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OKAY, so I get the point about young footballers not always realising their potential. There have been plenty of those over the years.
I also get the point about overhyping something or somebody.
After all, we live in an age when a person becomes a celebrity for appearing on reality TV shows, despite having hardly any talent. Not being an old grump - it's true.
However, for this week we should just say a big well done to the Swindon Town youth department for their current work.
A player appearing for his country at Under-19 level and a win over Cirencester which brings a third-round FA Youth Cup tie against Liverpool - terrific stuff - and for a club like ours bringing young players through to the first team is vital.
I've mentioned before in this column about the Thompson brothers, Miles Storey and Leigh Bedwell being in the League One team.
It's always extra special for a supporter to see home-grown talent come through.
Long may it continue.
PDC is right, of course, when he says they need to make that next step to become a first-team regular, and it would be great to think some of the current crop CAN be part of the backbone of the club for many years to come.
After all, Swindon Town holds the record for the youngest defence to appear in the Football League.
On November 18, 1961, 17-year-old goalkeeper Michael O'Hara lined up with 18-year-old full-backs Terry Wollen and John Trollope at London Road, Peterborough.
The Town lost 3-2 but it was the era of 'Bert's Babes' and the beginning of a golden spell under Bert Head which saw promotion to Division Two a season later.
That squad featured in an amazing film called "Six Days to Saturday" directed by John Boorman, the man behind 'Deliverance'. A great documentary and well-worth tracking down.
John Trollope of course went on to be the greatest club servant of all, with 889 appearances and 28 goals as the first overlapping full-back.
Other great examples come to mind like Paul Rideout.
I was there when Paul scored on his debut against Hull City having earlier had a wonderful goal disallowed.
Paul was 16 at the time and went on to score the winner in the cup final, so you see, some young footballers can go on and deliver.
It's up to them of course.
We all wish we could have the talent to play professional football. It's what we dream about.
I hope those young players do go on to realise their potential.
It would be fantastic to see Swindon Town have more players like John Trollope for years to come.
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You know what the best thing about Bureau County is? It's the people, without a doubt, and how they take care of their own.
There were three events over the weekend — the Jimmy D Golf Outing, the Nancy Olds-Bohm Memorial 5K Run/Walk and the fourth annual Jay Braida Golf Outing — that ring that statement most true.
Each are simply remarkable events in their own special way, honoring the memory of dearly departed with friends and family giving back to their community.
The Jimmy D has been going 31-years strong, honoring the late Jimmy DeAngelo by contributing to the cancer unit at St. Margaret's Hospital.
The Olds-Bohm event, now in its fifth year, promises to have a continued success gaining a record 286 competitors this year.
The Jay Braida means a lot to me personally, because I knew its namesake well. Jay was a good friend, a good ballplayer and a fellow Cardinal fan.
This year's event especially struck a nerve, held for Princeton native Danny Gelsomino, a father of two who was diagnosed with incurable Stage 4 Adenocarcinoma (lung cancer) with bone and brain metastasis on Feb. 6, 2012. Danny was in the first senior class I covered at PHS back in 1987 and I got to know him and his family very well.
I know Danny's family was overwhelmed by the generosity shown by everyone who contributed to the event. His mother, Jeanie, said it was great to show his friends in the Chicago area as well as his sister's friends in Peoria, who attended the golf outing, how great of a community their hometown is.
Danny told me it meant the world to him.
"The committee worked countless hours to make the day a success," he said. "I was overwhelmed by the support from classmates, colleagues, friends and family. It really represented why Princeton is such a great place to live. My only regret was not getting to speak personally to everyone that attended. I look forward to attending and supporting such a great cause next summer."
This year's event fell on the birthday of the late Lynn Russelburg, who was the 2011 recipient of the Jay Braida. Her children came back to participate Saturday.
My parents told me years ago to find a good place to call home when I moved to Bureau County. I've most definitely found it.
Jerry's kids: While on feel-good subjects in Bureau County, I want to make a mention to Jerry Fairbanks of the Walnut Park District. He's run the Western Bureau Valley summer leagues for years and is all about the kids. Be sure to go to the concession stand this week during the WBVL Little League Tournament and tell him thanks.
On the move: Princeton native Chris Waca was hired as a math teacher at Plano High School Monday and will pick up some coaching duties. He resigned after four years as head football coach at Kewanee and had taken a position as an assistant football coach for crosstown rival Wethersfield.
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Phillies starter allows six runs, 12 hits in first loss to Giants
PHILADELPHIA -- Monday night didn't include the showcase performance the Phillies were hoping they would get from Cliff Lee. It didn't include the home victory the Phillies have been starving for. In fact, all Monday night included was a lot of base hits that yielded a similar result at Citizens Bank Park.
With many contending teams keenly watching his every move, Lee fired a dud in Philadelphia's 7-4 series-opening loss to San Francisco. The veteran southpaw entered the contest with a lifetime 5-0 record and 0.88 ERA against the Giants in the regular season, but surrendered six earned runs while only lasting 5 2/3 innings in Monday's base-hit extravaganza.
"I felt good physically, I just wasn't locating as well as I would like," Lee said. "Hopefully I can iron that out between now and my next start. There were spurts of it, but I definitely need to be more consistent. But it's not that crazy considering it's the first time I've been back on the mound in a while."
Lee allowed 12 hits -- 11 singles and a home run -- while walking a batter and striking out three in his first start since being placed on the disabled list May 20 with a left elbow strain.
"There was some rust," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "When he was throwing strikes, he seemed to not be on the corners with his command like he normally has and balls were over the plate."
Philly is now 19-30 at Citizens Bank Park this season.
Through the first five innings, the Phillies and Giants combined for 21 hits, all of which were singles. Baserunners galore meant opportunities aplenty for both teams, but for all their base hits, Philly couldn't break through with the big hit.
The Phillies' 4-for-14 (.286) mark with runners in scoring position -- respectable on most nights, but outdone Monday night -- fell short of the Giants .400 clip (4-for-10). Philly stranded 10 runners on base.
It was the first time the Phillies tallied 14 base hits without recording an extra-base hit since July 5, 1996.
"We weren't too worried about that, but it would have been nice to just get the big hit with guys in scoring position," Grady Sizemore said. "Guys were having good at-bats and really grinding up there, but we just couldn't seem to get the big hit when we needed it."
The Giants, meanwhile, delivered when it mattered most, including the biggest blow of the game.
Adam Duvall broke the streak of singles with a bomb to straightaway center field -- his second career home run -- that was part of a three-run sixth inning for the Giants.
"We scored some runs, but I think we could have had a lot more," Sizemore said. "I think we let [them] off the hook a little bit."
Erik Bacharach is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Vista those Structures were Scrawled upon (Hardcover with Dust Jacket)
por Matt Wilson
Sobre o livro
As we move further into the realms of the digital we tend to overlook the satisfaction of flicking through a book or thumbing through a photo album. It is important to bear in mind the tactile nature of the physical world.
