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IronPigs Capture Coveted Freitas Award
November 27, 2012 7:17 AM ET
The IronPigs captured the Freitas Award in their first year of eligibility as clubs must be in operation for at least five seasons to be considered. The coveted award is given annually to one club among each level of affiliated Minor League Baseball.
"I am humbled to accept this award on behalf of our entire community, our unrivaled fan base as well as our dedicated ownership group, front office staff and our game day employees," exclaimed IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes. "The fact that we were honored in our first year of eligibility makes the achievement that much more rewarding and significant. In just five short years, the IronPigs have become an irreplaceable part of the Lehigh Valley and we welcome the opportunity to become even further engrained in the community in the future."
Lee Folger, President and Publisher of Baseball America, will present the award to Landes on behalf of the IronPigs' organization during the annual Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. next week.
A record-setting 688,821 fans visited Coca-Cola Park during the 2012 season - making it the most frequented venue in Minor League Baseball for a third consecutive season. In fact, the IronPigs are the only Minor League franchise to eclipse 600,000 in attendance for each of the last five campaigns. The 9,153 per-game average for the club's official 72 home games was also tops among all Minor League franchises and marked the fourth straight season the IronPigs averaged over 9,000 fans per game.
The attendance success has been equaled within Coca-Cola Park through efforts to develop and maintain the strongest promotional schedule and ballpark experience in Minor League Baseball by:
- Assuring fans of a promotion, giveaway, fireworks show or entertainment act at every home game.
- Continually developing new in-game entertainment experiences and varying in-between inning skits to make sure they differ with each and every game.
- Complimenting theme nights with a fully integrated and expansive ballpark experience inclusive of scoreboard graphic implementation, menu choices, staff participation, team jerseys, mascot apparel and more.
Coca-Cola Park itself was named Ballpark Digest's "Ballpark of the Year" during the IronPigs' debut season in 2008 and has since drawn rave reviews for its unique intimacy, family-friendly atmosphere and architectural design. Coca-Cola Park has also been bestowed with the Project of the Year award as presented by The March of Dimes Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Awards Committee
In addition to the success at the turnstiles, the IronPigs have become entrenched in the community through their innovative IronPigs Charities non-profit organization that has distributed more than $475,000 in monetary contributions since debuting in 2007. IronPigs Charities strives to provide educational and recreational opportunities for children in the Greater Lehigh Valley area and typically awards tens of thousands of dollars to other local non-profit organizations annually through their grants-based program.
In addition to monetary commitments to local non-profits, the IronPigs staff makes hundreds of community appearances annually including most recently with the staffs of the Philadelphia Phillies, Lakewood BlueClaws, Reading Fightin Phils and Trenton Thunder in an effort to assist in the Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts on the Jersey Shore.
Currently, the IronPigs are teaming up with the Coco Foundation and the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley in support of their 2012 Holiday Toy Drive. The IronPigs will be collecting new toys in the Majestic Clubhouse Store through December 12th.
The award, named for long time Minor League ambassador Bob Freitas, has been awarded annually since 1989.
To renew or order season tickets for the 2013 IronPigs season presented by Capital BlueCross, call (610) 841-PIGS (7447) or visit Coca-Cola Park's ticket office during normal business hours. Remember that the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park is open daily and is your one stop for official IronPigs and Phillies merchandise this holiday season and features a wide array of great stocking stuffers and gifts like jerseys, hats, brand-new sweatshirts and jackets.
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are dedicated to providing family-friendly entertainment and are the only Minor League team to offer bubbles to fans entering the AT&T Plaza and balloons for all children exiting Coca-Cola Park.
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Arkai birds are named so because of their resemblance to the magical lights that the Arkai magi create. These magi use their scientific and magical skills to create dazzling displays known as firelights. The lights come in many different colors, much like the arkai birds themselves. The arkai are almost exclusively found in the lands surrounding the arkai magi's homes, as those magi have taken them as their favorite companions. The order of the Arkai believe light holds the secrets of the universe, and they have dedicated their lives to this element. It is because of this that the arkai birds are their chosen companions, as these birds hold power over the light. These beautiful creatures also are more than happy to assist their human companions in their work, in exchange for protection and friendship. Arkai birds do not have many enemies, for the ability to produce explosions that devastate the landscape is all the protection they have need of. The only threat is the occasional poacher, who foolishly dares to approach one of these valuable birds. Arkai birds are found south of Voltar, where the land is too hot for most creatures to survive. Here, where volcanoes often erupt and lava forms streams, is where the arkai magi make their homes. It is most stunning during the night, when the heat abides somewhat. Then these birds show up against the dark sky, their feathers bright against the blackness. They almost seem to shine from within, making the hot journey more than worth the effort.
A brilliantly bright tail has burned its way through this dark shell.
It is necessary to shield your eyes as an arkai breaks forth from its shell. A harsh light will radiate from a hole in the egg, and it is best to look away at this point. The light will gradually grow in strength as the hole widens, until at last the egg is broken completely open. A new arkai chick will makes its first steps, stumbling forward into the world. As the newborn slowly becomes aware of its surroundings the light dims, one is able to lower their hand. The first look into the eyes of your newest companion is met by a pair of bright, curious eyes. These little hatchlings have feathers so bright that one cannot look at them for too long. As it ages it will learn to control its powers, and along with shining feathers it will possess more harmful skills.
By the time an arkai has reached adulthood, it has fully grown into its powers. These birds have mastered the element of light, and indeed at times shine with it. Once a year they gather to mate, and the sky is brightened with their ritual dances. The eggs are easy enough to find, their glows acting like beacons, visible from miles away. Because of this, adults guard their nests constantly, with one creature always on the lookout. Arkai birds are not easy to defeat, being capable of conjuring bolts of lightning forth from the sky. Like all powers, though, this magic will eventually tire the arkai, making them more susceptible to attack. Arkai gain their energy from the sun itself, needing no more sustenance than its rays. They appear somewhat reptilian in nature, being distant cousins of quetzalcoatls. Arkai birds come in many varying colors, though the newest arrivals at The Keep are either silver or bronze. The males have dark blue coloring, while the females are a lighter shade of bronze. Both bear stunning feathers, the females a brilliant green and purple, while the males resemble a rainbow.
Additional Information
- No. 180
- Obtained from the Stream during first days of 2011 (New Year event)
- Released January 1st, 2011
- Artist: Rijolt
- Pale Arkai is a recoloured version of the Arkai.
- Pale Arkai along with Sasrael Resurrection Horse and Valarn Resurrection Horse were the first creatures released in 2011.
- Unlike the Decessi who flooded the stream for several days, the Arkai came as random egg drops at the usual quarter hour drops and as replacements for other eggs taken.
- The Arkai were only available on January 1st to 6th.
- Dimorphism: Females are brown and light blue and males are light purple/blue and green.
- Although their description lists them as bird like, they are actually relatives of the Quetzalcoatls .
- Unlike the Arkai from 2010 these Arkai from 2011 cannot breed, maybe in the future.
- Breeding: Not breedable

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WEALDSTONE and Cheshunt will both play Wanderers in pre-season friendlies, the non-league sides have announced this week.
The Stones - crowned champions of the Isthmian League and winning promotion to the Skrill South at the end of last season - have said on their website they will host Wanderers on Tuesday, July 29.
Former Blues players Michael Malcolm and Scott McGleish were part of Wealdstone's promotion-winning squad - as is Lewis Putman, whose eighty-plus goals for Oxhey Jets last season landed him a trial with Wanderers.
