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Get an overview of this hotelEco-friendly Vancouver hotel in Downtown Vancouver, near Granville Island Public Market
Popular property highlights
Located in Downtown Vancouver, this eco-friendly hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Robson Square, Granville Island Public Market, and Canada Place. Stanley Park and BC Place Stadium are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A coffee shop/café, a snack bar/deli, and a rooftop terrace are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
All 72 individually furnished rooms feature free WiFi and pillowtop beds. Other amenities available to guests include MP3 docks, 24-hour room service, and flat-screen TVs.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
The Burrard
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
The Burrard has designated areas for smoking.
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Designated smoking areas
- Total number of rooms - 72
- Ski storage
- Garden
- Snack bar/deli
- Self parking (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 4
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free WiFi
- Year Built 1956
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Espresso maker
- Room service (24 hours)
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Access via exterior corridors
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Premium bedding
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Desk
- Refrigerator
- In-room safe
- Free local calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Individually furnished
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free WiFi
- MP3 docking station
- Flat-panel TV
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include complimentary bicycles.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Free bicycles on site
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 19
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for CAD 30.00 per day.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CAD 30 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: CAD 28.00 per night
- Pet fee: CAD 30 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: CAD 25
- Rollaway bed fee: CAD 30.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Burrard
- Burrard Hotel
- Burrard Hotel Vancouver
- Burrard Vancouver
- Burrard Motor Inn
- The Burrard Hotel Vancouver
We should mention
Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Awards & Affiliations
- This property is affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) guests.


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iSing Wireless Shower Radio
Listen to your MP3 tunes while you shower, but don't worry: your player stays dry up to 100' away. Water-resistant, Tri-Fold Shower Mirror includes an FM radio plus a separate wireless FM transmitter into which you plug your iPod® or MP3 player (or CD player, or even TV). Transmitter transmits the player's signal to the mirror's FM radio, so your player stays safe and dry outside your shower. Lighted fogless mirror mounts on a shower wall with double-stick tape or suction cups (all included), hangs from the shower arm, or can be set on a flat surface with its easel stand. LED clock included.

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Hello Geeks,
I just want to know what is the maximum extent can I use Facebook to promote my digital marketing company website as the facebook is leading social networking website and people always addicted to it .
Beyond Paid advertising give me out some solutions, Any suggestions will be appreciated
Your first task should be to build up your network and get people following your page. Without paid advertising, you can promote your page on other websites, link to it via business listing websites like Manta.com and similar ones, you can act as the page and interact with your target market's content on facebook. Like posts, comment on posts (perhaps of other digital marketers). Like other pages with your business page and then you can comment and otherwise interact with those page's posts.
You could also promote your page through email blasts. A good way to build your network is to create some kind of content that people will want to see like a funny or entertaining video or perhaps a whitepaper and then fangate your Facebook page. There are some tutorials out there for how to build one of these if you don't want to pay for a service.
Here is a pretty good one,
Here are some other ideas,
Hope that helps,Shawn
First Create strong profile, Connect with groups, Increase Friends and followers Share latest stuff, Once you get enough followers then start to share business or services you will get good benefits.
*Use a Facebook ad to drive traffic to your website*Use a promoted tweet to drive traffic to your website*Link back to dedicated landing pages for conversion*Sponsor a form on another Facebook page*Create a LinkedIn ad driving to a lead generation form*Promote a strong call to action*Promote an offer*Make it visual for Pinterest pins*Advertise on relevant forums*Organize ad distribution by target personas
Create Facebook fan pageCreate some interactive groupJoin others groups that are relevant to your industry keep on updates that should be informative not just posting or sharing
You should do:1. Create facebook page for website2. Join groups on your facebook3. Share your site's information or latest update about your website4. Connect it with linkedin, twitter after that you can get more traffic on your website.
I had created a group in FB also joined similar category groups and added more members to it.. Also connected it with linkedin and twitter. Now my site is getting good traffic.
thank you webexperts, should we need to send add requests to people?
Create a face book page with the name of your website which you want to promote and then share among your friends. If you want something extra then start the advertising of your face book page on face book.
Hi 360DC,
With your first question/post, what maximum extent can you use Facebook in promoting your digital marketing company via Facebook in terms of a Free Advertising, this will depend on your the time you are willing to spend in your Social Media Strategy. As answered by our friends in this community, you need to build a network with your related niche (a place where your expertise is suited), as well as those who will be interested in the product/service you will be providing.
Of course, in building a community, you have to build trust in your company/brand and this is what is going to eat most of your time. You have to get people's attention, remain professional, and at the same time be informative that you will be one of the priority pages viewers will be visiting whenever they have a query for certain topics which you basically offer.
Building a community is such a broad topic which generally includes gaining likes on your fan page, comments and views on the contents/images/videos/podcasts you share, and other things you are sharing and posting on your page.
And as for your follow up question with @Webexperts, do you need to add requests to people... This again will be based on your "Building a Community" strategy. If I were you, I would. Most especially if those people you will be sending your requests can really help you in the long run. This is just my point of view, but I believe if you have something worthy to share, it won't hurt to request from them (and if you won't be flooding their news feed anyway).
Create a fan page, increase more friends as much as possible. Make sure to be a productive member of facebook.
Create your business page at facebook and then post your company's information at your facebook business page. Get maximum like at your business page and also get your post's maximum like.
Post an attractive profile, then share your most interesting stuffs to various communities and keep posting your things 3-5 times in a week with interesting facts. You will get good result soon.
Do you have any idea about Pming? or get some free fb likes of your page..
@smanaher The links were really useful... I'll try them to promote my page as well... Thanks
Create facebook events for your business. Join relevant groups and share your posts daily.. your content should be eye catching.
To get maximum promotion of your Digital Marketing Company website through Face book you need to provide a complete information about your digital company website, featuring its products and services in terms of Graphics Design, Logo Design, Web Design which you have accomplished. Keep on posting the material related to your area of interest on your time line so as to keep your audience updated & active, which in turn improve your face book edge rank. Beside that you can go for asking feed back of your users through comments,likes and share which will help you to gain more over your competitors. Above all , you can put some offer from your company side through visual ads by creating Events on Face book.
Create your Facebook Business PageBe an active userMake Regular and Attractive PostsGet Maximum likes through your (theme related) fansMake Online ContestsCreate Event and Also Join other EventsPut Facebook Page badget in your websites and blogs
If you want to use Facebook for your digital marketing company website promotion, then creating a Facebook page or group is a good option. Create a strong profile, add more peoples to your profile, post daily something related to your website, provide all information regarding your website, make your post attractive. These techniques really help you to get more traffic.
The OP has not visited this thread in the last ten months, so there seems little point in reviving it now.
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More Than Just a Pretty Face
A close look at how Carver builds the new Marquis line reveals a beauty that's more than skin-deep.
By George L. Petrie
Over the years, I've visited more boatyards than I care to remember, and while each one has differed in the details, the similarities far outweigh the differences. But from the minute I arrived at Carver's sprawling 56-acre facility in the rural town of Pulaski, Wisconsin, I suspected this tour would be different. I was right, and the reason, I soon discovered, is the way Carver builds its line of Marquis yachts.
The story of the Marquis begins when Carver started rethinking its long-term strategy about five or six years ago, with an eye toward adding a line of larger yachts to complement its Voyager line, which topped out at 56 feet. Feedback from focus groups of dealers, customers, and others was predictable: Carver's loyal following just wanted the company to keep doing things the way it had always done. But Carver management realized that the marketplace for a yacht in this size had evolved, and for their new line to succeed, it would have to be not only truly different from the existing Carvers but its own separate line.
So Carver assembled an international team of experts (see "The Marquis Team," this story) to collaborate with its in-house designers in styling, hull design, electrical systems, and interior decor. The results of that effort are the Marquis 65 and 59, both built in Pulaski, along with the Nuvari 63, which is built in Italy using previously acquired tooling. All three are beautiful yachts that frequently invite the query, "Is that a Carver?" But the real story is not their external appearance; rather, it's how the company builds the Marquis and how that will impact the future of the existing Carver line.
As a first step Carver decided to create a separate production line tailored to Marquis but integrated with many of the yard's established facilities—a plant-within-a-plant, if you will. Areas such as the electrical, upholstery, and metal-working shops now serve both the Carver and Marquis lines, sharing facilities but with different teams of workers assigned to each product line. In some instances, workers are selected for the Marquis line because they are more experienced—for example, in the upholstery shop they may be selected because they can produce the premium stitching that the line demands. In the electrical shop, the differences are more in the specifications; for example, wiring harnesses for a Marquis are bundled differently, with cable wraps more closely spaced than on a Carver. Similarly, in the metal shop, there's more hand-finishing of welds (such as for deck rails) for a Marquis than there is for a Carver.
Next page > Part 2: The entire massive deckhouse was designed to be removable. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This article originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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WEPL Bristol & Somerset Second XI
Wembdon II 107 lost Old Bristolians Westbury 212 by 105 runs
WEMBDON II collapsed to 107 all out to crash to a heavy 15-run defeat at Old Bristolians Westbury on Saturday.
Only Liam Pigden (26), Jordan Rawles (19) and Will Pope (22no) made it into double figures for Wembdon, who fell well short of the 212 OBWs had earlier posted.
Veteran spinner Phil Thorn did the damage for OBWs with 4-28, while Jake Probert (3-20) and Tom Barrington (2-31) also chipped in.
For Wembdon, Kieran Cosens was the pick of the bowlers with 3-24 - and Phil Curd returned 2-28 as OBWs were bowled out with one ball of the 45 overs remaining.
But the Wembdon chase never really got going and they were dismissed inside 27 overs.


