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Washington Post reporter David Brown found "rage and panic" at a recent meeting of AIDS activists in Vienna, placed on page A-10 of Thursday's paper:
The rage is directed at the Obama administration, which many activists say is reneging on a commitment to continue big annual increases in global AIDS spending. The panic arises from the knowledge that in some African countries, patients who want antiretroviral treatment are being turned away and will soon start dying.
Some activists pine for former president George W. Bush, who launched a much-praised multibillion-dollar fund to fight AIDS around the world. But now, in the eyes of many, the U.S. government has replaced the pharmaceutical industry as the main impediment to progress.
The headline on the piece is nondescript, mentioning neither president: "Rage, panic in AIDS fight: Activists fear a lack of funding will force people to be turned away from help and accuse the U.S. of reneging on pledges."
Brown began with how the AIDS picture improved in those supposedly dreadful eight years of Bush:
Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn't bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren't enough doctors, the patients wouldn't take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high.
None of that turned out to be true. About 5.2 million people with HIV infections are on lifesaving treatment in low- and middle-income countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, antiretroviral therapy, much of it paid for by the U.S. government, is resurrecting whole communities.
But the world is facing a potentially more intractable problem: the price of success.
There's barely enough money to pay for people whose treatment is underway and who will need it for a lifetime. There isn't enough to start treatment for about 5 million more who urgently need it.
It should be stated that AIDS activists can easily mount a soapbox against anyone from the moral high ground, begging for help for people dying from a terrible disease. But it should also be stated that most of the international aid community and the news media rarely consider placing any responsibility for contracting AIDS infection on the behaviors of the infected. With a broad brush, they are absolved of any responsibility, regardless of the moral circumstances.
It can also be stated that it's unfair for global activists to rage against the United States when it has been the U.S. that has been the primary funder, when other countries have not done as much. This is just an example of how President Bush never seemed to get any credit for policies that liberals would ardently support if there weren't political points to be scored. Here are the numbers Brown provided:
The United Nations agency UNAIDS estimates that $23.6 billion was needed to address the epidemic in low- and middle-income countries last year. Yet only $15.9 billion was available from all sources, public and private. The U.S. government provided 27 percent of that money, mostly through PEPFAR, which Bush started in 2003 with a then-staggering commitment to spend $15 billion on prevention and treatment over five years.
The United States has been by far the biggest donor of money for AIDS treatment to the world's poor, last year providing 58 percent of the $7.6 billion given by governments. Britain, a distant second, gave 10 percent of the total. Japan, with the world's third-largest economy, contributed 2 percent.
Brown quotes several Obama officials in their defense, including Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of the president's chief of staff, who blandly states that stopping HIV infections requires "improving their overall health and the health systems around them." Brown didn't reproduce what offended Emanuel: stickers at the conference that blared "Obama's AIDS plan. Take a Number, Wait to Die."


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My name is Maciej Wojtkowiak but people call me Magic. Why? We are surrounded by small and big magical moments. Beauty, smile, emotions and beautiful light appear very often — what you can see on my pictures. Usually you can find me busy taking pictures during weddings, concerts, theatrical performances, receptions and other events.
On my free time you can spot me in mountains, forests, parks, botanical gardens, orchards where I fulfill my passion of nature photography. Additionally in my frequent travels I'm documenting architecture and busy life of big US and European cities as well as peaceful daily life of remote Buddhist monasteries in Himalaya.
I'm a member of several international photo stock agencies and my images have been published in many magazines, newspapers and books. I exhibited my work documenting the life of the Tibetan community in exile in Poland and the Czech Republic.
I have collaborated with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Amnesty International.
My publication credits include Ronne Randall's book "Marriage," guidebooks such as Wiley, Fodor's, The Rough Guide, Frommer's, photos in DK Books albums, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, ABERCROMBIE & KENT travel brochures, The OPEC Fund For International Development, as well as newspapers and magazines such as:
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Polityka, Przekrój, Newsweek, Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland);
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Honorable mention in Nikon Photo Contest International (NPCI) 2002-2003. The World's largest photo contest.
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Playing with a kickfly Gallery Wednesday 2009-01-14
The kickfly application is a nice 3D platform for building galleries and rooms for image presentations. It can be published immediately on social sites like FaceBook and MySpace, to share your own images from Flickr, or others by Google image search or other sources. It is built on the very flexible Sandy 3D Engine, and can be used by beginners as well as seasoned programmers. I have just scratched the surface, so I might have more to say later on.
I went to the kickfly site and selected one of many ready made templates, added a title and searched for "madonna". After a while I got my 3D gallery with Madonna images. Simple as that!
I then went on to publish my gallery on FaceBook, and it immediately showed up.
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Fun and good for the local economy. That's how Habibi Bar and Cafe manager Jamar Wrice describes pub crawls.
"Pub crawls are fun because it really gives us more publicity and gives us a lot of new opportunity for anyone looking for jobs, which gives us more revenue," Wrice said.
His bar has only been open for about a month, so it has yet to participate in a crawl. But he supports them and says his bar will be participating in the future.
Wrice's bar, along with others in Jacksonville Beach, will soon receive a letter from Mayor Charlie Latham asking businesses "not to participate in the pub crawl" that is scheduled for July 4th." He adds in the letter that the pub crawl "falls directly against the 'family friendly' environment we hope to create for visitors and it could create some ugly behavior by the pub crawl participants."
The mayor is trying to promote a more family-friendly atmosphere after crowds got out of control on Memorial Day.
Many bar owners, patrons and even City Council members don't think asking businesses not to participate in the pub crawl will help.
Councilman Phil Vogelsang will be at Monday night's council meeting, where the mayor will address the letter. Vogelsang said there haven't been problems with pub crawls in the past. He also doesn't think a business should be told what to participate in, but he does agree with the mayor asking bars to be diligent when serving.
"I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to encourage them -- within the letter he talks about -- encouraging the businesses to not over-serve their patrons," Vogelsang said.
Not only are pub crawls great business for the bars and restaurants, they're also good for people like Ryan Emling, who manages a local band called Be Easy.
"Well, from my perspective because we are trying to get our name out there as a band, we want the most people to be visiting these bars as possible," Emling said.
Another councilman and manager of Lynches said there were nearly 3,000 people at the last pub crawl and not a single arrest.
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The atmosphere in London as the Olympics open is electrifying. All over the city, athletes are practising, cameramen fighting for the best filming spots, and spectators wandering around in a daze.
But London is so much more than the Games as such. Even people who have not been able to snaffle a ticket to a single event are enjoying the vibe.
This is thanks to the London 2012 Festival, which offers 10 million free cultural events in and around London. The ancient Greeks and Dr William Penny Brookes, forefather of the modern International Olympic Games, had already decided that a gigantic sporting event is incomplete without its cultural aspect.
Mind and body must be in symmetry, and that is the reason why, for decades, the Olympics included literature and arts competitions.
No one is sure why the cultural element was ripped out of the Olympic Games after 1948. Perhaps it had something to do with the aftermath of World War II – but until someone makes a discovery in a set of forgotten files, we won't know.
