ohio State (9) and Wisconsin (10).
U-M Hosts Home Regatta on Belleville Lake
Saturday's home regatta marks U-M's first home race since the 2008-09 season. U-M has hosted nine home races since the 2000-01 season, when the Belleville Lake boat house opened, including hosting the Big Ten Championships in 2000-01 and 2007-08. The Wolverines hosted a program-best two home events during the 2004-05 season when they welcomed Ohio State for a dual as well as Iowa, Louisville and Wisconsin. U-M does well on its home course and has an 8-2 record when racing at Belleville Lake, including capturing the 2001 Big Ten championship.
First Time Opponents
U-M will race three first-time opponents in this weekend's regatta. Michigan will square off against Buffalo, Grand Valley State and Oklahoma for the first time in program history in dual-meet format. Oklahoma, a program that is just three years old, was ranked No. 20 in last week's USRowing Coaches Association Poll.
Veteran Presence
U-M returns 12 rowers that competed at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Melisa Ongun (Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park), Emily Eiffert (Honeoye, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima), Felice Mueller (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/ Promfret School [Conn.]), Natalie Eisermann (Key Biscayne, Fla./School for Advanced Studies -Wolfson) and Julia Darnton (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) raced in U-M's top boat at the 2010 NCAA Championships and took 11th place. Nellie Ruedig (Concord, N.H./St Paul's School), Shannon Stief (Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak), Lauren Schneider (Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek), Cristina Felix (San Marino, Calif./San Marino), Ariel Piotter (Bridgman, Mich./Bridgman), and Lindsey Healy (Troy, Mich./Madison Heights Bishop Foley) all competed in U-M's second varsity eight at the NCAA Championships which took sixth place, while Paige Heil (Fenton, Mich./Fenton) returns as a member of U-M's first varsity four from last season.
Senior Leadership
The U-M rowing team is under the leadership of seniors Taylor Day (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Preparatory School), Natalie Eisermann (Key Biscayne, Fla./School for Advanced Studies-Wolfson), Jennifer Entin (Corona Del Mar, Calif./Corona Del Mar), Brittany Poston (Onsted, Mich./Lenawee Christian), Nellie Ruedig (Concord, N.H./St Paul's School) and Lauren Schneider (Rochester Hills, Mich./Stoney Creek). Each of U-M's seniors is a four-year member of the U-M rowing team and has varsity level experience.
Welcome Aboard!
There are several new faces joining the rowing squad this season. U-M welcomes nine newcomers to the squad this season. Joining the varsity squad are: Nikki Dahlberg-Seeth (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte), Chrissy Holm (North Oaks, Minn./Hill-Murray), Emily Idoni (Fenton, Mich./Fenton), Priscilla Livingston (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley), Carrie Lofgren (Northbrook, Ill./Loyola Academy), Bryna Oleshansky (Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden), Emily Sullenberger (San Jose, Calif./Prospect), Sarah Trovato (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) and Shannon Winchell (Sacramento, Calif./St. Francis).
Big Ten Championship Moves to Neutral Site
The Big Ten Conference announced last April that stating with the 2011 Big Ten Championship that the Big Ten Championship will be held at a neutral site. The site will be Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 championships. The Big Ten also announced that the format will change to a seven-lane finals only regatta. The date will also be pushed back to the middle of May. This year's championship will be held May 15.
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Saturday, April 23 -- at Ohio State, vs. Washington State - OSU Invite (Columbus, Ohio), 9 a.m.
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In Philadelphia, the portrait artist Charles Willson Peale first examined incognitum bones from the Ohio River Valley in 1783, and the encounter set him on what he called an "irresistibly bewitching" quest for knowledge about the natural world, leading him to create what was in effect America's first national museum. (The Smithsonian Institution was still more than a half-century in the future.) Tickets to Peale's museum, in Philadelphia, bore the slogan "The Birds & Beasts will teach thee," and he saw to it that they taught lessons in the greatness of the American republic.
For Peale, the massive size of the incognitum made it the perfect answer to Buffon's "ridiculous idea," and in 1801 he got word of "an animal of uncommon magnitude" discovered by a farmer named John Masten in the Hudson River Valley near Newburgh, New York. That June, Peale traveled by stagecoach and sloop from Philadelphia to Newburgh, where he paid $200—roughly $2,500 in today's currency—for the bones, plus $100 more to do additional digging on his own. Before long, he had a $500 loan from the American Philosophical Society, a science and natural history organization of which Jefferson was then president, to support an ambitious effort to excavate bones from a pond on Masten's farm.
