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Oct 23, 2012 5:53PM
Behind-The-Scenes with Meg Gray on Shakuhachi's Cruise Campaign
Flower power.
Shakuhachi has taken inspiration for Cruise 2012 from Roman Coppola's CQ; a pastel-saturated, sci-fi film romp through the 60s. Flower power graphic prints, retro crochet and metallic leathers fuse together in a palette of baby blues, pinks, and bright white, creating the fresh, summery and energetic collection that is 'I Want Candy'. It's no surprise that Vogue-alumni/Gray Gardens blogger Meg Gray worked on the project either, styling the embellished range to perfection, while photographer Darren McDonald shot the campaign. We caught up with Meg.
Jerico Mandybur: Can you tell us what your vibe was for the styling?
Meg Gray: A little bit 60s but we were having fun more than anything. It was very high summer, fun and frivolous more than being decade or theme-driven.
What was your favourite part about working on the project?
Working with the amazing team, and Jessie White [Shakuhachi designer] as well as playing with all the beautiful prints, colour and metallic leathers.
Favourite 60s fashion icon?
Talitha Getty.
What's the best piece in the collection?
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Backstage Beauty: New York
The dress has ruled the runway for years, but there's a new kid on the block—the jumpsuit. And this gold-harem incarnation by Diane von Furstenberg reigns supreme. Offering all the ease that goes along with wearing a single garment, this updated onesie, with stunning neckline drape, offers another practical perk: worry-free coverage should you get caught in a wind tunnel.
Braiding your locks in school may have served to ease study-hall ennui, but at Nanette Lepore's runway, playful plaits were a lesson in unadulterated prettiness. The tiny twists framed the faces at the New York designer's spring show, offsetting this beribboned frock's geometric pattern.
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On October 26,27 and 28th we will be doing a physical hallenge in order to raise funds for:
1. Establishing a recycling centre in Punta Allen: the community has been working towards the construction of a recycling centre where they can store all the rubbish they are separating. The money will be used to help building the centre, to buy recycling bins for town, and to give mantainance to the centre.
2. Amigos de Sian Ka'an (ASK) Marine Ecosystem projects: ASK are an NGO that has been working for 25 years, they are our major partners and some of their achivements are the creation of "no take" zones in the reef, protected areas and management plans for the region. The money will be used to buy equipment like BCDs, regulators, tanks, gps and other bits that they need to continue working on their different projects.
The Challenge
Day 1
We will start at Pez Maya base where we will adventure into the mangrove system and kayak for a few hours to Paso Lagartos.We will be rowing 20 km! Rumour says that it will take us about 5 hours! Then we will spend the night camping on the beach.
Day 2
With an early start, we will continue the adventure through the mangroves all the way to Punta Allen, just another 20 km!
Day 3
As if it wasn't enough with two days rowing, we will be cycling back from Punta Allen to Tulum on the very bumpy road through the Reserve. In total we will be cycling about 52 km!
It will be quite intense but it is for a good cause.
Both projects are very important and are helping to the conservation of our ecosystems.
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it had laundry facilities. I don't think this place is worth 40 pounds for one night.
It was convenient to the city, provided basic accommodation at a very reasonable price, and was a lot quieter than I expected. I also really appreciated the internet access and the staff were great. Also parking was secure. Facilites were a bit basic.
The price was right, it was secure and well located (between PRONI and the Linen Hall Library) and the staff were helpful.
security was very good. also the use of the kitcen facilities was convenient. staff helpful. this should not be described as a hotel - the rooms are student lodgings. could not park car anywhere near room. no tv in room. breakfast only adequate - food soon cold.
The staff was very kind and friendly, helpful and polite. My room was clean and the shower one of the best I've ever try in a hotel :)


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American relatives of a murdered Palestinian teen are calling for justice, but no more bloodshed, after Muhammad Abu Khdair's murder. VPC
JERUSALEM — Rocket fire escalated Monday across the Gaza border as tension mounted over the deaths of three Israeli teens and last week's revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager.
The Israeli army announced it was carrying out airstrikes early Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, calling it Operation Protective Edge.
The airstrikes came after Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza — intensified its rocket assault on southern Israel, with more than 60 rockets launched Monday night, the Israeli Defense Force said. One injury was reported.
Israel's Iron Dome, an anti-rocket system developed jointly by Israel and the United States, intercepted 12 rockets over the southern cities of Ashdod and Netivot, but several rockets fell close to Beersheva, the capital of the country's south.
Eight Palestinian militants were killed in fighting Monday. At least nine Palestinians were injured in Tuesday morning's airstrikes, Gaza health official Ashraf Al-Kedra said.
On Monday, Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said Israel was "prepared for a potential deterioration" in Gaza "with potential to use military force as required."
Hamas earlier vowed revenge, saying "the enemy will pay a tremendous price."
The attacks come after Israel arrested six Jewish suspects Sunday in connection with the young Palestinian's death. Three of the six have confessed to the killing and re-enacted the crime, an Israeli official told the Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of a gag order.
Israel is calling up 1,500 reservists for a potential mission in Gaza, a senior military official announced after Monday's meeting of Israel's security Cabinet, the Jerusalem Post reported. Hamas is not stopping other militant groups from firing at Israel, and its fighters are taking a lead role in such attacks, mostly mortars and rockets, the official said, according to the Post.
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the right-wing Jewish Home Party, said "all options are on the table. We need to broadcast to Hamas a message of deterrence."
Residents throughout the southern part of the country were instructed to stay close to bomb shelters.
Air-raid sirens sounded as far north as Beit Shemesh, a city between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in central Israel. Many residents of the center part of the country do not have bomb shelters because, until recently, they were considered to be out of rocket range.
Many residents in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv rushed to clean out shelters, many of which double — illegally — as storage areas.
The increased attacks along the Israel-Gaza border represent a second front for Israel, which has been trying to contain Palestinian rioting in many parts of Israel following last Wednesday's murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, whose charred body was discovered in a Jerusalem forest.
His death followed last week's discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teens who were abducted in the West Bank on June 12 and killed.
The six suspects included two brothers, and one of the suspects is the son of a rabbi, the Israeli official said. Three minor suspects were allowed to meet with lawyers Monday, while the primary suspects were not.
Israel's Channel 10 TV said the suspects were the son and five grandsons of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, without further identifying him. Israeli officials did not confirm the report.
Rachelle Fraenkel, the mother of one of the slain Israeli teenagers, said that even from the "abyss" of her own pain, she could not describe her distress over the killing of the Arab boy.
"No mother and father should endure what we are going through now. We feel the pain of Mohammed Abu Khdeir's parents," she said.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke Monday with the father of the slain Palestinian teenager, saying "I would like to express my outrage and that of the citizens of Israel over the reprehensible murder of your son."
Emotions were running high in Israel, with multiple reports on social media of angry crowds attacking Arabs in the streets of Jerusalem and tussling with police or anyone else.
Tomer Lavie, an Israeli teacher in Jerusalem, told USA TODAY he witnessed a gang of 20 to 30 young people try to pull a Palestinian taxi driver from his cab.
"I saw the whole thing from the bus on the way home," Lavie said Monday. "They circled a taxi and started cursing at the driver racist slurs."
The youths threatened the driver that they would pull him out if he didn't come out voluntarily, and then one tried climbing through the cab window. Lavie said he called the police, but when they called back they said they didn't find a cab or anyone else in the area.
Most of the youths wore black T-shirts with the logo of an ultra-right-wing Jewish group, Lehava, known for its opposition to mixed marriages and fraternization between Jews and Muslims in Israel, Lavie said.
Whether Hamas will decide to avenge the killings by firing more rockets — including those that can reach central Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem — could be a source of internal debate, said Jonathan Rynhold, a senior researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.
"There will be militant elements in Hamas that will be trying to expand the rocket fire and make Israel pay a price for the killings. But there will be others in Hamas who don't want an escalation for their own interests."
If Hamas decides not to broaden the conflict, it could be because Egypt is exerting pressure on it, Rynhold said, because Egypt's anti-Islamist government controls one of the two borders Gazans have with the outside world. Israel controls the other.
Rynhold believes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose government rules the West Bank, holds very little sway over Hamas, even though Hamas recently entered into a unity government with Abbas' Fatah party. Hamas, which Israel and the United States consider a terrorist organization, governs Gaza.
"It is hard to imagine Abbas having much leverage over Hamas, given Abbas' condemnation of the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens," an action Hamas applauded, but did not take responsibility for, Rynhold said. The teens were buried the day before Abu Khdeir was murdered. His death is being investigated as a revenge murder.
Kobi Michael, a senior research fellow at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies, doubts the Palestinians in the West Bank or Israel (which includes East Jerusalem, according to Israeli but not international law) will attempt to launch a third intifada, or uprising.
Although Hamas would like nothing better than to stir up riots, "there is no energy among the Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank" — the main battlegrounds of the first two uprisings — Michael said. "There are no longer any Jewish settlements in Gaza to rise up against, and Abbas prefers to take his case for statehood to the international arena. That is where the Palestinians, not the Israelis, have the advantage."
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That it is He Who brings about both laughter and tears. ( Surat an-Najm, 53:43)
Believers know that Allah creates whatever they experience and thus are pleased with Him in all circumstances, no matter how difficult. Knowing that mundane things are transitory, they do not grieve over any loss, for they know that their moral excellence will be fully rewarded in the Hereafter. Moreover, Allah promises believers the best life in this world.
This is surely not the case with unbelievers, who pursue only this life in the belief that they are fully independent from Allah. This mistaken belief, however, causes them to feel great pressure upon their souls. Constantly seeking to earn other peoples' approval and attain mundane goals makes them afraid and confused, for such attitudes force them to think about everything and consider every possibility. But human beings, who are feeble, cannot shoulder such a burden, for the human body and soul were created to put trust and faith in Allah. Indeed, this delusion is the cause of their wailing, grief, and trouble, for such people wrong themselves by turning away from Allah. Allah relates how He will repay them both in this world and the next, as follows:
Let them laugh little and weep much, in repayment for what they have earned. ( Surat at-Tawba, 9:82)
Allah punishes unbelievers through every incident and reason that causes them to weep. Meanwhile, He gives joy, happiness, peace, and tranquility to His believing servants, and makes them laugh constantly. He removes their sadness, for He is their friend and helper. Even if they face hardship and trouble, He gives them patience and strength and never causes them to despair. Believers only weep in prostration, over the awe they feel for our Lord's grandeur. Destined to have joy both in this world and the next, they experience the contentment related in the following verses:
As for those who believed and did right actions, they will be made joyful in a verdant meadow. ( Surat ar-Rum, 30:15)The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoying themselves today. (Surah Ya Sin, 36:55)
"My servants, you will feel no fear today; you will know no sorrow." As for those who believed in Our Signs and became Muslims: "Enter the Garden, you and your spouses, delighting in your joy." ( Surat az-Zukhruf, 43:68-70)
The people who have consciousness of Allah will be in Gardens of Delight, savoring what their Lord has given them. Their Lord will safeguard them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire. ( Surat at-Tur, 52:17-18)
In the Hereafter, unbelievers and believers will be recognized and separated by their facial expressions. This distinction is described below, as follows:
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That Day some faces will be radiant, laughing, rejoicing. That Day some faces will be dust-covered, overcast with gloom. Those are the dissolute unbelievers. (Surah 'Abasa, 80:38-42)


