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There's nothing like a naked man walking past with a towel over his shoulder when it comes to ruffling the composure of a 40-something woman describing how Summernats is more sedate now than 27 years ago.
That was the position two female members of Campbelltown's informal "team Torana" found themselves in on Friday morning.
Leanne Ludgate and Kathleen Whittaker, who both own "streetable" LX Torana SLR 5000s, have attended 20 and 27 events respectively.
They have fond memories of the heady days when boys would be boys and girls flaunted it if they had it.
"It used to be quite rowdy," Ms Whittaker said. "It was a lot of fun. You can't write anything about that of course; they've toned it down a lot since then. It's a bit stricter now."
This was the moment the young exhibitionist from the camp site across the way wandered past en route to join a mate who seemed to be wearing an abbreviated version of Borat's "mankini". Not everybody received the political correctness memo apparently.
Ms Ludgate is a hairdresser and Ms Whittaker works in a motorcycle shop. They were attending with their respective partners and said they loved the atmosphere.
"It's the first time we've camped here [in the main camping area]," Ms Whittaker said. "We used to camp at the feral end when it was a bit lively."
With the first round of eliminations for the burnout championships, the tuff street monsters judging and the horsepower shootout all happening on Friday afternoon, scrutineers were under the pump to finish processing the more than 2000 cars expected for the 29th event for safety compliance.
Olivia Fripp, a 19-year-old from Wollongong was manning the desk for the first time. "It's been awesome," she said.
Canberra's Colin Statton, an ACT Street Machine car club member and a volunteer scrutineer for the past six years, said it was great to get close to some spectacular cars. He was mightily impressed by the 1975 VJ Charger 770 owned by Paul Vezinias of Fig Tree.
A 10-year project, the "wild fire mica" coupe has a "stroker" 410 with cast iron hemi heads.
"A car like this would cost about $80,000 to $100,000 to build," Mr Vezinias, a plant machinery operator, said.
Matt James, a tipper driver from Wollongong, had a similar amount invested in the 1956 F-100 he had been working on all year.
"I do a lot of work around Canberra," the 32-year-old said. "I just had the shell when I started. It [now] has a 350 small block Chevy. I grew up around Summernats. I came here first when I was seven with my Dad."
It's not always about big engines and big horsepower. Interest in Japanese classics is growing among younger participants.
Matthew Hughes, 19, who was with his brother Aaron, 21, has big plans for his 1973 Celica.
"Dad had one of these," he said. "I want to do a full respray, retrim and fit the 7AGE 1.9 litre DOHC engine [from the 1990s Celicas]."
Weekend highlights include the fireworks spectacular and a performance by the Hoodoo Gurus on Saturday and the finals of the burnout, go-to-whoa, horsepower heroes and car audio competitions on Sunday.


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Demand for a royal baby is at an extreme while supply, on Friday 19 July, is so far non-existent. What are the economics of a royal baby?
When economics tries to explain the family – and it has even handed out a Nobel prize for this work – it rarely strays far from its most simple economic models.
Child-bearing with expectations of profit may explain the decisions of subsistence farmers well, but works rather less well for modern families where children are an investment that may never reach maturity.
But such models appear to explain the royal baby rather better. A significant reason for the royal baby is the work it will do in the family business.
In the Economic Theory of Fertility Behaviour (1974), a, shall we say, seminal text, author Robert Willis argues: "The motives for having children may include both the direct satisfaction children are expected to provide their parents and the indirect satisfaction they may render by working in the household or family business or by remitting money income to their parents."
In this case the parents are not in dire need of monetary income, but there is a role in the family business – Monarch of this Realm and of other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith – that will need to be filled.
The Australian Financial Review does not want to diminish the immense happiness a newborn will bring to Prince William and Princess Catherine, but this child, more than any other this year, is born to do a job.
Demand for a child is normally intrinsic, perhaps with a little pressure from potential grandparents.
Not in this case. An entire nation, perhaps an entire Commonwealth and certainly an entire magazine publishing industry, wants this child at least as much as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do.
Read more on babynomics at The Australian Financial Review.


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So much for heading right back to the start-up world… Digital ad vet Dave Morgan, who said he has left his AOL (NYSE: TWX) post of EVP-global advertising strategy to start a new business, instead will be chairman of The Tennis Company, Adweek reported. He also owns an unspecified minority stake in the company. As chairman of the publisher of Tennis and Smash magazines, Morgan plans to create a multi-platform entity aimed at tennis enthusiasts.
Morgan left AOL precisely three months after taking on the role of EVP. He founded RealMedia (which later became 24/7RealMedia and sold to WPP for $649 million) and co-founded behavioral targeter TACODA in 2001, which was sold to AOL for $275 million last summer. He became chairman of the company in July 2006, when he handed the CEO reins to Curt Viebranz, who became an AOL EVP and president of Platform A. After Morgan left, Viebranz was ousted following disagreements with AOL CEO Randy Falco and COO Ron Grant over which unit would manage ad sales tied to behavioral targeting — TACODA or Advertising.com — and differences over the pace of integration of the units.
— Enthusiastic about tennis, start-ups: Morgan tells Adweek that he's become "a believer that surrounding enthusiasts with content, including advertising, means more than just surrounding them online. It means being their printed product, on the ground with events and part of their video experience wherever they get it." He added that he felt the tennis market has not been "effectively aggregated. He says that he's still interested in creating a start-up, but for now, his concentration will be devoted to The Tennis Company.
— Match point: I exchanged emails with Morgan last night and asked him to further explain his decision to join a traditional media company with tennis as its focus. He said the space offers a "great opportunity, particularly if you can amass a position with both online and offline media assets."
*Morgan will be appearing on a panel at paidContent parent ContentNext Media's EconAds Seminar on Tuesday afternoon.


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16th Annual The Villages Craft Festival (Lake Sumter Landing)
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Daily Event: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
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One of Florida's fastest-growing communities, The Villages plays host to the annual The Villages Craft Festival for the 16th year. Find great one-of-a-kind craftwork and sample great food while listening to the tunes of live music as you peruse the displays. There's something for everyone at The Villages Craft Festival.
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American Craft Endeavors (ACE) produces some of the nation's most exciting high-end juried craft shows in many of Florida's vibrant downtown areas and popular tourist destinations including the Lauderdale by the Sea Craft Festival (Fort Lauderdale, FL), the Holiday Craft Festival on the Ocean (Jupiter/Juno Beach, FL), the Downtown Stuart Craft Fairs (Stuart, FL), the Siesta Fiesta Craft Festival (Sarasota, FL) and the Downtown Sarasota Craft Festivals (Sarasota, FL) among others. The group's founders personally select unique, culture rich cities for their show locations providing a complete outdoor experience unmatched by other festivals. All crafters are hand-selected from hundreds of applicants in order to ensure a superior event featuring diverse art media and the highest quality of original handmade crafts.