Peale commemorated the scene in a famous painting, with lightning crackling down from a black corner of the sky and horses panicking in the distance. To drain the pond that dominates the scene, Peale had devised a huge wooden wheel on a high bank, with men treading inside like hamsters in an exercise wheel. The turning of the wheel drove a long conveyor belt of buckets, each carrying water up and over, to spill down a chute into a nearby vale. Workers on staged platforms passed dirt up from the exposed bottom of the pond. In the lower right quadrant of the painting, Peale himself presided, grandly presenting the scene with one outstretched arm.
The painting was originally titled Exhuming the Mammoth, but the excavation at the pond actually recovered only a few more bones to add to Masten's original discovery. Peale did better with two less picturesque excavations up the road, recovering a nearly complete skeleton. But the painting made for a shrewd piece of self-promotion.
Back in Philadelphia, making sense of the bones took three months and "numberless trials of putting first one piece, then another, together, and turning them in every direction." Peale's slave Moses Williams did much of the work. He "fitted pieces together by trying, [not] the most probable, but the most improbable position, as the lookers-on believed," Peale wrote. "Yet he did more good in that way than any one among those employed in the work." Peale filled in missing parts in papier-mâché and wood, scrupulously indicating these substitutions. But the showman or patriot in him exaggerated the size of his incognitum slightly, yielding a skeleton 11 feet high at the shoulder. Later, he corked the joints, adding extra "cartilage" to make it even bigger. For a time, he also pointed the tusks downward, the better for skewering prey.
To drum up business for the opening of his museum, Peale had Williams put on an Indian headdress and parade through the city streets on a white horse, with trumpet fanfare. Fliers invoked an Indian legend: "TEN THOUSAND MOONS AGO" a creature had roamed "the gloomy forests...huge as the frowning Precipice, cruel as the bloody Panther." For 50 cents additional admission to the museum's "Mammoth Room," Philadelphians could see "the LARGEST of Terrestrial Beings!" with their own wide eyes.
It was only the world's second reconstruction of a fossil species (the one prior attempt being a decidedly less thrilling giant ground sloth in Madrid), and it became a national sensation, with word spreading until "the masses of the people were now even more eager than the scientists to view the great American wonder," according to Peale biographer (and descendant) Charles Coleman Sellers. "The mere idea of bigness stirred every heart." Peale's "mammoth" would turn out to be a mastodon, but "mammoth" was the word on every tongue, gaining overnight "a fresh and spectacular currency." A Philadelphia baker offered "Mammoth Bread." In Washington, a man who proclaimed himself a "Mammoth Eater" dispatched 42 eggs in ten minutes, and a New Yorker grew a 20-pound "mammoth" radish. Knowing of President Thomas Jefferson's long interest in all things mammoth, the women of Cheshire, Massachusetts, presented him with a 1,230-pound "Mammoth Cheese" on New Year's Day 1802.
Politics also infected a publicity stunt staged by Peale's son Rembrandt. Thirteen gentlemen sat at a round table beneath the "mammoth's" monstrous rib cage while a musician played "Jefferson's March" and "Yankee Doodle" at a piano tucked under the pelvis. The diners offered patriotic toasts, being careful not to raise their glasses too high: "The American People: may they be as preeminent among the nations of the earth, as the canopy we sit beneath surpasses the fabric of the mouse!" Young Peale soon boarded a ship with the second skeleton from the Hudson River Valley to show off in Europe.
Caught up in the effort to prove the vitality of the American experiment, Thomas Jefferson had convinced himself by the 1780s that the mammoth still lived. He gave credence to an Indian legend about a mammoth that shook off lightning bolts, bounding away over the Ohio River to somewhere beyond the Great Lakes. "In the present interior of our continent," Jefferson wrote, "there is surely space and range enough for elephants and lions." He imagined this pair of American titans roaming the Great Plains.


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|Pictured is KPI employee Linda Stock with the group of individuals who helped lead fundraising efforts. Front (left to right): Marsha Moser and Heather Jensen. Back (left to right): Shelley Kemnitz, Linda Stock, Casey Sloan, Kristi Christiansen and Jill Stanage. Not pictured: Stacy Ryken.
Through charitable employee and community contributions, Kolberg-Pioneer Inc. (KPI-JCI), Yankton, S.D., was able to help in efforts to raise more than $20,000 for employee Linda Stock, who has worked for the company since 1987 in the technical publications department and was diagnosed with a blood cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome in July.