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A DJ is holding a 24-hour fundraising event for the hospital which saved his life.
Chris Cain, 48, is raising money for St George's Hospital, in Tooting, for their research into diabetes after he was hospitalised with the condition three years ago.
St George's Hospital
Mr Cain, from Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after he collapsed and spent almost a week in a coma.
He dramatically changed his lifestyle following that scare and now he wants to give something back to them.
He said: "I didn't know I had diabetes and one day I went all dizzy and didn't know what the hell was wrong.
"Basically I remember being at the top of the stairs and I thought if I tried to walk down there I was going to drop.
"I just knelt down and they had to call an ambulance and I was rushed to St George's Hospital and I still didn't know what was wrong with me.
"I was in and out of a coma for four or five days. St George's looked after me, helped me and saved me and I never said a proper thank you."
On Friday and Saturday 6-7 of June Mr Cain is holding a raffle ticket contest, for £5, which can be purchased in Maria's Fish and Kebabs, in Wandsworth Bridge Road, Sainsbury's in Tooting, Mitcham Road and The Goose, in Fulham, where the main draw will be held on June 6.
On Friday there will be a disco at The Goose, from 8pm - 12.30am (£5 entry after 9pm).
On Saturday, June 7, there will be children's face painting, clowns and giveaways at Maria's Fish and Kebabs, 12pm - 3pm.
In the evening there will be a kid's disco at St Michael's Centre, Townmead Road, Imperial Wharf, 3.30pm - 6.30pm, £2 entry, free refreshments.
Finally, from 9pm to 1.30am there will be a closing party at the Barrow Boy, in Fulham, 9pm-1.30am, with £5 entry after 9.30pm.


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Did you know?
The Castle of good Hope in Cape Town is the oldest building in South Africa.
Cape Town's Iziko Museums are a collection of African museums that aim to and inspire South Africa's people (and her visitors) to celebrate the diverse heritage, history and culture of this unique country.
Iziko Museums Cape Town was created as an umbrella body to better manage and promote urban museums in Cape Town. These include the Bo-Kaap Museum; Groot Constantia Manor House, Koopmans-De Wet House; Maritime Centre; Michaelis Collection at The Old Town House; the Planetarium; Rust en Vreugd; SAS Somerset; Slave Lodge; Social History Centre; South African Museum; South African National Gallery; Bertram House and The William Fehr Collection at The Castle of Good Hope.
Iziko Museums of South Africa also has education and public programmes, offering a learning experience for everyone no matter what their age or level of interest. There are fascinating school programmes that focus on art, social and natural history as well as the planetarium. Public programmes are well attended, and include workshops, lectures, and a winter school.
The Western Cape is steeped in history, and the Iziko Museums offer an accessible way to immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage of the country.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Iziko Museums Cape Town
Tel:+27 (0) 21 481 3800
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The Iziko Museums are scattered around Cape Town but all are accessible by car and taxi, some by bus and train. Consult the Iziko website for more details on travel.
Best time to visit
The Iziko Museums are open all year round.
Around the area
Day trips around the Peninsula are great as are tours to the various wine estates around Cape Town.
Get around
The Iziko Museums in central Cape Town are accessible by foot once you're in the area.
What will it cost
Admission fees vary but generally they are kept as low as possible. Expect to pay around R30 per adult and R15 for a child.
Length of stay
To visit all of the museums under the Iziko umbrella will take several days. However you will not need more than half a day for each.
Where to stay
There are plenty of hotels, B&B's and guest house in and around Cape Town, close to the museum locations.
What to eat
Try one of the many bistro's, lunch spots and deli's in central Cape Town.
What's happening
Check the listed Cape Town Tourism website for details of events during your stay. Visit the Iziko Museums website for an update on current exhibitions.
Best buys
Visit Greenmarket Square and cruise the rows of stalls where you can choose from a wide range of crafts and collectibles.


