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Waffle cones filled with pierogies, mac 'n' cheese? They're among the culinary treats beckoning at Pittsburgh fest
After taking a break last year, the pierogi fest is back Sept. 24 with more vendors at its new venue in Kennywood.
When the clan who launched Wigle Whiskey were doing their research into Pittsburgh's illustrious alcohol-related history, they found evidence of gin-making going far back into the 1800s.
"We found some recipes for Holland-style gin made from rye whiskey," says Alex Grelli, a co-owner and distiller and wearer-of-many-hats at the family-run business.
So trying their hands at this new-old spirit was a natural fit. They call it "ginever" -- a twist on the Dutch spelling of genever and a hint at other differences -- and launched last year.
But they also decided to age some of it in oak barrels -- to give it "a warmer body and fuller mouthfeel," Mr. Grelli says. "Something interesting and complex enough to be enjoyed by itself -- smooth and not overwhelming."
At a "release party" tonight, they'll introduce Pittsburghers to this barrel-aged ginever.
Since their sleek space at 2401 Smallman St. holds about 75 people, they've scheduled events at 6 and 8 p.m.
With a limited batch of only 200 bottles, he and his colleagues also are working with local bartenders to invent, or re-invent, cocktails "with some of those funky flavors."
They pronounce it JIN-uhver, by the way, as Americans tend to do; Europeans say "jen-EAV-er." And Wigle is pronounced as if it had two g's (the name taken from an early instigator of the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion).
Wigle's emphasis is on organic, locally sourced grains -- a true Pennsylvania product. And since "there aren't really any malting facilities around here, we couldn't get these [local] grains malted," Mr. Grelli explained.
The ginever does contain some "conventional malted rye and wheat" from a main supplier to distilleries and breweries around the country, but it's a small proportion, making the spirit similar to a "jonge," or new-style Dutch genever.
While their un-aged ginever (at 47 percent alcohol by volume) has a powerful juniper-berry flavor, Wigle distillers wanted to see if barrel-aging would impart "an oak undertone to complement the botanical flavorings without overwhelming them -- a warmer body and fuller mouthfeel."
They've found that barrels made of white ash "give our whiskey a very silky mouthfeel," and are curious to find whether oak does the same thing for gin. I am, too.
Tickets ($25) and more information are available at wiglewhiskey.com.
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After taking a break last year, the pierogi fest is back Sept. 24 with more vendors at its new venue in Kennywood.
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Attendees at Millvale Riverfront Park have a crack at sampling nearly 200 different beers and buy grub from several food trucks.
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The Black Eyed Peas were the big winners at this year's NRJ Awards in Cannes, winning Best International Group and Best International Album
In companion with Madonna, Robbie Williams and Shakira, all of whom won a single award each at this year NRJ Music Awards held Saturday night Jan 21st, 2006, there are also Black Eyed Peas who surprisingly won two awards, to be the big winner at the prestigious music event.
While the music group won Best International Group and Best International Album for "Monkey Business," great musician James Blunt was named Best International Newcomer. Meanwhile, Coldplay's Chris Martin attended the fest to hand Sir Bob Geldof with the Humanitarian award.
Praising Geldof for what he's done, Martin commented "I don't live nearby but I would have traveled miles and miles to have the honor to present this award to a real hero. This person deserves it more than anybody else. Bob is my friend."

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Arts Magazine: Freddy Munoz: Paintings 2002-2006
From Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program
World Wide Net Works
Spanish/French painter Freddy Muñoz brings an international sensibility to his new MAEP exhibition.
by Jodie Ahern
A STORIED CAREER in art, marked by decades of studying, creating, exhibiting, and teaching on three continents, culminates in "Freddy Muñoz: Paintings 2002–2006," a Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program (MAEP) show featuring new paintings by Freddy Muñoz. Opening September 1 in the Minnesota Artists Galleries in the Target Wing, the exhibition comprises ten large (up to 9 feet by 13 feet) acrylic paintings on unstretched canvas, and several smaller paintings, and will remain on view through October 29.
Born in the 1930s in colonial Algeria, to a Spanish father and a French mother, the vibrant painter now works in his Minneapolis studio, advancing his signature themes and constantly evolving his technique to increasingly greater achievement. Muñoz is clearly on top of his game.
The new paintings are natural outgrowths of work he began in Mexico more than a decade ago, focusing on the theme of "apolcalypse." The earlier paintings were dark and more specific to the theme, such as his Spirit and the Flesh of 2002, and Monkey, of 2003–5, using the symbols of live animals and carcasses of meat. Muñoz's carcass paintings bring to mind the imagery of twentieth-century Russian painter Chaim Soutine, whom Muñoz calls "a formidable painter." Other great painters he reveres are Diego Velásquez, Francisco de Goya, Pablo Picasso, and Mark Rothko. While it is tempting to invoke Francis Bacon, Muñoz does not "feel close" to the British painter.
The new evolutions of the apocalypse series are more abstract and even infused with some humor. They employ the repeating visual symbol of the rope net ("filet" in French, thus The Series of Filet), which links these works and provides a formal element for his compositions.
In fact, Muñoz likes to talk about his work in formal, technical terms, rather than belaboring its themes with "artspeak." He talks about paint and canvas, line and shape, tools and brushwork, composition and color. "First of all, what I am doing is making a painting," he said. Paraphrasing Willem de Kooning, whom he greatly admires, Muñoz said, "Each time I work, I want the result to be a painting." His process is very Japanese, he said. "The Japanese painters observe, think about what they've observed, talk about it, dream about it, visualize, isolate, analyze, and contemplate until they are ready to express it. Then it all comes out in the painting."
How it comes out is innovative as well as visceral. Muñoz hangs huge canvases on a studio wall, and approaches them carrying vats of thick acrylic paint, and wielding strange brushes and tools that he makes of sisal threads, nylon rope, sticks, and twine. In effect, he paints his nets using the same materials that make up an actual net. He enjoys the smell of the paint and the fibers, and he loves the physical action of the gestural brushstrokes that result in marks resembling hay. In addition to the nets, other repeating forms in his new body of work include reproduced images of Giotto-like putti and a pink barnyard pig. They are what they are, and viewers are invited to bring their own interpretations.
Citation: Jodie Ahern, "World Wide Net Works: Spanish/French painter Freddy Muñoz brings an international sensibility to his new MAEP exhibition.," Arts 29, No. 5 (September/October 2006): 16-17.