Midfielder Tom Pett has also been attracting interest from Wycombe, while the Stones also have former Chalfont St Peter player Jerome Okimo in their ranks.
Meanwhile Cheshunt announced they will host a Wanderers XI on Saturday, July 12, with a 1pm kick off.
Blues signed defender Tommy Fletcher from the Isthmian League North Division side last season.
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Water is everybody's business
How can a bottle of Coca Cola become a platform for action to protect the world's most precious resource—water?
The first week of September, the Swedish capital of Stockholm sees waves of policymakers, engineers, academics, corporate representatives, and water specialists convene at World Water Week, the leading annual global event addressing global water and international development issues. Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the theme this year was the nexus between water and energy. Energy efficiency has long been on the agenda of global business, but increasingly, water is being called "the new oil", and gaining higher priority as floods, drought and inadequate water management disrupt business as usual.
At World Water Week 2014, the relevance of water to business, and the importance of multi-sector initiatives in solving global water crises, were the focus of panels featuring speakers from Coca Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and BASF, among others. Carlo Galli, Strategic and Technical Adviser for Water Resources at Nestlé, argued that "water is everybody's business"—it was therefore essential to bring civil society and the private sector together to solve water catchment and management problems. Multi-sector collaboration around a shared resource also gives corporations an opportunity to build stronger relationships with local communities.
Liese Dalbaumann, Director of Water Stewardship at PepsiCo, described a successful development initiative in India to restore naturally occurring ponds, that helped Pepsi's production and benefited local communities. For companies like PepsiCo and Coca Cola, access to quality water is "an existential problem", explained Joe Rozza, Global Water Sustainability Manager at Coca Cola. It is a core business risk—essential for business continuity. As companies wake up to this, their products have the potential to become "a platform for action," argued Rozza: corporations can mobilize public support for water conservation by appealing to their consumers. Change the Course is one such initiative, using new media portals and corporate sponsorship incentives to increase flow in American rivers.
Business can also play an important part in water governance. As Håkan Tropp, Managing Director of Knowledge Services at SIWI, underlined: "some companies are stronger than countries." Major corporations can therefore use their unique convening powers to build societal engagement around improved water quality, quantity and access. This year's Stockholm Water Prize laureate, Dr. John Briscoe of Harvard University, stressed the need for innovation and the incentive of economic growth for solving water issues. He also acknowledged the importance of youth in moving these solutions forward.
In the closing plenary of the week-long conference, Amina Mohammed, Special Representative to the UN on the Post-2015 Development Goals, reiterated the interrelationship of energy, water and development and the urgency of "not just talking it, but also walking it." 2015 is set to be a year of transformation as the global community shifts from poverty-focused Millennium Development Goals to a sustainable development agenda. Water is right at the heart of today's global development challenges; it's also key to solving them. A holistic approach is needed and to focus action, SIWI has released the Stockholm Statement on Water, summarizing the week's discussions on the centrality of water in building resilient future societies. It features five key themes:
- Water for health
- Water for sustainable growth
- Water for agriculture
- Water for energy; and
- Water for climate
Going forward, Amina Mohammed suggested that efforts should be centered on "creating an enabling environment" for innovative approaches to multi-sector engagement on these issues. World Water Week is already making that possible.
This is a guest blog from One Stone contributor Marielle Velander, MSc Candidate in Anthropology and Development Management at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research focus is on innovative ways of communicating sustainable development and global water issues.


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Soda Inc. reached this point of intersection already with their debut album "Full Moon" which was released in autumn 2004. With intense anthems such as "Flight SU 118" and "Solo Sour" Babak Shayan and Jon Silva have created the deepest and most pictorial vision dub related Techhouse had to offer to our hearts and souls.
The second album "Inner Vision" (release july 2006) is following these traditions and succeeds in establishing a new balance of emotional club music, Caribbean Dub, oriental traditions and any amount of Pop. With its altogether 23 tracks "Inner Vision" seems to be an opus magnum where everybody is free to find his personal favourite wether it is the melancholy of the title tracks Techhouse with its gentle Acid influences or "Pegasus", the adorable Kim Wilde-quote "Night Fever" or "Everything You Do" the exciting homage to Jennifer Paige, interpreted brilliantly by Canadian vocalist Erica Blanchard.
But "Inner Vision" has even more to offer: "Sunshine" with its opulent strings and Tabla-arrangements by the Indian super stars TablaSonic, or the the layed back Dub-Reggae cover version of Inner City´s smash hit "Big Fun" with UB 40´s legendary Trixx Anthony on the vocals.


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Google and Mountain View City Manager Dan Rich jointly announced Wednesday morning a big plan for better Internet connectivity in Mountain View, including the "possibility" of installing thousands of miles of new fiber-optic cables under the city's streets to allow data to travel at the speed of light. The 1 gigabit speed Google is offering (1,024 megabits per second) is "100 times faster" than what most people enjoy and fast enough to download an entire movie in under two minutes.
The plan would also mean that Google's problematic city-wide WiFi system installed in 2006 would finally be shut down after numerous complaints about its unreliability and slow speed in recent years. It would be replaced with new technology that would cover the downtown corridor only.
Google is offering the city a $500,000 grant to fund technology accessible to the public, perhaps compensating for the cost of the WiFi the city had recently installed in City Hall and the library to replace the old Google WiFi system. The city's own WiFi is also planned for the Senior Center, Community Center and Teen Center.
The City Council is set to vote on whether to accept the $500,000 grant and approve the new WiFi network on Feb. 25. Work on the new WiFi system is expected to begin "immediately." Residents will get a 60-day notice before the old Google WiFi network is shut down, and the new WiFi network is expected to be up and running in "a few months," said Mayor Chris Clark.
"The possibility of bringing fiber to Mountain View longer term, it's a pretty exciting day, for me anyway," Clark said. With a WiFi fix, the grant money, and a Google fiber network the city applied for a few years ago, it is "the ultimate comprehensive package we were really hoping for."
"We need to provide the tools of success for every one of our residents in this connected world," Clark said in a statement. "With this connectivity plan, we have the opportunity to make a significant leap forward by upgrading the WiFi in key areas of Mountain View."
Mountain View is one of 34 cities nationwide that could get a new fiber network soon, Google announced Feb. 19. Locally, those cities include San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Palo Alto.
Google's CFO Patrick Pichette has said that Google fiber is "not a hobby" for Google ."We really think we should be making a good business with this opportunity," he said.
Where it is initially being rolled out in Provo, Utah and Kansas City, the 1 gigabit per second speed costs $70 a month. A slower version more on par with average speeds these days is free, but a one-time "construction fee" is as high as $300.


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Near the right hand were two hematite celts, and on the shoulder were three large and thick plates of mica.
It is a very valuable ore, but is less abundant than hematite.
Their principal iron mineral is hematite, although the English ores also contain considerable iron carbonate or siderite.
The or-moulu colouring is a mixture of hematite, alum, and sea salt.
Deposits of iron ore accumulated in the several ways referred to above may be metamorphosed and changed to hematite and magnetite.
General Lomet uses a similar mixture to work up the softest varieties of hematite, with which he thus forms superior red crayon.
Outstanding was an unusual bird pendant of hematite with crystal eyes set into drilled sockets with piñon gum.
Of the English ores, the common Lancashire hematite produces the best iron.
There is also a small amount of hematite, pyroxene and sericite.
Why, we named you hematite because they struck the big find of ore in the mine that same morning.