For additional information on the 11th Annual The Villages Craft Festival and other American Craft Endeavors craft shows across the country, visit www.artfestival.com or call 561-746-6615.


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Continue tax reform with an eye to long-term stability and decreasing the burden on those least able to afford it.
I support tax reform because Maine people and businesses will benefit. The current tax structure is too susceptible to loss of revenue in tough times and places a high burden on many Mainers.
I believe in finding all possible efficiencies in State government to lower the overall budget. The best way to make government more responsive to citizens and less business unfriendly is to improve the efficiency of the processes by which State departments produces products, and improve the effectiveness of those products in serving the needs of its customers. Many in State government mistakenly conclude that they don't produce products like companies do. But every permit, every license, every state income tax refund, every reimbursement check to a health provider for Maine Care, and every criminal arrest processed is a product produced by State government. And those are just a few examples. I've spoken to citizens across the spectrum, small business owners, and State employees that all agree there is a need for improving processes within State government.
I support fairness in distributing tax burden. I know that out of state residents who live here much of the year should pay their fair share of the burdens of infrastructure and services. They use the roads, but they don't pay for them because they don't pay income tax!
The next legislature will still need to deal with the challenge of funding essential services and meeting its obligations to its people, while balancing the budget. With reduced revenues even with significant cuts to many departments it is not possible to meet all the State's obligations to its citizens.
A prime example - General Purpose Aid for Education:
In 2004 the voters of Maine approved a citizen-initiated referendum calling on the state to fund "55 percent of the cost of public education."
In 2005, the Legislature enacted LD 1, which put a process in place whereby the state would "ramp up" to a 55 percent state share by steadily increasing state funding for schools, K-12, over four years.
Because of State revenue shortfalls the State has cut GPA in recent years instead of meeting the ramp up obligation. The result has been a shift of school funding costs onto local property tax. School committees have worked hard to cut budgets while minimizing educational impact to mitigate the State cuts. But at the end of the day it is still true that the State does not have the revenues to provide the education funding it's people have requested.
The things that can change that revenue problem are job growth, economic growth, and tax reform. Jobs and the economy are cyclical - there will always be times of growth and decline. Which is why tax reform is essential to bring stability.
In addition to jobs and the economy our challenges in coming legislative sessions are to improve the efficiency of State Departments, and to find a solution to the weaknesses in Maine's tax structure that has the support of the people of Maine.
And that is a challenge I am prepared to take on for the sake of Maine's people.
Source: http://chrisjohnsonforstatesenator.org/issues/taxes


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How to Create a Virtual Server
Topic Last Modified: 2005-05-24
Use this procedure to create a virtual server.
In Exchange System Manager, in the HTTP Protocols container for the front-end server, right-click HTTP, and then select New Virtual Server.
Note: For a name, it is recommended that you use something following the form of "adatum.com (front-end)." Consistent naming of the new virtual servers ensures that each virtual server's purpose and associated domain can be easily determined. The name of the virtual server is used only for identification purposes and does not affect its operation.
Click Mailboxes or Public folder, click Modify, and then do one of the following:
If the virtual server points to mailboxes, select the domain.
Note: The list of domains in Select SMTP Domain is pulled from the domains of the SMTP addresses in the Exchange organization's recipient policies, so if you have more than one recipient policy for the same domain, you will see duplicates in this dialog box. It does not matter which one you choose.
If the virtual server points to a public folder, select the appropriate public folder to act as the root public folder for this virtual server.
Click Advanced, and then add host headers that define all the names a client might use to contact this front-end server.
Note: If a front-end server is used internally and externally, it is recommended that you list both a hostname and a fully qualified domain name.


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Got 50% OFF Valve,50% OFF Oddworld: Abe's Exodus,50% OFF Left 4 Dead 2
Will trade for games or coal
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Got 50% OFF Valve,50% OFF Oddworld: Abe's Exodus,50% OFF Left 4 Dead 2
Will trade for games or coal
Got 33% off of Tropico 4. Will trade for coal.
I have a copy of Portal 2 and Nuclear Dawn. I'd like to trade either for a copy of Bulletstorm.
33% off Skyrim, will trade for any discounts on AC II, Brotherhood, Serious Sam 3 or Trine 2, or indeed any similar offer. Please PM!
I have theese that i can trade for coal:
Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
Super Meat Boy
-33% Valve game
-50% Delve Deeper
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
-60% off Victoria II coupon free to whoever wants it - PM me on forum, or I'm mpk on Steam.
If you want any of the following, just drop me a message:
50% off Osmos
50% off Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword
Feel free to offer up vouchers/games/coal in exchange, but there's no pressure.
I also have Shadowgrounds + Shadowgrounds survivor, if you have an alternative game that you want to exchange, then PM me with your offer. My wishlist is here: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jamesglover/wishlist
Current Inventory:
* 6 Pieces of Coal
* 50% discount for Worms Golf
* 50% discount for Wings of Prey
I'd like to hang onto atleast 1 of the 2 pieces of coal, but other than that the rest is up for trading. Preferably for full games.
Steam ID: hockland
50% off HOARD
50% off VALVE titles
1 Coal
Mainly I want to swap 1 coal for another 1 coal so i can get the objective.
steamid mousiehamster
Still no luck. 8 coals over here with the same useless voucher. So you think it's worth refining?
It's up to you. Crafting what will probably be a voucher or keeping it to have more chances of not winning the huge price :P
Whoot! I just crafted it for 75% off Garry's Mod. I feel so vindicated. :P
Vinraith, unfortunately I don't know many suckers. :P
I'd like to trade:
Hitman: Blood Money
-50% Homefront
-50% Max Payne 2
-50% GTA: San Andreas
12 coals
I'd be willing to trade any combination of these for Civilization V GOTY ($10.99 now on Amazon).
Coming to realize that Portal 2 and Nuclear Dawn aren't that popular among traders, I'm looking to trade both of them for a copy of Bulletstorm.
-25% Valve
-50% Puzzle Agent 2
-75% Empire Total War
-75% Call of Duty 4
-25% 2k
i will trade for almost anything that is not a coupon but i am looking for Orcs Must Die!
steam id : death.itself
I've got for trade:
and for free i've got:
- Torchlight
- OddBox (4 Oddworld games)
- Virtua Tennis 4
PM me if you're interested :)
- 33% of any Valve title
If you give me one coal, I'll trade you one of these:
- -50% Left 4 Dead 2
- -50% Combat Wings: Battle of Britain
My Steam ID is niccholaspage. (I show up as Fried Robot Chicken)
If you can't add me, just PM me.