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The Cheesecake Factory's Pumpkin Ginger Cheesecake
Recipe by Kittencalrecipezazz
I made this recently as a test-run for the holidays and found it to be one of the best cheescakes I have made and I have made many over the years, I am so happy to have this recipe given to me! I did increase the brown sugar to 3 tablespoons in the crust and also increased the white sugar slightly for the filling, just personal taste.
Top Review by hollyjean76
Taste was fantastic! However, mine came out way too soft. I tried baking it more but to no avail...served soggy cheesecake to my playgroup moms. I'm not sure if it was the foil or my oven that caused the problem but I ended up freezing it and finishing it off it that way. Yummy. Next time I'm going to try putting it in muffin tins for individual servings.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 3⁄4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup crispy crushed gingersnaps
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup whipping cream, unwhipped
- 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups pumpkin puree
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ginger powder
- 3⁄8 teaspoon clove
- 1⁄3 cup pecan halves
Directions See How It's Made
- Set oven to 350 degrees (300 degrees for convection-bake oven).
- Prepare a 10-inch springform pan.
- To make the crust; in a bowl place the melted butter with graham cracker crumbs, crushed gingersnaps, brown sugar and cinnamon; mix with a fork until combined.
- Line bottom and side with parchment paper or wax paper, then spray with nonstick spray.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of the pan.
- For the filling; pour the whipping cream into a medium bowl and beat just until soft peaks form; refrigerate until ready to use.
- In a bowl beat the cream cheese with electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add in sugar, beating well until combined.
- Add in eggs one at a time and beat the mixture until fluffy.
- Stir in pumpkin puree, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
- Remove the whipped cream from the refrigerator and lightly whisk to reblend.
- Using a spatula or a flat spoon fold in the whipped cream into the cream cheese-pumpkin mixture.
- Pour the mixture into preapred crust.
- Wrap one continuous sheet of heavy foil around the springform pan then press firmly against the pan.
- Place the wrapped pan in a baking pan and fill with hot water to halfway up the spring form pan.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes.
- Cool the cheesecake to room temperature, the chill for at least 5 hours or until the cake is thoroughly chilled.
- Remove the sides of the springform pan.
- Just before serving place the pecan halves on top of the cheescake in a ring around the edges.


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Kris Jenner Addresses the Lack of Beyonce and Jay Z at Kim Kardashian's Wedding
Just hours after dishing about the bizarre Batman costume Jaden Smith wore to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's lavish nuptials, the Hollywood matriarch is opening up about Beyonce and Jay Z being no-shows at the reception.
"There was so much commotion and excitement, I never really gave that a second thought," the 58-year-told told Australian radio station KIIS 106.5 FM co-hosts Kyle and Jackie O Tuesday morning. "If you had been there you would have thought that was the last thing on anyone's mind."
"I know they sent really nice wishes to Kanye and Kim," she continued. "I just assumed they were working."
According to Us Weekly, Bey and Jay skipped the wedding ceremony held at Forte di Belvedere on May 25 to spend time in the Hamptons that Memorial Day weekend. In lieu of her presence, Beyonce left a note to the newlyweds on her Instagram.
"Wishing you a lifetime of unconditional love," she captioned a photo of the couple. "God bless your beautiful family."


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Bowel Cancer
Bowel cancer is often referred to as colon cancer or rectal cancer, and refers to a cancer that forms in the large bowel. It is the third most common cancer in the UK, and over 80% of cases are reported in the over 60s. The symptoms of bowel cancer are blood appearing in a person's stools, alongside changes to a person's normal bowel habits, pain in the stomach and weight loss. Though the causes are many, diet plays a strong part, with a diet rich in red and processed meat increasing that chance of developing bowel cancer by around 35%. Being overweight can also exacerbate the problem, as can smoking. If you are diagnosed with bowel cancer, the treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and biological therapy. The chance of successful treatment is linked to how advanced the cancer is, and how far it has spread. This makes early diagnosis important, so if you are over 60, or display any symptoms of bowel cancer, go to the NHS Bowel cancer Screening Programmme.
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Hi I am 31 male I have had diarrhoea and loose stools for bout 7 was and I have a really sore back. I am afraid to go to the doctors for my dad had bowel cancer and it started the same way do u have any suggestions thanks
When i go for a poo its like golf balls i dont go every day sometime it not oncea week and there this brown sticky stuff i have lost weight and my belly swell up been to the doctor they just give me tables to make me go but nothing works some times i do think something not right
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Have a Baby's Day Out in NYC (PHOTOS)
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz took their little boy around the Big Apple! The R&B music makers showed off their son Egypt Daoud Dean who is less than a year old on Thursday, July 7.
Swizz, dressed in a pink polo shirt and gray jeans, was all smiles as he held onto his son as they walked to the car. Egypt's mom Alicia looked just as happy in her white jeans and tank-top as she too couldn't keep her hands off the baby.
While in NYC, Swizz performed a show in Brooklyn for the Sounds Like Paper concert on Wednesday night that also featured Joe Jonas. Also in NYC, Alicia was honored with her own wax figure at the famed Madame Tussads' Wax Musuem. "I actually think it's really, really good!" she told MTV News. "I was looking close up: It's like my eyebrows are for real, and it's like my eyes are for real, and the bone structure of my chin, like, 'Look, that's my chin! That's my jaw!'"
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Last Sunday evening, Australia's rival airline executives were in the United States pushing their stories.
On the west coast, in Seattle, Washington,
Narayan, the former CFO of
As Virgin spent aggressively on lounges, terminals, booking systems and new routes to steal market share from Qantas, it was forced to look everywhere for funds. Qantas responded by adding 7 per cent more seats to the market, squeezing Virgin's revenues. So with a depleted cash balance, Virgin had to get creative.
It began exploring funding options through adviser Goldman Sachs.
Virgin was without a formal credit rating. But should one be assigned, it would be significantly lower than the BBB- Virgin would need to be considered for a securitisation, a great funding equaliser where investors back assets rather than the company.
Enhanced equipment trust certificates
So the most viable option – presented by Goldman to the Virgin board of directors – was "enhanced equipment trust certificates", or EETCs.
An EETC bonds structure were embraced by a number of highly leveraged global airlines such as British Airways and Air Canada. The asset class had existed for decades but no Australian firm had used it before (although such notes had appeared as part of Airline Partners Australia's failed $11 billion leveraged buy-out of Qantas).
Goldman's key debt markets banker
In Virgin's situation, the EETC was the most suitable way to access the capital markets. But the deal process would be a labour intensive one. The first step would be to engage the ratings agencies. Virgin treasurer Paul MacFarlane selected Fitch Rating and Moody's Investor Services to undertake the rating of the bonds. Both agencies had US teams specialising in analysing aircraft-backed bond offers. Yet Virgin's deal brought added complexities.
For one, the company had never been assessed by rating agencies. And the "game-on" spend and the costly competition with Qantas meant it wasn't showing the prettiest set of numbers. Virgin's finance team and its advisers had to sell the transformation story and the presence on the share register of three of the world's most credit-worthy airlines, Air New Zealand, Etihad and Singapore Airlines.
Another problem revolved around Australia's slow take-up in putting into law a global treaty that governed claims on moving assets such as aircraft, known as the Cape Town Convention.
When a country accepts the CTC, airline bond investors are afforded the same protections as US bankruptcy law. While Australia had adopted the CTC, the law would not come into effect until 2014. So the agencies had to be convinced that Australia's insolvency laws offered the same ability to seize their assets, should Virgin fail to pay.
Global road-show
As the rating agencies were finalising their assessments, Virgin's executives, including CEO
Also represented were bankers from French lenders Natixis and Crédit Agricole, which would provide financing should Virgin use the EETC structure.
The Virgin team visited debt funds in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US to talk about the company, its finances, and the local airline market – which contrary to most countries has profitable domestic routes. The Virgin board received constant updates.
The pitch was not to look at 2013, when the airline's balance sheet had been battered, but the future as it positioned itself to compete with Qantas.
The tour of the global debt markets provided comfort to Virgin's advisers that sufficient demand existed. Now the concern was whether the capital markets, on alert as US politicians squabbled, would clear them to land the deal.
The VIX volatility index, which bond syndicate desks use as a gauge for how amenable the corporate bond market is to deal was ticking up, but the feeling was that bond investors were open for business and hungry for paper.
The deal is launched
By Sunday, Virgin had elected to launch a $US733 million ($773 million), three tranche transaction with pricing set between 5 per cent and 7 per cent. Virgin chose to launch the deal during Australian hours on Monday – forcing a few Sydney bond funds into the office on a public holiday – to allow investors to put their bids in before the bulk of the book was built with US funds. By US open, orders started to trickle in.
Narayan had returned to New York to oversee the deal. In a room at Goldman Sachs's office at 200 West Street, he watched on a screen monitoring the orders on the bank's system the large US bond accounts as they submitted large hundred-million dollar bids, growing the order book to $3 billion.
With strong demand, the bankers pushed the pricing in, and the orders remained. After five hours of US trading, the books were closed and the $US733 million EETC issue priced.
Naraysan, Wettig and the rest of the deal team headed for a celebratory dinner in the Meatpacking district, a short distance from Goldman Sachs's HQ.
Virgin's maiden voyage in the capital markets was behind it.
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A lorry collided with five parked cars this morning in New Ferry.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called out to New Chester Road just before 5am.
The driver was out of the lorry when crews arrived.
Firefighters made the vehicles safe.
A fire appliance from Bromborough Community Fire Station was called out and was there for around 15 minutes.


