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If the recent slew of storms hasn't made you believe in climate change, Chasing Ice, a new film about James Balog, will. The award-winning National Geographic photographer is the director and founder of the Extreme Ice Survey, a long-term photo project that has been snapping images of more than a dozen glacial landscapes every half hour since 2007. In the documentary, director Jeff Orlowski travels with the EIS team to Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and other frozen places to document their photographic findings, as well as the beauty and challenges of working in such harsh environments. We caught up with Balog by phone as he was flying around the globe on an outreach-and-education mission, and talked to the photographer about where to travel as the world's landscapes change.
** What places should people see now, before they change because of environmental damage?**
I don't think we should get too hyperbolic here and overstate the "before its too late" angle here, though there's a lot of Greenland travel inspired by that. But to be clear, there's a lot of ice in Greenland. The ice is changing, but it'll be a lot of generations before it really changes.
One place you can see the landscape changing the most is** Mendenhall Glacier** by Juneau. It is a glacier that a lot of people have seen because cruise ships stop in Juneau, and there are day trips on buses that many, many thousands of people make up there. In the past five years, we've documented tremendous change. It's a beautiful and dynamic landscape. The glacier is about to go crawling up in to a very deep fjord as it's retreating, and we've had five exciting years of observation.****
Anther one is Iceland: a glacier called Sólheimajökull. That's about two-and-a-half hours east of Reykjavik and that has been in fast retreat. It's accessible—you can get to it quite easily. There are hiking guides who can supply crampons and hard harts, and it's an amazingly cool spot. There's even a coffee shop down there. It used to be a howling wilderness down there but now there's a road right to it. We've seen enormous change and tremendous loss of ice and it's really epic to look at.****
The other big one would be in Greenland on the west central coast: Ilulissat Glacier. It can be reached from the village of the same name. You can take charters out there for a fairly reasonable price.
The other one is for the more adventurous and independent is Bridge Glacier, in British Columbia north of Whistler . In about a 25-minute helicopter flight you can get out and see it too. There's nothing in the tourism group that's laid-in there that makes it easy to do. You have to go to a helicopter guide and find someone to [take you there]. It's not difficult ot do, you just have to have a bit of savoir faire.
Apart from the cameras and technical equipment, what's the most important gear you bring on your trips?
The single-most important thing is a really good wind gear. Not all wind gear is created equal. In fact, I was really amazed: The second year I was at that Sólheimajökull Glacier, I was wearing a well known manufacturer's Windbreakers, and I had my back turned up glacier to this gust of wind that came roaring down off a volcano, probably 50 mph. I had a bunch of layers on underneath, but the wind came and I could actually feel the cold air pushing through the Gore-tex layer, then getting down to the fleece, and then my skin feeling cold. I've been much more fanatic about Windbreakers ever since.
Good Windbreakers are key, so be fastidious about that. Also gloves are a really big deal for us. I'm fond of fingerless fleece gloves and, if you can find them, those fleece gloves that have that mitten that flips down. I just pull on heavy glvoes on top of that. For people who aren't accustomed, a good fleece neck gaitor is important too; you can gain a lot of warmth.
What kind of comfort food do you bring on the trips?
Shot Bloks from Clif—they are the go-to pleasure food that we have in our pockets and our tent at night. They go down easy and they give you a jolt. I favor the strawberry and Cran-Razz. They taste good and don't have caffeine. Staying hydrated is really important too. You may be surrounded by a lot of water, but the air can actually be quite dry. So you need to focus on hydration.
You travel to some dangerous terrain. Do you take any good-luck charms with you?
I take two little crafts made by my oldest daughter, who's now 23, and youngest daugher who's 11, when they were young. They made these crafts—you put little beads in a shape, and then you iron them. They both made them for me, and they travel with me. I've got a heart and a rainbow, and a star.
Chasing Ice_ opens November 9 in New York, and rolls out across the country through November._


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Brangeless Oscars
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Some people were wondering whether or not Brad Pitt would be at the Oscars since he's a producer on The Big Short. It was a Brangeless Oscars. And many of you have written to say that this year's Oscars were short on big glamour, big excitement. Did that have anything to do with it? Would it have made a difference if they were there? Oh please, come on. Full Story
Brange Ballerina
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It's Brange Week! Angelina Jolie was presented with the Wall Street Journal Innovator Award last night in New York. She and Brad Pitt attended the event and hung out with Robert De Niro and Anna Wintour. Tonight, as you know, By The Sea opens AFI Fest so they'll be back in Hollywood on the carpet once again. Full Story
Angelina talks to the NYT about sexism & the Sony hack
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When Angelina Jolie told the world about her double mastectomy, she wrote it in an op-ed in the New York Times. When she told the world earlier this year about having her ovaries removed, she wrote it in an op-ed in the New York Times. So it makes sense that she would grant the New York Times an interview to promote By The Sea and be open to them asking her about her marriage, her working relationship with her husband, sexism in Hollywood, and, yes, the Sony hack. Full Story
Pitt Porn in the morning
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Brange gave an exclusive interview to Tom Brokaw for The Today Show to promote By The Sea. I've attached the video below. It's just under 8 minutes and he speaks to both of them individually and also together. There's a cute moment when Brad's basically like, yeah, my wife can't cook, but mostly we're pretty serious here, discussing Angelina's double mastectomy and her decision to have her ovaries removed this year. Full Story
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Angelina Jolie's By The Sea will open AFI Fest a week today. She returned to LA earlier this week – click here for a refresher – and now Brad Pitt covers the new issue of V Magazine with his hair all shaggy and Hubble. Read Full Intro
Brange OBSESSED
Ten years ago, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt became Brange, the defining couple of gossip. No other celebrity, no other singer-songwriter, no other power marriage, no other family of people with names all beginning with the same letter, not even those royals, no one else has come close to the level of fascination and obsession as Brange. Full Story
Brange: the soccer parents
OMG I love these pictures. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were photographed together on Sunday at the girls' soccer game. While watching Zahara and Shiloh play, they sat in the bleachers, at one point kissing… while 3 bodyguards hovered, discreetly, nearby. The security detail was dressed casually so as not to draw too much attention. Full Story
Bring the Pitt Porn!
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For me, Pitt Porn is the answer to most of it. And it's been so long since they've given us any. It's always about the kids now. And the directing and the art and the work and the passion projects but the passion that's the most fun, really, is the Brange sex passion… Is it withheld so that we're harder up for it when it finally comes? Whatever. Full Story
Brange's Australian meet-up?
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Here's Brad Pitt in Seoul, South Korea today at the premiere and press conference for Fury. He looks rested, a lot better than yesterday when he came off the flight -- click here for a refresher. I quite like this suit and the way the pants are fitting. Full Story
The blonde Brange embrace
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were photographed together on the set of By The Sea for the first time this week. She's honey-blonde and heavily eye-lined. SO 70s. If you're of my generation, do you have a shot of your mother in practically the same outfit? And hair? As you can see, at one point, in character, there's a Brange embrace, except it doesn't look all that happy because they play a couple growing apart. Full Story
More porn, less corn
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So E! News claims to have some more details about the Brange wedding. Apparently Angelina wore a white lace and silk gown, very simple, traditional, and floor length. Also a locket with her mother's photo inside. If you're the emotional type, that probably brought tears to your eyes. Full Story

