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Andre Villas-Boas insists there will be no gloating on his part if he proves his doubters wrong by delivering Tottenham a top-four finish.
Villas-Boas arrived at Chelsea last season with a reputation as the brightest young manager on the continent, but his reign at Stamford Bridge ended after just 256 days following rumours of in-fighting off the pitch and poor performances on it.
The Portuguese was critical of Roman Abramovich during his first Tottenham press conference, accusing the Chelsea owner of "quitting" on him and breaking promises after cutting short his three-year "project" in west London.
Villas-Boas is looking to end the season above his former employers, who are two points behind Tottenham, having gone through a difficult year characterised by supporter revolt and yet another managerial sacking.
But should Spurs, who Villas-Boas has led on a three-month unbeaten run, finish above the Blues in the table, the 35-year-old will resist any temptation to rub Abramovich's nose in it.
The Tottenham manager said: "At the end of the season I won't be so egocentric to consider it a personal success.
"That is not my type, but hopefully at the end of the season we are able to achieve what the club expects from the team."
Tottenham's impressive form continued on Thursday night when they swatted aside Inter Milan 3-0 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie at White Hart Lane.
Villas-Boas' rampant team have another chance to deliver a big blow to one of Europe's most prestigious clubs this afternoon when they travel to Liverpool, who are 10 points below the top four.
"I think it will probably end their hopes (of Champions League qualification) if we win, but you never know," Villas-Boas said.
Spurs have fallen away in the last third in the previous two campaigns to miss out on the Champions League, but Villas-Boas insists his squad is made of stronger stuff this time around.
"The (unbeaten) run is still there and hopefully we can sustain it," Villas-Boas said.
"At the end of the season I won't be so egocentric to consider it a personal success," - Andre Villas-Boas
"It was probably at this time last year that things shifted, but I think with this team's willingness, we are able to bounce back because the players are really up for it because of what they suffered last season and they really want to be in the Champions League."
The match pits two of the leading contenders for player of the year against each other in Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale.
Villas-Boas said following Thursday's win that 28-goal Suarez had carried "Liverpool almost on his shoulders" this season, but he knows concentrating all his efforts on the controversial Uruguayan is risky due to the presence of January signings Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho.
"What Liverpool did in the January window was buy very well and widely," the Spurs manager said.
"Coutinho's explosion came at the expense of Raheem Sterling but he is a great player and they have Sturridge doing ever so well for them too.
"That has given them more confidence. They are playing good football and are hoping to get on a good run of results that they haven't found yet."
Bale's superb form this season has led to claims that Tottenham are over-reliant on the Welsh forward, who will become the first Spurs player to score in six consecutive Premier League matches if he finds the net tomorrow.
Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who spent three years at Liverpool, denies that is the case, though.
"That's ridiculous. That's a poor comment," Friedel said. "Gareth is an exceptional player and we have a lot of exceptional players.
"Every good team has their star players. Gareth is playing well for us. We are a better team for it, but we have some exceptional players that can step in and do the job."


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Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
The definitions on this page are divided into three main media categories — Blank discs, Blank tapes, and Blank memory cards — followed by a short list of General terms.
|Have a lot of high-def footage from your HD camcorder? You can use a Blu-ray recorder to copy your home movies to recordable discs and watch them with a compatible Blu-ray player.
Blank discs
BD-R (recordable Blu-ray Disc)
BD-Rs are "write-once" recordable Blu-ray Discs. BD-Rs can store up to 50 gigabytes of information (about the same as ten regular DVD-Rs), and are primarily used for high-definition video and large multi-media files. BD-Rs can only be burned with a Blu-ray Disc™ recorder, and can only be played back on compatible Blu-ray players.
A dual-layer BD-R can hold over 21 hours of high-definition MPEG2 video, or up to 46 hours of standard-definition television recordings.
BD-REs are an erasable, re-recordable version of BD-R. Like BD-Rs, they can store up to 50GB of information, can only be burned with a Blu-ray Disc drive in a compatible computer, and are primarily used for high-definition video and large multi-media files. Once a BD-RE disc has been recorded and finalized, it can be played back in some compatible BD players and most computer BD-R drives.
CD-R (audio and data)
CD-Rs are recordable CDs that can be "written to" or recorded upon once. Because of their low cost, these discs are popular for a variety of uses: making audio recordings, storing compressed music files (like MP3 and WMA), and archiving many other types of data.
CD-Rs are designated for either "audio" or "data" use. Blank discs labeled "audio" can be used with home CD recording decks as well as computer CD-R/W drives, and cost more than data-grade CD-Rs. Blank CD-Rs designated as "data" tend to cost less than audio CD-Rs, but can only be recorded to using a computer CD-R/W drive. Keep in mind that extremely inexpensive discs may be prone to unreadability and higher error rates.
When an audio CD-R has been recorded and finalized, the disc can be played like a regular CD in almost all home, car, portable players, and computer disc drives. However, a CD-R can never be re-recorded. CD-Rs commonly hold 74 minutes of music (650 megabytes of data), but 80-minute (700-megabyte) discs are also available.
CD-RW (audio and data)
Unlike CD-Rs, CD-RWs are rewritable CDs that can be written to over and over again. When you make a recording on an audio CD-RW and finalize it, you can play it like a regular CD in many types of players. If you want to change it, you can erase it and re-write to it (usually about 1000 times).
Otherwise, CD-RWs are similar to CD-Rs. CD-RWs are designated for either "audio" or "data" use. Blank discs labeled "audio" can be used with home CD recording decks as well as computer CD-RW drives, and cost more than data-grade CD-RWs. Blank CD-RWs designated as "data" tend to cost less than audio CD-RWs, but can only be recorded to using a computer CD-RW drive. Keep in mind that extremely inexpensive discs may be prone to unreadability and higher error rates.
CD-RWs commonly hold 74 minutes of music (650 megabytes of data); 80-minute (700-megabyte) discs are also available. However, CD-RW discs are not as widely compatible with home, car, and portable players as CD-Rs, and tend to cost more.
DVD-R is a "write-once" recording format that allows you to burn your own DVD video discs, using a compatible DVD recorder or computer DVD-writing drive. Once finalized, DVD-R discs can be played back in most DVD players and computer DVD-ROM drives. DVD-R discs cannot be re-recorded.
A single-sided DVD-R disc offers 4.7GB of storage, allowing you to record up to 120 minutes of studio-quality MPEG2 video. You can also find double-sided DVD-Rs, which can hold 9.4GB per disc.
When shopping for DVD-R media, keep in mind that there are two different versions of the DVD-R format: a "general" version, sometimes referred to as "DVD-R(G)"; and an "authoring" version, sometimes called "DVD-R(A)." The general version is used in all DVD home recording decks and computer DVD-RW drives, while the authoring version is intended for professional applications. DVD-R(A) discs are not compatible with DVD-R(G) recorders, and vice versa.
DVD+R is a "write-once" recording format that lets you burn your own DVD video discs, using a compatible DVD recorder or computer DVD-writing drive. Once finalized, DVD+R discs can be played back in many newer DVD players and computer DVD drives. DVD+R is a version of DVD+RW although it can be compatible with a few more home players and computer DVD-ROM drives than the rewritable DVD+RW disc.
DVD-RAM lets you create your own DVD video discs. DVD-RAM discs are rewritable, and can be erased and re-recorded up to 100,000 times. A DVD-RAM disc can store up to 4.7 gigabytes of data — approximately 60 minutes of of ultra-high-quality MPEG2 video, 2 hours of standard mode video, or 6 hours of VHS-quality video. DVD-RAM recorders feature a very high data transfer rate (22.16 Mbps), and employ random access storage and retrieval, like a computer's hard disk drive. This method of handling data gives DVD-RAM some handy capabilities that you don't get with other recordable DVD formats.
For instance, some DVD-RAM decks give you simultaneous, independent playback and recording — you can watch one recorded program while a different one records, or watch a program from the beginning while a later portion of the same program continues recording. Once you've recorded a series of scenes or programs onto a DVD-RAM disc, you can rearrange the playback order, or remove unwanted segments altogether.
However, there's a bit of a trade-off for the added flexibility. DVD-RAM discs can be used in a few component DVD recorders and an increasing number of DVD-RW drives — but they're not compatible with most regular DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. So, for instance, if you want to record home movies to a DVD disc that you can send to a family member or friend, consider using the more widely compatible DVD-R format.
|Rewritable mini DVD-RW discs let you erase unneeded scenes and re-record your footage. After you've filled up the disc and transferred the footage to your computer, you can erase the entire disc and record another event. Each disc can be reused up to 1,000 times.
The DVD-RW format is an erasable, re-recordable version of DVD-R. A single-sided DVD-RW disc offers 4.7GB of storage, allowing you to record up to 120 minutes of studio-quality MPEG2 video (with a compatible computer DVD-RW drive or home DVD recorder). DVD-RW discs can be erased and re-recorded up to 1,000 times.
Once a DVD-RW disc has been recorded and finalized, it can be played back in some regular home DVD players and computer DVD-ROM drives.
DVD+RW is another rewritable DVD recording format. It shares several similarities with DVD-RW: single-sided discs offer a capacity of 4.7GB (about 2 hours of studio-quality video); they can be erased and re-recorded up to 1,000 times; and once a disc has been recorded and finalized, it can be played back in some regular home DVD players and computer DVD-ROM drives.
These small re-recordable 2-1/2" discs were developed by Sony as an alternative to CD-R/Ws. Most MiniDiscs (MDs) hold up to 74 minutes of music, though long-play discs provide up to 80 minutes, and some MiniDisc recorders include features that can extend record time even further.