I've got:
- -50% Valve
- -50% Nimbus
I'll gladly trade any of these for either SPAZ or X3: Albion Prelude. Or if you got any other cool coupons or games, feel free to PM me and we'll talk about it.
50% Zeno Clash
50% Brink
33% and 55% Valve
Super Meat Boy
Any Fallout game (except Tactics)


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FRANKFURT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.1 percent lower on Friday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0615 GMT.
The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks:
RWE indicated 0.5 percent higher
Shares in Innogy due to start trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange at 0700 GMT in what is Germany's largest IPO since 2000.
Shares in Innogy were sold at 36 euros apiece, the group said late on Thursday, the upper end of a narrowed price range of 35-36 euros.
Indicated 0.2 percent lower
Investors poured $1.2 billion into the Pimco Income Fund, overseen by group chief investment officer Dan Ivascyn, in September, bringing total assets under management to $66 billion for the portfolio, according to Morningstar data on Thursday.
Indicated 0.3 percent lower
Detroit Diesel Corp, a unit of Daimler, will spend $14.5 million to reduce pollutants and pay a $14 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Indicated 1.6 percent higher
Deutsche Bank is in informal talks with securities firms to explore options including raising capital should mounting legal bills require it, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Separately, the Financial Times reported that Deutsche Bank is working on a spin-off of its asset management business as one of several options to bolster its capital.
Also, two leading hedge funds which made big bets on Deutsche Bank shares falling are now reducing their "short" positions, in a sign of confidence in the stability of the lender.
The chief executives of several German blue-chip companies have discussed Deutsche Bank's problems and are ready to offer a capital injection if needed to shore up Germany's largest lender, Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.
Indicated 2.8 percent higher
Activist shareholder Cevian is considering taking a 10 percent stake in German utility E.ON, German daily Rheinische Post reported on Friday, citing industry sources.
Indicated 0.2 percent lower
The carmaker won't sell any of its brands, its supervisory board Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch told Boersen-Zeitung in an interview. He also said the company's financials were "solid" and it was not considering a capital increase.
Down 0.1 percent in early Frankfurt trade
Airbus put a brave face on plans by France and Germany - the two main buyers of its troubled A400M military transporter - to operate an extra fleet of rival U.S. planes, saying it would spur European co-operation.
Airbus sold 49 jets in September, but saw its net orders for the year knocked back by the cancellation of jets ordered by India's Kingfisher Airlines.
Indicated unchanged
The automotive supplier is reviewing options for its business making cables for white and brown goods, such as refrigerators and shavers, its Chief Executive Dieter Belle told WirtschaftsWoche. At the same time, it is looking at bolstering its Wire & Cable Solutions business, he said.
Indicated 0.7 percent higher
Fujian Grand Chip Investment lowered its minimum acceptance threshold for Aixtron to 50.1 percent from 60 percent and extended the offer period for its bid to Oct. 21.
INNOGY - Macquarie starts with "outperform", target price 41 euros
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR - Morgan Stanley raises to "overweight" from "equal weight"
SCOUT24 - JP Morgan raises to "overweight" from "neutral"
Dow Jones -0.1 pct, S&P 500 +0.1 pct, Nasdaq -0.2 pct at close.
Nikkei -0.2 pct, Chinese markets closed.
Time: 6.17 GMT.
German industrial production rose more than expected in August, posting its biggest increase since January to rebound from the steepest fall in 23 months last month and signal that the industry sector will contribute to growth in the third quarter.
REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.8945 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan)


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Shamed on Live TV for Disliking Michael Sam Kiss: Under intense ridicule, one host of a morning panel talk show in Dallas was forced from the show live on air because she did not agree with seeing Michael Sam kiss his boyfriend on live TV. Four women host the show "The Broadcast"; two of those women ganged up on their co-host, Amy Kushnir, until she was forced to flee their assault.
Major VA Scandal: Some 40 veterans in the Phoenix area have died as a result of not getting prompt care at the Veteran's Administration hospital there, and Veteran's Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will testify before the Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs on Thursday. Some are calling for Shinseki to resign, but President Barack Obama has said through spokesman Jay Carney that he supports the VA chief.
Times Fires Female Editor: The New York Times on Wednesday abruptly fired executive editor Jill Abramson. She was the first woman to hold that role at the "newspaper of record." Apparently, Times staffers, particularly Publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., didn't appreciate Abramson's management style. Managing editor Dean Baquet will replace her; he is the first black person to lead the Times.
Hillary Clinton Beats All Republicans: A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Hillary Clinton beating a field of potential Republican presidential candidates handily in a hypothetical 2016 race. Clinton beat out former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the poll. None of those potential candidates came within 7 points of Clinton.
Rice Scoffs at Benghazi Investigation: National Security Adviser Susan Rice, central to the scandal over the Sept. 11, 2012 murders in Benghazi, reacted flippantly to a question posed to her at a luncheon about the new select committee to investigate the attack. "Danged if I know," Rice said as the audience laughed when asked her opinion on the select committee. "I mean honestly, the administration has produced, I think, 25,000 pages of documents?"
Panhandling For Jobs: Instead of asking for a handout, a Yakima man took to a street corner to offer a hand up. Small business owner Lance Forsee stood on a street corner with a sign advertising five jobs. The stunt worked – he had scores of applicants at his business the next day.
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Tim Eyman turns in signatures for most 'destructive initiative yet'July 10, 2015Tim Eyman's latest campaign could place legislators in a tough position if passed later this year.
Catastrophic climate change in Seattle?July 10, 2015Michael Medved asks does sunny summer weather mean catastrophic climate change?
The Constitution had nothing to do with itJuly 1, 2015The worst part of the Supreme Court's redefinition of marriage is the failure to connect this decision to the Constitution.
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Dr. Guy: Fieri Awarded Honorary Doctorate at UNLV Commencement
UNLV alum turned celebrity chef honored for commitment to his alma mater during fall commencement Dec. 18.
By Tony Allen, UNLV Media Relations, (702) 895-3102
The 1990 Harrah Hotel College grad has parlayed his fascination with food into a successful career as a restaurateur, a New York Times best-selling author, and most notably as the face of numerous Food Network programs.