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Puget Systems Genesis II Quiet Workstation Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on 5/22/2013 12:01 AM EST
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- Xeon
- Puget Systems
- Workstation
- desktops
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bromega - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkhonestly, the cable management looks pretty scrappy for a boutique build Reply
gipper51 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkCare to test an incredible workstation? Try one of the overclocked systems from Boxx Technologies.like their 4920 Xtreme or one of their 4+GHZ dual Xeon systems. We are using the 4920 Xtreme systems for Autodesk Revit / 3Ds Max at a medium-sized architectural firm and it absolutely screams, and it better for $8K. Coming from hexcore Xeon Z800 systems....staggering difference.
Boxx is boutique, but their clients include Disney, Boeing, BMW, Mercedes, NASA, Pixar, Dreamworks, US Dept. of Defense, and dozens of others. Top notch stuff. Reply
SodaAnt - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkReally now? I just went to their website, and for a computer with the exact same configuration as the product being reviewed here would cost $10,000. And that wouldn't even be for a super quiet computer, so I fail to see how that would be a better computer.
Plus, the claim about the "4+ GHZ dual Xeon system", I fail to see how that is true. The processor they list has a max turbo frequency of only 3.8GHz, so unless they are overclocking a workstation, there's no way that can be true. And if they ARE overclocking a workstation, that's a dangerous road to go down. Reply
gipper51 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkYes they are overclocking the Xeons to a mild degree. Whether it's a good idea or not, they've been doing it for a long time. I doubt they would have the client list they do if these machines were not reliable.
The 4920 Xtremes we are running have hexcore i7 CPUs at 4.5ghz and you can barely hear them. Not silent, but they are quieter than our previous HP workstations. Reply
SodaAnt - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkIts beside the main point though, that if you want the same machine that was reviewed here, Boxx would charge $3,000 more. Further, how do they overclock them anyways? Part of the other problem is that overclocking SB-E xeons isn't an easy task, and tends to be more unreliable because of the multiplier lock. I somehow feel they tweaked the frequencies by about 5% just so they could advertise that they are "4GHZ+" Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkSNB-E allows you to run the BCLK multiplier at various settings, so while SNB-E is CPU multiplier locked it's still possible to set the BCLK to 1.25x or 1.66x instead of the default 1.00x. So basically it's easy to get a 25% overclock, and if your hardware can handle it a 66% overclock is also possible. You can also lower the multiplier however, so running with 1.66x and a 27X CPU multiplier (as opposed to the default 29X on the E5-2690) would get you the above mentioned 4.5GHz. Reply
MattKatz - Thursday, October 09, 2014 - linkFor a workstation, I'd get something like Dell Inspiron i3847-5078BK (loved by consumers, see http://www.consumertop.com/best-desktop-guide/ for example). Definitely not the Genesis II Quiet. Reply
Rick83 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkI suppose this board won't support full AMT 7.1, due to the wrong LAN chipsets being used?
But - does any S2011 board support KVMoIP via AMT? In the 1155/1156 Xeons this supposedly requires the integrated graphics - without those being present on the -E platform, a quick googling couldn't uncover this information. Reply
tunaman - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkim sure you could build for cheaper, 6000+ (when you add the extras) for something special.
nice concept, but i would rather just take and build the crysis 3 machine from may 2013 - best free software issue for 1,615. Laptop exterior accessories http://goo.gl/OItwV Reply
gipper51 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkSure if you are a one man operation. Our company bought 50. Some buy hundreds and need tech support. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - link"if your workload can't take advantage of the extra cores you've effectively left performance on the table by going for more cores instead of fewer, faster ones."
Wasn't Turbo Boost and the like supposed to take care of that issue? If the other 2/4 cores in the hexa/octa core aren't used, power gate them and allocate the left over TDP to the active cores by increasing their clocks. Unless that only works until 4 cores and not above, it seems to be more an arbitrary limitation Intel puts in place to cement their profits, like they do with various other feature differences between processors. I don't see a reason they can't release octa core for the enthusiast market as an extreme edition for the LGA2011. They just don't want to cut into their Xeon market share and profits is my guess. Same reason why there aren't hexa core LGA1155 CPUs (I don't buy that the platform can't feed them fast enough). Reply
SodaAnt - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkI think the reason is that there's more power limitations. It takes a lot more power and thermals to run 8 cores, with 2 of those cores at a really high clock frequency, than it does to run a simple duel core computer at the same high clock frequency. Reply
cknobman - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkThe review talks about how cool the configuration runs but we never get to see any temps.
Why no temps? Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkPenultimate site under "Noise and Heat". Reply
alpha754293 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linkI wonder how the GTX Titan would have performed on the SPEC Viewperf 11 benchmark... Reply
bminor13 - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkSeconded; would the GTX Titan compete with the workstation cards in terms of compute performance (price and cost-effectiveness aside)? Reply
RoslynWan12 - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - linktil I saw the receipt 4 $9132, I accept that my brothers friend was like they say really bringing in money part time on-line.. there sisters roommate had bean doing this for only about 6 months and resently repaid the mortgage on their place and purchased Acura. this is where I went, Bow6.comCHECK IT OUT Reply
RedStar - Monday, May 27, 2013 - linkcase sure looks a whole lot like my p180 antec case Reply


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PHILADELPHIA – Penn will become very familiar with its new pitch at Rhodes Field in 2013, hosting 11 of its 17 matches this season on the new surface as the Quakers will have plenty of chances to establish a new sense of home field advantage.
"Our 2013 schedule is arguably the strongest in my 16 years at Penn, but our team is looking forward to the challenges it presents," James C. Gentle Head Coach of Men's Soccer Rudy Fuller said. "Top to bottom, the Ivy League continues to prove that it is one of the strongest, most competitive leagues in the country. On top of that, we have gone out and scheduled one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation. Our program has high aspirations for itself and we believe that this schedule will give us an opportunity to reach new heights this season and in the years ahead."
The Red and Blue will be tested throughout the campaign, with five matches against teams which reached the NCAA Tournament in 2012. Last season's national runner-up, Georgetown, highlights the non-conference slate as the Hoyas will visit Rhodes Field on September 19 as part of the Ivy League/BIG EAST CHALLENGE. Drexel and Florida Gulf Coast are the other non-conference opponents which played in the national tournament last season, while Brown and Cornell will give the Quakers a pair of Ivy matches against NCAA Tournament opponents.
Penn will play its first-ever match against four different opponents during the course of the 2013 season, headlines by a trip to California in the middle of September. The Quakers will first take on Cal-Poly on September 13 before heading 100 miles south to UC-Santa Barbara on September 15. Penn's second match of the season will showcase a new opponent, the Sacred Heart Pioneers, on September 8. Towards the end of September, the Quakers will host Florida Gulf Coast at Rhodes Field, the September 27 matchup the first-ever between the two schools.
The 2013 slate commences with the Penn Soccer Classic September 6-8. The Quakers will open with Stony Brook on September 6 before hosting Sacred Heart on September 8. Drexel enters the field as part of the Penn Soccer Classic this year, hosting matches at its home field.
After the trip to California, the Quakers will have plenty of time to acclimate themselves to their new surroundings with eight of their next ten matches at home. The Ivy League/BIG EAST Challenge will see head coach Rudy Fuller play host to his alma mater, Georgetown, on September 19 before his club makes the short trip to Villanova two days later. The following weekend, the Quakers host a pair of Florida schools with FGCU in on the 27th and Florida International the last opponent in September on the 29th.
A University City clash opens October as Drexel visits Rhodes Field on October 2 in Penn's last non-conference match before Ivy League play begins. Penn will host defending Ancient Eight champion Cornell on October 5 to begin the seven-game sprint, then traveling to Columbia on October 12 for its first road Ivy tilt of the season. Dartmouth (October 19) and Yale (October 26) will come to Rhodes Field to close out the first half of the League schedule before a brief venture out of the Ivy League for a match with Penn State on October 29 rounds out October.
The Quakers have three matches scheduled for November – each an Ivy contest. Up first in the season's final weeks will be Brown. The Quakers will head to Rhode Island on November 2 to play a club which advanced to the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament. Penn's final home match for 2013 will be the latest installment of the Penn-Princeton rivalry as the Quakers host their archrivals on November 9. The regular season concludes a week later in Cambridge with a November 16 date with Harvard.
Penn will be looking to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010, the ultimate goal a spot on the College Cup December 13-15 which will be held at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.
2013 Penn Quakers Schedule
|Friday, Septmeber 6
|Stony Brook
|Sunday, September 8
|Sacred Heart
|2:30 p.m.
|Friday, September 13
|at Cal-Poly
|10 p.m.
|Sunday, September 15
|at UC-Santa Barbara
|4 p.m.
|Thursday, September 19
|7 p.m.
|Tuesday, September 24
|at Villanova
|4 p.m.
|Friday, September 27
|Florida Gulf Coast
|7 p.m.
|Sunday, September 29
|Florida International
|12 p.m.
|Wednesday, October 2
|7 p.m.
|Saturday, October 5
|7 p.m.
|Saturday, October 12
|at Columbia*
|7 p.m.
|Saturday, October 19
|7:30 p.m.
|Saturday. October 26
|7:30 p.m.
|Tuesday, October 29
|Penn State
|7 p.m.
|Saturday, November 2
|at Brown*
|4 p.m.
|Saturday, November 9
|4 p.m.
|Saturday, November 16
|at Harvard*
|7 p.m.
* Ivy League Match
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Coco Ribbon: The Goddess Guide Book by Gisele Scanlon, published by HarperCollins
Just in time for Valentine's Day, modern-day goddess Gisele Scanlon has compiled a collection of style and lifestyle wisdom for, well, all of her sister goddesses. She leaves the question of which muse you most resemble (or aspire to) up to you. Me? I'm with Minerva.