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I recently purchased a WiSpy 2.4x Spectrum Analyser, but was initially greatly disappointed in its performance. (I am a retired electronics engineer with experience of large, expensive Spectrum Analysers). Figure 1 shows my initial results with lots of high level noise across the 2.4GHz spectrum. I thought that the WiSpy was defective and was about to return it for replacement. However, I decided to experiment further. The results of my experiments are below:-
Fig 2 shows the noise is slightly reduced by turning off the WiFi scanning (from the Chanalyser WiFi menu).
Fig 3 shows that the noise is totally removed by physically switching off the laptop WiFi.
In Figs 1, 2, 3 no significant data is being transmitted. The rounded spectrum implies that just the SSID beacon is being broadcast.
In Fig 4, catchup TV video is being streamed to a 2nd laptop in another room. The flat spectrum top indicates 802.11g transmission. Note from the waterfall display that the data is not continuous, but is downloaded in bursts as required. Laptop 1 WiFi is still off.
In Fig 5, WiFi has been turned back on, but WiFi scanning is off. As before, the wideband noise has increased considerably.
In Fig 6, which I am blocked from sending, the WiFi scanning was turned back on and the noise level increased even more.
Both laptops are running Windows 7. Laptop 1 is a Dell Latitude E5520 and laptop 2 is an HP Pavilion dm1.
The noisy results are not peculiar to the Dell. I get the same results if I fit the WiSpy to the HP.
The WiSpy is working OK, but to view a clean spectrum it is necessary to turn off the laptop WiFi.
Simply switching off the WiFi scanning via the Chanalyser menu is unsatisfactory.
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By now, you may have successfully rid yourself of plastic grocery bags because you are diligently carrying your reusable bags to the stores. Yet, you still end up with plastic bags. Don't throw them out immediately. You can always find a second use for them before they hit the landfill.
Bread bags, cereal box bags, frozen vegetable bags, newspaper bags, plastic wrappers from magazines and birthday party goody bags… these are just a few of the plastic bags that end up in a big stoneware pitcher I keep full of bags in my kitchen. Then I can reuse them for things like:
Wrapping produce before putting it in the refrigerator. When I buy produce, I rarely use the plastic produce bags. Sometimes, though, the produce will wilt if it's put in the refrigerator without a bag or a container. I use things like bread bags to put my celery or zucchini in so they don't get soft. I save a plastic produce bag from being consumed and I get a second use out of an already existing plastic bag.
Cleaning out the cat's litter box. It's a dirty job, and I hate to do it, but it's got to be done. The miscellaneous plastic bags come in handy for the job. If I had a dog, I'm sure I could put the bags to a similar use.
Double wrapping baked goods that are going in the freezer. A second bagging helps foods from getting freezer burn.
Throwing out bones. When I've got bones from a chicken, I wrap them in one of these bags before taking them out to the garbage. Hint: In the warm months, you really don't want chicken bones or any other animal products hanging out in your garbage cans for too long. They can start to smell and attract critters. If there are several days before trash collection, wrap the remains in the plastic bags and stick them in the freezer until trash day. Then throw them in the trash on pick-up day, and they'll probably still be half frozen by the time they are hauled away. No smell. No critters.
Sending leftover pizza in the boys' lunches. My boys like room temperature leftover pizza in their lunchbox. It's better than the garbage the school would feed them.
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Automatic Failover
Automatic failover is supported only in database mirroring sessions running with a witness in high-safety mode (high-safety mode with automatic failover). In high-safety mode with automatic failover, once the database is synchronized, if the principal database becomes unavailable, an automatic failover occurs. An automatic failover causes the mirror server to take over the role of principal server and bring its copy of the database online as the principal database. Requiring that the database be synchronized prevents data loss during failover, because every transaction committed on the principal database is also committed on the mirror database.
For automatic failover to improve reliability, the mirror and principal databases must reside on different computers.
Conditions Required for an Automatic Failover
Automatic failover requires the following conditions:
The database mirroring session must be running in high-safety mode and must possess a witness. For more information, see Synchronous Database Mirroring (High-Safety Mode).
The mirror database must already be synchronized. This guarantees that all of the log sent to the mirror server has been written to disk.
The principal server has lost communication with the rest of the database mirroring configuration, while the mirror and witness retain quorum. If all server instances lose communication, however, and the witness and the mirror server later regain communication, automatic failover does not occur.
For more information, see Quorum: How a Witness Affects Database Availability.
The mirror server has detected the loss of the principal server.
How the mirror server detects a failure of the principal server depends on whether it is a hard or soft failure. For more information, see Possible Failures During Database Mirroring.
How Automatic Failover Works
Under the preceding conditions, automatic failover initiates the following sequence of actions:
If the principal server is still running, it changes the state of the principal database to DISCONNECTED and disconnects all clients from the principal database.
The witness and mirror servers register that the principal server is unavailable.
If any log is waiting in the redo queue, the mirror server finishes rolling forward the mirror database.
The amount of time required to apply the log depends on the speed of the system, the recent work load, and the amount of log in the redo queue.
The former mirror database moves online as the new principal database, and recovery cleans up all uncommitted transactions by rolling them back as quickly as possible. Locks isolate those transactions.
When the former principal server rejoins the session, it recognizes that its failover partner now owns the principal role. The former principal server takes on the role of mirror, making its database the mirror database. The new mirror server synchronizes the new mirror database with the principal database as quickly as possible. As soon as the new mirror server has resynchronized the databases, failover is again possible, but in the reverse direction.
The following illustration shows a single instance of automatic failover.
Initially, all three servers are connected (the session has full quorum). Partner_A is the principal server and Partner_B is the mirror server. Partner_A (or the principal database on Partner_A) becomes unavailable. The witness and Partner_B both recognize that the principal is no longer available the session retains quorum. Partner_B becomes the principal server and makes its copy of the database available as the new principal database. Eventually, Partner_A reconnects to the session and discovers that Partner_B now owns the principal role. Partner_A then takes on the mirror role.
After failover, clients must reconnect to the current principal database. For more information, see Connecting Clients to a Database Mirroring Session (SQL Server).
Transactions that have been prepared using the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator but are still not committed when a failover occurs, are considered aborted after the database has failed over.
Disabling Automatic Failover by Using SQL Server Management Studio
To disable automatic failover, open the Database PropertiesMirroring page, and change the operating mode by selecting one of the following options:
High safety without automatic failover (synchronous)
In this mode, the database continues to be synchronized, and manual failover remains possible. For more information, see Synchronous Database Mirroring (High-Safety Mode).
High performance (asynchronous)
In this mode, the mirror database might lag somewhat behind the principal database, and manual failover is no longer possible. For more information, see Asynchronous Database Mirroring (High-Performance Mode).
To change the operating mode
Disabling Automatic Failover by Using Transact-SQL
At any point in a database mirroring session, the database owner can disable automatic failover by turning off the witness.
To turn off the witness
How to: Remove the Witness from a Database Mirroring Session (Transact-SQL)
Turning off the witness while retaining full transaction safety puts the session into high-safety mode without automatic failover.