That being said this book is a testament to the possibilities that the digital world provides us with. Many mark the age of reason with the invention of the printing press. It was the first step in making the written word available to all – a technology that made it possible to make many copies of a book relatively quickly and easily. This technology has reached a stage where it is now possible for all persons to publish their work
This book is a culmination of many technologies in this digital age. All but one of the images were taken using digital devices which were then edited using computer software; the layout was done solely on computer. The files were then sent, via the Internet, to a Print On Demand publisher. Only then does it enter into physicality and therefore becomes a quantifiable object that must be trimmed, bound packed and shipped.
The end result is somehow unimportant when weighted against its contemporaries but it is essential that we use what is at our disposal in order to create something of ourselves and for ourselves. The importance lies in the doing of the thing and not in the thing itself.
Características e detalhes
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Quadrado pequeno, 18×18 cm
40 Páginas
- Data de publicação jul 25, 2010
- Tags Czech Republic, Art & Design, Photo Book, Europe, Germany, Slovakia, Graffiti, Edinburgh, Scotland, Berlin, People, Photo, Nature, Portrait, buildings, Structures, Photography, Design, Art
Sobre o autor
Born in Scotland, Matt Wilson studied Industrial Design in Edinburgh followed two year later with a Masters in Interdisciplinary Design before relocating to Berlin in 2009. There he works in a variety of disciplines within design related fields. Using whatever device available at the time whether it be an SLR, Digital SLR, Digital Compacts or even at times a Mobile Camera Phone to capture something of a place and time.
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The Row Resort 2013
A gorgeous, embroidered cashmere cardigan bonded with silk so it holds its shape. A shade of lilac favored by Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Huge Nor'wester rain hats. The detachable fur lining of a parka, sans its outer half. Modest low pumps from Silvia Fiorentina, exquisitely made Italian shoes of the type that might be favored by a well-heeled court of stenographers and which you almost need a flashlight to find in the shoe department at Bergdorf Goodman, so shadowed are they by the dazzling showiness of the Christian Louboutins, et al. All of these elements, seemingly disparate and jarring, came into play with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's The Row resort 2013. And, you know what, combined they took on the identity of what we have come to know as great fashion. The hallmark of this is that it takes you somewhere new, gives you a jolt, and makes you sit up and take notice. Often it comes down to reconsidering something you take for granted, if you ever really thought much about it at all, and experiencing a rush of exhilaration at seeing it look so radically and compellingly new. Those Fiorentina shoes, for instance, come on, no one, save a few souls (this one included) who love them for their stately conservativeness, ever bothered to pay much attention before. However, they will now.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, anointed Monday evening at the CFDA Fashion Awards as the womenswear designers of the year, said at their Friday morning presentation to simply think of this as a collection of clothes for the women who already line up to wear The Row. But, clearly, they're not beyond inciting them to get a little delirious at the thought of what else is on offer, too. It's precisely that duality that landed them the CFDA honor. They can work a theme with authority, but they don't forget the need for authentically real clothes. Resort is ostensibly based on rainwear, so the collection worked all manner of coats to shelter under: elongating the trench so it looks like it would be as much at home in the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle as it would scurrying through midtown Manhattan and considering how to cinch the back of a white-seamed jacket so it retains a clean elegance. Yet, from there it went into relaxed purple evening dresses, some layered with matching wide trousers, trapunto-stitched leather jackets, lean pants, and narrow coats, reversed so the banded seams are on the outside…. Like they said, just clothes. But then, they're not. They're so much more.


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Hurricane Sandy had struck New York a few hours ago. Parts of New York are out of power; Rockstar Studios has been hit as well.
According to their Newswire, they were working on the second trailer when H. Sandy struck and knocked out power. They reveiled that they will show the trailer after they will immediately continue to finish it when the power goes back on.
Today is the one-year anniversary of the GTA V trailer. Since the second one was supposed to debut today; Hurricane Sandy prevented that.


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HOUSTON - What's left of Hurricane Sandy continues to stall weather patterns across the country. So, while the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions still deal with the devastating blow from this historic storm, the weather couldn't be nicer in Texas and much of the rest of the nation.
The forecast for all of you with Halloween plans should be about as perfect as it can get! Under partly to mostly clear skies, the weather will drop from near 80 degrees late in the afternoon on Wednesday to the upper 60s by 10 p.m. All of the ghosts, goblins, witches, superheroes, princesses and other costumed kids are poised for a gloriously ghoulish good time from a weather perspective!
A ridge of high pressure continues to dominate our weather. It's stuck in place by Sandy, which is blocking the typical west-to-east movement of weather patterns across the United States. The center of the high pressure ridge over us will slowly drift very slightly into the Gulf of Mexico over the next day or so, which will promote a light south wind flow and begin to return some moisture and humidity to our area. The rise in humidity will be slow, so there won't be any abrupt changes to the way the weather feels to us over the next couple of days.
Into the weekend, however, expect a more noticeable increase in humidity and slightly higher temperatures. We'll also introduce a 20 percent chance for passing showers in the area as we head through Saturday and Sunday. Until then, though, enjoy this beautiful fall weather and have a very safe and fun-filled Halloween on Wednesday!
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HARRIET Knowles-Jones warmed up for her Great Britain debut this weekend in fine style.
The Warrington Athletics Club starlet, who will be representing her country in the junior Edinburgh Cross Country race on Saturday, was around two minutes clear of her rivals in the under 17s girls' contest at the weekend's Cheshire Cross Country Championships at muddied Birchwood Forest Park.
She wasn't the club's only county competitor in celebratory mood.
Liam Burthem finished in the under 17s boys' bronze medal position and with Daniel Evans, fourth, and Leighton Sharman, eighth, won the team silver medals.
Cameron Field was one of only two Warrington AC runners in the under 20s men's trip but he won by a large margin.
Sam Evans struck gold for the third successive year, although this time at the higher under 13s level.
Evans was a runaway winner, having led from start to finish, and added a team silver with Ben Harrison, sixth, and Jordan Jones, 10th.
In the girls' race, Isabelle Trevithick secured silver position as the team, including Megan Atherton, 13th, and Jessica Wall, 37th, came home fifth.
Lucas Hayes was third on his debut, backed up by Owen Darbyshire, 16th, and William Bainbridge, 26th, for fifth place in the under 11s team event.
Ashley Nemits, fifth, Maya Evans, seventh and Lydia Blair, 10th, sealed silver for the under 11s girls.
Lauren Ferris's silver in the under 15s girls' race was her best run to date and backed up by Sarah McGrail, third, and Melissa Boyer, fifth, the team gold was achieved.
Behind them Lauren Goddard, sixth, Olivia Bush, ninth, and Amy Gibbons, 13th, took the team silver medals.