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This group is focused on the use of FrontlineSMS in the field of election monitoring.
Members: 68
Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2016
I'd like to publicize an opportunity for FrontlineSMS users to collaborate with national media outlets in Kenya. This includes election monitoring work.I'm a PhD student from the London School of…Continue
Started by Nicholas Benequista. Last reply by javin ochieng Nov 30, 2012.
Hi all, FrontlineSMS has a strong and buzzing user base in Kenya, and I have already heard a few different users mention that they are thinking of using of FrontlineSMS in the Kenyan elections in…Continue
Tags: FrontlineSMS, use, 2012, elections, Kenya
Started by Florence Scialom. Last reply by Nicholas Benequista Nov 26, 2012.
A group of Nigerian NGOs have joined together to form ReclaimNaija, an organisation which is providing a way for Nigerian citizens to report on the 2011 elections as they happen. This project is…Continue
Started by Florence Scialom. Last reply by Florence Scialom Dec 16, 2011.
Hi Libby, I don't have any experience in election monitoring, but I may be able to help advise you about using FrontlineSMS and Crowdmap (Ushahidi) for the elections. Please email me at tmarente (at) gmail (dot) com. all the best.
Firstly, is anyone planning to use Frontline SMS and/or Ushahidi for the Sierra Leone elections on Sat??
Secondly, we are a small and very new media dev org and would really appreciate chatting with someone who has experience using both for election mapping. Does anyone have time to advise us?
Hi James,
Great to hear from you! Thanks for the update on your work here; sounds like you are involved in some very valuable projects. I hope you have got up and running with FrontlineSMS ok, but if you have any questions on this please feel free to ask.
You may be interested in this recently released guide which shows how to use FrontlineSMS with Ushahidi. This could be helpful for any users with election monitoring plans.
Anyway, thanks again for posting and do stay in touch \o/
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Edo state elections is coming up in June....i just hope Ushida team will consider coming....Our team in JulyCare is over 200 strong registered youths employed voluntary basis and ready to give assistance.
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Am back here again! How have you been. I have been actually within the community and for the last few days i have been working on an agriculture project. Next month (Feb) i will probably embark on Election Monitoring and Reporting project for Kenya. If someone in Kenya is already working on the same, kindly let us link. I can share some experiences and human resources if need be.
Hope to hear from you good people soonest.
Hi Joseph,
There is a section in the FrontlineSMS help files about email settings which may be useful - you can find this online here (as well as within FrontlineSMS software under the Help menu option). If this doesn't give you the information you need then can I ask that you start a new discussion under the forum tab, providing as much detail as possible about the problem you are having.
Flo, I want to set up frontlineSMS with an email account from gmail. At the email settings, i cant seem to find something right. Any idea?
Hi Joseph,
I have now started a discussion above for all in the community to share different learning and ideas on potential use FrontlineSMS in the Kenyan elections. I have replied to your questions there, so please do take a look for further info.
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In Temple times there were elaborate rules in connection with ritual impurity. If a person had been rendered impure through having come into contact, say, with a dead rodent, he contaminated sacred food such as the tithe given to the priests, which must then not be eaten. The way in which contamination of this kind could be removed was through immersion in a ritual bath.
But the sages imposed in certain circumstances the minor form of contamination known as "hand contamination" in which only the hands, not the whole body, was contaminated and for this to be removed total immersion was not required, only the ritual washing of the hands. Since there was a good deal of priests' tithe in ancient Palestine which could easily come into contact with the hands, the sages eventually ordained that the hands of every Jew, not only the hands of a priest, must be washed ritually before meals.
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It has to be appreciated that this ritual washing of the hands has nothing to do with physical cleanliness. On hygienic grounds, the hands are obviously to be clean of dirt before food is eaten. Even when the hands are physically clean they are still required to be ritually washed.
Although the original reason for washing the hands no longer applies, since there is no sacred food to be eaten, the ritual was continued on the grounds that the ideal of holiness demands a special, ritualistic washing of the hands. The act of washing the hands in this sense is seen as the introduction of the holiness ideal into the mundane life of the Jew. This ritual washing is only required before a meal at which bread is eaten.
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The procedure is to pour water out from a cup or glass first twice over the right hand and then twice over the left hand–care being taken that the unwashed hands do not touch the water used for the washing. The hands are then dried with a towel before partaking of the meal. A benediction is recited over the washing of the hands: "Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with Thy commandments and has commanded us concerning the washing of the hands."
The reference to the command has to be understood in the context that rabbinic ordinances are also commanded by God. Observant Jews are very strict in this matter of washing the hands before meals.
The Talmud also refers to washing the hands after meals but here the reason given is that people used to eat with their hands and a certain salt added to food in those days might cause injury to the eyes if it came into contact with them. The French authorities in the Middle Ages argued that this hygienic reason no longer obtains, since this kind of salt is no longer used.
Many observant Jews follow this line of thinking and do not wash the hands after the meal, not as a ritual in any event. But many authorities introduce the holiness motif here as well, although no benediction is recited over mayyim aharonim, "afterwards water." For those who observe it, the procedure is simply to pour a little water out of a cup or glass over the fingers of the two hands.
There is a further ritual washing of the hands on rising from sleep. This is a later innovation for which two reasons are given. One is that during sleep an unclean spirit rests on the body. This departs on waking, except for a residue left on the fingernails and to remove this, the hands have to be washed.
The second reason (perhaps introduced as a rationalization) is that a Jew, a member of the "kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19:5), must, when he rises from his bed to serve his Maker, follow the practice of the priests in the Temple who would wash their hands from the hand-basin (Exodus 30:17-21).
The procedure for this washing of the hands is to pour the water first on the right hand and then the left and to repeat this three times. Some of the more scrupulous have a cup of water and a basin at the bedside so as to wash the hands immediately on waking. Following the first reason, they will pour out the "nail water" (neggel wasser in Yiddish) and not allow it to come into contact with food or drink.
Many pious Jews also carry out the ritual of washing the hands before performing any religious act, especially before prayer. It is also the custom to perform the ritual of washing the hands on returning from the graveside after a burial.
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As the nation rang in the new year, congress was busy passing last minute legislation aimed at diverting what many viewed as a major catastrophe – the US falling off of the preverbal fiscal cliff. While the term fiscal cliff is arguably misleading, the implications of taking the dive were very real. Congress ultimately passed the "Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012" which made the so-called Bush era taxes cuts permanent.
Here is a recap of some primary taxes laws that will affect many taxpayers:
- Permanent extension of the Bush-era income tax rates for all income up to $400,000 ($450,000 if married); for taxpayers above those thresholds, the top rate reverts to the 39.6 percent rate previously in effect. For example, a married couple, under age 65 with no children earning $450,000 will pay roughly $9,133 in additional income taxes in 2013. The higher tax liability is largely due to a higher marginal rate, the additional payroll tax liability, and the reduction of personal exemption and itemized deductions amounts. If the same couple earned $250,000, they would see an increase in their 2013 income tax liability of roughly $2,507.
- Capital gains and dividend tax rates for those exceeding the income thresholds above increase from 15 to 20 percent
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While this legislation fails to address several key issues like the nation's debt ceiling, it did kick the "sequestration can" down the road buying ourselves a few weeks to address the nation's spending.
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You would be hard pressed to find anything as warm and comforting as a piece of freshly-baked pumpkin bread on a crisp fall day. There is just something about that combination of a large orange gourd baked with spices and sweeteners that seems to signify autumn and all the creature comforts that come with cooler weather and the impending holidays. But as comforting as they are, most pumpkin breads aren't exactly high ranking in the health department. Full of sugar and refined flour, they fill you up with little to no redeeming nutritional value.
My kids adore pumpkin bread, and as I don't want to deny them or myself this seasonal treat, I wanted to find a way to make it both healthy and delicious. I've fallen hard for Bob's Red Mill Organic Golden Flax Meal because the lighter colour means it blends in better in baked goods. That and it's got great flavor and is incredibly healthy. So I knew I wanted that to be my base ingredient, but as I thought about what else to use, I got intrigued by the idea of a pumpkin coconut bread. Pumpkin and coconut go beautifully together in soups, so I thought they might be great in a baked good as well. And once it came out of the oven, I decided to go all out and drizzle it with a coconut glaze.
I was really pleased with the results and it was devoured quite quickly by the whole family. It rose wonderfully, and made a very hearty breakfast or snack. And a much healthier one too! My kids preferred it without the glaze, as it was a little too much coconut for them, but I really enjoyed it with.
One word of note, I did use erythritol and stevia in place of sugar, which are both zero calorie sweeteners suitable for diabetics. You can use whatever you want to sweeten this bread…honey, sugar or other sugar substitutes.
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Vest technology saves life of Humboldt County cardiology patient
A Eureka man is the first in Humboldt County to have his life saved by a medical technology that's new to the region. It's called the "life vest".
"Thank god for the vest," said 78-year-old patient Philip Wentworth, "It's one of these devices that keeps you alive."
He was fitted with the vest after his heart started to give out in June of 2013.
"We found out that he had a severe cardiomyopathy severe weakening of the heart muscle," said Wentworth's Cardiologist Doctor Andrew Michaels, who was in the emergency room to treat Wentworth. He says the incident wasn't severe enough for surgery, that's where the vest comes in.
"And we knew he was at a very high risk to develop an abnormal heart rhythm so we fitted him with a life vest before he left the hospital."
The vest is worn under a patient's clothes like a backpack. There are three pads and four electrodes inside of it. The three pads shock the patient if his or her heart rhythm gets off of what it normally should be… which is exactly what it did for Wentworth a few weeks after starting to wear the device.
"And two minutes later the vest shocked me, and that woke me up for sure!" Wentworth said.
"The vest only delivers a shock if the patient is unconscious and is having a life threatening abnormal heart rhythm," explained Dr. Michaels.
After the shock, Philip's wife was able to get him up and back to the Emergency Room where he underwent surgery to put in a permanent defibrillator.
Wentworth said it's been working well ever since.
"Philip is doing great with his rehab- he's exercising," Dr. Michaels added, it's good news for the patient… ex-marine… and family man, who's doctor says might not be here today.
"I think he would have died. He would have died in his sleep."
Wentworth adds, "My dad died of a heart attack when he was 72. I just turned 78."
He wants to make it to 100 years old.
The "life vest" is the first wearable defibrillator. It was approved by the FDA in 2001, but has only been in use on the North Coast since 2011. It took two shocks for Wentworth, but experts on the device say it has a 98% first treatment shock success rate.