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The film "Lincoln," directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, tells the story of he 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. Abraham Lincoln, perhaps more than any other president, continues to occupy the public imagination.
Research on the topic of Lincoln's food preferences seems divided. While some sources state that Lincoln was mad about Mary Todd Lincoln's cakes, others claim that he was rather indifferent on the topic of food altogether. Despite all of his accomplishments and accolades, he sounds to us like a challenging dinner party guest. Which begs the question:
If Honest Abe was the guest of honor at your dinner party, what would you serve him?
We're throwing a dinner party menu of America's most iconic state dishes inspired by this iconic insomniac.
To start, how about something casual and unexpectedly delicious to make the president feel at ease? Since Abraham was fond of fried foods (was there any other way of cooking in the 1800s?) we'll start with crispy strips of American beef sliced into strips, deep fried, and served with tangy BBQ sauce.
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Lincoln's favorite holiday is rumored to be Thanksgiving, and he was quite fond of classic roasted Thanksgiving turkey. Since he was a Kentucky native, we've picked a heartier, fattier take on turkey for honest Abe, since we feel he could use the extra calories.
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Lincoln is rumored to often have forgotten breakfast completely, though he did enjoy strong coffee. We think he'd appreciate the classic American Election Cake for dessert, which pairs perfectly with a cup of steaming espresso. Though Abe wasn't known as a big drinker, with 1/3 cup of American whiskey, this cake would provide the president with the perfect opportunity to de-stress and let his hair down (what is under that top hat?).
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Another dessert for Abe seems appropriate since Mary Todd's household apparently went through quite a lot of sugar. Lincoln is rumored to be extremely fond of apples — apple pie in particular — so we picked this all-American version with Vermont cheddar cheese.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:57 PM
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School district hires new superintendent
Original post made on Jun 7, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:57 PM
a resident of Danville
on Jun 7, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Does she have any advanced degrees?
a resident of Danville
on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:07 pm
She has a MS in Mathematics.
a resident of San Ramon
on Jun 8, 2012 at 7:56 am
Sounds like a great choice for this district. Very impressed they went for the best candidate and not fall into the "we gotta drink from the diversity cup" and go with less qualified. Hopefully those years are over in all businesses.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 8, 2012 at 1:33 pm
I wish you all the best, Mary Shelton. I had some wonderful experiences as a drama and English teacher in the district years ago. Of course, I had some bad days too.
From time to time, I run into former students. Many have grown into responsible parents and professionals. Some have teens of their own. They ask if I am still teaching, and often apologize for those classmates who were troublemakers. I particularly love bumping into the balding men and full-figured women who ask, "Did you used to be my English teacher?"
If I linger in their minds after all these years, I did much more than grade papers...I hope.
a resident of Danville
on Jun 11, 2012 at 7:53 am
I wish the Walnut Creek School District did the same thing. They could use a real superintendent.
a resident of Blackhawk
on Jun 11, 2012 at 2:10 pm
@Linda "we gotta drink from the diversity cup" and go with less qualified" .. really, that comment is lame and senseless.
Mary was best qualified .. period.
You seem to be a frustrated individual, who was not smart or industrious and now is facing tough competition in the workforce. Good luck living in negativity!
a resident of Walnut Creek
on Jun 5, 2017 at 2:37 pm
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1) Ya boys sure do stick with it, don't they? And at 0-0 in the lockerroom after being pretty much pinned in the second, they sure must have felt that they would win this game. And then they did. Not surprised.
2) Dan (Block Ness Monster) Girardi had a couple of rough shifts, didn't he? And he came out with another facial welt thanks to the boarding penalty in the third … on which he made them pay. Good for him, scoring the goal, getting the assist, having another shot that Marc Staal nearly buried (the D-man bailed out Martin Brodeur), and wearing the Broadway Hat.
3) It seems the Rangers, bad as their power play is most of the time, always score when one of their guys gets fouled hard, or hurt. Doesn't it? Or is it just me?
4) Again, I have no idea what words to use about Henrik Lundqvist other than: best … goalie … in … the … game. Now he's doing it on the big stage for the first time. Stand up and take notice all you non-Rangers fans and non-Sweden fans across the continent.
5) Speaking of outstanding, and of making big game-saving plays, how about Ryan McDonagh's two plays to chase down Future Ranger Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk? Just to make you guys happy, I want to point out this: Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto for Ryan McDonagh, Marian Gaborik, Brandon Prust, Pavel Valentenko and No Scott Gomez. I don't even know why that makes me happy.
6) Future Ranger Parise looked good in spots. Kovalchuk looked good in spots, Patrik Elias looked good in spots. But I don't think any of them played great at all. And in fact, Elias and future Ranger Parise were standing flat-footed when Girardi came off the bench and yelled to Chris Kreider for the puck on the 1-0 goal.
7) What is up with the dumb, dumb questions during post-game pressers with John Tortorella? And he hung in there through the dumb questions, the phone ringing, more dumb questions, a microphone that wasn't working. And he answered questions. That's twice in three games that somebody who's been involved in hockey all their lives has asked about a timeout after an icing. HELLO? Unoffically, 90 percent of all timeouts in the NHL now are after icings, because you can't change players.
8) Chris Kreider is really a special player. The kid is huge under that shirt, too. He was funny describing the Girardi goal, saying he thought Girardi was hollering for the puck, but allowing that he might have been hearing voices. Then, when asked about settling in, this is what he said: ""The last thing I want to do is settle in. I don't want to be complacent, especially at this level. If I get complacent for a second, next thing you know I'm minus-2 and giving Ovechkin a one-timer in the slot. So, I've got to stay extremely focused, obviously."
9) That Ron Duguay thing before the games is embarrassing. I mean, how does he then pretend to be an analyst?
10) Martin Brodeur was better than I thought he'd be.
11) Eight o'clock games suck.
12) They still show that stupid clip from "Network" you know, the one where the guy says, "I want you to all get on your feet …" And we in the pressbox were kind of updating it for today's crowd: "I want you to all get off your Blackberries, stop texting, stop ordering food from waitresses, stop trying to catch T-shirts …"
13) Been thinking about this while watching this Rangers teams do the things it does and the way it does them: Glen Sather is going to have to be very careful when they make trades or sign free agents going forward because it's going to take special types of players to come in here, accept the way this team plays, commit to playing that way, and do it selflessly. Because anybody who doesn't fit, well, won't fit.
14) I still expect this series to be 1-1 after two games. As I usually do.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Henrik Lundqvist.
2) Chris Kreider.
3) Dan Girardi.
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The press release rolled into the inbox just after midnight. The Mets traded Francisco Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Brewers early this morning for two players to be named later and cash considerations, according to the Mets, though the New York Post is reporting that the considerations are that the Mets are considering, then sending, $5 million to Milwaukee.
The move should come as a relief to those concerned that the Mets would be on the hook for K-Rod's 2012 option, an expensive $17.5 million if the closer finished 55 games. He was on pace to do so.
Lost in all the discussion of K-Rod's contract and off-field issues was this reality: he's been one of the best closers the team ever had. This is also a clear signal that Sandy Alderson either isn't fooled by the team's success into thinking that New York can challenge Atlanta or Philadelphia, or that ownership cannot afford to take the chance with K-Rod's 2012 regardless.
Ideally, it is the former, and the Mets can make better use of K-Rod's salary on the 2012 team. If the money simply staves off a team sale for a bit longer, that's nothing to celebrate.
More on the two players received as I find out. But make no mistake: this is all about the money.
As to who will replace K-Rod at closer, it sure ought to be Bobby Parnell. Jason Isringhausen isn't the future; Parnell, at least, might be. No corresponding roster move has been announced yet.