In the boys' race, Owen Lee was third and with Jack Stubbings, eighth, and Sam Rostron, 11th, they secured team silver.
In the senior men's race, Mervyn Ward was second in the veterans' over 55s age group.


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ROVERS secured an unlikely victory at promotion-chasing Fleetwood on Saturday to give our survival hopes a massive boost.
The Pirates travelled to Lancashire with a depleted squad, leaving John Ward unable to even find a full quota of substitutes.
Only five of the seven spaces on the bench were taken up, while the failure to recruit any new faces last week was another blow.
Meanwhile big-spending Fleetwood had signed a new striker for a rumoured £200,000, so optimism ahead of the trip was at a low ebb.
Despite these setbacks a young Rovers side produced a hard-working display full of creativity, enterprise and endeavour. They confounded the odds with a stunning 3-0 victory, meaning we have now picked up seven points from a possible 12 under Ward.
The team spirit is firmly restored under the new manager's guidance and if he can add one or two new players this week we have a great chance of staying up. On Saturday Woodards and Richards showed their quality with fine goals in the first-half, while young Ellis Harrison seized the opportunity given to him with a fearless display on his debut.
The excellent O'Toole put matters to rest with another quality goal early in the second half and Rovers could have scored more, with Hitchcock unlucky not to open his account.
Let's hope the magnificent victory at Fleetwood, only our second on the road this season, also marks a turning point in our fortunes and we can follow it up with three points against Exeter, another promotion contender, at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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My wife and I are huge BBQ fans and whenever we visit a new town and get hungry we always search out the local cuisine rather than eating at the national chain store eateries. We find great fun when exploring a states small towns in discovering what the local resturaunt entrupenuers are doing and its amazing what you stumble across sometimes.
We recently found ourselves in Oskaloosa, Iowa located in the S.E. part of the state around lunch time and we stopped at Big Ed's BBQ located in the S.W. corner of the downtown square. We noticed the lunch special of the day was for a plate of BBQ'd Rib Ends and a side of your choice for $5.00 and some change.
Being disappointed before with the so-called cheap lunch specials I was not really expecting much when I ordered the special and a side of German potatoe salad. Even the name of the dish "Rib Ends" sounded like I might be getting something left over from the real deal. However......was I in for the surprise of my BBQ dining life. The warm German Potatoe salad was absolutely heavenly and the full plate of BBQ'd Rib Ends that were placed in front of me was beyond fantastic. Meaty and tender the meat just practically fell off the bones and Big Ed's home made sauce was to die for. My wife and I walked out of Big Ed's absolutely stuffed. We raved about the BBQ experience we just had practically half way home. I felt the meal was worth twice what Big Ed charges for it in quality, quantity, and flavor and left a tip that nearly doubled the cost of the meal.
Big Ed definitely outdoes "Famous Daves" and "When Pigs Fly" in Des Moines, Iowa hands down. In fact I would not hesitate to drive the 50+ miles one way to dine at Big Ed's again.
So next time you are looking for great BBQ and are within 50 miles of Oskaloosa, Iowa be sure to check out Big ED's. You won't be disappointed.
I would love to hear if anyone else has had this same experience.


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School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Associate Dean John Sigg and Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Physical Education Hongwei Guan visited China November 1-11, 2012.
While in China they visited the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee (NYOGOC) and discussed potential collaborative programs and projects with representatives from the Culture & Education Department. They also met the Vice President of Nanjing Institute of Physical Education and representatives from the Education Department of Jiangsu Province.
Associate Dean John Sigg and Associate Professor Hongwei Guan visited Ithaca College's partner institution Chendu Sport University and discussed potential collaborative programs between the two institutions. While at Chendu Sport University they made a presentation about Ithaca College Programs and Ithaca College student's China study experiences.
They attended the 60th Anniversary celebration of Shanghai University of Sport. They were also invited to visited the School of Sport and Health at East China Normal University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics during the trip.
Associate Professor Hongwei Guan was invited to present at the National Training Program for Physical Education Teachers at East China Normal University. He presented "Presidential Youth Fitness Program" and its assessment method, FitnessGram, to more than 200 Physical Education teachers from different areas of China.
Many potential collaborative and experiential learning opportunities for HSHP faculty and students exist in China. These opportunities can greatly benefit our faculty and students while enriching our educational programs offered at IC and abroad -- aligning with the IC2020 initiatives.
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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New types of dragons are added regularly!
Olive Dragons are a small, forest-dwelling breed, rarely growing much larger than the average sheep. When alarmed, they can erect a long row of venomous spines on their back, serving to warn any potential predators that Olives are not a good choice for a meal. While not strong enough to kill anything larger than a small deer, their venom causes an extremely painful reaction and necrosis at the bite site, sometimes causing the flesh to rot and limbs to fall off.
Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.
Dragons don't communicate with each other verbally, but they will growl to scare off predators and frighten prey. Young dragons will emit an extremely high-pitched squeal when they are frightened. To communicate, they use telepathy with each other and to speak to other creatures.


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Student members of the Jones School's chapter of MBA Women International held the 13th Annual Women in Leadership Conference at McNair Hall on Friday, Feb. 2, with record-breaking attendance.
This year's theme, "The Road Less Traveled: Exceptional Women Paving the Way," featured inspirational stars in the business world as participants and touched a chord among attendees.
Conference co-chairs Anca Loghin '13 and Haniya Mian '13 chose women leaders from diverse backgrounds who have succeeded following challenging, unconventional paths that help redefine what it means to be successful in the modern business world.
Both the opening and closing keynote speakers shared their divergent personal career paths, bookending a schedule that included roundtable discussions featuring Rice alums, successful entrepreneurs and C-suite leaders from several Fortune 500 companies.
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Geffin's mesmerizing keynote kicked off the event. The chief prosecutor spoke in-depth about Houston's unfortunate role as a hub for human trafficking and her own dedication and calling to fight against it. Geffin, who survived being physically beaten during her efforts to stop trafficking in the city, asked audience members to consider "What is keeping you in bondage?" and urged the attendees to be courageous in following their own paths.Women in the C-Suite Level
A panel discussion featuring C-suite leaders – including Former Freddie Mac Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Subha Barry '85, Baylor College of Medicine Senior Vice Present and CFO Kim Cotner David '04, Sysco Corporation Senior Vice President and CIO Twila Day, and GE Oil & Gas Services President and CEO Anne McEntee – followed the morning keynote.