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What makes a taco perfect? Is it all about the filling, from spicy chicken to perfectly grilled steak? Or maybe the toppings take a taco to the next level: grilled corn salsa, chipotle cream sauce or diced avocado. And does a well-chilled margarita give a taco an edge?
Whatever your preference, be sure to tune in to The Perfect 3 this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. to discover new favorites for your taco bar.
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DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on Tuesday announced an emergency order banning K2 and other synthetic marijuana-type drugs.
The Emergency Order No. 2012-1 was issued by the city's Department of Health and Wellness Promotion Director and Health Officer Loretta Davis.
"To anyone distributing K2 or other synthetic marijuana in the City of Detroit to the detriment of our citizens, we have a message for you – we will seize it and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," Bing said.
At Bing's request, Davis issued the order to "prevent imminent danger to health or lives" after emergency rooms at local hospitals reported seeing an increasing number of synthetic marijuana users poisoned by the drug.
The regional Poison Control Center has also reported a doubling in the rate of cases of city of Detroit residents from 2011 to 2012.
Under the order, anyone in the City of Detroit must immediately cease selling, trading, giving, bartering, serving, providing, or make available any product or substance containing synthetic marijuana. The order also includes a ban on stimulants, known as cathinone or bath salts.
The order is enforceable under state law.
Violators face a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months imprisonment, or a fine of up to $200 or both.
Copyright 2012 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Do you have an interest in technologies to monitor your cows for heat, mastitis, lameness, or illness detection?
If so, dairy scientists Matthew Borchers and Jeffrey Bewley at the University of Kentucky would like to hear from you. The team is conducting a survey to better understand dairy producer technology needs. Participation is welcome whether or not you currently use cow-monitoring technologies on your farm.
The survey will help guide future efforts to develop technologies to help manage your dairy.
All responses to the survey are completely anonymous. No identification data is requested or recorded. To complete the survey, please click here.


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So Terry Collins said something interesting yesterday afternoon. With the Mets scheduled to face three righthanders this weekend against Cincinnati, he said that both Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Lucas Duda would play all three games, leaving one outfield spot to be shared between Andres Torres, Scott Hairston and Jason Bay.
Now, Hairston signed on to be a reserve outfielder. Torres effectively has been one already, with the emergence of Nieuwenhuis. But remember: Collins said that when Jason Bay returned, he'd return to full-time play. Now, after five games, that has changed.
Look, Bay has been awful since his return. He's 1-for-21. But he hadn't played in almost two months. And if the Mets wanted to give him a chance to play regularly, five games really shouldn't change things.
None of the three hitters stack up as much of an option against righties. Bay is a .492 OPS hitter against righties in 2012, .629 in 2011. Torres checks in at .505 in 2012, .657 in 2011. And Hairston is an even .600 in 2012, and a robust .886 in 2011-though that was while hitting just .216, and flew in the face of his career norms, struggling against righties.
The question with Bay always comes back to his contract. He's owed $16 million this year and $16 million next year. Trading him, even if he immediately started hitting, is still probably a pipe dream-what team is taking him on if he hit for the next month and a half, given that he hasn't for 2.5 years? After all, he can still accrue enough plate appearances to trigger a $17 million option for 2014.
All things being equal, an outfield of Torres, Nieuwenhuis and Duda probably makes the most sense, given the relative parity of the bats and the need for Torres' defense to help offset Duda's. But Jason Bay, unlike Torres and Hairston, is pretty certain to be a Met in 2013, or at least, to be one of the people the Mets pay the most in 2013. So they probably ought to give him more time to turn it around. He isn't blocking anyone who is a key part of their future right now. And like it or not, that contract makes Bay a key part of that future, in one way or another.