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SRI LANKA's only day-one wicket-taker, Chanaka Welegedara, says he and his teammates must start bowling well in partnerships, rather than just in isolation, to prevent Australia's batsmen extending their solid batting form well into day two.
Left-armer Welegedara claimed three wickets but was also clearly his team's most expensive bowler, conceding just under five runs per over on a day Australia scored at 3.3 per over. He was also the culprit in Sri Lanka sparing top-scorer Phillip Hughes for 77, because he clearly overstepped the crease and was called for a no-ball by umpire Tony Hill.
The 31-year-old said the Bellerive Oval pitch, expected to be tricky for batsmen early in the match, had given little assistance to he and his fellow paceman, at until mid-way through the day.
"In the morning we didn't get anything from the wicket. After lunch, we got a good advantage on the wicket," he said. "There as a bit of seam [movement] after lunch. I don't know about the other bowlers but I got a good advantage."
In the middle of the day Welegedara bowled an unbroken spell of nine overs. While that stint included the Hughes blunder, which he described as "the most disappointing moment" of the day for the visitors, it also included the scalps of Shane Watson for 30 and, eventually, Hughes for 86.
The left-armer defended the seamers' habit of overstepping on day one. By the eighth over he and new-ball partner Nuwan Kulasekera had already bowled four no-balls, with the team finishing day one with 10, including the instance with Hughes that was so clear it was called immediately by umpire Tony Hill and did not have to verified by the video umpire.
"I think that can happen . . . that's normal," he said.
Welegedara said the team was generally happy with its performance but conceded the bowlers had performed well only "in patches" and not in partnerships.
Hughes expressed similar sentiments, that there were periods of the day where each of the three seamers, all-rounder Angelo Mathews and primary spinner Rangana Herath had bowled well without any of them dominating.
"They all had their tail up at a different time. There was no-one that really stood out," Hughes said.
Welegedara said the team was optimistic that if it could get one or both of Clarke and Hussey early on day two - they will resume, respectively, on 70 and 37 - then it could limit Australia to a first-innings score of under 400.
Hughes said he expected pitch conditions would be conducive to a result.
"It was a little bit slow but overall it was a decent wicket," he said. "There was a couple that kept low . . . so it could play tricks later on in the game, which could make for a very good Test-match wicket."
Lankan bowlers urged to work in tandem
Jesse Hogan, Hobart
SRI LANKA's only day-one wicket-taker, Chanaka Welegedara, says he and his teammates must start bowling well in partnerships, rather than just in isolation, to prevent Australia's batsmen extending their solid batting form well into day two.


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How to Make Coconut Milk at HomeUpdated: March 13, 2017Drinks and Tonics, Recipes, Videos
Last week, I visited an Asian Supermarket and showed you via video the primary items that I buy there. If you recall, two of the items I purchased were raw, frozen coconut meat and young coconuts. I mentioned in that video that these items were ideal for homemade coconut milk.
High quality coconut milk is a must have in the kitchen of any Traditional Cook who seeks to serve nutrient dense meals for her family. One of the most highly desirable nutrients in whole coconut milk is lauric acid, a medium chain saturated fat that is quickly used by the body for energy and is also highly anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Remember that lauric acid is produced by the mammary gland and is one of the reasons breastmilk keeps infants so healthy!
Unfortunately, coconut milk is typically found in cans or aseptic packages which can potentially result in undesirable toxins such as BPA or nanites leeching into the milk. There is one brand of coconut milk, Native Forest, that is marketed as BPA free, but if it's possible to make fresh coconut milk that maintains all its rawness and nutrition for basically the same amount of money as the canned version, wouldn't this be the best way to go?
Most homemade coconut milk recipes I've seen utilize boiling hot water. While this is certainly fine particularly if you are going to cook with the coconut milk once you've made it, I personally prefer to make coconut milk in a manner that maintains all the rawness in order to preserve all the enzymes and nutrition.
In this 2 part video series, I show you how to make coconut milk that is both raw and fresh and uses only coconut meat and coconut water.. no plain water added. Making coconut milk this way costs little more than the much less tasty and nutritious canned versions so why not make a lot at once and freeze it for convenient use later?
In the second part of the video, I show you a very simple method for using this whole, raw coconut milk while still preserving all enzymes and nutrition.
Additional information can be found in this article plus video on how to make coconut flour. This article plus video provides a coconut milk kefir recipe.
Homemade Coconut Milk (Video How-To)
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Los Angeles – The "Dumb Starbucks" parody store which opened in Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 8 has been revealed to be a prank for a Comedy Central TV show. According to the Associated Press, comedian Nathan Fielder made a public announcement on Feb. 10 that he opened the store for use in his TV show "Nathan for You."
The store has since been shut down for operating without a valid health permit. Starbucks spokespeople told the Associated Press that Starbucks had been investigating violation of its trademark but may be willing to resolve the matter informally.