Several of the leaders agreed that, as a female in executive power, having "a seat at the table," was of utmost value, as their minority presence in the halls of leadership provides a voice, perspective, and source of innovative ideas often overlooked otherwise. Break-out Sessions
Following the C-suite roundtable were breakout sessions showcasing successful women leaders pursuing international careers, businesses of their own and unconventional paths as well as a session on women and negotiation. Many of the leaders discussed the importance of actively pursuing mentors along the way, urging that women not "wait for someone to adopt you."Closing Keynote: Dr. Jennifer Arnold, Medical Director of the Simulation Center at Texas Children's Hospital and star of The Learning Channel's The Little Couple
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Organizers of the event held a silent auction, raising over $5700 in scholarship funds for women pursuing their MBAs.
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Did you know?
A hill overlooking Grahamstown was named after Makana, the Xhosa chief who attacked the settlement.
The Battle of Grahamstown was one of the most bizarre and significant military clashes to emerge from the nine bitter Frontier Wars that wracked the Eastern Cape between 1779 and 1878.
In essence, the Frontier Wars were all about territory, dispossession, ownership of cattle, and treaties and alliances made and broken between the Boer settlers, the Xhosa and the British colonial authorities.
A great force of between 6 000 and 10 000 Xhosa warriors and a small number of British Army deserters gathered during the daylight hours of 22 April 1819 on the north-eastern hills facing Grahamstown. They were led by a man said to have mystic powers, variously known as Makana, Nxele or, simply, Links – which means 'left-handed' in Afrikaans.
By 1819, the frontier settlement of Grahamstown had been in existence for seven years. It consisted of about 30 buildings, including a military barracks. Apart from a few hundred civilians, there were about 350 soldiers from various regiments stationed in Grahamstown under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Willshire.
Makana had sent a polite notice of war to Willshire the day before, saying he would 'breakfast' with him on the 22nd.
'Everything will be ready for you on your arrival,' was Willshire's jaunty reply. Makana, in the meantime, had told his warriors that the British bullets would simply 'turn to water' when fired.
Because of their vast numbers, the Xhosa seemed assured of victory.
As the battle began and three divisions of Xhosa warriors attacked various points around Grahamstown, it became clear that the ordered fusillades of the British and the devastation caused by their artillery pieces would win the day over spears that were generally hurled far short of their mark. The garrison forces were also buoyed by the arrival of a Khoi buffalo hunter called Jan Boezak and his 130 sharpshooters.
One of the enduring legends of the Battle of Grahamstown is the story of Elizabeth Salt, one of the soldiers' wives living in the settlement. The Xhosa, loath to harm women in battle, apparently allowed her to walk through their ranks carrying a keg of gunpowder to the troops besieged in the barracks.
The main battle lasted no more than an hour, leaving at least 1 000 Xhosa and three British soldiers dead. Makana later surrendered to the British and was imprisoned on Robben Island.
On Christmas Day of that year (1819), he tried to escape but drowned when his boat capsized.
Within a year of the Battle of Grahamstown, the 1820 Settlers arrived from Britain in a massive bid to shore up the colonial presence in the Eastern Cape. But the Frontier Wars would continue for another 60 years before relative peace reigned in the Eastern Cape.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Alan Weyer's Spirits of the Past tours
Tel: +27 (0)46 622 7896
Cell: +27 (0)82 825 2685
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Makana Tourism (Grahamstown) office
Tel: +27 (0)46 622 3241
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
Grahamstown lies approx. 120 km north-east of Port Elizabeth on the N2. The drive will take less than two hours.
Best time to visit
If you're a festival-lover, then visit Grahamstown in July and be blown away by the National Arts Festival.
Around the area
Go on day trips to the beaches of Port Alfred, the pubs of Bathurst and the gardens of Bedford.
Tours to do
Alan Weyer's Spirits of the Past tours are very popular and insightful. Also contact the listed Makana Tourism office for information on local community guides who can take you to see the Egazini Monument commemorating the Battle of Grahamstown.
Get around
Hiring a vehicle from Port Elizabeth Airport will give you the mobility to explore the Frontier Country around Grahamstown.
Length of stay
Historic Grahamstown is worth a full day of your time. Spend a few days in the town if you can.
What to pack
Grahamstown's weather can change suddenly, so you should always carry something warm to wear.
Where to stay
Grahamstown has a number of historic accommodation options – see the listed websites for details.
What to eat
Try some of the student pub lunches at places like the Rat & Parrot and the Victoria Hotel.
What's happening
Apart from the National Arts Festival, the City of Saints has a full events programme and an interesting museum complex.
Best buys
Buy a copy of A Proper Degree of Terror – John Graham and the Cape's Eastern Frontier by Ben Maclennan.


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I stumbled upon a wreath that I fell in love with HERE at (MADE, a great site) a while back. So I've had it in my head for a few weeks. But I was in the middle of the end of the semester. Those that don't know, I teach Communication classes at the local college. So, all my projects had to pause…HATE it when that happens. So, with a break in school I've been able to finish a BUNCH of projects. Can't wait to show them all off. 🙂
So, here is the first one. I stumbled upon lima beans the other day at the store. PERFECT! I knew that Dana, at MADE used "acorns" which look a lot like pine nuts to me on her wreath. But, I thought that lima beans could be cool and THRIFTY 😉 since they only cost a whopping $1.24 a bag. I gave it a try.
Here are your needed supplies:
1 Styrofoam wreath: approx $5.00 at JoAnn's ($3.00 if you have a 40% coupon)
Hot Glue gun with plenty of glue sticks
1 bag of lima beans: $1.24 at Wal-Mart (or substitute for any other kind of nuts, acorns…etc). I bought two bags because I was unsure how many I would need. I used almost 1 entire bag.
Spray paint in color of your choice. (I have a few cans laying around).
Pick a spot and start gluing in a row. I wanted mine to be on a slight angle so I glued it that way.
As I went around the circle, I had to #1: be careful not to burn myself, and #2 adjust a bit here and there to keep the angle going.
Getting closer 🙂
After I got done, my husband thought I was crazy to spray paint it the same color as the lima beans. 🙂 Men, they don't get it sometimes. I HAD to cover up the hot glue in between the beans, I mean I COULDN'T leave it. It would have drove me NUTS! Are you surprised that I didn't paint it turquoise? I almost did! Hey, who knows maybe I will in a few months when I need a change in color!
WARNING: Don't do what I did….dropped it. I almost swore.
She glued back together nicely, THANK HEAVENS. It took several hours to glue the lima beans on, so I almost shed a tear.
What a beauty! Do you like it?
Who would have thought that lima beans could be so darn pretty, almost elegant!
Here is my fellow crafty friend Natasha's version, she used nuts, and I love her variation to hang the "A" from the middle:


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Almighty Benny wrote:ok, let me explain.
We need to come up with a "mascot" minifig for the Brikwars forums. Then we all need to sign up on a list. The first person on the list builds the minifig and mails it to the second person on the list. That person takes pictures with the minifig being introduced to their real life town/collection and posts them here, then mails the fig to the next person on the list and so on. If you're a jerk and you break the chain by taking forever or stealing the minifig, we come to your house and beat the crap out of you with flaming baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire.