But this year Britain has revived the old tradition. For the first time in decades, the London Games are joined by thousands of talented and leading artists from all the nations taking part in the Olympics for 12 weeks, right up to September 9. - Weekend Argus
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Dickinson Quay is a well presented three bedroom, two bathroom house in a canal side location on the Apsley Lock development. It is only five minute s walk from this attractive marina in the heart of Apsley and only about a mile away from Hemel Hempstead s new shopping centre. This property offers a relaxing place to stay, with access to a walk or run along the canal, whilst offering an organic restaurant, an Italian coffee shop, a mini-market and pub only five minute s walk away. It is close to all local amenities including M25 and rail links. Apsley train station is only a five minute walk away, and you can be in London is only thirty minutes.
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Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline.
In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they-and Grace-know the truth.
In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories. Told in flashback, this is the story of Grace's youth during the last days of Edwardian aristocratic privilege shattered by war, of the vibrant twenties, and the changes she witnessed as an entire way of life vanished forever.
The novel is full of secrets-some revealed, others hidden forever, reminiscent of the romantic suspense of Daphne Du Maurier. It is also a meditation on memory, the devastation of war, and a beautifully rendered window into a fascinating time in history.
Originally published to critical acclaim in Australia, already sold in ten countries and a #1 bestseller in England, The House at Riverton is a vivid, page-turning novel of suspense and passion, with characters-and an ending-the reader won't soon forget.
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Kate Morton, a native Australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and English literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland. She lives with her family in Brisbane, Australia, and is writing her second novel.
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In Australian author Morton's atmospheric first novel, a 98-year-old woman recollects her unwitting role in a fatal deception.Grace, a prominent former archeologist, is living out her waning years in a British nursing home, when an American filmmaker, Ursula, asks her to consult on a movie about the scandalous 1924 suicide of a poet during a lavish soiree at Riverton, a country estate where Grace once served as parlor maid to the Hartford family. Extended flashbacks excavate the mysteries that surround Grace almost from the first. Why did Grace's mother, herself a servant at Riverton before leaving under a cloud, send her 14-year-old daughter to work there? Who is Grace's father? The domestic servant is a convenient expository device: Grace can eavesdrop on every Hartford family crisis. Hannah, her sister Emmeline and brother David occasionally visit Riverton, owned by their uncle, Lord Ashbury. Their father, Frederick, the second son, is an automobile pioneer. But World War I upends the destinies of the Hartford clan. David, his schoolmate Robbie and Grace's heartthrob, Alfred, a footman, all go to fight. David is killed, Robbie drops out of sight and Alfred suffers shell shock. The war also claims the lives of Lord Ashbury and his eldest son, and Frederick inherits the title. Frederick's business is mortgaged to American bankers, the Luxtons, who force a sale of his factory. To Frederick's chagrin, Hannah marries Luxton scion Teddy, who, after flirting briefly with bohemian ways, reverts to stodgy banker-hood. Languishing in London while her estranged father lets Riverton decay, Hannah relies increasingly on Grace, now her personal maid. Hannah's mistaken assumption that Grace knows shorthand leads both to make a tragic error in judgment. Meanwhile, Robbie resurfaces, his psyche scarred by war. Although ostensibly courting Emmeline, Robbie is drawn into an adulterous affair with Hannah that proves his undoing.Though the climactic revelation feels contrived, Morton's characters and their predicaments are affecting, and she recreates the period with a sure hand. (Kirkus Reviews)
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 15th June 2007
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Country of Publication: GB
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WASHINGTON — Next week, the nation's first black president, a living symbol of the racial progress Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed about, will stand near the spot where King stood 50 years ago and say where he believes this nation should be headed.
Then, like King, President Barack Obama will step away from the hulking Lincoln Memorial, and return to where this nation is now.
How much progress?
As civil rights activists pause to consider the great strides toward equality that the 1963 March on Washington helped to spur, they also look at the current political and racial landscape, and wonder: How much of that progress is now being undone?
This march anniversary comes just two months after the Supreme Court effectively erased a key anti-discrimination provision of the Voting Rights Act, unleashing a string of restrictive voting laws and rules in several states. The court also raised the bar for consideration of race in university admissions, and made it more difficult to bring employment discrimination lawsuits.
There are other new issues, such as demands for a federal civil rights prosecution of George Zimmerman for fatally shooting unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, and abiding ones, such as persistent unemployment among black Americans that runs at a significantly higher rate than that for whites.
"A convergence of things have happened that have exposed ... the fact that we are in a pretty important moment, kind of a democratic crossroads in this country," said Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. "Crossroads or not, you have to continue the work of pushing forward."
The observances begin Saturday with a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the King Memorial, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and King's son, Martin Luther King III.
They will be joined by the parents of Trayvon Martin, and family members of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy who was kidnapped, beaten and shot in the head in 1955 after he was accused of flirting with a white woman.
Sharpton refused to call Saturday's march a commemoration or a celebration. He said it is meant to protest "the continuing issues that have stood in the way" of fulfilling King's dream. Martin's and Till's families, he said, symbolize the effects that laws such as the stop-and-frisk tactics by New York police, and Florida's Stand Your Ground statute have in black and Latino communities.
"To just celebrate Dr. King's dream would give the false implication that we believe his dream has been fully achieved and we do not believe that," Sharpton said. "We believe we've made a lot of progress toward his dream, but we do not believe we've arrived there yet."
Obama is scheduled to speak at the "Let Freedom Ring" ceremony Wednesday. He will be joined by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Along with their speeches, there will be a nationwide bell ringing at 2 p.m. to mark the exact time King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, with which the march is most associated.
Separately, a smaller march, led by people who participated in the 1963 event and young scholars and athletes, will make its way from Georgetown Law School in Washington to the Department of Labor, then the Justice Department and finally the National Mall.


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Pro Day at Georgia isn't just about the most familiar names like Aaron Murray, Arthur Lynch and Garrison Smith.
Others will be chasing their dreams as well on Wednesday, including Oconee County High product Blake Sailors.
After joining the team as a walk-on, Sailors earned a reputation as a special teams standout while working as a defensive back.
Since his Georgia career ended, Sailors has trained as a wide receiver in hopes of hooking on somewhere in the NFL.
"I just felt like it was my best shot," Sailors said.
The 5-foot-11, 179-pound Sailors said his routes may not be crisp, but he hopes by showing he can catch the ball, that a team can envision him as a receiver.
"Plus, I'm fast also," said Sailors, who had 28 tackles, a forced fumble and fumble recovery at Georgia. "Maybe the combination of the two of being fast and catching the ball, I can be a little slot guy."
Coach Mark Richt was quick to mention Sailors in recent years whenever he was asked about the fastest players on the team.
Sailors could run the fastest 40 on Wednesday.
"My goal time is to be in the 4.3s," he said.
Sailors said he's been timed at 4.37 while training the last few months at Ryan Goldin's "GATA" facility in Buford.
He's worked out there with former Georgia offensive linemen Dallas Lee and Chris Burnette and receiver Rhett McGowan
as all geared up for Pro Day.
"We get up early and work out six or seven hours a day," Sailors said. "It's a grind."
Sailors said Jon Richt, the former Mars Hill quarterback and son of the Georgia coach, will throw to him at Pro Day.
Jon Richt, now a volunteer assistant with the Bulldogs, threw passes to Tavarres King and Richard Samuel at last year's Pro Day.
Murray already has his timing down with players who caught passes from him at Georgia, Sailors said.
If Sailors can get into an NFL camp, he'll take it.
"It's kind of like when I started at Georgia as a walk-on, you just want to kind of get a shot," Sailors said. "Once I finally got a shot on special teams, I took off with it. That's all I really want these guys to see. I'm going to work as hard as I can and all I'm really looking for is a chance to do something. After that, it's all in my hands."