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Macau is the fastest growing casino gambling (or "gaming") market in the world. From 2001 to 2006, gaming revenue in Macau has grown at an annual rate of 23%. By comparison, Las Vegas and Atlantic City had CAGRs of 4% and 3%, respectively. The biggest driver of growth is its proximity to the increasingly wealthy Chinese population.
Only 6 companies are licensed to operate gaming facilities in the region:
Statistics based on macau statistics and census services [1]
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As the holidays approach, it looks like the banking industry has a reason to be happy.
According to new numbers in the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile, banks earned $37.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012. If you've been keeping track of the progress since the financial crisis, those quarterly earnings are the highest in six years. In addition to more money, the report highlights additional positive signs. From a decline in the number of bank failures to an increase in the total value of loans and leases, the banking industry appears to be getting back on track.
However, the majority of the good news is thanks to a small segment of the industry: megabanks. Financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets were responsible for approximately 82 percent of the industry's total earnings. There have been plenty of calls to break up too-big-to-fail institutions over the past year, but this percentage highlights a continued imbalance in the industry. Small banks are clamoring for their share of the market. While FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg pointed to an increase in small-business lending from those small institutions, those small banks are currently very concerned that credit unions will be able to expand their lending powers.
Even with the dramatic lift in earnings for big banks, it's clear that challenges persist. This week, reports of massive layoffs at Citi have emerged.
How do you feel about the state of the financial industry? Do the increased earnings make you feel confident about your bank's safety?


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The 14th June marks National Cucumber Day: a day for foodies all over to appreciate thisrefreshing fruit (yes cucumber, like tomato, is actually a fruit). Though we suspect the more skeptical among us would perhaps shake their heads in disbelief to the existence of such a day, cucumber – which comes from the same botanic family as melon – has a variety of day-to-day uses.
At Eriska cucumber has become a favourite choice for many of our guests, mainly with Hendrick's gin, and so to help everyone celebrate the day in style we have listed some of the most requested beverages featuring a dash of cucumber for you all to try (including our new non-alcoholic Eriska Fizz)
Hendricks and Tonic
For a delightfully refreshing tipple, serve Hendricks Gin over ice, top up with tonic and garnish with a slice of cucumber to fully appreciate the infusion of rose petal and cucumber in this most unusual gin.
50 ml Hendrick's Gin
125 ml Tonic Water
2 slices of cucumber
Hendricks Martini
Refreshing Martini with a hint of cucumber!
50ml Hendricks Gin
5ml Dry Vermouth
To Prepare: Add ingredients to cocktail shaker and shake over plenty of ice. Strain into a Martini Glass.
Garnish with a cucumber ball in place of the traditional olive.
Eriska Fizz
Chill out on a warm day with a refreshing mix of cucumber, elderflower and lemon.
25ml elderflower cordial
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2" cucumber; Skin and seeds removed
To Prepare: Remove the skin from the outside of the piece of cucumber, and the flavourless, watery seeds from the center. Roughly chop the piece into a few smaller pieces (to help it break down). Add this to a cocktail shaker with the lemon juice and elderflower cordial, and mash the cucumber a little with a muddler or flat end of a bar spoon. Add plenty of ice to the shaker and SHAKE HARD to squeeze the flavour out of the cucumber. Strain the mix into a tall glass filled with ice and top up with soda water to finish. For a more visually appealing drink use a tea strainer to strain and ensure no little pieces of lemon or cucumber make it into the glass.
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Swiftech and Steiger Dynamics: German Engineering Comes Homeby Dustin Sklavos on 1/14/2013 3:34 AM EST
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Beenthere - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI know the technically challenged still think anything that uses water cooling is more thermally efficient than air cooling, but accurate testing by numerous websites proves this simply is not true with closed loop coolers. Swiftech's solution would not need to be much better to be better than Corsair's or similar CLCs as most highend HSFs are thermally more efficient, cost substantially less (like 1/2 the price) and the HSFs are noticeably quieter and HSFs never leak water and damage hardware as the closed loop coolers have done and will continue to do.
Swiftech generally makes good quality products and hopefully their product is better than the other mediocre closed loop coolers from other sources, but there is still the cost and leak issues to consider even if they have managed to lower the fan noise to that of a highend HSF. The $100+ closed loop cooler kits are just a poor choice for 99% of PC enthusiasts if your primary criteria for determining the merits of a CPU cooling system are based on thermal performance, cost, noise and reliability. Few people want to admit that these closed loop coolers are a poor choice but they are if you are objective and not looking thru rose colored glasses. Reply
grouchon - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkHi There, this is Gabe (Swiftech CEO), and thanks for your comments.
We tested the excellent Noctua DH14 against the H220 cooler; using a 3930K @4.5G and 1.448v under 100% CPU stress (CPU-burn), we measured delta T (above ambient) of 51.3C @ 1300 rpm & 23 dBA (fan rating) for DH14 vs. 48.4 for H220 @ same fan speed and 22 dBA (fan rating).
I completely agree that spending any $ for a liquid cooling system if it doesn't outclass the best air coolers both in temps and noise level is nonsense. Accordingly, we would't release a product if such was not the case :-) Reply
Vatharian - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkProblem is, that high-end air coolers have usually more surface to spread heat, than single 120- or 140mm radiator. Things even out at 240 or 280mm radiator, and even then there is hard limit of maximal 'tdp capacity' of liquid cooler. For example it's physically impossible to cool heavy OCed 3960X with single-radiator cooler, even with delta T at 20 or 30 degrees Celsius and with couple of San Ace 6k rpm beasts, but it's perfectly doable with double radiator, albeit with disappointing acoustics. That's why products like H60, H70 and similar products and other will always loose at comparison to comparably priced air cooler. Then we go up and we get to the area, when self-built LC loop is available. Margin here is very thin, and H220 may be BIG bullseye here! The simplicity that cpu-block mounted pump brings is astonishing, especially when you can buy only one or two such things already and in two places in the world only. However, I'm worried by two things: Customers gonna believe, that you can cool OCed cpu and two 680s with double radiator, which is simply not possible. What about adding more radiators? Will normal off the shelf rads will fit? And also pump that can push this probably is quite powerful, which brings up the question on vibrations applied directly to cpu-block contact surface - tim filled, possibly worsening heat transfer. Has this bean taken care of? Reply
Nickel020 - Monday, January 21, 2013 - linkIf Swiftech says that this unit performs better than a Noctua DH14 temperature and noise wise, then you can trust that statement. Swiftech has for many years released internal performance data and that data has always been confirmed by independent testers like Vapor or Martin over at xtreme systems.
I've been watercooling for quite a few years, and this is the first AIO solution that actually deserves the name watercooling. This thing comes with a great cooling plate, same as the Apogee Drive 2 (one of the top coolers), a much stronger pump than the competitors (more flow means lower temperatures), and a copper/brass radiator instead of an aluminum radiator (which also means lower temperatures).
In Swiftech's showcase at CES this unit performed better than the Corsair H100i even though the Corsair uses 2700 RPM fans vs. Swiftech's 1800 RPM. Given Swiftech's history of credibiliy I highly doubt they rigged that test. Look at the showcase and what Linus has to say about Swiftech's credibility:
And I haven't even mentioned the ability to expand this unit with more radiators for even better cooling (lower water temp = lower CPU temp) or the ability to add in video cards other motherboards to the loop.
For most people, this is the real deal, real watercooling at a superb price. It might not be perfect for ultra silent enthusiasts like me who are used to custom water cooling, but then I'm still pretty excited about this product! This is what the water cooling community has been waiting for, an expandable and affordable AIO solution to get started! Reply
Earthmonger - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkCan you clarify that statement, Dustin?
"If you open the cooling loop (and Swiftech has designed the H220 for exactly that), the pump on the CPU waterblock is actually capable of handling the thermal load from an overclocked processor and two GeForce GTX 680s."
Are you referring to restriction here, rather than heat? The pump is irrelevant where heatload is concerned. Not sure why you even mentioned it. I'd be far more interested to see what the heatload of a CPU and 2 GPUs would be like on that tiny little radiator. Reply
alek1111 - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - linkAnyone know when i can buy this in EU, Norway? Reply
alek1111 - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - linki found out its not announced yet so nvm.. Reply