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"I am stuck on California and have got it bad."
A letter to the editor of the Narka News (Narka, Kansas)
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan 1 1896
When I left Narka, [Kansas,] I promised to write to our neighbors but as we had so many -- and true friends-- I thought best to write one to you, giving a little outline of my trip, and if you will publish it, it will do for them all.
|Denver and Rio Grande Railroad map, 1891
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Along this road, the scenery is very beautiful. You would have to look up twice to see the top of the peaks while close to the track was a beautiful stream of water running very swiftly over rocks and pebbles, making it seem like old New York State.
Arrived at Grand Junction at midnight, and after leaving that stony and mountainous country, it seemed very nice to be on a level again. As this was the end of the division, the train stopped twenty minutes. I got out and looked around -- the moon was shining bright and as far as I could see, it was nice and level.
|1896 Silver Certificate. Image from Wikimedia.
But let me say, before I left Narka, I wrote Dr. Mosser to meet me at the Junction, as I expected to lay over twelve hours at Pueblo, but did not for we had been bothered and burdened some with the good things our kind neighbors had given us to eat. We had thirteen packages to see after, and while changing cars, Mrs. Webb [the writer's wife] lost one grip with her pocketbook containing about $15.
|At the Southern Pacific railroad bridge over the
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We were two nights and part of two days going through. Past [sic] through Hot Springs and the day was cold, but those springs were sending out steam.
|1898 magazine advertisement for
Southern Pacific and affiliated lines.
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Arrived at Sacramento about six in the evening. Next day, Saturday, at two, we came to Los Angeles. Harry and Bro. Goodman met us [at the] station.
As I have been over the city, I think it very nice. Streets are clean and broad. Have seen but one drunk man since I came here. A great industry here is the oil wells, which employs many men; soap factory, cracker factory, and fruit raising. Gardening and laundry work is mostly done by the Chinamen. Vegetables the year round. They are all through the city every day.
|A forest of oil rigs near Los Angeles, 1896
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Harry and I have brought us a lot apiece, and instead of paying rent, I put up a shanty 14x24, boarded up and down, matched flooring, not plastered, and only had a stove in it two weeks, night and morning. Nights are cold but after the sun is an hour high, can let the fire go out.
|Postcard from 1930-1945 era.
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Work is scarce in the winter as so many come to the city for work. One man in our neighborhood is putting up nine four-room houses, and it is the same all over the city. I am told there are eighteen Methodist churches here besides others. I wish the people of Narka could have the oranges that are ripening and going to waste here.
The above letter appeared on page 8 of the January 10, 1896 edition of the Narka News (Narka, Kansas.) The Narka News reported the following on March 20, 1896:
Charles Webb recently sent H. A. Hall a box of California fruit from Los Angeles. Mr. Hall brought around a sample each of oranges and lemons to this office. The oranges, at least, grew on Mr. Webb's lots in Los Angeles.


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We're very excited to officially launch BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0, available as a software update to all existing and new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet users. The enhanced OS was made available in beta to BlackBerry developers at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, and we've since provided details on how the new features – such as the integrated email and PIM apps – allow you to communicate more effectively, integrate socially, connect to your BlackBerry® smartphone with incredible new functionality, and help to supercharge your productivity. Demonstrations at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show were met with as much excitement from the BlackBerry community as our own. Now, the wait is finally over. So, what does this mean for business users, decision-makers, IT professionals, and CIO's?
Telling the whole story
You've likely seen your share of sneak peeks, specific feature demonstrations, screenshots, and video highlights – but how do all of these aspects tie together into a unified platform that works for your business? The answer: by standing on core functional values of productivity, collaboration, communication and security, as well as introducing brand new features to the market in a device that is designed to perform.
Saving costs, but increasing productivity and performance in your organization
Tablets entered the work space with excitement, but also with caution and a healthy dose of skepticism. Were these devices shiny new toys, outside of feasibility for those with a concern for the bottom line? But as we've seen over the past year and beyond, tablets represent a new form-factor within the ecosystem of corporate hardware provisioning and network assets. They've found their place in field services, sales groups who travel often, administrative work, and countless other industries and roles. I'll back myself up here by referencing the BlackBerry Customer Success web site, which showcases the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in action for businesses like McCain Foods Limited, Edge Imaging, Sun Life Financial Inc., and more.
With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has reached a level of functionality that can allow it to integrate more deeply within both enterprise and SMB environments. In fact, it's no secret that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was designed to meet these needs and thrive as a tool that increases productivity and collaboration, integrates within your IT infrastructure, and provides rich media experiences.
Use cases from experience
I'm a blogger who is most passionate about the topics that I'm familiar with and products that I use on a regular basis. And, being a RIM employee I get to play with unreleased software, so let me share a few ways that BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 has improved my own daily work:
1. Workflow comes with me when I leave my desk
The options are vast, but I personally use a combination of Documents To Go®, which allows me to create/open/edit Microsoft® documents using my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and Print To Go, which I use to instantly and securely to shoot documents from my PC to my tablet. With these powerful tools, I'm able to not only read and review documents that are sent my way, but also to make changes, apply comments, and even finalize them completely – all using my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
2. A powerhouse in the boardroom
Not me – my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Three examples here: taking notes, referencing documents, and presenting. If I'm tasked with recording the events and inclinations of a particular meeting, I can use either the native email, Microsoft® Word® via Documents To Go, or third-party apps. I also like to use my BlackBerry smartphone keyboard to type on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using the new remote control capabilities in BlackBerry® Bridge™. For referencing documents, I haven't found one yet that won't pop open and allow for smooth interaction. When I'm presenting, all I need is my HDMI cable and BlackBerry Bridge to control my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using my BlackBerry smartphone. It lets me navigate through Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations. The icing on the cake is that the 7-inch form factor of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet allows me to travel light, while still expanding my functionality rather than limiting it.
3. Airports have become fun
Okay, maybe that's taking it a little far…but I can say that there are two functional aspects of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 that have made the travel waiting a breeze. First, organizing and referencing my travel documents has never been easier. I always receive 3-5 confirmation documents leading up to a trip, and believe it or not, finding time to print these off physically and then remembering to bring them with me is a pain (does that make me busy or lazy?). Using the Print To Go app, where I've already sent all of these confirmations with a quick "File > Print" from my PC as they came in, I simply walk up to a check-in kiosk, reference the flight number, and I'm off – same goes for the hotel. Secondly, the games on BlackBerry PlayBook tablet are fantastic. Waiting at the gate no longer entails watch-checking and foot tapping. Instead, I'm completely engrossed in some of the incredible games, like Cut the Rope, Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, and others. I think I scared the kid next to me with Dead Space from Electronic Arts.
These are just a few examples; I'm constantly finding areas in my work and personal life where my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet running BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 allows for additional tasks, or replaces more time-consuming methods. A few of the features of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 include:
- Built-in email, calendar, and contacts; all integrated with social media
- Documents To Go and Print To Go
- BlackBerry App World™
- BlackBerry Video Store (initially be available in the United States – support for other countries is expected to be added later this year)
- Updates to BlackBerry Bridge app
- BlackBerry® Balance technology
- Enhancements to Video Chat
To learn more about the free software update for your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, head over to www.blackberry.com/playbook. I'd love to get your reactions once you've had a chance to upgrade – share in the comments below!