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|Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker:Moderate Q4 Growth in Ethernet Switch and Router Markets
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RAMINGHAM, Mass., February 24, 2010 – The worldwide Ethernet switch market experienced 28.1% year-over-year growth for the full year 2010, while the worldwide router market performed nearly as well with 17.8% year-over-year growth in 2010, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker. The results reflect a continued recovery and good performance across all regions and key product segments.
"The fourth quarter was a moderately good quarter as a follow on to three quarters of better than 30% growth in the Ethernet switch market," said Rohit Mehra, director, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure at IDC. "Growing 13.4% year over year, but staying relatively flat over the previous quarter, the Ethernet switch market had revenues of $5.35 billion in the fourth quarter (4Q10) and $21.1 billion for the full year 2010. IDC believes that 4Q10 was a quarter of market consolidation after the strong growth from previous quarters. Although the underlying factors that drove growth in the first three quarters of 2010 still look favorable, IDC expects that overall market growth will be more moderate in 2011."
The worldwide router market also showed moderate strength in 4Q10, growing 13.9% over the previous quarter, and 22% year over year. The service provider segment, which accounted for 75.2% of the market in 4Q10, grew 18.4% over 3Q10, outperforming the enterprise router segment.
"The continued market recovery over 2010 is very encouraging for the enterprise networking market with most market segments making a contribution," said Cindy Borovick, vice president, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure and Datacenter Networks at IDC. "The Enterprise Networks Tracker shows that 10GbE switch revenue increased a moderate 4.2% over 3Q10 and a strong 57.3% year over year in the fourth quarter. More than 1.1 million ports shipped in 4Q10 as 10GbE adoption in datacenters and campus deployments continues to accelerate."
From a vendor perspective, Cisco's Ethernet switch market share essentially stayed flat to marginally down at 66.2% in 4Q10 from 67.07% in 3Q10, but was slightly up from 65.3% from 4Q09. Cisco's 10GbE revenue increased 52.5% year over year.
"In the broader Ethernet switching market, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) increased a healthy 42.3% year over year in shipments and 29.7% year over year in revenue," said Petr Jirovsky, senior research analyst in IDC's Worldwide Trackers Group. "Gigabit Ethernet now commands a 62.5 % share of the overall Layer 2/3 switching market, clearly pointing to the steady, ongoing decline of Fast Ethernet."
The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker service delivers an Ethernet switch and router market pivot tables seven weeks after the close of the calendar quarter. The Ethernet switch coverage includes manufacturer revenue and port shipments by vendor, layer, speed, form factor, power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities, and average pricing. The router coverage shows manufacturing revenue and unit shipments by vendor, product class, deployment, connectivity, and average pricing.
For more information about IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker, please contact Petr Jirovský (email@example.com).
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With every photograph representing a year of Jacob Zuma's life, a giant canvas collage containing 70 unique pictures will be unveiled at the president's birthday party in Durban on Friday night.
The 70 photographs have all been taken down the years by well-connected city photographer Kevin Joseph, who has presented similar collages to former President Nelson Mandela to celebrate his 91st, 92nd and 93rd birthdays. The 93rd birthday collage was a unique plasma creation.
Joseph was commissioned to do the canvas collage by members of Zuma's family and the wording at the top and bottom of the picture perfect present says: "To Dad … from your family."
The photographs were put on canvas and mounted in a 1.9m x 1m ornate silver frame by Natal Art Craft Industries in Gale Street, the biggest picture framers in South Africa.
"And my partners in the graphic industry superimposed the image of the President on the collage," Joseph explained.
The photographs helping the president to mark his landmark birthday include one picture of all three past presidents together – Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma – as well as the president with other politicians, including Helen Zille and Amichand Rajbansi.
Zuma is also pictured with his wives and family, the ANC hierarchy, KZN premier Dr Zweli Mkhize, and captains of industry, as well as global leaders such as UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, who was snapped with the President at last year's Cop17 climate change conference in Durban. - Daily News


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Creativity has many names. Possibly a recent creation in the entertainment industry in yet another trend. The tinsel town have witnessed a gradual development of a strong relationship between the Bollywood and the Television Daily soaps.
From ongoing TV soaps like "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge" and "Bade Acche Lagte Hain" to the forthcoming "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuuch Kaha" and "Kya Hua Tera Vaada", what common do we find in these that is directly connected to Bollywood? It is quite clear that the titles are all inspired by old hindi film songs.
"Kuch Toh Log Kahenge", a hit song picturised on Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna in "Amar Prem", is now the love story between Mohnish Behl and Kritika Kamra. The title of Ekta Kapoor"s "Bade Acche Lagte Hain" is picked up from the song in the 1976 movie "Balika Badhu", about the arranged marriage of two teenagers, played by Sachin Pilgaonker and Rajni Sharma.
"Dekha Ek Khwaab", has been taken from the evergreen song "Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsilay hue" picturised on Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in the 1981 film "Silsila". The show is a fairytale story of a young girl who lives in a chawl but is actually a princess.
"Sapno Se Bhare Naina" is from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy"s composition "Sapnon se bhare naina, na neend hai na chaina" from the soundtrack of "Luck By Chance".
"Iss Pyaar ko Main Kya Naam Doon" is another show that takes its title from a song from Tusshar Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor-starrer "Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai".