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Andover youth football, lacrosse and soccer associations made the pitch for more playing fields and the elected officials for now are supportive.
"We have the information we need," Mayor Mike Gamache told the task force charged with determining what the need was. "We just need to decide on the best way to move forward."
The Andover City Council now has estimates on short- and long-term costs of an artificial turf field compared to traditional grass. The council must ultimately determine whether the fields should be real grass or artificial turf. The key question to answer will be, how will this be paid for?
The council took the first step July 3 by agreeing to pay Legacy Christian Academy $305,000 to buy a 39-acre property at the northeast corner of 161st Avenue and Tulip Street. Capital equipment reserves will fund this land purchase, according to City Administrator Jim Dickinson. The farmer using the site can harvest their crops this year and the homeowner living on the property must vacate by the time the sale officially closes in early September, he said.
The school when it was under the name of Meadow Creek Christian School purchased this property in 2003 with the goal of closing its current location along Bunker Lake Boulevard by Meadow Creek Church and building a new school in northern Andover. The school has since shifted its focus to a site in southwest Ramsey just north of Highway 10 and west of Armstrong Boulevard.
According to the discussion that took place during a June 27 council workshop meeting, at least three full-size fields and a parking lot could fit on this property. Dickinson said between 30 and 32 acres can be built on and the rest is wetland.
Gamache said the council was interested in land near the public works building and Sunshine Park, but the landowners did not want to sell. Fox Meadows Park was also considered, but the site was deemed only big enough for one field.
The task force included representatives from the baseball, football, hockey, lacrosse and soccer associations, two councilmembers and two members of the park and recreation commission. The group met eight times between January and June. Some members toured dome facilities in metro suburbs such as Maple Grove and Vadnais Heights, but the task force ultimately recommended more affordable outdoor field options.
Ted Butler, chairperson of the task force and of the city's parks and recreation commission, told the council that he would "strongly encourage action sooner rather than later" because if the city decides to seed a field to grow grass, it would likely not be available for use until at least 2015.
The rest of 2012 will be spent meeting with neighbors by the potential site, finalizing the engineering work, laying out the site and seeking bids. Construction work could not begin until next year and it takes a couple of years for seed to adequately grow strong grass, according to city staff.
A field where grass sod is rolled out could be ready by 2014 and an artificial turf field could be ready by next year, Butler said.
"The current facilities aren't meeting the current demand," he said. "If participation continues to grow, which we think it will, then that will exacerbate the problem."
Cost estimates
Numbers are obviously preliminary and based on what others have paid. Lee Brezinka, assistant finance director, estimated it could cost $350,000 to put in one full-size grass field with lights, while a full-size artificial turf field with lights could cost about $1 million.
Although the annual cost of maintaining artificial turf would be cheaper, the fake grass costs more in the long-run if future councils decide to keep it, according to numbers presented to the council.
Artificial turf annual maintenance costs may only be about $1,000 per year, but artificial turf may need to be replaced every 10 to 15 years, according to the task force presentation. The replacement cost should be much less than the initial cost because the base of the field can remain, but the new field could still cost $350,000 to $400,000 in today's dollars. Therefore, a separate replacement fund and a revenue source would need to be set up.
Brezinka said that a portion of the $9,000 annual fee to maintain a grass field would be set aside for future replacement. Even after 15 years, the cost of $135,000 would still be much less than buying a new artificial turf field, according to numbers the task force presented.
Gamache said he was interested in hearing about artificial turf, but he is skeptical of approving one of these more expensive fields for a city park when Anoka-Hennepin School District high schools do not even have them. The way he looks at it, they could potentially get three grass fields for the price of one artificial turf field.
Artificial turf is more expensive, but more durable than real grass. The task force estimated that a grass field could be used around 620 hours per year and an artificial turf field could be used about 1,220 hours per year. A grass field needs to "rest" at least one day a week because of the wear and tear from all the games, Butler said.
It is unclear whether any or all the three youth athletic associations benefiting from this project would contribute to a grass field. The task force reported during its June 27 presentation that "associations have shown a willingness to pay a reasonable fee per hour for use of an outdoor artificial turf facility."
The North Metro Soccer Association donated $100,000 to give Hawk Ridge Park new natural grass soccer fields.
Sean Beggin, a soccer association board member who was on the task force, said the association will "continue to work collaboratively with the cities of Andover, Oak Grove, St. Francis, Ham Lake and surrounding areas to meet the needs of kids in our program." He was hesitant to say what the association would consider a reasonable fee.
Mike Johnson, president of the Andover Football Association, said the board has discussed making an initial donation. His understanding is any ongoing hourly user fees would only happen if the fields are artificial.
Youth sports leagues where a majority of its members come from Andover currently do not have to pay any rent to the city for using grass fields according to Todd Haas, assistant director of public works. Organizations from outside Andover are charged if renting grass fields for a tournament.
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>General Running>Sick, but not sick? Race coming up
So, I feel fine...doing my day to day stuff I don't feel sick at all. My husband has been sick for a week, and I thought I had dodged that bullet - except that I feel horrible during my runs. I hit a wall at 2.5 miles and have to walk home. I'm wondering if I am fighting some bug but I'm only feeling it when I exert myself.
I've only been running for 6 weeks, and I have my first 5K race on Sunday. I know I am able to run the distance, I've done it a couple of times at a pretty good pace, but I'm nervous now that my past 2 runs I couldn't do it.
So frustrating - I was getting so excited.
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever raced while a little under the weather? I'm hoping the adrenaline of the race will carry me through and will try not to be disappointed if I have to do a couple of short walking intervals.
I guess I'm just looking for sympathy, but if there's any advice to be had I'll gladly take it.
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Symptoms above the neck, you will be OK. Just run it as best you can and have fun. Symptoms below the neck, you are a spectator. Yes, it's normal to feel a little out of sorts on your run when you are coming down with something. However, sometimes I find that a good run can burn out a cold and beat it off.
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Sunday's still a few days away. You might feel a lot better by then! I'd say to go ahead and plan to race and try not to let these past couple of runs psych you out.
Sunday's still a few days away. You might feel a lot better by then! I'd say to go ahead and plan to race and try not to let these past couple of runs psych you out.
+1. And if you have no other symptoms, you may just be tired. Take it easy, run slower than usual until Sunday, get some extra sleep, and you'll be fine.
That said, if you have a fever, I'd be careful racing--be more conservative than you would otherwise if you choose to do it. I tried to race a 5K with a 104 fever once. It was a spectacular blow-up, but, then, I am an idiot.
"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem." Emil Zatopek
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever raced while a little under the weather?
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever raced while a little under the weather?
Happening to me right now, in fact, although I hope to finally shake it off completely before my race on the 9th. Also came down with strep 9 or 10 days before the Boston Marathon a few years ago, which was a bummer.... but I still ran (poorly!). :-) More than likely you can do it. Stay the course. Worst case, you don't perform as well as you wanted to, but it sounds like the race has some meaning for you, so go for it. (Now, if you wake up on race morning with a fever you might reconsider, of course).
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This is my general rule of thumb.
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Yep, I bet race day adrenaline will help you out. I did a full marathon in 2010 with a bad head cold, and it sucked, so I basically just had to lower my expectations a little, but I muddled through. The best thing for me in terms of getting better as fast as possible is getting lots of rest. I take the worst day of the cold off from work and just medicate and sleep and it usually seems to help a lot for the next day.
Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
Well...I was definitely sick...later that evening I started to get stuffy and sneezy. I haven't run since Wednesday because I really felt crappy. I'm just glad that I didn't end up with any chest congestion.
I picked up my bib and race shirt today, though - I'm trying to convince myself that I'm going to feel a lot better in the morning.
We got snow today, but it's supposed to be 50 tomorrow - Going to make the best of it and see how it goes.


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My mother recently passed away from colon cancer. How prevalent is colon cancer in African-American women, and at what age should I be checked for it? I am 39 years old.
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer among African-American women and the second leading cause of cancer death. Among African-Americans, women have a higher risk of colorectal cancer than men, but overall the risk is about the same.
Colon cancer accounts for nine percent of approximately 130,000 reported cases of all cancers diagnosed in African-Americans, according to figures from 2001. The risk of developing colon cancer is approximately 12 percent higher than it is for Caucasians.
African-Americans also have a tendency of developing the disease at a younger age. Some public health experts have suggested that African-Americans be screened for colon cancer at age 45 rather than the standard age of 50. Hence, I recommend that you undergo screening in the next few years. And I'm glad you recognize the benefit of being screened. If colorectal cancer is detected and treated before it has spread, the five-year survival rate among African-Americans is 83 percent.


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This was formerly Mobo Task Killer. Now, as 2EASY TEAM they've focused on enhancing its performance and UI, and it looks it. Easy Task Killer is a tool that try to enhance your mobile device performance and battery life by ending running processes. There's a debate if it really helps to fulfill it or rather the opposite, because some processes re-launch automatically after ending it. Although the debate is still there, it seems that some task killers help to optimize performance and battery life, otherwise ICS wouldn't have included a stock task killer.
Regarding Easy Task Killer Advanced, first point we'd like to mention is the "user tips" (tutorial) first time you launch it. That's pretty useful. It comes with some interesting features. For example, you can shake your device to kill processes at once. You can do it this way or press "optimize" in the dashboard (or top left button "auto-optimize). Moreover, in the dashboard you can see the percentage of battery that's being used (memory meter). Likewise, there's a battery monitor that displays how much battery is left if calling, listening to music, surfing the web or watching videos.
It allows you to kill tasks one-by-one or by batches (you can select them from "tasks" tab). Likewise, it keeps tracks optimization history. If you don't like the shaking feature for optimization, you can place homescreen widgets.
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Tall and tanned and young and lovely
the girl from Ipanema goes walking
and when she passes
each man she passes
goes Aaah!
Well, it has been 50 years since that Brazilian miss from Ipanema caught the attention of Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim and Vinicius DeMoraes as she passed them on her way to the beach in Rio di Janeiro.
When she moves it's like a samba
that swings so cool and sways so gently
that when she passes
each man she passes
goes Aaah!
Despite her moving like a samba, the girl ushered in a new form of music, the bossa nova (or new trend), when Jobim on piano and Joao Gilberto on guitar performed their song for the first time in public in a Rio nightclub in August 1962.
The bossa nova sound made it to North America that same year, but it took another two before The Girl landed on U.S. shores.
Saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd's 1962 instrumental album Jazz Samba made Brazil's bossa accessible to American listeners, and U.S. jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald jumped on the bandwagon.
When The Girl arrived, it was with English lyrics composed by American Norman Gimbel and sung by Astrud Gilberto, the then-wife of guitarist Joao, on her first professional job. And what a job. The Girl has been sung and recorded by stylists as diverse as Frank Sinatra and Amy Winehouse, making it the second-most-recorded song in the world after the Beatles' Yesterday, but Gilberto's breathy version remains the benchmark.
The All Music Guide's online biography of Astrud Gilberto, explains that "producer Creed Taylor wanted a few English vocals for maximum crossover potential, and as it turned out, Astrud was the only Brazilian present with any grasp of the language. After her husband laid down his Portuguese vocals for the first verse... Astrud provided a hesitant, heavily accented second verse in English."
AMG's website lists 1,363 versions of the tune, vocal and instrumental, by the likes of Nat (King) Cole, Herb Alpert, Charles Mingus, Kenny G, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Cher, Eliane Elias, Toots Thielemans, Archie Shepp, King Curtis, Henry Mancini, John Coltrane, Carol Welsman and Oscar Peterson.
As well as The Girl, Gimbel wrote lyrics for other Jobim tunes, such as How Insensitive, Agua de Beber (Water to Drink), Meditation and Adventure.
Those songs all appear on a new recording by Minneapolis singer Connie Evingson, Sweet Happy Life, an album of 16 tunes featuring lyrics by Grammy and Oscar winner Gimbel. His English lyrics for Adventure, written to a little-known ballad by Jobim, Ohla Maria, get their debut on Evingson's disc.
Evingson sings the songs with a mellow swing, and has an intimate knowledge of The Girl that allows her to give the song a nuanced reading, one that nails the emotion of the lovestruck composer. How Insensitive takes a melancholy turn amid some hip-swinging samba and bossa.
Even though Gimbel had success composing lyrics for music by the likes of Jobim and Luis Bonfa (the title song here), he also scored big in 1973 with Roberta Flack's recording of Killing Me Softly With His Song (music by Charles Fox), which won him a Song of the Year Grammy. Evingson sings a pensive reinterpretation of Killing Me on Sweet Happy Life.
Gimbel's later career included composing for film and television, but his English lyrics for The Girl can be considered a career high, winning him a Record of the Year Grammy.
Not to take anything away from composers Jobim and DeMoraes, or Astrud Gilberto's singing, it isn't a stretch to suggest that Gimbel deserves his share of credit for helping The Girl From Ipanema spread from Brazil and become a five-decade global success.
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DO NOT CRUISE ON THIS SHIP!!: MSC Poesia Cruise Review by havnfunmis
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Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
The food was TERRIBLE - the first night I tried to cut my medium well steak and it was leather. Our waiter could not understand us and he literally argued with us the whole time we were there (and the others in my table too). If we asked for Iced tea - BOYYYY - did we get a look. If we asked for a sauce - or anything else- BOYYYY - did we feel we "put him out". Service was SLOW and very bad. Also-There were no hot dishes/food offered after 9:30pm- so too bad if you liked to stay up late and wanted a slice of pizza or anything besides cold sandwiches from room service or the "late night buffet" of tuna or ham More sandwiches, salad and a hard brownie.. I thought people went on cruises FOR the food??? I guess time are a changin:) LOL. We really tried to like some stuff and be positive because we really aren't complainers...we tried...
My sister was sick and had to go to the infimary- again- BOYYYYYYY- did we put that Dr out for being sick!!! He was rude and just gave her meds w/o ANY reason or indication of what she had. I finally had to ask and he snapped "What??" Like, what do you want? Unbelievable!! However, we found that that was indicative of most of the service onboard. (not all- some were good, of course). But MOST service in generalon this cruise was rude and NEVER had accurate information. I can not tell you how many times we were lost or late or didn't have what we needed because the service and crew had no idea. They absolutely can NOT speak English - and again- we are VERY caring, understanding people.... I try to think of how hard it must be to work on the cruise from differnt countries and how hard they have to work...BUT - This one really missed the mark- I have never seen anything like it! I also never write reviews but I vowed I wouldn't let anyone else on this ship without letting them know what to expect... (basically- nothing:). Sorry - run don't walk from this cruiseline!!! Less
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Cape Town - Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele was cheered by students in Cape Town when she re-affirmed her commitment to the party on Friday.