Several fundraising efforts were held, including selling "Team Stock" bracelets, holding raffles, splitting proceeds with local artisan Jean Koupel, working with Scentsy and Tupperware consultants who donated proceeds, and hosting a community benefit at Rounding 3rd in downtown Yankton. More than 400 people attended the benefit, and were entertained by the band Mrs. Begley and the Boys, which donated its time for the event.
"Because of all of the bills that piled up due to testing and treatments, we decided to try to help out Linda as much as we could," Casey Sloan says, who works in Service at Kolberg-Pioneer. "Linda is extremely grateful for everyone's support – every little bit helped."
Stock, who will have a bone marrow transplant in October, will undergo chemo treatments in Omaha, Neb., for a few months, and hopefully return to Yankton in February, says the company.
"I've realized through all of this how great KPI and its employees are, as well as the community of Yankton and all of my friends and family," Stock says. "I'd like to thank everyone for their support. It means so much!"
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The arthotel munich is an Art Nouveau building, located in the centre of Munich, just a few minutes from the main station, the Stachus Square (the Bavarian name of the Karlsplatz), the Theresienwiese (where the Oktoberfest is organized) and the university hospital. Public transport facilities with access to the airport and the pedestrian area with many shopping centres are just 5 walking minutes from the hotel.
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With a stay at Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Columbia in Columbia, you'll be close to William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Palmetto Falls Water Park. This hotel is within the vicinity of South Carolina Military Museum and Fort Jackson.
Make yourself at home in one of the 79 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Oro Valley police officers have arrested a second suspect in connection to 16 burglaries across Oro Valley.
Kevin Dockins, 18, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon in connection with the burglaries, most of which took place in the gated community of La Reserve, near North Oracle Road and North First Avenue in Oro Valley, said Lt. John Teachout, a spokesman for the police department.
Earlier Wednesday, Oro Valley police arrested Azlan Lewis, 20, who resides in La Reserve, after they found him at a home for sale on North Lantern Way.
Officers had been following the Lewis for a few weeks because they believed he was involved in a number of local burglaries and home invasions.
Lewis was detained and questioned as he exited the home. He admitted to police that he was in the home illegally. He also admitted to burglarizing about 16 other homes recently in Oro Valley, according to a press release issued by the police department.
The arrest was the result of "a lot of good patrol work," said Teachout. Officers believed Azlan would enter homes that were vacant or for sale.
He would take items, such as jewelry, said Teachout. Lewis was booked in the Pima County Jail on two counts of burglary and 13 counts of criminal trespass.
Dockins has been charged with three counts of burglary and two counts of auto theft.
Detectives are currently in the process of attempting to recover property for the victims associated with these crimes. They also are looking into whether other burglaries in the greater Oro Valley area may have been committed by the suspects.
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Love it or loath it, it's impossible to deny that Apple knows how to make beautiful products. Today it contines in that vein with three new widescreen 'Cinema' LCD displays.
Top of the range is a truly humungous 30in display with a native resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 – that's over four million pixels. Amazing as that sounds it's still a long way off the 9.2 million pixels offered up by the Viewsonic VP2290b, even though that resolution is squeezed into a 'mere' 22in display, which makes it too small for regular work.
The 30in display is aimed at creative professionals who will really benefit from the extra working area, such as video editors and graphic designers. They'll have to be well healed though, as this display will set you back no less that £2,549, and that's not including the £449 nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra dual DVI graphics card that will be required to run a display of this size – or the G5 desktop that the card goes in.
That's not all though. I'm a huge fan of dual displays and am currently enjoying having two 19in panels on my desk. However, the two outputs on the GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL card mean that if you wanted to seriously indulge yourself, you could attach a second 30in display to your desktop. Now that would be mindblowing.
However, the 23in and the 20in screens both connect up with regular DVI, so you should be able to use them with any PC. That said, since a single link DVI output is limited to a maximum 1,600 x 1,200 resolution, we're not sure how you would generate the native 1,920 x 1,200 resolution for the 23in screen. The display is encased in strong anodized aluminium and is set off with a relatively small bezel. It's supported by a stand that Apple claims can be angled with the lightest of touches. Also included in each unit it a two-port USB 2.0 hub and two FireWire 400 connectors.
The mid-range 23-inch display is a slightly more sane prospect - though you're still looking at a £1,549 monitor. The 1,920 x 1,200 resolution is a perfect match for watching High Definition video, so next generation formats such as Blue-Ray films should look fantastic on this display. The 20in model costs £999 and offers a still impressive 1,680 x 1,050 display.