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1. Develop grammatically correct and informative content on different niche.
2. Write unique Articles, Blogs, Website Pages, Product.
3. Descriptions, Product Reviews, Press Releases, Academic Papers etc.
4. Proofread and Edit other articles for factual and grammatical accuracy.
Required Skills:
1. Must have Excellent English Writing Skills.
2. Must have basic Computer Knowledge. Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially MS Word, Google Searching, etc.
At least 4 years full-time related experience.
Job Responsibility:
Location: Kolkata
Position :
1. Team Manager (CCTV / IT product Sales)
We are currently hiring Team Leader. Candidates, who are interested for field work and Team Handel, shall only apply. We are into Software Sales and services, CCTV Sales & Service & Biometric Devices Sales & Service.
Job Description:
1. Candidate should have 2+ years' experience in Sales of security and safety systems (CCTV / IT) product.
2. Identify the up-coming Residential & Commercial projects in the designed area for marketing & sales of Fire Alarm, CCTV-Video Security, Public address system & Access control solutions.
3. Meet architects, consultants and other prospective clients, understand their requirement, carry-out the site survey & make suitable offer.
4. Co-ordinate between internal department and the End customers / users and ensure the smooth completion of project.
5. Monitoring market trends & competition activity per market and providing feedback.
6. Follow up with customer & release the payment as per work orders contract.
7. Dealing with dealers & distributors in target/allocated market
8. Creating new market & developing on the existing one
9. Handling Primary & Secondary Sales
10. Complete responsibility over allocated area
11. Will be responsible the tender & Government project for CCTV.
12. (*Candidates with experience in the CCTV, computer hardware and consumer electronics fields will be preferred).
Vacancy: More than 1 Opening
Gender: Male / Female both Candidate
Qualification: Gradate / MBA
Hardware/Networking Knowledge required.
Team Player and Achiever.
Salary: 18000 -25000 k per month
Job Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
2. PHP Developer
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1. 1 to 5 years of experience in PHP
2. Strong development experience in portal. At least 4 - 5 work experience in complete life cycle of portal development preferably in healthcare / CRM / B2C etc.
3. Strong experience in latest PHP framework
4. Database design & architecture
5. Wring store procedure, functions triggers in MY SQL
6. Should know the techniques for query optimization
7. Scheduler scripts
8. Hands of experience in jquery DOM
9. Strong analytical skills.
Salary: INR 2,00,000 - 3,00,000 P.A.
Salary is Negotiable! Attractive remuneration and performance linked incentives offered. Good growth can be achieved by dedicated software engineers.
Gander: Male /Female both
Industry: IT-Software / Software Services
Functional Area: IT Software - Application Programming, Maintenance
Role Category: Programming & Design
Role: Software Developer
PHP, Java Script jQuery, HTML, CSS, Android Apps, Angular JS, Java Java EE Hibernate JSF Spring Python ERP CRM
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Technically sound with experience in web based application development using
Command over OOP, SQL
Interest to develop high quality software
Good analytical skills
Good communication skill in English
Positive attitude
Command over OOP, SQL
Interest to develop high quality software
Good analytical skills
Good communication skill in English
Positive attitude
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5. Customer Phone call receives and serves.
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Work on cross-medium projects: print, interactive & online.
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Responsibility of converting concepts into visuals.
Conceiving appropriate imagery for the idea, finding images, editing and touching up on images,
Creating layouts, preparing final artwork for print and web platforms.
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· Create images that identify a product or convey a message
· Select colors, images, text style, and layout
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· Review designs for errors before printing or publishing them
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Apple is slowly opening up, and now VLC 2.0 popped up for iOS with renewed licensing and its renderer supports all the formats that the desktop version does, and that's almost every popular one out there.
That's the big news, but it also sports AirPlay, audio running in the background, streaming from a network, and has Dropbox integration, not to mention the multitude of little features that make your life with video on iOS devices easier. Go grab it from the App Store, and take it for a spin, the source code should be available starting today, too.
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Sleeps 6
Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 1
Pets Yes
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Seaside
The property
A traditional terraced brick cottage situated in the vibrant town of Whitstable, 5 miles from Herne Bay.
The whole property is decorated and furnished in a fresh modern style, and the open plan living area and painted floorboards give it a wonderful beach hut feel.
Well equipped and comfortable, the property is ideal for couples and families, with the seafront 2 minutes away, excellent coastal walks from the doorstep, and a variety of coffee shops, eateries and bars in the surrounding area.
Within easy reach of towns such as Canterbury and the countryside of the North Downs, this is a great spot for experiencing the fashionable coastal lifestyle.
Three bedrooms: 2 x double, 1 x single with additional roll-out mattress (single bedroom is accessed via one of the double bedrooms). Bathroom with bath with shower over, basin and WC. Open plan living area with modern fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area. Note: There is an open staircase with single handrail leading to first floor.
- Gas central heating
- Gas oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, TV with Freeview, DVD player, radio/CD player, selection of books, games and DVDs
- All fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Loading/unloading outside property, then roadside parking approx
- 20 yards away, with additional parking available on the sea front at £3.50 per 24 hours
- Small courtyard sitting area to the front, patio with furniture to the rear
- One well-behaved dog welcome at £10 per week
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop, pub and seafront two minutes' walk
- Note: The property is accessed via steep concrete steps leading to the front courtyard
About the location
Herne Bay 5 miles; Canterbury 7 miles.
The lively town of Whitstable, which is known as the "Pearl of Kent", dates back to before the Domesday Book. Its seaside location makes it ideal for watersports all year round, and its fishing heritage is reflected by the Oyster Festival, which takes place every July. The buzzing local museum/art gallery introduces around six new exhibitions each year, and has a fabulous coffee shop. Whitstable Castle dates back to the 1790's, and hosts events all year round including a big May Day celebration with contributions from local musicians and artists. The town is home to a small, independent brewery, and any need for retail therapy will easily be satisfied by the range of both national stores and charming small, independent shops. Whitstable is also home to The Pearsons Arm, a gastropub owner by celebrity chef Richard Phillips and nearby in Seasalter is the Michelin star-awarded gastropub, The Sportsman which is also well worth a visit. The city of Canterbury, with its fine 6th century cathedral is just 7 miles away; also nearby is Herne Bay, from where on a clear day you can see as far as Southend and the Isle of Sheppey.
Region Information
This property offers the following short breaks:
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75-plus retailers join natural products group in 2 months
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is experiencing major growth in natural products retail membership. More than 75 retailers have joined NPA in just the past two months. The Washington-based trade association represents small independent retailers to large chains.
Dozens of retailers have joined NPA as part of a special outreach program to attend NPA MarketPlace 2012, the natural and healthy lifestyle products trade show that's June 14-16 at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas.
An added draw, NPA recently teamed up with a comprehensive general liability and property insurance provider to expand NPA membership to retailers that sign up for insurance benefits.
"NPA is the only trade association that brings together industry retailers and product manufacturers. As a retailer myself, I know how important NPA has been to my business," said Jeff Wright, president of NPA. "NPA offers a wide range of money-saving programs, but most importantly, we advocate for retailers with Congress and regulatory agencies. By standing together, we can fight adverse legislation and regulations that impact our ability to have access to the products that our customers love to use."
The increase in membership is the result of a membership marketing plan that began six months ago.
"NPA has implemented a solid plan for membership marketing during the past six months. We are pleased to see our efforts are successful and we are moving in the right direction," said Kim Dresser, vice president of membership and communications. "NPA will continue to focus on building our membership base and letting natural products retailers know how NPA can benefit their business."
NPA is a nonprofit association dedicated to the natural products industry, representing retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of natural products.