This was after a student at the University of the Western Cape stood up during her address on education and said: "We need exemplary leaders. We are confused. What happened last week?"
She explained that the failed merger with the Democratic Alliance had been influenced by logistics.
"No one can be able to reach every corner of South Africa in such a short space of time," she said.
"But if we have an electoral pact, we are able to challenge the impunity of the ANC."
She poked fun at herself by mentioning her "failed marriage" to the DA.
"How many marriages have failed in this country? How many engagement parties have been broken in this country? For as long as we allow the ANC to play the race card, that is how long we will remain in bondage."
Around 300 students in green party shirts clapped and cheered for their leader.
Ramphele announced last week that she would stand as the DA's presidential candidate in the general elections in May. There were also talks to merge the two parties. On Sunday the DA announced that Ramphele had gone back on her agreement.
Ramphele told students that she had been an exemplary leader for 45 years.
"As (former president Nelson) Mandela says, you make mistakes, you fall, you dust yourself, you stand up."
She said she continued to talk to various political parties as part of her founding promise to possibly establish partnerships.
Ramphele told students she would ensure every willing person got an university education if the party was voted into power.
"Every person will be able to walk into a university fully paid."
Graduates would plough back money into education through tax when employed, or give back through public service.
She said education should not be a "debt sentence" in a country that spent so much money on that portfolio.
"In what proud democracy do you have universities shutting down because students can't afford to pay for registration?"
The Tshwane University of Technology suspended classes last week during protests by students at a lack of funding from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Teaching resumed on Wednesday.


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So, sis and I went to the season ticket holder luncheon on Wednesday. We had no details on what it was going to be, just got a card in the mail that said it was 11:30-1, $20 per.
Well, we get there, and they're herding people to the elevators. They just checked my name, so I could have brought 20 people and they wouldn't have known. I think for a moment that we're actually eating in the Varsity Club cause of the elevator, but no, the girl hits the 'B' button. Pepsi Square here we come!
That said, Pepsi Square cleans up nice. They had a podium with backdrop in the corner, and 15-20 banquet tables circling out from it, fine linen and all. Ended up ~150 people there. A fair number of Pacers brass, and other PS&E employees, including a nice woman from ticket sales who sat with us. She said everyone there was so excited about Stern coming, it was like a visit from the President. She'd only been here two years, so of course she hadn't been around for the Finals or anything, when I'm sure Stern being there would just be an afterthought.
One interesting note I got from her. Ron was supposed to miss 6 weeks, and management was much more worried about him coming back so soon then they let on.
Lunch was pretty good for $20, but not really our speed. You had a choice of regular or sparkling water (I didn't see one person get sparkling), and you could get iced tea (people at the next table sent their's back, saying it was "horrible.") Seafood salad followed by a good 8oz cut of filet on top of a cheesy, hashbrowns type thing. Good, but the beef, while cooked well, was really too tender, something I've never experienced before. Dessert was a rasberry creme tart thing. Our PS&E girl pointed out their head chef, and raved about him.
After food was cleared, Mark Boyle introduced Larry, who'd eaten at the head table with Stern, Donnie, the Simons and the other grand poohbah muckity mucks. Larry said he'd gotten David to promise that Ronnie wouldn't be fined until at least July. "He can suspend him all summer if he wants. I also got him to promise there'd be no 4-point plays in the playoffs." Talks about 20 years ago when Stern was a rookie when he was a vet, then introduces him.
Stern comes up and says that Larry was so nice and didn't say a thing when they ate, then gets up and gives him a hard time in front of everyone. He retorts by saying he thought he was gonna have lunch with Eddie (Larry's brother) and what a nice guy he is and how disappointed he was he got Larry instead. Someone at the head table took exception to that, and Stern said that no, he knows Eddie, yadda yadda yadda.
Stern then went into his trademark, cookie cutter, blue print "Two America's" stump speech (oh, sorry, that's John Edwards.) I'm not gonna waste our time going over it. If you've heard or read him at all the last two years, you know what he said. Just look up his last State of the NBA speech.
Before he opened it up to questions, he said he knew we'd slam him on officiating. So, he sympathized, talked about how hard it is, all the stuff they do, evaluations and so on, and they're improving. He said refs get 94% of the calls right, but of course it's the 6% everyone always concentrates on. (I noted later that night against Dallas that Ronnie Garretson was fitting in his 6% for the year all in one game.) Then he opened it up to questions.
First guy talked about the fans getting screwed when players get suspended, like when Shaq was suspended for the game here. Why not having suspensions served only at home, so fans who come out to see teams on the road don't pay for it.
Stern sympathized, but said he sees it as an IQ test, a theme he'd come back to time and time again, boiling down that the players need to know the situation and check themselves. He also noted when Jordan bumped a ref during his final year (which one, I don't know), and got suspended for a game at Phoenix. Well, the Suns were furious, cause it was his last game at America West, he was their biggest draw, and so on. But, there's no room for negotiation in disciplinary matters.
I then got up and said I had read about a couple proposals for the upcoming CBA and wanted his thoughts on them. First is the idea of a progressive rookie-scale, where high schoolers can come in, but they get a 7-year rookie deal, while those who stay in school for 4 years only have a 3-year deal. Right there he interrupts me and says, "Let me stop you right there. I don't want you to give my whole game plan away."
He went on to say that if they can't have a strict age limit, they had to come up with more creative ways to deal with the issue. Not only with that, but also setting up a farm system so the Tyson Chandlers, Eddie Currys and Kwame Browns could get some playing time. He could tell by my reaction that that was my second question, and so I added that he'd talked about Europe, and asked if they'd considered as part of ramping up to that having farm teams over there, instead of going straight for the pro franchises.
He said no, in regards to Europe, they're either gonna go big or stay home. He then started what I thought was his standard defense of the NBDL, but then he veered off into something surprising. He noted guys who have come up from the DL, name dropping Anthony Johnson among others, and then said what they need to do is expand it. "In fact, if there's anyone who wants to own a franchise, come see me afterwards. No, I'm serious." He said the current DL will become just one region of what they're planning, and what they want to do is add a group of teams in the midwest, and eventually, there'd be a "midwest pod, southeast pod, and a west pod." Of course, by then I was so geeked out I practically fainted.
The next guy asked how happy they were with the new TV deal, and very pointedly asked why we're never on national tv. Stern said you get on by having the kind of season we're having right now, and alluded that we'd obviously be on more next year.
Going back to the tv deal in general, he talked about how broadcast ratings are way down across the board, they wanted to move more towards on-demand services that cable provides, but, he is a traditionalist that'd prefer more games on ABC. He then caught himself, saying that he can't say anything bad about auto racing considering where he was, but he indicated he'd rather they were on instead of IRL. He also got off on a tangent concerning the NFL and tv negotiations, which basically boiled down to the NFL was the only sport who could make a go of it on broadcast tv only, and they'd accepted that.
Next was a long, rambling question that basically boiled down to if Stern felt that the reputation of a player like Artest can color a ref's perceptions to the point he expects trouble and jumps the gun on calling something that really didn't happen.
Stern - "Yes."
After a long pause, he continued in refering back to his IQ test thing, and that the responsibility ultimately falls on the player. He conceded that they give refs scouting reports before games, telling them stuff to look for, like (pointing to Bird) "Larry keeps holding his man's jersey when he thinks nobody's looking."