Throughout his rise to stardom, Fieri has held strong to his Rebel roots. UNLV faculty and students have been featured on his show "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives," and he regularly returns to his alma mater to motivate and share his experience with students. For that, he now has a new title: Dr. Guy.
Fieri was honored Dec. 18 at UNLV's fall commencement ceremony with an honorary doctorate for his public service, for maintaining a strong connection with UNLV students, and for supporting hotel college fundraising efforts.


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Karnataka Govt. Minority scholarship scheme for Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists. Govt. India Ministry of Minority, Scholarship scheme.
Post metric scholarship fresh and renewal for academic year of 2011012
Applications are inivted from the students belonging to the minority communities pursuing studies in XI/XII (PUC), vocational courses in ITI/ITC, Job diploma technical and paramedical, BEd, Dpharm, GNM, Graduation, Post Graduation, Mphil, PhD.
Students must have scored 50% marks in the previous final exam
Annual income of the guardian should not be exceeded more than 2 lacks. Please enclose income certificate attested by tahsildar or original income certificate on non judicial stamp paper (Rs 20)
Students who are going to renew the scholarship, must have scored 50% in previous final exam, attach the copy of the receipt of the first year scholarship .
Last date: 06 Aug 2011
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Filled application form send below mentioned address on or before 6/Aug/2011
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Optoma HD36 1080p 3D DLP Projector Review
A projector is the ultimate home cinema upgrade - the closest you can come to having a real cinema in your own house. Offering screen sizes well above that of equivalently priced televisions (we're talking 60 inches maximum in this ballpark), projectors present an economical and effective way of maximising your home cinema setup.
This Optoma HD36 is a 1080p 3D HD DLP projector that's firmly at the premium budget end of the market. Retailing at £799.99 it is on par with some of the cheaper 55-60 inch LCDs currently on the market. We tested on a 100 inch screen (which required the projector to be situated at just over eleven feet away).
Technical OverviewThe HD36 makes use of a Texas Instruments 0.65" DC3 chip along with a six segment RGB colour wheel and features support for HDMI 1.4a for 3D Blu-ray. It includes a 30W speaker. It offers an impressive 30,000:1 contrast ratio with an estimated lamp life of 4,000 hours.
There is one HDMI socket, one DVI/D and two VGA inputs giving a number of connectivity options. The limited HDMI connectivity may require the use of a separate switch unless you're only planning to connect one display device - lets be realistic, you'll be wanting more than just a Blu-ray player connected!
3D playback requires additional hardware. In use the HD36 draws around 310W.
First ImpressionsThe HD36 is an imposing beast. It's larger than expected but also surprisingly light. Mounting is easy with both adjustable legs and thread for ceiling mounting and there is both auto and full control over keystone adjustment to alleviate positioning issues. Out initial tests were via a Chromecast dongle and helpfully a powered USB socket is built into the project meaning we only had one cable to plug in.
The built in 30W speaker is better than expected, but still has distortion at higher volumes so is only really suitable for use if there are no other alternative sound options available. You won't want to be coupling your big screen with weedy sound so we doubt the internal speaker will get much use at all!
It takes only around 20 seconds or so for the projector to warm up ready for use. The inbuilt fan (used to cool the bulb) isn't quiet but isn't the loudest we've heard in a projector either.
Time for a workout!First up we wanted to give the HD36 a chance to impress - and what better than Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity to put the hardware through its paces. A film with such contrasting imagery gave us a chance to examine the contrast ratio claims and we weren't left disappointed. This night-time viewing gave is the deepest black while the vibrant light highlights of the space suits really gave us the full light range. What we had here was something that was both darker and more vibrant than any cinema viewing (OK, admittedly it wasn't on quite the same scale). The onscreen edges were sharp and 1080p HD really comes into its own at this sort of screen size.
We then had a go at something a little more challenging - an iPlayer broadcast of Doctor Who. iPlayer video is sometimes a little washed out thanks to the compression of the HD footage for serving over the internet. Not so here. Maybe we were a little spoiled in that we watched the excellent Listen, but the atmosphere brought by the big screen was outstanding. The HD IPTV footage was nice and sharp and for a particularly dark episode there was still plenty of contrast between the deep blacks and highlights.
Frozen gave us the chance to kill two birds with one stone - testing the projector's ability to cope with lighter material AND to test it in imperfect lighting conditions. In our initial night-time viewing the film looked stunning - the animated nature of the footage meant that it we were able so see how a perfect digital source would come out and it was beautiful. We then rewatched during the daytime with plenty of light pollution in our viewing room. Even so the bright bulb meant that nothing was really lost other than the deepest of blacks. An impressive performance.
Thanks to the six segment colour wheel we weren't aware of any rainbow effect that often degrades the viewing experience with DLP projectors. This is something we've been aware of in less well specified three-segment devices. Unfortunately we were unable to test 3D performance as we didn't have the necessary additional hardware.
Anything we don't like?Our only reservations are nothing to do with the visual performance - the size means that it really needs to be ceiling mounted. The speaker, as mentioned is really only of any use in emergencies, not for day-to-day viewing and the fan can be a little distracting at first. Most of these are criticisms of many projectors and the fan in particular is quickly forgotten about. In all, there is little to put us off the Optoma HD36, especially at its very reasonable retail price.


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As she prepares for the release of her latest film, Kate Winslet tells Douglas Rowe about love, motherhood, and how she's shedding her period-piece image.
The last time Kate Winslet played an American in a movie, it went on to become Hollywood's biggest blockbuster ever. Since that Titanic success, she spent six years defying expectations that she would "go Hollywood" and do big commercial films.
So it's notable that she's playing an American again, this time as hard-nosed journalist Bitsey Bloom in the commercial Hollywood film The Life of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey.
"I knew it would be an enormous departure for me," says the British actress, pointing out that she's done her share of period pieces.
In this movie, Winslet leaves costume dramas behind to wear jeans in modern-day Texas, where her character is assigned to interview a death-row inmate, just days from execution, who had been an activist against capital punishment. Convicted of raping and killing a fellow activist, he ostensibly wants to convince her he's innocent and to save his life. The 27-year-old actress says she thought the script was clever and approached director Alan Parker about doing the movie since she was eager to play "a contemporary American woman as strong as Bitsey".
Of course, the Philadelphia socialite she played in Titanic, Rose, was wilful, too. But that was 1912.
"Still to this day, actually, I can't believe that I'm in that movie. It was extraordinary, and it was a phenomenon, and an epic piece . . . and I'm in it, and I'm just Kate from Reading," says the three-time Oscar nominee, who co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in the film that grossed $US600 million ($1 billion) domestically and $US1.2 billion internationally.
"I feel very lucky to have been in that film.