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Contents: Geometrical Optics; Physical Optics; Fraunhofer Diffraction; Fourier methods in Optics; Optical instruments and fringe localization; The diffraction grating spectrograph; The Michelson Interferometer; The Fabry-Perot interferometer; Reflection at dielectric surfaces and boundaries; Polarized light.
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A WATCHDOG which slated a York care home earlier this year over standards of cleanliness now says it has carried out a series of improvements.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC, which criticised cleanliness and infection control when it carried out an inspection at Birchlands Care Home, Haxby, in February, says it has responded to such concerns and taken action to address them.
It said in a report, published following an inspection on April 30, that improvements had been made which helped to minimise the risk and spread of infection.
Records were also in place detailing how people should be cared for, which were stored securely.
"People were supported by kind and attentive staff," said the report. "People told us that they were well cared for. People commented, "I am alright here. Well cared for." We observed staff speaking kindly to people and saw them providing care in a calm and dignified manner."
The CQC warned last year that the home was failing to meet national standards or to protect residents' welfare and safety, and issued a formal warning to Mimosa Healthcare (No 4) Ltd, the home's registered provider, giving it a deadline to improve.
In March, The Press reported that Mimosa, which also owned Moorlands care home at Strensall, had gone into administration after being badly affected by the difficult economic climate and reduced occupancy levels.
BDO LLP business restructuring partners, Kerry Bailey and Sarah Rayment, who had been appointed joint administrators, said they would continue trading the company via licensed agents with a view to effecting a sale as a going concern.
The following month, we reported that City of York Council had suspended placing any more people the home after a former member of staff alleged a frail female resident had been restrained by being wrapped in a sheet by a member of staff, contrary to safeguarding procedures.
The latest CQC report said quality management systems were in the early stages of development as the service was currently being overseen by a management company who had been instructed by the administrators.


text: The U.S. urged European nations to scale back their austerity programs of spending cuts and tax increases in favor of more stimulus to boost growth and combat high unemployment in countries such as Spain and Greece.But the push was met with resistance from Germany and Britain, which believe heavily indebted European nations must reduce their debts to give markets confidence and keep government borrowing costs low. In the end, the financial leaders sought to bridge the difference by issuing economic blueprints that left room for both the growth and austerity camps to claim victory. The G-20 nations did reject proposals to issue hard targets for reducing budget deficits, a victory for the United States and Japan, which had argued for more flexibility.


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Why Small Retailers Will Win In The End- Because The Big Ones Are Stupid [Audio]
This is purely my observation, and it's no better than one you would have. The only difference is that I'm lucky enough to have a forum here to express it. (But I'll give you a chance to share my forum at the end). Here is why I think big box retailers are idiots and will lose in the long run if they don't shape up!
You know something? It's Saturday morning. I don't feel like typing. It will be too long.
And being that it's Saturday, I'm sure you don't want to read anything long and drawn out. I'm going to talk into my phone and post my comment here, and would love to hear your reaction (hell, send me audio back if you want to – mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com)
Looking for your reaction! You can put your comments in the comment section at the bottom of this blog. (Note to self- I had to record that 5 times. It would have been quicker to type it out after all!) Have a good weekend- and support your local mom-and-pop store!


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CLEARWATER — The driver of a car that police blame for an eight-vehicle crash remained at large Sunday morning as police identified two people who died.
Richard Kelly of Odessa, whose age was unavailable, and Jancarlos Alberto Schaffer, 22, of Hillsborough County, were killed in the crash, according to Clearwater police.
According to police, a Chevy Avalanche was being driven at a high speed and changing lanes about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Near Nursery Road on U.S. 19, the vehicle approached stopped traffic but struck three cars — including a Scion with the two men killed as passengers, according to a news release Sunday by Clearwater police.
Then the Avalanche triggered a three-vehicle crash, before finally striking the eighth vehicle. The driver of the Avalanche fled on foot, and police haven't found the person.
Seven other people were hospitalized, and the passenger in the Avalanche, Daniel Barga of St. Petersburg is in critical condition, Clearwater police said.
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Jess' experience encompasses creating interactive, environmental education curriculums and land management for private reserves, agroforestry companies, state parks and community centers. She has worked with diverse audiences, from toddlers to older adults, to bridge personal and environmental wellbeing for sustainable communities. Jess earned her bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Sustainable Town Planning & Public Health from Ithaca College. She currently coaches a local elementary school running team for girls.


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StyleHiving: The Mini Dress
Ever since Gossip Girl Serena van der Woodsen sexily draped herself over a pool table in a black studded Catherine Malandrino shift dress while on her first date with the loveable Dan Humphrey, I had to stop and reassess my opinion of the mini dress as date wear. Off to Bloomingdales I went where I purchased my first ever mini dress, which had me asking: 'where have you been all my life' the second I slipped it on.
The magic of a mini dress, like the one worn by Serena, is that it strikes the perfect balance between revealing and reserved. The daring length is countered by the absence of cleavage and an ultra formfitting silhouette for a look that still leaves much to be desired. I wouldn't recommend this look if you're, say, going bowling, but for a dinner date or drinks, whip it out and work it. Since these dresses tend to be a bit forgiving, it can be difficult to discern how they're supposed to fit. You're best bet is to make sure the dress gently grazes the body and isn't too clingy or billowy.
1) A graphic mini dress is one of those just-slip-it-on-and-you're-done ensembles, and seriously, as fun as it is to coordinate a whole ensemble, who doesn't love a little no-muss, no-fuss action from time-to-time.
2) A mini dress in a basic color with an embellished neckline draws the attention upward toward your face.
3) A mini dress in a fun pattern is the perfect blend of carefree girliness and hot-mama sex appeal. To avoid looking too cluttered, keep the accessories simple and minimal.
4) Not comfortable showing off loads of skin? A long sleeve mini dress is the perfect way to keep you classy and confident.
5) Bold colors are huge this season, so give it a go with these bright minis.