As for Ron in particular, his reputation is a shame because "he's such a nice young man, such a caring person." But, once again, it comes down to personal responsibility.
The last questioner echoed the last guy about Ron not getting a fair shake, then went on to give a diatribe on Reggie not getting the respect he deserves, that people outside of Indy thinks he's a thug, and he doesn't get nearly the media attention he deserves.
Stern disagreed, saying that Reggie gets a ton of attention, especially in New York, deservedly so. He said in the 90's you couldn't turn around without seeing some shot he hit against the Knicks. He closed in saying that there's not a knowledgeable fan of basketball alive who doesn't know Reggie Miller is a sure-fire Hall-of-Famer.
That's it. One note. Somewhere in there while discussing officiating, he talked about how much he hates technicals. Basketball is the only sport where a team gives up points (noting it's a free throw), and it makes him sick. So of course, the game he attended that night had a record number of T's, which was ironically enough attributed to the refs wanting to keep a lid on the game because Stern was in attendance.
Also, Peck, if you're reading, I found your Dream Girl. There was a woman sitting at our table that got all excited when she saw Donnie Walsh. She said she wanted to go "bow at his feet and say how much I worship him." When Stern talked about what a great exec Donnie is and that he was the class of the NBA, I thought her head was gonna explode. I think my sister remembers her name. Say the word, Peck, and we'll try to get her number for you.


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The fight was Sarah Kaufman's Strikeforce debut. The fight was also apparently the first time Kaufman went the distance.
The FightEdit
The first round began and they touched gloves. They circled. Tate pumped the jab. It's a three-minute round. Tate missed a body kick. Tate landed a good counter right hand. Kaufman landed a right hand and a combination and they clinched. They broke. Kaufman landed a right hand. Two ten. Tate trying to jab the body. She landed a front kick. They clinched. One forty. Tate broke with a right hand and another. Kaufman landed a pair of big right hands, and another. Kaufman stuffed a takedown to the clinch and broke. One ten. Tate shot in, Kaufman sprawled. They stood to the clinch. Forty. Kaufman broke with a left hook. Kaufman landed a right hand. Tate landed a body kick. Kaufman caught a leg kick but let it go. Twenty. Tate shot and got a double-leg to half-guard. Ten. The first round came to an end. "You're getting a little bit of a punching war with her," Tate's boyfriend Brian warned her in her corner. The second round began. Tate landed an inside leg kick. Kaufman landed an overhand right. Kaufman stalking her with good foot movement. Kaufman landed a few right hands and stuffed a takedown with the underhook to the clinch and Tate dumped her down after a moment to half-guard. Two fifteen. Tate landed a few hammerfists. Tate pinned her against the fence with more right hands. Two minutes remaining. Tate pinned the arm with her knee with a few right hands, lost it, tried to trap it again but Kaufmanw as defending. One thirty-five. Blood from somewhere on the front of Kaufman's shirt. One fifteen as Kaufman regained guard. One minute. Tate postured up landing body shots. Tate is possibly the bloody one. Thirty-five. Twenty. Tate postured up. She landed a right hand and then had the back standing with one hook. Ten. The second round ended and Kaufman walked away as Tate put her hands on her knees. Bloodstains cover the front of the shirt of Kaufman. I still dunno for sure whose that is. I think Tate's nose. The third round began. They circled. Tate shot in, Kaufman stuffed it and they broke. Two twenty-five remaining. Tate pumping the jab, she's tired. Tate shot for a single-leg, Kaufman sprawled. Tate tried to pull guard and turtled up. She stood trying a double-leg. One forty-five. They were in the clinch now. Tate landed a knee to the leg. Kaufman broke with an uppercut. Kaufman sprawled and stuffed a double. She shoved Tate on her ass and let her up. One fifteen. Tate pumped the jab. Kaufman landed a right hand. Tate shot in, Kaufman stuffed it and landed a right hand and stuffed another one sprawling and turtling Tate up. Fifty remaining. Tate was trying to pull guard. Tate's nose was really bloody. Kaufman in backwards half-guard landing hammerfists to the body and face over and over repeatedly. Repeated hammerfists. Fifteen. Kaufman turned on top to half-guard. They stood and broke. Kaufman landed a jab and a one-two. The third round ended. They hugged. Tate was the winner by unanimous decision and she remained undefeated.


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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Nguyen, Quoc Phuc Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-11102011-105511 Title Characterization of Biocompatible Parylene-C Coating for BioMEMS Applications Degree Master of Science in Biological & Agricultural Engineering (M.S.B.A.E.) Department Biological & Agricultural Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Singh, Varshni Committee Chair Goettert, Jost S Committee Member Monroe, William Todd Committee Member Keywords
- Parylene-C
- Parylene
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- oxygen plasma
- polymer coating
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Date of Defense 2011-08-12 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis thesis characterizes parylene-C films with respect to biological micro-electro-mechanical system (BioMEMS) applications. BioMEMS devices have fueled the growth and research in the area of detecting, analyzing and identifying pathogens rapidly with precision in the bio-medical applications, thereby positively impacting millions of lives and made it extremely popular among researchers. These devices are fabricated using state-of-the-art techniques usually involving more than one material which typically has different biocompatibility and is not acceptable for various BioMEMS and biomedical applications; therefore, a special biocompatible coating is required. The parylene polymer is an example of such a coating as it is known for its biocompatibility (U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP) Class VI) as well as possessing pinhole free surfaces with low penetrability which provide exceptional barriers to moistures and solvents. The vapor deposition process utilized for depositing parylene coating also provide conformable, uniform thickness throughout targeted sample even with high aspect ratio microstructures, and is compatible with both polymeric (e.g. PMMA, polycarbonate, etc.) and non-polymeric (e.g. nickel, silicon, etc.) substrates, as the samples are kept inside a room temperature (25° C) chamber where the final deposition step occurs. In this study, parylene coatings were characterized with respect to surface roughness, where roughness measurements show no significantly changes when parylene are deposited on "smoother" pristine PMMA (from ~Ra=2.66nm to ~Ra=2.85nm) and polycarbonate (from ~Ra=3.02nm to ~Ra=5.92nm) and reduces roughness of "rougher" surfaces (electroplated nickel from ~Ra=374nm to ~Ra=201nm). Parylene is also characterize with respect to surface energy by measuring contact angles, where pristine parylene surface (contact angle = ~89°) becomes more hydrophilic by treating it with oxygen plasma (contact angle = ~32°). Surface modification was used to control the number of live cells (HeLa) attaching on parylene, where O2 plasma was used to increase this by 2-folds and altering substrate roughness helped in minimizing the cells adhesion to parylene. Files
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The Opstal is the only accommodation in South Africa's De Hoop Nature Reserve.
De Hoop Opstal: Our full report
The De Hoop Opstal, which is often also simply called 'The Opstal', is the central hub of the De Hoop Nature Reserve. It's near the southern tip of South Africa, about three hours' drive from Cape Town. The Opstal has a wide range of accommodation, some of which are spread over the reserve. This is the only place to stay inside this reserve.
Although the different accommodation types at the Opstal differ widely in style, they have many similarities. All of them have access to a braai area, and most kitchens, whether shared or private, provide a kettle, toaster, microwave, fridge/freezer, stove/oven, basic crockery and cutlery, basic kitchen utensils and a sink.