The minifig above is from Classic Castle, his name is Henry. Of course, that's not a picture of the real Henry, but I figured he was as good as any to introduce the topic.
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Tech Update: R420 Gets a Name and Birthdayby Kristopher Kubicki on 4/9/2004 12:00 AM EST
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T8000 - Monday, April 12, 2004 - linkI think it is impossible for ATI to "add" some more pipelines without doing a new tape out, so unless these pipes where hidden before, R420 will not make it to market with 16 pipelines untill december.
And just for the record, pipelines are paralell paths in a GPU able to produce rendered pixels, so double the pipelines means double the fill rate, but because they may have to share shaders and texture units, more pipelines do not always generate more performance.
Also note that you have to multiply the number of pipelines with the clock speed to calculate the theoretical fill rate.
For those asking if chips could be softmodded, this is very likely, because the real money is made in the lower mid-range, because of the higher sales volumes. So if they could add options to boost sales, without spending more on chips, they will most likely do it.
But remember that enabeling top-end options or speeds may not work on all chips, because top models are often hand picked, as consumers want "their" brand to make the fastest stuff, to impress others with the brand name.
So, as a manufacturer can sell more midrange models when they manage to make their top-end model win the benchmarks (even if their midrange card is slower), there is a very good reason to hand pick top-end chips. Reply
darkjedi1066 - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linksome of you think the names are too long now? wait til Leadtek gets their hands on the chipsets....imagine Leadtek Winfast A420-16 X800 Golden Sample yadda yadda yadda...assuming, of course, Leadtek is wise enough to branch out to ATI chipsets.... Reply
spyhalfer - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linkWhy on earth should ATI release a card with 12 pipelines, that can be made into 16, before they release a 16 pipeline part? Reply
AsiLuc - Sunday, April 11, 2004 - linkStop guessing and start benchmarking!
I can't stand this, I need facts! This way you're giving me a nerve-breakdown... Reply
AtaStrumf - Saturday, April 10, 2004 - linkWell Pete, we essentially agree. It's all one and the same core, with just parts of it disabled for branding and yield improving purposes. Reply
tazdevl - Friday, April 09, 2004 - link#42, don't believe everything you read. The "scoop" you are referring to is about as reliable as you come across on The Inq.
Pete - Friday, April 09, 2004 - link#45 AtaSrumf, R420 is the name of the GPU, not the card. From what we're hearing, the GPU itself has four quads constituting 16 potential pipelines, and ATi seems to have the capability to disable a quad if it's imperfect in some way. This is the same way Intel sells Celerons as crippled Pentiums, by disabling half of the L2 cache that has errors in it. Manufacturing a GPU is all about yields, or how many perfect GPUs you can get out of a silicon wafer. ATi, by being able to disable parts of the GPU that contain errors to sell those imperfect chips as fully functional yet lower-performing, is essentially raising their yields of R420 (because they throw less GPUs away).
This is assuming Anandtech is right and R420 can disable faulty quads. This rumor has made the rounds at B3D a few weeks ago, too. It seems an almost perfect solution to increasing yields and thus lowering cost, but ATi may just be doing so at the beginning. They may drop eight-pipe R420's in favor of a mid-range eight-pipe GPU, as they did moving from the stop-gap 9500 Pro (built using the high-end R300 GPU) to the 9600 Pro (built using the smaller and cheaper RV350 GPU). Reply
tazdevl - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkwrong... Pro will run on 16 as well. Reply
AtaStrumf - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkHow can the X800 XT be 16 pipelines and stil be called R420. That's kind of weird.
And the X800 Pro is more than a little later than it would normaly be expected, so if you put 2 and 2 together you see, that perhaps it's all the same core, and soft/hard moding these cards could be a real possibility. Maybe we will see a X800 XT even before May 31st :) Reply
KristopherKubicki - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkPhiro: Totally understandable. Here is my philosophy on the NV thing as of right now though:
Had this been something like "NV40 is not compatible with all AMD mobos", that would be a battle to fight. As far as the GeForce 6800 name and April 13 release date; well, if you look hard enough you can still find that info (comments, forum posts, etc). I was only told to remove it from the article.
The timing also has more to do with it - I am glad i got 2 days out of the post before someone told me to remove it anyway. Had it been 2 hours after I posted, I most likely would have stood my ground. You can also bet that as soon as the NDA lifts i will replace the original content for archival purposes.
Hope that helps :)
Kristopher Reply
Phiro - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkWhile I'm sad you guys pulled your nvidia part of this, and sad that someone had to notice it and speak up before you said anything, I'm at least glad you told us.
You do have to pick your battles, but Nvidia needs to understand that coming down like this will almost always only generate ill-will. Marketing has never been the home of brainiacs - it's full of scumbags who can't look 3 inches past their 401k, stock options and their own twisted little pretend world.
When you have to pull content and they *don't want you to acknowledge it is when the bells should be going off in your head. You dig your heels in at that point - sometimes the tree bends with the wind to survive, other times it has to stand tall otherwise it doesn't get the sunlight it needs to survive.
thatsright - Friday, April 09, 2004 - linkFor once AT scoops the online mag The Inquirer. Kudos!! I guess AT has some really close contacts on the inside with ATI. With this major hardware release, The Inquirer wasn't getting the usual info. weeks before the launch as they usually do. And what they have posted on TheInq has been even more vague than usual. Most of it is downright incorrect.
A Big Thumb up to AnandTech. Reply
TrogdorJW - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkBecause they feel that it is against their NDA. I'm sure AT has cards in hand already for the April 13th "launch", but they're not allowed to comment on them. Even if they hear rumors elsewhere about what the cards will be called, sometimes big companies get bent out of shape. I don't know why there's any fuss, though... like knowing the names one week earlier is really going to affect anything. Reply
Da3dalus - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkWhy would nVidia want the info pulled? Reply
mmp121 - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linknVidia of course, who else would want the info pulled? Reply
DerekBaker - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkTold by whom?
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkNah, nothing fishy, i just was told to remove it. have to choose your battles wisely sometimes; enough people got the message it seems
kristopher Reply
Warder45 - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linklol, looks like most Nvidia stuff was removed. Reply
AtaStrumf - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkHey!!! Where did the GeForce 6800/April 13th part of the article go?
Something fishy's going on! Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkI think its likely the GeForce 6800 could be over twice as fast as the FX5950 Ultra. There are plenty of rumors floating around that it has a sixteen pipeline core, not sure if 16x1 or 16x2, but that alone would give double the power of the current 8x1 (and I'm not going to get into arguments over whether the 59xx is 8x1 or 8x2). Once you add various other architectural improvements and a higher core clock-speed you'll easily have over twice the power.
Despite using higher speed memory (1.2GHz effective has been suggested) it won't have an equivalent increase in memory-bandwidth unless they shift to a 512-bit interface (which is unlikely) but DX9 performance is more dependent on core than memory speed anyway so it might not matter much when it comes to overall performance.