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"We thought this would be a good opportunity to say thank you and 'Happy Birthday!'" said Kevin O'Hare as he welcomed over 600 Friends of Covent Garden to a special event in the main auditorium last week: Royal Ballet in Class on the main stage.
Daily Class happens every day of a dancer's working life: an hour and a quarter of exercises to fully warm up for the day ahead. The public only get to sit in on these classes very rarely, and when they do, it is in a studio where space to sit and watch is limited. Kevin brought this key part of The Royal Ballet's day onto the main stage as a way of recognizing that the Friends of Covent Garden are essential supporters of the work of the Royal Opera House.
Each ticket was £2.50 to cover processing and mailing cost, meaning that Friends were able to purchase tickets in all parts of the auditorium at just £5 for two people. It was a wonderful occasion that Friends responded to enthusiastically, one remarking: "I've only ever treated myself to a ticket in the Grand Tier once before; this is so special!"
2012 is the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Friends of Covent Garden, and we are extremely grateful to them for their ongoing enthusiasm and support for everything that we do. As Kevin said, Happy Birthday!


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Something I find with my current PC is that it takes 5-10 minutes to be useable, the net connection will drop for the first 20-30 minutes of daily usage, sometimes IE crashes and some folders can take a while to load up, mainly just all round lag). So pretty much anything will be an upgrade :D
I mainly use for computer for Media type stuff. This includes Youtube (uploading + watching mostly), watching Movies/Tv Shows and the occassional gaming (Although I may increase my gaming soon). I would like my new laptop to have a HDMI port (This is a must), Blu-ray player (This isn't a must have, but would be cool to have) and also the more USB ports the better but 3/4 would be enough I guess.
Screen size must be at least 15". I wouldn't want to spend anymore than $2k, but even then im hoping for something no more than $1500/$1600 (I really hate spending money, even $5 I hate lol).
If you would like to reccommend me a laptop that would be cool, but not bothered as I have been doing a tiny bit of comparing models seeing what I think is the best value for money.
I also have some questions regarding processors/Hardware in laptops. What is the better brand processor? AMD or Intel? Im pretty sure it is Intel based on my research? What is the better brand for a graphics card, Nvidia? Radeon? Is there any sort of hardware I should definitely be staying away from?
Anymore advice on selecting a new Laptop would be greatly apprecated. Thanks for all the help :)


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Prior to last night's San Luis Obispo/Oxnard high-school football game, one unfortunate cheerleader made the mistake of standing guard near the tunnel though which players charge onto the field.
Dag. That was close to an impaling, wasn't it?
With spirit, she picked herself up and root, root, rooted the Tigers onto victory. Only the strong survive.
Prep Cheerleader Drilled from Behind by Football Player [BallHyped]
Winning now an option for San Luis Obispo football [The Tribune]


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Overall print size is 10 x 12 inches. your print will slip easily into an 10 x12 inch frame which are easily available. The actual size of the image is 188 x 225mm
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Scioscia wins challenge on foul ball call
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez.
SEATTLE -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia challenged a call that was overturned on an initial Justin Smoak double Wednesday, making him 8-for-15 in challenges this season.
Leading off the fourth inning with a 2-0 Mariners lead, Smoak skied a C.J. Wilson offering to deep right field and wound up on second base after first-base umpire Dan Iassogna called it fair. Replays, however, showed the ball landed to the right of the chalk, and umpires acknowledged as much after confirming with replay.
Smoak, who entered Wednesday with a .375 batting average against the Angels this season, eventually struck out.
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The Astoria FisherPoets gathering is a two-day celebration of poetry, prose and song. Share in the revelry of this event as stories are told in song and prose in the dark cozy comfort of Astoria's local venues. The dramatic lifestyle of the commercial fisherman provides color and character to their art. In the morning, climb aboard the Coldstream and listen to more talk on this interesting blend of fishing and poetry.
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It works in mysterious ways. :) I had to run to the fabric store the other day to pick up a yard a particular print, and of course I found some other things that I couldn't live with out. So, I grabbed a few yards of each.
And in the midst of making a ton of custom birthday tees...
I took a quick break to make something new and fun for the holidays.
I love the combination of the woven cotton with the fine wale corduroy, which is sooo soft. And I think this makes a perfect holiday dress because it doesn't scream Christmas, and since it's not red and green, I think it will be able to be worn throughout the winter season. What do you think?


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An important part of any breeding programme is to regularly attend and compete at shows. Cat shows allow licensed judges, fellow breeders, and the public the chance to give us feedback. Although each breeder tends to prefer and emphasize certain qualities that they feel are the essence of a Birman, it is essential that we be evaluated as to how closely we are following the overall breed standard. TICA (The International Cat Association) along with a Breed Committee determines and constantly regulates that standard. The onus is on the breeders to remain faithful to that standard, as well as ensure good health and loving personalities in our cats. This cannot be done in a vacuum. I make every effort to attend several shows each year. Through showing, I have been blessed with many new friends and gained so much information about all cats. This has made me a more knowledgeable and competent breeder.
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In 2010 toolmaker Sandvik Coromant tasked ZEISS with creating a measuring program for gear hobs. The result: Using the GEAR PRO hob software from ZEISS, the company reduced its measuring times by up to 80 percent. The automatically generated measurement reports verify the accuracy of each gear hob.
"Precision is enormously important to our customers – and we have to verify it with our measuring systems," says Axel Küpper, Senior Manager, Global Sales and Application, Gear Milling Solutions at Sandvik Coromant, the world leader in tools and tool solutions. "If the profile of a gear wheel for a crane is not manufactured precisely, the manufacturer may have just wasted 40,000 euros." This was precisely the reason why the subject of metrology was so important for Sandvik when the company decided to enter the market for gear hobs.
Sandvik was already using ZEISS coordinate measuring machines. What was missing, however, was a specialized measuring program that met three criteria: first, during the measurement, all 17 DIN 3968 requirements on a hob of a certain quality class must be covered. Second, the results of this measurement should be automatically entered in the measurement report. Finally, the software should facilitate fast measurements. Sandvik was unable to find software on the market that met their needs. Their inquiry to ZEISS led to a development collaboration.
In 2010, ZEISS installed at Sandvik in Schmalkalden the first development level of software designed for hob measurements. Development continued at the same time: Sandvik worked on the first models of its hob and used the software for the accompanying measurements. Carl Zeiss incorporated the data from these measurements into the ongoing development of the software. The breakthrough came in 2011: Sandvik introduced its first hob, the CoroMill 176. ZEISS also completed programing the first version of its software for hob measurements.
Today, the GEAR PRO hob measuring software from ZEISS meets all the requirements defined by Sandnik without exception: at the push of a button the measuring machine measures all of the distances and dimensions specified in DIN 3968. The software uses the results to generate the measurement report. This documents the accuracy class of each gear hob for Sandvik's customers. "And we are receiving very good feedback," states a pleased Küpper. He is also more than satisfied with the measuring time: it takes us around 25 minutes to measure a module 4 hob with 70 teeth and enter the results in the report. This process took 2.5 hours in the past, a reduction of approx. 80 percent.