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Lomography Day Trips: Madrid, Spain2013-03-06 6 Share Tweet
Looking for a place to spend your day in the wonderful city of Madrid? Well, we've round up a list of locations for you to check out, provided by your fellow Lomographers! Check it out!
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. Located on the Manzanares river in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); it is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin.
As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of Spain.
Madrid is a beautiful city to behold, and it's much more spectacular from a bird's eye view. A couple of ways to do this is to ride the cable car (el Teleférico) or from the roof terrace of the Circulo Bellas Artes building.
When you've had your fill of the cityscape from high above, it's now time to touch the ground and start wandering!
For the savants and the bibliophiles, you can do an adventure around the city and check out the different independent bookshops. There's a lot littered in the streets of Madrid and they have their own brand of charm to bring to the table!
On the other hand, for the kids-at-heart and those who crave their daily dose of adrenaline, you can head on to the city amusement park!
But if you're in the mood for a lazy day — lounging around, strolling around, or perhaps even setting up a nice picnic – then Parque del Buen Retiro is the perfect spot for you. As one of the largest parks in the city, it provides a lot of sights and space, enough to provide you with a nice and relaxing experience.
Of course, at some point, a person's gotta eat right? Well, you might want to check out Taquería del Alamillo, a pleasant place located in the corner of Plaza del Alamillo, and nearby Plaza Mayor and the Oriental Palace.
And while you're off to your chosen destination, don't forget to stop by the Lomography Gallery Store near you – there's one in Calle de Echegaray, and another one on Calle Argensola!
Got any other spots to highlight in this beautiful city? Share them below, or better yet, submit them to the magazine!
Lomo On!
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are ya bored, need to waste a coupla minutes???
Bored? Try this: Call the Nestle Hotline...1-800-295-0051. When asked for English or Spanish just wait 10 seconds. Then choose option 4, after that option 1 or 7. If you laugh it will pick up your voice so keep a straight face. Good luck! Make sure you stay quiet or you'll have to do it all again. Have a super weekend y'all:>)


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PARIS (Jan. 16)
Isaac Giterman, former director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Poland, who was taken off the Estonian steamship Estonia by a German patrol in the Baltic last month, is now being held in a Nazi concentration camp, according to a message from Giterman which reached Paris today.
The message, which did not state in which concentration camp Giterman was held, confined itself to an appeal to Jewish relief officials here to see that his family was taken care of. He said his wife and son were still in Nazi-occupied Poland and his 16-year-old daughter was alone in Wilno.
Giterman, who escaped to Wilno during the German occupation and organized relief activities there, was captured by the Germans while en route from Wilno to Amsterdam for a conference on relief. Jewish leaders in Wilno have telegraphed an inquiry to the J.D.C. here asking what measures have been taken to secure his release stating that his services were needed in organizing relief.


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The Galapagos volcano Sierra Negra is located on Isabela (the biggest Island of Galapagos).
Sierra Negra Volcano
This volcano has an altitude of 4,920-feet and erupted on October 25th 2005.
It is the largest and one of most active volcanoes in the Archipelago, with 12 known eruptions since 1813.
Reports indicated that the lava ran down to the northern side of the Island, originating from the area near the Chico Volcano. The eruption produced three lava flows or trails, two trails headed northwest, and another headed northeast towards the sea.
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For the safety and security of Puerto Villamil inhabitants, the Galapagos National Park closed the Chico Volcano and Bocanilla Volcano (the ones closest to Sierra Negra Volcano) to visitors.
No one was evacuated, including people living near the volcano. The last time this volcano erupted was in 1979.
The eruption of this Galapagos volcano was not a threat to its unique wildlife such as the Galapagos Tortoise because the lava flows were down the northeast slopes of Sierra Negra volcano where there are no animal presence.
The town of Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island is located south of the volcano with a population estimated of 2,000 people, but the eruption caused no risk to the population. As a precaution tourist centers near Sierra Negra volcano were closed.
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Fernandina Volcano is a basaltic shield volcano and it is the most active Volcano in the Galapagos Islands. This volcano is located directly over the Galapagos hotspot.
The hotspot means that the Galapagos are situated right over an area of extreme heat within the Earth's mantle.
This Galapagos volcano is located on the remote and uninhabited Fernandina Island in the Galapagos National Park.
The most recent eruption of Fernandina Volcano was on Thursday 12th May 2005 when it threw a thick cloud of ash that rose up to a height of seven kilometers from a fissure on the west side of the volcano.
Volcanic material even reached the neighboring Isabela Island. You were able to see this column of smoke and ash even from as far as Baltra Island.
Fernandina is one the youngest and most active volcanoes of our planet. The majority of eruptions of this Galapagos volcano have been confined to the caldera, although in 1995 and 2005 were "flank eruptions".
Fernandina's caldera is elongated in a North West – South East direction, it is about 3km x 5km in diameter, and over 1,100m deep and was formed during several episodes of collapse.
There are many circumferential fissures close to the rim of the caldera.
The Galapagos Islands are considered one of the most active volcanic areas in the world. So far there have been more than 50 eruptions in the last 200 years.
The most active Galapagos volcanoes are the ones on Fernandina and Cerro Azul on Isabela Island.
Most travel companies specialized in Galapagos adventures include hiking tours to the rim of Alcedo Volcano, with an incredible view of the caldera and to the rim of Sierra Negra, which is the oldest Galapagos volcano on Isabela Island. Hiking is also available through the highlands of Santa Cruz Island
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'GOD OF FEAR, GOD OF WAR' Part 2 of 4 - Dark Reign tie-in - Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN. Art by ALESSANDRO VITTI. Cover by JIM CHEUNG Nick Fury and a long-dormant spy now reactivated continue their top secret mission while the kids get in way over their heads as they go up against members of the Dark Avengers and the Thunderbolts...and while no one else is looking, HYDRA's grand plans continue to unfold. All that and Ares is finally reunited with his son - watch the sparks fly! I32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.