MiniDisc's chief advantages are its high recording capacity, sturdiness, small size, low price, and the fact that it can be re-recorded upon almost infinitely. Another advantage is the flexibility to rearrange the song playback order without re-recording the entire MD. However, MDs are not as widely supported these days.
Mini DVD-R, DVD-RW
Some camcorders record digital video to mini DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, smaller 80mm versions of standard 120mm DVD discs. Mini DVD-Rs are once-recordable discs that come in both single-sided and double-sided formats. A single-sided disc can store up to 30 minutes of video at the highest recording quality setting, while a double-sided disc can store up to 60 minutes of video at the highest quality setting. Like other media, these discs can hold more video when it's recorded at a lower setting. Mini DVD-RWs have the added advantage of letting you record and re-record footage up to 1,000 times. For more info, see our article about DVD camcorders.
Most newer DVD players can play mini DVD discs — a great plus if you want to easily show off your new home footage to family and friends. Variants of the 80mm mini DVD have also been used in the gaming industry, like with Nintendo's GameCube™ system.
Blank tapes
Audio cassette
The audio cassette records an analog audio signal as a series of electrical impulses on a miniature spool of 1/8" magnetic tape (attached to a pair of hubs inside the cassette's plastic shell). The cassette deck uses a mechanical, motor-driven transport to rotate the hubs, passing the tape across the deck's playback and record heads.
Blank cassettes are available in a range of capacities, with total recording times usually between 60 and 100 minutes, or longer. There are 3 types of tapes (in order of increasing audio quality): Type I (Normal), Type II (CrO2), and Type IV (Metal). Not all cassette decks allow recording with metal type tapes; see your owner's manual for compatibility info.
Digital8 camcorders use inexpensive and easy-to-find 8mm and Hi8 cassettes for recording and playback. Digital8 itself isn't really a blank media format, but you'll find tapes labeled for Digital8 use. A 120-minute Hi8/8mm tape yields one hour of recording when used with a Digital8 camcorder, giving you essentially the same picture quality you get with Mini DV (500 lines of horizontal resolution).
8mm and Hi8 cassettes are medium-sized — smaller than VHS, but larger than Mini DV. When deciding between Hi8 and 8mm for your Digital8 camcorder, keep in mind that the digital video quality on Hi8 and 8mm is the same. However, spending a little extra on better-quality Hi8 cassettes may reduce the tape glitches that can happen over time.
Digital VHS (D-VHS)
Unlike regular VHS recorders, digital VHS recorders are capable of recording HDTV programs at full high-def resolution. To capture HDTV signals with all their detail, D-VHS VCRs use specially formulated D-VHS tapes. These tapes can also be used to make Super VHS and standard VHS recordings.
As with regular VHS and S-VHS cassettes, D-VHS tapes come in a variety of recording capacities. The maximum available capacity for a single tape is up to 4 hours of digital recording in highest-quality mode, 8 hours in "standard" mode, 24 hours in the lower-res "LS3" mode, or up to 40 hours of S-VHS-quality analog video.
8mm video format
see Digital8
Hi8 video format
see Digital8
|Mini DV tapes let you perform precise, frame-by-frame editing on your home video footage.
Mini DV
Mini DV is a video cassette designed for use in Mini DV digital camcorders. The picture quality of digital video recorded on a Mini DV cassette is basically identical to the quality recorded on a Hi8 or 8mm cassette by a Digital8 camcorder. However, Mini DV tapes are tiny — literally pocket-sized — which allows for greater portability. They're available in lengths of 30 and 60 minutes. Recording in LP mode lets you extend total recording time with a 60-minute tape to 90 minutes.
[Shop our selection of Mini DV tape.]
Super VHS (S-VHS)
Super VHS cassettes look like standard VHS cassettes, but they feature a special high-density tape formulation which allows the S-VHS format to deliver 400+ lines of video resolution, instead of VHS's 240 lines. Recording at this higher resolution requires a Super VHS VCR.
S-VHS picture quality can also be achieved using standard VHS tapes using a special recording format available on some JVC VCRs, known as Super VHS ET.
VCRs have been mostly replaced by DVD recorders and DVRs, though you can still find some VHS/DVD combination players if you're holding on to a large collection of VHS tapes at home. VHS is capable of delivering 240 lines of video resolution, along with stereo sound that's nearly as good as CD (in dynamic range and frequency response).
VHS cassettes are roughly the size of a paperback book. Blank tapes usually feature either 120 minutes or 160 minutes of recording time at the highest recording speed (6 hours or 8 hours at the slowest speed).
[Shop our selection of VHS tapes.]
Blank Memory Cards
CompactFlash® card
An extremely popular form of re-recordable flash memory originally developed by SanDisk. CompactFlash cards are used in some digital cameras, PDAs and handhelds, and other small portable digital devices. They are available in a range of capacities, from 256MB to as much as 8GB.
There are two versions of the CompactFlash card, which have slightly different sizes: Type I cards are thinner, Type II are thicker. Type I cards will operate in either Type I or Type II CF card slots, but not vice versa.
[Shop our selection of CompactFlash cards.]
MagicGate™ Memory Stick
Sony's proprietary form of SDMI-compliant flash memory. The MagicGate Memory Stick is based on the "original" Memory Stick but has an extra chip built-in to recognize and comply with the requirements imposed on copyright-protected materials.
MagicGate Memory Sticks are used primarily in digital audio players. They can also be used with devices that use "original" Memory Stick; however, an original Memory Stick can not be used in devices that require a MagicGate Memory Stick. Like other flash memory formats, they are small, durable, solid-state, have fast read/write speeds, and are available in a variety of capacities.
Memory Stick®
Originally developed by Sony, Memory Stick is a form of flash memory used in digital cameras, digital camcorders, handhelds, printers, and more. Sony makes a special form of the SDMI-compliant Memory Stick for use with digital music players, called MagicGate Memory Stick; these also work in devices that use "original" Memory Sticks.
[Shop our selection of Memory Sticks.]
microSD™ card The microSD card is an even smaller version of the miniSD card. About the size of a fingernail, the microSD card is designed for use with cell phones, handheld GPS devices, and other small electronics. Usually microSD cards come with two adapters — one for use with a miniSD card slot, and the other for a standard SD card slot. Storage capacities for the microSD card range from 64MB to 4GB.
miniSD™ card
The miniSD card is a more compact version of the Secure Digital card. Designed for use in compact portables such as cellphones, MP3 players, and digital cameras, the card can be read by most devices that are compatible with a standard-sized SD card. Almost all miniSD cards come with an adapter so they can be inserted into a full-sized SD card slot. Like SD cards, storage capacities for miniSD cards range from 16MB to 4GB.
MultiMediaCard® (MMC)
A form of removable flash memory, MultiMediaCards (or MMCs) were developed by SanDisk and are supported by several audio/video manufacturers for a variety of uses. Like other flash memory cards, they are small (about the size of a postage stamp), durable, provide solid-state memory and fast read/write speeds, and are available in a range of capacities.
MMCs have been gradually supplanted by another form of digital storage called SD (Secure Digital) memory. However, SD devices have backward compatibility, so you can use your existing MMC media in a player that accepts SD cards and does not have copy protection requirement.
|SD cards are a common form of blank memory card, and range in size from 256MB to 4GB. Some devices are also compatible with SDHC cards, which offer up to 32GB of storage.
SDHC card
The Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) card is an increased capacity version of the standard SD card. Because SDHC cards use a more efficient method of storing data than SD cards, they have capacities of 4GB to 32GB. SDHC cards will only work in SDHC-compatible devices.
[Shop our selection of SDHC memory cards.]
Secure Digital® (SD) card
A Secure Digital (SD) card is an SDMI-compliant flash memory card used in some digital cameras, memory players, and other portable digital devices. Like other SDMI-compliant cards, an SD card uses an extra chip to recognize and comply with the requirements imposed on copyright-protected materials.
[Shop our selection of SD memory cards.]
SmartMedia™ card
SmartMedia is a form of flash memory originally developed by Toshiba, and used in some digital cameras, portable digital music players, and other devices. SmartMedia cards are available in a range of storage capacities. Like other flash memory cards, they provide portable, durable, solid-state memory, have fast read/write speeds, and are supported by many manufacturers.
xD-Picture Cards™
xD-Picture Cards are among the smallest and fastest available forms of flash memory. As the name implies, these cards are used primarily for picture storage with some brands of digital cameras. They're extremely portable — roughly thumbnail-sized — and are available in a range of capacities.
xD-Picture Cards boast speedier read/write access than many other forms of flash memory. They're also economical in terms of power consumption, allowing you to read from or write to the card more often between battery charges (other factors being equal).
General terms
Embedded memory
Usually a type of flash memory or hard drive, embedded memory is a form of internal digital storage that's built directly into a device. When it comes to audio/video gear, embedded memory is most commonly used in portable MP3 players, but is also used with other devices (such as digital cameras and camcorders). Although some embedded memory can be replaced with the help of a technician, it's not made to be easily removable and transferable, like memory cards.
Embedded memory is popular because you have no memory cards or discs to carry around. Plus, it can be less expensive to buy an item with embedded memory rather than buying a player and some removable media. On the other hand, a player or camcorder that only uses embedded memory is relatively limited in terms of total music (or photo and video) storage. As a result, some of these devices offer an expansion slot for adding removable media and thereby increasing storage.