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WASHINGTON Enough with this "enough" business.
Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz the conservative Texas senator who happens to be of Hispanic descent.
But is he Hispanic enough? For what, his family taco recipe? Before you send in the sensitivity police, permit me to finish, por favor.


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The first of several supermarket greenhouse projects by BrightFarms LLC is expected to bear fruit later this fall, and the New York-based company has several more in the works.
In early May, BrightFarms, which designs, finances, builds and operates hydroponic greenhouses, announced its second produce purchase agreement with Oklahoma City-based Homeland Stores.
The company's first supermarket greenhouse, built for Langhorne, Pa.-based McCaffrey's Markets, is expected to open in October, said Paul Lightfoot, chief executive officer. The Oklahoma City location should be up and running in early 2013, he said.
The mix of produce in each greenhouse depends on a retailer's needs.
"We grow any variety of salad greens from spring mix to baby arugula to a 50/50 mix, and tomatoes from tomatoes-on-the-vine to cherry to beefsteak and a variety of herbs," he said. "These are some of the most perishable items, and they travel the farthest to get to us."
Retailers can have an on-site, or very nearby, greenhouse to cut the distance and offer a fresher product, Lightfoot said. BrightFarms handles all of the growing operations and the retailer maintains its position as a buyer.
"We learned along the way that retailers wanted to be retailers," he said. "They want to buy at one price and sell with good service at another. They don't want to raise capital for farms and be farmers."
BrightFarms also recently announced an agreement to build a greenhouse with St. Paul, Minn.-based J&J Distributing, and Lightfoot said more announcements are expected this spring.
BrightFarms isn't the only way retailers are going hyper-local.
Thibodaux, La.-based Rouses Enterprises planned to start harvesting from its own Roots on the Rooftop garden at its downtown New Orleans store on May 31.
The company is growing herbs both for its in-house culinary dishes and for retail sale using vertical aeroponic technology called Tower Gardens.
"This is very cutting edge for urban farming," said Donny Rouse, managing partner, in a news release. "The locavore challenge is to eat food grown within a 200-mile radius. In our case, we're growing herbs less than 100 feet from our store."
The company worked with New Orleans-based Aquaponic Modular Production Systems to design and build the farm. The company works with retailers, educational institutions and community groups.
Kevin Morgan-Rothschild, chief operating officer and co-founder, said the company hopes to expand Rouses' garden to include fresh vegetables.
"We plan to work with more supermarkets nationwide that want to go down this route," he said.


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|Queen of the Oceans
Part 3: Phuket
By Capt. Ian van der Watt—February 2002
Even though we hated to leave, we had a rendezvous with guests in Phuket, Thailand. We had contacted the folks at Phuket Yacht Haven after reading an Asian magazine where the marina was advertised. The artist's impression of the marina was our first foray into Asian commercials, where places are advertised long before any ground has actually been broken.
Even though we had been corresponding with them, the staff omitted to tell us that the marina had not yet been built. While cruising up towards it, we passed a few floating docks and actually commented to each other that the area must be becoming popular if they were already building another marina so close to the one we were looking for!
However, although the floating docks turned out not to be connected to the mainland and we had to use a tender to go ashore, the marina was a fabulous spot to stay a month at--quiet and peaceful yet close to the many attractions of Phuket. One of the undoubted highlights was having Thai food prepared from scratch at a restaurant in the Banyan Tree Resort....
We set off for the Indonesian Archipelago. The island of Bali is a mesmerizing place. We were overwhelmed by the grace of the people and the magnificent sense of style they all seemed to be born with.
The true beauty lies in towns like Ubud and the other areas inland from the beach, with their immaculate rice fields and gardens. Exotic, charming, easygoing, and tranquil, the old-style way of life is in full flow here, with almost everyone seeming to be an artist or craftsman of some sort....
Close to Bali is the slightly more rural island of Lombok, another essential name for any cruising list. This is famous for its weavers, who make the most fantastic baskets, and the spice markets are a treat for the senses. The rest of our Indonesian tour consisted of less well-known islands: Komodo, Sulawesi, Sumbawa, and Flores.
The Komodo dragons are unique to the island after which they are named. They are also a delight for those wanting to relive visions conjured up as children--especially if your dragons were man-eaters! We took the guided tour and saw our fair share of these almost mythical creatures. They are the largest monitor lizards in the world, growing up to three meters [10 feet] in length and weighing as much as 125 kilos [250 pounds]. The rangers pointed out that the "dragons" have the run of the island and are good swimmers. It was at that point we decided to cease jumping overboard for a dip....
Next page > QOD, Part 4 > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Hendrick Motorsports had a lot to be proud of after Sunday's Curtis Shaver 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson walked away with the victory and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took over the Cup Series point lead.
Johnson's fourth victory at the famous Brickyard tied him with teammate Jeff Gordon for the most Cup Series wins at the historic track.
"Man, you just hope to race here," said an excited Johnson after the event. "To come here and win is a huge honor. To win four …I'm at a loss for words."
Johnson's victory was his third of the season which places him solidly in a position to win a sixth Cup Series title.
"I'd like to win a sixth championship this year," replied Johnson when asked about his chances. "That's the thing that's on my mind right now."
As Johnson drove away to a dominating victory, fourth-place finisher Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved into the points lead as former point leader Matt Kenseth was caught in a late-race accident.
"We got back there and some guys were driving pretty crazy," Kenseth said. "You could see the wreck happening and I was just hoping I wasn't going to be in it."
Kenseth's loss was Earnhardt's gain as the popular driver moved into the points lead by 14 points. However, Earnhardt was thinking more about a championship and not leading the regular season point battle.
"We need to win more races," said Earnhardt. "If we want to win the championship, we have to. I don't know if finishing fourth or fifth is going to do it."
Earnhardt fourth place run was his twenty-first consecutive finish on the lead lap which ties him with Gordon for the most in NASCAR history.
"I'm proud of that because it says a lot about our body of work," said Earnhardt of his hot streak. "I'm proud of that."
With only five races left before the Chase, Hendrick Motor Sports looks poised to claim another Cup Series title. The only question is which of his two teams can close the deal.
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Shaw's ARMS AND THE MAN Comes to Sawyer Center Theater, Now thru 6/14
For its tenth anniversary season, the Northern New England Repertory Theatre Company (NNE Rep) will present George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy Arms and the Man* on the Sawyer Center stage at Colby-Sawyer College in New London. In this delicious romantic confection, Shaw's barbed wit targets themes of love, honor, and illusions, and serves up laughs aplenty at the foibles of human nature. NNE Rep's production of Arms and the Man will run for seven performances from today, June 5th through June 14th.
Many of Shaw's works turn an acerbic eye on social injustices or conventions he regarded as ridiculous, but in comedies like Arms and the Man, his playfulness and sense of humor let his audiences laugh at the foolishness of the characters and situations even as they engage with the ideas being presented on the stage.
Who wears the face of the hero? Who has the heart of a man? Shaw plays with these questions as he introduces us to the Petkoffs, a Bulgarian military family in the late 1800s. Raina Petkoff and Sergius Saranoff are engaged to be married, and, fresh from his heroic exploits in the war, Sergius seems to be the ideal fiancé. But Shaw pokes sly fun at the idea of "knights in shining armor" and "love on a higher plane," and he shows us how precarious it is to keep one's balance while standing on a pedestal.
Theatre-goers who saw NNE Rep's 2013 production of Hedda Gabler will welcome the return of Equity actors Milan Dragicevich and Mark Irish in the roles of Sergius Saranoff, and Major Bluntschli, respectively, as well as local stand-out Cindy Johnson as Louka. Catherine Petkoff will be played by Equity actor Kathleen Huber, whom longtime NNE Rep audience members will remember as Fonsia Dorsey in the 2005 production of The Gin Game. New to the company but bringing with them impressive lists of New York and Regional credits will be Equity actors Tamara Scott as Raina Petkoff, and J.C. Hoyt as Major Petkoff. Local performers Mike Gregory as Nicola and Gregert Johnson as the Russian Officer will round out the strong ensemble cast. John Goodlin, NNE Rep's Artistic Director, will direct.
Evening performances of Arms and the Man begin at 7:30 PM on June 5, 6, 7, & 12, 13, 14, with a matinee on June 8 starting at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $28, with student and group rates available. For tickets, call NNE Rep's Box office at (603) 526-4112: Toll-free: 1- 844-323-9455; in person: Tatewell Gallery (Mon-Sat, 10-5), New London Shopping Center; online: www.NNERTC.org, and at the Sawyer Center Theater for 2 hours before curtain. For more information, email: email@example.com
* "Arms and the Man" is produced by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.