I think the names are fine, dropping the FX was probably a good idea for nVidia to leave behind the NV3x generation which were always second-place behind the R3xx. ATI could have called their new card the Radeon 10800 but X800 sounds much better. Not sure what they'll call the next generation after this though, X2800 etc would make sense with the X becoming as much a part of the brand as the Radeon is now. Reply
TauCeti - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - link>Trogdor: Personally, I think the Radeon cards should have been called Radeon A800 and A600
Come on. That would translate to a Radeon 43008 and a 42496 if you start using base-16 :))
Warder45 - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - linkThe guy in the article on the front page liked it to when the first GeForce card came out. Reply
TrogdorJW - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkGet real, AW. What do you want them to do? Release two cards with equivalent performance, except one is PCIe and the other is AGP, and call them different names? Like that's any better. The real names will be Radeon X800 Pro, and on the box will be a sticker saying whether it is PCIe or AGP. GeForce 6800 is also relatively reasonable, although I'm sure the GeForce 6850 Ultra or something will come out not too long after. Again, Nvidia cards will probably have a sticker or something stating whether the card is AGP or PCIe.
Personally, I think the Radeon cards should have been called Radeon A800 and A600 (for the version with half as many pipelines). The next cards could be the B800 and B600.... That would get you all the way up to F800 and F600 before you ran out of four digit "numbers". Of course, some of you are probably going to complain about hexidecimal not being a well-known number system among the commoners.... ;)
Final thought is that someone commented on how big of a jump it was from an 8500 to a 9700. Well, it wouldn't have been quite as impressive if you had gone from a GF4Ti to a 9700, but the possibility for the 6800 cards to actually be almost twice as fast as current top cards is real. Rumors are saying that 3DMark03 scores of 12,500+ are being hit with the G6800. It's not the be-all, end-all benchmark, but if a card can score 12,500 at standard settings in 3DMark03, that card will be a pretty massive step up from the current cards. Then your CPU will be the major bottleneck again. :p Reply
bobsmith1492 - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - link(did have space) that is... Reply
bobsmith1492 - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkGreat... now video cards have more than twice the ram as my first hard drive did! (: Reply
AtaStrumf - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkSo nVidia finally got rid of the bad omen that the FX sufix was. Good for them! ATi's new name isn't bad either. It sounds fresh. Let's just hope the perfomance of the two new cards will be as refreshing, rather than depressing, like the last two generations.
I must admit I'm a bit surprised to see NV40 before R420, but than again they're both late this year.
As for 512 MB of on-board memory. For now it's definately a hideous overkill, but the not too distant future DX9 titles are supposed to be able to use that kind of capacity. Just hope the price doesn't go through the roof. Reply
aw - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkCome on...are you serious. I was obviously exaggerating. Imagine for one second that you aren't a uber nerd that you are and you were Joe schmoe at Best Buy. Which one sounds better to you (Please note that neither name is descriptive in the least bit)
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
ATI Radeon AGP X800 Pro
ATI Radeon PCX X800 Pro
Nvidia geForce 6800 AGP
Nvidia geForce 6800 PCX
You can try and say it makes sense...but it doesn't. It's retarded. What does X mean anyway...10? so it's 18000? You are right, they have simplified some...woohoo. Nividia is definately better than ATI. But still, why did FX ever exist in the first place. It took them a long time to realize it was stupid. SE, XT, and Pro make a little sense if they are consistent. Which obviously isn't happening. So Ati has gone full circle and come to 10000 so now they have to go back down. Since stupid nvidia thought they had to match the 1000 numbers of ATI after Geforce 4...my god what are they gonna do. God knows X800 Pro sounds better than geForce 6800...maybe??? It cracks me up. Both sides have backed themselves into a completely incomprehensible naming corner and I love it! Consumer confusion is good. At least for Anandtech. It's just the more people who come here to figure it out, which is fine with me. The whole thing just makes me laugh. Reply
Staples - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkAnd another comment, I doubt either of these cards will have the performance jump of the R200 to the R300. I probably will just stick with my 9700NP because the price of these cards might actually be more than $500 (for the high end ones). I had an R8500LE before the 9700NP and I waited 8 months for the price of the 9700NP to come down to $200. Unless there is just a monsterous performance gain, I doubt that the price premium is worth the purchase. Reply
Staples - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkI hate all these naming conventions. They are used to confuse the customer and that they are doing well. Reply
Icewind - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkI've got my $500 raring to go whomever is the winner!! Reply
spite - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkYou have to be kidding me. Complaining about the naming schemes? Read more closely. The NVidia names are getting shorter, while the ATI names are staying the same. GeForce 6800, Radeon X800. WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER? No more FX, which wasnt any more complicated than the old GeForce 4 etc system, but seemed to get people so upset. Maybe you want names like "Bob" or "Martha". Or maybe just "Q". Find another bitching bandwagon to jump on. Reply
Da3dalus - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - link/me awaits the benchmarking frenzy...
:D Reply
SubKamran - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkEXCELLENT. If they come out quick, it'll push down the 9600XT for my brother! LESS MONEY TO SPEND!
Then next year I'll by the X series... :P Reply
aw - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkNvidia and ATI's marketing departments must really suck. The should all be fired! The naming schemes are bordering on ridiculous. No scratch that..they are ridiculous. It serves no purpose but to create confusion. Finally someone at Intel realized how stupid their naming scheme was and they are simplifying it. One can only hope that Nvidia and ATI will get a clue and follow their lead.
Judging by these names, they aren't "ExTReMe" enough. I am going to wait for the
Nvidia InFiNItY FX(XX) GeForce Triple eXXXtreme NV4658700000 with PCI XXXpress and 1,000 MB of 4x DDR2 Cas2 Memory...;-)
Plus hopefully they will get a clue that most people aren't going to spend more than it costs to build a complete computer on a video card (unless they throw in a 19" LCD with it).
Usally Anandtech comments on stupid naming schemes. This time they didn't. To bad...
Nvidia and ATI...Keep it Simple Stupid! It always works Reply
dgrady76 - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkI have a feeling that Doom 3 and Half Life 2 will have NO problem whatsoever taking advantage of extra memory and horsepower. Anti aliasing, Aniso, real-time lighting, huge textures, etc....
Revolutionary steps CAN happen overnight- why it seems just yesterday I had to pick up my jaw off the floor after witnessing GLQuake for the first time. I definitley didn't see that one coming.