1540s, haematites, from Middle French hematite (16c.), from Latin haematites, from Greek haimatites lithos "bloodlike stone," from haima (genitive haimatos) "blood" (see -emia). Earlier as emachite (late 14c.).
A reddish-brown to silver-gray metallic mineral. Hematite occurs as rhombohedral crystals, as reniform (kidney-shaped) crystals, or as fibrous aggregates in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. It is the most abundant ore of iron, and it is usually slightly magnetic. Chemical formula: Fe2O3.


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The Silent Men
Jackson Monroe is the finest American sniper in Vietnam's treacherous Mekong Delta. The Viet Cong call him "Black Ghost." Dispatched for a classified "illegal" mission on the Cambodia border, Monroe succeeds beyond expectation, only to be abandoned behind enemy lines and left for dead by his superior officers. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted when Monroe discovers that a VC assassin-an expert marksman like himself-is intent on eliminating the legendary Black Ghost before he compromises the North Vietnamese Army's carefully planned Tet Offensive. With superb writing, brilliantly realized characters, and nonstop action, The Silent Men introduces readers to a new hero in the first of a series of thrilling adventures.
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Master of the Saint Ursula LegendGerman, active c. 1485–c. 1515
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrencec. 1485/90–1510Oil on canvas46 x 34 in. (116.8 x 86.4 cm)BF265
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is it just me or are they very hot and cold offensively? they have the top scoring offense in the league but also lead the league in being shut out. they have many games where they put up 8+ and too many where they are at 3 or less.
so what does this mean? is it just variance and they will eventually consinstently put up 5-6 runs every nite instead all the highs and lows?


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Devine Stories
About Angels in Our Lives
Apartment Managers Angel Story
I used to live in a very dangerous neighborhood in a run down apartment building. The apartment managers were tough (or so they thought) and ran the building like overbearing thugs! I for one, being close to God and having a lot of fight in me, gathered the whole female population of the building in protest against the way the apartments was being kept.
These men manages running our apartments started harassing and destroying some of the females' belongings. They broke into one young lady's apartment, loaded all of her clothes on top of her brand new bed and set her clothes on fire then put them out before they got out of control. The apartment managers also went in another apartment and broke a lot of her electronics and stole some of them. They were being apartment manager demons if you asked me.
My friend was worried about me so he and my son put a security gate on my apartment door. None too soon, if you ask me. For the next day when I came back from work, they had broken the door in but could not get past the security gate.
I got the females together again and we went to court and filed a law suit against the owner as well as the managers, and we put our rent money into escrow. We were willing to fight this through.
They started cutting peoples' phone lines, turning off water and heat. Just doing all sorts of evil to these young ladies and me. We got together in my apartment and I led them in prayer. I let them store their valuables in my apartment.
One evening there was a rain storm and I had to go out to get my children milk for the morning. As I was coming back into the building I noticed all the lights were off in the hallway. I went up the stairs to my apartment. The largest of the apartment managers met me in the hallway, blocking my way. He tried to look as menacing as possible, and said to me:
"I am going to rape you and leave you for dead, you are a trouble maker!"
Now mind you this fella was at least 3 to 4 feet taller than me and weighed at least 300 pounds or so he seemed. I was only 5 feet 1 inches tall and weighed maybe about 150 pounds then.
You would think I would be frieghtened out of my mind, but I was not, and I could not understand why, but a spirit came over me and spoke through me and said in a loud booming voice: "I fear no one but God almighty, and you can do no harm to me for I denounce your demon and send it back to the pit!"
As I spoke these words, I began to rise and met him eye to eye. My guardian angel was with me. His eyes became wide in disbelief and he ran off screaming. As I was being lowered to the ground I noticed across the hallway walls large angel wings spread in a shadow, as I was being gently lowered the angel wings slowly folded inward and disappeared.
One of the young ladies pulled me to the side and said, "you know that you have an angel who sits on your balcony and twirls a flamming sword. I was coming home late one night and saw a huge angel standing in your balcony's doorway. I only saw it in an instant, when I batted my eyes and looked back the sword was the only thing I saw before they both dissappeared. I thought I was seeing things until you told us your angel story."
This was my confirmation and I have never doubted my Lord and Savior since. He has sent my angel to me on several occassions which I shall relay to you in another email soon.
Blessed and Touched by my Angel.
A Sister in The LORD Peggy Jovonne Reynolds.
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Auckland: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) authorities on Saturday distanced themselves from comments by former Kiwi captain Martin Crowe on a Website that Maori did not make good cricketers because they lacked patience for the duration of a match. Crowe said many Maori did not have the temperament or patience to play an entire day of cricket, let alone a Test match which could last up to five days, the 'New Zealand Herald' reported on Saturday. He made the comments in his regular column for the widely read 'Wisden' Website for cricket. Referring to Maori fast bowler Darryl Tuffey's "fine match" against the touring Indian side earlier this month, Crowe said, "Tuffey is a Maori and, traditionally, not many Maori make good cricketers because they don't have the patience or the temperament to play through a whole day, let alone over a Test match." New Zealand Cricket operations manager John Reid said the remarks were not representative of the national organisation. But he said it was not surprising that Maori and Pacific Island players were not well represented at a senior level in the sport. "Cricket is still perceived by many as a white middle-class game. And if you look at many other sports in New Zealand, Maori and Pacific Islanders make a strong contribution." Top former wicket-keeper, Adam Parore - a Maori - told the 'Herald' he was not offended by Crowe's comments, and that Maori and Pacific Island men were traditionally more attracted to more physical sports, such as rugby union and rugby league. In an indignant column rebutting Crowe's remarks, 'Herald' sports columnist Richard Boock wrote on Saturday there were other reasons for low Maori participation in cricket. "Apathetic and sometimes-bigoted local associations, costs, the strangeness of the game and an understandable dislike of English colonialism had combined to repel almost anyone with brown skin. "There was no suggestion they couldn't play cricket, it was just that they had some very good reasons for not wanting to." Many Polynesians prefer their own adaptation of the game, which they call 'kilikiti'. According one of numerous Websites dedicated to the game, it is "a popular sport played among Pacific Island peoples and is derived from the English game of cricket. "Unlike cricket however, kilikiti is full of singing, dancing and colourful uniforms with island style rules and mixed-gender team members from all age groups."
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Travel and Dining in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau
Causeway Bay, east of Wanchai, is Hong Kong's trendiest shopping district.
The small cluster of streets around MTR-Causeway Bay houses some of the city's best department stores, shopping malls and prestigious shops. Hong Kong yuppies just love the area and consider it as the city's "fashion barometer" - The place where you go when you want to know what's new and "in"...
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Other than its trendy fashion shops and vivid nightlife, Causeway Bay has some points of interest worth visiting.
The area got its name from the causeway that used to cross the bay in the old days, before the coastline was "pushed" further by reclamation... (Where present day Causeway Road is).
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The Noon-day Gun, one of Causeway Bay's most prominent icons, is an old naval gun that has been mounted in this area since the 1860s. Its original location was at East Point, which has long since disappeared due to land reclamation projects.
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The gun belongs to the international trade conglomerate, Jardine Matheson, who had their main godowns and offices at East Point and used to fire it as a salute to welcome the tai pans, every time they arrived by sea.
The British Royal Navy thought that such an honour should be reserved only for government officials or senior officers of the armed services and, in penance, ordered Jardines to fire the gun at noon ever since, to serve as a time signal.