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Visit Vocations Toronto at www.vocationstoronto.ca, a resourceful site in answering these questions.
The first reading today is from the Prophet Amos. This Prophet was known
for telling off the rich and the powerful. He was clear that those with
wealth and power should never oppress the poor and the powerless. Yet, it
always happens. The Jewish Scriptures are always clear: God is the
protector of the poor and the powerless. Those who oppress the poor and
the powerless will eventually have to present themselves to God and hear
His words.
The First Letter to Timothy is the source of the second reading today. The
teaching today reminds us to pray: for kings and for all in authority,
that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. If
those in authority serve others well, the world is at peace and all can
live with devotion and dignity. Has the world ever been that way? Do we
see the world that way today? If so many cannot live with devotion and
dignity, then we must pray all the more for those in authority.
The section from Luke's Gospel today teaches us more about the relationship
between the wealthy and powerful and the poor and powerless. Jesus is
clear that we cannot serve God and serve any other person or thing that
would get in the way with our relationship with God. Mammon is any form of
material wealth or greed. We all suffer from our relationship to mammon at
various levels. God invites us to be free so that we can freely give our
lives to others in service and love.
Everyone is invited to reform by these readings today. All of us are
invited to seek out the poor and the needy, the helpless, and find ways to
help them. Usually we only have to look at our neighbors to find the poor
and the needy in some form. Those who are helpless are all around us and
even in our own families and communities. Far too often our eyes are
closed and we do not see the truth.
God, help us to see. Open our eyes. May we walk in the way of Jesus
Christ and love all others. Amen.
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Mr. Speaker, bullying and cyberbullying are serious issues for many Canadian families and communities. According to a recent study, more then 40% of youth reported being a victim of cyberbullying, and more then 60% have witnessed cyberbullying.
In this Bullying Awareness Week, I encourage Canadians to get more informed on this issue, as well as the devastating consequences it may have on its victims, and the resources available to help Canadians combat it.
I especially encourage parents and teachers to visit the website www.getcybersafe.gc.ca to get informed on how to recognize and prevent cyberbullying. I also invite everyone to discover BullyText, an interactive tool offered by the RCMP that aims to encourage conversation amongst youth about these questions.
On a brighter note, more then 70% of Canadian youth who have witnessed cyberbullying said they intervened. Let us follow their example at school, at work, at home, and in all spheres of life, and let us put an end to bullying.


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RAW files represent an image exactly as captured by the camera's sensor, and offer the most flexibility for adjustment on your computer. In most cases, it is possible to match the look of a camera-processed JPEG image to a RAW photo using Aperture's adjustments. This gives the advantage of not permanently altering your original images, and allows you to alter or completely remove adjustments at any time. You can create import presets in Aperture to add any adjustments you'd like to your images automatically as you import them. See Aperture 3.x: Applying Effects to Photos During Import for more information.
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taken from http://john-badassrides.blogspot.com...y-with-me.html
As a young man swimming defined my schedule, my goals, my friendships, even my ego. So on 1 April 2012 when I stepped onto a starting block for the first time in over 20 years... I was coming home.
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The benefit of having a huge network of commenters and contributors like Kinja is that the talent has a hard time hiding, which is why so many Jalopnik writers and editors got their start in our comments. Gawker has a plan to make this process even easier and I'm proud to announce Doug DeMuro will be our first experiment.
Many of you noticed this post by my new boss Joel Johnson that outlined how we'd use Kinja to give people an opportunity to work for one of our larger sites by giving them a subsite (or sub-blog) to run on their own.
I'm 100% behind this editorially as we've had great luck bringing people from the greater Kinjaverse — like our Weekend Editor Mike Ballaban — into the Jalopnik fold. I'm also looking at it as a chance to spread into adjacent coverage areas, as we've done with Truck Yeah!. More on that in the coming weeks.
In looking where to start it made perfect sense to reach out to Doug DeMuro as his Kinja has often been one of the 20 biggest and you all email me about hiring him all the time. Additionally, he wrote this great story last year for us and has a popular eBook.
Even more than that, Doug simply covers cars in a way most of us don't. Who else buys a Range Rover at Carmax or gets rid of a CTS-V wagon and picks up a Ferrari 360 to replace it?
You can find Doug's contributions here for the near future and, of course, we'll continue to share his posts on Jalopnik.
If you have any questions for me about this system, or for Doug about the new site, don't hesitate to ask.


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A rescue team retrieves the body of an unidentified man from Baranggay Poblacion in Compostela Valley. Around 780 people are still missing after the province was hit by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha). Pablo is the most southerly typhoon recorded in the western Pacific Ocean, and the second strong typhoon to have hit southern Philippines in 2 years. Scientists predicted years ago that human-caused climate change would result in abnormally severe extreme weather events. The past few years have seen the Philippines, and other parts of the world, struggle to cope with the effects of drastically altered weather patterns. Pablo has left more than 1,500 people either dead or missing and has left at least PHP 14.30 billion in damages.
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Ryan, Walker headline Wisconsin GOP convention
MADISON, Wis. — Last year's Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Gov. Scott Walker are among those speaking at this weekend's Wisconsin GOP convention.
The two potential 2016 presidential candidates will be joined by a host of other Republican office holders for the annual state convention in Rothschild. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who is the former state party chairman, is delivering the keynote address on Saturday.
The meeting comes as Priebus is urging Republicans nationally to embrace recommendations in a study he released in March calling for the party to become more inclusive and reach out to Hispanics and other minority groups.
Priebus says he plans to focus on the report in his comments to Wisconsin Republicans at the meeting.


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Nuance has agreed to purchase Seattle startup Swype for more than $100 million, according to GeekWire sources. The news was first reported in Uncrunched. We've reached out to executives of the company for comment, and will update the post as we learn more.
A GeekWire source with knowledge of the deal confirmed the acquisition, though we are still waiting for the official word. We've also heard through sources that the deal will be announced first thing in the morning, with the price tag coming in at just under $105 million. [This post has been updated with additional information].
UPDATE 7:15 a.m.: According to a SEC filing, Nuance is paying $102.5 million. The deal includes a payment of $77.5 million at closing, and another $25 million on the eighteen month anniversary.
Swype, whose text-input technology for mobile phones has been installed on about 100 million devices, was founded by Cliff Kushler, who previously created Tegic's T9 system, and Randy Marsden. Its CEO is Mike McSherry, who previously co-founded Amp'd and Boost Mobile.
Interestingly, Tegic was acquired by Nuance from AOL in 2007, though Kushler had already moved on from the company at that time. Nuance retains a large presence in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood, and has a similar product offering to Swype called Trace.
Swype is located just a few blocks away from Nuance, so it should be a pretty easy integration.
Both technologies allow users to input text on a touchscreen device with a swipe of a finger rather than the traditional tap. Swype executives claim that a proficient "Swyper" can input text far faster than the traditional tapping method.
Swype had raised about $15 million, including a $2.5 million round in July from Seattle backers such as Ignition Partners and Benaroya Capital. Other investors included handset makers Samsung, Nokia and Docomo. It employs about 80 people.
Swype has been one of Seattle's most high-profile success stories, with the company winning accolades and awards for its technology.
We chatted with Swype inventor Kushler at the Seattle 2.0 awards last year (pictured) in which he shared his vision for the technology, noting that it was originally conceived to help those with disabilities more easily input text on mobile devices.
The company has been expanding beyond mobile phones in recent months, with McSherry noting in March that it is having discussions with most major device makers.
"We think Swype works for anything that you would touch, point a remote control at, point a finger or head at and use gestures," said McSherry.
Follow-up: Swype CEO on acquisition by Nuance: 'It is a great outcome'
John Cook is co-founder of GeekWire. Follow on Twitter: @geekwirenews.