I'll never pay more than $250 for a video card, but anyone who questions bigger, better, faster, more when it comes to computers is always proved wrong in the end. Reply
PrinceGaz - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkIts nice to have some names to throw around, can't wait for the benchmarks next week :)
Does the NDA for the Radeon X800 expire the same day as the GeForce 6800 so we get all the results in one big article, or will we have to wait a little longer for it? Reply
Marsumane - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkI might be wrong on my numbers, but from what I remember reading ATI's solution allows data to transfer at 4GB/s in BOTH directions, allowing for 8GB/s potential max for data to flow to and from the video card. Nvidia's is equal to agp 16x - latenancies for the addition of the bridge. This would allow 4GB/s in only one direction - time for the additional lateneancy. Seeing how graphic cards' data usually travels by majority from the graphics card, and doesn't even use that much bandwidth to send the data anyways, Nvidia's solution should yield almost the same results. That is, considering that the latenancies are closer to marginal then higher. This should save Nvidia a buttload of money. Personally, I would have bridged the PCIX version to work w/ agp, and not vice versa due to the PCIX card most likely being the one that will bench the highest of the two and have a better shot at the top spot.
And i dont see the "X" as being rediculous in this case, due to it meaning "10" and not "Extreme" or "Xtreme". I just want to know what they will do when they hit "11". XI800!? lol Reply
ViRGE - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - link#12, in PCI-E mode, the NV40 will have just as much bandwidth as PCI-E 16x has(thanks to an overclocked internal AGP bus); the difference is that Nvidia's solution is half-duplex, where as a full PCI-E solution is full duplex. You are right however in that neither is significant at this point; besides a few fringe apps, nothing is close to overwhelming 8x. Reply
Cat - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkHuge amounts of video memory allow for much higher resolution shadow maps, for one thing. These are easily created on the fly, rather than taking artists' time as normal textures do. I can see the immediate impact of having more video memory there, since aliased shadow maps are a good 'suspension of disbelief'-breaker.
Also remember that not just textures are stored on the card, but geometry as well. Reply
Baldurga - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkIcewind, wait a until April 13th and we will know! ;-)
Icewind - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkNow comes the big question, How WELL do they perform? Reply
Calin - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkThe bridge will introduce additional delays in the communication between the video card and everything else. And the bandwidth will be limited at what the AGP 8x interface in capable. Neither one is (I suppose) significant at that moment.
Calin Reply
Brickster - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkReply to my post #10...
Looks like I got a little confused with all those numbers, as the difference is the company that makes them, but let me rephrase that question:
Will the "bridged" PCI-Express card from NVIDIA be any different in concept than ATI PCI-Express released in June? Just trying to understand the significance of the "bridge".
Thanks! Reply
Brickster - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - link"NVIDIA's bridged PCI-Express cards will launch April 13th along with the AGP versions."
Call me ignorant, but what is the difference between the June PCI-Express version and a the "bridged" April 13th version? Reply
Verdant - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linki think i will have to wait until the XXX edition cards come out :shiftyeyes: Reply
sandorski - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkX=10, 10 is +1 from the current 9, 10 is next Generation, X simplifies the name and looks cooler Reply
ZobarStyl - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkoops signin post...yeah, that '512 mb revision' gave me a good laugh, considering the fact that 128 mb cards still haven't been put to the limit plus by the time we get 512mb cards wont we have PCIX and are moving bandwidth to the cards twice as fast? That plus GDDR3 seems like they are really pushing every aspect of memory these days even though id rather we get more frequent processor revisions =) Reply
grim122 - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkany1 know if these are actual release dates or just paper releases Reply
Praeludium - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkYeah, I agree with you, Spearhawk. If somebody says Xtreme to me one more time, I'm going to snap and bludgeon a marketer with a well-named product for once.
The thing that jumped out at me immediately was "before the end of the year we also anticipate a 512MB revision." I may be incorrect, but aren't games just now *beginning* to fill up 128 MB of video memory? Why the need for 512 right now? I certainly see the need down the road, but it seems a pointless waste of money for bragging rights, if such a card does come to be.
Thanks for the update, Kristopher. Reply
Spearhawk - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkAnyone else starting to think that using X in the names is geting rediculus? Reply
Regs - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkAnd wow, 256 MBs of GDDR3 memory. These things are going to be 500 dollars when it comes to retail. Reply
Regs - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkATi ran out of numbers and added an x. They both want to name the cards differently because they want people to know that they are different then their predecessors. Basically a clean slate. Reply
amdfanboy - Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - linkIs anyone else as confuesed about the names as me ? :confused; Reply


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The critically endangered riverine rabbit lives a nocturnal life along riverbanks in the Karoo Highlands.
'Ah, the star place,' people often say when you mention Sutherland. Alongside its sister towns of Williston and Fraserburg, Sutherland is world-renowned for its star-strewn night skies.
The three towns form the triangle of the Karoo Highlands. Sutherland is the best known of the three. This is where you'll find the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). Launched in November 2005, it is so sensitive and powerful that it can see deep into space and time, back to the earliest light, 13.5 billion years ago, when the first galaxies were still forming.
SALT is a global tourism drawcard, but Karoo highlands Tourism offers plenty of other things to do and see in this star town, including a visit to a tulip farm, the last active volcano south of the equator in Africa (it last erupted 66 million years ago), exquisite hiking trails and museums.
In Fraserburg, you can find 251 million year old pre-dinosaur footprints, embedded in the stone as clearly as if they had walked past yesterday. And the region also has corbelled houses, bee-hive shaped structures so built because there was (and is) no building materials except flat stones.
In nearby Williston you could follow the trail of Cornelius de Waal, a tall semi-literate giant of a man who earned a pittance carving gravestones decades ago. They are so exquisite they remain poignant examples of folk art. In fact you can go on a fascinating Gravestone Route to the cemetery and surrounding farms.
A new tourism route, Walking with the Ancestors, links Karoo Highlands attractions in the towns with stars, dinosaurs and proto-mammals and the first star observations 25 000 years ago.
Journeying in time between the three Karoo Highland towns gives you fresh perspective on life. One minute you're gazing at Saturn, the next you're buying candles from the general dealer.
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How to get here
The easiest would be to head to Sutherland from Cape Town, where there is an airport. Take the N1 and when you get to Matjiesfontein, turn left along a winding road. Williston and Fraserburg are fairly short drives away from Sutherland.
Best time to visit
Many South Africans make a point of coming here in winter to experience snow and the icy cold. But spring, when the bulbs flower, is beautiful. Summers are mild in this part of the world, and autumn is also pretty.
Tours to do
At Fraserburg, don't miss a tour to the dinosaur footprints left on a neighbouring farm. In any most other countries you'd have to queue up to see such an attraction. Tours are organised by the local museum.
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Having your own (or hired) vehicle would offer you the most freedom. But drive carefully along the gravel roads.
Length of stay
Try to stay at least four nights in this region. The longer you stay, the more you'll uncover.
What to pack
Even if you're going in summer, take warm clothing. At night, the temperatures can drop quite dramatically. Bring along your camera for the scenic views.