Today, the firing of the gun is a tourist attraction, a small crowd usually gathers for the daily firing of the gun at noon by an employee of Jardines (who are apparently under an obligation to the Hong Kong government to continue to carry out this tradition in perpetuity, even though Hong Kong is now an SAR of the People's Republic of China and no longer the British Crown Colony it was when the tradition started).
To get to the gun's site: Use the underpass beneath Gloucester Road, from World Trade Centre shopping mall / The Excelsior hotel. You can also get to the gun from Victoria Park (use the pedestrian bridge and then turn left and walk along the waterfront till you get there).
Tip: The whole idea behind visiting the gun is watching the noon-day ceremony... If you can't make it for the 12 O'clock gunshot, you may just as well give it a miss.
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Although the penance of firing the gun every day at noon symbolized colonialism at its worst, the government of Hong Kong decided that "tradition is tradition" and it has to continue, no matter how awkward were the circumstances that started it...
Victoria Park is Hong Kong Island's largest park and forms a beautiful green lung just next to the hectic shopping arena of Causeway Bay. The park occupies an area of almost 50 acres and boasts beautiful landscaping, flowers, fish ponds, fountains and plenty of sport and recreation facilities... Queen Victoria's old statue, which used to adorn Statue Square at the beginning of the 20th century, was repositioned here, after it was removed from its original location by the Japanese occupying forces, during World War II.
You can get to the park through Gloucester Road (take exit E of MTR-Causeway Bay to Great George St. and walk along it to Windsor House) or through Causeway Rd. (the tram passes right next to the park).
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The Tin Hau Temple, one of Hong Kong's declared monuments, can be found on 10 Tin Hau temple Road, just a few minutes walk from the southeast corner of Victoria Park and MTR-Tin Hau (take exit B, cross King's Rd. to the other side and walk along Tin Hau temple Rd.). The lovely temple was built in the early 18th century for the popular Taoist goddess, Tin Hau. Inside the temple there is a bell cast in 1747 and 19th century stone tablets. The temple's roof-ridge is decorated with beautiful ceramic figurines.
Tin Hau (also known as Matsu), "Queen of Heaven and Goddess of the Sea", is possibly Hong Kong's most beloved deity. According to legend, she was born in 906 AD on Meizhou Island, Fujian, and since she did not cry when she was born, she was given the name "Silent Girl."
Although she started swimming relatively late, at the age of 15, she soon became an excellent swimmer and made a name for herself as the protector of fishermen and seafarer.
After her death, the families of many fishermen and sailors began to pray to her in honor of her acts of courage in trying to save those at sea. Much of her popularity, in comparison to other sea deities, resulted from her role as a compassionate motherly protector, completely different from authoritarian father figures.
Another place of interest around this area is the Lin Fa Kung Temple (also known as the Lotus temple) which was built in 1864 to worship Kwun Yum, the Goddess of mercy and compassion (also called Guanyin). According to legends, she was a princess who became a goddess and engaged in the salvation of the masses.
Although the temple is small in size, it features a unique architecture, with murals of flying dragons and phoenixes and patterns of lotus flowers on the ceiling and the upper part of the internal wall.
The temple is located on small Lin Fa Kung Street: take exit B of MTR-Tin Hau, cross King's Road to the other side and walk up Tung Lo Wan Road. After 3-4 minutes, turn left to Lin Fa Kung Street West and proceed all the way to its end (it's a very small street...).
The Happy Valley Racecourse is among Hong Kong's best known institutions and one of the world's best horse-racing facilities.
Originally built in 1845 to provide a horse racing facility for Hong Kong's British settlers, the place was burnt down in 1918, due to a tragic fire that killed at least 590 people.
Over the years, horse racing became more and more popular among local Chinese residents, mainly because it was the only permitted form of gambling in Hong Kong. The money involved in Hong Kong's horseracing industry is the highest in the world in terms of per capita, and watching the mid-week racing is an unbeatable experience... The stands are packed with excited spectators and the atmosphere is electric... The races on Wednesday evenings are the most recommended.
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Since horse racing is the only form of gambling allowed in Hong Kong, it has grown beyond any proportions... As a matter of fact, the money involved in Hong Kong's horseracing industry is the highest in the world in terms of per capita
The Hong Kong Racing Museum is located on the second floor of the Happy Valley Stand and showcases the history of horseracing in Hong Kong, from its beginning in 1845 until today, including interesting exhibitions about some of the legendary horses who once galloped the tracks of Hong Kong...
There is also a cinema and a souvenir shop in the museum and some good restaurants at the racecourse premises.
The museum is open daily (except Monday), 10 am - 5 pm (Closed on Mondays, Chinese New Year and Christmas).
The best way to get to the racecourse and the museum is by tram : The tramway makes a loop around the racecourse and stops right in front of the museum. Otherwise, you can also take a walk from MTR-Causeway Bay (10-15 minutes): From exit A, walk along Matheson St. to its end, cross Leighton Rd. and proceed along Wong Nai Chung Rd.
Shau Kei Wan, on the easternmost corner of Hong Kong Island's north shore, boasts a few places of interest, worth visiting (And they are all within short walking distance from each other).
Getting here is very easy: You can either travel with the MTR along the blue marked Island Line to MTR-Shau Kei Wan (It's the seventh station after Causeway Bay) or with the tramway (the tramway terminus is just a short walk from the MTR station)
Shing Wong Temple is just a few steps from Shau Kei Wan's Tramway Terminus, on Kam Wa Street (Near the corner of Shau Kei Wan Main Street East). Originally built in 1877, it was the first temple in Hong Kong dedicated to Shing Wong. In Chinese mythology, Shing Wong is a "city god"... which means he has to manage the ghosts and spirits of the city he is in charge of...
If coming from the MTR station, use exit A-2 or A-3 to Aldrich Street and after a few steps turn left to Kam Wa Street and walk along it till you reach the Tramway Terminus and the temple.
Just a few steps down along Shau Kei Wan Main Street East (away from the tramway line), on your right hand side, is the bustling Shau Kei Wan Market. Another two minutes walk down the road will bring you to a small, historic Tin Hau Temple, built in the 1870s (on the right side - can also be accessed through exit-B1 or B2 of the MTR station). There are some beautiful religious artifacts in the temple, so its worth popping in.
Keep on walking down the street for another couple of minutes, turn right to A Kung Ngam Village Road, passing one of the only remaining "traditional villages" on Hong Kong Island, and you will get to another small, historic temple, built in honor of Yuk Wong (Jade Emperor), the Taoist ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below...
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Next in line is Shau Kei Wan's major attraction: The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence. The museum comprises two sections: The museum itself, housed within the 1887 built redoubt, is where a permanent exhibition showing "600 years of Hong Kong's Coastal Defence" is displayed, while the outdoor Historical Trail is taking the visitor through the different structures of the Lei Yue Mun Fort.
Built in the 1880s to protect the eastern entrance to Victoria Harbour, Lei Yue Mun Fort was a state-of-the-art coastal fortification, in terms of those days... Unfortunately, many of the fort's structures were damaged during the Japanese invasion, in World War II. The Historic Trail passes through the Batteries, the Ditch, the Gunpowder Factory and the Torpedo Station... Coastal guns and canons are also on display, and if you have any interest in military history, it's surely worth the visit (otherwise, the views over the Lei Yue Mun Canal are also fantastic).
The permanent exhibition shows the history of coastal defence in Hong Kong and Southern China during more than 600 years, from The Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) to our days... The exhibits include hundreds of historic artifacts: uniforms, old weapons, charts, maps and what not...