Flash memory
A form of digital storage developed in 1988 for use in personal computers and PC peripherals. Flash memory gets its name because sections of memory cells within the microchip are erased in one simultaneous action, or "flash." Today, flash memory is commonly used with portable digital music players, handhelds/PDAs, digital cameras, and for storing digital still pictures in digital camcorders.
It may be embedded or removable. There are a number of removable cards available from different manufacturers, including CompactFlash, Memory Stick, and Secure Digital cards. Removable flash memory usually offers the following characteristics: a sturdy case, the skip-free stability of solid-state memory, small size, and high memory capacity. It also features very fast read/write speeds which result in a higher cost than many other kinds of media.
[Shop our selection of flash memory drives.]
Hard drive
Also known as a hard disk drive or HDD, a hard drive is a device that digitally stores data on rapidly rotating disks with magnetic surfaces. They're a popular form of data storage since they're a relatively fast storage medium and can hold large quantities of information. Some hard drives can accommodate up to a terabyte or more of data.
Initially developed for computers, they're now built into other devices, like camcorders and game consoles, that require a large amount of storage space. Hard drives are most commonly used as a form of embedded memory, although external hard drives are popular for computers as a back-up in case the primary hard drive runs out of memory or fails.
Removable media
Any kind of media which isn't built into the device it works with is considered removable media. Most audio and video recorders and players use removable media, such as CD-Rs, VHS tapes, DVDs, or some type of flash memory card. Some devices, such as certain MP3 players, use non-removable, embedded media.


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I'm getting sick of using that.
Yeah, the big ten is tough, we have been getting better, but we will see how it goes.
As far as the play so far this season, we had a good chance to steal one from OSU as well, and played MSU tough for a decent amount of the game, I hope we continue to get better, but yeah it will be a long shot to make the tourney, but there have been teams with 12 loses on the bubble before, if we can pull of some shockers maybe... here is for hoping.
Why so SERIOUS
Terone and Ronnie think they are better than they are. They try to make plays they have no chance of completing.
And now Anthony Johnson makes like his first good play of the season and injures himself in the process.
Also the first 8 minutes are super ugly.
Also a strong win today will help a lot, especially seeing how hard our schedule is going to get
Why so SERIOUS
Byrd, AJohnson playing very well, within themselves. Really, Chooch, Davis, and Hammons too. Running some good offense; D is solid.
Refs love dicking Hammons over. Probably wont matter this game, but still.
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West Virginia sucks, not to take anything away from us, but gosh...
Why so SERIOUS
^WVU not always as bad as they looked today. Played a highly-regarded Kansas St team to within 1 last week.
Nice to make quotes like that happen, even if it's from a mediocre team.MORGANTOWN — This West Virginia University basketball team has sunk to such depths that Bob Huggins felt obligated to apologize to the people of the state following an embarrassing 79-52 loss at Purdue.
"I apologize to our fans, to the people of the state of West Virginia," said Huggins, who has spent a whole lot more time during his career celebrating 718 victories than he has spent trying to absorb defeats as ugly and embarrassing as this.
"This is totally unacceptable," he continued. "This is not what we're supposed to represent."
Ryan Kerrigan's in the Pro Bowl, replacing SF's Aldon Smith
Doesn't exactly qualify as giving praise to the opponent for their victory, lol.
Serious question: If AJ Hammons enters the draft, is he a first round pick?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
This draft? No way, his conditioning's nowhere near NBA level. I definitely think he'd be a 2nd rounder though. That size and touch would get him drafted whenever he decides.
You're probably right and I haven't really looked as far as what bigs will be in the draft but it isn't an enormous stretch for me to see a team taking a young kid with that kind of size and coordination late in the first or early in the second. Big bodied true seven footers who can actually do something with the ball are just so rare.
I'm not sure I'd be concerned with the conditioning portion though. The pre-draft process can get that taken care of relatively easily.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
man, that would suck something fierce.
DX has him as the #45 freshman prospect*, not in top 100 overall.
*Right behind some dude named Boris averaging 1.8 pts and 1.3 rbs at FSU, so who knows where they are coming up with this.
It's been, I think, 14 straight years with a Boilermaker in the Super Bowl. Bernard Pollard made it this year.
^knocking out Ninkovich and Koutevides.
So we gonna beat Michigan or what?
wake up AJ, 3s aren't gonna fall forever
good half though.
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Hammons was brutal last night.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
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Speaking of paint, we wanted to keep some of the carbon fiber exposed to show it off as an accent to the Silver. Yancy and I agreed that center stripes look great on these hoods; the trick was to include the heat extractor vents at the rear of the hood. I easily solved that problem by walking the stripe out towards the windshield to engulf the vents. To show off the carbon wing and trunk lid, a continuation of the center stripe just made sense. Bordering the stripes is a thin red pinstripe that matches the brake calipers and ties the whole car together. A new grille and badging was added to finish it off. The result is a clean and aggressive look that emphasizes all the new carbon-fiber parts in a modern way that fits the design of the car.


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Royal Arches Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Royal Arches
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 1977
|Fun day with Mike A.
Rotten log was interesting. I'm not sure how it lasted as long as it did. Ran into a bear after coming down the North Dome Gully. It stood on it's hind legs to get a better look at us.
First Yosemite route.
|Posted Oct 30, 2015 1:17 am
|Enjoyed it
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2014
|Danny Lay and I did it. Got to the top of P15 (where the rap down is) in about 3.5 hours, but we decided to do the traverse and scramble to the top (not worth it).
|Posted Oct 12, 2014 5:14 pm
|Arches Route
Date Climbed: Sep 21, 1999
|Very fun climb up an amazing formation in the Valley. The pendulum is a lot of fun. We roped up there and in one other spot only. Heading back again this year to access North Dome.
|Posted Aug 3, 2013 1:53 pm
|Trial By Fire -> Rain
|Climbed Trial By Fire (awesome .8 OW!) and planned on linking up with Super Slide but then came the rain...
So we fled down-Valley
|Posted Sep 25, 2011 12:59 pm
|Wandering around
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1989
|Date is approximate (and a long time ago).
We got a late start, wandered off-route, and ended up spending a cold October night (in shorts) at the top. I remember a beautiful full moon rising over Half Dome. I also remember it was so calm that we could hear people discussing their dinner as they left the Ahwanee while we starved on our little dirt-patch bivy. Walked off the next day.
|Posted Apr 16, 2011 7:52 am
|Twice 30 yrs apart
|First climb in '75 we were so slow we bivvied on top, second in '05, 4.5 hrs.
|Posted Apr 15, 2011 11:27 am
|Great Climb
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2010
|Excellent route with good variation and challenges. The rating of 5.7 was sandbagged in a typical Yosemite Valley sort of way.
|Posted Sep 14, 2010 12:17 am
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2010
|Swapped leads with Paul-Wall on this grand adventure. Loved the glory pitch of solid hand jams to a thankful tree rest. Epic rappelling... Who does this in under an hour??? Took us 13!
|Posted Sep 7, 2010 9:11 am
|Good stuff
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2010
|Fun, long route. The upper pitches are better and cleaner than the lower pitches. Lots of traversing which isn't too bad. Up and down in one long day (8am-8pm).
|Posted Jul 14, 2010 7:29 pm
|Highpoint of my rock climbing
Date Climbed: May 26, 1986
|My only "big" wall climb. I led the last pitch in the dark rather than spend the night on the wall. Instead we spent the night on top!
|Posted Dec 30, 2009 4:17 pm
|Royal Arches
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009
|Climbed with Bill... very crowded, but made good time and got down NDG in broad daylight. This route is simply awesome.
|Posted Oct 12, 2009 6:41 pm
|Bill Kish
|Royal Arches
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009
|Swapped leads with Patrick and descended the NDG. An awesome day with perfect weather!
|Posted Oct 12, 2009 1:39 am
|Royal Arches
Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2009
|Rappelled with twin 60m ropes.
|Posted Oct 5, 2009 6:30 pm
|canada day with Michael
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
|great times with Michael aus Deutschland- he snuck a couple king cans up and produced them at top. plans to finish with crown jewel after the arches were changed after our food was grabbed by opportunistic rodents. descent was pretty gnarly.
awesome route!
|Posted Jul 2, 2009 7:23 pm
|Tom Fralich
|Super Slide
Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2008
|Super Slide (II 5.9, 5 pitches) -- October 10, 2008 -- Mary and I climbed this route on a cold, windy day in October. Mary wore a down jacket for the entire climb. The second pitch was nice, following a thin crack to a thin smeary face to a perfect splitter. The top three pitches were great with increasingly difficult climbing. The final crack was stellar, but more like thin hands than wide fingers for me.
Peruvian Flake (5.10a, 1 pitch) -- October 12, 2010 -- Mary and I climbed this excellent route while scouting the start to Royal Arches. I don't think it's a 5.10, but the moves were super fun and the pro is bomber.