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COUNCIL chiefs and campaigners have vowed to fight on after the government said it 'doesn't have £10million' to fund a new berth for Condor Ferries.
A delegation from Weymouth and Portland met with transport secretary Stephen Hammond yesterday to try to secure funding for the new berth, which would accommodate a larger ship that Condor wants to use for its Channel Islands route.
Although the meeting has been deemed 'constructive', funding hasn't been secured.
Speaking afterwards, South Dorset MP Richard Drax said: "We had a useful discussion exploring possible avenues for the future.
"Regrettably, the minister doesn't have £10million he can give us outright.
"Officials and I will be continuing to work with everyone we can to try and secure the necessary funding."
He said the minister was 'keen to help Weymouth how he can' and that the group will keep fighting to finance repairs that are needed at Weymouth port.
The Echo revealed last month that the future of Condor in Weymouth is uncertain.
A council report stated that Condor had rejected using the refurbished No 3 Berth due to the size of the new vessel, despite £4million worth of repair works being spent on the harbour wall.
It said the ferry firm favoured using No 1 Berth which will need £10million of repair works to make it fit for purpose.
Of yesterday's meeting, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council interim chief executive Jason Vaughan said: "It was a very constructive meeting, although unfortunately we weren't able to secure the required investment directly from the government.
"The minister agreed to work with us to explore a way forward and we shall now be discussing a range of options with various partners.
"Our aim remains to secure the long term future of Condor Ferries' operations from Weymouth Harbour, protect local jobs and continue the historic links to the Channel Islands from the town which are so valued by local people and businesses."
The Echo started a petition which has gained more than a thousand signatures calling on the company to stay in Weymouth.
Businesses suffered while Condor temporarily moved to Poole and many fear that if the company was to pull out permanently it would have a devastating effect on the town.
Mr Drax added: "It's very important it stays in Weymouth. It brings about 200 jobs – good jobs, not seasonal jobs.
"The company has been here for a long time and it provides an important link with the Channel Islands and France, which is a very nice thing to have."
Neither the council nor Mr Drax would be drawn further on what happened at the meeting, or where the delegation will look next for funding.
Condor is Weymouth port's biggest customer and is said to bring more than £7million a year to the local economy.
The company did not wish to comment on yesterday's meeting.
James Fulford, chief executive of Condor Ferries, previously said it was 'working closely with all the interested parties' regarding berthing arrangements and valued its 'close relationship' with Weymouth.


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Easter Egg Safetyby Toby Amidor in Food Safety, Healthy Holidays, March 27, 2013
Easter wouldn't be complete without brightly-colored eggs and a full out egg hunt. But who wants to ruin the festivities with spoiled eggs?
Food Safety Basics
Eggs are considered a potentially hazardous food that may cause illness if they're not handled correctly. Raw and undercooked eggs have been associated with salmonella poisoning. Most folks infected with the salmonella bacteria develop symptoms about 12 to 72 hours after infected. Most people can recover but if symptoms are severe, hospitalization may be required especially in those with a compromised immune system (like the very young and old). Proper handling, cooking, and hand washing can prevent most of the issues.
Keeping Eggs Safe
Egg safety begins at your market and continues until the time when you reserve leftovers.
- Purchasing: Inspect egg cartons at the market. Don't purchase cracked or dirty eggs and be sure to check the sell-by date. Eggs should always be refrigerated, even when on display.
- Storing: Be sure to get those eggs home quickly. They shouldn't sit at room temperature longer than 2 hours—1 hour if it's above 90 degrees. Once home, place the eggs in your refrigerator immediately.
- Preparing: When preparing eggs, wash your hands, any utensils, and surfaces that will come into contact with the eggs. If you're not sure if the eggs are safe to eat, toss them. Once the equipment is used for the eggs, be sure to wash them with soap and warm water immediately. Don't use them for another prep task (that's cross-contamination!).
- Cooking: Always make sure that your eggs are safe to eat. For hard-boiled (or any cooked) eggs, you want to cook the eggs until both the white and yolk are firm. Learn how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs.
- Leftovers: Hard-boiled eggs can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. They shouldn't be frozen.
Decorating Basics
If you love dyeing Easter eggs, following safe food safety practices is important.
- Cook and refrigerate: Once boiled eggs are properly cooled, place in the refrigerator. When you're ready to decorate, just grab them from the fridge.
- Food-friendly dye: If you're planning on eating the eggs after decorating them, only use dyes made for food. Avoid hardware store paint or kids art project dyes.
- Paint and store: Once you've finished dyeing each egg, put them right back in the refrigerator so the eggs stay cool.
- A few at a time: If you're dyeing lots of eggs, work on smaller batches of 4-5 or so at a time, then get them right back into the refrigerator.
- When in doubt, toss it out: If the eggs are left over the 2 hour mark (1 hour if left at temperatures over 90 degrees), throw them out.
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »


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Just off of the campus of the University of Maryland lies a disc golf course that is ideal for players who are new to the game. The Calvert Road Park Disc Golf Course offers players a small, straight forward, no-frills experience. While beginners will like the course for it's playability, more advanced players will become bored with the lack of variety from hole to hole.
The Calvert Road Park Disc Golf Course in College Park, MD is only miles from the beltway, making it an easy trip for just about anyone in the DC metro area (if traffic holds up). This theme of convenience comes through in the course design, which is very tight and small. In fact, the Calvert Road Disc Golf Course is the first one I have been to where you can actually see every hole at once! The entire course is laid out on a rectangular piece of land, making for some interesting positives and negatives.
On the positive side, a group of four can play an entire round in about 1.5 hours. You and your friends don't need to kill the entire day hiking across an expansive course. Everything is laid out nicely. Along those same lines, there few obstacles to be met besides the occasional cluster of trees. Because of the lack of shrubbery, dense vegetation, and water hazards, my group spend little to no time searching for lost discs.
That's not to say this course doesn't have challenges… they just happen to be few and far between. The various holes do force you to throw a variety of shots. This is done through some large trees and mandatory markers. While you might want to throw your normal straight drive, these obstacles often force you to re-think your shot. This is a touch that I definitely appreciated as far as course design goes.
On the negative side, this course does get frustratingly monotonous. As you can see from my pictures, none of the holes are particularly memorable. They all feature nicely manicured and marked tee pads, open fairways, and lots of trees… and that's it. Honestly, I don't really even recall any particular holes in vivid detail.
Finally, this course features the tightest layout I have ever seen. Generally, there are at least 2 baskets visible from each tee pad. Opposite fairways often touch each other and sometimes even the putting areas are remarkably close to one another. As you can imagine, this can create quite a bit of havoc on busy days.
Overall, the Calvert Road Park Disc Golf Course in College Park, MD is a fine place to kill an hour on a round of 18. Beginners might find the ease of this course comforting, but anyone who has been playing disc golf for some time will grow quickly frustrated with the lack of imagination at this course. While it is sometimes necessary to throw a drive, there is far too little challenge here for a seasoned player.