The museum is open daily (except Thursdays that are not falling on public holidays and the first two days of the Chinese New Year), 10am - 5pm
Entrance fees are HK$ 10 for an adult and HK$ 5 for people with disabilities and seniors above 60 (Free admission on Wednesdays)
For more information, visit the website of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (plenty of information about the place and the different exhibits), or call them on 2569 1248
From the museum, take a few minutes walk through Tam Kung Temple Road, passing near the Wholesale Fish Market and the boats-shelter, and arriving at Tam Kung Temple, a recently renovated temple, built in 1905 to worship Tam Kung, a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau. Although it is relatively small, the temple is quite lavishly decorated and it's worth visiting.
From the temple, you can just proceed back to Shau Kei Wan Main Street East (where you can find some nice, authentic eateries) and the MTR Station / Tramway Terminus.
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Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria Dress Fitting | Pictures
Full Disclosure: We Already Saw Eva Longoria's Dress
Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham just arrived at the Global Gift Gala happening across the pond. Both stars opted for elegant black gowns. While Victoria stepped out in a long-sleeved two-piece look and a bold cocktail ring, Eva showed a little skin (and a hint of her lacy underthings) in a cutaway black gown from her designer friend — but, if you were following along, you probably remember Eva's look from last night, in which we got a glimpse of Victoria working on Eva's gown. Want to see the scene before the glamorous red carpet results?
Clearly, we don't have to tell Eva the benefits of having a good tailor on hand. The actress put a barefoot Victoria to work on her gown ahead of the Global Gift Gala, and we got a sneak peek when the designer tweeted a picture of the dress fitting — raising the question: is there a better friend than the celebrity designer variety?
Fitting @EvaLongoria for her @GlobalGiftGala in London tomorrow night #globalgifters x vb pic.twitter.com/anzaUx9xFH
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Audi Man Dan
Nov 9, 2012
Collecting tomorrow morning... pics will follow !
cool, don't forget to list the spec's, am currently thinking of what to get and colour
Lots of pics please. x
I will try my best, hope the weather holds up. Any specific requests??
Yes, pics of interior, exterior and wheels in a nice location please. x
Watch this space ; )
Lol, is it saturday yet?? You wont be able to sleep tonight. x
Tell me about it. I will be like a kid at Christmas : )
Go to bed early, then tomorrow will be here sooner!
What model, colour and spec are you getting?
Go to bed early, then tomorrow will be here sooner!

What model, colour and spec are you getting?
Thats the plan Trebor, it was ready on Thursday but I decided to stick it out and wait. Wanted to collect it at the weekend, can have more fun in it.
Spec - 2.0 TDI / S-Line / Daytona Grey / Privacy Glass - a few other option boxes ticked.
Go to bed early, then tomorrow will be here sooner!
What model, colour and spec are you getting?
Sorry, this post appeared again...how do I delete it!
I'm tired, just spent 10 hours doing a 200 mile journey .....4.5 hours stationary on the A1 as a result of two lorries colliding!
Woo, welcome to the club!
Expecting lots of pics
âwell its Saturday, where are the pictures, lol. x
What she said! ^^
what they said! ^^
(i think his too busy driving around)
Hi guys, you really are eager. Loving the car so far!! Nobody awaiting delivery will be disappointed. Heading back out for a drive, only taken this so far: Hopefully this works, I will get some decent quality pics uploaded ASAP.
cant see the image for some reason.
glad your enjoying it, take your time, have fun
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Can't see pic either
And of course we're eager - they're rarer than hen's teeth at the moment. Yet to see another one on the road - feel so exclusive
See below, should be fine now. Better will follow tomorrow.
Second time lucky...
Yay! - Nice!
Dan, that is one lovely looking car. It was def worth the wait, cant wait to see more pics. You must have a permanent grin today. Enjoy many happy safe miles. x
After lots of fun in it this weekend, here are some exterior snaps I have taken. Hope you like.
Wow Dan, now rhats the kinda pictures i was looking for. The car is a beauty. Glad you had some fun. Dare i ask how many miles you have done? You happy with it? You got a permanent grin? Thanks for posting the pics, its stunning. Lmao,im smiling for you. x x
Very happy thanks Sandra, as I said in a earlier post, anybody waiting for one on order will not be disappointed. Its such a nice car to be inside, and the exterior is stunning. I couldn't help feeling how dated the previous A3 has started to look as I drove past a couple over the weekend. Made up with the S-Line trim with Daytona Grey, it looks so aggressive even when sat on the drive. Dogs growl at it as they walk past.
Mileage wise I have not done anything too extensive, about 90 in total, I'm going easy at the moment as I break it in : )
Can see some time off work coming up real soon. Im glad your happy and enjoying it Dan. x
Congrats and thanks for the pics.
Daytona is such a nice colour
Great photos, Thanks.
excellent, am so jealous i cant get a s-line or that colour. enjoy dude!
Looks amazing mate! Was hoping I might get mine a bit earlier but anticipated stock date is still 19th November. These pics will keep me going until then
Interior pics? You must be made up, looks nice!
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by Staff Writers
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2013
Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings, reported on May 30 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus.
"The turtle shell is a complex structure whose initial transformations started over 260 million years ago in the Permian period," says Tyler Lyson of Yale University and the Smithsonian. "Like other complex structures, the shell evolved over millions of years and was gradually modified into its present-day shape."
The turtle shell isn't really just one thing-it is made up of approximately 50 bones. Turtles are the only animals that form a shell through the fusion of ribs and vertebrae. In all other animals, shells are formed from bony scales on the surface; they don't stick their bones on the outsides of their bodies.
"The reason, I think, that more animals don't form a shell via the broadening and eventually suturing together of the ribs is that the ribs of mammals and lizards are used to help ventilate the lungs," Lyson says.
"If you incorporate your ribs into a protective shell, then you have to find a new way to breathe!" Turtles have done just that, with the help of a muscular sling.
Until recently, the oldest known fossil turtles, dating back about 215 million years, had fully developed shells, making it hard to see the sequence of evolutionary events that produced them.
That changed in 2008 with the discovery of Chinese Odontochelys semitestacea, a reptile about 220 million years old, which had a fully developed plastron-the belly side of the shell-but only a partial carapace on its back.
Eunotosaurus takes the turtle and its shell back another 40 million years or so. It had nine broadened ribs found only in turtles. And like turtles, it lacked the intercostal muscles running between its ribs. But Eunotosaurus didn't have other features common to Odontochelys and turtles, including broad spines on their vertebrae.
Lyson says he and his colleagues now plan to investigate various other aspects of turtles' respiratory systems, which allow them to manage with their ribs locked up into a protective outer shell. "It is clear that this novel lung ventilation mechanism evolved in tandem with the origin of the turtle shell," he says.
Current Biology, Lyson et al.: "Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell."
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Five Bike Share Cities Phoenix Should Emulate
Phoenix has announced their intention to launch a bike share program with stations similar to this one in Boston.
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When Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton announced that the City of Phoenix would be launching a new bike share program at last month's Pedal Craft 2, the local bike community grew abuzz over the possibilities of adding a per-per-use fleet of bikes throughout the city.
Bike share programs have been discussed by many Valley communities over the past decade, and Phoenix even had an early program in the late 90's that quickly saw its purple fleet disappear to thieves. Thanks to advanced technology and GPS tracking, theft is no longer a concern.
But that doesn't mean that a new program would be guaranteed a success. Here's a look at five other programs in cities similar to Phoenix and what we would like to see here.