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Horse-inspired fitness enthusiast Joanna Rohrback is at it again, this time with a disclaimer that the video is "X-rated."
After her first video hit more than 7.5 million views, Rohrback was brought on to make a John Mayer music video.
Now, she's getting back to making videos of her own. Her newest clip, called "Uninhibited Fitness," encourages viewers to take their horselike gait into the open, releasing their "inner horse."
"I'm uninhibited as I've already exhibited, so let them stare and gawk -- I'm gonna do my Prancercise walk!" Rohrback says, galloping along a path. The video itself is not really X-rated, despite the caveat. Instead, Rohrback says it's a response to the comedians that call her clothing "too revealing."
Rohrback has amassed a cult following thanks to her ever-present spandex pants.
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Prepare to cringe. Nails on a chalkboard has company.
Researchers from Newcastle University endured the most spine-tingling sounds to determine the five worst offenders to the human ear. Based on the way our brains and bodies react, the scientists found that nails on a blackboard is only the fifth-worst sound in existence, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
And while chalkboards are no longer commonplace in our society, the worst transgressors—a knife and a bottle—certainly are.
(MORE: What Does Space Smell Like?)
Following up that screeching sound of horribleness that is a knife scraping a bottle is something similar, a fork on glass. Ouch! Beyond that we have chalk on a blackboard in third and a ruler on a bottle in fourth. Fingernails on a blackboard is fifth.
But all the noises have one thing in common: the sounds falls within the frequency range of 2,000 to 5,000 Hz, the same range that includes human screams. Our brains don't like that much.
As the paper's author Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar notes, that's the range where our ears are most sensitive, so the findings weren't all that surprising. In the study, Kumar and Newcastle researcher Tim Griffiths brought volunteers into the Centre for Neuroimaging at University College, London. From there, the volunteers were subjected to excruciating noises while their brains underwent MRI scans, according to The Guardian. The worse the sound, the more heightened of a response the auditory cortex gave to the amygdala, the area of our brain that regulates negative reactions, the paper says.
"It appears there is something very primitive kicking in," Kumar writes. "It's a possible distress signal from the amygdala to the auditory cortex."
Of the 74 different noises tested out, volunteers got a reprieve when met with babbling water, the most well-adjusted of the sounds.
Want to listen yourself? Here they are — if you dare.
Knife on bottle:
Fork on glass:
Chalk on blackboard:
Ruler on bottle:
Nails on blackboard:
(Audio courtesy of the study's funder, Wellcome Trust.)


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Like all racing accidents, the most horrific crash in the history of motorsports happened in a single, chaotic sequence. When Jaguar driver Mike Hawthorn dove unexpectedly into pit lane, Lance Macklin swerved his Austin Healey into the trajectory of Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300SLR.
The 1953 Austin Healey at the center of the most horrific crash in the history of motorsports — the crash at the 1955 Le Mans that left 85 dead, and dozens maimed and injured — was just sold at auction for $1.3 million. Here is the story of the world's deadliest race car.
Levegh's magnesium-bodied Mercedes slammed into Macklin's Healey at 150 mph and launched over the Healey's sloping rear deck. The Mercedes cartwheeled into an embankment, pitching fire and shrapnel in all directions.
The car's hood was ripped free, and it spun off — a 100-mph saw blade that slashed through the gathered crowd. Levegh was killed instantly and 84 spectators died, some decapitated by the hood, others maimed by parts that slammed down like artillery shells, still others incinerated by white-hot magnesium.
The tragedy led Mercedes to pull out of factory-backed auto racing for three decades, and convinced Swiss officials to ban auto racing within its borders.
The 1953 Austin Healey works race car that played such a pivotal role — and, in our mind, like a car swerving into opposing traffic, actually causing the crash — in that concatenation of events went up for auction yesterday, and pulled in £843,000 — more than $1.3 million. Bonhams says the car — in unrestored "barn-find" condition was among only four prototypes to the popular 100S, and still bears its racing team road registration "NOJ 393."
Bonhams had been expecting the Austin-Healey to bring just £500,000 at the auction house's December Sale at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, UK yesterday. But a bidding war among four potential buyers drove the price higher than expected — to just under £850,000.
Prior to the fateful 1955 Le Mans, the car had been campaigned by works drivers Gordon Wilkins and Marcel Becquart, who finished third in class and 14th overall in 1953. During its racing years, 'NOJ 393' also ran in Carrera Panamericana and the Bahamas Speed Week at Nassau.
After the crash, French authorities impounded the Austin Healy for 18 months during an investigation. It was later cleared from blame and returned to the Donald Healey Motor Company. The company repaired and restored the car at its Warwick factory and — in the hands of privateers — it returned to competition in the late 1950s and on into the 1960s. The seller bought the car in 1969, and prior to the auction it had been sitting untouched since then.
Although there's no evidence to suggest the car's cursed, there's no way in hell we'd get behind the wheel.


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In Judaism, chesed shel emet translates out to 'true kindness'. Indeed it is, for the person you bury cannot thank you or repay your deed in any way. The kindness that you do is truly selfless, as you benefit not in any way from performing the mitzvah. This is how the world is able to stand.
There is a famous song that highlights this concept of loving-kindness, one of the legs that keeps the world standing and balanced.
Al shlosha d'varim, al shlosha d'varim
Al shlosha, shlosha d'varim, ha-olam, ha-olam omeid.
Al hatorah
V'al ha-avodah
V'al g'milut chassadim
Translation: There are three things upon which the world depends. On Torah, On work and study, On acts of loving-kindness. --Pirkei Avot 1:2
Why then were these communities, separated by a river, squabbling about doing true kindness to this woman? When it comes to performing a mitzvah, does it really come down to cost? As Rabbi Salanter showed us, the obligation that is incumbent upon us all is what is at stake. Whatever the price, whatever the effort, we must, and without further ado, stop what we are doing and do what is urgent and right. The world is like a three-legged stool and loving-kindness is a necessary leg. If we all bind together and performs these acts of kindness, the burden is light and shared. Love your neighbor as yourself and do it effortlessly.