Royal Arches (III 5.7 A0, 15 pitches) -- October 13, 2010 -- Finally climbed this one on a hot sunny day in October. We did the 5.8 alternate start, which was great. The chimney looked aweful, especially with a backpack. We made excellent progress even with many other parties on the route. We took about 7 hr for the climb and 3 hr for the descent.
|Posted Oct 10, 2008 11:00 pm
|Bob Burd
|Royal Arches / North Dome Gully
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008
|An enjoyable and full day with Michael Golden. Trip Report
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:30 am
|May 1991
|Ended up bivying at top of North Dome gully - spent the rest of the summer learning to lead faster.
|Posted May 8, 2008 3:49 pm
|nice weather
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2007
|Lead every pitch, we moved fast. We were the first ones up in the morning. No one would have caught up except we made the mistake of taking only one rope. The raps took forever! Some guys with two ropes passed us up near the last rap.
|Posted Dec 22, 2007 8:55 am
|Royal Arches
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007
|Climbed with Dirk (Diggler). It was a COLD morning, so we didn't start until 10 AM. Took us 10 hours to climb it an get back down. It was the most crowded I've seen it (climbed twice before), which delayed us quite a bit. On one of the rappels the rope got stuck and Dirk climbed to retrieve it. Over all it was a fun climb and Dirk is a great climbing partner.
|Posted Oct 26, 2007 1:39 am
|Epic descent
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007
|Climbed Royal Arches w/ Brad Mastros. The climb itself went fine; we encountered like 5 other parties on the route including Kris & Dirk from SP. We had kinda of a late start; got off-route like twice and did a friction run-out variation on pitch 5. We moved slow and so we topped out at ~ 6:00pm.....just before dark. Since we didn't bring a 2nd rope for the rappel descent and we heard horror stories on the treacherous "North Dome gully" descent (known for it share of accidents), we opted to hike up ~ 1500 feet and hopefully find the North Dome trail back down through Yosemite Falls and down to the Valley. A very long, long way out. It was dark & too cold to bivy with the clothes we brought. Dehydration was kicking in and I started to staggered. Luckly, we found a creek to replenish with water. After trashing for nearly 4 hrs in the dark , we finally found the North Dome trail at 10:54pm. We thought we're home-free. Not! We lost the trail by the granite slabs near Yosemite Point. It was now even colder & windy! We searched for what it seemed like an hour. Finally, found it and started down. We're both exhausted (ran out of food and had limited water from the creek). We took several breaks on the way down. At approx 4:30am we staggered onto Brad's car parked at the Ahwahee Hotel parking lot. We collapsed into our tent just before 5:00am (we had been out 19 hours on the go).
|Posted Oct 8, 2007 7:53 pm


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One nit a person might pick with this board is that there aren't enough threads about lumberjacks. So I'm starting one!
I bet the brilliant minds here can make up much cooler lyrics. But let's change the opening:
I'm a Dhamma hack, and I'm okay.
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I sit around. I watch my breath.
I try to just let go.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'
and then I walk real slow.
Who has the next verse?


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'To the place I belong'
RELATED: Covers of "Take Me Home, Country Roads," from the cute to the criminal. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- John Denver probably knew his popularity in West Virginia would soar when he recorded "Take Me Home, Country Roads" more than 40 years ago. The poignant lyrics about the timeless beauty and character of the oft-maligned Mountain State really did bring teardrops to the eyes of those who loved her.But who knew how popular the song would be outside the state. Way outside the state, as in other continents.Our request for readers' stories about where they'd heard the song brought responses ranging from baggage claim in a Chinese airport, by a gondolier in Venice, in an amusement park in Australia and on a boat in Mexico. They heard it sung in the lobby of a hotels in Switzerland and Cancun, at a German football game and in bars all over the world. Lots of bars.Sometimes the song would be played coincidentally as background music over a public address system or on a radio station, surprising West Virginians traveling abroad. More often, it was sung by friendly hosts in foreign countries in response to the answer to the question "Where are you from?" And they'd launch into "Almost heaven ..."Its emotional appeal to anyone who calls West Virginia home has prompted its singing at funerals and weddings. It's played before and after West Virginia University football games.WVU's Mountaineer Marching Band introduced "Take Me Home, Country Roads" into the pregame routine in 1972, one year after John Denver recorded it. Dr. James Miltenberger composed the arrangement, which is still performed by the band today."It's been a staple of pregame ever since," said WVU Director of Bands John Hendricks.Hendricks was in the marching band in 1980 when John Denver stood on the field and sang "Country Roads" to dedicate the newly constructed football stadium."It was great. He sang it while the band formed the outline of the state of West Virginia. It was a special way to open the stadium," said Hendricks.Today, crowds remaining after home football games sing every verse, some fueled, perhaps, by the misty taste of moonshine."It means so much to the people of the state. It's amazing that wherever you go, you find people that know that song. It may not mean as much to them as it does to West Virginians, but they know it. It's an enjoyable song that's fun to sing," Hendricks said.Road to the song?Bill Lester, of Prosperity, was attending Concord University in 1970 when he heard his first reference to John Denver. His roommate Steve Finley, formerly of Charleston, returned to their dorm room after a late-night stint at the student center, where up-and-coming musicians frequently performed.Finley and some friends invited the featured musician to share a few drinks after the performance. Enjoying his evening with Finley and friends, the singer said, "You know this is really a neat place. I ought to write a song about it."Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and Denver wrote the song.Lester doubted his friend's late-night story until he was listening to the radio six months later. "I hear someone singing about 'mountain momma' and moonshine and thought, Oh my God, I had the opportunity to meet the guy who sang 'Country Roads' and I missed it," Lester said. "I wish I'd been there."Steve Finley lives in Akron, Ohio, now, and remembers a little differently some of the details of the story his former roommate tells, but confirms that he and his friends did take Denver out for a few beers after the performance."He was quite talented, obviously, and a down-to-earth country boy," Finley said. "He was a fabulous performer."Early daysParris and Patricia Maynard, of Ripley, were dining in a German restaurant in Connecticut featuring a strolling accordionist playing German and Alpine music. "That really made our day" when he began playing "Country Roads," Patricia Maynard said.When she lived in Michigan, Maynard once heard a young John Denver interviewed. He spoke about a new song he was preparing to record and he sang a bit of "Country Roads.""I was so moved by it and always knew from that point on that someday those country roads would bring us home. We've been back home for 16 years and have seen a lot of places, but none as special as our 'Almost Heaven, West Virginia,'" she said.Make new friendsRachel Coffman, of Charleston, recently traveled with 27 strangers from around the world who were excited to know she was from the place they knew from the song "Country Roads." They serenaded her."It was awesome to be over 5,000 miles from home and still feel so close to home, but that's what 'Country Roads' is -- a reminder of how special these mountains are, no matter where you are," Coffman said.Adopted Irish anthem?Harold Edwards, of Charleston, was in a pub in Tralee, Ireland, that advertised traditional Irish music. "'Country Roads' was the second song the musicians played," he said.Bob and Jean Schumacher had a similar experience in southern Ireland as they walked past a small pub and heard a guitarist singing "Country Roads." Their daughter rushed into the pub and sang along with the musician. She told him they were from West Virginia and were pleased and surprised to hear the song of their homeland."It's not John Denver's 'Country Roads.' It belongs to us. We've sort of adopted it as another national anthem," the singer replied.Wedding marchHearing "Country Roads" at her 1983 wedding reception in Philadelphia surprised Mary Crigger, of Charleston. "At some point during the reception, someone quietly requested that the band play the song. Before I knew it, dozens of West Virginia ball caps were distributed and the dance floor was filled with West Virginians and West Virginia wannabes. The reception had been hijacked, but in the best of ways," Crigger said.Streets of San FranciscoCaryn Gresham, of Charleston, and some friends rode a streetcar in San Francisco to its famous pier, where they disembarked to a familiar song. "A blind man was playing John Denver's song on a guitar. To our surprise, the entire streetcar burst into song -- in English, Japanese, French, German and maybe a few other languages," Gresham said. Swiss missDave and Patti Hamilton, of Charleston, were in Zurich, Switzerland, enjoying fondue and live music from an oompah band. As she chatted with a group of young South Africans, the Swiss German-speaking band broke into "Country Roads" in English.Their new friends were excited for the Hamiltons and danced and sang along. Soon all the bar patrons joined in. "After the band finished their set, I spoke to the lead singer and tried to tell her I was from West Virginia and loved their version of the song. She clearly had no idea what I was talking about, as they sang it completely phonetically," Patti Hamilton said. "I didn't realize until telling this story to others that this is a worldwide phenomenon."Steve Crislip and his wife, of Charleston, also heard an unexpected chorus of "Country Roads" in Switzerland. As they stepped into their hotel lobby in Zermatt, "the German-speaking DJ said 'John Denver' and then proceeded to play 'Country Roads.' It is hard to organize that kind of entrance," Crislip said.Behind the Iron CurtainJohn and Jo Ellen Yeary, of South Charleston, honeymooned in Vienna in 1984 and ventured into Budapest, Hungary, for a tour behind the Iron Curtain. As they walked above the Danube River, they saw two young Hungarian folksingers and were astounded when they sang "Country Roads."On a visit 18 years later, they told a tour guide in Budapest the story and he told them "Country Roads" was a protest song during the Communist era.In 2002, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Yearys also heard "Country Roads" at an NFL Europe League football game in what had been East Berlin. The German fans were loudly enthusiastic about American football and all sang along when "Country Roads" was played over the loudspeaker at half time.Childhood memoriesArianna Kincaid, of Charleston, moved back and forth between Indiana and West Virginia when she was a child. In fifth grade, she attended Girl Scout camp in Indiana where the girls gathered around a campfire for a sing-along. All the