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No specifics are yet in place for the Phoenix program, so a vendor partner and locations are still very much to be determined. But, it makes sense to place fleet racks in proximity to light rail and bus stations, as well as a concentration along the central corridor between downtown and Camelback Road.
Denver Bike Share
Denver - Like Phoenix, Denver is a sprawling metropolis with a fairly young downtown center. Granted, LoDo, Denver's downtown district, got its revitalization a few years prior to Phoenix, our urban core's development has followed a very similar path.
The Denver B-Cycle program has its primary cluster of bike stations throughout LoDo and the surrounding downtown neighborhoods allowing Denverites to take their light rail or bus into the city center and bike between bars, stadiums, museums and galleries.
Tucson City Cycle
Tucson - The Old Pueblo's bike share program is very small, but it was launched to service a very specific demographic - municipal employees. If a municipality is going to support a bike program, why not make it a benefit for their workforce, thereby encouraging these folks to lead by example.
Granted, Tucson's program is very different than a typical bike share fleet, as they are standard 3-speed comfort bikes that employees can check out and use for getting to meetings, personal appointments or mid-day wellness rides. The program is still in a pilot phase and is not open to the general public, but this seems like a necessary option for Phoenix's program.
Portland Bike Share
Portland - Remarkably, the city typically considered the top bike-friendly town in the country is just launching their program next spring. But they have created a web page that allows anyone to suggest where to locate their bike stations throughout the city. Genius!
How often have we seem city planners, who are very smart engineers and have access to a never-ending library of research, still place something in a spot that makes zero sense to those of us who use the system? If only interested citizens could be afforded this level of input more openly.
Bike Nation Anaheim
Anaheim/Los Angeles - For Southern California's first venture into bike sharing, the state's two top towns of make believe turned to a local Orange County-based company to supply their bikes and stations. Bike Nation, headquartered in Tustin, set up some pilot program stations around the home of the happiest place on Earth this past spring and look to launch a full program in the City of Angels before the end of the year.
Seeing as how most stations are solar powered (we have a few of those types of companies around town) and require, of course, bikes (again, home town builders exist), it would be outstanding if the Phoenix program could keep things local and partner their program with area companies.
Capital Bikeshare
Washington DC/Alexandria - Our nation's capitol is home to our nation's largest bike share fleet and network of stations. With nearly 1,700 bikes located at 110 kiosk stations, virtually every part of the greater DC area is reachable on a bike share bike.
For the Phoenix plan to truly work, it will be key to see their network of rides interface nicely with potential bike share programs in Tempe, Scottsdale and a steadily rejuvenating downtown area of Mesa. Clearly the burden for Valley-wide success shouldn't be on Phoenix's shoulders, but we sure hope they lead an enthusiastic charge to have their fellow cities join the cause.
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Going Mobile, Going Paperless, Going Away With New Technology Skills! - Burlingame
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Let's face it.. trying to stay up on the latest computers, tablets, phones and apps is getting next to impossible.
You have a real estate business to run and you want to learn about new tools to become more efficient, implement paperless processes in your workflow, and feel more tech savvy at servicing your clients in a mobile, connected world. But who has time for the research?
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Join us for this two and a half hour training and inspire the technology side of your business! This class begins at 9:30am and runs until 12:00om. While our classes are still provided as a member benefit, at Realty World we want to ensure everyone who wants to attend the event has a seat. In order to ensure reservations and allow for waitlisted attendees to receive a canceled seat there is a $20 charge. The $20 confirms your seat at the training. If you attend the event the $20 will be refunded to your credit card within 7 days following the class. If you do not attend the class you will not receive a refund of the $20, a charge for your absence. Any cancellations or changes to your seat must be received 48 hours or earlier before the start time of the class. Any cancellations within 48 hours or later to the class, or no-shows will result in a non-refundable $20 charge.
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Thursday, 30 August 2012 from 09:30 to 12:00 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Grand Blanc, Michigan JEFFREYs
Date: 12 Dec 2004 04:04:49 -0700
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Email copy of your BILLBROUGH data would be great.
I received data on Anna Jeffery's 2 marriages from her grandson. I will share that with you in email. He sent me a photo of Robert & Ann.
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Training: Acceleware OpenCL for Altera FPGAs
Date: May 14 - July 26 2013
Location: North America
Website: http://www.acceleware.com/opencl-altera-fpgas
Acceleware OpenCL for Altera FPGAs
These professional four day courses focus on how to write and optimize OpenCL applications for Altera FPGAs. Students will be taught how to achieve high performance by taking advantage of the heterogeneous nature of OpenCL and the massively parallel capabilities of Altera FPGAs. The training is targeted at design teams who work with parallel algorithms and computationally intense applications.


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Avenel's homes have been designed by Hugh Petter of Adam Architecture, in a classical Arts and Crafts style which has retained its appeal throughout the last hundred years. Modern surveys show it remains synonymous with quality and high-value homes.
Solid timber external doors, extensive real stone detailing around windows and entrances and intricate lead work around roofs all abound at Avenel. In the early stages of construction, five craftsmen masons were on site, fashioning by hand the blocks of Stanton Moor sandstone used in each house.
The appeal of Petter's designs comes from the use of solid and imposing exteriors, generous public rooms and the use of high quality natural finishing materials. These are traditional values, but unlike established homes, Avenel's interiors also suit how modern families now live.
Open plan living, dining and kitchen areas bring informality to family life. En-suite bathrooms for every bedroom are the rule. Technology is installed to control heating, lighting, music, computers and video throughout the house. Underfloor heating banishes chills in every room and hallway. Integral garages make car trips bearable on wet or snowy days.


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Carl Abrams
- PhD, History, University of Maryland - College Park
- MA, History, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- BA, History, Bob Jones University
- American Social History since 1865 (Hi 460)
- History of Religion in America (Hi 418)
- The West since 1914 (Hi 350)
- United States History since 1865 (Hi 202)
- United States History to 1865 (Hi 201)
About Carl
Carl Abrams, a BJU graduate (B.A. in history), earned an M.A. in history at North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in history at the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to a certificate in French Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar grants for study at UNC-Chapel Hill and Harvard Divinity School have broadened his training. His teaching, which includes courses in modern American and European history, combines his love for history with a desire to train students for service in Christ's Kingdom.
Abrams has been interviewed by NPR, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Die Zeit (Germany), German National Public Radio, The Guardian (UK), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Religion News Service and several other media as a source for religion and American culture.
Author of two books, Abrams focuses on American political and religious history. Grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals have provided opportunities for research and writing. He has presented papers at professional conferences, including ones at Louisville Seminary and Duke University. He has been included in Who's Who in America.
Praise for Selling the Old-Time Religion: American Fundamentalists and Mass Culture, 1920-1940:
"Abrams captures the ambivalence with which fundamentalists approached American culture between the world wars. . . . has succeeded remarkably well in explaining this complex and formative era in American Fundamentalism."--American Historical Review
"Abrams traces what Jackson Lears has called the 'complex blend of accommodation and protest' that fundamentalists manifested in the interwar decades."--Journal of Southern History
"a wonderful contribution to the scholarly literature on twentieth-century Protestantism."--Religious Studies Review
"Abrams' work is a significant accomplishment in the field of American religious history."--H-Net Reviews
"Selling the Old-Time Religion is a welcome addition to the scholarship on American fundamentalism."--American Studies
"[Abrams] knows his material from the inside but writes with appropriate scholarly detachment."--Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., American Studies International
"Selling the Old-Time Religion makes a very useful contribution to the growing body of scholarship that considers the relation between business and religion in modern America."--Business History Review
"a valuable, concise study that explores a key dimension of a formative period in the history of conservative American Protestantism."--North Carolina Historical Review
Members of Faith Free Presbyterian Church, he and his wife teach junior high Sunday school during the summer and have led nine summer mission teams to Africa. Abrams serves on the board of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In addition to hiking, reading, listening to classical music and watching classic films, Abrams loves anything French and is an avid college basketball fan.