The following rooms and cottages come complete with a bathroom which has a shower, a wash basin, a toilet, a bath mat, towels and some body care products:
- Each of the Opstal's two newly renovated and very lovely stable suites sleeps just two travellers who visit on a fully catered basis, as neither has a kitchen or any cooking facilities. Each has a bedroom with a kettle, coffee, tea, a bar-fridge, a king-size bed with mosquito netting and a large en-suite bathroom. These stable suites are more modern than the Opstal Manor but still have a touch of its antiqueness to them, notably a lovely big yellowwood desk and large double doors with a curved top opening out to the vlei.
- Six of the equipped cottages sleep a maximum of four travellers (two bedrooms) each, whereas the seventh one can accommodate a fifth traveller in a bunk room. Each cottage has one bathroom. The fully equipped kitchens make self-catering very practical, although the cottages can also be catered for.
- Set on the edge of the De Hoop's wetland, there are three white-walled vlei cottages. Each one has a lounge area, a kitchen for self-catering and one open-plan bathroom with a massive walk-in shower, twin wash basins and rattan matting around a tiled area with the bath in the centre of the bathroom. There are three tiled bedrooms per cottage: one twin or double, one twin room and one with bunk beds.
- The Opstal Manor, an original farmhouse from the 1800s previously known as the Ou Huis, forms the focal point of the Opstal accommodation area. Its beautiful yellowwood floors and ceilings, patterned curtains and antique wooden furniture make it feel (as it is!) authentically historic. The Opstal Manor sleeps a maximum of six travellers in its three massive en-suite bedrooms which are all reached from a beautiful panelled hall. Note though that the internal doors between these 'manor bedrooms' and the interlinking hall are original, and so don't have locks on them. With no working kitchen here, all guests book in these rooms are accommodated on a 'full board' basis.
- Behind the Opstal Manor, three Opstal houses are slightly separated from the rest of the Opstal area and can each sleep up to six travellers. Each of them has three spacious bedrooms (twin configurations, one double possible), a fully equipped kitchen and a bathroom. Visitors staying at one of the Opstal houses can choose between being catered for and self-catering.
- The two Opstal vlei rondawels offer great views over the wetland from the edge of a cliff. Each consists of one bedroom with four beds. The kitchen, which comes with a toaster, bar, fridge and kettle will be shared with other guests.
- Inside the five round, thatched cottages called campsite rondawels you'll find a bedroom with two beds, a bedside table and a cupboard.
- There are ten campsites at the De Hoop Opstal, set about 20m apart from each other. Moreover you can find five caravan sites close to the picnic area. All guests at the campsite share a kitchenette (without cooking facilities or equipment!) and can access picnic tables. Please note that the sites do not provide any electricity.
The De Hoop Nature Reserve boasts a wide diversity of marine and terrestrial habitats, home to a good amount of wildlife. Therefore there are lots of different activities to enjoy from the De Hoop Opstal. The area is especially suitable for walking and birding at the wetland, which is situated right next to some of the rooms. For more comprehensive information on the local fauna, flora and activities, see our general page on the De Hoop Nature Reserve.
Our viewThe Opstal has a wide variety of accommodation, which is all good value – from self-catering cottages which appeal to families, to the historic, elegant rooms in the Opstal Manor. It's a great base from which to explore the real attraction: the fantastic De Hoop Reserve all around. Come for stunning scenery, outstanding birdlife and a spectacular coastline – to drive a little and explore a lot; it's a real gem of a park.
Location: De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
Directions: From Cape Town it's about three hours' drive: first take the N2 until Bredasdorp, then take the R319 to Swellendam. After about 6km follow the signposts onto the 35km gravel road on your right hand side, which will lead you to the De Hoop Nature Reserve. Alternatively, there is an airstrip at The Opstal for guests arriving by a chartered plane.
Accessible by: Self-drive or Fly-and-Transfer
Key personnel
Owner: The Opstal forms part of the De Hoop Collection.
Food & drink
Usual board basis: Room Only
Food quality: Because almost all accommodation options at the De Hoop Opstal have access to kitchen facilities, many visitors will cater for themselves. In that case it's best to bring most of your supplies, and not to rely too heavily on the shop here.
That said, if you choose to have the camp cater for you, breakfast is served from 8-11am, lunch from 12-13pm and dinner from 7-10pm. The Fig Tree Restaurant, which is open throughout the day, is centrally located in the Opstal area.
Dining style: Individual Tables
Dining locations: Indoor and Outdoor Dining
Drinks included: None
Further dining info: There is no room service at The Opstal, although lunch packs can be delivered.
Special interests
Family holidays: The Opstal in the De Hoop Nature Reserve offers a range of affordable and child-friendly accommodation options, often self-catered, for family safari holidays in South Africa. Children can enjoy activities like tracking tortoises and (guided) walks through the coastal dunes.See more ideas for Family holidays in South Africa
Birdwatching: Hosting many African birds including the last breeding colony of Cape vultures in the Western Cape, De Hoop is fantastic for birdwatching in South Africa. Spot ostrich, African harrier-hawk, wading birds, etc. on guided walks around the De Hoop Opstal's vlei!See more ideas for Birdwatching in South Africa
Photography holidays: The Opstal offers the choice between great-value and more elegant accommodation – in any case a lovely base for photography trips in South Africa's De Hoop Reserve. Come for a wide range of scenic environments, fantastic birdlife and good numbers of game.See more ideas for Photography holidays in South Africa
Walking: There are some stunning ecosystems to be seen at De Hoop Opstal, with few dangerous species around. Hiking trails lead through the rugged Potberg Mountains, coastal dunes, along sandy beaches and pristine rock pools.See more ideas for Walking in South Africa
Attitude towards children: Children of all ages are welcome at The Opstal.
Property's age restrictions: None
Special activities & services: Baby-sitting can be arranged at the De Hoop Opstal – although the sitters will usually be staff from the lodge, not professionally-qualified child minders. Children staying here can participate in activities such as the lodge's "Kiddies' Pogramme", guided walks and cycling tours specifically for children.
Equipment: There are cots and high chairs available at the De Hoop Opstal.
Generally recommended for children: Yes, the De Hoop Opstal is a very nice and relaxed place for family holidays. Children might enjoy the swimming pool or simply the opportunity to walk and cycle around on the premises relatively freely with their families.
Notes: Leopards are present yet rarely seen. For this reason, the De Hoop Opstal area is a fairly relaxed accommodation for a family safari holiday – although we would never advise to leave children without any supervision.
Power supply: Mains Electricity
Power supply notes: Please note that the De Hoop Opstal's camping and caravanning sites do not provide any electricity.
Communications: During our most recent stay at The Opstal in May 2013 we had some cell phone reception. For a small fee, you can access the internet via WiFi In the lodge's main building.
Health & safety
Malarial protection recommended: No
Medical care: The nearest doctors are in Swellendam and in Bredasdorp.
Dangerous animals: Moderate Risk
Security measures: The Opstal can be regarded relatively safe as it is situated in a remote area. Furthermore the area is fenced off, with a gate opening at 7am and closing at 6pm (7pm on Fridays).
Fire safety: The De Hoop Opstal possesses fire extinguishers.
Disabled access: On Request
Laundry facilities: A 24-hour laundry service is available. The washing will be done outside the De Hoop Opstal as there are no laundry facilities inside the accommodation area.
Accepted payment on location: Visa, MasterCard, Diners and Amex are all accepted at the De Hoop Opstal.