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A MEMORIAL sword was presented to a member of Malvern College's air cadets who has achieved a great deal.
Rupert Harris has been a member of Malvern Colleges CCF (RAF) since 2010 and received the prestigious Sir John Thomson Memorial Sword, at the Air Squadron Day.
Lady Thomson presented Mr Harris with the trophy, which commemorates her late husband Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson, at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome in Bedfordshire.
It is awarded to Best CCF (RAF) Cadet and Mr Harris was one of only ten people to be called for interview following nominations in November.
He has attended camps across the world and completed his Gliding scholarship in Vikings at RAF Syerston in April 2013.
Mr Harris gained a flying scholarship at Tayside Aviation in September 2013 and is a keen pilot having led the college's RAF Section in the Air Squadron Trophy for two years in succession and winning the Leadership Trophy in 2012.
He is the former head of school and left the college this summer to take a gap year working with the children's charity the Rainbow Trust.
Afterwards, he hopes to study construction management and engineering at university.


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POLICE are continuing to investigate the cause of a gas main fire that led to some 30 residents of the Arboretum are of Worcester being evacuated from their homes late at night.
Emergency services were called to the junction of East Street and Southfield Street on Friday night after some plastic barriers surrounding road works were reported to be on fire.
When firefighters arrived shortly after 11.25pm, they found the burning barriers had fallen or been pushed into the hole, melting an exposed gas pipe and causing the gas to ignite.
Firefighters and police were joined by emergency response teams from National Grid, which is responsible for the gas supply, Western Power and Severn Trent, which dug the original excavation.
The three fire crews from Worcester made sure the gas flare did not threaten nearby properties, while the utilities engineers worked to isolate the gas supply and turn it off.
Dan Quinn, of Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, said: "In a situation like this, the drill is to let the gas leak burn until you can cut off the supply. Putting out the flames before the leak is isolated is asking for trouble, because then you've got the gas still coming out, with the risk of an explosion.
"So our crews keep the area around the leak cooled down, make sure there are no secondary fires and generally keep
things contained."
Occupants of nearby houses were taken to the Worcester Whitehouse Hotel, in Foregate Street, in an operation organised by Worcester City Council.
The gas supply was not turned off until about 7.10am on Saturday, after which residents were allowed home. However, gas supplies, as well as water and electricity, which had been turned off for safety reasons, were not restored to all nearby homes until later in the day.
Yesterday, police confirmed they were looking at the possibility of "malicious ignition" of the plastic barriers. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the non-emergency number 101, citing incident number 864s/020514.


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My question covers a lot of territory, but I think is the best forum for starters, as it's going to involve purchasing some new hardware and software.
A few weeks ago, my neighbor's apartment burned down, nearly taking mine along with it. When I got home from work in the middle of the night, it looked like my apartment had vanished at first. It made me think: What if I had lost all the research I've done over a lifetime, much of it in the form of letters, documents and books not even stored in a computer? In fact, I have more than two dozen boxes full of papers that do little more than take up space.
So I decided it's time to digitize them...I think that's the right word; I want to essentially scan everything into a computer, but I need some guidance.
For starters, there are at least three ways to transform a paper document into a computer file that I'm aware of...
1) Scan it as an image.2) Scan it as a PDF file.3) Use optical character recognition (OCR) software to scan it as text.
In most cases, I'd prefer to scan it as text, not just for the smaller file size but because it would be a much more useful format; I could search it, edit the text, etc.
However, I won't be able to use OCR software with files that are faded, smudged, etc. Also, there are many images I'll want to scan.
So let's start with files that can't be copied with OCR software. Should I scan them as images or PDF files? (If I scan it as a graphic, which format should I use - TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.?) I've never worked with PDF files before, but I think you scan a document into a PDF format, right? If so, I assume it's a smaller file size than a graphic.
Can I search for text on PDF files? In other words, if I search my computer for the word "jaguar," will it search PDF files or only text files?
Do images come out nice in PDF files, or would it be better to scan them into an image format, like JPG?
Next question - What hardware and software should I buy?
I recently upgraded to a new MacBook Pro running Lion. I think I can get a good scanner for $150, maybe even less than $100 - right? Are there any particular models you recommend?
Do I need to buy special software to create PDF files?
What OCR software do you recommend?
Also, most of my files can be scanned with a regular scanner. (I think the term is flatbed scanner.) However, I have some thicker books that are going to be harder to scan. I've seen ads for little handheld scanners. Do they work well, and can you recommend any particular models?
Sorry to cram so many questions into one post. I think my project is pretty simple, really, or it will be after I figure out a few things - like PDF vs images vs OCR. Merely purchasing a scanner will probably be 90% of the project, especially if I can find one that comes with OCR software pre-installed.
The best way to scan documents is into pdf file format. If you have computer generated text then the search will be able to find your search words. If you have hand-written text or poor quality text then you cannot use search
Usually you will get software with the scanner that will include OCR and the different forms of output. When you're looking at different models, make sure you check out the functionality of the software, and if possible get a demonstration so you know how easy and quick it is to use.
(Note: the scanning-to-text that I've done has been on quite old kit, so things might have moved on since then)
If you scan to PDF, it will scan the entire page as an image, and that's how it will be stored. You can then run the OCR tool on areas of text, and it will figure out what the text is but usually won't change the image, so it doesn't neaten it up at all.
A common option is to scan to Word, where it will replace the OCR'd bits with actual text. This obviously looks a lot neater, and if you have mostly text then it can lead to smaller file sizes.
Scanning to image isn't something I would recommend for whole page documents. It's fine when what you want is actually an image, but not great for areas of text, and it's much harder to then manipulate.
In terms of searching, even if the PDF file contains text (whether that's generated from a source file or OCR'd from a scan) a Windows search can't find it (at least not on XP, newer variants may be better), but I don't know how a Mac search works. However, you can do a search within Adobe Reader that will trawl all PDF files within a given folder for a text string.
You should take a look PDF document scanners, rather than standard flatbed scanners.
I've had good results with Xerox models that come with PaperPort software.
Be prepared to spend $150-$300, though.
Thanks for all the tips!
Force Flow: Can a PDF document scanner ALSO do OCR work, or would I have to buy TWO scanners - a PDF scanner and a regular scanner for scanning text and images?
It's the software that does the OCR, and that's independent of the type of scanner you've got. (Heck, you can even get software that will OCR images and PDFs from your hard drive without even having a scanner installed!)
on the hardware side. many scanners etc have a volume, that is they will do so many scans then wear out (LOL one utility company found using xerox copiers actually handled the load better then a built just for scanning scanner). Also your basic OCR text scanner does not need to be high resolution. for your images that you want good image resolution you will need a high resolution scanner. basic scanning doesn't take long. ocr conversion and high res scans take longer, so that is another consideration.
If you have a whole lot of stuff and a budget, there are services that will digitize all your paper documents for you. My CPA used one, they did a room full of old documents but it was expensive. Now he got a fujitsu pdf scanner with a document feeder which works well for standard-size paper, but books, odd-size paper, etc is labor-intensive to scan.
There's an online system called DocShelf designed for this exact purpose. You download a little app, it reads documents from your scanner and uploads to their system. You can then login through their web interface and look at your documents. My sister's dental office uses it to store their records. It's more targeted to businesses, but they also have a cheap personal account for individuals.
I'm sure that you can hand it all to your local FedEx Kinkos and they'll do it for you.