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NEW YORK — Online fashion retailer Bluefly announced that it has promoted Joseph Park, previously COO, to CEO, effective immediately, replacing Melissa Payner, who resigned as CEO and a member of the company's board of directors. Park is also replacing Payner on the board of directors. Park joined Bluefly as COO in June 2011 after founding and leading several successful Internet businesses during the past fourteen years.
David Wassong, chairman of the board, commented, "The promotion of Joseph to CEO recognizes his strong leadership skills and business acumen, as well as his exceptional contributions since joining Bluefly as COO last year. I want to thank Melissa for her significant contributions since joining the Company as president in 2003. Melissa transformed Bluefly into a site for sought after luxury brands at tremendous value, serving more than 20 million unique visitors each year. While we are sad to see Melissa leave, the board is highly confident in Joseph and in Bluefly's future under his direction."
Park joined Bluefly in June 2011 as COO following a diverse and successful career in the Internet industry. Most recently, he was SVP consumer digital products at HarperCollins where he co-founded Bookperk.com, a group buying e-commerce website for avid book readers and spearheaded their overall consumer digital and monetization strategy. Park came to HarperCollins through its' acquisition of BibleGateway, the largest biblical reference website where he was hired as president.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Park co-founded and was the CEO of Kozmo.com, the first Internet retailer to provide same-day, one hour delivery service to consumers. This was followed by work at Microsoft, in its corporate strategy group, after which he joined Amazon.com in 2005 where he co-founded and launched Askville.com, one of the leading social Q&A communities on the Web. Park earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, journalism, and political science from New York University and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.


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It's usually a good sign when the pitch for a TV show sounds like nothing you've heard before.
A good girl temp, a bolshy friend, an IT geek and an ex-accountant get together to form an amateur sleuthing club in downtown Auckland - primarily to find out who killed Rose, a clever law firm PA who had been doing her bit as a modern-day Robin Hood on the side.
Nope, definitely hadn't heard that one.
Plus there was the pleasing news that the cast was to be led by Antonia Prebble and Siobhan Marshall, two highly watchable actresses, and they would be playing roles written especially for them by the creators of Outrageous Fortune.
Eleven weeks ago it debuted to a solid audience of 264,380 (better than OF's 2005 debut of 260,751) - and with it's noir-ish styling and big name cast, all looked promising.
Then My Kitchen Rules (which pulls about 400,000 viewers a week) started in the same timeslot on TV2, and The Blue Rose ratings took a bit of a slide, so it made sense for TV3 to move it from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.
But unfortunately that didn't seem to help. The show hasn't been featuring highly in any ratings in recent weeks, save the urban Auckland 25-54-year-old demographic, and even then it can't beat The Big Bang Theory (something I find hard to fathom).
So with its good quality ingredients, $6.9 million in funding from NZ On Air, and the support of its broadcaster, why has The Blue Rose not proven to be the hit it might have been?
Well, its Auckland-oriented ratings might be one indication - while it's fun for us inner-city Auckland dwellers to see our day-to-day world reflected on screen, and perhaps some Wellingtonians would see a similarity, the rest of the country clearly felt they didn't have much to relate to. Whether we like it or not, the Jafa prejudice still exists.
Then there's the overall story arc: 13 episodes based around solving one murder was always going to be a stretch. CSI manages to wrap them up in one, and even Jane Campion has opted for just six episodes to unravel the mystery in Top of the Lake.
So there had to be some padding, which comes from the extra cases The Blue Roses take on. And though their efforts to help the little people who've been exploited by less savoury characters are kind of endearing, mostly they're just distracting or even boring.
Stories like the one about the naive woman being manipulated to give her money to an online predator seem a little outdated, really.
Then there's the problematic attempt to blend both drama and comedy into one show. There are lines played for laughs (poor Ganesh gets far too many sketch show moments, and Krystle comes across as a bizarre comedy scapegoat) that jar against the serious nature of a murder case, and lessen the dramatic weight of the relationships between characters. Their friend is dead, and they're breaking various laws, pitting themselves against a killer. So the comedy ends up feeling forced, uneven and takes away from the strong emotional performances the cast are capable of.
Of course, as the series has zoomed in to focus on the key storyline of murder and corruption, and The Blue Roses have become more competent in their sleuthing, it's become more gripping, more "must-see" television.
The only problem is that it might be a case of too little too late for some fans.
Would a second series be a good gamble then? I don't know. It's a show with some strong assets - great key cast members, good styling and music. But after solving the case of who killed Rose, a rethink of story arc and emphasis might be in order. Just don't get any zombies involved.
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