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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez are the parents of a brand new baby boy.
The newlyweds welcomed a son at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night, a rep told PEOPLE. A source tells PEOPLE that "Olivier hasn't left Halle's side. Nahla visited her baby brother earlier today."
This is the second child for Berry, 47, who has a 5-year-old daughter with her ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry. This is the first child for Martinez. The couple married in July.
Earlier this year, Berry called her pregnancy "the biggest surprise" of her life. "I thought I was kind of past the point where this could be a reality for me," she told CNN. "So it's been a big surprise and the most wonderful."
Congrats to Halle and Olivier!


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Vintage Miracle Designer Blue And Red Art Glass Brooch Pin : antiquorama - ArtFire Jewelry
This amazing silver tone brooch is signed on the back "Miracle". The very well detailed silver tone frame holds a huge cobalt blue and red art glass cabochon. The brooch has a safety back pin clasp for closure in perfect working condition. Measurements: The pin is 1 5/8" in diameter. The art glass along is 1 1/8"x 1 1/8 . The piece is in very good vintage condition.


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I'm hoping to get some help with some PHP code I'm having trouble with on my contact form page...
Please see the below quoted text from a conversation I've just had with someone in the Javacsript forum who helped with fixing the Javascript validation for my contact form, to see the PHP problem I need help with, thanks.
Exactly, just copy and paste this:
if (email==null || email==""){ errorMessage += "Email address is required.\"; } else if (atpos<1 || dotpos<atpos+2 || dotpos+2>=email.length){ errorMessage += "Please enter a valid email address.\"; }
if (input==null || input==""){ errorMessage += "Captcha code is required.\"; }
if (errorMessage !=""){ alert(errorMessage); return false; }}
Excellent, that worked, thanks very much.
One other thing remains to fix, the catchpa code submits even if the wrong code is submitted, I have copy and pasted the following PHP code form the original page on which I have the catchpa code into the contact page head section , but it's not working, any chance you would be able to help with this, or is it better to post this in another section of the forums?
PHPCode: <?php
if(empty($_SESSION['6_letters_code'] ) || strcasecmp($_SESSION['6_letters_code'], $_POST['txtInput']) != 0)
//Note: the captcha code is compared case insensitively.
//if you want case sensitive match, update the check above to
// strcmp()
$errors .= "The captcha code does not match";
If more information is needed, my original post in the Javascript forum, which notes more code, is here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?925501-form-validation-not-working
Hi there,
Where do you have the captcha code from?Is it something you wrote yourself or is it a script you have from somewhere?
I copy and pasted the catchpa code into the contact form from another page on my site (http://www.ready2rock.com.au/booknow.php), which a programmer coded for me.
Ah, ok.Is it important to you to have the same style of captcha image on your new page, or would you be fine with using another captcha script from somewhere else?
Any catchpa code is fine.
Ok, well basically you have two options.
Please bear in mind however, that these Captchas present some people with quite a usability barrier (my parents for example have real trouble filling them out), so if I was you, I would opt for a service like Recaptcha (which at least gives you the possibility of listening to what is being displayed).
Edit: Of course we could also try and re-implement your current Captcha system on your new page. For this to work you would have to provide the code which is used to generate the image, the code used to include the generated image in your form and also the code to evaluate whether or not the correct code was entered.
I will have a look at recaptcha and I will probably integrate that into my contact form. Thanks very much for your help.


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Matthew Dellavedova used to be a little known Australian guard with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, now he has the world's best basketballer as a teammate.
NBA superstar LeBron James announced on Saturday morning he would be returning home to Ohio to play for the Cavaliers, the team he sensationally left via free agency four years ago.
James will sign a four-year deal which reportedly starts with a $US20.7 million ($22 million) salary this season. His decision set off an explosion of moves as several free agents had waited to see where James went before signing new deals.
Dellavedova and other young members of the Cavaliers were in Las Vegas, doing their morning shoot around before the first game of their NBA summer league campaign, which they won 70-68 after Dellavedova made some late free throws.
After the shoot around, word rang out across the court that James had announced his homecoming, via an "essay" told to Lee Jenkins on the Sports Illustrated website.
"In North-east Ohio, nothing is given," James wrote. "Everything is earned. You work for what you have.
"I'm ready to accept the challenge. I'm coming home."
Dellavedova said the announcement stunned the team.
"We found out at the end of shoot around and obviously everyone was pretty excited," Dellavedova said from Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.
The 29-year-old James has led Miami Heat to the past four NBA finals series winning two championships. The Heat lost this year to San Antonio Spurs with Dellavedova's good friends Patty Mills and Aron Baynes playing with the Spurs.
James' arrival offers Dellavedova and the Cavs a chance at challenging for the championship, although the club's young roster will face a steep learning curve to match it with the NBA's best.
Australian-born American Kyrie Irving is the team's point guard and just signed a lucrative new contract while the Cavaliers drafted Canadian guard Andrew Wiggins with the first pick in this year's draft.
Wiggins scored 18 points in their summer league win on Saturday.
Dellavedova acknowledged the Cavs would become a major NBA drawcard with season tickets selling out within minutes of James' announcement.
"Our media guy said it will be kind of crazy – I'm sure we will just focus on the summer league and what we need to do," Dellavedova said.
"I think it's exciting but we all have to improve as well.
"We can't let him take the ball and hope for the best, our whole team has to make sure we pull our weight as well.
"I'm just excited to have a chance to get amongst it and win some games."
The Cavaliers made three trades this week to clear room for James. One of their trades only become final at half-time of Saturday's game with Dellavedova's teammate, Scotty Hopson, being told at half-time he had been traded so wouldn't finish the game.
"It will be interesting to see who is on the team opening night because it can all change pretty quickly," Dellavedova said.
"It's a crazy world, different to anything I've ever experienced before."
Dellavedova also reiterated his desire to play for Australia at the basketball world cup in September and plans to return home for Boomers camp later this month.
Victorian guard Dante Exum signed his first NBA contract with Utah Jazz on Saturday for a reported $3.6 million a season and makes his summer league debut on Sunday.
Mills and Baynes will bring the Larry O'Brien trophy [NBA championship trophy] to Australia this week with it going on show in Melbourne on Wednesday. The venue is yet to be announced.


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by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2011
Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities.
The USGS coordinated interviews with Yup'ik hunters and elders in the villages of St. Mary's and Pitka's Point, Alaska, to document their observations of climate change.
They expressed concerns ranging from safety, such as unpredictable weather patterns and dangerous ice conditions, to changes in plants and animals as well as decreased availability of firewood.
"Many climate change studies are conducted on a large scale, and there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding how climate change will impact specific regions," said USGS social scientist Nicole Herman-Mercer. "This study helps address that uncertainty and really understand climate change as a socioeconomic issue by talking directly to those with traditional and personal environmental knowledge."
By integrating scientific studies with indigenous observation, these multiple forms of knowledge allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the complex challenges posed by climate change.
The indigenous knowledge encompasses observations, lessons and stories about the environment that have been handed down for generations, providing a long history of environmental knowledge. These observations can also help uncover new areas for scientists to study.