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Video: Naughty, Adorable Puppies Opening Their Christmas Presents Early
Because what you need right now is (obviously) puppies.
-Lucia Peters
To make up for posting pretty much nothing but things that likely made your eyes burn in their sockets yesterday, today I offer you this: Naughty little puppies being absolutely adorable while they open their Christmas presents early. Things that you have to look forward to:
Puppies crawling out of wrapped packages;
Puppies battling with tinsel (and losing);
A puppy wearing a Santa hat bigger than itself;
Puppies chasing balls made out of giftwrap;
Tuckered-out little puppies falling asleep on top of each other and a mountain of wrapping paper carnage;
And much, much more!
Read Road Test: Method's Cleaning Products in Their Fun Holiday Scents
So go on. Take two minutes out of your day to watch this. You deserve it.
All together now: Awwwwwwwwww! Here's wishing you a happy, puppy-filled, Kardashian-free holiday, Bettys!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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Did you know?
Thakadu means 'aardvark' and is a totem for the Batlokwa people who own the lodge.
Listening to the story of Thakadu River Camp in Madikwe Game Reserve is like immersing yourself in a happy-ending, real-life fairy tale.
This tented camp along the clear green Marico River not far from the Botswana border, is 100% owned by the Batlokwa people, most of whom live in a small nearby village called Molatedi. The community members gain clear benefits from having this luxury lodge here. It's a model of responsible tourism.
Not only is there an annual amount paid to the community's trust fund, but it is only local villagers who are employed and trained at the lodge. Not surprisingly, Thakadu is a Fair Trade in Tourism-certified destination.
A trip to the village of Molatedi is easily arranged. It is memorable in part for the lack of visible people of working age. You'll mostly only see old people and very people along the quiet, dusty streets.
Everyone else is either working at Thakadu or is involved in the ecotourism business. This is thanks to the Madikwe Game Reserve, which is an enormous park embodying a mutually beneficial partnership between the owner (the government), the owners of the lodges (communities or private sector) and the environment that supports both.
An added benefit for visitors is that Madikwe is malaria-free.
Ecotourism is an industry that particularly favours female breadwinners. They don't need to travel far to seek work, and can be close to their families, saving rent, food and transport money. It's far easier to raise children in this environment than if they worked far from home.
The little shop owners don't have to deal with crippling debt, because most people can pay their bills. The school is of a reasonable standard, with motivated teachers.
The Thakadu tented camp (Thakadu means 'aardvark', an animal sacred to the Batlokwa) offers five-star accommodation. The tents are set on platforms over the thickly wooded Marico River. Each has a wide balcony, a romantic room and an en suite bathroom.
The community members are tremendously proud of their beautiful lodge, and it shows in their welcome.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Thakadu River Camp Reservations
Tel: +27 (0)87 740 9292
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The Madikwe Game Reserve is about a four-hour drive from Johannesburg. Ask Thakadu directly for the best directions.
Best time to visit
Early spring and summer show the area off at its best - from September to the end of November. But every part of the year has its attractions. It can be very hot in the middle of summer (December to February), and very cold in winter (May to August), particularly at night.
Around the area
You'll find yourself only an hour or two from Sun City's casinos and golf courses. Madikwe is also very close to the Botswana border.
What will it cost
You'll be staying in five-star luxury, which comes with a price tag to match. That said, prices at Madikwe lodges are often lower than at private game lodges in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve adjacent to the Kruger National Park, for example. Enquire directly with the lodge for rates.
Length of stay
Stay at least two nights, or more if you can.
What to pack
In winter, temperatures drop dramatically at night beside the river. The lodgings are warm, but you'll need warm gear for game drives.
What to eat
The staff have a devilishly tempting concoction made of hot chocolate and Amarula liqueur which is a perfect nightcap.


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How would your child like to share a birthday celebration with some wild animals? It's easy with the Oakland Zoo when you sign up for one of our animal-themed education birthday parties. They're available on Saturdays and Sundays year-round and offer a variety of fun and memorable activities. You can choose from either of two time slots: 10:30 in the morning or 1:30 in the afternoon. The basic party package accommodates up to 20 people, with an option for 20 more for an additional fee.
The party starts out in the festively decorated Discovery Room of the Zoo's Education Center. There, your child and their friends will get the chance to explore
and play with puppets, puzzles, animal costumes, and cool animal artifacts. Then, it's story time, where they'll get to hear an animal story told by one of our enthusiastic Education Specialists.
Then comes the best part, where the kids will get to see and touch some of our fascinating zoo creatures like snakes and lizards, chinchillas, ferrets and hedgehogs.
After that they'll get the opportunity to use their creative craft-making skills to make food-filled enrichment items for some of our other animals.
When it comes to food for your child's birthday party, you have a choice. You can either bring your own, or you can leave it all to us and have the Zoo cater your party. Either way, the kids get to enjoy their cake and other treats in the exotic Rain Forest Room right next door. The birthday child gets a special present and each of the party guests receives a goody bag filled with a variety of animal themed party favors. And in the spirit of conservation, the party bags are now made out of post-consumer plastic, and feature a fun "Go Green" wildlife message. Gifts inside the bags might include things like
a small plant growing kit, recycled pencils made of bamboo, fun stickers, elephant magnets, or educational Top Trumps trading cards.
Later, the kids will meet one of our zookeepers and then head out into the Children's Zoo to see animals like bunnies, otters, lemurs, pigs or bats enjoying the enrichment items the kids made for them. Afterwards, your group is free to roam and explore the Zoo at your own pace. Or if you'd prefer, you can explore the Zoo earlier—before your party starts.
And one of the best reasons to have your party at the Zoo is that when the party's over, you can leave the clean-up to us—we'll take care of everything. But if you'd rather host your party in the convenience of your own home, we can bring the whole
thing, including the animals, right to your door aboard the Oakland Zoomobile. Either way, your child will get a fun, memorable experience that they will talk about for a long time to come.
It's easy to book your special birthday party here at the Oakland Zoo. Simply call our Education Reservations Associate at 510-632-9525 x220. Who knows—this may be the best birthday party your child has ever had. See you at the Oakland Zoo!
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