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The Face Guide: Lip Care
Eye creams with skin-lightening agents such as kojic acid and hydroquinone can be quite successful at reducing the appearance of dark circles. Your makeup bag can also help: Use yellow-based concealers if dark circles are purpler in hue and pink-based hues if the circles have a greener tinge.
First determine the cause of your dark circles. Lifestyle (lack of sleep, diet, stress, etc.) can be the main culprit but so can hereditary inclination to the condition and allergies (especially if puffiness accompanies the affliction). Press the area lightly. If the darkened skin momentarily brightens, poor circulation, water retention, or allergies are to blame; if skin tone remains the same, it's hyperpigmented.
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In view of the Trust's request for digital photographs of BBs under the heading "What bee did you see?" I got to thinking about my middle aged camera. At the moment I use a digital Olympus which gives excellent results but is a little sluggish for taking shots of those fast moving BBs.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has good experience of a camera they feel they could recommend. Or perhaps someone has some pointers before a go out and spend ?hundred pounds.
I have been thinking of upgrading my camera for some time but have delayed as I don't really know what I want/need.
Hi Sparrow, i have an amazing camera which i would recommend to everyone. It is a Fujifilm Finepix S5800 . It is a fixed lens camera but has all the settings you need including super macro at a distance of 1cm!!! Excellent for close work and distance, great quality images and no messing around with changing lenses etc.
I have used mine for 5 years and wouldn't change it for the world. I have an account on Flickr.com a photo sharing website, under the name Stormlover2007 have a look at some of my shots and see what you think.
Good luck with your search.
Thank you for your recommendation alibumble. I am researching various options and will certainly add this to my list.
I've recently bought a Casio EXILIM EX-ZR10 and am very impressed so far.
It is a digital compact zoom camera with some useful and different capabilities.
Ex M&S Online at £129 plus delivery & memory card = £140 total.
I chose it because it does high definition videos and slow-motion videos too and should be a great tool to use for my BB photography - and cover things that my Nikon SLR can't do.
And it is tiny compared to the SLR !!
Thank you Clive, I will take a look at this.
I see that you and alibumble are "Worker Bees" whereas I and many others are "Newbie". I am most certainly a Newbie but are you Worker Bees because you are "officials" of the Trust?
No Sparrow, i think your title changes as you post more posts. I was a newbie last week
Hi Sparrow,
I wish I could write concisely like you, but it always comes out complex, as here !
I was a Newbie too, then one day it changed status to Worker, all on it's own.
I guess this was because I'd managed to assemble so many 'posts' (perhaps I had too much to say?).
I don't know about alibumble, but I'm a committed and involved ordinary member of BBCT, not an Official !
So I regard myself as an ordinary BBCT member, but I'm one who on occasions rings the office and talks with the "BBCT Staff" about matters that interest me. In this way I've got to "telephone know" several of the Trust's staff over recent years.
Ever since I joined BBCT, I have been and do campaign that there should be good and productive relation between BBCT and Beekeepers, which to me means BBKA and local BK Associations .
(But only a proportion of beekeepers are interested in bumblebees - although any beekeeper's bee handling confidence would be useful with bumbles too !)
I was a committee member of my BKA for many years, and chairman for a while, but eventually retired from the committee - and have really enjoyed that change in status, which has allowed me to concentrate more on bumblebees !
I've had both a Fuji Finepix and a Casio Exilim and can also recommend them both. At the moment I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7.
I generally get reconditioned or second hand ones to cut the cost slightly
Thank you Kate for your suggestions.
Alibumble - I don't understand how the "Total Posts" works. I have been on "Total Posts: 18" for ages.
Clive - Thank you for your reply. I suppose I am able to keep my posts concise as I always seem to be asking questions whereas you have much knowledge to impart - please keep them coming as I find your posts very informative.
I am sorry Sparrow, i don't know how it works either. I was just making an assumption
I've been thinking about this recently too - I would say that the things I would look for if I was replacing my camera would be:
1) Focus speed - you need something that can focus on the bee before she flies off
2) Shutter speed - similar to the above, the ability to focus is worthless if the shutter takes an age to snap the shot. As an example, when I try bee pictures from my mobile phone, I usually end up with an out of focus shot of the bee's leg as she's already flown off before the camera takes the picture
3) Macro photography ability - maybe not 1:1 but similar capacity for taking pictures of the very small, preferably from reasonably far away - 50cm would be useful
4) GPS - seems like a bit of a luxury, I know, but again your smartphone will already have the ability to tag a photograph with a location as you take the picture. This then makes it easier for people like BeeWatch to get accurate bee/location data
Any other things I've missed?


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Q & A — October 2002
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
Put to the Test
| Bench-testing a solenoid, fixing a misfiring engine, checking for voltage drop, and more.
do I bench-test the starter solenoid on my 75-hp two-stroke outboard?
M.L., via e-mail
Begin by disconnecting the negative battery cable from the battery. Next remove all leads from the solenoid terminal studs. There is no need to remove the solenoid from the engine. Connect an ohmmeter--calibrated on the Rx1 scale--to the two large terminal studs (1 and 2 above, in both illustrations). The ohmmeter should indicate no continuity, due to the fact that no power is running through it. Replace the solenoid if any other reading is noted.
Using jumper cables, attach a 12-volt battery to the two small solenoid studs (3 and 4, above)--polarity is not important. You should hear a click as (or if) the solenoid engages, and the ohmmeter should indicate continuity. This is because the solenoid is a high-amperage switch that when energized shows a closed circuit. Replace the solenoid if any other reading is noted.
When you are finished, replace all the leads and connect the negative battery cable last.
having a steady misfire on my gasoline stern drive. What can I do to find
the problem? P.A., via e-mail
think I've got a voltage drop in the circuit that takes care of
my entertainment system. How do I test if this is the case? C.H.,
via e-mail
Since the circuit must be operating, turn on your entertainment system. Next, set your multimeter to D.C. volts. As the component being tested must be between the meter's two probes, place one of the probes on one side of the component and the other probe on the other side. If your meter reads zero volts, the voltage drop does not exist at that component. Repeat this procedure for every component on that particular circuit. A voltage drop will be indicated when the meter reads voltage. Usually, depending on load, a voltage drop greater than 0.5 volts indicates a problem.
As for
the culprit, long runs of undersized wiring can cause excessive voltage
drops, so check your wiring runs and, if necessary, increase the wiring
size. In addition, as heat is generated with voltage drops, you may want
to check your components for excessive heat. Once you've isolated
the culprit, have it cleaned, repaired, or replaced.
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My father fought in the Far East during WW2 and for a brief period was a prisoner of war so i was interested in the following website Children & Families of Far East Prisoners of War (COFEPOW).
Carole Cooper from Norfolk read a newspaper article in 1994 about a POW's diary which had been auctioned and sold to an anonymous buyer. As Carole read more of the article she realised that the diary had been written by her father who had died in Burma whilst a POW. Carole tried to persuade the buyer that the diary should return to the family and she offered to buy it from him, but he refused. However Carole was not daunted and eventually she was given a photocopy of the diary. Reading it was traumatic, but answered lots of questions for her.
From the discovery of the existence of the diary has grown the COFEPOW website which is a must for those family historians who have Far East POW's in their family. A campaign was launched to raise funds to build a fitting memorial to honour the men who lost their lives and also to those who survived. The Far east Prisoners of War Memorial Building was opened in 2005.
Essential website for research into this harrowing subject.