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Visit of LASCAUX international cave center (Lascaux IV) and the Parc du Thot with a discounted price : Plan your visit to Lascaux in the language, the date and the time of your choice and discover the Parc du Thot whenever you want.
The International Center for Cave Art is located at the exit of the village at the bottom of the hill where the original cave of Lascaux is.
You will first be discovering the belvedere then the entire and unprecedented replica of the Lascaux cave in the company of a mediator for about 1 hour.
You will visit the various areas at your own pace thanks to a digital tablet :
- The atelier of Lascaux presenting 8 huge walls of the cave as well as digital and scenographic devices.
- The theatre of parietal art for cave painting in 3 acts presenting our relation to the discovery of decorated caves through centuries (19th to 21st c.)
- The film theatre proposes the virtual visit of the original cave and the presentation of other decorated caves.
- The gallery of imagination where one can explore the bounds between cave art and contemporary art thanks to a 90 screen-fitted wall.
- A temporary exhibition named "Red continent" by the artists band "Gigacircus"
Please take a sweater, a part of the tour is outside and the temperature of the cave is around 13°C
The visit lasts approximatively 2h30 - Restaurant area on spot - Deposit for bags - Disabled access - Free car park - Baby changing tables - any exit is final
OFFICIAL WEBSITE --> Le Parc du Thot <--
03/02 > 05/04 10h00 à 18h00
06/04 > 07/07 9h00 à 19h00**
08/07 > 21/07 08h30 à 20h30
22/07 > 04/08 08h00 à 21h
05/08 > 23/08 08h00 à 21h30
24/08 > 30/08 08h30 à 20h30
31/08 > 29/09 09h-19h
30/09 > 03/11 09h30-19h
04/11 > 05/01/20 10h-18h
Last admission 2hours before closing down
** 30-31/05 et 01/06 : 09h-20h30
Located in Thonac (9 km away from Lascaux), it is an interpretation center for prehistory with a museum area and an animal park. The place helps questioning Cro-Magnon's life and the importance of his relationship with animals.
In the museum you will discover the replicas of the 5 pannels of the Nave of Lascaux as well as the "Scene of the Pit" and the many engravings thanks to a black light.
Then comes the augmented reality animation. Step back in the past to discover extinct species of animals.
A 3D film about climate from early prehistory to nowadays.
You will be able to challenge other visitors on knowledge about prehistory with a digital tablet.
Outside, have a walk in the animal park to meet species in relation with the ones painted on the walls of Lascaux : aurochs, deer, Tarpan and Prjewalski horses, bisons...
During school holidays, le Thot offers participative workshops for families : cave painting, excavation, flint cutting, hunting like a Cro-Magnon, making of jewels or of a grease lamp.
The visit is not guided (about 1h30) - Picnic area - Disabled access indoors - Free car park - Toilets.
09/02 > 05/04 10h-12h30 à 14h30-17h30
06/04 > 07/07 10h à 18h
08/07 > 30/08 10h à 19h30
31/08 > 03/11 10h à 18h
04/11 > 05/01/20 10h à 17h
Closed on 25th of December 2019
Last admission 1h before closing down
Open all day during scholars vacations


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Maria Welker, 89, was choking on a piece of salmon when aspiring doctor Alex Jones, 18, came to help.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Maria Welker lived through a World War II-era concentration camp, escaped to become a refugee in Austria, where she met her husband, and later made her way to the United States, raising a family and living a full life as a naturalized American citizen. She'll celebrate her 89th birthday later this month.
Alex Jones is 18. He graduated from high school nearly a year ago. He's now a few weeks from finishing up his freshman year at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He hopes to be a doctor, someday.
Disparate paths, different generations, but with one frantic cry Sunday morning — "Does anyone know the Heimlich?" — their lives were forever linked.
Alex and his family were making the drive back to Mercyhurst on Sunday after a visit home to Bolivar, New York. They stopped at the Bob Evans restaurant in the Jamestown area, as they often do. They had left Bolivar a little later than normal that morning — a serendipitous delay, as it turned out.
Maria is a regular at the Bob Evans. A weekly trip to the restaurant is part of her routine — she loves the salmon. She was joined by her family on Sunday, which was in town to celebrate her grandson getting inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
A joyous occasion turned grim in an instant as Maria began to choke on her meal.
Her daughter, Karin, asked if anyone knew the Heimlich — softly at first, then with more fervor as her mother continued to struggle. A waitress arrived and said she knew the maneuver, but her certification card wasn't current. A moment later, Alex stepped to the table and took command of the situation. He'd heard the commotion from across the restaurant, springing into action when he realized his talents were needed.
Alex performed the Heimlich and dislodged the food. Afterward, he stayed by Maria's side to make sure she was OK.
"He was very attentive to her," Karin said. "He was a very impressive young man. He was super competent, calm and professional."
Alex maintained that humble demeanor a few days after his actions saved a life.
"It's just something you've got to do, you know? I happened to be there in the moment," he said. "It's just kind of like doing my job."
The Welker family — not to mention the rest of the restaurant — treated Alex like a hero. Countless hugs and handshakes followed. The family tried to show its appreciation by giving Alex some cash, which he attempted to turn down. They wouldn't have it, insisting he take at least a 20-dollar bill. Maria gave him one of her favorite German chocolates.
The restaurant got in on the act and picked up the tab for the family's meal.
"It was a scene. I was just happy it turned out well," Alex said. "Everybody was very flustered. It caused a big commotion, and everyone was thanking me after. I was just trying to do the right thing."
Remarkably, it wasn't the first time Alex employed the Heimlich to save a life. He was leaving a Bolivar-Richburg High School function last year when he came to the aid of a young boy who was choking on a piece of candy. That experience gave him confidence as he approached Maria's table and entered an emergency.
"After the first time, I studied up more and got a little better at it," he said. "Of course, you get nervous, but since I had done it before, it wasn't a big deal to me. It's something that has to be done. Someone has to take the initiative to do it. That's a really big step. I had to calm everyone else around me down. Everybody had to relax a little bit and give her some space. After that, I did the Heimlich and then did it once more. When she smiled, I knew she was OK."
Alex, the son of Patrick and Beth Jones, got his CPR certification while going through the New Vision program for BOCES. He shadowed Dr. Paul Axtell at Jones Memorial Hospital and realized a career in orthopedic surgery might be in his future. He's currently attending Mercyhurst on a full scholarship.
The Welker family certainly thinks he's chosen the right career path.
"He was a nice young man. I'm happy he was there, or I wouldn't be here," Maria said, adding that she couldn't believe she had survived a concentration camp to almost pass on in a Bob Evans.
Maria is still spry as she nears her 89th birthday. She lives independently and makes a point to avoid escalators and elevators. She walks four flights of stairs to her apartment, sometimes with groceries in each hand.
Her world was turned upside down when she was younger than Alex is today. Peasant farmers in the former Yugoslavia, Maria's family, made up of ethnic Germans, was sent to a concentration camp in the aftermath of the Nazi defeat. Family members perished far from home. Her father was shipped to a Russian forced-labor camp — a "slave camp," Maria calls it. When her father was reunited with the family years later, they didn't recognize him. He was all "skin and bones." Even so, he lived within six months of his 90th birthday.
A medical condition makes her predisposed to choking — Sunday was her second close call — but she has no plans to slow down or end her trips to Bob Evans anytime soon.
"I'm a naturalized citizen now and very proud," she said. "This is the greatest country in the world. I think I'll make it to 100."
As for Alex, he's just happy he was there at the right time to make a difference.
"A lot of people are saying it's heroic, but I just think I did my job and did what I was supposed to do," he said. "Everybody should be prepared to do something like that."
Chris Potter is a reporter for the Wellsville (N.Y.) Daily Reporter.