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The widely used Cochrane-Orcutt and Hildreth-Lu procedures for estimating the parameters of a linear regression model with first-order serial correlation typically ignore the first observation. An alternative maximum likelihood procedure is recommended in this paper. This procedure is preferable to conventional ones on theoretical grounds, and sampling experiments suggest that it may yield substantially better estimates in some circumstances.
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Siemens now offers the PSU8200, a new 24 volt power supply from the modular Sitop product line for single phase networks. The 40 ampere technology power supply has a narrow design of just 145 mm, which saves a lot of space on a standard mounting rail. The high efficiency of up to 93 percent ensures very low energy consumption and minimal heat generation inside the control cabinet. It contributes toward high system availability by supplying up to 3 times the rated current for 25 ms or 1.5 times the rated current for 5 s/min in the event of a short-time overload.
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I have been using a 19 inch CRT monitor for my main photo work with a small 15inch CRT to put the palettes on and as secondary monitor generally (viewing TV , movies, extending desktop a little when needed etc etc). The 15 inch has now given up and the 19 inch is not far behind it so I am in the market for 2 new monitors.
Desk space is a bit limited so I am looking at a 23/24 inch for the main monitor and 19/20 inch for the second monitor.
90% of my output is for web\online work and my prints get sent out which uses jpg anyway so I guess I am not in the market for a wide gamut monitor, or am I missing out? Ideally I would spend no more than about £300/$400 for the main monitor but I would spend up to £450 if it gave me something special. I would spend up to about £150/$200 for the secondary monitor.
No idea on what secondary monitor would be best so I am very open to suggestions on this.
On the main monitor I have been thinking about the Dell U2412M (would I gain much by moving to the U2413?) or the Asus PA248Q. Other monitors I have been considering include the AOC i2353Fh and the Viewsonic VP2365 which seem to have reasonable reviews and come at a bargain price. Any thoughts on these and are there any others that I should also be considering in my price range?
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I like the new U2413 but it may blow your budget especially if you need to get a new calibrator because you have an older unit that is not able to handle wide gamut.
Hmm. That is a thought. I could jut about stretch to one if I go extra cheap on the second monitor and then just save a bit more to get a compatible calibrator. Certainly worth giving it some more thought.
You can always put a very inexpensive 22 inch 1920x1080 6bit+AFRC IPS monitor next to the U2413 to keep the budget down. I've seen several here as low as $140 CAD for a very basic unit.
Good thought. It doesn't have to be anything to special - as long I don't have to squint when I look at it.
As to 8bit sRGB gamut monitors.... there's got to be a Hazro or EIZO in you area that is good. The Dell U2412M (I have one) is not too bad but there's better out there.
Thanks for the thought on the U2412M. I do read slightly contradictory reports on it which was one of the main reasons for my post.
Good pointers there and I am grateful to you for taking the trouble to respond. Much appreciated.
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Much of the Jewish Oscar buzz is focused on director Joseph Cedar's "Beaufort" and the chances of an Israeli film picking up an Academy Award for the first time.
But another Jewish themed film — the Austrian-made "Counterfeiters" — is also up for foreign-language Oscar honors, along with three other movies.
Set in 1943, the film probes the moral dilemmas facing a special group of Jewish concentration camp inmates in a little-known and remarkable episode of Word War II.
As the Nazis realize that the war is going against them, they try one more ploy — to wreck the economies of Britain and the United States with massive amounts of perfectly counterfeited pounds, sterling and dollars. Under the codename "Operation Bernard,†the Germans comb concentration camps and put together a team of more than 100 skilled Jewish printers, photographers and engravers.
In Sachsenhausen, the prisoners are placed in two completely isolated barracks, dubbed "The Golden Cage,†where they are given soft beds, good food, civilian clothes, first-class equipment and piped-in music.
Heading the team is Salomon Sorowitch, a character based on one Salomon Smolianoff, a Russian-born Jew nicknamed "Sally,†who lived high in the Berlin of the 1920s and early 1930s as "The King of the Counterfeiters.â€
Faced with the choice of producing pound notes so perfect that even the Bank of England accepts them as real, or instant death, Sorowitch does the Nazis' bidding.
By the end of the war, the Sachsenhausen team had turned out 134 million pounds, three times the amount of British currency reserves, and was getting close to producing equally perfect dollar bills.
In the film, director Stefan Ruzowitzky does not draw Sorowitch, portrayed by Karl Markovics, as just a craven collaborator. Sorowitch protects a fellow prisoner who is trying to sabotage the operation, and uses his skills to get medicine for an ill inmate.
"Counterfeiters†retains the tension of a top thriller, but it goes deeper than that. It probes a haunting moral question — given a chance at life, even temporary life, at the price of aiding the enemy, what path will a man choose?
The actual Smolianoff survived the war and soon resumed his old occupation, adding the "rediscovery†of Old Master paintings to his repertoire. He died in Argentina in the 1960s.
The film's ending, building on hearsay evidence, has Sorowitch after liberation toting a suitcase full of fake currency and heading for Monte Carlo, where he purposely loses the entire fortune at the gaming tables.
Director-writer Ruzowitzky's background and motivation is as interesting as the movie itself.
The Viennese filmmaker's grandparents on both sides were Nazis or Nazi sympathizers, who, like most Austrians of the war and post-war generation saw themselves more as victims than perpetrators of the German atrocities.
"My grandparents would acknowledge to me the facts of the Holocaust, but considered it a collateral damage to the war,†Ruzowitzky said during a phone interview.
Given his background and nationality, the director felt he had a responsibility to deal with the Holocaust era, but an equal duty not to exercise moral judgment on the Jews who collaborated in Operation Bernard.
One reason he closed the film with the scene at a Monte Carlo casino "was to give Sally some redemption, or atonement, at the end,†Ruzowitzky said.
From his considerable research on concentration camps, he concluded that "the system was designed so that the inmates would harm each other.â€
He cites one survivor, a doctor, as saying, "If you tried to do anything good, it would lead to catastrophe.â€


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Just a quick question im hoping to get answered
I'm looking Into buying a new pistol, a Springfield xdm40. My only concern being the mags, the new "safe act" says that mags with a capacity higher than 10 is illegal, the xdm40 comes with 16 round mags and I don't believe you can buy 10 round mags for them, so does that mean that I can't own mags for this pistol? Am I better off waiting to move out of state to get it? Any help is appreciated
Just move anyway and enjoy your new found freedom and lower taxes.
The laws in NY were a big factor in deciding my first handgun. I wanted something full size with a 10 round mag to start off with before getting a conceal gun...but with the laws how they are, I'm just thinking of getting a compact .45 or something.
No use getting a 9mm that holds 15 if you can only have 7...
If you're buying from an in-state GS, I doubt that it is legal for him/her to sell you those 16 rnd. mags. Make the deal contingent upon the seller substituting 2-10 rnd. mags. Worth a try.
If you wish to modify current 16 round magazines, these will do so. However, most magazines that are high capacity AND IN THE STATE when the law passed are grandfathered in and fully legal to own. Buy them NOW before their gone! However, every gun maker, including Springfield, makes 10-round magazines to be able to comply with the socialist states.
As an aside, if I were limited, I would consider going to a smaller gun that is lighter to carry and easier to conceal, or step up to .40 or .45 where the round had more of a punch. The decision is ultimately yours, but I hoped this helped.
I will be getting a .40
Okay, thanks guys
I have contacted Springfield, and they informed me that for that model pistol the smallest mag they make is 12 round capacity. So needless to say, the search for my first pistol continues, like the looks of the ruger SR40c
Never mind. Tekgreg beat me to it.
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