girls sang "Country Roads," prompting Kincaid's first song-inspired teardrops."I was thinking, 'Hey, I used to live there! This is my song!' and was singing along enthusiastically, not even using the songbook like others were," Kincaid said. "When we got to the bridge, 'I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me ...,' I just started bawling. It's so wistful and longing. Even if someone's not from West Virginia, they can identify with that feeling."Fighting wordsOne of Kincaid's adult experiences with "County Roads" happened at a Charleston bar when a band was playing a punk/ska version of the song. The entire audience yelled the lyrics along with the band, much to the disgust of the headliner band, from Iowa, whose members were sitting off to the side and rolling their eyes."A friend of mine turned and asked one of them, 'How many songs are there that people sing about Iowa?' They backed off the mocking pretty quickly," Kincaid said.Surprised studentsWhile studying abroad in England in 2010, Erika Smith, of Parsons, traveled with some friends throughout Europe during spring break. One evening in Florence, they stopped to listen to a man playing acoustic guitar and singing in a busy square."I took my chances and requested 'Country Roads.' He jumped on the request without hesitation," she said. Smith and her friends were surprised when all the people on the street sang along. "Such a beautiful and proud moment for us." No rest for the beeryMary Rayne, of Elkins, wasn't pleased to hear the song years ago during a backpacking trip in Europe. "One night as I was trying to sleep in a youth hostel that was above a bar in Ghent, Belgium, I heard the entire bar united in singing 'Take Me Home, Country Roads.' At the time I was annoyed, trying to sleep. Now it's just funny," Rayne said.G'day, Mountain MommaWhen a rainforest tour guide in Australia realized Dennis and Suzie Legg, of Wallback, were from West Virginia, he surprised Suzie by calling her a "Mountain Momma." He told her he was learning to play the guitar was working on "Country Roads" and sang some lyrics."As with any true Mountaineer, my heart was filled with pride that our unofficial state song had also touched the heart of an Aussie deep in the rainforest of Kuranda, Australia," she said.Youthful notesKatie Felitsky's five years singing with Appalachian Children's Chorus included an Irish tour on which she noticed that everyone in Ireland seemed to know "Country Roads."The chorus recently performed for the United Nations in New York, along with many international groups. "There were many different countries that knew 'Country Roads' as well as I do, such as Tobago, South Africa, Norway, Canada, Luxembourg and Australia. When we had our solo in front of these choirs in Hard Rock Café in New York, the refrain was sang by everyone," said Felitsky, of Scott Depot.Oompah styleMartha Ranson, of Scott Depot, was visiting her daughter and son-in-law, who was serving at an Army base in Frankfurt, Germany. She heard "Country Roads" twice while she was there -- once at the airport and once in a McDonald's."They were speaking German all around. It was nice to hear the song from home," she said.Erika Collins attended a Volksfest in Germany with her daughters and grandchildren for an oompah band concert. "We were surprised when the first song they played was 'Country Roads.' I don't know if they did this because they heard us speak English or not. It was hilarious and, needless to say, we all sang along with them loudly. This made our day," Collins said.Fond farewell"I was in Munich in October of 1996. The last night before heading home we went to the Hofbrauhaus for dinner," said Sherrie Stover, of Charleston. "I was sad about leaving Germany, but when their band started playing 'Country Roads,' I knew it was time to go."In the Land Down UnderWhen Billy Joe Peyton, of Charleston, attended the first rugby World Cup in Australia in 1989, he entered a bar in Brisbane to the sounds of "Country Roads" playing on the jukebox. "It brought a smile to my face, and I heartily joined in on the chorus," he said.He's also heard it in Germany, Tanzania, Peru and Wales, where it is well known.Welcome backSteve and Linda Winkel, of Elkview, hadn't been to their large family reunion in Michigan for a few years. When their daughter-in-law's Polish father heard the West Virginia relatives were coming, he worked on a surprise to welcome them."He learned the words and to play the song on his guitar. He sang 'Country Roads' in a Polish accent. We loved the way he pronounced the words and that he worked so hard and learned it just for us. We were so pleased," said Linda Winkel of Walter Bilski's rendition of the song.Asian connectionLinda Myers, of Parkersburg, traveled to China in 1984 with one of the first tour groups allowed in the country. "One of the highlights was visiting an elementary school where they greeted us with John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads.' At first it was very difficult to know what they were singing until they sang the chorus and then we all knew," Myers said.Adam Thompson, of Morgantown, studied abroad in China in 2006 in Nanjing. The first time he heard "Country Roads" was from the radio of a passing car. "I was pleasantly surprised hearing it, but what really surprised me was, someone walking past me started singing it," Thompson said.During his two months in China, he usually heard the song at least once a day -- on the radio, over the public address system in parks and by a Chinese student in a school play.Jennifer Waggener, of Charleston, said her husband was serenaded with the song at a bar in Beijing. "When I was in high school, my family went to Hawaii. My dad requested it one night at dinner and the whole place broke out in song. It was awesome," said Waggener.On the high seasAnne Summers, of Charleston, was on a cruise in the Bahamas when a member of the staff asked her, "Where you from, mon?" When she told him West Virginia, he said, "'Country Roads'? Could I go home with you?""I was shocked. We were on a cruise ship in the middle of nowhere, and he knew that song," Summers said.Lucky ladyGianna Fioravante, of Charleston, was gambling on the slot machines in Las Vegas when she hit 20 free spins. A man from Rio de Janeiro sitting next to her asked where she was from. She didn't think someone from Rio de Janeiro would have heard of West Virginia, and was surprised when he hopped up on his chair and sang the song at 3 a.m. in the casino."He told me, 'Who doesn't know "Country Roads"?' And he did, every word. So not only did I have it performed for me in Nevada but also by someone visiting from a whole different country," said Fioravante.Ringing in the new yearBunny Crockett, her husband and friends celebrated the turn of the century with a trip to Greece and Crete. Toward midnight of a New Year's party in a Mediterranean resort, the German band played 'Country Roads.' Crockett, of St. Albans, took the stage and sang along."To my heartfelt surprise, all those foreigners joined in. I led the last refrain with tears in my eyes, realizing that everyone in the world loves the song about our love for our home state," said Crockett.Venetian serenadeA gondolier in Venice crooned the song to Debbie Martin, of League City, Texas, as he steered his gondola through the waterway. At the time, Martin lived in St. Albans and was chaperoning her son's high school trip.Cancun connectionAnna-Marie Ward and her husband heard the song on their honeymoon in Cancun earlier this year. As the walked into the resort's lobby, the band started playing "Country Roads.""Total coincidence, but it stopped both of us in our tracks," she said.First fan?Carolyn Saul, of Charleston, first heard "Country Roads" 40 years ago on an Illinois radio station. She called the radio station and asked the name of the song and the performer."I went to my local record store and asked them to order the 45 for me. I went back a few days later and picked it up. I always felt my little contribution might have helped make it famous," she said.Longing for homeJohn Fox, of Renton, Wash., left his West Virginia home in 1961. He returns to visit family here, but not as frequently as he would like."When I hear the song I get homesick. But I also get a strong feeling of pride. I see it as Almost Heaven," Fox said. His wife, a Reno, Nevada, native, loves John Denver, and West Virginia by extension, although she'd never visited until they were married 18 years ago. "Her greatest desire was to see the Mountain State."Kim Rundstrom, of Maine, moved away from West Virginia 17 years ago. "When I hear 'Country Roads,' I literally do get a teardrop in my eye. That song moves me as much as 'The Star-Spangled Banner,'" Rundstrom said. "Beautiful song for a beautiful state."'Mountain Stage' creator witnessed first performanceCovers of 'Country Roads' range from cute to criminal'You all want to meet John Denver?'Dreama Denver pushes to make 'Country Roads' a state songReach Julie Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1230.
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Serious horsepower will shake Melbourne's Albert Park on Saturday afternoon, but there won't be a racing car in sight.
The Polo in the City summer series will instead blend fair dinkum equine-style horse power with the silky skills of mallet-wielding professional riders and a social event that is developing a reputation to rival the Spring Racing Carnival's "Birdcage" marquees.
Polo in Australia has traditionally been caught between an image of being accessible only to the wealthy upper class, and the reality of being played predominantly in far-flung locations by mostly rural types – neither of which was enticing to middle-class city dwellers or corporate sponsors.
The answer, according to promoter Janek Gazecki and his business partner, Australian-bred international polo player Ruki Baillieu, was to bring polo to the people, both in location and popular appeal.
Polo in the City kicked off – or chukkaed - seven years ago in Sydney and has grown into a five-city, five-week series through November and December.
This year's edition in Albert Park will include a VIP marquee, a bar area capable of hosting up to 1000 patrons and 55 corporate marquees, a three-fold increase from 17 last year.
Around 3000 patrons are expected on Saturday and more than 15,000 over the course of the series, which moves on to Perth and Adelaide over the next two weekends.
"When we first came on the scene, polo in this country was perceived as an elitist sport and there were a few before us who had attempted to market the sport in that way, as the sport of kings, for instance. We think that's complete nonsense, particularly in Australia," Mr Gazecki said.
"Here, it's a grass-roots sport with the custodians being the farmers. Most of the professional polo players coming out of Australia and New Zealand are kids off the farm, they've access to horses and they just start playing polo. They're down to earth and they've got nothing to do with the elitist concept polo as it is understood in the UK.
"It does represent achievement and aspiration, and to be good at polo, to play it at the highest level, you've got to reach incredible heights of dedication and talent so it still represents that concept of excellence and success, but for different reasons."
Mr Gazecki said the popularity of polo had taken off not just due to the game itself, which he describes as "phenomenally exciting", but also because it is highly social but less formal than its horse racing equivalent, the Spring Racing Carnival.
"It's a lot more casual - overly fancy frocks and fascinators and silly hats are discouraged at the polo," he said. "It's about sensible, stylish dress, which makes for a far more relaxed and casual atmosphere."