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Tropical Macadamia Custard Dessert Recipe
"My husband's co-workers always love my desserts," says Brenda Melancon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, "especially the cookies and bars. So when I decided to enter this contest, I used them as my 'guinea pigs.' They nominated these bars for their unique flavor…and all asked for the recipe! Believe it or not, most of them are men."
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 package (16 ounces) ready-to-bake refrigerated white chip macadamia nut cookie dough, divided
- 3 eggs
- 1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened crushed pineapple, well drained
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 1 package (7 ounces) dried tropical fruit bits
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons rum extract
- Whipped topping and maraschino cherries
- Let dough stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes to soften. Press nine portions of dough into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until set. Let stand for 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the eggs, pineapple, milk, dried fruit, brown sugar, flour and extract. Pour over crust. Crumble the remaining dough over filling.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares; garnish with whipped topping and cherries. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 12 servings.
Originally published as Tropical Macadamia Custard Dessert in Simple & Delicious March/April 2007, p37
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This article was published 25/5/2013 (1551 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BRANDON — The Selinger government's decision to increase the provincial sales tax by one percentage point is a defining measure that marks the start of the next provincial election campaign, the premier's chief of staff says.
Liam Martin said the move has also "smoked out" Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister as a reckless cost-cutter that the New Democrats can exploit in the next general election.
"We know that winning an unprecedented fifth term will be a challenge, but I'm confident that we have the right team and the right set of ideas to make this happen," Martin told more than 400 delegates at the NDP's annual convention in Brandon today.
Like the premier did the evening before, Martin said increasing the PST was a "difficult decision" but necessary.
And the New Democrats will also use the tax increase — and the Opposition Conservatives' reaction to it — to underscore the differences between the two parties in the next provincial election.
"For me and my colleagues we knew that deciding to raise the PST by one point on the dollar meant that the next election campaign had officially begun," said Martin, who will be a senior NDP strategist in the next campaign..
He made the comments during a morning session in which strategists discussed what went right in the 2011 election campaign and what the party will need to do to win the next vote. Manitobans will next go to the polls in October 2015 or the spring of 2016, depending on the timing of the next federal election.
It appears that the NDP will position itself as the party that will "build Manitoba" while painting the Tories as ruthless cost-cutters who will slash frontline services.
A few days after the NDP government released its spring budget, revealing the controversial PST increase to eight per cent effective July 1, Pallister recommended several ways of avoiding the tax hike, which included a one per cent across-the-board cut in government expenses and a civil service "hiring chill."
Martin said the Tory plan would mean firing "at least 1,000 frontline workers."
"To us these are workers who care for our vulnerable loved ones. These are workers who educate our children and keep them safe at school. These are workers who protect our communities from flooding and keep our roads safe," he said.
Strategists also said the party will need to win the ground war by knocking on more doors and getting its message out. St. Norbert MLA Dave Gaudreau said he won a constituency few expected the party to win by going door to door in an effort that saw him wear out two pairs of shoes.


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2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Part 1
Wheel Fanatyk
For those who desire something, eh, more traditional when it comes to their choice of wheels, there's the wooden variety made by Wheel Fanatyk. wheelfanatyk.com
Vanilla Bicycles
An adorable handcrafted red ride from Vanilla Bicycles. vanillabicycles.com
Hampsten Cycles
1988 Giro d'Italia winner Andy Hampsten, right, speaks with Bicycling's online editor Matt Allyn about Hampsten Cycles' emphasis on building custom steel bikes that fit riders well by catering to their unique riding style. hampsten.com
Richard Sachs' cyclocross bikes
Richard Sachs' cyclocross bikes are sought after by competitors the world over. The bikes have been raced on at the highest level of the sport in the U.S. Here, the iconic colors are caked in mud that Sachs himself gathered after riding the bikes in his backyard just for the show. richardsachs.com
Sarto Cycles
Sarto has been making custom frames for some of the world's top cyclists for over 50 years. Here, the Team Liger triathon bike. The image of the liger no doubt makes for a faster ride. sartocycles.com
Prolly on a Geekhouse
Bike blogger John 'Prolly' Watson had his new Geekhouse delivered at the show—and seemed to be enjoying his first spin on the custom rig. geekhouse.com
Krencker: La Bicyclette de Luxe
La Bicyclette de Luxe by the French custom builder Krencker has many showstopping features, including beautifully crafted carbon tubes and leather brake hoods and saddle.
Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based Moots makes high-performance titanium frames by hand, and its mountain touring bike looks ready to go. moots.com
Bilenky Cycle Works
Stephen Bilenky has been in the frambuilding business for over 40 years. His shop is located in Philadelphia. bilenky.com
Legor Cicli
Legor's Mattia Paganotti was trained in the art of frame building by well-known Italian builder Gino Lissinoli. Mattia produces but a small number of frames each year from his country home in Brescia, Italy. legorcicli.it
Serotta Custom Bicycles
Serotta has been in the handmade bike business for quite a while, and it's celebrating with this 25th anniversary road bike. serotta.com
Richie-issimo lugsets
There was plenty to drool over at this year's handmade bike show, including these "Richie-issimo" lugs. richardsachs.com
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Suzette Ayotte is helping to bring grooviness back to cycling with Selle Royal's ORIGINS Contour saddles resurrected from the '70s.
Inglis & Retrotec Cycles
Retrotec says its Step Through is a great town bike. We'd like to add that it's pretty too. ingliscycles.com
Peacock Groove
The folks at Peacock Groove make custom steel frames that they say are "incredibly straight and true." Refreshments optional. peacockgroove.com
The Original Six
"The Original Six" handmade framebuilders have exhibited at every show since the first one in 2005. From left: Craig Calfee, Richard Sachs, Sacha White, Mike DeSalvo, Nick Crumpton, and Don Walker.
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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I met a beautiful guy from another country at Folklorama. It was the late show and he was hanging around his country's pavilion. He was absolutely gorgeous with the biggest brown eyes. He didn't speak English too badly, goes to university, and was handsome and charming. We went outside together to get some air later. We talked, held hands and shared a kiss under the moon.
At the end of the night, I asked him for his phone number and he laughed and said, "Oh no. I can't do that. I am only going to university here. I am betrothed back home. My aunt and uncle would tell my parents and I would be sent on the first plane home!" So why did he flirt with me and kiss me then? -- Confused and Hurt, West End
Dear Confused: Sometimes coming to Canada to university is a bit like visiting another planet, with the rocket waiting off in the distance to take you home. We have freedoms here that many people from other countries don't have. Maybe he was lonely and attracted and thought, "One kiss won't hurt."
Make no mistake. He's still going back to his country of origin and his life has been planned out for him. The marriage has been set up. He may be inheriting his dad's business or coming back as the great doctor, scientist or engineer. His wife has been chosen for him, perhaps for many years, although in many countries now it's later and the young person has veto rights. That means the parents may be embarrassed and must go out and look for another suitable person in the same financial situation, with the same background, hopefully more attractive to their son or daughter.
Think of that night at Folklorama as a beautiful experience -- a fantasy this man may carry with him the rest of his life. That will restore your ego and make you smile. And think about this: Most young men from other countries who indulge in a full-blown relationship here are still expecting in their own minds to go back and marry the person their parents have chosen for them.
If they defy their families and stay here, they can lose all financial support for school and sometimes they are shunned by their parents and relatives back home. It is a high price to pay, if the choice of one person here deprives somebody of their loved ones and their culture -- unless they have a bad relationship back home, and want to break away.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My children are badly behaved at their grandparents' cabin. Every time I try to discipline them for teasing or hitting or bullying or swearing or throwing food, my husband's parents step in and say, "Oh, c'mon, let it go just this once. Don't be too hard on them." As a result I lose my position of authority with them in that cabin, and chaos reigns. Their dad lost it long ago, because he is just like his parents -- a pushover.
The most upsetting problem? I'm afraid to leave the kids with their grandparents at the lake, because they don't even watch them when they're by the water. "Oh, our kids ran free and nothing ever happened to them!" says my husband's mother, not a swimmer, as she reads her Harlequin romance by the side of the water. She doesn't even look up! I have to go to the beach every single time, counting heads constantly, "One, two, three; one, two, three." I am a strong swimmer. How do I get past feeling so angry when we are all at the lake every weekend? -- Boiling Inside, Winnipeg
Dear Boiling: Losing a child to a drowning would change your life forever, so just accept that you are the family lifeguard and be vocal about why you have to go to the water every time, and then just do it.
Say to your husband, "Since I'm the family lifeguard, you be the domestic helper -- helping with dishes and cooking in the cabin." You will then feel like you have a deal and things aren't so one-sided. As for letting the parents run all over you in front of your kids, stop! Say in a somewhat louder voice than usual, to startle them a bit: "These are OUR kids and we won't have them behave like this!" Once you stand up like Mama Bear, their eyebrows might go up when you discipline the kids, but Gramps and Grandma will back off.
P.S. Quietly line up your own rental cabin for next year and please tell me your kids are taking swimming lessons, even if they hate them. Everybody needs to learn to swim well.
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ROVERS suffered a second-half collapse as they were knocked out of the FA Cup after becoming the latest side to suffer a heavy defeat to ruthless City.
The third-round replay at a rain-lashed Etihad Stadium remained level until added time at the end of an even first half when Alvaro Negredo struck to give Manuel Pellegrini's quadruple-chasing team an undeserved lead going into the break.
But the floodgates opened after the restart as Negredo netted his second before Edin Dzeko bagged a brace of his own and Sergio Aguero marked his return from injury with a goal.
Dzeko's second goal was City's 99th of an incredible season which has now seen them win 15 of the 16 home matches they have played.
Against such a free-scoring side who are averaging four goals a game in front of their own fans, the last thing Rovers, without skipper Scott Dann and top scorer Jordan Rhodes with minor injuries, needed to do was to concede early.
But that is exactly what would have happened had Dzeko been able to take advantage of two instances of slack marking in the opening 10 minutes.
On both occasions, however, Dzeko fluffed his lines, heading over a James Milner cross when unmarked in the box before firing over from 20 yards after a raking Fernandinho pass, which cut the new-look Rovers centre-back pairing in two, was touched into his path by Negredo.
But those lapses in concentration aside, the visitors, roared on by a magnificent 4,000-strong travelling support, would have been pleased by the start that they made.
It was not until the 26th minute that Paul Robinson was called into action as he palmed away a 25-yard Javi Garcia daisy-cutter which zipped off the greasy surface.
By that stage disciplined and determined Rovers had begun to make inroads into the City half and Ben Marshall will have been disappointed to send a free kick straight into the arms of Costel Pantilimon after a stirring, lung-busting run from Tom Cairney was abruptly ended by Matija Nastasic 20 yards from goal.
Although lone-striker DJ Campbell was yellow-carded – his first booking since his arrest and subsequent bail by police probing spot-fixing allegations – there was nothing desperate about Rovers' defending and City's frustration was evident when Dzeko hammered wildly over from 40 yards.
Yes they twice went close from teasing crosses from Jesus Navas and Milner, the latter which Dann's replacement Matt Kilgallon left for Robinson who watched on in horror as the ball drifted agonisingly past his far post.
But it still came against the run of play when last season's losing finalists went ahead on the stroke of half-time – just as they had done in the initial 1-1 draw between the teams.
And once again it was Negredo who did the damage, the Spanish forward thumping home a header from an inviting Fernandinho cross from the right to take his tally for his debut campaign in English football up to 20.
It was cruel on Rovers – and salt was rubbed into their wounds when goalkeeper Robinson had to come off injured at half-time, to be replaced by Simon Eastwood.
And Eastwood's first act was to pick the ball out of the net as Aleksandar Kolarov played a wonderful pass behind the Rovers defence which stand-in skipper Grant Hanley missed, allowing the predatory Negredo to lift a nonchalant finish over the replacement goalkeeper.
Any hope Gary Bowyer's boys had of bouncing back off the ropes, just like they did at Ewood Park, had seemingly evaporated.
But after weathering a storm they created three good chances midway through the second half.
The first two fell to Josh King, a 59th-minute replacement for Campbell.
The Norwegian flicked the first one over with his head after Marshall cut inside and whipped in a cross.
King should have done better, although he so nearly made amends when he raced on to a threaded Cairney pass and forced Pantilimon into a fine stop low to his left.
The impressive Cairney then set up Jason Lowe for a 20-yard effort which took a deflection before skimming the post.
It came as a sucker-punch, then, when City extended their advantage courtesy of the previously wasteful Dzeko, who collected a cutback from Jesus Navas and hammered an unstoppable shot in off the bar.
The hosts, who have now won their last 11 home games, were sensing blood and brought on the fit-again Aguero.
And, within 50 seconds of his arrival, the Argentinian hitman took a pass from Dzeko, spun in a crowded box before sending a low left-footed strike underneath Eastwood.
The Rovers goalkeeper was beaten again six minutes later as Dzeko delicately turned in his second from another Jesus Navas centre.
But the match, at least, finished on a high note for one Rovers player as 16-year-old Connor Mahoney, a recent arrival from Accrington Stanley, came off the bench to make his debut for the club he has supported all his life and he didn't look out of place against established England international Joleon Lescott.