"But after Titanic it would have been completely foolish for me to go and try and top that. I'm an English girl, I've always loved England, I've never felt the desire to leave it for any particular reason. And whilst I'm ambitious and care very much about what I do, I'm not competitive. I also don't want to act every day of my life. So it was important to me after Titanic to just remind myself of why it was that I was acting in the first place, which is of course because I love it."
She concedes that she "did kind of run away" to do Hideous Kinky, in which she played a hippie mother who takes her two young daughters on a spiritual trek to Marrakesh. She "adored" the script and the character, and that's her criteria for picking projects.
"Even when I did Titanic there was really no agenda. I wasn't thinking, 'OK, this is my big break. I'm going to do a great big American movie.' I just loved the script, and I loved the character. Maybe I was naive but I had no idea it was going to be that big."
Winslet's subsequent roles included another spiritually adrift woman in Holy Smoke, a laundress who helps the imprisoned Marquis de Sade smuggle out his work in Quills, and the young novelist Iris Murdoch in Iris, for which she earned her third Academy Award nomination (as supporting actress, after nods for Sense and Sensibility and Titanic).
Only twice have two actresses been nominated for playing the same person in the same film - and both times involved Winslet: she played the younger incarnation of Gloria Stuart in Titanic and of Judi Dench in Iris.
And if that isn't enough fun trivia: Winslet also has won a Grammy (in 2000, for best spoken-word album for children, Listen to the Storyteller) and had a hit record in Britain that peaked at number six (a single titled What If? from an animated version of A Christmas Carol that she voiced in 2001).
Actress Laura Linney, who says she and Winslet became fast friends while making David Gale, thinks Winslet's role choices demonstrate she's not simply trying to forge a career.
"She's a real actor," Linney says. "She has a spirit and a freshness and a courageousness about her that is sort of fuelled by really wonderful, pure self-esteem."
Gale director Alan Parker notes that personal considerations weighed at least as heavily as professional ones for Winslet.
"She chose to stay at home," he says. "She had her baby and wanted to make British films."
Winslet's daughter, Mia, was born in October 2000. But by December 2001, Winslet had divorced James Threapleton, an assistant director she met during the 1997 filming of Hideous Kinky, and the split led to what she felt was some harsh tabloid coverage at home.
"It was quite tough on me," she says. "I was always held up as, you know, 'Our Kate,' 'Down-to-earth, British Rose,' blah-blah-blah, and they'd always really kind of been very supportive and celebrated the fact that I was a young British actress who was doing well for herself."
Despite the flak, she's still doing well for herself. "I have an incredible relationship with my child," she says, adding that she's happily paired now with Sam Mendes, who won a directing Oscar for 1999's American Beauty.
She also has two more films in the offing - Neverland, about Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in which she co-stars with Jim Carrey as a couple trying to rescue their relationship by having their bad memories erased. To preserve real-life memories, Winslet takes Polaroids on each picture she does. She recently was cataloguing them and thought: "God, I've worked with some really special people!"
"And it just reminded me of how incredibly blessed I've been," says Winslet, who made her feature film debut in Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. Her maternal grandparents founded the Reading Repertory in England, and both were actors. Did she ever, even for a fleeting second, think about doing something besides acting?
"Afraid not," she says instantly. "There was simply no way out. It was decided before I think I'd even been thought of."
She has two sisters who also act, but her one brother, who's in college, has no intention of joining the family business. "Which is a great relief," she cracks. "Fantastic. Because it means there's a family member who has a lot of other things to talk about than acting."
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The premier Asian Human Rights Commission has urged the Pakistani authorities to stop arbitrary arrests and torture of Baluch students in the area-wise largest Baluchistan province, which the Baluch call occupied territories.
After Pakistan's accusation of Indian involvement in subversive activities in Balochistan province, the law enforcement agencies reacted heavily against the students of the province who have sympathies with nationalist movement, the Hongkong-based AHRC said in a statement Thursday.
"The para-military forces, particularly, the Frontier Corps (FC) started arresting people, keeping them in incommunicado in unknown places," the AHRC said. There are reports of arrests of dozens of young persons. Some cases are as follows;
An activist of the Baloch Student Organisation-BSO (Azaad), Mr. Sami Baloch, was abducted at midnight of July 19 and 20. He was returning home from a tuition center near the Satellite Town of Quetta. He was abducted by Frontier Corps soldiers, a para- military force of the Pakistani Army.
Mr. Sami Baloch is a M.A. student in Geology in Balochistan University and a member of the organizing body of BSO (Azaad) Balochistan University unit. His whereabouts are still unknown and it is feared that he is undergoing brutal torture in a Pakistani army camp.
In another case, Pakistani intelligence agencies allegedly abducted another Baloch resident. This occurred in front of the Huddah district jail in Quetta, the provincial capital, on the morning of July 16, 2009. According to information received from his family, Fazal Khan Marri, 25, went to visit one of his relatives in the Hudda jail.
As he came out of the main gate of the prison, he was abducted by personnel from the Pakistani intelligence agencies in a jeep with no registration number. Fazal Khan Marri is a resident of New Kahan [also known as Marri camp]. He is a daily wage earner and the father of two children.
Pakistan has siged two treaties banning torture but is flagrantly violating international law in Baluchistan.
According to Lydia Ansari, who works for the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Campaign International in Washington DC, in terms of human rights treaties, Pakistan has signed (on 17 April 2008) but not ratified the CAT (Convention Against Torture). "However, their signature reflects their intent to take steps to ratify and a great responsibility for respecting articles of the treaty and its purpose (to prevent torture)," she said.
Likewise, Ansari said Pakistan has signed but not ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which also bans the use of torture.
Along with a large group, Ansari had recently visited the Pakistan embassy in Washington DC and specifically asked about missing students Zakir Majeed, Mushtaq Baloch and Najeeb Baluch, but said she could not get any answer from an embassy official.
The mission of TASSC International is to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs and to empower survivors, their families and communities wherever they are. The DC-based American Friends of Baluchistan is seeking the organiization's help to stop torture of Baluch prisoners of conscience.
"Baluch are being treated as children of a lesser God," deplored AFB presiding council member Rasheed Baloch.
The AHRC said Mr.Fazal Baloch,19, son of Sher Muhammad, a student at Bolan University in the Commerce Faculty was arrested on 3rd July 2009 by F.C from Luck Pas, Quetta. Fazal Baloch, resident of Proom village, Panjgur district, was traveling to Punjgur by bus. He was a member of B.S.O Azaad.