The Arctic and Subarctic are of particular interest because these high latitudes are among the world's first locations to begin experiencing climate change.
The most common statement by interview participants was about warmer temperature in recent years. It was observed to be warmer in all seasons, though most notably in the winter months.
In previous generations, winter temperatures dropped to 40 degrees Celsius below freezing, while in present times temperatures only reach 25 C or 30 C below freezing. Moreover, in the rare case that temperatures did drop as low as they had in the past, it was a brief cold spell, in contrast to historic month-long cold spells.
The considerable thinning of ice on the Yukon and Andreafsky Rivers in recent years was the topic of several interviews. Thin river ice is a significant issue because winter travel is mainly achieved by using the frozen rivers as a transportation route via snow machines or sled dogs.
Thinning ice shortens the winter travel season, making it more difficult to trade goods between villages, visit friends and relatives, or reach traditional hunting grounds. One interview participant also discussed how the Andreafsky River, on whose banks their village lies, no longer freezes in certain spots, and several people have drowned after falling through the resulting holes in the ice.
The unpredictability of weather conditions was another issue of concern, especially since these communities rely on activities such as hunting, fishing and gathering wild foods for their way of life. One does not want to "get caught out in the country" when the weather suddenly changes.
Vegetation patterns were also observed to be shifting due to the changes in seasonal weather patterns, and this leads to increased difficulty in subsistence activities. Interviews showed the unpredictability from year to year on whether vegetation, particularly salmonberries, could be relied upon.
Those interviewed spoke of a change in the range of species of mammals (moose and beaver) as well as a decrease in the number of some bird species (ptarmigan). This is of special concern because of the important role these animals play in the subsistence diets of Alaska Natives. Many also rely on hunting or trapping for their livelihoods.
Participants also discussed lower spring snowmelt flows on the Andreafsky and Yukon Rivers, meaning less logs are flowing down the river. This hampers people's ability to collect logs for firewood and building materials, placing a strain on an already economically depressed region through increased heating costs and reliance on expensive fossil fuels.
An article on this topic was published in the journal, Human Organization. The full article with additional quotes and observations from indigenous people is available online.
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Nicholson Baker and Preservation
The publication of Nicholson Baker's Double Fold has focused attention on some of the problems research libraries face in helping to preserve our intellectual and cultural heritage. Although we do not share some of Mr. Baker's conclusions, we welcome the attention he has focused on the preservation challenge. The pamphlet, Preserving Research Collections: A Collaboration Between Librarians and Scholars by Jutta Reed-Scott published by the Association of Research Librarians, the Modern Language Association, and the American Historical Association on behalf of the Task Force on the Preservation of the Artifact in 1999 addresses some of the preservation challenges facing research libraries. It provides a different perspective on the complexities of library preservation.
The University of Washington is fortunate to be located in an area with environmental conditions that are not as detrimental for the preservation of library materials as in some other locations. There are not the extremes of temperature and humidity, e.g., which have contributed to the deterioration of library materials in other parts of the country. Random sample collection surveys of some of our collections in 2000 and 2001 indicate that although a very high percentage of our books and serials are printed on acidic paper, brittle paper is not as significant of a problem as in many libraries in the eastern half of the country.
We do want to assure that our collections are stored under as optimal of environmental conditions as possible since good environmental conditions can extend the life of those collections. This summer, e.g., we will begin to field test a computerized system for gathering and interpreting data on environmental conditions in collection storage areas by monitoring temperature and humidity in our Sand Point Shelving Facility. The system uses advanced dataloggers and software recently developed by the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Our collections are intended for use, and like all libraries we have books that have reached a state of deterioration where they can no longer be rebound or repaired. The Libraries established a preservation replacement program in 1991 to address this problem. Under this program about a thousand deteriorated volumes have been replaced with high quality photocopies using acid-free paper. Other volumes have been replaced with reprints, later editions, or microfilm. The Libraries has not had an active brittle books microfilming program. In 1999-2000, only 34 books were microfilmed with 154 books filmed in 1998-99.
Although critical of library brittle books programs, Mr. Baker is particularly concerned about newspapers which offer special challenges since they are not issued for permanency, don't hold up well to use, and, with a few exceptions, are difficult to access since indices to them are lacking. Baker tends to de-emphasize problems of poor quality newsprint. Newspapers are, however, a major preservation problem as they are particularly susceptive to damage from use and deteriorate rapidly if not stored under good environmental conditions. Newspaper backfiles also require huge amounts of space to store. The quality of newsprint and the space to house newspapers are real concerns for libraries.
The University of Washington has one of the largest microform collections in the country. This collection supplements our holdings. It has meant that our users have access to valuable materials that they would not otherwise have. Extending access to information found in newspapers has been a priority for the Libraries and we have acquired numerous backfiles of newspaper on microfilm. Most of our microforms have been acquired from commercial firms, governments, and other libraries. We estimate only about 5% of our microfilm was created by the University Libraries. Ninety-five regional newspapers are currently filmed using an outside vendor. In 1999-2000, a total of 100,080 pages were filmed. This microfilming extends access to researchers outside the University.
Although most newspapers are discarded after the film is acquired, some titles of special value to our region are retained in hard copy, e.g., the Washington Standard and Columbian/Daily Pioneer, two territorial papers; the Klondike Nugget, a Klondike gold rush newspaper; the University of Washington Daily; and newspapers produced in the Japanese American internment camps during World War II, e.g., the Minidoka Irrigator and the Topaz Times. We also have bound publisher's runs of the Seattle Union Record, 1900 to 1928, an important labor newspaper that spearheaded the 1919 Seattle General Strike. Non-newspaper titles, such as the Argus, a weekly published in Seattle from 1894 to1983, have also been retained after filming. We have also kept copies of the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sunday magazines, e.g. Pacific Magazine, because of color printing and the large number of photographs in many of these magazines. Recently we assumed responsibility for a backfile (1876 through 1954) of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, formerly housed in the Seattle Public Library.
We share Mr. Baker's concerns for the poor quality of early microfilm done before the preservation community developed standards for film stock and microfilming. All microfilming currently done for the Libraries is done to national standards using polyester film stock and is checked for quality control. The master negative is stored separately and not used. A printing negative is available to produce additional copies on demand and a positive copy is available for use.
The University Libraries has recently placed a new emphasis on preservation. Preserving Washington's Collections: Strategies for the New Century (July, 2000) discusses the changing environment for preservation, provides some background information on the Libraries preservation program and makes recommendations for strengthening our preservation program. Many of these recommendations have been or are being implemented. We are identifying preservation priorities and attempting to align resources with those priorities.
The Libraries share Mr. Baker's concern for preserving materials in their original format. A pilot program, for example, to use the Bookkeeper deacidification process to stabilize acidic materials already in our collections is planned. The Bookkeeper process neutralizes the residual acid that is in paper as a result of its manufacture and storage environment and deposits an alkaline buffer to further protect the paper extending the life of the original volumes by at least 300%.
The University Libraries is charged with preserving an irreplaceable collection of enormous value, a collection that continues to grow and expand in size, scope, and format. As "Preserving Research Collections" states, "Future preservation efforts in research libraries will require a strategic vision that integrates the need for maintaining print resources with the opportunities offered by digital technologies. Adding to the challenge of balancing conflicting needs is the problem of limited financial resources. If libraries are to preserve scholarly resources either in their original formats, or as reformatted surrogates, substantial economic and technical investments are necessary."