Spectators are also encouraged to join the half-time "divot stomp", while some of the sport's top professional players - including Baillieu and Australian team captain Glen Gilmore - visit sponsor marquees before and after the game to meet fans and explain the rules to newcomers.
Baillieu is one of Australia's marquee players, touring the world and playing professionally in Britain, the US and Argentina. The latter is the game's acknowledged home, where games are played in an MCG-style arena before up to 60,000 spectators.
The 35-year-old Victorian is also a nephew of Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and has been described by one publication as "a charming devil on horseback".
Mr Gazecki described the players who will contest Saturday's centrepiece professional match - one of two being played alongside a pro-am curtain raiser - as world-class athletes.
"It's a combination of hockey, rugby and I'd even throw yoga in there because it just requires so much core strength because you're on a horse and having to swing your mallet left and right and lean off the horse," he said.
"It's an amazing combinaton of physical and mental qualities that are required at the professional level."


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Funds were nearly cut Wednesday for domestic surveillance of U.S. residents in a narrow vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Surveillance is conducted by the National Security Agency, which keeps records of telephone calls and Internet activities and serves general warrants to obtain Facebook and Google records.
The domestic surveillance became widely known after former employee Edward Snowden leaked NSA documents to the press.
The revelations caused alarm that the information might be secretly used to harass, intimidate or persecute the innocent.
Critics say the surveillance violates the protection in the U.S. Constitution against unreasonable searches and seizures.
In the House, Nebraska Reps. Adrian Smith, Jeff Fortenberry and Lee Terry voted Wednesday to continue to fund NSA surveillance.
The conservative group, Americans for Limited Government, said the NSA is violating both the Constitution and the Patriot Act.
The original intent of Section 215 of the Patriot Act never authorized blanket, suspicion-less surveillance of every single American, ALG said.
"The fact is, the government's interpretation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act does something that has never been done before which is assert that because you might commit a crime or engage in terrorism, you can be subjected to a search, ALG said.
Every case of searches of third-party vendors' phone and bank records were all relevant to investigations into specific persons regarding specific crimes. (But) these are just general warrants searching everything and everyone, ALG said.
Lax oversight
After Snowden revealed the government is collecting metadata on phone calls, NSA officials assured members of Congress that the program is performed under rigorous oversight, the International Business Times reported Thursday.
However, oversight procedures are conducted almost entirely within the NSA so it is unclear whether there is an electronic trail outside of the NSAs reports that would detail how the NSA is using the database, according to the Business Times report.
Former NSA employee J. Kirk Wiebe, who left the agency after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, told a congressional committee that any oversight is meaningless unless an outside agency has access to observe how the NSA is using the sensitive information it is collecting on Americans.
Wiebe was among a few NSA employees who tried to draw attention to wasteful programs at the NSA after 9/11, the Business Times reported.
Another hearing is set Wednesday in the House of Representatives by a special, ad hoc committee led by Democrat Alan Grayson of Florida.
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Satellite Imagery
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica showcases 15 meter imagery of the Antarctic continent. Acquired by a partnership through NASA, USGS, BAS, and NSF, it can be downloaded in tiles by visiting the LIMA webpage. The imagery consists of LANDSAT 30 meter true-color bands 3, 2, 1, pansharpened from the 15 meter panchromatic (black and white) band.
RADARSAT-1 (Antarctic Mapping Mission)
Compiled by the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University and Canadian Space Agency, the RADARSAT imagery "Antarctic Mosaic" was remotely sensed in 1997. It offers 125 meter resolution radar data to show the surface of Antarctica. To download the data, click the image or title. For more information visit the RADARSAT-1 webpage. Derivative products from the RADARSAT missions include the RAMP Digital Elevation Model.
MODIS Rapid Response System
The MODIS Rapid Response System was developed by NASA to produce a true-color and false-color (bands 3, 6, and 7), daily images of Antarctica at varying resolutions (250 m, 1 km, 2 km, 4 km). Notable subsets include the Ross Sea and Palmer Station, as well as a pan-Antarctic mosaic.
MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA)
The MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) was shot in the austral summer of 2003-04 as a cloud free view of the ice across the continent and compiled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. At 125 meter resolution, the MOA is a complementary dataset to the RADARSAT misson. For more information on this dataset visit the MOA homepage.
LIMA / MODIS / RADARSAT Mosaic of Antarctica
Providing complete coverage of the Antarctic continent, the LIMA / MODIS / RADARSAT Mosaic combines three remotely sensed images into one continuous image. Processing was done by the PGC's Paul Morin at a resolution of 500 meters. Included in the download is a jpeg image for presentation as well as a ZIP file with the native georeferenced imagery, complete with projection information. Not available for download on our website at this time. For more information or to obtain a copy, contact the PGC.


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Flights are a great way to meet people. They are also excellent opportunities to share the story of agriculture.
During my trip last week to Agricultural Media Summit in Buffalo, N.Y., I met a young woman and her not quite 2 year old son. He became quite fussy upon takeoff and was screaming for the first five minutes or so. Eventually, the toddler calmed down but he was still very anxious because this was his first time on a plane, it was also his mom's first trip on a plane.
To help keep the little guy occupied I pulled out my latest copy of Dairy Herd Management. I thought if nothing else the toddler would have fun looking at the pictures, and he did.
Every time the tiny tike turned a page he beamed with delight, "COOOOWWWWS!"
He enjoyed looking at the pictures of baby calves and tractors. I'm sure it was a great learning experience for the soon to be 2 year old.
It was also a good time for me to share with his mother what I do as a rancher and an agricultural communicator. She didn't know a lot about farm life, but I think she gained a greater appreciation of what agriculture does for her family.
I was pretty happy with myself after I got off the plane at Washington Dulles International Airport as I thought about sharing pictures on social media of the young boy staring at the latest issue of Dairy Herd Management. But that was before I saw the newest magazine version of Mother Jones.
On the cover of the politically left-wing publication was an illustration of a man with his lips sealed shut with bacon and the headline "Gagged by Big Ag."
Now, I wasn't shocked to see the magazine as I had already read the article online. It was an interesting take on the "ag-gag" dilemma that is facing many states, but a rather one sided view of the story from the perspective of animal rights activists. It did leave a bad taste in my mouth seeing the magazine so blatantly out there in public.
I began thinking did anything that I said to that young mother on the plane have any staying power, or would a salacious news story undo one small victory for agriculture. It's hard to know, but I do know this "ag-gag" does not look good in writing or on television.
I'm really torn on this "ag-gag" debate. As a livestock producer, I don't want my way of life, my family business and my home put at jeopardy because of an undercover camera. However, as a journalist who believes in the First Amendment and the Freedom of the Press, I think we are overstepping our boundaries in protecting what we hold so dear.
For instance, I live in the state of Kansas, the very first state to enact farm protection legislation back in 1990 (side note: I was barely 2 years old in 1990). I take a lot of pictures of livestock and crop fields on weekends as I drive back and forth from work in Lenexa to the family ranch near Eureka. This activity could potentially get me into a lot of trouble if someone were to catch me in the act of photographing their property without consent.
Until that time comes, I'm going to continue taking pictures of agriculture in Kansas and across the nation. I'm also going to continue spreading the word to consumers about an industry I care a great deal for and I hope you will too.
I know that last message was beating a dead horse (by the way that's something an animal rights activist would love to catch you doing, so don't do it), but I think it bears repeating that agriculture producers need to be more open to having conversations with consumers.
Talking to people while you're away from the farm on a parts run, grocery shopping, or even the rare plane flight for a vacation could give that consumer a better view of agriculture. Social media is an excellent way to stay on the farm or ranch and connect to 98 percent of American citizens who are not involved with agriculture. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube are great mediums to share your story and make a positive impact.
Let's take the gags off ourselves and stop trying to put them on other people.
Oh, and the next time I'm on a flight I'll make sure to have an issue of PorkNetwork, so the person sitting next to me will know that bacon isn't meant to keep your mouth shut.


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Yamato USA presents the latest entry in their Fantasy Figure Gallery collection: The Touch of Ice (Luis Royo). Sculpted by Shunjii Hagii, this bladed beauty meaures approximately 6-inches tall crouching and comes complete with an art card, numbered display base, and certificate of authenticity. Shipping now, The Touch of Ice (Luis Royo) arrives packaged in a collector's style window box with the first edition limited to 2,500 pieces worldwide. SRP of $89.95.
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Gustav Klimt called him 'the greatest talent of the younger generation'. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen showed the work of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), the master painter who has inspired generations of artists. This major retrospective brought together Kokoschka's confrontational portraits more than half a century after his work was last exhibited in the Netherlands.The exhibition was a huge success, and more than 115,000 people visited the museum while it was running.
"Laura Gascoigne welcomes a rare exhibition of the evocative paintings of Oskar Koksochka" Apollo magazine
In 1950 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was the first Dutch museum to purchase a painting by Oskar Kokoschka, 'The Mandrill' of 1926. 150 paintings and drawings from private collections and major museums such as MoMA and Tate were assembled in Rotterdam. In eight themes the exhibition offers a personal perspective of the painter around the period of the First and Second World War. From a serie of children's portraits, portraits of the Viennese elite to politically charged allegories. The exhibition began with Kokoschka's earliest portraits and his discovery by the famous modernist architect Adolf Loos in 1908. The exhibition ended with his last self-portrait (1971/1972). With the title 'Time, Gentlemen Please', the announcement for final orders in British pubs, Kokoschka prefigures his own death.