According to his father, after his son was arrested, he was tortured. His physical and mental condition remains very serious. After the torture he was admitted to the Civil Hospital for two days after which he was handed over to the Crime Branch of anti terrorist force (A.T.F.) in Quetta. This took place late at night.
In the hospital, he told to his relatives that he was forced to confess that India is funding Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the AHRC said
Mr. Iqbal Baloch, 21, a student of Khuzdar College, Khuzdar district, was arrested by frontier constabulary (FC) on 18 July, 2009. His whereabouts are still unknown. The district police are denying his arrest.
Nationalist groups and family members of the disappeared persons say that the Pakistani government is arresting students and young people with the aim to get confessions from them for alleged statements against India for its involvement in Balochistan's insurgency.
After the legal case started in India against Ajmal Kassab, the only survivor of the Islamic terrorists group, which killed 166 persons in Bombay, India, in Novemeber last year, the government of Pakistan has started blaming india for the popular uprising in Balochistan.
The prime minister of Pakistan, Yusuf Raza Gilani -- who gained international infamy for publicly fondling former information minister Sherry Rahman ---, succeeded in putting the name of Balochistan in the Joint statement when he met his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt.
After registration of the accusation against India, the authorities started a new round of arrests with disappearances to get confessions about Indian involvement in Balochistan.
The Asian Human Rights Commission urges the government of Pakistan, especially the Balochistan province, to stop the arrest of students and young people and keeping of them in incommunicado. The parents of the abducted children, who remain missing after their arrests, assert the government want statements against India of involvement in Balochistan by way of coerced confessions.
"There is a grave need for law enforcement agencies to be pressured to follow the rule of law. They need to operate according to civilian laws which allow for proper methods of investigation before arrest and warrants for arrest," the AHRC said.
Meanwhile, in a statement Friday the BSO Azad said its Senior Vice Chairman, Mr. Zakir Majeed, who was abducted by Pakistani intelligence agents on June 8, 2009 from Mastung, near Quetta, is still missing.
Majeed was with two other members, Waheed Baloch and Basit Baloch, near a busy marketplace at around noon when they were stopped by plainclothesmen.
The men, who had driven up in two Toyota cars without number plates, asked a few questions and said that they were intelligence agents working for the Pakistan army. They took Majeed away with them in one of the cars, the BSO Azad said.
The BSO Azad said it fears Majeed's life is in danger, and called upon human rights organization to pressurize Islamabad to produce Majeed in court.
"Everyone must do as much as possible to save the Baloch students from severe torture," Baseer Naveed, AHRC's senior researcher on its South Asia desk said from Hongkong. Naveed's own 20-year-old son Faraz Naveed was tortured and killed by Pakistani intelligence in November 2004 [Click link below].


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what's the best option for treatment of scars caused by bilateral canthopexy. these look like long lines along the lower eyelids, similar to crowsfeet that make the eyes droopy.mine are very visible and it makes me unconfortable. what options do i have? thanks
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The Southern Cross Resource Finder (SCRF) is a web-based resource that enables users to discover collections from libraries, archives and museums which hold resources useful for the study of Australia and/or New Zealand. It has been produced by and is maintained by the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London.
Searching the SCRF database, an enquirer can discover the answer to a variety of questions, for example:
- Where can I find a collection in the UK which holds material on Australian politics and elections?
- Can I use this collection?
- Where is the collection located? What are the opening hours?
- What types of material will I find in this collection? Books, journals, ephemera, maps …?
- Can I link through to an on-line catalogue to search for specific items?
The SCRF is designed to aid the discovery of relevant material held in collections in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. It is an ongoing project and the number of collection descriptions will increase as more research is undertaken. The web site was officially launched in March/April 2005, with approximately 150 entries describing the most relevant collections held in the United Kingdom and by September of the same year, collections from the Republic of Ireland had also been added.
SCRF is based on the earlier publication Resources for Australian and New Zealand studies: a guide to library holdings in the United Kingdom, produced by Valerie Bloomfield (Australian Studies Centre and the British Library, 1986). Entries from this publication have been updated and reproduced in the database format. SCRF deals primarily with print collections and includes references to maps, pictures and audiovisual material. Detailed description of archival collections is outside the scope of the present resource, however reference to these collections has been made where archival or manuscript collections are closely related to a print collection.
The database underlying SCRF was developed jointly by UKOLN and the University of Bath Library for the Tap into Bath project. Staff from the project have provided the blank database for reuse as well as supporting documentation, and have been generous in their support and assistance. The database created for Tap into Bath uses open source software, and appropriate standards in metadata, cataloguing and indexing. The SCRF resource is being hosted by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London (CCH), which has also provided valuable advice and assistance.
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Hearty Minestrone Soup
The word minestrone, roughly translated from Italian, means "the big soup." It is generally a hearty soup, made with a variety of seasonal vegetables, meat if desired and occasionally pasta or rice. Our version is made with Italian sausage, cabbage, zucchini, cannellini beans and some fabulous flavor boosters including pancetta, a rind of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and dry red wine.
Hearty Minestrone Soup
Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 2 hours Yield: about 5-1/2 quarts
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Yield: about 5-1/2 quarts
- Ingredients:
- 2 cans (15-ounce) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 lb pancetta, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 10 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 lb Italian sausage, removed from the casing
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups diced tomatoes, with their juices
- 4 cups green cabbage, chopped
- Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese rind, 3-inch chunk (optional)
- 2 medium zucchini (1 lb), cut into bite-sized cubes
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup soft breadcrumbs (optional)
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese for serving
Drain the cannellini beans in a colander and rinse them lightly. Place all but 1/2 cup in the work bowl of a food processor and purée until smooth. Set aside both the purée and the reserved beans.
Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed 7-quart dutch oven. Add the pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally until the fat has rendered and it begins to brown. Add the onion, carrots and celery and continue cooking until the vegetables are soft and beginning to turn golden. Add the oregano and crushed red pepper. Season with salt and pepper, then add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute longer.
Add the sausage and continue cooking, breaking the meat into small chunks as it begins to brown. Deglaze with the red wine, scraping up any browned bits that are stuck to the bottom of the pan.
Reduce the heat to low and stir in the chicken broth, tomatoes, cannellini purée, cannellini beans, cabbage and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese rind (if using). Combine well, cover and cook on a low simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
After the soup has cooked for an hour, add the zucchini. If at this point you feel the soup needs thickening, stir in 1/4 cup of the soft breadcrumbs. Allow to cook for 5 minutes, check the thickness and add up to 1/4 cup additional breadcrumbs if desired. Cover and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
At this point, the soup can stay on a very low heat to keep warm until ready to serve. About 10 minutes before serving, stir in the parsley.
Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls and top with grated cheese.
For a delicious Sunday supper, serve with Soft Garlic Breadsticks and Italian Salad with Basil Vinaigrette.
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I made Minestoone soup forever. Now I have to try this receipe. It sounds very good. This is a soup for fall. Thank you.
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Love Lessons - Poem by Robert Leary
How do you teach someone to love?
They sit before you: "I don't feel the way you do".
"Of course not" you say…"you have to learn to love…
You knew it as a child and lost it like a toy, broken.
It's in you hiding behind pain, spite, bitterness.
Move out from the shadows slowly
Placing one foot in the sand and then another.
Do not expect him to be perfect
And you'll reach the shore.
Place one foot in the water, then another.
Let it hold you like a wave,
Do not expect perfection
Letting the water embrace you slowly
Look up into his eyes and see he loves you."
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David Lessard (4/11/2012 5:30:00 PM)
I like this one. Perfect love is unattainable, is it not? We are imperfect beings...how can we expect our love to be the opposite? God is Love. He's the one perfect being. If we embrace Him, we find perfection. (Report) Reply
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Rich Frantz, Billy Earley and Matt Todd captured feature wins at Flat Rock Speedway Saturday night, under the watchful eye of Santa Claus, who was in town for the annual Christmas in July Prize giveaway. Dozens of prizes were awarded to lucky race fans of all ages on what turned out to be another very comfortable and cool evening for the fans. Rain dotted the area for much of the day, but little fell at the track, allowing the race card to go off without delay.
It's been 2 years since Rich Frantz visited the 7-Up Winner's Circle, but Saturday night was all his, as he led all 25 laps enroute to the win in the ARCA DTS Drive Train Specialists Street Stock feature. With an inversion of 10, Frantz started on the inside of the front row and took off on the green flag and was very strong out front as the 22 car field battled for position while Rich built up a sizable lead. The feature went straight through without a yellow flag as Frantz stormed to the win over Kyle Worley, Rob Moore, Landon Schuster, Greg Studt, Guy Fire, Corey Duane, Tim Moore, Clyde McKee and Scott Selmi. Tim Moore posted the Fastime Racing Engines and Parts quick time at 13:613, while Worley, Bob Swanson and Lonnie York took the heat race wins.
Canton, MI driver Matt Todd swept the weekend for the Michigan Legends Cars, who visited Toledo Friday night and Flat Rock Saturday. Fresh off his Toledo win, Todd dove under Rick Kilbourn on lap 20 and held off a furious late race charge from Tony Monge to win the all-green flag 30 lap feature race. Kilbourn led a 4 car freight train from the green, as the veteran kept the lead with Levi Rouster, Monge and Todd in tow. Todd worked his way back and forth, using both grooves and with 10 to go, Matt slid low out of turn 4 and took the lead and then withstood Monge's quick run to the front in the final 3 laps to make it 2 in a row for the weekend. Monge settled for second, Kilbourn third, Rouster fourth and Greg Rudzik fifth, followed by Josh Indig, Brandon Thirlby and Roy Morneau. Todd set fast time at 13:766. Rudzik won the heat and Monge notched the 4 car dash win.
Billy Earley bounced back from a tough week last Saturday and zipped to his 3rd win of 2014 in the 20 lap ARCA Praxair Figure 8 finale' of the night. Before the feature was ready to go, polesitter Robbie Loving's car would not start after making it to the grid, ending his bid for back-to-back feature wins after his Friday night win at Toledo. The field was re-set and Chris Cox, at the wheel for the first time this season, brought the 16 car field to the green. Chris ran very well out front and stayed there for the first 7 laps until the red flag came out when rookie Jacob Lee crashed into Scott Apperson at the intersection. Both drivers were fine but were done for the night. On the re-start, Earley sailed around Cox and took the point and remained there for the final 12 circuits to grab the checkered flag. Dennis Whisman got to second on a wild last-lap scramble, Dan Apperson got to third, Jeremy Miller was fourth and Jeremy Vanderhoof came from the tail to fifth at the finish. Randy Roberts, Ethen Lambert, Race Loving, Stephanie Bradley and Cox completed the top ten finishers. Cox had a great battle with Miller for that second spot for the final 8 laps and got clipped in the last-lap scramble, dropping him back at the finish. Robbie Loving and rookie Ethen Lambert took the heat wins. Ethen's victory was his first-ever checkered flag. Whisman set the Fastime Racing Engines and Parts fast time at 20:882.
Flat Rock Speedway will host its biggest race of the year Saturday, July 26 when the ARCA Discount Tire Gold Cup Late Model Series hits the track for the Moran Chevrolet-Stan Yee Memorial 150. The race has become widely known as one of the top pavement Late Model races in the area. A field of 25-35 Late Models is expected for the race, which pays $2533 to win and $533 to start.
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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on reporting requirements contained in existing FDA regulations governing State enforcement notifications. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by August 19, 2005. ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information to: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. Submit written comments on the collection of information to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 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Institute of Archaeology
Scientific Approaches to Archaeological Ceramic Analysis: A Practical and Theoretical Introduction
Intensive Short Course
Course Description
This 10-day intensive course delivers a solid
practical and theoretical introduction to the scientific analysis of pottery
and other ceramics within archaeology. It provides in-depth training in the
principles of thin section ceramic petrography and its role alongside
instrumental geochemistry, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microanalysis in the interpretation of pottery provenance and manufacturing
The course demonstrates, via published case studies and practical exercises on real archaeological assemblages, how scientific data on provenance and technology can be used to tackle archaeological questions such as trade and exchange, the organisation of craft production, tradition and identity.
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Eight of the ten days will be spent training participants on the versatile, affordable technique of thin section ceramic petrography, starting with the principles of polarising light microscopy, optical mineralogy, geological petrology, then moving on to cover the wide range of compositional signatures and features of ceramics under the and the microscope by examining reference material from across the globe.
The complimentary approach of ceramic geochemistry is also introduced in detail via lectures and practical work, including instrumentation, data processing and statistical grouping, as well as the principles of provenance determination. A single day will be dedicated to the role of the scanning electron microscope in archaeological ceramic analysis, and X-ray diffraction, thus providing participants with a well-rounded introduction to the main scientific approaches applied to ceramic analysis within archaeology.
Upon completion of the course, participants should have attained the key knowledge and practical skills required to undertake masters dissertations and doctoral research projects in scientific ceramic analysis. Key learning outcomes are an appreciation of the role of ceramic analysis in archaeology and specific skills in the interpretation of ceramics in thin section.