The information on this page is our report, of what we saw, felt and experienced personally on our visits.
See Info from the owner for the standard information written by the owner about this property.


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Ben Barba will be a Bronco in 2014, with Canterbury releasing the unsettled Dally M winner from the final two years of his NRL contract on compassionate grounds.
Weeks of negotiations reached a conclusion on Wednesday with Barba signing a three-year deal with Brisbane, with the Broncos agreeing to an undisclosed compensation figure with the Bulldogs.
Barba sought a release claiming he wanted to be closer to his family, with his former partner Ainslie Currie set to relocate to Brisbane with the couple's two children.
The pair had split during a turbulent off-season for the 24-year-old, which culminated in him being stood down by the Bulldogs for the opening three rounds of the NRL season and booked into a rehabilitation clinic to help deal with a series of personal problems.
The reigning Dally M medal winner appeared to be getting his life and career back on track before revealing mid-season that his future might lie in Queensland, from where he and Currie originate.
The Bulldogs began a succession plan with reports they sounded out Josh Dugan and Jarryd Hayne about coming to the club, while it is believed disgruntled Canberra centre Blake Ferguson is also in Canterbury's sights.
But it appears Josh Morris - who has filled in admirably during Barba's stint on the sidelines with an ankle injury - could be the long-term solution in the No.1 jumper.
Brisbane's coup appears to be the first step in a revitalisation of the Broncos roster, with Raiders young gun Anthony Milford also believed to be in the club's sights.
Gold Coast and North Queensland also showed interest in Barba, but the Broncos were always odds-on favourites to secure his signature from the moment he announced he was keen to leave.
He is believed to have secured a significant pay rise as part of his move, with his Brisbane deal rumoured to be worth $500,000 a season.
The signing of Barba has left Josh Hoffman's future in limbo, with the New Zealand international having impressed in recent weeks since being reinstated to the Broncos fullback position.
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"The Science of Sexuality is a timely addition to our community and aligns well with our local Sexual Health Youth Strategy. The exhibit is innovative, educational and informative," says Dr. Liana Nolan, Commissioner of Health for the Region of Waterloo Public Health. "It brings science and research into a fun, interactive and practical way to teach our youth and parents about sexual health, relationships and respect."
"The Science of Sexuality, will be an ideal teaching opportunity as it provides a safe environment where students can learn about healthy sexuality, ask questions and receive direct, scientifically accurate answers." - Linda Fabi, (recently) retired Director of Education for the Waterloo Region District School Board
For ages 13 and up, this award-winning, innovative exhibition was developed with the help of respected specialists (sexologists, doctors and scientists), teaching specialists, parents, and young people of all ages. In the exhibition's five zones, you will find the answers to over 100 basic questions through 50 interactive games, videos, and original multimedia productions.
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Joseba Markaido, the PSE-EE councillor whose home in Bernago was subjected to a molotov cocktail attack last night, said that the incident was a "neofascist" act and part of of strategy to "use fear as an ideological weapon." The councillor has been the target of numerous ETA attacks and threats, said this morning that "he is angry and ashamed at the way the PP is making political capital out of terrorist victims" while socialists are "suffering this kind of martyrdom."
The attack took place at around 1.30am this morning shortly after Mr Markaido and his wife had gone to bed. A number of molotov cocktails were thrown at the couple´s home and the attackers tried to push one through the kitchen window, which ended up in the interior patio. Fortunately, nobody was injured, no substantial damage was caused and Mr Markaido managed to put out the blaze himself without needing to trouble emergency services.


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Who Needs 4 Wheel Drive?
Interesting video and great music.
Great video!!
To answer your question I don't need it until the snow is deep enough that I am pushing it with the bumper of my front wheel drive car. But to be honest if the snow is that deep there is no place that I need to be.
Comparable modern off road ability will cost a minimum of $25k in today's dollars.... So.... Where is the "progress" I keep hearing about. ;-)
I used to go boonie bombing in my '65 Falcon. Momentum was my friend! I had that thing in many places where 4 wheelers would fear to tread. Balls and beer will get you stuck way too far off the road more often than not.:D
Cool video, thanks for sharing.
I have owned 3 four wheel drives, and In each case i only had to use 4 hi or 4 lo once. Just to make sure it works. There is a reason that both of my trucks have agresive tires, tire chains, a hi-lift jack, a tree strap, 4 ton come along, and enough chain, straps, and add a links to get me out of trouble as long as there is an anchor point within 150 feet. I have taken my 2 wheel drive F-150 places that my friends won't take their 4X4s, and made it back out every time. Knock on wood, I have yet to be stuck beyond the point of self recovery, and I have pulled more than one 4X4 out of where it has gotten stuck.
Do I need four wheel drive. Nope, but I have no problem buying a 4X4 if I can find one at a good price. If I can pick it up in the spring, I can double my money in the fall when the prices and demand go up. Of course, that is if the wife doesn't decide that it is now hers.
Today's engine/trans combos are highway geared.
Back then it was inconceivable that a car would do 70 mph.
Henry just wanted get to his camp area. He didn't care about speed.
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This is my beast, a Toyota Landcruiser set up for hunting and fishing and 4wding with a 4.2 litre diesel 6 cyl.
I lifted it 2" and added a dual battery system with 9500kg winch, steel bulbar, overhead console and a plug connection in the back for a fridge. The tool box holds my recovery gear plus it can also hold a few rifles as well.
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T.V. - Don't really watch it 😂
Travel and experiences.
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Olivia has a very deep concern about breast cancer and will make donation to fight it through the selling of her new album, "Stronger Than Before"
People have different ways to express their feeling toward something. As for Olivia Newton-John she has her own way to bring to life her concern for breast cancer survivor that she will make a donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Olivia, who is inspired by the words of breast cancer survivor Maya Angelou, tries to focus on the disease with a musical version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's poem "Phenomenal Woman," which becoming the lead single to her up coming album "Stronger Than Before." She recorded the song along with Beth Nielsen Chapman, Diahann Carroll, Patti LaBelle, Amy Holland, Delta Goodrem and Mindy Smith, all of whose lives have been affected by cancer.
The 10-song collection, will be available exclusively in Hallmark's Gold Crown stores August 29-October 31. And for each purchase of the $9.95 CD in the United States, Hallmark will make a $2 donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.


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Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems
Optimal Mechanism Design: from the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics to the Foundations for Internet Design
Wednesdays@NICO Seminar, Noon, October 15 2008, Chambers Hall, Lower Level
Prof. Jason Hartline, Northwestern University
As the Internet has developed to become the single most important arena for resource sharing among parties with diverse and selfish interests, traditional algorithmic and distributed systems approaches are insufficient. To prevent undesirable Internet phenomena such as spam in email systems, bid-sniping in eBay's auction marketplace, free- loading in file-sharing networks, and click-fraud in Internet advertising; game-theoretic and economic considerations from auction theory must be applied. This is a talk in two parts. The first part reviews the 2007 Nobel prize winning work of ex-Northwestern professor Roger Myerson. Unfortunately, this work is inappropriate for application to Internet settings because it (a) requires monetary payments, and (b) only results gives mechanisms that must be tuned carefully to the setting at hand. Whereas, (a) the Internet supports no infrastructure for monetary payments and (b) successful Internet protocols must function well in a wide range of settings. In the second part of the talk we address both of these issues. The second part of the talk is joint work with Tim Roughgarden.