Kokoschka began to explore an individual path even during his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. In the period dominated by Art Nouveau with an emphasis on ornament, he focussed on people. Kokoschka's portraits show us how he viewed mankind and the world. In a television interview in 1966, Kokoschka said that he was interested in a 'person's aura in space'. He thought it was important to express the sitter's psyche. He often made his models look older, as if he could see into the future. The result was that many clients did not buy their unflattering portraits. Kokoschka's works are characterised by bold colours and dynamic brushwork. This is typical of Expressionism, a movement typified by exaggerated forms, bright colours and distorted reality.
In addition to numerous portraits of people, the exhibition also featured more than twenty paintings of animals. Kokoschka was fascinated by animals, in which he often detected human characteristics. He painted the 'Mandrill' in London Zoo, outside public opening times. In the evening he was admitted to the zoo by zoologist Julian Huxley, brother of Aldous Huxley, the author of 'Brave New World'. Rather than depict the monkey in his small cage with thick bars, Kokoschka shows it in its natural environment.
Kokoschka's success was largely due to the modernist architect Adolf Loos. His circle of friends in Vienna's intellectual and cultural elite became Kokoschka's biggest clients. These included the writer Karl Kraus and the art historian Karl Maria Swoboda. Music also played an import ant part in Kokoschka's life, and through Loos he became acquainted with the composers Arnold Schönberg, Anton Webern and Egon Wellesz.
At the age of twenty-six Kokoschka met the love of his life: Alma Mahler, the widow of the composer Gustav Mahler. She was a great source of inspiration during their three-year relationship. In addition to writing 400 love letters, he painted a portrait of Alma in the style of the Mona Lisa, three double portraits - one of which is included in the exhibition - and numerous prints and drawings. Soon after their relationship ended, Alma married the architect and founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius. It took Kokoschka a long time to recover from the break-up; he even had a doll made in Alma's likeness.
'Oskar Kokoschka - Portraits of People and Animals' has been curated by guest curator is Beatrice von Bormann.
The exhibition 'Oskar Kokoschka - Portraits of People and Animals' was made possible by the generous support from the Special Benefactors, the BankGiro Loterij, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds (made possible by Breeman Talle Fonds), SNS REAAL Fonds, Ploum Lodder Princen, Zabawas, AON Artscope, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, K.F. Hein Foundation, and Crown.
The exhibition was accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue with essays by Beatrice von Bormann, Katharina Erling and Régine Bonnefoit. The catalogue is available for €35.95 in the museum shop, from webshop.boijmans.nl and in all good bookshops. ISBN: 978-90-6918-267-4
There were three special afternoon events with lectures, workshops, films or music. The museum was also organising a family day.
Watch the episode 'Monkey Say, Monkey Do' in which visitors are given an impassioned introduction to Kokoschka's work. In the AVRO programme 'Art Tracks' Dutch hip-hop artists Brainpower and Zanillya compose a number inspired by the painting 'Double Portrait of Carl Georg Heise and Hans Mardersteig'. Watch the episode here.
To mark the occasion of the exhibition in her museum, Bregje van der Laar - known from Boijmans TV - brings the Austrian artist back to life in an intimate conversation based on a programme shown on German television in 1966. Watch the interview here on ARTtube.
Guide Bregje van der Laar (known from Boijmans TV) has a conversation with Oskar Kokoschka, based on a programme shown on German television in 1966. Watch the video on ARTtube.


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SOUTH JAMAICA, N.Y. While the iS8/Nike Spring High School Classic is in its final week of pool play, there is much anticipation in the air.
As regular league play comes to a close, the stage is being set for the one-and-done playoffs: at which time, squads are sealing their places in the tournament's final stretch, while other teams are seeing their chances of receiving a berth snatched away.
On Saturday, after two forfeits by Team Philli (2-2), there were six contests remaining on the schedule with playoff implications. As a result of the day's activities, the New York-based Rens (Juniors) wrapped up pool play at the top of the West division with a 4-0 standing. Meanwhile, the other Rens squad was X-ed out by the competition, going 1-1 during the day, and finished 2-2 in the South division.
Raising Champions (N.Y.) won its only contest of the day to earn a 3-1 standing, finishing right behind the Rens (Juniors) in the West division. On the flip-side, in West division contests, there were two New York squads that were withheld from getting out of pool play: Bunky Reid Allstars (2-2), which went .500 for the day, and B'Ballers, which remained winless in league play and fell to 0-4.
In out-of-state action, Team Delaware earned a playoff bid when they ran through the Rens in the South division and, as a result, now, hold a 3-1 standing. Meanwhile, New Jersey's NIA Prep (American) and NIA Prep (National) each finished pool play 1-3 when they were outmatched by New York squads during the day.
Let's take a look at some of the action.
The Rens (Juniors) Hold Off NIA Prep (American), 63-52
The squads stayed evenly matched from jump-ball through to the second quarter, with both the Rens (Juniors) and NIA Prep (American) holding early leads. NIA Prep led by as much as four points, when a long-range jumper by Morgan State-commit Patrick Cole made the score 24-20. However, by the end of the second phase, the Rens jumped into a mini 6-0 run, sparked by South Carolina-commit Thaddeus Hall (Thomas Jefferson (N.Y.) '12), and tied the game at 26 with 1:55 left before halftime.
The Rens went on to take the lead, as NIA Prep trailed by a deuce, 30-28, at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Rens increased their point margin to as much as nine points. However, NIA's Keith Foster and Ramon Johnson attempted to prevent the Rens from taking flight. Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 270-pound, Coastal Carolina commit, was especially instrumental deflecting lane penetration down low. The duo led their team into a small surge that allowed the New Jersey squad to come within striking distance. However, mishaps down the stretch and continued work by Hall and teammate big man Kentan Facey (Long Island Lutheran High School (N.Y.) '13) prevented the squad from officially overcoming the deficit in the fourth quarter.
The Rens' Facey finished with 15 points, while Hall netted 14 points in the win. Meanwhile, NIA Prep's Johnson and Foster, paced their squad with 18 and 15 points, respectively.
*** The Rens (Juniors) went on to defeat B'Ballers in the 11:30 a.m. matchup.
Bunky Reid Allstars Down NIA Prep (American), 81-75
In the first half, Bunky Reid seemed to be able to push back NIA Prep (American) with its high energy and quickness up and down the floor. Bunky Reid moved around well without the ball and the squad's facilitators found teammates in great spots for scoring. Despite solid attempts by NIA Prep, Bunky Reid led by as much as 11 points in the first half, 23-12.
During this time, Bunky Reid's Sheldon Hagigal (West Oaks Academy (Fla.) '12; formerly of Westbury High School (N.Y.) '12) found an impressive groove. Whatever he wanted to do with the ball he could, scoring in a number of ways: over opponents in the paint, jump-shooting from different points on the floor and making his time at the line count.
As a result, despite NIA Prep being able to cut the deficit to a two-possession game, by the heart of the third quarter, Bunky Reid elevated to a 12-point advantage, twice, in the period. The last time being with about a minute remaining when the score was, 57-45.
Springing into action in the fourth and final phase, NIA Prep, led by Keith Taylor and Gary Brun, cut Bunky Reid's advantage to only an ace, 64-63.
Still, unable to slow the drive and offensive grind of Hagigal, NIA Prep (American) slowly faded into the backdrop, as Bunky Reid led by as much as 10 points, 80-70, with about 25 seconds remaining in the contest.
Bunky Reid's Hagigal finished with an outstanding, game-high 41 points, 20 in the second half. NIA Prep's Taylor and Brun netted 19 points a piece in the squad's second loss of the day.
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Faculty member earns National Advisor of the Year award, students win awards for excellence in media
The Muskingum College newspaper, The Black and Magenta, its advisor Dr. Vivian Wagner, and the college's radio station, WMCO, each have earned awards for excellence from the Society of Collegiate Journalists (SCJ), the national honorary fraternity for student journalists.
Assistant Professor of Journalism Dr. Vivian Wagner has been awarded the Sheridan Barker Adviser of the Year Award by the national council of SCJ. Dr. Wagner advises the college's chapter of SCJ and the student newspaper, The Black and Magenta. She also co-advises the college's journalism program and serves as vice president on the national SCJ Council. The annual Sheridan Barker award recognizes exceptional dedication and performance of a student media and SCJ adviser.
Several Muskingum College students also won awards in the national SCJ journalism contest, as follows:
First place in the Sports Broadcast category was won by J.T. Raymond '06 and Chrissy Stragisher '08, for their coverage of Muskingum College softball.
Second place in the Sports Columns category was won by Stragisher for her story, Steroids in Baseball for The Black and Magenta.
Second place in the Radio Feature Broadcast category was won by WMCO's Sarah Schmidt '07 for her story, A Snapshot in Time.
Third place in the Radio Feature Broadcast category was won by WMCO's Spenser Miller '09 for this story The Loch-Ness Monster - Fact or Fiction?
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A year to celebrate Le Notre
Throughout 2013, the Palace of Versailles is paying tribute to André Le Notre, the creator of the Versailles gardens.
To mark the 400th anniversary of his birth, the spotlight is placed on Louis XIV's gardener, the exceptional architect and landscaper, but also on the experienced art collector, friend and confidant of the king, and a man whose aesthetic sense continues to inspire creators all over the world. Restoration work, exhibitions and performances will honour the genius of André Le Notre and the gardens of Versailles, his masterpiece.