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fencer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 97 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
My partner and I were high level competitive fencers in the past. After we had finished our competitive careers we have been working as fencing coaches at different schools. Our students have won medals and placed highly at numerous regional and national tournaments. We are now ready to open our own fencing school.
Fencing is one of the four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games. It is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States.
You can learn more about the sport here: http://usfencing.org/
Our goal is to become one of the strongest competitive fencing schools in the United States. We want our students to represent the United States as part of the National Team at international tournaments and World Championships, Olympic Games.
- mainly youth ages 6 -12;
- existing competitive fencers looking for high quality instruction to help them achieve their full potential;
- teenagers and adults looking for a new fun and exciting sport
- clear and informative about the nature of business;
- clean professional look;
- two, three colors at most, - the colors to consider are blue, silver or gray, black, white, red; but you may try other colors as well;
- no cartoons or childish look, no clip art
- our logo will be on T-shirts, warm up suits, white fencing jackets (sleeve), flyers, business cards, etc.;
We are also considering the name "Silicon Valley Fencing", so, you may play with both versions.
I attached a few logos of existing fencing clubs, but you don't have to follow their design.
We are looking forward to seeing your designs. Thank you.
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text: Like Lexus, BMW has opted to go the performance route with its large hybrid sedan. The 7 Series Active Hybrid utilizes a 20-hp electric motor that's sandwiched between the twin-turbo V8 and the 8-speed automatic transmission. A 0.4-kwh lithium-Ion battery pack provides the electrical energy. Like Honda's IMA, the electric motor replaces the starter and the alternator and feeds in extra power when needed. BMW claims the $103,000 sedan squirts to 60 mph in just 4.7 seconds.


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"[A] suspenseful, meticulously researched biography . . . [John] Guy's biography scintillates with energetic scene-setting, giving us wherever possible a tactile, visual feel for early medieval England, and London especially. His portraits of [Thomas Becket and King Henry II], from the early period of their relationship, are subtle and telling. . . . Guy's account of this titanic struggle between two great egoists of English history breathes new life into an oft-told tale of throne and altar antagonism, with its complex undercurrents of money, politics, religion and shocking violence. However well you think you know the story, it is well worth the read."—Financial Times
"[Guy's] new study of Becket is a triumph: a beautifully layered portrait of one of the most complex characters in English history, which gives a new narrative coherence to a very peculiar life. . . . It is to Guy's immense credit that he has written such a lively, effortlessly readable biography—a book that not only corrects many historical errors and uncertainties, but merits reading more than once, for the sheer joy of its superb storytelling."—The Times
"[A] fine and thought-provoking book . . . The worldly man of power did not become an ascetic overnight; instead—as Guy brilliantly demonstrates through a forensic examination of the texts Becket studied—the new archbishop experienced an intellectual and spiritual reawakening, as his highly strung mind grappled with the gravity of his responsibilities."—The Sunday Times


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I hate when I make a dumb mistake. (Well, don't we all?) This is a link to an interview I did when I was in Ann Arbor three weeks ago, and it's actually a fun interview because she went out of her way to ask not-the-usual questions. But just for the record: I referred to a poem quoted in the book A Summer to Die as being by Housman; and it's not..it's by Gerard Manley Hopkins. And I KNEW that, which is why I am irritated with myself.
A.E. Housman:
Gerard Manley Hopkins:
They don't even look alike!


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BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State University men's basketball team has added High Point transfer Cliff Cornish for the 2014-15 season.
A 6-foot-8, 240 pound forward and Baltimore native, transferred from High Point University and will be a redshirt sophomore with the Bears.
Prior to playing at HPU, Cornish averaged 15 points, 10 rebounds at North County High School during his senior year, helping the team to a county playoff berth. Additionally, he helped lead St. Paul's School to a 20-7 overall record and a 17-3 mark in the B Conference in 2010-11. Cornish averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds as a junior.
Cornish is one of eight student-athletes who will be new to the Bears' roster next season. He will also be the third transfer to join the squad.
Morgan State head coach Todd Bozeman has led NCAA appearances in 2009 and 2010. MSU has won three MEAC Tournaments (1977, 2009 & 2010) and made its sixth championship appearance in eight seasons under Coach Bozeman. The Bears finished the 2013-14 season with a 15-16 record.


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The idea of Sam Duckworth making an album under his own name is a bit confusing. The project he's best known for, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly started out with Duckworth touring the country alone, armed only with an acoustic guitar and a laptop full of processed beats. He said he chose the unusual stage-name for his one-man band to avoid being lumped in with the typical whitewash of dull singer-songwriters, and soon found himself with singles in the top 40 as the poster-boy for right on, acoustic guitar-wielding troubadours. So why go back on that now?
Well, The Mannequin is a very different album. Duckworth has abandoned his alter ego, left the band he's assembled over the years to their own devices, and even ditched the laptop. As a result The Mannequin is a remarkably stripped down record from a musician who has always used electronic samples and brass to make himself distinct from your typical open mic night douchebag. Now, without Get Cape's USP, isn't Sam Duckworth going to sound like a douchebag too?
Well, sometimes yes. But on the whole he sounds smarter, more articulate, and actually more relaxed that he's sounded for some time. On his last Get Cape release (last year's self-titled album) the things that once gave his songs character were starting to sound like over-produced gimmicks – a problem best characterised by a puzzling collaboration with Shy FX.
The Mannequin is nowhere near as glossy, and far less stomach-churning as a result. Instead of pitch-perfect melodies and loud chords designed to be strummed at music festivals, these songs are full of muffled finger-picking in the lo-fi style of a tear-jerking early Bob Dylan. 'Crane Song (The Wall)' is full of lovely scratches as Duckworth's fingers glide across his fretboard. He sings as though he's in a cave, up to his eyeballs in reverb. He sounds distant and thoughtful instead of in-your-face and over-sentimental, bringing the song to a close with a grungy chord pattern that sounds cold and cutting when it could have easily been a clumsy attempt at sounding anthemic.
The gorgeous 'Clementine' is just as effective, as Duckworth turns an icy electric guitar part into a melting lullaby that would soothe a grizzly bear with a hangover into a sobbing slumber. On the darker side of things, he even starts to sound a little like Warpaint on 'Nights', with a chilling flicker of guitar, some shuddering detuned chords and three particularly ominous piano keys. It all suggests that Duckworth is realising that sometimes less really is more, and that songs don't have to sound big to be bold and brilliant.
There are some slip-ups. '18 To 1' for example, pays a clichéd tribute to someone who will "always be 18 to me" and who had "the eyes of James Dean", while the hookless 'The Farmer' is plainly uninteresting. Viewed in its entirety though, The Mannequin goes some way to making up for the disappointment of last year's Get Cape album. On that record, Duckworth pushed himself in directions that didn't suit him. There were attempts at club bangers, world music and youth anthems, and it all tended to sound a bit naff. Something didn't fit. But on The Mannequin, stripped of his stage name, Sam Duckworth is starting to sound like his mature, intelligent self again.
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