Where to stay
There are guesthouses and delightful B&Bs in the towns, but try to set aside two nights for a farm stay to experience real Karoo hospitality.
What to eat
This area produces outstanding mutton and lamb. The herby bushes on which the sheep graze infuses the meat with delectable natural flavours.
Best buys
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Iggesund Paperboard Uses Data-Logging and Supervisory Control Software to Simulate and Control Pulp and Paper Production and Predictively Control pH Levels
By Matt Taylor
Iggesund Paperboard (www.iggesund.com) in Workington, Cumbria, U.K., has five main-line refiners that each require 15 megawatts to operate, so saving energy is essential to reduce our operating costs. However, while we needed a solution to optimize our energy use, we also had to make certain that the refiners produce the required pulp for our final paperboard products.
Consequently, the model we recently implemented to predict paper stiffness is based on an artificial neural network (ANN) with a feed-forward, single-layer perception (FFSLP) structure. We chose this model over a multilinear regression (MLR) model because the process needs were nonlinear, and the ANN is more accurate at making predictions over a wide range of grades. In addition, using just one model for all paper grades is convenient and makes the system easy to use for refinery operators.
We also coupled the ANN with a multivariate data analysis (MVDA) approach for online monitoring because it allows for more adaptability to operating conditions, such as paper grade changes. The resulting nonlinear model accurately predicts the machine directional (MD) variation of the cross direction (CD) bending stiffness.
Our facility in Workington employs approximately 380 people and has a capacity of 200,000 tonnes of Incada per year. Incada is a multilayered folding box board (FBB) that is manufactured from fiber of known and traceable origin. It's produced at a site where pulp production is integrated with the paperboard mill (Figure 1).
Next, we designed a predictive model with National Instruments' (www.ni.com) LabVIEW software and ANN technology, combined with advanced adaptive control algorithms for closed-loop adaptive refiner control. The solution incorporates an offline tool that enables simulation of refiner loads for different pulp types. This gives operators and development engineers the opportunity to run different refining configurations and compare the predicted final paperboard quality measurements. By simulating the effects of changing parameters with LabVIEW, we saved time and money by avoiding expensive full-scale trials.
In addition, LabVIEW's data-logging and supervisory control (DSC) module makes it easy to run several models in parallel and provides straightforward online performance monitoring. Using the DSC module, we bounded the model within the normal operating conditions for the pulp mill. After variables move outside of these conditions, an alarm activates to notify an operator that a problem has occurred, and the system communicates which variable is at fault, as well as the best action to resolve it.
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At present, Iggesund Paperboard is successfully using this new model in its online operations. Using a score plot, the system notifies machine operators when variables deviate from specifications. The score plot displays the principle component for each of the variables and updates them in one-minute intervals. For example, the scores for two latent vectors are plotted against each other to form a two-dimensional monitoring chart (Figure 2). The 2-D score graphs are then used to show the relationship between the two latent vectors and are displayed along with a 95% to 99% Hotelling's ellipse, which defines the normal operating region for the process. This allows operators to easily identify outliers.
All similar data points are clustered together in the 2-D score graph, with groupings of points representing an operating point for the process. These graphs may show one group of points to indicate a single operating point, or more than one cluster of points to indicate more than one operating point. If the data points remain within the Hotelling's ellipse, this indicates that the operating point is within the normal region. Any abnormal shift in the process variables—whether the basic correlation between variables remains intact or not—is clearly indicated in the 2-D score graph. With the help of a loadings graph, users can then determine the root cause of the problem and isolate the fault.
Consequently, the model we built with the DSC module gives our board machine operators real-time process information and clearly indicates when deviation from the required pulp quality setpoint has occurred. The pulp mill operators can select the desired setpoint and refiner energy to achieve optimal results.
As a result, Iggesund Paperboard has achieved significant benefits from the LabVIEW DSC modeling solution. Once the model was implemented, the plant experienced a 1% increase in throughput, which is a significant amount of energy savings for a large plant. In fact, cost savings from the energy reduction are estimated at £720,000 (USD1,117,755) per year.
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I know this can be done in a WITH clause, but that isn't at my disposal:
custId, someDate1 , 2011-04-28 19:40:471 , 2011-07-07 13:27:57
custId, anotherDate1 , 2012-07-23 12:53:241 , 2012-10-16 14:33:371 , 2012-11-16 14:33:37
I need to create a start end range. I need to left join table2 onto table1 where min(anotherDate) > someDate for the same custId. Notice 2012-11-16 14:33:37 was excluded because it was not the min for someDate: 2011-07-07 13:27:57
Result:custId, someDate, anotherDate1 , 2011-04-28 19:40:47 , 2012-07-23 12:53:241 , 2011-07-07 13:27:57 , 2012-10-16 14:33:37
You could do something like:
SELECT T1.CustID
, T1.SomeDate
, T2.MinDate
FROM Table1 T1
INNER JOIN (SELECT CustID
, MIN(AnotherDate) as MinDate
FROM Table2
GROUP BY CustID) T2 ON T1.CustID = T2.CustID
This will select the min anotherDate per custID, which is incorrect. I need it to select the min anotherDate per custId [B]that is > someDate
[/B]Essentially think of table1 as service start dates, and table2 of service end dates. I need to create active service date ranges.
Essentially this with the obvious min() being placed somewhere where it is allowed:
left join table2 t2 on t1.custId = t2.custId and t2.anotherDate > min(t1.someDate)
this join without the min() gives me ALMOST what I want, except there are dupes. It isn't returning one instance of t2's date. And throwing a simple min() on t2's date will make it return only one date per custId instead of a valid date range for all rows.
Ooops. Missed that criteria.
Try this instead
SELECT T1.CustID
, T1.SomeDate
, MIN(T2.AnotherDate)
FROM Table1 T1
LEFT JOIN Table2 T2 ON T1.CustID = T2.CustID
AND T2.AnotherDate >= T1.SomeDate
GROUP BY T1.CustID
, T1.SomeDate
Unfortunately that produces the same undesirable results. Remove the min and group by and it's almost there, but it shows all possibilities rather than just the next occurrence. Throwing a min on the whole select will produce the same date for all columns
That doesn't make sense. I created test tables with your data. Based on your data, the results for the last query I gave you (though I changed it to inner join - though left join results match in this case) are:
CustID SomeDate MinDate
1 4/8/2011 7/23/2011
1 7/7/2011 7/23/2011
which would be correct - it shows the minimum another date from table two on each some date. If you change the some date on the 2nd row of table 1 to 8/1/12, the results change to:
CustID SomeDate MinDate
1 4/8/2011 7/23/2011
1 8/1/2012 10/16/2012
which would be correct - that's the minimum record on table 2 that's greater than the some date.
What am I missing?
That second query should do it... (needs an Order by, but w/e)
Your right guys, sorry, I was using a bad example locally when building it out
I knew this. Just one of those days