On July 1 to 3, the International Le Notre Conference will put together the professionals of landscaping and gardening.
Among the most significant projects to celebrate Le Notre in the Palace but in the whole of the town of Versailles, features the reconstitution of an alley designed by the famous gardener on the site of Matelots-Mortemets. The large reconstitution, monitored by historians and architects from the Historic Monuments Agency is 3.2-kms long.
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1037First mention of Versailles. The village grows around a medieval manor and the St Julien church.
1561Martial de Lomenie, Finance Secretary of King Charles IX, becomes lord of Versailles. Jailed for alleged Protestantism, he is dispossessed by the Gondi family.
1632King Louis XIII buys the lordship of Versailles to Jean-Francois de Gondi, archbishop of Paris to build a castle on the spot.
1671King Louis XIV starts the construction of his castle.
1682Louis XIV and the Court settle in the Place of Versailles.
1715On the death of Louis XIV, Versaille has a population of 30,000.
1759Under Louis XV, construction of the Navy and Foreign Affairs Hotel and War Hotel.
1783Flight of a Montgolfier in Versailles.
1789Reunion of the Estates- General and Tennis Court Oath. A crowd of Parisians force the king to return to Paris.Revolution – The palace is emptied but not destroyed. Napoleon settle in it briefly.
1837King Louis-Philippe inaugurates the museum of French history.
1871Commune of Paris. The government of Adolphe Thiers settles in Versailles.
1919Treaty of Versailles.
1940Versailles is occupied by the Germans.
1965Versailles becomes the prefecture of Yvelines.
1966Restoration of the Grand Trianon, which becomes the residence of the guests of the Republic.
1982G7 summit.16 previous stages
Prefecture of Yvelines (78)
Population : 90,000
Économy : tourism, administration.
Celebrities : Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Air (rock band)
Labels : UNESCO World heritage
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Versailles and cycling
For a long tome, Versailles was used as a launching pad for the last stage of the Tour de France and the conclusion of the Tour de France. The 100th Tour de France could not overlook this tradition. The last visit of the Tour in 1989 recalls above all the final showdown between Laurent Fignon and Greg LeMond. The final time-trial between Versailles and the Champs-Elysees led to the shortest final time gap in the history of the race – eight seconds for the American.
Beforehand, the Royal town was eight times the start of the final time-trial of the Tour with victories by Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx or Luis Ocana.16 previous stages
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Population : 90,000
Économy : tourism, administration.
Celebrities : Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Air (rock band)
Labels : UNESCO World heritage
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The palace
The Château de Versailles, which has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List for 30 years, is one of the most beautiful achievements of 18th-century French art. The site began as Louis XIII's hunting lodge before his son Louis XIV transformed and expanded it, moving the court and government of France to Versailles in 1682. Each of the three French kings who lived there until the French Revolution added improvements to make it more beautiful.
The Hall of Mirrors, the King's Grand Apartments, the Museum of the History of France. The Château de Versailles, the seat of power until 1789, has continued to unfurl its splendour over the course of centuries. At first it was just a humble hunting lodge built by Louis XIII. But Louis XIV chose the site to build the palace we know today, the symbol of royal absolutism and embodiment of classical French art.
In the 1670s Louis XIV built the Grand Apartments of the King and Queen, whose most emblematic achievement is the Hall of Mirrors designed by Mansart, where the king put on his most ostentatious display of royal power in order to impress visitors. The Chapel and Opera were built in the next century under Louis XV.
The château lost its standing as the official seat of power in 1789 but acquired a new role in the 19th century as the Museum of the History of France, which was founded at the behest of Louis-Philippe, who ascended to the throne in 1830. That is when many of the château's rooms were taken over to house the new collections, which were added to until the early 20th century, tracing milestones in French history.
Grand Trianon
In 1687 Jules Hardouin Mansart built the Grand Trianon, probably the most refined group of buildings anywhere in the domain of Versailles, on the site of the "Porcelain Trianon", which Louis XIV had had erected in 1670 to escape the pomp and rigid formality of court life with his mistress Madame de Montespan.
"A little pink marble and porphyry palace with delightful gardens" is how Mansart described it. He closely followed the specifications of Louis XIV, who was deeply involved in the design process. Visitors cannot help falling under the spell of the elegantly proportioned, single-storey palace radiating a sense of cosiness, sweetness and grandeur all at once. Italian architecture heavily influenced the architecture of the building, which stands between a courtyard and garden. A balustrade once graced with vases, statues of groups of children and sculpted figures conceals the flat roof.
The "Marble Trianon" is famous for its orderly, geometrical French-style gardens "filled with all sorts of orange blossoms and green shrubbery" (Félibien). It has always been surrounded by tens of thousands of hardy perennials and tuberoses buried in pots enabling them to be changed every day, putting on a flowering, fragrant show. The plants create a dazzling décor that brilliantly enlivens the architecture, which is entirely open to the gardens.
Louis XIV occupied the Grand Trianon, where he also housed his sister-in-law the Princess Palatine, his son-in-law the duc de Chartres and his daughter the duchesse de Bourbon. It was beloved by Marie Leszczynska, who lived here in summer. Marie-Antoinette gave several performances here but preferred the Petit Trianon, which Louis XVI had given her as a present.
Napoleon Bonaparte had the palace restored before staying here on many occasions with his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise. In 1963 Charles de Gaulle had it restored as a guesthouse for presidents of France and the northern wing, known as "Trianon-sous-bois", was converted into an official presidential residence.
Visitors might agree with Félibien, who said "graces and cupids form what is most perfect in the most beautiful and most magnificent works of art" at Trianon. The Trianon's original furniture was scattered during the French Revolution; most of the present pieces date from the First Empire. Napoleon had the palace entirely refurnished and sometimes came here with Marie-Louise.
Marie-Antoinette's estate
From the Petit Trianon to the Queen's Gardens, passing by the Hamlet, the Estate, opened in 2006, reveals Marie-Antoinette's private life. Louis XVI's wife loved this place where she could return to the pleasures of simple, rural pursuits, away from the pomp of Versailles. The Petit Trianon and its park are indissociably linked to the memory of Queen Marie-Antoinette. She is the only queen to have imposed her personal taste on Versailles. Sweeping away the old court and its traditions, she insisted on living as she wished.
In her Trianon domain, which Louis XVI gave her in 1774, she found the heaven of privacy that enabled her to escape from the rigours of court etiquette. Nobody could come there without her invitation. The reinstatement of the compound which shows most of the former arrangement: enclosing walls, gates, grills and saut-de-loup [Wolf's jump] – shows the Petit Trianon domain as a guarded, preserved place, centred on its château. This arrangement shows the eclecticism and refinement of Marie-Antoinette, an art of living linked to free thinking, for the spirit of the Enlightenment was far from absent here.
Since 2007, the domain has been accessed from the Maison du Suisse, that is, the Porter, who not only held the keys of the Petit Trianon, but also had the power to allow visits to it in the Queen's absence.16 previous stages
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Population : 90,000
Économy : tourism, administration.
Celebrities : Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Air (rock band)
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The scandal of the Queen's necklace
Cardinal de Rohan, the Grand Chaplain of France, was in disgrace with the queen since his return from Vienna as ambassador. On the advice of her mother, Marie-Antoinette had evicted him from her entourage for his licentious behaviour. Anxious to win back her trust, the cardinal was ready to do anything. In his own entourage, a certain Mme de La Motte claimed to be a friend of the queen. She was an adventuress who said she was a descendent of the Valois royal house! She promised to bring the cardinal back into the queen's favour.
So on 11 August 1784, she organised a nocturnal pseudo meeting with her in the queen's grove. The false Marie-Antoinette reassured the cardinal about his situation. Rohan was on a cloud !
For several years, the Crown jewellers Böhmer and Bassenge had been trying to sell a sumptuous necklace with 540 diamonds. They offered it to Louis XVI in 1782 but the queen refused it. Its price was indeed astronomical: 1.6 million livres! Mme de La Motte spoke about it to the cardinal. He was ready to give it to the queen if she paid him in four instalments over 2 years. The jewellers were delighted to find a buyer. They handed over the necklace to the cardinal on 1 February 1785, and he gave it to Mme de La Motte. She disappeared with her accomplices.
On 12 July, Böhmer sent the queen a letter that made allusion to the necklace. She did not take the letter seriously and destroyed it. Receiving no reply, the jeweller returned to the subject in August. He expressed his surprise to Mme Campan, her chambermaid, that he had not received the total payment for the necklace. When the queen was told this, she demanded an explanation. The hoax was discovered. On 15 August, before celebrating mass in the royal chapel, Rohan was summoned into the king's presence. When he left his rooms he was arrested in the Hall of Mirrors before the stunned eyes of the courtiers. The scandal was out !
The cardinal was judged before the Parliament of Paris in May 1786. Completely unexpectedly, he was acquitted. Mme de La Motte and her accomplices were arrested and judged. She was sentenced to be branded with the letter V (for "voleuse", thief) with a red-hot iron. Although innocent, the queen was seen to be a guilty party. She was the scandal! She had wanted to ruin the cardinal whom she detested. Her unpopularity plummeted to new depths.16 previous stages
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Population : 90,000
Économy : tourism, administration.
Celebrities : Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Air (rock band)
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Businesses affected by the Times Square Transformation construction are eligible for signs that direct pedestrians to your storefront. These signs are attached to the barricades along the construction site areas. Details on the sign include your business name and logo only. If you would like a free sign, please contact Karen Flores, Community Construction Liaison, directly at (212) 784-0184 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.