The course consists of 10 one-hour lectures and 10 three-hour laboratory classes, which follow daily themes (see below). A fieldtrip on Sunday 9 April offers participants an opportunity to examine rocks and clay resources in the field and links the geological and archaeological portions of the course.
The course will be taught by Patrick Quinn, Senior Research Fellow in Ceramic Petrography at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, a geologically-trained archaeological scientist with 20 years experience in ceramics research and teaching. Patrick is the author of a key textbook on ceramic petrography and has applied it alongside other techniques of ceramic analysis to a wide range of projects from many parts of the world.
UCL Institute of Archaeology houses extremely well equipped scientific laboratories for the analysis of ceramics and other artefacts, including SEM, microprobe, XRF, XRD, FTIR and optical microscopy. It has a long tradition of research and teaching in archaeological materials science including ceramics.
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- Easter 2017 course: 3-14 April
Registration fee for the course is £600 for EU participants, £800 for non-EU participants and £1000 for participants from industry. There are limited places for the course and participants will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. No bursaries are available for attending the course.
To register or enquire about the course, contact Patrick Quinn
The course will take place at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in Gordon Square. UCL is located in the historic Bloomsbury area of London, a short walk from St Pancras International Train Station and close to the heart of London's West End shopping and entertainment district. Accommodation is not included in the registration fee, but a range of accommodation can be found close to UCL, including affordable hotels and budget hostels.
Course Schedule
- Mon 3 April - Introduction to Archaeological Ceramics and their Analysis. Optical Mineralogy
- Tues 4 April – Igneous Rocks, their Classification and Identification in Thin Section
- Wed 5 April – Sedimentary Rocks, their Classification and Identification in Thin Section
- Thurs 6 April – Metamorphic Rocks, their Classification and Identification in Thin Section
- Fri 7 April – Clay, Soil and Weathering. Introduction to Ceramic Petrography. Composition and Grouping
- Sun 9 April – Ceramic Raw Materials in the Field
- Mon 10 April – Characterisation of Ceramics in Thin Section
- Tues 11 April – Interpreting Ceramic Provenance in Thin Section
- Wed 12 April – Reconstructing Ceramic Technology in Thin Section
- Thurs 13 April -–Instrumental Geochemistry of Archaeological Ceramics
- Fri 14 April - Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics
Key Course References
- MacKenzie, W. S. and Adams, A. E. 1994. A Colour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section. Manson Publishing, London
- Pollard, M., Batt, C. Stern, B and Young, M. M. 2007. Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology. Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology. Cambridge University Press.
- Quinn, P. S. (Ed.) 2009. Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics. Archaeopress, Oxford.
- Quinn, P. S. 2013. Ceramic Petrography: The Interpretation of Archaeological Pottery & Related Artefacts in Thin Section. Archaeopress, Oxford.
- Rice, P. M. 1987. Pottery Analysis: A sourcebook. University of Chicago Press.


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College basketball notebook: Howland bids farewell to UCLA
LOS ANGELES — Ben Howland kept it classy in departing as UCLA basketball coach on Monday, thanking the athletic director who had fired him a day earlier while noting the high expectations that come with running a program that owns a record 11 national championships.
Howland was applauded by supporters as he walked into a news conference at Pauley Pavilion for the last time. The 55-year-old coach expressed gratitude for his 10-year run in Westwood, the longest tenure since John Wooden retired in 1975 after 27 years on the sideline.
Howland had a 233-107 record that included three consecutive Final Four appearances and four Pac-12 titles, including this season, when the Bruins were 25-10. Their season ended with a 20-point loss to Minnesota in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
"As a coach, you always remember the losses way better than the wins," he said.
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Athletics director Norwood Teague said it was time for a "fresh set of eyes" on the program.
Smith was 124-81 (.610) in six seasons at Minnesota, helping to bring the program back to respectability and ramping up expectations for a team hit hard by an academic cheating scandal.
Smith won 20 games five times. But he went just 46-62 in Big Ten play and never finished higher than sixth in the conference. The Gophers made three NCAA tournament appearances under Smith.
Appling says he's OK
Michigan State guard Keith Appling said he'll be "all right" in the Midwest Regional semifinals against Duke.
Appling practiced Monday with his banged-up right shoulder in a protective wrap after taking a pad off his left knee.
He hurt his shoulder in Saturday's win over Memphis with 8:35 left in the game and didn't return. He has been playing with a sore knee.
Appling hopes he doesn't have to play with any protection when the Spartans meet the Blue Devils on Friday.
Tournament ratings up
The NCAA tournament's first week has earned its highest television rating in 15 years.
The broadcasts on CBC, TBS, TNT and truTV averaged a 5.8 household rating and 12 share, the highest rating for the tournament's first week since 1998. That year, the rating was 5.9 and 15 share.
The networks say that's up 27 percent from last year's 5.6 and 11.
The broadcasts also had the highest viewership since 1993, averaging 8.9 million total viewers — a 9-percent increase from a year ago.
Butler assistant to South Alabama
South Alabama hired Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves as its head basketball coach hoping to duplicate some of the NCAA tournament success that program has enjoyed in recent years.
Graves doesn't think the winning will take long for the Sun Belt Conference program and said that was his message in a brief locker room visit with the Jaguars players.


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Careers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Bill JohnsonAre you majoring in Biological Sciences or a related major? Are you interested in a Federal Job? Are you a veteran and want to know how to apply? If you answered Yes to ANY of these questions, come to our workshop! Bill Johnson is the Regional Workforce Recruiter for the Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He is responsible for a wide range of recruitment duties and provides advisory services as well as serving as a technical expert in identifying sources of job applicants and candidates. Bill conducts employment outreach at colleges and universities throughout California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin of Southern Oregon. He has extensive experience developing targeted recruitment plans, which are designed to attract highly qualified applicants to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bill is also a veteran and specializes in helping other veterans secure Federal Employment.For more information, contact Olga Prizhbilov or call (916) 608-6979. Download our flyer here. Jointly hosted by the Work Experience and Internship Program (WEXP) and the Career & Transfer Services Center
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Towards Zero Carbon Energy - An Engineering AnalysisFLC Engineering students will present an analysis of the California electric energy distribution system with the goal of transitioning to a zero carbon system. Topics addressed include current sources of energy, clean alternatives, storage, integration, and how much will it all cost. Come route for your favorite clean energy source! Zero-Carbon-Snacks will be served! Hosted by Professor Dan Ross
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"DamNation" (2014) This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. DamNation's majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature. http://damnationfilm.com/Film and discussion hosted by Professor Steve Holzberg (Biology)
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