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I don't think it's a fair practice. Users signed a contract for unlimited data. Not, "unlimited data for the first 2GB then slow, frustrating unlimited data from that point on." If AT&T is having bandwidth issues maybe they need to upgrade their systems and bring their technology more up to date.
I have unlimited data. Yes anytime I read these things about At&t canceling people who it feels is abusing their data, I get upset. But truth be told, I also feel it's pretty difficult to get to some of these massive data GB used that I've seen people post, I understand why AT&T feels the need to do something about it. It's hard nowadays not to be around wifi hotspots or wifi signals you have access to like at work or home. This of course is just my opinion and should be read as such.
What is the cutoff before they throttle you? If it's as low as 2GB and the throttling is significant enough, I'd rather pay $25 for 2GB and then extra for data to use as needed. I rarely go over 2GB but keep it just in case I have a reason to download heavily one day. I still kick myself for letting go of my unlimited iPad plan.
^^People sign up for unlimited data, but it does not say the speed of the data gets to you. So it is fully in their right to pull back data deliver speed to your equipment, because they are still not limiting the amount of data going to your equipment. That is why EVERY provider is throttling back data speed after certain amount of data downloaded, hell even home service do that it sucks but what can you do.Speed demons???Are they making their equipment faster than everyone else's?
Yes. ATT should be updating their network with all the money they are making to satisfy users but I have heard that some of the people who are pushing the limits and getting throttled are using over 30GB of data a month which is a little crazy.I stream SoundCloud and SiriusXM all the time on my phone over 3G along with videos and my max has been about 12GB/ month. I average about 7 and have never been bothered. Also, they are talking about throttling users, not people who use X amount from what I have seen so if you are the top 5% then you are getting slowed down while a general user who uses 3+ GB should be ok.
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I will tell you what! Let AT&T ever send me one of those because I hardly ever use the data I pay for so in my eyes they owe me! They are so worried about people using data... what about the people paying for the data that don't use much of it?
The problem is not the amount of data, it's how it's used. Tethering kills the network which is why they charge extra for it.
But then, so does streaming - which they allow.
You would be surprised at how much better their network would be if they stopped streaming and tethering - and it's not just a case of lack of investment.
But most people don't seem to worry about practicalities.
Here in the UK we have always had limits - mine's 3Gb after that I'm throttled - but it's very different here.
I know my little two lines won't matter but going to go with sprint when contracts are up and screw at&t for slowing down my unlimited speed. Hope more people follow and give sprint their business.
How can Apple sue for something that looks like their product and yet AT$T can get away with using the word unlimited and not get sued for not meaning it. And don't give me unlimited doesn't mean they can't throttle it back. If that's what they mean then put it in their next commercial. Join AT$T where we say one thing and mean something totally different. They don't offer unlimited anymore so they should reward people like me who have not jumped ship. Especially since I drop more call then I ever did on Verizon. I bet that the abusers averaged in with the people who use less then their plan average out to be less then if everyone used exactly what they payed for. I'm sure when 4G is out they will say stay on 3G or switch to a limited 4G plan anyway for the remaining unlimited users. So I guess what I am trying to say is AT$T shut the #@%* up already.


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The price of Australian consumer goods and services rose 2.2 per cent in the year to December, a slower rise than economists had expected.
The consumer price index (CPI), a key measure of inflation, rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, after rising by 1.4 per cent in the September quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
The CPI was expected to rise by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter for an annual rate of 2.5 per cent, according to an AAP survey of 15 economists.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has a target range for annual inflation of two to three per cent, and the latest figures will inform its February 5 interest rate decision.
The cash rate is currently at three per cent following the RBA's decision to cut by a quarter of a percentage point in December.


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Hercules Wimbledon AC's cross-country runners made history in the South of the Thames championships in Richmond Park on Saturday by lifting the Colman Cup team trophy for the first time in the club's 76-year history.
The Cup, presented by Sir Jeremiah Colman, an old boy of King's College School, Wimbledon, and the founder of the Colman mustard company, in 1926, is awarded to the team which wins the 12-to-score contest.
Hercules Wimbledon won comfortably with 524 points, beating Dulwich Runners (982) and South London Harriers (1107).
Hercules Wimbledon fielded 17 runners in the senior men's race, more than any other club taking part.
The team was led to its historic win by Kieran White who finished 11th covering the 7.5 miles race in 43 minutes, one second.
A fortnight before his run in Richmond Park, White was competing across the Atlantic in the Orlando half-marathon where he set a Hercules Wimbledon veterans over-35 club record of 1.11:49 in finishing fourth out of more than 3200 runners.
Fred Slemeck, like White, a member of the club's silver medal-winning Surrey road relay championships team in September, finished just behind his club-mate in the Richmond Park race in 13th place (43:09) with Joe Toomey 31st in 45:19, Phil Glynn 32nd in 45:37, Sean Crummy 40th in 46:47, veteran Peter Lee 43rd in 47:26, Rob Tuer 44th in 47:44 and David Grima 51st in 48:26.
Completing the winning team were Rory McMahon (54th in 48:45), Andrew Davis (60th in 49:47), Stewart Bond (62nd in 50:02) and Tom Cheetham (82nd in 52:21).
Hercules Wimbledon's women also made history by closing in a team in the event for the first time.
They were led in by marathon-running mum Claire Grima who was ninth in 52:36.
Francesca Clarke, who is also aiming to race in next April's London race, was 26th in 57:28, with Alison Purnell 32nd and second woman over-50 in 59:00, Monika Crouse 39th in 60:59, Marilena De Luca 54th in 65:21, and Rachel Burke 55th in 65:24.


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I wish I had a pound for each time I have been told by a beginner in genealogy that they are related to the aristocracy ! Anyone who has undertaken a reasonable amount of research knows that many a family legend turns out to be a myth although they should never be dismissed as often there is a grain of truth in them. Also those more experienced in family history will know that given enough time and access to records we are all related to landed gentry, aristocracy and royalty. It's just that those links might be rather distant.
A friend of mine has been corresponding with a fellow researcher on her father's side of the family and when she saw that this person had put a member of the aristocracy onto her online tree she did a relationship search and found that her correspondent was related to this eminent person via the husband of 1st cousin 4x removed of husband of aunt of husband of grand aunt of husband of aunt of wife of 1st cousin of wife of 1st cousin 1x removed !! Think the genetic links are running a bit thin by then !
The Peerage
If you think there may be an aristocracy connection there is a good website called The Peerage which lists thousands of entries concerning English & European Peerage and titled families. The information is well researched and is presented in family format. There is also a free iPad app as well as the main website.
Ancestry.co.uk has a number of databases that would be helpful. Amongst those on offer are …..
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales 1884
Peerage of the British Empire 1848
The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain & the United Kingdom 1910-1916
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire 1865 Vol. 2 only
Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank: but uninvested with heritable honours 1837-1838
Burke's Family Records 1897
Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland & Scotland 1841
Find My Past doesn't seem to have anything to offer in the way of databases especially for the aristocracy.
Google Books
Google Books is a favourite amongst family historians, it is always worthwhile running your family names through the search engine to see what turns up. Also if you know a title of a book that you wish to look at then also try the title search. It is surprising what Google Books holds and the holdings will only get better as books and pamphlets houses at The British Library come online.
A quick search using the word Burke's showed quite a number of hits for books on the Peerage etc.
So if you think you might have blue blood running in your veins take a look at these websites.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Jack Else (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) scored a game-high three goals and Matt Napleton (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) recordedanother career high for saves with 16, leading No. 18 Bucknell University to a 10-8 victory at George Washington University.
The Bison concluded their first weekend of league play with a 2-1 record and they are now 7-2 overall.
Playing its second game in two days in a shallow-deep pool, Bucknell fared better than it did Saturday when it suffered an 11-9 overtime loss at Johns Hopkins University. The Bison held a 6-4 halftime edge and then outscored the Colonials 4-2 in the third frame before coasting to the victory.
Else, who has eight multi-goal games this season, finished the weekend with seven scores, including three on Sunday. Alex Nowlin (Coto de Caza, Calif./Tesoro) posted a team-high seven points on two goals and five assists. He now has 33 assists this season, more than all but one Bison had in all of 2010. Julian Colina (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) and Brian Barron (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) rounded out the list of four Bucknell players with multi-goal outings.
Napleton registered his second new career high in saves in as many days. He had 14 stops Saturday at Johns Hopkins and followed that with a strong 16-save performance against the Colonials. Napleton finished the three-game weekend with 42 saves, the same number of stops he collected in the season's first six contests.
Both teams were 5-for-9 in six-on-five chances.
George Washington (6-8, 1-2 CWPA) was missing two of its top scorers. Nate Little was out with an injury and Daniel Tyner was whistled for his third ejection late in the first period. The Colonials were coming off a one-goal victory over Johns Hopkins Saturday night.
Following the first weekend of league play, Bucknell is tied for first in the CWPA Southern Division, East Region with Princeton and Johns Hopkins. All three teams are 2-1 in league play. George Washington is 1-2, while Navy, which lost to Bucknell and Princeton, is 0-2.
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According to artist Lucy Raven, the roots of Occupy Oakland run deep.
"Oakland has a progressive radical history," Raven told me as she
and her partner, journalist Alex Abramovich, made their way back to the
Bay Area after interviewing retired Oakland Police Chief Anthony
Batts about recent Occupy actions. "The seeds sown in 1968 are flowering
now," Raven said.
The pair should know. They spent several months capturing the
stories of people, including Batts, whose lives have been directly
touched by Occupy Oakland, which is arguably the most well-known branch
of an international protest movement sparked by recent revolutions and
demonstrations in Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and other countries.
couple's resulting project, "Portraits from the Occupation," is a
showcase of 16 filmed vignettes ranging from three to twelve minutes in
length that explores the movement unfolding in a historically
progressive city. The project, which was commissioned by OMCA's Oakland Standard is online on the Standard's website at http://museumca.org/theoaklandstandard/portraits-occupation.
The East Coast transplants said the idea for their work arose from The 1968 Exhibit, which neither had seen before they started filming.
The project got its start when Abramovich and Raven began wondering what
it might have been like to be around in 1968.
"We knew there was a lot of footage that had been shot of Black
Panthers," the journalist said, musing on the Oakland-based group. But
everything the pair came across covering events of that year "had zoomed
in on one side."
"We didn't see anything that was a totally objective 360 degree
view of everything that happened," Abramovich remembered, and drew a
parallel to what he described as partisan approaches
to documenting Occupy.
So he and Raven decided to create a series that
focused as neutrally as possible on people involved with or impacted by
the movement.
They began with a handful of videotaped interviews that quickly
swelled to a dozen and culminated in the 16 that debuted at the Oakland
Museum of California on May Day.
Raven handled the camera and sound while Abramovich asked subjects four basic questions about Occupy Oakland.
Filmed in locations such as homes, offices and the street, the
videos paint unbiased portraits of distinct, yet intertwined lives.
The couple drew inspiration from Andy Warhol's mid-Sixties screen
tests, a series of brief, silent films in which the famed artist
observed friends and acquaintances in front of stark, empty backgrounds.
Like those screen test, "Portraits" is not one cohesive film. "It's
a time capsule," Abramovich explained. "They're not made to be seen all
together. People can make the connections themselves."
Ultimately, the pair's greatest achievement may be the creation of a
visual record where viewers can get an honest look at one of the 21st
century's most dynamic social movements, as well as some of its players. YouTube footage and other sources give no real sense of participants and bystanders, Abramovich added.
"We wanted to be able to attach names to faces," he said, "and humanize them."


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Here's Tori Spelling experiencing a bikini FAIL while vacationing in Hawaii. I don't really know who would want to look at Tori's nipples, but then again I thought the same thing about Dolph Lundgren's penis and five billion of you proved me wrong. I'm starting to think the robot's aren't going to have to work hard at their apocalypse provided they shoot nudie pictures out of their ray guns. — I just told them our weakness, didn't I? Sonofabitch.
NOTE: Pics link to NSFW versions that reminded me I need new saucer plates.
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